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September 3, 2011
I started studying the Chinese language August 15, 1960 at 9 am. Confucius said "Establish yourself at thirty," and, having just celebrated my thirtieth birthday, I decided he was right. I would not be allowed to visit China, however, until May 20, 1972. For almost twelve years my study of China's legal system and related political, economic, social and historical aspects, had necessarily been second-hand, dated and from afar. It was a bit like researching imperial Roman law or deciphering developments on the moon.
Like many other American specialists on China, as a new era of Sino-American relations dawned in the early 1970s, I tried many ways to finally reach the Promised Land. The one in which I had invested the least effort was the one that panned out first. A phone call from the Federation of American Scientists, a group of liberal scientists seeking to initiate cooperation with China, suddenly brought an invitation to accompany its chairman, the distinguished physicist and policy advisor Marvin Goldberger, and its executive secretary, the dynamic political activist Jeremy Stone, on a several week-trip to promote the first scientific exchanges between our countries. The three of us were allowed to take our wives, but not our children.
So Joan Lebold Cohen (柯珠恩), who had become a specialist in Chinese art on the faculty of the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, and I shared this first trip to China just three months after President Richard Nixon's famous China visit. We had been spending the academic year in Japan on my Guggenheim Fellowship, and we reluctantly left our three school-age sons in Kyoto under the supervision of our kind and competent housekeeper, Hatenaka-san.
We were guests of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. One of its able staff, Mr. Li Mingde (李明德), met us at the Hong Kong border and escorted us to Beijing's Minzu (Nationalities) Hotel. Excited to finally be there, I awoke early the next morning and decided to explore the neighborhood before joining my wife and colleagues for breakfast. The area was bustling with people rushing to work, leaving no chance to strike up a casual conversation. I tried to talk with people in the nearby market, which would have been difficult at any time, but especially at 6 am. I heard one vegetable-seller say to another: "He's a Frenchman," perhaps because Americans were few at that point and I had a mustache. After a while, since I was hungry and getting nowhere in my marketplace effort at cultural exchange, I decided to try my luck at a nearby "little eating place." As I stood in line, the man behind the counter seemed friendly and asked what I wanted to eat. I asked him to give me what those ahead of me were having – hot soymilk soup called "doujiang" and a long cruller called "youtiao." Armed with these props, I took the fourth seat at a table for four occupied by three middle-aged workers. Everyone else in the room was watching but my new companions barely looked up. I was determined to get them to talk, but how to start? I remembered that foreign journalists who preceded me in China had told me that, every time they asked anyone about the mysterious fate of disappeared leader Lin Biao (林彪), the answer was always: "Have some more soup." So, instead of explaining who I was and how I got there or reminding my companions about Chairman Mao's (毛澤東) emphasis on being at one with the masses, I stayed with what seemed a safe topic and said to the fellow on my left: "What's the name of this soup?" He didn't answer.
The room hushed, and tension began to mount, but I pushed on, saying hopefully to the man across from me: "Do you know the name of this soup?" He wouldn't answer either. At that point, as the sympathetic man behind the counter looked unhappy at the cool reception I was receiving, I noted a sign on the wall that said: "Heighten revolutionary vigilance. Defend the Motherland against spies." And standing in a corner staring at me with bulging eyes was a man who resembled a security officer about to make an arrest in a Jiang Qing (江青) opera. Meanwhile, the anxious man seated on my right was slurping his soup furiously in an effort to clear out and avoid the inevitable. He probably didn't want to be impolite like the others, but may have feared that, if he told me the name of the soup, the next question would be "What happened to Lin Biao?" In some desperation I persisted and said to him: "You must know the name of this soup." He looked at me and then at the soup and said what Chinese often say when they don't want to answer: "I'm not too clear about that!" At that point, hoping that the official route to cultural exchange might be more successful, I decided it was time to return to the hotel!
On that first full day in Beijing, I underwent an unexpected name change. For twelve years my Chinese name had been "Kong Jierong" (孔傑榮). My first Chinese language tutor in Berkeley, California, a learned former Beijing scholar, had given me this name. "Kong," he had said, was the perfect family name for me since it sounded like Cohen and was the name of China's most famous sage, Confucius (孔子), who took a great interest in law. But in the China of mid-1972 Kong had become the enemy, the hated symbol of China's feudal past, and anathema to every upstanding revolutionary. I had inadvertently arrived in the midst of a nationwide campaign to wipe out the remnants of Lin Biao and Confucius. So my hosts declared that I should have a new, more proletarian name. They decided that "Ke En" (柯恩) would do nicely since "Ke" was an ordinary name of the masses and, together with "En" (they knew I admired Zhou Enlai [周恩來]), would sound even more like Cohen than "Kong" did and have a favorable meaning. I gave the matter little thought, but later, in 1977, when I escorted Senator Edward M. Kennedy and ten members of his family to China to meet Deng Xiaoping (鄧小平) and other luminaries, Taiwan's "Lianhe Bao" (United Daily News 《聯合報》) used my new Mainland name against me, claiming that I had abandoned the name of China's foremost figure. Of course, outside the Mainland, I have continued to be known by my original name, and recently, since the resurrection of Confucius in China, some Mainland organizations and friends have adopted it in referring to me.
We spent our first ten days in Beijing, preoccupied with the usual introductory tourist sites and meetings devoted to persuading our hosts to send their first science delegation to the United States, which they did six months later. For me, two personal academic/professional meetings stand out. One was a four-hour chat with three members of the Legal Department of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT). It was my only contact during the entire visit with people concerned with law. The domestic legal system had been a shambles and arbitrary even before the Cultural Revolution, and the revolution still had four more years to run when we appeared. Legal education had virtually ceased. Although the worst days of violence had long passed by 1972, struggles reportedly still occasionally took place in cities that were closed to foreigners. Yet China's international trade was expanding, raising legal problems that had to be handled, and business with the United States was gradually opening. So when I asked to meet legal experts, my hosts naturally turned to the CCPIT's Legal Department. The three people introduced, although they lacked formal legal education, seemed to be experienced, competent people, and I was destined to see much more of them when, beginning 1978, China launched a serious effort to establish a credible legal system. The director of the department, Mr. Ren Jianxin (任建新), in the late 1980s became not only President of the Supreme People's Court but also, concurrently, head of the Communist Party's Central Political-Legal Commission, which controls the activities of all the country's government institutions for implementing the law. Mr. Tang Houzhi (唐厚志) became China's best-known expert on international commercial arbitration, and Mr. Liu Gushu the leading specialist on patent and trademark matters and founder of an important law firm dealing with these problems.
The other meeting I well recall was with a large group of "America watchers" convened by the Foreign Affairs Association (waijiao xiehui), an offshoot of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They were familiar with my July 1971 article in the American journal "Foreign Affairs" calling for U.S. recognition of the People's Republic and disengagement from the Republic of China on Taiwan. At least a few knew that I had chaired a Harvard-MIT committee that in November 1968 gave President-elect Nixon a confidential memorandum recommending that he send a close aide for secret talks in Beijing with China's leaders. That was the origin of Henry Kissinger's famous 1971 visit. Of course, my hosts, the "America watchers," wanted to discuss the problem of Taiwan and prospects for normalization of diplomatic relations between our countries, but they seemed most anxious about Senator George McGovern's chances of unseating Nixon in the fall presidential election. I was known to be an advisor on Asia to McGovern, although, since I had spent most of the year abroad, I did little for his campaign. At a time when China was looking to the U.S. to be a shield against the Soviet Union, McGovern's pledge to cut the defense budget by one-third seemed very worrisome to my hosts. Also, it was obvious that the PRC had high hopes for cooperation with the Nixon administration, much of it based on the admiration that Kissinger and Zhou Enlai professed for each other.
I had agreed to talk with the group about these subjects if they would agree to also discuss problems of cultural exchange. I wanted an opportunity to let them know how this initial effort looked to their guests. Since they hoped to establish diplomatic relations with the U.S., I thought it useful for them to make their reception of Americans as smooth as possible. I especially wanted to ask about the most puzzling of our experiences – the subway, an experience that reminded me of the old jokes about the then new Moscow subway of the 1930s. When our escort inquired whether we would like to ride on the Beijing subway that had been under construction, I said that the newspapers had reported that it was not yet in service. Our escort said that it was already in service and that we could ride on it. At the appointed hour, while standing next to the track, we were given a long lecture about the history of the subway's development. During that time, only two trains came by, and neither had a single passenger. The next train, which we took through eight stations, also had no other passengers, nor did we see any people waiting at any of the stations. We were told they were all in waiting rooms, where conditions were more comfortable. When we got to the last stop, the Beijing railroad station, our escort still insisted that the system was in use. I embarrassed my wife by saying that we would like to wait a while for evidence that people really were using the subway. I had had doubts about some of the information we had been given on other matters and was disturbed that we could not successfully communicate about something as basic as whether the subway was in service. A bit exasperated with my determination to clarify an evident misunderstanding, my wife and a couple of others in our group went up the escalator to the main hall to wait. Down at the track, no trains came in for a time but finally one did appear with about twenty assorted workers, peasants and soldiers who seemed flustered when they encountered the escalator. With some satisfaction, our escort said: "You see, the system is in service." When I later asked the Foreign Affairs Association group about this mystery, our escort's leader, with the escort seated next to him, smiled and said: "It's very simple. Our subway is not yet in service."
Our escort had given me a more reliable insight into contemporary China earlier in the trip, as we viewed the beautiful valley of the Ming Dynasty tombs outside Beijing from a hilltop. By that time I felt we had become friendly enough to talk politics and even international law. Just a few weeks earlier, at a lecture in Tokyo to the Harvard Club of Japan, I had discussed the increasingly tense dispute between China and Japan over the eight piles of rock in the East China Sea known as Diaoyutai in Chinese. When on May 15, 1972, the United States surrendered administrative jurisdiction over these islets to Japan, Sino-Japanese relations deteriorated further, and even today the dispute continues to fester. When I mentioned Diaoyutai, my escort became uncharacteristically emotional. "China," he said, "will never allow the Japanese aggressors to occupy one inch of its sacred soil. We will fight them to the death." But when I gently informed him that Japan had assumed jurisdiction over the islets only the previous week, he suddenly resumed his usual relaxed manner and said: "Oh, well. There is a right time and place for everything. We are in no hurry. We can settle this matter any time in the next 500 years!" I had witnessed the two sides of contemporary China's politics – nationalism and pragmatism – in short compass.
One question that overhung our first ten days was where we would go next. My wife wanted very much for us to visit the ancient capitals of Xi'an and Luoyang and their nearby artistic treasures. For days we waited for confirmation of this excursion. Finally, after dinner on our last night in Beijing, our escort came to our room and told us that it would not be possible. After he left, Joan expressed her anger at their rejection of her only request. I agreed with her view, while motioning to her to raise the volume of our continuing conversation about our disappointment. I assumed that our hosts might be monitoring our conversation and may well have been right. The next morning, just twelve hours later, our escort returned to tell us the exciting news that we could go to Xi'an and Luoyang. Moreover, at the farewell lunch that the famous poet-official Guo Moruo (郭沫若), then head of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, gave us that day, Guo, unprompted by us, said to me: "I understand that your wife is interested in ancient Chinese culture. So we will arrange for you to go to Xi'an and Luoyang!" That incident taught me a lot about the importance of using imaginative negotiating techniques in China.
One other question concerned us in Beijing – whether we would meet Prime Minister Zhou Enlai. We were told that we might, but there was no word by the time we left the capital. Nor was there any information as we pursued the rest of our itinerary. Our travels proved pleasant and stimulating but plagued by the continuing "cat and mouse" games played by our local hosts to parry my efforts to learn basic facts about public life. An exchange in Shanghai conveys the flavor. I asked: "What are the names of your Shanghai newspapers?" "We have the People's Daily," I was told. I responded: "But that's your national newspaper. What are the names of your local papers?" Our host replied: "You wouldn't be interested." I answered: "Then why do you think I asked the question?"
We ended our travels by returning to Beijing in order to fly to Guangzhou on our way out of China. Our hosts seemed slightly embarrassed that there had been no confirmation of a meeting with Premier Zhou. Then, while en route, bad weather in Guangzhou required our flight to be diverted to the closed city of Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi Province. Because Nanchang was closed, we were kept at its airport until dark and then taken to the People's Hotel, which we were forbidden to leave. At four a.m., we were awakened to return to the airport before daylight to resume our flight to Guangzhou. In the interim, however, big news came from Beijing.
At one a.m., as we were fitfully sleeping amid blistering heat on our woven bamboo mats, there was a knock on our door. It was a telephone call from Professor Lin Daguang (Paul Lin [林達光]), a Canadian friend who had previously been an assistant to Premier Zhou. Would Joan and I be willing to return to Beijing to meet Zhou? I said I would gladly return and would let him know about Joan. I also suggested inviting our companions on the trip, which he arranged. Joan, understandably, felt she had to return to Kyoto to look after our sons. The Goldbergers also had to go home, but the Stones were able to return to Beijing.
As Harrison Salisbury later commented in his book "To Peking and Beyond," invitations to meet Premier Zhou were often issued at the last minute, and it was not unusual to bring guests back from all over the country. There was also sometimes an air of mystery surrounding these meetings. For example, I was told to wait in my hotel room from 5 p.m. after which I would be picked up and taken to a preliminary meeting with an unidentified person, to be followed by dinner with an unidentified group, but with a strong hint that Premier Zhou would be the host. The preliminary meeting turned out to be a private one-hour session with Deputy Foreign Minister Qiao Guanhua (喬冠華), a stimulating and self-confident interlocutor whom I enjoyed. I then went to dinner and met with Premier Zhou, Qiao and some of their principal aides, at least two of whom eventually became ambassadors to the U.S. and heads of the North American section of the Foreign Ministry. Our interpreter was Tang Wensheng (唐聞生), known to many Americans as Nancy Tang, who had grown up in the United States while her father served at the UN. Although I had several short chats in Chinese with Premier Zhou, Nancy did the heavy interpreting for the evening. The main guests were Professor John K. Fairbank (費正清), America's senior China scholar, and his charming wife Wilma (費慰梅). Fairbank was my senior colleague at Harvard University, where I was then teaching in the Law School. The Fairbanks had been friendly with Premier Zhou in Chongqing during the mid-1940s before the Communist Party's 1949 victory in the Chinese civil war. Foreign correspondents Harrison Salisbury of the New York Times and Richard Dudman of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and their wives also attended, as did Jeremy Stone and his wife.
Salisbury's book gives a long account of most of the conversation at our almost four-hour evening with Zhou and this group. I need not repeat it, although it was surely the high point of my first visit. Here I will mention only my most outstanding impressions. The deepest impression was left by Premier Zhou. He gave us an hour of discussion sipping tea before dinner while seated in a circle. He was genial, informal, relaxed, humorous, yet serious and always guiding the conversation by asking questions. His first remark to me was: "Why didn't your wife come with you? We invited her." When I explained that Joan had wanted to join but was concerned about our sons, he quipped: "Oh, I forgot. In America, parents still have to look after children." Later, as we went into dinner, he said to me with a smile and a bemused twinkle in his eyes: "I understand that you have done many books on our legal system." This showed the respect he gave his guests by learning their backgrounds in advance. Yet he said it in a slightly quizzical way that gently implied that perhaps I had made more of China's legal system than China had. After all, the country was then still in its Cultural Revolution!
What I remember most vividly from the pre-dinner conversation was the Premier's preoccupation with cancer. Zhou knew, of course, that the purpose of Mr. Stone's and my visit was to initiate cultural exchanges in the sciences. He seemed especially interested in inviting to China America's leading cancer specialists, in theory and practice. Since the Premier appeared so lively and healthy, it didn't dawn on me that he might be inquiring on his own behalf. I did think that he might be asking on behalf of Chairman Mao Zedong, whose health had reportedly been deteriorating and was the subject of much speculation at home and abroad, and soon after our meeting I wrote about this in an op-ed in the Washington Post. We later discovered that Premier Zhou had learned in 1972, the year of our visit, that he himself was suffering from several kinds of cancer, which ultimately caused his death in January 1976, eight months before the demise of the Chairman.
Broader cultural exchange was one of our dinner talk's main themes. Since Professor Fairbank sat on Zhou's right and I on his left, we were in a particularly good position to urge him to allow Chinese to visit and study at Harvard. Zhou deflected our efforts as well-meaning but premature. He seemed to think that brief visits could soon be arranged but that study might better await the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between our countries. He appeared especially worried that Chinese students might have unpleasant encounters with students sent to America by the Guomindang government in Taiwan. He even asked me, as an international lawyer: "If our students debated on the same Harvard platform with students from Taiwan, wouldn't that be implicit recognition of a 'two China' policy and signal Beijing's acceptance of the legitimacy of the Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) regime?" I assured him that academic debate among students had no necessary international law implications. At that point, about an hour into dinner, perhaps to ease the pressure from Harvard, the Premier suggested that we take a five-minute break. In the men's room, as we stood at our respective urinals, Professor Fairbank, indicating that perhaps we had put too much pressure on the Premier, looked me in the eye somewhat sheepishly and said: "The missionary spirit dies hard!"
I had wanted to make one serious suggestion about international law to the Premier and his colleagues and waited most of the evening till an opportunity presented itself. I said that, having already entered the United Nations the previous October, China should move quickly to take part in all UN institutions, including the International Court of Justice (ICJ). That gave the Chinese officials their biggest laugh of the evening. They thought I must have been joking. Why, after all, would a revolutionary communist government want to participate in a bourgeois legal institution where its views of international law would not be accepted and it was sure to be outvoted? I explained that the world was entering a new era and China, having recently been acknowledged as a great power by being awarded a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, should obviously want to play a role in the application of international law by the ICJ. The People's Republic did not nominate its first judge to sit on the ICJ until 1984. Although Chinese judges have played a constructive role in the Court's work ever since, their government has only gradually expanded its confidence in the ICJ's deliberations.
After the memorable evening with Zhou Enlai, anything else that occurred in my first trip was inevitably anti-climactic. Yet the exchange of ideas at the dinner with Zhou encouraged me to offer one more suggestion on a very sensitive topic before leaving Beijing. We were meeting the next morning with Professor Zhou Peiyuan (周培源), then Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of Peking University, or, as he preferred to put it to us, president of that illustrious university. Zhou Peiyuan, a University of Chicago Ph.D. in physics and a former Cal Tech professor, had already spent a great deal of time accompanying us as the senior person responsible for our visit. His mission was presumably to get acquainted with and hear the views of his fellow physicist and sometime U.S. government advisor, Professor Marvin Goldberger, the leader of our small delegation.
I wanted to express my concern for my friend and college classmate, John T. Downey, Jr., who had been detained in Chinese prison since November 1952 after his plane had been shot down over China on a CIA mission to foster armed resistance against the then still new Communist government. I had been trying for many years to obtain his release and had previously suggested to both the Chinese Ambassador to Canada (later Foreign Minister) Huang Hua (黃華) and Henry Kissinger that this could be accomplished, to the satisfaction of both countries, if the U.S. would finally acknowledge the truth of China's accusations that this had been a CIA incursion. I had also revealed the truth of the Downey matter in nationally-televised testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in June 1971 and in a New York Times op-ed. I did not want to leave Beijing without again urging consideration of this idea, and I took the meeting with Professor Zhou as the best opportunity. Early the following year, six weeks after President Nixon discreetly conceded the truth of the charges against Downey in a press conference, Downey was finally released.
It turned out that Professor Zhou had an even more sensitive topic to raise with us, even in Professor Goldberger's absence. He surprised Jeremy Stone, a knowledgeable Washington defense expert, and me by asking what we could tell him about the so-called "smart bomb" that the U.S. had reportedly begun to use in the Vietnam war. I, of course, knew nothing about this subject and didn't know whether Stone was informed. In any event, we told Zhou that if anyone in our group could answer the question it would be Professor Goldberger, who had already returned to the U.S. I'll admit that I was a bit naive in feeling shocked at what seemed a blatant effort to turn cultural exchange into an intelligence operation.
Overall, Joan and I found our first trip to China enormously stimulating despite the evident limitations on cultural exchanges in both law and art. I felt that my research, and especially the year 1963-4 that I had spent in Hong Kong interviewing Chinese refugees many of whom were former officials, had well-prepared me for the visit. Every experience left me with vivid images. Joan, a professional photographer as well as art historian, was more struck by the drabness and austerity of contemporary life and the absence of amenities. After returning to Japan, we took our boys to see Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner in "55 Days at Peking," a colorful film depicting the imperialist heyday of the Boxer Rebellion, which by coincidence was playing in Kyoto. As we left the theater, Joan said: "That's the China of my dreams."
Nevertheless, we both agreed with the humorist Art Buchwald that, after a stomach-full of China watching, an hour later you're hungry for more!
This article was published in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on September 3, 2011, online as part of the "My First Trip to China" series. All photographs included, with the exception of the two black-and-white images, were taken by Joan Lebold Cohen [柯珠恩]©.
Jerome A. Cohen is professor and co-director of the U.S.-Asia Law Institute at New York University School of Law and adjunct senior fellow for Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations.


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Last year, I recommended Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think as my book pick of the year and wrote an abundantly long review of it. There are thousands of good business ideas in that book for entrepreneurs that are destined to change the world (I also wrote about Elon Musk being my current pick as entrepreneur-of-the-decade as he defines the ethos of this mindset better than anyone I can think of in today's age).
This year, I'm recommending you read The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies as a compliment to Abundance. To choose a word from the title, this is a brilliant book. It is written by two MIT professors that I am fortunate enough to call friends, Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee.

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DescriptionIn the distant future, human beings invented space warps, which allowed space travel to long distances. On board the space ship Agamemnon, they started an intergalactic journey. But an accident happened, and the humans were thrown into a parallel universe. Years have passed until they have adapted themselves to the different civilization. This parallel world, composed of three huge continents, is called Babel. Zell is a teenage boy, an orphan who lives in a post-apocalyptic world riding his bike, together with his friend Alice, who is like a big sister to him. One day they meet a mysterious girl named Sefia who seems to be on an important mission. Their struggle against evil begins at that moment...
Babel is a Japanese-style RPG set in a futuristic world. Zell and his party travel around the world, visiting large cities and encountering many randomly appearing enemies. During the turn-based battles, each character can use a variety of attacks with different weapons, as well as special techniques. The combat window shows animated moves of the party members. Unlike in most role-playing games, characters do not receive experience points from defeating enemies; only money is gained. The characters level up according to the player's progress in the narrative.
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I have been going through my photography archives from the past three years looking for images to update my various portfolios with. While looking for specific types of photos, I also found random photos that I had never edited, never given any attention to before, that for some reason now catch my eye (see above train photo). This gave me the idea for . . .
|Photography Tip -- go through your photo archives to find hidden gems & to see how your photography tastes have changed
Not only may you find that what you think is an interesting photograph has changed, but if you have greatly improved your digital photo editing skills like I have over the past few years, you may find that you can save a photo that previously was left for the scrapheap.
Go through your archives this week and see if you find a forgotten photo that you now really like or even love. Post a link to it in the comments below!


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2009 Division II Women's Basketball Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes Announced
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Kansas City, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced 204 division II women's basketball players have been named 2009 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
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Ancient Syncrology
Welcome my children to Ancient Syncrology. Oh come on...it was bound to happen. Did you honestly think I was going to get a mortgage, settle down and pretend to be a respectable member of society?! No chance. Bicycle Touring Apocalypse is going full nomad, living on the road in a 1986 VW Syncro in pursuit of the best rides in Europe & beyond.
Syncrology will be covering all aspects of nomadic living from the gradual conversion of my camper to apocalyptic beast, making money remotely, keeping in shape whilst travelling, cooking on the road and much more. I don't claim to be an expert and part of Syncrology will be sharing my challenges, ups & downs and the sacrifices I've made to make all this possible. Right, so without further ado, I'd like to introduce Apocatron, my new home on wheels.
Apocatron is a 1986 Volkswagen Syncro, effectively an overlanding version of the traditional T3/T25 campervan. Consequently, the Syncro ( or ' Vanagon ' in the USA ) features raised off-road suspension and the ability to switch between 2 & 4WD. These vans may not have the same off-road following as Land Rovers or Toyota Land Cruisers, but they have generated a considerable cult following due to their remarkable performance off-road. Furthermore, it's important to remember that the VW Syncro remains a fully functioning home-on-wheels and is therefore often the vehicle of choice for round the world expeditions. The Syncro, like most classic vehicles, is not without its problems and can be expensive to repair in comparison to the standard T3/T25. However, you know what they say…' in for a penny, in for a…s#*t tonne of debt ' and for me the price is negligible when you consider the Syncro's go anywhere ability….oh and the fact I really really really wanted one!
VW Syncros are rare in the UK, particularly in right hand drive, and consequently go for silly money. It took a great deal of research to find a van within my budget. Thankfully, after months of searching…and selling my lungs, kidneys and liver…I found an absolute gem, organized a viewing and well the rest is history…including my vital organs.
The van is by no means perfect and had a number of small cosmetic rust patches, a pretty useless fridge ( not that I need one in the cold weather ) and the exhaust needs replacing…but that's it! The interior's basic but functional and the engine's not the most desirable ( 1.9 WBX ) but running sweet and after ten thousand miles in four months I can't complain! I had the van professionally inspected by Kent VW ( www.kentvolkswagen.co.uk ) and was told the van is in excellent condition underneath with minimal rot in any of the susceptible areas. The van will be undergoing extensive work over the next six months and I will be blogging the entire process. The first major overhaul has already taken place and will be featured in the next instalment of Syncrology.
Work done, it was time for a test-run. A 3500 mile road trip across Europe with four of my best mates was in order….well, no point messing about. I mean, what better way to ease the van into its new life than climbing huge ascents through the Pyrennes…loaded with 500kg of bodyweight/luggage…in a 2+ tonne camper….in 38 degree heat. My amigo Briggs works in Barcelona so I offered to drop him back after his month spent catching up with family/friends in the UK ( …It goes without saying that he now owes me lifts home from the pub for the rest of his life ). So it was decided, I booked the cheapest ferry available, got together the rest of society's cretins and made haste to Dover! The ' Return of the Toad ' ( A.K.A Briggs ) would not simply be a test of the vans mechanics, but also its interior comfort and general livability. I mean, five large males sleeping in a four-berth campervan ( a tight four berth at that! ) in mid summer…well, if the van could handle that….it could survive the apocalypse!
We had two guys up top ( …generally complaining about the horrific heat ), two down bottom and one guy on a makeshift bed that ran between the two front seats all the way to the foot of the rock 'n' roll bed ( the fifth bed was actually pretty comfortable ). During the two weeks we were away, we only stayed at one campsite and instead pitched up in lay-bys and rural areas, which were perfectly adequate. Service stations on toll roads often provide particularly good camping facilities including showers, picnic tables, wifi and wooded areas to pitch tents. However, I would personally avoid toll roads through Europe unless you're really pushed for time, you can always find somewhere wild to camp and I'd rather save the money! That said, always check how much distance/time the toll roads will save you, if it saves three hours and costs ten euros then it'll probably be cheaper than the extra fuel! Food for thought. I'm going to share just a quick overview of the road trip to Barcelona and let the photos do the rest ( including more recent shots from some of my other adventures since returning to the UK ).
After departing the ferry at Calais ( around 3am ) we made haste to Bordeaux avoiding all toll roads and instead taking the scenic route. The van purred through southern France along stunning b-roads as we hauled ass from Bordeaux to the truly epic Spanish surf resort, San Sebastian. We all agreed that our time spent fighting for our lives in the most insane waves we'd ever seen had to be one of best memories from the trip. We left San Sebastian and gradually made our way to Barcelona along a deserted dual carriageway that weaved through the mountains. The silky smooth road went on for hundreds of KM's and treated us to some absolutely breath taking scenery. That night we pulled into a layby, set up the tablet and had ourselves an ultra romantic film night…well…Kevin & Perry. Me and Joe ( another keen photographer – Instagram: joe_stokes_ ) got up at 3am to shoot long exposures of the stars, whilst agreeing that life doesn't really get much better!
The next day we made it to Barcelona and spent our first night in a camp site ( something I'd highly recommend if you're leaving the van unattended in the city…we found out the hard way! ). We allocated just one day to explore Barcelona and Briggs did an absolutely stellar job in somehow cramming three days worth of sightseeing into twenty-four hours. The next day we head to a water park ( Illa Fantasia ) on the outskirts of the city, parked up in the ' secure ' car park and spent the next three hours enjoying ourselves. However, the trip took a drastic turn for the worst when we returned to the van to find it completely trashed.
As a pretty seasoned traveler I know that you never leave valuables in a vehicle and had stressed the importance of this to my mates, unfortunately this time I had been the one to leave some gear hidden away in the van. I worked my way around the Syncro calmly and took in the damage, relieved that I had all my valuables in my day sack…and then it hit me. The previous night I had got my Macbook, Go-Pro gear and a few other valuables out with the intention of getting on top of some of my work. Instead, I'd decided to do it in the morning and thus slipped the gear into one of the cupboards. It took me about ten minutes for the penny to drop. As I more frantically searched through the sea of clothes and personal items I realised they'd also taken some of the upgrades I'd made to the van. All in all, I lost over £1500 worth of stuff….and felt pretty crappy. However, in these moments it's important to see the positives…me and all my mates were safe and I couldn't help laughing as they pointed out the thieves had failed to take Lord of the Rings Monopoly & Settlers of Catan…amateurs!
We immediately called over the parking ' security staff ' and asked how they couldn't have seen the van be completely ransacked in broad daylight to which they replied ' this is Spain ' and walked off…cheers. However, whilst clearing up the mess I noticed a shifty guy with parking written on his back inspect all the cars in the distance and disappear behind a truck in the far corner. I went to investigate and found him sitting in a clapped out car hidden from view, I asked him politely to get out of the car numerous times and eventually he did. I enquired why he had parking written on his back when he clearly didn't work for the water park but he gave no answer, Briggs also quizzed him in Spanish but to no avail. Meanwhile, the ' security ' guard, who had shown absolutely no interest previously, rushed down out of breath and asked me not to speak to the guy sitting in the car…it all started to make sense. I demanded to see inside the car knowing that the Spanish police would do nothing, but our stuff had been taken elsewhere. After the police refused to come out we spent over three hours going to numerous stations before anyone would talk to us. Anyways, I wanted to share this rather unfortunate turn of events to stress the importance of always double checking you have all valuables before leaving your vehicle for any period of time. We live and we learn. Quite honestly in the grand scheme of things it was just a blip in a truly incredible road trip. The guys asked if I wanted to head back early, but there was no way I was going to let the robbery ruin my adventure, after all, we still had Lord of the Rings Monopoly! We headed to a friends village in the mountains and that night joined the annual village party….2am – 7 am…live bands, traditional Spanish music, dancing and my best mates…it was epic. The next day we spent chilling at our friends flat and playing shoulder wars in the pool before saying our goodbyes to Briggs and making our way home through the Pyrenees.
The van smashed the journey back to the UK in less than two days and successfully completed a truly epic adventure. Since returning home its explored Devon, Cornwall, Wales, Somerset and will be accompanying me to the Isle of Skye.
Right, so there's a brief overview of the vans progress so far, the next instalment will be discussing stage one of the restoration process. As always thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed the first entry of Ancient Syncrology.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- At first glance, The Birthday Run promises a 5K and music party that raises money for charities at Arrowhead Stadium. However, the Better Business Bureau says the event a scam.
To register, the website is connected to a Groupon page. A ticket costs $24, or two for $47. Groupon has since pulled the ads from its site. For runner Cristi St. Onge, that's the first red flag.
"Occasionally I'll see things on Groupon for coupons for races and stuff and look into those. I'll ask people in my running group to see if they've ran them or interested in that. Usually no one's heard of them," she said.
Every race she hears about, she'll mention it in her running group to see if it's legitimate. Jenny Chronister manages races and outdoor events in Kansas City and has a few other tips to vet races.
"Have you heard of the company that's putting on? Have you heard of this race? Google it. It takes two minutes to Google a race. A lot of times there will be reviews from other cities. Even if it's not a scam, if it's a badly run race you still don't want to be on it," said Chronister.
The contact number listed on The Birthday Run's website is out of service. When you can't reach someone with the race, Chronister said that should be a huge warning sign that something is wrong.
"I like to check out the races before I buy them because I like to see where my money is going, if there's a charity involved, what charity it is," St. Onge said.
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Oscars Party {Healthier} Desserts!
Our latest project for Lauren Conrad featured an Oscars Party in which guests wore their PJs with their finest jewelry and Oscar-worthy hairdo! We had so much fun and our blog post featured activities, outfits, DIYs, swag bags, invitations, the printable collection, etc! To see the full project on how to throw a "PJs +Pearls" Oscar Party (including appetizers & the famous popcorn bar) … check out the SaucyPants blog!
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The Dessert Table
We carried over our color palette to the dessert table, which we sprinkled with our Oscars Party Printables. Desserts include skinny cupcakes, mini bundt cake dark chocolates, healthier organic macarons, healthier coconut cake, and an organic anti-inflammatory flourless dark chocolate cake. Let's dig in!!
Healthier Organic Macarons (naturally gluten-free)
Healthier Organic Macarons
(chocolate peanut butter recipe)
- 5 organic egg whites, aged at room temperature for 24 hours
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 C Almond Flour
- 2.5 C confectioner's sugar
- 1/2 Cocoa Powder
- Organic, natural creamy peanut butter, for filling
Preheat the oven to 200. Combine the powdered sugar and almond flour in a medium bowl. Beat the egg whites in the clean dry bowl of a stand mixer until they hold soft peaks. Slowly add the granulated sugar and beat until the mixture holds stiff peaks. Sift one third of the almond flour mixture into the meringue and fold gently to combine. Add the cocoa powder. Sift in the remaining almond flour in two batches. Be gentle! Don't overfold, but fully incorporate your ingredients. The ingredients won't seem like they are coming together at first, but they will. The final batter should "flow like magma." Spoon the mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a plain half-inch tip. You can also use a Ziploc bag with a corner cut off. It's easiest to fill your bag if you stand it up in a tall glass and fold the top down before spooning in the batter. Pipe one-inch-sized (2.5 cm) mounds of batter onto baking sheets lined with nonstick liners or parchment paper.
Bake the macaroon for 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and raise the temperature to 375. Once the oven is up to temperature, put the pans back in the oven and bake for an additional 7 to 8 minutes, or lightly colored.
Cool on a rack before filling with peanut butter.
Recipe inspiration from healthy-delicious.com
Skinny Cupcakes
Skinny Cupcakes
- One Box moist-style cake mix
- 1 C nonfat plain Greek yogurt OR 1 cup no-sugar-added applesauce
Follow instructions on cake box and substitute oil and eggs with ingredients like applesauce or Greek yogurt ... Doing so will save you quite a bit of calories and fat grams!
Recipe inspiration from Brit & Co.
Healthier Fresh Coconut Cake
Healthier Fresh Coconut Cake
- Cooking spray
- 1 tablespoon cake flour
- 12 ounces sifted cake flour (about 3 cups)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cups sugar, divided
- 2/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup warm coconut water (from 1 small brown coconut)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 6 large egg whites
- 4 large egg whites
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups shaved fresh coconut, toasted
To prepare the cake, preheat oven to 350°.
Lightly coat 3 (9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray; line bottom of pans with wax paper. Lightly coat wax paper with cooking spray; dust pans with 1 tablespoon flour.
Combine 12 ounces (about 3 cups) flour, baking powder, and salt; stir with a whisk. Place 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed for 2 1/2 minutes or until well blended. Add flour mixture and coconut water alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla. In a separate bowl, beat 6 egg whites on high speed until foamy using clean, dry beaters. Add remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form (do not overbeat). Carefully fold egg whites into batter; pour batter into prepared pans. Bake at 350° for 18 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on wire racks; remove from pans. Discard wax paper. Cool completely on wire racks.
To prepare frosting, combine 4 egg whites, cream of tartar, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until foamy. Add 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. Combine remaining 1 1/4 cups sugar and 1/4 cup water in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook, without stirring, until candy thermometer registers 250°. With mixer on low speed, pour hot sugar syrup in a thin stream over egg whites. Gradually increase speed to high; beat 8 minutes or until thick and cool. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla.Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate, and spread with 1 cup frosting. Top with another cake layer. Repeat procedure with 1 cup frosting and remaining cake layer, ending with cake layer on top. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Gently press shaved coconut onto top and sides of cake. Store cake loosely covered in refrigerator.
Recipe from Cookinglight.com & MyRecipes.com
Organic Anti-inflammatory Flourless Dark Chocolate Cake
Organic Anti-inflammatory Flourless Dark Chocolate Cake
- 6 ounces dark chocolate, at least 70%
- 3 ounces butter
- 3 ounces almond butter
- 3 eggs, separated
- 6 tablespoons natural cane sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup frozen raspberries, defrosted
- 2 tablespoons pure cane sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 cups fresh berries - blueberries, raspberries, blackberries
Over a double boiler, melt chocolate, butter and almond butter. Let cool.Separate the egg and place the yolks in the bowl of an electric mixer. Add 3 Tbs sugar and beat until a light, pale yellow color, about 6 minutes. Slowly pour in the melted chocolate and mix until combined.In a clean mixing bowl, add the eggs whites. Whisk until frothy. Slowly pour in 3 Tbs sugar and mix until soft peaks form. Fold the whites into the chocolate/egg mixture. Carefully fold until combined.Spray 4 oz ramekin or muffin cups with pan spray. Pour the batter into the molds, almost to the top. Bake at 325 degrees for 12 minutes. Let cool before unmolding.
To serve: reheat at 300 degrees for 4 minutes. Spoon the fruit compote on top.
Recipe fromDrWeil.com, a True Food Kitchen favorite!
Mini Bundt Cake Dark Chocolates
Mini Bundt Cake Dark Chocolates
- Dark Chocolate
- Mini Bundt cake candy or baking molds (I got mine at Target)
Gently melt chocolate, stirring frequently, in a medium pot over medium-low heat, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour into molds and chill in the refrigerator until chocolate is set, about 30 minutes.
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This summer, MasterCard employees served on the front lines of testing out a new mobile payments app – and they did it in their favorite pair of jeans.
We introduced "Blue Jeans Friday," a creative way for employees in our U.S. offices to help rebuild storm-ravaged communities while exploring the future of payments.
For eight consecutive weeks, U.S. employees could wear jeans to work in exchange for donating $5 each week to the American Red Cross. Donations were earmarked to help rebuild communities in the Northeast, Midwest and South in the aftermath of tornadoes, hurricanes and other storm damage.
But rather than gathering cash donations in a jar, we encouraged employees to take out their smartphones and beta test an innovative new mobile payments application developed by MasterCard Labs. The app uses QR codes – or 2D bar codes – to facilitate credit, debit or prepaid card payments on a variety of smartphone devices.
In total, about 300 people participated, raising nearly $8,000 for storm relief.
Part giving campaign and part user group, Blue Jeans Friday served as a wonderful opportunity to leverage the innovations of our people while reminding ourselves how MasterCard can help improve the world, one transaction at a time.
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Doug Zatzick, MD
TSOS Principal Investigator
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington School of Medicine
The Trauma Survivors Outcomes and Support (TSOS) Trial as an ePCT Training Case Study
Clinical research; TSOS; Trauma Registry; Embedded pragmatic trial; Stepped-wedge design; Cluster-randomized trial; Pragmatic trial; PRECIS-2
Key Points
- Trauma Survivors Outcomes and Support (TSOS) was designed as a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized pragmatic trial at 25 trauma centers in the United States, with 935 patients consented so far.
- Researchers' hypotheses for the intervention group versus the control group included decreased post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), lower rates of depression and suicidal ideation, and less alcohol abuse.
- The advantage of a stepped-wedge design is the mitigation of site variability as sites contribute patients to both control and intervention conditions.
- The TSOS trial targets real-world decisions and is generalizable to sites, patients, and providers, but tradeoffs include regulatory intensity and ongoing development of pragmatic follow-up assessments.
Discussion Themes
Everyone in TSOS begins as a control participant, and TSOS training at trauma centers includes assessing these controls and linking them with primary care if needed.
It is important to do empiric research, such as asking participants "Had you known in advance what study participation would be like, would you still participate?"
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One challenge of stepped-wedge design is that phased roll-out limits trial flexibility particularly with regard to recruitment pauses.
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text: By CHRIS POWELL Maybe other big employers in Connecticut will get an idea from the state Economic and Community Development Department's latest excursion into corporate welfare. Last March ClearEdge Power Corp., owner of the former United Technologies Corp. fuel-cell factory in South Windsor, laid off more than 100 employees. But this week state government loaned the company $1.4 million at a deeply discounted rate, with about half the loan to be forgiven if the company adds 80 employees over three years. Rehiring employees laid off in March will count toward the total of new employees to be added to achieve loan forgiveness. So in Connecticut you now can lay off your workers and then get money from state government for hiring them back. The economic development commissioner, Catherine Smith, explains this as a plan to induce ClearEdge to expand in Connecticut rather than at its facilities in Oregon and California. But the plan will work only at the expense of inviting more big employers to blackmail state government -- not just by threatening to move but also by laying off employees and then demanding that state government ransom them. While the Democratic Party still poses as the party of working people, the "economic development" policy of Connecticut's Democratic administration takes from the poor to give to the rich. Big employers have blackmail power; small employers don't. So small employers and their employees pay more in state taxes to subsidize bigger companies and their employees. Yes, many states are subsidizing big employers this way and inducing subsidy competitions with other states. But since subsidies to big business come at the expense of small business, both in taxes and general competitive disadvantage, the best economic development policy still is a tax and regulation regime that is favorable to all businesses without regard to size. Connecticut's unattractiveness to business and residents alike did not arise from a lack of subsidies to particular businesses but rather from the failure of government generally to provide value even as it has grown and become more expensive. That is, education policy has not been producing more or better education but mainly has just been enriching educators. Welfare policy has not reduced poverty and enabled and required people to start supporting themselves but rather has worsened dependence and anti-social behavior. Connecticut's government employee policies practically forbid ordinary public administration. And so forth. Connecticut's big problem is that the premises of some of its major policies are mistaken or, really, mere pretexts for parasitism. * * * According to a recent study by the state Office of Policy and Management, as reported by the Waterbury Republican-American, revenue foregone by state tax exemptions totals nearly half of state government's tax revenue -- $7 billion in tax breaks against $15.3 billion in receipts. While some broad exemptions may be sensible and command wide support, like the exemption of food from the sales tax, many exemptions are obscure and the product of special pleading or pandering, like the celebrated exemption for clothing and footwear. Legislators propose dozens of such tax breaks every year and some become law, like the one enacted last year to give tax credits for restoring historic houses. Apart from basic decency, which explains the food exemption, there may be only one justification for tax exemptions: efficiency, as when application of a general tax to a specific transaction will forfeit more money than it raises, by driving business out of state. By that standard state government probably could raise billions of dollars or finance billions in general tax reduction by repealing many less compelling tax exemptions. But it has been many years since Connecticut has been able to appropriate that much political courage. Chris Powell is managing editor of the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Conn.


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Hallway – this is the first place in the house, which you will see when you enter the house and the last thing you see when you exit. So this place is certainly remembered for your guests. It is therefore necessary to create a cozy and functional home hallway.
We produced a series of inspiring articles:
– What choose the wardrobe for the hall,
– How to store keys and shoes and more!
We start with the storage for clothing, bags, umbrellas, and more.
What choose the wardrobe for the hall
Wardrobe is hallway main furniture for storing clothes, bags, umbrellas and others.
Today, wardrobes are made from different materials.
Wood always becomes main material for home furniture including wardrobe. Glass and wood combination gives even more modern accent for the hallway. To save more space on the wall, full body mirror installation on the wardrobe door seems to be perfect as space saver idea.
Some wardrobes are made from plastic and designed to be compact. These types of wardrobe are ideal for those with limited space.
Finally, the wardrobe dimensions have to be assessed before making any purchase. Think of the kind of clothes you want to put there and for the future. If space allows, get as a big a wardrobe as possible.
Large wardrobe is designed in wider dimension to fill free wall space in the large space. Wardrobe is just like other furniture found inside the house. It comes in various models to fit the room interior decor ideas. Color scheme of the wardrobe is available in various choices.
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This is a highly unusual blend of Moscato and Chardonnay vinified to dryness. Harmonious yet full of contrasts, this smells of Moscato but tastes like Chardonnay. Light in body and dry from start to finish, I can only describe it as the unlikely but enticing combination of Moscato d'Asti and Premier Cru Chablis. (Do not try this combination at home! Buy this wine instead!) Its flavors are moderately layered but its finish doesn't give up easily. It may not age well as the Moscato high tones are likely delicate, but this should be lots of fun over the next year or so. Enjoy its peach skin, baked yellow plums, roses and sweet spice in its youth!
Drink: 2016-17
Maeli 2014 Moscato Giallo Fior d'Arancio Colli Euganei
This wine's lovely name refers to orange flowers and perfectly describes its smell. The palate hums with the energy of tangerines, orange zest and chamomile tea. In addition, its bubbles are as delicate as its sweetness, even at a rather classic level of 116 grams per liter of residual sugar. There's so much vitality in its low, 3.3 pH and high TA of 6.8 grams per liter, that this wine is more about drinkability and vibrancy than sweetness. The balance is brilliant; just don't miss this wine's youthful exuberance.
Drink: 2016-17


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The Afghan "exit strategy" appears to be fraying badly before it has even had time to get properly underway. With many fearing civil war after foreign combat troops leave at the end of 2014, it was always going to be hard to weave together the different elements needed to offer a hope of peace. Among those elements was a concerted international strategy to show outside powers were not going to abandon Afghanistan by promising generous funding after foreign troops leave; some kind of regional detente, and sufficient momentum behind talks with Taliban insurgents to shape the conditions for a dignified withdrawal.
Pakistan: Now or Never?
Obituary of a scandal : A first draft on Pakistan's "Memogate"
One of Pakistan's most bizarre political dramas appears to be running out of steam. What began as an unsigned memo seeking American help to rein in the military escalated into a full-blown power struggle between the civilian government and the army after Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz accused then ambassador to Washington Husain Haqqani of writing it. Haqqani, who denied involvement, resigned and returned to Pakistan to clear his name. But that did nothing to stem a crisis in civilian-military relations which carried uncomfortable echoes of the 1990s when government after government were dismissed in a decade which ended in a coup in 1999.
Failing to learn: US resumes drone attacks in Pakistan
When Pakistan's Express Tribune wrote this week that the CIA was likely to resume drone strikes for the first time since November, it included a quote from an unnamed Pakistani official saying that Pakistani authorities believed drones were "strategically harmful but tactically advantageous". I tweeted the link and asked who would explain to the Pakistani public that the drone strikes – which have fuelled intense anti-Americanism – were seen even in their own country as "tactically advantageous".
Talking to the Taliban:an elusive peace in Afghanistan
It is the season for "progress" on Taliban talks. In January 2010, the London conference on Afghanistan put the idea of negotiating with the Taliban firmly on the international agenda. In February 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a major policy speech, insisted it was time the United States began to talk to its enemies. Her speech was accompanied by a leaked report that Washington was in fact already holding direct talks with the Taliban to try to convince them to join a political settlement and sever ties with al Qaeda. And now we have the Taliban agreeing to open a liaison office in Qatar to help speed along the talks process as Washington prepares to withdraw most combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.


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Also our Community Support Worker (contact here) links with many people and groups in the community to provide personal support, food parcels, advocacy and help with finding relevant agencies and resources.
Drop in Cafe and Op-Shop
Fridays 9:00am - 1:30pm
Open to the community every Friday the Drop In Café provides fresh baking, toasted sandwiches, soup, tea, coffee. If it's healthy or yummy, you can probably get it here, and all for just a $2 donation.
All are welcome to come and enjoy friendship and a chat over something good to eat. Many of the church leadership and church support people are available if you want to talk or have questions about faith or spirituality.
Plenty of bargains to be had in the op shop, with good quality, used clothes and an assortment of household items at great prices.
The cafe and op-shop run on the same day as Tots 'n' Tunes providing a great opportunity to meet friends for food and a chat after the music and fun.


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Letters to the Editor
'What Fresno is missing'
Could there have been better timing for Golf magazine's September listing of the Top 100 golf courses in the U.S. and world? Donald Trump owns two, and he built them both -- Trump National (No. 54) and Trump International (No. 71). Even his course in Los Angeles, though not cracking the top 100, is thought by many to be superior to Pebble Beach and Bandon Dunes in Oregon.
Now I'm not saying that "Trump Fresno" would be a world-class golf course. But it would certainly be better than a trench, a couple of weed-infested fairways, incomplete houses, bankruptcy and a possibility of yet one more "interested party" to complete the project.
Would any party have the vision, resources and success of Donald Trump? Probably not.
This is what Fresno is missing. Par for the course.
Mike Caskey


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Photographer Karen Bystedt is an accidental rule breaker who does everything for love, and that sometimes gets her into trouble—but mostly it gets her into hearts, minds, galleries, clubs, bookshelves and international art collections.
In her career as a portrait photographer, Bystedt has published four wildly successful books, each with a unique perspective on the worlds of film, fashion and pop culture. Not Just Another Pretty Face (1983) was a portfolio of the male models of New York's fashion world. The New Breed (1988) was a series on the "next" generation of movie stars, which presciently included soon-to-be icons like Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock and Robert Downey Jr. Some of these and related portraits formed the foundations for both Before They Were Famous (1992) and They Dared to Dream: Hollywood's A-List Before Were Stars (2009). It's been a long, lovely and wonderfully wild ride. But as it turns out, it was back during the early production of Not Just Another Pretty Face that Bystedt would unwittingly sow the seeds of a creative awakening some 30 years in the future. Because that was when she shot Andy Warhol.
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The flower offered of itself
And eloquently spoke Of Gods
In languages of rainbows
And secret silence...
~Phillip Pulfrey~
And eloquently spoke Of Gods
In languages of rainbows
And secret silence...
~Phillip Pulfrey~
A sentiment
Only a feeling
Only a feeling
Enticed by a rare glimpse of existence.
Where time begs for eternity.
Like a sentiment,
Only a sentiment.
And in this realm of the heart
There's only one thing left for me to say
"Please Remember Me."
(((sdc.remember me.2012)))
What is this secret I keep
That even to my eyes is hidden?
To what shall I compare it with
When even to myself
It is unrevealed.
Why am I content to keep it a secret?
(((sdc.enchanted.october 2011)))
Something stirred,
Something changed,
Something's in the air
Pulsating with every beat.
The quiet longings
Of a broken heart.
(((sdc.broken vow.dec 2011)))
With a single touch
You turn the fire.
Like an angel's breath
The rustle of leaves in the breeze
And the gentle whisper of serenades.
(((sdc.only love.july 2011)))
A feverish longing,
A touch of magic that tossed and swayed,
Lingering even after the glow
of moonbeams fade.
Soft raps on the strings of my heart,
Forever Love.
(((sdc.forever love.sept. 2013)))
Little leaps of Fire
Gilded in velvet
Unlocking secrets
That dances seductively.
(((sdc.heart angel.november 2013)))
photos taken: at my uncle's farm in Barangay Mana, Malita, Davao Occidental


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This week I am making a mobile with the boys. Obviously Evan is making his own and I am "helping" Carter with his. This is what we are doing:
- I cut out geometric shapes out of foam board with an x-acto knife (a triangle, rectangle, square, hexagon and circle)
- The boys are painting each shape. This is a great opportunity to show the boys how to mix the paints to create new colors. Actually Evan remembers the different color mixtures from previous crafts, but it never hurts to review and this is Carter's first exposure to it!
- Once the paint is dried on all the shapes, the boys will be decorating the painted shapes with various stickers, glitter glue, pom poms etc.
- I will then write the name of each shape on each individual shape with a Sharpie.
- Allow each shape to dry thoroughly.
- I will then punch holes in each shape and tie together with string. This will also be a great practice for Evan to string the yarn through the holes (fine motor skills). And hang the mobiles in their rooms.
Evan is super excited about this project. Carter LOVED practicing the different colors! Due to running out of time today we only finished the triangles so no pictures yet. I will post pictures next Tuesday!
I may try this craft later in the winter time but using letters instead of numbers, so that Evan can practice his letter recognition - which he needs.


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282 pages
Jungian Perspectives on Rebirth and Renewal brings together an international selection of contributors on the themes of rebirth and renewal. With their emphasis on evolutionary ancestral memories, creation myths and dreams, the chapters in this collection explore the indigenous and primordial bases of these concepts.
Presented in eight parts, the book elucidates the importance of indirect, associative, mythological thinking within Jungian psychology and the efficacy of working with images as symbols to access unconscious creative processes. Part I begins with a comparative study of the significance of the phoenix as symbol, including its image as Jung's family crest. Part II focuses on Native American indigenous beliefs about the transformative power of nature. Part III examines synchronistic symbols as liminal place/space, where the relationship between the psyche and place enables a co-evolution of the psyche of the land. Part IV presents Jung's travels in India and the spiritual influence of Indian indigenous beliefs had on his work. Part V expands on the rebirth of the feminine as a dynamic, independent force. Part VI analyses ancestral memories evoked by the phoenix image, exploring archetypal narratives of infancy. Part VII focuses on eco-psychological, synchronistic carriers of death, rebirth and renewal through mythic characterisations. Finally, part VIII explores the mythopoetic, visionary dimensions of rebirth and renewal that give literary expression to indigenous people/primordial psyche re-navigated through popular literature. The chapters both mirror and synchronise a rebirth of Jungian and non-Jungian academic interest in indigenous peoples, creation myths, oral traditions and narrative dialogue as the 'primordial psyche' worldwide, and the book includes one chapter supplemented by an online video.
This collection will be inspiring reading for academics and students of analytical psychology, Jungian and post-Jungian studies and mythology, as well as analytical psychologists, Jungian analysts and Jungian psychotherapists.
To access the online video which accompanies Evangeline Rand's chapter, please request a password at
Editors' Introduction. Part 1: The Phoenix as Symbol. Laughlin, Phoenix Rising: A Comparative Study of the Phoenix Symbol as a Goal of Alchemical Work and the Individuation Process. Part 2: Native America. Bernstein, Re-establishing Dialogue between the Western Psyche and the Psyche-Left-Behind. Lacourt, Seeing the forest for the Trees: Birthing Symbolic Life. Part 3: Synchronistic symbols as liminal place/space. Singer, The Burden of Modernity: Three 'Takes' on the Snake and Recombinant Visionary Mythology. Dodson, Rebirthing Biblical Myth: 'The Poisonwood Bible' as Visionary Art. Part 4: India. Rand, Life's Threads: C.G. Jung's 1938 and 1944 'Orissa' Awakenings. Sengupta, Parama Pada Sopanam: The Divine Game of Rebirth and Renewal. Beebe, Responses to a Film 'Monsoon Wedding' about Integrity. Part 5: Primordial archetypal feminine. Essen, Remembering Eve's Transgression as Rebirth. Rowland, Symbolic Renewal; Renewal of symbols, the Rebirth of the Trickster Goddesses in Mysteries. Part 6: Ancestral memories: familial constellations of rebirth and renewal. Strnad, Adam and Eve as a Kleinian Narrative of Infancy. Nemeth, Symbols of Creation in Myth and Dreams: Directive, Orientative, Regenerative. Barone-Chapman, Trickster, Trauma and Transformation; Vicissitudes of Late Motherhood. Part 7: Eco-psychological, synchronistic carriers of rebirth and renewal. Nakamura, Archetypal Images in Japanese Anime Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers). Demenkoff, Prometheus in Our Midst: The Planet's Overdependence on oxygen. Norton, Artic Calving: Birthing A New Vision of the Earth through the Symbol of Ice. Part 8: Mythopoetic, psychological dimensions of rebirth and renewal. Fike, Visionary and Psychological: Jung's 1925 seminar and H. Rider Haggard's 'She'. Schwartz, A Native American Tale within Miss Frank Miller's Fantasies- How the Psyche Guides.


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