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So there is a demand for the Colonel's recipe. It's not in the United States. It is in Gaza. Sounding like the procedure to get a bowl of soup from the Soup Nazi, the process has some rules. It will cost you some money also. The fast food delights that are available to us in the United States are unlike that of other countries. In Gaza, there are few if any fast food choices. In this area of the world, what happens to mom and pop restaurants if Fast Food moves in? What are the implications for a culture? There are already implications and new restaurants are not in the country yet. If you want it and can afford it, it will get to you.  Sounds like something that happens in the United States, except in the US it is usually not fast food, but some other drug or drug like action. This value of instant gratification is usually a bad thing in the US. What would the addition of this value to Gaza do to it's culture? That is already being seen in this one example. Some may ca...

In the last month many things have come up. The most important for the from last week for about a month are graduations. This is the time of year that young people and sometimes not so young people begin a new chapter in their lives. They have reached a new educational milestone be it a High School Diploma, an Associates Degree, a Certification for a vocation, a Bachelor's Degree, a Master's Degree or a Doctoral Degree. Many individuals are meeting family educational standards and some are creating new family educational standards. Years ago I read somewhere that children usually exceed one level above their parents. For me, my parents each completed high school and did not go further. All I needed was an Associates Degree. I finish my Bachelor's Degree in the 80s. Completed my Master's in 2000. and finally, my PhD in 2008. I far exceeded the family educational standards. This time of year families are celebrating these educational achievements. In the celebration,...