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Deep-Sea Mining: How to Balance Need for Metals with Ecological Impacts
As the industry inches closer to reality, scientists probe potential environmental harms
By Daniel Ackerman on August 31, 2020
Polymetallic nodule. Credit: John Cancalosi Alamy
Slashing humanity's reliance on fossil fuels will require billions of kilograms of metal: a single wind turbine can contain more than a metric ton of copper, and electric car batteries demand heaps of cobalt, nickel and manganese. Most of these metals now come from terrestrial mines—often at the cost of deforestation, water pollution and human rights abuses. But a vast trove of metals on the deep-sea floor could soon provide an alternative source.
Though companies have been eyeing this possibility for decades, engineering challenges and unfavorable economics have kept work in the exploration phase. There has also been a lack of international rules to govern the nascent industry. But that is poised to change soon: The United Nations–chartered International Seabed Authority (ISA) has been finalizing regulations for commercially extracting deep-sea metals in international waters. These rules could emerge within a year. The inherent tension in setting them lies in balancing economic interests in metal production with another consideration: the potential for environmental damage.
Proponents say deep-sea mining can avoid a few of the ills of land-based extraction and cut the costs of renewable technology. But some scientists caution against jumping from exploration to exploitation too quickly, given how little we know about the deep-sea environment and the life it supports. "I generally don't think it's possible for us to objectively assess all the risks involved right now," says Jeff Drazen, a marine biologist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. "This is the poorest-described ecosystem on the planet."
Enticing Prize at a Vast Depth
Interest in deep-sea minerals focuses largely on one particular resource: polymetallic nodules. These potato-sized deposits are rich in manganese, copper, cobalt and nickel. They form over millions of years as dissolved metals precipitate around the nuclei of organic materials—often ancient shark teeth, according to Antje Boetius, a marine biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany. She says these nodules are scattered in many areas across the global seafloor. They are especially plentiful in a vast swath of the ocean's abyssal plain that stretches from Hawaii to Mexico and is called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). Nodules in the CCZ alone contain more nickel and cobalt than all known land-based reserves of those metals.
Retrieving such nodules from their resting places—often more than three kilometers below the surface—is still a theoretical proposition, though most plans follow a similar blueprint: First, dump-truck-sized collection vehicles would scour the seafloor for nodule-bearing sediment. A vertical "riser" pipe would then whisk the material up to ships equipped with sorting facilities, which would pluck out the valuable nodules and flush unwanted sediment back into the ocean.
But this mining method would necessarily disturb the marine environment, altering deep-sea ecosystems that scientists are still working to understand. In a 2016 study in Nature, researchers found seven new species (including four representing new genera) living among the CCZ's nodule beds. "There are millions of species out there that have yet to be described," says Lisa Levin, a marine biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, who was not involved in the study.
An Unknown Cost
Even as researchers piece together the basics of these ecosystems, recent studies have sought to understand how mining might impact them. Work by Boetius and her colleagues, published this past April in Science Advances, found that collection vehicles can have long-lasting physical and biological effects on the seafloor. Her team revisited a site in the Peru Basin where, in 1989, researchers had simulated effects of collection vehicles by cutting tracks into the seafloor with a blade-mounted plow towed by a ship. The plow tracks were plainly visible decades later. Initially, "we were absolutely shocked," Boetius says. But she explains that in the stable environment of the deep sea—with weak currents and low rates of sediment dropping to the seafloor—it takes much longer for an area to recover than it would in shallower waters or on land. In the old vehicle tracks, microbes were 30 percent less abundant than in a nearby unplowed region. Animals such as worms and sea cucumbers were also less numerous. "You have such compacted sediments that no one can enter anymore," Boetius says. "Our experiment really shows that such physical processes will stop animals and microbes from returning to repopulate that habitat."
Mining impacts could reach well beyond the seafloor. The plumes of sediment that sorting vessels flush back into the water have been compared to inverted smokestacks sticking below the ocean's sunlit surface layer. Scientists estimate a single nodule-mining operation could release 50,000 cubic meters of sediment-laden water each day—enough to fill 10 Goodyear blimps. But Thomas Peacock, a mechanical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studies plume behavior using computer models and field trials, has found that turbulence dilutes the plume, quickly bringing sediment concentrations close to background levels.
Still, even a small bump in sediment concentration could harm deep-sea dwellers such as plankton and jellyfish, which evolved in a habitat nearly devoid of sediment, Drazen says. Many of these creatures feed by filtering tiny organic particles out of the water. If caught in a sediment plume, "they're going to have a ton of mud to sift through," he says. "This may clog their filtering apparatus, or it may make it hard for them to choose the good stuff from the bad stuff."
In a peer-reviewed opinion paper published in June in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Drazen and more than a dozen co-authors highlighted this and other risks mining poses to deep-sea waters. The authors also warned that the practice could interrupt animal communication: noise pollution from sediment rattling up riser pipes could jam acoustic signals among whales and other cetaceans, while sediment plumes could cloud the bioluminescent signals that creatures such as squid and jellyfish use in the darkness of the deep ocean. "The animals are just blinking on and off," Drazen says. Piloting a submarine through them is "like falling through the stars."
How to Proceed
While Drazen and others have identified some types of harm mining could inflict on deep-sea life, they cannot yet pinpoint how much damage might be done: available information is still scant, and the industry is in its early stages. This uncertainty has led many scientists to adopt a precautionary approach. The ills of terrestrial mining do not justify a headlong rush to dig up the ocean floor, says Diva Amon, a marine biologist at the Natural History Museum in London. "We would essentially be creating damage in an ecosystem we don't yet understand," she says. Groups such as the nonprofit Conservation International have called for a 10-year moratorium on deep-sea mining to give scientists and policy makers more time to examine the potential environmental harms.
But others see the emerging industry as a moral imperative, given metals' crucial role in the renewable-energy technologies needed to curtail global warming—and the environmental and social costs often linked to existing mining practices. "I started looking at the footprint of terrestrial mining, and it is horrific," says Gregory Stone, chief ocean scientist at DeepGreen, a mining company with exploration agreements in the CCZ. He points to sometimes deadly health impacts on workers and to child-labor violations, both of which are often associated with terrestrial mining of minerals such as cobalt. With deep-sea mining, "the disruption to the planetary system will be a lot less," Stone contends. He adds that a multiyear environmental assessment prior to commercial extraction—which the ISA could require in its final regulations—could help minimize damage. For example, it could do so by placing the most environmentally sensitive areas off-limits to mining.
The ISA is using the growing body of scientific research in the CCZ "to identify the best measures required to protect the marine environment" as the group creates the first ever deep-sea-mining-exploitation code, according to a written statement from its secretary-general Michael Lodge. These regulations will be adopted if all 168 ISA members (167 countries plus the European Union) agree on them, he said. This summer, the organization's annual assembly was postponed because of COVID-19, yet regulations could be adopted next year. Lodge did not detail possible regulatory approaches to each of the potential environmental harms that researchers have identified so far. But he said the mining code "will incorporate specific provisions to ensure the effective protection of the marine environment and conservation of marine biodiversity, human health and safety and equitable sharing of financial and other economic benefits."*
Scientists from all sectors—industry, academia and conservation—are closely following the ISA's efforts. Boetius says that in recent years, the ISA has convened discussions about protecting organisms ranging from bacteria to octopuses. "The [regulatory] system has gotten more ecologically friendly and concerned than it was 20 years ago," she says. Boetius and others, including an international network called the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative, have provided expert input to help ensure sufficient environmental precautions. "There have been huge strides made during this process of drafting regulations," says Amon, who works with the network. "But there's still much more to be done."
Levin agrees and raises the question of how much of the finalized ISA rule book will consist of enforceable mandates—versus mere suggestions. "A lot of the environmental components are just guidance right now," she says. Levin stops short of calling for a moratorium but says she is not fully convinced of the need for deep-sea mining; she does not think it will simply replace terrestrial operations. "It would almost certainly add to [them]," Levin says. She also notes that future improvements to metal recycling and product life spans could reduce demand for a new source of virgin metals. "My number-one question is 'Do we really need minerals from the bottom of the ocean?'" Levin says.
*Editor's Note (9/1/20): This paragraph was revised after posting to add an update about the ISA's mining code being expected to address specific potential environmental harms.
Daniel Ackerman is a science journalist based in Boston, Mass. Follow Daniel Ackerman on Twitter Credit: Sarah Nalven
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Liam Davison -
A Treasure Of Well-Set Jewels
(CD 2011, 44:45, Wymer Records TSA 10003P)
1- Ride The Seventh Wave (4:46)
2- The way We were (5:48)
3- Emerald Eternity (2:07)
4- Eternally Yours (4:26)
5- Into The Setting Sun (7:38)
6- Once In A Lifetime (4:38)
7- Heading Home (6:41)
8- Picture Postcard (8:38)
Bonus tracks on Emerald Edition:
- A Moment Of Silence
- Immortalized
- Bonus video: Liam's Treasure
Liam Davison Website Wymer Records
For many years Mostly Autumn's second guitar player Liam Davison was an underrated musician playing in the shadow of leader Bryan Josh. However, last year we received the news that Davison would step out of his shadow to record his first solo album in order to display the talents he could hardly show in Mostly Autumn (MA). On occasion Davison got a solo spot during a live performance of MA and sometimes he wrote a song for the band, but for the rest he had to be content with an unpretentious position in the band. Maybe that was the reason that he quit a couple of years ago. However, very soon after he had left he returned to join MA again both on stage and in the recording studios. It was here that he met producer John Spence, who was willing to produce Davison's debut album that was originally scheduled to be released on October 26, 2010. Since that press release a lot of additional work had to be done, but other musicians joined him to create a special record.
Early 2011, I found a copy of A Treasure Of Well-Set Jewels in my mailbox. After a couple of listening sessions it became obvious that Liam Davison indeed had created a special album. The eight tracks on the album were certainly worth-while listening. It's true that the influences of MA are evident on several tracks, mainly due to the fact that Davison lent the voice of Heather Findlay, the former female singer of MA. She contributed on Picture Postcard and Once In A Lifetime. The latter she even co-wrote with Davison and the great string arrangements make it one of the highlights of the album. The contribution of other MA-members like Iain Jennings (keyboards), Gavin Griffiths (drums) and Anne-Marie Helder (vocals) might be a second reason that the music often refers to the typical sound of MA. On the other hand, also influences of for instance Pink Floyd are never far away. That's quite logical if you know that Wish You Where Here belongs to Liam's favourite albums. Good examples of Floyd-influences can be heard in Heading Home, Eternally Yours and Into The Setting Sun. On these songs, the guitar sound of Mr. Davison comes very near to the sound that David Gilmour created for so many years. Also Davison's relaxed vocals remind me in a way of Floyd. Into The Setting Sun can be seen as one of the highlights on this album as well. Anne-Marie's vocals sound superb and the keyboards, sometimes played by Davison, sound perfect giving this song a real progressive rock sound. However, this isn't the only song whereon excellent keyboard playing can be heard. Throughout the album Davison and Jennings manage to give the songs tasteful keyboard textures. Listen for example to the beautiful intro on Emerald Eternity and you'll catch my drift.
Liam Davison wrote some fantastic material. Maybe he should write more songs for MA-albums in the future. For me one thing's for sure: I liked his solo effort much better than Through These Eyes (see review), a solo album recorded by Bryan Josh. That album didn't contain that much progressive rock influences and therefore it was mostly mainstream music for me. Davison and his fellow musicians can look back at a great solo debut. People who enjoy the music of Pink Floyd and MA should have this release in their collection. Be quick, because the first edition will be limited to a thousand copies containing the bonus material. The album has been released as an Emerald and a Diamond- edition. The Emerald-edition is an enhanced CD in a slipcase with the bonus tracks A Moment Of Silence, Immortalized and video material. Only 800 copies are available. Unfortunately I only got the Diamond-edition so I can't tell you how these bonus tracks sound. However, I enjoyed the eight tracks that I could listen to.
***+ Henri Strik (edited by Peter Willemsen)

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Translation: Why do Digital Natives value collaboration over authority?
This post is #5 in an collaborative eight part series by Brad Szollose and I about how culture shapes technology.
Before we start, we already know that some of you are cynical about what we are suggesting—Video games? Are you serious? But we're not talking about Ms. Pac-Man. We are talking about deeply complex, rich storytelling, and task-driven games that rely on multiple missions, worldwide player communities, working together on a singular mission.
Leaders in the Cloud Generation not just know this environment, they excel in it.
The next generation of technology decision makers is made up of self-selected masters of the games. They enjoy the flow of learning and solving problems; however, they don't expect to solve them alone or a single way. Today's games are not about getting blocks to fall into lines; they are complex and nuanced. Winning is not about reflexes and reaction times; winning is about being adaptive and resourceful.
In these environments, it can look like chaos. Digital workspaces and processes are not random; they are leveraging new-generation skills. In the book Different, Youngme Moon explains how innovations looks crazy when they are first revealed. How is the work getting done? What is the goal here? These are called "results only work environments," and studies have shown they increase productivity significantly.
Digital Natives reject top-down hierarchy.
These college educated self-starters are not rebels; they just understand that success is about process and dealing with complexity. They don't need someone to spoon feed them instructions.
Studies at MIT and The London School of Economics have revealed that when high-end results are needed, giving people self-direction, the ability to master complex tasks, and the ability to serve a larger mission outside of themselves will garnish groundbreaking results.
Gaming does not create mind-addled Mountain Dew-addicted unhygienic drone workers. Digital Natives raised on video games are smart, computer savvy, educated, and, believe it or not, resourceful independent thinkers.
Being comfortable with making mistakes thousands of times 'til mastery sounds counter-intuitive until you realize that is how some of the greatest breakthroughs in science and physics were discovered. Thomas Edison made 3,000 failed iterations in creating the light bulb.
Level up: You win the game by failing successfully.
Translation: Learn by playing, fail fast, and embrace risk.
Digital Natives have been trained to learn the rules of the game by just leaping in and trying. They seek out mentors, learn the politics at each level, and fail as many times as possible in order to learn how NOT to do something. Think about it this way: You gain more experience when you try and fail quickly then carefully planning every step of your journey. As long as you are willing to make adjustments to your plans, experience always trumps prediction.Just like in life and business, games no longer come with an instruction manual.
In Wii Sports, users learn the basic in-game and figure out the subtlety of the game as they level up. Tom Bissel, in Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, explains that the in-game learning model is core to the evolution of video games. Game design involves interactive learning through the game experience; consequently, we've trained Digital Natives that success comes from overcoming failure.
This entry was posted in Architecture, Brad Szollose, Culture, Random, Teams and tagged boomer, Culture, Digital Natives, failing, gamification, Generation Cloud, hierarchy, Leadership, video games by Rob H. Bookmark the permalink.


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Princeton is one of the newer courses. A bit out of the way but worth the trip if you are looking to play a new course and definitely worth it if you are in the area. The disc golf course is the first feature of a new Princeton Park. Amenities will be added as resources become available. There are no restrooms or water available at the park yet this year.
Northern Attitudes is just a couple blocks away for refreshments and restrooms. That is on the north side of the round about. Other eating establishments can be found along Rum River Drive to the south of the roundabout. This course presents a peaceful respite with lots of beautiful large trees and often wildlife. Look up and you may see an eagle or heron. Deer, ducks and turkeys also frequent the park.
Holes: 9 Mach ? - Short: ? Medium:? Long: ?
Princeton has 1 pin positions on each hole. The fairways are quite fair with some good risk/rewarding holes... go for the safe par or risk-punishment for bad shots. The disc course is 9 holes of grassy fairways with plenty of trees on either side and water hazards and tall grass hazards dotting the course as well. While this course is not long it is challenging with the amount of trees and changes in directions on the fairways. At present the tees are only marked with timbers at the front edge. Beware that tee markers are on the right end of the front of the tee and are close - watch your follow thru. This will be fixed in the near future.
GPS for hole #1: ?
From the west on Hwy 95 go thru the round about at the intersection of Rum River Drive and Hwy 95. Take the next right after the round about. Immediately turn right again.
From the east on Hwy 95 go past Princeton Lanes and then turn and then immdeiately right after that. Go across the cul-de-sac to the driveway to the gravel parking area of the park. Tee 1 will be on your left by the lilac bushes.
Note: the park is right on the highway and borders the river on the west side.


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Children's Hearings Advocacy Expert Reference Group
The Children's Hearings Advocacy Expert Reference Group (ERG) was established in 2019 to advise Ministers on arrangements to work with us to establish and develop a sustainable model of advocacy to deliver on section 122 of the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011. Children's advocacy is about supporting a child to express their own needs and views, helping them to play their part in child-centred discussions and informed decisions on matters which influence their lives.
The group is chaired by the Scottish Government Programme Manager and membership of the group draws upon experts with a range of knowledge and extensive experience of delivering independent advocacy services, and specifically in delivering services and improvement for children and young people. Representatives from organisations include:
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Scottish Child Law Centre
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Created in collaboration with Chicago based Dance Company Winifred Haun & Dancers.
Choreographed by Ms. Serjeant and Ms. Haun, Trashed is a completely new movement tour-de-force that combines Modern Dance with Contemporary Circus to tell the story of how humans have to come to clutter their lives with too much stuff, too many people and too many "things to do," and how all that clutter keeps us from each other.
The development of Trashed began with Phase 1, in Melbourne September 18 to October 1, 2016. Five artists from Winifred Haun & Dancers and three artists from Emma Serjeant Performance, spent 2 weeks at Australia's premier circus organisation, Circus Oz, finding ways to combine two completely different art forms. The results were amazing.
Phase 2 was from March 6 to March 16, 2017 in Chicago. Three circus artists from Emma Serjeant Performance joined dance artists from Winifred Haun & Dancers to continue the physical, mental and creative process of finishing Trashed. Trashed premiered March 18 & 19 at Aloft Circus Arts, to great audience and critical acclaim.
Here's an excellent review at Picture this Post.
Trashed was made possible by a major grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and members of Wini's Circle.
Trashed touring dates include Chicago, New York and Madison.


Snapshot from OLA SuperConference 2015: Suffering from Library Anxiety?
Library and information studies (LIS) students might seem like an unlikely group of people to suffer from library anxiety. However, a popular poster presentation at this year's OLA Super Conference suggests otherwise.
Created by Hannah Saunders and Leah Strudwick, both Master of Information (MI) students at University of Toronto, this poster highlights findings from a study about library anxiety among library school students. As a sufferer of library anxiety herself, Strudwick was curious to investigate her experience and its causes. The pair also sought to determine whether the term "library anxiety" was a useful construct in examining information behaviour.
The study consisted of a literature review followed by interviews with MI students at the University of Toronto.
Results of the interviews revealed that it is often not the library itself, but rather the expectation of knowing how to do research "like a librarian" that is a key source of anxiety.
MI students felt hesitant to ask for help not because they found librarians intimidating, but because they felt they should be able to find the information on their own. This was one of the main findings of the study: as library students and future information professionals, students felt "I should know how to do it"! Although library schools are places where students seek to learn about the day-to-day practices of librarianship, asking for help sometimes seemed embarrassing for MI students who didn't want to "lose face".
Another trend the study revealed was that students sometimes found that when they did ask for help, they didn't get the kind of help library school had taught them to expect. This is something Saunders refers to as a kind of "meta-frustration"!
What kinds of strategies are out there for overcoming library anxiety? Saunders and Strudwick say this is an interesting area for further research. She explained that in their interviews with MI students, conversations often came to a halt on the topic of possible coping strategies. Through the course of the interview, it became clear to Saunders and Strudwick that such strategies were needed but there was no consensus as to what they might look like. Strudwick suggested that part of the problem might be that coping strategies may differ depending on the type of library environment in which students were hoping to work, whether public, academic, or other.
When asked whether the duo might take this research further, Strudwick answered that they plan to present the poster at the 2015 TRY Library Staff Conference in Toronto this spring. Perhaps with more research on this topic, academic libraries and institutions that host library and information studies programs might find a way to alleviate library anxiety among library students and ease their transition to library professionals.
Katey Stickle is a second year Master of Information student at the University of Toronto's iSchool. She is also a practicum student for OCULA.


This index has links to resources at Sacred-texts about the religion, mythology, folklore and spiritual practices of Native Americans of the desert Southwestern region.
An ethnographic novel of pre-columbian Pueblo life.
A classic retelling of Pueblo mythology by a pioneering scholar of the Southwest region.
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 98.
A ethnographic collection of folklore from one of the New Mexico Pueblo groups, the Cochiti, by one of the greatest 20th century anthropologists.
This classic description of Southwestern ceremonialism is also a great read.
An evocative collection of poetry from the Tewa Pueblo people, plus an extended essay on Native American poetry.
A fascinating academic study of the Acoma Pueblo myth cycle.
Folklore of the Pima, residents of the deserts of southern Arizona.
Native American folklore from the coast of the Sonora desert of Mexico.


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Capulet's Garden: O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
She speaks, yet she says nothing; what of that?
Her eye discourses, I will answer it.
I am too bold: 'tis not to me she speaks.
Of thy tongue's uttering, yet I know the sound.
By love, that first did prompt me to enquire.
What I have spoke. But farewell compliment.
So thou wilt woo: but else, not for the world.
There were many great questions and compliments that you sent to me lately and I am deeply honoured by every notice, every sentence I got. Comparing me to such magnificent and successful writers of today like J.K. Rowling and from the past as Sylvia Plath is a great compliment. Thank you very much.
I have chosen these questions, because they inspired me a lot. I wrote my personal view about values, so it's not a science or religious principle. It's my opinion.
Love, it's a big word and sometimes it's used too early and too often. Sometimes, it's used too rarely and too quietly. Say it right!


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Combo creates higher level of music
Combo rehearses on Thursday morning. From left to right: Tom Kelly, Sam Kelly, Robby Mack, Rob Osiol.
By Sharon Lee
Executive Features Editor
It has been a while since junior Robby Mack has been able to sleep in on a Thursday late arrival. Although he knows everyone else is sleeping in and he could be finishing up his homework, Mack chooses to rehearse jazz music with his combo group.
"Combo is worth it," Mack said. "It's a lot of fun."
The group was formed by Patrick O'Connor, Coordinator of Fine and Performing Arts, after a number of ambitious jazz students wanted to branch off the larger jazz groups to form a combo group with a select number of students.
According to O'Connor, this is the first year in a while that students have been interested in doing a combo. The group is made up of Mack, junior Rob Osiol, junior Tom Kelly and senior Sam Kelly.
"We all really enjoy music, and we want to pursue it at a higher level," Mack said. "Being in a combo group gives you more opportunities to solo and be more artistic. You don't have to do just what's on the page."
"I love being able to express myself, which I am not able to do in regular concert band," Mack said. "Combo gives me the most freedom I've ever had with any musical group."
Tom said that the members have whatever freedom they want because they run the group themselves. O'Connor mostly helps them get into festivals, but they rehearse on their own, deciding what to play and how to play it stylistically.
"They're really the ones that Are keeping the group going," O'Connor said.
The combo has played at the orchestra and jazz fall concert and has played at district and Harper art shows. According to O'Connor, the group also does side jobs in the community.
"Because of insurance purposes, they can't be tied to the school, but they do a ton of that stuff on their own not representing Prospect, but just being involved and playing music in the community," O'Connor said.
After handing out business cards with their information on it at each gig, the group started receiving e-mails from people requesting different performances. According to Mack, it became a tumble effect.
"[As a result,] we have played anywhere from people's backyards to the Northwest Community Hospital 50th Anniversary Gala," Osiol said. "We get around."
To watch a video of the Combo performing at EIU, click this link: Prospect Jazz Band Combo EIU All the Things You Are
Rob	• Jan 24, 2010 at 10:26 pm
The combo just completed a successful competition date at the Northshore Jazz Festival receiving superior marks for performance and second place among combos. Below are some links to videos of the performance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of3Hezxlxc0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_71Lry-dqI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SVRwwWVt5g&feature=related
https://prospectornow.com/1751/entertainment/combo-creates-higher-level-of-music/#comment-193


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'Nargas: Songs of a Sikh' by Bhai Vir Singh
"The Spatiogeometrical analysis of first Sikh shrine – Sri Harmandar Sahib, Amritsar Historicity and hermeneutics" by Rawal Singh Aulakh and Karamjit Singh Chalal
A Zeal for Martyrdom: Kartar Singh Sarabha by Dr Gurcharan Singh Muhay
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Travels of Guru Gobind Singh by Fauja Singh
'The Letters of Bhai Udham Singh' by J.S. Grewal and H. K. Puri
'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu, translated by Thomas Cleary
'The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment' by Eckhart Tolle
'Guru Nanak's Message in Jap Ji' by Dewan Singh
'Paintis Akhari: The Thirty-Five Letters' by Dr Kamalroop Singh
'Sri Charitropakhyan – An analysis of the writings of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji' by Prabhjot Singh
Dictionary of Mythological References in Guru Granth Sahib by Surinder Singh Kohli
Does Guru Granth Sahib describe depression? by Kalra et al
Guru Nanak: His Status and Salience by Sirdar Kapur Singh
The Bikrami Calendar
The Golden Temple: Its Theo-political Status by Sirdar Kapur Singh
'Sikh Leadership: Established Ideals and Diasporic Reality' by Harinder Singh and Simran Jeet Singh
Saragarhi: The Forgotten Battle
The Declaration and Draft Constitution of Khalistan
The Sikh Army by Ian Heath and Michael Perry
The Udasis In The Colonial Punjab 1849 To 1947 by Kiranjeet Sandhu
'Sikh History from Persian Sources' edited by J.S Grewal and Irfan Habib
'The Singing Guru: Legends and Adventures of Guru Nanak' by Kamla Kapur
Bijay Singh by Bhai Vir Singh
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'Discourses on the beyond' Part 1 by Sant Waryam Singh Ji
'Mysticism of Guru Nanak' by Dewan Singh
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Posted on September 21, 2018 by thesikhibookclub
This month's book was 'Nargas; Songs of a Sikh' by Bhai Vir Singh. The book can be accessed here.
We read the English translation of this book which was done by Puran Singh, with a foreword by Ernest Rhys.
Bhai Vir Singh is commonly described as the sixth river of Punjab. This is the second book we have discussed by him, having previously done the novel Bijay Singh, but is the first poetry book that the book club has discussed. The members initially begun by discussing the background to the book. We felt this was very well translated by Professor Puran Singh, and ultimately was a reflection of Professor Puran Singh as well as Bhai Vir Singh. Members who did not regard themselves as fans of poetry were won over by this book, especially through the first poem which captured the attention of the readers and spoke to the heart (rather than the mind). The title of the book was 'Nargas' which refers to a narcissus flower, which reflectsthe nature of many of the poems that are centred around natural beauty, the nature of a limited lifespan. In the same way that people gather flowers in a bunch, so collected is this anthology of poems. This book is a hundred years old, and through reading one has direct access to the mind of Bhai Vir Singh which is a very great honour.
The members then went on to discuss the poems which had touched us the most.
Firstly we discussed the 'Dewdrop on the Lotus Leaf'. This was felt to be an uplifting poem with beautiful imagery describing the perspective of a droplet which quivers on the edge of a leaf, reflecting the fragility of life and representing the journey of the Atma. The poem referred indirectly to the rain cycle, where by water droplets are drawn up to the skies, and dropped again from above. The suggestive imagery is highly powerful and draws the reader in. Many of the members reflected that they gained more from the poems the more they were read.
The poem 'Moonlight' was much less obvious in meaning. It described the relationship between the moon, moonlight and everything the moonlight touches but used an analogy of a loving relationship built on eternal love. It was noted in different versions of the English translation of this book, that there were some footnotes and references in Punjabi. The Punjabi words were noted to evoke a different feeling when uttered aloud compared with the English words for moonlight. Moonlight falls on all (good and bad) and although it touches everything it also remains detached from everything. It is a kinder light than the sun, but the sun ultimately pours light on the moon. Waheguru is the sun, the Guru is the moon and we are all basking in the reflection.
The poem 'Nargas' gives its name to the title of the book. Bhai Vir Singh reflects on spirituality through the lens of a flower and a plant. There is a focus on the light of the beloved and a rejection of the limited lifespan of a physical body. This poem was felt to evoke emotions of sadness within the reader. The writer emphasised that the Divine was not meant to be searched for, but was something to be experienced instead. Readers were reminded of the image of a yogi waiting for Darshan of the Guru.
The Birth of Ganga was discussed next. This poem described the relationship between the river Ganga, the mountains of its origin and the sea. Ganga's idea of the sea was that it was peaceful and tranquil, but on arriving to the sea it realised that the sea was full of anger. Retrospectively it looked back and realised that its origin in the mountains was full of virtue and peace and it longed to rejoin with this. Possibly this is a reflection of our own spiritual journey and how we see people (and chase after them) but often get disappointed. Bhai Gurdas Ji describes a Sikh as flowing water, which feeds all and flows for all, just like the Ganga river. The poem also reflected the play that Maya has on individuals. It grabs us by the waist and we struggle, but eventually realise the truth is where we came from.
The poem about the flower-gatherer prompted discussion about the tradition of giving flowers and whether this was truly ethical or necessary. Certainly in Punjabi culture flower giving is very traditional and often done at celebrations where an attitude of 'more is more' often takes precedence over modesty.
The poem 'Cuckoo & her little ones' reflected on parenthood and the limitations of how much one can realistically do when raising children. To a certain extent how your children turn out is outwith your control. Similarly it could be about Maya and how a lucky few souls within this world feel a truer calling to their source-Divine, regardless of their made identity in the world. This poem felt sadder, especially when considered from the crow's perspective. But at the same time the readers recognised that Maya has the power to delude us into feeling sorry for it!
The search of the Jumna was the second poem in the book to reference the flow of an important Indian river. However this poem was slightly different to that of the Ganges, as it was written about the relationship of the river to Guru Gobind Singh Ji. The river is initially joyous at the meeting with Guru, but once the Guru physically leaves the river's waters the Jumna's search begins. It doesn't accept the knowledge of the Yogis that the Guru is everything including the river itself but continues searching, dedicating the flow of its waters to the Guru's name. The feeling of Bairaag then takes over, and the river continuously thirsts for the feeling and vision of the Guru. The members wondered why the poem ended at this point. It is as if the journey reflects our own journeys – many of us will not truly understand or experience the Guru but continue searching through life.
Continuing along this theme, some of the other poems described Waheguru as non-speaking and non-smiling. Perhaps sometimes we experience God from a distance; we feel as if we are looking through a window but not fully connected I.e. in a state of duality. Other poems were more uplifting and described the experience of Anhad Shabad, unending blissful thought of Waheguru. The imagery used by Bhai Vir continued to be very powerful e.g. 'My blind senses feel the marble of His towers so high.' Normal prose is perhaps not enough to convey a feeling like this.
The last two poems that the members discussed were 'I made my mind the beggar's bowl'. This poem highlighted the significant phenomenon whereby one spends time and effort accumulating knowledge, only to have it turned upside down and emptied. There is a fine line between Vidhya and Avidhya. In the latter state, knowledge becomes a curse as it feeds one's own ego rather than anything else. In this situation, the dirt of learning needs to be removed.
The last poem of the book is entitled 'We are the ever-green branches of the orange tree'. The poem is written from the point of view of an orange tree in Amritsar which is being cut down. The members had different views of what Bhai Vir Singh was writing about here. Some felt that the orange tree understood the worth of being in Amritsar, but the wielders of the axe didn't. Perhaps this poem was about the changes taking place in Amritsar at Bhai Vir Singh's time. Others felt that the references to the branches being immortal implied something different, namely the persistent existence of the Khalsa. Many people in the world do not understand the need for the Khalsa and others repeatedly attempt to destroy it. Despite this it remains immortal and continues to regenerate.
The members concluded by reflecting on the poetry book as a whole. This book is meant to be read from those of differing perspectives. Each poem means something different to individuals. The book could be considered a good introduction to Sikhi for a newcomer, and provides an overall flavour of the emotions that the Panth has. It is also a good start for anyone unfamiliar with poetry. The members felt that it was beneficial to discuss the poems after reading them rather than simply reading them once, as this opened up avenues of other meanings. Altogether Nargas is highly recommended.
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Pro Hac Vice: Admission of Nonresident
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by Donald Ray Burger
This article describes the rules governing the participation of nonresident attorneys on a pro hac vice basis in the state courts of Texas. A "nonresident attorney" is defined as "a person who resides in and is licensed to practice law in another state but who is not a member of the State Bar of Texas." Section 82.0361 (a), Texas Government Code (2003).
The statutory authority for admission of nonresident attorneys is found in the Texas Government Code, sections 82.036 and 82.0361. Section 82.036 states that the Supreme Court of Texas shall make such rules and regulations as to admitting attorneys from other jurisdictions as it shall deem just and proper. It adds that all such attorneys shall be required to furnish satisfactory proof as to good moral character.
In 2003 the Texas Legislature added section 82.0361 ((effective September 1, 2003), which states that before a nonresident attorney files the Motion Requesting Permission to Participate in a particular case, the nonresident attorney must pay a fee of $250 for each case in which the attorney is requesting permission to participate. The nonresident attorney must also attach proof of the payment of the $250 to the motion. The fee is paid to the Board of Law Examiners. By law, the fees received under 82.0361 are credited to programs approved by the Texas Supreme Court that provide basic civil legal services to the indigent.
There is a provision in the statute that allows the Texas Supreme Court to adopt rules to waive or reduce the fee required by 82.0361 for a nonresident attorney who seeks to represent an indigent person.
Once the nonresident attorney has paid the $250 fee under 82.0361 and has received the proof of payment, a Motion Requesting Permission to Participate Pro Hac Vice may be filed. The requirements for that motion are set forth in Rule XIX of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas.
The motion shall contain:
(1) the office address, telephone number and, if available, the telecopier number of the nonresident attorney movant;
(2) the name and State Bar card number of an attorney licensed in Texas, with whom the nonresident attorney will be associated in the Texas proceeding, and that attorney's office address, telephone number and, if available, telecopier number;
(3) a list of all cases and causes, including cause number and caption, in Texas courts in which the nonresident attorney has appeared or sought leave to appear or participate in within the past two years;
(4) a list of jurisdictions in which the nonresident attorney is licensed, including federal courts, and a statement that the nonresident attorney is or is not an active member in good standing in each of those jurisdictions;
(5) a statement that the nonresident attorney has or has not been the subject of disciplinary action by the Bar or courts of any jurisdiction in which the attorney is licensed within the preceding five years, and a description of any such disciplinary actions;
(6) a statement that the nonresident attorney has or has not been denied admission to the courts of any State or to any federal court during the preceding five years;
(7) a statement that the nonresident attorney is familiar with (a) the State Bar Act; (b) the State Bar Rules; and (c) the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct governing the conduct of members of the State Bar of Texas, and will at all times abide by and comply with the same so long as such Texas proceeding is pending and said Applicant has not withdrawn as counsel therein;
(8) proof of the payment of the $250 fee required under Section 82.0361 of the Texas Government Code.
The motion shall be accompanied by a Motion by Resident Attorney which states that the resident attorney will be associated with the Applicant and that the resident attorney finds the Applicant to be a reputable attorney and recommends that the Applicant be granted permission to participate in the particular proceeding before the court.
Although the Motion for Permission to Participate is normally granted, a trial court is entitled to deny the motion if the court determines that the nonresident attorney is not a reputable attorney who will observe the ethical standards required of Texas attorneys, that the nonresident attorney has been appearing in courts in Texas on a frequent basis, that the nonresident attorney has been engaging in the unauthorized practice of law in Texas, or that "other good cause exists."
Even after pro hac vice admission is granted, the permission can be revoked if the nonresident attorney engages in professional misconduct. The court can cite the nonresident attorney for contempt and refer the matter to the Grievance Committee of the Bar District wherein the court is located for such action by the Committee as it deems necessary and desirable.
By filing a Motion for Permission to Participate, the nonresident attorney agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the Grievance Committee for the District wherein the court is located and the county in which the court is located shall be considered the residence of said attorney for purposes of determining venue in any disciplinary action involving the nonresident attorney.
Written by Donald Ray Burger, Attorney at Law
Last revised: November 11, 2003
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Texas Alliance for Life Joins Other Groups Defending the Dispute Resolution Process in the Tinslee Lewis Case
By Amy O'Donnell
Fort Worth, TX — Today the Second Court of Appeals will consider an appeal of a lower court's decision regarding the medical interventions provided by the doctors and nurses at Cook Children's Medical Center to a terminally ill baby, Tinslee Lewis. The court was asked to order the interventions to be provided indefinitely against the advice of the medical team and to declare a provision of Texas law that resolves disputes between the family and doctors to be unconstitutional. However, the lower court did neither.
Compelling testimony in the lower court revealed that the interventions prolonging Tinslee Lewis' death are causing her continual pain and suffering and require her to be sedated and paralyzed.
Texas Alliance for Life and several other pro-life, disability rights, and health care organizations filed an amicus curiae (friend-of-the-court) brief defending the law, and representatives of Texas Alliance for Life will be present in the courtroom.
That brief is here.
"We believe the dispute resolution process in Texas law is both good public policy and is constitutional," said Joe Pojman, Ph.D., Texas Alliance for Life's executive director. "The Texas law is among the best in the nation. It balances patients' rights to make end of life decisions with the rights of physicians to not indefinitely order painful, medically inappropriate interventions to terminally ill patients that only prolong their deaths with no proportional benefit."
First passed unanimously by the Legislature and signed into law by then-Governor George W. Bush in 1999, the Texas Advance Directives Act has been amended three times, all of which were supported by Texas Alliance for Life: 2003, 2015, and 2017. "We believe the proper place to improve the dispute resolution process is in the Legislature with input from stakeholders and the public. We don't think the court should short circuit the legislative process through judicial activism," added Pojman.
While the plaintiffs' attorneys claim that the Texas law fails to guarantee "due process" protection from the State, we point out that just the opposite is true.
First, the dispute resolution process in Texas law, Sec. 166.046 of the Health & Safety Code, compares very well with other states' dispute resolutions laws. Twenty-two states provide safe harbor for physicians as does Texas, but Texas provides more due process to protect patients' end of life decision-making autonomy.
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Second, a doctor treating a patient according to his or her best medical and ethical judgement is not the State or a state actor. "A doctor following the dispute resolution process in Texas law is no more a state actor than a taxi driver following the laws of the road," said Pojman.
The case is on expedited appeal, but it is not known when a decision will be handed down.
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Joe Pojman with Texas Alliance for Life says Tinslee is terminally ill and doctor's have done the best they can to save her but keeping her on life support is just hurting her more.
"We think the law is very clear.. Doctor's should not have to order nurses to perform medical interventions that harm patients even when the family, with all good intentions, thinks that's the best thing," said Pojman. "Family are not doctors," he said.
In the brief, the hospital states, continuing treatment goes against physician's ethical or moral beliefs.
"The most humane and medically ethical position is to remove those interventions which is causing this baby pain and suffering day by day," Pojman said. "Continuing to do medical interventions and forcing that baby to stay alive is harming Tinslee," he said.
Texas anti-abortion groups split over the case of 11-month-old on life support | Washington Examiner
By: Cassidy Morrison
Other state anti-abortion groups, such as the Texas Alliance for Life, believe, as do Tinslee's doctors, that the girl is in constant pain and will never recover. Texas Alliance for Life has avoided intervening on Lewis's behalf, and Dr. Joe Pojman, the group's executive director, said the hospital is justified ethically in following Texas law, which says an ethics committee of physicians may remove a patient like Tinslee from life-sustaining machines after 10 days if they conclude that her health will not improve.
"The ethics committee at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, the facility that has wonderfully kept Tinslee alive since birth, agreed with the doctors' assessment that the best course of action was to discontinue life-sustaining intervention causing her undue harm," Pojman wrote in the Federalist.
The groups, both dedicated to opposing abortion, euthanasia, and assisted suicide, disagree on the constitutionality of the 10-day rule. The Texas Alliance for Life supports a Jan. 2 court decision allowing Tinslee's doctors at Cook Children's to remove Tinslee from life support. While also seeking out other hospitals for Tinslee, Lewis is working with Texas Right to Life to appeal the decision on the grounds that the 10-day rule denies patients due process.
Texas Right to Life argues, despite physicians testifying otherwise, that Tinslee's condition is not fatal and that the 10-day rule "allows a hospital committee to pull the plug on the child against her mother's will for any reason." The group called a press conference with Lewis on Jan. 6 to advocate for Lewis's right to make health decisions for her daughter.
"Just like any parent, I want the best for my daughter. I definitely respect Tinslee's physicians' abilities and their opinions, but I have not had a voice in her current care plan," Lewis said.
The Texas Alliance for Life, on the other hand, said the rule allows parents and doctors to work together to decide whether keeping a patient on life support is prolonging his or her suffering with no hope of recovery.
"We regret that there is a pretty stark difference between Texas Right to Life regarding the dispute resolution process," Dr. Joe Pojman told the Washington Examiner. "We believe it's the best part of the law because it allows doctors and families to decide what the best options are to provide for the terminally ill patient and gives the family time to find an alternative provider."
Pro-Life Doesn't Mean Artificially Keeping Tinslee Lewis Alive Forever | The Federalist
By: Joe Pojman
Many people are tuning in to the story of a beautiful baby girl named Tinslee Lewis who has severe heart and lung disease and whose medical team has been fighting for her life since her premature birth at 32 weeks. Doctors say her illness is terminal, and prolonged medical intervention is causing pain and suffering with no hope for improvement.
The ethics committee at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, the facility that has wonderfully kept Tinslee alive since birth, agreed with the doctors' assessment that the best course of action was to discontinue life-sustaining intervention causing her undue harm. Lewis's family then sued Cook Children's in state court seeking two things: First, that the judge order the hospital's medical team to indefinitely continue the interventions keeping Tinslee alive, and second, that the judge declare the dispute resolution process in Texas law unconstitutional.
The hearing took place before Christmas in December, and staff from Texas Alliance for Life, which I founded, attended. It was a long day of extensive testimony from Tinslee's mom, one of her five attending physicians, a nurse, and others. In-depth details of Tinslee's condition were shared.
She is terminally ill, suffering from a severe case of Ebstein's anomaly, a rare congenital heart condition, chronic lung disease of infancy, and pulmonary hypertension. She requires 24-7, one-on-one nursing care. Changing a diaper, even moving her slightly, can cause her to have a near-death "crash," which happens daily.
Doctors have performed seven surgeries, three of which were open heart. She has multiple tubes, including a breathing tube. According to the physician who testified, Tinslee is expected to die within five months even with all available interventions. Since the hearing, the hospital released an update stating Tinslee is currently also suffering from severe sepsis, a dangerous response to infection.
The ethical question this case revolves around is: What do we do when there are disagreements between doctors and families in these rare end-of-life scenarios? What is the proper pro-life position? Should doctors follow the wishes of a family even when it means inflicting medical torture on a dying patient?
The Texas legislature unanimously passed and then-Gov. George W. Bush signed into law the Texas Advanced Directives Act 20 years ago to address these cases. It was the culmination of a year of drafting by a workgroup including National Right to Life, Texas Right to Life, Texas Alliance for Life, the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, and numerous organizations representing medical providers, all of whom supported it. All continue to support it, except for Texas Right to Life.
The Texas law respects the autonomy of the family to make medical decisions but also does not force doctors to keep patients alive using methods that are harmful to the patient, such as in the case here, with no hope of healing. The law has a dispute resolution process that encourages doctors and patients to talk. If they can't resolve the issue, the doctor makes a decision.
The hospital ethics committee reviews that decision at a meeting the family can attend. The committee does not decide to keep or remove interventions. Rather, the ethics committee judges whether the interventions in question are "medically appropriate." We believe it is a good process, among the best end-of-life laws in the country.
The goal of the law is to resolve disputes by transferring the patient. Unlike numerous states that allow doctors to override the family's wishes after a mere "reasonable attempt" to find another doctor or no attempt at all, the Texas law requires the attending physician and the hospital to attempt to find another provider and continue the medical interventions for at least ten days.
In Tinslee's case, Cook Children's has done an extensive job. Over the last four months, they have contacted more than 20 of the nation's best children's hospitals, seeking to transfer Tinslee to a doctor willing and capable of performing the interventions her family desires. None has agreed to take over her care.
In the district court, Texas Alliance for Life, along with several other key organizations, including Texans for Life, Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, Coalition of Texans with Disabilities, and several health-care providers, filed a friend of the court brief in the state court. This brief made two key points: first, the Texas Advanced Directives Act is good public policy, and second, it is constitutional.
After three weeks of deliberation, the district court judge ordered that interventions could be removed after seven days, without commenting on the constitutionality of the law. After hearing the facts of Tinslee's condition, we don't see how the judge could have ruled any other way.
Cases like Tinslee's are not easy for anybody. The physicians have done everything they can do, and no one else is willing to take the case. Further interventions are prolonging her death and causing her further pain and suffering without the hope of improving her condition.
Our view, consistent with the law, is that the intent of withholding the intensive medical interventions is not to cause the patient to die. The goal is never death. The goal of removing the interventions is to prevent the pain and suffering resulting from interventions that lack any proportionate benefit, allowing the patient's terminal condition to bring about a natural, peaceful death, with as much dignity as possible, which we believe to be the truest pro-life position.
Texas bishop offers care for infant slated for removal from life support | Crux now
By: Christopher White
Following the judge's decision on Thursday regarding baby Tinslee, Texas Alliance for Life, which continues to work with the Texas Catholic Conference, said that "we don't see how she could have ruled any other way."
"This case centers around the dispute resolution process within the Texas Advanced Directives Act (TADA). We don't see how she could have ruled any other way," said executive director Joe Pojman.
"As we have stated previously, Texas Alliance for Life supports TADA. It is good public policy, it is constitutional, and it provides a balance between the patient's autonomy and the physician's conscience protection rights to do no harm," Pojman continued.
"We are praying for the family and all involved in Tinslee's care," he concluded.
A PARALYZED INFANT IS THE LATEST CRUSADE FOR THE BIGGEST ANTI-ABORTION GROUP IN TEXAS | Trendy News Today
Among anti-abortion conservatives, who frequently oppose any kind of "right-to-die" legislation, the 10-day rule is deeply controversial. Texas Alliance for Life, an influential anit-abortion group in the state, said in a statement that the group supports the rule as a way to find a path forward when families and doctors disagree.
But Texas Right to Life supports Trinity Lewis and called the decision to end Tinslee Lewis' care a "death sentence." "The 10-day rule has robbed countless patients of their right to life and right to due process," the group added.
Texas' Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton have pledged to support Trinity Lewis and an appeal to the 2nd Court of Appeals — and to argue in her favor at the Supreme Court, if necessary.


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Ex-CIA director: Let Israel deter Iran with U.S. bunker buster bombs
By World Tribune on October 26, 2017
by WorldTribune Staff, October 26, 2017
Selling Israel bunker buster bombs would allow it to take out underground aspects of Iran's nuclear program and deter the Islamic Republic from breaking out with a nuclear weapon, former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden said.
Hayden: The nuclear inspections regime should have more 'anytime, anywhere' authority, including the inspection of Iranian military facilities.
"I can imagine circumstances where the U.S. might want to take steps to convince Iran of its seriousness," Hayden told The Jerusalem Post.
"Allowing Israel to purchase them [bunker-busters] in gradations, training on them, but keeping them here" in the U.S.
Hayden said he "was never of fan" of the nuclear deal Iran signed with world powers "but we've got the deal. It has had some positive effects. But there are a whole bunch of other things Iran is doing that we have quite legitimate concerns about. I do criticize Obama for not pushing back harder about other issues," Hayden said.
The former CIA chief said a longer-term risk if U.S. President Donald Trump or Congress were to completely scrap the deal is that it would damage the ability of the U.S. to reach complex deals in the future.
"The word of the U.S. must mean something. If Iran is not in material breach… and Iran is not in material breach… I agree with [ex-IDF intelligence chief] Amos Yadlin that the deal is so good, why would the Iranians cheat?… then we should stay in the deal," while simultaneously trying to raise global pressure on Iran's ballistic missile and terrorist activities in parallel, Hayden said.
Hayden added it was "quite remarkable" that Trump "got [Sen.] Tom Cotton's agreement not to do anything dramatic for a while" in Congress so that the accord is not in immediate danger.
Hayden also reiterated his support for pressuring Iran on a variety of nuclear and non-nuclear issues, as well as strengthening the nuclear inspections regime to have more "anytime, anywhere" authority, including the inspection of Iranian military facilities to which the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has had little-to-no access.
Ex-CIA director: U.S. should sell bunker busters to Israel to deter Iran, Iran nuclear deal, Michael Hayden, Sen. Tom Cotton, Trump decertifies, WorldTribune.com
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Because of the recent bru-ha-ha over a telephone call that President-elect Donald J. Trump took from the President of Taiwan, I decided to investigate the island's history, to find out the real story. I was very surprised by what I found. The history of human habitation on the island of Taiwan goes back 8,000 years. Contrary to official mainland Chinese propaganda, and popular belief in America, the island has not been a historical part of the Chinese Empire for all of Chinese history.
Prior to 1624, the natives of Taiwan were primarily Polynesian in appearance and culture. Accounts from those days, indicate that they were not related to orientals or Han Chinese at all. They were a light brown-skinned people, typically proto-Caucasian in appearance. They looked and acted much the same as native Hawaiians, Tahitians and Maori. Indeed, most scientists believe that the Polynesian people originated on Taiwan.
As a result of large-scale Chinese in-migration and interbreeding, however, the remaining "tribes people", now referred to as "aboriginal Taiwanese" have acquired Han Chinese facial features, including the straight shiny black hair, wide cheekbones and epicanthically folded eyelids. These were NOT the people that were found on the island hundreds of years ago, however, when it was first colonized by westerners.
In 1624, Dutch traders established a crown colony on the island with the intent of using it as a base to trade with China and Japan. The Dutch East India Company came up with a novel idea on getting something the Chinese and Japanese would be willing to pay for. Both mainland China and Japan were big food importers then just like now. The Dutch administration, therefore, imported farmers from Europe, and set up a system of rice and sugar plantations.
To work the land, they imported about 50-60,000 Chinese. The deal was this: the Dutch would supply free transport to the island, free tools, farming advice, seed and oxen. In return, Chinese farmers were required to pay 10% of all their crops to the Dutch. Not a bad deal. The Dutch were thinking long-term because, at the time, the Chinese Empire had no desire to control the island. Bureaucrats in Beijing viewed it as worthless. They called it a "miserable mud flat" and the "Gate of Hell".
By 1626, things were shaping up so nicely that the Spanish sought to muscle in on the Dutch. They established a foothold in the northern portion of the island, but were expelled within 20 years. Unfortunately, for the Dutch colonists, who had adopted Taiwan as their new home, in 1662, war broke out between the dying Ming and incoming Qing dynasties in mainland China. That ended as a disaster for the Ming, whose fleeing troops then became a disaster for the young Dutch colony. About 7,000 surviving Ming troops fled to Taiwan in 200 warships.
Sensing weakness (the Dutch garrison numbered about 180), the Ming escapees didn't ask permission to land and settle. They simply attacked, and wrested control of the island away from the Dutch, by so-called "right of conquest". After killing most of the Dutchmen, they found themselves as fascinated by "yellow hair" as Chinese men still are today. The Ming officers, therefore, forced all the remaining Dutch women into slavery as concubines and prostitutes. Most were kept by Ming officers. Some were used by the Ming officers and, later, sold for service to the common troops. The daughters of the well-known Dutch missionary Antonius Hambroek met this fate.
About 20 years passed, and the Ming slowly won the loyalty of various native chiefs, replacing the Dutch in the trading deals. By the 1680s, the Ming felt strong enough to mount a mainland offensive. They wanted to reestablish their dynasty in the only place that counted, "the middle kingdom between the mountains and the sea" (a/k/a mainland China). They landed troops and tried to rally support on the mainland.
The scheme failed. In the end, the Ming were routed again. This time, however, even though they loathed the island of Taiwan, the rulers of the Qing dynasty was not about to allow the surviving Ming to return to Taiwan to rebuild their power again. So, they were followed back to the island. Then, the Ming were finally and decisively defeated. The Qing took control over those portions of the island that had been previously controlled by the Dutch, and ended the Ming dynasty once and for all.
Qing control, however, was always as spotty as that of their predecessors. At the height, in 1895, the Qing dynasty still only controlled 45% of the island. The rest, about 55%, was under the control of various native chiefs. Earlier, beginning in 1592, the Japanese Empire unilaterally decided that the island was rightfully a part of Japan. It contested the Chinese Qing dynasty's claim to Taiwan, which it viewed as invalid. According to the Japanese, the island had always been part of the "natural and historic islands of Japan." Indeed, although they didn't know enough anthropology to use it as an excuse, Japan's original inhabitants, prior to immigration from parts of China, was a similar non-Mongoloid race, the "Ainu".
A mass invasion was attempted in 1619, but it failed as a result of a typhoon that sank the Japanese ships. Finally, in 1895, the Japanese won sovereignty in the Sino-Japan War. During Japan's rule, many inhabitants of Taiwan, though genetically mostly Chinese, enthusiastically adopted Japanese culture, names and language. They also enlisted in and were ready to fight for their beloved Japanese Emperor. About 200,000 of the troops that invaded China were ethnic Han Taiwanese, who viewed themselves as being just as loyal to the Japanese emperor as people who might live in Tokyo or Osaka.
During the war, the Chinese government renounced all treaties with Japan and made return of the island of Taiwan a primary war goal. After Japan was defeated by the USA, the island was handed back to mainland China. However, the unruly islanders didn't like the idea of mainland control, regardless of their ethnic blood lines. They proved difficult to control. Several hundred thousand native Japanese were residents by then, and the rest of the population was heavily Japanized. The native Japanese were so difficult to handle that they were expelled to Japan very quickly.
By 1947, however, "anti-mainlander" sentiment had vastly increased among the Japanized Han population. The result was widespread violence, looting and riots. It all ended in a mass revolt, in which tens of thousands of Taiwanese died by the hands of mainland Chinese armies (the Kuomintang at the time). Then, in 1949, the Communists took control of the mainland, isolating the remaining nationalist troops to Taiwan. Over the years, nationalists from the mainland have become less disliked, and integrated into Taiwanese society and vice versa.
One thing is clear. There is no moral imperative that supports the so-called "One China" policy. In fact, viewing the mainland and the island of Taiwan as "one China" has been a very misguided concept from the very beginning. In reality, mainland China has no better claim to the island of Taiwan than Japan, Holland, or Spain. The current racial mix on the island means that the inhabitants have a majority of Han Chinese genes. That does not mean the mainland Chinese government has a right to control their lives or their foreign relations. The islanders have a much more morally defensible claim toward independence.


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