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Life Is So Good
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About the authorGeorge Dawson lives in Dallas, Texas.
Richard Glaubman is an elementary school teacher. He lives outside Seattle, Washington.
moreOne man's extraordinary journey through the twentieth century and how he learned to read at age 98
"Things will be all right. People need to hear that. Life is good, just as it is. There isn't anything I would change about my life."—George Dawson
In this remarkable book, George Dawson, a slave's grandson who learned to read at age 98 and lived to the age of 103, reflects on his life and shares valuable lessons in living, as well as a fresh, firsthand view of America during the entire sweep of the twentieth century. Richard Glaubman captures Dawson's irresistible voice and view of the world, offering insights into humanity, history, hardships, and happiness. From segregation and civil rights, to the wars and the presidents, to defining moments in history, George Dawson's description and assessment of the last century inspires readers with the message that has sustained him through it all: "Life is so good. I do believe it's getting better."
"A remarkable autobiography . . . . the feel-good story of the year."—The Christian Science Monitor
"A testament to the power of perseverance."—USA Today
"Life Is So Good is about character, soul and spirit. . . . The pride in standing his ground is matched—maybe even exceeded—by the accomplishment of [George Dawson's] hard-won education."—The Washington Post
"Eloquent . . . engrossing . . . an astonishing and unforgettable memoir."—Publishers Weekly
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Random House Publishing Group; May 2000
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Title: Life Is So Good
Author: George Dawson; Richard Glaubman
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Wanting to enjoy every moment, I stared at the hard candies in the different wooden barrels. The man behind the counter was white. I could tell he didn't like me, so I let him see the penny in my hand.
"Take your time, son," my father said with a grin. "You did a man's work this year."
Putting his hand on my shoulder, he said to the store clerk, "He's all of ten years, but the boy crushed as much cane as I did." Since the age of four, I had always been working to help the family.
I don't know if it was pride from Father's words or the pleasure from a piece of hard candy that beckoned, but I felt so good I thought I would burst. I had been thinking of those hard candies since my father woke me before daybreak and said, "Hitch the wagon. We gonna take some ribbon syrup into town and you comin'."
When I went back inside, the stove was going and Ma had a pot of mush cooling. We ate quiet-like so as not to wake the little ones that were asleep on the other side of the room.
I was happy to see they was still sleeping for it was uncommon to spend the day alone with my father. We never had much time to talk and I just liked to be with him.
Two barrels of cane syrup were tied down in the wagon. We sat up front. My father clucked toward the mule. I wanted to tell him that I was glad he was taking me and it was going to be just him and me together all day. Trouble was, I didn't know how to say that in words. So under the shadow of my straw hat, I just looked over at him.
Solid is what I would say. He took care of us. We had potatoes and carrots buried in the straw and salt pork hangin' from the rafters. We was free of worries. Papa was a good provider. Someday I would be just like him.
Must have been a couple of hours toward town when my father nudged me. He handed me the reins and unwrapped some burlap. I took a piece of cornbread with a big dab of lard on it. When I commenced to eat, he started talking.
"With this ribbon syrup, we be out of debt and have some left for trading. We gonna have seeds for cotton, some new banty chicks, and the fruit trees that are gonna bear fruit next year. No one has the fever and we all be healthy.
"Life is good." And with a grin, he added, "I do believe it's getting better." I liked it when Papa talked to me as a man.
The morning haze had long ago burned off. The wagon stirred up a lot of dust that kind of settled over everything in a nice, smooth blanket. It was good for the mule as the dust had a way of keeping the flies off. Nothing else was said for the next hour, till we came around the last stand of trees and to the rise above Marshall.
In those days, I had in my mind that Marshall was maybe about the biggest and the best place there could ever be. The hardware store had big windows that I liked to look in. I had never been inside since I knew they didn't appreciate black folks with no money. I was partial to the general store, but I liked to walk by the livery stable too. Once a man gave me two bits to rub down and watch his horse for the afternoon. It was 1908, and I hadn't yet seen a car. I had heard of them, but nobody I knew owned one. Papa said that they didn't do too well when the rains came and the roads was deep in mud. Besides, they scared the horses. Mostly, I just liked seeing all the folks from the big ranches and the little farms like ours that was out on the boardwalk.
The cafe and the barbershop was whites only, but I knew a boy that worked in the cafe. And I knew some folks that shined shoes at the barbershop. I liked to look in those windows too.
We never had no cause to go into the post office. But I pictured that one day someone would say there was a letter waiting for me. I would walk past all the folks sitting in the town square beneath the big oak tree. When I was inside, I would say, "I'm George Dawson. I'm here to get my letter." I don't know when that was gonna happen but maybe someday it would. Marshall was a busy place and good things could just happen. It was the county seat and that had to count for something too. At least, that's what I thought then.
But at that moment, in the general store, when my father told me that I could do a man's work, anything seemed possible. I remember everything. I saw the white man frowning, my father grinning at me, and those barrels of candy to choose from. I also remember everything my ears told me that day.
As I picked up a piece of peppermint, I heard a commotion from the street. My father's gaze followed mine. It was dark and cool in the store and the hot light through the doors caused a confusing picture. There were people running, harsh words, and a lot of shouting. Papa set down a kerosene lamp he was inspecting on the counter and run to the door. I followed with the counterman behind me.
At first, out on the boardwalk, in the bright sunlight, I couldn't see the faces on the street. I heard Pete's voice before I saw him.
"It wasn't me. I didn't touch her," Pete screamed. "Lord, let me go."
I would of backed off from what I saw, but by then we was crowded up against the rail. First time in my life I saw the white folks and the colored folks together in a crowd.
It scared me. There was no more frown on the face of the white counterman that was beside of me. His lips were set in a smile. Hate was in his eyes. Across the street, in front of the barbershop, I saw three colored men frozen in place. The white folks surrounding them had red, twisted faces.
They were screaming. I had done nothing, but I felt them screaming at me.
"Kill the nigger boy, kill the nigger. They can't be messing with our white women."
Six men had Pete by the arms. The toes of his boots dragged in the dust. His face looked up to the sky as he screamed, "I didn't touch her."
I knew Pete and knew that was so. I shouted, "Pete, I'll tell-"
My father's hand clamped over my mouth. His other arm crushed the air right out of my chest. I read his eyes and then he slowly let me go without saying a word. I knew it wasn't so, though. The Riley's cook had heard the whole thing; she just kept on working in the kitchen and watched Betty Jo and her father. She was right there, but they didn't even notice she was alive.
She was scared about what they said and I heard her talking to my mama about it. Betty Jo had gotten herself in trouble. Folks already knew that she had a thing for one of the Jackson boys and was spending a lot of time with him. When her daddy found out she was with a child, she had a whipping coming sure enough. Her daddy was steaming mad and of short temper anyhow.
"Who's the boy that done this to you?" her daddy shouted. Sally looked at the belt in his hand. She was crying but wouldn't say nothing. She was scared, and afraid to tell the boy's name, because she figured that her daddy just might go off and kill him.
"Well, if you did this 'cause you wanted to, a good beating will teach you right."
She cried even harder then.
"Well, you got it coming unless maybe this happened against your will."
Her crying slowed and seeing a way out of a beating she listened close.
"Is that what happened?" he said slowly.
Scared as she was, Betty Jo could tell that the safe answer was yes. Not wanting to tell a whole lie, she just nodded her head.
"Damn. Was it that Jackson boy from across the ridge?"
Betty Jo, she loved him, or at least thought she did, shook her head no.
Her daddy looked at her hard. His face turned angry and he said, "Was it our hired boy, Pete? That worthless, lazy nigger! Did he rape you? Did he do this?"
To each question, she just nodded in the smallest way. The tears still flowed, but he threw the belt down and stormed out the door.
"There is one nigger gonna pay for this."
Pete was seventeen and the hired boy around their farm; picking cotton, cutting cane, chores like that. He was a good worker. But he was smart and he knew enough not to even look at a white woman.
I knew Pete since we were little. He was older than me, but he treated me well. Pete was the one who swum out and saved Jimmy Blake at the swimming hole. Jimmy had smacked his head on the corner of the raft when he was showing off for us little kids. Everyone was afraid to swim out that far, but he done it. Pete, he would do anything for anybody.
As I was growing up, I didn't have any toys, but I did still own a baseball that Pete had given me a year earlier. We had been at the pasture of a Sunday afternoon last summer. I had helped to cut the field. A team from Tyler had come over to play some of our boys from Marshall. We didn't have a real stadium, but we would go out and mow the pasture, and set up table for a big Sunday feast and get together afterward. Pete played shortstop. He was good too. If you wanted fast, you should have seen Pete run the bases.
The score was tied and went to extra innings. In the eleventh Pete came up with a man on first, two outs. He took their pitcher full count. And then ... and then he almost hit a cow. It would of been a home run if we had fences. As it was, he got a triple and drove in the winning run. I cheered and cheered for our Marshall boys, especially for Pete.
I was proud of him when the team gave him the game ball. He gave me that ball and said, "You practice with it, George. You'll be a hitter someday too." I was awful pleased but I could barely mutter thank you when my mama nudged me. Pete was my hero.
The colored couldn't play in the big leagues, but if they could I know Pete would of made it.
Yeah, someone had committed a sin and Pete was gonna pay for it. I looked down the boardwalk. They was dragging Pete in the direction of the post office. Sheriff Tate stepped off the boardwalk up ahead from where the mob was. I let out a big breath of air. The sheriff was a big man. I had heard it said that, on a bet, he had carried a barrel of molasses on his back from the general store down past the saloon. They say that once when things got out of hand at the rodeo and the crowd threatened an official, the sheriff took care of it himself. He laid six men out cold before the crowd settled down. I knew he could stop this. People was spilling off the boardwalk and cursing Pete something terrible.
"We gonna keep our women safe."
"Make that boy pay and show all the niggers that they can't get away with this."
Pete was kicking and thrashing, but the mob was still hauling him farther down the street. Taking a few steps along the edge of the road, the sheriff stopped. He kicked the dust and planted his feet. He had big, shiny-looking boots that dust didn't want to stick to. His pants, tucked into the boots, had a stripe down the sides. A big pistol hung off his belt. He pulled the pistol out and crossed his arms so that the pistol set against his chest.
He turned and looked back toward the boardwalk. The sheriff was in front of a group of colored that was pressed into the crowd. He scowled and sent them a message that gave me a chill on a hot day. I had heard tell that the sheriff ran with the Klan at night when they would come through the colored section or out to the colored farms. They would leave a burning cross or shoot some windows out. That's what people said about him and now I knew it was true.
Behind us, a man was pushing his way out of the store. The sheriff walked toward us and waved his pistol. We opened up some space and let the man through. I saw the big coil of rope slung over his shoulder. I wanted to cry, but I held it back. He ran along the edge of the street and a couple other men stepped down to join him. Some of them were farmers I recognized from when we delivered our cotton. They looked like ordinary farmers with overalls and farm work boots. But that day, their hateful faces made them different.
As they caught up alongside Pete, the mob seemed to get inspired. Pete had been twisting and screaming all get out, but those men seemed to double their strength when they seen the lynching rope coming. Up by the post office, the old oak tree, the Confederate Tree, they called it, was going to be a gallows.
As the rope got closer to the tree, more men arrived to help. One of them tried to throw it over a big limb, but it fell short. It kept falling short. Some in the crowd jeered as if it were a contest at the county fair. Finally a man tied one end around a horseshoe. It sailed over the big limb, causing a small cloud of dust when it landed. Some cheers and laughter followed as if the spectators was at a picnic.
I looked down at the boardwalk. I saw the gouges and grooves worn over time. I focused on one rough spot that almost had the shape of a half-moon. I would of studied it forever, but I couldn't help but look up. It had seemed as if we were all in slow motion and now everything was happening so fast. Someone had pulled a wagon into the shade under the rope. The horse was whinnying and nervous. A couple men were up front giving it some kindness and making it calm.
Pete was closer now, could see the rope and the wagon. His shouts and protests had changed to cries for mercy.
"I swear to God it wasn't me. Have mercy, you've got the wrong man. I didn't touch her."
Pete's eyes had a wild look as more men began milling around him. He was up on his feet now, but it was more that they was holding him up. Pete was swaying, as if he was about to faint. His face was all bloodied, but his eyes could see clear what was going to happen.
His arms were pinned behind him and someone had bound him around the wrists. One of the men in the buckboard said, "Get that boy up here."
As they reached to grab his legs Pete started to kick wildly. His boot kicked one of them under the chin. A farmer, actually a moon shiner, by the name of Norris staggered and went down as blood spurted out of his mouth and onto his overalls.
Spitting out a tooth and a mouthful of blood, he said "That nigger hurt me!"
Some men went over to help him but Norris waved them off and regained his feet. It had gotten awfully still and you could hear his boots scrape across the hard dirt as he pulled himself up. He walked, kinda punch drunk from the kick to the head, till he was maybe two feet from Pete. He was swaying a bit and trembling from his anger. Now it was Pete that stood steady and still.
Some men were still holding Pete tight from behind so that he couldn't even budge. But if Pete knew he was gonna die, the fear had left his face. Though Pete was just a boy, he must of been four to five inches taller than Norris. He just looked down at Norris, looked him in the eye. Most always we was supposed to look down at the ground when a white man was talking, and this seemed to set Norris off even more.
Norris was a squat man but he was powerful and broad across the shoulders. The first punch was so hard to the stomach that across the square we could hear the air push out of Pete's chest. Even the two men who held Pete was pushed back a step by that blow. They seemed to brace their legs for the next blow, and Pete sagged. I didn't want to look, but I seen it all.
The gunshot took me by surprise. I saw the smoke drifting out of the crowd and followed that to see where it came from. The sheriff didn't say nothing, he just walked slowly toward Norris and holstered his gun. My heart lifted. It was like the reverend told us: All had been darkness and now there was light.
I watched Norris and saw that all the bluster was gone. I turned and looked up at my father. His lips were set, but there was a questioning look in his eyes. Mostly, I looked at Pete. He wasn't smiling, but I could see there was hope in his eyes as they followed the sheriff.
It seemed like forever came and went till he stopped in front of Norris.
It was like a low whisper, but the sheriff's voice carried across the crowd.
"This ain't your show, Norris."
People talk about white trash around here. My mama and papa won't let us call anyone white trash, but it seemed that's what the sheriff was saying to Norris, the way that he talked to him like he was a dog that better get himself off the porch. While lots of white folks would buy moonshine from Norris, you could tell that at the same time everyone thought he was shiftless and no account.
Pete was watching the sheriff, but the sheriff, he didn't even take no notice of him. He nodded to the half-dozen men gathered in front of the buckboard and walked back toward the crowd. It was as if he had given his blessing.
Pete had taken the best that Norris had to offer, but you could see that it was the sheriff that had delivered a crushing blow. Pete's legs buckled. He moaned as those men dragged him the remaining few feet around to the back of the buckboard.
"I didn't do nothing," Pete cried in a voice that rang without hope.
I buried my head against my father's chest.
When I heard the whip snap and the buckboard lurch forward, I looked back. Pete's neck broke instantly; his head rested at an awkward angle. His eyes were open and he looked out at everyone.
As he swayed from the tree, the crowd hushed and tried to look away from his accusing eyes. Not till Pete's body stopped swinging did anyone move. The crowd broke up in silence and went their separate ways.
I didn't want to, but as we left Marshall I turned round in my seat and looked. Pete was still looking at me and I knew that he always would be. Pete would stay till morning. When they did a lynching, they made us leave the body hanging, to put a terror in the colored folk.
His face looked different than I had ever seen it, but Papa still hadn't said a word. First time I looked up from the wagon, I noticed that we were already passing Miller's Swamp. We was halfway home and I hadn't wanted to raise my eyes to the world. I had always looked closely when we passed the swamp, see if I could see any muskrats or water moccasins. Now I didn't care. I would never care again, I promised myself.
I had been thinking hard, though. We lived just three miles from the Johnsons, a white family. And since I was eight, I had been feeding hogs at the McCready and Barker farms. They always paid like they promised, or most often sent home a slab of beef or salt pork in exchange for my work. But after what I saw, I decided that life was different now. I figured I owed that to Pete.
"I will never work for or talk to a white person again," I said with anger.
My father, who had seemed lost in his own thoughts, jerked his head and looked at me.
"That was wrong what they did," I said. "Those white folks are mean and nasty people."
Papa swallowed hard and pulled up on the reins so that the wagon stopped.
He turned toward me. "No. You will work for white folks. You will talk to them."
"But, Papa, what about Pete? He didn't do nothing and they killed him."
"Yeah, I know they had no cause for that, but-"
I cut my father off short, something I had never done.
"But they made Pete suffer so."
"His suffering is over, son. It's all over for Pete. You don't need to worry for him."
"They took his life. Pete was still young. He should of grown to be a man.
"That's so," Papa said. "It was Pete's time, though. His time had come and that's that."
My anger still had some hold on me and I swallowed hard.
Papa looked at me and said, "Some of those white folks was mean and nasty. Some were just scared. It doesn't matter. You have no right to judge another human being. Don't you ever forget."
My father had spoken.
There was nothing to say. I didn't know it then, but his words set the direction my life would take even till this day.
A year earlier, I had been kicked by the mule. It hurt like all get-out. I couldn't work for three days, but I didn't cry. I was proud that I was man enough to take it. But this hurt worse. I cried and my daddy wrapped his arms around me and held me to his chest. Then something broke loose deep inside. I didn't know a body could have so many tears.
I cried for me. I cried for Pete. I cried for the little ones and for Mama and Papa. I cried for all the pain that there was in this world. Papa had his own tears and he just held me.
When the tears slowed, Papa told me, "This morning, I said that you did a man's work. But you was still a boy. Now you are learning to be a man."
After we got home, I found my peppermint was still in my pocket. I scraped off the lint and the dirt. I gave it to one of my little sisters. My taste for it had disappeared. Ninety years later, I still don't like peppermint.
About six months after the lynching, Betty Jo had her baby. It was a boy, a little white boy. No one said nothing. I guess by then most folks, white folks anyway, had all forgotten. I didn't forget. Mama said that maybe where Pete is now, if they have a team, colored could play in those big leagues. I think, Pete would be starting at shortstop.
I'm one hundred and one years old now. But I still remember. Though that was over ninety years ago, I see it in my mind like I was there today. I can't let loose of my memories, even if I wanted to. Yeah, I've seen it all in these hundred years, the good and the bad. My memory works fine. I can tell you everything you want to know.
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"A remarkable autobiography . . . . the feel-good story of the year."—The Christian Science Monitor
"A testament to the power of perseverance."—USA Today
"Life Is So Good is about character, soul and spirit. . . . The pride in standing his ground is matched—maybe even exceeded—by the accomplishment of [George Dawson's] hard-won education."—The Washington Post
"Eloquent . . . engrossing . . . an astonishing and unforgettable memoir."—Publishers Weekly
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#146577 - 08/21/05 05:48 PM Clothes Press Joined: Nov 2000
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A very long time ago as a child I lived in Buffalo NY. For some reason the people I knew at that time always referred to what we now know as a "closet" as a "clothes press." I have no idea why? Has anyone else come across this usage? I checked Dictionary.com and found "clothes room" as a synonym for "closet."
#146578 - 08/21/05 06:46 PM Re: Clothes Press Joined: Jul 2000
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I've never heard of calling a closet a clothes press, but I wonder if this goes back to the days when there weren't any closets, and people commonly had a piece of furniture for storing hanging clothes.
It's commonly called a wardrobe in the US; I think in Germany it is a Schrunk, perhaps Schrunck.
I assume it comes from the sense of press of being in a crowd, since the clothes are all crowded together.
I just saw one at an auction, solid chestnut, perhaps 150 years old, with shiplap back. Unfortunately some butcher had cut a hole in the back so his television would fit in the thing. A thousand dollar wardrobe in any big city antique store, and this guy used a saber saw to reduce its value to less than $150. I bid on it up to $70 or so because I wanted the wood to make some boxes out of. It had zero antique value. Sigh.
These were very common when people built houses without closets; my house is an example. At one time it had a central hallway that divided the upper half of the house. In one of many additions, the hallway was divided into closets and access granted to one bedroom by cutting a door through from another bedroom. I'm in the process of undoing this. I'll be building wardrobes for those three bedrooms that now share a chopped up hallway as closet space.
I wonder whether people who had clothes presses just called their closets that after builders began to put closets in bedrooms.
#146579 - 08/21/05 06:53 PM Re: Clothes Press Joined: Aug 2005
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I think in Germany it is a Schrunk, perhaps Schrunck.
An armoire or wardrobe is called a Schrank (or also a Garderobe) in German. Googling for "clothes press" shows various pieces of antique furniture for storing clothes in.
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#146580 - 08/21/05 06:56 PM Re: Clothes Press Joined: Apr 2000
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>this guy used a saber saw to reduce its value to less than $150.
admitting I know nothing about antiques now -- couldn't you restore much of the value here through restoration of the back?
#146581 - 08/21/05 07:35 PM Re: Clothes Press Joined: Jul 2000
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Unfortunately, no. It's impossible to get chestnut wood, due to the blight or whatever it was that killed off the huge forests of them here in the US. I've seen pictures of chestnut stumps with eight or ten men standing on the flat surface of one stump. The forests must have been simply awesome.
Alas, the only chestnut now available is from other furniture and from old barns and other outbuildings. And it would be impossible to make a new part that would match the rest of the old piece of furniture. It would always be identifiable as a major repair. In addition, it would probably be unethical to even try to do so. Certainly the antique value would go way way down.
#146582 - 08/21/05 07:58 PM Re: Clothes Press Joined: Nov 2000
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Well I think that Ted's suggestion is almost certainly true. I had not thought of using Google. Now that I am reminded of it my Grandparents had wardrobes, which I am sure they called clothes presses and that name probably migrated to actual closets as Ted guessed.
#146583 - 08/22/05 11:41 AM Re: Clothes Press Joined: Sep 2000
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Hadn't thought about this for many years, but my granny's house had one closet in it, which was in the dining room, and she always called it "the press." This was in Eastern Kentucky.
#146584 - 08/22/05 12:30 PM Re: Clothes Press Joined: Oct 2000
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and --(i think-) i am sure(well, i think i am sure)
there are small kitchen cabines, called a pie safe or pie press". I think Press was used as a name for a cabinet of a sort. (in times past. (nowdays, most homes don't have pie safe's, or if they do, they don't use them for pie's.)
#146585 - 08/22/05 12:45 PM Re: Clothes Press Joined: Dec 2000
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I've heard of a clothes press quite often; I think it is fairly British. Another British term is 'linen press'; this is, as the name states, a place to put bed linen or bed clothes. I never really considered where the 'press' came from but I guess I assumed it came from the wringing out of cloth in those old-fashioned presses, or alternatively, that it had something to do with a clothes press such as this one:
Re. Garderobe
This is also used in English (as in German) to describe both a wardrobe and changing room. Though certainly it is not as common as in German. http://makeashorterlink.com/?L275638AB
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my (ex) in laws had an iron like that--they called it a 'mangle' (which i thought to be a funny name, since to mangle is to mess up, tie in knots--generally, the opposite of ironed..)
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Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Volcker has grown increasingly frustrated over delays in setting up the economic advisory group President Barack Obama picked the former Federal Reserve chairman to lead, people familiar with the matter said.
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Looks like Obama/Summers is throwing Volcker under the bus. His ego has gotten bruised so now the old bird is pissed. Hey Volk, you got played for a fool by the Magic Negro.
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Bud Norris tossed six scoreless innings and Jason Castro homered as the Houston Astros claimed a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs in the middle portion of a three-game series.
Norris (7-13) allowed only four hits and a pair of walks while striking out four, and Tyler Greene added an RBI single for the Astros, who surged to their fifth win in six games.
"The team won three in a row. That's the way we're looking at it. We're trying to end this thing strong and play it all the way through," Norris said about his team's late push.
Chris Volstad (3-12) gave up five hits and one earned run with six strikeouts for the Cubs, who were blanked by the same score for the second straight game and lost for the ninth time in their last 10.
"Not a lot of quality at-bats again. We left some guys out there striking out with guys in scoring position again," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "It's kind of typifying the whole season these last two nights swinging the bats."
Houston picked up all the runs needed to back Norris in the second, all coming with two outs. Castro's shot to right was followed by a Starlin Castro error allowing Justin Maxwell to reach second. Greene drove him in with a single for a 2-0 score.
The Astros tacked on another run in the eighth, as pinch-hitter Brian Bogusevic drew a walk, moved to second on an error, advanced to third on a Jed Lowrie groundout and scored on a wild pitch.
After Norris' exit, four Houston relievers combined to hold the Cubs hitless over the final three innings. Wilton Lopez walked Luis Valbuena with two outs in the ninth, but induced a game-ending pop out from Welington Castillo to earn his 10th save.
Game Notes
Norris finished the 2012 season with 13 1/3 scoreless innings over his last two starts ... Chicago was shut out for the third time in its last seven games ... Houston has recorded three consecutive whitewashes, having earned a 7-0 victory at Milwaukee on Sunday.


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|2011-05-18, 08:28
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Cross Game - I need more
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: I've moved around the American West. I've lived in Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Oklahoma
Age: 38
Keima does sort of shine in his own twisted way.
Chihiro strikes me as a girl who really admires the people who are dedicated to their own goals. Ayumi who works so hard at Track and Field. Captain of the soccer team.
Keima who is so dedicated to his gaming... and so driven...
I think that's why she sort of lost focus while staring at him. Instead of listening to his words she was just admiring his drive and dedication to this crazy plan for her to win love.
Keima never does anything by halves, while that seems to be all Chihiro does. I can see Keima being attractive from Chihiro's perspective.
Oh, and add in that she's discovered that Keima has kissed a girl before. Girls almost always find a man more attractive if she knows other girls find him attractive.
|2011-05-18, 08:47
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Australia
Pointed out before, but want to mentions here again, Chihiro seems to be the only one girl who interest in the real Keima (so far at least). For any other candidates, Keima had to fake out his acting/ playing a role for his ending before they started to interest in him. I think Chihiro is slowly taking Ayumi's spot to be my favorite character. Strangely enough, i always have soft spot for " the ordinary girl" (the other one is Nami Hito in SZS)
|2011-05-18, 09:56
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I think this is will be the golden arc for this session (at least for me), there is sincerity in this arc, I mean in the past Keima has to go force his way to conquest the girl heart, but now he is helping Chihiro to confess to a guy, that's mean Keima won't be the object anymore, but it's to obvious that Chihiro feel something from Keima determination on helping her, I call that a honest love. I give 9/10 and as non manga reader I hope this arc will end beautifully.
|2011-05-18, 11:37
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Location: Australia
With so many heroines, i really don't know who gonna win the final race to Keima's heart...
But i know Chihiro have a little bit higher chance to end up marrying Keima. Why? Because the author did draw an official art of her in wedding dress , that's why ^___^
|2011-05-18, 12:39
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Hell Keima by his couching shows he can play the other team.
|2011-05-18, 15:08
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In harmony with the flow
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Shall the flowers bloom atop the mountain?...
You know, on watching the episode a second time I thought they did a really good job in portraying Chihiro, emphasizing aspects of her personality that they did not in the manga itself. In the first season the producers really made Kanon seem more real to me, and in the second season Chihiro - previously both heroines did not make much of an impression on me. Good job to the producers!
|2011-05-18, 16:05
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To tell you the truth i had a little mix of fear and excitement of this arc getting animated since it is one of my favorites but my hearth can rest in peace because the chapter was made beatifully it's darker but at the same time i feel Chihiro's character more than in the literary version ,they really made an incredible job this time, gotta love Ayumi's appearance her blushings make her look really cute and you can get a hearth attack just for this.
|2011-05-21, 04:37
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Yeah I can't really pinpoint what it is.
The anime makes Chihiro's arc like 10x more awesome. Animation can portray things with motion picture and sound than a manga can, and the producers of this anime do so masterfully. I almost couldn't care less for her arc compared to everyone else in the manga, in fact, the most memorable part for me was solely Ayumi's appearance. However the anime really gave her the portrayal she deserves, and I see her in a new light.
|2011-05-21, 12:04
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My Lovely Bunny Chie
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Philippines
Age: 30
Ahh This is the part I like about animating a manga you really like. It brings more.
I like how the arc focuses on Chihiro's depression, because that's how she really is. A person who fails at life, someone who is burning in shining lights. Kind of reminded me of myself these days. And Keima being the support to her already winning her heart.
BTW I really like the hug scene, always wanted a short haired girl to hug me like that.
|2011-05-23, 03:09
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I love this series so far. I'm watching it more as to see Keima progress as a person and this arc seems to be a big step forward for him. I think he is at least now more perceptive of the real world (well...at least how cruel it is) now than before, and he is taking time to help someone else (though for his own reasons still). Hope to see more progress from this amazing series.
|2011-05-23, 05:09
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Chihiro's a very interesting character. Keima's an idiot not to realize that the only human without a flag is one who's already six feet under. And he's also stupid not to realize that a "real" person experiences a very potent kind of suffering that's very hard to deal with. It's like being stuck in a doldrum, those areas in the middle of the ocean where winds and currents are either nonexistent or weak and come from all directions. In the exploration and colonization eras this was like a death trap, because there's no wind or current to get you out, and you have to escape by raw manpower, but this rapidly drains the food and water supplies while exhausting everyone, until they don't have the strength to go on.
When a person's too average, things quickly can come to seem impossible. Every time a venture fails, it leaves a scar and makes it all the more painful and scary to try again, and drains their strength and will even as it decreases their attachment to their goal, so that the next time they're that much less motivated and that much less likely to get anywhere. Chihiro's life in this sense is very much like Keima's statements on reality at the start of the ep. And being great friends with a never-average ace like Ayumi doesn't help her.
Anyway, one thing I couldn't help but think: when a girl sees her crush looking at her, the last thing she sould do is drop to the floor and pull a guy down on top of her. Lying underneath a guy is not a position to show your crush.
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The sharemarket has finished marginally higher today as investors awaited the outcome of a meeting between European finance ministers to determine the next move on Greece's debt.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 11.2 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 4424.2, while the broader All Ords gained 12 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 4443.5.
Among the sectors, industrials rose 1.3 per cent, gold miners rose 1.1 per cent, materials added 0.7 per cent, while consumer staples and consumer discretionary both inched up 0.5 per cent. Telecoms bucked the trend, falling 1.1 per cent.
''It was quite a positive week last week and that just seems to have flowed over, with risk assets like stocks, commodities and currencies performing pretty well, so I guess just a shift from the defensive assets into the growth assets,'' said Darryl Conroy, markets analyst at Suncorp.
Investors were generally cautious as eurozone finance ministers are set to meet for the third time in two weeks to discuss Greece's aid program.
Greece, after a €130 billion bailout was approved earlier this year, is waiting on several loan instalments to help ease its crippling debt, but so far European leaders have failed to come to an agreement on the details of the plan.
''It's an absolute merry-go-around [in Europe], it just seems to come up every couple of months. Once again, don't expect any real, long-lasting solutions. Hopefully markets are just hanging out for what they want to hear,'' said Mr Conroy.
BHP was the biggest contributor to the local market, jumping 0.8 per cent to $34.01, and was responsible for a push of 4.18 points on the ASX 200.
Rio Tinto traded relatively flat at $57.21, while iron ore miner Fortescue added 3.3 per cent to $3.80.
The big banks were mixed, with ANZ slipping 0.1 per cent to $23.57 and Westpac down 0.7 per cent to $24.76, while NAB added 0.3 per cent to $23.70 and CBA rose 0.3 per cent to $59.15.
Media stocks enjoyed a nice run, featuring heavily among the top gainers for the day. Fairfax Media jumped 4.7 per cent to 45 cents, Seven West Media rose 4.5 per cent to $1.64 and APN News & Media added 7.1 per cent to 30 cents. News Corporation and Ten Network bucked the trend trading flat.
Domain provider Melbourne IT hit a nine-month low after the company announced its earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) would be 10 per cent lower in 2012 compared with 2011. Shares dropped 10.9 per cent to $1.55.
The Australian dollar traded within a tight range today, holding at the around $US104.60, having broken through the $US1.04 barrier last week.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 18th May 2013 21:06 UTC
"At the end of a week in which Electronic Arts confirmed it wasn't developing a thing for the Wii U, one of the software engineers in EA Sports' Canada studio, in a series of since-deleted tweets, disparaged the console as 'crap' and suggested Nintendo should give up on hardware altogether. 'The Wii U is crap. Less powerful than an Xbox 360. Poor online/store. Weird tablet', tweeted Bob Summerwill, listed as a senior software engineer at EA Canada, in a reply to a tweet posting a link about EA's no-Wii U news. 'Nintendo are walking dead at this point'." The Wii U is turning into the 21st century's Virtual Boy.
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Indeed. Nintendo should've took a lesson from Sega and never delved into gimmicky, poorly quality controlled crap.What are you talking about?
Also Thom: How's sales going of Wii U vs Windows phones?
Edit: Never mind, I see from the post below that it's likely the software on the WiiU.
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Stacey A. Bates 6/30/2011 8:08:24 AMLove the direct eye contact on this Kathy..makes it a very much in your face animal portrait. #1389260
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Spring City, PA – As its new building project gets underway, the Spring City Public Library has closed its doors at 245 Broad St. in Spring City. However, the library will be reopening at a temporary location at 2 Riverside Drive in the Riveredge Center in Spring City, PA on Monday, July 16, 2013.
Upon reopening, the library will be operating with limited resources. Library computers and access to the library W-Fi internet connection will not be available, but members can still check out books and pick up holds as long as they present a library card.
The library's Summer storytime will continue, but will be relocated to the Brown Park Pavilion (weather permitting). The Science in the Summer program will go on as originally scheduled, taking place at the Spring City United Methodist Church.
The Spring City Public Library encourages patrons to visit other Chester County Library System locations until it reopens, such as the Phoenixville Public Library in Phoenixville, PA.
The library staff thanks everyone for their patience and understanding during this time of transition.


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WINSOME FOURSOME: From left, Mark Belsky, MD, of Newton-Wellesley Hospital; Scott Schuster, of Wingate Healthcare; Slavin; and Markmann
Nearly 100 golfers -- including MGH President Peter L. Slavin, MD; MGPO Chairman and CEO David F. Torchiana, MD; and Chief of the MGH Division of Transplantation James F. Markmann, MD, PhD -- took to the links at the Weston Golf Club July 12 for the inaugural MGH Transplant Center Golf Classic. The sold-out event was made possible by hosts Louise Hersum, an MGH kidney transplant recipient, and her husband Richard, along with 30 volunteers and more than 50 sponsors and individual contributors.
"The event was an overwhelming success," says Joren Madsen, MD, DPhil, director of the MGH Transplant Center. "We were thrilled to have Louise and Richard host the tournament, Hall of Fame Bruin Bobby Orr serve as the honorary event chairman, and Scott Schuster, also a kidney recipient, and his wife Heidi participate as the event's presenting sponsors."
First prize in the team competition went to a group led by Orr and Sally Mason Boemer, MGH chief financial officer and senior vice president of Finance and the MGH Cancer Center, and her husband, Erik.
At the post-tournament reception, transplant recipient and MGH employee Jennifer Searl shared her experience as the first patient treated with a groundbreaking experimental protocol at the MGH that allows kidney transplants to be performed without the toxic medications usually required life-long to prevent organ rejection. Searl works as an MGH health educator at The Maxwell and Eleanor Blum Patient and Family Learning Center and is nearly eight years post-transplant, with normal kidney function and no medication.
The tournament netted more than $80,000 to support cutting-edge transplantation research by MGH physicians and scientists that has the primary objective of improving the lives of transplant patients. For more information about the Transplant Center, access www.massgeneral.org/transplant.
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Anti-Americanism in Pakistan snarls U.S. war efforts
ISLAMABAD -- U.S. diplomatic efforts to persuade Pakistan to reopen NATO supply lines to the Afghan war are proving no match for rampant anti-Americanism here, with Pakistani lawmakers increasingly unwilling to support a decision that risks them branded as friends of Washington.
Opposition legislators are demanding that the U.S. end its drone strikes against militants as a precondition, complicating U.S. strategies for winding down the 10-year war just weeks before a major NATO conference in President Barack Obama's hometown of Chicago.
Relations between the U.S. and Pakistan have been marked by mistrust since the two countries were thrust together following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but shared interests -- near-bankrupt Pakistan needs American aid, America needs Pakistan's support against al-Qaida -- had kept the alliance more or less intact.
That changed in November when U.S. airstrikes inadvertently killed 24 Pakistani troops on the Afghan border, triggering nationwide outrage and retaliation from Pakistan, which suspended diplomatic contacts and blocked vital land routes for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Since then, hard-line Islamist and banned militant groups have staged large rallies around the country against any move to reopen the supply lines. One of the leaders of the movement has been Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group blamed for the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people.
Late Monday, the U.S. announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Saeed, who lives openly in Pakistan. According to many analysts, Saeed has the sympathy or support of the country's powerful military establishment, which shares his hostility to India. The announcement could therefore be seen as a provocation in Pakistan and further strain ties with Washington.
Pakistan has placed Saeed under house arrest before, but prosecutors have been unable or unwilling to make charges stick against him. Given the popular hostility to the U.S. among the Pakistani public, it is unlikely that the government will act now against Saeed.
Pakistan banned Lashkar-e-Taiba in 2002 under U.S. pressure, but it operates with relative freedom under the name of its social welfare wing Jamaat-ud-Dawwa. The U.S. has designated both groups as foreign terrorist organizations.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Saeed's increasingly "brazen" appearances on television were a factor in the announcement. "I think the sense has been over the past few months that this kind of reward might hasten the justice system," she said.
The reward marks a shift in the long-standing U.S. calculation that going after the leadership of an organization allegedly used as a proxy by the Pakistani military would cause too much friction with the Pakistani government.
While there was no single incident or development that caused the U.S. to act now, the group has developed a more anti-Western agenda in recent years, with Westerners among the victims of the Mumbai attack, for example, a U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss classified matters.
The official acknowledged that declaring the leader a wanted man could complicate the U.S.-Pakistani relationship, as LeT and the Pakistani military "have always been close," with LeT acting as "an important tool in their country's national security kit."
But the group made itself a target the U.S. could not ignore by slowly expanding its lower-level working relationships with the Taliban, al-Qaida and other militant organizations, the official said.
The official said the Pakistani military had kept the group from achieving any high-level coordination with al-Qaida as part of Pakistan's "attempts to constrain the group while preserving it as a reliable proxy."
But it's unclear whether the bounty will have any impact other than embarrassing Pakistani authorities and pleasing India, which has long called for his arrest.
Saeed, who has denied involvement in the Mumbai attacks, said the U.S. announced the reward because of his demonstrations against any reopening of the supply lines.
"We are organizing massive public meetings to inform the nation about all the threats which Pakistan will face after the restoration of the supplies," he told The Associated Press at a mosque in the capital, Islamabad.
"With the grace of God we are doing our work in Pakistan openly. It is regrettable that America has no information about me. Such rewards are usually for those who live in caves and mountains."
Few inside the Pakistani government or the army believe a permanent supply line blockade is worth the resulting international isolation. Pakistan relies on the U.S. and other NATO countries for its economic survival and for diplomatic and military support.
But re-engaging carries a political cost in a country where association with the United States is toxic.
That cost is felt more keenly now by mainstream parties because general elections are scheduled within a year.
Seeking political cover, the weak coalition government ordered a parliamentary committee to come up with proposals for a new relationship with the U.S. On March 20, the committee presented its recommendations to parliament, which included the reopening of supply lines but with higher tariffs, and also an end to drone strikes.
U.S. officials had hoped the parliamentary session would lead to a quick resumption of ties, but that hasn't happened.
Sessions to debate the recommendations have been boycotted or taken over with discussions on other national issues. Opposition parties, sensing the government wants them to share any political fallout for what will be an unpopular decision to reopen the routes, are refusing to cooperate.
"This is a hugely complicating factor. The government may now be realizing that by trying to be clever it has created problems for itself," said Tariq Fatemi, a former Pakistani ambassador to Washington. "In parliamentary democracies it is the responsibility of the executive to formulate a policy and act on it. The Americans tell me they are being very patient, but I know they are getting very impatient."
In recent weeks, the U.S. has renewed high-level contacts with Pakistan, including meetings in Islamabad last week between Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and the top U.S. commander in the region, Gen. James Mattis. Obama met with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in South Korea.
But a U.S. official said talks on the supply line issue could not start before the parliament had finished debating the recommendations. He said it was unclear when that would be. He didn't give his name because he was not authorized to speak on the record.
Before November, about 30 percent of the nonfatal supplies for foreign troops in Afghanistan were unloaded at the port of Karachi and then trucked across Pakistan to the border. For most of the war, 90 percent of the supplies came through Pakistan, but NATO has increased its reliance on an alternate, so called "northern" route, through Central Asia in recent years.
Increased use of the northern route has removed some of the leverage Islamabad had over the West, but at a cost to the coalition. Pentagon officials now say it costs about $17,000 per container to go through the north, compared with about $7,000 per container to go over Pakistan.
The importance of the supply routes in general will rise, however, toward the end of 2014, when they will be needed to remove equipment from Afghanistan as foreign forces withdraw.
The parliamentary committee is currently reviewing its recommendations so they can be unanimously accepted by the parliament. One demand of opposition lawmakers is that the restoration of the supply lines be explicitly tied to a halt in drone attacks.
Pakistani lawmakers and government leaders have long campaigned against the strikes, which have been carried out with some level of secret collaboration with the Pakistani army. Opposition to attacks has become a rallying cry for anti-American politicians, who say they violate sovereignty and kill too many civilians.
U.S. officials say they have offered Pakistan notice about impending strikes and new limits on which militants are being targeted. Washington views the attacks as a vital tool in suppressing al-Qaida, and is seen as highly unlikely to agree to end them.
"By linking the resumption with drone attacks, things become unworkable," said Ayaz Amir, an opposition lawmaker who is something of a maverick. "The possibilities of a workable deal are being shortened. They are not going to stop drone attacks, the supply lines are not going to open. We are going to have to suffer the consequences."
Western officials are already looking ahead to the NATO conference in Chicago on May 20-21 where more than 50 heads of state will discuss progress on ending the war. The U.S. wants Pakistan to attend, but the meeting could be overshadowed if Pakistan is still blocking supplies to NATO members.
Associated Press writers Sebastian Abbott and Asif Shahzad in Islamabad and Kimberly Dozier and Lolita Baldor in Washington contributed to this report.


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Question submitted on Feb 25, 2013.
QuestionMy daughter has been working as a teacher in Iraq since October2012. She will be there two years. She is paid by the university and no taxes are taken out. She will make under the 92,000 in a year. She filed taxes for 2011 and will file each year. Does she still owe any state taxes (lives in VA) she own no home. Any other taxes she needs to pay? She will be out of the country 330 days
US citizens are taxed on their worldwide income, regardless of where they live or earn their income. Presuming that your daughter is a US citizen, she should file a US income tax return. If she has no family or residence in the States, she will not likely have a state filing requirement, but she should inquire as the rules vary from State to State.
Included in the income tax filing requirement is Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign (non-US) Financial Assets. In addition to the income tax, US citizens may be required to file Form TD 90-22.1 if they own a foreign account worth over $10,000 during the tax year.
IRS Publication 54 is always a good reference tool for US citizens working abroad. The publication discusses special tax rules for U.S. citizens who work abroad or who have income earned in foreign countries.
IRS Publication 54 discusses several tax provisions applicable to US citizens working abroad, such as:
- Foreign earned income exclusion
- Foreign housing exclusion and deduction
- Foreign moving expenses
- Foreign tax credit
- Tax treaty benefits
That being said, please note that the income tax rules applicable to expatriates are very complex and that you would be well served by contacting a CPA/PFS who will be able to help you analyze the tax rules and whether or not you are eligible for treaty benefits. Visit www.findacpapfs.org to find a CPA/PFS near you.
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Hundreds of residents stood in solidarity Wednesday night near the Flagler Beach Pier during a candlelight vigil for those who died in Newtown, Conn.
FLAGLER BEACH — As 26 burning lanterns rose into the starry sky, parents hugged their children a little tighter.
Some wiped tears from their eyes as they held lighted candles on the beach. Others prayed silently for those who had lost their children, friends and loved ones at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Hundreds of local residents stood in solidarity Wednesday night on the beach near the Flagler Beach Pier during a candlelight vigil for those who died when a 20-year-old man went on a shooting rampage at the school Friday. The vigil, organized by the Flagler Beach Christian Surfers, brought together teachers, students, churches and families.
Luminaries with the names of the 20 children and six teachers who died at the school served as a memorial for the victims.
Organizers on the pier used loudspeakers to read a short biography of each slain child and teacher as Flagler County schoolteachers released brightly colored sky lanterns into the night air.
"We are here as a community to help people who are asking questions," said Flagler Beach Christian Surfers member Dennis Bayer. "We want to bring people together in memory of the lives lost."
Many of the people affected by the tragedy are finding comfort in their faith, Bayer said.
The vigil humanized the victims as organizers shared their stories.
The details of the lives shortened at Sandy Hook Elementary included 6-year-old Catherine Hubbard, who had a passion for helping animals; Jessica Rekos, also 6, who had asked for a cowgirl hat and boots for Christmas; and 27-year-old Vicki Soto, who died trying to save her first-grade students.
Joanne Goodin, a teacher at Wadsworth Elementary in Palm Coast, came to the vigil with her 15-year-old daughter, Christina.
"You just feel like you want to do something," Goodin said. "As a teacher you think about what that would be like to have an entire class of students killed.
"This was a beautiful way to remember their lives and it's great to see so many people come together."
Amber Saunders, a senior at Matanzas High School in Palm Coast, fought back tears during the vigil.
"There is nothing really that you can say to make sense of this." she said "But it helps when people come together."
The news of the tragedy had ripple effects for local teachers who now worry about protecting their students, and young children questioning their safety at school, said Flagler County School Board member Colleen Conklin, who helped organize the vigil.
"My biggest fear is that in January we will forget and move on," said Conklin. "But we can't forget. Nothing will ever be normal again.
"Columbine shook us to the core but this goes deeper. We are talking about the deaths of babies a week before Christmas."


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From NBC's Shawna Thomas and Carrie Dann
It might have come with a favorable comparison to one of his main rivals, but here's an endorsement that former Gov. Jon Huntsman probably won't be touting on his website anyway.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, reviled by conservatives for ushering Democratic legislation through Congress during Obama's first two years in office, told reporters Tuesday that he'd pick Huntsman over GOP rival and fellow Mormon Mitt Romney.
"If I had a choice, I would favor Huntsman over Romney," said Reid, who like Romney and Huntsman belongs to the Church of Latter-Day Saints.
The Senate leader proceeded to take a broad swipe at the former Massachusetts governor, whom he described as a "a man who doesn't know who he is."
Reid noted Romney's policy switches on social issues and said that the health care bill that Democrats passed in the Senate was largely based on the one Romney signed into state law in 2006.
"We modeled our bill ... to a large degree about what he did in Massachusetts," Reid said. "Now he's trying to run from that."
"If someone doesn't know who they are, they shouldn't be president of the United States."
While Reid's embrace of Huntsman may not do the presidential hopeful much good with Republican primary voters, the onetime ambassador to China may not mind Reid's reminder about Romney's health care plan.
In a Huntsman video released Tuesday, the newly-minted candidate took a similar shot at Romney – although without mentioning the other GOP contender by name.
"Took on the tough. Health care. Did it right. No mandates," the video's narrator says. "Free market-based, not government-run. Ah, if others had only chosen that path. What does it take to do things right, to never flip, never flop?"
It's worth noting that Huntsman was once open to the idea of an individual mandate, but it was ultimately not included in the health care bill passed in his home state.
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We should release Sanchez. He is not on the team next year anyway
Simms: 33/44, 285 yards, 0-0 TD/INT, 91.6 Rating.
Well, then...
No brainier, keep Simms dump McElroy. We've seen gmac with the starters, nuff said.
McElroy has had opportunities so show us what he's got. Unfortunately, it wasn't much and it almost got him killed in the process.
But reality is what it is and Smith really should play until its obvious he is not the answer ... Or Simms simply practices out of his mind good. He showed poise, accuracy and arm strength I haven't seen on this team since OB, maybe Vinnie.
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I like G Mac but Simms is flat out better....G Mac is a good game manager but simms is a game changer. I also do not want that simms never played with the starters...if he looks this good now how do you think he would look with the starters. The offensive scheme also plays a major role...the jets qb situation is not nearly as bad as the media WANTS it to be. I have no doubt that geno will play well, but I have a lot of confidence in simms if his name is called....if sanchez can stop throwing interceptions he also gives us a shot. This team is going to be competitive. Simms finally got a chance and he has arguably been the best 3rd-4th string qb this pre season....this is a darn good situation for the jets.
I don't care what team he was out there against last night, I watch him and Gino, Simms just looks so much more poised and comfortable. He seems to see the field better, he has a rocket for an arm and places the ball extremely well. Simms may just be that hidden diamond.
Who knows, Simms gets us a SB and in 10-15 some young manning gets us another few. I'll take it.
Buttfumble to the PUP list and gone for six weeks and then forever
Either we he's not pitching picks or standing around with the hangdog look on the sidelines and Smith and Simms get the chance to show what the offense can do with a real OC and real NFL qbs
I was very impressed by Simms he brings athleticism as well as a great arm. He also showed fearlessness imho no reason to expose this player to another team. Keep him!
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I don't know if Simms is as far ahead of McElroy as we all think. But, if its a fairly close competition, I'm sure McElroy's comments last year still resonate with some, even with the new administration. All things being equal, I'm sure Rex will give the tiebreak to Simms, if it comes to that. They kept McElroy last year because there was no one else, but my guess is he gets the boot for a variety of reasons.
Simms showed conviction in making his throws, something I am totally unaccustomed to seeing. About halfway through the game I encountered this weird feeling of not going "OMG what's going to happen" when he set up to make a throw in a difficult situation. No heart in the throat feeling waiting for a disaster. Weird.
Simms has way more upside than Gmac.
Tell me that facing an offense lead by Gmac would scare you....really? Don't care how "smart" he is, lots of NFL QBs are smart. Cut him loose.
Cimini reports that Rex is considering keeping 4 QBs:
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Matt Simms was terrific, so Rex Ryan hints he may keep four QBs. #Jets http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/jet...acular-vs-pats
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Volunteer firefighters, manufacturers, farmers and armed service members are among the groups to see additional breaks through the dozen tax cut bills that legislators approved and Gov. Mike Beebe signed into law before wrapping up the session last week.
All taxpayers in Arkansas will see their rates reduced through a $140 million package adopted during this year's session, but the new laws also include a grab bag of breaks for varied interests.
Volunteer firefighters, manufacturers, farmers and armed service members are among the groups to see additional breaks through the dozen tax cut bills that legislators approved and Gov. Mike Beebe signed into law before wrapping up the session last week. The proposals are phased in over time, with the bulk of the cuts not taking effect until July 2015.
"We were looking at things that were job-creators for incentivizing investment or went to directly help those who were in production, whether it's manufacturing, agriculture or other areas," said Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, who chairs the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee.
Files' counterpart in the House pitched the package as a way to help spur job creation in the state.
"What we needed to do and what we want to do is put together a program that can help the state of Arkansas help create jobs and reflect a lot of those different elements," House Revenue and Taxation Committee Chairman Rep. Charlie Collins, R-Fayetteville, told lawmakers as he urged them to pass the cuts earlier this month.
The largest of the cuts is a plan to phase in a 0.1 percentage point cut in income taxes for each bracket, a reduction that state officials say eventually benefits all 1.2 million individual income taxpayers in the state. The cut is expected to cost the state $2.5 million in the coming fiscal year, $30.4 million the following year and $55.7 million in the third year.
The next largest cut is a proposal to cut the sales and use taxes manufacturers pay for electricity and natural gas. The cut is expected to cost the state $17 million in the fiscal year that begins July 2014 and $27.4 million the year after that. Under another measure, manufacturers will also receive a reduction in the sales and use taxes for repair and replacement parts. That break is expected to eventually cost the state $7.2 million a year.
About 337,000 taxpayers are expected to claim the standard deduction, which will rise from $2,000 to $2,200 starting in 2015 under a new law that also includes cuts in the state's capital gains taxes. About 68,500 Arkansans are expected to benefit from an increase in the state's exemption on capital gains from 30 percent to 50 percent starting in 2015, according to the Department of Finance and Administration. DFA said 10 or 11 taxpayers in the state will benefit from the law providing a 100 percent exemption for capital gains in excess of $10 million a year.
The tax cut package also included several breaks aimed at farmers. The Arkansas Farm Bureau said it expects 4,100 farmers to benefit from a proposal to exempt the utilities for several types of agricultural structures from sales and use taxes. The state estimates the break will eventually cost $10.57 million a year.
The package also included several other exemptions for farmers, including on timber harvesting equipment, supplies for farm machinery such as twine for baling hay and on utilities used for grain drying and storage facilities.
About 6,400 armed service members are expected to receive a full income tax exemption on their military pay starting next year under a proposal that's eventually estimated to cost the state $7.2 million a year. State officials also estimate that 1,100 volunteer firefighters will claim a deduction on some firefighting equipment, a measure that will cost the state $48,702 a year.
A sales and use tax exemption on the sale of dental appliances will take effect in July 2014 and is expected to cost the state $2.2 million. DFA did not have an estimate on number of dentists or suppliers who would benefit from the exemption.
The size of the tax cut package could grow to $160 million, since it includes a law that allows the state to issue nearly $20 million in tax credits to some businesses.
The reductions won approval at the end of a session where Gov. Mike Beebe initially warned lawmakers there was no room in his proposed budget for additional cuts.
That argument is why Beebe said he proposed cutting the grocery tax from 1.5 percent to 0.125 percent, but only if the state's bond obligations or desegregation payments to three Little Rock area school districts decrease by $35 million over a six-month period. Beebe has said the triggered approach was the only way to ensure the tax would be cut but done in a way that wouldn't hurt state services.
Beebe said he believed the state could afford the reductions over the next two years but has warned lawmakers that there may not be enough revenue growth to pay for the cuts in the third year.
"I think that if their assumptions aren't right in (fiscal year 2016), they've got about $40 million in tax cuts too much," Beebe said. "If their assumptions are right, then it'll be taken care of. If not, they'll have plenty of opportunity to fix it."


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A point of view was presented in yesterdays (Dec. 18) Daily Camera by Jack Rudd that I have heard before. Basically, it says that we should all arm ourselves in order to preserve the peace. With all due respect, that is the worst idea I have ever heard!
A Newsday article in 2003 indicated that police, who are trained to handle guns and practice on a regular basis, hit their target 30 percent of the time. Think about that. If police miss their target 70 percent of the time, what is the average citizen in a panic going to do? You know they will miss far more often than that. That means the victims are not going to be the perpetrators; they will be the innocent bystanders, trying to get out of the way.
It's time for our congressmen to stop cowering before the National Rifle Association and take firm steps to reduce the number of guns on the street. The shooter in Newtown, Conn., was using registered guns, guns that were "regulated." Passing more regulations is not going to solve the problem.
We need to stop selling guns to anyone. I know, I know, the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment was written to allow farmers to protect our country from invading armies. I don't think we're going to be seeing Redcoats any time soon, but I'm sure we're going to see more senseless slaughter unless we stop thinking that guns can solve our problems.


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When the topic of contributions to FOSS come up, it usually happens that people focus entirely on the aspect of creation, specifically code creation, to the exclusion of all others. In the context of software, this makes a certain amount of sense, since the primary product is the code itself, either in source or binary form. Even the more broadly-focused, who make a point to expand their definition to include things like documentation and artwork, will still focus exclusively on the creation of those works. And yet perhaps the single biggest factor towards increased creation of code is in the distribution of what is being created.
There are a number of reasons for people to write new code. We often talk about a developer "scratching their own itch", but other times it can be a matter of personal improvement, monetary gain, or even just plain fun. While there are many reasons to write code, there are not so many reasons for releasing it under a Free or Open Source license. By choosing such a license, the author explicitly wants his or her creation to be used by others, as many others as possible in fact. The use of their creation is what motivates them, and it stands to reason that the more it is used, the more motivating it becomes to create. The underlying reason why this is motivating can vary, but the fact is that creators of FOSS are motivated by the use of FOSS, and the more users there are, the more motivation there will be for creating it.
The number and variety of potential consumers of FOSS is larger than any single developer can hope to reach. Even a group of developers, even a large group of them, will find it impossible to make their creations available to the widest possible audiences. And the more effort they put into making their creation available, the less time and resources they have to put back into creating new things. Likewise the smaller the pool of potential consumers, the less reason developers have to improve on or create something in the first place. But by choosing an open source license, developers separate the work of distribution from that of creation. The desire for their creation, then, will naturally lead to a much larger number of individuals and groups bringing these creations to the people who want them. More importantly, by focusing exclusively on the task of distributing, these new groups are able to afford not just one project, but a multitude of projects, with an increase in the consumption of their creation. And with an increase in consumption, it is reasonable to expect an increase in contributions.
The default application selection for each Ubuntu release is often the subject of much discussion and advocacy. People called for the inclusion of Banshee long before Ubuntu made the switch. It's unimaginable that people who like a project and appreciate it's developers would actively seek to have it used by an organization that contributed nothing back. Likewise when it was announced that Ubuntu would switch back to Rhythmbox, those same advocates genuinely believed that they had lost something, again something unimaginable if they weren't gaining something valuable from the distribution. When PiTiVi was selected as a default application, advocates for Openshot made a very strong case for why their preferred application should be included, again because they knew that the project would gain something of value from the increased distribution. The same happened with F-Spot and Shotwell, with the removal of the Gimp, the various boot splash systems, and more. I can only assume that the same happens in other distributions. The only reason why this would happen is if, whether consciously or not, people see a real value, as real as the value of code contributions, in being distributed as widely as possible.
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Where do I see the Holy Spirit today? Part 2
The Holy Spirit inspires us to do God's will, writes a U.S. Catholic reader.
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For me the Holy Spirit lies within the heart of each and everyone of us. It acts as both an inspiration and an aid to bring us closer to God's love.
The Holy Spirit enables us to see the good and the beauty in all things. It allows us to open our eyes to see who Jesus is and where Jesus is present in today's world.
Jesus promised us that he would never leave us; a promise is a promise and he never broke that promise. He sent us the Holy Spirit not only as a comforter, advocate, and guide but also as an educator. When we pray, we pray to the Holy Spirit to enable us to see the best possible outcome in every situation.
We are called to be ambassadors of Christ--to continue on from where he left off, to feed the homeless man that we see on the street, to go and visit an elderly person sick in the hospital who has no one else, to lend a hand to someone who is tired and fed up with life's toils, to make every person's cross a little bit lighter, a little bit more bearable.
We will not all meet the same people, nor will we all have the same task, but the one thing that is common to us all is that Jesus has a plan for each of us that requires a small bit of work each day. The people we meet represent Jesus. Never again will we get this day back; never again will we be able to feed that same man nor smile at that same sad woman. Life is precious but when a moment is gone, it is gone.
The Holy Spirit is the guiding force within us that gives us the encouragement, the passion, and the zeal needed to ignite within us all the desire to do God's work. This is what we are called to do. Nothing else is more important. Let the Holy Spirit walk with you and you will never be alone.
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
Now Canada: Whistler GranFondo
More North American granfondo news, this time from Canada: the Whistler Granfondo scheduled for September 11, 2010.
The Whistler GranFondo, Vancouver to Whistler, will be 120 km in length with 2,400 meters of climbing. There will also be a medio fondo in the Whistler GranFondo that will start in Squamish to cover a distance of 60 km but will still be a challenge by including the steepest of the climbs up to Whistler.
From the organizers:
"A ride you never thought possible. One of the most scenic highways in the world. Or a great excuse to see the Olympic cities of Vancouver and Whistler. Whatever your motivation, the Whistler GranFondo is the ride you've been waiting for.
This will be the first large scale, fully supported ride along the newly upgraded Sea to Sky highway – Hwy 99 – from Vancouver to Whistler. With breathtaking views of Howe Sound, challenging climbs through the Coast Mountain Range and more downhill than you'd expect, this ride will impress and inspire like none other.
The Whistler GranFondo provides a dedicated lane for the entire route giving you the comfort to travel this spectacular course in a style not available at any other time. You will travel from Vancouver to Whistler, or as we like to say, from Sea to Sky!
All riders in the Whistler GranFondo will receive an electronic timing chip. At the end of the ride, you'll have information about your overall riding time and how you did at various challenging sections along the route. You'll also be able to see how you compare to top riders in the Giro division."
For details visit http://www.whistlergranfondo.com/
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The GranFondo is going to be fantastic this year! Now that all the Olympic construction is complete and the Sea-to-Sky Highway improvements have been finished it will be a great new road to race on. When you come up to Whistler be sure to visit Whistler RV Park located on the Sea-to-Sky Highway just north of the 300 foot Brandywine Falls. It's a great place to begin or finish your ride in the mountains. Check for availability at http://www.whistlerrvpark.comReplyDelete
Totally, this event is going to rock! I registered as soon as I could and was the 21st entrant...now I'm told that the entries are approaching 1000! I'm sure it will sell out and be a great day in the saddle for everyone. If the weather is clear the views alone are going to make it worth it...the road is brand new and to be able to start in Vancouver and end in Whistler is pretty cool...but rolling into Squamish is going to be the highlight for me...can't wait!ReplyDelete


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The problem is that one 17 year old is quite different from another. I am currently 18, and I firmly believe that I am only a tiny bit more mature than I was 16. I feel a bit more confidant in my own skin because I hold a part time job (unlike all my close friends) and maintain good grades.There are many things I have been able to do since 14 that my other 17-18 year old friends cannot do now, cook clean etc. and I baby sit my baby cousin 4 hrs a day after and pre school.I would have been downright furious if I was not allowed to date a 21 year old at 17. I have always been told "If you behave like an adult, I will treat you like one".Having said that, many, many of my 17=18 year old peers cannot take care of themselves, and are not equipped to deal with a mature relationship. Some of them still do have relationships with someone 21 ish, but they don't tend to end well.It really is about what an individual is like, not simply what year they were born in. My stepfather's mother's parents died and she took care of four other children at only 16. There aren't many people who can do that in the world, but the point is that there is a huge difference from one teenager and young adult to another. You might legally be an adult, but you might not mentally be one. You might not legally be an adult, but you might be able to take care of a household.
Jpcher ~~I may be way off base here, but I can't help but wonder if a small part of your discomfort with this current situation is that you're kind of afraid that if/when they break up, it will cause discomfort between the two families as long as your other daughter and the other brother are still dating?
what do their siblings think about the whole situation?
it would have helped me to know myself first, and it would have also helped me to be confronted about the things my bf was doing, and to talk about it with someone (maybe a parent, maybe a professional) to understand just what a gf role should and shouldn't be.
POD to this. Everyone is different and OP would know DD best. I especially like the point that one can be an adult on paper but mentally not so. I would base it off of maturity level more than anything at this age.
In HS, DD dated a girl for a short period of time. At one point, she asked me if, while I accepted that she was bi-s*xual, if I didn't like her gf because she was, well, a gf.Since she asked... I told her it wasn't that I didn't like the girl, I just didn't like her for DD. They were such polar opposites and DD was often miserable because of these differences.She is now coming up on her 1 year "anniversary" with her bf. I like him even less as a partner for her than I liked her gf. Again - total opposites in a lot of ways, mostly when it comes to making a life for themselves. DD is in school, getting her degree. BF didn't graduate high school, doesn't seem to care if he even gets a GED or does anything else with his life. Do I like him as a person? Yes. He treats her like gold and is always polite and respectful to me and our family. And we've had this talk, too.But I will not tell her to leave him, nor will I throw up road blocks to their relationship (she is 18, he is 20), because like others have said: if you stand against the relationship, it seems to only drive people closer together.
Also is there any proof this is a romantic relationship and not just a friendship or even a fling.
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In yet another tough match against FC Aris Thessaloniki, Panathinaikos won 2-0.
Panathinaikos had control of the match throughout and were not threatened at all by their opponents. The scorer of both goals was Viktor Klonaridis, a September transfer from French side Lille OSC.
The first goal came from a counter attack and an excellent finish by the young winger. The second goal resulted from a mistake by Aris' centre-backs.
Klonaridis was in the right place at the right time, intercepted the ball and secured the win with a strong strike into the bottom corner.
Panathinaikos then showed remarkable maturity to completely control the match. They were able to set the pace of the match as they wanted it and even when they were left with ten players after Klonaridis was sent off, Aris did not manage to threaten at all.
The match, however, was overshadowed by the shocking injury to Panathinaikos's Nikos Marinakis. The young right-back collapsed after a head collision with one of his opponents.
Aris' fans applauded him during his transportation to the hospital for some further precautionary medical examinations.
Panathinaikos showed character and for third game in a row gave a performance that was above average.
They seemed to fully recover from the shocking derby loss against Olympiacos last week and appeared ready to stick to their manager's plan no matter what.
This was a great result from a team that are starting to show some consistency in this regard.
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