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Unable to logon to CMC using Windows AD authentication, error:
"Account information not recognized: Active Directory Authentication failed to log you on. Please contact your system administrator to make sure you are a member of a valid mapped group and try again. If you are not a member of the default domain, enter your user name as UserName@DNS_DomainName, and then try again. (FWM 00006)"
Windows AD authentication is enabled, using Kerberos. Service account "Service Principal Name" is set correctly using SETSPN utility. AD Sync runs successfully every hour and imports any users that are members of the defined group.
Have read threads in this forum related to using all caps, does not seem to help.
Both the Apache Web Server and Server Intelligence service are running with logon set to service account credentials. Service account is member of local Administrators group.
Business Objects Enterprise XI 3.1
Recently installed FixPack 1.3 to see if that helped and to be at latest revision.
SAP Integration Pack is installed. SAP Authentication / SSO works for CMC, InfoView, Web Intelligence. Also using SAP Enterprise Portal can publish BI sourced Crystal reports on BOE using SSO with no prompt for credentials.
Windows 2003 R2 32 Standard Edition
BOE server is in same domain as user accounts attempting to logon. Windows 2003 Forest with Single Domain, at both 2003 Domain and Forest functionailty level.
Use [this doc|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/d0f6ac3c-b3ac-2b10-1b95-c9bd46194977] to troubleshoot. Sections 4-6 involve setting up kerberos manual AD auth (disregard ther SSO references.)
You mention SAP auth, which currently is set up external/seperate from enterprise/AD auth. If you are trying to authenticate to SAP then post in the SAP integration kit forum.
For kerberos AD tmake sure you can
1) Login with client tools (CCM/deski/crystal/designer/etc) If that works then the service account and SPN are usually ok. IF not then most common causes are duplicate SPN or DES encryption is not allowed.
2) kinit from the businessobjectsjavasdk in directory. This will require your krb5.ini be in c:winnt and will verify java SDK connectivity to AD and the krb5.ini files only
Typically if the above 2 tests work you should be able to login to infoview unless the java options are not set properly or in more rare cases encryption or multi domain issues exist.
Oh and for no reason do you need to run tomcat under the servide account, switch it back to local service.
Thanks, I will review the document. I did mention SAP Authentication, but just to add that it is working!
I am first trying to just get Windows AD to authenticate to CMC. Am I correct is understanding that process is unrelated to authntication using Java apps, so using Kinit to troubleshoot would be premature at this point?
kinit is 1 piece of the puzzle for java authentication (krb5.ini and java SDK only). For non-SSO you also must verify the service account (login to a client tool for this) tomcat java options/bsclogin.conf (if debug=true is set you can verify this works by seeing the AD username in the sdt.out
We followed the document through Section 4 and were we successful in authenticating using Windows AD for access to Desktop Intelligence, Designer, Business Views.
Then completed Java Apps configuration through Section 6 and can now authenticate using Windows AD to CMC and InfoView.
This so far is a test; we used accounts in the same domain as the BOE server, which is an SAP application domain, to simplify the setup. The user commmunity that will need SSO capabilities are in a separate domain and forest. Today we are going to configure the settings for the user domain and attempt to authenticate through the trust.
Thanks for your assistance, so far so good!
It is surprising that there are so many more details in this document, and in some cases direct conflicts with the steps in the installation and administrators guides.
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It is surprising that there are so many more details in this document, and in some cases direct conflicts with the steps in the installation and administrators guides.
This is true and it is noted in the guide that you cannot use both docs (one or the other). The admin guide is certainly 1 way to set things up but after much experience in support we have identified many issues that customers run into as well as simple tests that can quickly identify these issues. My document is a compilation of these issues/tests. Also it is written to simplify configuration for customers with multiple environments. I will have another version coming out in the coming months that has an even more simplified approach. Believe me it's a battle to try to make a single document that takes in consideration all customer environments (AD/Sun/web-apps/BO/clustering/etc).
We were successful in setting up multiple domain support by editing the KRB5.INI to add an additional Realm then updating the Windows AD Authentication settings to include additional groups from the user domain.
Now we can authenticate to all applications using Windows AD to multiple domains.
Section 6 of the document is straightforward, but we are experiencing issues with the Section 7. the server.xml edits are prettty clear, but we are having issues modifying web.xml.
1.) We are assuming that correct web.xml folder path is same as server.xml
D:\Program Files\Business Objects\Tomcat55\conf
2.) The default web.xml file has no existing lines consistent with your example:
So attempted to copy and and paste sample with edits for Realm into the file. Problem is that we are not sure where to locate that code. We put it near the bottom below the MIME settings.
3.) Removing the open and close comments for the authFilter.
There are no existing lines consistent with that example in the default web.xml. Once again, we just copied and pasted the example into the file.
4.) Removing the open and close comments for the filter mapping
Once again there are no existing lines of code in the default web.xml, so we copied your example minus open and close comments amongst the filter settings.
5.) Opened the web.xml using Internet Explorer to make sure the sections we removed comments from were displayed in bold
6.) Added the Java Options:
After stopping Tomcat and restarting with fresh logs, we do see "Credentials Obtained" in STDOUT.log file but there are errors:
May 21, 2009 6:39:33 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext filterStart
SEVERE: Exception starting filter authFilter
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.businessobjects.sdk.credential.WrappedResponseAuthFilter
May 21, 2009 6:39:33 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error filterStart
May 21, 2009 6:39:33 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/AdminTools] startup failed due to previous errors
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.sax).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
May 21, 2009 6:39:35 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error filterStart
May 21, 2009 6:39:35 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/AnalyticalReporting] startup failed due to previous errors
7.) The CMC and other applications fail with a HTTP 500 Error. We put the web.xml back to default for now.
Well again if you are using my doc for troubleshooting and the admin guide or other docs you will not get have a difficult time getting anywhere.
In my doc section 7 assumes the following
1) you used the format I recommended in the for the initial ktpass command
2) you are not using a keytab
3) the password is specified in the tomcat java options
4) djcsi tracing is enabled.
If those aren't all true then I can't get you the error we need to move forward. You can always open a message with support we have a whole team of folks that are familiar with both configs.
Sorry, not sure why my last post is all jumbled together. The most significant portion of the question above was to clarify the path of the web.xml to edit. There are 20 or more files with this name on disk.
I mentioned that we were attempting to edit:
- D:\Program Files\Business Objects\Tomcat55\conf\web.xml
This file did not have any of the default values you mention.
Instead we realize now the file in question to be modified is:
- D:\Program Files\Business Objects\Tomcat55\webapps\InfoViewApp\WEB-INF\web.xml
We made the recommended edits from section 7 of your document to this file. Is this the correct for configuring SSO for InfoView? After stopping Tomcat, removing logs, restarting Tomcat, the "Credentials Obtained" is successful.
Testing from a client using IP address in URL does not authenticate with SSO, but manually typing in username and password still works as tested earlier in the process.
Running the KINIT utility yeilds no errors. So we are moving on to Section 8 to resolve client SSO issues. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
The IP will need to be added to the browser local intranet sites before it will work as will the FQDN. Try using the hostname from a client (other than the tomcat server).
We are attempting from a client computer, using both IP address and hostname. Both the IP address and hostname are part of "Local Intranet Sites" and IE is configured for "Automatic Logon with Current Usename and Password". SSO is working with current browser settings for many other SAP applications including NetWeaver Enterprise Portal, BPC and RWD uPerform 3.1.
It appears that BOE is attempting to authenticate, see the same error as we got from before any of this was setup:
"Account information not recognized: Active Directory Authentication failed to log you on. Please contact your system administrator to make sure you are a member of a valid mapped group and try again. If you are not a member of the default domain, enter your user name as UserName@DNS_DomainName, and then try again. (FWM 00006)"
The issue may be multidomain related. Do you have a separate document for setting up multiple domain support? The correct Realm settings are in KRB5.ini, but do we need to list both domains in the WEB.XML? We actually tried using a user account from the primary domain where BOE server is member and SPN is defined, that did not work either. As I said, we are moving into Section 8 anyway, since it appears to be related to troubleshooting client SSO issues.
May be try this in the krb5.ini,
default_realm = CORP.XXX.COM
dns_lookup_kdc = true
dns_lookup_realm = true
default_domain = CORP.XXX.COM
kdc = abcdef12.CORP.XXX.COM
kdc = abcdef14.CORP.XXX.COM
kdc = abcdef15.CORP.XXX.COM
It is working for us (we got five kdc), but not sure how many kdc you can add.
The error message indicates the user doing SSO was not in a mapped group, although this error is unusual for SSO.
To recap manual authentication is working for multiple domains right?
Are you receiving credentials obtained in the std.out for the vintela service account (idm.princ @IDM.REALM)?
The settings you have to perform SSO always are less secure than Microsoft defaults (only SSO in intranet zone) so that shouldn't be an issue although we rarely see the browser set this way (it means that any site on the internet can challange you and your browser will sned credentials.
If manual auth is working there are no changes needed in the krb5.ini SSO does not use the krb5.ini and is usually easier to set up than manual auth in that regard. Is the service principal name in the CMC > Authentication > AD set to the CMS service account's SPN? (i.e. BOSSO/myserviceaccount.mydomain.com)?
Also at any time you can open a case with support - authentication team to get an engineer assigned to help. We have a worldwide team of people trained on this.
Hi Tim,
We are getting the same error.
Objective: Configuring Manual AD Authentication
Environment: BOXI3.1 on a Windows 2008 server, Apache Tomcat as the App Server.
Error: Account information not recognized: Active Directory Authentication failed to log you on. Please contact your system administrator to make sure you are a member of a valid mapped group and try again. If you are not a member of the default domain, enter your user name as UserName@DNS_DomainName, and then try again. (FWM 00006)
Steps followed:
1. Configured the service account and some of us are able to Log in through the clients tools using AD Authentication
2. Configured krb5.ini and bsclogin.conf as per the instructions in your doc and in the manual. In the krb5.ini file, is the host name the same as the name of the BO server or is it the name of the AD server ? What exactly do we need to enter in the host name ?
3. When I try to run the kinit command it gives the error 'kinit is not recognized as an internal or external command'. Does that mean that Kerberos is not installed on the BO server ?
4. You also mentioned using std.out. What is that where do I find it ?
to test kinit you must be in BOinstall\javasdk\bin
the krb5.ini must be in c:\winnt
then you can test the krb5.ini. If you were using regular AD like with a client tool discovery of AD domain controllers is automatic via OS API calls. When using java the java SDK doesn't seem capable of the same calls sp to make those calls it requires the krb5.ini to show it the AD configuration to use.
If you search SAP notes for krb5.ini you should find a rules for configuring krb5.ini which details a lot more information.
As the originator of this thread, I am marking it as answered.
We are at this point still unable to open web applications like InfoView without prompt, but Windows AD authentication works great based on Tim's document and assistance.
Since we also setup specific objects based on permissions using SAP authentication, we are leaving the configuration as is.
We made AD authentification work fine on XI 3.0 last November 2008 but were unable to make it work SSO.
It means that since then, users have to log on writing their NT password.
Do you solve this issue which allow user to connect directly without identifying with their password ?
No, we were not able to successfully setup unprompted access using Windows AD Authentication, users must enter name and password. This is acceptable for now, considering we are using SAP Authentication as well.
I had a similiar problem where I could not log in to the CMC with my windows AD account. I found ths page and followed the document. Turns out I did not have my Default AD Doamin in CAPITOL LETTERS. Once I changed it from lower case to upper case letters, I was able to log in.


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Three astronauts bound for the International Space Station (ISS) are circling the Earth inside a Russian space capsule after successfully launching into orbit atop a Soyuz rocket.
Tucked inside their Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft, ISS Expedition 11 commander Sergei Krikalev, flight engineer John Phillips and Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori, have begun a two-day journey that will ultimately ferry them to the space station.
"No problems with the launch," Krikalev told flight controllers as his spacecraft rose up from its launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Liftoff occurred on time at 8:46 p.m. EDT (0046 April 15 GMT), though it was 6:46 a.m. Local Time at Baikonur. Vittori and the Expedition 11 crew launched from the same launch pad that saw Russia's first manned space shot - the successful and historic spaceflight of Yuri Gagarin - that began the human space age on April 12, 1961.
Vittori and the Expedition 11 crew are due to arrive at the ISS on April 16 at about 10:10 p.m. EDT (0210 April 17 GMT), then open the hatches separating their Soyuz capsule and the station about three hours later.
ISS crew change
Krikalev and Phillips will relieve the space station's current caretakers, Expedition 10 commander Leroy Chiao and flight engineer Salizhan Sharipov, who have been living aboard the orbital outpost since October 2004.
Vittori, a visiting astronaut representing the European Space Agency (ESA), will conduct eight days of science experiments while the Expedition 11 and Expedition 10 crews transfer ISS control.
All three men are spaceflight veterans though today's launch marked the beginning of Krikalev's sixth launch, the most amassed by any cosmonaut. By the end of Expedition 11, he will have spent about 800 days living in space and set a new all-time record.
But before that Krikalev can commemorate his new spaceflight record, Phillips celebrated his own milestone.
The NASA astronaut celebrated his 54th birthday just before liftoff, receiving birthday wishes from his wife Laura and a handmade sign that said 'Happy Birthday Dad.' He has two children.
"We wish you a safe flight," former cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, told Vittori and the Expedition 11 crew during prelaunch activities.
"Have a good time and take good care of the space station," said NASA's acting administrator Fred Gregory before launch.
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The launch of the Expedition 11 crew marks the beginning of a mission that, NASA officials hope, will see the visit of two space shuttles to the ISS.
After taking control the station from the Expedition 10 crew, Krikalev and Phillips will have just a few weeks to prepare for the arrival of the Discovery orbiter and NASA's STS-114 mission, the agency's first shuttle flight since the Columbia tragedy.
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Be honest when you dont have all the answers
Tue 27 July 2010
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We're continuing the World Café debate at the LEAP Energy event online, and ask: how far are you in self-leadership and in your leadership journey? Ineke Bussemaker, senior manager with Rabobank: "You need a sounding board."
Ineke Bussemaker has worked in management for more than 20 years and is currently head of Payment Services and Savings at Rabobank. Before that she worked for Citigroup. She found the Energy event inspiring and Koen Gonnissen's presentation both intriguing and revealing. "There was a lot in Koen's talk that I could recognise. He was able to show how to put theory into practice."
Ask for input
The World Café discussions, Ineke says, helped to confirm her belief that a leader needs to be honest when she doesn't have all the answers. She says that it is by asking for input from your team and thinking along with others that you will often find the solution to a problem.
'Common view'
"I always start by trying to find common ground and a common view. I am sensitive to the fact that small differences can become much bigger if you are not aware of those. But if, after hearing everything, there is no consensus then it is down to me as leader to make a decision."
'Executive coaching'
Ineke enjoys mentoring and using her experience to offer honest advice to her team. But she is also open to being mentored herself. "You need a sounding board – either in the form of executive coaching or a very good boss to give you advice. But sometimes a peer group from outside the company or other professionals in the organisation, who are at the same level as you, can also be helpful. They often understand what you face and can be a valuable source to draw on."
Leadership journey
Ineke finds international challenges particularly enjoyable and has worked for four banks in four different countries. She is more than half way through her journey, she says. "Perhaps in the future I could see myself as the CEO of a mid-size company. But for now I am happy where I am. My work gives me energy. A quiet life is definitely not for me."
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Erica Van Ooyen
Mon 02 Aug 2010 22:35:04
Hi Ineke, fully agree with your insight that have a sounding board is a great and very enriching idea! Are there any special criteria you use when it comes to finding a sounding board just right for you?
Best, Erica van Ooyen


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FREELAND, MI — The Freeland girls basketball team begins its season Friday with plenty of experience.
And plenty of expectations.
Freeland returns every player from a team that went to the Class B semifinals in 2012, including Miss Basketball candidate Tori Jankoska.
"The pressure's on, that's for sure," Freeland coach Tom Zolinski said. "Everybody's back, plus we get some players from a JV team that was 18-2. We're pretty solid one through 12.
"Last year was important as far as that experience. Getting beat as bad as we did motivated a lot of the girls and motivated me."
The focus will remain on Jankoska, a three-year starter who signed to play for Michigan State University. The 5-foot-8 guard already owns the Freeland school records for points in a career (1,562), season (641) and game (44).
Last season, Jankoska averaged 25.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 3.0 steals per game.
But that wasn't enough to compete with Grand Rapids Catholic Central in the Class B semifinal game, a 72-49 loss. Jankoska scored 29 points and grabbed nine rebounds in the loss.
"This year will be tougher to get there because we will go east in the tournament and through Flint and Detroit instead of going west and north," Zolinski said. "Height was a big difference last year. You could count the girls on the Grand Rapids team who weren't 6 foot tall, so we've worked really hard with our girls who have height."
Zolinski hopes 6-2 junior Breanne Short can fill that role after coming off the bench as a sophomore. Also, Madison Zimmerman, a 5-11 junior, will join the team this year after playing on the JV team last year.
Plus, the Falcons still have four other starters returning from 2011-12, including 5-6 guard Tara Padgett, who will play basketball at Alma College.
"She went to a lot of elite camps and made the decision that she really wanted to play basketball in college," Zolinski said. "That kind of surprised me. She's such a great athlete … a great soccer player."
Also returning to the starting lineup is 5-8 sophomore Taryn Taugher and 5-9 senior Abby Wenzel. Paige Brown, a two-year starter, tore her meniscus and will miss the start of the season.
But the focus will remain on Jankoska.
"So far, she's a lot more relaxed this year and enjoying the game," Zolinski said. "She's always been competitive. She's just going about it in a different way, trying to get the team more involved and becoming more of a leader."
According to Zolinski, the Tri-Valley Conference Central Division will provide plenty of tests during the regular season. Bullock Creek returns the bulk of its top players, while Hemlock returns star center Karli Herrington.
Bullock Creek features two sophomores, guard Ellie Juengel and forward Halee Nieman. Juengel averaged 15 points and three assists, while Nieman added 14 points and five rebounds a game.
Freeland gets an immediate test in its opener on Friday, Nov. 30, when it takes on Valley Lutheran, a team that reached the Class C regional final and features center Sam Schafer and guard Becca Scherting, who committed to play for Hillsdale College.


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Kerry - Welcome to our girl talk! I let someone else address the liver question - cuz I presonally can't stomach it. Please come back often and join in on the conversation! There are some really wonderful gals on the this thread.
OK, I gotta butt in here... I'm a mostly-lurker and been primal for 2 months. Howdy all. I've really been enjoying this post!
Now, the reason I'm a-buttin' - about this liver business... I could only afford grass-fed bones and liver mostly. Got the bone broth down pat now, but I'm not doing so well with the beef liver (chicken liver is less freak-ish to me). I sauté it with grass-fed butter and shallots or onions and it's not too bad, but the stringy stuff and ?blood vessels? gross me out BIG time. I try to cut them out before cooking but end up wasting what seems like a LOT and money is very tight. How do you all handle that? It's frozen in 1 lb lumps and is rock hard so I have to defrost it and it's not a pretty sight (or feel) cutting those suckers up. What do you folks do?
Kerry - Welcome to our girl talk! I let someone else address the liver question - cuz I presonally can't stomach it. Please come back often and join in on the conversation! There are some really wonderful gals on the this thread.
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2. Eat to heal
3. Move to live
4. Embrace today
5. Live with intention
6. Respect my body
7. Cultivate joy
8. Find my passion
9. Meditate on peace in my soul
Yeah .... the uncooked liver texture is an issue for me as well. *sigh* Y'all are not helping. Some of you just already LOVE the stuff (no help) and others are just as squeamish (or worse) than I am (also no help). I need someone who has conquered their squeamishness to tell me how and give me some delicious recipes that conceal the true "liveriness". I don't ask much, do I?
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Good morning, Ladies! Gosh - there is a lot of talk on here about liver! Maybe I should try the pate' thing....... I think my husbands sorta likes liver and onions.
1. Love ME no matter what noises are screaming at me, or who is trying to tear me down.
2. Eat to heal
3. Move to live
4. Embrace today
5. Live with intention
6. Respect my body
7. Cultivate joy
8. Find my passion
9. Meditate on peace in my soul
Wow, this meat discussion has really been an eye opener for me! I fell so lucky to be in NZ, to be honest I didn't even know there was anything other than grass fed beef etc until recently. You certainly can't find anything other over here.
We do have caged or free range chickens/eggs, but the whole grass fed thing is a revelation to me!
My husband hunts and last year I saved a deer liver. I honetly could NOT choke it down. The whole family tried. I need abetter way to utilize it...maybe grind it to add to the ground meat. It needs to be hidden if there is any chance of me consuming it!
Certainly grind it and add it to other ground meat... start with a small amount and work your way up to the level you find tolerable but not overwhelming. You still get the nutrition from eating some liver, without having to taste it. Also... a few hours or an overnight soak in buttermilk would probably benefit it.
Alternately, if it wasn't a rutty buck liver... deer liver is actually pretty nice and great for an oniony, herby, mushroom and liver pate.
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And that's why I'm here eating HFLC Primal/Paleo.
I have the same feeling about heart. I had a big bowl of bison stew once and there was a giant piece of heart in it and I could see the tubes and chambers (because it was a piece of bison heart, which is god knows how big), and I was like OH MY GOD IT'S A HEART and I gave it to my brother, who gobbled it up. But then one of my friends took me to this really good yakitori restaurant in NYC and I had chicken hearts on a stick and they were DELICIOUS! So now we know that. And apparently my roommate knows how to prepare heart so it's very tasty. I'll have to get a recipe from her. We are totally geeking out hardcore PB up in my apartment. Our 3rd roommate calls us "protein-a-holics", but I figure if it makes us nicer people to be around, she should thank us. :-D
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I bought chicken livers recently and one of them had all these tubes attached to it. I just shoved it in my mouth and ate it. Once you get it past your eyes, all that stuff isn't really that bad. It's similar for tentacles on squid. It seems all meat has little bits that are sort of hard to eat if you are a little squeamish. The fat on a steak can be difficult. The little hard bits of connective tissue or bone that turn up in ground beef can trigger squeamishness. You just have to not let it get to you.
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Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will return for their second appearance on the Saint Vincent College Concert Series stage at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 in the Robert S. Carey Student Center Performing Arts Center. Artists of the company will be dancing various Pas de Deux, accompanied by piano and recorded music. Artistic Director is Terrence S. Orr, and the pianist will be principal pianist Yoland Collin.
Admission is $25 and tickets will be available at the door or by calling 724 805-2565. Flex passes, group rates and student discounts are also available.
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The program will include some of the best-loved
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Insults and the Zen of Interfaith RespectFaiqa Khan
Every other week,I do a forty five minute podcast with my dear friend who is a practicing Jew and we talk about everything religious and otherwise: kosher versus halal, Batman versus Superman and even Palestine and Israel.
My relationship with Mike and the public nature of our friendship gives me insight into his faith and him insight into mine. I was also educated in a Protestant environment until the sixth grade and that experience gave me a strong knowledge of the Bible and of Christian belief systems. It also gave me an opportunity to see how similar my faith was to the one that was taught at school. Finally, as a Pakistani-American growing up in the South, my family blurred the lines between Pakistan and India in a way that some of my dearest friends growing up — the kind that are considered family — were Hindu, Parsi, Sikh and Buddhists.
My experience hasn't been a cerebral one when it comes to world religions, but an empathetic and emotional one. These friends were not "learning experiences" for me. They are my friends. Getting to know what they believe and how they practice arose through a happy accidentalism, not an intentional endeavour to educate myself. Whereas others have struggled to find common ground, I came of age as a person who took the existence of that ground for granted.
In a lot of ways, the natural assumption of friendship has highlighted my confusion with the general way in which most people approach interfaith discussion and topics. For example, last week, I wrote a light piece on Hanukkah that was aimed at impressing upon people the need to pull lessons from a holiday they may not celebrate. I thought it was benign. In the minds of a vocal few, the post was extremely "insulting" and "should be taken down." And, believe it or not, someone even called me a "raghead" and questioned why I needed to bring up the fact that I'm Muslim in every, single post on Babble.
I'm not a stranger to controversy, but I'm not going to lie, I've never been called "insulting". I tried to respectfully engage the comments.
What is it about what I've written that's so offensive?
Why is this upsetting?
How is this disrespectful?
Then, of course, there were the questions I asked myself, "Is this because I'm not Jewish and writing about Judaism with a light-hearted tone? Is that not okay?"
Of the people I tried to engage, only one responded. I assume that this is because people think when you ask questions like this, you're looking for a fight. That wasn't the case with me. I was genuinely interested.
People can be bothered long enough to tell a stranger that they're offended, but not be bothered to communicate towards peaceful coexistence. The Buddha said that "Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it." I'm going to take license and modify that to "Coexistence isn't the absence of insult, it is the ability to resolve it." Telling someone they're insulting without trying to help them stop being insulting is a metaphorical toilet papering of their soul. It's a statement devoid of peaceful intention and meant only to invoke shame or hate. The world will not change for the better as long as we think these are useful catalysts for bettering each other's behavior.
I've discerned that people took issue with my suggesting that "Hanukkah was a minor holiday" and that it's proximity to Christmas has made it a big deal in America. Thing is? The people who were so offended don't seem to know enough about religious terminology enough to know that the term "minor" doesn't mean it's not important. It simply means that there isn't fasting or restrictions involved. In fact, I've read in several places that businesses in Israel don't close for Hanukkah like they would for other "major" holidays.
In terms of being offended that I insinuated that the holiday's proximity to Christmas is the reason it's gained currency in America is neither meant to be insulting nor something I pulled out of thin air. Beth Kisseleff explains in the Huffington Post article, "Why Some Jews Can't Get Jazzed About Hanukkah" that many American Jews feel that the holiday is overblown and over-celebrated in an attempt to compete with Christmas. Regardless of whether everyone agrees with that or not, my point in bringing that up in my Hanukkah post was to show respect to the Jewish tradition of being able to assimilate into disparate communities in a way that does not compromise their identity.
It was a compliment, not an insult. That some found that insulting may be more of a reflection of the lens with which they view my lack of proprietary rights to explain what someone else's religion means to me and less about feeling insulted.
I suspect many people view interfaith dialogue and discussion as something that should be conducted with such an incredibly high degree of respect that we can only tread upon eggshells when doing so. Let me ask those who feel that way the following: can you truly be friends with people you feel you have to walk on eggshells with?
I don't think so.
There is a word in Urdu that comes to mind: apnayee. It's a derivative of the word "apna" which means "mine." In my heritage we use this word to describe relationships in which we are most comfortable. I suppose the closest translation would be "like family."
When I write about Hanukkah or the religions of friends with whom I am close, I come from this place of "apnayee." I don't worry about being insulting or offending because I have engaged in laughter, tears, hugs, meals and everyday life with these people. I don't approach our relationships as some sort of "learning exercise." The learning is a natural consequence of friendship. I suspect that individuals who demand that I present the lessons I've gleaned from my friendships with individuals from other faiths expect that I offer them as pat, little show and tell items to be presented for the good of everyone's education.
My last post wasn't about educating people about Hanukkah. It was about what my friends have taught me about Hanukkah. I don't think it gets more respectful than that, especially when most people expect our communities to be cruel and unkind to one another. My friends of different faiths are not lessons to be taught to the public, and I won't treat them that way. Because they're my friends, not teaching tools, and I feel like treating them that way would be the true insult.
More on diversity, dialogue and multiculturalism in America at Faiqa's blog at Native Born or her co-produced interfaith podcast at Hey! That's My Hummus! For mostly relevant updates, you can also follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
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Nursery school pioneer has helped raise thousands of children
Story by PEGGY O'CROWLEY / Photos by JERRY McCREA
Jason's mom is in a hurry. After picking him up at the Playhouse Cooperative Nursery School, she has to get Jason's older brother to his First Communion practice.
But 4-year-olds, as anyone who's been around them knows, have their own agendas. Right now, on the top of Jason's list is to find Jeannie and get his daily hug.
"Goodbye, Jeannie," Jason lisps. Jeannie, a tiny, 87-year-old lady with big brown eyes and a cap of gray hair who looks vaguely like someone out of a fairy tale, wraps her arms around him. "See you tomorrow, big guy," she says.
"It's amazing," says Jason's mother, Jennifer Meusel of South Orange, as she watches them embrace. "Whenever he's with her, he just calms right down, whoosh. It's palpable."
Jeannie Ginsberg -- and everybody, from the 3-year-olds to her colleague and friend, 90-year-old Helen Strauss, calls her Jeannie -- has been having that effect on the thousands of children who have passed through Playhouse since 1951.
A living legend
To those children, now with children or even grandchildren of their own, to their parents, to the staff, Jeannie Ginsberg is a legend, someone with an almost magical touch with children, although she never married and never had children of her own.
Her gift, her admirers agree, is in her amazing ability to listen and interact with children as people, to help them figure out their world in their own ways, a kind of "child whisperer" who can calm any angry or frustrated child.
Even though she stepped down as director in the '90s, she's at Playhouse every day. Most mornings, she's cutting out pictures the kids will like or cleaning out her formidably full desk in the library.
In the afternoons, says director Lisa Korn, she's sought out by children who are overstimulated, upset or going through a rough time. Lately, a young boy whose parents are divorcing has been spending time with her.
He's busily working on a variety of puzzles Jeannie has set out for him. After he finishes each one, he calls Jeannie over. Not much seems to be going on here, but there's a quiet connection between the two, as the boy frequently checks to see what Jeannie is up to, and Jeannie knows when it's time to get out another puzzle. They are perfectly in sync.
"Jeannie was our guru. She modeled such good communication skills with children," says Barbara Rosenbaum of West Orange, whose two grown children attended Playhouse 35 and who is still a friend of Ginsberg´s. "She knows how to talk childrenese."
Indeed, there is something childlike in her very appearance.
Perhaps it´s her size; at 4-foot-9 she´s able to get down to a child´s level without much effort. Together with those expressive eyes and infectious little giggle, her tireless curiosity about everything under the sun, her unique fashion sense -- a tasseled fleece cap perched at a jaunty angle and a tomato-red and black poncho was a recent outfit -- she has an almost elfin air.
"Jeannie is one of my first memories," says Max Polaner, 40, of Montclair, who attended Playhouse as a preschooler and whose 4-year-old daughter is there now. "I remember she was a wonderful, loving person. One of the funny things is I was pretty small, and I remember her as a small, gnome-like person. When I saw her again 30 years later, she looked the same."
That Polaner sends his daughter to the preschool he himself attended is nothing spectacular. The school is filled with children of alumni, the administrators´ children went there, and a teacher, Laura Kushner, attended Playhouse. It seems almost as much a state of mind as a place.
Friendships that last
Playhouse friendships last for years, surviving children's separation in different towns and schools.
"My younger daughter is a senior in high school and one of her closest friends is a coop kid," says Susan Rybkin of West Orange. With Rosenbaum, Joan Odes and Ruth Ignatoff, she's another member of a floating Wednesday lunch date for Playhouse mothers and Ginsberg at the Livingston Diner. There they catch up on new grandchildren, the aches and pains of aging, travel plans and accomplishments like a new book on childbirth by Odes' daughter.
Rybkin's daughter Eve wrote about her Playhouse experience in her college essay; she will join big sister Joanna Rybkin at Sarah Lawrence College this fall, "a Playhouse for big people," Rybkin says with a laugh. "I feel sorry for kids who didn't go to Playhouse."
So what makes Playhouse, well, so very much a playhouse?
The school was founded as a cooperative nursery in 1951 by a group of young, educated mothers in South Orange who started having children in the first wave of the Baby Boom in the late '40s. Eager to learn about child development and eager to meet like-minded moms, these women and their husbands set up a school in which the mothers would participate with classes, administration and hiring staff.
One of their first decisions was to take on Ginsberg, whose philosophy jibed with theirs, as the director.
Drawing on research from childhood development experts such as Jean Piaget and Erik Erickson and programs like the Bank Street School of Education, the model is that children learn through play, by hands-on, tactile experiences, by being encouraged to try different things, to accomplish their goals and to get along with others.
At the time, that model, and the idea of cooperative learning with parents' participation, were new ideas, at least in suburban America.
"My ABCs are acceptance, brotherhood and compassion," Ginsberg says.
Good memories
Ginsberg was finishing her degree at New York University and working at the nursery at the Young Men's Hebrew Association in Newark, on the corner of High and Kinney streets.
"I was a part-time assistant. They gave me all the difficult kids, the troublemakers, and my friend said, `You're really good at this,'" recalls Ginsberg, who has a remarkably sharp memory that extends not only to events half a century ago but to all the names of the children in the school this year.
"She never remembers the negative," says Anat Stettner, a Playhouse staffer, whose children attended the school two decades ago. "There are always pleasant memories with her when you talk about something. That's not a learned thing; you're born with it."
Jeanette Ginsberg was born in 1919, a surprise baby, the youngest of five and 11 years younger than the fourth, to a secular family in the Jewish Weequahic section of Newark. She was a happy child, not surprising for someone whose sister called her a Pollyanna.
"My mother said she didn't know if she had the energy to raise another child, so my brother Saul said he would, and he did," she recalls of her favorite brother.
As a girl, she was athletic, playing tennis, biking around the neighborhood, joining the field hockey team. The love of sport found its highest expression in skiing, which Saul introduced to her.
"It's like magic to get up to the top, the scenery, the cold air, the skill and the speed," Ginsberg says with an ecstatic sigh. "It was the best part of my life."
To this day, Ginsberg obviously relishes the children's joy in their bodies, their ability to run, jump and feel free.
Graduating from high school at the height of the Depression, "there was no money for college," she says. For 12 years, she worked as a bookkeeper for her father's wholesale clothing business in New York's garment district, and attended college during summer breaks or when business was slow. She traveled to Goddard College in Vermont, the University of Colorado in Boulder, Berkeley in California -- a pretty adventurous itinerary for a young woman in those days and an early sign of Ginsberg's tenacious independence.
Found her passion
She took some early-childhood education classes and found her passion. "I loved it. I'd always loved young children. They have an innocence and openness, and they love you without asking for anything," she says, her big eyes intense.
Her imprint at the Playhouse was immediate. From the first, she dispensed with Miss Ginsberg. "I don't think you get any respect that way. How you behave is more important than what you say," she says.
The school soon started growing as fast as the children, from a class of 10 in a house in South Orange to four classes of 18 children within a few years. After it bounced around to different locations, a group of parents sold bonds to build a school.
While the founding parents were nearly all Jewish, an early goal was to be nonsectarian and diverse. One of the parents in the early days was Ed Bowser, a prominent African-American civic leader in East Orange. An architect, he designed the new school in West Orange.
Today the goal of diversity has more than been achieved. The children resemble a mini United Nations, with many races, ethnicities and religions represented. The sliding-scale tuition encourages diversity. The old building is no longer. After a fire, the school rented in various places until the coop rehabbed a dilapidated building on Franklin Street in West Orange that's been home since 1999.
There are now two all-day classes for the children of working parents, but the basic philosophy remains the same. There are no classroom computers, since Ginsberg does not believe they are appropriate until third grade. There are no licensed characters or high-tech toys because they interfere with creativity and imagination. There are no infants because Ginsberg does not believe babies benefit from school.
Probably most striking is the lack of an emphasis on traditional academics that has become more common with the advent of the federal No Child Left Behind program. Kindergarteners don't fill out worksheets or sit in rows of desks.
"Sometimes I think Playhouse has survived in spite of itself," Rybkin says. "You can always see the candidates whose children won't come here. They are worried about cleanliness and academics."
Nonetheless, more than 100 children are now enrolled and there is a waiting list for next year, Ginsberg says proudly.
If it at first it seems odd that Ginsberg never had children of her own, it makes sense when you know her, says Strauss, who for many years was the school psychologist and still goes in weekly to observe in the classrooms.
"It's not a maternal relationship," says Strauss, who is as sharp and vital as her younger friend. "She's a person who understands them. She's one of the few authentic geniuses I've ever seen in my life."
Loves to travel
Ginsberg also has another side, a passion for adventure, travel, experience. She spent a sabbatical in Denmark, visited A.S. Neill's experimental school, Summerhill, in England. She's visited China and sailed to South America on freighters. She met the love of her life on board, beginning a discreet, 30-year relationship with a ship's engineer.
"He'd let me know when he was coming into port, and I'd run down to Baltimore to meet him," she says, her speech slowing and her eyes softening as she remembers. "They were good times. I have no regrets."
Even at 87, and admittedly slowing down a little, her lust for life seems unabated. She attends lectures, concerts and plays. She belongs to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and describes herself as a humanist. She still gets around in her 1995 GM Prism.
Her South Orange apartment is crammed with treasures from her trips, paintings, stacks of newspapers and magazines.
She's a bit of a celebrity, having over the years rubbed shoulders with "a cast of thousands," as her friend Strauss says.
"I made myself a side bet that someday I'll be somewhere and no will come up and say, `Jeannie!'" she says with a laugh. "I have tickets to the Metropolitan Opera and I was parking my car in the garage. I thought, well, not going to happen this time. Then someone came up to me and said, `Aren't you a friend of Jeannie Ginsberg?'"
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Favorite music: Pete Seeger, Simon and Garfunkel; currently listening to Bruce Springsteen's "Seeger Sessions"
What she's reading: An autobiography of Jane Fonda; anything by physicist Richard B. Feynman. "I always regret not learning physics," she says.
Loves to eat out: Favorites are the soup at the Stockpot in Montclair, the eggplant rollatini at Due Amici in West Orange, anything at Sweet Basil in West Orange, which is owned by Playhouse parents
Activities: Walking, attending concerts, plays, opera, lectures
What she watches on TV: "Washington Week in Review," musical programs on PBS
"My ABCs are acceptance, brotherhood and compassion."
-- Jeannie Ginsberg
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Hi! This is my first attempt at a Lego MOC for at least 13 years. I am glad the "dark ages" are behind me. This model is based on the BR50 steam locomotive and wagon that are at the train museum in Blumberg/Zollhaus near the Black Forrest in Germany. I have included a picture of the original below. The model is powered by two Power Functions M size motors which are in the boiler. The final result is great, but getting these to fit properly and braced well enough to handle the torque was a real struggle. If your tender is big enough, you might want to put them in there instead. The "Wannentender" or "bathtub" tender as this design is referred to, houses the rechargeable LEGO battery box and IR receiver which you can see sticking out from under the coals. Because of the tenders design it wasn't big enough for the motors, which is why I ended up putting them in the boiler. This model will actually be played with by children so I didn't go overboard with the detailing. The focus was more on durability and playability. I hope you like it! I would be grateful for your comments and ratings. Thanks!
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You can check out the high res pictures as well as pictures of the Lego Blumberg Station and comparison shots on my
page if you want a closer look. I just added a movie there (updated 10.1.10), as well so you can see the train in action. ("action" being at 50% power ;o) )
Some new close up pics...
In case you are wondering what the rubber rings are for on the tender... The cabin on the BR52, which was the inspiration for this model, had a rear wall (I have noticed some models are open at the back), and there was a large, round seal which connected the tender to cabin. Unfortunately I could not find a way to make this out of one piece, and allow movement for the train to go around corners so I made two halves instead. The ring on the cabin is smaller than that on the tender so when the train is set up for display, that ring almost fits into the other and it almost looks like one piece.
...and the older ones below
The cabin layout below is based on pictures that I found on the web. Unfortunately I didn't get to see the indside of the train in Blumberg yet.
This is the actual train on which my model is based. I took the opportunity to do a full walk around taking pictures of every detail. This was not easy to do at -14 degrees celcius... but it was worth it. :o)
The following 3 pictures are of a BR52 which was its successor. At first glance they are very similar. The reason I added these pictures is that they are taken at a similar angle to my model so you have a good comparison. Some of the details are different (e.g. what I believe is the air pump on the BR52 is located on the other side of the boiler on the BR50).
Unfortunately I am not sure who originally took these images so if you can prove that you have the copywrite, and you would like them removed, I will do so immediately.
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September 11, 2014
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This is a very nice model of a BR52. Most obvious diifferences from BR50 is the Vanderbilt tender (BR50 has square tenders originally) and only one Window on the side was of the cab. BR50 has two. But the model is amazing, good enough that I can see clearly that it's a BR52 :-)
Hi Rune, yes you are absolutely right! It is actually identified as such at the front of the original train. From what I remember the museum runs a BR50 during the summer for tourists (which also has the square tender instead of the "Wannentender") and I must have gotten the two mixed up at some point. Last year I also built the Blumberg train station to go with it but those pictures are only on my Flickr account at the moment (link is in description). I will upload them here at some point. It would be great if you could comment on my Riga based BR52 too!
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September 8, 2014
This is a very nice model of a BR52. Most obvious diifferences from BR50 is the Vanderbilt tender (BR50 has square tenders originally) and only one Window on the side was of the cab. BR50 has two. But the model is amazing, good enough that I can see clearly that it's a BR52 :-)
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April 11, 2010
Hi everyone! Thank you so much for your comments. I have not had the opportunity to build anymore MOCs since I completed this one almost a year ago but I should be able to start on my next project soon. In the mean time, your comments are really keeping me motivated! Thanks again. :o)
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Steffen Rau
April 11, 2010
This is a wonderful train. Since I do not have any 9V compnents I'm very happy to see such a great engine using PF motors.
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March 31, 2010
my personal favoirate is the 44 (i cant remember which company they were from) but i still think its an exceptional model.
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Riley Duff
October 7, 2009
Saw it over at brickshelf.com, great job. Love the interior details and that you used two motors; more power=more fun! Keep it up!
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September 13, 2009
Very cool train.
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August 15, 2009
fantastic work
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Richard Lemeiter
August 14, 2009
Nice MOC, good ideas to remember... I like the view front of the locomotive.
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Jasper Schouterden
August 3, 2009
I love german engines and this is so good that I would give you 10 if I could! This is an amzing train. Keep building and let me know what you are doing!
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Caleb Randolph
July 26, 2009
I hate them dark-ages too, they can be quite depressing but I like this a lot and can't wait to see more mocs from you. 5*
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July 26, 2009
I like it
Henrik Hoexbroe
July 26, 2009
Nice MOC. Welcome to your post-dark-age age! So your creations will be few and far between? -I will beleive that when I see it! ;-)
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July 26, 2009
Awesome stuff :D good to see you come out of your dark ages with a bang! Keep on MOCcing, if this is your first, I can't wait to see the next!
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July 25, 2009
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My JC column today refers to IslamExpo, which took place a fortnight ago. One of the speakers was Baroness Tonge, the LibDem peer whose empathy for suicide bombers and claims that the Board of Deputies of British Jews "take vindictive actions against people who oppose and criticise the lobby" are now infamous.
For some reason her words were not reported. This post is aimed at changing that. Although I was not there, and no recording seems to have been made, I have been given a detailed set of notes taken by someone in the audience.
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The election of 2008 is the first in more than half a century in which no incumbent President or Vice-President is on the ballot. There is, however, an incumbent party, and that party has been lucky enough to find itself, apparently against the wishes of its base, with a nominee who evidently disliked George W. Bush before it became fashionable to do so. In South Carolina in 2000, Bush crushed John McCain with a sub-rosa primary campaign of such viciousness that McCain lashed out memorably against Bushs Christian-right allies. So profound was McCains anger that in 2004 he flirted with the possibility of joining the Democratic ticket under John Kerry. Bush, who took office as a compassionate conservative, governed immediately as a rightist ideologue. During that first term, McCain bolstered his reputation, sometimes deserved, as a maverick willing to work with Democrats on such issues as normalizing relations with Vietnam, campaign-finance reform, and immigration reform. He co-sponsored, with John Edwards and Edward Kennedy, a patients bill of rights. In 2001 and 2003, he voted against the Bush tax cuts. With John Kerry, he co-sponsored a bill raising auto-fuel efficiency standards and, with Joseph Lieberman, a cap-and-trade regime on carbon emissions. He was one of a minority of Republicans opposed to unlimited drilling for oil and gas off Americas shores.
Since the 2004 election, however, McCain has moved remorselessly rightward in his quest for the Republican nomination. He paid obeisance to Jerry Falwell and preachers of his ilk. He abandoned immigration reform, eventually coming out against his own bill. Most shocking, McCain, who had repeatedly denounced torture under all circumstances, voted in February against a ban on the very techniques of enhanced interrogation that he himself once endured in Vietnamas long as the torturers were civilians employed by the C.I.A.
On almost every issue, McCain and the Democratic Partys nominee, Barack Obama, speak the generalized language of reform, but only Obama has provided a convincing, rational, and fully developed vision. McCain has abandoned his opposition to the Bush-era tax cuts and has taken up the demagogic callin the midst of recession and Wall Street calamity, with looming crises in Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaidfor more tax cuts. Bushs expire in 2011. If McCain, as he has proposed, cuts taxes for corporations and estates, the benefits once more would go disproportionately to the wealthy.
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i think ud actually be surprised at how many people who voted for bush, are unbelievably pissed off at this administration and are voting for obama..
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To JoartCC, why don't you talk about the issues instead of personal attacks? I'm pretty sure you got good opinions, why don't you show your intelligence?
To Two Clips, well written and good opinion although I disagree with the last two paragraphs. McCain has always been a moderate Republican. The number 1 issue for most evangelicals is abortion in fact Moral Issues has been the number 1 issue for Republicans since Abraham Lincoln with slavery. John McCain is pro-life except for the mother in danger, rape, and incest. Therefore, it is not surprising that he would praise Jerry Falwell for his religious work. By the way, before Jerry Falwell died he met with Homosexual religious leaders in order to establish a dialogue before he died.
McCain is still for immigration reform. He did not change his view but rather chose to address one of the major problems of Illegal Immigration, THE U.S. BORDER. This is the step is important because Illegal immigration amnesty will not work if the Border is not secure. What is the use of Amnesty if more illegal immigrats will enter the country? Once the Border is secure, McCain will push for the bill he wrote
McCain is against torture and still is against torture he did not flip-flop. Here is an artile from Time, a respectable source, about the torture issue: http://www.time.com/time/politics/ar...729891,00.html
In my opinion Obama is full of rhetoric, he talks about change but his record doesnt show it. John McCain has the record of working with others, John McCain has a record of going against his own party, John McCain is ready to be President from Day 1. Obama is just Style over Substance.
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Desert Festival
Desert Festival simply means the mirror to the Rajasthani culture and tradition which is lively like vibrant colours. A continues celebration for three days when your soul gets one with the soul of Rajasthan.
Amid the golden sand you feel the fragrance of love and a feeling deep in your heart emerges as a sense of belongingness. An unending charm it has which urges you to move toward it.
Location for Desert Festival
It is the grand and famous fort of Jaisalmer which is all set to hold the celebration of the Desert festival, whereas the Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation is taking all the responsibilities to organize it successfully.
Date for Jaisalmer Desert festival
The auspicious Day is Full moon (Purnima) when the event kick starts. If you have dream to witness this grand event which takes place in the beginning of every year in the month of Feb then pack your bag and start to travel Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. And remember that this desert festival is about to start in the mid of February.
Folk Music & Dances of Rajasthan
During the Desert Festival entire Jaisalmer seems to be comprised alone in the campus of Jaisalmer fort. Groups of folk dancers (Gair & fire Dancers) in Ghaghra & Dhoti Kurta accompanied with folk singers who are equipped with local musical instruments sing and express the tale of warriors, lovers, kings & queens of Sand city and Rajasthan.
Wait, as there are some other performers like snake charmers, acrobats and puppeteers amplify the charm of the Jaisalmer Desert Festival, too. Try out an amazing sport like Tug of War and test your muscle strength in this power game which is full of fun & enjoyment.
Camel Safari & camel racing
You simply can't avoid Camel riding/racing when the Camel riders try to leave behind their rivals in the competition creating the clouds of sand. Attired in the colourful embellishments these camels look awesome when they run like horses on the festival ground and it creates a truly mesmerizing view.
Blazing Desert Nights
Every night during the festival in the Thar Desert feel likes sizzling event when there are fabulous plays and dances are performed and you don't feel tired and want to see the show go on and on and on... Stay at the royal Camp: It is beyond expression when you rest at one of the royal camp in the festival ground settled in a circle. All the luxuries and comforts once enjoyed by the royal people only are available for you in these camps, too.
For shopping lovers
It is an exact time when you can find a big range of Rajasthani handicrafts, wooden items, fabrics, paintings, jewelleries in the Desert festival ground. You can buy beautiful multicoloured long skirts and odhnis.
Let's have some Food
Don't forget to taste Rajasthani Daal-baati, Gatte ki Sabji and other more famous dishes along with tea served in the clay pot available in the food stalls.
Jaisalmer Desert Festival is totally is a time to live some best moments in your life. Just let your Breath away in the Desert Festival with HI Destination Management Pvt. Ltd.
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