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We once had the opportunity to spend some time with Dick and Lynne Cheney. It was a rare privilege. The private Cheney was pretty much the same as the public one: lucid, balanced, kind, his outlook informed by a lifetime of experience in public affairs. His memoir In My Time is about to hit the book stores, and can be pre-ordered from Amazon by following the link.
I'm looking forward to reading it. Of the memoirs that have recently been published by members of Cheney's generation, the only one that rivals Cheney's for interest, in my opinion, is his long-time friend and colleague Don Rumsfeld's book Known and Unknown. Here are some nuggets from Cheney's book, courtesy of Politico:
–Cheney reports that the Bush camp was angry and frustrated with Vice President Gore on election night, 2000: "Who RETRACTS a concession? In 1976 the election had also been very close, and we had decided to sleep on it and see how things looked in the morning before making any decision about conceding to Carter. I thought that if the Gore campaign had been any kind of a professional operation, they would have realized how close the vote was and wouldn't have conceded in the first place. But to concede and then take it back was amateur hour. And the fact of the concession hurt Gore, I believe, as we headed into the recount."
–"I picked up the phone and called Jim Baker [the night of the Supreme Court decision]. 'Hello, Mr. Vice President-elect," he said. 'Thank you, Jim,' I said, 'and congratulations to you. You did a hell of a job. Only under your leadership could we have gone from a lead of eighteen hundred votes to a lead of one hundred fifty votes.' He laughed heartily. He knew and I knew that his leadership in Florida had been vital."
–Cheney writes about a field trip he took in his first weeks as V.P.: "After one late-night rally, my six-year-old granddaughter, Kate, climbed into the seat next to me on the campaign plane. 'Grandpa,' she said, 'if you win, will you come to school as my show-and-tell?' 'You only want me if I win?' I asked. 'Yep,' she answered. … [S]o on a snowy February morning, I was Kate's show-and-tell. My impression was that most of her fellow first-graders were more interested in my Secret Service agents than in Kate's old grandpa, but I'll never forget the huge smile on her face as I walked into the classroom."
–Prologue: Cheney opens by describing his experiences on 9/11, including the refusal of the late Sen. Robert Byrd, who as president pro tempore of the Senate was next in the presidential line of succession after the Speaker, to move to a secure location: "He went home instead. … At one point my friend Senator Don Nickles of Oklahoma asked why the executive branch had the right to decide when members of Congress, a coequal branch of government, could come back to Washington. 'Because we've got the helicopters, Don,' I told him."
–Cheney strongly opposed an apology for the 16 words about Saddam Hussein and uranium in the 2003 State of the Union address, arguing it would only fan the flames: "[A]nd why apologize when the British had, in fact, reported that Iraq had sought a significant amount of uranium in Africa? THE SIXTEEN WORDS WERE TRUE."
–Cheney reprises the day after the 2006 accidental shooting of his quail-hunting partner, when the V.P. issued a statement to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times: "Our choice incensed the White House press pool and the rest of the mainstream media … But … the last thing on my mind was whether I was irritating the New York Times."
–Cheney recalls that during the CIA leak investigation, Deputy Secretary of State Rich Armitage stayed silent: "And, it pains me to note, so did his boss, Colin Powell, whom Armitage told he was [Robert] Novak's source on October 1, 2003. Less than a week later, … there was a cabinet meeting. … [T]he press came in for a photo opportunity, and there were questions about who had leaked the information that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA. The president said he didn't know, but wanted the truth. Thinking back, I realize that one of the few people in the world who could have told him the truth, Colin Powell, was sitting right next to him."
–"Given the opposition of politicians and the public to putting more troops in Iraq, George Bush was truly courageous to order a new strategy and the surge of troops to carry it out. The next ten months ratified his brave decision. Our troops, together with the Iraqis, defeated the insurgency, dealt a severe blow to al Qaeda, and created a secure environment so that the Iraqi political process could begin to take hold. When historians look back, George Bush's decision will stand out as one that made a difference for millions and put history on a better track."
–On President Obama's announcement in June of an Afghanistan drawdown (of his own surge troops): "It is impossible for me not to make a comparison with George Bush in 2007. When President Bush surged troops into Iraq, he encountered significant pressures to reverse course, but he continued in the face of opposition, increasing American forces in order to implement the counterinsurgency strategy that enabled us to prevail. He did not allow domestic political considerations to interfere with his responsibilities as commander in chief."
–"I remember thinking how grounded the president was through the whole economic ordeal. He kept perspective and was very good at handling pressure. He dealt effectively with some of the most difficult and complex issues any president has had to face."


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So, my sites got hacked in one of those big open source exploits you hear about. The fix was quick, but hackers were even quicker. Luckily I am a small fry. They installed a back door, added me to a "someday" list (I'm sure) and then went away to look at their big prizes, so my glacial response time was not fatal.
That said, things need tightening up, so I'm deleting accounts. There's no indication that they grabbed any password files but better safe than sorry. If you had an account here that shares a password with anywhere else you care about, I'd change that password.
Waaaaay back when, before Google+ and such, I was doing knot related link curation through Google Reader. It was quick, I was able to bring interesting and important knot related stuff to your attention, I added some commentary or annotation and didn't have to worry about copyright issues because the mechanism left it as pointers to the original source.
I've finally finished the text to go with the images for the plafond knot. I hope you enjoy it.
Added another new tag: braid gallery.
Here's the Google Reader pagehttp://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/13399843360271014998/label/brai...
Here's the feedhttp://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F13399843360271014998%2Fl...
I keep resolving to scan and review my entire knotty (and braid-y) book library, but I've only done one or two so far for the blog.
New tags to from my Google Reader link dumpingness:
How to braidhttp://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/13399843360271014998/label/how%...http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F13399843360271014998%2Fl...
I was playing around with a variety of Google "products" and discovered a way to selectively share and annotate links for public viewing that doesn't expose you, my gentle Knotty Notion reader, to silly cat and dog pictures and such that I subject my friends to (or cause my friends to wade through endless knot and braid posts for my thoughts on the latest installment of mad scientist cartoons).
And so, in the menu to the left, you will now see "Link Dump" which takes information directly from my newsfeed reader (Google Reader) as I flag and tag. This will allow me to quickly process, then share and comment on items of knotty (and braid-y) interest in a much less labour intensive way than my traditional cut/paste/post method. Special gems/information rich finds will still be singled out for more detailed commentary and deliberate posts.
The Ashley Book of Knots
Author: Clifford W. Ashley
Hardcover: 640 pages
Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (June 21, 1944)
Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 1.6 inches
In any case, we start with a 'K'. Clever people like you can probably guess why, but if not, all will be revealed shortly. The 'K' is tied with a series of square flower knots with a hexagonal flower knot in the middle. I initially thought I might need to tie a heptagonal or octagonal flower for the centre to get the branches of the letter at the correct angle, but a test with a hexagonal centre proved to be close enough to perfect for the job.
Let's start with the good news. The blogiversary tassels have been awarded to the 2 commenters. I was going to give one and keep one for myself, but as there were only the 2 commenters and I want to encourage y'all, I'll give them both away and just make myself one later at some point.
Should I try this again? D'ya want free stuff? 8)
Sooooo, remember what I said in the first post that this daily posting thing was doomed to failure? This is past 2 months (or so) is pretty much what I meant. But, since I am trying to give myself something of a personality adjustment, I will not yet admit complete defeat. There are still delusions of backfilling in the missing days and continuing onwards as well.
If you would like to help, I would completely adore that. Guest posts of a knotty or braiding nature are totally welcome. Words of encouragement would be, y'know, encouraging. Even constructive criticism would be gratefully accepted. I do my best to answer questions and take requests under advisement. 8) Email or comments all work.
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Yesterday, the Sunday New York Times printed my letter responding to a guest editorial that actually praised invasions by non-native species. My letter in the times was a shorter version of a longer piece that's below (thanks to GLU's Jen Nalbone for some great edits!). Also, check out the other letters that ran in response to the guest editorial.
Here's my original piece:
For a minute, I thought Hugh Raffles' New York Times op ed, "Mother Nature's Melting Pot" was a bit of a satire – perhaps a modern adaptation of Swift's "A Modest Proposal." After all, Raffles compares the anti-immigration fervor with the attempts to stop invasive, "alien" species from colonizing native habitats in the U.S. But as I read, I got the sinking feeling that Rafferty is serious. He argues, human diversity is good; the iconic "melting pot" has made the United States what it is today. He seems to ignore that he's talking about diversity among a single species, humans. Would he be as positive about welcoming species into the U.S. that eat humans? Or that kill us through disease? Because that's what harmful invasive species often do to native species. Shall we open our arms, say, to SARS or the Asian flu? After all, those organisms are just yearning to be free.
What Raffles seems to forget is that our society does welcome many invasive species, like ornamental plants and shrubs, soybeans, and housecats. What we try to stop (or once they are here, control or eradicate) are the few non-native species that turn out to be invasive, or harmful to humans and the habitats we rely on. Just as we use vaccines, screening and antibiotics to stop diseases that hurt us, so do we use similar techniques to stop the bad invasive species.
And there are bad ones – species that can hurt humans, and species that actually reduce the biological diversity in an ecosystem. Living in the Great Lakes, we see evidence of that on a daily basis. One of them is zebra mussels, which coat the bottom of the Great Lakes and many beaches with six-inch thick mats of tiny, sharp shells. Raffles says that zebra mussels have had a significant positive effect on the Great Lakes because they make filter the water, making it clearer and increasing populations of fish and plants. Problem is, that's just flat out wrong. Due to zebra mussels and their incredible ability to filter out microscopic organisms, there's no food left in the water column of vast sections of the Great Lakes and fish populations have crashed. A new article in Environmental Science and Technology this month documents that fish biomass in two Great Lakes has declined by 95% in the past 15 years, primarily due to zebra mussels and their cousins, the invasive quagga mussels. And according to scientists, because zebra and quagga mussels spit out toxic algae as they consume virtually all the rest, they are the primary culprits in causing harmful algae blooms in the Great Lakes – thick pea-green soup that can poison drinking water and lead to botulism outbreaks.
And that's only one harmful invasive species. How about viral hemmorhagic septicemia (VHS), the Ebola of fish that causes them to bleed out and die? Shall we roll out the welcome mat for that one?
Biology doesn't say one species is bad and another is good (although I would argue that an invasive species that wipes out all or many of the other species in an ecosystem is biologically bad). But people value some things above others… including our own survival and prosperity. Call me people-ist, but I prefer native species that don't hurt me or kill me. So no more harmful invasive species, please!
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Lightening from Above: University of Arizona's Hassan Adams
Try to play defense on him and he slips through your fingers like sand, try to jump with him on the dunk and you're likely to feel the tinge of electricity as he bolt down on you and the rim like Zeus all mighty. He is the most successful player to come out of California in recent years and has repped his McDonald's All American selection while helping his Arizona basketball team with anything they have asked him. Guess from all the accolades writers can heap on him which thing this giant on the court wants to be known for, "I just want people to know I'm a good guy." That's Hassan in a nutshell. Raised by the loving matriarch mother of many hoops prodigies from the Inglewood area, Connie Adams has a son that she can be more than proud of, she has a well rounded boy who has grown to exceed everyone's expectation of how a person can rep their community, "My boy Hassan has made me so proud, like all my kids have, god has plan for him, and if that includes basketball after college than so be it." Connie Adams is probably mentioning the autographs that she has her boy send to the kids all over the country who look up to her son, she never in the years I have known her has ever doubted that her son would be able to lead others through his hard work, studious endeavors, and kind disposition.
It's the first week of August and I'm sitting at the UCSB Thunder dome in Santa Barbara, California jabbering with Hassan Adams about his time at the 21 World Championships, we're just resting against the stands talking with Hassan about these 15 incredibly talented college ball players before us in the gym that M.J. has brought into be the counselors for the kids at his camp. He details how fun it was to play with this player and that player on the 21 and under national team and speaks on just how much the experience meant to him, "I loved representing the U.S. and helping us to win 1st place for country, man that has to be the greatest experience basketball wise of all time for me."
The U.S. team really appreciated having him there to help with crunch time points, his Junior National coach who is also the head coach for Oklahoma St. named Kelvin Sampson couldn't say enough complimentary things about Adams, " Adams impressed beyond words for us, he lead with his warrior mentality, he definitely was the most athletic player on the team. Hassan really surprised us with his sharp outside shooting, and you couldn't ask for a better rounded person who seemed to provide some leadership and passion to give his 100% all of the time. I call Hassan 'sauce', which is short short for 'hot sauce' because he spiced up the action out there in a big way." Sampson isn't Adams only coach singing his praises, Josh Pastner is Adams assistant coach at Arizona and summed up in a nice way what Hassan Adams has meant to his college program, "Hassan is a really great guy, he is also an incredible talent, he wins you games through his heart and skill, nobody wants it more than Hassan. He is a joy to coach and be around." Adams and his mom are very complimentary of Samson calling him "a very good influence" on Adams on his game and person even though he only spent a short amount of time with him unfortunately.
All this praise must be part of the reason why George Raveling has invited Hassan to be a camp counselor to the MJ and Nike camp the past couple of years to inspire kids, but ask the humble Adams to describe how he feels about working the camp and helping to train kids here and you get a plate of classic Hassan a la mode, "That's just the right thing for me to want to do is give back, it's an honor to work here for the MJ camp, giving back and remembering where you're from is really important to me in life, Darius Miles and Quenton Richardson helped me along in high school to get better and never settle for being less than what I can be, now it's my turn to give back to others."
Rising class of 2006 California prep sophomore from Fresno Quincy Pondexter is an exceptional player and has been recently offered a scholarship to play for Arizona, he stated about Hassan and why he looks up to him as a player, "Wow, to see him and realize what he has done to bring up the rep for us California players is an inspiration, one can just try and be the best like him and get better, all of us players around here look up to him and we know he is what we hope to be as a player, hopefully one day I can get there." Young bucks like Pondexter aren't the only one recognizing Adam's talents, Paul Pierce the NBA All Star forward from Boston and fellow baller from Inglewood puts it plainly, "Hassan Adams, yeah he can play play, he's going to be the next great NBA player coming out of our hometown in the future." Chris Monter is a leading NBA draft scout who thinks highly of Adam's potential as well, "Hassan has very good jumping ability compared to top players in college basketball, he is a pretty good shooter as well, he only has that knock of being a tad short for his position, he should go high in the 1st round next year if he declares and has a good year. This past year, Adam's was the one player with the courage to step forward when the team needed a power forward to play against the average 6-7 to 6-10 players brutes that usually play that position, he states on this decision to sacrifice his body and forgo showing his small forward and guard skills, "I'm not a small forward, I'm just a basketball player, and if my team needs someone to take on the challenge of this position than here I am."
Hassan Adams is way more than a basketball player: he is a friend to all, he is a student athlete first and foremost. Adam's treasures his college experience and is proud to have learned so many things off the court, "At my house we have like four different ethnicities mixing and learning from each other, back home in Inglewood I never got the chance to find out about new customs or cultures the way I am now, this time in college is the time of my life, if god wants me to play in the NBA then it's in his hands, until then I will be getting an education and learning about things to help me get along in life." Adams is extremely articulate, mellow, and loyal; he still stays in frequent touch with his best and Westchester teammate from back in the day such as Rayshawn Reed, Brandon Heath, Ashanti Cook, Keith Everage, and Chad Bell who zren, "You only have one set of life long friends, "We'll always be there to talk and share things together." Hassan's mom Connie has to be the most active mother around for keeping her son on the right track, she like many other parents of elite prospect preps had scores of college programs recruiting them, "Yes, I go that extra distance for my boy, to know who he hangs out with and how his classes are going, I knew that he could handle the work and basketball at Arizona because he works so hard at everything." only after playing for Rock Johnson and scoring 50 point in high profile tournaments did the recruitment world start to get a sense of just how off- the-charts his abilities could be. Adams attributes his strong game to playing against super tough competition in practice at Westchester, and he was under pressure to perform against his long time friend Evan Burns the McDonald's All American from Inglewood from Fairfax high school to which Adams states, "Every time we'd play Fairfax and Evan I'd get really hyped, that was the game to play your best, it's all out and play your toughest game for the team you respected the most, it was very competitive but so much fun as I look back on it all."
Someone above all others who really deserves major credit for helping this amazing young man to be "a the good guy", that he is Marlin Morten, a coach at former Westchester and longtime advocate and helper of many kids in the Inglewood area. He came into Hassan's life at age six and has really pushed Adams to be the player and person he is today: untouchable on the court, priceless off of it. Morten is around Adams most of the time and have a relationship that seems stronger than what most big brother in a family have as he states, What many people should realize about Hassan is that he was slept on and not respected properly as a player coming into high school, as a freshman and sophomore at Birmingham and Verbum Dei high school many didn't realize just how good he was, but those in Hassan's inner circle knew, Hassan and I used to have a signal to motivate him, I would put up four fingers to signify that date that the McDonald's All American game was going to be held on, Hassan would put those same four fingers up in the air because we just knew and believed together- it's that constant pushing him to work harder and never settle that has made the difference for him and for me." A story that illustrates the lack of respect given Adams can be found in his freshman year when after working out in the Inglewood high school." Underestimated Adams game was back then, these comments and the "put downs" leveled by the parents of other star athletes in the area fueled in Adams a super human work ethic that has lead to a consensus that he works for every bit of that 48 inch vertical, every ounce of that sweet jump shot, every accolade that comes from just training regime that would make some Olympians wilter, Humble is the only word that one can use to describe Adams' off court demeanor as he states about himself, "I'm just me, just Hassan here, if I have gotten anything in this world it's because of working harder than the next person, I'm just proud of the person I look at in the mirror because my mom raised me right, that's what is important at the end of the day." Hassan Adams: A good guy and one of the most rising basketball stars college hoops has to offer, what a rare combination.


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Trans-Siberian Orchestra has sold over 7 million albums and has been touted as one of the top touring artists of the past decade by the Billboard magazine. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, Christmas Canon, Wizards in Winter, Carol of the Bells and Nutrocker are the singles released by the band. Buy Trans-Siberian tickets to witness another rocking performance by the band.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra's career began at a slow pace delivering just a small bunch of performances that would come their way. Thus, the touring started in late 1990s covering places like Upper Darby, Cleveland, New York City, Chicago and Detroit. Today, the group performs endlessly owing to the escalating popularity it has received over the years. However, recently TSO has been globe-trotting as it landed an opportunity to perform in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, England and Belgium. Paul O'Neil drew inspiration from other bands like The Who, Emerson, Pink Floyd, Lake and Palmer, Queen. Hence, taking the idea of an expansive stage décor and giving it his personal style, as he planned on "building on the work of everyone he worshipped". There are several albums produced by TSO; Christmas Eve and Other Stories, The Christmas Attic, Beethoven's Last Night, The Lost Christmas Eve, Wizards in Winter, Night Castle and Dreams of Fireflies being the recent release. All the albums found a spot on US Billboard 200 meeting with an overwhelming critical and commercial response.
Christmas Eve and Other Stories released in 1996 entering the charts at number 53 selling more than three million copies. Consequently, receiving 3x Platinum Certification in the United States while also getting 4/5 stars from Allmusic. This Christmas themed album presented holiday music, classical music, progressive rock/metal and symphonic rock/metal and is remembered as one of the best-selling Christmas/Holiday albums in the United States. This Christmas Day, Promises to Keep, An Angel Came Down, A Mad Russian's Christmas, A Star to Follow, and Old City Bar are some of the songs from Christmas Eve and Other Stories. The 1998 release hit the US Billboard 200 at number 83 and sold around one million copies. Thus, ending up with a Platinum Certification. This was another Christmas themed album spawning hits like The World that She Sees, The Music Box, The Ghosts of Christmas Tree, An Angle's Share, Find Our Way Home, Christmas in the Air etc. Beethoven's Last Night was another hit bagging a place on US Billboard 200 at 81 selling around 500,000 copies. As a result getting an RIAA Gold certification.
Receiving 3/5 stars from Allmusic, the album features symphonic rock, progressive rock, rock opera, neo-classical metal, presenting songs like Overture, Midnight, Fate, What good this Deafness, Vienna, A Last Illusion, Beethoven and many more telling a fictional story Ludwig van Beethoven. The next album came out in 2004 reaching number 26 on the charts. It sold one million copies and was certified platinum in the United States. Christmas Canon Rock, Wizards in Winter, Christmas Jam, For the Sake of Our Brother, and Christmas Concerto are a few songs from the album. Trans-Siberian Orchestra's efforts were again widely appreciated as the album was well-received by the critics and fans. Wizards in Winter and Dreams of Fireflies did not receive any certification but managed to enter the charts at number 90 and 9 respectively.
Night Castle, the 2009 release ranked at number 5 on the charts selling approximately 500,000 copies. Hence, receiving a Gold Certification. The album features songs like There was a Life, The Mountain, Night Castle etc. Enjoy a host of songs backed by some awe-inspiring stage décor by getting cheap Trans-Siberian Orchestra tickets.
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Gold star for Nokia. Dorsen's day. International law
No judgement here. The paper letters are in the post and will still be in postal bags somewhere. It will take a while for them to be delivered to offices in:
China [Huayou Cobalt and Lenovo], Korea [Samsung and LG Electronics], Taiwan [Acer Inc.], Japan [Sony], Sweden [Doro], France [Archos], Germany [Volkswagon], Finland [Nokia], Canada [Blackberry], USA [Apple, Google, Microsoft], Finland [Nokia]. The CEO office for Vodafone in Newbury, England, should have received their letter, though.
A star goes to Nokia. So far, Nokia is the only company who has had the courtesy and courage to interact with @MeetDorsen on Twitter. Thank you, Nokia.
Other companies to write to are:
Dell, HP Inc., Huawei, Daimler AG and BYD in China.
I'll also be tweeting at companies and posting on their Facebook pages to alert them to this letter.
Context: Dorsen
Reminding people that, today, Dorsen and Richard, and an estimated 40k children toiled in DR Congo cobalt mines. Dorsen, after a 12 hour day, would have earned as little as 8p / 10¢ … or nothing… Dorsen may, or may not eat today. Dorsen may or may not be safe today.
If companies had added 10p to every unit sold and set it aside for these children – how much would that have raised today? As a consequence, how many children would eat today? How many would go to school today? How many shoes would be put on feet today? How many cobalt children might find this so wonderful they would actually smile today?
Reminding people of what international law says
The Amnesty International Report:
This is what we die for
Published January 2016
Any company which sources processed ore, and its customers along the supply chain, referred to as "downstream" companies, should be able to trace its suppliers up to the smelters (such as CDM and Huayou Cobalt), and should be fully aware of the due diligence practices of the smelter company. In their letters to Amnesty International, most of these downstream companies referred to general codes of conduct and internal policies, which require suppliers to respect human rights and not employ children. Many of these companies stated that they have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to child labour in their supply chains. However, they did not provide details of specific investigations and checks that they have undertaken to identify and address child labour in their cobalt supply chains. None of the companies said that they had been in touch with Huayou Cobalt, prior to receiving our letter.
Many companies denied sourcing cobalt from the DRC and/or Huayou Cobalt – though they are listed as customers in documents of other companies who are listed as buying from Huayou Cobalt – but did not explain whom they sourced cobalt from. Considering the predominance of cobalt from the DRC in the global market, it is unlikely that all these large companies are not sourcing any cobalt from the DRC. Downstream companies should already be publicly disclosing who their smelters are, as well as their due diligence practices. However, none provided enough detail for Amnesty International to be able to verify their cobalt supply chain or whether they were undertaking all five steps of the OECD Guidance in relation to cobalt.
Under international human rights law, states have a duty to protect against human rights abuses by all actors, including businesses. This requires all governments to enact and enforce laws requiring corporate due diligence and public disclosure in relation to cobalt and other minerals.
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My name is Hi-Dong Chai. Born in Seoul, Korea, and educated in the U.S. with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering. After working for IBM for 19 years, I went to San Jose State University in San Jose, CA, and taught there for 15 years. During my technical career in IBM, I — as an inventor/coinventor — had 52 inventions, which were either filed for the U.S. patents or published in the IBM Invention Disclosue Bulletin. I authored/coauthored 40 technical papers mostly in the area of incremental motion devices. Also I authored a book, Electromechanical Motion Devices, Prentice Hall, 1998.
Singing has been in my blood since birth. As a child I sang walking the streets of Seoul, often scolded by my mother. I sang in choirs from elementary school on. In America I took 10+ years of vocal lessons under 7 teachers and was a paid baritone soloist at historic Second Church in Newton, MA, during my graduate years in Boston. Two CDs — Sacred Songs and Much Loved Songs — were recorded to share with the public.
Since retiring as a professor emeritus from San Jose State University in 2002, I have devoted my time to share my thoughts, my feelings and my life experiences through writing. My main focus was to complete a story based on my experience living in Korea during WWII under the Japanese, and during the Korean War under the North Korean Communists. To develop the creative writing skill, I attended writing workshops, writers' conferences, and monthly meetings of South Bay branch of California Writers Club. In 2006 I met Jana McBurney-lin, author of My Half of the Sky. She mentored me in the art of creative writing.
During our mentor-student relationship, I asked her to be my coauthor. She agreed and turned my story into a historical novel, Blossoms and Bayonets, a story based on my family under Japan during WWII, and it was published in 2012. Meanwhile, I continued to expand my original story from which Blossoms and Bayonets was based and completed it in June, 2013. Inspiring Voices of the Guideposts magazine published (self-published) a paperback and e-version in November, 2013. The title of the story is Shattered by the Wars (but Sustained by Love) that covers the period from WWII under Japan to the Korean War. In November, 2016, Christian Faith Publishing formally published and is currently marketing Shattered by the Wars with a new title, Sustained by Love thru the Wars. The book is available at Barnes and Noble, on Amazon and brick-and-mortar bookstores.
Sustained by Love thru the Wars is a story of human suffering, the life of a happy family turning into a nightmare because of foreign invaders. During WWII, the Japanese took my father to prison because he was a Christian minister who refused to bow down to the picture of the Japanese emperor. My fifteen years old brother volunteered to join the Japanese military in the hope of having his father released from the prison. He left home as a vibrant 15 year old boy, and after the war he returned home as a worn-out, injured 18 year old man, and died a year later from his injury. After WWII, another brother of mine turned a communist in the democratic South Korea, and he was put into prison by the South. When North Korea invaded the South in 1950, the Northern army entered Seoul and released my communist brother, but they took my father away. My father never returned. Then the day before the Southern army took back its capital city, Seoul, my communist brother left home. He never returned.
So through the two wars, I lost my father, two brothers, and my best friend, a dog. I had to let my best friend go because we did not have enough food left even for the family during the Korean War. I am sure there are tens of thousands families around the world with the stories to share — like mine.
I decided to write this story in the hope that by sharing how my happy family had suffered during the wars, the readers would seek peace instead of war, and brotherhood instead of disunity regardless of differences in race, creed, nationality…
I also feel that it is a must-read book for many Americans to appreciate how fortunate they are to live in America where no foreign soldiers walk the streets with bayonets on their shoulders and tell them what god to worship, what language to speak, what flag to fly… We, Americans, are truly blessed indeed. Let us keep our country to stay to be the bulwark for liberty and justice not only for Americans but for all the people in the world.
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The National Fire Protection Association has identified the leading causes of house fires. Cooking is the most common source of house fires. It is estimated that forty percent of all house fires are caused by cooking. Cooking fires start on top of the stove more often than in the oven, and frying is the type of food preparation which carries the highest fire risk. Homeowners can reduce the risk of a kitchen fire by staying close to the kitchen when food is cooking, and by having working smoke detectors nearby.
Candles cause nearly thirty house fires in America every day. Many candle fires start in the bedroom, and candle fires are often caused when candles are left unattended too close to flammable materials. If you use candles, be sure to keep them at least twelve inches away from anything that could burn, and blow them out before leaving the room or going to sleep.
Children are notorious for being curious, and sometimes that curiosity can get them into trouble. Children are actually a leading cause of house fires. When kids encounter matches or lighters around the house, they often play with them, not realizing just how dangerous they are. Parents can reduce the risk that children will start a fire in their home by supervising children closely, teaching children fire safety at a young age, and keeping matches and lighters out of reach of children and out of their sight.
Many house fires are electrical fires. Electrical fires can be caused by faulty wiring, overheated or malfunctioning appliances or overloaded circuits or extension cords, among other things. Using outlets and cords properly reduces the risk of electrical fires, as do regular inspections of your home's wires. Electricity also often plays a role in another common cause of house fires, Christmas trees. Don't leave Christmas lights on overnight, and take your tree down before it gets dry.
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