Canadian SME International Trade and Marketing - writings upon readings and continued curiousity in the realms of cross cultural business. Some of my opinions are not my own, but I would fancy to say nearly all of them should be credited to the various authors. Deming disciple. I stubbornly persist.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Broken Bells - The High Road: For those who miss playing pong?
Broken Bells - The High Road
We're bound to wait all night.
She's bound to run amok.
Invested enough in it anyhow,
To each his own...
The Garden needs sorting out.
She curls her lips on the bow,
And I don't know if I'm dead or not,
To anyone...
Come on and get the minimum,
Before you open up your eyes.
This army has so many heads,
To analyze...
Come on and get your overdose.
Collect it at the borderline,
And they want to get up in your head...
Cause they know and so do I.
The high road is hard to find.
A detour to your new life.
Tell all of your friends goodbye.
The dawn to end all nights,
That's all we hoped it was.
A break from the warfare in your house,
To each his own...
A soldier is bailing out.
He curled his lips on the barrel.
And I don't know if the dead can talk,
To anyone...
Come on and get the minimum.
Before you open up your eyes.
This army has so many hands,
Are you one of us?
Come on and get your overdose.
Collect it at the borderline,
And they want to get up in your head...
Cause they know and so do I.
The high road is hard to find.
A detour to your new life.
Tell all of your friends goodbye.
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide.
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide.
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide.
It's too late to change your mind,
You let loss be your guide.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul
Faculty members (full-time) needed for Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul
Position Opening
1. Period: September 1, 2011 – August 31, 2012 (The contract can be extended every 1 year, posterior to the performance evaluation)
2. Qualifications: Candidates should have at least an MA (or equivalent) in Business Administration such as Strategic Management, International Business, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Operational Management, Information Management, Service Management, or Management Science
* Recruitment: 3-4 faculty members.
3. Salary:
- Full Professor (e.g. Person possessing at least 11 years education experience at Universities): 4,652,500 Won per month (Korean Currency)
- Associate Professor (e.g. Person possessing at least 6 years education experience at Universities): 4,148,000 Won per month
- Assistant Professor (e.g. Person possessing at least 2 years education experience at Universities): 3,627,200 Won per month
- Full-time Lecturer (e.g. Person who doesn't have education experience at Universities): 3,108,700 Won per month
* 1. Successful candidate will receive 12 months salary for the first year.
2. If you work for one year you will receive 13 months salary from the second year.
3. For reference, approximate exchange rate is $1,100-1,150/USD.
4. Travel: One-way air plane ticket from (departure) to Seoul (economy class for the faculty member and his/her spouse)
* University will purchase an air plane ticket and send it to foreign faculty by E-Mail (electronic ticket form)
5. Accommodations: Dormitory for foreign professors (single room or family room)
6. Documents required: Curriculum vitae at the initial stage
* Successful candidates will need to submit Certificate of employment in English, Photo Copy of diplomas (such as BA, MA, Ph.D), Research / publications list in English, Copy of passport (including your family, incase come with a family), Certificate of marriage if possible, Certificate of children's birth if possible, family member's photos in Korea.
7. Other benefits:
- Publication in Korean domestic journals
Support of 1,000,000 won will be given as a basic for one academic paper, and an additional 2,000,000 won will be given as support for one additional paper. Maximum frequency of support is twice per year for each faculty member.
- Publication in international journals indexed in SSCI (i.e. social science citation index)
8,000,000 won will be given for each paper. Maximum frequency of support is twice per year for faculty member.
* 1. The amount is decreased for the articles written by more than one author.
2. University will provide 70% of the total grants for collaboration publishment (2 authors)
3. All academic papers supported by Hankuk University of Foreign Studies are required the citation at the bottom of their first pages as described below:
This work was supported by Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Research Fund
8. Deadline: May 31, 2011.
9. Documents should be mailed to leedspark@hufs.ac.kr
Position Opening
1. Period: September 1, 2011 – August 31, 2012 (The contract can be extended every 1 year, posterior to the performance evaluation)
2. Qualifications: Candidates should have at least an MA (or equivalent) in Business Administration such as Strategic Management, International Business, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Operational Management, Information Management, Service Management, or Management Science
* Recruitment: 3-4 faculty members.
3. Salary:
- Full Professor (e.g. Person possessing at least 11 years education experience at Universities): 4,652,500 Won per month (Korean Currency)
- Associate Professor (e.g. Person possessing at least 6 years education experience at Universities): 4,148,000 Won per month
- Assistant Professor (e.g. Person possessing at least 2 years education experience at Universities): 3,627,200 Won per month
- Full-time Lecturer (e.g. Person who doesn't have education experience at Universities): 3,108,700 Won per month
* 1. Successful candidate will receive 12 months salary for the first year.
2. If you work for one year you will receive 13 months salary from the second year.
3. For reference, approximate exchange rate is $1,100-1,150/USD.
4. Travel: One-way air plane ticket from (departure) to Seoul (economy class for the faculty member and his/her spouse)
* University will purchase an air plane ticket and send it to foreign faculty by E-Mail (electronic ticket form)
5. Accommodations: Dormitory for foreign professors (single room or family room)
6. Documents required: Curriculum vitae at the initial stage
* Successful candidates will need to submit Certificate of employment in English, Photo Copy of diplomas (such as BA, MA, Ph.D), Research / publications list in English, Copy of passport (including your family, incase come with a family), Certificate of marriage if possible, Certificate of children's birth if possible, family member's photos in Korea.
7. Other benefits:
- Publication in Korean domestic journals
Support of 1,000,000 won will be given as a basic for one academic paper, and an additional 2,000,000 won will be given as support for one additional paper. Maximum frequency of support is twice per year for each faculty member.
- Publication in international journals indexed in SSCI (i.e. social science citation index)
8,000,000 won will be given for each paper. Maximum frequency of support is twice per year for faculty member.
* 1. The amount is decreased for the articles written by more than one author.
2. University will provide 70% of the total grants for collaboration publishment (2 authors)
3. All academic papers supported by Hankuk University of Foreign Studies are required the citation at the bottom of their first pages as described below:
This work was supported by Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Research Fund
8. Deadline: May 31, 2011.
9. Documents should be mailed to leedspark@hufs.ac.kr
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Hello Love
Hello Love sung by Hank Snow (written by Aileen Mnich and Betty Jean Robinson)
Well, look who's comin' through the door
I think we've met somewhere before. hello love, hello love
Where in the world have you been so long
I've missed you so since you've been gone, hello love, hello love.
Make yourself feel right at home
I hope you plan on staying long, come in love, come in love
I must say I was sure surprised
You're the last thing I expected by, hello love, hello love.
I've heard it said time and again
You often go back where you've been
I really didn't believe it was true
But I left the door unlocked for you.
I'll try to please you in every way
Assure you of a pleasant stay this time love, this time love
I've been so blue since you've been gone
Now you're back with me and nothing's wrong, hello love, hello love.
--- Instrumental ---
I've heard it said time and again
You often go back where you've been
I really didn't believe it was true
But I left the door unlocked for you.
And it's wonderful now you're back with me
And things are like they used to be, remember love, remember love
You're back with me now and my world's complete
So don't mind me if I repeat, hello love, hello love, hello love, hello love...
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Full-time faculty position, Department of e-Trade, Keimyung Univ.
Full-time faculty position, Department of e-Trade, Keimyung Univ.
Position: Tenure or non-tenure track full-time faculty position Salary: Around $50,000 for tenure track faculty (negotiable) and minimum 3.0 million won per month for non-tenure track faculty Institution: Department of e-Trade, College of Social Science, Keimyung Univ. Location: Daegu, South Korea Date posted: 4/26/2011 Application deadline: 6/30/2011
Faculty of the department of e-Trade in the College of Social Science at Keimyung University invites applicants for a tenure-track faculty position (non-Korean international staff only). Keimyung University, founded in 1954 to provide Christian higher education just after the Korean War, is a well-established academic institution in Daegu, South Korea. Keimyung University proudly leads the globalization of the region, raising future international leaders and experts who can contribute to the world peace and welfare.
Required Qualifications Candidates must have a doctorate degree for tenure track in general management (e-Business/e-Commerce). For non-tenure track, candidates must have a master’s degree in applied economics and management or related fields. Candidates are expected to demonstrate excellence in teaching; an ability to collaborate with department and university faculty members; and a commitment to supervising and advising students.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
The tenure-track candidate will have primary responsibility for teaching 9 hours a week, research, advising students, and administrative tasks. For a non-tenure track, candidates should teach 12 hours a week.
Salary and Housing Successful tenure-track candidate will get minimum $50,000 (USD) per year (negotiable). For a non-tenure track, candidates will get minimum 3.0 million won per month. Housing (on-campus) can be provided.
Application Procedure
Submit the required documentation below to the contact address (prints by airmail or scanned files by an e-mail). Finalist(s) will be individually informed of the interview.
Required Documentation - Cover Letter - Resume (including an e-mail address, education, research list, and others) - Diplomas (for BA, MA, and PhD) - Transcripts (of BA, MA, and PhD courses)
Finalists will be required to submit the original copies of the above documentation and other relevant materials (e.g. PhD dissertation, career certificates, and others)
Contact Information
Professor Kunwoo Yang (Department Chair)
Email: kwyang@kmu.ac.kr
Phone: 82-53-580-6959
Address: College of Social Science, Keimyung University
2800 Dalgubeoldaero, Dalseo-Gu, Daegu, Korea 704-7
Information about Keimyung University can be found at www.kmu.ac.kr/e_kmu/.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Ducks and the Deep Hole
The Deep Hole
Two guys are walking down a road when they come across a deep hole beside it. Being curious, they go over and check it out. When they look down, they are surprised to find they can't see the bottom. So they drop a couple of rocks down the hole and listen... Nothing. One of them says, "Man, that's a deep hole!"
Thinking they might hear something larger hit the bottom, they find a big, old cinder block and pitch it over the side. The pause and listen intently... They hear a sound, but it is coming from behind them! They quickly turn around to see a goat bearing down on them with it head lowered, flying along, its feet barely touching the ground, its moving so fast!
The two men dive out of its way just in time and the goat plunges past them, into the seemingly bottomless hole, to its doom. The two look at each other and say, "Boy that was close! We'd better get away from this thing before we end up with the goat!".
So they continue on their way down the road until they happen across this farmer working near it. The men again put their heads together and figure that the goat belongs to the farmer and the decide to tell him what happened.
"Hey Mr. Farmer. Do you happen to own a goat?", one of the men asked.
The farmer replies, "Yeah, why do you ask?"
The men then tell what happened at the hole and how they narrowly avoided death in the hole from the speeding goat.
The farmer said, "Well boys, I don't think that was my goat. You see, my goat is really old and crippled up with arthritis. There is no way he could have been moving that fast. Besides, I have him tied to a big, old cinder block."
Amen!
GOD, FOR TODAY, help me to choose wisely in my relationships next time...if there is a next time. Guide me to a relationship where I am free to be myself, warts and all - a relationship where I'm free to have a time out of giving (during a physical illness, a deep grieving over the death of a loved one) without being punished.
I want a relationship where my partner is able to step forward in my time of need to lovingly care for me. I am a good caring person. I deserve to receive the kind of love that I offer. (Lynne Melville)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Challenging the Abyss: Dharma on Edge and The Drama Triangle
Challenging the Abyss: Dharma on Edge and The Drama Triangle from Fleet Maull
“Sweet is revenge, especially to women.”
"Lord Byron, who wrote those famous words, discovered that a woman’s revenge can be lifelong. He became caught up in what is nowadays a recognised psychological and social model: The Drama Triangle."
The Gambler
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
On a warm summer's eve
On a train bound for nowhere
I met up with the gambler
We were both too tired to sleep
So we took turns a-starin'
Out the window at the darkness
The boredom overtook us, he began to speak
He said, "Son, I've made a life
Out of readin' people's faces
Knowin' what the cards were
By the way they held their eyes
So if you don't mind my sayin'
I can see you're out of aces
For a taste of your whiskey
I'll give you some advice"
So I handed him my bottle
And he drank down my last swallow
Then he bummed a cigarette
And asked me for a light
And the night got deathly quiet
And his faced lost all expression
He said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy
You gotta learn to play it right
You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
Know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done
Every gambler knows
That the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away
And knowin' what to keep
'Cause every hand's a winner
And every hand's a loser
And the best that you can hope for
Is to die in your sleep"
And when he finished speakin'
He turned back toward the window
Crushed out his cigarette
And faded off to sleep
And somewhere in the darkness
The gambler he broke even
And in his final words
I found an ace that I could keep
You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done
You've got to know when to hold 'em
(When to hold 'em)
Know when to fold 'em
(When to fold 'em)
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done
You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done
On a train bound for nowhere
I met up with the gambler
We were both too tired to sleep
So we took turns a-starin'
Out the window at the darkness
The boredom overtook us, he began to speak
He said, "Son, I've made a life
Out of readin' people's faces
Knowin' what the cards were
By the way they held their eyes
So if you don't mind my sayin'
I can see you're out of aces
For a taste of your whiskey
I'll give you some advice"
So I handed him my bottle
And he drank down my last swallow
Then he bummed a cigarette
And asked me for a light
And the night got deathly quiet
And his faced lost all expression
He said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy
You gotta learn to play it right
You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
Know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done
Every gambler knows
That the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away
And knowin' what to keep
'Cause every hand's a winner
And every hand's a loser
And the best that you can hope for
Is to die in your sleep"
And when he finished speakin'
He turned back toward the window
Crushed out his cigarette
And faded off to sleep
And somewhere in the darkness
The gambler he broke even
And in his final words
I found an ace that I could keep
You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done
You've got to know when to hold 'em
(When to hold 'em)
Know when to fold 'em
(When to fold 'em)
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done
You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done
My Reading List and On Order List
My Reading List and On Order List
1. The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists: Coping with the One-Way Relationship in Work, Love, and Family (20002) Eleanor Payson
2. Why Men Love Bitches (2009) Sherry Argov
3. Vampires: Emotional Predators Who Want to Suck the Life Out of You (1998) Daniel and Kathleen Rhodes
4. Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation and Guilt to Manipulate You (1998) Susan Forward
5. Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry (2002) Albert Bernstein
6. Say Goodbye to Your PDI: Recognize People Who Make You Miserable and Eliminate Them from Your Life for Good! (2007) Stan Kapuchinski
7. No More Mr. Nice Guy! (2003) Robert A. Glover
Boomerang Love: Getting Unhooked from Abusive Borderline Relationships
Boomerang Love: Getting Unhooked from Abusive Borderline Relationships
"Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney interviews Ms. Lynn Melville, author of Boomerang Love: Getting Unhooked from Abusive Borderline Relationships published by Melville Publications.
Lynn Melville has served as Executive Director of the Mental Health Association in her hometown. Working with an all-volunteer board and community volunteers, she worked to educate people about mental health issues. Since the publication of her book, she's been very busy educating domestic violence victims about this disorder and telephone-coaching people all over the country who are struggling to leave these Borderline relationships."
Monday, May 09, 2011
Asia faces significant barriers to long-term growth
Asia faces significant barriers to long-term growth
The Spinning Wheel, Impermanence and Amelia
"All is impermanent. And what is the all that is impermanent? The eye is impermanent, visual objects [ruupaa]... eye-consciousness... eye contact [cakku-samphassa]... whatever is felt [vedayita] as pleasant or unpleasant or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant, born of eye-contact is impermanent. [Likewise with the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind]" (SN 35.43/vol. iv, 28)
Joni Mitchell
Amelia
I was driving across the burning desert
When I spotted six jet planes
Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain
It was the hexagram of the heavens
It was the strings of my guitar
Amelia it was just a false alarm
The drone of flying engines
Is a song so wild & blue
It scrambles time & seasons if it gets through to you
Then your life becomes a travelogue
Of picture post card charms
Oh Amelia it was just a false alarm
People'll tell you where they've gone
They'll tell you where to go
But till you get there yourself you'll never really know
Where some have found their paradise
Other's just come to harm
Oh Amelia it was just a false alarm
I wish that he was here tonight
It's so hard to obey
His sad request of me to kindly stay away
So this is how I hide the hurt
As the road leads cursed and charmed
I tell Amelia it was just a false alarm
A ghost of aviation
She was swallowed by the sky
Or by the sea like me she had a dream to fly
Like Icarus ascending
On beautiful foolish arms
Amelia it was just a false alarm
Maybe I've never really loved
I guess that is the truth
I've spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitude
And looking down on everything
I crashed into his arms
Amelia it was just a false alarm
I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel
To shower off the dust
And I slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust
I dreamed of 747s
Over geometric farms
Dreams Amelia
Dreams & false alarms
Amelia
I was driving across the burning desert
When I spotted six jet planes
Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain
It was the hexagram of the heavens
It was the strings of my guitar
Amelia it was just a false alarm
The drone of flying engines
Is a song so wild & blue
It scrambles time & seasons if it gets through to you
Then your life becomes a travelogue
Of picture post card charms
Oh Amelia it was just a false alarm
People'll tell you where they've gone
They'll tell you where to go
But till you get there yourself you'll never really know
Where some have found their paradise
Other's just come to harm
Oh Amelia it was just a false alarm
I wish that he was here tonight
It's so hard to obey
His sad request of me to kindly stay away
So this is how I hide the hurt
As the road leads cursed and charmed
I tell Amelia it was just a false alarm
A ghost of aviation
She was swallowed by the sky
Or by the sea like me she had a dream to fly
Like Icarus ascending
On beautiful foolish arms
Amelia it was just a false alarm
Maybe I've never really loved
I guess that is the truth
I've spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitude
And looking down on everything
I crashed into his arms
Amelia it was just a false alarm
I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel
To shower off the dust
And I slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust
I dreamed of 747s
Over geometric farms
Dreams Amelia
Dreams & false alarms
From the album Hejira
Gillis Mountain
Gillis Mountain
I took a trip up Gillis Mountain
On a sunny summer day
There were ruts in the road,
And the 4 wheel drive
Spun its wheels in the rocks and the clay
Yes it spun its wheels in the rocks and the clay
On our way up Gillis Mountain
On that sunny summer day
There were spruce trees growing on the fields
Where'r forefathers once made hay,
Where our forefathers once made hay,
And Oh Ooh Ooh, Gillis Mountain
Oh Ooh Ooh, Where'r forefathers once made hay
The Gillis's lived on the mountain
For about a hundred years
Where we picked berries, they cleared land
Spent their blood and sweat and tears
They spent their blood and sweat and tears
And Oh Ooh Ooh, Gillis Mountain
Oh Ooh Ooh, Spent their blood and sweat and tears
When we arrived on Gillis Mountain
You could see for miles in the light
The whitecaps on the sea of blue
Sparkled like diamonds in the night
They sparkled like diamonds in the night
And Oh Ooh Ooh, Gillis Mountain
Oh Ooh Ooh, Sparkled like diamonds in the night
And Oh Ooh Ooh, Gillis Mountain
Oh Ooh Ooh, sparkled like diamonds in the night
On a sunny summer day
There were ruts in the road,
And the 4 wheel drive
Spun its wheels in the rocks and the clay
Yes it spun its wheels in the rocks and the clay
On our way up Gillis Mountain
On that sunny summer day
There were spruce trees growing on the fields
Where'r forefathers once made hay,
Where our forefathers once made hay,
And Oh Ooh Ooh, Gillis Mountain
Oh Ooh Ooh, Where'r forefathers once made hay
The Gillis's lived on the mountain
For about a hundred years
Where we picked berries, they cleared land
Spent their blood and sweat and tears
They spent their blood and sweat and tears
And Oh Ooh Ooh, Gillis Mountain
Oh Ooh Ooh, Spent their blood and sweat and tears
When we arrived on Gillis Mountain
You could see for miles in the light
The whitecaps on the sea of blue
Sparkled like diamonds in the night
They sparkled like diamonds in the night
And Oh Ooh Ooh, Gillis Mountain
Oh Ooh Ooh, Sparkled like diamonds in the night
And Oh Ooh Ooh, Gillis Mountain
Oh Ooh Ooh, sparkled like diamonds in the night
Rise Again!
The Mary Ellen Carter
She went down last October in a pouring driving rain.
The skipper, he'd been drinking and the Mate, he felt no pain.
Too close to Three Mile Rock, and she was dealt her mortal blow,
And the Mary Ellen Carter settled low.
There were five of us aboard her when she finally was awash.
We'd worked like hell to save her, all heedless of the cost.
And the groan she gave as she went down, it caused us to proclaim
That the Mary Ellen Carter would rise again.
Well, the owners wrote her off; not a nickel would they spend.
She gave twenty years of service, boys, then met her sorry end.
But insurance paid the loss to them, they let her rest below.
Then they laughed at us and said we had to go.
But we talked of her all winter, some days around the clock,
For she's worth a quarter million, afloat and at the dock.
And with every jar that hit the bar, we swore we would remain
And make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again.
Rise again, rise again, that her name not be lost
To the knowledge of men.
Those who loved her best and were with her till the end
Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again.
All spring, now, we've been with her on a barge lent by a friend.
Three dives a day in hard hat suit and twice I've had the bends.
Thank God it's only sixty feet and the currents here are slow
Or I'd never have the strength to go below.
But we've patched her rents, stopped her vents, dogged hatch and
porthole down.
Put cables to her, 'fore and aft and birded her around.
Tomorrow, noon, we hit the air and then take up the strain.
And watch the Mary Ellen Carter Rise Again.
For we couldn't leave her there, you see, to crumble into scale.
She'd saved our lives so many times, living through the gale
And the laughing, drunken rats who left her to a sorry grave
They won't be laughing in another day. . .
And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.
Rise again, rise again - though your heart it be broken
And life about to end
No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend.
Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.
The skipper, he'd been drinking and the Mate, he felt no pain.
Too close to Three Mile Rock, and she was dealt her mortal blow,
And the Mary Ellen Carter settled low.
There were five of us aboard her when she finally was awash.
We'd worked like hell to save her, all heedless of the cost.
And the groan she gave as she went down, it caused us to proclaim
That the Mary Ellen Carter would rise again.
Well, the owners wrote her off; not a nickel would they spend.
She gave twenty years of service, boys, then met her sorry end.
But insurance paid the loss to them, they let her rest below.
Then they laughed at us and said we had to go.
But we talked of her all winter, some days around the clock,
For she's worth a quarter million, afloat and at the dock.
And with every jar that hit the bar, we swore we would remain
And make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again.
Rise again, rise again, that her name not be lost
To the knowledge of men.
Those who loved her best and were with her till the end
Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again.
All spring, now, we've been with her on a barge lent by a friend.
Three dives a day in hard hat suit and twice I've had the bends.
Thank God it's only sixty feet and the currents here are slow
Or I'd never have the strength to go below.
But we've patched her rents, stopped her vents, dogged hatch and
porthole down.
Put cables to her, 'fore and aft and birded her around.
Tomorrow, noon, we hit the air and then take up the strain.
And watch the Mary Ellen Carter Rise Again.
For we couldn't leave her there, you see, to crumble into scale.
She'd saved our lives so many times, living through the gale
And the laughing, drunken rats who left her to a sorry grave
They won't be laughing in another day. . .
And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.
Rise again, rise again - though your heart it be broken
And life about to end
No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend.
Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Al Green-How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
Al Green-How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
I can think of younger days when living for my life
Was everything a man could want to do
I could never see tomorrow, but I was never told about the sorrow
And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend a this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again
I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees
And misty memories of days gone by
We could never see tomorrow, no one said a word about the sorrow
And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again
Was everything a man could want to do
I could never see tomorrow, but I was never told about the sorrow
And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend a this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again
I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees
And misty memories of days gone by
We could never see tomorrow, no one said a word about the sorrow
And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again
Friday, May 06, 2011
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Homeless and Forgiveness
"Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hate. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.” William Arthur Ward
Give me one reason
Give me one reason
Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around Said I don't wanna leave you lonely You got to make me change my mind Baby I got your number and I know that you got mine You know that I've called you, I've called too many times You can call me baby You can call me anytime, but you got to call me Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around Said I don't wanna leave you lonely You got to make me change my mind I don't want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I don't want no one to squeeze me They might take away my life I just want someone to hold me And rock me through the night This youthful heart can love you, yes, and give what you need This youthful heart can love you, girl, and give what you need But I'm too old to go chasing you around wasting my precious energy Give me one reason to stay here, yes, and I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here, whow, and I'll turn right back around Said I don't wanna leave you lonely You got to make me change my mind Baby just gives me one reason Give me just one reason why Baby just gives me one reason Give me just one reason why I should stay Because I told you that I loved you and there ain't no more to say
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