text: Kenwood Excelon XR-1800 7" 2-way car speakers Zoom Front Back Photos Videos Does it fit my car? Item #: 113XR1800 Review Summary 2 people say In Stock Free Installation gear for most cars Free Crutchfield lifetime tech support Free Shipping Your price $199.99 pair Add to cart + Add to wishlist Email me alerts for this product Buy this item and earn up to 200 Rewards points See more offers and ways to save Special Financing Available x By buying this product you'll earn up to 200 Rewards points. When you sign up for a Crutchfield account, you'll be enrolled in Crutchfield Rewards. You'll earn one point for every dollar you spend on gear from us. You can turn your points into Rewards Cards that you can use toward future purchases. You can sign up for an account now, or after you complete your purchase (you'll get credit for the points either way). Sign up for a Crutchfield account Overview Details Staff Reviews Customer Reviews Q&A Articles & Videos Accessories Our take on the Kenwood Excelon XR-1800 by John Pollard Why replace your factory speakers? The speakers that originally came in your car were made from inexpensive materials, designed to create acceptable sound at the lowest possible cost to the manufacturer. If you love music, you deserve better. Name-brand aftermarket speakers deliver fuller, richer sound with considerably more detail and nuance, and they're capable of playing louder and cleaner than factory speakers. Connect new speakers to your factory radio and you'll get the best possible sound from your dealer-equipped system. Pair them up with a new car stereo for a level of enjoyment that can rival a high-fidelity home audio experience. Big, big woofers Kenwood's Excelon XR-1800 speakers feature a huge 7" cone, packed into a frame that will still fit into the factory openings of many Dodge, GM, and Toyota vehicles (some cars may require slight modifications). A bigger cone moves more air, so your music can have the fullness and punch you don't get with most factory speakers. The woofer's advanced hybrid pulp cone stays rigid through heavy workouts to cut down on distortion and keep your bass sounding tight. The rubber surround resists weathering, providing reliable support that keeps your music playing, no matter what. Huge tweeters The large, 1-3/16" soft dome tweeters deliver all the high-frequency details smoothly, while special-design circuitry and powerful, lightweight magnets make these tweeters extremely accurate without sounding harsh. The bruisers handle up to 110 watts RMS, so you'll be impressed when you fire them up with a nice amp. Kenwood includes multi-purpose adapter brackets that help these big speakers fit in select vehicles. Grilles are included. See more info on this item Highlights:2-way 7" speakers (pair)brackets included for various OEM locationsadvanced hybrid pulp woofer with rubber surround1-3/16" soft dome tweeter with neodymium magnetfit into many Dodge, GM, and Toyota vehiclespower range: 6-110 watts RMS (330 watts peak power)frequency response: 57-20,000 Hzsensitivity: 86 dBdepth: 2-1/2"warranty: 2 yearsOur 60-day money-back guarantee Hands-on research from the Crutchfield Labs (what are the Labs?) Features and specs chart | What's in the box? | In-depth notes Features and Specs General Design 2-way Tweeter Design 1-3/16" Dome Tweeter Composition Silk Woofer Composition Hybrid Pulp/Polypropylene Woofer Surround Rubber Parts Warranty 2 Years Labor Warranty 2 Years Specifications Sensitivity 86 dB at 1 watt Frequency Response 57 - 20k Hz RMS Power Range (Watts) 6-110 Peak Power Handling (Watts) 330 Impedance (Ohms) 4 Top-mount Depth (Inches) 2 1/2 Bottom-mount Depth (Inches) N/A Cutout Diameter or Length (inches) 6 Product Research What's in the box? Download owner's manual Two 2-way speakers 2 Grilles 2 Grille frames Two 6x9 Adapter brackets (Dodge) 2 Multi-purpose adapter brackets (include GM and Toyota applications) Two 11" Lengths of speaker wire (each has quick-slides on one end and bare wire on the other) Eight 3/4" Bracket bolts Eight 1" Self-tapping screws Eight 3/8" Self-tapping screws 8 Speed clips Grille putty Warranty information Specifications and instructions on box Our Product Research Team At Crutchfield, you'll get detailed, accurate information that's hard to find elsewhere. That's because we have our own in-house Product Research team — they open the box, verify contents, check the owner's manual, and record dimensions, features and specs. We stay on top of new products and technologies to help people make informed choices. Features Custom Brackets: The Kenwood XR-1800 is designed as a factory replacement speaker and includes adapters compatible with many GM, Toyota, and Dodge vehicles (one bracket adapts to a 6x9 opening, the other is a multi-purpose bracket and is scored for trimming to fit several applications). Please refer to the Crutchfield Car Selector to confirm fit for your vehicle.Warranty Note: Although the information included with these speakers indicates a 1-year warranty, they are actually covered by the Kenwood eXcelon 2-year warranty. Product reviews from the Crutchfield Labs (what are the Labs?) Video: Kenwood Excelon XR-1800 Car Speakers Video: Kenwood Excelon XR-1800 Car Speakers by Zak Billmeier Kenwood's Excelon XR-1800P speakers feature a huge 7" cone, packed into a frame that will still fit into the factory openings of many Dodge, GM, and Toyota vehicles. A bigger cone moves more air, so... Review this product Submit a review and then enter to win a $500 rewards card Kenwood Excelon XR-1800 Reviews Average Customer Review: 2 people say: Review this product: Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences about this product. Please be sure to focus your comments on the product itself. Read our Review Guidelines for more information. Review title * Email Your email won't be visible. Please use the email address that is associated with your order. Display name (e.g., JohnD) Your review will be signed using the display name and location * Your location (e.g., Charlottesville, VA) * Your rating Click on a star to rate the overall product on a scale of 1-5 1500 characters left * Your review Attach a YouTube Review Crutchfield Video Review Guidelines Only submit videos that you made or are authorized to use. Do not submit videos that contain music, video or visuals that are copyrighted and belong to someone else. Please see our Review Guidelines for more information. 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You would be hard pressed not to manage to install speakers, when provided with such hardware. The speakers are bright and powerful. So far, I am pleased with them. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Kenwood Excelon XR-1800 Written By Q, la,ca on Monday, March 24, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) sounds great Pros: easy install, for toy 4runner, front drs Cons: none Was this review helpful? Yes | No Add accessories for the Kenwood Excelon XR-1800 Add Accessories Add a Warranty Reduce ambient road noise and your vehicle's "rattles," for better sound inside your car. See all categories & accessories Reduce ambient road noise and your vehicle's "rattles," for better sound inside your car. Sound Deadening You'll need speaker wire to connect your speakers to your amp. Speaker Wire The right tools will help keep your installation simple and clean. 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2014 KTAI Research Symposium: Cancelled Due to Security Concerns
In the light of the current unrest in the Middle East region, KTAI has been looking closely at the security situation for the Symposium scheduled to be held in Istanbul. We have been monitoring the situation throughout the year, but with the recent developments and potential military action by the US and its allies, we have been forced to reassess our plans. The safety of attendees is KTAI's highest priority, and as a result we have made the decision to cancel the 2014 KTAI Symposium.

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text: Riding The Tiger "I discovered that being a President is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or be swallowed." Harry S. Truman Posted April 15, 2013 By Carah Ong Nixon Supported Gun Control Official White House photo of President Richard Nixon, 24 December 1971. Photo courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration, PD. As Congress debates passing new gun control measures, it's worth looking back in recent history at the relationship between a Republican President and Democratic Congress on this issue. As taped conversations from our presidential recordings archives reveal, President Richard Nixon expressed private support for banning handguns altogether and publically proposed banning "Saturday night specials" in response to gun violence against politicians in 1972 and 1973. Yet, he deferred to Congress to hammer out a legislative deal, which never fully materialized. Taped conversations with aides on May 16, 1972, the day following an attempted assassination that paralyzed presidential candidate George Wallace, reveal Nixon's personal position on hand guns: I don't know why any individual should have a right to have a revolver in his house…The kids usually kill themselves with it and so forth…can't we go after handguns, period? I know the rifle association will be against it, the gun makers will be against it. [But] people should not have handguns. But, a few days later, Nixon expressed opposition to measures that would go beyond banning handguns. He asked rhetorically: What do they want to do, just disarm the populace? Disarm the good folks and leave the arms in the hands of criminals? In another taped conversation, Nixon told his assistant for domestic affairs, John Ehrlichman, "We've got to be for gun control, John. I mean for hand gun control." In response to a memo he was reading at the time, Nixon told Ehrlichman that state and local controls on guns have never worked and therefore it was a matter of federal concern. The conversation continues: Nixon: We just ought to say that the bill is a matter for concern and we I feel we ought to outlaw them … Ehrlichman: You can say you wholeheartedly support Congressional action on that front. Read more → Gun Control Richard Nixon Miller Center Resources Tweet


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GLENDALE COlUMUNITY COLLEGE CREATIVE ARTS MAGAZINE
Spring 1975
6000 West Olive
Glendale, Az. 85302
Volume 8
© The Traveler, GCC, 1975
:/)eJert in oIutumn
The heat of the desert, summer sun,
Gives way to the cool autumn night.
The scent of the creosote sharper now,
In the cooler, clearer light.
Bluer skies stretch overhead,
Made deep by a paler sun;
Shadows keep the nighttime chill,
After the day has come.
Like small gray nuns, the doves will gather
Around the reflecting pools,
And dewdrops form on the newborn grass,
Like millions of tiny jewels.
God must smile on the desert land,
Each time the autumn nears;
And angels pity the arid soil
And water it with their tears.
Then the sun relents and veils its eye,
And relieves the tortured land;
And God remolds the desert hills,
With a kind and loving hand.
Wendy Barker
JI Jt Wa~ Up to .Ate
If it was totally up to me,
I think I'd let my mind go free.
I'd pick a spot, and there I'd sit
And let it wander just a bit,
And glide upon light waves of thought,
And fulfill the things I've always sought,
And grow to heights it's never grown,
And trip and tumble to depths unknown,
And climb each day as sun to noon,
And soar with eagles past the moon-
But I've got to go to work.
Jennifer Bishop
I tried to laugh
when I understood
but I looked at him
and I turned to wood,
yet he carved his name
upon my brow
and still I can remember how,
he thought it better that
we part soon
for winter was coming and flowers
don't bloom
and when he couldn't pick them
to bring to my door,
there was nothing left
for him to give me any more.
Helen Mitsios
The tint of a warmth-painted smile
Gives me assurance of acceptance.
The crinkle of a ski-slope nose
Gives me assurance of criticism.
The heavy laughter with its tension relief
Gives me assurance of happiness.
And the hand held, the tear dried, the kiss given
Gives me assurance of love.
Maria R. Nemmer
J Want to be Prett!J
I want to be pretty
Sometimes when I lie in bed at night
Nestled in my pillow
And tucked between my flowered sheets
I feel pretty
I want to be pretty
Sometimes when I feel the softness
Of my furry blanket
Or touch my cheek against my arm
I feel pretty
I want to be pretty
Sometimes when I get all dressed up
And see my dress
Fitted well against my body
I feel pretty
It's true, sometimes, in my denims
And man's tee-shirt
I look free and liberated and
I feel cute
I want to be pretty
Greer Barkley
Black and yellow butte·rflies
Are kissing
A thousand rainbow flowers
Mary Ann Henningsen
Snow falls softly through the night,
Softly it falls, so silent and white.
It falls on the rooftops and on windowsills,
In darkness it gathers and from roofledges spills.
In heaps and in mounds it covers the ground,
And muffles the silence that grows into sound.
So mystic and gentle, like magic it floats,
And settles unknown, on foreheads and coats.
And too soon it ceases; it gleams in the night,
A white blanket of glittering silence so bright.
Dawn finds the snow all over the ground,
And tramples and stomps it and moves it around;
Children frolic and throw it in play,
And slowly the sunlight melts it away.
In the late afternoon, when red hues arise,
A beautifully bleak desolation it lies.
Tn behold the falling of each season's snows
Is an unspoken wisdom that peacefully grows.
Kurt Hoyer
On JliJ rEirtkJu!}
Jim Koncz
They sat on their respective sides of the room. Neither had spoken for
the last few minutes, and their silence had made them increasingly aware
of each other's presence.
The old man spoke. "It looks like you've aged pretty rapidly, son."
The young man unfolded his arms and boosted himself to a more erect
sitting position. "Yeah," he mumbled, "1 guess so."
"Va say you're going to be twenty-two pretty soon, huh?"
"Today," he answered. "Today's my birthday."
The old man looked down. "Oh. Happy birthday."
"I guess," replied the young man.
"Twenty-two years old, huh? I've got a son about your age. He's 'twentythree,"
said the old man.
The young man did not acknowledge.
"Veah, and a fine young man he is .faa. Not like me. Nope. He's got
a wife, kids, a nice home, yeah, he's some boy."
The young man still did not acknowledge.
"Veah, my wife died some years ago," said the old man, "when my
son was just a little lad. He stayed with his aunt after my wife died. A sad
thing. We was never that close, though. Not as close as we shoulda been, you
know, being father and son as we was."
The young man folded his arms without looking up from the floor.
"Have ya got a father, boy?" asked the old man.
"Vep," answered the young man.
"Was ya as close to him as you should've been?"
'I guess we weren't so close as we shoulda been, but me and my mother,
we was close."
"She dead?" asked the old man.
"Seven years," the young man answered.
"My mother, she died when I was a young man like you. I missed
her awfully bad," said the: old man.
The young man continued to look at the floor.
"She was my purpose in life, ya know. She was on the sickly side, and
she always needed these medicines. I used to get 'em for her. She loved
me for it, ya know. She needed me, she really did".
The young man recrossed his legs in the opposite direction.
"Seven years ya been without your mum, huh, boy? That's too bad.
Ya got over her loss, though, huh? Yeah. It took me a while too. But pretty
soon I was over it and I lived like I never ever had a mum. You probably
been living like that for a while now, huh?"
The young man didn't answer.
"My wife was like my mum, ya know. They even sorta looked the
same," the old man chuckled. "They both had brown hair, brown eyes, they
was both up to my shoulder, and both pretty like an angel. They was, too.
Prettiest faces you'd wanna see. I always hoped I'd have a daughter so that
she could be pretty like her mum. Did ya ever get married; son?"
The young man shook his head as he studied a roach crawling across
the floor. "Nope, never did," he s-aid.
"Did ya ever think you was gonna get married? I mean, did ya ever
want to get married to somei girl?"
The young man, watching the insect answered. "Yes," he said sofNy.
"How camel ya didn't marry her, then, huh?" asked the old man.
"She died," the young man answered.
"Oh," said the old man. "I'm sorry."
The young man half-smiled. "Yeah," he said.
"I'll bet she was awfully pretty," said -the old man. "And s-eeing as
how young you are, she must have been pretty young. What a waste. But
the Lord must have had a purpose for her, I guess."
The young man was still watching the roach. It was crawling up the wall.
"You know," said the old man, "it always makes me sad to hear when
a young person dies. They got so much of life ahead. But me, I lived my
life, and the Lord hasn't taken me yet. I wonder why He takes the young
folk and not me, seein' that I don't have much time left anyway."
The roach was off the wall and again crawling on the floor. The young
man watched intently.
"Stillborn babies is okay, I guess, but when a young person gets a
taste of life, and then that taste is taken away when it's still fresh in the
young person's mouth, well, I think that's just too bad. No one should die
before they reach fifty, you know? Maybe by fifty a person can get weary
of life and then maybe death would be the best, but a young person, well,
he should get a chance at everything."
The young man got up to acknowledge a noise at the door.
"Old man, how much time you got left?" asked the young man.
"Sixteen years," said the old man.
The door opened and a guard led the young man downstairs to the
waiting gallows.
sheets of gray
envelope the city
shrouding it in bleakness
pavennent shines
like slick glass
reflecting dark clouds
that loonn above
cracked soil
greedily absorbs
nnoisture so thirsted for
dry washes full
pools of rippling silver
reflecting relief
in a thin fawn's eyes
Debbie Rinaldo
When one you love leaves honne the
roof is less one shingle
causing the rain to canne through.
Debbie Rinaldo
I trusted the Lord. He
Picked my mate for me; not
Lust. The first year was
Splendid. Away from Momma and
Poppa, stress took its toll.
She's needed psychiatrists
Ever since. Her figure is
Slim, trim, like her mind was.
A college grad, too. With
Her intelligence,
My ambition,
We could conquer the world;
The country; the town. No;
Not even happiness for two.
Our boys suffer; they need
A normal mother.
Psychiatrists say, I'm normal.
Ha! Her mind is warped; her
Heart pure. God played a
Dirty trick on me.
Edward Everett Sr.
A finger-like ray trails behind
A splotch of light
A swear of sound
To divide the sky double.
Maria R. Nemmer
..No Place
When It's cold
When I've got
No place to go,
I go there slow.
And when I get
To where I'm going,
It seems to me
It's always
So when I've got
No place to go,
I go to watch
The snow.
And I can tell from
The snowman's face
That where I am
Is Winter's
No place.
Jennifer Bishop
One year older,
another day,
One more memory,
another way,
One more thought,
we must retain,
One more year,
we can't regain.
Sylvia Wilson
Touch -
But don't speak
For your words
Hold no softness
And I couldn't
Stand the sharpness
any more.
Smile -
But don't look
For your eyes
Hold no joy
And I couldn't take
Facing resentment
eye to eye.
Feel -
But don't express
For your actions
Are too phoney
And I'm unable
To pretend
Any more.
Debbie Rinaldo
My baby has a basement
full of fancy kinds of times
he keeps it stocked
with many things
including cheese and rose-red wines.
My baby thinks he has it made
in his basement boutique,
he paints his walls
a pale sweet blue
it makes the place look
sad yet new
and he says
right for you
to stay here
His kisses come in flavors
stored in jars along the wall
and he promises that someday
I'll have tried them
one and all.
His shelves are filled
with stories long
and he tells me of his ways
he tries to please me with his smiles
and the trivia of his days.
My baby he's got everything
and he thinks he's got me, too.
He keeps on saying
but he doesn't know
my feelings true.
'Cause I know he'd start crying
to just be
a little
Helen Mitsios
I rake the fallen
Leaves and ask
If these are bills
For last summer's shade.
Louise R. Byrne
Wheels 0/ the Citg
The wheels of the city turn slowly,
But they roll on and on and on,
endlessly and endlessly and onward,
Rolling and turning not forward nor backward nor advancing,
but just turning,
Perpetually bearing the load of the city,
Rumbling over the roads of the day and the night,
And its passengers gazing out of vacant eyes at the immobile
passing of the streets and the houses,
Uncertain of where the city goes, uncertain of where the city
is, uncertain of where the city was,
Spewing its poisonous, pestilential fumes into grey skies,
Turning through daylight and darkness incessantly, tirelessly,
Its drivers taking turns at the wheel, each with a quiet, rapt,
gaze and wide, bloodshot, absorbed eyes that see nothing,
Shooting forward into tomorrow at a slow tremendous speed,
Unaware of the sun and the moon and the stars,
Absorbed, in perpetual meaningless motion, the swift passing of
objects blurred;
The seen yet unseen faces of the crowds on the pavements,
Rushing to be on time according to the dictatorial hands on
a clock;
The repetitiousness suffered through the drug of activity,
Life that barely knows itself alive,
Glib phrases that one stands by in order to live,
The scene that is senseless that one believes in through
All carried along, over the asphalt,
On wheels of the city.
Kurt Hoyer
01 .Aioment 0/ Wonder
Not a vision,
But a view
Seen glimmering through raven tresses.
Not a feeling,
But a touch
of tactile tongue's
twining duel.
Not a form,
But a being
Beside me in the night
Burrowing into the hollow of my shoulder
Perhaps to touch the hollow of my heart.
And I wonder the wonder. ..
Michael Sterling
The orange sherbet rise
Behind the grapevine hills
Reminds me of a place I've been
And fills my spine with chills.
Vanilla pudding beams
Floating in the rapids' foam
Reminds me of a place I've been:
A place that I called home.
Jennifer Bishop
Through the smoky curtain
drawn ore our lives
We see only dimly, those,
whose faces have passed so close.
And what we see is not
what we remember,
The faces times and places
are what we are.
Hidden in the curtain,
We imagine.
The time is smoke as it meets wind
And the places are changing with
The faces that are yet to come.
Bill Wootan
.Ate anJ lJou
Looking inside what do you see.
Not you, for sure, but is it me?
This creature of doubt and earthly woe
Is it me, it must be so.
It can't be you, I know that clearly
For what I've become, I've paid right dearly
I cried the tears and formed the smiles
I'm the one who walked those miles.
But is it me, this thing inside
Striving and seeking and hoping to hide
Behind a face of mirth and glee.
It must be you, it can't be me.
It must be you so full of doubt.
It must be you who's prone to pout.
It is not I, for I am free.
I am the one who has to be.
So work I must to be the me
That you must look at and I must see.
And maybe one day when I look inside
It will be me, not you, I find.
Myke Lentz
wkat i 4aw
i saw a man the other day
a military man
driving his military jeep
down a civilian street
and i don't know where
. he was going or what he
was going to do but
on the 'back of his
military jeep
was his big
Jennifer Bishop
vlte fJarJen
Marianne Martin
The Mercers led a quiet, apparently very happy life. They had boon
married in their late twenties, relatively late for their generation. They
seemed ideally suited in temperament and disposition. Peter was an outgoing
friendly man, always ready with a cherry hello and a hearty -slap on the
back. Dolores was withdrawn to the point of shyness; she was ill at ease in
the company of others and always stayed close to the protective strength of
her husband. He loved her; she adored him - it was a perfect match.
As the years went by it became apparent that the marriage would
remain childless. Both grieved for some time; especially Dolores seemed
heartbroken, until Peter promised that they would try and adopt a child.
For the next few months their time was taken up by filling out applications,
collecting character-references and finally making appointments. Without
trouble they were accepted as prospective parents and why not? Their life
was an open book; they were uncomplicated, well adjusted, responsible adults.
But then a problem arose in the selection of a baby. Peter of course opted
for a boy, while Dolores dreamed of dressing up a little girl, brushing her
curls, taking her to the park and presenting her to her friends in all her finery.
Peter of course won, and Dolores submitted to his wishes - they would
have a little boy. But as soon as this problem was solved, others arose like
the question of age, and religious and ethnic background. Peter found a
flaw in every eligible child and the whole idea of -adoptions had to be
shelved for the time being. Dolores was crushed but she had to agree with
Peter's reasoning. This was too important a decision to be made in such
a short time. They needed more time to think, and in the meantime the
agencies could keep their name on file and call them when something more
fitting would come up.
So life went on as before. The Mercers continued to attend parties and
have people in for dinner and cards. Peter's laugh was as happy and hearty
as always, and Dolores clung to him with trembling hands. She had a very
fragile constitution and required much medical attention. It was fortunate
that Peter could afford to get her all the expert help she needed and to keep
her presoriptions filled. He was proud of his sick little wife, who so bravely
toughened it out and even managed to accompany him on his hunting and
fishing trips. He had laughed off the idea that he should go with the boys.
Oh no; he wanted to spend all the time with his beloved little wife and
wouldn't dream to leave her behind. What would she do wi~hout him? She
would be lonely and frightened in that big house, especially since she didn't
have any friends of her own! Peter smiled; such devotion! Wives jealously
nudged their husbands.
The doctor had told Dolores to get plenty of fresh air and exercise, so
she took up ga1rdening. All her love and care flowed through her hands
into plants and flowers, and they grew and prospered. Her rose garden
especially became famous and many people came to admire it, and although
she wouldn't speak of it, she enjoyed their praises. Peter smiled at his wife's
little hobby. Well, if it made her happy...and the garden did look very
nice. At parties he would relate how she would run out during the night and
lovingly protect her little ole plants from a cold wind or an early frost. Yes,
he could saY':
"She treats them like children and I could almost get jealous, leaving
my bed to look after the roses and tulips and what-nots."
And they all would laugh, while Dolores would blush and fight to
keep from crying. It was true. She did care for her flowers as if they were
her children, and on cold nights she imagined she could hear them shiver and
moan in the wind. They depended on her for their well-'being and she was
responsible for them.
In early spring a telegram came telling of Dolores' mother's serious
illness. Dolores was torn between her duty to her mother and her flowers;
that's how dear they had become to her, and it was difficult to make her
decision. So Peter as always had to make it for her. He packed her bags,
arranged the trip and promised to look after the garden, and if need be to
call in a professional gardener. Dolores was relieved. Now she could devote
all her loving care to her ailing mother.
Mrs. Stratton recovered nicely and Dolores was able to return home
within a few weeks. She really looked forward to being home again, to be
able to ask Peter for advice and lean on his strength. He met her at the
airport, love and devotion on his face, a big bunoh of flowers clutched in his
arms. "No," he assured her, "these are not from the garden, I bought them
on the way. But just wait until we get home. I have a big surprise for you....
Yes, yes, it has something to do with your flowers, but I won't tell you anymore."
Dolores settled back into the carseat. She wondered what the surprise
could be. Maybe he had gotten her a little greenhouse, like the one she
had seen in the magazine and liked so well. Yes, that was probably it. Oh,
wouldn't it be wonderful. Now she could raise flowers all year long. Oh,
what a wonderful, thoughtful husband her Peter was. As the car prulled
into the driveway, she could hardly contain her impatience, but Peter
insisted on doing everything properly. First they had to go into the house
and fix her a welcome home drink, put up her clothes and then go to
inspect the garden. While Peter mixed the cocktails Dolores tried to peek
through the windows, but all the drapes were pulled tightly. Peter laughed:
"All right, an right, I won't torture you any longer. Here, take your
drink and let's go outside and take a look."
He opened the patio doors and as they blinked in the bright sunlight a
cheery "Welcome home" rang out. All their friends gathered around them,
clinking glasses and kissing her. But Dolores saw none of them, knew
nobody. Her eyes were fixed on the sparkling, shiny new pool that sat
proudly in the middle of the yard, right there where her roses used to be,
her roses used to be...The words ran through her mind like the refrain
of an old nursery rhyme. Her glass slid out of her hand. She didn't notice
it, nor did she pay any attention when it shattered. What she did hear,
though, was her heart crumbling into a thousand pieces and she could feel
the pieces settling into a tiny painful heap in her chest. She turned to walk
into the house, amazed that one could still move with a broken heart. She
did not recognize the people clustered around the bar, smiles frozen on their
faces, clutching their glasses as if they were lifesavers. She moved silently and
quickly; people would later say, like in a dream. Without hesitation she went
into the study, took out the little gun that Peter had bought for protection
of home and honor, as he had laughingly explained. Then she turned and
just as silently went back to the pool. Everybody was whispering in hushed
voices, shaking their heads at her strange behavior. What a crazy lady. Here
her husband had bought her the best pool that money could buy, only thinking
of her as always, so she could get her lresh air and exercise, and what did
she do? She walked around as if she had seen a ghost. They moved quickly
out of her way when she came gliding out of the house. Nobody thought
of taking the gun from her. They all watched in frozen amazement as Dolores
walked up to Peter, who was standing at the edge of the pool and, without
hesitation, pointed the gun at his chest and shot him. The impact spun him
around and into the pool. She watched him float on the surface for a few
minutes or an eternity, then amid bubbles and foam he sank slowly to the
bottom. The water had turned a beautiful rose red.
When the police came, Dolores handed over the pistol peacefully. Calm
and steady was her voice when she made her only statement.
"He killed my children and I had to avenge them."
My heart
longs to return
to the kingdom
of the giants.
to the dusky forests
where the gentle touch of deer
has caress,ed the
fern covered floor.
Where the rich redwoods
and majestic sequoia
speak in hushed tones
whispering far above
the ears of man-kind.
I long to
feel the peacefulness
to drench in the
heavy stillness
which clings to every
moss covered twig.
My soul cries out
in restlessness
to find the serenity
among the gentle ones.
of the merrily, singing
stab at my conscience.
Come, they call
Drink from our crystal pools
'and regain joy
in the song of the wind.
Return once again to the
kingdom of the giants.
Debbie Rinaldo
comes softly creeping
surrounding you with coldness.
Silently it comes upon you
wrapping you in a robe of discontent;
bravely you go forth to break the seal of gloom.
You failed.
The darkness throws you back.
Quietly now you wait for
june marie iles
Cindy Burton
Old violin, mute
Strings missing
No way to sing
No eyes to drip tears.
Judy Perlman
JUJt Once ...
Just once when I've closed my eyes
the darkness won't seem so dark.
Just once when I've fallen from great heights
the bruise won't 'hurt so much.
Just once when I cry
the tears won't fall so hard
or sting my wet cheeks so.
Just once when I feel defeated
I won't wonder why I must exist.
Just once...
Lisa Morcomb
,$korl ~ile ~amenl
A touch.
An embrace.
Some sense of direction to this race.
You sigh.
Or perhaps you cry.
While I have to ask the why.
All the children of the sun
Herded by politicians' gun Els,
e shot on the run.
Hear an eoho -
Crack of doom
While wanting only living room
Before yielding to the tomb.
A touch!
A touch!
So very warm and dear
Is sadly sorely missing here.
Spiraling vertigo of desire;
While 'gainst us unknown con~pire
Touches my fire -
Too soon my final pyre
With Calvin on the lyre.
But first a touch
not in hurried clutch
Michael Sterling
PheaJanl UnJer {ilaJJ
Pheasant under glass,
My ass!
I'd better split
Before I'm hit,
Andcar1"ied off
Through morning fog
By some damn hunter's
Hunting dog.
Jennifer Bishop
Long ago
you walked into my mind.
Molding my thoughts
to conform to yours.
Individuality faded
into the lonely past.
Identical feelings
bringing security.
How I willingly
gave myself to you.
Softening my shell making
it easier to
Now - we are one.
We laugh alike,
talk alike,
love alike.
Your joy is mine
and your anger is ours.
And yet, I find myself
to remember who I was.
Debbie Rinaldo
Wind bumps into trees
Blind - looking
For a way out
Searching for freedom.
Judy Perlman
you were born a traveling man
life has been hard, i can see
in your face, cares for the ones you love
they have turned you away
so you give the world a front.
the face of a clown
but the clown cries too
but where none can see
i've seen and i've done the same
i cry inside.
we dream tomorrow may
be different?
but tomorrow comes and nothing has
and again we cry and hope,
and dream.
june marie iles
Uhe Stowaway
There's a stowaway in my mind
Who peeks out of places where he hides
And tempts with soft syllables, saying,
"Come away with me.
We'll go to Paris and find someone who knew Hemingway.
and sit in a sunny sidewalk cafe
and drink ruby wine
and eat crusty bread and mellow yellow cheese
and talk about Life."
I can't possibly make it today Baby's
sniffles have not gone away.
"Then come with me," says he.
"We'll go to India and stroll in the bazaar
and smell the perfumes
and eat sticky sweets
and buy a burnished brass bracelet with tiny
tinkling bells
and see an elephant."
I really would have gone before But
I must mop the kitchen floor.
"Then tomorrow," he goes on with a faraway stare,
"We'll sail the seas in a schooner
with canvas of clouds
and find an island no one else has seen.
We'll run naked in the surging, sea-going surf
and we'll laugh."
I do know such moments are few But
tomorrow the car payment's due.
"Then we could wake one morning," he persists,
"In a meadow where mist catches rainbows,
walk veiled forest paths
nap when the shadows are hard
listen to the winsome wind-voices
catch sunset colors on a palette
to paint with later
and drink moonwine.
I'm terribly sorry to be in rush -
But tomorrow I must trim the hibiscus bush.
Limping footsteps made hollow echoes
As he trudged back toward dusky obscurity.
I heard him sigh and he seemed to
shrink a bit.
and did I see a tear?
Judy Perlman
oIJolph Ritler JJigh
J. Koncz
I knew high school wasn't going to be any picnic when I first enrolled
at Adolph Hitler High School.
There I was with other soon-to-be freshmen, standing in a line. Lines
are what high school is all about. The average student, in his four years of
high school, spends most of his time waiting for passes to be written. Standing
in line runs a close second. Flirting is third, sleeping in study hall is fourth,
and eating lunch is fifth. Learning is twelfth and working is forty-second.
The line ran for about two-hundred and fifty yards, consisting of twentythree
students. It wasn't that we freshmen were afraid of each other, standing
so far apart. In fact, if anything, we would have liked to huddle together.
It was self-preservation that made 'us spread out. One small, tiny, unfortunate
little freshman with eleven yards on either side of him is much harder to hit
than a group of them. We had no intentions of making it easy for the upperclassmen.
On "E Day" (Enrollment Day - AHHS had abbreviations for everything),
I made freshman history. Of course, I couldn't have done it without
the help of an obliging Senior. (One always capitalizes "Senior".) Little did
I realize that fateful morning upon waking that I would become the first
freshman to be picked on before school even started.
"Hey," the Senior said, "you're a freshman."
I apologised.
"Oh, bein' smart, huh?"
"No, sir." Seniors feel they deserve that respect stuff.
"Are you sayin' that I'm wrong?" he asked, clenching his fist to help
me decide.
"No, sir. I sure wouldn't say you were wrong, even if you were." I
closed my eyes. "I have to learn to control my suicidal tendencies," I thought.
"Are you saying that I'm capable of being wrong?" Seniors are good
at questions. They only have trouble with the answers.
I decided against answering. I figured I was going to get it regardless.
"Ignoring me, huh?"
"You started me out the right foot upon,
For this, I thank thee, Adolph.
And now I'll grow up to be a good mon (man)
Again, I thank thee, Adolph.
I'll never forget,
And doubt I'll regret
My days with thee, dear Adolph."
The Senior pulled his punch. You just can't hit a freshman singing the
Alma Mater. Too hard.
You've probably noticed that none of the other freshmen volunteered
their help. They just stood around and watched, having heard of the old
political philosophy, "If you ignore it, it'll go away." In fact, apathy of this
sort is learned and perfected in high school. So next time you're being raped
or mugged and people stand and watch, you can safely assume that they
are or were freshmen.
The enrollment line gradually got shorter and finally it was my turn to
experience what is known as "The Annual Humiliation."
I stepped up to the desk where an old lady was sitting. She looked at
her typewriter through her glasses that rested on the tip of her nose, which
was a few inches away from the rest of her face.
"Freshman?" she asked in her nasal voice. All school secretaries have
nasal sounding voices. It makes them even harder to understand.
"Yes, ma'am," I replied.
"Koncz. Jim Koncz."
"No. K-o-n-e-z."
"You're not Jewish, then?"
"No. Hungarian."
"C-o-n-s, you said?"
"K-o-n-s." She typed it.
"No, ma'am, that's wrong. It's K-o-n-c-z."
She still hadn't looked up from her typewriter. "Why didn't you say
something, then?"
"I'm sorry." She took the form out of the typewriter and replaced it
with another.
I gave up. "No. S-m-i-t-h."
She began to type. "J-o-n-e-s." There were sixty-seven Jones in the
freshman class.
"Right." I said.
"First name?"
"J-i-m. Age?"
"Does it matter when you're in love?" I put my hand over my heart
and swayed, staring off into space.
"Thirteen. What classes do you wanna take?"
"Whaddaya got?" I asked.
She began to type. "Guide to Understanding Soren Kirkegaard I, World
History in Relation to Brazil I, Great Operas First Performed in Cleveland
III, Advanced Pillow-Stuffing, and General Draperies. Here's your copy,
complete with a list of books to purchase. One for each class." she handed
me the paper.
"Ma'am, there must be some kind of a mistake. I've got six classes
and you've got fourteen books listed here."
She was still looking at her typewriter. "Did your parents vote 'Yes' on
the School Bond Issue?" she asked.
"No," I replied.
"I know," she answered.
One of the marvels of the modern high school is the bookstore. The
bookstor'e is the place on campus that supplies the students with all the
necessary articles to flunk out of high school properly. It also wId anything
capable of boosting school spirit. The bookstore's big seller my freshman
year was the "Adolph Hitler High School Bullhorn," designed to take to the
football games. If it didn't get the team all fired up, it was a least good for
a laugh when sneaking up on couples in parked cars.
There were four windows in our bookstore, none of which was for what
you wanted. As in everything at AHHS, I had to learn the correct procedure
for handling bookstore business. It went like this:
I waited in line for a half-hour. I finally stepp~d up to the window and
said, "I would like to buy a book."
"This window is for selling books back to us. You have to go to the next
window down."
I did, and waited for another half-hour. Once again I said that I'd like to
buy a book.
"I'm sorry, but this window is for selling paper, pencils and notebooks.
You must go to that window." I was directed to the window I had just
come from.
"I've already been there. I was told to come here."
"Well, then, I suggest you try a different one."
I did. Again. For another half-hour. I hit ,them with my speech.
"You'd like to buy a book. Well, try another window. This one's onl)
open for ventilation."
I had one line left. "What's another half-hour," I thought. "I'm
already two hours late coming back from lunch." I finally got to the front
of the line when the shade was pulled down, indicating that the window was
dosed. On the shade was a sign:
Choose one -
a.) This window's closed,
b.) We're out of that book,
c.) You don't need that book for your classes,
anyway, or
d.) All of the above
So there was only one thing to do. I sneaked around the side of the
building to the door and went in quietly, only to end up at the end of
,another line. But this line was being served! School was out and I had
missed the bus to go home, so I stayed and watched the head "bookstore
lady" (anyone who works in a bookstore is a "bookstore lady") as, she
directed the student assistants in rearranging the books, this time by color.
It's more effective than by size, the school board contends.
Being a freshman, 1 got used books. Used books aren't that bad
though. Where else can you read, "Sue loves Ralph," "Clarrise loves
Ralph," "Ingrid lon, Ralph," "Bruce loves Ralph," and "Ralph loves
Ralph"? Surely not in any of the new textbooks. But give them time.
What I objected to about receiving used books was that I had to pay
new-book prices for them. That is, I objected until things were explained
to me. "These books were new, though, before they were used," the
bookstore lady reasoned. How could I argue with logic like that?
I was given the hooks, just enough to make me look awkward when
carrying them. Freshmen must carry more books than they can handle.
It's a Senior rule, for two reasons: 1.) If the freshman doesn't have a good
grip on the books, they're easy to knock out of the unsuspecting freshman's
hands, and 2.) there are just that many more books for the freshman to
pick up.
After picking up my books for the third time, I finally made it to
my locker. Everyone knows what a locker is. It's the thing that can't be
opened, but when it's opened, either won't stay opened or wBI stay opened
and won't close, unless, of course, your fingers are in it.
The combination lock works on the principle that "one must be
more intelligent than a device in order to operate it." This immediately
eliminated high school students. Being one myself, a student, not a combination
lock, I couldn't open my locker. I went to a nearby teacher and
requested help. Of course, the teacher zapped it right open. The faculty
and administration of Adolph Hitler High Sohool were all in on the secret
of opening the lockers. You see, the Adolph Hitler High School District
had no space for building new homes, limiting the number of new students
entering the school. The school board was concerned about the lack of
school growth, as the school received federal funds according to enrollment
figures. So, since new students weren't available, the school board
decided to keep the students it had. This is where the lockers come in.
If a student didn't have his books in class, i1t was grounds for failure. And
,if his books were in a locker that he couldn't open, well, some of the
students at AHHS were older than the teachers. And twice as intelligent.
Enrollment as a Senior was much quicker and mQre fun. For example,
the lines weren't half the problem that they were as a freshman. All I
had to do as a Senior was to find the last Senior in line and step behind
him. That would never put me more than second in line. I was then
asked to have a seat, while I was being questioned as to the courses I'd like.
"Oh, I don't know. Let's see. How about Boy's Physical Ed., then
a study hall, then Wood Shop, then a study hall, then Driver's Ed., lunch,
then Sex Education."
"Oh, that sounds fine. Let's see, one full credit for P.E., Wood Shop,
Driver's Ed., and Sex Ed., and one-half credit each for two study halls
and lunch. That'll come to 121/2 credits per semester. That ought to give
you enough to graduate. Here's your list of books to purchase."
"Okay. Wait. What's this ten dollar charge here for?"
"Oh. That's for a subscription to Playboy."
"For Wood Shop?"
"Don't ask me. Ask your teacher."
I never did ask my teacher. But you should have seen what we
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All that's left is
dried pressed flowers,
ticket stubs from
midnight hours,
perfume bottles
still half full,
and stacks of letters
full of bull.
Jennifer Bishop
The midnight cry of the mockingbird
troubles my sleep
Till vast dreams sigh of the misting years
when green-apple childhood
By the farm gate, opened the long road
west to the setting suns.
Some dreams came with me. Some stayed
behind fingers of fog
Curled behind the mountains, afraid to come
to reaches I have reached
Across lonely plains, down lonely roads
west to the setting suns.
Ruby Edwards
Cindy Burton
tEare/oot on the tEeach
When barefoot on a sandy beach
All senses are upside-down.
No need for eyes
Or ears
Or head
Through sales of feet all feelings come.
Sunwarm, blond grains between toes sift
To slip away complete
To leave us stand
On only air.
With only faculty of feet
Firm coolness means water's edge.
The silky wetness beats
And throbs
With pulsations of breakers far out.
Grains filter from beneath again
As flat, small waves lick dry grit gone
Glide out
To join
The rest.
Judy Perlman
Cindy Burton
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Bill Wootan 21
Bert Wood '8
Sylvia Wilson 15
John Walker 19
Michael Sterling 20, 30t
Debbie Rinaldo 12, 15, 27, 32
Judy Perlman 29, 32, 34, 44
Maria Nemmer 5, 14
Lisa Morcomb 29
Helen Mitsios 5, 16, 18
Claudia McCarty Cover, Title Page, 17,
33, 35, 41, 45
Marianne Martin 24, 25, 26
Michael Lerch 42
Myke Lentz 22
James Koncz 10, 11, 36-40
June Marie lles 28, 32
Mary Ann Henningsen 7
Kurt Hoyer 9, 18
Edward Everett Sr. 13
Ruby Edwards 43
Bev Christiansen 35
Louise Byrne 17
Cindy Burton 28, 44, 45
Jennifer Bishop 4, 7, 14, 21,
23, 31, 41, 48
Greer Barkley 6
Wendy Barker 3
Exorcized writer Holy
water in hand -
I am the Cosmic Unraveler.
I may be printed in Playboy,
But not in your simpleton's
Eumenides Melampus
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (June 11, 2009) — Unbeaten filly Well Deserved turned back a determined bid by Repo through the stretch en route to a one-length victory under jockey Joel Rosario in Thursday's $76,850 Cinderella Stakes at Hollywood Park.
Well Deserved covered 5 ½ furlongs on Cushion Track in a stakes record 1:02.97 while winning for the second time. The daughter of Cactus Ridge pulled away from favorite Southern Fireball at the quarter pole and then held off her stablemate in the final furlong.
Well Deserved, owned by Marc C. Ferrell and trained by David Hofmans, broke her maiden here May 1. The second choice at 2-1 in the Cinderella, she returned $6.60, $4 and $3.60. Repo paid $5.20 and $4.60, while the show payoff on Champagne d'Oro was $5. Southern Fireball finished fourth in the field of seven 2-year-old fillies.
The winner's check of $43,110 boosted Well Deserved's earnings to $70,710. The Kentucky-bred was purchased for $100,000 in March.
Rafael Bejarano rode three winners Thursday to gain the lead from Rosario atop the jockeys' standings by a 46-45 margin. Victor Espinoza and Garrett Gomez each rode a pair of winners.
Racing resumes Friday with a 7:05 p.m. post time.
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Abundance for Whom? Diamandis, Big Pictures, Context and TED
On the first day of the annual TED conference last week, environmentalist Paul Gilding and X-Prize founder Peter Diamandis squared off on our species' prospects. It was a pairing of a decidedly gloomy bad cop (Resources depleted!) and irrespressibly cheerful good cop (We can tech our way to abundance!).
I really do admire Diamandis' optimism. The technologies he talks about are stunning. Yet I found myself wondering: Abundance for whom? Diamandis uses a very species-specific metric. Humans are thriving: there are more of them than ever and, taken as an aggregate, living longer, healthier, more prosperous lives. So far, so Hans Rosling.
But we are, in fact, in the middle of a mass extinction ("Climate change models flawed, extinction rate likely higher than predicted"). For countless species, lifespans are shrinking. Many no longer have lifespans. The abundance their presence made possible is no longer available. It is not so easy to invent a mechanical bee (though there have been efforts of a sort).
Diamandis blames the media for putting us all in a bad mood with nonstop "if it bleeds, it leads" news. The implication: attitude counts. And it does. But there actually are a lot of bad things happening. Those stories are true.
The reality is not so black and white. One can be deeply troubled by world events and inspired by the promise of technology at the same time. What one cannot do is brush away the reality of abundant loss: of species, habitats, biodiversity, clean air and non-record breaking weather.
By the time a clear connection can be proved between specific weather events and climate, it will be too late, though evidence is certainly mounting:
- Record temperatures (hotter for the planet as a whole, though unevenly distributed —see Europe's winter 2012).
- Record tornado outbreaks
- Runaway ocean acidification
Diamandis talks a lot about "humanity's Grand Challenges." The X Prize Foundation has tackled some genuinely awe-inspiring projects, spearheading advances in everything from commercial space travel to a tricorder-style medical diagnostic devices.
But there are some other kinds of equally Grand Challenges—a little less sparkly and sci-fi cool—that could also benefit from a little more tech.
Exhibit A: The khapra beetle, an itty bitty omnivore munching its merry way through the world's breadbaskets at an increasingly alarming rate, with implications for humans and pretty much any other species that likes to eat.
Exhibit B: The pine bark beetle which has destroyed 6 billion-with-a-b trees over the last 15 years, just in North America, turning what were once carbon sinks into net carbon emitters (dead trees don't absorb atmospheric carbon and burn easily).
Without tackling the khapra beetle, there is no point developing more productive, or flood and drought tolerant crops. That is, unless, of course, the point is to address beetle hunger.
Likewise, protecting trees from pine bark beetles would be considerably more effective for slowing carbon emissions than pricey and iffy terraforming schemes, such as seeding iron filings in (increasingly acidic) oceans.
Don't get me started on what's ailing the bees and what a game-changer that's shaping up to be…
We need Diamandis' enthusiasm and evangelist's talent for sparking imagination. But the vision and metrics must be broader and deeper. Slick charts illustrating a trajectory of human prosperity driven by Moore's Law dazzle and mislead. The subtext is that we are a path to a kind of tech-enabled perfection: the Singularity.
The vision is inspiring, but could be so much more if it were…grander, set in the context of Earth's Grand Challenges
We are part of a whole that is being ripped apart at the seams. It is our past, our future, our hope.
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- "We're on the edge of an extinction crisis" / photographer Joel Sartore / NBC
- "The Biodiversity Project" / Joel Sartore / website


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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (December 19, 2010)—After consecutive days of consistent, heavy rain, Hollywood Park was forced to cancel the final seven races Sunday.
Concerns with the transition area from the chute to the main track was the reason for the premature conclusion to the card, which was the final one of the Autumn meet.
"Concern for the safety of the jockeys is something that is always of paramount importance,'' said Hollywood Park president Jack Liebau. "There was a suggestion by the jockeys to shorten all remaining races to six furlongs, and some thought was given to doing that, but that would not have been fair to the wagering public across the nation who may not be made aware of those changes.''
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Wish me luck guys ive hunted every other day since october first still havnt seen a buck big enough
Wish me luck guys ive hunted every other day since october first still havnt seen a buck big enough
Good luck. Bring him home!!!
wellll hunted the morning didnt see anything scouted around in a new area and found some monster rubs and did the one thing i hate, i hunted on the ground lol. got in the woods 5 hours before dark at 2. around 5 i start hearing branches break and here comes a buck running a doe just grunting and running full speed he gets about 20 yards from me, but behind 20 yards of brush lol i draw my bow and he stops.... stands there about 3 mins and my arms about dead and he starts blowing me and runs away if hes the big boy that made the rubs and scrapes on the hill then he was a monster that's why i always hunt from a tree haha but its ok i got work at 1 hunting the morning tomorrow!
i havent had much luck in trees....... i hear its the way to go though.
that sucks, hopfully you will get him the next day, but thats bowhunting (hunting in general), good luck.
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The second loaf I sampled was the 100% Rye with Flax Seed. This loaf also has a very clean ingredient list – organic stoneground rye berries, organic flaxseed, filtered water, and salt. The slices are larger, but very thin. Flax seeds add a lovely texture and the rye flour provides a pleasant tang (also similar to sourdough, like the spelt loaf). When I toasted the bread, the slices curled a bit, but that didn't bother me once I slathered them with avocado or dipped them in soup!! This loaf is also filling, thanks to the wholesome ingredients. It was less expensive than the spelt variety, but still more than I would spend for the amount of bread in the package. Between the two loaves I tried, this was my favorite.
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BMC Racing Team's Brent Bookwalter finished third of the 211-kilometers opening stage of Tour of Utah.
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At the conclusion of a long and warm day, BMC Racing Team's Sport Director assistant Mike Sayers said, the riders stayed calm despite a 5 men breakaway that enjoyed more than five minutes of freedom at a point "We had Larry Warbasse chasing the break in front at a moment, but we preferred to stay quiet and see how the things would go. Then on the last climb, with about 18km to go our team was in the front and our guys were attacking until the final". In fact, BMC Racing Team was the best represented team with seven riders in the main group at the finish, "During the last kilometer, there were Schar, Frank and Bookwalter in front, and there has been a bit of confusion here, but despite this, they tried it twice and Brent finished third, which is very good and I know he is extremely happy", explained Sayers. While Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare) won the stage and the race lead, Bookwalter crossed the line in third position, just after Damiano Caruso (Liquigas-cannondale).
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McCrory's schedule will only permit him to speak at the college's 10 a.m. exercise at which the college will award baccalaureate degrees to 193 students who are graduating from the traditional day program. The college will also award 86 baccalaureate degrees and eight master's degrees in a 2 p.m. ceremony for graduates of the School of Evening and Graduate Studies.
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When I saw it was by them, I knew it was going to be awesome.
"By saying that, you just reminded me of something I've always wanted to know...why is it that the left has been more hostile to libertarianism then the right?"
I think that this is actually a very interesting question, and while I don't really have a straightforward answer I do have some thoughts on the matter.
1. If you're talking about the far left then libertarians are more likely to actually talk to them, partly because it spends more time and effort on the subject. Being on the fringe means that you tend to take other people on the fringe more seriously. You also see AE and libertarianism pay A LOT of attention to Marxism, in large part for historical reasons. This means that the two are much more likely to actually clash, this feeds into point two. It's also important to note that in a lot of ways they compete for the same head space, freedom and an end to coercion are cries for both ideologies since in our day most socialists are exceedingly "socially liberal" (and I want to make this very clear, that they are so in how they describe themselves, I would argue that this is not implied by their system nor is it likely to turn out that way if the system is ever instated) the only differences come down to economic differences, which would mean that both of them are likely to attract similar people, but also with AE running around you have libertarians saying that their system is a system which provides immense prosperity. Therefore I think that there is some understanding, especially upon the Marxist side, that there is some inherent competition here.
2. Libertarianism is actually fit to critique socialism, and it is exceedingly hostile to the ideology. A huge amount of AE, probably too much from a modern standpoint, has been spend criticizing the numerous flaws in the various forms of socialism and the thought processes behind them, and actually as soon as we discard the neoclassical logic behind the perfect competition model and replace it with the dynamic Austrian framework, then suddenly the socialist argument doesn't work with anywhere near the efficacy that it does if you're dealing with a perfectly competitive mindset which is not met by the modern monopolistic economy. I think that the far left, with the possible exception of anarcho-communism (to which Austrian critiques don't apply quite as well) fears libertarianism and the economics which back it up because of how thoroughly they debunk socialism.
3. Libertarians, for reasons 1 and 2 are more likely to engage radical leftists and are far more fit to talk to them. Have you ever seen a republican try to engage a Marxist? It's pathetic, they don't have the first semblance of an idea of how to critique the long-dead 150 year old set of fallacies that they supposedly hate so much. Libertarians on the other hand, can engage leftists, and they can do it really well. This breeds more and more contempt towards libertarianism.
4. Moving towards a more all encompassing view of the left, it's important to note that libertarianism is everything that the leftists hate, and something which really upsets their worldview. For the most part leftism is an economic worldview, far more than conservatism is, and today leftism is ALL about the economics, social issues are practically forgotten, with the exception of same-sex marriage. Even when leftists talk about discrimination and sexism, they're damn well talking about the results of the economic system and what someone did with their property and their business. Libertarianism proposes a fully free market and a fully free social atmosphere, this combines something that they hate more than anything else, something that they routinely strawman conservatives with, and combines it with what they are supposed to be.
They are supposed to be the supporters of freedom, of "social liberty", while their opponents support social repression by their corrupt government and economic repression with the evil that is their corporations. Libertarianism messes up this worldview totally, now they are in favor of massive freedom, but the economic system which makes leftists of all kinds scream. The radicalism of libertarianism would instantly bring about the hatred we are talking about, but the social aspect just totally sets them off.
5. Many of the arguments made by libertarians are very arcane in modern, and often more simplistic, discourse. This means that they are more likely to look like idiots to pretentious idiot liberals who will go on to rail against them and call them stupid... My hatred for liberals is often unmatched.
6. Libertarianism has, much to my dismay, become increasingly associated with the tea party and the republican party. This combines any hatred towards the right the left has with all the hatred for libertarianism they would have otherwise had... So a perfect storm in many respect.
I think that's a large part of the reason, anyway.
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Very interesting. In a great speech he once did, John Stossel once brought up how he made his transformation from a liberal to a libertarian, stating that he was extremely suprised when he found out that the right treated libertarianism more than the left, as libertarians don't have a problem with things like same-sex marriage, drugs, and all that good stuff.
I think the guys at South Park sum it up pretty well:
"What we're sick of—and it's getting even worse—is: you either like Michael Moore or you wanna fuckin' go overseas and shoot Iraqis. There can't be a middle ground. Basically, if you think Michael Moore's full of shit, then you are a super-Christian right-wing whatever. And we're both just pretty middle-ground guys. We find just as many things to rip on on the left as we do on the right. People on the far left and the far right are the same exact person to us."
Bro, you didn't post anything bro.
The best part about the southpark quote is that the downside to being associated with the left is liking Michael Moore... And I have to say between the two choices presented the I'd have a tough time making a decision.
Fixed it.
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HOLY crap, Coase is still alive! He's 101.
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Huh?!?! It's not Bob Murphy? So, even though this stuff is obvious to almost anyone who reads this forum, I suggest you read this just for the humor. Block is funny.
What did he write where his target was Hayek? As he states in the article.
what the hell does this mean, "labor implies disutility"?
then hoppe says that this is an "empirical assumption" .... Why?
Lol. I just got it.
To paraphrase Marc Faber: We're all doomed, but that doesn't mean that we can't make money in the process.
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what the hell does this mean, "labor implies disutility"?
Translation: Work is a pain in the ass.
then hoppe says that this is an "empirical assumption" .... Why?
Because we can easily imagine a world where everyone is a workaholic... they work because they love to work. So, there is no a priori reason why work is a pain the ass. It just happens to be a pain in the ass and this is empirically determined because if you want someone to work, you have to pay them, whereas you don't have to pay people to sit on the beach in Tahiti, they'll pay for the opportunity to do that. Hence, sitting on the beach in Tahiti is empirically determined to have utility and labor is empirically determined to have disutility.
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hah appreciate the easy translation. Makes perfect sense now. for some i was thinking labor is somehow a disutility in the macro sense like labor is inherently bad or harmful (now that i know what it means im really not sure what i was thinking). I wasnt putting the sentence in the context of the individuals in the labor force.
What did he write where his target was Hayek? As he states in the article.
And here: http://mises.org/journals/jls/12_2/12_2_6.pdf
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His plan to fix the economy means as much to me as the words echoed in this video.
Wheylous, if I was still in college I'd in all seriousness print that picture out and give it to my engineering teacher as a project I was working on.
I read this, and at first I thought it would be different than what it was, I don't know why, maybe because a Republican was breaking out of the norm? In reality, no, again same rhetoric and agenda, just a different mask.
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President Obama ended one war, is ending another and meeting our national security needs with support of our military leaders. He's laid out a clear plan that would reduce the deficit and prevent the mandatory military spending cuts that no one wants. But today's Republican Party, including Ryan who voted for the deal that would trigger the cuts, is willing to bring our country's defenses to the fiscal cliff -- just so a multimillionaire doesn't have to pay a single extra penny in taxes. And the real lack of leadership? Failing to own up to your role in racking up a record debt from two unpaid wars and two massive unpaid for tax cuts. Mitt Romney leads the party that fails this leadership test.
President Obama ended one war, is ending another and meeting our national security needs with support of our military leaders. He's laid out a clear plan that would reduce the deficit and prevent the mandatory military spending cuts that no one wants. But today's Republican Party, including Ryan who voted for the deal that would trigger the cuts, is willing to bring our country's defenses to the fiscal cliff -- just so a multimillionaire doesn't have to pay a single extra penny in taxes. And the real lack of leadership? Failing to own up to your role in racking up a record debt from two unpaid wars and two massive unpaid for tax cuts. Mitt Romney leads the party that fails this leadership test.
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Is it just me, or does Maoism slightly resemble Jeffersonian Democracy?
Is it just me, or does Maoism slightly resemble Jeffersonian Democracy?
Not really. They both just have the farmer as the basic unit, Jefferson because of the strong Anglo-Saxon, Graeco-Roman tradition (with good reason), and Mao because almost everyone in China was a farmer so he had to adapt Marxism to that environment. Other than that, they are pretty different.
Both emphasize the power of the yeoman, I guess that's what made me view them as similar. And please expand on what the "good reason" is.
Are they really yeomen under socialism?? The good reason is that decentralised agrarian societies foster beneficial social institutions.
Ha, I suppose they aren't yeomen under socialism. But regardless, Jeffersonian Democracy is still democracy, also known as the tyranny of the majority. Jeffersonian democracy seems to me like a small spin on that. I'd be happy if you helped me understand it more.
Well when I said 'with good reason' I was referring to the Anglo-Saxon, Graeco-Roman tradition, i.e. that Jefferson's knowledge of those civilizations aided his understanding of social institutions. Also, note that if there are property requirements for voting, the latter does not necessarily result in the 'tyranny of the majority'.
So what you are saying is that democracy can exist under libertarian principles, just as long as it does not violate somebody's rights.
Not exactly. Rather that a significant degree of liberty can exist in a limited democracy...'if you can keep it'. The health of any society depends on the character of its members. Imagine if everyone on these forums created a new democracy. Don't you think it would allow for much greater freedom than if it was made up of random members of the general public?
Hmm, I see.
Well tell me your thoughts on Jeffersonian democracy, and if you think it is a fairly good or bad idea. I just read about how the Democratic-Republican Party (Jefferson's party) supported both Jeffersonian democracy as well as isolationism and nationalism. And I honestly don't see how you could build an entire political philosophy around the agrarian peasentry and make it work.
Look, compared to what exists today, it's amazing. You have to understand: the reason why they favoured the yeoman and opposed the aristocrats and plutocrats is that they realised the latter could use their wealth and power to capture the state and transform it into their own tool for gaining even more wealth and power, and so forth. They were right, since that's essentially what happened. But it existed within its own context. The conditions for the revival of such specific ideas are not exactly present, since the base foundations of the societal institutions upon which the philosophy is based have been swept away.


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naturally neat. Decluttering gets down to earth. Revealing naturally warm tones and smooth wood grain, beautifully spare eucalyptus planks construct a slatted design that corrals toys, magazines, accessories and other clutter. Neat cutout handles make it easy to move room to room.
Details and Dimensions
eucalyptus large storage box. 16"Wx11.75"Dx8"H
- Eucalyptus
- Slatted design with integrated handles
- Wipe with damp cloth, pat dry
- Made in Laos
Overall DimensionsWidth: 16" Depth: 11.75" Height: 8"
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George Orwell wrote:People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
George Orwell wrote:People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Posted 9-6-2005
I had a dream last night that I was supposed to pick up this amv creator at a movie theater near my house. As soon as I went to pick him up, he immediately punched me in the face and drove off in my car! Instead of doing something about it, I just went into the theater and watched a movie. o_O
Why is every dream I have about amv creators really bad?
Posted on 8-24-04
I had a dream last night that I invited an amv creator for the .org to my house (I dunno what his name was but he was an amv creator). Showed him around my house and showed him my dvd collection which he wasn't too interested in...
Then I had to get something really fast and left him in my room. When I got back, the amv creator was gone and I saw a dead girl's body under my bed and freaked out. The amv creator was hiding behind the door with an axe and came up behind me and....
I woke up
Posted on 12-01-04
I had a dream last night most of the amv editors from AWA and I went to this con in the netherlands or some european city. We were all getting ready to be seated for the amv contest and the emcee came out. She was a really hot chick dressed up like madam eva from memories although her dress was white. She then rose from the floor and began shooting fire at everyone and burned a few people in the crowd.
Most of us were able to escape the fire and Beowulf was like "We gotta kick her ass!" and the rest of us looked at him like he was crazy. So we all rushed in and attacked her. Some of us were fried and it got to the point where it was just me and her fighting it out kung fu style and the dream ended.
Is this a premonition of things to come?
Posted 9-7-2005
Kind of like another (not so bad) amv contest dream I had where Anime Expo was moved up in the mountains and we had to watch the amv contest in a sub zero tempurature and the guy running the projector was frozen o_o
I had this weird dream last night that I met up with dwchang and Superman (yes, the Superman) and we went to a bank. As soon as we got inside, Daniel and Superman pulled out guns and robbed the place (I have no idea why Superman ever needs a gun, but he used one x_x). As they both ran out, I was so scared shitless, that I was the one who ended up getting arrested.
While I was in prison, I got a call from Daniel and all he said was "HA HA!" Nelson style.
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