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gcworld · 2 months ago

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Employing Novel Innovation to Counter Financial Crimes Against Humanity

The desperate struggles which grip the world depict a real story of a world in such upheaval that it must change. Particularly, the world of trade, technology and finance must change. These are the gears that are turning the world away from the old order. Those careful to stand in the way of this massive change are bound to be run over by it.

Most impressive is the revelations of the hidden hand of poverty and disenfranchisement that starngles the developing world. That had is no longer invisible, and someone must tell the emperor he has no clothes. The Deputy Director of the IMF recently visited Kenya in December. It was an awkward visit by all accounts as the official blamed Nairobi for its overtaxation od citizens, according to a report by Tuko Kenya. It was a move that reaked of desperation in an effort to whitewash the thinning layer of paint hiding financial crimes against humanity. Both the IMF and the World Bank lowered Kenya's growth outlook from 5.0 to 4.7, a nicely efficient effort to keep the 52.4 million people of Kenya tamped down and desperate.

Financial Crimes Against humanity are often overlooked because they have been perpetrated for so long. We've somehow come to believe that entire countries are poor by their own perfidity rather than a well orchestrated financial gambit sinking futures and fortunes. It is why the world accepts quite obviously stupid economic advice that only incurs more debt and leverages national benefit and resources away from citizens and into the cofers of foreign investors.

Investors ready to turn any developing natuon into a bubble economy that can be deflated at the press of a button. The funds are suddenly shifted, leaving the nation and its people high and dry. Yes. It is like pulling the rug from under an entire nation. The IMF wants to give El Salvador a loan, El Pais reports. But the loan is contingent on the condition that El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as s local currency. Now why would the IMF wamt to control that?

According to reports, if El Salvador eliminates bitcoin as curremcy, privatizes national assets and levies some hefty taxes on its people and industry, it might also gain access to additional paper fiat from the World Bank and other financial institutions. Exhilarating. Truly exhilarating. Once it puts itself into a tough spot, it can aquire more debt that will keep it poor and begging for at least 30-50 more years.

The newly elected president of Ghana has gone on record to say the IMF loan negitiated by his predecessor needed to be reworked into something more realistic and practical. Yes, because unfortunately such loans and financial instruments with their strongarm monetary policies crash economies. The economic policies of the former administration were a big part of why Ghana re-elected Mahama in December, Ghanaweb reported.

But these opposition elections are not unusual. They are the result if a populace that can finally see through the flimsy econimic olans that sink economies, livelihoods and production. These policies are deliberate and destructive. It is therefore a crime against humanity to sink a man's economy for 30 years, denying him and his fellow patriots the right to a dignified life in their own fatherland. The concept is just heinous. In fact, one could easily conclude that these "international" financial institutions based in Washinhton, DC were deliberately creating economic malfeasance in in developing economies. After all, for zero-sum cognition, if one is in decline and deindustrializing, it is necessary to push others down too to remain remain on top. Even if that is the top of the scrap heap.

Germany's Service sector has contracted according to Reuters reports. Services can no longer make up the shortfall in its industrial output. FirstPost has reported that Italy has also seen a sunami of young Italians turning into economic migrants like the refugees from Africa and MENA regions that washing up onto their shores. The truth is that Italy, like France is broke. There are no jobs and industry is dying. Leadership is invapable or unwilling to solve the problem. And it is unlikely with Western Europe's population crisis that they will not be able to regain primacy in any of these areas again. It is why the Old order states are rife with strikes and protests by ordinary citizens. The French prime minister has appointed his third President, France 24 reported, in what is a national embarrassment and a crisis of leadership and finance in Paris. The chaos is not caused by an existential threat, for many old order nations the erosion and chaos is from within.

There is irony in that states who can barely balance their books are advising developing economies on how to run their economies. The truth is that developing economies are better off experimenting with what works for them in terms of finance, technology and trade, rather than following those who demonstrate an obvious ineptitude in a world in which they had the upper hand.

In fact, developing economies possess greater legitimacy in their economic faailures than rich states. Consider that developing economies have been forced to take egregious loans and follow absurd policies that drive them into debt, disenfranchisement and infrastructural collapse. Many are forced into non sequitur policies that erode citizen trust and delay industry. Others are violently targetted and coerced by external trade and investment traps and barriers.

Nicuaragua is the latest Latin American nation targetted with revocation of the CAFTA-DR, El Pais reports. The US-Nicuaragua free trade agreement amounts to nearly 55 percent of the Latin American natiins trade and is threatened wuth suapension for alleged human rights violations. This lebelled by a US Administration that has set a US record pardoning offenders and looked the other way as nearly 50,000 Palestinians habe been slaughtered.

Financial crimes against humanity are real. The practice of setting economic traps for people, nations and political foes and then blaming them for the deficit presents a wild and macabre scenario. Zimbabwe has been the Rules Based Order's victim for years, now it is catching up to the rest of the world--China and Russia included. Forbes reported that the US has unveiled more tech sanctions against Beijing. The hidden hand becomes clearer now and not so hidden.

African commentators and news reports are happy to tell the world that Africa is not poor. Yet these nations replete with natural resources, precious minerals and massive tracts of arable land are unable to leverage any of it for their own benefit. It's because of restrictive IMF, World Bank, World financial rules and colonial covenants that hamstring nations for decades.

A monetary policy that does not encourage small and medium business, industry, exports, innovation, citizen protections and circular economics is merely a private joke among financiers, economists and hedge fund managers. Nations can't run like that. The common financial advice from such institutions is now an inside joke destined to ruin economies or turn them into an easily extinguishable bubble. Africa's growth is not rocket science, neither are the financial and economic struggles of states hoping to grow in the current world financial system.

We see similar finacial gauntlets being set up in various quadrants in an attempt to save what is left of the Rules Based Order and its depravity. New Eastern European nations are being added to the EU debt train every year. The goal is to annex the state and then submerge it into suffocating debt making it oerpetually dependant on the Union. Most new EU members from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are generally low on debt to GDP ratios. However, give those same states 5-10 years in the EU, and their debt exploads through unrealistic borrowing and financial instruments that turn sovereign states into slaves of a dying empire. The world can only mourn for Ukraine which hasn't yet recieved NATO or EU memebership and it is already financially sunk.

Real financial experts know that massive loans don't fix economies because they never reach the real engines of economic growth: people. These billion and multi-million dollar loans are actually for government institutions, pet projects, investors and functionaries. America provides a brilliant example. Its stock market is flying high, but the real economy is going up in flames.

Without participation of the population, you don't really have an economy. You have a limited exchange which requires inputs of constant fiat because it is not self generating or powered by the masses. It's not hard to see these scenarios in the developing world and now, in a bizarre turn of events the same dynamics are manigesting in rich countries It does not take a genius to realize that very soon "rich countries" of the Rules Based Order will no longer be rich. It is a phenomena that is speeding up with alarming intensity. Plainly put, the "First World" Nations will soon become the stigmatized and pejorative, "Third World."

It then necomes imparative for developing economies to find a better blueprint for development and growth. It is obvious the current model as well as theory is seriously flawwed. It is flawwed because the model that the old order used has been found to be faulty, while the model of development that it promotes to developing economies has never yielded any benefit. The socioeconomic plan for Global South state growth, designed by the Old Order has been such a failure that its outcomes seem almost malicious. The economists of thr Rules based order have rained decades of economic tyranny onto growing nations. It is time for a departure from those vacant and useless rules and theory.

Nigeria has made plans to privatize its state refineries, AllAfriva News reports, while its currency is devastatingly low. Low enough for hedge funds and broke old order nations to buy. It's not difficult to see that mandate of failure. Besides, much of the global South owe their poverty not only to flawwed economic policy and extra-state interference, but also to years of barbaric colonial violence and repression.

As the world watches Israel sweep into Syria, Middle East Eye reports, under the watcful eye of the Rules Based Order, we begin to understand colonialism as it happened in real time. The world also begins to see that much of the industry and success of the old order was predicated on land theft, violent repression and forced labor. It is why the old order struggles with labor, wage stagnation and importation of foreign workers. They have never accomplished these things on their own. In fact, much of the technologies that modernized their enclaves were designed by those whom they trafficked or abused such as Black Americans, Chinese for railroads, First Nations People and Indigenous.

Therefore a new model of growth must be found. The economies of the old order are failing and to replicate their success will require a greater barbarity than what we have come to know as massive international law violations. Crimes against humanity, war and human rights violations will be necessary to secure a fragile slash and burn state. An economy that will require conflict and war to maintain through the deployment of a military industrial complex.

Economics then must change. Developing economies must find a better model and better strategies. As currency, banking and technology pivits, it is time for economic theory of development to change. States must now pivot to new models that suit their own population with limited input from any old order functionaries. The strategies simply do not work. Instead they lead to economic apartheid within nations and among them. Another child must not spend the rest of his/her life in staggering poverty and underdevelopment simply because states are using failed stratagies of an order discovered to be without rules.

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lavishangle · 2 months ago

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odtravelsonline · 2 months ago

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chorusfm · 8 months ago

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Twenty One Pilots Have Great Week

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marbelriyad · 8 months ago

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Marbled: A Riyadh Revelation for Steak and Burger Lovers

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odbusthings · 10 months ago

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jayporeseo · 10 months ago

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renaissanceclassics · 10 months ago

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Up From Slavery: Part 15

of 18 parts. Chapter XIV. The Atlanta Exposition Address

The Atlanta Exposition, at which I had been asked to make an address as a representative of the Negro race, as stated in the last chapter, was opened with a short address from Governor Bullock. After other interesting exercises, including an invocation from Bishop Nelson, of Georgia, a dedicatory ode by Albert Howell, Jr., and addresses by the President of the Exposition and Mrs. Joseph Thompson, the President of the Woman's Board, Governor Bullock introduce me with the words, "We have with us to-day a representative of Negro enterprise and Negro civilization."

When I arose to speak, there was considerable cheering, especially from the coloured people. As I remember it now, the thing that was uppermost in my mind was the desire to say something that would cement the friendship of the races and bring about hearty cooperation between them. So far as my outward surroundings were concerned, the only thing that I recall distinctly now is that when I got up, I saw thousands of eyes looking intently into my face. The following is the address which I delivered:—

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Board of Directors and Citizens.

One-third of the population of the South is of the Negro race. No enterprise seeking the material, civil, or moral welfare of this section can disregard this element of our population and reach the highest success. I but convey to you, Mr. President and Directors, the sentiment of the masses of my race when I say that in no way have the value and manhood of the American Negro been more fittingly and generously recognized than by the managers of this magnificent Exposition at every stage of its progress. It is a recognition that will do more to cement the friendship of the two races than any occurrence since the dawn of our freedom.

Not only this, but the opportunity here afforded will awaken among us a new era of industrial progress. Ignorant and inexperienced, it is not strange that in the first years of our new life we began at the top instead of at the bottom; that a seat in Congress or the state legislature was more sought than real estate or industrial skill; that the political convention or stump speaking had more attractions than starting a dairy farm or truck garden.

A ship lost at sea for many days suddenly sighted a friendly vessel. From the mast of the unfortunate vessel was seen a signal, "Water, water; we die of thirst!" The answer from the friendly vessel at once came back, "Cast down your bucket where you are." A second time the signal, "Water, water; send us water!" ran up from the distressed vessel, and was answered, "Cast down your bucket where you are." And a third and fourth signal for water was answered, "Cast down your bucket where you are." The captain of the distressed vessel, at last heading the injunction, cast down his bucket, and it came up full of fresh, sparkling water from the mouth of the Amazon River. To those of my race who depend on bettering their condition in a foreign land or who underestimate the importance of cultivating friendly relations with the Southern white man, who is their next-door neighbour, I would say: "Cast down your bucket where you are"—cast it down in making friends in every manly way of the people of all races by whom we are surrounded.

Cast it down in agriculture, mechanics, in commerce, in domestic service, and in the professions. And in this connection it is well to bear in mind that whatever other sins the South may be called to bear, when it comes to business, pure and simple, it is in the South that the Negro is given a man's chance in the commercial world, and in nothing is this Exposition more eloquent than in emphasizing this chance. Our greatest danger is that in the great leap from slavery to freedom we may overlook the fact that the masses of us are to live by the productions of our hands, and fail to keep in mind that we shall prosper in proportion as we learn to dignify and glorify common labour and put brains and skill into the common occupations of life; shall prosper in proportion as we learn to draw the line between the superficial and the substantial, the ornamental gewgaws of life and the useful. No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top. Nor should we permit our grievances to overshadow our opportunities.

To those of the white race who look to the incoming of those of foreign birth and strange tongue and habits of the prosperity of the South, were I permitted I would repeat what I say to my own race: "Cast down your bucket where you are." Cast it down among the eight millions of Negroes whose habits you know, whose fidelity and love you have tested in days when to have proved treacherous meant the ruin of your firesides. Cast down your bucket among these people who have, without strikes and labour wars, tilled your fields, cleared your forests, builded your railroads and cities, and brought forth treasures from the bowels of the earth, and helped make possible this magnificent representation of the progress of the South. Casting down your bucket among my people, helping and encouraging them as you are doing on these grounds, and to education of head, hand, and heart, you will find that they will buy your surplus land, make blossom the waste places in your fields, and run your factories. While doing this, you can be sure in the future, as in the past, that you and your families will be surrounded by the most patient, faithful, law-abiding, and unresentful people that the world has seen. As we have proved our loyalty to you in the past, nursing your children, watching by the sick-bed of your mothers and fathers, and often following them with tear-dimmed eyes to their graves, so in the future, in our humble way, we shall stand by you with a devotion that no foreigner can approach, ready to lay down our lives, if need be, in defence of yours, interlacing our industrial, commercial, civil, and religious life with yours in a way that shall make the interests of both races one. In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.

There is no defence or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all. If anywhere there are efforts tending to curtail the fullest growth of the Negro, let these efforts be turned into stimulating, encouraging, and making him the most useful and intelligent citizen. Effort or means so invested will pay a thousand per cent interest. These efforts will be twice blessed—"blessing him that gives and him that takes."

There is no escape through law of man or God from the inevitable:— The laws of changeless justice bind Oppressor with oppressed; And close as sin and suffering joined We march to fate abreast.

Nearly sixteen millions of hands will aid you in pulling the load upward, or they will pull against you the load downward. We shall constitute one-third and more of the ignorance and crime of the South, or one-third its intelligence and progress; we shall contribute one-third to the business and industrial prosperity of the South, or we shall prove a veritable body of death, stagnating, depressing, retarding every effort to advance the body politic.

Gentlemen of the Exposition, as we present to you our humble effort at an exhibition of our progress, you must not expect overmuch. Starting thirty years ago with ownership here and there in a few quilts and pumpkins and chickens (gathered from miscellaneous sources), remember the path that has led from these to the inventions and production of agricultural implements, buggies, steam-engines, newspapers, books, statuary, carving, paintings, the management of drug-stores and banks, has not been trodden without contact with thorns and thistles. While we take pride in what we exhibit as a result of our independent efforts, we do not for a moment forget that our part in this exhibition would fall far short of your expectations but for the constant help that has come to our education life, not only from the Southern states, but especially from Northern philanthropists, who have made their gifts a constant stream of blessing and encouragement.

The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremest folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing. No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized. It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercises of these privileges. The opportunity to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera-house.

In conclusion, may I repeat that nothing in thirty years has given us more hope and encouragement, and drawn us so near to you of the white race, as this opportunity offered by the Exposition; and here bending, as it were, over the altar that represents the results of the struggles of your race and mine, both starting practically empty-handed three decades ago, I pledge that in your effort to work out the great and intricate problem which God has laid at the doors of the South, you shall have at all times the patient, sympathetic help of my race; only let this be constantly in mind, that, while from representations in these buildings of the product of field, of forest, of mine, of factory, letters, and art, much good will come, yet far above and beyond material benefits will be that higher good, that, let us pray God, will come, in a blotting out of sectional differences and racial animosities and suspicions, in a determination to administer absolute justice, in a willing obedience among all classes to the mandates of law. This, this, coupled with our material prosperity, will bring into our beloved South a new heaven and a new earth.

The first thing that I remember, after I had finished speaking, was that Governor Bullock rushed across the platform and took me by the hand, and that others did the same. I received so many and such hearty congratulations that I found it difficult to get out of the building. I did not appreciate to any degree, however, the impression which my address seemed to have made, until the next morning, when I went into the business part of the city. As soon as I was recognized, I was surprised to find myself pointed out and surrounded by a crowd of men who wished to shake hands with me. This was kept up on every street on to which I went, to an extent which embarrassed me so much that I went back to my boarding-place. The next morning I returned to Tuskegee. At the station in Atlanta, and at almost all of the stations at which the train stopped between that city and Tuskegee, I found a crowd of people anxious to shake hands with me.

The papers in all parts of the United States published the address in full, and for months afterward there were complimentary editorial references to it. Mr. Clark Howell, the editor of the Atlanta Constitution, telegraphed to a New York paper, among other words, the following, "I do not exaggerate when I say that Professor Booker T. Washington's address yesterday was one of the most notable speeches, both as to character and as to the warmth of its reception, ever delivered to a Southern audience. The address was a revelation. The whole speech is a platform upon which blacks and whites can stand with full justice to each other."

The Boston Transcript said editorially: "The speech of Booker T. Washington at the Atlanta Exposition, this week, seems to have dwarfed all the other proceedings and the Exposition itself. The sensation that it has caused in the press has never been equalled."

I very soon began receiving all kinds of propositions from lecture bureaus, and editors of magazines and papers, to take the lecture platform, and to write articles. One lecture bureau offered me fifty thousand dollars, or two hundred dollars a night and expenses, if I would place my services at its disposal for a given period. To all these communications I replied that my life-work was at Tuskegee; and that whenever I spoke it must be in the interests of Tuskegee school and my race, and that I would enter into no arrangements that seemed to place a mere commercial value upon my services.

Some days after its delivery I sent a copy of my address to the President of the United States, the Hon. Grover Cleveland. I received from him the following autograph reply:—

Gray Gables, Buzzard's Bay, Mass., October 6, 1895. Booker T. Washington, Esq.: My Dear Sir: I thank you for sending me a copy of your address delivered at the Atlanta Exposition. I thank you with much enthusiasm for making the address. I have read it with intense interest, and I think the Exposition would be fully justified if it did not do more than furnish the opportunity for its delivery. Your words cannot fail to delight and encourage all who wish well for your race; and if our coloured fellow-citizens do not from your utterances gather new hope and form new determinations to gain every valuable advantage offered them by their citizenship, it will be strange indeed. Yours very truly, Grover Cleveland.

Later I met Mr. Cleveland, for the first time, when, as President, he visited the Atlanta Exposition. At the request of myself and others he consented to spend an hour in the Negro Building, for the purpose of inspecting the Negro exhibit and of giving the coloured people in attendance an opportunity to shake hands with him. As soon as I met Mr. Cleveland I became impressed with his simplicity, greatness, and rugged honesty. I have met him many times since then, both at public functions and at his private residence in Princeton, and the more I see of him the more I admire him. When he visited the Negro Building in Atlanta he seemed to give himself up wholly, for that hour, to the coloured people. He seemed to be as careful to shake hands with some old coloured "auntie" clad partially in rags, and to take as much pleasure in doing so, as if he were greeting some millionaire. Many of the coloured people took advantage of the occasion to get him to write his name in a book or on a slip of paper. He was as careful and patient in doing this as if he were putting his signature to some great state document.

Mr. Cleveland has not only shown his friendship for me in many personal ways, but has always consented to do anything I have asked of him for our school. This he has done, whether it was to make a personal donation or to use his influence in securing the donations of others. Judging from my personal acquaintance with Mr. Cleveland, I do not believe that he is conscious of possessing any colour prejudice. He is too great for that. In my contact with people I find that, as a rule, it is only the little, narrow people who live for themselves, who never read good books, who do not travel, who never open up their souls in a way to permit them to come into contact with other souls—with the great outside world. No man whose vision is bounded by colour can come into contact with what is highest and best in the world. In meeting men, in many places, I have found that the happiest people are those who do the most for others; the most miserable are those who do the least. I have also found that few things, if any, are capable of making one so blind and narrow as race prejudice. I often say to our students, in the course of my talks to them on Sunday evenings in the chapel, that the longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for—and dying for, if need be—is the opportunity of making some one else more happy and more useful.

The coloured people and the coloured newspapers at first seemed to be greatly pleased with the character of my Atlanta address, as well as with its reception. But after the first burst of enthusiasm began to die away, and the coloured people began reading the speech in cold type, some of them seemed to feel that they had been hypnotized. They seemed to feel that I had been too liberal in my remarks toward the Southern whites, and that I had not spoken out strongly enough for what they termed the "rights" of my race. For a while there was a reaction, so far as a certain element of my own race was concerned, but later these reactionary ones seemed to have been won over to my way of believing and acting.

While speaking of changes in public sentiment, I recall that about ten years after the school at Tuskegee was established, I had an experience that I shall never forget. Dr. Lyman Abbott, then the pastor of Plymouth Church, and also editor of the Outlook (then the Christian Union), asked me to write a letter for his paper giving my opinion of the exact condition, mental and moral, of the coloured ministers in the South, as based upon my observations. I wrote the letter, giving the exact facts as I conceived them to be. The picture painted was a rather black one—or, since I am black, shall I say "white"? It could not be otherwise with a race but a few years out of slavery, a race which had not had time or opportunity to produce a competent ministry.

What I said soon reached every Negro minister in the country, I think, and the letters of condemnation which I received from them were not few. I think that for a year after the publication of this article every association and every conference or religious body of any kind, of my race, that met, did not fail before adjourning to pass a resolution condemning me, or calling upon me to retract or modify what I had said. Many of these organizations went so far in their resolutions as to advise parents to cease sending their children to Tuskegee. One association even appointed a "missionary" whose duty it was to warn the people against sending their children to Tuskegee. This missionary had a son in the school, and I noticed that, whatever the "missionary" might have said or done with regard to others, he was careful not to take his son away from the institution. Many of the coloured papers, especially those that were the organs of religious bodies, joined in the general chorus of condemnation or demands for retraction.

During the whole time of the excitement, and through all the criticism, I did not utter a word of explanation or retraction. I knew that I was right, and that time and the sober second thought of the people would vindicate me. It was not long before the bishops and other church leaders began to make careful investigation of the conditions of the ministry, and they found out that I was right. In fact, the oldest and most influential bishop in one branch of the Methodist Church said that my words were far too mild. Very soon public sentiment began making itself felt, in demanding a purifying of the ministry. While this is not yet complete by any means, I think I may say, without egotism, and I have been told by many of our most influential ministers, that my words had much to do with starting a demand for the placing of a higher type of men in the pulpit. I have had the satisfaction of having many who once condemned me thank me heartily for my frank words.

The change of the attitude of the Negro ministry, so far as regards myself, is so complete that at the present time I have no warmer friends among any class than I have among the clergymen. The improvement in the character and life of the Negro ministers is one of the most gratifying evidences of the progress of the race. My experience with them, as well as other events in my life, convince me that the thing to do, when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing, and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.

In the midst of the discussion which was going on concerning my Atlanta speech, I received the letter which I give below, from Dr. Gilman, the President of Johns Hopkins University, who had been made chairman of the judges of award in connection with the Atlanta Exposition:—

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,

President's Office, September 30, 1895.

Dear Mr. Washington: Would it be agreeable to you to be one of the Judges of Award in the Department of Education at Atlanta? If so, I shall be glad to place your name upon the list. A line by telegraph will be welcomed.

Yours very truly,

D.C. Gilman

I think I was even more surprised to receive this invitation than I had been to receive the invitation to speak at the opening of the Exposition. It was to be a part of my duty, as one of the jurors, to pass not only upon the exhibits of the coloured schools, but also upon those of the white schools. I accepted the position, and spent a month in Atlanta in performance of the duties which it entailed. The board of jurors was a large one, containing in all of sixty members. It was about equally divided between Southern white people and Northern white people. Among them were college presidents, leading scientists and men of letters, and specialists in many subjects. When the group of jurors to which I was assigned met for organization, Mr. Thomas Nelson Page, who was one of the number, moved that I be made secretary of that division, and the motion was unanimously adopted. Nearly half of our division were Southern people. In performing my duties in the inspection of the exhibits of white schools I was in every case treated with respect, and at the close of our labours I parted from my associates with regret.

I am often asked to express myself more freely than I do upon the political condition and the political future of my race. These recollections of my experience in Atlanta give me the opportunity to do so briefly. My own belief is, although I have never before said so in so many words, that the time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to. I think, though, that the opportunity to freely exercise such political rights will not come in any large degree through outside or artificial forcing, but will be accorded to the Negro by the Southern white people themselves, and that they will protect him in the exercise of those rights. Just as soon as the South gets over the old feeling that it is being forced by "foreigners," or "aliens," to do something which it does not want to do, I believe that the change in the direction that I have indicated is going to begin. In fact, there are indications that it is already beginning in a slight degree.

Let me illustrate my meaning. Suppose that some months before the opening of the Atlanta Exposition there had been a general demand from the press and public platform outside the South that a Negro be given a place on the opening programme, and that a Negro be placed upon the board of jurors of award. Would any such recognition of the race have taken place? I do not think so. The Atlanta officials went as far as they did because they felt it to be a pleasure, as well as a duty, to reward what they considered merit in the Negro race. Say what we will, there is something in human nature which we cannot blot out, which makes one man, in the end, recognize and reward merit in another, regardless of colour or race.

I believe it is the duty of the Negro—as the greater part of the race is already doing—to deport himself modestly in regard to political claims, depending upon the slow but sure influences that proceed from the possession of property, intelligence, and high character for the full recognition of his political rights. I think that the according of the full exercise of political rights is going to be a matter of natural, slow growth, not an over-night, gourd-vine affair. I do not believe that the Negro should cease voting, for a man cannot learn the exercise of self-government by ceasing to vote, any more than a boy can learn to swim by keeping out of the water, but I do believe that in his voting he should more and more be influenced by those of intelligence and character who are his next-door neighbours.

I know coloured men who, through the encouragement, help, and advice of Southern white people, have accumulated thousands of dollars' worth of property, but who, at the same time, would never think of going to those same persons for advice concerning the casting of their ballots. This, it seems to me, is unwise and unreasonable, and should cease. In saying this I do not mean that the Negro should truckle, or not vote from principle, for the instant he ceases to vote from principle he loses the confidence and respect of the Southern white man even.

I do not believe that any state should make a law that permits an ignorant and poverty-stricken white man to vote, and prevents a black man in the same condition from voting. Such a law is not only unjust, but it will react, as all unjust laws do, in time; for the effect of such a law is to encourage the Negro to secure education and property, and at the same time it encourages the white man to remain in ignorance and poverty. I believe that in time, through the operation of intelligence and friendly race relations, all cheating at the ballot-box in the South will cease. It will become apparent that the white man who begins by cheating a Negro out of his ballot soon learns to cheat a white man out of his, and that the man who does this ends his career of dishonesty by the theft of property or by some equally serious crime. In my opinion, the time will come when the South will encourage all of its citizens to vote. It will see that it pays better, from every standpoint, to have healthy, vigorous life than to have that political stagnation which always results when one-half of the population has no share and no interest in the Government.

As a rule, I believe in universal, free suffrage, but I believe that in the South we are confronted with peculiar conditions that justify the protection of the ballot in many of the states, for a while at least, either by an education test, a property test, or by both combined; but whatever tests are required, they should be made to apply with equal and exact justice to both races.

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The bus to Haparanda leaves early

So, I was up at the top of Sweden and had to decide where to go next, west to Norway or east to Finland.

In the end I decided on neither and went back down through Sweden.

When I was leaving Kiruna though it looked like I was going to Finland, that was the plan anyway.

I decided on going to Haparanda (what a great name) which is on the border with Finland.

Only trouble was the bus leaves, the only bus to Haparanda, leaves at 07.10.

I get to the bus station 20 minutes before the bus leaves.

I’m the only passenger that does the full trip.

We have three different drivers over the 6 hour trip through snow filled Sweden.

The only reindeer we see over the course of the trip are in a sort of farm.

We get to Haparanda after 13.00 and I walk to the hostel through the ice and slush covered paths.

The city has a strange feel to it, a sort of half a city feel to it.

And in a way it is.

Next door in Finland is Tornio, the original settlement in the area. Then when Sweden lost Finland to Russia they needed a base for trade in that region, on their land as it were, so they built up Haparanda.

Today there’s no border control as Sweden and Finland are both members of the European Union.

The two cities have banded together and created a joint city in effect, a Eurocity.

The hostel has a sign up saying that the reception is only open from 16.00 to 19.00, I knew about this in advance but turn up anyway.

I ring the ‘out of hours’ number on their sign.

A lady opens the door and asks if it was me that was ringing, she’s not happy for whatever reason.

I ask if they’re open.

She agrees to 'sort of open’.

She checks me in and again with the sheets.

She wants to charge me 50 Swedish Krona for sheet 'rental’. That's Euro5.60 or $7.40.

I have my own sheets but thanks anyway.

She has a certificate for helpfulness on the wall behind her, NOT!

I put my stuff away and walk to the nearby IKEA, their most northerly store in the world.

I have a not very pleasant meal composed of some kind of meat.

It’s mostly Finns that are shopping there, they pay in Euro at the food counter.

The Finnish language sounds strange after hearing nothing but Swedish for the past week and a half.

My Swedish is non-existent but I’d become used to hearing it and used to the Swedish way of things, their bread, their ubiquitous cinnamon buns, kanelbulle.

They even go as far as to dedicate a day a year to their buns, 04 October is Kanelbullens dag or Cinnamon bun day. http://scandinavianfood.about.com/od/coffeecakessweetbreads/r/cinnamonrolls.htm

The Finns suddenly looked quite different from the Swedes, not as stylish, more brusque.

The shopping centre is quite new but about a third of the units haven’t opened.

There are a couple of fast food restaurants and few cheap clothes and a few over priced ones, a couple of mobile phone shops and that’s about it.

If this was Sweden there’d be people around every corner in little cafés drinking coffee and every third shop would be a flower shop.

The prices in the Finnish supermarket, on the Finnish side of the river, made me wonder about how travelling in Finland would compare to Sweden.

Sweden is considered to be one of the more expensive countries in Europe but from what I could see Finland was giving them a fair run for their money and in many cases coming in ahead of them.

The next morning I walk to the Finnish side of the river and search out the bus station.

It’s a Saturday morning so the bus station is closed, don’t bus stations the world over close on Saturdays?

The signs in Finnish that different bus companies have up in the window of the station do mention a Saturday service.

I’m annoyed and frustrated though, so I don’t give it time to work on my Finnish to figure out which column is Saturday and to figure out if the right destination I want is served by the individual companies.

So I decide I won’t be going to Rovaniemi after all.

Two Australian girls in the hostel in Kiruna had recommended the place for seeing the Northern Lights and for visiting Santa Claus in the year round Santa World close by.

I walk back across to Sweden and find that their bus station too is closed but they have a waiting room open and their electronic signs list all departures and arrivals for that day.

I felt relieved to be back where I know the set up.

Umea, half way down Sweden, is where I’m headed.

It might even be possible to catch a ferry across the Gulf of Bothnia from near there to Finland.

During the trip from Haparanda to Umea there’s enough time to watch a couple of movies.

Only trouble is they’re the same movies.

The attendant on the bus mustn’t have a very big movie collection as we’re shown 'One Day’, which we just catch the end of, then 'I Don’t Know How She Does It’ with Sarah Jessica Parker.

Then 'One Day’ again, then the Sarah Jessica Parker movie again.

Umea looks interesting and I might spend a couple of nights there. Of course it wasn’t to be.

In Umea I walk to the hostel. It's just before 20.00 at this stage.

A guest who's smoking outside lets me in.

The locked reception has a sign on it:

'Good Morning guests…. the reception will be open from 06.00 to 07.00. The Emergency Out of Hours number is …… (it cannot be used for making reservations).

Tomorrow reception will be open from 19.00-20.00’.

I walk back to the bus station, get some food and wait for the night bus to Stockholm. The bus gets me to Stockholm at 05.30.

I hang around the bus station for a couple of hours.

I go back to the hostel that I’d left a week previously before I went to the north of the country, it’s like coming home.

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Fast Times and Cashless Highs: Technology’s Ode To Debt

“He who is quick to borrow, is slow to pay” - German proverb If you are young you are likely in too much of a hurry to read this and if you are older - can you remember what it was like to be young? Fast times and cashless highs: Technology’s ode to debt makes for thrilling reading. The young are in love with technology and this is a cashless highway to debt for the unwary. I picture a raceway, like Daytona, and lots of youthful racing car drivers revving their engines in anticipation of going around the bend. Young men and women risking life and limb to achieve victory over the slow lane. If you survey the top items on Santa’s gift list this year they will likely be the latest smart phone or high tech device, as they have been for the last decade or more. Humanity is in rapture with the fruits of technology, as we have always been. The Market’s Cut & Thrust Goes High Tech If you look back through history you will see remnants of swords and tools in museums, which were the technological offspring of metallurgy. The evolution from bronze to iron gives rise to the names of the various ages cataloguing historical eras. Of course, swords turned into guns and we all know where that has led us. The printing press, the Gutenberg press revolutionised the world in the fifteenth century and beyond. Books and pamphlets were no longer the exclusive domain of the elites. Ideas and change manifestoes were able to reach a much wider audience affecting shifts in world orders. Now, we have social media and fake news. Currently, we are in the grip of the communication and information zeitgeists and almost every Homo sapiens carries a portable device capable of these things. Touch a screen and ‘hey presto’ instant gratification. “Australians have made big moves away from cash over the past decade, with Reserve Bank of Australia's 2016 consumer payments survey showing only 37 per cent of consumer payments are made in cash today compared to 69 per cent a decade ago.” - (Mitzen, 2018) “According to PwC research, almost half the world’s digital payments in 2017 were made in China, where apps such as Alipay and WeChat Pay let consumers pay for nearly everything with their smartphones. The adoption of QR codes and explosion of e-commerce has led to a decline in the use of cash, particularly in urban China.” - (Hutt, 2019) The Cashless Swipe Into A Debt Trap “Creditors have better memories than debtors.” - Benjamin Franklin Economists will tell you that it is the exchange of produce and money that has enabled the growth of civilisations across the ages. Buying and selling stuff is at the heart of our global domination, according to them. Technology has been in the service of the market since the beginning of time. It is the market which has financed the research and development of technologies across the globe. The young are always the first to embrace new technologies, as they seek harbingers of their own hegemony. Our youthful citizens bear no attachment to a past they did not share. Progress will race across the surface of the earth fleet footed in search of market expediency. It is cool to carry no cash and swipe your phone’s screen, when conducting a transaction, in the twenty first century. The psychology of pixels forming numbers on a screen is very different to the sound and feel of hard currency in your pocket, however. Easy come, easy go, or is it a sense of it never being real in the first place and perhaps, never really having been in your possession? Anyway, things are moving along so rapidly there is no time to waste on philosophical reflection. Fast times and cashless highs: Technology’s ode to debt mounts up like investors in Silicon Valley. Humanity and the market are always in a hurry. There are victims, however, of the ever faster economy driven by technological innovation like cashless payment. Collateral damage, perhaps, as these young lives are corralled by debt cruelling their opportunities for a fulfilling future. Buying a home slips further out of reach of ordinary young Australians each day, it seems. Cont. In Money Matters: Navigating Credit, Debt, & Financial Freedom by Robert Sudha Hamilton Shop now Read the full article

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Empowering Businesses with Odoo: Your Guide to the Best Odoo Company in India

In today's fast-paced business environment, it's crucial for organizations to adopt innovative and efficient solutions to streamline their operations. One such solution that has gained immense popularity in recent years is Odoo, an open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that integrates various business functions seamlessly. If you're in search of the best Odoo company in India, your quest ends with Browseinfo, based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. In this comprehensive blog, we will explore the world of Odoo and why Browseinfo stands out as the top Odoo development company and consultant in India.

Understanding Odoo: A Game-Changer in Business Management

Odoo, previously known as OpenERP, is a powerful suite of business applications designed to manage and streamline different aspects of an organization's operations. It encompasses a wide range of modules, including CRM, sales, inventory, HR, finance, manufacturing, and more. Odoo's modular approach allows businesses to choose the specific modules that suit their needs and integrate them seamlessly.

Why Odoo?

Flexibility: One of the standout features of Odoo is its flexibility. It can be customized to meet the unique requirements of businesses across various industries. Whether you're a small startup or a large enterprise, Odoo can be tailored to fit your needs.

Scalability: As your business grows, Odoo grows with you. You can easily add new modules and functionalities to adapt to changing business requirements.

Cost-Efficiency: Being open-source, Odoo eliminates the need for costly licensing fees. This cost-effectiveness makes it an attractive choice for businesses of all sizes.

User-Friendly: Odoo's intuitive user interface ensures that employees can quickly adapt to the system, minimizing the learning curve.

Why Choose Browseinfo as Your Odoo Partner?

Browseinfo, headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, has established itself as the premier Odoo company in India. Here's why they are the top choice for businesses seeking Odoo solutions:

Expertise: With years of experience in Odoo development company and implementation, Browseinfo boasts a team of seasoned professionals who understand the intricacies of the platform.

Comprehensive Services: Browseinfo offers end-to-end Odoo services, including implementation, customization, training, and support. They cater to businesses of all sizes and industries.

Odoo Gold Partner: Browseinfo's commitment to excellence has earned them the prestigious title of Odoo Gold Partner in India, a testament to their proficiency and dedication to delivering top-notch solutions.

Client-Centric Approach: Browseinfo prioritizes client satisfaction above all else. They take the time to understand your business's unique needs and tailor Odoo solutions accordingly.

Competitive Pricing: Despite their industry-leading expertise, Browseinfo offers competitive pricing, making them an affordable choice for businesses looking to harness the power of Odoo.

Browseinfo's Services

Odoo Development: Whether you need custom module development or system integration, Browseinfo's skilled developers can turn your ideas into reality.

Odoo Implementation: Browseinfo follows best practices to ensure a smooth and efficient Odoo implementation process for your organization.

Consulting Services: Their expert Odoo consultants provide invaluable guidance to help you make the most of Odoo's capabilities.

Training: Browseinfo offers comprehensive training programs to empower your team with the knowledge and skills required to maximize the benefits of Odoo.

Case Studies: Success Stories with Browseinfo

To illustrate Browseinfo's expertise and the impact of Odoo on businesses, let's delve into a few success stories:

Streamlining Operations for a Manufacturing Company

A manufacturing company in India was struggling with inefficient processes and disparate systems. Browseinfo stepped in and implemented Odoo, seamlessly integrating production, inventory, and sales modules. The result? Increased efficiency, reduced lead times, and improved customer satisfaction.

Transforming a Retail Business

A retail business was facing challenges in managing inventory across multiple locations. Browseinfo customized Odoo to suit their unique requirements, providing real-time visibility into stock levels and enabling better stock replenishment decisions. This led to reduced holding costs and increased profitability.

The Road Ahead with Odoo

As businesses continue to evolve and embrace digital transformation, Odoo emerges as a vital tool to drive efficiency, productivity, and growth. Whether you're a startup looking for a cost-effective ERP solution or an established enterprise seeking to modernize your operations, Browseinfo is your trusted partner on the journey.

Browseinfo, based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, stands out as the best Odoo company in India, offering a comprehensive suite of services to empower businesses with Odoo's capabilities. Their expertise, commitment to client satisfaction, and Odoo Gold Partner status make them the top choice for organizations seeking to harness the full potential of Odoo.

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