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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Learning to Pray (Third Midweek Lenten Devotion)

[This was shared during midweek Lenten devotional worship with the people of Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan, Ohio, this evening. We're looking at the Lord's Prayer as a model for our prayer lives. Tonight, the focus was on the fourth petition, "Give us this day our daily bread."]

Isaiah 25:6-8
Psalm 37:4
Matthew 7:7-8
Ecclesiastes 3:11
In his book, The Journey of Desire, author John Eldredge addresses the ambivalence Christians feel about what we want, the things we desire. Because the ninth and tenth commandments tell us not to covet our neighbors’ property, spouses, servants, or possessions, some Christians seem to have the mistaken notion that it’s always wrong to want anything. But, Eldredge reminds us that desire isn’t bad in itself. To have desires is part of what it means to be human.

And we have enormous desires. Ecclesiastes 3:11, in the Old Testament, says, “[God[ has…set eternity in [our] hearts…” In other words, we were made by God for wanting a lot more than new cars or the latest video game system: We have eternal appetites. Our desires are built right into our DNA by our Maker.

So, what does all of this have to do with the fourth petition of the Lord’s Prayer? Be patient with me, for a moment; I'll get to that.

Martin Luther is right, I think, to say that, “Daily bread includes everything needed for this life…” But there is something much more to daily bread than what we need for daily living, I think. God has a much more expansive view of “our daily bread” than we do! God believes that you and I need more than just "food and clothing, home and property, work and income, a devoted family, an orderly community, good government, favorable weather, peace and health, a good name, and true friends and neighbors.” If these daily blessings—important and wonderful as they are—are all God had in mind for us, Jesus would not have been born, He wouldn’t have died for us, He wouldn't have risen from the dead. Truth be told, we need more, much more, than all these things. God thinks that you and I need eternity and all its blessings! And, if the earlier petitions are to be believed, God believes that we need these blessings now.

In an imperfect world where bad things happen, we have an appetite for eternity. We need God’s kingdom to come to us, now, today. We need God’s will to be done in our lives as it is in heaven, now, today.

But there is a problem. The condition of sin distorts our desires. Let me explain.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with wanting to eat food, until sin turns hunger into gluttony. (Or, in the sad desire to control one’s body or one’s hungers, a person becomes anorexic.)

There’s nothing wrong with wanting the sexual intimacy that God engineered into our beings, unless we seek it outside the bounds of marriage. (Or, in the desire to claim moral superiority, we deny the power of our sexuality and become insufferable, judgmental prudes.)

There’s nothing wrong with desiring to better ourselves unless the desire becomes covetousness or a drive to look down our noses on other people. (Or, as I’ve seen happen with some people, they’re so anxious to prove that they’re not covetous that they give way more than God’s proscribed tithe of 10% or spend so many hours volunteering in the community that they destroy their families, their marriages, or their own health.)

The human problem, form God’s perspective, isn’t that we want things—that we desire things. Many of the things we desire are good things, things created and given by God, including the whole list Luther gives as examples of "daily bread" in The Small Catechism.

Sin happens when we desire or take good things at the wrong times, in the wrong ways, for the wrong reasons. But food, sex, and success, along with orderly communities, good governments, and positive reputations are all legitimate things for us want, or, as the fourth petition reminds us, to ask God to grant to us! This is important for us to remember when we pray, I think.

This is often difficult for us to remember. A person with whom I was discussing a book revealed our group that she never asked God for anything. “I don’t feel that I can do that,” she told us. “God has already given me so much.”

That individual underestimated God’s love for us, I think. When Jesus taught the Lord’s Prayer as a model for our prayer lives, He didn’t mean for us to eliminate the laundry lists that often fill our prayers. He teaches us, in fact, to pray for those things for which we hunger, the things we desire.

But He also put this petition in a larger context. For many of us, much of the time, our praying is sporadic, episodic. We pray when we’re desperate for the needs we see in our own lives or in the lives of others we know and care about. We risk turning God into a cosmic ATM.

In the Lord’s Prayer though, Jesus shows us that God wants to have an ongoing, eternal relationship with us. God wants to be “our Father.”

So, Jesus doesn’t tell us to stop asking God for things. In fact, the Gospel of Matthew records that shortly after teaching the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus went on to urge us to pray. “Ask,” Jesus says, “and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.” I don’t see Jesus telling those who believe in Him, “You can only pray for this and nothing more.” So, Jesus seems to tell us in this petition, “Bring Your laundry list of desires to the throne of your Father.”

The way I see it, Jesus doesn’t want us to so much change the content of our praying, but its context. He wants us to come to God with the same confidence that a child who is loved has when she comes to her mother or father, but also with the same submission, the same surrender. A trusting child will feel free to ask a loving parent for anything, but will also want to submit to her parent’s judgment, love, and will.

In the context of a relationship with the Father we know through Jesus Christ, God’s and our perspectives begin to meld. We see things as God sees things. We want God wants. We desire what God desires. Our laundry lists continue; but as we continue in a relationship with God, our lists change. As our trust in God grows, our reactions change when God’s answers to our requests are not just Yes, but also: Maybe, Wait, or No.

The person who truly prays, “Give us this day our daily bread” not only trusts God for the daily needs of life, but also believes that God is going to spend all eternity showering us with blessings beyond what any of us could ask or imagine. We believe that we will enjoy that eternal feast described by Isaiah seven-hundred years before Jesus' birth. Through the daily submission of prayer, our lists change and our goals change. We seek, above all, that God’s Name will be hallowed on earth as it is in heaven, that His kingdom—His reign of grace and love--will come to us and the world around us, and that His will be done, in our lives and everywhere.

When I was a young Christian, I struggled with the meaning of a verse in the Psalms. It’s Psalm 37:4: “Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” I knew that my desires were infinite and not always pure. Did that mean that God would give me anything I wanted, even things that may seem good on the surface, but in the end would lead to my own undoing or to my separation from God?

Then I took a closer look at the verse. God will give us the desires of our hearts when we take delight in Him, when nothing and nobody is more important to us than God Himselfwhen the chief object of our lives is to glorify God—hallowing His Name, seeking His kingdom and His will.

The more intimate we allow our relationship with our Father to become, the more similar God’s desires and our desires will become.

This transformation will hardly be noticeable to us or to anyone else. But it will happen in the lives of those who truly pray.

A good analogy to the transformation to God's perspectives might be marriage. When Ann and I married 36 years ago, we came from very different backgrounds. My family is mushy and gossipy. Ann’s family was more stoic, its humor of the towel-snapping variety. But as Ann and I have lived together and committed ourselves to our relationship every day, our outlooks, our ways of doing things, have blended and melded. Most days, there’s little difference between us on what we want or how we’ll live.

Something like that, but infinitely more wonderful, can happen as we lay ourselves before our Father each day in prayer. More and more, we delight in the Lord, we desire the same things, and we grow in the certainty that for all eternity, God intends to give us much more than morsels of bread each day. He wants to give us Himself forever.

And that's only a fraction of what God invites to ask for when He teaches us to pray, "Give us this day our daily bread."

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Friday, March 6, 2009

To nationalise or not – that is the question

By Martin Wolf (Financial Times)

Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator, Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve, and James Baker, Ronald Reagan’s second Treasury secretary, are in favour. Ben Bernanke, current Fed chairman, and an administration of liberal Democrats are against. What is dividing them? “Nationalisation” is the answer.

In 1978, Alfred Kahn, an adviser on inflation to President Jimmy Carter, used the word “depression”. So angry was the president that Mr Kahn started to call it “banana” instead. But the recession Mr Kahn foretold happened all the same. The same may well happen with nationalisation. Indeed, it already has: how else is one to describe the actions of the federal government in relation to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG and increasingly Citigroup? Is nationalisation not already the big financial banana?

Much of the debate is semantic. But underneath it are at least two big issues. Who bears losses? How does one best restructure banks?

Banks are us. Often the debate is conducted as if they can be punished at no cost to ordinary people. But if they have made losses, someone has to bear them. In effect, the decision has been to make taxpayers bear losses that should fall on creditors. Some argue that shareholders should be rescued, too. But, rightly, this has not happened: share prices have indeed collapsed. That is what shareholders are for.

Yet the overwhelming bulk of banking assets are financed through borrowing, not equity. Thus the decision to keep creditors whole has huge implications. If we accept Mr Bernanke’s definition of “nationalisation” as a decision to “wipe out private shareholders”, we can call this activity “socialisation”.

What are its pros and cons?

The biggest cons are two. First, loss-socialisation lowers the funding costs of mega-banks, thereby selectively subsidising their balance sheets. This, in turn, exacerbates the “too big to fail” problem. Second, it leaves shareholders with an option on the upside and, at current market values, next to no risk on the downside. That will motivate “going for broke”. So loss-socialisation increases the need to control management. The four biggest US commercial banks – JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and Wells Fargo – possess 64 per cent of the assets of US commercial banks (see chart). If creditors of these businesses cannot suffer significant losses, this is not much of a market economy.

US banks credit losses

The “pro” of partial socialisation is that it eliminates the risk of another panic among creditors or spillovers on to investors in the liabilities of banks, such as insurance and pension funds. Since bank bonds are a quarter of US investment-grade corporate bonds, the risk of panic is real. In the aftermath of the Lehman debacle, the decision appears to be that the only alternative to disorderly bankruptcy is none at all. This is frightening.

The second big issue is how to restructure banks. One point is clear: once one has decided to rescue creditors, recapitalisation can no longer come from the debt-into-equity swaps normal in bankruptcies.

US banks

This leaves one with government capital or private capital. In practice, both possibilities are at least partially blocked in the US: the former by political anger; the latter by a wide range of uncertainties – over the valuation of bad assets, future treatment of shareholders and the likely path of the economy. This makes the “zombie bank” alternative, condemned by Mr Baker in the FT on March 2, a likely outcome. Alas, such undercapitalised banking zombies also find it hard to recognise losses or expand their lending.

The US Treasury’s response is its “stress-testing” exercise. All 19 banks with assets of more than $100bn are included. They are asked to estimate losses under two scenarios, the worse of which assumes, quite optimistically, that the biggest fall in gross domestic product will be a 4 per cent year-on-year decline in the second and third quarters of 2009 (see chart). Supervisors will decide whether additional capital is needed. Institutions needing more capital will issue a convertible preferred security to the Treasury in a sufficient amount and will have up to six months to raise private capital. If they fail, convertible securities will be turned into equity on an “as-needed basis”.

This, then, is loss-socialisation in action – it guarantees a public buffer to protect creditors. This could end up giving the government a controlling shareholding in some institutions: Citigroup, for example. But, say the quibblers, this is not nationalisation.

What then are the pros and cons of this approach, compared with taking institutions over outright? Douglas Elliott of the Brookings Institution analyses this question in an intriguing paper. Part of the answer, he suggests, is that it is unclear whether banks are insolvent. If Nouriel Roubini of the Stern School in New York were to be right (as he has been hitherto), they are. If not, then they are not (see chart). Professor Roubini has suggested, for this reason, that it would be best to wait six months by when, in his view, the difficulty of distinguishing between solvent and insolvent institutions will have gone; they will all be seen to be grossly undercapitalised.

In those circumstances, the idea of “nationalisation” should be seen as a synonym for “restructuring”. Few believe banks would be best managed by the government indefinitely (though recent performance gives some pause). The advantage of nationalisation, then, is that it would allow restructuring of assets and liabilities into “good” and “bad” banks. The big disadvantages are inherent in organising the takeover and then the restructuring of such complex institutions.

If it is impossible to impose losses on creditors, the state could well own huge banks for a long time before it is able to return them to the market. The largest bank restructuring undertaken by the US, before last year, was that of Continental Illinois, seized in 1984. It was then the seventh largest bank and yet it took a decade. How long might the restructuring and sale of Citigroup take, with its huge global entanglements? What damage to its franchise and operations might be done in the process?

We are painfully learning that the world’s mega-banks are too complex to manage, too big to fail and too hard to restructure. Nobody would wish to start from here. But, as worries in the stock market show, banks must be fixed, in an orderly and systematic way. The stress tests should be tougher than now planned. Recapitalisation must then occur. Call it a banana if you want. But bank restructuring itself must begin.

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On this day 132 years ago the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the first “banning” of Adventures of Huckleberry, by the Concord Public Library. Controversy has followed the novel ever since, with the most recent ruckus occurring just a few months ago in a Virginia school district. Recent attempts to suppress the book are prompted by its racially offensive language instead of snobby objections to “rough, ignorant dialect.” Both cases, however, seem fixated on the novel’s admittedly rude linguistic surface while missing the deeper moral undercurrents. Read more…

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Shoes-a-holic Buy: Sperry Top-Sider Biscayne Leopard Boat Shoe

I strolled into the new DSW on 34th street in Mannhattan and stumbled across the Sperry Top-Spider Biscayne Leopard Boat Shoes and fell madly inlove with them, unfortunately for me they sell out of stock in a lot of sizes extremely fast. So when they got new shipment I called and had two different sizes put on hold because I wasn't sure which one was going to fit...Yesterday I went and picked my size up walked around in them for a bit and fell even more inlove with this shoe.

A lot of people are head over heels for leopard print this season so I thought I would share this with you guys just in case you haven't seen them.

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Interviewing the animals at Children's Fairyland in Oakland. L-R: Bobo the sheep, Gideon the miniature donkey, me, Tumbleweed Tommy the miniature donkey, Juan the alpaca, Coco the pony

Monday, February 6, 2012

(Above: Karl. Below: The Skipper and King Fuddle)

Children's Fairyland in Oakland suffered two terrible blows last month with the deaths of Karl Osterloh, who died on Jan. 26 at age 79, and Bruce "Skipper" Sedley. who died on Jan. 21 at age 86.
Karl's official title was "volunteer extraordinaire," but that doesn't begin to describe what he meant to Fairyland. If William Penn Mott and Arthur Navlet were the park's fathers, Karl was its fairy godfather.
There's hardly a square inch that doesn't bear his imprint, from the remodeled entrance plaza, where he donated more than 2,500 hours as the project's general contractor, to the new Aesop's Playhouse, which he guided every step of the way from the earliest drawings to its final completion.
"We were too small to attract a company to do the concrete work, so Karl got on the phone and convinced a company he'd previously worked with that the children of Oakland needed them to complete this project," says Fairyland's executive director, C.J. Hirschfield. "They couldn't say no when Karl asked in that way."
Born in Albany, Karl worked his way through Cal (Class of '54) and served two tours of duty in Vietnam, flying HU-1 "Huey" assault helicopters and earning two bronze stars plus a slew of other medals.
Having seen more than enough of war and destruction, he came back to Oakland and spent the rest of his life being kind to little kids.
First he founded a hugely successful construction company that built the executive terminal at Oakland Airport and refurbished the San Pablo Hotel in downtown Oakland and Doe Library at Cal.
Then he put all that expertise to work at Fairyland. He was the best friend the park ever had, but he always deflected praise away from himself.
You'd think a guy like that devoted so much time and energy to other people's children because he had no kids of his own. But not in Karl's case.
To the contrary, he and Rita, his wife of 56 years, presided over an extremely close-knit family of six daughters and sons-in-law and 14 grandchildren, each of whom had a special relationship with their beloved "Papa" and tried their best to make him proud of them. And he was. Very.
Within hours after his died, his grandkids created a Facebook page called "In Loving Memory of Karl Osterloh," featuring videos, photos and fond recollections, especially of his delightfully impish sense of humor.
There will be a funeral Mass at 3 p.m. next Friday, Feb. 17, at Christ the Light Cathedral, followed by a reception at - where else? - Fairyland. In lieu of flowers, his family has asked that donations be sent to Children's Fairyland, 699 Bellevue Ave., Oakland, CA 94610.
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I don't have to explain who Bruce Sedley was to anyone who grew up around here. He and his puppet sidekick, King Fuddle, were stars of local children's television during the 1950s and early '60s, first hosting Popeye cartoons on Channel 4, then hosting Three Stooges flicks on Channel 2.
And he was also the man who invented the Fairyland's most enduring icon: the Talking Storybooks and the Magic Key that activates them.
"I constantly hear from thirty, forty and fiftysomethings, 'I still have my key!'" says Hirschfield. "And I always reply, 'And it still works!'"
In recent years the Skipper lived in retirement in Hong Kong, but he returned to Fairyland in 2008 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Magic Key and King Fuddle's 600th birthday. Many of his old fans, now grown and with grandchildren of their own, turned out to greet him.
In his honor, Fairyland is raising money to create Spanish language versions of the Talking Storybook segments for the park's Spanish-speaking visitors. Again, the address is 699 Bellevue Ave., Oakland, CA 94610. Donations are tax-deductible.

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Kosmos was the result of the fusion of the Beyonder and Molecule Man, who were said to be sentient parts of a Cosmic Cube made by the extradimensional Beyonders, both finally submitted to being reshaped into a Cube,[1] which evolved into the entity called Kosmos.[2]

As a Cosmic Cube

This new being was cared by Kubik, to which it developed feelings, and turned to be curious, inquisitive and friendly. At some point, Molecule Man managed to separate himself from it and return to Earth, causing it to take on a new female form in the hope of avoiding the violent tendencies of its past male incarnation. Kosmos was later attacked by Molecule Man, who had gone mad after his lover had died, drawing out the essence of the Beyonder. Molecule Man having nearly destroyed the Beyonder and Kosmos with it was convinced by Kubik to restore the Beyonder's essence to Kosmos to save her life after explaining how Kubik had fallen in love with Kosmos.[3]

Kubik and Kosmos parted ways with Kosmos continuing to evolve, apparently negatively, as she shaped itself into a new incarnation called the Maker, which turned to be functionally insane as the Beyonder's personality sought overtake the Kosmos aspect of the Maker's mind. She obliviously destroyed a Shi'ar agrarian settlement and killed 64,000 colonists before being incapacitated by Imperial Guard Telepath, Oracle and placed in stasis in the Klyn space prison. Thanos fought and intentionally drove her to catatonia to protect the universe from her madness by trapping the Beyonder's malevolent essence inside her catatonic immortal body, warning that if her physical body was ever destroyed then the Beyonder would roam free once again.[4] She, or at least her physical form, perished when the Kyln, the cosmic prison where she was held, was destroyed by the Annihilation Wave.[5] Her body was found intact but deceased by the Fallen One by the order of Thanos to bring her back alive or report that she was truly dead. The Fallen One planned to bring her body back to Thanos before being captured by Tenebrous and Aegis.[6]

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The philosophers that gave birth to the American and French democratic governments, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were not clear in their stand on democracy. Thus, the works of Martin Luther King Jr. helped complete their philosophy. According to Locke, The Second Treatise of Civil Government: The State of Nature or the way man lived before societies, civilizations and governments were formed, was formed of a love nature and it states “…being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions”. This statement helps explain King’s fight for democracy as a way of trying to achieve this state for everyone within the society.

Since Locke says that in a state of nature, individuals protect their rights, King set to do that thereby putting a stress to the state of nature. The latter was protecting the citizen’s natural rights. Rousseau claims that civil society and government were formed when people lacked the necessary requirements for survival and therefore united to protect themselves against nature. This does not fully draw to absolute democracy because people oppress people.

The problem with democracy is that it is impractical and impossible for all citizens to share the same beliefs, needs and wants at the same time. The popular vote usually indicates the beliefs of the stronger faction in society, this is what King fought against as he states in his Letter from Birmingham jail “Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the latter consistently refused to engage in good faith negotiation” (6).

Total democracy cannot be fully attained. It makes it hard by nature because of man’s nature. Again, Locke states that being in power changes people, he says that leaders and rulers often “exempt themselves from obedience to the laws they make. And suit the law, both in its making and execution, to their own private advantage and thereby come to have a distinct interest from the rest of the community”. This is the statement that propelled King to continue his fight as the voice of the minority. King set to show the city fathers that are the leaders that people are equal, and their grievances should be addressed as equally as possible; as that should be the case in a democratic government.

In all essence, Locke and Rousseau’s concept of human rights gave Martin Luther King Jr. the stand to base his cause on. This belief that all humans must be treated equally and fairly pushed King to see that this was not the case for the minority who were oppressed and had no rights because the government did not consider them as people who had the right to be fairly treated. This is totally opposed to democracy and human rights.

Due to the fact that Locke (philosopher form the 17th century) and Rousseau (during the 18th century) are both from the evolution period, they did not get the chance to put into the action and practice what they wrote and spoke. King, however, got the opportunity in the 19th century to make significant changes in the way the American government carried out its activities and conducts.

Rousseau stands his ground and supports the fact that uncorrupted morals dominate within the state of nature. Through his Theory of Natural Human, he got the chance to state facts and as a result, explains the following:

The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said “This is mine”, and found people naive enough to believe him that man was the true founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars, and murders, from how many horrors ad misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling up the stakes, or filling upon the ditch, and crying to his fellows: Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody.

This is what Luther put into practice in his short yet important and meaningful lifetime. King helped Rousseau put his words into action, he demanded for the government to exert a fair and just system on all its citizens. Being guarded by Locke and Rousseau’s philosophies, King fought to practice human rights and thus attain a democratic society.

As a key weapon in fighting for justice and democracy, King adopted the beliefs of his seniors Locke and Rousseau who might not have fully been in agreement with each other’s concepts but had the same goal, vision and direction, thus had the same beliefs. Since Locke believes that every human being is born with an empty mind and has to align himself with the good of others in order to live well with the rest of society.

Though Locke believed in an absolute monarch though he also believed that if the monarch did not uphold the rights of the people, the people were justified to overthrow it anytime. Rousseau fully developed, natured and further developed this belief into the separation of powers. The creation of governments, therefore, was sorely for protecting and naturing individuals who make up the society.

The purpose of the government is to protect the people who establish it. When the government fails to act according to the needs of its people, it ceases being legitimate. It fails to protect and represent it people. This was seen and fought against by King. The government was imbalanced since there was white domination over people of colour; this ceased to make the government legitimate thus breaking the balance of nature.

During King’s era, the people were not pleased by the government since the minority was oppressed. This meant that something had to be done, that is a stand had to be taken since the powers of a legitimate government lies in the hands of the people. This led to King adopting Locke and Rousseau’s ideas, thus leading the struggle for democracy to be shown amongst all irregardless of colour nor race.

Rousseau and Locke believe that a legitimate government is formed when the consent of the governed is given. During the 19th century, this was not the case because a fraction of the citizens in America and most part of the world were silenced. Democracy was not fairly distributed. While democracy reflects a popular belief, it did not reveal the general will that is the beliefs of everyone- the people’s power. King got his motivation form this observation to fight for a good cause, to give back the government to the people.

In conclusion, the fathers of democracy, Locke and Rousseau helped achieve a balanced nature that explained man’s perception as it defined what human rights are. This was the thought line implemented by King to whom today’s democracy in America can be awarded to. The works of man in a democratic government are what keeps the government stable and thus balances the way how people live within the community. The beliefs, ideologies and concepts of the 2 philosophers greatly apply to the human rights activist’s ideas. Thus, it makes sense to conclude that their works are in line with each other.

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With the advent of an Irish Socialist paper in the labor movement of America will come of necessity a host of questions and questioners upon the attitude of the proprietors of that paper toward the political parties at present in the field for Socialism. Such questions are unavoidable, and it is therefore best that they be faced at once at the outset without delay or equivocation.

Let it be noted therefore that the Harp is the official organ of the Irish Socialist Federation in America, and that that body was founded with the intention, expressed and desired, of spreading the light of Socialism amongst the working class Irish in this country, and that, recognizing that the existence of two political parties of Socialism has had in the past and has now a confusing effect upon the minds of the American working class, the founders of the Federation recognized that it would be worse than folly to make allegiance to one or the other of these political divisions a test of membership in the newly founded camp of Irish Socialists in America. The Federation is not founded for political action, it is founded for propaganda; it is not in existence to fashion a political machine, it is in existence to present Socialism as a historical development from capitalism and as the only remedy for the wage slavery of the workers. The task of presenting the Socialist side as against the side of the capitalists, with all their powerful allies and weapons, is a big enough job for us without also taking part in the campaigns of slander which form the stock in trade of the American Socialists when they condescend to refer to each other. In their mutual recriminations many wrong things have been said, many right things have been wrongly said, and we are convinced that if American Socialists in general had been more solicitous in finding and emphasizing the points they had in common, and less eager to stretch the importance of the points on which they differed, a great party – great in unity in essentials, great in numbers – might long ere this have been built up in America. And until that party does appear the ISF will confine its work to the making of Socialists; let its recruits when made choose their own political affiliations.

But, it may be said, since the Irish comrades deplore the existing division, have they no suggestion to offer whereby it may be ended? Is it not certain that as you make recruits to Socialism, and those recruits choose their own political affiliations, that in course of time their differing choices will result in bringing into the Federation the disputes which divide Socialists outside? That is true, and therefore it is to our interest as well as in conformity with our desires to find some common ground upon which in our opinion earnest revolutionary Socialists could meet to combine their forces in battle with the common enemy.

The common ground of action we favor is one for which a strong sentiment already exists in the rank and file of both existing parties. It has been adopted and endorsed by practically all the non-English using federations of Socialists in America, and has therefore strong organized forces already behind it, and it would, as a magnet, draw unto itself all the true proletarian Socialists and weld them into an irresistible force. A common ground of action to be effectual for its purpose cannot emanate from either SP or SLP; it cannot be furnished by unity conferences, no matter how earnest the conferees are; the ghost of all the hatreds and jealousies aroused by the past years of strife will perpetually rise between the most united unity conference and the realization of its hopes, and, finally, it cannot be realized by an amalgamation of the existing parties. There are too many leaders, save the mark! Too many ‘saviors of the working class’ whose reputations have been built upon disunion; too many petty personal ambitions which might be endangered did the rank and file have an opportunity to know and understand one another; and too much fear that a general reunion might mean a general housecleaning, and the consequent dumping upon the garbage heap of many great lights whose personal predominance is dearer to them than the power of the movement. Some men in the Socialist movement on both sides would rather have a party of ten men who unquestioningly accepted their dictum and called their blind faith ‘democracy’ than a party of half a million whose component elements dared to think and act for themselves. Unquestionably the realization of unity must have as its necessary concomitant the acceptance of the fact that the interests of the movement are greater than and superior to the prejudices or rivalries of its leaders.

What and where, then, is this common ground we have spoken of? As we have already stated, the ISF is pledged to no political party, but this neutrality on the political field is not extended to the economic. There, we believe, an assumption of neutrality would be a crime on our part. Between, on the one hand, the new economic organization, the Industrial Workers of the World, which prepares and organizes the administrative framework of society in the future, and at the same time furnishes the only effective method of resistance against present-day encroachments of the master class, and on the other hand the old-style pure and simple trade unionism of the AF of L with its system of dividing the working class and its professed belief in the identity of interests between Capital and Labor, between these two economic organizations our choice is as plain and unmistakable as between Socialism and Capitalism; indeed, it is the same proposition presented in different terms. And as we believe that all working class Socialists must realize that their place is in the only real economic organization truly worthy of the name of union, the IWW, so we believe that the same body has it in its power to solve the problem of Socialist unity. On the day that the IWW launches its own political party it will put an end to all excuse for two Socialist parties and open the way for a real and effective unification of the revolutionary forces. To it will flock all the real proletarians, all the loyal-hearted working class whom distrust and suspicion have so long kept divided: it will be the real Political Party of the Workers – the weapon by which the working class will register the decrees which its economic army must and shall enforce.

We do not say this will end forever all fear of the existence of two parties calling themselves Socialists, but it will end all possibilty of two revolutionary Socialist parties claiming the allegiance of the working class at the same moment. Compromisers and schemers will still erect parties to serve their personal ends and satiate their lust for being worshipped; intellectual mannikins will still perch themselves upon the shoulders of the workers and imagining their high altitude is the result of transcendent ability on their part will call the world to witness how great they are; but they will be deprived of their power to delude the real revolutionist by the simple fact of the existence of a political party of Socialists dominated by and resting upon the economic movement of the working class.

This is our hope, our proposed solution of the problem of divided forces, and on the day that that hope is consummated if anyone looks around for the class-conscious Irish workers he will, we believe, find them alert and determined at the head of the fighters.

Ollamh Fódhla.

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Day 7

Okay, so Tuesday turned out to be my BL day from hell. Not any fault of the conference, mind you, but a fault of personal scheduling, and the inescapable syndrome of FMS: Fear of Missing Something.

I had workshop comments to finish after breakfast, then workshop, then lunch with my workshop, which I had to leave early because I had a meeting with the editor of Orion Magazine, a periodical that I just adore for its emotional take on environmental and social issues. It is also gorgeously put together. our meeting was productive, and he said they are taking fiction again, which is good. (I haven't seen any in the magazine for two years, but always thought they would do well by a story, so I'm glad to know they are accepting again.)

From there, I went to a craft class taught by Laila Lalami, which was very interesting and informative. She had a handout of excerpts from different authors who write in English but whose characters do not speak English, or for whom English is a second language. There was a wonderful discussion of the politics of using italics to set off "foreign" words, which of course then makes the assumption that anything other than English is foreign, much in the way we always start out reading with the assumption that a character is white and American. She said that certain words are often not translated and/or nontranslatable. The list included: endearments, insults, explatives, idioms, food, greetings, place names, metaphors, proverbs, and an especially fascinating one: animal sounds. In the US, the rooster says cock-a-doodle-doo, in other languages, the "translation" is quite different--"kree, kree" for example.

After Laila's class, I really wanted to hear Emily Raboteau's reading, but unfortunately the weather decided to turn foul. Since we had a major outdoor reception half set up, things got hairy, really quickly. Eleventh hour decision--move to the barn. So we schlepped everything through the rain, against impossible odds (dramatic writing) and re-set everything up. It was a book signing and turned out wonderful, once the staff all caught their breath and calmed down. But then there were two places to break down afterward. When the crowd finally left, the staff sat around and had quick bloody Marys and laughed with giddy exhaustion.

Then we went to dinner and a combination of things came together to send me over the emotional edge. (I feel compelled to mention that I'm not prone to going over the edge, but the combination of academics, physical exhaustion and social overload lead most Bread Loaf waiters and/or staffers to have one day when everything comes crashing down. It's most often intense, but short lived. As I had to give my reading in a mere two hours from my moment of breakdown, I could not afford to be the exception.) Here's how it built: By a purely clerical oversight, my picture was not included on the bulletin board with the other staff photos. I mentioned it to a few people, but we're all busy and that really is a small thing. No worries. But as we sat down to dinner, the head waiter named the staff that would be reading. Everyone was listed, except for yours truly. Oops. Another clerical error. Nothing personal. So I rush to the podium to tell the announcer my name wasn't read, so that he can amend his announcement. "Oh, he said, checking his notes, it wasn't my fault. You aren't on the list." He doesn't return to the microphone.

My God, I start thinking, maybe I don't exist. Am I really here at all? So, barely containing my rising panic about the actual state of my existence, I return to my seat at the dining table, where my plate of food was waiting for me. I think, you're just tired, Mare. Tired and hungry. And I talk down the panic. Then, as I approach the table, I see that someone is sitting in my seat, eating my food. I kid you not.

What can I conclude, but that I am in fact invisible? Mary Akers, The Invisible Woman.

Of course, I wasn't, but the cry I had over it was very cleansing and actually helped to give me some attitude for my reading, which was very successful. I chose humor to read, since everyone here is desperate to laugh, and was rewarded in my choice. The audience was great, very encouraging, supportive, and enthusiastic and the day ended on a high note, thankfully.

Oh, and my picture is now on the board.

Stephanie said...

No wonder you felt invisible! You were made to feel invisible three times in a short time period! That's enough to send anyone over the edge.

It sounds like your reading went really well though, Mary.

Clifford Garstang said...

It's an understatement to say that the reading went well. The next day one of the fellows approached Mary to compliment her and this morning at breakfast an important agent sat with us at breakfast and told Mary how much she'd enjoyed it. It was wonderful.

Myfanwy Collins said...

You do so exist, Mary Akers! Sounds like your reading was a smashing success!

Anne said...

A person was actually eating your food? Oh, man. I feel for you.

I'm so glad your reading went well.

It does make me wonder something though--Bread Loaf is known for "stratifying" its participants. (Wrong word probably. "Ranking?") Do you suppose this contributes to a lot of people feeling invisible at one time or another? I'm just curious. Or, is this bad reputation undeserved?

Don't answer that question if you aren't comfortable, of course. I'm not trying to put you on the spot, I'm just tossing questions out.

Jim said...

What a day from hell, and what a great save to the day with that reading, Mary. You are my hero!

Katie said...

Serious bad day! It does sound like things got a lot better after.


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Walking around our neighborhood, we stumbled on a slot machine outdoors on the street.

I know that Japan is the land of convenience with vending machines everywhere selling drinks, cigarettes, and cans of soup (sometimes even underwear), but this was really too good to be true! When's the last time you saw one of those next to a public pay phone?

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Their secret? They've done it by placing several Microsoft Kinect sensors throughout the living space, analyzing movements with unique software, and cataloging each time something is changed in the environment. The software is even smart enough to know where certain objects are most likely to be found.

According to the BBC, the goal of the experiment is to allow absent-minded users to use the software like a literal search engine, asking it the same question people ask you when you lose something: Where did you last see it? Of course, the software needs to be taught what each object is, for it to let you search for those objects with any sort of relevance.

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Amidst a world saturated with a relentless stream of images and stimuli, moments of visual quiet can take on unexpected power. InVisible: Art at the Edge of Perception featured works by artists who explore the line between visibility and invisibility and, in so doing, invite viewers to participate in a deeper act of looking. The exhibition examined the demands and subtleties of the viewing experience and included works that test the limits of perception. Drawing attention to what is often unnoticed at first glance, many of the works heighten our awareness of inconspicuous details of the artists’ materials or those of mundane objects. Others focus on the spaces in our surroundings that are often overlooked. Some of the works, pushed to the edge of legibility, disappeared into the gallery space itself and diminished the distinction between medium and ground. Several artists manipulated ephemeral phenomena, harnessing the potential of light and shadow, while still others used strategies of erasure and found the “something” in what might be otherwise described as “nothing.”

InVisible brought together a small selection of international artists working in a variety of mediums, and featured Uta Barth, Christian Capurro, Joanne Lefrak, Janet Passehl, Jaime Pitarch, and Karin Sander. Curated by Katia Zavistovski, an intern from the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art, InVisible: Art at the Edge of Perception was part of the continuing series of MASS MoCA exhibitions presented in collaboration with the Clark Art Institute in support of MASS MoCA and the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art.

Uta Barth’s photographic work inverts the traditional distinction of foreground and background, and instead focuses on unoccupied spaces and interstitial moments in our everyday lives. Works such as Untitled (07.14) draw attention to the incidents that lie at the periphery of perception. The artist has said, “The question for me is how can I make you aware of your own activity of looking, instead of losing your attention to thoughts about what it is that you are looking at.” The subject of Barth’s photographs is, in essence, the act of looking itself, bringing attention to that which is so familiar that it has become invisible.

Christian Capurro employs photography, drawing, and site-specific installations in his artistic practice. InVisible included his series of works on paper entitled Compress. These works are created through the pressure of erasing illustrations from magazine pages. The artist lays one page on top of another and, by erasing the top page, imprints images onto the bottom one. The shapes, figures, and text on the receiving page are then painted over with correction fluid, a means of literally “whiting-out” the image. Delicate, intricate, and haunting, Compress presents the viewer with ethereal traces of physical gesture and form.

Joanne Lefrak creates surprisingly detailed “drawings” using light and shadow. Working with paper, plastic, and Plexiglas, she draws using processes of subtraction—cutting, burning, and scratching into the surfaces of these materials. In two new works created for the exhibition, Trinity Site (Ground Zero) and Trinity Site (At the Instrumentation Bunker), light passing through etched Plexiglas sheets casts shadows onto the gallery wall. The lines incised into the Plexiglas are barely visible, and create wraith-like silhouettes. However, the images are crisp, and the shadow’s gradations of gray convey depth and space in almost photographic detail.

Poet and visual artist Janet Passehl creates subtle sculptures out of swaths of cloth. In her Grain series, two of which were exhibited at MASS MoCA, Passehl cuts her fabric into geometric shapes, discretely stains it with tea, folds it into specific configurations, and then carefully irons it to form deliberate creases. The lack of any representational imagery draws the viewer’s attention to the inconspicuous characteristics of the texture and weave of the raw material – the cloth itself is the subject of the work. The ironed folds and delicate working of color take the place of the drawn line, creating, as the artist has said, “a mark that isn’t a mark.”

Jaime Pitarch revels in taking apart familiar objects and reassembling them to create new meanings. Preliminary Drawings for Show, Erased, is a sketchbook in which all of the drawings and text have been erased. The resulting rubber eraser fragments are compressed and reconstituted into a whole rectangular eraser, thus embodying the artist’s transformation of materials and ideas. 106 Layers, an installation of 106 layers of latex paint applied directly onto the museum’s wall, took over two weeks of manual labor by the artist to make. Devoid of any narrative elements, 106 Layers was essentially invisible, inseparable from—and disappearing into—its surroundings.

Karin Sander believes that a work of art should simultaneously reveal and conceal. Her polished wall pieces, nearly immaterial and verging on invisibility, are created by repeatedly sanding layers of emulsion paint on a given section of wall with increasingly finer shades of sandpaper. Polished to a liquid sheen resembling lacquer or porcelain, the smooth texture of the glossy white plane stands out against the matte wall surrounding it. Capturing nuanced changes in light, Sander’s Wallpiece reflects vaporous impressions of the gallery space in its mirror-like surface. The resulting images are ethereal apparitions that change as the viewer moves through the space.

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“Survival is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid!”

The title is a quote from the book, Surviving a Wilderness Emergency, by Peter Kummerfeldt. His book being slap full of practical no nonsense knowledge of what to do if get yourself into trouble in the backcountry makes it one of my favorites. I have several of his quotes listed in my list of Great Survival Quotes.

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What you need to know to survive in the wild: Tips from a 70-year-old survivalist

To date, 42 people have personally thanked Peter Kummerfeldt for saving their lives. He didn’t save them with his own two hands, but with the wilderness survival skills he’s honed for the last 50 years.

Kummerfeldt came to the U.S. in 1965 from his home country of South Africa. He soon after enlisted in the Air Force, where he began learning about and instructing survival skills, a passion that he’s since taken to people all over the world, including hundreds of eager audience members every year at the Pacific Northwest Sportsmen’s Show in Portland.

But after decades of touring the speaking circuit, the 70-year-old survivalist is ready to call it quits. His appearances at this year’s Pacific Northwest Sportsmen’s Show, where he’s given seminars for the last 20 years, will be his last.

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Chris Noble is the founder of MasterWoodsman.com and Woodsmoke Camping Company. A Master Naturalist, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Forestry and has worked as a Registered Forester and Certified Burn Manager in several states. Chris is also a Wilderness First Responder and since the late 90’s has been “practicing primitive” skills and taking lessons from numerous Master Woodsmen throughout North America. An advocate for Conservation, teacher of Wilderness Living Skills, and happily married, he enjoys passing what he has learned thus far to others, especially his 2 children, Emerson and Duncan.

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September 17, 2008 at 8pm

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We received a flyer for Eureka! Math Theatre. It appears to be a traveling
theater production with both a math and ELA show. Attached is the
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Our Middle School Math Department was wondering if anyone on the listserv
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Any information/feedback would be greatly appreciated - thank you!

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4 paths for adjacent vertices too.

Indeed the number of pairwise vertex-independent paths for any pair of
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Sunny Dooblin

I've been in Dublin since Monday morning at 8:15am Dublin time (12:15am California time) and the trip has been a blast so far. I have consumed a fair amount of Guinness and spent a lot of time with my coworkers which as been good. We did some team building today and it turns out that I am basically an expert with a bow and arrow. I have progressed quite quickly and will soon be turning my energy towards the most fierce of prey - man. Anyway, Dublin is a cool town. It feels quite old in a good way. I am tacking a day on at the end to try to do something fun independently but that may just consist of wandering around and buying leprechaun t-shirts or something. I took a few photos today and will try to upload some of them soon although I realized that I don't have the proper cords with me to actually download them from my camera - doh.
In other news, Seth and his wife Jyothi had their baby - congrats! They decided against the name I suggested - Matilda - and went with Kaia. I argued at first but the name has grown on me, mainly because Seth told me that it means something awesome in Jamaican.
It was Jason's birthday on Sunday, happy birthday big man.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Oh ADN, why? Just why?

So being a good Alaskan I feed in the Anchorage Daily News into my iGoogle page but am extremely embarrassed about the way the online content is being handled by the paper.
Case in point.
A story about a robbery suspect who got chased down by some local do-gooders. Fine, no problem, a little hokie maybe but come on its Anchorage. I am on board up until the point where I scroll past the article and see the comments that people are leaving.
Now there is a chance that this is the "Ziggy" that worked as a carpenter on my mother-in-law's house, so no disrespect intended here but are we really at a point where our news outlets have to allow this type of commenting (oh, and I love the fact that I may actually know the guy named Ziggy mentioned in the article, Jesus)?

"Thank you to those involved that were willing to eliminate one more criminal in town."
- Eliminated? Was he "terminated"?

"I'm a lawyer: I'm going to sue you vigilantes for violating the civil rights of Mr. Douglas. We can't have lynch mobs running our society. All citizens have rights, etc. etc. etc."
- Lawyer dig? OK, but wait, don't citizens have rights? Sarcastic, ironic? I'm not sure.

"Good job you guys! Keys to the city are yours! If I was mayor, you'd already have them! Kudos!!!"
- If you were mayor I would be more embarrassed.

This one is actually pretty good:
"Just wanted to thank "Ziggy" Zeigler for being a great Alaskan!"
- Footnote: Anyone named Ziggy is actually considered a great Alaskan by default.

The real question is, why are people compelled so greatly to post inane garbage online? Wait, what? Nevermind.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

It Ain't Nothing to a Boss

Shuttling up to SF right now. Killed off my email early today and traffic is a little rough - oy. I have been in training the last two days and have one more day of training tomorrow. Its always interesting to see my personal progression in the trainings from highly skeptical to overly enthusiastic. I ended up being pretty geeked out by the end of today's training but the sessions were good enough that I didn't feel overly self-conscious about it. But yes, I might have been that guy, you know the guy, the overly enthusiastic guy, the guy who agrees about everything and is all about building on ideas. Yeah, I can be that guy. Kia won't believe me though.
Anyway, one more day of training tomorrow and then flying out to Dublin on Sunday. I let Dougherty talk me into doing the Sunday flight to Dublin which arrives at 8am Monday morning Dublin time. I am still not quite clear on how I managed to be talked into this. The Dublin trip should be cool though. I tacked on an extra day at the end to try and do something fun. We will see what type of energy I have at that point.
I saw Sara today at work, actually I saw her the day before yesterday too, neither time did I actually talk to her. This likely is because I am internally tormented by her imminent departure from Google (even if its temporary). For those of you who didn't follow my earlier advice to read Sara's blog, Sara is taking a leave from Google to write her period romance novel. I have requested a character based on myself in one of her future installments (she told me the other day that Salim requested a character called Salim "The Moor") the best name I have come up with is Matthew "The Unkempt" - I know, its weak. I wish her the best and am excited for her to pursue her interests but I am selfishly sad to see her go. The lack of our awesomely hilarious Iowa vs. Alaska lunches will be a big hole in my calendar for the next three months.
Listening to George Lopez on my ipod right now. If you don't know, George is legitimately funny, even his sitcom is funny and its on ABC. Watch his stand up special if you can - its on Netflix - and score one of his cds while you are at it. One of the middle-school teachers I did classroom support for in college used to play his cds to the kids, which in retrospect is probably highly inappropriate, and it was awesome.
OK in the city now. Stay on your grind.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Mmmmm Grimey

Haven't posted in a while. I am going to blame work and being sick as opposed to being lazy for that. Came down pretty hard with a head cold last week and spent the better part of the three day weekend whining about it. Feeling better now - sort of. Went to the Warriors game on Monday with Dan, Albert and RC which was pretty pathetic. When the highlight of the basketball game is me dropping a nacho chip in the plumber crack of the guy in front of me its a bad sign. Golden State lost, to Minnesota, they just couldn't stop the post game. Anyway.
My dad sent me this article which is about a person in Anchorage named Matthew Lewis who pissed off another guy ("exchanged terse comments that were perceived as disrespect," - written as only a cop could) with a gun in front of a Best Buy and proceeded to get shot at. It wasn't me.
Signed up for a Facebook account this week which was fun for about 20 minutes. It was cool to see Facebook connect me to people that it thought I knew based on friends I added with surprising accuracy. Now my Facebook account has been relegated to a way to poke Allan on a 24 hour cycle. At least its not MySpace.
Last week a few of the chuckleheads I work with and I decided to "pimp" Marbin's ride. I have some photos but need to download them. In the meantime you can check out Marb's baby blog (he begged me for a link from my blog).

Monday, January 14, 2008

Yeah I Am Posting Akon and Lil' Wayne - So What?

OK stop judging me for a minute and listen to the song.
Made a stop by Amoeba over the weekend and scooped up a few cds that I have been wanting. They were playing the Carnival II album - that the Akon song is from - while I was there and I couldn't help myself. Also got the new Ghostface, Hi-Tek and a Planet Asia album I was needing. Goooo Amoeba return policy.
Things are good. Busy at work, getting ready for a trip to Dublin in a week or so. Kia and I went to this new Nepalese restaurant on Sunday with Kevin and Erika and it was pretty good. My palate isn't sophisticated enough to distinguish between Indian and Nepalese food at this point except they served pickled daikon - Erika deftly described it as Nepalese sauerkraut. Wow, sauerkraut is tricky to spell. I guess I could have asked the two German speakers sitting across from me but their faces are a little intense at this point. Yikes.
On the way up to the city on the shuttle. We just passed Monster Park - formerly Candlestick Park, named after Monster Cables, not Monster Jobs as is commonly assumed - which means that I am about 10 minutes away from jumping off the shuttle at Alamo Square.
Hope things are well with everybody.

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Adventures in 101N

Whew, stuck in traffic on the 101 right now headed towards SF. So I could blog about my bus experience so far but it will be painfully boring (except for when I shot a goofy smile at Seth across the bus and the grumpy-faced guy in front of me thought it was meant for him).
Work is going alright. Its a little tough to get back into a 40 hour work week after two weeks off over the holidays. I have been doing my best to be as disruptive to my cube-mates as possible. I also hung up my Chiranjeevi poster today which was a major accomplishment. Who is Chiranjeevi you ask? Well, he is only the greatest Telugu action/singing/dancing star of all time.
(see below picture for evidence of this - please keep in mind that this picture was pre-stunna shades - so you can basically credit Chiranjeevi with the the bay area hyphy movement - and you thought it was E-40, pshh!)
Need to go to the music store this weekend and see what I have been missing for the last seven months. There should be new (to me) Blacksmith, Strong Arm Steady and Planet Asia albums. Its like Christmas all over again.
Oh, and shouts need to go out to Sara for putting me on to this youtube video. If you haven't checked out her blog do so immediately. Its much better written than mine but does focus on romance novels and ddr more than I am comfortable with, j/k.
OK, traffic has lightened up and we are hurtling towards the city. Laundry and Deadwood tonight. Those two things balance each other out. Maybe I will eat a burrito and tip the balance in my favor.

Monday, January 07, 2008

Lupe Hit the Lotto, Snoopy Hit the Bottle

OK props go out to Albert for hooking up the new Lupe Fiasco album. Listening to it on the way back to SF on the shuttle, chatting with my boys Allan and Kun, updating the blog and feeling back in the swing.
Back at work today which was pretty cool. Its interesting how quickly you can fall back into things. Lots of good work to do though and some short term travel stuff coming up for me in the next month or so.
Hooked up the XBox 360 I got from Thomas for Christmas last night and it looks fantastic. Played the first level and a half of Gears of War and realized that its basically one of the sickest games ever. Now if only I could man up and play it on a harder level than "casual".
Wifey and I went to No Country for Old Men the day before we left Anchorage and it was awesome. If I was an obnoxious movie review guy I would call it "gritty" or "hard-hitting". Damn, I guess that makes me that guy. Anyway, some pretty cool performances, a pretty awesome story and a bad ass haircut on this guy.
OK getting to the city now. Man, the more stable wifi makes this commute much more manageable. Hope things are good with everyone.

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

...And I am a Gemini and My Favorite Food is Pizza

OK so this clip is old but I was watching Superbad for the second time realizing that Michael Cera is basically a genius and decided that this clip needed to go up on the blog.
Still in AK until Saturday. Things are kosher here. Watching my nephews for the next couple of days as their parents get back to work. Trying to readjust to the US still but finding myself swearing in Chinese. Oh well.
Enjoy the clip. If you have seen it before watch it again and stop acting so uppity. Jeez.


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The first shipment abroad of adsorption chiller "AdRef-Noa", starting operation in Gamesa of PepsiCo group in Mexico in July.

May. 27, 2011

Mayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd shipped adsorption chiller "AdRef-Noa" abroad for the first time. It was delivered to Gamesa of PepsiCo group, one of the largest food and beverage manufacturers in Mexico. Recovering waste heat from the baking line in a confectionary factory in Guanajuato, three AdRef-Noas produce chilled water for air conditioning in the office in the factory.

Using little energy of 0.4kw AdRef-Noa recovers low waste heat of 60 - 80°C and produces chilled water of 5 - 15°C. It encourages the efficient use of unused energy such as "natural energy", "industrial waste heat", and "biomass energy".

Three AdRef-Noas delivered to Gamesa of PepsiCo group


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Friday, March 25, 2011

Eye Candy Friday: Catch an Eyeful

Today's ECF is a commemoration of the procedure endured today by one of us here at KAMP MAYKR.

Art Boobs is an ever growing compendium, in blog form, of all things boob in art - contemporary and not.  I'm a longtime Art Boob subscriber and find it refreshing and enlightening tour through art history.  I usually consume art boobs through my google reader, so on visiting the site today for research, I found that Frank van Eykelen is the man behind Art Boobs.  To him, I say thank you.
And for those who find this content somehow uncouth or simply not your cup of tea, perhaps you'd appreciate Frank's compilation of photos of people with their giant zucchini on his Stereoparty blog.

But back to boobs.  This Ted talk by Deborah Rhodes, is one that should be watched and passed along.

(I'll say I have had issues with the marketing juggernaut of Breast Cancer fundraising Campaigns that have infused itself into a  - at the expense, I think, of other, more deadly cancers, statistically speaking.  But cancer is cancer and information relating to innovations and knowledge pertaining to treating/detecting cancer in all its forms should be explored and supported and spread and given the opportunity to be debated, not cast aside by those steeped and committed to the line of conventional thought.)

Still haven't had enough?  Here's a full frontal peek-a-boo taken by c-monster of a work created by Raquel Paiwonsky.  I just found Paiwonsky's website, which features an eyeful and then some.

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Friday, September 10, 2010

The Promoinator Pushing Cali Wine in Hangzhou

What else would you do in this stage of your governorship?

-Speaking of Republican Governors and those that wanna-be; Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, in her ongoing quest ($104 million so far) to buy the governor's office, has come up with a few, uh, corporate ideas for California:

* Replacement of 40,000 state employees by outsourcing or privatizing state services to for-profit corporations.
* Major reduction or outright elimination of a wide range of business taxes.
* Cutting back funding for California's underfunded public education system, apparently by reducing "50 categorical grants, many of which which are duplicative and far to prescriptive, into simplified grants... "
* Her firm pledge to roll back California's historic clean energy and climate legislation, at least for a year, in her continued effort to help corporations at all costs.

-And lately, every time I hear "Governor, Outsourcing, and Corporations" in a story, my thoughts go immediately to Sunland-Tujunga's former hometown girl gone wrong, Jan Brewer, and her love affair with the corporate prison system. Hey, no SB1070 connection here, right? Just asking.

-It's September and what's with the butt cold nights? Why not do what Abby Diamond is doing this weekend and visit the amazing Guadalupe Oasis Hot Springs, located just an hour or so east of Tijuana. This isolated and primitive resort is one of northern Baja's best kept secrets. Don't try to drive in yourself unless you're sporting a 4x4. See their website for alternative means of access.

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Books to Avoid - Thanksgiving

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Recommended Books about Thanksgiving

Bruchac, Margaret M. (Abenaki), and Catherine Grace O’Neill, 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2001, grades 4-up

Hunter, Sally M. (Ojibwe), Four Seasons of Corn: A Winnebago Tradition. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1997, grades 4-6.

Peters, Russell M. (Wampanoag), Clambake: A Wampanoag Tradition. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1992, grades 4-6.

Regguinti, Gordon (Ojibwe), The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1992, grades 4-6.

Seale, Doris (Santee/Cree), Beverly Slapin, and Carolyn Silverman (Cherokee), eds., Thanksgiving: A Native Perspective. Berkeley: Oyate, 1998, teacher resource.

Swamp, Jake (Mohawk), Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message. New York: Lee & Low, 1995, all grades.

Wittstock, Laura Waterman (Seneca), Ininatig’s Gift of Sugar: Traditional Native Sugarmaking. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1993, grades 4-6

Books to Avoid” about Thanksgiving

Accorsi, William, Friendship’s First Thanksgiving. Holiday House, 1992, grades 1-2
Aliki, Corn is Maize: The Gift of the Indians. Harper & Row, 1976, grades 1-3
Anderson, Laurie Halse, Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving. Simon & Schuster, 2002, grades 1-4
Ansary, Mir Tamim, Thanksgiving Day. Heinemann, 2002, grades 1-3
Apel, Melanie Ann, The Pilgrims. Kidhaven Press, 2003, grades 3-5

Bartlett, Robert Merrill, The Story of Thanksgiving. HarperCollins, 2001, grades 3-5
Barth, Edna, Turkeys, Pilgrims, and Indian Corn: The Story of the Thanksgiving Symbols. Clarion, 1975, grades 2-4
Borden, Louise, Thanksgiving Is… Scholastic, 1997, grades 1-2
Brown, Marc, Arthur’s Thanksgiving. Little, Brown, 1983, grades 1-2
Bruchac, Joseph, Squanto’s Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving. Harcourt, 2000, grades 2-4
Buckley, Susan Washburn, Famous Americans: 15 Easy-to-Read Biography Mini-Books. Scholastic, 2000, grades 1-2
Bulla, Clyde Robert, Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims. Scholastic, 1990

Celsi,Teresa, Squanto and the First Thanksgiving. Steck-Vaughn, 1989, grades 1-2
Clements, Andrew, Look Who’s in the Thanksgiving Play! Simon & Schuster, 1999, preschool-2
Cohen, Barbara, Molly’s Pilgrim. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1983, grades 3-4
Conaway, Judith, Happy Thanksgiving! Things to Make and Do. Troll Communications, 1986, grades 1-3
Crane, Carol, and Helle Urban, P is for Pilgrim: A Thanksgiving Alphabet. Sleeping Bear Press, 2003, grades 1-4

Dalgliesh, Alice, The Thanksgiving Story. Scholastic, 1954, 1982, grades 3-4
Daugherty, James,The Landing of the Pilgrims. Random House, 1987, grades 4-6
Davis, Kenneth C., Don’t Know Much About the Pilgrims. HarperCollins, 2002, grades 2-4
DePaola, Tomie, My First Thanksgiving. Putnam, 1992, preschol
Donnelly, Judy, The Pilgrims and Me. Grossett & Dunlap, 2002
Dubowski, Cathy East, The Story of Squanto, First Friend to the Pilgrims. Dell, 1990, grades 3-4

Fink, Deborah, It’s a Family Thanksgiving! A Celebration of an American Tradition for Children and Their Families. Harmony Hearth, 2000
Flindt, Myron, Pilgrims: A simulation of the first year at Plymouth Colony. Interact, 1994, curriculum for grades 3-up
Fritz, Jean, Who’s That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? Putnam & Grossett, 1975, grades 3-5

George, Jean Craighead, The First Thanksgiving. Puffin, 1993
Gibbons, Gail, Holiday House, grades 1-2:
     Thanksgiving Day. 1985
     Thanksgiving Is… 2004
Greene, Rhonda Gowler, The Very First Thanksgiving Day. Atheneum, 2002

Hale, Anna W., The Mayflower People: Triumphs and Tragedies. Harbinger House, 1995
Hallinan, P.K., Today Is Thanksgiving! Ideals Children’s Books, 1993, grades 1-2
Harness, Cheryl, Three Young Pilgrims. Aladdin, 1995, grades 3-6
Hayward, Linda, The First Thanksgiving. Random House, 1990, grades 1-3
Hennessy, B.G., One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims. Viking, 1999, grades 1-2

Jackson, Garnet, The First Thanksgiving. Scholastic, 2000, grades 2-up
Jassem, Kate, Squanto: The Pilgrim Adventure. Troll Communications, 1979, grades 3-5

Kamma, Anne, If you were at…The First Thanksgiving. Scholastic, 2001
Kessel, Joyce K., Squanto and the First Thanksgiving. Carolrhoda, 1983, grades 3-5
Kinnealy, Janice, Let’s Celebrate Thanksgiving, A Book of Drawing Fun. Watermill, 1988, grades 1-2
Koller, Jackie French, Nickommoh!: A Thanksgiving Celebration. Atheneum, 1999, grades 2-4

Marx, David F., Thanksgiving. Children’s Press, 2000, grades 1-2
McGovern, Ann, The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving. Scholastic, 1973, grades 2-up
McMullan, Kate, Fluffy’s Thanksgiving. Scholastic, 1997, grades ps-2
Melmed, Laura Krauss, This First Thanksgiving Day: A Counting Story. HarperCollins, 2001
Metaxas, Eric, Squanto and the First Thanksgiving. Rabbit Ears Books, 1996, grades 1-3
Moncure, Jane Belk, Word Bird’s Thanksgiving Words. Child’s World, 2002, preschool-1

Ochoa, Ana, Sticker Stories: The Thanksgiving Play. Grosset & Dunlap, 2002, grades 1-2
Osborne, Mary Pope, Thanksgiving on Thursday. Random House, 2002, grades 3-5

Parker, Margot, What Is Thanksgiving Day? Children’s Press, 1988, grades 1-2
Peacock, Carol Antoinette, Pilgrim Cat. Whitman, 2004, grades 1-3
Prelutsky, Jack, It’s Thanksgiving. Morrow, 1982, preschool-2

Rader, Laura J., A Child’s Story of Thanksgiving. Ideals Children’s Books, 1998, grades 2-4
Randall, Ronnie, Thanksgiving Fun: Great Things to Make and Do. Kingfisher, 1994, grades 1-3
Raphael, Elaine, and Don Bolognese, The Story of the First Thanksgiving. Scholastic, 1991, grades 1-2
Rau, Dana Meachen, Thanksgiving. Children’s Press, 2000, grades 1-2
Roberts, Bethany, Thanksgiving Mice! Clarion, 2001, preschool-1
Rockwell, Anne, Thanksgiving Day. HarperCollins, 1999
Rogers, Lou, The First Thanksgiving. Modern Curriculum Press, 1962, grades 1-3
Roloff, Nan, The First American Thanksgiving. Current, 1980
Roop, Connie and Peter:
     Let’s Celebrate Thanksgiving. Millbrook, 1999, grades 3-5
     Pilgrim Voices: Our First Year in the New World. Walker, 1995, grades 3-5
Ross, Katherine, 1995, grades 1-3:
     Crafts for Thanksgiving. Millbrook
     The Story of the Pilgrims. Random House
Ruelle, Karen Gray, The Thanksgiving Beast Feast. Holiday House, 1999, grades 1-2

San Souci, Robert, N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims. Chronicle, 1991, grades 1-3
Scarry, Richard, Richard Scarry’s The First Thanksgiving of Low Leaf Worm. Little Simon, 2003, grades 1-3
Schultz, Charles M., A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Simon & Schuster, 2002, grades 1-3
Sewall, Marcia, Atheneum, grades 1-3:
     People of the Breaking Day. Atheneum, 1990
     The People of Plimoth. Aladdin, 1986
     Thunder from the Clear Sky. Atheneum, 1995
Siegel, Beatrice, Walker, grades 3-5:
     Fur Trappers and Traders: The Indians, the Pilgrims, and the Beaver. 1981
     Indians of the Northeast Woodlands. 1992
Silver, Donald M., and Patricia J. Wynne, Easy Make & Learn Projects: The Pilgrims, the Mayflower & More. Scholastic, 2001, grades 3-5
Skarmeas, Nancy J., The Story of Thanksgiving. Ideals Publications, 1999
Sorenson, Lynda, Holidays: Thanksgiving. Rourke, 1994, preschool-2
Stamper, Judith Bauer:
     New Friends in a New Land: A Thanksgiving Story. Steck-Vaughn, 1993, grades 1-2
     Thanksgiving Fun Activity Book. Troll, 1993, grades 1-4
Stanley, Diane, Thanksgiving on Plymouth Plantation. HarperCollins, 2004, grades 1-3
Stiegemeyer, Julie, Thanksgiving: A Harvest Celebration. Concordia, 2003, grades 2-4

Tryon, Leslie, Albert’s Thanksgiving. Aladdin, 1998, grades 1-3

Umnik, Sharon Dunn, ed., 175 Easy-to-Do Thanksgiving Crafts. Boyds Mills Press, 1996, grades 2-up

Waters, Kate, Scholastic, grades 3-up:
     Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast. 2001
     Samuel Eaton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy. 1993
     Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl. 1989
     Tapenum’s Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times. 1996
Weisgard, Leonard, The Plymouth Thanksgiving. Doubleday, 1967, grades 1-3
Whitehead, Pat, Best Thanksgiving Book, ABC Adventures. Troll Communications, 1985, grades 1-2

Primary Sources from a Colonialist Perspective

Bradford, William, Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647, originally published in 1856 under the title History of Plymouth Plantation. Introduction by Francis Murphy. New York: Random House, 1981.

Bradford, William, Mourt’s Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, first published in 1622. Introduction by Dwight B. Heath. Bedford, Mass.: Applewood Books, 1963.

Council on Interracial Books for Children, Chronicles of American Indian Protest. New York: CIBC, 1971

James, Sydney V., Jr., ed., Three Visitors to Early Plymouth: Letters about the Pilgrim Settlement in New England during its First Seven Years. [John Pory (letters 1622-23), Emmanuel Altham (letters 1623-25), and Isaak de Rasieres (letters c. 1628)] Applewood Books, 1963, 1997, grades 5-up

Winslow, Edward, Good News from New England: A True Relation of Things Very Remarkable at the Plantation of Plimoth in New England, first published in 1624. Bedford, Mass.: Applewood Books, n.d.

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Friday, December 01, 2006

real men knit

I know some men in my life who don't want their sons to learn how to knit because they think it's not "manly" enough. I think that's silly. It used to be that knitting was exclusively reserved for men. Women spun and wove but only men knit. Somehow it has changed. My personal feeling is that it shouldn't matter what your gender is...if you want to knit, go ahead.

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