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Is Religion A Threat To Singapore?
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I came across the following article today on ReporterNews:
Singapore prime minister: Religion threatens stability
SINGAPORE — Singapore's prime minister said in his National Day speech that "aggressive preaching" by religious groups and evangelizing threaten the tiny city-state's stability.
Lee Hsien Loong, a Buddhist by birth, said his education at the island's Roman Catholic High School was an example of how different religions can coexist peacefully.
"The most visceral and dangerous fault line (in Singapore) is race and religion," Lee said.
Singapore's majority Buddhist Chinese, Malay Muslims and Indian Hindus have largely avoided conflict since race riots between Chinese and Malays left about 40 dead in the 1960s.
"Christians can't expect this to be a Christian society," he said last Sunday. "Muslims can't expect this to be a Muslim society, ditto with the Buddhists, the Hindus and the other groups."
In the most recent census in 2000, 43 percent of Singaporeans said they were Buddhist, 15 percent Muslim, 15 percent Christian, 8.5 percent Taoist and 4 percent Hindu.
Lee cited the case of a Christian couple jailed earlier this year for distributing religious pamphlets deemed offensive to members of other faiths, and he condemned those who try to convert ailing hospital patients "who don't want to be converted."
He said the government must remain secular because Singapore's authority and laws "don't come from a sacred book." Lee's People's Action Party has ruled Singapore since independence 50 years ago.
Lee said there has been a global surge in religious fervor, including in the United States and Islamic countries.
"There is a wave of revival, megachurches and televangelism," Lee said. "Religion and politics are supposed to be separated in America, but in reality they are closely entangled."
The title of the article is pretty provocative and it's what originally made me stop to read this article. I can't disagree with the guy. Race and religion are major contention points everywhere. There is always some religious persecution and tension.
It's also true that people need to learn to look past those differences and get along with each other. Why can't we all be friends? ^_^ Religion is important, but it shouldn't become a stumbling block for a nation.
That being said, I think people should respect the laws in Singapore against forcefully proselytizing, especially when it comes to trying to push people that are on their death beds. Somehow, that doesn't seem too Christian to me. Well, not modern Christian anyway. It could be a page out of a book about the days during the Grand Inquisition. If it's not welcome, and certainly if it's not legal, don't do it! Give unto Rome what is Rome's and give unto God what is God's, right?
I'm not too sure about this global surge in religious fervor he mentioned, because I hadn't noticed it, but it is true that no matter how much people try to deny it, the US Federal Government is based on and borrows heavily from Christianity. Separation of church and state aside, most of the US's laws are taken from the Bible. Most of the country's accepted values and morals are taken from the Bible as well.
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19 replies on "Is Religion A Threat To Singapore?"
@TC: I'm sure! Everyone likes a good, solid Army story. ha ha ha
@Cherrion: Don't worry about the length. Say as much as you want. That's what the comment section is for, and I welcome the discussion.
As for the Engrish, I don't know why it's so entertaining. It just is.
I'm reminded of a story I read where a girl is learning Mandarin and even though she's rather advanced she knows she messes up sometimes or has a weird accent, and more often than not, people giggle or laugh when she talks… to her face. Perhaps there's another reason for it, but perhaps everyone is just as susceptible to finding amusement in other people's struggles.
I try not to mock anyone to their face about how they speak. I sometimes offer advice or a correction. I guess I have a pet peeve about how things are written though. Oh well.
I spent 8 years in the Army. I have a few stories to tell…
Matter of fact. Maybe that'll be my next blog, once I finish this one up and move back to the US. Well, I dunno. Maybe I'll just redo the theme here and keep publishing on this one.
Ah, ya. That's the one.
There are dumbasses in the Army too that get a big head and think they can say and do anything just because of the rank they have, and more often than not they do because there is little or no recourse that won't wind up coming back around to bite the person.
I hadn't heard about Polynesians being big, but I've always heard stories about how big Samoans are. That guy probably got what was coming to him. But, since the Polynesian assaulted an officer, he probably wound up in jail.
Cherrionsays:
@ Brad – "As for the Engrish… hey, come on. It is funny for a native English speaker. Singapore's not so bad with it though. The real good stuff comes from China."
Its equally funny when native English speaker speaks Mandarin. Sometimes i can't make out what they are saying. Once, i heard -"Jiang Hua Yu" as "Jiang FA Yu" which means supposingly to say "Speaking Mandarin" ending up becoming "Speaking French", the best i heard was "Speaking Drawings language" (you gotta know chinese inorder to know where it came from). In such case, i have no clue if China people will be as shallow and make fun out of them like how they make fun of "engrish"…
For me, i give everyone credits for trying. =)
@TC –
"I find it disgusting when Singaporeans malign foreigners and lump them all as a whole, but I also find it equally odious when foreigners abuse the locals here…"
Perhaps its due to the culture? More often than not, we heard complaints over compliment, i have no idea why. Thus, its easy to fish out hatred stories of Singaporeans disliking foreigners and maybe, foreigners who stayed in SG for a period of time was influenced by the culture and started complaining? I dont know.
But i dont think that all Singaporeans complaint about foreigners, neither do i think that all foreigners abused us.
It all goes down to individual, and how one is willing to compromise. =)
Thanks for allowing me to share my pt of view and sorry for being lengthy. Cheers.
TCsays:
Hey if you have any army stories, I am pretty sure you'll find a good crowd gathering around you, and that would be really fun story exchange! 😛
@TC: That's kinda rough, but I suppose it depends on what part of the US you live in. The country is so big that there are more advanced, liberal areas, and then there are areas where the locals are little better than idiots.
Funny, you'd think I'd know what the word you censored out is, but I can't figure it out. Maybe that's a +1 for me?
Yup, sometimes its just better to keep quiet than react and get into serious trouble. The army is replete with stories of pissed off soldiers (most usually have some legit gripe) who wind up reacting in the moment and then paying the price for it. That being said, some officers and SNCOs can be real assholes though…
Very well written Cherrion.
And it's true that I've heard that Singaporeans complain because many foreigners do in fact use Singapore as a stepping stone to other countries. Or that they get here and act like asses, or like they're on a high horse, and piss off the people around them.
As for the Engrish… hey, come on. It is funny for a native English speaker. Singapore's not so bad with it though. The real good stuff comes from China.
Haha! Shows that you're a nice guy, its the word that starts with a "g" and ends with a "k", used a lot during the vietnam war. Its prolly not allowed in the army too by now, which kinda reminds me of a story by a pal who served in the 82nd airborne. Said he had a polynesian guy in his company, biggest guy he'd even seen, and one day, god knows what the goofy captain said to this soldier, he wound up punching through the captain's car window and throttled him right there and then! Won't be surprise if he insulted oceania folks or something…:P
@Cherrion: I agree with you on religious humor, and I would like to add that when it comes to foreigners, its easy for both sides to hate, but where do we go from there? I find it disgusting when Singaporeans malign foreigners and lump them all as a whole, but I also find it equally odious when foreigners abuse the locals here, or when I hear the old so familiar "GO BACK TO CHINA G***!" when I'm on the streets of America. Things like that will never be forgotten.
I believe every individual has the freedom to go for which ever religion they have faith with. Its how much we wanna respect one another's faith. What Mr. Lee is looking for i believe, is for us to live in harmony.
It doesnt means that the United States uses Christainity as a guideline means the people are living in perfect harmony. Racism still occurred and i believe that it is all over the world.
And yes, it is easy to source for hateful remarks about foreigners living in Singapore, but one thing about our Govt is that they valued foreigners. On the other hand, it is equally easy to source for Foreigners here who make fun out of Singapore. Some go to the extend of blogging their "unusual findings" in Singapore and label them as "Jokes/humour". If they dont agree with our govt or our living habits etc, by all means, exit here.
Things happened for a reason, and it doesnt necessary means that we are the one hating foreigners first, who knows, it make be the other way round, or foreigners aint contented here etc… which at the end of the day causes so much tensions.
Its just my very honest perspective, not judging your views. At the end of the day, its "To each his own". =)
Serenesays:
The article is vague on the death bed part. Christians I know, if you're not interested, we leave you alone. There are some groups out there, coming in the name of Jesus, that are forceful.
As for Evangelism, I would have to say I have seen much more of it in the streets of NYC. For years it's as if the church has been sleeping. Now Jesus is in your face all over the city. For the past 3 yrs Times Square Church has organized "Prayer In The Square". More than 30,000 christians gather for 1 hr in the middle of Times Square to pray for our city & our country. Meanwhile downtown at City Hall, 20,000 + gather there as well. This is just one of many happening all over the country. Maybe this is the "global surge of religious fervor" Lee mentions.
There is but One God, and there is no other in Heaven or on Earth that can compare with Him. We serve a risen Savior & so far as I know of, no other faith that can make that claim.
MKLsays:
You have racial tensions in Iraq, Tibet, Xinjiang, Darfur… but not Singapore. The term racial tensions is for me a strong word. What you described is probably racial prejudice, racism, general anxiety due to the recession, xenofobia. These are all bad things, too. But what Singaporean government fears are events like riots from 64, those things are not present in Singapore 2009. Hope I clarified what I meant with racial tensions.
It seems that whenever I comment contrary to what the author wrote, there's always an anonymous who tells me I have no clue and I should not comment. It's weird. There was no anonymous doing something like that on the last few posts I checked. Looks fishy to me.
Well, whatever. That's my impression, don't take it the wrong way. Good reply with those articles. I felt like not going into that, it would be a too long debate and it would need me to do a lot of research, but I don't have the energy to do it. You won 🙂
IMHO, religion and race IS indeed a fault line, and racial/religious harmony is a MUST for a place as small as Singapore. Even though the US founding fathers based their constitution on Christian-Judeo principles, don't forget that slavery was in full swing at that time (some of them were slaveowners themselves!), the native-American were getting massacred and America itself went to war with christian nations over land and power. Now you have herds of sore-losers from the GOP who are using "christianity" as a new rallying cry against a "black muslim communist alien" in the white house to the extent of taking automatic assault weapons to town hall meetings, so how wonderful is a mingling of state and religion?? IMHO, a religious-centered state doesn't benefit its citizens, and it would only be abused by a small minority in advancing their own agenda, usually with a genocidal and militant bent.
Oh, and Singapore does still have racial tensions, just not amongst Singaporeans. It doesn't take long to look through Singaporean forums and find people making hateful remarks about foreigners living in Singapore, or about PRs living in Singapore. I would guess that racial tensions are higher now than they've ever been, due to the recession.
people who say that there is no racial tension in this country obviously has no clue because they don't live here. if you do not reside in this country, you are in no position to express your naive opinions based on theoretical sources.
One last set of examples for you. Adultery is not illegal in the United States, but how many people there think that cheating is ok? Polytheism isn't illegal but it's also not publicly acceptable, which is why self-purported Wiccans are basically shat upon there. Sunday is generally accepted as a day of rest and relaxation. If someone treated their parents poorly they would be looked down on. No one likes a tattle-tale, and there's an idea that people should be satisfied with what they have while always striving to make more. This is all based on the 10 Commandments and though not all of those are specific to just the United States, or even to 'Christian' nations, it's just another set of examples to show that it has played some influence in societal norms.
You can do more research on your own if you want to, but it's pretty obvious to anyone that's lived in the United States that, for good or bad, Christianity has had a heavy influence on what's seen as acceptable behavior, and what's good and neighborly. You can see it in the movies, on TV, at work and in your neighborhood. You can see it in the Declaration of Independence, the Pledge of Allegiance, on the US money, and thousands of inscriptions on monuments all over the country. Whatever people may wish, Christianity is deeply ingrained in American society.
"Since the pursuit of happiness, as Sigmund Freud surmised, is tied to human love and to creative work and play, the principles of American Judeo-Christian Values can rightly be summarized as the honoring of God-given Life, Liberty and Creativity. This seed of American Social Justice was then fleshed out in the U.S. Constitution through reason and common sense, unencumbered by the dysfunctional religious and secular traditions and laws of Old Europe.
Our Founding Fathers separated church from state, but they wisely did not separate God from state; they acknowledged God as the source of our rights, and, in fact, they were careful to place Biblical morality directly into our founding documents and laws, and into our values and culture precisely to help prevent a future of totalitarian or tyrannical rule in America. The combination of keeping Judeo-Christian religious morality in the state, as opposed to the church it's self; and, additionally, setting up our laws based on reason and common sense has contributed to the American Character, and to what is known as "American Exceptionalism." "
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Most of them came from England where the government gave preference to and provided money and support for one of the Christian religions (the Anglican Church) and chose it as that country's "official" religion. They did not want the government establishing a national religion here. They wanted the government to stay out of religion, not for religious principles to be eliminated from government. Their desire was for the United States to be a nation with it's values and laws based on Christian principles, but did not want the government choosing one Christian religion (Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Lutheran, etc.) over another and establish it as it's "official" religion.
Read more here: TrueNews.org
"Much of the American stigma concerning sex, sexuality, and nudity has to do with "traditional Christian values" as defined by fundamentalist Christianity. America has a lot of those old Puritan and Victorian influences as well as the biblical view from Genesis 3 that people should be ashamed of their own bodies. It is no surprise that the more fundamentally religious people are the more they are sexually repressed especially in relation to nudity and sexuality. As an atheist, I see nothing wrong with nudity or sexuality and it bothers me that America is so freaked out about these subjects."
Read more here: Examiner.com
I think the founding fathers of USA were more secular than the Americans today want to be. I'm thinking mostly about red states, Midwest… Places like Eastcoast and Westcoast are melting pots, where you have all kinds of religious people and secular people, even atheists. And there's no religious tensions, from what I've heard. For example, I suppose people in New York are generally more tolerant than those in rural red states. Somehow I would not dare to say something like Most of the country's accepted values and morals are taken from the Bible as well without a thorough reserach and examples who would prove that. Because I've read many posts, where people claim the opposite.
My personal experience is, the more religious people get, the more intolerant or dangerous a society becomes, so I agree with prime minister Lee, that especially for Singapore, who always struggles to maintain a racial and religious stability, these extreme cases must be discussed and the society should not accept such behavior. Singapore used to have racial tensions in the past. That shall never happen again.


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Has anyone any advice from that sort of perspective- adult beginner- that might help? Anything from decent books and whatnot to recordings to general advice. Any and all is appreciated- even if it's only "RUN AWAY!!" or "YOU'RE DOOMED!!"
The greatest challenge in play French Horn is being able to hit the right pitches. And to make it more challenging it is a transposing instrument. So when you see the written pitch "C" and you learn that you play it "open" (no valves used), "E" just above it is also open. So are you playing "C" or accidentally "E"?
Well, you'll need to have a pitch reference that can aid you (a piano, a tuner or something on the internet). However, because it's a transposing instrument the "C" you read is actually sounding a perfect 5th lower ("F") so your pitch reference must sound an "F" so you can be sure that's the "C" note your playing.
As for method books, any beginner Horn one will do. It's once you've gone beyond that stage that you need good advice as to which ones to advance to.
Has anyone any advice from that sort of perspective- adult beginner- that might help?
Yes. Don't be self taught. Don't try to figure it out on your own. Don't guess how something should be done. Find the best teacher you can and get started on the right foot so you don't have to unlearn bad habits later. View lessons not as an expense but as an an investment in yourself, your creativity and happiness. Read everything you can on the subject and find somebody to model after, someone whose sound or approach you enjoy. Collect horn literature. Collect recordings by the legendary Dennis Brain, one of the great legendary horn players ever... The French horn is a beautiful instrument with perhaps the most refined brass sound of all the brasses.
PS. Sometimes a good way to go with instruments is to rent one with an option to buy if you really like it in your affordable price range. You might end up with a better instrument that can be managed with affordable payments. A good teacher can also give you an opinion on what might be the best instrument to buy. A good instrument will inspire you to play and practice—and that's the value of having one. The better the instrument, the better the emotional and expressive possibilities. That's why some can be pricey, but it can be worth it depending on how good you are. As you probably already know, the FH can be a wild and thrilling instrument!
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Have you progressed? I just started Horn almost 2 months ago.
It helps to have straight and even front teeth for learning most brass instruments (less so with tuba).


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Well folks, it looks like we may have an old-fashioned, down-to-the-wire political race this year for governor, something Californians haven't seen for quite a few years.
Meanwhile, Villaraigosa, just 17 percent in May and 12 percent in September, clawed back to 17 percent in December and climbed to 21 percent in January.
Most interestingly, the two Democrats are in a dead heat at 32 percent each among Democratic voters, erasing Newsom's 12 percent lead in December and indicating that next weekend's Democratic state convention in San Diego could be very lively.
State Treasurer John Chiang, another Democrat, remains stuck in single digits, as do Democrat Delaine Eastin and all three of the Republican hopefuls.
Amanda Renteria, a former Hillary Clinton aide who has been working for Attorney General Xavier Becerra, also pulled papers to run last week, but isn't in the polling mix yet, of course.
She has the potential of taking some Latino voter support from Villaraigosa, but the gap between the two frontrunners and everyone else is immense. Unless she or one of the other current also-rans can pull off a miracle, it's likely that Newsom and Villaraigosa will be the June primary election's top two vote-getters and then face each other in November for the governorship.
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Newsom, who came into politics as a pro-business moderate, has shifted to the left, embracing the uber-liberal Berniecrat wing of the Democratic Party and its agenda, such as universal health care.
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Villaraigosa's positioning was highlighted last week when he gained endorsements from police organizations, while Newsom's was underscored by an endorsement from the very liberal Service Employees International Union. He also has support from the California Nurses Association, which has pushed for universal health care and been the Berniecrat wing's most visible patron.
If, as now seems increasingly likely, Newsom and Villaraigosa are destined for a head-to-head duel, the early ideological positioning could be the key factor.
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Villaraigosa, meanwhile, is betting on California's history over the past several decades of electing more-or-less centrist governors, including the man both hope to succeed, Jerry Brown. His dramatic rise in the polls could open the wallets of potential campaign donors and give him the wherewithal to make it a real horse race.


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Luis Miguel: 20 años (también conocida como Gira 20 años o Premier 1991) es un video de formato VHS del intérprete mexicano Luis Miguel. En él se muestran las presentaciones en vivo que dio el artista a través de varios lugares de México durante la gira llamada Gira 20 años para promocionar su álbum 20 años.

Lista de canciones interpretadas
Introducción
Oro de ley
Yo que no vivo sin ti
Amante del amor
Pupilas de gato
Culpable o no
Hoy el aire huele a ti
Más allá de todo
Ahora te puedes marchar
Il Cielo (en italiano) (never released)
Alguien como tú
Entrégate
Fría como el viento
Stragna Gelozzia (en italiano) (never released)
Tengo todo excepto a ti
Será que no me amas
Trios Medley
Un poco más (never released)
Llévatela (never released)
El reloj (never released)
Sabor a mí (never released)
Contigo aprendí (never released)
De qué manera te olvido (never released)
Como Fue (never released)
Un hombre busca una mujer
La Incondicional
Cuando calienta el sol

Véase también
 Un año de conciertos

Enlaces externos
 Sitio oficial.

Álbumes de 1991
Videos de Luis Miguel

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Antonio M.A Pedro is a geologist expert on mineral extraction and sustainable development. He spearheaded the work of the International Study Group on Africa's Mineral Regimes and the Africa Mining Vision, adopted by the African Union in 2009.
Antonio M.A. Pedro is a mineral exploration geologist with over 30 years of broad experience of and exposure to development issues and management at national, sub-regional, and continental levels. He joined the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in 2001, where is currently the Director of ECA's Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa, based in Kigali, Rwanda.
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6 167.97 km2
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510,863 people.
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82.8 inhabitants/km2
The Guantanamo Province located at Southeast (Southeast is the direction between the south and east cardinal points. Southeast is…) From Cuba. His the capital (The capital (Latin caput, capitis, head) is the city where the powers sit,…) here city (A city is an urban unit ("human settlement"…) Guantanamo.
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It's easy to sing the praises of USMCA … isn't it?
by John G Smith October 9, 2018
It's somewhat easy to sing praises of the new United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA) from a trucking perspective.
For more than a year, we were left to wonder if Canada would be included in a trade deal at all. U.S. President Donald Trump argued that his country faced a raw deal under NAFTA, which had been governing cross-border trade since 1994. At different times he blustered that he was scrapping the deal, angered by the supply management system used by dairy farmers, and imposing tariffs on the all-important automotive sector.
That all changed at the 11th hour on Oct. 1, when a new deal with an unpronounceable name was established. (Is it "youzemecka" or "usmucka"? No matter.) We now seem unlikely to plunge into the economic chaos that would have been created in the absence of a deal. Two of the world's biggest trading partners remain relatively free to do business together.
Without further ado, let me offer a musical interlude to discuss a few thoughts about what we have in place.
It should be sung, of course, to the tune of YMCA by the Victor Willis and Jacques Morali and performed by the Village People.
Young man, there's no reason to feel down
I said, young man, a new deal is in town
I said, young man, we have USMCA
It will guide trade with U.S. of A.
Young man, there's a place you can drive
It's a market, where our fleets they can thrive
$580 billion, crosses 49th line
Trucks haul more than half and that's fine.
Do-Do-Do-Do-Do
It's fun to truck with the USMCA
A missing deal would have blocked us on the way.
They promise streamlined crossings, for all the trucks to enjoy
Could reduced de-lays be our joy?
And fun to ship with USMCA.
It's time to get down to work, let's wade deep into the weeds
Can we just get things moving please.
Driver, you know just what I say
I said driver, you shouldn't see the delays
I said driver, will they shred some red tape?
You have got to hope for that thing.
Driver, you shouldn't pay for delays
I said, driver, they make for frustrating days.
Let's push harder, for the promises made
Please help us CBP and CBSA.
I'll spare you the extra verses and the ear worm that a reference to the Village People may have induced. But for all the promise that come with a free trade deal by any name, the most meaningful changes on the ground will involve efforts to streamline crossings.
This deal promises commitments to using technology that will expedite procedures when releasing goods, coordinating procedures and adjacent ports of entry, and establishing a "single window" for electronic document and data submissions. Those are just a few examples.
Individual sectors will face challenges and opportunities relating to the specific goods they trade. We won't know the true impact of those for months or years to come.
But is it too much to hope that the promises of smoother crossings were more than political posturing?
Life could be better with USMCA. If it does, I'll be among the first to sing its praises.
by John G Smith
John G. Smith is the editorial director of Newcom Media's trucking and supply chain publications -- including Today's Trucking, trucknews.com, TruckTech, Transport Routier, Inside Logistics, Solid Waste & Recycling, and Road Today. The award-winning journalist has covered the trucking industry since 1995.


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Originally posted by Spooky2 View Post
One must ask why anti-Semites and radical Muslims like Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Keith Ellison feel comfortable being in Democrat Party?
I wonder if the rest of the party feels comfortable with them?
bolts4knob
I have wondered the same thing. How do most Democrats feel about those three people . AOC is one thing with her thoughts.
I thought all three were from Minnesota - -only two from Minnesota, Tlaib is from Michigan. But I now with Dearborn, a high Muslim population and I believe Minneapolis has a decent sized Somali population
What Tlaib said about impeaching Trump - also very bad. Not even on the job, no factual details - just impeach him. For what -
LockeSD
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Did you read it, Locke? You can lose your support for working in your church or synagogue. It's whatever they deem discriminatory. '
I wonder if they'd do the same to students who work in mosques?
Yes, I read it. First, let's look at the policy:
Yale Law School is committed to a policy against discrimination based upon age, color, handicap or disability, ethnic or national origin, race, religion, religious creed, gender (including discrimination taking the form of sexual harassment), marital, parental or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or the prejudice of clients.
That seems like a cookie cutter non-discriminatory standard you'd find at any company. Do you think the above standard is unreasonable / poorly defined?
If the student/graduate accepts a job with an employer that violates the policy, Yale will cut the student/graduate off from three programs:
1. No financial assistance in between first and second years of school, where students typically volunteer at non-profits, etc.
2. No loan assistance (if you graduate and make under a certain income amount, Yale helps with your student loans)
3. No fellowships
Yale is a private university and doesn't want to subsidize / support graduates in organizations that discriminate against race, religion, gender, etc. I don't see a problem with that stance at all. If you run an organization, and won't hire someone because of their race, gender, etc., Yale isn't going to support your employees. To borrow a phrase from the author, that's the price you pay for your hate under the guise of "divine revelation".
Seems fair and straight-forward to me, so long as they are consistent with the policy. If it was applied for a Catholic organization but not a Muslim org with similar policies, that would be very wrong, and at that point it would be fair to consider it an attack on the specific organizations targeted.
Until shown to be inconsistently applied, the policy makes sense to me.
Rep. Ilhan Omar refers to 9/11 attack as "some people did something."
I like how we went to war with the wrong country for that reason and yet she needs to be ousted from office. Do you want her to start railing against Radical Islamists?
So you're saying you don't think 9-11 was an act of terrorism? You agree with her?
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Seems fair and straight-forward to me, so long as they are consistent with the policy.
When is stuff like this ever applied with consistency?
And what's the intended point of all this too? If it's to force people to reevaluate their associations with groups who fall into the discriminatory hiring category, then the goal is to literally suppress a person's right to free association (or risk losing their stipend, etc.). I have a problem with that, even if the intentions are noble.
You mean the people whose entire lives are devoted to killing Americans and Jews? Nah. That's just "some people (doing) something."
Oh, and she can also stop railing against Jews. Seems so ... bigoted, don't you think?
Yes - she can. I am surprised she hasn't been "talked too" but maybe she prefers to not listen
I am not sure what she said about Miller though was Anti-Semitic calling him a White Nationalist. I do think Miller is a bad guy who is in a position he shouldn't be in. He just seems like he has a vendetta and how he has the power to enact his philosophies of the world.
It's a good thing words like "discrimination" are always so clearly defined and aren't at all open to subjective interpretation.
It's also a good thing we can totally trust university administrators to apply the term judiciously. I mean, it's not like they'd go after a relatively secular global institution with hundreds of millions of worldwide parishioners guilty of having one or two heterodox opinions.
Refusing to hire someone because they are female, black or gay are all things that are clearly oppressive and "wrong". If you want to know how often "stuff" like this is applied, you could start with the 100,000 EEOC cases that are opened every year, so I'm guessing quite often.
You're free to go work for the KKK or Westboro Baptist, but Yale isn't going to subsidize their graduates doing so. Is that a violation of one's "right to free association"? Asking because I'm not familiar with it.
Originally posted by bolts4knob View Post
Yeah. Everybody with a different opinion than these people are white nationalists. Racists. Blah blah blah. Tell you what, people -- normal people -- are going to stop listening to their crap. They stopped listening to cretins like Sharpton and Jackson a long time ago.
You're free to go work for the KKK or Westboro Baptist, but Yale isn't going to subsidize their graduates doing so.
Does Westboro or the Klan actually have a written hiring policy in place or even employ people in the traditional sense at all? I thought Yale's position was predicated on whether or not an organization imposes discriminatory hiring practices, which is how they've tried to shield it from looking arbitrary (especially when applied to religious oriented groups). If I'm misunderstanding those details, feel free to correct me.
Is that a violation of one's "right to free association"? Asking because I'm not familiar with it.
I'd say it treads dangerous water --my opinion, of course. Again, if the goal here is to force people to choose better friends, so to speak, I don't like that sort of social engineering even if it's well-meaning in nature.
Or just words like "bad people". It's not like a major metropolitan city has decreed that anyone wishing to contract with them need disclose any imaginable ties with a single, totally-not-arbitrarily-chosen organization for reasons unknown and with consequences unstated.
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Yes. The man who gave us Julie Swetnick, who said she attended 10 house parties where Kavanaugh routinely raped women. The Senate Judiciary Committee eventually released a report on Ms. Swetnick as "a dangerous, a serial complainer, a liar, mentally unstable and cruel toward her parents."
But ... she's a woman ... and women don't lie about these things. Right Frank? Right Gavvy?
As for Avenatti, he's innocent until proven guilty. That's more than Kavanaugh got.
He was on CNN and MSNBC 214 times or something like that
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As sports fans in the New York City area have watched new stadiums and arenas pop up all over the country, they may not have known that many of the new baseball, football, and basketball venues – including major and minor league, as well as collegiate – were designed by Kansas City's HOK Sport + Venue + Event.
The architecture firm, which spun off in 1983 as a stand-alone affiliate of its parent firm, St. Louis-based Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, has dominated sports venue design in recent years. Now, as the primary architects for the new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, Citi Field in Queens, and the Prudential Center in Newark, the firm is ready to leave its mark on New York.
In the region, no other firm is taking on the same scope. The rest include the new Meadowlands Stadium designed by Philadelphia-based Ewing Cole and 360 Architecture of Kansas City; the new basketball arena planned for Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards complex designed by Frank Gehry of Los Angeles; and the new Red Bull Park soccer stadium planned for Harrison, N.J., with interior design by Rossetti Architects of Detroit.
HOK Sport was still looking for its signature venue when it broke the mold in designing Oriole Park at Camden Yards, which the Baltimore Orioles opened in 1992. The baseball-only facility, built in downtown Baltimore, changed how the upstart Kansas City-based firm was viewed in the industry.
"Camden Yards...brought us into the urban setting that paid homage to baseball's past, which has become incredibly popular since," says Bob White, director of marketing for HOK Sport.
The sports firm started out with five architects, all of whom had worked for Kivett & Myers, which in the late 1960's designed the Truman Sports Complex in Kansas City, which includes Kauffman Stadium, home of Major League Baseball's Royals, and Arrowhead Stadium, home to the National Football League's Chiefs.
In 1987, HOK Sport designed Miami's Joe Robbie Stadium, now known as Pro Player Stadium, one of its highest-profile jobs leading up to Camden Yards. In 1999, HOK Sport merged with London-based LOBB Sports and expanded its reach across the globe. It has now designed facilities all over the world, such as the Taipei Arena in Taiwan, built in 2005, and the new Wembley Stadium in London that opened this year.
"We have a healthy market share for which we're very appreciative," White says.
White says that his firm sees about 20 to 25 "major projects" on the horizon and several older stadiums in need of upgrades.
"We knew the industry was headed in a direction of globalization," he says. "It's certainly a finite market and we may hit a ceiling, but we think the business is still there."
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Franchise: New York Mets, baseball
Stadium and Infrastructure Cost: $800 million
Start/Finish: Summer 2006/April 2009
Construction Manager: Joint venture of Bovis Lend Lease, New York and Hunt Construction, Indianapolis
Architect: HOK Sport, Kansas City
Scope: The new home to the Mets will fit 45,000 fans and include four restaurants, 58 luxury suites, and exhibits in commemoration of Jackie Robinson. Its design will resemble Ebbets Field, the old Brooklyn Dodgers stadium.
Progress: Installation of the foundation's 2,800 piles finished this spring, and work was finishing on the concourse and concrete stairwells.
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At the dawn of the 21st century, the rise of individualism and advancement in technology meant that people were becoming less dependent on each other for work, information, and social engagements. In this scenario, Singaporeans have adopted individualistic lifestyles across the board. Many live in single-person homes or small households, surrounded by high-tech gadgets, working, shopping and engaging in social and recreational experiences through their personalised virtual reality gadgets, and even travelling in personal travel pods. Figure 4 shows an illustration of key aspects of the virtual world scenario.
Government policies – In this scenario, market players dominate in driving innovation and systems while the government plays an assistive role. In the early 2020s, the regulatory environment encourages companies and start-ups to test-bed various new technologies and introduce new business models quickly in Singapore. As a result, Singapore quickly became one of the most tech-savvy countries in the world. Major technology giants started opening their research and innovation hubs in Singapore, and local companies benefited from increased investment by international venture firms and hedge funds. By the mid 2030s, Singapore was being called the "Silicon Valley of the East". This change in approach transformed Singapore's status from being a technology importer to a net technology exporter. Technology exports became a significant portion of Singapore's national GDP.
Mobility modes – The primary mode of transport in this scenario is the personal travel pod. These are hybrids of PMDs that first gained prominence in the late 2010s, and autonomous city cars that became dominant in 2020s. These autonomous pods are fully enclosed capsules, with climate control features and work stations that can seat either one person or two people. The pods are much more than just mobility devices: they are equipped with artificial intelligence, enabling them to serve as robotic personal assistants and virtual presence devices. People can instruct them to carry out various tasks, such as going to stores and picking up groceries for them, or even travelling to offices and attending meetings on their owners' behalf. A nation-wide infrastructure was developed for these pods in the 2020s. Pod lanes use state-of-the-art technology that allow pods to take in electricity from the road to recharge their batteries on the move. Since these pods are autonomous and small, their road space usage efficiency is significantly higher than conventional cars. The government embarks on an ambitious plan to "pod-everything" in the late 2030s. According to this plan, all personal vehicles on the road are autonomous pods. These individually-owned pods are complemented by government's vast MRT network.
Life and work style – While personal travel pods have emerged the primary mode of transport, travel demand has been drastically reduced by the emergence and rapid adoption of virtual travel. Virtual travel – the use of technologies such as holography, augmented reality and virtual reality – has enabled people to communicate with each other and even engage in constructive meetings despite not being present at the same location. By late 2020s, every person owns at least one personalized virtual reality gadget. Just as everyone used to have a smartphone with them all the time in the decade of 2010, virtual reality gadgets became smartphones of 2020s. By the mid-2030s, virtual reality technology is capable of replicating real-life environments, enabling people to work from home, and allowing students to attend schools and people to shop without leaving the comfort of their homes.
Urban freight – E-commerce technology has made leaps and bounds, and is widely adopted as a preferred mode of shopping after 2020. By late 2030s, E-commerce technology has advanced significantly. For instance, artificial intelligence can now predict individual buying behaviour by analysing people's consumption and buying behavior. Goods are delivered even before the purchases have been made, aided by anticipatory logistics. In this age of technology, urban freight is being moved primarily by autonomous freight robots and delivery drones. As soon as purchases are predicted or made, the goods are picked up by autonomous robots in warehouses and carried to the buyer's doorstep. In the food sector, drones are now the primary mode of delivery.
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No. 15 Michigan deals blow to Nebraska's NCAA hopes, 77-58
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NEW YORK (AP) — Maybe the most familiar fight song in college sports filled Madison Square Garden as Michigan turned the last six minutes of its Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal against Nebraska into garbage time.
"Hail to the victors valiant," the many Michigan fans sang as they were able to start turning their attention to a semifinal on Saturday that will bring a little extra juice to the Garden. For just the second time, Michigan and Michigan State will meet in the Big Ten Tournament.
"It's a rivalry game, even though it's postseason you want to come out and have a sense of urgency and be ready for a fight," Michigan guard Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman said after the 15th-ranked Wolverines eliminated the fourth-seeded Cornhuskers 77-58 on Friday.
Abdur-Rahkman scored 21 points and Moe Wagner had 20 as fifth-seeded Michigan (26-7) dealt a significant blow to Nebraska's NCAA hopes.
Michigan and Michigan State's only other meeting in the Big Ten Tournament came in the 2014 championship game at Indianapolis. The Spartans won 69-55.
"I expect it to be really exciting," Michigan coach John Beilein said. "I think there will be a lot of Michigan fans here, but I expect Michigan State fans to travel well. I don't know the numbers, but we are in New York City. Our alums and our fans are."
The Michigan fans had plenty of time to sit back and enjoy Friday's game against Nebraska.
Wagner and Abdur-Rahkman were both limited by foul trouble in Michigan's opening tournament victory against Iowa on Thursday. The Wolverines' stars fouled out in the overtime game against the Hawkeyes, but Michigan survived without them.
Against the Huskers (22-10), Wagner and Abdur-Rahkman were full-go and Nebraska could not do much to stop them. Wagner drove the baseline for a dunk late in the first half that helped the Michigan go up 34-24 at the break.
Abdur-Rahkman's 3 with 6:01 left in the second half made it 61-42 for the Wolverines, giving their fans the opportunity to sing and chant "N-I-T" at Nebraska.
Isaiah Roby and James Palmer Jr. led Nebraska with 16 points each.
Michigan: The Wolverines lost by 20 at Nebraska back in January in one of their worst offensive showings of the season. Abdur-Rahkman said Michigan failed to adjust to the Huskers' defensive switches. "I think we just seen it a lot more. As of late, teams have been trying to switch out their defenses against us," Abdur-Rahkman said.
Whatever the issue was in Lincoln, it was solved the second time around. The Wolverines got to the basket effectively in the first half, and the 3-point shooting that was off against Iowa (3 for 19) was on against Nebraska (11 for 23).
Nebraska: Selection Sunday is more than a week away with the Big Ten playing its tournament earlier than usual to get it into the Garden. It figures to be an uneasy wait for coach Tim Miles and his Huskers.
"I think we're just going to wait to see what happens," Palmer said. "Whether it's the NCAA — which I think we should be. But we're just going to wait this week and see what happens."
Despite a fourth-place finish in the Big Ten, and winning eight of nine to end the regular season, many projections have Nebraska firmly on the bubble for an at-large NCAA bid.
"Well, I believe we're an NCAA Tournament team now," Miles said. "That was — we just ran into a buzz saw with Michigan, but I don't think that undoes what we've already accomplished."
The Huskers best regular-season victory is probably against Michigan. They had a close loss against Kansas and the Big Ten schedule did them no favors, giving them road games at Michigan State, Purdue and Ohio State with no return home games.
If Nebraska is left out, the Big Ten is looking at getting only four teams in the tournament, barring an upset winner at the Garden.


Have been noticing lately that things are not the same anymore? Climate wise, there is really a huge change and experts have been telling it to us now. It is true bec. lately our summer has turned into a rainy one and it's only this year that we have experienced that. I hope we can still stop the climate change and the global warming that is the major concerns of every nation. Lately, the world is stunned once again with the deadly swine flu that has cost already more than 5,000 lives in 33 countries around the globe. In our country we are still free from the swine flu but there are many similar cases that our health officers are monitoring. I just hope it will not spread anymore bec. lives are taken in just few days.


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Diesel-linked air pollution causing spike in child asthma cases, visits to doctor: Study
Heavy toll: New research from the UK has revealed an alarming increase in asthmatic episodes corresponding to diesel-linked air pollution | Photo: The Weather Channel
By Editorial Team / May 21, 2021
A new UK study revealed just a week of raised diesel-related air pollution leads to a huge increase in the number of visits to doctors by children suffering from asthma. The number of inhaler prescriptions also increases significantly, researchers said based on clinical data.
The research was conducted in south London over five years and more than 750,000 respiratory consultations at GPs and inhaler prescriptions were analysed for the study. The worst hit are children, but there were increases in GP consultations and inhaler prescriptions for people of all ages. The researchers called for action to cut air pollution and said pollution warnings could be used to help those at risk to prepare for episodes of increased dirty air.
The authors, however, said the figures were a substantial underestimate of the actual numbers. This is because GP data was only available from Monday to Friday and during surgery hours, so consultations at weekends or in the evenings were not included in the data.
Air pollution from farms leads to 17,900 US deaths per year: Study
A first-of-its-kind study revealed that air pollution from agricultural activities, including animal farming, cause more than 17,000 annual deaths across the United States. According to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, animal agriculture was responsible for 80% of deaths from pollution related to food production. Researchers said gases associated with manure and animal feed produce small, lung-irritating particles.
Scientists said primary particulate matter PM2.5 produced when farmers till fields or burn crops before harvest cause around 4,800 premature deaths a year, but "secondary" particulate matter, especially ammonia released by manure and fertiliser, contribute to about 12,400 deaths a year. Scientists said many beef, pork and dairy facilities store animal waste in massive "lagoons" that release huge amounts of ammonia.
Wood burnt in fireplaces and stoves cause of bigger air pollution than traffic: UK study
Fireplaces and stoves are the largest single source of primary particle pollution (PM2.5) in the UK, even greater than traffic and industry, a recent study found. According to government estimates, wood burning in the UK has increased since 2005, which has offset gains from other sectors, including cleaning up vehicular pollution.
Scientists said about 40% of the UK's primary particle pollution comes from just 7% of homes that burn solid fuel. In Dublin, where burning of coal is banned, the marketing of wood and peat as green biofuels has contributed to solid-fuel heating remaining the biggest source of particle pollution in the city. Several local councils in London have asked people not to heat their homes with solid fuels.
Trump era rule that weakened air pollution regulations scrapped
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) scrapped the Trump-era Benefit-Cost rule because it was harming public health and hindering clean air rules. Trump had imposed the rule mainly in reaction to the EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule that had been adopted during President Obama's administration. MATS accounted for indirect benefits of installing mercury pollution-control equipment at coal plants that reduced deadly emissions of particulate matter, Reuters reported. The Benefit-Cost Rule had argued that the cost of compliance with MATS far outweighed the direct public health benefits of slashing mercury emissions alone.
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The author of the study Professor Martie van Tongeren, said the evidence indicates that the outdoor and indoor pollution impacts children's cognitive development, which may affect educational attainment. Researchers point out that up to 2,000 schools and nurseries are close to roads with levels of air pollution above the baseline level used in the model, which includes at least 500,000 children exposed to damaging levels of pollution.
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HomeWireWatchDID Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez Seriously Call for an End to Air Travel?
Are there any climatologists or climate engineers or engineers or anyone, anyone at all with a modicum of a basic understanding of physics care to comment on this latest from AOC?
Kristin Callahan/ACE Pictures/NewscomDemocratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) today introduced a House resolution outlining her long-awaited Green New Deal. The resolution, as Reason's Ron Bailey reported earlier today, cites climate change concerns as justification for a plan that would remake the U.S. economy over the next 10 years.
In other words, the Green New Deal wants to make commercial air travel obsolete. Is this in any way feasible? The short answer is no. "It's actually probably even dumber than it seems," says Baruch Feigenbaum, assistant director of transportation policy at the Reason Foundation, the nonprofit that publishes this website.
I would suggest to AOC that if she does have 'good' ideas, perhaps not start off your time in those halls by introducing legislation that calls for the elimination of air travel.


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