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good mary res (2)Quake in your boots, all you pompous jargon-spewing pols, filled to the brim with your own near-greatness. The Princess Warrior is back. Yes, Marg Delahunty, ambush-whacker extraordinaire and scourge of the mighty for two decades on CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes, is girding her loins and other crucial body parts — remember those armour-plated boob cones? — for a rampage into the West.
Marg’s ebullient alter-ego, the great Canadian comedian satirist Mary Walsh, is bringing her solo play Dancing With Rage to the Canoe Festival here this weekend before Vancouver and Victoria dates, then a three-week Toronto run.
In Dancing With Rage, citizen journalist Marg shares the stage with other indelible Walsh characters, including Dakey Dunn, Miss Eulalifrtrata Turpin, Mom Reardon and Connie Bloor. She’s on a cross-country quest to find the love child she gave up for adoption after she got knocked up at Expo 67.Marg and Walsh have their commonalities, including the macular degeneration that gives Marg’s lost kid mission a certain urgency before sight fails.
But Walsh needs no narrative excuse to leave the Rock — which is to say, her house in St. John’s, just down the street from her fellow CODCO alumnus Andy Jones, who directed Dancing With Rage — and be provocatively Canadian in other parts of the country. It’s what she does from time to time. Witness Marg’s celebrated comeback ambush of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at home in 2011. It was a headline magnet, not least because he called 911 and (allegedly) showered the operator with verbal abuse.
On the blower from her house last week, Walsh put down the phone temporarily, hunting for her glasses on a day she planned to edit video for a show that’s always getting updated, thanks to the news. “It isn’t that you don’t have energy,” she declares vigorously of her 60-year-old self, returning to the line. “It’s that you’re wasting it uselessly, running up and down, up and down, up and down the stairs looking for things you’ve lost. … Ah, today we triumph!”Last season, Walsh’s 59-year-old self succumbed to bronchitis, which landed her in hospital in St. John’s instead of onstage at Theatre Passe Muraille, where Dancing With Rage was supposed to open. Enraging, really. Then she got hit by a Toronto cab, and broke some ribs. More maddening still. The run was cancelled. These days, Walsh has not just one, but two trainers, one a pulmonary specialist. “I’ve gone from no gyms to two gyms!” she laughs ruefully. “It’s exhausting.”As you might expect, Walsh is getting exercised just thinking about coming west. Beyond the fact that “theatrical events happen every night, so it’s a different show when you’re with 200 or 600 other people … I always want to say something about where I am,” she says of her perpetual “tinkering” with Dancing With Rage. It premièred last year in the storied LSPU (Longshoreman’s Protective Union) Hall in St. John’s, which Jones has declared to be the best theatrical space in the country. “I agree with Andy,” says Walsh. “I’ve always agreed with Andy. I’ve had 40 years of agreeing with Andy.”

Alberta should offer Walsh some prime satirical material. For one thing, it coughed up the current prime minister, who sets the tone and agenda of a federal regime that is, she thinks, an affront to the democratic spirit. “What amazes me is that before the West arranged to get the guy in the blue sweater into power,” she says, “it was the home of Tommy Douglas, socialized medicine” and other groundbreaking progressive initiatives. These days? “An about-face from that … The difference is having money.” She’s on a roll about the attitude that “if you’re poor, it’s because you’re stupid and you don’t believe in the right things. … After all that sulking and bawling about having no influence, it turns out the West has been setting the agenda all along.”

And then, a gift to any Newfoundland comedian, there’s Fort McMurray and the oilsands. Alberta oil towns are now full of working Newfoundlanders. “When we came to Alberta in the ’80s,” says Walsh of her CODCO sketch comedy compatriots, “Newfoundlanders in Alberta were sick with homesickness, literally.” The last time she was in Fort Mac, “just before the most recent oil boom, people were so happy to be there; some of them were third-generation Newfoundlanders.”

Walsh, who grew up in St. John’s as one of eight siblings — a fact that inspired the character of The Little Girl Who Grew Up Next Door To Her Family — didn’t pine to be an actor. “Nothing like that. I wanted to be a journalist. … I wrote bits and bobs for alternative papers, a couple of very painful pieces.” She laughs ruefully. “I did research for the local CBC suppertime news hour.” She surprised even herself by signing up for theatre, not TV or radio, at Toronto’s Ryerson University. “I didn’t have very good marks; I hadn’t been very successful at anything really.”

Gigs with “an unnamed theatre company that got named” followed. That would be CODCO, whose riotous comedy sketches tended to have a political edge. Eventually the deal-breaker for CBC television was a sketch that targeted the Catholic orphanage scandal in Newfoundland. In “Pleasant Irish Priests in Conversation,” a trio of priests sat around discussing their sexual experiences. The CBC nervously refused to air it, and Andy Jones walked. By 1992, CODCO was no more. Soon thereafter, the combined forces of Walsh, Cathy Jones, Greg Thomey and Rick Mercer created an exuberant newscast parody, This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Marg Delahunty buttonholed her first politician, and Walsh got to combine her two great loves, theatre and journalism. “I’m 60 now, and there’s still another career I could go after,” she says vigorously. “But I just can’t think what it would be.”

“I like the liveness of theatre,” Walsh says cheerfully. “But it’s quite terrorizing really, that live connection.” There are trials: This past week, for example, UPS lost a vital part of Walsh’s set, the box containing all her video equipment. A Toronto company gallantly stepped up to recreate everything for her. “Really, what I like best is television,” she considers. “It’s such a monster. … You have to create every day just to feed it. So there’s never any chance to slump into self-loathing. There’s no time for that.”

There is, however, time for the loathing-unto-ridicule of pop culture, politics, capitalist assumptions. Dancing With Rage has a wide embrace. And thanks to the Harper regime, Marg Delahunty has a lot to work with. “Using politics as if it was war! Proroguing Parliament, twice, with no sense of fair play at all! Taking hints and tips from the Republicans across the border! They should start reading the U.S. papers; even there people are realizing they’re lunatic in their repressiveness!

“Under this government the vast chasm between rich and poor has gotten wider! And transparency? Two words: Vic Toews, say no more. … Every day there’s another outrage. The Atomic Energy Commission: not allowing scientists to speak. … Will Canada come back to itself? I have great faith in this country. I think we will.”

In November, Walsh got a taste of Alberta when she was awarded the Bob Edwards prize for journalism at a fancy dinner in Calgary. “It all went well until I started listing some of the things the Harper government has done. … I wasn’t even talking about the man, the pudge and hair, nothing like that. Just government measures. There was a pall over the evening. Later a lady took me aside and said ‘you were mean; that was not necessary.’ ”

“Maybe all comedy is fuelled by rage,” muses Walsh. There’s an irresistible kind of cheery zest about her outrage, in conversation. “Even slipping on a banana peel: ah, the horror, the anger, the rage. … I read somewhere that all human reactions are based on fear and anger. So you twist them into a laugh.”

Newfoundland is famously good for that, Walsh agrees. “You don’t have to be funny when you’re rich; you just hire people to be funny for you. The king is never the fool; he always (employs) the fool.”

The Newfoundland population seems to contain a disproportionate number of funny people. Why? “Genetics?” Walsh laughs. “Maybe, as someone said, it’s having a genetic pool the size of a pudding bowl.”

Dancing With Rage

Created by and starring: Mary Walsh

Directed by: Andy Jones and Mary Walsh

Where: Myer Horowitz Theatre, University of Alberta

Running: Saturday, Feb. 2 at 8 p.m.

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Narayana’s average cardiac hospital to perform thousands of heart surgeries per year for less than $1,400 per case – about 2 percent of the average cost for heart surgery in the US.

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Final Asia Post: What I learned

“If I knew everything I would not have to work anymore.”

That is one of my favorite quotes to use when the question of “knowing all” comes up. Hey, being a Raton Colorao, one is expected to know a lot! I think the phrase applies to many things in life – and I can certainly put “travel” in place of “work” and have it still be relevant.

El Raton high above Taipei

El Raton high above Taipei

Since this is my final post in what has become my travel series on my trip to Asia, I thought it would be good to convey what I have learned from my first trip to Asia (without overly waxing poetic) – a summation if you will. As I write this (albeit 5 months later!!!!!!), I really want to see if the trip and my experience met my expectations from one of my earliest posts. Hopefully, you will learn something too…

SPOILER ALERT: There is a video at the end of this post I filmed at the beginning of my trip that turned out to be very prophetic…I forgot I even had it until I looked at my FlipCam recently.

So in rapid fire (well, not so rapid fire) fashion, here are my takeaways – complete with pretty pictures and videos for those of you more visually inclined. Remember to click on the pictures for extra detail – especially the food pics!

  • The Taiwanese people eat 447 times per day and are not fat – this is more than likely due to what they eat (or what they do not eat), lack of processed food, and a more active lifestyle. See the Pork Sung Rice Ball below…
  • Taipei has 3 million people, has cutting edge technology, and has the most productive workforce in the world (Well, probably because they work like dogs and get very little vacation. One of my MBA classmates gets about 8 days off per year…yikes)
  • Singapore has 4 million people, has amazing diversity, and is the cleanest and safest city in the world – and it’s not even close. You walk around mesmerized and amazed at the pristineness (is that even a word? If not, it should be).
  • Asian countries kick our asses when it comes to use/adoption of technology – period. We are just now getting to things they have had there for years
  • I have never seen a culture that is faster to adopt trends than the Taiwanese culture; be it hairstyles or fake eyelashes (I can do without the fake eyelashes, but it was hysterical)
  • Taipei has one of the 4 largest National Museums in the world (Louvre in Paris, British Museum in London, Met in NYC) – the National Palace Museum

Waiting for a mid-day snack in Gongguan area of Taipei. Lots of small, fresh meals may be the key to the skinny population – although Western Delights are coming…

…Like a Mister Donut – there are tons of them in Taipei, why did I think they were only a Delaware staple?

A Pork Sung Rice Ball with Egg – Self Explanatory I think. I need to open a stand here in USA to sell these! Contents include Rice, Pork Sung, Egg, and Chinese Donut – all for about $1 USD

“Clean and Pristine” sums up Singapore. Wait – is that a leaf on the ground? Someone is getting fired…

There are many cultural influences in Singapore – this is near Arab Street

National Palace Museum in Taipei

This is less of a learning for me, but more of a teaching I hope to get across to everyone. Many people have visions of Asia – and they are usually of the ones in movies (such as Vietnam war movies), or of the depressed areas of Mainland China (h-p) as seen by the NBC cameras during the Beijing Olympics (Again, Mainland China). Visions of rice patties, dirt roads, and outdoor plumbing permeate our minds, but that is not the Asia I saw. Do the poor, dirt-road laden areas exist? Sure, of course – but those scenes also exist in Arkansas, Mississippi, California, and New York.

Taipei is one of the great, under-appreciated treasures of the world – a large, cosmopolitan and modern city that is still affordable. It has a mix of the high-end and the blue-collar – both in food and other cultural indicators.

Singapore is an unbelievably modern city with a diverse and extremely well-educated population. Both cities have incredible modern conveniences and no shortage of connectivity/influence both to and from the rest of the world.

And look out – Asian markets are some of the fastest growing in the world – especially the wine market. Hong Kong just passed New York as the number one auction market for wine. Taipei is nowhere near that level of sophistication, but wine bars are creeping up – and wine is becoming more popular there. Singapore already as a huge wine scene – given the amount of money and Brits there.

The countries I visited are WAY ahead of us in some areas (Read: Mass use of Technology & Mass Transit), and a bit behind in others (Read: Work/Life Balance) – but that is the experience you want to have when you travel – the ability to both teach and learn.

PS – The new breed of Asian kids coming up: TALL – another stereotype soon to be gone.

Spotted this place on our way back from lunch at Din Tai Fung dumpling restaurant – indicative of the transforming culture in Asian countries. Hmmm – coffee, wine, music – three of my favorite things. It’s a great spot that is now one of my favorite places on Earth.

Yes, scenes like this still exist in the outer villages (this near Danshui in the northwest part of Taipei), but you have to take them as a collective with an entire culture – not as a stereotypical point of view.

When I say “Asia” or “Taiwan” – a scene like this usually comes to people’s minds…

…But Taipei has a great mix of modern and traditional – this is at the National Theater

El Raton in front of Taipei 101 – until recently when the tower in Dubai opened, it was the tallest building in the world.

Modern buildings in Singapore

Diverse Architecture in Singapore

Cultural Sidebar

Why do I keep making the distinction between Taiwan and Mainland China? Well, to put it mildly, they don’t get along…at all. The Taiwanese will not be rooting for the cute little underage/falsified document Chinese gymnasts at the Olympics. Picture the worst of American Classism or Racism – then add in the worst redneck thinking, tack on a little bible-belt religious fanaticism (think abortion clinic bombers-but worse), and you pretty much have how they feel.

Even though both countries have the same “Chinese” origins, they really are different (I liken it to the divide that currently exists between Republicans and Democrats in the USA – aka – The Two Coasts vs. Everyone Else. We are all technically Americans, but many of us have NOTHING IN COMMON with one another). So if you go (to either country), just remember not to lump them all into one or make a blanket statement. The most important thing to remember is that Mainland China is communist, Taiwan is not – BIG DISTINCTION!

Subway Side Note:

I have said this before, but taking the train is a treat in Taipei and Singapore. In Taipei they showcase art hanging from 2-story ceilings in the subway stations. They also have galleries – yes galleries – of paintings in the corridors. How long do you think that would last in NYC? Singapore has expensive elevators that would rival any big city office building – and the marble? Forget about it, unbelievable nice. You could seriously eat off the ground in the Singapore subway station.

Also, how do you feel about complete climate control? I thought about my last week in NYC (before I moved back to San Francisco) at the subway station by my apartment in NYC (the 1 Rector St. station) was FLOODING and leaking from the roof. The 90 degree NYC temperatures made the NYC subways a sauna.

Not that I love the idea, but if you absolutely need to talk on your mobile phone while on a train, you can do so in Taipei and Singapore. They system is so new (within the last 20 years for Taipei), the technology is aligned with the infrastructure. Also, most subway stations have bathrooms – as in bathrooms you would want to use; as in bathrooms without communicable diseases; as in bathrooms with attendants constantly cleaning them. To give you an idea, most, if not all subway stations in Taipei and Singapore have the services of a “main station” in NYC like Grand Central (stores, bathrooms, etc.). Check out the video of the subway as well as some pics:

Hanging Art in a Taipei Subway Station

Let’s see: Expensive marble, high-end elevator, supremely clean…office building? NO! Singapore Subway Station!

Asian’s use cell phones more than any other culture – and they are SERIOUS texters – but not when they are around others. Sure, when they are alone (especially workers in retail stores) they are constantly on the text. But when they are together with their friends, they actually engage in interpersonal communication.

We have all seen the recent articles here where waiters in restaurants are having a hard time navigating the cell phones on the tables. We can be talking to someone in front of us and then check our BlackBerrys for updates – as in (ANYTHING THAT IS ON MY PHONE IS MORE INTERESTING THAN YOU FUCKFACE). We have all been guilty of it – especially since we all feel the pressures (perceived or not) from a work perspective to stay connected. Or, in my case, when my low threshold for boredom checks in – and I am somewhere where I do not want to be or not with someone I want to be with (Like how I justify it??) . More often though – its more of a laziness. We can learn from this – but to me its another example of the sloth that is becoming more prevalent in our culture – we are too lazy to even talk…

I have said in the last few years that I should have been a chiropractor (I know, don’t get me started on that pseudo medicine bullshit too) since our postures will be all out of whack given the one-had-stretched-out-at-a-distance poses we use when banging on our phones.

There, I said it. For as big of a coffee freak that I am the tea in Taiwan is amazing. To learn more, take this Taiwan Tea Primer

I spent a day in Jioufen, about 90 minutes outside of Taipei. Jioufen has two sides: Aside from being a claustrophobically crazy – absolutely insane food stall experience – it is also a serene retreat if you want to go to a Tea House. The teahouses are another one of Taiwan’s great singular experiences. A place where art, relaxation, conversation, and ritual meet. The pomp and circumstance associated with tea can be amazing – and I enjoyed every bit of it. It’s amazing to learn how the tea is grown (high mountain tea is best) and the painstaking effort to pick it (best are hand harvested, whole leaf teas – VERY LABOR INTENSIVE).

Interestingly enough, I did not start drinking coffee until my twenties, and I, along with my grandmother Bev, drank a lot of Tetley growing up – eventually graduating to the English Breakfast and Earl Grey types. I wonder if Bev would be digging the Taiwanese tea as much as I do? I’m sure she would…

El Raton shows his sophisticated tea side in a traditional teahouse in Jioufen, Taiwan

A misty day in Jioufen

A barrel of tea from a Jioufen stall market

The claustrophobia of the Jioufen Stall Markets

In previous posts, I have pontificated on the virtues of eating at stands that in Taipei or Singapore that, because of our overly-stringent health department/code rules in the USA, would not and do not exist in America. After a while, they were the only places I wanted to eat. But it does not stop there…

One of the things that I have learned and am passionate about as I travel is not just an appreciation – but a true understanding and immersion into the cultures I throw myself into. So yes, the food sometimes freaks people out – but you have to understand it is how people live and act in a certain culture. They do not make $100-$200 trips to the grocery store, they shop day to day (or in Taipei, not at all, since eating out is so cheap). I am sure Asians come to this country and see how we eat and have their own “WTF” moment at the stuff we consume, case in point – the “Double Ridiculous” from KFC:

The latest invention from KFC – the Double Ridiculous

What else would not fly in America? Check out the photo below:

Normal life in Taiwan, but calls to Child Services and a lawsuit waiting to happen in USA. While this may frighten most, scooters are the way families get around and, more importantly, get through traffic.

I spent both Christmas and New Years in Taipei – and I have to say it was a bit refreshing. Sorry, I am not including our latest national holiday, the day after Thanksgiving, as one.

SHAMELESS SOAPBOX RANT: Only in America do we take the day after giving Thanks, go out at midnight or 3am to start shopping – and have people trampled at Wal-Marts. How fucked up is it that we do not have a day of service as opposed to a day of shopping?

Back to Christmas – well, in a country that is 90%+ Buddhist, Christmas… not so big. Sure, they threw a bone to the Christians with some trees, etc. – but all in all, you had no idea it was a holiday. Since Christmas was on a Friday – kids were in school – YES SCHOOL!

But what defines a holiday? Do we really celebrate the true meaning of Christmas in America? (Or any holday for that matter? Do we really remember the true meaning of Veterans Day, Memorial Day, or Labor Day – or is it just another day off for us?). Definitely food for thought (so to speak)…

Christmas Day wrapping outside a mall

Yes – even in the subway they throw a bone to the Christians

One of my concerns was that it had been several years since I had left the country – and almost 10 years since I had been to a country where I did not speak or understand the language (well, less if you count parts of south and Midwestern USA).

I hate to say something so cliché like “it’s like riding a bike…or having sex…once you learn…” – but its true. Once I got off the plane, I was in full traveler (as opposed to tourist mode). I sought out the back road places, stayed away from the tour buses, and was all in all considered a local by many. I more than stretched my comfort zone with food and activities, and I’m glad to see I have that quality and mindset after not venturing out for a few years. It does go back to the Bourdain adage that Travel Changes People – and once you’ve changed, hopefully you don’t go back.

El Raton with old friends and making new ones. To my right, Yu-Yuh Lu – a classmate from MBA school who I had not seen in 11+ years!

New Years Eve at Vinyl wine bar in Taipei – I befriended the owner (to my right) and my “American” presence apparently influenced other patrons!

And – Funny thing about language: even though I speak ZERO Mandarin, after a while you almost start to understand. It’s the tone and intonation in peoples voices that can almost have you following a conversation.

I recorded this video at the beginning of my trip. While I did not know it at the time, it is a capsule of what turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life. I have many great memories I will take with me from this adventure – I look forward to many more – caporegime of world travelers.

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  • isabel September 12, 2010, 7:51 am

    Hello, I’m a student from Taipei,
    As a high school student I’m so busy that I almost forget how wonderful this city is.
    I saw this city in a different point of view by your words, I’m amazed and impressed!
    I’m glad you had a good time in Taipei. Hope you will come back visit us soon. 🙂

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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Looking Around

The article written by Landon Gilbert

I looked for direct tv packages before Christmas break because I knew the kids would be bored stiff here at home with me. I try hard to be the “fun mom” but at the end of the day it’s tough for me to really buckle down and do the serious stuff when I’m in the midst of being cool in my kids’ eyes…I don’t ever want to be bad cop if I don’t have to.

I love that I got to spend so much time with them the last few weeks but it’s nice to have the house back to normal since it’s much more quiet and manageable around here when it’s just me and the dog. I love that there are so many activities to keep me busy during the day but I really have a hard time balancing everything when the kids are here under my feet although I do like being able to bond with them even if the laundry’s not done and the kitchen’s not clean.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Searching for Savings

Thanks to Lemuel Craft
In these tough economic times we all need to be a little bit more creative about how we save money. Three years ago my husband and I both had full-time jobs and were able to live a pretty comfortable life. One day everything changed when I was laid off from my job with no notice or severance package. We would have liked to sell our home and move into a smaller place, but since the housing market was so lousy, that wasn’t an option. We would have had to take a hugeloss that we couldn’t afford.
We had heard from a friend here in Texas that we could get a better electricity rate so we started looking for electric companyrates. We also downsized our cable and internet packages and I started clipping coupons for groceries. I never thought I’d be able to save so much money clipping coupons but that has been huge. We know we’ll get through these tough times and that things will get better. We just need to stick together as a family and give each other the support we need.

Snow Storm Colorado

We closed the center early today. Only few workers and children were able to came to work due to the bad weather. One of the worker in the other center was running off the road and good thing she was safe and was able to stop eventually without hitting any car. It is very nasty outside and good thing hubby put the car in the garage. He didn't need to shovel and clean our car when he goes to work tonight. I am glad I got off early today and got a chance to clean our house, work my other errands and rest but I guess tonight we still need to go to the party of our friends house. We need to cancel the baby shower tomorrow because of the weather. I guess this is one of the worst snow storm I experience since I live here in Colorado. The weather here in the states is just so extreme that it is very hard to control. The snow outside is pretty but not safe to drive.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

New House

The article written by Alonso Kramer

Our new house is everything I ever imagine it would be and more. I can’t wait until we can afford to furnish all the rooms but we upsized so much on the place we didn’t even have enough existing furniture to make it a home! I love that we’ve got not one but TWO extra bedrooms for company and Jimmy is loving the backyard.

I went to reviews the other day to look into energy in the area and I’ve also been thinking about calling someone about the driveway – it’s cracked and it really bothers me because the rest of the house is so perfect. Anyway, I can’t wait until this place is done to the nines but I know that will be a while since it’s so far from perfect. But the bones are good and it won’t take long for me to decide what kind of finishes I want and what types of colors I want to put in there. It’s going to be great!

To make our schedules work, me and hubby tried to eat lunch together or else were not gonna see each other until at night. Working full time job is a good thing especially to this time of recession but it requires a little bit of management or else our schedules will be a mess. Me and hubby was been trying to lower down our bills and I am proud to say that he made it.

When I got home today for lunch I saw a bunch of grocery and guess what that's from his patient gathering his coupon. I am proud of him that he made such a good deal in all his purchases. I can't imagine how much he will pay without those coupon. Couponing is on of his new way of budgeting and I must say it works. I am proud of him really!!!

We have so much thing to do this year and one of them is for me to go back to school. I almost tried to stop going to work and be a full time student but I need my income so I will be doing my school online. Last year 2011 was such a good year for us because we had so much blessings and the highlights there was to buy our own house. I have so much to say if I will mention everything but I was just wondering how you guys lowered your bills? Please drop some comments and let's learn from them. Have a prosperous year 2012!!!!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

So many channels

Thanks to Jonathon Woods
I went over to my boyfriend’s house the other night and when I arrived, he
was in the middle of one of his home improvement projects. He told me to go
ahead and find something for us to watch on television and that he’d wrap up his
work so he could join me.I was so used to not having cable that when I went to
check out the directv channel guide, I was overwhelmed to say the least.
I had joined the 21st century and bought a flat screen TV a few years ago, but it was only 32 inches and since I didn’t get any HD channels, I had nothing to compare it to. I didn’t even know
where to start. I knew that we would both prefer to watch something on an HD
channel, but I didn’t know which hundred those began in. So, I decided to start
at 1. At least ten minutes had passed and I was still scrolling through, trying
to decide on something. He had managed to put away all of his project materials
before I could even choose a channel.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Greatly predicting the plot for Boardwalk Empire

Guest post written by Liz Bundy

I'm not really sure how or why I'm always able to do it, but I always know what's going to happen in the plot lines of my favorite shows. I guess that it's not a rare phenomenon or anything, but it still kind of freaks me out every time that it happens to me.

The thing is, I'm really looking forward to the new show Boardwalk Empire and have been trying to distract myself and keep myself guessing about all of this. While I was online looking up some info on this coming season, I saw some info on internet providers. After I decided to click here for more info, I changed over my home internet service to one of the ones that I saw with all that info.

I know that this Boardwalk Empire season is going to be straight up amazing. I just hope that it does a good job of following up on all of the greatness that we witnessed from the first season. Or elase I'll be pretty disappointed, but I don't think that will be the case.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Animal Lover

Author: Joseph Sandoval

Ever since I was little I’ve had a passion for animals. I knew that when I got older in some way I would find a way to work with animals when I grew up but I knew I couldn’t really be a vet since I can’t stand to see animals sad or hurting. When I was 30 I opened up my own stables way out here outside of Dallas and it was amazing! I get to make my own hours and work with horses all day every day which is pretty much my dream come true. I had to do a lot to get this place off the ground like working with my brother who’s a contractor to build the physical stables and go to since I had so much new square footage to cool in the summer. I had to hire an extra stable hand to help me keep the horses exercised and the place clean and even brush up on my accounting skills. Owning my own business is harder as I thought.

Monday, May 23, 2011

iPage webhosting

Webhosting can be confusing to some people and I am one of them. I owned my two websites and I payed some bucks every year to keep it running. Now my friends kept telling me to do webhosting and I don't know how.

I know how to create a website and buy a domain name but hosting is different. I want to know more and I want to learn how to do hosting. I love reading reviews and searching online. Most of the time it helps me a lot to decide which one is the best product.

I found webhosting rating, this company is providing us the most top rated web hosting today. They also provide the affordability of the product, reliability, rating and more. Among the list of top rated webhosting, I want to try iPage unlimited budget host. I like this one because they provide unlimited disk space and traffic. I am so excited to start hosting, wish me the best!


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Meliorism Mel"io*rism, n. [From L. melior better.] The doctrine that there is a tendency throughout nature toward improvement. --J. Sully. [1913 Webster]

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  • meliorism — [mēl′yə riz΄əm] n. [L melior, better (see MELIORATE) + ISM] 1. the belief that the world naturally tends to get better and, esp., that this tendency can be furthered by human effort 2. the betterment of society by improving people s health,… …   English World dictionary

  • Meliorism — William James was an earlier adherent to meliorism as a halfway between metaphysical optimism and pessimism. This article is about the philosophical concept. For the political wing of the Italian Communist Party, see Meliorism (politics).… …   Wikipedia

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1. How to protect certain Rows or columns in excel with password.
  For ex: I want to protect entire "C" column, once i protected other user should not able to edit and the same way it should be untouchable for the other user.
  In addition all the formula has to work in the protected rows and columns.

2. How to swap the text in excel.

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        I want " David Antony" to be "Antony David".

- Select the cells you want the user to edit
- right-click and select format cells
- On the protection tab uncheck "Locked"
- Now protect your worksheet (review tab).

Text swap:

- Select names
- Data, text to columns, delimited, space, finish (must have empty columns to the right)
- formula in adjacent column: =C2 & " " & B2

Note that names are very complicated, multiple last names, firstnames, prefixes highly complicate this!
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My wife and I are entertaining the prospect of retireing to the southern US from Canada.
We know there a big 'snowbird' communities in Arizona and Florida, but we were thinking of someplace a bit less crowded and more affordable. No real preference, any southern state will do, as long as it is within driving distance of a metropolitan centre with a major airport.
Traveling in the south on buisness I really like the people and would feel right at home.

Hello, Bud,

There are a myriad of choices, considering that the US is so diverse. I would recommend that you consider climate early in your search. Consider what climate appeals to you, personally. There are a variety of climates from which to choose, Including the dry southwest in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, and the humid southeast of Florida and the other southeastern states, such as the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama.  Keep in mind that these areas have climates and temperatures that vary throughout the year, so please be sure you familiarize yourself with the temperature variations and rainfall, or lack thereof, of each region that you are considering.  You will also want to consider the cost of living, if that is a concern for you.  Southern California is one of the more expensive regions. Other considerations include access to healthcare, transportation, and entertainment.  I recommend that you read as much about any region that you're considering as possible. And then, if you have the means to do so and the time, I would highly recommend that you rent a vacation home for a month or more in any area to which you are considering moving, to see for yourself if it is what you're looking for.

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The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in coordination with the World Bank and UNICEF hosted a seminar on April 9 in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong, to share their experiences in implementing programmes to provide money to poor children.

The seminar attracted representatives from eight provinces that have similar programmes, including Lam Dong, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Tra Vinh, Ha Giang and Lao Cai.

According to the organising board, besides sharing their experiences, reviewing and evaluating the implementation of policies related to funding in Vietnam and in particular provinces, they aim to create effective funding programmes for children, which is the main purpose of the seminar.

Participants at the seminar discussed and recommended measures such as ways of identifying programmes’ subjects, updating and managing lists of children in need, specific methods of assistance and the best way of assisting poor children, particularly those from minority ethnic groups.

MOLISA Deputy Minister Nguyen Trong Dam said that the ministry has applied many social welfare policies to support poor people in the past, however, they have not been effective enough.

He said overlapping policies, plus shortcomings in implementing processes are among the main reasons for the poor results, which need changing dramatically.

Recently, the Prime Minister ratified a cash aid project for children under 16 with ODA funds in the eight aforementioned provinces for 2013-2015, therefore the seminar should help the province to carry out the project more effectively.

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Islam and Monoculture

American Thinker - 16 August 2009 - From Murphy Donovan

Monoculture is a term that has been freighted with a lot of baggage, mostly negative. The origin of this compound word is usually traced to agriculture where it is used to describe a farm or a farming community that relies on a single crop. Tobacco, cotton, sugar, and now corn, are examples. The advantages of monoculture farming are obvious; seed, soil, water and equipment requirements are uniform. Yet standardization has a down side. Uniformity makes crops vulnerable to a single pathogen or pest; and the soil, once exhausted, needs to be replenished. Newer varieties of seed or more pesticides or more fertilizer are required. In short, the single crop specialist, over time, must work harder and faster to stay in the same place - until he or the land is exhausted. The tipping point of monoculture is often defined by a single vulnerability.

More recently the notion of monoculture has migrated to cyberspace. Here again it is used as a pejorative to describe alleged abuses by software or telecommunications monopolies; Microsoft operating systems, Google search engines or cable companies are frequently described as monocultures. The advantages of singularity here, like agriculture, are uniformity, consistency, and homogeneity. The disadvantages are also obvious. Like all monopolies, the lack of serious competition breeds complacency, arrogance, and indifference; inferior products and shoddy services. While good ideas often create good institutions, just as often, over time, that same institution becomes the enemy of the idea - especially new ideas. Here monoculture becomes a kind of totaltalitarianism; a cult of "my way or the highway".

Single party towns, cities, states and even countries often become political monocultures. National Socialists, Fascists, and Marxists are examples in the extreme. Once a single party achieves success, controls the levers of power; the dominant ethic often becomes the retention of power. An ideology that may come to power with appeals to diversity and pluralism often morphs into a culture of exclusion - a place where the external infidel (non-believer) and the internal apostate (independent thinker) become public enemies. Such developments are not limited to primitive political forms like monarchies and military dictatorships. Indeed, often the worst totalitarians begin as utopian prophets. Even with democracies, the first free election is often last real election.

America, often held up as the exemplar of democratic probity, is no exception. Some of the most dysfunctional states and municipalities are the victims of single party arrogance and mismanagement. The District of Columbia, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Newark, Cleveland, San Francisco and possibly all of the state of California are examples.

Utopian schemes from which monocultures rise always have two faces. Almost all international or regional organizations begin with high hopes for the comforts of conformity; and then reality sets in. Somehow we never get to know how regional parochialism is an improvement over national chauvinism. World organizations such as the League of Nations and now the United Nations are not much better. The most frequent consensus in these forums is the agreement to agree to do nothing about real problems or bad behavior. Maybe the world would be less safe without these organizations, without these "talking cures," and maybe most of these forums are just job programs for otherwise unemployable international bureaucrats. There are few measures of effectiveness for what didn't happen or "what might have been".

The problem with the layering of international, national and local governments is that eventually, like the monoculture farmer, you have to work harder and run faster just to stay in the same place. And as the shrewd Baroness from Finchley observed; "Eventually, you run out of other people's money". No government at any level creates wealth or prosperity; they consume it. Chaos is not an accident; it's merely the logical consequence of unmanageable complexity or catastrophe. Sometimes the two are synonymous with homogeneity.

None of this has ever deterred utopian intellectuals who pedal uniformity, conformity and the quest for some enchanted ideology or technology which eliminates conflict and brings unity, peace, and justice to all. Serious people often take these things seriously.

Karl Marx thought a world commune was possible if only the proletariat would rise and seize the moment. Little did he imagine that the proletariat would be hijacked by a vanguard of venal intellectuals. Marx seems to have slept through French history. Woodrow Wilson thought the League of Nations was a good idea and then Hitler thought he could bludgeon the world into Aryan consciousness. Albert Einstein thought world government was possible if only America would take the lead - proving only how little of the reason required for great science is fungible. Even Canadians got into the act; Marshal McLuhan forecast a global village united by communications technology. McLuhan hardly noticed that the number of nation states had doubled since WW II while the world was supposed to be bonding with Media cement. The post-colonial political centrifuge was at odds with the global village; the medium didn't send that message.

Today, another variant of utopian unity and conformity darkens the horizon. Five hundred some odd years after the fall of Constantinople, religion is on the march again; this time the objective is Tel Aviv, Rome and all points west. Once again the barbarians are at the gate. The 21st Century version of monoculture is a triple threat; military, ideological, and totalitarian. Theocracy is the latest militant monoculture; and if Islamists have their way, it will be the last.

All forms of monoculture are authoritarian in some respect; however, theocracy seeks to be totalitarian in all respects. For contemporary Islamists, there are no divided loyalties. National boundaries are irrelevant; only the boundaries of the Ummah (Muslim world) count. Civil or penal law is another abomination; there is only one law, religious law (Sharia). The separation of church and state is heretical; the religious community is the state, the community.

For the fundamentalist, the division of the world into material and spiritual realms is the nexus of Western culture; the source of wars and all other woes. The divided authorities of democracies are at the root of a "hideous schizophrenia;" indeed, infidels and apostates are sick, slaves to a self-imposed angst. The jihadist is a humanitarian, a liberator. He represents one God (Allah), one law (Sharia), one messenger (Mohammed), and one message (jihad). With jihad, the medium is also the message.

In its most benign incarnation the jihad is simply a "struggle". In practice there are several means, at least four ways to fight for universal unity: the struggle to improve self, study and accept the word of God; the struggle to spread the word of God, once properly understood; the struggle to do God's work, improve the community; and finally, jihad is also the right and requirement to defend Islam with every violent means available - jihad of the sword. Yes, defend! By definition, the nature of jihad, the nature of the war (harb), is defensive.

For the devout, the world is divided into two spheres: the house of Islam (dar al-Islam), they who have submitted to Sharia; and the house of war (dar al-harb), they who have yet to submit. Those outside of the Muslim community, or those within, who doubt, are living in a state of dangerous ignorance (jahiliyya). The danger is literal, by ancient and modern legal definition; apostasy is a capital offense, punishable by death. Ignorance itself is an aggressive threat, one that threatens to infect the purity and divide the unity of true believers. Eliminating ignorance is God's purpose, Mohammed's purpose, and the Koran's purpose. It is also the right and duty of all Islamists to fight any ignorance of God's will. The ultimate goal of militant Islam is one God, one law, one path, and one community of believers - in short, monoculture.

The Islamist take on the role of ignorance in society however, is more political than theological; indeed, it is a convenient rationalization for aggression. The proper role of civil society, or civilization writ large, is not to clear every thicket of contradiction or ignorance; the proper role of authority in any society is to eliminate the deserts of intolerance. And there is little debate within the Muslim community on the meaning of jihad. Dr. Tawfik Hamid, a former mujahadeen, cautions; "The doctrines of jihad are not taken out of context, as many apologists for Islamism argue. They are central to the faith and ethics of millions of Muslims".

For jihadists, means are variable; the type of jihad is tailored to circumstances - time, conditions, and place. What works here might not work there. The tactics may change but the strategy is constant; "two steps forward, one step back". Mainstream or so-called "moderate" organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood (al-Akwan) make peaceful protestations on cue, yet their menace is underlined by spin-offs, cut-outs, and splinter groups which are more than happy to do the "wet" work as necessary. In one case a brotherhood operative, Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, taught at a Florida university for three years before assuming command of Islamic Jihad in Syria. His first act as chief was to call for the elimination of Israel.

In a more recent case, the grandson of the founder of al Akwan, Tariq Ramadan, was about to accept a teaching post at Notre Dame when his visa was denied. Supporters of Ramadan represent him as a scholar and "reformer". Yet the facts tell another story. Tariq was probably happy to seek refuge at South Bend because British and French critics had exposed his irredentism and his defenses of bloody jihad in Europe. In short, Mr. Ramadan had been caught practicing taqiyya; a kind of Islamic dissimilation where you are not required to speak the truth to infidels. Indeed, Bernard Kouchner, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, has labeled Tariq Ramadan a "most dangerous Man".

The Ramadan appointment has been defended in the name of free speech, academic freedom, and ecumenicism. Yet, there are no axioms of freedom that require the academy to provide a soapbox for hate speech; and more important, ecumenicism is not a suicide pact. Or as George Orwell might put it; "There are some ideas that are so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them."

The liberation theologists of Notre Dame are not alone; there is an emerging if not bizarre convergence between Western intellectuals and Jihad dissimulators; an odd couple coalition of the American Left and the Islamic Right. John Walsh, writing for the Harvard International Review, winter 2003, claims that "there is no evidence to undermine the Brotherhood's peaceful rhetoric". He also repeats, without question, the party line; "The Brotherhood has never ordered an act of terrorism".

In the March/April, 2007 edition of Foreign Affairs, Robert Leiken and Steven Brooke took a similar tack in "The Moderate Muslim Brotherhood" where the title itself is an asserted conclusion. The problem with these arguments, and many like it, is the willingness to accept spoken or written assurances about non-violence while ignoring or rationalizing the violence itself. As a practical matter, the historical record, of deeds not words, is what should inform judgments. Surely there are peace loving Brothers; but, their existence in no way offsets the dark history and continuing excuse making for terror. Academic and official analyses of modern theocrats have two troubling deficits; little common sense and no sense of responsibility.

National security naiveté is not limited to journalists and academics. The July 2009 conference of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) provided a forum for Imam Warith Deen Umar, among others. He is the former director of NY State prison chaplains. Umar used the occasion to argue that a small number of Jews "control the world". He offered White House aides Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod as evidence. Iman Umar was preceded by Valerie Jarrett as keynote speaker. Ms. Jarret is a senior White House advisor for public engagement; her appearance was a first for any White House official. ISNA is a Brotherhood affiliate.

Brotherhood proselytizers are now seconded in America by Hizb ut Tahir (HT), an organization now represented in at least 40 other countries. HT is a Sunni political party based in Palestine which openly advocates Kilafah, a unitary Muslim state controlled by clerics and Sharia. This theocratic movement has been outlawed in many Muslim countries; yet, they held their first open national conference in America in Illinois this July.

Al Akwan and Hizb ut Tahir are thought to be the largest and best organized radical Islamic political movements organizations in the world. Although they make frequent peaceful protestations; they both rationalize violent jihad, non-violent sedition, and anti-Semitism. The Brotherhood is infamous for its cut-outs or affiliates who represent a "whose who" of terror organizations including Hammas and al Qaeda. UT is thought to be a recruiting venue for mujahadeen who, once indoctrinated, are then passed on to line terror groups as required. Their alumni include known "jihad of the sword" soldiers including Abu Musad al-Zarqawi and Kalid Sheik Mohammed. Neither al Akwan nor Hizb ut Tahir appear on the State Department's official list of terror groups.

The incongruity of American kafirs (infidels) trying to rebrand al Ikwan as "moderate" is beyond ironic. From the Islamist point of view, a secular Muslim is two things; an apostate and a target. In Egypt alone, the most populous Arab nation, the Brotherhood or cutouts, have been responsible for hundreds of terrorist incidents and scores of assassination attempts, several of which have been successful.

The Brothers assassinated Anwar Sadat and have been responsible for more than half dozen attempts against Hosni Mubarak. Al-Ikwan is illegal in Egypt where there are few illusions about "moderation". The latest menace on the Israeli front, Hammas, is a Brotherhood export.

The list of so-called moderates like Sadat who have been executed for apostasy is international. Benasir Bhutto was a special threat, a presumptuous woman and a secular Islamist. The most notable martyr to "moderation" was Afghan President Mohammed Najibullah. In August of 1996, he called for the US and "the civilized world to launch a joint struggle against fundamentalism". A month later, he was assassinated and hoisted on a lamppost by the Taliban as a public example. Najibullah had more than a dog in the fight; he gave his life trying to define the enemy. More than a decade later, Najibullah's clarity is lost under a fog of politically correct euphemisms.

This and other evidence that jihad apologists are willing to ignore is overwhelming. According to State Department figures, the number of terrorist incidents and casualties has increased tenfold since Najabullah's death. More recently, a professional intelligence officer, Stephen Collins Coughlin, at the Pentagon, connected the dots linking historical Sharia precedents to contemporary jihadist military doctrine in a 300 page legal brief. Coughlin was labeled a "Christian zealot with a poison pen" and fired for his candor.

His nemesis turned out to be a former Deputy Secretary of Defense, Gordon England. Apparently Major Coughlin was asked to moderate his scholarship and legal expertise at the behest of a special assistant to England, Hesham Islam. Egyptian born Islam was a "community outreach" expert for the Pentagon with ties to al Ikwan affiliates in America. Mr. Islam left his Pentagon post after several "anomalies" in his resume were exposed.

If nothing else, Jihads of the tongue and of the hand, these "peaceful" struggles, provide a kind of plausible deniability, a convenient separation from those with blood on their hands, the jihahists of the sword.

This jihad al-sayf is frequently literal. Never mind individual amputations or beheadings; recall the massacre at Luxor, the work of a Brotherhood splinter, where 84 were killed, 58 of them tourists, one of which was a child of five. Several were hacked to death with knives and swords. The literal symbol of the sword is lost on Westerners; the coercive power of the knife is not lost on Muslims.

Children aren't incidental casualties or collateral damage of jihad; they are often targets - especially females. At Beslan an entire grade school of over seven hundred was held hostage: 334 hostages were killed; 186 of these were children. Although the leader of the massacre was a Chechen national, Shamil Basayev; his crew, like most jihadist operations, was international. Several held British passports and some were associated with the Finsbury Park Mosque, London.

In January of 2004, Basayev issued an annual report of sorts entitled "Nothing Can Stop this Jihad". In it he highlights Russian losses and all the usual justifications common to such manifestos; appeals to Allah, blessings to the Prophet, cant about the righteousness of bloody jihad, castigations of kefirs , and one eerily prophetic note; he compares Russians to "children who close there eyes in order to hide". Ten months later nearly 200 hundred Russian children were dead at Beslan.

Religion is the heart of the Western predicament. On the one hand, smug intellectuals dismiss religion as some primitive superstition. In the process they underestimate the power of ideas, the significance of Jihad and Sharia; and their relation to military doctrine in the Muslim world. On the other hand, these same self-anointed progressives defend the separation of church and state and freedom of religion. Here they are skewered on the horns of the political correctness dilemma; tolerating intolerance in the name of tolerance. Separation of church and state is not the only core value in peril; the rights of women and children and freedom of thought and speech are also at risk under any theocratic ideology.

One constant of despotism over the centuries has been anti-Semitism. The modern jihadist is no exception. Not only are 20th Century atrocities like the European Jewish and Armenian Christian genocides denied by Islamic politicians, but ayatollahs and imams regularly use the Prophet and the Koran as touchstones for characterizing Jews as "apes and pigs". This bigotry is not a "fringe" phenomena; it is a thread of Muslim history. Indeed, with Saudi Arabia and Iran, intolerance is a state sponsored activity. Despotism has only three requirements; false prophets, slaves to immutable doctrine, and naïve apologists.

The oft repeated mantra that Israel, not Jews, is at the heart of Muslim angst is another deceit. Anti-Israel rhetoric is mostly anti-Semitism shaded with a political veil. The structural bigotry of Sunni Deobandis and Wahbis all predate the state of Israel, in one case by millennia. Wahabism is the state religion of the wealthiest Arab state, Saudi Arabia; the irredentism of al Ikwan is the most infamous modern export of Egypt, the most populous Arab state. The Brotherhood was created in Egypt two decades before the state of Israel reappeared in the Levant. The official hate speech of Shiite Iran is a modern phenomenon, but its literary antecedents are as old as the Sunni variety.

Surely the mere presence of modern Israel in the midst of the Arab world is itself an irritant; and many Israeli policies have aggravated the problem. However, any honest review of historical Muslim literature and commentaries reveal anti-Semitism to be part of the warp and weft of ancient and contemporary ideology. Just as surely apologists can find appropriate citations to the contrary; nonetheless, these exceptions are not the rule.

Official irredentism has been underlined by Arab and Muslim states at numerous human rights forums. The 60th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, 7 April 2004, was no exception. Whenever issues such as the stoning of women, honor killings, mutilations, and the apostasy death penalty are raised, Muslim officials reject any criticism as interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state. (Dar al-Islam scholars recognize secular or national boundaries when convenient to their arguments.) Only two Muslim states address the apostasy issue in their penal codes (Sudan and Mauritania); both mandate the death penalty. In all other Muslim states the issue is covered by religious law where the penalty is the same. Wherever elected politicians are superseded by clerics, the first casualty is reason.

Religious dogma is not negotiable; the idea that "moderate" Islam can or will compromise core tenants is absurd. Why change a winning strategy? In contrast, secular democratic values in Europe and America appear to be malleable at their best and marketable at their worst. Indeed, serving and retired presidents, premiers, cabinet officers and military personnel all avail themselves of Petro-retainers with unseemly regularity. This is not to suggest that such officials are for sale; but their values may have lease options.

Some ask the question; why now? Why has radical jihad now come to dominate the threat spectrum? The answer is simple; because it can! The theosophy, dogma, and militant doctrine (as Major Coughlin reminds us), have been elaborated for centuries had anyone cared to look. The Arab world, especially, now has the resources to resume the "struggle". The largest transfer of wealth in human history is underwriting the attempt to undo the last five hundred years of human history.

Nonetheless, the Islamic chimera of religious homogeneity is still a pipe dream. Cultural, political and theological unity can not be validated by virtue, history, or reason. Put aside for a moment the record of utopias or even the practical difficulties of establishing or maintaining a universal theocracy. The real evil is coercion. No political monoculture can succeed or be sustained without force and oppression. This is the great moral contradiction of all utopian visions and with militant Islam today; a warped amalgam of military terror, bigotry, politics, cultural arrogance, and misappropriated wealth.

Surely persuasion is one of many tactics used on believers, doubters, and infidels. Yet, in the end, like all totalitarian schemes; theocracy is underwritten by fear and the threat or reality of force. Anwar Sadat put it best before his assassination; "Fear is the most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people".

Najabullah and Sadat had the integrity and courage to identify the theocratic threat and its consequences - and they paid with their lives. Sadly, there are few signs at the moment that any Western politicians, save a few Israelis, are worthy of their mantle or their sacrifice. Appeasement is not so much a hopeful strategy as it is a symptom of fear, a signal of weakness, and a harbinger of defeat.

All monocultures are destined to fail eventually; they all suffer from insurmountable internal contradictions. Healthy biological and political cultures require diversity, competition and pluralism to thrive. Unfortunately, the lessons of the last century seem to be forfeit by first decade of this century. In an age where any principle or weapon might be sold if the price is right, the cost of relearning the futility of utopian visions will be high. Islamic monoculture is sure to fail, but before it does, the jihad could wipe more than Israel "off the face of the earth". Words like holocaust may be inadequate to describe the impending clash.

G. Murphy Donovan is a former intelligence analyst, former senior USAF research fellow at RAND Corporation, and former Director of Research and Russian Studies, ACS Intelligence, HQ USAF.


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The Brit Hotel Le Bosquet offers homelike comfort. Wake up in your bright, chic room; a delicious-smelling breakfast awaits in the lovely dining room, or you enjoy the first rays of sun out on the enchanting terrace. Afterwards, engross yourself in fascinating books in the reading area. Evenings, the restaurant entices with regional delicacies.

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Last partial renovation 2014, Number of floors 1, Total number of rooms 27, Number of single rooms 27, Number of double rooms 27, of which are suitable as three-bed rooms 27, Bed-and-breakfast hotel, City hotel

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decreasing the value of one nation's currency relative to gold or the currencies of other nations. It is usually undertaken as a means of correcting a deficit in the balance of paymentsbalance of payments,
balance between all payments out of a country within a given period and all payments into the country, an outgrowth of the mercantilist theory of balance of trade.
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. Although devaluation occurs in terms of all other currencies, it is best illustrated in the case of only one other currency. For example, if the United States is losing money in its trade with Japan, a decision may be made to devalue the U.S. dollar by 10%. Whereas previously one dollar may have been worth about 100 yen, a 10% devaluation causes it to be worth only about 90 yen. Such a move causes Japanese products to become more expensive for Americans and U.S. products to become cheaper for the Japanese. The net result of such a devaluation is that U.S. exports tend to increase and imports tend to decrease, thus helping to reverse the balance of payments deficit.

an official lowering of the value of the monetary unit.

A monetary reform is usually accompanied by devaluation, which is implemented in capitalistic or feudal countries by a legislative measure to reduce the gold content of the monetary unit or to lower the rate of exchange of paper money in relation to gold or foreign money.

Devaluation at the present time is evidence of the crisis of the capitalist foreign-exchange system (as one of the manifestations of the general crisis of capitalism); it is a consequence of the loss of value of money and of a significant and prolonged balance of payments deficit. Devaluation encourages export but increases the foreign indebtedness of a state and causes a rise in prices of imported goods. By the same token, devaluation intensifies the political and economic contradictions of capitalism. The burden of devaluation, through the rise in prices and tariffs, is carried basically by the working masses; this in turn lowers living standards and intensifies the class struggle.

Before the general crisis of the capitalist system, devaluation to a greater or lesser degree contributed to the stabilization of the monetary system because it was (directly or indirectly) accompanied by a restoration of the exchange of the symbols of value for gold or silver (in coins or in bullion for the use of private individuals). Devaluation was implemented openly or in a concealed form. In an open devaluation, money was exchanged at a lower rate (for example, in Russia in 1839, 1 silver ruble equaled 3 rubles 50 kopeks in assignats); in a concealed devaluation, the exchange of money was effected at the nominal value but with a reduction of its gold or silver content. Thus, in 1897 in Russia, gold money was exchanged for bank notes using the ratio 1:1, but the gold content of the ruble was reduced by one-third, that is, from 26.1 to 17.4 doli of pure gold (1 dolia = 0.044435 g).

After World War I (1914-18), a number of devaluations were effected in capitalist countries (such as the open devaluation in Germany in 1924 and a concealed devaluation in France in 1928). Since the 1930’s devaluations, as a rule, have not brought stabilization to the monetary system and have not restored the exchange of bank notes for gold by private individuals; they have been carried out basically by means of reducing the official rate of exchange of bank notes. The first mass devaluation of capitalist currencies occurred at the end of 1949, when Great Britain and 36 other countries reduced the ratio of exchange of their currencies to the American dollar by from 12 to 30 percent and more. The second mass devaluation was effected in 1967 by Great Britain and by 25 other countries (the reduction of the rate of exchange amounted to 5 to 25 percent). In August 1969 the French franc was devalued by 11.11 percent. A total of more than 400 devaluations took place from 1949 to 1971 in capitalist states (more than once in some countries).

With the intensified world monetary crisis, the American dollar, which is the key currency of the capitalist world, was devalued by 7.89 percent in December 1971. Devaluation of the American dollar entailed devaluation of the currencies of many capitalist countries, but at the same time the currencies of the major capitalist countries—the main trade competitors of the USA-were revaluated. Devaluation often occurs in developing countries, especially those of Latin America. Thus, from 1965 to 1971 there were more than ten devaluations in Argentina and about ten in Brazil.

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The result of disinterested clubs has been a devalued final, that this weekend is unfortunately of little interest to anyone else bar Cardiff and Portsmouth fans - not even Chas and Dave will tune in.
He expresses serious concerns for this narrative's denial of class and difference within African American society and its polyvocal and hybrid history--the assimilationist Civil Rights rhetoric that renders the black as the same as the middle class Christian white American norm, leaving the white/black framework in place, unscathed, and leaving firm the notion of a naturalized devalued Other.
In line with recent studies, we also expect that host community members from both Quebec and Flanders are likely to endorse more welcoming acculturation orientations toward valued than devalued immigrants.
After initially resisting the currency pressure with capital controls, Thailand devalued and set the stage for a wave of financial contagion which engulfed all the east Asian currencies.
Add to this a currency devalued by 40% against the U.
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Anchored by a reinterpretation of the story of Adam and Eve as an allegory for women inventing agriculture, the book describes how the agricultural revolution devalued the traditional male role of hunter and upset a delicate prehistoric sexual parity.
The health and education professions have been so badly devalued by years of job cuts and poor labour relations that Canada's schools and hospitals can't keep or attract workers, Druxbury told the Ottawa Citizen.
Roe, she asserted, "devalued children" and thus "a woman's role in bearing, nurturing and raising children was devalued as well.
Speaking on the Chinese yuan, Tsang, after meeting the premier, said Zhu reiterated the currency will not be devalued.
Depressed stock prices among publicly traded health care payers and providers have brought the P0 market to its knees and devalued the use of stock as an acquisition currency.
If China devalued then Vietnam would have to adjust more than a token 5 per cent.


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