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Beyond Language: Reflections on the Arakan Tragedy
Yesterday I listened to the wife of the Prime Minister, Emine Erdogan, speak about her recent harrowing visit to the Rohingya people in the the federal state of Arakan ( mainly known in the West as Rakhine) who are located in northwestern Myanmar (aka Burma). The Rohingya are a Muslim minority numbering over one million, long victimized locally and nationally in Burma and on several occasions over the years their people have been brutally massacred and their villages burned. She spoke in a deeply moving way about this witnessing of acute human suffering shortly after the most recent bloody episode of communal violence in June of this year. She lamented that such an orgy of violence directed at an ethnic and religious minority by the Buddhist majority is almost totally ignored by most of the world, and is quietly consigned by media outlets to their outermost zones of indifference and irrelevance. She especially appealed to the women present to respond with activist compassion, stressing that women are always the most victimized category in these extreme situations of minority persecution and ethnic cleansing.
The situation of the Rohingya is an archetypal example of acute vulnerability in a state-centric world. In 1982 the territorial government of Burma stripped away the citizen rights of the impoverished Rohingya Muslims who have lived in Arakan for many generations, but are cynically claimed by Rangoon to be unlawful new migrants from bordering Bangladesh who do not belong in Burma and have no right to remain or to burden the state or cause tension by their presence. Bangladesh in turn, itself among the world's poorest countries, already has 500,000 Rohingya who fled across the Burmese border after earlier attacks on their communities, and has closed its borders to any further crossings by those escaping persecution, displacement, destruction of their homes and villages, and threats to their lives. To deepen this aspect of the tragedy, only 10% of these migrants who fled from Burma have been accepted as 'refugees' by the UN High Commission of Refugees, and the great majority of the Rohingya living in Bangladesh for years survive miserably as stateless persons without rights and living generally at or even below subsistence levels. The Rohingya who continue to exist precariously within Arakan are stateless and unwanted, many are reported to wish openly for their own death. As a group they endure hardships and deprivations in many forms, including denial of health services, educational opportunity, and normal civil rights, while those who have left for the sake of survival, are considered to be comparatively fortunate if they manage to be accepted as 'refugees' even if their status as undocumented refugees means the absence of minimal protection, the denial of any realistic opportunity for a life of dignity, and the terrifying uncertainties of being at the continuing mercy of a hostile community and an inhospitable state.
The principal purpose of this educational conference sponsored by Mazlumder, a Turkish NGO with strong Muslim affinities, was to gather experts to report on the situation and urge the audience to take action and thereby mobilize public opinion in support of the Rohingya people. It served to reinforce the high profile diplomatic and aid initiatives undertaken in recent months by the Turkish government to relieve the Rohingya plight. It also called attention to the strange and unacceptable silence of Aung Anh San Suu Kyi, the widely admired democratic political leader in Myanmar, herself long placed under punitive house arrest by the ruling military junta and recipient of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize honoring her heroic resistance to dictatorship in her country. Her voice on behalf of justice for Burmese ethnic and religious minorities, and especially for the Rohingya, would carry great weight among Buddhists in the country and with world public opinion, and might shame the government into taking appropriate action. As it is, the present Burmese leadership and the prevailing tendency in domestic public opinion is to view the conflict as intractable, with preferred solutions being one or another version of ethnic cleansing, a crime against humanity– either forced deportation or the distribution of the Rohingya throughout the country so as to destroy their identity as a coherent people with deep historical roots in northern Arakan. Outside pressures from Saudi Arabia and the United States might help to rally wider international concern, especially if tied to Burma's economic goals. Aside from Turkey, governments have been reluctant to put pressure on Rangoon in this period because the Rangoon leadership has softened their dictatorial style of governance and seem to be moving toward the establishment of constitutional democracy in the country.
What struck me while listening to the presentations at the conference was how powerful language can become when its role is to think with the heart. I have always found that women are far less afraid to do this in public spaces than men. We fully secular children of the European Enlightenment are brainwashed from infancy, taught in myriad ways that instrumental reason and logical analysis are the only acceptable ways to think and express serious interpretations of societal reality. Mrs. Erdogan, not only thinks with her heart, but she infuses such thought with an obvious religious consciousness that conveys a spiritual commitment to empathy that neither needs nor relies upon some sort of rational justification.
Such a powerful rendering of suffering reminded me of James Douglass' use of the realm of the 'unspeakable' (in turn inspired by the Catholic mystic author and poet, Thomas Merton) to address those crimes that shock our conscience but can only be diminished in their magnitude by speech. Their essential horror cannot be comprehended by expository language even if it is emotively heightened by an inspirational appeal. Only that blend of thinking with the heart combined the existential validation of direct witnessing can begin to communicate what we know, in the organic sense of knowing, to be the reality. I have discovered in my attempt to address the Palestinian ordeal as honestly as possible that direct contact with the actualities of occupation and the experience of listening closely to those who have been most directly victimized is my only way to approximate the existential reality. For this reason, my exclusion by Israel from visiting Occupied Palestine in my UN role does not affect the rational legal analysis of the violation of Palestinian rights under international law, but it does diminish my capacity as a witness to touch the live tissue of these violations, and erodes my capacity to convey to others a fuller sense of what this means for the lives and wellbeing of those so victimized. Of course, UN reports are edited to drain their emotive content in any event.
I recall also my experience with the world media after a 1968 visit to Hanoi in the midst of the Vietnam War. I had been invited by a European lawyers' organization to view the bomb damage in North Vietnam at a time when American officials, especially the Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, were claiming 'the most surgical strikes in the history of air warfare.' I accepted this 'controversial' invitation to visit 'the enemy' during an ongoing war, although the fighting was somewhat paused at the time, as 'a realist' opponent of the war, basically accepting the position of Bernard Fall, George Kennan, and Hans Morgenthau that it was a losing proposition to suppose that the U.S. could achieve what the French colonial occupying power was unable to do and that it was a costly diversion of resources and attention from more important security concerns. My experience in Hanoi transformed my understanding and outlook on the war. It was a result of meeting many of the leaders, including the Prime Minister on several occasions, visiting bombed villages, talking with peasants and ordinary Vietnamese, and most of all, realizing the total vulnerability of the country to the military superiority of the United States with no prospect of retaliation—the concrete and cumulative terror of being on the receiving end of one-sided war that continues for years. I came away from North Vietnam convinced that 'the enemy,' and especially its people, was on the right side of history, and the United States, and the badly corrupted Saigon regime that it propped up, was on the wrong side; above all, I felt the pain of the Vietnamese and was moved by their courage, humanity, and under the dire circumstances, their uncanny faith in humanity and their own collective destiny as a free nation. It produced a sea change in my mindset concerning the Vietnam War, and ever since.
When I left Vietnam, and returned to Paris, I received lots of attention from mainstream media, but total disinterest from these prominent journalists in what was for me the most important outcome of the trip—the realization of what it meant humanly for a peasant society to be on the receiving end of a high tech war machine of a distant superpower whose homeland was completely outside what is now being called 'the hot battlefield.' The journalists had no interest in my (re)interpretation of the war, but they were keenly eager to report on proposals for ending the conflict that had been entrusted to me by Vietnamese leaders to convey to the United States Government upon my return. It turned out that the contour of these proposals was more favorable from Washington's point of view than what was negotiated four years and many deaths later by Henry Kissinger, who ironically received a Nobel Peace Prize for his questionable efforts. My main reflection relates back to the Arakan meeting. The media is completely deaf to the concerns of the heart, and is only capable of thinking, if at all, with the head. It limits thought to what can be set forth analytically, as if emotion, law, and morality are irrelevant to forming an understanding of public events. What at he time interested the NY Times and CBS correspondents, who were sympathetic and intelligent individuals, was the shaping of a diplomatic bargain that might end the war, whether it was a serious proposal, and whether Washington might be interested. It turned out that Washington was not ready for even such a favorable compromise, and plodded on for several years, culminating in the unseemly withdrawal in 1975 in the setting of a thinly disguised surrende.
Poets in the West, caught between a cultural insistence on heeding the voice of reason and their inability to transfer feelings and perceptions into words, vent their frustration with language as the only available vehicle for truth-telling. As T.S. Eliot memorably expressed it in the final section of his great poem East Coker:
Trying to use words, and every attempt
Is a wholly new start, and a different kind of failure
Imagine if the master poet of the English language in the prior century gives voice to such feelings of defeat (paradoxically in one of the great modern poems), how must the rest of us feel! We who are mere journeymen of the written word fault ourselves for inadequacies of depictions and usually lack the temerity to blame the imperfect medium of language for the shortcomings of efforts to communicate that which eludes precise expression.
Earlier in the same poem Eliot writes some lines that makes me wonder if I have not crossed a line in the sands of time, and should long ago have taken refuge in silent vigil:
…..Do not let me hear
Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly
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15 Responses to "Beyond Language: Reflections on the Arakan Tragedy"
Ray Joseph Cormier October 15, 2012 at 7:43 am #
Richard, as to your closing words in this wonderful and enlightening article, how old is old when a human sees the connection with the Eternal? A sinner dies in their Youth, but a Child of God dies at 100!
Reading your reflections on this meeting, I had a sense of Being there. I am struck by these words;
"Mrs. Erdogan, not only thinks with her heart, but she infuses such thought with an obvious religious consciousness that conveys a spiritual commitment to empathy that neither needs nor relies upon some sort of rational justification."
Reading your perception of Mrs. Erdogan brought to mind the root idea of these similar words;
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
And before him shall be gathered ALL nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats:
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
For I was an hungry, and you gave me meat: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in:
Naked, and you clothed me: I was sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came unto me.
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry, and fed you? or thirsty, and gave you drink?
When did we see you a stranger, and took you in? or naked, and clothed you?
Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and came unto you?
And the King shall answer and say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me.
Then shall he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
For I was an hungry, and you gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink:
I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and you visited me not.
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see YOU hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to YOU?
Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
This goes way beyond religion, Jewish, Christian, Islam, Buddhist or any other traditional, ritual religion. This is a matter of the human heart.
As you so aptly put it, "a spiritual commitment to empathy that neither needs nor relies upon some sort of rational justification."
Laurie Knightly October 15, 2012 at 12:17 pm #
As I read it, the Rhihingya in the federal state of Arakan formerly Rakhine in Burma aka Myanmar claimed by Rangoon as illegal are muslims abused by Buddhists and supported by the Mazlunder Turks with Muslim affinites and all should be weighed by words of a Catholic priest because UN reports are drained by emotive content and need replacement by words of a poet.
Laurie Knightly October 15, 2012 at 1:24 pm #
OK did that – sorry on spelling of Rohingya. The above directive was much easier than a geopolitical analysis of who and what……..and how or why……
rehmat1 October 15, 2012 at 2:53 pm #
Muslim minorities within Buddhist Maynmar, formally Burma (8 million), Cambodia and Thailand have been suffering for centuries. The Buddhist rulers in those countries continue to carry on the ethnic-cleansing of Muslim population by killing and terrorising Muslim communities, raping Muslim women, burning their houses, mosques and agricultural land.
Arakan, an Islamic State established in 1430 CE, was occupied by Burmese Buddhist forces in 1783 CE. The Buddhist regime immediately embarked on a policy of oppression and physical elimination of the native Muslim population. Under British rule, Buddhist mob carried Muslim massacre in 1942 CE, which resulted in the death of over 100,000 Muslims. Since Burma's independence in 1948 — the violence against Muslims has increased. Some 20,000 Arakan Muslims were killed between 1962 and 1984. In 1990s, 200,000 Muslims were forced to migrate to neighbouring Bangladesh.
Burmese Army officers received training in the UK and the US. The UK and Israel also reportedly trained intelligence personnel. The US State Department had developed quite friendly relations with Ne Win regime by 1965. Ne Win was received at the White House by president Johnson in 1966 and Ne Win later bought houses in the UK, Germany and Switzerland. The US supported the military dictatorship while China against it until President Nixon's visit to China arranged by Pakistan in 1972. It was agreed during that visit that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would stop suppor regional Communist parties if Washington refrain from becoming involved in S.E. Asia – something the Jewish Lobby could not abide by much longer. No wonder the Israeli-firsters supporting the democracy in Myanmar, such as, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Senator Jim Webb and Professor David Steinberg (Georgetown University and associated with the powerful Jewish think tank, Council on Foreign Relations), who did not like the results of democratic elections in PA Territories (2006), Hizb'Allah (2009) and Islamic Iran (2009).
Israel Lobby is using both Myanmar and Sudan to blackmail China for its cordial relations with Islamic Iran – as it created a war between Georgia and Russia a few years ago to blackmail Moscow for its nuclear technology transfer to Tehran.
http://rehmat1.com/2010/03/12/myanmar-to-embrace-us-style-democracy/
peripamir October 16, 2012 at 1:39 pm #
We thank Richard for reminding us of the tragic plight of the Rohingya Muslims in Arakan, Myanmar, whom most of us discovered when violence erupted between them and ethnic Buddhist Rakhines last June. Given the scale of man's inhumanity to man and the subsequent senseless suffering in the world, the Turkish govt's decision to support these "virtually friendless" peoples is commendable. Troubling is Aung San Suu Kyi's silence, and the Buddhist monks recent protest against the efforts of the OIC to extend a helping hand.
However, I find it somewhat hard to believe in the supposedly "altruistic" nature of the AKP's decision to adopt the Rohingyas. Rather, given the vast choice of oppressed peoples in the world eligible for assistance, it is hardly an accident that those selected by the Turkish govt to date ALL happen to be Sunnis. This applies to govts which the AKP has befriended as well (the most controversial being the Sudanese one), which leads one to conclude that Erdogan is poising himself to become the "spiritual" leader of the Sunni global community – a highly worrisome ambition given the drift towards heightened sectarian tensions in the region and in other parts of the world.
PS. Mrs Erdogan is not Turkey's "first lady" Richard, the wife of the President is. Was this, by any chance, "a Freudian slip" ? 🙂
Richard Falk October 18, 2012 at 1:53 pm #
Dear Peri:
Thanks for pointing out that Mrs. Erdogan is not the First Lady of Turkey. You are, of course, correct, and I altered the post accordingly.
But your point about Sunni sectarianism is quite unjustified. Tureky in the last several years has sided with Shi'ia on several occasions: e.g. in condemming the Israeli attack on Lebanon in 2006, in trying to find a solution to the Iran nuclear problem that annoyed Washington in 2010, in its relationship with the Assad regime until it began killing its people. You seem determined not to grant credit where credit is due when the AKP acts.
monalisa October 16, 2012 at 3:20 pm #
sure, emotional speeches should move the hearts of the listeners.
However, I don't think that this was just accidental at this present time and especially in the light of the acting powers in the Middle East.
The subtle way to influence people is a speech with emotion. And females – as you already stated – are more apt to transfer the right emotions to the listeners/public.
As I already stated before, Turkey has to follow US commands within NATO. Not less not more. This and Erdogans personal aspirations I think are enough to maybe more sceptical about the political ways Turkey will take in the near future.
Dear Richard, I don't think that this speech was just because the federal state of Arakan has been visited. Both visit and speech were well planned. It should fit somehow in the present political game.
I feel very sorry for the plight of the Rohingya.
I never had the opinion that the monks of Buddhism belief are any better than monks of other religions.
Here I would like to draw to the fact that the Dalai Lama has been pushed into the lime light by CIA over the times. He had been on the pay roll of the US government for decades in order to manipulate the way of thinking in Western countries. This was – to my astonishement especially in Europe – very successful.
I think from this point of the manipulated view of Buddhism maybe stems the generally regarded religion of Buddhism that those people are very peaceful. However, reading history of Asia tells otherwise.
Whatever the reason was for this speech (and support by the Turkish) it is clear that minorities are still suffering worldwide.
They are too victims of the political powerful states shuffling the cards for the great political game.
Dear Richard, I think you are still far away crossing a line in the sands of time.
Richard Falk October 19, 2012 at 11:45 pm #
Dear monalisa:
I agree that it is important to contextualize a presentation of this sort, but having spent
considerable time in Turkey, and having some contact with those who are shaping Turkish foreign
policy on behalf of the AKP, I am convinced that this presentation was genuine on Mrs. Erdogan's
part. It fits with the Turkish effort at the highest levels of government to reach out to peoples
who are enduring great privation to render assistance. Somalia is the most notable case. The leaders
of Turkey went to Mogadishu a year or so ago when it was considered too dangerous to visit and had
been written off as the worst of 'failed states.' Now, although still beset by problems, it is in
much better shape. Also, Turkey is the first non-European country to take over for the next ten years
responsibility for UN efforts to help the Least Developed Countries. Of course, there are ways to
interpret these initiatives as motivated by certain strategic or economic ambitions, but I find such
explanations far-fetched or subordinate to an effort to demonstrate the possibility of a post-realist
foreign policy. The future will, to some extent, reveal whether I am being too naive or optimistic.
Best always,
monalisa October 20, 2012 at 5:11 am #
thank you for your explanation of your point of view.
Sure, to be in touch with politicans and people involved with certain political actions gives a different impression and view than being from outside as my position is.
However, maybe I am too pessimistic (shaped by looking at political actions and wars during the second half of the 20th century as well as the first ten years of this new millenium) and maybe you are too optimistic.
We both can just hope for the best of our globe and its population.
PS: My points of view are also maybe more shaped as I lived in Egypt for a longer time.
peripamir October 20, 2012 at 6:50 am #
And you, dear Richard, seem determined not to admit to any other interpretation of the AKP's policies or record than the overly positive one you seem to have adopted and which, unfortunately, jars more and more with a wide range of appraisals, coming also from foreign sources.
The latest is the EU's Progress Report for 2012 which is highly critical of issues I have repeatedly raised here.
The Sunni-Shia axis which you also deny has developed over the last few of years. Turkey and Iran are today on opposing sides of the religio-political barrier each supporting their own denominational communities in the region and beyond.
Nor am I persuaded that proximity to centers of power making necessarily endows one with a clearer understanding of what is truly going on and why. Your particular contact may have good intentions but, quite frankly, I am not sure you are privy to all the necessary knowledge and insight. In the meantime, they are lucky to have your powerful pen at their disposal.
So as your exchange with the above reader also implies, let history be our judge… I just hope you will not one day be compelled to explain your convinction as you felt the need to do so with respect to Iran….
Beau Oolayforos November 10, 2014 at 10:27 pm #
Dear Professor Falk,
When you speak about 'thinking with the heart' and the role of women in public discourse, you remind me how, while I look to you for enlightenment and instruction on world issues, Ms Abulhawa, well, she speaks to people's hearts and souls…
Richard Falk November 11, 2014 at 9:47 am #
I too share your deep appreciation of Susan Abulhawa, and all that she conveys and represents and embodies.
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Northport audit shows strength of city's finances
For the first time, city pays for capital projects without taking on any new debt
Lydia Seabol Avant Staff Writer | The Tuscaloosa News
Northport overall had a strong financial year in 2013 and was able to continue to pay down debt and, for the first time, pay for capital projects without taking on any new debt, according to the 2013 budget presented to the Northport City Council on Monday night.
The audit, completed by Northport accounting firm LeCroy, Hunter & Co., examined both the city's water and sewer fund and the general fund.
Overall, the city took in $8.4 million in sales tax revenue, an increase of $69,231 from 2012, and $3.02 million in property tax revenue, which was an increase of $142,336 from the previous year, the audit showed.
The city's general fund ended the year with $1.02 million in unrestricted cash and a contingency reserve fund of $2.3 million.
"You didn't borrow any money in 2013 to buy anything, you had reserves in place for what was needed, so you should be commended for that," said Matt Richardson, an accountant who worked on the audit. "It's the first year that no money was borrowed for capital improvements."
The city's water and sewer fund, which is kept separate from the general fund, ended 2013 with $2.5 million in unrestricted cash and a reserve of $1.1 million, according to the audit. Although it performed well financially, the water and sewer fund did bring in less revenue than in 2012, with revenues declining by 7 percent due to heavier rainfall in 2013 than in 2012.
The city's auditors suggested that Northport have three to six months of operating expenses on reserve. At the end of 2013, the water and sewer fund had two and a half months of operating expenses in reserves, which is close but not ideal, said accountant Courtney LeCroy. Still, with the fund increasing its reserves, the city is on track to hit the three-to-six-month goal, he said.
"We are moving in the right direction," LeCroy said. "Overall it's been a positive year."
Although the city took out no debt in 2013, it did take out a $14 million bond in July to pay for major capital projects, including a new fire station, the widening of Mitt Lary Road and a new police/
fire communication system. Another $8.1 million is needed over the next five years to meet obligations in upgrades required in the water and sewer department's five-year plan, LeCroy said. On average, the expected cost will be about $1.6 million per year.
As part of the 2013 audit, the accounting firm included a list of recommendations of policies that the city needed to change, including being more specific in terms of receipts for travel and training expenses, having a second person approve checks prior to being signed by facsimile signature, and doing random audits for purchasing procedures, check preparation and payroll preparation.
Most of the recommendations have already been put in place, said City Administrator Scott Collins.
"We've done most all of those," Collins said. "We met earlier this year to go over the list of recommendations and have had time to implement the changes. Any time the auditors made recommendations, we take heed of those."
Overall, Collins said he was pleased with the financial standing of the city and the 2013 audit.
"I guarantee that most other cities in the state wouldn't get a report that nice," Collins said. "We've come a long way."
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Most people who are studying the subject of trauma are aware of the ACEs research: the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study that was first done in the late 1990s.
This study shows the powerful impact of childhood adversity on a person's future health outcomes. It is comprised of 10 categories of childhood adversity. Each type of adverse experience, whether it happened once or many times, earns a score of one point. Some people will have no ACEs. Others, about 67% of the population, have one or two. Some people can have four or more.
In some ways this early research was crudely created because it's authors, Dr. Robert Anda and Dr. Vincent Felitti, had no idea they'd stumbled onto something as significant as the study of adverse childhood experiences as they would relate to health issues later in life. Nonetheless, the results were startling and have gotten the attention of trauma researchers and trauma advocates all over the world.
There is an excellent book by Donna Jackson Nakazawa, Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal. The following quote is from page 25 of that book.
So it seems that humiliation or emotional abuse by a parent has a stronger impact than any of the other adverse childhood experiences. With the impact of that kind of abuse being slightly more detrimental to the abused person, it is also noteworthy that this type of adversity stands out among all the others.
This emphasizes the incredibly important and powerful impact of the parent-child relationship at the emotional level. It is at this level that a child experiences secure or less secure attachment and feels more or less cherished versus unimportant. It generates internal messages, creating beliefs that can last a lifetime. So, we can conclude that the emotional wounding that occurs in a child who is rejected or shamed by a parent appears to be somewhat worse than when a child experiences other forms of abuse.
Placing a value on nurturing emotionally healthy relationships between yourself and your children has statistical importance. We need to not perpetuate cycles of adversity in a family, thus exposing children to a myriad of childhood adversities. That should motivate all parents to work towards eliminating those childhood adversities that are connected with negative outcomes later in life.
Being able to provide an emotionally healthy environment can be extremely challenging for any parent or caregiver who did not experience this growing up. We are drawn to repeat the patterns of our own past in the ways that we parent. When they are unhealthy, the pull to repeat them can be extremely strong. For any parent or caregiver who knows their own childhood did not provide the experience of emotional health, secure attachment and the creation of positive inner core beliefs, it is especially important to focus on learning about healthy parenting skills along with corrected attitudes and beliefs about the nature of childhood and what children need growing up.
So what did we learn? That the childhood adversity of recurrent humiliation by a parent is the only one of the ACEs that has stronger impact than all the others.
What can we do? Have this information be a wake-up call for greater emphasis on nurturing parents and equipping them with the knowledge and skills and reliable, non-judgmental support they need to help them avoid humiliating or otherwise emotionally wounding their children. Another goal? Keeping in mind that parents who humiliate their children most likely were humiliated when they were children, we can embrace the efforts made to break the cycles of adverse childhood experiences, including and perhaps most importantly the ACE of emotional wounding by a parent.
For more information, check out my prior blogs that focus on parenting and other resources that encourage healthy parenting.
Were you surprised to learn that humiliation and emotional wounding of a child is slightly more detrimental to that child's welfare and is predictive of later in life health issues than all the other ACEs?
How does this information impact your understanding of the importance of healthy parenting?
If you were a person who as a child lived in a home where you or other children were humiliated or emotionally wounded by a parent, how does this information resonate with you? Does it affirm the impact of that wounding on your life? Does it make you wonder how you might be different if your parent or parents were more consistently nurturing and emotionally safe?
What can you do in your own life to ensure that the children you are raising do not experience the Adverse Childhood Experience of emotional wounding and humiliation?


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Last month, I preached on the topic of singleness at my church. During a post-sermon Q&A session, I was asked a rather strange and baiting question that solicited my opinion on egalitarian and complementarian marital relationships. Clearly, the questioner wanted me to extol one approach and bash the other (and in all honesty, I could have easily done that). However, rather than choosing sides, I briefly articulated the merits of each approach and suggested that each can potentially bring glory to God. Not surprisingly, as soon as the service concluded, I was verbally accosted by people from both camps who believed that their perspective should have been championed and that the other perspective is ungodly, disrespectful and just plain wrong. I quickly realized that none of these people were interested in engaging in healthy and loving discourse on this topic.
What happened at my church is not unique. In my diversity work with churches, I find that most Christians agree that we should unite across ethnic, linguistic, and socio-economic lines. However, as soon as unity requires that we re-consider how we think about faith or how we express faith, we stall. Further, if we're not careful, the mere existence of cultural and/or ideological differences can provoke hostility towards the other group. Armed with the belief that our perspective is entirely right, we easily come up with reasons why other perspectives aren't valuable and why dissenting voices should be extinguished.
This problem is exacerbated by the fact that while the body of Christ experiences significant intergender (man vs. woman) division, it is also plagued by intragender, e.g., woman vs. woman division. In addition to the egalitarian-complementarian divide, Christian women erect divisions between stay-at-home moms and working moms, feminists and traditionalists, married women who take their husband's last name and married women who don't, single and married women, urban and suburban women, black and white women, mothers and non-mothers, and young and old women, to name just a few.
In theory, we support the vision of a diverse, integrated, and interdependent body of Christ, but we rarely engage in meaningful interactions with women who are very different from us. Instead, we tend to ignore these women — or worse, focus on the things that differentiate us from those women, underestimate the richness and value that those women bring to the Kingdom of God, and foster negative attitudes about those women. If we interact with those women at all, we usually do so at a distance and with at least a hint of suspicion. Indeed, these intragender divisions invade even the lives of women who are otherwise conscious of and working toward race, gender, and class unity in the Church and beyond. If we are a body, then we are one that is afflicted with an autoimmune disease.
Why do these intragender divisions exist and persist? One reason is because we think that homogeneity is harmless. We naturally gravitate toward people who are like us. Similarity is one of the most important predictors of liking because we like people who can affirm our worldviews, understand our jokes, and share our experiences. As a single, urban, professional, ministry-oriented woman of color, I simply like other women who share these characteristics. My interactions with them are easier because we speak the same "language," roll our eyes at the same things, and can easily rejoice and commiserate with each other. And spending time with women who are a lot like me isn't necessarily a bad thing. In fact, in many ways, it can provide a much needed drink of cold water in an otherwise desert-like world. Further, my desire to spend the vast majority of my time with women who are like me is not consciously motivated by a prejudice against other types of woman. So what's so bad about my homogenous social and spiritual world?
Unfortunately, there are many negative unintended side effects to homogeneity. For example, social psychological research shows that when we succumb to homogeneity, we often end up drawing strong lines between us and them. Further, our lines often evolve into value judgments (i.e., we are right and they are wrong) and our perceptions of them are often inaccurate and tainted by negativity. These perceptions lead us to devalue women from other groups simply because they are different and serve to widen the divide. Additionally, our inaccurate perceptions often go unchallenged because we spend most of our time with similar others who share our views.
By the time I reached my late twenties, I'd lost touch with my Sisters who married young and are now stay-at-home suburban moms to multiple children. Our life paths diverged years ago when I discovered that maintaining a friendship with women with vastly different schedules, locations, responsibilities, and perspectives requires a fair amount of logistical gymnastics. As a result, I naturally fell into a social and spiritual world that was almost devoid of meaningful interactions with stay-at-home moms. Predictably, the simple separation resulted in inaccurate perceptions that robbed me of a desire to form rich friendships with this group of women. My lack of desire for friendships with stay-at-home moms was spurred on by my own difficulties in carving a path for myself in the Christian world. I often observed that the Christian world validated more traditional female roles and I was threatened by what I perceived to be a lack of support or understanding of my non-traditional path. For this reason, I incorrectly identified stay-at-home moms (who in my mind embodied the narrow Christian female ideal that threatened my worldview and way of life) as willful contributors to my misery. Consequently, I had no problem avoiding them and even devaluing them.
Upon realizing my own contribution to this intragender division, I repented for my prejudice and joined a weekly "mom Bible study" at my church at which I opined little and listened much. Over time, I discovered that many stay-at-home moms actually feel threatened by the likes of me and that we had mutually labeled each other the enemy while losing sight of the fact that we have a very real, very cunning enemy who would love for us to devalue and antagonize each other. I was also reminded that I don't know everything and that stay-at-home moms have a perspective that I desperately need.
The simple and seemingly harmless act of spending most of our time with women who are essentially just like us results in sinister consequences that prevent us from seeking to understand and form bonds with our diverse Sisters. I believe that the metaphor of the body of Christ, which preaches mutual interdependence, was designed to rescue us from homogeneity. When we stick to people who are just like us, we will fail to appreciate the rich diversity of the body of Christ. When we engage with different others on a regular basis, we will begin to see our Sisters in all of their diverse glory.
Where have you experienced this intragender divide? What do you think can be done to overcome it?
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Christena Cleveland is passionate about helping the people of God find the power of unity. She uses social psychological insights, biblical principles, and practical application to equip people to do the work of unity and reconciliation in the church. Christena is the author of Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart and is currently writing The Priesthood of the Privileged, which examines power and inequality in the church. She earned a BA from Dartmouth College and a PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara and is an associate professor of the practice of reconciliation at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina.
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A. H. Belo Corporation, parent of The Dallas Morning News, is launching a multi-year effort to connect North Texas-invested businesses with causes to "make a lasting impact on our community."
The initiative, which will involve both the company's marketing arm, Belo Media Group, and The News' print and digital editions, is designed to raise awareness of education, health and wellness needs in the community and to showcase "innovative and best practices for civic engagement and inspire citizens to engage in volunteerism, fundraising and advocacy," the Dallas-based media company said.
It's one of the first outreach initiatives of The Dallas Morning News' new publisher, Grant Moise.
To lead the initiative, the company hired Gillian Breidenbach, who spent 27 years with Bank of America in Dallas-Fort Worth, including a stint as a senior vice president. Breidenbach, 49, started with A.H. Belo in February in the newly created post of executive director, cause marketing.
The new initiative, which "helps raise the visibility of for-profit companies and nonprofits, is a very clear example to me of a meaningful way that we can strengthen this community," said Moise, who was named publisher of The News earlier this month.
While some details of the program won't be released until the official summer launch, part of the effort will involve articles paid for by companies to focus on corporate social responsibility. The articles won't be written or edited by The News' journalists. The articles will be similar to "sponsored content" that already appears on dallasnews.com.
"If done right, we will move the needle in improving our city's most critical needs," Breidenbach said, "by allowing the nonprofits the ability to extend their reach and their impact."
Spotlighting the positive works of companies will help them "grow their revenue, attract and retain talent, and most importantly, improve our community for future generations," she said.
A fifth-generation Texan and Southern Methodist University alumnus, Breidenbach has spent most of her career in the Dallas-Fort Worth market. She managed Bank of America's Charitable Foundation in North Texas, which contributed nearly $3 million annually to address community needs related to economic mobility with a focus on workforce development, education and basic needs.
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The Prime Minister's Office, Singapore has announced that Ang Cheng Hock, SC, of Allen & Gledhill's Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice, will be appointed a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore with effect from 14 May 2018.
Cheng Hock joined Allen & Gledhill in 1999 and became a Partner in 2000. In 2009, he was appointed Senior Counsel, and remains one of the youngest lawyers to be so appointed – in his case, at the age of 38. Widely recognised as one of the leading litigators in Singapore, his practice areas span a wide range of civil and commercial litigation and international arbitration disputes.
Cheng Hock has contributed greatly to Allen & Gledhill on many fronts. Apart from his responsibilities within the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice, he has also been involved in the management of the firm as a member of the executive committee. Further, he has mentored a steady stream of talented young lawyers, many of whom have become Partners.
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Le Foudroyant est un vaisseau de ligne de premier rang portant 110 canons sur trois ponts, en service dans la Marine royale française entre 1724 et 1743. Il fait partie de ce petit nombre de bâtiments lancés dans les vingt-cinq premières années du règne de Louis XV, période de paix marquée par de faibles crédits pour la Marine.

Dessiné et conçu par l'ingénieur Laurent Hélie au chantiers navals de Brest, ses travaux débutent en janvier 1723 et il est lancé au mois d'avril de l'année suivante. C'est le seul trois-ponts français construit pendant la première moitié du . Cependant, le Foudroyant ne prit jamais la mer. Pourrissant tranquillement à quai, il est démantelé entre 1742 et 1743.

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 French First Rate ship of the line Foudroyant (1724), article du site anglophone Three Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail
 Vaisseaux de ligne français de 1682 à 1780, liste tenue par Ronald Deschênes sur le site agh

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Guide to East Molesey, Surrey ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
MOLESEY, EAST, a parish, in the union of Kingston, First division of the hundred of Elmbridge, W.division of Surrey, 3½ miles (W. by S.) from Kingston.
↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848). ). Adapted. Date accessed: 25 February 2014.
↑ Batches C004572, P004571, see: Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for Surrey, England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 2 April 2012.
↑ Batches M004571, M004572, see: Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for Surrey, England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 2 April 2012.


South Korea's foreign minister called on the U.N. Security Council to expand sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday to punish what he called an escalating and increasingly threatening nuclear program.
Yun Byung-se called North Korea a "serial offender" and denounced Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test and latest long-range missile launch, carried out in January and February.
North Korea's Ambassador Se Pyong So said his country's nuclear program was designed to ensure peace on the divided Korean peninsula, and warned that more sanctions would bring a "tougher reaction".
Both men addressed the U.N.-backed Conference on Disarmament in Geneva hours before major powers were scheduled to vote at the U.N. Security Council across the Atlantic on a resolution to expand sanctions on North Korea.
The United States also condemned Pyongyang's actions.
"The international community stands united in its firm opposition to the DPRK's development and possession of nuclear weapons," Christopher Buck, deputy U.S. disarmament ambassador, told the Geneva talks.
"We do not and will not accept North Korea as a nuclear-armed state."
After nearly two months of bilateral negotiations, China last month agreed to support new measures in the Security Council to try and persuade its ally North Korea to abandon its atomic weapons program.
Pyongyang has been under U.N. sanctions since 2006 because of its nuclear tests and multiple rocket launches.
"It's no wonder that the Security Council will very soon put up a landmark resolution with the strongest ever non-military sanction measures in seven decades of U.N. history," South Korea's Yun said.
The credibility of the nuclear non-proliferation regime needed to be protected, he added.
"Even at this moment, Pyongyang is accelerating its nuclear weapons and missile capabilities from nuclear bombs and hydrogen bombs to ICBMs and SLBMs," he said referring to intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
"We have heard Pyongyang officially state its intention not only to further develop its nuclear weapons and missiles but also to use them."
Japan's parliamentary vice-minister for foreign affairs, Masakazu Hamachi, said North Korea's actions had undermined the security of Northeast Asia and the rest of the world.
North Korea's envoy retorted that the nuclear program was "not directed to harm the fellow countryman but to protect peace on the Korean Peninsula and security in the region from the U.S. vicious nuclear war scenario."
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Top 5 free games of the week ( May 6 to May 12) on Android smartphonesWe have put together the list of top free games for Android smartphones as per Google Play Store.
EA Games and Respawn Entertainment to launch mobile version of 'Apex Legends'Last year, Respawn Entertainment and EA Games launched the Apex Legends online multiplayer game. The company had launched the game for PC, Xbox One and PS4 platforms and now as per the recent news, EA Games is planning to launch the game for the mobile platform as well.
Here's the give from the Minecraft's developer on the 10th anniversary of the gameThe developers of the game Minecraft has restored the classic version of the game which was launched back in 2009 and dubbed that nostalgic feeling into the browser version of the original game.
Tencent's PUBG won't get 'chicken dinner' in ChinaTencent Holdings Ltd on Wednesday shut down its test version of global blockbuster "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" in China and shifted users to a similar, more patriotic video game which, unlike PUBG, has regulatory approval to generate revenue.
Grand Theft Auto 6 rumour suggests multiple cities and moreAs per some leaks, the next GTA game will have something that hasn't featured in any of the games in the series.
Apple launches 'its own' game on App Store that features Warren BuffettApple seems to have launched its first game app on App Store in years. The app feature Warren Buffett but is developed by Wildlife Design Inc.
This classic game makes it to the World Video Game Hall of FameSome of the classic games that have made it to the list so far have been Doom, World of Warcraft and Tetris, to name a few.
The next Call of Duty game to be announced soonWe have come to that time of the year when the upcoming Call of Duty title is generally announced.
Top 5 trending games of the week (April 29 to May 5) for Apple iPhoneContinuing on our top trending games list, here's our top five games based on Apple App store.
Fortnite Season 8 Week 10 challenge revealed, here's how to find and unlock remaining skins and rewardsThe last week of Fortnite Season 8 is about to end and before that there's one more set of challenges left for users that will allow them to level up their Battle Pass and unlock the remaining skins and rewards from the Season 8. The Week 10's challenge is now live across all the platforms-- PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch and mobile devices.
Facebook adds new features to its Instant Games tabThe new features of the Gaming tab will be added to both the Facebook Gaming tab and the Facebook app's Bookmarks menu on mobile.
Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs game launched as Apple prime exclusiveast month, Rovio, the company behind the popular game Angry Bird announced that their upcoming augmented reality game is available for pre-order.
Fortnite is getting a new Star-Lord character skin and Dance off emotethe popular free-to-play battle royale game Fortnite has added a new Marvel skin as the part of the crossover event. The new skin is the Star-Lord's outfit based on the appearance of Chris Pratt in the movie Guardians of the Galaxy.
This gamer got banned for Avengers Endgame spoilersConfirming the ban, the player revealed the email trail with Riot Games support in which they have used to same reason to justify the 3-days ban imposed on him.
Top five trending games of the week on Android smartphones (April 22-27)Here we are with the top five games that were trending according to Google Play Store.
Here's how long Sony Playstation fans will have to wait for a new consoleJapanese tech giant Sony has said that its next PlayStation won't be launching in the coming 12 months, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. The information was revealed via a tweet of a reporter from The Wall Street Journal.
Days Gone game for PS4 released: Here's everything you need to knowSony has released its one of the biggest exclusive title called Days Gone today. The pre-load of the game has already begun and players can now purchase and start downloading the game via PlayStation Store. Here's everything you need to know about the game.
Fortnite's 'Endgame': You can now join the Avengers or ThanosAs teased earlier, the Marvel-themed crossover event in Fortnite is here and has arrived in v8.50 update via a Limited Game Mode.
Nintendo opens beta sign ups for Mario Kart TourLast year, Nintendo, the developer behind the Mario game confirmed that they would be releasing a new title for smartphones soon. Now, the closed beta version of the long-awaited mobile version of Mario Kart game will be available to play for Android smartphone users via closed beta of the game.
Why one of the best professional gamers in the world terms PUBG "a waste of time"Competitive gaming communities across the world are no strangers to the name of Shroud, who is known for acing games like CS:Go, Call of Duty Black Ops 4: Blackout, PUBG and more titles. Shroud, whose real name is Michael Grzesiek, is one of the biggest streamers on live video streaming platform Twitch.


11 January 2012, Singapore – From the mastermind behind the annual Singapore F1 Grand Prix, Mr Colin Syn, deputy chairman of Singapore GP Pte Ltd, now brings to Singapore the first gourmet fiesta of its kind here. Its philosophy is to unite fine food and drink with a plethora of expert master classes, live demonstrations, fun workshops and culinary shopping, in an event that reaches out to you and I.
Within one purpose-built venue, you can find an alfresco Gourmet Village teeming with award-winning restaurants helmed by Michelin and celebrity chefs (Chef Alain Passard from L'Arpege, France and Chef Alvin Leung from Bo Innovation, Hong Kong), a bespoke indoor Gourmet Auditorium complete with a state-of-the-art kitchen where culinary master classes are held, and a Gourmet Market that boasts an international showcase of artisan food and drink exhibitors.
The Gourmet Village will showcase over 50 dishes from 16 award-winning chefs and restaurants. Wander from menu to menu, on a tasting trail that could take you from Alain Passard's world famous "Chaud-Froid" Egg to a Peruvian specialty of Scallops Tiradito. Chart your own course on a unique culinary journey with all dishes priced between S$6 and S$21.
The Gourmet Market showcases top quality produce that demonstrates the variety available from around the world. Here you can attend live workshops and demonstrations that discuss product-related issues as varied as nutrition, product innovation and food presentation. Wine, water, coffee and chocolate appreciation sessions and tastings are also available.
The Gourmet Auditorium which features a bespoke air-conditioned theatre-style arena complete with a state-of-the-art Bosch kitchen. Demonstrations by some of the world's top chefs, sommeliers and nutritionists will not only provide a great insight into the passion they each have for their craft, but will also immerse attendees in a truly intimate behind-the-scenes experience in a world-class setting.
SAVOUR 2012 will be held from 30 March to 1 April 2012 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, Paddock & Pit Building & 1 Republic Boulevard.
Tickets will be available for sale online at www.savour.sg at S$40 for Lunch (1130am to 4pm) and S$60 for Dinner (6pm to 1030pm).


The FOPH regulates the various healthcare professions to assure a high quality of training and vocational education and ensure that the Swiss healthcare system has an adequate pool of qualified professionals to draw on. Find out here about the legal framework, including the Medical Professions Act (MedBG/LPMéd), the Psychology Professions Act (PsyG/LPsy) and the accompanying ordinances and regulations.
By implementing and further developing legal provisions that are already in place as well as introducing new provisions, the FOPH is primarily committed to ensuring a high quality of training and continuing professional development (CPD) within the health professionals. Through quality assurance measures such as accreditation of study and CPD programmes as well as federal exams, the achievement of legally defined objectives is verified. The FOPH also ensures that the same prerequisites apply throughout Switzerland for autonomous professional private-sector activity. For that purpose, it uses internet-based registers which list the persons with Swiss or Switzerland-recognised diplomas and CPD titles.


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These are Hand Made in Cambodia to hold betel nuts. T90 stamped on bottom of each total weight is 247.5 grams. 4.5" x 2.5" both open and shuts very snug not loose. I tested these along with a 925 item and the results came out the same. The item "VTG 900 SILVER STATUE OF WATER BUFFALO / OXEN PAIR BETEL NUT CONTAINER BOX T90" is in sale since Tuesday, July 31, 2018. This item is in the category "Antiques\Asian Antiques\Southeast Asia\Statues". The seller is "phoenixnbutterfly" and is located in Waianae, Hawaii. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica.


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In the November 5th election 76% of Texas voters approved constitutional amendment Proposition 4 to prohibit the state from imposing any income tax. Proposition 4 started in the Texas legislature as HJR 38, to refer to the voters the question of a constitutional prohibition on an income tax. The measure amends the state constitution that requires a two-thirds supermajority in the House and Senate so support from both Democrats and Republicans was needed. The voting results by Texas politicians and voters show a strong rejection for a state income tax.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared in a victory statement, "This ban on such a disastrous tax (state income tax) will keep our economy prosperous, protect taxpayers, and ensure that Texas remains the best state to live, work, and raise a family."
There are seven states without a personal income tax: Texas, Florida, Alaska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nevada and Washington. Tennessee will phase out their state income tax on January 1, 2021.
For a fair tax to fund the federal government there is in the House Ways and Means Committee the FAIRtax bill, HR 25, that abolishes personal and corporate income taxes plus gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security, Medicare, and self-employment taxes. Federal revenue to fund government programs would be collected by a progressive tax system that includes a national sales tax and a monthly tax refund, called the Prebate, that un-taxes all legal residents up to subsistence level spending—a progressive sales tax. The FAIRtax also eliminates the threat to the insolvency of Social Security and Medicare and eliminates the need for tariffs to raise import prices to price levels of U.S. goods caused by the existing income/payroll tax system.
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