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Mass celebrations in Crimea refute Western charges of annexation – Lavrov

Those who call Crimea’s treaty with Russia “illegal” are insulting Crimean citizens and their right to decide their own fate, the Russian Foreign Minister said in a speech to the Upper House of parliament.

When foreign colleagues use the termannexationI suggest that they do one simple thing – tell their press-secretaries and press services to study the footage from Crimea in which the residents of this peninsula demonstrate their sincere joy in joining the Russian Federation,” Sergey Lavrov told the senators as he presented the bills on Crimea and Sevastopol’s accession into the Russian Federation.

This joy, this true happiness cannot be played, rehearsed or directed. When people are using terms like “annexation” in such a situation, I consider it an insult to the citizens, an insult to their right to make decisions concerning their own fate – the right that they had used in full measure,” Lavrov said in his speech.

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On Friday the Federation Council voted to pass the bills on Crimea’s and Sevastopol’s accession into the Russian Federation officially increasing the number of Russian regions by two. Before the voting the documents were studied by the Upper House committee for defense and security and by the committee on international relations that found nothing contrary to Russian or international law.

On Thursday the bills were passed by the Lower House by an almost unanimous vote – just one MP refused to support the move.

The federation treaty was submitted to the Lower House by President Putin on Wednesday after he signed it with leading Crimean and Sevastopol officials on Tuesday. The treaty has been provisionally in operation since the signing.

The draft introduces a transitional period until January 1, 2015 during which Crimea and Sevastopol must be integrated into Russia’s economic, finance, credit and legal systems as well as into the system of state administration.

The treaty also provides that all residents of Crimea will automatically receive Russian citizenship. It also allows those who would prefer to keep their Ukrainian citizenship do so through notifying officials within one month of the treaty coming into force.

Over three quarters of the Russian public approve of President Putin’s work, according to the mid-March public opinion poll. Most respondents connected with a good handling of the Ukrainian political crisis and the help extended to the people of Crimea.

According to the VCIOM All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center, since the beginning of 2014 Vladimir Putin’s rating has risen 15 percent and stands at 75.7 percent – the highest in the last five years.

The pollsters say this is caused first of all by the complicated political situation in Ukraine and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea that was preparing to hold a referendum on joining Russia. 63 percent of respondents mentioned this as a primary reason of their support of the presidential course.Another large group – 32 percent – mentioned the victory of the Russian team at the Sochi Paralympics.

Putin’s rating in major cities was slightly lower at 71.3 percent but also reached a five-year peak.

The previous peak in Vladimir Putin’s popularity was in May 2012. 68.8 percent of Russians voiced their support for the president around the date of his inauguration.

A different poll conducted by VCIOM on March 14 and 15 showed that 91.4 percent of Russian citizens approve of Crimea becoming a part of the Russian Federation. Only 5 percent said they were against such an outcome. 86 percent of respondents claimed they already consider Crimea – home to an ethnic Russian majority – a part of Russia.

Crimea was caught in the turmoil that engulfed Ukraine after opposition leaders supported by rightist extremists ousted President Viktor Yanukovich in late February this year. On March 16 the republic held a referendum on joining Russia in which over 96 percent of voters supported such a move.

Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly on March 18 pledging full support to Crimeans and praising their decision to return to Russia after about 60 years of separation. On the same day the Russian President and Crimean leaders signed a treaty that makes the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol new parts of the Russian Federation.

After the ceremony Putin asked Russian parliamentarians to ratify the treaty as fast as possible.

The Lower House will hold a vote on ratification on Thursday and the Upper House is scheduled to vote on Friday.


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New Community Covenant Church

Recently my wife and I moved from Chicago’s western suburbs into the city. We lived in the suburbs for eight very good years. For five of those years I was an associate pastor at our church. While the church exhibited some socio-economic diversity, like most churches in the western suburbs it lacked noticeable ethnic diversity. Two years ago some friends of ours who pastor a church in Chicago asked if I would consider joining their pastoral staff. Their invitation was especially intriguing because New Community Covenant Church was founded six years ago as a multi-ethnic congregation.

I won’t bore you with the two years it took to finally accept their invitation. Suffice it to say that though we had never felt at home in the suburbs, leaving our community there was one of the most difficult things my wife or I have ever done.

I am now a few months into my new assignment as Pastor of Community Life at New Community and am convinced that the move into Chicago was the right thing. That is a great feeling! While transitioning into my new position I was reading Consuming Jesus. It was encouraging to read the book and notice all the ways that my new church was intentionally pursuing many of the things Paul Metzger articulates in the book. For example, for the past five weeks the church has gone through a sermon series called Race Matters. During this series the congregation has seen how reconciliation is at the very heart of the Gospel. We have been challenged in very practical ways to acknowledge the active or passive racism in our lives. In a couple of weeks we will offer breakout session for the black, white, Asian, Latino, and international folks in the congregation. Led by trusted facilitators, these sessions will be a time where people can be brutally honest as they confess, ask questions, and vent their frustrations.

In my role as Pastor of Community life I am responsible for the church’s small groups. One of the tricky things about New Community’s small groups is working towards diversity in our groups. I am finding that as new people wish to join groups I have to work closely with the small group leaders to find a group where the new person will experience the diversity that is so important to us.

Consuming Jesus addresses something that will be important for our church to continually be vigilant of: the affect of consumerism on racial reconciliation. Our church is mostly made up of young professionals, many who are making plenty of money. As we continually cast a vision for multi-ethnic and missional community that seeks to bless our city, we are aware that this regularly goes against the dominant paradigm of the city. We are currently raising money to lease a warehouse in the most troubled corner of our neighborhood. In addition to worshiping on Sunday mornings, this warehouse will allow us to have an incarnational presence in this neighborhood seven days a week. I am hopeful that as we ask the congregation to sacrificially give to this aspect of our mission we are also challenging patterns of consumption. Our presence in this under-resourced neighborhood will also make it clear how important socio-economic diversity is to the health of our church.

The type of reconciliation articulated by Paul Metzger is a lot of work! The divisions, skepticism, and complexities run deep. But after just a few months in a congregation who understands the significance of Gospel reconciliation I know there is nowhere I’d rather be.

David Swanson is the Pastor of Community Life at New Community Covenant Church and blogs regularly at http://davidswanson.wordpress.com.

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  1. Bryan Dormaier Says:

    Hi David,

    As someone else in ministry who has been thinking a lot about the race and class divides in the church, and how it has been at play in the churches I have been a part of. The most solid conclusion I come to, which seems to go along with Consuming Jesus, is that at some point, I and other people in leadership may have to make sacrifices of our own preferences, etc for the sake of us seeing the realization of a truly diverse, united church.

    Could you comment a little on how(or if) you see this idea of sacrificial leadership playing out in the lives of leadership at New Community Covenant Church?

  2. David Swanson Says:

    Hi Bryan. Sorry for the delay.

    There is not question that this type of ministry requires sacrificing our preferences. “Consuming Jesus” is very helpful in showing how devestating a consumer mentality is to diverse community.

    Given how prevalent the consumer attitude is in American culture, I think the place to begin is in regular preaching and teaching that shows an alternative way of living. It’s important to remember that most folks in our churches have little or no memory of a diverse Christian community. We have to give examples and allow people to begin experiencing it.

    I would add the importance of showing how reconciliation is at the heart of the Gospel. We don’t strive for a diverse community because it’s fun or trendy but because we know that being reconciled to God and to each other is at the core of the Gospel.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Vatican Assassins Site is GONE

 the site of 'Eric Jon Phelps'
 [and as of 2-15 it is back up]
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 Troy Space - Reality Research Resource
Letter from Troy:
Many thanks for the heads-up on the closure of the VA site Doug!

The January 16 2012 VA post (last date of site "crawled" by - see:*/ states that Facebook & Twitter pages were being wound down (only about three or four years after I denounced the active endorsement of using Facebook (that it seems that all intell infiltrators/surveillance operatives were at one time instructed to encourage the use of. The "dollar short, day late" announcement of pulling away from these is IMHO a misguided too-late attempt at credibility damage-limitation:

I know that you have used FB, but at least you never actively encouraged its use & made up specious reasons to justify it.

As for the website being pulled:

Either the CIA or US Army Intelligence budgets are being slashed or perhaps the Vatican Assassins site had simply served its covert purpose for the time frame intended in acting as a self-discrediting diversion to attract those who correctly concluded that the Roman nexus via the Jesuits lay within the deepest, darkest "unholy of unholies" of the NWO beast system, but who had not yet developed the nouse to avoid the & ideological land-mines & pitfalls of consciousness laid by the official Jesuit-commissioned leading false opposition Eric Phelps.

Perhaps his championing of those covert Roman/Jesuit assets James VI/I & George Washington was finally being seen through as the sick ruse that it was/is by increasing numbers since my taking him to task on the these false opposition "red flags" after coming across the evidence showing their true agendas, via which process I uncovered even more substantiating incriminating evidences on these dissemblers a couple of years back?

It may sound far fetched, but it has even crossed my mind that Phelps may have been recalled to Rome to help in the training of a new final Pope to help play out of the Malachi "prophecy" bunkum. Stranger things have happened! :D

If it reappears in some other form then maybe there has simply been a falling out between Eric & his VA "webmaster" Jay Lutz. I guess we'll have to wait & see.

Please keep me posted on any further developments. I've been laying low on the postings front due to working six days a week to sort out my finances in case the proverbial hits the fan later this year. Still take an avid interest in all of the BS "developments" that continue to stifle the spirit & consciousness of every sentient being that is adversely affected by these psychopaths/sociopaths & their despicable minions.

Peace -

On 13 Feb 2013, at 04:56, Douglas Willinger wrote:

Just wanted to inform you that the EJP site is gone.

I have not checked on it in a while, so I don't know when it was taken down, let alone why.

Best Regards

Douglas Willinger
Continuing Counter Reformation

Douglas Andrew Willinger said...

Both the .org and .com versions show no more 'Vatican Assassins'

avles said...

Facebook/Twitter seems more to be a dialectical opposition: Facebook the bad, "controlled by Jews" [Zuckerberg] versus Twitter the 'god' used by the pope. Probably the bad image of Facebook is wanted just for this goal, global marketing for the pope [as the one done by the lightning]:

If I would have energies I would have not problem to re-pick my FB account and to continue also there the exposition of WDG. Show me a single internet social web which is not controlled!

Douglas Andrew Willinger said...

All of these platforms are controlled, including telephones.

So we are to not post to the internet- me thinking of those people dogmatically opposed to the use of Facebook.

I like Facebook, but understand the many traps, like those people who go on it to start checking of extensive "block" this person, that person etc. telling intelligence all of the people you fear in particular, there by creating a security hole.

And of course with the internet in general, don't type what may be embarrassing later.


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Broccoli contains as much vitamin C as other brassicas, it is high in vitamin A, have four times more phosphorus, and six times more iron. In it we can also found manganese, magnesium, potassium, sulfur, beta-carotene, folic acid, and flavonoids. All of these have beneficial effects on health and prevent the development of cancer cells.

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Tiger Woods??

So, I planned on doing a “Tiger Woods blog”, but I had a dream last night that I feel compelled to share. Some of you reading this may think by the end of this that I should have stuck with the Tiger blog, but who asked you?

I had a dream that had all the elements of a good horror flick. I found myself feeling fear in the air as myself and several other people were standing in a junk yard with debris all around us. As we were standing there I noticed a guy who just seemed to know something that the rest of us didn’t know. As I was noticing this guy, all of a sudden there was a video that played for all of us of a maniac who was threatening to kill all of us one by one. The man on the screen looked like Anthony Hopkins from “Silence of the Lambs”, and he would turn and spit on the ground as he spoke. He said: “I’m going to kill you all by name without warning”. I felt overwhelmed with fear, and we all scattered frantically to find places to hide and began attacking each other in the process. In the midst of our hiding I noticed that the guy from the beginning of the dream was moving around in the open and not hiding. He looked like he was up to something, and he had no fear of the killer who’s threat was so intimidating to the rest of us. I found a shotgun and a great place to hide that I was certain would protect me, but something inside of me said: “stay by the side of the man who knows something you don’t”. I reluctantly gave up my hiding place and followed the guy who seemed to know something I didn’t. As I got closer to the man moving out in the open with no fear of the eminent danger that loomed over all of us something truly anticlimactic happened. I woke up.

The Bible describes Satan as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. I watch a lot of Animal Planet, and I am always fascinated by the lion studies they show.  I’m no zoologist by any means, but I do know that no hunter makes a lot of noise before attacking prey. If Satan is described as a “roaring” lion, then the Bible isn’t telling us that he is lurking in the tall brush about to pounce. Satan is theatrical. He shouts loudly that he has the power to harm us, but really has none and knows it. In my dream the threat of danger made me run and hide until I realized that the best way to avoid the fate of death was to stick close to the guy who knew better than I did. In my life the same holds true. God knows better than I do, and I can choose to hide in the corner behind my fears, insecurities, sin, and shame or I can get out in the open with Him and find safety.

You may at this point be saying to yourself: “He should’ve stuck with the Tiger Woods idea”. Again, I would say to you: “who asked you”. I believe in my heart that someone needed to hear this today. I almost stopped writing this, but something in me said keep going. I pray that you that are reading this hear your Father say that you don’t have to hide anymore. Come out in the open with me and I will keep you safe. God bless you my friend.

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W. Squash Seeks Redemption, NISRA B-Division Title

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This weekend the women’s squash team will face Hamilton in its opening round match of the NISRA National Championship.

Although the Red was not able to defeat Brown last weekend and get into the top division of the NISRA, it can still finish off its season strong, as it is one of the favorites to win the B Division.

“It was disappointing last weekend to lose to Brown and not get into the A Division,” said junior co-captain Mairin Barnes.

Last season Cornell was favored to win the lower bracket of the NISRA, however the squad lost to Bates in the finals. Earlier this year the women were able to pull off a 5-4 victory over a closely-matched Bates squad and now want a chance to avenge last season’s B Division final loss.

“We beat Bates earlier this season,” Barnes said. “So, I think we have a pretty good chance of winning.”

Bates has been a close rival of Cornell over the past couple of seasons and are currently ranked right behind the No. 9 Cornell squad.

In order to get a chance to face Bates, the Red will have to go through Hamilton in the opening round of the tournament.

The women had some lingering injury problems for much of the season, including the loss of freshmen Annie Ritter and Liza Stokes and No. 1 sophomore Maxi Prinsen. The two freshmen have played well since returning to the lineup, and Prinsen was able to return to the lineup last weekend.

The sophomore played well in her first weekend back, including dominating victories over her Tufts and William Smith opponents and a close loss to her Brown opponent.

The squashers now have a healthy lineup going into the postseason and are looking forward to the NISRA.

“We are favored to win this division,” Barnes said. “If everyone stays focused we should play well.”

The team’s two main goals throughout the season were to defeat Bates and Brown. They were able to accomplish their first goal earlier this year but fell short last weekend against Brown.

The Red now shifts its focus to the NISRA and opening round opponent Hamilton. The team wants the win the B division and it knows that in order to pull off the victory , itwill most likely have to face Bates. But right now the Red’s goal is to simply to beat Hamilton and advance.

Barnes, along with senior co-captain Jamie Singer, look to lead the Red to a solid performance at Nationals and a strong finish to the season.

This will be the last National Championship for Singer and fellow seniors Anna Beavis and Margot Dickson.


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Cleanliness:Keep hair clean hair DNA suggests the hair washed at least three or four times a week with warm water or cold .. Please wash your hair right after swimming, spa, etc. .. When carrying dirt accumulates – including sweat – tangled hair!

English: Girl getting her hair done

Shampoo / Conditioning: Before washing hair, apply a few drops of olive oil to the bristles of a boar bristle brush to 100%, and brush the hair one section at a time. Dilute shampoo with water (50/50) in a spray bottle. Spray on scalp shampoo. Press and slide shampoo in the addition of hair from root to tip with a sponge or press with your palms and squeeze the shampoo through the ends. Other assistance “Moisturizing Shampoo” and “After Color Shampoo”. Never rub or flying or tangled hair will result. Lean forward facing shower and rinse with warm water (not hot). Other moisture penetrating conditioner concentrate. Leave on for 3-5 minutes. Avoid using air conditioners near attachment site as adhesive may detach prematurely.

Pressing: Pressing firmly on the attachment site is highly recommended. Press firmly around the perimeter of the addition of hair while blotting the hair with a towel. Also press firmly at some point, especially after your newly grafted hair addition. This will keep adding hair firmly committed to the area of the scalp.

Conditioner: Make sure you comb the hair after each wash and everyday. When detangling the hair, please begin with the end and work slowly to the scalp. Hold the base with your other hand to prevent it from paying or causing root tension. We recommend anti-static comb tooth rotary. Use Biosilk on the ends. Avoid using shine products on the root zone as it can prematurely detach your hair transplant.

Brushing: Only brush your extended hair when completely wet or completely dry. Brushing should be done carefully to avoid the deep tensions. Be sure not to brush the hair from the bottom up. Do not attempt to brush through the attachment unless you use a very soft brush 100% boar bristles. Extreme tugging may result in loss of your own hair.

Brushing: Take care not to lift the hair when adding round brushing and drying hair. Brush gently to the face. Do not brush or tug abruptly when drying hair. Press firmly around perimeter after blow-drying.

Sleep: Make a couple of big braids in their hair when going to sleep, swimming or exercise. You must untangle your hair before braiding Never sleep on wet hair,. Your hair should be completely dry before going to sleep as sleeping on wet hair additions will cause hair very tangled.

Wavy / curly: For curly or wavy hair, you should wet the hair every morning with water and protein Detangling Leave-Do not attempt to make loops using alcohol-based products ( including foam, gel style etc) ..

Dry Ends: To keep hair from becoming dry, please apply olive oil two to three times a week before shampooing. Olive oil left on the hair at night (at the end only) is very effective. Remember Hair Addition hair does not have the benefit of your own natural scalp oils, olive oil to help replace the oils necessary for the hair shaft.

Chlorine and salt water:Chlorine and salt water have been known to damage hair used in Hair Additions.

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DNA does hair replacements seem natural? Very! It’s amazing, you’ll be surprised! The wind could blow, someone could touch your hair, and you can make love … all without your Hair Additions being detected.

Chemical Use: It would be desirable not to chemically treat this hair yourself. You only need to seek advice from your specialist Adding hair. Chemically treating hair Hair Addition yourself may cause irreparable damage to your own hair and your hair addition.

Shedding: Some hair comes out of an addition of hair easier than another. Curly hair and long will be made generally faster than adding short hair. Make hair is considered quite normal. See attached sheet to prevent hair loss in hair replacement.

Derailed: During the life of your hairstyle added hair, your hair can add drag. To avoid this, constantly apply firm pressure on the attachment site, especially after showering. This will help the attachment stay firmly attached to the scalp area. In the case of adding your hair slipping or lifting, you can successfully re-attach using a small amount of “Retouch Adhesive”, purchased from your specialist Adding hair. Wait 4 minutes for it to heal, and press firmly. You can also call your specialist for an appointment editing.

Carpet: Every morning lean your head forward and use a soft brush and brush your hair from the ends of the hair and work your way up the root zone. See the attached sheet to avoid Matting and tangling.

Removal: We recommend that you have your Hair Addition Specialist perform your removal. Attempt to suppress the addition hair yourself may cause damage to your own hair and / or addition of hair.

Maintenance: Schedule your re-attachment and removal service appointments every 3-5 weeks. Ask your Specialist how long the appointment so that you can make the appointment appropriately. Additions Purchase new hair every 3-4 months.

Problems: We strongly recommend that you stay in close contact with your specialist Adding hair so that if any question arises as to time on your hair addition, you can receive professional advice immediately.

Hair Accessories:Try to keep KeraSoft Quench wet curls. Use moisturizing shampoos and conditioners KeraSoft to help keep moisture in your hair during washing.

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Hair loss premature and excessive

Very rarely a hair replacement provided by the manufacturer with the hair stand out. Some shedding hair left on the basis of the original hand tying are to be expected. But there are a number of actions that can cause excessive hair loss after delivery of your hair replacement.

All of the following can cause premature hair loss and excessive:

  • Excessive brushing and combing: It will eventually break the hair and cause premature thinning of the hair transplant.
  • Carpet unattended and tangling: Left uncorrected, mats and tangles which is then removed excessive force will tighten the matted hair and tear their hair.
  • Friction: From pillows or overly aggressive shampooing will break the hair and the hair thin and tear.
  • More Perming Perming / Incorrect: This will affect the integrity of the hair, especially in lighter colored hair replacements, and will lead to accelerated hair breakage and thinning.
  • Air conditioners left in the root domain: Probably the most important factor creating major, ongoing, irreversible hair loss. Air Conditioners that are allowed to be absorbed at the base and gather around the root system will ultimately prevent the root system from pivoting 360 degrees for hair loss in your hair replacement. Conditioners must be rinsed thoroughly to avoid breaking the root system. Read your care instructions to learn the correct application and removal for conditioning.

Do not use / apply too much of any hair care product on a hair replacement. Use the product in the manner for which it was designed for best results. Remember, more is not necessarily better!

Ionix exclusive products with low pH hair care has always been specially formulated to smooth and seal the cuticles which are always open human hair. No other line of hair care products specially designed to help minimize combing rough, tangled mats or replacements of human hair.

Mats and tangles

The following information is provided to help you understand the causes of matting and tangling in human hair wigs and hair replacements and simple answers for minimizing these problems. In the vast majority of hand made hair replacements, hair is knotted to a mesh base. This means that the same hair is going from the node in two different directions. It also means the cuticles are going in different directions. These types of products have had their hair chemically “smoothed” or “closed” (generally known as decuticlization) to minimize tangling of hair. Products that have implanted hair (all going in the same direction) all have their cuticles in tact, but will also be prone the matting and tangling, as you will see in a moment.

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All of the following can cause premature and excessive belt and entanglement:

  • Friction: Generally around the neck line on full wigs, or in permanent hair replacement. Caused by friction on the pillow at night. Constant friction damages the hair and opens the cuticle.
  • Water excessively hot or cold: Always use lukewarm water when washing your hair replacement.
  • Chlorinated Water: As in swimming pools. They are extremely alkaline, and not only bleach the color, but also open the hair cuticle increases the chances of tangling.
  • Alcohol: As in lacquers. Most paints contain a lot of alcohol is very drying and time, will open the cuticle, which increases the chances of tangling.
  • Permanent hair color: These products which use peroxide as a penetrating agent, to swell the hair shaft causing the cuticle to open and remain open.
  • Permanent Wave Solutions: Especially alkaline perms, open the cuticle.
  • More conditioning: Although you may think you helping to eliminate matting, too much conditioner can actually swell the hair causing the cuticle to remain open.

If the entanglement of excessive friction occurs, comb it immediately and gently comb with our rotation, using a small amount of our Detangler or conditioner. Try using a silk or satin pillowcase to avoid friction of cotton pillowcases. If you swim in chlorinated water, immediately rinse your hair when you leave the pool, then gently shampoo and condition with recommended products. For coloring and permanent, tell your stylist to try using “Semi Permanent” colors that use little or no peroxide. Always use perms designed for processed hair and always look oxidize instead of using the neutralizer. Avoid using too much conditioner, apply it on your palms and fingers first, then apply it to your hair keeping the conditioner on the shape of the root and base area of your hair, then rinse thoroughly Conditioner.

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The Farmer - A Tribute

THE FARMER, by Arnold Malone

There are only two sources of food and one is soil and the other is water. It is the farmer who husbands the soil, plants the seeds and tends the animals that provide the wholesome food we serve and relish.

At the time of Confederation 87% of Canadians were rural; that was a time when most people were in tune with farm life.

Today, friends gather for brunch, some have a working lunch, those in a hurry consume fast food, the labourer has a lunch bucket and the upper class dine in splendour and it is the farmer who feeds them all.

Farming is a different occupation. They complete their 45-hour week by Wednesday noon. They have knowledge about soil science, water hydrology, animal science, nutrition, mechanics, welding, carpentry, plant pathology, plant storage, food safety, animal breeding, record keeping, economics, marketing, and community development.

As Canadians we would be well served if more persons had the broad skills of a farmer. Today we live in a world of specialists who know a lot about a little. The farmer is a person who knows a lot about a lot. It is for that reason that farmers are not easily fooled.

Farmers know the essence of life. They know how to support themselves and how they can live without the handouts and privileges that so many others assume to be essential. They are in tune with the beginning of life and acceptant of life’s end.

Today, farms are fewer, larger and more business like but we would be better off if more citizens had the many skills of the farm community. It is difficult to see the world whole when our occupation is a dedicated to a single piece of a complex whole.

What is so unique about farmers is their independence. Most jobs require daily group consultations on how the day is to be planned and executed. Farmers are alone with their decisions.

The farmer does not sit through meetings to know what should be done tomorrow nor does he/she suffer the evaluation of others at the end of each task.

Farming is a job with long hours. They exercise without a pedometer, eat hardy meals and consume fresh air. In this occupation you sink or swim by who you are and there is no one to blame except bad luck and yourself.

Today, most citizens are removed from farm life. When my life began, eighty years ago, 31.7% of Canadians were farmers, today, only 2% are. The result is, food-producers have a shrinking influence. For many citizens food originates in grocery stores. How it got there isn’t questioned. If the shelves are bare it is the stores fault

Irrespective of the essential characteristic of farming there is a widespread disregard for the industry’s base. Most prairie cities have an option to grow over marginal soil but opt to grow aggressively over large tracts of class #1 and #2 soil.

The expansion of the city of Edmonton north and south on rare deep black soil is a disregard that is hard to stomach. The world population, now 9.4 billion, allows 2 billion to suffer food shortage. Yet Edmonton planners opt for the ease of bulldozing the highest grades of soil as back-fill against houses and factories. Sadly quality soil is seen as a commodity to be bought and sold rather than a resource to be preserved.

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WS — The Pick Programmer's Shell

Q: What is WS The Pick Programmer's Shell

A: If you have ever used a stacker, then you have an idea of what WS does for you. If you have ever used the "." (dot) command or the "+" command on the TCL command-line, if you have ever used the "STACK-ON" command, you have used a stacker. Stackers allow you to re-execute TCL commands without a great deal of extra typing. For example, instead of typing: ED BP TEST BASIC BP TEST RUN BP TEST over and over, with a stacker you can simply type them once and then re-execute any one of them by doing a .X3 or some similar very abbreviated command. This saves many keystrokes, and much frustration if you happen to normally make a lot of typing errors.

Q: Why did you feel it necessary to create another stacker? The ones that are out there work fine.

Traditional stackers have the following problems. 1) Stackers tend to fill-up with garbage commands like TIME and WHO that you probably will never want to re-execute, because its easier to retype them, then to find them in your stack listing. 2) The program I worked on an hour ago has already scrolled off the default 20-item listing and I have to scour the list to find it again. After doing a .L99 and seeing it in position 42, I then have to type .X42. By this time I could have just retyped RUN BP TEST. 3) Stackers tend to fill-up with mis-typed commands. After using a traditional stacker for ten minutes here is my stack: 1 ED BP TEST 2 RD BP TEST 3 ED BP TSET 4 EDBP TEST you get the point. 4) Stack depth is too limited. Consider a typical programmer, trying to edit ten or fifteen programs a day perhaps, along with compiling, running, editing data and typing other TCL commands and you find that the stacker provides no reference to what you did yesterday because that history is already gone, having scrolled off the end of the 99-item stack. Stackers are a step in the right direction, but its a baby step.

Q: Okay you have convinced me that traditional stackers are not very effective. Why should I try WS?

A: Consider the following features: 1) WS supports multiple stacks, with unlimited depth and intelligently manipulates them. 2) With the use of plug-ins, you can add your own stack systems to WS. Want a ToDo stack? Add it. Want a HostPath stack? Add it. Some plug-ins add stacks, some add features to your TCL environment that are WS-friendly. 3) WS has seperate stacks for program items, data items, TCL commands, and contact info keeping these elements seperate from each other and providing for each one with context-dependent commands and help. WS even has a stack for all the items you delete off the other stacks, just in case you want to get them back. 4) With its built-in Tutor, you can be up and running with WS in a very short time. 5) Get help at any time by typing the ? command. 6) And try the already released plug-in stack INSTALLER that allows you to use the stack as an Install creator, to create self-extracting installs for remote client sites. (Comes with Install.Builder and FFTZip and FFTUnzip.)

Q: Tell me more about how the stacks work. A: There are several stack commands that operate on any stack. Functions like insert a new stack item, append to a stack item, change a stack item, retrieve a stack item. These will be familiar to anyone who has used a stack before. Some of these do slightly different things depending on which stack you are using. For example, if you use the .I command to insert an item into the program stack it will ask you for a File and Item, however the TCL stack will ask for a Line, and the Contacts stack will give you a form to fill-out. In addition, each stack can have context-dependent commands and help. For the program stack these might be B for BASIC, or R for RUN. For the data stack these might be L for LIST, or MV for MVEditor (a plug-in command). Switch between stacks using the .S command. The built-in Tutor can help you with understanding all the commands. In addition, you will be informed about each version of the stack as it becomes available, and each plug-in that is available.

Q: Can you tell me more about the program stack? A: For programmer's WS has a Program stack. It keeps the programs isolated from the other stack entries. No more scouring over all those garbage TCL commands and typos to find the program you are looking for. You can retrieve an element of the stack by any part of its name (.GTEST will retrieve BP TEST or ABC.BP MYBIGTEST). One entry will suffice for any command on the program. You don't need a stack entry for ED BP TEST, BASIC BP TEST, RUN BP TEST, COPY BP TEST; these are all handled by the single entry BP TEST. Edit it by typing E, Compile by typing B, Run by typing R and so on. Output it to a HostPath location (non-Pick) with the HOSTPATH stack plug-in.

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COURSE DETAILS for Scotland course no: 17/119

Course Name Great Edinburgh Run 10 Miles
Race Name Great Edinburgh Run 10 Miles
Distance 10 Miles
Measured By Adrian Stott, Grade: 1
Measured On 8 Mar 2017
Race Type road
Terrain Undulating course with two or three hills.
Surface Tarmac roads and paths throughout.
Configuration One large loop of central Edinburgh.
Section of Road Route is measured on main carriageway. According to full Traffic management report provided by Chris Price Of GRC
Right Turns See above
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Race Director: To renew this certificate for a new race date go to the renewal page.

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Course Name = Great Edinburgh Run 10 Miles

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A report of this course measurement will have been sent by the measurer to the first race director shortly after the measurement date. This should be consulted to check the exact details of the certified course whenever the course is used . It is suggested that runners and officials requiring these details approach the race director in the first instance. A copy of this report has also been filed by the Course Measurement Secretary, and can be scanned and sent to runners, officials, or race directors on request .

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Covenant Presbyterian Church (USA) is a community of faith following the path of discipleship as laid down by Jesus Christ. As such, we strive to keep open the doors of our community to any, and all, who are seeking a church home. We welcome anyone seeking to explore Christianity, commit anew to Jesus Christ, recommit to Jesus Christ, or simply find a place to practice the faith in a new home. Please speak with the pastor, officers, or any member of this congregation. We would be glad to answer any, and all, questions about our life and ministry in this place.

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ISSUE 63December 2016

The South African Communist Party
in the context of the collapse of
socialism in the Soviet Union

Summarised version of a paper
prepared for the Seventh World Socialism Forum
Beijing, People’s Republic of China – 21-22 October 2016

After more than twenty years since the collapse of socialism in the Soviet Union, the South African Communist Party (SACP) is one of the few socialist parties in the world in an alliance with a ruling party (with similar parties in the same situation in countries such as Brazil, Venezuela and Nepal in recent years) or in power (e.g. the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party of Cuba). A number of ruling parties such as the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the Mozambique Liberation Front (FELIMO) officially changed their party ideologies in the 1990s from Marxism-Leninism to Social Democracy. This contrasts sharply with the 1970s and 1980s, when a significant number of socialist parties were in power in countries around the world. This evident retreat of socialism is widely recognised to be a consequence of the changing balance of forces internationally following the collapse of socialism in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s.

In this paper we provide an historical analysis of (1) the formation of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), (2) the historic relationship with the ruling African National Congress (ANC); (3) the liberation movement’s relationship with the Soviet Union and People’s Republic of China (PRC); (4) the collapse of socialism in the Soviet Union and how it affected socialism in South Africa; and (5) the history of the SACP since 1994, including its growth in membership and relationship with left-wing organisations around the world.

Formation of the Communist Party of South Africa

Socialism has a long history in South Africa, and was introduced to the region by the white miners from Europe, North America and Australia who flocked to the Witwatersrand after the discovery of gold in 1886. The first twentieth-century socialist organisation in South Africa was the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), which was established in Cape Town in 1904. This was followed by the formation of a Socialist Labour Party (SLP) in Johannesburg in 1910. Meanwhile, in 1909 white workers established the South African Labour Party (SALP). In 1913, the SALP affiliated to the Second International, an organisation of socialist and labour parties from several countries which had been formed in Paris in 1889. In 1915, several leading members of the SALP broke away following disagreement among socialists about involvement in the First World War to form the International Socialist League (ISL), together with former members of the defunct Industrial Workers of the World and the SLP. In 1919, links were established between members of the ISL and a newly formed Cape Town-based Industrial Socialist League.

The latter organisation constituted itself as the Communist Party of South Africa in Cape Town and Johannesburg in October 1920. But it was only after several more months of discussions and breakaways that the CPSA, the precursor to the SACP and the oldest Communist party in Africa, was formed on the 30th July 1921. The new organisation was dominated by members of the ISL, and immediately declared its adherence to the Communist International and Marxist socialism. The ISL’s dominance in the new Party, constituted from a merger of the ISL, the Cape Town SDF, the Cape Town Communist Party, the Cape Town Jewish Socialist Society, Poalei Zion, and the Marxian Club of Durban, and its early identification with Soviet Russia shaped the course of the Communist Party’s subsequent history.

The historic relationship with the ANC

The historic alliance between the CPSA/SACP and the ANC has its roots in the ‘Native Republic thesis’ agreed upon at the 6th Congress of the Third Communist International (Comintern) in Moscow in 1928 and incorporated into the CPSA Programme in 1929. James la Guma represented the CPSA at the Comintern Congress, and returned to South Africa with the Comintern resolution. The thesis was that the central feature of South Africa as a British dominion of the colonial type was the dispossession of the indigenous people of their land. The main content of the revolution in South Africa therefore was the restoration of the land to the indigenous people. In the national liberation struggle the principal revolutionary agent would be an alliance of the African peasants and the proletariat. The immediate strategic task of Communists in South Africa was the development of an alliance between the Communist Party and the national liberation movement, the ANC.

However, Gumede’s shift to the left was to lead ultimately to his removal as President-General of the ANC, and to drive a wedge between the CPSA and ANC that was to last twenty years. In January 1930 the entire National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ANC resigned because of his radical policies, and, after he made a speech at the April 1930 national conference calling for closer ties with the Soviet Union, he was defeated by A.B. Seme in the elections for the President-General. The defeat of Gumede by Seme ushered in two decades, the entire 1930s and 1940s, during which there was significant hostility towards the CPSA from leading figures in the movement, ostensibly on the grounds of white domination in leading Party structures and hostility towards communism as a “foreign” ideology. The Party’s militancy during the decade was a major factor behind the decision of the Nationalist Party government to introduce the Suppression of Communism Bill and set the stage for the banning of the organisation after the passage of the Bill in 1950.

However, it was the threat of the banning of the CPSA that was to revive the relationship between the Party and the ANC. Among the first acts of support given to the Party by the ANC at the time was the joint planning, together with the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), of a “Freedom of Speech Convention” in Johannesburg in March 1950. The Convention was aimed at registering opposition to the Suppression of Communism Bill and the banning of various CPSA leaders. Prior to the passage of the Bill, however, the CPSA disbanded. It was replaced in 1953 by the Congress of Democrats (COD), a white organisation constituted by leading figures in the CPSA. It was at this time that the underground CPSA changed its name to the South African Communist Party. The alliance between the SACP and the ANC was cemented in subsequent joint campaigns such as the Defiance Campaign of 1952 and the Freedom Charter Campaign in 1954-55. This alliance was formalised after the adoption of the Freedom Charter by several organisations, including the Congress of Democrats, and the formation of the Congress Alliance by the ANC, COD, SAIC and Coloured People’s Congress.

The liberation movement’s relationship with the Soviet Union and People’s Republic of China

In April 1960, the ANC was banned in the wake of the Sharpeville Massacre of 23 March in which 69 people were killed by the apartheid police during a peaceful anti-pass campaign. The mass arrests and detentions that followed the declaration of a state of emergency during March 1960 led to the departure for exile of several of the leaders of the Congress Alliance, including many who had been leaders of the banned underground SACP. In the following year, several organisations took the decision to turn to armed struggle. The SACP was among the organisations of the Congress Alliance that permitted its members to join the military wing of the ANC, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK).

From the time of its formation in 1912 up until 1961, the ANC had relatively very limited contacts with the Soviet Union. Only a few prominent members of the ANC were able to travel to the Soviet Union on short visits to the country. On the other hand, the SACP had a long-standing relationship with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and several of its prominent members spent long periods of time studying in the Soviet Union. This proved very useful following the decision to seek assistance from the Soviet Union. Moses Kotane and Yusuf Dadoo, the General Secretary and Chairman of the SACP, respectively, visited the Soviet Union in November 1961. In discussions with leading officials of the CPSU they discussed the possibility of an armed struggle in South Africa. The Soviets responded by indicating neither their support for, nor their rejection of armed struggle.

Kotane subsequently accompanied ANC Deputy President Oliver Tambo on a trip to Moscow in April 1963, which eventually led to the establishment of regular relations between Moscow and the ANC. Kotane, as ANC Treasurer-General, forwarded many requests to the Soviet Union. The fact that they came from the SACP general secretary without doubt gave them added importance in the eyes of the Soviets. Among the requests was the provision of specialised training in guerrilla warfare in the USSR for Umkhonto we Sizwe fighters and the higher levels of the ANC and SACP leadership, including Oliver Tambo, Moses Kotane, Joe Slovo, and Joe Modise, which began in 1964. This was followed by the provision of arms and ammunition to the liberation movement by the Soviet Union.

In the early years of this period, the ANC-led alliance had a close relationship with the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the PRC. Indeed, the first six cadres to be sent abroad for military training from South Africa were sent by the SACP to China in 1961. Andrew Mlangeni, Joe Gqabi, Steven Naidoo, Patrick Mthembu, Wilton Mkwayi and Raymond Mhlaba were provided with military training at a Military Academy in Nanjing, China, from October 1961. However, the relationship between the ANC-led alliance and the PRC changed in the early 1960s following a break in relations between the CPSU and CPC.

Several cracks in the relationship between China and the Soviet Union emerged in the late 1950s. The two socialist countries subsequently supported different liberation movements of the same country, where they existed. In Africa, this led to the division of national liberation movements into two camps. The ANC-led alliance-in-exile was subsequently supported by the Soviet Union. Increasingly thereafter, the PRC provided support to the other liberation movement, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) of Azania.

The impact of the collapse of socialism on the SACP

The eruption of popular uprisings in Eastern Europe in August and September 1989, and the collapse of the Berlin Wall in November that year were the key events that preceded the collapse of the Soviet Union two years later. These events had dramatic repercussions throughout the communist world.

In South Africa, the SACP experienced a crisis soon after its re-launch inside the country in 1990 when half the Central Committee membership resigned quietly from the Party in 1990. There was a perception among the exile leadership and members of the SACP in particular that the “Party would not be able to survive much beyond the heroic struggle aura”, particularly under the circumstances of the collapse of the Soviet Union. However, the Party continued to have a strong presence in the leadership of the ANC. For instance, communists did well in the elections for the National Executive Committee at the ANC’s national conference in July 1991, though proportionately they were less preponderant than they were before the conference.

Perhaps one of the most significant effects of the collapse of socialism in the Soviet Union on the SACP was the ensuing crisis in confidence in the future of socialism internationally among communists. Above all else, revelations about ‘totalitarian or authoritarian tendencies’ in virtually all the Eastern European socialist countries under Soviet influence raised questions among communists about their very support for the socialist idea.

In addition, the collapse of socialism in the Soviet Union boosted the morale of those opposed to socialism in South Africa and internationally. SACP General Secretary Chris Hani identified this sentiment in South Africa in early 1992 when he stated that: “Our enemies” morale was boosted by the collapse of socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Despite these challenges, Chris Hani maintained that socialism was still relevant in South Africa and the world.

History of the SACP since 1994 and the future prospects for socialism

In the years that followed its unbanning in February 1990, the SACP experienced a surge in membership. At the time, “the SACP acquired the distinction of being the world’s only growing communist party”. By 2015, the SACP had 220,000 members. The SACP survived the Soviet Union’s collapse because of its long commitment to the ANC and its role in the armed struggle. However, schisms in the Tripartite Alliance emerged sharply during the Mandela era (1994-1999) when the ANC-led government adopted the market-friendly Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) framework. Criticism of the neo-liberal framework emerged in the SACP and COSATU, who were convinced that it would be a stumbling block to the implementation of the ideals in the Freedom Charter and the Reconstruction and Development Programme. The resulting strained relationship between the SACP and ANC led many to conclude that the Party subsequently played an increasingly subordinate role within the Tripartite Alliance since then.

Nevertheless, the Party still has several leading figures in the National Executive Committee of the ANC, while both its General Secretary and Deputy Secretary General serve in the Zuma cabinet. There are several other prominent communists in the cabinet, including Thulas Nxesi, while communists occupy important positions in the regional leadership of the ANC as well as the provincial governments.

In 2012, the SACP noted in its assessment of socialism internationally that communist parties in some countries have coalesced into broader formations or have all but disappeared in others. For the SACP, the “ongoing global structural capitalist crisis has deepened the reproduction of inequality on a world scale”. These developments, the SACP argues, “underline the critical importance of an internationalist, anti-imperialist solidarity”, among other things.

What has the SACP done in this regard?

In 2012, the Party asserted that it is working to forge fraternal links with a wide diversity of communist, workers’ and left political formations in the world, to share perspectives, and to co-ordinate struggles around key themes, among them – for climate and environmental justice in the face of a destructive capitalist accumulation process; for world peace against imperialist militarism; in solidarity with the Cuban revolution against the American blockade; and in solidarity with the Palestinian people against Zionist aggression. The SACP also saw its task, in the struggle against the barbarism of global imperialism, as building the unity of the international working class and the unity of workers with the great mass of the urban and rural poor. The SACP asserts strongly that: ‘An international struggle is required to build a socialist world, a world based on human needs and not private profits for a tiny minority.’

The SACP, Together with the Sudanese Communist Party, initiated the African Left Networking Forum (ALNEF), which was launched in Johannesburg in August 2008. The Forum was established to build a Marxist-Leninist network in Africa, and its first conference in Johannesburg in August 2010 attracted delegates from several left-wing political parties and organisations.

The African Left Networking Forum presented an opportunity to foster greater international links, as indicated by an invitation extended by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela to ALNEF member organisations attending the third meeting in 2011 to attend the 18th São Paulo Forum that was held in July 2012 in Caracas, Venezuela. The São Paulo Forum was created in 1990, when political parties from Latin America and the Caribbean came together by invitation of the Workers Party (PT Brazil) to debate the post-fall of the Berlin Wall international setting and the consequences of the neoliberal policies that had been adopted by a majority of the region’s governments.

One of the socialist parties the SACP identified as significant in building international socialism was the Communist Party of China (CPC). The CPC is the longest ruling communist party, having been in power since 1949. Added to this is China’s status as a global economic power, and its growing influence in Africa and elsewhere in the world. Relations with the Chinese Communist Party had been restored soon after the 65th Anniversary meeting of the SACP in London in 1986.

The SACP has a bilateral agreement with the Communist Party of China, in terms of which the two parties exchange and alternate senior delegations on an annual basis. In the period since the unbanning of the SACP in 1990, several delegations of the SACP visited China. Apart from official delegations, groups of experts are brought together to hold discussions on issues of common interest. Teams of party cadres are exchanged on study trips or fact-finding missions.

Socialism has had a presence in South Africa for more than a hundred years. It continues to flourish! This is so partially because of the SACP’s historical relationship with the ruling African National Congress, as well as the support for socialism held by many South Africans. This relationship has its roots in the SACP’s early commitment to non-racialism and its overwhelmingly black membership at an early stage in the history of the Party. The relationship was cemented with the adoption of the “Native Republic thesis”, joint campaigns, the establishment of the Congress Alliance, and the critical role the SACP played in the armed struggle and the exile history of the liberation movement.

However, in the early 1960s a split occurred in the international socialist movement that led to the SACP’s reliance on the Soviet Union for material and other support for the liberation struggle. Nevertheless, the Party is recognised as one of the small number of Communist parties in the world that continues to have a growing membership. Its alliance with the ANC also provides the Party with opportunities to influence both ANC and government policy. In addition, the SACP has been proactive in establishing international linkages – including with the Communist Party of China – that are necessary in order for the struggle for socialism to succeed.

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Letters to the Neighbor Lady – 1944

My recent purchase of a 1941-1942 WNAX Neighbor Lady cookbook has reignited my love for these books.  I particularly love the letters that are included in each book because they capture so much of the history and the way that people lived.  Here are some of my favorites from the 1944 book.

Dear Neighbor Lady: For many years I have spent my winter months making quilts and rugs.  But since the war came on my hobby is writing to those in service.  I began by writing the home news to the boys from our own community who were at Guadalcanal.  Later on there were others and as the young folks call me “Mom Fay” I always signed my name like that.  Finally boys who had no mothers wrote and asked if I wouldn’t be their “mom” too.  So up to date I write to 26.  I had always hoped to have a “baseball nine” of my own, but they were nearly all girls.  “My sons” in service all want to belong to my baseball nine.  My pitcher writes from India, my catcher from North Ireland, my first basement from Australia, my shortstop from Italy.  They write such good letters.  They seems as if they are my sons.  One is a red-head from the state of Ohio, and while in the hospital he wrote and said, “Dear Mom, you can’t imagine how good it was to have you call me ‘son’.”  My hobby takes a lot of time but I enjoy writing and how much it means to these boys whose mothers died when they were 3 or 5 or so.  They seem to feel that sense of belonging to someone, which is very important to all of us.  In a letter from a boy from the state of Texas, who is now across, he wrote, “Guess what, Mom.  I qualified as a bugler yesterday.”  He wrote and asked if I could stand just one more son, in April last year, as he lost his mother when he was 3 and he had been reading the letters I sent to his buddy.  So my evenings are spent writing to these boys of mine.  My southern boys always say, “Be sweet, Mom,” and I can hardly wait to have them all come home, although there are so many that I have neer seen

– Mrs. John Fay, York, North Dakota

Dear Neighbor Lady:  Maybe first, I had better ask you to excuse me for being so brassy as to address you as above, but you know us poor husbands have to listen to the ups and downs of women for 6 days each week through WNAX as our wives always turn their dial to this program at 3:25 p.m., but it could be worse.  The reason I am writing is because my wife has been in bed for three days with flu, she was pretty sick but is coming all right now and she said, “if someone does not write for me they will think I have forgotten them,” but you do not need to worry as she mentions something about the Neighbor Lady program all through the day and maybe the night as I do not stay awake to listen to her.  I guess she has tried every article that you advertise and of course there is no comparison and I suppose I will have to admit that they are all okay with me.  She sure has received a lot of letters from Neighbor Ladies all over the country and she wishes you to tell them that she will write to them when she gets her strength again.  I work out at the airport so if you women get too hard on us men, I can fly away.  I think I will write to Jack Paige and have him start a competitive Neighbor Man Program and name it “Neighbor Ladies’ Poor Husbands.”  Well, I don’t expect a good deed dollar, but pray for my wife to get strong fast.  Very truly yours, a batching husband.

– George R. Granger, Mitchell, South Dakota.

P.S., While I was writing this letter I forgot my Neighbor Lady meat stretcher in the oven, viz: meat pie, and the top cooked to a dark brown, so I guess it is done.  G.R.G.

Dear Neighbor Lady, and all you wonderful friends.  Usually I find it easy to write letters, but this time, I just don’t know how to begin.  How can a “thank you friends” convey my feelings and make you all know just how much I did enjoy those wonderful letters, cards, beautiful greetings, the pictures and the presents. Thank you, thank you all so much.  I wish every WNAX Neighbor Lady would have as pleasant a birthday as I did.  I wish I could write to each one and thank them, but that’s impossible.  I didn’t turn the radio off as you suggested, Neighbor Lady, as I’d had a letter telling me someone had suggested a card shower.  I was surprised that so many did write and the mail came so fast.  Hazel said, “Mother, you had better tell Neighbor Lady how excited you were.”  Just how did I rate such a surprise?  I kind of believe it was Mrs. Whitehorn and Mrs. Granger that got the idea started; with your cooperation, it was a huge success.  I especially like birthdays, and I can’t think of anything that could have pleased me more than did all those kind messages.  I received 170 cards, letters, and greetings, 18 lovely hankies, a bird of paradise brooch, a wool yarn flower for a coat lapel, a crocheted cross book mark, doily with lace edge of shaded pink thread, package of flower seeds and a Perfex hot pan holder.  Also a clever cut-out greeting from our Neighbor Lady.  Some very thoughtful person even wrote to Bertha Kott about my birthday so I received a lovely letter and a greeting and hankie from her too.  Again and again, “thanks” all you grand neighbors.

Very truly yours,

Mary Renn, Pine River, Minnesota

These letters make me realize a few things.  One, that we seem to have lost a sense of community to the point where we make connections with random strangers and take the time to really communicate.  The advent of the internet created a surge in that a little bit, with Yahoo groups and the like bringing people together.  Facebook has also allowed us to make connections with long lost friends across the globe.  However, we spend so much time “liking” statuses and not enough time actually talking.  How much do we really know about the people on our friends list?

These letters also make me feel guilty for my own lack of meaningful communication.  Nearly all of us enjoy getting actual mail from people, but how many of us actually send mail aside from the obligatory birthday card?  I need to make a point to be better about mailing letters and whatever else.  The card shower idea is not new, I know, but it is a lost practice.  Can you imagine getting 170 cards for your birthday?

And the lady who wrote to all her adopted “sons” — that is a heartwarming story and selfless act on her part.  Keep in mind that there was no computer to type letters quickly; no way to just copy and paste things to avoid having to repeat it.  She wrote to 26 boys and had to take hours out of each day to hand write the letters.

One thing these letters remind me of is the simple fact that it is important to stay in meaningful contact with people.  Facebook and smart phones give us a false sense of connectedness, I think.  We think a text means something, or a Facebook “like” means that we are thinking of that person, but in reality, that contact means very little.

Perhaps we should revive the concept of a card shower and start mailing letters to those who are important to us. Email has made us forget how fun it is to actually get a letter or package in our mailboxes.

OK, end of rant.  I will be posting more letters from other Neighbor Lady books in the near future.  More fun on the way!

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A Home is More (2018) TTBB, piano 5 min CCM115
A Jubilant Song (2001) TTBB, piano 7 min CCM112
Armistice 1918: Everyone Sang (2016)

Audio clip and score sample available on publisher’s site.

TTBB, piano 6 min Walton Music Corporation
Fortune and Men's Eyes (2014) TTBB, oboe, piano 5:30 min CCM114
Ghost Camp (2012)

TTBB, piano, cello, B-flat clar./bass clar., perc., narrator 45 min CCM113
Hodie! (2016)

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TTBB, brass choir, timpani, organ 3:30 min CCM109
i thank you God (2000)
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    Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus
    Dr. Stan Hill, conducting

TTBB, brass quintet 5 min CCM111
Matthew's Lullaby (1999)

also available in a setting for TTBB, flute, clarinet, cello, bass, and piano. CCP108

TTBB, piano 7 min CCM107
Things That Never Die (2007) TTBB, piano 5 min CCM100
This Winter's Night (2005) TTBB, oboe, violin, cello, piano 6 min CCM102
Welcome! Yule! (1996) TTBB, brass quintet 3 min CCM106


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Big Pharma Wants to Vaccinate Unborn Babies in the Womb

If vaccinating pregnant mothers weren’t bad enough, now the vaccine companies would like a twofer by also going after the child in uteroAction Alert!

For many months now, we’ve been monitoring the progress of the 21st Century Cures bill. This legislation is intended to bring medicine into the 21st century, but as we’ve noted before, it does the opposite. Rather than looking forward, this bill simply doubles down on conventional approaches that have been in place for decades.

21st Century Cures passed the House last year. The Senate has broken up the bill into over a dozen separate pieces, which could be considered any day now.

One extremely worrisome provision seems to put structures in place for amending the current vaccine schedule and including more vaccinations for pregnant mothers. Senate bill S. 2742 (the “Promoting Biomedical Research and Public Health for Patients Act”) contains the following language:

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of this subtitle, both a woman who received a covered vaccine while pregnant and any child who was in utero at the time such woman received the vaccine shall be considered persons to whom the covered vaccine was administered and persons who received the covered vaccine.

This may have been written for liability reasons. Perhaps Big Pharma is concerned that the child would be eligible to sue for damages, unlike anyone vaccinated after birth. Perhaps the thinking is that doctors tend to have more control over mothers before birth, so why not force vaccines on them then, rather than after birth?

Then again, this provision may be intended simply to increase vaccinations given to pregnant mothers. If a developing child is considered a “person” eligible to receive vaccinations, the vaccine industry could begin to develop more vaccines intended specifically for children in utero.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) already recommend that pregnant mothers get whooping cough, flu, and hepatitis B vaccines. Good questions remain about whether this is necessary or useful. Some scientific studies have shown virtually no benefit to the maternal flu vaccine, and of course flu vaccines contain mercury. Injecting a mother with mercury, much less a baby in utero, seems totally reckless to us.

In addition, if the language quoted above becomes law, the whole CDC vaccine schedule could be shifted or expanded to create more vaccine industry profit-making opportunities. Maybe the first DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis) shot will be given to the mother and the fetus, rather than to the child at one month. Perhaps the schedule will be expanded.

The risks in doing this are frightening. The adjuvant load alone that would be delivered to the mother and shared with a child in utero (a child without a functioning immune system) could cause serious damage. As we’ve noted elsewhere, adequate safety testing of aluminum adjuvants for young children—much less for unborn children—has been completely absent!

We know of no studies that have looked at the long-term consequences of multiple vaccinations during pregnancy, nor any analysis comparing the risks to the benefits (if any). Further, the safety and effectiveness of giving certain vaccines to pregnant women was not determined before the vaccines were licensed in the US.

Provisions included in the bill only heighten these concerns. They instruct various federal agencies to develop a report “on ways to promote innovation in the development of vaccines that minimize the burden of infectious disease.” The agencies are to consider whether any obstacles exist which inhibit the development of vaccines, and make recommendations on how to remove these obstacles in order to “promote and incentivize vaccine innovation and development.”

Could one such “obstacle” be the apprehension of pregnant mothers about receiving a host of vaccinations for their children still in the womb?

Other parts of the legislation provide for lower standards for drug and device approval and safety. They also encourage the development of new antibiotics for “limited populations” that do not need to meet standard criteria for safety and effectiveness. On top of it all, they give more funding to the National Institutes of Health for the development of experimental drugs and other products, probably to hand over to Big Pharma. After all, one of the principle architects of the bill, Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), was the top recipient of pharmaceutical industry money in 2013-14.

These are complex subjects—far too complex for Congress to be legislating about. For example, we generally think the Kefauver Act, which demanded FDA approval of drug effectiveness as well as safety, was a mistake. Once a drug has been deemed safe, effectiveness should be worked out by the medical profession, not by unqualified government employees whose salaries are covered by Big Pharma.

Clearly this is a bill with much potential for harm and no evident potential for good. We need to defeat it.

Action Alert! Write to your senators and tell them to oppose 21st Century Cures legislation, especially S. 2742, which could be used to develop more vaccines for pregnant women AND their children in the womb. Please send your message immediately.

*Article originally appeared on Health Impact News.

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