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Update News November 20, 2017
- Govt continues to provide economic justice in Papua
- Tourism Ministry promotes Sail Sabang 2017 and Aceh tourism in Bali
- Ecopark vital conservation area for Bogor residents
- Minister optimistic Jakarta-Surabaya toll road on stream in 2018
- Financial authority to scrap double taxes for private equity funds
- Bali`s hotels ready to accommodate delegates to IMF-World Bank meeting
- Financial Inclusion Rate to Reach 75 Percent by 2019
- Government Seeks to Increase Fisheries Exports
- OJK Proposes Tax Relaxation for Infrastructure Products
Govt continues to provide economic justice in Papua
ANTARA News, 20 November 2017
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Papua Province is one of Indonesia`s underdeveloped provinces in the eastern region which the government of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given a priority in his current development programs.
Compared with other provinces in the western part of the country, Papua suffers a sharp gap and inequality in its economic life. Due to the lack of infrastructure and land transportation facilities, prices of commodities are far higher than those in the rest of the country`s provinces.
The price of cement, for instance, is about Rp800 thousand - Rp2.5 million per bag while in Java it is only about Rp70 thousand - Rp80 thousand per bag. Gasoline can reach Rp60 thousand per litter while in other regions the price of fuel oil is only approximately Rp6,500 per litter.
Hence, the government is now focusing its attention on the development in Papua in efforts to eliminate social economic injustices. One of the efforts to build economic justice is to lay the foundation of the economic activities by developing infrastructure.
Although there is criticism in the development of the Trans-Papua Road, President Jokowi is firm that the project will facilitate the economic activities and improve the welfare of the people in the country`s easternmost province. He asked the Regional Representative Council (DPD) to support his infrastructure development program in Papua.
"There is a question from a DPD member, asking the benefit of developing the Trans-Papua Road. Of course, Trans-Papua is constructed in an effort to make balanced infrastructure development in the country`s western, central and eastern regions. The DPD should instead support the efforts made to narrow infrastructure gaps in the country," President Jokowi said at a DPD National Workshop in the Parliament building in Jakarta on Friday (Nov 17).
The head of state compared infrastructure development with the story of eggs and chickens. "This is like the egg and chicken story, that questions which of them came first. Should the road be built first to facilitate the economy to grow or should we wait for the economy to grow first then we develop the road,?" the president asked.
He explained his reason for encouraging infrastructure development outside Java and avoiding Java-oriented development. "We start development from the border, from outermost islands because they are badly in need of the infrastructure. The Trans-Sumatra Toll Road is needed for the mobility of logistics and people. This will make us strong so that we will be able to compete with other countries," remarked Jokowi.
After all, according to the President, Indonesia`s Global Competitiveness Index is still far behind those of neighboring countries because Indonesia`s transportation and logistics costs are still 2.5 times that of other countries. This makes Indonesia unable to compete.
Therefore, these very basic things should be completed soon. "The Trans-Kalimantan and Tans-Papua are being built to make logistics transportation smooth and the price of basic needs lower. I am sad when I went to Wamena and Pegunungan Tengah in Papua. The price per bag of cement there was Rp800 thousand. In certain months when the weather is bad the price rose to Rp1.5 million per bag. In certain districts it rose to Rp2.5 million while the price of the commodity in Java was only about Rp70-80 thousand per bag. The price of gasoline outside Java could reach Rp60 thousand per liter while in Java it was only Rp6,500 per liter.
"So, I ordered the state-owned enterprises (SOE) minister to design prices so that the price of gasoline in Papua, particularly in Central Papua, will be the same as the price in Java. We need one and a half years to realize it. This is not an economic matter but a matter of social justice for all. Now, the cement price could be lowered to nearly half, yet it is not yet the same as that in Java," noted Jokowi. The target can be achieved when the Trans-Papua is already completed where cement can already be transported by land, no longer by air, thereby the cement price will be the same as that in Java.
In order to assure the implementation of development program based on social justice in Papua, SOE Minister Rini M Soemarno flew to Papua on Sunday (Nov 19) to observe economic equality development programs in Papua .
She will review the result of efforts to curb basic commodity prices for residents living in the frontier, outermost and remote regions in the easternmost province.
Based on her schedule, received by Antara from the Government of Jayawijaya District, Papua, Sunday afternoon, Minister Rini will visit three districts of Puncak Jaya, Jayawijaya and Pegunungan Bintang.
"On November 20, the SOE minister will have a dialogue with two groups of farmers and post-harvest coffee participants from the Yagara District and Wolo District. She will also review the cement price lowering program and at the same time has a dialogue with the community," said Head of Public Relations Affairs of the Jayawijaya Regional Government, Meitty W Nahuway on Sunday.
Rini is scheduled to review the coffee garden and hand over an Arabica coffee peeler and dryer for coffee farmers in Jayawijaya District. Before heading to Jayawijaya on the first day, Meitty said, the minister is scheduled to visit Oksibil, the capital of Pegunungan Bintang District to inspect the premium and diesel oil distributors (APMS) to assure the implementation of the single-fuel price program.
Rini, together with the Puncak Jaya community, is also slated to declare the pride-to-consume-Papua-coffee slogan "banggamenyedkopkopipapua". On the occasion, she will hand over assistance to the local people, review the price cuts of basic goods by the Inflation Control Agency (PPI) and check the equalization of cement price by PT Semen Indonesia.
Before returning to Jayapura on Tuesday 21, the minister will review the implementation of the branchless-banking system by Bank Mandiri in Puncak Jaya District at around 11:30 local time.
Last August, the minister during her working visit to Jayawijaya invited local farmers to increase the number of Arabica coffee production to improve their income.
During the discussion with coffee farmers at the time, Rini found that the obstacle the coffee farmers were facing was marketing problem.
"One of the problems is that the cost of transport to the city is expensive, so we are looking for ways to make Jayawijaya community better," she said.
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Tourism Ministry promotes Sail Sabang 2017 and Aceh tourism in Bali
The Jakarta Post 20 November 2017
With Sail Sabang 2017 only days away, the Tourism Ministry recently held a promotional event for Aceh in Bali called 'Pesona Indonesia Aceh Night' in Bali. The event was held at Lippo Mall Kuta Bali on Nov. 18.
"40 percent of overseas tourists come to Bali, so it's the perfect place to do a promotional event. As you can see, all of the tourists seem enthusiastic about this event," said the Ministry's archipelago marketing communication development deputy assistant, Putu Ngurah.
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Putu said that other than Bali, the promotion for Sail Sabang was also held overseas.
"This is a huge international event, President Joko Widodo is scheduled to attend. We've been promoting Sail Sabang for five months through different platforms such as TV, online publication and social media. We even promoted it at World Travel Market in London," Putu added.
Aceh tourism department head Reza Fahlevi said that through the promotional event in Bali, they wanted to provide as much information about Sail Sabang.
"We are showcasing different activities related to Sail Sabang 2017 and other tourism information about Aceh," Reza said.
At the event, visitors could try on several Acehnese dishes for free and saw performances of Saman Dance, Pukat Dance, Rapai Geleng, poem recitation, music and others. (asw)
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Ecopark vital conservation area for Bogor residents
The Jakarta Post, 20November 2017
The Ecology Park (Ecopark) in Cibinong, Bogor regency, West Java, plays a key ecological function as the conservation area is home to a collection of thousands of rare plants from the seven biggest islands in Indonesia.
Located at the Cibinong Science Center, the park, which features an artificial lake, serves as the main source of oxygen and water for people living in Cibinong and its surrounding areas.
Sugiarti, a staff member of Bogor Botanical Gardens' Plant Conservation Center public relations division, said the Ecopark was initiated following a need to accommodate some of the plant collections at the Gardens.
Built on a 87 hectare plot of land, Bogor Botanical Gardens can no longer be expanded, while exploration activities continue to run, she said. That is why the Ecopark was developed in 2002 on a 34 ha plot of land.
"We chose land around the Cibinong Science Center because it's not far from Bogor Botanical Gardens," said Sugiarti.
As part of Bogor Botanical Gardens, the Ecopark has a strategic function, including conservation, research, education, environmental services and ecotourism.
The Bogor Botanical Gardens' Plant Collection Management division head Mujahidin SP said as an indigenous plant conservation area, the Ecopark had its collection arranged based on the bioregions of the country, namely Jawa-Bali, Nusa Tenggara, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua.
As of 2017, the number of Ecopark plant collections had reached more than 10,000, comprising 500 species. (ebf)
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Minister optimistic Jakarta-Surabaya toll road on stream in 2018
ANTARA News, 19 November 2017
Lebak, Banten (ANTARA News) - Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said he is optimistic the Jakarta-Surabaya toll road would be operational to facilitate transport of Muslims celebrating Ied ul Fitr in 2018.
Every year during Ied ul Fitr, millions of Muslims leave Jakarta to celebrate Ied ul Fitr with relatives in the regions.
"We appreciate the hard work by Public Works Minister Basuki Hadimuljono in carrying out the construction of the Jakarta-Surabaya toll road," Budi said when officiating the Citra Maja Raya housing complex in the Lebak District on Saturday.
Completion of the Jakarta-Surabaya toll road had been delayed with many projects left idle by irresponsible developers, he said, adding, therefore, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) asked the Public Works Minister to take over to finish the project.
The Public Works Minister received the order with risk of being fired if failing to finish construction of part of the Trans Java toll road project in a year.
The promise of the Public Works Minister to finish the job of building the Jakarta-Surabaya toll road in a year deserves appreciation, Budi said.
It is predicted the Jakarta-Surabaya toll road could be operational to ease traffic, which would be busy ahead and during Ied-ul Fitr. Construction of the remaining part of the Trans Java toll road from Surabaya to Banyuangi would follow in 2019.
"Operation of the Jakarta-Surabaya toll road would greatly contribute to development of the people`s economy," Budi said.
The Transport Minister said the reputation of the Public Works Minister has been shown in the operation of part of the Bekasi-Cawang-Kampung Melayu (Becakayu) flyover toll road inaugurated by President Jokowi recently.
The Becakayu projects has also been left unfinished and idle for more than ten years, but the Public Works Ministry could finish the job in a year.
Therefore, Budi said he hoped that the Serpong-Maja and Balaraja-Maja toll roads could be put into operation next year.
"We encouraged development of Citra Maja Raya in Maja into an integrated city in railway and toll road transport," he said.
He also appreciates private companies taking part in the development of infrastructure as the government could not alone finance the projects.
Meanwhile, Public Works Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said the integrated city was developed on agreement between the central government, the Banten provincial administration, the Lebak district administration and the private sector.
Maja in Lebak, is a new city developed together with 10 other cities in Indonesia.
This city could become a self supporting city in the future and would encourage 1.2 million of people from Jakarta to move to the city.
The city, located west of Jakarta, is also expected to curb urbanization to capital city.
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Financial authority to scrap double taxes for private equity funds
The Jakarta Post, 20 November 2017
The Financial Service Authority (OJK) has proposed to the Finance Ministry to eliminate double taxes on private equity funds (RDPT) that invest through special-purposed vehicles (SPV).
OJK commissioner for capital market supervision Hoesen explained the funds collected from various investors were accumulated in the RDPT, while the fund manager would create SPV.
The SPV can acquire assets such as property and infrastructure, or a certain percentage of a companies equity, he said, adding that acquired productive assets would generate revenue from their activities such as leasing office space or toll road payments.
The acquired firms would distribute the dividend to the SPV, and the SPV would further distribute dividends to RDPT holders.
Under the current system, tax was collected in each dividend distributed and therefore, RDPT holders have to pay taxes twice because there are two dividends that are distributed.
"We propose to eliminate the first dividend tax," Hoesen said over the weekend, adding that the proposal needed approval from the Finance Ministry.
"Hopefully we can eliminate double taxation in the first quarter of next year." (bbn)
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Bali`s hotels ready to accommodate delegates to IMF-World Bank meeting
ANTARA News, 20 November 2017
Denpasar (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Hotels and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Bali said a number of hotels in the tourist island already received orders for room reservation a year ahead of the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.
"We predict the hotels in Nusa Dua and Jimbaran would be fully booked," Bali`s PHRI chairman Cokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati said here on Saturday.
Nusa Dua and Jimbaran beach areas are the locations of big and luxurious hotels in Bali.
Oka said a number of hotels in the prestigious areas are ready to accommodate thousands of delegates to the IMF-World Bank meeting to be held in October next year.
"They have been used to receiving large number of guests as Bali often hosts big international events," he said.
He estimated that around 15,000 delegates would attend the annual meeting to be accommodated at hotels in Nusa Dua, Jimbaran, Kuta, Legian and other places in Bali.
As for security, he said, PHRI already adopted with police standard system of hotel security even long before Bali was selected to be host of the meeting.
"We cooperate with the police department in managing hotel security," he said.
The government has also made preparations for the big event such as expansion of the Ngurah Rai airport of Bali and development of supporting infrastructure. Economists from around 189 countries are expected to attend the meeting.
Bali police chief Insp.Gen. Petrus Reinhard Golose said in January, 2018, a security team of IMF and the World Bank would visit Bali to inspect preparation taken against security such as threat of terrorism .
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Financial Inclusion Rate to Reach 75 Percent by 2019
TEMPO.CO 20 November 2017
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The government is aiming for 75 percent financial inclusion rate by 2019. To achieve the target, the government needs to include 51.8 million more adults.
The Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution is confident of meeting the target. He said that the government has prepared five strategies listed in the National Strategies for Financial Inclusion (SNKI).
One of the strategies is financial education. The government will also ensure that people's proprietary rights be met through the land certification program. Another strategy is to facilitate financial intermediation and distribution channel and consumer protection.
The head of the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), Bambang Widianto, said that one of the biggest challenges to reduce poverty is higher food prices, particularly rice. Bambang said that poor families spend 60 percent of their income on foods. "Around 25 percent of which is for rice," he said.
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Government Seeks to Increase Fisheries Exports
TEMPO.CO 19 November 2017
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The government is trying to decrease the import duty abroad, improve transportation system at home, and expand fishing vessels to increase domestic fish production, in an effort to boost fishery product exports.
The transportation system in outermost regions will be improved to shorten the delivery time to export hub regions or point of exports, in order to maintain the freshness of fishery products.
The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) is fighting for import tariff cuts for the country`s fishery products imported by the European Union (EU).
Director General of the Maritime and Fishery Products Competitiveness Promotion of the KKP, Nilanto Perbowo, stated in a release on Saturday that the import tariff of Indonesian fishery products in the EU was still quite high, at around 6-24 percent.
However, a number of other countries, such as Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea, and Vietnam, are believed to have secured much lower import duty rates. Some are not subject to import duty tariffs. "It is now time for Indonesia to also get the same tariff of zero (0) percent; this is what we are striving for," she explained.
She noted that both the national and global industries are now acknowledging the government`s programs that aim to create sustainable fisheries, among others, by selling quality fishery products with safe labels.
In other words, the fish being sold are not those caught using methods that are illegal and safe for consumption.
The Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti had earlier requested the launch of direct flights in the outermost islands in order to promote the region as the nearest hub to export fresh fish.
In a presentation on three years of President Joko Widodo`s (Jokowi`s) administration, Susi remarked that fresh fish is an expensive product to be exported. But it is forced to be sold in a frozen state since it is not supported by access to transportation.
"I ask the Coordinating Minister to ask the Minister of Transportation to launch air routes in the outermost regions in the north and in the south, especially in East Indonesia, to the hub (points from where fish is exported). An increase of fresh fish exports from Maluku needs direct flights," Pudjiastuti explained in Jakarta on Wednesday (Oct 10).
She noted that so far, Indonesia was forced to export fresh tuna, which actually has a high value, in the form of frozen goods. It has to be frozen because it takes 48 hours by ship.
The minister explained that the high-value fresh tuna must be exported in a frozen state as the duration to ship these products takes a long time.
In addition, fish from the outer islands, such as Morotai and Maluku, cannot be directly sold to Davao City, Philippines, or Palau because they have to be sent first to Bitung and Makassar as hub locations.
In fact, the distance from Morotai to the Philippines and Palau is only about an hour if it uses an airplane. The longer the duration to ship the fish, the lesser the quality, as well as its selling price.
In support of its efforts to increase fisheries exports, the government also tries to increase fish production by providing fishing vessel assistance to fishermen. This year, the government has set a target to provide 782 fishing vessels.
The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) confirmed that the ship assistance program would be completed by the third week of December 2017 or by the end of the year.
"In the current stage, some 151 units of vessels have been completed. I hope by the end of this month, the number will increase to 373 units, so that the total number of vessels already completed by the end of November will reach 524 units, while the remaining 258 is expected to be completed in December," Director General of Catch Fisheries Sjarief Widjaja remarked in a press release received in Jakarta on Thursday (Nov 16).
He expressed optimism that the vessel construction in 2017 will be completed before the end of the year, so that the KKP will also be able to immediately hand over the ships to the assistance recipients through 235 cooperatives in 29 provinces or 122 districts/cities.
In this year`s vessel project, the KKP will also transfer the ship assistance to the recipients, along with the licensing documents and fishing tools, in order for the vessel to be operational immediately.
Procurement of fishing vessels in 2017 requires the fishermen to be involved in supervising the development process. They are also asked to join trial test of the vessels and witness the building process at shipyards, so that the ships could be built according to their needs.
The procurement of ships in 2017 is not only carried out through e-catalog but also through the invitation of a number of shipyards, through a public auction system for ships to be built and to be adjusted, according to the demand of fishermen.
It is reported that till date, as many as two large shipyards are capable of completing 74 units of vessels, from a total of 214 units of ships.
The procurement budget of fishing vessels in 2017, totaling 782 ships, has reached Rp390 billion. The number of vessels under 5 gross tonnage (GT) is 243 units, under 5 GT boats is 384 units, under 10 GT boats is 134 units, under20 GT boats is 15 units, and under 30 GT is 6 units.
Meanwhile, all of the assistance ships on the 2016 procurement project have been distributed. Yet, the licensing documents of 100 units of them are still in the process and are expected to be completed by the end of November.
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OJK Proposes Tax Relaxation for Infrastructure Products
TEMPO.CO 18 November 2017
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Financial Services Authority (OJK) has proposed to relax taxes on several investment instruments in the stock market in order to support infrastructure development and attract investors.
"By means of tax relaxation on stock market instruments, infrastructure assets can further develop rapidly, competitively, and it can attract both foreign and domestic investors," OJK commissioner for capital market supervision Hoesen said in Jakarta on Friday, Nov. 17.
He explained that stock market products subjected to tax relaxation include corporation obligations, private equity funds (RDPT), real estate investment funds (DIRE), asset-backed securities (EBA), and infrastructure investment funds (Dinfra).
For corporation obligations, he suggested lowering the tax rate the same as government debt paper (SBN) to 15 percent from 20 percent.
In addition, he continued, for RDPT investing in debt security through special purpose company (SPC), the dividend from SPC should be exempted from taxes since SPC is part of RDPT.
Meanwhile, for DIRE, he added, the OJK suggested lowering the tariff of property transfer fee (BPHTB). For EBA, taxes should be equal to similar products.
Regarding Dinfra, Hoesen claimed that tax incentive should be equal to DIRE collective investment contract (KIK). In this case, Dinfra invests on debt paper, so that the taxation practice is the same as equity funds.
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Fracking Insider Readers: We are pleased to bring you Volume 6 of our State Regulatory Roundup. As we explained in earlier volumes, we designed the Roundup to provide quick overviews on state regulatory activity. If you have any questions on any of these summaries, please do not hesitate to ask.
California – The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) announced that it will undertake a rulemaking to regulate hydraulic fracturing activities within the District. In doing so, it is moving ahead of CEQA initiatives designed to increase hydraulic fracturing regulation statewide. In its staff directive, the SCAQMD requested called for rules requiring the disclosure of fracking chemicals, and a review of air emissions rules applicable to oil and gas operations.
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Ohio – On October 1, 2012, Ohio joined the ranks of states with municipalities imposing local bans on hydraulic fracturing and underground injection. Yellow Springs, a small town east of Dayton, issued the ban despite the fact it is not in a play that is likely to be developed. The Yellow Springs' ban is in direct conflict with Ohio's new natural gas extraction law passed this summer. It is unclear how, or whether, Ohio Department of Natural Resources will respond given the ban is mostly symbolic.
Pennsylvania – Earlier this month, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett (R) signed the Indigenous Mineral Resources Incentives Development Act, which allows for increased oil and gas leasing on state-owned land. Previously, leasing of state-land was restricted to the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. This Act allow state schools and prisons to similarly lease subsurface rights. Payments and royalties for such rights are divided among the host agencies and with the general treasury.
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How to Find Siblings After Adoption
Searching for a relative can be fraught with emotion and heartache. You'll need a good deal of patience, time, and support to navigate the search process, as well as the results. The following article gives you tips and advice about finding your sibling, as well as how to prepare yourself emotionally before a reunion.
Talk to relatives
Contact any and all relatives that you have a connection to, and ask if they know or remember anything about your adoption. Here are some questions that might provide you with the clues you need to continue your search:
1. Do you remember where Mom and Dad had to go to sign the papers? What city was the courthouse in?
If you can locate the city, you can always try to get a court order to have them open the adoption records and locate your biological parent's name. This may start the paper trail to finding your sibling.
2. Do you remember Mom and Dad's search for a baby? Did they go through any particular adoption agency? How long did they wait for me?
Having an agency name will most certainly help. While they may not be able to tell you about your parents (due to privacy laws), you can get a feel for what kind of clients they worked with. Do they specialize in mothers who are single and still in school, or perhaps mothers with financial hardship or domestic abuse? Any clue about your biological parents, even if it seems insignificant, should be noted.
3. How were Mom and Dad's emotions about the adoption? Were they worried the birth mom might change her mind? Did they see her in the hospital or was I in a foster home?
If you were in a foster home prior to your adoption, locating the foster parents might be the most important piece of the puzzle. They would certainly know if you had any siblings as most agencies want to keep siblings together whenever possible. The foster parents would have been asked to keep both of you if they could.
Use Google
If you have the name of your sibling, start with Google. This first step takes less than a second and might take you right to the end of your search. Google is the best search engine to use and far superior to other engines like Yahoo or Bing. Type in your sibling's name and hit the Google search button. If you do not know their name, try typing in one of your biological parents' names. While normally people do not search past the first or second page of Google, go ahead and look through as many pages as you can stand. If you find anything of note, write it down or copy the link address. Try to get as much identifying information as you can.
Use social media
One of the fastest ways to locate a person is through Facebook. If your Google search did not turn up a page, try searching directly within Facebook. You may stumble upon thousands of people with that name, but look through the pages and pay careful attention to location, college, and the friends they have. Some profiles will not allow you to view their content, so if you are thinking that someone might be a lead, send a private message and ask them if they would be willing to talk to you. As with all adoption searches, you will have to tread lightly. Some people are not interested in finding out their heritage. Here is an idea of what can you write in a Facebook private message:
An example of a private Facebook message
To Miss Smith,
My name is Julie DeNeen and I am the daughter of Judy and Henry Smith. I am currently looking for any sisters or brothers with one or two of the same parents. My goal in looking is to understand more fully my heritage and medical history. I also hope to make a connection to my biological kin, but I realize that many adoptees are not interested in forming relationships with their relatives and I can understand and respect that decision.
If you don't mind, I would love to know if you were adopted and if so, do you know anything about your biological parents? I contacted you simply because your name matched the surname I was looking for. If you know you are not related to them, it would be great to let me know so I can continue my search elsewhere.
Thanks so much for your time.
Where are you in the process?
If You Have...
Where to Begin
No idea if you have a sibling
Talk to relatives
The knowledge of a sibling but no name
Talk with relatives or Google your parent's surname
A full name
Google or Facebook
A name, address, and location
Attempt a handwritten letter or Facebook message
Hire a private investigator
A private investigator might be necessary if the above ideas do not result in any success. If your adoption was closed, it will take an expert to help you. They are professionals and are equipped with the tools and resources needed to track down a relative. The more preliminary information you have, the less expensive it will be. He will already have part of the research done.
The Adoption Authority
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Adoption.com is the authority for all things adoption. Check out our resources about pregnancy, domestic & international adoption, parenting, adoptees, foster parenting and more
Join forums
One of the largest adoption forums is found at www.adoption.com. You can join this forum for free and find all kinds of tips and tricks for locating a sibling. Searching for family can be an exhausting and daunting task, so having the support of people who are going through the same thing, is priceless.
Learn from others who have gone before you, and you will avoid wasting time, energy, and money on the paths that are fruitless.
Important Emotional Preparations
- Adoption Reunion Preparation Advice- Knowledge You Must Know Once You Search and Find Birth Parents,
For the adoptee, underlying the anticipation of a reunion is the fear of possibly being rejected again. Rejection can happen again. Many of those who plan a reunion have thought about that and prepare mentally for further abandonment. However, most d
Adjust your expectations
Before you begin searching, try to prepare yourself emotionally. Reunions are incredibly complex and a counselor may be able to help you with feelings that you are currently unaware of. Forums are another great place to air and vent your frustrations, hopes, and fears.
Are you ready to find him or her?
Related to this topic is a relatively unknown but common phenomenon that happens in sibling reunions. It is called genetic sexual attraction or GSA. While preparing yourself for rejection is good, most people do not prepare for the opposite to happen. In up to 50% of sibling reunions, the feelings of euphoria and a desire to bond trick the brain into feeling feelings of sexual attraction. People who have helped others with GSA note that educating yourself beforehand can increase the likelihood that this will not happen. To understand this phenomenon, check out www.geneticsexualattraction.com.
Good luck!
As with any adventure, you are never quite sure what you will find. Be prepared for everything and try to enjoy the process. You might just find you learn some importants things about yourself along the way.
About the author
Julie DeNeen is a freelance writer who specializes in the area of psychology, relationships, and adoption. She also co-owns the GSA website for adults who are in complicated reunions. She has appeared on ABC and Dr. Drew regarding her personal adoption reunion story.
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Hello, i was placed for adoption 30 years ago. I was separated from my siblings, one sister and one brother. I have always wanted to find them, i have great news! I found my birth family and i found more brothers and sisters and a lot of cousins. I met my birth father for the first time that i remember last year, he took my wife, step-son and i out to eat. Finding your birth family can come with great results but it can also come with heart breaking results. I have three sisters that do not want anything to do with me for various reasons and it breaks my heart but i know God will find a way for them to receive me. I really hope this helps others and gives them hope that with a little work and dedication they too can find their birth family. I found all of them (with the exception of a few) on facebook, use social sites. I have also gone into the business of helping those that are searching for their loved ones that have been lost in adoptions, you can reach me at email@example.com. Best Wishes!
Hi Julie,
A very interesting hub which I have linked to FB and TW. It sounds like a very emotional journey. You have provided solid tool and guideline to people find their biological parents or kin. I know a few couples that have adopted children, mostly from Asia and Eastern Europe so I have an inkling of the roller coaster process to get a child, so i assume that it must be as equally hard to find lost kin. Great hub.
Another great Hub, Julie. I'm on the other side so to speak in that I am the birth mother of my son who came looking for me when he was 18 years old. The day he got in touch was one of the happiest of my life and put an almost instant end to the deeper and deeper depression I was falling into. That was ten years ago and we have become close friends since then. He has since married and last week he became a dad. I am so privileged that he has allowed me to be a part of his life. I cried when I cuddled my tiny grandson for the first time, but unlike the first and last time I cuddled him as a tiny baby, this time they were tears of joy.
This article is very powerful and very informative. Thanks to today's technological advantages, there are many ways for children of adoption to discover the truth of their family and of their siblings. This hub is well informed, well laid out, and delivers the message and lessons clearly. It has also kept my attention greatly throughout the whole article. Well done!
Might I also suggest that if you are adopted and your parents have openly discussed the fact that they adopted you then you might ask them if they have any information. Usually there is at least the legal adoption decree, which will state your birth name and what your new name will be.
My daughter has known from the get go that she is adopted. I made her a quilt with her name I gave her, her birth date, her gotcha date and her adoption date on it. She knows she grew in somebody else's tummy while my heart grew for her until we found each other.
What she does not yet know because she is too young, is I have a 3" thick file on her background which accidentally included her birthmother's name and social security number.
Adoptees please do not presume your parents do not want you to know about blood kin that gave birth to you or are siblings. There is a time and place for this discussion -- you have to be mature enough to handle the information. Not all of it is rosy and some of it can be downright UGLY. Yes, it is a very sensitive issue for all parties.
Thank you for this. My "fake" brother tried for me. That's how/why I joined the masons
An excellent guide for many adoptees may want to find their real parent and siblings. Sometime it is difficult to discuss this matter openly with your adopted parent or relatives and many find it easier to find the 'truth' quietly. Your guide will help them. Voted useful and Shared
Hi Julie, this was an amazing hub, and so clear for anybody to read and understand, I like the way you told who you were at the bottom and the history of it too, amazing, fantastic and shared across the board! wonderful!
Most of us have the need to know where we came from, who we're biologically closely connected to and your hub could be the foundation and stepping stones to begin the search. Extremely useful hub. Thanks for sharing. Voted up.
Nice instuctions to locate missing siblings. I like your way of presentation of this hub, good work. Voted up and useful.
Fabulous hub with tons of great information! I do not know much when it comes to this kind of thing, so it was very interesting for me. Thanks for sharing Julie!
Great article, on a topic close to my heart. I'm adopted, but I've never had a burning desire to go searching (personal preference only), very interesting though nonetheless.
Congrats on your first hub with the program. It is very well written but mostly helpful to someone who really wants to find a family member.
Maybe some day I'll do all of this....or not! I'm not sure if I'm motivated enough to find my birth family. However, you did a great job of giving useful suggestions for those who are curious and need direction in the search.
Julie, very interesting article and also beautifully formatted - the banner at the top is very effective in highlighting your initial paragraph. The tables look great too - full of useful links and sound advice. Well Done!
Hi Julie, This article is very useful to someone trying to find a sibling. I would like to find a sibling, but my chances are slim to none :) Excellent hub!


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Because it is so cold mummy told me to be a good girl and close the door behind me to keep the room warm.
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
It's cold outside
Because it is so cold mummy told me to be a good girl and close the door behind me to keep the room warm.
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What a wonderful trick you did for us Coco, and a helpful one for your mom too! Great job! And you look fabulous, as usual!ReplyDelete
hmmm.... coco, i wonder if my mommy is going to make me, shelly, learn how to close the door. i love your outfit!ReplyDelete
Coco is unbelievably cuteReplyDelete
I love that video, Coco! You're so clever. I have been teaching Eva this trick but we're not getting anywhere yet, LOL!ReplyDelete
You look so warm and ready for a walkie.
I like that video, Coco. It snowed here in Anchorage also and it's cold too!ReplyDelete
Hello Kanoe, welcome back.ReplyDelete
It is quite cold here for mummy but I like it. I wonder how cold your place is???
I hope you enjoyed your spa treatment.
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Well Done, Coco, you help your mummy! Two girls here never do that. It is cold again this morning, but enjoy your walk!ReplyDelete
Wew~! what a good girl , COCO!!! My boys could open the door but never closed!!!ReplyDelete
Hello momo, I never closed the door before and mummy and daddy always said something when I entered. So well...I had to try didn't I?ReplyDelete


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Skagit River Journal
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Skagit, Whatcom, Island, San Juan. An evolving history dedicated
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It seems to be generally accepted that Alonzo Lowe started the first store, or trading post at
La Conner, or Swinomish, whichever the case might be, in May of 1867. He wasn't successful and after fourteen months pulled out.
There are conflicting accounts as to whether his post was on the site of present day La Conner or across the channel on the reservation at a place then known as Swinomish. The names of La Conner and Swinomish have been used interchangeable in reports which makes it rather confusing. The best evidence we have points to the reservation side.
Lowe seems to have dropped out of history, but recently we picked up some of his tracks. Forty years after his appearance at La Conner, on May 22, 1907, to be exact, a slender, wiry man with whitening hair who appeared to be in his middle or late sixties, stopped at the well-known Davis Ranch on Cedar Bar just below Diablo on the Skagit and requested lodging.
His name appears on the old Davis Ranch register, in what is thought to be his own handwriting, as "Alonzo Lowe," and a notation: "Started the first store in La Conner." His home address is not given, but the Davises seemed to remember that he was from Snohomish.
Mr. Glee G. Davis of Sedro Woolley, the senior living member of the up river settlers having moved up the Skagit in 1893 after living for a time on the Cascade river, who kindly gave us the story, was twenty-two years of age at the time.
And since travelers of this sort were rather commonplace then, he says that he did not give this customer any particular attention, but he does remember some of the things the man told him about his trip upriver into the mountains.
He must have been a rather rugged individual for his age for he said he had been up on Ruby Creek, which in those days meant back packing over trails all the way from Marblemount. He said that he had taken part in the gold rush up the Skagit and wanted to look over the old scenes again to see what he could recognize and was on his way out when he stopped at the Davises.
What time he was there during the gold excitement is not known, but Mr. Davis hazard a guess that it might have been any time between 1880 and 1884. [Ed. note: "the gold excitement" usually refers to 1880 when as many as 5,000 men combed the hills and valley and creeks east of present-day Newhalem, seeking placer gold.]
Lowe had supper, a bed and breakfast (the bill amounting to about $1.25), then departed down river. Mr. Davis, having some business to attend to in Marblemount, accompanied him that far. He remembers that they stopped at Bacon creek and had lunch on their way down. At Marblemount, Lowe could take a horse stage to Rockport, the end of steel, and catch a train for the rest of his trip. The Davises have had no definite news of him since.
According to the last word we have, on March 30, 1970, the La Conner Post Office will celebrate its centennial under the name of "La Conner Post Office." Previous to 1870 it had been known as "Swinomish."
The town is planning to let down its hair in commemorating the event reminding that 100 years ago the post office was housed in a small trading post surrounded by marshes and forest through which many patrons had to blister their hands pulling a rowboat or canoe to collect their mail.
We wonder what Alonzo Lowe would think if he could be there.
This is one of the stories of early pioneers that
most make us want to hold a séance with the individuals involved. The first
question we have is why Alonzo would have signed his last name, "Lowe."
Perhaps his handwriting just appeared that way. In all other records, Alonzo
and his large family were known by the name, Low.
When we read this fine story by Jordan, we were most amazed that, in 1907, Alonzo had been largely forgotten. But then again, historian Dick Fallis profiles him as "The Luckless Alonzo Low" and it was just his luck that he was forgotten while so many of his contemporaries were both chronicled and established historically by appending their names to roads, towns and city streets.
We find the first clue as to why he was long forgotten on the Swinomish flats because of the failure of the only store under his name. First, we consult one of our favorite, reliable sources: Herbert Hunt and Floyd C. Kaylor, Washington West of the Cascades, S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.: Seattle, 1917, page 420:
"One of Snohomish City's early day mercantile institutions was the store of Low & Sinclair. In May 1867, Alonzo Low established a branch at what later became La Conner. It was not a success and after fourteen months Low gave his store building to a negro as payment for transporting the stock of goods back to Snohomish. The negro moved the property in canoes, including a pair of oxen which Low had been forced to accept in payment of a bill."
Thomas Hayes took over the trading post business at Swinomish within a few weeks, then sold out to Pennsylvania newcomer John S. Conner, and Low slowly disappeared from history.
The Sinclair in the store name was for Woodbury B. Sinclair, who married Alonzo's sister Mary in 1862 when Sinclair was a merchant at Port Gamble. The Sinclairs were early settlers of Snohomish county and Mary is recorded as the first permanent white woman settler of the valley. His parents had also moved to Snohomish county. Alonzo was 23 when he moved back to be near his family and he rarely strayed too far from Snohomish for the rest of his life. His father, John, died in 1888, and his mother, Lydia, died in 1901. After Lydia's death, Alonzo then lived with his sister, Mary, who was a widow after Woodbury died in 1872 at age 46. Alonzo did not marry and his only journeys from Snohomish county before his death in April 1921 at age 75 seem to have been for brief forays in mining in the Cascades, Idaho and British Columbia and brief stints at logging and on sternwheeler boats.
The Low story is way too complex to be dealt with here, but we will give you a brief history of the family's role in the region's history even before Washington became a territory. According to Edmond S. Meany's profile in the 1916 series, Living Pioneers of Washington, Alonzo was born in 1845 in McLean county, Illinois, to John N. Low, a native of Maryland, and Lydia Colborn, a native of Pennsylvania. In 1851, John Low and his family organized a small wagon train headed for Oregon territory. John wanted to take dairy stock along, since he heard there was a definite need for dairy products and meat out West. Lydia was one of the legendary pioneer women, who cared for her own five children, all under ten and including a baby, while providing care and comfort to others. Alonzo was six years old, the oldest boy in the family. Their path crossed with another wagon train led by Arthur A. Denny. When the respective trains reached Fort Hall on the Snake river in the summer of 1851, the Dennys were already discouraged and weary, and Low's determination and natural leadership ability helped them all through the challenges of crossing mountains and avoiding marauding Indian bands. Although Denny is most often listed as the leader of this group, he was stricken with mountain fever and acute fatigue in that last part of the trip and was often in bed.
After they reached Portland on Aug. 22, 1851, Arthur Denny and his family stayed there to recuperate. But John Low was eager to press on and he headed north on a primitive trail, taking Arthur's brother, 19-year-old David Denny with him. After crossing the Columbia, they walked to the new town of Olympia, where they met Lee Terry, a young man from New York who had tried his hand in the California gold fields, and Captain Robert C. Fay. Fay was about to leave in an open boat to buy salmon from coastal Indians. After stopping at many inlets and bays, they found Alki point on September 28, which is now West Seattle. Low and Terry explored other streams and rivers, including the Duwamish, but staked adjoining claims at Alki. Low hired Terry and Denny to build a cabin and he returned overland to Portland to file his claim and bring his family and the Denny family up to Alki point.
By the time Low arrived back in Portland, Arthur Denny was rested up and ready for the trip north. Arthur Denny, John Low, eight other adults, and 12 children contracted passage on the schooner Exact and sailed up the Columbia and along the coast in early November. Anyone who lives here in November knows about those rainy days and when the ship arrived at Alki on Nov. 13, 1851, the rain was falling in buckets. The families were horrified to find a cabin without a roof and David Denny recuperating from an infection that resulted from an ax wound. Within a few weeks, cabins had been built and Low returned to Ford Prairie near Olympia to fetch the dairy cattle he left there on the trip north.
Three of the families who arrived on the Exact crossed Elliott Bay in the spring of 1852 and staked claims at the site that became Seattle. In October that year, Lydia had the first settler baby in what became King county. That fall, John was one of the delegates to the Monticello Convention, a somewhat comical affair where settlers signed a petition for the creation of a new territory north of the Columbia. Lee Terry had returned to New York by then, replaced by his brother Charles, who was an aspiring merchant. John and Lydia sold out their interests to Terry and moved their family down to Chamber's Prairie near Olympia, where John could start his dairy. While living there, they had four more children, and in 1862, the year when the last — Sarah F. "Fannie" arrived, eldest sister Mary married Woodbury Sinclair.
Three years later, Woodbury and Mary Sinclair moved up to a point where the military Road crossed the Snohomish river at a settlment known as Cadyville. C.F. Cady was an engineer who traded on the river from a small steam scow. Sinclair bought Cady's scow and property and laid out what became the eastern part of Snohomish county. Sinclair went on to become a successful merchant as well as probate judge, county tresurer and a representative to the Washington territorial legislature. In about 1865, Sinclair hired Alonzo Low at his Snohomish store and then gave him a chance to start a branch at Swinomish in 1867. In a 1916 letter to Meany, Alonzo recalled: "I went [to Swinomish] Spring 1867, only 8 white men in what is now Skagit county. Most had squaws for wives."
Instead of homesteading when he returned to Snohomish county, Alonzo chose instead to try his hand at mining and his only relative success in that area was to become one of the owners of the Bonita mine at the head of navigation on the Skagit river near present Marblemount. He is nearly forgotten for his role in Swinomish and his father is usually only mentioned as an aside, most recently on Nov. 13, 2001, the 150th anniversary of arrival of the schooner Exact at Alki point. John S. Conner and Arthur A. Denny had a better sense of public relations and self promotion and they are the principals remembered at each place. Ray Jordan, however, was a pioneer himself and he knew a good yarn when he heard one from fellow pioneer Glee Davis.
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I like learning concepts from unexpected places.
I did not expect to unearth three labels for how mindset bubbles form from a Film Theorists video, How Star Wars Theories Killed Star Wars.
Attitudes and beliefs shape mindsets, and a hardened mindset bubble easily becomes a shell to retreat into. To remain open to learning, one must look out for the:
- Exposure effect: Being exposed only to information that you prefer or are familiar with
- Illusory truth effect: Believing information after it is repeated over and over again
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Bubbles still can be popped; shells are harder to break.
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In 1996 the youth section was formed with a team in the West Middlesex Youth League at under 10. The following season there were both under 10s and 11s and have subsequently added teams at all age groups. At the commencement of the 2008-09 season we have 16 teams from under 7s up to under 17s.
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My refrigerator is haunted. It goes cold and dark inside with the door closed. Spooky! Snatch it open and catch him? No, too slow. Wait! Suppose I just leave it closed? Starve to death. There, that will teach him!


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Domestic Staff: I start with this as the help here behave so differently from any of the other cities I've lived in, and I've lived in a few - B'lore, Kolkata, Bombay. The labor class here is pampered by the Govt (Madam or Sir doesn't matter) with freebies like TV, cellphone, laptops and what-have-you. Also thanks to Sun TV and all other channels having significant penetration, the living standards are significantly better than comparable segments in most other cities. Free education coupled with mushrooming colleges all over the state has resulted in the younger generation becoming educated, and pursuing other lines of employment. What's more, the export processing industry in Chennai has resulted in even the uneducated younger generation opting to sew buttons or iron T-shirts the whole day, at really low pays (compared to domestic staff salaries) for the 'prestige' of working for a private 'company' rather than in a house.
Net result = settling for incompetent work, bad professional behavior and high salaries. I guess we have to go through this before a certain modicum of professionalism sets in. I've had reasonably good staff partly due to luck and partly due to 'accepting' the really low standards!
Color me Pink: Please don't get offended, but the fashion sense on the road has to be seen to be believed. Irrespective of skin tone or height or girth or weather, the colors are mind-boggling and sometimes a strain on the eye. Candy pink (mithai pink as it is called here), magenta, neon yellow, fluorescent green, bright violet, leaf green and shiny red are standard fare here :) You gotto give it to the man-on-the-street if he steps out for work in a pink shirt and yellow trousers. Rocking... gangnam style!
Movie mania: Vijay is an actor whose movies get a super-big opening, also Ajith, and Suriya, and Kamal and Rajini of course... you get the drift. Almost all movies open big, with fanfare, big audio launches, huge garlands and billboards for the opening Friday. I hope Rajini's next releases before I leave the city. I remember watching 'Padaiyappa' on the premiere night before release and my mom almost being mobbed for suggesting that the 125 litres of milk poured on the billboard be donated to an orphanage instead! Living opposite AVM studios gives me a peek of the fan-mania quite often!
Auto'ban': If there is anyone I despise (judgmentally) from the bottom of my heart, its the average Chennai auto driver. No, I don't give them a chance. I yell and begin cursing before they do. Try my best to avoid the auto as much as I can, but if I HAVE to hire one, I cringe and mentally retreat even before they start talking. All the horror stories about Chennai autos are true. Don't use one if you can help it. Fastrack cabs are much better.
Parenting styles: Disclaimer - Observations on parenting are based solely on my interactions with Button's classmates' parents and my neighbours. In general, there is high emphasis in Chennai on learning the native language and on independence. In Bombay, the kids of Button's age I knew could converse in English from the age of 2, knew random facts about many things, were already brand conscious, could distinguish Lifestyle from Shopper's Stop et al. Kids in Chennai on the other hand, are significantly more independent from a younger age - can eat, drink, clean up from the age of 2 upwards and speak fluently in their native tongue. Most watch age inappropriate Tamil movies, and are street smart, much more than the kids I know in Bombay. Also, the parents are heavily into promoting academics. It will be interesting to see how these differences pan out in the coming years.
Eating fads: Its amusing to see how the TV channels promote one eating fad after another - first it was vallaarai juice (a bitter green vile tasting juice) to promote blood circulation, then hibiscus flower juice for improving your heart, then coconut flower for improved digestion! Best place to check out these health fads? In the neighborhood park at 6.30 a.m. post morning walk.
Liquor shops: All liquor shops are TASMAC shops, Govt. controlled. You can only see lungi clad men queuing up evening after evening, with nary a woman at any shop. The ubiquitous 'Chettinad Chicken' and 'Thalappukattu Biriyani' shops can be seen in the vicinity. When Button was being taught the difference between diurnal and nocturnal, he said "Amma, the shop with the kingfisher painted on it at the corner is nocturnal, it only opens in the night. And it is only for uncles. Aunties cannot go there" :) How I crave for a decent Bacardi breezer or wine here. Sigh!
Other general observations include the high-beam lights within the city as if streetlights are invisible, buses that has so many people hanging on the footboards that the entire bus is tilted sideways, a general tendency to mix so many English words in Tamil that the language itself has changed beyond redemption (Ex. Naa veetukku VAAPAS porache ACCIDENT paarthaen. or BORE intha TV CHANNEL. Ellame TIMEPASS SERIALS thaan. or SORRY MADAM MISTAKE aayi pochu.CELLPHONE NUMBER WRONGs DIAL pannitaen). Gold fetish, mall crawls and general
higher-than-average medical knowledge are some of the other visible differences.
All in all, a quixotic mix, a lovely city albeit a little loud and retaining its quintessential 'tamness' despite becoming significantly more cosmopolitan. Do I like it? Nodding my head 'aamaam' 'Yes I say'!


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It really has been a while since I emptied my mind onto this virtual canvas. Things that have changed since last time: bought a new car, church attendance becoming more consistent, work is good, sleep was lost, and thoughts were had. In short, nothing too exciting has happened.
However I have had a few different philosophical debates banging around in my head and I guess it's about time one got out. Something that was discussed recently at the weekly devotional for work was that of "Christian" organizations becoming more open and accepting of employing those engaged in a homosexual relationship. I feel there is a line to be drawn here, as this is a subject I myself have struggled to come to grips with.
At the core of my belief, I cannot accept homosexuality as moral. There are too many Biblical (and ethical) reasons why this is so. Where the line becomes blurred is how I am to respond to those involved in a homosexual lifestyle. The argument of choice or nature is not important in my mind, as this gets opinionated quickly and lacks the empirical evidence and logic my brain dwells upon. In the past I have been wary of involvement in either side of the debate, as I felt my beliefs were not solid enough to put forth my deductions. However as time evolves and so has my understandings, I have reached a couple conclusions…
Perhaps one of the best responses I have discovered is that of love and inclusion. Now when I say inclusion, this excludes acceptance. To accept a person's homosexuality is tantamount to telling them it is okay and therefore moral. For I truly believe that it is the duty (and work) of the Holy Spirit that convicts us at our core if we are engaged in wrong-doing. To blatantly address a homosexual in their immorality can only lead to shame, shame will lead to denial, and denial to withdrawal. Rather, bring the sinner into the church and treat them as God sees them: His children. As they see the love the church has for them as a person, and not the animosity towards their sin, they can grow in their understanding of the love of the Father, the work of the Holy Spirit is enabled. Through the Holy Spirit conviction comes, and as the fire burns in the soul, the immoral has no choice but to depart.
Before the naysayers criticize and judge my beliefs, I am by no means homophobic, and nor have I claimed to be against people in a homosexual lifestyle. What I am against is immorality. Immortality stems from the sinful nature borne of the Fall in Eden and rests on our shoulders as if to remind us we cannot hope to attain the perfection that existed before sin corrupted the human race. For it is only by grace and mercy we have the promise of perfection and only through the greatest sacrifice are we able to look towards that reward.


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Today: 3
Present: 443
Count: 64
A week off barely helped my reaggravated Achilles. So I took it extra easy today, a really light jog around the Mission, mixing in some real estate diligence. Fortunately I made it through the run without much pain, but I can tell my leg is not even close to 100%.
I'm thinking that double day last Sunday wasn't a fantastic idea, but the flip side is that it was a reminder that I am not at full strength, and just because I can grit through 23 miles of running in a day doesn't mean its necessarily a good idea.


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Bir Devinder Singh
The unrest among different sections of the society and the bloodshed being indulged in violence engineered by terrorist outfits is a challenge that the leadership in our country faces today. It is indicative of a deep rooted malaise of intolerance. What breeds intolerance and who is responsible for this? Why the golden principles of democracy seem going asunder? Have the people lost faith in the values the democratic set up represents? The answer is certainly 'No'. One needs to think dispassionately with clinical precision.
The fact that it is happening at a time when people at the top of our political pyramid are doubtlessly the gems of our times is all the more ironic. We have people leading the country who have demonstrated beyond even a whiff of doubt qualities of selflessness and monumental integrity.
Today, the leaders in top governmental posts are playing into the hands of such people who have established a proximity through shady methods but whom the people have not accepted because of their black deeds. These are the second rung leaders who have attained this position through "number two" deals in trade and business. They are looking for more comfortable abodes and are trying their hand at politics as their chosen vocation. They are throwing crores into the business of politics and are managing to get into state legislatures or the Parliament. Once there, the nexus between politics and money becomes only stronger. They become proxy for their feudal political bosses. Such an approach to politics isolates the teeming millions who were to be stakeholders in democracy.
The leaders on the top rung are thus lost to the people whom they govern. When people cry because of policies that inflict untold miseries on them, their voice does not even reach the political top hierarchy because the entire system of communication channels collapses by then.
The above new class of neo-rich politicians is joined by the bureaucrats as well as people in the judiciary. Even the bureaucrats are being convicted for amassing ill-gotten wealth whereas the political leaders in the country who set the wheels of corruption into motion and make no secret of it by displaying the ill-gotten fortunes, go scot free.
If a whistle blower raises an alarm, more often than not it is the whistle blower himself who gets the stick, a tribute to the kind of pimping that has crept into the system. Even the charges as serious as wholesale massacre of minorities take decades to bring the perpetrators of such heinous crime to justice. Appallingly, the people going to the Courts in the hope for justice get judgments but not justice. Generations after generations feel trampled in their fight in the courts due to the snail-paced process of justice delivery system. Those who can manage money to pay the hefty fees of lawyers render the doctrine of "Equality before Law" redundant for the poor underprivileged classes in the country.
I wish there were no sympathizers for the demons of corruption but that seems to be a wishful thinking. The cancerous growth of corruption in the system has eaten up the vitals of all the three organs of the democratic government i.e. the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary. Fortunately, the only silver lining exists due to the emergence of the fourth pillar - the Press. It has braved all allurements and maintained the confidence of the masses, fearlessly unearthing the scams and scandals paralyzing the working of the other three wings of the Government. The clean politics itself is becoming a utopian wish. The vitiated atmosphere all around makes the honest living a curse. The confluence of circumstances surrounding a common man has convinced the people that except money, no other consideration works for someone who has legitimate aspirations to play a role in politics. The things have now reached such a pass where the people have started hating the very term 'politician'. This clearly is the outcome of a vacuum between the people and their leaders. In this paradigm of politics without morality, we are seeing the emergence and empowerment of pseudo-leaders who are far removed from ground realities and are busy amassing wealth and comforts. Their pursuits are marked by insensitivity towards the concerns of their electorate.
Such a class of leaders has no qualms about the fact that they are facing trial for corruption charges in courts. Instead, they are happy to attend such court hearings by arriving in chartered aircrafts. On display is not humility before law but the abundance of their resources. Rousing receptions that clearly take millions to be arranged have become the order of the day. That receptiosn mark the entry of the leader into the court premises or while he walks out after n'th such appearance says something about our politics.
The first casualty in this entire scheme of things is the ground level worker, the first line of interaction of the party with the people. He has no contact with the top leader. He knows what's wrong but the channel through which that information was to flow upwards stands destroyed. The spirited workers of parties, all parties, feel cheated, disgruntled and starved of ideological living because their voice is lost in the din of these money minting political bosses.
Names like that of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shashtri, Sardar Patel and Maulana Azad are invoked by those who do not even have a passing acquaintance with the ideals espoused by these leaders. The Mafiosi only besmirch the names of these saints by uttering them from their lips.
Every unrest in the country is viewed from a rather queer angle. Instead of looking at the root cause of the social problems, the neo rich politicians coin different and ready catch phrases that offer ready-made solutions to their bosses by dubbing unrests with clichéd terms like Naxalites, Maoists, Militancy etc.. This makes it possible to turn a blind eye without seeming even guilty for failure to comprehend the real cause of such unrests.
Leaders have lost contact with the masses because of walls created by minions who have managed to become their lieutenants through unfair and unprincipled routes. Once the aspirations of the masses find no apt expression in the system of governance, they are propelled to adopt the last painful resort - violence.
It is with much humility that I beg and solicit the kind indulgence of the leaders of the political parties to read the writing on the wall. It is possible for you to dust away this new class of neo-rich political feudals and put an end to political slavery. If you do not act now, even this option will be lost since these parasites are becoming increasingly strong. The leaders must realize that such a class of politicians is injecting the venom of hubris which is overwhelmingly present in their working attitude. A golden rule for any leader is to preserve his humility which is possible only in the field with the men one is privileged to lead. Give a sympathetic hearing to the critics within the party who take the cudgels to call a spade a spade. Hail those who call a spade a bloody shovel. Sometimes voice of dissent is motivated by the practical wisdom and manifestation of the conscience of the critic and does not always qualify to be treated within the parameters of contempt by the authorities that be.
If the most legitimate aspirations of people even after 60 years of independence remain unsatisfied, the nation may plunge headlong into civil war between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots". You will not even get to know the bitter realities gnawing away at the roots of the political system should you chose to listen and see only what is served through a system of sieves set up by political minions. Be bold, venture out and establish direct public contact. Out there are people dying to be heard.
The voice of disagreement is proving to be a curse for humble and committed workers in the present day political system. The sifting of information should be done at level of the people who are known for their integrity and not left to the interpretation of a coterie of vested interests who often gather around the leadership. It is time the humble workers are made part of the thought process as against the system of decision making where the politicians, the contractors, the bus permit wallah, the cement wallah, the sand quarrying syndicate and the liquor vend monolpolists sit together to decide how to make the state progress. Their idea of progress is not the people's idea of progress.
When an individual blunders, it is unfortunate and it affects the fortunes of a family but when a leader as a ruler fails, his failure has the potential to adversely affect the future of the nation and such a failure becomes a national tragedy. We need to remedy the situation we are apprehending today. The morality and value system must find its due place in the stream of our polity. Otherwise, we are doomed today, and shall stay doomed tomorrow.


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Yes that is a Star Wars reference. Yes I mean the Jedi Mind Trick. And yes, I'm talking about the people whose names always top the list in national polls about GOP Candidates. I will now list the candidates who should drop out so that their money can be used to elect the real nominee:
Could we work together to show libs how it's done? The right way?
- Newt Gingrich has too much baggage. No Tea Party people will accept him. His time is done.
- Gary Johnson because his manner will be perceived as weak, and his libertarian views are too purist for cultural conservatives.
- Ron Paul is too isolationist in his foreign policy to be taken seriously by many mainstream conservatives. He has more of a chance than the previous two.
- Tim Pawlenty, yawn... (Update: Pawlenty on Cavuto just scolded those who want an entertainer in chief. He has experience, he's unfolding plans...)
- Mitt Romney, not only has Romney-care, but he was also governor when Boston's Catholic Charities closed their adoption program rather than provide children to homosexual couples and individuals. He presided over the fiscal and moral funeral of Massachusetts, even though he may not have caused the death. I have a hard time believing any serious conservative would even consider him.
- Michele Bachmann is needed in the House. She could be Speaker some day.
- Rudy Giuliani has no cultural conservative chops. After Wiener, we should not consider anyone who can't speak with some moral sense if not authority.
- Lindsey Graham is the definition of a RINO.
- Sarah Palin should raise funds for candidates, but not be one herself. I don't think she really wants it. But keeping her name out there is good for the kind of work she's good at. She keeps the others honest, and shows the absurdity of liberal feminists.
- Rick Santorum.
- Herman Cain
- Allen West
- Paul Ryan
- Rick Perry
- John Bolton
Could we work together to show libs how it's done? The right way?


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I'm in the advanced stages of a profound bout of nostalgia this morning.
I was trying to remember the name of a Spanish grammar book we used at university, and in desperation emailed the languages faculty at Cambridge - not expecting for one minute to hear back from the secretary who was there when we started in 1997. I remember her really fondly, so I exchanged a few emails with her, as well as another lecturer. I had a quick look on the homepage - most of whose contents would not have been online "back then". I found, among other things, my own exam papers from 1999 and several well-known names among the staff.
All of this reminded me that I loved university - I often think about the social side, and the picturesque surroundings, but I had forgotten how much I enjoyed learning. I'm giving my notice to my landlady today, which is more or less going to break my heart, so that was just what I needed as I set off for another two years of study. Now I'm excited...
(Apologies to Barry Cooper for the mildly plagiaristic title of this post...)


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How I found MY Yoga
From stress to tranquility…
Hello there, friend! My name is Bridget Guisinger, a North Houston based yogini. I began practicing yoga in 2012 as a way to relieve stress and breathe deeper. I was blown away when I discovered that pranayama (conscious breathing) could soothe my Type-A mind. By becoming more mindful of the breath and body connection, I was able to bring ease to the chaotic and tense situations life can bring. Unable to keep this powerful transformation tool a secret, I enrolled and graduated from The Yoga of You school with a 200hr Registered Yoga Teacher certificate through Larry Thraen, specializing in vinyasa style yoga. In January 2017, I quit my corporate job in the oil and gas industry with the dream of connecting with more people and sharing my love of yoga daily.
I teach public classes at several studios in The Woodlands, as well as private yoga sessions. I draw inspiration for my classes by cultivating a mind-body awareness through the practice of pranayama and slowing down. You will leave my classes feeling relaxed, renewed, and invigorated!
My personal mission statement is to quiet the mind, bring ease to the physical body, and nourish the soul to create the space for living a happy and healthy life!


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