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On Abraham Lincoln's inaugural journey to Washington, D.C., as president-elect, he stopped in Philadelphia at the site where the Declaration of Independence had been signed.
One of the most famous statements in the speech was, "I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence." This hall also was the place where Lincoln's body lay in state after his assassination in 1865, one of many stops his funeral train made before he was laid to rest in Springfield, Illinois.
Feb. 22, 1861
I am filled with deep emotion at finding myself standing here, in this place, where were collected together the wisdom, the patriotism, the devotion to principle, from which sprang the institutions under which we live.
You have kindly suggested to me that in my hands is the task of restoring peace to the present distracted condition of the country. I can say in return, Sir, that all the political sentiments I entertain have been drawn, so far as I have been able to draw them, from the sentiments which originated and were given to the world from this hall.
I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
I have often pondered over the dangers which were incurred by the men who assembled here, and framed and adopted that Declaration of Independence. I have pondered over the toils that were endured by the officers and soldiers of the army who achieved that Independence.
I have often inquired of myself, what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the motherland; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time.
It was that which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of all men. This is a sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
Now, my friends, can this country be saved upon that basis? If it can, I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the world, if I can help to save it. If it cannot be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful.
But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
Now, in my view of the present aspect of affairs, there need be no bloodshed and war.
There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say, in advance, that there will be no bloodshed unless it be forced upon the Government, and then it will be compelled to act in self-defense.
My friends, this is wholly an unexpected speech, and I did not expect to be called upon to say a word when I came here. I supposed it was merely to do something toward raising the flag. I may, therefore, have said something indiscreet.
I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by and, if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, die by."
From Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy P. Basler et al. at Abraham Lincoln Online.


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"'Duryodhana said, "This one, O Karna, will act as thy driver, this ruler of the Madras, who is superior to Krishna, like Matali the driver of the chief of the celestials. Indeed, as Matali taketh the management of the car unto which the steeds of Indra are attached, even so will Shalya be the driver of the steeds of thy car today. With thyself as warrior on that vehicle and the ruler of the Madras as its driver, that foremost of car will certainly vanquish the Parthas in battle.'"
"Sanjaya continued, 'When the morning came, O monarch, Duryodhana once more addressed the ruler of the Madras endued with great activity, saying, "O ruler of the Madras, hold the reins in battle of Karna's foremost of steeds. Protected by thee, the son of Radha will vanquish Dhananjaya." Thus addressed, Shalya, answering, "So be it" ascended the car, O Bharata. When Shalya approached that car, Karna with a cheerful heart addressed his driver, saying, "O charioteer, quickly equip the car for me." Having duly equipped that triumphal car, the foremost of its kind, which resembled the vapoury mansions in the sky, Shalya presented it to Karna, saying, "Blessed be thou, victory to thee." Then Karna, that foremost of car-warriors, duly worshipping that car which had in days of old been sanctified by a priest conversant with Brahma, and circumambulating it and carefully adoring the god Surya addressed the ruler of the Madras standing near, saying, "Ascend the vehicle." Thereupon Shalya of mighty energy ascended that large, invincible, and foremost of cars, belonging to Karna like a lion ascending a mountain summit. Beholding Shalya stationed, Karna ascended his excellent car like the Sun riding on a mass of clouds charged with lightning. Mounted on the same car, those two heroes endued with the splendour or the Sun of fire looked resplendent like Surya and Agni sitting together on a cloud in the firmament. Eulogised then (by bards and panegyrists), those two heroes of great effulgence looked like Indra and Agni adored with hymns in a sacrifice by Ritwiks and Sadasyas. Karna stood on that car, the reins of whose steeds were held by Shalya, stretching his formidable bow, like the Sun himself within a halo of circular light. Stationed on that foremost of cars, that tiger among men, Karna, with his shafts constituting his rays, looked beautiful like the Sun on the Mandara mountains. Unto the mighty-armed son of Radha that warrior of immeasurable energy, stationed on his car for battle. Duryodhana said these words, "O son of Adhiratha, O hero, do thou achieve that feat difficult of accomplishment which Drona and Bhishma have not achieved in the very sight of all the bowmen. I had always believed that those two mighty car-warriors, viz., Bhishma and Drona, would without doubt slay Arjuna and Bhimasena in battle. Like a second wielder of the thunderbolt, O son of Radha, do thou in great battle achieve that feat worthy of a hero which was not achieved by those two. Either seize king Yudhishthira the just or slay Dhananjaya and Bhimasena, O son of Radha, and the twin sons of Madri. Blessed be thou, let victory be thine. Set out for battle, O tiger among men. Reduce to ashes all the troops of Pandu's son." Then thousands of trumpets and tens of thousands of drums, sounded together, produced a noise like that of the clouds in the welkin. Accepting those words (of Duryodhana), the foremost of car-warriors stationed on his car, viz., the son of Radha, addressed Shalya, that warrior accomplished in battle, saying, "Urge the steeds, O mighty-armed one, so that I may slay Dhananjaya and Bhimasena and both the twins and king Yudhishthira. O Shalya, let Dhananjaya behold today the might of my arms, when I will be engaged in shooting shafts winged with Kanka feathers in hundreds and thousands. Today, O Shalya, I will shoot shafts with great energy for the destruction of the Pandavas and the victory of Duryodhana."
"'"Shalya said, "O Suta's son, why dost thou think so low of the sons of Pandu, all of whom are endued with great might, all of whom are great bowmen, and all of whom are acquainted with every weapon? They are unretreating, of great good fortune, invincible, and of prowess incapable of being baffled. They are capable of inspiring fear in the heart of Indra himself. When, son of Radha thou wilt hear the twang of Gandiva in battle, resembling the peal of the thunder itself, thou wilt not then utter such speeches. When thou wilt behold Dharma's son and the twins causing a canopy, like that of the clouds in the welkin, with their sharp arrows, and the other invincible kings (of the Pandava army), endued with great lightness of hands and shooting (showers of shafts) and weakening their foes, then thou wilt not utter such words.'"
"Sanjaya continued, 'Disregarding those words spoken by the ruler of the Madras, Karna addressing him endued with great activity, saying, "Proceed."'"

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Bellwether case affirms Christian's right to express beliefs
A decision in a case regarded as a bellwether in the developing standoff between the right to free speech and so-called "hate crimes" laws that punish "thoughts" or "perceptions" has arrived – and it affirms the right of free speech.
The decision comes from the highest appeals court in Alberta. The court week dismissed an appeal of a lower court decision that ruled Pastor Stephen Boissoin was not liable to pay a $5,000 penalty and issue an apology for a letter he wrote to the editor of a local newspaper.
Boissoin's letter to the Red Deer Advocate newspaper criticized those who "in any way support the homosexual machine that has been mercilessly gaining ground in our society since the 1960s."WND previously reportedAlberta adopted a "hate speech" law with promises the measure would be reserved for actions that accompany "hate speech." "Our children are being victimized by repugnant and premeditated strategies, aimed at desensitizing and eventually recruiting our young into their camps," Boisson wrote. "Think about it, children as young as five and six years of age are being subjected to psychologically and physiologically damaging pro-homosexual literature and guidance in the public-school system. … Your teenagers are being instructed on how to perform so-called safe same-gender oral and anal sex. … Come on people, wake up!"
"Back Fired" shows how the faith that gave birth to tolerance is no longer tolerated! His comments "offended" some, and he was brought to trial before a human rights council, which ordered him to make the apology and pay $5,000 to a professor who brought the complaint. Now, according to the Alliance Defending Freedom, the decision from the Alberta court likely signals an ultimate victory in the 12-year legal fight.
"Christians and other people of faith should not be fined or jailed for expressing their political or religious beliefs. There is no place for thought control in a free and democratic society," said Gerald Chipeur, one of more than 2,200 allied attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom, who served as counsel in the suit. "The tools of censorship should not be available to prohibit freedom of religious expression in Canada. The court rightly found that this type of religious speech is not 'hate speech.'"
The court decision noted that while Boissoin wrote the letter, it was the decision of the local newspaper to publish it, and that was done after the newspaper determined that "it decided that it was an honestly held expression of opinion by Boissoin on an issue of public debate. The purpose of its publication, therefore, was to further public debate. The newspaper was independent of Boissoin, and its decision to publish signals that it was considered to be a matter of public interest. … Whether offensive of not, the letter was perceived to stimulate and add to an ongoing public debate on matters of public interest, as distinct from hate propaganda which serves no useful function and has no redeeming qualities."
The ruling said:
A certain amount of public debate concerning such an issue must be permitted, even if some of it is offensive, to make the general public aware that such type of thinking is present in the community and to allow for its rebuttal. Matters of morality, including the perceived morality of certain types of sexual behavior, are topics for discussion in the public forum. … The target of the letter is not homosexuals, but rather all those that promote the teaching that homosexuality is normal and acceptable. Boissoin was calling upon those of like mind to that of his own to take a stand.
Boissoin and others have the freedom to think, whether stemming from their religious convictions or not, that homosexuality is sinful and morally wrong. In my view, it follows that they have the right to express that thought to others. ADF reported the court determine the letter was "an expression of opinion" that "was not likely to expose homosexuals to hatred or contempt within the meaning of the Alberta statute."
"The court was also highly critical of Alberta's 'hate speech' law: 'Of particular concern in the area of human rights law is that a lack of clarity will cast a chill on the exercise of the fundamental freedoms, such as freedom of expression and religion…,' the court wrote. 'This lack of clarity has resulted in this protracted litigation, to the detriment and expense of all parties,'" according to ADF.
It was University of Calgary professor Darren Lund who complained about Boissoin to the Alberta Human Rights Commission in 2002. Lund accused Boissoin of violating the Alberta law after the letters appeared in the Red Deer Advocate. The commission originally ruled against Boissoin in 2008, requiring him to pay $5,000 to Lund and apologize. But the ruling was overturned at the next court level. Because it was Lund who appealed the decision, the newest court opinion awarded Boissoin the costs of defending the appeal.
Chipeur, when Barack Obama adopted a "hate crimes" plan, warned there would be ramifications.
He said in Canada, there already is significant damage from the law.
"I had church pastors, church-school principals, board members coming to me for legal advice [when the case began]," he said. "They were saying, 'What should we do about our statement of faith, our bylaws, our policies. Should we just completely repeal them so that we won't have people offended?'"
Chipeur said his advice was for organizations to "tell the truth as you see it from the Bible," and ADF's job was to defend that right.
"Even though I gave them that advice, many pulled punches," he said. "They reversed policies, they buried their statements of faith, ran for the hills. They tried to do everything they could."
Benjamin Bull, chief counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, agreed damage has resulted from the adoption of the law.
"Homosexuals got exactly what they wanted. In the marketplace of ideas, one side has now been censored," he said. "This is exactly what homosexual activists have in mind."
The damage – the suppression of religious beliefs because of the intimidating effect of the lawsuit – continues today, Chipeur said at the time. "I can tell you there was significant damage from the decision. People continue to be afraid. People aren't going to feel safe overnight. That was the impact of the decision. Christians became afraid," he said. "They're only human. They were frightened. They acted upon that fear, and started to reverse policies that had been in place forever," he said.
On the issue of the law in the U.S., he predicted problems will develop.
"Your system is set up to encourage lawyers to do this, and you have so many more people, there is more opportunity for people to take offence," he said. "There are certain people in society who look to the government for everything, including to help them with their hurt feelings. The government was never made for that," he said. The ultimate impact of the Boissoin case will not be to strike the Canadian law but to set limits for its application, experts said.
Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act when he took office after Democrats strategically attached it to a "must-pass" $680 billion defence-appropriations bill. The law cracks down on any acts that could be linked to criticism of homosexuality or even the "perception" of homosexuality. As Congress debated it, there were assurances it would not be used to crack down on speech. There have been no significant court tests yet.
Obama boasted of the "hate crimes" bill when he signed it into law.
"After more than a decade, we've passed inclusive hate-crimes legislation to help protect our citizens from violence based on what they look like, who they love, how they pray or who they are," he said.
"If this law is used to silence me or any of these preachers for speaking the truth, then we will be forced to conscientiously defy it," Rick Scarborough, president of Vision America, declared at the time. "That is my calling as a Christian and my right as an American citizen."
Janet Porter of Faith2Action called it a "sad day for America."
"While a small minority of homosexual activists are celebrating, thousands of pastors, priests and rabbis are lamenting their loss of First Amendment freedoms. I for one refuse to bow before this unjust and unconstitutional law, and I intend to continue to preach the whole counsel of God as revealed in the Scriptures," she wrote.
"But this law doesn't just affect pastors; it will criminalize the beliefs of millions of ordinary people who may now be afraid to speak even their pro-marriage positions lest it spark a federal 'hate crime' investigation," Porter wrote. The bill signed by Obama was opposed by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which called it a "menace" to civil liberties. The commission argued the law allows federal authorities to bring charges against individuals even if they've already been cleared in a state court.


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Green Deal – For cooperation between the EU and Africa
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the goal of climate neutrality by 2050 is Europe's "man-on-the-moon moment" and represents an ambitious project that could fundamentally transform European economies and societies. In conversation with Berlin-based entrepreneur Thomas Wegener, founder of GrowExpress Ltd, Ibadan in Nigeria.
Why does agriculture represent one of the most important sectors of the overall African economy? Valuable land for growing food, the problem of rural exodus, protection of resources and shaping the future unites the GrowExpress Ltd. agricultural project for sustainability and the goal of climate neutrality, this desire is pursued by the Berlin Thomas Wegener, former decathlete, international manager and socially committed to a better world. Man-made climate change affects the whole world – including Africa. Agricultural entrepreneurs, visionaries and technology enthusiasts see great opportunities for those directly affected, Africa experts and small to medium-sized enterprises. "Nigeria's tumultuous development through oil discoveries a few decades ago has not been good for domestic agriculture," says Thomas Wegener. Africa's largest economy, with 200 million people but 40 percent of the population at risk of poverty, is in Nigeria. More than 70 percent of the population is engaged in agriculture. In the southern part of the country, the focus is on arable farming and in the north on livestock. The country is the largest producer of yams (food and medicinal plant) and cassava (manioc), and the fourth largest producer of cocoa. United Nations member states adopted the 2030 Agenda "Sustainable Development Goals" in 2015 with 17 goals for ending poverty and hunger.
European Green Deal considered the gold standard in environmental, climate, energy and agricultural policies
cassava compact technology transfer – GrowExpress Ltd.
On July 14, 2021, the European Commission adopted a set of preliminary proposals to reduce climate-damaging gas emissions by 55 percent, this is part of the European Green Deal. Not only a green growth strategy is to be pursued with it, but also on view of the African states positive effects are to be reached lastingly, explains Thomas Wegener.
The European Green Deal is an ambitious plan to create a fully carbon-neutral energy market by 2050, with the first steps being to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. These figures are based on the EU's own data.
Brussels is focusing primarily on the European aspect of the Green Deal. Thomas Wegener suggests that it is crucial to build strong international partnerships that focus on sustainable trade relations and green transitions at the global level. The continent of Africa plays a crucial role in this regard. Nigerian company GrowExpress Ltd. has been entrusted by the local Ministry of Agriculture to manage an agricultural area of up to 800 hectares in size. "This is formerly agricultural land that has not been farmed since the 1960s following Nigeria's oil boom. These areas are currently being cleared of ecologically non-valuable desertification for new agricultural use and are being prepared with due regard for soil and animal protection," says Thomas Wegener, explaining that parts of the Green Deal with the African partners were to find fair redefinitions of waste export regulations, for example. The construction of environmentally and socially compatible reprocessing and recycling plants that create added value for the local economy are also in focus under the overall concept of promoting the circular economy, such as minimizing material consumption through reuse and recycling. The common goal is to support African countries in the areas of agriculture, biodiversity, energy, critical raw materials, circular economy, new technologies and lending through the European Green Deal.
Previous cooperation between the EU and Africa
Previously, support for the African continent in terms of environmental and climate protection was less relevant to the EU. This is now to change with the Green Deal. "Although the European Green Deal was previously considered an internal project of the EU, this is to change to a useful partnership in the 21st century," says Thomas Wegener. In the past, cooperation between the EU and Africa consisted less of cooperation and more of a hierarchical division of labor or redistribution. Under the Green Deal, the European Union has committed itself to ethically responsible dealings.
The different approaches to the environment and climate are the focus for successful cooperation. In the EU, social mobilization for climate action is high, while in African countries environmental issues take a back seat to issues of socio-economic development and job creation, according to studies. Thomas Wegener is convinced that with the right conditions and genuine partnerships, this gap can be closed, as illustrated by GrowExpress' model farm. GrowExpress Ltd. does not manage farmland on its own, but empowers local smallholders with partnership programs. Under the company's central control and planning, local partners are trained and yields on the land are extremely increased. GrowExpress Ltd supplies know-how, seeds and fertilizers to the local farmers, who also supply GrowExpress Ltd land in addition to their existing land. "Due to the clear structures and the purchase guarantees of the produced food after the harvest, there is a security of supply for the population, a strengthening of the rural area, the prevention of rural exodus, the defense against monocultures. Another prerequisite for the care of the model estate was that the land should not be managed by large foreign corporations, but that Nigerian farmers should benefit," explains Thomas Wegener.
Despite the continent's climate targets, European companies invest little in solar and wind farms in Africa. Financial uncertainty or payment security is blamed for this. European companies must find new ways to invest in Africa. One goal of successful cooperation concerns securing the reliability of these investments.
Goals and hopes – New paths for the EU and Africa
The Green Deal aims to strengthen the EU's role as a leader in global climate protection. By introducing a green industrial policy, the EU can move away from its traditional climate policy and focus on creating a circular economy.
Thomas Wegener points out that despite their different economic structures, Europe and Africa face similar environmental challenges. Both continents have unique resources and opportunities to promote environmentally sustainable economic development. Following the motto of seizing opportunities and mitigating potential risks, the EU would like to see African countries formulate and communicate their own transformation agenda; Europe is in favor of a fundamental reshaping of relations. Sensitization to the issues of raw material deposits, historical heritage, development strategies and geopolitical interests must not be neglected alongside climate and energy issues, Thomas Wegener agrees with the EU's views.
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Most experts seem to think the U.S. Supreme Court will strike down DOMA, thereby ending the federal ban on benefits to gay spouses. The question is: Will they do it based upon equal protection, or states' rights? The former (seemingly supported by the four liberal Supremes) is vastly preferable, but the later appears more likely; the perennial swing judge, Justice Anthony Kennedy, is more of a states' rights kinda guy.
Limerick Ode To DOMA's Demise
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I'm GLAD to hear DOMA's in trouble.
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Concede that it's wrong,
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The 2019 film Shazam! followed on the heels of Wonder Woman (2017) and Aquaman (2018) — two DC superhero movies that had already managed to step out from under the grim-dark era of filmmaker Zack Snyder, with its muddy, grayish-brown color palette and even muddier, brownish-gray emotional palette.
Yet there was something distinctly bright, fresh and colorful about director David F. Sandberg's movie, which starred Asher Angel as lonely foster kid Billy Batson, who gets granted powers by a mysterious wizard (Djimon Hounsou) that transform him into an adult (albeit naggingly unnamed) superhero played, with bracing gusto, by Zachary Levi.
The idea, then and now, is Tom Hanks' Big-meets superheroes: When he says a magic word, young Billy's body transforms, but his mind stays the same. Thus the film unspooled with its every superhero cliché (training montage, random acts of heroism, climactic battles with various villains) inflected with something new: the heedless joy of a kid being granted a wish. Levi played his superhero as an over-enthusiastic try-hard who was desperate to figure things out. Sure, he tossed out the occasional pop culture reference or wincingly dumb joke, but that resultant doofiness was endearing, novel, fun.
That was then. This is now.
More (big red) cheese
It's apparent quite early that the narrative fuel mixture of Shazam: Fury of the Gods is off. This time out, returning director Sandberg attempts to crank the volume on the first film's breezy goofiness, and succeeds. But that increase in volume introduces distortion: We get more of Levi in the red muscle suit and less — startlingly less — of Angel as teen Billy.
That's only an issue because of what Levi chooses to do with his greater share of screen time, which is to make the sweatiest, schtickiest, most effortful choice, again and again. He mugs. He preens. He goggles his eyes. The performance devolves to one level, one joke, over and over: His character makes a pop culture reference that the film's villain du jour — an ancient god named Hespera, played by Helen Mirren — kind of squints quizzically at.
Repeat that bit once per minute, 130 times, and there's your movie.
There's an attempt to leaven Levi's go-for-the-jugular approach with a character arc. When we meet him, he's suffering from imposter syndrome, as his found family of fellow super beings (including Freddy, played by both Jack Dylan Grazer and Adam Brody) fail to embrace his leadership.
That leadership gets further challenged by the appearance of the daughters of the mythical Atlas (Mirren and Lucy Liu), who seek to reclaim the power he and his friends wield. Big fights happen on and above the streets of Philadelphia (played by Atlanta); sundry zappy standoffs occur amid rubble and rebar.
In the process, between lightning strikes, our hero steps up, learns lessons, and matures.
At least, in theory.
In execution, we just get Levi's invariant antic doofus, from first scene to last.
Twain in vain
In the first movie, it didn't much matter that Levi was clearly making no attempt to modulate his performance by keying any aspect of it to Angel Asher's take on teen Billy. After all, for the first 40 years of his comic book existence, Captain Marvel (for so he was named, until relatively recently) and Billy Batson were written as two different people. Billy said his magic word and was replaced by Cap.
But in the 1980s, the notion arose that Cap was still just Billy inside: a mass of muscle gifted by the gods with amazing powers, yet who retained the personality of a child. That's the tack that the films have taken and if in the first movie there was a sharp disconnect between what the two actors who were ostensibly playing the same role were bringing to the table, it was easy to chalk that up to the gee-whiz whimsy of it all.
Not so anymore. The few glimpses we get of Angel's Billy are now so far afield from anything and everything that Levi is doing that the notion they're playing the same person is easily the least believable thing in a movie in which a unicorn impales a cyclops, a wooden dragon lands atop Citizens Bank Park and Dame Helen freaking Mirren sits down for a cheesesteak.
It's not going to stop 'till you wise up
In the film's defense, it does finally address something the first Shazam! movie breezed over — something that admittedly matters only to a small number of hardcore comic book nerds like me, but matters to us hugely.
SHAZAM, is, canonically, an acronym. Billy gets granted the Wisdom of Solomon, the Strength of Hercules, the Stamina of Atlas, the Power of Zeus, the Courage of Achilles and the Speed of Mercury. SHAZAM, get it? (Yes, I know, this represents a willfully heedless mishmash of pantheons that'd drive any classical/biblical scholar up the wall, but let that go, we're all stuck with it.)
The films depict Levi's character wielding all of these gifts, with the wildly conspicuous absence of the first one.
"Wisdom of Solomon?" The guy's an idiot. How can you possibly square Solomonic wisdom with the sustained level of dumbassery that Levi's serving up?
It may be a small comfort to know that this egregious oversight is acknowledged, addressed and firmly laid to rest in a way that even the least forgiving comic book nerd will grudgingly accede to.
A small comfort, but a comfort all the same.
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Assessing financial resources is surely at the top or near the top of most investors' lists of what really matters for their retirement planning. Have you given this issue enough attention?
Without a proper assessment, you may be pleasantly or unpleasantly surprised at how far or how little your financial resources stretch in retirement. Further, you may miss out on opportunities to improve and efficiently manage your finances.
A recently-published report, Vanguard's roadmap to financial security: A framework for decision-making in retirement, provides a useful summary of what retirement financial resources should be all about. "The role of financial resources in retirement is to help reach the goals that have been set and to protect against the risks that could ruin the chances of achieving them."
The report suggests a four-part framework for retirement planning covering retirement goals, risks, financial resources and finally bringing it together with the creation of a retirement plan.
Smart Investing is looking at each of these parts of retirement planning in a series of weekly blogs, examining this week how to assess your retirement financial resources. (Blogs published earlier in the series are: How to plan for a better retirement, Determine your retirement goals and Understand your retirement risks.)
Your retirement financial resources can be broadly divided into: guaranteed income, liquid assets and additional resources (which may include part-time work in retirement and your home equity).
Guaranteed income
Full-or-part Government Age Pensions are, of course, the main source of guaranteed income for the majority of retirees. Income annuities and defined-benefit pensions are other forms of guaranteed income. Considerations here include knowing your Age Pension entitlements and understanding whether an annuity is appropriate for your circumstances.
"In many cases," the Vanguard retirement report notes, "using one resource to mitigate one risk may actually increase another risk. "For example, purchasing an annuity increases income security but decreases liquid reserves in the near term."
Liquid assets
In short, these are assets for which a retiree makes the investment decisions. These are typically account-based superannuation pensions and non-super assets. Key decisions concern how these assets are invested and spent throughout retirement.
Additional resources
These include possibly working past traditional retirement ages, working part-time in retirement and perhaps accessing the value of a retiree's home.
Apart from supplementing retirement income, a longer working life provides a chance to save more for what will be a shorter and, therefore, less-costly retirement.
Possible ways to use housing wealth – if financially feasible and appropriate for a retiree's circumstances – include paying off a home mortgage before retirement to remove monthly repayments or downsizing to a less-valuable home.
Taking a reverse mortgage is another way to access the wealth in a retiree's home. (ASIC's MoneySmart website emphasises that reverse mortgages are complex financial products with risks and other potential implications that should be understood before signing a loan agreement.)
Retirement spending
A crucial factor to take into account when assessing your retirement financial resources is your intended approach to spending in retirement, given from your super and non-super assets.
As the authors of Vanguard's report comment: "Developing and implementing an effective portfolio-spending strategy can increase peace of mind and the likelihood of reaching retirement goals."
Factors that affect how much retirees spend from a portfolio include their expected time horizon (an anticipated long retirement may mean a lower withdrawal rate from savings), portfolio asset allocation (a more conservative portfolio may also mean a lower withdrawal rate) and degree of flexibility in your spending (this depends on the split between non-discretionary and discretionary spending).
Asset allocation
Repeated studies over the past three decades confirm that an investment portfolio's long-term performance largely depends on its long-term, strategic asset allocation. In turn, this means that having an appropriately-diversified portfolio is a vital consideration when assessing your retirement financial resources.
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Head of Corporate Affairs at Vanguard Australia
08 May 2018


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Follow the directions on any super moist yellow cake mix you choose (I like Duncan Hines), however, replace the oil in the recipe and use melted butter instead. Replace the water in the recipe and use whole milk instead. Add one more large egg than the directions call for, and add the tablespoon of pineapple juice. Then follow the directions for baking. Pour batter into two greased 6 inch cake pans. Bake as directed on box or until cake tester comes out clean when inserted in the center of cakes.
- Once the two cakes have finished baking, allow them to cool completely.
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- 3 (8oz each) packages cream cheese (room temperature)
- 2/3 cups plus 6 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
- 3 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
In the electric mixer on high speed whip the heavy cream until soft peaks form and set aside. Then in another bowl, on medium speed, mix the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until light and creamy. Fold in the whipped cream.
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- Make cake as directed and cool completely. Slice the two cakes in half lengthwise through the middle, using a long serrated knife. Set all four of the cake layers aside.
- Place your bottom layer on a plate. It should be evenly flat on top. Pour and spread some of the cheesecake filling on bottom layer. Top with a second cake layer that should be evenly flat as well. Pour and spread some of the cheesecake filling on second layer. Add a third layer making sure it is also evenly flat on top. With a flat spatula spread the remaining filling on top and all around the sides cake.
- Next, place a pineapple ring on top of cake and gently press down into filling. Make fine crumbs out of the final layer you did not use by using a food processor. Apply cake crumbs to the sides of cake. Top with a maraschino cherry for an added garnish!


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THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you, Mr. Prime Minister. Listen, we're so honored you're here. Thank you so much for coming to America. There is a huge number of Greek Americans who live in our country who have still got great fondness for their -- for your country.
I am most appreciative, sir, of your strong stand against terror. You have been a friend in our mutual concerns about routing out terror around the world and I want to thank you for that very much.
I'm also very appreciative of your administration's working with Turkey. Relations have improved with Turkey and, as a result, the world is better off. And I want to thank you for your vision, for your foreign ministry's hard work to do what is right for the world, to make the world more peaceful.
We've got a lot in common with your country; we've got a lot of interests in common. I look forward to discussing those with you. I also look forward to the Olympics. Thank you for your invitation. It's going to be a magnificent moment for the sporting world to have the Olympics return to Athens. I'm confident your country will do a fine job.
So welcome to the White House, we're so glad you're here.
THE PRIME MINISTER: Thank you very much, Mr. President. I'm so very glad to be here and have the possibility to discuss with you the problems -- the subjects are interesting for us.
We are totally committed to the fight against international terrorism. And, as you know, we take part in the Afghanistan effort. We will be part also in the international peace corps in Afghanistan. And I think it's necessary to cooperate in order to fight terrorism all over the world, because there are also -- for example, in the Balkans, group terrorists, groups in all the Balkan countries and we think that this must be controlled.
Thank you also for your appreciation for our effort concerning the Greek-Turkish relations. We make -- we want more peace and stability in the region and this is our main principle, how -- apply international laws that we have a southeastern Europe that is really peaceful.
As you know, I showed you the coins of the new Euro.
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So this is a new era and I'm very glad to be here to greet the new year.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you, sir. Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister. Welcome.
Thank you, all.
Q You don't want to take a question?
THE PRESIDENT: I took them all this morning -- you just were in the wrong pool.
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This is the most bizarre experience I've ever heard about 'arthritis' if indeed it really is. This 47-year old cardiologist from France tells about her life after the sudden onset of these mysterious symptoms.
Dr. Sue Zieman can almost set her watch by her disease: Twice a day, she gets a fever and the already arthritic joints in her arms and hands, legs and feet abruptly, painfully swell even more. During the evening flare, even the tendons in her feet puff up, rope-like worms just under her skin. The rest of the day, her joints are so stiff that the once robust Maryland physician frequently uses a scooter to get around. Just shaking hands hurts the 47-year-old.
Inflammatory arthritis is disabling Zieman but exactly what kind and what caused it to attack suddenly is a mystery. Nor do her fellow doctors know what treatment to suggest next. She's tried all of today's arthritis medications with little relief.
Say arthritis, and people tend to shrug it off as a rite of passage of aging. The reality is much more complicated. Arthritis encompasses 100 different conditions and affects about 46 million people in the U.S. Osteoarthritis — where cartilage gradually erodes with the wear-and-tear of aging — is by far the most common type.
But inflammatory types — such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, lupus — occur when something makes the immune system run amok and attack the body's own tissues, eating away cartilage and eventually harming bone. It can strike at far younger ages. Zieman's saga highlights not just how much doctors still have to learn about arthritis, but how devastating a severe case can be. "It totally stripped my identity," says Zieman, whose illness cost her career as a cardiologist and her love of sailing. "I just don't think people realize how debilitated you can be, and young." She uses humor to help cope, nicknaming her scooter Bella and joking that "I know I'm going to turn into a pumpkin each night" when that 7 p.m. flare sends her to bed.
Infections sometimes trigger inflammatory arthritis, and that's what probably happened with Zieman. She'd just returned from a business trip to India in December 2008 when she came down with a fever, fatigue and pain in her shoulder and knee. Antibiotics didn't help. A month later, Zieman became short of breath and both legs swelled. An emergency hospital admission prompted a battery of tests for infections, even super-rare ones she might have encountered abroad. Again, nothing. Maybe it was cancer? Nope. Then the joints in her wrists and hands began swelling. Soon she couldn't lift a glass. Swelling and pain moved to her ankles and toes. Her joints had the classic look of rheumatoid arthritis, a disease that affects 1.3 million Americans and that can begin with a low fever and fatigue.
But it wasn't a slam-dunk diagnosis. Blood tests check for specific markers of the disease, such as a substance called rheumatoid factor, and Zieman's results were negative, something that occurs occasionally. More important, a variety of drugs hit the market in the last 15 years that can rein in the disease and target some of the immune cells doing the damage. But drug after drug failed, and the illness was spreading to her elbows, knees, hips, even her jaw.
Within a few months, she was on leave from her cardiology job. She couldn't walk up the stairs at home and moved to a one-floor apartment that's walking — or scootering — distance from her new job in aging research at the disability-friendly National Institutes of Health.
She even had episodes of an irregular heartbeat, as inflammation struck part of the heart. Then six months ago, she started having those bizarre twice-a-day flare-ups. When she joined some friends for a vacation in France recently, the flares just switched time zones.
That's not typical rheumatoid arthritis, leaving in question Zieman's diagnosis and what to do next. While Zieman's case is extreme, it's not unusual for inflammatory arthritis to become debilitating so quickly, especially in young or middle-aged women, says Dr. Assil Saleh, a Washington rheumatologist and internist who, along with doctors at Johns Hopkins University and the NIH, treats Zieman.
When an infection is the suspected trigger, patients desperately want to know which bug even though it's usually long gone by the time joints swell, leaving rogue immune cells in its wake. "Now we're left with a forest fire, and we try to extinguish it," Saleh explains. Most cases of inflammatory arthritis "are not curable but they are treatable in this day and age."
Zieman gets modest relief from very high doses of the steroid prednisone, along with injections of the drug Kineret that targets an inflammation-causing protein named interleukin-1.


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8while Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. 3The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them, 4they said to him, Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. 5Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say? 6They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her. 8And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders; and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10Jesus straightened up and said to her, Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you? 11She said, No one, sir. And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.
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The show is almost here only 2 weeks till camp out time.
I am doing it at Bartlett Flats at Bartlett lake, which is located about 65 miles north east of Phoenix and about 24 miles from the town of Cave Creek.
There is about 2 miles of open beach camping and it is FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. I will have signs posted when you get to the lake so you can find us. I will have an area where the majority of us can camp together. You will have to ride down about 2 miles of maintained dirt road to get to the site.
This year is more about getting out and riding your bike. load it down with all your neccesary camping gear and fishing pole and get ready to relax by the lake with friends and family.
There are NO BANDS OR DJ this year, just the sounds of nature, campfires and old choppers puttin through the desert.
There will still be a designated spot to place to display your choppers and I will be giving out a couple of awards.
There is gonna be a killer pollo asado lunch/dinner which will kick off around 2 p.m. on Saturday and will cost $6 dollars hooked up by my mom and pops and a pancake and egg breakfast on Sunday which will cost $5.
Bring your own beer I will not be supplying it. But i will have soda and water, just no glass containers please, they are prohibited at the lake.
Each camper MUST purchase a Tonto National Forest pass from any of the local gas stations in the surrounding area. They are 6 dollars per day and are valid for 24 hours. THEY MUST BE DISPLAYED ON VEHICLE OR THEY WILL TICKET YOU
I ask when you come for the campout to remove all garbage and leave it the way you found it!! We will not be the only people at the lake during the weekend so I ask everyone to be respectful and mindful of others please!!!
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U.S. immigration authorities are continuing to deport Iraqis despite the turmoil of anti-government demonstrations in that country. Many of those Iraqis - in the U.S. legally but not American citizens - came to the U.S. as children. As NPR's Jane Arraf reports, most arrive in Iraq without the documents or the skills to get by.
JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: I'm walking up to the apartment where Jimmy Aldaoud lived and died two months after being deported from the U.S.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: It's this one.
ARRAF: The electricity is out. There's the whine of a generator in this building, wedged between grocery shops on a downtown street. Daoud was 41. He'd never been to Iraq when he was deported here in the summer. But he had Iraqi citizenship and a string of felony convictions, so Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, picked him up in Michigan, put him on the plane and sent Daoud, a Christian, to the holy Shia city of Najaf.
SAMIR KADA: His family called me. They told me, please go pick up Jimmy. I mean, you know, he ain't got no papers. He ain't got no clothes - nothing, nothing - not even a penny. Anyways, he came, and he went into depression (ph) because he can't - at least I can speak a little bit Arabic; him - not Chaldean, not Arabic, nothing.
ARRAF: That's Samir Kada. He was also part of Michigan's Chaldean Christian community. Kada is covered in tattoos, including Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" inked all the way up his arm. He stands out in Baghdad. He lived next door to Daoud and tried to watch out for him. Two weeks before he died, another deportee recorded a video with Daoud on the street outside. In it, Daoud says he's scared and he's sick.
JIMMY ALDAOUD: I don't understand the language, anything. I'm diabetic. I take insulin shots. I've been throwing up, throwing up - trying to find something to eat.
ARRAF: Daoud was diabetic and, according to his family, bipolar and schizophrenic. In the U.S., he'd been homeless for years. Kada says ICE deported him with a month's worth of insulin. It's not clear whether they sent him with any other meds. ICE will only say it deported him with an adequate supply of medication. Death records say he died of heart failure.
Kada says Daoud was afraid to leave his apartment. He'd sit around reading the Bible and the Quran and drinking soda and smoking cigarettes. He left his insulin out in the heat.
KADA: He talked to himself all day - God, please take me back home; please, God, I don't know nothing over here. I'm scared. I'm Christian. I'm this; I'm that. He was walking over here naked, like, with no clothes. I told him, we can't do that over here. Like, he was going crazy.
ARRAF: Kada was in Lebanon when Daoud called him - on the floor crying and saying he couldn't breathe. An ambulance took him to hospital, where he was discharged a few hours later. When another Iraqi friend checked on him at home later that day, Daoud was lying on the floor dead. In Daoud's bedroom, there's an unused syringe for the insulin shots he'd forget to take. And on the windowsill, there are two plastic toy guns with orange foam caps and bright pink plastic darts he thought would keep him safe.
KADA: Look. Look. He sleeps with these in his hand. Every time the door opens, what does he do? Like this - every time.
ARRAF: Kada pretends to shoot someone.
KADA: Toy gun, yeah - he got them - he said, if somebody comes, I'm going to pull it on them. I swear to God.
ARRAF: Daoud's death caused an outcry in the Michigan community he was from. His congressman is working on a bill to try to get ICE to put deportations to Iraq on hold. But ICE has kept up the deportations, sending back Iraqis who haven't lived in Iraq for decades - or never lived there - back with no Iraqi ID. Without ID, when they land, they're subject to arrest at checkpoints. They can't rent apartments or get money wired.
KADA: We can't speak Arabic. We can't read and write. We can't do nothing. We can't go anywhere.
ARRAF: Kada has money here, but most of the Iraqis deported here have nothing.
NASHAT BUTRIS: It's just shocking. Everything is shocking to me.
ARRAF: I meet Nashat Butris at a shelter run by church in Baghdad. He has a bunk in a big bare room. There are clothes neatly folded on it. There's a picture of the Virgin Mary taped to a metal locker. Butris was deported in July. He'd done time years ago for cocaine possession.
BUTRIS: I always supported my habit by working - never dependent on the country, never dependent on the government by giving me an aid. Or - I always took care of myself.
ARRAF: He says he's been clean for years. He was deported with no money, no clothes and no relatives here. He speaks only broken Arabic. He stayed with Jimmy Daoud for a few days. An aid organization is trying to help him get ID.
BUTRIS: This is it.
ARRAF: He shows me the one-way travel document issued by the Iraqi Embassy in Washington. It's in English, and it has a photo of him in an orange prison jumpsuit.
BUTRIS: And now this government here, they're not believing in this travel documents. I can't get no IDs. I have no IDs. And I'm not allowed to leave this compound because I don't have anything to prove who I am.
ARRAF: He says once he gets an Iraqi ID, he'll start looking for a job, maybe go to the Kurdish region of Iraq where he can use his English. Baghdad scares him, he says. He still can't believe he's ended up here. Jane Arraf, NPR News, Baghdad.
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The good thing about hitting rock bottom is I've nothing left to lose, and the only way is up.
He thinks he's destroyed me. Broken me beyond repair.
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I was on Pulau Semakau again during this weekend. On Saturday, we had a project Semakau survey, which I had to survey a zone on my own and coordinate the whole survey as well. On Sunday, we had a guided walk for secondary school students, but as we had enough guides, I only help with the hunting-seeking at the beginning, before going off to survey one of the mangrove areas.
The top find of the weekend for me would be this area which has several patches of the locally critically endangered Beach Tacca (Tacca leontopetaloides)! The tubers of this plant is said to be an important food source for inhabitants of many pacific islands.
Another interesting find would be this sea anemone. It looks like the Leather Anemone (Heteractis crispa), but the tentacles are way shorter than the ones that I have seen before. Was wondering if it could be a Heteractis malu instead.
Other findings include:
A little whelk (Nassarius mitralis) scavenging for food with its long proboscis.
A Mud Creeper (Terebralia sulcata).
Clypeomorus pellucida, which was also found in the mangrove.
Toothed Topshells (Monodonta labio) are rather common on the tree trunks and rocks.
The Haddon's Carpet Anemone (Stichodactyla haddoni) which has short and sticky tentacles.
The Giant Carpet Anemone (Stichodactyla gigantea), which has slightly longer but still as sticky tentacles.
This unidentified sea anemone is rather common on Semakau, but so far we still do not know what species it is.
The tub anemone is not a true sea anemone, though closely related. It lives in a tube, which it retracts into during low tide or when threatened.
The many little Flower Crabs (Portunus pelagicus) were rather aggressive when they saw me. Their spiky claws help them to have a good grip on their prey, which are usually small fishes.
On the way back on Saturday, I saw a swimming Snapping Shrimp (Alpheus sp.)! I have seen them crawling around, but this is the first I actually see one swimming near the water surface!
As usual, we saw a few Knobbly Sea Stars (Protoreaster nodosus) - the highlights of most of our guided walks! Our previous surveys actually revealed that there are possibly a few hundred of them on Semakau! One of the guides actually counted more than 200 during one of our trips. I had came across several dead ones though (usually broken into pieces), so there's probably eating them on the island.
The Black Sea Cucumber (Holothuria leucospilota) is rather common on many of our southern islands, but somehow it's not commonly seen on Semakau.
And moving on to the plants...
The Beach Gardenia (Guettarda speciosa) is flowering!
Semakau has one of the largest population of the locally critically endangered Api-api Jambu (Avicennia marina). Just a quick walk by edge of one of the mangrove patches, and I already found like 10 of them!
Very abundant on the island is the Bakau (Rhizophora stylosa).
During the landfill tour today, I saw these floating structures on the sandy beach near the southern most point of the island., anchored to the substrate. Wonder what they were, though I somehow suspect it has something to do with the fish farms in the background.
Really hope that Semakau would better protected in the near future.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Semakau on 10 and 11 Apr 2011
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Sungei Buloh Over Several Days in Apr 2011
We had to conduct a series of mangrove workshops last week, and hence I was at Sungei Buloh most of the time. The most exciting thing we saw was probably the black spitting cobra, which unfortunately I didn't take any photo. But apart from that, there were plenty of other sightings too!
Here's a bronzeback we saw near the freshwater pond. Caused quite a bit of commotion when it started slithering towards Wai Kit, then Tammy!
We had 2 sightings of the paradise tree snake. This one was right on the nipah palm along the mangrove boardwalk.
And there was this shore pit-viper which was among some sea holly near the first shelter of the mangrove boardwalk for a few days.
We saw quite a few fights between Malayan water monitors at the pond near the Visitor Centre. Somehow I thought they looked like they were dancing tango...
We saw quite a few green crested lizard too. This one was near the mangrove fern at the visitor centre.
Indeed, right around the Visitor Centre there were plenty to see, including the fruit bat hanging off the roof.
The smooth otters visited the freshwater pond almost everyday when we were there.
It's already early April, but many waders were still around! There was this huge flock of whimbrels that were always feeding near the main hide.
Are these greenshanks? Not too good with wader identification.
As usual, there were quite a few yellow-vented bulbuls in the reserve.
A pair had built a nest among the mangrove fern at the Visitor Centre, and there were 2 chicks inside! But one afternoon, they were suddenly gone! Heard from the NParks staff that they had seen snakes and rats trying to reach the nest, but were all chased away by the parent birds. Not sure if they were eaten or were strong enough to fly away.
On the next day, I found a pair of fledglings near the toilet area. Wonder if they were the same ones from the nest at the Visitor Centre, or from another nest. Did not see them previously though, so it's possible that they were the same pair.
My first time getting a photo of a male copper-throated sunbird, although it was somewhat out of focus... :P
Here's a female.
There were quite a few populations of jewel bugs among the mangrove trees.
The variable wisp is a rather common damselfly in Singapore. The above is a female.
And here's an immature male variable wisp.
On one of the mornings, I noticed that the mangrove trumpet tree is flowering! The flowers usually fall off by late morning.
I managed to find time to check out the naturally occurring tumu putih
One of the orchids planted by NParks was also flowering. According to WF, it should be a Cymbidium bicolor.
Guess there are always plenty of things to see at Sungei Buloh! :)
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Aegiceras corniculatum at Kranji Mangrove
Last weekend when I visited the mangrove forest along Kranji Nature Trail, I found 2 young Kacang-kacang (Aegiceras corniculatum). As the main objective for the day was to hit the back mangrove, I did not spend time to look around for the mature plants.
However, since this plant has not been recorded recently at Kranji, I decided to go back again today to show HP from NParks the location of the plants. And of course, at the same time, we will be looking for mature plants!
I spotted a young kacang-kacang soon after we entered the mangrove, and commented to HP that there should be a mature plant some where, since there were quite a few young plants. And indeed, just a while later, HP's keen eyes spotted a mature Kacang-kacang!
And it was flowering!
The were a few fruits too!
The plant was rather short though, probably about a metre tall. HP commented that this plant didn't quite look very big, and she suspected that there should be a bigger plant.
True enough, as we searched on, I finally found a much taller kacang-kacang (probably more than 2m tall) just as we were about to leave the mangrove forest! It was flowering too. Today, we saw a total of 2 mature plants and 4 young plants. Really glad that now I do not have to go offshore to see this rare mangrove plant! :)
Other interesting stuff I saw over the two trips include:
The very tall Berus Mata Buaya (Bruguiera hainesii) that's internationally critically endangered.
There were lots of Mangrove Lime (Merope angulata) here, and I saw a patch with at least 10 of them. This plant is critically endangered in Singapore.
I also spotted a Barat-barat (Cassine viburnifolia) - yet another critically endangered plant in Singapore.
I also found this tide pool with several Mangrove Leaf Slugs (Elysia bangtawaensis). They looked just like pieces of fallen leaves until you took a closer look :)
Kranji Mangrove is actually a rather pristine mangrove, since it was not cleared for prawn farming like Sungei Buloh. Hopefully the NParks contractors would minimise the damage done to this beautiful mangrove forest when they build the boardwalk and other amenities under the Sungei Buloh Master Plan.
And guess I will be back soon to check out the kacang-kacang again! :)