zeinali wrote:
Yes, there are several and diverse ways of thinking, acting and reacting to or on indefinite life challenges, such as: out of the box view, holistic approach, combination of analytical and synthetical thinking, brainstorming, inclusion of transcendental, intuitive and emotional views, values and visions, of the so-called 6th sense, constant open-and wide-minded flexibility, creativity and innovation in all areas and aspects affecting our daily individual and collective lives, internal and external existence, natural, unnatural or supernatural processes, and so on. While keeping a firm and steady moral, spiritual and mental foundation, keep on being and staying flexible, ready for constant changes and new challenges with a predominant enthusiastic, positive and joyful attitude and with the mindset of a curious researcher, constantly and eagerly looking for exciting discoveries.
6/2/2010 12:10:39 PM
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Your Comments On... Senate prepares to vote on war-funding measure The Senate set the stage Thursday to vote on whether to set aside $30 billion to pa
zeinali wrote:
What about just and common-sense priorities, spending money most and first for solving our own national economic, social and other existential and cultural pivotal problems, clean up first our own house, before allocating humanitarian aid to other nations? Where is standing now the constitutional balance of powers in our nation, where is hanging in the power of People, somewhere on the bottom or on the top among the major Government powers? Who in the Government can give me an analytical answer to this judicial philosophical question?
5/28/2010 11:41:40 AM
What about just and common-sense priorities, spending money most and first for solving our own national economic, social and other existential and cultural pivotal problems, clean up first our own house, before allocating humanitarian aid to other nations? Where is standing now the constitutional balance of powers in our nation, where is hanging in the power of People, somewhere on the bottom or on the top among the major Government powers? Who in the Government can give me an analytical answer to this judicial philosophical question?
5/28/2010 11:41:40 AM
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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zeinali wrote:
I am relieved to finally see some mental and spiritual efforts, beside predominant male macho tactics, put into solving our national and international strategic and existential challenges, good job, keep up with the good and common-sense choices.
5/27/2010 11:29:18 AM
I am relieved to finally see some mental and spiritual efforts, beside predominant male macho tactics, put into solving our national and international strategic and existential challenges, good job, keep up with the good and common-sense choices.
5/27/2010 11:29:18 AM
Sunday, May 16, 2010
ओउर मुस्लिम Heritage
This message is informative and reflects crude realities. I am myself first-hand familiar with such realities, being married to a Muslim man, however, it is ideologically biased, it shows only one negative side of a historically rich and complex society and culture, and unfortunately similar to some of their extreme unilateral negative perceptions of our western culture and heritage. This is not a superior and constructive way of promoting understanding and peace among cultures and nations, which does not translate into approving evil practices and wrongdoings, but to acknowledge and condemn evil, while not ignoring positive accomplishments and images of a society as a whole and of single individuals, judging nations and individuals without prejudice and stereotypes.
From: "Monina Gilchrist"
To:
Subject: RV: Fw: Our Muslim Heritage?
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 12:47
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Barack OBAMA, during his Cairo speech,
said: "I know, too, that Islam has always been a part of America 's
story."
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN'S RESPONSE:
Dear Mr. Obama:
Were those Muslims that were in America when
the Pilgrims first landed? Funny, I thought they were Native American
Indians.
Were those Muslims that celebrated the first
Thanksgiving day? Sorry again, those were Pilgrims and Native American
Indians.
Can you show me one Muslim signature on the
United States Constitution?
Declaration of Independence ?
Bill of Rights?
Didn't think so.
Did Muslims fight for this country's freedom
from England ? No.
Did Muslims fight during the Civil War to
free the slaves in America ? No, they did not. In fact, Muslims to this
day are still the largest traffickers in human slavery. Your own half
brother, a devout Muslim, still advocates slavery himself, even though
Muslims of Arabic descent refer to black Muslims as "pug nosed slaves."
Says a lot of what the Muslim world really thinks of your family's "rich
Islamic heritage," doesn't it Mr. Obama?
Where were Muslims during the Civil Rights
era of this country? Not present.
There are no pictures or media accounts of
Muslims walking side by side with Martin Luther King, Jr. or helping to
advance the cause of Civil Rights.
Where were Muslims during this country's
Woman's Suffrage era? Again, not present. In fact, devout Muslims demand
that women are subservient to men in the Islamic culture. So much so, that
often they are beaten for not wearing the 'hajib' or for talking to a man
who is not a direct family member or their husband. Yep, the Muslims are
all for women's rights, aren't they?
Where were Muslims during World War II?
They were aligned with Adolf Hitler. The Muslim grand mufti himself met
with Adolf Hitler, reviewed the troops and accepted support from the Nazi's
in killing Jews.
Finally, Mr. Obama, where were Muslims on
Sept. 11th, 2001? If they weren't flying planes into the World Trade Center
, the Pentagon or a field in Pennsylvania killing nearly 3,000 people on our
own soil, they were rejoicing in the Middle East . No one can dispute the
pictures shown from all parts of the Muslim world celebrating on CNN, Fox
News, MSNBC and other cable news networks that day. Strangely, the very
"moderate" Muslims who's asses you bent over backwards to kiss in Cairo ,
Egypt on June 4th were stone cold silent post 9-11. To many Americans,
their silence has meant approval for the acts of that day.
And THAT, Mr. Obama, is the "rich heritage"
Muslims have here in America .
Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot to mention the
Barbary Pirates. They were Muslim.
And now we can add November 5, 2009 - the
slaughter of American soldiers at Fort Hood by a Muslim major who is a
doctor and a psychiatrist who was supposed to be counseling soldiers
returning from battle in Iraq and Afghanistan .
That, Mr. Obama is the "Muslim heritage" in
America .
EVERY AMERICAN MUST
READ THIS !!
Be Sure to SEND IT
to All . Even Print it out
and Send by Snail Mail !!
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From: "Monina Gilchrist"
To:
Subject: RV: Fw: Our Muslim Heritage?
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 12:47
------------------------------------------------------------------
Barack OBAMA, during his Cairo speech,
said: "I know, too, that Islam has always been a part of America 's
story."
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN'S RESPONSE:
Dear Mr. Obama:
Were those Muslims that were in America when
the Pilgrims first landed? Funny, I thought they were Native American
Indians.
Were those Muslims that celebrated the first
Thanksgiving day? Sorry again, those were Pilgrims and Native American
Indians.
Can you show me one Muslim signature on the
United States Constitution?
Declaration of Independence ?
Bill of Rights?
Didn't think so.
Did Muslims fight for this country's freedom
from England ? No.
Did Muslims fight during the Civil War to
free the slaves in America ? No, they did not. In fact, Muslims to this
day are still the largest traffickers in human slavery. Your own half
brother, a devout Muslim, still advocates slavery himself, even though
Muslims of Arabic descent refer to black Muslims as "pug nosed slaves."
Says a lot of what the Muslim world really thinks of your family's "rich
Islamic heritage," doesn't it Mr. Obama?
Where were Muslims during the Civil Rights
era of this country? Not present.
There are no pictures or media accounts of
Muslims walking side by side with Martin Luther King, Jr. or helping to
advance the cause of Civil Rights.
Where were Muslims during this country's
Woman's Suffrage era? Again, not present. In fact, devout Muslims demand
that women are subservient to men in the Islamic culture. So much so, that
often they are beaten for not wearing the 'hajib' or for talking to a man
who is not a direct family member or their husband. Yep, the Muslims are
all for women's rights, aren't they?
Where were Muslims during World War II?
They were aligned with Adolf Hitler. The Muslim grand mufti himself met
with Adolf Hitler, reviewed the troops and accepted support from the Nazi's
in killing Jews.
Finally, Mr. Obama, where were Muslims on
Sept. 11th, 2001? If they weren't flying planes into the World Trade Center
, the Pentagon or a field in Pennsylvania killing nearly 3,000 people on our
own soil, they were rejoicing in the Middle East . No one can dispute the
pictures shown from all parts of the Muslim world celebrating on CNN, Fox
News, MSNBC and other cable news networks that day. Strangely, the very
"moderate" Muslims who's asses you bent over backwards to kiss in Cairo ,
Egypt on June 4th were stone cold silent post 9-11. To many Americans,
their silence has meant approval for the acts of that day.
And THAT, Mr. Obama, is the "rich heritage"
Muslims have here in America .
Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot to mention the
Barbary Pirates. They were Muslim.
And now we can add November 5, 2009 - the
slaughter of American soldiers at Fort Hood by a Muslim major who is a
doctor and a psychiatrist who was supposed to be counseling soldiers
returning from battle in Iraq and Afghanistan .
That, Mr. Obama is the "Muslim heritage" in
America .
EVERY AMERICAN MUST
READ THIS !!
Be Sure to SEND IT
to All . Even Print it out
and Send by Snail Mail !!
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
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Posted by Mihaela Zeinali | less than one minute ago
Our President has being and is ongoing abusively criticized and verbally assaulted in the public media, why can't he, in turn, criticize, express his personal judgment and visions, or expose wrongdoing without a hostile reaction? At least he is expressing opposition in a civilized, respectful and decent way, without abusive verbal attacks or threats.
Posted by Mihaela Zeinali | less than one minute ago
Our President has being and is ongoing abusively criticized and verbally assaulted in the public media, why can't he, in turn, criticize, express his personal judgment and visions, or expose wrongdoing without a hostile reaction? At least he is expressing opposition in a civilized, respectful and decent way, without abusive verbal attacks or threats.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
washingtonpost.com > Politics Your Comments On... Both national party committees spend big chunks on fancy meals, hotels, travel Both the national De
zeinali wrote:
Speaking about bipartisan common ground...we normally say: "united we stand, divided we fall". What about: "united we fall, divided we stand"? Divided we can stand against hypocrisy, fraud, corruption and abuse of power; united we can stand for a genuine democracy, for ethics and integrity in the general political process and structures of our leading major parties.
4/21/2010 11:53:28 AM
Speaking about bipartisan common ground...we normally say: "united we stand, divided we fall". What about: "united we fall, divided we stand"? Divided we can stand against hypocrisy, fraud, corruption and abuse of power; united we can stand for a genuine democracy, for ethics and integrity in the general political process and structures of our leading major parties.
4/21/2010 11:53:28 AM
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Comments 6 | Recommend 1 Print RSS Yahoo! Buzz Share Paddling is back in Temple schools 12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, April 18, 2010 Michael Birnbaum
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12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, April 18, 2010
Michael Birnbaum, The Washington Post
TEMPLE, Texas – Most school districts across the country banned the paddling of students long ago. Temple has gone the other direction.
The Central Texas city of 60,000 revived the practice at the demand of parents who longed for the orderly schools of yesteryear. Without paddling, "there were no consequences for kids," said Steve Wright, who runs a construction business and is Temple's school board president.
Since paddling was brought back to the city's 14 schools by a unanimous board vote last May, behavior at Temple's single high school has changed dramatically, Wright said, even though only one student in the entire school system has been paddled.
"The discipline problem is much better than it's been in years," Wright said, something he attributed to the new punishment and other discipline programs the schools are trying. Residents praise the change.
"There are times when maybe a good crack might not be a bad idea," said Robert Pippin, a custom-home builder who sports a goatee and cowboy boots. His son graduated from Temple schools several years ago.
Corporal punishment remains legal in 20 states, mostly in the South, but its use is diminishing. Ohio ended it last year, and a movement for a federal ban is afoot. A House subcommittee held a hearing on the practice last week, and its chairman, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., is gearing up for a push to end the practice once and for all
"When you look that the federal government has outlawed physical punishment in prisons, I think the time has come that we should do it in schools," she said.
A joint American Civil Liberties Union-Human Rights Watch report last year found that students with disabilities were disproportionately subjected to corporal punishment, sometimes in direct response to behavioral problems that were a result of their disabilities. Many educators and psychologists say that positive tools, such as giving students praise when they behave well and withholding it when they don't, are far more effective for discouraging misbehavior.
Rules about paddling vary from district to district, but typically only administrators can mete out the punishment, which is done in private. Usually, a long, flat wooden paddle is used to give as many as three blows across the student's clothed rear end, although Farmer found students who had been hit many more times. Boys are overwhelmingly the target.
Not everybody in Texas is gung-ho about paddling. The practice has been banned in the state's big cities, and its use varies from campus to campus in districts that allow it.
In Alvin, a formerly agricultural city of 23,000 that has been swallowed by Houston's suburbs in the past decade, the policy is on the books but not used in many schools.
"I don't think it's that simple anymore," said Terry Constantine, who added that she hadn't swung a paddle in her 16 years as an elementary school principal there. "We look for our parents to work with us now."
At Alvin High School, where the technique is used, principal Kevon Wells said he has paddled students about six times this school year. If a student continued to misbehave, he said, he wouldn't do it again.
"I'm not into beating kids," he said.
Michael Birnbaum, The Washington Post
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"It takes a village to raise a child". Many people, blinded by old-fashioned ideological extremism or rough individualism, scared by too much government involvement, don't seem or want to understand the importance of social/cultural environment aspects and values, their enormous significance and impact on our children. Not only educational institutions, teachers and parents, but also the entire society are responsible, are influencing and forming our children, their education and general development. The physical punishment should be only a parent's privilege, and parents should not be intimidated by fear of overzealous government intervention, violating their privacy and their parental discipline rights. Schools in other countries are operating like military institutions, with no need for Police on the campus, where children understand respect for authority and appreciate education and educators, where teachers can tech without serious disruptions and Police intervention. In a democratic and multicultural society, to achieve positive and constructive learning school environment and culture, the whole society needs to be funded on mutual respect, positive and flexible integrative cooperation between diverse individuals and groups of people, harmoniously embracing their various values and structures to its benefit.
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Paddling is back in Temple schools
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, April 18, 2010
Michael Birnbaum, The Washington Post
TEMPLE, Texas – Most school districts across the country banned the paddling of students long ago. Temple has gone the other direction.
The Central Texas city of 60,000 revived the practice at the demand of parents who longed for the orderly schools of yesteryear. Without paddling, "there were no consequences for kids," said Steve Wright, who runs a construction business and is Temple's school board president.
Since paddling was brought back to the city's 14 schools by a unanimous board vote last May, behavior at Temple's single high school has changed dramatically, Wright said, even though only one student in the entire school system has been paddled.
"The discipline problem is much better than it's been in years," Wright said, something he attributed to the new punishment and other discipline programs the schools are trying. Residents praise the change.
"There are times when maybe a good crack might not be a bad idea," said Robert Pippin, a custom-home builder who sports a goatee and cowboy boots. His son graduated from Temple schools several years ago.
Corporal punishment remains legal in 20 states, mostly in the South, but its use is diminishing. Ohio ended it last year, and a movement for a federal ban is afoot. A House subcommittee held a hearing on the practice last week, and its chairman, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., is gearing up for a push to end the practice once and for all
"When you look that the federal government has outlawed physical punishment in prisons, I think the time has come that we should do it in schools," she said.
A joint American Civil Liberties Union-Human Rights Watch report last year found that students with disabilities were disproportionately subjected to corporal punishment, sometimes in direct response to behavioral problems that were a result of their disabilities. Many educators and psychologists say that positive tools, such as giving students praise when they behave well and withholding it when they don't, are far more effective for discouraging misbehavior.
Rules about paddling vary from district to district, but typically only administrators can mete out the punishment, which is done in private. Usually, a long, flat wooden paddle is used to give as many as three blows across the student's clothed rear end, although Farmer found students who had been hit many more times. Boys are overwhelmingly the target.
Not everybody in Texas is gung-ho about paddling. The practice has been banned in the state's big cities, and its use varies from campus to campus in districts that allow it.
In Alvin, a formerly agricultural city of 23,000 that has been swallowed by Houston's suburbs in the past decade, the policy is on the books but not used in many schools.
"I don't think it's that simple anymore," said Terry Constantine, who added that she hadn't swung a paddle in her 16 years as an elementary school principal there. "We look for our parents to work with us now."
At Alvin High School, where the technique is used, principal Kevon Wells said he has paddled students about six times this school year. If a student continued to misbehave, he said, he wouldn't do it again.
"I'm not into beating kids," he said.
Michael Birnbaum, The Washington Post
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"It takes a village to raise a child". Many people, blinded by old-fashioned ideological extremism or rough individualism, scared by too much government involvement, don't seem or want to understand the importance of social/cultural environment aspects and values, their enormous significance and impact on our children. Not only educational institutions, teachers and parents, but also the entire society are responsible, are influencing and forming our children, their education and general development. The physical punishment should be only a parent's privilege, and parents should not be intimidated by fear of overzealous government intervention, violating their privacy and their parental discipline rights. Schools in other countries are operating like military institutions, with no need for Police on the campus, where children understand respect for authority and appreciate education and educators, where teachers can tech without serious disruptions and Police intervention. In a democratic and multicultural society, to achieve positive and constructive learning school environment and culture, the whole society needs to be funded on mutual respect, positive and flexible integrative cooperation between diverse individuals and groups of people, harmoniously embracing their various values and structures to its benefit.
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