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Cultural Travel Experiences Are Paving Way to Sustainable Resurrection of Rajasthan Art Forms.

Kartik Gaggar
Kartik Gaggarhttp://rajasthanstudio.com/
A consummate traveller, foodie and a perfectionist, Kartik is a Chartered Accountant by qualification, and the main driving force & founder behind Rajasthan Studio. He is presently obsessed with the thought of reviving people’s interest in all things from Rajasthan’s glorious past – art, culture and food – albeit with a contemporary touch.

While India has always been known for its culturally rich heritage, Rajasthan has unarguably been a treasure trove of traditional art and craft forms in the country. The vibrant culture, the unparalleled welcoming vibe of the state, and the diverse art forms have put the desert state on the world map as one of the favourite tourist destinations.

In the last three years, the tourism industry has grown multifold, accounting to a momentous 21 percent rise with over 50 million tourists visiting the state in a year. Rajasthan is also home to not one but three UNESCO World Heritage sites in India, with the walled city of Jaipur earning the spot in the list too.

In fact, the leading world organization, UNESCO, has recognized Rajasthan as ‘the number one asset’ when it comes to Intangible Cultural Heritage in India and has signed a partnership agreement aimed at “at promoting long-standing Rajasthani traditions and adding new cultural destinations for tourists to visit”.

The role of the government, independent institutions, and of course, the undying and unwavering spirit of the Rajasthani craftsmen to preserve and promote their local arts and crafts have been instrumental in garnering such a massive international appreciation and validation, putting the state on the world’s forefront as the symbol of heritage art and culture. And, at the heart of this fervour encouragement and promotion, lies the spurt in the cultural experiences that the traveller of today is seeking, ultimately helping in reviving the slowly-diminishing or lost arts of Rajasthan.

The drastic shift from ‘tourism’ to ‘travel.’

This megatrend of engaging in more soul-searching and fulfilling travel experiences can be credited to the Millenials, Gen-Z and, also social media.

Facebook and Instagram especially have kind of rekindled the love for art and how it is created (Behind-the-scenes), bringing to light the hard work, dedication, and the lives of the artisans involved with craft making. This along with the ‘wanderlust’ temptations of today’s travel-friendly youth have greatly transformed the way people explore new places.

Moving beyond the ‘hot spot sightseeing,’ ‘shopping-spree agendas,’ and other touristy things, people now are looking to connect with the place, explore it in a way that they can carry a part of with them when they return. This has led them to see and navigate the authentic, art-rich parts of the state.

For instance, now, people are not just visiting Jaipur, Udaipur, or Jaisalmer, they also take day tours and love to have a night stay in nearby villages and towns like Barmer, Churu, etc., just to understand their culture better and indulge in some kind of art experiences.

Laudable Government initiatives to promote experiential tourism

With pathbreaking and world-viral tourism marketing campaigns like ‘ Jaane Kya Dikh Jaye ’ and the like, Rajasthan Government and the tourism department has been taking various measures to safeguard and promote the cultural heritage of the state through tourism.

While the road to achieving exponential and desired growth is long and requires not just effective but proactive approach towards tourism marketing, the department’s role cannot be undermined when it comes to rekindling the interest for local crafts and arts amongst the world travellers, art enthusiasts, and sustainability-focused global businesses.

From organizing world-class trade shows, fairs, and events to promote the state’s unique artforms across the globe, to building a robust infrastructure and great connectivity within the state, encompassing towns, districts, villages, are their remarkable contributions towards increasing the footfall of travellers seeking cultural experiences beyond the peril luxuries of the city life.

They have truly given a solid foundation to promote more meaningful, culturally-enriched travel experiences to the people.

Initiation of unique & culturally-appealing event products for tourism

In the past decade, the number of international-level events taking place in Rajasthan has considerably grown. The most interesting thing to note here is that most of the events have been culture-centric, promoting the arts and diverse artisan communities of Rajasthan.

Be it the famous and the world’s largest free literary festival JLF, the Rajasthan International Folk Festival in Jodhpur, the famed Pushkar Mela, or the Desert festival in Jaisalmer, amongst many others, all of these have significantly added to the cultural prestige and preservation of the near-to-extinct crafts of Rajasthan by roping in more travellers looking for experiential experiences.

The growing role of the private sector in promoting native artforms through distinctive ideas

Many independent organizations, artist-driven platforms, and other institutions have been continuously coming up with innovative products, ideas, and services to promote the culture and art forms of Rajasthan on the global platform.

With the aim of helping the artisan communities of Rajasthan to sustain and thrive, the private sector has been working diligently to create better opportunities and revenue streams for them through creative solutions.

The Key Debate: Is the trend just a fad or will it really stand the test of time and be the future face of travel?

While it is clear that the new era of cultural and experiential travel has certainly brought in better times for the crafts and the craftsmen, will it sustain or is it just a short-lived trend?

In my opinion, if driven with the same level of energies, synergies, and passion by all the sectors and communities of the state, it will become a guidebook for other states and the world to look upon when rebuilding their tourism on the foundation of cultural heritage and uniqueness of their native arts. It will thrive further, empowering the artisan communities, and transforming their lives for the better, allowing them to enjoy the much-deserved appreciation and meaningful monetary rewards.

However, if any one sector also fails to give in their best or goes stagnant with their approach to preserve and promote the rich culture of Rajasthan, it may lead to unfortunate results for what could have been a journey worth inscribing in the history.

Here, the role of the Government will remain far more crucial and in coming up with innovative ideas, better policymaking, and also in supporting the private sector and the artisan communities to drive the change through unique models.

What do you think? Do share your opinion in the comments below.

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HVS Monday Musings: Adventure Tourism in India

As per a recent travel survey, almost 65% of the Indians who participated in the survey were keen to travel for leisure and adventure in 2021. Several domestic tourists are now looking beyond traditional holidays. They want to try new experiences at open and less crowded places, which is likely to boost adventure tourism in the country. In fact, domestic tourists traveled to adventure sports hotspots in the country soon after the lockdown ended last year. For instance, media reports say that close to 60,000 tourists have visited Uttarakhand for river rafting since the activity reopened post the lockdown.
India has the potential to become a global adventure tourism hub going forward owing to its diverse natural landscape. The country’s vast coastline, deserts, snow-clad mountain peaks, forests, and undiscovered wilderness provide unique adventurous experiences to tourists. Trekking, rappelling, paragliding, and white-water rafting have been popular activities for the past few years. Meanwhile, multi-day trekking, ziplining, snorkeling, scuba diving, and four-wheel self-drive expeditions are some other activities that have been gaining ground. Realizing the potential of adventure tourism in the country, the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) has announced several initiatives in the past few years to promote this niche segment. Some of them include creating adventure circuits, developing Indian Adventure Tourism guidelines with detailed operating and risk mitigation instructions, and opening 137 peaks for mountaineering and trekking with easier visa procedures for international tourists.

Adventure tourism in India is still evolving and its success going forward depends on how well the public and private sectors can collaborate to implement and monitor global standards in safety and professionalism while ensuring responsible and sustainable tourism practices. With the surge in domestic tourism, this is an appropriate time to focus on developing and promoting adventure travel in the country. For a start, it is vital to redesign adventure tourism programs to cater to the evolving demands of guests. For instance, smaller closed group activities instead of larger group activities are the need of the hour, to ensure social distancing and strict adherence to the pandemic-related safety and sanitization protocols to protect both tourists as well as employees.

The government’s adventure tourism guidelines should be implemented and executed uniformly across the country to ensure consistency. It is imperative to establish high standards of safety by leveraging the best practices from popular global adventure travel destinations such as New Zealand, Australia, and Brazil. Regular audits should be made to guarantee that the safety guidelines are being followed to the tee. Appropriate infrastructure facilities, accommodation, and equipment, including rescue and disaster management equipment and support, should be made available at even the most remote destination through public-private partnerships. Additionally, training the locals as professional guides and instructors, developing good homestays and bed & breakfast accommodation and an aggressive marketing campaign will go a long way in promoting India as a global adventure tourism destination with unique experiences in the future.

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Mr. Lamba’s current role at HVS involves advising investors on their hospitality-related growth and acquisition strategies; working with hotel owners and operators on asset management and raising debt and equity; consulting on feasibility, valuations and market studies, and participating in HVS’s Executive Search for hospitality and real estate leadership positions. An established industry leader, Mandeep has won several awards and recognitions for his accomplishments and contribution to the hospitality industry. He is a member of the Tourism Council of CII (Northern India) and a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, UK (MRICS). Recently, he was featured in the Hotelier India Power List of the most respected hoteliers in India for the second year in a row. For more information, please contact Mandeep S. Lamba at mlamba@hvs.com.

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3 Top tips for life on the road

It takes guts to swap your hometown for life on the road.

You’re a born adventurer, which means you’re willing to swap the many comforts of home for a more meagre existence. You’re ready to explore new countries, discover new cultures and broaden your mind.

When I was in Atlanta, I met some people from San Diego, California who sold their houses and priced possessions in exchange of a nomadic life. A great, big move that completely shocked me. According to them, only a special kind of idiot would choose to part ways with ‘America’s Finest City’. It’s an achingly cool spot that’s ever so close to perfect, with its temperate weather, laidback surfing vibe, stunning scenery, and thriving culinary scene.

If they can do it, why can’t we?

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But before you grab your backpack and passport and hotfoot it to the airport, there are some things you should know about long-term travel: it’s not all gumdrops and lollipops and frolicking in far-flung tropical waters.

That’s why I am here to give you three top tips to help prepare you for life on the road, and the many ups and downs you’ll experience as you wave au revoir to your beloved hometown and say bonjour to a new and exciting adventure.

Tip #1: It’s natural to feel overwhelmed

When you’re starting to plan for life away, it’s normal to feel like you’re spinning plates. What should you do first? Where will you stay? What if you get lost? Will you meet new people? There’s plenty to think about.

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My acquaintances from San Diego shared a precious advice  – take it one step at a time. they booked their plane tickets to their first destination, found a long-term parking spot at San Diego International Airport by using the coast-to-coast comparison service, then smile. Simple!

Tip #2: Find your own likes and dislikes

If you’re anything like the rest of us, you’ll make a decision about what restaurant to eat at or what airline to fly with based on how positive or negative the online reviews are, but it’s important not to apply the same rationale to a country or city.

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As a traveler, you’ll rub shoulders with many different people, who will all have their own likes and dislikes: one person in your hostel may like Amsterdam, another may not. The takeaway? Don’t be afraid to discover your own likes and dislikes, and don’t be led by other people.

Tip #3: Going home is not admitting defeat

Life on the road can be tough. Travel is not a panacea for an unhappy home life. It’s a cycle of airports, buses, hostels and getting to grips with an unfamiliar culture or languageand many folk simply miss their friends and family.

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If this happens to you and you decide to cut your tip short and head for home, it’s important to remember that this is not a failure. Instead, you should bask victorious in the knowledge that you’ve likely learned more about yourself in a short time on the road than in years living in your hometown.

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Summer Travel Recommendations from the CDC Part 2

It is only fair that after such an unusual year spent cooped up in our homes that people will want to travel. Here are some additional recommendations from the CDC for taking your summer vacation.

Camping is also relatively safe, according to the CDC, as long as one is staying in a camper or tent only with members of their household and/or vaccinated people. They recommend trying to avoid shared toilet facilities if possible.

For food since they recommend staying in a cabin or vacation home, an RV or camping bringing your own food and cooking or getting take-out and/or delivery is the safest option. Going out to a restaurant, according to the CDC, is less safe but acceptable if the space is well ventilated, social distancing can be maintained and that the staff and other patrons are adhering to mask policies.

Long distance travel, travel by air, train or bus, traveling over seas are all considered far less safe by the CDC. Additionally, staying in hotels, motels or bed and breakfasts is considered less safe than the options listed above. Attending crowded events are visiting crowded attractions is not recommended.

The CDC suggest an RV as a possible all around good solution to travel and vacation this summer as long as the travel party in the RV is only from your household and/or vaccinated people.

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Summer Travel Recommendations from the CDC

As the weather warms, school lets out and people are getting vaccinated, naturally they are going to want to travel for a vacation. The CDC has produced a set of guidelines to stay safe and healthy during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

The primary item they want to remind people of is that COVID-19 is transmitted through close contact between people. They recommend people continue wear a mask over their mouth and nose while in public. That they should avoid crowds and maintain physical distancing from anyone who is not in their travel party. Also, to wash their hands or use hand sanitizer (60% or higher alcohol content) often.

The CDC maintains that the safest kind of travel would be by passenger vehicle with only members of your household and/or other vaccinated people. They recommend minimizing stops for gas, food and rest and travelling only short distances.

For accommodations they say the safest option is single group vacation rental like a cabin where only family members and/or vaccinated persons would stay. Likewise, the home of family members or vaccinated persons is relatively safe.

RVs are another potential, safer option.

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Four Prescriptions for Keeping Healthy on Vacation

For those of us unlucky enough to have experienced illness during a vacation, there is no doubt we would warn others about how being ill while on vacation and especially during travel is especially uncomfortable. Combine that with the unfamiliarity of a new place and you’ve got a recipe for stress and disaster.

Keeping in mind simple things like sticking to bottled water, avoiding over indulging in especially unusual foods, and washing your hands regularly can go a long way in avoiding illness on your next vacation.

Though each vacation is a celebration and an extra glass of wine may sound like a great idea at the time, the aftermath may leave one stuck in a hotel room or not enjoying their R&R to the fullest. If you have several adult beverages in an evening, have a glass of water before you go to bed.

Depending on your destination, checking out warnings about widespread illness or water conditions at the CDC’s website www.cdc.gov/travel and the Department of State’s website on Travel http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english.html might let you avoid unnecessary illness. For some destinations, immunizations may be required or at least a good idea.

Make sure you bring plenty of your prescription and over-the-counter medications. Familiar brands and dosages may not be available in some destinations and getting a prescription filled may not be possible or at the least a hassle.

Finally, sleep. Most of us want to make the most of our time off and see and do as much as possible. Over simple fatigue can make one surprisingly more susceptible to illness. Especially when dealing with jet lag, taking the time to get some proper rest during the first twenty-four hours of your vacation and through out your stay will help one stay healthy and feel mentally aware and emotionally fit to enjoy their vacation to the fullest.

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Of dictionaries and cicadas

Lisa Hill’s recent post (at her blog ANZ Litlovers) on Pip Williams’ new novel The Dictionary of Lost Words was timely. A week or so back I watched the 2019 film ‘The Professor and the Madman’, directed by the Iranian-American Farhad Safinia, based on the 1998 book by Simon Winchester with the less strident title The Surgeon of Crowthorne – a sort of joint biography of James Murray, who in 1879 became the editor of the New English Dictionary – later known as the Oxford English Dictionary, and of W.C. Minor.

Minor had been an army surgeon during the American Civil War, after which his mental health deteriorated. Having moved to England, he shot and killed a man in Lambeth in 1872, was found not guilty at trial on the grounds of insanity, and was committed to what was called, in those less forgiving times, the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum at Crowthorne in Berkshire. Minor read the appeal by Murray’s team for contributions of quotations from the major works published in the English language that would illustrate the evolving meaning of words from their earliest usage. He became one of the most prolific of contributors to the project, and Murray went to visit him often from 1891.

The film has a powerful, committed performance as Minor from Sean Penn. Mel Gibson got to air his dodgy Scots accent again (yes, ‘Braveheart’ wasn’t his finest hour) in a strange bit of casting as Murray. As a film it was pretty poor, but gave a reasonably sympathetic account of the early struggles to get the OED project off the ground (Murray didn’t live to see the final volume of the first edition published in 1928).

Lisa’s post describes Pip Williams’ novel as a kind of counter-factual feminist vision of how the OED might have been compiled if it hadn’t been such an androcentric product of the late Victorian patriarchy. It sounds fascinating, and I commend Lisa’s post to you.

She has some interesting things to say about the OED’s entry for loaded words (in terms of gendered usage) like ‘service’, ‘bondmaid’ and ‘delivered’.

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That’s the famous photo of Murray in his Scriptorium

This morning while looking for something to read next (after Donna Leon), I noticed on my shelf another Simon Winchester history of the OED, The Meaning of Everything, published by the OUP in 2003 as a sort of sequel to The Surgeon. I’d forgotten that I’d read it, and spent some happy time leafing through it.

There are some fascinating photo portraits of some of the key figures in the development of the OED. Right at the start (and on the cover in my picture) is Murray himself in his Scriptorium, where he began to pigeon-hole the millions of slips of paper sent in by contributors like Minor, on which were handwritten the citations illustrating usage of words. There are also images from earlier dictionaries of the English language, like Cawdrey’s (one of my earliest posts was about this, and other forerunners of Murray like Blount, Minsheu and Mulcaster: link HERE).

As I flipped through the pages I came across a delightful passage from K. M. Elisabeth Murray’s 1977 biography of her grandfather, Caught in the Web of Words, about a typical day’s bout of his dictionary-related correspondence (all written by hand, of course, with a second ‘fair copy’ as well). These included requests to the director of the botanical gardens at Kew for information about the first record of an exotic plant, and to various contemporary authors about the meanings of words they’d used in their novels or poems.

One of these was to Lord Tennyson, ‘to ask where he got the word balm-cricket, and what he meant by it’, in his poem ‘Dirge’. A footnote explains that this is another term for the common cicada, and is a mistaken translation from the German Baumgrille, meaning tree-cricket. It wasn’t Tennyson’s mistake originally – he’d borrowed it from an 18C author.

‘Dirge’ was first published 1830, revised 1842. With seven stanzas of six lines each, it has an unfortunate refrain, repeated twice in each stanza, at lines three and six: ‘Let them rave.’

It appears to address a person (a woman?) reposing in their grave, while the busy world raves on round them (Van Morrison was to use a similar image). It’s full of intrusive archaisms, like ‘Thee nor carketh care nor slander’. Carketh – even the inflection is archaic. From the Middle English via Old French and Latin (meaning ‘burden’); here’s the OED online (how James Murray would have loved computers and the internet: they would have shortened his work by decades) –

That which burdens the spirit, trouble; hence, troubled state of mind, distress, anxiety; anxious solicitude, labour, or toil. (In later use generally coupled with care.) archaic.

The poem’s troubled, stumbling rhythm is largely trochaic, I suppose to give a melancholy air; instead it makes it almost impossible to read aloud and make sense, hampered further by some weird imagery and awkward archaisms:

The frail bluebell peereth over

Rare broidery of the purple clover.

Let them rave.

‘Rare’ here seems to be OED online’s (rare) sense of ‘Of colour: thin, faint, pale’, or maybe ‘exceptional’ (as in the old ballad’s refrain about ‘rare Turpin, hero’).

Here’s the bit with the cicada:

The balm-cricket carols clear

In the green that folds thy grave.

Let them rave.

It’s hard to hear the raucous scratching screech of a nocturnal cicada as ‘carols clear’. As so often with early Tennyson, the imagery sounds impressive and mellifluous, but doesn’t stand much close scrutiny in terms of meaning. Still, a poem should not mean, but be, as someone famously said.

PS a ‘dirge’ – a song or poem of lament or mourning, suitable for a funeral – derives from the Latin Dirige, Domine, Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam (“Direct my way in your sight, O Lord my God”), the first words of the first antiphon in the Matins of the Office for the Dead, created on basis of Psalms 5:8 (5:9 in Vulgate). (Wikipedia).


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Jess darling, I think this letter will be a disappointment to you… The envelope will be fairly fat, but the contents will not be all for you. That is because I am enclosing a letter for Mr. McGuinness in order to save using two green envelopes. I started his letter on Monday, but have only finished it this evening. When you have read it (as you must) please seal the envelope and deliver it to No. 15.

I received two of your letters yesterday… I wish every day was like yesterday.

There is one question to which you must have an answer… it concerns our pet hen!! Well… I think you last heard about it when we had that weird blonde on board… somewhere in the Somme estuary. From there we travelled some distance and finally harboured about 30 miles from Calais… and there we remained for about three days, during which the hen behaved very well and rarely strayed far from the tank. Our next ‘hop’ lasted three days: a long journey into Belgium on “transporters”. The crew sat on the back of the tank for this journey… and the hen sat with them, with a yard or two of string tied to its leg to prevent it flying away. It caused quite a commotion in Brussels: for some unknown reason… perhaps because of the crowds… it became a sort of feathered ballet dancer and did some queer stunts: even the crew had to laugh.

Finally, two or three days after Brussels, we found ourselves in Eindhoven, Holland and were told to prepare for immediate action. What about the hen? She couldn’t go into action. The problem was solved by handing her over to a fellow on B. Echelon. He was remaining in Eindhoven and promised to look after it. But our return to Eindhoven was delayed several days… And in the meantime, the hen became too much of a liability to its temporary keeper, and he gave it away to a civvy. I like to think of that bird as still enjoying life, but I cannot be certain. We had some fun out of it.

One of yesterday’s letters is dated Tues 24/10/44 and finished on Friday when you posted it. It must have been delayed in post, because the other letter is dated 2/11/44. In the earlier one you tell me about Rene’s visit… and the behaviour of little Poppet. He must be an interesting little chap, Jess. How else can you account for the attention paid to him by window cleaners and other strangers in the street? It must be that bashful little smile you speak of so often. It is hard for me to imagine it, but it must be something very delightful. Do you think you could capture it for me in a photo? Would you like to try, dear? It would be a lovely souvenir for me.

One thing I would like to know… what is the precise colour of his hair now that his chameleon like changes can be assumed to have ceased? Is he fair or dark… or in between? How about sending me a few wisps of hair from his little head? Or would that cause him to catch cold? Please answer me some way, darling.

I did no writing at all yesterday… not even to my sweetheart, I regret to say. Instead, I went out in a passion truck… to Antwerp. It was a long journey, about 30 miles, but I wanted to see the place, and perhaps buy one or two things.

Antwerp is very much the same as any English city: There are similar shops, even to replicas of Lewis’s or Marks and Spencers, and but for the unusual names, I could easily have imagined myself back in England. The city has suffered no damage so far as I could see… altho a few houses in the outskirts have obviously been hit by something hard. I had a glimpse of the dock area too, and it appeared to be very tidy and completely free from wreckage of any sort. But I am told that Jerry is now sending flying bombs into the place, so it may yet receive a few scars.

I was surprised to find all the shops open… and there appeared to be little shortage of anything… altho it is possible that window dressing may have created a false impression. Luxury articles like fountain pens, cosmetics, photographic supplies etc. are definitely available… tons of them. And so are toys, but at fabulous prices. Everything, in fact, is very dear… and certainly beyond the means of the average working man. I cannot speak about the food situation in the city, but I imagine it must be pretty lousy, apart from fruit, of which there is plenty. I saw several restaurants, but there were very few people dining in them. Troops, incidentally, are not allowed in the restaurants: they would deprive the inhabitants of much needed food. And yet, in the midst of all this apparent food shortage, we were able to buy fancy cakes ad lib at a shop something like Marks and Spencers. It seems years since I saw such an array of fancies… cream buns, custards, vanillas… any and every variety of sweet cake. We bought some and ate them on the spot… plenty of them. They cost 5 francs each… about 7d or 8d, but why worry about a few coppers when our pockets were bulging with thousands of notes, mostly of ridiculously low denomination. We also had ice cream! How crazy of these people to allow ice cream to be made under present circumstances.

We had tea in a special canteen for sergeants. There was tea with plenty of milk and sugar, a little bread and butter and jam (very little!), and one biscuit each. It was a snack and quite welcome, especially the tea. No more could be had owing to rationing, so we visited the place twice and had two snacks!

I went to a large store with Dicky Hall and one or two others… and found a wee present for our Poppet. I will send it home, together with a tiny birthday present for my sweetheart. Present buying is so difficult, dear Jess. I could only get cosmetics and hope you will be able to make use of them. Incidentally, the scent is from Antwerp, and the powder from Roosendaal.

And now I must finish because my hands are freezing… and I don’t think I have any feet left. Yes… it is cold today, but we are still thankful to be under cover, in spite of the gaping windows.

Good night, Jessie Mine.

Always and always I dream about you… my beautiful and much loved wife.

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The scene was a jovial one as the Stanley Cup was brought into the room to an eager audience chanting “let’s go Pens.” The first ever back-to-back Stanley Cup champions followed shortly after to receive the cheers of the crowd as well as the President’s praise. “Do you think you’re going to be back here next year?” President Trump asked. The crowd responded with more cheers.

“While you’re dominant on the ice, the heart of the organization and its commitment to Pittsburgh shines just as brightly off the ice,” the President stated. He continued to highlight the number of great causes that the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation supports. Over a million dollars in grants were awarded to local charities just last season and their annual food drive provides thousands of pounds of food as well as tens of thousands of dollars to local community food banks. The Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation supports many other efforts to give back to the Pittsburgh community that welcomes their team.

President Trump stated that the Penguins “embody the values of dedication, discipline, and hard work,” while also taking the time to acknowledge those same qualities in the first responders aiding in the aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting, relief efforts following Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Nate, and the battle against fires consuming California’s wine country. “They’ve been incredible,” said the President recognizing their hard work and dedication to their Nation through times of terrible tragedy.

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India exported more and imported less from China in 2020 amid border friction

India’s exports to China jumped 16% in the first 11 months of the year despite ongoing military border friction and the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, latest data from Chinese customs showed on Monday.

By contrast, India imported less from China over the same period, showing a 13% drop, data cited by state media showed.

Chinese state media were quick to point out that Indian exports to China continued to rise because Beijing has failed to politicize border friction along the Royal Line of Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, ongoing since May, while New Delhi has put a brake on Chinese exports.

The drop in Chinese exports to India was also the result of falling domestic demand in India due to the pandemic, the Global Times tabloid said in a report on the latest bilateral trade figures on Monday.

“According to customs data released on Monday, China exported $ 59 billion worth of goods to India from January to November in US dollar terms, down 13%. The drop has been slightly reduced compared to a 16.2% drop in the first 10 months of this year, ”the article adds.

“However, China’s imports from India increased 16% during this period, showing that China has refrained from politicizing economic interactions with the neighboring country,” the article said, citing experts.

It is also due to the growing “harmful attitude” of the Indian government towards China as it mounts repressive measures, including increasing tariff barriers, to restrict the entry of Chinese-made products into India, he added.

“By comparison, China continues to import more from India despite political frictions,” he said, adding: “China’s imports from India amounted to around $ 19 billion in value in the first 11 months, up 16%. “.

According to data compiled by the Indian embassy in Beijing, India was the largest export destination for Chinese organic chemicals, fertilizers, antibiotics, and aluminum foil in 2019.

“India’s main exports to China included organic chemicals, iron ores, unfinished diamonds, fish and shellfish, cotton, granite stone, etc.,” data from the Indian embassy showed.

It was in 2019 that India’s trade deficit with China narrowed for the first time in more than a decade.

“In 2019, India’s trade deficit with China narrowed slightly by 2%, the first such decline since 2005 and stood at $ 56.95 billion.”

India-China bilateral trade in 2019 reached $ 92.89 billion.

In 2019, India was China’s twelfth largest trading partner, after the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Australia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brazil, and Russia.

Meanwhile, Chinese state media has been cautious about China’s purchase of Indian rice, saying it is due to the cost advantage the deal offers.

Last week, China, for the first time in decades, began importing Indian rice in large part because of a supply at reduced prices.

Indian traders contracted to export 100,000 tonnes of broken rice for shipments from December to February at about $ 300 a tonne free on board, according to a Reuters report from New Delhi.

“The purchase was a purely commercial move, as the price of Indian rice – $ 300 per ton – is much cheaper than its domestic counterparts, and the rice will primarily serve as animal feed rather than human food,” Jiao Shanwei, editor-in-chief of cngrain.com, a website specializing in grain news, told state media.

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Don't Say as I Say

There is a long back-story to this one, but I’m going to leave it out of this entry. Because I have only a few minutes before I change out of my one uniform into the other and want to get this done.
~Side Note on My Uniforms~
Teukgong Moosool is a black uniform with a white belt. Tae Kwon Do is a white uniform with a black belt. Each night I feel like my own version of Spy vs. Spy.
~Side Note on this Side Note~
I think most people inevitably side with either the white spy or the black spy, and hope that one of them will be victorious more often than the other. Which was your spy? And now I have to do some internet research to find out if one actually DID win over the other more often. (I’m a nerd).
~End Side Notes~
My 4:00 debate class on Thursdays is mostly full of really smart kids. One of those kids is Sarah, who is also very well-behaved and a good kid. Well, today (for reasons now lost to antiquity) Woody, Amelia, and I told my class to tell Aaron-Teacher that he was a loser (that’s right, Aaron… if you are reading this. A LOSER.) Well, Sarah threw that right back in Woody’s face and called HIM a loser. HA HA HA! It was a highlight of my afternoon. They never learn the vocabulary they are suppose to learn, but right away Sarah picked up the correct usage of the slang term "loser" (i.e.: that Woody is a loser).
Along the same lines, one of our Korean teachers told a funny story. Luke (who finally came out for beers with us), was teaching English somewhere in Seoul to younger kids. On his birthday (Luke’s, not the kid’s), he jokingly asked the class, "Where’s my cake?"  One of the little bastards actually answered, "Up your ass."
Who’s teaching them these things?!?
PS: My spy was the black spy. Of course.

Positively Pissy

Holy crap, am I in a bad mood. ~I~ don’t even want to be near me, I’m that freaking cranky. It is a good thing that I am at home alone, because if one person said the wrong thing to me (or even looked at me wrong right now), I’m sure I would either try to maim them or burst into tears. Or both. So it is a good thing that no one is around me to piss me off.
But at the same time… at the same time I could use a hug. A hug might make this feeling subside a little. Sigh. A moms-hug would be pretty good. But I could make due with any hug at this moment.
A hug would hopefully negate the feeling I have right now to mangle something small and helpless and fuzzy. Like twisting the head off a bunny. If there was a bunny here right now, I would do that. In a blind rage. And then I would cry and try to hug the bunny carcass because I would feel so bad about ripping off its wee head.
Why am I in such a black mood? Am I just tired? Did something happen to me today?  Is the medication wearing off? Is this the true, evil nature of my personality rearing its ugly head?
Or is it just time for my fucking vacation to start already?

See, and here I thought I had nothing to write about. Actually, I don’t. But I’m waiting for my laundry to finish so I can hang it to dry. Damned sweaty TKD uniform. BE LESS SWEATY!!!
So, last Thursday one of my Kinders got sick. No, actually sick. As in, barfed on the playmat sick. As in, Jodi-Teacher can’t handle barf on the playmat (Official Reason #8 Not to Have Children).
Poor Esther. She was pretty spunky in the morning, but she was getting more and more quiet as the morning wore on. I asked her if she was okay… if she was sick or sad… but she said she was fine. Until singing time. And before any of you nasty fuckers can make a crack about my singing abilities – I wasn’t the one singing at the time of the barf-incident. So, you shut up. I know that I’m not any good… but I’m not ~that~ bad either (or, at least, my moms says I’m not that bad). We were actually playing Hot Potato when Esther just quietly sat herself down on the mat (and she wasn’t "out" yet) and then proceeded to yack. I proceeded to panic and called Lily AND Judy into the classroom, citing the "I don’t deal with barf" law that I had just, at that moment, invoked. They gathered up Esther and brought in the mops. I left for lunch.
Regardless to say: I didn’t eat rice at lunch that day. Do you need me to detail why?
When I got back from lunch (with about 10 minutes to spare) I looked into my classroom and there was Esther, laying on the freshly mopped mat. There was no one to really watch her, and she was still not well, so they threw her back in my room and told her to lay there. Well, that’s crap. Poor kid. So I laid down on the map beside her, just hanging out. And when the kids were released from the big gym at 1:30, they all came and laid down on the mat with us. Then we finally got our act together to do "Science". This is the kid’s favorite part of the week, and Esther was so sick she couldn’t take part. Judy gathered her up and took her out of the class, saying that her mommy was coming to get her. Well, that was cool, because Science that day happened to be wet and noisy ("The Priniciple of the Water Gun"), and this poor, queasy monkey really needed to go home. After Science, I packed the kids up to go home and herded them out the door. Went up to the front desk area.
And Esther was still there.
This kid yarked all over my room at 12:25. And it is now 2:25 and no one is there to pick her up. And she is sitting at the front area, crying. And so I ask (in more polite phrasing, I promise you moms), "Where the fucking hell is her damned useless mother?"  And am told that Esther’s mom figures Esther will be fine on the bus home.
Yes, fine. This poor, wee, six-year-old girl, burning up with fever and sick to her stomach. Crying because it is hurting her so bad. And then the worst thing ever happen.
My "maternal whatevers" kicked in.
I couldn’t take it that this poor kid was sitting there crying, obviously wanting her mommy to come and take her home. So I picked her up, put her on my lap, and sang to her for the next 10  minutes, trying to soothe her.
And before any of you can take a crack at THAT… it worked. She stopped crying and was nearly asleep. And she was so hot! Poor girl felt like she was on fire.
And I would never admit to being so nice to a child (because, as you all know, I hate the little bastards), but I was caught doing it by my co-workers anyway so I might as well confess to it.
And I feel as though I haven’t completely given up my dark side, what I sang to her over and over as we waited for her bus was "My Girl" by Nirvana.
This doesn’t mean that I like kids now. It doesn’t make me a better person. But it does make me feel like I should go out and do something evil to try and wash away the glow I felt knowing that I had made that little monkey feel better. BLEH!
Good thing my washing machine just sang the "Your Laundry is Done" song or I might have further confessions to make. Stupid wine + sleeping pills. Making me chill out just a wee bit too much.

Kinder Snails

One last note: I let Clean and Shaven go free. I told the kids that the snails were unhappy… but the truth is I was getting grossed out watching them slime their way around the muck and rotting… rot that was in the container otherwise known as Clean and Shaven’s snail-condo. BLEH! That’s what I need to see first thing every morning. So they have been set free in the wild (and no, I wasn’t as heartless as to flush them down the toilet).

Damned Weather

I’m doing my best to enter in this thing regularly again, but I don’t want to just post crap. But really, I don’t have much else going. The rain is really doing a number on my motivation.
I’m also really stinking busy right now. I get up at 7:00am, go running, get home to do laundry and clean up (and anything else I need to get done) before going to work. Most days I work from 10 until 7. Bust it home, get changed, go to Teukgong Moosool. Bust it home, get changed, go to Taekwondo. Bust home (sort of, by this time my ability to "bust it" anywhere is a little sore and slow), get changed, do laundry (sigh, I hate laundry), have a shower, and take my damned sleeping pills with a glass of wine and lament that I didn’t spend the whole damned evening in bed watching shitty Korean TV and eating chips and salsa instead of jumping around like an idiot kicking at nothing.
Or maybe I’m just cranky because my body hurts today. Maybe from spending an entire Teukgong class learning how to fall flat on my face, back and each side. Some days (read: today), I feel much too old for this shit.
Bah! See… feeling down and I blame the rain. I just have to remember that it is now less than a week until I’m on that plane to Cambodia. One more Monday and I’m free for a whole week…

Focus on Science

You have a plant in a pot. Where is the best place to put the plant in a room? Why?
Answer, as provided by William in my 4:00 class:
In a flouer pot. Because plant also live in flouer pot.

Konbe! Cheers! Salud! Sláinte!

I posted this as a comment on Orla’s Bebo site, but thought I needed to share it with everyone:
"Is it just me, or do you also find it amusing that our evening in Korea tonight starts at the Rocky Mountain (CAN) for beers, then to Panchos (MEX) for dinner, and end up in a new Irish pub?? Konbe! Cheers! Salud! Sláinte!"
Definitely one of the things I love about Korea!

From John's Mom

Dear Miss. Jodi.
It is a continuous rainy spell.
The rain bores me.
John will go to international school from September.
I am glad to this news but I am worried.
Think and think, we have dicided to send
international school him.
So he will go to LCI till July session.
He is having pleasure with you and
his friend.
He loves you and his friend.
He regrets to quit LCI. Me too.
I think thank you. John met good teacher.
Perhaps you will linger long in our memory.
Yours sincerely.
– John’s mom

Take Two and Call Me in The Morning

Ativan (Lorazepam) is an anti-anxiety agent (benzodiazepines,mild tranquilizer) used for the relief of anxiety, agitation and irritability, to relieve insomnia, to calm people with mania / schizophrenia and intravenously as a sedative and for nervous tension or to relieve anxiety prior to surgery. It has less of an effect on the liver than other benzodiazepines, making it better suited if you are taking birth control pills, anti-abuse drugs, propranolol, ulcer medications, or any other drug that affects the liver. Ativan (Lorazepam) may also be used to help in the prevention of severe alcohol withdraw symptoms (Delirium Tremens, or DTs), to treat amnesia, or in patients who are undergoing chemotherapy and have severe vomiting. It may be given to children to treat serial seizures by placing it under the tongue.

Xanax ( Alprazolam ) is an anti-anxiety agent benzodiazepine used primarily for short-term relief of mild to moderate anxiety and nervous tension. Alprazolam is also effective in the treatment of activity depression or panic attacks. It can also be useful in treating irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety due to a neurosis. Xanax ( Alprazolam ) may help the symptoms of PMS if extreme, and, if given with various narcotics, the pain from some cancers. Xanax ( Alprazolam ) is used to relieve anxiety, nervousness, and tension associated with anxiety disorders, agoraphobia, essential tremor, fibromyalgia ( low dosage ), and ringing ears.

I’m not sure if I love or hate the doctors in Korea, but I am becoming a little afraid of them.
Today I went to the doctor for two things. First, I have insomnia again. To a ridiculous degree. Again. For those who know me well – I’m a bad sleeper. Always have been. But there are periods in my life where it is severe. Like right now. And I can’t afford to be this exhausted with everything that I’m doing. So I went to the doctor to get help (read: drugs) for that. And secondly, as I have been bragging to everyone, I am going to Cambodia in about a week. Well, when I was in Thailand, I had that weird vertigo-thing happen and it was (according to the MD) because of my extremely low blood pressure. So I wanted to know if I could do something to prevent getting the spins when I go to Cambodia.
The insomnia – no problem. "Here’s some pills," he said… and then he suggested that I take them with a glass or two of my favorite red wine each night at bedtime. At this point, I love this doctor.
Then he checks and re-checks my blood pressure on my right arm. And then my left. And he’s making a funny face. He says, "It is very low."  Yah, yah, yah. I KNOW! Even in Canada my doctor told me that – no. big. deal.  Then he listened to my heart and made an even funnier face (obviously, NOT ha-ha funny). He then says, "I think you have an irregular heart beat. You need an electrocardiogram."
Why me? Why again?? Why can’t I just have a damned cold or whatever?? WHY IS IT THAT EVERY TIME I SEE THE DAMNED DOCTOR I’M DYING OF SOMETHING?!?
Let’s recap my three most interesting medical experiences in Korea:
Symptom:  My back hurts.
Diagnosis: Herniated disks in the lower back.
Treatment: 8 weeks of daily physiotherapy (remember the Coffin of Sand?)
Symptom: My hip hurts.
Diagnosis: Fracture and bone growth possibly due to cancer.
Treatment: Well, not treatment per se, but I did have to have a MRI. And it wasn’t cancer, but still fractured, and there is no bloody treatment.
Symptom: I don’t want to pass out in Cambodia unless it is alcohol-induced.
Diagnosis: Your heart is broken.
Treatment: …
Fortunately, they could do the EKG right in the office. And it’s confirmed: I have an irregular heart beat. Apparently my left aorta is hyper-hypo and it fires prematurely and too often. Jerk-off aorta! Not too big a deal though, apparently. Just my heart not working 100% properly. One of those things in my body I thought should be at 100% but apparently not. Apparently, I just need to know that the irregularity is there. Sigh. Can’t believe that I’m falling apart at such a (relatively) young age.
Also fortunately, the "treatment" for the low-blood-pressure-induced-vertigo is to drink plenty of fluids (read: beers) and eat too much salt (read: peanuts with my beers). HOORAY!!!
I hope that I won’t have to go to the doctor here again. I’m really scared that next time it will actually, really-real-for-real be serious (read: terminal) and not just a scare. Bleh!


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Ahrar will opt for the former = transfer to Idlib (and some "FSA" factions will give up completely and join the reconciliation process).

And the blamegame already has begun:
One of the reasons why rebels didn't break the siege of East Aleppo bc rebels had smokers among their ranks according to one rebel
Ridiculous as it may sound this is a "theological" issue about how strict to follow sharia law. In Ahrar-dominated areas you are allowed to smoke, with Nusra rather not ...

mike allen

Colonel -

SAA ball caps is what I meant also. My point was that they (the jihadis west of Castiello road) have a safe reverse ratline back to Turkey. Erdogan will resettle them in eastern Turkey in Kurdish cities and villages to complete his ethnic cleansing.

FB Ali

Moon of Alabama had a report on Nov 25 on this incident, which I think clarifies the matter. It is at:

correction: North of Damascus.

Let's hope that argument will be accepted.

Ishmael Zechariah

Gen. Ali,
Thanks. I did know this story at MoA. However, it is rumored that our radars did NOT show any attacking aircraft-this is peculiar given the assets of SAA and the aircraft fielded by the Russians. In addition, the tayyiban government and its megaphones dropped the story like a hot potato-it has vanished.
There might be more to this story.
Ishmael Zechariah
P.s: I am trying to find a proper tughra for tayyip-the-klept for Col. Lang, but have had no luck so far.

How about مضمحل (Mozmahel)

Babak Makkinejad

Thank you for your comments.

So, if I understand you correctly, there is no mechanism within the United States constitutional framework which could be used to adjudicate between the rights of the states and those of the federal government of those states.

US Supreme Court cannot perform that adjudication since it is itself an instrumentality of the US Federal Government - is that a correct understanding?

Patrick Bahzad

Think it was signalled in very clear terms that al-Bab was off limits for the Turks. Any area the legitimate Syrian gov (Assad) and army (SAA) can reasonably control will probably be considered the same way.
As for an American response, why should there be any ? Other than making sure there is no escalation dragging NATO into conflict with Russia, the best option is probably to monitor the situation closely and "don't do sh*t unless ..."

Patrick Bahzad

That depends on how much of the rebel LOCs into the Idlib area will remain open, how many fighters will pour into the area coming from various other regions they are currently being expelled from and how much of an interest Turkey has in closing those borders, as opposed to weighing in more heavily to defend Turkmen minorities in that area.
It's an equation with various unknowns, but overall, I suppose once Aleppo has fallen, the R+6 would probably be happy enough to suppress an insurgency in remote areas further away from regions with greater logistical, economical and demographic importance.

Patrick Bahzad

We shall see

Patrick Bahzad

Again, I'm not putting any money on which rebel faction doing what and when. They are all proxies for one of the larger players in this game, whether that is one of the regional powers, the US or Russia, or the Jihadi Multinationals (IS and AQ).
As a matter of fact, there is strong enough evidence to suggest that a significant part of those groups are being infiltrated at various levels by JaN/JFS/AQ-central and depend on skills, equipment and coordination that can only be provided by AQ. Says it all ...

In principle federal law is supreme, but that principle is subject to challenge by the states in federal courts which often do not accept federal claims as to the constitutionality of specific federal law. You must remember that the federal judiciary is not subordinate to any other part of the government and Article 3 judges are appointed for life. For this reason the people who are federal judges matter very much especially at SCOTUS. pl

Babak Makkinejad

But these leaves the states in a fundamentally weaker position.

One could imagine a Court of Final Arbitration in which states would submit their judges and the US federal government theirs; and then those judges could arbitrate in matters between State Rights and Federal Rights.

It is what it is - but over the decades and centuries states will become weaker and weaker; in my opinion.

That would require a constitutional amendment and you would never get one because of the desires of the centralizers like Origin who want to see the country homogenized. Trump's election and the possession of control of the senate by the Republicans is likely to lead to the appointment of numerous judges opposed to centralization. The multi-culti centralizers understand this. This is the reason for much of their angst. pl

"as did the leadership of the states that became the Confederacy. "

That's a bit of revisionist history. Virginia voted against secession the first time out (April 4th) and only voted the second after Lincoln's call "in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution and the laws, have thought fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth, the militia of the several States of the Union, to the aggregate number of seventy-five thousand,"

Given Lincoln's historical precedence the "sanctuary" cities, universities etc may want to think long and hard about what Trump can do to because, well, to quote Lincoln: "WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been, for some time past, and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed..."

That would require a constitutional amendment and you would never get one because of the desires of the centralizers like Origin who want to see the country homogenized. ...The multi-culti centralizers understand this.

Somehow, I have never conceived of myself as a "multi-culti centralizer" before, but perhaps, I should ponder the possibilities of such a label. I may even consider a post on the possibility of the label and its implications at some later time when I am not so tied up writing law things for work. Last week it was a real pleasure to have some time to post at length. Unfortunately, this week I cannot because I as a time slave, I have to work.

However, I am not in favor of eliminating the Electoral Collage as I have previously explained my position and the real genius of the idea itself.

There is one thought though that might add to this discussion. If the damn it, I'm American de-centralizers are not careful, the genuine centralizers are going to eat up this country. It has always been my view that the Republican establishment lacks any sense of the consequences of the fatal flaw in markets, the inevitable tendency of markets to move toward concentration.

As an example, my Congressman, Tom Price, who thankfully is about to leave on his quest to go destroy Medicare and Social Security by privatization is a true centralizer. We only have about five or so medical insurance enterprises that carry almost all of the coverage for the nation. https://www.thebalance.com/the-big-five-health-insurance-companies-2663838 Blue Cross alone covers over 106 million of the 325,000,000 people in the U.S. (33%). United Health Group covers 70,000,000 or almost 22% of the people. Aetna with about 20,000,000 members about 6%. Humana insures about 13,000,000, about 4%. Kaiser Permanente insures about 10,000,000,3%.

The inevitable trend is for the huge fish to eat up the really big fish. Do not be surprised to see BC-BS or UHG try to swallow-up the smaller ones to get greater power. The fix is already in with Trumps appointment of Joshua Wright who has spend his career opposing anti-trust enforcement. https://www.competitionpolicyinternational.com/us-former-ftc-commissioner-to-lead-trump-transition-on-antitrust/

Tom's idea is to substitute the single payer system of Medicare with a voucher system so elderly people will be forced into the clutches of the highly concentrated U.S. Health Insurers. His argument against Medicare is that the government is in the way of patient treatment and patient-doctor collaboration and need to get out of the healthcare business altogether. What he wants to do is subject us all to monopolist pricing by his friends.

Let's consider the bait and switch inherent in Tom's proposition. A casual reader would think, good, I will be able to make more of my healthcare decisions in consultation with my physician.

The reality is that Medicare approves and pays for the procedures is decides it likes. The patient and the doctor is stuck with Medicare's decisions and regulations. There is no real incentive for Medicare to kill-off expensive patients because the citizenry like it and the Congress's tenure in office is slightly affected by how much people like Medicare. An aggrieved patient can call the constituent services office of his Senator or Representative and obtain get some effective help. Under Medicare, at least you get to vote for a Senator or Congressman for whatever that is worth.

Most importantly, with government single payer Medicare, the government does not need to take tax money and Medicare premiums and distribute to it shareholders as profit.

Under Tom's plan, he wants his friends who we do not have any control over to manage our Medicare. Go to the links I listed above. You will see that the circle of deciders in the Healthcare industry is very small. The citizens have no way to affect them, no vote, no real influence. Their interests they will pursue are not good for us regular citizens.

And, most importantly, these people want to make a profit off of old people. It is in their economic interest that the sick die fast.

The whole thing is a deceptive con and scam.

Meanwhile, Twittering Trump is deflecting the "lefty-librals" with his flag-burning as a part of his three-card-monte game.

In the monopoly health care industry, micro-economic theory will result in the skyrocketing of the co-pay part not covered by the government voucher will increase until it breaks the senior who need care and they drop out. Health insurance will be priced along the line of this http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/25/news/economy/cancer-drug-cost/index.html

Who profits--The people who will have the real control of privatized Medicare will be profit maximizers, a layer of medical expense that government Medicare does not have.

It will not the people who voted for Trump because "he tell it like it is" Tyler, I assume you are over or near 65. The fact is your vote for Trump may kill you when you cannot sustain monopoly pricing for your privatized Medicare. The Republican powers now in place will be the real centralizers, they will centralize even more money into the top .0001 percent.

In the meantime, Trump will shill with his Tweets while the People are robbed blind and the nation's interests are bartered for a new Trump tower in some godforsaken third-world dictatorship.

The multi-culties and the Noble Deplorables have more in common than either group imagines. They need to come together and "centralize" themselves against those who are clandestinely stealing our country.

From the length of this comment you do not seem short of time. pl

Sam Peralta

The issue is non-enforcement of Robinson-Patman.

Bill Clinton did not do it. Neither did George Bush or Barack Obama. And Trump will not either, just as Hillary Clinton would not have.

Health care costs have been rising at 9% per year for over 30 years. Medicare & Medicaid already represent a third of federal expenditures. At this rate it will collapse federal government finances in two decades. MRW and the MMT crowd will chime in that the federal government can spend to infinity with zero costs to the economy. We're going to find out if that is true soon enough as healthcare becomes a larger and larger piece of the federal budget.

Sam Peralta

Why is it that the economies of Canada, the UK and France do not collapse under the burden of universal health care? pl

Ken Roberts

I'll go a step further -- from personal experience, universal health care can encourage free enterprise. When I was contemplating going out on my own, leaving company going free-lance, selling my services, one risk was that sickness could destroy my ability to work, ie no revenue stream coming in. But being not at risk of having to additionally pay big bucks, huge expenses going out, made the risk much less.

So yeah, socialized medicine helped an entrepreneur. Sorry to bust the bubble of ideologues.

Talk with, or better yet observe, farmers and fishermen and others who work with uncontrolled nature, and you realize that they are among the most socially aware, helping of others (in the group) types. It's only in the luxury of cities, with lots of services, that a person can pretend he does not need to rely upon and trust his neighbours.

An aside, or rather a return to topic... Russia has sent a mobile hospital to Aleppo. Good move, both practical humanitarian and also counters the hospitals-bombed meme.

Sam Peralta

Col. Lang

I'm not any expert on health care finance but I believe in Canada, UK & France there is healthcare rationing and price controls. In any case they spend half what we spend on a per capita basis and as a ratio to GDP.

Medicare and Medicaid are examples of socialized medicine in the US that are running away in terms of growth rate of expenditures and doubling every 8 years. My point is that this will collapse federal government finances as healthcare expenditures become an ever larger percentage of the federal budget within the next decade or two.

In 1970 the federal government spent $12 billion on healthcare which represented 1.12% of GDP. In 2015 it was over $1,028 billion representing 5.7% of GDP. In 1960 as a nation we spent 5% of GDP on healthcare in the US. By 2013 it grew to 17.4%. This clearly is not sustainable.

Socialized medicine is no panacea unless it is accompanied by rationing and price controls to bring down costs. If we were to get our spend to the same per capita level as UK, Canada and France then we have to cut healthcare expenditures by half. That means the federal government can only spend $500 billion and not a trillion dollars as it does currently. Who is going to bear those cuts? Drug companies, doctors, hospitals, grandma? IMO, we can be certain that there will be no political will for those cuts. So, on the current path the federal government's healthcare spend will double to $2 trillion in 2023 and will become $4 trillion in 2031. Now, MRW and all the other MMT folks who comment here will say that's not a problem as the federal government can spend to infinity with zero deleterious effects on the economy and the bond market. In fact they argue that is a good thing and government boondoggles are highly beneficial.

My other point is that to get a national healthcare system that covers 100% of the population and which will ration healthcare (aka death panels) will require legislation. That's gonna take forever in our current political climate. So, the next best thing that can be done is to enforce existing law, in particular Robinson-Patman. For example, I suppose the DoJ can sue the FDA for anti-competitive practices and restraint on trade by preventing entrepreneurs from buying identical pharma products in Canada and selling them here at a substantial discount to prevailing prices. I am not a lawyer so don't know exactly who and how that Act gets enforced.

Sam Peralta

It is my understanding that discretionary procedures like hip replacements are effectively rationed in Canada. pl

Sam Peralta "My other point is that to get a national healthcare system that covers 100% of the population and which will ration healthcare (aka death panels) will require legislation."

Death panels exist and have existed for years. Healthcare is already rationed. The insurance companies call it "pre-authorization" and the patients have no meaningful input in the process. Hospitals do it all the time when they decide who remains in the intensive care ward and who is sent to hospice.

Face the facts. As long as the profit motive exists, it is the primary driver of healthcare rationing. It is in the best interest of the shareholders of insurers that the seriously sick die quickly. The public has absolutely no control over how insurance companies are operated and what patient care goals they set. About ten multi-billionaire families make those decisions for us and their interests do not mesh with those of Bubba or Sue or any of us who read or write on this blog. Their goal is to maximize the price of insurance and minimize the care provided and to gather the power to make those decisions into as few of them as possible.

The conservative idea that to allow the market regulate healthcare as the best way for them is true. Without regulation, all healthcare companies will consolidate into a handful of entities and a very few families will reap the benefits. That is what free markets do; they move towards extreme concentration unless restrained.

Nobody in the Republican Party is going to enforce Robinson-Patman. They might repeal or defang it though. And Trump's DOJ is not going to do anything either other than counsel as to how Medicare and Social Security can best be privatized for the profit of Trump's friends.

These folks do have a plan to create a national healthcare system that covers 100% of Americans. They are well along the way to reaching their goal by soon forcing everybody to buy an insurance policy from one of the surviving two or three national insurance companies who will price it all as expensively as possible and pocket as much profit to the few families as possible.

As a result, healthcare will not collapse the government, healthcare companies will collapse all of the people instead.

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Turkish Neurosurgery 2014 , Vol 24 , Num 6
Intraventricular Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma: A Case Report
Ricardo MENÉNDEZ1, Julio FERNÁNDEZ1, Alfredo MONTI1, Gustavo SEVLEVER2
1Hospital Bernardo Houssay, Division of Neurosurgery, Vicente Lopez, Argentina
2Institute for Neurological Research “Raul Carrea”, FLENI, Department of Neuropathology, Buenos Aires, Argentina
DOI : 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.10063-13.1 Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA), an uncommon glial neoplasm, typically affects adolescents and young adults and accounts for less than 1% of all astrocytic neoplasms. The authors present a case of PXA located entirely in the third ventricle in a 24-year-old male patient. The patient presented with a 6-month history of headaches, progressive decline in cognitive function and profound behavioral disturbances. He was admitted to the hospital with signs of increased intracranial pressure. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a well-enhanced solid tumor, located entirely inside the third ventricle. The tumor was totally removed via a right fronto-pterional trans-lamina terminalis approach and neuropathology report confirmed PXA diagnosis. No further treatment was indicated. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of a solid PXA confined to the third ventricle. Keywords : Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, Intraventricular, Immuno-histochemical
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Turkish Neurosurgery 2016 , Vol 26 , Num 1
Effect of Using High-Speed Drill in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Mustafa GUVEN1, Davut CEYLAN2, Adem Bozkurt ARAS1, Ayla AKBAL3, Ferhat GOKMEN3, Hatice RESORLU3, Bahadir ALKAN1, Mehmet TOKMAK4, Murat COSAR1
1Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Canakkale, Turkey
2Sakarya University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Sakarya, Turkey
3Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, School of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Canakkale, Turkey
4İstanbul Medipol University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey
DOI : 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11182-14.2 AIM: The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of using 2 different surgical techniques (curette or high-speed drill) in anterior cervical discectomy surgery on the healing of cases.

MATERIAL and METHODS: Fifty-four operated cervical disc hernia cases were retrospectively examined in 2 groups. Discectomy and osteophytectomy were carried out in Group A by using a high-speed drill, while a curette was used for group B. Preoperative and postoperative computerized tomography and direct radiography were performed. Cervical disc height, cervical and segmental lordotic angles were calculated. The visual analogue scale and Odom’s criteria were used in the assessment of pain and clinical healing. The fusion ratio of both groups was compared. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare data from the groups.

RESULTS: Satisfactory results were obtained in the groups where high-speed drill and curette were used. Independently from the surgical technique, pain scores were significantly reduced in both groups after surgery. No radiologically significant differences were identified between the two groups within the postoperative period.

CONCLUSION: Either high-speed drill or curette can be chosen for the osteophytectomy and discectomy stages of anterior cervical discectomy operations. Keywords : Cervical, Discectomy, Fusion, Curette, High-speed drill, Endplate

Corresponding author : Mustafa Güven, drmustafaguven@comu.edu.tr


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(Studio) Four-day impasse over last American prisoners of war release ends. Communists agree to release 9 American POW's captured in Laos. All POW's to be freed by Thursday 32 POW's held by Viet Cong to be released Tuesday Wednesday Laos POW's plus 40 more POW's will be freed in North Vietnam. Last 67 Americans to be released Thursday. Nixon orders Defense Secretary Elliot Richardson to complete United States troop withdrawal from Vietnam.
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(Capitol Hill) [RICHARDSON - says release POW's a tribute to American negotiators, include Ambassador Bunker, General Weyand, General Woodward and support received by Nixon and American people.] Despite end of war Richardson and head Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Thomas Moorer request Senate appropriations committee supply Defense Department with $83.5 billion for 1974.
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(Studio) Saigon government frees major political prisoner Truong Dinh Dzu. Dzu ran second to President Thieu in `67 elections. Dzu jailed for advocating neutrality.
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(Studio) Report of United States commission on inner cities detailed.

(DC) Slum film shown. Very old, very young, black and Hispanic noted. Problems detailed. [WOMAN - expresses despair.] October 5, 1977 film of Carter visit to New York City slums shown. [National Commission on Neighbors Joseph TIMILTY - blames slums on government and private industry.] Red-lining and unemp. blamed. Details given. Govt. action to save neighborhoods recommended.
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