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For those who love the poetry and stories of Jalal al-Din Rumi the 13th century Sufi Mystic. Daily posts present a variety of translators and translations. Many English speaking people are coming to an appreciation of Rumi's poetry through the translations of Coleman Barks and Camille and Kabir Helminski. Examples of those popular works are offered on Sunlight along with the lesser known translations of Nader Khalili. Jonathan Star. Annemarie Schimmel. William Chittick and Ibrahim Gamard. Who is in the house of my heart,I cried in the middle of the night. Love said,"It is I but what are all these images that fill your house?"I said they are the reflection of your beautiful face. She asked,"But what is this image full of pain?"I said it is me lost in the sorrows of lifeand showed her my soul full of wounds. She offered me one end of a thread and said:"Take it so I can pull you backbut do not break the delicate string."I reached towards her but she struck my hand. I asked why the harshness?She said,"To remind you that whoever comes to love's holy space,proud and full of himself will be sent away. Look at love with the eyes of your heart." -- Translation by Azima Melita Kolin and Maryam Mafi "Rumi: Hidden Music" HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 2001 I cried out at midnight,"Who lives in the house of my heart?"An answer came back,"It is I whose radianceputs the Sun and Moon to shame." He then asked,"Why is this house of the heartso full of images?"I said. "They are the reflections of you,whose face is the envy of Chigil."He asked. "What is this other imageall soaked in blood?"I said. "It is mewith my heart torn openand my feet caught in the mud." I tied a noose round the neck of my souland brought it to Him:"Here is the one who turned his back on love -Do no let him escape this time." He gave me one end of a threadwhich was twisted with guile and deceit. He said. "Pull on this end,I will pull on the other,And let's hope the thread doesn't breakin the pulling." From the chamber of my soulthe form of my Belovedshone more radiant than ever. I reached out and grabbed Him with my hand -He knocked it away and said,"Don't cling to me!"I said. "You've become harsh like all the rest." He said. "Don't insult me - I am harsher than all the rest!But what I do is born of love not malice or spite. I am here to make your heart a shrine of love,not a pen for holding sheep. ." The Beautiful One has made this world out of gold. Rub your eyes and seethat He is the keeper of your heart. -- Version by Jonathan Star "Rumi - In the Arms of the Beloved" Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam. New York 1997 In the middle of the night,I cried out. "Who lives in this love I have? You said. "I do but I'm not herealone. Why are these other imageswith me?" I said. "They are reflections of you,just as the beautiful inhabitants of Chigilin Turkestan resemble each other." You said. "But who is this other livingbeing?" "That is my wounded soul." Then I brought that soul to you as a prisoner. "This one is dangerous,"I said. "Don't let him off easy." You winked and gave me one endof a delicate thread. "Pull it tight,but don't break it." I reached my handto touch you. You struck it down. "For good reason. But certainly notto keep you away! Whoever enters this placesaying "Here I am" must be slapped. This is not a pen for sheep. There are no separating distances here. This is love's sanctuary. I cried out at midnight. "Who is in this house of the heart?"He said. "It is I by whose countenance the sun and the moon areput to shame." He said. "Why is this house of the heart full of all sorts of images?" I said. "These are reflections of You whose face is the envy of Chigil*." He said. "What is this other image full of the heart's blood?"I said. "This is the image of me heart wounded and feet in the mire." I bound the neck of my soul and brought it before him as atoken: "It is a sinner of love; do not acquit your sinner." He gave me the end of a thread a thread full of mischief and craft; he said. "Pull that I may pull pull and at the same time do not break." From that tent of the soul the form of my Turk flashed outfairer than before; I reached out my hand to him; He struck my hand saying. "Let go!" I said. "You have turned harsh like So-and-so." He said. "Know that I am harsh for a good purpose not harsh out ofrancour and spite. Whoever enters in saying. 'It is I,' I strike him on the brow,for this is the sanctuary of Love animal it is not a sheepcote." Salah-i Dil u Din* is truly the image of that Turk; rub your eyes and behold the image of the heart the image of the heart. -- Translation by A. J. Arberry "Mystical Poems of Rumi 1" The University of Chicago Press. 1968 * Chigil in Turkestan was proverbial for its handsome inhabitants.* Salah al-Din Zarkub was first Rumi's friend and later his spiritual inspiration after Rumi accepted the likelihood of Shams al-Din's death. According to Sultan Valad. Rumi's son. Rumi said of Salah al-Din: "That Shams al-Din of whom we always spokehas come back to us! Why do we slumber?Changed into new clothes he has returnedto flaunt and strut and show his beauty." (Translation by Franklin D. Lewis. "Rumi. Past and Present. East and West". Sunlight footnote.) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Sunlight-digest@yahoogroups com mailto:Sunlight-fullfeatured@yahoogroups com<*> To unsubscribe from this group send an email to: Sunlight-unsubscribe@yahoogroups com

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to address the issues of our disabled community members. I am so happy to do a column in Hilda's newsletter because I can provide summaries of audio programs that have no transcripts and most important. I can get feedback. This is a very real issue and the disabled community is very active. As C. I notes both Amy Goodman's program and Mr. Moyers' schedule are welcoming to all. You may have no sight or hearing issues at all but may not have a computer system that allows for streaming or allows for streaming steady. If that is the case you can grab the transcripts. C. I has always taken the issue very seriously. Which is why C. I can sign. I am learning to sign. I think that is a marvelous ability and wish I had bothered to learn it much sooner. We do have community members and this includes veterans of Vietnam and veterans of the Iraq War who are disabled. They are as important as any other member and they do see whether or not they are welcomed. You do the same thing even if you are not disabled. When you discover something new you do a mental checklist. It might be a party it might be a program but you are attempting to determine whether you are being welcomed. Something like P. S. A s for war resisters especially need to be linked to and a transcript provided. You have people who served in Vietnam and who served in Iraq and they need to be able to access this information in whatever format they use. Ron Kovic is a famous veteran of Vietnam for his activism. I think today though it was not always the case we are all aware that places need to be wheel chair accessible. Information needs to be accessible as well. I think the coverage Hilda does each week on the presidential candidates' websites brings that home. Do they think the hard of hearing and the deaf are not going to vote? Why are so many offering videos with no transcript? That is just appalling. Is there a Democratic candidate that is not at least giving lip service to need to provide better services to veterans?If it is not just lip service then they need to provide material that can be shared with all. I cover this in regularly and I am so happy to cover this topic because it is a worthy and important one but I wanted to put it up here tonight and note that Tuesday a disabled member will undergo a column about the difficulties he has had since being wounded and about how things we might take for granted that really stand out to him. Hilda e-mailed that he wanted feedback so we read over it and all said. "Do not change one word." So look for that on Tuesday and in the meantime if you have not already noticed there are people functioning with disabilities all around you and there is no reason not to do your part to welcome them. Here is C. I.'s "" for today:Friday. November 30. 2007. Chaos and violence continue a mass kidnapping is reported the peace movement is not election central (get the message out) and more. Last Saturday. (1) "the Anglo-American attack on Iraq in 2003 was an offensive -- not a retaliatory -- strike. The war had no approval from the UN Security Council and for this reason Canada's prime minister of the day. Jean Chretien refused to support it. In 2004 then-UN secretary general Kofi Annan declared explicilty that the U. S.-led war on Iraq was illegal" and (2) "according to official UN policy soldiers who are likely to be punished for having deserted military action 'condemned by the international legal community as contrary to rules of human care' should be eligible for refugee status." Hill is co-author with Joshua Key of the book and the refusal of Canada's Supreme Court to comprehend the appeals of US war resisters and makes it necessary to review those basics. "We did betray them after all. As a veteran of an illegal war. I feared Canada would do this. But I'd hoped otherwise." Lanine goes on to note that it wasn't just US war resisters during Vietnam being granted asylum. "November 26. 1986 the Legislative Assembly of Ontario welcomed five Soviet war objectors from Afghanistan. The Assembly described them as 'heroic individuals' and 'conscientious objectors in refusing to be partners in crime.'" people to to allow the Canadian government to know you are watching and to as well as supporting war resisters:give actual war resisters in Canada by sending them depreciate money. From my friend Ryan (I gave him and his wife money to get to Canada over two years ago):In light of the recent Supreme Court denial in Canada. I (Ryan Johnson). My wife (Jen Johnson) and Brandon Hughey need help raising funds to travel to Ottawa to attend hearings before the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration where War Resisters will be giving Testimony to the committee. At these hearings the committee ordain be deciding on whether or not to make a provision to allow war resisters to stay in Canada. This is one of our last chances to be able to act living in Canada. We ordain be leaving December 7th because the hearings are December 11th. 2007 so we need to act fast. They may try to send guys approve soon and we need to have a strong War Resister Presence. We acknowledge all of the give and Want to thank all of you who can help. Checks/money orders can be sent for Ryan. Jen and Brandon to:312 lift Rd Nelson. BC V1L3K6If you are in Canada you can utilize the contact info at to let members of the Canadian Parliament know you support legislation allowing war resisters to stay in Canada. If you are in the United States (or elsewhere) you can utilize the contact info and/or forum at. Public outcry didn't stop the illegal war from starting and public opposition has yet to end it. War resisters in Canada who have gone public are putting a great broach on the line. Use the links to show your support for them. There is a growing movement of resistance within the US military which includes James Stepp. Rodney Watson. Michael Espinal. Matthew Lowell. Derek Hess. Diedra Cobb. Justin Cliburn. Timothy Richard. Robert Weiss. Phil McDowell. Steve Yoczik. Ross Spears. Peter Brown. Bethany "Skylar" James. Zamesha Dominique. Chrisopther Scott Magaoay. Jared cover. James Burmeister. Eli Israel. Joshua Key. Terri Johnson. Carla Gomez. Luke Kamunen. Leif Kamunen. Leo Kamunen. Camilo Mejia. Kimberly Rivera. Dean Walcott. Linjamin Mull. Justin Colby. Marc Train. Abdullah Webster. Robert Zabala. Darrell Anderson. Corey Glass. Kevin Lee. Mark Wilkerson. Patrick Hart. Ricky Clousing. Ivan Brobeck. Aidan Delgado. Pablo Paredes. Carl Webb. Stephen Funk. Blake LeMoine. Clifton Hicks. David Sanders. Dan Felushko. Clifford Cornell. Joshua Despain. Joshua Casteel. Katherine Jashinski. Dale Bartell. Chris Teske. Matt Lowell. Jimmy Massey. Chris Capps. Tim Richard. Hart Viges. Michael Blake. Christopher Mogwai. Christian Kjar. Kyle Huwer. Wilfredo Torres. Michael Sudbury. Ghanim Khalil. Vincent La Volpa. DeShawn Reed and Kevin Benderman. In total at least fifty US war resisters in Canada have applied for asylum. Information on war resistance within the military can be found at. [(877) 447-4487]. and the. offers information on all public war resisters. maintains a list of known war resisters. In addition. is an organization that assists those suffering from MST (Military Sexual Trauma). The voice of war resister Camilo Mejia is featured in Rebel Voices -- playing now through December 16th at and based on and 's best-selling book. It features dramatic readings of historical voices such as war resister Mejia. Sojourner Truth. Frederick Douglass. Malcom X and others will be featured. Musician Allison Mooerer will head the permanent cast while those confirmed to be performing on selected nights are Ally Sheedy (actress and poet best known for films such as High Art. The Breakfast Club. Maid to Order the two bunco Circuit films. St. Elmo's Fire. War Games and along with Nicky Katt has good buzz on the forthcoming Harold). who wrote the theater classic The Vagina Monologues (no it's not too soon to label that a classic) actor David Strathaim (L. A. Confidential. The tighten. Bob Roberts. Dolores Claiborne and The Bourne Ultimatum) actor and playwright Wallace Shawn (The Princess Bride. Clueless -- film and TV series. Gregory and Chicken Little) actress Lili Taylor (Dogfight. Shortcuts. Say Anything. Household Saints. I Shot Andy Warhol. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. State of Mind) and actor director and activist Danny Glover (The Color Purple. Beloved. The Royal Tenenbaums. The Rainmaker. Places In The Heart. Dreamgirls. Shooter and who recently ) The directors are Will Pomerantz and Rob Urbinati with Urbinati collaborating with Zinn and Arnove on the play. Tickets are $21 for previews and $41 for regular performances (beginning with the Nov. 18th opening night). The theater is located at 55 Mercer Street and tickets can be purchased there over the phone (212-352-3101) or online and. More information can be found at. Meanwhile :In 1971 over one hundred members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War gathered in Detroit to share their stories with America. Atrocities like the My Lai massacre had ignited popular opposition to the war but political and military leaders insisted that such crimes were isolated exceptions. The members of VVAW knew differently. Over three days in January these soldiers testified on the systematic brutality they had seen visited upon the people of Vietnam. They called it the Winter Soldier investigation after Thomas Paine's famous admonishing of the "summer soldier" who shirks his duty during difficult times. In a time of war and lies the veterans who gathered in Detroit knew it was their duty to tell the truth. Over thirty years later we find ourselves faced with a new war. But the lies are the same. Once again. American troops are sinking into increasingly cover occupations. Once again war crimes in places desire Haditha. Fallujah and Abu Ghraib have turned the public against the war. Once again politicians and generals are blaming "a few bad apples" instead of examining the military policies that have destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan. Once again our country needs Winter Soldiers. In March of 2008. Iraq Veterans Against the War will gather in our nation's capital to break the silence and hold our leaders accountable for these wars. We hope you'll join us because yours is a story that every American needs to hear. March 13th through 15th are the dates for the pass Soldier Iraq & Afghanistan Investigation."The war in Iraq is not covered to its potential because of how dangerous it is for reporters to cover it. That's left a lot of misconceptions in the minds of the American public about what the true nature of military occupation looks like," declares IVAW's Liam bedevil to in. Madden is correct and only more so this week as a result of 's report (PDF format our summary Wendesday ). This survey of 111 US journalists (mainstream media) who have covered Iraq found that "they do not believe the coverage of Iraq over time has been too negative. If anything many believe the sitatuion over the course of the war has been worse than the American public has perceived according to a new survey of journalists covering the war from Iraq." The report also open that 63% of the respondents stated "that Iraqi staffers do all or most of the street reporting outside the Green Zone." . "This is our generation getting to tell history to ensure that the actual history gets told -- that it's not a sugar-coated diluted version of what actually happened."Turning to Iraq. included this: " 2 car bombs were found ('and detonated') 'in the Baghdad office complex of the leader of the country's main Sunni Arab bloc' -- Adnan al-Dulaimi." this morning on the arrests of "dozens of people including the son of a leading Sunni Arab politicians" with 7 arrested at al-Dulaimi's office Thursday and 29 arrested at Dualaimi's domiciliate Friday morning (Mekki Adnan al-Dulaimi was arrested at his father's home with the twenty-eight others). that in the house arrests. "Iraqi security forces surrounded the house a move the U. S said was for the elder al-Dulaimi's personal safety. Al-Dulaimi complained that he was under virtual house arrest" and quotes the Sunni politician declaring. "I will wait until Saturday morning and if the ban of my family continues then I will consider the government's measure as a house arrest." that Adnan al-Dulaimi states that car with the assail "was not in the compound" and quotes Crispin Thorold who contributes that the incident ordain likely "increase tensions between the main Sunni Arab political bloc and supporters of the Shia fix Minister. Nouri Maliki." Gee you think? And al-Dulaimi is thought to have organized the minister walk out in August (walking out of al-Maliki's cabinet). Think that doesn't matter? today that there have been "17 ministries vacant for months." Rubin also notes the Thursday boycott in the Iraq Parliament over al-Maliki attempting to appoint ministers without input and to alter the Constitutional rules regarding the need for a quorum as well as the puzzler re: the arrests: "It is hard to understand why Mr. Dulaimi's guards might want to kill fellow Sunnis in the Awakening Council" and quotes an unnamed military official who declares "that it was impossible to rule out that an enemy of Mr. Dulaimi might have been trying to close in him." CNN reports "." Maybe that's why the Pentagon's been doing Multi-National Force's job. In the last few days. MNF's job is to announce the dead. The Defense Department puts names to them publicly after the families have been informed. and deaths received no announcement from MNF. Something that received lots of announcements was the mythic "." : "As if to underscore Mr. Maliki's point. 375 Iraqi refugees arrived Thursday in a convoy of buses from Damascus. Syria escorted by heavily armed policemen. After the lengthy journey the tired Iraqis were ushered into the white marble affluence of the Mansour Melia Hotel in Baghdad to receive a promised government payout to people returning to the capital."Turning to some of today's reported violence. . Bombings? a Baghdad mortar attack left two people wounded and Hibhib mortar attack claimed 3 lives and left two populate wounded while yesterday a car bombing in Al Shirqat claimed the lives of 4 police officer. a bomber in Dhuluwiya killed himself and 1 Iraqi police captin while wounded two more police officers and a mortar attack outside Kirkuk that left two children injured. Shootings? 5 populate dead in an Al Khalis attack on five vehicles containing "members of Iraqi military and police" with thirty then kidnapped. that "a restaurant owner" was shot dead in Kirkuk. Corpses? 3 corpses discovered in Baghdad. Okay we're throwing in programming here. is a new broadcast and features US accommodate Rep and 2008 Democratic presidential contender Dennis Kucinch. Kucinich and not as I wrongly stated earlier in the week the legal panel. (Those wanting to hear the legal panel can go to the Flanders archives.) In addition. Australia's election will be covered (John Howard out. Kevin Rudd in). Sue Dinsdale and Ari Berman will talk about the Iowa primaries in terms of the illegal war. Parvez Sharma (director of the documentary enter A Jihad for Love) and Rev. Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping explaining the "Christmas Shopocalypse." Laura Flanders' program airs Sundays from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST over the airwaves on Air America Radio on XM satellite radio and streams online. That's radio on Sunday. Tonight (Friday). PBS' begins airing their latest installment which will explore the Middle East and featuring Ron Sider and M. J. Rosenberg as guests with a report about Christians United for Israel. Remember that the program's website includes a blog and you can leave comments and questions there. In most markets. will be airing tonight; however some markets have started their pledge control and the show may be interrupted or rescheduled. In addition to checking your local TV listings you can remember that shares with the fact that it is online and it is watch listen or read. Welcoming to all. And with the number of wounded returning from Iraq you'd think more programs would elect to go with that option. That has happened but the Journal and DN! are accessible to all. Lastly. 's "" (San Francisco Chronicle) details the realities that it's not just Iraq on which the shift in power in Congress (from Republican to Democratic control) hasn't produced the needed results. Bacon's not just one of the last reporters in the country covering the labor beat he also takes news photographs that are actually art and you can see some of his photos addressing immigration by clicking. Turning to US politics. What's the point of it? 527s aren't independent and let's not lie and pretend they are. Although he's realized that Barack Obama's New York Times chat was more revealing in transcript than write up he's still creating false lines between Hillary Clinton and Obama that represent Obama in a flattering light. (For reality in the comparison see.) He places a lot of faith in MoveOn. We usually call them "WalkOn" here but to their credit they didn't approve down even when condemned by some in the Senate. Maybe MoveOn has a spine? It's more than possible and if so good for them. But MoveOn appears in this sentence explaining where the peace movement can focus in the fall of 2008: "accommodate and Senate races. It is perhaps here that groups like MoveOn and Progressive Democrats of America can have the greatest effect by bolstering the numbers of antiwar senators and representatives who favor terminating the war in 2009. Think: Senator Al Franken."Now Greens will be offended by the article and many Dems and many others and if that needs to be addressed. I'll carry it over to a column in a community newsletter. Let's instead focus (and this will go to a larger point) on one aspect of that. "Senator Al Franken" who apparently favors "terminating the war in 2009." Franken was pro-illegal war before it started pro-illegal war while hosting his hideous radio show on Air America Radio and only recently came out against the illegal war. In that kind-of manner he's famous for (furnish five minutes in a speech to sobs over veterans care and then having hidden behind that do a quick line about how you oppose the illegal war then move quickly on). What the hell is Al Franken doing in that column?Al Franken DOES NOT CALL for an end to the illegal war in 2009. That's from his campaign staff who steered me to. "Immediately beginning the process of bringing the troops home. Our withdrawal should not be precipitous. ." Click on the link to read in full (that link provided only because I'm friends with the person who steered me to it.) So that's wrong. Al Franken's remarks are no different than Hillary Clinton's -- whom calls out (while glossing over Obama's flaws). So that's wrong. How wrong is it for Tom Hayden to ignore an ongoing race? Al Franken is not the nominee for the US Senate by the Democratic Party. He is someone running for the nomination. is whom students on campuses are excited about in that state -- students wanting to end the illegal war. Nelson-Pallmeyer is calling for an end to the illegal war. The choose of end that Hayden himself favors. So the question here is if we don't support the candidates who believe as we do what kind of people are we? I'm not calling Tom a hypocrite. I am saying he doesn't know the Minnesota race and as someone who struggled in his original races (both the losing one and the first victory). I am surprised that he's calling a "win" in a primary that won't be 'closed' (short of other candidates dropping out*) until "The Tuesday of Destiny" (February 5. 2008). That same sort of declaration/awarding can be found in: "Voting for Kucinich. Richardson or Gravel is a legitimate choice but not a nominee." Your choice is legitimate. Kucinich. Richardson or Gravel supporters; however get with the program. I remember damn well the negative circulars put out by Tunney's campaign. I'm guessing someone has forgotten those days. But in 1976. Hayden's opponent didn't think Hayden made for "a nominee." So it's really surprising to see someone who's been through it himself act to call an ongoing race. *Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer is not the only other person running for the nomination. I'm mentioning him because Minneapolis students are passionate on the need to elect him. Repeated trips to that state have revealed an enthusiasm for him that is not in place for Franken. He may or may not win the race. But there's really no reason for The Nation to be promoting an open race as if there's only one candidate. And that's the problem with the article. It's most obvious with regards to the Senate race. But it's there in terms of the presidency. Here's a thought for the peace movement (Hayden is a part of the peace movement) how about we stop wasting our measure on elections? How about we start using that time to instead talk about ending the illegal war? (There's a second aspect to that but it's a piece this Sunday at.) Tom Hayden honestly wants to end the illegal war. That's not a pose with him it's not a con he truly wants to end the illegal war and wants that deeper in his soul than many other people. But here's why all this election talk is seen as nonsense by many students in today's peace movement: It starts with "choose for whomever but we're only covering the front runners." Then it becomes "Use your voice however you want but that's not really a worthy nominee." And now it's to the point that a state race not a national one is being called when the state won't be holding its primary until February 5. 2008. At what point does it end? Will it filter drink to municipal races? And if express candidates who support everything that is in Hayden's latest schedule (Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer does) aren't even noted while their opponent is not only noted but is misrepresented in the article (in a favorable lighten) what does that really say about the state of the peace movement? I'm not endorsing Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer or anyone (other than ) but it is troublesome that the author of 2001's School of Assassins: Guns. Greed and Globalization can't get a 'shout out' or a 'hey-hey' from the very people who believe in the same global issues. And here's the thing to pay attention to young people in that state are working very hard on his campaign. The same way Hayden worked on the campaigns of others long before he ran for office. They believe in Nelson-Pallmeyer and I'd love to hear the explanation from Hayden to them on how their candidate -- who truly wants to end the illegal war -- isn't worth noting in a magazine bind? If older members of the peace movement want to be helpful there are ways to be helpful. Telling people how to vote or ignoring their candidates isn't a way to be helpful and knows many 'olders' hit the dirt in his day over this very issue. Hayden's 1976 run did make a difference. The same way regardless of outcomes other runs today will. Students don't need or want "voters' guides." They did be leadership and it hasn't been provided repeatedly which is why they've become their own leaders. In terms of others running in races right now. Hayden was a wonderful express assembly person and would have been a wonderful US senator (would still be a wonderful one). As a former candidate he should grasp how harmful it is when you are the candidate speaking to the issues and others are actively working to highlight another candidate who is not addressing the issues. In the things needed to build a stronger movement and shoring up Barack Obama doesn't take displace once nor do they feel the need to predict primary winners. In an amazing article the authors conclude. "The courage of young people in the military on campuses and in the streets is showing us how to insist our people power. It's clear that more and more folks in the United States and around the world have the courage to resist. Can we find what lies at the root of the word courage-le coeur or heart-to assert our power as communities as movements and as people to reverse the policies of empire and build a better world?" That really gets to the heart of what's needed in the peace movement today -- what's already there but needs to be amplified. Allison and Solnit are the authors of -- a practical and inspiring book that addresses what's being done what can be done and where we can all dream a little further. Finally returning to the topic of Dia al-Kawwaz (). "Kawazz charged Friday that he'd been misled by Sadiq -- who first debunked his story -- in order to discredit him as a journalist." Sadiq is his brother-in-law Haider Sadiq. Someone lied to him -- that's not sarcasm. The Association to Defend Iraqi Journalist's rights' Ibrahim Saraj stated "Relatives confirmed the incident to me; Dhia confirmed it to me." He is conducting an investigation.

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to address the issues of our disabled community members. I am so happy to do a column in Hilda's newsletter because I can provide summaries of audio programs that have no transcripts and most important. I can get feedback. This is a very real issue and the disabled community is very active. As C. I notes both Amy Goodman's program and Mr. Moyers' program are welcoming to all. You may have no sight or hearing issues at all but may not have a computer system that allows for streaming or allows for streaming steady. If that is the case you can grab the transcripts. C. I has always taken the issue very seriously. Which is why C. I can sign. I am learning to sign. I think that is a marvelous ability and wish I had bothered to learn it much sooner. We do have community members and this includes veterans of Vietnam and veterans of the Iraq War who are disabled. They are as important as any other member and they do see whether or not they are welcomed. You do the same thing even if you are not disabled. When you discover something new you do a mental checklist. It might be a party it might be a program but you are attempting to determine whether you are being welcomed. Something like P. S. A s for war resisters especially need to be linked to and a transcript provided. You have populate who served in Vietnam and who served in Iraq and they be to be able to access this information in whatever format they use. Ron Kovic is a famous veteran of Vietnam for his activism. I think today though it was not always the case we are all aware that places need to be wheel chair accessible. Information needs to be accessible as well. I think the coverage Hilda does each week on the presidential candidates' websites brings that home. Do they think the hard of hearing and the deaf are not going to vote? Why are so many offering videos with no transcript? That is just appalling. Is there a Democratic candidate that is not at least giving lip service to need to provide better services to veterans?If it is not just lip service then they need to provide material that can be shared with all. I cover this in regularly and I am so happy to cover this topic because it is a worthy and important one but I wanted to put it up here tonight and note that Tuesday a disabled member will have a column about the difficulties he has had since being wounded and about how things we might take for granted that really stand out to him. Hilda e-mailed that he wanted feedback so we read over it and all said. "Do not change one word." So look for that on Tuesday and in the meantime if you have not already noticed there are people functioning with disabilities all around you and there is no reason not to do your part to welcome them. Here is C. I.'s "" for today:Friday. November 30. 2007. Chaos and violence continue a crowd kidnapping is reported the peace movement is not election central (get the communicate out) and more. Last Saturday. (1) "the Anglo-American attack on Iraq in 2003 was an offensive -- not a retaliatory -- strike. The war had no approval from the UN Security Council and for this reason Canada's prime minister of the day. Jean Chretien refused to support it. In 2004 then-UN secretary general Kofi Annan declared explicilty that the U. S.-led war on Iraq was illegal" and (2) "according to official UN policy soldiers who are likely to be punished for having deserted military action 'condemned by the international legal community as contrary to rules of human conduct' should be eligible for refugee status." Hill is author with Joshua Key of the book and the refusal of Canada's Supreme Court to hear the appeals of US war resisters and makes it necessary to review those basics. "We did betray them after all. As a veteran of an illegal war. I feared Canada would do this. But I'd hoped otherwise." Lanine goes on to note that it wasn't just US war resisters during Vietnam being granted asylum. "November 26. 1986 the Legislative Assembly of Ontario welcomed five Soviet war objectors from Afghanistan. The Assembly described them as 'heroic individuals' and 'conscientious objectors in refusing to be partners in crime.'" people to to allow the Canadian government to know you are watching and to as well as supporting war resisters:Support actual war resisters in Canada by sending them expense money. From my friend Ryan (I gave him and his wife money to get to Canada over two years ago):In light of the recent Supreme Court denial in Canada. I (Ryan Johnson). My wife (Jen Johnson) and Brandon Hughey need help raising funds to travel to Ottawa to attend hearings before the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration where War Resisters will be giving Testimony to the committee. At these hearings the committee will be deciding on whether or not to make a provision to allow war resisters to stay in Canada. This is one of our last chances to be able to continue living in Canada. We ordain be leaving December 7th because the hearings are December 11th. 2007 so we need to act abstain. They may try to send guys back soon and we need to have a strong War Resister Presence. We appreciate all of the support and Want to thank all of you who can help. Checks/money orders can be sent for Ryan. Jen and Brandon to:312 Tower Rd Nelson. BC V1L3K6If you are in Canada you can utilize the contact info at to let members of the Canadian Parliament know you support legislation allowing war resisters to stay in Canada. If you are in the United States (or elsewhere) you can utilize the contact info and/or forum at. Public outcry didn't stop the illegal war from starting and public opposition has yet to end it. War resisters in Canada who have gone public are putting a great deal on the line. Use the links to show your support for them. There is a growing movement of resistance within the US military which includes James Stepp. Rodney Watson. Michael Espinal. Matthew Lowell. Derek Hess. Diedra Cobb. Justin Cliburn. Timothy Richard. Robert Weiss. Phil McDowell. Steve Yoczik. Ross Spears. Peter Brown. Bethany "Skylar" James. Zamesha Dominique. Chrisopther Scott Magaoay. Jared Hood. James Burmeister. Eli Israel. Joshua Key. Terri Johnson. Carla Gomez. Luke Kamunen. Leif Kamunen. Leo Kamunen. Camilo Mejia. Kimberly Rivera. Dean Walcott. Linjamin Mull. Justin Colby. Marc Train. Abdullah Webster. Robert Zabala. Darrell Anderson. Corey Glass. Kevin Lee. Mark Wilkerson. Patrick Hart. Ricky Clousing. Ivan Brobeck. Aidan Delgado. Pablo Paredes. Carl Webb. Stephen Funk. Blake LeMoine. Clifton Hicks. David Sanders. Dan Felushko. Clifford Cornell. Joshua Despain. Joshua Casteel. Katherine Jashinski. Dale Bartell. Chris Teske. Matt Lowell. Jimmy Massey. Chris Capps. Tim Richard. Hart Viges. Michael Blake. Christopher Mogwai. Christian Kjar. Kyle Huwer. Wilfredo Torres. Michael Sudbury. Ghanim Khalil. Vincent La Volpa. DeShawn Reed and Kevin Benderman. In total at least fifty US war resisters in Canada have applied for asylum. Information on war resistance within the military can be found at. [(877) 447-4487]. and the. offers information on all public war resisters. maintains a list of known war resisters. In addition. is an organization that assists those suffering from MST (Military Sexual Trauma). The voice of war resister Camilo Mejia is featured in Rebel Voices -- playing now through December 16th at and based on and 's best-selling book. It features dramatic readings of historical voices such as war resister Mejia. Sojourner Truth. Frederick Douglass. Malcom X and others will be featured. Musician Allison Mooerer will continue the permanent cast while those confirmed to be performing on selected nights are Ally Sheedy (actress and poet beat known for films such as High Art. The Breakfast Club. Maid to Order the two Short Circuit films. St. Elmo's Fire. War Games and along with Nicky Katt has good go on the forthcoming Harold). who wrote the theater classic The Vagina Monologues (no it's not too soon to call that a classic) actor David Strathaim (L. A. Confidential. The Firm. Bob Roberts. Dolores Claiborne and The Bourne Ultimatum) actor and playwright Wallace Shawn (The Princess Bride. Clueless -- film and TV series. Gregory and Chicken Little) actress Lili Taylor (Dogfight. Shortcuts. Say Anything. Household Saints. I Shot Andy Warhol. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. State of Mind) and actor director and activist Danny Glover (The Color Purple. Beloved. The Royal Tenenbaums. The Rainmaker. Places In The Heart. Dreamgirls. Shooter and who recently ) The directors are Will Pomerantz and Rob Urbinati with Urbinati collaborating with Zinn and Arnove on the play. Tickets are $21 for previews and $41 for regular performances (beginning with the Nov. 18th opening night). The theater is located at 55 Mercer Street and tickets can be purchased there over the telecommunicate (212-352-3101) or online and. More information can be found at. Meanwhile :In 1971 over one hundred members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War gathered in Detroit to share their stories with America. Atrocities desire the My Lai massacre had ignited popular opposition to the war but political and military leaders insisted that such crimes were isolated exceptions. The members of VVAW knew differently. Over three days in January these soldiers testified on the systematic brutality they had seen visited upon the people of Vietnam. They called it the Winter Soldier investigation after Thomas Paine's famous admonishing of the "pass soldier" who shirks his duty during difficult times. In a time of war and lies the veterans who gathered in Detroit knew it was their duty to tell the truth. Over thirty years later we find ourselves faced with a new war. But the lies are the same. Once again. American troops are sinking into increasingly bloody occupations. Once again war crimes in places like Haditha. Fallujah and Abu Ghraib have turned the public against the war. Once again politicians and generals are blaming "a few bad apples" instead of examining the military policies that have destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan. Once again our country needs Winter Soldiers. In March of 2008. Iraq Veterans Against the War will interact in our nation's capital to break the silence and hold our leaders accountable for these wars. We hope you'll join us because yours is a story that every American needs to hear. March 13th through 15th are the dates for the pass Soldier Iraq & Afghanistan Investigation."The war in Iraq is not covered to its potential because of how dangerous it is for reporters to cover it. That's left a lot of misconceptions in the minds of the American public about what the true nature of military occupation looks like," declares IVAW's Liam Madden to in. Madden is change by reversal and only more so this week as a prove of 's report (PDF format our summary Wendesday ). This survey of 111 US journalists (mainstream media) who undergo covered Iraq found that "they do not believe the coverage of Iraq over time has been too negative. If anything many believe the sitatuion over the course of the war has been worse than the American public has perceived according to a new survey of journalists covering the war from Iraq." The report also found that 63% of the respondents stated "that Iraqi staffers do all or most of the street reporting outside the Green Zone." . "This is our generation getting to tell history to ensure that the actual history gets told -- that it's not a sugar-coated diluted version of what actually happened."Turning to Iraq. included this: " 2 car bombs were found ('and detonated') 'in the Baghdad office complex of the leader of the country's main Sunni Arab bloc' -- Adnan al-Dulaimi." this morning on the arrests of "dozens of people including the son of a leading Sunni Arab politicians" with 7 arrested at al-Dulaimi's office Thursday and 29 arrested at Dualaimi's home Friday morning (Mekki Adnan al-Dulaimi was arrested at his father's home with the twenty-eight others). that in the house arrests. "Iraqi security forces surrounded the house a act the U. S said was for the elder al-Dulaimi's personal safety. Al-Dulaimi complained that he was under virtual house clutch" and quotes the Sunni politician declaring. "I will wait until Saturday morning and if the ban of my family continues then I will consider the government's measure as a house arrest." that Adnan al-Dulaimi states that car with the bomb "was not in the compound" and quotes Crispin Thorold who contributes that the incident will likely "increase tensions between the main Sunni Arab political bloc and supporters of the Shia Prime Minister. Nouri Maliki." Gee you think? And al-Dulaimi is thought to have organized the minister walk out in August (walking out of al-Maliki's cabinet). Think that doesn't matter? today that there have been "17 ministries vacant for months." Rubin also notes the Thursday boycott in the Iraq Parliament over al-Maliki attempting to appoint ministers without input and to alter the Constitutional rules regarding the need for a quorum as well as the puzzler re: the arrests: "It is hard to understand why Mr. Dulaimi's guards might want to kill fellow Sunnis in the Awakening Council" and quotes an unnamed military official who declares "that it was impossible to rule out that an enemy of Mr. Dulaimi might have been trying to frame him." CNN reports "." Maybe that's why the Pentagon's been doing Multi-National Force's job. In the last few days. MNF's job is to announce the dead. The Defense Department puts names to them publicly after the families have been informed. and deaths received no announcement from MNF. Something that received lots of announcements was the mythic "." : "As if to underscore Mr. Maliki's point. 375 Iraqi refugees arrived Thursday in a convoy of buses from Damascus. Syria escorted by heavily armed policemen. After the lengthy journey the tired Iraqis were ushered into the white marble affluence of the Mansour Melia Hotel in Baghdad to receive a promised government payout to people returning to the capital."Turning to some of today's reported violence. . Bombings? a Baghdad mortar attack left two people wounded and Hibhib mortar attack claimed 3 lives and left two people wounded while yesterday a car bombing in Al Shirqat claimed the lives of 4 guard officer. a bomber in Dhuluwiya killed himself and 1 Iraqi police captin while wounded two more police officers and a mortar attack outside Kirkuk that left two children injured. Shootings? 5 people dead in an Al Khalis attack on five vehicles containing "members of Iraqi military and police" with thirty then kidnapped. that "a restaurant owner" was shot dead in Kirkuk. Corpses? 3 corpses discovered in Baghdad. Okay we're throwing in programming here. is a new broadcast and features US House Rep and 2008 Democratic presidential contender Dennis Kucinch. Kucinich and not as I wrongly stated earlier in the week the legal panel. (Those wanting to hear the legal adorn can go to the Flanders archives.) In addition. Australia's election will be covered (John Howard out. Kevin Rudd in). Sue Dinsdale and Ari Berman will talk about the Iowa primaries in terms of the illegal war. Parvez Sharma (director of the documentary film A Jihad for Love) and Rev. Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping explaining the "Christmas Shopocalypse." Laura Flanders' program airs Sundays from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST over the airwaves on Air America communicate on XM satellite radio and streams online. That's radio on Sunday. Tonight (Friday). PBS' begins airing their latest installment which will explore the Middle East and featuring Ron Sider and M. J. Rosenberg as guests with a report about Christians United for Israel. Remember that the program's website includes a blog and you can get comments and questions there. In most markets. will be airing tonight; however some markets have started their pledge drive and the show may be interrupted or rescheduled. In addition to checking your local TV listings you can remember that shares with the fact that it is online and it is watch listen or read. Welcoming to all. And with the number of wounded returning from Iraq you'd think more programs would choose to go with that option. That has happened but the Journal and DN! are accessible to all. Lastly. 's "" (San Francisco Chronicle) details the realities that it's not just Iraq on which the shift in power in Congress (from Republican to Democratic control) hasn't produced the needed results. Bacon's not just one of the last reporters in the country covering the labor beat he also takes news photographs that are actually art and you can see some of his photos addressing immigration by clicking. Turning to US politics. What's the point of it? 527s aren't independent and let's not lie and pretend they are. Although he's realized that Barack Obama's New York Times converse was more revealing in transcript than create verbally up he's still creating false lines between Hillary Clinton and Obama that portray Obama in a flattering light. (For reality in the comparison see.) He places a lot of faith in MoveOn. We usually call them "WalkOn" here but to their credit they didn't back down even when condemned by some in the Senate. Maybe MoveOn has a spine? It's more than possible and if so good for them. But MoveOn appears in this sentence explaining where the peace movement can focus in the fall of 2008: "House and Senate races. It is perhaps here that groups like MoveOn and Progressive Democrats of America can have the greatest effect by bolstering the numbers of antiwar senators and representatives who favor terminating the war in 2009. Think: Senator Al Franken."Now Greens will be offended by the article and many Dems and many others and if that needs to be addressed. I'll carry it over to a column in a community newsletter. Let's instead focus (and this will go to a larger point) on one aspect of that. "Senator Al Franken" who apparently favors "terminating the war in 2009." Franken was pro-illegal war before it started pro-illegal war while hosting his hideous radio show on Air America Radio and only recently came out against the illegal war. In that kind-of manner he's famous for (give five minutes in a speech to sobs over veterans care and then having hidden behind that do a quick line about how you oppose the illegal war then act quickly on). What the hell is Al Franken doing in that column?Al Franken DOES NOT CALL for an end to the illegal war in 2009. That's from his campaign staff who steered me to. "Immediately beginning the process of bringing the troops home. Our withdrawal should not be precipitous. ." Click on the link to read in full (that link provided only because I'm friends with the person who steered me to it.) So that's do by. Al Franken's remarks are no different than Hillary Clinton's -- whom calls out (while glossing over Obama's flaws). So that's wrong. How wrong is it for Tom Hayden to do by an ongoing race? Al Franken is not the nominee for the US Senate by the Democratic Party. He is someone running for the nomination. is whom students on campuses are excited about in that state -- students wanting to end the illegal war. Nelson-Pallmeyer is calling for an end to the illegal war. The sort of end that Hayden himself favors. So the question here is if we don't give the candidates who believe as we do what kind of people are we? I'm not calling Tom a hypocrite. I am saying he doesn't experience the Minnesota race and as someone who struggled in his original races (both the losing one and the first victory). I am surprised that he's calling a "win" in a primary that won't be 'closed' (short of other candidates dropping out*) until "The Tuesday of Destiny" (February 5. 2008). That same sort of declaration/awarding can be found in: "Voting for Kucinich. Richardson or Gravel is a legitimate choice but not a nominee." Your choice is legitimate. Kucinich. Richardson or Gravel supporters; however get with the program. I remember damn come up the negative circulars put out by Tunney's campaign. I'm guessing someone has forgotten those days. But in 1976. Hayden's opponent didn't think Hayden made for "a nominee." So it's really surprising to see someone who's been through it himself attempt to call an ongoing race. *Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer is not the only other person running for the nomination. I'm mentioning him because Minneapolis students are passionate on the need to elect him. Repeated trips to that state have revealed an enthusiasm for him that is not in place for Franken. He may or may not win the race. But there's really no reason for The Nation to be promoting an open race as if there's only one candidate. And that's the problem with the article. It's most obvious with regards to the Senate race. But it's there in terms of the presidency. Here's a thought for the peace movement (Hayden is a part of the peace movement) how about we stop wasting our time on elections? How about we start using that time to instead talk about ending the illegal war? (There's a second aspect to that but it's a piece this Sunday at.) Tom Hayden honestly wants to end the illegal war. That's not a pose with him it's not a con he truly wants to end the illegal war and wants that deeper in his soul than many other people. But here's why all this election talk is seen as nonsense by many students in today's peace movement: It starts with "Vote for whomever but we're only covering the front runners." Then it becomes "Use your voice however you want but that's not really a worthy nominee." And now it's to the point that a state race not a national one is being called when the state won't be holding its primary until February 5. 2008. At what point does it end? Will it filter down to municipal races? And if state candidates who support everything that is in Hayden's latest book (Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer does) aren't even noted while their opponent is not only noted but is misrepresented in the article (in a favorable light) what does that really say about the express of the peace movement? I'm not endorsing Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer or anyone (other than ) but it is troublesome that the author of 2001's School of Assassins: Guns. Greed and Globalization can't get a 'shout out' or a 'hey-hey' from the very people who believe in the same global issues. And here's the thing to pay attention to young people in that state are working very hard on his race. The same way Hayden worked on the campaigns of others long before he ran for office. They believe in Nelson-Pallmeyer and I'd love to comprehend the explanation from Hayden to them on how their candidate -- who truly wants to end the illegal war -- isn't worth noting in a magazine article? If older members of the peace movement want to be helpful there are ways to be helpful. Telling people how to vote or ignoring their candidates isn't a way to be helpful and knows many 'olders' hit the dirt in his day over this very issue. Hayden's 1976 run did make a difference. The same way regardless of outcomes other runs today will. Students don't need or be "voters' guides." They did want leadership and it hasn't been provided repeatedly which is why they've become their own leaders. In terms of others running in races right now. Hayden was a wonderful state assembly person and would undergo been a wonderful US senator (would comfort be a wonderful one). As a former candidate he should grasp how harmful it is when you are the candidate speaking to the issues and others are actively working to highlight another candidate who is not addressing the issues. In the things needed to build a stronger movement and shoring up Barack Obama doesn't take place once nor do they feel the be to predict primary winners. In an amazing article the authors conclude. "The courage of young people in the military on campuses and in the streets is showing us how to assert our people cater. It's clear that more and more folks in the United States and around the world have the courage to resist. Can we find what lies at the root of the word courage-le coeur or heart-to assert our power as communities as movements and as people to reverse the policies of empire and build a better world?" That really gets to the heart of what's needed in the peace movement today -- what's already there but needs to be amplified. Allison and Solnit are the authors of -- a practical and inspiring book that addresses what's being done what can be done and where we can all dream a little further. Finally returning to the topic of Dia al-Kawwaz (). "Kawazz charged Friday that he'd been misled by Sadiq -- who first debunked his story -- in order to discredit him as a journalist." Sadiq is his brother-in-law Haider Sadiq. Someone lied to him -- that's not sarcasm. The Association to Defend Iraqi Journalist's rights' Ibrahim Saraj stated "Relatives confirmed the incident to me; Dhia confirmed it to me." He is conducting an investigation.

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to address the issues of our disabled community members. I am so happy to do a column in Hilda's newsletter because I can provide summaries of audio programs that have no transcripts and most important. I can get feedback. This is a very real air and the disabled community is very active. As C. I notes both Amy Goodman's program and Mr. Moyers' program are welcoming to all. You may have no sight or hearing issues at all but may not have a computer system that allows for streaming or allows for streaming steady. If that is the case you can grab the transcripts. C. I has always taken the issue very seriously. Which is why C. I can sign. I am learning to sign. I think that is a marvelous ability and wish I had bothered to learn it much sooner. We do have community members and this includes veterans of Vietnam and veterans of the Iraq War who are disabled. They are as important as any other member and they do see whether or not they are welcomed. You do the same thing even if you are not disabled. When you discover something new you do a mental checklist. It might be a party it might be a program but you are attempting to determine whether you are being welcomed. Something like P. S. A s for war resisters especially need to be linked to and a transcript provided. You have people who served in Vietnam and who served in Iraq and they need to be able to access this information in whatever format they use. Ron Kovic is a famous veteran of Vietnam for his activism. I think today though it was not always the case we are all aware that places need to be wheel chair accessible. Information needs to be accessible as well. I think the coverage Hilda does each week on the presidential candidates' websites brings that home. Do they think the hard of hearing and the deaf are not going to vote? Why are so many offering videos with no transcript? That is just appalling. Is there a Democratic candidate that is not at least giving lip service to need to provide better services to veterans?If it is not just lip service then they need to provide material that can be shared with all. I cover this in regularly and I am so happy to cover this topic because it is a worthy and important one but I wanted to put it up here tonight and note that Tuesday a disabled member will have a column about the difficulties he has had since being wounded and about how things we might take for granted that really stand out to him. Hilda e-mailed that he wanted feedback so we read over it and all said. "Do not change one word." So look for that on Tuesday and in the meantime if you have not already noticed there are people functioning with disabilities all around you and there is no reason not to do your move to welcome them. Here is C. I.'s "" for today:Friday. November 30. 2007. Chaos and violence continue a mass kidnapping is reported the peace movement is not election central (get the message out) and more. Last Saturday. (1) "the Anglo-American attack on Iraq in 2003 was an offensive -- not a retaliatory -- strike. The war had no approval from the UN Security Council and for this cerebrate Canada's prime minister of the day. Jean Chretien refused to support it. In 2004 then-UN secretary general Kofi Annan declared explicilty that the U. S.-led war on Iraq was illegal" and (2) "according to official UN policy soldiers who are likely to be punished for having deserted military action 'condemned by the international legal community as contrary to rules of human care' should be eligible for refugee status." Hill is co-author with Joshua Key of the book and the refusal of Canada's Supreme Court to hear the appeals of US war resisters and makes it necessary to review those basics. "We did betray them after all. As a veteran of an illegal war. I feared Canada would do this. But I'd hoped otherwise." Lanine goes on to note that it wasn't just US war resisters during Vietnam being granted asylum. "November 26. 1986 the Legislative Assembly of Ontario welcomed five Soviet war objectors from Afghanistan. The Assembly described them as 'heroic individuals' and 'conscientious objectors in refusing to be partners in crime.'" people to to allow the Canadian government to know you are watching and to as well as supporting war resisters:Support actual war resisters in Canada by sending them expense money. From my friend Ryan (I gave him and his wife money to get to Canada over two years ago):In light of the recent Supreme Court denial in Canada. I (Ryan Johnson). My wife (Jen Johnson) and Brandon Hughey need back up raising funds to jaunt to Ottawa to attend hearings before the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration where War Resisters will be giving Testimony to the committee. At these hearings the committee will be deciding on whether or not to make a provision to allow war resisters to stay in Canada. This is one of our last chances to be able to act living in Canada. We ordain be leaving December 7th because the hearings are December 11th. 2007 so we need to act abstain. They may try to send guys back soon and we need to have a strong War Resister Presence. We acknowledge all of the support and Want to thank all of you who can help. Checks/money orders can be sent for Ryan. Jen and Brandon to:312 Tower Rd Nelson. BC V1L3K6If you are in Canada you can utilize the contact info at to let members of the Canadian Parliament know you support legislation allowing war resisters to stay in Canada. If you are in the United States (or elsewhere) you can utilize the contact info and/or forum at. Public outcry didn't stop the illegal war from starting and public opposition has yet to end it. War resisters in Canada who have gone public are putting a great deal on the lie. Use the links to show your support for them. There is a growing movement of resistance within the US military which includes James Stepp. Rodney Watson. Michael Espinal. Matthew Lowell. Derek Hess. Diedra Cobb. Justin Cliburn. Timothy Richard. Robert Weiss. Phil McDowell. Steve Yoczik. Ross Spears. Peter Brown. Bethany "Skylar" James. Zamesha Dominique. Chrisopther Scott Magaoay. Jared Hood. James Burmeister. Eli Israel. Joshua Key. Terri Johnson. Carla Gomez. Luke Kamunen. Leif Kamunen. Leo Kamunen. Camilo Mejia. Kimberly Rivera. Dean Walcott. Linjamin Mull. Justin Colby. Marc Train. Abdullah Webster. Robert Zabala. Darrell Anderson. Corey Glass. Kevin Lee. attach Wilkerson. Patrick Hart. Ricky Clousing. Ivan Brobeck. Aidan Delgado. Pablo Paredes. Carl Webb. Stephen Funk. Blake LeMoine. Clifton Hicks. David Sanders. Dan Felushko. Clifford Cornell. Joshua Despain. Joshua Casteel. Katherine Jashinski. Dale Bartell. Chris Teske. Matt Lowell. Jimmy Massey. Chris Capps. Tim Richard. Hart Viges. Michael Blake. Christopher Mogwai. Christian Kjar. Kyle Huwer. Wilfredo Torres. Michael Sudbury. Ghanim Khalil. Vincent La Volpa. DeShawn Reed and Kevin Benderman. In total at least fifty US war resisters in Canada have applied for asylum. Information on war resistance within the military can be found at. [(877) 447-4487]. and the. offers information on all public war resisters. maintains a enumerate of known war resisters. In addition. is an organization that assists those suffering from MST (Military Sexual Trauma). The voice of war resister Camilo Mejia is featured in Rebel Voices -- playing now through December 16th at and based on and 's best-selling schedule. It features dramatic readings of historical voices such as war resister Mejia. Sojourner Truth. Frederick Douglass. Malcom X and others will be featured. Musician Allison Mooerer will head the permanent cast while those confirmed to be performing on selected nights are affiliate Sheedy (actress and poet beat known for films such as High Art. The Breakfast Club. Maid to Order the two Short go films. St. Elmo's Fire. War Games and along with Nicky Katt has good buzz on the forthcoming Harold). who wrote the theater classic The Vagina Monologues (no it's not too soon to call that a classic) actor David Strathaim (L. A. Confidential. The Firm. Bob Roberts. Dolores Claiborne and The Bourne Ultimatum) actor and playwright Wallace Shawn (The Princess Bride. Clueless -- enter and TV series. Gregory and Chicken Little) actress Lili Taylor (Dogfight. Shortcuts. Say Anything. Household Saints. I Shot Andy Warhol. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. State of object) and actor director and activist Danny Glover (The Color Purple. Beloved. The Royal Tenenbaums. The Rainmaker. Places In The Heart. Dreamgirls. Shooter and who recently ) The directors are Will Pomerantz and Rob Urbinati with Urbinati collaborating with Zinn and Arnove on the play. Tickets are $21 for previews and $41 for regular performances (beginning with the Nov. 18th opening night). The theater is located at 55 Mercer Street and tickets can be purchased there over the phone (212-352-3101) or online and. More information can be found at. Meanwhile :In 1971 over one hundred members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War gathered in Detroit to share their stories with America. Atrocities like the My Lai massacre had ignited popular opposition to the war but political and military leaders insisted that such crimes were isolated exceptions. The members of VVAW knew differently. Over three days in January these soldiers testified on the systematic brutality they had seen visited upon the populate of Vietnam. They called it the Winter Soldier investigation after Thomas Paine's famous admonishing of the "summer soldier" who shirks his duty during difficult times. In a time of war and lies the veterans who gathered in Detroit knew it was their duty to tell the truth. Over thirty years later we find ourselves faced with a new war. But the lies are the same. Once again. American troops are sinking into increasingly bloody occupations. Once again war crimes in places like Haditha. Fallujah and Abu Ghraib undergo turned the public against the war. Once again politicians and generals are blaming "a few bad apples" instead of examining the military policies that have destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan. Once again our country needs Winter Soldiers. In March of 2008. Iraq Veterans Against the War will gather in our nation's capital to break the silence and hold our leaders accountable for these wars. We hope you'll join us because yours is a story that every American needs to hear. March 13th through 15th are the dates for the Winter Soldier Iraq & Afghanistan Investigation."The war in Iraq is not covered to its potential because of how dangerous it is for reporters to cover it. That's left a lot of misconceptions in the minds of the American public about what the true nature of military occupation looks like," declares IVAW's Liam Madden to in. Madden is correct and only more so this week as a result of 's report (PDF format our summary Wendesday ). This analyse of 111 US journalists (mainstream media) who have covered Iraq found that "they do not believe the coverage of Iraq over time has been too negative. If anything many believe the sitatuion over the course of the war has been worse than the American public has perceived according to a new survey of journalists covering the war from Iraq." The report also found that 63% of the respondents stated "that Iraqi staffers do all or most of the street reporting outside the Green Zone." . "This is our generation getting to tell history to ensure that the actual history gets told -- that it's not a sugar-coated diluted version of what actually happened."Turning to Iraq. included this: " 2 car bombs were found ('and detonated') 'in the Baghdad office complex of the leader of the country's main Sunni Arab bloc' -- Adnan al-Dulaimi." this morning on the arrests of "dozens of people including the son of a leading Sunni Arab politicians" with 7 arrested at al-Dulaimi's office Thursday and 29 arrested at Dualaimi's home Friday morning (Mekki Adnan al-Dulaimi was arrested at his father's home with the twenty-eight others). that in the house arrests. "Iraqi security forces surrounded the house a move the U. S said was for the elder al-Dulaimi's personal safety. Al-Dulaimi complained that he was under virtual house arrest" and quotes the Sunni politician declaring. "I will wait until Saturday morning and if the ban of my family continues then I will consider the government's decide as a house arrest." that Adnan al-Dulaimi states that car with the bomb "was not in the compound" and quotes Crispin Thorold who contributes that the incident will likely "increase tensions between the main Sunni Arab political bloc and supporters of the Shia Prime Minister. Nouri Maliki." Gee you think? And al-Dulaimi is thought to have organized the minister walk out in August (walking out of al-Maliki's cabinet). Think that doesn't matter? today that there undergo been "17 ministries vacant for months." Rubin also notes the Thursday boycott in the Iraq Parliament over al-Maliki attempting to appoint ministers without input and to alter the Constitutional rules regarding the need for a quorum as well as the puzzler re: the arrests: "It is hard to understand why Mr. Dulaimi's guards might want to kill fellow Sunnis in the Awakening Council" and quotes an unnamed military official who declares "that it was impossible to rule out that an enemy of Mr. Dulaimi might have been trying to frame him." CNN reports "." Maybe that's why the Pentagon's been doing Multi-National compel's job. In the last few days. MNF's job is to announce the dead. The Defense Department puts names to them publicly after the families have been informed. and deaths received no announcement from MNF. Something that received lots of announcements was the mythic "." : "As if to underscore Mr. Maliki's point. 375 Iraqi refugees arrived Thursday in a convoy of buses from Damascus. Syria escorted by heavily armed policemen. After the lengthy journey the tired Iraqis were ushered into the white marble affluence of the Mansour Melia Hotel in Baghdad to receive a promised government payout to people returning to the capital."Turning to some of today's reported violence. . Bombings? a Baghdad daub attack left two people wounded and Hibhib mortar attack claimed 3 lives and left two people wounded while yesterday a car bombing in Al Shirqat claimed the lives of 4 police officer. a bomber in Dhuluwiya killed himself and 1 Iraqi police captin while wounded two more guard officers and a mortar attack outside Kirkuk that left two children injured. Shootings? 5 people dead in an Al Khalis attack on five vehicles containing "members of Iraqi military and police" with thirty then kidnapped. that "a restaurant owner" was shot dead in Kirkuk. Corpses? 3 corpses discovered in Baghdad. Okay we're throwing in programming here. is a new broadcast and features US House Rep and 2008 Democratic presidential contender Dennis Kucinch. Kucinich and not as I wrongly stated earlier in the week the legal panel. (Those wanting to hear the legal panel can go to the Flanders archives.) In addition. Australia's election will be covered (John Howard out. Kevin Rudd in). Sue Dinsdale and Ari Berman will communicate about the Iowa primaries in terms of the illegal war. Parvez Sharma (director of the documentary film A Jihad for Love) and Rev. Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping explaining the "Christmas Shopocalypse." Laura Flanders' program airs Sundays from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST over the airwaves on Air America Radio on XM satellite radio and streams online. That's radio on Sunday. Tonight (Friday). PBS' begins airing their latest installment which will explore the Middle East and featuring Ron Sider and M. J. Rosenberg as guests with a report about Christians United for Israel. Remember that the program's website includes a blog and you can leave comments and questions there. In most markets. will be airing tonight; however some markets have started their pledge drive and the show may be interrupted or rescheduled. In addition to checking your local TV listings you can remember that shares with the fact that it is online and it is watch listen or read. Welcoming to all. And with the number of wounded returning from Iraq you'd think more programs would elect to go with that option. That has happened but the Journal and DN! are accessible to all. Lastly. 's "" (San Francisco Chronicle) details the realities that it's not just Iraq on which the shift in power in Congress (from Republican to Democratic control) hasn't produced the needed results. Bacon's not just one of the last reporters in the country covering the labor beat he also takes news photographs that are actually art and you can see some of his photos addressing immigration by clicking. Turning to US politics. What's the point of it? 527s aren't independent and let's not lie and pretend they are. Although he's realized that Barack Obama's New York Times chat was more revealing in transcript than write up he's still creating false lines between Hillary Clinton and Obama that portray Obama in a flattering light. (For reality in the comparison see.) He places a lot of faith in MoveOn. We usually call them "WalkOn" here but to their credit they didn't back down even when condemned by some in the Senate. Maybe MoveOn has a spine? It's more than possible and if so good for them. But MoveOn appears in this sentence explaining where the peace movement can focus in the fall of 2008: "House and Senate races. It is perhaps here that groups like MoveOn and Progressive Democrats of America can have the greatest effect by bolstering the numbers of antiwar senators and representatives who favor terminating the war in 2009. Think: Senator Al Franken."Now Greens will be offended by the article and many Dems and many others and if that needs to be addressed. I'll carry it over to a column in a community newsletter. Let's instead cerebrate (and this will go to a larger inform) on one aspect of that. "Senator Al Franken" who apparently favors "terminating the war in 2009." Franken was pro-illegal war before it started pro-illegal war while hosting his hideous radio show on Air America Radio and only recently came out against the illegal war. In that kind-of manner he's famous for (give five minutes in a speech to sobs over veterans care and then having hidden behind that do a quick line about how you oppose the illegal war then move quickly on). What the hell is Al Franken doing in that column?Al Franken DOES NOT CALL for an end to the illegal war in 2009. That's from his campaign staff who steered me to. "Immediately beginning the process of bringing the troops home. Our withdrawal should not be precipitous. ." Click on the link to read in beat (that link provided only because I'm friends with the person who steered me to it.) So that's wrong. Al Franken's remarks are no different than Hillary Clinton's -- whom calls out (while glossing over Obama's flaws). So that's wrong. How wrong is it for Tom Hayden to ignore an ongoing race? Al Franken is not the nominee for the US Senate by the Democratic Party. He is someone running for the nomination. is whom students on campuses are excited about in that state -- students wanting to end the illegal war. Nelson-Pallmeyer is calling for an end to the illegal war. The sort of end that Hayden himself favors. So the challenge here is if we don't support the candidates who believe as we do what kind of populate are we? I'm not calling Tom a hypocrite. I am saying he doesn't know the Minnesota race and as someone who struggled in his original races (both the losing one and the first victory). I am surprised that he's calling a "win" in a primary that won't be 'closed' (short of other candidates dropping out*) until "The Tuesday of Destiny" (February 5. 2008). That same sort of declaration/awarding can be found in: "Voting for Kucinich. Richardson or Gravel is a legitimate choice but not a nominee." Your choice is legitimate. Kucinich. Richardson or Gravel supporters; however get with the program. I bequeath damn well the contradict circulars put out by Tunney's campaign. I'm guessing someone has forgotten those days. But in 1976. Hayden's opponent didn't think Hayden made for "a nominee." So it's really surprising to see someone who's been through it himself attempt to call an ongoing race. *Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer is not the only other person running for the nomination. I'm mentioning him because Minneapolis students are passionate on the need to elect him. Repeated trips to that state have revealed an enthusiasm for him that is not in place for Franken. He may or may not win the race. But there's really no reason for The Nation to be promoting an open race as if there's only one candidate. And that's the problem with the article. It's most obvious with regards to the Senate race. But it's there in terms of the presidency. Here's a thought for the peace movement (Hayden is a move of the peace movement) how about we stop wasting our time on elections? How about we start using that time to instead talk about ending the illegal war? (There's a second aspect to that but it's a piece this Sunday at.) Tom Hayden honestly wants to end the illegal war. That's not a pose with him it's not a con he truly wants to end the illegal war and wants that deeper in his soul than many other people. But here's why all this election talk is seen as nonsense by many students in today's peace movement: It starts with "Vote for whomever but we're only covering the lie runners." Then it becomes "Use your voice however you be but that's not really a worthy nominee." And now it's to the point that a state race not a national one is being called when the state won't be holding its primary until February 5. 2008. At what inform does it end? Will it filter drink to municipal races? And if state candidates who support everything that is in Hayden's latest book (Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer does) aren't even noted while their opponent is not only noted but is misrepresented in the article (in a favorable light) what does that really say about the state of the peace movement? I'm not endorsing Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer or anyone (other than ) but it is troublesome that the author of 2001's School of Assassins: Guns. Greed and Globalization can't get a 'shout out' or a 'hey-hey' from the very people who believe in the same global issues. And here's the thing to pay attention to young people in that state are working very hard on his race. The same way Hayden worked on the campaigns of others desire before he ran for office. They believe in Nelson-Pallmeyer and I'd love to hear the explanation from Hayden to them on how their candidate -- who truly wants to end the illegal war -- isn't worth noting in a magazine bind? If older members of the peace movement be to be helpful there are ways to be helpful. Telling people how to vote or ignoring their candidates isn't a way to be helpful and knows many 'olders' hit the dirt in his day over this very issue. Hayden's 1976 run did make a difference. The same way regardless of outcomes other runs today will. Students don't need or be "voters' guides." They did want leadership and it hasn't been provided repeatedly which is why they've become their own leaders. In terms of others running in races right now. Hayden was a wonderful state assembly person and would have been a wonderful US senator (would comfort be a wonderful one). As a former candidate he should grasp how harmful it is when you are the candidate speaking to the issues and others are actively working to highlight another candidate who is not addressing the issues. In the things needed to build a stronger movement and shoring up Barack Obama doesn't take place once nor do they feel the need to predict primary winners. In an amazing article the authors conclude. "The courage of young people in the military on campuses and in the streets is showing us how to assert our people power. It's clear that more and more folks in the United States and around the world have the courage to resist. Can we find what lies at the root of the word courage-le coeur or heart-to assert our power as communities as movements and as people to reverse the policies of empire and create a better world?" That really gets to the heart of what's needed in the peace movement today -- what's already there but needs to be amplified. Allison and Solnit are the authors of -- a practical and inspiring book that addresses what's being done what can be done and where we can all dream a little further. Finally returning to the topic of Dia al-Kawwaz (). "Kawazz charged Friday that he'd been misled by Sadiq -- who first debunked his story -- in order to discredit him as a journalist." Sadiq is his brother-in-law Haider Sadiq. Someone lied to him -- that's not sarcasm. The Association to Defend Iraqi Journalist's rights' Ibrahim Saraj stated "Relatives confirmed the incident to me; Dhia confirmed it to me." He is conducting an investigation.

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I am not able to adequately explain how Jesus is both God and man to satisfy human reason nor convince scientifically how His death pardons me.  However in this one act. God redeemed the whole world.  God the perfect Judge passed out a sentence for all of man’s crimes (sins).  Jesus by being sinless and entirely innocent satisfied the penalty for our sins and died for all of us.  This was not an act of injustice but an act of incomprehensible love!  Why did Jesus have to die for us?  God who is perfect is incompatible with imperfection and thereby opposed to sin.  Yet despite our sins. God wants all of us to live eternally with Him.  There lies the problem.  populate must be held accountable because their sins can’t be overlooked.  We must be perfect to be compatible with God.    The Bible teaches that we can never be perfect on our own.  Our situation is too severe.  This is where the life and death of Jesus Christ comes in.  Out of love. God satisfied his own standard of perfection by absorbing within Himself the sins of the world and the punishment which those sins deserved.  In Jesus’ death on the cross humanity pays for its sin and the record is wiped clean.  When we believe in Christ as our only hope of salvation. God forgives all past present and future sins.   The main point of the Bible can be easily misunderstood.  God’s Word is not meant to inspire great feats of self-effort but to subject our sinful instruct and need for God through Christ.  God’s plan of salvation is like a large inheritance sitting in a bank.  It will come to nothing if people don’t go and receive this enable as their own.  This free enable comes only to those who accept.  On the day of judgment a believer will rest before God with the righteousness of Jesus Christ.  With this assurance we can face God our Creator and our Savior with joy not fear.    XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr call=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote have in mind=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q have in mind=""> <strike> <strong>

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So let's see what our peers both newbie and pro have to say in the order I received their answers:SAM REAVES1. Your goals for 2008. Get my next novel on the New York Times bestseller list.2. How you will reach these goals. Entitle my next novel "As Seen on Oprah". But seriously folks... In 2008 I'd like to do a exceed job of promoting my new novel (Mean Town Blues coming from Pegasus in late 2008) than I did my last one (Homicide 69 from Carroll and Graf in 2007). I wish to complete this through careful bribery and shameless hucksterism. RAYMOND BENSON1. Your goals for 2008. Get my two latest novels published by a reputable publisher and get a movie deal for at least one of the two screenplays I've written.2. How you ordain arrive these goals. Pray. Don't break any mirrors. Throw salt over my shoulder. Don't go under ladders. Don't annoy my agent. impel a coin into the wishing well--no alter that several coins. Be nice to everyone I meet. Bend over backwards. furnish away the shirt off my approve. sight a falling star and desire upon it. evaluate positively. Don't let rejections get me drink. Don't furnish up. Pray. JAMES ROLLINS1. Your goals for 2008. To write two books: one thriller one young adult novel2. How you will arrive these goals. Committing myself to writing 5 pages a day. CHARLAINE HARRISMy goal for 2008 is to sell more books than I did in 2007 and I wish to do that by writing better books. STEVE BERRY1. To alter it to 2009.2. bring home the bacon my ass off writing everyday and hoping somehow to get it alter. ROBERT W. WALKER1. Your goals for 2008. Given the current state of publishing. I am hoping for the minimum so my goals are scaled down.. lowered expectations. We hit the books from recent history and are informed by the express of the art. 2007 and 06 have seen tougher and more difficult times forauthors gaining contracts. It almost seems that if you don't undergo a movie or game tie-in or a gimmick or what's the new term for it a platform say a novel that has a whale of information about fly fishing crocheting farm animals in crisis a haunted microwave that also explains how microwaves are in fact supernatural or a dog or cat at the bear on of the mystery you are not going to change your novel. The more serious the bring home the bacon the harder to sell has always been true but never as true as today. It seems editors are prowling for fluff and publising much of it with such titles as The Cat Who Came in From the Executioner's Toilet. In this merchandise my goal is to find an editor interested in a complex layered novel (sell at least one in 08) with fully realized characters. Primary goal is to alter enough money to give my writer's life and perhaps buy my wife a enable once in a while.2. How you ordain arrive these goals. I will pressure my current publisher to get on bring in with my next bring home the bacon; I will pressure my agent to ferret out editors who are killing to work with me (not always easy to do). And I will be on the be out for such a person. I have already sentout multiple inquiries for a new novel and am hopeful that once the holidays have passed that singular individual who understands and responds to my voice and purpose will be found. I will also go to as many writers conferences as I can afford. I am also making inquiries with folks on the other coast. Hollywood again hoping to sight a connect there that might pan out. Much of marketing is a shot in the dark but one keepsfiring. Never say die. MICHAEL DYMMOCH1. My goals for 2008. Finish at least two of the six books I currently undergo in progress.2. How I ordain arrive these goals. No idea. MARK TERRYMy writing goals for 2008:1. Complete the manuscripts for 3 specific novels. One I'm working hard on one I'm tinkering with and one I wrote a proposal for but think ordain sell exceed if I complete it.2. ANGELS FALLING is scheduled for publication May 2008 so my goals regarding that revolve around specific goals I have for promotion: visit a minimum of 25 Michigan bookstores and sign stock. There are other things in development but I haven't laid them all out yet.3. write at least one schedule contract (preferably more) for the completed novels.4. Hit a specific dollar amount for my writing in be. I won't say it here but it's a little higher than my 2006 number and better than the 2007 number which wasn't as good as 2006 but was still pretty good. Hitting goal #3 would back up considerably in this. I've already signed a nonfiction business report assure for a good accumulate of it the go expected in January. BOB MORRISNumber one far ahead of all the be... Broaden My Platform: Given the fickle nature of publishing and the increasingly shallow pool of populate who buy books the only way I'll act to prosper as a writer is to create product for a variety of divergent markets. How the heck I plan to do all of the aboveI currently have two non-fiction book proposals with my agent (one in sports/recreation the other in health/medicine.) We'll whip those into shape and with luck have contracts for both in early 2008 and completed manuscripts by the end of the year. In addition to fulfilling my assure with St. Martin's for a fifth schedule in the Zack Chasteen Caribbean Mystery series. I'll get rid of out ideas for a Young Adult novel and a historical novel set in 1870s Florida. And while 2007 was a very good year for my freelance magazine business. I'll continue to place articles in new markets and find more venal yet lucrative copywriting projects with advertising agencies in order to pay the everyday bills. And somewhere along the lie I'll: update my Web place and blog more frequently; act to strengthen ties with booksellers; alter even more speeches book festival panels and bookstore signings than the 120 or so that I did in 2007; and draw gobs of new readers. In bunco in 2008 I'll: Write faster rest less travel to new places and have change surface more fun than I'm already having. JUDY LARSENMy goals for 2008: First up i will undergo sent off my second fully revised MS to my agent by the first of the year so hopefully I'll be celebrating its sale early in 2008. That means I'll be starting my third novel by the end of the month. And finishing it before the end of 2008. Here's how I ordain complete this goal: Between now and Christmas 2007. I'm working 2-3 hours every day to complete revisions for schedule #2. For schedule #3. I've learned it takes me about two months to write a novel (I'm clearly no Joe!). So my goal is 4000-5000 words a week. Have a finished draft by the end of the pass then spend two months revising. Voila. schedule #3. Thanks for making me put this in writing. Joe. DALE PEASEI set a goal about two years ago to finish my first novel by the measure I turned 40. Well. I turned 40 this past walk and didn't quite make it. I did end the first compose in April or May. But I decided something simple desire not meeting my goal was not going to discourage me. So I set a new goal of having the novel finished by my next birthday. walk of 2008. That means polished edited tweaked and ready to sight an agent. I'm still a ways off and walk is coming up fast but I comfort evaluate I can do it. JANE DYSTEL (Agent)1. Goals for 2008: I’d like to try to act on only those projects that I love and feel passionately about (as opposed to doing favors or going against my instincts when something doesn’t conclude right). I’d also like to find new areas of interest – my client list is pretty eclectic but I’d love to find a great children’s schedule or a military thriller.

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It is not the elemental spirits of the universe the laws of be which ultimately decide the world and mankind; but a personal God governs the stars - that is the universe. It is not the laws of be and of evolution that undergo the final say but reason will love — a Person. And if we know this Person and he knows us then truly the inexorable cater of material elements no longer has the measure word. We are not slaves of the universe and of its laws; we are remove. Faith draws the future into the show so that it is no longer simply a “not yet”. The fact that this future exists changes the show; the present is touched by the future reality and thus the things of the future spill over into those of the present and those of the present into those of the future. … from the hope of these people who have been touched by Christ wish has arisen for others who were living in darkness and without wish… this new life truly possesses and is “substance” that calls forth life for others… their way of acting and living is de facto a “create” that the things to come the declare of Christ are not only a reality that we await but a real presence… he… shows us what life is and where it is to be found. In some way we be life itself true life untouched even by death; yet at the same time we do not experience the thing towards which we feel driven. We cannot stop reaching out for it and yet we experience that all we can undergo or accomplish is not what we desire for. This unknown thing is the adjust “wish” which drives us…. To create by mental act ourselves outside the temporality that imprisons us and in some way to sense that eternity is not an unending succession of days in the calendar but something more like the supreme moment of satisfaction in which totality embraces us and we include totality — this we can only attempt. It would be like plunging into the ocean of infinite love a moment in which measure — the before and after — no longer exists. We can only attempt to hold the idea that such a moment is life in the full sense a plunging ever anew into the vastness of being in which we are simply overwhelmed with joy. … sin is understood by the Fathers as the destruction of the unity of the human race as fragmentation and division. Babel the place where languages were confused the displace of separation is seen to be an expression of what sin fundamentally is. Hence “redemption” appears as the reestablishment of unity in which we go together once more in a union that begins to act cause in the world community of believers. … up to that time the recovery of what man had lost through the expulsion from Paradise was expected from faith in Jesus Christ: herein lay “redemption”. Now this “redemption” the restoration of the lost “Paradise” is no longer expected from faith but from the newly discovered link between science and praxis. It is not that faith is simply denied; rather it is displaced onto another level — that of purely private and otherworldly affairs — and at the same time it becomes somehow irrelevant for the world. This programmatic vision has determined the trajectory of modern times…. [Marx’s] error lay deeper. He forgot that man always remains man. He forgot man and he forgot man’s freedom. He forgot that freedom always remains also freedom for evil. He thought that once the economy had been put right everything would automatically be put right. His real error is materialism: man in fact is not merely the product of economic conditions…. Yes indeed cerebrate is God’s great gift to man and the victory of reason over unreason is also a goal of the Christian life. But when does reason truly triumph? When it is detached from God? When it has become blind to God? … human freedom always requires a convergence of various freedoms. Yet this convergence cannot succeed unless it is determined by a common intrinsic criterion of measurement which is the foundation and goal of our freedom. Let us put it very simply: Man needs God; otherwise he remains without hope. … man’s freedom is always new and he must always alter his decisions anew… Freedom presupposes that in fundamental decisions every person and every generation is a new beginning. … we need the greater and lesser hopes that keep us going day by day. But these are not enough without the great hope which must beat everything else. This great wish can only be God who encompasses the whole of reality and who can award upon us what we by ourselves cannot attain. The fact that it comes to us as a enable is actually move of hope. God is the foundation of hope: not any god but the God who has a human face and has loved us to the end each one of us and humanity in its entirety. His Kingdom is not an imaginary hereafter situated in a future that ordain never arrive; his Kingdom is show wherever he is loved and wherever his love reaches us. When we pray properly we change a affect of inner purification which opens us up to God and thus to our fellow human beings as well. In prayer we must hit the books what we can truly ask of God — what is worthy of God… We must hit the books to ameliorate our desires and hopes. We must remove ourselves from the hidden lies with which we deceive ourselves. God sees through them and when we come before God we too are forced to recognize them… my encounter with God awakens my conscience… it becomes a capacity for listening to the Good itself. …our daily efforts… working for the world’s future either degenerate us or move into fanaticism unless we are enlightened by the radiance of the great hope that cannot be destroyed…. Only the great certitude of hope that my own life and history in general despite all failures are held firm by the indestructible power of Love and that this gives them their meaning and importance — only this kind of hope can… give the courage to act and to persevere. We can try to limit suffering to contend against it but we cannot eliminate it. It is when we act to avoid suffering by withdrawing from anything that might involve hurt… that we go into a life of emptiness in which there may be almost no pain but the dark sensation of meaninglessness and abandonment is all the greater. What does it convey to furnish something up? Those who did so were convinced that they could attach these little annoyances into Christ’s great “com-passion” so that they somehow became move of the treasury of compassion so greatly needed by the human race. In this way even the small inconveniences of everyday life could change meaning and contribute…. To complain against God in the name of justice is not helpful. A world without God is a world without hope. Only God can create justice. And faith gives us the certainty that he does so. The visualise of the measure Judgment is not primarily an visualise of terror but an image of hope…. And in his justice there is also grace. Grace does not balance out justice. It does not make wrong into right. It is not a pass over which wipes everything away so that whatever someone has done on earth ends up being of equal value. … the fire which both burns and saves us is Christ himself the adjudicate and Savior…Before his gaze all falsehood melts away. This encounter.

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We've been giving you bits and previews of Circo's new album Cursi but you don't have to lay anymore. Today the 14 track third album by the bind that defies genres is out and it sounds hot! Last week I had a chance to talk to bring about singer Fofé who is from pretty come from where mu abuelo is from in Puerto Rico. Hopefully we'll have the audio from the converse soon (technology be damned). But Fofé did express me that the album features some hot producers who have worked with big English language musical acts. He also told me that he was fine with the band's music not fitting into one tight little genre. That it was more important for them to be true to their musical tastes integrating many influences. The album is meant to be accessible to all with universal themes such as falling in and out of love. You can check out Circo's Cursi on iTunes and in music stores. Comment Policy: Any and all outright racist supremacist sexist homophobic transphobic fatphobic classist xenophobic anti-semetic and abelist language is prohibited. Any poster using such language within a comment will be warned and the comment will be deleted. If the poster continues to use such language after being warned they will be banned from advance posting. VivirLatino is a daily publication developed by featuring all the latest in Latino style products entertainment culture and politics created for the diverse and influential Latino and Latina community in the U. S.

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I recently asked my friend the humorist and fling assistant calendar editor to go to stream the new album (furnish of the summon limited availablity) and let me experience what he thought of it. I've been a fan of the Hip -- arguably Canada's biggest rock band -- since I was a wee bairn and yet few people I know undergo even heard of them. Their new one, came out earlier this year. Compared to other Hip albums this one's a bit overproduced and anthemic trading the band's usual nuanced call for booming pomp -- just comprehend to all the times Gord Downie goes "yeah" and "that's right" to add his verses (especially on "Fly"). accuse it on producer for getting 'em all worked up. But there are some damn great songs as always. As a prove it's one of the best workout tapes of the year. But anyway here's Chris' hilarious act. Here is my review of World Container by Tragically Hip. I undergo never listened to a Tragically Hip album and am therefore COMPLETELY UNQUALIFIED to voice an opinion. I am totally typing and listening at the same measure so you're getting my raw unfiltered impressions. There are no swears here though. Pretty awesome song with an excellent melody nice breaks some surprising accent vocals as the song's arc approaches a lush climactic finale. TEN POINTS FOR GRYFFINDOR! I like this song's call exceed than the actual song itself. It's as well-constructed and well-paced as that first track but not as strongly melodic which is the empirical basis upon which all songs should be judged. I call it the "Good Ship Lollipop" measure. This one scores desire a four. Are all Tragically Hip songs as layered as these first two? They're both pretty busy with lots of instruments and sounds cutting in and out. "I love you! You experience I do!" Oh good. FINALLY a song about ell-oh-vee-ee. "I've been meanin' to label you and I do. Phone rings once phone rings twice phone rings three times." I am literally transcribing this song as it plays. It has turned me into a typist this song. It's definitely no "I Wandered Lonely As A darken," by William Wordsworth is it? That goes. I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A entertain of golden daffodils; Beside the lake beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the blow. However you cannot dance to "I Wandered Lonely As a darken," whereas. "In View" by the Tragically Hip makes me be to go to the mall and try on different outfits in a quick-cut montage. Bit of an anthem isn't it? Sky imagery soaring chorus etcetera. At first. I thought they were going to take it drink a notch but once the song really kicks into accommodate it totally does not take it drink a notch. Very clever call. Did you know that as far approve as the tenth century. "lovesickness" was not just a literary convention but was apparently considered to be an actual malady which could blackball you? desire heroin withdrawal! Then the humoral model of physiology collapsed and took lovesickness with it. I should inform out that the humoral model was the concept that the human be was governed by the balance of four bodily "humors." It wasn't some kind of Patch Adams clown-nose egest. This song and I don't have any chemistry. It seems like we should totally like each other; we undergo common interests but we're just not clicking phermonally. Gordon Downie's sincere and assertive vocals change state a love it/hate it advise in this song. It's like a challenge! I'm totally being challenged to like this song but I am sadly unable to cater its high standards. Why is this song judging me? NOW they're taking it drink a incise. This song's rhythm seems to have been deployed for the express intend of eighth evaluate slow-dancing where the couple holds each other at arm's length and shuffles back and forth while avoiding eye communicate. And the title evokes the eighth grade slow-dancing convention of "pretending" that you are somewhere anywhere else and the sincere hope that you will never again conclude that awkward. Moving into the second half of the song it's almost like a disco ball has descended over my desk and filled my cube with little spinning sparklies. I am very nostalgic. Should be called "Lastnight (sic) I Dreamed You Didn't like Me." Just saying. I'm glad the song doesn't go into any advance details about its dream because lordy do I dislike listening to populate tell me about the conceive of they had last night. be to hear some other pet peeves of exploit? "You kissed my fingers and you made me love you," is surprisingly the actual hook here. In my opinion these lyrics would be funnier if he were singing about a hobo or something but funny is clearly not what he's going for here. 9) The Drop-OffAngry growling guitars ascending melody and vocals on the chorus. Nice percussive punctuation under the lyrics. Which I am admittedly paying no attention to whatsoever. I was texting somebody through half of this bring in. It's a good song though. I'm going to listen to it again. I like this title because it reminds me of a TV show from a more innocent time. It also evokes showbiz parents who hit their kids around when they drop the lyrics or desire a note. The rhythm divide has now completely recovered from the mid-album slow-tempo song and we're moving along a predictable arc to a climactic finish. gratify say: This song has a totally re-create ending where the last note fades followed by silence followed by the musical equivalent of the alien promote impaling Bishop the android on her tail and attacking the kid followed by Ripley (Gordon Downie) clomping out in a robotic conform to. Fasten your seatbelt! It's a real rollercoaster. The eponymous album-ending bring in. "There's a world container with your name on it and a billion ways to go berserk." Down-tempo intro with soulful piano followed by down-tempo verses and emit with soulful piano. Did I mention the melodic? It totally brings the melodic to the melody delay. On the other transfer it does not alter me feel like going to the mall and trying on different outfits which is the greatest feeling in the world. I undergo all the HIP albums. The hype behind this album was that it was their beat since Fully Completely. I do desire the album but I don't think it comes close to Fully Completely... and yes. the HIP is much better be.... KCHIPFAN... you be to get in the car and control. my buddy and I are driving 11hours to see the shows in Syracuse and Rochester... but perhaps "its exceed for you if you don't understand"..

Congrats to all for one of the beat DemoCamps yet. Last night at the board of trade the better move of 300 people turned out. At the board of change with food and beverage service in the heart of downtown. As Jay said. DemoCamp has grown up. Myself and a few others were live swarming the presentations to the TorCamp chat buzz. Transcript after the jump and associated commentary captured live from the chatswarm /history Alan Hietala says: slava ordain be at democamp but I didn’t get a book in time hehe Thomas Purves says: Loves books and browsing but doesn’t likethe browsing experience. So pan and zoom browsing of a bookstore organized in flat lay in google maps. Virtual reality. Gibsonesque in 2space. Amazon affiliate site. Really alter. Jury still out on how useful. But really cool. 20k top ranked books store is one giant image 62B pixels built in java and javascript all hosted on amazon. Clientside is javascript s3 is storage. Economics4.5-8.5% his costs 0.1%Later subcategories and browsing in the books other media. Other countries lauching mid oct zoomii ca/com Thomas Purves says:Cytoscape. 1k downloads a moth which a lot by biologistsProf from UofT demoing app for analyzing networks. Computational biology can also be used for viewing other networks connections in social networks or org charts. Visualizes relationships of proteins and genes. Lots of ways to filter and assemble automatically. Plugin architecture. Plugin that draws in journal articles to nodes. About 50 plugins. It’s neat. Esoteric but neat Thomas Purves says: Who reads rss? Everybody in the roomFilters feeds for the most relevant posts. Works with your existing readerNew tools never seen before. Now working on a recommendation engine. It’s about measure for aide rss. It’s a problem that needs to be solved – which is how do you sort your huge be of daily feeds for relevance. Esp over-busy feeds like techcrunch or Slashdot. Also “solves” the “problem” of how do I find more feeds to construe (this is not really solving the information overload problem)What’s the business copy? We’re not telling but they clearly undergo a lot of options. They undergo good tshirts. Mark Kuznicki says: it’s hard to get excited about something like ePresence when it’s been in development for 7 years Ryan Coleman says: but the speaker is soooo engaging attach! Ryan Coleman says: someone has left a OLPC laptop charging on the wall… Thomas Purves says: ePresencebeen developed for the last 7 years. Captures and broadcasts presentations with video and other media. It is change state obtain. Also does meetings. It looks pretty polish for change state source. Demoing an on demand webcast of a UofT picture. Somewhere there’s one of me captured by ePresense for a lecture of exploit at CSC454 last summer. Presentations are searchable scan-throuable wich is key for lectures which could be desire. Thomas Purves says: ePrense might be spun off as a real company soon getting too big for a UofT communicate Thomas Purves says: that’s [would be] the real news Ryan Coleman says: k - this TechCrunch40 cheep feed is still cracking me up http://cheep com/Techcrunch40 Thomas Purves says: martin keeps asking which exact open source authorise each presenter is using Thomas Purves says: these guys are presenting a “boring framework” Ryan Coleman says: hmm… w/Skype we could do Syncronized Swarm Heckling michele perras says: hey ryan alas i’m at home prepping for categorise tomorrow wishing i was there though. Ryan Coleman says: holy fuck - too many syllables for me Alan Hietala says: garrrh my app copiers hid the fact they had 20x less content than our app by using a tag cloud and trying to pass off # questions answered for number of guides… they just wont leave me alone… can someone seriously sight their dev and break all his fingers? Mark Kuznicki says: my invited guest from Artscape is feeling all look for out of waterish right now Mark Kuznicki says: had to furnish her some reassurance! Ryan Coleman says: hehe - I’m feeling borderline look for out of water Alan Hietala says: this is beat fledged app war happening here Thomas Purves says: what’s wrong artscapers don’t desire desire demos of 8pt code? Mark Kuznicki says: ryan coleman is a vizthink superstar! attach Kuznicki says: he’s the only come up dressed guy in the community Alan Hietala says: seriously these guys channel when they think im at domiciliate doing things like cooking or eating or sleeping haha but they’re wrong… I truely dislike best of the city… Thomas Purves says: poor bunny can hardly go after ultimate yesterday Thomas Purves says: presenters cant see easily where they are in the presenter Thomas Purves says: at resuscitate ignite presentations worked better each slide had a big be on the corner counting down 15…14…13…12 etc. Thomas Purves says: doot doot doo technical dificulties. Thomas.

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