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Bremer and De-Ba'athification
In examining the little contretemps between a Bush trying to slide out from under direct responsibility for the single worst decision in the whole Iraq mess and a Bremer determined not to play fall-guy for a president who didn't think twice about throwing him under the bus to save his own precious neck, Fred Kaplan at Slate isn't as forgetful about Chalabi's early role as Blumenthal, but he does miss Chalabi's later role and, for some reason, comes over all coy about assigning the decision to Cheney even though the evidence is right under his nose.
Bremer is right about one thing: It wasn't him. Though he wouldn't be so self-demeaning as to admit it, he was a mere errand boy on this point. He arrived in Baghdad on May 14, 2003. The next day, he released CPA Order No. 1, barring members of the Baath Party from all but the lowliest government posts. The next day, he issued CPA Order No. 2, disbanding the Iraqi army.
In his memoir, published last year, Bremer wrote that he was handed the orders—and told to announce them as soon as possible—by Douglas Feith, undersecretary of defense for policy. "We've got to show all the Iraqis that we're serious about building a new Iraq," Feith reportedly told him. "And that means that Saddam's instruments of repression have no role in that new nation."
Bremer's version rings true, and if it is then the orders came from Cheney. Period. Feith was L'il Dick's boy and wouldn't have dared make a move like that without the Veep told him to. Maybe Kaplan has some doubts about Bremer's tale, but he doesn't say what they are.
Bush and WMDs
Memories in America, trained by tv, are remarkably short even when they belong to otherwise intelligent reporters. Two recent articles – one by Sidney Blumenthal in Salon, the other by Fred Kaplan in Slate, both usually reliable – made it clear to me that we need to go back over some fundamental history of the Second Gulf War, key elements of which both seem to have forgotten or lost track of. We've covered this ground already but it was several years ago, so it bears repeating.
If you ask, "Why is it important to go through all this again? And why are these picayune details significant anyway?" The answer is, "Because we need to get it into our heads once and for all that conservatives are naive, gullible children, easily led over cliffs by anyone who feeds them what they want to hear." The real story of the twisted intelligence that led to the SGW and idiotic decisions like de-Ba'athification isn't just about arrogance, incompetence, and ignorance. It's also – and crucially – about misplaced trust and a dangerously juvenile credulity that allows conservatives to believe demonstrably false ideas and foist them on the rest of us just because those ideas are appealingly melodramatic.
Bush, Tenet, and Bagman Bartlett (Updated)
George Tenet's new book has stirred up some supposed controversy, primarily by acknowledging and confirming a bunch of stuff we already knew. Why any of this should be "controversial" at this point is beyond me. Maybe because the Great American "Don't Tell Me, I Don't Want to Know" Public remains as inexcusably clueless as it was when almost half of it voted for the Emperor for the second – count 'em, second – time and is determined to stay that way.
There's no "news" here despite the "Today's Circus" blanket coverage by the so-called "news" media except for two minor details. The first is the surprising – and disappointing – decision by "I'll Fall on My Sword for You" Tenet to continue covering Junior's ass. He's still willing to take the rap for Bush on behalf of the CIA for "mistaken" intel when actually his agency got it right it –
Mr. Tenet takes blame for the flawed 2002 National Intelligence Estimate about Iraq's weapons programs, calling the episode "one of the lowest moments of my seven-year tenure." He expresses regret that the document was not more nuanced, but says there was no doubt in his mind at the time that Saddam Hussein possessed unconventional weapons. "In retrospect, we got it wrong partly because the truth was so implausible," he writes.
– and he continues to praise Dear Leader's cynical exploitation of 9/11.
Despite such sweeping indictments, Mr. Bush, who in 2004 awarded Mr. Tenet a Presidential Medal of Freedom, is portrayed personally in a largely positive light, with particular praise for the his leadership after the 2001 attacks. "He was absolutely in charge, determined, and directed," Mr. Tenet writes of the president, whom he describes as a blunt-spoken kindred spirit.
He puts all the responsibility on Cheney, writing as if Junior, you know, didn't realize the VP was up to all that shit.
The US Isn't Behind Chalabi's Arrest
An article in todays LAT wastes a lot of space airing the hysterical charges of one of Chalabi's minions.
Mithal Alusi, a member of Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress party, said arrest warrants issued by an Iraqi court over the weekend were part of an international plot that is "bigger than anyone could imagine" to strip Chalabi of his popularity.
Yeah, yeah, blah blah blah. Poor persecuted little Ahmad. The LAT reporters, Henry Chu and Paul Richter, spent so much time on this foolishness that they missed one of the two more important stories around this arrest and buried the other at the bottom of the column.
The story they missed altogether has to do with Chalabi's successful attempt to burrow into Iraq's blossoming bureaucracy like a tick into a hound. Ahmad has spent the year-and-a-half since the invasion putting his followers, employees, family and friends in positions that control the everyday life of Iraqis, and while a lot of them will probably use this arrest as an excuse to dump him, a lot won't. How are they going to handle it? Will they tie up the life of the city even more than it is with red tape and baksheesh? Will they make a concerted attempt to undermine Chalabi's trial or Allawi's govt or both? How are they going to respond?
By all accounts, Chalabi has been very shrewd, placing his most valued and trusted employees deep into the Finance Ministry, the Defense Ministry, and the legal system (that's how Salem got to be in charge of Saddam's trial), among other vital govt agencies. Yes, Ahmad made enemies in the process of doing that; he was riding high at the time, with the US wind at his back, and he wasn't any too gentle in his maneuvering, apparently. There were reports that he stepped on a lot of toes, and that he may have used the old Iraqi secret police files that we gave him after the invasion (another untold story: Who ordered that and why?) to blackmail members of the IGC and others coming into the new puppet govt. Chalabists are now located in many of the key chokehold points on the govt grid, and if they worked together, they could bring the activities of the nascent govt to a grinding halt.
Chalabi's arrest almost certainly has more to do with Allawi trying to break that power than it does with counterfeiting. Not that I think Ahmad is innocent of the charges (it's just the sort of thing he would try if he was in the position to get away with it) but the evidence appears to be awfully thin.
Ahmad Chalabi is accused of counterfeiting old Iraqi dinars. But Alusi said only about 3,000 counterfeit dinars, worth approximately $2, were found in Chalabi's office, and they were marked as forgeries with a red stamp from the Iraqi Central Bank. Chalabi, who headed the Finance Committee of the now-defunct Iraqi Governing Council, has said he was engaged in an effort to stem counterfeiting. Alusi said Chalabi held the forged dinars as part of that effort.A Central Bank official said his agency never sought the counterfeiting charges.
"The Central Bank has not lodged a complaint against any individual regarding money counterfeiting and never requested that such charges be brought," Sinan Shabibi, the bank's governor, told the French news agency Agence France-Presse.
And just whose boy is Shabibi?
The political reality is that Allawi has to break Chalabi's stranglehold or he won't be in control of his own govt, and he knows it. They have been rivals, jockeying for position as the New Puppet Potentate-in-Waiting; Chalabi chose to burrow into the govt infrastructure, Allawi decided to use his heavy CIA and CPA connections to strike directly for the top. Allawi won, but now he has the problem of cleaning out Chalabi's die-hard button-men. The best way to kill a poisonous snake is to chop off the head. Allawi's sword is the countertfeiting charge.
Then there's the little matter that Ahmad has been running around trying to make a 'coalition' out of all the Shi'ite tribes that don't think they're represented by the new puppet regime and are looking for a champion. It was a last-ditch act of desperation by a Chalabi looking to build some kind of powerbase, but it could have worked well enough to make him a player and a major thorn in Allawi's side.
No, the idea that the US is behind Chalabi's arrest is strictly for the domestic market. The occupation is increasingly hated by more and more of the population, and blaming us is a convenient tactic, nothing more. From the US side, Chalabi is still being defended by Bush Admin neocons and their home-away-from-home, the American Enterprise Institute. While Poor Paul (Wolfowitz) hasn't made any public statements since Michael Moore showed him wetting his hair down with his own spit, as recently as May he was defending Ahmad, 'saying that intelligence he had provided saved American lives and helped troops.' Sure. It killed a lot more, but we're emphasizing the positive in BushAmerica. In any case, Poor Paul has adopted the BA's new hands-off policy with regard to Ahmad–he ain't talking.
[A] Wolfowitz spokesman did not return a call seeking comment.
"His future will be decided by the people of Iraq, if he wants to continue to be involved in Iraq 's future," White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said. "This latest investigation, that is a matter for Iraqi authorities to handle."The State Department, never as close to Chalabi as the White House or Pentagon, also distanced itself. Adam Ereli, a State Department spokesman, said the charges "are certainly new to us. This is a question of the Iraqi justice system at work. And we are going to play the appropriate role, which is to let that process take its course."
That cautious distancing does not, however, extend to his other neocon backers. Perle the Pearl, for example, has been actively defending Chalabi every chance he gets.
Richard N. Perle, a former top advisor to Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and a leader of the so-called neoconservatives who embraced Chalabi and the war, said in an interview that he believed the warrants were part of an effort against Chalabi undertaken by the Iraqi government with the support of the U.S. government."I'm sure it's been encouraged by the U.S.," Perle said in an interview from Europe.
He said CIA and State Department officials have long opposed Chalabi and have convinced others in the government to move against him. Now officials in the White House oppose Chalabi as well, Perle said.
"It was those reports that led to a decision to destroy him," Perle said, adding that he believed there was no basis to the reports that Chalabi passed classified information to Iran.
And, of course, the AEI, avid Laurie Mylroie supporter and the place where Gingrich gave his famous speech proposing the stovepiping of raw data to get around the CIA's pickiness about needing to have actual proof before they'd believe anything Ahmad said, has been in there pitching.
Michael Rubin, a former advisor to the U.S.-led occupation authority in Iraq now at the American Enterprise Institute think tank, said the judge who issued the warrant was unqualified, and that the Bush administration and government of interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi wanted to keep Chalabi from gaining influence.Rubin said the Allawi government had moved against Chalabi to prevent him from gaining a role in the upcoming conference
Maybe, but as usual with the NWB's, Rubin asserts facts without offering either evidence or compelling analysis. Here's mine: nobody in the BA is smart enough or knowledgable enough about internal Iraqi politics, particularly in their present chaotic state, to predict how this is going to shake out, much less take control of the shaking. The Admin that started a war with 'plans' that could have been written on the back of an envelope is not an Admin so canny in the ways of the maze/minefield of Arabic politics that it would dare to pick a winner, much less plot the strategy to get him there.
It's much easier and safer to do what they're doing: foster the illusion of Iraqi sovereignty by sitting back and letting the battle play itself out. Chalabi could still become a power–if the trial doesn't result in a conviction, Ahmad has the right to stump the country as a persecuted victim of US manipulation who successfully beat the Superpower at its own game. He becomes a hero to a certain segment, and can no longer be ignored. Allawi's taking a helluva gamble, but if he wants to run Iraq without Ahmad nipping at his heels all the time, he doesn't have much choice.
Read Robert Scheer's column, 'One More Chalabi Black Eye'.
And Another One Bites the Dust
Our old buddy Ahmad Chalabi is about to be arrested by the Iraqi 'govt' for–wait for it!–counterfeiting. Is there no end to this man's talent? Embezzler, swindler, con-artist, double agent, and trouble-maker extraordinaire, Chalabi, the NWB Pin-Up Boy, just can't seem to keep his hand out of the till or his ass out of a sling. He may have fooled the Neocon Wonder Boys ('fooled' them? he wrapped duct tape around his little finger and sold it to them as 'gray gold') but the Iraqis know him for what he is and they're not having any.
BAGHDAD — Iraq's interim government announced arrest warrants Sunday for special tribunal head Salem Chalabi, on murder charges, and former Governing Council member Ahmad Chalabi, on counterfeiting charges.Ahmad Chalabi, a longtime opposition leader, was a Pentagon favorite in the years leading up to the Iraq war but fell out of favor in the spring over allegations that his political faction gave flawed intelligence to U.S. agents and leaked American secrets to Iran.
Um, guys? We're waaaay past the 'allegations' phase at this point. If conning gullible idiots like Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz was a crime, Ahmad would be in Leavenworth right now.
Ahmad Chalabi and interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi also have frequently clashed over issues such as Allawi's move to partially reverse the U.S.-sponsored "de-Baathification" process.Salem Chalabi, Ahmad's nephew, has been in charge of the effort to try ousted President Saddam Hussein on war crimes charges. "They should be arrested and then questioned, and then we will evaluate the evidence, and then if there is enough evidence, they will be sent to trial," Zuhair Maliky, Iraq's chief investigating judge, said Sunday.
Spokesmen for the White House and the State Department said the charges were up to the Iraqis to deal with.
Supporters like Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz were not available for comment.
Really? Well, they wouldn't be, would they? They're all in the basement of Cheney's new bunker with the doors locked and the blankets pulled up over their heads and ear plugs so they can't hear the questions, chanting 'Ahmad is a hero, Ahmad is a national treasure, Ahmad is King' in unison while they whap each other blindly with rolled-up copies of the 9/11CR. Chalabi, of course, says it's all a frame.
"I'm going to go back to confront those lies," Ahmad Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress party, told CNN, speaking from Tehran. "There is no case here. I will go back to meet those charges head-on…. This judge should recuse himself because he went on many times in the American press attacking me personally on political grounds."Ahmad Chalabi also accused Maliky of trying to derail Hussein's trial. "He attacked the court, he attacked the trial of Saddam Hussein in the press," Chalabi said.
The warrant against Ahmad Chalabi reportedly accuses him of counterfeiting old Iraqi dinars. But Chalabi told CNN that the former Governing Council's Finance Committee, which he had headed, had been trying to stop the circulation of fake currency and had been in possession of counterfeit bills.
"All this was done under the auspices of the Finance Committee to stop the forgeries and to put a stop to the theft," he said. "Without a doubt, I'm being set up…. They think they can hurt me by doing this, politically."
Now that's vintage Ahmad. He was trying to stop counterfeiting when he was circulating all those counterfeit bills. He's really just a poor govt clerk who was simply doing his job and now he's caught up in the middle of a 'political' fracas. Pity poor innocent him. They call that gall where I come from; in the next neighborhood over they call it chutzpah.
The charges against Salem are much more serious.
Word of the investigation against Salem Chalabi in connection with the May slaying of Haitham Fadhil, a Finance Ministry official who was delving into the Chalabi family's real estate holdings, was first reported by The Times last week. Iraq's top criminal court has been looking into allegations that Salem Chalabi threatened Fadhil days before he was killed.Fadhil, who was shot on May 28, had been preparing a report on reclaiming government-owned real estate. According to the source who spoke earlier with The Times, the document stated that members of the Chalabi family and the Iraqi National Congress had illegally seized hundreds of properties after the U.S.-led invasion last year. The property, the source said, included government offices, mansions and agricultural land.
Salem Chalabi, 41, denied involvement in the slaying and said the allegations were aimed at removing him as executive director of the Iraqi Special Tribunal, which will try top officials of Hussein's government for crimes against humanity.
Well, he's got his uncle's way with an excuse, anyway. It's all a plot to keep him from trying Saddam. Right.
I have been waiting almost a decade to see Chalabi's inevitable fall from grace. I thought he was going to be outed, finally, five or six years ago when the CIA exposed the INC as a fraud and their 'intelligence' as either useless or a pack of lies. But then Newt Gingrich, Laurie Mylroie's Champion Defender of the Faith and a man who has less experience with intelligence than your Aunt Millie's cat, began using the American Enterprise Institute as a platform to attack the CIA as a bunch of incompetent hacks who wouldn't know good intel if they fell in it. In early 2000, he made a speech at AEI in which he proposed the stovepiping of raw data that acolyte Doug Feith would later set up C-TEG to handle, zipping unconfirmed reports that fit the NWB's preconceptions straight to the Veep's office without the annoyance of checking to see if anything in them was accurate.
Junior's 'election' and selection of the NWB All-Stars as his Defense Team saved Ahmad's butt that time. Suddenly he was rehabilitated. Suddenly his lies weren't lies any more, his unverified Fairy Tales became Holy Writ, not to be challenged, and Ahmad had conned the US Govt into invading Iraq (which wasn't hard since that's what they wanted to do anyway) with the idea that he and his intrepid band of expatriate
liars–um, Freedom Fighters–would become the new Iraqi govt and hand control of the oilfields over to Chevron (Condi deserved a perk, I guess). It was all going to be so easy, so simple, a walk in a flower-strewn park.
It didn't work out that way because fantasies never do when you try to make them real. Ahmad, the old chiseler, knew that. The overgrown boys in charge of the US Govt, who'd been shielded from harsh realities all their lives, didn't have a clue. They were so pampered, so used to getting everything they wanted, that it never dawned on them that what they dreamed about was just that–a dream. But even if it had, in their privileged world Dreams Come True, so why not in Iraq?
Well, now we know. And may it be a lesson to us: Never expect Boys to think like Grown-ups. And for gawd's-sake don't give them the keys to the house when you're gone, to the car on Saturday night, or to the govt anytime. They're not mature enough to handle them responsibly.
You Can't Keep a Good Con Down
Our old friend Ahmad Chalabi, embezzler, thief, swindler, master con artist and possible double agent, still isn't in jail if that's what you thought. No, like the trouper he is, he has re-written the script and taken his act on the road where he is performing as The People's Friend–and Muqtada al-Sadr's ally.
Snubbed by the Bush administration neoconservatives who once embraced him [Untrue: Perle is still defending him, as are Wolfowitz and Libby–MA], and excluded from the interim government, he is building a grass-roots coalition of Shiite Muslim groups who lack a voice in the new Iraq.At the same time, he's reaching out to Iraq's most prominent anti-American Shiite cleric, Muqtada Sadr, whose followers come mainly from Baghdad's urban underclass and the impoverished south of the country. Political analysts here believe that the new approach will eventually win support from a significant segment of Sadr's followers if Chalabi chooses to run for office — and, as expected, Sadr chooses to wield his power from the pulpit instead.
That would give Chalabi and his new organization, the Shiite Political Council, mass support that could yield considerable clout in the majority Shiite community.
More established Shiite parties alternately discount Chalabi and describe him as a strong opponent. He is gathering up the political scraps, "mingling with little groups," in the words of Ridha Taqi, director of political relations for a major Shiite party, the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq.
But he acknowledged that if Chalabi can bring Sadr on board, he will be a formidable force. "If the Sadr movement abandons violence and makes an alliance with Ahmad Chalabi, he will gain something from that movement," Taqi said. "Sadr is one of the big pillars of the Shiite family." And, he added, "it's not that Ahmad Chalabi is [just] thinking of cooperating with the Sadr group — he's already working with them in an intense manner."
Chalabi clearly hasn't given up on his dream of one day ruling Iraq–and controlling its treasury. He has found a little opening and he's exploiting it for all he's worth. Remember, he still controls much of the bureaucracy in Iraq, having installed loyalists at key points in the new govt's infrastructure who know where all the bodies are buried, and Allawi has made no significant attempt to remove or replace them–not a good sign, since it would be one of the surest ways to consolidate his power before the election that will undoubtedly come.
You can file this under Bad News From Iraq. I suspect that the Neocon Wonder Boys are as proud as peacocks that their protege just won't give up but the rest of us should be seriously concerned that Chalabi hasn't been stepped on yet. An alliance with al-Sadr bodes no good for either the US or the Iraqi people's best interests. I've said before that I doubted he was doubling for Iranian Intelligence and I still do, but his contacts with them are real enough and they will use him if they get the opportunity. At the moment, I figure he's probably feeding them information about Iraq's dissident Shiite groups and they're patting him on the head and making promises they don't intend to keep, but if he manages to corral some power in the eventual coalition govt, their contacts could get a lot more serious.
Chalabi is steadily building his new coalition. The leadership of the Shiite Political Council includes several members of the former Governing Council who, like Chalabi, were left out of the interim government. But the bulk of the members come from small, little-known groups. Unsophisticated in politics, they are joining because they see the organization as a means to make their voices heard.And because they are Shiites, they hope that by banding together they will avoid being crushed the way they were under the previous regime.
"It has nothing to do with sectarianism. It's just that Shiites represent the majority," said Ali Aliausha, an earnest man in a pinstriped suit who spent much of the last 20 years in exile and says he lost two brothers to Hussein's executioners. He was one of many people at a recent meeting of the council at Chalabi's headquarters — known as the China House for its pagoda-like architecture.
"Dr. Ahmad Chalabi is an Iraqi citizen, and he has played a big role in this moment of change," Aliausha said, admiration in his voice.
Oh, so it's Dr Chalabi now, is it? Cute. That title carries a lot of freight in Arabic countries where it represents a combination of virtues like honesty, selflessness, and political integrity, to none of which Ahmad has any legitimate claim. His populist stance is as big a sham as the 'information' he had his minions in the INC invent and then pass along to the gullible neocon newcomers at C-TEG, but it may be awhile before the Shiite groups figure that out.
Little Ahmad better be careful how he steps, though. He's playing with dynamite in al-Sadr, and the dynamite is sweating.
Iraqi Defectors Exaggerated
What a shock.
The way intelligence works–not that any of these guys would know…in either sense of the word–is with a healthy dose of skepticism laced with suspicion. The reason they are healthy is contained in a little story–the kind Judith Miller should have written two years ago–about one of Ahmad Chalabi's chief information collectors noticing how greatly the defectors' stories had changed between the time he first heard them and the time they hit Washington.
Mr. Zubaidi said in interviews last week in Lebanon, the ominous claims by the defectors differed significantly from the versions that they had first related to him and his associates. Mr. Zubaidi provided his handwritten diaries from 2001 and 2002, and his existing reports on the statements originally made by the defectors.According to the documents, the defectors, while speaking with precision about aspects of Iraqi military facilities like its stock of missiles, did not initially make some of the most provocative claims about weapons production or that an Iraqi official had met with Mr. bin Laden.
The precise circumstances under which the stories apparently changed remains unclear. The defectors themselves could not be reached for comment.
Mr. Zubaidi contends that the men altered their stories after they met with senior figures in the Iraqi National Congress. Mr. Zubaidi, who acknowledged that he had a bitter split with the I.N.C. in April 2003, said officials of the group prepped the defectors before allowing them to meet with the American intelligence agents and journalists.
"They intentionally exaggerated all the information so they would drag the United States into war," Mr. Zubaidi said. "We all know the defectors had a little information on which they built big stories."
As a primer for Doug Feith and his merry band of novitiate intelligence gatherers at OSP and C-TEG, here are a couple of the basic rules of intelligence-gathering.
Intel 101
Defectors, all defectors, no matter where they come from, have a reason for defecting. You may or may not know what that reason is. For instance:
#1: Could they be double agents throwing you chickenfeed and disinformation because they actually work for the opposition?
#2: Could they be free-lance doubles who are selling you information about the opposition and then turning around and selling the opposition information about you, thus working both sides of the street for the greater glory of their expense accounts? (This is extremely common in the Middle East.)
#3: Remember at all times that defectors, whether #1's, #2's or relatively honest, have an interest in telling you what they think you want to hear in order to keep you interested in them. They almost always exaggerate or outright lie to make themselves and their information seem more important than it is. This is common. Assume it and verify their stories before you act on them.
#4: When you interrogate/de-brief them, DO NOT LEAD THEM IN ANY PARTICULAR DIRECTION unless you are deliberately testing them (which none of you are competent to do, so leave it to the pros). If you lead, they will follow and their stories will get more and more exaggerated as a result.
Follow these four simple rules and they should keep you from falling into any of the more obvious traps when questioning a defector.
Of course I realize this is like giving you a lecture on how to lock the barn when the horses have already escaped, but, you know, for next time. Real intelligence analysts and interrogators learn these rules their first few days in Spy School but you, of course, came in way late and unprepared, jumped ahead of the rest of the class because your Daddy knows the school's owner. Influence-peddling and nepotism may be good for your career but they don't make you smart. In fact, they tend to make you suckers, so beware.
That's it for today. Now go outside and play nice with the other kids. Try to remember, you don't know everything and don't brag too much about how the owner let you skip a grade because your Dad plays golf with him at the Country Club. The other kids may decide you look like a fish and try to drown you in the wading pool.


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Afro-Mexicans in the Mexican War of Independence
The Need for the Mexican War of Independence[edit]
With the help of rebel leader Miguel Hidalgo, who formally denounced the observance of the caste system in 1810, people of color were able to see that their independence was worth putting up a fight for it. However, Hidalgo was defeated. Morelos was dedicated to the cause and diligently recruited and trained an army consisting of free black peasants from various regions within the country.[citation needed] However, in 1815 he was also defeated and put to death.
Vicente Guerrero[edit]
Upon Miguel Hidalgo's death the army declined and the future was not looking very promising. Guerrilla warfare seemed to be the main line of attack.The army was now under the command of Vicente Guerrero. This war did not seem to be looking good for those fighting for independence.
There were many heroes associated with the war for independence. Vicente Guerrero was one of them. He was able to succeed in gaining leadership due to his oratory skills and ability to speak different languages. Although he had little education he possessed other skills that helped him as a military leader. Although his four-year command was mostly a holding action and the military was almost always on the brink of collapse, he was considered one of the greatest Mexican war heroes. In 1821, when he finally decided to take over the entire army, he was offered a settlement by the Spanish. The settlement ruled out the abolition of slavery as well as the land reform proposed by Morelos, nonetheless the caste system of Spain would cease to exist. Guerrero agreed, the caste laws were revoked and independence and peace were soon to come. Upon his death in 1831, all of his alliance moved their all allegiance to populist Juan Alvarez.
- Vincent, Ted. The Blacks Who Freed Mexico. The Journal of Negro History. Vol. 79, No.3. 257,258
- Andrews, George. Afro Latin America 1800-2000. Oxford University press 2004. New York, New York
- Vincent, Theodore. The Legacy of Vicente Guerrero, Mexico's First Black Indian President. University Press of Florida. 2001 pg 21


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The mooted deal involving current owner Sir David Murray and potential purchaser, businessman Craig Whyte, is still yet to be finalised with the latest reports saying that the process is still being undertaken whilst a dispute over a £2.8million tax receipt is also trying to be settled.
But Smith says it is slightly unsettling as he tries to focus his players on the job at hand which is reeling in league leaders Celtic.
"We've no knowledge of a timeframe. There has been no change from the weekend," Smith said.
"It's difficult. We don't know what is going to happen so the boys are currently having to deal with two possible [scenarios]: with a new buyer, or without new buyer. So it is an awkward scenario."
And Smith said there was also plenty of tension among the supporters after 'Gers dropped vital points by losing 3-2 at home to Dundee United on Saturday.
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The Mass. We bring our worries and concerns. The Scriptures open our hearts to Jesus' presence. Then in the breaking of the bread, He himself becomes present.
Life Itself. We walk through life and Jesus walks with us, though we do not recognize Him. When we get to the House of the Father, and God sits us down to the great banquet, then we will realize that it is Jesus who has been walking with us all along.
On this Mother's Day, we recall the role that Mary played for the disciples. Even when they could not see Jesus, somehow she always knew it was Him. How did they recognize Him? Maybe in the breaking of the bread, or maybe in seeing His wounds. Every mother knows the experience of being wounded by the ones she loves. You can't see it now, but one day you will — in those moments of being wounded, Jesus was there. (8 May 2011)
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Coordinates: 52°14′12″N 15°32′48″E / 52.236738°N 15.546552°E
|Pomnik Chrystusa Króla
Christ the King
The statue in April 2011
|Basic information
|Świebodzin, Poland
|Architectural description
|Mirosław Kazimierz Patecki
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|29 September 2006
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|33 metres (108 ft)
Christ the King (Polish: Pomnik Chrystusa Króla, lit. Monument of Christ the King) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Świebodzin, western Poland, completed on 6 November 2010. The figure is 33 metres (108 ft) tall,[1] the crown is 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall,[2] and along with its mound, it reaches 52.5 metres (172 ft)[3] overall. It took five years in total to construct and cost around $1.5 million to build, which was collected from donations of the 21,000 residents of the town.[2] The project was conceived and led by Sylwester Zawadzki, a retired Polish priest.[4] It is the tallest statue of Jesus in the world.[4]
The statue was built on a 16.5 metre embankment of stones and rubble.[3] Christ the King has a height of 33 metres, symbolising a traditional belief that Jesus' age at his death was 33.[1] The Crown of the temple is 3.5 metres in diameter and 2 m in height, and the whole is gilded. It weighs 440 tons. The head alone is 4.5 m tall and weighs 15 tons. Each hand is 6 m in length and the distance between the ends of the fingers is 24 metres. It is composed of concrete and fibreglass.[1][3] It is 3 meters taller than the better known statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, standing at 30.1 metres (99 ft) tall without its pedestal.
The designs for various elements of the statue were produced by a number of individuals; the sculpture design was primarily produced by Mirosław Kazimierz Patecki with the technical design aspect being undertaken by Assoc. Jakub Marcinowski and Assoc. Mikołaj Kłapeć, both of whom are employees of the University of Zielona Gora. Meanwhile elements of the clothing and the arms of the statue were designed by Tomasz Stafiniak and Krzysztof Nawojski (the latter being of the town of Świebodzin) respectively. Another resident of Świebodzin, Marian Wybraniec, was responsible for the design of the foundations upon which the statue was constructed.
The construction work was undertaken by staff employed by the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy in Świebodzin and included welders, locksmiths and mechanics.
On 29 September 2006, the city council of Świebodzin passed a resolution on the establishment of Christ the King.[5] The President (under the authority of the board) along with the mayor spoke to the Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów Diocese. State officials also temporarily halted the project due to safety concerns. With funding from local people and as far away as Canada, the statue was completed on November 6, 2010 and now takes its place as the Largest Statue of Jesus Christ according to the Guinness Book of World Records.[6]
See also[edit]
- Cristo Redentore in Maratea, Italy
- Christ The Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro
- Christ of Vung Tau in Vietnam (32 m)
- Jesus Blesses Manado in Indonesia (30 m)
- Cristo-Rei in Portugal: a 28 meter high replica of Christ the Redeemer
- Cristo Rey del Cubilete in Guanajuato, Mexico: a 23 meter high statue inspired by Christ the Redeemer
- Christ of the Ozarks in Arkansas, USA: a 20 meter high statue inspired by Christ the Redeemer
- Christ the Redeemer of the Andes (Argentina/Chile)
- Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia
- Cristo Blanco in Cuzco, Peru
- Cristo de las Noas in Torreón, Mexico
- Christ the Redeemer, by Michelangelo
- Christ of the Abyss in various underwater locations
- List of statues by height
- ^ a b c Jesus rises from cabbage field, Irish Times, November 5, 2010
- ^ a b Milena Rachid Chehab (29 January 2009). "Rio wschodu" (in Polish). Wydawnictwo "Przekrój" sp. z o.o. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ a b c PAP (21 November 2010). ""Chrystus Królem Wszechświata". Poświęcono figurę w Świebodzinie" (in Polish). Gazeta.pl. Wiadomości. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Polish Town Erects World's Largest Jesus Statue". Christian Post. 2010-11-06. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
- ^ ŚWIEBODZIN: Chrystus Król zapanuje nad Świebodzinem dopiero wiosną - 11 grudnia 2007
- ^ Tallest Jesus statue - Christ the King Monument sets world record. World Record Academy.com
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Christ the King (statue).
- The official Website of the Jesus Christ the King Statue (Polish, German, English, Russian)
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Animal companions need nurturing, too! So attend to the spiritual needs of your pet at one of the many Blessing of the Animals events around the Bay Area in October, or explore a different side of yourself by learning about a different culture or religion. The Bay Area Spirituality Examiner presents a list each week of upcoming events, which reflect the diversity of our region's spiritual and personal growth traditions. To request inclusion of your event on this calendar, submit your information at least one (1) month in advance to Laurie Snyder at: email@example.com. Items will be included at the discretion of the author as time and space permit.
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October 1, 2011: "Blessing of the Animals." Beginning at 10:00 a.m. on the church patio (between the church and Mullen Commons), participants will celebrate the feast of St. Francis of Assisi during this annual blessing of pets. St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 1650 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek, CA.
October 1, 2011: "Many Faces of God." Join Sharon Noteboom for monthly discussions Saturdays from 10:00-11:30 a.m. of books to deepen one's knowledge and faith while broadening one's understanding of other religions. Cost: $10 to join. For details contact Jean Gregory: (510) 635-8838. Montclair Presbyterian Church, Room 1, 5700 Thornhill Drive, Oakland, CA.
October 1, 2011: "Quranic Study." Discussions led each Saturday morning in Farsi by Dr. Rahim Nobahar, Imam and Director of Religious Education beginning at 10:00 a.m. Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, 1433 Madison Street, Oakland, CA.
October 1-6, 2011: "Mindfulness and Metta: True Liberation (A Retreat for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex & Same-Gender Loving Communities)." Join Arinna Weisman, Larry Yang, et. al. for this retreat, which begins at 3:00 p.m. October 1st; ends at noon October 6th. Suitable for beginning to experienced meditation practitioners. Mindfulness (vipassana) and loving kindness (metta) to open one's heart; learn to deal with difficult emotions and the challenges today's world presents. Cost: $435-$860 (sliding scale). Upper Retreat Hall, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA.
October 1-22, 2011: "Diverse Visions of Harmony – An Interfaith Art Exhibit." Sponsored by the Faith Trio (Kehilla Community Synagogue, Montclair Presbyterian Church, and the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California). Juried exhibit by artists of all faiths which "expresses a commitment to interfaith understanding, coexistence, peace and cultural exchange." Thursday through Saturdays from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., or by appointment through October 22. People of all beliefs are invited and encouraged to attend. No special attire required. Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, 1433 Madison Street, Oakland, CA; (510) 832-7600; firstname.lastname@example.com.
October 2, 2011: "Blessing of the Animals." Bring your critters for special attention at most any time during this all-day event. Christ Episcopal Church, 70 Santa Rosa Avenue, Sausalito, CA.
October 2, 2011: "Ninth Annual Blessing of the Animals." Held at the church parking lot from 2:00-3:00 p.m., this annual community outreach event is open to all. Burlingame United Methodist Church, 1443 Howard Avenue, Burlingame, CA.
October 2, 2011: "Community Memorial." Services begin at 2:00 p.m. at the Home of Peace Chapel, Colma, CA. For more information see the web site of Congregation Sherith Israel. Congregation Sherith Israel, 2266 California Street, San Francisco, CA.
October 2, 2011: "Fall Equinox Harmonic Renewal." Join Christy Brown and Karma Moffett for an afternoon of Yin Yoga, meditation, readings of the poetry of Rumi, and the Tibetan Bell Experience. From 2:00-5:00 p.m. Tickets: $35 (advance); $45 (at the door). Location: The Nexus, 1414 Harbour Way South, #1010 (Ford Point at Marina District), Richmond, CA.
October 2, 2011: "Nyingma Institute Open House." Join faculty and staff for light refreshments, tour the meditation garden and visit the prayer wheel, and learn about the practices of Kum Nye (Tibetan relaxation yoga) and meditation from 3:00-5:00 p.m. The Institute's regular Sunday chant and lecture activities will follow from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Participants welcome to attend for an individual activity or all events. Tibetan Nyingma Institute, 1815 Highland Place, Berkeley, CA. Cost: Free. For information, please call: (510) 809-1000.
October 5, 2011: "Death and Dying in Islamic Tradition." Learn about Muslim beliefs, customs, and practices with respect to death and dying from Ameena Jandali of the Islamic Networks Group at this seminar sponsored from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. by the San Francisco Bay Area End of Life Coalition. Location: Vintage Golden Gate, 1601 19th Avenue, San Francisco, CA. For more information, contact Nate Hinerman: firstname.lastname@example.com.
October 7, 2011: "Grove of Hekate." Full Moon ritual circle open to all self-identified women; designed to "create sacred space, spiritual community, and support for women witches." Sponsored by CAYA (Come as You Are) Coven. Location: The Enlightened Mind, 409 East Campbell Avenue, Suite 220, Campbell, CA.
October 7, 2011: "San Francisco Gay & Lesbian Spirituality Gathering Meetup." Gathering begins at 7:00 p.m. Expand your personal consciousness and spirituality; meet new friends in a welcoming atmosphere. San Francisco Spiritual Enrichment Center, 2118 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA.
October 7, 2011: "Kol Nidre." Early service begins at 6:00 p.m. in the sanctuary; late service begins at 8:30 p.m. Congregation Sherith Israel, 2266 California Street, San Francisco, CA.
October 7, 2011: "Erev Kol Nidre." Family Service: 6:00-7:00 p.m. Main Services: 8:00-9:00 p.m. Temple Emanu-El, 1010 University Avenue, San Jose, CA
October 7, 2011: "Erev Yom Kippur." Join us as we prepare for Yom Kippur. Candle lighting will begin at 6:26 p.m. with Kol Nidre services beginning at 8:00 p.m. Temple Beth Sholom, 642 Dolores Avenue, San Leandro, CA.
October 7, 2011: "Kol Nidre." Begins at 8:00 p.m. at the Civic Center. Tickets required. For details, see the Congregation Rodef Sholom web site.
October 7-8, 2011: "Kehilla High Holydays 5772." Sponsored by Kehilla Community Synagogue, High Holydays will be held at the Scottish Rite Center on Lake Merritt in Oakland. See Kehilla's web site for details.
October 7-8, 2011: "Bazaar and Food Festival." Enjoy authentic Armenian food, dance, music, and cultural activities. Games for kids, church tours, food to go. Performances at 8:30 p.m. each night by the St. Vartan Armenian Dance Ensemble. St. Vartan Armenian Church, 650 Spruce Street, Oakland, CA. See flyer for times.
October 8, 2011: "Yom Kippur." Early service begins at 8:30 a.m. in the sanctuary; youth service: 8:30-10:30 a.m.; late service: 11:30 a.m. Tot Yontif: 10:45-11:30 a.m., Newman Hall. Study Session: 1:00 p.m., Bart Hall. Community Gathering and Sharing: 2:00 p.m., Bart Hall. Afternoon and Healing Service: Begins at 3:15 p.m. in the sanctuary; Memorial Service: 4:30 p.m.; Closing Neilah Service: 5:30 p.m.; Final Shofar: 6:30 p.m. Break-the-Fast: 6:45 p.m., Newman Hall. (All services in the sanctuary of Congregation Sherith Israel; special programs in various synagogue rooms.) Tickets are required to attend. Congregation Sherith Israel, 2266 California Street, San Francisco, CA.
October 8, 2011: "Yom Kippur." Children's Service: 9:00-10:00 a.m. Main Services: 10:00-11:0 a.m. Break the Fast: 6:15-8:45 p.m. Temple Emanu-El, 1010 University Avenue, San Jose, CA.
October 8, 2011: "Yom Kippur." Morning services will begin at 9:00 a.m. with the children's service starting at 10:30 in the Little Shul. Afternoon workshops will be held from 1:30-4:00 p.m. with Yizkor, Mincha, and Neilah beginning at 4:00, 5:00, and 7:00 p.m., respectively. Break the Fast begins at sundown. Temple Beth Sholom, 642 Dolores Avenue, San Leandro, CA.
October 8, 2011: "Yom Kippur." Services begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Civic Center and at the synagogue. Children's service (ages 6 and under) begins at the JCC at 1:00 p.m.; services for children 7-11 begin at the synagogue at 1:00 p.m. A Healing Service will be held at the Green Room of the Civic Center beginning at 1:00 p.m. with an Adult Discussion program held in the Civic Center Auditorium beginning at 2:30 p.m. Teen Program: Begins at 3:30 p.m. in the JCC Lounge. Afternoon services/Yizkor begin at 3:30 p.m. at the Civic Center and at the synagogue. Concluding Service/Ne'ila: Begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Civic Center Auditorium and at the synagogue. Break-the-Fast begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Redwood Foyer of the Civic Center. Some programs require tickets; others are open to the public. See the Congregation Rodef Sholom for details.
October 8, 2011: "Sanskrit Classes." Classes held the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month for children 6-18 years of age and adults from 9:30-11:00 a.m. No prior Sanskrit knowledge needed. Parent/adult advised to attend with child(ren). Pre-registration is required: email@example.com. Shiva-Vishnu Temple, Hindu Community and Cultural Center, 1232 Arrowhead Avenue, Livermore, CA.
October 8, 2011: "Blessing of the Animals." Begins at 3:00 p.m. Orinda Community Church (Chauncy Blossom Courtyard), 10 Irwin Way, Orinda, CA.
October 8, 2011: "Bhagawad Gita Class." Free classes held the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month from 12:15-1:00 p.m. Kanaka Durga Shrine (at the back of the temple), Shiva-Vishnu Temple, Hindu Community and Cultural Center, 1232 Arrowhead Avenue, Livermore, CA. For details, please e-mail Smt. Madhu Ramesh: email@example.com.
October 8, 2011: "Celebration of the Birthday of Imam Reza (AS)." Beginning at 7:00 p.m., this special program will include prayer, a lecture by Dr. Rahim Nobahar, and refreshments. Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, 1433 Madison Street, Oakland, CA.
October 8, 2011: "Grove of Artemis." Full Moon ritual circle open to all self-identified women; designed to "create sacred space, spiritual community, and support for women witches." Honor the divine in every woman; celebrate the Goddess Artemis, a powerful symbol for women's empowerment. Sponsored by CAYA (Come as You Are) Coven. Location: Berkeley Yoga Studio (Studio C), 2121 Bonar, Berkeley, CA.
October 8, 2011: "Brotherhood of the Moon." Full Moon ritual circle open to all self-identified men; designed to "create sacred space, spiritual community, and support for the Divine Masculine that is found in every man." Sponsored by CAYA (Come as You Are) Coven. Location: Berkeley Yoga Studio (Studio 209), 1250 Addison, Berkeley, CA.
October 9, 2011: "Meeting Trauma and Finding Balance: A Somatic Approach to Zen Practice." From 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., join Jiko Jane Lazar and Patricia Meadows for a 1-day workshop using mindfulness to release stuck survival energies. Enrollment limited to 25 people; to register, call: (415) 383-3134. Cost: $110 ($99 for current San Francisco Zen Center members; $88 for those with limited income); lunch included. Conference Center, 308 Page Street; email@example.com.
October 11, 2011: "Bringing Balance into Everyday Life." Shanti Rubenstone, MD helps attendees explore ways to bring happiness and peace into their lives by analyzing the interplay of attitude, energy, attunement, devotion, intention, and right-mindedness. Free, but call to reserve a seat: (650) 988-9800. East West Bookstore, 324 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA.
October 11, 2011: "Full Moon Chant." Nyingma students and friends will chant the Vajra Guru Mantra and meditate from 8:00-9:30 p.m. Tibetan Nyingma Institute, 1815 Highland Place, Berkeley, CA. Cost: Free. If attending for the first time, please call: (510) 809-1000.
October 12-23, 2011: "Goddess Kanaka Durga Prathista, Kumbhabhishekam and Sata Chandi Homam." Shiva-Vishnu Temple, Hindu Community and Cultural Center, 1232 Arrowhead Avenue, Livermore, CA. See temple's web site for full schedule.
October 14, 2011: "Point Richmond Acoustic Series: The T-Sisters." First United Methodist Church, 201 Martina Street (corner of West Richmond Avenue), Richmond, CA.
October 15-16, 2011: "East West Psychic Fair." Receive angelic guidance, be healed astrally or bodily, or have a past life regression done by a channeler. Sign-up on site for appointments; fees vary. East West Bookstore, 324 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA. www.eastwest.com/event/east-west-psychic-fair
October 19, 2011: "Healthcare for Muslim Patients." Sponsored by the Chaplaincy Institute for Arts and Interfaith Ministries, this presentation by Ameena Jandali, Content Director for the Islamic Networks Group, will help physicians, nurses, and others better communicate with their Muslim patients and their families. From 2:30-5:30 p.m., this program will review Islam and Muslim cultural practices and explore healthcare and cultural issues associated with birth, death, diet, blood transfusions, men's and women's health, autopsies, etc. Location: Grace North Church, 2138 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA. For information, contact Lauren Van Ham: firstname.lastname@example.com.
October 20, 2011: "Twilight by the Lake." All are welcome to relax, mingle, and enjoy live music and complimentary appetizers at this free event sponsored by The Cathedral of Christ the Light from 5:00-7:30 p.m. 2121 Harrison Street (at Grand Avenue), Oakland, CA.
October 23, 2011: "A Journey with Mercy Ships." Come hear John Creech talk about his trip to Africa with Mercy Ships. Program begins after worship services. Orinda Community Church, 10 Irwin Way, Orinda, CA.
October 23, 2011: "54th Anniversary Celebration: St. Vartan Armenian Church." Under the auspices of His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Armenian Church, Divine Liturgy-Badarak will begin at 10:00 a.m. Special ordination of deacons and acolytes, followed by anniversary banquet (baked lamb wrapped in philo dough) at 12:30 p.m. in the Church Hall. Presentation of Hye Spirit Award. Donation: $45 (adults), $25 (students and children under 13), $10 (pasta and chicken strips for children ages 3-12). St. Vartan Armenian Church, 650 Spruce Street, Oakland, CA. Advance registration required. See St. Vartan's web site for details.
October 23, 2011: "Classical Music Concert with Rebecca Rust, Friedrich Edelmann, and Vera Breheda." Internationally renowned cellist Rebecca Rust, student of Mstislav Rostropovich, et. al., will perform the music of Handel, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Bloch, Frackenpohl, and Kahn with pianist Vera Breheda and bassoonist Friedrich Edelmann beginning at 5:00 p.m. Cost: $10 (suggested donation). Edelmann is the former principal bassoonist of the Munich Philharmonic, and has performed under numerous major conductors, including: Barenboim, Blomstedt, Leinsdorf, Levine, Maazel, Masur, and Solti. Breheda made her debut with the San Francisco Symphony at the age of 14, received early training at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and made her New York debut at Carnegie Hall in 1983. First United Methodist Church, 201 Martina Street (corner of West Richmond Avenue), Richmond, CA.
October 24, 2011: "Contemplative Service." Experience readings from a different tradition at each service, as well as congregational chants and time for silence at this new monthly service from 6:00-6:30 p.m. Marin Lutheran Church, 649 Meadowsweet Drive, Corte Madera, CA.
October 25, 2011: "Gargoyles, Food Dogs and More: Interesting and Unusual Monuments." Free Saturday afternoon walking tour of the Cypress Lawn Cemetery with Terry Hamburg sponsored by the Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation. Administration Office, Cypress Lawn Cemetery, 1370 El Camino Real, Colma, CA.
October 28-30, 2011: "Tibetan Singing Bowl Group Meditation, Individual Healings, and Professional Training." Experience the wisdom and gentle, but effective therapeutic techniques of master healer and teacher, Suren Shrestha. Suren, a Nepal native who was trained by Tibetan monks and the yogi Tahalkishor Maharaj to heal others using the sacred sound current, will present a group healing session at 7:30 p.m., October 28. Individual healing sessions may be scheduled with Suren on October 30. Beginning to advanced training for healthcare professionals and other healers (Sound and Vibration) to incorporate singing bowl healing into their practices will be conducted on Saturday, October. 29. Call (650) 988-9800 now; Suren's sessions book quickly. Costs vary; see the East West web site for details: East West Bookstore, 324 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA.
October 28-30, 2011: "Following the Mystics through the Narrow Gate." Join Jim Finley, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and former Trappist monk at Kentucky's Abbey of Gethsemani. Finley, author of Merton's Palace of Nowhere and The Contemplative Heart, has led numerous retreats throughout the U.S. and Canada and written extensively about Thomas Merton, his spiritual director at the Abbey. Mystics studied: Merton, Meister Eckhart, John of the Cross, Theresa of Avila, Mechtild of Magdeburg, and Julian of Norwich. Following Friday night's opening, retreat will be silent; closes with Sunday liturgy. Cost: $265 (overnight), $225 (commuter). Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA.
October 29, 2011: "32nd Annual Spiral Dance." All are welcome to join in this family-oriented, drug and alcohol-free gathering of remembrance of ancestors and all those who have crossed over. Affirm the renewal of life. General admission: $20-100+ (sliding scale). Doors open: 6:00 p.m. Ritual begins: 7:30 p.m. (Come early to listen to pre-ritual music and view the altars.) Proceeds benefit the Reclaiming Community. Location: Kezar Pavilion (near Haight and Stanyan Streets), San Francisco, CA.
October 30, 2011: "3rd Annual Oktoberfest." Enjoy great German food, fellowship, and music beginning after worship services. Orinda Community Church (Fellowship Hall), 10 Irwin Way, CA.
October 30, 2011: "Samhain Ritual 2011." All are welcome to join in this participatory, kid-friendly, drug and alcohol-free event. Cost: $10-40 (sliding scale). Proceeds benefit North Bay Reclaiming events. Gathering begins: 6:30 p.m. Ritual begins: 7:00 p.m. Location: Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris Street, Sebastopol, CA.
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November 3, 2011: "MIC Sixth Annual Visionary Marin: Honoring Sam Keen." From 6:00-8:30 p.m., celebrate the life Sam Keen, former professor of religion and philosophy, bestselling author, and co-producer of the award-winning PBS documentary, Faces of the Enemy, was the subject of Bill Moyers' Your Mythic Journey. Program raises funds in support of the work of the Marin Interfaith Council. Location: Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA. For details, visit the Marin Interfaith Council's web site.
November 4, 2011: "San Francisco Gay & Lesbian Spirituality Gathering Meetup." Gathering begins at 7:00 p.m. Expand your personal consciousness and spirituality; meet new friends in a welcoming atmosphere. San Francisco Spiritual Enrichment Center, 2118 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA.
November 5, 2011: "Faith Trio Harvest Dinner." Join members of the Kehilla Community Synagogue, Montclair Presbyterian Church, and the Islamic Cultural Center for this interfaith dinner and program. For more information contact Jean Mudge: (510) 548-7268. Montclair Presbyterian Church.
November 4-6, 2011: "Advancing the Science and Practice of Contemplative Education." Teachers, school administrators, health professionals, researchers, policymakers, and media examine the science behind the use of contemplative education to improve the lives of children and their families, teachers, and society. Keynote: Dr. Mark Greenberg, Director of the Prevention Research Center at Penn State University with additional panel presentations by Myla Kabat-Zinn, et. al. Cost: $350 to $490 (depends on type of room selected; includes lodging, meals, program fee). The Garrison Institute, Garrison, New York. For information call: (845) 424-4800.
November 5, 2011: "Thomas Merton and the Inner Journey: Beyond Interreligiosity." Cost: $125 ($100 for CIIS community and members). See CIIS web site for times and other details. California Institute of Integral Studies (Main Building), San Francisco, CA.
November 6, 2011: "Communion and Healing Prayer." Held the first Sunday of each month. Burlingame United Methodist Church, 1433 Howard Avenue, Burlingame, CA. Call (650) 344-6321.
November 9, 2011: "Taizé Candlelight Service." From 7:30-8:30 p.m., this weekly service offers participants spiritual renewal through meditation. Participate in or simply listen to and experience singing, quiet meditation, prayer, and the available blessings for healing weekly or as often as your busy schedule permits. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1668 Bush Street, San Francisco.
November 12, 2011: "Understanding Our Moment in History: An Archetypal Perspective with Richard Tarnas." Cost: $15 ($10 for members and CIIS community). California Institute of Integral Studies (Main Building), San Francisco, CA from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
November 13, 2011: "The Changing Role of Women." Join Ameena Jandali of the Islamic Networks Group, Buddhism practitioners, and other Bay Area community leaders for this important interfaith panel discussion from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Short Buddhist service precedes discussion, followed by light lunch. Location: Berkeley Buddhist Temple, 2121 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA. For more information, contact Diane Ames: firstname.lastname@example.com.
November 15, 2011: "Refuge in the Three Jewels." For those new to Buddhism or needing a refresher, this series of 6 classes on Tuesday evenings from 7:00-9:00 p.m. (Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 6, Dec 13, Dec 20) explains karma and the essential practices of refuge, as well as ways to find a path in life offering protection from suffering. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel, CA. Details: firstname.lastname@example.com, or (831) 462-8383.
November 21, 2011: "Islam and Authors." Talk by Dr. Omid Safi, author of Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters. Cost: $10 (general), $5 (students). Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, 1433 Madison Street, Oakland, CA.
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December 2, 2011: "San Francisco Gay & Lesbian Spirituality Gathering Meetup." Gathering begins at 7:00 p.m. Expand your personal consciousness and spirituality; meet new friends in a welcoming atmosphere. San Francisco Spiritual Enrichment Center, 2118 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA.
December 7, 2011: "Taizé Candlelight Service." From 7:30-8:30 p.m., this weekly service offers participants spiritual renewal through meditation. Participate in or simply listen to and experience singing, quiet meditation, prayer, and the available blessings for healing weekly or as often as your busy schedule permits. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1668 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA.
December 10, 2011: "How to Be an Adult about Spirituality." Join David Richo, author of How to Be an Adult in Faith in Spirituality, for this workshop from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Cost: $65-$108 (sliding scale; bring your lunch). Community Meditation Hall, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA. Register online at Spirit Rock's web site.
December 18, 2011: "Annual Christmas Concert at St. Peter's Chapel, Mare Island." Vallejo Choral Society performs at 2:00 p.m. Advance ticket purchase strongly advised; seating in this historic chapel limited to 200. For tickets, call: (707) 280-5742 or 557-1538, or purchase at: Mare Island Museum, Railroad Avenue and 8th Street on Mare Island; Vallejo & Naval Historical Museum, 734 Main Street; or Vallejo Convention and Visitors Bureau.
December 18, 2011: "Yule (Winter Solstice) with Starhawk." Begins at 7:00 p.m. Sponsored by North Bay Reclaiming. Location: Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris Street, Sebastopol, CA.
December 19-24, 2011: "Insight Meditation at the Solstice: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light." Join John Travis, Donald Rothberg, and Heather Sundberg for this 5-night retreat at Spirit Rock, Woodacre, CA. For details, contact the Mountain Stream Meditation Center: (530) 887-9400, or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Taylor County will receive $7,200 from the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board to support a Deceased Farm Animal Removal Program in Taylor County.
The Taylor County Conservation District submitted a proposal to the Taylor County Agricultural Development Council and the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board.
Children at several local schools watched President Barack Obama's speech on Tuesday, but some parents chose to opt their children out of hearing his remarks.
Obama's speech, which is available to read in its entirety on today's Opinion Page or at www.whitehouse.gov, encouraged students to stay in school and try their best.
Health insurance coverage will no longer be free to spouses and children of City employees.
Forced to cut back on costs, Campbellsville City Council members approved a new health insurance plan that passes more of the cost on to employees.
Speaking to Council members during Tuesday night's regular meeting, Kelly Harding of Reed Bros. Insurance said the goal was to keep the City's premium as close to the current amount of $995,041 as possible.
No one chose to speak out against either public school system's proposed tax rate increase.
At Campbellsville Independent Schools, the Board had its required public hearing at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday.
According to Finance Director Gayle Newton, who recommended the increase to the Board, the new rate is 43.8 cents per hundred dollars of real and tangible property value. The motor vehicle and watercraft property tax rate is 55.4 cents.
The rate will generate an additional $84,521.79 this coming year, which is the allowed 4 percent increase.
U.S. Representative Brett Guthrie, who represents Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District, gave a progress report to the Heartland Parkway Foundation board of directors in Lebanon on Sept. 2.
He shared news of pending reauthorization of the federal highway bill currently under consideration by the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, of which he is a member, and affirmed that the bill contains the necessary funding for the next steps of the major road project spanning Taylor, Adair, Marion and Washington counties.
A Taylorsville man has been arrested and charged with using another person's debit card to purchase cigarettes.
Robert Alan Durham, 37, of 241 Skyline Drive was arrested Thursday, Aug. 27 at about 3 p.m.
According to Durham's arrest warrant, he is accused of using another person's debit card in April without his consent to purchase cigarettes from Kroger, Murphy USA and The Tobacco Shed.
Durham was charged with more than $100 in fraudulent use of a credit or debit card within a six-month period.
Campbellsville Police Detective Travis Begley investigated.
Officials gave their approval last week to more than $200,000 in construction changes to Taylor County's new judicial center project.
The design of the center's lobby, as well as finishing touches on the building, have been the subject of several recent Project Development Board meetings.
The Board is overseeing the construction of the judicial center, which is slated to open next month.
The man who fled from police after not showing up at an appointment to see if he could donate a kidney to his son has been sentenced to more than four decades in prison on drug and other charges.
According to a U.S. Attorney's Office news release, Byron Keith Perkins, 40, of Knifley was sentenced last Wednesday to 42 years and five months in prison on charges of robbery, using a firearm during the robbery and selling marijuana.
Chief Judge Thomas Russell also sentenced Perkins to five years' supervised release following incarceration.
A Liberty man has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a teenage girl and could spend 90 days in jail for his crimes.
Joshua Edward Lee, 25, of 3333 Snake Ridge Road was indicted in July 2008 by a Taylor County grand jury on a charge of first-degree sexual abuse.
According to court records, the alleged victim's mother filed a complaint with local police after her daughter, who was 13 at the time, told her that Lee had touched her inappropriately. The girl's statement to police accuses Lee of kissing her and touching her genital area.
A Campbellsville home was damaged by a fire Friday morning. However, no one was home at the time.
According to a news release from the Campbellsville/Taylor County fire departments, the home of George and Jackie Bennett at 500 Bennett Lane caught fire just before 8 a.m.
Upon firefighters' arrival, smoke was visible. As personnel entered the home, fire spread throughout the three-story structure. The heaviest damage was contained to the basement area, though the entire home sustained heavy smoke damage.
Read more on this story in Monday's print edition.
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The Abington Community Library responds to quite a few requests throughout the school year for books on science experiments for children.
Even if the "Science Fair" is over and done with now and the end of school is approaching, experimenting with various materials and drawing conclusions can make for great vacation time fun.
Consider looking for the following new additions:
"Awesome Experiments," by Trevor Cook. The experiments in this book, which is intended for children age 9 and older with supervising adults, are divided into six categories: matter, forces, light and sound, heat, plants and other living things, and electricity and magnetism. Within these categories, youngsters will find lists of intriguingly titled activities. They may be drawn to creating a "cabbage detector," or "super goo," or possibly "pepper's ghost," or "seeing around corners." They can learn how to make a "blubber glove," or "mighty ice," or experiment with "a wormery," or "a house for a louse" or even a "lemon battery." "Warning: this page is alarmed!" (turn to page 118 and find out why).
A new series, "FUNdamental Experiments," written by Ellen Lawrence, is aimed at children age 8 and older who enjoy predicting what will happen and recording scientific facts about what happens in each experiment. Look for:
"Dirt," Take a closer look at this fascinating substance that is all around us. Try one or all of the fun experiments and start investigating soil.
"Motion," Baseballs, bicycles, swings — they can all be put into motion. What are the forces that make things move? The experiments in this book will provide some answers.
"Water," Look at this amazing liquid like a scientist and record your predictions and observations as you discover cool facts about water.
"Color," The bright and brilliant world of color is all around us, but these experiments will help you take a closer look at rainbows, inventing new colors, color intensity, and how animals use color to stay safe.
Library patrons of all ages are invited to sign up to walk in the Clarks Summit Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 27 as representatives of The Abington Community Library.
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geometria de motu,1689-1690; Notae in Isaaci Newtoni principia philosophiae,
1693, and treatises on mathematics and astronomy, 1683-1694.
Scientific developments in the 20th century relating particularly to physics and astronomy are characterized by a set of compact disc recordings of interviews with the physicist and astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell, which reveal his work on cosmic rays in 1930s with Patrick Blackett, and his invaluable research on radar during the second World War; and from the Archives of the University of Glasgow, the administrative, financial, staff and production records created by the company Barr and Stroud Ltd, Optical Instrument engineers.
Additional information on the project can be found on the Web at www.nahste.ac.uk
This photograph was taken from the David Gregory Collection. The original drawing was done by a student, Francis Pringle, in 1694, as part of a series of lecture notes that he took down at Oxford University (whilst Gregory held the Chair of Astronomy), and is taken from Gregory's work Geometria de Motu, relating specifically to mechanics. Photo courtesy of Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections.


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