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Home > Archives (2006 on) > 2015 > The Dimensions of Veterans' Disillusionment and Ire
Mainstream, VOL LIII, No 39, New Delhi, September 19, 2015
The Dimensions of Veterans' Disillusionment and Ire
Sunday 20 September 2015, by
The Government of India (GoI) finally announced its version of One-Rank-One-Pension (OROP) for military Veterans. This was welcomed only in part by the Veterans, because there were important sticking points which were not included or inadequately included in the announcement. Fortunately, the Veterans who were on fast-unto-death were persuaded to end their fast, but the Veterans' resolve to remain on protest until the outstanding points were settled to their satisfaction, resulted in planning a "Sainik Ekta Rally" on September 12 at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar.
But reverting to the GoI's OROP announce-ment, obviously at the instance of the bureau-cracy, it included a hitherto unmentioned stipulation that soldiers who opt for VRS (voluntary retirement scheme) would not be entitled to OROP. When the GoI was informed that there was no concept of VRS in the defence services, the same stipulation was shifted to soldiers who took premature retirement. This has angered Veterans because many soldiers take premature retirement since promotion avenues are severely limited, or because there are problems in distant homes, or they try their luck at some job in civvy street since there is no job assurance on retirement anyway. Today, Veterans are waiting for the GoI's signed document on OROP since they have been repeatedly cheated and have long since ceased to trust the spoken word of politicians and bureaucrats.
Ekta Rally
It is learned that the GoI had "advised" Veterans not to hold the "Ekta Rally". But the rally on September 12 was a huge success, with thousands of Veterans from all over India converging at Jantar Mantar, exceeding the expectations of the organisers. When TV crews present were asked as to why the rally was not being screened, on condition of anonymity they revealed that the GoI had "advised" the TV channel managements not to air the event. It has also come to light that buses crammed with Veterans were stopped at the Delhi border to deter Veterans (all old and many infirm) from reaching Jantar Mantar.
It is abundantly clear that the GoI has tried, unsuccessfully as it turned out, to make the "Ekta Rally" fail. But Veterans, even some in wheel-chairs, have spoken with their feet; the discomfiture of the GoI is complete. One Veteran even asked whether the GoI's strategem of breaking the Veterans' unity was a harbinger of the days to come. Serious rumblings! And what would be the thoughts of the serving soldier on his cold vigil on the Himalayan and trans-Himalayan heights?
The World Watches
It has already been brought out how apex-scale-pension retired bureaucrat Avay Shukla's article titled "The Bitter Truth About OROP", in which he argued that OROP is "inherently flawed", "cannot be limited to the armed forces only", and is "neither fair nor possible", was being gleefully discussed in "Pakistan Defence". <http://defence.pk/threads/the-bitte...> The whole world, and especially India's neighbours, are well aware that the GoI's intransigence on the OROP issue is affecting the morale of the serving soldier who guards our frontiers. However, the GoI, under the thrall of an obstinately self-serving and strategically myopic civil service, appears to be oblivious to the rapidly worsening situation. It has escaped nobody's attention that PM Narendra Modi, ordinarily a self-confident and loquacious person, has not spoken with Veterans since the agitation began, and speculation of the reason is rife. The unfortunate gap in civil-military relations having widened to a chasm is apparent.
The Veterans' agitation at Jantar Mantar, starting on June 14, 2015, moving on to relay fast and finally some Veterans undertaking fast-unto-death to force the hand of the GoI to announce OROP, is undoubtedly being watched by intelligence agencies worldwide, and especially by Pakistan and China. Its effect on serving soldiers would inevitably be carefully assessed.
Military Capability
It is well to note that the weapons, ammunition and equipment deficiencies—which were revealed by the then Army Chief, Gen V.K. Singh, to the consternation and annoyance of the UPA Government—have not yet been made up. It is not known whether the National Security Council (NSC) has consulted Gen V.K. Singh, since retired, who is a Union Minister in the present GoI, on this critical issue.
It is wisely said that the quality of the man-behind-the-gun is at least as important as the availability and quality of the gun itself. Indeed, the GoI is commemorating 50 years of the 1965 war against Pakistan, during which Pakistan's designs were soundly defeated by motivated Indian soldiers using dated arms and equipment pitted against Pakistan's superior Patton tanks and F-86 Sabre jet aircraft gifted by the USA. But today, 50 years later, the man-behind-the-gun is unhappy due to persistent injustices and indignities heaped upon him over the decades by the bureaucrat-politician nexus. And India's military capability is further degraded by shor-tages of weapons, ammunition and equipment.
Joining the Dots
It is for the NSC to consider whether the increase in ceasefire and LOC violations by Pakistan, and the Pakistan Army Chief's belligerent statements, are actually Pakistan testing India's political will and military capability.
It must be recalled that soon after Narendra Modi assumed office as the PM, he sat cordially with Chinese President Xi Ping on a "jhoola" on the banks of the Sabarmati. At that very time, Chinese troops had made incursions near Depsang-la across the LAC in Ladakh. Today, on September 12, the ominous breaking news is that Chinese workers have started constructing permanent defences near Burtse (not far from Depsang-la), and when the Indian troops objected, Chinese troops have moved in.
One must recall that the attack by China in 1962 began in October, the month when Indian troops begin to experience increasing mobility difficulties in the Himalayan terrain as winter progresses, while Chinese troops have little or no such mobility constraints and are today further advantaged by firm logistics of the railway link to Lhasa. In 1962, as now, India's soldier was ill-equipped and there was a huge gap in civil-military relations. But today the situation also includes a sense of disillusionment among the serving soldiers, which did not obtain in 1962.
PM Modi, and the NSC which he heads, may have to think and act very quickly to assess the real-time joint Pakistan-China threat. In any case, they would do well to urgently create a single-point-of-military-advice by appointing a military officer as the National Security Advisor (as NSA-External) in addition to the existing NSA who would advise on internal security. This writer hopes and prays that his apprehen-sions of external threat are unfounded.
Major General S.G. Vombatkere, VSM, retired in 1996 as the Additional DG Discipline and Vigilance in the Army HQ AG's Branch. He holds a Ph.D degree in Structural Dynamics from IIT Madras. He is the Adjunct Associate Professor of the University of Iowa, USA, in international studies. With over 450 published papers in national and international journals and seminars, his current area of interest is strategic and development-related issues.


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Despite mounting losses in Canada and fallout from the data hacking scandal that led to a 16% slide in its first quarter profit, Target Corp.'s /quotes/zigman/253872/delayed /quotes/nls/tgt TGT conference call on Wednesday offered reassuring signs of recovery.
Interim Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer John Mulligan promised "greater clarity" and accelerated changes, including replacing the head of its struggling Canadian business and empowering employees.
"We are not going to wait for a permanent CEO to improve our operations and performance," he said on the call, adding he has the full support of the board and said the company's sales and traffic have improved substantially since the December disclosure of the data breach.
"[We are] removing roadblocks that have been slowing our team down. What clearly will change includes our emphasis on speed."
Target fired its 35-year company veteran and former CEO Gregg Steinhafel earlier this month.
Mulligan said a company survey showed customers who abandoned Target after the data hack have resumed their shopping habits and "put the breach behind them." The company's U.S. same-store sales dipped 0.3%, smaller than the 0.9% decline analysts expected. Still, that came at the expense of gross margin as Target increased promotions.
"It sounds like there's renewed energy at the company," said Telsey Advisory Group analyst Joe Feldman in an interview, adding he has a 12-month price target of $64 on the stock before the news. "There's an understanding that they want to act and be aggressive. The U.S. business has stabilized a bit. I still want to see [who] the new CEO [is]. Canada is going to take a while [to fix.] It's still a show-me story."
Target shares inched up 0.6%.
Merchandising chief Kathee Tesija used the company's Cartwheel savings app as an example of how Target will be faster. The savings app, introduced a year ago, has grown to more than seven million users, who she said increased their shopping trips and spending by about 30%.
"Historically we've intended to work on our newness until we felt we got it to a most complete level, and then we would put it into pilot," she said. Now "we want to get it in front of our guests very quickly, get their reaction to it so that we're fine-tuning it much more quickly and then able to move to roll out at much faster pace."
In Canada, the company said it's improving in stock level and also increasing promotions. Target has assembled a new Target Canada leadership team with Mulligan saying it will study all aspects of its Canada business to see whether other changes are needed. The company also will seek someone with expertise in the market to serve in a new position as non executive chair.
"We need much more urgency in Canada," Mulligan said.
In addition to fixing the U.S. store sales and traffic and reversing losses in Canada, Mulligan and Tesija said a third company priority is to work on Target's "digital transformation." She said ComScore data showed that Target's online traffic jumped more than 20%, faster than its top seven largest online rivals, including Amazon /quotes/zigman/63011/delayed /quotes/nls/amzn AMZN . Tesija said Amazon's traffic was flat in the quarter. Online sales jumped more than 30%. Still, they are only about 2.5% of total business. Target said it will roll out shipping from more than 100 stores later this year and pilot test orders for same day delivery in Minneapolis, Boston and Miami.
Mulligan also said Target, which didn't repurchase any shares in the first quarter, may resume buybacks in the back half of the year at the earliest. He said the company would need to see continued improvement in the U.S. and Canada.
Mulligan "struck a few notes that he wants to be shareholder friendly," said Sarah Henry, an analyst at John Hancock Asset Management, whose $269 billion in assets under management includes owning Target shares for more than a year. "Target's real earnings power is being obscured by the investments in Canada. There's value to the story. [But] I feel like we need a more permanent and long-term plan in place. I'm confident that Target can turn around."
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Sat Sri Akal
Welcome to Episode 18 – Shows are available in itunes, podfeed and from the AUDIO/LISTEN tab above.Or, just press the play button below:
This week we're a bit late, again (by just over a week!)This weeks 6 part show consists of:
Understanding Sikhism – We look at Mutki The path to LiberationHistory of the Sikhs We remember the sacrifices of the sons of Guru Gobind Singh
This week's Shabad Translation is Tilang Namdev Ji sung by Wahe Guru KaurBe sure to also listen to our Resource Review, features Come from your heart sung by Sat Kartar – http://www.myspace.com/satkartarandfriends
For the Outside Broadcast spot, we are extremely grateful to have spent time with
the Mayor of Hounslow when she attended an event at Hounslow Gurdwara – UK
We end this week's show with inspirational thoughts based on some research on making us all happy.
Thank you to everyone for their support. References used include access to http://www.sikhnet.com
Hymns from Guru Granth Sahib Hemkunt Press
Ten Sikh Gurus by B Chattar Singh Jiwan Singh, Amirstar
(Text by Dr Ajit Singh Aulakh and Dr Gurchran Singh Zira)
The Sikhs Their religious Beliefs and Practices by W. Owen Cole and Piara Singh SambhiThe intro & outro featured: Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes with Wake-up everybody
We welcome your all feedback and suggestions and Thank you in advance for all your support.
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The Second Wind Running Club was formed in 1983 to promote running activities in the Champaign-Urbana area. Membership is open to anyone interested in running, walking, and fitness.
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Still regarded as a monumental survey of Eastern art, this comprehensive volume was intended for art collectors and general readers as well as travelers and scholars. It covers China and Korea in addition to Japan, and places a special emphasis on Buddhist influences.
Ernest F. Fenollosa (1853–1908) was an educator who helped introduce Westerners to traditional Japanese art forms.


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Herefordshire has much of which to be proud. From great houses, country parks, unspoilt landscapes, apple orchards.
Terrific walking country, ancient monuments and castles to Iron Age Hill forts. The river Wye affords plenty of opportunities for water sports and otter spotting.
The market towns of Leominster and Kington welcome the visitor to share the delights of these small historic agricultural towns.
The Leominster breed of sheep - the Ryeland - gave the town its wealth from the fleece from the medieval period. The town now has diverse businesses and a large collection of antique shops- as well as individual specialist shops , restaurants and coffee shops.
A river walk past the Priory Church - which dates from 800 A.D. provides the visitor with a glimpse of a bygone era.
Some ten miles away is Kington - on the well known Offa's Dyke footpath. The wonderful gardens at Hergest Croft at the top of Kington is a plant lovers joy.
The town has a very popular annual agricultural show in September and a Christmas Market.
Throughout the year the area has numerous conducted walks and trails in Blossom time and Cider Apple time in the autumn, with many villages holding Open Garden weekends. Leominster holds an annual Apple Fayre in the Priory Church in mid October.
Our area of North Herefordshire is noted for its rich treasury of medieval, half timbered houses. Every village in the area is dotted with these distinctive"Black and White" houses. Other architectural gems, are the detached bell towers of Pembridge, Yarpole and Richards Castle, the National Trust houses of Croft Castle and Berrington Hall and the historic dovecots in Eardisland & Luntly.
Just 12 miles from Ludlow the town of Leominster is well placed for touring the Marches - an unspoilt area which winds its way through the Borders of Shropshire and Powys where numerous castle ruins give a picture of the importance of this historical area.
Our county town is Hereford - with its famous cathedral and Mappa Mundi exhilbition & chain library open to the public all year.
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We love beer made by small, independent breweries. The kind that put their hearts, souls and ideas in to what they're making.
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Clark is no fan of presuppositionalism. Here are some quotes from Stephen B. Cowan (ed.), Five Views on Apologetics. (No idea what the page numbers are. It's the kindle edition.)
On Van Til:
Although I have read some of the published writings of Cornelius Van Til, presuppositionalism's founding father, I have always found him baffling. Either I don't understand what he is saying, or if I do understand it, what he says seems obviously false (or to entail obvious falsehoods) or, at best, arguably true (but seldom argued for). I am puzzled by the steady stream of his followers that has poured out of Westminster Seminary.
On Bahnsen:
I have listened to the tapes (which Frame commends) of the debate between Gregory Bahnsen, presuppositional apologist, and Gordon Stein, defender of atheism. Quite frankly, I found Bahnsen's arguments precious thin and his approach wearisome – he simply repeated over and over that unbelievers have no grounds for reason and then offered the briefest defense of his view that only Christian theism provides grounds for reason. Van Til, I'm afraid, had a similar awkward tendency to prefer assertion over argument.
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What is Economics
Economics is a social science concerned with the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. It studies how individuals, businesses, governments and nations make choices on allocating resources to satisfy their wants and needs, and tries to determine how these groups should organize and coordinate efforts to achieve maximum output.
Economic analysis often progresses through deductive processes, much like mathematical logic, where the implications of specific human activities are considered in a "means-ends" framework.
Economics can generally be broken down into macroeconomics, which concentrates on the behavior of the aggregate economy, and microeconomics, which focuses on individual consumers.
Economics 101
BREAKING DOWN Economics
Unlimited Wants and Limited Means
One of the earliest recorded economic thinkers was the 8th-century BC Greek farmer/poet Hesiod, who wrote that labor, materials and time needed to be allocated efficiently to overcome scarcity. But the founding of modern Western economics occurred much later, generally credited to the publication of Scottish philosopher Adam Smith's 1776 book, "An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations."
The principle (and problem) of economics is that human beings occupy a world of unlimited wants and limited means. For this reason, the concepts of efficiency and productivity are held paramount by economists. Increased productivity and a more efficient use of resources, they argue, could lead to a higher standard of living.
Despite this view, economics has been pejoratively known as the "dismal science," a term coined by by Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle in 1849. He may have written it to describe the gloomy predictions by Thomas Robert Malthus that population growth would always outstrip the food supply, though some sources suggest Carlyle was actually targeting economist John Stuart Mill and his liberal views on race and social equality.
Types of Economics
Economics study is generally broken down into two categories.
- Microeconomics focuses on how individual consumers and producers make their decisions. This includes a single person, a household, a business or a governmental organization. Microeconomics ranges from how these individuals trade with one another to how prices are affected by the supply and demand of goods. Also studied are the efficiency and costs associated with producing goods and services, how labor is divided and allocated, uncertainty, risk, and strategic game theory.
- Macroeconomics studies the overall economy. This can include a distinct geographical region, a country, a continent or even the whole world. Topics studied include government fiscal and monetary policy, unemployment rates, growth as reflected by changes in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and business cycles that result in expansion, booms, recessions and depressions.
There are also schools of economic thought. Two of the most common are Classical and Keynesian. The Classical view believes that free markets are the best way to allocate resources and the government's role should be limited to that of a fair, strict referee. In contrast, the Keynesian approach believes that markets don't work well at allocating resources on their own, and that governments must step in from time to time and actively reallocate resources efficiently.
Some branches of economic thought emphasize empiricism in economics, rather than formal logic — specifically, macroeconomics or Marshallian microeconomics, which attempt to use the procedural observations and falsifiable tests associated with the natural sciences. Since true experiments cannot be created in economics, empirical economists rely on simplifying assumptions and retroactive data analysis. However, some economists argue economics is not well suited to empirical testing, and that such methods often generate incorrect or inconsistent answers.
The Economics of Labor and Trade
The building blocks of economics are the studies of labor and trade. Since there are many possible applications of human labor and many different ways to acquire resources, it is difficult to determine which methods yield the best results in equilibrium.
Economics demonstrates, for example, that it is more efficient for individuals or companies to specialize in specific types of labor and then trade for their other needs or wants, rather than trying to produce everything they need or want on their own. It also demonstrates trade is most efficient when coordinated through a medium of exchange, or money.
Incentives and Subjective Value
Economics, with its focus on labor, relates to the actions of human beings. Most economic models are based on assumptions that humans act with rational behavior, seeking the most optimal level of benefit or utility. But of course, human behavior can be unpredictable or inconsistent, and based on personal, subjective values (another reason why economic theories often are not well suited to empirical testing). This means that some economic models may be unattainable or impossible, or just not work in real life.
Still, they do provide key insights for understanding the behavior of financial markets, governments, economies – and human decisions behind these entities. As it is, economic laws tend to be very general, and formulated by studying human incentives: Economics can say profits incentivize new competitors to enter a market, for example, or that taxes disincentivize spending.
Economic Indicators
Economic indicators are reports that detail a country's economic performance in a specific area. These reports are usually published periodically by governmental agencies or private organizations, and they often have a considerable effect on stock , fixed income, and forex markets when they are released.
Below are some of the major U.S. economic reports and indicators used for fundamental analysis.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is considered by many to be the broadest measure of a country's economic performance. It represents the total market value of all finished goods and services produced in a country in a given year or other period (the Bureau of Economic Analysis also issues a report monthly during the later part of the month). Many investors, analysts and traders don't actually focus on the final annual GDP report, but rather on the two reports issued a few months before: the advance GDP report and the preliminary report. This is because the final GDP figure is frequently considered a lagging indicator, meaning it can confirm a trend but it can't predict a trend. In comparison to the stock market, the GDP report is somewhat similar to the income statement a public company reports at year-end.
Retail Sales
Reported by the Department of Commerce during the middle of each month, the retail sales report is very closely watched, and measures the total receipts, or dollar value, of all merchandise sold stores. The report estimates the total merchandise sold by taking sample data from retailers across the country. This figure serves as a proxy of consumer spending levels. Because consumer spending represents more than two-thirds of the economy, this report is very useful to gage the economy's general direction. Also, because the report's data is based on the previous month sales, it is a timely indicator. The content in the retail sales report can cause above normal volatility in the market, and information in the report can also be used to gage inflationary pressures that affect Fed rates.
Industrial Production
The industrial production report, released monthly by the Federal Reserve, reports on the changes in the production of factories, mines and utilities in the U.S. One of the closely watched measures included in this report is the capacity utilization ratio, which estimates the level of production activity in the economy. It is preferable for a country to see increasing values of production and capacity utilization at high levels. Typically, capacity utilization in the range of 82-85 percent is considered "tight" and can increase the likelihood of price increases or supply shortages in the near term. Levels below 80 percent are usually interpreted as showing "slack" in the economy, which might increase the likelihood of a recession.
Employment Data
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases employment data in a report called the non-farm payrolls, on the first Friday of each month. Generally, sharp increases in employment indicate prosperous economic growth. Likewise, potential contractions may be imminent if significant decreases occur. While these are general trends, it is important to consider the current position of the economy. For example, strong employment data could cause a currency to appreciate if the country has recently been through economic troubles, because the growth could be a sign of economic health and recovery. Conversely, in an overheated economy, high employment can also lead to inflation, which in this situation could move the currency downward.
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
The Consumer Price Index (CPI), also issued by the BLS, measures the level of retail price changes (the costs that consumers pay) and is the benchmark for measuring inflation. Using a basket that is representative of the goods and services in the economy, the CPI compares the price changes month after month and year after year. This report is one of the more important economic indicators available, and its release can increase volatility in equity, fixed income, and forex markets. Greater-than-expected price increases are considered a sign of inflation, which will likely cause the underlying currency to depreciate.


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Links to things we talked about:
Tower of Babel story arc from 2000
Cornjerker possibly related?
Blue Hose
WKU Hilltopper Big Red Blog Thing
Various Blogs of Adam's: Elconvo.com Meangreennation.com Cokerchronicles.com
Gordon Keith's twitter stream. Read the retweets from March 20th.
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This is hilarious, and also the source of the How Long To Go 80 miles if going 80mph? Question.


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Saturday, August 15, 2009
GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit that will help developers easily create graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off projects to complete application suites. GTK+ is free software and part of the GNU Project. However, the licensing terms for GTK+, the GNU LGPL, allow it to be used by all developers, including those developing proprietary software, without any license fees or royalties.
GTK+ is based on three libraries developed by the GTK+ team :
· GLib is the low-level core library that forms the basis of GTK+ and GNOME. It provides data structure handling for C, portability wrappers, and interfaces for such runtime functionality as an event loop, threads, dynamic loading, and an object system.
· Pango is a library for layout and rendering of text, with an emphasis on internationalization. It forms the core of text and font handling for GTK+-2.0.
· The ATK library provides a set of interfaces for accessibility. By supporting the ATK interfaces, an application or toolkit can be used with such tools as screen readers, magnifiers, and alternative input devices.
GTK+ has been designed from the ground up to support a range of languages, not only C/C++. Using GTK+ from languages such as Perl and Python (especially in combination with the Glade GUI builder) provides an effective method of rapid application development.
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What chutzpah! Why should CFR Benjamin Netanyahu invoke the Holocaust when he's collaborating with Nazi Muslims to dismember the Jewish homeland? Isn't that hypocrisy? How can CFR Benjamin Netanyahu invoke the Holocaust when he aids and abets twisting parts of the Promised Land of Israel into an accursed Palestine? Isn't that hypocrisy? Such a perversion of the holy Land of Israel meant for the Children of Israel (not hateful Ishmaelites who are sworn enemies) wouldn't only be a thorn in Israel's side but a constant clear and present danger and source of friction - just like the Military Industrial Complex would order.
How can Netanyahu condemn Holocaust-denier Ahmanijedad while collaborating with Holocaust-denier Mahmoud Abbas? Isn't that hypocrisy? How can Netanyahu dare preach to the world about the Holocaust and facing the dangers Iran presents when he shamefully endangers Israeli men, women, children and babies in strollers by rewarding terrorism? By disgracefully ignoring there is no difference between Hamas and Fatah? That both terrorist organizations call for the destruction of Israel, whether phased destruction or immediate? Why foolishly remain in denial about Fatah? Is he unteachable?
How can Netanyahu decry the miserable failure of Israel's bizarre ethnic cleansing of 8,000 Jews for "peace," hatefully uprooting 21 Jewish pioneering communities (settlements), and how Gaza instead became a hornet's nest of terrorism, a war zone, when many clearly warned that's exactly what would happen, when he's ready to cruelly evict more Jews and destroy more Jewish homes? Has he no shame? Is he unteachable? How can Bibi fail to learn the lessons of the Holocaust and Gaza?
If Netanyahu truly believes "the Jewish people are not foreign conquerors in the Land of Israel. This is the land of our forefathers...We are not strangers to this land. It is our homeland," then why hatefully speak of dividing the land? Why be double-minded and despise Israel's God-given inheritance and dishonor Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? Why does Judaism's holiest site - the Temple Mount - remain Judenrein for the most part? Is Israel so weak it needs the affirmation or approval of the world to love and defend its people and land? Israel needs to break free from such a ghetto-mentality!
If Israel truly wants peace, based in reality and not wishful thinking, they must learn the lessons of the Holocaust, they must learn the lessons of Gaza, and reject "risks for peace" and enforce peace through strength!
Let Netanyahu and every Israeli and Jewish leader hear and know this:
"No Jew is at liberty to surrender the right of the Jewish Nation and the Land of Israel to exist. No Jewish body is sanctioned to do so. No Jew alive today has the authority to yield any piece of land whatsoever. This right is preserved by the Jewish people throughout the generations and cannot be forfeited under any circumstance. Even if at some given time there will be those who declare that they are relinquishing this right, they have neither the power nor the jurisdiction to negate it for future generations to come. The Jewish Nation is neither obligated by nor responsible for any waiver such as this. Our right to this land in its entirety, is steadfast, inalienable and eternal. And until the coming of the Great Redemption, we shall never yield this historic right."
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"The means is dialogue, the end is learning, the purpose is peace." ~ Founder Dr. Jane Vella
Farm Radio International (FRI) launched an ambitious effort to effectively reach farmers across rural Africa through well-designed participatory radio campaigns (PRCs). They knew that there must be a solid training package as part of this effort, and that it needed to be designed with a sound pedagogical adult learning process in mind. "We didn't have this kind of expertise on our team and we knew we needed to source this externally. GLP gave us the opportunity to learn about an adult learning approach that puts the learner first and that much of the learning is 'by doing' which seemed to fit well into the practical nature of our work." (Sheila Huggins Rao)
The Project
FRI hired GLP and DynaMind Ltd. to develop and implement what would be the very well-received learning program "Building Broadcaster Capacity for Effective Radio Programming". We designed the program from scratch for staff and volunteers of twenty-five radio stations (in Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana and Mali) in order to expand and strengthen their broadcasts on agriculture and food security issues. The team analyzed station needs assessment data from all countries, as well as community rural appraisal findings as a basis for development of the PRC. We gathered secondary research on rural radio worldwide to learn from similar efforts in other places. GLP drafted a complete "training architecture" and proposed a detailed set of objectives, learning tasks, and resource materials.
We worked closely with the DynaMind e-learning specialists to ensure that a blended approach (combining hands-on face-to-face workshops with innovative distance learning) would be seamless. The final design allowed for successful online collaborative learning in rural areas for the first time. GLP oversaw the pilot run of the effort in Malawi, and synthesized findings so that the program could be revised before full international roll-out.
The Value
This training program is a good example of how a well-designed "blended approach" can turn innovative ideas into practical skills. Staff from 25 radio stations across countries participated in the blended learning package, and each studio produced its own PRCs, in turn reaching thousands of farmers. Visit: http://www.farmradio.org/english/donors/publications/EightPager.pdf .
Developing the initial training package was not an easy road by any means. But, we worked hard to make sure that every step of the learning process was a practical one – giving all participants the confidence and skills they needed to actually create an effective radio program, not just talk about creating one!
"I personally learned the importance in investing the time from the very beginning to establish the foundations of the training working through the details of the design, so that the actual content and final outcomes of the training answer our initial objectives." (SHR)
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Wedding photo from 4th March 2012. :)
Friday, 31 March 2017
Five Years...
our friend Casey who gave Candace the idea. For every big anniversary we'll be taking a photo with a little cupcake and candle. :) We took this photo at the same place we had one of our first married photos taken five years ago. I'm thankful for five years of marriage with my beautiful bride.
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Cape Town skies...
Riaan enjoying the view.
Clouds rolling in over Table Mountain and Devil's Peak.
Much-needed rain on its way.
The sky as seen from the back garden.
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Back Garden Fun...
Back garden cricketing fun. :)
Candace tries her hand at cricket.
Dad, Rhy and Flicka.
Back garden cricket is the best!
Hula-hooping fun.
Candace having fun in the back garden.
Riaan and I on the stoep.
Flicka on the lawn.
Little man enjoying playing in the sand.
Basketball! (It's actually an old netball hoop.)
Little cutie. :)
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Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Cape Town LifeCycle Expo...
Driving into Cape Town's CBD.
Table Mountain with its famous table cloth on top.
Cycle Tour banners on the poles heading into town.
Driving past the Cape Town Civic Centre.
Nelson Mandela's image is displayed on the front of the building. Desmond Tutu has also now been added to the left of Mandela.
Cape Town Stadium, where the LifeCycle Expo was held.
Beautiful stadium inside. It played host to one of the 2010 World Cup semi-finals.
Walking to the entrance of the Expo.
City of Cape Town branding.
Club 21 is an elite club for those who have cycled 21 or more Cycle Tours
I joined Club 21 by cycling my 21st Tour in 2011, aged 27 years old. I started cycling when I was really young. :) Here I am having signed next to my name.
My parents are also Club 21 members - as is my brother. My parents signed their names too.
Candace and Riaan in front to the Children's Hospital Trust stand. Candace was entered to cycle to raise funds and create awareness for the Red Cross Children's Hospital in Cape Town.
Leaving the Expo and walking back to the car.
Lots of bicycle awareness posters in this cycling-mad city. :) I love it!
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Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Travels to Cape Town...
Watching the planes at Indianapolis.
Having a snack in Johannesburg.
Walking the aisle on the Kulula flight to Cape Town.
Sign on my parent's stoep (porch) welcoming us back to Cape Town! :)
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Back to the blog...
Candace, Riaan and I have been visiting family, friends and plenty of beautiful locations in Cape Town, South Africa, over the past two weeks. We arrived in Indiana this past Wednesday and are slowly settling back into a routine of normal life here. I have many photos and stories to share from our time in South Africa, and so the next few posts will be exclusively focusing on our South African travels. So stay posted for more! :)
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Monday, 6 March 2017
Storm damage...
The debris field.
Insulation in all of the trees nearby.
Twisted swings.
A large pine tree snapped in half and jammed into the ground.
Another damaged pine tree.
A weeping willow by the pond was also a casualty.
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Fabric Fortune Cookies II
Posted by: quincylampshades on: 24/01/2012
Mollie Makes has a great fabric fortune cookie tutorial over on their blog in honour of the Chinese New Year. If you want a different method, there's a great one by Megan at Brassy Apple, which I blogged about last year. I use a modified version of Megan's technique, using my trusty hot-glue gun and pipe cleaners. Every Quincy customer receives a fortune cookie with their order and I always have a stack of them to give away at markets and fairs – they are great conversation openers and act as samples for customers to match up fabrics to their home decor. Plus they are keepsakes for customers to remember my name. I still love making these little favours, especially when I need some encouragement in business. The fortunes, even though I know them off by heart, often give me a kick up the bum and make me do a double take.


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The Scoop: People on Vacation, a duo consisting of Bowling for Soup's Jaret Reddick and Smile Smile's Ryan Hamilton, have moved the release date of their newest full-length, The Chronicles of Tim Powers, to February 9. Originally scheduled for a December 9 release, this record is the group's second studio album, their first being 2012's The Summer and the Fall. Pre-order packages are available here.
The Spin: To make up for the delayed release, the band's 2012 holiday EP, Holiday Vacation, will be available for free download from December 8-26. The free download will be available here.
The Question: Are you excited for this new album? Are you a Bowling for Soup or Smile Smile fan? Let us know in the replies!


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EHRs, Value-Based Care Constrain Personalized Medicine Progress
Oncologists are doing their best to bring personalized medicine to cancer patients, but EHR adoption and value-based care are still presenting challenges.
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- Oncologists are eager to embrace the potential of personalized medicine and genetically-driven precision therapies, but face many of the technical, administrative, and reimbursement challenges that afflict their peers in other specialties, finds the latest State of Cancer Care in America report from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
The costs and frustrations of electronic health records (EHRs) and the administrative burdens of clinical quality reporting and regulatory compliance, coupled with a precipitous rise in cancer cases and persistent health disparities, are making it difficult for oncologists to offer consistently high-quality care for cancer patients.
"Since 1991, we've been able to save 2.1 million lives because of significant advances in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment – something unimaginable even a decade ago," said ASCO President Daniel F. Hayes, MD, FACP, FASCO.
"But there's still more work to be done to ensure that every patient with cancer, no matter who they are or where they live, has access to high-quality, high-value cancer care."
The number of patients receiving a cancer diagnosis increased by 2 percent between 2015 and 2016, the report states.
READ MORE: Precision Medicine, Big Data Partnerships Will Enhance Treatment
Cancer accounts for a quarter of all deaths in the United States, with residents of the Appalachian region among the most likely to develop and die from the broad range of diseases that fall under the cancer umbrella.
Patients in rural Appalachia, as well as less urbanized regions elsewhere in the country, are less likely to have access to oncology care. On average, there is only one oncologist for 100,000 rural patients compared to 5 specialists for every 100,000 urban residents.
Source: ASCO
Rising costs of care, disparities in insurance coverage, and changes to the payer landscape also contribute to significant strain on the cancer care ecosystem for both patients and their providers. Approximately one-third of cancer patients incur significant debts during treatment.
More than half of those individuals, covered or not, owed $10,000 or more in out-of-pocket costs. Three percent declared bankruptcy due to overwhelming financial hardship.
READ MORE: Precision Medicine Summit Brings Big Data, EHR Ideas Together
Providers are also struggling to keep their heads above water. While 43 percent are currently receiving some portion of their reimbursement from value-based case contracts, increasing regulatory burdens, including the advent of MACRA, are sapping time and money from oncology practices.
More than half of oncology providers surveyed by the ASCO said that administrative burdens and overhead costs are a top financial pressure. Practices complete an average of 37 prior authorizations per physician every week, equating to about 16 hours of clinician time, the report said.
Providers spend $15.4 billion and an average of 785 hours per physician each year to complete quality reporting requirements.
Forty-one percent cited drug pricing as a significant issue, while 39 percent added that electronic health record implementation presented a major financial challenge.
Source: ASCO
READ MORE: Precision Medicine, Big Data Analytics Intersect for Better Care
Oncologists are still doing their best to leverage the health IT tools at their disposal, however. More than half share EHR data with their patients, and cancer care providers are invested in developing new strategies to leverage real-world evidence, expand data sharing, and improve the availability and accuracy of clinical decision support tools.
"The cancer care community's continued adoption of EHR systems provides an opportunity to develop learning health care systems in oncology," says the ASCO.
"These systems' use of big data supports better clinical decision making, enables quality improvement interventions, and facilitates new types of research studies. Ultimately, these systems should allow researchers and clinicians to leverage real-world experiences to improve cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship care."
CancerLinQ, a data lake and clinical decision support system that was created by the ASCO, has quickly become an important tool for oncologists looking to push their precision medicine expertise forward.
More than seventy practices representing over 2000 physicians are currently leveraging the system. CancerLinQ holds data on more than one million patients and provides real-time feedback to users looking to optimize their quality and care techniques.
Genetic counselors are also helping to equip oncologists with the tools to combat the myriad challenges of modern cancer care. Fifty-five percent of providers provide referrals to these professionals, while a quarter have at least one genetic expert on staff.
These counselors are helping to expand the use of genetic testing to personalize treatment for patients based on their individual responses to therapies. As the precision medicine research community continues to make breakthroughs in testing and personalized treatments, the role of genetic counselors is likely to keep expanding.
Precision medicine can continue to save lives and reduce the impact of cancer on patients if payers, policymakers, and other stakeholders work together to streamline administrative processes, encourage value-based care adoption, improve EHR interoperability, and address care disparities, ASCO says.
"We're greatly encouraged by the incredible progress that's occurring across a diverse set of stakeholder groups, who are united in their quest to make a transformed cancer care delivery system a reality," said Hayes.
"With continued focus, we can ensure that the highest quality, highest value cancer care is available and affordable for all cancer patients. Oncologists should be incentivized to provide high-quality care at high-value, rather than by volume, as has been the case in the past."


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The state police fire marshal's office is investigating an early morning blaze that destroyed a vacant home and melted the siding on three adjacent houses.
The Aquashicola Fire Company was dispatched to a home on Little Gap Road in Towamensing Township about 2:48 a.m., a fire official said. Firefighters arrived to find the structure fully involved. They brought the fire under control in about 30 minutes, but not before the building collapsed and the fire melted the siding on three nearby houses.
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It's the story about Lyn, a 25-year-old high school teacher, who goes on a cruise as a distraction to forget a bad experience. Of course, she meets an intriguing guy—it is a romance, after all. But Braedon's not quite the distraction she had in mind. During a ship snorkeling excursion, both Lyn and Braedon are among the passengers taken hostage. Things get really interesting then.
Donna K. Weaver has always loved reading and creating stories, thus she's been ever entertained. A Navy brat and U.S. Army veteran, she's lived in many U.S. states as well as South Korea, the Philippines, and Germany. An avid cruiser, she's sailed the Pacific four times. When she retired from Shorei Kempo Karate with a black belt, she decided it was time to put her imaginary friends and places on paper. She lives in Utah with her husband. They have six children and eight grandchildren.


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Bayside Chatter: Silver Bay girls go 2-1 over past week
The Mariner softball team won a pair of games last week before falling 13-2 to the Moose Lake-Willow River Rebels Monday.
They opened with a come from behind eighth inning 8-7 win over the South Ridge Panthers May 10 and then defeated the Ely Timberwolves 8-3 May 11.
The Mariners came back from a 6-0 deficit to defeat South Ridge. Everly Bauck drew a one out walk in the bottom of the seventh, went to third on a Jesse Ketola single and scored when the relay went into the Mariner dugout, which tied the game at seven. After putting down the Panthers 1-2-3 in the top of the eighth, the Mariners went to work again.
With one out Megan Maxey singled and slid under a tag at third following a Cora Carter single. After Carter stole second, the Panthers elected to walk Kayla Klofstad to load the bases for the force out. Callie Klemmer blew apart that strategy with a hit over the right fielder's head to end the game.
Carter pitched eight innings to pick up the victory giving up seven runs on 10 hits. Celia Olesiak took the loss for the Panthers giving up eight runs on 15 hits. She struck out 10 Mariner batters. The Panthers scored four times in the top of the first and added two more in the fifth. The Mariners pushed five across the plate in the fifth one each in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings.
Maxey and Klemmer each went 3-for-5, Klofstad was 2-for-4 and Brooke McMillen and Jocelyn Russell each went 2-for-5. McMillen had a double and a triple and scored twice. Klofstad had a two run homer in the fifth.
Against Ely the Mariners gave up two runs in the top of the first, but came back with five in the bottom of the second. Carter allowed four singles in the first and one more hit the rest of the way. At one point she retired 14 straight batters.
Carter went 3-for-4 at the plate with a double, home run and three RBIs. McMillen and Hannah Thums each went 2-for-3. Maxey scored twice and Russell had two RBIs. Erika Mattson took the loss for Ely. The Mariners loaded the bases with two outs in the second with two walks and a hit batter. Then Russell, Maxey, Carter and Klofstad hit consecutive singles to drive in five runs.
The Rebels scored in every inning but the fifth. They led 7-1 after three and scored seven times with two outs. Bauck took the loss for the Mariners and Lilli Skelton had the win for Moose Lake.
Baseball falls to Ely
The baseball team lost 13-9 at Ely May 12. This came after they rallied to take a 8-7 lead. Then they lost the lead with five unearned runs.
Trevor Mattson was the winning pitcher for Ely and Tanner Ketola took the loss for the Mariners. Both had come in in relief of the starting pitcher.
Jason Blood went 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs for the Mariners. Nick Perfetto was also 2-for-5 with a run and two RBIs. Chase Jasperson went 2-for-5 with a run and a RBI.
The baseball team is scheduled to meet Barnum at noon today at Wade Stadium in a makeup game. The softball team will play Barnum also at noon at the Wade Fields in a makeup game and then play Duluth Marshall at 3:30 p.m.