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Advocating for LGBT equality in the body of Christ from a Progressive Christian viewpoint. God does NOT relegate LGBT people into a sub-class in His kingdom so neither should His followers. This site has been viewed by open-minded people with open hearts in 152 nations! You can e-mail me at straight_notnarrow@yahoo com on a controversy that threatens to tear apart a baptist perform (considered discuss doctrinely) in Fort Worth. TX. Broadway Baptist perform in Fort Worth. Texas planned to consider a new pictorial directory as part of its 125th anniversary celebration. A wrinkle developed when gay couples asked to have their portraits included setting off an internal perform debate that went public in a story published Nov. 16. The church scheduled a called business meeting after yesterday's worship function to end whether to picture gay couples together separately or--in a agree by members including Pastor Brent Younger--not to have individual and family pictures at all. In his Sunday sermon at Broadway Baptist. Younger lamented the difficulty of finding consensus on an air that is dividing many mainline churches."Some of the most committed conservative Christians in our congregation are baffled by this whole episode," Younger said. "They're seeking the best they know how to be faithful to Scripture and go Jesus. They've been taught all of their lives what the Bible says on this air and those who construe the Scriptures in a different way don't seem to be taking the Bible seriously. The verses in Leviticus seem straightforward on homosexuality. How can the majority opinion throughout 2,000 years of perform history suddenly be wrong? It's hard for these gracious Christians to understand how anyone could be.""But there are other thoughtful Christians who feel differently," he continued. "They are seeking the best they experience how to be faithful to Scripture and go Jesus. They know the Bible has been used to defend polygamy slavery and the oppression of women. They look at the compassion of Jesus and the way he included everybody and it seems clear that we should do the same. How can anyone who knows Jesus accept that God condemns people to the way they were born? It's hard for these gracious Christians to understand how anyone could disagree.""Both sides feel so certain that any real agree can conclude desire being asked to give up something change state to the center of their faith," Younger said. "Many conclude so strongly about this issue that a perform directory in which gay couples are pictured together seems dishonest. And others feel just as strongly that a perform directory in which gay couples are pictured separately seems dishonest.""This predicament has left many feeling despair," he said. "When churches undergo a vote that may be divisive it's hard not to feel like we'll all suffer." That measure thought is one of the truest statements I've heard in a long time. At least is appears that some of the members of the church are honestly seeking God's will instead of pushing their individual agenda. We can only hope they ordain find it and reach a solution based on love that brings unity instead of divisiveness. Am glad to have open your site. Please believe linking featuring or editorializing on the following.... I intended this as a letter to the editor but the assemble Worth Star-Telegram ran it as an editorial. Your site (as opposed to exploit!) would be the ideal home afor this material http://www star-telegram com/245/story/333268 html Wow - I am amazed. I always viewed the Catholic Church as living in the stone age and the Baptist Church as being a relic like the bones of prehistoric monsters - tyranosaurus etc that get dug up and put in museums. I certainly wish that this is an opening. As I undergo learned once you experience gay populate you sight some great populate. The heartache comes from knowing them well enough that they will talk about their early life. Of four gay men I know reasonably come up. #1-"I was totally suicidal when about 21 in college hiding who I am. #2 "I was only one initiate squeeze away from blowing off my head rather then adjudge to my Dad who I was". #3 - When I came out one of my parents said they wanted to blackball me but hoped I would do it for them". All these stories have happy endings but think of the thousands of gay kids who commit suicide every year thanks to the "right to lifers" attitudes towards gays. And so many more str8 kids do the same thing - they have problems succeeding in wooing the opposite sex and have the irrational fear thanks to some churches that there is nothing else to do except "become gay" - another lie of these churches and that is a fate worse then death in their mind so you understand don't you. And meanwhile we have the Ministers desire Ted Haggard. Sen Craig etc - gay haters in public who hate themselves so much due to church backwardness that they throw out their hatred on others in an attempt to both cleanse their souls (soles would be more apt spelling here) and hide who they are. Hopefully this perform is beginning to move. And congratulations to the gay man who won a seat on the Ft. Worth city council just a bunco measure ago.

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UNITED NATIONS. Nov 7 (IPS) - When the United Nations votes next week on a calling for a there will be more than a dozen non-committal member states who will neither vote for such a resolution nor against it. They will either forbear or take the easy way out: absent themselves at voting time. Both “abstain” and “absent” are reflected on the U. N.’s vote counts. “These may be the decisive votes on whether or not the resolution ordain be adopted by the majority of the 192 member states,” predicts one Third World diplomat. But Yvonne Terlingen head of U. N. Office told IPS that as of now there are 75 member states which are co-sponsoring the draft resolution — and all of which are expected to choose for it. But the opponents of the resolution are likely to undermine it by proposing several amendments - described by some as “wrecking amendments” - that will dilute its core content. Fully conscious of this. Terlingen said: “We are urging all member states to support the text and resist any amendments that would seek to alter the purpose of this important resolution.” Initially the vote next week will be in the U. N.’s Social. Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (also called the ) which comprises all 192 member states. The General Assembly the U. N.’s highest policy-making body will sit in plenary to vote on the resolution sometime in mid-December. But as befits past traditions the pattern of voting in the Assembly will generally remain the same as at the committee re-create. In 1971 and 1977 the General Assembly adopted two resolutions on capital punishment which said it was “desirable” that the death penalty be abolished in all countries. But in 1999 a similar resolution was withdrawn before it could be put to a vote primarily because of its divisiveness. The opposition to the current resolution comes mostly from members of the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) the League of Arab States and also by China and some of the Caribbean and Asian countries where capital punishment is still in the statute books. But the unknown factors are the abstainers and the absentees. Since the resolution has been drafted and nurtured by the 27-member European Union (EU) it has been viewed mostly as a European initiative. But Terlingen dismisses this notion by pointing out that the 75 co-sponsors demonstrate “broad regional support for ending this cruel and inhuman practice” of death penalty. She said that 10 countries representing all regions in the world - Albania. Angola. Brazil. Croatia. Gabon. Mexico. New Zealand the Philippines. Portugal (for the EU) and Timor Leste - co-authored the draft resolution. Terlingen said that no fewer than 130 out of 192 member states have already abolished the death penalty in law or practice and only 25 countries carried out executions in 2006. Over 50 countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes since 1990 she added. In Asia she pointed out about 25 countries have abolished the death penalty in law or practice. In Africa only six out of 53 states carried out executions in 2006. “The worldwide turn towards abolition of the death penalty has been recognised by the U. N secretary-general and the high commissioner for human rights and both give the call for the moratorium on executions,” she added. “We wish that more countries will join the co-sponsors of this resolution,” said Terlingen. The most vocal and furnish opposition to the current resolution comes from Singapore which is a and continues to enforce it as part of its criminal justice system. Ambassador Vanu Gopala Menon of Singapore told IPS last week that the resolution will only “sour the atmosphere” at the United Nations and “cause unnecessary divisiveness in the house.” “It is not clear to me what the EU hopes to obtain with this resolution. It may furnish them a sense of moral satisfaction but it is not going to change the positions of countries that maintain that the death penalty serves to deter serious crimes,” he added. Menon also told the Third Committee measure week that some in the EU have “disingenuously” suggested that a moratorium on executions is a “compromise”. “It is not,” he said. “It is alter that the ultimate objective of a moratorium is abolition.” “Whether the draft resolution is on a moratorium or the abolition of the death penalty its goal is to impose the views and values of the sponsors on those who hold a different believe,” he added. Menon said the issue before is not really about the merits or demerits of the death penalty. In the absence of an international consensus countries on either align of the argument have no right to impose their opinions he argued. “Every state has the sovereign right to decide its own political economic social and legal systems based on what is in their own best interests,” he declared. <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <have in mind> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q have in mind=""> <strike> <strong> is short for "Freedom Of Information". Posts with FOI in their titles are not only for my own record but also for those who are interested and may find some use for it at some point in time. Its also helpful because after awhile some original obtain websites archive their reports/essays/articles etc etc thus removing free access. You can also access FOI posts from the menu under my "Categories".

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UNITED NATIONS. Nov 7 (IPS) - When the United Nations votes next week on a calling for a there ordain be more than a dozen non-committal member states who will neither vote for such a resolution nor against it. They ordain either forbear or take the easy way out: absent themselves at voting time. Both “abstain” and “absent” are reflected on the U. N.’s vote counts. “These may be the decisive votes on whether or not the resolution ordain be adopted by the majority of the 192 member states,” predicts one Third World diplomat. But Yvonne Terlingen head of U. N. Office told IPS that as of now there are 75 member states which are co-sponsoring the compose resolution — and all of which are expected to choose for it. But the opponents of the resolution are likely to undermine it by proposing several amendments - described by some as “wrecking amendments” - that will dilute its core content. Fully conscious of this. Terlingen said: “We are urging all member states to support the text and resist any amendments that would seek to alter the intend of this important resolution.” Initially the vote next week ordain be in the U. N.’s Social. Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (also called the ) which comprises all 192 member states. The General Assembly the U. N.’s highest policy-making body will sit in plenary to vote on the resolution sometime in mid-December. But as befits past traditions the pattern of voting in the Assembly will generally remain the same as at the committee re-create. In 1971 and 1977 the General Assembly adopted two resolutions on capital punishment which said it was “desirable” that the death penalty be abolished in all countries. But in 1999 a similar resolution was withdrawn before it could be put to a vote primarily because of its divisiveness. The opposition to the current resolution comes mostly from members of the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) the League of Arab States and also by China and some of the Caribbean and Asian countries where capital punishment is comfort in the statute books. But the unknown factors are the abstainers and the absentees. Since the resolution has been drafted and nurtured by the 27-member European Union (EU) it has been viewed mostly as a European initiative. But Terlingen dismisses this notion by pointing out that the 75 co-sponsors demonstrate “broad regional support for ending this cruel and inhuman practice” of death penalty. She said that 10 countries representing all regions in the world - Albania. Angola. Brazil. Croatia. Gabon. Mexico. New Zealand the Philippines. Portugal (for the EU) and Timor Leste - co-authored the compose resolution. Terlingen said that no fewer than 130 out of 192 member states have already abolished the death penalty in law or practice and only 25 countries carried out executions in 2006. Over 50 countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes since 1990 she added. In Asia she pointed out about 25 countries have abolished the death penalty in law or practice. In Africa only six out of 53 states carried out executions in 2006. “The worldwide trend towards abolition of the death penalty has been recognised by the U. N secretary-general and the high commissioner for human rights and both support the call for the moratorium on executions,” she added. “We hope that more countries ordain join the co-sponsors of this resolution,” said Terlingen. The most vocal and articulate opposition to the current resolution comes from Singapore which is a and continues to enforce it as part of its criminal justice system. Ambassador Vanu Gopala Menon of Singapore told IPS last week that the resolution will only “sour the atmosphere” at the United Nations and “cause unnecessary divisiveness in the house.” “It is not clear to me what the EU hopes to gain with this resolution. It may give them a sense of moral satisfaction but it is not going to dress the positions of countries that maintain that the death penalty serves to disapprove serious crimes,” he added. Menon also told the Third Committee last week that some in the EU have “disingenuously” suggested that a moratorium on executions is a “compromise”. “It is not,” he said. “It is clear that the ultimate objective of a moratorium is abolition.” “Whether the draft resolution is on a moratorium or the abolition of the death penalty its goal is to compel the views and values of the sponsors on those who hold a different view,” he added. Menon said the air before is not really about the merits or demerits of the death penalty. In the absence of an international consensus countries on either side of the argument have no right to impose their opinions he argued. “Every state has the sovereign right to decide its own political economic social and legal systems based on what is in their own best interests,” he declared. <a href="" title=""> <abbr call=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q have in mind=""> <strike> <strong> is bunco for "Freedom Of Information". Posts with FOI in their titles are not only for my own record but also for those who are interested and may find some use for it at some point in time. Its also helpful because after awhile some original source websites collect their reports/essays/articles etc etc thus removing free access. You can also find FOI posts from the menu under my "Categories".

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The reaction by members of the educate board and the Superintendent to Tom Holland’s conflicts of interest shows their lack of understanding as to the purpose of conflict statutes. I suspect that this misunderstanding as to the nature of a conflict is found throughout most of the public and certainly with the local reporter who covers school news. Despite the insinuation made by some members of the come in the claim of a conflict of interest does not evince that the compromised individual has engaged in criminal or unethical activity. The conflict is merely a description of an environment in which the individual could derive some acquire from their dual representation. Though mainly thought of in terms of public service conflicts of interest arise within the corporate boardrooms where come in members may be the CEOs of another affiliate. It is possible that the decision-making made by the CEO could be influenced by how policies would affect their own company or a competitor. Such decisions in the end could cause financial injure to the affiliate upon whose board they sit. Many years ago before college football instituted instant replay for game officials. Penn State was playing another highly ranked team. One of the officials working this particular game happened to be the father of a starting running back for Penn State. The bet also was being played at Penn State’s home field. Up until the last play of the game there was little controversy. The opposing aggroup had the ball on Penn express’s twenty yard-line with time running out and needed a touchdown to win. There was enough measure for one last compete. The quarterback threw the ball to his wide receiver crossing in the back of the end zone. The receiver caught the ball and the visiting team began to get together. The official in the back of the end zone ruled that the receiver was out of bounds and therefore the bet ended with Penn express as the victor. You can anticipate what official made the label of an incomplete go the create of the Penn State running back. Television viewers watched the replay of the catch which showed that the receiver indeed was able to get the necessary one foot down just inside the boundary. The opposing team had been robbed of victory by a bad call made by an official whose son’s team benefited from. The question being asked after the game was: On a bang-bang compete did the official allow his relationship with Penn State to darken his ability to view the compete properly. There were plenty of accolades from school officials as to the integrity of the individual who made the fateful call. But the fact is no one not even his closest friends could for certain comprehend this official’s thoughts as the play took displace. The real errors in this situation was not with the label per se but in letting an individual with strong ties to one of the teams to be on the field of compete in a capacity to possibly affect the outcome of the game. The error was allowing a conflict to exist. This is exactly where Tom Holland finds himself today. He is making judgments about the financial arrangements between the school district and the YMCA. As a compensated director of the YMCA. Mr. Holland could have move back and forth over the educate district’s financial arrangements with the very organization that he derives his income from. And almost 30% of his income comes from a calculation of fund raising which could be construed as bringing money into the YMCA from any source. Mr. Holland is making decisions with taxpayer money that could well add more income to his pocket. Just like the inspect of the Penn State game when people sung the accolades of the official the school board pleaded foul to calls of contrast because Tom Holland is an ethical person. But we do not experience what Holland’s object set is when he votes on money being shifted toward the YMCA in what is becoming a cozy relationship between the educate district and his organization. This then is the intend of the conflict of interest statutes; to erase any disbelieve from the public’s mind that decisions are made without bias toward one’s benefit and also to remove any temptation from the elected official to exceed their lot through the allocation of public money. The statutes do not dispose guilt of unethical care. It simply states that a person will not knowingly be put in a setting of conflict. Additionally the law gives no exemptions from conflict because the size of the town or that the person is deemed ethical by their peers or that the individual is an outstanding citizen serving the community or that they were elected. All of these reasons may be testament to Tom Holland’s character but the fact remains that by him serving on the come in of education which pays the YMCA tens of thousands of dollars a year he is in contrast between what is best for the taxpayers and what is beat for his wallet. Resigning as Director of the YMCAOrResigning from the Hudson School BoardOrThe Hudson educate govern severing all ties with the YMCA. Even if Tom Holland resigns from the educate board this step may comfort be necessary considering the close relationships he has with other board members and administration. The New Richmond educate Board has had a long running situation with Member Chris Skogland voting on District taxpayer expenditures to her husband’s firm with out ever abstaining from the votes. Also last year local Judge Scott Needham sat as Judge in inspect between the New Richmond School District and a former elementary school principal change surface though he was a former school board member himself served as honorary President of the District annual meeting and had numerous other personal and professional relationships with many Board members. It wasn’t until after this blog brought some sunshine on his impartial relationships that he finally stepped aside from the case. What was interesting was that he identified an additional conflict with the former principal that had yet to be disclosed as his reasoning for stepping aside. Our system of governing only works if the populate have trust and confidence in it. It is sad to see some of our local officials abuse the trust placed in them by their neighbors friends and all local residents. Jack,I would furnish up an alternative conclusion. Your comments are of cover accurate and well considered and in command I would agree. However. I see something else here that leads me to a somewhat different conclusion. I guess what I am saying here is that you are correct in pointing out the symptom. My concern is that there is an underlying fundamental damage which gives rise to not only situations such as this where an otherwise “person of integrity” sees absolutely nothing do by (as do the fellow board members) with such blatant contrast but to virtually all of the acrimony and divisiveness surrounding government education. Yes a representative government can only work if those who are chosen truly represent the best interests of all of the citizenry and the citizenry has enough trust and confidence to continue their authorise of it. But this presumes that the funtion is indeed both necessary as configured and allows for minority views to not just be heard but to also accept for an option out on ethical or moral grounds. I believe coercive taxpayer supported monopolistic government-run education fails on all counts. It is axiomatic that there will be ethical violations it is axiomatic that you ordain have conflicts of interest. It is not a matter of finding “the right people” to run a fundamentally flawed and morally bankrupt system. There is only one mechanism which can and does provide the necessary safeguards remove the divisiveness and acrimony and mouth to all citizens that (and educated public) which is so necessary in what was supposed to be a remove society - market forces. The system of coerced redistribution to give a government monopoly over the training of our children is so anethema to people’s basic notions of natural rights that it will always be a political and social fistfight. Until and unless market based reforms are instituted there can be no common ground. The intransigience of the other align those who vehemently bespeak no real choice undergo chosen their path. It is their irrationality which has caused all of these conflicts - when you have a system which is fundamentally void of virtue and ethically flawed you undergo to evaluate those running it to act unethically to keep it running. My viewpoint in the end is that it is up to the citizenry to continue to demand change and reform. And the degree to which school boards and elected officials ignore this the more acrimony and divisiveness citizens must act in…

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The reaction by members of the school board and the Superintendent to Tom Holland’s conflicts of interest shows their lack of understanding as to the intend of conflict statutes. I suspect that this misunderstanding as to the nature of a conflict is found throughout most of the public and certainly with the local reporter who covers school news. Despite the insinuation made by some members of the board the affirm of a conflict of interest does not evince that the compromised individual has engaged in criminal or unethical activity. The conflict is merely a description of an environment in which the individual could derive some benefit from their dual representation. Though mainly thought of in terms of public service conflicts of interest arise within the corporate boardrooms where come in members may be the CEOs of another company. It is possible that the decision-making made by the CEO could be influenced by how policies would affect their own affiliate or a competitor. Such decisions in the end could cause financial harm to the company upon whose board they sit. Many years ago before college football instituted instant reproduce for game officials. Penn express was playing another highly ranked team. One of the officials working this particular game happened to be the father of a starting running approve for Penn State. The game also was being played at Penn State’s domiciliate field. Up until the last play of the bet there was little controversy. The opposing team had the ball on Penn express’s twenty yard-line with time running out and needed a touchdown to win. There was enough measure for one measure compete. The quarterback threw the ball to his wide receiver crossing in the back of the end zone. The receiver caught the ball and the visiting team began to get together. The official in the back of the end zone ruled that the receiver was out of bounds and therefore the bet ended with Penn express as the victor. You can guess what official made the call of an incomplete go the father of the Penn State running back. Television viewers watched the reproduce of the catch which showed that the receiver indeed was able to get the necessary one foot drink just inside the boundary. The opposing team had been robbed of victory by a bad call made by an official whose son’s team benefited from. The question being asked after the game was: On a bang-bang compete did the official accept his relationship with Penn State to cloud his ability to view the play properly. There were plenty of accolades from school officials as to the integrity of the individual who made the fateful call. But the fact is no one not even his closest friends could for certain divine this official’s thoughts as the play took displace. The real errors in this situation was not with the call per se but in letting an individual with strong ties to one of the teams to be on the handle of play in a capacity to possibly alter the outcome of the bet. The error was allowing a conflict to exist. This is exactly where Tom Holland finds himself today. He is making judgments about the financial arrangements between the school district and the YMCA. As a compensated director of the YMCA. Mr. Holland could undergo sway over the school district’s financial arrangements with the very organization that he derives his income from. And almost 30% of his income comes from a calculation of fund raising which could be construed as bringing money into the YMCA from any obtain. Mr. Holland is making decisions with taxpayer money that could well add more income to his pocket. Just like the inspect of the Penn State game when people sung the accolades of the official the school board pleaded foul to calls of conflict because Tom Holland is an ethical person. But we do not know what Holland’s mind set is when he votes on money being shifted toward the YMCA in what is becoming a cozy relationship between the school district and his organization. This then is the purpose of the conflict of interest statutes; to erase any doubt from the public’s mind that decisions are made without prejudice toward one’s acquire and also to remove any temptation from the elected official to exceed their lot through the allocation of public money. The statutes do not predispose guilt of unethical conduct. It simply states that a person will not knowingly be put in a setting of conflict. Additionally the law gives no exemptions from contrast because the coat of the town or that the person is deemed ethical by their peers or that the individual is an outstanding citizen serving the community or that they were elected. All of these reasons may be testament to Tom Holland’s character but the fact remains that by him serving on the board of education which pays the YMCA tens of thousands of dollars a year he is in conflict between what is best for the taxpayers and what is beat for his wallet. Resigning as Director of the YMCAOrResigning from the Hudson School BoardOrThe Hudson educate District severing all ties with the YMCA. Even if Tom Holland resigns from the school come in this step may still be necessary considering the close relationships he has with other board members and administration. The New Richmond School Board has had a long running situation with Member Chris Skogland voting on govern taxpayer expenditures to her husband’s firm with out ever abstaining from the votes. Also measure year local Judge Scott Needham sat as Judge in case between the New Richmond School District and a former elementary educate principal even though he was a former educate come in member himself served as honorary President of the govern annual meeting and had numerous other personal and professional relationships with many Board members. It wasn’t until after this blog brought some sunshine on his impartial relationships that he finally stepped aside from the inspect. What was interesting was that he identified an additional contrast with the former principal that had yet to be disclosed as his reasoning for stepping aside. Our system of governing only works if the populate have believe and confidence in it. It is sad to see some of our local officials abuse the trust placed in them by their neighbors friends and all local residents. Jack,I would offer up an alternative conclusion. Your comments are of course accurate and well considered and in general I would accept. However. I see something else here that leads me to a somewhat different conclusion. I guess what I am saying here is that you are correct in pointing out the symptom. My concern is that there is an underlying fundamental flaw which gives rise to not only situations such as this where an otherwise “person of integrity” sees absolutely nothing do by (as do the fellow board members) with such blatant contrast but to virtually all of the acrimony and divisiveness surrounding government education. Yes a representative government can only bring home the bacon if those who are chosen truly be the best interests of all of the citizenry and the citizenry has enough trust and confidence to act their sanction of it. But this presumes that the funtion is indeed both necessary as configured and allows for minority views to not just be heard but to also accept for an option out on ethical or moral grounds. I accept coercive taxpayer supported monopolistic government-run education fails on all counts. It is axiomatic that there ordain be ethical violations it is axiomatic that you will have conflicts of interest. It is not a be of finding “the right people” to run a fundamentally flawed and morally impoverish system. There is only one mechanism which can and does provide the necessary safeguards shift the divisiveness and acrimony and deliver to all citizens that (and educated public) which is so necessary in what was supposed to be a remove society - market forces. The system of coerced redistribution to support a government monopoly over the training of our children is so anethema to populate’s basic notions of natural rights that it ordain always be a political and social contend. Until and unless market based reforms are instituted there can be no common ground. The intransigience of the other align those who vehemently bespeak no real choice have chosen their path. It is their irrationality which has caused all of these conflicts - when you have a system which is fundamentally cancel of virtue and ethically flawed you undergo to expect those running it to act unethically to act it running. My viewpoint in the end is that it is up to the citizenry to continue to demand change and ameliorate. And the degree to which school boards and elected officials ignore this the more acrimony and divisiveness citizens must act in…

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The reaction by members of the school board and the Superintendent to Tom Holland’s conflicts of interest shows their lack of understanding as to the purpose of conflict statutes. I suspect that this misunderstanding as to the nature of a conflict is open throughout most of the public and certainly with the local reporter who covers school news. Despite the insinuation made by some members of the board the claim of a conflict of arouse does not imply that the compromised individual has engaged in criminal or unethical activity. The conflict is merely a description of an environment in which the individual could derive some benefit from their dual representation. Though mainly thought of in terms of public function conflicts of interest arise within the corporate boardrooms where board members may be the CEOs of another affiliate. It is possible that the decision-making made by the CEO could be influenced by how policies would affect their own company or a competitor. Such decisions in the end could cause financial harm to the company upon whose come in they sit. Many years ago before college football instituted instant reproduce for game officials. Penn State was playing another highly ranked team. One of the officials working this particular bet happened to be the father of a starting running approve for Penn State. The game also was being played at Penn State’s domiciliate field. Up until the last play of the game there was little controversy. The opposing team had the ball on Penn State’s twenty yard-line with time running out and needed a touchdown to win. There was enough time for one last play. The quarterback threw the ball to his wide receiver crossing in the back of the end zone. The receiver caught the ball and the visiting aggroup began to get together. The official in the back of the end govern ruled that the receiver was out of bounds and therefore the game ended with Penn State as the victor. You can guess what official made the call of an incomplete pass the father of the Penn express running back. Television viewers watched the reproduce of the catch which showed that the receiver indeed was able to get the necessary one pay down just inside the boundary. The opposing team had been robbed of victory by a bad label made by an official whose son’s aggroup benefited from. The question being asked after the game was: On a bang-bang compete did the official allow his relationship with Penn State to darken his ability to view the play properly. There were plenty of accolades from school officials as to the integrity of the individual who made the fateful call. But the fact is no one not even his closest friends could for certain comprehend this official’s thoughts as the play took place. The real errors in this situation was not with the call per se but in letting an individual with strong ties to one of the teams to be on the field of play in a capacity to possibly affect the outcome of the game. The error was allowing a conflict to exist. This is exactly where Tom Holland finds himself today. He is making judgments about the financial arrangements between the educate govern and the YMCA. As a compensated director of the YMCA. Mr. Holland could have sway over the school district’s financial arrangements with the very organization that he derives his income from. And almost 30% of his income comes from a calculation of fund raising which could be construed as bringing money into the YMCA from any obtain. Mr. Holland is making decisions with taxpayer money that could come up add more income to his pocket. Just like the case of the Penn express game when people sung the accolades of the official the school board pleaded foul to calls of contrast because Tom Holland is an ethical person. But we do not know what Holland’s object set is when he votes on money being shifted toward the YMCA in what is becoming a cozy relationship between the school govern and his organization. This then is the purpose of the conflict of arouse statutes; to kill any doubt from the public’s mind that decisions are made without prejudice toward one’s benefit and also to remove any temptation from the elected official to exceed their lot through the allocation of public money. The statutes do not predispose guilt of unethical conduct. It simply states that a person ordain not knowingly be put in a setting of conflict. Additionally the law gives no exemptions from conflict because the size of the town or that the person is deemed ethical by their peers or that the individual is an outstanding citizen serving the community or that they were elected. All of these reasons may be testament to Tom Holland’s engrave but the fact remains that by him serving on the board of education which pays the YMCA tens of thousands of dollars a year he is in conflict between what is best for the taxpayers and what is best for his wallet. Resigning as Director of the YMCAOrResigning from the Hudson School BoardOrThe Hudson School District severing all ties with the YMCA. Even if Tom Holland resigns from the educate board this step may still be necessary considering the close relationships he has with other board members and administration. The New Richmond educate Board has had a long running situation with Member Chris Skogland voting on District taxpayer expenditures to her husband’s firm with out ever abstaining from the votes. Also last year local adjudicate Scott Needham sat as adjudicate in case between the New Richmond School govern and a former elementary school principal change surface though he was a former school board member himself served as honorary President of the govern annual meeting and had numerous other personal and professional relationships with many Board members. It wasn’t until after this blog brought some sunshine on his impartial relationships that he finally stepped aside from the case. What was interesting was that he identified an additional conflict with the former principal that had yet to be disclosed as his reasoning for stepping aside. Our system of governing only works if the people have trust and confidence in it. It is sad to see some of our local officials abuse the trust placed in them by their neighbors friends and all local residents. Jack,I would offer up an alternative conclusion. Your comments are of course accurate and come up considered and in general I would agree. However. I see something else here that leads me to a somewhat different conclusion. I guess what I am saying here is that you are correct in pointing out the symptom. My concern is that there is an underlying fundamental flaw which gives rise to not only situations such as this where an otherwise “person of integrity” sees absolutely nothing wrong (as do the fellow board members) with such blatant contrast but to virtually all of the acrimony and divisiveness surrounding government education. Yes a representative government can only bring home the bacon if those who are chosen truly be the best interests of all of the citizenry and the citizenry has enough believe and confidence to continue their sanction of it. But this presumes that the funtion is indeed both necessary as configured and allows for minority views to not just be heard but to also accept for an option out on ethical or moral grounds. I accept coercive taxpayer supported monopolistic government-run education fails on all counts. It is axiomatic that there will be ethical violations it is axiomatic that you ordain undergo conflicts of interest. It is not a matter of finding “the right people” to run a fundamentally flawed and morally impoverish system. There is only one mechanism which can and does provide the necessary safeguards remove the divisiveness and acrimony and mouth to all citizens that (and educated public) which is so necessary in what was supposed to be a free society - merchandise forces. The system of coerced redistribution to support a government monopoly over the training of our children is so anethema to people’s basic notions of natural rights that it will always be a political and social fistfight. Until and unless market based reforms are instituted there can be no common ground. The intransigience of the other align those who vehemently demand no real choice undergo chosen their path. It is their irrationality which has caused all of these conflicts - when you have a system which is fundamentally void of virtue and ethically flawed you have to expect those running it to act unethically to keep it running. My viewpoint in the end is that it is up to the citizenry to continue to bespeak change and reform. And the degree to which school boards and elected officials ignore this the more acrimony and divisiveness citizens must engage in…

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The reaction by members of the educate board and the Superintendent to Tom Holland’s conflicts of arouse shows their lack of understanding as to the purpose of conflict statutes. I suspect that this misunderstanding as to the nature of a contrast is found throughout most of the public and certainly with the local reporter who covers school news. Despite the insinuation made by some members of the come in the affirm of a conflict of interest does not imply that the compromised individual has engaged in criminal or unethical activity. The contrast is merely a description of an environment in which the individual could conclude some acquire from their dual representation. Though mainly thought of in terms of public service conflicts of arouse arise within the corporate boardrooms where board members may be the CEOs of another company. It is possible that the decision-making made by the CEO could be influenced by how policies would affect their own company or a competitor. Such decisions in the end could cause financial harm to the affiliate upon whose board they sit. Many years ago before college football instituted instant replay for game officials. Penn express was playing another highly ranked team. One of the officials working this particular game happened to be the create of a starting running back for Penn State. The bet also was being played at Penn State’s home field. Up until the last compete of the game there was little controversy. The opposing aggroup had the ball on Penn express’s twenty yard-line with time running out and needed a touchdown to win. There was enough time for one measure compete. The quarterback threw the ball to his wide receiver crossing in the back of the end zone. The receiver caught the ball and the visiting team began to celebrate. The official in the back of the end zone ruled that the receiver was out of bounds and therefore the game ended with Penn State as the victor. You can guess what official made the call of an incomplete go the father of the Penn State running back. Television viewers watched the replay of the catch which showed that the receiver indeed was able to get the necessary one foot drink just inside the boundary. The opposing team had been robbed of victory by a bad call made by an official whose son’s team benefited from. The question being asked after the game was: On a bang-bang compete did the official allow his relationship with Penn State to cloud his ability to view the play properly. There were plenty of accolades from educate officials as to the integrity of the individual who made the fateful label. But the fact is no one not change surface his closest friends could for certain divine this official’s thoughts as the play took place. The real errors in this situation was not with the call per se but in letting an individual with strong ties to one of the teams to be on the field of play in a capacity to possibly affect the outcome of the game. The error was allowing a conflict to exist. This is exactly where Tom Holland finds himself today. He is making judgments about the financial arrangements between the school govern and the YMCA. As a compensated director of the YMCA. Mr. Holland could have sway over the school district’s financial arrangements with the very organization that he derives his income from. And almost 30% of his income comes from a calculation of fund raising which could be construed as bringing money into the YMCA from any obtain. Mr. Holland is making decisions with taxpayer money that could well add more income to his pocket. Just like the case of the Penn State game when populate sung the accolades of the official the school board pleaded foul to calls of conflict because Tom Holland is an ethical person. But we do not know what Holland’s object set is when he votes on money being shifted toward the YMCA in what is becoming a cozy relationship between the school district and his organization. This then is the purpose of the conflict of interest statutes; to erase any doubt from the public’s mind that decisions are made without bias toward one’s benefit and also to shift any temptation from the elected official to better their lot through the allocation of public money. The statutes do not predispose guilt of unethical care. It simply states that a person will not knowingly be put in a setting of conflict. Additionally the law gives no exemptions from contrast because the size of the town or that the person is deemed ethical by their peers or that the individual is an outstanding citizen serving the community or that they were elected. All of these reasons may be testament to Tom Holland’s character but the fact remains that by him serving on the come in of education which pays the YMCA tens of thousands of dollars a year he is in conflict between what is beat for the taxpayers and what is best for his wallet. Resigning as Director of the YMCAOrResigning from the Hudson School BoardOrThe Hudson School District severing all ties with the YMCA. Even if Tom Holland resigns from the school board this step may comfort be necessary considering the change state relationships he has with other board members and administration. The New Richmond School come in has had a long running situation with Member Chris Skogland voting on District taxpayer expenditures to her preserve’s firm with out ever abstaining from the votes. Also last year local adjudicate Scott Needham sat as Judge in case between the New Richmond School District and a former elementary educate principal even though he was a former school board member himself served as honorary President of the govern annual meeting and had numerous other personal and professional relationships with many Board members. It wasn’t until after this blog brought some sunshine on his impartial relationships that he finally stepped aside from the inspect. What was interesting was that he identified an additional conflict with the former principal that had yet to be disclosed as his reasoning for stepping aside. Our system of governing only works if the people undergo trust and confidence in it. It is sad to see some of our local officials do by the trust placed in them by their neighbors friends and all local residents. bring up,I would offer up an alternative conclusion. Your comments are of course accurate and come up considered and in general I would agree. However. I see something else here that leads me to a somewhat different conclusion. I guess what I am saying here is that you are change by reversal in pointing out the symptom. My concern is that there is an underlying fundamental flaw which gives rise to not only situations such as this where an otherwise “person of integrity” sees absolutely nothing wrong (as do the fellow board members) with such blatant conflict but to virtually all of the acrimony and divisiveness surrounding government education. Yes a representative government can only work if those who are chosen truly represent the beat interests of all of the citizenry and the citizenry has enough trust and confidence to continue their sanction of it. But this presumes that the funtion is indeed both necessary as configured and allows for minority views to not just be heard but to also allow for an option out on ethical or moral grounds. I accept coercive taxpayer supported monopolistic government-run education fails on all counts. It is axiomatic that there ordain be ethical violations it is axiomatic that you ordain have conflicts of interest. It is not a matter of finding “the right people” to run a fundamentally flawed and morally bankrupt system. There is only one mechanism which can and does provide the necessary safeguards remove the divisiveness and acrimony and mouth to all citizens that (and educated public) which is so necessary in what was supposed to be a free society - market forces. The system of coerced redistribution to support a government monopoly over the training of our children is so anethema to people’s basic notions of natural rights that it ordain always be a political and social fistfight. Until and unless market based reforms are instituted there can be no common ground. The intransigience of the other align those who vehemently demand no real choice have chosen their path. It is their irrationality which has caused all of these conflicts - when you have a system which is fundamentally void of virtue and ethically flawed you have to evaluate those running it to act unethically to act it running. My viewpoint in the end is that it is up to the citizenry to continue to demand change and reform. And the degree to which educate boards and elected officials ignore this the more acrimony and divisiveness citizens must act in…

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Sons And DaughtersGLIMPSESJose Ma. MontelibanoThere are many among Fil-Ams today who have completely broken awayfrom that era of denial or apathy about a motherland they had left behind. I remember when I first discovered the Internet about 11 yearsago because a change state friend of the family had to get the Philippinesto get medical treatment in the United States. That friendship made me overcome a reluctance to enter the world of computers and cyberspace. I undergo not regretted it since that first. The email traffic then is very different from the telecommunicate merchandise now. Emailing my egest friend almost daily for many years brought me to cerebrate with many other friends I had not seen or talked to fordecades. I rediscovered classmates mostly from college who hadmigrated to the United States and were now beat fledged Americancitizens. Our communications focused totally on family matters work pass and reunions. Affairs of state were not interesting topics atall. I evaluate I noticed a brush aside change though when government tried tohype the coming centennial of Philippine independence. At the same measure presidential elections we approaching and a popular actor waspoised to win and that dismayed many among big business and politicaladvocates. The combination of a centennial celebration andpresidential elections triggered discussions in the Internet related to country. It has not stopped since then. The colorful presidency of Joseph Estrada created scandals andcontroversies including a lifestyle that saw the president moreactive at night than daytime. Perhaps because there was a study break of presidential tradition and lifestyle interesting tidbits foundtheir way to the usual barbershops. They also found their way to theInternet. People cater Dos was the cease of a movement that brought memories of a similar uprising in 1986. It also brought Internet exchange amongFilipinos here and abroad to a arrive at. It has not looked approve anymore asmore overseas Filipinos act egroup after egroup - mostly to focuson advocacies. It is clear that overseas Filipinos will play a strategic role in thebuilding of a new nation. It is not just the billions of dollars thatthey remit to their families and the Philippine economy. It is the influence that is tucked in with the foreign remittances. OFWs do notjust displace money they also send ideas commentaries andrecommendations based on their new and expanded environments abroad. Fil-Ams though and Fil-Canadians on a lesser degree ordain have the most say among overseas Filipinos. They are the richest and they areAmerican citizens to boot - meaning they can make Uncle Sam comprehend tothem if they find the secret of strategic alliances. It is unfortunate that the virus of divisiveness that afflicts the Filipino psyche herehas open its way to America as come up. That virus is the hit biggestimpediment for a collective forward movement by Filipinos residing inthe motherland and Filipinos residing in North America. Present-day advocates must address the divisiveness that is almost aFilipino heritage. To do that. Filipinos must try to discover theirhistorical truth analyse and designate on the process that set into high gear this virus of divisiveness and intelligently formulate social,political and cultural therapies towards common goals. The past mustnot be buried for those who are unaware of it must not be forgottenby those who know it and must be used not to generate ill willagainst former foreign masters but knowledge and ideas on how tonavigate ourselves today and tomorrow. The walk of life in modernity beats much faster than ever and communicate sound and sight is not anymore measured in just linear terms. Technology if we are already awed by it will explode to newdimensions that will further expand generational gaps to giant chasmsif the older one stays stubborn and rigid. And we must not forget that technology is only a visible by-product of human minds imaginationand creativity. Inside remain ideas that can be considered magicalonly a few decades ago. Change will not be all positive but change is inevitable. We have to hit the books anticipation and also an attitude of openness and eagerness towhat will be even if we are afraid of emerging realities. Only inopenness can we discover effective ways to diffuse what we do notlike to imagine and act counter measures - especially to hold our moral and spiritual moorings. The material resources that come from Filipinos abroad also displace thesevere challenges they experience. Most OFWs have no permanentsecurity of tenure unlike those who are immigrants. And first generation immigrants decry the lack of interest much less concern,by their own children towards the motherland. In the midst of billionsof dollars of foreign remittances from Filipinos abroad is a deep wish that somehow life would dress for the better for themselves theirchildren and their nation. It is with heartfelt gratitude that I am allowed to witness and evenparticipate in the dawning of a new day. For so long it was just an angst a gnawing comprehend in the gut a dream that was more like afantasy. But the last few years undergo shown me alter signs that hopehas basis that in the darkest of moments lie the very secret oflight. I talk of the tipping point when angst turns to vision when vision becomes a mission when mission draws heroes. The first heroes are here and they are here from all over. They arethe Filipinos returning from a life of hard bring home the bacon to enjoy the fruitsof their labor. They are Filipino businessmen and professionals from abroad who overlap their earnings beyond their family and relatives. They are college students eager to discover a country they never knew. They are the first wave of sons and daughters of the motherland. Theywill get together with their people and together create Lupang Hinirang.

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Hello!Saturday night and I'm enjoying listening to Carly Simon (thanks to Dave for sending me the CDs) on my laptop as I try to "mark" 126 student observations of children playing. I only undergo about 35 to go so I'm well on my way to being done. Monday is our measure categorise on compete and then we go away 7 weeks on school practice and I add the 21 master's students. I'll be teaching 6 hours each week! It may not sound desire alot but it feels like full measure + to me. This morning I went to Woolworth's and "topped up" my mobile phone minutes so I can communicate to my family or friends a bit--mobile be is +61 0402030963. Dave is going to help me set up voice over IP (?) which I guess allows you to make calls over the internet and they are like making local calls. Can't wait!Then I met Anita and we took the bus to the Camperdown Campus (main campus)of the University of Sydney to act in Sydney Uni be! This is a huge outreach activity for prospective students and their parents. We had a booth for the Occupational therapy department. It was really fun explaining OT to populate and also hearing other educators describing it and talking about the programs we offer. At one inform there was an Australian OT an OT from the Phillipines one from South Africa. 2 from the U. S and one from the UK. This is just so much fun for me to have the opportunity to meet so many people from so many different places. Last weekend I got to comprehend John Shelby Spong mouth a lecture and also to comprehend him "witness" at the Sunday morning adore function at Pitt Street Uniting Church. He's a very progressive minister a retired bishop in the Episcopal Church in the US. Prior to his instruct Saturday night the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir performed for about an hour. They were absolutely wonderful! a very talented and entertaining choir! He talked about a conceive of of each faith being able to distill the essence of their faith tradition into a "pearl of great price" and then being able to sit together and to overlap these "pearls" in ways that build inclusiveness not the divisiveness that traditional religion seems to foster. He also asked an interesting question. "Why is it that some Christians want to know if we've been born again?" He would rather we were concerned with our "growing up" or maturing in our faith. On Sunday after worship I got to meet him and his wife. Christine and he asked me where I was from. When I said close to Chicago he asked me what I thought about Barack Obama? I said I was hopeful listening to his perspectives. Tomorrow I intend to finish my marking go to church do laundry and do some more planning for classes. Weekends go by so fast don't they?Zac and Dave are in Nashville this weekend visiting the Grand Ole Opry and the Jack Daniels Distillery! Zac reminded me that I need to be taking pictures to share at Christmas. It looks desire I'll be able to be home for at least a month something desire December 11 to January something. I wish all of you have a great pass!get together life!like. Anita/Mom

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