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Charles J. Dunlap, the Air Force's Deputy Judge Advocate General, delivered some remarks at an ABA luncheon on November 16, in which he takes a nostalgic tour through the development of the phrase "lawfare." He eventually comes to talk about my piece in the July issue entitled "State of Exception." I charted the tactics used by the Bush Administration to frustrate Guantánamo defense counsel—both uniformed military lawyers and civilian pro bono counsel—from doing their job in conducting a proper professional defense of their clients. The Bush Administration has taken extraordinary steps to vilify and abuse not just the Guantánamo detainees, but also their lawyers. And I pointed to the "lawfare" concept, as it has been developed and applied by the Administration, as an ideological cover for what transpired. Dunlap takes umbrage at this and says that it is "absurd" to assume that lawfare as he has cast the term could be applied in a way that was so "intrinsically evil."
Dunlap prides himself on being a coiner of the "lawfare" concept, and in fact I quoted him in the article. A paper that he gave at the Carr Center(PDF) at Harvard back in 2001 is, I think, the first clear articulation of the concept that evolved into the Bush Administration doctrine. Of course the phrase had been used many times before, a few of them in ways which actually proximated Dunlap's use.
In Dunlap's revisiting, we learn that "lawfare can operate as a positive 'good.' Ideally, substituting lawfare methodologies for traditional military means can reduce the destructiveness of war, if not its frequency." He cites examples, prominently the use of a contract to preclude potentially harmful, publicly available high-resolution satellite imagery from coming into the wrong hands. As he now describes it, the law is just another tool (weapon, if you will) which can be used by parties in a conflict, not necessarily something bad. He gives us "lawfare" as a neutral concept. But this is quite a shift in attitude from Dunlap's 2001 paper, whose core lies in the provocative statement that
the rule of law is being hijacked into just another way of fighting (lawfare) to the detriment of humanitarian values as well as the law itself.
In any event, I should confess that skeptical as I am about the "lawfare" concept, I've always liked Dunlap. He's an innovative thinker capable of quickly moving outside of the box, and someone constantly willing to experiment with, turnover—and reject, if appropriate, new ideas. I never had any concern that the concept of "lawfare" as he conceived and applied it was going to lead to some mass-infringement of core values. He was working on an analytical tool—an alternative approach to studying and understanding a set of issues.
The problem arises when "lawfare" is used as a rationale to bend the rules and distort the system of justice. That has happened in spades: the abuses that have turned Guantánamo into an international by-word for the abuses of the Bush Administration make that plain. In another column I have authored which will appear shortly, I examine how General Musharraf explicitly relied upon the "lawfare" concept in his decision to suspend the Pakistani constitution, declare emergency rule, and arrest almost all of the nation's senior judges and lawyers. Now these are not consequences that Dunlap intended to flow from the "lawfare" concept. But they are consequences that did in fact flow from it.
And indeed, Dunlap in his speech looks at just the sort of hysterical application of "lawfare" thinking that has done damage. He reviews another in the series of preposterous inky emissions from John Yoo, this time an article in the UCLA Law Review. Yoo there rants against the "breakdown in civilian-military relations." His understanding of the issue is an excellent demonstration of the current problem, which has arisen entirely thanks to the appearance on the public stage of John Yoo and similar political hacks masquerading as lawyers. Yoo believes that the military play a simple role—they give advice if called upon to do so (and practice makes clear that in Yoo's mind that is never), and otherwise they follow the orders they are given. There is no role for the exercise of independent professional judgment. The JAG disagreement with the Yoo torture doctrine (Yoo's doctrine can be reduced to the core proposition that, as Richard Nixon said, "if the president does it, then, that means it's legal") is simply JAGs substituting their "policy choices" for the president's, according to the Berkeley professor.
Yoo has embraced the full-blown Schmittian doctrine of legal indeterminacy, and he has taken a typically crude version of it. In Schmitt's mind, one of the essential weakness of the liberal democratic system was its reliance upon a legal paradigm in which there was no proposition so clear that it could not be argued one way or another. This tended to an instability which could only be countered by a recrafting of the legal superstructure. What was needed was a system in which the Leader had the ultimate say as to what the law was, and all judges, prosecutors and government lawyers were bound to his thinking. Yoo has crafted a whole series of memoranda in which he sails perilously close to the Schmittian model. He does this wearing the livry of King George. It's going to be interesting to see how Yoo rethinks all of this after the Clinton Restoration occurs, if it does.
Of course, the strength of America as a nation is built on a tradition of rule of law, not of men. That system has, it is true, always included fair grounds to argue and move legal propositions a bit in one direction and then in the other. However, it has also featured a series of ironclad, fundamental propositions which were—before the arrival of the current wrecking crew—beyond the limits of polite conversation. The prohibition on torture, for instance. Or the notion that the president was also accountable under the law. "Lawfare" was used as a tool in a legal demolition derby, and consequently it has been irredeemably discredited. We don't need a kinder, gentler sort of "lawfare" doctrine, we need to adhere more rigorously to the values that served the nation from its founding.
Dunlap ended his speech with an interesting appeal.
Today more than ever our nation needs the synergistic efforts of the entire government, both military and civilian, to succeed in today's complex lawfare milieu. Let us work together – aggressively – to maximize mutual respect in the dialogue. This is a critical challenge for the entire national security law community.
It made me pause for a minute and think back to that remarkable trinity that was articulated by von Clausewitz. The primordial factors that underlie armed conflict, he said, affect in different ways people, the leadership and the military, but these factors can only be surmounted in a joining of the three elements. Dunlap is right perhaps to focus on the need to reshape government-military relations, but it is at this point very clear to outside observers that the abuse has been on the part of the government, which has failed to demonstrate an appropriate level of deference and respect to the career military and to its traditions. That is to say, people like General Dunlap have not been listened to as carefully as is their due.
But Dunlap misses the third prong, and it's also vital. The Government has pursued a war of convenience and it has done so in a way that minimized the involvement, commitment and sacrifice of the people as a whole. This is not just a political issue, it is also a moral one, and the problems it opens are profound. The experience of the Vietnam War was traumatic, particularly for civilian-military relations. It does not appear likely to be repeated, but the example of that post-war era provides a vital cautionary tale. It reminds us of the need to avoid the demonization of the military when conflicts end on an unpleasant note, and to disdain politicians who would contenance such tools. And it points to the need for a military that upholds the nation's essential shared values.
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Michael "Wolfy" MacDougall, who has been fighting the City of St. Augustine for almost two years over his right to anchor a 30-foot sailboat in the San Sebastian River, recently upped the ante by filing a suit in U.S. District Court, naming several city officials.
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Zach McKenna wants people to enjoy the hundreds of dolphins who make the waters in and around St. Augustine their home — just from a distance.
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I go to the Farmers Market all the time. It's part of my anti-aging lifestyle. The other day, I was looking for organic produce, and I met a couple of die-hard organic farmers from Homestead, Florida. This time of the year, they have mangoes, avocados, lychees, longans, jackfruits, durians, and dragon fruits. An unusual variety of fruits to someone who was brought up with apples, pears, and cherries. I asked why they chose to grow these fruits, and they said it reminds them of home. They are originally from the Philippines and, when they came to Florida thirty years ago, they bought a ten-acre organic farm and have been working the land ever since. I asked them what their favorite fruit was, and they said, We love them all, but dragon fruit has a special place in our hearts. Most people don't have a clue what dragon fruit is, or even what it looks like, and they know nothing about its health benefits. When you look at a dragon fruit, the origins of its name may appear obvious. Dragon fruits are actually native to Central and South America. The color of dragon fruit flesh varies from white to red or deep magenta. Just like Lycopersicon esculentum, or tomatoes, the red-fleshed varieties contain lycopene a natural antioxidant known to fight cancer, heart disease, and lower blood pressure. Lycopene is the focus of recent research for its connection with anti-ageing. According to legend, the fruit was created thousands of years ago by fire-breathing dragons. During a battle, when the dragon breathed fire, the last thing to emerge would be the fruit. When the dragon was slain, the fruit was collected by the victorious soldiers and presented to the Emperor as a coveted treasure. The soldiers would then butcher the dragon and eat the flesh. It was believed that those who feasted on the flesh would be endowed with the strength and ferocity of the dragon and that they, too, would be coveted by the Emperor. That was a great story for a delicious, sweet fruit with many health benefits. Dragon fruit has an amazing superpower that helps decrease bad cholesterol levels and replenishes good cholesterol levels. Dragon fruit is an excellent source of monounsaturated fats, helping the heart stay in great condition. They have a high fiber content which can assist with poor digestion and constipation, and can also ultimately help regulate diabetes, stabilizing blood sugar levels by suppressing sugar spikes. Eating the flesh and seeds, which contain good protein, will keep your body fortified and satisfied. The dragon fruit is filled with antioxidants to rid the body of free radicals and cancer-producing properties, and will keep your skin tight and young-looking. Slice up a ripe fruit, put it in the blender with honey, and use it as an anti-aging face mask to get rid of wrinkles. Dragon fruit also has anti-inflammatory action that will help your joints from arthritic pain. My students have reported that by practicing Flying Crane Qi Gong http://rechargingqigong.com/flying-crane-qi-gong.html daily and eating these wonderful anti-aging fruits on a regular basis has reversed the trap of premature aging. I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Dr. Wu Hi
There is Pain and then there is Pain
There is Pain and then there is Pain
Mary came into my office on Saturday with a story
so insane it was hard to believe. I can't go into
the details here, but it wasn't good. To give you
a hint it's as if she jumped out of a plane at
10,000 feet and, on her way down, she noticed that
she forgot her parachute. Mary told me that she
was on half a dozen medicines to keep her balanced
and, yet, she was still unstable, shaking inside
and an emotional wreck. She was grabbing for
straws, going from medical doctors to
psychologists to psychiatrists and spiritual
advisors to try and solve her dilemma with no
luck. Mary asked me about acupuncture for her
condition. Sure, I do a lot of acupuncture and it
really works well. But, if you have mental and
emotional problems, Medical Qi Gong is ten times
more effective for these kinds of condition.
Here is what my friend and teacher, Dr. Bernard
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College of Medical Qi Gong.
Medical Qigong therapy is the oldest therapeutic
modality of Chinese medicine. It is a
comprehensive system of health care addressing the
root cause of symptoms or disease while treating
the client as a whole. Medical Qigong treatments
are based upon a differential diagnosis rooted in
Chinese medical theory. In a Medical Qigong
treatment, the practitioner, having developed
through dedicated study and self-cultivation the
ability to sense and manipulate energy, uses Qi
emission to restore health and wellness to the
I have seen patients and treated conditions that
Western medicine finds resistant or ambiguous.
Whether you know it or not, Medical Qi Gong is an
excellent adjunct to Western medicine, and it
addresses parts of our psyche that other
modalities barely touch. I have worked with
Western doctors to help their patients go through
a traditional treatment and help them eliminate
many of the nasty side effects of pain medicine,
no matter if it's physical or psychological pain.
As a doctor of Medical Qi Gong (China), I have
been trained in a different way to address not
only the physical body but also mental health
issues. I always tell my patients that I can help
with any problem they have but, if I am the only
one working on it, it will take a long time.
However, if they are willing to work on the
problem with me by doing the exercises and
meditations, they will be amazed how quickly it
can be resolved.
I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth, and
Dr. Wu Dhi
P.S. The roots of the ancient Medical Qi Gong
tradition are the direct experiences of early
practitioners of spiritual Daoism, Shamanism, and
of the internal Chinese martial arts. Medical Qi
Gong exists to alleviate the pains of humanity,
whether physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual.
Become Younger And Healthier this Summer
Become Younger and Healthier this Summer
It is now summer, and one of the things we allenjoy in this season is the beach – soaking up the
sun,frolicking in the water,swimming,kayaking,
canoeing, sailing, building sand castles, taking
long runs by yourself, or going for long walks,
and it's a perfect place to read. The beach offers
so much for everyone and we all love it.
When I was sixteen, my friend, Mark, and I needed
to get a summer job. One day we would borrow his
mother's car and supposedly go job hunting and,
the following day, we would get my family car and
hit the trail looking for that summer job. After a
few weeks, his mother said, You boys are getting
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A Day From Hell Transformed
A Day From Hell Transformed
Did you ever have one of those upside-down days? I had one last week and it sucked. I woke up with a flat tire on my car. It was drivable, but I needed to get some air in it ASAP. I drove to the closest gas station and the air machine was broken. I drove to another station and, again, the machine was not working. I could hear the tire squalling on every turn.I hit one more station and another broken machine. Not good! So, I took a chance and drove to the Mini Cooper dealer to get a new tire and thinned out my wallet. I finally got the new tire and headed home. When I got back home in the 95-degree heat, I noticed that the floor was wet around the refrigerator. When I opened it, it was not working. I called a friend who has an ice chest and he brought it over filled with ice. I just went shopping the day before but, little to my knowledge, there was a small crack in the ice chest. As the ice melted, my floor got soaked. It made me laugh that so much was going wrong! I was starting to get a little uptight and stressed. I sat down at the computer to write and got an e-mail that one of the pictures I put up on a blog in 2012 was copyrighted and they wanted to sue me. As if this weren't enough, my bank wrote me and said one of my accounts was on hold because of some unusual activity. That was the tipping point. Enough stuff all at once. My stress level was on overload. I sat down to meditate and began the exercises to turn my stress into power. Within fifteen minutes, I was able to reverse all the negative situations. I cleaned up the water, and the repairman was at my house within an hour and fixed the refrigerator. My head was clear as a bell again. If you ever have one of those days, believe me you will sooner or later, be prepared. Learn and practice these meditations and exercises and you will be able to turn your stress into power. http://rechargingqigong.com/turn-stress-into-power.html I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Dr. Wu Dhi
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What's Cramping Your Style?
George wrote me last week that he was having a lot of trouble sleeping. It seemed that his leg and hand cramps were causing a lot of problems. Hear's what he said," Dear Dr. Wu, I been having cramps in my hands and feet for the last few months and they seem to be escalating. I changed my diet, increased the vitamins, I have been taking a close look at what I may have changed in my lifestyle. What I noticed is I have been working outside doing more gardening in the hot sun. Do you think it could be the heat?' Its more than I have been for a few years, but I never got cramps from that. What do you think I can do about it? Here is my reply: George, there are a few reasons for cramps. It could be that you are overusing your muscles, or dehydration, muscle strain, or simply holding a position for a prolonged period. In many cases, however, the cause isn't known for sure. Although most muscle cramps are harmless, some may be related to an underlying medical condition like narrowing of the arteries that deliver blood to your legs, compression of nerves in your spine (lumbar stenosis), lacking of minerals such as potassium, calcium, or magnesium in your diet. When I am seeing a patient who displays symptoms like you have, I start thinking about the tendons and their flexibility and agility. Are you practicing Qi Gong? How many days a week? I'd suggest you start practicing daily. This will help or completely eliminate the problem. http://rechargingqigong.com/flying-crane-qi-gong.html If you come to my office, I'll most likely start looking at a lot of specific things like some coldness or dampness in your body, or maybe it can be coming from blood or Qi deficiency. In that case, acupuncture and moxibustion can effectively suppress hyperactive muscles. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), leg cramps are mainly due to coldness stimulation as well as improper blood and Qi activities of the legs. Acupuncture can play a role to promote circulation, loosen the tendons, alleviate cramps, and ease pain. But before you flip out with all the different things I'd, get a copy of The Flying Crane Qigong http://rechargingqigong.com/flying-crane-qi-gong.html and start practicing. Within a few weeks, you should be able to get a good night sleep and kick those cramps out of your body forever. I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth and Happiness. Dr. Wu Dhi
How to Accumulate Good Merit in this Lifetime
How to Accumulate Good Merit in this Lifetime
Whenever you get the opportunity, you want to
accumulate as much good merit as possible. It is
said that the path of enlightenment needs the
accumulation of merit to be complete, just as a
bird needs two wings to fly and, if left with only
one, wind will just make it flop on the ground. It
is said that one of those wings is your practice
and the other is the teaching.
There are practices that I learned from my master
years ago that I haven't shared with you as yet
how to free yourself from a bad or undesirable
birth. This is one practice you should take up to
make a nightly offering to the hungry ghosts as
referred to in Buddhism and Taoism, also called
the "pretas" in Hinduism, spirits in
Confucianism, "souls in purgatory" in
Christianity, and "suffering souls" or in
other religions. Do they exist? You can bet your
sweet ass they do. They are suffering being reborn
with misshapen bodies for their cravings, desires,
and having done evil deeds. The realm of desire,
of which we are denizens, has many types of beings
that can be partitioned into six levels: hell
beings, hungry ghosts, animals, humans, titans,
and Gods. Hungry ghosts have it the worse, which
is why blessing food to make it possible for them
to eat it is performing an act of tremendous
merit. Every night you can make the following
offering so that they have food to eat and water
to drink. When you have dinner, have a small
portion of the food, bless it, and leave it
outside for the hungry ghosts. It will take you
just a few minutes and see it as an act of
kindness and a way of ending suffering.
Want more info on the six realms? Of course you
do. The Internal Mantra program will teach you how
to free yourself from suffering and avoid taking
birth in a lower realm
If you ask me, this is a paramount teaching and a
foundation in your spiritual growth.
I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth, and
Dr. Wu Dhi
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How Monsters Can Affect Your Internal Practices
How Monsters Can Affect Your Internal Practices
When I was a youngster, my two uncles would tell me stories that would scare me so much that I
would sleep with the covers over my head and
always made sure that the closet door was shut
tight before getting into bed. I thought they were
just playing and having fun, but it really made an
impact on me in those early years. I liked going
to monster movies when I was a little older and,
although they frightened me, I was hooked. Maybe
it was the fear factor or the adrenaline rush that
kept me going to those Saturday afternoon
matinees. When I came home from the movies, I'd
always make up energetic webs to protect me from
who or whatever would be lurking in the shadows.
As I reached adulthood, I started studying
different cultures and found out that mythology is
filled to the brim with monsters, a
nd that monsters have been a part of human culture since
our earliest days. Through the many years of my
studies of mythology, religions, and spiritual
work, I learned many different protections and the
secrets of building, storing, and cultivating my
internal power. And in so doing, I have cultivated
my internal power as a Medical Qi Gong doctor
(China) and a teacher of internal exercises like
Qigong and Shen gong. The Recharging Qi Gong
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Get your copy today. There are only a limited
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I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth, and
Dr. Wu Dhi
How To Build Yin Energy In The Summer Heat
How To Build Yin Energy In The Summer Heat
It's really HOT in the USA, and some idiots are
still claiming that there is no global warming. I
have lived in South Florida for over twenty years,
and this is the hottest summer I can ever
Your body just starts acting weird. Your
balance is affected and wobbles from side to side
like you are drunk. You can start losing your
equilibrium all together. Your muscles can start
to cramp up with just a temperature increase of
one or two degrees and can affect you even if you
have been drinking water to replace what you
sweated out. When you get overheated, your blood
vessels dilate to release as much heat away from
your system as possible, causing blood to pool in
your ankles which is not good. According to
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, if you are
exposed to extreme heat for a prolonged period,
you may stop sweating altogether. This is
potentially fatal leading to heat stroke. Also,
brain fog is common from heat exhaustion and you
are apt to make unwise and unsafe decisions. It is
a real hazard for workers who need to keep their
concentration. Aside from increased irritability,
you start losing the ability to do skilled or
mental tasks. As your core temperature rises
further above the body's natural temperature, you
can get nausea to the point you start to vomit,
and diarrhea may set in. Those muscle cramps I was
talking about earlier may happen more frequently,
you'll experience palpitations, and tingling or
numbness of the hands or feet.
After work today, I came home and decided to work
in the garden. I was removing a fence post and,
after only twenty minutes, my strength started to
falter and I sat down for a few minutes. That's
when I started to get somewhat nauseous, and I
knew I had to take some action. First, I moved to
a cooler, shaded location, went in the house
and removed my clothes including socks and
shoes. Then, I applied cool, wet cloths to my
head, face, and neck, and started to drink water
with just a little salt in it to replace the
electrolytes. If this happens to you, you'd better
do this fast. Without treatment, you may find
yourselves in the grip of potentially deadly heat
stroke. They say that heat stroke takes you to
death's door. If you think you're seeing signs of
full-fledged heat stroke, all medical authorities
say to call 911. It is that serious. If someone is
at the stage of heat stroke, their core
temperature is at 104 F or higher, and their
body's mechanisms for handling the heat have
failed. That can include the loss of so much body
fluids that sweating stops altogether. Here are
some signs of heat stroke or heat exhaustion to
watch out for: hot, dry skin, profuse sweating,
confusion, loss of consciousness, seizures, and
very high body temperature.
As soon as I cooled down, I started to practice
the; Flying Crane Qi Gong
to regain my balance and to add more yin (cooling
energy) back into my body. This time of the year
when the temperature soars, it's best to practice
your Qi gong early morning before the sun comes up
and a few hours after sunset to gather more Qi and
to cool down the body/mind and spirit. I am really
doing the Flying Crane Qi Gong set both early
morning and after the sunsets. Try it for thirty
days and you will notice the energy shift without
a doubt.
I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth, and
Dr. Wu Dhi
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If the Walls Could Talk
If the Walls Could Talk
If the walls could talk, what stories would they
tell about you and the way you live? Our homes and
possessions have energetic imprints that can
affect how we live on a daily basis. You may be
living in a home with stale energy or, even worse,
sick energy that will affect you and your family's
health mentally and physically. It is important to
clear and resolve energetic imprints from past
situations in your home, office, and property as
soon as possible.
This is an area that I have always found quite
interesting and have been researching for over two
or three decades. You would be surprised how much
influence your home and possessions have over the
type of life you live. The vibrations
of past owners are also imprinted into your home
and your property. This energy will hang around
until you do something to clear it. Some of it is
good, and some no longer serves you or the way you
want to conduct your life.
When I bought my home, I had thoughts about how
the home will fit into my lifestyle. Is there
enough room, is the structure sound, and are there
any roof leaks – stuff like that. I even hired a
house inspector to look over every nook and cranny
on the physical level. But house inspectors don't
feel the energy of the house and have no idea what
vibrations have been embedded into the walls.
Anything that you happened to pick up at the
antique store or the flea market or a garage sale
could have picked up sick energy, which you don't
want to bring into your home without clearing it.
How can you determine if something has good
energy, or stale, sick vibes? You can see if there
is an imbalance by noticing that there is no one
coming to visit, or there is never a rest and
people are always knocking on your door. Do you
have issues with your neighbors? It may not even
be your fault. It maybe something from a past
owner and, energetically, it just keeps going on.
They call this an energetic footprint.
Many times, when we get a new home, we only look
at the specific features a home offers and forget
to check the much more subtle, quiet things that
really make the house a home. It is a perfectly
valid question to ask if there has been anyone
that died in the home. You may be quite aware of
the presence of spirits in the house but choose to
overlook it if it matches all of your physical
criteria. Are there ghosts or poltergeists in the
house and how would you know that? Does a property
have to stay this way forever? No. Many of those
issues can be cleared energetically. A property
clearing can identify and clear those issues for
you. This can make selling your own home easier
and also make your current home a more pleasant
place to live in.
I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth, and
Dr. Wu Dhi
Ancestor Practice To Keep You Healthy
I sent my granddaughter a string of pearls that belonged to my mother. Her great-grandmother instructed me to give each one of her grandchildren a set of pearls that she wore and treasured which my father bought her on their trip to China. All families have heirlooms they hold dear. This is a tradition in our family and many families all over the world - to pass down their treasures or heirlooms that were in the family for many years from one generation to another. I treasure the candlestick holders of my great-grandmothers and the pocket watch collection of my father, which I will pass down one day to my children. I hope this tradition will continue on to many generations. Heirlooms are special treasures of the past that make you feel good when you look at them and bring out memories and stories of loved ones. Although we hold on to our families treasures for many years, most people in the West don't have a clue of any ancestor practice. Ancestor practice is a ritual that is based on the belief that deceased family members have a continued existence, takes an interest in the affairs of the world, and possesses the ability to influence the fortune of the living. Its goal is to ensure the ancestors' continued well-being and positive disposition towards the living, and sometimes to ask for special favors or assistance. The social or nonreligious function of ancestor worship is "to cultivate kinship values like filial piety, family loyalty, and continuity of the family lineage. When I was in acupuncture school many years ago, I went to the grave site of my ancestors and asked for their help to move me into a passion to be able to help more people. My Qigong practices are one of the ways that I help people reach their full potential. Open up to your full potential and get going on your Qigong practices. http://rechargingqigong.com/qigong-video-bundle.html I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Dr. Wu Dhi


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August 1, 2000
Actor Brad Renfro was arrested by Florida cops in August 2000 and charged with grand theft after he and a buddy tried to boost a yacht from a Ft. Lauderdale dock. Renfro, who was 18 at the time of his bust, pleaded out and was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay the yacht's owner $4000 in damages.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-3768?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Hoss Man resolved SOLR-3768. ---------------------------- Resolution: Fixed Fix Version/s: 5.0 4.0 Assignee: Hoss Man Committed revision 1379014. Committed revision 1379016. > add some prelim assertions to OverseerTest > ------------------------------------------ > > Key: SOLR-3768 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-3768 > Project: Solr > Issue Type: Test > Reporter: Hoss Man > Assignee: Hoss Man > Fix For: 4.0, 5.0 > > Attachments: capture-1.jpg, SOLR-3768.patch > > > There isn't much i understand about OverseerTest, but today while doing a full test run I got an unreproducible assertion failure from this line... > {noformat} > assertNotNull("could not find counter for shard:" + ids[i], ai); > {noformat} > ...in which the assertion message indicated that not only was "ai" null, but "ids[i]" was null as well. > Poking arround the test a bit, i think what's happening here is that some of the preliminary logic in testShardAssignmentBigger has bounded wait loops to "make sure ...." things have happened, but there is no assertion that these things actually happen if that the loop bound is exhausted - which can lead to missleading/confusing errors further on in the test. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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Skip to comments.Hoffman's Death Highlights Growing Heroin Epidemic
Posted on 03/08/2014 6:35:15 AM PST by mgist
Last week, Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York City apartment with a heroin needle in his arm. The Oscar-winning actor was one of an increasing number of Americans who have died as a result of the drug once untouched by everyone besides so-called junkies. All around the country, health officials are warning of a new heroin epidemic affecting new demographics in new places that was simmering to a boil long before Hoffman died.
National data is released frustratingly slowly, but recent reports out of Washington state, New York City and Maryland suggest that, over the next several years as national data trickles out, heroin deaths will be up across the board.
Back page local stories like this one are popping up all the nation. New Jersey fighting against sophisticated heroin distribution network - See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/specialreports/heroin_bergen_paterson_drugs_2013.html#sthash.JiMPRWKF.dpuf
This article explains how opium production is skyrocketing and UN is reporting false information. http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-spoils-of-war-afghanistan-s-multibillion-dollar-heroin-trade/91
Obviously governments are being complicit in the multi billion $ heroin trade, including our own. _
I think the bigger story here is that the media has been silent about what is happening.If it wasnt for the Seymour death we would have never heard a thing. They try to blame it in addiction to painkillers but obviously it is an issue of supply. Heroin is flooding the streets.
I always wondered why our media never mentioned the fact that Chavez turned Venezuela into the worlds biggest cocaine distributor. A Venezuelan military plane was caught in Paris with 2 tons of cocaine. It was never mentioned here. It can actually be explained by the fact that JP Morgan is openly laundering money for the Narcos in Caracas.
Heroin comes from the Middle East and I can not believe that our government can spy on everyone around the world but doesn't see any of this going on.
Then we have major drug legalization push has with all things destructive we know it is associated with Soros. It didn't just happen by dumb luck once Obama was elected.
Sorry but I am all cried out for people who use drugs and die.
We all know the dangers and these people rolled the dice and took their chances.
I feel pity for the families they ruined but other than that, nothing.
Grow up Jason. Our government facilitates it and profits from it.
It's very bad here in 'The People's Republik of Madistan.' Kids are dropping like flies.
Cheap and easy to get, now that The Law has cracked down on Oxy - which got them hooked in the first place.
Opiates are extrememly addictive. How do I know? Divorced a husband that was hooked and ruined us financially. A total waste of a perfectly fine man. Lost a nephew to heroin. Still not speaking to my stepson until he's been clean and sober for five full years and EARNS his way back into my life. (He's running a rehab house now and doing well, so time will tell. Don't EVER trust a junkie.)
Yep. It sucks. And I'm your average, everyday, boring, middle-class ex-wife & ex-mom who actually paid attention - and this STILL happened to our family; blown to smithereens.
I'm not looking for sympathy. It is what it is. Just use my life as an example because this can happen to anyone that messes with this stuff. Even once.
I dealt with a daughter on meth for 8 years. She is fine now - three years, going to college, working full-time, same boyfriend for almost three years. Lots of prayers, tears, support. I feel for the families. A lot.
The investment in Afghanistan is paying off ...
More precisely, certain people associated with the government profit from it, and use their official power to facilitate it. I think that, if we got to the bottom of it, we would wind up erecting a whole bunch of gallows.
The writer of this story must be a child in grammar school, Or just PLAIN STUPID.
95% of the WORLD'S OPIUM is produced in AFGHANISTAN.
(for the public school graduates, Opium is the Main Ingredient in HEROIN).
The US MILITARY is and has been in complete control of the AFGHANISTAN BORDERS for YEARS NOW.
(for the Public School Graduates, The Military is THE US GOVERNMENT)
The recent spike in Heroin Use began Shortly After WE WENT TO AFGHANISTAN ( Try Googling it, you will see for yourself)
(for the Public School Graduates, Buy a Hooked on Phonics Game before attempting to Read and Comprehend anything written here or referred to.)
How do you suppose ALL THAT PRODUCT LEFT AFGHANISTAN FOR THE US right under the noses of our GOVERNMENT?????
Growing up in the 1970s, I was often bored as a kid. Just three or four channels on TV with rarely something good to watch (ABC's "Battle of the Network Stars" anyone?). Videotaped movies were still in the future. The local cinema just had the one or two movies at any given time (multiplex cinemas were not common yet). People had hi-fi stereos but an LP record cost $7.99 so you were stuck with your parents' Slim Whitman and Engelbert Humperdinck LPs. No video games unless you had a pocketful of quarters to go to the arcade with (and they were still mostly pinball machines).
Yes, life was boring for a teen during the 1970s. So sneaking out to the woods with a case of purloined beer (usually Black Label or Schlitz) and a bag of marijuana was somewhat understandable.
But in today's world, there is simply no time to get bored. In fact the real problem is that there are not nearly enough hours in the day to consume even a fraction of the massive amounts and forms of entertainment available to the average person today.
So why turn to drugs? That really confuses me.
article is dated 2/7/14.
I feel sorry for this lady and every body else that has been involved with trying to "CURE" a drug addict. One thing that drugs and drug addicts are good for; "DESTROYING THEIR LIVES, and every one else's lives that they are involved with. I can tell you what the Singapore government did, when they were confronted with addicts, addicted to "OPIUM". This was in 1964, Singapore just became a NEW COUNTRY, after being thrown out of the Malaysian group. The new government rented a hotel and put as many of the OPIUM ADDICTS in the hotel. They were supplied with all the opium they wanted. No food, no water, just opium. Within 6 months, there were no more addicts in the Island. Then they passed a law, making illegal drug sale and use a capital crime. Yep, the death penalty. As of today, any one in Singapore that wishes to get high, will put cow manure in a bag, and sniff it. It's not illegal to sniff cow manure
It's just another kind of entertainment. Drugs are fun, and they mix with other entertainment. Heck half the music industry is specifically designed to mix with certain drugs, psychedelic, stoner metal, reggae, country. Nobody sets out to get hooked, they set out to have fun, a different kind of fun than the "legit" entertainment industry. It takes months to rev up to daily use and usually months of that to actually get hooked. It all starts off as a simple diversion, just like going to a movie.
How civil of you. Perhaps 'last week' was being used as 'the other day'. The message of the article remains the same.
Was it worth it to attack someone as a 'moron'? or 'idiot?
"Sorry but I am all cried out for people who use drugs and die.
We all know the dangers and these people rolled the dice and took their chances.
I feel pity for the families they ruined but other than that, nothing."
-Excellent and worth repeating!
1) Legalize drugs
2) Subsidize 12-step programs
3) Peheat the crematoriums.
4) Give the addicts all the drugs they want.
One way or the other, the problem will take care of itself soon enough.
I do favor legalization of drugs, at the Federal level that is. The DEA must go; the controlled substances act is clearly unconstitutional and these decisions are best left to the states. The states can provide 50 different examples of drug policy, and the people of the states can decide which one or ones are the best. Secondly, the DEA is a weaponized, federal agency that could be used, at least by this regime, to attack political opponents aka domestic terrorists.
The days of conservatives reflexively supporting "law & order" policies are over. The Federal government has used the "war on drugs" to amass power and control the people.
I do favor legalization of drugs, at the Federal level that is. The DEA must go; the controlled substances act is clearly unconstitutional and these decisions are best left to the states. The states can provide 50 different examples of drug policy, and the people of the states can decide which one or ones are the best. Secondly, the DEA is a weaponized, federal agency that could be used, at least by this regime, to attack political opponents aka domestic terrorists.
The days of conservatives reflexively supporting "law & order" policies are over. The Federal government has used the "war on drugs" to amass power and control the people.
so very christian of you....
The faster they bottom out, the better chance they have of making the decision to stop.
Sympathy for them just enables them to postpone bottoming out.
Part of me feels bad for heroin addicts, a bit. But I have this really nasty little schadenfreude thing going because if this generation gets mired in pot and heroin, MY drug-free kids will be the last ones standing, and they can take charge!!! Buahaahaa!!
But having sympathy for drug abusers makes you feel superior. That's the important thing.
I am sorry that has happened to your family...but it is not the heroin addiction that really is what has done this devastation. To focus on that in addicts is not going to do it. It is the anger and unforgiveness that compels some weaker souls to try and find an alternative happiness that real love would, and does provide. The fhu.com has that simple pathway, used by so many with real and lasting peace.
Never claimed to be perfect and I am sure when I go to meet Jesus there will be a lot to answer for.
But among my many sins, using illegal drugs or committing Suicide will not be among them.
Not talking about sympathy...but real compassion with tough love. The kind that Roy has...www.fhu.com. This is the treatment that addicts need...and it cures forever.
Well, you just are stronger than these addicts, but you have similar angers inside that do compel them to find an alternative for real happiness and peace. It really doesn't make you much better. Fhu.com has that simple and true road..and I am not selling anything...it just works. patriotoutreach.org has the same thing for free...curing ptsd in thousands of troopers.
In the meantime they drag everybody around down with them.
Thank God! :)
I now know; my error. Asked AM to delete it.
That threat far exceeds any posed by legalized drugs.
Hell, if the federal laws against pot were eliminated that would be a major contribution to reducing the size and power of the federal government AND the drug cartels/narco states.
I saw on the news "El Chapo" got 75% of his revenue from pot.
Maybe we could legalize pot, keep the rest illegal, and make good progress against the bigger threats.
I can imagine a future POTUS/Congress agreeing we HAVE to send troops into Mexico and Central America to break the narco states, cartels...and for "humanitarian" reasons, of course.
All the while the federal leviathan continues to devour what liberty we have left.
It's time to start thinking right on this matter. The general, social consensus (right or wrong) is that pot is no more dangerous than alcohol with a probable majority thinking it's less dangerous. Now, I know many disagree...I'm just offering an unsubstantiated opinion here and will not represent that as FACT.
Another argument is that more kids will smoke more often. I understand the concern, but I don't buy it. Any kid today who wants to smoke pot...is smoking pot right now. There are no real obstacles to access...inconvenience at most. In fact anyone who wants to smoke pot is doing so.
I propose the real question that should be asked is: Should we continue to suffer the costs of keeping it illegal with all the social implications that entails?
I am a public school graduate and I am a CPA. My kids go to public school and are very intelligent. Sorry we don't have a $1,000 a month to put them in private school DipSh*t.
This isn't an issue about drug addicts. There are vulnerable people who's life circumstances lead them to drugs. I am no one to judge, and have no doubt our Godless culture is very hard to grow up in.
There but for the grace of God go any of us.
The availability of heroin in the real problem. Why is heroin suddenly flooding American cities? Why isn't the DEA dealing with this? A decade ago we would constantly hear about major drug busts around the country. Now there is nothing.
The State Department NEVER mentions Venezuela as a major distributor. There are no shipments from Venezuela caught.
Drug legalization is a Soros agenda that has been pushed through because a few of people will make a ton of money.
Because of these policies we now have legalization push for "sick" children etc., THC laced lollipops for kids. Not a good idea.
Realize that there is a battle between good and evil, and our children's mind are the target for predators. It isn't just drugs flooding the market, it is the environment and culture that is pushing drug use and enabling the billion $ drug trade.
I don't think the War on Drugs was a failure, because we now know that there was a war on former President Bush, and policies that promoted abstinence of any form. Our beliefs on the Bush failed drug policies are false. They were pushed by a compromised media, and a billionaire's who are pushing drugs.
August 31, 2004
George Soros "wants to spend $75 million defeating George W. Bush because Soros wants to legalize heroin"
In a discussion on the August 30 edition of FOX News Channel's Hannity & Colmes of unregulated "soft money" contributions by 527 groups, former speaker of the House and FOX News Channel political contributor Newt Gingrich claimed that financier and philanthropist George Soros "wants to spend $75 million defeating [President] George W. Bush because Soros wants to legalize heroin."
Gingrich's remark, aired live from the Republican National Convention, echoed a smear of Soros made one day earlier by current Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert on the August 29 edition of FOX Broadcasting Company's FOX News Sunday: "I don't know where George Soros gets his money. I don't know where — if it comes overseas or from drug groups or where it comes from. ... George Soros has been for legalizing drugs in this country. So, I mean, he's got a lot of ancillary interests out there." When asked by host Chris Wallace if Hastert thought Soros "may be getting money from the drug cartel," Hastert responded, "I'm saying I don't know where groups — could be people who support this type of thing. I'm saying we don't know."
Anyway, I'm a public school graduate and make twice that much so I could easily have sent my kids to private school. But I chose not to because I wanted to use my money for something else - like vacations and retirement.
With good reinforcement at home, there's nothing embarrassing about choosing to send your kids to a public school. The parents have more to do with educating their children than any school - public or private.
The primary role of the Federal Government is to protect citizens. Something has gone very wrong in a few short years.
I realize the liberal Soros agenda of drug legalization has influenced even staunch conservatives. You are drinking their kook-aid, whether you know it or not.
Soros has been planning this for a long time, and since Obama his goals are coming at us like a train wreck. The media doesn't say a word. The influence peddler (he is very good at that) represents billionaire criminals from all over the world and has presidents in his pocket.
Our poor kids don't stand a chance.
I agree. I cannot understand why anyone needs drugs in a world that contains Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major. I can get high just sitting and listening to it. Surely there are other things - music, art, books, movies - that would affect other people in the same way that music affects me. To me, drugs look like a quick way to get something that's better anyway if you earn it.
"Am I my brothers keeper?"
Whose kids don't st5and a chance? Yours? Mine? Everybody else?
I am not convinced. As you are not convinced by my argument.
This will be played out in elections and referendum over the next decade or so, maybe sooner.
But I have no doubt marijuana will be legal in all 50 states within a decade.
95% of the WORLDS OPIUM is produced in AFGHANISTAN.
(for the public school graduates, Opium is the Main Ingredient in HEROIN).
The US MILITARY is and has been in complete control of the AFGHANISTAN BORDERS for YEARS NOW.
(for the Public School Graduates, The Military is THE US GOVERNMENT)
The recent spike in Heroin Use began Shortly After WE WENT TO AFGHANISTAN ( Try Googling it, you will see for yourself)
(for the Public School Graduates, Buy a Hooked on Phonics Game before attempting to Read and Comprehend anything written here or referred to.)
How do you suppose ALL THAT PRODUCT LEFT AFGHANISTAN FOR THE US right under the noses of our GOVERNMENT?????
There are two major problems with your arguments here in reference to heroin use in the United States.
Mexico poppy production has increased exponentially every year. Poppies grow quite well in Mexico. The Mexican cartels have taken over the heroin trade in North America. Almost all of the heroin we now see in the U.S. is produced and refined in Mexico and smuggled over our southern border. It is far cheaper than Asian heroin. In fact, Mexico now has more poppy cultivation than marijuana cultivation.
Opiate addiction has greatly increased in the United States over the past decade. This addiction can be directly attributed to the rampant abuse and addiction of powerful prescribed pain medication such as the very oxycontin (they call it hillbilly heroin for a reason). The influx of Mexican heroin has made their product cheaper than the opiate pills for which addicts were paying top dollar.
The price of heroin in the U.S. has dropped drastically over the past decade as Mexican production has increased.
And I don't buy this contention in the context I perceive that you mean it.
The primary role of the federal government is laid out clearly in the Constitution and is principally to protect us from foreign invasion, to ensure all states "have a republican form of government" and to ensure no state or official entity infringes upon enumerated rights.
Should the federal government protect us from alcoholism or trans fats or obesity in general? Should they protect us from violent movies...or the danger of firearms?
Perhaps they should protect us from do-goodeers eh?
Luckily my Aunt, a born again Christian, saved a number of their kids, mostly illegitimate.
Don't you get it? Our politicians, media, and voting machines are corrupt. Soros has his fingerprints everywhere. Nothing is what it seems.
January 9, 2009 (LPAC)
Transnational Institute Calls For More and Better Opium in Asia
—Transnational Institute (TNI), a leading Soros outfit (with official funding from the EU, the Dutch Foreign Ministry and dozens of other "respectable organizations"), which is in the forefront of drug legalization and "harm reduction" promotion worldwide, released a doozy on Jan. 9: "Withdrawal Symptoms in the Golden Triangle: A Drugs Market in Disarray," which screams out to stop stopping drugs, to stop stopping the poor farmers from growing poppy, to stop denying high quality and low priced heroin to the poor users. The report demonstrates the absolute rage of Soros and the Anglo-Dutch drug bankers that they lost their precious "Golden Triangle" drug haven.
The TNI report says that the near-elimination of opium in Myanmar, Thailand and Laos - part of the "Golden Triangle" which once supplied the majority of the world's opium - is responsible for "driving hundreds of thousands of families into poverty.... The rapid decline in production has caused major suffering among former poppy-growing communities in Burma and Laos" - as if the poppy producers were once prosperous. This reporter's trip through the Triangle by mule in 1973 revealed the deadly, stone-age conditions of the opium farmers.
The report continues that "repressive drug control policies and criminalization of users has caused increased health risks amongst consumers," requiring legalization and drug distribution to cure them of their ills.
TNI denounces the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for declaring the goal of a drug-free Asia by 2015, calling this "unrealistic and counter-productive," arguing that "it would be wise not to enforce the 2015 deadline. It would be far better to take a longer-term perspective."
What we need, says TNI, is better and cheaper dope: "Higher prices and lower quality heroin are leading to shifts in consumer behavior which create serious problems. While total numbers of opium and heroin users may be going down, more people have started to inject (the most cost-effective means of administration) and many have turned to a cocktail of pharmaceutical replacements with largely unknown health risks."
Their conclusion: "Countries in the region and the international community should not abandon former and current opium growing communities and drugs users in this delicate phase of transformation of the Golden Triangle."
I hijacked the thread to propose legalizing pot.
Sometimes prayer is all we've got.
Just this past week we had a rash of overdoses and 2 deaths, seems they got hold of the mixed with fentanyl? http://www.wtam.com/articles/wtam-local-news-122520/men-arrested-in-tainted-heroin-ods-12132224/
Last fall in November there were 6 DEATHS in one weekend.
Classical music is definitely an acquired taste but if you choose a well-known piece and give it time with repeated listenings, it will grow on you and you will quickly explore other pieces.
For me, it was Beethoven's Ninth Symphony that brought me into classical music. I listened to that CD over and over again in the car and then it just hit me like a ton of bricks one rainy morning. Within a month, I had a car full of classical CDs. This was back in the early 1990s.
Drugs in most cases has little to do with boredom.
It has a lot to do with the self-administered treatment of a spiritual or mental breakage.
I actually agree with your plan.
Legalize, cheapen, then offer free rehab.
Those that want out, will get out. Those that don't, will still get out.
Like they say in hospitals: "The bleeding WILL eventually stop."
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