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Novel AGM meeting held in Garam Chashma NGO

Published on: 03/10/2016 | Comments: 1 comment

Chitral — Garam Chashma Development Organization (GADO), a local support organization sponsored by AKRSP held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) here today. Since its inception in 1998 and registration in 2007 it has held only one proper AGM in 2010, while others were either skipped or held at cluster level separately in violation of its own by-laws as it suited nomination of cohorts as directors of the LSO.

The AGM of today lacked proper representation of village and women organizations, who are genuine members of AGM and instead irrelevant political figures were invited, prompting the members of Shoghor UC led by veteran social activist, Amir Hazar to walk out from the meeting in protest. The outsider political figures had probably been invited to pre-empt criticism of the present self-appointed LSO leadership and abort real issues. Local stakeholders have now demanded reimbursement of their registration fee and share in the Endowment Fund of GADO. They have already formed their own LSO by the name of Pamir Area Integrated Development Organization (PAIDO) after having failed to force legal compliance and transparency in GADO.

Interestingly the circular for the meeting contained no agenda which was the legal requirement. The standard AGM would discuss audit report, annual progress report and elect new BOD, as the tenure of the present AGM expired two months ago. The circular did not mention appointment of Manager, which remains vacant for the past three years and a defunct project employee has been made to officiate as Manager because it suits the BOD agenda.

The composition of the present AGM has removed all the pretention of impartiality and firmly puts it in political arena. Ironically it all happened just in front of AKRSP representatives who did exhort the AGM to take legally correct decisions but the advices were contemptuously ignored and AKRSP representatives had to cut sorry figure. Hopefully their eyes would now open up and compel AKRSP to become proactive and intrusive to force legal correction in its LSO. Enough is enough. AKRSP should not allow few unscrupulous elements to take it for a ride. It must aggressively guard its image and that of His Highness by reigning in the runaway LSO. The Company law provides for the appointment of Administrator to clean up the LSO by making recoveries and then call AGM to elect directors and hand over power to them. It is time that this option may be taken up for consideration to salvage whatever is left of GADO and restore the rightful image of AKRSP. It is not fair on part of AKRSP to shift responsibility or blame on to DCCN which is toothless and largely dysfunctional-more part of the problem than solution. — Islamuddin, 03 Oct 2016

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  1. Being a goodwill Ambassador, Journalist, researcher and social activist it is my prime responsibility to show the real on ground happening to the community at large. I am standing very neutral and based real ethics of society. My objectives are very clear. Meritocracy must be implemented as it is. It was 2012, I started networking to form an ICT Trust which help the ultra poor borderland communities in the harsh mountains of Hindukush.

    While in my vacation at my hometown Garam Chashma, Chitral I met Mr. Islamuddin former bureaucrat now a days leading Pamir Publish School and College Garam Chashma and Parabeg as Principal and Pamir Institute if Emerging Technologies as Founder. He also oversees the AKHSP and Government partnership Hospital in Garam Chashma as Chairman. Federal Ombudsman Concept developer he wrote a book titled as “Federal Ombudsman Idea”. Mostly people in Chitral take him as a top intellectual.

    I introduced myself to him and I was taking ahead with an Idea to shift the existing Pamir Degree College to University of Pamir and the thing behind the scene was this person will lead a successful campaign to establish a University for the poverty struck and land locked region.

    I was very happy, I met the right man. Realizing my media association he stressed me to highlight the existing situation in AKRSP developed LSOs and his focus was Garam Chashma Development Organization (GADO). Later I went through the issue and the Chairman of GADO lost his government job due to his illegal appointment as officer bearer in SECP registered Not-for-Profit entity. Mr. Islamuddin was right that until and unless the change cannot came from the grass root the upper change in just a face change not the realities in the development cause. I will discuss the issues related to government and AKDN development phenomena later on in my open letter to the good offices of His Highness The Aga Khan, Founder / Chairman AKDN and Prime Minister and Chief Minister Office.

    But today the issue I am facing is Pamir Education Society ventures in Garam Chashma being completely hijacked by vested interest groups. I want to highlight it in the personal happening occurred with me during the last few years during my interaction with Mr. Islamuddin.

    A year before from now he appointed me as Grant Raising Representative of Pamir Institute of Emerging Technologies. During the meeting the told that he will develop the TORs like I will get 40 percent of the total amount I am generating to fund the institute. I told him that this is illegal. Only 15 % is legally allowed as management or marketing commission so I regretted this offer and later on he never issue the TORs of my appointment. Here I started thinking that man cannot be my ideal leader.

    However, I went back to Islamabad. There, one day I went to Baitulmal and requested to support the Institute through funding the fee and transportation of poor students in Garam Chashma. I submitted my proposal and the management issued a form to fill up for the Grant. I sent the grant form to Mr. Islamuddin and after few days he regretted to fill it saying that the one term is “The applicant organization must attach three years audit reports” and Pamir Educational Society does not having any.

    For a while, I was out of control but I went to take a break before this amazing discovery. The man who always criticized government, donors and every other organization, his own organization never been annually audited even from last one decade.

    So, though this note I am requesting the government monitoring agencies to open the accounts of Pamir Public School and College Garam Chashma/Parabeg. This institute must first be properly audited then the audit report must be made public.

    During the launching ceremony of E-Pakistan/E-Chitral in district council the UC Nazim of Garam Chashma was very exited to support the initiative and he asked to make a gather so that he will announce the grant from UC Budget for the Pamir Insitute of Emerging Technologies. And later he came there but Mr. Islamuddin boycotts the event with his entire administration and later on tells me that he regretted the grant given by UC Nazim. Because he personally do not likes the UC Nazim or Politically he is not able to host other political party support. Why all this. Is not Pamir turned into political club based on personal likes and dislikes.

    It is for public awareness that Pamir Institute of Emerging Technologies is an institution without any recognized registration. They are issuing not recognized degrees. This amazing revelation has also been made by Mr. Islamuddin that his institute which offered above 100 CIT and DIT programs degrees are not recognized anywhere.

    Mr. Islamuddin is Principal of a top educational institute where above 1000 students getting degrees every year. As per his job portfolio he must remain a principal. Every other day he is reporting against government, donors, civil society organizations. This is against his job description. This creates groups against the Institute and his opponrnts creating controversies against the future of an education organization And that put it in high risk.

    I will advise him to resign and join politics or journalism to become a reformer or anything like that.

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The GPL Doesn’t Care About Your Business, in a Good Way (Lit Review)

March 4, 2015

Free Software Foundation / Software Freedom Law Center / Open Source Initiative

Copyleft and the GNU General Public License: A Comprehensive Tutorial and Guide (Ch. 12 Section 1) / Open Source Case for Business

PDF Document / opensource.org

2003-2014 / 2008?

The Gist

Chapter 12 Section 1 is a clarification of what the GPL does and why that gives freedom to businesses that use GPL’d software
The article outlines proven advantages for businesses that use and produce FOSS, plus revenue model examples for such entities
Both make the case for using and producing FOSS work; the section achieves this through countering a common misconception

The Good

  • Boy, Chapter 12 Section 1 is a concise read
  • Actually, they both are!
  • Both documents present pragmatic, legitimate rationales for a symbiotic relationship between businesses and FOSS

The Bad

  • There is a MAJOR typo in Chapter 12 Section 1 of the Copyleft Guide which ruins the understanding of the first sentence.
  • The article seems to forget instances where FOSS didn’t lead to increased security
  • Honestly I couldn’t think of a 3rd bad thing

The Questions

  • I take Freedom 0 of the GPL to mean that the license would not in any way restrict a company from selling a product produced using the software. Is that accurate?
  • Are there any other business models for companies based in FOSS? With Android, Google seems to be doing all four!
  • Would Freedom 0 of the GPL really persuade many businesses to prefer it over a BSD-style license?

FOSS has an incredible impact on the day-to-day lives of many, yet it doesn’t seem to get much credit. Android, the most-used mobile operating system in the world, a product of immense man hours and a ginormous community, is also a community project, co-developed by Google employees and volunteers from across that very world. The various open software technologies that power much of the web: Linux, PHP, MySQL, Python, JavaScript, Chromium, Firefox, et. al. Without the contributions of business and volunteer alike, technology would be much, much bleaker.

It’s no surprise then, that a fair amount of FUD has been circulated about the co-mingling of FOSS and businesses. Both the article and the guide section are effective at disseminating these rumors. FOSS is the backbone of many businesses, usually for the same reasons the article mentions; it has the potential to benefit both the business and the community.

Back to Android, because it is an unusual example of a FOSS business model. They seem to be employing all of the strategies outlined in the article. Google sells its own phones, plus it allows other manufacturers to sell hardware with Android. However, Android is not licensed; the licensing is in particular apps which are not open source but which most consumers expect on an Android device; the Google Mobile Services. Google Play, Android’s app and media marketplace, is not open source, but imagine telling a customer that they couldn’t use Gmail, the Play Store, and other important apps.

That licensing scheme may seem like an affront to the philosophy of open source software, but I disagree. The relationship between the community and the business is definitely still symbiotic. It benefits everyone that runs Android that it is free and open. The GMS restrictions may be lame, but it is in the best interest of any business to make money. That is where the greatest schism between businesses and open source lies. Many businesses have found ways to alleviate that divide; more doing so would certainly benefit us.

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Monday, November 16, 2020

Vaccines: Hurray, Science!

What a plethora of viewing choices there is right now on television: Maigret, Maggie Cole, The Great British Baking Show, The Crown, Injustice, and Roadkill. They were all on last night and I watched one. I go to bed so early that I have to tape them all.

It’s really nice and warm (for late Fall), so it’s still nice to be out walking when it is not raining. I walked for an hour and a half yesterday morning and it was spectacular, largely due to the incredible fragrances of the forest.

This morning’s task, post dog walk, was calling the machinist on the island and asking him to come and see if my generator can be fixed. He was warm and friendly on the phone and I appreciated his friendliness very much. He’s coming by tomorrow.

Other than that, very little is on my plate today. I did my shopping and now it’s raining, so Her Highness and I will watch The Crown. I’m feeling far more optimistic about an eventual end to this pandemic with so much good news about vaccines.

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Monday, March 29, 2021

The lovely wide Tait Road trail.

Twenty seconds of (large-is) hail fall yesterday.

I took Sheba to a favourite Summer trail yesterday morning—the Tait Road trail. I like it because it’s a fire road; fire fighters use it if there’s ever a fire in the forest. It’s wide, so friends can walk side-by-side, but in Winter it’s covered in water. Huge puddles, lakes almost, fill up in the Fall and that’s why I’m only a summer user.

We walked for an hour and light, light rain started falling so we headed back to the car and got back just as (welcome) real rain started. The rest of the day was classically Spring: bright sunny periods and then dark cloudy ones.

My neighbour, a fisherman, has his home open again as a fish store. He has Tuna, Cod and Prawns at bargain prices. His goods are flash frozen on his boat. I’m definitely up for the Prawns so that I can make Prawn risotto, and I’ll ask about the grade of the Tuna. If it’s Sushi grade, I’m in.

At 2:30 it got really dark. I was online and my computer went off and I think it was due to lightning. As I was rebooting it, it started hailing—really hailing. It was a dense downpour of pea-sized hail that lasted about four minutes and then it haled for another five minutes of small hail. And it got very, very windy. I loved the sound of the hail on my metal roof and I loved being warm and cozy indoors. I’m so glad I wasn’t out walking with Sheba.

At 3:15, it started snowing—not for long, but big wet flakes as the sky started getting brighter. And then, by 5:30, after some strong wind and a short power failure, the sun was out, and the sky had cleared. And then the wind picked up and between 4:00 and 11:00 last night we had four more short power failures.

Going to sleep was hard because there were soft (Fir cones) and loud (branches) noises as things landed on the metal roof of the house. I took an Ativan to go to sleep and I’m glad I did because today I have a lot of work to do and the pill gave me a good sound sleep.

One very large branch collapsed one corner of my garage tent; I’ll have to fix it today. And another huge branch, one too heavy for me to lift, fell into my edible garden but it fell between my raised beds thank God! And in the backyard, another enormous branch just missed one of my gardens. It, too, will have to be cut up so that I can remove it.

I’ll go for a dog walk with my friends this morning, and I’ll bet everyone will have a lot to say about the storm. I think that was the worst storm yet, since I’ve lived here. Then I’ll come home to do yard work all day, clearing forest fall from the yard.

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Radical Agenda S03E010 – Optics

Here at the Radical Agenda, we’ve become accustomed to going against the grain, so to speak. Much like George Lincoln Rockwell, I’ve never really excelled at anything easy. If it isn’t a challenge, I lose interest quite rapidly and leave the task to lesser men.

In large part, this is what appealed to me about libertarianism. The government is easily the most powerful (visible) force in nearly all our lives, so fighting, restraining, and even abolishing it sounded like quite the thrilling pursuit. I chased this endeavor for years to no avail, before I found a more powerful, less visible force hiding in plain sight.

Radical Agenda S03E010 - Optics
Radical Agenda S03E010 – Optics

As it turns out, the government is nothing compared to the Jewish menace. I stood in open defiance against my own government for years, I publicly advocated for its violent overthrow and nobody really did anything to me. The moment I mentioned Jews I got banned from every major social media platform, dating site, and payment system on Earth. I was assaulted, smeared by the media, sued, thrown in jail on trumped up charges, and had a tracking device strapped to my ankle.

Yesterday, I was compelled to change the registrar for RadicalAgenda.com when Michael Hayden from Newsweek complained to GoDaddy about Stage 3 Episode 6 of the pogrom. In that episode, I was talking to Weev of the Daily Stormer about domain level censorship, and he uttered some commentary which could be interpreted as advocacy of violence. Though I, the host of the pogrom, plainly stated that this outcome was undesirable, I was accused of terrorism and compelled to change registrars.

I’ve since removed this content to avoid offense to my next host. More on that later…

At some point, you have to cave. Unfortunately, there occasionally comes a time when one must “live to fight another day” and bow to the pressure. Going full steam ahead at the enemy when you are weaker than him is not glorious or brave, it is suicidal and dumb.

So I get it, believe me, when people become concerned about the branding of the Alt Right. That is why I try to give our more respectable counterparts room to operate so long as they do not punch right. There are times when I wish I had more self control and a nuclear DeLorean, so I could go back in time and tell my younger self “Look, these guys are about to shove a handful of red pills down your throat! Play it cool, and you’ll be more effective.”

Sadly, I possess neither of these things. I’ve exposed myself as a knowing goyim, and for this crime the Jews will hunt me to the ends of the Earth. I see no way to go back.

But, do I do my race and nation a disservice by cramming red pills down all of your throats three days a week? Would we all be better off if I exercised greater discretion?

Ricky Vaughn, and a growing number of others, seem to think so. Once a top notch Twitter shitlord, Ricky now describes himself as a “Staunch Republican. American Nationalist. Supporter of President Donald J. Trump. Free Speech and Anti-Racism Activist.” He regularly makes mocking references to “wignats” on Gab.ai, thinks the Unite the Right rally was a total failure, and attempts to walk a blurry line between respectable and deplorable.

I have no idea what will happen, but I’ve invited Ricky on the show today to discuss his new strategy and what we all can learn from it. He’ll join us for the first hour, and I’ll take your calls in the second at 424-3-GO-NAZI or Radical Agenda on Skype.

So join us, this and every Friday, as well as Mondays and Wednesdays from 5-7pm Eastern for another exciting episode of the Radical Agenda. It’s a show about common sense extremism where we talk about radical, crazy, off the wall things like optics.

Catch the live video stream on GabTV or PewTube, or listen live using the radio player on this site.

Christopher Cantwell comedian, writer, voice artist, and Patriot.

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text: I’ve been dying to see a proper trailer for Robot and Frank – from first time feature director Jake Schreier and writer Christopher D. Ford – since reading a blurb about it last year. Really, I’ll see most anything Frank Langella is in, but the premise of an aging cat burglar who forms an unlikely partnership with his robot nurse (voiced by Peter Sarsgaard) is just delightful on its own. And the trailer more than lives up to that premise. Even though the film is a comedy, I like how straight-faced it presents the near-future technology.


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Medieval Church Paintings in Northern Sudan

A large group of paintings dating back to the ninth century have been discovered by archaeologists inside the ancient Church of Raphael in Northern Sudan.

CHR Comment: Archaeologists from the University of Warsaw have uncovered a set of paintings in the Church of Raphael. The paintings depict historical persons from the ninth century to the fourteenth century, as well as archangels and angels. The images also depict relations between Makuria and Dongola, kingdoms in the region.

Source: North Sudan: Archaeologists discover ‘unique’ ancient church paintings | Christian News on Christian Today


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Adventures In Customer Service

Names will not be mentioned in this point to protect the identities of the unreasonable.

I work for a small public library branch. I’m not concerned about mentioning this fact, as there are 28 library branches in my county and even if you take out all the branches that are too big to fit the previous description, the odds of guessing which one I work at are very slight. And even if you’re right, it’s not like I’m going to tell you.

For the most part, mine is a wonderful job. I love the duality of my life; I suit up in my motorcycle leathers every day, put on my helmet that’s emblazoned with skulls, climb onto my motorcycle and ride to my job where I then read picture books to children and sing songs with them for story times.

But everyone who has ever worked in public service for more than five minutes knows that sometimes things don’t go smoothly. Sometimes, working with the public is a little, well, . . . strange.

I had a few of those this week. These weren’t the scary kinds of incident, the ones that end with my calling the police. They were just the kinds of things that make you scratch your head and really wonder about people.

First scenario:

A man comes into the library and asks for a study room. We’re a small library, so we only have the one study room and it’s occupied. The man points to a staff work room (which actually happens to be my office).

Man: What about that room? It looks empty.

Me: That’s a staff work room.

Man: So I can use it?

Me: You’re not a staff member.

Man: But nobody else is using it.

Me (thinking about the carefully organized stacks of paperwork, the stacked crafting supplies I’m in the process of organizing, and the calendar with all my various engagements and other business for the month, all neatly organized on the desk): It’s really only for staff use.

Man: I think that’s pretty selfish.

Me: I don’t really know how to answer that.

Second scenario:

A man comes up to the information desk carrying a few pieces of paper. He stops near the same staff office and peers inside for a few seconds.

Me: Is there anything I can help you with?

Man: I noticed you have a paper slicer in that room.

Me (warily): Yeah . . . ?

Man: Can I use it?

Me: I’m afraid not.

Man: Why not?

Me (thinking): Because I don’t know you, I don’t know who you are, I don’t know if you’re a crazy person, so I’m not going to let you near what is basically a scimitar loosely attached to a piece of wood. At best, you’ll manage to cut your own finger off. At worse, you’ll decapitate someone. You’re not getting near this paper slicer.

Me (what I actually say): I think I’d get fired if I let a non-staff member use it.

Man: Why?

Me: Liability.

Man: That doesn’t seem right.

Me: Yeah.

And scene.

I think the lesson here is that I really need to start closing the door to that office.

The Writer’s Desk: Before And After

Yesterday, I talked about my affinity for looking at other writers’ desks. I also worried about the fact that my desk was so very cluttered and messy, and what this said about the state of my brain. I resolved to clean up my work space and photograph the before and after so you can see the improvement. Well, the cleaning is done and the results are in. As promised, I took some before and after shots to chronicle the event. This will be an picture-heavy post so I’m including a page break. More below.

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Writing Spaces

One of my particular interests is looking at pictures of other writers’ desks and offices. I know that it’s a common trait among bookworms to look at pictures of personal libraries; Neil Gaiman’s personal library is epic, in my opinion. I’m not certain whether writers do this as often, though the existence of various blogs and Tumblrs posting pictures of writers’ offices makes me think I’m not alone in my interest.

It doesn’t update very often, but Write Place, Write Time is a great Tumblr page of writer spaces. One thing that’s particular cool is that one of the writers featured on the page, Manuel Munoz, was my writing professor during my undergrad at the University of Arizona. He helped me develop my writing ability more than any other teacher I’ve ever had. It was cool to see what his writing space looks like, especially since it really matches his writing style in my mind.

If one’s desk represents the state of one’s thoughts, however, I am well and truly screwed. My desk is currently a nightmare. Without moving my eyes, I can see a stack of unopened mail, an empty beer bottle, my keys, a WarCraft III cd case, headphones, a coffee mug, a topographical map of the Chiricahua Wilderness, another pair of headphones, a bookmark of a vampire cat, two candles, sticky notes, two boxes of Magic: the Gathering cards, a signed picture of Boba Fett, a cartoon of Medusa blow drying her snake hair, and you know what, I think I’ll stop there. There’s more stuff.

In fact, I think this might be a sign that it’s time to clean my writing space. Maybe I’ll take some before and after photos to show you the horror.


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Circus Immersion--Wrapping Up and Dropping Down

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Circus Immersion–Wrapping Up and Dropping Down

The crowd keeps on cheering and clapping for the tamer stealing an extra bow as lions and tigers exit one by one. Without missing a beat, stagehands immediately start tearing down and removing the cage panels surrounding the ring. The speed and agility with which they remove, nearly juggling bars away, might impress some, but the tamer’s wife has taken center stage to climb on a rope. That is how vertical rope was seen for many years: as a filler act.
Long before hip key and windmill became terms as common as multiplex or flash, very few cared about a rope hanging from the grid. Traditional circuses used it to reach a trapeze, for a quick Spanish web spin, or during those teardowns. In the same way, stagehands remove sawdust from felines’ pedestals, the contemporary circus movement dusted off the long hanging thread, turned it into a full artistic presentation, and made it a popular discipline in circus schools. Severing ties with tamers’ wives and tradition, creative minds found new methods of storytelling by wrapping up and dropping down in ways that other aerial apparatus did not allow. Some researched the perfect way to get from the very top to an inch off the ground while others worked on finding the most elaborate and intricate wrap in which audiences would get lost without getting lost themselves! “You cannot get lost on the rope. You must always kno...
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New work methodology ‘unlocks’ secrets of productivity for technology businesses

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New work methodology ‘unlocks’ secrets of productivity for technology businesses

A new approach to business behaviour is promising to unlock the secrets of increased productivity across the tech industry while delivering greater prosperity and work satisfaction.

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The method, which is designed to slice through organisational inertia, office politics and bureaucracy, is spelled out in new publication, The Workshopper Playbook. The methodology and accompanying eBook have been developed by Jonathan Courtney, CEO & Founder of AJ&Smart, the fast-growing design studio that's become a favourite of fast-growth technology businesses such as Google, Netflix and Slack.

Courtney, who has become a guru to many corporate leading lights, developed the thinking behind the approach following years of analysing the common pitfalls of businesses pursuing a wide range of projects.

He has identified a phenomenon he terms ‘busywork’ where those involved in the delivery of a project, find progress stymied by orthodoxies and traditional methods of work. This might include pointless meetings and the seemingly endless discussions which consume so much time of the modern worker’s day.

To combat busywork and to unlock the productivity potential of teams, Courtney advocates a process of ‘Workshopping’ where a string of focused exercises are identified. The team then works through these together, either in-person or virtually, to achieve the common goal using a blueprint inspired by Design Sprint methodologies.

Coined by Jake Knapp (ex-Google Ventures) as the central theme of his New York Times Best Seller SPRINT, The Design Sprint is a process where months or even years of activity is condensed down into just five days. Among its early converts, AJ&Smart first adopted and have subsequently refined the process, developing it out with greater relevance to large organisations, and then created a framework to allow teams and individuals to create their own workshops, like The Design Sprint to solve the challenges they’re facing, detailing the changes in The Workshopper Playbook.

Described by Jake Knapp as a ‘facilitation genius who runs workshops for the world's coolest companies’, Courtney and the AJ&Smart team have already recorded huge successes having trained many thousands of people around the world for the likes of Google and Lego.

The workshop model – the aim of which is to expedite progress as a team – is centred on a model known as 4C which stand for: Collect, Choose, Create and Commit. It’s this approach which supercharges productivity creating clarity of vision across teams.

Recounting the story of how he developed the approach, Courtney said: "I realised that all my clients - actually, almost all creative professionals I came into contact with - had the same problem: they were frustrated about how much 'busywork' they had to do, and how little real progress was actually being made. They always felt busy, but rarely achieved any real progress.

“The process of workshopping allowed me to change everything and unlock the secret of increased productivity. It changed how I worked, how I collaborated, and ultimately how much I was able to create along with how I felt at work.”

Courtney believes that the workshopper approach can pay dividends for individuals in the most challenging of economic situations. He added:

"By learning these skills, you can become an invaluable team member to any company or client. Understanding how to create and run workshops essentially makes you a problem-solving expert. In my view, it is the most effective way anyone can future-proof their career and become extremely relevant in any job market."

The Workshopper Playbook is available today for free here: (shipping costs not included) while stocks last.

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It’s easy to feel powerless — especially as a young person. In the Youth Collaboratory, high school students dive deep into how power works and who has it.

Spoiler alert: we believe everyone has more power than they think. This program brings together passionate students from all across the country for a year of insights, connections, and practice — learning how to build civic power for good. You’ll travel to cities across the nation, meet leading civic innovators from all corners of the country, and use what you learn to develop a personal Power Project.

Applications are closed at this time. If you’d like to be the first to know about future opportunities, sign up for our newsletter →

About the Youth Collab experience

Each Youth Collaboratory cohort runs from January to October. Over the course of that year, your group will connect both in-person and virtually, and you’ll put your skills to work in your hometown.

Travel and Gather.

Three times a year, you’ll visit cities across the country where you’ll spend time with your cohort and meet national civic leaders. We’ll cover all transportation, food, and lodging costs for the trip. (We're currently evaluating the safety of traveling next year.)

Learn to Read and Write Power.

The basis of your learning will come from Eric Liu’s book, You’re More Powerful Than You Think. You’ll get to learn alongside Eric and others to explore how civic power is generated, the ways it flows, and the strategies you can use to harness it to make change happen in your community!

Turn Passion into Reality.

To bring it all together, you’ll create a Power Project focused on changing civic culture at home. Whether that’s gathering people together, serving your community, or spreading ideas about citizenship, you’ll use your newfound knowledge to catalyze change.

Find Your People.

Our favorite reason to join the Youth Collab? Joining a community of young people who care and want to step up their game. You’ll hype each other up, learn from each other’s experiences, commit to supporting each other's projects, and meet people who will be in your life forever.

The Youth Collab is about challenging yourself. When it’s broken down for you by Citizen University, a better future doesn’t seem so distant; it starts right here, right now, and it starts with us.

Claire O. Youth Collab alum

Practicing power

Your Power Project will be a central part of the Youth Collab experience — and you’ll get to focus on an issue you’re passionate about. We’ll support you in dreaming up and implementing a project unique to you, using the learnings, resources, and connections you’ve gained over the year. Here are a few projects past students have completed.

Making your voice more powerful.

Naimo gathered her friends together around the mic to create a podcast about microaggressions and the impact they have on their everyday lives.

Creating in-roads in local government.

Feeling like youth voices were being left out, Marco collaborated with the Mayor and City Council in his town to create a Youth Council.

Reaching and empowering voters.

Wanting to strengthen democracy by increasing voter engagement, Micah launched a website to help people know more about local elections in his area.

Rallying with others.

Since she was a kid, Harmonie has cared deeply about taking action around climate change. Now she’s hosting climate summits reaching teens across the country.

Why now? Why me?

Let’s be honest: America is charged right now and it can often feel like a challenging place to grow up.

With hot topics ranging from a global pandemic, to a renewed reckoning with racial injustice, to increasing political polarization, to the undeniable urgency of caring for the planet it might make your head spin just trying to figure out what you should care about. Let alone how you can help. Fortunately, the Youth Collaboratory experience is grounded in the current moment. You’ll grapple with compelling questions facing our society. You’ll learn to see the ripple effects you’re capable of creating.

This program is for students who want to be useful to their friends, families, and community members, but might feel unsure of the best way to make real change.

We’ll connect you to a network of incredible change-makers and support you as you gain the skills and connections for a lifetime of civic power. Because YOU are the one who best understands the needs of the people closest to you. You can be a civic catalyst: circulating power, sparking a culture of civic participation, and supporting a democracy that works for everyone.

If you’re ready to show up as your full self, collaborate on every level, and find out just how powerful you can truly be, this might be just what you’re looking for.

What CU has shown me is that you can make steps to do what you’d like to see in your community. What CU teaches us is that if you learn how to manifest power in a way you can use it, you can make it whatever your dreams are.

Bunmi O. Youth Collab alum


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Homage to City Between: Old New York & Seaport. With a warm narrative and a nicely syncopated rhythm between walking and storytelling, this self-guided audio walking tour brings listeners’ attention to the subtleties of the architecture and geography of lower Manhattan, and traces the stories between that make an image of New York City’s transformation over four centuries. Some of the stories describe the tension between past and present, writ large between skyscrapers and archaeology. Some encourage us to notice the old Dutch waterways and the unbounded land reclamation that has followed, despite the tides of the City that occasionally reclaim its original shoreline. City Between employs an extensive cast of New York City’s most well known characters and some quite the opposite. By attending to small details, Burnside draws a much larger picture of Manhattan over the centuries. I really enjoyed my tour!

“This is the BEST walking tour of New York. Bruce Burnside really knows his stuff…. Even though I have studied Early New York and New Amsterdam history extensively, since I am descended from the early Dutch, I learned so much about downtown Manhattan. I would recommend this self-guided tour to everyone. It is very easy to understand… and he slips the history in, in a way to make it very interesting, relevant and fun. If you are visiting New York, even if you grew up here – get this tour and just do it!”


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“There are some parts of the world that, once visited, get into your heart and wonâ€™t go.

For me, India is such a place. When I first visited, I was stunned by the richness of the land, by its lush beauty and exotic architecture, by its ability to overload the senses with the pure, concentrated intensity of its colors, smells, tastes, and sounds… I had been seeing the world in black & white and, when brought face-to-face with India, experienced everything re-rendered in brilliant technicolor.”

Keith Bellows, VP – National Geographic Society


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22417 Cranbrooke Drive

22417 Cranbrooke Drive

Novi, Michigan 48375

3 Beds | 1300 sq.ft. | Built 1974 | Condominium

Sold $146,000

Charming and bright inside and out. Attractive perennial landscaping outside greets you as you approach the beveled glass entryway. Inside a neutral color palette includes new paint and carpeting on the main level. Upstairs the master bed room has entry to main bathe and a large wall-in closet. Lower level has spacious multi-purpose room, lots of storage and a large laundry room. Attached garage has private entry. Association features private park, pool and lake shore. Approximately 4 years left on the associations siding project. Owner makes special payment to the association of $383.61 in the months of March and August.

Essential Information

MLS#215057370 | School District: Novi | County: Oakland

Property Features

Architecture: 2 Story | Cooling: Ceiling Fans 2+,Central Air | Heating: Forced Air | Exterior Features: Grounds Maintenance,Outside Lighting,Pool - Common,Private Entry | Garage: Yes | #Garage/Parking Spaces: 1 Car | Interior Features: Cable Available,High Spd Internet Avail,Humidifier,Pets Allowed | Sewer: Sewer-Sanitary | Directions: Off 9 Mile turn north onto Cranbrooke then first left at 24700 sign.

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All information deemed reliable but not guaranteed and should be independently verified. All properties are subject to prior sale, change or withdrawal. Neither listing broker(s) nor City Living Detroit shall be responsible for any typographical errors, misinformation, misprints and shall be held totally harmless. IDX information is provided exclusively for consumers' personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing.

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4780 DUTCHER Road

4780 DUTCHER Road

Iosco Twp, Michigan 48843

4 Beds | 2250 sq.ft. | Built 9999 | Residential

Sold $225,000

Peaceful setting on 10 acres of gorgeous property! Rolling and wooded property with lots of wildlife. Relax on the large covered front porch or the two enclosed three season rooms surrounded by windows. Huge kitchen has plenty of cabinets and counter space for entertaining. Great room offers lots of space and a vaulted ceiling. Many recent updates, including: roof, windows, vinyl siding, furnace, water heater, carpet, flooring, paint, light fixtures, bathrooms and doors. Non-homestead taxes. Immediate occupancy.

Essential Information

MLS#215125333 | School District: Howell | County: Livingston

Property Features

Architecture: 2 Story | Cooling: Ceiling Fans 2+ | Heating: Forced Air | Exterior Features: Outside Lighting | Garage: Yes | #Garage/Parking Spaces: 2 Car | Sewer: Septic-Existing | Directions: M-36 to North on Pingree Rd., left on W. Schafer Rd., Right on Dutcher Rd.

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All information deemed reliable but not guaranteed and should be independently verified. All properties are subject to prior sale, change or withdrawal. Neither listing broker(s) nor City Living Detroit shall be responsible for any typographical errors, misinformation, misprints and shall be held totally harmless. IDX information is provided exclusively for consumers' personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing.

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Year Date Event
1980 January 1 Commercial fishing is banned in Canals. Increase in Marine Patrol at night in canals to stop illegal fishing.
1980 February 7 Future land use becomes big issue. Mayor Brown applies for representation to the Metropolitan Planning Organization.
1980 February 12 The Regional Water Supply Authority was established.
1980 February 19 Local Businesses requested the City Commission create a Board of Trade.
1980 March 6 City Commission recommends a study of oil refinery's effects on coastal waters. Planning and Zoning Board to make the determination.
1980 May 13 The Thousand Islands is designated as a natural aquatic preserve.
1980 June 5 City Commission endorses a crime watch program and encourages the cooperation of civic organizations and individuals with the City police department.
1980 June 19 Fire Department high rise aerial equipment is being driven from California (500-600) miles a day. The equipment has passed performance tests. The equipment was purchased by a Local Developer however the City is paying for transport to Cocoa Beach.
1980 July 2 Living aboard watercraft more than three days is unlawful. The three day limit requires boats be anchored at a licensed marina.
1980 July 15 Police Department is concerned about home and business alarms in the City. In 1970 the department answered 844 alarms and 838 were false alarms. In 1978, they answered 820 alarms, and 815 were false alarms.
1980 October 10 1. Ocean front property is now appraised at $3,048 an ocean front foot.
2. Discussion on Holiday Inn expanding by purchasing the Beach Motel, the merging of the two represent the current location of Holiday Inn.
1981 February 19 The County has made an application for a $300,000 grant to develop Lori Wilson Park
1981 March 31 A proposal to annex Snug Harbor and points south was brought before the City Commission
1981 April 11  Alcoholic beverages, other than wine and beer, are permitted to be sold on Sunday in bars and lounges.
1981 April 14 Deferred compensation plans, similar to IRAs is first introduced to city employees.
1981 May 5 1. Sewage connection fees are raised from $550 to $1,000.
2. Street Lighting to be converted to pressure sodium lights which will save the city $28,000 per year.
1981 May 7
Recreation Board decides to not permit a closed structure in Lori Wilson Park unless it houses actual recreation activities, e.g. basketball, handball, etc.
1981 June 4 Permission to build a yacht club at the recreation center is denied. No private clubs are allowed on public lands.
1981 July 16 Rod Cavin of Alan Ladd Productions, addressed the Commission asking for approval to use the beach area at the end of Minutemen Causeway for a two-day shooting for the film, "The Right Stuff", to be released by Warner Bros. It is a story about the early space program, spanning Chuck Yeager's initial breaking of the sound barrier through the Mercury Astronaut program. Approval of the request was unanimous.
1981 August 20  Report on Canaveral Port Authority. The citizens of Cocoa Beach subsidize this port, and that in 1980, the cost to local residents was $140,000. It was suggested we could pave a lot of roads in the City with that kind of money, and that we should look into weaning the port from the taxing district.
1982 February 4 Commission discussed the City's need in getting service or perimeter roads in order to get vehicles off A1A, and requested a workshop on ideas of getting a tax bill with the sole purpose to raise money in order to buy land through condemnation procedures.
1983 February 3 Assistant City Manager requested authorization to build a pistol firing range on the west side of the Golf Course. It had been discussed at a workshop session and the use of this range would be limited to Police Departments and no one else would be permitted to use the course unless it was brought back to the Commission for approval. After a brief discussion the request was approved by all Commissioners present and voting.
1983 February 17 It was reported by the City Manager that police cars had been operating on LP gas for one year. In figuring the cost compared with cars using unleaded gas, the net saving to the City was about $1,168 per year.
1983 April 7  Cape Canaveral Hospital, when originally designed, was to be a 10-story building. At the time it was approved by referendum in setting up the tax district. The economy at the time was such that only a 4-story building was built. The hospital now needs to expand three more stories and this would push them a hair above the 85' height limit. The City Attorney advised that under equitable estoppel, the original project is grandfathered in and take precedence over the height limit adopted in the Zoning Ordinance of the City Charter. The Commission should just say "fine, the 85' limit does not apply in this particular case." Motion to Approve was passed by all Commissioners voting.
1983 October 6 The City Manager spoke on the subject of the Grand Jury investigation of the Cocoa Beach Police Department. The State Attorney's office was also asked to investigate the Florida Law Enforcement Department. Accusations were made regarding theft and other misconduct and findings of fact, and some items that were beyond the statue of limitations for prosecution. No person was willing to come forward to sign complaints or offer evidence against the officers charged with misconduct. In any case, the officers named in the complains were suspended with pay and have subsequently been notified that they will be terminated from their positions, and the case evidence submitted to the State for decertification of both officers.
Mayor Brown expressed his thanks that this was brought into the open by independent investigators, and noted that he was relieved the problem did not go beyond two officers. He stated this should signal to every officer that they are in positions of trust, and it is their duty to uphold the law and not be influenced by friendships with officers who may commit criminal acts.
1985 March 21 Motion to disapprove reorganization of Cape Canaveral Hospital to a private nonprofit hospital. A question was asked about where taxpayer money went when the hospital changed hands, and the Mayor responded it was his understanding ownership had not changed hands but that former tax monies paid went toward building and operating the hospital.
Under state law, the hospital will be operating as a private nonprofit hospital and that they do not need to meet in the Sunshine, they can be self-perpetuating and do not have to be accountable to any public officials or taxpayers who have helped build the hospital. Further, the physical assets, i.e., land, building and all equipment contained there will remain the property of the tax district in perpetuity and the hospital is merely leased. Any profits will be used to pay off the bond issue. Also, 65% of users of the hospital are residents of Merritt Island and 35% are from Cocoa Beach. Motion of disapproval passed by a vote of 4-1.


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420 FILE-Over the holiday season, I had a chance to reconnect with an old friend and reflect on all the stuff I learned in high school and college regarding weed.

As a prep school nerd, my experience with marijuana amounted to knowing a film canister was NOT always for holding film and a certain smell wasn’t necessarily a skunk spraying. It was the eighties, and lines like, “You’re not going to blaze up here, wastoid?” from “The Breakfast Club” movie only proved in the end that smoking a doobie caused the protagonists not to ramble incoherently, but to bond and relate and become better versions of themselves.

Sitting on the beach with my fraternity brother, we spoke about keggers and beer bongs, and how attitudes towards cannabis have changed. We discussed how the product is tested before its distribution to retailers, “seed to sale” taxation, and local/state regulation. We chatted about compliant zoned real estate, along with the impact of the illicit market and that 75% of California still bans marijuana businesses.

My job, providing real estate and business opportunities to entrepreneurs in the cannabis space, would have been unimaginable when we were planning our lives back in Iowa City, Iowa circa 1985.

However, like the theme song from the Lisa Bonet sitcom of the same era – “A Different World” --  told us, “It's a different world, than where you come from.”

And the world has forever changed.

2021 will be another landmark year for cannabis, and I’m here to help.

(Gary Mittin is a commercial real estate broker, specializing in cannabis real estate.) Prepped for CityWatch by Linda Abrams.


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'Food Detective' Class Gets Seattle Kids Eating Better | Civil Eats

‘Food Detective’ Class Gets Seattle Kids Eating Better

PFK workshop pic2_cropsTwo months ago, Seattle-area 4th grader Michael Kenny came home from school with a burning desire to make vegetarian chili. His mom Liz nearly fell out of her seat. She knew her son was not fond of peppers—and he’d never shown much interest in cooking before. “They sent all the students home with a recipe, and when he came home he wanted to make it right away,” Liz says. “And most of the ingredients were vegetables!”

Michael and his classmates at Island Park Elementary on Washington’s Mercer Island had a chance to participate in a workshop called Pure Food Kids, run by the Beecher’s Cheese Flagship Foundation. Though it’s a one-time, two-and-a-half hour lesson, Pure Food Kids packs a lot in. The instructors, hired by the nonprofit arm of a successful Seattle artisan cheese company, ask the students to be “food detectives.” They show them how companies use marketing techniques to make their products look healthier than they actually are; how to carefully inspect nutrition statements and ingredient lists; and how to spot unhealthy additives like dyes and preservatives. They also give kids a quick cooking lesson, showing them how to make a simple chili. Most kids enjoy this part the most. “I liked chopping the peppers,” says Michael, who was in the “pepper group.”

Research shows that engaging kids with growing, choosing, and cooking food increases the likelihood they will eat a healthy diet. And that’s why classes like Pure Food Kids are having an impact.

Beecher’s Flagship Foundation executive director Kristin Hyde recently sent a survey to parents of middle school students to find out what information from the workshop their students retain from the 4th grade. A full 79 percent said their kids still read nutrition labels and ingredient lists before buying a product and 60 percent said their kids express an interest in avoiding processed foods as a result of the workshop. The workshop—which was launched in 2005—has been taught in 70 percent of Seattle’s elementary schools and is in about half of the school districts surrounding Seattle—reaching a combined 10,000 students a year.

“I have never seen another nutrition education program that has had this far of a reach,” says Hyde, who has worked on school food reform for over a decade. The program recently expanded to four elementary schools in New York City, where Beecher’s Cheese has a second store. Hyde’s goal is to have the workshop in 10 to 20 New York City schools by this fall.

Beecher’s Cheese owner Kurt Dammeier (the man behind Sugar Mountain, a portfolio of restaurants and food companies that includes Beecher’s) had an epiphany 20 years ago when he discovered he had an allergy to MSG. “MSG was the tip of the iceberg, really,” Dammeier says. “That’s when I realized that our industrial food system might be delivering food that’s not good for me.” He started a foundation, funded by 1 percent of sales from each Sugar Mountain company, to get this message out via kids.

PFK workshop at PS105_cropSeattle-area students are gobbling up these nutrition facts and marketing tricks. Interviewed for a Pure Food Kids video, a handful of 4th and 5th graders remember what they picked up during the workshop. “I learned that if a word rhymes with gross, it’s a sugar,” says one girl. “I learned that trans fats are really, really, really, really bad for you,” says another. But most importantly, they’re also changing their habits. “I used to eat a little bit of candy when I got home, but now I eat fruits and vegetables,” says a girl with pigtails.  A boy with curly red hair says the workshop inspired him to try fruits he thought he wouldn’t like.

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Programs like Pure Food Kids are becoming more common across the country. FoodFight, a New York City nonprofit, now in 40 schools, teaches students media literacy, nutrition education, and basic cooking skills. National programs like FoodCorps, deploy young service members into low-income public schools around the country to teach kids about healthy food, instruct them in gardening and cooking, and help school food directors get more local food into schools (including, sometimes, the very produce kids grow themselves). And countless individual teachers bring their own passion for gardening and cooking into public schools.

But these programs—while an amazing start—are piecemeal attempts to reverse decades of food illiteracy and lack of basic cooking skills amongst American kids. Every time she leads one of these workshops, Hyde sees a dire need for basic nutrition education. “Kids don’t even know what fiber or protein is. They don’t know what vitamins are. They don’t know how to read an ingredient list. They don’t know anything!”

In recent weeks, Michelle Obama has shown how fierce she can be when it comes to leading on policy issues related to her Let’s Move! campaign. Last week, she announced new federal standards on junk food marketing in public schools as well as proposed changes to the nutrition facts labels, requiring added sugar to be listed for the first time, and calories-per-serving to be listed in a larger font.

But if she’s really serious about ending childhood obesity within a generation, she might consider supporting a home economics program for the 21st century. It’s an idea Dammeier and Hyde can get behind. “You can’t just plop down a salad bar,” says Hyde. “You need to inspire kids to cook—not just lecture them about labels.”

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Everyone from Tom Philpott at Mother Jones to academics writing in the op-ed pages of the New York Times have already called for more, better home ec in schools. Earlier this month, Chef Ann Cooper (aka the “renegade lunch lady”), made an impassioned plea at Tedx Manhattan for integrating food literacy into academic curriculums. “If we want to fix the food system, if we want healthy kids, and a healthy planet, our next great battle is food literacy in every school in America.”

Hannah Wallace writes about food politics, regenerative agriculture, wine, cannabis, and travel for a wide variety of publications including Bloomberg, Conde Nast Traveler, Inc., Food & Wine, The New York Times, Reasons to be Cheerful, Portland Monthly, Vogue, and Wired. She has been a regular contributor to Civil Eats since its founding in 2009. Read more >

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Saturday, January 2, 2010

Where in the world are we? Can you tell?

Is this Windsor Castle?
(No, not Windsor Castle) Is this Toyota's world headquarters?
No, not Toyota Either. You are standing on St. Charles Street in New Orleans, USA, with your back to Tulane University accross the street. This is Loyola University. Who knew that?

  1. I didn't like to point out that it probably wasn't Windsor Castle, though there are similarities with some views, and I did wonder at the strange placement of the Windsor Castle caption. I should have guessed you were up to your usual tricks. But I would never have known where it was.

    Where's the purist now, then? :)

  2. I didn't know, though I've noted a good deal of beautiful architecture at a number of universities.

  3. Obviously not Windsor... Too few tourists, no corgis.

  4. Kindly desist from publishing pictures of my family home, or I'll have you horse-whipped, you impudent puppy!

    (that's whipped, with a whole horse, by the way.)

  5. Dear Saint: I think your family home is in Spain. I could be wrong. Besides, this is only a cardboard facade. :)

    Go Jesuits, though. Hoowah.

  6. Yes, our house is just a cardboard facade. We live in a double-wide just behind it.

  7. I knew it wasn't the castle, but I didn't know it was Loyola, though I have heard of that worthy institution. I was only in New Orleans once and didn't get to see the universities. What? Yes, I was on Bourbon Street! I admit it! leave me alone.

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Soooo... do we bash Basher, or what?

There's more news today of the "unrest" in Syria.

More massacres of civilians by the Syrian dictator. U.N. investigators thwarted.

What should we do? What should we do?

Choices available:

1. Take military action to overthrow the present cruel regime and thereby secure the blessings of sweet liberty to the oppressed Syrian people, just as we did in Iraq.

2. Let the U.N. "handle" the situation. (Translation: let thousands of people continue to die while the U.N. bumbles and stumbles along with years of fact-finding missions, carefully worded condemnations, and, of course, scores of "resolutions.") Meanwhile, be very vocal in our condemnation of the terrible tyrant dictator, but from a distance. Try to make political points against Russia and China by framing them as uncaring supporters of ruthless dictators.

3. If an organized resistance happens to evolve, support it with limited military aid and advice.

4. Do nothing. Mind our own business. Work on our own troubles at home. Use money borrowed from China to feed our own hungry rather than giving the borrowed money to Syrian Freedom Fighters.

Oh, my. It is a poser. It is a real pickle.

The last one seems tempting, but still fraught with many pitfalls.

Are there any other options that come to mind?

Some main points to keep in mind:

  1. My view?
    Just as in several other similar conflicts of recent years, just what's going on is obscure. Who's fighting who?

    My vote is to stay out, not to offer to arm any faction, nor to partake in airstrikes in support of 'our' favoured side.

    Yes, I know, America's troubled over 'stability in the region'. But let's face it, 'stability' is not what 'we' want, we want allies, bases in the region, oil, of course, does Syria have any?

    Nope. We have no remit, no right to shred any more people on the grounds that we've chosen to support their enemies. Tribal politics in the middle east will continue. Blood feuds and bloodbaths. Whatever emerges out of the fighting is unlikely to be a western style democracy.
    Whoever wins will exact revenge with murder and torture.

    1. Yay!

      Well, they MUST have oil somewhere. Else Russia and China would not be sniffing around and supporting the current regime. I say we go "hands off" in spite of them having oil, assuming they do.

      Until they train people on their land to attack New York.

      Perhaps it is time for a nuclear demonstration, just to make sure they still work and to make sure the sons and daughters of the old scientists have learned how to make them go boom. No, never mind that. Just "hands off".

  2. Syria was stable enough before this erupted. A dictatorship maybe but not the worst. The question was who started this and why? Is this just a sectarian rising? Could outside influences (Saudi, US, Israel) encouraging this to unsettle Iran via their Syrian friends?
    Military attacks could lead to world wide war, and nobody can afford another $3 trillion wasted by Bush, nor do the populaces wish to lose more soldiers. Russia & China will oppose action whatever happens for a variety of reason. The UN has tried and been ignored.
    Nope, no easy answer here.
    Maybe a world wide war might yet occur this way.....?

    1. Syria was indeed stable enough for me before this erupted. So was Iraq. So is San Quentin prison at the moment. All are prisons of a sort, I guess. Some bigger than others. I am weary of us interfering though, in situations where our own security is not in question, or where we are not attacked outright.

      Who started this and why? Well, the U.S. Imperialists, of course - who else? Just like they started the entire multi-country "Arab Spring" fiasco by carelessly speaking of "democracy" all the time. Such talk gets slaves to thinking and wanting better. Oil and power, that's the American game. Only Russia and China stand between the downtrodden Arab proletariat and the American Great-Satan war machine. If only America would suddenly vanish and take their puppet Israel with them. We all know that's the REAL solution to these silly freedom things.

      The $3 trillion Bush "wasted" on defending his country from fanatical unprovoked outside attacks pales in comparison to the $5 trillion Mr. Obama has so far poured down the drain at the expense of America's poor and hungry in order to further bloat and refinance the excesses of his Wall Street buddies and political financial supporters.

      Yet, I am in agreement that we should not jump into every conflict and wildfire that erupts around the world. None of us should. Let revolutions succeed or fail based on their internal support and commitment.

      Unless they attack our homeland again.

    2. Bush didn't defend US in Iraq. There was no need to go there but for oil and getting one over on daddy.

    3. What you are so sure of is still being debated, but I was referring to Afghanistan when I spoke of well-spent money in defense of America. As to Iraq, much money wasted there for sure. As an American with a clear head, I understand the reason Bush invaded Iraq (I know you are of a different opinion, and I respect that opinion.) the gross error, in my opinion was in staying in Iraq more than 30 days: 1 week to defeat its military and topple the regime, and 3 weeks of unfettered searching for weapons of mass destruction without Saddam's interference. Then leave. But we didn't leave. Worse, we threw out the Baath government workers who knew how to run the country. But I am one who blames the Iraq war on Saddam Hussein and not George Bush the Younger. All it would have taken would have been for Saddam to take a big gulp and swallow his personal pride and let "us" come in and search without restrictions and advance notices. That way, there would have been no war, no lives lost on either side, no trillions wasted - plus he could have kept his throne and all his palaces intact. You see, in the real world, when a huge gorilla comes up to a little monkey and says, "I want to search your cage", the smart little monkey who wants to survive doesn't puff up his chest and start mouthing off. He opens the door wide and says, "Go for it."

      I know you are of the camp who believes, honestly believes, that Bush didn't think there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, which had been used 3 times in the past. I know you think Bush invaded Iraq knowing no such weapons existed, willing to let thousands of soldiers die because Saddam had tried to assassinate Bush's father, and to get at their oil (instead continuing to buy all the oil we ever would want next door in Kuwait.)

      Some of us believe Saddam caused a needless war, not Bush.

      And some of us are still waiting to see all that free oil we went there to steal.

    4. You have the oil! The big mistake was not staying, the US did not intend to stay, but sacking the police and army! That left thousands of armed men to feed themselves. Even Blair tried to tell them not to sack everyone but Rumsfeld knew best. Unless he had another agenda of course. He is one man who needs investigating.

  3. You know, I wrote this little post because I saw a news article which was reporting the latest bad things happening in Syria, and the news article posed the question, "What should we do about it?" Immediately, it occurred to me, "Why should "WE" be doing anything at all about it?" I think, judging by the past ten years (and more) our best course of action is to sit on our hands and let the world revolve without us tonight.

    But, as you know, I am a patriotic hothead whose buttons push easily. I sometimes cross the line. I would apologize, but I'm sure I will again. So.

  4. According to latest reports Syria is descending into civil war with many factions appearing. Sectarian, political, tribal, and Lebanon joining in which means Israel might take action which means ........ etc

    1. What? Many factions appearing? That's very different. Never mind.

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Image editing software company Canva recently raised another round of financing that valued the company at $40 billion dollars. 40 billion is a lot of dollars, so what does that mean exactly. How are companies valued, and what does that mean for investors? An everyday investor doesn’t need to know all of the details of company valuation in order to be successful. Still, it makes sense to have a basic understanding of how companies are valued.

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How Are Public Companies Valued?

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