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Li, Xin; Worm, Verner (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: With China's rapid economic progress and steady increase in its international influence, China has gradually embarked on the soft power idea and has made developing its soft power as its national strategy. We argue that China's soft power strategy is in accordance to Chinese Confucian culture and political value and fits well with its grand strategy of peaceful rise. Based on existing conceptualizations of soft power, we expanded the sources of soft power to six pillars: cultural attractiveness, political values, development model, international institutions, international image, and economic temptation. We also identified three channels for wielding soft power: formal, economic, and cultural diplomacies. Putting all the basics together, we present an integrative model of soft power. Accordingly, we analyze the sources and limits of China's soft power and suggest how to improve it. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7829
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Abstract: This chapter try to highlight some key elements of Chinese thinking described from a cultural and philosophical perspective starting with explaining the background for Chinese philosophy, mainly Confucianism followed by central concepts such as holism (ying/yang) and a discussion of the concept of change that appears to be somewhat unique because of the central position change occupies in the Chinese philosophy. More specific, but still important concepts like face, guanxi, the Middle way and paradoxes way are also elaborated on. For reference comparison is now and then made to western philosophy when it is found to clarify Chinese thought. Comparative philosophy brings together philosophical traditions that have developed in relative isolation from one another and that are defined quite broadly along cultural and regional lines -- Chinese versus Western is here chosen, but it is not to indicate that similar phenomena might not have appeared in other places in the world if not stated explicitly. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7415
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Perspectives and ConsequencesJakobsen, Michael; Worm, Verner (Frederiksberg, 2018)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: International business (IB) studies revolve around two key perspectives that can be defined as a firm specific perspective and a generic perspective that combined provide a company with crucial insights into how to enter and navigate a foreign market. Combined, such an approach provides a company with a holistic perception of what kind of resources and capabilities that are needed when entering a specific market as well as what to expect of the host market that the company is planning to enter. The key issue here is how to design a research strategy that is to provide the analyst with data that makes him or her capable of developing a pertinent explanatory framework for how to engage a foreign market. Before starting to look for appropriate research methodologies and tools for data collection, however, a pertinent philosophy of science point of departure has to be selected. This article has chosen to discuss three different philosophies of science. Each one of them is capable of providing the analyst with a specific take on how to 'think' data that are being extracted. Arguably, whatever approach one selects, the choice will have a crucial impact on the outcome of the research process. After settling down on a specific philosophical of science the article moves on to apply this on the Danish shipping company Maersk Line. The key focus here is on how employees at headquarter and in selected subsidiaries 'read' the company's global corporate culture so as to be able to navigate this particular company to their own benefit as well as to the company' per se. The article closes with a critical discussion of the ramification of selecting one philosophy of science over another when engaging in either qualitative or quantitative research in an IB context. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9590
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Abstract: This paper analyses the concept of empathy in multinational organizations. In the 21st century "You need to be soft to get hard results!" as McDonald (2008) aptly stated. Based on contextual changes in both costumer clienteles and among younger employees, empathy or compassion is becoming central concepts in international business. We analyses the concept of empathy in a global context describing it mainly from a phenomenological perspective, but also introduce other approaches for comparative and informative reasons. After having defined empathy as consisting of three elements i.e. know yourself, know the other and create positive communication, we focus on intentional mode of understanding involving envisaging the actions and emotions of 'the other'. Empathy, triggered and mediated by various social encounters, assume different form and encompassing an array of possibilities for interpersonal understanding depending on the constitution of a given context. Based on this we analyze Maersk Line's organizational culture and how employees navigate it accordingly. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9670
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Some Theoretical and Methodological ReflectionJakobsen, Michael; Worm, Verner; Li, Xin (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: When analysing modes of navigating cross-cultural business communities most IB studies employ an etic approach that delineates how ethnically owned companies thrive and manoeuvre in complex cross-cultural business environments. This approach implies employing theoretical models and empirical observations that from a methodological point of view identify a local entrepreneur either as an objectified agent or as an anonymous 'other' thus pointing towards the assumption that such an approach has its roots in an ethnocentric academic tradition. This article goes beyond an etic approach and introduces an emic approach in which it is the local entrepreneurs themselves, who provide the main bulk of data on why and how they position themselves in a cross-cultural business environment the way they do. The main objective of this study is thus to show how local entrepreneurs develop business strategies so as to navigate and grow their companies in a complex cross-cultural business environments. The discussion on local entrepreneurship begins by outlining a theoretical framework for how to approach emic studies and from there proceeds towards suggesting a methodological approach that is capable of providing the empirical data that supports a theoretical framework based on an emic approach. The focus in this paper is thus to excavate how local entrepreneurs manoeuvres in a multi-cultural business context by combining both an etic and emic approach. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9300
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A Case of Danish Multinationals and their Subsidiaries in P.R. China and IndiaWorm, Verner; Xu, Xiaojun; Shinha, Jai b.P. (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: By drawing on a selective review of literature, we propose that the culture of Danish multinationals and transnational organizations interface with the Chinese and Indian societal and managerial cultures in order to create hybrid cultures in Danish subsidiaries in P. R. China and India. The hybrid culture moderates the relationships between the forms of knowledge and internationalization of multinationals on one hand and the transfer of knowledge on the other. It is postulated that stable cultural frames of the Danes and Chinese managers, both having stable cultural frame, will require long drawn efforts to overcome the cultural distance and transfer the various forms and levels of knowledge in the initial years of the subsidiaries. On the other hand, Indians' style of switching their cultural frames will create less entry problems but more recurring problems once Danish multinationals will get going. Once the postulates are empirically validated, potential implications for strategic interventions are briefly discussed. Keywords: Knowledge transfer, culture, MNCs. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7400
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The Case of Maersk LineWorm, Verner; Jakobsen, Michael (Frederiksberg, 2018)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to study the consequences of rolling out a global corporate culture on a multinational company in order to streamline modes of communication between headquarter and local offices across different host markets in an attempt to optimise the functionality of the organisation per se. Our key focus in this connection is to understand how employees in the Danish shipping company Maersk Line's headquarter in Copenhagen as well as in three local offices in Shanghai, Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur 'read' and respond towards such an optimisation process. We focus in particular on how employees, based on their 'reading' of this process, try to make sense of it in order to construct personal strategies as guidelines for how to navigating the organization to their own and the company's advantage. The key question to research in this context is what elements enters into employees personal strategies when navigating a multinational organization? To answer this question we employ a phenomenological approach as a way of exploring the relationship between organizational changes and employers' response towards them. We argue that single case studies provides us with the capability of providing deep insight into the inner workings of a multinational organisation. Furthermore, such kind of studies shows how various societal factors within a host market impact on the functionality of employees in local offices as well as on the relationship between the latter and headquarter. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9635
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Podcast E064: Life is a Journey
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This week we welcome the one and only Marc Benzakein. Marc is a partner at ServerPress, the team that is behind DesktopServer and WP SiteSync.
Life Updates
- Kyle: Went to the local county fair.
- Adam: WC BHAM was awesome. School starts in 18 days. Heading to WC Asheville in a week.
- Marc: Just got back from St. Maarten
past episodes referenced:
- The KitchenSinkWP Podcast w/Marc — E224
- The KitchenSinkWP Podcast w/Kyle E73
- WordPress Round Table w/Adam E52
- Adam: WooNinja shirt / Beer / Cashflow Quadrant
- Kyle: Restrict Content Pro t-shirt / Shorts Raspberry Summer Shandy / The Drawing of the Three
- Marc: Wearing shorts, and people are lucky! It's frickin' hot! Drinking water. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Keeping Your Sh*t Together: How to Run Your Business Without Letting it Run You
- Options about keeping sites alive after you die? -Joey
- Will GDPR affect me in the US?
- Personal Questions
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- Fiction Book – Reacher series
- Podcast: Zen Founder + The Life Coach School
- Movie: The Post
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- WordSesh sessions
- Pippin's Kansas City keynote
- Everything is Alive podcast
- Episode 121 "White Power" of Waking Up with Sam Sanders
- Murder on the Orient Express (and interviews with cast las November on U
- and Vanished)
- McDonalds fraud article
- Getting around to "Game of Thrones" since it's finally nearing the end of life.
- Santa Clarita Diet (YouTube) Trailer
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Thanks Adam, Kyle and Marc for answering my question! One other option can be hosting the contents on a free blogging platform like WP (.com), Tumblr and Google Blogger, as these are likely to outlive our self-hosted websites (as long as these companies retain their services). I'll send in another question soon. Thanks!


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For 10 years I have been suffering from joint pain, severe fatigue, bladder pain, rashes, dry mouth, dry eyes, unexplained lymph node swelling, ulcers in my mouth, cracked lips and corners of mouth, headachs, and severe depression. My life was great until I joined the Army. In my last few weeks of basic training I took a fall off and obstical and landed ******n my right leg and fell back into a wall. The next day I hurt and had to take my last physical fittness test. If you are not familiar with the Army PT test it consists of push ups, sit ups, and running two miles. there are standards for every age group as to how many you have to do in a two minute time period. The run is two miles in a specific time period by your age. The fall effected my ability in all of those areas. I barely passed and was in extreme pain after ward to the point that I was limping significantly. I was sent to the troop medical center to get checked out. There were no x-rays done, barely a physical exam and I was put on crutches for two weeks with ibuprofen for pain. I was better after two weeks and graduated and sent to advanced individual training, there I was put through the most intense physical torture I have ever endured by drill sergants. I ended up in the ER and on crutches again this time with more pain than ever before plus I could not put pressure on my left foot for the pain shot from my butt to my foot(siatica). I went to the medical clinic there and it was decided that I had tilted my pelvis and Sacro iliac joint off alignment. To make a long story short I have never been the same since. The pain is worse and to top it off they still don't know what is wrong. I have been given diagnosis of fibromyalgia, sjogrens, raynauds, osteoarthritis of every joint, and misdiagnosed with ankylosing spondylosis, I am sure the diagnosis of raynauds, osteoarthritis and sjogrens are correct as tests were positive, but can they cause the following. I suffer from short term memory loss, lack of concentration, I mix up my words in sentences, I can no longer spell very well (ankylosing spondylosis really got me, I used to know how to spell it, had to look it up) I forget what I say just after I say it. I have to make lists of what to do or I forget, I rely on sticky notes, I feel like I am losing my mind, and am sometimes to my shame and embarrassment, suicidal. I live 60 miles from any hospital or city so a day in town can cause me to be so fatigued that I sleep for 24 hours even days at a time, unable to function other than to stagger to the bath room. I have scared my husband so many times by passing out exhausted. I have had episodes of my lymph nodes in my groin, armpits, and neck swelling a long with my tongue cracking, ulcers in my mouth, migraine headaches with vomiting, sensitivity to light and fatigue. When I went to the doctor and he saw me he thought maybe mono and tested me for Epstein barr virus, it was negitive so were all the other tests he ran. He was at loss for what was wrong so gave me antibiotics and pain meds and sent me home. Eventually my symptoms got better (3 times this has happened with all tests normal). Still they are not sure what it could be, they just give me pain meds and leave it at that. I have been told maybe it could be Lupus, that is what I am going to approach my doctor with on my next visit. If any one has any ideas or the same symptoms with a diagnosis of something please contact me, if I could finally put a name to it I would rest more easy knowing it could be treated maybe. Fibromyalgia, yes I have the symptoms but I have more and some times severe to the point of being bedridden, stress seems to help set it off. I wonder also if the stress and injury I suffered in the army could have triggered all of this, because the pain and symptoms started there. My first severe flare up happened after I came home from training. I never had problems before then.:confused::(Reply Follow This Thread Stop Following This Thread Flag this Discussion
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Return Of The Fisherman?
Yesterday was a big day for the New York Islanders. The last time they introduced a new alternate, we got to see what skating pylons would look like, and enabled this writer to use the term "New York Pylon-der". Of course, there was the mass hysteria during the 1995-98 era when the Islanders went to the Fisherman jersey, evetually forcing the team to return to the Islanders' traditional logo and uniform after fans threatened to burn the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum down. With the press conference yesterday, the Islanders unveiled their new alternate uniform, and everyone held their collective breath.
However, the entire fear of this new alternate jersey was laid to rest upon the unveiling of the retro Islanders alternate jersey. The Islanders began wearing this version of their historical look in 1976-77, giving this new alternate jersey a very accurate look.
The Islanders did wear a retro 1972 jersey for one game during the 2006-07 season, seen here on Aaron Asham. The numbers on the sleeves and back of that retro jersey are orange, rather than the white numbers seen on the new alternate. While I am a huge fan of recycling, it's nice to see the Islanders coming up with a new idea rather than just recycling an older jersey.
Enough of the past, though. Let's break down these new jerseys.
First off, the Islanders are going to a lighter blue for the base colour of the jerseys compared to their current home jerseys. This is consistent with the 1976 look. The blocks of colour on the sleeves are entirely accurate for the 1976-77 version of their jersey, but, in 1977-78, the Islanders went to smaller stripes, meaning these new alternate jerseys represent only one season of Islanders history.
The rear of the jerseys are easily readable, and make for identifying players an easy job. The wide stripes make the numbers look especially large, but the optical illusion only makes it easier to identify your favorite Islander. However, in 1976, there were no names on the backs of the Islanders' jerseys. That didn't begin until the following season when the Islanders removed the white stripe off the sleeve of the jersey. The accuracy of these new jerseys is beginning to falter.
Looking at this view of Bill Guerin, what's the first thing that strikes you as being odd? Those socks annoy the heck out of me! Why can't the stripes go all the way around the leg? How difficult is it to have a full stripe on the sock? Reebok, do you have any idea what a stripe is? Are you afraid that you might be representing your major competitor if you complete the stripes?
The front of the jersey is very clean, and looks very respectable. There are no front shoulder numbers, but the lace-up neckline is a little unnecessary. In 1976, they didn't tie the neckline up, so why add it here? It doesn't detract from the jersey, but it just seems unnecessary.
All in all, I'm quite happy with these jerseys, despite me being critical of the accuracy of the look. The Islanders really didn't screw anything up, but I would have liked to have seen the jersey worn during the Islanders' dynasty era instead. Also, the four stripes they have worn on the shoulders of their jerseys haven't been included on these retro alternates, so it will be interesting to see if they honour the timeframe of the jersey and keep them off.
Good work, New York Islanders. The retro alternate jerseys look pretty decent. After all, it could have been much, much worse considering your history.
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Today is the last day of my 30s and I am very sad. Not because I fear my face is falling and it won't be able to get up. Not because I think my ass and boobs will get even more saggy (not possible). Not because I can't face The Big Four O. I can.
Forty! See? I said it. Forty! Forty! Forty!
It's because my 30s were so awesome. Of all the decades of my life, my 30s were the best. And I don't want to see them go. In 2002 on the day before my 30th birthday, I celebrated my bridal shower and my bachelorette party. My friends did not disappoint with the evening's festivities and at midnight as the clock ticked over to my 30th birthday, I found myself dancing on a bar in lower Manhattan yelling "I'm 30 and I'm getting married." It was a great night and that's just how the decade began.
And then my 30s happened. Which meant this happened…
…and this happened…
…and this happened.
And that means now I get to be the Mommy to this.
So, with trepidation I enter my 40s tomorrow. It simply can not get any better than this.
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For our third "Further Thoughts" installment, we heard from Ben Pundole, who, as the editor in chief of the online travel magazine A Hotel Life and vice president of brand experience at Edition Hotels by Ian Schrager and Marriott, is an influential figure in the contemporary travel industry. In the 2018 Transformation Issue of Directions, he spoke about his own recent personal evolution and how his rising sense of awareness has led him to make important changes across his working life.
"I know it's quite a cliché, but just before I turned 40, I decided to change a few things in my life. I started seeing this amazing life coach Gestalt therapist, and this led me to dive into spirituality and literature, sound healing, meditation, as well as all the fun stuff, Burning Man and ayahuasca ceremonies in Peru and so on, and I started to become a lot more conscious of what was happening around me and in the world.
"I've just reached a point where the lights were switched on, and I've realized I have a responsibility." Ben Pundole
"And this four-year journey of inner adventure and exploration led to me changing the way I work. With Edition Hotels, we've made a commitment to take single-use plastics out of all of our hotels, and with A Hotel Life, we're about to relaunch to include one charitable or philanthropic cause every week. Because I've just reached a point where the lights were switched on, and I've realized I have a responsibility. I started out one way, and now I'm a vegan animal rights activist and environmentalist.
"More broadly, I think there's an evolution happening, and a lot of it's in contrast to the crazy political state of the world right now, but this idea of transformative hospitality is the future of the hotel industry. Because I think we're going to see a generation emerge very quickly who make their choices based on the impact it has on the environment, on themselves, and on the world around them."
The preceding is excerpted from an article in the 2018 edition of Directions, the magazine by Design Hotels—more than 200 pages of vividly illustrated travel content by leading writers, photographers, illustrators, and designers. Buy it here for €10 or get a complimentary copy when you order the 2018 Design Hotels Book.


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Turning a new leaf
Falling leaves might mean extra work in the garden, but take the changing colours of the season as interiors inspiration and you'll be bang on trend.
Eve Kelly, editor of Homes & Bargains, says: "Painting an accent wall in a rich burgundy, saffron or gold will not only bring the autumnal look into your home but will also create a warm and cosy atmosphere for the darker evenings.
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It's been nice getting to know the Lodi wine region through some recent online tastings. I admire the fact that they're willing to experiment with different grapes and combinations and are not bound down by any established rules. Through these four white wines I think you'll see some amazing creativity and exploration.
2012 Acquiesce Belle Blanc
Lodi, California
60% Grenache Blanc, 30% Roussane, 10% Viognier
$24, 13.5% abv.
Such an elegant bottle and label combination. Light with honey, citrus, flowers, dry, mild, gentle finish. Excellent summer salad pairing with good mesclun greens and a sherry vinaigrette.
2012 Upstream Chardonnay
Lodi, California
100% Chardonnay
$15, 13.6% abv.
Amazing acidity, good minerality, really crisp and bright. Delicious notes of lemongrass and citrus peel. Hard to believe it's Chardonnay. This one is a killer match for Thai or Vietnamese food.
2011 St. Jorge Verdelho Seco
Lodi, California
100% Verdelho
$18, 14.8% abv.
Dusky and rich, honey flavors, long, lingering finish. One that I'd serve with a selection of aged goat cheeses.
2012 Borra Vineyards Intuition Field Blend White
Lodi, California
60% Kerner, 20% Riesling, 20% Gewürztraminer
$22, 13.3% abv.
I was really surprised to see a Kerner from California, since it's obscure even in Germany. This specimen is full of spice and dried apricot, really deep and with a note of rich white fruit. Bright acidity, full fruit flavor, yet fairly dry. Serve with your best roast chicken and a platter of red and white table grapes.
Note: These wines were provided as samples.


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BANGKOK—We've spent the better part of this past week checking out different areas of Bangkok in an effort to find an apartment or long term guesthouse. We like the hotel we're in right now near the river in Banglamphu; we've stayed here several times in the past, and when you consider that we have a tidy room with private bathroom and hot shower, A/C, cable TV, daily maid service, and a private fourth-floor balcony overlooking the leafy monastery across the street, all for a little over $19 per night, it's tempting to just stay put. But we hope to eventually find our own place with a little more room and perhaps a bit fewer tourists. So we've been quite busy wandering mile after mile in the sweaty heat trying to decide which part of town we like best.
In reality this is easier said than done, as Bangkok is not so much a city, by traditional definitions, as a vastly sprawling collection of disparate neighborhoods loosely connected by congested and randomly routed thoroughfares interwoven with thousands of labyrinthine alleyways called sois. Unlike most large cities, Bangkok does not possess a true city center, nor does it have the typical network of orderly grid-like roads radiating out from a central downtown area. High-rise buildings and skyscrapers—some in tight clusters and others standing all alone—randomly stud the horizon, while roaring elevated expressways and gridlocked boulevards crisscross the cityscape with no apparent thought given to urban planning. Regardless of whether one chooses to perceive this as a drawback or as part of Bangkok's offbeat charm, it's largely due to the fact that, until the latter half the 19th Century, Bangkok had no roads.
At that time Bangkok was frequently referred to as the Venice of the East, a term coined by the first Western diplomats and traders to begin regularly visiting the city in the early 1800's. Like Venice, it was a metropolis defined by water. Nestled along the banks of the Chao Praya river, the city was interlaced with hundreds of canals called khlongs—most excavated by hand by thousands of Cambodian prisoners and Chinese coolies—extending inland in concentric and intersecting patterns. Almost all of the city's inhabitants lived either on houseboats tethered together and moored to the bank, or on teak stilt houses built out over the waters of the river and canals. Residing on land was a right granted only to nobles and a handful of prosperous families by edict of the king. Not counting a few elephant tracks and foot paths meandering through tropical foliage, everyone got around by boat and dugout canoe.
A number of books penned by visiting Victorian-era Europeans and Americans poetically extol the romantic allure of this lush and exotic waterborne city. Things today are a bit different, as most of the khlongs have long since been filled in and paved over to make roads, but quite a few still remain, though all but the largest are nowadays little more than fetid sewers running alongside streets and sois. But enough remains of this bygone watery world, especially amidst the ramshackle piers and bustling produce markets along the eastern bank of the Chao Praya, to lend the city a still-palpable riverine vibe. In order to understand how Bangkok arrived at it's present state of being, however, it's necessary to take a look back at its history.
From its founding until the middle of the 19th Century, Bangkok was largely cut off from the outside world, conducting almost all of its trade, both commercial and cultural, with China. This all began to change with King Mongkut, Rama IV. Reigning from 1851 to 1868, he was the first Thai sovereign to embrace Western ideals, and was later immortalized by Anna Leonowens, the English governess to the Thai court whose revealing though factually dubious memoir was later adapted into the Rogers and Hammerstein musical and subsequent movie, The King and I. But more importantly, King Mongkut, together with the then-governor of Hong Kong, Sir John Bowring, signed the Bowring Treaty of 1855, ushering in British trade concessions and a host of other reforms. The Bowring Treaty marked the beginning of the end for "Old Bangkok," as foreign citizens, along with their Western ideas and money, began pouring in by the boat load.
Mongkut's son, King Chulalongkorn, Rama V, reined from 1868 to 1910. He picked up where his father left off, transforming Bangkok during his long reign. A fluent English speaker, he was the first Thai monarch to visit Europe. He made two trips there, in 1897 and again in 1907, under the guise of visiting his sons studying in London, but purportedly more as a fact finding mission. Upon returning from these lengthy trips abroad, King Chulalongkorn embarked on an ambitious campaign to modernize Bangkok, partly through the construction of tree-lined Parisian boulevards and grand European styled buildings, but also by means of liberalizing Thai government and society. Despite all the changes wrought by his progressive, Western-leaning sensibilities, King Chulalongkorn is perhaps most revered for shrewdly playing off the colonial advances of the British and French against each other, thereby preserving Thailand's sovereignty when all of her neighbors were succumbing to colonial rule.
Chulalongkorn's son, King Prajadipok, Rama VII, was the last remaining absolute monarch on Earth when a bloodless coup wrested power from him in 1932. He grudgingly abdicated from his exile in London, at which point the reins were picked up by Field Marshal Phibul, a military dictator who dominated Thai politics from 1933 to 1957. To placate royalist factions the Phibul government placed the ten year-old grandson of Rama V on the throne as a constitutional monarch, restoring the Chakri dynasty. In 1939 Phibul officially changed the country's traditional name of Siam to Thailand. Since the time of Phibul, Thailand has flip-flopped back and forth between successive governments representing military, civilian and royalist loyalties, through seventeen constitutions promulgated by eighteen coups.
And thus we arrive at Bangkok today. "Modern" Bangkok really began to take shape in the years after WWII and exploded in the 1960's when American money and infrastructure, along with thousands of American servicemen, began pouring in during the Vietnam War. Thailand remained a staunch anti-Communist ally of the United States throughout the Vietnam era, and it was during this time that the landscape of Bangkok, along with its Old World soul, began to rapidly transform almost beyond recognition. The mad pace of construction and the race to modernity escalated further during the economic boom years of the 1980's and 1990's, when high-rise buildings shot up and mammoth elevated expressways cut large swaths through the city. The party took a hiatus for a few years following the Asian economic crisis of 1997, but things have long since rebounded and the dizzying pace of progress continues unabated today, as evidenced by the dozens of towering construction cranes that dot the horizon.
It's tempting to lament the passing of Old Bangkok and disdain the miles of concrete and urban sprawl of the present day. But while much of the beauty and romance of the old Venice of the East no longer exists, something different and equally compelling does: namely the bewildering bipolarity of this modern day crossroads of East and West, and Old and New.
It's really something to behold. One minute you're standing at an intersection gridlocked with honking cars and buses, wading through a maze of cluttered street vendors' carts when suddenly you duck into an alleyway and not fifty yards down the narrow lane you're met with the soothing sounds of birds chirping in the mango trees as grinning old ladies leisurely hang laundry in the open windows of sagging, century-old teak houses perched on stilts.
The other day while walking down one of Bangkok's busiest thoroughfares, choking on the fumes from stalled traffic and fending off the advances of pesky tuk-tuk drivers, we passed the V-8 Diner, complete with an American Graffiti motif, a Wurlitzer jukebox and a chrome-plated milkshake bar, while directly across the way a Mexican restaurant called Sunrise Tacos sported a margarita machine and a Thai waitress in plaited pigtails and a lacy, magenta colored Mexican fiesta dress.
It's not at all unusual to walk past a dapper Indian hawker standing in front of a tiny tailor shop greeting every passerby with the same refrain in heavily accented English: "Hello, sir! Custom suit? Tailored blouse, madame?" Just yesterday, on a cluttered soi off Sam Sen Road, we puzzled over a row of public coin-operated laundry machines resting on the sidewalk in front of someone's open-air living room window, hemmed in on one side by an ancient hardware store open to the curb and on the other by a tiny air-conditioned smart-phone boutique—all stainless steel and polished hardwood—seemingly decorated from an Ikea catalog.
The staggering number of closet-sized 7-Eleven convenience stores in Bangkok is enough to boggle the mind. Often placed on opposite sides of the same street or a few doors down from one another, there seems to be a 7-Eleven on just about every street corner of Bangkok. You can get a Nestle ice cream sandwich, a vacuum-sealed package of Japanese-style dried seaweed, an old-school eight-ounce glass bottle of Coke for thirty cents, or a not-so-fresh hotdog off the roller grill, but the best part has to be the arctic blast of A/C that hits you as you walk through the automatic sliding doors, always a welcome treat in this largely open-air city.
The throbbing rhythm of imported Korean pop music that pulses through the speakers of shops and market stalls is all but ubiquitous in Bangkok, so we were quite surprised the other evening to suddenly hear Freddy Fender crooning "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" over the stereo at a little bar down the street from our hotel where we sat at a plastic table on the sidewalk sipping beers and watching a wiry old man sell dried squid to passing locals from a rusty pushcart parked along the curb.
Just when you begin to fool yourself into thinking you've got a place figured out, something invariably smacks you in the face and awakens you to the fact that, despite the McDonald's down the street or the classic country oldies on the neighborhood beer joint's soundtrack, you're still in a very foreign place. Bangkok may no longer be the Venice of the East, but in some ways it has morphed into something equally, if not more, intriguing.
My apologies for such a long post. I guess I got carried away.
Until next time,


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What's Up at the FSA Office?
by Jeremy Leitz, Allamakee County Executive Director (563) 568-2148
Allamakee County FSA is Hiring!
Our office is currently accepting applications for a permanent Program Technician position. The individual selected will be responsible for carrying out general office activities and technical functions pertaining to FSA administered programs. Applicants should possess excellent human relations skills as well as strong clerical and computer skills. A general knowledge of agricultural practices would also be beneficial.
You can read the full vacancy announcement with application requirements at usajobs.gov. Vacancy announcement number is IA-2019-0003. If you have any questions or would like more information, please call (563.-568-2148) or stop by our office.
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Payments
CRP payments are currently being issued. Payments began on October 2 for those contracted prior to 2008. For CRP contracts that began after the 2008 Farm Bill, payments will be issued starting approximately October 11. Remember that these take a few days to be deposited into your account.
ARC/PLC Payments
We also began issuing payments for the Agricultural Risk Coverage/Price Loss Coverage program, more commonly known as ARC/PLC. Allamakee County did receive an ACR-CO payment of $0.50 per base acre of soybeans. However, no ARC payments were received for corn. For those producers who selected the PLC option, corn will pay $0.34 an acre. No PLC payments were received for beans. These payments are calculated on 85% of base acres, also incur a sequestration cost of just over 6%, and are for the 2017 crop year. These also take a few days to show in your account.
CRP Mid-Contract Management (MCM)
Some CRP contract holders will receive a packet of information detailing the activities that need to be completed in FY18. You can begin those activities as early as October 1, 2018. However, all activities need to be completed by May 14, 2019 unless otherwise indicated on your forms. Please stop in or call if you have any questions. We plan on holding an MCM on November 15 for those interested in receiving more information. Details will be posted as the date nears.
Market Facilitation Program (MFP)
The MFP signup period will run through January 15, 2019, and you are encouraged to apply after harvest is 100% complete. We recommend you bring production evidence with you when you apply. Payments will be issued on 50% of the production multiplied by the MFP rate for the specific commodity.
Payments have been issued for some dairy producers as their production evidence has come from the MPP program. Hog payments were previously based on inventory as of August 1, 2018. However, a recent change expanded that time to include inventory between July 15, 2018 and August 15, 2018. Producers may select any date between that range as the date for which ownership is reported. If you are a hog producer who has already completed their application for a hog payment using your August 1 inventory, you can stop back in and revise that figure if it was not indicative of the usual number of hogs in your operation. So if you have hogs or a dairy operation and not signed your application, stop in soon to do so.
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With few exceptions, nice guys don't change the world. Especially in the digital universe. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, according to "The Social Network," appears to be quite a handful. And Apple founder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011 of pancreatic cancer, was such a piece of work that he requires two biopics to do him justice. This one, directed by Joshua Michael Stern ("Swing Vote"), suggests that Jobs will fare better with the upcoming version from Aaron Sorkin, Oscar-winning screenwriter of "Network." If one were to compare this film to one of Jobs's own products, it would be more like the Cube than the iPod.
Nonetheless, "Jobs" does offer some redeeming features — Ashton Kutcher in the title role, for one. In preparing for it, Kutcher practiced Jobs's austere "fruitarian" diet and ended up in the hospital with a wonky pancreas for his troubles. He also adopts Jobs's lopey, vaguely Cro-Magnon walk; the piercing stare; the explosive, abusive tirades. He nearly captures the soul of the man, except when he sounds like Keanu Reeves.
At first, it seems like the filmmakers are up to the task, too. Though a bit corny, an early montage set in 1974, in which the latter-day hippie Jobs trips on acid with friends in a cornfield, packages many of the themes of the man's life in a few minutes. Gazing into the heavens, Jobs weeps about being an abandoned, adopted child; but then, like Kevin Costner in "Field of Dreams," he hears a voice calling out to him, "There's no time to waste!" He spins in ecstasy, and the film doesn't waste time either, as it intercuts images from the next few years of his life: his pilgrimage to India in which a guru tells him "Life is but a journey," a calligraphy class where he learns the beauty of fonts, and then an IBM ad that lauds the future of man and computers, all set to a Bach Brandenburg concerto.
Yes, this is a man who will transform the world, even though he kicks out his girlfriend when she gets pregnant, and betrays many of his friends along the way.
Well, maybe the sequence seems inspired compared with what follows, a chronicle of high and low points in Jobs's career put together like a PowerPoint demonstration. In 1976, the first Apple computer is born in Jobs's garage; though designed by his geek pal Steve Wozniak (Josh Gad), Jobs does the visionary work of selling it — in this case at a local computer store.
Next, Apple launches the groundbreaking Apple II, which, as Jobs intones, "puts the power and beauty of technology in everyone's possession." In 1984 he unveils the Macintosh, and the award-winning commercial that posits this machine as the only hope of avoiding Orwellian totalitarianism. Then his own company betrays him, only to beg him later to return, which he does, triumphantly, with another world-changing product, the iMac, and another world-convincing promotional campaign featuring the legendary "Think Different" commercial.
Meanwhile, Kutcher goes through a routine of staring into space as he gets another brainstorm, flying into a savage tirade at those too dumb to comprehend his vision, and giving yet another inspirational pep talk. They are not persuasive; the Apple commercials that Stern unwisely shows are more cinematic than the film.
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Inner State Gallery welcomes NYCHOS for his first Detroit solo exhibition titled "I'd Like To Meat You!" opening Friday June 21st. You can view remaining artwork from I'd Like To Meat You on 1xRUN now.
In "I'd Like to Meat You!" Nychos will showcase an entirely new body of work inspired by his love of anatomy, graffiti and Detroit's Eastern Market, an area with a storied history as a hub for public murals, produce and freshly butchered meat, all things the painter has long been acquainted with in his native country of Austria.
"My dad and my grandpa were traditional Austrian hunters, so I think that is where some of my interest in anatomy comes from. Seeing a deer dissected for the first time was very inspiring for me. Seeing all the guts and intestines drop out, it was a bit crazy at first," Nychos told Hypebeast while painting at the world's premiere street art festival Pow Wow Hawaii earlier this year. "Using all of this anatomy I think have found something I can stick with and really go crazy on. It's staying fresh for me because I am always finding new ways to do it."
Compiling his anatomic knowledge with sliced cross sections, x-ray peek-ins and detailed dissections "I'd Like To Meat You!" will be a colorful exploration of new works on paper, canvas and wood highlighting Nychos' skilled range across graffiti, illustration and street art. In 2012 Nychos made his first visit to Detroit and collaborated with Flying Fortress on a large mural titled "Jukebox Cowboys" in Eastern Market where a dissected Jukebox adorns the side of a building on Orleans Street. It was an experience that stuck with Nychos, as one year later he has returned to Detroit to create his latest body of work influenced by the historic meatpacking and produce hub.
"I didn't want to remain stagnant with my use of anatomy, so with my new work I wanted to slice everything up and play with the slaughterhouse feel a bit. Overall the show will play with the idea of humans and animals, along with how interact with the food chain. You don't think twice about the steak you eat. You see it everyday, but don't take notice of the muscles and bones that make up a cow when you eat a steak," Nychos said while putting the finishing touches on the exhibition.
While staying in Detroit for more than a month finalizing his show, Nychos will be immersed in local culture, and specifically Eastern Market as he paints several murals throughout the neighborhood. As June progresses his graffiti crew The WEIRD will be in Detroit for 2 weeks for a group exhibition at Inner State Gallery. With 5 additional artists flying into town you can expect to see a changing landscape of new murals in Eastern Market.
Throughout 2013/14 Nychos is traveling with Austrian documentary filmmaker Christian Fischer to capture the journey of a rising artist in the international art scene. The film — titled "From The Deepest Depth of the Burrow", a play on his Rabbit Eye Movement concept — will follow Nychos as he travels throughout North America and Europe creating murals, graffiti and preparing for numerous gallery shows. The documentary will focus on Nychos meeting and collaborating with variety of artists throughout the world to gain insight into their favorite places and how they function in areas like New York, California, Detroit, Canada, Denmark, Italy and France. View the trailer below and support the project at Nychos' IndieGoGo.
In addition, Nychos will also join The WEIRD in the following week as Inner State Gallery welcomes the 10-person international art collective for a group exhibition. Opening June 29th, the show will also feature an artist lecture and Q&A, followed by a black book signing and artist's reception from 6-10pm.
Founded in 2011, The Weird is an international crew of artists spread throughout Germany and Austria. Each member comes from a graffiti and illustration background however the goal remains to focus on high quality character design created in unique yet recognizable styles. In addition to murals, each member also works as gallery artists, graphic designers, illustrators and lecturers.
"There are so many pockets of interesting artists from around the world and working with Nychos we were introduced to The Weird and each member truly has a distinct style and flavor. We are excited to introduce their work to new collectors and art fans and show off the unique style of The Weird," Inner State Gallery co-founder Jesse Cory said.
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In a more perfect world, I would have started with an easier bracelet but that's not how I roll.
This bracelet is based on Right Angle Weave and I've found a couple of links to get you started on that if you like. You can go here or watch this video to learn it.
I got this particular pattern from this website and she's got several things there that are very nice and not too difficult.
This bracelet uses Swarovski Crystals in the colors Garnet, Sian and Crystal AB. They are all 4mm bicones and are probably the easiest ones to find. You'll also need a #12 beading needle, some Fireline (this is actually fishing line), some coordinating seed beads and a clasp.
Another angle of the bracelet.
And get used to the creepy hand. I got it especially for this project!


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We've read lots of stories about guardian angels on the job, and now we have our very own. I've said it before, so forgive me but I just can't help but say it again… Grace drizzles in! Sometimes it takes a sore bruise to help us see it.
Last night, while I was finishing the dishes, my husband Roger wrapped up the evening by doing a few chores. His last job was to bring in some wood and to fill the stove. We heat most of the house with an old Better 'n Ben's stove, installed by the previous owner, who lived here a mere eighty years. It sits in a prominent spot in our library, adjacent to my sixty-year-old knotty pine kitchen.
Rog came through the door with the wood carrier in his hand, hauling a heavy load. As I was washing the last pot, I heard the wood hit the floor with a thump and then the painful sound of, "Ah. Owww!" I looked over my shoulder and gasped. The big guy was lying on the floor holding his head. He tripped over the rug.
Since Rog is on blood thinners, a result of his blood clot last May, a nasty fall like this coudl have been disastrous, especially one that involved the head. Being a doting wife, I ran over to him, cupped his head in my hands, gave it a little rub with a prayer of thanksgiving, and slapped a cold gel pack on it. "Am I bleeding? Am I bleeding? What's it look like?"
>No, he wasn't bleeding, praise God, but the poor man had quite a welt, and it was a funny one. How did he get a bruise composed of four parallel lines?
Later, we figured it out. When he was falling, his head hit a small handle on the cast iron stove. It's fashioned into a spring, and we could see that it was surely bent. You know, we always wondered why it was a spring; we just thought the shape kept the handle cool to the touch. But maybe now we know better. Am I reaching? Did the manufacturer mark on his blue prints, "Spring handles, to prevent injury due to nasty falls"? Hmm. Doesn't matter. I'll take it.
Besides, I had a bigger question to ponder. How in the world did his forehead find its way to that spring handle? The door's latches, which are much larger, hang over it, and one would have to scoop down and over to get to it. Falling from above, a man's head would have surely made contact with the cast iron first. Roger just shook his head. "Good point. I honestly just don't know," he said.
Well, now, I have to admit, I think it was an angel who cupped his head in careful hands and guided him clear of the bigger danger. This dear angel prevented Rog from seriously hurting himself and saved us from a mad rush to the emergency room in snow and sleet, not to mention a long stay in the hospital. Who could argue with the facts? The physical evidence was right there, and it will remain there for years to come….or at least until we figure out how straighten that spring handle. Either way, I won't forget it, and the clear-cut proof will remain in my heart.
Thank you, Lord, for protecting my husband last night.
You watch over us and provide us with all we need to remain safe and warm.
We are grateful for your vigilant angels who never rest and always remain on guard.
Copyright 2011 Kathleen Blease


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I've always loved wall collages but was too intimidated to do my own. I spent years trying to collect fun black and white photos, posters and drawings- not wanting to use anything that was uninspiring- but they all seemed to collect dust in a drawer.
Once I finally had all the right pieces, I decided it was time to assemble and the wall behind my living room couch was the perfect canvas.
First I picked out different black frames for each piece. Like a puzzle I laid out everything together on the floor to find the perfect organized chaos.
In order to keep the spacing I had on the floor up on my wall I traced each frame on white paper, cut out them out and taped the silhouettes on the wall where I wanted them.
I hammered nails in the appropriate spots right through the paper, hung up the pieces and ripped off the paper.
Not only is this a great way to cover large blank walls, but it's also a fun way remember old times.


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Former inmate to become a pastor at megachurch in Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Darryl Burton sits a few feet from his desk, where an open laptop waits.
He's got a research paper to write. At least 10 pages on the doctrine of Scripture and what the words in the Bible mean to him. After that, he has two more graduate papers and some reading to wrap up for seminary at Saint Paul School of Theology.
Pretty heavy stuff for a man who never finished high school. And who not long ago was a skeptic, full of questions about God and the religion his late grandmother clung to so closely. Burton had stopped going to church as a young teen, unable to relate or see how God was working in his life — living in urban St. Louis, where he and his eight siblings, mother and grandmother were stifled by poverty.
His grandmother's words warned: "One of these days, boy, you're going to need Jesus. I only hope you remember to call on him."
Served 24 years
Today, with the booming voice of a seasoned preacher, Burton tells his story across the country and abroad to prisoners and churchgoers, students and civic groups. And he recalls how his grandmother's words echoed in his mind during the late 1990s as he faced life behind bars as Inmate 153063 inside the Missouri State Penitentiary.
Eventually, he says, those words, along with a newfound faith and a team of people who believed in him, led him "from the pit to the pulpit."
"I just kept hearing, 'One of these days, boy…,' " Burton says, sitting inside his office on the campus of United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. "I just couldn't get that out of my mind. So I said, 'OK, let's learn about this Jesus.' "
Part of Burton's story has been talked about across the country for years, flashed in headlines and television newscasts. He served 24 years behind bars for the murder of a St. Louis man before a judge ruled that his 1985 trial was constitutionally flawed and overturned that conviction. It was based on the testimony of two men, one who kept changing his story and another who had more felony convictions than the jury was told.
Sought-after speaker
Since his 2008 release, which lawyers and supporters fought eight years for, Burton has been asked to speak in venues from big halls to biker bars. Many have marveled at his ability to move beyond the nightmare of spending nearly all of his adult life in a prison cell for a crime he said he didn't commit.
As Burton sees it: "If I hadn't forgiven them, I would still be in prison. A spiritual prison."
This month, he'll start full time at the Leawood megachurch as an associate pastor in congregational care. He'll continue some of the work he has done as a Church of the Resurrection intern and pastoral associate, helping families in need and working with a men's group, showing people what true forgiveness looks like.
"There's no one who represents himself more humbly than Darryl," said Karen Lampe, the church's executive pastor of congregational care. "He just wants to do the very best he can. I think he's trying to make up for lost time.
"He is one amazing gift for us."
Letter to Jesus
A gift the church wouldn't have received if not for the letters Burton wrote and some of the answers he received. He estimates that he wrote more than 700 letters during his time behind bars, reaching out to legislators and attorneys, Oprah Winfrey and groups dedicated to freeing wrongly convicted inmates.
He penned an especially memorable one in 1998, before his religious skepticism turned to conviction.
"Dear Jesus Christ," he wrote. "If you're real and you know all things, you and I know I'm innocent. If you help me get out of this place, not only will I serve you, but I will tell the world about you."
"Sincerely yours, Darryl Burton."
Two-day trial
On a June day in 1984, Burton had gone to see his parole officer. He was 22, had his GED and planned to start classes at Forest Park Community College in St. Louis. He wanted to study business administration and sociology.
After a burglary charge, Burton was set on his future. He wanted to spend more time with his infant daughter.
Then St. Louis police showed up and arrested him in the death of Donald Ball, a man who had been shot while filling his car with gasoline. Even as Burton was being booked into the city jail, he thought everything would be OK.
The truth would come out. After all, he wasn't even in the state when the murder happened. He'd been in Washington state, visiting a friend.
Didn't fit description
Witnesses said the man who shot Ball was a light-skinned African-American. Burton has dark skin, tagged with many nicknames growing up, including Lights Out. The killer was described as 5 feet 5 inches. Burton is 5 feet 10. No physical evidence or suggested motive ever tied him to Ball's death.
"I thought I'd be let go within 24 hours," Burton said.
He said he saw his public defender just once before the trial, and no one worked to get receipts or other documents that would have proved he was in another state at the time of the shooting.
Burton recalls the trial lasted two or three days. The prosecutor called two witnesses. One was a man he'd never met, the other a man he'd known in his younger days. Both said Burton killed Ball.
"I couldn't believe people would go in and lie on me," Burton said.
It took jurors less than an hour to come back with their verdict. Burton was sentenced to 50 years without the possibility of parole.
Didn't want to live
Before he left the courtroom, he had a message for the judge: "I don't know how long it will take, but I'm going to fight this case until I prove I'm innocent."
Burton spent countless hours in the prison law library, researching and writing briefs and motions.
He told other inmates that one day he would be freed. They told him he didn't understand the system.
"I had moments when I felt really sure I was going to get out," Burton said. "And then I had moments when I was just depressed and wanted to give up. My mother would leave the visiting room and I would say, 'That's the last time I'm going to see her.' I didn't want to live."
In 1990, he heard back from Centurion Ministries, a small organization in New Jersey. Founder James McCloskey and his group were dedicated to taking on cases of inmates wrongly convicted.
Because of the demand for help, it would be 10 years, the group told Burton, before it could take on his case.
Prayed for enemies
He would wait. He wrote Centurion Ministries two or three letters a year to make sure the group didn't forget about him.
In the late 1990s, Burton picked up the Bible and focused on the words in red ink, signifying the words of Jesus. He related to the man and his stories. Some of Jesus' edicts were harder.
"Jesus said, 'Love your enemy,' " Burton said. "And I'm like, 'What?' "
Pray for them. "And I'm thinking, 'Yeah, right, I'll pray a building falls on them.' "
Forgive them — "That's impossible."
Through gritting teeth, Burton started to pray for the people who had lied about him, for the people inside the justice system.
A strange, new world
The world changed without him. His first day at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, Mo., he had walked under a massive welcome banner with the words "Leave all your hopes, family and dreams behind."
He walked out of prison in August 2008, unsure of the freedom and hopes and dreams he could have.
At TGI Fridays that night, he asked Cheryl Pilate, a Kansas City attorney who worked with Centurion Ministries since 2000 to free him, if the restroom was an area where he could go.
"It was obvious he was overwhelmed," Pilate said. "When you haven't been in the outside world for 24 years, everything is new, everything is different. It takes a while to come to terms with it."
'Learning to walk'
Technology flustered him. Laptops and cell phones. The Internet was new to him. He would struggle getting a job, with a 24-year gap in job experience. He had no driver's license, no set plan for the future.
Initially, he would tour around telling his story. After reuniting with his daughter, the two of them would sometimes speak to groups together.
When Burton's future wife first heard him tell his story, she remembers thinking how gifted he was. She had grown up six doors down from Burton's family in St. Louis and knew his younger siblings.
She wasn't surprised when he wanted to go to seminary in 2012. But the couple didn't know how difficult it would be.
For Darryl, it was like being "flown to Japan and just dropped off."
"I didn't know the language, anything," Burton said. "It was like learning to walk."
Kept studying
Everything about the campus was foreign. Taking notes. Studying. Understanding heavy theology.
"He needed complete silence some days," said Valerie Burton, who married Darryl in 2011. "I had to be quiet, no TV. … All of his books were spread out on the dining room table. He'd stay up late, overnight sometimes. He'd fall asleep in the chair. … Some days he wanted to give up."
But he always went back to one thought, she said: "If I can make it through prison, I can make it through something like this."
When Burton sat down to write his first research paper — he's cranked out many 15- to 20-page papers in the past three years — he grabbed a yellow legal pad and a pen. He planned to write it out longhand and turn it in. His wife laughs at the memory now and how she explained to him they needed to get a computer.
"I remember him coming in," said Margaretta Narcisse, associate dean of students at Saint Paul School of Theology. "He sat in my office and talked about where he has come from and how he wanted to make sure he would be able to finish what he started. He knew that he was coming into a foreign land and he wanted to be successful."
And despite having lost more than two decades of his life, he never expected anything, said Stan Basler, visiting professor of restorative justice and prison ministry at Saint Paul.
The student's work on the long papers is what impressed him. Basler tells students he doesn't want a book report — he wants to hear their voices in the paper. But he also wants to make sure they're engaged with the material and understand it. Some papers come in with few sources and little focus on the material.
With Burton, Basler would see papers where two-thirds of the content was on the material.
"He wasn't asking anyone for a free ride," Basler said. "He really applied himself. It was obvious to me in every course that he was working hard."
Rapt attention
On a recent Friday morning, Burton's voice filled a classroom inside a Johnson County high school.
"All of you have been on this earth long enough to have someone say something about you that wasn't true," he said, dressed in sharp dark pants and shirt, a sparkling cross around his neck.
"Imagine being put in a closet, in a box, for 24 years, and you can't get out because someone lied on you."
For nearly an hour, the two dozen high school students sat fixed on Burton's words. No one yawned or doodled. No one tried to pass a note or talk to a friend.
It's what Burton typically gets when he speaks. No matter where he goes, no matter what crowd he's talking to, everyone understands injustice, he says.
And his message of hope and forgiveness? Very powerful, says Lampe, the minister.
At Church of the Resurrection, where Burton started as an intern in 2013, he's visited homes to talk with families going through rough times. Before Lampe's son had surgery last year, she wanted Burton to be the one to give him a blessing — "I knew it would be beautiful."
Burton also leads a men's group at the church where members have experienced problems from addiction to incarceration to relationship woes.
"He's helped people in our congregation that have forgiveness issues," Lampe said.


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Holding to YES!
Geneva 50-17-1
Grace 243-149
Northern New England 63-15
Ohio Valley 77-32-2
West Virginia 93-56
Yellowstone 25-23-2
Holding to no.
North Central Iowa 43-50
FLIP from no to YES!
Mission 201-194-1
Switching from yes to no.
Each one of the YES votes except Yellowstone increased their YES percentage. North Central Iowa improved its YES percentage as well.
The score is now 62-44 with 12 net flips.
If every presbytery yet to vote voted as they did last time, Amendment A will pass by three votes. A huge thank you to all of those who worked hard in every presbytery!
You can pour over the stats and predictions here, here, here, and here.
The real hope is that if
- every equality-minded person gets to the meeting,
- phone calls are made,
- resources are shared (see sidebar),
- folks speak from the heart,
Here is the schedule for this week (subject to change):
- Tuesday, March 8: Eastminster, New Brunswick, Transylvania
- Thursday, March 10: Abingdon
- Saturday, March 12: Cascades, Grand Canyon, Muskingum Valley
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Crimes of War by Neil Rolde tells of horrors of SS massacre in small French town
A compelling novel that takes on why massacres happen
By Ramona du Houx
Crimes of War, Neil Rolde's newest novel deals with a real SS massacre of a small town in France during World War II called Oradour-sur-Glane.
"The drama here was that some of the perpetrators were French citizens—Alsatians drafted into the SS. They were put on trial in 1953 for their part—under duress, it was claimed—in the horrendous killings and destruction of that peaceful village," said historian/author Neil Rolde.
"There was a huge trial in 1953, and Look magazine devoted a big spread to it. The question is, were the Alsace soldiers forced to do it? The idea of people being forced to commit an atrocity and then being held responsible is what caught my attention.
It has been a difficult story to tell. But I believe my current work gives the flavor, although fictionalized, that many of the non-fiction books about this incident do not."
During the Spanish Inquisition many Cathars where tortured and murdered in the same region where the SS massacre took place, echoing the past.
"Neil tells this compelling story as if he were there—a silent witness through the centuries," said Paul Cornell du Houx, of Polar Bear & Company, the book's publisher.
Specific historical figures make appearances in the story.
In the novel Professor Eugene Desfosseux, a historian and self-taught ventriloquist, conjures amid the ruins figures from deep into his past and records the interviews and interrogations in a tale that epitomizes what this or any other war crime might encompass—including his own daily life of pleasures, romance and memories inflamed to a vengeance that would destroy his life's work.
"Thus it brings up the question of what war crimes entail and thus the plural in the title.
Crimes of war are still a universal problem," said Neil.
Upon the order of President Charles de Gaulle the town was kept as the Nazis had left it in ruins and is a national monument, which is on the cover of Crimes of War.
Crimes of War is Neil's third fictional work.
Rolde enjoys writing novels and non-fiction to be able to impart his insights and historical information in entertaining ways for his readers.
Rolde is currently working on a new book about the War Refugee Board (WRB) following his successful biography of Breckinridge Long, Breckinridge Long: American Eichmann??? An Enquiry into the Character of the Man Who Denied Visas to the Jews.
"In my reading about World War II, I would occasionally come upon mention of the War Refugee Board (WRB). In researching my biography of Breckinridge Long, the villain of restrictions on European Jews trying to flee for their lives, the WRB was cited. In the Library of Congress, there were volumes and volumes of research material on the WRB. So I decided to write a full scale history of the WRB, since there did not seem to be one," said Neil. "It will be part of a trilogy beginning with the Breckinridge Long book, and ending with an as yet untitled volume on the natural progression from Breckinridge Long to the War Refugee Board to the creation of Israel."
Rolde's books are always extensively researched. Neil has won awards for his books from the Maine Historical Society, the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, and the Maine Humanities Council.
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Clockwise: Julie London; Lena Horne; Kay Starr; and Nancy Wilson.
Holiday music from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s always warms my heart. When I was growing up, that is the music my Mother listened to, for she had a strong collection of Christmas records, both by artists, and compilations put out by a variety of companies. I remember the Goodyear series, and the A&P series, as well. I sure there were others, but these featured the artists of the day, from Ella Fitzgerald to Doris Day to Dean Martin, and countless others. These days, when I see the Ultra-Lounge collections, I cannot resist them. The four sounds here can be found on the 'Christmas Cocktails' album, which are played every holiday season. I will start off tonight with Julie London singing "I'd Like You For Christmas". The song was written by Julie's accompanist and husband, Bobby Troup. It is sweet, sexy, and fun. This is Julie London with "I'd Like You For Christmas".
When it comes to personal style, few could compete with the one and only Lena Horne. From the way she dressed to the unique phrasing she alone could claim, Miss Horne was definitely one of a kind. I was not a bit surprised to see she had her own distinctive stamp on "Jingle Bells", complete with new lyrics. I hope you enjoy Lena Horne singing "Jingle All The Way" as much as I do!
Now, songs about St. Nick don't usually swing quite as much as "(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag". The song was written in 1950 by Irving Taylor, Dudley Brooks, and Hal Stanley. The song was made popular by a recording from Kay Starr, who Billie Holiday once called "the only white woman who could sing the blues." This is Kay Starr with "(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag".
There is a delicious warmth to the voice of Nancy Wilson. When you pair that up with a beautiful song written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, you have another winner. "The Christmas Waltz" was written in 1954 for Frank Sinatra, as a B-side for his recording of "White Christmas". The song quickly became a standard, with many wanting to record it. In fact, 14 years later, Wilson made one of her own. This is Nancy Wilson singing "The Christmas Waltz".
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Chris Moyles has been hailed the "saviour" of breakfast radio once again after his debut on Radio X received an overwhelmingly positive reaction from listeners.
But so many people from across the globe tuned in to hear the former Radio 1 DJ's show on the rebranded version of Xfm that the mobile app and website for the digital station crashed, prompting many to complain they could not hear the show.
Moyles, 41, kicked off by mocking the controversy caused by Radio X's self-professed "male-focused" rock tag, by playing Girls Aloud's Love Machine as his first track.
He said: "You're gonna love this haters," before adding: "Girls are allowed as men and everybody else."
Moyles said: "There's been a lot of 'confused' press about Radio X. A lot of people took that as Radio X being a radio station for blokes. That was news to me ... Let me be the first of many Radio X DJs to say 'That's a load of balls'. I don't care if you're male, female, gay, straight, white, black.
"It was just a marketing thing - it should never have gone out in the press release. It's not a radio version of a Yorkie bar, it's just a radio station."
The DJ then went on to delight listeners by introducing Noel Gallagher as his first guest for a lad-to-lad chat about Oasis and trashing hotel rooms.
#MoylesIsBack was soon trending on social media.
Tom Russell wrote: "MoylesIsBack with Noel! Glad to have some proper banter again in the morning. Cheers @ChrisMoyles"
Steve Heard tweeted: "Like he's never been away. Noel Gallagher was brilliant. @ChrisMoyles @RadioX #MoylesIsBack"
And Jamie Sanderson said: "So happy to have @ChrisMoyles back on the radio! The saviour has returned!"
Moyles - who handed over the breakfast slot on BBC Radio 1 to Nick Grimshaw in September 2012 after more than ight years at the helm - has reunited with newsreader Dominic Byrne and his former Radio 1 producer Pippa Taylor. Xfm's Dave Masterman completes the team.
But Moyles's return to morning radio was somewhat dampened by many listeners being unable to tune in.
@SuperPixelCube complained on Twitter: "@RadioX The app keeps crashing! Making it difficult to listen! It's good to hear Chris Moyles though! #MoylesIsBack"
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And some listeners were not as enthusiastic to wake up to Moyles.
Siobhan Horan tweeted: "Where to go now we've lost the indie music from our mornings, replaced by Chris Moyles' constant talking. #RIPXFM #RadioX"
And @thetuskenraider commented: "20mins in the car and not a single record played... So glad I listened to #xfm from start. Alternative music at its best and ruined in a instant. #radiox #chrismoyles"
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Exactly seventeen years ago while at a Bel Air Church college retreat, the true trajectory of my life was altered when I decided to follow Jesus wherever He would take me. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that Jesus would one day lead me to be the senior pastor at that same church.
Three years in as the senior pastor, I've discovered that my personal journey is part of a bigger journey that intimately connects you and me and every person who has called Bel Air Church their home. In fact, every life is filled with trajectory altering moments that echo across eternity.
In this marking moment as we conclude our 60th year, I passionately believe that God is igniting something significant for us. Like a slumbering giant, Bel Air is reawakening to its full potential…
Bel Air Church, I see you awakening to the urgent revival and renewal of every person, neighborhood, and city in a world that is becoming increasingly more fractured.
Bel Air Church, I see you awakening to the urgent need for hospitality, where welcome is a way of life that invites strangers to feel like family in a society filled with lonely people who do not feel welcome anywhere.
Bel Air Church, I see you awakening to the urgent necessity of courage, where sacrifice is a way of life as people experience the vibrancy that only comes from abandoning yourself to Christ to make a difference in a society that is becoming increasingly more fearful.
Bel Air Church, I see you awakening to the urgent need for health, where thriving isn't just an aspiration but a tangible reality that saturates every relationship and resource among us in a society that is becoming increasingly more broken.
Bel Air Church, I see you awakening to the urgent need for community, where young and old know each other and are known by others in such significant ways that generations are knit together unlike anywhere else in a society that is becoming increasingly more disconnected.
Bel Air Church, I see you awakening to the urgent thrust of impact, where the very fabric and foundation of society is altered as waves of compassion, generosity, grace, truth, and love crash against the broken systems and strongholds of this world in a society that is becoming increasingly more stuck.
However, may I be as honest as I have ever been with my community of church members?
I don't believe that you are fully awake to how urgent God's invitation to follow Jesus really is. Church is still being defined among some as a worship service on Sunday where it has become all too easy to merely come and go. Church is still being defined among some by the worship service that they prefer. Church is still being defined among some as a "what's in it for me?" where it has become all too easy to see church as a vending machine.
We will never grow as a drive-thru church filled with individual customers.
Therefore, it is time to redefine what "going to church" is and to be reminded of how essential it is to gather weekly as the Church: going to church is more than just coming and going. It is about lingering and growing together in worship and community.
In addition to gathering as God's people to worship God, "going to church" is also about:
Beginning June 11, the structure and content of our Sunday gatherings will be recalibrated to better facilitate this awakening sense of mission. The pastoral team at Bel Air wants to provide more opportunities for you to worship and grow in ways that I pray, will alter the trajectory of your life. My prayer is that every single person that is part of the Bel Air Church family would gather on Sundays to worship AND grow. I need you to commit to participating in the multi-generational GROW opportunities between our morning services on Sundays or after the 5 p.m. service. We will have opportunities for everyone to grow and to participate in the growth of others. Specifically, this 10 a.m.GROW HOUR will be filled with opportunities to grow in our relationships with God and each other, to grow in biblical knowledge, to grow in serving, and to grow in practices that will transform how you live and love. The bottom line: the goal of this time is to stretch you to GROW! In order to create space for these multi-generational growth opportunities between services, our two morning worship services will be at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Whether you choose to worship before or after this new 10 a.m. GROW HOUR, my prayer is that you would join me in worshipping and growing every Sunday. Though Sundays are just one day, it is the greatest opportunity for our community as a whole to grow in following Jesus every day and everywhere with everyone. Don't miss what God wants to do in and through you in this season as the renewal of all things begins with you. Know that it is my humble joy to foster revival and renewal in your life in ways that multiply through you to the people around you.On the journey with you,Rev. Dr. Drew SamsSenior Pastor