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1. Voting Rights Act Under Fire (link)

The Voting Acts Right came under fire yesterday at the Supreme Court. According to Politico, the conservative justices were very skeptical regarding the provision that requires some states to get permission before changing voting requirements.

Justice Antonin Scalia argued that the court needed to step in because the overwhelming, bipartisan vote in favor of renewing the law in 2006 showed that lawmakers were reluctant to disturb what amounted to a “racial entitlement.”

“I think it is attributable, very likely attributable, to a phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement,” Scalia said. “Whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political processes….This is not the kind of a question you can leave to Congress. There are certain districts in the House that are black districts by law just about now.”

The conservative justices seemed to have the votes to strike the provision down.

Scalia suggested that regardless of the facts, lawmakers were very reluctant to disturb the law for fear for being accused of racism. “Even the name of it is wonderful: the Voting Rights Act,” he said sarcastically. “Who is going to vote against that in the future?”

No other justice responded immediately to Scalia’s comments, but Justice Sonia Sotomayor made clear a few minutes later that she was irked by Scalia’s language.

“Do you think that the right to vote is a racial entitlement in Section 5?…Do you think Section 5 was voted for because it was a racial entitlement?” she asked lawyer Bert Rein, who argued for Alabama’s Shelby County that the provision should be struck down.

“No,” said Rein, who said the measure was Congress’s response “to a problem of race discrimination which it thought was prevalent in certain jurisdictions.”

Earlier, Rein began his argument by arguing that there had been “unmistakable” change in the South in the nearly half-century since the the law was passed.

That assertion, too, provoked Sotomayor.

“Assuming some portions of the South have changed, your county pretty much hasn’t,” she interjected. She said Rein was arguing for “a county whose record is the epitome of what caused the passage of the [law] in the first place.”

“You may be the wrong party bringing this,” Sotomayor said .

Justice Elena Kagan noted that Alabama has no statewide officials who are black. “You’re objecting to a [coverage] formula, but any formula Congress could devise would capture Alabama,” she said.

“Is it the government’s submission that the citizens of the South are more racist than the citizens of the North?” Roberts asked.

“It is not and I don’t know the answer to that,” Verrilli replied.

Roberts said that African-American voters in Massachusetts, which is not covered by the pre-clearance requirement, are less likely to be registered and less likely to vote than black voters in covered states like Mississippi.

Justice Samuel Alito also went state by state, suggesting it made little sense to require pre-approval of voting changes in Virginia and Arizona, but not in Tennessee or Nevada.

Justice Anthony Kennedy, who serves as a swing vote in some close cases, seemed to view the law as — at this point — an unfair intrusion on states that should have the authority to govern their own affairs.

“Section 5 was utterly necessary in 1965. No doubt about that,” Kennedy said. “The Marshall Plan was very good, too, the Morrill Act, the Northwest Ordinance, but times change.”

Kennedy said Congress “didn’t have the time or energy” in 2006 to weed through the states individually and decide which should still be covered so it punted and adopted the earlier formula.

I am not ready to throw a party over this, but things are looking good. This part of the Voting Rights Act should be done away with. The conservative justices along with Justice Kennedy brought up great points yesterday. I don’t see how anyone can say Texas is more racist than a northern state. Facts don’t prove that to be the case at all.

2. Voter ID (link)

The Texas Tribune released a piece yesterday that was a little odd. The Tribune doesn’t like Voter ID and in the story they try to dismiss a poll that shows overwhelming support from Texans on Voter ID. The poll is their own that they try to discredit.

In February 2011, an overwhelming 63 percent of black respondents agreed that voters should be required to present a government-issued photo ID to vote (along with 80 percent of whites and 68 percent of Hispanics). When we asked the question again in our October 2012 survey, during the heart of the campaign season, those numbers had dropped precipitously among blacks, to 33 percent.  Hispanics, on the other hand, remained supportive of voter ID, increasing their support slightly to 75 percent.

On one hand, the overall amount of support among Hispanics is probably somewhat overstated (and in reality, probably overstated for all three groups) due to response biases inherent in almost all polling (it’s difficult to capture low-income respondents, and especially low-income minorities who may not have photo identification).  However, the results do comport with other statewide polls that have examined the issue (look into the cross-tabs if you’re interested).

Changes in public opinion of this magnitude are rare, but in this case, relatively easy to explain. Before voter ID became one of the big mobilizing forces of the 2012 campaign, opinion on the issue was rather homogenous. Voter ID provisions appeared sensible to majorities of almost all subgroups of voters at first glance (except for self-described liberals), and opponents of voter ID were thought to be protecting the benefits accrued from voter fraud. In a national survey in April 2012, Fox News found that 50 percent of respondents believed that “opponents of voter identification laws are really trying to steal elections by increasing illegal votes by non-citizens and other ineligible voters.”

In a nutshell, here is what these polls show. Common sense prevails! A large number of people support Voter ID. The only reason why it dropped so much among the black population was because Democrats tried to convince people that Voter ID was racist. Now, in Texas Democrats tried to convince people that Voter ID was aimed at Hispanics, but that didn’t work too well for the Democrats.

Yes, trends can change but these polls tell me that common sense is king when it comes to Voter ID.

3. DHS Blamed (link)

The White House claims that they had no idea that hundreds of illegal immigrants would be released from jails ahead of the sequester. Yesterday an official with the Department of Homeland Security resigned according to the Daily Caller.

The Associated Press reported Wednesday that an official with the Department of Homeland Security has resigned amid questions over why the Obama administration released illegal immigrants across the country ahead of March 1 budget cuts:

The Associated Press has learned that the Homeland Security Department official in charge of the agency’s immigration enforcement and removal operations has resigned after hundreds of illegal immigrants were released from jails because of government spending cuts.

In an email obtained Wednesday by the AP, Gary Mead told coworkers that he was leaving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the end of April. Mead is the head of enforcement and removal operations at ICE.

Mead had told co-workers of his resignation in the email sent Tuesday, hours after U.S. officials had confirmed that a few hundred illegal immigrants facing deportation had been released from immigration jails due to budget cuts.

President Barack Obama’s spokesman said Wednesday the White House was never consulted but described the immigrants as “low-risk, non-criminal detainees.”

According to an earlier report by the AP:

A spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Gillian Christensen, says the immigrants were being held around the country and being released and “placed on an appropriate, more cost-effective form of supervised release.” She did not say how many immigrants were released or how they were selected.

As the AP noted, the White House has sworn off any involvement in the decision, with spokesman Jay Carney telling reporters Wednesday that releasing the illegal immigrants was done “without any input from the White House.”

“This was a decision made by career officials at ICE without any input from the White House, as a result of fiscal uncertainty over the continuing resolution, as well as possible sequestration,” Carney said.

There was no reason for hundreds of illegals to be released from jails across this country. This move was made to strike fear into Americans. The White House again is claiming Obama knew nothing. So, if you are keeping score at home, add this to list of things Obama knew nothing about. Benghazi, Gun running, and this. That’s real leadership.

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18 November is Innovation Day, when new innovative ideas will be hatched through intense teamwork involving students from around Karolinska Institutet.

Jan-Olov Höög. Photo: Pernilla Pettersson. “The point of Innovation Day is also to give the students tools and ideas about innovation and entrepreneurship ahead of their degree projects,” says Professor Jan-Olov Höög, Scandinavian director for EIT Health Education.

Karolinska Institutet wants its students to get early training in the concepts and practices of innovation so they have what they need to take on the enormous challenges that will one day face healthcare. During Innovation Day on 18 November, students from all over KI will get practice in entrepreneurship involving real cases through an innovation workshop and competition.

“We hope to be able to attract between 400 and 500 students,” says Professor Höög.

Under the guidance of a coach, the students will work together to solve specific challenges presented by companies, Stockholm City or Stockholm County Council. KI is one of the universities around Europe to take part in the challenge, which is part of the EIT Health programme devised by the EU to bring universities and companies together in the search for solutions to caring for its ageing population.

Even if Innovation Day is not mandatory, the students who are doing their degree projects in 2017 should have the chance to attend in order to have a more solid grounding upon which to work.

“We hope that the students will use their new knowledge and innovation skills in their degree projects, which I think they can do if they’re given the tools and the ideas,” says Professor Höög.

The outline for Innovation Day has already been fixed. The participants will be divided into teams, mixing students from different programmes in order that they can come up with an interprofessional solution to a given innovation challenge. Teamwork is the order of the day.

“Before it’s all over, the groups must be able to show how they have solved their challenge,” explains Professor Höög. “Since Innovation Day is also a competition, we will also be selecting the best team, which will go on to compete against other international teams.”

The day ends with an innovation pub for everyone involved.

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Have I mentioned on here before how funny my child can be?  Seriously, sometimes she says things and I wonder where she gets them.  Here are some of her recent "funny" statements that she says regularly.

"I’m sorry…I forgive you" – From the time she could start talking we encouraged her to apologize and ask for forgiveness when she had done something wrong.  Somehow it has turned into the above statement where she says she is sorry and then that she forgives you instead of asking for forgiveness!

"My Jie-Nuh" – We had a friend in Bowling Green who worked with sexual abuse victims and she always told us we should use the correct wording for private parts in case they were ever sexually abused it would hold up in court.  This is what Mikayla calls hers.

"Actually" – You have to hear her say this one because she enunciates it so well.  She will say this if she thinks we are wrong (Actually mommy…) or if she doesn’t want to do something (Actually we are going to…).  The word itself isn’t that funny, but the way she says it is!

"Oh Toodles and Super Cheers" – This has stemmed from her love of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (which is what we have decided to theme her third birthday party in case you were wondering).  She goes around saying them all the time.  Even at meal time sometimes she will have has clink our food together and say super cheers.

"Excused by the table" – She uses this one when she wants to get up from the table.  It is supposed to be "Excused from the table".

"I-an-a-de-a" (idea) – This one is perhaps my favorite.  She gets so excited when she says this one.  This comes up when we ask her what we should do and she responds with "I’ve got an ianadea!".

"Humping" (hunting) – I am not sure how this one came about, but she says this often when we are outside and she wants to look for something.  I will ask her what she is doing and she will respond with "I am humping for leaves".

"Park and Play" – Ben says this is his favorite Mikayla statement.  If we are driving down the road and she sees a playground she will scream ‘There’s a park and play".  It seemed like an odd thing to call it until we realized we often asker her if she want to go to the park and play She now thinks that is what they are called!  Friends that ride into town with us comment on it every time she says it when we pass parks.  So funny.

"Boing-A-Hop" – I think she got this one from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, but when she wants to jump (particularly on our bed) she says, "Let’s go Boing-A-Hop".  So cute!

"Sometimes, but not two times" – If you ask Mikayla a question (i.e. Do you like this?) she will respond with "Sometimes, but not two times".  I think what she means is that she likes it sometimes, but not all of the time.  Still, her choice of wording is funny to me!

I really wanted to include a funny picture of Mikayla here but couldn’t find one I liked, so I am leaving it picture less!

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  1. rita kickert says:

    so funny, we hate missing these day to day things,, but . . . we got our money for plane tickets set aside.

  2. Katie says:

    I love this post!! She’s too cute.

  3. […] time doing things she loves.  Like eating donuts, opening presents and going to the "park and play".  She still has a few more gifts to open, but we are saving those for her big (and by […]


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King Features comic strip creators Patrick McDonnell (Mutts), Dan Piraro (Bizarro), Jerry Scott (Zits, Baby Blues) and Rick Kirkman (Baby Blues) will sign copies of their most recently published books at a book-signing event in Kansas City, Mo. on Thursday, May 27, 2004, at 8:00 p.m. Additionally that evening, these cartoonists will produce a unique “group doodle” piece of artwork that will be then be donated to the “Christmas in October” for an auction fundraiser.

The cartoonists will be in Kansas City to attend The National Cartoonists Society annual awards dinner. Dan Piraro, cartoonist of the satirical comic panel “Bizarro,” is a nominee for the “Reuben Award,” the highest honor the NCS can bestow on a professional cartoonist. Patrick McDonnell and Jerry Scott are previous Reuben Award recipients.

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From the moment ‘American Horror Story’ creator Ryan Murphy revealed that the latest season of his hit FX series would focus on the lives of a coven of witches, you just knew someone was going to make a Stevie Nicks reference. And as it turns out, Nicks is perfectly willing to play along.

Nicks’ public image has always incorporated elements of the supernatural, and she’s been followed for years by rumors that she’s secretly a witch, so it was only natural that the young women in ‘American Horror Story: Coven‘ — in particular Misty Day, the character played by Lily Rabe — would hold Nicks up as an object of fascination. But after weeks of being mentioned on the show, the Fleetwood Mac singer agreed to take things one step further by playing herself in an upcoming episode.

As Murphy explained when he revealed his casting coup, “It’s part of Fiona’s ruse in that Fiona is trying to get the true Supreme to reveal herself because she needs to stay alive. So she tells Misty Day that the Supreme gets so many great things in life, like tickets to the Oscars and Met Ball tickets. So she brings Stevie Nicks in as a gift to Misty to prove to her that if she exhibits more power she’ll get that and more. Then the other girls come home and see Stevie and Misty singing and it starts them trying to move much quicker to prove that they are the Supreme.”

That won’t mean much to anyone who doesn’t already watch ‘Coven,’ but Nicks fans will still want to get a look at her on the set, and Murphy is willing to oblige: He recently tweeted proof of her appearance, telling followers, “She’s here!”

It’ll be a few weeks before Nicks’ episode airs, as ‘Coven’ is scheduled for a brief winter hiatus before returning to the schedule in early 2014. In the meantime, Fleetwood Mac fans can occupy themselves by re-watching Mick Fleetwood‘s cameo appearance on ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation.’

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The Knoxville Girls Soccer Squad lost to Chariton in a shootout last night. The score was tied at one heading to overtime, and stayed that way after the second overtime period. The Chargers won in shootouts and ended up winning the match 4-2. Stacia Hogue and Kathy Adrian scored the goals for Knoxville. The Panthers are now oh-and-two on the season.


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Dsc06346Dsc06337...That you call me up whenever you feel lonely.*

Rather, it's a sign of the times that you call me up on your shiny, new, international cell phone that you bought because you needed an alarm clock!  It took me a long, long time to realize that I could use my cell phone as a clock/watch, but kids these days (mine, anyway) use them regularly as their alarm clocks, too.  So, I've had two emails and a nice phone call from Kate in London (sounded like she was right next door).  The sun came out yesterday and she took a hike through Regent's Park and any lingering doubts about whether she should be there disappeared with the clouds as the city lay before her.  (I'm going to like London Photos.)

Yes, her mum is relieved.  Can you tell?

Dsc06338Dsc06340I was trying to photograph some things yesterday when all of a sudden there was a big, gray cat filling my viewfinder (see above; like me, you can't miss him).  That usually means that the food dish is empty, but it wasn't, so I don't know, I guess he just needed some attention.  Anyway, I happened to be at the antique mall some time ago when this item was newly arrived; the shop owner held it up and asked, quizzically, if not even incredulously, "What in the hell is this?"  I knew right away that it was a shrug, but was charmed by it's tiny size and pink ribbon details -- a baby shrug!  When I worked at the mall a couple of weeks ago and saw that it had been priced for next to nothing, it had to come home.  I especially like the clever treatment at the neck edge to make a neckline.

Dsc06341My weekend was spent knitting the Luna Shawlette.  I have finished, including the special bind off, and it's 12" from neck to point prior to blocking.  I will give it a bath and block it tonight, though I don't expect to gain much.  The yarn is lovely, but the jury's still out in regard to size.

*Name that tune -- song and artist.

Yay for phones call from across the pond! Glad to know she's feeling better about being there and all that translates to at home.

Ah, good ole Petula Clark. A Sign of the Times.
Maybe the kitty is missing Kate and that's why his looking for attention.

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London is by far one of my favorite European Cities. She will love it and she will learn so much!

Your tiny shrug is very sweet, glad Katie is happy and having fun.
No1 son had his phone confiscated in class today for looking at the time on it, he forgot his watch!!

I saw Match Point today, which is set in London and I was thinking of your girl! your shawlette yarn looks lots like my STR lagoon socks!

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Pet Clark! I want to go to London for Christmas next year...

Thanks for the photo link - now I can go wander the neighborhoods...

Aah, yes. Apparently I am the only person in my house who actually uses a clock as an alarm clock.

Awww....cell phones are so much better overseas! Actually--better call it the moebile! :)

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BYRON, MN (AP) - Byron Public Schools are offering grief counselors to students and staff after a 17-year-old student died when her minivan rear-ended school bus.
Olmsted County Sheriff's Sgt. Tom Claymon says Deianerah (dye-un-EHR'-uh) Logan f Pine Island struck the back of the bus Tuesday afternoon as it stopped to let student off on a county road.
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Widely expected to be the case, to the point that studio chief Ted Price was surprised it made big news, Insomniac has confirmed that it is finished with the Resistance series it started in 2006.

Price wished to break the news face-to-face to fans of the series, and did so earlier this week in that video. "Resistance has reached its logical conclusion in terms of the story that we wanted to tell," Price said. "That doesn't mean the Resistance franchise isn't continuing." Price notes that the series already is in "the capable hands of Nihilistic [Software]," the studio working on Resistance: Burning Skies for the PS Vita.

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Sankirtana: A Cleansing for the Soul

Pancha Tattva: Lord Caitanya, Lord Nityananda, Sri Advaita, Gadadhara and Srivas PanditWhat does the word “Sankirtana” mean?

Sankirtana is a Sanskrit word. “San” comes from the word “samyak” which means “complete” and Kirtan means “glorifying” or “describing.” Generally when one is “glorified”, there is good reason. For instance, if a man becomes wealthy, most likely he will become famous and naturally he will be glorified, praised, and adored for his wealth and fame. But, who can say that they posses all wealth or all fame?

It is stated in the ancient Vedic text called the Srimad-Bhagavatam that God posses all these six opulence’s in full:  He is complete in wealth, renunciation, fame, knowledge, strength and beauty.

One of God’s many names is Asamaurdhva, which means that no one is equal to or greater than Him. In this connection the word Sankirtana has its complete meaning because only He can be glorified “completely.” A common man may be glorified, but his glorification can only go so far. There is always another who out does him. Another who possesses more of the thing he is being glorified for, therefore the common man’s glorification falls short. But God possesses everything  therefore only He can be completely glorified.

Sankirtana is universal to all religions. King David preached, “From the rising of the sun unto its setting, the Lord’s name is to be praised.” (Psalms 113:3)  Lord Buddha said, “All who sincerely call upon My name will come to Me after death, and I will take them to Paradise.” (Vows of Amida Buddha 18) Muhammad declared, “Glorify the name of your Lord, the most high.” (Koran 87.2) “Allah, who does not fit into heavens or worlds, fits into the hearts of men. The process used to clean the heart is dhikrullah (chanting the names of Allah). Dhikr is a key to the secrets of life.” (Ninety-Nine Names of Allah) It is written in the Bible, “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Acts 2:21) And in the ancient Sanskrit Vedic scriptures it says, “Chant the holy name, chant the holy name, chant the holy name. In this age of quarrel there is no other way, no other way, no other way to attain spiritual enlightenment.” (Brihan-Naradiya Purana)

The performance of Sankirtana is a spiritual cleansing for the mirror of the mind, just as soap is a material cleansing for the body.  According to the Vedic scriptures, there are three stages for spiritual cleansing, the first is to cleanse the mirror of the mind by Sankirtana. It is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, “For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will be the greatest enemy.” (Bhagavad-gita Ch.6, text 6)

Due to long term association with matter, the mind becomes polluted, or dirty and this Sankirtana process purifies the mind. The second stage is to become free from material existence. Material existence means to be always hankering and lamenting. “I must have a new car, I need more money, I need a good partner, I need this, I must have that. Then when I have these things; I lament, I have lost my partner, I have lost my money, I have lost my car. I am simply in a lamenting state.” So the second stage is to become free from this lamenting. The third stage is called “Brahma-bhutah prasannatma”. This is described in the Bhagavad-gita, “One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments nor desires to have anything; he is equally disposed to every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me.”

Sankirtana is generally performed in a congregation but anyone can sing or chant alone or with anyone. The Maha Mantra, or “Great Chant” is recommended by all great authorities:

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

“All Glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada for bringing Lord Caitanya’s Sankirtana Movement All Around the Globe!”

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  1. Margerath says:

    I’m always confused. Currently I’m working but not happy because I cant spend quality time with my kids. I notice that my kids are not respecting me, & they always go against me. I feel very sad to see my kids becoming like this. I also get angry fast & intend to scold them quite offend.

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Other Anniversaries

This past week marked not only my parents' anniversary. It was also the anniversary of Hurricane Wilma, which came ashore (from the west) in 2005. It was the end of a grueling hurricane season for us. Hurricane Katrina struck south Florida in August of that year, and we lost our huge ficus tree. We spent the next 6 weeks cleaning up from that storm, and life had just returned to normal for us when Hurricane Wilma struck.

We lost part of our roof shingles and had some damage, but nothing catastrophic. However, the church to which we belonged sustained massive damage. I spent much of the next 6 weeks cleaning up that church. It was a church of older people, and there weren't many hands to do that work.

You may remember that I mentioned this back in May, when I wrote about seeing the Bishop. I had spent the day hauling wet carpet to the curb after ripping it out of the floor, and I was wet, dirty, and bloody. The Bishop of our Synod appeared, dressed in casual clothes, an assistant by his side. I said, "Are you the carpet guys?" Oops.

Later it occurred to me to wonder why I should be expected to know what the Bishop looked like, to recognize him by sight. He had never graced the church with his presence before. And unlike the South Carolina synod conventions, which don't cost much to attend, our Florida synod conventions are astonishingly expensive. Even though I was church council president of that church, I never went because I knew the state of the church's books. We could barely afford to send the pastor.

Back in May, I posted some lines from a poem I had written that was inspired by that encounter, and I'm happy to be able to post the whole poem below. It was just published in North American Review.

Strange Communions

Jesus showed up at our church to help
with hurricane clean up.
“The Bishop was so busy,” he explained.
“But I had some time on my hands,
so I loaded the truck with tarps and water,
and came on down. What can I do?”

“Our roof needs a miracle,” I said.
“Do you know a good roofer?”

“I used to be a carpenter.
Of course, that’s getting to be a long time ago.
Let me see what I can do.”

I set to work ripping up the soaked
carpet in the sanctuary.
As I added a piece of dripping padding
to the pile, I noticed Christ across the street,
at the house with the fallen
tree that took out both cars and the porch.
He walked right up to the door to see
how the household was doing. I dragged
sopping carpet, trip after trip, while Jesus sat
on the porch and listened to the old woman’s sad
saga. The rough edges made my hands bleed.

Good smells made me wander down the dark
church hall to our scarcely used
kitchen, where I found Christ cooking.
“I found these odds and ends and decided
to make some lunch. Luckily, you’ve got a gas stove.”
I shrugged. “Why not? Otherwise, it’s just going to rot.”
How he made the delicious fish stew and homemade
bread out of the scraps he found
in our kitchen, I couldn’t explain.
We went out together to invite
the neighborhood in for a hot
meal, even though they weren’t church members.
We all spoke different languages,
but a hot lunch served by candlelight translates
across cultures.

I dragged drywall, black with mold, to our dumpster,
and noticed Christ walking by the cars in line
for the gas station on the corner.
When I got closer, I noticed he handed
out fresh-baked cookies and bottled water.
“Have some sweetness.
Life is hard when you can’t get necessities.”
Some drivers stared at him, like he was one of those predatory
scammers they’d been warned against.
“What’s the catch?” they growled.
“No catch,” he said with that convincing smile.
“Just a gift of grace, freely given. You’re free
to accept or refuse.” A strange communion.

Jesus left while there was still
much work to do: new carpet to be installed,
drywall to be hung, fencing to be constructed
around church grounds. I watch him drive
his empty truck, followed
by some of the neighbors, away from the church.

The next time it rained, I noticed
that the long, leaking roof had healed.

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Shefali Shah Choksi said...

I LOVE the imagery here. and the composition. and the characters! so realistic and earthy, yet full of spiritual promises.
oh, btw, i also await the sonnet.


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We are a large and diverse association of people based in the British Isles and Continental Europe. We all have family, social, cultural and/or (past) employment links to the Republic of Kiribati. This is an island country in the central Pacific Ocean formed from the Kingsmill and the Gilbert Groups of islands: they formed part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate of Great Britain and the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. Look here for more about Kiribati.

The Association was set up in April 1994 by several families of mixed marriage between former colonial staff and aid workers from Britain, and I-Kiribati and Tuvaluans. Their aim was to bring together other similar families and other I-Matang or Palagi who had lived and worked in or have other links to Kiribati and Tuvalu, and to support I-Kiribati and Tuvaluan visitors while they are in Europe. In August 2006, the Tuvaluan community decided to branch off to form their own organisation, and the name of the organisation was changed.

The Association is a non-profit organisation and its main activities are social and cultural. It stages an annual get-together for all members and friends in July, a small part of which is given over to an annual meeting of members. This annual meeting appoints unpaid officials who form the General Committee and holds these officials accountable through a reporting process. The Association and its Committee have relied in the past on an annual newsletter, published in November, to communicate with members, but from 2003, this is being supplemented by this web site. The Committee welcomes any proposals from all members for the betterment of the Association.

  • To foster good relations amongst all those with an association with the various small islands of Kiribati;
  • To be friends with each other at events organised by the Association, and through the contacts that our gatherings bring about;
  • To teach the young generation more about our culture and traditions through dialogue and dance;
  • To welcome visitors from there to Europe and to ensure they take home happy memories.

Our activities may be summed up as:

  • Strengthening the bonds and communication between Kiribati families and friends in Europe through organised social gatherings;
  • Enabling those who have lived and worked in Kiribati to keep in touch with events there and with each other;
  • Ensuring that we all live together in harmony and promote our small islands at appropriate events;
  • Offering assistance and hospitality to I-Kiribati friends visiting the United Kingdom, Ireland and continental Europe.
Annual Get-Together

The main purpose of the annual get-together is to commemorate in a celebratory way, with te batere (dancing) and feasting, the days when the Republic were established and I-Kiribati shrugged off the manacles of colonialism, namely 12th July 1979. The get-together usually extends over a weekend, with participants camping, caravanning, bed and breakfasting, and hoteling. The size of the get-together increases every year, as our families grow, as more people from the old days hear about the Association and want to meet old friends or people who have shared their experience of living on the islands, and as returning recent visitors to the islands join us.

The KTA Dancers

The other significant activities of the Association in the rest of the year revolve around performances by and practice sessions of the te batere group. Mostly, the children and young adults comprise the dance performers and the old women and men provide the singing and percussion accompaniment.

Performances in recent years include slots at the Millennium Dome and the World Festival of Music, and occasional performances for the Pacific Islands Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Membership is by subscription, which entitles you to a copy of the Association’s annual newsletter, “Te Buu”, members list and any other information that may be of interest to our members. Membership runs from 1st January. Look here to join the KTA.

You can read our Constitution, find out about membership of the KTA and read news items and features (see the box on the right). You can also read our annual Newsletter, ‘Te Buu’ (the latest edition is reserved for KTA members only). If you want to know more about Kiritbati, look here; there is also a small collection of web links – if you know of other useful links, please let us know.

For more about this website and how you can contribute to it, see the Post called This New-Look Website.

There is also a Facebook page for members.

For any further information please email a Committee Member – see Contacts


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Reporter and Host for All Things Considered

Bob Nelson is a graduate of the University of Utah with a BA in Mass Communications. He began his radio career at KUER in 1978 when it was still in Kingsbury Hall. That’s also where he met his wife, Maria Shilaos, in 1981. Bob left KUER for commercial radio where he worked for 25 years, and he is thrilled to be back at KUER.  Bob and his family are part of an explorer group, fondly known as The Hordes and Masses, which has been seeking out ghost towns and little-known places in Utah for more than twenty years.

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Utah Film Center

An accident was the cause of a four-alarm fire early Tuesday morning in downtown Salt Lake City according to investigators. The blaze caused extensive damage to the Utah Film Center offices at 122 South Main Street.

A total of 310 state and federal candidates met Thursday night’s filing deadline in Utah ahead of caucuses Tuesday.

Utah Valley University Communications

Utah Valley University officials announced Friday that the school will receive funding to build a new performing arts center on the grounds of the Orem campus.

Bob Nelson

A bill to restrict employers’ ability to require employees to sign a non-compete agreement is suddenly drawing the attention of a large number of business owners and employee rights advocates.

File: Head Start

A proposal to require the State Board of Education and the Department of Workforce Services to administer best practices for after-school programs in Utah failed by a close vote in the Senate Friday.

Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association

Utah-born rodeo legend Lewis Feild died this week of pancreatic cancer.

File photo:

Alta Ski Resort will be offering preferred parking spots on select days to skiers who carpool up the canyon. The program is part of a study through the University of Utah's Environmental and Sustainability Studies program in partnership with the Alta Environmental Center.

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Law Enforement

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources officials are investigating a number of juveniles in Emery County and have arrested two people in Tooele County in two separate cases involving the poaching of more than 20 deer.

Research on airline near misses by Brigham Young and Georgetown Universities finds there is still room for improvement in the generally very safe industry.

Utah Department of Health, Utah Cancer Control Program

Utah’s rate of vaccination for HPV, or Human papillomavirus, is well below the national average.  The Utah Department of Health is launching a new media campaign aimed at increasing the rate of HPV vaccinations among 11-12 year old Utahns.

Salt Lake City International Airport and HOK

The Salt Lake City International Airport is offering a new premium parking service that travelers can reserve online in advance of their airport visit.

Brian Grimmett KUER

35 electric vehicles have been sold or leased in the past two and a half weeks through a program called U Drive Electric.

Weber State University’s National Center for Automotive Science & Technology

The Utah Department of Environmental Quality has long said the first driving mile is the worst mile for winter automobile air pollution.

Salt Lake County Regional Development

The newly formed Mountain Planning Commission of Salt Lake County is set to have its inaugural meeting in the first week of the New Year.

Utah Department of Workforce Services

Utah Department of Workforce Services November job numbers out Friday show 8 of 10 private sector industry groups added workers compared to last year.

Lincoln Fillmore Facebook Page

The head of a charter school consulting firm was selected by Republican delegates Wednesday to fill the District 10 State Senate seat of Aaron Osmond.

Andrea Smardon KUER

The Salt Lake County Council voted 6-3 to approve the $1.1 billion 2016 budget Tuesday night. It includes a $9.4 million dollar tax increase for criminal justice reform.

Holly Richardson

Political blogger and former Utah House member Holly Richardson announced Tuesday she is looking to fill the District 14 seat in the State Senate.

Utah State University Utah Climate Center

The Utah State University Climate Center’s inversion forecast is showing the season’s first big spike in probable valley inversions starting next week.

Bob Nelson

The rescue of a woman who fell through the ice in a Northern Utah reservoir Sunday is being called a miracle.

Zions Bank, Cicero Group

The latest Consumer Attitude Index survey released by Zions Bank shows consumer confidence is high, but hasn’t increased in November as the holiday shopping season gets underway.

Utah Department of Health

Utah Health officials are investigating illnesses in Utah and six other states associated with chicken salad sold by Costco.

Davis Hospital and Medical Center, IASIS Healthcare

Concerns over potential exposure to hepatitis C have expanded to a second Utah hospital.

University of Utah

Veterans Day celebrations are planned statewide Wednesday.

Bob Nelson

Officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that they are awarding a $1.2 million dollar grant to the University of Utah. The money will fund a 3-year study on the impact of drought and extreme events on water quality.

Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality

In the month of November, winter inversions start to return to the Wasatch Front and Northern Utah valleys. That means particulate matter from wood-burning can get trapped by the mountains.

SLC School District Information Technology

Salt Lake City School District computer servers were hit by a cyberattack over the weekend.

Brian Grimmett

Salt Lake City officials and developers broke ground for the new Central Ninth Market at 153 West 9th South Wednesday.

LHM Sports and Entertainment, Vivint

Larry H. Miller Sports and Entertainment officials announced Monday a name change for the home of the Utah Jazz.

Bob Nelson

Salt Lake City officials launched an initiative called “Aging in Place” Friday on an Avenues Pickleball Court. Mayor Ralph Becker also announced the city’s application to join the World Health Organization’s Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities.


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Davis County Will Vote by Mail

Apr 22, 2014

  Davis County is trying a vote-by-mail system for the primary election this spring and the general election in the fall.

Voters in Davis County received letters last week telling them about the changes.  Election Manager Brian McKenzie says ballot packets will be mailed out 28 days before each election.  When they come back, they’ll be verified using a bar code and by comparing the voter’s signature to their registration forms.

“When the envelope comes in, that has the bar code," McKenzie tells KUER.  "That’s scanned and associated with the voter.  After the signature is verified and we determine that yes, the ballot sealed inside this envelope is voted by this voter, we remove the personal identifiers from that envelope.”

The ballots are then counted using an optical scanning system.

McKenzie says the whole state is watching Davis County’s experiment to see how well it goes.  But in Oregon, they’ve been using a vote-by-mail system for every election since 2000.

Tony Green with the Oregon Secretary of State’s office says mail voting has resulted in increased participation.

“Where we really see an impact is in off-year elections, in primaries," Green says. "It’s typical in some states that a primary election will get 10-percent.  We typically get over 40-percent.”

For those who like doing it the old-fashioned way, there will be seven voting centers set up in Davis County where voters can fill out the same ballot on election day.


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Sunday, October 05, 2008

editors asleep at the wheel, pt. 437

Paul H. Fry is William Lampson Professor of English at Yale, & author of at least 4 books on English poetry & criticism. He's also editor of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism (Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999). I'm not teaching from this text this semester (for the record, I'm using William Richey & Daniel Robinson's New Riverside Edition of Lyrical Ballads), but I was casting my eyes over the various essays & introductions over the weekend, only to be arrested by this from Fry's opening chapter on "Biographical and Historical Contexts":
Anna Letitia Barbauld, in a famous exchange recorded in Coleridge's Table Talk, complained that the "Rime" "has no moral".... Coleridge's snappy response to Mrs. Barbauld was that there was too much moral, and then he compared the poem unfavorably in this respect with the tale from the Arabian Nights in which a merchant is subjected to an excruciating penance for having thrown a date pit over a wall and accidentally killed the son of a genie. (22-3)
So Fry's an old hand at Romantic poetry, & this is indeed a famous anecdote – so famous that even I've heard it. But there comes  a point when paraphrasing from memory is tantamount to just plain faking it. For god's sake, Fry could at least have re-read the Frances Ferguson essay he includes in his own collection, which quotes the actual anedote:
Mrs. Barbauld once told me that she admired the Ancient Mariner very much, but that there were two faults in it, – it was improbable, and had no moral. As for the probability, I owned that that might admit some question; but as to the want of a moral, I told her that in my own judgment the poem had too much; and that the only or chief fault, if I might say so, was the obtrusion of the moral sentiment so openly on the reader as a principle or cause of action in a work of such pure imagination. It ought to have had no more moral the Arabian Nights' tale of the merchant's sitting down to eat dates by the side of a well, and throwing the shells aside, and lo! a geni starts up, and says he must kill the aforesaid merchant, because one of the date-shells had, it seems, put out the eye of the geni's son.
Exercise: correlate the two accounts & add up Fry's misremembered details. [FOUR, by my count, in a single sentence.] Pronounce on the fitness to carry out editorial work – on an edition intended for undergraduate students of literature & theory – of an editor who commits so many easily corrected gaffes in his opening summary.

I will spare the rant – who edits these things? where was Ross Murfin (series editor) when this thing went thru proofs? who's at the wheel of these ubiquitous "teaching editions"??
Fry does point me towards a sentence by my critical darling William Empson, who sums up the poem's ostensible "moral" in his inimitably pithy way: "don't pull poor pussy's tail."

mongibeddu said...

I find it amusing that you praise Empson after unloading on Fry. Fresh in my head is an essay by Fredson Bowers, "Textual Criticism and the Literary Critic," that has fun with Empson for equivalent inexactness. Seems there's a reading of Eliot in Seven Types of Ambiguity that's based on a typo. Writes Bowers, "I should dearly like to know whether Eliot blushed, or laughed, when he read Empson on this poem and its non-existent point." And more damningly: "When a critic arrives at conclusions about the point of a poem that are reached through the interpretation of printer's errors in the text, we may see how readily white may be made black, and black white, and we may be forgiven if we treat his opinions in general with some reserve." That Bowers, he funny.

Ben F.

Mark Scroggins said...

Great! I'd forgotten Bowers' little whale-up on Empson (tho I remember his job on Delmore Schwartz & "soldier Aristotle"). But not quite "equivalent inexactness," given that WE was working from a typo-flecked 3rd or 4th edition of Eliot, while Fry can't be bothered to remember the details of an anecdote that one of his own contributors quotes verbatim.

Plus, & most importantly -- Fry writes absolutely zero zingers.

mongibeddu said...

True, though at least Fry's errors wouldn't have made Coleridge blush, or laugh. Which is too bad!

"AMSOD" the word verification is telling me, and it's true, I am a sod.


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[Apr. 12th, 2006|11:29 pm]

Notice about disbanding of Pierrot

This is a rather sudden notice, but Pierrot will disband.
We could not come to a concensus between members who wished to put their solo activities in the first place and those who would place emphasis on PIERROT no matter what.
I myself feel that it is really unsatisfying to end like this, and thinking of all those who love PIERROT, we tried to talk it out many times.
I refused to give up, and I tried to persuade them right till the end.
We became rather heated up about it at times, tears were shed, and we did everything we could to continue PIERROT.
But even then, AIJI and JUN's passion for PIERROT could not be rekindled.
I think it's all because of my powerlessness as the leader.
KOHTA and TAKEO really wore themselves out, both in body and in soul, trying to protect PIERROT. But I decided that I could not let them go through any more pain than that.
I myself thought about stopping my solo activities to put PIERROT at top priority, but even then they could not be persuaded.
I really have no words to apologise for this, coming to such an end even after making all you fans worry.
I simply could not accept the suggestion "how about changing the members?"
KOTHA, TAKEO and I all agreed that, it is because of the 5 of us, that there is PIERROT.
I am really sorry and regretful that we couldn't even put together a last live, but really, their hearts are so far away from PIERROT that that would be impossible right now.
Honestly, I am very unsure about what is going to happen from now on.
But in the end, I guess I just cannot stop.
I think there's no choice apart from KOHTA, TAKEO and I helping each other as we move forward. I hope to get back to producing music in a new format of presentation as soon as possible.
Even for AIJI and JUN, I think they're really determined on their solo careers after quiting PIERROT. Please support the two of them as well.
I don't think these words could sufficie for an ending, but even then, please let me say them.

Thank you all for loving PIERROT.

PIERROT kirito

now, an excerpt from kiritos' word BBS (members only). the whole thing's quite long.

Aiji and Jun actually expressed their intentions to have solo activities from a few years ago. But due to Pierrot's activities, we had them endure it for a while more and we finally decided that we'll all go off to do our own activities from 2005, and then give Pierrot a grand revival in 2006.

Honestly, i had my doubts about Aiji and Jun's so-called "solo activities", but i decided not to interfere into those.
i don't think you guys would really understand if i placed it that way, but i started my own company in 2005, and tried to show them with my actions how much determination working "solo" needs.
Kohta reached his goal by playing support bass outside. TAKEO formed a new unit "G-BRAIN" and thus achieved his.
But all that was to fulfil the promise we made as Pierrot, we did it for Pierrot. My solo activities were like that too. For Pierrot's survival, I had the mental preparation to stop solo activities anytime.

At the end of last year, we talked about Pierrot's plans for the future.
Kohta, Takeo and I were ready to put our souls back into Pierrot, but Aiji and Jun said that even if it's already 2006, they cannot return themselves to Pierrot until they've had some solo achievements.

Kohta and Takeo, especially, even shed tears for Aiji and Jun to stay for Pierrot, but apparently it had no effect. Seeing that, the only thing i could think of was to bow my head and beg them to continue with Pierrot. So we survived last year.

I said in the tour finale that "Pierrot will definitely not stop!" but it seems that Aiji had other intentions. He also expressed his opinions in the fan club newsletter interview.

2 days ago was our last talk.
Right till the end, Kohta, Takeo and I begged them if they could somehow manage their solo ambitions and Pierrot together.
I asked Aiji "Please, think of the faces of the fans at that outdoor live. Think about the 1000+ fans that gathered for us in the rain. Everyone gets upset sometimes. But we have to be responsible for all those people. Can you please continue with Pierrot, even if it's just based on a sense of duty?" but Aiji gave the reply "i don't have that sense of duty." that busted all hope.
Kohta got up and yelled "Don't you have a responsibility towards the fans!" and left the room.
In reply, Aiji simply said "I'm not doing music for fans' sakes. I'd like to think of my own feelings right now."
(for those who understand, the original-- 「ファンのために音楽をやっているわけじゃない。自分の今の気持ちだけを大切にしたい」)

I felt that was simpy the limit.

For this disbanding business, many of the staff worked hard to keep us alive. Thinking about that, I feel really apologetic. And more than anything, I don't even have words for the fans that supported us.

But even then, I have to think about what can be done now.

I will not stop.

We are going to overcome the odds.
Even if it's impossible right away, we'd still like you to wait for our music in a new way of presentation.

[User Picture]From: ariad
2006-04-12 10:24 pm (UTC)
You translated all this? Thank you. T.T I can't believe they're disbanding after eleven years together. Do you mind if I link this entry on my LJ?
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[User Picture]From: bluestraggler
2006-04-12 10:34 pm (UTC)
That's... omg. I've never been a staunch fan of theirs (but nobody can be a staunch fan next to you can they *lol*) but reading this whole thing breaks my heart. For the first time I see that disbanding can really be like a divorce. I've always thought it was a situation in which all members agree on the same extent to move in different directions. I never thought there would be the passionate ones ready to make any sacrifices to keep the unit together, and the disillusioned ones too far removed to care. Kirito's dedication and devotion next to the leaving members' apparent coldness just about brings tears to my eyes.
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From: windie
2006-04-13 12:08 am (UTC)
Sorry, I'm not a member of shame1ess so I felt wrong commenting there, so I just wanted to say thank you so much for translating this. I'm truly saddened by all this... and I can only hope for the best for our boys.

I hope you don't mind but I linked your post from shame1ess in my journal~

Thanks again~
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[User Picture]From: cursedcherri
2006-04-13 03:11 am (UTC)

that's so pretty. >_< I wish they could've stayed together longer, but I guess what they want matters the most, in the end.

(btw, I'm ariad's friend)
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[User Picture]From: ekkers
2006-04-14 11:27 pm (UTC)
Thank you for translating this. I'm numb from the news right now so I probably can't say too much. Of all the people who would not want to continue... Jun. I never would have expected that.

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From: illative_rime
2006-04-16 05:19 pm (UTC)

Thank you for the translation. Despite the grief I feel that Pierrot is broken up, I'm glad that Kirito, Takeo, and Kohta all fought so hard for their fans. It shows real love. And I still wish Aiji and Jun luck.
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[User Picture]From: haitoku
2006-04-22 08:30 am (UTC)
Ah, sorry about the link. X\ Just a little out of it at the moment.
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[User Picture]From: kuuumo
2006-04-22 10:04 am (UTC)
you're most welcome. *hugs*
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[User Picture]From: nue_bear
2006-10-03 05:17 pm (UTC)

i can't believed i just read this.Tq so much 4 trnslatin them...
i just started to like their musix but...
just listen to them about a week ago...
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Job Description. Job Summary. The Munitions Controller Scheduler plans and schedules the maintenance of live, inert, and dummy munitions, non powered munitions support equipment, handling...
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Document Controller Salary Range for 10 hour day. USD 1,300. USD 1,800 Scheduler Mandatory. Experience... Experience in Power Plant. Scheduler Salary Range for 10 hour day. USD 2,000. USD 2,500 Admin Officer... |
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POSITIONSUMMARY Project Scheduler is responsible for working closely with technical experts project... .Coordinates and tracks multiple key projects and tasks. 2.Performs as a lead scheduler while assisting...
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A Leading EPC Company requires staff for the below listed position. Details. Position. Scheduler. Salary. Depends upon experience. Other Benefits. Qualification. Mechanical. Civil. Electrical...
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Qualifications. Candidates must have at least Bachelor's. College Degree. The job requires Male applicants only. Minimum of 2 years working experience is required for this position...
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Required for an Engineering and Construction Company based in Kuwait. Requirement. Must hold a Diploma in Engineering. Experience of 5 to 7 years in Planning, Scheduling and Monito...

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Kimono Flea Market ICHIROYA's News Letter No.607

Attending many kimono auctions (here in Japan, auctions are separated- auctions for dealers only -- those are the ones we attend), we sometimes see very unique motif kimono/obi. At the latest auction, the obi (above photo) was offered and there was a stir in the auction room. We see war motif kimono once in a while including children's kimono or men's kimono/haori. We even see war motif women's kimono/obi -- we hear war motif became popular during WWII. In Japan, there seem not so many collectors, actually, most inquiries we receive about war motif kimono are from overseas.

This obi was not like anything I have seen before. Since there was printing technique already at that time, we sometimes see war motif kimono with same design or similar design. The motif of three soldiers (these soldiers are called `Bakudan sanyushi' or `Nikudan sanyushi' which means `Three human bombs') are quite often seen. The death of the three soldiers became one of the most heroic story and movies and songs were made after those soldiers. We have seen this motif in the lining of men's haori sometimes. They were praised selfless and heroic attack to the barbed wire entanglement with bomb in their hands - actually it is now said the truth was, they were not willing to rush into the wire entanglement but it had to happen by accident.

When the square bow is tied, this part - three soldiers with bomb and also wire entanglement, they are the main design but there are traditional kiku (crysanthemum) and other old motif. Why they put flowers? It is weired and the design made me think.

What kind of women made this obi ?  what for?

War motif kimono with cute children figure make us very uncomfortable. Why mothers at that time made kimono for their children with war motif?

We do not think the existense of these kimono are known to many Japanese. This year is 70 th anniversay from the end of WWII. A TV commentator of news show found these kimono online from our website and his team is coming this week for location. We will be talking in the program but we really wish these kimono could talk about the background story from that time. The memorial day for the end of war is August 15th. We hope to write about the program in our future newsletter.