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Went to TJ's yesterday to get a few things and saw that they now sell the Cento San Marzanos w/Basil (Certified) at a great price. I asked the checker if that was a new product and she said yes. Usually I can't get a can of Cento SMs under $5 here in SF so I thought I'd share the news...TJ's sells them at $3.99 per 28oz can.
I posted a while back that I'd seen Cento DOP in a couple stores recently. Now, I can find them just about everywhere I shop in Houston and they are typically $3.89 - $3.99/can. The Certified are nowhere to be found. I wonder if they are phasing out the certified and going back to DOP? Maybe the dumped the last of them at TJ's?


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The economic downturn that began in 2008 severely affected many people across the nation. The consequences have been long lasting as the gradual recovery continues 6 years later. With the onset of high unemployment rates, home foreclosures, diminished wages, and rising student loan debts, more Americans have resorted to renting during the recession and its slow recovery. The demand for rental units has sent shockwaves throughout the rental market and has caused the number of single-family rental units to elevate accordingly. In the face of unprecedented demand, rental prices continue to increase as American families struggle to recover from the Great Recession.
During the recession, the unemployment rate skyrocketed as American workers from all sectors of the economy lost their jobs. In a matter of a year, the unemployment rate rose from 5% to over 10% during 2008-2009. To make matters worse, the percentage of the long term unemployed peaked at 45% of the total unemployed population in 2011 and still remains high today at a rate of 37%, which is more than double the pre-recession level of 18%. These bouts of elongated unemployment detrimentally affect US families permanently as current financial equity and future potential earnings plummet with each passing week.
Foreclosures became rampant in 2009 and 2010 as homeowners could no longer make payments on their mortgages, many of which were considered subprime. There were 4 million foreclosures during the period from 2008 to 2012, resulting in an average rate of 83,000 foreclosures a month. From 2000 to 2006, that rate was only 21,000 a month. These massive losses effectually wiped out home equity for millions of Americans. This has driven Americans to rent like never before. Some analysts predict that foreclosures could rise again in 2014 as the tax exemption passed in 2007 on mortgage debt forgiveness expired at the end of 2013.
During the recession, older Americans were hit hard and the economic effects subsequently reached the young adults of our country in a domino-like fashion. Often referred to as Millennials or Gen-Y, young Americans endured an unrelenting struggle as youth unemployment spiked to a rate 19.6% in 2010. While the youth unemployment rate has improved, it still remains high in 2014. Underemployment is another issue that is often overlooked when talking about the state of the job market. Many young college graduates have taken part-time jobs that don't require a degree (think baristas and retail clerks) as the stagnating economic recovery continues to hamper job growth. The level of student loan debt rises each year as the cost of higher education continues to expand like the Big Bang. According to the nonprofit organization, Institute for College Access & Success, 71% of recent college graduates took out student loans last year. The average debt of those loans totaled $29,400 per borrower.
As expected, young Americans have become saddled down in student debt and stuck in low wage limbo to afford a house any time soon. First time homebuyers represented only a third of housing purchases last year, well below the historical norm. Many Americans have realized that the cost of owning a home is out of their grasp and have accepted their fate of renting. The rapid rise in home prices and mortgage rates in 2013 certainly has not helped potential home buyers. More Americans have delayed purchasing a home as the unsustainable jump in home prices do not reflect the economic reality for most Americans. According to the Census Bureau, 18% of single family homes are considered rentals, an increase from 15% in 2006. Housing markets that suffered near meltdowns in foreclosures during housing crash seemed to have the highest rates of rental occupancy. Las Vegas has a rental rate of 29% for single family homes, a large jump from 19% in 2006. Stockton, CA has a share of 32% (the highest in the top 100 metro areas), up from 24% in 2006.
Not only has the popularity of renting risen, the cost of rent has surged upwards too. According to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, more than 50% of US renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing for the first time ever. This is frighteningly clear for two reasons. Real median income has fallen 13% from 2000 to 2012 and the demand for rental units has spiked causing rental prices to rise. In 2011, 11.8 million low income renters vied for 6.9 million rental units considered affordable at that income threshold, equating to a shortfall of 4.9 million units. On top of monthly rental payments, renters are also subjected to rising utility costs such as water, electricity, sewage, and natural gas. Additionally, most landlords require their tenants to purchase renters insurance to reduce financial risks for both parties.
Although the economy is gradually recovering to its pre-recession levels, many Americans are still reeling from the devastating effects of the recession in 2008. The economic and social landscape for both old and young Americans has been altered irrevocably. Unemployment and underemployment remain at unacceptable levels, pre-recession equity has been wiped out, wages have diminished and become stagnant, and student loan debt is being called the next bubble. Welcome to the era of renting in America.


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NEW ULM – Mildred," Millie" Grau, 90, of New Ulm, died Saturday, January 5, 2013, at the Winthrop Good Samaritan Center in Winthrop.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Friday, January 11, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm with Pastor Timothy Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery in New Ulm.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the time of service at church on Friday.
The Minnesota Valley Funeral Home NORTH CHAPEL in New Ulm is handling the arrangements.
To leave an online condolence for her family or to sign the guest book go www.mvfh.org.
Mildred is survived by her nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joseph Grau; and by her sisters, Viola Ruhnow, Lydia Bode, Ella Ruhnow and Glorine Nelson.
Mildred Minnie Ruhnow was born April 3, 1922 in New Ulm to John and Mary (Rautenberg) Ruhnow. She was united in marriage to Joseph Grau on June 7, 1958 at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm. After marriage they farmed in Sigel Township, Brown County. Millie was also employed at the Wearwell Garment Factory and Eibner's Bakery baking pies in New Ulm.
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March was first proclaimed Red Cross Month in 1943 by President Franklin Roosevelt. Each U.S. president since has continued the tradition of setting aside the month of March to celebrate, as Roosevelt said, "the splendid aims and activities of the American Red Cross." Sixty-five years later, the American Red Cross continues to provide a wide array of services to people in every community throughout the nation.
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EMU Mathematical Sciences Department
Summer 2012
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Students and Faculty Attend Computer Science Conference
This spring the two Computer Science faculty, Charles Cooley and Dee Weikle, along with three students, Eric Brodersen, Aaron Springer and Joo-Ah Lee attended the Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) Conference. SIGCSE is an international conference with attendees coming from as far away as New Zealand. The conference was held in Raleigh, North Carolina this February, providing a unique opportunity to attend.
Aaron, Joo-Ah, and Eric were able to connect with computer scientists from the University of Washington, CMU, NCU, and many others about their research and possible collaborations. Sessions of particular interest included a Community-based CS Project panel, Learning Games Research, 2013 Curriculum Guidelines, and Issues in Computing at Small Universities, as well as a student poster session. An additional highlight was the Plenary Speaker Dr. Hal Ableson's talk "From Computational Thinking to Computational Values." Hal described the importance of bringing democratic values and an open process to the ever-expanding world of computation. On return the students presented their own research posters at an EMU research symposium.
Electronic Communication and Well-Being
— Aaron Springer, S. Jeanne Horst, Dee A. B. Weikle
Feedback-driven Learning Games
— Eric Brodersen, Mark Harder, Justin Hershey, Joo-ah Lee, Dee A.B. Weikle, Charles D. Cooley
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EMU and Catholic University Joint Engineering Program
By Mike Zucconi
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) has partnered with Catholic University of America (CUA) for a new dual degree program that will prepare students to pursue peacebuilding and sustainability through engineering; the program is slated to begin in the fall of 2012. "We envision the dual degree program as one that will allow students to embrace the Anabaptist mission and vision that EMU espouses while also obtaining the training needed to put their skills to work as an engineer," said Deirdre Smeltzer, PhD, chair of Mathematical Sciences.
In this dual degree program, students will spend two years at EMU, immersed in calculus, physics and introductory science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses. In the fall of the third year, students will transition to EMU's Washington Community Scholars' program in Washington, D.C., fulfilling their cross-cultural requirement and gaining internship experience and valuable STEM training, according to Smeltzer. "Then, in the spring of the third year, students will transfer to CUA and spend two years completing additional requirements," Smeltzer said. Upon completion, students will emerge with bachelor's degrees from both EMU and CUA.
Nancy Heisey, academic dean at EMU, said she is excited about bringing together "the best gifts of EMU's liberal arts curriculum with the high quality engineering training offered by CUA." Jake Bontrager-Singer, a first-year pre-engineering student from Goshen, Ind., said the pre-engineering classes he's taken have given him "a level of understanding the material you cannot get from a large lecture. In addition, all my classes are interconnected and build on each other giving me the essentials in math, physics and chemistry that I need to advance."
For more information about the dual degree program, visit emu.edu/math/engineering.
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Department News
Faculty Changes
Mathematics professor Owen Byer has been approved for a half-year sabbatical spread out over the 2012-13 year; that is, Owen will carry a half-time teaching load with the other half of his load to be used on a new book-writing project. Deirdre Smeltzer has received 6 semester hours of release time to work on the book with Owen, with additional loading as the interim director of EMU's cross-cultural program (a half-time administrative position). Deirdre also plans to lead a cross-cultural group to China in the fall of 2013.
With both Owen and Deirdre working on other projects, the department has hired two new temporary faculty. Tim Emerick, who anticipates completing a PhD in mathematics from the University of Virginia in May of 2013, has a one-year, half-time appointment. Dr. John Wallbaum has been hired to fill a two-year position. Dr. Wallbaum, who completed a PhD in mathematics from the University of Notre Dame in 2011, will be moving to Harrisonburg this summer. We are looking forward to having both of them join the department!
Math Competition
Congratulations to Elias Kehr, winner of the second annual EMU Math Competition. With a score of 126, Elias improved on his score of 105 in last year's competition, in which he was the co-winner. We'll have to see if Elias can carry forward his winning streak for one more year next spring before he graduates!
Summer Cross-Cultural in China
Physics professor Leah Boyer is spending three weeks during May term in China, co-leading an EMU summer cross-cultural trip with Myrrl Byler of Mennonite Partners in China. Leah reports that she and Myrrl and the nineteen students are all doing well, enduring the Sichuan province heat!
Faculty Sustainability Initiative
Prompted by EMU's Quality Enhancement Plan focusing on Peace with Creation: Sustainability from an Anabaptist Perspective, the Mathematical Sciences Department adopted a new Operational Outcome this year: "Reduce the environmental impact caused by members of our department in commuting to and from work." Members of the department agreed to track, via a chart on the department bulletin board, trips made to and from EMU for work-related activities between May 16, 2011 and May 15, 2012, with a goal that the number of times when an alternative to driving to/from EMU is utilized would constitute 15% of the total. We're pleased to report that this goal has been exceeded, with "alternative transportation" constituting a total of about 23.8% of the department's work-related trips to and from the office!
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Congratulation Graduates
We cheered on nine Mathematical Sciences graduates at EMU's 94th annual commencement ceremony on April 29: Eric Brodersen (CS, Math), Kendall Garber (CS, Math), Justin Hershey (CS, Math), Laura Hershey (Math, Secondary Education), Joe Hochstetler (Math, Physics minor), Sam Kauffman (CS, Music), Tracy Moyers (Math, Secondary Education), Karla Mumaw (Math, Secondary Education), and Justin Rittenhouse (Math, Secondary Education). Congratulations, graduates – and stay in touch!
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Problem Corner
Our last problem required you to find the area between two concentric circles. Many of you found the right answer of 36 pi: Brian Nussbaum, Elias Detwiler, Jesse Blosser, John Horst, David George, Ken L. Nafziger, Madonna Yoder, Dan Shenk-Evans (and son), and Wilmer Lehman. (I apologize if your name is missing … if you submitted a correct solution and your name does not appear, please let me know.)
New Problem:
Our new problem comes from the New Scientist magazine, and it is much more difficult.
A town clock has a 12-hour face, divided into 60 minute marks. The hands do not move smoothly: the minute hand moves to the next mark at the end of each minute, and the hour hand moves at the end of each 12 minutes.
The other day, a prankster swapped the hands (which only took a few seconds between movements of the hands of the mechanism). Immediately after the swap, the clock showed the wrong time, but it was a valid time; in other words, the relative positions of the hands made sense. The clock then had shown the right time for exactly 2 of the next 10 minutes.
What time did the clock show immediately before the hands were swapped?
Send your solution to Owen Byer at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Are you (or do you know) a prospective student who is interested in studying math at EMU?
Contact Deirdre Smeltzer at firstname.lastname@example.com for information about applying for the Brenneman-Longacher Endowed Math Scholarship.
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Heroic Harry Potter battles prejudice in the second volume of Rowling's wizard series. Returning to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and...
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Heroic Harry Potter battles prejudice in the second volume of Rowling's wizard series. Returning to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and...
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The second Harry Potter book begins at the Dursleys – Harry's Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and Cousin Dudley. Harry, who is "home" for the summer holidays, desperately misses Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He misses the castle, and Hagrid, and Quidditch. But all his wizard stuff is locked in the cupboard under the stairs. The Dursleys, being non-magical Muggles, hate everything having to do with magic.
Today is Harry's 12th birthday. Not only have the Dursleys ignored it, they are focused on a dinner party to be given for a business prospect of Uncle Vernon's that night. Harry is expected to sit silently in his room during the party.
Out in the garden, Harry thinks of his friends from Hogwarts - Ron and Hermione - who haven't written to him all summer. He wants to send Hedwig with a letter, but mustn't use magic outside Hogwarts.
Just as Harry is remembering his narrow escape from Lord Voldemort last year at Hogwarts, he sees two enormous green eyes in the hedge!! They disappear just as Dudley waddles over to tease Harry about his birthday. Harry scares Dudley by pretending to cast a spell, but is punished by Aunt Petunia with a slew of chores in the hot sun while Dudley lazes about and eats ice cream.
Finally Harry is given a pitiful meal of bread and cheese and sent upstairs just as the doorbell rings. Harry turns to collapse on his bed, only to find someone sitting on it!!!
On the bed is a small, excitable creature with large, bat-like ears, a long thin nose and bulging big green eyes – the eyes Harry'd seen in the hedge. Named Dobby, he explains in a high-pitched voice that he is a house-elf. He is bound to serve one wizard family forever unless the family sets him free.
He'll have to punish himself for doing it, but Dobby has come to warn Harry that he mustn't return to Hogwarts. There is a dark plot that would put Harry in mortal danger, but Dobby can't reveal the details. Uncle Vernon comes up to investigate the noise, and Harry stuffs Dobby in the closet. When the coast is clear, Dobby admits to stopping Harry's letters so he'll think no one likes him at Hogwarts. Harry tries to grab the letters, but Dobby jumps away and Harry has to chase him downstairs into the kitchen.
Harry won't promise to quit Hogwarts, so Dobby tips over Aunt Petunia's fancy dessert and disappears. Uncle Vernon tries to carry on with the party, but all is ruined when a huge owl swoops into the dining room with a letter for Harry. It's from the Ministry of Magic, threatening to expel Harry from Hogwarts because he used a Hover Charm. Now Uncle Vernon knows that Harry can't use magic, so they needn't be afraid of him. He locks Harry in his room around the clock. After several days, Harry dreams of being caged in a zoo. When he wakes, he looks out the window to see Ron staring in!
Ron and his brothers Fred and George are hovering outside Harry's window in an enchanted old car. This doesn't violate the no underage magic rule, since Ron's Dad is the one who enchanted the car. Fred yanks the bars from Harry's window using the car, and George picks the lock on Harry's door so they can get his trunk. They're about to leave when Harry remembers Hedwig. He leaps back into the room just as Uncle Vernon storms in, and Harry barely manages to escape.
Harry tells them about Dobby. Fred thinks the whole thing is a nasty practical joke, and Harry says it could be his rival Draco Malfoy. George says Draco's father, Lucius, was a big supporter of 'You-Know-Who'.
Harry learns that Ron's Dad's job at the Ministry of Magic is to take charms off of Muggle-made things – which is ironic since his hobby is to enchant Muggle stuff.
They arrive at Ron's jumbled old house – the Burrow. They hope to sneak in, but Mrs. Weasley comes out and yells at them. This is Harry's first visit to a wizard house, and he loves all the cool and bizarre things. Ron's little sister Ginny is awestruck by Harry.
Mrs. Weasley sends them outside to de-gnome the garden – after consulting a magical guide to household pests, complete with a moving photo of the author. The trick is to swing them in the air and throw them as far as you can over the hedge.
Everyone gets a book list from Hogwarts, and Ron has a letter from Hermione suggesting they meet in Diagon Alley. Ron's older brother Percy – a Hogwart's prefect and ace student – joins them for breakfast but acts aloof. The Weasley boys worry if their parents can afford the books and everything for Ginny's first year at Hogwarts, and Harry thinks privately about all the wizard gold his parents left for him at Gringotts bank.
To get to Diagon Alley, Harry is introduced to floo powder. Sprinkle it on the fire, step in and say where you're going. Harry chokes on ash, spins very fast, is deafened by a loud roar, and finally falls out into a wizard's shop devoted to the Dark Arts. Harry starts to leave, but hides when he sees Draco Malfoy coming. Draco's father Lucius arranges to sell some poisons he's concerned the Ministry might find if they raid his house. Harry is rescued from a dodgy witch in the alley by Hagrid and then meets up with Hermione and the Weasleys.
They get money from the bank, and the Weasleys need every coin just to buy used stuff. At the bookstore Gilderoy Lockhart, a vain celebrity wizard, is signing his books. He drags Harry up for a press photo, then announces that he will be the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. Draco taunts Harry, and then Lucius Malfoy taunts Arthur Weasley. The adults get in a fight which Hagrid breaks up.
Summer comes to an end, and Harry and the Weasleys arrive at platform nine and three-quarters for the Hogwarts train. Everyone gets through the barrier except Harry and Ron, who run into solid wall and miss the train.
They take the Weasley's car and fly toward Hogwarts. After an long flight, just as the castle is coming into view, the car groans, shudders, and then dies. They nosedive toward the castle wall, swerve out over the grounds, and finally crash into a tree – a tree that fights back. The tree pounds them and the car, but at the last moment the engine restarts and they speed backwards out of reach of the tree. The car, which has had quite enough, dumps them and their luggage on the ground and rumbles off angrily.
They boys look through the castle windows as the Sorting starts in the Banquet Hall. Noticing that cruel Professor Snape is not at the staff table, the boys speculate that he might have been fired – just as Snape comes up behind them. He takes them to his dungeon office and informs them that they are in deep trouble because several Muggles saw the flying car. Professors McGonagall and Dumbledore arrive. After a stern lecture, Dumbledore says they aren't expelled -- this time. After some food they are sent to their dorm. Hermione and Percy are both very upset with them, but everyone else in Gryffindor celebrates their big entrance.
The next morning as Harry is sitting with his friends at breakfast, Ron receives something called a Howler in the mail. Mrs. Weasley's angry voice fills the Great Hall as she yells at him for taking the car. McGonagall comes by with course schedules, and Harry discovers he has Herbology with Prof. Sprout first. During Herbology, Lockhart pulls Harry out and gives Harry a lecture on fame, insinuating that Harry arrived in the car in order to get attention. During Sprout's mandrake lesson, a boy named Justin introduces himself to Harry and his friends. He shares that he's a fan of Lockharts. In the afternoon, Harry meets his own fan, a young boy named Colin Creevey who is enamored with Harry. Draco Malfoy overhears and begins his relentless teasing, but Lockhart enters the scene and comments on Harry's fame again. Later, in Lockhart's class, he gives the students a test on his books. Hermione gets everything correct, even the questions about Lockhart's favorite color and his ideal birthday present. Then Lockhart teaches a lesson on pixies, and Lockhart can't even manage his own lesson. The class ends with Harry and Ron criticizing Lockhart's teaching, and Hermione standing up for him.
Harry is dealing with the stresses of school and looking forward to the weekend. He is awaken by Oliver Wood early on Saturday morning for Quidditch practice. As he heads to the practice, Colin Creavy follows him, and Harry has to explain the rules of Quidditch: there 2 Beaters who have the task of trying to keep the bludgers from knocking people off their brooms. The quaffle is a ball that scores goals, and the fourth ball is the Golden Snitch, which is Harry's job as Seeker, to find it and catch it. If he does so, his team wins the game. As the team practices, Colin snaps pictures, and then the Slytherins show up. Wood asks them to leave, but they have a note from Snape giving them permission. It turns out that Draco is their new seeker. Draco bullies members of the Gryffindor team, and Ron ends up on the bad end of a spell. As Harry and Hermione rush him off to Hagrid, they see Lockhart talking to Hagrid. When the students ask about it, Hagrid insinuates that Lockhart doesn't know what he's doing. Hagrid offers them some refreshments and shows them his garden of pumpkins. When the students return to the school, McGonagall tells Harry that he will be serving his detention with Lockhart. As Harry helps him with his fan mail, he hears a whispering voice talking about killing. Lockhart doesn't hear anything, and the chapter closes with Harry and his friends wondering about what Harry heard.
School continues and by October, everyone is into the routine. Harry is heading in from Quidditch practice when he runs into Nearly Headless Nick, who is upset about not being accepted into the Headless Hunt. Harry is preoccupied with getting better brooms for the team when Filch yells at him for his dirty robes and brings Harry back to his office. As Harry waits for him, he notices a flier for a Correspondence Course in Beginners Magic on Filch's desk and realizes that Filch is not a proper wizard. When Filch realizes Harry has seen it, he lets Harry go on the understanding that Harry won't tell anyone about it. Harry runs into Nick again, and Nick tells him that he will be having a 500th deathday party. On Halloween, Harry, Ron, and Hermione go to Nick's Deathday party in the dungeon. They mingle with the ghosts for awhile, then Harry hears the whispering voice again, saying "time to kill." They run to the hall, and they find Mrs. Norris the cat hanging, dead, near words that read, "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the heir, Beware." Just then the student body files out of Hogwarts' Halloween feast, and Draco Malfoy arrives, grinning at the sight of the dead cat, and reading the sign aloud, taunting Harry and his friends.
When a very upset Filch arrives, he accuses Harry of murdering Mrs. Norris. Harry and his friends, Filch, and the professors go to Lockhart's office and Dumbledore examines Mrs. Norris, determining that she's been Petrified, which only someone very advanced could do. Filch still accuses Harry, saying that Harry knows he is a "squib" (which Harry later finds out is a person born into a wizarding family who doesn't have magic powers). The students are cross examined by Snape, and Filch wants them to be punished, even though it is revealed that the cat can be revived. Dumbledore lets the students go. During the next few days, Hermione tries to remember what she's heard about the legend of the Chamber of Secrets. In class, she asks Prof. Binns and gets him to tell the story of how, according to legend, Salazar Slytherin (who the house is named for) built a hidden chamber in the school that was sealed until an heir would unseal it and unleash a horror on the school that would cleanse the school of all those unworthy to study magic. The students begin their own detective work, and discover that the message about the chamber is near a women's bathroom that is inhabited by the ghost Moaning Myrtle. They also begin to suspect that Malfoy is the heir of Slytherin, as he comes from a family that believes in pure wizarding blood. The students come up with a plan to get some Polyjuice Potion that will disguise them as other people, so they can find out about Malfoy.
Lockhart makes Harry his teacher's pet, and begins bringing him up to the front of the class to act out stories from his books. Capitalizing on Lockhart's vanity, the students ask him for permission to take out the restricted book in the library on potions, saying they were influenced by his book. When they get the book, they return to Moaning Myrtle's out of order bathroom and flip through the book to find Polyjuice potion, discovering that it will take them a month to prepare and gather all the hard to find ingredients. On Saturday, Harry plays in the the Quidditch match. During the game, it appears that someone has tampered with the bludger, causing it to go after Harry. It hits him and breaks his arm, just before he grabs the Snitch (and winning the game) and falls to the ground. After a bungled attempt by Lockhart to cure Harry, he ends up in the infirmary. That night Dobby shows up and admits the Bludger was his, to persuade Harry to go home. Dobby knows about the Chamber of Secrets but won't (or can't) tell Harry. Dobby leaves when Dumbledore shows up at the infirmary with a Petrified Colin Creevey, who had been on his way to visit Harry in the infirmary. Dumbledore figures that this must mean the Chamber of Secrets has opened again, but there are many more questions than there are answers.
Harry is released from the infirmary and finds Ron and Hermione in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom working on the potion, which is only half finished. Fear is sweeping the school, and people are buying protective amulets and charms. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to stay at school over the holidays because Draco Malfoy is staying. But first they need the remaining ingredients, so Harry creates a diversion in Potions class by making Draco's friend Goyle's potion explode while Hermione slipped into the storeroom and took the rest of the needed ingredients. They sign up for a Dueling Club, taught by Lockhart and Snape. Harry and Malfoy are partnered, and in a demonstration in front of the group, Malfoy sets a snake on Harry, which is in danger of attacking Justin Finch-Fletchley. Harry uses his talent for talking to snakes and tells it to stop. Everyone is shocked that he is a Parcelmouth, and they are afraid of him, because Slytherin was a Parcelmouth. Harry overhears a group of students in the library who suspect he is the Dark Wizard. As he storms off to find Justin and explain what really happened with the snake, he runs into a Petrified Justin and Nearly Headless Nick on the stairs. Peeves the Poltergeist, another ghost who lives in the castle, comes across them and yells the alarm. As everyone rushes to the victims, it appears that Harry is caught in the act. McGonagall takes him up a spiral staircase to a special section of the castle where Dumbledore lives.
Harry is left in Dumbledore's office, and sees the Sorting Hat. He puts it on to find out if he was put in the right House, and the hat tells him that he would have done really well in Slytherin. Harry pulls the hat off, upset, and looks over at Dumbledore's sick-looking bird. Just at that moment the bird bursts into flames. Harry calls out, and Dumbledore comes and tells him that the bird Fawkes is a phoenix that will be reborn from the ashes. Hagrid bursts in and comes to Harry's defense, and Dumbledore says he doesn't think Harry did anything, but he wants to talk to him. Alone again, Dumbledore asks Harry if he has anything he wants to share. Harry thinks about the voices, but doesn't tell Dumbledore. Over Christmas, almost everyone leaves except Malfoy and his henchmen Crabbe and Goyle. On Christmas day Hermione tells them that the potion is ready, and after the Christmas feast, they drug Crabbe and Goyle and steal some hair. Hermione has hair from a Slytherin girl Millicient Bulstrode. They change, but Hermione stays in the bathroom and doesn't want to show herself. Harry and Ron (as Crabbe and Goyle) find Malfoy, who shows them an article about Mr. Weasley getting fined for the bewitched car. Malfoy makes fun of Colin, and wishes aloud that he knew who the heir was. He says his father won't tell him about the time 50 years ago when the chamber was opened. When the boys begin to change they run back to the bathroom to find Hermione was accidentally turned into a cat.
Hermione stays in the hospital wing for a week while the potion wears off. Harry and Ron visit her, and on the way out they find Filch upset about water coming from Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. Myrtle, miserable as always, said someone threw a book at her. Harry picks up the book and finds it is a blank diary that belongs to T.M. Riddle, a name Ron recognizes as someone who won an award for service to the school 50 years ago. Hermione, all healed, suspects the diary is in invisible ink, and suspects that Riddle had something to do with the Chamber of Secrets. Lockhart plans a Valentine's Day celebration to boost morale, and Harry gets an embarrassing singing valentine from Ginny Weasley. In doing so he drops his books and his ink bottle, and Malfoy grabs the Riddle diary. Harry grabs it back, and notices the book is clean of the split ink. Alone, Harry tries writing in the diary, and the diary writes back! Tom Riddle tells him that he stopped the person who had opened the chamber. He brings Harry into his memory of Tom requesting to stay at the school over the summer. He is refused, due to the attacks. Riddle hides in the dungeon and catches a large boy named Rubeus who Harry recognizes, with a creature in a cage. He attacks the creature, saying that the attacks must be stopped. Harry is thrown out of the memory and back into his dorm just as Ron enters. Harry quickly tells Ron that the boy Rubeus from the memory was Hagrid: Hagrid had opened the Chamber 50 years ago!
Harry, Ron, and Hermione don't want to believe that Hagrid was responsible for opening the Chamber. Over Easter, the students choose their classes for the next year, and Harry doesn't know what areas he's particularly talented in, so he just signs up for the same classes as Ron. Harry returns to his room one day to find that someone has ransacked his things and stolen Riddle's diary. Before a Quidditch game, Harry hears the whispering voice again and Hermione has an epiphany, and she runs off to the library before she can explain. The Quidditch match is cancelled right before it starts, due to a double attack on Hermione and another girl in the library. They were found petrified next to a small mirror. All extracurriculars are cancelled and students are carefully escorted everywhere by teachers. Harry takes out his Invisibility Cloak and Ron and him visit Hagrid, just as Hagrid gets a visit from Dumbledore, Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic, and Draco's father, Lucius Malfoy, who has a high position in the government. The government wants to remove Hagrid and replace Dumbledore with a government appointed headmaster. Dumbledore agrees to step down, but Hagrid is more reluctant. He tells them that if anyone wants to know anything, they should follow the spiders, but no one listens. As they all leave Hagrid's hut, Ron and Harry have a sinking feeling that more attacks will happen with Dumbledore gone.
With Dumbledore gone, the school is terrified. Harry and Ron try to think of what Hagrid's statement about the spiders might mean, but they can't find any spiders in the castle. Malfoy is the only one in high spirits, since his father is the one who got rid of Dumbledore. In Herbology, some students apologize to Harry for ever suspecting him. They've begun to suspect Draco. Harry notices some spiders heading into the Forbidden Forest. Later that night they put on the invisibility cloak again to sneak out and go into the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid's dog, Fang. They follow the spiders and find Mr. Weasley's car in the woods. As they're looking at it, they are swept off their feet by a giant spider. The spider tells another one, Aragog, that he caught these people in the woods, and Aragog tells him to kill them. Harry yells out that they are friends of Hagrid, who is in trouble. Aragog explains that everyone thought he was from the Chamber, but that was a monster, not him, because he would not kill in the school out of respect for Hagrid. He was hatched in a cupboard in the castle and never even saw the girl that the monster from the chamber murdered, which happened in a bathroom. He will not release Harry and Ron, and the car comes to their rescue. Harry and Ron sneak back into the castle, and think about what this means -- the monster is so terrible that not even other monsters will speak it's name. Harry comes to a realization about the murdered girl: it is Moaning Myrtle!
Unfortunately, with everyone being watched so carefully, the boys cannot get to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. In class, it is announced that exams are a week away, and that the mandrakes are almost ready to make the potion that will revive the petrified people. Ginny comes to Harry with something important to tell him, but she loses the nerve to tell. Harry and Ron manage to sneak off and try to get to the bathroom, but they are caught, and they tell McGonagall that they are trying to visit Hermione. She gives them permission and they find that the petrified Hermione has a paper in her hand that talks about the Basilisk, the King of Serpents. Hermione has written "pipes" below it, and Harry realizes that the snake was traveling through the pipes, and that his how Harry was hearing the voice. They go to report what they know, but the staff is called together. Ginny Weasley has been taken by the heir into the chamber. Harry and Ron run to Lockhart, who is supposed to fight the monster. Lockhart is packing up to leave, and admits that he didn't do anything that was written in his books. They drag him to Moaning Myrtle, and she tells them that she died after seeing two big yellow eyes. Harry finds the passage and opens it using Parceltongue. They find a snakeskin and Lockhart tries to escape, and in doing so blasts the tunnel, separating Harry and Ron. Harry continues on alone, finding a door with a snake carving. He opens it by speaking Parceltongue, and walks through.
In the Chamber, Harry finds Ginny, still alive, but unresponsive. Tom Riddle steps out of the darkness and Harry asks for his help. Tom, a memory from the diary, has been corresponding with Ginny through his diary. She wrote to him about all of her woes, and how she has a crush on Harry. Tom gained power over Ginny and used her to open the Chamber of Secrets. Tom framed Hagrid, to take the blame, and sat in waiting until someone would find his diary and finish Slytherin's goal. Tom tells Harry that he doesn't care about killing "mudbloods" (people who do not have pure wizarding blood) and that his new target has become Harry. Riddle wants to know how Harry escaped Voldemort, and Harry wants to know why he cares. Riddle tells him "I am Lord Voldemort." Fawkes, the phoenix, flies in and drops the sorting hat. Riddle calls the Basilisk, and the phoenix pokes out the snake's eyes. Harry shoves the sorting hat on his head and finds a sword inside it. Harry fights but is bitten by the poisonous snake right before he kills it. The phoenix cries on his arm and heals Harry. Harry plunges the Basilisk fang into Riddle's diary, and Riddle disappears. Ginny wakes up, and they leave the chamber, finding Ron and a confused Lockhart outside, because Lockhart's memory charm backfired and erased his memory. Fawkes flies them through the pipe back to Myrtle's bathroom, and they run to McGonagall's office and push the door open.
In the office, Harry tells the Weasleys, McGonagall, and Dumbledore (who is back) everything that happened. Harry gives Dumbledore Tom Riddle's diary, and Dumbledore tells them all that Tom Riddle was a brilliant student at Hogwarts who traveled everywhere after he left, and became engrossed in the Dark Arts. Riddle became Voldemort, who very little resembled the boy he once used to be. Ginny is sent to the hospital wing, where the petrified patients are being dosed with mandrake juice and are waking up. Harry and Ron are given "Special Awards for Services to the School" and a feast is to be held to celebrate. The boys explain what happened with Lockhart, and Dumbledore pulls Harry aside. Harry tells him that Riddle had said they were very much alike, and the sorting hat had said Harry would do well in Slytherin. Dumbledore explains that the difference between the two is the choices that they make. He tells Harry that it is choices that people make that show what people truly are made of. Then Lucius Malfoy walks in, with Dobby behind him. Lucius is angry that Dumbledore is back, and Harry realizes that Lucius gave the diary to Ginny in Flourish and Botts. He denies it, and Harry runs after him, shoving the diary into a dirty sock. He shoves the package into Lucius' hand, and Lucius throws the sock off to Dobby, thereby setting Dobby free by giving him a gift. Hogwarts celebrates, and the students head home for the summer.


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Using EVs as a network for storing electricity could be an important tool in decarbonizing the economy.generators, such as natural gas power plants, are called on to balance out the blips. This is called frequency regulation.
Increasingly-green Denmark has taken the lead in vehicle-to-grid technology.underway in Europe, from Sweden to Italy.
The advantage of using car batteries that consumers are buying anyway is undeniable.gone beyond the theoretical, with a V2G project called EDISON running on the small island of Bornholm. The goal is to use the storage capacity of EVs to bring the island's wind power capacity up to 50 percent of the total demand. Because V2G will reduce the need to generate power from traditional sources, researchers estimate that the price of electricity on the island could drop by 50 percent or more. Though the island is home to only 40,000 people, the project could eventually be used as a proof-of-concept for larger systems, both in Denmark and elsewhere.
With smart charging, a car will charge at times when demand is low or the wind is blowing.costs, and they're in the business of selling cars, not grid services."
Fleet vehicles like those of the U.S. Postal Service might make a good place to start with vehicle-to-grid.LEAFs are they going to sell this year and next year? We've got time to figure this all out."
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Kopi Luwak
Coffee from poop
Initially before deciding to taste it, there is the 'fear factor' in me. But from the aroma of beans being grinned, I just couldn't resist but to taste the poop The roasted beans smells good and no poop smell. The coffee tasted bitter strong with good aroma. I liked it black without sugar and milk. Real hardcore taste.
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What Stars Are Saying About Manti Te'o and His Fake Dead Girlfriend on Twitter
According to a report on Deadspin, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o received widespread public sympathy for the alleged death of a girlfriend who never really existed. The university and Te'o both said he was the victim of a hoax. "Over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online. We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her," said Mr. Te'o's statement. You can read the WSJ article here.
Here's what some stars are saying about the much-discussed non-affair on Twitter:
These Te'o jokes are all very funny but let's all try and remember that a person who never existed is dead.
— Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers21) January 16, 2013
"Te'o's girlfriend did not exist"….well, we've all be there right fellas? Right? Hmm?
— josh groban (@joshgroban) January 17, 2013
Manti Te'o will meet even faker girls once he's an NFL millionaire. (via @schindizzle)
— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) January 17, 2013
Doing 11pm SPORTSCENTER on ESPNEWS 2-nite….this Manti Te'O story is BANANAS!! What was that Lance Armstrong story, again??
— Stuart Scott (@StuartScott) January 17, 2013
#Smh RT @gowohl Tebow cried, LSU tried, Te'o lied, his fake girlfriend died, ROLLLLL TIDEEEE.
— Warren Sapp (@WarrenSapp) January 17, 2013
Manti Te'o's gf was like him tackling BAMA'S rbs it didn't exist.
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) January 17, 2013
The thing I don't understand is, didn't Te'o go to the funeral? I want to know about the funeral!
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) January 17, 2013


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News Advisory: NYPA to Present Ceremonial Checks to Niagara Power Coalition
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December 16, 2005
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) will present ceremonial checks Tuesday for a total of $8 million representing the up-front portion of a 50-year agreement with the Niagara Power Coalition for the relicensing of the Authority's Niagara Power Project. The checks will be presented at the Power Vista, the Niagara Power Project's Visitors' Center, to the seven coalition members: the Niagara Falls City School District, the City of Niagara Falls, the Lewiston-Porter Central School District, the Town of Lewiston, the Niagara Wheatfield Central School District, the Town of Niagara, and Niagara County.
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About the Author: Jennifer McCabe is a Public Affairs Specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada.
Canada, like the United States, is a melting pot of immigrants, and builds on the shared immigrant experience in a number of ways. U.S. Embassy Ottawa and our Consulates throughout Canada continually seek opportunities to encourage dialogue among faiths in order to build relationships and promote understanding and, in doing so, to diminish the risk of extremism and ultimately strengthen both the United States and Canada. From coast-to-coast-to-coast (as Canadians like to say), our U.S. Mission in Canada is engaged in a variety of outreach activities in recognition of Ramadan.
During this year's Ramadan season, the U.S. Mission in Canada will host two members of the "Hijabi Monologues," Maytha Alhassen and Kamilah Pickett. They will travel to Ottawa and Halifax, September 26-October 2, 2010. These two young women are engaging and enthusiastic spokespersons interested in promoting a greater understanding of Islam by discussing the complex symbolism of the hijab. (For more information on their efforts, check out this Los Angeles Timesarticle).
Maytha and Kamilah emphasize the power of storytelling in their performance and engagement. In describing their project, they say "it is about creating a space for American Muslim women to share their voices; a space to breathe as they are; a space that does not claim to tell every story and speak for every voice. Through the power of storytelling, generalizations and categories are challenged. Through stories, strangers touch and connect. Through stories, the story-teller and listener are humanized."
The U.S. Mission to Canada engages at the highest levels with the Canadian Muslim population around the country. Ambassador Jacobson recently traveled to mid-west Canada and met with the Canadian Muslim Leadership Institute in Winnipeg. This coming September, Ambassador and Mrs. Jacobson will attend the EID dinner organized by the Association of Progressive Muslims.
Representatives of our various consulates throughout Canada also keep in close contact with local Muslim groups in their cities. For example, Calgary Consul General Laura Lochman attended a pre-Ramadan celebration of Islam also attended by the Muslim Council of Calgary and 70 representatives of Calgary's Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities, as well as by local NGOs and Alberta's Human Rights Commissioner. During the event, senior Calgary Imam Jamal Hammoud and Nagah Hage, Chair of the Muslim Council of Calgary, presented the Consul General with a plaque in appreciation of the U.S. Consulate's ongoing support for cooperative, interfaith dialogue and its vision of peace for all.
Representatives of the U.S. Mission to Canada take great pride in the deep connections we have made with Canadian Muslims throughout this vast country. Ramadan offers us a fantastic opportunity to strengthen these cultural bridges.
You can follow the U.S. Mission in Canada on Facebook and Twitter.
Related Content: Secretary Clinton delivers a Ramadan message.
Nathalie M. in Washington writes:
Great story, thank you for sharing. I would love it if we considered moving away from the Melting Pot metaphor to something that better serves the diverse group of citizens in both countries. The pressure to assimilate and let go of one's culture can in fact feel like a melting pot, but I think moving towards metaphors that serve our ideas better (like the idea of a mosaic, where each piece retains it's identity in creating a larger whole) is a wonderful step in the right direction.
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@Nathalie: Thanks for your comment. Metaphors can be extremely powerful. We'll try to be mindful of your point in our future posts.
Graeme M. in Canada writes:
Enlightenment and migration to secondary population centers within Canada from Toronto
Regional differences are glossed over in much Canada publication and ethno opinion views differ regionally and within regional sub communities
Disparity of income in Canadian society and social views towards rich-poor dynamic
Social conscience that drove social policy for most federal leadership initiatives from 1960's-on ancient history
Growing unrest in residents
James in Tennessee writes:
I have no problem with Ramadan being celebrated at the State Department.
But are you celebrating Christian, Judaism, and Buddhist holidays too?
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It's not every day that the State Department gets to go back to school.
Last week, we partnered with Chicago Public Schools to link Lincoln Park High School students with secondary school students in Ghana, Zimbabwe, Algeria, and Peru via video conferencing technology. Students engaged in a range of human rights-related topics in anticipation of the 12th World Summit of Nobel Laureates, taking place in Chicago from April 23-25, 2012. Juniors and seniors from Lincoln Park High School connected with English-speaking youth brought together by our U.S. Embassies in Accra, Harare, Algiers, and Lima.
These incredible students from three continents discussed a wide range of issues candidly and respectfully. They touched on serious political issues, including women's rights, education, the Arab Spring, human rights, and access to medicine. Students also connected with one another on personal levels, finding similarities in their commute time to and from school, sports and extracurricular activities, and even fast food preference. This clip from our discussion between Chicago and Harare gives a feel for the conversations among these impressive students -- even comparing the weather in the Windy City to that of subtropical Harare.
We were thrilled to have participation from local Chicago media to engage the local community. Anchors from CBS Chicago, ABC Chicago and FOX Chicago participated as celebrity moderators for our virtual discussions. Check out this piece by Bill Kurtis, co-anchor of CBS 2 News in Chicago, who reported on the discussion between kids in Chicago and Accra, Ghana.
One thing all the kids could agree on: they want to stay connected. The 90-minute discussions were really just the tip of the iceberg, serving to introduce the kids to one another and make them hungry to learn more about one another's cultures, beliefs, politics and history. Students will continue the virtual conversation via Facebook, email and perhaps even future video conferences.
Juanita Douglas Thurman, a teacher at Chicago's Lincoln Park High School, lent us her classroom, her time and her students for three days to make these virtual exchanges happen. Juanita summed up the experience by saying: "The webchats with young people in Chicago, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Algeria, and Peru were real in every sense of the word real. These were real young people discussing real issues, with real thoughts, real openness, in real time for real dialogue. It became surreal."
Ms. Thurman went on, "I am always impressed when truth meets knowledge and it evolves into a better truth and increased knowledge. However, I have never been able to see a global rendition of the creation of a new truth by my students. This was a three day explosion of teen power for which I am eternally grateful to have witnessed. The students in all five video sites proved to everyone that they were all indeed ready for the world. Next time, I am moving closer to the front for a better seat!"
We also had the opportunity to work with Jennifer Johnson, a history teacher at Lincoln Park High School. Jennifer shared this regarding the virtual exchanges: "I am so grateful that technology allows us to engage our students with other young people from around the world in such meaningful conversations. It is connections like this which will develop the hearts and minds of the next generation to become increasingly active and vocal citizens. We are living through a revolutionary moment in world history as more people realize the power they possess to influence governments and to change power structures. I am thrilled to witness my students realize their own role."
One of my fondest memories of these exchanges was the fact that we had so many "repeat offenders" among Chicago students. Kids showed up for one exchange, loved it, and came back for more. Amanda, a student at Lincoln Park High School, was my star "repeat offender." Amanda participated in all three days of the virtual exchanges. Amanda captured her experience with this: "What I enjoyed most was to see how students from different cultures all want to come together as one to make sure that youth have a voice on issues like human rights and world peace."
Technology helped us break down geographic barriers to bring the voice of youth to Chicago for the World Summit of Nobel Laureates. State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs also organized the visit of 16 young people from Bangladesh, Liberia, Timor-Leste, and Yemen to participate in person in the World Summit of Nobel Laureates. These youth will connect with their counterparts at Chicago Public Schools and with U.S. youth involved in Peace Jam over the next two weeks.
One thing is clear: youth leaders from around the world are definitely present and accounted for in Chicago.
Stay tuned on Twitter using the hashtag #Nobel to follow the experiences of youth exchange participants in Chicago.
David P. in California writes:
Great post, Suzanne.
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It is the soldier, not the President who gives us democracy. It is the solider, not the Congress who takes care of us. It is the solider, not the Reporter who has given us Freedom of Press. It is the soldier, not the Poet, who has given us Freedom of Speech. It is the soldier, not the campus Organizer, who has given us the Freedom to Demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag; who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, that allows the protester to burn the flag.
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Skip to comments.Specter wants Wilson censured
Posted on 09/10/2009 8:12:33 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Specter wants Wilson censured
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Penn.), who's looked at POTUS from both sides now, was just on the Bill Press radio show suggesting the South Carolina firebrand Joe Wilson be censured for his heckle heard round the world.
Said the Republican-turned-Dem:
"He apologized immediately afterward but I don't think thats adequate... If an apology is the consequence of an outburst I think we can expect more thats not a sufficient penalty thats not a sufficient price to pay.. I'm not saying the guy should be kicked out of the House But there ought to be some rebuke, reprimand, censure -- something that will discourage that kind of conduct in the future. If you do that to the President, it's open season."
Earlier on his show, Press spoke with House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC), who said Wilson should "man up" and apologize directly to Obama -- or that Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) should mea culpa the White House on his behalf.
It is not the job of the Senate especially Specter to tell the House what to do or not do.
Boo hoo. Cry in your cheerios.
So, back to the Health care issue. Did Obama achieve his goals last night? No, we are talking about a congressman that openly called him out, tee hee.
Specter wants Wilson censured. Hoosier-Daddy wants Specter retired.
Call ALL the Joe Wilson 'Liar' whiners a whambulance, kkthx.
Well, if the Congress is going to censure people . . how about . . .Charlie Rangel?
Words fail. This is the creep that Jorge Bush supported over the real conservative in the PA primary.
This the creep that defended the UNICORN murderer—Ira Einhorn.
Why does this creep dare to show his face?
Hey Arlen, where were you when they were bashing President Bush? Hmmmmmm? So STFU!
Under Scottish Law.
Hey Arlen, where were you when your new found Dem asshats booed Bush? I'm from PA Arlen and I can tell you to enjoy the rest of this term because you won't have another one.
Specter can go to h*ll.
I want Specter thrown in a pit.
Spectre must see this as a way to gain fame and popularity among Dem voters in Penn. Because he's not a very good bet for re-election.
This is why it was pointless to apologize. They will never be satisfied. If Wilson himself said he that he should be censored, they would demand his resignation. If he said he was going to resign, they would demand his arrest, If....
If our Founding Fathers succombed to censure Spectre wouldn't have a job today. scumbag
Oh please, please, please let Nancy and her minions censure Rep. Wilson. Talk about igniting the masses! At least there was someone willing to speak out FOR THE PEOPLE.
Joe Wilson should get a medal of freedom.
He is the only one who told the truth last night.
Arlen Sphincter should be punished for pretending to be republican all these years.
He should investigate ACORN!
Spector speaks like a true blue turncoat.
Effectively it appears that most Republicans in the House have had their voices censured already.
Cheers to the 1st Amendment and calling a liar a liar.
He has already punished both himself and usin his apology!
Joe Wilson brief hero/wimp in reality!
What can one expect from the degenerations of the hippies, dopers, and baby boomers, etc.
The heroesthe Pattons, MacArthurs, Audie Murphys, Chesty Pullers, John Waynes, etc. are gonewhat you see is what you get!
Are Ron Paul and Paul Broun the only real men left in the HR???
Captain Nathan Brittles: Never apologize. Its a sign of weakness.
John WayneShe Wore A Yellow Ribbon
I want Specter taken out behind some shed and whupped.
Pat Toomey wants Bennedict Arlen.
Specter should be kicked out of the Senate for deceiving the good people of Pennsylvania who elected him to represent them as a REPUBLICAN!
Not proven!!
oops, Pat wants Arlen censured.
I am supporting Wilson! He said EXACTLY what 1) everyone KNOWS, and 2) what we ALL want to slap Bambi with! The TRUTH!
Arlen Specter, another proud resident of Joe Biden's Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous...
Spector is an irrelevant piece of flotsam not greatly differing from McCain.
Specter? It's a good thing that liberals are so utterly shameless and such thorough hypocrites. Here's a guy who betrayed his party time and again, finally LEAVING it for political ends and he wants to impose HIS view of right and wrong on someone!! Astounding, but NOT surprising.
Then you go the hell away.
This turd has been around since JFK! He wrote the rules on disclosure there, he voted against impeachment for Clinton and now, he returns to the democratic socialist party. ..........get him out now.
Specter started as a slime ball. He grew up as a slimeball, and in high school, was a rapt student of being a slimeball. When he went to college, he joined the slimeball team as Head Slimeball. He excelled in this sport. He graduated with Slimeball honors, went to war in WWI as a 13-D Slimeball Operator, and won three medals of Slime. Then he married into Slime, ran for Senate under the Slimeball party, and remained a Slimeball for the entirity of his career.
How about this apology for size.
"I am sorry you are a liar"
"I am sorry you can't tgell the truth"
"I am really sorry that you were ever elcted in the first place you post turtle!"
I guess the moon-bat is quoiting Scottish Law.
Specter is a two-faced bustard.
Forget all the corruption and awful legislation and bailing out of billionaire bankers...
Oh shut up Specter, deranged old man.
Him and Trent Lott.
The democrats think they have an issue, but all they'll end up doing is reminding everyone over & over that the president's a liar.
Did you ever call for Sen. Kennedy's censure you old fool?
Go pound sand!
Joe Wilson...just saying what the country is thinking...and our reps are afraid to say.
Under Scottish law Wilson was within his rights.
Spector, of all people, should know that.
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Skip to comments.Medal of Honor recipient slams Supremes
Posted on 07/25/2012 8:39:28 PM PDT by jwsea55
The Supreme Court recently opined (before they skipped town) on three issues important to America: immigration, health care and military honor (the Stolen Valor Act). I use the word opine because that is what we got the opinions of nine politically appointed elites, political hacks if you will, as they tried to wrap the Constitution around their biases. Common-sense Americans believe they got most of the three decisions wrong and for good reason; they are not common-sense Americans.
We are in trouble. We have a professorial, rhetorical celebrity for president, a commander in chief who knows not the difference between a Corps and a corpse, who has a remarkable contempt for the law and the Constitution; a professorial elitist Supreme Court that rewrites laws and the Constitution to suit liberal agendas; and a Senate that has not passed a budget in three years. But of the three branches, the most dangerous to constitutional America is the Supreme Court.
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the germ of dissolution of our Federal Government is in the constitution of the Federal Judiciary an irresponsible body (for impeachment is scarcely a scare-crow), working like gravity by night and by day, gaining a little today and a little tomorrow, and advancing its noiseless step like a thief over the field of jurisdiction until all shall be usurped from the States and the government be consolidated into one. President Lincoln warned about the dangers to a people ruled by courts.
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General Brady needs to be on Romney's Cabinet, say the Department of Justice?
In his wife's words, they didn't know a Republican before 1992. He is a very pragmatic guy with left of center leanings and understands the mechanics of business. He's actually a decent person. He needs a conservative congress to keep him in line...otherwise he will bend to the liberal media.
It is sickening to see how the middle and lower classes have struggled over the last 40 years while the politicians set themselves up for life. "Both" sides of the political aisle have passed laws shipping jobs offshore. Some jobs that can only be done on our soil have even been exported.
Meanwhile, in California's Assembly we have politicians self-compensating themselves $180k+ per year, coalescing power for themselves and pretending they care about the middle and lower classes. Let's go back to Federal and state part time legislatures and have people in government actually have to live under and within the laws they subject to the rest of the Country.
May God have mercy on this Country and those that struggle to protect it.
That is the reason why they have become black robed dictators instead of impartial judges following the Constitution.
I, and others, have been waiting for the States to re-assert their 10th Amendment rights for some time.
Personally, I think there will not be a new REVOLUTION of individuals against the over-reaching Fedgov, but a STATES' RIGHTS revolution through political and economic means.
Remember, there were 26 States that sued against Obamacare. Although we lost in the USSC, that doesn't mean the States can't just ignore the law. If enough States just say no, what is the Fedgov going to do?
Yes, I know so many here talk of CWII or RVII, but actually, no one has the stomach for that in this age.
...but then how does someone decent run such a negative campaign...can't he win on his own ideas?
The Supreme Court now has three distinct factions: 4 liberals, 4 conservatives, and 1 moron.
Interesting perspective! What about NY, CA, IL, MI, WA, OR and MA? That is one huge electoral block. It is hard to see those states abandoning or changing their current paths. I am thinking it may have to start on the local level. We are in for a very long road.
The good General gets it! It is a shame most Americans dont't!
" - - - He is a very pragmatic guy with left of center leanings and understands the mechanics of business."
Well, that is two out of three.
BTW, who in the House or Senate has the backbone of a Major General, has literally laid his life on the line for America, understands the mechanics of business AND calls out THE NINE SUPREMES?
Who in DC also says " - - - But of the three branches, the most dangerous to constitutional America is the Supreme Court. - - - ?"
If Gen. Brady is not a lawyer, so much the better for him to be the Attny. General. Surprised? It is really simple: Lawyers do NOT obey laws, they just re-interpret them to fit their best interests, witness Traitor John Roberts when he turned SCOTUS into Traitor John's Supreme Tax Court.
Roberts, Reid and Obama are the only three people in DC that make decisions now - - - .
BTW, BTW, the ENTIRE US Federal Government is 16 TRILLION dollars "Left of Center."
" - - - can't he win - - - "
You lost me. Who are you writing about?
Meanwhile, in California's Assembly we have politicians self-compensating themselves $180k+ per year...
If I recall correctly, that's more than the US Congress salary of around $175,000 + other perks. ....No wonder CA is nearly bankrupt!
Romney needs to be saying things like this.
I've always felt that any law passed should apply DOUBLE (I realize "double" is hard to apply to some concepts) to all elected officials and institutions, and further that anything restrictive or punitive not kick in against the public until THEY'VE been living with it for five years. If something is that necessary or that beneficial, then surely they'd not mind. Anything involving financial payments would obviously be excluded. If they can't endure it at double strength, we shouldn't have to live with the normal version.
" - - - ..but then how does someone decent run such a negative campaign...can't he [Romney] win on his own ideas? "
Okay, sorry 'bout that. It was later and I had a slight brain cramp. Sorry.
Romney has been the target of my DUMP ROMNEY Campaign for awhile now, as a pretty boy prep schooler does not have much of a chance to beat a hardened, commune-loving, Chicaguh-gangstah, Incumbent Obama.
Lately however, Romney has started to behave as if he really DOES want to soundly defeat Obama. Romney's VFW Speech was his best yet.
Hopefully, Romney's brilliant staff of Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarvud birdbrains are no longer writing Romney's speeches, bragging about no backbone etch-a-sketch flexibility, and the mindless "I don't think, [NEVER use that phrase], that Obama understands this Economy. I do understand this economy." [In other words, I don't have to tell you voters what I am going to do, so just shut up and vote for me].
Romney had his PAC attack the Conservatives in the Primary, while he made his backyard, prep-school digs at how everybody else was not as smart as he was.
Needless to say, his Primary victories were lukewarm at best, even with the usually essential negative ads. Why do negative ads work? Because they create doubt in the minds of voters who think that THEIR candidate is better than the other candidates.
Can Romney win by his own ideas? That is what I have been waiting to see. Romney has FIFTY NINE economic points that are his master plan. IMHO that is about 54 to many points.
Unless Romney can come up with what his plan is so that voters can count the points on the fingers of just ONE hand, Romney will be seen as a smart guy with an unweildy, AND unworkable economic plan.
Major General Brady has proven himself to be the type of leader that patriots will follow into the gates of Hell.
The jury is still out on Romney - - - .
I know, Romney needs to get real on people reading 59 points (let alone understanding them). I roll my eyes at the thought of even reading that. The problem is not that complicated. Gov is too big and overreaching. As Reagan said the 13 scariest words in the English language, "I am here from the government and I am here to help you". Let's just pick a point in time (1962 maybe) and do a factory reset on what government is.
People need to understand why we have corruption, it is about power and money. Is the solution to the problem giving politicians more power and more money? Politicians use the tax code and regulation to create bidding wars between vested interest groups to perpetuate themselves and their lust for campaign donations. Would people need to give politians money for influencing the tax code if we had a flat (or consumtion) tax and there was nothing to influence?
The strength and voracity of Romney's negative campaign is an indication that at least he wants to win (vs the last guy who ran for the republicans). I at least think he understands what he is up against with people out of Chicago.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Here's what Jim Cramer had to say about some of the stocks that callers offered up during the "Mad Money Lightning Round" on CNBC Wednesday night:
Magnum Hunter Resources (MHR) : "This is a speculative stock that needs oil at $100 a barrel, not $80."
SandRidge Energy (SD) : "This is another company being challenged by oil prices. The stock will languish."
Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA) : "Even in a good market I don't want to own Arena. You want to be selling."
AK Steel Holding (AKS) : "This stock is going lower. It's hard to own the steel stocks here."
BorgWarner (BWA) : "I want you to hold off on that one. They're levered to Europe and you want to stay away."To read a full recap of "Mad Money" on CNBC, click here.
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A simple list via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Season Finder – most seasons, non-pitcher, with 502+ PA and an OPS+ of 75 or worse. (Yes, I know, how many pitchers have 502 PA in a season anyway? But, I threw that filter in there nonetheless.) Here's the "leader" board for this:
Rk Yrs To From Age 1 Larry Bowa 9 1970 1982 24-36 2 Ozzie Guillen 8 1985 1997 21-33 3 Neifi Perez 6 1998 2005 25-32
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Jim Cramer fills his blog on RealMoney every day with his up-to-the-minute reactions to what's happening in the market and his legendary ahead-of-the-crowd ideas. This week he discussed:
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This Year Has a Different Feel
Posted at 2:58 p.m. EST on Friday, Jan. 11
Waiting for this market to get tired, waiting for it to show some sort of true colors.
Let me give you some examples. The level of disappointment that I heard about Wells Fargo (WFC) today was much more muted than last time around. In fact, people shrugged their shoulders, despite the run, and said "they are doing pretty well when you think about it."
No throwing that one to the wolves.
American Express (AXP) is still up pretty nicely from where it was, even as they used terms like cautious consumer in their conference call, in part because the consumer turned out not to be that cautious.
Ford's (F) going higher again on the same news. That's highly unusual and positive.
Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC) are both up after we found out that personal computer sales are down more than 6% last year.
How can that be?
Cummins (CMI) was downgraded today. That stock goes down two, three, maybe four bucks on a downgrade. Not today. A buck and a half.
Stocks go down. But it's not vicious. There are no freakouts. It's just not a forbidding market.
Anything's possible when we get into the guts of earnings season next week, but consider this: The J.C. Penney (JCP) downgrade was just punishing, horrid, left you breathless. The stock got pummeled at the beginning of the day.
Now it's barely down!
How can that be?
So far, 2013 just doesn't feel like the last few years. Maybe it's because there is more money in. Maybe it's because if you are still in, you aren't easily shaken.
You just expect more of a selloff than you get.
But there are buyers underneath pretty much every day.
Just a "nice" tape, no doubt about it.
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Posted at 3:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 10
What do you call a market that's led by the transports, the drugs and the financials? Most people would call it a bull market.
I have to tell you that I am blown away by the strength in the transports, even after a couple of huge downgrades of the rails because of the usual weakness in coal traffic. We actually have a sustained rally in the airlines, which I am blessing for a trade, especially Southwest (LUV) .