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Silence is golden, goes the aphorism. But consider the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany. Instead of walking away from the Olympics, which would have removed any tacit approval of Hitler, leaving him less emboldened – possibly even changing the course of history – the world was silent.We stir up trouble by speaking out.
But I am speaking out. Because the people inside China cannot speak out, and because thousands of brothers and sisters in prison need a voice.
I served five years as a political prisoner in China, from which I was released only last year. I was tortured, both physically and psychologically, and put in solitary confinement for the first 14 months. I was charged with "espionage," a crime of which I was innocent, and one that can mean jail for life or result in the death sentence.
My family hired a prominent Chinese lawyer in February 2003, after I had been detained. But it was only after the US House and Senate adopted resolutions calling for my release in June 2003 that I was finally allowed to meet with this lawyer.
The pressure from the US eventually made a great difference in my prison experience – I was given more freedom within the prison, and no longer tortured. The fact is that without the leadership of the US, I might never have been freed.
Even when I was finally released from prison, the Chinese government kept me in China, preventing me from uniting with my family in America. If it were not for Congressman Barney Frank and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson working on my behalf, I would not have been able to come home in August 2007.
I am just one man. But I know I need to speak out for the thousands of political prisoners languishing in jail without hope and support, including dozens still serving time for the Tiananmen Square student democracy movement in 1989; for those lawyers seeking to gain human and civil rights for their clients, for those prohibited from practicing their religion, and for those who are afraid to speak out because of the grave consequences consistently doled out by the Chinese government. I need to speak out for the invisible – the abducted, or those placed under house arrest for no other reason than for attempting to exercise their basic human rights.
So on May 4, I began walking 500 miles. It should take over 32 days to make my way from Boston to Washington, DC. I am calling my walk GongMin, which means "Citizen" in Chinese. I'm walking for "citizen power" in China. I'll walk through Providence, New Haven, Bridgeport, New York, Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore. My walk will conclude on June 4, the 19th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, where there will be a large gathering and remembrance in Washington.
I'm walking 500 miles as a free man, to draw attention to the struggle for freedom and democracy of Han Chinese, Tibetans, Uighurs, Mongolians, and people of all ethnic groups. And I'm walking to call for the US to continue its moral leadership.
The best option is for the US to continue to pressure China to enter a dialogue with human rights advocates around the world.
Human rights are what this great country was founded upon – they cannot, and should not, be commodified or weighed on a scale of pros and cons.
Silence, in this case, is not golden. Silence, as in the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany, is deadly.
• Dr. Yang Jianli is founder of Initiatives for China, dedicated to empowering the citizens of China by giving voice to their struggles for a peaceful transition to democratic China. He is a former political prisoner in China.


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There have been several studies in recent months focusing on rosacea's comorbidity with other diseases — but what does comorbidity mean? Two medical scientists explain.
New studies are now revealing potential associations between rosacea and increased risks of cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal disease, certain types of cancer and many other systemic illnesses.
New information on rosacea was presented during the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting in Washington, DC.
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By taking extra steps to minimize the potential for flare-ups, you can help make spring a time of renewal rather than regret.
A new study in Denmark found that rosacea is associated with an increased incidence of glioma, the most common form of cancer in the central nervous system.
A recent study in Turkey found that increased risk of rosacea may be associated with smoking.
Physicians and researchers may soon have a new computer-based process to help objectively assess the redness of subtype 1 rosacea.
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Whether you are newly diagnosed or have been suffering with rosacea for a while, each year brings further opportunity to find relief.
From advances in rosacea research to global public awareness, 2015 was a banner year for rosacea. Here's a look back.
Medical scientists reviewed research on the microbiome, genetics and pathophysiology of rosacea and presented results of new studies funded by the NRS during its research workshop at the 2015 Society for Investigative Dermatology annual meeting.
Allegations that Santa Claus' red nose and cheeks were due to drinking too much spiked eggnog were laid to rest today when the negative results of a blood alcohol test were released. Turns out, however, that both Santa and Rudolph have rosacea, officials reported.
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Posted on 12 December 2005
Washington, DC - Earths Birthday Big Gift to the Earth is an educational activity for children who wish to take care of the Earth. Every year, students in schools throughout the United States raise money to save threatened rainforests.
Their small donations are combined to become one Big Gift, which is then presented to a conservation organization dedicated to preserving natural places. Since 1990, children participating in the program have collected more than $5 million.
For 2005, the 35th anniversary of Earth Day, Earths Birthday Project and WWF joined in a special partnership to support the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) program to help safeguard the biological treasures of the Brazilian Amazon.
Earths Birthday has collected over US $200,000 for this purpose. In recognition of the tremendous effort by students dedicated to conserving nature in the planets most important rain forest, the Global Environmental Facility is making a contribution in the amount of US $600,000, also in support of the Amazon Region Protected Areas program.
The funding will be used to support permanent protection of critical rain forest habitats through the Protected Areas Fund, an endowment established under the ARPA program for the explicit purpose of ensuring long-term financial viability for the protected areas being implemented under the program.
Actions to ensure conservation of Amazon rainforests include identifying the most biologically important tracts of rainforest in need of protection, strengthening local participation in park management and creating opportunities for families and communities dependent on forest resources, establishing effective park management practices, and maintaining needed equipment and infrastructure.
To thank the students participating in Earths Birthday for their efforts to draw attention to the Amazon as one of the worlds truly important places in need of conservation, a videoconference exchange will be hosted on December 13th, 2005 at the offices of World Wildlife Fund, 1250 24th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037.
Fifteen students representing grades 3 though 6, from the Spring Hill Elementary School, Mclean, VA, will join with Amazon experts from WWF, the World Bank, and the Brazilian government to discuss the theme of conservation and the Amazon. Spring Hill Elementary is one of many schools participating in Earths Birthday educational activities, and its students raised more than US $6,000 to support Amazon conservation in 2005.
The contribution of US $800,000 from Earths Birthday and the Global Environment Facility will be recognized and celebrated as part of the videoconference.
- The Amazon Protected Areas Programme's (ARPA) main goal is to establish a network of protected areas to help protect a significant sample of biological diversity in the Amazon biome.
During Phase I (2003-2006), ARPA has a goal of creating 9 million hectares of total protection conservation units to secure protection of biodiversity. In addition to this, the programme also aims to create another 9 million hectares of sustainable use conservation units, as is the case with extractive reserves, which allow for the economic use of natural resources as long as adequate management plans are presented.
The programme also plans to consolidate, by 2006, 7 million hectares of protected areas which existed previously. Coordinated by the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment and the Brazilian Institute for the Environment, the programme is implemented in partnership with State governments, the Brazilian Fund for Biodiversity (Funbio), World Bank, German Development Banks, and WWF-Brazil.
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One thing to keep in mind as we look at receivers. The receiver positions are not interchangeable. They are scheme specific and require different skill sets. We all recognize this with the slot, but are less inclined to differentiate with the split end and flanker positions.
Rice is our flanker. That means he lines up on the same side as the TE and is required by formation to line up off the line of scrimmage. The flanker is usually the faster and more finesse receiver. Because of the builtin cushion, he is less likely to be jammed at the LOS, but needs to have the giddy up to eat up that cushion quickly. Because of the head start running, he also tends to be the big play, downfield threat
What we a looking for is a split end. He plays opposite the TE and is required by formation to line up ON the LOS. He is frequently physically abused, and is also usually the best blocker, as he has to play the role of the TE on running plays to his side. This player is usually bigger and more physical, but the last two years we have used Golden Tate here, because even though he is small, he's our best blocking WR and most able to beat the jam because of his agility. But it's also why we had Braylon Edwards in . . . Big physical WR. This position also tends to run more slants and crosses and hooks.
So when we are looking at WR's, recognize that we are primarily looking for a split end. Size, hysicality, blocking are more important than pure speed. The ability to make the tough play in traffic.


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Following the recent debut of the Frankenweenie exhibit in San Diego, here's a poster I did for the Frankenweenie Annecy crew two years ago. Also, a weird little vis dev painting (actually more of a thumbnail) I did that was floating around the interwebs.
Production Design by Rick Heinrichs, art directed by Andy Nicholson and Tim Browning.


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This year I've been doing some photography work for the stationery company Minted. At the start of the holiday season, we collaborated with West Elm to come up with creative card displays. I styled the shot the photo above using Minted holiday cards and some felt accessories from West Elm; check out the full post on West Elm's blog, Front & Main.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Holiday Card Display
Labels: Freelance Work, Holidays
8 comments:
- kimberly said...
It's beautiful! I love card displays. :)
- December 20, 2011 at 1:15 PM
- Joy said...
so pretty!
- December 20, 2011 at 1:54 PM
- rebecca said...
much better than throwing them in the recycle like i do. whoops.
- December 20, 2011 at 3:07 PM
- Star said...
I love that you have the red, white and black together. That's very effective. My post today is also about Christmas cards. There are two examples of the card holders we use in England.
Happy Christmas to you.
- December 20, 2011 at 6:42 PM
- Anonymous said...
how nice...
where did you get the push pins?
- December 28, 2011 at 12:23 AM
- The Stapelia Company said...
So crisp and bright. Very nice work. Love the pops of teal.
- December 28, 2011 at 1:01 PM
- Isabella said...
Beautiful I love it!
- December 29, 2011 at 7:57 PM
- Kerri said...
Your blog is inspiring and lovely, and completely my style. I love the vintage inspiration and all of the old-fashioned styling. Please continue posting, as yours is now one of my absolute favorite blogs to follow! I have gotten so much creative inspiration from you too!
- January 27, 2012 at 12:59 PM


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Published 6 days ago on February 11, 2019 By Seraphim Hanisch To some nations in the world, the United States may appear to be overly "conservative" or "backwards" regarding its general position on abortion. Russia, China, Canada, and Australia all allow this practice in generally unrestricted terms. Europeans are generally allowing of first trimester abortions. Social attitudes about the practice vary, with Sweden being the most permissive in terms of attitude, but Russia being the place where a woman is most likely to have had an abortion. While the legal position in the United States on abortion is generally legal under all conditions as determined by the outcome of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision in the US Supreme Court, the social context of the practice is highly debated and generally disapproved of, even by those Americans who believe that the procedure should still be kept legal. One of the most emotionally satisfying statements in the US that actually summarized the attitudes of many "pro-choice" Americans was that of Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill Clinton's statement that abortions should be "safe, legal and rare." In other words, the legality of the procedure is one thing, and the promotion of the procedure is quite another. It was summarized in this thought: We think that to be in the position of determining whether or not to abort a child is a horrifying and extremely serious matter. However, we believe it to be safer if this procedure is kept legal, lest it actually become dangerous because of inferior resources if it were banned, and done clandestinely. This point of view was generally accepted as a secular compromise to a horrifying situation. Far from the ultraliberal attitudes of progressive Europe, the United States remained a relatively conservative country, socially guided by Christian attitudes concerning the sanctity of life, even that life which is yet unborn. All this has changed. Starting with the signing of New York State's "Reproductive Health Act", many states are now moving towards ensuring that abortion is legal under all conditions, to the full term of pregnancy, even to the point where perfectly viable, birthed babies may be killed after delivery if the mother so desires. This report from New York was immediately followed up by this news item from Virginia's own Legislature, in its attempt to pass a similar law, made even more clearly brutal by Governor Northam's defense and explanation of the procedure post delivery in which a living baby would be subject to being deliberately killed at the wish of the mother. This law, like the New York constitutional amendment allows the unborn, or just-born (and alive even though "aborted"), no human rights. There is really no way this action cannot be seen for what it is: infanticide, a very particularly cruel form of murder of the innocent, on no further grounds than that the baby exists and that the mother does not want it. We covered in another news piece how this ability appears to be the prize "right" of feminist women, who were represented in Congress by the infamous Women in White, who sat stone-faced as President Donald Trump appealed for Congress to make and pass a law banning late-term abortions. However, the President's request was well-met by conservatives in the House chamber, and indeed, even some pro-choices were set off their guard by the New York and Virginia legislative moves. Virginia's attempt failed. Abortion is legal in the US, and it is legal at any point in the pregnancy in many states. This is not often reported, probably because abortion is not palatable to public discourse when a fully-formed, living baby is to be the subject of this procedure. The national discourse has for years been "safely" diverted to what appears to be more metaphysical debate about the unseen processes in pregnancy, such as "when does life really begin", and even "when does the embryo receive a soul?" This is probably by design to avoid the much harsher realities that were exposed in New York, Virginia and Massachusetts, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Washington and Vermont. All these states have either passed or are trying to pass laws that protect abortion rights, sometimes to similar extremes as New York's law contains. However, many other states, such as Colorado, already allow full and late-term abortion procedures. However, not every state in the US is trying to magnify abortion rights. Some are trying to limit this procedure, or even outlaw it entirely, should Roe v. Wade be overturned by the Supreme Court, a possibility that seems enhanced now with five "conservative" Justices on the US Supreme Court. States like Tennessee, South Carolina, Arkansas, and even the aforementioned Rhode Island are seeking passage of laws to sharply limit or completely outlaw the procedure in this event. CDC graph showing abortion rates per 1,000 US women from 1969 to 2014. Courtesy: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Guttmacher Institute. Interestingly, both the abortion rate and the actual number of abortions performed in the US has fallen drastically in the time period between 1980 and 2014. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention record that there were almost 1.3 million babies aborted in 1980, peaking at 1.43 million in 1990, before dropping again to 2015's rate of 638,000. Numbers and counts vary by statistical poll, however, with 2017's numbers showing 882,240 in this study. The common feature of declining numbers and rates is still evident. Statistical sources on this issue were not able to explain the reason for the drop in both rate and number of abortions, but a speculation might be that some exposure to the reality of what abortion actually is has served to deter both unwanted pregnancy from even happening, and also to try to find a way to take care of human beings guilty of nothing more than their existence. Perhaps this is too generous an assessment, but it is one possibility. President Trump was loud and clear on several occasions about his stance on the issue of abortion. His State of the Union speech featured his saying, "all children, born and unborn are made in the Holy image of God." This was followed up by further comments at the National Prayer Breakfast, in which he continued to show a strong pro-life position. Naturally, some pols dismiss this as nothing more than the President's attempts to energize his base for the 2020 elections. To credit such opinions, it may indeed do this. But President Trump has really put his money where his mouth is in terms of governing as a conservative, or at least, common-sense oriented President. The combination of Governor Andrew Cuomo's legislation, the Virginian attempt and the March for Life, featuring its highly slurred story about Roman Catholic teenaged boys who were at the event, plus the President's speech have made for a truly polarizing moment. To be sure, political winds in the US are so unruly now that longstanding position issues are now pushed aside in mere days, or even hours. However the mainstream media is hard-pressed to refute what happened here. The American Left tipped its hand, perhaps a little too much for even some who are ideologically liberal, and some of the harshest, most sinister aspects of their worldview were brought into focus. This reaction extends even to both real-life and Internet commentary on such news pieces. Tucker Carlson took on uber-feminist Monica Klein on his program on January 30th, and their exchange, most notably Monica's sheer fury, was a sign that the Left is energized on this subject, so much so that any sense of nicety has been discarded: For Ms. Klein, this issue is a source of pure anger, as is clearly evident on her face. This was not a woman who was playing the ideological talking head for the news media hit; far from it. She really believes what she says, and has taken that fury to the point of irrationality. Some comments on this issue appear in many publications that also reveal extremely fiery emotion on both sides. The rhetoric swings from "baby-killers" to "woman-haters" quite freely on this topic, and this is honestly a shame. Such emotional incendiary bombs are avoidances on both sides. While people call each other names, no one pays attention to the topic itself. This is, of course, by design. When the real issue is looked at, as was shown so clearly in New York and Virginia, the topic of the value of human life shows its profound reality to everyone. If that happened often enough or long enough, it might change the substance of the conversation. The result might then be a real change. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Facebook: The Government's Propaganda Arm? The social media giant has a disturbing number of former Obama officials in key positions of authority over content. Published 1 week ago on February 10, 2019 By The Duran Authored by Jeff Charles via Liberty Nation: Imagine for a moment what it would look like if the federal government launched its own social media network. Every day, Americans could freely use the platform to express their views on everything from economic theory to the best tips for baking peanut butter cookies. They could even discuss their political views and debate the important issues of the day. But what if the government were empowered to determine which political views are appropriate and which are too obscene for the American public? Well, it looks like this is already happening. Of course, the state has not created a social media network; they didn't have to. It appears the government is using Facebook – the world's largest social media company – to sway public opinion. The Government's Fingers In Facebook The Free Thought Project recently published a report revealing that Facebook has some troubling ties to the federal government and that this connection could be enabling former state officials to influence the content displayed. The social media provider has partnered with various think tanks which receive state funding, while hiring an alarming number of individuals who have held prominent positions in the federal government. Facebook recently announced their partnership with the Atlantic Council – which is partly funded by tax dollars – to ensure that users are presented with quality news stories. And by "quality," it seems that they mean "progressive." The council is well known for promoting far-left news sources, including the Xinhua News Agency, which was founded by the Communist Party of China. Well, that's reassuring. What red-blooded American capitalist doesn't want to get the news from a communist regime? But there one aspect of this story is even more troubling: the government-to-Facebook pipeline. The company has employed a significant number of former officials in positions that grant them influence over what content is allowed on the platform. Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's Head of Cybersecurity Policy, prosecuted cybercrimes at the Department of Justice under President Obama. Now, he is responsible for determining who gets banned or suspended from the network. But that's not the worst of it. He also spearheaded the company's initiative to scrub anti-war content and "protest" movements. In a blog post, Gleicher wrote: "Some of the Pages frequently posted about topics like anti-NATO sentiment, protest movements, and anti-corruption." He continued, "We are constantly working to detect and stop this type of activity because we don't want our services to be used to manipulate people." The company has also hired others who served in key positions in the Obama administration. Some of these include: Aneesh Raman: Former speechwriter Joel Benenson: Top adviser Meredith Carden: Office of the First Lady To make things more interesting, Facebook has also hired neocons to help them determine the type of content that is being published. So if you happen to be a conservative that isn't too crazy about interventionism, your views are not as welcome on the network as others. After all, how many times have you heard of people being banned for posting pro-war or socialist propaganda? Are Private Companies Truly Private? The notion that government officials could be using positions of power in the private industry to advance a statist agenda is disturbing, but the fact that most Americans are unaware of this is far worse. It would be inaccurate to argue that the government is controlling Facebook's content, but the level of the state's involvement in the world's biggest social media company is a disturbing development. This is not the only case of state officials becoming involved with certain industries. This trend is rampant in the certain industries in which individuals move back and forth between private organizations and the FDA. For example, Monsanto, an agricultural and agrochemical company, has been under scrutiny for its ties to the federal government. It is not clear if there is anything that can be done to counteract inappropriate relations between the government and certain companies – especially organizations with the level of influence enjoyed by the likes of Facebook. But it essential that the public is made aware of these relations, otherwise the state will continue to exert influence over society – with Americans none the wiser. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Is nouveau racism righteous retribution or just insanity? [Video] The weaponization of racism only creates division and violence, but liberals drive for power cares little about collateral damage. Published 1 week ago on February 8, 2019 By Seraphim Hanisch We know that nouveau racism has been on the rise in America, even though no one calls it by this name. What is it? Nouveau racism is racism. However, it is that racism which is embraced by "minority" groups, like African-Americans, Latin-Americans, feminists, and any group that is not the target group of their invective: the European-originated, white, Christian male. Tucker Carlson gives a solid introduction to this topic in his own words in his reflection about one of America's leaders in the crusade of identity politics, Stacey Y. Abrams. Nouveau racism is often considered as "righteous retribution" by liberals who practice it. The logic is simple: After all that the European white MEN perpetrated upon native American nations, and upon the African peoples who were forcibly seized and brought to the New World as slave labor, women, blacks and native Americans now ought to give the white men a good taste of their own medicine. Let them see how it feels to be treated like we were, the narrative says. The only thing is that the descendants of those European white men have largely long since renounced racism. The passage of the Civil Rights Law in 1964 marked the turning point that really had already been reached. The Act merely formalized what for many was already a present reality. After that, racism was loudly and strongly denounced in public service advertisements in the 1970's like this one: In an even-handed way, many young people in the 1970's learned that prejudice was wrong, and that the attitudes of the past, judging people by their religion or color was simply… wrong. The lesson was learned deeply, to the point where white Americans were uniformly horrified by slavery or racism. This was amplified by many movies and TV programs in the 1970's and 1980's that viscerally showed their viewers what it was like to live a life of prejudice, but it also increased the desire to never be that way. Consequently, to most white people in America, one never refers to a black person as "black" or discusses it. The white person usually defers to anyone of color and will not discuss their skin color to prevent any chance of repeating the past by making a prejudiced judgement. It would seem fair to presume that with the exceptions of very tiny fringe groups, racism among European-bred white-skinned Americans is gone. Even the trope against Mexicans and "brown-skinned" people is one that most white Americans will not express. While there is often frustration expressed over Latin American immigrants not learning English, there is little to no connection between their skin color and a prejudged notion. Racism among white people is a thing of the past. So, what do we see now? According to the news media in the US, the assertion above is completely wrong, and in fact, white people are motivated by hate and the desire to continue to oppress and humiliate non-whites, especially the black man, Latin Americans and Native Americans. Further, there is a bevy of research that points at continuing attitudes being "hateful" and worse, that such people are worthy of nothing good – that they should be humiliated, brought low and stripped of their "white privilege." In fact, for the mainstream media, racism has never been so rampant in America. The only problem is that this is simply not true. If anything, white people are very afraid of being perceived as racist, and this has opened the door for what is going on now. This effort in the liberal press is their assent and promotion of nouveau racism, but like many such fearsome or incendiary topics, this one is not addressing a real problem at all. It is, instead, creating and fomenting a real problem in the country by agitating groups that are already touched by this sort of attitude, to become more extreme. Nouveau racism seems to serve the purpose of maligning President Trump and Republicans overall, and though President Trump easily swats such nonsense attacks away by his actions, his party's politicians in Congress often stumble when so accused. One of the powers of this great weapon is to get a person so accused of racism to do two things: To assent to the horrors of racism and how those "maligned" by it have long suffered, and to go on the defense as though they had to apologize for being racist themselves. Of course, in most cases, there was no racism in the first place. But once someone apologizes for it, this has the effect of making them look like the allegation is true, and from that point a person's reputation may be destroyed because of the accused person's lack of honesty. This form of attack is not limited to racism, of course. Feminists perfected the technique and successfully used it against many people until they tried it on Donald Trump, and again on Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The forceful swatting away of the allegations by (now) Justice Kavanaugh and the simple admission of "I said it, I am wrong, and I am sorry" by Candidate Trump after the Access Hollywood recording attack gave the feminists nowhere to go. The same tactic needs to be employed about racism in any form. As Tucker Carlson rightly noted, identity politics divides people into groups who are afraid of one another. Being kind and polite is a great thing. But being cowed into letting a possible accuser have their way all the time lest you be called racist is tyranny. It is not righteous retribution in any form whatsoever. Fox Host David Webb said it very simply: ""our skin is an organ. It doesn't think. It doesn't formulate ideas." He is right. Also, nouveau racism is part of the victim culture. Applied to people who embrace it, they only ensure their own enslavement. As we noted in the article about David Webb, Areva Martin, a racist CNN reporter who accused Mr. Webb of white male privilege, made the assertion that white men talk about following the law because they are white and they can follow the law. But look where this assertion leads. White men talk about following the law because they are white and they can do this. They therefore do not understand black men and women, because black men and women are special cases (for Areva Martin, the CNN reporter, this was her argument) Their special nature means that the arguments of following the law do not – and must not – apply to them Apparently this means that black people are incapable of following laws It means that they are incapable of taking personal responsibility for themselves If this is so, then it also follows that someone must run their lives, which leads us to upholding… Slavery! 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Despite predictions of ice and sleet conditions, half a million Americans are expected to gather in Washington, D.C., Jan. 25, as part of the 40th annual March for Life, regarded as the largest-scale ongoing protest of any kind in the United States.
Despite predictions of ice and sleet conditions, half a million Americans are expected to gather in Washington, D.C., Jan. 25, as part of the 40th annual March for Life, regarded as the largest-scale ongoing protest of any kind in the United States.
They travel by bus — many for more than two days — to protest the legalization of abortion since Roe v. Wade in 1973. Walkers this year also will be objecting to the Obamacare mandate that many feel obligates employers to violate their religious faith and conscience by paying for contraceptives, the "morning-after pill" and other items that can lead to abortion.
People of all colors and faiths and many who would be classified as physically and/or mentally disabled unite in this pilgrimage. It goes beyond defending the unborn, but speaks to defending life at all ages and conditions, particularly the weakest and most vulnerable.
Starting at 7 a.m., more than 18,000 youths are expected to fill the arena at the Verizon Center for the national Pro-Life Youth Rally as they did last year. Hundreds of students from the Poconos will be among them at the Verizon Center and at the second venue, the D.C. Armory. Speakers will share personal stories as well as documented atrocities tied to abortion as they did last year. They'll also speak about a growing rate of organ harvesting worldwide and recent sex trafficking expos�s and unreported women's deaths at dozens of Planned Parenthood facilities.
Alveda King, an eloquent orator in the deeply moving manner of her revered uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is scheduled to speak and share facts rarely publicized in the mainstream media, and will share her thoughts on what she regards as the actual intent of Planned Parenthood's founder, Margaret Sanger, to eradicate the African-American population. Last year, Alveda King was joined by an impassioned evangelist, who declared the pro-life movement an extension of the civil rights movement of the 1960s and quoted Dr. King: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. "� The Negro cannot win if he is willing to sacrifice the lives of his children for personal comfort and safety.'" Citing the staggering statistic that 60 percent of black pregnancies in New York City end in abortion (toomanyabortions.com), that speaker implored the people of color in the gathering to restore a culture of life and family in the black community, and to join the National Black ProLife Coalition (blackandprolife.org).
While the rally on the mall continues, the milelong march to the Supreme Court will begin, led by 400 students from Christendom College along Constitution Avenue.
On the steps to the Supreme Court, women who've had abortions or worked in abortion clinics will share their personal stories, offering them up as a sort of confession in their hopes that others will hear and not repeat their mistakes. One woman last year spoke of how she longed to have a child, but the damage done by two abortions left her unable to conceive again. Another warned that medical studies now show an increased risk of breast cancer among women who've had an abortion.
Dozens of men last year silently held signs reading "I regret lost fatherhood." Scores of women carried signs stating, "I regret my abortion."
Many will shed tears. They will receive supportive calls from marchers and onlookers such as "Thank you for your courage," that was heard last year as they embraced. One woman turned back to the group of pro-life teens I was with last year and said, "Thank you for coming here every year. You made us realize what we were doing. You are the future."
Online resources: optionline.org (800-395-HELP); abortionrecovery.org (866-469-7326); africanamericanadoptionsonline.com
Editor's note:Writer Susan Jorstad and her teenaged son, Kyle, were among hundreds from the Poconos who attended last year's March for Life and Youth Rally. This column is the opinion of the writer and not intended to reflect any viewpoint of Pike & Monroe Life.


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I first saw the vessel in 2003 from an overpass as I traveled down I-526 outside Charleston, S.C. She was huge, lying among 18- to 25-foot boats in a roadside marine repair and boatyard at Johnny's Marine. At 58 feet in length with nearly a 15-foot wide beam, she took up 25 percent of the yard and stood 10 feet above anything else.
What attracted me to her were her lines-she looked like a small cruise ship that had washed up in a hurricane, dumping ground among all the other boats in various states of disrepair. She had three staterooms and three heads, an enclosed pilot house, a living room/galley with sliding glass doors (smashed) that opened onto an aluminum deck over the engine hatches. On the back deck, there was an aluminum stairway up to the top deck.
Envisioning The Future
When I climbed onto the top deck, I was sold! Although it was a wreck with rotting seats and equipment boxes, it measured 300 square feet, with the potential to add another 150 square feet if I extended the deck aft over the engine hatches below. The inside was a disaster: rotting couches, ceiling and wall panels wrecked and exposed, leaking or broken windows, pilot house wiring stripped out and tangled.
I kept watching for activity on the boat for over a year before finally venturing into the yard in mid-2004 to inquire about her status. The boat yard owner had acquired her (then as Arbitrage II) from a local shipyard as salvage. A 1988 Three Buoys Tortola Cruiser houseboat, she had been abandoned and lying on the back staging area of the yard for over seven years and was in terrible shape. It turned out that she was originally acquired from Three Buoys (a Canadian manufacturer) by a U.S. senator who lived in Litchfield Plantation near Myrtle Beach, and was commissioned in the U.S. by a foreign manufacturer under the influence of the senator. Somewhere along the way, he gave or sold it to Litchfield Plantation, who used it as an excursion boat until it fell into disrepair and went to a Charleston boatyard for salvage.
Not Going To Be Easy
After taking a closer look, I discovered rotting wood from the fiberglass deck structure oozed characteristic rust-colored discharge from virtually every seam and corner of the vessel. There were hundreds of mud dobber wasp nests throughout the vessel in every corner, inside the paneling, on the wiring harnesses, in the engine room, etc. But her hull was welded aluminum plate and seemingly in good condition, and that alone was worth the salvage attempt. Plus the current owner at Johnny's Marine had big plans for renovation, but no money to execute those plans. I left the yard wondering what it would take to bring her to life. When I finally told my wife about the boat, she informed me that any attempt to resuscitate her could be the end my life!
It was another six months before I got up the courage to make the owner an offer he couldn't refuse. I suggested I joint venture the restoration with him in return for joint ownership. I would buy the boat and handle the cost to restore the fiberglass superstructure above the aluminum deck, and he would provide the knowledge and cost to provide what was needed to rebuild the engines, restore the systems, including plumbing, heating, electrical, hydraulics and air conditioning, and float the boat. I held up my end of the deal and paid him $45,000 for the boat in its "as is" condition at the time. I borrowed $60,000 from my local bank (you could still get money from banks back then, even for rotting boats) and I began stripping the interior of the boat to see what I had acquired.
At the time, I had estimated it would take approximately $100,000 to bring the boat to an acceptable standard. With $45,000 invested already, and the assumption that the yard owner would hold up his part, I felt good when I got a $75,000 survey on the "as is" condition. I also got a potential $400,000 to $455,000 estimated value on a finished boat, if brought back to serviceable condition. I made my case to my wife and the bank and lived another day, barely!
What Have I Done?
For the next several months, I cut through fiberglass and wood, stripped out every wall panel and all the ceilings and pulled out wires and fixtures, all the time wondering what I had gotten myself into. But I had a vision and that vision never wavered. I brought in a 25-foot trailer to store materials and supplies, chain sawed the windows out of the sides (because we could not figure out how to remove them any other way) and literally sawed off the back end of the rear top deck that was so badly destroyed from water intrusion it couldn't be saved. Side stringers down both sides of the upper deck had to be chain sawed then pried out with crowbars to get to the damage within and to ensure all the decay was exposed. The project changed from a restoration to a rebuilding project, with virtually every inch of the boat under attack from my drilling, cutting and prying to get to a starting point for the rebuild. The good news was that there was enough good wood to provide a platform from which to work.
Time To Start Building
Once the core of the project was identified, we could begin rebuilding. First we needed to weather in the top deck/roof to protect what we had spent a year exposing. I wanted an enclosed area outside the main salon to extend the livable area. To do that, we needed to add aluminum superstructure to support the new 10-foot rafters. I selected four by four square aluminum tubing to support the roof addition, with two by two square aluminum tubing for the railings. Once complete, it was time to re-panel the top deck with three-quarter-inch marine grade plywood covered with two coats of Glavit, then three layers of fiberglass matting. That was followed by a layer of quarter-inch rubber flooring that would serve as the first line of defense for waterproofing. After securing the top deck, we began adding structures like railing supports, seating, storage boxes, etc., all of which had to be glassed into the deck and surrounding superstructure.
Years 2004 and 2005 were for demolition and structure; 2006 and 2007 were dedicated to fabrication. Financing was a constant issue, along with quality work on the areas where I needed special assistance. I'd find a good marine fabricator only to lose him halfway through the job they signed on to help with. This was the single largest obstacle to overcome and cost me tens of thousands of dollars in interest expense over the course of construction due to delays in the project.
Do-It-Yourself Woodwork
I wanted solid wood doors throughout the vessel, but I found that to have a custom woodshop make the eight doors required for staterooms and heads would cost over $3,000. So I went to Home Depot, purchased standard-sized solid pine doors then cut around the sides, top and bottom to make them to the size I needed. I then spent hours hand rubbing the wood, sanding and varnishing it with 10 coats of varnish to achieve the gleaming bright work finish I wanted. Once I found out that I could fabricate whatever I needed for the interior, I duplicated the effort for the matched grain cherry paneling in all staterooms and hallways; ceilings, crown moldings, interior and exterior bright work were custom fabricated as needed to save cost and create the desired effect of a highly finished motor yacht. I acquired quarter-inch marine grade teak and holly sole in four by eight plywood sheets to make the installation of all interior floors easier and more uniform, finished with four coats of semi gloss interior Bristol Finish.
Bells And Whistles
By the last quarter of 2007, the two new Volvo D3-130hp diesel engines with XDP DuoProp drives had been installed, and I took possession of a new 9KW genset. This was after purchasing a used genset off eBay at the suggestion of my lead systems guy. Unfortunately, it had been sitting for two years by the time it was installed, so it lasted about three hours before self destructing. Buying the new engines and genset were two of the best things I did because of the absolutely silent operation, supreme quality plus a warranty! You can not hear or feel the engines running topside at all during operation. All mechanical systems, including plumbing, electrical, water purification, air handling (two air conditioning systems including all ductwork had to be totally restored, plus a third new system was installed later in the captain's quarters), onboard deck crane, custom-made stainless steel furniture rack and more were complete and we were now looking at gauges, radar, sonar, GPS and everything that would run, track and monitor the vessel. I selected a Garmin 5212 system with color touch screen display, BlueChart g2 Vision card, "real picture" aerial photo reference, GPS navigation system with computer linked weather radar with 45-mile, 48-inch radar array. Installation was performed by a superior electrical components company with no real issues. During the same time, I contracted with an employee at Best Buy to install an integrated sound system including a CD player, 37-inch flat screen HDTV, separate nine-inch CD players in each stateroom, and a portable VueCube Satellite TV System. I chose to not mount the satellite TV antenna in order to keep clutter down on the radar arch and give me some flexibility as to where it would be placed on the top deck. Since it wouldn't be used all the time, it could be carried inside in bad weather or long layups. Later in the year we added external mounted bow and stern thrusters.
We launched in 2008. Final exterior finishes were applied in stages to ensure a risk-free application process. The entire upper deck had been sanded, filled with West Systems fillers, then hand sanded again. This process took nine applications before I was satisfied with the look of the fiberglass skin. I selected Awlgrip for the topside and rolled on two primer base coats and three top coats before I was happy with the result. I rolled on the finish to achieve a slightly spackled finish rather than a mirror finish that would be hard to manage. The Awlgrip was shiny and hard and covered up imperfections in the glass work (for which I was largely responsible for installing). For the aluminum hull, I had a professional painter spray on two primer coats and three topcoats, each sanded and sealed, then buffed to a shine so deep it seemed to be a mirror reflecting into itself.
Systems were checked, engines were started, fuel was installed, and we thought we were ready to go by April 2008. We hoisted the seven-foot custom grill topside with the 800-foot onboard crane and took down the radar arch in preparation for the big move. Teak furniture was unboxed and placed in the powder coated, custom stainless steel rack. Then we found the holes! While inspecting a thru hull fitting under the boat late one evening, I noticed light coming from inside the vessel and it wasn't from the thru hull fitting! Not a good sign at all in a boat! It appeared that corrosion had eaten a small hole through the hull underneath the water tank in the middle of the vessel. If there was one, there could be more, so the search was on. We jacked up the water tank and every other tank in the vessel, scraped off the undercoating, light tested the entire bilge and poked at every indention inside the bilge. We found three more holes and five more erosion points during the extensive testing. To fix the problem areas, we welded aluminum plates over the affected areas outside the hull and filled in the indentions inside the bilge with corrosion-resistant materials, followed by three coats of corrosion-resistant paint throughout the areas affected. No other problems were found, so we set a launch date in May.
Trailering Woes
The vessel had been moved twice since I discovered it in the boat yard down the street from my office. It had resided in my motor pool parking lot for almost a year after the boat yard closed, and the City of North Charleston made us move it again, which coincided with a move anyway, to our new location across the street. Getting it into the lot proved a lot easier than getting it back out. The eight-axle custom trailer we used to move it twice was now in disrepair with several broken axles and numerous inoperative wheels and tires. It had to be renovated before we could use it so that process delayed our trip to the river for two weeks. Once fixed, a tractor trailer was brought in to move the vessel the three miles to the launch site off Bridge View Road on the Ashley River.
We obtained permits, arranged for chase and lead vehicles and had lookouts on top of the boat to watch for and move wires, electrical lines and tree limbs. On the trip to the river, we had to stop three times to repair broken wheels and blown tires, but we made the trip in less than one hour! Launching was simple, and we stopped traffic all along the way both on the water and on Interstate 526 for the two exits to the launch site.
Since launching in May 2008, we have had only minor adjustments in running systems, air conditioning and electronics. Given the length of time in restoration, the vessel is both new and settled. Our first two-night shakedown cruise was a wonderful experience after the first night. There were 10 onboard and I spent the entire first night on top deck watching the anchor line and got no sleep whatsoever! The second night was less stressful once I found out that anchors usually do their job, and if not, the worst that could happen would be that we would blow out to sea and never be found.
Mission Complete
The usefulness of the design is proving to be exactly on target for what I envisioned. I wanted a large vessel with clean lines, simple systems; a boat that was easy to use and super elegant, but also kid-friendly. With three grandchildren, being easy to clean up was an essential characteristic. Running down the Ashley River to Charleston Harbor with my captain son at the helm, I went below to check out the feel of the moving vessel from inside. I'll never forget the feeling of accomplishment as I stood in the main salon looking out the back, with the ocean breeze flowing through the ship from the bow doors out the sliding doors to the back deck, and the light reflecting off the wake as we cut through the water at an astonishing 10 knots. Seriously, speed was not a consideration in this project because at 50,000 pounds she wasn't going to break any speed records. What I do have is a diesel-sipping marvel at less than six gallons per hour total fuel consumption even with the generator running 24/7. It only takes us an hour to get down the Ashley River to Charleston Harbor and another two hours to Dewees Island, our now favorite (and so far only) gunk hole. The total two-night, three-day adventure cost a whopping $108 in fuel. I spent more than that for pizza! With three jet skis in tow and whatever else we need, Seas the Day is an excellent mother ship for the Low Country and turns heads and stops mariners in their wake wherever she sails.
My next goal is to get Seas the Day to a large lake in South Carolina, Florida or Georgia where I feel her real destiny could be realized. She is an exceptional river boat in the meantime, with a 2.5-foot draft and deep vee hull design that cuts through even the roughest harbor seas and Intercoastal traffic wakes, which makes for a very smooth and quiet ride.
If you are interested in this vessel and would like to see an online photo album, contact Walt Thorn at email@example.com.
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Julianne Moore Slams Jessica Simpson?
She created a fashion empire worth nearly a billion dollars, but one actress doesn't think Jessica Simpson is a role model.
PHOTOS: Jessica Simpson's chic maternity style
"I don't want my daughter or her friends to be interested in Jessica Simpson; I want them to be interested in what's happening in their own lives," Julianne Moore says in the March issue of More magazine.
The 51-year-old actress, who has two children (Liv Helen, 9, and Caleb, 14) with her director husband Bart Freundlich, plays Sarah Palin in the upcoming HBO film "Game Change."
PHOTOS: Meet my big screen twin!
And based on the trailer, Moore nails the part of the 47-year-old former vice presidential nominee and onetime governor of Alaska.
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In the past few months, there have been news about the mural and the Glen Echo Park, and I'd like to keep you posted.
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ANAHEIM – The pitching matchup was not fair, on paper or in real life.
Angels left-hander Michael Roth was in college a year ago.
Texas right-hander Yu Darvish was throwing 97-mph fastballs and 60-mph curveballs Wednesday, and probably could have touched every increment on the radar gun in between just for fun.
Roth's ascent to the major leagues was just as unpredictable as the movement on Darvish's darts, but you could see the result of Wednesday's game coming from a mile away: The Rangers beat the Angels 11-3 in front of an announced crowd of 37,154 at Angel Stadium.
"I feel like I belong," Roth said, "despite the numbers."
The shaggy-haired 22-year-old allowed five runs, all earned, in 33 innings. He allowed six hits but was more angry with himself for walking two.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia took the ball from Roth in the middle of a nine-run fourth inning that saw 13 Rangers come to the plate.
"I said, 'You pitched your heart out.' We had a rough start to that fourth inning. We didn't get back to where we had control of the game," Scioscia said. "(Roth) pitched better than the numbers indicated."
For Roth, the journey was more remarkable than anything he did in his first major-league start.
Even the Angels' assistant general manager for scouting and player development, Scott Servais – who was in on the decision to draft Roth out of the University of South Carolina last June – didn't expect him to be starting in the major leagues by now.
"It's been lightning quick," Servais said.
The list of pitchers who were drafted in the ninth round and debuted the following season is short and undistinguished: Darrell Jackson, Charlie Leibrandt, Rafael Novoa and Josh Spence.
Nolan Ryan, arguably one of the greatest pitchers of all time and the Rangers' CEO, was drafted in the 12 th round in 1965 and debuted in September 1966 at age 19.
Roth is only the second player from his draft class to reach the majors.
The other is Dodgers reliever Paco Rodriguez. Both were star players in college who slipped past the first round (Rodriguez was drafted in the second round out of the University of Florida).
"Michael is a very polished pitcher," Servais said. "He doesn't throw as hard as some of the pitchers picked ahead of him."
Servais said Roth relies more on guile than stuff, and the Angels were OK with that from their ninth-round draft choice. Indeed, there was nothing sexy about Roth's assortment of pitches Wednesday. The menu included a steady diet of sinkers and fastballs that hovered around 90 mph.
It worked just fine the first time through the order, when Texas collected a pair of singles. Roth didn't allow a run for three innings.
The fourth inning was uncharted territory for him. He hadn't pitched more than two innings in any of his four relief appearances this season, and it showed.
Roth kicked things off by walking Adrian Beltre, then allowing consecutive singles to Nelson Cruz, A.J. Pierzynski, Craig Gentry and David Murphy. The bases were loaded when Roth struck out his last batter, Mitch Moreland, for the first out of the inning. Down 3-0, David Carpenter trotted in from the Angels' bullpen.
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Darvish (4-1) allowed three hits, all singles, in six innings. He walked two and struck out 11.
To say that Darvish changed speeds would be an understatement. He threw fastballs clocked at 89 and 95, sliders at 78 and 83 – and that was just in the first inning. Mike Trout, who is notorious for adjusting to pitchers mid-game, went 0 for 3 against Darvish with two strikeouts.
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Last year, while visiting a cousin in Sicamous,
British Columbia, in Canada, my husband bought a contest ticket for a
houseboat trip on Shuswap Lake in the North Okanagan
from Waterways and he was so pumped when he won! We boarded the houseboat,
along with our two adult sons, my youngest son's girlfriend and an elderly
friend. This is a light-hearted tale of our trip, which we enjoyed immensely.
If you were going on a houseboat trip, what would you be
sure to take along? The answer varied amongst my family and friends. As
captain, my husband Randy made sure he had a map of the lake in front of him at
all times. Our eldest son, Jordan, ensured he had his CD's and player since no
one else seems to share his taste in music. Our other son, Jonah, was content
as long as his girlfriend Kyla was close by and vise versa applied for Kyla.
Our family friend Nelda finally sat back and relaxed when we unpacked the coffee.
As for myself, I was thankful for my family and friends who finally made it onboard.
I say finally because we did take a shortcut on the way to
our destination, in an endeavor to shorten travel time on the trip from our
home in Kindersley, Saskatchewan,
to Sicamous, British Columbia. A friend had informed us
of a shortcut to Calgary, Alberta, that would save us an hour of
driving time. What we hadn't anticipated was all the rain which had fallen and
transformed the short stretch of dirt road into a massive mud puddle. As our
two mud-coated vehicles approached pavement, Jonah pulled up beside us and
muttered "Nice shortcut, Dad!" and flicked a hunk of mud towards our open
Our group of voyageurs had to be patient as Waterways was a
wee bit behind schedule getting the boats cleaned and prepped for their new
clients. When the skies finally cleared, we were given permission to begin
loading our supplies. Perhaps we brought along too much. A half-ton box piled
high with essentials and a completely stuffed Ford Escape interior didn't seem
like too much stuff until we had to haul it all into the houseboat.
While on the lake, this Saskatchewan girl truly did feel out of her
element. There I was surrounded by two commodities completely foreign to the
prairies-trees and water. Although the peace and quiet was appreciated, after a
while we were all scanning the horizon for signs of civilization and it came in
the form of a floating store. I was surprised to see the wide variety of
fireworks available since the brochure stated they were discouraged on the
lake. Nevertheless, Jonah walked out the door with a huge supply in tow.
No sooner had we pulled on to the beach for the evening when
the two-way radio began to hum with activity. A bunch of the boats had dubbed
themselves with code names and were making plans for the evening, "Zombie Donkey, this is Cheap Baloney, we're pulling in for the
Sure enough, Cheap
Baloney pulled in beside us and shortly afterwards, Zombie Donkey followed.
"Water Dancer? Are
you by?" was the next message over the radio and soon afterwards Water Dancer pulled in beside its two
companions. So far they were all parked on our right and two lonely boats were
docked quite a distance from us to our left.
"Zombie Donkey to Party God. Are you pulling in for the
night?" came over the radio. And you guessed it, Party God pulled in snuggly on our left. They came complete with
music enough for all to share. If we had a theme song for this trip it would
have to be "Stuck in the Middle With You."
Party God's crew
consisted of wanna-be body builders sporting impressive tans and
not-so-impressive gold and silver Speedo swimming trunks (a fashion statement
which is rarely seen on the prairies). They all converged on the top deck and
made a big to-do of having a push-up competition.
"They're doing girlie push-ups!" Jonah said, completely
disgusted as he watched the males rest on their knees while performing pushups.
I could tell he was tempted to go over and challenge the would-be body
builders, but he refrained.
The upside of it all was we were now surrounded by a captive
audience for the midnight fireworks display, which everyone agreed was quite
impressive for an amateur.
Although we played around with a few code names for our crew
(Donkey Baloney, Zombie Dancer, Fire God),
we never did settle on a name. It was a relief to know we wouldn't have to tote
all our leftover food and firewood back home, but instead could sacrifice it
all to Party God.
We all agreed we would take another houseboat trip in a
heartbeat, provided we could enlist lots of our friends to come along. Our
houseboat vacation made us realize the excursion would be even more enjoyable
if we brought along our own Cheap
Baloney, Prairie Dancer and our very own Saskatchewan Party God.
Waterway Houseboats
British Columbia.
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I have been to events where senior instructors were visiting from Okinawa. At such occasions, most participants are eager to receive corrections of their techniques. After all, the opportunity to train with senior instructors is very limited.
However, visiting instructors are often very reluctant to offer corrections, even in private. They will hold back. See: Enryo Tsuru. Because of this, I am careful to inform visiting instructors of my sincere desire to receive instruction and corrections.
When my Sensei, Professor Katsuhiko Shinzato, visited my dojo last year, I said (with a bow):
"Sensei, please correct us. We are trying our best to move the way that you do. If we are moving differently, it is only because we have not learned your way yet. We are not attached to the way that we move. We want to move like you do. Please feel free to correct us. Onegaishimasu."
Today I would add, "please don't enryo" (hold back).
Shinzato Sensei will also teach kata in different ways at different times for different reasons to different people. But he will be reluctant to do so if the student is attached to a certain way or version. I thus ask him to please feel free to show us any kata in any way that he likes. If he likes, we will change all the movements of any kata because we are attached to him, not the kata itself. After all, the kata are simply vehicles for teaching techniques, body dynamics, footwork, body shifting, timing, etc.
I should add that Shinzato Sensei would never correct me in front of my students. He would only do so privately. If I was doing something incorrectly in class, and he wanted to correct it, he would probably find a way to do so indirectly so that it would not reflect negatively on me. He would probably preface his correction by saying "you might try this" and would almost certainly correct one of my students rather than me. This is his way of being reserved, courteous, considerate, and humble.
If you want to be corrected -- and for your students to be corrected -- you should politely ask your instructor so that he will feel comfortable doing so. Whatever your level may be, it is important to always have a beginner's heart and attitude.
Charles C. Goodin
Please Correct Me
I have been to events where senior instructors were visiting from Okinawa. At such occasions, most participants are eager to receive corrections of their techniques. After all, the opportunity to train with senior instructors is very limited.
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Friday, March 31, 2006