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What Every American Needs to Know About Islam

From: townhall.com,  by Caleb Parke,  on Apr 7, 2017

“The West is in need of the truth, regardless of how hard it is to hear.” – Nonie Darwish on Islam in America, Wholly Different

Nonie Darwish never chose to be a Muslim. It was assigned to her at birth, listed on all her documents, her father was even a prominent Islamic martyr, and for the first 30 years of her life, she never questioned it.

But when she moved to America, she made the life-changing decision to become a Christian after stepping foot into a church and realizing how oppressive and diametrically opposed her Islamic upbringing was compared to the freedom and love she experienced in the West.

When I first met Nonie Darwish at a conference in Washington, D.C., she had this contagious energy and passion. She took the time after one of her speeches to talk to me and several other college students.

But I really got to know her when I invited her to speak at my campus for the pro-Israel group I helped co-found. I’ll never forget the hour-long ride to and from the airport. Nonie spoke about what a miracle it is to be a Christian living in America, and we still keep in touch today.

I have learned so much from her about the utter importance of why Americans need to learn about the dangers we face because of Islam, but I learned, even more, reading her new book, which is why I’m so excited to share it with you.

Darwish courageously lays out everything Americans, especially Christians, need to know about Islam in her new book: Wholly Different: Why I Chose Biblical Values Over Islamic Values.

She’s the perfect messenger, as someone who spent almost half her life as a Muslim and the other half as a Christian. Through her experience and extensive research into both Islam and Christianity, Darwish boldly shares how Islamic values are in direct opposition to Western values.

In Wholly Different, Darwish exposes lies the West has come to believe like “Islam is a religion of peace,” when their holy book, prophet, and god call for the killing of Christians and Jews.

She speaks of the dangers of Islam’s resistance to assimilation, and our willingness to give them permission through multiculturalism.

It’s packed with examples from Nonie’s life experience as well as extensive quotes and statistics.

Although I’ve learned a few things about Muhammad and sharia law over the years, as a Christian who loves Israel, I knew that Muslims in the Middle East call Israel the “little Satan” and refer to the United States as the “great Satan,” but I learned more about Islam in Wholly Different than I have over the last decade.

For instance, did you know that the Koran is predominantly about the kafirs, or non-Muslims, rather than a book about Muslims? It’s the only religion whose holy text is focused on non-believers, and as Nonie notes, the West should be alarmed about what is written in the Koran about us, non-Muslims.

“The Islamic God, Allah, requires his followers to dedicate their lives to change, fix, convert, or kill kafirs, whom Allah calls his enemies. That, in a nutshell, is the holy mission of a Muslim if he is to please his God and go to heaven,” Darwish writes.

She clearly lays out the stark contrast between the Bible and the Koran:

  • Jesus Died for Us vs. We Must Die for Allah
  • Life Is Sacred vs. Death Is Worship
  • We Are All Sinners vs. They Are All Sinners
  • God the Redeemer vs. Allah the Humiliator

Nonie says she wrote this book, “to uncover the full scope of this threat from Islam — something the West desperately needs to be aware of.” She goes on, “Islamic values versus Biblical values is a bloody collision waiting to happen. The West must be warned. But I am also writing this book for Muslim immigrants…Islamic values are fundamentally incompatible with Western values, the U.S. Constitution, and the American way of life.”

Darwish makes the distinction that she is not criticizing people, but rather a “toxic ideology” that she “lived under and escaped from.”

I highly encourage you to get Wholly Different today so you can educate yourself with the truth about Islam from a former Muslim, and make sure that you don’t fall prey to the pervasive lies many in America have begun to believe.

As Nonie notes in the book, we need to revive the Biblical roots and values in our culture to truly thrive and defeat Islam.

I’m thankful for Nonie Darwish, an Esther in our generation, fighting to save God’s people for such a time as this.

This is an interesting topic, particularly now with the question of refugees from hotbeds of terrorism (mostly Muslims)  being subjected to more rigorous vetting as proposed by President Trump. There are also the news reports we see coming out of Europe of refugees (again, mostly Muslims) wreaking havoc on the areas where many of them have concentrated. We also see the pushing of all sorts of Islamic-related “educational” activities in schools that aren’t allowed to teach anything related to Christianity but have no problems in providing study materials about Islam.

It appears that Islam is being championed by the left and anything related to Islam has been deemed “politically correct” and approved (by the left) for discussion, support, and education. But that same left explodes with indignation if anything remotely connected with Christianity slips into an educational or governmental function at which time, all hell breaks loose.

The United States is a Christian country. Christians make up about 75% of our population and Christianity has greatly influenced our laws. With the influx of Muslims, we are now seeing more references to Islamic Sharia Law and some are trying to introduce its use in predominately Muslim communities. The problem with that is that Sharia and the U.S. Constitution are like oil and water – they simply can’t co-exist here.

I’m interested enough in Ms. Darwish’s revelations about this religious conundrum to buy her book (just did) and I’ll report back on it after taking the time to read it. Should be interesting.

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Now comes the next part – we raised the money to buy the shoes, not so that we could send them in a box to a place and people we won’t ever meet; no!  We are going and taking the shoes with us as we go.  July 7-18, 2016 a group of Nazarenes from across Alaska will join together on an airplane and fly across the globe to Nicaragua.  There we will meet, laugh, pray, and hang out kids and their families…and as we do so we have the joy of fitting THE SHOE THAT GROWS on their feet!

In short: This guy is headed to Nicaragua next year.  There is a lot to do between now and then but I am excited to continue this journey and hope that you stick around to hear about it along the way.

I’ll post here with significant updates leading up to the trip – as well as during the trip (if I have access to the internet).  You can subscribe to this blog below and have updates emailed to you!

I will also chronicle the journey via my Instagram account – just as I did my barefoot journey.  Be sure to follow @AKBAREFOOTPASTOR through the preparations and ultimately to see the faces and feet of the kids in July!

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The Peter Pan Alphabet Painting Book

Peter Pan Alphabet Painting Book

In addition to the several British Peter Pan paint/coloring books, a few were also published in the United States. One of my favorites is the Peter Pan Alphabet Painting Book which was published (probably) in the early 1920s by the Prang Company. The color illustration features Maude Adams in, perhaps, her quintessential photo as Peter. This small image was pasted to the cover of the book. Each  illustration, again uncredited but clearly based on the work of Alice Woodward, takes up a full-page. Perhaps even more rare is to find the American Crayon Company’s Peter Pan Paint Box Set, especially with the paint tablets intact. The image of Adams on the cover is not as refined as

Peter Pan Paint Set

Prang’s painting book but the flat approach works well with the graphics. However, although I have never seen one, there was a paint booklet that came along with the set.

As always, thanks for keeping up with me. I am enjoying writing these posts and sharing thoughts and illustrations. My birthday is in two weeks and I know that Dale has already bought me the new book, The Annotated Peter Pan. I promised myself (out loud) that I would not be tempted to take a peak at the book in our Barnes and Nobles Book Store; so far, so good. However, at dinner the other night Dale allowed me to ask all sorts of questions about it. Oh the temptation!

In school I am directing the musical comedy, Purlie which is based on the play by Ossie Davis. I a having a great time with my students. Today, in particular, it was exciting to see that they had worked out a dance routine while I was at a faculty meeting. They make my job so easy…and fun. Have a great week!

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  1. Good luck with PURLIE! It’s a terrific show. I hope you find a young Cleavon Little and a young Melba Moore to play Purlie and Lutiebelle.

    Posted by Dan Patterson | November 7, 2011, 3:50 PM
  2. Hi,
    Wonderful Web site, and I’ll start following you now. I’m a big fan of your work and would love to correspond. Perhaps you can write to me at the e-mail below.

    Posted by Maria Tatar | November 21, 2011, 2:53 AM
  3. Just had to jump in and say hi Maria! I LOVE the Annotated Peter Pan book!!
    The past few months I’ve been reading Andrew Birkin’s book, then Bruce’s, and now yours! They are all such captivating books…. It’s been a very magical time!

    Posted by Keith Lowe | February 7, 2012, 9:26 AM

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Horse North Needs a Horse Trailer

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Horse North Rescue is a non profit 501c3 horse rescue. They rescue horses who are abused or neglected as well as taking in horses whose owners are unable to care for them. They are a 100% volunteer run rescue and currently rely on the use of volunteers trucks/horse trailers when there is a need. A trailer is always needed to deliver or pick up horses and when animal control calls to serve a search warrant they must be ready to quickly respond. It is difficult to respond as quickly as they would like when they have to coordinate finding a trailer to use. If they had a trailer of their own they could also use it to haul hay/feed. Please consider contributing to such a great cause. Click here to donate.

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What Do Praying Mantises Eat

It's Interesting to Know What Praying Mantises Eat, Do Read!

Though most people are familiar with praying mantises, very few of them can boast of knowing what these carnivorous insects eat.
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Even though they are insects, praying mantises don't have the typical larvae stage like other insects. Similarly, the lifespan of 12 years, which is observed in some mantis species, is unusually long for insects. The name 'praying mantis' can be attributed to the peculiar manner in which they hold their large front legs together, as if they were praying.
Praying mantises are diurnal in nature, most often seen active in broad daylight. Their spiked forelegs are specially designed for a greater range of movement in order to catch the prey and hold it in a secure manner. Some mantis species have the ability to move their head by 300°, a unique adaptation which gives them a greater range of view. More than 2000 mantis species are found in the temperate and tropical regions of the world. The diversity that one gets to see in this species is aptly reflected in their diet.
What do they Eat?
Praying mantises are strictly carnivorous in nature. Their diet often includes various species of insects, including mosquitoes, flies, grasshoppers, beetles, butterflies, moths, spiders, roaches, bees, dragonflies, etc. Other than these insects, they also feed on lizards, frogs, rodents, and birds. Almost all the species of mantis feed on insects, but those which can grow up to a length of 10 - 12 cm are generally the ones who take on birds, rodents, and other creatures of their own size. A large mantis feeding on a hummingbird is not a rare sight in regions wherein their habitat overlaps. Their superb camouflage skills come handy when it comes to hunting, wherein they wait for the prey to come within the range and use their flexible legs to catch it.
Praying Mantis as a Pet
Owing to their docile nature, mantises are kept as pets in various parts of the world. If you intend to keep one, you will have to balance its diet on the lines of what they eat in the wild, so as to make sure that it doesn't fall short of required nutrition. It is easy to feed a mantis in captivity, as numerous insects are easily available in your surroundings. Your pet mantis will feast on flies and mosquitoes. The young ones of mantis generally start with small prey and gradually start eating larger insects as they grow. You can start with fruit flies if the mantis is very small and gradually start feeding it larger insects.
Though the instances are rare, the female praying mantis is also known to feed on male mantis after mating, especially when there is scarcity of food. Now that's one fact that you need to take into consideration when you keep a mantis' couple as pets.
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It takes all of 10 seconds on furious opener ‘Dr Pengle Is There’ for this Italian outfit to introduce themselves as a totally different proposition altogether.  Concocting a huge, melting pot sound Valerian Swing skip through genre boundaries with reckless abandon.  The ramped-up production courtesy of Matt Bayles (of Mastodon and Isis infamy) adds an extra dimension too, with this quintet psychotically blazing through math-rock, jazz, metal, post-rock and wild prog styles, sometimes in the space of half a minute.  There’s brass instrumentation (‘Dr Pengle..’), there’s swooning orchestration ( ‘A Sea In Your Divine Fast’), acoustic guitar on ‘How Far?’, there’s brooding electronica (‘Nothing But A Sailor Lost Around The Heart’) and there’s even manic Dilinger Escape Plan style breakdowns on the incessant ‘Hypnagogic Hallucination? Sound In The Void’

Though it doesn’t always work, such as the radio-friendly electro groove on ‘The Decent Man’ which is more filler than killer, when it does succeed this band are something special.  Case in point is the mesmeric ‘Pleng’ who’s driving bass, manic guitar and skywards hooks will have you head-banging uncontrollably in no time.  ‘Silent Last Century’, meanwhile, taps into the world of King Crimson, before moving onto a more sedate terrain where their excellent musicianship particularly comes to the fore, then veers off into yet another rampant tangent.

Perhaps Valerian Swing throw too much into ‘A Sailor’s…’ 40 minute running time and there’s a possible argument that the several styles on display here enforces a lack cohesion over the course of the album.  On occasions, it would seem this record is the work of several bands, even in the course of a single track, the pace can be relentless and there’s little respite at times, especially when you really do need to pause for breath.  However, can we actually criticise a band that are so obviously talented and so willing to surrender to eclecticism?  In my book, the answer is a resounding no!.  I want more of the same, please!

You can buy this record for $6 on CD via Magic Bullet or order the deluxe vinyl version from Subsuburban, which is exactly what I did.

VALERIAN SWING is a fantastic and exciting trio of bright young musicians hailing from Correggio in Italy. The band has been around since 2005, when the members were merely teenagers. In that time, they have toured multiple countries, honing an extraordinarily dynamic, frenetic, and highly musical brand of sonic madness to a signature level that is uniquely its own.In July 2010, the three friends entered Matt Bayles’ (MASTODON, ISIS, BOTCH) Red Room Recording in Seattle, WA to track songs for what they were intending to be a full length record. Upon completion, they send out CD-R’s of the recording to record labels that they suspected they might fit in well with. It took all of 3 minutes tops for Magic Bullet Records to know that we simply must put the album out and share this great band with anyone willing to listen. The same recording we first heard back at the end of 2010 has become what is now known as A Sailor Lost Around the Earth, which sees release worldwide on April 12, 2011.


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Peter Brown at the Library of Congress

            The glasses slowly sliding down the nose of Peter Brown, one of the grandest old scholars of late antiquity, threatened to upstage his Library of Congress lecture. Brown is a recipient of the Library’s richly endowed Kluge Prize and on April 30 he delivered the obligatory prize lecture in one of the Jefferson building’s ornate meeting rooms. It was packed and you could have heard a pin drop as Brown walked the audience through a fundamental division in the way early Christian monks supported themselves financially. But oh, those glasses, a large, owlish pair of spectacles that kept sliding down to the very tip of his nose. He’d push them up every so often, and down they’d come again, threatening to fall off his face. The Irish-born scholar who now teaches at Princeton is straight from central casting, with all the donnish eccentricities, wayward glasses and disheveled mop of silver hair.

            His lecture reminded us that something we take for granted was not always so, that the tradition of religious communities working to support themselves was, in fact, a hard won battle in the history of spirituality. The map of the ancient, post-Roman world, of course, makes what we take as the center of civilization—Europe—really just a backwater. The real action was in the East, where communities of Manicheans and Syrian religious mendicants viewed the idea of work very differently. For the Manicheans, work was an all too materialistic intersection with a thoroughly corrupted world: It not only dirtied the hands, it dirtied the soul. For the Syrian communities, who relied on alms to survive, work was a reminder of man’s devastating fall from grace. Not for them Milton’s almost cheery send off to Adam and Eve: “the World was all before them, where to choose their place of rest, and Providence their guide…”

            Brown cited a relatively recently discovered cache of Manichean documents, in which a woman is instructed to send oil to the religious elites as alms. This was part of a systematic laying up of spiritual treasure. Charity, it seems, was most perfectly dedicated not to what we might think of as the poor, but rather, the impoverished-by-choice religious elites. It also allowed them to keep the mind and spirit focused on prayer, rather than encumbered by work.

            A very different tradition emerged in Egypt, where work was eventually celebrated as an essential part of the monastic order, a tradition that spread throughout Europe. This not only connected monks to each other in communities, it connected them to the world, and freed up the charitable impulse to be directed to the real poor. Brown didn’t belabor the consequences of this, but it clearly directed western spirituality away from ideas that still define some Eastern traditions: An ideal of disembodied, impoverished, mendicant religion that turns its gaze firmly upward and away from the world.

            Oh yes. There was wine and nibbles afterward. And though Brown’s glasses departed his nose on a half dozen occasions, they never hit the floor. This guy’s a pro.

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Google to end China censorship after e-mail breach (Update)

January 12, 2010 By MICHAEL LIEDTKE , AP Technology Writer
In this April 27, 2007 file photo, people walk in front of the Google offices in Beijing, China. Google Inc. on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 said it might end its operations in China after it discovered that the e-mail accounts of human rights activists had been breached. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)

(AP) -- Google Inc. will stop censoring its search results in China and may pull out of the country completely after discovering that computer hackers had tricked human-rights activists into exposing their e-mail accounts to outsiders.

The change of heart announced Tuesday heralds a major shift for the Internet's search leader, which has repeatedly said it will obey Chinese laws requiring some politically and socially sensitive issues to be blocked from search results available in other countries. The acquiescence had outraged free-speech advocates and even some shareholders, who argued Google's cooperation with China violated the company's "don't be evil" motto.

The criticism had started to sway Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who openly expressed his misgivings about the company's presence in China.

But the tipping point didn't come until Google recently uncovered hacking attacks launched from within China. The apparent goals: breaking into the computers of at least 20 major U.S. companies and gathering personal information about dozens of human rights activists trying to shine a light on China's alleged abuses.

Google spokesman Matt Furman declined to say whether the company suspects the Chinese government may have had a hand in the attacks.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the Google allegations "raise very serious concerns and questions" and the U.S. is seeking an explanation from the Chinese government.

Google officials also plan to talk to the Chinese government to determine if there is a way the company can still provide unfiltered search results in the country. If an agreement can't be worked out, Google is prepared to leave China four years after creating a search engine bearing China's Web suffix, ".cn" to put itself in a better position to profit from the world's most populous country.

"The decision to review our business operations in China has been incredibly hard, and we know that it will have potentially far-reaching consequences," David Drummond, Google's top lawyer, wrote in a Tuesday blog posting.

A spokesman for the Chinese consulate in San Francisco had no immediate comment.

Abandoning China wouldn't put a big dent in Google's earnings, although it could crimp the company's growth as the country's Internet usage continues to rise. China's Internet audience already has soared from 10 million to nearly 340 million in the past decade.

Google, based in Mountain View, said its Chinese operations account for an "immaterial" amount of its roughly $22 billion in annual revenue. J.P. Morgan analyst Imran Khan had been expecting Google's China revenue to total about $600 million this year.

Although Google's search engine is the most popular worldwide, it's a distant second in China, where the homegrown processes more than 60 percent of all requests.

Free-speech and human rights groups are hoping Google's about-face will spur more companies to take a similar stand.

"Google has taken a bold and difficult step for Internet freedom in support of fundamental human rights," said Leslie Harris, president of the Center for Democracy & Technology, a civil-liberties group in Washington. "No company should be forced to operate under government threat to its core values or to the rights and safety of its users."

It's "an incredibly significant move," said Danny O'Brien, international outreach coordinator at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an Internet rights group in San Francisco. "This changes the game because the question won't be 'How can we work in China?' but 'How can we create services that Chinese people can use, from outside of China?'"

Many Web sites based outside China, including Google's YouTube video site, are regularly blocked by the country's government.

Google's new stance on China was triggered by what it described as a sophisticated computer attack orchestrated from within the country. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., praised Google for disclosing chicanery that "raises serious national security concerns."

Without providing details, Google said it and at least 20 other major companies from the Internet, financial services, technology, media and chemical industries were targeted. The heist lifted some of Google's intellectual property but didn't get any information about the users of its services, the company said. Google has passed along what it knows so far to U.S. authorities and other affected companies.

It does not appear that any U.S. government agencies or Web sites were affected by the attack, according to two U.S. administration officials. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the issue.

The assault on Google appeared primarily aimed at breaking into the company's e-mail service, "Gmail," in an attempt to pry into the accounts of human right activists protesting the Chinese government's policies.

Only two e-mail accounts were infiltrated in these attacks, Google said, and the intruders were only able to see subject lines and the dates that the individual accounts were created. None of the content written within the body of the e-mails leaked out, Google said.

As part of its investigation into that incident, Google stumbled onto another scam that was more successful. Google said dozens of activists fighting the Chinese government's policies fell prey to ruses commonly known as "phishing" or malware. The victims live in the United States, Europe and China, Google said.

Phishing involves malicious e-mails urging the recipients to open an attachment or visit a link that they're conned into believing comes from a friend or legitimate company. Clicking on a phishing link of installs malware - malicious software - on to computers.

Once it's installed on a computer, malware can be used as a surveillance tool that can obtain passwords and unlock e-mail accounts.

Google's unfettered search results won't necessarily ensure more information will be made available to the average person in China because the government could still use its own filtering tools, said Clothilde Le Coz, Washington director for Reporters Without Borders, a media watchdog group.

"The Chinese government is one of the most efficient in terms of censoring the Web," she said. The blocking technology has proven so effective that it's become known as the "Great Firewall of China."

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5 / 5 (6) Jan 12, 2010
Good call by Google. And I think they can afford the loss of revenue. It's nice to hear that not all companies are only looking at the bottom line.
5 / 5 (4) Jan 12, 2010
What has been not noticed is that this isnt the first time such a concenrated attack has been linked to china. i remember reading a story a few days ago about cybersitter being hacked from china. they stole code from thier web monitoring proram that later ended up in thier great firewall
On a side note does that spammer really think people will buy stuff from that site?
3.4 / 5 (5) Jan 12, 2010
Good for Google. Should have done this several years ago.

China will steal whatever technology it can and then cast aside any partner it used to gain technology.

Google is better than that and should disassociate itself from China.
4.3 / 5 (3) Jan 13, 2010
I think Yahoo already revealed info on chinese bloggers twice (the first of which caused quite a row), but Google is taking a really proactive stand now. Human right activists really deserve some protection.
1 / 5 (1) Jan 13, 2010
It is good to see Google taking a high profile and costly stand against inhumane practices, but if they are made to pull out of China what are the consequences? Forgetting the potential shares fall due to the loss of perceived potential of China, but in the communication interface Google is providing even with their hands tied. Google provides hope and courage, for both sides of the Great Firewall. Although the board may feel frustrated by the agreed controls of the government, they are learning much that can be shared with others - and China is learning how to deal with foreign large corporations inside their country.

Pulling out can not be as beneficial to Google, China or the rest of us as Google staying and fighting the good, if slow, fight.
5 / 5 (2) Jan 13, 2010
It would be nice if the update were specifically noted in the article. Now I have to read it twice.

RayCherry, I have to disagree with you. Many companies are fighting the slow fight. Some of them should just outright quit to let Chinese government officials know its serious.
not rated yet Jan 13, 2010
I think I'll buy some Goggle stock, only when it completes the withdrawal.

I've found it quite funny that just 20 years ago China was a country that was considered n enemy of the USA. With no USA government announcements China became a partner (who cares that commies are are Red Devils trying to kill Capitalists) of the USA and businesses. Incredible! The country did a flip-flop and nobody blinked. Maybe now, we are blinking with one eye (no, not a Palin wink) and peeking at profit loss with the other? In any case, we need the jobs in the USA, we do NOT NEED China.
1 / 5 (1) Jan 13, 2010
While other companies have played that 'slow' game, too one has to note that by abusing Google's databases people have been imprisoned (possibly tortured/killed). This is not so for what other companies do in China. So I think this is a bit of on a different order than some manufacturer of auto-parts outsourcing to China and accepting some snooping by the government as part of the bargain.
not rated yet Jan 13, 2010
20 years ago was before the Internet Bob, or at least before it grew global and helped to bring down the Berlin Wall, put the Cold War on the back burner and permitted millions of American entrepreneurs to but products direct from China. So many products that the country now owes China a huge trade deficit, and in exchange the Chinese have been accepting American stocks and shares, and thus the two countries have not 'flip flopped' but economically 'merged' via a symbiotic trading relationship that has brought the Communists and the Libertarians closer together.

Politics and Human Rights is going to follow suit. It is no good the occidental west waving their human rights flags while occupying two foreign countries and looking for excuses to take over more. It is equally not right that the Chinese government turns a blind eye to well organised criminal activities when the information is obviously used to enforce their domestic regime, (leading to more reported inhumane punishment).
not rated yet Jan 13, 2010
Thomas, Russia eventually lost the 'slow fight' and the horrible threat of a WW3 lifted from the hearts and minds of a generation born under that very threat, even though they were not directly involved in the fight.

Europe waited for twenty years for the dreaded four minute warning, (less for many), while the Americans shook their spears another four minutes away.

It took a lot of talk between business men and education staff to spread the word on both sides that the people did not actually want a war, and that it was the politic regimes' fanaticism that promoted the entire idea. We were lucky to escape that eventuality, through people respecting the value of sharing knowledge, resources and trade ... even though Russia suffered a great deal to change.

Yes, I do know that they did not have ICBMs in the end, and that they ran out of money to keep up with the American technology and arms.
not rated yet Jan 13, 2010
Now, however, the silent middleman has arisen the true victor of the Cold War. Having sold goods to both sides, and kept a low profile while tough Russians and 'heroic?' Americans hurled abuse, lies and threats at each other.

Never to be underestimated, the Chinese have turned economic freedom of the west to their very great advantage, selling goods that they could produce much more competitively than any of their client's countries simply because they had held their country away from (or behind, if you prefer) the occidental freedoms and standards of living.

Now, however, the Internet once again is providing the bridge between east and west, but this time the Chinese have learnt from the Russians and they want to control as much as possible the 'osmosis' as their own people start to learn more about the lives of people outside their frontiers.

It is irresponsible to over react during this process. Patience and incremental pressure will create holes in The Great Firewall of China.
not rated yet Jan 13, 2010
Through those holes the truth will pass to both sides. China is a tough place to succeed in, yet many are doing well establishing international businesses that rival anything that an American syndicate could dream of, and they manage to do most of it 'under the radar' by passing themselves off as small family businesses. Throughout the world now there are as many Chinese mini-markets as there are McDonald's, and their restaurant business is as well organised and WallMart in terms of distribution networks - not just food stuffs, but the furnishings.

All of these Chinese ex-patriots pass the message back home about life among the 'crazy westerners', and these messages encourage more Chinese to 'dream the Chinese dream' that has become little different from 'the American dream'. The difference is the political regimes and their fears, and how those fears are transmitted to their respective peoples.

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Village Quilters Interleave Inductees!

This weekend, I had the delightful pleasure of visiting the Village Quilters Guild in San Diego, CA!  Yes, it may have lightly rained for much of my visit, but this proved to be a happy occurence for several reasons:
  • San Diego (like most of California) has been experiencing a drought, so rain is greatly needed!!
  • In lieu of outdoor excursions, I had the opportunity to visit Visions Art Museum  and see the absolutely spectacular "The Nature of Things" exhibit featuring awe-inspiring quilts made by Jane Sassaman and Betty Busby!!  If you are near the San Diego area between now and April 8th, this is a MUST SEE exhibit!!
  • The sun did make an appearance on workshop day.  Rain + Sunshine = Rainbows!  I love rainbows and the workshop classroom was a spectacular display of color and fun!!
Several of the quilters brought a full rainbow of fabric strips to create their Interleaves Quilts...including this fun Interleave in progress!  Such bright happy colors!  The quiltmaker wanted to explore alternate options for ending her Interleave quilt.  She loves yellow and so I suggested perhaps piece a strip of blue dots (rain) and yellow stripes (sunshine) at the end to create a prism of color.  As I visited the lovely bolts of fabrics at Sewing Machines Plus, I came across this fun panel that we experimented with fussy folding as potential border strip.  Not only did the quiltmaker go home with a panel to finish her Interleave, but so did 2 others in class...including ME!!!
Somewhere Over the Rainbow & There's No Place Like Home

Here are two more fun rainbow Interleave in progress...
Chasing Rainbows

The End of the Rainbow

Here are some more fun color & fabric combinations...
Bright As a Button
Cool Blues, Bright Yellows and Pops of Purple

This striped ombre is a multitasker:  streamlined the assembly process and adds great energy to the design!
Earns One's Stripe!

This pretty palette was the first to be completed in class.  We spent some time in class auditioning different binding fabrics.  We started with 5 fabrics, each of which could have worked quite nicely.  Two fabrics in particular really framed this lovely finish and I cannot wait to see which one the maker chooses!!
Pretty Purple Palette with Some Accent Colors

Here are a few more reasons to be thankful for rain...beautiful floral blooms!!
Beautiful Blooms of Camelia & Hydrangea

Many thanks to the Village Quilters for a weekend filled with color, creativity and fun!


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So here’s the final list with links to each post in the series:

Day 1 – Very first animé: Robotech, Gall Force, Vampire Princess Miyu.
Day 2 – Favourite TV series: Card Captor Sakura.
Day 3 – Your animé crush: Oh grow UP already.
Day 4 – Favourite Film: My Neighbour Totoro.
Day 5 – Animé character you feel you are most like (or wish you were): Kinoshita, Rocket Girls.
Day 6 – Most annoying animé character: Lynn Minmei, Super Dimensional Fortress Macross.
Day 7 – Character you’d most like to slap: Hiyama Hikaru, Kimagure Orange Road.
Day 8 – Most epic scene ever: Launch day – Wings of Honneamise.
Day 9 – Saddest animé scene: The passing of the Fortune Twins – Nariya and Eriya.
Day 10 – Favourite slice of life animé: ARIA.
Day 11 – Favourite mecha series: Patlabor: The Mobile Police.
Day 12 – Best instalment of a franchise you don’t like: Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: The War In The Pocket.
Day 13 – Worst instalment of a franchise you do like: WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3.
Day 14 – Current (or most recent) animé wallpaper: I think I had a Silent Mobius wallpaper once.
Day 15 – A reality check for a genre you like: Romantic/Heroic Space Pirates.
Day 16 – An animé classic that simply doesn’t work for you: Ghost in the Shell (film).
Day 17 – Best Background Music: Silent Mobius 2: The Motion Picture.
Day 18 – Best Five-team: Silent Mobius.
Day 19 – Change you’d like to make to any one animé: Add an animation budget to Lodoss Wars.
Day 20 – Most ambiguous animé character: Reki, Haibane Renmei.
Day 21 – Favourite OAV Series: El Hazard the Magnificent World.
Day 22 – Animation studio you’d most like to slap: Gainax.
Day 23 – Animé you think had the best, or most intriguing art: Reki’s paintings in Haibane Renmei.
Day 24 – Favourite animé hero or heroine: Hitomi Kanzaki, Vision of Escaflowne
Day 25 – Best animé villain: Nakago, Fushigi Yugi
Day 26 – Your favourite harem animé: Ouran High Host Club
Day 27 – Favourite animé opening theme song: Adesso E Fortuna, Record of Lodoss Wars
Day 28 – Favourite animé companion/summoned creature: Kero-chan, Card Captor Sakura
Day 29 – Best Animé Music Video: AnimeCon ’91 Opening Video
Day 30 – Favourite animé ending theme: Yasashi Yoake, .hack//Sign

So did you have a favourite post from the series? Was there one that you didn’t like or actively avoided? Why? Fire a broadside and let me know what you think.


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Need to start blogging, I guess!

I have never been much good at following through on commitments (well, except marriage and motherhood!) … I think that it is time to try again!  *unfortunately, I think the perfectionist in me is going to be quickly annoyed by editing this blog.*

We have been living in our “new” RV for 3weeks, still at the dealership.

They “broke” our new truck when they were installing the 5th wheel hitch, and we have been stuck here waiting for the Dodge dealer to be able to repair it.  Of course, it could always be worse.  We could be stuck somewhere that didn’t have electrical and water hook-ups, or, worse, be ousted of our home, while waiting for something to be repaired … hopefully, now, the major kinks have been worked out, and we can look forward to the care-free travels that we had planned for.

I am happy to say that our house is sold, our truck is fixed, and we can return to a proper location tomorrow!  We will be moving back to Forest Retreat in New Caney, Texas, and then we are heading to Portland at the end of May!  Hooray for a Northwest Summer!  (no more exclamation points, I promise)

The picture below was taken before they broke the truck, and it shows the Hyde Family Vehicles:

2012 Dodge Ram 3500 CC4x4 DRW
2006 Keystone Zeppelin II (for sale now)
2010 Keystone Montana Mountaineer 345-DBQ
Volkswagon Jetta TDI

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Whipped Cream

August 23 was Sponge Cake Day, and Annie prepared sponge cake from scratch!  Apparently, it was Queen Victoria’s favorite dessert and best served warm with tea – oh well, at least we ate cake!

Unfortunately, we forgot to buy jelly and whipped cream when we went to the grocery store.  Annie rode her bike to Main Street to hunt for those ingredients.    She found whipped cream at the convenience store … to complete the dessert in style:

so, then, I had to decide the fate of the whipped cream.  First, let me confess that I don’t like whipped cream.  I don’t like fluffy gooey white stuff, and putting it in a can just makes it a hundred times more offensive to me …

So, the can of whipped cream lived in the fridge for several weeks, taunting the kids.  I couldn’t bring myself to throw it away, but I really didn’t want the kids to EAT it!  I took my dilemma to FaceBook, and the consensus was that it is harmless, just let the kids have fun with it.

After they did some chores, I finally let them do it.  They loved it.  I thought it was disgusting.  Oh well. YOLO.  right?

They had fun!

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Rule Five Sunday -- The Bo Derek Edition

As we continue taking longing looks at the women I grew up lusting after.

Cover Girl

From the last '70s to the mid-'80s, Bo pretty much owned the cover (and the inside) of Playboy. And for good reason. I mean, if you could get Bo to take off her clothes, you would. Girls, included. Bo was Angelina v1.0.

Get a better look after the break.

On the Beach

Ride'em Cowgirl

100% Natural

In Profile

Honestly, her face might have been mathematically too perfect.

Seventh Dream of My Teenage Heaven