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Green has over five years of hands-on turf management experience and recently completed his master's degree in agronomy from Auburn University, where he focused on turfgrass management and nitrogen release characteristics as they pertain to turfgrass. In his role at Direct Solutions, Green will have responsibility for providing training and support for Agrium Advanced Technologies' Experience at FarmLinks research and education program, while also supporting Direct Solutions' internal and external customers in the Southern United States.
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UKRAINE UNDER THREAT – THE RISK OF A GEOPOLITICAL SHIFT
Wall Street Journal's Ukraine expert U.S. Professor Alexander J. Motyl warns in a new article (March 29, 2010, "Ukraine's Democracy in Danger – Viktor Yanukovych's misrule is courting a second 'Orange Revolution.' ") that President Yanukovych is a threat to Ukraine's democracy.
1.	The new president violated the constitution of Ukraine when he changed the rules for forming coalitions in parliament.
2.	Appointing his crony Mykola Azarov as prime minister opened up risks for corruption, high taxation rates, and hostility to small businesses. Now there is little chance for economic reform.
3.	There are now 29 ministers in the cabinet (compared to 25 in the Tymoshenko coalition) which will not improve decision making.
4.	Two unknowns are now ministers for agriculture and finance, important key ministries.
5.	The worst mistake may be appointing the controversial Dmytro Tabachnik to be minister of education. He believes west Ukrainians are no real Ukrainians and that Soviet era views of history should be introduced in the Ukrainian education system. The result of his appointment has been strikes, petitions and demonstrations against the new administration.
Furthermore Yanukovych has fired the director of the Security Service archives, a fine scholar who permitted unrestricted public access to documents on Soviet crimes in Ukraine. Anti-democratic allies of the new president have been appointed as provincial ministers of internal affairs. This will give them opportunity to clamp down on liberties of ordinary citizens.
Motyl writes that:
Democratically inclined Ukrainians are increasingly persuaded that Mr. Yanukovych wants to become Ukraine's version of Belarus's dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. But Mr. Yanukovych's vision of strong-man rule rests on a strategic, and possibly fatal, misunderstanding of Ukraine.
The Orange Revolution in 2004 has introduced democracy in Ukraine with professionals, intellectuals, students, and businesspeople that are unafraid of the powers that be.
The democratized government in Ukraine cannot serve as a basis for effective authoritarian government.
The new government seems to be ineffective and if Yanukovych fails to fix the economy that has recently been going through a crisis, this might result in strikes and unrest.
Professor Motyl's conclusion is:
Indeed, if Mr. Yanukovych keeps on making anti-democratic mistakes, he could very well provoke a second Orange Revolution. But this time the demonstrators would consist of democrats, students, and workers. The prospect of growing instability will do little to attract foreign investors, while declining legitimacy, growing incompetence, and tub thumping will fail to modernize Ukraine's industry, agriculture, and education.
Ukraine is of great geopolitical importance as one of Europe's largest countries. The West must be very observant of Ukraine's democracy and carefully watch the rule of President Yanukovych. Should Ukraine turn into a new Belarus it would be catastrophic for democracy in Eastern Europe.
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TIME TO COUNTER HOSTILE MUSLIM IDEOLOGIES EFFECTIVELY
In March 2010 Hudson Institute published the long awaited report Organizing the U.S. government to Counter Hostile Ideologies. Authors Douglas J. Feith and Abram N. Shulsky rightly conclude that the Global War on Terrorism is a far-ranging challenge with military, law enforcement, economic, philosophical, and ideological components.
So far the American answer to the ideological dimension of terrorism has not been strong enough. There is much to do. How can information operations be turned into a key tool of national security policy? How can they receive the necessary resources and high-level attention? Is the right answer to create a new governmental agency like the old U.S. Information Agency (USIA)? Could private, non-governmental organizations also be a response to the political warfare of the internatioanl terrorist organizations?
Encourage Muslims to reject the understanding of Islam that condones and encourages violence and subversion against the United States and the West
This would be one of the more important objects of a strengthened strategic communications effort by the U.S. It is indeed of great importance to affect debate about Islam within Muslim societies. The Islamist totalitarians ought to be isolated by promoting anti-extremist Muslim voices. It is time to counter violent Islamist extremists in the field of political warfare. One problem, however, is that the U.S. currently largely lacks the personnel to conduct an effective information program. Both operational and regional expertise is needed including political operatives, intellectuals specializing in the Muslim world and people prepared to work in covert information operations. Building this cadre of ideological warriors will take some time and establishing a cooperative relationship between different sectors of American life will be vital.
The Cold War model is of great interest when building a new and more effective information tool. In the late 1940s the U.S. government could openly propagate the values of liberty. Meanwhile it faced opposition from sections of media that this was interference in the internal affairs of other countries. This resulted in some of the covert activities being instead funded openly like Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty by means of Congressional appropriations.
In the new report the authors recommend serious consideration to the creation of a new government agency along the lines of the former USIA. More is needed, however, like a non-profit private organization to create a mechanism for influencing the debates within Muslim societies in favor of those who reject extremist Islamism. This could be done according to several different models of which one is the organization created by the Reagan administration, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). An alternative to NED could be to create an international organization involving a group of prominent U.S. and foreign citizens which could in turn make grants to private U.S. or foreign organizations or individuals. Private counter-radicalization organizations already exist on several continents, which could be supported.
An important aspect could be the consideration of a possible covert action role. A potent weapon in the fight against religious and political fanaticism and intolerance is ridicule. This was a strong weapon against Nazi and Communist tyranny. Certain entertainment formats could be useful in spreading the anti-extremist message. Covert action operatives could pose as representatives of an extremist group and help sow dissension and confusion as part of a strategy to discredit extremist ideas.
There is interest in various places in official Washington for the ideas presented in this important report. The work continues. The stakes are high. Much more can be done by the United States to engage in a battle of ideas against the ideological enemies of the United States and the West.
IS OBAMA CHOOSING DECLINE?
Is America under President Barack Obama accepting a psychology of decline? Conservative author and columnist Mark Steyn (see Tattered Liberty, National Review Online, March 23, 2010) is comparing the fate of Britain with the United States. In 1897 Great Britain, the greatest empire in the world at the time, was at the height of its glory. It was gone in 1997, 100 years later.
Could America under Obama be Declinistan: unsustainable entitlements, a remorseless governmentalization of the economy and individual liberty, and a centralization of power. Remember The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek: "
There is one aspect of the change in moral values brought about by the advance of collectivism which at the present time provides special food for thought. It is that the virtues which are held less and less in esteem and which consequently become rarer are precisely those on which the British people generally agreed to excel… The virtues possessed by Anglo-Saxons in a higher degree than most other people…were independence and selfreliance, individual initiative and local responsibility, the successful reliance on voluntary activity, noninterference with one's neighbour and tolerance of the different…, respect for custom and tradition, and a healthy suspicion of power and authority.
In the case of Great Britain one can ask if not a determined state can change the character of a people in the space of a generation or two. In a geopolitical sense, so Steyn, it can be liberating. One has little responsibility and can still have a seat at the top of the table. Why is decline in Europe so pleasant. Because it was cushioned by American power. (Emphasis made on this blog). Defense is not any longer a problem. The Yanks are taking on the responsibility. The proportion of defense costs has fallen in the case of Great Britain from 24 percent to 7 percent while health and welfare rose from 22 percent to 53. One can have Euro-sized entitlments or a global military, but not both.
Will America soon be a large Sweden? Big Government works best in small countries with a homogenous population.
What happens if America would turn into Europe with its geopolitical decline, then who would be America? China? Russia? Or a new Caliphate with nuclear weapons? Most likely there would be no new order, but a world without order.
With another administration America would be much stronger, with a positive demography and with economic strength. As Charles Krauthammer has expressed it, "decline is a choice". The Democrats are offering decline to America. Are there enough Americans to accept this offer of retreat and decline? More than ever an orderly world where freedom an democracy are respected depends on the United States. It is time for the West to rise to the challenge. A United States that voluntarily seeks decline must be supported by the rest of the West. The United States cannot do it by themselves.
We live in dangerous times. European and Japanese civilizations depend on American civilization. The strength of the West is there but is there the will. Hope now rests with a responsible American electorate in 2012.
STRATEGIC REVIEW OF AMERICAN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
In March the National Security Council promulgated a National Strategy for Strategic Communication. On March 10, 2010, Undersecretary Judith McHale testified in the U.S. Senate on the State Department roadmap in this matter ("U.S. Public Diplomacy: Strengthening U.S. Engagement with the World").
There seems to be an agreement that major institutional changes are on their way. One option could be greater coordination through the National Security Council (NSC) and an interagency process.
Since the end of the Cold War great challenges have emerged for the United States in the field of strategic communication and public diplomacy:
Extremists are showing increasing expertise in the field of media strategy used to recruit new followers. The extremists in question are of course Islamist extremists.
China's global influence is growing with a large number of propaganda programs.
The Russian media presence is increasing.
Iran's cultural centers seek to influence key audiences.
McHales testimony offered only modest changes to the State Department program which is certainly insufficient. What is needed is among other things a staff within the International Information Programs (IIP) to conduct audience research among foreign publics. Since 2009 it is increasingly clear that the State Department cannot offer much of an inspiring public diplomacy.
It does not much believe in the technique of soft power to influence abroad. When it comes to NSC there seems to be insufficient staffing. The present policy for the U.S. president to apologize for American history most of the time is not very inspiring. Instead the U.S. administration should reinforce a narrative that portrays the United States as a unique, global leader and a decisive source of stability which can spread democratic and free-market values across the globe.
As often is the case Congress has to step in using its oversight powers.
One must hope for hearings in the future on public diplomacy strategy and the great challenges facing the United States:
radical Islamism, Chinese expansionism, Russian revanchism, and disinformation from countries such as Iran, North Korea and Venezuela.
Congress should also fund pilot projects that illustrates the effectiveness of foreign audience research. This might be one road to travel to create a revitalized and multifaceted public diplomacy doctrine to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.
There are other options, however, if the federal government is failing to do its part. That would be for instance the creation of a Freedom Academy for Public Diplomacy, a privately funded academy for research and education in the field. Such a freedom academy on Soviet political and psychological warfare existed in the United States during the Cold War after a congressional effort to create a federally funded academy failed.
For additional information on the subject see Helle C. Dale's Heritage Foundation Web Memo No. 2840 of March 22, 2010 ("Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communications Review: Key Issues for Con
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THE WEST MUST INCREASE CONDEMNATION OF IRAN
In The Miami Herald (March 21, 2010: "We can't coddle Iran") Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen called for steps that the United States could take against the Iranian tyranny. The regime in Teheran is involved in ongoing, systematic violations of human rights involving torture, flogging, amputation and stoning. Arbitrary arrests, detentions and killings are used against the opposition. Rep. Ros-Lehtinen pointed to the fact that:
Stalinesque show-trials continue, with demonstrators and other political prisoners charged with the amorphous accusation of being mohareb (rebelling against God), for which the punishment is death.
She is calling for aid to those who seek human rights in Iran and monitor abuses – such as the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, which recently saw its funding cut.
Sanctions should further be used against foreign companies — like China's Sinopec, France's Total, Brazil's Petrobras and Malaysia's SKS — that have invested billions in Iran's energy sector. Congress could also quickly enact legislation targeting refined petroleum exports to Iran.
If the United States and other democracies continue to participate in the UN's Human Rights Council (of which Iran is a member) they should be obligated to push for resolutions and special sessions condemning the Iranian regime's abuses. The West has not done that.
To change the inadequate Obama administration approach Ros-Lehtinen has introduced the bipartisan House companion (H.R. 4649) to the Iran Human Rights Sanctions Act, authored by Sen. John McCain and Joe Lieberman. So far on the demands of the U.S. legislator.
This legislation requires the president to designate and sanction — via financial measures and a visa ban — those who violate the human rights of Iranians.
It should be added that it is time for Europe as well to introduce sharper sanctions against the regime in Teheran. The present policies are not enough. It is time for the whole West to strengthen the opposition in Iran. The sooner there is a new government in Teheran the faster the nuclear threat from the extremist regime can be reduced.
NETANYAHU STRONGLY DEFENDS JERUSALEM AS CAPITAL OF ISRAEL
The Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu strongly defended Jerusalem as the capital of Israel when he spoke to AIPAC on March 22 in the United States. The building in East Jerusalem is an integral and inextricable part of modern Jerusalem. Everybody knows that these neighborhoods will be part of Israel in any peace settlement. Building them does not stop the possibility of a two-state solution.
Israel, so the Prime Minister, wants peace with the Palestinians. The government of Israel is presently showing its commitment to peace both in word and deed. From day one we have called on the Palestinian Authority to begin peace negotiations without delay.
On March 24, 2010, it was reported by AP that the Jerusalem municipality had approved 20 new apartments for Jews in east Jerusalem.
The new project is funded by American millionaire Irving Moskowitz. An old hotel, the Shepherd, will be torn down and 20 apartments and a three-level underground parking lot will be built instead. AP wrote:
City spokesman Gidi Schmerling said plans for the project have been known since last July and that last week's approval was merely a procedural step. He said media reports were blowing the matter out of proportion, saying they were "meant to create a provocation during the prime minister's visit in the U.S." … Moskowitz, an influential supporter of Israeli settlement in east Jerusalem, purchased the Shepherd Hotel in 1985. The hotel is located near a government compound that includes several ministries and the national police headquarters.
Since 1967 Jerusalem has abounded with activity: symphony orchestras, dance troupes, chamber ensembles and choirs perform regularly. There is a wide selection of museums and festivals: the Israel Museum, the Rockefeller Museum, the Tower of David Museum, the Bible Lands Museum, the Islamic Museum and Yad Vashem, the Israeli memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.
DEMOGRAPHY – THE COMING GEOPOLITICAL SHIFT
More and more geopolitical books are focusing on coming demographic problems. In 2006 Mark Steyn in his America Alone –The End of the World As We Know warned that to have a stable population a fertility rate of 2.1 live births per woman was needed. That is what America had. Canada had 1.48, Europe as a whole had 1.38, Japan 1.32 and Russia 1.14. Steyn warned of self extinction.
When pundits presently revel in declinism it is as usual the imminent demise of the United States that is predicted. There is, however, reason to be cheerful when it comes to America. The worry should be about Europe, Japan and Russia.
How is it possible to be cheerful about the future of the United States? Unemployment is at 10 percent, there has been a financial crisis from 2008, bailouts have further sharpened the crisis and now the struggle about health care reform which is costing billions. Then there is the Chinese juggernaut.
Even if the present might not be so good it is much brighter in the near future. There is reason to listen to Joel Kotkin in his new book The Next Hundred Million – America in 2050 (Penguin Press, 2010). The birth rate in America is growing. Young workers are immigrating from poorer countries. The future of America seems to be ethnic diversity.
Kotkin believes that population expansion between 2000 and 2050 will translate into economic vitality. It will be possible for the present hegemon in the future to create wealth and a rapidly growing standard of living which can resolve the problems of burden in the future. Europe and Asia will be veritable old-age homes. This will create great problems for the vast welfare-states of the Old Continent. The pension obligations will be crushing. Meanwhile people in working age are protesting. In France the pension age is 59 and is not much higher in Greece. Who wants to loose the benefits mostly created by socialist governments.
Europe and Asia will decline and America will continue to expand and thrive. During the four coming decades the United States will emerge, in the words of Kotkin, as the most affluent, culturally rich, and successful nation in world history. Could civilization shift across the Pacific Ocean to China? No problem because the great tyranny across the ocean will decline due to the rising burdens of retirees. The one-child policy has also contributed to the coming slide.
Mr. Kotkin believes the coming hundreds of millions of new citizens will live in the suburbs. It would be the best choice for the raising of families and the enjoyment of the benefits of the community. With 100 more millions of inhabitants USA will be less crowded than Germany.
The vision in this excellent book is convincing although as a result upward mobility will be more difficult. At the same time the family in America is taking ever new shapes. It is adapting and taking on different forms.
It should be added that with continuing prosperity American can retain its military strength and continue to be able to protect the rest of the West. The problem with Europe, however, is that continuing decline of birth rates may cause Europe to be unable keep up its already small part of the defense of the West.
THE SWEDISH CAPTURE OF MOSCOW IN 1610 – 400 YEARS AGO
The Russian Tsar Feodore I (1584 – 1598) was by many observers believed to have been a cretin. He was unsteady on his feets (probably from rickets or polio in his youth). Feodore in spite of his physical problems was however a staunch imperialist and he built forts in many frontier areas of Russia. When he passed away in 1598 his wife Irene for a short while kept the reins. After a while Boris Gudonov was elected czar. At this time the 'Time of the Troubles' (1598 – 1613) were at hand.
Rule of Boris Gudonov in Russia
Boris reign was marred by terrible famines (1601 – 1603). A young man of unknown ancestry appeared at the time in Russia and called himself Czarevich Dmitry. This young man joined the Polish side of King Sigismund III. Dmitry marched into Russia in 1604 supported by the Poles. He swept into Moscow and was supported by the people. Boris soon lost control of his Russians and soon died mysteriously. His son Feodore was proclaimed czar but only ruled from April to July 1605, when he too died mysteriously. A while after Dmitry entered Moscow and was crowned. Soon, however, he was killed and Prince Vasily Shuisky was proclaimed czar. Now a second "false" Dmitry appeared on the scene (there would also be a third. For two years he held court around six miles from Moscow.
In 1609 Shuisky was forced to abdicate and the Russian invited Ladislaus, the Polish heir, to rule but Sigsmund of Poland wanted Russia for himself and seized Moscow.
Marching on Moscow 1609
Meanwhile the Swedes acted. King Charles IX of Sweden did not want a czar of Russia that was supported by Poland. On February 28, 1609, he signed the Treaty at Viborg with Shuisky. A Swedish army of 5 000 lead by Field Marshal Jakob De la Gardie, an enlisted officer from France, to invade Russia and place Shuisky on the Muscovite throne. The first leg of the march was for the city of Novgorod. Here the newphew of Shuisky, Michael Shuisky, waited with between 1,000 and 1,500 troops. On May 2 1609 the march on Moscow continued. The Swedish General Evert Horn took Staraja Russa during the waiting for the main army with De la Gardie. On May 17 General Horn led a force to defeat fleeing Russians at Kamenka and two days laters took the city of Torzhok. The Swedish army then turned on the city of Tver. The First Battle of Tver was undecided but a Swedish victory followed in the Second Battle of Tver.
Conquering Moscow in 1610
On March 12, 1610, the Swedish army under Field Marshal De la Gardie entered Moscow greeted by jubilant citizens. It was from this time suggestions were made for the incorporation of the whole Russian province of Novgorod in the Swedish empire and for a permanent link between Sweden and Russia in the form of a Swedish royal family Vasa czar (as secundogeniture in the reigning Swedish dynasty). This, however, came to a halt when Michael Romanov was elected czar
In June 1610 De la Gardie and Shuisky left Moscow to stop a Polish siege of Smolensk. This lead to the Battle of Klushino of June 25, 1610, and the Swedish army was here defeated by the Poles. From 1610 – 1617 Sweden and Russia fought the so called Ingrian Continuation War. Swedish armies maintained themselves in the Ingria and Kexholm regions even if Charlex IX had to deal with a Danish attack on Sweden. At the Peace of Stolbovo in 1617 the Russians had to cede the territories of Ingria and Kexholm. The frontier now went through Lake Ladoga and Gustavus II Adolphus now contemplating that "the Russian bear won't find it so easy to jump that ditch."
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JERUSALEM UNITED FOREVER
The capital of Israel is familiar to more people than any other city of earth. It has been the focus of Judaism since King David made it the capital of his kingdom more than 3000 years ago. He transferred the Ark of the Covenant to the city making it both religious and political center of the kingdom. A thousand years later Christians started to hold the city in reverence where Jesus preached and died a thousand years later. Only since the seventh century it has been cherished by Muslims as a holy place.
During three periods of Jewish independence in the Land it has been the capital of a nation. When the Temple was desecrated by the Greek ruler Alexander the Jews rose in revolt led by the Hasmonean family. It rebuilt the Temple and restored its interior. When the Jewish kingdom in the Land of Israel was restored Jerusalem entered a period of growth and development which lasted until the Land became a Roman province in 63 BCE.
When the State of Israel was once more established in 1948 Jerusalem became its capital. It has grown and thrived as the capital of a democratic. Here is the Knesset, the Supreme Court, most government ministries and the President's residence where foreign envoys to Israel present their credentials.
When in July of 1996 Benjamin Netanyahu visited the United States he had just been elected leader of the Jewish State. He was then invited to speak to a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress.
The mood was exceptionally warm, and the Prime Minister was interrupted by applause several times in the first 40 minutes. When he spoke about Jerusalem he received a long applause:
Since 1967, under Israeli sovereignty, united Jerusalem has, for the first time in 2,000 years, become the city of peace….For the first time, a single sovereign authority has afforded security and protection to members of every nationality who sought to come to pray there. There have been efforts to re-divide this city by those who claim that peace can come through division, that it can be secured through multiple sovereignties, multiple laws and multiple police forces. This is a groundless and dangerous assumption, which impels me to declare today: There will never be such a re-division of Jerusalem. Never.
When Mr. Netanyahu repeated the word "never," it resulted in a standing ovation during close to a minute.
The United Nation had for some time advanced an idea that Jerusalem would become an international city. The United States had not accepted that idea. The division of the city lasted until 1967, when Israel annexed the eastern part of Jerusalem. Walls and wire were removed.
An admirable change took place. The population rose to more than 700,000 from about a quarter of a million in 1967.
The U.S. Congress in 1995 had passed, by an overwhelming vote, the Jerusalem Embassy Act. Clearly the American people wanted the United States to move its embassy to Jerusalem. It said that Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of the State of Israel.
The measure taken by Congress went to law without a signature of the American President Bill Clinton. The presidency continues to delay the embassy move to Jerusalem. Even President Georg W. Bush did so but stated that he intended to move the embassy, but at the right time.
In 2010 the sentiments of the American administration are different. It seems as if only Israel is called upon to make concessions in an attempt to restart the peace process. Not the Palestinians. In 1997 Mr. Netanyahu actually retreated from Israel's second holiest city, Hebron, leaving the Jewish families there in an armed camp. It has not helped.
Meanwhile there has been a Second Intifada. The Clinton administration had actually offered to give the Palestinians part of Jerusalem as a capital. Yasser Arafat, however, refused the offer preferring the uprising to a peace deal. Now Ariel Sharon took over the Israeli government. He understood that the jihadist enemy of the United States was also the Israeli enemy.
Sharon defeated the intifada and the United States went to war against the jihadists in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Obama administration should understand that Palestinian demands and Israeli retreat will only cause more violence from the office in Ramallah. To divide Jerusalem again is impossible. There has to be other solutions, finding another capital for the Palestinian entity. There is an overwhelming Israeli majority of a peaceful and strong capital of Jerusalem. President Obama has not learned the lesson from the failure of President Clinton. There cannot be a divided Jerusalem. Ever.
CHINA IS UNSTABLE
In his new book (Shifting Superpowers: The New and Emerging Relationship between the United States, China and India, January 2010) Martin Sieff shows how China has over the past 170 years gone through wild shifts every 20 to 40 years between openness and engagement with the outside world. There have also been murderous xenophobic outrages that caused the death of many millions of pro-Western Chinese.
Sieff writes on Fox News on March 18, 2010, that the Taiping rebellion of the 1850s resulted in the worst civil war in human history. Between 20 to 40 million lives were lost before it was finally suppressed. It was followed by an era of political misery and humiliation. After that China opened up to Western investment and technology. Then the 1900 Boxer Rebellion erupted, when thousands of Chinese Christians were killed.
After the Chinese revolution during the 1920s and 1930s there was an opportunity for transformation of the country to democracy under Chiang Kai-shek. Sieff does not rightly understand what happened when the murderous civil war initiated by Mao Tse-tung. He wants to place Chiang in the same tyrannical class as Mao. The recent book by Jay Taylor, The Generalissimo – Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China (2009) shows that it is the vision of Chiang that drives the modernization of China, not that of Mao.
Mao defeated Chiang in December 1949, who then established the Republic of China on Taiwan, a model for the modernization of China. Mao proceeded to cause the death of around 80 million people on the mainland.
In 1972 President Richard Nixon established a strategic partnership with communist China and to a great extent abandoned Taiwan. After the death of Mao it was time for a new turnabout. China embraced some sort of state capitalism.When the Soviet tyranny started to crumble in 1989 thousands of student's demanded democracy in China. They were massacred.
After that the pendulum turned the other way and somehow China managed to convince America that it was OK with endless balance of payment deficits. As sovietologists had predicted during the Cold War with the Soviet tyranny now the Chinese tyranny would become more democratic and liberal, some China "experts" believed. Like with the Soviets it has never happened.
Sieff believes the pendulum is once more swinging towards violence, economic crisis and anti-Western nationalism. Corruption is rampant and the Chinese banking sector is full of bad loans. There is a growing gap between the coastal provinces and the poor interior. An economic crisis or conflict over Taiwan could trigger the new swing. It could topple the present leadership and replace it with a xenophobic faction of the Chinese Communist Party and the military. It has happended before with Taiping, the Boxer Rebellion, and Mao's tyranny turned into Cultural Revolution.
It is time to rethink on China not only in the United States but in Europe as well.
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Poll: Most Americans Are Still Uncomfortable With Going Back to Church
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Although America is beginning to re-open its doors to local businesses, Americans themselves remain mostly uneasy with the idea of things going back to normal. That holds true for church as well, as a new study from American Enterprise Institute found that 64 percent respondents were either "somewhat" or "very" uncomfortable with going back to church. In fact, even among churchgoers who said their churches have begun offering in-person services again, a full 56 percent said they're not going.
"We're seeing among laypeople a significant amount of discomfort in going back to formal in-person religious practices," said Daniel Cox, a research fellow at AEI who led the study. "People are equivocating and uncertain about whether they feel comfortable attending."
Unsurprisingly, not everyone feels the same. White evangelicals are more likely to feel comfortable about going back to in-person services than white mainline Protestants or Black Protestants. Data has suggested that Black Americans are more vulnerable to serious cases of COVID-19 than white Americans are, due to factors like financial stability.
On Thursday, The U.S. COVID Death Toll Climbed Above 4,000 for the First Time
All told, 61 percent of white evangelicals said they were "very comfortable" or "somewhat comfortable" with returning to in-person worship services at their church. By comparison, only 36 percent of white mainline Protestants, 39 percent of white Catholics and just 32 percent of Black Protestants said the same. And compare that to major non-Christian religions, where just 26 percent of respondents said they would be comfortable returning to in-person worship services.
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Q: Tmux copy the selection to /dev/clipboard without key-mapping Many answers related to this topic suggest to map Ctrl+y to a command that pipes tmux show-buffer to xclip. In the specific case of cygwin, the correct way to interract with the Windows clipboard is to use /dev/clipboard.
I would like to configure tmux to automatically save a mouse selection into this file. Is it possible without key mapping?

A: tmux has an additional command :save-buffer filename
I haven't seen the examples you referenced piping tmux show-buffer to xclip. I have used a mapping change to do something similar with :save-buffer /dev/clipboard.
Integrate :save-buffer /dev/clipboard with your copy-selection mapping. My tmux.conf contains the following line:
    bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'y' send-keys -X copy-selection \; save-buffer /dev/clipboard \; send-keys -X cancel # Yank selection in copy mode, copy to windows clipboard, cancel copy mode

I'll guess you want something similar to that but pertaining to your mouse selection (which I'm unfamiliar with). Like this?
    bind-key    -T copy-mode    MouseDragEnd1Pane send-keys -X copy-selection \; save-buffer /dev/clipboard \; send-keys -X cancel

Reference you may enjoy: OpenBSD tmux man page. Their man pages are generally very complete.
Buffer utilization: http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man1/tmux.1#BUFFERS
Search the page also for "send-keys" for info.

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Thousands took to the streets across America to protest Donald Trump's presidential win. Reflective of a sharp divide in the nation, the protesters were voicing their disapproval of the President Elect's victory, and his views on issues of Immigration, Muslims, women and abortion. The majority were millennials, in the age group of 18-35, sloganeering "We Reject the President Elect." and "Not My President." NDTV's Namrata Brar reported live from outside the Trump Tower on New York City's Fifth Avenue, where tensions sparked between police and protesters, with the police pushing steel barricades to get protesters to leave.


London -- Today saw the launch of an innovative little device called SIMable, which effectively puts an end to the complicated business of mobile phone unlocking.
SIMable is an ultra thin chip, that when attached to a SIM card, immediately fools most mobile phones into thinking that they have been unlocked. It is compatible with the majority of mobile handsets, including all the latest 3G devices, which are becoming more and more difficult to be freed from their original Network.
Introduced to the market by Essex based company 24/7 Mobile Solutions Ltd, SIMable can be installed and working in a Network locked handset in a matter of seconds. By using a customised manufactured cutting press, which comes with each unit, a tiny hole needs to be pressed out in the SIM card. Next SIMable needs to be aligned with the SIM and inserted into the locked handset. Using the cutting press, SIMable can be used more than once by transferring to any other SIM card.
The company are keen to stress that unlike any other similar application on the market, SIMable enables 100% functionality on all phones, including full 3G operation.
The product, available at the company's website www.SIMable.com is launched at a retail price of Euro 16.99, with a standard small delivery charge covering all destinations worldwide. Each package includes the SIMable chip and customised cutting press, which eliminates any need for messy SIM cutting with scissors.
The company is also seeking global Distributors / Resellers to market the product. SIMable can be "white labelled" meaning that it can be rebranded and sold as their own product. Suitable parties would include Travel SIM Operators, Mobile Phone Accessory Distributors and any online or retail mobile phone unlocking outlets.


I feel like encouraging younger people which hopefully will give them an insight on where to start a career in their desired interests. I find this very rewarding when they take interest in my job and it's good to feel confident to tell someone how you go about to making the right decisions.
Currently I'm a first year practical engineer at Rolls-Royce; I work in a facility called AR&O (Aero Repair & Overhaul). There are multiple sections that specialise in different areas of a civil jet engine. At this moment in time I'm working on 03 Module which is IP (Intermediate Pressure) casing, we strip and build this module and make it ready for inspection that involves troubleshooting defects and cleaning. Once I am competent with that section I will move to another one.
The challenges that I've overcome through this apprenticeship are English exams, writing and memory. English is not my biggest subject to understand and it is a requirement to complete the apprenticeship. I have a learning disability called Autism. Learning support was in place to help me with these issues by telling instructors how my Autism affected my learning before I started with them so that they can be more understandable/negotiable. A voice recorder was put in place to remember notes. This was a new way for me to learn and it works perfectly.
Getting this apprenticeship was the best step in my life as I take great interest in this industry and hope to progress through the company. After I have finished/completed this apprenticeship I'm hoping to get a job at Rolls-Royce.


Youngsters often get quite excited for the holidays. Therefore, presenting kindergartners with some holiday worksheets will give them the opportunity to learn and also to enjoy the holiday scene.
Follow these links to find some ready made worksheets which you can use in your kindergarten classroom.
Consider the religious orientation of the school that you are teaching in. For example, if you are working in a public school, you are going to need to check with the administration to see if you are allowed to do activities involving religious holidays. For example, you might have to do a "winter" themed activity (snowflakes, snowmen, etc.) as opposed to any sort of worksheet that involves Christmas or Hanukkah.
If you are permitted to use religious worksheets, use the lesson as an example to teach the students about the real meaning of the holiday. For example, have students cut out figures from the nativity and create a dramatic interpretation of the first Christmas with these figures.
Whatever the case may be, make sure that there is some educational value to these worksheets. Sometimes it is hard to get caught up in all of the glimmer and glamour of the holidays, and forget that they provide learning opportunities. For example, if you are going to create a coloring worksheet for Thanksgiving, you have a couple of educational options. Consider labeling each picture with a word in order to build vocabulary. Another way to teach would be to ask the students to cut out the pictures from one page and paste them to the matching word on another page.
Use visual aids (such as pictures) on the worksheets. Let the students see the connections between the work they need to do and the traditional representations of them in a photo or drawing.
Perhaps you are including the worksheet as part of a unit on the specific holiday, or maybe you just want to give the students a bit of a break from regular work on the day before a holiday. In any case, these worksheets and tips will certainly be of assistance to you.
"Kindergarten Holiday Worksheets." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 25 April 2019. <https://education.yourdictionary.com/for-teachers/kindergarten-holiday-worksheets.html>.


Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Ahmet Arslan, Halkalı-Kapikule Railway Line Project Cerkezkoy-Kapikule Section construction commenced the tender process related to the construction of the tender, said: "We will be in the process of construction tenders in the near future." He said.
Arslan accepted the Commissioner for Transport of the EU Commission, Violeta Bulc. The meeting started at Halkalı Train Station between delegations and continued at Halkalı-Çerkezköy Train to Çerkezköy.
Minister Arslan and Bulc held a press conference on his return trip.
Speaking at the meeting, Arslan said that the parties came together for the third time in the past year and this showed the importance of transportation in the field of transportation.
Emphasizing that the dialogue process, which had been going on for a year, will continue after that, Arslan talked about the importance of moving the relations forward.
People go to Cerkezkoy from Halkali by train and they are back again on the train recording records of the Arslan, so that the train journey, public transportation, the importance of preventing the emission of carbon was conveyed.
In charge mobility between Asia and Europe, Armstrong noted that Turkey is an important bridge in transportation, in order to revive the Marmaray iron silk road, Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line told me they activate the.
"Our cooperation will strengthen the EU's relations with Turkey"
Arslan, Turkey's referring to the developments in the aviation industry where, 29 October, the new airport will be opened in Istanbul, said that the project would serve the worldwide aviation industry.
Parties transportation and Armstrong touched on cooperation in the field of aviation, railways need, both with Turkey on airline he stressed that they will contribute to further strengthening of relations between the European Union.
Arslan stated that the distance received by the two sides in the transport sector would be an example for other areas and that they had received good distances for fast transportation and that the teams worked.
Arslan stated that there is a very good cooperation with the EU in the field of road safety. After that, they decided to cooperate in making the system smart and they talked about this issue.
Arslan stated that they create a high level working environment in terms of transportation and underlined that they decided to continue this dialogue.
This cooperation is in the benefit of humanity voicing Arslan, to facilitate transportation, to make transportation practical, trade, humanity to do good talks in the name of the said.
Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport, of the EU Commission noted that they have had a third meeting with Arslan in the last year and highlighted the importance of high-level negotiations in transportation.
In this context, Bulc said that they have implemented joint projects through high level dialogue and that they discussed joint projects in progress.
Bulc, issues in the field of transportation between Turkey and Bulgaria in saving their opinions, said they made significant progress in these areas.
Bulc, between the delegations in the road safety, freight transport from the road to the railroad, such as shifting issues discussed.
Dı We agreed that we would be able to cooperate more deeply after that, mut Bulc said, stressing that road safety concerns people's lives.
and Turkey Unlike previous EU autonomous mobilized, digitization in areas such as reducing carbon emissions explaining that they decided to form new collaborations Bulc, the planet's side of the joint project, people will contribute to the better he can work environment in the future, he added.


Ava Grey Designs is a creative agency that produces arts focused campaigns for the marketing and advertising world, creates custom designed installations and murals for property owners and the hospitality industry, and builds their own sculptures for art exhibitions and collectors.
While their creative abilities may span diverse applications, all aspects of their work are rooted in thoughtful design executed with detail-oriented, high-quality production. With an extensive history producing all sorts of creative projects with hundreds of creative professionals, Ava Grey has positioned themselves as curators of culture. Their team members are active participants in the art and design landscape; it's their life and they love it, and they want to share that passion with you and your projects. Read below to learn more about Ava Grey Designs.
Ava Grey Designs was co-founded by Nick Glazebrook and Caesar Perez. Caesar is a life-long painter and illustrator who focuses on large-scale murals and multidisciplinary art production techniques, and his work has shown in galleries across Europe. Nick has a background in architecture and had a computer animation company for 11 years before following his passion to create with his hands and become a sculptor. Fueled by a mutual desire to create larger, more intricate works of art, Caesar and Nick started working together 6 years ago and have evolved their crafts and techniques to create art iconic to their own combined style.
Ava Grey Designs' mural at Bridgford Foods.
Our studio is located in Pilsen. But we've been active in the West Loop for about 5 years. Caesar first painted a few murals at Threadless in 2014. Then we painted the Bridgford mural in 2015.
We've worked with a handful of local businesses in the area over the years, and we're in talks to do more work there. We're basically neighbors, just to the south. And we're excited to be more involved here!
What are your top challenges in growing Ava Grey Designs?
By far our biggest challenge is getting more people to know who we are. We do a lot of different things in different ways, so it takes a little more time to be 'known'. And we often get lost in our studio creating things we love.
We joined the chamber because that addresses our biggest challenge! We need to get out of our studio, engage more in the community, and network with people that may be in need of high quality creative services.
What makes Ava Grey Designs unique?
A few things: we're an 'arts focused' creative agency, we design AND fabricate in-house, our extensive network of artists and management experience enables us to curate and produce larger programs, and our team approach enables us to produce in an array of ways at a high capacity. From 3D video projection mapping to sculptures made from recycled Coors Light cans nationwide - we know how to produce.
Creating things that people have never seen before. And watching people's reactions when they first look at our work - it's extremely motivating seeing our art produce awe-inspired, uncontrollable smiles.
The excitement of so many organizations, businesses and people all working to create a world-class neighborhood.
What does Ava Grey Designs' future look like?
Filled with larger, more intricate and innovative artwork in as many places as possible for people to enjoy and be inspired by. As we foster more opportunity to create, we can also establish Ava Grey as a hub to provide opportunities for other artists to work, learn, grow and live more creatively prosperous lives.
Ava Grey is a creative agency that works with a range of clients to curate and produce high quality artwork and custom design installations.
Bonus Question: Tacos or pizza? Go.
We eat tacos all the time in Pilsen. So pizza!


This weekend, Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) couldn't provide a service to those in crisis and put Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) in an impossible position when there was nowhere in the entire country, private or NHS, for patients in need.
The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust medical director's revelation prompted Norwich MP Clive Lewis to call for delays in planned bed closures.
Dr Solomka confirmed that up to Sunday night "there were no adult acute inpatient beds in England available to us either from NHS or private providers".
He has also asked for an urgent review into the support given to the trust from NHS England and the area's clinical commissioning groups which fund the beds.
"It's a national disgrace that there are no mental health beds for those who need them," Mr Lewis said.
The trust said it was dealing with the shortage by using a process called "extended overnight leave" a system where patients are discharged for the evening on the understanding their bed would be available if needed.
But a bed is not available when somebody else is sleeping in it, is it?
NSFT is planning a further £36 million of cuts and to pay a new Director of Research £150,000 per year.
Terry Skyrme, of the Campaign to Save Mental Health Services in Norfolk and Suffolk, said the shortage was down to underinvestment.
"The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Trust is still closing beds, such as at Carlton Court near Lowestoft, despite NSFT always having patients out of area and after being told by the CQC and Monitor that there must be sufficient local beds for local needs.
"Local NHS commissioners, providers and the local authority need to continue to work together to ensure all patients needing help for their mental health get the care and support they need," a spokesman said.
The commissioners promised that out of area placements would end by the end of April 2014. Now out of area placements have ended because all the private hospital beds are full.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) demanded that there should be sufficient beds in Norfolk and Suffolk for local people when NSFT was rated Inadequate.
Is it that the bureaucrats couldn't run a bath or couldn't care less?
Where's the minister responsible, Alistair Burt?
Well that shows you that there isn't going to be any action on this issue. If the medical director of the trust is flagging this up and nothing gets done then this is all the proof you need.
Mental healthcare will soon effectively cease to exist, inpatient wards will only be for those who are a clear and present danger to others. Suicide will be rebranded as a lifestyle choice. Depression and anxiety will be reclassified by the DWP as 'lack of job motivation' and acted upon.
Even IF you are a danger to yourself or others you still can't get a bed within 100-200 miles of your home, even if you are in your 80's with dementia and trying to murder your relatives..There simply are no beds anywhere, and the private sector are increasingly getting more selective in who they take, because demand outstrips supply..They have NO obligation in law to take a person….and many don't admit over the weekend, when often the bed is needed.
ironic that this comes from a failing Trust who have £150000 to pay a Researcher WITHOUT a PhD. Maybe we'll see more private hospitals open locally when Monitor complete their work…….
Which doesn't address the key issue that in this country NHS services should be available when needed, whatever the illness. What have the Eton Mess and Westminster Club done to our birthright?
Hundred of NHS acute mental health inpatient beds are being used by those no longer in need of such a service, but without safe and supported accommodation to move into.
Rectify this problem and the inpatient bed problem will diminish, in fact possibly disappear altogether.
Ever since the crisis started the Trust has tried to claim that the problem is one of "bed blocking". We were told that the new Bed Management and Discharge Team would solve the problem. Three years on and we are still in crisis. The reality is that ALL parts of the mental health service have been cut. Cuts to Local Authority funding means that Social Services are desperate to get people OUT of residential care and funding for Personal Budgets is also being reduced. Alternatives to admission have reduced not increased, and still the future of Ashcroft Residential Care Home is not secured beyond the next 6 months. We will always need acute psychiatric beds in emergencies and it is very short-sighted to kick people out of hospital before they are ready or before there social problems have been resolved.


Round 1: (First Triple Crochet will need to be a chain of 5 for the step up) *TC, CH 1, TC, CH 1, TC, CH 2, Complete 4 times total from *. Instead of the CH2, work a HDC in 4th chain to join.
Round 2: Work 2 SC in the same space. *SC in stitch, SC in space, SC in Stitch, SC in space, SC in Stitch, 3 SC in CH 2 space. Continue around from *, work 1 SC in last space, join with a slip stitch to beginning single crochet.
Round 3: Rounded segments: (2 total) Chain 1, skip 3 SC. *In the next SC work 7 Quadruple Crochet with a chain 1 between each stitch. CH 1, work a SL ST in the next stitch. Repeat from *.
Round 4: HDC Round: CH 1, Work 1 HDC in each stitch down to the center point, work 3 HDC in the center point for an increase and so the point will lay flat. Work 1 HDC in each SC to the rounded sections. *Work 1 HDC in each stitch, 2 HDC in each space. Slip stitch in center. Repeat once from *. Join with the beginning stitch.
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Sorry, but the diagram seems substantially different from the (left-handed) video. The video seems to better match the finished heart, but I'd rather be working from a diagram. Do you have plans to fix it?
I will have to look at my document to see how I have saved it. You are the first person to ask about a lefty chart. This is something I will keep in mind in the future when I am making charts.
This is a beautiful heart! I have made some to give as gifts, and am currently making many more to stitch together to make a throw.
I would like to point out a couple of edits. In the written instructions, round 2 should begin with a chain 1 (as shown in the video tutorial). Also, in the written instructions, there are 7 QC in round 3, as opposed to the video tutorial, which shows 1 TC, 5 QC, 1 TC.
Either way it's worked looks decent, however, I've found that the 1/5/1 in the video tutorial produces a better looking heart.


Men attend Friday prayers in a prayer room in the building that is the proposed site of the Park51 mosque and cultural center.
(CNN) -- New details emerged Tuesday about the controversial "Park51" project, involving the proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque in New York City.
A source familiar with the project told CNN's Allan Chernoff the structure is being planned as an 11-story building. It will cover 120,000 square feet. Within that space, the source said, 10,000 square feet -- just more than 8 percent -- would be designated for the Muslim prayer space. The developer is considering the possibility of an interfaith education/meditation/prayer space as well, the source said.
The Islamic Center's leaders have said plans for the $100 million facility call for a community center including a mosque, performing arts center, gym, swimming pool and other public spaces.
It will be built on property the center already owns, two blocks from where the World Trade Center was destroyed by Islamic extremists on September 11, 2001. The attacks on the two towers killed more than 2,700 people.


Wash your dutch oven and fill it with 4 cups water. (You have a lid, right? This is very important! You must use a wide pan- a saucepan won't work unless you do multiple batches.) Bring the water to a boil and then decrease the heat and stir in all your sugar. Stir it for a few minutes on low. Once the sugar has dissolved, add your cheese discs. They will double in size, so give them room to grow! Cover and let them simmer on low for 15-20 minutes. Remove the cheese to a plate. A spoon with holes is ideal- the rasgulla is delicate and can easily be marked, so be careful.
You can either add the rasgulla back to the sugar syrup and let them soak in it for a few hours (chilled) before adding it to the milk sauce OR you can add it to the following milk sauce to soak for at least 2 hours before serving.
To make your saffron-cardamom milk, heat your milk in a broad, non-stick pan. I used my fry pan. Bring it to a boil, stirring constantly, and then whisk in your sugar, the saffron in milk, and cardamom powder. If you like, you can add the cheese discs now, or reserve the milk for later.
If you want to go really crazy, you can add 1/4 cup pureed mango to the saffron milk and then use mango slices to garnish. Yum!
This milk is so delicious! It makes too much for just one recipe of rasmalai, in my opinion, but you can use it in other recipes. I used whole milk in line with a suggestion from Tarla Dalal, the author of "Mithai," and it was certainly good, but a bit rich for my taste. I think you could use whatever kind of milk you prefer for excellent results.
Original Source: Internet sources with milk recipe from Mithai, with some variations. My original creation, please do not replicate anywhere without my permission.


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Preacher: Jerry Smith (311), David Zinn (47), Mike Lawson (2), Bob Gates (2), Travis Shepherd (2), Gene Pond (2), Musa Asake (2), Don Beehler (1), Johnny Byrd (1), Walter Thomas (1), David Hungate (1), Ed Griffioen (1). … (6 more)
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Series: Shepherd Elders (3), 1Samuel (6), Ruth (5), Psalms (1), Special Speakers (7), Missions (2), Judges (17), 2 John (1), Luke_Acts (120), James (15), Nehemiah: the Man (16), Joshua (19), Ephesians (35), Minor Prophets (33), 1 Corinthians (30), Revelation (42), Daniel (21). … (8 more)
Date: 2007 (8), 2008 (35), 2009 (33), 2010 (33), 2011 (37), 2012 (39), 2013 (46), 2014 (47), 2015 (47), 2016 (44), 2017 (4)
Ministry in Nigeria
(Part of the Missions series).
https://www.christfellowship.com/sundays/messages/?show&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fstudies.cf%2FMusa%2BAsaka%2F170713_musa_asake.mp3
Preached by Musa Asake on July 13, 2017 (Celebration of Worship).
The End of the Beginning: The Power of Hope in the Promise of God!
(Part of the Luke_Acts series).
https://www.christfellowship.com/sundays/messages/?show&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fstudies.cf%2Fjerry_smith%2FLuke_Acts%2Facts_121_25_1_26_32.mp3
Preached by Jerry Smith on January 15, 2017 (Celebration of Worship).
The End of the Beginning: Paul's Time In Caesarea!
Acts 24:1-27 (Part of the Luke_Acts series).
https://www.christfellowship.com/sundays/messages/?show&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fstudies.cf%2Fjerry_smith%2FLuke_Acts%2Facts_120_24_1_27.mp3
Preached by Jerry Smith on January 8, 2017 (Celebration of Worship).
The End of the Beginning: Paul's Time In Jerusalem!
Acts 21:17-23:35 (Part of the Luke_Acts series).
https://www.christfellowship.com/sundays/messages/?show&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fstudies.cf%2Fjerry_smith%2FLuke_Acts%2Facts_119_21_17_23_35.mp3
A Lesson About Our Path, Pressure, and Passion!
Preached by Jerry Smith on December 11, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
Serving Jesus, Staying True, Strengthening Saints — The Heart of Ministry!
Acts 20:13-38 (Part of the Luke_Acts series).
https://www.christfellowship.com/sundays/messages/?show&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fstudies.cf%2Fjerry_smith%2FLuke_Acts%2Facts_117_20_13_38.mp3
Preached by Jerry Smith on December 4, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
Comfort in the Family of Jesus!
Preached by Jerry Smith on November 27, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
Samuel Leads the Nation
1 Samuel 7:2-17 (Part of the 1Samuel series).
https://www.christfellowship.com/sundays/messages/?show&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fstudies.cf%2Fdavid_zinn%2F1Samuel%2F1sam_006_7_2_17.mp3
Preached by David Zinn on November 13, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
Revelation: Overcomers
(Part of the Shepherd Elders series).
https://www.christfellowship.com/sundays/messages/?show&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fstudies.cf%2FBob%2BGates%2FRevelation%2F161106_rev_overcomers.mp3
Preached by Bob Gates on November 6, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
Marriage - Part 2
(Part of the Special Speakers series).
https://www.christfellowship.com/sundays/messages/?show&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fstudies.cf%2FMike%2BLawson%2F161030_Mike_Lawson_marriage2.mp3
Preached by Mike Lawson on October 30, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
Marriage (no audio)
https://www.christfellowship.com/sundays/messages/?show&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fstudies.cf%2FDon%2BBeehler%2Fspiritualwarfare.mp3
Preached by Don Beehler on October 16, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
https://www.christfellowship.com/sundays/messages/?show&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fstudies.cf%2FJohnny%2BByrd%2Fprayer.mp3
Preached by Johnny Byrd on October 9, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
Seven Churches of Revelation - Part 1
(Part of the Revelation series).
https://www.christfellowship.com/sundays/messages/?show&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fstudies.cf%2FBob%2BGates%2FRevelation%2F161002_rev_7churches_1.mp3
Preached by Bob Gates on October 2, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
What Jesus Does Not Due
https://www.christfellowship.com/sundays/messages/?show&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fstudies.cf%2FWalter%2BThomas%2F160925_thomas.mp3
Preached by Walter Thomas on September 25, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
Of Riots and the Road to Rome!
Preached by Jerry Smith on September 18, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
Behind The Scenes!
Trouble, Travel, Tents, and the Truth of God!
Preached by Jerry Smith on September 4, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
Lessons in "Arkeology"
1 Samuel 4:1-7:1 (Part of the 1Samuel series).
https://www.christfellowship.com/sundays/messages/?show&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fstudies.cf%2Fdavid_zinn%2F1Samuel%2F1sam_005_4.1b_7_1.mp3
Preached by David Zinn on August 28, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
Wisdom For Walking Among The Worldly!
Preached by Jerry Smith on August 7, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
The Great Urgency! (no audio)
Preached by Jerry Smith on July 31, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
Samuel Becomes A Prophet
https://www.christfellowship.com/sundays/messages/?show&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fstudies.cf%2Fdavid_zinn%2F1Samuel%2F1sam_004_3_1_4_1a.mp3
Preached by David Zinn on July 24, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).
A Boat Ride — Business Woman — Bewitched Slave Girl — Bewildered Jailer!
Deletions, Additions, and the (Frustrating) Direction of God!
Luke 15:36-16:10 (Part of the Luke_Acts series).
The Jerusalem—Antioch Conference!
Preached by Jerry Smith on July 3, 2016 (Celebration of Worship).


Michael Deely, the principal at Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego, Calif., has accepted the position of headmaster at Pope John Paul II High School, Bishop David Choby has announced.
Deely will become JPII's third headmaster when he assumes his responsibilities on July 1, 2015. He succeeds Faustin Weber, who announced last May that he planned to step down at the end of the 2014-15 school year so he could move closer to family.
"The more I found out about (JPII), it was phenomenal," Deely added.
"I've been looking for a new challenge and opportunity," Deely said. He and his wife, who also is a Catholic educator, "were looking for a place where we could raise our kids," Clare, 6, and Atticus, 3.
Deely, 44, has been principal at Cathedral Catholic, which has a president and principal, since 2006. As principal, he has been involved in all aspects of the operation of Cathedral Catholic, a co-ed school with an enrollment of about 1,700 students.
Cathedral Catholic was originally known as the University of San Diego High School, but was renamed when the school was moved to a new campus in northern San Diego County in 2005.
Deely began his career as an educator in 1994 when he served as a history and theology teacher, campus minister and a football coach at University of San Diego High, his alma mater. In 2001, he left to become the principal of St. Charles Borromeo Academy, a kindergarten through eighth grade school in San Diego, a position he held until 2006.
Deely holds an M.A. in History with a Latin American emphasis from the University of San Diego, and a California Clear Credential certificate in Social Studies from the United States International University. He attended St. Patrick's Seminary where he completed 43 units toward a master's degree in theology. He received a bachelor's degree in history with a minor in philosophy from the University of San Diego.
"My educational philosophy centers on my belief that God gives all students talents and gifts and that educators help the students to identify, develop, and then use these gifts to build His kingdom," Deely wrote in his application. "I want all my students to see their gifts, their chosen careers, and their commitment to their families as their personal vocation.
Bishop Choby selected Deely after an extensive national search led by a search committee chaired by JPII board vice president Dr. Jennifer Uhl. The committee included Sooker, board members Father Eric Fowlkes, Sharon Edwards, Stephen Cook and Dr. Joe Fox, parent and former board member Bill Wood, faculty members, Karen Phillips, Andrew Griffith, Jennifer Dye and Brad Peper, diocesan Superintendent of Schools Dr. Therese Williams, and Bill Whalen, chief financial officer of the Diocese of Nashville.
Deely was one of four candidates invited to JPII for a more formal interview with the committee, faculty members and parents, Uhl said.


What does the net figure do?
Net energy should be however much energy you have eaten minus however much you have used up in the exercises you have logged. Theoretically, you would want your net energy to reach 100% for your goal. Cronometer seems to use the energy consumed for the % calculation, though.


A special event was held in downtown Honolulu, on March 25, 2016.
Nearly 50 local supporters of the Zhou Enlai Peace Institute came to an executive conference room, hosted by leading attorney Roger Epstein.
They came to see a preview of the new documentary film "In the Footsteps of Zhou Enlai." Key contributors were Speaker Emeritus Calvin Say of the Hawaii State House of Representatives, renowed author and philosopher Elisabet Sahtouris. The Director and Producer of the film, Xiaofang Zhou North, introducer her work, supported by Executive Producer Michael North, and Location Producer David Castellano.
Thanks to Little Village, and to Myra Brandt of Sotheby's Hawaii, for sponsorship of the food for this event, to Roger Epstein for hosting, and to volunteers Elizabeth Reveley and Greg Gerber.


Teen vaping is more than just a trend. It's been reported that nearly 1 in 3 high school students have tried vaping! Considering the fact that a lot of advertising is geared towards teens, it's not surprising that so many are trying it. In this class we'll discuss the risks of vaping, why it's popular with our youth, signs to look for, and some advice on talking with your child about vaping.


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SEBASTIAN BACH GETS LOVE FROM AXL ROSE:
Wherever Guns N' Roses have played thus far in 2006, former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach has likely been there, either opening for GN'R or joining Axl Rose onstage for the duet 'My Michelle.'
For Bach, it's a return engagement: Skid Row opened for GN'R on their 'Use Your Illusion' tour in 1991. Though Bach is grateful for the opportunities, he admits he doesn't know quite how it happened.
"To be totally honest with you, I don't understand why Axl is so nice to me," Bach tells AOL Music. "I don't know why he just waves his magic wand and points it at me and says, 'You're opening for me all around the world.' To me, it's crazy."
Bach, who will release a new album, 'Angel Down,' in 2007, isn't arguing. "I'm going with it," he says. "It's always been that way for me. It's going to make a good book someday. I see all these rock 'n' roll books and they're all killer, but I laugh. I go, 'Wait 'til you f***ing read my book! My book is going to make [the Motley Crue book] 'The Dirt' look clean,'" he says, laughing.
Courtesy of www.aolmusicnewsblog.com


A new page was just added to the website with information about this year's 5th/6th Grade Musical, Mulan, JR. Students have talked about auditions this week in class. Auditions will take place over the next week.
The page below will be used as an ongoing resource for families involved in the musical. Check back often!


There was a small village in a beautiful foreign country. The location and the housing was very beautiful. A selling girl lived in that village. That selling girl was unexpectedly stuck in a house in a day. It is your duty to save the selling girl from there. It will help you to find the hidden clues where you can save the selling girl from there. All the spots are detecting and saved the selling girl from there and congratulations you win the game. The tricks of the trick are a little harder to find, but somehow it may be a matter of interest. Good luck and have a fun!


This Fall semester I taught a class on the book of Hebrews, and we talked quite a bit about a literary device called a "chiasm." Especially in the prologue of Heb 1:1-4 and the beginning of the second major movement in 5:1-10, this textual feature is prominent. A chiasm is a parallel feature of a sentence or paragraph that has corresponding elements and highlights textual symmetry, but I like to call it a "there and back again" structure.
Throughout the semester, this description led to a number of conversations about The Hobbit, the merits of the film adaptations, bits of Elvish lore, and whether The Desolation of Smaug would be epic, awesome, or exhilarating (the only obvious options of course).
In the first review (95-96), Lewis notes the publisher's claim that The Hobbit represents "the work of a professor at play." Lewis counters that a "more important truth" is that the book belongs to "a very small class of books which have nothing in common save that each admits us to a world of its own—a world that seems to have been going on long before we stumbled into it but which, once found by the right reader, becomes indispensable to him."
It is impossible to define the world of The Hobbit, Lewis insists, because it is new: "You cannot anticipate it before you go there, as you cannot forget it once you have gone." The dwarves you meet, for instance, are unique because "no common recipe for children's stories will give you creatures so rooted in their own soil and history as those of Professor Tolkien—who obviously knows much more about them than he needs for his tale."
In Lewis' estimation, "Though all is marvelous, nothing is arbitrary: all the inhabitants of Wilderland seem to have the same unquestionable right to their existence as those of our own world, though the fortunate child who meets them will have no notion-and his unlearned elders not much more-of the deep sources in our blood and tradition from which they spring."
For Lewis, the book can be considered a children's book "only in the sense that the first of many readings can be undertaken in the nursery." His conclusion: "Prediction is dangerous, but The Hobbit may well prove a classic."
In the second review (97-98), Lewis remarks that "all who love that kind of children's book which can be read and re-read by adults should take note that a new star has appeared in this constellation."
The enduring value of The Hobbit is its mixture of elements that are not often combined: "a fund of humour, an understanding of children, and a happy fusion of the scholar's with the poet's grasp of mythology."
A knowledge of children's literature will ill-prepare us for "the curious shift from the matter-of-fact beginnings of his story ('hobbits are small people, smaller than dwarfs-and they have no beards-but very much larger than Lilliputians') to the saga-like tone of the later chapters ('It is in my mind to ask what share of their inheritance you would have paid to our kindred had you found the hoard unguarded and us slain')."
"You must read for yourself," Lewis urges, "to find out how inevitable the change is and how it keeps pace with the hero's journey."
Though there are unexpected elements in this unexpected journey, Lewis notes that Tolkien "has the air of inventing nothing," as he has "studied trolls and dragons at first hand and describes them with that fidelity which is worth oceans of glib 'originality'."
To paraphrase Lewis, though Tolkien seems to pull this world out of thin air, he pulls it off!
One of my favorite parts of Lewis' reflective conclusion: "On the edge of a valley one of Professor Tolkien's characters can pause and say, 'It smells like elves.' It may be years before we produce another author with such a sharp nose for an elf."
I, for one, am glad Professor Tolkien managed to pick up the scent.


I am shocked to say that Fancy Pants died suddenly today. He had just turned a year old. He was from a breeder and appeared to be as healthy as they come. I don't know what happened. He was a good boy and I'll miss him very much. I recently paired him with my ASF female who had recently lost her partner to old age. And they fell in love and spent their days snuggled together. They seemed happy, if only for a short time. My heart breaks for Agatha, she has lost 2 partners in the last couple months. I thought she would spend the rest of her life with fancy pants.
I plan to pair her with lil Smokey, he's only a year old, gentle, and lonely. I hope they like each other.
I just can't believe fancy pants is gone. So unexpected... Run free little man, i love you forever.
You gave him a happy life!
So sorry to hear this. Hopefully Smokey will work out for poor Agatha.
I'm so sorry for both of your losses.
I'm sorry for your loss. Will you be telling the breeder about his sudden death? Maybe a problem has aroused in the lines.
Yes, i let the breeder know.
much to my surprise, lil Smokey did not take to Agatha. They had a big ol fight, so I placed Norman with her. She seems calm and he has been a perfect gentlemen.
@scaredymouse wrote: much to my surprise, lil Smokey did not take to Agatha. They had a big ol fight, so I placed Norman with her. She seems calm and he has been a perfect gentlemen.


The TPMS malfunction indicator will illuminate after it blinks for approximately one minute when there is a problem with the Tire Pressure Monitoring System. If the system is able to correctly detect an under inflation warning at the same time as system failure then it will illuminate the TPMS malfunction indicator. Have the system checked by an authorized HYUNDAI dealer as soon as possible to determine the cause of the problem.
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A reporter's guide to congestion cost studies. For more than a decade, we and others have been taking a close, hard and critical look at congestion cost reports generated by groups like the Texas Transportation Institute, Tom-Tom, and Inrix. The reports all follow a common pattern, generating seemingly alarming, but simply ginned-up pseudo-statistics about how much congestion supposedly "costs" us. As we point out, you could calculate even higher estimates of time lost in travel because we don't all have flying cars. The number would be vastly higher than the imagined "losses" due to not being able to drive fast all the time, and just as realistic.
Here we've published a reporter's guide to these reports, something we hope those in the media will consider before they publish yet another extreme telephoto image of freeway traffic along with an uncritical recitation of these highly questionable statistics.
Another flawed Inrix congestion cost report. It's back, and its still bad, the 2023 version of the Inrix traffic scorecard. Like previous editions, this uses a fundamentally flawed concept (the travel time index) to construct absurd estimates of the supposed "cost" of road congestion. The report's estimates assume there's some feasible (and cost-effective) way to enable all travelers to travel at "free flow" speeds every hour of every day. We know (see our leading Must Read article below) that widening roads doesn't produce faster traffic speeds.
This is just more myth and misdirection from highly numerate charlatans. Plus, this year's report buries a pretty startling lede: Traffic congestion is now lower than it was in 2019, and congestion declined twice as much as the decline in vehicle travel. That factoid alone should prompt policy makers to look seriously at demand management, via congestion pricing, if we're serious about congestion.
The case against the I-5 Rose Quarter Freeway widening project. Portland is weighing whether to spend as much as $1.45 billion dollars widening a mile-long stretch of the I-5 freeway at the Rose Quarter near downtown. We've dug deeply into this idea at City Observatory, and we've published more than 50 commentaries addressing various aspects of the project over the past four years. From massive cost-overruns, to flawed traffic projections, to phony claims that this is a "safety project," to a new freeway off-ramp that endangers bikes, pedestrians and other users with a dangerous hairpin turn, there's plenty not to like about this project. We summarize more than 50 City Observatory commentaries we've published over the past four years.
Yet more media coverage of the fundamental law of road congestion. The New York Times has a powerful and visual summary of the growing evidence for the the role of induced travel in erasing the promised travel benefits of freeway expansion projects.
Across the country, in Los Angeles, New Jersey and Houston, freeway widening projects have utterly failed to reduce congestion Writer Eden Weingart offers a simple explanation:
When a congested road is widened, travel times go down — at first. But then people change their behaviors. After hearing a highway is less busy, commuters might switch from transit to driving or change the route they take to work. Some may even choose to move farther away.
And this story is bolstered by an impressive and growing body of scientific evidence.
"It's a pretty basic economic principle that if you reduce the price of a good then people will consume more of it," Susan Handy, a professor of environmental science and policy at the University of California, Davis, said. "That's essentially what we're doing when we expand freeways."
The article helpfully cites several of the research papers on the subject, and quotes Matt Turner, co-author of the definitive "fundamental law of road congestion," on the willful ignorance of those who still deny the reality of induced travel:
"If you keep adding lanes because you want to reduce traffic congestion, you have to be really determined not to learn from history,"
But state highway departments, flush with billions of dollars in federal infrastructure funds, are primed to squander them in another futile and counterproductive round of freeway construction.
European cities are getting denser. For many decades, cities around the world have generally been growing less dense: housing and population have tended to sprawl outward from city centers. A new article looks at patterns in European densification, and finds a surprising reversal of this trend in many, though not all, European cities.
The paper's key findings are summarized in maps showing the European cities that became more dense (blue) and those that became less dense or sprawled (red) in two successive time periods, (2006-2012 and 2012 to 2018). In the early period, most European cities were becoming less dense. In the latter period, cities in much of the center of Europe became more dense.
The exceptions in the latter period were in Iberia and Eastern Europe–which got less dense over time. Strikingly, density gains were recorded in much of the UK, France, Germany and Italy. This recent, and now relatively widespread increase in densities may signal an urban resurgence.
The author's point out that the housing supply plays a key role in facilitating a quick reversal to densification. The decline in density in the previous decade (and perhaps earlier) provided sufficient housing supply for many cities to grow more dense with population growth. As the author's explain:
By densifying, many cities in the sample could accommodate a great population increase in a short period of time with only little expansion of residential areas. This means that a buffer capacity of unused housing stock was available to satisfy the new demand. In cities with long-lasting densification trends, specific policies, e.g. on urban regeneration, may increase the availability of housing units within the urban boundaries.
In the US, low rates of housing vacancy, especially in superstar cities, make it hard to densify quickly, because adding population requires building more housing.
Chiara Cortinovis, DAvide Geneletti & Dagmar Haase, Higher immigration and lower land take rates are driving a new densification wave in European cities,Urban Sustainability Volume 2, Article number: 19 (2022).
Our analysis showing that widening the Katy Freeway did nothing to reduce average travel times in Houston was quoted in this week's New York Times article on the futility of road widening to lessen congestion.
Streetsblog featured comments from City Observatory's Joe Cortright in its analysis of the latest Inrix congestion cost report.


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Popular Electronics foi uma revista publicada nos Estados Unidos. Começou a ser publicada pela editora Ziff-Davis Co. em outubro de 1954, voltada a estudantes e hobbystas. Circulou até janeiro de 2003, com o nome de Poptronics.

História
Inicialmente a editora Gernsback Publications detinha a marca registrada da Popular Electronics, que foi usada na revista Radio-Craft entre 1943 e 1948. Então, a Ziff-Davis comprou a marca e a lançou em outubro de 1954.

As primeiras edições da revista ofereciam projetos construídos do zero, ou seja, as peças individuais ou conjuntos eram compradas em lojas de eletrônicos ou por correspondência (reembolso postal)

A edição de abril de 1955 ensinava a fazer um theremin, um dos primeiros instrumentos musicais eletrônicos do mundo.
Usado largamente em trilhas sonoras de filmes de ficção científica, o theremin pode ser ouvido também na canção Good Vibrations, um dos sucessos dos Beach Boys.

Em maio de 1956, a revista ganhou sua versão em português com o mesmo layout e aparência, a Eletrônica Popular, traduzida pela Antenna, uma das pioneiras do gênero no Brasil. Essa versão durou até abril de 1967, quando por ocasião do término do contrato com a editora norte-americana, ela passou a se dedicar ao radioamadorismo e à faixa do cidadão.

Sua edição mais famosa é a de janeiro de 1975, que destacava na capa o computador Altair 8800 e iniciou a revolução do computador doméstico. Paul Allen mostrou a revista para Bill Gates. Eles elaboraram o programa BASIC para o computador Altair e deram início à Microsoft.

Posteriormente o título foi vendido para a Gernsback Publications e sua revista Hands-On Electronics foi renomeada para Popular Electronics em fevereiro de 1989. Esta versão foi publicada até ser fundida com a Electronics Now para se tornar Poptronics em janeiro de 2000. Sua última edição foi lançada  em janeiro de 2003.

Ligações externas
 Revista Popular Electronics (Volume 12, Número 5, Novembro de 1977)
 Revista Popular Electronics (Fevereiro de 1977)
 Revista Popular Electronics (Volume 9, Número 2, Fevereiro de 1976)
 Revista Popular Electronics (Volume 9, Número 1, Janeiro de 1976)
 Blog do Picco - Revista Eletrônica Popular

Revistas dos Estados Unidos

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