This is part two of a four-part review of Robert Gordon's The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War, an extremely useful book on the nation's physical economy. Click here for Part I.
Gordon dates the generation of the hundred-year breakout period to the driving-in of the Golden Spike in Utah on May 10, 1869, to connect the Transcontinental Railroad. This event signaled the culmination of the great rail and transit breakthroughs of the preceding decades and the science-driver program that linked the nation and sparked massive technological optimism. Historian Stephen Ambrose said of the Transcontinental Railroad: "There was nothing like it in the world!" It was the biggest infrastructure program ever attempted and completed by mankind; the biggest companies in the country carried it to completion. It was accompanied by the construction of the modern telegraph system, also spanning the continent, which announced to the world the completion of the rail line as it was happening. The Civil War was the point of transformation of the country which led to the breakthroughs Gordon enumerates in the book.
Gordon identifies three industrial revolutions over the past two centuries which drove the nation's economy. The period 1770-1820, the First Industrial Revolution, was based on the development of the steam engine, and its offshoots, the railroad and steamship. It also coincided with the shift from burning wood to coal as the energy source. A critical result of that was the creation of the iron and steel industries. This upward shift in "energy-flux density" typified the first revolution (See Ben Deniston, "Energy Flux-Density," EIR, Oct. 25, 2013).
The Second Industrial Revolution, 1870-1920, was characterized by two major breakthroughs: the development of the internal combustion engine, and the development and utilization of electricity.
The Third Revolution for Gordon occurred from 1970 to the present, and encompasses the breakthroughs in the information, communication, and entertainment industries. This latter "revolution" was the weakest of all, and its impact on productivity petered out after 2004.
The Second Revolution is elaborated in detail by Gordon for much of the first section of the book. He develops what we call the industrial, infrastructural, and consumption/standard of living aspects of the period. The best way to comprehend the overall transformation in these areas has been emphasized in Executive Intelligence Review and other locations as the creation of a new "infrastructure platform." The platform of the early 19th Century revolved around the harnessing of steam power, and spin-offs such as steamships, steam-powered rail, and the advent of coal and related energy sources.
Gordon maintains that the internal combustion engine and electricity drove the Second Industrial Revolution, and that is fine as far as it goes. What was erected was a new platform with a higher energy throughput generated by electric power, water management, new modes of transportation generated by internal combustion engines, and even the early appearance of air travel. Gordon's focus is on electricity and engines, but he does attempt to fill out the framework. He paints a vibrant picture of the impact of new innovations on both the production and consumption sides of the economy.
Central to the new industrial expansion was the application of electricity to most walks of life. The advent of electric lighting changed everything from household appliances to industrial applications. The first, and perhaps most extraordinary development, was the lifting the veil of darkness from daily existence. Prior to the wide availability of the electric light bulb, homes, offices, factories, and farms went virtually dark (relying candlelight or kerosene lamps, at best), from the sunset till sundown. Electric lighting and power changed all that forever.
By 1920, electric lamps were 10 times brighter than kerosene and 100 times brighter than candles. As the technology developed, prices declined. In 1900, 3% of American homes had electric lights, and by 1912, 16%. From 1902 to 1915, the annual output of electric power doubled every seven years, and every six years from 1915 to 1929. From 1910 to 1960, electricity utilization doubled every decade. Soon, a raft of new devices made their way into the economy, including refrigerators, toasters, irons, vacuum cleaners, washers and dryers, and more. On the industrial side, electricity began to power factories and then machinery, tools, etc. By 1940, 79% of America had electric lighting.
Developments in transportation were equally impressive. The United States had 60,000 miles of rail in 1870; from 1870 to 1900, railroad mileage increased by a factor of five. The nation laid 20 miles a day of new track and built seven transcontinental rail lines. Railroads and telegraph lines went hand in hand, and as a result, new cities sprung up, and older cities grew in stature. Not only did rail transport people, it also began to carry freight. With the addition of refrigeration and modernization, cargos could be transported cross-country in shorter times, while perishable goods from the West could find their way to the East Coast in record times.
From 1870 to 1930, Chicago became the fastest growing city in the world. Rail hub for the nation, Chicago boasted in 1905 that 14% of all rail mileage in the world went through the Windy City. The development of diesel engines in 1934 sped up the process. Urban transit also made enormous strides from the turn of the 20th Century onward. In 1887, Frank Sprague was hired by the city of Richmond, Virginia to design an electrified trolley car system. It began operation in 1888, and was a great success. Within two years, more than 200 electrified streetcar systems were in operation throughout the nation. In 1890, there were 1,260 miles of electric streetcars, and it tripled by 1902. Growing congestion gave way to the development of subways, with Boston building the first two-mile network in 1897. The first New York subway opened in 1904, and it quickly became a model system for the country.
The advent of urban mass transit dramatically altered the economy and increased the productive powers of the population. In so doing, it replaced the horse-powered system of the previous decades. Horses had been the mainstay of the rural and urban economy until the turn of the 20th Century.
The other major invention which transformed the standard of living and the massive increase in productivity was the internal combustion engine. The automobile and its offshoots–tractors, buses, trucks, etc.–made an immense impact on the economy. In 1908, there were 8,000 cars registered in the U.S., and by 1930 there were 27 million (this discontinuity that is not even discussed in GDP statistics at the time!).
Highlighting the transformations introduced by the Ford Motor Company, Gordon puts the spotlight on the Model T, with its lightweight design, ability to handle dirt roads (which endeared it to farmers), and low cost. The Highland Park, Michigan Ford auto factory, which opened in 1910, was the first to employ vertical integration, producing most of his parts on site, cutting costs all around. In 1913, Ford introduced the mass-production assembly line, which revolutionized the labor process. Production costs fell rapidly; the price of the Model T fell 80% between 1910 and 1923. In 1923, the Model T controlled 55% of the market, producing and selling 1.8 million vehicles.
Automobiles transformed both urban and rural life. Cars, trucks, and tractors rapidly replaced horse power. By 1924, the 6.5 million farms in the country were outfitted with 4.2 million automobiles, 370,000 trucks, and 450,000 tractors. In 1909, comparable figures were zero!
This directly contributed to a large increase in productivity on farms. Output increased, time spent on planting, harvesting, marketing, and other activities was reduced. By 1910, the total power created by automobiles exceeded that of all farm animals. By the 1930s, modern air travel had begun. The continued development of the internal combustion engine established it as a mainstay of the American economy; by 1929, the United States was producing 6 million engines of all types per year, roughly 80% of the world output. This immense capability would be deployed on a vast scale when the United States entered World War II.
In The Rise and Fall, Gordon places great emphasis on the improvement in overall living standards, which, in turn, helped to create a workforce capable of utilizing the more advanced technologies being introduced into the economy. The author makes no distinction between the productive/manufacturing operation of the economy and its impact on the standard of living.
In addition to electrification, an area of critical importance was the development and installation of clean water systems in workplaces and homes. Not only did this make available water for household chores, firefighting, industrial activities, etc., but also brought about a reduction in waterborne diseases, such as typhoid and dysentery. Central heating added to the improvement in living standards.
Another transformation occurred in hospitals, which were breeding grounds for disease. The discovery by Joseph Lister of antiseptics and their widespread use, coupled with the revolution in biology initiated by Louis Pasteur, highlighted by his germ theory of disease, significantly improved the safety of hospitals. Pasteur's discoveries spawned development of a raft of vaccines for many diseases, including diphtheria, pneumonia, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, and later, tuberculosis and polio.
The major consequence of these developments was an increase in life expectancy and a decrease in mortality rates, especially infant mortality, which declined precipitously from 1890-1950 as life expectancy similarly rose. Infant deaths per 1,000 was 215 in 1880; by 1950, the rate was 27 per 1,000. Life expectancy for white males in 1900, was 47 years and black males 33 years. By 1940, that had risen to 62 and 53. Gordon attributes the discrepancy for black males to the impact of slavery and later Jim Crow laws.
The large increase in lifespan and total population directly contributed to the growth in GDP, and more importantly, to productivity. People lived longer, better, and were moving out of menial jobs into productive jobs. By 1940, 57% of the population lived in urban areas, up from 25% at the turn of the century.
In his summary of this landmark rise in living standards, Gordon slams the inadequacy of Real GDP as a measuring tool. The standard of living between 1870 and 1940 tripled. Gordon says that real GDP fails to capture the quality of that change. Electric light bulbs were brighter and longer lasting; the variety and freshness of food also improved. Fresh meat and vegetables could be transported by electric-powered, refrigerated rail freight cars. Real GDP does not account for this.
Nor does Real GDP account for declines in price and availability of automobiles during the first third of the 20th Century; motor cars were not included in the Consumer Price Index until 1935! Real GDP does not account for the fall in infant mortality rates, from 22% per 1000 births in 1890 to 1% in 1950. Neither does it account for the change from the 70-hour to a 40-hour work week by the 1930s.
Real GDP does not account for any of the changes inside the home: clean running water and sewage lines, indoor toilets,-electric powered washers and dryers, etc.
All of this provides prima facie evidence that the growth rate of real GDP in the years covered by part I of this book, 1870-1940, is substantially understated in all available measures … research has thus far been confined to individual output categories. The value of railroads compared to canals has been estimated at 3% of real GDP/year…. Though no studies have been carried out for a wide range of other inventions of the same period, including the value of the invention of electricity and internal combustion engines, it is not difficult to imagine an omitted value to economic growth amounting to 100% of GDP growth. In fact, Nordhaus estimates the value of increasing life expectancy in the first half of the twentieth century roughly doubles the growth rate of the standard measure of consumption expenditures.


In 1781, Mozart's grand opera Idomeneo premiered with Mozart conducting the Bavarian State Opera (Bayerische Staatsoper) in the Residence Theater (Residenztheater) in Munich (München).
The above scene, performed by dramatic soprano Hildegard Behrens, is just prior to the finale of the opera. Elettra has just been told by the gods that she will not be with Idamante with whom she is in love. Desolate, she looses her mind and begins having delusions of snakes tormenting her and she cries out that the must finish her own life.
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Organ shape and size, and, ultimately, organ function, relate in part to the cell and tissue spatial arrangement that takes place during embryonic development. Despite great advances in the genetic regulatory networks responsible for tissue and organ development, it is not yet clearly understood how specific gene functions are linked to the specific morphogenetic processes underlying the internal organ asymmetries found in vertebrate animals. During female chick embryogenesis, and in contrast to males where both testes develop symmetrically, asymmetrical gonad morphogenesis results in only one functional ovary. The disposition of paired organs along the left-right body axis has been shown to be regulated by the activity of the homeobox containing gene pitx2. We have found that pitx2 regulates cell adhesion, affinity, and cell recognition events in the developing gonad primordium epithelia. This in turn not only allows for proper somatic development of the gonad cortex but also permits the proliferation and differentiation of primordial germ cells. We illustrate how Pitx2 activity directs asymmetrical gonad morphogenesis by controlling mitotic spindle orientation of the developing gonad cortex and how, by modulating cyclinD1 expression during asymmetric ovarian development, Pitx2 appears to control gonad organ size. All together our observations indicate that the effects elicited by Pitx2 during the development of the female chick ovary are critical for cell topology, growth, fate, and ultimately organ morphogenesis and function.
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Ernie Baatz: Long-term care isn't the only sector harmed by two-tiered provincial payment schemes
Opinion: The government is setting a precedent and signalling loudly to the rest of the province that you have to be aligned with their political allies to be treated fairly.
Ernie Baatz	August 19, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has pulled back the curtain on issues of pay inequity in B.C.'s most important care and support roles.	CDC / via REUTERS
The COVID-19 pandemic has pulled back the curtain on issues of pay inequity in B.C.'s most important care and support roles. Recent reports of the wage disparities for health-care workers in long-term care settings come as no surprise to workers in the community social services sector.
Community social service workers deliver critical supports for some of the province's most vulnerable. These workers support people living with disabilities, provide mental-health services, offer career development and even operate housing. Front-line workers in the sector are included in the pandemic pay wage top-up provided by the B.C. government this year — a clear recognition of their vital role.
The government promised to support recruitment and retention in a sector known for challenging, person-focused work where compensation has historically lagged behind sectors like health care and education. For months, community social services organizations have been fighting for equal pay for workers in our province. Last year, only unionized workers saw a significant pay increase, while 17,000 non-unionized, provincially funded workers were left out in the cold. Women make up 80 per cent of all community social services workers (union or non-union) in B.C.
In 2020, non-unionized staff are expecting to see a modest increase, but the province hasn't been transparent in its plans to deliver funds across all funding streams. They offer no guarantee of an increase for non-unionized workers next year either. Concern is growing that these choices will entrench a significant wage gap between people doing the same jobs solely by virtue of their association.
After months of advocacy, neither the premier, minister of finance or minister of social development and poverty reduction has offered any explanation.
What is clear, is that they're aware of the issue. Thousands of letters have been sent by workers and families from across the province to their MLAs, calling for this unfair practice to end. Most recently, Equal Work Equal Pay B.C. — a coalition of community social service groups — wrote to the premier and ministers, and received no response.
The government is setting a precedent and signalling loudly to the rest of the province that you have to be aligned with their political allies to be treated fairly.
Many social service organizations employ both unionized and non-unionized workers. Often, employees work side-by-side performing the same duties for different wages.
In a sector that must already compete for staff with other sectors offering similar positions for higher pay, this decision has undercut the stated goal of recruitment and retention. If the practice continues with no resolution, the people harmed most will be those who rely on community social services.
In 2000, the previous NDP government's attempt to advance an unequal wage increase favouring unionized workers was challenged at the Labour Relations Board and the government was forced to fund wages equally. Twenty years later, the sector finds itself in the same position: mulling whether spending money on a legal battle is the only way to achieve equal pay for equal work with a government so determined to devalue the labour of non-union workers.
The solution is simple: a fair increase for all workers in the community social services sector that is equal to what is provided to unionized workers and that closes wage gaps retroactively.
Ernie Baatz is executive director of the Spectrum Society for Community Living, a non-profit group supporting people with disabilities, and a member of Equal Work Equal Pay B.C. coalition.
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VIDEO / Qatar Airways: Doha – San Francisco from December 15th
As Qatar Airways continues to rapidly rebuild its network across the globe and in the U.S., the airline has announced it will operate 4 weekly flights to San Francisco from 15 December 2020 – the 5th new destination launched by QR since the start of the pandemic. The San Francisco service will be operated by Airbus A350-900s featuring 36 seats in Qsuite Business Class and 247 seats in Economy, with passengers enjoying free Super Wi-Fi broadband Internet until January 2021.
Business Class passengers on this flight can enjoy the award-winning Qsuite Business Class seat with its enhanced privacy, including sliding privacy doors and the option to use a 'Do Not Disturb (DND)' indicator. The Qsuite seat layout is a 1-2-1 configuration, providing passengers to the Middle East and beyond with the most spacious, fully private, comfortable and social distanced Business Class product in the sky.
The addition of San Francisco will build onto Qatar Airways' current service to some of the most vibrant cities in the U.S., including Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), Houston (IAH), Los Angeles (LAX), New York (JFK), Philadelphia (PHL) and Washington, D.C. (IAD). By mid-December, the carrier will fly 55 weekly flights to nine destinations in the U.S. connecting onwards to hundreds of American cities through its strategic partnerships with American Airlines and JetBlue.
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Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Akbar Al Baker: "We are thrilled to welcome San Francisco as our newest destination, and our ninth current gateway in the U.S. As we navigate the crisis, we have made it a priority to not only reinstate our existing destinations and be the airline travellers can rely on, but to also grow our network and increase connectivity with new and relevant destinations for our customers to enjoy."
Al Baker added: "As the gateway to Silicon Valley and the vibrant tech economy, the San Francisco Bay Area is a globally important destination, both from a business and leisure perspective. Populated with many people wanting to visit friends, families or business partners overseas, Qatar Airways is perfectly positioned as the reliable airline partner to enable traffic in and out of the area. We are excited as we launch this new destination making it easier for our passengers to reunite with their loved ones, having taken more than 220,000 Americans home to the U.S. via scheduled and chartered flights amidst the pandemic."
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The Annual Parade of Lights takes place November 28th, 2015 at 6:00 pm.
The SVA's annual Parade of Lights is a community favourite, drawing thousands of spectators along the parade route. Each year, dozens of beautifully decorated community floats set the tone for Santa's much anticipated arrival at the end of the parade. Merry makers are also encouraged to stay for the lighting of Village Square Park, and to share in some hot chocolate and cookies.
We are in need of many volunteers to stand by traffic barricades along the parade route. Adults and youth are encouraged to volunteer. It's a great way to take in the parade (you can stay with family or friends) and students can collect community service hours. Youth under 16 years old must be accompanied by an adult. Thank you for helping to make this annual tradition a success! If you'd like to volunteer, contact Roxanne Bronsard or Marilyn Jenkins Ph: 613-836-5075.


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London to Scotland on the Caledonian Sleeper is one of the world's great train journeys. It's as posh as The Ritz and cheaper than flying with a budget airline. Not to mention you arrive having had a rather pleasant night's sleep.
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National Museum of Scotland
A true treasure trove of ancient artefacts and precious objects. The National Museum of Scotland takes you on a tour through natural history, world cultures (including galleries on the South Pacific, East Asia, and Ancient Egypt), European art and design, science and technology. A one-stop-shop for a serious culture fix.
As far as places to build a castle go, 'on top of an extinct volcano' has to be up there with the most dramatic on the planet. This magical place dominates Edinburgh's skyline, and no visit to Auld Reekie is complete without it.
Grab your own little monkeys and come to Edinburgh Zoo. This 82-acre site is home to 1,000 rare and endangered animals, and the perfect place for you to go wild for the day. From pandas to penguins, koalas to kookaburras, this zoo is a chance to see some of nature's rarest and most beautiful animals up close and personal.
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Glasgow's GoMA is at the forefront of the city's reinvention into a leading light in the international art scene. This imposing neo-classical building houses an enviable collection of modern art from some of the most exciting contemporary artists around. And, for a little wry Scottish humour, check out the statue in front of the gallery.
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Fancy waking up in Cornwall refreshed after a good night's sleep? The First Great Western 'Night Riviera' sleeper is the greatest way to head to Penzance while you catch some ZZZs.
You'll get your own air conditioned, temperature-controlled berth, and a café serving drinks and snacks for the journey. In the morning breakfast is provided, to get your day off to a flying start. There's even a washbasin in every cabin, should you want to freshen up.
No eight-hour drives, no airport queues. Just hop on and hit the hay. There's no better way to arrive in the West country feeling ready for a big day out.
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Stepping off the train at St. Ives is like arriving on the set of a movie. The incredible light is world-famous, and explains why so many landscape painters loved this amazing little coastal town. In fact, art is very much a part of life here – there's a Tate gallery, Barbara Hepworth's sculpture garden, and the Leach Pottery Studio.
Remember the Crystal Maze? The Eden Project is like that, but cooler. These huge geodesic domes contain the world's largest indoor rainforest – one of them even has a waterfall. It's like stepping into a different world, right within the heart of Cornwall. There are rock concerts in summer and ice-skating in winter, and the domes are open all year round.
Land's End is the westernmost point of the UK, and it has some of the most incredible views around. There are family-friendly paths carved into the cliffs, perfect for a bracing stroll and some revitalising sea air. If you're lucky, you may even get to share your trip with some of the local seals, dolphins and porpoises.
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Bradley Cooper refused to use stimulants to help him bulk up for 'American Sniper'.
The 39-year-old actor, who has been sober since August 2004 after struggling with drugs and alcohol addiction, was forced to gain 30 pounds of muscle in a short space of time to play a Navy SEAL in the film and feared he wouldn't be able to transform his body by simply working out.
Bradley also revealed the death of his father, Charles Cooper, in 2011 helped him prepare for the gruelling role.
The 'Silver Linings Playbook' star, who has been in a relationship with British model Suki Waterhouse, 22, for almost two years, says his personal struggles have changed his approach to life.
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'The Neighborhood,' 'God Friended Me,' and 'Magnum P.I.' get full-season pickups at CBS
by ntscuser » Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:51 pm
CBS has given out full-season orders for three of its freshman shows
"The Neighborhood," "Magnum P.I.," and "God Friended Me" have all been picked up for full seasons by the network this afternoon, but there is no official word yet on how many additional episodes were ordered for each of the shows. With this announcement, however, the three titles now join freshman drama, "FBI," in earning full-season pickups from the network.
The three are also the latest in a growing number of rookie shows to have earned full seasons so far this fall, including ABC's "Single Parents," Fox's "The Cool Kids," and NBC's "New Amsterdam" and "Manifest."
This announcement leaves "Happy Together," which airs back-to-back with "The Neighborhood" Monday nights, as the network's only freshman title to not have received a full-season pickup yet. That is, excluding the "Murphy Brown" revival, which will reportedly be sticking to its initial 13-episode order, as has always been the network's plan.
On Monday nights, "The Neighborhood" has been performing well for the network, with a 1.2 live + same day average rating in adults 18-49 and 6.95 million viewers. It is currently CBS' highest-rated rookie show of the fall, while "God Friended Me" ranks third, with a 1.1 average and 8.80 million viewers.
"Magnum P.I." hasn't been doing quite as well as the other two, with a 1.0 average in adults 18-49 and 6.48 million viewers.
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Friday nights out, or just nights out in general, are expensive affairs. A good meal at a restaurant will cost you $30-$50. Cover charges and alcohol will set you back another $50-$100. Easy.
Who knows how much you'd actually fork over when you're in the heat of things?
But being frugal isn't the only thing that's holding me back from Friday nights out. Or any night out, in fact.
It's the insanely mad rush that keeps me away.
Most of us hustle and bustle. Every single day.
We get jolted out of bed every Monday with an alarm that makes us cringe. We rush through breakfast. We hurry to get changed. We race out of the house to make it to work on time.
In the office, there's always so much to be done. So many items to check off our personal to-do-lists. We don't want to do it, but we do it anyway because we need the job.
Even after work, we rush out of the office to catch our buses or trains. We scramble to the gym for the daily work out. We make a beeline home to prepare dinner before collapsing into bed, a tired and over-worked bundle.
And we do it all over again the next day. And the next. And the next.
Then Friday comes around. We celebrate the end of our busy week by heading out. To the latest bars and clubs.
We see who can down the most number of shots in the least amount of time. How fast we can finish partying in this club, so that we can hit up the next one.
Oh, and don't forget social media. We post the most awesome photos and compare the number of likes or hearts we got to our peers. In a competition that doesn't seem to exist, but is so very real in our heads.
There will always be so many things to do. When will that ever stop?
My Perfect Friday Night is a Simple One.
A simple, yet delicious, home-cooked meal. A hot shower. A mug of hot chocolate or a glass of warm milk. A good movie. A comfortable snuggle under the warm quilt.
Ending the night by looking out over the busy city, with a quiet, congratulatory smile for getting through the insane week.
Watching the miniature people below, wondering what their lives are all about, pondering what your life could be if you were them.
Letting your mind drift. Reflecting upon your week and making a note about how it could be improved. Or being content for having a wonderful week. Or just being thankful for having made it through the week alive.
Being grateful for just having the space and time to think. To sit down, with some much-welcomed solitude. To have the freedom to think about all the things in the world.
Without all the noise. Without all the crowds. Without all the busy-ness. Without the distraction of dazzling lights. Without the allure of opulence.
Without the mad rush of the world collapsing in on you.
That's my idea of a perfect Friday night.
When Will the Hustle Ever Stop?
The nature of the world is as such. We hustle and bustle. We compete. We race to get ahead. We try to climb the corporate ladder. We have a million things to do. So, when will that ever stop?
Only when we make it stop.
Only when we learn to hit the 'pause' button on our lives.
Only when we take the time to just slow down, and unwind.
It's so easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the city. Everyone's hustling, so should you.
It's so easy to spend your days shuffling around meeting rooms and rushing to get things done. You think you'd be left behind if you don't.
It takes intentionality to slow down amidst the craziness and insanity.
It takes real courage to say 'no' to a world that's yelling for you to get up and hustle.
It takes a certain child-like wonder and faith to be awed by the simple, yet beautiful, things around us.
You'd be amazed at how a simple warm cup of hot chocolate can bring a smile to your face. Or how a beautiful view can make your heart sing.
Or how the quiet and solitude can bring some much-needed clarity to your mind, amidst the insanity and the mad rush of the world.
If only you take the time to slow down, and be amazed by all that is around you. Be intrigued by the simplest things in this world.
Even when everyone is out there, dancing the night away, shrieking at you to join the party.


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New feedstock sources for livestock could be developed in Goondiwindi after a $579,000 investment by the Palaszczuk Government.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, who this week attended the international BIO 2017 conference in San Diego, said Woods Grain was one of six recipients that would help put Queensland at the forefront of the global bioindustrial revolution.
"Under the project, Woods Grain will seek to establish a new algae farm in Goondiwindi and trial new technology for the extraction of omega3 oil from the algae," Ms Palaszczuk said.
"This could produce a high protein feedstock and open up the possibility of a brand new agricultural industry in the state," Ms Palaszczuk said.
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In both European and Japanese feudalism, power was in the hands of A.	land owners. B.	the military. C.	the Church. D.	Confucius scholars.
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Ramin Parsa shuddered at seeing the dead hanging bodies in Iran
Posted on January 28, 2021 | 1 comment
The dead bodies hanging by a noose on public streets and markets disturbed Ramin Parsa, a child growing up in Iran during the strict Shiite Muslim regime of the Ayatollah Khomeini.
"They executed people in front of children," Ramin says on a video posted to his channel. "I could not eat for two weeks, I was so shocked."
When Khomeini and the anti-American Islamic radicals staged a coup and ousted the Shah of Iran, they implemented a stringent form of Islam that included public executions of alleged enemies and self-flagellation while walking barefoot through the streets.
"The newspaper is Islamic. The media is Islamic. Schools are Islamic. Society is Islamic. Everything you can see and hear is Islamic," he says. They want to dish in doctrine. They want to brainwash you. We had no magazines, no books. They showed the caricature of the Israeli soldiers, killing Palestinian babies and they sowed the seed of hatred in our hearts."
Deeply motivated to live for Allah, Ramin went to the mosque every morning at 5:00 am for the earliest of five callings to prayer a day. Every morning at school, they shouted, "Death to Israel! Death to America!"
But when his dad died, life dried up for him. He was no longer able to go to school.
"I started questioning my faith," he admits. "Is this really the truth that we believe? I started going down and down and down into hopelessness, into depression. I left all my friends. I left all my family. I left everybody that I knew and I locked myself in a dark room, turned the lights off and was thinking about past and present and future."
Death haunted him after his father's death. It haunted him because Islam offers no real assurance that you will be admitted into Paradise. The true Muslim is constantly warned to do more, to pray and fast — and even join jihad — to curry Allah's elusive favor and be granted entrance into the afterlife..
"Out of fear I said, 'What is gonna happen to me when I die?" he says.
Aside from the public hangings, he also saw men's backs slashed and bloodied for drinking alcohol. Mohammad prescribed public punishments to instill fear in the populace.
The Revolutionary Guard routinely prowled the streets. If you were wearing a T-shirt with the image of someone, they took it from you and punished you. Islam stringently prohibits artistic renditions of any person or animal as a means to avoid people falling into idolatry. This is why so many of the earliest architecture has ornate geometric patterns but no other artwork.
"I came to the conclusion that Islam is empty," Ramin says. "I said, 'If there is no god, then who made this creation, who made the stars, who made the heaven, who made the humans? If there is a God, then why isn't He helping us?"
In spite of it being illegal, every house has a satellite dish, which is a great alternative to the non-stop religious propaganda pumped out over government-run channels.
So he flipped on Trinity Broadcast Network. He heard about Jesus. Everything he heard through Islam about Jesus was contradicted: The Son of God did indeed die for our sins; he was more than just a prophet.
Importantly, he rose from the dead.
Ramin didn't immediately believe. He had been taught it was "baloney," so he turned it off. Read the rest: Who is Ramin Parsa?
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In Islam, Faridi bloodied himself to appease the deity. In Christianity, Christ bloodied himself to save Faridi.
To make their soldiers fearless, Mohamad Faridi's Iranian superiors made them sleep in empty graves.
Since a boy, Mohamad was fervent Muslim, praying 10 times a day, way more than the regimented five times. But nothing could ease his fear of death and his apprehension that he might be judged unworthy of being admitted into Paradise beyond the grave.
"I was in a lot of despair, a lot of depression, and I was hopeless. The only hope I had was to die, so I contemplated suicide," he says on a Your Living Manna video "But I was afraid because if as a Muslim you commit suicide you end up in hell.
"I was living in hell in this world."
The Tehran-born boy was taught to never question Islam.
"I went to my mom and ask her, 'Mom, does this god, the god of Islam, speak Farsi (the language of the Iranians)? Can I speak to him in Farsi?' My mom said, 'You do not want to be tormented by Allah. You do not want to be tortured by Allah. A good Muslim only surrenders, only submits.'
"From that moment on, I just put my blinders on."
Mohamad memorized entire chapters of the Koran, washed himself religiously, prayed ritually and fasted during the 30 days of Ramadan.
But the question nagged him: Would he ever be good enough to merit Paradise?
Allah, according to the depiction, weighed your good actions against your bad actions on judgement day. Nobody ever knew for certain who would get into eternal glory and who would be cast into torment.
The Shia sect of Islam practiced in Iran also has the ritual of self-flagellation with chains containing barbs and knives. By drawing blood in penance, they hope to curry the favor of the imams in Paradise so that they may pray for their souls, Mohamad says.
"Someone recites a eulogy and provokes the crowd to beat themselves, weep and cry," he explains. "That's how we're gaining points and how we punish ourselves that maybe one of these Imams would intercede for us at the day of judgement. We beat ourselves so much that we bruise and bleed with chains on our backs."
At age 19, he joined the Revolutionary Army to fight in the decade-long war against Iraq. The nation's imams said that it was jihad, or holy war, which meant that if anyone died in it, he would be taken straight to Paradise.
His uncle and brother were part of the mass deaths of Iranians, but Mohamad was spared.
Back from the war, he resumed his rituals of desperately trying to appease Allah. During one 10-day stretch of self-flagellation, he beat himself so badly through nine days that he could not rise from his bed on the tenth to carry on.
"I was so broken and I was so bruised that I could not get out and go beat myself more on the tenth day," he recounts. "I was ashamed of myself. I said this is the least asked of me and I cannot fulfill that."
Light finally broke into the darkness. Mohamad rekindled a childhood friendship with a friend named Rasul. He noticed Rasul was uncommonly light-hearted.
"What is going on with you? What is happening to you?" asked Mohamad.
Rasul responded that he became a Christian.
"That was the first time I was hearing about Christianity without bad-mouthing it or without saying that it is corrupted," Mohamad remembers.
"God loved his creation," Rasul said. For two hours, he elucidated the free gift of grace through faith in Christ and his death on the cross.
Mohamad raised every objection he had heard at home or in the mosque.
Rasul tired of two hours of arguing, so he said he needed to go.
"The last thing I'm gonna tell you is Jesus was beaten, he was bruised, he was crucified, his blood was shed for your sin so that you can have everlasting life," Rasul said.
Then he quoted to him John 3:16: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life."
The concept of Jesus being beaten and bloodied instead of Mohamad beating and bloodying himself left him astounded. It was an utter contradiction of everything he knew from Islam.
It resonated deep within him, and Mohamad decided at the end to accept Jesus as his Savior and Lord.
"When I opened my eyes from that prayer, everything in the world got a new color, everything that was a shade of gray and black got colors," the young man recounts with wonder. "For the first time in my life, I felt peace in my life." Read the rest: He was bruised and beaten for our sins, Muslim discovers salvation without works in Christianity.
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#10 Chargers Shine on Senior Day, Win Big Over Pace, 63-6
WEST HAVEN, Conn. – The nationally ranked No. 10 University of New Haven football team honored 10 senior class members on Saturday before going off for a season-high 63 points on
Senior football players and the two seniors on the UNH cheerleading squad pose for a picture at Saturday's football game against Pace Univeristy on November 5, 2011.
485 yards of total offense. The Chargers claimed their seventh straight win by defeating Pace, 63-6 in the team's final regular season game at DellaCamera Stadium.
With the win, New Haven improved to 9-1 overall and 7-0 in the Northeast-10 Conference to remain perfect in league play. The Setters dropped to 1-8 overall and 0-7 in the NE-10.
The game was all New Haven right from the start as sophomore running back Mike DeCaro (Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay ) returned the opening kickoff 80-yards untouched for the first score of the game. After a Pace drive that lasted 3:35 minutes, the Chargers regained possession and scored two plays later on a 34-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Osiecki (Seymour, Conn./Seymour / Univ. of Louisville) to Chris Higgins (Cumberland, Maine/Bridgton Academy ). In less than five minutes of play, New Haven had already scored two touchdowns to take a 14-0 lead with 10:22 to play in the first quarter.
After a Setters three-and-out, the Chargers found the endzone once again on a one-yard run from Osiecki. The touchdown was set-up by a 30-yard pass to Chris Ruffin (New York, N.Y./Phillip Randolph) who stepped out of bounds inches before the pylon. The Chargers drive featured 46 yards on just four plays in 1:05.
New Haven was well on its way of scoring the team's fourth touchdown in the first quarter but a Charger's fumble cut the drive short at the Pace nine-yard line. The Setters recovered the ball but went three-and-out on its following drive.
After a 26-yard punt return from Josh Smart (New Haven, Conn./Hamden ) to place the Chargers at the visitor 44-yard line, Anthony Tillman (Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway) and Quran Kent (Philadelphia, Pa./West Catholic) led another four-play touchdown drive. Tillman took the first two carries for 12 and six yards respectively before an 11-yard run and 15-yard touchdown reception from Kent concluded the one minute and 38 second drive.
The following Setters possesion resulted in a net loss of seven yards on three plays. Tom Herd (Sparta, N.J./Sparta ) and Brent Macleod (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) broke through the offensive line to sack Jordan Raynor for a 10-yard loss on third down.
New Haven went on to score two more touchdowns before the break. The Chargers increased their lead to 35-0 at the 9:18 mark after a 46-yard scoring run from DeCaro. The following drive went 81 yards on five plays in one minute and 23 seconds. On third-and-one, Ronnie Nelson (Stuart, Fla./South Fork ) escaped two sure tackles and broke away a 45-yard score. The Chargers went into the locker rooms at halftime ahead 42-0.
After returning the opening kickoff of the second half for 20-yards, Pace began its first offensive drive of the half. Three plays later, Raheem Stanley (Hartford, Conn./Weaver ) picked off a Jordan Lupfer pass at the Pace 38-yard line. He then returned it 10-yards and gave the Chargers their first possession of the half. Six plays later, Ronnie Nelson (Stuart, Fla./South Fork ) connected with an unlikely target, Scott Schultz (Wayne, N.J./Wayne Hills / University of Connecticut) on a two-yard touchdown pass. The ensuing extra point gave the Chargers a 49-0 lead with 11:26 left in the third quarter. It was Schultz's second career touchdown at UNH.
The Setters then scored their only points of the game on the next possession. After returning the Chargers' kickoff 14 yards, Pace mounted a 74-yard touchdown drive midway through the third quarter. The Setters took the ball 74 yards on seven plays over the course of 3:08.
On New Haven next possession, Brian Alston (Robbinsville, N.J./Robbinsville) took over the ball carrying responsibilities and carried the ball for nearly the entire drive. The sophomore helped lead the Chargers on a nine-play, 70-yard touchdown drive over the course of nearly five minutes. Alston capped the drive with his eighth carry for a 16-yard touchdown with 3:24 left in the third.
The Setters next drive was cut short by another turnover. On their first play from scrimmage, Kervin Eduard recovered a botched shotgun snap and once again gave UNH possession inside Pace territory. Brice DeRosa (Huntington Station, N.Y./Walt Whitman / Iona College) and Alston combined on a four-play, 27-yard touchdown drive which was capped by a 23-yard touchdown pass from DeRosa to Quavari Jackson. It was DeRosa's first touchdown pass and Jackson's first touchdown catch of the season. Pace then regained possession, but time ran out in the third quarter after just one play.
Pace's drive which carried into the fourth quarter, took up over seven minutes of time. The Setters marched the ball 48-yards in 13-plays and would eventually attempt a 34-yard field goal. Ali Mourtada's kick sailed wide left and UNH regained possession at its own 17-yard line.
On UNH's next possession, they were forced three-and-out as the Setters would get one more possession in the game. Pace took over possession with 5:31 left in the fourth quarter and held possession as time expired in the fourth quarter.
With 329 rushing yards in the game, UNH tallied a season-high on the ground. Nelson led the way with 81 yards on four carries and one touchdown, while Alston was second on the team with 76 rushing yards and a touchdown. DeCaro capped the day with 67 yards and a touchdown on five carries, while Anthony Tillman (Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway) added 64 yards on 10 carries. Quarterback's Osiecki, Nelson and DeRosa combined for 156 yards and four touchdowns on 7-of-9 passing. Seven different receivers tallied catches in the game as well. Kameel Lashley (Boston, Mass./Boston Comm. Leadership Academy) led the way with 40 yards.
Defensively, Charlie Hatchett (Bridgeport, Conn./Stratford / Santa Monica College) and Jaylen Johnson (Linden, N.J./Linden) led the team with seven total tackles. Tom Herd (Sparta, N.J./Sparta ) added 1.5 tackles-for-loss, while Stanley and Chalifoux each recorded interceptions.
New Haven will conclude the 2011 regular season on Saturday, November 12 when its travels to Saint Anselm College. Game time in Manchester, N.H. is set for 12 p.m. Saturday. For complete coverage throughout the week, stay posted to www.NewHavenChargers.com.
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Women's Basketball gears up for second-half surge
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From "Rebel" To Hero: The American Revolutionary War
In his Memoirs, Lafayette characterized himself as an autonomous rebel and a forerunner. In fact, he benefited from semi-official support, and at the time of his departure for America there were already about 250 French officers serving or aspiring to serve in the Continental Army. The War for Independence was then at its lowest ebb, and a divided Congress was tired of foreign adventurers incapable of speaking English and claiming high-ranks. Many of them received nothing, and left in disgust. Lafayette himself, whose origins and fortune made him difficult to dismiss, had to agree to serve without pay or command. With Washington's endorsement, however, his situation rapidly improved.
Battle of Brandywine in Which the Rebels were Defeated September the 11th, 1777, by the Army under the Command of General Sr. William Howe, [1777].
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In his first experience on the field, Lafayette rushed into the forefront of the action, was shot in the leg, and collapsed. Subsequently he became a kind of mascot of the defeated Continental Army – although Brandywine was sold as a victory in Europe. During his weeks of recovery, he bubbled with plans, including the opening of a second front in Canada, and another against British possessions in India.
Lafayette's Military Plan of the Colonial Army Camp at Brandywine. September 1777.
Lafayette made this unofficial army map for his own personal use. Its deteriorated condition indicates that he may have kept this document with him on the battlefield, where it saw action.
Hand-Forged English Bayonet. Model "Brown Bess". Excavated at the Site of the Battle of Saratoga. New York [September-October 1777].
Until World War I, the weapon most commonly used by infantry in close combat was the bayonet, which was especially useful in avoiding detection and preserving the key element of surprise. Bayonets were used heavily at the battle of Saratoga, a victory for the American rebels which renewed hope for an open alliance with France. The victory made General Gates the champion of those who wanted "action", in opposition to Washington, whom many viewed as indecisive. Lafayette remained loyal to Washington, and was repaid with the command of a division of 2,800 Virginians and five cannons.
Lafayette. Letter to His Wife From Valley Forge. January 6, 1778.
" What a date, my dearest love, and what a place! I think I was decidedly born under a weird star: it is in a camp in the middle of woods, that I find myself enclosed in the midst of winter... But for us French it has always been a point of honor not to pull out before the campaign is over... My presence is more necessary at this moment to the American cause than you can conceive... General Washington would be very saddened if I were to speak of quitting him... He finds in me a bosom friend, with whom he can share his heart, someone who will always tell him the truth.... He asked me, with the unanimous consent of the Congress, to accept a division... Believe me, just because I am staying right now does not mean I must fight the next campaign; myriads circumstances can actually decide me to leave..."
Anastasie de Lafayette. Letter to George Washington. June 18, 1784.
Lafayette's six-year-old daughter, Anastasie, wrote this letter to George Washington on the occasion of her father's third voyage to America in 1784.
The surprisingly deep father-son relationship that developed between Lafayette and George Washington extended to their families. In 1782 the Frenchman named his daughter Virginie (after Virginia, the colony in which Washington was born) and in 1799 he named his son George Washington. The families traded frequent gifts and letters. In August 1784, Lafayette offered his friend an apron of white satin, to be worn during Masonic ceremonies, hand-embroidered by his wife.
Bank Notes Owned by Lafayette, 1773-1778.
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Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes. Letter to Lafayette. September 16, 1779.
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Why, my dear Marquis, you blame yourself for confiding in me about your concerns! I can assure you that nobody cares more than I do... I guess you enjoy the recent developments in America... Let us hope that the Comte d'Estaing will not stop half-way... I don't know yet what we can plan for the future with regards to America; unilateralism is no longer effective, we need to cooperate with our allies; it is clear enough that we must send troops to keep control of the situation, but that is not enough... I wish your American friends would push a bit harder. They made some noise in Stony Point; hopefully they are not content with it...
The American colonies shared with France a common enemy. But for awhile it was not clear whether France was willing to engage beyond the "arms-for-tobacco" deal initially imagined by Beaumarchais. Although France sent a fleet in 1778, Commander D'Estaing lost his first two battles in Newport, Rhode Island, and again in Savannah, Georgia. In this letter, the French foreign minister Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes (1719-1787) prematurely believes the city is almost captured. His sardonic remark about the stalemate at Stony Point (July 15-16) suggests anxiety and skepticism. Still, a new joint expedition with Spain was planned. As for Lafayette, back home since February, he was re-appointed to the French army as it prepared to invade England. The invasion never came about, and he returned to America by March-April 1780 on the Hermione.
English Defeat at Yorktown (1781). Engraving after Auguste Couder's Painting for the Battle Gallery at Versailles (1836).
As General Cornwallis awaited reinforcements in fortified Yorktown, a new French fleet under the command of Admiral de Grasse placed Chesapeake Bay under naval blockade. Meanwhile, Lafayette maintained a brilliant holding action, and Washington and Rochambeau joined in an all-out assault which forced the English to surrender on October 17, 1781, bringing definitive victory to the American colonies. Lafayette took part in the negotiations which led to the Treaty of Paris that formally ended the American Revolutionary War in 1783.
Jean-Antoine Houdon. Life Mask of Lafayette, 1785-86.
Photograph courtesy of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
Gift of Arthur H. Dean and Mary Marden Dean.
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Two months after Yorktown, in December 1781, the Virginia legislature "resolved unanimously that a bust of the Marquis de La Fayette be... made, in Paris, of the best marble employed for such purpose," and that an agent "employ a proper person in Paris to make the above bust." Yet the project was forgotten until Lafayette mentioned it (deliberately?) to Washington, in September 1783. Thomas Jefferson and the American consul at Nantes selected Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), an artist legendary for his meticulous technique, apparent in his portraits of Voltaire, Rousseau and Benjamin Franklin. Houdon measured his models from head to toe, and used "life masks" as models for his busts. Lafayette's mask was taken in July 1785, before Houdon left for America, where he made Washington's portrait using the same technique. The "Head of Lafayette" was finished in late 1786. It was presented by Jefferson to M. de Flesselles, the Intendant of Paris (whose own head would be paraded through Paris after he was decapitated on July 14, 1789), to be displayed in City Hall.
During the riots of August 10, 1792 which led to the overthrow of the monarchy, the bust was removed by revolutionaries along with those of Louis XVI and Bailly (both of whom would be guillotined in 1793). We know that Houdon saved it from destruction, but then it disappeared. Fortunately, Jefferson had acquired a copy for his "gallery of worthies" at Monticello (it is now in the Boston Athenaeum). As for the life mask, arguably one of the most "faithful" portraits of Lafayette in the absence of photographs, it was stored in Chavaniac until 1912.
Beginning with the American War of Independence, the myths of Washington and Lafayette inspired the manufacture and sale of all kinds of memorabilia, from works of art to drinking cups.
China Plates. "Lafayette Legacy" Collection. D'Arceau, Limoges, France, 1973.
On loan from a private collection.
Lafayette's Bedroom in Château de La Grange. Color Lithograph by Joseph Langlumé [between 1830 and 1840].
Lafayette's bedroom at La Grange was turned into a sanctuary after his death in 1834. Above the bed was a version of Charles Willson Peale's Portrait of Washington at Princeton (1779). On the commode was a bust of Washington by Houdon reportedly given to Lafayette by the U.S. Congress. Lafayette admitted that his concern for his "paternal friend" was "woman-like." In January 2007, First Lady Laura Bush visited the property of the private Fondation de Chambrun, La Grange.
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