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(Also called Kokin Wakashu.) Japanese poetry.
Considered the epitome of Japanese poetry for a thousand years, the Kokinshu (which loosely translates as "A Collection of Old and New Poems") is an anthology of poems, or waka, from the Heian dynasty, which marked the end of Chinese poetry's domination in Japan. Decreed by order of Emperor Daigo and completed between 905 and 917, the Kokinshu consists of 1,111 poems, almost all of which are in the form of the tanka, or short, 31-syllable poem, composed by 127 poets, selected by Ki no Tsurayuki, Ki no Tomonori, Oshikochi no Mitsune, and Mibu no Tadamine. The poems chosen include selections from the ninth century as well as contemporaneous works, arranged thematically and not in chronological order. They are organized into twenty books with emphasis on the seasons and love. Care was taken in deciding the order of the poems, with sometimes obvious progressions based on the changing seasons, and sometimes subtle transitions based on mood or theme, resulting, as critics have often noted, in a work greater than the sum of its parts. This structure was highly influential on succeeding Japanese poetry and continues to have an impact even to the present day. The Kokinshu also contains two prefaces, one in Chinese and one in Japanese. These are significant for the critical theory they advance regarding the nature of quality poetry. The first of a long series of imperially-commissioned Japanese poetry anthologies, the Kokinshu is unrivaled in its importance and influence.
In the ninth century the Japanese language was out of favor for use in poetry. Japanese poets composed their verses in Chinese, with Japanese compositions viewed as trivial. A new pride in their own nation led Japanese poets to return to the use of their native language in their literary works, although these still remained modeled on Chinese court poetry. Japanese poets displayed their works at new competitions and contests, and other poems were used in public celebrations, inscribed on large portable screens. Ki no Tsurayuki received an imperial commission to act as supervisor of the compilation of what would be the Kokinshu. The most important and most copied of all the poets whose works are represented in the Kokinshu, Tsurayuki is also the author of its Japanese preface. Tsurayuki was joined by three other poets of minor-court rank—Ki no Tomonori, Oshikochi no Mitsune, and Mibu no Tadamine—in selecting the best examples of Japanese poetry and arranging them in the best fashion. The four compilers chose some 243 poems of their own and many anonymous poems. Among the other significant poets included are Ono no Komachi, Ariwara no Narihira, and Oshikochi no Mitsune. The Chinese preface is attributed to Ki no Yoshimochi. In the prefaces, the compilers announce that Japanese poetry has its seeds in the human heart and proceed to describe the glorious history of Japanese poetry, bemoan its impoverished state in the previous hundred years, describe its six styles, and humbly offer their collection to readers. The emphasis placed on human feelings as subject matter contrasts with popular poems of battles, mythical gods, and didactic works.
As is the case with all translations, particularly of poetry, disagreements abound among scholars as to which version of the Kokinshu is superior. Some favor a gloss of the Japanese, paraphrasing meaning and neglecting the poetics entirely. This extreme choice is not typically made in the case of the Kokinshu, and the translations are rendered in verse. Some translators lean more toward expressing their feelings based on what the original verse spontaneously evokes in them, using the preface's reference to the human heart as support for their interpretation of the original poets' meanings. Other translators favor literal description with additional explanation in footnotes, arguing that the text is more than a thousand years old and commentary is essential to understanding the original authors' intentions.
Critics have long recognized that the chief merit of the Kokinshu is not to be found in its individual poems but in the book as a whole. A particular tanka on love, while fine in and of itself, becomes something richer when it is read as an element of a progression of poems on a love affair, as seen through the words of several different poets. While there is agreement that some poems are outstanding, critics agree that it is the interesting contexts, progressions, and balance that give the Kokinshu its reputation for greatness. Helen Craig McCullough has stated that in following their guidelines, the compilers used "such specific tactics as association by season or other kinds of chronology, by author, by event, by locale, by imagery, by content, by theme, and especially by diction in the broadest sense." Critics have also extolled the compilers' overcoming the challenge of creating an anthology of short verse that does not become wearisome or boring to its readers. Additionally, Robert H. Brower and Earl Miner have praised the contributors to the Kokinshu for their use of new words and new imagery. Scholars agree that the Kokinshu more than fulfilled its purpose of serving as a reference book for future generations of poets: McCullough has stressed that the Kokinshu is "an assertion of national pride and confidence."
Principal English Translations
Early Japanese Poets: Complete Translation of the Kokinshu [translated by T. Wakameda] 1922
The Kokin Waka-Shu: The 10th-Century Anthology Edited by the Imperial Edict [translated by H. H. Honda] 1970
Kokinshu: A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern [translated by Laurel Rasplica Rodd with Mary Catherine Henkenius] 1984
Kokin Wakashu: The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry [translated by Helen Craig McCullough] 1985
Ichiro Kobayashi (essay date 1921)
SOURCE: An introduction to Early Japanese Poets: Complete Translation of the "Kokinshu," by T. Wakameda, The Eastern Press Ltd., 1922, pp. xi-xvi.
[In his introduction (written in 1921) to the Wakameda translation of the Kokinshu, Kobayashi advances several reasons why shorter Japanese poems, such as those found in the Kokinshu, became far more popular than longer forms of verse.]
The Kokinshu or Poems Ancient and Modern was published as is seen in its Preface, in the fifth year of Yengi in the reign of the Emperor Daigo, viz., in the year 905 A.D., and fifteen years after the founding of Oxford University. This collection of one thousand poems was selected from those which had been composed during a period of two hundred years after the beginning of the Nara period, with the intention of showing models to those who wished to compose verses. It was edited by order of the Emperor Daigo, the Editors being four of the greatest poets of that day. They were Ki no Tsurayuki, Ki no Tomonori, Ochikochi no Mitsune and Mibu no Tadamine. This was the first time that Japanese poems were edited by order of an emperor; and in the course of three hundred years from this time down to the first stage of the Kamakura period such work was often undertaken. Of all these four poets, the most excellent was Ochikochi no Mitsune, but the most learned and highest in position was Ki no Tsurayuki. He became chief Editor and wrote the Preface to this collection. In addition, another Preface was written in Chinese by Ki no Yoshimochi, but being nothing but a translation of Tsurayuki's Preface, it was not important.
The first collection of typical poems in Japan is the Manyoshui, which appeared towards the close of the Nara period; and the Kokinshu is the second in age. The Manyoshiu exhibits the features of the verse in the Nara period whilst the characteristics of the poetry in the Heian period are clearly shown in the Kokinshu. Most of the Manyoshiu poems are simple in diction and express the thoughts direct from both heart and mind, while the Kokinshu poems are generally elegant and graceful in thought. Though the Kokinshu contains some of the poems composed in the Nara period, yet they do not signify the features of that day. This is not surprising for the Kokinshu was originally intended to show models to those who wished to compose verses. There have been many changes in the methods of composing Japanese poetry since these days; but generally speaking, the Kokinshu had been looked upon as a model collection of poems for hundreds of years. Therefore it is most important for those who wish to know Japanese poetry.
The Emperor Daigo was an excellent versifier—nay, and many other Japanese Emperors excelled in poetry. Before founding the capital at Kashiwara, the first Emperor Jimmu subjugated the natives in the neighbourhood: on that occasion he himself composed a song with which he encouraged his men. This poem is mentioned in the ancient history of Japan and handed down to posterity. (It may be called an old song, for it was composed in 662 B.C.) Many of the other emperors, the princes and the court officials composed poetry. And there were some peasants and huntsmen who were fond of composing verse. In such ancient days, of course, they used no special art in making poems, but sang what they actually thought. So these poems have little or no poetical merit, but the elegancy of national spirits can be traced up to such an ancient age. In days of yore, there was little strict distinction between the high and low. Some emperors were of so plebeian taste that when they went out hunting they often talked in verse with peasants. When Chinese learning was imported in abundance and people imitated Chinese institutions troublesome ceremonies arose by degrees and the distinction between the high and low began to assert itself. In the Heian period the emperors and court officials were called "kumo-no-uwabito" or "men above clouds." This was contrary to the intrinsic national traits of Japan, which were simplicity and homeliness, with both of which the emperors treated their people generally. These good qualities later revived among the samurai: the so-called spirit of the samurai was merely the revival of the national traits of the Japanese nation. It will be most interesting to study these national traits by means of Japanese poetry.
The art of composing poetry gradually made progress age after age, until at last many true poets appeared in the Nara period. While the capital of Nara was growing prosperous, art and literature were making great progress; whilst amidst the beautiful fields and mountains splendid...
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Jin'ichi Konishi (essay date 1958)
SOURCE: "Association and Progression: Principles of Integration in Anthologies and Sequences of Japanese Court Poetry, A.D. 900-1350," translated by Robert H. Brower and Earl Miner, Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 21, December, 1958, pp. 67-127.
[In the following excerpt, Konishi demonstrates that poems in the Shinkokinshu were inspired by and developed from poetry in the Kokinshu.]
… The meaning of the title, Shinkokinshū, is "New Anthology of Poems Ancient and Modern"—in other words, the "New Kokinshū." In> giving their anthology this name, the compilers were consciously expressing a neoclassical ideal and were specifying the...
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E. B. Ceadel (essay date 1959)
SOURCE: "The Two Prefaces of The Kokinshu," Asia Major, Vol. VII, No. I & 2, 1959, pp. 40-51.
[In the following excerpt, Ceadel contends that the Chinese preface to the Kokinshu predates the Japanese one, and offers internal evidence from the prefaces themselves to support his claim.]
The Japanese poetic anthology the Kokin wakashū, from which Dr. Waley translated thirty-five poems in his book Japanese Poetry, the "Uta" (Oxford, 1919) was compiled as a result of an Imperial order of 905 A.D. by Ki no Tomonori, Ki no Tsurayuki, Ōshikōchi no Mitsune, and Mibu no Tadamine. Of these four poets, Ki no Tsurayuki undoubtedly took the largest part...
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Robert H. Brower and Earl Miner (essay date 1961)
SOURCE: "Poetic Practice" and "Consolidations, New Developments, and Decline" in Japanese Court Poetry, Stanford University Press, 1961, pp. 198-220.
[In the following excerpt, Brower and Miner discuss the diction. rhetorical techniques, syntax, subjects, themes, and tone of the Kokinshu.]
… Poetic Language and Imagery
The different conventional modes illustrate the complex adjustment of personal response to social environment which is basic to the age. One will fail to understand either the good or the inferior poetry of the period unless one realizes that it produced poem after poem which was at once personal and conventional—or...
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John Timothy Wixted (essay date 1983)
SOURCE: "The Kokinshu Prefaces: Another Perspective," Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 43, No. 1, 1983, pp. 215-38.
[In the following essay, Wixted explains how the prefaces to the Kokinshu, while largely modeled on those of earlier Chinese works, affirm a new value attributed to Japanese poetry.]
Literary anthologies are compiled for a variety of ends.1 They can be made for pragmatic / didactic purposes, as was the Shih ching (Classic of Songs); for the sheer diversionary pleasure of the material, as was the Yüt' ai hsin-yung (New Songs from the Jade Tower); or for a more complex mix of motives. The compilation of the...
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Helen Craig McCullough (essay date 1985)
SOURCE: "Kokinshu as Literary Entity" in Brocade by Night: "Kokin Wakashu" and the Court Style in Japanese Classical Poetry, Stanford University Press, 1985, pp. 421-93.
[In the following excerpt taken from her important critical work on the Kokinshu, McCullough reviews all the books that comprise the anthology, particularly their topics, transitions, and arrangement.]
Tsurayuki and his colleagues undoubtedly viewed their imperial commission as a mandate to advance beyond the modest accomplishments of their immediate predecessors, the compilers of Kudai waka and Shinsen man-'yōshū. As we have...
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Edwin A. Cranston (essay date 1988)
SOURCE: "A Web in the Air," Monumenta Nipponica: Studies in Japanese Culture, Vol. 43, No.3, Autumn, 1988, pp. 332-52.
[In the following excerpt, Cranston evaluates McCullough's translation of the Kokinshu and directly compares some of her versions of particular poems with those of other translators.]
… People who have practiced translation, especially poetic translation, tend to have strong opinions on the subject; others couldn't care less. I belong to the former category. Miller, pp. 758-59, makes it clear that he regards literary scholarship and translation as sciences. I do not. Not at least in the sense 'science' has acquired since it came to be applied...
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Further Reading
Cranston, Edwin A. "The Dark Path: Images of Longing in Japanese Love Poetry." Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 35 (1975): 60-100.
Reviews dozens of examples of Japanese love poetry and its prevailing imagery.
Harper, T. J. "Norinaga on the Translation of Waka: His Preface to A Kokinshu Telescope." In The Distant Isle. Studies and Translations of Japanese Literature in Honor of Robert H. Brower, pp. 205-30, edited by Thomas Hare, Robert Borgen, and Sharalyn Orbaugh. Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 1996.
Reprints and discusses Motoori Norinaga's preface (much of it in Japanese) to his A Kokinshu...
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In short: Fun RunIn full: A fun 10k run along the sea front.Pros- 100's of santas running is a sight you have to see. The crowds all along the route where brilliant. The medal at the end and the cup are great along with a Santa suit. Great value.Cons- The 10k start was some distance from the 5k start and unless you knew this or happend to over hear someone telling someone else where it was there was nothing about to let you know. Someone just shouted start, I only knew this cause people started moving in front of me. Run on normal footpaths which where open to everyone so when the 10 and 5k merged you had to dodge walkers, dogs, kids, cafe furniture and people bimbiling along the footpath. Not very well organised. Think I will give it a miss next year. It is defo just a fun run and no real point doing the 10k.Date of review: December 16, 2012
In short: The most fun muddy and cold race ever! In full: What a cracking run! Pros-Loads of loo's, good parking areas, well marshalled, loads too keep you from getting bored.Cons-Expensive when all you get is a tshirt that you cant run in and would not go out in. There are loads of non runners that take part and the tracks are not that wide so it is very slow untill around 3 miles when things start to thin out a bit.Can not wait to do this again!! Date of review: December 1, 2012
In short: Challenging for a 1st 10kIn full: I am from Suffolk, this was my 1st ever 10k.......OMG!! Sidbury Hill= Ouch!The rain made this run interesting to say the least. 1hr 7min which I am pleased with . First 5k is all up hill/mountain!! (as I said im from Suffolk, the land of no hills!. The rain turned the parking into a bog!Date of review: November 4, 2012
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Waddington, Miriam
Miriam Waddington 1917–
Canadian poet, dramatist, and editor.
Waddington's reputation as a poet is well established in Canada. Although she has read widely and expresses special fondness for formal poets such as W. H. Auden and Hart Crane, Waddington has demonstrated considerable eclecticism in her own writing and adheres to no fixed poetic style. For Waddington, poetry is a natural outpouring into the world of the artist's existence, or as she states, "a bridging of the inner and the outer." This view of poetry makes theories of poetic form a secondary consideration to her. Consequently, over the span of nearly forty years of publication, Waddington's work has shown considerable flexibility in form and content.
Waddington's first collection, Green World (1945), contains many of the themes and subjects which dominate her poetry over the next twenty years. As the title of this work suggests, she is extremely conscious of nature, especially its rejuvenative processes. Waddington's lyrics in this volume express faith in the solace provided by nature as opposed to the frustrations caused by modern industrial society. Waddington's experience as a social worker provides much of the subject matter for her poetry. Many of the poems in her second book, The Second Silence (1955), demonstrate her familiarity with social problems and individual suffering. Waddington's poetry also manifests her strong political awareness, which can be traced to her childhood years when she was exposed to many social and political controversies through her intellectual Russian-Jewish parents and their associates.
In her later poetry, Waddington has moved away from social and political subjects. Instead, her recent books The Price of Gold (1976) and The Visitants (1981) include poems which focus on basic human concerns: loss, aging, death, and, ultimately, the primal joy of being alive.
(See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 21-24, rev. ed.)
Desmond Pacey
[Miriam Waddington is a] quiet and unspectacular poet…, but she has a persuasive sincerity that is very winning.
[Her first book, Green World (1945),] established quite clearly the general outlines of her work. The book's dominant theme was the beauty and goodness of the natural world, expressed by recurring images of greenness and growth, and the ugliness and evil of contemporary industrial society, evoked by images of angles, coils, tunnels, walls and "tangles of hot streets". Within human society, the one positive liberating force was seen as love, whether love in the sense of charity or "loving-kindness" or love in the sense of sexual attraction and union. Unlike most of her Canadian contemporaries at that time, Mrs. Waddington did not speak in terms of socialist doctrine, nor indeed of any dogma, and although there were occasional references to the hope for a better social order there was no attempt to be specific about the causes of social chaos or the means of social amelioration. These early poems were simple, colourful, melodic and easy; they had spontaneity and verve, a youthful affirmation and exuberance modified only slightly by twinges of pity, anger or disgust.
In The Second Silence (1955) the themes remained much the same. Nature and love were still the main positive attractions, and the sufferings of modern industrial man the main sources of discontent. A decade of experience had, however, broadened the scope of her poetry. Love, especially sexual love, was given more complex treatment, revealed as a source of frustration and pain as well as of satisfaction and pleasure. The discussion of social evils was more specific, being related frequently to the plight of individuals whom Mrs. Waddington had encountered in the course of her duties as a social worker; and the experience of maternity provided her...
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Marvin Bell
In a poem entitled Losing Merrygorounds, Miriam Waddington regrets that loss as well as "… the careful prose / of growing up". Indeed, throughout The Glass Trumpet, one feels that Miss Waddington is willing to abandon care entirely to avoid writing "prose". The battle against prose is exhausting, finding its expression in run-on syntax and sentimental attitudes. It includes lots of crying, wishing, dreaming, and singing. Half of everything seems to be blinded or blinding.
None of this would be quite as bothersome if Miss Waddington would exploit the best of the metaphors she so casually picks up, instead of dropping each for abstractions in those places where she is led to significant thought by her materials. The language is not without a talented urgency—quite deserving of care, even at the cost of the infiltration of "prose". As it is, all that this technique allows to be clear is the most general of feelings.
The best of Miss Waddington's poems seem to me those which arise from her harshest attitudes…. (p. 326)
Marvin Bell, "Nine Canadian Poets" (© 1968 by The Modern Poetry Association; reprinted by permission of the Editor of Poetry and the author), in Poetry, Vol. CXI, No. 5, February, 1968, pp. 323-28.∗
D. G. Jones
[Waddington's language in Say Yes is close to the conventional lyric, appears fresh,] surprises with sudden illumination, touches us with her gaiety and convinces us of her gravity. Her language enlivens the dark. Acutely aware of the loss of love, of language, of a familiar world, she confronts it directly and articulates it honestly. With a possible hint from Dr. Williams she has devised a rather baroque, run-on form made up of lines of two to four feet into which the most prosaic sentences may be fitted, in a potentially endless series…. In the country, in the city, in art or in nature, everywhere the dark appears. In "Shakedown" we read:
Time like a raftered roof has shaken us down like grain or brickdust into the lowest bin of the dark world.
One poem is entitled "Swallowing darkness is swallowing dead elm trees." And swallow it Mrs. Waddington does. The dark is not simply an alien dark; it is our own…. The dark is the home of the inarticulate "other." Moving into the dark with affection, she retains her language and enlarges it, rediscovering her world in the bleakest times and the most unpromising places. Iron bridges fold their wings like swans; construction cranes like colourful amphibious animals bring her a breakfast basket of helmeted workers and bricks by the ton…. Despite the strangeness of cities, the "black leather police," empty libraries, empty rooms, Eros survives. It survives to inform the imagination and the control of the language, and with it survives the capacity for song. (pp. 73-4)
D. G. Jones, "Voices in the Dark" (reprinted by permission of the author), in Canadian Literature, No. 45, Summer, 1970, pp. 68-74.∗
Tom Wayman
I think most of Miriam Waddington's poems in her recent collection of new and selected poems, Driving Home, are boring. But as this collection spans thirty years of work, boredom here is perhaps not entirely her fault: the worst poems reflect the fashions of times they were written in. It is difficult not to be bored with intricate little home-made myths and texts designed to fill up with sentiment the empty prairies or an empty life. And it is difficult now not to be bored with the careful encapsulating into rhyme of the passions and anguish of a social worker in the 40's and 50's, and of the lives of those she was in contact with.
But I wonder if Waddington doesn't share these views. The best of the poems in Driving Home are mostly in the section of new poems (since 1969). Here she is able sometimes to get inside her present life and show it to the reader in a convincing way. (p. 85)
Some hint of the powerful poems Waddington might have written out of her social work in clinics, jails and as a welfare official can be seen in "Investigator" (1942) where she captures for a moment something of the inside of the homes and lives of the poor…. But too often the emotion is lost in the prison of rhyme…. This poem clunks along to the stunning insight of:
I haven't heard much that was new to me
or brought any word that was new to you;
it seems our separate selves must curve
wide from the central pulsing nerve
which ought to unite us, you and me…
Waddington's poems such as this one fail to let any particular emotion break out, to transcend the confines of rhyme in any way so that the poem is more than reporting in verse. Or maybe there was no further emotion? (p. 86)
My lack of complete belief in what Waddington is saying appears even in the new poems of this collection. Something is missing, for me, in a poem like "Transformations" when she says she wants to spend her life in Gimli listening to the silence…. Similarly, in "Dead lakes":
I look down
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L. R. Ricou
When Miriam Waddington writes of the exhaustion of language, that inevitable subject for poets, she speaks first of the lost language of nature…. But for Waddington the sense of a lost language is only momentary. She turns again and again to writing of the ineffable wind, and of whatever grows, in a language "light / and quick" through which she makes it possible, in the words of another poem, for "trees [to] yield up their wordless therapy."
Waddington declared this direction for her poetry in her first book, Green World (1945). Its title poem, later called "Green world one," is a good place to begin because it focusses on a subject—the green world—which defines Waddington's outlook,...
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Mark Abley
Reading The Visitants, I was struck by the absence of something I couldn't exactly place: some quality, some attitude that these 40 poems simply didn't contain. Anger? Sorrow? Bitterness? No, because in a few public lyrics, a few civil elegies, Miriam Waddington does express these dark emotions. What was it, this absence? It took me a while to realize that I was missing all sense of fear, and that The Visitants is a fearless book. Its main preoccupations are death, old age, and solitude—all of which are usually tackled with regret, unease, or the kind of boisterous swagger that seems a poor disguise for fear. But Waddington is undaunted at the prospect of death, and unafraid of direct feeling. She can,...
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Camouflage Deer?
As of this week, hunters have something new to worry about in addition to accidentally shooting each other and embarrassing themselves in public: Not being able to find any animals. At least that's the idea behind HIDE (Hunting Is Downright Evil), an anti-hunt group based in Minnesota that has been tranquilizing deer in popular hunting sites, painting them camouflage, and re-releasing them into the wild. According to HIDE President Jamie Drysdale, the group, which has more than 60 members in Minnesota and Wisconsin, are able to camouflage up to 12 deer a week, and hundreds of infuriated hunters have already submitted letters of complaint to their state governments. Here's a picture of a newly camouflaged buck from a hunting preserve in central Minnesota:
Amazing. Anyway, HIDE, here's wishing you the best of luck confounding hunters around the country. I can't wait to see the bear pictures!
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I'd love to have a camo deer head on the wall.
you all seem to think animals feel pain the way we do.from my experiance hunting and fishing,animals do not feel what we feel from a similar injury.and when over populated nature will take them in a much more painfull death.
well, this was a funny joke, i think it would be pretty cool to see a camo deer. but seriously, im a hunter and i dont see why everyone is making such a big deal out of this. i've noticed that a lot of comments posted seem to be from teenagers and the like, which is cool, i was a teenager also and had very powerful opinions myself. just let the joke be a joke. just because this is from '07 doesnt make it anymore/less funny either.
I hunt for food. Sure, in this day and age it is not necessary as it once was. But guess what? Hunted meat is much healthier, much cheaper, and it tastes great. It feels satisfying to know exactly where my food comes from. Sure, I love hunting. And the kill is not the best part of it. It's being out in the woods, on the water etc. And every animal I have killed has died a quick death, under 2 minutes or so. If I wanted to just go kill stuff, i would just shoot birds in my back yard and go poach. But its called HUNTING, not just "killing stuff time". And by the way, every state has laws that make it so the animal killed must be harvested and used. And trust me, if a hunter ever makes a not clean kill, great remorse is felt. I will continue to hunt and fish for food for the remainder of my life.
"Thats actually a good idea i think ill use that idea and go camouflage all your wives so when im raping them and they're screaming for their lives u won't be able to find them"
Jim, really who says something that disturbing?
Yes, tranquilizing and painting an animal does sound a little inhumane… HOWEVER, think about the qaulity of lives for these deer. If it helps save lives of these gentle creatures, I think it is well worth it.
Also Buckshot you say we are a bunch of "tree hugging idiots". BUT I am pretty sure "hunters" are the ones who STRAP themselves to trees, and paint themselves in head to toe in camo and floresant orange before going into these animals homes, and violently murdering them. Then even better you go back to your home, with your wife and kids, and show them what a real "man" you are by painting your hands like the murderer you are, with their blood. But yet we the people that are giving these helpless animals a voice… we are the "dumb ones".
As for this…
"we as trappers and hunters kill everything as humanely as possible"
There is nothing humane about killing. Would it be humane if someone killed your brother, mother, father, or pet dog in a "humanely as possible" way or "as little pain as possible" way? Murder is murder.
Is it supposed to be a joke? This is a national organization which is supposed to be credible! I just wanted to mention that tranquilizing a wild animal can be extremely risky and is very often cause long term damage or can fatal to the animal. This is why even the Department of Natural Resources only does this to animals as a last option when relocating them. Not to mention the risk you are putting yourselves in to accomplish this ridiculous task! What's worse is you seem proud of this. Please be responsible and research what you are doing in a scientific manner from reputable scientific journals. It seems like you mostly get your information from legislative sources which is a small step in the right directionor Google…You could have used all that money you spent on tranquilizers and donated it to something useful like research on deer management or really anything else. People depend on you for reliable facts and information and you need to be responsible and objective about what you are putting out there. I just don't understand why you would advocate this. Also I am really sick of everyone making fun of hunters because of their spelling is that the only insult you can think of? Good job. So you can all use spell check…its really difficult I know. Although clearly none of you have ever made a spelling error in your lives anyway.
Wow! These comments just about prove my theory that most hunters are inbred morons. Go HIDE! Let's stop the cruel "sport" of hunting!
That is the dumbest thing I've ever read! deer are already naturally colored to be hard to see in the woods and everyone knows the best time to hunt is when there's snow on the ground. maybe they should paint them white…lol
hunting is not evil. hunting is the reason civilization exists today. just because you may kill a deer does not mean you disrespect it. I'm a high school student and I have my first deer hunt next fall. that does not mean i dont respect animals. i love them and respect nature but hunting is a fair game and if the hunter follows all the regulations and doesn't take more deer than heshe should it is not inhumane. also more deer die from cars than by hunting. you need to stop treating hunting like genocide and more like part of the natural cycle of our ecosystem.
ok first off if u knew anything about animals u would know that if an animal is under a lot of stress getting shot with a trankulizer gun it can kill them and another thing is that deer are naturaly camoflaged if u had spent any time in the woods before u came up with this stupid idea u would know that and lastly a deer's fur is its most effective weapon they have aginst preditors there fur is hollow so that the hot air given off by their body is traped and it keeps them even warmer if you cover that hair in paint then it cant b very good for that and also deer's noses are one of the most sensitive of all animals so when you cover their entire body with cemicals like paint it would be like if u had to walk around with ur face in a jar of vicks vapor rub all day idk about u but that doesnt sound very humain to me
Yep I like the deer camo idea. Because then hunters actually use their brain for once when they notice that something is wrong. Though they still dont understand what spellcheck is because they are too pissed to actually consider how bad their grammar is. And also why is it they cannot write in a less lude manner I mean they cannot seem to hold an argument without using at least one curse word. Yeah and it was April 1st so they are that much dumber for falling for the joke So to all you trigger hugging hunters Kill Yourself Oh and this is a military term not meant to be taking as lude though I am not really cursing I am just stating my opinion on what you should do So as to reduce the hunters due to their increase in stupidity. Yeah I am not so good at Grammar either so whatever.
Greetings PETA and Hunters Alike I have an ongoing long term regrettable dilemma and I am interested in learning from those with more experience in property destruction as a result of neighbor's setting out feed stations for Turkey and Deer. You see each lot here is 14 acre or less. We often look at 80100 turkeys and 2040 deer in a miniscule spot as the neighbors dump 240 pounds of corn below our lot each week. Sanitation and rat infestation aside we are looking at total destruction of our hillside any possible attempts at landscaping fencing not allowed. Attempts at civil dialogue requests eventual cease and desist orders only serve to escalate the human feeding behavior. Then the Coyotes come for a free turkey meal. The lions move in for the deer. Then we cannot walk in the evenings. So kind people Seeing that the CA Dept. of Fish and Game is not interested until after a catastrophe has occured I would deeply appreciate any wisdom from experience. We have tried motion detector sprinklers to no avail. The trapper is disinterested in relocating that many domesticated wild animals and we do not wish to simply open fire on a mass slaughter in order to preserve our home. Suggestions? Thank you.
Best April Fools joke EVER. The responses are crazy even after someone said it was April 1st. Congratulations to whoever thought this up.
Well now I have seen stupid to a new level. If you paint a deer that deer will then then look and smell different to the other deer and will not be able to mate. Way to go morons kill off all the deer!
First the language second the grammar… Its amazing that the nay sayersthe people that enjoy killing all have something in common… ignorance pure ignorance.
Great idea while you're at it why not camo paint some grizzly bears and mountain lions… Wait! Catch all of the mourning doves pheasants wild turkeys squirrels prairie dogs groundhogs mountain goats stone sheep pronghorn antelope coyotes moose elk caribou baby harp seals and camoflage those species too. Next year you can go around and camo all of the newborns and the cycle starts over. This should keep you busy and keep you from sticking your nose in everyone's business through eternity. Hey if you write me a nice long letter I'll even donate $1.00 for your cause.
Ya like you couldn't see that deer a mile off.It would have been harder to see in natural color.Looks like a white tail with mule deer antlersand pretty early for the deer to have antlers. It's spring and they don't get antlers that early. FAKE!!!!
Lolol look at all the idiots preserved in time. Leave it to a joke to snapshot the worst of humanity that you losers try to hide and deny.
Stupidass PETA hasn't heard of the FOOD CHAIN! We are on top of that food chain because we were chosen by God to be there!
The fact that people don't realize that this is a joke shows what a bunch of clowns you people are. NORMAL people aren't surprised by anything they hear from PETA anymore. I have to go. I gut shot a fawn this morning and have to see if it is still breathing.
are you stupid? this is an april fools joke…dumb idiots
Deer is best deep fried with a little Ande's and some taters. mmmmmmmmmmm
The hunter nimrods are STILL ranting because they STILL haven't figured out it's an April Fool's joke. I guess the mad cow disease is finally starting to take its toll.
When the acorns are plentiful so are the deer…and so are fatalities from car accidents caused by them…in the St. Louis area and elsewhere.
So what happens when the deer population explodes then deer and people die more often and very slowly via car crashes then by a hunter popping a deer in the heart or chest killing it instantly?
Got an ideaLets paint a few of these PETAA Holes brown and white. Then turn THEM loose in November
The funniest part of this is how dumb you all are. Happy April 1st suckers!
I can smell deer. Camo won't work. Let the DNR know about your ideas. They will love it. Backstraps anyone.
geez i reely hope ther's not alot of breeding goin on after reading thees comments
You p.i.t.a. members are fools. I've never seen anything so stupid in my life. haha
Hey hunters do something about it… How about tranquilizing deers to pait targets on them?
I know this is a April fools joke. But all yall peta freaks saying hunters are ignorant yall got that backwards. Yall are the freaks of nature here. We actually do something fun in our life like killing dumb tasty animals for example. Yall peta people need to get shot your self yall deserve it. The only reason yall are peta is because you want attention. Everybody knows that. Quick question do yall eat marshmallows? Did yall know that they are actually fried in beef fat to give them that fluffy felling. suck on the freaks!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow. hunting is an american tradition stop shooting our country in the foot.
Just to point out a slight flaw in the overall PETA theme. I noticed at the top ot the web page the young man laying on his desk was wearing nice cotton jeans and shirt. Cotton is the most heavily sprayed crop grown for the textile industry. It is sprayed up to ten times in a season with an insecticide that is so potent that with in minutes of the spray settleing on the foliage and ground NOTHING moves again. Toads ladybugs mantis mice snakes baby bunnies anything that was alive dies immediately. So buying cotton clothing is probably one of the most detrimental things you can do environmentally. The label vegan means to harm no living thing and it is the ultimate hypocrisy to call yourself that and wear cotton. Your lovely denim jeans came at a much higher price to innocent creatures than the most vigorous and dedicated hunter could possibly match.
This is freaking hilarious! Reading the tree huggers and the red necks going at it over an April Fool's joke monthsalmost a year! after it happened. As a unbiast third party I have come to the conclusion that all of you are idiots. It's March of '08 now and people are STILL buying the story. It's kinda sad really… People! Just accept it for what it is! A hoax! Even PETA isn't dumb enough to try this! STOP BELIEVING IT! IT"S AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE! you are all morons for falling for it
I don't understand a group of people that are trying to protect animals harming them. The paint is absorbed through the skin and into the blood stream of the animal. Thus making there blood toxic and leaves them at risk for deformed births dead fetus or poisioning the host. Way to go PETA!
don't you think the white still kinda stands out a little bit? Just a thought…and something that moves can't really camoflauge itself that way…i'm pretty sure my crosshairs would still find their way there.
WOW!! What a great idea. I think next yall need to staple a fish's mouth closed so it cant be caught.
I've always had a little truble knowing were to shoot but now with that black spot behind the shoulder i have a nice aming point. next time put a circle on hin
WTF painting dear thats more cruel than hunting are you people IDIOTS! your against hunting i can accept that but if you've ever lived in a remote village in Alaska you'd understand why hunting is necessary. People up here have to hunt to feed their families if they didn't their families would go Hungary because were not like you we can't just drive to the store or even take a boat or a plane to do that we'd have to wait two weeks and most of the time you can't do that.
Save the deer!!
when you shoot the deer to paint them isnt that cruelty to animals
this is stupid
When does hunting season open on Peta members?
Do you not realize that animals are certain color in the wild for a reason you fg idiots. Deer hang out in fields which are brown most of the time camoflaging them from predators. Amazing.
"Oh i should have read all the post about the date. So i commented without knowing it was April Fools. I still think the fools are PETA. For someone to think up this joke … blah blah blah." Ha ha. Sucka!!!
Oh i should have read all the post about the date. So i commented without knowing it was April Fools. I still think the fools are PETA. For someone to think up this joke well pretty sick person and no doubt in my mind they actually are thinking about doing it. So the moron in all this is the blogger I'm sure you got a laugh but we'll all still be eating deer. So you my fried are a hopless piece of shit that can not be cured. To even think as a joke that would be funny you should be kicked out of PETA. Your the danger to wild life. Care to go hunting with us???
Ok i'm no hunter but what you are doing way out of line. I am learning thru some very knowledgable hunters so that I can one day. However I find your tactics inhumane and certainly not sane. That paint has got to be harmful to the animal. By the way do YOU have a permit or license to tranqualize these animals and paint them? I think I will take a look into that myself.
haha what a joke u guys need to get a life. I'm pretty sure i'd still see that deer walk under my stand and it wouldnt make it much farther


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A Colorado State University-Pueblo professor who compared the threat of 50 job cuts at the school to the infamous Ludlow Massacre in 1914 has been locked out of the university's computer system and was warned he violated the school's communications policy against intimidation.
Tim McGettigan, a tenured sociology professor, sent his Ludlow email on Friday morning before CSU Chancellor Michael Martin met with students and faculty in the middle of the day to discuss the Pueblo campus's budget plight.
"When I got back to my office, there was a letter from the CSU system lawyer saying my computer access had been deactivated," McGettigan said. "I have a heavy class load to teach and I can't do that without access to my computer."
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McGettigan's message accused Martin of having a "hit list" of jobs to be cut and that he was "putting a gun to the head of those 50 hard-working people while he also throws a match on the hopes and dreams of their helpless, defenseless families."
The letter to McGettigan from Johnna Doyle, CSU deputy general counsel, said the Ludlow email violated the school's police that bans messages that "intimidate, threaten, harass other individuals, or to interfere with the activity of others to conduct university business."
The letter says the professor's computer account might be reactivated on further review.
McGettigan said he'd spoken with several attorneys and did not believe it threatened anyone.
CSU-President Lesley DiMare put out a statement saying student and faculty safety are the university's top priority and she referenced the shootings at Columbine High School, Virginia Tech University and Arapahoe High School.
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There were some faculty email messages Monday warning McGettigan he was in the process of being fired.
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What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been
I never expected I'd write a first-hand account of my journey into interfaith marriage. As a child I attended the West Coast Talmudic Seminary (WCTS) and then Rambam Torah Institute for high school. As a teenager, my social life centered around my involvement in B'nai Akiva, an Orthodox Zionist youth organization. My parents, Holocaust survivors, never forced me to attend these yeshivas.
The yeshiva was a wonderful extended home. There was Rabbi Simcha Wasserman, one of the greatest men I've ever known. He was a legendary scholar, able to quote from memory any passage from the Talmud and the relevant commentaries. But more significant than his scholarship was the love he showed us. He never uttered a harsh or negative comment about anyone, though he had reason to be bitter. His father, Rebbe Elchonon Wasserman, was put to death in a concentration camp. I remember telling Reb Simcha how uncomfortable my father's presence at my bar mitzvah made me, because he wasn't observant and had never worn tefillin. Reb Simcha, with warm and compassionate eyes, sat down so close to me that I could smell the wonderful aroma of his pipe tobacco and said, "Your father is a good man. He works hard so you can come to our yeshiva. Judge him by how much he cares for you -- anyone can learn to put on tefillin."
A danger was lurking outside the yeshiva. It was the real world -- a world with intolerance, bigotry and hate. I was 12-years-old in 1963, and couldn't understand why discrimination and overt acts of prejudice were tolerated in parts of our country. Perhaps being a child of Holocaust survivors made me overly sensitive, but my understanding of being one of the Chosen People was clear: it required being intolerant of blind hate, to any group -- the same kind of hatred that led to the extermination of 9 million people, of which 15 would have been my immediate family.
By this time I was becoming aware of opinions, some stronger than others, in the yeshiva: you can never truly trust a gentile; Reform and Conservative Jews are more dangerous to our people than Nazis; and women have no place in religious studies. I wouldn't understand it completely for years, but the seeds for my separation from the Orthodox community were being sewn.
As I turned 16, I started to drift away from Orthodox life. I didn't know what to do about them, but I was noticing girls and I wanted to be free to pursue them. Over the next year I gave in to the temptation of a McDonald's cheeseburger, stopped going to synagogue regularly, and went to college at UC Santa Cruz. My transformation was complete by the time I was a junior -- for the only time in my life I forgot to fast during Yom Kippur.
College life was intoxicating. As a psychology major I was able to be part of the human potential movement of the 1960s and '70s. I was part of a global community that preached love, tolerance and acceptance of all. Most compelling for me was the freedom to interact with anyone, to be able to have close friendships with people of every walk of life. In college I found feelings of love and community again, but this time in a secular environment.
After college I returned to Los Angeles to get my Ph.D. in social-clinical psychology. I settled into my new home in Venice and struggled to find a social life. Two years later I began to date. At that time, whether I dated Jews or non-Jews wasn't an issue for me. My only involvement in the Jewish community was attending High Holiday services with my father. Other than spending time with childhood friends, I no longer fit into that community.
My new life revolved around graduate school, jogging, backpacking, and hanging out with artist friends.
After graduate school, I dated a lot and had several serious relationships, mostly with non-Jewish women. I got serious enough with one woman to discuss marriage. She said she wanted to be married in the church in which she had grown up. At that moment, my liberal, even radical sociopolitical world collapsed. I hadn't known my religious background had any punch left. We eventually broke up for various reasons, but I learned a lesson: I couldn't think about marriage without appreciating how deeply ingrained Judaism was in my soul.
The year 1985 was an important one for me. I went to Israel for the first time, and I met Lori. She had a wonderful laugh, a keen mind, and a very accepting character. I knew I was in trouble after our first date. But I was no longer naïve about what religion meant to me -- and Lori was not Jewish. She even played bells at her church, whatever bells were. Within a month, I felt compelled to tell her that I could never have a Christmas tree in my home. We didn't talk much about religion over the next year, though Lori knew that to marry me would mean having a "Jewish family."
Eventually we decided to marry -- and had to tell friends and family about our engagement. All of our friends rejoiced with us. Two of my best friends, with whom I had grown up, asked me to reconsider, and they asked more than once. My younger brother told Lori, without consulting me, that no matter what I promised her I would never go through with the marriage. When I finally told my parents (I had avoided telling them for as long as possible), my mother broke down in a tearful heap only to rise and scream at me, "What Hitler couldn't finish you are doing to us." And they liked Lori!
We agreed to have a Jewish wedding. For me it meant seeking out a Reform rabbi. I had never stepped into a Reform temple, and now I was depending on the Reform movement to start my Jewish family. Luckily, our first contact was with Eli Herscher, a Rabbi who cared enough about us to require that we meet with him privately several times and take a 20-week Introduction to Judaism course. The course gave us a way to structure discussions of religion, get beyond superficial issues, and ensure that we really knew one another in a meaningful way.
Once we were married I took responsibility for creating a Jewish home. I bought the challah for Shabbat, cooked the ethnic dishes I loved as a child, and planned religious holidays. Now that I couldn't take religion for granted, I was much more conscious of it's importance to me, and I found it very nurturing. Along with our daughter, Adrianne (from Lori's previous marriage), we have since been blessed with two more daughters, Delaney Malka and Liza Claire.
After being married for two years, Lori came to me and said she had decided to convert to Judaism. She'd been taking classes and meeting with Rabbi Herscher, and had independently planned this move. I admit, I had reservations -- I didn't want her to convert unless she truly felt inside her soul that it was right. She reassured me that she wanted to do this because of what she had learned, the spirituality she felt, and the welcoming contacts she had made in the Reform community.
I can't deny that I was very pleased she wanted to be Jewish. And since I already loved her so deeply, I was glad that we were on this spiritual journey together.
Barney Rosen, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist with offices in Encino and Pasadena. He is Director of Psychology at Huntington Hospital and a member of Wilshire Boulevard Temple.
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Sunday afternoon and evening sessions on Feb. 6 are "American Jewish Identity: Historical Texture and Context" and "Intermarriage and Jewish Continuity." Both are at the Irmas campus of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, 11662 Wilshire Blvd., West Los Angeles.
On Feb. 7, morning and afternoon sessions will focus on "Jewish Identity in the Context of California and the West" and "Jewish Identity in Multicultural Contexts." The 10 a.m. session is at the Hebrew Union College and the 1:30 p.m. discussion at USC.
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At the Dinner Hosted by Mayor of Hamburg Ole von Beust
Hamburg, Germany
25 February 2005
Mayor von Beust,
Dr Blobel,
Honoured Guests,
Vielen Dank. And thank you all. It is an honour to be with you, an honour to share this wonderful tradition.
Tonight we celebrate your city's enduring freedoms. But when you open your doors to guests like myself, you celebrate something more; you celebrate Hamburg's historic role as a city of the world.
When this feast was first held, back in medieval times, most people on earth never went farther than they could walk in a day. Yet Hamburg was already sending merchants and travellers to every corner of the globe. And Hamburg is still a centre of international vision and business, admired around the world.
Let me say, your city's cosmopolitan spirit seems very familiar to me. From the earliest days, the Arab world also sent merchants and travellers and scholars around the world. The Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon Him, is said to have called merchants "couriers to the horizons." And I believe that the more we work together, the more we reach out and communicate – by that much, we expand the horizons for all humanity.
Hamburg has indeed expanded human horizons. You have reached out to the world as true partners – indeed, as neighbours, as you did very recently, in all your help for tsunami victims.
So, again, thank you for allowing me to share this evening with you. I am delighted, as always, to be back in Germany. Fifteen years ago, your country helped bring about a peaceful transformation on this continent. And today, you have immense influence in another, global transformation: the creation of a new international system of cooperation and peace.
But my friends, we cannot celebrate tonight, without being aware that there are groups which have a very different vision. Extremists, who thrive on conflict, who do not tolerate diversity, who seek power through division and destruction. The global system they hope to create is one of new walls and new isolation and radically smaller horizons. It is an anti-democratic, anti-economic-growth and anti-progress agenda.
There is only one defence, and that is to stand together. To keep the global gateways open. To enlarge the sphere of dialogue and cooperation. To bring the opportunities of the 21st century to those who are alienated, who are vulnerable to extremist recruiting. And to use our utmost efforts to achieve peace in critical conflict zones.
Nowhere is this more important than in my region, the Middle East. In Iraq, the success of recent elections must encourage voter participation to continue. The people need our help as they build security and democracy, and rebuild their historic country.
The Arab-Israeli conflict remains a central concern. I do not need to tell you about its damaging global impact. For the parties and the region, the occupation, violence and suffering have been a disaster.
My friends, there must be a new partnership for change. We know the path forward. It is outlined in the Roadmap process. For the Palestinians, a sovereign, viable state – offering dignity and a positive future. For Israel, security guarantees and an end to conflict. And a process that leads to a comprehensive settlement – one that addresses the Syrian and Lebanese tracks – bringing the entire region together in a healing process of reconciliation.
This is the promise made by the Arab states at the Beirut Summit in 2002. It has been endorsed by the Quartet and the G-8. At Aqaba, Jordan, in 2003, it was agreed by the Palestinians and Israelis. Just a few weeks ago, I co-hosted the Sharm El Sheikh Summit. At that meeting, Palestinian President Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon re-committed to a partnership for peace.
The next step is not words, but deeds – hard work and the courage to make history. The friends of peace need our support. There will be an important opportunity at the London Conference next week. It will focus on assisting Palestinian efforts to strengthen democratic institutions and provide security. There will also be economic discussions to bring together development resources and give the Palestinians a new future of hope.
Indeed, hope is key to the future for our entire region. For too long, regional conflict has delayed development and reform. No more. Today, there is widespread agreement in the Arab world on the need to give people the opportunities they deserve.
Jordan has already made the commitment. For good governance, human rights and gender equality. For innovation and partnership with the private sector. For an open, modern civil society rooted in true Arab-Islamic values: peace, tolerance, the rule of law and the pursuit of excellence.
Our country has already made structural changes to build democratic political life at every level of society. In January, we instituted administrative reforms to increase regional self-government – a form of the federalism that has benefited Germany. We are also committed to creating world-class education and health care. As a result of these and other efforts, Jordan consistently ranks high in international measures of human development.
In this interconnected world, we cannot succeed alone. Jordan is determined to be a full participant in the global marketplace. We were honoured to be the first Mashrek country to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union. And we have worked to create a welcoming trade and investment climate. Allow me to say, we are tremendously grateful to our German friends and trading partners for their involvement and support.
Jordan's approach – its spirit, its effectiveness, its home-grown roots – can serve as a relevant model for the entire region. Indeed, our passion for results is shared by many. As some of you know, Jordan has been honoured to host the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea. At the meeting this May, leaders from business and civil society throughout the Arab world will launch a new action plan for sustainable, regional development and reform.
We do not seek leadership from our friends in the industrial nations. We seek partnership. And no country has shown its commitment to that partnership more than Germany. Your experience in overcoming the conflicts of centuries, in bridging divides and creating a new dialogue of nations, has never been more relevant.
Today, together, we have the power to create an era of peace and progress that will benefit us all – East and West, North and South. After all, we know what's required to succeed. We have the strategies, we have the knowledge, we have the economic tools. Now we need the commitment and the passion – to expand our horizons.
Let us not delay. If I may quote the great German poet, friend of mankind, Goethe:
"What makes us succeed? Decision with speed!"
Thank you very much.


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Ambassador-at-LargeMark P. Lagonserves as the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is a source country for men, women and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor, and for the fifth consecutive year has been placed in Tier 3, the lowest tier, in our annual Trafficking in Persons Report because it is making no discernible efforts to combat the trafficking of its citizens.
As the Ambassador-at-Large for Trafficking in Persons, my job is to lead the U.S. government's efforts to abolish modern-day slavery. In my role as Director of the office, I engage diplomatically with representatives of foreign governments, I meet and collaborate regularly with representatives of the NGO community, brief Members of Congress on issues related to trafficking, and I work with colleagues in the State Department to ensure that sex trafficking and slave labor are given proper consideration in our larger foreign policy calculations.
It has been well-documented, and publicized, that the dire conditions in North Korea include a severe shortage of food, a lack of basic freedoms, and a system of political repression which includes a network of government-operated prison camps, where as many as 200,000 prisoners are subjected to reeducation and slave-like conditions. The circumstances in the DPRK lead many North Koreans to seek a way out across the border into Northeast China where tens of thousands of North Koreans may reside illegally, of whom it is estimated that more than half are women.
Commonly, North Korean women and children voluntarily cross the border into China, but some of these individuals, after they enter the P.R.C. in a vulnerable, undocumented status, are then sold into prostitution, marriage, or forced labor. The trend of North Korean women trafficked into and within China for forced marriage is well-documented by NGOs and international organizations. Sometimes North Korean women are lured out of North Korea with the promise of a "better life" as waitresses or factory workers, and then are forced into prostitution in brothels, or exploitative labor arrangements.
A potential factor, among others, in the trafficking of brides is the gender imbalance caused by China's one-child policy. There is, in short, a demographic man surplus relative to marriageable women. All agree that the two governments are not doing enough to prevent or punish the practice of forced marriage. NGOs and international organizations find it difficult to work independently in the PRC, so little assistance reaches this vulnerable group of DPRK women who have crossed into China.
Unfortunately, China classifies North Korean refugees as "economic migrants" and forcibly returns some to the DPRK where they may face severe punishment, including in some cases execution. The PRC stands by this policy; however, the U.S. consistently urges China to treat North Korean asylum seekers in line with international agreements to which it is a signatory. China's poor transparency and the political sensitivity of the issue hamper our efforts to effectively advocate for change on this issue.
China has engaged the U.S. government and international and non-governmental organizations to work on anti-trafficking initiatives, and has made progress. For example, provincial public security officials have traveled to the U.S. to learn about how multiple sectors of U.S. society – federal and state law enforcement and courts and civil society – protect victims, whether in the U.S. legally or illegally – and prosecute traffickers.
It will be interesting to see if these officers are indeed affected and that there is an impact, but the United States is offering its experience on seeing that trafficking victims are indeed treated as victims, not criminals or illegal aliens to be deported. MTV's special, regionally-tailored anti-trafficking public awareness campaign, funded by the U.S. government, was broadcast nationwide and received state media coverage.
With sustained efforts to combat TIP and improvements in their identification and treatment of victims, and transparency in criminal law enforcement, China could be a constructive partner in the region on this issue.
While much of the world's attention regarding North Korea is rightly focused on the Six-Party talks, the goal of which is verifiable denuclearization of North Korea and even the visit of the New York Philharmonic to Pyongyang last week, we must not ignore the tragic circumstance of thousands of trafficked North Korean men, women, and children.
SNP in Syria writes:
The world's most troublesome area for trafficking in persons and sex slavery is Israel. It is wide open in the brothels of every town. How about you make a visit, listen to the poor ladies horror stories, they talk openly about the ordeal of their enslavement. You could not be that ignorant that you do not know this fact, but you choose DPRK instead, hmm... bio...Kirkpatric, AEI, that figures.
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
Why was the DPRK's side of the story not posted? What are their objections to stopping execution of emigrants and human trafficking?
In the DPRK it is lawful to execute illegal emigrants and all returned illegal emigrants are executed, with the possible exception of a few too valuable to kill. While China could be willing to deport them to America, that may trigger flashbacks or PTSD in one of our presidential candidates, so perhaps France is a better choice.
The problem with the DPRK government is similar to that of a child raised by wolves, who, upon entering civilized society, doesn't know how to act. It requires slowly building trust, friendly relations, and careful explanations of why certain types of behavior are not acceptable to other countries. Killing one's emigrants is one of those things that just isn't done in civilized western societies and cannot be tolerated whether done by Kim Jong-Il or Fidel Castro, or anyone else. In western countries, until the Iraq War perhaps, life was held in the highest regard.
North Korea must be persuaded that illegal emigration isn't treason against the state but a normal occurrence throughout the world and that government permission to emigrate should not be mandatory. This may be a difficult selling point because U.S. government permission and clearance from the IRS are required for an American citizen to emigrate (with a passport), and that process is perhaps an incremental step away from arresting and executing citizens who ignore the requirement. Indeed, the seizure of undeclared cash at airport checkpoints by U.S. Customs officers is becoming a routine news story, so perhaps summary execution of U.S. travelers is the next big idea in America's War on Tourism?
The distinction between "illegal trafficking" of humans, and labor contractors, marriage brokers, and related lawful occupations is nearly impossible for governments to accurately draw. In many countries, prostitution is legal, in others it is not. If all parties consent and it is lawful, should it be America's job to regulate prostitution world-wide at U.S. taxpayer expense? America isn't exactly on moral high ground when it comes to obeying laws. Spying is illegal in every nation, yet America's government does this activity itself in violation of foreign law. Out of necessity, Americans routinely violate everyone's espionage laws.
Labor contracting is lawful everywhere as long as a country's labor laws are obeyed so the definition of "trafficking" must include an element of consent.
In a free society, people are allowed to contract their labor in any manner they wish, as long as their consent to do so was freely given. Poverty, threat of government reprisal, regulatory oppression, taxation, all affect the voluntariness of consent, but do not negate it.
Slavery is never by consent. Anti-slave laws exist almost everywhere except in Asia, so perhaps that is the place to begin. A simple DPRK law to ban slavery, transport slaves, and execution of emigrants, would help solve many problems of human trafficking. So what is the DPRK argument for not enacting such a law?
Ronald in New York writes:
Trafficks humans, drugs, arms,nuclear and dual-use commodities, counterfeits U.S. currencies, and kidnaps for ransom. Why has the U.S. has allowed release of seized laundered funds in a failed effort to force DPRK compliance with international nuclear sanctions. This will never work, and continues to subordinate one crime for another.Trying to engage China as a partner to rein in North Korea,is not a good approach either. Judgments on China's dismal human rights record should not be traded away for help with DPRK. Let's get real about our values and standards as a leading nation. Do you really think we can reason with a mentally-ill dictator in a criminal country?
Kenneth in South Korea writes:
Having studied about North Korean issues for quite some time now I always find it is disheartening to see such violations of human rights overlooked when it comes to six party talks and other international agreements concerning North Korea.
Hopefully leaders like Mark (above) will be able to bring more the attention to the international community about such serious problems. I also hope that I can make a small difference as well through the field that I work in.
Unfortunately for the North Korean people, the hardships mentioned above are only a few among many.
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
What is the North Korean side of this story?
What objections do DPRK officials offer against stopping the execution of emigrants, human trafficking, and so on?
Do they want money? Is it a matter of the U.S. paying them to do what common sense and ordinary decency require? Is there a U.S. law against bribing foreign officials? If so, how did we settle the nuclear program issue?
Do they have any legal objections that DPRK law considers unlawful emigration as treason against the state, or that human trafficking is lawful under their law?
Joe in Tennessee writes:
Peculiar that this is found in countries with the same leadership values isn't it?
Then again, Kim when questioned as to his pornographic collections: QUOTE: America welcomes, enriches and honors Michael Jackson and honors privacy. End quote.
We also let Chavez continue protecting the bordellos in Caracas.
Mark writes:
Interesting... first time to this blog. Never seems to surprise me how unfriendly China is and that they don't follow the agreements they signed should come as no surprise either...
Just sad.
NB in Pakistan writes:
@ Mark -- Me too, very sad. Angry too on governments of the third-world countries for not doing enough to control human trafficking.


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Ed Week's Teaching Ahead asks young teachers how teacher preparation should be changed. Several teachers who started after a crash course in teaching over the summer say they needed much more time to learn the job, though a graduate of teachers' education also says she wasn't prepared for classroom realities.
Time to Practice Is a Need, Not a Luxury, writes Dan Brown, who taught fourth grade for a chaotic year in the Bronx with alternative certification and eventually earned a master's degree in education.
Looking back, my ignorance was staggering. I had bought—with the help of my alternative-certification program designed to plug chronic staffing shortages—the most insidious myth about teaching: anybody smart and dedicated can swoop in and rock it.
. . . The most important baseline that preparation programs must provide incoming teachers is substantial time in a variety of classrooms before those rookies assume the reins. An entire school year of structured observation and apprentice-teaching must be standard.
Brown's book on his first year of teaching, The Great Expectations School, provides a vivid picture of the challenging students, colleagues and administrators. Brown provides a lot of specifics on his teaching. I'd have loved more on how the school was staffed: The school seemed to have more administrators and other staffers than classroom teachers. Brown got more feedback on the quality of the classroom bulletin board than he did on how to manage students or teach.


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Welland Valley Amateur Radio Society Special Event Amateur Radio Station GB0BON – June 19th 2011
2011 is the 366th anniversary of the Battle of Naseby, the decisive battle of the English civil war. The battle took place on the 14th June 1645 in the small hamlet of Naseby just south of the town of Market Harborough in Leicestershire. In June 2010 a small group of locally based licenced Radio Amateurs, who were all members of the Welland Valley Amateur Radio society, decided to put a special event amateur radio station on air to commemorate the battle.
After the outstanding success of 2010′s field day at Rupert's Viewpoint the Welland Valley Amateur Radio Society are to put a special event amateur radio station on in June 2011. We have obtained the same special call sign from the regulator Ofcom, GB 0 BON, and have again obtained permission from the land owners, to use the land to the rear of the car park to set up the the station and the antennas. The station is being run to commemorate the 366th anniversary of the Battle of Naseby that was won by Cromwell's new model army and put an end to three years of civil war. This year our main day of operation will be the 19th June when we will be set up and open to visitors from 0900 British Summer Time (08:00 UTC) until the petrol in our generator runs out. Visitors will be able to see and hear Short Wave (HF) Amateur Radio in operation and talk to local Amateurs about the hobby. There will also be a small display of other radios and the opportunity for anyone who has an interest in radio to find out how to obtain a licence.
As in 2010 the station will be located at Rupert's Viewpoint just south of Market Harborough in Leicestershire on the Clipston Road. Rupert's Viewpoint is one of the highest vantage points in the area and was chosen by Prince Rupert because of the all-round field of view it gave him. It is also a superb location for a VHF and UHF station for the same reasons. It is also ideal for HF giving us as it does plenty of room to erect long wire antennas clear of trees and other obstructions. Another benefit is that we have permission to use the large flagpole to mount our antennas.
Rupert's Viewpoint and the other areas of interest on and around the battle field are maintained by The Naseby Battlefield Project, a Registered Charity.
Peter Rivers
Secretary Welland Valley Amateur Radio Society
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When it comes to movies, I'm a sucker for beautiful sets and stunning costumes. That's partially why I'm so excited about seeing the biopic about Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's early years, Coco Avant Chanel. Starring Audrey Tautou as well as many fabulous costumes, which were created by Catherine Leterrier, this film opens in the US in mid-September. I was so taken with the costumes that I decided to see how I could translate Leterrier's lovely creations to the home world.