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How Dark Could Our Future Become; A Possible Alternative
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Tags: China, Control World Oil Supply, Establish Iranian Hegemony, Europe, Iran, Islam, Kuwait, Oil Prices, Predictions, Premonitions, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Shiite, United Arab Emirates, United States
There have been a number of prognostications telling the writers' many separate and often distinct predictions. These predictions span from gloom and doom to the thrills once we combine with our technological inventions enhancing our lives in remarkable ways. Then there is the possibility we will face threats due to the singularity from advanced artificial intelligent robots which will have surpassed us and begin to leap so far ahead of our own technological knowledge and abilities that we will become either their pets or a nuisance to be eradicated depending on who you ask. There are predictions on the political level where China becomes the new eight-hundred pound gorilla on the stage and the United States falls into a weak second class state in the shadows or China falls economically and the United States rebounds to Africa becoming the new European style power and Europe degrades into economic ruin even dragging down the last of the economic engines in Europe. The one comfort I take from all these prognostications, even by some very well recognized editorialists and experts of which many will be unfulfilled, is that even if I get everything wrong, all I will have done is join an elite group who are secure enough to be wrong and admit it. The benefit of doing predictions is people will tend to forget those you got completely wrong if you hit a few dead on correct as people want to believe that the future is not as daunting and unpredictable as it actually is and take comfort in those predictions which give them comfort or support, what they had themselves been predicting. So, with the comfort that I will probably not be any more wrong than some who have become wealthy despite being wrong more often than not, here is what I actually fear may be coming down the road over the remaining two years of the final term of President Obama's Presidency.
First we need to see where the world is now and try to find some similarities from history and narrow down those similarities until we find the closest match and then interpolate using that history and see where that leads one. The first and most obvious parallel is the beginning of the fall of Rome and the withdrawal from the world's scene by the United States with their retreats from Iraq and Afghanistan. This is a false parallel which despite being false it has garnered a serious following. Further consideration leads one to look more at the entirety of the Western world and culture and an initial retreat from the Middle East followed by an infiltration and assault by the powers of Islam and one realizes that the correlation is closer to the slow and unalterable fall of the Eastern Roman Empire which was also known as the Byzantine Empire, of which the greatest defeat was the fall of Constantinople. Using this as a base we would need to try and discern if in this modern period where things can happen at unbelievable and unprecedented speed, the item one needs to do is find where the two main turns of history which eventually served to turn back the thrusts into Europe by the seemingly unstoppable forces of Islam which we can parallel with the Battle of Tours where Charles the Hammer Martel routed the Moorish Muslim troops ending their invasion into western Europe and turning them back depleted and without any reserve supplies which made the restoration of Spain possible, though the method of the Inquisition would be something we should endeavor to avoid at all cost, and the Siege of Vienna where the King of Poland reached an agreement with his closest neighboring nations for their promises to refrain from invading his lands while he took his entire army and marched to Vienna and relieved the siege turning back the Islamic armies and ending their thrust into eastern Europe. These two turning points are impossible to predict without the power of clairvoyance, something I freely admit I lack no matter what some people have claimed in my stead.
Islam is unlikely to be attempting any invasions of Europe in the near future as much of the Muslim world is too wrapped-up in their own troubles and conflicts within Islam to be taking on any outside wars. Syria has been wrapped in a destructive civil war with numerous outside forces warring on both sides of this devastating conflict which will leave Syria incapable of any kind of action for decades as they eventually will try to rebuild almost from scratch and build a new Syria. Who will be leading the nation of Syria is still unknown though it does appear that somehow Bashir al-Assad will remain in power though only in charge of a shell of his nation will have survived and most of the Syrian people will have fled the nation and as many as are able will probably choose not to return. Libya has continue its spiral decent into internecine violence composed largely by inter-tribal violence with occasional challenges to the relatively weak central government which has thus far been able to hold on to power. Iraq and Syria are currently sharing a serious threat in the form of an ever-growing force which began as a terrorist entity in the Syrian civil war and has mutated into a wannabe caliphate which has since grown into a formidable force across central parts of Syria and Iraq and has made threats against Iran, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia and other nations which ISIS (still pronounced 'is is') believes are not following the Quran and are not ruled by proper Islamic rulers which they swear they will replace as they build the next Caliphate. They also predict that once they have set the world of Islam on the correct path and united all of Islam into their Caliphate they will then complete the task of making Islam the sole religion in the world. Egypt is recovering from their experiment with the rule by the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood and has returned to having elected a military leader as the President of Egypt. It remains to be seen whether President Sisi will remain a limited leader eventually stepping aside or if he will become the next military dictator of Egypt following the same route as his predecessors. Lebanon has been sitting on the sidelines of the Syrian conflict but has an investment in the Syrian war as Hezballah has, on the orders from their Iranian masters, been involved heavily in the fighting in support of Bashir al-Assad which has left Lebanon vulnerable, a vulnerability which may soon prove to be tested by some of the forces fighting against Assad in Syria as they view Lebanon as a fair target due to Hezballah fighting in Syria. Across most of the rest of the Muslim world there are no real nations which have the inclination or power to pose any real threat outside their own borders with a few exceptions. One exception is Pakistan which has a sizeable nuclear weapons stockpile but also has sufficient internal threats which prevent any adventurism and also Pakistan has one main adversary in India and is content to keep any violence between the two nuclear powered nations as quiet as is possible, a view shared by India. So, what might be the exception throughout the Islamic world?
Turkey and Iran are exceptions as both have avoided the kind of turmoil which has afflicted much of the rest of the Middle East and North Africa. Turkey under the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a modern military and enjoys membership in NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) which they served as an important role against the Soviet Union as Turkey controlled the access from the Black Sea into the Mediterranean Sea and from there into the Suez Canal to the Red Sea and on to the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf or through the Strait of Gibraltar on into the Atlantic Ocean. Turkish roles within NATO had been challenging in recent years as they refused to cooperate with the United States in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and more recently worked against the United States in their efforts against ISIS only recently begrudgingly permitting any use of Turkish resources such as airfields for strikes against ISIS and probably under guarantees that these actions would also serve to remove their nemesis Syrian Dictator Bashir al-Assad. As President Obama has formed a close relationship with President Erdogan, the difficulties which logistically separated the two nations were all the more confusing. Even more confusing was that these difficulties caused little damage to the relations between the two leaders. That leaves Iran which has been playing a cat and mouse game with the P5+1 nations (United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany) in their ongoing and currently extended nuclear negotiations. These negotiations may soon be proven useless and no longer necessary and that has much to do with the potential future of our world.
The next items we face are China and Russia. China has hit upon some economic difficulties and is not expected to continue their high rate of financial growth for the ensuing years. A nation even with the governmental assistance given in China can continue to have a growth rate of over seven percent GDP growth forever as each year that level becomes that much more difficult to produce. The main item on China's wish list is cheaper oil prices and a source of easily refined crude oil. China has a steady source at a decent price in Iraq but that oil is thicker and considered quite difficult to refine and does not have a high production quality. On the other hand, the sweet crude oil available from Saudi Arabia is more expensive. Meanwhile, Russia is completely dependent on their oil and gas sales to prop up their collapsing economy and nation. Russia is suffering from one of the highest rates of population decrease with projections placing their population numbers to be half of their current numbers by mid-century which is astonishing. Russia is thus dependent upon high oil prices, exactly the opposite from China. This is where the interesting predictions begin. The challenge is to find a solution to the problems of the three nations, China, Russia and Iran, which is possible and credible. While it may appear impossible to satisfy both the Chinese requirement for cheap oil and the Russian desire for high oil prices, but that is not entirely true. In order to satisfy both the Russian and Chinese demands one would need to control vast percentages of the supplies of crude oil. Enter the Iranians into the equation. Add the possibility that there has been a mutually beneficial arrangement since the beginning of the nuclear negotiations which have China and Russia on one side with Iran presumably as their adversary while China and Russia were part of the five nations presumably pushing Iran to give up most of their uranium enrichment program. Iran is suspected of having designs on the oil fields of their neighbors, especially those of Saudi Arabia, UAE (United Arab Emirates), Oman, Bahrain, and Kuwait. Iran has all but become the ruling party in Iraq and has access if required of the southern Iraqi oil fields while ISIS has control of some of the northern oil fields from Iraq. The possible scenario would have Iran launch a full scale operation assaulting ISIS once they attack Bagdad under the claim that they were responding to a desperate plea for assistance from the Iraqi government. Then the Iranian military could transport an extremely large military force with full armor and other support towards Bagdad. Then, as their forces have closed and routed ISIS forcing their retreat, then Iran, under air cover, could swing their entirety of forces and reinforcements southward coinciding with a general uprising throughout the Northwestern provinces of Saudi Arabia by the predominantly Shiite population with assistance and weaponry provided by the IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps) with Russia and China both demanding the United States stand down. This attack would need to be launched before President Obama leaves office and the possibility that the next President of the United States might be more willing to come to the aid of their stricken ally. With Iran in control of the vast reserves of the oil wealth could then embargo the Western nations or simply the European nations allowing for Russia to be able to set their own price for oil and gas supporting their otherwise weak economy. Further, China could be provided with all the high grade cheap oil they could desire and Iran would be well on their way to establishing their hegemony over the Middle East and be close to ready for their assault to include the Muslim nations of North Africa into their control before then turning their attentions onto Europe and Israel. This is the potential nightmare which has a chance, hopefully smaller than it may seem in our nightmares, it is thoughts such as these which make me simply joyous when time passes and I am proven wrong, may that streak continue as every time I get one right I then spend weeks to years covering some relative disaster.
President Obama Steps Up Proposing Too Little Too Late
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Tags: Air Aupport, Egypt, European Nations, ISIS, Israel, Natons of Region, No American Forces, Palestinian, Peace Process, Plan Speech, Predictions, President Obama, Turkey
President Obama will be giving the plan that he is proposing to address the situation with ISIS and the threat it poses to the heart of the Middle East. Where I have no actual copy of the speech or even of an early draft of the speech, I feel I might be able to predict much of the plan President Obama will present. He will continue to do anything within his power to continue to avoid using American military force if at all possible. His plan will call for nations in the Middle East to step up and take the responsibility for the dangers threatening them as ISIS gains more followers and additional strength. President Obama will offer to assist any efforts by the nations who step up and take actions by providing them with air power which will continue until the first United States aircraft is shot from the skies and its pilot becomes the next subject of a brutal beheading video. The President will avoid any mention of coordinating with Syrian dictator Bashir al-Assad or with the Iranian leadership or military commanders though he will not deny providing their troops with air support. The initial five to ten minutes of the President's speech will fill every listener with hope and feel assured that the President is about to promise definitive actions to directly challenge and in turn defeat ISIS both in Iraq and Syria. Unfortunately, the speech will take another twenty or more minutes where President Obama will fill in and flush out the steps and other moves the United States is working to bring to utilize force against IS. The more he describes his plans the more evidence will be forthcoming that there is no actual immediate plan to defeat or even blunt ISIS from continuing gathering strength and possibly gaining even more territories. The President will make clear that he is working with other nations who will gather the forces which will, in time, begin to oppose ISIS and eventually wear them down and reduce their power and ability to afflict people's lives. The one missing element will be United States boots on the ground directly engaging ISIS and working to defeat the menace they pose.
What may not be included in the President's speech but I fear will be mentioned as part of the steps that the President sees as potentially helpful in ending the menace of ISIS or Islamist extremists will be the need for a settlement between Israel and the Palestinians and Israel making the necessary sacrifices which will allow for the formation of a Palestinian State standing side by side with Israel in peace and mutual security. This has been the President's pipe dream which he claims would end all the problems throughout the Middle East and North Africa. President Obama has seldom missed an opportunity to lay the blame on Israel and the lack of progress towards establishing a Palestinian State and this speech will likely be yet another opportunity for President Obama to demand the immediate establishment of a the Palestinian State. There is a distinctive possibility that President Obama will quote his close friend, Turkish President Erdogan, and quote his advice which laid the blame for ISIS and the rest of the troubles in the Middle East on Israel and the overthrow of the government in Egypt of President Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood replacing it with a government with former General and commander of the Egyptian military President SISI. There will be mention of the recent conflict between Hamas and Israel and their current negotiations where again the President will point to the need for compromise and equal and fair treatment which is conducive to peace and respect for both sides calling on Israel to bring an end of the Israeli blockade of Gaza as necessary for a future of calm. The President will call on Saudi Arabia to step forward and claim their reticence and refusal to take military actions as something that is unhelpful and one of the causes of the difficulties which led to IS. The President will call on the European members of NATO to pull together and take the bold steps to fight ISIS and work towards minimizing their effects with an aim to make their threat be made more manageable. The President will claim that it will take years of efforts by all those he has claimed need to address the situation and reduce the effects of ISIS until they are reduced in effects making their threat manageable and no threat to the United States and Europe. That will be the main theme; a reduction in the threats posed by ISIS making them something which has been reduced to a manageable level of threat. Exactly what a manageable threat potential means, but that will be the result that President Obama will be seeking and the solution he will lay out tonight. May Heaven help the world to survive long enough for the next resident of the White House to return some valid and believable foreign policy where the United States takes the lead that has been the stabilizing force in a world which would otherwise turn to insane threats unseen in most of our lifetimes. Sometimes I fear the world will explode before the next White House resident takes office and that thought scares me and should scare any rational person. Another frightful item will be the speech given by President Obama, well, at least the rest of his speech after the promising platitudes he will regale us with for the first five to ten minutes, the part of the speech before he reveals all the steps he is unprepared to make.
Where in the World is Everything Going?
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Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Bioengineering, Components, Future, Integrated Circuits, Moore's Law, Predictions, Programming, Quantum Computer, Software, technology
Talk with ten different supposed authorities or futurists about where the world is headed and you will get at a minimum thirty or more scenarios. One of the reasons behind this odd little phenomenon is that many of them will answer claiming the world will be either 'A' or possibly 'B' while others will simply claim it will be 'A' unless such and such otherwise it will be 'not A' just to assure that their answers are complete and guaranteed to be more accurate. Unfortunately we will likely not be much different because there are a small number of factors which will decide both the eventual near future and the pace at which an inevitable future will arrive. First off let us discuss the eventual path mankind will take with the sole proviso being that man does not self-destruct in the mean time. One of the principle observations which stand as a driving force behind the predictions from numerous futurists is Moore's Law which noted that the number of transistors on a chip doubles every two years. There is an obvious limiting factor which will eventually cause reality to conflict with this postulate, namely that molecules and atoms of silicon and germanium, the two elements currently utilized to manufacture the wafers for ICs, have a set size and nothing will ever be made smaller than this size. Thus we know that there eventually will be an end point beyond which progress will depend on some new dimension. This point is still well into the future, so we will continue to have the capability to produce more complex, faster, more energy efficient integrated circuits which will further expand the scope and capabilities of the hardware engineers and programmers will have at their disposal and also the price and size of memory modules and devices will also continue to shrink in size while increasing in capabilities. This allows the limit of the capabilities of our systems, be they robotic, calculative, measuring, artificial intelligence or any other performance oriented components or units to similarly increase in capability limited solely by the development of software to drive them. When one also includes the possible advances in Physics, Chemistry, and to an extent also discoveries in biology, especially bioengineering, then there may even be other hard to imagine, let alone measurable, advances made. One such example would be the introduction of a truly functioning and easily programmable quantum computer. All of this simply provides a backdrop with which to measure the full extent to which progress can expand and develop in order for there to be related advances in our societies and affect our way of life.
One way of measuring the advancement of mankind over the ages is to formulate a chart which maps the speed it would take for somebody to go from New York to Paris and then on to Rome. In 1700 one would be talking about close to a whole year to make such a voyage. In 1800 the same voyage would take a matter of many months. By 1900 we would shorten that voyage to around six to ten weeks depending on variables. Go to 1950 and the same trip, trip now and not voyage as even the terminology would have changed, would take merely days and not even a whole week. It would be possible with some planning to complete this trip in less than two full days. Now go on this trip in 2000 and the whole thing would take a matter of hours. And today that trip is not that much quicker than it was twelve years ago but the jet aircraft we would be taking carry more people further and slightly faster on less fuel and the number of choices one has to choose from would make covering this exact trip something that could be done in hours even if one had not made plans and found such a trip required on no notice. And if we were actually measuring the fastest possible available way of covering this trip, if all one must do is cover these distances then the astronauts in the ISS (International Space Station) have been making this trip in a very short, likely under an hour, multiple times every single day for the last few years. The real point of this demonstration is that the same or a similar equation also represents the number of people who can be fed per acre of farmland. Without the advances in crops and animal raising for food such as bioengineered crops and cattle and modern fertilizers, irrigation, and just managing all the individual needs of the farm tailoring everything on an as needed basis as revealed via scans made by UAVs (Unmanned Arial Vehicles) with cameras and other high-tech sensors has increased yields even further as well as allowed herd management and tracking and finding any stray cattle which also helps to minimize losses. Without many of these advances we would have actually had much of the world starving exactly as was predicted to occur in the early seventies where it was supposed to strike us by the late seventies. Obviously, if you have been to a modern supermarket, we have sufficient food to feed the world with the only real problem being distribution and poverty. Hopefully these are problems which will soon be unpleasant memories and not problems still faced anywhere in our future world.
The future becoming a place of abundance and free from want is an eventuality which will come to be. Those who are pushing for it to come immediately may have their hearts in the right place, but the immediate problem is more due to politics, people, hatreds, fears, and other items from mankind's darker side. These are the types of hurdles which will most affect whether or not our societies develop into something more altruistic and benevolent or whether malevolence, hatred and violence will continue to plague much of mankind. One of my barometers as to how the world is coping and advancing beyond its darker and more limiting inclinations is to look to Europe and gauge the level of trust, interdependency, mutual reliance, interscene violence, and general moods. Before World War I the levels of cooperation, unity, interdependence, and peace were virtually nonexistent. The common state was one of aggression, violence, distrust, and lacking in most areas of cooperation. After World War I Europe entered a brief period of relative calm with one troublesome situation which was of their own designs. The imposition of overly harsh punishments placed on Germany was the eventual cause of the nationalistic militarism which came with the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. This led directly to World War II and all the great conflagrations from Europe all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Granted, all of the violence did not directly result from Germany and a large portion was caused by Japan, but the Eurocentric violence was caused fairly directly by Germany. Since World War II and especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union and their satellite governments, Europe has attempted and succeeded until recently in generating large amounts of cooperation between most of the European nations. Due to some nations' internal political structures and cultures having a more expansive societal security net which allowed for what was a heavily dependent citizenry by comparison with the countries with a stronger work ethic and laws with less generous benefits offered governmental economic stabilities radically differed under pressure. This has led to recent problems as these differences were magnified by the recent worldwide economic problems. This now stands ready to tear at most of the cooperative financial agreements which are the skeletal structure that supports the body of the European Union. If the world economy does not pick up steam and become more vigorous, then it is more likely that these problems between the separate nations of the European Union will only grow worse and eventually destroy the EU. Once that eventuality takes place we can expect Europe to return to the natural tendencies which have plagued Europe for centuries. The then almost unavoidable and inevitable conflagration will begin with strong nationalist themes forming amongst the unemployed and least wealthy who will be unable to afford a decent standard of living and likely find their families hungry and under threats caused by fiscal problems resulting from high inflation making the currencies worthless. This will be the result of these countries being expelled from the EU and no longer allowed to use the Euro as their currency and their former currency will lose value against the Euro until it reaches a stable level of worth. This will isolate each of these countries as their currency will be so devalued against the Euro that they will be unable to afford anything imported and will be completely reliant on domestic goods. The other side of the problem is the domestic goods will garner a higher price if exported rather than sold domestically and the outside world will be able to buy virtually anything and everything produced within the newly EU outcast nations. Eventually such trade will bring these countries' economies back to health provided that none of them decide that war would be a faster route to recover their lost economic stability. European history has shown that during economic upheavals the populations tend to turn xenophobic and nationalistic while also favoring militarism. This had kept Europe in a near constant state of wars for centuries and the world may see this return. If that occurs, then who knows what will result.
The other threat to a promising future of technical genius and great developments will be the less developed nations who are now at the cusp of nuclear abilities. Almost any nation which wishes to invest in the development of nuclear weaponry will have the technical ability to do so and would only be limited by lack of natural resources. Obviously, lack of natural resources is simply a matter of purchasing power and the wherewithal to open clandestine trading to acquire the uranium or other fissile materials. If North Korea can find the available resources necessary to manufacture a nuclear weapon under the sanctions and embargoes placed on them, then any nation has the capability of gathering the tools, expertise, and other materials to do the same. The development of a sufficient ability in rocket development to design a relatively efficient and able rocket delivery system would also not pose an insurmountable problem. Such a spread of nuclear weapons giving a number of countries possession of deliverable nuclear weapons stores and their not having the relative inhibitions, which almost if not all the current nuclear powers possess against using such weapons, then without such cautions they might be tempted more easily into their use. Such a situation could very easily escalate and eventually cause widespread devastation on a scale never before witnessed. This is another scenario which would at best delay a technical age of plenty and permanent lack of want which could lead to an end of mankind's violence against his fellow men. That is the race we face, which comes first, all of mankind attaining a level of technical advances and improvements which remove any areas of serious want and mankind entering a new era or mankind falling prey to our evil and darker side and causing an end to any society, not just our advanced society. This race is one where the first nations who cross the line which divides human society from their warlike past into a pacifistic future cannot simply continue on as if everything is just fine waiting for the rest of the world to reach a similar point of development. Upon attaining such advancement they would be best served to do whatever was necessary in order to speed the rest of mankind enabling them to also reach such a point. Unfortunately, changing their societal norms will take far more than simple technological advancement, it will take sociological advancement, something almost as intangible as a wisp of smoke and just as easily brushed aside by the slightest waves of violence. So, which will win? Sorry, you are going to have to tell me as I have my fears and hopes but no knowledge which will triumph in the end.


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I'm feeling rather patriotic this week. That's right, I'm not embarrassed to say that I am proud to be an American. Sure, cue "The Star Spangled Banner," if you want, and unfurl a giant drape of stars and stripes behind me. Or roll your eyes, call me obnoxious, hokey, and old-fashioned, if that's how my proclamation makes you feel.
But the pride I awoke with this morning is exactly the same pride I felt for our nation after the historic 2008 presidential election. Because regardless of which side of the aisle you gravitate toward, it's awe-inspiring to see freedom and democracy in action. Yes, it's my constitutional right to be able to vote for the leaders I want representing me, and the laws I hope to have enacted. But it's an undeniable privilege to live in a country that affords me that right. Where I am free to voice an opposing opinion without fear of persecution. Where I have access to a mindboggling array of perspectives and can choose to subscribe to whichever point of view makes the most sense for my family. Where I can look at issues differently from my friends, and still find the civility to disagree agreeably. Where I can engage in respectful discourse with strangers who have a completely different ideology. Where I am not prohibited—but rather, encouraged—to offer ideas and solutions.
I am exceedingly thankful to have that right. I view it with a sense of responsibility, rather than a sense of entitlement—just like I see it as my obligation and responsibility to do what I was scheduled to do today: fulfill my jury service. I had originally been called for jury duty back in the spring, but since I was playing the role of bleary-eyed book author on a tight deadline at the time, I postponed my service. I was actually looking forward to the experience today, having never served before. And like I was instructed, I called the courthouse phone recording last night, only to find that juror service for today was cancelled. To be perfectly frank, I was only a little relieved. Call me sappy and slightly nutty, but I was much more disappointed.
And so today I'm instead trying to do a tiny bit of civil service by reminding my fellow citizens just how fortunate we are to live in this country. My patriotism comes from a place of sincere gratitude. As a fourth-generation American, I don't purport to have first-hand knowledge of what my predecessors were forced to endure while living under different forms of government. Nor can I even begin to imagine the sacrifices they made to come to America. But I am deeply indebted to those who came before me for the freedoms and rights I enjoy today. And though I don't have immediate family members serving in the military, I can not extend enough heartfelt thanks, not only to our armed forces serving the country, but also to their loved ones on the home front who find the strength to get up day after day and face life without a warm hug or supportive word from their spouse or parent.
I'm genuinely sorry and sad for those fellow citizens who feel that being proud of our country is in some way offensive or condescending to other cultures. There's no implicit devaluation of others by having pride in ourselves, if it's expressed with a sense of gratefulness rather than boastfulness. With immense respect and thanks to our Founding Fathers—and to the Mothers of Suffrage—I will always view my ability to shape the future of this country as a responsibility, an honor, and a privilege. I hope others always embrace every opportunity to do the same.
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The Rochambeau Chapter organizes four regular meetings each year, on a quarterly basis, as well as an annual dinner or luncheon. Thae annual meeting is held each during the first quarter.
Guest speakers are often invited to join members on these occasions. Recent discussion topics have concerned: the Maison d'Education de la Légion d'Honneur (Saint Denis); the war memories of flight military nurse, Geneviève de Galard, known as "The Angel of Den Bien Phu" (1954); Tocqueville's America; the Fulbright Foundation's activities in France, etc.
In addition, other informal meetings are proposed. A recent example is the Women's Issues Group, launched in 2011, for informal exchanges between members on themes relating to family, genealogy, professional interests, hobbies, health, etc. Another example concerns the informal contacts between the chapter's "Junior" members (< 35 years). Informal exchanges are also organized with members and associate members residing outside France when they visit Paris.
Visits to historical sites, in and around the Paris area, and in France, are organized yearly, often with the participation of C.A.R. members and their families. Some recent examples include: the NSDAR memorial site in the town of Tilloloy (Somme); WWI and WWII commemoration sites in the Meuse and Normandy regions; the Désert de Retz in Chambourcy; the Château in Saint-Gemain-en-Laye; the historical landmarks in Paris honoring French and American heroes who fought for American Independence (1775-1783).
Chapter members also join veterans, public authorities and representatives of other French/American associations for commemorative ceremonies held throughout the year in the Paris area: Memorial Day (the last weekend in May); Independence Day (July 4);the tribute to the victims of "9/11" (September 11); Armitice Day (November 11).
-November 2011: the official, thee-day visit to France of the NSDAR President General, Merry Ann T. Wright and her delegation; the event was hosted by the Rochambeau Chapter, in liaison with State France, including: a meeting and reception in honor of the President General, with the participation of representatives from the US Embassy in France and other French/American associations; a dinner with State France; visit to the Picpus Cemetery, with wreathing-laying ceremony at the gravesite of General La Fayette, followed by a tour of Paris monuments celebrating the founding fathers of the American War of Independence.
In order to pay tribute to NSDAR presence in France for over a century, an official visit was also made to Tilloloy (Somme), where the mayor, Gérard Comyn, and members of the town council, and their families, gave a warm welcome to the delegation and organized a ceremony and reception; the President General laid a wreath to commemorate the war relief funds donated by the NSDAR, following WWI, to reconstruct the water system in Tilloloy. A wreath-laying ceremony, with the President General and the Mayor of Tilloloy, was also organized in the near-by American military cemetery, in Bony, resting place of the WWI military nurse and former DAR member, Helen Fairchild.
The chapter actively promotes the Royal Auvergne Society of the C.A.R. (Children of the American Revolution), and also sponsors its website.
In addition to an annual bi-lingual newsletter for its members, new communication tools are being developed to facilitate exchanges with the chapter's members and associate members worldwide. With respect to the bi-cultural heritage of the Rochambeau Chapter, written documents are often bi-lingual.
In France, the Rochambeau Chapter is an associate member of the American Chamber of Commerce in France (AmCham), as well as a member of the American Overseas Memorial Day Association (AOMDA). Over the years, it has actively supported the National Museum of French-American Cooperation at Blérancourt (near Compiègne, France).
Cultural exchanges to promote French/American friendship, in France, are organized from time to time with the Sons of the American Revolution in France and the Cincinnati Society in France. The chapter also welcomes informal exchanges with other organizations in France, such as the France-Amériques association and the Fulbright Foundation in France.
As a fully-affiliated member of the NSDAR, the Rochambeau Chapter supports NSDAR programs in the United States, particularly in the areas of genealogy, history and education.
Other special contributions are sometimes offered in the case of excpetional events; for example, in solidarity with the victims of the 2005 hurricane disasters in Louisiana, the DAR and C.A.R. in France made gifts to purchase bilingual school books for primary schools in the New Orleans area.


Goulais River, Ontario – The Goulais River Community Days at Captain Tilleys Park will take place this year July 13th to 15th. The events kick off on Friday with the annual baseball tournament, food vendors will be set up at 6pm, adult and kids games also in the evening. Live music in the evening at the arena.
Saturday starts with a parade at 10am, games for all ages thru out the day, kids games/contests, face painting and baseball during the day.
If you want to be a vendor or volunteer please contact Aaron at 705-257-9796 or if you want to be part of the parade contact Tammy at 705-649-4069. All baseball teams have been filled.


God has called me to serve the people of Independence, Belize through community development, educational assistance, and women's discipleship.
I arrange micro-loans to launch new ventures and expand existing businesses, provide training in Biblical principles of business management, and assist leaders in blending personal faith with their professional role.
As a career classroom teacher, it's a joy to coach, resource, and encourage youth to complete their education and grow in their faith. Education is one of the keys to them becoming self-sufficient adults.
I also come alongside women in the city and surrounding villages to energize their faith, lead them in God's word, and mentor them as they mature as Christian sisters, wives, and mothers.
Will you join me in transforming lives for Christ in Belize? I'd be honored to have you as partners in this work of faith. Blessings upon you as we co-labor with Christ!
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He missed the first 5 weeks this season which should give him some late season arm strength.
he's 26 years old, 3rd season where they supposedly figure it out. he has been real inconsistent since coming back off DL, i just think he's somebody to keep an eye on, probably on waivers in lot of leagues.
Since he's had only one full season in the majors, there's probably not too much to make of the pre/post all-star splits yet. What is most concerning for me on Lowry right now is that his velocity has decreased from last year (4-5 MPH). His K/9 is way down this year. Lowry is saying he is not feeling any residual pain from the oblique muscle injury earlier in the year, but you have to think something is still wrong. Still worth keeping an eye on him, but I don't think anyone is going to be rushing to wire to get him soon.
KSJayhawk wrote: Since he's had only one full season in the majors, there's probably not too much to make of the pre/post all-star splits yet. What is most concerning for me on Lowry right now is that his velocity has decreased from last year (4-5 MPH). His K/9 is way down this year. Lowry is saying he is not feeling any residual pain from the oblique muscle injury earlier in the year, but you have to think something is still wrong. Still worth keeping an eye on him, but I don't think anyone is going to be rushing to wire to get him soon.
He's not on the wire in any league I am in.
I stand corrected, as soon as I was done posting this, I checked the league page in my big money roto league, and Lowry was just dropped for J. Jennings. Weird.


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Markham's Iman Vellani on her journey bringing 'Ms. Marvel' to life
"It's not really the brown girls from Jersey City who save the world," said 16-year-old Kamala Khan in the first episode of the new Disney Plus series, "Ms. Marvel." But Pakistani-born Canadian Iman Vellani is changing that superhero stereotype.
The 19-year-old from Markham is making her acting debut as Marvel's first Muslim superhero, Ms. Marvel, who is also known as Kamala Khan.
Speaking in a Zoom interview the fresh-faced teenager said, "It's unreal … and now here I am promoting the show, and so many people are liking it and enjoying it and connecting to Kamala. It means so much that people are finally seeing what I saw when I picked up those comics for the first time."
Dressed simply in a denim jacket over a white shirt, Vellani is beaming as she talks about "Ms. Marvel," which debuts on Disney Plus today. She is a self-proclaimed geek who loves comics and superheroes, just like Kamala. In fact, she feels like there was "very little acting involved."
"It was mostly just me kind of thinking about how I would react in those situations. The directors and producers really encouraged me to bring as much of myself into the story as possible because they were like, 'We want you. We hired you, and that's what we want.' I'm like, 'Well, I don't know who I am, but I'll try … so all my little quirks and everything we put into Kamala and she's a full-fledged human."
The future is in her hands.
The fictional Kamala is a Pakistani-American teen who gets superpowers like the heroes she's looked up to.
While Kamala is a huge fan of Carol Danvers, also known as Captain Marvel, Vellani loves Iron Man because she has a crush on Robert Downey Jr., but she doesn't think she could ever meet him in real life. "I truly think I would implode," she said. "Something's going to happen and my body's going to stop working or my brain is going to stop working, and that's not going to be good for the future of Marvel," she joked.
While Vellani loves playing Kamala, she is very much aware of the weight this role carries and the significance of a South Asian Muslim character being represented on such a massive platform.
"Film and TV shape how we see people in this world and so often Muslims have been either misrepresented or just played off as the diversity that they need for their screen. It's so incredible that a company with as wide a reach as Marvel is providing space for a character like Kamala to kind of thrive and take up space and tell her story.
"They've done such an incredible job in hiring Muslim creatives and South Asian creatives, who all have their own attachment to the story and the source material. So their stories combined and me basically living Kamala's life just created an incredible collaboration," she said. "I really do hope that this inspires more people to tell their stories because this isn't obviously the singular representation of the Muslim experience.
"It's one story about one girl and one family, and we really want to do this one character justice because specificity is representation. As soon as you stop generalizing all two billion Muslim and South Asian people, then we can start having proper representation."
Vellani was born in Karachi, Pakistan, before her family moved to Canada when she was one.
"I really do think that Kamala and I went on a very similar journey of self discovery. Her getting her powers and me getting this part really went hand in hand. I felt quite disconnected from my culture growing up. It wasn't something that I thought was cool, and it wasn't something that I really found value in."
She continued, "Now I'm working with so many incredibly talented Muslim and South Asian creatives who are so in touch with their culture, and they're cool people. I just look up to them and I am so inspired by them and I just think that they have the coolest jobs in the world."
"Ms. Marvel" authentically captures the South Asian family dynamic that many will relate to, and Vellani certainly did. "In episode one, when Kamala was asking her parents if she can go to AvengerCon, that hit close to home for me. I remember anytime I wanted to go to any party, I would have to put it in my parents' brain, like weeks in advance. Then we'd finally agree that I'll be home by 11:30 pm and stuff like that."
The show also has several references that South Asian audiences will identify with, including the reference to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his films like "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" and "Baazigar."
Filming the six-episode series was a learning experience for Vellani, who had many surreal moments.
"I think meeting Kevin Feige was a big one. Being in my super suit for the first time, all I could think about was the cosplay that I made with my grandma. A lot of the fight scenes, just being hung up on wires and looking all badass and learning and training with my stunt double. Honestly, every day I work up and was just like, 'I'm ready for work. I'm a superhero. That's cool.'"
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In the cemetery I walk, so dark it is this night.
Hoping that the Ghouls won't start to bite.
Then visit us. The soup is on!
It's piping hot and never gone.
Hey mum, could we have roast chicken for dinner?
You know your roast potatoes really are a winner.
Leary* winks at Dali's eye.
Bless the deviled eggs and the preacher's children.
Grab a piece of fried-to-perfection chicken.
Coca-cola cake or banana pudding?
An Old Folks home, called Shady Lane, where life was at an end.
Where a hundred captives, bide their time, till Death, its message sends.
"Mi primo" means my cousin in Spanish.
He calls me his "primita"- little cousin.
Teenage Mutant * Ninja Turtles!!
TEEN AGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES!!
One day I came home with the flu.
Taco shells are made of yellow corn meal.
They are tasty and crunchy, and usually a good deal.
Why do they call us Dachshunds, Wiener Dogs?
Maybe they call you a Wiener Reginald!
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Threat modeling as a discipline has always enjoyed a special place in development, going from "Why do it?" to "I should do it one of these days" to "We did it and didn't even get a T-shirt." Many competing methodologies, interests, and constraints help make the process more difficult than it needs to be, reducing the results. Izar Tarandach shares the approach Autodesk uses for threat modeling. Read more.


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By Michael Bennett, Dave Zirin
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Michael Bennett is a Super Bowl Champion, a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end, a fearless activist, a feminist, an organizer, and a change maker. He's also one of the most humorous athletes on the planet, and he wants to make you uncomfortable. Bennett adds his voice to discussions of racism and police violence, Black athletes and their relationship to powerful institutions like the NCAA and the NFL, the role of protest in history, and the responsibilities of athletes as role models to speak out against injustice. Following in the footsteps of activist-athletes from Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick, Bennett demonstrates his outspoken leadership both on and off the field. Written with award-winning sportswriter and author Dave Zirin, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable is a sports book for young people who want to make a difference, a memoir, and a book as hilarious and engaging as it is illuminating.
Michael Bennett is a three-time Pro Bowler, Pro Bowl MVP, Super Bowl Champion, and two-time NFC Champion. He has gained international recognition for his public support for the Black Lives Matter Movement, women's rights, and other social justice causes. In 2017, he was named one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans by The Root, was the Seattle Seahawks nominee for the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year award, and was honored along with his brother Martellus with a BET Shine a Light award for exceptional service. He is the cofounder with Pele Bennett of The Bennett Foundation, which educates underserved children and communities through free, accessible programming. He has held free camps and health clinics in Seattle, in his hometown of Houston, in his current offseason home, Honolulu, and in South Dakota on the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. He donates all of his endorsement money and the proceeds from his jersey sales to fund health and education projects for poor and underserved youth and minority communities, and recently expanded his reach globally to support STEM programming in Africa. Dave Zirin is the sports editor for the Nation and the author of several books, most recently Brazil's Dance with the Devil. Named one of UTNE Reader's "Fifty Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World," Zirin is a frequent guest on MSNBC, ESPN, and Democracy Now! He hosts WPFW's The Collision with Etan Thomas and has been called "the best sportswriter in the United States," by Robert Lipsyte.
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The Generation Game
We are, on average, living longer, and demographic changes will have implications in all areas of life. The aging workforce will soon become one of the main challenges facing organizations. What people want from work is broadly consistent across generations but some older workers may be much less likely to have had opportunities for training, development, and progression. Investment in skills and retraining can redress this imbalance, allowing older workers to reskill and progress in the workplace.
Generational differences in the workplace and the successful management of a diverse body of employees have obvious business benefits. A failure to recognize and account for generational differences and values can cause problems with employee engagement and staff turnover which may lead to distrust, misunderstanding, and even hostility.
People of all ages have recognized that they will need to work for longer. Generation X, in particular, face retirement largely without defined benefit pensions, facing more complex retirement decisions and finding it harder to build up assets.
Better understanding
Intergenerational work has been shown to have a range of benefits for participants. It can help individuals to express their identities, improve their wellbeing, to share a sense of reciprocity, and to develop a better understanding of each other and of community connectedness (Gaggioli et al. 2014). Good relationships, empathy, and perspective taking lead employees to be more supportive towards colleagues from different age groups.
A key driver of supporting people to work for longer is to improve the quality of work. Improving employment practices for older workers will make the workplace better for everyone. Making work better for all workers will benefit individuals the economy and the state, now and into the future.
Talent is at a premium, so anything an employer can do to make themselves attractive to the brightest and best of all ages is worth consideration. Job quality and role design can also help retain your best workers. Employers need to find innovative approaches to role design and use of technology to assist and support employees and enhance the employee experience.
Older employees are most likely to say that working part-time or flexible hours would encourage them to delay retirement but it's also true that young workers may welcome flexibility to continue studying or bringing up small children. Workplace flexibility from the point of hire onward is crucial to help people manage work-life balance with personal and professional commitments.
There is growing evidence of the benefits of flexible working in broadening the talent pool and improving staff satisfaction. Employees of all ages who are able to work flexibly are more likely to be positive about their job (NIESR, 2017).
Research by the BITC suggests that by 2022, the UK economy will need to fill 14.5 million job vacancies created by people leaving the workforce and by new positions being created. It is estimated that there will only be seven million young people available to fill them – leaving a labor shortage of 7.7 million people.
At 10Eighty we consistently urge the use of meaningful career conversations with all staff on a regular basis. Open and productive workplace conversations about future career planning benefit all parties. Failure to understand what engages and motivates staff prevents both workers and employers from planning for transitions, enabling agile and flexible working and adversely impacts succession planning and knowledge sharing.
Real communication with staff of all ages, at all levels with allow organizations to reap the benefits of an age-inclusive workforce for workers, business and customers. ACAS point out that a cross-generational workforce can create a natural and positive dynamic where age and experience feed off one another.
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6. Apr. Zusammenfassung; LIVE; Statistiken; Teams; Kommentare. Teilen Einen Zwei- Tore-Rückstand muss Real Madrid auch im Bernabeu erstmal. Madrid - Cristiano Ronaldo hat den Halbfinal-Traum des VfL Wolfsburg zerstört und die Sensation in Nachlesen: Der Liveblog zu Real Madrid - VfL Wolfsburg. Schade, VfL Wolfsburg! Die "Wölfe" liefern Real Madrid in Hin- und Rückspiel.
Benzema had it down the left, cut inside under a flimsy challenge from Rodriguez, but Benaglio got hands to it to tip it wide. Yellow card for Ronaldo for a late tackle on Arnold.
It was a bad one; the caution was deserved. What a player he is! His sixth-hat trick of the campaign, his th career goal … but it went through the wall!
A baby-lotion soft goal to give up: Ronaldo hit it well, but the wall just split. Terrible defending, but Real Madrid are going through.
A loose pass in defence, and Modric is quickly on to it, bursting forward. Luiz Gustavo dives in, and though it looked like he got the ball, the ref says foul, and a yellow card is shown.
Great chance from the free-kick, this. The game is there for Real Madrid to win; Wolfsburg are struggling here.
Can they get a third goal before 90 minutes is up — or will we have to endure extra time? Henrique is down after being caught in the face by Marcelo.
Benzema skins Vieirinha on the left side, and wins the corner. So unlucky from the centre-back: No need for goal-line technology — it was clearly not over the line — but a lucky escape for Wolfsburg!
Oh, Benzema missed his header! That was a chance. One false move in defence and Wolfsburg have the upper hand again.
Ooh, a moment of panic for Wolfsburg! Modric ran beyond the attacking line, whipped a low ball across the box, and Guilavogui, running back, got his clearance wrong — but Benaglio saved!
Good reaction stop from the Swiss: Ronaldo goes down in the penalty area, but no penalty, and no real complaint from the Portuguese. But now Kroos is bumped by Henrique about 30 yards from goal, and this is a shooting chance.
Real madrid wolfsburg live News Qualifikationsrunde Gruppenphase K. Wolfsburg will "Reals Schwächen aufdecken". Real bemüht sich, probiert viel und hat auch bereits 18 Schüsse abgegeben. Benaglio ist jedoch rechtzeitig unten und hält die Kugel sicher fest. Hecking scheint den richtigen Matchplan gewählt zu haben, die Niedersachsen schalten aus einer bitcoin automat stuttgart Defensive heraus schnell um und nutzten ihre Gelegenheiten gnadenlos aus. Da war mehr drin! Genug online zocken, lassen wir die Akteure mit Taten sprechen.


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Within a relatively short time, Mint Velvet has established a strong customer base and growing online sales.
Listening to their loyal following, Mint Velvet agreed there was a definite appetite for a consumer-facing mobile app.
Mint Velvet's eCommerce platform had limited API availability; meaning they believed they could not create a mobile app that would meet their objective of making it easier for customers to shop.
Mint Velvet selected NN4M as their partner to deliver their mobile app due to our wealth of knowledge and expertise regarding integrating with platform services and third-party providers.
The delivery of a seamless and native shopping app was achieved by using a number of alternative techniques to overcome the limited API availability; and it was launched in less than 12 weeks.
What else was included the app? Exclusive app offers are sent to app customers to encourage loyalty and keep Mint Velvet directly on device home screen's. To build growth and engagement of first time users, Mint Velvet also offers a discount to users when they first download the app.
Design, development, QA and launch was achieved in less than 12 weeks.
The rich feature set, the ease of use and seamless shopping experience meant that Mint Velvet made their investment back in 6 weeks.
Revenue is 90% higher and conversion up to 300% higher than other retail apps targeting a similar customer base.