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Issu
e 20
EEDDIITTOORRIIAALL
Mothe
ring S
unda
y is a
very
contr
over
sial e
vent.
For
those
who
hav
e los
t the
ir mo
thers,
it is
an
insen
si-tiv
e an
d cru
el re
mind
er o
f som
eone
they
miss
; for
those
who
have
moth
ers,
but a
re no
t on g
ood t
erms
with
them,
Moth
er’s
Day c
an co
njure
up
feelin
gs o
fgu
ilt; fo
r tho
se w
ho h
ave
been
foste
red
out o
r hav
ead
optiv
e par
ents,
this
could
be a
mome
nt wh
en th
eyre
flect
on th
eir re
al mo
ther;
for th
ose w
ho ha
ve be
entre
ated c
ruell
y by t
heir m
other
s, thi
s cou
ld be
a tim
ewh
en th
ey fe
el an
ger a
nd re
sentm
ent.
Wha
t I a
mtry
ing to
say
is th
at Mo
ther’s
Day
doe
s no
t nec
es-
sarily
con
jure
up n
ice m
emor
ies o
r ima
ges
of lov
ean
d the
givi
ng o
f nice
gifts
- so
metim
es th
e em
o-tio
ns fe
lt ar
e ha
tred,
disgu
st, a
nger,
frus
tratio
n an
dre
sentm
ent.
Why
is s
o mu
ch im
porta
nce
place
d on
Moth
er’s
Day?
I g
uess
it is
a re
flecti
on o
f how
thing
s ar
etod
ay –
child
ren
are
so b
usy,
caug
ht up
doin
g the
irow
n thin
g, liv
ing th
eir ow
n live
s, tha
t they
don’t
have
time t
o dem
onstr
ate ho
w the
y fee
l abo
ut the
ir moth
-er
s, so
a d
ay s
et as
ide o
nce
a ye
ar s
erve
s as
are
mind
er of
their
moth
er’s
gift o
f life
to the
m. A
sep-
arate
day
is s
et as
ide to
hon
our f
ather
s - I
am
not
sure
why
they
don
’t ma
ke o
ne d
ay o
f it, a
nd ca
ll it
Pare
nts D
ay?
Mothe
ring
Sund
ay a
s we
all k
now,
sew
s the
see
dsof
cynic
ism b
ecau
se o
f its
comm
ercia
lism
- it
is a
mass
ive m
oney
mak
ing sc
heme
for r
etaile
rs, w
here
the p
rices
of f
lower
s trip
le, a
s do
the p
rices
of o
ther
popu
lar g
ifts.
Resta
uran
ts ma
ke a
killin
g by
putt
ingon
a M
other
’s Da
y sp
read
, fee
ding
into
the g
uilt o
ftho
se w
ho h
ave
not s
pent
as m
uch
time
with
their
mothe
r as
they
would
hav
e lik
ed to
. Mo
ther’s
Day
force
s man
y to t
hink,
I had
bette
r do s
ometh
ing sp
e-cia
l - s
uppo
sing
my m
other
dies
sud
denly
, or s
up-
1
posin
g sh
e is
diagn
osed
with
a te
rmina
l illne
ss, a
ndso
for t
his on
e day
, man
y mak
e an e
ffort
to do
some
-thi
ng s
pecia
l to
indica
te ho
w mu
ch th
ey lo
ve th
eirmo
thers.
My m
other
will
be in
hos
pital
on M
other
’Day
. I u
su-
ally
give
or s
end
my m
other
flow
ers
perio
dicall
ythr
ough
out th
e yea
r bec
ause
she l
oves
them
, but
she
is no
t allo
wed f
lower
s in h
ospit
al. M
y chil
dren
will
not
call m
e up
and
tell m
e ho
w mu
ch th
ey lo
ve m
e, no
rwi
ll the
y bu
y me
flow
ers
beca
use
they
show
their
love f
or m
e in d
iffere
nt wa
ys. S
o whe
n my f
riend
s tell
me e
nthus
iastic
ally
that t
heir
daug
hters
are
taking
them
out fo
r dinn
er an
d ask
me w
hat a
re m
y chil
dren
doing
for m
e, I s
ave
brav
ely “n
othing
” - I
may
get a
text s
aying
“Hap
py M
other
’s Da
y” an
d I m
ay n
ot, I
don’t
nee
d ma
terial
pro
of of
their
love.
The h
istor
y of M
other
’s Da
y is c
entur
ies ol
d and
goes
back
to th
e tim
es of
ancie
nt Gr
eeks
, who
held
festiv
-itie
s to
hono
ur R
hea,
the m
other
of t
he g
ods.
The
early
Chr
istian
s ce
lebra
ted th
e Mo
ther’s
festi
val o
nthe
four
th Su
nday
of L
ent t
o ho
nour
Mar
y, the
moth
-er
of C
hrist
. Late
r on,
beca
use
of the
inter
venti
on o
fan
Ame
rican
wom
an ca
lled A
nna J
arvis
, in 19
07 w
hoce
lebra
ted t
he w
ay h
er m
other
rais
ed t
he f
amily
alone
, Moth
ering
Sun
day i
s now
celeb
rated
thro
ugh-
out t
he w
orld
to inc
lude
all m
other
s.
The
web
defin
ition
of a
mothe
r is
“a fe
male
perso
nwh
o is
preg
nant
with,
or g
ives
birth
to a
child
or a
female
per
son
whos
e eg
g un
ites
with
a sp
erm,
resu
lting
in the
conc
eptio
n of
a ch
ild”
Howe
ver,
not
ever
y wom
an w
ho g
ives b
irth to
a ch
ild d
eser
ves t
obe
a m
other,
simi
larly
not e
very
man
who
biolog
ical-
ly pr
oduc
es a
child
des
erve
s to
be ca
lled
a fat
her.
Itis
the m
other
’s ro
le to
ensu
re he
r offs
pring
feels
safe,
secu
re a
nd lo
ved.
If s
he fa
ils to
pro
tect h
er c
hild
from
harm
and
doe
s no
t allo
w the
fathe
r to
prote
ctthe
child
, it le
ads t
o man
y of th
e emo
tions
cited
at th
ebe
ginnin
g of
this e
ditor
ial.
Love
of a
moth
er (l
ike th
at of
a hu
sban
d) is
end
ur-
ing..
‘thro
ugh
sickn
ess a
nd in
hea
lth’.
Mothe
r’s D
aysh
ould
be d
eser
ved,
and
not a
guil
t-ridd
en r
itual.
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YMO
THER
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No.
1751
–190
9T
his
is a
n O
nlin
e P
ublic
atio
n O
nly
2
Th
e C
ruci
fixi
on
It i
s th
e ti
me
ofye
arw
hen
we
are
rem
inde
dab
out
the
cruc
ifixi
on o
fC
hris
t.M
any
ofus
won
der
wha
t ha
s th
ecr
ucifi
xion
of
Chri
st g
otto
do
wit
h us
now
?
Wel
l,if
trut
h be
kno
wn,
we
ofte
n he
ar o
fpe
ople
bei
ng t
reat
ed s
avag
e-ly
,so
for
the
Cru
cifix
ion
to
have
rel
evan
ceto
day,
we
shou
ld k
now
tha
t th
e ve
rb ‘c
ruci
fy’
has
thre
e m
eani
ngs:
1) T
o ki
ll by
nai
ling
onth
e cr
oss;
to e
xecu
te o
r pu
t to
dea
th;
2) T
otr
eat
crue
lly,
torm
ent,
and
3) T
o cr
itic
ise
hars
hly
or v
iole
ntly
.T
he l
atte
r tw
o de
fini-
tion
s ar
e qu
ite
liber
al
defi
niti
ons,
but
none
thel
ess,
it h
elps
us
to w
iden
our
per
spec
-ti
ve.
Ear
lier
this
mon
th,f
our
boys
‘cru
cifie
d’a
16 y
ear
old
as p
art
ofa
drug
deb
t,by
tor
-tu
ring
him
for
5 ho
urs
wit
h bo
iling
wat
er a
nda
hot i
ron
and
a 16
yea
r old
,tor
ture
d a
65 d
is-
able
d m
an t
o de
ath.
We
ofte
n he
ar o
fpo
lice
men
acin
g ou
r yo
ung
blac
k bo
ys -
tau
ntin
gth
em t
o pr
ovok
e a
reac
tion
,so
the
y ca
n be
‘cru
cifie
d’in
its
man
y fo
rms
once
beh
ind
bars
.The
se in
cide
nts
cann
ot b
e pa
ralle
lled
toth
e cr
ucifi
xion
of
Chri
st,
but
unde
rsta
ndin
g
the
reas
on
behi
nd
the
cruc
ifix
ion
shou
lden
cour
age
empa
thy.
Imag
ine
wha
t it m
ust b
elik
e to
be
cruc
ified
for
som
ethi
ng y
ou h
aven
’tdo
ne -
to
die
for
the
sins
of
othe
rs.
I kn
owho
w p
eeve
d I
get w
hen
I am
acc
used
of
som
e-th
ing
Iha
ven’
t do
ne.
I ge
t so
rile
d up
,I s
tart
hype
rven
tila
ting
.I
coul
dn’t
im
agin
e fa
cing
deat
h fo
r so
met
hing
som
eone
els
e ha
s do
ne!
Hop
eful
ly,
my
poem
‘th
e Cr
ucifi
xion
’w
illre
min
d yo
u of
mom
ents
whe
n yo
u ha
ve f
elt
negl
ecte
d,be
tray
ed,
lone
ly,
frus
trat
ed,
ill-
trea
ted,
wro
ngly
acc
used
,et
c.O
r m
aybe
it
can
help
you
ide
ntify
wit
h in
noce
nt v
icti
ms
and
thos
e no
t so
inn
ocen
t,bu
t w
here
the
puni
shm
ent
exce
eds
the
crim
e.
3
TH
E C
RU
CIF
IXIO
N(W
ritt
en b
y M
yrna
Loy
)
“It
was
hor
ribl
e kn
owin
gth
at I
wou
ld s
oon
be g
oing
to b
e cr
ucifi
ed.
How
I ra
tiona
lised
.
Just
to
thin
k,it
wou
ld b
eon
e of
my
disc
iple
s w
ho w
ould
bet
ray
me!
My
Fath
er w
ould
not
eve
n gi
ve m
e a
sign
so t
hat
I cou
ld p
reco
ncei
vew
hat
the
betr
ayer
’s de
sign
mig
ht b
e..
But
I gue
ss..
he k
now
s be
st.
May
be if
I kn
ew..
I wou
ld r
un..
befo
re m
y ca
ptur
e ha
d be
gun.
But
it w
as p
roph
esie
d..
and
I hav
e to
rea
lise
that
thi
s is
the
end
for
me.
Fath
er! W
ill I
be a
ble
to e
ndur
e a
pain
that
will
be
infli
cted
on
me
agai
n an
d ag
ain?
Can
you
not
cre
ate
som
e m
irac
leth
at w
ill a
naes
thet
ise
my
bein
g..
so t
hat
peop
le s
eein
g..
will
not
kno
w t
hat
I am
feig
ning
dea
th?
I am
so
afra
id,F
athe
r..W
hy s
houl
d I b
e th
e on
e w
ho h
as t
o su
ffer..
Why
not
the
thi
ef a
nd t
he m
urde
rer?
Yet
I sho
uld
not
ques
tion
your
mot
ives
..be
caus
e m
y de
ath
will
cau
se o
ther
s to
live
.
I can
see
it a
ll no
w..
The
y w
ill a
ll ra
lly r
ound
and
mar
vel w
ith m
orbi
d cu
rios
ity..
At
the
Prin
ce o
f Pea
ce..
Cru
cifie
d on
a t
ree.
And
the
nex
t ge
nera
tion
will
cau
se a
sen
satio
n an
d sa
y:“W
ho w
as H
e..
Who
was
cru
cifie
d on
the
cro
ss fo
r m
e?”
And
I w
ill w
atch
the
mfr
om m
y se
at in
hea
ven,
know
ing
that
my
prop
hecy
will
be
enac
ted
by s
omeo
ne e
lse
pret
endi
ng t
o be
me.
Fath
er..
don’
t be
ang
ry..
You
mad
e m
e hu
man
like
eve
ryon
e el
se..
and
it is
my
hum
an s
elf
who
is fe
elin
g af
raid
..an
d in
tor
men
t,be
caus
e I k
now
I m
ust
prep
are
to d
ie!
I hav
e ac
cept
ed y
our
deci
sion
,bu
t it
is t
he a
ntic
ipat
ion
that
is m
akin
g m
e af
raid
.
Look
at
my
follo
wer
sas
leep
on
the
cam
pus!
The
y kn
ow I
am g
oing
to
die
and
yet
look
at
thei
r ey
es..
clos
ed in
sle
ep..
Wha
t pr
eten
ce!
It m
akes
no
sens
eto
die
for
peop
le s
uch
as t
hese
!
No
supp
ort
in m
y fin
al h
our
and
ther
e is
a t
raito
r am
ongs
t th
em..
and
anot
her
who
will
den
y m
eby
the
tim
e th
e co
ck c
row
s th
ree,
in o
rder
to
free
him
self
of t
he h
ostil
ityhe
will
rec
eive
if p
eopl
e kn
ow
he b
elie
ves
in m
e...
I am
abo
ut t
o di
e..
and
yet
they
sle
ep li
ke b
abie
s,W
hile
I am
wai
ting.
.to
be
cruc
ified
!
The
re is
a lu
mp
in m
y th
roat
that
is d
isgu
ised
by
my
cloa
k..
Oh
Fath
er! w
hen
will
thi
s to
rtur
e en
d?A
nd lo
ok a
t Ju
das,
kiss
ing
my
chee
k,pr
eten
ding
to
be m
y fr
iend
...
Tha
t’s r
ight
..yo
ur li
ght
has
gone
out
!
4
Oh
God
! Li
sten
to
peop
le ju
mp
and
shou
tat
the
ant
icip
ated
dea
th o
f me.
I dre
ad t
o th
ink
of a
pun
ishm
ent
Tha
t m
y Fa
ther
will
see
fit
to im
pose
on
you.
You,
Juda
s..c
ould
n’t
care
less
..fo
r a
few
pen
ce,y
ou b
etra
yed
me.
You
will
ete
rnal
ly b
urn.
.It
will
soo
n be
your
tur
nTo
feel
a p
ain
whi
ch w
ill fe
el m
ore
real
to y
ou,t
han
it w
as fo
r m
e.
I can
’t ta
ke it
no
mor
e..
The
re a
re s
tart
ing
to b
ore
the
nails
in t
he p
alm
of m
y ha
nds.
.A
nd h
ow t
hey
all l
ook
as t
hey
bore
the
nai
ls in
my
foot
,U
nem
otio
nal t
hey
all s
tand
..
Oh
Fath
er! T
hey
are
hurt
ing
me,
and
trea
ting
me
so t
reac
hero
usly.
.H
ow lo
ng w
ill t
his
torm
ent
be?
Thi
s is
all
so a
bsur
d..
Aaa
rgh!
I h
ave
been
sta
bbed
with
a s
wor
d..
And
the
y’re
mak
ing
a m
ocke
ry o
f me.
The
pai
n in
the
wou
ndre
info
rces
the
doo
m..
that
sur
roun
ds e
very
par
t of
me.
..an
d th
e vi
nega
r th
ey s
plas
hin
the
cut
tha
t th
ey’v
e sl
ashe
dis
now
hur
ting
ince
ssen
tly.
The
y ar
e pu
ttin
g on
a c
row
n..
and
they
are
forc
ing
it do
wn.
.so
tha
t th
e th
orns
de
lve
deep
in m
y he
ad..
And
now
the
sol
dier
s ar
e sc
offin
gan
d th
e pe
ople
are
laug
hing
at t
he w
ay m
y he
ad s
tart
s to
ble
ed...”
“Com
e do
wn
from
the
cro
ssIf
you’
re Je
sus
Chr
ist..
Show
us
a m
irac
le o
r tw
o..
You
rais
e pe
ople
from
the
dea
d..
You
tell
them
to
rise
from
the
ir b
ed..
Show
us
wha
t el
se y
ou c
an d
o!”
“I c
an’t
carr
y on
..it
..is
..as
thou
gh..
my..
sens
es..
have
....g
one.
..A
..se
lf..i
nflic
t..ed
..de
..tac
hmen
t..of
suf
feri
ng..
..an
d...
long
ing.
..fo
r de
ath.
.I l
ook
up...
at ..
the.
.sky
...an
d..w
onde
r...w
hy..
I...h
ad...
.to.
....d
ie...
.St
ill...
hopi
ng...
as...
.I..
.d
r a
w ..
.m
y ..
..l a
s t
...
...b
r e
a t
h”
5
DID
Y
OU
K
NO
W..
.
We
com
plai
n ab
out
the
cros
s we
bea
rbu
t do
n’t r
ealiz
eit
is p
repa
ring
us
for
the
dip
in t
he r
oad
that
God
can
see
and
we c
an’t.
Wha
teve
r yo
ur c
ross
, wha
teve
r yo
ur p
ain,
ther
e wi
ll al
ways
be
suns
hine
, aft
er t
he r
ain.
...
Perh
aps
you
may
stu
mbl
e, p
erha
ps e
ven
fall;
But
God’
s al
ways
rea
dy, t
o an
swer
you
r ca
ll....
He
know
s ev
ery
hear
tach
e, s
ees
ever
y te
ar,
a wo
rd f
rom
His
lips
, can
cal
m e
very
fea
r...
Your
sor
rows
may
ling
er, t
hrou
ghou
t th
e ni
ght,
But
sudd
enly
van
ish,
daw
n’s e
arly
ligh
t...
The
Savi
or is
wai
ting
, som
ewhe
re a
bove
,to
giv
e yo
u H
is g
race
, and
sen
d yo
u H
is lo
ve...
God
pro
mis
es a
saf
e la
ndi
ng,
not
aca
lm p
assa
ge
and
you
ques
tion
God
-’w
hy m
e?’..
alwa
ys lo
ok a
t th
e bi
gger
pic
ture
.....
Ada
y w
ithou
t the
Lor
d-
Is a
day
was
ted.
Talk
in’B
lues
...(a
Rel
atio
nshi
p Fo
rum
for
Men
& W
omen
)
Talk
in’B
lues
is a
rela
tions
hip
foru
m w
here
adu
lts ta
lkfr
eely
abo
ut i
ssue
s af
fect
ing
them
in
rela
tions
hips
.Th
e la
unch
was
suc
cess
ful a
nd w
ell-a
ttend
ed
Loy
and
Stap
leto
n ag
reed
that
unm
et n
eeds
are
cau
s-in
g br
eak-
up a
nd fr
ustra
tion
– m
any
do n
ot k
now
wha
tis
exp
ecte
d of
them
with
in a
rela
tions
hip,
whi
le o
ther
sfe
el u
nabl
e to
tal
k fr
eely
and
ope
nly
with
par
tner
s,ab
out c
erta
in th
ings
that
bot
her t
hem
.
Talk
in’
Blu
esw
ill b
e a
foru
m w
here
Loy
and
Stap
leto
n w
ill p
rese
nt d
iffer
ent r
elat
ions
hip
topi
cs a
ndpa
rtici
pant
s ca
n as
k qu
estio
ns, r
aise
con
cern
s or
just
liste
n. T
he fo
rum
will
be
open
to a
nyon
e ov
er 1
8, w
how
ants
to
feel
saf
e to
dis
cuss
cha
lleng
es i
n a
plac
ew
here
ther
e ar
e ot
hers
exp
erie
ncin
g si
mila
r situ
atio
ns.
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foru
m w
ill t
ake
plac
e at
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anti
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se,
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on L
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lluussiioonn
Ther
e is
not
hing
of s
ubst
ance
abo
ut G
eorg
e W
.B
ush
II,
the
form
er P
resi
dent
of
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es O
f Am
eric
a vi
a th
e U
.S. S
upre
me
Cou
rt.In
194
7, R
ussi
a’s
Zhad
anov
lai
d do
wn
the
prin
cipl
e th
at “
All
thos
e w
ho a
re n
ot w
ith u
sar
e ag
ains
t us”
, whi
ch u
sher
ed in
the
infa
mou
sC
old
War
then
bet
wee
n Ea
st a
nd W
est.
One
of
the
impe
ndin
g fa
ctor
s in
the
Mid
dle
East
of
1947
, bet
wee
n th
e U
nite
d St
ates
and
the
Sovi
etU
nion
was
the
esta
blis
hmen
t of a
Jew
ish
Stat
ein
Pal
estin
e by
par
titio
n w
hich
initi
ally
was
not
favo
ured
by
G
reat
B
ritai
n.
Th
e B
ritis
hG
over
nmen
t re
sent
ed t
he A
mer
ican
s ag
gres
-si
vene
ss a
nd in
fluen
ce in
the
Mid
dle
East
. Th
eB
ritis
h H
igh
Com
mis
sion
clo
sed
its d
oor
imm
edia
tely
and
eva
cuat
ed it
s tro
ops
in 1
948.
In i
ts m
ove
of a
id,
the
U.S
. G
over
nmen
tth
roug
h an
op
erat
ion
of
the
Ban
k of
Was
hing
ton
Expo
rt-Im
port
gran
ted
a lo
ng-te
rmlo
an o
f 100
mill
ion
dolla
rs to
the
new
ly c
reat
-ed
Jew
ish
Stat
e.
Dur
ing
the
1950
-52
Mid
dle
East
wra
nglin
g fo
r su
prem
acy,
Ben
Gur
ion
mad
e hi
s be
d w
ith
the
Uni
ted
Stat
esG
over
nmen
t. H
e of
fere
d m
ilita
ry a
n al
lianc
ew
hich
wou
ld g
ive
them
a k
ey i
nter
est
in t
heex
iste
nce
of I
srae
l. T
he U
nite
d St
ates
wer
egi
ven
carte
bla
nche
whi
ch g
uara
ntee
d Is
rael
tota
l pr
otec
tion
from
all
its A
rab
neig
hbou
rs.
Sinc
e th
en, c
ount
less
war
s and
incu
rsio
ns h
ave
happ
ened
bet
wee
n Is
rael
and
all
the
Ara
bsar
ound
them
.
The
earli
est r
ight
-win
g ex
trem
ist J
ewis
h Irg
unan
d Le
hi g
roup
s ca
rrie
d ou
t num
erou
s de
adly
atta
cks
on S
yria
, Leb
anon
, Egy
pt, a
nd J
orda
n.Th
ere
was
one
inst
ance
whe
n an
Isr
aeli
com
-m
ando
par
ty s
yste
mat
ical
ly m
assa
cred
all
254
6
Writt
en b
y Khu
mbala
ni
7
men
, wom
en, a
nd c
hild
ren
in a
n A
rab
villa
geof
Dei
r Ya
ssin
with
ful
l kn
owle
dge
of t
heU
nite
d N
atio
ns a
fter
the
fact
. O
ver
the
year
sth
e A
rabs
hav
e sh
own
cons
iste
ncy
of in
cohe
-si
vene
ss a
s to
wha
t ar
e th
eir
colle
ctiv
e go
als
and
obje
ctiv
es
for
peac
e an
d pr
ospe
rity
amon
gst
them
selv
es b
efor
e th
ey c
an e
ven
coex
ist w
ith th
eir Z
ions
t nei
ghbo
ur.
Wha
t the
Uni
ted
Stat
es a
nd t
he r
est
of t
he w
orld
mus
tun
ders
tand
, is
that
a Z
ioni
st S
tate
can
not e
xist
tota
lity
with
out
the
exis
tenc
e of
a P
ales
tinia
nSt
ate
with
its
ow
n el
ecte
d go
vern
men
t an
das
sure
d au
tono
my.
The
nam
e “Z
ioni
sm”
has
acqu
ired
a di
sgus
ted
mea
ning
to
the
Ara
bs t
hrou
ghou
t th
e M
iddl
eEa
st, w
hich
in it
self
eman
ate
evil-
like
colo
nial
-is
m d
omin
atio
n. I
srae
l is s
een
as a
n ag
gres
sive
mod
ern
day
conq
uero
r w
ith a
n ev
il ey
e fo
rA
rab
land
s. H
ow c
an y
ou p
ursu
e pe
ace
with
the
Pale
stin
ians
by
unde
rmin
ing
thei
r el
ecte
dPa
rliam
ent,
assa
ssin
atio
n of
lea
ders
, w
anto
nki
lling
of P
ales
tinia
n ch
ildre
n un
der t
he p
rete
xtof
sel
f-pr
eser
vatio
n?
Yass
er A
rafa
t w
as v
ili-
fied
by s
ucce
ssiv
e Is
rael
i go
vern
men
t an
dba
cked
by
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es a
s a
hind
eran
ce to
mea
ning
ful
peac
e ne
gotia
tions
. W
ell
afte
rA
rafa
t, it
is n
ow th
e H
amas
who
are
a g
reat
erth
reat
to
Isra
el s
ecur
ity a
nd s
tabi
lity
in t
here
gion
. T
his
slei
ght-o
f-ha
nd g
ame
by t
heIs
rael
i ca
n fo
ol n
o se
nsib
le o
nloo
ker
as t
oex
actly
wha
t his
thei
r re
al in
tent
ion
but t
o se
tth
emse
lves
up
as a
sup
rem
e ru
ler
over
the
entir
e A
rab
wor
ld.
The
ir co
mat
ose
Arie
lSh
aron
, th
e bu
tche
r w
hose
onf
amou
s “U
nit
101”
mur
dere
d co
untle
ss A
rabs
on
the
pret
ext
of r
epris
als
agai
nst P
laes
tinia
ns a
ttack
s in
side
Isra
el s
ettle
men
ts b
elie
d th
e re
al u
nder
belly
of
his r
uthl
essn
ess.
Sha
ron
was
the
co-f
ound
er o
fth
e R
ight
win
g Li
kud
Party
with
the
lat
eM
enac
hem
Beg
in, S
haro
n al
so s
hare
d B
egin
’svi
sion
of a
bib
lical
ow
ners
hip
by Is
rael
of b
oth
side
s of
the
Jord
an ri
ver.
The
inte
nsity
of
Jew
ish
settl
emen
t un
der
Shar
on’s
reg
ime
and
now
und
er i
ts c
urre
ntle
ader
s will
nev
er a
ccom
mod
ate
any
real
pea
ce
and
self-
gove
rnm
ent
for
the
Pale
stin
ians
,Sh
aron
’s la
st ‘w
ill a
nd te
stam
ent’
will
serv
e al
lfu
ture
pol
icie
s by
the
Zion
ist S
tate
in fu
lfilli
ngto
tal c
ontro
l of P
ales
tine
by a
ny m
eans
nec
es-
sary
. Is
rael
out
rage
of A
rab
free
dom
fig
hter
sbe
en c
alle
d te
rror
ist i
s a
delu
sion
of t
heir
past
and
pres
ent
cove
rt ac
tions
. I
srae
l fo
r ye
ars
thro
ugh
its
Secr
et
Serv
ice
has
mur
dere
dac
tivis
t and
offi
cial
s of
the
Pale
stin
ians
as
far
back
as
1972
. E
xplo
sive
pla
ced
in G
hass
anK
anaf
ani’s
car
kill
ed b
oth
him
and
his
you
ngni
ece
in J
uly
1972
in B
eiru
t. A
sked
the
Isra
eli
abou
t th
e in
trodu
ctio
n of
let
ter
bom
bs a
ndde
adly
poi
son
it us
ed o
ver
the
year
s ag
ains
tth
ese
peop
le.
Whe
neve
r th
e Pa
lest
inia
ns r
etal
iate
the
y ar
esh
own
to th
e w
orld
as t
erro
rist t
hrou
gh th
e ey
esof
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es a
nd it
s la
ckey
s. It
is c
lear
as p
ure
crys
tal w
ater
that
the
Isra
eli o
ccup
atio
nof
the
Wes
t B
ank
and
Gaz
a St
rip i
s a
con-
tent
ion
that
will
not
go
away
. W
ashi
ngto
nam
biva
lenc
e on
ly e
ncou
rage
s Is
rael
to c
ircum
-ve
nt a
ll av
enue
s fo
r a
peac
eful
sol
utio
n.A
bsen
tee
Ara
b la
nd o
wne
rs o
f vas
t hec
tare
s of
land
s si
nce
the
1967
Ara
b-Is
rael
i w
ar w
hose
nam
es a
re o
n Zi
onis
t Pol
ice
regi
ster
s ar
e pr
e-ve
nted
fro
m r
etur
ning
to th
eir
right
ful p
rope
r-ty
. T
he I
srae
li ha
ve i
nstit
uted
col
oniz
atio
nof
fice
in t
he W
est
Ban
k, J
erus
alem
, G
olan
Hei
ghts
, G
aza
Strip
, R
afah
, an
d Si
nai.
For
deca
des
Pale
stin
ians
hav
e be
en s
catte
red
inre
fuge
e ca
mps
all
over
the
Mid
dle
East
una
ble
to re
turn
to th
eir r
ight
ful h
ome,
und
er h
orrib
leco
nditi
ons
and
the
Uni
ted
Nat
ion
seem
to
beem
ascu
late
d on
the
issu
e, in
clud
ing
the
Hum
anR
ight
s w
atch
dog.
I am
fully
con
vinc
ed th
at th
is b
ehav
iour
by
all
8
the
key
whi
te c
ount
ries
of th
is p
eace
initi
ativ
eis
to
cons
pire
aga
inst
all
ethn
ic r
aces
out
side
the
Ang
lo-S
axon
cul
ture
. Th
e A
rabs
and
the
Afr
ican
s sh
are
a co
mm
on g
ene,
we
mis
trust
our
owns
elve
s an
d o
ur le
ader
ship
hav
e be
enal
way
s de
stru
ctiv
e to
the
peo
ple
who
gav
eth
em p
ower
. Jus
t pee
k in
side
all
Afr
ican
lead
-er
ship
and
you
will
dis
cove
r the
und
erbe
lly o
fce
ntur
ies
field
sla
ve v
s ho
use
slav
es m
enta
lity.
Har
ry S
. Tr
uman
, th
e 33
rdPr
esid
ent
of t
heU
nite
d St
ates
in a
194
7 di
ary
that
was
dis
cov-
ered
in h
is p
resi
dent
ial l
ibra
ry, w
rote
that
the
Jew
s of
ten
expe
ct ‘
spec
ial
treat
men
t’an
d do
not
care
how
man
y ot
her
ethn
ic g
roup
s ge
tm
urde
red
or m
istre
ated
. Q
uite
fran
kly
ther
e is
trem
endo
us a
ccur
acy
to th
is re
cord
ed o
bser
va-
tion
sinc
e es
tabl
ishm
ent
of t
his
Zion
ist
Stat
e.Th
e W
est h
as c
erta
inly
giv
en th
e Is
rael
i eve
rypo
ssib
le r
esou
rce
to s
ubje
ct th
e A
rabs
to s
ub-
hum
an a
nd r
epre
ssiv
e in
curs
ion
on t
errit
oria
lrig
hts.
The
trut
h th
at is
not
k
now
n to
mos
tfu
ndam
enta
list
disc
iple
s of
the
Kin
g Ja
mes
Bib
le, i
s th
at th
e Je
ws
of P
ales
tine
reso
rted
toex
trem
e ac
ts o
f te
rror
ism
to
driv
e th
e B
ritis
hou
t of t
he M
iddl
e Ea
st.
It is
abs
olut
ely
illog
i-ca
l an
d tw
iste
d re
ason
ing
whe
n th
e Is
rael
iA
rmy
mur
dere
d Pa
lest
inia
n ci
vilia
ns, e
spec
ial-
ly c
hild
ren
and
say
it is
sel
f-de
fens
e an
dpr
eser
vatio
n of
a b
iblic
al c
hose
n pe
ople
.
Cho
sen
by w
hom
, an
d w
hat
abou
t th
e ot
her
ethn
ic r
aces
of
this
pla
net
who
se
feat
ures
ar
e no
tw
hite
. S
tere
otyp
ed j
udge
-m
ent
have
bee
n le
vele
d at
natio
ns
of
dark
er
colo
r,na
mel
y th
e A
fric
ans
and
Ara
bs w
ho b
y hi
stor
ical
gene
ric e
man
ated
fro
m th
esa
me
orig
ins.
Arg
umen
tssu
ch a
s ca
rele
ssne
ss,
lazi
-ne
ss, i
nabi
lity
to g
over
n, a
pro
pens
ity to
can
ni-
baliz
ed
each
ot
her
thro
ugh
geno
cide
.C
hris
tiand
om l
oved
to
expr
ess
the
Twel
veTr
ibes
of
Jaco
b an
d co
nven
ient
ly ig
nore
d th
eTw
elve
Pric
es o
f Is
hmae
l w
hose
des
cend
ants
own
a va
st a
mou
nt o
f the
wor
lds
oil.
Bib
lical
teac
hing
s sp
oke
of t
he d
esce
ndan
ts o
f Is
aac
ente
red
into
Can
aan(
Ara
bia)
, the
land
flow
ing
with
“m
ilk a
nd h
oney
”.C
an th
ose
Ang
lo-S
axon
s w
ho p
rese
ntly
occ
u-pi
ed th
e U
nite
Sta
tes
say
it is
thei
r la
nd b
y a
bibl
ical
pro
mis
ed b
y Je
hova
h.
Spai
n, F
ranc
e,Po
rtuga
l, G
reat
Brit
ain,
and
Rom
e us
ed t
odi
vide
the
Res
t of T
he W
orld
as
thei
r per
sona
lre
al e
stat
e.
The
tradi
ng o
f hu
man
car
goes
betw
een
thes
e po
wer
s was
stric
tly fo
r com
mer
-ci
al g
ain.
The
pre
sent
orc
hest
ratio
n by
pre
sent
days
Sup
erpo
wer
s is
def
inite
ly t
o m
aint
ain
thei
r grip
on
The
Res
t of T
he W
orld
reso
urce
s.Se
rfdo
m is
bei
ng re
pack
aged
and
mar
kete
d by
the
Wor
ld T
rade
Org
anis
atio
n(W
TO) t
o cr
eate
eter
nal
swea
t sh
ops
for
Third
W
orld
econ
omie
s. T
hese
man
ipul
ator
s ar
e so
cle
ver
that
the
y ha
ve r
ecru
ited
mem
bers
with
an
Afr
ican
face
and
pla
ce th
em in
pre
stig
ious
pos
tw
ithou
t any
rea
l pow
er s
imila
r to
the
days
of
an o
vers
eer o
n th
e pl
anta
tion
durin
g Sl
aver
y.
Khu
mbu
lani
59@
yaho
o.co
m
Floy
d G
raha
m h
as d
one
exte
nsiv
e re
sear
chin
ord
er to
pro
duce
this
info
rmat
ive
book
. It
is a
mus
t rea
d fo
r al
l spo
rts
enth
usia
sts,
and
is a
vaila
ble
from
Bar
ns &
Nob
le.
LIG
HT
NIN
GFA
ST! J
amai
ca’s
Sta
rs a
tth
e B
eijin
g O
lym
pics
Aut
hor:
Flo
yd G
raha
mPa
ges:
271
“LIG
HTN
ING
FA
ST!
Jam
aica
’s S
tars
at
the
Bei
jing
Oly
mpi
cs”,
is N
OW
AVA
ILA
BLE
.
The
book
hig
hlig
hts
the
stel
lar
perf
orm
ance
s of
the
Jam
aica
n at
hlet
es a
t the
rece
nt B
eijin
g O
lym
pics
. The
writ
er e
leva
tes
the
read
er’s
pul
se a
nd e
xcite
men
t by
addr
essi
ng t
he r
ival
ry b
etw
een
the
pere
nnia
l po
wer
-ho
use,
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es, a
nd th
e lit
tle is
land
nat
ion
ofJa
mai
ca i
n th
e tra
ck a
nd f
ield
ath
letic
s sp
rint
race
s.Th
e bo
ok p
rovi
des
a tre
asur
e tro
ve o
f w
orth
whi
lein
form
atio
n on
the
Jam
aica
n O
lym
pian
s as
wel
l as
thei
r co
mpe
titor
s, re
pres
entin
g a
dive
rse
colle
ctio
n of
coun
tries
.
Bes
ides
hig
hlig
htin
g th
e st
ella
r pe
rfor
man
ces
of t
heJa
mai
can
athl
etes
, the
boo
k m
entio
ns th
e ac
com
plis
h-m
ents
of a
few
of t
he m
any
Jam
aica
ns w
ho h
ave
mad
eth
eir
mar
k on
the
wor
ld in
are
as o
ther
than
trac
k an
dfie
ld a
thle
tics.
It
also
rem
inds
the
rea
der
that
Jam
aica
ns a
re n
ot a
frai
d to
tack
le c
halle
nges
and
ofte
nsu
ccee
d in
thei
r atte
mpt
s. “
LIG
HTN
ING
FA
ST!”
als
opr
ovid
es a
n ov
ervi
ew o
f Jam
aica
, a c
ount
ry o
f les
s tha
nth
ree
mill
ion
peop
le.
Jam
aica
ns s
till h
ave
an u
nfill
ed a
ppet
ite fo
r a b
ook
ofth
is n
atur
e w
hich
pro
mot
es n
atio
nal p
ride.
Exc
erpt
s of
the
book
may
be
read
on
(ww
w.li
ghtn
ingf
astja
-m
aica
ns.c
om).
Thi
s boo
k is
one
whi
ch e
very
Jam
aica
nan
d ev
ery
othe
r, re
gard
less
of n
atio
nalit
y, w
ill b
e pr
oud
to h
ave
with
in h
is o
r her
libr
ary.
It i
s ce
rtain
ly a
boo
kw
hich
will
ser
ve to
insp
ire a
per
son
to h
eigh
ts g
reat
erth
an w
hat h
e or
she
may
hav
e en
visi
oned
.
“LIG
HT
NIN
GFA
ST!”
can
be
purc
hase
d fr
om t
heau
thor
’s w
ebsi
te (
ww
w.li
ghtn
ingf
astja
mai
cans
.com
)by
thos
e in
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es.
Thos
e pe
rson
s pu
rcha
s-in
g fr
om E
urop
e, A
fric
a an
d ot
her
area
s ou
tsid
e of
U.S
.A.
will
be
able
to
mak
e th
eir
purc
hase
s fr
omw
ww
.am
azon
.com
, ww
w.b
arne
sand
nobl
e.co
mas
wel
las
cer
tain
reta
il bo
okse
llers
.
9
THE
OTHE
R SI
DE O
F TO
URIS
M(If
you’v
e vis
ited
the C
aribb
ean,
you’l
l love
this!
)It’s
witty
, it’s
funny
, it’s
enga
ging.
£7
+ p.p
. or
get it
from
your
libra
ry. (I
SBN
0963
2388
1-7)
Orde
r via
www.
mysp
ace.c
om/bl
ackb
rightn
ews
(Writt
en b
y Myrn
a Lo
y, Pu
blish
ed b
y AOG
)
PATR
ICIA
DE L
EON
- ACH
IEVE
R
As J
amaic
a ce
lebra
tes
its n
atio
nal h
eroe
s an
d ot
her o
ut-
stan
ding
achi
ever
s tod
ay, a
top
scien
tist f
rom
the i
sland
,Dr
Pat
ricia
Deleo
n, is
urg
ing
mor
e wom
en to
step
forw
ard
and
be m
ajor d
ecisi
on m
aker
s in
the h
allwa
ys o
f pow
er.
Deleo
n, wh
o re
ceive
d the
Unit
ed S
tates
Pre
siden
tial A
ward
for E
xcell
ence
in
Scien
ce,
Mathe
matic
s an
d En
ginee
ring
Mento
ring
later
this
year,
said
she
hop
es h
er a
chiev
emen
tswi
ll im
pel w
omen
to s
tamp
their
class
in J
amaic
a an
d the
world
.
“The
awa
rd s
hould
pos
itively
impa
ct Ja
maica
n wo
men,
and
wome
n in g
ener
al, as
surin
g the
m tha
t they
have
a pla
ce at
the
table
and
enco
urag
ing th
em to
striv
e to
over
come
the
obsta
-cle
s an
d ro
adblo
cks
that o
ur c
ultur
e ina
dver
tently
impo
ses,”
she
said.
Her p
resid
entia
l awa
rd w
as ha
nded
out d
uring
a ce
remo
ny to
be h
eld a
t the
Whit
e Ho
use.
Deleo
n, wh
o is
the tr
ustee
s dis
tingu
ished
pro
fesso
r in
theDe
partm
ent
of B
iolog
ical
Scien
ces
at t
he U
niver
sity
ofDe
lawar
e, tol
d The
Glea
ner s
he w
as st
unne
d at b
eing s
elect-
ed a
long
with
22 o
ther r
ecipi
ents
in he
r cate
gory.
“I wa
s sur
prise
d an
d ex
cited
, as I
cons
ider t
his to
be
a sig
nif-
icant
perso
nal a
chiev
emen
t. Th
is aw
ard
is by
far t
he m
ost
pres
tigiou
s awa
rd th
at I h
ave r
eceiv
ed an
d ser
ves a
s rec
ogni-
tion
of my
effo
rts th
roug
hout
my ca
reer,
” she
said.
“I co
nside
r it a
s rec
ognit
ion fo
r a lif
etime
ach
ievem
ent.”
Deleo
n is
know
n int
erna
tiona
lly fo
r her
rese
arch
on
gene
tics.
Her
rese
arch
inter
ests
includ
e the
gen
etic
and
molec
ular
mech
anism
s of s
perm
atoge
nesis
, epid
idyma
l func
tion a
nd th
emo
lecula
r asp
ects
of fer
tilisa
tion.
Deleo
n ac
know
ledge
d the
stro
ng p
rimar
y ed
ucati
on s
here
ceive
d in J
amaic
a, an
d enc
oura
ged t
he is
land t
o buil
d upo
ntha
t, ev
en in
the
area
of s
cienc
e.
10
IMPE
RIA
LIS
M, D
ÉJÀ
VU
With
the
def
eat
of R
ussi
a by
the
Japa
nese
and
the
dis
-or
der
of t
he R
ussi
an r
evol
utio
n in
190
5,th
eir
fore
ign
polic
y su
ffere
d qu
ite i
mm
ense
ly o
n th
e w
orld
sta
ge.
The
shi
ft of
em
phas
is t
o th
e Fa
r Ea
st c
ause
the
the
ngo
vern
men
t hu
ge e
mba
rras
men
t.T
he f
unda
men
tal
caus
e of
the
Rus
so-Ja
pane
se W
ar,1
904
– 19
05 w
ere
inre
latio
n of
Rus
sia’s
acc
ess
to t
he P
acifi
c an
d its
pre
-do
min
ance
in
East
ern
Asi
a,m
ores
o w
ith C
hina
and
Kore
a.
How
ever
,ret
alia
tion
by R
ussi
a af
ter
real
izin
g th
at Ja
pan
wer
e ba
cked
by
Gre
at B
rita
in a
nd t
he U
nite
d St
ates
prev
ious
ly w
ere
put
on h
old
for
a w
hile
.Thi
s w
as d
uela
rgel
y to
a
mor
e fo
rmid
able
fo
e in
th
e fo
rm
ofG
erm
any
who
at
the
time
wer
e pr
essu
ring
Fra
nce
for
Mor
occo
.R
ussi
a ne
eded
a b
it of
pea
ce t
o re
asse
ssits
elf g
loba
lly.
In 1
906,
Ale
xand
er Iz
vols
ky,t
hen
fore
ign
min
iste
r st
arte
d ov
ertu
re t
o th
e bi
g pl
ayer
s on
wor
lddo
min
ance
.T
he f
irst
mov
e w
as t
o he
al b
ad b
lood
betw
een
them
and
Jap
an s
o as
to
cem
ent
a Fr
anco
-R
ussi
an a
llian
ce w
hich
lay
asid
e al
l dis
pute
s w
ith G
reat
Brita
in,a
nd i
n th
e sa
me
brea
th d
evel
oped
an
agre
e-m
ent
with
Aus
tria
-Hun
gary
and
Ger
man
y.
Thi
s te
rrito
rial
con
spir
acy
was
the
wor
k of
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es w
ho w
as e
mer
ging
the
n as
a g
loba
l for
ce.
Thi
sha
tche
t ne
gotia
tions
with
Gre
at B
rita
in,w
hose
coo
p-er
atio
n w
ith Ja
pan
in 1
902
– 19
05 w
as a
lway
s up
per-
mos
t in
the
dev
iant
min
ds o
f the
Rus
sian
s.Su
ch a
tac
-tic
al m
ove
wou
ld g
ive
the
Rus
sian
s co
nsid
erab
le t
ime
to r
esto
re p
rest
ige
and
get i
ts w
ar m
achi
ne g
ungh
o fo
rfu
ture
con
fron
tatio
ns w
ith it
s en
emie
s.A
con
vent
ion
with
Jap
an o
n Ju
ly 3
0,19
07 f
inal
ised
all
prev
ous
dis-
pute
s fr
om t
he P
ortm
outh
’s pe
ace
acco
rd o
f 19
05.
Thi
s se
t th
e st
age
for
an a
llian
ce in
the
yea
rs 1
910
–19
16 fo
r th
e an
nexi
ng o
f Kor
ea b
y Ja
pan
in 1
910
and
com
plet
e oc
cupa
tion
of s
outh
ern
Man
chur
ia.
Japa
n al
so g
ot e
aste
rn in
ner
Mon
golia
with
an
eye
onC
hina
.R
ussi
a w
as g
iven
nor
ther
n M
anch
uria
and
the
bala
nce
of in
ner
Mon
golia
and
all
its o
uter
ter
rito
ries
.In
the
Ang
lo-R
ussi
an a
gree
men
t of
190
7,T
ibet
was
put
unde
r C
hina
’s so
vere
ignt
y.A
fgha
nist
an w
as q
uasi
-inde
-pe
nden
t un
der
the
wat
chfu
l ey
e of
Gre
at B
rita
in.
Pers
ia(Ir
an)
was
div
ided
into
thr
ee z
ones
.R
ussi
a ha
dth
e no
rth
zone
,Bri
tain
the
sou
th z
one,
and
a m
iddl
ene
utra
l zon
e.T
he T
urki
sh S
trai
ts w
ere
unde
r co
nsid
-er
atio
n by
Bri
tain
in
collu
sion
with
the
maj
or s
take
hold
ers.
Brita
in m
ade
itsel
f th
e pr
otec
tora
te o
f th
ePe
rsia
n G
ulf.
Fast
forw
ard
to p
rese
nt d
ay,t
his
sam
e Pe
rsia
n G
ulf i
s
the
defin
ing
priz
e pu
rsue
d w
ith r
uthl
essn
ess
by t
heU
nite
d St
ates
.Su
cces
sive
Uni
ted
Stat
es g
over
nmen
tpo
licy
tow
ards
the
Gul
f w
ere
alw
ays
of s
elf
inte
rest
.T
he R
epub
lican
s,ho
wev
er a
lway
s sh
ow a
mor
e co
n-ce
ntra
ted
tena
city
in
its p
olic
ies
tow
ards
the
reg
ion
whe
neve
r in
pow
er.
Back
to
back
war
by
both
Bus
hgo
vern
men
ts i
s se
lf ex
plan
ator
y.T
he y
oung
er B
ush
seem
s to
thi
nk h
e ha
s di
vine
rig
hts
to c
lean
up
the
entir
e re
gion
of
non
Chr
istia
ns s
imila
r to
med
ieva
l
15th
cent
ury
crus
ader
s.Bu
sh t
he d
emen
ti an
d Bl
air
the
toot
hles
s bu
lldog
are
cer
tain
ly a
fter
the
oil
ofth
ese
coun
trie
s,m
ainl
y Ir
aq t
he r
eneg
ade
arab
sta
te.
The
inva
sion
of I
raq
was
long
dec
ided
by
the
Neo
-Con
haw
ks a
nd th
e pr
oddi
ng o
f mul
tinat
iona
ls to
rap
ed Ir
aqof
its
wea
lth a
nd d
igni
ty.
Sadd
am H
ussa
in w
as t
he s
tu-
pid
fall
guy
all a
long
bac
ked
by Is
rael
i del
iber
ate
disi
n-fo
rmat
ion.
Saud
i A
rabi
a is
eas
ily t
he m
ost
impo
rtan
t si
ngle
oil
econ
omy
in t
he G
ulf a
nd t
he U
S te
ntac
les
are
evid
ent
by i
ts m
ilita
ry b
ases
and
mul
tinat
iona
l in
vest
men
tsth
ere.
The
maj
or c
ompa
nies
are
the
Ara
bian
Oil
Com
pany
(Arm
aco)
ow
ned
by a
syn
dica
te o
f Am
eric
anfir
ms
nam
ely
Stan
dard
Oil(
Roc
kefe
ller)
,Exx
on,M
obil,
and
Texa
co w
hich
sta
rted
thro
ugh
conc
essi
ons
in 1
933
circ
a.T
he o
ther
oil
prod
ucin
g A
rab
coun
trie
s in
the
regi
on m
ake
up th
e re
st o
f the
wor
ld s
uppl
y al
ong
with
Vene
zuel
a kn
own
as O
PEC
.Sa
ddam
has
alw
ays
mai
n-ta
ined
tha
t th
e U
S w
ere
the
ones
dic
tatin
g pr
ices
with
frie
ndly
Ara
b oi
l pr
oduc
ing
coun
trie
s by
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Hi,
Myr
na, v
ery
inte
rest
ing
stor
y as
far
as ‘t
he o
ne d
ance
rule
’goe
s.
Som
e th
ings
nev
er c
hang
e I g
uess
and
the
mee
ting
gam
eis
just
that
, a g
ame
we
play
that
is e
ssen
tial t
o co
urts
hip.
Ita
ke it
mos
t of t
he A
lfa-m
ales
are
take
n w
ell b
efor
e th
ey fi
n-is
h co
llege
or a
re a
lread
y m
arrie
d. I
just
saw
a c
omm
erci
alth
e ot
her
day
for
a si
ngle
s ho
ok u
p w
eb s
ite,
calle
d w
ww
.Bla
ckP
eopl
emee
t.com
, a
site
for
us
by u
s. I
won
-de
red
why
fin
ding
a d
ate
or p
artn
er v
ia c
ompu
ter
has
beco
me
a pa
rt of
the
norm
now
. How
tim
es h
ave
chan
ged.
Still
I ha
ve b
een
hear
ing
and
read
ing
abou
t a lo
t of
wom
enm
ainl
y, g
ettin
g du
ped
finan
cial
ly a
s w
ell a
s em
otio
nally
by
men
eve
n af
ter
the
so c
alle
dco
mpa
tibili
typr
ofile
que
s-tio
nnai
reha
s be
en c
heck
ed a
nd v
erifi
ed. M
e, I
still
pre
fer
the
old
fash
ione
d w
ay. I
had
som
e of
the
nice
st e
ncou
nter
sth
at l
ed t
o ro
man
ce o
r da
ting,
by
acci
dent
al e
ncou
nter
sou
tsid
e of
the
club
. The
re h
ad b
een
only
a fe
w e
ncou
nter
sof
rom
ance
from
my
wor
k pl
ace
whi
ch c
an b
e pr
oble
mat
icaf
ter t
he s
ex is
ove
r. H
owev
er, t
hose
wom
en w
ere
very
up
front
and
ope
n, a
nd w
e bo
th d
ecid
ed t
o ke
ep t
hat
air
ofre
spec
tabi
lity
long
afte
r.
For g
uys
it is
a b
it di
ffere
nt I
thin
k, I
am n
o an
swer
man
and
I cer
tain
ly d
on’t
have
a s
peci
al M
ack
that
I la
y on
the
ladi
esor
a ra
p st
yle,
yet
som
e w
omen
siz
e yo
u up
by
your
pic
k up
line.
If y
ou h
ave
the
char
m to
gen
uine
lych
arm
the
pers
onen
ough
, mos
t wom
en w
on’t
give
the
wro
ng n
ame
to b
egin
with
. I w
onde
r ho
w m
any
guys
with
new
er B
MW
s, a
goo
ded
ucat
ion
a de
cent
job
alon
g w
ith t
he c
loth
s an
d a
mor
esu
ave
stan
ce a
t th
e cl
ub,
fare
any
bet
ter
in t
he p
icku
pga
me,
yet
are
so
full
of th
emse
lves
, and
thin
k th
at th
e w
orld
revo
lves
aro
und
them
onl
y an
d th
eir
acco
mpl
ishm
ents
.G
uys
that
fig
ure
that
jus
t by
virt
ue o
f m
y ne
w B
MW
, I
shou
ld s
till b
e ab
le to
hit
itw
ith n
o co
mm
itmen
ts e
xpec
ted,
base
d pu
rely
on
the
fact
that
“bab
y I a
m o
ne o
f the
sou
ght
afte
r Alfa
-mal
es, I
hav
e op
tions
. I h
ave
a fe
w a
cqua
inta
nc-
es, f
riend
s th
at a
re e
xact
ly li
ke th
at. Y
et I
have
met
fem
ales
that
che
ated
on
thei
r Alfa
-mal
es b
ecau
se, t
he li
ttle
sim
ple-
ton
was
at l
east
mor
e do
wn
to e
arth
and
had
a c
harm
that
surp
asse
d th
e ne
w B
MW
, tai
lore
d su
its a
nd a
cade
mic
inte
l-le
ct to
onl
y ca
rry
on a
sim
ple
conv
ersa
tion
over
the
dinn
erta
ble,
abo
ut t
hem
selv
es a
nd w
hat
they
hav
e ac
quire
d. I
thin
kth
e w
hole
dat
ing
gam
e an
d re
latio
nshi
p ga
me
have
beco
me
even
mor
e di
fficu
lt no
w d
ays,
hel
l eve
n th
e m
ar-
riage
gam
e is
diff
icul
t. B
ut it
’s a
goo
d to
pic,
and
rele
vant
, Ido
n’t k
now
muc
h ab
out t
he s
ocia
l situ
atio
n in
Eng
land
, but
I gu
ess
it’s
pret
ty m
uch
the
sam
e as
the
US
. W
hat’s
the
ratio
of s
ingl
e bl
ack
elig
ible
men
in y
our a
rea
to s
ingl
e bl
ack
fem
ale,
who
tend
s to
hav
e a
job
or b
ette
r yet
, a p
rofe
ssio
nor
bus
ines
s of
thei
r ow
n? T
he a
rea
of L
uton
, is
that
a s
ub-
urb,
tow
n or
sem
i city
are
a. I
bet t
he s
ame
dyna
mic
s ar
epa
ralle
l to
thos
e he
re in
the
U.S
. Als
o in
the
blac
k co
mm
u-ni
ty w
hat a
re th
e co
nditi
ons
as fa
r as
empl
oym
ent o
ver a
ll,fo
r the
you
ng p
eopl
e as
wel
l as
the
olde
r cro
wd.
A
mir,
NJ
(USA
)
The
polit
ical
and
soc
ial d
ynam
ics
are
sim
ilar
in th
e U
K to
that
in
th
e St
ates
bu
t on
a
smal
ler
scal
e na
tura
lly.
Rom
ance
onl
ine
seem
s to
be
flour
ishi
ng.
(The
Edi
tor)
DJ L
ady
Loy
for
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Dis
cipl
ine.
Con
trib
uted
fro
m T
ony
Jule
s (A
n E
xtra
ct f
rom
Pow
er W
ords
Hav
e yo
u ev
er m
ade
reso
lutio
ns to
do
som
ethi
ngby
a c
erta
in t
ime
and
did
not
do i
t? Y
ou m
ight
have
mad
e a
prom
ise
to y
ours
elf o
r to
som
eone
and
at th
at ti
me,
you
wer
e re
ally
kee
n an
d su
re in
your
hea
rt th
at it
was
ach
ieva
ble.
How
ever
for
som
e re
ason
you
cou
ld n
ot a
nd d
idno
t ful
fil th
at p
rom
ise.
Of c
ours
e, u
pon
exam
ina-
tion
we
coul
d po
int t
o an
y nu
mbe
r of w
hys
for o
urfa
ilure
. But
how
ofte
n do
we
poin
t to
an a
bsen
ceof
dis
cipl
ine
in h
ow w
e ap
plie
d ou
rsel
ves
to t
hepu
rsui
t of o
ur o
bjec
tives
?
With
out
disc
iplin
e w
e se
t up
our
selv
es t
o fa
il.E
ven
if w
e ha
d de
velo
ped
elab
orat
e ac
tion
plan
s,w
e ca
n an
d w
ill fa
il w
ithou
t the
app
licat
ion
of m
en-
tal d
isci
plin
e.
So
wha
t is
it? F
or m
e it
is a
men
tal d
eter
min
atio
n,de
eply
em
bedd
ed in
the
min
d to
act
or
purs
ue a
parti
cula
r co
urse
to
secu
re a
par
ticul
ar d
esire
dou
tcom
e.
Pla
nnin
g is
an
aid.
And
ther
e ar
e ot
h-er
s, b
ut s
tayi
ng fo
cuse
d, m
aint
aini
ng c
ontro
l and
not
loos
ing
sigh
t of
the
obj
ectiv
e ev
en u
nder
defle
ctin
g pr
essu
re c
omes
from
the
appl
icat
ion
ofD
isci
plin
e.
Dis
cipl
ine
is n
ot a
bout
pun
ishm
ent.
It is
link
ed to
the
hono
urin
g of
a p
rom
ise
to S
elf o
r to
som
eone
else
for
the
del
iver
y of
som
ethi
ng o
f Va
lue.
So
even
bef
ore
we
open
our
mou
ths
to m
ake
a pr
om-
ise,
lets
be
care
ful a
nd b
e su
re in
our
min
d th
at w
eca
n fu
lfil i
t and
are
pre
pare
d to
mov
e H
eave
n an
dE
arth
to d
o so
.
I dec
lare
I sh
all
be d
isci
plin
ed i
n al
l m
y th
ough
ts a
ndde
eds.
Fro
m t
oday
, th
e pr
omis
es I
mak
e w
illbe
fulfi
lled
Tony
Jul
es
An
Act
to
mak
e pr
ovis
ion
for
and
abou
t of
fenc
esre
latin
g to
con
duct
car
ried
out,
or c
apab
le o
f be
ing
carr
ied
out,
for
purp
oses
con
nect
ed w
ith te
rror
ism
;to
am
end
enac
tmen
ts re
latin
g to
terr
oris
m; t
o am
end
the
Inte
llige
nce
Serv
ices
A
ct
1994
an
d th
eR
egul
atio
n of
Inv
estig
ator
y Po
wer
s A
ct 2
000;
and
for c
onne
cted
pur
pose
s.
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arch
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oris
m L
aw, a
dev
ice
to v
ictim
ise
& c
ontr
ol?
They
are
crim
inal
isin
g to
pre
vent
trav
ellin
g!
Stra
nge
how
now
can
not
trave
l to
the
Stat
es/U
K a
nd y
ouca
nnot
leav
e th
e C
arib
bean
if y
ou h
ave
a cr
imin
al re
cord
! If
you
have
bee
n ap
preh
ende
d un
der
the
suss
law
; che
cked
out t
o ai
d en
quiri
es; f
ound
inno
cent
of t
he c
rime
you
did
not
com
mit
but w
ere
arre
sted
, you
r DN
Aan
d fin
gerp
rints
are
stil
lta
ken
so te
chni
cally
you
hav
e a
crim
inal
reco
rd.
Whi
ch ra
ceis
mos
t lik
ely
to b
e vi
ctim
ised
und
er th
is la
w?
You
tell
me.
Jam
aica
ns, s
peci
fical
ly, a
re n
ow n
ot a
llow
ed to
vis
it th
e U
Kfo
r a v
acat
ion!
Brit
ons
host
ing
Jam
aica
ns h
ave
to d
iscl
ose
thei
r in
com
e an
d ha
ve ‘
suffi
cien
t’in
com
e in
the
ir ba
nkac
coun
t to
spon
sor
the
visi
tor
for
up to
six
mon
ths
- no
w if
that
is n
ot a
det
erre
nt, I
don
’t kn
ow w
hat i
s!!
Whe
re c
an I
get i
nfor
mat
ion
to c
heck
if I
can
trav
elfr
om J
amai
ca?
- If I
wer
e yo
u, I
wou
ldn’
t bot
her,
but s
ince
you
aske
d...
The
UK
Bor
der
Age
ncy
and
the
Brit
ish
Hig
h C
omm
issi
on,
Kin
gsto
n, w
ork
in p
artn
ersh
ip w
ith a
com
mer
cial
org
anis
atio
n,W
orld
brid
ge, s
houl
d be
abl
e to
poi
nt y
ou th
e rig
ht w
ay.
But
gue
ss w
hat?
The
re is
als
o no
gua
rant
ee a
fter
you
have
paid
for
your
vis
a an
d yo
u ha
ve b
ough
t you
r tic
ket,
that
you
will
be
allo
wed
in th
e U
K/U
SA
. D
o yo
u kn
ow h
ow m
any
have
reac
hed
Gat
wic
k/JF
K/M
iam
i on
ly t
o be
tur
ned
back
on
anun
expl
aine
d te
chni
calit
y! H
ow d
o th
ey g
et a
way
with
it?
- By
citin
g te
rror
ism
!
Any
way
, you
can
find
out
wha
t kin
d of
vis
a yo
u ne
ed a
nd h
owto
app
ly th
roug
h th
e W
orld
brid
ge w
ebsi
te: w
ww
.vis
ainf
oser
-vi
ces.
com
. P
leas
e no
te th
at re
side
nts
of th
e C
arib
bean
who
requ
ire a
UK
Vis
a m
ust c
onta
ct th
e B
ritis
h C
onsu
late
.
Do
I hav
e to
pay
? W
ebsi
te a
nd e
mai
l inf
orm
atio
n is
free
of c
harg
e bu
t the
re is
a c
harg
e fo
r usi
ng th
e te
leph
one
serv
ice.
Whe
re c
an I
get a
dvic
e? W
orld
brid
ge a
nd it
s st
aff c
anno
tgi
ve y
ou a
dvic
e on
how
to c
ompl
ete
your
app
licat
ion,
or
wha
t typ
e of
vis
a yo
u sh
ould
app
ly fo
r. If
you
need
hel
pw
ith y
our a
pplic
atio
n or
adv
ice
abou
t the
UK
’s im
mig
ratio
nru
les
and
requ
irem
ents
, you
sho
uld
seek
adv
ice
from
aqu
alifi
ed im
mig
ratio
n ad
vise
r. In
the
UK
thes
e ar
e im
mig
ra-
tion
advi
sers
regu
late
d by
the
Offi
ce o
f the
Imm
igra
tion
Ser
vice
s C
omm
issi
oner
(OIS
C –
ww
w.o
isc.
gov.
uk).
Wis
hyo
u lu
ck -
you’
re g
onna
nee
d it!
14
NEL
SON
MA
ND
ELA
AN
D T
HE
AN
TI-
APA
RTH
EID
MO
VEM
ENT
HO
NO
UR
ED W
ITH
AN
AN
C P
LAQ
UE
Com
ing
hard
on
the
heel
s of
the
20t
h an
nive
r-sa
ryof
th
e re
leas
e of
N
elso
n M
ande
la,
Islin
gton
C
ounc
il in
pa
rtne
rshi
p w
ith
the
Nub
ian
Jak
Com
mun
ity T
rust
inst
alle
d a
Gre
enPl
aque
on
the
form
er h
eadq
uart
ers
of th
e A
NC
at 2
8 Pe
nton
Str
eet,
Islin
gton
,Lon
don
N1.
The
com
mem
orat
ive
plaq
ue w
as u
nvei
led
onM
onda
y 22
nd
Febr
uary
at
2p
m
by
His
Exce
llenc
y D
r Z
ola
Skw
eyiy
a,H
igh
Com
mis
sion
er
for
Sout
h A
fric
a,C
ounc
illor
Terr
y St
acy
JP -
Lea
der
of I
slin
gton
Cou
ncil,
and
Jak
Beul
a,C
hair
of
th
e N
ubia
n Ja
kC
omm
unity
Tru
st.
The
unv
eilin
g is
par
t of
a 2
0th
anni
vers
ary
cel-
ebra
tion
to
hono
ur
the
Ant
i-Apa
rthe
idM
ovem
ent
in t
he b
orou
gh o
f Isl
ingt
on,a
nd t
hero
le s
ome
of it
s m
embe
rs p
laye
d in
hel
ping
to
brin
g fr
eedo
m a
nd d
emoc
racy
to
Sout
h A
fric
a.
28 P
ento
n St
reet
was
the
form
er U
K h
eadq
uar-
ters
of
the
AN
C f
rom
197
8to
199
4,th
e ye
arN
elso
n M
ande
la w
as e
lect
ed p
resi
dent
.Dur
ing
this
tim
e th
e of
fice
was
the
cen
tral
bas
e fo
r co
-or
dina
ting
anti-
apar
thei
d ac
tivity
in t
he U
K,a
ndfo
r br
ingi
ng t
o th
e at
tent
ion
of t
he in
tern
atio
n-al
com
mun
ity s
ome
of t
he a
troc
ities
tha
t w
ere
occu
rrin
g in
the
cou
ntry
.Afte
r So
uth
Afr
ica’s
first
dem
ocra
tic e
lect
ions
in
1994
,th
e an
ti-ap
arth
eid
mov
emen
t w
as s
ucce
eded
by
the
char
ityA
ctio
n fo
r So
uthe
rn A
fric
a (A
CT
SA)
who
res
ided
at
the
addr
ess
up u
ntil
2006
.Sin
ceits
inc
eptio
n A
CT
SA h
as c
ampa
igne
d w
ith t
hepe
ople
of
sout
hern
Afr
ica
and
with
the
m c
on-
tinue
s to
bui
ld a
futu
re o
f jus
tice,
hum
an r
ight
s,de
velo
pmen
t an
d de
moc
racy
for
the
regi
on.
The
AN
C p
laqu
e is
the
fir
st o
f se
vera
l G
reen
Plaq
ues
Islin
gton
C
ounc
il w
ill b
e un
veili
ng t
oco
mm
emor
ate
sign
ifica
nt p
eopl
e an
d si
tes
inth
e bo
roug
h.R
esea
rch
and
deve
lopm
ent
of t
he
proj
ect
was
don
e in
con
junc
tion
with
the
edu
-ca
tiona
l he
rita
ge
orga
nisa
tion
Nub
ian
Jak
Com
mun
ity T
rust
,whi
ch is
als
o th
e U
K’s
larg
est
inde
pend
ent
plaq
ue s
chem
e.
The
AN
C’s
build
ing
on P
ento
n St
reet
was
the
scen
e of
a b
ombi
ng o
n 14
Mar
ch 1
982
whe
nth
ere
was
as
sass
inat
ion
atte
mpt
on
AN
CPr
esid
ent
Oliv
er T
ambo
,an
att
ack
for
whi
chPe
ter
Cas
elto
n an
d ei
ght
othe
rs a
pplie
d fo
ram
nest
y fr
om
Sout
h A
fric
a’s
Trut
h an
dR
econ
cilia
tion
Com
mis
sion
.
Quo
tes:
1.Is
lingt
onC
ounc
illor
Lea
der T
erry
Sta
cy s
aid:
“It’s
har
d to
bel
ieve
tha
t th
ese
mod
est
offic
es i
n an
Islin
gton
bac
k st
reet
wer
e th
e A
NC
’s ne
rve
cent
re i
nth
e U
K a
nd th
e m
omen
tum
beh
ind
the
mos
t im
port
ant
polit
ical
cha
nge
in A
fric
a.
“We
wan
t hi
stor
y to
rec
ord
this
fact
.T
he A
NC
’s tim
ein
Isl
ingt
on i
s pa
rt o
f th
e ri
ch d
iver
sity
tha
t gi
ves
our
boro
ugh
and
its p
eopl
e th
eir
uniq
ue s
piri
t an
d ch
arac
-te
r.
“Mor
e co
mm
unity
pla
ques
will
follo
w a
nd w
e’ll
be le
t-tin
g re
side
nts
know
ho
w t
hey
can
get
invo
lved
.It’s
anot
her
way
the
cou
ncil
is li
sten
ing
to lo
cal p
eopl
e in
build
ing
a st
rong
er c
omm
unity
and
cel
ebra
ting
our
his-
tory
.”
2.Ja
k B
eula
,Cha
ir o
f the
Nub
ian
Jak
Com
mun
ity
Trus
t sa
id:‘
The
ANC
Plaq
ue,c
omin
g on
the
eve
of
the
20th
anni
vers
ary
of t
he r
elea
se o
f N
elso
n M
ande
la f
rom
priso
n,an
d ju
st a
few
mon
ths
befo
re th
e w
orld
cup
in S
outh
Afric
a,is
a tim
ely
rem
inde
r of
tho
se w
hose
com
mitm
ent
tofre
edom
,jus
tice
and
dem
ocra
cy,h
as c
ontr
ibut
ed t
o a
new
Sout
h Af
rica
of h
ope
and
fulfi
lled
pote
ntia
l.
3.D
r Z
ola
Skw
eyiy
a,sa
id,:
‘Thi
s pl
aque
is a
sig
nfica
ntst
ep in
the
last
ing
com
mem
orat
ion
of t
he A
NC
in L
ondo
n,et
c .’
4.Je
rem
y C
orby
n,M
P f
or I
slin
gton
Nor
th s
aid:
‘Our
loca
l hist
ory
is gl
obal
hist
ory.’
Sour
ce:S
ubm
itte
d by
em
ail.
