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Morning Light – November 18th, 2015
Today: [2 Chronicles Eight] Solomon in His Glory. In this chapter we find Solomon is 40 years of age and at the height of his glory. He builds cities and stores up his riches. He wages war and walks in total victory. Everything he puts his hand to prospers beyond all imagining. He is the wealthiest man who has ever lived, perhaps even down to our own day. At the same time Solomon made concessions for himself and largely ignored the specific instructions of Moses regarding the law of kings. He exempted himself and made excuses for why he was not expected to obey Moses. The cost at first was minimal but the legacy of Solomon's lukewarmness eventually destroys the nation and leads to their captivity.
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[2Ch 8:1-18 KJV] 1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, 2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. 3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. 5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
Solomon was seven years in building the temple commissioned by his father David. He was 13 years building his own house and a palace as well for the daughter of the king of Egypt who was apparently his primary wife. David has indoctrinated his son Solomon with the heart of a builder. He carried out major improvements in Jerusalem and in cities throughout Israel. There were cities built for defence and cities built for military build up – the manufacture of chariots, raising of horse flesh and entire cities whose sole purpose was to store up the wealth of the kingdom of Israel and Solomon's personal wealth. There is mention of the cities of Hiram being returned to Solomon. We read elsewhere that Solomon paid Hiram for his assistance in building the temple. The payment was in ceding cities to Tyre that Hiram found unacceptable and therefore abandoned them, returning them to Solomon. Solomon does not ignore these territories but repaired them as a matter of honor but had to compel his own citizens to live there apparently not by their first choice.
Now in building entire cities for the development of chariots and increase of horses Solomon is ignoring Deut. 17:6 whic says that the king of Israel should not multiply horses and chariots to himself. Solomon is ignoring the words of his own father in Psa. 20:7 "Some trust in chariots and some in horses but we will remember the name of the Lord our God…" At this juncture Solomon is approximately 40 years of age and already showing a definite cooling off in his relationship and fidelity to the God of his father.
Where do we place our security? Are we putting our trust in our resources or our job or possessions? When things such as these are threatened our faith or lack of faith is revealed in the stress level that rises when our false depedencies are put at risk. How do we avoid this? Intimacy with God and seperation from the pervasive influence of the world is very important in fostering and maintaining a strong and confident relationship with the Lord. Solomon was a cosmopolitan king – a citizen of the world. The more Solomon filled his life with the luxury and the influences of the world around him the more his faith waned until eventually he becomes steeped in idolatry and pagan rituals and lifestyle. In our day the influence of the world is as close as our finger tips. We don't have to get out of bed to come under the influence of those who would make merchandise of our attention span. The average attention placed upon a web page is less than 2 seconds. Whether in our cars or our homes or on the job we have an inestimable number of resources in media vying for our attention and for our dollars. If there was ever a word for believers who seriously want to sequester themselves to the heart of God it is limit your exposure to the media. We don't have to know what is going on in the world at every given moment. Over exposure to the internet, television, etc., gives us a spiritual life that is a mile wide and only one inch deep.
7 [As for] all the people [that were] left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which [were] not of Israel, 8 [But] of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. 9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they [were] men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen. 10 And these [were] the chief of king Solomon's officers, [even] two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. 11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because [the places are] holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.
During Solomon's riegn the last vestiges of the people of Canaan are put to tribute. It was God's plan revealed through Moses that these nations be destroyed altogether but when the people of Israel came into the promised land they very often refused to obey in this area. Instead of eliminating these tribes they put them to tribute, made treaties with them, intermarried with them and as a result the seeds were sown for the adulteration of the pure worship of Jehovah that reaches even to the courts of king Solomon. The temple indeed has been built but the the heart even of king Solomon is far from walking in an unquestioned fidelity to God.
What might Solomon's response have been when reading in the scriptures that the king is not to multiply horses to himself? What was his reasoning when he put the nations to tribute that Moses and the law commanded to be destroyed altogether? No doubt he might have said what many say today when they read the word: "Well the bible says a lot of things – but that isn't what it meant…" "That command was for back then – culture has changed, things are different now – you can't take it literally." These arguements are easily adopted and if we are not careful we will use them as an excuse to ignore issues of accountability to God's word. We live in a day when personal accountability is a lower priority than individual liberty. Every man does that which is right in his own eyes. When we read in the scripture we must ask ourselves "do we actually believe all this stuff?". The bible is given to us in it's entirety. If we pick and choose what we will believe and act on and what we will ignore then we have adulterated what it means to be a Christian. Jesus warned the Pharisees that they had made the word of God of none effect by their traditions. We must pause before we read a passage and lightly dismiss it as not applicable to our situation. Solomon did this in many instances and though it may not have exacted a great cost at the time eventually the nation of Israel is scandalized, ravaged and destroyed by the comprimises and lukewarm, anemic response Solomon demonstrated in regard to the faith of his father David.
12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, 13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, [even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. 14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. 15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. 16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. [So] the house of the LORD was perfected. 17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. 18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to king Solomon.
Solomon in all of his conquest and aquistion of wealth was very metiulous to set up and maintain the order of the priesthood according to the directions of his father David. Solomon was carrying out the testimony of David his father "the man of God" as stated in verse 15. But what about his own walk with God? In his youth – when he was small in his own eyes Solomon cried out to God and was given wisdom and understanding to make right decisions. As Solomon gets older he leans on his own understanding and makes decisions contrary to God's word regarding the conduct of the king. In the short term there was no real cost exacted upon Solomon or upon his kingdom – but in the process of time the kings that came after Solomon took the example set by him to their extremes and eventually the kingdom was taken from them.
It has been said what we allow in moderation our children and those we influence will take to excess. There was no one to hold Solomon accountable. The prophets that counseled David every day are seemingly silent in Solomon's day. Could it be that they knew Solomon would not listen? Had Solomon bought them off with comfortable lifestyles and they weren't willing to hold Solomon accountable? Whatever the case may be the band plays on and comprimises are made – eventually to the great misfortune of the people and the nation called by God's name.
In our own life we have to ask ourselves – what will our lives look like when we come into our own? Are there areas of comprimise and casual attitudes toward the things of God that we are allowing ourselves? What aspects of scripture and God's word do we lightly dismiss as not applicable to our situation? Are we living life with a listening ear to the voice of God or are we influenced by many voices in the world vying for our attention? Solomon lived his life beyond being made accountable by anyone but himself. We must make a choice to live out our walk with God under our own recognizance. Our friends will never call us into accountability and our enemies are too busy pursuing their own twisted agenda. We must ask ourselves what does the word of God say to us and do we even believe it is applicable to our lives? Then from that posture of teachableness and transparency we can hopefully feel after and find the place in life that God continues to be pleased with our choices and we spare ourselves and those that come after us the perils that eventually befell Solomon.
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Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. MertonAbout this Art
In October 1997, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was to be awarded to Professor Robert C. Merton, Harvard University, and Professor Myron S. Scholes, Stanford University, "for a new method to determine the value of derivatives."
Robert Merton is the 35th Harvard University faculty member - and the first from the Graduate School of Business Administration - to be awarded a Nobel Prize. To celebrate both an extraordinary honor and a remarkable man, the Baker Library presents an exhibition exploring the context in which Professor Robert Merton conducted his Nobel Prize research, from his early influences and investigations as a young doctoral student more than twenty-five years ago to the impact and growth of his groundbreaking work in the current academic and financial communities.
The Black-Scholes option pricing model established the everyday use of mathematical models as essential tools in the world of finance, both in the classroom and on the trading floor. The model offers a methodology to predict the seemingly unpredictable by using the lessons of complex mathematics and probability theory to forecast stock valuations, making it possible to successfully manage risk in the financial market. In less than thirty years it has changed the course of economic theory and financial practice. With the option pricing model firmly in place, Merton's research as a member of the Harvard Business School faculty continues to evolve as he turns his attention to new analyses of the financial system.


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My goal is to stay at the weight I'm at. It's proving to be very difficult. I lost another 1.4 pounds today. People do not feel bad for me and don't want to hear me complain, so I won't. I'll just be happy that I'm only one week away from becoming a "lifetime" Weightwatchers member and leave it at that*. Total weight loss so far: 26.8 pounds.
* If you think I'm not eating enough, here's a samplng of this week's menu: A chai tea latte every day; all-you-can-eat Brazilian steak Friday night; brownies and Fritos before dinner Saturday night; steak chili; cheddar chicken with black beans; sushi; steak and potatoes; movie popcorn; sour Skittles; and an avocado and pepperjack chicken sandwich. That's in addition to the yogurt, fruit, Fiber 1 bars, and salad that I eat repeatedly throughout the day. It has to be all the working out (which I refuse to cut back on).
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What Type of Dinner Plates Hold Heat Best?
In homes all over the world, food is served on dinner plates to the enjoyment of guests. However, some plates tend to hold heat better than other plates, and for the consumer hoping to keep food hot longer, a heated plate is ideal.
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Paper plates do not tend to hold heat well; while they can be briefly heated, the paper does not conduct the heat long enough to keep food warm.
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Plastic plates can hold heat if they are specially formulated to do so; otherwise, heating a plastic plate too much causes the plate to melt, and the plate does not retain the intensity of heat very long.
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Stone plates hold heat well. However, they are difficult to heat thoroughly and uncommon in many households.
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There are many perks to being one's own boss, and off the top of my head, the greatest perk is having control over your working hours and activities. You can work for 12 hours or two. You can choose to tackle the difficult tasks in one go, or work on them at a more leisurely pace. You can work through holidays and weekends, or you can scale back your hours so you can have lunch with friends, dinner with your spouse, or be able to pick up your kids from school. Being an entrepreneur allows you a lot of liberties.
However, life as an entrepreneur isn't always what it's cracked up to be.
Too much of a good thing can be (kind of) bad, including freedom
Having too much freedom on your hands has its drawbacks, too. One of these is being prone to distractions. Another is not having absolute control over factors that may directly or indirectly affect your productivity. Take the other day, for instance. It was 10:00 AM but my day was already considerably eventful. That week, my book was supposed to launch. Instead, I had to make it my pre-launch week because there were some aspects of the things I wanted to do come launch time that weren't quite right yet. I had to take a step back and figure out what my next steps were in order for me to get it live as fast as possible.
So, I went to my computer and started playing around, checked a couple of emails, and ended up on Twitter. Oh, I saw that VWO had shared one of my blog posts, so of course I clicked on that link and for the next 20 minutes, I went down a rabbit hole of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and social media in general.
While sorting through my personal social media accounts, I saw that my wife had posted an adorable new photo of our dog, our Shiba Inu Sheana. I thought, "Wow, that is a really great photo!" It got me thinking: what if Sheana, our dog, had her own Instagram account? So I went ahead and created an Instagram account for Sheana. Okay, rabbit hole #2 just went down. I was sufficiently distracted by the time I realized I that there is so much going on and if I continue down this path, I won't get as much done as I should.
Stop getting distracted
One of the challenges of any entrepreneur is staying focused and being wise with how time is spent. If you are an entrepreneur, remember that you only have 24 hours in one day, so you have to prioritize the things that you need to tick off your to-do list for the day.
Speaking of to-do lists, it is a great idea to have an actual one. It seems old school, but list down the tasks that you have to accomplish for the day, and quickly decide how you will go about each one of them. You can choose to tackle the more difficult tasks first before working on the easier ones, or you can ease into your day by doing the easier tasks, and plunging into the more challenging ones later in the day when you are on full work mode already.
If you're the creative type and absolutely cannot go full steam with work without taking short breaks, it is a great idea to spend maybe 60-90 minutes on a task, then taking 10-15 minute breaks in between to do things for yourself – check your email, your social media accounts, take a short walk, indulge in a power nap, play with your dog, fix yourself a snack – basically anything to keep you rejuvenated and ready to take on the other tasks on your plate.
Oh, and if you think my eventful day is over – there's more. Tune in to part two of A Day in the Life of an Entrepreneur. Share your entrepreneurial obstacles and stories, I'd love to hear from you. Sound off in the comments section.
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Prague, Dresden, Cesky Krumlov,
Karlovy Vary, Kutna Hora...
Arrive early enough in Prague to start exploring this beautiful city. Amongst the highlights, delight in viewing the Castle, St. George's Basilica and the Royal Palace. Look forward to visiting the Infant Jesus of Prague, famous enough to attract thousands of visitors every year. Fall in love with the artificially constructed Kampa Island and have a good look at Charles Bridge, a landmark of the city of Prague.
More of scrutinizing the city of Prague, this time the Old part to admire the different architecural buildings amongst them the Gothic Our Lady Before Tyn Church. Try to be at the main square and near the Town Hall on the hour so that you will be amazed by the workings of the astronomical clock. After visiting the Jewish Quarters, time will be set aside for those interested in taking a boat cruise on the River Vlatva.
Spend time at Ceský Krumlov, a town considered the most beautiful in Bohemia and on your way cherish the greenery and the sweet little villages. The same can be said for when you are travelling to the spa town of Karlovy Vary. Being a spa town, one cannot miss out on visiting the Spa Colonnades. The Maria Magdalene Church is also worth investigating so time would be set aside for it.
Travel on to the city of Liberec, close to Poland's border. After strolling around the town and absorbing all this appealing place has to offer, look forward to going up to the peak of Mountain Ješted to be amazed by the astonishing views of surrounding countries.
This trip will offer you the opportunity to visit a German City, the City of Dresden, a vivid reminder of Florence. Stand in Theatreplatz and look around to marvel at the Hofkirche, Zwinger Palace and the Semper Opera House, all boasting different magnificent architectures. Prepare yourself to take pleasure in viewing the Procession of the Princes, better known as the Fürstenzug.
Don't miss out on the opportunity to explore another town on the UNESCO Heritage list, that of Kutná Hora, renouned in medieval times for silver mining. Roam leisurely around the town and stop for a pic or two of elegant palaces, the best being the Italian Court. Proceed with the same pace to Santa Barbara Basilica. Your trip will not be complete unless you make a stop over at the Sedlec Ossuary. Very simple on the outside, you will encounter a different story on the inside. Do not bother to count the skeletons used in a decorative manner. There are 40,000 of them! The manouvering of such a great number of human skeletons makes this church earn its name as the Bone Church. Change the scene soon after when you start preparing to attend a folklore night, where music and good, traditional food will put you in quite a jolly mood.
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Was Today April Fool's Day?
I'll admit I'm not much of a prankster. In fact I'm kind of a huge baby when it comes to falling victim to practical jokes. Come to think of it, I'm not sure I've ever really had anyone pull a "real" practical joke on me. I think the closest thing is hiding in the closet to scare me or something along those lines.
So I was a little taken back, by the disappointment I felt, that April Fool's Day came and went without even a hint of presence. The only person that even mentioned it to me was my wife this morning when I got up. She gave me a brand new toothbrush and said, "Happy April Fool's Day". I kept asking her things like, "Does it shock you?" "Does it stain your teeth black?" Does it leave a bad taste in your mouth?" Her answer to all my questions was, "No." So I opened it and brushed my teeth with it. Sure enough, she was telling the truth, it was just a regular, old toothbrush.
As I drove to work I kept thinking, "Is my wife secretly an alien that has just come to this planet and is unfamiliar with the custom of April Fool's Day?" As hard as I tried, I couldn't convince myself of the fact.
All day long at work I kept waiting for someone to do something to somebody, anybody, but it never happened. No one even mentioned it, nor told a story of a "great prank for years past". My boss came in today with a "pinched neck". He kept walking around the office as though he was wearing an invisible neck brace, never once turning his head. Plus he was kind of lopsided because of the "pinch". I kept laughing at him all day, every time I saw him and of course was anticipating the big, "April Fool's Day" to come spilling out of his mouth. It never did. Quittin' time came and the day was gone. April Fool's was dead as far as all my co-workers were concerned.
After work it was off to the comic book store, (it's Wednesday, new comic book day of course. Not to mention Previews day as well!). I figured I'd get something there, if nothing else an old standard like, "Books didn't come in today" or "Your total is $11,543.72". Again, it was as though the world had skipped over the "fool".
Where did the love go for the fool? This world is full of them. Most days I think that not a single one of us is free from being included in "a world full of fools". Yet, we'd ignore the day to celebrate our "fooldom"? What's that? Fool… as in trick? Oh, yeah, I guess that makes sense. I got confused there for a minute.
So Happy April Fool's Day! E-mail me your address and my wife will send you a toothbrush.
Egg On!
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Messin' With My Boss
As I mentioned before, I have one of those "cool bosses". He has a really good sense of humor and allows me to mess with him in ways that are completely inappropriate. Sadly, screwing with him and playing pranks is the only part of my job that I like.
I realize that when it comes to practical jokes, it's somewhat difficult to share them with other people. They just don't seem that funny when you're telling "what you did" to somebody. It's too personal and too much of an "inside joke", so I'll spare you the long list of horrible things I've done to him. In the same breath I will give you a list of some disgusting jokes I subjected him to.
A few months ago I took a picture of my boss. I told him it was to show to my wife since I talk about him so much she wanted to know what he looked like, (always appeal to the ego when lying, if applicable). Of course all I really wanted was a picture of his face to do my evil deeds with.
My boss keeps a desk calendar by his computer, so I thought it would be funny to make my own calendar pages and insert them on every "Monday" page. So I made little pages that had his face on them with a caption or quote above it. The following is a list of those captions or quotes.
OK, I started to type them out, but they're just too disgusting and the list if frightfully long, like 37 gay innuendos, (and that's just too much). I will share my favorite though, just so you can get a taste of it. Now imagine a smiling face, just a head floating on a piece of paper with the words above it, "Veteran Spelunker of the Man Cave".
I don't know, maybe I should have just kept this to myself.
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Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), a new US women's football league, will stage its opening match March 29 with the Los Angeles Sol hosting the Washington Freedom, the league announced Tuesday.
The league follows in the footsteps of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), which played three seasons before folding in 2003 but received a notable mention in the film "Bend It Like Beckham".
Some five-and-a-half years after Washington won the last WUSA title, the Freedom will take the field again for the WPS opener with Japan's Homare Sawa and US veteran Abby Wambach against a Sol squad led by Brazilian star Marta.
Other WPS teams include Chicago Red Stars, St. Louis Athletica, Boston Breakers, Sky Blue FC of New Jersey and FC Gold Pride from Santa Clara, California.
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Let's be totally honest. We all know that the main thing about youth work is not the number of young people who come along each week. We all know how easy it is to measure success by numbers: how many came, how many got involved, how many spoke. But, there is a danger that we have dismissed numbers as completely unimportant. If something is growing in a healthy manner, you'll also find that it is growing numerically. Numerical growth isn't necessarily the focus but the fruit of the being healthy.
The Bible takes numbers seriously, there's even a whole book about it! But there are also stories about 'feeding the 5000', ', the miraculous catch of fish records catching 153 large fish and on the day of Pentecost about 3000 people were baptised. On each occasion, the number isn't planned but it is worth recording. Each occasion expected some kind of numerical response.
So, how can we lead our youth groups in a way which they naturally grow? Here are some simple steps to follow:
1. Love the ones you have
I understand the frustration I heard from a concerned youth leader who said to me,"we only have three young people in our church. How can I reach their friends?" But the first question shouldn't be how do I use the ones we have to reach those who don't come, rather it should be how do we love the ones we do have so much that others want to join in? The advantage of only having a few young people in our youth group is we can make sure that they are cared for properly, that there are several adults investing in each one, older Christians regularly praying for them, birthdays and other important dates celebrated and they are publicly cheered on by the rest of the church. Make sure you do everything you can to make each young person feel special, loved and valued. These are emotions every one of us wants to feel and when we see others experiencing them, we want in as well.
2. Build community
Each time you meet as a group, make sure you include time to share life together. Find out how the last week has gone. What's been the highlight? What would they never want to go through again? What are they hoping for at the moment? Help the group to invest in one another and to properly share life together. It builds friendship, trust and accountability. Again, something that's attractive to the outsider.
3. Socials
One way of building community is to make sure there's a regular social aspect to your programme. This might be once a month having a meal together, or a games night or even a trip or weekend away. Keep the social calendar regular and varied.
4. Involve young people more
As part of your regular youth group meetings, get the young people who come to help run it. This might be leading a game or a discussion, or making a cake for the group to share. It doesn't really matter what but it is important that everyone who comes can serve the rest of the group. This builds ownership and a sense of belonging.
5. Publicity
Create eye-catching publicity for your youth group. Have a general leaflet, poster or postcard which you can give to each member of your group and they can use as a poster on their bedroom wall. Each term, create a colourful programme which includes intriguing titles for the meetings and outlines the social events. Make it something that they might put on their fridges so parents can make sure their children don't miss out. By doing this, you are creating something that their friends might see and ask more about.
These five steps have nothing to do with actively attracting more young people to the group but will, if done creatively, naturally attract friends to ask questions, to notice something different and want to experience the group for themselves.
In my next blog post, I will share five steps you can take to actively invite members' friends to get involved with your youth group.
Here is the challenge: which one of the 5 steps I have just outlined are you weakest in? Do one thing this week that could help you improve in that area. You might like to list your step in the comments section below.


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Frank V. Gardner
John Kennedy, Eternal Rest
Poem by Frank V. Gardner
The day John Kennedy was shot,
He bowed his wounded head...
His wife embraced him frantically,
Her lap, a martyr's bed.
Within the hour he was gone....
She kissed a last good-bye.
A world in dismal disbelief
Was heard, softly, to cry.
The final sacrifice she offered
Was her wedding band...
She took it from her finger,
And placed it in his hand.
So, thus began the journey home
For freedom's leader, slain....
Two children there would never see
Their dad alive again.
As line of march began to form,
With caisson, flag, and band,
His little girl brushed back a tear,
And held her mother's hand.
His little boy, three years that day,
Then gave one last salute,
As widow, throng, and nations joined
In wonderful tribute.
A million mourners lined the road;
And whispered last farewells,
As millions more around the world
Would hear the tolling bells.
His grave is 'cross the river now,
On Arlingtons' hillside,
Where burns a soft 'eternal flame, '
A symbol of our pride.
The crowds go there to meditate
On how they loved him best,
To pray that his immortal soul
May have eternal rest.
(Written at my home in Vienna, Virginia,
during the four days we mourned
President Kennedy's tragic death in November 1963.)
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(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Navy has identified the nine missing sailors from the USS John S. McCain, as search and rescue efforts were suspended.
The McCain sailor who died in the collision has been identified as Electronic Technician 3rd Class Kenneth Aaron Smith, 22, of New Jersey. Divers recovered his remains inside the ship's flooded compartments.
Crews from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia spent more than 80 hours looking for the 10 sailors who went missing on Monday morning after their guided-missile destroyer collided with a Liberian-flagged tanker, the Alnic MC.
According to the Navy, the search covered an approximately 2,100-square-mile area east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. The McCain is now docked at Changi Naval Station in Singapore.
"U.S. Navy and Marine Corps divers will continue search and recovery efforts inside flooded compartments in the ship for the missing Sailors," the Navy said.
Monday's deadly collision was the second for the 7th Fleet in recent months and followed two other mishaps involving Navy ships in the Pacific. In June, the destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship off the coast of Japan, killing seven U.S. sailors who could not escape flooded areas inside the ship.
The commander of the 7th Fleet, Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, was already relieved of duties this week after it was determined the Navy had lost confidence in his ability to lead the fleet.
The nine missing sailors are:
Electronics Technician 1st Class Charles Nathan Findley, 31, from Missouri
Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Abraham Lopez, 39, from Texas
Electronics Technician 2nd Class Kevin Sayer Bushell, 26, from Maryland
Electronics Technician 2nd Class Jacob Daniel Drake, 21, from Ohio
Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Timothy Thomas Eckels Jr., 23, from Maryland
Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Corey George Ingram, 28, from New York
Electronics Technician 3rd Class Dustin Louis Doyon, 26, from Connecticut
Electronics Technician 3rd Class John Henry Hoagland III, 20, from Texas
Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Logan Stephen Palmer, 23, from Illinois
The Navy continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding the McCain's collision. But a U.S. official told ABC News on Tuesday that an initial report indicated the McCain reported a loss of steering in the minutes prior to the collision.
Even if the McCain did lose steering ability, the official cautioned the crew would have been trained to handle such a situation, including taking evasive maneuvers to avoid a collision with an incoming vessel.
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DALLAS — Some people saw it as a critical health and safety issue: Up to 20,000 farmworkers per year were getting poisoned by agricultural pesticides, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and new regulations were needed to protect them.
DALLAS — Some people saw it as a critical health and safety issue: Up to 20,000 farmworkers per year were getting poisoned by agricultural pesticides, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and new regulations were needed to protect them.
But there was another side to the argument, and Rick Perry took it.
"American business in general, and American agriculture specifically, have had enough of bureaucracy at both the federal and state levels, but especially bureaucracy out of Washington," Perry said at a congressional hearing. "The men and women who feed and clothe this nation are suffocating under the weight of mounting federal regulations."
That was back in 1993, when Perry was Texas' agriculture commissioner. Now Texas' longest-serving governor, Perry has remained steadfast in his opposition to government regulations. Soon after a fertilizer plant explosion in West killed 15 people, Perry said spending more tax dollars on inspections would not have prevented the tragedy.
"All the regulation and enforcement possible simply cannot anticipate, nor prevent, every tragedy such as the explosion in West," Perry spokesman Josh Havens said.
But the governor's critics see the deadly explosion as graphic proof of the consequences of rolling back government regulations and weakening the deterrent effect of lawsuits by injured citizens.
"In a regulatory environment in which companies have virtually unchecked freedom but not enough responsibility and accountability, the inevitable result is a series of crises like the West explosion," said Thomas McGarity, a University of Texas law professor who once advised Democrat Jim Hightower, a former state agriculture commissioner.
Tons of unregulated ammonium nitrate blew apart the West Fertilizer Co. and much of the town in April. The blast injured hundreds and caused millions of dollars in damage. It also laid bare holes in the state's regulatory oversight system.
Texas does not require such facilities to carry liability insurance. It has no statewide fire code. No single agency is charged with ensuring plant safety. There is no minimum training requirement for the volunteer firefighters who serve much of Texas.
In addition, West Fertilizer and similar facilities all over Texas are part of an agricultural system that is marked by gaps in regulation, from food safety to worker protection.
It is impossible to say precisely what would have happened in West if Texas followed a different regulatory philosophy. It's equally impossible to know exactly how much tighter regulation would have dampened the state's economy, as Perry and his supporters have claimed.
A close examination of Perry's political history, however, does show how long and how far he's pushed the pendulum of deregulation, even beyond the business-friendly policies of conservative Democrats who used to run the state. It also shows that the explosion in West was not the first crisis that could be attributed to weak health and safety oversight.
Perry, who may be exploring a second bid for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, declined an interview request.
But his spokesman said it was "sad that some would exploit the West tragedy, especially when the investigation into a cause continues and there is no empirical evidence more regulations would have had any impact."
The exact cause of the fire that led to the explosion may never be determined. But the ammonium nitrate that exploded was kept in wooden bins in a wooden building with no sprinkler system. State inspectors never flagged any problems with the way the material was stored.
Perry's pro-business emphasis on "fair and predictable regulations" is deeply tied to his rise to power.
After a stint in the Air Force in the 1970s, Perry returned home to work on his family's ranch in wide-open West Texas. In 1984, he was elected Democratic state representative for a district that included his native Haskell County, which then had a population of about 7,700.
Perry was in his third term when Republican strategist Karl Rove and a friend urged him to abandon the Democratic Party.
Perry ran as a Republican for agriculture commissioner against populist Democratic incumbent Hightower. He won in 1990 with the backing of agribusiness.
"Perry swept rural counties because, as a rancher, he actually knew something about agriculture," Rove wrote in his autobiography. "He won the suburbs because of his marquee good looks and conservative values."
During his two terms as agriculture commissioner, Perry had a close relationship with the Texas Farm Bureau, which lobbies in Austin and Washington, D.C., on behalf of farmers and ranchers.
"Our members felt like he was one of them," said Steve Pringle, the group's legislative director. "They had confidence in him and in his ability to make decisions in regulatory matters that would be in the best interests of farmers and ranchers, and that's what he did."
It was in that context that Perry traveled to Washington in 1993 to argue for a delay in new rules on pesticides and farmworkers.
Perry called the proposed rules "regulation by the government for the government." He and other opponents succeeded in delaying their enforcement. By the time the rules were implemented, critics said, they had been watered down.
"They're weak regulations. They're not well-enforced," said Virginia Ruiz, director of occupational and environmental health for Farmworker Justice, a Washington-based advocacy group. "They contribute to a work culture where the dangers of pesticides are not recognized."
By the end of Perry's eight years as state agriculture commissioner, he said he had eliminated about 230 regulations and cut his department's staff nearly 20 percent.
There was also a dramatic decrease in investigations into violations of the state's "right-to-know" law, according to a 1994 state agency report. The law required farmers and ranchers to inform workers about pesticide use in their environment and offered training in the safe handling of such chemicals.
Vaughn Cox, a community organizer in the Rio Grande Valley town of San Juan who worked for Hightower as a pesticide specialist, said Perry repeatedly sided with agricultural producers over farmworkers. He said Perry's track record on pesticide regulation and enforcement foreshadowed a light touch in state regulation of ammonium nitrate.
"It's 'slash and hack and burn, get rid of everything, and it will be better off for everybody.' And then there's a chemical explosion in West," Cox said. "Somebody should have been riding herd. When you have that amount of ammonium nitrate in one place, it is a bomb ready to go off — and it did."
In 2007, Perry signed into law a measure intended to keep stores of ammonium nitrate secure from would-be terrorists. But the law didn't authorize the state to fine firms if they violated it.
And records from the state agency charged with inspecting ammonium nitrate facilities revealed that last year more than half lacked either secure fencing or locked storage areas, a Dallas Morning News investigation found.
Perry was elected lieutenant governor in 1998 after running on his record of holding the line on big government and regulations. Two years later, when Gov. George W. Bush was elected president, Perry inherited the state's highest executive office.
He proclaimed Texas "wide open for business."
Business boomed and unemployment remained low. Texas weathered the 2008 recession better than most. And its economy has since grown faster than other states'.
Many economists agree that the primary driver of Texas' economy is the oil and natural gas boom, resulting from advances in drilling technology. Some point to steps that state government has taken to help businesses, such as incentives for companies relocating or expanding in Texas.
Perry and his party have also kept a tight rein on state spending. They often talk about the benefits of not having a state personal income tax.
But government resources for regulation have not kept pace with the state's growth, critics say, and they point to a 2008 food safety scandal as evidence.
After so many years in office, Perry was well on his way to controlling most of the levers of state government through his appointments. In 2006, he approved the appointment of a new commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services.
In 2008, a nationwide outbreak of salmonella poisoning revealed problems with Texas' food facility licensing process.
Federal officials initially traced the outbreak to a Peanut Corporation of America facility in Georgia. They then learned that the company also had a plant in the Texas Panhandle town of Plainview.
"We checked our database of licensed food manufacturers and did not find the Plainview facility," recalled Carrie Williams, spokeswoman for the Texas health department.
For nearly four years, the Peanut Corporation of America had operated the Plainview plant unlicensed and unnoticed by the state agency. Workers roasted peanuts and produced peanut meal that were shipped to the Georgia facility to make peanut butter and paste.
"Since peanuts and peanut products were transferred between the Texas and Georgia facilities, both of which had inadequacies on inspection, it is not possible to say where the contamination originated," said an article in The New England Journal of Medicine.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration contracts with Texas, as it does with most states, for food-safety inspections. After the salmonella outbreak, the state health department inspected the Plainview plant for the first time.
An inspector found that a crawl space in a false ceiling above the production area was infested with dead rodents. The plant was shut down, and the state ordered a product recall.
By the time the salmonella outbreak ended, nine deaths and the illnesses of more than 700 people had been traced to the Peanut Corporation of America. Health department officials in Colorado said at least six illnesses there were linked to the company's plant in Texas.
The company later filed for bankruptcy. Its president and three others were indicted in February on federal charges, including the introduction of adulterated, misbranded food into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud.
The indictment includes several references to the role of the Plainview plant in the alleged conduct. Those charged have pleaded not guilty and are awaiting trial in Georgia.
At the time of the salmonella outbreak, the Texas health department had 34 inspectors responsible for monitoring 21,061 food-related facilities.
The Peanut Corporation of America plant was not the only facility operating under the radar of state regulators.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality learned about West Fertilizer's tons of ammonium nitrate only after the company was two years late in seeking permits, The News reported in April.
The fertilizer facility, built in 1962, was among those exempt, or "grandfathered," from getting air pollution permits. In 2001, the Legislature amended state law to require them to do so.
Those permit applications were due in 2004, the same year Donald Adair bought West Chemical and Fertilizer Co. and renamed it Adair Grain Inc., doing business as West Fertilizer Co.
But the applications were not submitted.
In 2006, a complaint about an ammonia odor prompted the TCEQ to send an inspector to the facility.
A records check revealed the overdue permits. West Fertilizer applied for two — one for a pair of 12,000-gallon tanks of anhydrous ammonia, a potentially lethal gas, and one for handling equipment for solid, bulk-sold fertilizer.
An application document dated Oct. 31, 2006, lists five types of solid fertilizer the company processed. The one with the greatest volume was ammonium nitrate, at an annual maximum of 2,400 tons, or 4.8 million pounds.
TCEQ examined West Fertilizer under a state law that requires the agency to look at whether air contaminants or nuisance odors from facilities within 3,000 feet of a school pose short-term or long-term health hazards, said agency spokesman Terry Clawson.
"The permit review concluded that if the facility was operated within the terms of the permit, adverse health effects would not be expected," Clawson said. "The way we typically become aware of these 'previously grandfathered' facilities is through complaints or investigations."
TCEQ approved the permits. An agency official earlier this year told The News that TCEQ has no authority or responsibility to review overall safety and emergency planning.
By pushing for tort reform, Perry also set into motion changes that could limit what victims can collect when a company is proved to have acted negligently.
Business interests had pushed since the mid-1980s for laws combating what they described as "frivolous lawsuits, outrageous jury awards and greedy trial lawyers."
Perry joined this movement and boosted his popularity with business interests, which helped fill his campaign coffers. As state agriculture commissioner, he backed several tort reform measures pushed by then-Gov. Bush and adopted by the Legislature.
The Legislature enacted a cap on punitive damages for corporations that are found to be negligent. The cap is equal to double the amount of economic losses, plus up to $750,000 for noneconomic losses such as pain and suffering, or $200,000 — whichever is higher.
In 2003, with Perry as governor and the GOP in control of both legislative chambers, supporters of lawsuit limits made major advances in their cause.
They included a "responsible third party" provision that enables defendants to potentially reduce their liability by adding to a suit parties from whom the plaintiff cannot recover because they were not named when the lawsuit was filed.
"We believe that the current Texas civil justice system allows fair recoveries for parties wrongfully injured by others," said a spokeswoman for Texans for Lawsuit Reform, a powerful Houston-based advocacy group, which also has a political action committee.
The explosion in West caused an estimated $100 million in insured losses, according to the Insurance Council of Texas, a trade group. But nearly half of the victims in West were uninsured or underinsured.
The company carried only $1 million in liability insurance. The state doesn't require such companies to carry any.
The city of West, owners of an apartment complex destroyed in the blast and several family members of those killed have sued West Fertilizer and its parent company, Adair Grain, and also the company that allegedly supplied the ammonium nitrate, CF Industries.
Before tort reform, a fertilizer manufacturer could have been on the hook for the entire amount of damages even if it was deemed responsible for only a small percentage of that amount, said Randy Roberts, a Tyler plaintiff's attorney who is handling several West-related lawsuits.
"A fertilizer manufacturer would be much more pro-active in preventing this kind of accident if they thought they could bear full responsibility for it," said Roberts. "Tort reform is just another means of taking away oversight."
Texans for Lawsuit Reform said that if a defendant is found to be more than 50 percent at fault, that defendant could be held liable for all of the damages.
In August, Perry celebrated the 10th anniversary of Texas tort reform, which became a model for other states. His website says: "The Texas reforms, combined with Governor Perry's emphasis on economic development, have helped foster an environment of job growth, economic opportunity and prosperity for the people of Texas."


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A unique arts collaboration in the north east, driven by Matthews.ie, has been shortlisted in two categories for a major national award.
The Matthews.ie Arts Showcase Initiative has been shortlisted in the Best Small Sponsorship and Best Use of Creativity in the Community in the 25th Allianz Business To Arts Awards.
They promotes and provide innovative advertising support to a succession of local artists in Louth, Monaghan and East Meath across a range of disciplines over a three-year period.
Matthews.ie and Louth County Council Arts Office are the main partnership in the nomination, with Monaghan County Council Arts Office also playing a major part in the promotion of the initiative.
This practical Business to Arts initiative was launched by Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys and the Minister for Business and Enterprise Gerald Nash to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Matthews.ie in May 2015.
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"Every six months, a deserving person from the creative sector across the arts disciplines in Louth, Monaghan or East Meath is selected as the showcase winner and have themselves or their works featured as an advertisement on the full back of a Matthews.ie coach."
"The first two winners have been singer songwriter Sinead McNally from Knockbridge and artist Orla Barry from Dundalk and their art is seen on the back of a Matthews bus by thousands of people a day.
"We have always put the art and culture of the area to the fore in our numerous day and extended tours which promote the north east, and we see the benefits in promoting the artistic life of the region."
Artists bidding to be the third winner of the Matthews.ie Arts Showcase Initiative are asked to enter via Matthews.ie


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Archive for March, 2013
Natural Products Expo West 2013 Part TwoMarch 28, 2013 Written by JP
A highlight of Natural Products Expo West 2013 was a spellbinding presentation given by Paul Stamets, the famed mycologist. The talk was originally intended as a discussion about the effects of medicinal mushrooms on immunity. However, by the time Paul stepped off the stage, he had covered a broad range of applications for mushrooms which included their utility as non-toxic insecticides, in the promotion of greater biodiversity and as natural decontaminating agents for use during nuclear fallout and oil spills. But, as the lecture came to an end, Mr. Stamets also touched upon the potential of select mushrooms in bolstering the immune system. What's more, he went on to describe how his mom used a specific mushroom alongside conventional care to heal herself of stage 4 breast cancer.
Tags: Breast Cancer, Immune, Mushrooms
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Natural Products Expo West 2013 Part OneMarch 26, 2013 Written by JP
Once again, team Healthy Fellow visited this year's Natural Products Expo West. Beginning on March 8th and extending through March 10th, we attended a diverse series of lectures, sampled a wide array of health foods and stopped at any and every booth that seemed promising. In the next few columns, I'll share some of the products found at Expo West that I believe are worthy of your hard earned money and time. To be clear, I don't consult with or represent any of the companies mentioned. My sole intent is to spread the word about a select group of foods and supplements that I think represent the best and brightest of Expo West 2013.
Tags: Aspirin, Kefir, Tomatoes
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The Fast DietMarch 19, 2013 Written by JP
Recently, a book bearing the title "The Fast Diet" was released in England. Thus far, sales of the book, co-authored by Dr. Michael Mosley, have been brisk and are likely to follow suit in the US where it was just published a few weeks ago. The underlying message of The Fast Diet is that adopting a 5:2 eating plan, in which you eat regularly for five days and semi-fast for two days, will reduce overweight and various risk factors associated with advanced aging, diabetes and heart disease. In the medical literature, this style of eating is commonly referred to as "intermittent fasting" (IF). Since the media and public have taken an interest in IF, I thought this would be a good opportunity to review the most current findings about this practice and a related form of dieting known as alternate day fasting (ADF) which calls for a semi-fast every other day.
Tags: Diabetes, Fasting, Heart Health
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Cognitive Behavioral TherapyMarch 12, 2013 Written by JP
The clients I work with subscribe to a wide range of views about alternative and complementary medicine. Some are receptive to trying virtually any evidence-based modality I suggest. For them, I'll sometimes recommend practices as diverse and unconventional as reflexology, Senobi breathing and Tai Chi. Other clients are more comfortable utilizing therapies that are generally accepted in the conventional model of modern health care. Progressive muscle relaxation, structured exercise routines and therapeutic diets fall into this category.
Tags: Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia
Posted in Alternative Therapies, Diet and Weight Loss, Mental Health | 5 Comments & Updates
Fish Oil News for WomenMarch 5, 2013 Written by JP
Holistic practitioners pride themselves in treating individuals based on their unique needs and requirements. However, even when dealing with a holistic physician, it's still important to make sure that you are indeed receiving personalized care. For instance, the effects of any given supplement may have slightly or significantly different effects based on age, gender and medical history. In practice, this could mean that one form of fish oil is better suited for pregnant women and another for those trying to improve exercise performance.
Tags: Diabetes, PCOS, Skin Care
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Strange, isn't it, that the terror attempt on Times Square hasn't so far made its way into the broader debate on immigration. The accused wannabe car bomber, Faisal Shahzad, is a naturalized U.S. citizen, a Pakistani immigrant of Pashtun extraction with roots in the frontier city of Peshawar. Peshawar is a crumbling, ornate warren of Pakistani Taliban activity teeming with violent tribesmen, opium smugglers and radical mosques. Pakistan proper ends at the city's outskirts, and the Tribal Territories stretch out towards the Khyber Pass to Afghanistan in one direction and al-Qaida-dominated Waziristan in another.
At first glance one can see why U.S. immigration officials allowed Feisal Shahzad to come to America and settle. Consider his attributes: educated, hardworking, well-off--what's to dislike?--plus his father was a top officer in the elite Pakistan Air Force dating from a time of close anti-Soviet alliance with the West. But a lot has changed in the region since then--by the late 1990s Peshawar's air-force base was being used to provide air support for the Taliban against the Northern Alliance resistance inside Afghanistan. And now the wheel has turned yet again: The Taliban and Pakistani military are mostly at daggers drawn. How can we expect U.S. security personnel to keep abreast of such nuanced trouble zones and the changeable individuals they produce--and from just one geographical sliver of the Muslim world--when there's so much else to monitor worldwide?
This is where Shahzad's case enters the broader immigration debate, for with the mounting numbers of legal and illegal aliens to America, and the complexity of regional enmities that we import, we face a host of ugly triage decisions. We're not facing them with any grit or honesty. Even if we could monitor all the immigrant communities closely, think of the monetary costs involved and the costs to our rights and liberties. Times Square will now likely become a kind of 24/7 Big Brother reality show bristling with security cameras. How long before much of the country follows suit? Even in New York, a city where law enforcement couldn't be more attuned to terror patterns, Police Commissioner Kelly made no apologies for Shahzad being caught only after boarding a flight to the Gulf. That's as good as it gets. I believe it.
In the immigration debate we have drifted into side issues (however important), such as legal vs. illegal immigration, the tribulations of warrantless searches, identification Cards, profiling and the like. With the recent "immigration marches" on Washington, the nation gave birth to an entirely new interest group with aggrieved identity issues--call it the "Big Immigrant" lobby, as in Big Tobacco and Big Oil. No matter that most of the disparate subgroups would never exchange a civic word with the others in normal circumstances--Mexicans and Somalis? Guineans and Salvadorans? Taiwanese and, well, you fill in the dots. But they are all, it seems, united in opening the doors wider and keeping them open. None of them seem concerned with the ultimate outcome. When do we reach a limit? How do we know when we get there? When it's too late? And what will that look like, I wonder.
In the meantime, already, the immigrant rights movement brings with it a whole new set of politically correct impositions on free speech. You can criticize the habits and flaws of a country, of say Mexicans in Mexico, but try criticizing its citizens once they're here and not there. Try depicting one negatively in a newspaper cartoon for, say, gunning down a sheriff in Arizona--how would you go about it without visual stereotyping? Did I say satirical cartoons? Perish the thought. As for law enforcement, try focusing on a particular ethnic or religious group over another for specific criminal activities even though all the statistics say you should.
I'm an immigrant. I'm not a proud immigrant, by which I mean I'm not proud just for being an immigrant. If I have any cause to feel pride (when did it stop being a sin?) I would feel some in direct proportion to the degree that I have become more American. Fellow immigrant pals upbraid me for thinking this way but here's how I feel: I was invited to live in someone else's house, ultimately to share it, a vast house with generous occupants, Americans who were already here for generations. They were kind enough to let me come and stay and prosper, and integrate, but they didn't have to do so. It wasn't my right. I became a naturalized citizen, but I still feel that I owe them for their kindness. And what I owe them is not to hijack their house, take whatever rooms I can and turn it into the old country, sneak others in until inch by inch the inhabitants are estranged in their own house. My family brought us to America because they liked America as it was, with all its flaws, not because we wanted to turn America into elsewhere so as to feel at home.
The task of monitoring immigrants in order to obstruct terrorist plots or impede cross-border drug smuggling will quickly grow to impossible proportions. As the numbers mount, it cannot be managed with foolproof success. There is another way, if we have the will, which is to hold the line for a while and work on integration. That is, on Americanizing those that are already here. What does that mean? At the very least it means they should complete the journey from being proud immigrants to becoming proud Americans. Ultimately, they should transplant their dangling nerve ends of grievance from their old culture, all healed and realigned, to their new culture. For there's no telling, amid the current chaos, how the son of a peaceful Yemeni or Somali immigrant will feel tomorrow as U.S. policies change towards their countries. They may, like Shahzad, stay mum about their growing disaffection before they suddenly commit some enormity.
If we take one overriding lesson from the Shahzad affair, it's should be this: Incomplete assimilation can be a ticking bomb. The formula--if they work hard, eat Big Macs, watch TV and spend money, the system is working, and we leave the rest to their own culture--won't suffice anymore. This country must offer, and demand, a deeper level of integration and belonging. We must erode away the hyphenation of our identities. America is a kind of lifeboat wherein we can save some but not all. Triage decisions become imperative. Lifeboats survive on unity and precise numbers. Otherwise, everyone loses.
I have written about ancient places, warzones, political upheavals and far frontiers for the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek since the 1990s. That covers an area from…
I have written about ancient places, warzones, political upheavals and far frontiers for the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek since the 1990s. That covers an area from the China-North Korea border to the Caucasus, to Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey to Eastern Europe. Submerging markets.


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Another in our series of blogs sees Tanenbaum Peacemaker Dr. Ephraim Isaac from Ethiopia, talk about how locally led initiatives are key to building peace on Peace Day in Africa and around the world
During the last fifty years, there have been terrible conflicts in the Horn of Africa that have cost millions of lives. In that period, about five hundred large and small conflicts worldwide have occurred in which a larger percentage were inspired by religious motives or promoted by religious leaders.
I was born during the Italo-Ethiopian conflict. When the war ended in 1941, I was about three years old. One of my playmates was killed during the liberation war. As a child I never understood what it meant to be killed by a bomb, but it left a deep hatred of war in me. Fortunately, my father, a Yemenite Jew, was a strong believer in the Hebrew Prophets who taught peace, love and respect.
A favorite of my father was the Prophet Isaiah. He said about three thousand years ago "nations will no longer wage war against each other; they shall beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks".
I believe religion can be a force to reduce warfare, even if warring cannot be eliminated. Messages about peace are practically universal in religion.
In general, since ancient times, the tradition of all the peoples of my homeland, Ethiopia, have been known as a tolerant, hospitable, and generous peoples. So, my mother too, who came from an Oromo-Cushitic tradition taught me love and peace.
I grew up seeing wise Oromo elders sitting under big sycamore trees talking about peace and reconciling with enemies. The tradition of the Oromo I knew was among the most tolerant and peaceful.
In 1989, together with a distinguished group of Ethiopian professions and elders (among them Dr. Haile Selassie Belay, Dr. Tilahun Beyene, Dr. Ahmed Moen, Dr. Mulugeta Eteffa, Dr. Astair GM Amante, and others) I helped found an ad hoc peace committee that has now evolved into the well-known Horn of Africa Peace & Development Center (PDC) in Addis Ababa.
This group has remained intact with a Horn of Africa elders group for over twenty years. From time to time the group also forms Coalition of Ethiopian Elders for specific conflict resolution purposes. We as a family of peacemakers and elders have led many successful peace building efforts in modern Ethiopia, the second most populous country in Africa.
Such actions have to be locally led. That is why village elders worldwide are the key to world peace and reconciliation. Only simple and modest actions taken by wise unassuming local elders in specific contexts and regions can contribute to lasting peace. Is the world ready to show respect to such wise elders and collaborate with them?
In my humble opinion, sitting under a tree and speaking directly with conflicting parties for little or no pay, can achieve much more to bring peace in the world and promote reconciliation worldwide, than sitting at round tables in beautiful hotels and expensive conference centers.
This is the season of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot when Jews move out of their fancy quarters and comfortable beds and live for about a week in a simple hut made of simple sticks and shrubs and leaves. It behooves all of us who seek peace in the world at this time of International Peace Day to come down from time to time from our high sofas and sit on humble ground for the sake of peace and reconciliation.
I myself plan this Peace Day 21st September 2013 to have a reception at my place, to sit on humble ground with some of my friends to talk about the method of peace and reconciliation based on action.
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Posts Tagged 'Bangkok'
Windows of Opportunity
Posted August 13, 2009on:
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Lately, I have been grabbing all the opportunities that come my way. But most of them never push through. I'm wondering, how come? Or why?
I do believe in fate. So are these opportunities just trying to make me see something? But I'm really not meant for them? Or is there something better for me? Hmmm… really makes me think.
Anyway, although, it does make me think about things and myself, I do not allow it to bother me that much. Hey, the show must go on right?
ANYWAYYYYY, the dress was a gift. I've been meaning to wear it but I couldn't find the right occassion up until yesterday. 🙂 love it 🙂
Dress: gift, Bangkok
Shoes: Gray peep toes, StellaLuna
Necklace: Flea Market
Sunglasses: Aviators from my brother
Jacket: Black blazer, Robinsons Dept Store
Hi Summer! Bye Summer!
Posted May 22, 2009on:
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Just when it was declared here that Summer was over, Summer came back. And oh, the heat! ayayay!
Well, everything is just a door of opportunity, right? Anyway, I took this chance to wear this tube dress. Who knows, Summer might be suddenly over again tomorrow. Haha.
* One step at a time …*
* …there's no need to rush *
*until you find a reason why..*
That song (in italics) is just stuck in my head but I don't know who sang it or where I heard it. Sounds apt, though.
Definitely feeling much, much better! 🙂
Dress: Printed Tube, The Flower Collection
Pashmina: Black, Bangkok, gift
Necklace: Dark Gray, Kota Kinabalu Sunday Market
Shoes: Dark Gray Peep toes, StellaLuna
Sunglasses: MNG
Going Oriental
Posted May 13, 2009on:
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The sun comes up and the rain pours down. We all walk around amidst all the changes that life brings us.
I never really dreamt of travelling the world when I was a kid. I was satisfied with staying put. But one thing I learned is that, as my friend Kia always tells me, Change is the only Constant thing in the world.
Recently, as I travelled to another country (after 20 years) with my friends, I now have the desire to travel the world. Well, I plan to see Southeast Asia first. I think countries in the Southeast Asia region are very much Oriental in general.
We constantly walk and experience something different everyday even though at times we feel this isn't the case.
It interests me on how cultures are very different in detail but the general truths in life hold true for everyone. I really do want to see the world and experience everything that I can. (haha. This life plan talk last Friday really got me to thinking. Tsk tsk, Nante. haha.)
People come and people go. Everyone does at one point.
I am so excited to fulfill this traveling agenda. Hehe. And I will definitely pursue it. First stop, Malaysia, next stop Bangkok. *wishing!*
Oh! and I LOVE this umbrella!
Dress: Oriental print, The Flower Collection
Umbrella: Genki umbrella, Philosphy
Funky Stripes
Posted March 31, 2009on:
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Last Friday, I met up with Elyoo for a small favor (hehe). Since I was too corporate-y, I decided to change into something more casual.
We headed to Xocolat for dinner. Hmmm…. Loved the Fish Fillet something there.
Elyoo, can't wait for your pegs! 😛
Dress: Striped stretch dress, Dampa sa Libis
Pashmina: gift, Bangkok
Shoes: Gray Mary Janes, VNC
Sunny Weekend
Posted March 27, 2009on:
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Last weekend, I needed to visit Trinoma. I was hoping to watch a movie but we ran out of time. Hehe. Since it was a mix of hot weather and the cold cinema air, I decided to wear this Bayo dress that I love so much!
Moreover, I lost my I2I sun glasses during my trip at Malaysia. I think I left it at the hotel. Anywho, I decided to look for a pair and after searching at Aldo and Charles & Keith.. I found the one at Mango. Nice trade-off for losing the old ones. 🙂 hehe.
Dress: White 3/4 dress, Bayo
Pashmina: gift, Bangkok
Shoes: Flats, VNC
Sunglasses: Mango/MNG
Modern Kimono
Posted March 3, 2009on:
Girls love dresses no matter what. Don't we? I just love that dresses are back as a casual wear. I hope it's not a fad, rather, it's here to stay!
Dress: Bangkok
Necklace: Baguio side street vendor and Manila flea market
Hoop Earrings: Heirloom from my mother's 70's jewelry collection
Bangle: gift


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Something I Just Had to Share
I have been at my desk working really hard preparing to take my Lil Sis Goat Milk Soaps to a local festival. Our local feed and grain farm, StallMagasinet is having a Djur Dagen ( Animal Day) on their grounds. It will be a big day for people of all the surrounding communities to come and enjoy. I was hoping to be able to bring one of my best behaved young ladies but was asked if I could present and sell my new Li'l Sis Goat Milk Soaps. This event is not until May but I am traveling soon to visit my daughter in London so I am getting as much done now, as possible.
While I work wrapping soaps and preparing paperwork at my desk, I have on YouTube and just let my 384 Favorites play. I had to stop my work to either sing along with a music video or listen to a motivational speaker. This particular video is so touching, I had to stop and watch as if it were the very first time. I have always had an interest in puppets and have a large hand puppet collection all of which I enjoy bringing to life. It is a dream of mine to learn how to operate a marionette.
It's just so beautiful and sad, at the same time.


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A former boss was once caught by such warped logic when he received a letter from his bank in Manila, informing him his check book was ready for collection. After braving the nightmarish traffic of Makati, he was shocked when the clerk told him it was not ready. He showed the Filipina the letter. She read it back, adding, "Yes, Mr Hancock, it does say here the check book is ready for collection. It doesn't say when."
The Law Minister has announced Government plans to put up new laws to better protect people, not against bad laws, but for "victims of harassment, both in the real world and online." These will be implemented either in the form of new legislation or amendments to existing law. Article 9(3) of the Constitution of Singapore will probably not be amended:
"Where a person is arrested, he shall be informed as soon as may be of the grounds of his arrest and shall be allowed to consult and be defended by a legal practitioner of his choice."
What you can bet on is that the wording will be similarly crafted. For instance, they are already contemplating that courts should be given the power to order that online comments be taken down if they "cause distress or alarm to others." This is obviously adding clout to Yaacob Ibrahim's proposed internet licensing rules. It also means halting further queries about the unsettling and unsettled transaction between A.I.M. and PAP town councils, a subject that must surely cause distress or alarm to Teo Ho Pin and associates.
Earlier this year, Shanmugam had said,"...if you say I am a stupid fool who doesn't know what I'm talking about, and the Government comprises ministers who don't know what they're talking about and you criticise every policy of the Government, no one can sue you." Maybe he did not know what he was talkng about then, since the new laws make it possible to be sued for "spreading malicious comments or lies about someone, in person or online." Maybe what they are ultimately aiming for is lèse-majesté legislation.