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Karlyn Borysenko: Critical Race Theory Is Not Just Anti-White… It's Simply Racist
Critical Race Theory is an important battle being waged. Unfortunately, as Dr Karlyn Borysenko points out, Conservatives like Candace Owens and Ben Shapiro are taking the wrong approach and are entering dangerous territory within this CRT debate which can potentially lead to a white power movement unlike anything we've seen in our lifetime.
by Jeff Dornik
Dr Karlyn Borysenko has been spending her time combatting Critical Race Theory. She sees the danger in this ideology and has been leading the charge in exposing it for the racist platform that it is.
Over the past couple of months, more people have been waking up to the danger of Critical Race Theory. The problem is that most do not actually understand what it is, nor do they understand how to combat it. It's more than just anti-white. We have to do more than just ban it from schools.
One dangerous trend that Karlyn is seeing among the anti-CRT crowd, led by the likes of Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk, is the claim that Critical Race Theory is "anti-white." While there definitely is an anti-white belief system within CRT, it is not limited to that. It's actually simply a racist ideology… against ALL races.
To limit the conservative definition of CRT to simply being anti-white is like the Left saying that Black Lives Matter instead of All Lives Matter. Saying All Lives Matter would also encompass Black lives, in the same way that saying that CRT is racist would also include those that are white.
The danger with the current conservative claims of CRT being anti-white is playing right into the trap laid by the Left, which is leading to further division among our country… which is exactly what they want. We are in the midst of a Cultural Revolution unlike any of us have seen in America. We have to remember that.
White Supremacists have been using this division over Critical Race Theory to their benefit, attempting to recruit more white Americans to their cause. Believing that Critical Race Theory is simply anti-white puts White Americans on the defensive, which leads to a pro-white/anti-minority worldview if not dealt with properly.
If we are going to defeat Critical Race Theory, it's not going to be through self-segregation into our own racial identities. It's not going to be by playing within the rules established by the Democrats and Progressive Left. Rather, it will be by rejecting the rules that are attempted to be placed up on us and forging ahead with the truth that race should not divide us.
Critical Race Theory is racist against all races. It views whites as being oppressors. It sees blacks as being inferior, unable to achieve success on their own apart from the help of the superior white race. We could go right down the list of every single racial division and the CRT promotion and embracement of racist ideology.
Conservative values are the solution to CRT. We see every individual having intrinsic value given to us by God Himself. We don't see the world through the lens of race, but through the lens of individuality. Your value is in who you are as a person, not what pigmentation your skin happens to have.
We must avoid the temptation to participate in tribalism. We cannot go down this "anti-white" agenda or talking points. Rather, we must reject that premise and forge our own path ahead, winning the hearts and minds of the American people through reason, logic and our America First conservative values.
Just remember, this is not a sprint. This is going to be a lifelong battle. Expect to wage this war for the next hundred years. It may be difficult. We may not see the ultimate victory, but it's worth fighting just the same. If you want to end this evil and racist worldview, we've got to fight smart, fight hard and be strategic…. And simply work every day to expose the evils of this ideology.
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New York Convention Roadshow in Singapore
Report written by Fedelma C. Smith
The Singapore New York Convention Roadshow was held at the Supreme Court of Singapore on 18 and 19 July 2019, hosted by the Singapore Judicial College. Opening the event, Senior Counsel Foo Chee Hock, Dean of the Singapore Judicial College, welcomed judges from Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam.
As well as engaging in an immersive introduction to each provision of the New York Convention and judicial decisions interpreting and applying the key principles of the Convention from jurisdictions across the world, the colloquium showcased recent jurisprudence from Singapore and the ASEAN region, highlighting the emergence of a pro-arbitration judicial policy. The colloquium began with a wide-angle introduction to the field of international arbitration, with case examples from some of the world's oldest arbitration institutions, an introduction to the work of UNCITRAL, and a consideration of the special features of arbitral practice in the ASEAN region. The UNCITRAL Model Law is the basis of the national arbitration laws of Cambodia (Commercial Arbitration Law 2006), Myanmar (Arbitration Law 2016), the Philippines (Alternative Dispute Resolution Act 2004), Singapore (International Arbitration Act 2012), and Thailand (Arbitration Act 2002), while non-Model Law countries in the region include Indonesia (Law on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution 1999) and Vietnam (Law on Commercial Arbitration 2010).
Sessions dedicated to the arbitration agreement and the organization of arbitration proceedings included a consideration of the salient details of the arbitration rules of institutions in the region, including the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), the Badan Arbitrase Nasional Indonesia (BANI), the Philippines Dispute Resolution Centre, Inc. (PDRCI), the Thai Arbitration Centre (THAC), and the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC).
The Roadshow continued on the second day with an in-depth, article-by-article analysis of the New York Convention, which was richly illustrated with presentations on current Singapore law on enforcement of arbitral awards and on issues specific to ASEAN jurisdictions, with specific focus on Singapore, highlighting recent judicial decisions on key issues relating to arbitrability and public policy. The event concluded with a fully interactive discussion of questions arising during the colloquium.
The Singapore New York Convention Roadshow 2019 was led by Judge Dominique Hascher (French Supreme Court) with Fedelma C. Smith (Permanent Court of Arbitration - Singapore Office), Foo Yuet Min (Drew & Napier, Singapore), Simon Dunbar (King & Spalding, Singapore), Andre Maniam SC, and Koh Swee Yen (WongPartnership LLP, Singapore).

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1970 Dodge Charger Daytonas
By Ken R. Noffsinger
UPDATE: Since this page was written in 2000, Mopar Collectors Guide (MCG) magazine published a series of articles on the 1970 Dodge Charger Daytonas. The articles are made available here with the express permission of MCG magazine.
September, 2002 - and then there were none...: Page 6, Page 7, Page 8, Page 9.
May, 2004 - '70 Daytonas Revisited!, Fact or Fiction, You Decide, Part 1: Page 114, Page 115, Page 116, Page 117, Page 118.
June, 2004 - '70 Daytonas Revisited!, Fact or Fiction, You Decide, Part 2: Page 118, Page 119, Page 120, Page 121.
July, 2004 - '70 Daytonas Revisited!, Fact or Fiction, The Final Chapter?: Page 116, Page 117, Page 118, Page 119.
William Haigh (see the June, 2004 MCG article) has also published a Web page with information not included in the MCG articles.
A very rare color photo of the car. Notice the light green striping treatment.
This is a much sharper black and white version of the color photo seen above. The loop at front served as a bumper, which was required on all 1970 vehicles.
The unusual paint scheme (two side stripes, striped wing and painted hood) can be seen very clearly here.
Notice the standard Charger rear window - it's not a "real" Daytona. A 1969 dealer plate is also clearly visible in this photo.
The 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona was one of the most dramatic shots fired during the late 1960's stock car Aero Wars. Originally envisioned as a 1970 model year offering, Chrysler rushed the car into production early because of the lack luster performance of its predecessor, the 1969 Dodge Charger 500. Stock car sanctioning body rules allowed all cars (including Daytonas) to race for more than one season, so it was not then necessary to manufacture any significant number of race or street Daytonas for 1970. Besides, Dodge's sister division Plymouth was producing its own winged car for 1970, the SuperBird.
According to winged car aficionado Greg Kwiatkowski (who provided all of the photos found here), the car at left was built for Bob McCurry, then Vice-President and General Manager of Dodge. It is thought to be perhaps one of three 1970 Dodge Charger Daytonas produced by Chrysler - or what was as close as they could come at the time. Most winged car "experts" don't really consider this a true Daytona, as it's missing at least one very important part that "real" 1969 Daytonas had - the special rear window treatment.
And what of the other two cars? An In-Violet purple car resides at the Wheels and Spokes Museum in Hays, Kansas. There are rumors that the third car was blue, but little else is known about it.
Let's finish by reviewing excerpts from newsletters of the two national winged car clubs:
From the Winged Warrior newsletter, October, 1977: "Chrysler tells us they made 503 Daytonas, and some sources say 505. Maybe the 505 account partly for the 1970 models. A 1970 Daytona? Yes, there were at least three of them produced. Two were for prominent doctors in the country, and one belonged to Bob McCurry who was the Godfather of the Daytona at Chrysler Corporation. These had every option available for the Charger line, plus R/T door scoops, side marker lights (the bodies were '70's, not '69's), electric sunroofs, vinyl tops, custom front bumpers (looked something like '63 Vette front bumpers), and were powered by Hemi's. As for the whereabouts of these cars, McCurry supposedly still owns his, the doctor who resided in Baltimore, Maryland sold his to someone in Maryland, and the whereabouts of the third Daytona is still unknown."
From the Daytona-SuperBird Auto Club newsletter, May, 1997: "With respect to 1970 Daytonas; there are no true 1970 Daytonas. However, there are a handful of 1970 Chargers converted to Daytona sheet metal by Creative Industries at that time. The one documented car is Plum Crazy with a 440 6-pack and loaded with options like a sunroof. It has the R/T door scoops. This car is missing the one thing that makes a true Daytona - the back window. It was owned by a doctor in Indiana from new and was sold in the late '70s to a man in Hays, Kansas. I believe the car is still there."
From the Daytona-SuperBird Auto Club newsletter, August-September, 1999: "There were a few 1970 model Daytonas made. We first made mention of the rumor of such a car in May, 1977. A member approached Ray Nichels about these cars, and Ray confirmed that 'maybe one, two or three' had been made. They were built by Creative Industries who did the Charger 500 and 1969 Daytona conversions for Chrysler. Ray's opinion at the time was that Creative was hoping Chrysler would consider keeping a good thing (work and business for Creative) going and produced a few cars.
In 1978, we got a call from member...in Ohio...[who] told us he knew the owner of one of these 1970 Daytonas. About three days later, the owner, Dr. David Jackson called and told us his story about the car. In 1969, Dr. Jackson was working at the Navy hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. Around this time, he bought a '69 Dodge convertible. He had talked to a dealer in the Washington, DC area about a Daytona. But, most of the ones in the area were relatively stripped down without power steering (?) or brakes. The doctor called Chrysler and some how managed to reach the head man of Dodge, Bob McCurry. McCurry told him that they would not be making any more 1969 Daytona models, but that they were making a small run of Daytonas on 1970 chassis. There would be one for each district that Chrysler had, which would make 30 to 35 cars. Always the salesman, McCurry asked the doctor if he would be interested in taking the car for the DC and Maryland area, which of course he agreed. He sold the new Dodge convertible when it was a week old. Three weeks later, he talked to McCurry again. At this time, McCurry stated that there had been a change of plans and that they had canceled the production run. But...since he was having a 1970 Daytona made up for himself, he agreed to also have one made for Dr. Jackson.
At this time, Dr. Jackson was taking pictures for the American Red Cross at stock car races in the southland, and putting together slide shows for patients. The order for his car was processed through a dealer, and he picked up the car in Detroit in February, 1970. Dr. Jackson drove it straight to Daytona for the 500. He met Ray Nichels there and also the folks at Grey Rock brakes. And in 1971, the car was the Grey Rock parade lap car for the Daytona 500.
You've probably heard how the winged cars were banned in DC and Maryland for not having front bumpers. At this time, Dr. Jackson had a specialty body shop fabricate up some front bumpers modified from a 1963 Corvette. In 1973, the car went to Nichels Engineering in Indiana for some mechanical work. The engine was blueprinted, reassembled and dynoed at 450 horsepower. In 1979, the car was sold to Jerry Jueneman in Hays, Kansas. It was cosmetically restored and showed up at the Wing Car National meet in Michigan that year. The car is still owned by Jueneman and is reported to be currently on the market.
The 1970 Daytonas were loaded. Dr. Jackson's car was equipped with a factory sunroof on a black vinyl top, leather buckets, six way seats, and stereo. The car also has the 1970 Charger R/T door scoops and 1970 side marker lights and tail lights. These cars do not have a fastback rear window plug. [It was] left off by Creative due to the extra labor required. Dr. Jackson's car does not have an 'XX29' serial number.
We've seen photos of two 1970 Daytonas. Early photos of Dr. Jackson's Plum Crazy car exist, as well as another loaded out car shot at Chrysler with small bumperettes. The timing of February, 1970 delivery seems right, as the Chrysler car is sitting on a wet parking lot of road salt. The third one which was rumored to have gone to actor Robert Goulet hasn't popped up on film yet..."
NOTE: The Winged Warriors/National B-Body Owners Association site has information about another of the 1970 Daytonas.


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The final boxes of evidence were the stars of the Oswaldo Villalobos trial as they were read into the record Tuesday. Judges and lawyers alike yawned while Judge Manuel Rojas sorted through the leftovers of the prosecution's written case.
Boxes 23 to 27 held mostly assorted documents, checkbooks, some photos, and receipts from accounting of various Villalobos companies. As most evidence was packaged separately in the boxes, considerable rummaging to find each item on the inventory sheet was needed.
Judicial proceedings in Costa Rica rely more on written documentation than similar trials in North America and England. Judges are not merely arbiters of the law but active investigators.
The Oswaldo Villalobos trial is nearing its final stage, and the three-judge panel probably will delve into much of the written documents during their deliberations. There is no jury here.
Villalobos was one of two brothers who were involved in money exchange. Luis Enrique Villalobos is now a fugitive. He was identified with the high-interest borrowing operation that prosecutors suggest was a ponzi scheme. He had about $1 billion on his books when he closed up and vanished Oct. 14, 2002.
he signed and deposited that trace back to the borrowing operation. There are documents that say he had the power to accept money from creditors who came without a recommendation.
Witnesses have said he was involved with accepting money from them for the high-interest operation, although the testimony could be wrong.
The fraud charge is supported by records that show the borrowing operation would accept money and agree to pay up to 3 percent a month and then deposit the money in accounts paying 3 to 4 percent a year. The borrowing business took in about $90 million in both 2001 and 2002, according to the prosecution.
The money laundering allegation is supported by the nature of the funds the borrowing operation would accept. A central issue here are deposits from Canadians later linked to a cocaine smuggling operation.
The judges must not only decide if Oswaldo Villalobos is linked to the borrowing operation but whether the operation itself represents a criminal activity in the three areas alleged by the prosecutor.
Oswaldo Villalobos is more closely identified with the Ofinter S.A. money exchange operation which had a branch that functioned adjacent to the high-interest scheme in Mall San Pedro. Office layout has been a major topic at the trial.
In their final summary, defense lawyers probably will seek to answer why Oswaldo Villalobos closed up shop the same day that his brother ended the high-interest operation. This is a strong fact suggesting a link.
Meanwhile, a dwindling number of expats are hoping for an acquittal because they have been told that Luis Enrique Villalobos will return to pay them off if that happens. Many have been the target of an effective campaign that caused them to withdraw their Villalobos allegations.
With the executive branch firmly signed on to a proposal to provide a referendum on the free trade treaty with the United States, officials suggest that the desire of opponents for a vote is cooling.
Some groups that always said they wanted a referendum are now throwing up a curtain of smoke and excuses to impede the process of letting the people decide on the pact, said Rodrigo Arias, minister of the Presidencia as he delivered to lawmakers a presidential decree calling for a public vote Tuesday.
For example, the Asociación Nacional de Empleados Públicos y Privados published on its Web site an article saying that the move by President Óscar Arias Sánchez to call a public vote generated a conflict between the executive branch and the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones.
It was the tribunal Thursday that announced it would allow opponents of the treaty to collect vote with the goal of holding a public vote. The next day President Arias used another part of the referendum law to say he would ask the legislature Tuesday to approve a vote.
The difference is in the timing. A signature campaign could have dragged on for nine months while the treaty remained in limbo. Some say that was the goal of the opponents because they are not sure they have the public support to defeat the treaty. Under the Arias plan, the tribunal has to schedule a vote in 90 days once the legislature approves the measure.
The government maintains a two-thirds coalition majority in the Asamblea Legislativa. There is little doubt the Arias brothers will get the 29 votes they need to put the question to the people.
However, as Francisco Antonio Pacheco, assembly president, noted Tuesday when he got a copy of the presidential decree, the text must be published in the official La Gaceta newspaper before any assembly action takes place. That process will be expedited.
While the Arias brothers and other pro-treaty advocates say they will respect the outcome of the public vote, opponents have not said the same thing. In fact, a series of constitutional challenges is a certainty if the treaty is approved. The Asociación Nacional de Empleados Públicos y Privados has been laying the groundwork for such a challenge for months.
The treaty faces a February deadline. If it is not ratified, it becomes void insofar as Costa Rica is concerned. The Dominican Republic and four other Central American states already have ratified the treaty, as has the U.S. Congress.
Costa Rica also has to pass legislation making fundamental changes in certain laws before the treaty goes into force. Lawmakers will continue their discussions to create a fast-track method for doing that. They will seek to make changes in the internal rules to limit debate to 22 legislative session. Otherwise debate would be unlimited.
Costa Ricans do not have a savings culture and the average adult is not fully conversant on financial topics, according to officials.
So the Ministerio de Educación Pública, the Banco Central and the Superintendencia de Pensiones have set up a course for 150,000 fourth- and fifth-grade students. The course includes calculating interest, planning a family budget and the importance of picking a good pension plan.
Costa Ricans have few choices in some financial areas. For example, the Instituto Nacional de Seguros in an insurance monopoly, and one size usually fits all. Recently adult Costa Ricans had to decide where their pension money was placed.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., — Intel Corp. Tuesday announced first-quarter revenue of $8.9 billion, operating income of $1.7 billion, net income of $1.6 billion and earnings per share of 27 cents. The results included the effect of a $300-million reversal of previously accrued taxes that increased per-share earnings by approximately 5 cents.
"The strong momentum of our industry-leading Intel Core microarchitecture product family, combined with ongoing structural cost improvements, delivered solid financial results in the first quarter," said Paul Otellini, Intel president and CEO "Our product strength is reflected in the fact that average selling prices for the quarter held up well in a very competitive environment."
Intel has chip manufcaturing facilities in San Antono de Belén.
Despite the seeming dominance of the central government, local democracy is alive and well in Costa Rica.
The Catholic diocese five years ago built a new church in downtown Florencia next exiting one. The diocese still own the old church building and allows free use of it, as available, for community activities.
Saturday the two buildings are not left without weekend use. While a wedding took place in the new church, the Florencia community association used the old church building for a decision-making meeting. The group wanted to convince residents to approve the purchase of a tract with a natural spring so the community can end its freeze on building permits.
The community association owns and rents the building opposite from the church. With the money approved to purchase the land with water, there would also be enough money left to build a new community sports gym facility behind the building they rent out. The gym would be free to the community during the day. To pay for the electricity, groups wanting to use the gym after dark would be charged a nominal fee, according to the plan.
A district community association is a group that takes concerns to the municipality, which for Florencia is in Ciudad Quesada. The municipality then turns to the representative body for the canton, which in this case is San Carlos.
The representative body for San Carlos then passes Florencia's concerns to the government in their province of Alajuela, in order to receive permission to proceed with what the people approved. After approval, all the represented towns under Florencia's jurisdiction could benefit.
Alvaro Marín presents the proposal to purchase land to acquire more water for the community.
Caimitos, San Francisco, Penjamo, Peje Vieja, Puente Casa, La Vieja, and Molino La Florencia. The associate needed a quorum of 20 to finalize an approval, and about 24 people from the area showed up. The community association's fiscal, Alvaro Marín, gave a presentation, and with the assistance of Javier Villalobos, the president, and Cynthia Pérez, vice president, the entire agenda was approved.
But the group only needs to go through the above elaborate. multi-level process when it has to ask to ask the higher governments for financial assistance.
In this case, the association only needed residents' approval to go directly to a local bank for a loan, because the organization has property and income for a guarantee.
Investigators have detained two men as suspects in the Escazú home invasion Feb. 15 that terrorized the wife of a U.S. Embassy employee.
In addition, two persons have been detained as suspects in receiving stolen goods that came from that crime.
The daylight home invasion took place in a patrolled neighborhood in the upscale Trejos Montealegre of San Rafael de Escazú. At the time Fuerza Pública officers said three men with shotguns somehow evaded the security systems of the home and broke in shortly after 9 a.m.
Officers identified the occupants at Robert and Geannina Coopley and said he was an embassy employee. The Embassy declined to identify the individuals involved. The embassy is believed to maintain a security patrol in the area where many of the U.S. citizen employees live. Embassy officials upgraded their security efforts after the 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
The robbers were in the home for about two hours and 30 minutes, and there has been no explanation as to why security guards did not detect their presence. The home has a security fence topped with razor wire.
and Henry Bryan Murillo Harley. They were detained where they live in Loma Linda de Paso Ancho. They were jailed for two months preventative detention.
The persons suspected of fencing the estimated $10,000 in electronics and other items taken from the home were identified by investigators as Andrea Roxana Paniagua Moreno and Edwin Andrés Gutiérrez Cisneros. They were arrested where they live in Los Cuadros de Guadalupe. A judge declined to jail them and instead ordered that they sign in with the prosecutor's office every 15 days while the investigation continues.
Upscale homes in Escazú and Rohrmoser have been continual targets of home invasions like the one Feb. 15. Usually the bandits strike at night, break through the metals fences and hold the family inside and any domestic help at gunpoint.
Even the home of recent presidential candidate Ricardo Toledo Carranza was invaded by gunmen in Rohrmoser March 21, and the robbers killed a maid and a neighbor. Toledo's wife had her face fractured and her arm broken in three places.
The attack on the politician's home seems to have generated an effort to crack down on such crimes by law enforcement officials and the persons just arrested will be questioned to determine if they have been involved in other crimes, said officials. The suspects of the crime at the Toledo home were captured within hours.
Letterwriter John Holtz had this to say about law enforcement in Costa Rica ("He wants some solutions to problems from crimes," April 17, 2007), "Until we centralize law enforcement, demand accountability, up the pay, up the quality of the force and make sure their shoes hit the streets 24/7, we will continue to live in fear."
There is no need to live in fear. My family and I lived in Costa Rica for years and we were never in fear. The reason was simple: we were not unarmed. We made no secret of being armed, and criminals bypassed us and our home, even though our Tico and Gringo neighbors were frequently victimized by thugs. You see, criminals vastly prefer unarmed victims and will go out of their way to avoid someone who will fight back. While living in Costa Rica, I only had to use a firearm once in self-defense. Word quickly got out that we were ready, willing and able to defend ourselves, and we were never bothered again.
You might be surprised to know that many, perhaps a majority, foreign residents in Costa Rica are armed, whether they advertise it or not. Many of us from a variety of countries got together for occasional target practice. We were never hassled by the police. To the contrary, I would usually invite a few of them to join us for practice, since their own departments didn't provide ammo for training and we had large quantities of ammunition.
To the point: some people just don't get it. Police very rarely prevent crime or catch criminals during the commission of a crime. If you want to be safe, if you want your family and your property to be safe, then step up and take the responsibility for the safety of your loved ones, yourself and your property. Own a firearm. Practice with it. Develop a mindset for self-defense. Be aware of your surroundings. Refuse to be a victim. Fight back. Then and only then will you and your loved ones truly be safe. The choice is yours. If you live in fear, it's because you choose to live that way.
For what it is worth, that advice applies anywhere in the world. During my military service and years as a professional peace officer, I lived in some of the most crime-ridden places imaginable, in the U.S. and abroad. The rules are the same regardless of where you live.
Phil Baker's article captured the essence of our interest in Costa Rica. My wife and I visited this past January and decided we would like to build a vacation home in Costa Rica. I had investigated ocean front property in Chile last year but came to realize my wife would never had been comfortable there. My last hope for a retirement vacation home outside the U.S. was Costa Rica. I arrived with limited expectations that my wife would enjoy Costa Rica enough to consider building there.
I instantly fell in love with Costa Rica. The country's natural beauty and climate were irresistible but the clincher for us, especially my wife, was the Ticos we met. From Alex at Poaz Rental to the gift shop manager at the Mono Azul, we met delightful people living a lifestyle many Americans assume has disappeared forever.
My wife was amazed and overwhelmed to see Costa Ricas enjoying family life. We saw families walking arm in arm, playing with children in the parks, intensely engaged with each other. Contrast this lifestyle with American families' tales of "stealth children," family members who are rarely seen by their parents in their homes.
We soon began to discuss how cultures could be so different. Television viewing and Saturday morning sports substituted for parenting, the degree of privacy children enjoy, unrestricted and Internet usage without supervision, access to automobiles and material coddling were in stantly identified as major reasons for the differences. Our only concern about building in Costa Rica was that American culture and the concomitant values of rampant, mindless materialism could invade the country and reduce Costa Rica's culture to the level of our's without the conveniences.
Mr. Barker correctly identified working mothers as the fatal change that may forever alter Costa Rica. I also think the close connection between Costa Rican's and their religious life is a key to preserving their cultural identity. One of the first changes Costa Ricans will experience in the "global economy" will be the eroding of religious faith in favor of political correctness that challenges their religious faith. Materialism replaces faith and, viola, you the basis for a new United States of Costa Rica.
My wife and are philosophic Kantian's and therefore, very reluctant to embrace a concept that advocates American expats and visitors depriving people of their autonomy in making these kinds of decisions, even more so for a people and culture we barely know. Many Costa Ricans will naturally view materialism from the viewpoint of people who haven't tasted the forbidden fruit and can only imagine the benefits of escaping poverty and have no perspective of the devastating effects produced by that taste.
America society deteriorated gradually and few realized what was happening, even fewer wanted to admit it. Costa Ricans may have to traverse the same, painful territory to fully realize the Faustian bargain they have made.
where reports of violent crime are still rare and we're proceeding with our plans. Costa Rica's inability to police its society may ultimately save it from American-styled materialization.
A friend who accompanied us on our recent trip to Costa Rica opted out of a property purchase after reading the continuous reports about increasing crime rates in Costa Rica here in A.M. Costa Rica. Many "baby boomer" Americans may be very disillusioned with the quality of life in the U.S. and, especially in mid-April, U.S. confiscatory tax policy, but few will find a country that cannot protect its citizens from crime or apprehend, prosecute, and incarcerate those who responsible as a viable alternative. A Costa Rica consisting of fenced-in American enclaves hiding from marauding criminals is attractive to no one.
So Costa Ricans have some difficult decisions to make. The results of those decisions will determine whether or not Costa Rica becomes "Paradise Lost," or has the courage to develop indigenous solutions to the many problems that face the nation.
Be certain that capitalists from the north and beyond will use every means legal, corrupt and merely dishonest to seduce Costa Ricans to sell their birthright. The aftermath will make 30 pieces of silver will look like a good deal. And all those women playing with their children in the parks and making a rich home life for their families? They'll be working 12-hour shifts at call centers for low wages and no benefits while their children are raised by their newly affordable wide screen TVs whose programming objective is to alienate their children as completely as possible from their parents and their parents values. Pura Vida!
I am planning on moving to Costa Rica as soon as my wife retires. There are two huge reasons why I've chosen Costa Rica. First the people, the Ticos. They are laid back. They make do with what they have and enjoy the moment. They do not chase after the next big thing to buy to keep up with the Jones. The eat better than most people I know in the States, they have also a very high literacy, about 95 percent, which gives them the ability to make choices for themselves.
It saddens me to know that in the States from the day we are born we are subjected with things that keeps us in line, not to think for ourselves, to become good little taxpayers. The gap keeps widening between the haves and the have nots because the have nots are taught not to take chances (Don't go into business for yourself. You could loose. Be safe. Get a good education and get a good job and pay your taxes).
The government controls the schools through things like SAT tests and the withholding of federal aid if the schools don't jump through the governments hoops. The state can take over a school system if they don't perform to the state's standard. Then they make things like legalities to overload the teachers so they don't have time to teach (the old catch 22 if I've ever seen one).
John Holtz has hit on many things that will destroy the Costa Rican lifestyle, CAFTA will do exactly that. Costa Rica must import steel, lumber and such to supply manufacturing businesses (owned by outsiders), businesses that can shut down overnight and put workers out of a job and into poverty.
Will CAFTA come to those peoples aid? I think not. I hope to buy a not new Tico-style home and spend my retirement money with the local businesses to support the local population, not by buying imported products that support out of country corporations.
The second reason is the environment, clean healthy warm air. Not the crud produced by those manufacturing companies that have ruined the air here. The area where I live have some of the poorest air in the country so what did our wise government do, they allowed six new power plants built here and then they go after the farmers for polluting the air.
In most places you can't have a wood stove and only can use a fireplace on approved nights. The real hard part to understand is that the power from those plants is not used in the county but elsewhere. That will happen to Costa Rica too as the demand for power keeps increasing.
Of course the price of power will go up causing either the Tico to put in more work hours or for his wife to go to work. This is the progress that will cripple the States in time. It will happen there too when a man can't work enough hours to feed his family.
Crime, oh yes, the crime rate will go up too and how do you pay for more police protection, taxes. Taxes create corruption of the worst kind. It never goes down, only up. Where will the tax money come from? Not from the outside corporations but from the little guy as the corporations will threaten to shut down if you tax them.
The prevention of crime will only come from the inside not from outsiders telling Costa Rica what is wrong with Costa Rica. If retirees (and others) want to help, then they need to get out and help those who can help not just sitting behind their closed doors trying to make Costa Rica like the mess they left behind.
I have been blessed with a good life that I and others have worked hard for. Now I am to be blessed again in that I get to move to paradise and share my good fortune.


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Q: When executing a batch file from python, the output is only the first line I'm using the 'qwinsta' cmd command to get the session ID of a remote computer and output it to a textfile, so I create a new batch file and write the command then I try running the batch file through python but it only returns the first line of the output. When I run the batch file by simply double-clicking it it works properly.
Using python 2.7:
def run_qwinsta(self, computerName):
        qwinsta_check = open("q.bat", "w")
        qwinsta_check.write('PsExec -u <username> -p <password> \\\\' + computerName + ' qwinsta' + ' > "q.txt" ')
        qwinsta_check.close()

        os.system("q.bat")

Expected results:
 SESSIONNAME       USERNAME                 ID  STATE   TYPE        DEVICE
>services                                    0  Disc
 console           <username>                1  Active
 rdp-tcp                                 65536  Listen

Actual results:
 SESSIONNAME       USERNAME                 ID  STATE   TYPE        DEVICE

A: I would recommend you to avoid writing the batchfile, If you can. You can execute your batch command from os.system(). Also you can try using subprocess (documentation here) and then redirecting the stdout and stderr to file.
EDIT:
PsExec is a good choice, but If you want another way, you can also use ssh.
You can run PsExec from os.system() and then write the response to text file on the remote machine. The default PsExec working directory is System32 there you can find your text file.
Tested code:
import os

os.system('Psexec \\\\SERVER cmd.exe /c "tasklist > process_list.txt"')

I used tasklist, because I don't have qwinsta on my remote machine.
If you want to store the PsExec response on your machine you can use subprocess and then redirect the stdout to text file.
Tested code:
import subprocess

process_list = open("process_list.txt", "w")
subprocess.call(['Psexec', '\\\\SERVER', 'tasklist'], stdout=process_list)
process_list.close()

Actually I used Python 3.x, because I don't have Python 2.x, but it should work on both.
If this still didn't solve your problem, please provide more details to your question!

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