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Landed in Kathmandu late morning, airport and traffic a bit chaotic, but the man from the hotel was so nice and apologetic that I did not mind. Prabal Gurung, the young NY designer and CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund winner, was there to welcome me at the Hyatt Regency…quite incredulous that I was actually there in his native country. Prabal is from Nepal. His mother is a Rana, the ruling family for centuries, and his father is a Gurung, the cast of the warriors. He is very proud of his country and his country is very proud of him !
First thing, Prabal and I got into a car and went to Durbar Square, near the Palace. As we walked around the beautiful old buildings, the house of the Living Goddess, Kumari Ghar, we noticed a lot of commotion. As we approached, I saw people in awe…And there it was, the Chariot Seto, a structure on wheels right before Kal Bhairav, the angry form of Shiva. This apparently only happens once a year and is a moment of good luck. We had a long visit through the different courtyards of the Palace, some of them just opened to the public ! The combination of stone and wood carving is extraordinary and the whole tour was very special since we had the privilege of having everything explained to us by Kanak Mani Dixit, the great intellectual journalist of Nepal !
After a quick rest and a cheese and olives break at the house of Suman and Riva, we drove to the Grand Stupa Buddha and walked around the temples. Because we were in the middle of the 9-day holiday, Puja, Riva took us to the White Monastery to listen to her Guru Tulku Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche. We sat right in front of the guru and experienced the incredible ceremony of this very Holy Day for Buddhists where monks chant for 24 hours to a large crowd of thousands who come to receive their "wongs." We had the honor of meeting the guru who gave us his blessings and he gave me his book as a present. Feeling blessed and privileged, we walked around the enlightened city ! Dinner was at The Roadhouse Cafe in Freak Street in Thamel. After all, Kathmandu was discovered by the hippies in the 60's and that is yet another piece of heritage about very tolerant Nepal !
Back at the hotel, I have a massage before taking to a well deserved rest. Tuesday morning…papaya and pomegranates, yogurt and morning paper. Prabal and I are in the front page of the Kathmandu Post ! Romio Shrestha, my other Nepalese very good friend picks me up with his nephew Anante. Romio was born Hindu in Kathmandu. The legend says that at age 5, the oracle of the Buddhist monastery came to tell him that he was a reincarnation of the master Tibetan Thangka painter, Arniko, and that one day he would find his own school of painting. His father was reticent and sent him to a Catholic school instead. He later went to UCLA in Los Angeles, surfed a bit before coming back to Nepal to create a Thangka school of artists. He met and married Sophie, an Irish beauty…they had four wonderful girls and now live between Ireland and Nepal.
Romio cannot believe that I am here…he takes me to Pashupati, the most sacred Hindu temple in Nepal….here, Shivah, the God of all living things, is celebrated in all splendor. We stroll by the river and assist an entire full cremation ceremony. I had never seen this before…all the rituals, the wrapping of the body, the goodbye from the family. We watch the whole preparation for the last journey and stay until the first flames appear…quite emotional but beautiful !
That night, Prabal and his family had planned a dinner in my honor out in the courtyard of the Patan Palace Museum, but the sudden rain changed the plans. Instead, we had a lovely seated dinner in the ballroom of the Hyatt Regency. They were disappointed, but the dinner turned out to be very much fun, and cozy at the same time. Present were the Ambassador from the US, from Germany and many other interesting intellectuals and dignitaries, as well as Prabal's wonderful mother and sister…a lot of very interesting conversations. It is powerful to see how Nepalese people are proud about their country ! Amongst other things, it is the country that has Mount Everest, Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha, and it is the land of the Gurkhas ! Squeezed between the two giants, China and India, it has had so much political change and turmoil that people both worry about the future and are optimistic.
The next morning started in a girls' school from the Room To Read organization. Around the table, I met with a dozen young teenagers who all come from poverty…some of them were forced into marriage at 10. Thanks to Room to Read, they have an opportunity to seek education and, therefore, freedom. They are very sweet and curious about the world…We took pictures and I reminded them that the most important relationship is the one you have with yourself ! They loved it !
The visit to Patan Square Palace was very interesting. Rohit Ranjitkar, the Director of Kathmandu Valley Preservation, and Kanak showed us all of the restoration programs they are working on. Prabal and I started to think about how we could raise money for them ! I bought some glass beads in the square, and we went to lunch at Kanak's family restaurant, Dhokaima Café. We all had Momo, the Nepalese delicious dumplings.
I did not want to leave the city without visiting Bhaktapur, the third Palace and kingdom ! And was I right ! Going around Bhaktapur is really a treat, going back a few centuries. We visited the Palace, the museum, the courtyards, and went up and down the busy shopping streets…the rain caught us and we were soaked. We rushed into the car and Kathmandu's heavy traffic.
The last night I had a delightful dinner at the house of Rajini and Reynu Malla, designers, socialites, and granddaughters of famous ruler Padma Shamsher Rana. His portrait is everywhere in the house as is his uniform, his swords and some of the skins of tigers he hunted. It was a very elegant house. We ate delicious food and shared girly conversation.
I left Kathmandu early in the morning en route for Bhutan, making sure I got a seat on the left side of the plane, in order to get a great view of the Himalayas and Mount Everest of course !


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Carl Icahn's Not So Hostile Herbalife Board Seat
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) - In recent years, activist investor Carl Icahn has fought for board seats at the likes of Chesapeake Energy (CHK) , Navistar(NAV) , Clorox(CLX) and Oshkosk(OSK) with varying degrees of success.
Embattled supplements seller Herbalife(HLF) , under short-selling pressure and stinging criticism from hedge funder William Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management , welcomed Icahn with open arms.
On Thursday, Herbalife announced it is expanding the company's board of directors by two members to facilitate seats representing Icahn and his investing conglomerate Icahn Enterprises (IEP) .
That disclosure and the ability for Icahn to boost his stake in the company to 25% of its outstanding shares, indicates that the legendary activist is ready to dial up his investment in Herbalife and the pressure against arch-rival Ackman.
While Icahn's ascension to Herbalife's board and a 'standstill' agreement with the billionaire investor to acquire a maximum of 25% of the company's shares are expressed in similar language as a successful activist campaign, Thursday's move appears to be more about Herbalife's defense against Ackman.
"The Icahn Parties have agreed to, among other things, abide by certain standstill provisions and vote their shares in support of all of the Board's director nominees," reads a statement announcing Herbalife's board expansion and Icahn's right to increase his stake to 25%.
Michael O. Johnson, chairman and chief executive officer of Herbalife added he looks forward to working with Icahn and his associates.
"We appreciate the Icahn Parties' shared views on the inherent value of Herbalife's operations, products and future prospects," he said in the statement.
A statement from Icahn said he had "conducted considerable research on Herbalife and its business," adding, "over its long history, Herbalife has proven its ability to increase revenues and returns, and we will work with the Company to build on its results."
"This is not one where we don't like management. We do like management," Icahn said in a Bloomberg Television interview.
Herbalife shares gained over 7.61% to $40.29 in Thursday trading, putting shares up over 22% for 2013.
Earlier in February, Icahn disclosed a 13.6% stake in Herbalife, contesting Ackman's vocal campaign against the company and his characterization of the multi-level marketing company as a pyramid scheme. In the background of Icahn's trade is a long running dispute between the two billionaire hedge funders over a real estate deal gone sour.
Now with a billion dollars on the line for Ackman in his trade against Herbalife, and the prospect of a similar wager by Icahn, the stakes have increased.
To be seen is whether Icahn presses for any of the change that normally accompanies a successful activist campaign.
"Ackman has given us the opportunity to buy a company at a discounted price," Icahn added in the Bloomberg interview.


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I would like to recommend two additional books for those planning a visit to New Mexico. I found them very useful, not only for the recommendations on where to stay and eat, but more importantly to get a feel for the culture, history and ambiance of the state. Both of these books go far beyond the usual travel guide tips and assume that the travelor is a person of intelligence and curiosity.
These books are:
The Hidden Southwest: an adventurer's guide, Harris, Richard
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How about keeping the chat room open 24/7.
How about keeping the chat room open 24/7.
Is it not? I guess I need to get up earlier in the morning.
Because in the past there have been people that abused the room when they thought the mods werent watching soooo we chose to shut it down.
Thoes people chose to have conversations that should have been carried on by email or other IMs
Barry has been kind enough to set up the "room" and expects it to bee at the same standerds as the "beesource" forum so that is the short story about "closeing time"
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Fall 2001
Volume 6 Number 1
Artist Marc Chagall, a Jew, lived his art as a
witness to God's imperative that each one of us is called to
wholeness. He said that, like God, the artist finds chaos and bring
Princeton Theological Seminary, like Chagall,
is an artist, lovingly piecing together diversities and seeming
incongruities to make shining windows, as at Rheims Cathedral,
drawing the faithful from here...and from there...and then
sending them out into the boiling chaos to nudge this troubled world
closer to cosmos. I know I've benefited from PTS's cosmos-making.
While I never myself studied at
Princeton Seminary, it has influenced my life in ways too many to
count through the friendship and inspiration of alumni/ae whose
paths have crossed mine across the United States and around the
is a sculpture commissioned by Lance Woodruff of a young
Makonde refugee. The photograph of the sculpture, and the
young refugee, have been "companions on the way" in
his work with refugees in Thailand.
I grew up a Presbyterian in Salem, Ohio, in the 1940s and
'50s, where the Rev. Mr. A. Laten Carter was pastor of the
Presbyterian church. He became something of a father to me after
my own father's death when I was eleven, and was the first
minister who encouraged me to question my faith and to risk
searching and learning. I moved to Haddonfield, New Jersey, in
1959 to finish high school. There the pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, Thomas Lindsay, introduced me to Hugo Muller
(PTS Class of 1943) and Henry Bucher (PTS Class of 1962 and my
senior high youth group advisor while he studied at
Missionaries whose lives took them to Iran,
Ghana, China, Lebanon, they filled my heart and mind with Africa
and Asia. Largely because of those two men, and in the context of
world events, I gave up my childhood "plan" to study at the
Colorado School of Mines. 1959 was my year of decision. Fidel
Castro had entered Havana, the Dalai Lama struggled across the
Himalayas, and an African world affairs conference combined to
convince me that my "calling" was as a journalist.
Henry Bucher was my first "PTS mentor" during this crucial
time. Born on Hainan to missionaries, he grew up in Japanese
concentration camps, coming to Haddonfield by way of the American
University of Beirut and Gabon. He witnessed deeply to peace as
"shalom" and "salaam." While I was in high school, he took
me to Princeton Seminary, to the East Harlem Parish, and to the
Church Center for the United Nations in New York. In talking with
him, I realized that I was destined to go "into all the
First stop: Macalester College in Minnesota, a
Presbyterian college recommended by Bucher, Lindsay, and Muller.
There another Princeton Seminary alum, Yahya Armajani (PTS Class
of 1933 and the product of the Bucher family's mission in Iran),
was my faculty adviser. He had followed his study at the Seminary
with a Ph.D. in Islamic history at Princeton University.
"Armi" taught me that Muslims, Jews, and Christians were all
"people of the Book."
He also taught me about a compassion that knows
no bounds of race, nation, or faith. He told a story of driving
near his childhood home of Meshad in northeast Iran and coming
upon a terrible auto accident. A man, clearly dying, was laid out
on the road. Though himself a Christian, Armi gave him Zoroastrian
last rites and blessed him on his journey.
Armi was also Macalester's soccer coach, guiding mainly African
and Asian players, including now-secretary general of the United
Nations Kofi Annan, who was a student. He taught the young men to
play with dignity and grace in all seasons, win or lose. Armi's
grandnephew Jon Armajani followed his uncle to PTS (Class of 1991)
and today both are ordained Presbyterian ministers who did their doctoral
work in Islamic studies and taught at liberal arts colleges. (Jon is on the faculty of
Mary's College in Maryland.)
Another PTS alum, Tom Hilton (Class of 1960) was assistant pastor of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, which I attended while at
Macalester, and was the advisor to my college fellowship
Henry Bucher's letters to me while I was at
Macalester, first from Princeton and then from his internship abroad in Ghana, led me to Africa. Meeting Jawaharial Nehru at the United Nations and
S.K. Pal, an Indian journalist who was part of Macalester's World Press Institute, led me to research South Asians living in East Africa. I traveled to Africa, where I "met" Asia, lived with Hindus and Muslims, and became involved with the
African National
Congress, the Mozambique Liberation Front, and Rhodesian independence movements. My first international byline reported the Zanzibar elections in July 1963 for
Central African Parade in Salisbury, Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe). Ironically, I had been asked to write a story for
Presbyterian Life [the then-denominational magazine of the Presbyterian Church], but could not find a story with a Presbyterian angle in the African places I visited.
After graduation, I had hoped to teach at
Makerere University in Uganda, but like many other Americans, I found myself in Vietnam. But there was a Princeton difference. I re-met Henry Bucher at a Vietnam "teach-in" at the University of Toronto. He worked for the National Student Christian Federation at the time and asked if I would be interested in working for the churches in Vietnam. I was hired as the first National Council of Churches/Church World Service full-time media person overseas and shipped out for Saigon in 1966.
Although I did not meet him until twenty years later in Berkeley, in Vietnam I learned of Thich Nhat
Hanh, a Vietnamese in Saigon. Nhat Hanh (that is his formal, religious name; he was known at PTS by his given name, Mr.
Bao) attended Princeton Seminary in 1961-62. In 1967 Martin Luther King Jr. nominated Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize, and Bucher informed the PTS
alumni/ae office of Mr. Bao's "who-ness"!
Bucher said this in a recent conversation we had: "Mr. Bao and I had many conversations about Asia and about the war in Vietnam through its many stages. We often watched the evening news together. Hainan Island [where Bucher was born] was always in the upper-right-hand corner of the map they showed. Mr. Bao said in one of those conversations: 'The capitalists are saving us from the communists and the communists are saving us from the capitalists. But who will save us from our saviors?'"
When I met Thich Nhat Hanh in Berkeley, he spoke of many things: Nirvana, the kingdom of God, the blue sky, the interconnectedness of flowers and garbage, love and anger, hope as an avoidance of dealing with the present, and the importance of taking refuge in the present moment. "When we hope for the future, we destroy life in the present moment," he said in an address to students. "We don't want to accept things as they are."
"We want to have something better, something right...but only in the present moment can we repair mistakes and build for the future in a mindful way. Nothing in life is wasted. Without garbage we could not have flowers. If the flower is on the way to the garbage, the garbage is on the way to the flower. And we cherish the garbage as much as the flower. Every time we see a flower we are not too attached to it; it is on the way to the garbage."
Nhat Hanh likened human love to the flower cycle and drew gentle
laughter from his audience of Buddhists (yet themselves middle-class Americans
and immersed in the Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant religious and cultural heritage of this nation). We have one earth and one community, he said. Our anger must change to compassion and understanding. If we take good care of our present moments, we will take good care of our future.
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Peace | Jewels in the
Crown of Korea | A Wartime Connection
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered remarks on Japan at the opening of the President's Export Council. The Secretary said the United States is working to do everything it can for American and Japanese citizens.
Secretary Clinton said, "[I] just want to start by echoing the President's statement this morning about our concern and condolences over what's happened in Japan and what is yet unfolding with the tsunami. Obviously, the United States is offering immediate relief. Those of you who do business in Japan, we think we -- we've sent out a Warden Notice. We think we've accounted for most all Americans that we know of, but let us know. Our consular efforts are literally 24/7 to make sure that we assist any and all U.S. citizens and are supporting the Japanese Government.
"We just had our Air Force assets in Japan transport some really important coolant to one of the nuclear plants. Japan is very reliant on nuclear power and they have very high engineering standards, but one of their plants came under a lot of stress with the earthquake and didn't have enough coolant. And so Air Force planes were able to deliver that. So we're really deeply involved in trying to do as much as we can on behalf of the Japanese and on behalf of U.S. citizens."
You can read the Secretary's complete remarks here.
Don in California writes:
Nuclear reactors are cooled with water. Does the Secretary mean to say we sent an airplane full of water to Japan?
Patrick E. in Mexico writes:
Haitelmex Foundation supports collaboration and sharing are and our condolences on what happened in Japan and which is still unfolding with the tsunami Obviously, the foundation offers voluntary services to help victims of Japanese citizens, foundationhaitelmex.org.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
BBC airing video of massive explosion completely destroying Fukushima 1 reactor building as I write this, no other confirmed details except that workers were injured.
No report on radioctivity as yet, but it looks like the reactor got away from folks and we have an environmental disaster in the making.
Margie G. in South Carolina writes:
I have a son in Japan teaching english. I am extremely concerned about his safety. Is there any way to get him home quickly?
Thank you.
Margie G.
Donald M. in Virginia writes:
3 12 2011
The predictions made about 2012 look more positive of future events with this latest Earthquake in Japan. These quakes are getting larger and more deady. Maybe The State Department should invest in an ARK before its too late. I believe that was said to Noah before the biggest Tsamani hit the world for 40 days and 40 nights. I would say to people who laugh at this notion, laughed back then as well, and look at what happened. Those who have the instincts to survive will, those who take it for granted will not. I would suggest to everyone have an emergency plan on hand for any kind of situation. We have family in Japan and hope they have survived this deadly earthquake. Our hearts go out to those people to rebuild and get through this disaster.
Jess R. in Massachusetts writes:
I am afraid we are looking at the death tool of more then 100,000… This is truly sad. The Japanese are brave, hard working people. They will overcome this tragedy and become even stronger as a nation.
Donald M. in Virginia writes:
@Don in Ca
Nuclear power plants are cooled with water, but also cooled with harden water. A combination of both types of water keeps a nuclear power plant cooled. They release a certain amount of radiation vapors in the air to prevent a meltdown. If the pumps fail to bring in the water to cool it down, then problems arise. If the backup diesel generators are not online the plant deterates and the reactor gets very hot intense millions of degrees. I seriously doubt Hillary is sending a plane with coolant. Most likely supplies are being sent to the Japanese Nuclear Plants get online quick as possible before the meltdown can happen. These plants should have backup emergency plans in place when the loss of water or coolant happens. "Diesel Generators, UPS Batteries and getting fuel to these backup systems are critical. What they could also use in those Fire Rescue Boats that can disburse water from the sea directly to the area, but this would have to be done very carefully and safely using all the deconamination equipment. Removing deadly radiation vapors can be done with soap and water being sprayed with clean pure water.
The location of these Nuclear Power Plants become distrubing because why build these plants near an earthquake fault line? A review by the Nuclear watch dogs should exmaine the location of these Nuclear Power plants to ensure they are not on the path of future earthquakes.
I think everyone can agree that Nuclear Power plants can be very useful by bringing clean energy and making billions of energy dollars, but when deadly earthquakes happen, possible meltdowns happen, which means our energy scientist should be coming up with a new form of energy that does not cause a plant to melt down. We had 3 mile island happen in the United States and Russia experienced the same situation back in the early 80's. So what have we learned?


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This week in Occupy, Scott Walker is sadly still Wisconsin's governor, a judge ruled the indefinite detention provision of the NDAA to be unconstitutional, Occupy won major victories in New York and Seattle, Occupy Fresno became the longest-running encampment in the country and everyone who was anyone wrote the Movement's obituary.
#On the eve of the vote to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, the Overpass Light Brigade made one last visit to the Ring Street pedestrian bridge in Milwaukee with an illuminated message. Nevertheless, in an election so heated one in three Wisconsinites reportedly stopped speaking to each other because of political disagreements, union-busting governor Scott Walker held onto his post. And no wonder: he had 14 billionaire donors, 13 of whom were from out of state. Make no mistake: the 1% is spending billions to squash organized labor.
#This is why we need unions.
#A federal judge has ruled that the White House cannot use the NDAA to indefinitely detain American citizens.
#U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that a lawsuit brought by Occupy Wall Street demonstrators against NYPD for the arrest of 700 peaceful protesters who tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge last October can proceed, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg, police commissioner Raymond Kelly and the city cannot be defendants in the suit. Rakoff said that video shows the NYPD leading protesters onto the bridge and toward certain arrest, adding that the films "show what should have been obvious to any reasonable officer, namely, that the surrounding clamor interfered with the ability of demonstrators as few as 15 feet away from the bullhorn to understand the officer's instructions." He opened his opinion with this rather eloquent paragraph:
"What a huge debt this nation owes to its 'troublemakers.' From Thomas Paine to Martin Luther King Jr., they have forced us to focus on problems we would prefer to downplay or ignore. Yet it is often only with hindsight that we can distinguish those troublemakers who brought us to our senses from those who are simply troublemakers. Prudence, and respect for the constitutional rights to free speech and free association, therefore dictate that the legal system cut all nonviolent protesters a fair amount of slack."
#Occupy Fresno celebrated 246 continuous days of occupation in Courthouse Park, making it the longest-running encampment in the country. Another reason for celebration: Fresno County reached an agreement with the occupation, ending a long and costly legal battle that saw more than a hundred peaceful protesters arrested over the last eight months. In exchange for protestors dropping their lawsuit over free-speech violations, the county will allow demonstrators to protest overnight in the park and pay $37,000 in legal fees.
#Officers trying to serve an eviction notice shot a St. Louis homeowner after lobbing tear gas into his home, prompting him to barricade himself inside. Wounded in the elbow, the victim unbelievably faces criminal charges.
#A Seattle judge has ruled that 16 activists were not trespassing after they occupied a vacant Capitol Hill building in December. Charges have been dropped.
#A number of obituaries were written for the Occupy Movement. RT asked, "Is this the End of Occupy?" Adbusters said, "Yes, and we'd better think of something else, fast. I know – flash mobs!" Reuters agreed that we'd jumped the shark, while Salon suggested we ditch the "Occupy" label. But Policy Mic proclaimed us alive and kicking, and Bill Maher, who'd previously minimized the Movement, broke down and admitted that we're the nation's only hope, we just need some discipline. Others asked if anarchists are the second generation of Occupy – or does the future of the movement belong to enterprising DIYers focused on the environment? (How about both?)
#Occupy Wall Street protesters showed up in Albany to present Governor Cuomo with a fake $2 million check.
#In Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania (not to be confused with that Jersey Shore), residents joined forces to blockade the entrance to town in an effort to stop Aqua America from displacing homes and ruining the environment with a new fracking facility. Occupy Cleveland drove in from four hours away to help.
#Two activists on a hunger strike #occupied a Denver campaign office of President Obama to demand that he sign the DREAM Act, which would allow children of illegal immigrants to attend college or join the military as a way to achieve legal citizenship. President Obama's campaign released a written statement saying that he wants the DREAM Act to pass, and that he would sign it, but it is stalled in Congress and passing it would require that "Republicans stop standing in the way."
#Five members of Occupy Milwaukee were arrested after they allegedly disobeyed police orders to stay on the sidewalk during a downtown protest that drew roughly 40 protesters (who were naturally flanked by 30 officers). Later, as the police chief briefed reporters about the arrests, protesters shouted him down.
#100 members of Occupy Chicago took to the streets to protest police infiltration, targeted repression and the use of entrapment tactics by law enforcement of activists involved with Occupy and the NATO summit protest. Some carried photos of suspected infiltrators. In addition to accusations of COINTELPRO-like tactics employed by law enforcement, protesters also criticized the money the city spent on security measures for the summit, saying that it could be better spent elsewhere.
#In an action supported by Occupy Houston, 3,200 union-affiliated Houston janitors voted to strike over threats and misconduct by janitorial contractors for some of Houston's biggest corporations. Janitors in the city earn about $9,000 a year.
#Occupiers in Hong Kong have been asked to leave the premises of the Asian headquarters of HSBC Holdings, where 50 have pitched tents and laid out couches. They've refused. Occupiers also offer music and photography instruction and give away books. "We don't normally talk about sharing anymore in this capitalistic society, everything needs to be exchanged at a certain cost. We don't like this idea," said Jojo Wong, a 22-year-old bookstore clerk who drops by the site before and after work. "That's why we offer free music, books and lessons at the very heart of the financial center."
#25,000 teachers walked off the job in Victoria, Australia, forcing about 200 primary and secondary schools to close, as they marched for better pay and conditions from the state government.
#Occupy LA members, housing rights advocates and local homeowners rallied outside the district office of State Senator Ron Calderon to urge him to support legislation enacting the California Homeowners' Bill of Rights, which would extend more protections to homeowners who face foreclosure. Calderon has mixed views on the bill, wanting it to be both "strong" but "workable." Occupiers are worried that "workable" may turn into "weak."
#Ivonne Quiroz #occupied her graduation at San Francisco State University, sporting a ball and chain around her ankle to symbolize her student debt.
#Walmart workers have banded together to form the Organization United for Respect at Walmart, or OUR Walmart, to secure better wages, affordable benefits and reasonably reliable schedules. Walmart is notoriously anti-worker.
#Here are some highlights of Target's illegal union-squashing tactics.
#To Verizon, paying out the $22 million salary of one CEO is worth firing 1,700 workers.
#The Yes Men have returned with a hoax video of a private party purportedly hosted by Shell Oil atop Seattle's Space Needle. If only that PR disaster had been real…
#Nearly 300 Mormons marched in a gay pride parade, holding signs that read "God Loves His Children" in a unique display of support from believers of a religious tradition that has long opposed homosexuality.
#F the Banks countered an Obama fundraiser with a demonstration of their own.
#On June 5, Rev. Corey Brooks, known as "the rooftop pastor," embarked on a 3,000-mile walk across America to call attention to the violence plaguing Chicago and to raise money to build a community center. He set out this week from Times Square before heading to Newark and onto Philadelphia. He plans to be in Chicago by July 15, ending the walk in Los Angeles in about four months.
#The Oakland Police Department's nine-year-long struggle with federal oversight took a significant turn, as a federal judge demanded an investigation by court-appointed monitors into police shootings involving OPD officers and speculated openly about placing the department under federal control.
#Of the nine Occupy the Farm protesters who were arrested for occupying the U.C. Berkeley-owned Gill Tract, two will be facing charges. Several of the protesters are facing off with the U.C. Regents in civil court. The Gill Tract was raided May 14.
#An independent report concerning police response to last Fall's U.C. Berkeley protests found that officers strayed from campus policies and norms in their use of force against protesters and called on the university to better explain when the use of force is appropriate. Members of the campus's independent Police Review Board were particularly "disturbed" by the swift use of batons.
#In July, eleven students and one professor at the U.C. Davis will stand trial for the "willful" and "malicious" act of protesting peacefully in front of a U.S. Bank branch on campus, which they successfully shut down. They face 11 years in prison.
#After being convicted by a district court of impeding traffic during a November protest, Occupy Asheville member Lisa Landis, who claimed she'd been targeted for filming the demonstration, was sentenced to time served. Unhappy with the ruling, she appealed to have her case heard by a jury, which took less than 10 minutes to acquit her.
#Marc Moran, a photographer who just wanted to snap a photo of this week's demonstration in Chicago, was arrested along with a dozen protesters, and his film was confiscated. "It looked like a photo opportunity," he said."So I went to go snap a picture and next thing I know I was being apprehended in cuffs."
#Occupiers in Providence have been banned from the local Providence Place Mall for a year after they rallied there in support of higher taxes for the rich. Police handcuffed the demonstrators and removed them from the mall, only releasing them when they accepted the one year ban. Occupy Providence stated in part, "Using handcuffs on peaceful protesters exercising their rights to free speech was clear intimidation and completely unnecessary."
#Evicted families in Seville have #occupied an empty apartment complex that lacks power and water, and they want more to join them. Evictions have run rampant in Spain, with as many as thirty to a block losing their homes. The complex was completed in 2010, but because of the financial crisis none of the apartments were ever rented out. Shades of Caracas.
#Stop-and-frisks do nothing to lower shootings. But you wouldn't know that by listening to police commissioner Ray Kelly, who said in defense of the racist policy, "We're saving lives. Mostly young men of color." Someone needs a fact-checker before opening his mouth. And he's not the only one: NYPD spokesperson Paul Browne told the Queens Chronicle that the arrest of multiple journalists covering Occupy Wall Street is "a total myth." Which is, of course, a total myth. Josh Stearns sets the record straight regarding journalist arrests via Storify.
#In case you're ever stopped and frisked, there's an app for that.
#In another blow to the NYPD, eight Muslims filed a federal lawsuit to force the department to end its surveillance and other intelligence-gathering practices targeting Muslims in the years after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
#Trinity Church, one of the largest landholders in New York City, is cooperating with the prosecution in the case of protesters – among them a retired Episcopal bishop – who attempted to occupy a parcel of vacant land on December 17. A hunger striker has tried to appeal to the church's mercy, to no avail.
#If the FBI wants you to be an informant, say yes or risk getting put on the No-Fly List.
#Senate Republicans blocked a pay equity bill, twice.
#This is how Stand Your Ground laws swept the nation.
#Private prisons profit from immigration crackdowns, which is why their corporate owners are desperate to tilt immigration detention policies in their favor.
#Here's how Louisiana became the world's prison capital.
#Despite the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Financial Act, banks still gouging people with fees. Meanwhile, Dodd-Frank has been a boon for lobbyists.
#Here's how Bank of America executives hid losses, in their own words.
#A former attorney who worked for some of the country's most prestigious law firms was sentenced to a record 12 years in jail for an insider trading scheme which lasted 17 years and netted more than $37 million between 1994 and 2011.
#Young Turks host Cenk Uygur shows us how to buy a politician. This is why we need to flush money from politics.
#The states with the worst income inequality are Florida, Massachusetts, Louisiana, Connecticut and – no surprise here – New York.
#Tens of millions of children are living in poverty in the world's richest countries.
#Unpaid internships are a way for wealthy companies to extract free labor. So dump your internship and head to the beach.
#Good news, activists: Google has hit back against state-sponsored hackers who may be reading your Gmail.
#The Department of Homeland Security has reportedly detained a developer of an anti-surveillance app on multiple occasions.
#A new generation of computerized cameras are able to spot if you are a terrorist or a criminal before you even commit a crime. Because life has apparently become Minority Report.
#600 protesters crashed the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. Pepper spray was deployed and a line of riot police advanced, arresting 28.
#The Mexican student movement is ascendant, buoyed by the political bias of the mainstream media. If only Americans would feel similarly compelled to action over our slanted, corporate media.
#Following her exclusive interview with Bashar al-Assad last December, Barbara Walters tried to use her influence to help one of the Syrian dictator's former aides get a job. Here are the incriminating emails.
#Members of Deep Green Resistance, Unoccupy Albuquerque, Occupy Lincoln and Lakota organizers attached U-Locks to their necks and strung a chain between pairs of activists, blockading the road running through Whiteclay, Nebraska, to bring attention to the town's infamous liquor industry.
#A charitable group called Chosen 300 will pay your fines if you ignore Philly's new ban on feeding the homeless. That's right – Philadelphia has instituted a ban on giving poor people food.
#The number of PhD recipients on food stamps and other forms of welfare more than tripled between 2007 and 2010.
#The fight for women in Egypt is far from over, as a mob of hundreds of men assaulted women holding a march demanding an end to sexual harassment. Attackers overwhelmed the women's male guardians and groped and molested several of the female marchers in Tahrir Square. From the ferocity of the assault, some of the victims said it appeared to have been an organized attempt to drive women out of demonstrations and trample on the pro-democracy protest movement.
#In happier Egypt news, protests are turning into occupations throughout the country.
#Vladmir Putin passed a law fining protesters $9,000 – as if this quasi-dictator even needs a law before throwing people in prison.
#Spain will be bailed out to the tune of $125 billion, while Greece is still going broke. But Greeks are engaged and stronger than ever in their fight for a new society.
#Striking Spanish coal miners set up burning barricades and fought running battles with riot police as they protested harsh austerity cuts to coal subsidies.
#A new bank study suggests the average Canadian household is more than $100,000 in debt and that Canadians have ramped up borrowing in the past five years.
#An oil spill in Alberta sent 125,000 gallons of crude spilling into a tributary of the Red Deer River.
#Monsanto corn has been linked to organ failure in rats. Meanwhile, five million farmers are suing the GMO purveyor for $7.7 billion because the company has been reportedly taxing the farmers into financial ruin with hefty royalty charges.
#Ben Cohen of Ben and Jerry's and Move to Amend want to stamp money-is-not-politics messages on dollar bills.
#Immortal Technique said in an interview that our ignorance hurts the world.
#Want to put the Department of Homeland Security's list of suspicious keywords and phrases to use? Here's the online terrorist keywords poetry contest!
#Here's the latest issue of the Occupied Vancouver Sun.
#There are three days left to raise enough money to get Michael Chapin, a U.S. Army veteran and a key member of the Occupy SF community, out of jail.
#Here's a tribute to the Occupy women of Texas.
#On June 15, Occupy London will stage the first-ever Carnival of Dirt, whereupon 30 activist groups from London and around the world will highlight the illicit deeds of mining and extraction companies.
#Anonymous is planning to march on Parliament on November 5.
#Join 1199 SEIU, the NAACP, National Action Network, civil rights, faith, labor and community groups and Occupy Wall Street in a silent march in New York City on June 17 to protest stop-and-frisk.
#On June 25, join a march to the California state capitol to call for a moratorium on foreclosures.
#The Occupy National Gathering will take place in Philly on July 4.
#Also on July 4, Occupy Austin is planning a day of demonstrations at the Texas State Capitol.
#Occupy Detroit will host another Occupy the Midwest Conference from August 23 to 26.
#Members of Occupy Austin OccuQueers and GLITUR (affiliated with Occupy Seattle) are reaching out to all Occupy Queer and LGBT working groups to form a national (or international) network of radical queers.
#Looking to connect to other occupations? The Occupy Directory is here.
#Occupy Arrests counts 7,280 arrests since the birth of Occupy Wall Street on September 17.


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The Netherland-America Foundation Southern California Chapter and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco present the 2013 Prinses Christina Concours in San Francisco, featuring
Elvire Beekhuizen, soprano
Lisa Eggen, viola
Sebastiaan van Bavel, piano (jazz and classical)
"Once more we are proud to present you with three young talented musicians from the Netherlands. The yearly United States and Canada tour of our prize winners has become a tradition which strengthens the links between the Dutch people on both sides of the ocean. This tour will be a very special one as it coincides with the coronation of King Willem-Alexander on April 30. As Prinses Christina Concours we keep working to stimulate children and youngsters to make music, and to support the talented among them. Our activities do not only concern classical music, but also composition and jazz. For the first time this year you will be listening to a winner of both the classical and jazz competitions, who also writes his own compositions! Although times are not easy for cultural organizations, we feel positive about the future. Listening to young people playing such beautiful music gives us energy to keep on working to help them make their dreams come true. The American tour is one of the dreams which has come true!
"We would like to thank all those who have made this concert tour possible: The Netherland-America Foundation, the Dutch honorary consulate in Los Angeles, the general consulates in San Francisco and Vancouver, KLM for the funding of the international air tickets, the families who are offering their hospitality to our students, and, last but not least, Dick and Yvonne van Hoepen for all their work and enthusiasm year after year…. We hope you enjoy the concert!"
—Mark Vondenhoff, Managing Director, Prinses Christina Concours
Program (subject to change)
Sebastiaan van Bavel, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata no. 3 in B-flat Major, KV.281:
1. Allegro
2. Andante amoroso
3. Rondo allegro
Lisa Eggen, viola
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Passacaglia in C Minor for Viola Solo
Elvire Beekhuizen, soprano; Sebastiaan van Bavel, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Magic Flute, KV.620:
Aria, "Ach, ich fühl's"
The Marriage of Figaro, KV.577:
Aria, "Al desio di chi t'adora"
Intermission (10 min.)
Elvire Beekhuizen, soprano; Sebastiaan van Bavel, piano
Johannes Brahms, "Geistliches Wiegenlied," op. 91, no. 2
Four Songs, op. 43:
No. 1: Von ewiger Liebe
No. 2: Die Mainacht
"Meine Liebe ist grüne," op. 63, no. 5
Lisa Eggen, viola; Sebastiaan van Bavel, piano
Georges Enescu, Concert Piece for Viola and Piano
Sebastiaan van Bavel, piano
Sebastiaan van Bavel, This Side of the Truth
Nikolai Kapustin, "Jazz Etude," op. 40, no. 1
Encores "My Funny Valentine" and "Good Bye"


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Debates of April 24th, 1996
House of Commons Hansard #32 of the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was pension.
- National Volunteer Week
- Liberal Party Of Canada
- Farm Credit Corporation
- Bert Cosman
- St. James Breakfast Program
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier
- Drummond's Economic Performance
- Volunteer Week
- Clifford Olson
- National Volunteer Week
- Christine Ichim
- Gasoline Prices
- West Bank And Gaza
- Manitoba Flood
- Harmonization Of Sales Tax
- Armenian Genocide
- Government Grants
- Tribute To General Jean Victor Allard
- Goods And Services Tax
- Somalia Inquiry
- Goods And Services Tax
- Unemployment Insurance Reform
- Goods And Services Tax
- Manpower Training
- Goods And Services Tax
- Telecommunications
- Veterans Affairs
- Goods And Services Tax
- Presence In Gallery
- Naming Of Member
- Privilege
- Canada Labour Relations Board
- Government Response To Petitions
- Committees Of The House
- Criminal Code
- Employment Insurance Act
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Motions For Papers
- Message From The Senate
- Budget Implementation Bill, 1996
- Canada Labour Code
Oral Question Period
3:25 p.m.
Jesse Flis Parkdale—High Park, ON
Mr. Speaker, a point of order. Through a Page I sent you a notice that I wished to raise a question of privilege arising from today's question period. I also gave notice to the hon. member who was involved in the question of privilege.
Oral Question Period
3:25 p.m.
The Speaker
That is correct. I confirm that I did receive a note from the hon. member for Parkdale-High Park on a question of privilege which arose out of the question period. I am prepared to listen to the question of privilege of the hon. member.
Oral Question Period
3:25 p.m.
Jesse Flis Parkdale—High Park, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 48(1). I am using the authority of Beauchesne's Parliamentary Rules and Forms , sixth edition, citations 114 following. My question of privilege refers to the book throwing incident during question period by the hon. member for Beaver River.
Why do I raise this? Because this is a deliberate contempt of Parliament. Viewers were watching this on television.
Oral Question Period
3:25 p.m.
Some hon. members
Oh, oh.
Oral Question Period
3:25 p.m.
Jesse Flis Parkdale—High Park, ON
Members of the Reform Party are laughing. This is the party that promised to bring decorum into the House of Commons. This is how they are doing it. They are ridiculing the orders of this House. They are ridiculing the authority of Beauchesne.
Hundreds of students were sitting in the gallery today watching question period. Hopefully, some of them will be sitting in these seats. We cannot allow the kind of behaviour displayed by the hon. member for Beaver River.
As members of Parliament we have to control our tempers. I know that debates get heated. But the next book could be thrown at you, Mr. Speaker. The next book could be thrown at someone on this side of the House.
Oral Question Period
3:25 p.m.
Some hon. members
Oh. Oh.
Oral Question Period
3:25 p.m.
Jesse Flis Parkdale—High Park, ON
The Reform Party which promised to bring decorum to this place should listen to my motion: I give notice that whereas the hon. member for Beaver River did show contempt of Parliament with her misbehaviour during question period April 24, 1996, by throwing a book onto the floor of the House of Commons, I move:
That the hon. member for Beaver River appear at the Bar to purge the contempt and promise better conduct in the future.
Oral Question Period
3:25 p.m.
Deborah Grey Beaver River, AB
Mr. Speaker, I guess he is throwing the book at me.
The member talked about the fact that members need to control ourselves. Yes we do. This is a very emotional debate. The member talked about purging contempt of Parliament. I hardly think that throwing me, one single member of Parliament, out of the House is going to do anything to purge contempt in this place.
I think this is a point of debate. In terms of decorum I have just celebrated my seventh anniversary in this place. I have talked about decorum in the House of Commons. No, I do not think it is cute or theatrical to do stunts.
The Prime Minister waves the red book around constantly. When I bring it forward or even show it, all of a sudden I am using a prop. But he can wave it and flail it around and it is acceptable because he is the Prime Minister. I do not think that is acceptable.
My frustration today about the red book was watching the Prime Minister wave it around. Then I got into trouble when I even lifted it up to read from it or make reference to it. My frustration stems from the fact that I sat in opposition with these people when this debate was raging and saw the emotion attached to it from their side when the rat pack went hysterical over it. I am now sitting on this side of the House watching these people defending it amazingly.
I appreciate the member's bringing this to the concern of Parliament. I certainly do not want to challenge the Chair or any member in the House, but I firmly believe because of what we have seen happen over the GST yesterday and today that the red book truly belongs on the floor.
Oral Question Period
3:30 p.m.
The Speaker
With regard to the point raised by the hon. member for Parkdale-High Park, the Chair agrees there was disorder caused in the House. The Chair agrees there was a breach of decorum.
I hate to use the word punish, but in order to rectify the situation, members will remember your Speaker passed on from the questioner and hopefully that would have rectified the situation.
I have pointed on numerous occasions to the use of props. It is true the red book has been quoted extensively by members on both sides. In the rules of the House if a member is quoting from a book, I permit them to read. Whenever it is being used as a prop by flailing it around or throwing it, God forbid, I step in.
In the heat of debate, because emotions are running high, we should get our emotions under control. As such, I urge members on both sides that when quoting from a book, quote from the book, but you need not hold it aloft, whether it be the red book or the blue book, it does not matter.
There was a breach of decorum. As your Speaker I did intervene. I would like to let the matter rest there, encouraging you always to keep your emotions under control because we are being watched by 30 million of our fellow citizens and we would hope to set a very good example.
Canada Labour Relations Board
Routine Proceedings
3:30 p.m.
Alfonso Gagliano Minister of Labour and Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2) and to section 121 of the Canada Labour Code, Part I, which deals with annual reports, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, copies of the 22nd annual report of the Canada Labour Relations Board.
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), this report is deemed referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development.
Government Response To Petitions
Routine Proceedings
3:30 p.m.
Fundy Royal
New Brunswick
Paul Zed Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to 16 petitions.
Committees Of The House
Routine Proceedings
3:35 p.m.
Ghislain Lebel Chambly, QC
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the first report of the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations.
Criminal Code
Routine Proceedings
3:35 p.m.
Art Hanger Calgary Northeast, AB
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-272, an act to amend the Criminal Code (no parole when imprisoned for life).
Mr. Speaker, this bill amends certain provisions of the Criminal Code of Canada relating to prison sentences of life imprisonment. In effect this bill would eliminate any provision for early release or parole eligibility of any criminal serving a life sentence.
This private member's reflects the view that justice will be served when murderers sentenced to life imprisonment serve their full court ordered life sentence. For families of victims a true life sentence is an issue of closure. It is also a matter of fairness.
My bill sends a clear message to child killers like Clifford Olson. If an individual takes the life of another, that offender will spend the rest of his natural life locked away: no parole; life means life.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)
Criminal Code
Routine Proceedings
3:35 p.m.
Art Hanger Calgary Northeast, AB
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-273, an act to amend the Criminal Code (violent crimes).
Mr. Speaker, this bill can properly be characterized as two violent strikes legislation. For anyone who is convicted for the second time of a violent offence, that criminal shall be sentenced to life imprisonment.
For those who wish to rape, maim, conspire, corrupt and commit all manner of violent acts, this private member's initiative is bad news to them.
For victims and their families this bill represents a return to the principles of fundamental justice. It means those who repeatedly hurt and prey on the young, innocent the law-abiding will spend the rest of their natural lives in prison.
Let there be no mistake about the intent of this bill: two violent strikes and the criminal is out for life.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)
Employment Insurance Act
Routine Proceedings
3:35 p.m.
New Brunswick
Douglas Young Minister of Human Resources Development
Mr. Speaker, I must inform the House that we have been unable to reach an agreement under Standing Order 78(1) or 78(2) regarding consideration at committee stage of Bill C-12, an act respecting employment insurance in Canada.
Therefore, I give notice that, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), I will be moving at the next sitting of the House a motion on time allocation to allot a specified number of days or hours to the consideration of this stage and to the decisions required to dispose of it.


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"Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. "
Barbecue at Its Best
Restaurants such as Arthur Bryant's and Gates Bar-B-Q are arguably better known among Kansas City barbecue fans, but relative newcomer Oklahoma Joe's is nonetheless a standout. [It made our "best American barbecues" list in our Book of Lists.] Here in barbecue heaven (nearly a hundred metro-area joints feature BBQ) and housed in a converted gas station, Oklahoma Joe's attracts knowledgeable and adoring crowds.
Kansas City barbecue is a delicious mixture of styles imported from Texas, Memphis, the Carolinas and other parts of the country. Not for the calorically challenged, Oklahoma Joe's offers up outstanding beef brisket, succulent pulled-pork sandwiches and expertly prepared pork ribs, among other items. Sides include spicy dirty rice, red beans and rice, cole slaw and, of course, hearty fries.
The meat, especially the brisket, is what people want most. "It's not just the sauce that makes it great," said general manager Doug Worgul. "It's the wood, the quality of the meat, the technique and the rub." Dining at this humble spot on the Kansas side of the state line is a must for barbecue fans, and you will certainly not leave hungry. Lines outside can be long, but you won't regret the wait.
Oklahoma Joe's, 3002 W. 47th Ave., Kansas CIty, Kansas, (913) 722-3366, oklahomajoesbbq.com
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Forty years later, "Limits to Growth" is as compelling—and controversial—as ever.
The Club of Rome and a Smithsonian consortium co-hosted a daylong symposium this March marking the 40th anniversary of the book, a landmark study of unchecked economic and population growth in a world of finite resources. A few weeks later, in a blog posting that sparked some debate around the Internet, a senior Smithsonian magazine editor quoted a physicist's warnings that the data of recent decades proved that "Limits to Growth" trend projections were spot on, and that we were heading toward a major global depression by 2030.
The readers' comments that followed the Smithsonian post, as well as on other blogs and websites that reported the story, reflected the debate that has surrounded the book since its first edition: Is "Limits to Growth" prescient, or alarmist?
When it was first published in 1972, "Limits to Growth" shocked many with its argument that humanity was using Earth's resources faster than its ecosystems could regenerate them. The MIT scientists who led the study, commissioned by the Club of Rome think tank, did not predict collapse. Rather, they presented a range of scenarios of how the 21st century could play out, depending on how (or whether) we alter growth trends.
But the message was clear: Unlimited growth, be it population or economic, was unsustainable on a planet being drained of the very resources that sustain our economies and support life itself.
The book and its message have had no shortage of critics. When the first edition came out, a number of scientists and economists attacked its methodology and conclusions. Several dismissed the authors as crackpots; some still do. Last month, a Forbes blog called the book and Turner's warnings "entirely bizarre." A few readers commenting on "Limits to Growth" co-author Dennis Meadow's pessimistic interview with a Smithsonian.com reporter were equally dismissive.
"Their doomsday predictions," reads one comment, "failed to take into account that knowledge about the locations of resources and the technology to use those resources is constantly changing and improving."
(Paul Gilding and Peter Diamandis faced off on this topic at this spring's TED talks—see this newsletter's feature story.)
This is where Footprint accounting comes in. Global Footprint Network uses 67 million data points to track the resource trends of more than 230 countries and territories—and humanity as a whole—since 1961. Rather than speculate, we measure. Has technological advance outbalanced the growing demand? Has it decreased humanity's ecological overshoot?
The question may not be whether technology can or cannot move humanity out of overshoot. We certainly need technology to get us out of overshoot. We just need the right tools to help us identify how far and how fast we need to go in order to avoid the tightening resource constraints and depletion of our natural assets. Not just to avoid biodiversity loss, but to keep our economies fed.
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To start, a little bit about myself. I am a new user here. I created this account specifically or posting my experience as I felt it was necessary to share with the tea community but I hope to contribute more to this site in the future. I have referred to a lot of the information on this site when doing my own research about tea. I am a student studying medicine and a lover of science. I am no longer employed by Teavana after quitting the other night following a series of unbelievable management pitfalls and disrespectful treatment. It's hard to organize my thoughts or even convey what a mess this company is, but I'll try.
Teavana, in some ways, is a store just like any other. They want to make money, they want to meet sales goals. However, having been employed by my share of retail stores, Teavana takes the idea of meeting quotas and sales goals to an entirely new level. Their business model is based off of confusing, manipulating, and overwhelming the customer so that you can deceive them into purchasing something that they don't necessarily want or need. Don't get me wrong, a lot of sales positions are like this. Pushing add-ons and suggesting pricier items is all something people do in sales positions, but Teavana takes the lack of sales of overpriced items extremely seriously. They pit employees against each other in a cock-fight of sorts. Many a dramatic fight was fought in the back room (or on the sales floor in front of customers) over whose sale was whose (particularly over the holidays when customers come in and out several times). Many of the fights were justified because we were constantly under threat of losing our jobs. Our numbers were reviewed hourly, daily, weekly. As you can imagine, tensions were high and many people resorted to drastic measures to keep their numbers up (more on this when I discuss management issues later). We needed $100/hour in sales to remain employed. It was never enough to suggest items or try and boost your sale, if you didn't convince the customer to buy it, you're a failure and you've failed Teavana. Here is a list of the methods I was trained to use on customers of Teavana. These methods were "taught" to me by both a corporate trainer and the official Teavana training manual:
-Get them to try the samples. These samples of "tea" are nothing but flavored sugar water. The amount of sugar we put into these samples is simply astounding, particularly the iced "Blueberry Bliss and Strawberry Lemonade" that we're told to push mostly on kids and to mention that the dried fruit offers Vitamin C. At least three cups of sugar go into this sample. The samples are also blends of two teas, so if you like it and want it to taste the same you have to get two teas blended (a 4oz minimum as opposed to the usual 2oz minimum) and also buy the special German Rock Sugar.
-After they try the samples, bring them into the store and give them a tour while offering more samples. Mention the Cast Iron first (the most expensive items), the Breville teapot (the next most expensive item), etc. Move your way down. Ask them "Isn't this beautiful?" If they say yes, assume they want to buy it. If they so much as glance at anything, try and get them to buy it. Employ the "5 Times" rule. This means you're supposed to push a product or add-on onto a customer five times before they presumably crack under the pressure or simply get flustered and walk out (what happened most of the time).
-If they want a cheap tea, mix it with an expensive white tea and tell them that's the tea blend they have to get. Otherwise they won't get the 'benefits' of the expensive white tea. This went for beverage purchases as well. If a customer wanted a cheaper tea made as a beverage, my trainer would suggest adding a white tea for "a better complexion and antioxidant boost" but never mentioned that this would be a $2 extra charge. She conveniently hid the menu behind some canisters at the tea bar so that prices of beverages couldn't be seen.
-If they want 2oz of tea (the minimum), purposefully overscoop it. Lift the bag of tea off the scale so they can't see how much it is, show the actual tea to them and ask "Is this OK?" If they say yes, that's them giving you the OK for the 3, 3.5, or 4 oz you just put in there. Ring them out quickly before they notice. On many occasions people realized we scammed them and attempted to return the tea. Returning tea is against our policy.
-Mention the "Pound deal". If they buy 1lb of the tea they get a 10% discount (off of already overpriced tea). If they get a whopping 5lbs of the tea they get a 20% discount. A pound of our most expensive tea is about $190. The tea was not remotely worth what we charged. Most of it is mixed with dried, sugared fruit in excess. On more than one occasion I found twigs and bird feathers in the teas. The tea sat in bags in the bag room for months. No care was ever given to using older tea first. At the end of the year they'd have the "Heavenly Sale" which basically just cleaned out the store room in the back of old, expired tea.
-Push the tins (an additional $7 purchase) and pretend like that's the only way to buy tea. Do not mention that we have bags or smaller tins to put the tea in. Even if they want 2oz, put it in a XL 16oz tin. Start scooping tea into it before the customer even says how much they want. Show it to them and ask "Is that ok?" If they say no, take a small amount out. Take smaller increments out until they get flustered and say it's fine. This way you deceive them into buying more tea than they wanted to and make them settle, rather than starting with a small amount and building.
-Push the special "German Rock Sugar". Mention that it "metabolizes instantly" and that it's healthier than regular sugar (all lies). Sugar is sugar. This sugar is no different. The ingredients say it: Sugar and caramel color.
-If someone wants an "un-caffeinated" tea, don't sell them the cheap un-caffeinated herbal teas. Sell them regular tea and mention that a 30 second steep will decaffeinate it. This is a straight lie. If this were the case, tea companies would not be spending so much money on solvent-based de-caffeination. We also mention that white tea only has "1% the caffeine of a cup of coffee" which is also a lie, because it can have up to 15% depending on the flush and shelf time.
-Push the health benefits. I'm not here to argue the health benefits of teas. As a beginning med-student, it's just territory I don't want to get into with people. Pushing the health benefits is the only podium Teavana has, otherwise, no one would feel justified spending hundreds of dollars on tea. We have it all...good for skin, good for teeth, good for growing kids, good for metabolism (did we mention it's full of sugar?), good for heart health, cholesterol, blood pressure, good for 'hydration' (because it's made with water?)... you name it. We might as well be selling the elixir of life. We ask the customer "What other health benefits are you looking for?" like we're peddling snake oil and as if anyone employed there as a clue what an antioxidant actually is or what it does. This is what irritated me the most about working there, the utter ignorance of it all. Not at the fault of the employees, but of the company for daring to make the employees pretend like they know anything about the health benefits that may or may not be associated with tea. Here we are in the mall, peddling overpriced tea to the ignorant masses who are being told by yet another clueless employee that this tea might miraculously "boost their metabolism," which is a straight lie.
-Push product. Glass tumblers that were brought back in once weekly to return because they shatter, double up the cups on the "Japanese" cast iron pots (one line of which has the Chinese five-toed Imperial dragon on it, all this asian stuff is the same right?), double up the plates for aesthetic effect, glass pots that shatter, tea sets that have been collecting dust for months.
-Do not take no for an answer. "Make sure everyone leaves with something."
Management Issues:
It started simple enough. I applied to the Teavana store in the mall, was quickly given an interview and offered the job. I was told it was a sales position, that there were quotas to meet but that people often missed these quotas so I shouldn't have to worry about it. We would all help each other out and the General Manager (GM) at the time told me that she had a very laid-back, positive store and that they would get me up to speed. I was trained by a great bunch of people. I enjoyed learning what Teavana had to say about the teas, the products that I was previously unfamiliar with, etc. Some weeks went by and things were going well. I genuinely liked the job. We had a meeting about the new line of teas coming out, we all tried the new teas, learned about new products, and that was the last time I saw that GM. I came in on a Saturday and she had "resigned". The details as to why I never really found out.
Running the store that day was a new District Manager (DM). He started off by not explaining the situation in any length. He said there would be a lot of changes. He spent the day insulting all of the employees, micromanaging, hovering behind our backs, taking over the register to write emails, rolling his eyes at things we would say to him, talking about how horrible some employees were doing to other employees and taking 30-45 minute long smoke breaks. He was extremely flamboyant in an obnoxious and abrasive way. If you were anything less than his level of enthusiasm, you were clearly not taking the job seriously enough. He told my sales lead to tell me to "pep up" or I'd be sent home. He went to the length of calling additional employees in to replace me but never sent me home. Nothing much constructive came from his visits other than insults and comments about what we were doing wrong. After a weekend with him, 3 employees had quit, with one leaving the store crying. One night I was left there alone with him. He left the store for a smoke break and didn't come back for 2 hours. He left me in the store alone as a trainee. No lunch break, no chance to use the restroom.
Being new and not attached to the old manager, I stayed. I worked 35 hour weeks on top of going to school full time and doing local volunteering. I would come in early when they called me in, I felt since everyone else left it was the least I could do. My sales were never through the roof but always good. The DM stayed for a couple of weeks. By this point it was me, the new GM and about 4 other employees who remained as the core staff. Another employee and I had now been there the longest (he was there for about half a year) and we figured we were up for sales lead positions since we knew the closing duties, had shown a lot of independence being left alone in the store, knew the products well and were now the only "seasoned" people there. We were also informally offered sales lead positions by the new GM. The GM and DM began hiring a slew of new people for the upcoming holiday season. They decided to hire all new sales leads. So now, on top of being consistently ridiculed, we were personally training people whose position it was to 'manage' us. The DM eventually left so that a new trainer could come in. The DM was there to get our sales back up to par but we hardly made plan even when he was closing. On several nights he noted how dead the mall was and how few customers we got, yet the lack of sales was always the employee's fault.
While all of this was tiring and aggravating, I figured he was just one guy. He couldn't possibly represent the company as a whole. I didn't understand how such a pushy and visibly rude guy would be promoted to DM, but later it all started to come together. We were told there would be a company trainer coming in to train the slew of people who were just hired. The company said she was "highly" recommended and would turn the sorry store around.
I can hardly formulate a sentence appropriate enough to describe just how horrible this woman was. She was pushy, abrasive, and downright rude to the customers. She had a raspy smokers voice and would try to intimidate customers into buying whatever it was she thought they'd be interested in or were looking at. On many occasions I would be at the sample cart and customers would walk out of the store and ask me on the way out about who she was and who they could complain to about her. Some of the new employees either left crying or stop showing up. She had plenty of "sales tricks" up her sleeve to tell us about (see above). Among many other things, she rearranged the store and hid the drink menu so customers wouldn't know the prices of the drinks. She would humiliate us in front of customers and other employees, etc. I've never been treated in such a way by a manager in all my life. She would often ask us if we were just plain stupid or trying to sabotage our own sales. She pulled me into the back room one night and laid out to me just what she thought was wrong with me. My time at Teavana was waning at this point, this much was clear.
Once she left, I figured things would get back to normal. Instead, now that we were under the watchful eye of the horrible DM, things became competitive. The GM would plant herself and the sales leads behind the tea counter for the duration of the day so that they got more sales. The register was located behind the counter, so once people got tea the GM and sales leads could easily steal our product sales. Zoning schedules went out the window, work schedules were not made until the Sunday before that work week so she could use our sales to schedule us. The GM would tell the sales leads to tell us to re-read company policies, sit in the back and re-learn the manual, etc. The GM would never confront us herself, but always tell someone else to do it.
The GM was the buddy-buddy type and not in a good way. She picked favorites and would turn everyone against each other by obviously talking behind the backs of other employees (sometimes in earshot of the person she was talking about). She befriended us all on facebook and stalked us, when I blocked her on facebook her husband tried to friend me on facebook as well as other employees. She hired her friends, she held private video game parties for her favorite employees at her house. She helped the "sales" of her favorite employees and used the "sales" of her least favorite employees as an excuse to fire them or give them fewer hours. Just before leaving she noted that the store room was "too full" and took merchandise home to "store in her garage".
Dealing with her games and nonsense was the icing on the cake for a mess of a company that clearly only cared about meeting outlandish sales goals than treating their employees with any respect or treating their customers as human beings as opposed to idiots waiting to be taken advantage of. Teavana came to represent many of the things I hate about the mall and consumer culture: corporate greed, lack of respect for hard-working employees, deception, lies pertaining to health, and deliberate exploitation of the average consumer's lack of tea-knowledge. The store is a massive Titanic that will sink. They paint a picture of fair-trade, altruistic good-making with a contrived facade of "Eastern Culture" PR nonsense. All of this effort seeks to mask a shoddy tea company selling sub-par products that cares nothing of their employees or their customers. To Teavana, their failures will never be their problems or the problem of their fleeting demand as a company, but be the fault of their employees.
Throughout all of this I forgot what this is about. I forgot what we were actually selling or what it meant to me (or once meant). It's really about tea and how delicious it is. How sensual tea can be, how it relaxes the soul, how it brings people together. That's all we're actually selling there, not weightloss solutions, not kitchen decorations and not medicine. Tea has shared history in our society and the variety of cultures that encompass our communities. Teavana is not about any of those things. It's about making money and squeezing the most out of every customer that makes the sorry mistake of walking in.
So all this being said, so long Teavana. Fellow tea lovers, you may spend your money however you like, but I would encourage you to not spend it at Teavana.
Edit: I keep editing this to add small details that I remember as I mull over my entire experience in my head. Thanks for your comments!


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Approximately 30 percent of the estrogen in your body is produced from fat cells, so having too much or too little fat in your body can cause hormonal imbalance. In fact, approximately 12 percent of all infertility cases are due to weight issues, and a body fat level of just 10 to 15 percent above or below normal can contribute to infertility, so it's important to exercise moderately to maintain a healthy weight and hormone balance.
The superfluous fat cells found in overweight and obese women can cause elevated estrogen levels, which can impair their ovulation, menstruation and conception. Being overweight also increases the amount of insulin produced, which may cause the ovaries to overproduce male hormones and stop releasing eggs. One study suggested that weight loss of as little as 11 pounds consistently improved insulin resistance, ovulation, and fertility in obese women.
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My name is Matt, i play paintball here in Okinawa Japan. If your coming here or wanna know about Okinawa in genral i have been here over 3 years and will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
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I am a Sergeant in the U S Marine Corps,been in for 8 years.
Me and some friends started a team called Chaotic Behavior about 3 months ago. We are all military or retired......haha hes 45 but hes got a 18 year olds mind and heart.
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me reaching for the flag with some speed!!
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Please find the link regarding the use of unregistered vaccines against AHS for your attention and distribution.
14 Novemebr 2016
Dear Colleagues
There has been a reported AHS case in the Kuruman area. The state veterinarian has been advised and samples have been submitted for confirmation. Initial date of detection was the 8th November.
I would like to thank the State Vet Dr Lea Shuda for the proactive and prompt response to this report, and for letting us know so quickly.
Camilla Weyer
3 May 2016
Dear Colleagues
There have been a number of further confirmed cases within the AHS containment area in the AHS surveillance zone since Friday the 30th April.
3 of these cases are outside of the 5km radius, and they are/ were clinical cases. One of these cases was a weanling, that subsequently was euthanased.
The symptoms of the weanling were not typical for AHS, but lung oedema was observed, so please remain vigilant and please report any suspicious or possible cases to us asap. The sooner we have the report the sooner we can act.
A special thank you must go to Prof Guthrie who gave up his Saturday afternoon to run these samples as a priority.
At present the containment area will not change, but will be re-evaluated next week. A situation report will be released with a press release asap in next week, but we wanted to ensure that you are all kept up to date.
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Dear All
To many of you this may be already common knowledge but it seems not all know which passports are acceptable as a movement document for horses into and within the AHS controlled area.
For any horse that needs to be moved between AHS zones, and from the infected zone into the AHS controlled area, ONLY the following passports comply:
The SAEF passport: FEI group IX passport (the old blue ones and the new green ones)
The NHRA passports (green jockey club passports used for thoroughbreds)
The import export council passports (Red passports issued by the NHRA)
And since September 2015 the Red Studbook passports, BUT only the new ones that have a picture in them that looks like the one attached.ALL THE OLD STUDBOOK PASSPORTS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR MOVEMENT, AND ACTUALLY HAVE NEVER BEEN ON THE ACCEPTED LIST OF PASSPORTS.
The vaccinations for AHS must have been done by a veterinarian, and the ID page of the passport must have been completed by a veterinarian.
So if you have a client that is planning to move a horse and you are either unsure of the passport the horse has, or you have realised that it either does not have a passport, or it is one of the old Studbook passports that DO NOT comply for movement, please contact myself or Danielle Pienaar so we can advise you as to how we can rectify the situation.
FOR THOSE GOING TO SHOWS OUTSIDE OF THE CONTROLLED AREA, ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT A MOVEMENT APPLICATION FORM MUST BE COMPLETED. FIND ATTACHED. This application is also required for any other movement of horses from the infected zone into the AHS controlled area.
Please contact us if we can help in any way further, or if anything is unclear.
Dr Camilla Weyer
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(Movement Control and Equine Disease Surveillance)
and Research Officer
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Fax: 086 558 9818
Please click on these links to view the following documents:
Procedure for Blanket African Horse Sickness (AHS) Movement Ban February 2016
African Horse Sickness (AHS) Stop Over Quarantine Protocol 2016
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