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Worst enemies faced during Civil War?
Sickness and insufficient medical treatment
Cause of enlistment for the South?
Fear of being branded a coward
Defend their home from invasion
Civil War was first modern war to take advantage of___?
technological innovations
Conflict turned into a ___?
War of maneuver
Reasons for Confederacy loss?
Lack of manpower and industry
Opponent with unlimited resources
Railroad ran North and South only
Union Generals
Economic peril -Most important
Technological innovations that changed the way wars were fought?
Aerial Observations (balloons)
Iron-clad ships
Rapid-rire weapons
Manassas, VA
21 July 1861 (S)
Tactical Confederate victory left Southerners overconfident and stiffened Northern resolve
Wilson's Creek, MO
10 Aug 1861 (S)
Tactical victory for the Confederates that almost stopped Southern momentum in a border state
Seven Day's Battles, VA
25 Jul - 1 Jul 1862 (S)
Series of battles drove the principle Union Army away from the Confederate capital
Second Manassas, VA
29-30 Aug 1862 (S)
Gen Lee's Army routed Union effort against Richmond
Antietam, MD
17 Sep 1862 (N)
Bloodiest day in American History.
Gen. George McClellan stopped the first invasion of the North.
Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation
Result of Emancipation Proclamation?
Made slavery the main issue of the conflict
Kept Europe from recognizing the Confederate States of America
Gettysburg, PA
1-3 Jul 1863 (N)
Union Army won first real victory over Lee's Army.
Called Pickett's charge
Largest and costliest battles ever fought in North America.
Siege of Vicksburg, MA
19 May - 4 Jul 1863 (N)
Capture of the entire Confederate Army spread gloom through South,
opened Mississippi to Union control,
split the confederacy.
Brought Grant to the forefront
Appomattox, VA
19-21 Mar 1865
Surrender of Army Confederacy's doom assured


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 Two Decades of Creationism
(From 1963 to 1983)

by Walter and Valeria Lang

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Reverend Lang has kindly given his permission for this book to be posted on <www.creationism.org>.  It is free to copy and re-distribute for any non-profit educational purpose; but please do not re-compile into any other work or sell for profit in any way without written permission from Rev. Walter Lang.  "Two Decades of Creationism" is © 1984 Bible Science Association and Genesis Institute.

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Chapter I   -  Beginning of Modern Creationism

Chapter II  -  Value of Creationism To Science

Chapter III  -  A 100-Year Program

Chapter IV  -  Geology Tours

Chapter V  -  Opposition From Scientists And Educators

Chapter VI  -  The New Science

Chapter VII  -  Opposition Within Churches

Chapter VIII  -  Value To Churches

Chapter IX   -  Creation Evangelism

The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following persons in the publication of this book:

His wife, Valeria, who revised the copy and prepared it for publication, including typing it into the computer, compiling the index, etc.  She also did the paste-up.

His BSA partner, Bill Overn, who wrote the necessary computer programs and who offered advice in preparation of paragraphs dealing with scientific matters.

BSA office worker, Ann Overn, who provided the computer instructions for typesetting.

Biography - Walter & Valeria Lang

Walter H.J. Lang was born in Omaha, Nebraska on November 3, 1913. His father, Victor Lang, was a teacher in a day school of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Walter is a graduate of St. Paul's College, Concordia, Missouri, and a 1937 graduate of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri. He spent the next two years as an assistant pastor at St. Philip's Lutheran Church in St. Louis and one year teaching at a rural Christian school at Burkburnett, Texas.

In 1940 Lang accepted a call to serve St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Denton, Texas. He left there in February of 1942 to accept a call from the Mission Board of the Texas District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod to begin a mission church among the blacks of Houston. Several years later a Christian day school was established in connection with that church.

In September of 1950 Lang left Houston to accept a call to St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Winslow, Nebraska, a congregation which his grandfather, Rev. John Lang, had begun 38 years earlier. In June of 1955 he left Nebraska to take a call to Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Denver which was located in an area with a changing population, The Air Force Finance Center was being relocated from St. Louis to Denver (several blocks from Mount Calvary), and some workers, many of whom were black, settled in the area of Mount Calvary. Within four years Mount Calvary was fully integrated and a new building for its Christian day school had been finished. Also, an excellent day care center had been established.

The move to Caldwell, Idaho was made in late spring of 1959 when Lang accepted a call to Grace Lutheran Church. He resigned from Grace Lutheran in 1963 to assume duties as executive director of the newly-formed Bible-Science Association.

Valeria Ruth Lang was born on April 27, 1911 in Beaumont, Texas where her father, the Rev. Fred Wessler, served as pastor of a congregation of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Later the family moved to Milbank, South Dakota where her father continued to serve until his retirement at age 70 (36 years).

Following graduation from high school, Valeria attended business college in Minneapolis, and then spent four years working in the State Treasurer's office at Pierre, South Dakota. Following that she worked as a legal secretary in Pierre until August, 1940, when she married Walter. Over the years she served as church secretary in a number of their parishes. Beginning with the very first Newsletter in September, 1963 and continuing until June, 1981, she served in the capacity of working editor of the Newsletter and later, when the "Five Minute" magazine was initiated, served as its editor also.

The Langs have two sons. Bob is a graduate of Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, and received his doctorate from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He works as a design engineer for Boeing and lives in Seattle with his wife Carole, son Marty, and daughter Robin. Philip teaches seventh-eighth grades and serves as principal at Grace Lutheran School in Denver. He lives with his wife Linda and daughters Laura and Laisa in Aurora, Colorado.

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Homosexual penguins live in New York, according to a report in The Observer (UK), 8 February 2004, p.1. Two male penguins in New York's Central Park Zoo, make mating gestures towards one another, but showed no interest in mating when a female penguin was provided. Their keeper noticed them trying to hatch a rock and provided them with a fertile egg from another penguin. They successfully incubated it and then raised the chick. According to Marlene Zuk of University of California, Riverside homosexual behaviour occurs in both wild and captive animals and is good for the species because the homosexual animals help raise young produced by the heterosexual animals. She says we should not be surprised by this because people are animals, too.

Editorial Comment: Evolutionists using animal behaviour to justify human behaviour - beware. Male horses treat female horses as pure sex objects. Some female spiders eat their male partner after mating. Chimpanzees steal, fight, kill and eat each other - not behaviours that promote good human relationships or orderly societies. Degenerate animal behaviour is no excuse for degenerate human behaviour. Humans are not animals. Human beings are unique creations, made in the image God, and therefore have the unique privilege of knowing God, understanding His word and living by it, as well as being accountable to our Creator. The idea that human beings are just another type of animal is evolutionary religion at its worst. (Ref. homosexual, penguin, behaviour)


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Why Is Assange Pushing Trump's Conspiracies?

By Joe Conason

August 15, 2016 6 min read

Among the most distasteful features of this election cycle is the adoption of right-wing propaganda themes — including moldy material from decades ago — by ostensibly progressive activists and publications. In their zeal to bring down Hillary Clinton, elements of the left have mimicked the right to promote "scandals" that were decisively disproved when Bill Clinton was president.

Despite the strenuous efforts of Nixon dirty trickster Roger J. Stone and his ilk, however, the attempted recycling of old garbage on behalf of Donald Trump has resulted only in a big dumpster fire (and a surge in book sales to the same rubes who bought all those similar volumes of bilge during the '90s).

Undiscouraged, these fanatical fabulists have come up with a new and wild accusation, blatantly echoing the discredited "Clinton death list" and the old Vince Foster mania. And to promote their latest canard they have acquired an unexpected ally.

From conspiracy websites to Fox News, wing-nut outlets have been spreading the insinuation that Seth Rich — a young Democratic National Committee employee shot during an apparent early morning street crime incident on July 10 in Washington, D.C. — may have been murdered for political reasons, with indignant fingers pointing at Hillary Clinton. Conspiracy websites suggested that he was an FBI informant or a potential witness against her in a (nonexistent) criminal proceeding.

Those baseless speculations at first were quarantined within the right-wing fever swamps — along with birtherism and the notion that President Obama is an agent of ISIS — on sites like WorldNetDaily and the Drudge Report.

But in recent days, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has intervened to promote a more elaborate conspiracy. Offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension of Rich's killer, Assange clearly suggested that the young DNC staffer might have been the source of the hacked emails that embarrassed Democrats during their convention. (This suggestion also exculpated Russian intelligence in the DNC hack.) The pleas of Rich's anguished family — who asked those "politicizing" his murder to desist — didn't dissuade Assange. He wanted publicity for this sham and knew how to get it.

There is no evidence whatsoever, of course, that Rich's tragic murder was anything other than the result of an attempted street robbery, still under investigation — as various news outlets and fact-checking sites have explained. But smearing the Clintons is business as usual for right-wing media outlets, which exploited Foster's tragic 1993 suicide in precisely the same way.

Yet Assange was long presumed to be different. He has been lionized by many on the left, and praised as well by news organizations and government reformers, as a force for public accuracy and penetrating journalism. Now he is encouraging conspiracy-mongers without regard to truth or decency. The pertinent question is: Why?

An Australian citizen, Assange has made no effort to conceal his animus against Clinton, which is hardly surprising. She has deplored WikiLeaks' releases of U.S. diplomatic cables for harming American diplomacy and endangering Afghan citizens who opposed the Taliban, among other offenses. On the WikiLeaks Twitter feed and in television interviews, he has branded her a warmonger and worse.

More curious is Assange's apparent alliance with Donald Trump — whose xenophobic, authoritarian and racist tendencies might be expected to repel him. To be sure, Assange has disparaged Trump and Clinton both as "horrific," in a deceptive gesture toward neutrality.

But as The Intercept recently noted, the daily WikiLeaks Twitter feed controlled by Assange reads "more like the stream of an opposition research firm working mainly to undermine Hillary Clinton than the updates of a non-partisan platform for whistleblowers." Like his longtime allies in the Kremlin, his attitude toward Trump seems far friendlier. And Roger Stone says that he and Assange have been in contact to discuss an "October Surprise" damaging to the Clinton campaign.

The troubling truth is that Assange has trafficked before with nasty figures on the far right, especially in Europe and Australia. His attraction to those elements casts a different light on the current Trump tropism of WikiLeaks. With his brazen attempt to manipulate an American presidential election, in tandem with the Russian oligarchy and the American right, he has drifted a long way from the progressive and transparent spirit in which WikiLeaks first introduced itself to the world.

If Julian Assange possesses relevant information about Hillary Clinton — or Donald Trump — then he should release it immediately for proper reporting and verification. But if the Seth Rich hoax is how he now means to improve democratic discourse, then any forthcoming "revelations" should be received with the utmost skepticism.

To find out more about Joe Conason and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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The lower apartment has its own front door giving out directly on the street. It is connected with the upper apartment and with a staircase outdoors, guiding from the lower terrace to the upper garden, and with an inner staircase guiding from the library-stockroom towards the upper apartment's mid-room. The lower apartment consists of a living room, equipped kitchen, bathroom, two bedrooms, an enclosed terrace and a library-stockroom. The living room has got a step under a venetian arch, a fire place and a traditional bread (or sheep) bakery oven. All furniture is TF.

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CPL Wins For Barbados, Guyana

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The Guyana Amazon Warriors continued their strong start to the Caribbean Premier League 2014 while the Barbados Tridents notched their first win of this year's competition.

After Barbados beat the winless Antigua Hawksbills by five wickets, Guyana thrashed the St Lucia Zouks - also still searching for their first win - by nine wickets.

Antigua captain Marlon Samuels top scored with 84 in 54 balls but with only Ben Dunk (33) and David Hussey (32) also making double figures, Antigua posted 172 for six.

Ravi Rampaul took four for 32 and there was a wicket apiece for Jason Holder and Rayad Emrit.

After Dwayne Smith (21 in 13 balls) and Shane Dowrich (17 in nine) gave Barbados a flying start, Shoaib Malik struck 72 in 50 balls.

Then Kieron Pollard weighed in with 21 in 15 balls before some late blows from Holder, who was unbeaten on 19 in nine balls, got Barbados over the line with four balls to spare.

Carlos Brathwaite took two for 37 and Brad Hogg one for 28 but Antigua were left to rue not taking enough wickets early in Barbados' innings.

Things were much more clear-cut in the later game where Guyana cruised to victory against St Lucia.

St Lucia had slumped to 33 for four even before Sunil Narine was introduced to the attack and it was Krishmar Santokie (4-11) who was the star with the ball.

Sohail Tanvir, drafted for his bowling, top scored for St Lucia with 32 before he was brilliantly caught by Martin Guptill.

Guptill then hit an unbeaten 50 in 47 balls to steer Guyana home with four overs to spare.

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Fresh Meat:Lucky Stuff by Sharon Fiffer

Lucky Stuff by Sharon Fiffer is the eighth Jane Wheel, antiques picker and private investigator cozy mystery (available September 18, 2012).

If you are a collector of anything, you will find a kindred spirit in Jane Wheel. I have more than my fair share of items I can’t live without, and most of them are books. I have to admit that finding out that Sharon Fiffer’s character is a picker made me like her instantly. Jane isn’t just a collector, though, she rescues other people’s treasures. Many times these treasures are in the form of old photographs and yearbooks from thrift stores and flea markets. She gives them a home when previous owners have abandoned them.

Where Jane Wheel and I differ, however, is in our professions. Jane is also a private investigator.  As the book opens, she finds herself going through a change in life of sorts. Her ex-husband is living in Honduras and her son has just started to attend a boarding school, leaving her on her own. Jane has decided to put her house on the market and make some changes in her own life, even though she’s not quite sure yet what those changes will be. She has packed up her things, including all of her collectibles and treasures, and shipped them to Kankakee, Illinois. Kankakee is just a few hours away from her home in Evanston, and it is where she decides to spend some time visiting her parents while the realtor shows her house to prospective buyers.

Upon her arrival, you meet Jane’s mother Nellie. Nellie is an odd duck and Jane has always found it difficult to have a close relationship with her. Many of us can identify with the difficult mother-daughter relationship, especially one that involves a know-it-all:

Nellie always knew what was going to happen. She’d see someone trip on the sidewalk, two cars crash at an intersection, lightning hit a rooftop, and shake her head.

 “I knew that was going to happen.”

During what experts call the “magic years” of childhood, when children believe in impossible behaviors and events, Jane truly thought her mother had special powers. As Jane grew into the less magical years, she grew slightly more judgmental.

“If you knew it was going to happen, Mom, why didn’t you stop it?”

As Jane drives through Kankakee, she finds the whole town is abuzz. What greets her are banners hung throughout the town and closed restaurants and shops that are reopened:

Here is where the story kicks in and you are taken through the small town happenings as they prep for their “celebrity” event. Lucky is what passes for a town celebrity, but most people don’t even remember who he is. Those who never met him have never even heard of him, no matter how famous he says he is.

I enjoyed Jane’s supportive relationship with her childhood friend and florist, Tim. He is there to help as she deals with her parents, and then with Lucky’s paranoia when he hires her to find out who is trying to kill him. She takes things in better stride than I could ever hope to, and solves a mystery in the process—with the help of her private investigations partner Detective Oh. Her ability to accept the fact that her truckload of treasures has gone missing shows that her mindset is truly changing. I don’t think I could be quite so calm if my life’s valuables were to disappear.

I’ve decided that I need to go back to the beginning of the series to find out how it all began and get to know Jane from the start. I did appreciate that the author was able to give me enough background to enjoy the story without dropping a load of backstory or giving anything away that I may read about in a previous adventure.

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I never heard of this series--and it is up to number eight already! It seems awefully clever, perhaps I'll give it a try. Thanks.
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A California judge ruled that Oracle must abide by the terms of its contract with HP and continue to develop software that runs on HP's high-end Itanium servers. So now the companies are headed for a full-blown jury trial in which HP will seek some $500 million in damages.

"Oracle's obligation to continue to offer its product suite on HP's Itanium-based server platform lasts until such time as HP discontinues the sale of its Itanium-based servers," Judge James Kleinberg, of the Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, said in his 44-page ruling.

You thought Apple vs. Samsung was a circus? Well, Oracle vs. HP will be even more drama-filled -- though it's unclear if court authorities will have trouble getting the elephants into the courtroom.

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Inspiring Examples of Crochet Socks

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Yesterday I shared an exercise for framing your crochet to create art, as a practice in honoring your own creative self-expression. There are so many different ways to display your crochet, including many different types of frames that you can use. One unique idea that many people have started adopting recently is to use embroidery hoops to frame pieces of crochet and hang them as art. It’s a terrific display idea and one I just had to share more of!

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How Make Your Own Ideabook Works for Crocheters (Crochet Art Journals)

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I am enjoying a lot of inspiring ideas from the book Make Your Own Ideabook with Arne & Carlos: Create Handmade Art Journals and Bound Keepsakes to Store Inspiration and Memories. The book isn’t really about crochet, although it mentions crochet and knitting, but it can be a great tool for people who crochet and just looking through is giving me even more ideas about my own crochet art journalling.

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Crossfit Salem is an official Crossfit Kids affiliate as well! This is a special certification that allows us to teach your kids Crossfit style functional movements and that fitness can be fun. We are one of the few gyms in Oregon that is accredited to provide this service, the future is bright for the kids of Salem!

Our CF Tots classes are for kids 3 – 5 years old and our CF Kids classes are for children ages 6 – 10. If you are interested in CF Teens classes please contact us and we will start those when there is a demand for it. We normally integrate teens age 13 and up into our normal classes.

Click here for the CrossFit Kids website. Current schedule has kids classes Monday and Wednesday at 4:30 pm. Come try a class today!

Costs: $50 per month for non-members, $40 per month for CFS members (per kid). Punchcards are available as well.

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The next challnege is…..

“The Trainers Revenge”

Starts: July 1st (goes for two weeks), 2012

Each one of our trainers or assistant trainers get to design one WOD, and teach it to you! There will be approximately 12 WOD’s and you get one vote for each WOD completed. You can cast your votes in two categories (best and worst WOD’s) At the end we will give the trainers some small and meanial prize for the categories they win, but it will be fun (and painful i think)! We will announce all the WOD’s before the challenge starts!

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On Ramp / Basics

Our On-Ramp program has had a great run of over two years with nearly continuous sessions but with the gym growing there is demand for something different.

The On Ramp program is going to be replaced after this session with a continuous CrossFit Basics class. Here are some more details!

New Program: CrossFit Basics

First Class: October, 9th 2012

When: Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 5:30p (initially this is all the classes, we will add more as attendance grows)

Babysitting: Yes, this is available ($5 per kid, $3 with a punch card).

Cost: $85/month (just like our regular classes). Two months required up front, not fees~!

Content: We will focus on the basic movements and getting your technique perfected before any intensity is applied. Class pace will be a little slower than the regular classes and more attention to setting up each movement before the WOD starts. There will be one WOD only as opposed to two generally in the regular classes.

Info: These can be attended by any current CFS member and count as one class, you can mix and match Basics and regular classes as much as you like!

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Wear athletic shoes and apparel. Arrive 10 minutes early and introduce yourself to the other participants, start stretching (as best you know how). There is a basic warm up written on the white board... just start doing that and class will start at about 5 after.

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  • Shane Barkley Author
  • 2010 11 Nov
Dad Cents

Chapter 1 - Where's Your Foundation?

"... like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, each builder's work will be plainly seen ..."

1 Corinthians 3:10-13

Imagine you are looking at the plans for your dream house. The blueprints have been drawn to your exact specifications, and it's everything your wife has ever wanted in a house. You chose just the right builder for the project, and he is crafting it as if he were building for the President. The best subcontractors in the area are on board. An interior decorator is ready to match colors, fixtures, carpet and trim to your desired effect. The land is in a secluded area that you happened to find by word of mouth, and it was surprisingly affordable. You and your wife have been planning for this for a long time.

On the third day of construction, the two of you manage to drop by to check things out, and as you pull up, you cannot believe your eyes. They already have the decking in place for the roof! It's certainly beautiful, but your excitement quickly fades when you get closer and discover that your builder has erected the roof first, before digging down and pouring concrete for the foundation. (Clearly, he wasn't the right builder after all.)

As crazy and unlikely as this story might sound, it's an appropriate way to describe how too many people today approach their finances. They're trying to live in a mansion that has no foundation. They don't have important values and principles in place that will guide their decisions and help them teach their children.

Maybe a better example is the people who build houses on the sides of hills or mountains. The views are beautiful, but the foundations are not secure. Due to mudslides or the gradual pull of gravity, many of these houses eventually start slipping down the mountain. Engineers warn of the inherent danger of building in such risky locations, but people do it anyway. The homeowner is more concerned about the view and they don't understand the vital importance of a firm foundation.

It's no accident that the financial world speaks of building wealth, building your future and building a business. Buildings require a strong foundation. That's a necessary first step. Anything built without a proper foundation will surely fail. Many people are making financial decisions without having a strong foundation in place. There are many different expressions of the problem, but the core issue is that people are living for and pursuing what they desire today, even if it means piling up huge amounts of debt, with little regard for the future.

There are other people whom we would think of as more responsible with their money. They do plan, save and invest wisely, and are well prepared for future needs that may arise. But if the end goal is simply their own pleasure, or comfort, or a sense that they are "secure," that still isn't a strong, reliable foundation. Though they may have few financial worries right now, their foundation could crumble with a job loss, health problems or a natural disaster. Very quickly, more important things will emerge, such as having a strong marriage, having close connections with their kids, and living in a way that will leave a Godly legacy when they're gone.

Money may not be the whole picture, but it's a key part of the picture, because so much of our true character and priorities show up in our money management. If we take our financial stewardship seriously and do our best to stay close to God's purposes in that area, those positive values and purposes will influence other key areas of our lives as well.

Who's Watching You?

How often have you heard parents—whether your parents, other people you know or even yourself—tell a child, "Do what I say, not what I do"? I can understand what those parents are thinking in the moment. They realize that they aren't perfect, and they want something better for their children. They want their children to overcome some of the challenges and shortcomings they see in their own lives.

But I'm really concerned when I hear that—and you probably share those concerns—because the parent is basically telling his child, "I expect something of you that I don't really take that seriously myself." So, for example, that parent might talk about honesty and integrity, but then will use a radar detector in his car. Or he'll say, "The car doesn't move until your seatbelts are on," but then he doesn't fasten his own until he sees a police officer.

The truth is, we can talk ‘til we're blue in the face, but the people close to us know what we really stand for, and that's communicated mostly through our actions. They know what kind of ground we've used to build the foundation for our house. It's reflected in the daily decisions we make with our time, energy and money.

My friends at the National Center for Fathering ( tell the story about Bruce, who was treating his three kids and himself to an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet. From the outside, they couldn't miss the buffet prices painted in huge numbers and bright colors on the window: $4.49 for adults and $2.49 for kids age 4 to 9.

Since Bruce's oldest child, Parker, had just celebrated his 10th birthday, he noticed the sign and commented on it as they stood in line to pay. He was a little bit proud that he'd be charged the full price for his pizza. Bruce, of course, wasn't so thrilled.

When they reached the cashier, she didn't ask how old Parker was, and Bruce didn't say anything. She quickly rang up one adult and three children, Bruce paid the money, and they were herded through.

It was a simple oversight, except that Parker is one of those kids who notices everything. So when they sat down, he pointed it out. "Dad, they didn't charge us enough, did they?" Suddenly it was very clear to Bruce that he should have paid more attention to that transaction—because it's the right thing to do, and because his son was watching to see how he handled it. "You're right, Son," he said, and immediately he went back and paid the difference.

The girl at the register tried to wave him off and say it didn't matter; it was only a few dollars. But to Bruce, it did matter. His integrity was on the line—at least in the eyes of his children. He did the right thing eventually, but he knows he should have done it right the first time. Bruce realizes that those everyday interactions are teaching opportunities, and his children will be powerfully influenced by their memories of him, whether he relaxed his standards and compromised godly values, or he went out of his way to do the right thing.

I am amazed at how perceptive kids are, even at a young age. At our house, we regularly take toys and clothing to the local rescue mission. Every time my wife packs a box to be taken to the mission, she explains to our three young girls what she's doing and why.

I'll never forget May of 2007, when a tornado ripped through the town of Greensburg, right here in Kansas. It registered a F5 on the Fujita scale, meaning the winds were in excess of 200 m.p.h., and cut a path as big as 1½ miles wide for about 20 miles. The tornado reduced to ruins pretty much everything in that path, including the town of Greensburg. We're used to the threat of tornados every spring and summer, but we rarely hear about a tornado of that magnitude.

As we watched the coverage on television with the rest of the nation, we tried to explain to our oldest daughter, Jerica, what had happened and the devastation that had occurred. She promptly asked my wife for a box. "Why do you need a box?" my wife asked. She replied, "We need to give some of our toys and clothes to the kids who lost theirs." At just 5 years old, thanks to my wife's modeling, Jerica understood that people need help and God has equipped us to help. Needless to say, my wife and I were astounded and nearly brought to tears by her actions.

I hope you agree with Bruce and me that it's worth a little money—no, it's worth a lot of money—to demonstrate integrity and be a positive model for our kids. We must remember that they're always watching us, always taking mental notes about decisions we make and how we respond in certain situations. They're depending on us not only to draw boundaries for them about what's right and wrong, but also to reinforce those boundaries with our actions.

Once again, modeling honesty and integrity should apply to all areas of our fathering, but money and possessions are often involved in those opportunities. And we know that the Bible mentions the subject of money more than any other topic—prayer, salvation, worship, anything! So it's clear that God knows the tremendous effect that money has on our lives.

Rock or Sand?

It's interesting that Jesus also talked about building and foundations, and His words apply well to this important first step in thinking about money. The well-known passage from Matthew chapter seven makes it clear that people who hear Jesus' words and put them into practice are like a man who built his house on a rock. People who do not adopt Jesus' principles for life are building on sand. The house on the firm foundation—the rock—withstands storms and high water, but the house built on sand falls with a great crash (vv. 24-27).

The best way to build a foundation is with an eye on the eternal. That's the only foundation that is truly secure. The end result is about more than acquiring possessions, accumulating wealth, or gaining approval from the world. Money is a tool that God has given us to achieve His purposes—that's our end result.

Paul addresses this question in his first letter to Timothy. He describes "people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit. Now," he continues, "godliness combined with contentment brings great profit. For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either. But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that. Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains." (6:5-10, emphasis added).

During all the years I spent in the world of financial consulting, I learned a lot of mainstream financial concepts and strategies for planning, saving, investing, and many other great ideas. Even when I did encounter people who were doing those things wisely, I always sensed that something was missing for them. They weren't truly fulfilled or content. I'm convinced that what most of them were missing was a deeper purpose. Their foundation was not the Solid Rock of Jesus Christ.

First Corinthians 3:11 tells us plainly, "For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ." True life—abundant life—begins with that recognition. Are you living with a strong sense of accountability to God for how you steward His money? Are you seeking to gain approval from Him more than others? If so, that will guide you to be a good money manager and a committed father who teaches your children—and models for them—what it means to have a foundation that cannot be shaken.

Have you submitted your whole life to Jesus? If you haven't and you'd like to learn more, please turn to the appendix at the back of the book entitled, "God's Foundation."

The Richest Man Ever

What if I told you that there's a new Forbes World Billionaires list that has just been published, and a new entrepreneur has broken through to the top of the list? The information we have about his assets and annual income paints a picture that is quite astonishing.

His annual income is estimated to be just over $522 million. Yes, that's annually! His land holdings amount to about 7.7 million acres. At a mere $5,000 per acre, that adds up to $38.4 billion. He also owns significant property on that land—magnificent houses, ranches, and about 12,000 horses and other livestock. There is a rumor that he donated 22,000 head of cattle and over 120,000 sheep and goats several years ago. He also has a fleet of ships and about 1,400 cars.

If you're like me, you want to hear the rest of the story about this guy. Actually, that description is an estimate in today's values of the assets of King Solomon as described in the book of 1 Kings.

When we think of King Solomon, we think of him as one of the wealthiest men ever, but we also remember him for being one of the wisest. Try to put yourself in his shoes in 1 Kings chapter 3, when God came to him and said, "Tell me what I should give you." Even on my most clear-headed and noble-minded days, I have a hard time believing I would respond as Solomon did. He humbled himself, referred to himself as a "young man," and asked God for a discerning mind to govern God's people and distinguish right from wrong.

As you know, God was pleased with that response, and He gave Solomon what he asked for—and then some. He gave him great wisdom and great wealth. God told him he would have "a wise and discerning mind superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you." Solomon proved that wisdom and wealth can be a great combination if used properly.

For many years of his life, the foundation of Solomon's life was his heavenly Father, and he prospered in every way. But like so many people, he grew complacent, too comfortable or too self-sufficient. Later in life, even with all his wisdom, he allowed himself to be led astray by his foreign wives and their gods.  Maybe he grew too comfortable with his wealth and he stopped relying completely on God. He made important compromises and it led to hard times.

In 1 Kings 11:11, God told Solomon, "Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant."

King Solomon is proof that you can be wealthy beyond measure and have great wisdom as well, but if your foundation isn't built on the rock of God's Word—and the Word that later became flesh, Jesus Christ—and if you don't maintain that solid foundation, then you won't be truly satisfied in life. True success is not found in the amount of money you have in the bank, but in pursuing God's vision for your life to the point that you're keeping His commandments.

Teaching Adults

Are you building your house on the rock or the sand? Since we are going to be focusing on finances, I will ask again, "Are you building your financial house on the rock of God or the sand of worldly wisdom?"

Here's the key question you need to consider: What do you want for your children when it comes to money, how they define "success," and their ability to find true contentment in life?

If your children are young like mine, the answer may be difficult for you to imagine. But right now you're helping them build a foundation for their entire lives. Remember, parenting is about investing ourselves in people who will one day become adults. The goal of your fathering is a responsible 19-to-22-year-old who will one day leave your protective covering. What will his response be when the storms of adversity hit and he faces tough decisions? You and I want godly decisions to come out of our children, especially when money is a part of the storm they are facing.

None of us would ever wish hard times on our children, but I have also seen how wealth can bring its own set of challenges and hard times. Like Jesus said, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God" (Matt. 19:24). And who's to say what makes a person "rich"? It's a relative term. Am I rich in comparison to Donald Trump? No. What about compared to the average person in a third-world country? Well, that's different. It all depends on your perspective.

In the end, no matter how much my children have in terms of wealth and material possessions, I want them to learn important lessons about money and life by working through some challenges, learning to work hard and get by on what they earn, and most of all, learning to trust in God for everything and keep their foundation built on Christ.

Throughout this book, I will provide you with practical information I am using to teach my girls about money. First and foremost, I will explore some key principles of God's truth about money. That's the most important part of the foundation—maybe the cornerstone, if you will. The real power of what you teach your children will stand or fall based on whether you are firmly grounded in the Word.

I will include some insights that don't come directly from God's Word, but that are consistent with Biblical teachings on money. I will do my best to make it clear how those "worldly" insights can be viewed as expressions of Biblical principles.

Now, let's start building on that foundation.

Excerpted from Dad Cents by Shane Barkley (Timothy Publishing). Copyright (c) Shane Barkley. All rights reserved.

SEE ALSO: Teach Your Children Financial Responsibility

Shane Barkley has a passion for teaching dads how to intigrate Biblical financial values into their children's lives. Shane has a degree in Business Administration from John Brown University and has 10 years experience in the financial consulting industry. He currently serves as the President of Dad the Family Shepherd. Shane and wife, Valerie, live in Topeka, Kansas with their three daughters.


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What’s Required?

Many have sought to discover the minimal Christianity required of them to “still be Christian”. “How much of the world can I love, or how much of my agenda can I pursue and still be okay with God?” they ask. Or, “Just how sinful, casual, or lukewarm are we allowed to be and still be saved?” Of course the Bible isn’t much help in answering these questions. The whole tenor of Scripture disallows such thinking. On the contrary, Christ assertively commands his people to love the Triune God “with all of your heart, all of your soul, all of your strength, and all of your mind” (Luke 10:27). The Apostles plead with the people of God to “abstain from every form of evil” (1 Thessalonians 5:22) and to “be steadfast, immovable, always abounding the work of the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58). There is no assistance in describing minimalism because Christianity is all about maximal, whole-life, wholehearted devotion and commitment to Christ. We must come to realize that radical Christianity is normative Christianity. Sure, we are still subject to and plagued with periodic bouts of sin and failure, but the new life Christ gives sets in every regenerate heart a passion to live fully for our Creator and King. The Holy Spirit doesn’t add to sinners a new set of ancillary interests; he radically transforms hearts to voraciously and eternally seek the glory of their Maker. So may we never be heard asking, “What can I get away with?” but instead may we perpetually ask, “How might I love God and more perfectly serve him today?”
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Mapping Your God-given Design

  • Kevin Brennfleck & Kay Marie Brennfleck Career & Life Calling CoachesSM
  • 2010 4 Mar
Mapping Your God-given Design

Are you ready to make a job or career change? If so, you need a good map! On a road trip in unfamiliar places, you appreciate the value of a good map. A map enables you to determine where you are, the location and distance of your destination and the best route for getting there. An accurate map also gives you a sense of confidence when making decisions during the journey. As a career changer or job seeker, you are also on a journey. A good map of your God-given design-your Life Calling MapTM -- can make all the difference in the success of your experience.

You already have a "mental map" of how you see yourself and your design. Your mental map includes your beliefs about what you can do (and can't do), what interests you and what is important to you. In more than twenty years of working with people and their career issues, we have found that many people do not have an accurate or detailed enough map to help them find work that fits their design. Here are some common problems:

  • Lots of data but little usable information about your design. Many people have a large file folder (sometimes several inches thick) of self-assessment tests they have taken, but still have little idea what is special about their design or what type of work would be a good fit. Usually, it is because they don't have a comprehensive enough picture of their design, don't have high quality information (all career tests are NOT equally valid or useful), or don't know how to apply the information they have gathered.
  • A general "mental map" of your design with insufficient details. "I know myself-I like to help people!" or "I know what I'm looking for-something where I can be creative." While people who make these types of statements have begun thinking about their design, they need many more specific details of who God has created them to be. There are hundreds of types of jobs in which a person could "help people" or "be creative"! The more precise and customized your map, the more beneficial it will be to you in finding the work God created you to do.
  • A map that doesn't recognize your most important abilities and qualities. Most of us have a mental map with at least some degree of inaccuracy. We have found, for example, that many people undervalue their most significant skills and abilities. When something comes easily to you, you may reason that "anyone can do this," which is usually not true at all. It often takes someone else giving an objective perspective to help you see the value of your design.
  • A map constructed from other people's opinions. In developing an accurate map of your God-given design, you may also have to confront the "committee in your head," which is made up of those voices you've internalized from parents and other influential people in your past. If you are fortunate, you have some positive, supportive voices; but you may also have internal messages that cause you to doubt your worth and potential. Objective information and accurate feedback from people you trust can help you create a map that will support-not hinder-you in discovering and living your calling.

If you are like most people, your "mental map" is primarily constructed from your life experiences and feedback from others. While these are important in creating your map, many people make inaccurate determinations about their skills, abilities and interests because of limited exposure, negative experiences, inadequate training, or their own fears and insecurities. Is it time to take a fresh look at your God-given design?

Using Assessments to Create an Accurate Map of Your Design

As career counselors/coaches, we have seen first-hand how an inaccurate map of a person's design makes it very difficult-or even impossible-to find the work God had created him or her to do. We also recognized that there were many key "puzzle pieces" that need to be identified to create a full understanding of one's design. And, we saw the power of assessment tools to expedite the process and provide accurate information about the essential elements of a person's God-given design.

We wanted to create a system to help people develop a comprehensive and usable picture of their design. This led to our developing the Life Calling MapTM, which is both an assessment system and a format for recording information about your God-given design so that you have an in-depth portrait of who God has created you to be that is very helpful in every stage of career planning.

Developing a thorough understanding of your design requires using a variety of assessment tools to look at puzzle pieces such as your most-enjoyed transferable skills, core work values, compelling interests, personality type, preferred roles and spiritual gifts. Your design is too complex to be assessed by only one test, inventory, or exercise. Completing good assessments in these areas-and gaining a thorough understanding of what your results mean-will help you develop an increased awareness of how the dimensions of your design fit together, and how your intrinsic God-given design can be used in the world. In addition, it's important to think through what you need in a working environment to do your best work. The factors to be assessed for your "Ideal Working Environment" include the mission of the organization, types of people you want to serve, qualities you need in a boss, working conditions, geographic location and salary.

Assessments can assist you in developing an accurate mental map of your God-given design. They can help you fill in formerly blank areas (such as your ten most-enjoyed skills), clear up confusing or conflicting information, and bring previously unclear areas into focus. A good assessment process lays the foundation for determining which career or job would fit you best. Assess-don't guess-who God has created you to be. God calls you to be a good steward of your talents, but before you can invest them, you need to know what gifts and abilities He has chosen specifically for you to use in this world.

March 8, 2010

Excerpts from Live Your Calling (2005) by Kevin and Kay Marie Brennfleck. Used by permission of Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint.

If you would like professional assistance with assessing your God-given design and creating your own Life Calling Map, you are invited to schedule a free consultation session. We would consider it a privilege to help you discover who God has created you to be and what He has designed you to do!


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Arline Broussard Hulin

St. Martinville – Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at Pellerin Funeral Home for Arline Broussard Hulin, 72, who passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2009, at Lafayette General Medical Center.

Interment followed at St. Michael Cemetery.

Deacon James B. Davis conducted the services. Readers were Clint Latiolais, Brittany Theriot and Logan Hulin.

Arline retired from St. Martin Bank after 25 years of service. She loved the interaction with her customers.

She enjoyed cross stitching, puzzles, watching her grandchildren, going to the casino, traveling and dancing. She also enjoyed all holidays, which brought her family together, who made her days more special to remember.

Survivors include her husband, Linton J. Hulin Sr. of St. Martinville; her sons, Linton J. “Lynn” Hulin Jr. and his wife Diana of Parks, Benaber “Benny” Hulin and his wife Nanette of St. Martinville, Troy Hulin and his wife Nicole of California and Corey Hulin and his wife Camay of Lafayette; her daughters, Gwendolyn Latiolais and her husband Mark of St. Martinville, Elizabeth Romero and her husband Michael of New Iberia, Nanette Theriot and her husband Jody of Catahoula, and Tammy Belaire and her husband Ames of St. Martinville; 20 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Benaber and Anita Landry Broussard; her son, Clinton J. Hulin; her brother, Steve Broussard; and her half sister, Mathilda Derouen.

A rosary was recited at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.

Pallbearers were Lynn Hulin, Benny Hulin, Corey Hulin, Mark Latiolais, Jody Theriot and Ames Belaire.

Honorary pallbearers were all her grandsons, Chris, Logan, Brock, Cody, Clint, Travis, Brook, Trent, Alex, Zack, Austyn and Mikie.

The family wishes to express special thanks to Dr. Cain, Lafayette General 8th floor staff and Hospice of Acadiana.

Memorial contributions maybe made to Hospice of Acadiana, 2800 Johnston Street, Suite 200, Lafayette, LA 70503

Pellerin Funeral Home of St. Martinville was in charge of arrangements.

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Sought a seat    RAN [...for office --- or in musical chairs ;D]
Former pen pal    EXCON [or "bacon" --- same last three letters and makes sense]
Jersey groups    HERDS

I like going from ENOCH of the O.T. to Little EVA of Motown [I think she was a Barry Gordy find who sang "Locomotion" or the "Shoop Shoop Song" or both.]
Oddly there were today two other pop records from around the year 1960:
The Monkees' "IMA Believer"
Vicki CARR's "It Must Be Him" [with no apologies to English teachers or radical feminists]

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Norwegian Cruise Line launches its three-day Freestyle Dash limited time offer on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 with a special preview day for its Latitudes members (past guests) on Tuesday, September 14.  Guests who race to book a cruise on any of the line’s 11 Freestyle Cruising ships by September 17 can save on Norwegian’s cruise getaways to Alaska; Bahamas & Florida; Bermuda; the Caribbean; Hawai’i and Europe.  The three-day promotion provides half-off standard cruise deposits on select sailings and up to $250 in on-board credit per stateroom, based on cruise length and category.

Guests who book sailings of up to six days and longer will receive $250 in on-board credit when sailing in a Garden Villa; $150 for suites; $100 for mini-suites and deluxe balcony staterooms; $75 for balcony staterooms; $50 for oceanview; $25 for inside and $12.50 for Norwegian Epic’s exclusive Studio staterooms.  For sailings of up to five days, guests will receive $100 per stateroom in a Garden Villa; $75 for suites; $50 for mini-suites; $40 for balcony staterooms; $20 for oceanview; $15 for inside and $7.50 for Studio staterooms. The on-board credit can be used toward amenities such as spa treatments to shore excursions; gifts in the duty free shop; and dinners in any of Norwegian’s specialty Freestyle Dining restaurants.


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Hi there, Max and Mike here. We're from Edinburgh - tho our accents are English - so please don't get all excited if you are fans of 'Brigadoon' or 'Braveheart'.
Mike is a senior manager with British Telecom, and I am a studying for a PhD in the chemistry of glass at Edinburgh College of Art. Mike is a seasoned cruiser with The Queen Mary 2... and I used to be when I was small and lived in the Far East when we would travel back and forth from Malaya to the UK. The one ship I remember most was the Galileo Galilei - any takers??. It was renamed the Sun Vista when it eventually was sold to Singapore Sun Cruises. She was swallowed up by the sea off the coast of Malaya in 1999 after a on-board fire - heatbreaking! All passengers and crew were safely evacuated. She was a fine cruise ship that recalled the days of efficient luxury and speed when cruising around the world was the normal thing to do to get from A to B.
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Picture a caravan of Cruisemates driving down I-45 whoopin and hollerin all the way !!

We could, actually, arrange some sort of ride sharing thing or rent a van or two for those not staying in Galveston pre cruise.

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We found the Fish & Chips dining area on the Liberty a great place to take the Lido food on embarkation day. Nobody seems to use it and there were a lot of empty tables. Just a little hint
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We are booked on RCCL Radiance 1/15/06. I am wondering where the port is on St. Thomas. Is it at Havensight? And, is the tramway within walking distance of the port? Thanks!

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Yes, the port is right by the mall there and yes, you can also walk to the tram, just walk through the shops and keep going, you can't miss it, the entrance is just across the street.

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9 times out of 10 you will dock at the pier at Havensight Mall. On that rare occasion that the pier is full, you might end up at the docks that are closer to downtown,(this has happened to us) or you might even have to tender in.
Paradise Point Tramway is a short walking distance from Havensight.
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My wife and I are on Oceanias' Regatta June 30, 2007 cruise - Stockholm - St. Petersberg - Dover. Looking for others to share land cruises. Please contact me if interested in sharing or already have made arrangements and have room for two more.
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we are booked on the same cruise. i was not sure whether to take the excursions with oceanaia or book our own. how do i go about contacting you?
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You may get a better response at Cruise critic more people go there check the roll call http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=492115
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Yes, we are also booked on that cruise and interested in perhaps sharing a car and driver in some ports rather than the tours offered by the ship. We were on the Nautica last year in Asia and found that with one or two other couples, who are flexible, you can experience more for less. We are Barbara and Marty Haubenstock from Wyckoff, N.J. Let me know what you are thinking. Regards
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We're on the same cruise, and are booking a one-and-a-half day tour in St. Petersburg with Red October. The first morning in port we will travel to Peterhof and return in early afternoon via hydrofoil. The second day in port we will go to Pushkin and Pavlovsk from morning to mid-afternoon, then finish the day with a boat tour.

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Towards a 21st Century Alliance

Ambassador Victoria Nuland
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I am very appreciative of the opportunity to address the International Workshop on Global Security. It is a great forum to bring us together to talk about where the Alliance is today. I personally think that we are at one of those rare tipping points in history as a transatlantic community. We are at a moment where free societies, as a transatlantic community, have come out of the readjustments of the post-Cold-War period, have come out of the near divorce on Iraq, have decided we are going to stay in this marriage together. But I personally do not think we have spent enough time explaining to our publics what this marriage, what this transatlantic community, is about in the 21st century. Our leaders—Bush, Merkel, Blair, Solana—they are all saying very loudly now that we need each other. That is a very, very good thing. But how do you explain to our people what it means? And have we related it to what they care about?

What do our citizens, our nations, really care about? What is it that they want for themselves, for their kids? Are the views of families in North America the same as the views of families in Europe? You can tell I am a mom, and I think about this from a mom’s perspective. Do we really all believe that we need each other and that the institutions that bind us are important? I would argue, obviously, that they are and that we do, and that we care first and foremost, and we need to make this case to our publics, we care first and foremost, at the very local level, that our families can live in dignity, live in security and in freedom.

We also care because we believe collectively in the idea of progress, that we should live better and do more than our parents did, and that our kids should do better than we did. That is, after all, one of the great promises of a free society and one of the fundamental, undergirding principles that binds us. It is one of our values.

Above that, we care about human dignity for others. Our shared liberal democratic tradition does not allow us to check our feelings at the transatlantic border. It bothers us. It bothers our people when they see displaced kids in Darfur, when they see earthquake victims in Pakistan sitting in the snow, when they see golden mosques smashed in Iraq or Palestinian youth hurling rocks or wandering idly in the streets.

We also remember. We remember that not so long ago Europe itself was a strife-torn continent and it took all of us to put it back together. We have a common memory that we are important to each other and that we pay a high price when we are divided.

We also remember the cost we pay when we are late to come together. It happened three times in the last century, and I do not need to remind you of those incidents. I certainly do not need to remind this audience. And I would argue that as a transatlantic community, we were also late beyond our own space. We were late in Rwanda, and we paid too little heed to the gathering dangers in the sands of Afghanistan.

So the lessons of the 20th century are not just that we need each other, but that we must be engaged and vigilant so that we never again leave small things to fester and become large things that are still much harder to deal with. We have to act together and early, and we have to make a difference.

So the question is how to continue to do that better and better in the future.

First, we have to be strong at home, strong in protecting our own liberties, and strong in our commitment to open and tolerant societies, despite the global challenges pressing in on us. For Americans today, that means addressing the questions of social equity, immigration, and civil rights. It means reserving the open door that has made us such a strong nation of immigrants while ensuring security, equity, and dignity for all. And as you can tell, this also means in our post-9/11 world that we have to balance the basic human rights inherent to free democratic societies with the fundamental duty of governments to protect their citizens.

For Europeans, it means strengthening, deepening, and broadening the amazingly successful European project which has brought unprecedented peace and prosperity to this continent and has now become such a model and a magnet for others around the planet.

At the Wehrkunde Conference, Chancellor Merkel called on the U.S. to see Europe’s integration as an opportunity and we very much do. But if Europeans are challenged today, it is because as the European magnet grows in strength, you also face challenges in welcoming continued diversity in your societies, and in preserving tolerance, while protecting your national heritage and the rule of law.

But as we look at the challenges we face at home, we know—particularly the folks in this room know— that so many of our problems at home have their origins in instability, poverty, and bad governance along our borders and beyond. That is why it is so important that we stay together in turning the great power of our alliance outward to be exporters of prosperity, stability, and hope to those who live far from us so we can continue to live well and strongly. We do it in our own interest, we do it because our humanity and our sense of human dignity demand it, we do it together, and we do it early because we have learned the lessons of the 20th century.

This brings me to my day job at NATO. Why should people care about it today? First of all, because NATO today is an alliance that delivers; it is today one of the best examples of a strong and effective multilateralism. In the past year alone, NATO has conducted successful operations, and continues to conduct them on four continents.

NATO has undertaken its first large-scale humanitarian relief operation in Pakistan, and not only did we get into Pakistan to deliver some 500,000 blankets and clear hundreds of kilometers of roads and treat some 6,000 people in our medical facilities, but we got back out—and that is important. It is important because we turned that mission over to the Pakistanis, the U.N., and other entities.

We are obviously expanding in southern Afghanistan. I know Jim Jones talked about that at length. We are taking a majority stake with the Afghans, obviously, in that country’s prosperity.

And we are supporting the AU in Darfur, bringing our own lift, our logistics, and our training to make that mission a success.

Today’s NATO is a far more flexible instrument than it has ever been, and it is where North America and Europe meet as peoples. It is our only permanent structure together as a transatlantic family that has a proven track record of effective action against common challenges.

But, first and foremost, NATO is a political instrument. It is where we say together that Afghanistan matters, we care; Darfur matters; training Iraqi security forces matters; bringing relief to Pakistan matters; keeping the Balkans, Georgia, and Ukraine on a reforming path matters.

Europeans and the EU, as an institution, can do that alone and it helps. Americans can do it alone and it is better than nothing. But when we do it together, the difference is dramatic. Things actually change.

So what are we doing at NATO Headquarters to strengthen this vital tool of common-will action, which has served us so well in the 20th century, for the 21st century, which is even more complex? I would argue as we head towards Riga—and I know you have talked about some of the pieces of this over the conference and you will as you go forward—we believe that NATO needs to be strengthened in three essential pillars: politically, operationally, and as an exporter of security training.

The Political Challenge

First, politically. Two years ago, Chancellor Schroeder called for a deepening and broadening of the transatlantic political dialogue. It took us some time to come around, but we did, and my President is as strong a supporter as is Chancellor Merkel. As we head towards Riga, I think we have done a good job of broadening the conversation of NATO, which frankly shrunk over the period of the 90s to lots of discussion only about where we were operationally, the Balkans, and some discussion about expanding freedom. But today at NATO we are talking about Middle East peace, we are talking about energy security, we are talking about Africa, we are talking about Iran at the level of foreign ministers. I brief on North Korea regularly, and we recently had a NATO-EU conversation about China in my living room. That is really important. Not because NATO is going to be the solution to all of those problems, but because when we use that transatlantic table to talk about all the challenges we face and the tools we have to address them, then we can work more smoothly on common actions in any organization or nationally where our interests converge.

So we need to continue to deepen and strengthen the strategic dialogue so that when our leaders meet in Riga they will have a spontaneous conversation among them about whatever is on their minds without having to think, “Is this a NATO issue?” No, it is a transatlantic issue and we are going to talk about it because we care.

Partnerships are the next large political issue. NATO has done a good job, as has the EU, in creating strong partnerships to mentor and strengthen countries around its periphery. In the NATO context, we are talking about countries from Sweden out to Tajikistan or along the Med littoral or now in the Gulf, and bringing them into our operations if they are interested to create the ability to work together.

We believe that, as we head towards Riga, it is time to take a broader view. These partnerships that are regionally based have served us well, but they have also become somewhat constraining. Countries that are partners of ours are sometimes limited by the regional box they find themselves in as to the kind of relationship they can have with NATO.

Then we have some countries that want to do more with us that have no box. And then we have other countries that we should be encouraging in their relationship with us that we are going to have to plug in. Those who have no box—Japan, Australia, which this summer, as Jim Jones probably told you, becomes a NATO troop-contributing country, or South Korea—all these countries are starting to play a larger security role globally and want to work with us.

Afghanistan. There is no PFP or other box for Afghanistan. They now want a strategic relationship, and they want an ongoing training relationship.

Mongolia has been knocking on our door and has been told it is geographically inappropriate.

And what about India? Doesn’t it make sense as India becomes more and more of a global force, a strong democracy, that we should be encouraging dialogue with the Alliance? But there is no place to do it now.

So, as we head towards Riga, we would like to see a much larger box of NATO partnership tools with which we can strengthen our relationship with existing partners and welcome other partners. Some people have said to me, this sounds like encirclement of China. My answer to that is if China wants a relationship with NATO, let’s build that box big enough so that she can have one too.

The other political aspect is the relationships between the two great multilateral institutions on this planet: NATO and the EU. Look around the world today. In almost every major theater of operation, we need NATO and we need the EU, and we need them to work better together. It is, forgive me, stupid that we cannot have the kind of flexible operational conversations we need to broaden and deepen what we talk about in Brussels.

Regarding NATO and the U.N., NATO has worked for the U.N., and the U.N. has worked for NATO on and off. We need a formal liaison relationship. And one between NATO and the AU, obviously, in Darfur and beyond. That is the political challenge.

The Operational Challenge

Afghanistan. We are well on it. It is our biggest challenge. We must succeed. We must succeed at the high end of the operation in nesting out the Taliban and turning the tide on the increasingly criminal drug-based culture and providing security; but we must also operate effectively across the full spectrum of stability and reconstruction. We must help train the Afghan National Army, we must help train the Afghan National Police, and we must provide stable neighborhoods for good governance to grow among the Afghans. It is our biggest test.

Kosovo. An enduring mission, a very important year—we must continue to keep faith with each other.

As we strengthen our missions we must also strengthen our arsenal of capabilities. You all are here to look at the fantastic aerial hardware available to us. Unfortunately, our alliance today does not have enough lift. I would argue our transatlantic community, including the EU, does not have enough lift. We are hoping on the road to Riga, we are having a very serious conversation at NATO about how we can offer more options to more nations to meet strategic lift requirements, and I am hoping something good will hatch by Riga.

Special forces. Many of us are operating with special forces, but our special forces do not operate well together. By the time we head to Riga, we would like to have an integrated ability for special forces in the alliance to work together and force multiply their efforts.

Deployable assets. As we work at strategic distance we have got to have deployable coms. We have got to have deployable logistics. We have got to buy more of this in common so everybody does not have to buy it and take it home when they leave. We are working on all of those kinds of things.

The NATO Response Force is obviously our premier capability, which I am convinced will be fully operational, and has already proven itself, when we needed forces fast for Pakistan.

Security Training

The last pillar is training. This is one of the most successful things allies have done for each other. Throughout our history, we have trained and integrated our forces. We now believe it should become an increasingly strong export and, in fact, a pillar of Alliance work in the 21st century. How much better is it to strengthen the regional forces in other parts of the world than to have to send our own soldiers?

Look at what NATO is already doing. We trained more than 2,000 Iraqis last year in Baghdad and we trained more in our own schools. Our Darfur mission, which is right now a logistical improvement mission, something the United States hopes will become an embedded training mission over the summer. How much better is it to do that kind of mission than to have to shoot our way into Darfur? If we can strengthen the African Union, if they can succeed on the way to a U.N. mission, then they will be more capable in the future to handle more of their own problems.

We also should expand our schooling. The United States, with some of our allies—Italy and Norway—is trying to establish a Middle East Training Center. We believe that the countries of the Mediterranean Dialogue region and the Gulf are much more ready to work together in defense of common security than they were just ten years ago. We see it in the Mediterranean Dialogue, in the work they are doing with us in controlling the Med. We think that with a permanent center in their region we would be encouraging them to train and school together at NATO standards. We would bring more allies to them, and we would create a culture of commonality in defense of our security from the threats that we share, whether it is WMD, terrorism, or weak borders. So, training is an investment we should make in that region.

Of course, we are committed to keeping the alliance’s door open. We have candidates—Georgia, Ukraine. Like the EU, NATO has already accomplished so much as a mentor and a magnet for democracies. But our membership must still be performance-based. We do not think anybody is ready this year but we want to see more candidates ready for our next summit in 2008.

All this talk and all these plans will not do much good against the threats that we face unless we can sustain the investment, the political will, and the capital to do all that we said that we want to do. It requires vision and leadership, not just at the NAC table but in capitals, in the press, with people, with the next generation, to sustain popular support for these kinds of shared commitments.

Today I would argue that it is just as important as strengthening our capabilities and our political will as capitals and leaders, that we have the strength and popular support for our great alliance. As our colleague Kai Eide likes to say, we have got to get what we do at NATO from the summit table down to the kitchen table. So I would ask all of you, who I know are strong supporters of this alliance and invested over many, many years, to help us with that as we head towards Riga. I truly worry that there are very few people in my country under the age of 40 who could tell you what NATO is doing today, and even fewer who are willing to invest in it. So help us get this message out there and help us get it to the kitchen table.

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