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Pakistan: A Five-Nation Alliance Member Upskilling SME
The Five-Nation Alliance: While, Russia, Turkey, China, Iran and Pakistan are proceeding in creating a Five-Nation Alliance, the role of Pakistan as key partner in CPEC- China Pakistan Economic Corridor, will uplift the regions in balance and peace. Pakistan has the massive entrepreneurial and youthful population, unique geography and Prime Minister Imran Khan at helm to bring The Five Nation Block economies play key role in changing global landscapes of trade, imbalances, and inequalities on economic superiority. A new and positive landscape will emerge. Immense preparations and upskilling must unfold rapidly.
The Bitter Medicine: Now, thatthe message from Covid19 delivered in simple language to the people across the world, offering three options; acquire enlightenment, grab a body bag or go for both, the same harshness now threatening economies of the world, simple words; digitize, mobilize or just go bust. Majority of 200 nations already lined up on that danger list, many dozens will not survive. The realities, once again, prove that the best time to "digitize" economies…was decade ago, the best time to "re-design" productivity and performance…was decade ago and best times to "upskilling" working citizenry…was also a decade ago. The pandemic recovery erased that lost decade demanding action today, or else.
There is no time to waste: Therefore, how long will it take national economic leaderships to bring all trade groups like Chambers of Commerce, National Trade Associations under and Export bodies under large umbrellas of digital platforms? Most importantly and to start immediately, what is stopping to create fast-track intense upskilling of "trade groups" itself and their senior management on operational and digitization aspects? The same applies for upskilling the frontline management of the top major trading and economic growth Public Sectors Agencies where lack of global age upskilling and lack of digitization is suffocating national economies. Especially when such national mobilizations are not new, funding dependent but rather deployment hungry and execution starved. Identifications of such blockades are the initial major steps.
The Deep Silence: This formula of digitization is never the secret, but its execution is a serious threat, but why? Despite availability of almost free technologies, any open discussion in any major Public or Private Sectors department anywhere in the world immediately exposes some 50% redundancy of surrounding staff and equally 50% lack of competency to deal with the required challenges. Therefore, staying quiet or appearing overly busy is normally the case, and strangulation of local economic progress carries on as accepted normalcy. Follow the trail of deep silence. Creation of regional and nation debates with authoritative contents now in order replacing lip service and half-baked rhetoric is under pandemic watch.
Lahore Chamber of Commerce is already taking a lead and having a high-level discussion on digitization of national entrepreneurialism and mobilization of Small Medium Business economy of the nation on upskilling for improved exportability and innovative excellence on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 in Lahore. Additional Chambers and Associations also coming under the umbrella and soon the number will rise to 1,000,000 small medium enterprises. Explore Pentiana Project how it may apply in your national or global regions.
Winners and losers are increasingly visible and equally divided; there are digitized nations versus paper-pushing nations, upskilled nations versus 'no idea, what you are talking about' nations, plus many dusty dry-spin nations versus bubbly wet-spin nations with monsoon rains of freshly printed currency. However, there are also very many emerging nations, hardworking young and old men and women ready for the task and anxious to optimize their full potentials. Some billion displaced are looking for new thinking and options. This is a great opportunity to boldly lead with specific turnkey answers and go for real 'value-creation-models' for local grass roots prosperity and walk away from 'value-manipulations models' where last globalization fiasco is choking the world.
The Summary: ask top leadership to declare national mobilization of small and medium business economy and active national upskilling programs by simultaneously retraining all key 'public sectors' and 'trade group' frontline management to become global age savvy and digitization friendly. What is what required and what help needed?
Get ready for the next 1000 days, there no time to waste.
Long trends and disruption: the anatomy of the "post world" of the COVID-19 crisis
What will be the economic architecture of the world after the COVID-19 crisis? This question involves understanding the major trends at work for twenty years now.
The world that will emerge from this crisis will be marked by these major trends, which, for some, will be reinforced by this crisis. However, this crisis has created too specific disruptions, in particular in the field of transport and energy. It has also provoked an awareness of the centrality of sovereignty, and in particular of economic sovereignty. Finally, the economic and monetary policies that have been put in place to combat the economic effects of the epidemic and of containment will have long-term consequences on international financial balances.
An acceleration of the change of the world?
Since 2000, we have witnessed the rise of an "Asian bloc" to the detriment of what we might call the "Western bloc", that is to say the United States, the European Union and the United States. Japan. This Asian bloc is heterogeneous, as is the Western bloc. In each of these bloc politics is the main factor of homogeneity. But, these blocs also correspond to an economic reality: that of the countries of old industrialization against the countries, which it is better to call new industrialization than emerging ones.
In 2000, the China-India-Russia combined represented only 15% of world GDP, while the United States, the European Union and Japan combined weighed more than 47%, or three times as much. In 2020, the two blocks are tied at around 31.5%. If we take into account the immediate effects of the COVID-19 crisis, this movement is even expected to grow. The IMF has made forecasts which indicate that China and emerging countries should recover much faster from the shock of this crisis than the so-called "advanced" countries, ie countries of former industrialization. The world should see the shift to Asia amplify in the coming years.
The death of oil has been greatly exaggerated… (bcc, Mark Twain)
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound influence on the energy market and on oil production. The persistence of the pandemic means that air transport, among other things, will not return to its 2019 level before, no doubt, 2024. This implies a weak demand for kerosene as estimated by the International Energy Agency Forecasts of global oil demand and post-crisis economic growth are determined by different assumptions. In the optimistic scenario, there is a rapid economic recovery in a more or less flattened "V" shape in the first half of 2021, but the demand for oil does not fully return to the pre-pandemic trend. In the more pessimistic scenario, oil demand will not reach 2019 levels until 2023, and its growth will remain well below the pre-pandemic trend. The current evolution of the pandemic suggests that we are closer to this pessimistic scenario. These two scenarios also assume that zero-emission vehicles will represent 60% of new vehicle sales by 2040, because investments are high in these technologies. Therefore, they both forecast a slowdown in demand for oil to peak in the mid-2030s at around 105-108 Mb / d. What will be the consequence?
In the medium term, OPEC will have to manage the probable return of part of the 5.7 Mb / d of unused production in OPEC countries (Venezuela, Iran and Libya) and non-OPEC countries (Syria and Yemen). OPEC will also have to deal with the resumption of US hydrocarbon production (particularly shale oil), a recovery that may be slow due to falling investment, as demand and the price of oil rise. US production of hydrocarbons has fallen by more than 2 million barrels / days, due to the closure of existing wells, reduced storage capacity and reduced demand.
The impact of COVID-19 on oil demand will therefore be profound, particularly in the event of a deep and long recession associated with a protracted pandemic. Without aggressive intervention by OPEC, the average crude oil price could thus remain below $ 50 / barrel until mid-2022. During the second half of this decade, supply and demand are expected to move closely towards equilibrium as non-OPEC production, especially from Russia, begins to decline and US hydrocarbon production reaches a low. tray. The price of oil is expected to rise to around $ 80-90 / barrel (optimistic scenario) or $ 70-80 / barrel (pessimistic scenario), even without OPEC intervention.
As we can see, however, despite all voluntarist proclamations one can hear here and there, oil will remain a major source of energy for at least the next thirty years.
The return of economic sovereignty
A more direct change brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic is the realization of the importance of economic sovereignty. Of course, a number of countries, China, Russia, but also the United States and India, were acutely aware of the importance of this sovereignty. The European Union, for its part, had adopted a very negligent attitude on this subject. The strong disruption of international trade caused by the pandemic caused a real shock on this point. Of course, there is no question of returning to more or less self-sufficient economies. But, the economic, social, and even strategic damage caused by free trade policies are globally more taken into account today.
This will accelerate the return of nations and the crisis of multilateralism that we could already observe. The economy is once again becoming a breeding ground for strategy. Through the policy of economic sanctions, which the United States has used and abused since well before the election of Donald Trump, we are witnessing an acceleration of the fragmentation of the world economic space. American pressure on Huawei, or on the Chinese social network "Tik-Tok" is an example. De-globalization had passed from the stage of possibility to that of concrete fact; with the effects of the pandemic it will pass from that of fact to that of major fact.
This return to economic sovereignty induces the great revenge of politics over "technology", the triumph of decisions over the automaticity of standards. However, " technology" is embodied today mainly in economics and finance. The pandemic heralds the return of sovereignty, and being sovereign is above all having the ability to decide. The countries will then be referred to logic of bilateral relations, or even to regional logic. It will then be necessary to seek allies.
The questioning of the "global" character of the companies linked to the INTERNET, the desire of several countries to build their "digital sovereignty" is an example of the struggle that is looming for economic sovereignty. This resurgence of politics does not mean that, in our societies, certain spaces are not governed by the technical order, and that there are spaces dominated by technical legitimacy. But, these dimensions will now become second in relation to the political, which will recover its rights. The economic and the financial will once again become instruments at the service of politics. What the political will do with it remains to be determined.
A Debt apotheosis or an end of debt?
A final point remains the explosion of both public and private debts due to the pandemic. In most countries, the COVID-19 crisis has resulted in the collapse of various barriers to the expansion of public debt.
The latter has therefore increased to finance the fall in tax revenues during the confinement period but also the considerable additional public expenditure generated by the crisis. In addition, there are liquidity facilities, consisting of guaranteed loans, equity investments and the like. The result of all this is that the indebtedness of states (especially in the Western bloc) and that of companies will increase considerably by 2021. This debt will not be covered by an increase in taxes because it would imply a deep recession. Reducing public spending beyond 2022 will hardly be a possible solution, for the same reason.
These debts will therefore be absorbed by central banks, in one form or another. The same will be true of a large part of corporate debt. What will then be the consequences for the currencies (mainly the US Dollar and the Euro) of these policies? What will also be the medium-term consequences on the equity and bond markets?
One of the most striking consequences will be the influx of liquidity as a result of central bank action, while production will remain relatively depressed and the outlook for investment will be uncertain for several years. Currencies should therefore experience significant fluctuations. The current downward trend in the share in central bank reserves and the US dollar and the euro in favour of the group of "other currencies" (Sterling, Yen, Australian and Canadian dollars, Renminbi) should therefore accelerate.
Its to be noted that the Euro share went down significantly under the level of older currencies included in the Euro and that the group of "other currencies" significantly increased their share since 2010.
The economy of the "world after" the COVID-19 epidemic will therefore present both the characteristics, in a more accentuated form, of that of the world before but also a certain number of ruptures linked to this epidemic. This combination of strong trends and ruptures will result in a "de-globalized" world which will reorganize itself on the basis of bilateral alliances or regional groupings.
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Flattening the Eastern Hemisphere through BRI: The Geopolitics of Capitalism
The Pivot of Asia: Conceptualizing the Peaceful Rise
The Belt and Road Initiative is a trans-continental multibillion-dollar infrastructural network linking China to what Bernard Cohen called the 'Eurasian Continent Realm' and the 'Atlantic-Pacific Maritime Realm'. This economic expansion is diametrically opposed to the US hegemonic expansion. China with its economic and military development claims a peaceful rise which is non-aggressive and multilateral in its nature. Its policy of peaceful rise and development conveys to the international and the regional community, the willingness to endorse other state's sovereignty, peace, and stability.
The BRI is considered as the 'Project of the Century' encompassing around 70 states, stretching around 3 continents, and affecting 60% of the world population. It is a global development agenda on the part of China to address the infrastructural gap, capacity gap, and technological gap. It is aimed at re-routing the inter-continental trade through China as a pivot. This economic saturation of China is being materialized by two of its mega-projects as indicated in figure. 1.
Overland SilkRoute Economic Belt (SREB): Consisting of six corridors for the trade of goods and services in and out of China.
Maritime Silk Route (MSR): Consisting of a chain of seaports also known as the string of pearls to the guard shipping routes.
These two projects of the BRI indicate the scope and size of its socio-economic implications for the region and the security-based ramifications for the international community.
The BRI Development Agenda: From Globalism to Regionalism
The process of globalism has been effective for the developed world however, the benefits of development and modernization have not trickled down equally in the peripheral regions of the world. That is why the world is witnessing the rise of new regionalism based on a multidimensional approach to deal with the global transformations which negatively affect the political economy of the developing and underdeveloped states. And this system is very aptly backed by China. With a history of the tributary system, China can integrate the regional states is a system of loose diplomatic relations based on shared benefits, mutual trade agreements, and interconnectivity.
The old tributary system of China is in a state of revival through the BRI. The cardinal principles of these two asynchronous simultaneous developments are indicated in figure.2
This system of new regionalism holds China as its central state through a spherical worldview rather than a vertical view purported by the US. The prospects of this system for the socio-economic prosperity of the eastern hemisphere are imminent. It is the reincarnation of the Flying Geese Model of development utilized in the development and modernization of the East Asian economies. According to this mode, wages increase vis-à-vis economic development causing industries to lose their comparative advantage. And China appears to be mitigating this through 'going out' for cheap labor. This new system shall reshape the following spheres which were previously dominated by the entrenched center-periphery discrepancies of West imposed structural imperialism.
|Domain of Influence
|Prospects of BRI-led Regionalism
|The BRI led regionalism can increase the societal viability through redistribution of wealth and sharing of technology The investment pattern can show a shift from security funding to a development-based expenditure It will revamp the employment opportunities in the region and the net incomes will rise to threefold to fourfold Would lead to cross-cultural understanding in solving collective action problems within the regionThe infrastructural development will reinvigorate the interest of the regional community on the issues of environment and sustainability
|Conflict prevention through comparative advantage-based development A move away from dependency culture systematically induced and maintained by the international financial regions of the World Bank and International Monetary FirmWould enhance the collective bargaining leverage of the developing and the underdeveloped statesWould ease and emancipate the terms of trade which have mostly been disadvantageous to the marginalized statesEconomic development strategies and projects will become stable, consistent, and acceptable due to regional continuities
|The regional security regimes can be consolidated Collective anti-terrorism and counterterrorism strategies can be devised and implemented Regional monitoring bodies can provide effective security input to the already exiting international organizations like the FATF, UN, etc.
The shift from the globalism to regionalism offered by China is both comprehensive in its nature and appealing to the states of the Eurasian region and even extending to other regions including Africa. However, a study by Brantley Womack uses a rational choice rather than a cognitive psychological approach to understand the Chinese nuanced tributary system in form of the BRI. To him, not the Confucian morality that dictates the Chinese foreign policy of win-win approach and peaceful rise but the security dilemma which leads to a relative accommodation of the underdeveloped states to avoid the coming of the new anarchy.
Reshaping the Regional Value Chains: The SRM Mechanism and Spatial Fixes
The entire functioning of the BRI which targets the socio-economic advancement of the Eastern hemisphere is based on Surplus Recycling Mechanism (SRM) and Spatial Fix Mechanism. The underlying logic of the BRI and its investment initiatives is indicated in these two processes. These are targeted for three major purposes of growing industrial output, increasing labor employment, and accumulating financial capital. Though highly effective, both the BRI mechanisms for infrastructural development indicate intricate fault lines which can roll-back the major socio-economic gains of the mega-project by raising international skepticism. They indicate a move towards the geopolitics of the infrastructural development with little regard to the regional states. This criticism has been echoing in the US and the regional skepticism is also on the rise. So, the adverse socio-economic ramifications of the BRI based on the fault-lines of these two mechanisms are given below and there is a need that China becomes more transparent about the strategic connotations underlying its benign investment initiatives.
Some of the adverse impacts these mechanisms of the BRI could have on the socio-economic aspects of the region of the Eastern hemisphere are stated below:
Economic Ramifications
- It will wage a new war of capital accumulation between the Eastern hemisphere led by China and the Western hemisphere led by the US. This dichotomous rise will affect the marginalized states of the region drastically as also indicated by the US-China trade war where the financial market came on the verge of collapse.
- The peripheral states of the region might not wholly benefit from the development as it might appear as a way of China's debt-trap diplomacy and the states might turn assertive in refuting China's role in the region.
- The flattening of the region based on capital accumulation needs bringing down barriers which can lead to a contagion effect even the Chinese economy falters.
- The policy gaps in the inter-regional network can only work through a highly transparent, robust, and monitored system, which lacks inmost states of the region.
Social Ramifications:
- The regional contagion can also spread pandemic conditions as observed during the coronavirus crisis.
- Unlike the South East Asian region, there is no cultural emulation in other parts of the Eastern hemisphere and China's cultural assertiveness might raise national and cultural opposition to China's enhancing role in the region.
- The eastern hemisphere might just end up being a captive market if the productive capacities are not utilized in the peripheral region. This will end up in neo-colonialism the global inequality will take nuanced shape but shall persist.
- The intermingling of the workings with weak governance structures can lead to gender-disparity, sexual-based violence which can only end with the grassroot level reforms are set as a precondition for development.
These impacts of BRI can drastically revamp the social mobility of the citizens, increase interconnectivity and raise inter-cultural tolerance however, the downside of it can have major blowbacks to the projects as a whole and to the region it covers. Thus, it is high time that China addresses such issues on mutual understanding and cooperation to mitigate the negative socio-economic ramifications.
Regional and Extra-regional Dynamics:
All the infrastructural development projects for decades are accompanied by geostrategic and geopolitical motives. Such developments in a highly politicized world are determined by geopolitical constraints. The BRI is no different, it offers avenues for advancement, but it goes in hand with China's geopolitical and geostrategic goals of ensuring capital development and security in a volatile political environment. Hence, the mega project of BRI is under intense scrutiny from both the states within the BRI and those outside of it.
Intra-regional discrepancies
The BRI project takes around 82% of the total gain and a big chunk of which goes to the high-income states of the region including China and East Asian states. This trend might increase inter-regional discrepancies with uneven globalization with some benefiting more and others remaining mostly stagnant. These unequal benefits will lead to negative spillovers feeding inter-regional skepticism.
Extra-regional refutations
The impact of the BRI led flattening of the region holds negative consequences if the links with the non-BRI states are not properly maintained. The internal trade of the region shall show consumer cost reduction, lowered trade barriers, and trade facilitation. However, the non-BRI region will face increased trade diversion which might become the reason they rebut the BRI led development.
The BRI project is a new mode of regionalism with a different means to the geopolitical ends. It identifies the flattening process to be a derivative of the geopolitics of globalization and capitalism. Though the socio-economic impacts of the project of the century are vast and all-encompassing yet the risks like debt sustainability and governance can adversely lead the project in another dimension if not addressed through a system of communication, coordination, and transparency. Though the menaces of capitalism cannot be completely mitigated due to its structurally enmeshed nature. But the BRI shows the alternative mode of its practice based on authoritarian capitalism of China. The world awaits what benefits it will reap. How equitable will the 'equitable globalization' be and how peaceful will the 'peaceful rise' be?
Protectionist headwinds in the US Trade Policy under Trump Administration
At the end of the First World War, US led internationalism was initiated by the then President Woodrow Wilson. When we look deeper into the origins of the first Great war, it clearly shows signs of deep rooted animosities, triggered by culture, race and delusioned nationalism. Once the war ended, Woodrow Wilson embarked on a utopian idea to make the world truly an international place. The breed of politicians in America and its allies the British Empire and France, supported the idea and laid the foundations of world's internalist movement, Never in the history of mankind a world sets sails on such an ambitious project to make the world a global stage for commerce where every aspect of human life will governed by a certain set of rules, which will form the basis of rule based order. A journey of rule based system was not smooth and its first test came in the form of a second world war, a war which was again fought on the basis of rogue nationalism and race. The victors at the end world war II was committed to forward the idea of globalism, United States was the only country which rose from the ashes of the world war II with minimal damage, it first supported a war ravaged Europe with a Marshall Plan, and then they together embarked on a path to liberal internationalism. The United States journey in making the world truly a global place is unique and unprecedented, with all the allegations of doublespeak and forwarding its own agenda of undisputed global power, United States global project was indeed a sincere effort to govern the world through supranational democratic institutions, early examples of such bold agenda were United Nations and Bretton Woods institutions.
Journey in and after the cold war
Obama Presidency : At the end of Bush Presidency, the protectionists were bracing for an extreme stance on new winners in the Global economy and especially China, commonly denoted as Frankestien at that time. President Bush in 2001 granted China PNTR a permanent normal trading relation status. Many trade hawks in the US think that this decision was a turning point, which helped China to become so big. President Obama was an overt globalist and He in his presidential campaigns regularly highlighted the importance of globalization, that how and why we need to appreciate new winners in the global economy, he cited computational technology as the main driver behind a dispersed value chain rather than concentrated one. Obama in his presidency supported the Trans pacific partnership TPP deal, and supported the idea of equal opportunity in the global economic system. He repeatedly highlighted the importance of globalization and termed as the force which can never be rolled back.
Trump Presidency and a wave of non stop protectionism
President Trump in an his election campaign termed TPP trade deal as a "rape of America". When he won election, he issued endless warnings to trade partners and threatened to eliminate NAFTA the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA now USMCA, United States Mexico Canada Agreement was later rescued at last minute negotiations, which took place in several rounds spanning over many months. Trump launched a full blown trade war against China, and its allies in Europe accusing them of using America to their advantage and stripping the US of billions of dollars. He is now pursuing a most hawkish policy in the trade realm to disband the world trade court also known the World Trade Organization. This anti trade policy is aimed at reviving the US industrial base, which according to many experts is a lost cause in the era of global value chains.
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January 22, 2013
The phrase "inner chambers"—whether referring to the core of the heart or a flower, the rooms of a house or the patterns of one's inner mind—denotes mystery. This second exhibit of the season at the Pioneer Building features works by Elizabeth von Isser, Lisa Agababian, Kyle Johnston and Jonathan Bell that in part reflect this theme.
- Jonathan Bell paints surrealist still lives, set in the chambers of luminous interiors or outdoor landscapes that as yet suggest a world of dreamlike privacy.
- The chambers of Lisa Agababian's three-dimensional hearts are sometimes sheathed, but sometimes they burst open—to reveal a horde of gold coins or other surprises.
- The hidden chambers of flowers are Elizabeth Von Isser's realm. Her sensuous and carefully crafted paintings are painted often in warm and vibrant hues.
- Among the many different styles and approaches within Kyle Johnston's oeuvre, his painted abstractions contain many chambers or
repeated shapes that possibly suggest landscapes of the inner mind.
The Exhibition runs from Jan. 17th through April 17th. A public reception will be held for the artists on Saturday, Feb. 2nd. Visitors are welcome to join Downtown Tucson's First Saturday Art Walk after the reception.
"Inner Chambers" is one of four exhibitions planned for 2011/12 by the Tucson Pima Arts Council, with support from the City of Tucson and Pima County. Featured artists were selected by a panel of arts professionals and community members. The shows are being curated by TPAC Public Art Coordinator Sally Krommes.
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Cpl. Matthew Phillips (U.S. Army)
by Fred Reed
[Note for WoP readers: Before you go to the following post by Fred Reed, here is a news item by Associated Press reporting death of Matthew B. Phillips. Matthew had plans to go fishing with his dad when he returned from Afghanistan in a few weeks.
The 27-year-old Army corporal was one of nine soldiers – and one of two from Georgia – killed in an insurgent raid on an American outpost in eastern Afghanistan. The Pentagon announced the deaths shortly afterwards. Family members said Phillips spent Christmas planning his own funeral so his loved ones wouldn't have to worry about it. He had been married just two years to his wife, Eve.
"I'd always tell him, 'You're going to be fine, you're coming home, the odds are with you,'" his father, Michael Phillips of Dawsonville, said. Matthew Phillips' sister, Mary Nix of San Antonio, gave birth to a son the day before she learned of her brother's death. She renamed the baby Matthew after hearing the news.
The Pentagon listed Matthew Phillips' hometown as Jasper. His wife lives in Cumming. But Phillips also has ties to Hall County. His father said he attended both Flowery Branch Elementary School and Johnson High School, and his mother taught at Spout Springs Elementary School.
This and similar news coming from Afghanistan should be a turning point (for policy makers in Washington) which made Fred to pen down his highly thought provoking post which now follows. Nayyar]
The web is covered in stink today because of a reporter for the Associated Press, Julie Jacobson, who photographed the death of a Marine whose legs had just been blown off. The kid was Joshua Bernard, a Lance Corporal of 21 years. When the photo appeared, Robert Gates, the Secretary of Defense [sic] furiously tried to get the AP to quash the photo. It didn't, to its everlasting credit. To quote one of many accounts on the web:
Joshua Bernard
Somewhere there is a picture of me, looking almost exactly the same.
"Gates followed up with a scathing letter to Curley [of AP] yesterday afternoon. The letter says Gates cannot imagine the pain Bernard's family is feeling right now, and that Curley's 'lack of compassion and common sense in choosing to put out this image of their maimed and stricken child on the front page of multiple newspapers is appalling. The issue here is not law, policy or constitutional right – but judgment and common decency.'"
I thought a long time before writing about this matter, and was not pleasant to be around. The photo resonated with me, as we say. You see, long ago, in another pointless war, promoted by another conscienceless Secretary, I too was a Marine Lance Corporal of twenty-one years. I too got shot, though not nearly as badly as this kid, and spent a year at Bethesda Naval Hospital. At this point I am legally blind following my (I think) thirteenth trip to eye surgery as a result of an identical foreign policy.
Big fucking deal. Shit happens. At this point I'm comfortable and doing fine. Don't cry for me, Argentina. The other kid is dead.
But that bothers me. And all of this perhaps gives me a certain insight into the matter that not all reporters have, nor all editors. It also makes me poisonously, bottle-throwing angry to think about another chilly professional bureaucrat, the Second Coming of McNamara, with less combat experience than Tinkerbell, sending kids to croak in weird places having nothing to do with the US.
But Gates. The words "decency" and "unconscionable" coming from him are fetid with hypocrisy. Gates was director of the CIA. "Intelligence" agencies are moral dirt, hated the world over for torture, murder, and destabilization of countries leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths. The KGB, Mossad, CIA, STASI, SAVAK – they're all the same. A man who presides over torture and murder should not speak of decency. He has none.
Nor is it easy to believe that Gates feels the slightest sympathy for the dead kid or for his family. If you don't want kids to die in Afghanistan, don't send them there. He does. How sorry can he be?
It could almost make you turn against the war. Some 6,000 American kids have died like this, the photographs carefully hidden by the press. The Pentagon has killed many, many more Afghan and Iraqi civilians, and the number of permanently disabled Americans is far higher. Today I find a column on Antiwar.com by Joe Galloway, whom I remember from UPI Saigon, entitled The War in Afghanistan is Not Worth Another American Life. I agree. Nor another Afghan life. They did nothing. Another headline notes that the Kondor Legion, the USAF, killed ninety-five Afghans in another witless air strike. These days, we are the Nazis.
Why then is he so angry at having the war photographed? Easy: Spin control. Spin is so very important in war these days. While America is only barely a democracy, still, if the public, the great sleeping acquiescent ignorant beast, ever gets really upset, the war ends. The Pentagon is acutely aware of this. It remembers its disaster in Asia. The generals of today learned nothing military from Vietnam – they are fighting the same kind of war as stupidly as before – but they learned something more important: Their most dangerous enemy is the America public. You. Me. Defeating the Taliban isn't particularly important, or even desirable. (No war means fewer promotions and fewer contracts). But while the Taliban cannot possibly defeat the Pentagon, the American public can.
Photographs are death to a war, boys and girls. They can asphyxiate a war faster than roadside bombs can even dream. Gates does not want the sprawling somnolent inattentive beast, the public, to see what his wars really are.
In wars, there are many enlightening things to see. For example, the Marine with a third of his face and half a lung, going ku-kuk-kuk as red gunk rolls out of his mouth and he drowns in his blood. Ruined or dying teenagers whimpering the trinity of the badly wounded, Mother, wife, and water. The brain-shot guy jerking like an epileptic as he tries not to die. Ever see brain tissue from gunshot? I have. It makes a pink spew across the ground. Like strawberry chiffon.
Gates does not want you to see this. You would puke, buy a bottle of bourbon, and take to the streets. He knows it. CBS could end these wars in a week if it aired what really happens. Gates cannot afford to let the dam break. PR is all. Thus Bush forbade the photographing of coffins coming home, and the CIA ferociously resists the publication of photographs of torture. Professional sadists do things to people that would make you gag.
Then there are the enlisted men. In these hobbyist wars, and to an extent even in peacetime, it is crucial to keep the enlisteds from thinking. In some three decades of covering the military, I saw this constantly. If I went to Afghanistan today as a correspondent, I could argue in private about the war with the colonel. If I suggested to the troops that they were being suckered, the colonel would go crazy. Next to keeping the public quiescent, keeping the troops (and potential recruits) bamboozled is vital. If a high-school kid saw what awaited, if he saw the cartilage glistening in wrecked joints, he wouldn't sign.
Do I think that the press should publish such photos? Not yes but hell yes on afterburner. Every time an editor covers for the Pentagon, every time papers refuse to show the charred bodies still…slowly…moving, the dead children, the…never mind. The effect is to ensure that more kids will die the same way. And the press almost always does exactly this. We are a trade of whores and shills. Except that whores give value for money. The press kills our children.
Julie Jacobson sounds like that modern-day rarity, a reporter, as distinguished from a volunteer flack. Bless her. I used to wonder whether women could hack it as combat correspondents. I no longer do. (There are lots of them.) I used to refer to smarmy over-groomed bloodthirsty office warts as pussies, saying that they lacked balls. The anatomical reference no longer works. I note that Jacobson has more combat time than the aggregate for Bush II, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Obama, Biden, Gonzalez, Clinton, Perle, Abrams, Kristol, Feith, Podhoretz, Krauthammer, George Will, Dershowitz, and Gates. These men, if the word is appropriate, killed that kid. Jacobson just caught them in the act.
Fred Reed is author of Nekkid in Austin: Drop Your Inner Child Down a Well and A Brass Pole in Bangkok: A Thing I Aspire to Be. His latest book is Curmudgeing Through Paradise: Reports from a Fractal Dung Beetle. Visit his blog.
Courtesy:Fred on Everything
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September 17, 2012, Prince Albert SK – The Prince Albert Raiders have acquired 18-year-old goaltender Andy Desautels and 19-year-old defenseman Evan Morden from the Everett Silvertips in exchange for 19-year-old goaltender Cole Holowenko.
Desautels, a native of White City, Saskatchewan, spent the past season with the Flin Flon Bombers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, posting a 3.64 goals against average and a .899 save percentage over 25 games. The 6'3″, 185-pound net minder appeared in three games for the Silvertips in the 2012 Western Hockey League pre-season, recording a 3.59 goals against average and .885 save percentage.
Morden is entering his third year in the WHL, having posted 4 goals, 9 assists and 92 penalty minutes in 114 games during his previous 2 seasons with Everett. The 6'2″, 215-pound defenceman from Swan River, Manitoba recorded 2 assists in 3 games with the 'Tips in pre-season action this year.
"We would like to welcome Evan and Andy to the Raiders organization," said Raiders General Manager Bruno Campese. "We would like to thank Cole for his commitment to our organization and wish him the best of luck in Everett."


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A day after his officially departure from Vitality, Alex "ALEX" McMeekin has found a new home with Cloud9. ALEX had been with Vitality since the latter part of 2018 after being picked up for LDLC. The 24-year-old helped to guide the team to 11 consecutive playoffs where they seemed able to best everyone but Team Liquid who were dominating the scene at the time.
Now he'll be looking to do the same with the new Cloud9 project being managed by Henry "HenryG" Greer (General Manager) and Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović (Coach). Greer will be helming the organizations fourth rebuild/restructure in only 2.5 years as they've tried unsuccessfully up to this point to capture the same results found during ELEAGUE Major Boston championship run. Being crowned the first North American major winners was nice, but they want more.
Another important note from the announcement is HenryG's decision to reveal more details regarding the signing including the value of the deal. In a tweet from his own account, the GM of Cloud9 CS:GO revealed that ALEX has been signed for 3 years with a deal value of $1,650,000.
In terms of why he's chosen to share this information, the Cloud9 GM had the following to say:
"As controversial and unorthodox a move it may appear, I'm excited to be able to reveal far more specific details to his contract than you've ever heard in any past blockbuster deal. I consider this a celebration of our investment into world class talent and long-term commitment to building a special team with our players and the game that fuels my passion. I want this information to reflect my mission statement of forging a team built stronger than the rest and destined for the podium."
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- Alex "ALEX" McMeekin
- Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović (Coach)
- Henry "HenryG" Greer (General Manager)
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The Bride must give her consent.
When Rebekah was chosen for Isaac, she had to be in agreement and give her consent to leave her family and be joined in marriage to Isaac. The bride is not to be forced into the marriage. When God betrothed Himself to Israel on Mount Sinai, Israel consented to be married to God. They were not forced to follow after God, and although Israel committed adultery time and time again, God has never divorced Israel.
There are many accounts, where this was not the case. Even today young women are forced into marriages against their own will. It should never be!
Gen 24:57-58 (NKJV) So they said, "We will call the young woman and ask her personally." 58 Then they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?"
And she said, "I will go."
Messiah will never force Himself upon the bride that He loves so much. She must come willingly. Even when we are not willing at first, the Holy Spirit will continue to woo us and convict us of our need to be married to Him. When you hear Him whisper in your ear, "Will you marry me"? You must give your consent. As for me, "I WILL! I WILL! I WILL!
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The approach to primary healthcare has enabled Cuba to meet its elderly population's needs within their communities allowing them to retain higher levels of dignity, independence and psychological health. Due to such approach, only 0.5% of Cuba's elderly population are hospitalized and/or institutionalized which is not only positive for the elder individual but is less costly to society as well.
The Cuban LONG TERM ASSISTED CARE programs for the elderly focus on primary and secondary care as well as pre-emptive actions which can make a difference in the quality of life of the elderly. The final aim is to promote goals intended to achieve a healthier lifestyle.
The Cuban LONG TERM ASSISTED CARE program with around the clock nursing care, support services is intended for residents who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. It also includes.
1- Initial Needs assesment (7 days)
2- Tailored Care Program (continuous): This is based on the conclusion of the above assesment
In this phase, the presence of a companion is a must. The initial need assessment will include the following:
– Initial evaluation and clinical history;
– Biomedical evaluation;
– Social evaluation;
– Psychological evaluation;
– Functional evaluation;
– Ophthalmological evaluation;
– Audiological and stemmatological evaluation;
– Neuropsychological evaluation;
– Bladder Evaluation;
– Complete Blood Count (CBC) test
– Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (automated method) test
– Glycemia test
– Creatinine test
– Uric Acid test
– Urea test
– Liver Function tests
– Cyturia test
– Full lipid Profile study
– Glucose test
– Coagulation test
– Creatinine test
– Glutamic oxaloacetic Transaminansa (GOT) test
– Transaminansa glutamic pyruvic test
– Organisation chart test
– Alkaline Phosphatase test
– Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) test
– Serology test
– Electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) investigation
– Complete abdominal ultrasound exam
– X-ray and Bone Densitometry distance
– Clinical analysis of body composition
Three daily meals
Private room with the following features:
Time allocated: 7 days
Based on the above mentioned "Initial Needs Assessment Program", a tailored care program will be tailored. The Care Program will include the following services:
1- Each resident will have a 24/7 one-on-one "Special Care" nurse who is highly
trained in dealing with safety and medical emergencies .
2- The center maintains a Code White Staff team to humanly deal with any
unforeseen situation .
3- The center is a gated compound with trained staff guarding the parameter .
1- Around the clock internal medicine care for the prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment of diseases in the elderly, including prescribing applicable medicine.
2- Regular internal medicine checkups.
3- On site, fully equipped emergency room for immediate events. Upon the medical situation control, the patient could be transferred to a more specialized hospital for additional specialized care. Kindly note there will be additional costs for hospital care outside of the center. CubaHeal will utilize its credit facility to pay for such service and will either bill the family, or the resident himself .
4- 24/7 "Special Nursing Care" services run by staff member trained in dealing with safety and medical emergencies .
5- Regular dental checkup and care. Kindly note should the patient require complex dental care such as extraction, filling or surgeries, additional costs would apply.
CubaHeal will utilize its credit facility to pay for such service and will either bill
the family, or the resident himself.
6- Regular podiatry checkup and care
1- Once a day showers and complete body wash, or twice a day for patients with
2- For dependent guests, complete personal hygiene such as mouth care, toileting, shaving, diapers change and around the clock perineal hygiene.
3- Daily supply of clean towels and clean bed linen.
4- Monthly pedicure and manicure, as well as hair dressing services.
5- rooms, floors, bathrooms, dining room, hallways, contact places etc are cleaned daily .
Nutritionist tailored program which will take into consideration the following:
Important Note: the decision of applying none, some, or all the following
rehabilitation protocols would be based on the above mentioned "Initial Need
Also included in the program are:
Private room with the following features:
– Proper adherence by the center to the program and addressing any personal need of the residents
– Facilitate communication between the facility and CubaHeal head office in Canada
– Facilitate communication between the resident and resident's family, or CubaHeal head office in Canada
– Translation services outside of the facility
*Companion receives full accommodation and three meals a day
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There are some advantages in buying a pre-owned device. A secondhand recliner will absolutely cost lower. There are some recliners that have been on sale for a couple of hundred dollars. The people who buy them do not really provide much fuss about them being excessively utilized. They want the lower cost and the reality that they can still utilize it. Some people select this pain than having to pay the routine rate and recognizing the amount they paid for luxury furniture.
The next important step when picking a dresser is deciding exactly what are your storage needs. Do you simply require a couple of drawers? Or would like you a lot drawers? Do you require shelves? Determine exactly what you want to store in your dresser. Most of the time you save simply clothes, but some dressers can include fashion jewelry compartments, places for makeup and even shoe storage. Knowing just how much you want to store and exactly what you want to store will give you a better sense of the kind of dresser you desire. Who understands you could even opt out of a dresser completely and go with a closet cabinet rather. Or possibly, you simply require a plain 4 drawer dresser. The choices are unlimited.
Hypnotic Examples Of Futons
To be creative with your bed mattress futon, you can dress them up with the numerous choices of high quality futon covers. Numerous bed mattress futon retailers provide covers of anything from a solid twill to a dual layer oriental tapestry. The factor behind the high needs for bed mattress futon units is due to the fact that of its basic capability and functional convenience.
It is simpler to produce a bed in wood. If you wish to carve your wooden bed then you will was required to have have a great design. Quite a few buy a bed for their relaxation. Yet for some by utilizing illness like back pain or spondylitis they will consult their physician prior to they pick their specific bed. Though it is the bed frame that could support the mattress, it's the quality of the mattress which ought to be looked after generally due to the fact that it supports the back. The hard drive area of the bed is generally throughout form of drawers. There can be one or more drawers below the the bed depending on the bed size in addition to the range between the flooring and the slat. The queen platform hard drive bed has a capacity of 6-12 compartments each made from excellent wood with smooth discover and press in system.
Metallic and wooden futon cover leather is related to as even more durable than plastic furniture. Bed rooms would be insufficient without mirrored and storage-oriented furniture pieces.
Beds are not our cleanest of buddies. We sweat throughout the night, we salivate, we go to bed filthy. Our beds end up taking in these impurities and also collecting dust and mites that might have a general harmful effect on your health. Size and King Size BedsIf you are married or copulate a partner, invest in a complete size bed. Research studies have actually shown that couples constrained into a smaller sized area sleep even worse, with both partners experiencing a loss of sleep and concentration the next day. The research showed that as the size of the bed increased, so did the comfort of the sleepers: the most ideal outcomes were tape-recorded ion a king-size or superkingsize bed. Great Sleeping AtmosphereSleeping well is about creating an environment favorable to relaxation, where your body can relax comfortably. Look for a bed mattress that fits your scenarios: if you have a bad back, search for a bed mattress with sufficient offer, but which supplies adequate support.
Don't Just Sit There! Change Your Futon Cover Leather Right Now
Pillows were initially implied for the affluent as a result leaving the masses to suffer on their own or search for methods to make resting manageable. The reason behind this idea procedure was that sewing strategies were thought about a work or art. This is unlike the current and age where a routine seamstress can churn out a dozen of these by the minute blind folded and with one arm tied behind her back.
Some individuals choose lighter tones of bed room furniture. There many cotemporary designs of dressers readily available in the tones of all dark colors making the look of the bed room phenomenon. Even the lighter ones are available in various design and shapes. There are vertical dressers which you can purchase as per your requirement. Vertical dressers are normally utilized to keep clothes as it get the larger space. There are dressers with chest where you can keep your bags, shoes and other items. While buying a bed room dresser, choose the quality and resilient ones. Always study on the kind of dresser you require which will certainly fit in your entire budget and also requires. There are many readily available on the internet which will certainly provide you reasonable deal.
Everybody now days experience the pressure of a busy life. And among our favorite is the black leather recliner. Black leather Recliners can be relocated any location of your house so you can have comfort whether you are viewing a motion picture or doing some work. Recliners are adjustable. You can alter the angle of disposition depending on how deep you want to get rested on your back. There are wide varieties of leather recliners in the market. They are available in various colors, products and designs. But the very best is in electric recliners and some are equipped with an integrated massager. Buying a recliner is rather easy as long as you have the called for details on the various kinds of recliners. You could want to view what is the current in terms of what is best matched for the interior of your workplace or house.
Do People Really Need New Futons?
Quick truths about the memory foam mattressA bed mattress made from the memory foam is usually known as a memory foam bed mattress. It is the commonly used bed mattress today since of its unparalleled pros. This exit of warm air makes the bed mattress less warm to sleep on as compared with the other bed mattress. A high density foam molds against the body heat whilst low density memory foam is pressure-sensitive. It keeps the spine in its natural alignment while sleeping. The above stated truths disclose how this bed mattress can be advantageous for all sorts of back aches.
There are nonetheless some drawbacks to foam mattress pads. If the pad gets too filthy, your finest bet is to just replace it.
There are various makers who create dresser and they can even provide you an excellent variety in addition to the color. The price is low-cost and economical for each course. You might have constantly wished to refurnish your home with great home furnishings and dressers but one ought to not invest in excess to decoration our home, but this is very much possible with the wide range of dressers offered online at economical and low-cost rates. Many people usually presume that low-cost dressers mean that the product utilized in the dresser is not of great quality but this is a misunderstanding as they are the exact same dressers designed by well known makers but they are low-cost priced since they might either have an excellent discount. The dressers usually designed with 2 to 3 columns makings them much shorter than chests which end at waist height.
Methods To Acquire Wonderful Futons For Under $100
Sofas particularly developed for corner areas of our home are offered in various designs and colors that can fit completely on the bare white walls or on a huge glass window area. People could easily utilize a white and chrome sofa device in combination with a white shag scatter rug that improves the modernistic strategy of the design. The colors like orange and green add an unique touch to a house styled in the contemporary way. These sofas can also be sued to offer a retro aim to our home like the designs of 60s. The individuality about corner sofas is that they are bestowed with benefits such as: Space creation: If the area of the room is little, then these sofas verifies to be the very best one for such spaces as theydo not occupy great deal of area and are versatile enough to be arranged the means you like.
Now so many type of cotton is offered online and may look the exact same however not all have the exact same quality, texture, and toughness. It is our duty as customers to analyze the products and the business completely. Do not let you and your household's tranquil nights be worried about since you choose the wrong sheet.
Several Methods To Reinvent Your Bedroom By Changing Your Futons
Cost of modern furniture largely depends upon the product utilized, the design, and the brand name. Consumers with limited budget need to look for modern Sofas under their price range which they can afford. However think about the quality the furniture prior to the price. Modern sofas lug both form and function. Whether it is a sofa or other furniture, the modern concept is always included.
Modern sofas have styling that is smooth and not fussy. As they tend to utilize higher quality materials, they last for a very long time. Contemporary sofas are normally straight lined and don't normally have actually curves or rounded surface areas. If there is a curve, it is normally underrated and does not fight with the other design elements. Some of the more popular models are sectionals. These can occasionally be reorganized in different means to make different setups. These are useful for those who relocate to different homes or simply to have a various appearance from time to time. Numerous of the types have chaise lounge type features where one area of the sofa will extend out permitting users to stretch out their legs. These can be comprised of simply a couple of pieces or lots of depending on how big they are.
Some sofas, due to the fact that of their style, will certainly include toss pillows and some will certainly not. However, most sofa manufacturers will certainly provide optional toss pillows for those who desire them. Many discount sofas will certainly likewise provide optional love seats and chairs in case you decide you want to add them to your dcor also. These toss pillows, love seats, and chairs will normally be made from a matching fabric consisting of color, but some will merely coordinate with the discount sofa. Not all, but most of discount sofas now include a water and stain resistant treatment to save your new sofa from certain catastrophe if something is spilled on them. Some are available in animal safe fabrics. So, take your time, do some study, and before you understand it-you will certainly discover that ideal discount sofa of your dreams.
There are numerous things to consider when needing a brand-new couch for a living-room. Naturally color and style are essential, nevertheless the scale, or size, of the couch and its shape are likewise essential. It is likewise a great idea to consider how the couch will certainly be made use of in the space before buying a brand-new couch, because that will certainly set the tone for the rest of the space, and it will certainly assist figure out the style of the couch. For instance, if the couch will certainly be made use of for lounging and watching tv, it will certainly be a totally different piece of furniture than if the living-room is a formal area.
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Sleeper sofas are actually good for those who have recently been wed. This is since of possible preliminary marital relationship difficulties, or since there may be lots of people coming over during the beginning of the marital relationship. In order to get a sofa bed for the best rate, you have to shop around. If you are hasty in your purchase decision, you are most likely to wind up unhappy. Once you have finished your search and found a fantastic sofa, you will find the time invested was well worth it. Sleeper sofas last for years and the rate you pay is certainly worth the use you will leave it.
Almost every home in the first world has a sofa; it's pretty much viewed as an important piece of futon cover leather. In reality, can you even bear in mind the last time that you went to a home that didn't have one? It started off as a rather basic product, that was essentially simply a wooden framework covered in leather. That was way back in the Renaissance duration. Nowadays however, they are most of the time a much fancier affair. They come with padding and spring cushions and, in addition to being upholstered in leather, a variety of other fabrics can also be picked from, such as linen, rayon, or even cotton.
The total health and well-being of people depends to a big degree on the quality of sleep. If you are not able to obtain, good night's sleep, it can detrimentally impact your health. Although it might be a number of reasons for poor sleep, an uncomfortable mattress is one of the leading factors. So if you're not in a position to have to get a proper night's sleep and you might take care of the possibility of altering your mattress. Memory foam mattress is very popular for the high level of comfort and proper spinal alignment, which is vital to make sure proper sleep and health. Rather of getting a brand-new memory foam mattress, you can have the exact same advantages by getting a memory foam mattress and put it over your original mattress to complete. However your original mattress ought to be firm enough to offer the essential support than memory foam mattress pads are very soft.
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Transforming a run of the mill room into a sanctuary can be a gratifying experience. A step-by-step remodeling involves finalizing the colors, choosing furniture and other decorative aspects in the room. Elements like style, convenience, design and quality should top the list while you set out to buy these things. Let's have a look at how sheer drapes and room dressers assist revamp your room.
This is very much fitted to those users who require specialized care of the lower part of the back. The breadth of the double recliner is lesser which symbolizes that it may be easily put even into a smaller area like a workplace. There are a number of advantages connected with a double recliner. These usually are not heavy in weight and occupy rather less area in the room. Also they provide the exact same satisfying impact which the specific requirements specifically for his back.
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Select stylish comforters and blankets in colors that help set a happy mood. Select pillows that are soft but that can support the head and neck. Create a layering of several fluffy pillows for a plush look and feel. The right bed frames and bedspreads can help develop a welcoming and comfy ambiance in your bedroom. Enjoy decorating!


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BMI will salute gospel leaders Kirk Franklin and Pastor Hezekiah Walker at the 13th annual Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards Luncheon in Nashville on Friday, Jan. 13. The invite-only event will take place one day before the 27th Annual Stellar Awards, to be hosted at Rocketown.
Franklin was the first gospel artist to sell more than one million albums, and has exceeded sales of 15 million, making him the best-selling contemporary gospel artist in SoundScan history. In addition, Franklin is one of gospel's most decorated creators with 20 No. 1 singles on gospel charts, seven Grammys, 37 Stellar Awards, 14 Dove Awards, and six NAACP Image Awards.
Franklin's volunteer efforts contribute World Vision and the Children's Defense Fund, for which he was an Ambassador.
Pastor Hezekiah Walker has led the Love Fellowship Choir, one of gospel music's most influential groups that infuses traditional gospel and choir music with hip-hop and funk. Pastor Walker is a multiple Grammy winner and has taken home 11 Stellar Awards, and has had numerous nominations for Dove, NAACP Image, and Soul Train honors.
Walker founded Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church and Hezekiah Walker Ministries, which serve as brick and mortar churches in New York and Pennsylvania, and resource centers for congregations all over the country.
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The Fitbit flex two tracks all day activity like steps, distance and calories burned no matter where you're going. It is also swim-proof, and it automatically tracks your laps when you swim and other exercises like running, biking and aerobic workouts. Then syncs it all to the Fitbit dashboard and lets you share and compete with friends.
Designed with an ultra-slim removable tracker, the Fitbit flex 2 hides away in classic bands, stylish bracelets, and pendants, so It works for your style and goes with you everywhere. Using colored lights and vibration patterns, the Fitbit flex 2 notifies you when you're getting calls or texts when your phone is nearby.
Moreover, when you need a reminder to stay active, you'll get an alert to move that encourages you to get going and hit your goals. The Fitbit flex two automatically tracks how long and how well you sleep, to give you a fuller picture of your health. Flex 2 goes with wherever life takes you.
Features and Benefits
The Fitbit flex 2, like any other fitness tracker, has a broad range of features. The Fitbit flex 2 is fit for every you.
Its features include having the slimmest wristband plus it has a removable tracker which allows you to wear you tracker anywhere. May it be in bands, bangles or pendants.
The Fitbit flex 2 is also swim-proof which helps you track your swimming activities, it has a range of interchangeable accessories, fit for every you.
It also has a call and text notifications, it automatically follows your outdoor exercise & reminds you to move whenever you're inactive. With the Fitbit Flex 2, you are kept motivated.
The essential features of the Fitbit Flex 2 include tracking your all-day activities, follows your sleep schedule, shows you your progress and how close you are to your goal, and it has a battery lifespan of up to five days.
Autosport recognition is also triggered by other workouts so if you go walking or running; it will automatically track those for you.
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Advantages and Disadvantages
The Fitbit Flex 2 is first and foremost, extraordinarily lightweight plus, the color compliments the device making it look more sleek and stylish. Its adjustable band makes it easy to snap on and off your wrist and can be worn either tight or loose, perfectly fit for your choice.
Another thing that makes the Fitbit Flex 2 shine is the fact that it has a removable tracker that pops out quickly and is used in other accessories such as wristbands, bangles, and pendant. The standard bands the comes within the box are pretty durable and comfortable.
An advantage it has over other fitness trackers is that it is waterproof and it even allows you to track your swimming movement. With Fitbit Flex 2, you can go to the pool or the beach without having to worry if it'll get wet. You just have to get in the pool and start swimming, and it will automatically recognize the activity and start tracking it for you. Plus it works with other styles of swimming, not just freestyle. Effortless! Though the stats of your swimming may not be spot on entirely accurate, it's not that way off either.
The Fitbit Flex 2, reminds you to move whenever you've been inactive. It motivates you to move with its reminders and keeps you active. Plus, with its notification alerts, you'll never miss a call or text again.
There is no display on the band, and since you can't see anything, you have to sync from the app on your phone. However, the sync process is quite easy, so it's not a problem. Though the Fitbit Flex 2 doesn't have a screen, it has five LED's on the face of it, to display information for you. For example, you'll see it light up and vibrate if you have an incoming text or call notification.
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Overall, simplicity is what it's all about with the Fitbit Flex two.
It is designed to fit every you. Plus, with Fitbit Flex 2, you get plenty of encouragement and motivation to be active.
While it might lack advanced features, it's nevertheless smarter than you might expect it to be. Thanks to Fitbit's highly capable app and its excellent auto activity detection. There is always room for improvement with Fitbit.
The Fitbit Flex 2 is not a viable option for serious athletes. However, for those only looking to shed a few pounds or improve their basic fitness, it's one of the better options in the market.
For those who are interested in starting out their fitness journey and those who engage more in walking and running, the sleek and versatile design, topped with a great app and excellent auto-detect feature make it a solid choice.
Then again, these fitness trackers are just tools to help you feel motivated and encouraged to achieve your goals. Take these devices as an opportunity to help and push yourself to become more active and geared towards a healthier lifestyle.


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Academic Convocation – August 26, 2019
The Academic Convocation will be held on Monday, August 26th, 2019, at 3 p.m. in the Peterson Recreation Center.
Academic Convocation, which marks the official opening of the academic year, will welcome new members of our community – students in the Class of 2023, transfer students, and new faculty members. On Convocation day, the College will follow an abbreviated class schedule. Hear an inspiring keynote address by Reverend Gregory Joseph Boyle, S.J., author of Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion, the College's 2019-20 Common Reading selection. Join us after to socialize with the campus community at our Convocation reception. It is open to the entire campus community.
About the Keynote Speaker:
Rev. Gregory Boyle
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Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, CA. Now in its 30th year, Homeboy traces its roots to when Boyle, a Jesuit priest with advanced degrees in English and theology, served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church, then the poorest Catholic parish in Los Angeles, which also had the highest concentration of gang activity in the city. Homeboy has become the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and reentry program in the world, and employs and trains gang members and felons in a range of social enterprises, as well as provides critical services to thousands of men and women each year who walk through its doors seeking a better life. Father Boyle has received the California Peace Prize, the James Beard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year Award, and the University of Notre Dame's Laetare Medal. He was inducted into the California Hall of Fame and named a 2014 Champion of Change by the White House. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion.


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I've probably said this before, but Integration Manager can be both very useful and also most infuriating, because when you get an error the error message usually isn't useful.
However, my most recent problem with Integration Manager did actually produce a useful error message:
Integration Manager
Integration 'Invoices' is not ready to run due to the following problems:
- The destination could not be initialized due to the following problem:
Cannot create ActiveX component.
I did a search and found a most useful KB article from Microsoft which detailed the problem (Microsoft Dynamics GP hadn't been written to the registry correctly) and also the solution.
I read the whole article and decided to try a shortcut of starting with step 3 of re-registering the Dynamics.exe. To do this open a Run or Command Prompt and type the following (this particular problem was encountered with Microsoft Dynamics GP 20103 R2):
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics\GP2013\Dynamics.exe" /regsrver
When I retried the integration, it ran through without further problems.


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16 Feb Saturday, February 16 at Nub's Nob
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These are the days Midwestern skiers dream about with fresh corduroy, powder in the glades, sunshine and comfortable temperatures. Expect fantastic conditions today on the groomers, on the cross country trails and in the glades. It's a wonderful day to be a skier or rider at Nub's Nob. NASTAR Racing today from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Patrick Ryan will play the Nub's Pub from 3 to 6 p.m. We will close down from 4:30 to 6 p.m. to re-groom most of the night skiing slopes and re-open for night skiing from 6 to 10 p.m. We will also have a night skiing session on Sunday from 6 to 10 p.m.


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18 September 2019
ASE professor Roel Beetsma, a member of the European Fiscal Board (EFB) advisory body, was involved in drafting a recommendation for the European Commission.
Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker asked the EFB to assess European fiscal rules as part of an ongoing comprehensive review of the EU fiscal framework.
The EFB issued the report with its recommendations on 11 September. The report was subsequently presented to the Ministers of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council on 14 September. The EFB stated that the fiscal rules in the Eurozone should place more emphasis on reducing national debt and ensure long-term sustainability in this respect. According to the advisory body, the fiscal rules are too complex and are counterproductive when it comes to fiscal governance.
Other recommendations included not including certain growth-stimulating investments in the expenditure ceiling, and revising how the sanctioning mechanism operates when regulations are violated.
The full report can be read on the European Commission website.
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Modest Mouse Announce Canadian Tour
Published Jun 03, 2014Long-running major label indie rock band Modest Mouse have been hinting at a new album and follow-up to 2007's We Were Dead Before This Ship Even Sank for years now. It's unclear where they're at in the recording process, but the band have announced plans for a Canadian tour.
Bookended by festival performances at BC's Pemberton Music Festival and Montreal's Osheaga, the run of shows sees Isaac Brock and co. headlining shows from Alberta to Ontario, playing such cities as Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg and Toronto along the way.
For the trip, Modest Mouse will be joined by Broken Social Scene frontman Kevin Drew, as well as Mimicking Birds. Check out the full itinerary, which also includes a few U.S. dates, below.
When it does finally surface, the new Modest Mouse album is expected to include appearances from Big Boi and Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic.
Tour dates:
07/11 Saugerties, NY - The Hudson Project
07/12 Columbus, OH - The LC Pavilion *
07/13 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater *
07/16 Missoula, MT - Big Sky Brewery *
07/17 Boise, ID - Idaho Botanical Gardens
07/18-20 Pemberton, BC - Pemberton Music Festival
07/22 Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall *^
07/24 Edmonton, AB - Shaw Conference Centre *^
07/25 Regina, SK - Conexus Art Centre*^
07/26 Saskatoon, SK - O'Brians Event Centre *^
07/28 Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre *^
07/31 London, ON - London Music Hall *^
08/01 Toronto, ON - Echo Beach *
08/02 Montreal, QC - Osheaga
08/09 Queens, NY - Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
* with Mimicking Birds
^ with Kevin Drew