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All spice (Pimento)
Botanical name: Pimenta dioica L.
All spice takes its name from its aroma, which smells like a combination of spices; especially cinnamon, cloves, ginger and nutmeg. Dried allspice berries resemble large brown peppercorns. All spice is the only spice that is grown exclusively in the Western Hemisphere. The evergreen tree that produces the allspice berries is indigenous to the rainforests of South and Central America where it grows wild.
Botanical name: Cinnamomum cassia Blume
The cassia bark is coarser and thicker than the cinnamon bark. It has a more intense aroma and has higher essential oil content. Cinnamon is also available ground, and can be distinguished from cassia by its lighter colour and much finer powder.
Botanical name: Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Cinnamon is the inner bark of a tropical evergreen tree. Cinnamon comes in 'quills', strips of bark rolled one in another. The pale brown to tan bar strips are generally thin, the spongy outer bark having been scraped off. There actually are two kinds of cinnamon as we know it. True (Ceylon) cinnamon comes from a tree - Cinnamomum zeylanicum - native to Sri Lanka and the south-western coast of India along the Arabian Sea.
Botanical name: Syzygium aromaticum L.
Cloves are the immature unopened flower buds of a tropical tree. When fresh, they are pink, dried, they turn to a rust-brown colour. Measuring 12 - 16 mm (1/2" - 5/8") long, they resemble small nails, with a tapered stem (Cloves is 'nail' in Spanish). The large end of the clove is the four-pointed flower bud.
Family: Myristicaceae
Mace is the aril (the bright red, lacy covering) of the nutmeg seed shell. The mace is removed from the shell and its broken parts are known as blades.
In its natural state, mace is a bright crimson lace. As it is dried, it develops its characteristic aroma but loses its bright red colour. It is flattened and sometimes roughly broken into 'blades'. It is also sold ground and sometimes still enclosing the nutmeg.
Botanical name: Myristica fragrans Houtt. (family Myristicaceae)
The nutmeg tree is a large evergreen, it produces two spices — mace and nutmeg. Nutmeg is the seed kernel inside the fruit and mace is the lacy covering (aril) on the kernel.
The nutmeg seed is encased in a mottled yellow, edible fruit, the approximate size and shape of a small peach. The fruit splits in half to reveal a net-like, bright red covering over the seed, the aril. Under the aril is a dark shiny nut-like pit, and inside that is the oval shaped seed which is the nutmeg. Nutmegs are usually sold without the mace or hard shell.
Pepper black
Botanical name: Piper Nigrum L (family: Piperaceae)
Pepper comes from several species of a vinous perennial climber, which thrives best in humid rainy tropical regions. The spice is the fruit, called peppercorns.
Pepper is known for its spicy aroma and hot pungent taste. It is present as bunch on a spike. As it matures the berry first grows into a sphere of 4 mm, deep green in colour due to the chlorophyll on the outer layer of the skin. At full maturity the green colour turns into red.
A fresh pepper berry consists of a hard core and a softer outer rim. To produce black pepper the berries are plucked when they have not yet fully matured and obtained their green skin. After being plucked the berries are dried in the sun. As a result the skin derives its typical black wrinkled and spherical shape. The black colour is caused by the action of an enzyme which makes that the black pigments mask the chlorophyll.
The dried black pepper will have a typical spicy aroma, caused by essential oil, which is mainly distributed in the inner portion of the outer rind and a very small amount in the core. The hot pungent taste is caused by the piperine, which is located in the hard core. The essential oil content varies between 2 and 4% and the piperine content between 2 and 10%.
Immature berries have a lower density and are therefore referred to as 'light berries'. Small unfertilized and hence undeveloped berries are known as 'in heads'. These typically will have a diameter of less than 2 mm.
Main growing areas are in Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, India and Malaysia.
Pepper green
Botanical name: Piper Nigrum L (family: Piperaceae)
Pepper comes from several species of a vinous perennial climber, which thrives best in humid rainy tropical regions. The spice is the fruit, called peppercorns.
Pepper is known for its spicy aroma and hot pungent taste. It is present as bunch on a spike. As it matures the berry first grows into a sphere of 4 mm, deep green in colour due to the chlorophyll on th eouter layer of the skin. At full maturity the green colour turns into red.
A fresh pepper berry consists of a hard core and a softer outer rim. To produce green pepper the berries are plucked when they have not yet fully matured and obtained their green skin. Instead of being sun dried to produce black pepper the berries are blanched in hot water, which kills the enzyme that would cause the berry to turn black. After the blanching the green berries are dehydrated. Alternatively the green berries can be canned by pickling in brine.
Green pepper is mainly produced in India.
Pepper pink
Botanical name: Schinus Terebinthifolius (family: Anarcardiaceae)
Pink pepper is not related to black and white pepper (Piper Nigrum). In fact there are several species of pink pepper of which the Schinus Terebinthifolius and the Schinus Molle are the most common ones.
Schinus Terebinthifolius, also referred to as Brazilian red pepper, is a small tree, so not a vinous plant like Piper Nigrum, that reaches a height of some 7-9 metres. The Schinus Molle, also referred to as Peruvian pepper, is an evergreen tree that can grow to 15 metres height. The trees grow in the wild. The fruit is a small red berry of 4-5 mm in diameter growing in clusters of hundreds of berries. The berry carries a pepper-like taste and are usually sold in a dry state.
When the berries reach maturity they are handpicked and exposed to sunlight for drying. Additional cleaning is carried out mechanically to remove stalks, leaves and unmature berries. Also additional machine drying can take place. When dried the berries have a brittle skin with a more solid nucleus. To obtain 1 kilo of final product suitable for exportation, some 4 kilo of fresh pink peppercorns are required.
Pepper white
Botanical name: Piper Nigrum L (family: Piperaceae)
Pepper comes from several species of a vinous pperennial climber, which thrives best in humid rainy tropical regions. The spice is the fruit, called peppercorns.
Pepper is known for its spicy aroma and hot pungent taste. It is present as bunch on a spike. As it matures the berry first grows into a sphere of 4 mm, deep green in colour due to the chlorophyll on the outer layer of the skin. At full maturity the green colour turns into red.
A fresh pepper berry consists of a hard core and a softer outer rim. To produce white pepper traditionally (Indonesia, China) the berries are plucked when they have reached their full maturity and are deep red in colour. After being plucked the red fresh berries are soaked in water for a couple of days after which the red skin is removed by abrasion. What is left is the white inner core of the berry. The soaking process causes fermentation which releases a chemical substance called skatol. This skatol gives white pepper the slight off-smell, often referred as 'cow-stable' smell.
In the largest pepper growing region Vietnam the traditional way of producing white pepper by soaking the red berry has been replaced by water soaking the dried black berry. the removal process of the skin is more abrasive as in the traditional method and mostly results in a more grayish colour.
As the outer skin has been removed white pepper contains less volatile oil than black pepper.
Main growing areas are in Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, China and Malaysia.
Star Anise
Botanical name: Illicium verum Hook f.
The Star Anise is a small evergreen tree native to south-western China and northern Vietnam. When ripe, the hard brown fruits of this tree open out in the form of a star, hence the name.
The star anise tree comes into production in the sixth year and may continue bearing for 100 years. The fruits which are 8 point star shaped, give the spice when dried. Although the star anise is entirely different from anise botanically, the fruits of both contain essential oils of similar chemical composition and they taste very much alike.
Botanical name: Pimpinella anisum L.
Aniseed belongs to the parsley family. The majority of the world's supply of anise, also known as aniseed is widely cultivated in India. It is a slow growing plant requiring a frost free growing season of about 120 days.
Botanical name: Coriandrum sativum L.
Coriander is an annual herb of the parsley family. The spice is the seed of the plant. Its small flowers are white or pinkish and its dried ripe fruits are the spice known as coriander seed. The crop requires three and one-half to four months to mature. Harvesting takes place when the colour of the seed has changed from green to yellowish-brown. The seed should be fully ripe when harvested. After harvesting the seeds are threshed, dried and stored.
Botanical name: Cuminum cyminum L.
Cumin is a seed spice of an annual small herb of the parsley family. The plants require a mild, equable climate and a fairly long growing season of three or four months. The crop is ready for harvest when the plants begin to wither.
Botanical name: Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
Fennel is a tall, hardy, aromatic perennial of the parsley family native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean area. It is distinguished by its finely divided, feathery green foliage and its golden-yellow flowers. The spice 'fennel seed' is the dried fruit of the common fennel of commerce. Fennel seeds are harvested when they develop a greenish-gray colour and are sufficiently hard. After drying the fennel seeds are oval, greenish-or yellowish-brown.
Botanical name: Trigonella foenum-graecum L.
Fenugreek is a robust herb and has light green leaves. The plant produces slender, beaked pods, each pod contains about 10 to 12 small, hard yellowish brown seeds. The seed is produced as a spice. Fenugreek grows best in well-drained loams in mild climates. The crop matures in about 3 - 4 months after sowing. After the seeds mature the plants are uprooted and dried, so that the seeds then can be threshed, winnowed, dried once more and stored.
Botanical name: Zingiber officinale Rosc.
Ginger is one of the earliest spices known in Western Europe. Although often called "ginger root" it is actually a rhizome. It is available in whole raw root (fresh ginger) and dried roots.
The ginger plant requires a consistently warm and moist climate, brilliant sunshine, and heavy rainfall. The harvest begins nine months to a year after planting, when the stalks begin to wither. The rhizomes are twisted and dug up carefully with a hoe. These 'hands' are then cleaned, washed, scraped, boiled, peeled carefully with specially designed knives and dried in the sun for about eight days. Ginger is a soil-exhausting crop, requiring heavy fertilization, so when possible it is grown in rotation with other crops.
Botanical name: Curcuma longa L.
Turmeric is an ancient spice, a native of South East Asia, used from antiquity as dye and a condiment. Turmeric is in fact one of the cheapest spices. In many languages turmeric is simply named as "yellow root".
Turmeric is the rhizome of a ginger-like plant. It is usually available ground, as a bright yellow, fine powder. The whole turmeric is a tuberous rhizome, with a rough, segmented skin. The rhizome is yellowish-brown with a dull orange interior that looks bright yellow when powdered. The harvest starts when the stems begin to fade, about ten months after planting. The rhizomes are carefully dug, cured and prepared for the market by being boiled, cleaned, dried in the sun for about ten days, and polished. During the curing process the product loses about three-quarters of its original weight. Cured turmeric is sorted into 'fingers', 'rounds', and 'splits'.
Botanical name: Capsicum annuum L.
Paprika is a fine powder ground from certain varieties of Capsicum annuum which vary in size and shape. They may be small and round (Spain and Morocco) or pointed and cone shaped (Hungary and California). They are larger and milder than chilli peppers.
Paprika is produced from peppers ripened to redness. The powder can vary in colour from bright red to rusty brown.
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Bell Pepper
Botanical name: Capsicum Annuum
Bell pepper is a bell shaped vegetable that is mainly cultivated in China with growing areas in Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and Gansu Province. It is sold in both in its immature green state as well as in its red, yellow, or orange ripe state.
Its species are native to the Americas, where they have been cultivated for thousands of years.
The bell pepper is the only member of the Capsicum family that does not produce capsaicin like chilies and is therefore also known as sweet pepper.
Bell Peppers are highly nutritious. They have more Vitamin C than orange, and a typical bell pepper contains more than 100% of the daily recommended value for Vitamin C.
Botanical name: Brassica oleracea
Cultivated cabbage varieties are produced worldwide as a vegetable. It is a biennial or perennial crop with a thick stem, gray-green leaves, and four-petaled flowers, growing to eight feet. Within the first year, it produces a greatly enlarged terminal bud that develops into the familiar cabbage head. Basically there are white, green and purple varieties.
Nowadays China accounts for approx. 60% of the total world production of cabbage. Other major producers are India, Russia and South Korea.
Botanical name: Daucus carota subsp. sativus
The carrot is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist as well. Carrots are a domesticated form of the wild carrot, Daucus carota, native to Europe and southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Persia and was originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds. The most commonly eaten part of the plant is the taproot.
Nowadays early half of the total world carrot production originates from China with US, Poland, Russia, Ukrain and Uzbekistan producing some smaller quantities as well.
Botanical name: Allium sativum.
Garlic is a species in the onion genus, Allium and is closely related to onion, shallot, chives and leek.
Garlic is native to Central Asia and has a history of many thousand years of human consumption and is being used worldwide as a food seasoning and as a medicine. It is commonly believed that the sulfur compounds in garlic have shown to provide several health advantages in a wide variety of body systems.
The garlic cloves have a characteristic pungent and spicy flavour.
Traditionally the largest garlic producing country is China accounting for about 80% of the world production with India being the second largest producer.
Botanical name: Allium ampeloprasum
Leek is a vegetable belonging to the cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum, the broadleaf wild leek. The edible part of the plant is a bundle of leaf sheaths that is sometimes erroneously called a stem or stalk. The genus Allium also contains the onion, garlic, shallot and Chinese onion. Leek is consumed as flakes, granules or in powder form.
Leek has a mild onion like taste and is mainly cultivated in China, Egypt, Poland and Uzbekistan.
Leek in combination with celery and onion makes a great base for soups.
Botanical name: Allium cepa L
Onion is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. Its close relatives include garlic, shallot, leek, chive, and Chinese onion. Onion is most frequently a biennial or a perennial plant, but is usually treated as an annual and harvested in its first growing season.
Dried onions are available in three color varieties; yellow, white and red and are marketed as powder, granules, minced, chopped, kibbled, sliced and rings.
Together with garlic onions are one of the most commonly used dehydrates in seasoning and flavoring today's cuisine.
Main countries of origin for dried onions are India, USA, Egypt, China and Europe each with their distinct flavor profiles.
Botanical name: Pastinaca sativa
Parsnip is a root vegetable closely related to carrot and parsley. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual. Its long, tuberous root has cream-colored skin and flesh; and left in the ground to mature, it becomes sweeter in flavor after winter frosts. It has been used as a vegetable since antiquity and was cultivated by the Romans. It was used as a sweetener before the arrival in Europe of cane sugar.
The parsnip is native to Eurasia and is now mainly cultivated in Poland and Uzbekistan.
Botanical name: Solanum tuberosum
Potatoes are indigenous in the Andes and were introduced to Europe in the second half of the 16th century by the Spanish.
Potato has become a staple food in many parts of the world and is an integral part of much of the world's food supply. It is the world's fourth-largest food crop, following maize, wheat, and rice.
Potato remains an essential crop in Europe (especially eastern and central Europe), where per capita production is still the highest in the world, but the most rapid expansion over the past few decades has occurred in southern and eastern Asia. China is now the leading producer of potatoes in the world and together with India accounting for approx. 50% of the world production.
Red Beets
Botanical name: Beta vulgaris L.
Red beet is the taproot portion of the beet plant. Usually the deep purple roots of beetroot are eaten boiled, roasted or raw, and either alone or combined with any salad vegetable. Apart from being used as food red beets are also known as a natural food colouring agent. Betanin that is obtained from the roots is applied to improve the colour and flavor of tomato paste, sauces, deserts, jams and ice cream and many other foods.
Red beets are also famous for their health benefits that can be attributed to their richness in nutrients, vitamins and minerals.
Main countries of origin are Poland, Ukrain, Uzbekistan and China.
Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum
The tomato is the edible, often red, fruit of the tomato plant. Its use as a food originated in Central America and spread throughout the world following the Spanish colonization. Tomato is consumed in many parts of the world in diverse ways, including raw, as an ingredient in many dishes, sauces, salads, soups and drinks.
Numerous varieties of tomato are either cultivated as an annual crop in temperate climates across the world or in greenhouses in cooler climates allowing its production throughout the year. Botanically tomatoes are a fruit but they are cooked as a vegetable.
Dried tomatoes are available as flakes, granules and powder. The main producing country of dehydrated tomatoes is China followed by the US and Southern European countries like Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece.
Botanical name: Ocimum basilicum
Basil is a culinary herb of the family Lamiaceae (mints). It is also called the "king of herbs". Basil is possibly native to India and its fresh leaves taste somewhat like anise, with a strong, pungent, often sweet smell. The dried herb loses most of its flavor and tastes very different compared to fresh basil as a large part of the essential oils evaporate during the drying process.
The dried leaves and stems are used as spice for flavouring and for extraction of essential oil. Apart from flavouring numerous foods, it is used for seasoning in tomato paste products.
Basil is mainly cultivated in Egypt, Southern France and other mediterranean countries.
Botanical name: Apium graveolens L.
Celery is an aromatic, herbaceous plant grown for its leaves, seeds, oleoresin and essential oil. The dried ripped fruits are used as a spice whereas the dried leaves and stalks are used in salads and soups. It is also widely used in meat seasonings, confectionaries and baked goods.
Celery is cultivated in many parts of the world from Asia (mainly India and China) to the Americas (mainly the US) to Europe (Poland, France) and North Africa with Egypt being the main producer.
Botanical name: Anthriscus cerefolium.
Chervil is a delicate annual herb related to parsley. It is commonly used to season mild-flavoured dishes and is a constituent of the French herb mixture fines herbes. Chervil is used, particularly in France, to season poultry, seafood, young spring vegetables (such as carrots), soups, and sauces. Chervil is one of the four traditional French fines herbes, along with tarragon, chives, and parsley, which are essential to French cooking.
Chervil grows in many parts of the word with a moderate climate probably originated in Southern Europe.
Botanical name: Allium schoenoprasum
Chives is a perennial plant and is widespread in nature across much of Europe, Asia, and North America. This herb is closely related to garlic, shallot, leek and Chinese onion. The stalks that are hollow are being chopped in tubular rings and are as such used as a herb.
Chives are commonly used? as an ingredient for fish, potatoes, soups and other dishes. This ever-green herb adds an onion-garlic like flavor to many savory dishes.
Nowadays China, Germany and France are the main producers of dried chives.
Botanical name: Anethum graveolens
Dill is an annual herb in the celery family Apiaceae and is widely grown in throughout Europe and Asia. Dill is botanically related to chervil, aniseed and fennel. Its leaves, also called tips and seeds, are used as a herb or spice for flavoring food especially fish dishes like salmon, soups and sauces.
Dill originates from Southern Europe but is also grown in Asia, Middle East and Russia.
Laurel leaves
Botanical name: Laurus nobilis
Dried laurel also called bay have oval shaped leaves that are dark green in color. Laurel trees are evergreen trees that can be found in Mediterranean countries with Turkey and Georgia? being the largest producers. It is a hardy shrub that grows either wild or cultivated and can reach up to almost 20 meters.
If eaten whole laurel leaves have a pungent, sharp and bitter taste. Laurel leaves either in whole or in ground form are used to flavor sauces, soups and stews.
Botanical name: Origanum majorana
Marjoram is a somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with citrus flavors and grey-green leaves. Marjoram is related to oregano. Marjoram is cultivated for its aromatic leaves, either green or dry, for culinary purposes; the tops are cut as the plants begin to flower and are dried slowly in the shade. It is often used in herb combinations such as Herbs de Provence.
Marjoram is used for seasoning soups, stews, dressings, and sauces.
While marjoram originally was cultivated in South Turkey nowadays most of the production can be found in Egypt along the river Nile.
Botanical name: Origanum vulgare
Oregano is a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae). It is native to southwestern Eurasia and the Mediterranean region.
This herb is a perennial bushy, semi-woody shrub with spreading stems and branches with tiny white to purple flowers. Oregano, also known as wild marjoram, can be used in a variety of dishes with meat, cheese, omelet, soup, pizza and bread. The taste is pungent and slightly bitter.
Oregano is mainly cultivated along the coastal regions of Turkey, Greece and in Chili.
Botanical name: Petroselinum crispum
Parsley is the dried aromatic leaf of a biennial herb with dense foliage and white flowers. The bright green leaves are finely divided and curled. Leaves and seeds are used as a herb and spice. The aroma of the herb is characteristic, fragrant and spicy due to volatile oil present. There are two main groups of parsley used as a herb; flat parsley and curly parsley. Flat parsley is having a stronger flavour and is basically used in dried herb mixes or as a single ingredient in soups and meat whereas curly parsley is mainly used as decorative garnishing of several food dishes.
Parsley is being cultivated in many parts of the world with a mild climate. Major producing countries are France, Germany, Poland, Hungary, India and Egypt.
Botanical name: Rosmarinus officinalis L.
Rosemary belongs to the Rosmarinus officinalis L. Species and is a woody perennial herb with fragrant evergreen needle like leaves. The herb can be obtained in whole leaf form, cut and powder.
Rosemary is used as a seasoning in soups, meat, dressings and salads. When roasted with meats or vegetables, the leaves impart a mustard-like aroma with an additional fragrance of charred wood compatible with barbecued foods.
The main producing countries are Turkey and Morocco.
Botanical name: Salvia officinalis
Sage (Salvia officinalis) is a perennial herb native to the Mediterranean region commonly cultivated as a kitchen and medicinal herb. It is a short-lived shrub that grows up to 60 cm tall and has intensely aromatic gray-green leaves with a slightly bitter lemonish taste. Sage is used in flavouring meat, sausages, salads, cheese and soups.
The main producing countries are Albania, Turkey and Spain.
Botanical name: Thymus vulgaris (L)


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We have a great commitment
to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission
to build a great church for our great God!
You may find that Grace Point Church is a bit different from the average church!
We are different in our vision, members, accountability, purpose, outreach, structure, message, strategy, services, and giving. We are not pridefully trying to say we are "better" than other churches. We are simply and purposefully different.
Mike and Lori crafted the mission statement for Grace Point before they returned from Zambia, while God was still shaping and clarifying the vision in their hearts. Read The Grace Point Difference as a call to be authentic, purpose driven, fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.

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WiMAX- the latest access technology in Nepal for high speed internet has been launched by Nepal Telecom from Chaitra 14, 2069 to general users. The service was earlier launched for corporate offices, but now with the availability of abundant WiMAX USB dongle, and coverage being expanded to 49 districts of the country, Nepal Telecom is launching it to general home users with some introductory offers too. Before going to the price of CPE and tariff, let us make you clear on something.
WiMAX is a new generation internet technology that can provide maximum speed of tens of Mbps but it depends on the frequency bandwidth used and signal strength at your place but NT ensures minimum of 256 Kbps to its customers. To access the service, you need to have a separate WiMAX device (CPE-Customer Premises Equipment) connected to USB of your Computer or your mobile/computer may already have the WiMAX support. Currently there are three different types of CPE- Outdoor CPE, Indoor CPE and USB dongle. NT tells its customer that Outdoor CPE can work in 15 km from the Wimax tower, whereas Indoor CPE and USB dongle works for just 5 km and 2 km distance from the WiMAX Base station.
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4 WiMAX vendor counters in Kathmandu ( Baneshwor, Durbarmarg, Kupondole and Putalisadak).
Outside Kathmandu (Pokhara, Biratnagar, Chitwan, Butwal, Dhangadi and Mahendranagar).
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Most of us are familiar with the metaphor of the downward spiral for swift and sure failure. It's received an abundance of air and screen time amid the current economic crisis. In an extremely thought provoking and enjoyable post, the Epicurean Dealmaker not only describes the mechanics of the real life aeronautical disaster, but also makes the audacious (if not entirely facetious) argument that CEOs' skills ought to be tested before being handed ridiculous amounts of power and more money than most of us will ever encounter. (I'd say this is especially true if the taxpayers are paying their salaries.)
He describes the graveyard spiral:
…usually happens when a pilot loses sight of the visual horizon and enters a gradual turn. After 20 seconds or so, the pilot loses all sense that he is turning, but rather feels that the plane is descending in a gradual straight line. If the pilot does not consult his instruments to check whether he is indeed level or in a turn, he will likely try to pull out of the dive by pulling back on the stick and applying power…. The right thing to do instead, apparently, is cut the throttle to reduce acceleration, check your instruments, and gently turn out of the spiral. This will feel weird, but the point is that you have to trust your instruments, not your gut, the seat of your pants, or your inner ear.
In other words, you must have a solid foundation of skills in order to maneuver a difficult situation.
The flying metaphor is extended to the management of Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and others, whom he characterizes as amateurs taking lives in hand.
Give them a clear, cloudless day, gentle supporting thermals, and no other traffic in the sky, and these panjandrums were more than capable of piloting their tricked-out Cessnas the five hours from Reno to Orange County. They got paid ridiculous amounts of money for flying under perfect conditions, too, almost as if they were personably responsible for the favorable weather. But put them over unknown terrain, in fog, cloud cover, or at night, and let them drift into a gentle turn, and they fell apart. They had neither the sensitivity to tell when they were drifting into trouble nor the training and skill to recover from it.
Although I haven't been reading his blog long enough to know if he's serious about his proposed federally mandated 'Financial Institutions Piloting' course I am all for a system that identifies highly intelligent people, trains them, and then places them in real life positions of increasing responsibility before handing over the reigns to our economy. I don't know what kind of credentials these financial CEOs possess, but they're obviously lacking some crucial skills. Or is it ethics? Either way – I know it sounds old fashioned, but it seems to me that better, more experienced pilots tend to pull off smoother landings.
Thanks for the post, Dealmaker.


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And I think that keeping the boss of Libya from killing his subjects is a good idea.
Never Mind Who's in the White HouseRemember, this isn't a political blog.
For what it's worth, I didn't vote for the current American president. I emphatically do not, and cannot, support many of his policies.
So much for internal American matters.
Libya, a Colonel, and Lots of Dead PeopleColonel Muammar Abu Minyar al-Qadhafi has been boss of Libya since 1969. ("Libya," World Factbook, CIA (last updated March 16, 2011))
Quite a few Libyan's don't think he's a good leader. Many of them said so.
The Libyan colonel didn't like that, so he had them killed. That was, in a way, a quite natural response: I don't think most folks like being criticized.
Survivors still won't say that the colonel is dandy.
Qadhafi says he's the ruler of Libya, and has enough enforcers to back up his claim: so what business is it of anyone else which of his subjects he kills? Libya is some country off on the other side of the Atlantic anyway, and I don't know anybody there.
Remember: I don't think war is nice; and this isn't a political post.
"Just War:" During THIS Administration?!I think that the American president may have violated some protocols. Members of Congress have been fussing about not being consulted. They may have a point, but that lot doesn't have a good record for being able to keep secrets. And that's a topic for another blog.
I also think that a serious, sober look should be taken at how this country handles national security. It isn't the 18th century any more: or the 19th; or the 20th. And that, again, is a topic for another blog.
What I'm discussing in this post is whether or not it's right to stop someone from killing people who won't say he's a good leader. Even if he's got enough enforcers to get the job done, and says he is so a good leader.
That, I think, is what we're looking at in Libya. And, for that matter, Bahrain. In my opinion. Bahrain's boss hasn't ticked off enough of his neighbors to make a coalition possible - again in my opinion - and that, yet again, is a topic for another blog.
"Just War" and Libya: Point by PointIt's not particularly hard to find a definition of the "just war" doctrine. What's hard is figuring out whether any particular circumstance fits the criteria:
"The strict conditions for legitimate defense by military force require rigorous consideration. The gravity of such a decision makes it subject to rigorous conditions of moral legitimacy. At one and the same time:Whether or not acting before Qadhafi's enforcers killed the last person who wouldn't applaud the colonel was right or wrong is, I'll admit, a judgment call. Happily, one I don't have to make.
"These are the traditional elements enumerated in what is called the 'just war' doctrine.
- "the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain;
- "all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective;
- "there must be serious prospects of success;
- "the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated. The power of modern means of destruction weighs very heavily in evaluating this condition.
"The evaluation of these conditions for moral legitimacy belongs to the prudential judgment of those who have responsibility for the common good."
(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2309)
That won't stop me from thinking about it, though. Looking at the "just war" requirements:
- "the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain;"
- I'm not sure how many dead people it takes to be "lasting, grave, and certain"
- But dead is dead
- It doesn't get much more "lasting, grave and certain" than that
- "all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective;"
- This, I think, is a genuinely uncertain point
- It's possible to say that the next U. N. resolution will convince Qadhafi to be nice
- Or the one after that
- Or the one after that - - -
- Or the one after that
- It's possible to say that the next U. N. resolution will convince Qadhafi to be nice
- This, I think, is a genuinely uncertain point
- "there must be serious prospects of success;"
- Before the colonel's enforcers started wiping them out wholesale, Libya's opposition were winning
- Without
- A command and control center
- Outside help
- Some of the colonel's own forces decided to
- Join the opposition
- Leave Libya entirely
- Without
- With an multinational coalition operating under a United Nations mandate?
- Yes, I think folks who aren't on the colonel's cheering squad can win
- Before the colonel's enforcers started wiping them out wholesale, Libya's opposition were winning
- "the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated. The power of modern means of destruction weighs very heavily in evaluating this condition."
- This, I think, is another uncertain point
- Not acting without certain knowledge of all possible outcomes sounds nice
- But probably requires abilities that living human beings to not possess
- Which brings up the nature of knowledge
- And other topics
- Which brings up the nature of knowledge
- Divination, by the way, is on the 'don't do' list (Catechism, 2115)
- But probably requires abilities that living human beings to not possess
- My guess is that Libya could be worse off without Qadhafi
- But not by much
- And it seems that a fair number of Libyans are determined to oust him
- Whether they get help or not
Can't We Let the Police Handle This?I don't think that the death penalty is necessary in the United States. Bear with me: capital punishment connects to "just war."
My position on the death penalty emphatically does not come from feeling that rape and murder are okay. Partly, it's because I think that this country is able to restrain dangerous criminals without killing them. (October 2, 2008)
I think that, someday, maybe, there will be an "international authority with the necessary competence and power" to simply arrest someone like the Libyan colonel. (Catechism, 2308)
Until we have something like Tennyson's "Parliament of man, the Federation of the world," we'll have to make do with the United Nations. Or whatever's cobbled together after that.
I do not think that the United Nations is perfect. At all. But, for now, it's the best we've got for handling out-of-control national leaders.
And that's yet again one more topic.
Somewhat-related posts:
- "Libya: Nobody's Happy, but It Could Be Worse"
Another War-on-Terror Blog (March 21, 2011)
- "Libya, the Human Rights Paragon: You Can't Make This Up"
Another War-on-Terror Blog (February 28, 2011)
- "Lemming Tracks: ccTLD, .ly, Libya, and Censorship"
Apathetic Lemming of the North (October 11, 2010)
- United Nations Security Council resolution "S/RES/1973 (2011) The situation in Libya"
This post is one of a series being written today:
- "Citizenship, being Catholic, and the Rules of Polite Society"
(March 22, 2011, 2:22 p.m. Central, 19:25 UTC)
- "My Take on Libya, War, and Getting a Grip; Mostly Links"
(March 22, 2011 5:49 p.m. Central, 22:49 UTC)
- "Pacifism?"
(March 22, 2011 6:02 p.m. Central, 23:02 UTC)
- "'Jesus was a Pacifist/American/Vagrant'?!"
(March 22, 2011 6:36 p.m. Central, 23:36 UTC)
- "Assumptions, Making Sense, and Politics"
(March 22, 2011 6:45 p.m. Central, 23:45 UTC)


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Description:5337 · 21019426 + 1
Verification status (*):Proven
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Proof-code(s): (*):L2187 : Phillips, PSieve, Srsieve, PrimeGrid, LLR
Decimal Digits:306882 (log10 is 306881.53165695)
Rank (*):15394 (digit rank is 1)
Entrance Rank (*):1834
Currently on list? (*):no
Submitted:10/8/2012 06:36:18 CDT
Last modified:10/8/2012 08:50:26 CDT
Removed (*):9/17/2013 19:52:14 CDT
Database id:109723
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Score (*):43.005 (normalized score 0.313)
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Zylak is a member of the Sovereign people and a pilot of the Golden Drones.
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When Rocket Raccoon stole some of the Sovereign's Anulax Batteries from them following the Battle on Sovereign, Ayesha rallied her troops, including Zylak to pursue and destroy the Guardians of the Galaxy in their Golden Drones, which they virtually controlled from the Sovereign Planet. The Guardians evaded most of them in the Milano by going through a meteor field, until only Zylak's gunship remained.
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True or false: Eating in dimly-lit rooms makes you likely to eat less food.
The correct answer is: This is false. Dark environments actually make people more likely to binge eat. Research found that darkened rooms lower inhibitions about eating, and people tend to consume more food.
What size plate should you eat from to avoid overeating?
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Which eating utensil will help you eat less?
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Where should you store fruit to help you eat more of it?
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Where should you store junk food to help you eat less?
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Which of these tactics can help you eat less?
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Which container type will help you eat less candy?
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How far should you put a candy dish from you to help you eat less?
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Which of these scents can help you eat fewer calories?
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True or false: Music can make you overeat.
The correct answer is: This is true. Soft, comforting music as well as loud, irritating noise can make people overeat — but for two different reasons. The soft, comforting music encourages people to linger longer at a table, eat more, and even have another glass of wine or dessert. When people eat around loud, irritating noises, they often eat their food very rapidly, which causes them to overeat and consume more than they would normally.
What color room will help you eat less?
The correct answer is: You'll eat less if you eat in a blue room than if you eat in a red or yellow room. Research suggests red and yellow make food appear more appetizing, while people consume less in a blue room.
When should your kitchen close to prevent overeating?
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True or false: If you exercise in front of a mirror, you'll feel better about yourself when you're done.
The correct answer is: This is false. Women who exercise in front of a mirror feel worse about themselves and have a lower self-esteem after the workout than women who do not exercise in front of a mirror. The worse you feel, the less likely you are to get up and get moving.
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I've been involved in church planting for 8 years, but I realized that I've never done any formal study on the subject. After all they don't teach this kind of stuff in seminary (usually, apart from a special course). Too often, seminary is about parsing Greek verbs and understanding the filioque, not about the things that make you a good ministry leader. That means that the real training ends up happening on the job. There is all kinds of "folk knowledge" possessed by experienced pastors and ministry leaders and an associated literature. Perhaps it's just because pedagogy often lags behind practice. Also, as you know there are some things that require you to actually have some experience before the learning can really take (hence why most schools want people to have work experience before their MBA). So if I had learned a lot when I first started on the church plant thing it would have just been a theory to accept or reject against my understanding of the Bible, but now I have to test it against what practically happens. So there will probably be more follow-on posts, but here are some of my initial reflections:
- Church planting is hard. Our thinking about church planting is biased by two things. First, the zeal and excitement of doing it. Secondly, the success stories. It's a lot like starting your own business. The Bill Gates stories encourage you to do it, but that's the .0001% case. Something like 80% of church plants fail. I actually found this to be an encouraging point. If what you are doing feels hard and it's helpful to know it actually is hard. I feel more realistic about the entrenched long term mindset that will be needed to pull it off.
- Hard places are hard. I have been attracted to and surrounded by people who are also attracted to something other than "move to white suburbia anywhere USA." We don't want to just open up another franchise, we want to change things. The catch is, that the easiest way to start a big church is to move into one of those areas. In fact, the majority of people who have randomly found out about us are from those areas. We chose to be here on the edge of the city, which is harder for all kinds of reasons, the biggest of which is that the ready made, reasonably healthy church people mostly live not exactly where we are. Not that the goal is to reach church people, but you need a core of them to start with.
- Most plants start with something. The last plant I was on, was not a raw plant. It was a replant of a work that someone had been working on for 15 years before we arrived. So it was a matter of bringing new resources and energy to something that existed. What we are doing in Cincinnati is literally start from nothing. Many church plants happen as a "spin off" from an existing church. This means that the challenge is to turn 50 into 500. Our challenge is to turn 5 into 50. It's made more difficult by the fact that we are not associated with a well-known and recognizable brand. On the other hand, we've gotten a lot of leads from our association with Curry Blake. He has a national draw, and people are always looking to connect with people who believe in his message.
- People don't just bang on your door. Leaders are tempted to think that having a building or a sign, or mailers, or a great website will draw people, but generally speaking these are kind of "side items." They will help bring a person or two, but they are not going to build a church. To build a church, you need a group of Christian who believe in your message, and you need a strategy that is going to bring unbelievers and nominal Christians into your orbit.
- Not every visitor is a great member. A segment of people who are willing to visit a tiny church plant are willing because they are disgruntled in some way. They don't like the established church, it's not working for them, etc. For this group, the problem is not with the church, it's with them. You don't want people who you have to bend over backwards to please or accommodate. They will only exhaust you and blow others up. Warning signs are people have been to a zillion churches recently or who introduce themselves with a complaint about the last church. So you are really on the look out for people you can add to your vision, and body. You need folks who can walk with you through the bumps associated with planting a church.
- Church service is for the uncommitted. That's right. Most hardcore Christians get bored at a regular service. They don't need (or want) to hear another message on tithing, or general exhortations about obeying the Bible, etc. They aren't obsessed with having their kids well-entertained a church, etc. HOWEVER, these things are very important to the less committed, And most Christians fall in this bucket. If you start a church that only accommodates the hard core, be prepared to be small. That's not the real answer though, because these people need to the hard core folks to pull them and their children into a more serious walk with God.
- Get tough, pastor. Being a leader of a church is emotionally taxing. You are a kind of adult parent. You are the person people complain about or complain to. As just a member of a team I didn't really see this, but as the leader of the team I get it. It gets lonely fast when things get hard. It's important for the team to respond together whenever one comes under attack. I think this is what Jesus was looking for out of his closest disciples in the Garden. They let him down, but your team can learn not to. You will have your kindness returned with evil, and you will be required to do the right thing back. You have to learn to become emotionally flat line regardless of what happens. Jesus even says to rejoice when these things happen. Wow, I'm not there yet. But I realize I have to be unfazed when someone blows up their lives, or leaves the church. That's the way it works. I'm gong forward toward God and so is the plant.
More to come…