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An Answer to Budvarson's
Budvarson now attacks (pages 37 and 38) the credibility of the Book of Mormon account respecting the curse brought by the Lord upon the skins of the rebellious segment of the Nephite people known as Lamanites. (2 Nephi 5:21; Jacob 3:5; Alma 3:6-9) He also calls attention to the accounts of converted Lamanites whose skins were turned white (3 Nephi 2:12-16) and ridicules the entire matter of the curse and its revocation in these words:
These words, better than anything we might say, reveal the spirit of ridicule with which Budvarson undertakes his whole investigation of the Book of Mormon. The last two sentences alone would reveal to any good Latter-day Saint who knows his Book of Mormon just how twisted Budvarson's concepts of Mormon views are.
Know this, Mr. Budvarson, that the Book of Mormon teachings respecting the Indian people of our day do not promise that they shall become white immediately upon conversion, as you imply. After the Lamanite people are restored to a knowledge of their fathers and to the knowl-
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edge of Christ as had by their ancestors, they shall rejoice. (2 Nephi 30: 5)
The process of change will be a gradual one, and, as a matter of fact, our ministry among the Indian peoples has only now gotten off to a good start. We make at present no claims for our Lamanite converts as a body; neither does the Book of Mormon except as quoted above. The real test is still yet future.
Up to this point Mr. Budvarson has been shadow boxing; he has hit nothing but thin air, not being able to direct a single blow that really hurts the Book of Mormon. Now, beginning at the bottom of his page 38 he is going to administer the final, merciful blow, the "coup de grace" to all claims for the Book of Mormon, by showing "true archaeological data." He quotes extensively from the Nephite record to "furnish illustrations of the immensity of the nations, their civilizations, and their cultures," and gives the names of numerous cities mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Then he says (page 40):
In letters dated December 18, 1946, February 11 and 16, 1951, November 14, 1956, and October 10, 1958, from various authorities of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., Budvarson (pages 41-42, 61-63) attempts to show that there is no scientific evidence, archaeological or otherwise, which supports Book of Mormon descriptions
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of ancient American civilizations and cultures. We shall answer the letters of the Smithsonian experts last.
In his pages 43-47, Budvarson deals with "Peculiar Stories of a Peculiar Language," ridiculing the prophet Joseph Smith's story of Martin Harris' visit to Professor Charles Anthon with a copy of characters taken from the Nephite record. The gentleman asserts that "it is obvious that deceptive and contradictory statements have been made evidently with fraudulent intent." (p. 45) He asks four questions, based on the prophet's account, the last two of which we shall answer at this point. The other two we think are sufficiently well answered in our Chapter IX, "Some Problems Arising from Martin Harris' Visit to Professor Charles Anthon." The four questions asked by Budvarson we give for the benefit of our readers:
(1) The Book of Mormon states that "none other people knoweth our language," [Morm. 9:34] how then could Professor Anthon have known the translation was correct if it was an unknown language? (It is still unknown!)
(2) Why would Professor Anthon say the characters were true Egyptian, Chaldaic, Assyriac, and Arabic, all of which are known languages, when the Book of Mormon says the characters were "reformed Egyptian," a language known only to the Nephites?
(3) Martin Harris was one of the "three witnesses" to the Book of Mormon. Just what was the purpose of Harris taking the plates to Professor Anthon?
(4) Why did Joseph Smith give the characters and the translation of the characters to Martin Harris when Smith knew that God had had to prepare the means for interpreting and translating the plates?
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In answer to question (3), we simply point out that Martin Harris was not one of the "three witnesses" to the Book of Mormon when he went to see Professor Anthon in February of 1828. It was not until June, 1829, that the revelation was given to Joseph Smith permitting Martin Harris to be one of the "three witnesses." (See D. & C. 17.) And there are at least two good reasons why Martin Harris took the transcript (not the "plates") to Professor Anthon:
1. The prophet Joseph Smith wanted Martin Harris to acquire faith in him and in his mission by having the testimony of a famed scholar relative to the identification of characters transcribed from the plates. Money would have to be raised to print the Book of Mormon, and Martin Harris would probably do that if he was convinced that the prophet's words could be believed. And you will have to concede, Mr. Budvarson, that Professor Anthon's testimony helped convince Martin Harris to the extent of three thousand dollars, the cost of the First Edition of the Book of Mormon.
2. When the Lord had Joseph Smith send Martin Harris to Professor Anthon (see our Chapter IX), He provided the means for the fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy concerning the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and the "learned." (See 2 Nephi 27: 15-18; cf. Isaiah 29:11.) You will scoff at this, Mr. Budvarson, but try to see how consistent it is from the point of view of Joseph Smith's story.
Budvarson's fourth question, the meaning of which is not entirely clear, has been pretty well answered by us already in our answer to his third question. But if he means to imply that Joseph Smith needed a learned man's confirmation of his translation and identification of characters, the idea is preposterous. If the prophet were an impostor, he would fear the opinion of a learned man. The fact that
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Joseph Smith sent Martin Harris to Professor Anthon is rather evidence that he knew that his identification or translation of characters was correct and that there was nothing to fear.
Inasmuch as Budvarson rejects Joseph Smith's account of Martin Harris' visit to Professor Anthon, he proceeds to give "the true account" (pages 45-47) by presenting Anthon's letter concerning the facts to Mr. E. D. Howe, founder and editor of the Painesville Telegraph, Painesville, Ohio. In his letter to Howe, under date of February 17, 1834, from New York City, Anthon admits the visit of Martin Harris, not by name, but as a "simplehearted farmer," and denies having given approval to the prophet's identification or translation of the characters transcribed from the plates. He also denies giving Martin Harris an opinion in writing respecting the characters. Offhand, it would appear that Budvarson scores an important point in his case against the Book of Mormon, but instead, either with an inexcusable ignorance or oblivious to the facts, he fails to quote to his reading audience another letter of Anthon's in which the learned gentleman contradicts important statements made in his letter to Howe. The reader is again referred to our Chapter IX, where crucial parts of Anthon's letter to the Rev. Dr. T. W. Coit of New Rochelle, New York, under date of April 3, 1841, are compared with the parallels in his letter to E. D. Howe. The comparison is not very complimentary to Professor Anthon. In his letter to Coit, Professor Anthon admits giving Martin Harris an opinion in writing about the characters, a thing he denies in his letter to Howe. Because of this contradiction, we prefer to accept the straightforward account given by Joseph Smith of Martin Harris' visit to Professor Anthon. Now, Mr. Budvarson, why did you come to withhold from your readers the full truth about Anthon's letters? Your omission of Anthon's letter to the Rev. Dr. Coit reflects little credit upon you.
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On pages 48-54 of his brochure, Budvarson professes to give "A Brief Outline of the History Recorded in the Book of Mormon." He makes some general statements which students of the Book of Mormon would challenge, but since they are of little importance for our purposes here, we shall let them pass. He concentrates his attack on the account given of the Jaredites in the Book of Ether, mainly resorting to ridicule in his attempts to sway his readers against the Book of Mormon. His innuendoes are cast more especially at the Jaredites' taking swarms of bees on their journey (Ether 2:3), at the accounts given of the building of the eight barges, at the method of lighting them with sixteen small stones touched by the Lord, at their ventilating systems, and at their being blown for three hundred and forty-four days upon the water and all landing the same day on the promised land. He also attacks the probability of there being on this continent the domestic animals mentioned in Ether 9:18-19, not to mention the account of the final battles of annihilation recorded by Moroni. He ends this section of his brochure by saying (page 54):
Well, Mr. Budvarson, the "many discrepancies and errors" in the account represent your assertions only; you haven't proved them. We just do not agree with you. As a matter of fact, it is not possible to prove or disprove the account given of the building of the eight barges, their lighting, ventilation, miraculous journey, and the like. We have no blueprint as to how the barges were made; moreover, the "blunder" you have the Lord make (page 50) in not providing air for them, and His asking the brother of Jared for "instructions" in the matter of lighting may only have been the Almighty's way of testing the faith and
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spiritual resourcefulness of His servant. It is so easy to ridicule. The miraculous migration of the Jaredites is in much the same category as that of Israel's journey from Egypt to Canaan. Both migrations were accomplished under the watchful eyes of the Lord and with supernatural happenings taking place at intervals. And don't you know, Mr. Budvarson, we can find, if we are prone to do it, just as "many discrepancies and errors" in the Biblical accounts of the Exodus and settlement in Canaan as you profess to find in the Jaredite migration. You as a "true Christian" seem to "believe the Bible to be a complete revelation from God to man." (page 19) But do you really believe in the "wonders" brought about by Moses in Egypt, the turning of the Nile into blood, the frogs, lice, flies, murrain, boils, hail, locusts, thick darkness, the slaying of the firstborn, and the like? Do you really believe that Moses divided the Red Sea, that he brought water from the rock, and that Joshua divided the River Jordan? Do you really believe that Moses led about six hundred and three thousand fighting men (Num. 1:49), plus women and children, a probable total of two million five hundred thousand souls, into the wilderness? About four abreast, these would make a column nearly three hundred and fifty miles long, enough to stretch from Egypt to Sinai and back. Can you honestly say, Mr. Budvarson, that the record of Ether is any more "ridiculous" or that it contains any more "discrepancies and errors" than your Bible account? What could seem to the natural man more "ridiculous," to give another illustration, than the account of the hosts of Israel marching seven times around Jericho, giving a shout and having the walls of the city fall flat? (Josh. 6:15-20) It is no more difficult to believe the story of the Jaredite migration than to believe the Biblical accounts we have cited. If you accept the Bible on faith, so likewise do the Mormon people accept the Jaredite account of their migration.
Coming now to the matter of the domestic animals you
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mention on your page 53, you say:
We frankly admit that scientific evidence for the presence on this continent in historic times of a number of the domestic animals mentioned in the Book of Mormon is sadly lacking at the present time. This lack of evidence is not one that is fatal to our claims for the Book of Mormon, but it is, of course, somewhat disappointing to us. As President B. H. Roberts said many years ago, "It should be remembered that there is a wide difference between a difficulty for which one has not at hand an adequate explanation, and one that would be fatal to the claims made for the Book of Mormon.''1 We believe that in due time the desired evidence will be forthcoming. Research takes time; we cannot hope to present to the world at present complete scientific proof for the Book of Mormon. In the meantime, our faith upholds and sustains us when complete knowledge is lacking to "prove" the Nephite record. Said the Lord to Mormon, "I will try the faith of my people." (3 Nephi 26: 11 )
The reader is referred to our Chapter XVIII, "The Problem of the Horse and Other Domestic Animals," where the difficulties of the problem raised by Budvarson are discussed. Now, while it is true that for the present the lack of evidence concerning the presence of certain domestic animals in Book of Mormon times may be considered a debit in our account let us "count our many blessings" in other respects. Many years ago it was claimed that the Book of Mormon was wrong in its account of the use
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of cement among the inhabitants of this continent. (Helaman 3:7, 9, 11) Today no one would dare challenge such ancient usage. Not too long ago the use or knowledge of the wheel was denied to the ancient inhabitants of whom the Nephite record speaks. To be sure, the Book of Mormon mentions the wheel but once, and that is in a quotation taken from the Book of Isaiah (2 Nephi 15: 28; cf. Isa. 5:28), but the implication that the wheel was commonly used is found in the mention of chariots by the sacred record. (See Alma 18:9, 10, 12; 20:6; 3 Nephi 3: 22.) Now we know for certain that the wheel was used because ancient American toys with wheels have been found.2 And how could Joseph Smith have known, except by inspiration, that the common phrase "land of Jerusalem," in the Book of Mormon, as well as its statement that the Son of God should be "born . . . at Jerusalem . . . the land of our forefathers" (Alma 7:10) was in perfect conformity with ancient usage in the Near East? Not until the Tel-el-Amarna letters were translated could anyone have known how very accurate the Book of Mormon was in its statements. (See our Chapter XV.) Was Joseph Smith just a good guesser, Mr. Budvarson? And then consider how very much the linguistic evidence favors the cause of the Book of Mormon. Studies made of the Nephite text show that the underlying language of the plates was Hebrew, with some Egyptian showing through in the matter of certain proper names. The Nephites were Hebrews, and idiomatic Hebrew constructions show through in the relatively literal English translation made by the prophet Joseph Smith. Studies made of the text of Isaiah quoted in the Book of Mormon are very much in our favor. It is significant that Budvarson made no attack on our linguistic studies of the Book of Mormon. In this important field we can give him a rugged time. Years ago--many of us still remember it--the Mormon people were solemnly assured that the ancients did not write upon metal plates;
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therefore it was claimed that Joseph Smith's account of finding metal plates had to be false. At the present time no serious historian would dream of contesting the fact that the ancients used metal upon which to write. The mass of evidence is such that we need not discuss it here.3 Examples of other "blessings" in favor of the Book of Mormon could be multiplied. This includes Dr. Hugh Nibley's research on the Jaredites, which Budvarson wouldn't appreciate.4
Thus the many scientific illustrations in favor of the Book of Mormon give us faith that all of the problems of a scientific nature connected with it will in due time be solved. We should keep in mind that a great mass of archaeological material from ancient America yet remains to receive scientific evaluation. Who knows what this material will disclose?
It should be noted by Mr. Budvarson that the Bible which he professes to believe in has had just as difficult a time at the hands of carping critics as the Book of Mormon--yes, more so. Not until comparatively recent years have the Old and New Testaments come into their own, archaeologically speaking. And they are not out of the woods yet--far from it; but recent discoveries now bear out to an amazing degree the truth of statements made by the Bible that were scoffed at by critics just a few decades ago. In the light of these facts, why, Mr. Budvarson, can't you find enough milk of human kindness in your soul to avoid ridiculing the Book of Mormon and allow it the same opportunity to prove itself archaeologically as the Bible has? The Mormon people don't ridicule the Bible because many of its statements of a historical nature do not as yet have full archaeological confirmation. American archaeology is very young, and the Book of Mormon needs a reasonable amount of time in which to prove itself. The Nephite record has done remarkably well for itself, however, consid-
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ering the relatively short time it has been before the public.
Now let us consider the letters concerning the Book of Mormon which Budvarson cites from the Smithsonian Institution experts in Washington. Budvarson reproduces a letter (Feb. 16, 1951) from Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr., Acting Director of the Smithsonian Institution (Bureau of American Ethnology) to Mr. Robert C. Breeze, of Norwalk, California in which he says (p. 42):
On page 41 Budvarson also quotes three letters from the Smithsonian Institution in the same general vein in which it is alleged that "there is no correspondence whatever between archaeological sites and cultures as revealed by scientific investigations, and as recorded in the Book of Mormon," and that, moreover, "we know of no authentic cases of ancient Egyptian or Hebrew writings having been found in the New World."
Under date of September 30, 1958, Budvarson wrote a letter (pp. 60-61) to Dr. Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr., in which he named many cultural objects and animals mentioned in the Book of Mormon, not to mention the names of numerous Nephite cities. Then he asked Dr. Roberts to comment on the following specific questions:
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In his answer to Budvarson as of October 10, 1958, Dr. Roberts said the following things of most interest to us (pp. 62-63):
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Now, let it be said that we have high respect for Dr. Roberts and his colleagues at the Smithsonian Institution and for their scientific competency, but let it be noted at the same time that they can hardly be said to know the Book of Mormon and its problems relative to geography, anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics like the men on our staff at Brigham Young University. We think it a pity that critics like Mr. Budvarson, not knowing much about the fundamentals underlying Book of Mormon problems, erect a straw man and then "use" honest scientists like Dr. Roberts to knock it down or to charge it in Don Quixote style. Let us patiently examine Budvarson's six questions and Dr. Roberts' answers. We think his answers represent well the views of Smithsonian Institution scientists.
In his first question, Budvarson asks whether any cities named in the Book of Mormon have been discovered. This was quite a naive question to ask in the first place. Supposing scientists had excavated cities like Zarahemla, Antiparah, and Nephihah, how could they expect to identify the ancient names of such places? Could they expect to
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find a plaque, for instance, inscribed in Hebrew or reformed Egyptian saying, "This is the city of Zarahemla"? Or could they expect to find a sign on the approaches to a city saying the equivalent of "5 miles to Antiparah"? Seldom are American archaeologists blessed by finding inscriptions or caches of material that tell (if they can be read) the name of or anything intimate about a given site. Dr. Roberts was perfectly correct in saying that no "archaeological site has been identified with any of the names of the cities mentioned in the Book of Mormon." Let us ask Budvarson and Dr. Roberts if they know the true ancient name of any "Preclassic" American city that has been excavated, Nephite or otherwise. What makes Budvarson's question even more pointless is the fact that the bulk of archaeological excavation in Middle America has been on sites which are dated after Book of Mormon times. How could Dr. Roberts be expected to give a positive answer to Budvarson's question when very few or no true Book of Mormon sites have as yet received thorough archaeological investigation? Our point is made very clear by this quotation from a letter written by our colleague, Dr. M. Wells Jakeman, which is to appear in a forthcoming publication of the University Archaeological Society:5
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Budvarson's second question, in which he asks whether true archaeological data of the New World agree with the subject matter of the Book of Mormon, should, of course, have been answered in the light of what we brought out in connection with his first question, namely, the paucity of excavated sites in true Book of Mormon areas and periods. Dr. Roberts gives the conventional answer (see above) concerning cultural objects and animals which we might expect but which we do not altogether agree with. It should be noticed that Dr. Roberts points out that not many cultural objects have been found as yet in pre-colonial archaeological sites. On this point, Budvarson is simply using the argument from silence against the Book of Mormon, which proves nothing. A few decades ago the same type of argument could be used against the Bible. But modern archaeology has tremendously enhanced our knowledge of cultural remains, and we hear few such arguments today. And as for evidence of remains of many domestic animals in ancient American sites, we shall simply have to wait patiently until the evidence is finally in. Our colleague, Dr. Ross T. Christensen, recently (July 17, 1963) wrote a short letter to a person concerning Dr. Roberts' answer to Mr. Budvarson in which he says:
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There is really some point to Mr. Budvarson's third question relative to the Book of Mormon being used or recognized as a guide in archaeological investigations, because many over-enthusiastic Latter-day Saints have from time to time asserted, quite uncritically, that scientists, especially those from the Smithsonian Institution, have so used the Nephite record. Dr. Roberts' letter to Mr. Breeze on the matter (see above) is quite justified. Careful Book of Mormon scholars have never made such assertions, and those of us on the staff of Brigham Young University have done our best to discourage statements of the nature implied in Mr. Budvarson's question.
Dr. Roberts implies in his letter to Budvarson by way of an answer to question 4 that he has not found that any of the archaeological data as known by him and his associates correspond with the subject matter of the Book of Mormon. But Dr. Roberts honestly admits that he is "not thoroughly versed in the Book of Mormon"; neither does he discuss the possible value of the Book of Mormon when archaeologists really begin to excavate in American sites that are admittedly of "preclassic" significance, that is, come in the area and time of which the Nephite record speaks. We well remember a prominent archaeologist who scoffed at the Old Testament when he began to excavate
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in Palestine, but our friends tell us that before his excavations had proceeded very far he had made the books of Kings a veritable handbook. Book of Mormon scholars can afford to wait patiently for a positive answer to Budvarson's fourth question. Dr. Roberts gave the best answer he could, since he is not a Book of Mormon scholar.
Budvarson's fifth question, relative to Hebrew or Egyptian writings being found in ancient American ruins, was answered by Dr. Roberts very broadly when he said that to the best of his knowledge "no authentic Hebrew or Egyptian writings have ever been found in the New World." We could, of course, not expect to find such writing in "Classic" or post-Book-of-Mormon sites, nor would many such inscriptions--inscriptions of any kind, for that matter--likely be found on the surface of sites of the "Preclassic" or Book of Mormon period where little or no excavation has been done. Dr. Breasted's examination of Chichen Itza would seem to be on a site of the Classic and Late Classic periods (c. 350-1500 A.D.), mostly after Book of Mormon times. Besides, we should not expect to find much Egyptian influence on a site dated 1000-2000 years or more after the Nephites had left Jerusalem. It may be true that Dr. Roberts has no knowledge of authentic Hebrew or Egyptian writings being found in the New World, but we, on the other hand, have some reason to believe that a few samples of true Hebrew writings have been found. And we happen to know of three instances where two pendants and a part of another, with Egyptian hieroglyphic characters upon them, have been found. Three young women found a copper or bronze triangle with such characters upon it under a rock on the mountains east of Provo, Utah. A number of men on the Brigham Young University staff saw it. We, of course, thought it might be a forgery. Three years later, Mr. Jesse Roots of Salt Lake City sent us a picture (both sides) of a pendant found by him twenty-two years before in a field in Illinois. It was covered with
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Egyptian hieroglyphics and the triangle at one end was proved similar to the one found by the girls east of Provo! The very same characters were upon both, but it was apparent they did not come out of the same mold. To cap it all, Dr. W. W. Strong, a physicist of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, sent us a photograph of a "brass" pendant covered with Egyptian hieroglyphics that had been found near Wellsville, York Co., Pa. This pendant proved to be the same kind as the one found by Mr. Roots. Here we have three separate finds far remote from one another and by people completely unknown to each other. Dr. Strong and his friends had also collected enough Hebrew-like inscriptions on rocks as to justify their forming "The Phoenician Historical Society of America." It is of interest to know that two or three ancient Roman coins, quite unrelated to the Book of Mormon material, have been found in Idaho and Utah. Latter-day Saint scholars are, of course, making no scientific claims for the small number of Hebrew and Egyptian materials that have come to our attention, but we are keeping our eyes open. We strongly advise Mr. Budvarson to make no rash claims about Hebrew and Egyptian writing not being found in the New World. What Dr. Roberts said about such writing is purely negative and proves nothing as far as the Nephite record is concerned.
Budvarson's sixth question concerning the identity of cureloms and cumoms is perfectly ridiculous. Why did you ask the question of Dr. Roberts in the first place, Mr. Budvarson, since you seem to have made up your mind that these animals had "only existed in someone's imagination"? (p. 53) Why should you refer to "numerous dictionaries and encyclopedias" to find out about them when the Mormon people themselves don't know, neither have they pretended to know, their identity. Not only that, but Moroni, who mentioned them in the sacred record, didn't know what they were, else why should he have transliterated their Jaredite names, which transliteration was adopted by
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Joseph Smith? Why should Dr. Roberts be expected to know what kind of animals cureloms and cumoms were when neither Moroni nor the Momon people know? The problem raised by Joseph Smith is a perfectly legitimate one, as any competent and discerning translator will admit. When a translator isn't acquainted with a particular kind of animal, has never seen it nor does not know of anyone who might recognize it, what can he do but transliterate the name as Joseph Smith did?
We conclude that no Latter-day Saint or investigator need be deceived by or converted to Mr. Budvarson's views concerning the Book of Mormon. His case fails because he has neither the spiritual insight nor the necessary training to criticize it competently.
1 New Witnesses for God. Il. 535.
2 See, e.g., Dr. Frank S. Harris, Jr.. The Book of Mormon Message and Evidences pp. 91, 92, 1953
3 Those interested may consult Ariel L. Crowley, Metal Record Plates in Ancient Times, 1947; About the Book of Mormon, Ch. III, 1961; Frank S. Harris, Jr., op. cit.. Ch. 10.
4 Lehi in the Desert and the World of the Jaredites. Bookcraft Publishing Co. 1952.
5 Our thanks go to Dr. Ross T. Christensen for permission to quote this material.
6 The statement in italics at the head of Alma 11 is not part of the text of the Book of Mormon proper.
7 It is strange that Dr. Roberts was not familiar with--at least he doesn't mention--A. W. Tozzer's translation (edited with notes) of Landas' Relacion De Las Cosas De Yucatan. Vol. XVIII pp. 35, 121, 122, 172, 216, 238, (Peabody Museum Papers, 1941) where references are made to various kinds of armor (quilted cotton packets. helmets, shields) and to little hatchets of metal. These references are to usage in the Mayan area at the time of the coming of the Spaniards, but the references also make very clear that the practices are old, going back at least into Early Classic times (400 A.D.) and probably earlier in many cases. We are indebted to our colleague, Dr. John L. Sorenson, anthropologist, for these references. Attention is also called to his article on metals in the University Archaeological Society Bulletin. No. 5, 1954.
8 See Alfonso Caso, et al., "Conocieron la Rueda lost Indigenas Mesoamericanos?" (Did the Natives of Mesoamerica Know the Use of the Wheel?), Cuadernos Americanos, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Jan.-Feb., 1946), Mexico, D.F. Cf. Gordon F. Ekholm, "Wheeled Toys in Mexico," American Antiquity, Vol. 11, No. 4 (April, 1946), pp 222-228
9 See references to Tozzer's work (as of footnote 7), pp. 201, 207, for mention of silk. This reference is also by courtesy of Dr. John L. Sorenson.


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S04E19 We're Off to See the Wizard
In the underworld, Cole is preparing to oath in the presence of the evil book of shadows Grimoire in a coronation ceremony to become the new The Source and achieves full power. The last wizard unsuccessfully tries to steal the Grimoire and associates to Piper and Paige to avoid the ceremony. Paige tells Phoebe that Piper and she believe Cole is a demon, and the upset Phoebe has a premonition confirming that her sisters are right about her beloved husband. Meanwhile, The See poisons Phoebe, using her pregnancy and her love for Cole to convince her to be the Evil-Queen of The Source.
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A 4-year-old boy was killed and two children were injured in a fire that destroyed a house about 3 miles north of Stephen, Minn., on Friday, the Marshall County Sheriff's Office said.
The boy's body was found late Saturday afternoon, April 21.
The two other children were taken to Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. They had not been identified by authorities, and there was no immediate word on their condition.
Authorities said they received a 911 call from someone at the home at 10:19 p.m. Friday, saying that two children had been injured and a third child was possibly still in the house.
Fire and ambulance crews from Stephen, Argyle, Kennedy and Karlstad responded.
The incident remains under investigation by the sheriff's office and the state fire marshal.
Stephen is a town of about 700 people on U.S. Hwy. 75, about 40 miles north of East Grand Forks.
Resident Kathy Wright said said the tragedy has hit the small community hard.
"I saw the ambulances and fire trucks go out, and later someone called and said it was a bad fire," she said.
She learned with the rest of the community on Saturday morning that a boy apparently had died in the fire and that two others were hurt.
She works at the local school and knew the family but declined to say more about the boys because of school privacy rules.
"There's been other fires and accidents here," she said. "Fires are always bad, and we've had fires where houses were burned. But I've never known of anybody who was hurt like this. I think everybody was in shock."
Wright also works at the local grocery store, and the fire and loss of a child were "on the minds of everybody here," she said. "It's just such a tragedy."


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Wycombe: The Opposition View
Following Wycombe's 3-1 defeat at the hands of Bournemouth yesterday afternoon, here are some views from Cherries' manager Eddie Howe and a few of their fans.
The Cherries new manager spoke to his club's official website: 'I'm absolutely delighted with all the boys. I thought all eleven and the substitutes were exceptional today and there were some great performances out there.'
'We started the game well but the goal we conceded was a setback. In previous games, conceding a goal has affected us but it didn't today.'
'Brett scored a great free-kick which lifted everyone and then we forced the game and deserved to be in the lead.'
The new boss brought the club's longest serving player, Steve Fletcher, back from Crawley Town just in time to play against Wycombe and he was pleased with the veteran's contribution:
'I thought Fletch was immense and that's why I brought him back to the club. He was on to the other players constantly to keep them working. He wants to get Bournemouth out of trouble because he cares deeply about this club.'
'I'm delighted to get my first win as a manager. The second half seemed to go on forever, but it was thoroughly deserved.'
The Cherries fans were over the moon. The new boss is a former player, another hero returned to the club and played centre forward and to cap it all off, they beat the league-leaders. They didn't think much of us though.
The following extracts are taken from 'Vital Bournemouth', 'Football Forums', 'The Football Forum', BBC606 and 'The Bournemouth Echo'.
GaryafCb wrote:
'It does make the whole football experience a little better when you have a team who are trying. Great stuff today.'
Lord Snooty wrote:
'A fine victory. And as our brave warriors took the plaudits of the crowd, Eddie gathered them in a team huddle. Comradeship, Passion and true team bonding. It made me proud....and as I descended the steps of the East Stand with moist eyes...I saw a wet glint in many an eye. We were superb today.'
fritter wrote:
'In the first half their number 8 ran the game, he was always in space, passes always accurate. It was surprising that no-one sat on him. It was a masterclass in creating space. Second half, we marked him so well they took him off.'
Jimnnina wrote:
'AFCB ran the game, Wycombe were passing for the sake of it, AFCB defended from the front.'
xnoddyx wrote:
'The key thing today was belief, we went behind but got ourselves back in to it and we never ever let Wycombe settle on the ball.'
paul49 wrote:
'I would like to see a replay of the Wycombe goal. From where I was sitting right behind the goal and at the back of the North Stand the ball never looked completely over the line.'
Red-Dez wrote:
'For the free-kick goal, I was watching the wall and remarking that their goalkeeper's position meant he surely couldn't see Brett striking the ball, so he only needed to make sure he hit the target to score.'
mistymountgollum wrote:
'Wycombe had a good spell a couple of times in the second half, playing some very neat, one-touch football but were lucky not to concede more goals. Bournemouth were worthy winners and will now go on an unbeaten run, culminating in winning the play-off final at Wembley in May!'
Pazz AFCB wrote:
'Great performance. Fully deserved the 3-1 win, pressured Wycombe and made them lose the ball a lot. Highlight of the day apart from the result.. Wycombe fans singing 'stand up if you're 1-0 up' and us doing 'stand up if you're 2-1 up' not long after. Faces on their fans - priceless. They were pretty average as a team I thought, might well bottle it but have the ability to stay in the top 3. Best team won on the day.'
AFBC_Nutter wrote:
'We even gave Wycombe a head start and we still never looked like losing. That's the first time in at least 2 years that we've won a game from going 1 down. Wycombe were quite poor, giving the ball away so much. They looked slack at the back and had little imagination to break us down.'
Mark_AFBC wrote:
'How the **** are Wycombe top? we even gave them a goal head start and they still wilted under the pressure we put on them. We could have had a couple more, Wycombe had one shot saved and one or two heart in mouth moments with penalty area pinball, but never put a proper move together to break us down.'
danny b wrote:
'Great to see the lads showing a bit more desire and fight. Have to say though, did we make them look as average as they looked today or is it a measure of the poor standard of the league we are in?'
Chubby_Cherry wrote:
'Has there ever been a more dominant heading display by a striker in a game? If it wasn't for the ref, Fletcher would have won every header.'
And Finally...
Aussie_AFCB wrote:
'Surely the game is worth putting on DVD? Return of Fletch, Eddie`s first game as manager, a thumping win against the league leaders, passion, pride…a box office winner, a best seller guaranteed to make some dosh for AFCB. I`d buy one.'
I Wouldn't.


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If you dream of having a tree like this in your yard, wake up and smell the pine trees.
We're more likely to have snow at Christmas than to successfully grow most firs and spruces in Louisiana.
"A conical, needled evergreen is not a really common plant to survive here," said Denyse Cummins, retired LSU AgCenter horticulturist. "There's Eastern red cedar, but who wants that prickler in their landscape?"
She's got a point. Three gigantic cedars live in my backyard and I give them a wide berth except at Christmas, when I snip off branches with their pretty blue berries to use in holiday arrangements.
So what can you plant if you want a "Christmas tree" in your yard?
"Arborvitae and Leyland cypress make a nice holiday tree, but are a little fussy in the garden, getting twig blight if grown in less than perfect conditions," Denyse said.
Leyland cypress is also LSU AgCenter forester Ricky Kilpatrick's top choice because it resembles a cedar "but doesn't stick and make you itch." He too warned of its disease tendencies and recommended alternating types of fungicide so the tree doesn't build up resistance.
Ricky also mentioned deodar cedar, which has a natural Christmas tree form when young, but flattens at the top when mature.
And both Denyse and Ricky had a couple of unusual recommendations.
"I very highly recommend Cryptomeria japonica as a living Christmas tree, but I haven't seen it offered for sale here," Denyse said. "I only know about it because my husband gave it as a Christmas tree to his parents 35 years ago. I'm now living in that house and it is a wonderful, unusual tree all grown up in the landscape. Pretty cinnamon bark; different foliage."
Ricky's pick? Savannah holly, a smaller variety of American holly. "It's real Christmasy looking and good for planters and things like that."
Foster Cook, a co-owner of Akin's Nursery, offers Arizona cypresses and Blue Point junipers to customers who are looking for living Christmas trees. Both have a natural pyramid form and have done well locally, he said.
So the choices are pretty limited.
But don't be blue this Christmas. Bet gardeners with Noble firs in their yards dream of having blooming roses in December.


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Rihanna has been racking up the air miles in the heat of 2011. From turning up the heat Down Under in our already warm climate, then returning to her hotter homeland of Barbados for some cultural R&R, backing up in the UK for the V Music Festival and finishing up the summer season partying on a yacht in St Tropez.
Earlier this year in our summer, the gorgeous Rihanna graced our Australian shores for her "Last Girl On Earth Tour." My boy Nick went to see the crimson haired vixen and below are some photos of her belting out her tunes, with a billion (well not quite) costume changes in Brisbane, Australia.
Getting up close and personal with her Rihanna Navy singing "Only Girl In The World."


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Eagles rout Wellman-Union JV, 76-18
Published 6:13 am, Saturday, November 21, 2015
The Plainview Christian Academy boys basketball team had the Wellman-Union junior varsity squad outmatched in the second round of the Cotton Center Tournament Friday.
The Eagles outscored Wellman-Union 40-4 in the second half and ran away with a 76-18 victory. They pitched a shutout in the fourth quarter, holding Wellman-Union scoreless while putting up 14 points in the stanza.
PCA jumped to leads of 17-6 after one quarter and 36-14 at halftime. They sealed the outcome with a 26-4 run in the third quarter to take a commanding 62-18 lead into the final eight minutes.
With the game well in hand, the Eagles used the fourth quarter to work on their offense and defense as they might do in practice. With just six players on the team, because four players were still competing with the football team in the postseason playoffs, the Eagles got the chance to work on offense and defense against a full squad. It's something they can't do in practice with just six suited up.
Plainview jumped on Wellman-Union early. They scored the first seven points of the game in the opening 1 minute, 48 seconds. Sophomore point guard Todd Earhart swished a three-point shot 17 seconds into the game and the rout was on. Six-foot-five James Hall put in an offensive rebound to make it 5-0. Earhart stole the ball and raced in for a layup to cap the opening run.
Earhart scored 10 of his 24 points in the first quarter, including a pair of three-pointers.
Leading 17-6, PCA scored the first 11 points of the second quarter and held Wellman Union without a basket for the first half of the period.
Ben Shaw opened the second quarter with a layup. Josh Brown then stole the ball and swooped in for a layup. Cameron Holt stole the ball again from Wellman Union and got the ball to Brown, who fed Earhart for a layup to make the score 23-6.
Earhart hit a layup, Brown had a free throw, and Hall put in an offensive rebound to put PCA up 28-6 before Wellman Union could score in the quarter.
Brown led PCA with 27 points. He scored 11 in the second quarter.
The Eagles led 40-16 early in the third quarter when they ran off 18 unanswered points in five and a half minutes. Brown scored 10 points during the run and had 12 for the quarter.
The 27 points for Brown and 24 for Earhart were career highs. Hall added nine points and Shaw finished with eight points. Jonathan Sammann had six points and Holt had two to round out the Eagles' scoring.
PCA played their final game in the Cotton Center Tournament on Saturday. They return to action Tuesday when they travel to Kress for a 7:30 p.m. contest.


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Collectivists, but especially collectivist elites, hate capitalism – I mean real capitalism, where the people involved in a transaction do so of their own free will and without any government coercion or theft to influence the deal – because it limits their opportunity for graft. I don't think that it is a coincidence that it was during the presidency of Bill Clinton that we started not only offshoring so much American manufacturing and know-how, often with the Clintons making big money from it. Do you remember the Chinese military contribution to Bill's campaign that gave China access to both nuclear technology and critical missile technology to accurately deliver the nukes under the guise of trade? Several decades of expensive R&D and close to a trillion dollar of technology and know-how went to China for a measly $2 million to Bills campaign.
We should have known then that this was the direction America was heading in. I don't think it is a coincidence that the sector making the most money today is the one that sells favors. And revelations like this one, clarify why that is the case:
I wouldn't want to be standing too close to this Doug Band guy anytime soon, especially not before the election Nov. 8.
Another thing I wouldn't want to do is have to write a life insurance policy for Doug Band. In case you haven't been paying much attention to the inner workings of the Clinton Foundation as detailed in the WikiLeaks dumps, Doug Band's role is summed up nicely in this headline from the L.A. Times:
"An aide says he once arranged for $50 million in payments for Bill Clinton."
Fifty million! And now it's all laid out, in public documents, by Doug Band himself. Far, far beyond a reasonable doubt, if you want to get technical about it. Even James Comey could make this case — but he wants to keep breathing, too.
These latest leaks really do explain the whole breathtaking pay-to-play aspect of the Clinton Foundation. Band is bragging about his prowess as an extortionist, although he prefers to call it "the unorthodox nature of our roles." But he does point out with some pride that his shakedowns, I mean charitable outreaches on behalf of Bill Clinton, "guided more than $30 million for him personally, with $66 million to be paid out over the next nine years."
Wow! Whatever happened to, "Never write when you can speak, never speak when you can nod, never nod when you can wink"?
These people didn't just write it down, they emailed it out, on unsecure servers.
Amazing enough that the mobsters running this racketeering enterprise are totally out in the open, not even bothering with masks. But the outfit's capo, or consigliere, is the odds-on favorite to become the next president of the United States.
Everybody trying to understand this Clinton Foundation grift is asking themselves, "How come nobody ever thought of this kind of mega-scam before?"
My answer would be, earlier racketeers dreamed of such a grift, but they quickly realized they could never get away with it. They would have been locked up faster than Al Capone or Whitey Bulger.
But these are the Clintons. They make the Kennedys seem law-abiding. And we are no longer in "America," we live in a banana republic, where everything is for sale, from the top down.
Our new money making economy is no longer about making things of value, but about selling favors, shuffling around paper at a huge cost, and in general paying off grievance mongers and their ilk. Basically what we now have an elite class that fleeces us all. They make massive amounts of money trading favors and blowing massive amounts of tax payer money on bureaucratic morass while the rest of us that still are productive get told we need to give up even more of what we make so they can keep doing what they are doing.
Trump may be a douche, but the Clintons are fucking criminals of the highest order. And all the focus on the bullshit about Trump being a poor candidate or running a poor campaign, the fantasies that other candidates would have done better, or the concern that Trump is a dirty talker, whatever your real motive for attacking him while ignoring the fact the Clintons make him look like a boy scout, only serves to help usher in an even more incompetent presidency than that of Obama.
Ask yourself why this campaign is about Trumps inadequacies and not about the issues and the Clintons corruption. If your take on it is that's Trumps fault, then you are a dupe. Yes, you are. You either have been manipulated by a corrupt and beholden media and social machine into ignoring the obvious and focusing on irrelevancies, or you are holding a grudge and as people driven by emotions always do, make a an impulse driven mistake. Yeah, most of us might not like Trump, but cutting your nose off to spite your face, and handing Clinton the presidency is a bad idea. That is unless you like what is going on today and have convinced yourself this is all good, or is better than a Trump presidency, for some reason only you fathom, and that it all wont blow up in our face. Of course, if you are one of those idiots, then appeals to logic and facts matter little to you anyway. Me, I want the establishment that exists today to die an ugly death for what they have done. Both parties are corrupt.


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Martha Barbee
Services for Martha Manning Barbee, 89, Mabank, were held May 2, 2008, at the First United Methodist Church of Mabank with Dr. Royce Riley and the Rev. Chris Schoolcraft officiating. Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery under the direction of Eubank Cedar Creek Funeral Home in Mabank.
Barbee was born July 26, 1918, in McAlester, Okla., and died April 29, 2008, in Mabank. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years John Palmer Manning, husband of seven years Edgar L. Barbee and brother Mack Allen.
She spent most of her life in Mabank and was a homemaker. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Mabank and loved great music, traveling and her family.
She was a member of the Halcyon Club for more than 50 years, United Methodist Women, and active in her Sunday School class.
Survivors include her sons John A. Manning and wife Ralaine, Mabank; Robert L. Manning and wife Kathryn, Mabank; and Thomas S. Manning and wife Rhonda, Mabank; grandchildren Susan Winkelvoss and husband Matt, Mabank; Keitha Adams and husband Wayne, Mansfield; Mark Manning and wife Cindy, Mabank; Scott Manning and wife Carolyn, Mabank; Lauren Hall and husband Ryan, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Nancy Manning and Valerie Manning, Mabank; nine great-grandchildren; stepson Walter Barbee and wife Robin, Annandale, Va.; stepdaughter Sue Gima, Sun City, Ariz.; six step-grandchildren; and six step-great-grandchildren; other family members and many friends.
Pallbearers were Mark Manning, Scott Manning, Wayne Adams, Larry Hall, Ryan Hall, Matt Winkelvoss and John Dellis.
Era Bailey
Services for Era Bailey, 89, Mabank, were held May 9, 2008, at the Church of Christ in Mabank with Bob Clamon officiating.
Burial was in Kerens Cemetery under the direction of Eubank Cedar Creek Funeral Home in Mabank.
Bailey was born June 2, 1918, in Kerens and died May 6, 2008, in Mabank.
She was preceded in death by her husband Dee Bailey, son Eddie Bailey, four sisters and four brothers.
She was a homemaker and resided in Mabank. She was a member of the Mabank Church of Christ.
Survivors include her son Richard Bailey and wife Diane, Kemp; daughters Donna Hall and husband John, Seven Points; Lora Humphrey and husband Homer, Minden, La.; Oneta McAfee and husband David, Mabank; Drucilla Lewis and husband Charles, Mabank; and Basha Cox and husband Celeous, Athens; 15 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were James Hall, Micheal Thompson, Nathan Bailey, Kyle McAfee, Austin McAfee, Charles Lewis, Eric Cox and Cody Cox.
Linda Weaver
Memorial services for Linda Christine Weaver, 68, Scurry, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 23, 2008, under the direction of Tomlinson Funeral Home in Seven Points.
Weaver was born Nov. 13, 1939, in Decatur to the late Cora and Edward R. Treister and died May 3, 2008, in Dallas.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband William L. Weaver; daughters Teresa Ann Stutts, Scurry; and Sandra Sasenger, Seagoville.
Copyright © 2008, MediaOne, L.L.C.


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Tabor leads Graford past Grady in state semifinals
Published 6:14 pm, Friday, March 9, 2012
AUSTIN -- Grady saw its dream of a Class A Division II championship shattered Friday afternoon.
Graford's Zac Tabor proved to be the biggest spoiler as the senior guard scored 24 of his 43 points in the fourth quarter to pace the Jackrabbits to a 74-63 semifinals win at the Frank Erwin Center.
Grady, ending its season at 30-6, gave it a good run. After sputtering through a 10-2 deficit in the early going, Bransen Richards, who scored 29 points, and Zeke Clay, who added 14, helped the Wildcats get back on track, leading by 10 points at one stretch.
However, Tabor's heroics, coupled with four players fouling out and the inside work of 6-foot-7 freshman Leonard Benning (22 rebounds), proved costly in the long run.
"(Tabor) is a great player," Grady coach Thomas Clay said. "We wanted to wear him down, because that's what we like to do to every guard we play. We tried to rotate kids in to guard him, but it seemed like he got better."
Graford (28-9), which plays Calvert for the title at 7 p.m. today, had its struggles most of the game. After the early run, the Jackrabbits hit a lull as Grady's quickness and defensive intensity created problems.
Late in the third, Graford began its comeback. Down, 41-34 following free throws by Richards and Taylor Polson, Tabor pulled the Jackrabbits within three, before Dustin Hargrove nailed a 3-pointer to tie things up at 43-43.
Grady regained the lead with Clay's trey, but Hargrove countered with another to knot the game at 46-46 going into the final quarter.
That seemed to be the lift Graford needed.
Grady gained the early lead on buckets by Richards and Clay, but Tabor went on his scoring tear. He hit from the outside, drove through the paint for layups and also connected at the free throw line.
This time, the Wildcats were unable to retaliate. In addition, Richards, Michael Jimenez, Brett Glaze and E.J. Rodriguez fouled out.
"(Graford) did some good things in the fourth quarter," Clay said. "They had a little run and got the lead back. We didn't adjust. Losing Michael (Jimenez) really hurt us. He does so much for us on defense. Having him out was devastating."
Missing out on a title was disappointing, but Richards and Clay also believe their team accomplished a great deal this year.
"We played really well this year," Richards said. "It was a great opportunity. We were so happy to be here. It was special for all of us."
It was also special to the Grady coach, who praised his two seniors (Richards, Clay) for their leadership.
"They did so much for us," Clay said. "Branson is such a great player. He is so smart. His IQ is through the roof. You could see that by the way he handled the ball. Last week he was sick, but was leading us in all three games.
"Clay played for me for four years and did so much. It's hard to see it end this way."
Graford (28-9) -- Tabor 43, Hargrove 13, Benning 9, Smith 4, Pendergraft 3, Reed 2
Grady (30-6) -- Richards 29, Clay 16; Polson 9, Rodriquez 6, Glaze 2, SanJuan 1
Graford 13 12 21 28 --74
Grady 17 15 14 17 --63
Free throws -- Graford 25-36, Grady 16-21. 3-point goals -- Graford 5 (Hargrove 3, Tabor 2), Grady 3-19 (Clay 2, Richards 1). Fouled out -- Grady,Glaze, Rodriquez, Richards, Jiminez. Rebounds -- Graford 49 (Benning 22), Grady 39 (Clay 14). Assists -- Graford 9 (Tabor 3; Hargrove 3), Grady 7 (Richards 4). Total fouls -- Graford 15, Lenorah Grady 25.


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Today I spent time with a friend in the forest, along the creek, and at the trickling falls. It is always nice to be with someone who notices the same way I do: with a still child-like sense of wonder and appreciation for the simple things in nature.
While the photo above looks like an abstract, can you spy the critter hiding out down there under the water?
(You can click on the picture to make it bigger if you are the curious type!)
Pond skaters skating on the sky.
Whirligigs are always entertaining to watch (if not a bit difficult to capture with camera).
Saponins make for the best bubbles and swirls along the churning creeks.
Yes, the signs are few but clearly here.
We have seem a lot of changes around these parts lately (fall leaves being the least of them), but the wonder and noticing never cease.
Are you taking time to notice little things?
I hope so.
~ Dawn


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STAMFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – Some 25 million gallons of raw sewage emptied into the Stamford Harbor Thursday, the result of an overworked wastewater treatment plant from the recent rain, officials said.
"We're fortunate that this is not the swimming season," said Michael Handler, chairman of the Wastewater Pollution Control Authority. "The city will take the precautionary measures of going ahead and informing people, posting signs, keeping people out of the water."
City officials, who were conducting bacteria tests Thursday afternoon, say the issue of sewage leaks is not just a problem in Stamford. They say it's a regional worry after a month's worth of rain fell in 24 hours. And indeed is it: some 13 municipalities Thursday reported overflowing at their sewage treatment plants.
Stamford's mayor said the wastewater will go into Long Island Sound and expects local and environmental impact to minimal.
Josh Scheinblum and Bob Wilson reporting


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The Result: Strong thought leadership, brand awareness and a number of marketing qualified leads for the client.


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On every question of construction [of the Constitution] let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or intended against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed. […]Read the rest of this entry »
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The American We Lost; And Need to Recover If We Are to Survive
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were […]Read the rest of this entry »


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Could former Washington quarterback Jake Locker be Tom Brady's successor in New England?
ESPN.com reported Tuesday that Locker is making a two-day visit to the Patriots on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Patriots have the 17th and 28th picks and could be looking for a quarterback to develop behind Brady, 33, whose contract runs through the 2014 season.
The Patriots don't have a strong backup for Brady. Brian Hoyer is listed as the second-string quarterback. He joined the team as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2009.
Locker worked out for the Seahawks last week and has also worked out for the Tennessee Titans and Denver Broncos.
For more Seattle Seahawks news, visit the front page of the Seattle Seahawks blog.


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Truck tyre sandals and smoked goat
We're due to set off at 7.30 from Oldupai Gorge, but things don't always
run according to plan. The lodge at Ngorongoro crater has recently sold
from government to private ownership and standards have slipped.
Unlike other places it didn't offer internet access, which meant we were unable to receive our travel arrangements for the next leg of the trip; but more concerning, the new management cuts power to the entire premises between midnight and 5am to save money.
When you're lugging power hungry recording equipment that's needing 10 hours of recharging to be ready for the next day's filming, this is a significant problem. It was a far more significant problem for an elderly visitor who needed to be hooked up to medical equipment to maintain her breathing while she slept. The manager refused to budge on the power, arguing a nurse was available should the lady need her. I couldn't believe it. It took the rather insistent intervention of my host, the Tanzanian Tourism Ambassador to Australia Dr Casta Tungaraza to ensure this lady could safely sleep. It wasn't long before I started hearing all kinds of stories about how things had changed as Tanzania ventures into a privatisation.
The government operated facilities we've seen have been top notch, and it seems there are some challenges trying to maintain those high standards when assets transfer into private profit-making hands, usually from overseas. I felt for the staff, some of more than 20 years employ, giving the very best service they could despite the newly imposed challenges.
(Ngorongoro lodge, with Paulo, Tanzania's friendliest porter!)
Finally the phones calls we needed to make to compensate for the lack of internet were completed and we were on our way. Oldupai Gorge is a treasure trove revealing the transformation of ape to man in its layered strata. Oldupai is the Masai name given to the region after the spiky sisal that grows there. It was translated as Olduvai by a German naturalist and the locals are increasingly keen for the proper name to be re-adopted.
Standing at the edge of the chasm where the two main arms of the Gorge merge into one, a formation aptly named "the castle" revealed time itself, not in hours or days, but in million of years. This was the place where Mary and Louis Leakey discovered evidence of Australopithecus boisei (zinjanthopus) dated about 1.8 million years old, Homo habilis about 1.3 million years old and Homo erectus about a million years old. It's also the region where the Laetoli footprints were unearthed; the beautifully preserved impressions left in volcanic mud by two adults and a child hominid about 3.6 million years ago, giving an amazing insight into the earliest point of the transition from chimp to the Homo sapiens that we are today. The Leakey's task was far from easy in such unforgiving terrain. In 1935 they had to rescue their car from a deep ditch using the only things they had to hand - three knives and a couple of enamel soup plates!
(Oldupai gorge with the castle at centre. To the left two arms of the Gorge meet; you can see the roadway leading to the site of Mary Leakey's discovery, although because she was his student, Louis took the credit.)
The museum at the chasm edge is a humble structure with views from Mary Leakey's camp to the left, sweeping 270 degrees across the gorge. Totally spectacular. The facility has done a great job providing information and artefacts, but has many many more items in storage at the MaryLeakey camp that it would one day like to display as part of an expanded museum experience - but as with everything, it comes down to money. I'm frankly astonished that such an important world heritage location has so little international financial support; astonished too that there weren't more visitors filling its dusty carpark. It is a truly stunning natural wonder quite aside from its extraordinary heritage, and worth visiting in itself.
In the Gorge itself, we went to the site where the skull fragments of zinjanthopus were unearthed, and saw the cliff face that these intrepid scientists and their team continued to labour away at for years in their efforts to piece together our ancestors' past. Whilst we were there we encountered the children of the future - a Masai boy and girl aged about 7 and 9 shimmied down the rocky slopes. They were fascinated by the TV camera, and I took turns filming them one at a time so that the other could see on the viewfinder. Then I did the "tricky flip", inverting the viewfinder screen so that they could see themselves while they were being filmed. Excited pointing and a stream of swahili ensued. I showed them how the camera worked, honing in on an ultra close up of our tour guide's eyes. The little girl in particular was glued to the scene, her arm around me as she craned to see, as I zoomed in and out on the faces of others in our party and her eyes widened in amazement.
(Masai children exploring the TV camera at Oldupai Gorge. The Masai continue their traditional herding in this area, requiring a delicate balance to preserve the fragile environment without preventing cultural practices.)
(Note the little girl's recycled tyre sandals.)
We gave the children water, and a hat each, when another group of youngsters came walking up the Gorge base towards our vehicles. These four lads were a little older, and sported the white painted faces of the newly initiated, making them early teenagers. One of our party, Don the police officer from Perth, quickly recognised them as the boys who earlier at the museum agreed to be photographed if he gave them some money, but as soon as the shillings were in their hands they fled. I was taken aback by how quickly they had made their way from the museum to the dig site across sharp stony ground in sandals made from old truck tyres.
(Newly initiated Masai boys, on their way to becoming warriors. One is spotting a ladies hand mirror as part of his airmen's. I later spotted a girl who'd done likewise with a hairbrush. In the background you can see our TV stars departing up the rocky escarpment)
A conversation with our guide saw a couple sheepish faces, but it is impossible to be upset with these children over a thousand shillings, less than a dollar in Australia. It's more about the premise of give and take, and the principle of honesty. The Masai face some real challenges keeping their heritage strong amidst globalisation, and many a time individuals ran up to our vehicle with their hands outstretched seeking alms. There is a real risk of creating a culture of beggars. I needed to know more about the sustainability of local cultures and the more then 120 diverse tribal groups, from the iconic Masai to the lesser known but equally distinctive groups like the Watatogo and the Hadzabe. Time to find out …. next stop, meeting with some of the traditional people of the Serengeti.
(Before departing to meet with tradespeople, John the Oldupai boss treats us to a feast of hot smoked goat, Masai style. Fantastic.)
(Hundreds of birds have converged on the Oldupai museum grounds seeking scraps; despite the "do not feed the bird signs" they are pretty well feed and artful scavengers. No bone too big!)
(Karen Ashford travelled to Tanzania at the invitation of the Tanzanian government)
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For health and safety reasons, you need to ensure that your child and the school know exactly what you allow them to do if school has to close early in case of extreme weather conditions (or power failure etc.)
In some circumstances, it may not always be possible for your child to contact you before leaving school. Therefore, it is essential that your child is aware of all the arrangements you have made. If we do have to close early, updated information will appear on the Home page of this school website, on our Twitter and our newly created Facebook page.
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Dori Seward can't wait to get out of Eastcove, a sleepy fishing village on the border of New Brunswick and Maine. She bides her time by hanging out with friends, attending swim club, and holding her biggest competition, Colby–who wants more than just friendship, at arm's length. Then Tor Riley comes to town and he has everything Dori dreams of in a boyfriend–looks, athleticism and mystery. But Tor also has a tantalizing secret and Dori is determined to find out what it is. The truth is crazier than her wildest imaginations and more dangerous, too. Dori has new enemies, and they will do anything to get to her. Her life, her dreams and her love for Tor are all weighing in the balance. Will Dori risk it all in order to have it all?
This was my first mermaid book, just to see if i would like mermaid stories. So i was pleasantly surprised that I DO! Seaweed is not what it appears to be. PLUS that cover is GORGEOUS! ^__^ There were aspects of the book that worked and some that didn't. Lets start with the positives. I REALLY liked the building of the mermaid in this book. Which means, that I liked how the merfolk in the book had choices, of weather to go to land & transform (which is PAINFUL!) or stay in the sea forever. Also if these chose to go to land they got these pretty Sweet TATTOOS!! @_@ I liked the action in the book and the story it told. It was a fun, quick, and enjoyable read. PLUS it was nice that i couldn't put it down. There were some emotional, intense scenes, and A LOT of TWISTS. I love books that ensnare you ;) Now, what didn't work so much. It had the infamous insta-love...It was like I just threw you off a cliff & ur in my head...I meet you at school & we go out, then completely attached...in days. Although Dori did seem hesitant & wanted to kill him the first time they met. Another thing was that it had pretty choppy writing. It went from chapter to chapter and a whole night would pass with you not knowing what they did AFTER the chapter closed, because it was the NEXT DAY! O_O I also wished the characters had been better developed and less teenager-ish, they seemed very innocent & not as aware. I really liked the secrets that Dori had to discover along the way as she became a creature of myth. It wasn't shocking but it was interesting and there were other love interests for her as well BUT it felt like too much. I loved the mythology of the book, with Dori being vital to a change of balance & possibly an underwater war. XD Overall I liked this book and now i will definitely be reading more mermaid books in the future! It was enjoyable and a good starter to the mermaid genre of YA books, so i give it 3.5/5 GOLDEN FEATHERS!
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Описание: Emilia is such a cutie with Strawberry blonde hair and a hollywood smile. A winning combination in my book. I bumped into her in a club and slipped her my business card. She's a student who needs more money to pay for her studies and also to do some travelling. She wanted to go to the U.S.A so I told her I had a friend who was doing a big production who could get her a job to do about 5 scenes for around 10,000 euros. Her attitude was great she was so bubbly and happy, she looked like she was over the moon at the thought of having sex for money. When I asked her about what she would be willing to do she was up for most things sexual but not anal, apparently she had a bad experience the first time she did it and it had put her off doing it again. I told her that it may decrease her chance of getting work if she didn't do anal but I don't think it made much difference. It didn't take long for me to have Emilia posing in all shapes for the camera... Then when I whipped my cock out she didn't seem to care and took it in her mouth and started gobbling on it. She had a beautiful tight pussy which felt so tight when I slipped my cock in. I tried my best to last but in the end I couldn't hold back and jizzed all over her pussy and ass. Shit I hope she's on the pill, I forgot to ask, yikes!?!
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Surfacing Magazine, Durham Region's guide to the arts and culture, launched in Autumn 2008. It is celebrating its fourth year and the publication of its Autumn 2012 issue with an exhibition at Whitby's Station Gallery.
The exhibition, "Surfacing: OFF THE PAGES", brings together a selection of works by some of the 100 artists, writers and craftspeople who have been featured in the magazine.
My jewellery was featured in Spring / Summer 2012, and I am pleased to be able to contribute one piece to the exhibition.
The Station Gallery takes its name in honor of the former Grand Trunk Railway Station which is now its home. The building was slated for demolition before Whitby Arts Inc., a group of arts enthusiasts, purchased and moved it to its present locationat 1450 Henry St in Whitby in 1971 . The gallery has served as a community arts centre for over 35 years. After an extensive renovation, it has now expanded to almost 10,000 square feet of exhibit, studio, collection storage and administrative space.
Surfacing: OFF THE PAGES
September 8 to October 14, 2012
Opening Reception, September 8 at 1 p.m.
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What does ATZ2 mean in Sports?
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Hillary Clinton Has Private Benghazi Notes And She Might Not Give Them To Investigators
Published 8:26 pm, Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Hillary Clinton has "a lot" of private notes about the 2012 terrorist attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, but she might not be willing to turn them over to the the congressional committee that's investigating the incident.
Clinton discussed the committee established by House Republicans to investigate the attacks during an interview that aired on NBC News Tuesday as part of the media tour for the release of Clinton's new book, "Hard Choices."
Though she described the attacks as one of the major regrets from her time as secretary of state and said she felt personally responsible for the incident, Clinton would not say whether she'd be willing to testify in front of the committee.
"We'll see. I'm not going to prejudge it," Clinton said in response to a question from NBC News' Cynthia McFadden about whether she'd testify.
The attacks left four Americans dead including former U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens.
McFadden then noted Clinton's book includes "great detail" about "what was happening in Benghazi as it evolved."
"Did you keep a diary?" McFadden asked.
"I kept a lot of notes," said Clinton.
However, when McFadden asked Clinton whether she would turn those notes over to the committee, Clinton implied she would want to see whether the committee was overly political first.
"They can read it in the book," she said of the investigators. "Let's see if it's on the level or not. I don't want to be part of anything that in any way politicizes or demeans the sacrifice that we saw happen there."
A spokesperson for Clinton did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider about the interview. Watch an excerpt of the interview below from the conservative America Rising PAC.
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That's my dog, Bruiser, over there, back in about 1970, when we lived on Kinsman.
In the four-and-a-half years I lived in Texas, we were always moving, it seemed, and lived on a bunch of different streets: Windemere, Cavalier, Gregdale (just a very short time – the house was owned by the trucking company my step-dad had been hired by and he didn't last long on that job… or any other), – Beaumont Highway, Ticonderoga, Kinsman, and Edgehill. I never really knew for sure why we kept moving, but I could guess. Harry, my step-dad, seemed to always be changing jobs. I suspected we moved on because Harry and Mom got behind on the rent.
I had moved to Texas in June, 1967. I had been living with my grandparents for five years.
Two years earlier – 1965 – I had spent the summer in Texas with Mom and her new husband, Harry, but went back to Nebraska at the end of the summer. I was 13 that year. I guess I had a bit of an "attitude."
We lived in two different places that summer, both of them apartments in shabby buildings near downtown Houston.
My little sister went to visit in 1966. It was supposed to be just for the summer like I had done, but she stayed in Texas. I don't remember why it was she stayed after her summer there, when I had gone home after mine. I suppose I probably could have if I wanted to, but, I had an "attitude" and just wanted to go back home.
In 1967, the Armour plant where my grandfather worked was closing down. The jobs were being moved to Iowa. My grandparents decided they were going to sell the house and go to Iowa so that Grandpa would be able to keep his retirement. They also decided it was time for me to go live with my Mom in Texas. I was 15.
Before I got to Texas, Mom and Harry had gotten me a dog, Bruiser.
I didn't even have a choice about that.
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Inter Milan coach Walter Mazzarri was happy to see Erick Thohir in the stands for their 1-1 draw with Sampdoria.
New President Thohir was in the San Siro stands for the first time, sitting alongside Massimo Moratti.
"It was nice to see Thohir and Moratti together, helping the club to get bigger and better. We can't say this affected our concentration, it's just a shame we were unable to give him a victory today. I think it hurt me to throw points away more than it did him!"
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1. What argument can be made for understanding the phrase PROS FQONON
adverbially (i.e. as FQONERWS)? A.T. Robertson indicates that PROS
functions in this fashion in this passage (as do many English translations)
and also mentions that in Homer, "PROS has an adverbial force, PROS DE, with
the notion of 'besides.'" and many grammarians have noted that prepositions
developed from original adverbs. Can it be said that the etymology of PROS
(i.e. PROS < PROTI where -TI is an adverbial suffix), and its usage in James
4:5 is the best support for an adverbial usage ("jealously")? I am aware
via BAGD that similar adverbial constructions are found in the classics
(PROS ORGHN = ORGILWS), but of the 75 NT usages of PROS with a noun, I was
not able to find any examples with which to compare. Any thoughts?
2. Can anyone give me some good reasons to take TO PNEUMA as the subject of
EPIPOQEI rather than an understood hO QEOS or vice versa. I am aware of the
highly unlikely text variant of TON QEON and the possible connection with Ps
41:2 in LXX linking PSYXH with PNEUMA (BTW, what is the source "Wettstein").
Any thoughts on this will be helpful also.
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text: On Mon, 5 Feb 2007, Jon Phillips wrote: > On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 10:30 -0800, michael at michaelshiloh.com wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, 4 Feb 2007, Sean Moss-Pultz wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 16:45 -0800, Jon Phillips wrote: >>>>> GREAT idea. Whether or not we are attending the conference, enough >>>> of us live >>>>> in the area that we should get together, if not at the conference >>>> then in a >>>>> suitably friendly bar or restaurant. Perhaps we should find out when >>>> Sean is >>>>> available, and see if we can work around that? >>>>> >>>>> Michael >>>> >>>> Yah, that sounds good....Sean, what do you think? >>> >>> Sounds like a great idea. Can you organize something? I seem to be free >>> just about any night now. >>> >>> -Sean >>> >> >> ETel is Tuesday, 2/27 through Thursday, 3/1. Sean's workshop is Tuesday >> morning. >> >> Do we all prefer a daytime event, more workshop/hackfest oriented, or an >> evening at a bar, more free-as-in-beer oriented? Or a restaurant/coffee shop? >> >> I for one lean towards the beer. I can think of places in SF (30 minutes at >> most from the conference) which would be happy to let us set up our laptops >> and hack away if we wanted, as long as we consumed some of their beer. > > Beer, talk, minimal hacking...live socializing is what we can't get in > the online :) Hacking we can do online ;) > >> There are scheduled events at ETel from about 8:30 AM to 9:30 PM (yes, 9:30) >> both Tuesday and Wednesday, and Thursday until 5 PM. >> >> Sean says he is free any night. >> >> Thursday night is the only true free night. Does anyone know when Sean >> departs? >> >> Suggestion? Comments? >> >> Michael > Sean is in town until that Saturday. I suggest we meet Thursday evening. Would people prefer to meet near the conference (I think it's by the airport) or in San Francisco proper? Any specific suggestions? Michael


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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. Alternative spelling of mythologize.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- See mythologize, mythologizer.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. make into a myth
- v. construct a myth
Sorry, no etymologies found.
But it remains an oddly undramatic evening that, in strenuously seeking to mythologise Luke, undercuts his defiant humanity and simply makes him a rebel without a pause.
TV nostalgists tend to mythologise Saturday night entertainment of yesteryear.
We realise that we had best not mythologise our heroes until they have passed out of memory, into the unreality of history.
But to suggest no evidence that Abu Qatada represents a threat has ever been put forward, that his human rights have simply been ignored or dismissed by judges, and that the Lords ruling is motivated by racism against a wholly traduced, harmless man, is not only laughable - to drag human rights concern down to the level of smears, to demonise the courts and to mythologise Abu Qatada in this way is a disgrace.
The aim of this course is to de-mythologise, de-mystify, and deconstruct the dominant policy, media, and academic discourses about terrorism.
The Left used to mythologise 'the workers' in this way.
Mr Taylor said that Eton-educated Orwell often tried to reinvent himself and "mythologise his life".
When we transport ourselves in fancy to patriarchal epochs and Arcadian scenes, we can well feel the inevitable tendency of the mind to mythologise and give its myths a more and more dramatic character.
I think we've a tendency to mythologise the album and the printed picture.
'Bob Dylan's Dream', which steals the melody of 'Lady Franklin's Lament' to mythologise his time in the Minneapolis folk scene, touches the heart with its tragic apprehensions of mortality and flying time.


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The key word to all these posts is the kitty CHOSE the person. heh heh heh.
The key word to all these posts is the kitty CHOSE the person. heh heh heh.
Hmmm, I wonder what is in this box?
Aww, they are such cuties, Unk. I can tell from the little white toes that Hardy is the one in the box in the last pic.
"Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter."- Yoda
"I'll just see where Providence takes me and try to look like I got there confidently." - Craig Ferguson
My boys were having such a good day that I had to take photos of them.
I was ecstatic to see Harvey, our elderly, arthritic old boy, run up the tree, something he rarely ever did even when he was young and spry.
Harv in Tree2.jpg
That's Finley in the same tree. No surprise there - a day without a run up the tree and some monkey-like leaps and swings from branch to branch is like a day without salmon-flavoured kibble shnacks for the Fin.
Fin in Tree.jpg
And a bit of a goof-around before they both settled down on the bench for a snooze in the shade.
Goofing Around.jpg
And so it begins, the end of times..
How old is Harvey? He looks pretty young and spry in that picture! They're all so cute!
Unk, your kitties are getting so big...soon they'll be filling out their ears.
Marley, your cat's as orange as mine!
Unk: I've been showing the girls the pix you post of the boys. They are two smitten kittens. Greta in particular who insisted on posing for a picture in the hopes of winning someone's heart.
Rattus: Harvey reminds me of a grown up Charlie. And the third picture is exactly what happens around here everyday. (except the girls don't have a real tree to climb in)
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
I think I've posted this story before, but I'm going to post it again because it illustrates just what a great cat the Harv is. As I mentioned, he was a bit of a trouble-maker when he moved in and was constantly attacking the other cats. Mr. Rattus got a water pistol and would spritz him when he went into attack mode, but that seriously freaked the Harv out. He would run crying and cower in a corner (which supports my abuse theory) so I made Mr. Rattus stop. The next time he started attacking, I picked him up, walked him down the hall and shut him in the den for a half hour time out where he would climb up on the computer desk, rest his chin on his paws and sigh. We did this for a few weeks and until one day when he started attacking, we were both busy in the kitchen making dinner and couldn't pull away at that moment. So I said "Harv, go to your room". He stopped attacking, looked at me, turned around and meow, meow, meowing all the way, went down to the den. Amazed, we followed him and saw that he was resting on the computer table, chin on paws, sighing. And that was pretty much the last time he attacked Lepo and Salope. Is it any wonder I love him?
Anyway, Uncle David, just wanted to let you know that Finley has a bit of a thing for Greta. You will be relieved to know, however, that he can't do a thing about it and not just because he can't afford air fair to Nevada (or to the next block, for that matter).
And so it begins, the end of times..
Well, I think Harvey's about the cutest "ol' thing" I've seen AND he's certainly not emaciated now! And I love that story--just goes to show that cats CAN be trained to a certain extent. My old boy doesn't scratch on our bedroom door anymore 'cause he know he won't be let in (my allergies). But he can open a door (well, a pocket door) and is quite savvy.
And Uncle David, that's not fair. Between Greta's astonishing beauty and your excellent photo taking skills, how are the rest of us supposed to show off our pets without looking like complete amateurs? My cat blinks every time I take a picture.


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The retrial of police officer Eric Parker, accused of violently assaulting 58-year-old Sureshbhai Patel that left him partially paralysed, began this week in a federal court in Alabama. Latest News from World News Desk
Parker is charged with violating the civil rights of Patel following an encounter in a Madison neighbourhood off County Line Road on February 6.
Patel, who was visiting his son in Alabama to meet his newly born grandson, was slammed to ground and left paralysed in 101 seconds after encountering the police early this year despite him pleading as many as five times that he knows no English, federal prosecutors said.
As the retrial of Parker began in Alabama, Assistant US Attorney Robert Posey told the jury that the grand father told the police officer 'no English' five times.
Patel said 'India' three times and pointed to his son's home and kept trying to walk officers toward the home, Posey told the federal jury yesterday.
Patel made no sudden movements, he was quoted as saying. Presenting a strong case, Posey sought 10 years imprisonment for Parker for using excessive force in the leg sweep takedown that left Patel in need of spinal surgery.
However, appearing on behalf of Parker, defence attorney Robert Tuten told the jury that the escalation of force was largely the fault of Patel.
"When you come to the US. We expect you to follow our laws and speak our language. Mr Patel bears as much responsibility for this as anyone," he said.
Claiming that Patel understands the word 'stop', Tuten alleged that despite this he walked two steps, then seven steps and then nine more steps as police attempted to question him.
Thereafter, Patel reached for his pockets, which could have contained a weapon, he said.
Parker's retrial has 14 members in the jury, of which 11 are women and three men. During the trial, Posey alleged that Parker threatened Patel.
"Mr Parker kicks Mr Patel's leg out from under him and at the same time pushes his head and shoulders full force into the frozen ground," he alleged.
Tuten alleged that Patel not taking his hand out of his pocket was dangerous for Parker.
"It's unfortunate that he didn't speak English. But in America that's the language that we speak," he said.
Patel was on a walk when the incident happened.
The retrial of police officer Eric Parker, accused of violently assaulting 58-year-old Sureshbhai Patel that left him partially paralysed, began this week in a federal court in Alabama.
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"Wait a minute", the guy says, "This is no ordinary dog ! This is 'Plato' the talking dog !"
"Yeah, sure," says the bartender.
"I'll prove it to you," says the guy. "Plato... what's on top of a building?"
"ROOF !" says the dog.
"Look," says the bartender, "just how dumb do you think I am?"
"Wait a minute," says the guy. "Plato, how does sandpaper feel?"
"RUFF !" says the dog.
"Do I have 'stupid' tattooed across my forehead or something?" asks the bartender. "Now get that dog out of here! "
"Wait.. I'm not through", says the guy. "Plato, who was the greatest baseball player of all time?"
"RUTH !" says the dog.
"That does it !! " says the bartender, and he throws them both out on the street.
Outside, the dog looks at his owner and says, "Do you think I should have gone with DiMaggio?"
Funny Plato Talking Dog Joke


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Scion FR-S Repeats SEMA Win as Hottest Sport Compact
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TORRANCE, Calif., (Nov. 5, 2013) – It's back again for the win. Judges today named the Scion FR-S the Hottest Sport Compact for the second year at the 2013 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas. Last year marked the first appearance of the FR-S at SEMA.
'Simpli-tC' Entry Simply the Best in Scion Tuner Challenge
November 7, 2013 by Toyota Bloggers · Leave a Comment
LAS VEGAS, (Nov. 6, 2013) – An entry rooted in simplicity earned top marks for a Southern California custom builder. Judges today named Young Tea of Alhambra, Calif., the 2013 Scion Tuner Challenge winner at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show. Tea aimed to enhance the existing design cues of the tC while creating a car for both daily driving and track weekends.