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March 1st, 2013 | Written by Warren Strugatch
The ABCs of FTZs
Assembly Required Assorted parts of Toyota vehicles wait to be assembled at the automaker's warehouse located in FTZ No. 25.
America's Bustling Foreign Trade Zones
In 2010, the Stanley Works company closed on a $4.5 billion merger with the Black & Decker Corporation, spawning an international tool industry giant with annual churn of nearly $8.5 billion. Stanley Black & Decker inherited more than a century of business practices, including a South American export market with double-digit annual growth, Asian sourcing, U.S. manufacturing and Panamanian distribution.
With small markets proliferating and shipping bogging down at the source, logistics needed quick attention. On the heels of the merger's closing, the tool company relocated its southbound shipping—worth at least $300 million a year—out of Panama and into 160,000 square feet of leased warehouse space in South Florida's Port Everglades. The Broward County warehouse featured intermodal transit connections and Foreign Trade Zone certification, a combination whose potential for increased efficiency and cost savings appealed greatly.
The move paid off immediately. One benefit came from deferring duties until shipping the finished product. If the product ships overseas, the company pays zero duties. Duty-free/duty-deferred is the Free Trade Zone's chief selling point.
Advantages cited include less paperwork, greater transparency and expanded intermodal options. The company can pack a container and be in transit the next day. Shipping to Panama usually required a week's wait.
At FTZ No. 25, the neighbors include TransMontaigne Product Services, Motiva Enterprises, South Florida Materials Corporation and Parbel of Florida. And because numerous cruise ship operators such as the Carnival Corporation call Port Everglades home, the zone hosts a bevy of liquor distributors, duty-free wholesalers and other suppliers who enjoy export status under federal guidelines. The value of assembled goods moving through Port Everglades' general purpose Foreign Trade Zone exceeded $685 million in fiscal year 2011; multinationals shipped about 10 times that volume, much of it in petroleum and automobiles. Collectively, Sunshine State shippers helped boost FTZ No. 25's exports to $3.7 billion in 2011, the most recent year for which data is available. The zone's remarkable year produced a heady annual growth rate of 40 percent.
With all the activity, FTZ No. 25 glided into first place nationally last year in the FTZ category for distributors and light assemblers.
"We've been busier than a one-armed paper hanger around here," jokes Robert Jacob, the zone's long-time operations manager. The zone's efforts were recognized by the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones, which deemed Broward County "one of the most export-intensive zones in the country."
Warehousing in Free Trade Zones Duty-free/Duty-deferred is a top selling point for America's FTZs, leading many shippers to keep on-site warehouses.
Broward's traditional rival, neighboring Miami-Dade, has—this should come as no surprise—also been positioning itself for growth. Across South Florida, the Panama Canal expansion and the planned dredging of Miami Harbor have buffed local interest. Last summer, when the Department of Commerce named PortMiami to operate FTZ No. 281—the newest Foreign Trade Zone in the country—it was front-page news. FTZs, against the odds, became a water cooler topic across the state.
As in Broward and most of the newer programs, the new zone administrators will set up numerous satellite zones around Miami, encompassing dozens of existing warehousing and distribution facilities, rather than trying to recruit companies into fenced-in, third-party commercial lots.
In other words, you won't have to go to the zone; the zone will come to you. On Aug. 10, the day after PortMiami got its designation, local warehouseman Ralph Gazitua applied for subzone status—and achieved it just before Christmas. Gazitua, president and chief executive of WTDC, a Miami customs-bonded warehouse and container freight station, says with his space inventory leased out, he has expanded into consulting to help clients obtain their own zone status. He's also selling zone-focused software.
His conversation starter: "Become a Foreign Trade Zone."
"I'll target anyone who does five to 10 entries per week," declares Gazitua. "Everyone is saving a quarter of a million dollars."
Realistic expectations or marketing hype? Answers vary as to how much companies can actually save from FTZ status; certainly, each business must examine the issue for itself. "It's a complicated question," says Daniel Griswold, president of the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones in Washington, representing administrators, companies and professional advisors. Savings, perhaps surprisingly, have never been tallied.
Perhaps now they will be. Rooted in New Deal politics and Depression-era economics, Foreign Trade Zones are suddenly more relevant than at any time in history. Recent changes in Washington over how the zones are accredited and administered have encouraged local governments and economic-development boosters to push for expansion and restructuring of existing programs—and to go out touting the benefits of participation to exporters small, large and all sizes in between.
Check out the numbers. Zone-based exporting has tripled in volume from 2000, reaching $54 billion in 2011. Texas still leads the nation in overall zone exporting, based on dollar value; Florida is fifth and surging. Other states whose zones rank among top-five FTZ activity in various categories include Louisiana, California, South Carolina, Illinois, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Alabama. Capital improvement projects driven by zone administrators, participating companies and service providers proliferate.
There are more than 170 FTZs active in the United States, with at least 269 manufacturing and production operations; thousands of distributors participate as well. Shipments into the zones totaled over $640 billion in 2011, up from $534 billion the previous year. Warehouse and distribution operations received nearly $106 billion in merchandise while manufacturing and production operations handled $535 billion. The zones move much of the nation's exports in petroleum, automotive, electronics, pharmaceuticals, machinery and equipment, most of it through special purpose—read "private"—zones serving multinational clients.
Zone-based exporting has grown steadily throughout the young millennium, interrupted only in the recessionary year of 2009; since then it has doubled. Zone specialists and export advocates cite such growth factors as the president's emphasis on exporting, expanding use of zones by multinationals, and vibrant overseas markets as contributing to the zone boom.
Another answer might be the loosening of bureaucratic oversight. Due to policy revisions at the Department of Commerce, many zone-related processes have been streamlined or simplified, resulting in a more business-friendly profile. Fenced-in physical campuses remain the norm. But more and more zones take the Florida approach, designating warehouses and assembly facilities miles from the nearest port—not to mention one another—as comprising zones or subzones. Bureaucratic delays and paper-centric rigmarole have given way to flexibility and—better sit down—speedy handling. Zone participation seems to make more sense now for more companies.
"People are surprised at how flexible the FTZs really are, and how streamlined the processes have become," says Amie Ahanchian, a vice president with KPMG's International Corporate Services division in Washington. "The old daunting image is out of date." Sometimes, she adds, "You can recoup your investment in six months."
Zone administration has also changed, shedding old images of political favoritism and bureaucratic inertia that dogged the program for decades. The new generation of zone administrators, coming from such backgrounds as logistics, urban planning and economic development, structure their programs to maximize cost-saving benefits while offsetting globalization's less desired effects.
"Zones are very much tied to the global economy and can be set up in many different ways to produce various benefits," says Jose Quinonez, manager of Foreign Trade Zone No. 68 at El Paso International Airport, the largest zone operating along the Mexican border—and, after Broward, the country's second-largest zone. "FTZs act as buffers to decrease the logistical costs of bringing goods into the U.S."
Opened in 1981 by a nonprofit organization, administration of zone No. 68 was taken over by the city the following year and assigned to the airport. Dozens of businesses flocked in, taking advantage of ways to save money on Mexican trade. The pace quieted down with the signing and implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which seemed to reduce the value of the zone in the eyes of some businesses.
In the early '90s, zone No. 68 needed to reinvent itself, and did, turning its focus to nurturing small businesses, providing access to transportation specializations and trade experts, and promoting itself aggressively in the region. The original site grew from 500 acres to more than 3,500 acres spread over five sites across the metropolitan region. By 2010, the zone led the nation in overall export activity, handling $1.7 billion in shipments.
Today, China has replaced Mexico as the largest trading partner of zone-based companies in the aggregate. Trade with Canada has surged and Bangladesh now ranks as a major import source. Over the years, Quinonez and his team have sought to learn the lessons of the past and apply them to the present and future, emphasizing ways to keep up with trade patterns, streamline procedures, help importers maintain compliance, make introductions to experts and specialists, and nurture local Mom and Pops seeking their first cross-border sale.
"We're here and we're going to be around a long time," Quinonez promises. "The public sees the value of the zone."
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Hey, you live in eastern Mass, right? Are you going to be at Arisia this weekend? Not that you know me from Adam, I was just wondering.
Nope, I'm in southern New England, but a few good hours from the Boston area. First time hearing about Arisia, so no, I won't be there. Sorry.
And that doesn't happen nearly as much as it ought to.
I identify as queer, as a geek, and as a future educator concerned with social justice.
This might be one of the first things I've found that really speaks to all those sides of me.
my curiosity and my insistence on questioning assumptions are rooted in my fan/geek identity. And it is great to see someone who recognizes that continuity–of being simultaneously marginal and powerful and heartbroken and hope-filled–between geekdom/nerdiness, the experience of living a queer sexuality/gender, and ultimately the choice to work to overcome all forms of prejudice and be an "ally" in the broadest sense.
And it also rocks also to see that continuity questioned and played with and the fractures revealed. After all, making your identity a place from which to help others and to grow personally–not just a place to survive–is a choice, not an automatic fringe benefit of being queer or geeky or whatever. And I know a LOT of immature gamers and rigid-minded GLBTQetc people and clueless would-be helpers-out who've missed some of those opportunities. So I am still working on being my best me in a way that draws on and develops all those identities, and your comic helps because it reminds me I'm not alone.
And because it makes me laugh. Sam and Maria and Wren and the rest of your cast? Can totally call me any time. And Joss Whedon puppy? Soo cute…*snork*.


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Plan UK and Development Education – the contribution of an international development organisation to learning and understanding about global and development issues
Douglas Bourn; Miriam Kybird (UCL Press, 2012-04-01)
Plan International is a leading international development organisation that applies a rights based approach to achieving its mission of achieving lasting improvements in the quality of life of children in developing countries. In the summer of 2011, Plan in the UK made a decision to close down its development education programme, as part of a process of re-strategising to focus its organisational resources. Plan UK's development education programme illustrates many of the challenges that International Development Organisations (IDOs) face. Development education practice led by many IDOs tends to emphasise the relationship of education to social change and development goals. But if development education is perceived in terms of questioning and challenging dominant ideologies, and promoting differing voices and perspectives, then it can only be assessed in terms of its educational impact.
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Teachers as agents of social change
Douglas Bourn (UCL Press, 2016-02-01)
Teachers are seen as key actors of change within programmes and projects on global learning. But all too often they are regarded in an instrumental way or as promoters of some form of ideal global teacher. Evidence from the UK and elsewhere suggests that if a pedagogical approach is taken to the role of teachers within the process of learning, then three distinct locations of teachers as change agents can be identified. These are as change agents within the classroom, within the wider school, and within society as a whole.
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In this article, the idea of the 'colonial signature' is advanced as a potentially pivotal response to triggers that deepen or act as barriers to intercultural learning. From a postcolonial positioning, empirical data is then examined to consider the responses to intercultural-learning triggers of 14 UK-based student teachers on a study visit to India specifically through an analysis of their reflective writing and interviews. Participants' responses to varied triggers became significant colonial signatures to their intercultural learning. The learning deepened where responses were reflexive and articulated with reference to the global powerbase that underpins study visits to the Global South. Where responses to triggers provoked more shallow comparisons with home, the colonial signatures resulted in closed-down discussion, thus acting as a barrier to further learning. This has implications not only for study visits, but also, more widely, for the approach to global learning.
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The Discourse of Results in the Funding of NGO Development Education and Awareness Raising: An experiment in retrospective baseline reflection in the Norwegian context
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Government-funded Development Education and Awareness-Raising (DEAR) programmes are under pressure to show results in many European countries, for a variety of reasons. But how can results be measured in cases where funding was originally given in an era before the current results-based language was in vogue or in use in this field of work? In this article, Arnfinn Nygaard, director of the RORG network in Norway, addresses this anomaly. He presents an experiment in 'retrospective baseline analysis' in a results-based mode, in an effort to find answers to this key question. He does so from the perspective of an engaged actor in the movement for improved DEAR in Norway and Europe.
An Ethics of Recognition in Global and Teacher Education: Looking through Queer and Postcolonial Lenses
Steven Camicia (UCL Press, 2012-01-01)
Global education and teacher education struggle to address a wide range of objectives surrounding curriculum. Some of these objectives are market-driven while others emphasise critical democracy. A theoretical framework is presented that combines literature from queer theory and postcolonial theory to better understand curriculum through a poststructural ethics of recognition. Recognising individuals and groups beyond normalising discourses and creating third spaces are the main themes of this ethics in curriculum work and global teacher education. These interpretations are illustrated with a brief example of a teacher education project that encouraged dialogue about global inequities and colonisation between pre-service teachers in the Philippines and the United States.
Analysing key debates in education and sustainable development in relation to ESD practice in Viet Nam
Emily Balls (UCL Press, 2016-06-01)
This article is based on qualitative field research carried out in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, in 2013 for an MA dissertation in Education and International Development at the UCL Institute of Education. It analyses interpretations of education for sustainable development (ESD) in Viet Nam, relating these to key debates around instrumental and democratic approaches. In order to understand and analyse ESD in the Vietnamese context, interviews were conducted in Ha Noi with university student volunteers who create and implement ESD activities. Students were part of NGO-led networks or universitybased clubs. Their activities targeted peers, children, and local communities. NGO staff working on youth-related ESD were also interviewed. The institutional structure in which these youth-led projects operate strongly determined their approach, revealing a focus on behaviour change. This links closely with core debates within the ESD canon on instrumental and participatory approaches. Youth activities generally align with the instrumental approach, however, participant experiences also contained elements associated with the participatory approach. These included critical thinking, personal development, and engagement with complex cross-cutting issues such as climate change. The research presents an example of ESD practice that combines the democratic and instrumental approaches within the unique cultural, social, and political context of Viet Nam.
Frances M. Hunt; Douglas Bourn (UCL Press, 2009-08-01)
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Approaching quality of global education practices through action research: A non-governmental development organization–university collaborative experience
Alejandra Boni; Estela López Torrejón; Rodrigo Barahona (UCL Press, 2013-04-01)
This article intends to describe a collaborative experience between a non-government development organization (NGDO) and a university in the area of development education. The experience has included the design, following an action research methodology, of a system of quality criteria for experiences promoted by the Network of Educators for Global Citizenship. The network comprises a wide range of people from Spain and is supported by the NGDO Intermón Oxfam. The experience has enabled stakeholders to acquire valuable knowledge, primarily in understanding educational practices and about how to tackle their analysis.

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Jason: Welcome to the Speaking of Wealth show Episode#4. This is your host Jason Hartman where we discuss profit strategies for speakers, publishers, and consultants. I hope you enjoyed the last few episodes. Last one we talked to Dan Poynter, the self publishing guru, and you know what he talks about is really a large part of a democratic society I think because self publishing really allows everybody to get the word out about their topic, or their area of expertise.
It"s no longer a situation where this is decided by just a few big network media outlets or a few big publishers. Everybody can self publish nowadays and get the word out, and build their own following their own tribe as Seth Gordon says. Their own audience. So I hope you enjoyed that one, and then I hope you enjoyed Episode #2 Ann Bruce where we talked about how to speak for a living and then number one was with Harvey Mackay you know him of course the bestselling author multiple times over. Mr. Swim with the Sharks, Harvey Mackay and today I would like to bring over an episode from one of my other shows and that is the Creating Wealth show which I have been doing for about five years.
We"ve got well over 180 episodes now, and this one I thought would be particularly interesting to speakers, publishers, consultants, coaches, and so forth because this one is with Dan Sullivan, the strategic coach. And he talks about business, and how to grow your business, how to expand your business. I"ve been following his content for many years since I discovered him through Young Entrepreneurs Organization kind of a sister organization to YPO Young Presidents Organization at their university several years back in New York City and Dan Sullivan is just a great guy. So we got two Dan"s in a row here. And let"s go to the interview with Dan Sullivan the strategic coach taken Creating Wealth show Episode#123. I think you will really enjoy this as a speaker, publisher and consultant. We will be back with that in just a second.
Introduction: What"s great about the show is you will find on jasonhartman.com is that if you want to learn how to finance your next big real estate deal, there is a show for that. If you want to learn more about food storage, and the best way to keep those onions from smelling up everything else there is a show for that.
If you honestly want to know more about business ethics, there is a show for that. And if you just want to get away from at all, and need to know something about world travel, there is even a show for that. Yeah there is a show for just about anything only from jasonhartman.com or type in Jason Hartman in the iTune store.
Jason: It"s my pleasure to welcome Dan Miller to the show. He is the President of 48 days and he specializes in creative thinking and increase personal and business success, helping people discover their unique natural gifts in integrating them into career choices, new career choices, and business choices. Dan it"s great to have you on the show.
Dan: Thank you Jason. I am looking forward to talking to you.
Jason: Well, likewise. Tell us a little about what is it you do?
Dan: I am a author and life coach, and usually the tags that I hang behind my name. I"ve had the privilege of moving into more and more writings in the last few years, but got into this kind of space by being a career coach discovered there were so many people basing inevitable and relentless job transitions and so I have to place here many years now working with people who were looking at making those changes, and these are usually people that are not having not just lost the job at Taco Bell, but often people who feel trapped by virtue of their academic training, so physicians, attorneys, dentists, pastors who really often at 45 years old wake up and say I am living somebody else"s dream. This is not my dream. Help me make a change, and so I help people make those changes, see what the opportunities are often by really taking a for instance look at the new kind of work models that we have today available and they really are exploding all around us even as we speak, so its not just a matter of where can I go and get a job, and have them guarantee me a paycheck, give me a paycheck on Friday and a 401k contribution and medical benefits that mean I would be part of what the new opportunity looks like, but I am excited about helping people in that arena. And then as a result I do a lot of writing. I have written a couple of different books that address those kind of issues and help people understand what their options are.
Jason: Well fantastic, so Dan what are some of the new opportunities out there. We live in such an innovative world, and I marvel at it everyday at how capitalism is just such a wonderfully freeing thing for the human spirit, and how it just every possible need any of us could imagine someone is there to fill it. It"s just amazing.
Jason: But with the internet and with the ability to have a home based business, a small business, and level that playing field or flattened that playing field a little bit. The little guy really has a lot of opportunities nowadays don't they probably more than ever before.
Dan: Yeah absolutely right. I love the way you frame that. Capitalism is a freeing experience, and that it is. And it is, has never been easier to become a player than what it is today. You know with the internet, and that"s not just the magic tool for everybody, but certainly it opens some doors, it kind of flattens the world so to speak where you can be a player in a real tiny, tiny niche. I mean you can have sun glasses for dogs where you could never justify opening in a retail store for that because there wouldn"t be enough people within the geographic radius, but if you are on the internet you instantly have accessed to the entire world theoretically, and you can get a really tiny, tiny portion of the prospects there, and still knock it on the park.
You know I"ve done that with my own personal books where I love books. It would be real tempting for me to open a nice clean little bookstore in Franklin, Tennessee, and what its for real term where I realized I am never going to do that. There is nowhere in the world. You know where I am going to confine myself to a five mile radius of prospects? No. I had a bookstore on the internet, and because of that we get orders from literally all over the world that amazes me everyday. Its never seem too amazed, and how we had penetrated in to another countries beyond the United States.
Now it is easy to start a business. Also when we use to talk about starting the business we would think about a bolly-nolly service station, hardware store, bookstore something like that, but today the most profitable business often don't have any bricks and mortar at all. They are using service information or technology as their key concept, and so somebody can become a player right along with a major, major company you can make yourself look like a player in that same space by simply having a nicely designed website and offering service a value to people.
Jason: And what are some of these innovative businesses, of course you mentioned kind of half sarcastically sun glasses for dogs, but only half sarcastically I think. What are some of the really unique things you are seeing out there because there is just a limitless number of ideas aren"t there? There is a website for everything.
Dan: There really is. And again I love the web, and what its able to do, and I have seen people take very common ideas and do really well there, but also I don"t want to make that just the cookie cutter solution for everybody. There are opportunities for people who are not tech-savvy to do something with the unique skill that they have, and still do extremely well. We have on our property here in Franklin, Tennessee a tree that got damaged in the storm a couple of years ago beyond restoration. Well, been an old farm kid I hate losing a tree and I could hardly bare the thought of just cutting this thing down than having an ugly stump to deal with.
So I called, made a couple of phone calls, called the place who repairs my chainsaw. I said aren"t that people that carved in wood. Well, they gave me a number I called. He gave me a another number. I talked to a lady. She said well, you know I carve in wood, but I never done a standing tree. I have only done things on my bench in my shop, but if you are open to it, I would be happy to come out and take a look with you. I said well, come on out. Well, she did, she carved two faces one on either side of that dead tree in our yard. Now these we call at our wisdom guard and we actually have created a little garden around it.
Kids love to come up, and touch this faces. They are about four feet tall. It looks like we got Abraham and Moses looking to cross our yard in either directions, so we took what was going to be an ugly stump and transformed into an permanent piece of art in our property.
Now, here is the thing about that lady. She had been a corporate executive, never married was making a very reasonable income, and just realized that her soul was being sucked out, or she sat at a cubicle everyday and she kind of tapped into her passion. So she said read one of my books 48 days To The Work You Love. She says helped her do that realize she was off base instead of doing this kind of work. Now, the interesting about this is you would never ever meet with your high school or college, guidance counselor, and they would say you need to grew up and be a tree carver.
Dan: Well, you are not going to find that in the dictionary of occupational titles. Its way too individualized, but that"s just really in part. You can find something that is so individualized, so personalized that it engages your unique passions, dreams, and values, and do extremely well. There really isn"t much barrier to entry. That means and may it be intimidating to some people think well, gee I am not an entrepreneur. I am not a Donald Trumpeted turn to kind of person you don't have to be. You can shape the idea around what is unique about you. And that"s really where we get the power of these ideas is in finding things that are I will ask them to accept.
I"ve got a tree carver I couldn"t do that. But for this lady that tapped into some childhood passions that she had, and it was a perfect fit for her. I"ve got a gentlemen who came to me as a — actually as a pastor, and he thought he was doing something very godly, but at the same time it was very frustrating just eking out of living. He was working as a desk clerk at a hotel during the weeknights in order to just keep the lights on in his house because they were struggling so much financially. It came to me, and we"ve kind of peeled the onion so to speak which is always the case.
We don't have to just put something on top of the person and say here is the best opportunity or trend. It"s usually a matter of looking inward first. What does make you tick? What puts you in the zone? What is it that when you are doing at time just flies by? Well, with this young guy he would talk about going into a room in their house, closing the door, he would put on Beethoven and Mozart, and he would draw just as dramatic abstract paintings, had never sold anything in his life, but he would do that just kind of as a personal release and cleansing. I hadn't quit what he was doing. Everything he was doing including pasturing the church. And for four years he did though finishes were he would use brushes, punches, rags and produces dramatic effects on the walls of peoples businesses and homes, but that gave him the freedom to do this really beautiful paintings. Today he doesn't do full finishes at all. He simply does these paintings. I have one hanging here in my office, so they gave me just out of appreciation for the transformation he experienced and it's a $10,000 painting which is pretty typical of his work at his point.
And here is the interesting thing about that. If I wanted to just simply address his financial needs would I have suggested that we come an artist? Well, we know we hear about artist start being an artist, and we have hundreds of them in any city in America, but if that is really his authentic fit that"s his best opportunity to find work that is fulfilling meaningful purposeful and profitable. And with him at this point his income, he estimates his income is 12 to 15 times what he would ever have made as a pastor.
We didn't do it because of the money, but the money showed up because it was an authentic fit. And I think that"s what a lot of people are missing Jason where they are just trying to do something well that they don't really believe that may think they"ve been responsible by just trying to do something to produce a paycheck that"s a horrible trade-off to make.
Jason: I remember from years ago Dan, and what you are saying reminds me of it. One of my great mentors was Earl Nightingale. I am also a huge fan of Denis Waitley and Zig Ziglar of course, and all those from kind of the old school of motivational speakers and writers and so forth, but I remember one of the things Earl Nightingale taught me many years ago. He said that there were two types of people, two types of actually I should distinguish successful people. One type is the river person and the type is the goal person. And you were just making me think of that because what he says is he says the river people are those just fortunate souls who kind of always know what they wanted to do, and what their passion was. And all they had to do in life is just be in that river of interest so if its music they would be the most art of it was painting. They could be the next Michelangelo or Da Vinci or whoever, and all they had to do is be in it because they were so passionate about it, so interested and so consumed by it that it really wasn"t work for them. Then he says for most of us though, if we are not a river person or we haven't discovered our river of interest yet, and I know you help people do that, so I definitely want to hear more about that. It"s just incumbent on us to be goal people and set goals, and achieve them progressively, but I guess at some point like you say the goal person and I can be a drag baby if its so far out of alignment with ones passion and interest in life, right?
Dan: Absolutely. Those goals are to getting you closer and closer; closer to what is the true passion. If you are just trying to again make yourself do that. It"s sometimes people they had that perception of goals, that it just kind of forces you to do the right thing. Goals ought to be the very true expression of what you really want to accomplish in your life. They just help you get there quicker.
Jason: Well, how can one — I mean I love the questions you just mentioned. What turns you on? What are your passion is about? What sort of moves you, but how can someone really know what their thing is because I talk to people and I try to counsel them, and helped them when they come to me with this sort of dilemma and what should I do with the rest of my life, or whether they are young, or middle age, or older? People live so long nowadays, and have so many choices that sometimes just the choices can be really daunting. How can someone really identify what"s right for them?
Dan: You know people struggle with this a lot whether they are still trying to find their passion, their purpose, destiny calling how we want to frame that but just to make it easy just describe what their passion is. I don't really understand why it"s so difficult, and I work with people. I have been doing this for 25 years, and I still don't — its still concerns me, and makes me scratch my head to find people who don't recognize their own passions easier.
And I have a two year old granddaughter who spends a lot of time with me because her momma works for me. It"s not very difficult at all to see what her passions are. I mean you walk to a Wal-Mart store you are going to know real quick what little _____ [0:17:19] cares about.
Jason: For a two year old?
Jason: Now tell us about that you know.
Dan: Well, she is so transparent. I mean if its teddy bears as opposed to doll babies, or if it"s something in the — if it"s been outside you know rather than being can bind inside, but she is extremely transparent. The foods she likes the same kind of foods that I do you know. She goes with me to Mexican restaurants and likes the salsa and chips, and that she doesn"t care for peas and carrots. I mean she is so transparent in things that she is really drawn to. And at adult seem to have just pulled bailed cloud down over their eyes where they just don't even really understand what they enjoy and what they don't. Now, I understand that you know light happened, and sometimes we can kind of come become numb to things like that.
I did a seminar not too a long ago, and the gentlemen right in the front row was very attentive during the seminar was talking about living out your dreams, holding on your dreams and living those out, and he came up afterwards and he says, I really don't have any dreams. And I said how is that possible? How could you be breathing living person and not at any dreams? I said what you do, and he described that he is the pharmacist, has been for 17 years and what he described was what we referred to as the frog in the cattle phenomenon. Now I don't think if its exactly scientifically true if it makes a good point. We are told that if you put a frog in hot water, he will jump out. But if you put a frog in lukewarm water, and slowly turn up the heat, they would sit there, and cook to death.
And I find that that kind of happens to a lot of adults. They grew up, got out of schools, started a life, and the changes have been slow and subtle, and they just comia pyorittaa suuri ja vakavarainen Mansion Limited, ja kokemus nakyy: Casino . never paid attention to them, and all of a sudden they are brain dead. They don't really notice anymore what really appeals to them. I have here on our property where I do my coaching and most people come in at least for the first part of that process. I often take them on one of my nature trails. We just go for a walk, and if I see a busy CEO I see the $400,000 year CEO, and he doesn't notice the squirrels. He doesn't see the beautiful red cardinals setting in the bushes we walk by.
He doesn't any of those horses that were playing together. It gives me a real good indication of why his life is so dull and meaningless. They just has stopped seeing things around them, so my encouragement again without making anybody feel guilty is to pay attention to those things that are right under your nose. Be reminded again of what it is that you really enjoy. What brings you joy? What puts you in the zone? We talk about happily to be in the zone. What is it that does that for you? I can imagine people not having those indicators. That"s why I prefer to work with people who have had a lot of life experience.
Its tough to do this when they are 20 years old. But by the time somebody has had a little life experience then we can look back, and we started to see all those benchmarks, those recurring themes, and its in those that we get more and more confirmation. This is what"s going to make sense for you. This is the kind of work you ought to be doing. This is how you ought to be working with other people. This is how you ought to be leading and we get all those kind of things just by peeling back the layers of life that have already happened and looked at those.
I tell people Jason that 85% of the process of having the confidence of proper direction comes from looking inward. 15% of the application that"s the easy part, but a lot of people go directed to the application who is hiring, what"s the best franchise you could possibly get into, what are the trends in business. Those are recipes for what can be very short term solutions and long term frustration. But if you take a deep breath, look in were take the time to do that you ought to come out with a clear confidence of having a proper focus its going to give you a sense of meaning in applied work in that area.
Jason: Yeah good points. What else do you cover in your work? I mean unique business models, finding what one is truly passionate about, and in your body of work Dan what else is there to it. Is there more?
Dan: There is. I have a lot of moving pieces in what I do. I am a big believer in having what is coming. I will refer to as multiple streams of income.
Jason: Very good, yeah so I like that. And I think all of our listeners do too.
Dan: Okay I would become bored quickly if I were doing only one thing even though there are certain things that I enjoy a lot. I do love coaching. I love working with people, but I only do that one day a week, let"s say you are going to say well, why don"t you"re doing it five days a week? I mean it"s extremely profitable? Why don't you do it five days a week? No. I could not bring the same kind of energy and enthusiasm to that process if I had non-stop clients sitting in front of me five days a week. We just — so I do it one day a week. Then I have time where I do just writing. No, I have a lot, certainly a lot of time for speaking. I have had all the pleasure of working with a lot of coaches. We have a coaching network.
And here is and they seem to be kind of an irony in the business model, but it"s been extremely successful for me, and that is I have a lot of people over the years coming to me, and say Dan I want to do what you are doing. Show me how to do what you have done. Well, you can think that that"s going to meet — I am going to have a lot of competitors. I"m creating my own competition and that stability in the market, but that"s been an extremely profitable area for me to specialize in so I have a lot of people who are also coaches that I work with, but not only do I work with individual clients, but then I also coach coaches.
I think you can find those kinds of opportunities in any given industry, in any given position where you just find creative ways to provide value, so I have a lot of — I mean I have a difficult time saying no to all of the new opportunities that are appearing just in what I do, and really I"m just an author and coach and you would think well, Jesus things are kind of slow right now.
Here is an interesting component on that. I have coaches contacted me right now. Then Dan how can I possibly make a living as a coach because you know right now we are in a recession. People are only purchasing necessities. Nobody is going to spend money on coaching when times are as tough as thing. And I am thinking you go to be kidding me. We had over three million people lose their jobs in the last 24 months. How could this not be the greatest time in history to be a career coach? Isn't just like shooting fish in the barrel, but see here is what happens, and that you have been listening to people like the Denis Waitley and Earl Nightingale and Napoleon Hill and the people that you mentioned previously understand there is principle, those same people who wills say how can I possibly make it as a career coach when times are tough. Guess what happens when things around and we"ve got full employment. They are going to say oh my gosh, who needs me now. Everybody has got a job. See the mentality precedes circumstances.
Jason: Certainly I completely agree with you if there is much more to be said for the concept of the self fulfilling prophecy, and you know we used to have the senator here in California S. I. Hayakawa years ago wrote a rather renowned book about it, and it's a great quote. He said the self fulfilling prophecy is something that is neither true nor false yet it is capable of becoming true if it is believed and that"s exactly what you are saying.
Jason: People make it true.
Dan: And there is a disagreement and Henry Ford to similar whether you think you can, or think you can either way you are right.
Dan: Yup and I found out to be so true in times like these made everybody wonders if these are the worst of times. Well, there are just times. We"ve been through this before, but I find in this particular time everybody knows that of course new building construction, housing constriction is in the tank. I sell to one of my friends this morning who is in that space. He builds high end homes. He says he is trying to avoid answering the phone because he is so far behind and the work that he is committed and have so many people knocking on his door, and have been build new homes for him.
We got to be careful about this generalities. There are people who are doing. I talk to a friend in the mortgage business recently, and again they have been really hammered hard. I said you know well, how things going expecting to sell, man I am barely speaking. He said I just had the best month there I had in my life. He said that the rates we"ve got right now, we are doing refinances faster than we can get people in and out of the door.
No matter what the industry there is still opportunity if you see it differently, and we know that car sales are really in the tank right now especially American made cars, and then those motorcycles are down, not as much as cars because a lot of people discovered the motor cycles are more economical, but here is an irony.
Are you familiar with Jesse James? It makes high end customized motor cycles. They start at a $150,000.
Dan: Now surely you would think well, he is toast in this kind of economy. No he has a four year waiting list. A four year waiting list, if he stops selling another one right now he would work for four years just trying to fulfill the orders for bikes that start at a $150,000. We just have to be careful about this generalizations.
Dan: And look for opportunities and recognize opportunities that other people don't see.
Jason: Now, Dan I will hope you will forgive me, but I want to play Devil"s Advocate with you for a moment.
Dan: Oh go for it because I think there are sort of two sides to this issue. So couple of things, number one is people listening to this will say well come on, be a realist, and what I find most of the time is realism is just an excuse for pessimism, so I want you to know where I am coming from I say this.
However, isn"t this sort of discontent sometimes the thing that gets the person to jump to the new better opportunity? On one hand you want to say look, the old saying there are no small parts, only small actors, right that"s a valid thing. And there is opportunity at every business I am sure, but if someone today is just fighting the tide in a changing industry or in the job market where their jobs are being outsourced to India, China and wherever else, the whole impetus to make the leap to something new is to be discontented right.
Jason: So where is the balance in this thinking in that?
Dan: How may times I hear from people, I heard from the lady today I said you know how could I possibly be created when we are struggling so much financially, but here is the challenge in that thinking when somebody is not struggling financially its very easy become contented with the status quo, and just continuing doing that.
Immediate reaction from almost everybody who loses a position and that we hear from lots of them is thinking oh, we are going to have to take the kids out of private school turn back in the cars we have, give up the vacation this year, or stop with our country club membership. They always think less and yet you know what 18 months after that I so freak away here you know what that"s the best thing that ever happened, and they — because it forced me to look at new options.
I realized I was not taking advantage of opportunities that I had, and I am in a much better place to do than I was then. We are not here that just so often it gets old in hearing it so does it require disaster to force us to be creative for better.
Dan: I hope that it doesn't.
Jason: Right, but sometimes it does. It's a wake up call.
Dan: I want and create people to take the initiative, but it is difficult to take the initiative when things are going well, and does a lot of times in retrospect it was what appeared to be something unfortunate around wealth and not least prompted somebody, but then take the initiative and they end up in a better place.
I don't want to minimize at all the challenge that a lot of people are facing right now with hard times, and it may be difficult to think creatively when the mortgages due three days from now, or three days from ago, and you think u know just got to do some, but still in that space is the time we expect to be creative, expect new ideas, expect to see things that you have never seen before. Be reading, talking to people, going to workshops and seminars that are everywhere, don't cost anything, you know get on the internet listen to podcast like this, get new ideas so you can take a fresh look at who you are, what you are prepared for, what you are going to move into the next season in your life.
If somebody had a job for 20 years, I have been working with the gentlemen right now. He has had the same job for 25 years, and now it"s clear. They are trying to get him to quit on his own initiative, so they don't have to give him anything that they would have to say fired him. Anyway that's a real common scenario being played out.
Well he is terrified, at least he was and so we started to looking at this. I said my gosh you had the same job for 25 years. You really haven"t had that much of an increase in compensation, at least paid pretty well, but that it really hasn't been dramatically himself. Do you think that you perhaps are a different person then you were 25 years ago? Are you more skilled then you were 25 years ago?
You have opportunities changed where you would be more of a employer. I mean there is all kinds of things in his favor, and I think you can walk out of that and double this compensation even if he just wants another traditional job.
Jason: Sometimes that lay off or getting fired from that job like you said it"s the best wake up call, so unfortunate and unwelcome, but so many times and we have all heard the stories Dan about how that led to the inspiration that really created some great new thing for the person going through it. I can"t remember who it was, but they say there is basically two ways people get motivated by either inspiration or desperation.
Jason: And I know there are a lot of desperate scenarios out there today, no question.
Dan: I had it probably going in here too. I mean I wasn't exactly born with the silver spoon in my mouth. I mean I haven"t been where I am for a long period of time. You know what people see of me today you know as a successful author and coach, and you know we had other company and interesting things like that.
That's happened pretty quickly. I mean I had a period of time, and I was 42 years old and this happened. When I was 42 years old, I crashed and burned big time. I mean I came out of the business disaster. I owed the IRS and vendors about $450,000, and I thought it"s never going to get any worst than this. But at that time I knew I had a couple of clear options.
Now I could go get a job. I mean I could get a job teaching at the university, you know get my $60,000 or whatever, you know and be okay with that, but I knew with what I was facing in terms of repaying debt that I owed I would never see the light of the day.
If I did that, if I just got a traditional job, I wouldn't live long enough to have any kind of a life and repay my real obligations. I knew I was going to have to do something creative again. So even in that space is desperate as I was, and believe me we were. I mean IRS took our house, our cars. I didn't have a car. I borrowed a car from a friend, an old beat up _____ [0:33:24] car just so I could get from point A to point B. Started from that, but I resisted doing something just traditional even thought our utilities were shut off, and all the horrible things that you hear about.
But I jumped back in as a creative person actually in that space I needed income quickly and I took a position in sales totally commission. No guarantee, no base, no salary, nothing. Totally commission, just give me the opportunity, and I went out, and did my best, and started creating income very quickly again.
And not that that was my dream position, it"s certainly was not in any way, but it was something that I could do immediately, and allowed me to start thinking again long term. What am I going to do, where am I going to end up, a year, three years, five years from now? So developed overtime that I have been in a place where I hear these people talking today gee, I"ve got $15,000 in debt, and I just lost my job you know where they are going to give me a severance package for six months of income, and I"m thinking jeez.
Jason: That's a total blessing. I never had a severance package in my life.
Dan: It"s better because you have it, and then to repay for six months, just figure what you want to do in the next season of your life.
Jason: I know. It"s a great thing, that's really phenomenal. This is definitely been an inspiring talk, and I think one of the things the listeners need to really remember is that gems are polished by friction, steel is hardened by fire, and these hardships in life if handled correctly they really do lead to greener pastures and better things. And when you look back on them may be years later, may be even months later, you think boy, I"m so glad it worked out this way. Everything is just kind of always works out, so it"s definitely an inspiring talk. Well, Dan what would you like people to know just to kind of wrap this whole thing up.
Dan: Well I would love to just what people know about some of the things that we have going on, and then they helped them in their own journey. I mean we have a social networking site. I kind of hesitate to call up that because it reminds people of MySpace in Facebook where you just go in and put in what you had for breakfast this morning. I think we are really interested in that, but it"s an idea of network.
48days.net and it"s just a whole bunch of happy people who have ideas that they are developing. A lot of them aren"t sure how to do that well, but you know what there is a power of synergy, and linking arms with other people who are on the same path. So if they have technology questions they ask each other. I don't have to have all the answers, and I don't. If they have questions about marketing they ask each other.
The 48days.net is just a fun place for people to experiment as they move into new creative ideas they want to develop. The way we had a lot of resource because we would be delighted to share people on those, got a couple of books 48 days to the work you love, no more Mondays is a more recent one. It"s real popular that talks more about these creative ideas like we have talked about here.
But I want to encourage people that you know just if you lose your sense of hope, you really are dead in the water. But as long as you have a sense of hope there are so many opportunities today, and I don't want to be just some empty headed optimist, but I"m really one of these glass half full kind of guys because I just see the reality of what people were able to do out here.
We are hearing from the people everyday too, and I"m thrilled to do so that we were saying that for the first time I really did tapped into my dreams and my passions. I would have never done, and I had not been confronted with this. You know I"m so grateful that I have been released to really go with my dream, and start this next season of my life you know with the sense of purpose.
Jason: Well that's fantastic. By the way can I ask you where do the name 48 days come from?
Dan: You know I would like to say that it was some kind of a scientific process, but it really was more art than science, but I used to — my business used to be called the Business Source. Now if there are any three more generic oatmeal names in the world I would like to know what they are. The Business Source, nothing unique about them at all and you do a Google search and you are going to get millions.
This is back when 48 hours was becoming popular as a TV show. And I thought how could I get some brand recognition if I use the 48, and I was looking for some kind of a timeline because I was becoming increasingly frustrated in working with people who are not enjoying what they were doing, we would map out a plan of action, and two years later I realized they didn"t do anything, like oh my gosh, how is this possible, so I do said we need a bit of timeline.
And I believe that 48 days in enough time to access where you are. Get the advice and opinion of other people, look at what your alternative are, narrow down to the best three or four, do a little more research, choose the best one and act. Now I have really stick to that too thus if I work with somebody and we go through that process just as I described it, we really went to day 49, they haven"t done anything, that's fine. I"m going to be your friend, but I realize you"ve made a choice.
You have chosen to continue what you are doing, that's perfectly fine. But frankly I don't want to invest my time anymore beyond that. Well, that"s difference between a coach rather than a counselor too, but I move people through quickly coming up with creative plan for the action. I want to see new results, and I think 48 days is enough time to do that. And it"s just unique enough Jason that it gets people's attention. It"s not something more common like 30 days or 60 days or 90 days, 48. People ask about it just like you have, and then they will get excited about the fact that you mean I really can change my life in 48 days? And my response always is yes, you can if you create a plan.
Jason: Well that"s given people some hope. Dan Miller, thank you so much for joining us today. We really appreciate the inspiration. I know people are facing a lot of difficult times out there today and we want to turn them around, and help people turned lemons into lemonade, so you help people do that. Thank you so much.
Dan: Well, my pleasure Jason that I have been with you.
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JA Solar claims new record in race to deliver 500W-plus PV modules
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The race to deliver ultra-high powered solar panels of 500W capacity and above continues this week, with Beijing-based JA Solar announcing plans to launch its own "record-breaking" PV module on the market in the second half of 2020.
The company said in a statement this week that its high-efficiency solar modules, due for commercial release in later this year, had set a new industry record for power output by surpassing 525W under standard testing conditions.
It said the high-power module series aimed to bring JA Solar's high-quality and cost-effective PV products to "a whole new level" for customers, further reducing the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) and maximising the value of solar systems.
Last month, JA Solar announced that it had become the first company, globally, to mass-produce high-efficiency Mono PERC MBB cells and modules using Ga-doped wafers – a technology that allows boosts power generation, particularly through better solar cell stability.
"At JA Solar, we have been focused on technological innovation, and committed to provide high-efficiency and reliable photovoltaic products for our global customers," JA Solar's chairman and CEO Jin Baofang said in comments this week.
"The latest breakthrough in module power output is another milestone in JA Solar's efforts to enhance product performance and boost customers' long-term economic benefits.
"In the future, we will continue focusing on the technological innovation of our products to drive the development of the photovoltaic industry, and allow more people to enjoy the benefits of the clean energy," he said.
The JA Solar breakthrough follows up on a number of 500W+ module announcements from other major solar PV manufacturers, including from Risen Energy and Trina Solar.
In March, Risen Energy revealed it had signed a supply contract with Malaysian lightning and surge protection company Tokai Engineering to provide 20MW worth of its new 500W, high efficiency solar PV modules.
The PV modules use 210mm monocrystalline silicon wafers which Risen claims can reduce the balance-of-system (BoS) cost by 9.6% and the levelised cost of energy (LCoE) by 6%, while also increasing single line output by 30%.
And just last month, China's Trina Solar said its recently launched Vertex series of panels had notched up a peak power output of more than 515Wp during independent testing.
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Between April and August, the number of monthly abortions performed in the United States decreased by more than 5,000 following the ban or restriction of the procedure by several states after the Supreme Court overturned precedent Roe v. Wade. Data from activist group Society of Family Planning now shows safe haven locations that some abortions have shifted to following the decision.
Illinois and North Carolina emerged as the biggest of such safe haven states. An estimated 1,520 and 1,170 more monthly abortions, respectively, were performed in the states in August compared to April. Despite a ban on abortions after 15 weeks that came into effect on July 1, Florida also saw an increase in abortions - an estimated 520 more per month - in the given time frame. This was likely because of states in the vicinity passing even harsher bans. New York state also saw monthly abortion numbers go up by an estimated 990, potentially due to its vicinity to Ohio, where 1,260 fewer abortions took place in August than in April.
However, shifts in abortions did not make up for overall decreases. Abortions were outlawed or heavily restricted in some populous states which led to thousands fewer taking place every month in Ohio, but also in Texas (-2,760) and Georgia (-2,500). The makers of the report point out that traveling to receive an abortion is not a new phenomenon as access to the procedure and the laws around it varied widely in the U.S. even before the overturning of Roe v. Wade. In 2020, an average of 9 percent of those receiving an abortion already traveled out of state. The report also says that due to the now increased travel activity and a concentration on some states, longer wait times for abortions occurred in 2022.
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December 2003 - February 2004 | Issue 2453
In October, George W Bush began a round of state visits to Asian and European countries. Peter Burt reports on the impact of the US president's visit to Thailand during the APEC talks.
State of terror
Editorial: The third nuclear age? (Comment)
WTO meeting collapses amidst demonstations in Cancun (News)
500+ arrests at NATO HQ (News)
Italian peace march has notable impact (News)
FSB attacks humanitarian organisations (News)
International law clears peace activists (News)
Knowledge is power (Feature)
Hate radio: Rwanda (Feature)
Getting our issues "out there" (Feature)
Ask questions, speak up, disobey! (Feature)
otkökü devrimi = graswurzelrevolution = grassroots revolution: A Turkish and German-speaking voice for a nonviolent, anarchist society (Feature)
War is our common enemy (Feature)
Vision Machine: a web of stories, networked solidarities / The Globalisation Tapes: a Vision Machine collaboration (Feature)
Trainstopping by text (Feature)
Reporting the World and peace journalism (Feature)
Online activists guide to using the media (Feature)
The hitchhikers guide to ... ... operating a pirate radio station (Feature)
Alternative media sources (Feature)
Prisoners of conscience (Comment)
A military constitution for the EU? (Comment)
Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber, 'Weapons of mass deception: the uses of propaganda in Bush's war on Iraq' (Review)
Amira Hass, 'Reporting from Ramallah' (Review)
SchNEWS, 'Peace de Resistance: SchNEWS Annual 2003' (Review)
Peace Not War 2-CD Compilation (US version) (Review)
Alain Joxe, 'Empire of Disorder' and Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, 'Empire' (Review)
Mark Luetchford and Peter Burns, 'Waging the war on Want: An authorised History' (Review)
Edited by Notes from Nowhere, 'We Are Everywhere: the Irresistible Rise of Global Anti-Capitalism' (Review)
Dan Jones, 'Banners and Dragons: The Complete Guide to Creative Campaigning' (Review)
Tariq Ali, 'Bush in Babylon: The recolonisation of Iraq' and Milan Rai, 'Regime Unchanged: Why the War on Iraq Changed Nothing' (Review)
Deen K Chatterjee and Don E Scheid (eds), 'Ethics and Foreign Intervention' (Review)
Michael Haynes and Rumy Hasan, 'A Century of State Murder? Death and Policy in Twentieth Century Russia' (Review)
Francis A Boyle, Palestine, Palestinians and International Law (Review)
Chris Hables Gray, 'Cyborg Citizen' (Review)
Comment by Peter Burt
The problem is, the Thai government always obeys the US administration. They should realisethat a free trade agreement with the US would hurt Thai farmers. And Thailand might become a terrorist target if we support the US war on terrorism.
Suriyasai Katasila, secretary general of Thailand's Campaign for Popular Democracy
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation is not an organisation we hear a great deal about in Europe, but it is a trade block which dwarfs the European Union. APEC accounts for 47% of world trade and a Gross Domestic Product totalling more than US$ 18 trillion - 60% of global production. 2.5 billion people live in the APEC region and the alliance includes the biggest players in the global economy. Last month Thailand hosted APEC's annual summit, which was attended by the leaders of 21 countries, including Russia, China, Japan, Canada, Australia - and the USA.
George W Bush flew into Bangkok to attend the APEC summit as part of a tour of Asia with a predictable agenda: drumming up support for his "War on Terrorism" and pushing the USA's trade interests within the region. Concerns about terrorism dominated not only the conference agenda, but also dominated preparations for the conference. The Americans, apparently, were worried that someone might try to kill Bush, and so a massive security operation swung into place.
For weeks before Bush's visit, the press in Thailand had been reporting a string of spine-chilling stories relating to terrorist threats. Riduan Isamuddin, usually known by his nickname as Hambali - the leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist group accused of masterminding the Bali nightclub bombing - was recently arrested in Thailand and, according to the newspapers, had told his US interrogators about plans to attack a long and alarming list of terrorist targets in Thailand, including - surprise surprise - the APEC summit.
The police announced that armed separatist groups in Thailand's southern border provinces were stepping up attacks to coincide with the summit, and ministers and state officials gave sinister warnings that criminals, drug dealers, and refugees would use the occasion of the summit to cause trouble. Mercifully, no-one had the nerve to claim that the conference was just 45 minutes away from an attack. However, to add to the state of paranoia, oil trucks were barred from the central Bangkok area, power stations, oil depots and oil and gas production facilities were placed on maximum security alert, and a "no fly zone" was established over central Bangkok, with F-16 fighters scrambling to see off any airliners which inadvertently strayed into the area.
Bush brought 3000 US security staff along to the summit with him, but this was just the tip of the iceberg. 1300 Thai air force officers were deployed at Bangkok's Don Muang airport to ensure the safety of delegates flying in to the capital. Sixty commandos were on duty on Thai Airways flights into Bangkok to guard against hijacking. 12,000 police from Bangkok and the surrounding provinces provided security for delegates during the conference, patrolling the city's hotels with M-16 assault rifles.
Heavy pressure
Bush's unique popular appeal led a number of campaign groups and activists to organise protests focused around the summit. The government responded by trying hard to stop people from joining the demonstrations, and Thaksin Shinawatra (Prime Minister of Thailand and Bush clone) did his best to ban the protests and gag the press.
Hundreds of farmers from the north-east of the country were unable to join a rally in Bangkok when local bus operators were warned by provincial governors not to provide transport for the demonstrators. Despite heavy pressure from the government to cancel the protest, over a thousand demonstrators marched through the streets of the capital and a mock arrest warrant was issued for Bush for the crime of destroying world peace. In Chaing Mai, in Northern Thailand, an image of Bush was sealed in a pot and thrown into the River Ping in order to drive away his evil spirit. If only...
Protests don't fit in with the image of a beautiful Bangkok, which Thaksin wants to project to the world, and for several weeks before the summit the city was treated to an unprecedented amount of painting, cleaning, and tree planting in an attempt to give it a facelift. "The government attaches too much importance to form - being a good host and providing hospitality to delegates - at the expense of vulnerable groups including the homeless, beggars, and garland sellers," observed Dr Niran Pitakwatchara, a member of Thailand's Senate. Beggars were ordered off the streets, street vendors were forbidden from working near APEC venues, and pubs and bars closed down during the conference as part of the clean-up campaign.
It wasn't all bad news. The entire conference period from 17 to 22 October was declared a holiday for all public employees in Bangkok and the surrounding provinces to help avoid traffic congestion in the city. The entire Bangkok-based civil service closed down. Every cloud has a silver lining.
The hijacking of the summit by the Bush terrorism agenda annoyed some participants, particularly Malaysia's trade minister Rafidah Aziz, who pointedly commented that the agenda focused too much on the "domestic concerns" of "certain nations". North Korea was one of these concerns. The North Koreans were not invited to the party, but they used the occasion to let off one of their missiles, just to remind everyone they were still there. Bush refused to agree to a non-aggression pact with North Korea at the summit, but along with South Korea, Japan, China, and Russia, the US has at least agreed to reopen talks with Pyongyang.
Co-operating or co-opting?
During his stay in Bangkok, Bush was the first ever US president to honour the Thai army with a visit. He met armed forces leaders before giving a fifteen-minute speech to 800 lucky Thai soldiers on lawn of the army headquarters. The Bangkok Post reported - I kid you not - that "American security inspectors had specified that Mr Bush address the soldiers from the right wing of the lawn with his back to the nearby United Nations building, for security reasons".
At the army headquarters Bush thanked Thailand for its support in sending troops to Afghanistan and Iraq and for co-operating with US security forces to arrest Hambali. Thailand has sent 447 troops to support US forces in Iraq, at a cost of 800 million baht (13 million pounds). It's a token force, but nevertheless a useful fig leaf for Bush, who uses the assistance of countries like Thailand to claim that the global community supports the invasion, despite his defiance of the United Nations. Bush met Thai soldiers who have recently returned from Afghanistan and also specifically asked to meet retired veterans from the Vietnam war (through his father's influence, Bush managed to avoid being drafted to fight in the war himself).
Military status
Bush did not come to the summit empty handed. He brought with him an armoury - literally - of thank you presents for his Thai hosts. Washington used the summit to approve delivery of medium range air to air missiles to the Thai air force, and during his speech at the army headquarters Bush announced that the US was granting Thailand the coveted military status of Major Non-NATO ally. This entitles Thailand to receive hi-tech US-made weapons, co-operate with Washington on military affairs and training, and receive loans towards weapons purchases.
Since Thailand is on peaceful terms with its neighbours it's not clear how these weapons will contribute to the nation's defence, but no doubt they will be useful in contributing to future US-led international coalitions. There has, of course, been no debate on the non-NATO ally status in the Thai parliament, even though opposition politicians have expressed concerns that it will allow the US to interfere further in Thailand's military affairs.
The army has been milking Bush's visit and their role in providing security at the APEC summit for all it is worth. The summit allowed them to give a high profile show of their strength and status to the nation. During the conference the country was placed virtually on a war footing, and every night TV news reports showed a formidable display of the tanks, armoured cars, and weapons used in the security operation. It was the military's big chance to say to the public: "We are still a force to be reckoned with in Thai society - and don't you forget it." The military in Thailand have a long history of plotting coups against progressive governments - most recently in 1991, when they seized power for a short time until they were kicked out following massive public demonstrations against them. Some factions in the army have been resentful ever since.
"We believe in peace." (?)
Bush's visit came at a sensitive time in Thailand, during the week of the 30th anniversary of the overthrow of the military dictatorship in October 1973. 14 October is traditionally a day of remembrance for those killed when the military gunned down protesters calling for democracy.
By flirting with the army in a country where democracy is still establishing roots Bush is not making a smart move - well, not if he's serious in his claims to be an envoy for freedom and democracy. "We believe in freedom for all people," Bush told journalists in a preconference interview. "We believe in peace."
Events like the APEC conference bring into stark contrast the priorities of the state under hard line right wingers like Bush and Thaksin. The security of leaders is to be maintained at all costs. The economic agenda is set for the benefit of big business. Dissent is not tolerated. The military and security forces of independent nations become an extension of the US military. Bush promotes factions which he feels are able to provide state security regardless of their democratic credentials.
When campaigners critical of the conference ask what benefits it has brought to ordinary Thais, there is a deafening silence.
For further reports on grassroots activism during Bush's state visits, see http://manila.indymedia.org/index.php?action=default&featureview=13
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Cloves, which are the unopened buds of the Eugenia carrophyllata tree, have been cultivated and traditionally used for over 2,000 years. They have seen a wide range of folk use, including:
Helping to support oral health in Ayurveda**
Freshening the breath in ancient China**
Being one of the ingredients in the original Four Thieves Vinegar
What are Cloves?
Cradled by large, spear-shaped leaves, cloves are the unopened flower buds of the Eugenia carrophyllata tree. This 26-39 foot tall evergreen tree, which is a member of the Myrtle family, is native to the Maluku Islands of Indonesia, but is also harvested in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Madagascar. The dark, reddish-brown clove buds earn their name from their oblong shape; in Latin, "clavus" means "nail-shaped".
Cloves, which are typically dried prior to use, have been cultivated for over 2,000 years! They have long been a popular culinary spice thanks to their rich, exotic flavor and aroma, and are a staple of European mulled wine and many dishes in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. In traditional Ayurvedic wellness practices, cloves have been used to support oral health, while ancient Chinese emperors during the Han dynasty would require people to chew cloves to freshen their breath before speaking.**
Clove Supplements
Today, clove and its oil can be found in toothpaste, soaps, cosmetics, perfumes, and as flavoring agents. It has also seen a rise of use as an herbal supplement, which typically contains the ground buds in easy-to-swallow capsules.
Always consult with your trusted health care provider prior to adding any supplement to your regimen. There is no set recommended daily allowance for cloves, however, clove supplements can usually be found containing 450 mg per serving, taken 1-3 times daily. Refer to individual labeling for specific directions for use.
Cloves, 1000 mg, 100 Quick Release Capsules
Cloves, 1000 mg, 100 Quick Release Capsules, 2 Bottles
Clove Fragrance Oil, 1 fl oz (30 mL) Bottle
Clove Pure Essential Oil (GC/MS Tested), 2 fl oz (59 mL) Bottle
Clove Pure Essential Oil (GC/MS Tested), 1/2 fl oz (15 mL) Dropper Bottle
Clove Pure Essential Oil (GC/MS Tested), 16 fl oz (473 mL) Canister


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Tallahassee — The Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication hosted students from Leon and Gadsden counties for Hispanified Day on Oct. 24. Partnered with the Cinehassee Hispanic Film Festival, the event featured a viewing of the film The Book of Life (2014) produced by Guillermo del Toro, followed by a Q&A panel with Lori Williams, the production design artist of the film.
The event was a collaborative effort by the Panhandle Area Educational Consortium, the Hispanic Graduate Student Association, and Leon and Gadsden County Schools, and marked the conclusion of Hispanic Heritage Month. Students that attended Hispanified Day spent the day on campus and got to experience the multicultural aspects of Florida State first-hand, as well as exploring the post-secondary opportunities available for them at Florida State.
Following the tour, film, and Q&A panel, the students were invited to a luncheon held in the University ballrooms where they had the chance to network and interact with FSU students, faculty, and staff. Student athletes from the Florida State Men's Basketball team stopped by and spoke with the students during the luncheon, signing posters and taking pictures with them throughout the day. Members of on-campus student groups also tabled the event and spoke with the students about their organizations and the different kinds of involvement opportunities on campus.


This lovely paste came from Malaysia. I bought it in a supermarket in the biggest city, Kuala Lumpur.
It reminds me of an Arm & Hammer Baking Soda mint toothpaste I had more than ten years ago; it's minty and yet has a strong salt aftertaste. However, it leaves my mouth feeling very clean.
Color? Standard white. And it's a little thicker than the average American paste.
From their website: "Jaris an oral care range for the modern Muslim which uses ingredients from the Prophet's era." So yes, it's halal, the Muslim equivalent of the Jewish "kosher."
If you can find it in your neighborhood, buy a tube. It might be a refreshing change from what you're using now.
By the way, I was amused that the tube says, "Deep Sea Salt" and the box says, "Dead Sea Salt."


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Interview: Oscar-winning "Nomadland" Producer Mollye Asher
Mollye Asher had quite the year in 2020. It could have gone any number of ways, especially when Carlo Mirabella-Davis' Swallow was released right on the cusp of lockdown just as cinemas were forced to close their doors. It didn't.
Instead, Mollye bounced from one high to another, winning the Producers Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards and then watching as Nomadland blew through festivals gathering awards as it went. Though not the first time Mollye has worked with Chloé Zhao, Nomadland has perhaps been the most lauded, winning the People's Choice Award at Toronto and the Golden Lion at Venice.
We caught up with our 2017 alum in a discussion under the umbrellla of our new theme, Dreams, to reflect on the past year, realising her visions and bringing her dreams into reality.
Mollye Asher © Joey Kuhn
What did you dream about last night?
I have a recurring dream that I have just found an entirely new section in my tiny NYC apartment that I didn't know was there. A door that leads to a whole new, spacious area with multiple rooms and space and light. I love those dreams! Especially during lockdown....
This year has for many been something of a nightmare, how did you manage to turn it around into to the dream it has been for you?
At the start of the lockdown, I actually felt a strange sense of calm. The industry can be so fast moving and competitive. It was a relief to feel like it was OK to just hit pause and read and develop projects.
I also had two films in post production - Nomadland and Catch the Fair One. We were rushing to finish Catch but the pandemic and the cancellation of some festivals actually gave us time to dive deeper into the edit. Had we not had that extra time, I don't think we would have gotten the film to where it is now.
I saw Chloé's first cut of Nomadland right around the beginning of the lockdown. I honestly bawled for a good hour or so afterwards. The film, in many ways, is about connecting with people and the passage of life. It made me desperately want to be with my parents, who are of similar ages to the people in the film. Pandemic or not - I think the movie would have touched people but the subject matter just hits you that much closer to home and heart now. While it won't have the typical theatrical life we imagined, now is the time for this movie and I look forward to it reaching audiences when they need it most.
I also had my film, Swallow, come out in theatres on March 6th. On March 13th, when it was supposed to open wider, theatres closed and we were all told to stay home. Fortunately, IFC released it day and date so, strangely, we benefited from the lockdown because people were scrambling to find movies to watch! A vibrant fan base started to grow on social media and - while we were all locked up inside - I suddenly felt close to all of these complete strangers.
Part of this nightmare has been to look for the silver linings. This time has made me truly grateful for the work that we, as filmmakers do. It's in these troubled times that our work becomes all the more urgent. Whether we are making things for people to just escape with or movies to call us to action or movies to bring us together, I'm truly thankful that I get to be in this industry.
What is the next dream, or vision, your daydream for the future?
I really just want to keep making work. Finding filmmakers who inspire me like the folks I met at Berlinale Talents. Finding projects that are bold and singular. Projects that engage audiences emotionally and bring about conversation and contemplation. My dream for the future is to continue to make smaller, riskier indie movies but also to balance it out with bigger studio films. I hope the success of Nomadland will lead me toward that future. With luck, I can then turn that reoccurring dream of a bigger apartment into reality!
Mollye Asher is Spirit and Gotham Award winning producer and winner of the 2020 Producers Award from the Film Independent Spirit Awards. Most recently, she produced "Nomadland" (Searchlight Pictures) which premiered at Venice (Golden Lion), TIFF (People's Choice), Telluride, and NYFF. The film stars Frances McDormand and is Mollye's third collaboration with writer/ director, Chloé Zhao.
Other credits include Carlo Mirabella-Davis' "Swallow" (IFC Films), which won 'Best Actress' at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, Chloé Zhao's, "The Rider," which won Best Feature in Cannes Directors' Fortnight, SXSW Grand Jury Prize winner, "Fort Tilden," Spirit Award nominated film, "She's Lost Control" (Berlinale) as well as Zhao's debut feature "Songs My Brothers Taught Me" (Sundance, Cannes, Kino Lorber).
She recently co-founded the production company, The Population, with Mynette Louie and Derek Nguyen and is currently in post-production on Josef Kubota Wladyka's thriller, "Catch the Fair One." It is executive produced by Darren Aronofsky's Protozoa Films. Mollye earned her MFA in Film from NYU and is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures.


Whether you are hosting a small, intimate wedding or you are throwing a summer fete, decorating your backyard helps to set the tone for the event. Here are a few simple ideas you can use to bring a beautiful, festive look to your backyard area.
Paper lanterns offer a beautiful way to decorate your space for a party. There are several ways you can add these lanterns to your party area. You can purchase a string of party lights and hang the lanterns from the strings. You can line the fences, patio, and garage with these strings of lights, or you can hang them so they run from one end of your yard to the other, creating a ceiling of light and lanterns above your party area. You can also hang the lanterns from shepherd's hooks and place the hooks throughout your backyard for a festive look.
An outdoor party should have a bit of a rustic feel to it, and one way you can accomplish this is to make your own centerpieces out of mason jars. Add a simple piece of ribbon to the mouth of each jar to add a bit of color to the centerpiece, and fill them all with wildflowers. If you can't find fresh wildflowers at your local florist, you can substitute with silk flowers from your local arts and crafts store. Place the jars at the center of each table, and scatter them throughout your buffet tables to create a more cohesive look for your party.
Give your guests some shade while they are eating and add a bit of bold color to your party with colorful parasols. If you have round tables with a space for a regular outdoor umbrella, you can use these spaces to anchor the parasols instead. If there are no openings in the table, consider investing in large glass vases and fill them with decorative rocks or glass beads. The rocks or beads will help the parasol to stay upright in the vase, creating a beautiful centerpiece and shaded area for each table.
Use all three ideas together to create a stunning look for your outdoor space. As you shop for decorative hanging lanterns, parasols, and wildflowers, choose a color scheme that ties all three decor elements together, and use a little bit of creativity to customize any of these ideas to make them fit your personal tastes.