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Bangladesh. Jessore. Jhikargarchha village.
Villagers are forced to use this red-painted pump (indicating that the water is contaminated with arsenic) for their daily needs including drinking. Many of the adult villagers show signs of arsenic poisoning.
Ian Berry, Magnum Photos 01-01-2000
Pressurized Wood Used At Kids Castle
DOYLESTOWN, PA - JULY 18: The Kid's Castle at Central Park Playground, which is made from pressure-treated wood, is shown July 18, 2002, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a voluntary decision by manufacturers of treated wood to discontinue consumer sales of lumber treated with chromated copper arsenate, a preservative that contains arsenic by December 31, 2003.
William Thomas Cain Getty Images 07-18-2002
RITZENTHALER/DALLAS MORNING NEWS (FORTH WORTH OUT) (March 17) Linda Smith shows a geologic map of Nepal, where she is taking water and sediment samples to test for arsenic contamination. With her, from left, are colleagues Tai-chyi Shei, Thomas Brilowski, Matthew Leybourne and Richard Mitterer, all from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Kim Ritzenthaler KRT Photos 01-09-2003
In this picture taken 16 March 2006, Bangladeshi farmer Badiuddin Ahmed (R) cultivates his employer's field with cows at Hothatpara. Water -- the lifeblood of Bangladesh's agriculture-based economy -- is everywhere in the South Asian nation.Formed from the deltaic plain at the confluence of three major rivers, the country is also criss-crossed by hundreds more.During the monsoon, anything from 20 to 65 percent of the impoverished country floods.And yet, during the dry season farmers in the northwest say severe shortages have forced them to abandon their lands. In the south, millions of villagers live with the constant threat of ill-health from arsenic-contaminated drinking water.
Farjana K. Godhuly Agence France Presse 03-16-2006
High Levels Of Arsenic Found In Lake Okeechobee Muck
OKEECHOBEE, FL - JULY 09: A rainbow graces the sky over a pier built over what should be lake Okeechobee July 9, 2007 in Okeechobee, Florida. The lake has seen record low levels this year, with elevated levels of arsenic and other pesticides detected by scientists as they use the opportunity to scrap muck from the shoreline.
Joe Raedle Getty Images 07-10-2007
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. . . of chloride and arsenic in 25 European reference aquifers. . . .
European case studies supporting the derivation of natural background levels and groundwater threshold values for the protection of dependent ecosystems and human health
Hinsby, K.; Condesso de Melo, M.T.; Dahl, M. Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 401, No. 1-3, pp. 1-20. Aug 2008.
Scatterplots between arsenic in breast milk (2-3 months postpartum) . . .
Breast-feeding Protects against Arsenic Exposure in Bangladeshi Infants
Faengstroem, B.; Moore, S.; Nermell, B.; Kuenstl, L.; Goessler, W.; Grander, M.; Kabir, I.; Palm, B.; Arifeen, S.E.; Vahter, M., Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 116, No. 7, pp. 963-969. Jul 2008.
Arsenic epidemiological data of genderand cancer-speci?c . . .
Arsenic cancer risk posed to human health from tilapia consumption in Taiwan
Liao, C.-M.; Shen, H.-H.; Lin, T.-L.; Chen, S.-C.; Chen, C.-L.; Hsu, L.-I.; Chen, C.-J., Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Vol. 70, No. 1, pp. 27-37. May 2008.
. . . expression with high arsenic exposure are shown in red; those with . . .
Drinking-Water Arsenic Exposure Modulates Gene Expression in Human Lymphocytes from a U.S. Population
Andrew, A.S.; Jewell, D.A.; Mason, R.A.; Whitfield, M.L.; Moore, J.H.; Karagas, M.R., Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 116, No. 4, pp. 524-531. Apr 2008.
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Allan H. Smith
Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Arsenic concentrations and bacterial contamination in a pilot shallow dugwell program in West Bengal, India. . . .Contamination of drinking-water by arsenic in Bangladesh: a public health emergency. . . Contamination of drinking-water by arsenic in Bangladesh: a public health emergency.
Michael P. Waalkes
Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Comparative Carcinogenesis, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Inorganic arsenic is an important human carcinogen of unknown etiology. Defining carcinogenic mechanisms is critical to assessing the human health hazard of arsenic exposure but requires appropriate model systems. It has proven difficult to induced tumors in animals with inorganic arsenic alone. . . Arsenic is an environmental hazard and the reduction of drinking water arsenic levels is under consideration. People are exposed to arsenic not only through drinking water but also through arsenic-contaminated air and food. Here we report the health effects of arsenic exposure from burning high
Amal K. Mitra
Professor, Community Health Sciences, College of Health, University of Southern Mississippi
Arsenic concentrations in rice, vegetables, and fish in Bangladesh: a preliminary study. . . .Assessment of arsenic contamination of groundwater and health problems in Bangladesh. . . .Arsenic-related health problems among hospital patients in southern Bangladesh.
Lena Q. Ma
Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida
Land application of non-hazardous wastes; Phytoremediation of arsenic contaminated soil; Chemical remediation of trace metal contaminated water, soils, and wastes; Biogeochemistry and speciation of trace metals in water-soil-waste systems; Chemical equilibria of trace metals and mechanisms
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Go ahead and digest them, and let us know if you have specific questions.
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1. You intend to go to WDW at least every other year for tne next 37-49 years.
2. You normally stay on-site at WDW, and stay in at least the Moderate accomodation level.
3. You think that the additional amenities of a kitchen, or suite, is worth it.
4. You are able to plan your vacations a little in advance. It works best if you can plan 11 months in advance, and it is helpful to be able to plan at least 7 months in advance.
There are other aspects, but the key things to know is that this is not a traditional timeshare, with a particular week in a particular accommodation. Think of it more as an annual allotment of "Monopoly Points", which you can then "spend" on various size accommodations at various times of the year at various resorts. Flexibility is the key word in the DVC parlance.
There are many, many details to this, so you are wise to look into it even before taking a tour with a DVC guide (salesperson) on site.
DVC is definitely not for everyone, but for us it has been very worthwhile. We are staying in luxury accommodations on Disney property for longer periods than we could ever have afforded otherwise.
We no longer tour the parks "commando style" since we know we will be coming back soon, and if we miss something on this trip there will be another one in a year.
All in all, it is an investment in upgrading the vacation experience. I cannot say that it saves us money, since without it we just wouldn't have gone to WDW nearly as often. Others will say that it saves them money since they use the smallest accommodations (studios) and don't stay on weekends when the "point cost" is highest.
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New Law Limits Military use of Open Burn Pits
November 11, 2009
Doug from Seacoast Anti-Pollution League in Portsmouth, New Hampshire sent a post to the Military Toxics Project listserve about a new law to limit the military use of open burn pits overseas. However, as Doug notes the law "Doesn't cover domestic bases, nor everything we'd want left unburned, but DoD has to develop a plan to eliminate burning so it's a start!"
Open Burn/Open Detonation (OB/OD) pits have been a commonly used method for the military to dispose of old munitions and other waste. OB/OD was used in Makua valley as recently as 1994. The Wai'anae community organized with leadership from Malama Makua to oppose the Army's permit application to the EPA to conduct routine OB/OD disposal in Makua. (Up to that point, unpermitted OB/OD disposal was conducted under the auspices of "training".) The Army was forced to abandon its OB/OD plans and close the disposal site, which has not been decontaminated.
Here's the article on the Newsweek blog about this new law:
Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:30 AM
Obama to Sign Law Protecting Troops From Toxic Fumes
Katie Connolly
A few months ago I wrote a short piece about the startling practice of using open-air burn pits to incinerate waste on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. The toxic fumes from these pits have been linked to a host of debilitating illnesses in troops and contractors who worked near them. Here's an excerpt from my original piece:
Josh Eller, a military contractor stationed in Iraq in 2006, was driving through Balad Air Base when he spotted the wild dog. He wasn't sure what was in its mouth—but when Eller saw two bones, he knew he was looking at a human arm. The dog had pulled the limb from an open-air "burn pit" on the base used to incinerate waste. Eller says it's "one of the worst things I have seen."
Since hearing Eller's story, lawyer Elizabeth Burke has signed on 190 additional clients with complaints about burn pits at 18 military sites in Iraq and Afghanistan. By now, she says, all pits should have been replaced by pollution-controlled incinerators. She's filed suits in 17 states against KBR, the company contracted to provide waste-disposal services at these bases, accusing it of negligence and harm. Burke was shocked to learn what her clients saw incinerated: Humvees, batteries, unexploded ordnance, gas cans, mattresses, rocket pods, and plastic and medical waste (including body parts, which may explain the arm). Fumes containing carcinogenic dioxins, heavy metals, and particulates, according to an Army–Air Force risk assessment, waft freely across bases.
Burke's plaintiffs mostly suffer from chronic or unusual medical complications that they believe were caused by burn-pit exposure. Shawn Sheridan, who served two tours at Balad, says black smoke from the pit was so thick at times he couldn't see through it with night-vision goggles. Sheridan, 26, was healthy when he enlisted six years ago. Now he has a kidney disease, chronic bronchitis, and a painful skin condition. (Read the full story here.)
Today Eller, Sheridan, and the many others affected by these pits are getting some good news, thanks in part to the work of Rep. Tim Bishop, Democrat of New York, and Rep. Carol Shea Porter, Democrat of New Hampshire, who have championed their cause for months. They successfully lobbied for the inclusion of provisions to limit the use of these toxic pits in the National Defense Authorization Act, which the president will sign into law this afternoon. Under this new law, open-air burning of medical and hazardous waste will be prohibited except where the Defense secretary deems there is no alternative, the DoD must justify the use of burn pits to Congress, and it will develop a plan to eliminate the use of burn pits entirely.
The legislation won't repair Sheridan's lungs or kidneys, but it will force the DoD to limit troop exposure to potentially hazardous fumes in the future. That really shouldn't be so hard. According to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, only about half the incinerators the military purchased four years ago to help eliminate the use of burn pits are currently in operation. The public would never stand for having burn pits operate in a residential area in the U.S. Now, eight years into the war in Afghanistan, U.S. service members might start receiving that same courtesy.
(You can read more about burn pits in Kelly Kennedy's excellent reports for Military Times.)
Poor communities combat military pollutants
April 27, 2009
Poor communities combat military pollutants
By Charlene Muhammad
Western Region Correspondent
Updated Apr 21, 2009 – 12:08:30 AM
Activists charge environmental racism, and genocide
'The government will not address the health affects in communities like ours, whether it's Black, Native American, Asian, if you live around a federal site, they're not going to address any health issues but I will say the government is equal opportunity. They pollute the hell out of everybody.'
-Dorothy Bradshaw
(FinalCall.com) – Dorothy Bradshaw knows devastation. Her father passed away from cancer in late March. Her grandmother passed away after just six months of being diagnosed with an aggressive, rare form of bladder cancer in 1995 and when her grandfather died of the cancer a year later, she recalled a letter sent by a nearby military distribution site the year before, which said various chemicals may have seeped offsite into the drainage ditches in their community.
She began researching the USA Defense Depot Memphis (DDMT) and her Memphis, Tenn. neighborhood and said she found that in every household there was a history of cancer. In some, at least three to four people had the disease, but the problem was worse than that.
"Our rate here is between 75 percent mortality and morbidity. My next-door neighbor's daughter was 13 and had uterine cancer. We had a young man here with testicular cancer at 17. Most women at 25 have hysterectomies and if they don't go and have their children early in our community, normally they can't have kids because they are always affected by some type of reproductive illness," Ms. Bradshaw told The Final Call.
The 54-year-old had cancer cells in her uterus at 30 years old; a baseball-sized tumor at 28 and now she has an unidentifiable lung disease and suffers with diabetes, high blood pressure and thyroid disease, all which she attributes to exposure to hazardous waste from the DDMT. Stomach, colon and cervical cancer are reported as the highest types there, Ms. Bradshaw said, but that's only because "prostate cancer rates are so high, they don't even report it."
The DDMT is made up of 642 acres in a residential, commercial and industrial area of south central Memphis. Since 1942 it has distributed clothing, food, medical supplies, electronic equipment, petroleum products, and industrial chemicals to all U.S. military services.
It also conducted numerous operations utilizing hazardous substances with contamination resulting from leakage, spillage, disposal of out-of-date materials, and normal application of pesticides, according to the Defense Dept. (DOD) website description of the center.
In 1946, the Army disposed of leaking mustard bombs (a chemical warfare agent) and other waste at Dunn Field, a 60-acre open storage and burial area at the DDMT. The waste included oil, grease, paint thinners, methyl bromide, pesticides and cleaning fluids (chlorinated solvents). Approximately 154,300 people rely on drinking water from public supply wells within four miles of Dunn Field.
Ms. Bradshaw created Defense Depot Memphis Tennessee Concerned Citizens to document their ordeal, provide support, and advocate for accountability and health care for people who now are sick, can't work and are on disability.
"When you get 50 you're considered a senior citizen now because most of our seniors are dead. There's only one person on my street within a block that is 80 years old. There aren't too many 60 year olds and most of us are in our 50s over here. It's not that people don't know what's going on. They do, but environmental racism kicks in," Ms. Bradshaw said.
The group joined a coalition of communities and organizations around the U.S. to help push legislation that would require the government to clean up the sites and comply with health and environmental protection laws.
Congressman Bob Filner (D-CA) introduced the "Military Environmental Responsibility Act" (H.R. 672) on August 3, 2007 to eliminate military waivers to key environmental laws like the Clean Air Act and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act.
In a March 24 letter to the White House, the coalition said it wants to expose hidden casualties at home that are caused by unregulated military projects that have increased the risks for cancer and exposure to military toxins
"We are united in seeking to protect those most vulnerable from these harmful exposures especially the unborn, babies, youth, elders, disenfranchised communities of race, Indigenous Tribal Nations and peoples, economically disadvantaged communities, military personnel, civilian workers, military garment workers, and families living in the vicinity of military operations and installations throughout the nation," the letter expressed.
Specifically, H.R. 672 would amend the United States Code to require the Department of Defense and all other defense-related U.S. agencies to comply with Federal and State environmental laws, including those applicable to public health, worker safety, protecting the environment, and the health and safety of the public, particularly children, members of the Armed Forces, civilian workers and people who live in the vicinity of military operations and installations.
Chris Isleib, DoD spokesperson, told The Final Call that the department takes environmental issues very seriously and works with both governmental and non-governmental agencies to ensure maximum protection, remediation and meet EPA requirements.
"No entity in the world, government or private sector, has spent more money-or more effort-than the Defense Department has on environmental cleanup, cleanup research, cleanup assessment, technology to conduct cleanup, cleanup operations, cleanup follow-up monitoring," Mr. Isleib countered.
The DoD's current estimate of future costs for environmental restitution is approximately $32 billion for sites with remaining work at active installations and it has some 11,500 sites either in cleanup or tagged for clean up.
Of the DoD's 31,500 clean up sites, about 20,500 of them have reached their remedial action objectives, Mr. Isleib said.
Laura Olah, executive director, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger, who is leading the coalition, said she became involved when the Army announced that groundwater contamination had traveled three miles offsite and within a quarter mile of a municipal well in Prairie du Sac, Michigan. Then, the drinking water supplies of three private homes became contaminated with high levels of the cancer-causing chemical carbon tetrachloride.
Contaminant concentrations in the ground water are more than 50 times the Health Advisory Levels established by the Wisconsin Division of Public Health.
"The government will not address the health affects in communities like ours, whether it's Black, Native American, Asian; if you live around a federal site, they're not going to address any health issues but I will say the government is equal opportunity. They pollute the hell out of everybody. They find poor White communities and do the same thing to them also, anybody who's not able to fight them," Ms. Bradshaw said.
Gilbert Sanchez of the Tribal Environmental Watch Alliance, has worked on nuclear environmental issues for decades-ever since the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), where the atomic bomb was first tested and implemented, was built on his tribe's ancestral land.
He is a member of the 19 Pueblos, which is a sub-group of the San Ildefonso Tribe and from LANL's inception in 1945, there has been no regulation of the waste products used by the lab. Today, there are uncontrollable chemical and biological wastes violating his people's food chain and like residents near the DDMT, they are experiencing high rates of rare cancers.
"My concern has always been the health impact from all of the activities of the past. Not only my relatives but people, young people in the valley, are dying from very young ages of cancer because they or their parents worked up on the hill," he said.
He has spent years fighting for a baseline study of the current health impacts that the uranium and plutonium used to make the bomb has had on his people. "The Euro-American or Anglo-American scientists knew very well that the dust particles from this uranium and plutonium was going to be dangerous and impact the respiratory system," Mr. Sanchez said.
In order to cover that up, he charged, the lab freely gave its workers tobacco products-a carton of cigarettes per day, but they couldn't take the cigarettes out of the mines, refinement factories or plutonium areas.
Now, Mr. Sanchez said, the tribe's condition is very much like a third world country with very low living standards, a sub par health care system, and they are often used as guinea pigs.
"This is part of the Euro-American genocidal movement. It's a part of that orchestrated genocidal commission that's continually going on. It started at the time of discovery and continues today," he said. He believes that President Barack Obama is sincere about his commitment to abolish the nuclear weapons industry, and he hopes that Pres. Obama can open the books and secrecy cloaked around U.S. military research centers and laboratories.
"We have no need to have massive weapons of destruction that are going to totally annihilate portions of this earth or completely the earth itself. Conventional weaponry and the use of current nuclear weapons is beyond any human's right mind," Mr. Sanchez said.
Source: http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_5940.shtml
Vieques Residents Alarmed by Depleted Uranium Reports
January 30, 2001
Published on Tuesday, January 30, 2001 by Inter Press Service
Vieques Residents Alarmed by Depleted Uranium Reports
by Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero
Residents of the island-town of Vieques are alarmed and angered by the United States military's use of depleted uranium (DU) ammunition in a firing range located next to a civilian area.
Since 1941, Vieques has been used by the US Navy for target practice. During the last two years, Puerto Rican peace activists have engaged in a massive and unprecedented civil disobedience campaign to get the Navy to close its firing range there.
Vieques residents have followed with great concern the controversy raging in Europe over the use of DU in the 1999 NATO war against Yugoslavia. They remember very well the US Navy's statements to the effect that most ships and aeroplanes that were used in that war were tested in Vieques.
According to a study carried out by the Puerto Rico Health Department, the cancer rate in Vieques is 26.9 percent above Puerto Rico's average. The study, which covered the years 1990-94, says nothing about the possible causes of this unusually high cancer rate. But the Navy's opponents are certain that military activities on the island, including target practice with DU munitions, are to blame.
Doctor Rafael Rivera-Castaño, who lives in Vieques, believes that the PR Health Department cancer study's data are already somewhat dated, and that the current cancer rate in Vieques is even higher. "I estimate that the cancer rate here is now 52 percent over the Puerto Rico average," he said in an interview.
Members of the Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques (CRDV) recently met with environmental justice activists from the United States and heard their experiences with DU.
"We listened in horror as scientists and community activists from the US told about this new type of weaponry that had been used extensively in the Gulf War. We had recently heard retired Admiral Diego Hernández say that the 'success' of the US forces in Iraq was due in great measure to their practising in Vieques," said CRDV spokesman Ismael Guadalupe.
"For years we have denounced the relationship between the military contamination and the exaggerated levels of cancer on Vieques. The heavy metals and other chemical components from explosives, dangerous to human health, combined with the radioactive uranium 238 projectiles, jeopardise the life of Viequenses today as well as future generations," said Nilda Medina, also of the CRDV.
"There is no way to guarantee that the next bomb or cannon shot will not impact one of the uranium shells, putting into the air radioactive particles that could be air transported to the civilian sector, to our children, to our old folks, to any one of us. We urge the authorities responsible for our health and security to block any future bombing that puts in danger the entire Vieques community," expressed Medina.
The Navy admitted that it had used DU ammunition in Vieques in a May 10, 1999 statement in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by the Military Toxics Project, a US-based organisation. In the communiqué, signed by B.L. Thompson, the Navy said that it fired DU rounds in Vieques once, in February 1999, and claims that it used only 263 airplane-fired, low-calibre rounds, and that it had been done by mistake.
However, military scientist Doug Rokke, one of the world's leading authorities on DU, finds the last two claims unbelievable. "If they fired 263 DU rounds in Vieques, then it's going to snow in San Juan tomorrow," he said.
During a recent visit to Puerto Rico and Vieques island Rokke said 263 rounds is "not even a burst of automatic gunfire. The A-10 Warthog attack plane, which fires DU ammunition, can fire three to four thousand rounds per minute." He added that it couldn't have possibly been a mistake, since the Pentagon keeps very strict inventory of all its ammunition.
DU consists mostly of uranium 238 (U238), a by-product of uranium enrichment, the process through which uranium 235 (U235) is separated from the uranium ore. Both isotopes are radioactive, but unlike U235, U238 is useless for nuclear bombs or nuclear power. It is simply radioactive waste and it will remain radioactive for 4.5 billion years. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission estimated in 1991 that there must be one million pounds of this material in the United States.
The US government has decided to dispose of this radioactive waste by selling it as ammunition. DU is an ideal material for bullets, since it is 70 percent more dense than lead, and is extremely susceptible to friction. Violent impacts can make it reach temperatures in the thousands of degrees Fahrenheit in a fraction of a second. For these reasons, a DU bullet can pierce a tank's armour like a knife through butter and scorch the crew inside.
"These bullets are not coated or tipped with this material. They are pure, solid DU," informed Rokke.
When a DU round is fired, 60 percent of its mass ends up as microscopic aerosol particles in the air, which can be carried miles downwind, according to the Military Toxics Project. Although it is less radioactive than weapons-grade U235, the group claims that a single DU particle a thousandth of a millimetre in size lodged inside a human lung emits 800 times the amount of radiation considered safe by federal standards.
The use of DU ammunition constitutes "a crime against God and humanity", declared Rokke, who directed the Pentagon's Depleted Uranium Project and wrote its Cleanup and Handling Protocol for Depleted Uranium.
Based on his studies, he concluded that anyone who comes in contact with these munitions must get medical attention, not only those who have been fired at with them, but also those who have fired them, as well as anyone who has come near structures impacted by these bullets.
Rokke speaks from experience. He suffers from radiation poisoning since he visited the Persian Gulf area to study the effects of DU ordnance used by US forces in the 1991 war against Iraq. His urine contains 2000 times the amount of uranium considered normal.
In his view, DU is largely responsible for the unusual health problems that US veterans of the 1991 Gulf War have been suffering, known collectively as the 'Gulf War Syndrome'. The military denies that there is any such causal relationship.
"Vieques must be the place to stop the criminal actions of the US armed forces, which use the cloak of secrecy to claim that there's no danger in using depleted uranium ammunition and ignore veterans' calls for medical attention, and refuse to take on their responsibility to clean up and decontaminate," said Rokke.
Rokke also senses a pattern of environmental racism in the Pentagon's decision to test DU in Vieques and in the Japanese island of Okinawa. "The US Defence Department's policy is racist and discriminatory, contrary to the principle of environmental justice. We have the cases of Vieques and Okinawa, where DU ammunition has been experimented with. These are not isolated events, or errors or chance. These are planned actions to test and later use this highly polluting ammunition in Kosovo and the Persian Gulf."
The US Department of Defence claims that DU does not represent a significant hazard to human health. Its spokespersons refer to an April 1999 RAND Corporation study, which supports the military's position.
But the RAND report is biased and incomplete, says 'DoD Analysis: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly', a report written by Dan Fahey, a former naval officer and currently Director of Research at the Gulf War Resource Centre. Fahey's report, which was written for the US General Accounting Office, states that RAND made no reference at all to 62 relevant information sources.
According to Fahey, RAND ignored studies which demonstrate a clear relationship between DU and harm to human health, for example those carried out by the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute.
US armed forces have already used these munitions extensively. During the 1991 Gulf War US troops fired an estimated 300 tons of it into civilian and military targets in Iraq.
According to Physicians for Social Responsibility, in the 1999 NATO war against Yugoslavia, US tanks fired 14,000 high-calibre DU rounds, while planes fired 940,000 smaller calibre DU bullets. US armed forces are not the only ones to use DU ammunition. Authorised arms dealers sell them to 16 countries, including Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Taiwan.
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There are three different user plug-ins for Zarafa; the UNIX, the LDAP and the internal DB plug-in:
* The UNIX plug-in uses information from /etc/passwd, /etc/group and /etc/shadow. This means that only the Linux users can get access to Zarafa. By setting a uid range of wich users are added to Zarafa. In the same way you can add groups to Zarafa. Users with a special shell (default /bin/false) will be added as non-active user. With the Unix plug-in is it necessary to add additional information like email address, admin option and user quota settings in the database. This information needs to be added to the database with the Zarafa-admin tool. The uid would be stored in the data to make a link between the Linux users and the information in the database.
* The LDAP plug-in uses information from a LDAP or ADS server. All information about users, groups and membership can be retrieved from the LDAP or ADS server. The managing of the users and groups has to be done in LDAP or ADS. Only the uid would be stored in the Zarafa database, other data would receive from LDAP or ADS.
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Luckily, the investment paid off. With the assistance of Rushing and agent David Galea, they quickly secured a one-album deal with Rise Records. The resulting release, 2008's It's Classy, Not Classic, featured "Birds and the Bees," "Gossip" and a slew of other tracks that stood out from the standard-issue, guitar-driven pop-punk that continues to clog the marketplace, but not in a way that put off fans of the genre. This balancing act struck a chord with the folks at Fearless Records, who quickly snapped up the duo and gave them a high-profile platform: a slot on the mega-selling Punk Goes Pop Volume 2 compilation, which showcases their disco-tastic cover of Miley Cyrus's "See You Again" alongside ditties from the likes of Alesana, Escape the Fate and A Day to Remember.
Since the Warped Tour got under way, the Carolinians have gotten to know the Remember crew, as well as plenty of others. For instance, Evans recently engaged in a post-show round of Cornhole — a beanbag game — with El Hefe from NOFX and Underoath's Grant Brandell, and their regular party pals include members of VersaEmerge, A Skylit Drive, Millionaires and brokeNCYDE, plus Coloradans such as Chain Gang of 1974's Kam Mohager and The Axe That Chopped the Cherry Tree's Adam Halferty, currently backing 3OH!3. Another connection to 3OH!3: Breathe Carolina recorded several tracks for their forthcoming Fearless debut, Hello Fascination, with producer Matt Squire, who oversaw the Boulder mock-crunkster's breakout album, Want. In Evans's opinion, Fascination is "way more eclectic, way more broad" than Classic. "Our horizons are way more spread out, our influences are way bigger," with some cuts going in a darker direction and others exhibiting "more of a Daft Punk feel."
Going too far along such routes could potentially alienate the very demographic that's put Breathe Carolina on the map, but Evans isn't concerned. As he puts it, "Doing something different is nothing to be afraid of."
Unless you're talking about Jet-Skiing.
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Attacks on Max Blumenthal's "Goliath" Escalate, Veer into Wingnut Land – Updated
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The initial attack on Max Blumenthal's new book, released October 1st, Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel (currently No. 2 on Amazon's history of Israel best seller list), was led by Eric Alterman, writing for the November 4th edition of The Nation. Alterman condemned the book, using the now widely reported terms for it as "The 'I Hate Israel' Handbook," and "Hamas Book-of-the-Month" selection. Within days of Alterman posting his first critical essay at The Nation, he posted another. Then, in response to detailed critiques of Alterman's analyses of the book by Blumenthal and others, Alterman jumped in a third time.
Alterman initially refused to appear in any forum with Blumenthal, to discuss or debate the book's content and subject matter, but has now indicated he might show up "for $10,000 plus expenses, paid in advance."
Goliath has received a number of positive reviews. Perhaps the most comprehensive was that by Chris Hedges, posted at Truthdig:
There are very few intellectuals or writers who have the tenacity and courage to confront this reality [the self-adulation and latent racism that lie at the core of modern Zionism].
This is what makes Max Blumenthal's 'Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel' one of the most fearless and honest books ever written about Israel. Blumenthal burrows deep into the dark heart of Israel. The American journalist binds himself to the beleaguered and shunned activists, radical journalists and human rights campaigners who are the conscience of the nation, as well as Palestinian families in the West Bank struggling in vain to hold back Israel's ceaseless theft of their land. Blumenthal, in chapter after chapter, methodically rips down the facade. And what he exposes, in the end, is a corpse.
Even as Alterman led the attacks, he was quickly outdone in the dismissive, yet somewhat shallow tone he introduced. Wall Street Journal Assistant Book Editor, Sohrab Ahmari, announced on Twitter:
@Eric_Alterman rips to shreds @maxblumenthal's "Goliath," of which two review copies currently sit in my trashcan.
What may have turned out to be the most disturbing element introduced by Alterman, was his bringing Max Blumenthal's father, Sidney Blumenthal, into the argument. What seemed to some as an innocuous comment in Alterman's first article, has turned into a sordid campaign by even more sordid people, to attack both the elder Blumenthal, and Hillary and Bill Clinton, and their foundation. The hits have devolved from Buzzfeed.com to Breitbart.com to white supremacist Robert Stacy McCain's blog, as the threats have escalated.
On November 6th, Buzzfeed.com carried an article by Rosie Gray, centering on Max's father:
In a follow-up blog post after the initial review, Alterman wrote that he had become the target of emails sent around by Blumenthal to friends and associates as a result of his review of the book.
'I attribute to these friendly relations the fact that until now, Sid Blumenthal had not seen fit to make me the object of any of the unflattering e-mails he so often sends around to journalists and others — myself included — about individuals of whom he disapproves,' Alterman wrote. 'Privately, I worried that by telling the truth about his son's book, I would soon hear of nasty e-mails about me sent by Sid to our mutual friends and professional acquaintances. Call it "bizarre," if you will, but sadly, that's just what happened.'
BuzzFeed obtained one of the Blumenthal emails from a source; it features a copied-and-pasted article from the anti-Zionist blog Mondoweiss, sent with the subject line 'Fact-checking Eric Alterman on Goliath.' The article in question, by writer Phan Nguyen, calls on The Nation to retract Alterman's review, describes Alterman as an "unreliable narrator," and states that he has "undermined his self-proclaimed status as a conscientious critic of the Israeli occupation."
Gray pursued the links between Sidney Blumenthal and the Clintons:
Several phone calls and emails to the Clinton Foundation seeking clarification on Blumenthal's role in the organization went unanswered. A BuzzFeed reporter who went to the Clinton Foundation's offices in New York on Tuesday seeking the organization's most recent IRS 990 form was turned away.
"We don't know what you're referring to," said Clinton Foundation spokesperson Nick Merill when asked about the emails and whether Hillary Clinton is aware of Blumenthal's defense of Goliath. He copied Clinton spokespeople Philippe Reines and Matt McKenna on his response to BuzzFeed, as well as Sidney Blumenthal.
The pressure on Billary and the foundation was stepped up on November 8th, with that estimable source, Breitbart.com, giving space, in an article by Joel B. Pollack, to Alan Dershowitz:
On Friday, Dershowitz told Breitbart News that Sid Blumenthal's vociferous advocacy for his son's book could damage Hillary Clinton's widely anticipated run for her party's nomination for president in 2016.
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I'm definitely not an expert on this, but have a 6 year old human kid, with whom I do rubber stamping from time to time. We use non-toxic ink pads that we buy for about a buck at Walmart, and the ink from those washes off very quickly and cleanly- at least from human skin and rubber stamps. The nice thing about those also (probably true of most rubber stamp pads nowadays) is that the pad is raised above the case it is in, so you can tap it against a hand, paw, rubber stamp, etc. very easily (re: quick and with complete coverage). Anyway, they come in a lot of colors, and I would think they would be safe, especially if you wash his little paw right after. I just got rid of some old office type ink pads that were from about 20 years ago. I'd be much more wary of using the older, more stain prone ink- the ones that don't list as non-toxic. |
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The Madeleine Brand Show for June 19, 2012
Ezra Klein explains why Republicans have turned against the individual mandate
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People in support of and opposed to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building on the third day of oral arguements over the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act March 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. Today is the last of three days the high court set to hear arguments over the act.
When the Supreme Court issues their ruling on the Affordable Care Act, the court could strike down just one provision, the individual mandate, the requirement that everyone buy insurance.
Republicans oppose the mandate, saying it's unconstitutional to force people to buy a product. But Democrats originally put it in the bill to make it more attractive to Republicans. The individual mandate was once a Republican idea, championed by Mitt Romney, who currently campaigns against it.
The individual mandate first made it's legislative appearance nearly 20 years ago as a Republican alternative to former President Clinton's health-care initiative. Both the Republican plan for health care and President Clinton's failed at the time.
Ezra Klein, columnist for the Washington Post, wrote about why Republicans oppose the individual mandate for the current issue of the New Yorker.
Ezra Klein, columnist for The Washington Post, a columnist for Bloomberg, and a contributor to MSNBC.


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18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey to thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. | 18 I will save you; you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust in me, declares the LORD.' " |
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Much as I've tried to think of another topic, I can't let go of what I feel compelled to write about today. Two days ago my state passed a law out of which tentacles may appear which would greatly inhibit Christian freedom of speech and practice. I began to wonder how that might eventually affect Christian publishers and the rest of us in the industry.
I am a trend watcher. As such, I'm a news junkie and observer of culture from a Christian worldview. A generation ago most people couldn't have anticipated the cultural shift we're experiencing today. It's anyone's guess how far into the future we will be able to view TV outreaches like Billy Graham's new, and perhaps last, message to our nation, "The Cross," which airs tonight. He is a powerful example for everyone in Christian publishing. By the way, you can find out when and where you can view this show in your area here.
I'm not a doomsayer. We know who is in charge of EVERYTHING all the time. But every once in a while it's good to check our individual and corporate Christian barometer to make necessary adjustments. Wherever you the author might be tempted cave toward lukewarm faith in your novel or non-fiction book in favor of political correctness that might attract a larger audience. Wherever we agents might be tempted to represent a client whose books will likely sell millions of copies but are uncomfortably "off" scripturally. Wherever publishers may too easily acquiesce to demands which compromise their biblical mandate.
I admire Tyndale House Publishers for their recent stand against insurance requirements that conflict with their Christian conscience. Christian publishers are the mass producer of the Christian message to the world. Big privilege. Big responsibility. We need to support them. Here are ways we can do this:
- Pray for God's protection over them and for boldness to take risks where needed to stay financially healthy.
- Buy their books, lots of them. Give them as gifts. And view your purchases as an investment, not an expense.
- Write a letter, comment on their blog, or send an email to thank them for their quality products and to express your prayerful support.
We know from Scripture that near the end of the age Christianity will experience great persecution. Whether that time is closely approaching or generations away is not for us to know…or to fear or be anxious about. What we are called to do is to be ready "to give an answer for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect…" (1 Peter 3:15).
With those marching orders in hand let's pray that all of us in Christian publishing will always be faithful to our calling to proclaim biblical truth to the world.
Are you a trend watcher too? What are your observations? How have you been affected personally? Can you think of other ways we can express support for Christian publishers?
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As a non-fiction writer, I've considered the faithfulness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Watchman Nee and even the Apostle Paul. Would I persevere writing under such conditions? Or would I be whining, "Why aren't you blessing my work, Lord?"
I line from a radio sermon I once heard comes to mind: "God doesn't call us to succeed, he calls us to obey."
Thank you, Mary, for starting my morning with a deep thought.
1 Peter 3:15 – Yes!
Just curious, what was the law that got passed?
The temptation to 'go along to get along' reminds me of Europe in 1938, when Neville Chamberalin returned to England after meeting Hitler in Munich.
Waving a signed piece of paper, he proclaimed 'peace in our time'. The price of that 'peace' was allowing Nazi Germany to invade part of Czechoslovakia without interference or protest.
And we all know where it led.
Contrast that with Winston Churchill, two years later. I'm quoting at some length, because it is important in its context, and in ours.
"Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and if, which I do not for a moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old."
Andrew, thanks for sharing that quote. The truth of Winston Churchill's words needs to speak loudly to us today.
There are few men equal to Churchill, and fewer still able to inspire and lead through such an onslaught of suffering, as he did.
Chamberlain will go down in history as a man who signed the death sentence for millions of people. I cannot imagine that Chamberlain ever slept again after 1938. I cannot begin to wonder the weight of his decision, and the catastrophic failure that it had on his own life.Appeasement only benefits the bully.
Mary, if I didn't know Who was in control of things, I think I'd be scared silly when I see and hear about some laws being passed in our nation.
I do a little trend observing, but not as much as I should. I appreciate the examples you give of how we can help Christian publishers. They are on the front lines, in a way, aren't they?
I think I'll be purchasing more books for Christmas gifts this year.
We're all on the front lines in this one, Jeanne. If you're a teacher at a public college or university, showing any kind of faith can quickly end your career.
And I'm not talking about evangelizing. Wearing a cross inside your shirt can get you into trouble. (When I was told this I decided to wear a massive crucifix, outside my shirt…admin hated me, the students loved it…even the Muslims.)
But I don't work in that field any more.
(This was not true in Texas. In Texas, people think you're weird if you don't talk about your faith.)
Yes, I'm concerned with the recent laws being bandied about. Today's America is very different from the one I was born into.
I love that Christians have a voice. I love that we have Christian radio stations and contemporary music and books that speak to us and our lives. Although politics skew away from the Bible, there's another movement spreading throughout America that didn't really exist when I was a child–where Christians have media outlets that are faith based. I love that! And I'm honored to be a part of it!
Thankfully, this year was not a big election year in Minnesota. After last year, I don't think I could have handled another big one. It's alarming how quickly our culture is shifting, and how quickly Christian voices are being silenced. Thank you for reminding us that the Christian publishing houses need to be supported like never before. This is a wonderful time of year to do just that.
Such an important issue, Mary, and thank you for your courage in encouraging us. These are difficult times indeed and the 'state of the union' seems to continue to be slipping down the slippery slope even as we write the next word. At the same time, however, it is consoling to know God is still on the Throne.
The temptation to live a lukewarm faith in order to avoid 'the cost' of living Truth in Love can definitely be a challenge to overcome, especially when, on occasion, it tries to rear its head within our own Christian communities.
May we 'fear not or be anxious' as you write, and hold fast to 1 Peter 3:15 with 'gentleness and respect.'
And wrap up those books for Christmas!
Thank you, Mary. Thank you for pouring out your heart.
Great approach to this topic. Our church has been doing a series called Living in Babylon, and last weekend was about suffering. The message was about holding fast to our HOPE, which cannot be taken from us, ever, no matter whether we (and/or our children) face little-p or big-P persecution. First Peter 3:15 was highlighted. Our hope in Christ is exactly what will appear nonsensical yet intriguing to a world bankrupt of it. Thanks for sharing those thoughts.
True truth, as Francis Schaeffer would say.
We are racing toward Babylon. Like Daniel in Nebuchadnezzar's courts, or Esther in Xerxes' palace, the people of God must know how to keep the faith in a culture diametrically opposed to the truth of God.
We are heading back toward Mars Hill and Acts 17, where pluralism rules the day and Christian exclusivism becomes society's great vexation.
May God give Christian publishers and authors great discernment, courage, and increased success as they navigate the treacherous waters head.
Thanks for sounding the warning, Mary.
Mary, thank you for your courage and your heart regarding a hotly debated topic.
Our church, too, met Sunday in a special called business meeting to vote on necessary changes to our bylaws. Never did I think I'd see the day where we had to define what "traditional marriage" really means, nor address what our pastor's obligations and defining lines were regarding such.
None of this comes as a surprise to our all-knowing Heavenly Father, but still, as Christians, I believe we're going to be held to a high accountability than ever before.
I'm so proud of our Christian publishers who are willing to take a stand in the face of varying mindsets. And I'm equally proud of our Books and Such team's integrity and God-given mission.
Go, Mary! Go, Books and Such! Go, CBA! GO JESUS!
I'm not an American, but I have quite a few American friends who are lamenting the somewhat rapid shift in your culture. As an outsider looking in, it astounds me to that lengths the US media will go to skew and stab Christian values. The pressure to accept what is offensive is incredible. The underlying message is that if one disagrees with ANY issue, one is full of hate.
How to support Christian publishers? Buy books!!
I'm glad His eye is on the sparrow, and me, because otherwise I'd move off the grid and live alone, worrying day and night what will come next.
Is that not the political climate in Canada, Jennifer? I'd love to move north!
Canada is a very liberal country, which is not always so awesome. BUT, the Canadian mindset of "live and let live" does have its benefits.
Our political scandals recently included a mysterious pay-off at the upper levels of government, military helicopters that are obsolete and the price of milk varying from province to province. Oh, and the fracking issue, which is about deep earth exploration for natural gas.
Canadian politics is so boring. Truly. It is unbelievable how dull it is. We save our national disdain for hockey teams and the power wielded by the NHL Owners Association.
Love this post. Since the church is the Body of Christ, it is inevitable it will be persecuted. I think we have been lucky to live in a time and a country where, for most of its history, accepted and promoted the Body of Christ.
I, too, believe we must support our Christian brethren in the entertainment fields. I've budgeted money every month for Christian entertainment purposes, whether that be film, novels, or events.
If we're not going to support them, how can we ask the less faithful to take a chance?
Love that idea!
My husband and I are both trend-watchers, and we often comment to each other how incredibly, mind-bogglingly different life is now than just twenty-one years ago when we were married. It's frightening to think of what life will be for our children as adults and our grandchildren. And yet, there is hope. We fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.
You give excellent suggestions for supporting Christian publishers. I've always viewed books as an investment, but yes, even more so now. Thank you for sharing your heart, Mary.
Thank you, Mary, for your "small defining moment". I read this post as a battle cry. Not one in Thor-like warrior kill 'em all but in the necessity to STAND and BE COUNTED. When called, will I obey? When challenged, will I bend? Deitrich Bonhoeffer said it best and it resonated with me as a teenager and still does today: "When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die." ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
Will I give my life to His calling? I pray earnestly that God will wash my words in grace but righteousness as I write. That His love will saturate His words while yet holding the line of holiness.
When I named my daughter and son, I wanted this to be clear for their paths growing up. My daughter's name means "Growing in God's Graciousness" and my son's "Warrior for the small".
The written word will help to form my children into God's little battalion of faith followers. The Christian publishing industry SHAPED my upbringing and it was my Godly mentor in the form of an elderly woman at church who kept my bookshelves so stocked with Inspirational fiction it helped form my faith.
I'M OFF TO CHRISTMAS SHOP! I'm so inspired. Seriously. Now I promise, I will stop rambling.
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Well stated, Mary. I applaud you for posting this reminder. As Christians, let us be in this world but not of it.
In the current atmosphere within the CBA, it can be challenging to stick to what you know is right. And yet, we are called to walk in faith rather than fear.
We finished a six week workshop at my church on Faith and Politics. Needless to say, we only scratched the surface of the present concerns. One thing we did highlight is the need for Christians to focus more on what they're for, rather than what they're against. The sanctity of marriage, the fruits of the Spirit, etc. But it also bares mentioning that some of these issues can run very close to the surface of our personal lives. When we love someone we disagree with, the gray areas can be daunting. On the flip side, we're given opportunity to lean into the Lord and match our heartbeat with his.
That's such a good point, Jenni–so much of society seems to define us as believers more by what we're against than what we're for, and I'm afraid that's at least partly our fault. I guess sometimes it's easier to just be against things than to take the time to invest in promoting and building what Jesus is FOR. Sounds like a great, if challenging, workshop at your church! These are not easy issues…but I love the idea of them forcing us to "lean into the Lord and match our heartbeat with His."
This really got me thinking.
There's an analogy that may be significant from the 'Star Wars' cosmology, if you'll indulge me.
The Jedi are derided my their evil rivals, the Sith, for having a 'narrow and dogmatic' view of the Force. The Sith pride themselves on embracing the Force in all its aspects – the Dark Side included.
And that may be where we are. We're told by the media that we have to put away our Christian orthodoxy, and embrace 'tolerance'. After all – what's evil to a Christian is perfectly acceptable to a pagan, so "It's our Christian duty to appreciate the pagan point of view", right?
And if we tolerate, we accept…and we are the same as the pagans, right?
Wrong. Tolerance merely opens us up to a dilution of our values, forcing us into a corner where 'they' feel that we can be compelled to admit that our values are not absolute.
Perhaps in this generation we have to be the Jedi of Christendom, holding to the good, and summarily rejecting the evil.
If I'm to be marked as narrow, dogmatic, and intolerant – so be it. But I will not abandon the Values for which so many martyrs died.
And – society be warned – I both write, and vote.
Good blog, Mary. Frontline, for sure.
Question – What of the fact that many Christian publishers are now owned by secular publishers? They are not their own anymore.
I think Christian writers and readers should also consider supporting small Christian presses and publishers that are not already owned by a secular parent company. Just my opinion.
A problem I see is that *some* secular readers will not buy books published by CBA publishers. That would hamper CBA publishers from getting new readers and expand their business. Ironically, the secular parent companies of these CBA publishers might be able to fix this.
I think most Christian publishers are alive and well (though I lament the demise of the Love Finds You line at Summerside), but the competition is tough. Readers have so many options these days.
Again, a great wake-up call. Thanks, Mary.
Mary, I always love your posts. They always demonstrate such a depth of faith that gives me hope. I am a trend watcher too, but the first half of my life was spent in a mostly secular world. When I first met people who actually studied the Bible, it was like a veil had been removed from my eyes and suddenly all these Christians were all around me that I'd never known about before. I worked in many VERY PC environments and feared voicing what little faith I had. However, the world feels increasingly hostile to those who believe as I do … now. It seems people are waking from a slumber and taking very disparate sides. I want to make sure I'm on the right one–His. Thank you for encouraging all of us with a voice to do the same.
Thanks, Mary, for this truly encouraging post. As an aside, this is a battle I've been watching for several years now. In my own books, the temptation to write something that will "sell" (ie, violence, sex) as opposed to a well thought-out mystery/thriller has diminished as I see the battleground around me. Thanks for the affirmations supporting Christian publishers; it oozed over to me, a writer with Christian ethics.
Amen, Mary. Thank you for the reminder that each of my words matters. It echoes what Robin Gunn said at the ACFW Conference: "Don't hide your light…Lift Jesus high!" I'm thankful for publishers who fearlessly lift Him high and who let writers like us participate in the calling.
Great thoughts here. I'm watching the trends too.
I do wonder if the publishers will be pushed to tackle harder, "scarier" subjects than Christian publishing is currently comfortable with – not "less Biblical" or "less Christian," but less comfy G-rated fluff and more that deals with real struggles and pain, that still points to Jesus as the One Who is not afraid of pain and can overcome anything.
I grew up in the age when Christian publishing was asleep, creating safe books to pacify boycott-happy religious people – have they awakened?
Paula, i say yes, they have. There are plenty of "safe" books but there are also edgy ones–two of mine, in fact, and a third on the way. Real people, tough problems, applied faith.
And Mary, as a journalist and therefore obligated to "trend watch," I can say your concern is right on. California is half a decade ahead of us, and I think we may all be called soon to stand–or not.
It appears to me that God is sifting the church. May we all be found faithful!
I'm glad you raised this issue, Mary. Not only are Christians mum before the world, they are mum before each other. Christians don't agree on a Christian perspective on each issue, nor should we. As a result, we are not only constrained in front of the world, we are reticent in front of each other. I do think we need to speak out and encourage dialogue and responsible speech. We are wordsmiths. We ought to be able to express our thoughts and feelings prayerfully, in ways that have impact.
I too believe that legalizing gay marriage is harmful and wrong. That said, I have gay friends who have beautiful marriages. I am concerned more with their relationship with Christ than their relationship with each other. What sets Christians apart is is love and respect for our Lord and for each other, not agreement on issues. But you are right, we are in danger of losing our ability to speak out. And watering down our message is not the answer. Developing Biblical understanding and good communication skills is closer to the mark.
Just taped that the Billy Graham program you mentioned. Thanks!
Excellent thoughts- from everybody. I keep seeing maps of Wisconsin surrounded by rainbow colored states (I'd like to see us take our rainbow back, BTW) and it certainly does make me sad.
But maybe we can turn this into an opportunity. I've really been convicted in the last decade or so that the Church (in general) has had little affect on this debate mainly because what we see are the louder "religious" folks who stink up the joint with "God Hates Fags" signs and rhetoric as if Jesus didn't die for homosexuals. I know there are people who are reaching out in Christian love and grace to this community and they should be celebrated. I am a covetous, lying blasphemer, and by Jesus' teaching an adulterer. Are my sins "more acceptable?" No, they still separated me from God.
Don't misunderstand- I'm not condoning someone else's sin- or my own. At my best I'm a sinner saved by grace, but I was no less a sinner than… Doogie Howser… (sorry, it was off the top of my head).How can we, as a Christian writing community- the body of Christ- show these people in love that Jesus is ready to accept them? How can we witness effectively to them? I don't have a solid answer, but I do think we need to not alienate them with some of the unholy bile we've all seen. I had a great conversation with a homosexual friend of mine that began with me saying that the Westboro Baptists didn't represent anything Biblical. I may not have planted a seed but the door was opened, to mix metaphors. Without excusing them let's be burdened for them. They just need Christ. Just like I did.
How can we be effective witnesses: Through the Holy Spirit, grounded in Scripture, full of His love. The Lord knows specifically what to say in each situation. He did all the work for us already!
I second Jan, supporting small presses. I'm a penny pincher(90% off? Thank goodness- happy day!) but with Christian businesses, publishers and media outlets I PREFER full price! I know it will take more than money to get through the future, but every part of what we do counts. Thanks for an excellent post Mary! STANDING FIRM is exactly the message we need. Blessings- Ellen


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Deadline for the oldest school of glassmaking in the world April 1st, 2010. See: petition letter pdf.txt
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