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Jim Wallis: Expanded Profile
By Jacob Laksin
Obama's "Faith Advisor" Jim Wallis Mixes with Socialists, Radicals, and "Truthers"
By Trevor Loudon
March 15, 2010
Pinning Civilian Deaths on the Great Satan
By Mark D. Tooley
October 13, 2006
Jim Wallis' New Gospel
By Mark D. Tooley
March 25, 2008
Worshipping Obama
By Mark Tooley
January 29, 2009
Barack Obama's Newest Spiritual Advisor
By Discover The Networks
March 17, 2009
The Church of Pacifism
By Mark Tooley
December 22, 2006
Wallis is Wrong, Part One. On Budgets, Morality, and Priorities
By Frank Pastore
March 18, 2007
Wallis is Wrong, Part II: The Socialist Christocrats
By Frank Pastore
June 10, 2007
Fasting for Big Government
By Mark D. Tooley
February 26, 2010
Religious Left Targets Conservatives
By Mark D. Tooley
September 23, 2009
Religious Left Panics Over Obamacare Troubles
By Mark D. Tooley
August 24, 2009
Joyful Tears Over Obama's Budget
By Mark D. Tooley
April 23, 2009
The Left's Trinity of "Prophets"
By Mark D. Tooley
March 5, 2009
The Religious Left Celebrates
By Mark D. Tooley
November 12, 2008
The Sojourners' Moral Confusion
By Mark D. Tooley
July 17, 2008
Prayers For Defeat
By Mark D. Tooley
September 14, 2007
The Killing Fields of Honest History
By Mark D. Tooley
August 29, 2007
I Am Not Lying about Sojourners
By Mark D. Tooley
July 12, 2007
Sojourners for Hamas
By Mark D. Tooley
July 3, 2007
CNN's Double Time for Democrats
By Brent Bozell
June 12, 2007
Christian Group Calls for 'Compassionate Immigration Reform'
By Monisha Bansal
May 8, 2007
Do Neo-Cons Hate Jesus?
By Mark D. Tooley
March 14, 2007
Building Bridges
By Mark D. Tooley
February 19, 2007
Why the 'Christian Left' Is Not
By Kevin McCullough
January 14, 2007
The Religious Left's Rebuttal
By Mark D. Tooley
December 13, 2006
The Religious Left Cuddles Ahmadinejad
By Mark Tooley
October 6, 2006
Pentecost of Big Government
By Mark Tooley
July 12, 2006
A self-described activist preacher, Jim Wallis was born into an evangelical family in Detroit, Michigan in June 1948. In the 1960s his religious views drove him to join the civil-rights movement and the anti-Vietnam War movement. His participation in peace protests nearly resulted in his expulsion from the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Illinois, a conservative Christian seminary where he was then enrolled. While at Trinity, Wallis founded an anti-capitalist magazine called the Post-American which identified wealth redistribution and government-managed economies as the keys to achieving "social justice." He also railed against American foreign policy and joined the Students for a Democratic Society.
In 1971 Wallis and his Post-American colleagues changed the name of their publication to Sojourners, and in the mid-1970s they moved their base of operation from Chicago to Washington, D.C. Wallis has served as Sojourners' editor ever since.
In parallel with his magazine's stridently antiwar position during the Seventies, Wallis championed the cause of communism. Forgiving its brutal standard-bearers in Vietnam and Cambodia the most abominable of atrocities, Wallis was unsparing in his execration of American military efforts. Demanding greater levels of "social justice" in the U.S., he was silent on the subject of the murderous rampages of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge. Very much to the contrary, several Sojourners editorials attempted to exculpate the Khmer Rouge of the charges of genocide, instead shifting blame squarely onto the United States.
Giving voice to Sojourners' intense anti-Americanism, Jim Wallis called the U.S. "… the great power, the great seducer, the great captor and destroyer of human life, the great master of humanity and history in its totalitarian claims and designs."
Following the 1979 refugee crisis in Vietnam, Wallis lashed out at the desperate masses fleeing North Vietnam's communist forces by boat. These refugees, as Wallis saw it, had been "inoculated" by capitalist influences during the war and were absconding "to support their consumer habit in other lands." Wallis then admonished critics against pointing to the boat people to "discredit" the righteousness of Vietnam's newly victorious Communist regime.
In 1979, Time magazine hailed Wallis as one of the "50 Faces for America's Future." That same year, the journal Mission Tracks published an interview with Wallis, in which the activist evangelical expressed his hope that "more Christians will come to view the world through Marxist eyes."
Wallis blamed America entirely for the political tensions of the Cold War era. "At each step in the Cold War," he wrote in November 1982, "the U.S. was presented with a choice between very different but equally plausible interpretations of Soviet intentions, each of which would have led to very different responses. At every turn, U.S. policy-makers have chosen to assume the very worst about their Soviet counterparts."
In the 1980s Wallis embarked on an editorial crusade in Sojourners to undercut public support for a confrontational U.S. foreign policy toward the spread of Communism in Central America. He published bitter denunciations of the American government's sponsorship of anti-Communist Contra rebels against Nicaragua's Sandinista dictatorship. After visiting Nicaragua in 1983, in the company of the pro-Sandinista group Witness for Peace, Wallis and then-Sojourners associate editor Joyce Hollyday co-authored several articles in which they whitewashed the brutality of the Sandinista government while condemning the United States for waging an "undeclared war" against "the people of Nicaragua."
Under the sway of leftist evangelical movements like liberation theology, Wallis invited the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) -- the public relations arm of the El Salvadoran terrorist group the FMLN -- to take part in a number of initiatives with Sojourners. Among these initiatives was the so-called "Pledge Of Resistance," a blueprint for mobilized protests and acts of civil disobedience to be carried out in the event that the United States were to launch an invasion of Nicaragua.
Wallis later expanded the Pledge to include opposition to any U.S. military action anywhere in Central America. It was not until 1999 that he would admit to second thoughts about his unquestioning support for the Sandinista regime. In the course of an editorial decrying both the U.S. bombing campaign against Iraq and its sanctions against Saddam Hussein's government in Baghdad, Wallis conceded: "The Sandinistas were responsible for serious mistakes and violations of human rights, which led to their downfall no less than U.S. aggression did."
To this day, Wallis remains fiercely opposed to capitalism and the free market system. In many interviews, he has stressed his belief that capitalism has proven to be an unmitigated failure. "Our systems have failed the poor and they have failed the earth," Wallis has said. "They have failed the creation."
In 1995 Wallis founded Call to Renewal, a coalition of religious groups united in the purpose of advocating, in religious terms, for leftist economic agendas such as tax hikes and wealth redistribution to promote "social justice."
Asked in a January 2003 interview with the Harvard Political Review about the then-looming Iraq War, Wallis stated that because the United States had previously supported undemocratic regimes, it now had no right to preemptively oppose one in Iraq. "Saddam Hussein is an evil man," Wallis said, "but so are many rulers around the world. Other human rights violators just as bad have been on the U.S. government's payroll. … We have a history here that isn't very admirable."
More than a mere religious leader, Wallis, a registered Democrat, is also an adroit political operative, publicly portraying himself as a politically neutral religious figure whose overriding allegiance is to God. Always with the disclaimer that neither major political party can claim to authoritatively represent the values of religious faith, Wallis passionately contends that Republican policies tend to be immoral and godless.
After the 2004 presidential election, Wallis acknowledged that he had cast a vote for the Democratic candidate, John Kerry. Owing to the popular post-election consensus among Democratic Party members that their defeat could be attributed to their party's disconnect from religious voters, Wallis became an overnight celebrity within Democratic ranks. Democratic strategists and politicians turned to him as the man who could sell their party to the coveted religious demographic. In January 2005, Senate Democrats invited Wallis to address them in a private discussion. Meanwhile, some fifteen Democratic members of the House made Wallis the guest of honor at a breakfast confab whose subject, according to The New York Times, was devising ways to instill support for the Democratic Party into the hearts of the religious faithful.
On December 14, 2005, Wallis organized an event where some 115 religious activists protested a House Republican budget plan's spending cuts (of about $50 billion over a five-year period) by refusing to clear the entrance to a congressional office building. "These are political choices being made that are hurting low-income people," said Wallis. "Don't make them the brunt of your deficit reduction and fiscal responsibility." Wallis and his fellow demonstrators were arrested for their actions.
According to a March 10, 2007 Los Angeles Times report, in recent years Wallis has sought to re-brand traditional slogans of the religious right, like "pro-life," to refer to such leftist agendas as working with AIDS victims in Africa or helping illegal immigrants in America achieve legal status so they can continue to live with their U.S.-born children.
Wallis's affinity for Marxism and socialism is evident in many things he himself has said. For example, in 2005 Wallis stated that private charity to help the poor was insufficient, and that true social justice could be achieved only by an omnipotent central government empowered to redistribute wealth: "We have to be very clear about this. Voluntary, faith-based initiatives with no resources, no resources to make any serious difference in poverty reduction, is not adequate. That's a charity that falls far short of Biblical justice."
In a January 13, 2006 radio interview with Interfaith Voices, Wallis was asked, "Are you then calling for the redistribution of wealth in society?" He replied, "Absolutely, without any hesitation. That's what the gospel is all about."
In a January 21, 2010 interview, Wallis recounted his first meeting with the Marxist Dorothy Day (founder of the Catholic Worker movement), whom he greatly admired. He said: "My Dorothy Day story happened in Chicago. She was just leaving ... We were living in Chicago ... So I ran 20 blocks [to meet her], and I'm in the parlor of Catholic Worker, and in walks the great lady. Dorothy wrote a book about her life called Love Is the Measure. But she wasn't ever soft ... very tough. [She said] 'So, you were a radical student like me, right? You were a Marxist like me, right?' [I said] Yeah."
Wallis criticized the Tea Party Movement and derided the Libertarian values upon which the movement was based: "The Libertarian enshrinement of individual choice is not the pre-eminent Christian virtue. Emphasizing individual rights at the expense of others violates the common good, a central Christian teaching and tradition." According to Wallis, "anti-government ideology just isn't biblical." Wallis also smeared the Tea Party Movement with the charge of racism:
"There is something wrong with a political movement like the Tea Party which is almost all white. Does that mean every member of the Tea Party is racist? Likely not. But is an undercurrent of white resentment part of the Tea Party ethos, and would there even be a Tea Party if the president of the United States weren't the first black man to occupy that office?"
"There is something wrong with a political movement like the Tea Party which is almost all white. Does that mean every member of the Tea Party is racist? Likely not. But is an undercurrent of white resentment part of the Tea Party ethos, and would there even be a Tea Party if the president of the United States weren't the first black man to occupy that office?"
After U.S. Navy SEALs had tracked down and killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in May 2011, Wallis said:
"Pumping our fists in victory or celebrating in the streets is probably not the best Christian response to anyone's death, even the death of a dangerous and violent enemy. The chants of 'USA, USA, USA' are also not the best mantra for believers who should know that they are meant to be Christians first and Americans second."
"Pumping our fists in victory or celebrating in the streets is probably not the best Christian response to anyone's death, even the death of a dangerous and violent enemy. The chants of 'USA, USA, USA' are also not the best mantra for believers who should know that they are meant to be Christians first and Americans second."
Wallis also chastised U.S. Christians for having valued innocent American lives "more than the innocents who were in the way of our wars in response to the attacks against us." Moreover, he asserted that the "violence of terrorism, the violence of war, and even the violent reprisal against Osama bin Laden on Sunday should all push us to deeper reflection, and even repentance, for how we have allowed the seeds of such destruction to take root and grow in our hearts and in our world."
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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) James Kinney scored 23 points Saturday to lead San Jose State to an 82-74 win over Montana State.
Chris Cunningham had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Spartans (3-3).
LaVanne Pennington scored 11 points and D.J. Brown had 10 points and 9 assists for San Jose State. The Spartans' last game was a 70-57 loss Monday at No. 10 Kansas in which Kinney scored 30 points.
Jamie Stewart scored 22 points to lead the Bobcats (1-5), who have lost four in a row. Xavier Blount scored 16 and Antonio Biglow had 11 points for Montana State.
The game, originally scheduled to be played at night, was moved up to an afternoon tip-off because Montana State's football team faces Stony Brook in a second-round FCS game later Saturday.

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Good form would be to refrain from warring publicly. To let the lawyers do the talking, like Paul McCartney, and take the high road.
Charlie Sheen doesn"t even know what the high road looks like. Why would he? Especially against a low road whore like Denise Richards...his ex wife?
Denise of course is currently out and about promoting that waste of sh*t reality show of hers in which she exploits her girls.
Charlie tried to block the project unsuccessfully and now she"s making the rounds on talk shows pimping herself out. Yesterday she told Matt Lauer that Charlie had doctored a series of emails alleging she asked him for his sperm to conceive a third child.
Matt and subsequently Whoopi Goldberg on The View then pressed her on why she was dragging her children out in the open. Denise was unable to directly address the question focusing instead on how she mourned her late mother.
Today Charlie is striking back, again asserting that the rumoured former Fleiss girl is a compulsive liar and revealing that she lives on almost $60k of his money every month and stands to bag a total of almost $1.5 million - more than enough money to survive without prostituting herself on television.
Amazing that it didn"t work between them, non? These two losers more than deserve each other.
Having said that, Denise"s "mother first" farce is probably even more pathetic than the GMD"s repeated attempts to convince us that he doesn"t secretly lipsych naked to Abba in his bedroom.
At the very least, when Charlie gets the kids for the weekend, the paps are rarely invited along for the ride.
Even more incredible - who in f*ck is going to be watching her show???
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I believe the key to happiness is someone to love, something to do and something to look forward to.â€
– Elvis Presley
The King had it right. If you can do the three things he outlined, you have won the lottery of life. The irony is that Presley was not able to practice what he preached.
At the end of his life, he didn't have a partner in love, didn't have much to do and didn't have much to look forward to. He turned to binge eating and pills to make it through the day.
When you study the wealthy people who are truly happy, most like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates used their money to give back to society. Just like Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller did in the first part of
the 20th century.
To find a version of "the happiest billionaire,†my best candidate is Bill Cook.
Cook was a self-made billionaire, who lived in Bloomington, Ind. He made his money in the medical device business. He invented his first medical device in a small apartment, moved to a small house and stayed in it for the rest of his life. He became a billionaire, but it never
changed him.
You don't have to be a billionaire to give back to society. Al Smith sold his newspaper chain for millions, but it took him a long time to get to prosperity.
In his fascinating autobiography, "Wordsmith,†Smith writes with gut-wrenching honesty about how he overcame self-destruction. It might be one of the best books that anyone anywhere has written about overcoming the grips of alcohol addiction.
When I think of men who have overcome the depths of addiction, I often think of Johnny Cash. Al's book reminded me of Johnny Cash's music: stark, honest and deeply personal. And with the raw edge of a man who looked the devil in the eye and stared him down, but knew he was always just one drink away from falling back into the abyss.
Overcoming adversity seems to be a common theme for those inclined to give back to society. Once you hit the bottom, you are more inclined to give back to those who have not made the same climb.
Having watched the Wall Street meltdown in 2008, I started to appreciate the common sense values of people who live and work on Main Street in small towns. Like James (J.T) Gilbert in my hometown of Richmond, Ky.
J.T. is the kind of lawyer every small town should have. He spent 18 years as chair of the Board of Regents at Eastern Kentucky University. Along the way, he became one of the nation's top trial lawyers.
Kentucky has its share of big time rural lawyers. Sam Davies in Barbourville and Richard Hay in Somerset are two of the best injury attorneys the nation has ever produced. It's easy to see why small town lawyers make it to the top. There is a feeling of grounding that people don't have being anonymous in large cities.
Pete Mahurin of Bowling Green, Ky., is the executive vice president of Hilliard Lyons, a regional investment firm. Pete has the common sense of a man who grew up in Short Creek, Ky. and achieved higher than those from wealthy families and Ivy League pedigrees.
Lexington Mayor Jim Gray said that Pete "represents patience to the point of painfulness. After he talks, often everyone will nod quietly in agreement, as if divine wisdom has been spoken.â€
I don't expect divine wisdom from my advisor, but I would like some common sense.
My father was a professional gambler and owned bars. As a child, it would stun me to see men who had toiled all week in a steel mill or hard labor job come into a bar and gamble a week's pay in one night. The workers knew how to make money, but had no purpose for it.
People need to have a purpose, with their money and their lives. Otherwise, they are going to cut both of
them short.
I've learned when people get large amounts of money, it doesn't cure happiness. It can often magnify problems. People need to focus on being grounded and developing a solid foundation.
Abraham Maslow developed a famous hierarchy of needs. Maslow believed that you couldn't advance to self-actualization until you had your physical, social and safety needs met.
No matter whom you are or how much money you have, people can find satisfaction and happiness by being good role models for their family, friends and neighbors.
You don't need to win the lottery to make that happen.
Don McNay's latest book, "Life Lessons From The Lottery†will be released on Kindle on Nov. 17.Â


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Man I never read or saw "Red Dragon" but the news that Larry Fishburne is in talks to take on the role of Jack Crawford in "Hannibal", the upcoming NBC series based on the book has me borderline interested. I guess the character is an FBI agent or something who tries to find Hannibal. Was Hannibal in that book? I don't care. Doesn't matter. Freakin Morpheus, man.
Apparently there's been rumors floating around that "Jurassic Park IV" will focus on a government plot to weaponize dinosaurs. I've never heard that rumor and I like to think I'm the beginning and end of all internet rumors. But just to try to prove me wrong producer Frank Marshall came out and said that these "rumors" are 100% false. Now that I think of it he never did confirm that he didn't make them up himself right before he said they were false. So maybe that's why I never heard of them.
Shocking news coming out of "The Dark Knight Rises" camp today that Miss. Anne Hathaway would apparently not be opposed to doing a "Catwoman" spin off film. I know I'm just as shocked as you are. Don't worry though, this won't be some piece of crap. She'll only do it "with the right people". I assume she means she would want the entire cast and crew from "Bride Wars" to be involved. I'm just guessing here though.
Eliza Roberts, who is apparently the spouse of Eric Roberts, who I have nothing but good things to say about, has joined the cast of "Self Storage". That means there will be a loving couple on the set of the flick about a group of party goers trapped inside a storage facility. Nothing but love and normal things going on. That is all. Happy times.
I had no idea there was a "World Of Warcraft" movie in the works or that Sam Raimi was suppose to be directing it. But it turns out he isn't going to. The movie is still happening though, just with another director. Good story huh?
I don't have proof or anything but if I was to take a guess I would say that at some point Eric Roberts has been spanked by a lady. Don't ask me why, it's just a hunch. So I suggest that ladies on the set of "Self Storage" keep a close eye on their drinks because the tan one has just joined the cast. The film tells the tale of a group of friends trapped inside a storage facility when all hell breaks lose.
If you like cartoons and you like horror then your going to go ape shit over "The Living Corpse", which the folks over at Anchor Bay have just acquired the rights to. The flick is a cartoon tale (that's why I mentioned them before) about a superhero who also happens to be undead. Like superman, but he eats people. Although Superman may be doing now also. I haven't read a comic in close to 20 years so I don't know what's going on there.
Remember Justina Machado from "Six Feet Under"? The spicy latina that Rico cheated on and we all fealt sorry for? Well feel sorry for her again because she's landed a role along side Halle Berry in a new serial killer flick "The Hive". In the film Berry plays a 911 operator who must help a teenager being stalked by a killer. I say feel sorry for her because Halle Berry kind of makes crap movies now. So this is probably going to be a crap movie. She may have a perfectly lovely time though. I'm sorry I lead you to believe she was going to be miserable. She's hot.


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Water contracts protect Summit County snowmaking operations during drought
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Earlier this winter, the North Fork of the Snake River ran low. So low there wasn't enough water to supply nearby Arapahoe Basin's snowmaking operations and keep the stream flow whole as required by Colorado water law.
Following a record low snowfall season last year, Summit County is currently in the midst of a severe drought. Despite a summer marked by stringent fire bans and water restrictions in 2012, A-Basin is the only local resort where dry conditions have impacted snowmaking this winter.
A complex system of water rights, reservoir storage and agreements kept Breckenridge Ski Resort, Copper Mountain and Keystone Resort snow guns well supplied this winter.
"Our water agreements give Copper a buffer every year," resort spokeswoman Austyn Williams stated in an email to the Summit Daily. "During this season's snowmaking, Copper did not experience any drought-like effects."
Water rights allow the ski areas to pull a certain amount of water from local streams, so long as those streams don't drop below a specified level. But Copper and Breckenridge both enjoy the safeguard of nearby water storage – Clinton Reservoir for Copper Mountain and Goose Pasture Tarn for Breckenridge. Both resorts can pull some water from storage to supplement streamflows when necessary.
Keystone's backup plan is an agreement with Denver Water, the utility company that owns Dillon Reservoir. The resort is able to pump some water from Roberts Tunnel, which directs water from the reservoir toward its route down to Denver, according to Troy Wineland, state division of water resources water commissioner for the Blue River Basin.
"In the absence of their agreement with Denver Water, (Keystone) would have experienced some hardship this season," Wineland said.
But while the agreements and reservoirs do provide augmentation water in dry years, they do not supply unlimited resources.
"Because the reservoirs have water does not mean the ski areas can continue to make snow," Wineland said. "They are limited by their legal decrees and water contracts to a specific volume of water. Once they run through that, they must cease their diversions."
Breck and Copper have wrapped up snowmaking for the year. Keystone's operations are nearly complete. The resort is now blowing only small amounts of snow at night.
A-Basin representatives could not be reached for this story.
In Breckenridge, the Blue River continues to run low, despite the end of snowmaking operations. But officials say current flows are normal for this time of year, considering the dry conditions.
Because of the drought, in January, February and March, the town of Breckenridge is diverting a portion of the Blue River streamflows to be stored for municipal use and future snowmaking efforts, further reducing the water levels, according to a report from the town.
Damage to the streambed from historic dredge mining caused the river to run completely dry in some places this year, the report states.
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Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin
Back-up Flight Engineer for the Odissea Mission
Cosmonaut of Yu.A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre
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Born 30 October 1957 in Moscow. Married with two children. Hobbies are sport and astronomy.
Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute with a mechanical engineering degree.
Worked as a research scientist with MAI. Since 14 November 1984 he worked as an engineer with NPO Energiya.
Selected as a cosmonaut on 3 March 1992.
Back-up crew for Soyuz TM-23 and TM-24 missions to Mir
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Actually, I read a book a day and have for years — but it's an audiobook, and most of this reading is done while asleep.
Do you have an reading-related New Year's resolutions? Let's think up some reading projects for the new year. We don't necessarily have to do them. Let's just contemplate them. I've already thought of 2, one of which I plan to do. First:
Maybe a good project would be those "History of..." pages, not just for their most common words — WAR! — but to have had it run through your head, at least once, what happened in all of those places. Do you know how many pages we are talking about? The number of members in the United Nations is not the right answer, but do you know that number? It's 193. Wikipedia lists 206 sovereign states (including those with disputed sovereignty).That will start on New Year's day. Don't worry, I'll make it amusing. Second:
Let's make a New Year's resolution: Each day, read one Wikipedia "History of..." page. Will you join me? We'll go in alphabetical order, and I'll prompt you with blog posts.
What I like [about "The Great Gatsby"] is that each sentence is good, on its own. Seriously. Test it out. "As my train emerged from the tunnel into sunlight, only the hot whistles of the National Biscuit Company broke the simmering hush at noon." Every sentence is a writer's inspiration....With commentary, of course. For example, here's my commentary on the hot-whistle-simmering-hush sentence (responding to a commenter who complained that "trains do not 'emerge' from tunnels. They blast, speed, rip, explode, hurtle. E.B. White and Orwell would have hated the verb 'emerge'):
I feel like starting a blog devoted to individual sentences in "The Great Gatsby," chosen randomly, and continuing until all the sentences have been used up.
Now, one reason the train can't "blast" or "explode" from the tunnel — and by the way, oh, you men, with your cocks — is that the "only" sound was the "hot whistle." Otherwise, there was a "hush." That's all very surreal, no? Why didn't the train make any noise? It emerged, because it wasn't a screaming cock blasting through a vagina tunnel, as happens in your (presumably) E.B. White-approved works of fiction. Why was the train silent, why were the whistles hot, why was the hush simmering, why was it noon, why were the whistles biscuit whistles, and why wasn't it the biscuit, rather than the whistle, that was hot?


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A simple holiday party guide from an entertaining expert
Annette Joseph learned her first lessons about how to throw a great party from her grandmother: Love all your guests and make food that your guests will love to eat. Everything else she learned as a photo shoot stylist and producer, creating rooms and tablescapes for magazines and "The Today Show," making a fan out of Gwyneth Paltrow along the way.
"When you produce a shoot it's all about being detail-oriented, organized and quick because you're there to perform a function. When you're having a dinner party, it's all about being organized, quick and detail-oriented. There's not that big of a difference," said Joseph.
After 20 years in the industry, Joseph's first book, "Picture Perfect Parties," recently was published by Rizzoli. On Dec. 3, she's visiting Houston to kick off the Design Center's Deck the Tables event, and to share what she's learned with excerpts from her new book. As holiday party season nears, Atlanta-based Joseph offered her party philosophy as well as some of her favorite tips and tricks.
Q: What's a quality that you look for when you are putting together a table or a room?
A: As a photo shoot stylist, my props are very textural - that's something that carries from how I set the table to the menu. The mouth feel is always very textural - there should be something sort of smooth and also warm and crunchy.
Q: How can you do that without spending a lot of time on it?
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The 6th annual Deck the Tables kick off party featuring a presentation by Annette Joseph is Dec. 3, 6-8 p.m. in the Bunch & Shoemaker showroom at the Houston Design Center, 7026 Old Katy Road. Admission is free, register at thehoustondesign center.com.
"Picture Perfect Parties: Annette Joseph's Stylish Solutions for Entertaining" (Rizzoli, $39.95) is available at bookstores.
A: For one, in the book I write out what you'll need at the end of each chapter - it's called the elements page, with what you'll need for each party from your party pantry and party tool box. Every stylist has a kit of things they need, so I help people create that. Everybody has a basket in their house; it's usually somewhere crazy like the guest bathroom and it just sits there for years. If you walk around and start hunting you can find things like buckets or a basket that you can put bread in. I never throw a jar away; I rinse it out and save it. If you buy the same jam and recycle all those jars, eventually you have 10, and you can put a dessert in them. You can take really a simple jar and make it really fantastic and then line them up on a tray. These little details don't take a ton of time, which is important.
Q: That's the kind of project you see on Pinterest, except they usually have 20 steps and require a craft room.
A: It's daunting! The book is filled with all sorts of DIYs, but the most advanced is an overdye project, and that takes an hour. It's all very quick. I do that with recipes, too. It's about simple, delicious crowd-pleasers with a "wow" factor, which can be as simple as putting (food) in a unique vessel. It's basically just taking everybody to that next step in a simple, easy-to-understand way. I love Martha Stewart. I think she's amazing, but her projects are a little intimidating.
Q: What do people worry about when it comes to party planning that they shouldn't?
A: We live on the Italian Riviera for part of the year, so I have a European aesthetic. What Americans do that Europeans don't is they have a tendency to make too much food and make it too complicated, and then you get in a pickle with all this stuff going on at the same time. One of my rules is that you should prepare things ahead of time as much as possible. There should be one dish served at room temperature, a couple you bake so you can just pull them out of the oven, and maybe one that's made on a cooktop so it looks like you have fresh food. Maybe that means a beet salad, polenta in the oven, a lamb dish in a dutch oven and you sauté some green beans. A balanced meal, but you aren't slaving over a cooktop.
Q: Any advice for holiday parties?
A: I love the holidays! I have a great Thanksgiving chapter in the book. For a holiday party, I love to make cocktails, so I'll have a big tray of cocktails with Prosecco on ice and bitters in glasses with a peel of a lemon so it looks really pretty. All the guests have to do is grab a glass, pour champagne and go. I like things that are casual - everyone can dress up but the food is simple.
Q: What's the biggest thing holding people back from entertaining?
A: I think people have a real desire to host parties in their home, but it's daunting. We are like a generation lost because we never learned how to do that. It's a skill set. I'm always pleasantly surprised there are so many young people coming to the age where they want to do it. The key is it has to be very you, very warm, and the food has to be delicious. Entertaining is an experience, that's how you should go into it.


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Archery team earns national titles
November 1, 2011 | Lynchburg, VA
Three members of the Liberty University archery team won national titles at the U.S. Collegiate Archery Association's 3-D Archery National Championships Oct. 21-23 at Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio.
Liberty's national champions are Alex Blake, Compound Male Division; Joshua McKinney, Bow Hunter Men's Division; and Danielle Thompson, Bow Hunter Women's Division. Team members Marissa Scalzo (Compound Women) and Alex Agnoletto (Bow Hunter Men) placed in the top 12 of their respective divisions.
The competition included teams from Michigan State, University of Texas, Penn College, Hocking College, University of Missouri, Wayne State, University of Wisconsin and Miami of Ohio.
"The devotion the students put into their practice and performance is much to be proud of. The students represent the University in a way that gives us all great gratitude," said head coach Brandon Reyes, a professional archer and a 2004 International Bowhunting Organization World Champion. Reyes has competed in numerous state, national and international tournaments for more than 15 years.
The archery team was started in the fall of 2008 and is part of Liberty's Club Sports program, which includes 17 men's and 12 women's teams. Members practice on Liberty's 10-acre 3D target range, more than 700 acres of hunting land, and an indoor shooting range.


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- 4 Beds
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SubdivisionBerry Creek Ranch (Final Plat)
Listing Date07/12/19
Year Built1984
Lot Size0.43 Acres (18,731 SqFt)
Parking2 Car Garage
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A 4 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath single family home in desirable Singletree neighborhood. Family friendly floorpan boasting a Gourmet kitchen with breakfast nook, additional office/yoga room and a large family room downstairs. Ample storage, outdoor space and incredible views of New York Mountains and Arrowhead. Walking distance to the park and pond. Recent upgrades include new decks and exterior paint. This large home is a fantastic value being the lowest $ per square foot single family in Singletree.
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5 Beds 7 Baths
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new to being veggie but need to learn to be a cheap veggie
i am new to this veglife but i am on a very limited income and looking for w way to be veggie on a budget... any good ideas or links you guys can share. i know eating healthy costs more but i have 75 lbs i want to losei dont like the taste of meat but i want to stop eating a lot of bad carbs and breads..it is a process i know
thanks Mike
Hi Mike,
Sorry, I'm replying to your question really late: do you still need help, or have you found your way?
Hope it's going well for you!
Remember that frozen vegetables is a healthy alternative as well.
A good hearty soup for the fall/winter can be cheap and great for more than one meal. There are many ways to eat cheap and healthy. Planning your meals ahead of time and making a meal list decreases the opportunity to shop on a whim, in which we often spend more money.
Buying dry beans in bulk is cheap, although requires more prep time. Rice is cheap. Tofu is inexpensive, since each meal only requires about 1/4 of the container.
Salads can be cheap too. I usually buy spinach and get my carrots uncut in bulk which is only a few dollars for 2-4lbs. if you know you are going to be eating a greater quantity of a product, its always better to buy bulk.
Whole Foods can be expensive, but they can also offer some great deals... so check the ads at you local grocery stores and health food stores, clip coupons (which admittedly are few and far between), and always check out farmers markets. Remember that they can be more expensive, which helps your local community, but if you need to stay on the cheap - only buy what is offered at a better deal.
Hope that helps to get you started!
Good luck and stay strong!! You can do it!
Looks so yummy to me.. I like to eat Beef with Mayo garlic sauce, I'll also try to make this yummy recipe with mayo sauce and enjoy..


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Police: MI6 agent not killed, as previously thought
MI6 codebreaker Gareth Williams' body was found locked in a bag in his apartment in 2010
A coroner's inquest into his death concluded it was likely someone had killed him
But Scotland Yard says it thinks it's most likely no one else was involved in Williams death
However, it says there remains insufficient evidence to be definitive on the case
By Andrew Carey, CNN | November 13, 2013
London (CNN) -- Gareth Williams, the MI6 codebreaker found dead inside an externally locked bag in his apartment in 2010, was probably not killed as previously believed, London's Metropolitan Police said Wednesday, citing a lack of evidence otherwise.
Taking a different position from a coroner's report last year that said it was likely someone killed Gareth Williams, London's Metropolitan Police said its three-year investigation suggested that Williams most likely locked himself inside the large bag.
"We believe that it is a more probable conclusion that there was no other person present when Gareth died," Deputy Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt said.
But the Met said that despite its investigation, there remained insufficient evidence to be definitive on how Williams died.
"There are holes in what we understand about the circumstances of Gareth Williams' death," Hewitt said, admitting that some of the evidence is "odd."
This includes the lack of Williams' DNA on the padlock used to lock the large red bag his body was found in and the lack of hand prints on the edge of the bath where it was found, he said.
"What we are left with is either individual pieces of evidence, or a lack of such evidence, that can logically support one of a number of hypotheses," Hewitt said.
The case has gripped the British public since Williams, known for his mathematical genius and code-breaking talent, was found dead at age 31 in August 2010.
Among the theories aired by UK media were that Williams might have died at the hands of foreign intelligence agents or as a result of a kinky sexual encounter gone wrong. Added to that speculation was the discovery of women's clothes, wigs and cosmetics in Williams' apartment.
At the inquest into his death last year, coroner Fiona Wilcox shot down that speculation, saying she thought Williams bought them out of an interest in fashion, rather than any sexual motivation.
Other reports about the "body-in-a-bag spy" detailed how two experts spent days trying to figure out whether Williams could have contorted himself in such a way as to lock himself into the North Face holdall bag, with a key to the padlock inside.
Video of two experts trying to recreate the scene was showing to the court. One had tried 300 times without success, but neither ruled out definitively the possibility Williams could have somehow done it alone.
"It is now proven that it is theoretically possible for a person to lock themselves in that exact holdall, with the same type of lock, and in the configuration in which Gareth was found. It is important to note that this fact was found to be a possibility by the inquest," Hewitt said.
Meanwhile, family members suggested Williams had been murdered by killers versed in the "dark arts" of espionage.
Referring to speculation that Williams' flat might have been forensically cleaned by unknown people responsible for his death, Hewitt said Wednesday that a deep-clean would have removed all traces of Williams' DNA as well that of visitors to his flat.
He said 10 to 15 traces of DNA had been found that were too insignificant to use to build a full profile and said advances in forensic science could "present opportunities for progress." For the time being, however, there are "no active lines of enquiry that it is proportionate to pursue."
Williams' family expressed their regret that mystery still surrounds his death but said they agree with the coroner's verdict "on the basis of the facts at present known."
"We are naturally disappointed that it is still not possible to state with certainty how Gareth died and the fact that the circumstances of his death are still unknown adds to our grief," they said in a written statement.
The family reiterated their disappointment that Williams' employers at MI6 had not checked on his welfare when he failed to attend work on August 16, 2010.
Williams was finally reported missing by a co-worker on August 23, more than a week after the normally punctilious employee had last shown up at work.
"We believe that if proper steps had been taken in the same manner as any reasonable employer would have undertaken, further information relating to the cause of his death might have become apparent and not have been lost due to the length of time before Gareth's body was found," they said.
The family also noted that the Met's investigators "were at last able to interview directly members of (UK intelligence agencies) GCHQ and SIS."
Addressing media, Hewitt disputed a suggestion that police had been "blindsided" in their investigation by intelligence agencies but acknowledged that their method of interaction had improved during the investigation. "We didn't get it right at the beginning," he said.
Initially, he said, the only Met officers to deal with the intelligence agencies were those in SO15 -- or counterterrorism command. The SO15 officers had assessed Williams' vetting and personnel files and found nothing relevant to the case.
After the inquest, the senior investigating officer in the case personally requested and was granted access to the files and came to the same conclusion, Hewitt said.
"The investigation into Gareth's death will remain under review, and any new significant information or evidence will be robustly investigated," he said.
"If it is possible for us to give his family more answers we will do so."
CNN : Police: MI6 agent not killed, as previously thought
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
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Ericson: Nothing like a packed gym
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The Stamford and Westhill boys basketball teams played each other last week and the crowd at Westhill was the best I've seen this season.
Two loud, engaged student sections on one side and parents and people from the community on the other.
It was not a total sellout, but it was close.
Across town the two girls teams played at Stamford High in front of a smaller, yet still impressive crowd.
Imagine if the games could have been played back-to-back?
Rumor has it the schools discussed such an evening but it never got worked out. Have to assume nobody wanted to play one fewer home game with all four in playoff contention and that is understandable.
Now, what if before the season teams across the FCIAC agreed to play at least one of these type of doubleheaders, most likely against their rivals?
I can tell you, it would be tremendous.
By halftime of the girls game the place would be nearly packed and by the time the boys game started they would be turning people away.
It is an idea.
It is an idea spawned by sitting in too many half-empty gyms this season.
A fellow sports writer floated the idea that people being able to follow games on Twitter may be the reason for the drop in attendance.
It is an interesting theory which may account for a handful of students who choose to stay home, but lack of attendance at basketball games is nothing new.
I played for a bad high school basketball team in nearly empty gyms and the school went so far as to hold a dance after one of our games. The catch being that you could only go to the dance if you were at the game by halftime.
It was our best attended game in four years.
Look, high school students have more entertainment options on the phone in their pocket than one could imagine, so I get it, sometimes going to a basketball game is not that appealing.
So, how to increase attendance?
A few schools have not just the cheerleaders but also dance and step teams perform at halftime. While it can stretch halftime a little long, I think it is a great idea.
With the dance and step team alone, 20 more people are at the game plus their family and friends who come just to see them but stay for the game.
A few schools host youth nights with players from house leagues coming to games.
Make this a thing every Friday and let the kids play an 8-minute exhibition at halftime.
I saw a young boy come into Ridgefield's gym with his father this season and you could tell the kid was in awe of the loud crowd and the big guys playing on the varsity.
That kid will want to be a part of that when he is in high school either as a player or a fan, he is sold.
Of course, Ridgefield has one of the best student sections in the entire state. For whatever reason, they are into it up there.
The birth of student sections like those at Ridgefield, Fairfield Prep and several other area schools are the best thing to happen to high school sports in the last 20 years.
If more schools could follow that lead by forming competing student sections, it would go a long way.
The Twitter wars between the cheering sections are fun and when there are two loud sections like at Warde-Ludlowe or Westhill-Stamford it makes the atmosphere like nothing else in high school sports.
In Waterbury this season, they are selling tickets to students for $1 at all city basketball games and they have seen attendance increase.
It seems like a small thing but for students without much money, a $2 savings is pretty important.
Lastly, the players from other sports should be encouraged to go support other teams at the school.
Recently in New Canaan, the football team came out to the basketball game and the players on the court said it was the best game they have ever played.
There is probably no clear answer and each school will deal with it differently.
Schools in Bridgeport and Waterbury will always have the built-in support of the community while schools like Ridgefield and Greenwich will need to rely on student support more often.
I guess just love a loud gym and I want to be in as many as possible.


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Girl, 14, dies in head-on crash near Welcome; driver charged with DWI
An eighth grader is dead and three people were injured following a head-on crash Sunday near Welcome. One driver has been charged with DWI.
Kaitlyn Combs of Lexington died following the crash around 7 p.m. on Hinkle Lane near Welcome-Bethesda Road.
Also injured were Phillip Eisenman IV, 22, of Lexington; Mark Allen Vestal, 38, of Lexington; and his son, Brandon Vestal. All four were taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, and Kaitlyn was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Eisenman was driving a Chevy car on Hinkle Lane, while Mark Vestal was driving a Dodge Car on Welcome-Bethesda Road, troopers said.
Eisenman was getting ready to turn onto Welcome-Bethesda Road when he ran through a stop sign into the path of Vestal's car, troopers said. The two cars collided head-on.
Eisenman was charged with DWI, and more charges are pending, troopers said. Eisenman didn't have alcohol in his system, troopers said.
Charges also are pending against Vestal since neither Brandon nor Kaitlyn had their seat belts on, troopers said.
Kaitlyn was an eighth-grade student at North Davidson Middle School. Counselors were at the school Monday morning to help any students and staff that needed it.


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Saturday's high heat is suspected in the death of a young man after a half-marathon on Chicago's south side.
Zachary Gregory, 22, was one of 11 people taken to the hospital during the 13.1 Marathon Chicago, apparently overcome by the heat. Gregory died at the University of Chicago hospital.
The race began under a yellow flag advising runners of not-optimal conditions. Some runners did complete the half-marathon before it was abruptly ended with a black flag, because of the heat.
Ten aid stations with medical personnel and spray stations were along the 13-mile route, said Jessica Prah, a spokeswoman with US Road Sports & Entertainment Group.
The Dallas-based company also sponsors the Chicago Half-Marathon set to take place on Sept. 11.
Gregory's family said he was in great shape, and they can't understand why he died.
"We take some comfort in knowing he passed away doing something that he loved," said his father, Bruce Gregory. "People lose children all the time, but it's never easy."


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Donna and I accept our third and fourth Rondo Awards for Best Magazine. (Photo by John Clymer.)
Taking the stage with Donna to accept our Rondo for Best Magazine (VIDEO WATCHDOG, of course) for the third and fourth years in a row, I explained that I felt a little guilty about receiving the 2005 award for producing six issues annually when we produced twice that many the previous year. As she is liable to do, Donna promptly corrected me by saying that we had actually produced eight issues last year. "Oh, then to hell with guilt!" I joked. Donna rightly pointed out that none of what we did would be possible without our wonderful contributors, and we closed by encouraging everyone to "Support Your Free Press!" (That doesn't mean "free" as in Internet, by the way. Support paper magazines if you like the idea of information sources you can trust and hold accountable -- not to mention collect!)
Donnie Dunagan and Tom Weaver accept their Rondos for Best Magazine Article of 2004 from host David Colton. (Photo by John Clymer.)
Another VW-related victory at the Rondo ceremony was the presentation of last year's Best Article award to Donnie Dunagan and interviewer Tom Weaver for "Here's To a Son of the House of Frankenstein: The Donnie Dunagan Interview," which appeared in VW #112 and was described by host Colton as one of the most remarkable documents pertinent to the genre ever published. Tom self-effacingly accorded all credit for the interview's quality to Donnie and his extraordinary life. As a very surprised Major Dunagan accepted his award and addressed the audience, he said that he recognized Rondo Hatton and had always thought of him as "the unsung hero." The Major has received many military honors in his illustrious career, but he accepted his Rondo with all the emotion and humility of someone who was, until the appearance of this interview, an unsung hero in terms of his own screen career.Joe Busam accepts the Rondo for Best Independent DVD as David Colton smiles approvingly. (Photo by John Clymer.)
Perhaps the biggest cheers at the Rondo Awards were reserved for Joe Busam, who accepted two awards this year -- one for his production of the PPS Group's MONSTER KID HOME MOVIES DVD (Best Independent DVD) and another naming him "Monster Kid of the Year." Joe is a fellow Cincinnatian and he told me over dinner last night that, aside from his marriage and the births of his children and the knowledge that his first grandchild is on the way, the Rondo ceremony was the greatest moment of his life. The Best Independent DVD award is now displayed in the reception area of the PPS Group offices where Joe works, and his Monster Kid of the Year award has pride of place in his own home. I've never known a more thorough and sincerely deserving Monster Kid than Joe, and it made me feel good to see his superb efforts and his sweet nature recognized and applauded.
David and Angie did a splendid job of presiding over the festivities, and special thanks to the wonderful Eileen Colton (a Woodstock veteran!) for painting the Rondo busts so beautifully.
In closing for today, there are some more things I'd like to add about Donnie Dunagan. Since posting Part 1 of this report, I remembered another topical area that the Major and I covered in our dinner conversation. We got into a discussion of the troubles being experienced by our country and how the current political system -- a polarized situation between two basically similar parties -- isn't helping. I mentioned that, in my view, the foundation of this attitude may reside in the way we're taught, from early on, "right from wrong," which leads to a simplified, either/or view of the world when many of the truths and solutions more likely reside in the gray area between. It takes more thinking to navigate that gray area, but more thoughtfulness is what this country needs. I also wish that competitive sports weren't stressed so much in schools and recreational activities; I know the theory is that it teaches kids to excel, but it also teaches kids to excel at the cost of others' excelling and fosters a liking for seeing one's competitors ground into the dirt. I'm all for sports based on individual performance, but team sports (I feel) are... if not uncivilized, at least decivilizing at heart, fostering "us versus them" thinking that we, as adults, carry over to our politics, and "scoring" attitudes that trivialize our sexual lives (and render some men deaf to the word "no"), not to mention the barbaric levels of mob violence and destructive behavior that are increasingly noticed at sports-related celebrations. I don't expect to change anybody's mind about this, but if it can happen with smoking... and I really do see this as something we need to evolve beyond before the planet can achieve true peace.
"Where's me Pot o' Gold?" Donnie Dunagan catches a pretty leprechaun at Wonderfest.
From there, we went on to discuss the media situation, which is increasingly isolating and polarizing the way Americans think. For one political party to demonize the other, we agreed, chews away like a rat at the foundation of American brotherhood. With the number of specialized cable channels available now, right-wing and left-wing thinkers have their own newscasts and need never be exposed to the other guy's way of thinking. And increasingly, Americans don't care to know what the other guy thinks. (You should read some of the mail we've received about the unavoidable political content in the LAND OF THE DEAD round table discussion in our current issue. It's like some conservatives feel that they have the right NOT to ever be exposed to contrary thinking, however reasonably expressed, and that no one with a contrary view has the right to put forth their viewpoint. And, for the record, I don't regard the most lavishly-spending, invasive US President in history as "conservative" by definition. But that's just how I and Noah Webster feel.) As Donnie told me, General George Patton attributed much of his military success to the fact that he had read the writings of Field Marshall Erwin Rommel. Yes, if you expose yourself to alternative thinking, you may run the risk of having your mind changed -- not because it will brainwash you, but because you may persuaded to genuinely see the error of your own closed-mindedness. As Donnie pointed out, for those who truly do have the conviction of their beliefs, familiarizing oneself with the way "the other side" thinks could be the key to anticipating their actions and staging their defeat. The arrogance of self-righteousness is, simply put, a weakness. Many a kingdom has fallen due to assumption and vanity. And we would never have achieved civilization if the great orators of ancient Greece hadn't conceived the symposium, giving everyone an equal voice and, more importantly, equal attention.
Donnie told me that he had read extensively the writings of America's founding fathers. I haven't, but according to him, America was initially founded on the principle that the presidency would be shared by a rotating system of five privileged families, which would have been equivalent to a domestic monarchy, if a slightly more democratic one. It was Thomas Jefferson, he told me, who proposed the party system and Benjamin Franklin who wrote that the worst thing that could ever befall this new land was to adopt a two party system; his writing specified that anything less than a five-party system was corruptible and very dangerous. He said that if I was to read Benjamin Franklin's writings on American politics with the key names and some turns of phrase blanked out, I would swear I was reading a description of our current problems.
To Be Continued.
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"The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest." Sir Thomas Moore (1478 - 1535)
For the last three years, blogging about design has become "ordinary" for me, a regular and customary part of my life. At a glance, My Notting Hill is simply words and pictures but that belies its importance to my soul and the extra-ordinary gifts of friendship and community that this endeavor has bestowed. To be listened to and understood is a wonderful kindness to receive. To all of you who read this blog, my sincerest thank you. To everyone I have met through this blog, my life is richer for it. Thank you.
This past week, a surprise package from the very talented and ever thoughtful Patricia van Essche arrived at my door step; a set of note cards of one of her illustrations that I had admired. Fittingly it represents the joy of both giving and receiving and echoes how I feel about writing my blog and reading others.
Speaking of gift giving, I am fortunate that Ramsign, a Danish company specializing in high quality, porcelain enamel signs recently contacted me about a giveaway for my readers. The lucky winner will receive either a house number sign or name sign of their choosing. There are five classic styles and colors to select from and the giveaway is open to anyone, regardless of location.
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Opinion: The Food Stamp Administration
Editorial board member Steve Moore on the explosion in food stamps. Photo: Associated Press
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... welcome to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... read the primaries when you Gingrich was ridiculed for saying that present Obama have put more people on food stamps and any other present day in history ... well it turns out he was right editorial board member Steve Moore asserting go through the numbers with us ... Steve ... so forty seven point eight million Americans on food stamps as of December of last year it's up seventy percent from two thousand and eight ... are we in Europe ... yet you know Mary this is just an amazing story there and I'll ... buy close to forty six million Americans on food stamps and by the way we're supposed to be ... high you know in the third or fourth year of a recovery from recession so ... we still evident that what's really amazing is that as the so called recovery has gotten going more Americans have gone on food stamps ... I I think that's out in a bad way what forty six million that one out of every seven American families ... this is an all-time rocker that I find it very serene itself and not just two steps but all the while directing Abhiram at steven East Coast or forty eight tablets could turn up on the screen about the rising costs here ... up close to seventy five billion dollars ... um Steve ... how is it that this program keeps growing if the economy's recovery ... play audio Mary I think that this is not happening by activity on the line and I'll Wall Street Journal piece at that ... the biggest factor behind the upward march approached the apps is a sluggish job market and a rising poverty rate now look that clearly is one big factor but leaving out also an important factor which is ... remember this to us that Mary ... believes that food stamps and unemployment insurance is in the economic stimulus to the economy so back in two thousand I didn't and the administration in some advise people actually have outreach programs to try to get as many Americans is possible that go on food stamps and you know the story is Mary that got in a lot of the Latino neighborhoods in and out low income neighborhoods the running TV ads and the specter of radio ads telling people to go watch food stamps that helps the local economy the more people on food stamps the other ... that Andy the other thing of course was the of this ration of the ... work requirements for food stamps I'm a big believer if you actually put out of robust work requirement that she had to work to get these bad assets I think you'd be of Sierra ... Nevada half the number of people on food stamps as our not so funny if it straight Steve so people who can afford to feed themselves the government is saying please don't eat more ... on the taxpayer's dime ... and in you have the first lady on the other side stand ... the Gotti it lets you need to exercise countries ... um ... okay ... let's go on to some unease other of programs Social Security unemployment ... and disability ... it's the same CRE were saying there is a record number of people not just on food stamps but the unemployment insurance we extended about outfits offer up to two years of those benefits are still very very generous so Security disability payments of an all-time high ... Medicaid payments are an all-time high of course we haven't even discussed that they knew what kind of let that stop and twenty million more Americans on the form of welter which is Obamacare which is to put all of these people on either the Medicaid system so the welfare state is ... booming like it has never been before ... what disturbs me as I was there a ninety four ninety five when we put in place ... the welfare Ohio you know while reforms by a doctor in which work very well and the lowest dose reforms in my opinion have been all but eviscerated Hamburg and talk about rising Obamacare cost the show ring or colleague at it next on the show ... on Steve Annie what kinds of ... well ... all just ask you use it to refer to the Clinton era when the Clintons think of this president in history all the reform ... there is less than a penny in all this was one of the signatures in Nevada where was I just don't find it was ill people and governors like Tommy Thompson and John Engler about Mr. get an antidote to get rich and big army that and that was one of the great public policy success stories of the last fifty years we cut the welfare rolls by fifty percent those people move off of welfare into work though what disturbs me is an economist as I do believe what you're seeing one of the reasons without a high of one or raise taxes because jobs are scarce but because workers it you've created an incentive for people to stay out well for not going to work because sometimes very they can actually lose money and bought up its overall if they get a job that they stay on welfare and that's that that's a dim witted system ... that basically we are Europe and we have a dim witted system is editorial board member Steve Moore puts it


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We dare you to take a real vacation
By Katia Hetter, CNN • Updated 21st August 2012
For a brief moment, I consider interrupting the first Monday of my vacation.
I have been trying to schedule three calls for weeks. On the Friday before my vacation starts, I learn that everyone I've needed to interview for the past few weeks will be available on the first weekday of my vacation.
Can I do it? I have no idea what we might be doing that Monday. Maybe we'll be at the beach, canoeing with the kids, at a seafood shack for lunch or celebrating my friend's birthday with cake or pie or whatever she likes. (What does she want? Note to self to ask her sister or her son.)
I realize the irony here. How often have I written stories extolling the benefits of a real vacation? I've often suggested putting down the smartphone and leaving work e-mail and projects behind. Never mind l
iving your vacation on social media
: I've even reported that taking
too many pictures can get in the way
of truly experiencing a vacation.
I have no doubt that a real vacation free of work is good for me. I'm looking forward to time off with my daughter and my friends. And if I let the farmland that is my brain go fallow for a time and enjoy my vacation with friends and family, I might come back rested with more story ideas for CNN.com. So why is it so hard to put down work and enjoy time off?
Eventually, I discovered a solution that kept me true to the people I wanted to interview -- and to myself. But first, I wanted to learn more about this tricky issue:
Maybe I'm not indispensable?
About 57% of Americans who get vacation time don't use all of it, most of them because of their heavy workload, according to a
Harris Interactive study for JetBlue
. And almost 10% of those surveyed reported that the unstable job market --
the U.S. unemployment rate was 8.3% in July
-- made them afraid to take time off.
Those twin concerns are real: Workers heading out on vacation legitimately worry about the work that can pile up while they're away. They also might feel guilty about leaving work to others who may not do as a good a job. Or maybe they will? Any injured Major League Baseball player knows the rookie brought up from the minor leagues is auditioning for his slot.
Who's getting paid time off?
Whatever the reason, many of us don't ever truly disconnect from work. Only 2% of respondents to a global survey didn't check in with work while on vacation, according to
Leslie Perlow
, a Harvard Business School professor who conducted a 2009 survey of Harvard Business School executive education alumni. While her survey respondents weren't explicitly concerned about losing their jobs, they did worry about how they would be perceived by others and what might happen in their absence.
"It's very hard to just turn off because things do happen (at work) and there are internal and external expectations," says Perlow, author of "Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 Habit and Change the Way You Work." "If something important comes up and people don't know about it, they can get their hands slapped for it. So they check in just in case."
The addiction to connection
In a fast-paced work environment where thousands of e-mails get sent every day, the stimulation from work can be addictive. It's also an easy way to avoid nagging personal issues like the state of one's marriage or the problems the children are having at school -- or even your bad childhood relationship with your parents. (Have you been avoiding anything lately?)
Turning off the technology to enjoy a nature hike or a sunset can seem boring or torture (for those with family troubles) in comparison. That doesn't sound like fun.
"A lot of people are really busy because they take a little dose of family and then they want to back off," says
Joanne Cantor
, a communications professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. "You can see parents with teenagers and see teens going for their gadgets all the time. It's a good thing, but not necessarily the easiest thing to devote more time to your family."
Why bother vacationing at all if it's going to cause stress at work or force you to hang out with family you don't even like? At least taking your smartphone or computer will allow you to get away from all that restfulness and togetherness.
Vacation makes you a better employee
Cantor promises there is a benefit. When we're looking through the narrow tunnel of what we need to do just for today or tomorrow or this week, we tend to see things the same way. Stepping outside the workplace for a bit can help people see new solutions to age-old problems.
"Your brain can't focus constantly [so] just getting out of that routine of focusing on your screen just refreshes your brain and makes your brain work better," says Cantor, author of "Conquer CyberOverload: Get More Done, Boost Your Creativity, and Reduce Stress." "If you get away, it allows your brain to relax and allows all these other things you know that you haven't thought of in awhile and don't think are related to what you're doing and to come to the forefront naturally."
Which countries have the most vacation days?
My enjoyment of a sunset apparently doesn't just benefit me. A workplace where everyone works together in advance to cover each other on vacation can actually become a more efficient workplace.
Imagine a workplace where managers and staff talk in advance about priorities and what actually needs to get done when anyone goes on vacation. "It causes us to be much more open and aware of what really needs to get done," says Perlow. "It's a tremendous learning (opportunity) because we better understand our work and have more collective ownership (of the workplace). Managers talk about how their team members can step up and solve problems they couldn't solve before."
It's OK to take a work call
It doesn't mean you'll never get interrupted on vacation, Perlow says. A collaborative work environment might designate a colleague who will check your e-mail while you're away and only call you "if it's truly urgent and no one internally can respond," she says. "It avoids you having to check your e-mail just in case."
That happened to me the first time my boss went on vacation. She trained me in advance to cover for her, made sure I knew who to ask for help and didn't penalize me for any mistakes I made while she was away. My colleagues helped, explaining all sorts of technical tasks that made no sense to me. She gave me enough information that I could leave her alone while she was away.
So I made a commitment to stay away from work for my week in Wellfleet. No matter that our house would have wireless Internet access: I decided to try to only use it for fun: the phone number for the kayaking rentals at Gull Pond, the hours for my favorite seafood shack and other good stuff. That didn't mean I wouldn't take any urgent work calls (I had just one) or reply to a few e-mails. But I'd try to be on vacation.
For all those reasons, I wrote some version of the following message to my interviewees: "I'm on vacation next week and must protect it or all my travel stories about the importance of taking a vacation will be a lie."
"I applaud and envy your fence-building around personal time ... enjoy!" replied Brad Hawkins, a spokesman for Southwest Airlines. We scheduled his call for the Tuesday after my return.
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