Posted in Environment, History on May 11th, 2012
Forget Herzl. Forget Ben Gurion.
The other great Zionists?
Forget them too.
None of them can hold a candle to Israel Kligler. Without Kligler there would be no Israel.
He defeated the biggest enemy that Israel ever faced, and he did it quietly, in the background. But, even though he never sought fame or recognition for his work, it is still a travesty that few know of his vital role in the creation and survival of Israel.
What enemy was he responsible for defeating?
The mosquito.
Forget Herzl. Forget Ben Gurion.
The other great Zionists?
Forget them too.
None of them can hold a candle to Israel Kligler. Without Kligler there would be no Israel.
He defeated the biggest enemy that Israel ever faced, and he did it quietly, in the background. But, even though he never sought fame or recognition for his work, it is still a travesty that few know of his vital role in the creation and survival of Israel.
What enemy was he responsible for defeating?
The mosquito.
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Posted in Environment, Society on Feb 10th, 2012
One of the problems with resolving the Arab Israeli conflict is the incredible culture gap. The way things are done in the West just does not happen in the Middle East. And, when you can get past the way things are done, you often can’t get to WHAT needs to be done.
My Dad is a retired water pollution specialist and has rubbed shoulders with Palestinian environmentalists in many different settings. Unfortunately, these environmentalists are forced to deal with village chiefs that are ignorant of the risks of untreated sewage and ignorant of the ways to handle those risks.
One of the problems with resolving the Arab Israeli conflict is the incredible culture gap. The way things are done in the West just does not happen in the Middle East. And, when you can get past the way things are done, you often can’t get to WHAT needs to be done.
My Dad is a retired water pollution specialist and has rubbed shoulders with Palestinian environmentalists in many different settings. Unfortunately, these environmentalists are forced to deal with village chiefs that are ignorant of the risks of untreated sewage and ignorant of the ways to handle those risks.
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I tend to be the collector of obscure facts.
Such as the five percent rule for drug smuggling. The rule is that you only catch five percent of all the drugs smuggled across your border. Sometimes you get more. Sometimes you get less, but generally you only get five percent.
In other countries, like Russia, it’s actually worse.
What prompted this Little stream of consciousness is a bit of BBC reporting on the IAEA’s (International Atomic Energy Agency) attempts to secure radioactive materials and suppress the smuggling of those materials.
I tend to be the collector of obscure facts.
Such as the five percent rule for drug smuggling. The rule is that you only catch five percent of all the drugs smuggled across your border. Sometimes you get more. Sometimes you get less, but generally you only get five percent.
In other countries, like Russia, it’s actually worse.
What prompted this Little stream of consciousness is a bit of BBC reporting on the IAEA’s (International Atomic Energy Agency) attempts to secure radioactive materials and suppress the smuggling of those materials.
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The desert breeds a certain kind of person.
Deserts are harsh and unforgiving. Deserts consume the weak. Deserts demand everything that you have, and then a little more.
When you live in the desert, you live by desert rules, and if you forget those rules… you die.
However, desert rules don’t apply everywhere. It’s not necessary to live by desert rules in the rain forests of Africa and Southeast Asia. Desert rules don’t make sense in the fertile plains of the American Midwest.
In fact, Desert Rules only apply… in the desert.
The desert breeds a certain kind of person.
Deserts are harsh and unforgiving. Deserts consume the weak. Deserts demand everything that you have, and then a little more.
When you live in the desert, you live by desert rules, and if you forget those rules… you die.
However, desert rules don’t apply everywhere. It’s not necessary to live by desert rules in the rain forests of Africa and Southeast Asia. Desert rules don’t make sense in the fertile plains of the American Midwest.
In fact, Desert Rules only apply… in the desert.
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Posted in Environment, Society, Uncategorized on Oct 17th, 2006
Got sick again. Can you believe it?
That’s why I’ve been so spotty with my blogging. However, I should be entering a quiet patch in November which should allow me to be more consistant.
Why November?
Well, I’m running around like a crazy person, trying to get everything ready for a major trip to the US. Some things are going smoothly. Some things aren’t.
When it rains, it pours.
Of course in Israel, that is both true and a blessing.
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Read the full post (171 words, 19 images, estimated 41 secs reading time)Got sick again. Can you believe it?
That’s why I’ve been so spotty with my blogging. However, I should be entering a quiet patch in November which should allow me to be more consistant.
Why November?
Well, I’m running around like a crazy person, trying to get everything ready for a major trip to the US. Some things are going smoothly. Some things aren’t.
When it rains, it pours.
Of course in Israel, that is both true and a blessing.
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This is a preview of
When It Rains On Your Parade, You’ve Been Blessed
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