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When bassist Robert Trujillo joined Metallica back in 2003, he remembers that "there was talk about doing something like this."
A decade later, "Metallica: Through the Never" is a reality.
The iconic heavy metal group's 3D film, opening today in IMAX and Oct. 4 in general theaters, stars Dane DeHaan ("Chronicle," "Lawless," HBO's "In Treatment") as a crew member named Trip who's sent out on a special mission for Metallica while the group plays a concert.
Directed by Nimrod Antal ("Predators," "Armored"), "Metallica: Through the Never" blends vivid performance footage (filmed during August 2012 in Vancouver) with Trip's travels and violent travails — which includes a riot and an encounter with at least one horseman of the Apocalypse — for a project frontman James Hetfield acknowledges is "pretty complex."
"It's like three movies in one. There's a lot of different dynamics happening with this movie. It's pretty scary."
And, adds guitarist Kirk Hammett, it's hardly approached like a conventional film or music documentary.
"There's not gonna be, like, footage of us backstage or interviews or anything," Hammett explains. "It's going to be strictly live footage and a storyline that weaves in and out of the film, and that's something we're all really excited about. It's really, really an intense sort of thing because it's storytelling, but there's no real dialogue."
Antal says working with Metallica was "kind of a no-brainer." A fan of the band since he was young, the director was all ears when he was approached to do the film and welcomed the challenge when he was subsequently presented with the band's "incredibly strange concept."
"It felt like a completely original, different thing," the Los Angeles-born Antal, 39, recalls. "I'd never seen or heard of anything like it, so I was immediately intrigued."
The director says his script was inspired by Paulo Coelho's 1988 novel "The Alchemist" as well as the Occupy movement that was raging across the U.S. while he was working on it. He also worked closely with the band before the concerts and says Metallica was willing to "manipulate" its set list to accommodate the script's needs.
"They've been super supportive," Antal says. "To work with the band is a big deal, but as artists they are completely aware of the artistic process, and they were very giving in that regard."
Hetfield, however, says the group was somewhat surprised by the expense involved in producing the project.
"Every time we go and see it we tweak it here and there — it's like putting a song together, only it's a little more expensive," he says with a laugh. Hetfield also says "Through the Never" has also impeded progress on Metallica's next album, the follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic."
"Yeah, this movie is keeping us pretty busy at this point, and it's taking a lot of our time and effort — and touring," he explains. "We're trying to pay for this movie, so we're having to go make some money and we're going out and playing some more obscure places, and that's keeping us from getting in there and finishing a record. Hopefully we can break even with this and make it something that's historical and unique and become kind of a cult classic."
That's Trujillo's goal as well.
"I'm one of those guys back in the day that used to go see 'Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii' at 12 midnight at the local theater, the local movie house," he notes. "Or 'The Song Remains the Same,' y'know, 'Rust Never Sleeps,' Neil Young and Crazy Horse. So for us to do something similar, I think it's very exciting."
Metallica previewed parts of "Through The Never" at this year's Cannes Film Festival in France and at its Orion Music + More Festival during June on Belle Isle — where the group played a surprise set under the name DeHaan as a nod to the movie's star. The group also attended this year's Comic-Con in San Diego for a panel discussion and performance to drum up support for the film and then premiered "Through the Never" at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month.
A soundtrack companion album came out this week, and the four Metallica members will be showing up at various theaters around the country to greet fans. And while the group is champing at the bit to finally get it out for fans to see, it's also is also braced for a polarized reaction to it.
"I think if I have learned anything it is to sort of stop the whole expecting thing," says drummer Lars Ulrich. "Trying to show control where things take you and how people perceive it, it's just a ... lost cause. I understand that people are taken aback by the idea. I understand that people get taken aback by some of the things we do. I understand that people get taken aback by the result of some of the things that we do.
"But I just wish they would understand that they always start in the most innocent of places. I mean, what do they expect from us — the same record every two years? I think we made it known a long time ago that that was not us, y'know?"


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These gnomes gave me a message, I was at home depot the other day, and when I was in the gardening area I ran into some gnomes.
Of course, I decided not to hold on one second, so I didn't get to the rest of his message. Everybody, be very careful, I have much concern for all of your safety.Message from leader of the GNOMES
Tom, you are ruining all of us, we despise you, our days of basking in glory inside autocockers and shockers are coming near to the end. We used to be able to relax all day, knowing we had jobs making guns shoot farther than other guns at the same velocity.
Tom, you better lock your doors, and keep alert.
You better not walk through any dark alleys or any lawns at night
Because WE will be after YOU.
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- Apr 15:
- Ex-Boulder cop Christian McCracken sentenced to 90 days jail, 10 years probation
- Nov 26:
- Judge: Statements by ex-Boulder cop Christian McCracken allowed at attempted-murder trial
- Aug 24:
- Judge refuses to reduce sentence for Treven Hunter in assault of ex-Boulder cop
- Aug 23:
- Ex-Boulder cop charged with attempted murder opposes his assailant's early release
- Aug 16:
- Christian McCracken, charged with attempted murder, resigns from Boulder Police Department
- Jun 28:
- Attempted murder case against Boulder cop will go to trial
- May 29:
- Boulder cop Christian McCracken, charged with attempted murder, working on plea deal
- May 11:
- Boulder cop Christian McCracken charged with attempted murder in stalking case
- May 10:
- Christian McCracken, Boulder cop facing attempted-murder charge, re-arrested on drug counts
- May 3:
- Treven Hunter sentenced to 2 years for assault on Boulder cop now facing charges
- May 1:
- Police: Boulder cop Christian McCracken threatened to kill ex-girlfriend, 2nd dispatcher, self
- Aug 10:
- Boulder police: Man assaulted cop after refusing to pay $3 bar tab
Former Boulder police Officer Christian McCracken, who had been set to stand trial Monday on attempted murder, stalking and felony menacing charges, reached a last-minute plea deal with prosecutors in which he admitted guilt to a single count of felony stalking in exchange for the dismissal of the remaining charges.
One of five Boulder officers arrested over the past year, McCracken had been charged with stalking his ex-girlfriend and then plotting to kill her new boyfriend, both Boulder police dispatchers, in an incident that occurred while the 33-year-old was on medical leave after being assaulted in the line of duty.
McCracken pleaded guilty to the stalking charge Monday morning in front of Chief District Judge Roxanne Bailin. Prosecutors dropped one charge of first-degree attempted murder, felony menacing and two other counts of stalking in exchange for McCracken's guilty plea.
Ryan Brackley, assistant Boulder County district attorney, said McCracken's attorneys contacted him looking for a plea bargain and, after discussing it with the victims, the two sides reached a deal.
"We feel it is an appropriate plea that addresses the defendant's behavior over the course of the winter of 2011 and spring of 2012," Brackley said.
McCracken, who remains free on $500,000 bond, could face one to three years in prison for the stalking charge -- a Class 5 felony. He is due to be sentenced April 15.
In an unrelated case, McCracken also pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge of drug possession out of Longmont and received a deferred sentence.
Injured on duty
McCracken suffered a head injury during an arrest on University Hill in August 2011 and was placed on medical leave. During that time, investigators say McCracken began stalking an ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend.
According to court documents, McCracken's ex-girlfriend told police he began calling her last March to try to get back together. Despite telling McCracken she did not want to resume their relationship, the woman told investigators she received five to six phone calls or 10 to 20 text messages a day from McCracken, as well as Facebook posts.
She began receiving messages from McCracken that led her to believe he was following her, according to court records.
The woman said on one particular night. McCracken began pounding on her door while she and the other dispatcher were inside after having gone out to dinner. He accused her of cheating on him with the other dispatcher, and later called her and told her that her friend "better watch his back," according to a police report.
Several other Boulder police dispatchers and officers then began telling the woman that McCracken often would ask them questions about her whereabouts and that they saw him hanging around the police station. Several also said McCracken accused them of conspiring against him.
Then, last August, McCracken retrieved two of his own guns that he kept at the police station while on medical leave, according to police. McCracken told his roommate -- a fellow Boulder police officer -- that he was going to shoot the male dispatcher in front of his ex-girlfriend, kill her and then go up into the mountains to commit suicide.
The roommate convinced McCracken to go to Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette to be evaluated. Broomfield police, having been contacted both by Boulder police and the ex-girlfriend, arrived at the hospital to arrest McCracken.
McCracken resigned from the Boulder Police Department last August shortly before an internal affairs panel found him guilty of breaking department policy.
Cops arrested
Over the past year, four other Boulder police officers have been arrested and charged in addition to McCracken.
Detective Scott Morris and Officer Elizabeth Ward both were arrested late last year on suspicion of DUI and have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. Their criminal charges are still pending.
Former Boulder officers Sam Carter and Brent Curnow were charged Friday with nine counts each in the killing and disposing of an elk on Mapleton Hill, a case that sparked widespread community outrage. The two were placed under investigation, but resigned before that internal probe was completed.
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LAFAYETTE - Ryan Elementary School may be closed for Thanksgiving week, but the school was alive this morning with people helping make the holidays a little better for families in need.
Students, parents and teachers all gathered to make Thanksgiving baskets for some of the less fortunate Ryan Elementary families. It's the second year the school has held the community service project.
"It's just a way to help our community and teach our children about giving and sharing with others," Principal Tobey Bassoff said.
Bassoff said she came up with the idea after seeing some families struggling during the holidays, and she said the response from the community has given her "goose bumps."
"Everyone came in and is volunteering their time," she said. "It's giving from the heart, and it really helps out the entire community. It's a win-win."
Inside the cafeteria, students and their parents went around with baskets, filling them with stuffing, veggies, pies and, of course, turkeys.
Lauren Davis filled a basket with her son, Noah, who is in kindergarten at Ryan Elementary.
"It's just a good time to remember what we have and give back," Davis said.
Bassoff said it isn't just current students and parents who have come to help. She said some graduates of Ryan Elementary -- even some college-aged ones -- have come back to fill their own baskets.
"It's not just a school, this is a community," said Maureen Keeney, who works in the school's front office.
The Saltz family was a perfect example of that. Holly is a teacher at Ryan Elementary, while her daughter Julia is a fifth grader and son Ben is an eighth grader who graduated from Ryan. All three came in to fill up baskets.
"My mom comes in so I come with her," Ben said, while Julia said she came in to "help to give to people."
"It's a great opportunity to help out people," Holly Saltz said.
Organizers said 50 to 60 families will either come to pick up their baskets or get their baskets delivered to them. Each basket also comes with a personalized card from the student who helped put it together.
As Deborah Berger was helping her son, first-grader William, spell "Thanksgiving" on his card, she said it was good to know everyone in the community was watching out for the families who have been going through some tough times.
"You always hate to see kids without food during the holidays, especially kids from our community," she said.
As he was preparing to put stickers on his card, William said he didn't even mind coming in on his week off to help out, thanks mainly to one important difference between a normal school day and helping fill baskets.
"We're in the cafeteria now," he said.
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I just posted the results of looking at another Record Set (Exhausted Research) for this project. This time, it was on the military unit the David Ridgely Howard Served in.
Instead of duplicating the blog, here is a link to the blog post.
Military History in FTM2012
I ended the post with this:
The point of this, for me, was to have a view in the Ancestry Member Tree, and in FTM2012, an overview of this Civil War Regiment. When reviewing my Civil War hero, and his dates, I have a good idea what battles he fought in.
He enlist on August 21, 1862, but into the 1st Regiment Maryland, so would have been in the initial organization of the 2nd Regiment. He was wounded on July 3, 1963 at the Battle of Culp's Hill. This would have put him at the battle of Centreville and Winchester, Virginia and the first day's battle in Gettysburg for this unit on July 2.
He missed the Battle at Martinsburg, but returned to the battle at Cold Harbor, Virginia.
He was wounded on the 2nd date's battle at Weldon Railroad, Virginia and would be out of the rest of the war, as he lost his leg in Weldon Railroad battle.


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Tony Danza was NOT a Porn Star. What happens is the woman is giving the man oral sex and the man will ask "Who's The Boss?" If the woman says "You Are" the man will forcefully slap her across the face with his wang and say "Wrong, Bitch! Tony Danza's the boss!"
I gave her a hard Danza Slap after she said I was the boss.
by Mike November 28, 2004
While receiving a blowjob you proceed to pull out of their mouth and slap them in the face with your cock and say "Who's the boss, bitch?"
by Joseph Louise May 21, 2006
smaking a girl in the face with your penis
I danza-slapped that bitch before I jizzed in her mouth.
by CWAD November 12, 2003
A "Danza Slap" is when a man slaps his erect penis derisively on the face of the woman who is giving him a blowjob. The genesis of the phrase can be found by watching the x-rated movie "Insatiable" starring Marilyn Chambers (1980). There's a scene where Ms. Chambers is getting rudely f'ed by her rich daddy's gardener on the pool table in the mansion. Being of low social standing, the gardener delights in "danza slapping" rich-girl Marilyn many times. The key though, is that the gardener (played by David Morris) actually looks like Tony Danza! I sh*t you not. Check it out.
Being a billionaire, Anthony thought it was his right to danza slap any women who gave him head.
by Flabbafour August 07, 2009
When, after oral sex, a man pulls his penis out of the woman's face, and proceeds to smack it across the woman's cheeks. Used mostly as a finishing move. Not to be confused with turkeyslapping, which is just a smack in the face with a penis, not necessarily to a woman who is giving oral sex, or even someone who wants to be near the penis.
That girl actually asked me to danza slap her, but I told her that I don't do that to my sister.
by Paccali November 14, 2002
This refers to the early years of Tony Danza. Before Who's the Boss, Danza's porn name was Tony Nadz. His signature more was the danza slap where he smacked the girl across the face after receiving oral sex and would call out "Danza". He was known to leave welts.
After that hummer, I slapped her across the face with my wang and hollered "Danza!" She was impressed.
by DEEZ February 23, 2004
I won a trip on the set of Who's the Boss. I asked Tony Danza for his autograph and almost instantaneously I felt a hot sweaty lighthouse whip across my face. I assume this was a Danza Slap
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By Susan Male-Smith
Here's an all-too-familiar scenario: You wake up in the middle of the night with a burning pain beneath your breastbone -- that unremitting, gnawing, almost crushing agony that makes you think it's a heart attack. But by now you know it's heartburn because it subsides when you get up, walk around and take an antacid.
Do these excruciating episodes mean you have gastroesophageal reflux disease, otherwise known by that catchy acronym GERD?
What is GERD?GERD occurs when stomach acid backs up into the esophagus as a result of a leaky valve where the stomach and esophagus meet. This can result in an array of symptoms, including:
While nearly everyone gets an occasional bout of run-of-the-mill heartburn, the National Institutes of Health say it's GERD when heartburn is persistent and occurs more than twice a week. In addition, a global conference in 2006 defined GERD more vaguely as acid reflux that causes "troublesome symptoms or complications." In other words, if you find your heartburn "troublesome," your doctor may say you have GERD. It's also worth noting that while the most common symptom of GERD is heartburn, it's also possible to have GERD without heartburn.
When to See a Doctor"If you have occasional heartburn with no other symptoms and it disappears with over-the-counter remedies, then you probably don't need to see a doctor," says Dr. Stuart J. Spechler, a gastroenterologist who teaches at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and serves as chief of gastroenterology at Dallas VA Medical Center.
But if heartburn is persistent or you have any other bothersome symptoms, it's a good idea to get checked out by your doctor. Left untreated, GERD can lead to complications, including inflammation of the esophagus, and in rare cases, Barrett's esophagus, a precursor to esophageal cancer. And it's especially important to see your doctor if symptoms are accompanied by weight loss or bloody stools. It's not likely, but these could signal something life-threatening, like cancer. Finally, if it turns out you have GERD, your doctor can recommend lifestyle changes and medications to help you feel better -- which may be the best reason of all to make that call.
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Ray Comfort
Ray Comfort is a Christian apologist from New Zealand who co-hosts The Way of the Master radio show alongside his partner Kirk Cameron.
Way of the Master
Together with Kirk Cameron, Ray produces The Way of the Master series of TV, radio, and internet material though neither have theological or formal training.
Links to summaries and refutations of The Way of the Master episodes are at the bottom of this page.
Atheist Central
Ray Comfort runs a blog called 'The Atheist Central'. The blog was initially called 'Comfort Food', however it was later renamed to 'The Soapbox' as Ray Comfort felt the name to be misleading, as it gave the impression of the blog being a "cozy corner for Christian fun, food, and fellowship"[1].
In 2009, the blog was once again renamed, this time to 'The Atheist Central'. Ray Comfort states that the reason behind the name is because atheists flood towards his blog as bugs would towards a barbecue. [2]
Ray Comfort is an evangelical Christian and a Biblical literalist who does not accept evolution. At times he seems to be a Young-Earth creationist, while at others he seems deliberately vague about the age of the universe.
In his live apologetics, Comfort states that once someone is born-again, God forgives them for all their sins. The following is a direct quote: "Once and for all and the moment you trust in him [Jesus Christ] you are completely justified and made right with God, you are made perfect by God's grace. That has nothing to do with living a good life, pleasing God because you can't because you a lying, thieving, adulterer at heart. The only thing you can do is repent and trust in him. The minute you do, in a heartbeat God justifies you. Cleanses you of your sin and you are born again. God gives you a new heart with a new set of desires and you know you are going to escape death and damnation." (Source: Ray Comfort stated this on his Mormonism program when interviewing several Mormons on camera)
Some people find this uncomfortable as it suggests that people can commit terrible sins like rape, murder, even genocide (Hitler) and still get to heaven so long as they repent at the last minute though this point is not unique to Ray Comfort. That message, convert and you will be saved persuades people to become followers of Ray Comfort and to start using/buying his material.
Ray maintains part of the time that the Bible says that we are saved by grace alone and not by works. He quotes Titus and Ephesians 2:8-9, which says that not by works of righteousness, but according to God's mercy. Does the Bible say that salvation is by grace alone and not by works? Should we be baptized? Psalm 62:12 says "For you render to each one according to his works."
Once people have become followers of Ray Comfort they get fearful because they cannot stop sinning. "Merely being sorry for your sins, or confessing them to God won't help you. You must turn from sin (repent), and your faith must be in Jesus Christ alone. " [3]Should faith be in Jesus or in the Trinity and the whole of Christianity? Unless people can stop themselves sinning their conversion may be what Comfort calls a false conversion and nobody can avoid sinning. So people stay followers of Ray and Kirk and keep on doing what Ray's system tells them in the desperate hope that they will be saved in spite of every sin.
It seems Ray (and Kirk) do not know the Bible, or sometimes purposely cherry-pick one side of the discrepancies to make other branches of Christianity appear foolish to give their faith more credibility.
Other branches of Christianity believe that both works and faith are required, some believe God has already predetermined your eternal fate, all can find some aparent confirmation for their position in the Bible or other supposed revelation.
View towards Atheists
A great deal of Ray Comfort's work involves opposing atheism, according to Ray, "An atheist is someone who believes that nothing made everything. He will deny that through gritted teeth, because it is an intellectual embarrassment. But if he says of his Toyota that he has no belief that there was a maker, then he thinks that nothing made it (it just happened), which is a scientific impossibility. So, to remain credible, he falls back on something made everything, but he just doesn't know what that something was. So he's not an atheist–he believes in an initial cause." Ray Comfort encourages all Christians to not be intimidated by atheists because "they're not intelligent, the bible says they're fools." [4]
Comfort is relying here on a straw man portrayals of atheism, particularly when he falsely claims that atheists believe in nothing. An atheist is somebody who does not believe in any gods, and atheism in itself is not a belief system. The rest of the quote reworks the argument from design. Incidentally we have experience that cars are made in factories, scientists also have evidence that natural forces can create patterns in for example snowflakes and natural selection can account for aparent design in living things. An intelligent designer is not needed.
Favorite arguments
Ray believes there are three "irrefutable" evidences for God.
- Creation: Using a coca-cola can as an example, Ray "theorizes" the origin of the can came from billions of years ago, as a straw man analogy for the universe coming from the Big Bang. This is, in essence, an argument from design.
- Conscience: According to Ray, God put within each of us conscience when God made us in his image. This separates us from the other animals since we have the ability to know right from wrong. But, according to Ray, our conscience has "lost its life on the outside" and each of us are "self-admitted blaspheming, lying, thieving, adulterers at heart" and could only be restored by the Ten Commandments. He then goes on to leverage this by asking "Are you a good person?" See that article for responses.
- Conversion: According to Ray, if you believe in God and seek him out, you will find him. "That is the ultimate proof." He invites unbelievers to experience proof of god by personal revelation.
Additional arguments
- Comfort is fond of the watchmaker argument argument from design. He will sometimes say something along the lines of "If I see a watch, it must have been made by a watchmaker, a loaf of bread by a baker, a building by an engineer, a creation by a creator." He will also say "Creation is 100% Scientific proof there was a creator."
- Comfort is the original author of the banana argument, in the Way of the Master episode entitled "The Beauty of a Broken Spirit—Atheism". Although he called it "the atheist's worst nightmare" in the episode, he later conceded the weakness of the argument on the Hellbound Alleee show. Comfort still uses it, however, and promotes it in his Atheist Test tract.
- Comfort is also the original author of the parachute analogy, a variation of Pascal's Wager, where he tries to convince the listener to trust in Jesus as they would trust a parachute.
- Comfort apparently targets the elderly with mailed greeting cards asking them to predict when they will die, and threatening them with the fear of Hell. [5] 2
Live appearances
Debate with the Rational Response Squad
On May 5, 2007, RRS co-founder Brian Sapient and RRS member Kelly O'Connor participated in a live debate aired on Nightline with Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron. Comfort and Cameron claimed they were able to show the existence of their god without the use of the Bible and faith (spoiler: they were wrong).
Appearance on The Atheist Experience
On 27 March 2011, Ray Comfort was a call-in guest on The Atheist Experience, with hosts Matt Dillahunty and Russell Glasser.
Written Material
Ray Comfort has written many Christian books including:
- Nothing Created Everything: The Scientific Impossibility of Atheistic Evolution
- You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think: Answers to Questions from Angry Skeptics
- How to Know God Exists: Scientific Proof of God
- Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups
- God Doesn't Believe in Atheists: Proof That the Atheist Doesn't Exist
- Hell's Best Kept Secret
- Scientific Facts in the Bible: 100 Reasons to Believe the Bible is Supernatural in Origin
- The Evidence Bible: Irrefutable Evidence for the Thinking Mind
- Defender's Guide for Life's Toughest Questions
- The School Of Biblical Evangelism
- Intelligent Design Vs. Evolution: Letters to an Atheist
- How to Bring Your Children to Christ..& Keep Them There: Avoiding the Tragedy of False Conversion
- Out of the Comfort Zone
- Overcoming Panic Attacks
- The World's Greatest Preachers
- Wesley Gold
- What Did Jesus Do? : A Call to Return to the Biblical Gospel
- How to Live Forever Without Being Religious
- What Hollywood Believes: An Intimate Look at the Faith of the Famous
- Thanks a Million!
- Hollywood Be Thy Name
- Russia Will Attack Israel
Gospel Tracts
Ray Comfort and Way of the Master produce many gospel tracts, which generally include abridged versions of the arguments presented in his books and Way of the master episodes. Some of these tracts are decorated with attention-getting gimmicks, such as optical illusions, fake million dollar bills, penny presses, etc. Most notably:
- Saving Yourself Some Pain is a gospel tract by Ray Comfort, presented to new Christians and unbelievers. It contains a exhortation for all Christians to be baptized, even though Ray usually claims that sinners are saved only by grace, not by works.
- Scientific Facts of the Bible is a shortened version of Ray's book, Scientific Facts in the Bible (see above).
External links
- "The Raytractors" now at "WeAreSMRT", Ray Comfort's Detractors, a community of atheists and theists who critique and respond to Ray and the Way of the Master.
- Ray Comfort on RationalWiki
- Atheist Central, Ray Comfort's weblog (former title: Comfort Food).
- Rational Response Squad debate with Way of the Master at Rational Wiki
- The Atheist Experience debates Ray Comfort at Rational Wiki
- This is as very long article for people who want to learn a great deal about Ray Comfort
- Ray Comfort is a fraud on Pharyngula
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| Season One Episodes:
1. The Firefighter 2. The Mirror of the Ten Commandments 3. The Motive of the Sinner 4. The Summary of Salvation 5. Practice What You Preach 6. Idolatry—The Darling Sin of Humanity 7. The Beauty of a Broken Spirit—Atheism 8. WDJD? 9. Blasphemy, Sabbath, Parents 10. Murder 11. Adultery 12. Theft 13. Lie and Covet
| Season Two Episodes:
1. God's Wonderful Plan 2. Conscience 3. Alcatraz, Al Capone, Alcohol 4. True and False Conversion 5. When Things Go Wrong 6. The Satanic Influence 7. How to Witness to Someone Who's Homosexual/Gay 8. Evolution 9. How to Witness to a Loved One 10. The Fear of God 11. Ice Breakers—Gospel Tracts 12. The Greatest Gamble 13. How to Get on Fire for God
| Season Three Episodes:
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As we join the call for Paycheck Fairness, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) recognizes that in the fight to achieve economic justice for all women, we must recognize, elevate, and address the unique challenges faced by Latinas and immigrant women.
According to the White House Council on Women and Girls, women make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns through employment. Yet, for Latinas, this rate is 56 cents on the dollar, which represents the largest wage gap of any other group of working women. What accounts for this widened disparity between men and Latinas, and between white women and Latinas? We know that although Latinas comprise the fastest growing community of color, more than a third do not graduate high school. Latinas experience the highest level of poverty among women in the labor force at 12.1% and have the lowest employment-to-population ratio of women of all racial and ethnic groups. Furthermore, the recession hit Latinas particularly hard as unemployment rates more than doubled for Latinas in the years between 2007 and 2010. Immigrant women and Latinas with limited English proficiency not only face systematic bars on their participation in the labor force, but also discrimination, prejudice, and bias from employers. Latina farmworkers face horrific levels of sexual violence, sexual harassment, and retaliation for reporting abuses from their employers. These factors account for the fact that Latinas are overly represented in low-wage sectors, working at jobs that provide few-to-no benefits like health insurance, paid vacation, and maternity or family leave.
We know that these pay inequities impact Latinas' access to reproductive health care. Latinas compose the ethnic/racial group with the highest level of health care un-insurance, as they are less likely to have employer-sponsored coverage or to afford costly individual plans. And despite the enormous gains under the Affordable Care Act, or health reform law, undocumented individuals will be barred from purchasing health plans on the state health insurance exchanges and remain ineligible for Medicaid. The federally-imposed 5-year bar on legal permanent residents from accessing benefits under Medicaid blocks Latinas' access to reproductive and sexual health care, including contraception and important preventive care such as Pap tests – and did we mention that Latinas have the highest incidence of cervical cancer of women of all racial/ethnic groups? On top of this, federal funding bans on abortion care make abortion just as inaccessible as if it were illegal for far too many Latinas.
And while NLIRH celebrates and supports the advances called for in the federal Paycheck Fairness Act, introduced to the House of Representatives by Representative Rosa DeLauro (CO-3) and in the Senate by Senator Barbara Mikulski (MD), we view this legislation as part of a comprehensive solution to economic justice for all women, including Latinas. Utilizing a comprehensive approach means addressing injustice in immigration, health care, education, and employment to reverse the culture of devaluing Latina labor. In recent years, a wave of political and policy developments in states are, instead of seeking to address the wage gap between Latinas and other groups, actively limiting Latinas' opportunities for a quality education, optimum participation in the workforce, and the comprehensive, quality, and affordable reproductive health care needed to plan their families and their participation in the workforce.
Let's briefly look at two states- Arizona and Alabama – where the wage rate for Latinas is 53 cents and 41 cents, respectively, for every dollar a white man earns working full-time year-round. Instead of working to elevate the economic status of Latino families, the political classes in Arizona and Alabama have embarked on a radical anti-immigrant agenda aimed directly at limiting the employment and educational opportunities of immigrant and Latino families. HB56, enacted in Alabama in 2011, requires public school boards to attain the immigration status of newly enrolling children and their parents. Section 8 of this law forbids undocumented students from attending public universities and colleges and from receiving financial assistance. And despite the recent special legislative session called by Governor Robert Bentley to address concerns in HB 56, the changes actually tack on more dangerous provisions. Both HB56 and Arizona's SB1070 forbid employers from hiring undocumented workers, and both work to create a culture of fear and discrimination against those without papers.
At the same time, the two states in our case study here, Arizona and Alabama, have embarked on a dangerous anti-abortion and anti-family planning agenda. In both Arizona and Alabama, 20-week abortion bans disproportionately impact low-income women, including Latinas, who face numerous barriers to full information about their pregnancies, and for whom financial, geographic, and other challenges delay the process of attaining abortion care. Arizona has also put in place a race- and sex-selective abortion ban which appropriates the language of civil rights and gender equity to target the reproductive freedom of women of color. Oh yeah, and in Arizona, you are apparently pregnant two weeks before conception, so this combined with the 20-week abortion ban puts abortion care out of reach for even more Latinas.
Beyond abortion, we are seeing attacks on access to contraception and family planning programs. In Arizona, Governor Jan Brewer signed into law a bill that permits "religiously-affiliated" employers to refuse to include contraception in employee health plans, a form of discrimination that intersects directly with reproductive and economic justice. And this only scratches the surface in terms of the amount roll-backs to reproductive health care access we are seeing in these and other states.
Here at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, we view the attacks on immigrant families and reproductive health as working hand-in-hand to diminish Latina opportunity. Because the question begs being asked, how can Latinas achieve their economic potential when they cannot attend university or work legally? How can Latinas fully participate in the labor force and provide for their families without the ability to space and plan their pregnancies? How can Latinas acheive equality of opportunity in the United States without equal access to health care?
Despite the enormous challenges, Latinas across the country are mobilizing for reproductive justice. Our Latina Advocacy Network in Texas is fighting against dramatic cuts to the Texas Women's Health Program, a program which has been central to their ability access needed breast and cervical cancer screenings. Our Latina Advocacy Network in Miami is mobilizing to build broad coalitions bridging reproductive justice to other social justice work. Our Latina Advocacy Network in New York recognizes that passage of the DREAM Act, and the ability for undocumented immigrants to attain higher education, is central to the fight for reproductive justice. NLIRH is also an advisory board member of We Belong Together, a coalition united for children and families, which participated in a delegation to Alabama to bear witness to the impact of HB 56 on the lives of Alabama's families. And through ¡Soy Poderosa!/ I am Powerful!, NLIRH's civic engagement campaign, we will ignite the political power of all Latinas to advance health, dignity, and reproductive justice.
Together, we can make inroads in the fight for economic and paycheck fairness. However, this work must be intersectional, comprehensive, and take into account the lived experiences of all women, including Latinas. As we work to pass the important Paycheck Fairness Act, let's also mobilize communities for immigrant rights, reduce barriers to quality and affordable health care, expand opportunities for education and job training, and last, but certainly not least, ensure that all women, including Latinas, have access to quality and affordable reproductive health care.


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I don't think I really like the idea. We already have a lot of money invested in Cassel, and I feel like Croyle is a better quarterback than Quinn. It would likely cost us a 3rd or 4th round pick also.
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Gilford police chief, officer cited for alleged affairBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
October 02. 2013 7:51PM
GILFORD — Police Chief Kevin Keenan and Holly Harris, one of the police department's student resource officers, are being investigated by the town relative to an alleged affair, the New Hampshire Union Leader has confirmed. The two have both been placed on paid leave.
The town became aware of the situation over the past several weeks.
"It's different when an officer has an affair with another officer. This is a chief of police having an affair with another officer, and the other officer is somebody we trust with our students every day," said a source who didn't wish to be named because of his involvement with the law enforcement community.
"We expect a higher level of quality from our police chief," said the source. "This had to be investigated. Personally, he may be a very good person, but he's been engaging in activities that are not compatible with his profession."
Chief Keenan, who did not return calls for comment Wednesday, was put on leave Aug. 29, according to the acting police chief, Lt. James Leach. Officer Harris was put on leave a few days after. She could not be reached for comment.
Town Administrator Scott Dunn would not comment on the investigation.
Both individuals have attorneys to represent them in the investigation, which sources say is expected to be completed next week.
Keenan has been with the department for nearly 20 years, having been appointed chief in October 2011. He has a salary of $83,500.
Harris began her law enforcement career in 2004 with the Belmont Police Department. In August 2005, she joined the Gilford Police Department as a school resource officer and as a DARE instructor for students in the Gilford School District.


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John Ashmen
John Ashmen is president and CEO of the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, North America's oldest and largest network of independent ministries serving the hungry, homeless, abused, and addicted. Previously, John was vice president of Christian Camp and Conference Association, a league of 1,000 faith-based hospitality and recreation venues in the U.S. He holds a B.S. in Bible, with a Social Work emphasis, and an M.A. in Organizational Management. His writings have appeared in numerous books, journals, and websites, and he speaks and teaches ministry management seminars around the world. His recent book, Invisible Neighbors, published by Cross Section, has received rave reviews. John is a husband and father of three children and three grandchildren.Full Bio
Nicole Daniels
Director of Public Relations
Nicole Daniels is director of public relations for the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions. She has been a driving force behind bold strategy shifts that have placed AGRM at the forefront of the cause market. Since she became director in 2009, the association has partnered with national organizations such as Walt Disney, Hanes, Denver Mattress Company, and Catalyst, and has appeared on ABC World News, CBN, PBS, and in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, World Magazine, and Christianity Today. To further AGRM's ongoing public relations efforts, Nicole has focused on intensifying national awareness and mobilizing communities and churches toward meaningful action in domestic poverty relief. She holds a B.A. in business administration and marketing from Cornerstone University.Full Bio
Justin Boles
Director of Member Services
Justin Boles is director of member services for the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, overseeing the programs, products, and services member rescue missions turn to for support. In the 16 years prior to joining AGRM, Justin served as a communications director, consultant, and executive director in the nonprofit and for-profit arenas. Through his experience in international mission work, church leadership, Christian camps, associations, and multinational corporations, he has developed a passion for resourcing organizations like rescue missions, which have a positive impact on the world. Responding to a need to raise up the next generation of rescue mission leaders, Justin developed and manages AGRM's Emerging Leaders Institute (ELI), a 12-month program utilizing retreats, webinars, a coaching network, and AGRM's annual convention to strengthen the base of young leaders within the association. He holds a B.A. in communications from Stephen F. Austin State University, where he minored in social work.Full Bio
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Construction begins on rail-served South Carolina inland portWritten by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
The South Carolina Inland Port (SCIP) project in Greer, S.C., which will be linked to the Port of Charleston by Norfolk Southern (NS) mainline that provides overnight service between Charleston and upstate, started construction on March 1.
The site is positioned along the I-85 corridor between Charlotte and Atlanta and it will provide market access to more than 94 million consumers within a one-day drive.
"Norfolk Southern is very excited to work with the SCPA on the South Carolina Inland Port," said Mike McClellan, vice president of intermodal and automotive marketing for NS. "This project leverages the best capabilities of NS and SCPA and will provide new, cost-effective, rail-based intermodal solutions that should benefit all of the shippers in the upstate South Carolina region."
The project involves the convergence of four modes of transportation at one site, with the port, rail, truck and the nearby GSP International Airport all handling international commerce for the region's shippers. By utilizing rail, importers and exporters can maximize tonnage moved per gallon of fuel, providing both environmental benefits and cost savings.
The SCIP will consist of two 2,600-foot working tracks tying to NS's mainline, as well as 5,200 feet of storage tracks with room for future expansions. The estimated cost of the project is approximately $35 million.
The yard will have 552 total slots for shipping containers and while the initial capacity of the facility is around 40,000 containers annually, the facility could handle as many as 100,000 boxes in five years.
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Activists Applaud Gay Rights Inclusion in Inaugural Address
LGBT activists welcomed President Barack Obama's historic speech given Monday, Jan. 21, in which he became the first President ever to reference Stonewall and gay rights in an inaugural address. Many saw it as a civil rights watershed along with key moments in the struggles for blacks and women.
In his speech, Obama said, "Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law -- for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well."
The president then asserted that the truth that all are created equal guides us today "just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall."
Evan Wolfson, president and founder of Freedom to Marry, emphasized the president's "moral arc" from Seneca Falls (home of the woman's suffrage movement), to Selma (the black civil rights struggle) and then pointedly including Stonewall, the Greenwich Village bar where three nights of protest in 1969 ignited the modern gay rights movement.
Obama "rightly exalted the struggle for the freedom to marry as part of America's moral commitment to equality, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," said Wolfson in a statement. "Freedom to Marry applauds our president and the moral leadership he has shown, the moral leadership we will continue to need until all Americans, all loving couples, all families, can share fully in the American promise we celebrate on Inauguration Day."
OutServe-SLDN Executive Director Allyson Robinson, herself an Army veteran, praised Obama's "clear and passionate declaration of the fundamental rights of LGBT Americans, and all Americans," said Robinson, who, in a statement, noted the work of his first term, "especially his leadership in the repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'"
Robinson, however, went beyond encomiums to put the president on notice that the LGBT community, which has been very supportive both in terms votes and campaign money, will be watching to see if he delivers on his promises: "We expect great progress over the next four years on the very real inequalities that exist for our LGBT service members, veterans, and their families as we work together to bend the moral arc of the universe toward justice."
The inauguration made LGBT history for more than the President's address. Richard Blanco, the first openly gay (and Hispanic) poet laureate, followed in the storied footsteps of poets like Maya Angelou and Robert Frost when he delivered the inaugural poem. In it, Blanco pays homage to the American experience with vivid scenes about life growing up as a Cuban exile in New York City and Miami.
A gay-friendly Episcopal Latino priest, Luis Leon, delivered the Inaugural benediction. Leon serves at St. John's Church in Washington, where the Obamas most frequently worship. The church is notable for being especially welcoming to LGBT supplicants. The church supports same-sex marriage and partnerships. Leon was one of the clerics most active in lobbying to get the District of Columbia to legalize same-sex marriage in 2009.
The choice of Leon to give the inaugural benediction was especially notable considering the circumstances. Leon was quickly named as a replacement for the original cleric, Reverend Louie Giglio, a pastor in Atlanta. Giglio dropped out after bloggers discovered an anti-gay sermon delivered in the 1990s.
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LOWELL -- City police made the largest seizure of marijuana in recent memory Monday night, arresting a 47-year-old city man after a search warrant turned up what police estimate could be 100 pounds of the drug in an apartment.
Detectives with the city's Special Investigations Unit, led by Lt. Barry Golner and Jonathan Noone, served a search warrant at 628 School St. about 6:30 p.m., according to Capt. Jonathan Webb.
Inside the apartment, detectives found ammunition and what police estimate could be up to 100 pounds of marijuana, Webb said.
Pros Chea, 47, of 628 School St., was held without bail Monday night on charges of trafficking marijuana, distribution of marijuana, and illegal possession of ammunition.
Webb said this is the largest marijuana seizure since several years ago, when about 70 pounds was found during an investigation on White Street. Webb said no one could recall the last time 100 pounds was seized.
Police have reported for months that marijuana dealers have increased the volume of marijuana they sell due to an increase in demand caused by the decriminalization of amounts under one ounce.
"The issue is the traffickers are dealing in huge quantities since everyone thinks it's legal," Webb said.
Webb said that no matter what one thinks of marijuana, the sheer value of the drug can easily lead to violence. Police estimate the marijuana they seized Monday night would have been worth $200,000 to $300,000 on the street.
"When you're talking about that type of money, the issue isn't someone smoking a joint," Webb said. "With that much weight comes the potential for violence, because you're talking about that kind of money."
Chea was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Lowell District Court.


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But who can blame them? The anticipation of playing with cousins and loading up on pumpkin pie (and more importantly, whipped cream) is enough to make us all a little giddy.
Instead of sticking your head in the oven, arm yourself with some digital entertainment that will occupy them and buy yourself a few more minutes of prep time or road trip peace.
Here are five apps and sites to check out:
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Journey into the microscopic world once reserved only for scientists to see a whole new universe. Thanks to the film's innovative use of high-speed and time-lapse photography, electron microscopy, and nanotechnology, audiences will see things not visible to the naked eye. Visually stunning and rooted in cutting-edge research, the setting and story are pure entertainment, but the science is breathtakingly real.
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Two of Augusta's four middle school basketball teams will play for the Pioneer League tournament championship tonight in Goddard.
The 7th-grade girls team, which was seeded No. 3, defeated Eisenhower 26-11 in the opener, then beat Andover Central 42-31 Saturday morning to advance to the championship game. The Bluejays will face top-seeded Ark City, which had a first-round bye and defeated Valley Center 26-20 to get to the final.
The game will begin at 5 p.m.
Augusta's 7th-grade boys team advanced to the championship game with a 40-32 victory against Ark City Saturday. The Bluejays are the top seed of their respective bracket and had a first-round bye.
The 7th graders will face No. 2 Goddard, which defeated Haysville 55-5 in the first round and beat Eisenhower 44-40 after two overtimes in the semifinal.
The 8th-grade boys team took a thumping at the hands of No. 2 Andover Central 49-17 to get eliminated Saturday. The Bluejays had defeated Goddard 38-32 in the opener. The 8th-grade girls already had been eliminated by Goddard 33-11 in the first round.


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I-News Network journalists analyzed six decades of reports from the U.S. Census Bureau to track the state's poverty rates, family income, high school and college graduation rates and home ownership. The analysis uncovered surprising racial and ethnic disparities. Minority gains made during the era of the civil rights movement eroded with time. Colorado evolved from a state that was by most measures more equitable than the national average in the first decades covered by the analysis to one that is less so now.
Sunday: Colorado's minorities
Monday: Family disintegration
Tuesday: Changing economy
Wednesday: Health disparities
Angel Castro's days teeter between determination and desperation. She is 28, impoverished, scarred from a chaotic childhood and adolescence, raising two young children alone.
She lives in a subsidized apartment in Englewood, scrambles to arrange child care that she can afford, and races to catch the bus to a part-time job that paid her $452 for one recent month.
To know the circumstances of Castro's life is to understand something of the odds against her. Still, as she attends to her dark-haired, bright-eyed Aaron and Alexis, ages 3 and 17 months, she speaks with a voice that musters hope.
"I try to be the best mom I can," she says. "I want to give my kids a chance at a healthy lifestyle. I want them to go to school, get good grades, be able to go to college and have a good future."
In analyzing the widening gaps between minority groups and whites in Colorado on key measures of social progress, there are harsh realities behind the numbers. One is that among homes with children living in poverty, 68 percent are headed by just one parent, typically the mother.
Single parenthood is a bigger indicator of poverty than race, according to six decades of U.S. Census data analyzed by I-News Network. Combined as it often is with curtailed educational and employment opportunities, the rise of the single-parent family is a major factor in the widening disparities between blacks, Latinos and white state residents since the decades surrounding the civil rights movement.
The I-News analysis covered family income, poverty rates, high school and college graduation, and home ownership as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau from 1960 to 2010. Health data and justice reports were also examined.
While the rate of single parenthood has increased among all races, its surge has been particularly dramatic among blacks. In Colorado, more than 50 percent of black households with young children are headed by a single parent compared to 25 percent of white households. Among Latino households in the state with young children, 35 percent are headed by a single parent, according to the I-News analysis.
Those figures dovetail the growing trend of births to single women. Nationally, 29 percent of white babies are born to unwed mothers, according to the federal Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, while 53 percent of Hispanic babies and 73 percent of black babies are born to single mothers.
"When you talk with some of the older experienced folks of the civil rights movement, the one thing that we continue to come back to is the challenged family structure _ African-Americans and Latinos -- in the sense that back in the 60s the family structure was much more solid," said Denver Mayor Michael Hancock. "There were more men in the house. There were less single women trying to raise children on their own.
"The family structure has disintegrated in a sense. That challenge is real."
While many single parents raise thriving, productive children, the growing trend of fatherless homes has enormous implications for future generations. Children raised in female-headed homes in Colorado are four times more likely to live in poverty than those from married-couple homes, according to the I-News analysis. Other studies show they are less likely to go to college or even graduate high school.
"We've got a problem in the community, and every indicator that you can attribute to fatherless or broken homes, every negative thing -- high dropout rates, incarceration, premature death related to violence -- all those things, there's a connection with kids being born to fractured families," said Christelyn D. Karazin, founder of the "No Wedding, No Womb!" online initiative that seeks to address the out-of-wedlock birthrate among African Americans.
Regina Huerter, co-founder of the Gang Rescue And Support Project in Denver, which primarily serves Hispanic youths, theorized that the widening divide between the races stems from a "mutually reinforcing" convergence of births to unwed mothers, growing minority male incarceration rates and the demise of minority neighborhoods.
All of these things weakened the fabric of family life and changed the norms that defined communities just five decades ago, said Huerter. At some point, she said, it became socially acceptable for unmarried women to have babies.
"When did that happen? What was the date? My mother would have killed me if I'd gotten pregnant," said Huerter, who is 52.
Huerter, Hancock and others linked the absence of fathers in the home, in part, to the rising number of black and Latino males in prisons, often for drug crimes.
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In 2010, about one in every 20 black men were incarcerated in Colorado state prisons compared to one out of every 50 Latino males and one of every 150 white males, according to an I-News analysis of government figures.
The state's black and Latino incarceration rates are higher than the national averages, where disparities also exist, according to an analysis of Bureau of Justice reports. Nationally, one of every 33 black males and one of every 83 Latino males was behind bars in 2010. Colorado's rate for white males was equivalent to the national figure, one in 150.
"The combination of the war on crack and mandatory sentencing saw a huge sweep of black males into prison and further degeneration of the black family," said Theo Wilson, a district director for BarberShop Talk, a mentorship organization for men.
The Rev. Leon Kelly, who has worked with thousands of Denver's at-risk inner city kids, believes intergenerational abandonment lies at the heart of the single-parenthood phenomenon.
"When you have some of these heads of household that are women, sometimes they feel like, 'This is the norm. This is what I was raised with,'" Kelly said. "They're so used to people coming in and out of their life. With their kids, their babies, it's something that nobody can take away. Their kids are going to be there."
Kelly said 80 percent of the youths he counsels live in female-headed households.
"A lot of them never had men on a consistent basis in the home to show them what they should be doing as far as being the head of the household," Kelly said. "A lot of them join gangs because at least they're able to find a sense of identity, a sense of acceptance. Now he's not just a fatherless child."
Scraping by
Angel Castro's 3-year-old son, Aaron, has already lived in 10 different shelters, hotel rooms and apartments. By the time Alexis was born in August of last year, Castro had landed her Englewood apartment through the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, which pays all but $54 of her monthly rent.
With no financial support from the fathers of her children, Castro scrapes money together any way she can. She makes burritos to sell on city buses. She raids dumpsters for metal and aluminum, cleans houses, and has evicted deadbeat renters, trained dogs and sold her plasma.
Castro's mother endured struggles of her own. She was just 16 when she gave birth to Angel, the first of her six children by three different men. Castro said her father has eight children by five different women.
Throughout her childhood, Castro lived in countless foster homes and group homes. By the time she was 12, she was living with her 22-year-old boyfriend at his house in Aurora. As a teenager, she was involved in an assault that landed her in prison.
As for the men who fathered her children, she says, "I overlooked a lot of red flags. I was searching for that bond with both of my children's fathers, and having that family I always wanted."
Rewarding poverty
Both conservatives and liberals cite the impact of welfare programs on families as a major factor in the growing divide between the races, though for different reasons. Some said cutbacks in government support disproportionately hurt minorities, while others said the system encourages dependence on government and keeps minorities and the poor from improving their future.
Former U.S. Senator Hank Brown said the welfare system rewards behavior that leads to poverty.
"Most states operate in a way so that the more children you have out of wedlock, the more money you get," Brown said. "If you chart it, I know this is painful to hear, but if you look at the statistics on births to unmarried women, it correlates directly with the start" of welfare payments. "Then, of course, once you start the cycle, it's hard to get off."
But former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb said welfare reform that passed under President Clinton catapulted "a lot of people who were receiving government assistance off into a kind of a never-never land, which also then increased the number of disadvantaged that previously had been receiving assistance."
This Gordian knot can be untangled, according to Isabel V. Sawhill and Ron Haskins, senior fellows at the Brookings Institution, the Washington, D.C. think tank. Their 2009 book called "Creating an Opportunity Society" advocates increased educational opportunities for children from pre-school on, encouraging and supporting work among adults, and reducing the number of out-of-wedlock births while increasing the number of children raised by their married parents.
In an interview with I-News, Sawhill said the huge increase in single parenthood factors into the disparities between the races, particularly between blacks and whites.
"It's one of the reasons why that gap has not narrowed, especially since the 1970s," she said.
Sawhill and Haskins have also used Census data and simple modeling to simulate what would happen to poverty rates under different assumptions about work, marriage, education and family size among the poor. They found that the poverty rate could be reduced by about 70 percent if the poor completed high school, married, had no more than two children and worked fulltime.
The researchers also ran a model in which they doubled the amount of welfare benefits received by poor families.
"The result is revealing," they wrote. "Even a doubling of current benefit levels does less to reduce poverty than any of the simulations of behavior change... Work, marriage, education, and family size are all more powerful determinants of the incidence of poverty than the amount of cash assistance received from the government."
Sawhill told I-News that inequities will only end through a combination of personal responsibility and good government policy, including assistance for those who work. "We think it isn't one or the other," she said. "It's both."
'They control their destiny'
When Denver's mayor talks about the struggles of single parents, he does so through the prism of his own childhood.
The youngest of 10 children, Hancock was raised by a single mother after the divorce of his parents when he was 6. His father had a drinking problem and popped in and out of his life. His mother kept her brood together, hopscotching from rundown hotel rooms to apartments that sometimes lacked heat and electricity.
One of Hancock's sisters was murdered by her boyfriend; a brother died of AIDS. One sibling was an alcoholic, another addicted to drugs. Two brothers served time in prison. But somehow, Hancock graduated high school and college, became the youngest CEO of an Urban League chapter anywhere in the country, and was elected mayor of the nation's 26th largest city.
How did he rise above?
"My answer is really pretty simple," he said. "I found faith at a very early age and exercised it a great deal growing up. Two, I had the benefit of being the youngest of 10 where I watched a lot of the trials and tribulations of older siblings, learning the pitfalls to avoid.
"Thirdly, I had a great deal of adults who entered my life, who gave me a sense of encouragement that I could be successful if I focused, who also kept me directed."
When prodded, he offered this advice to disadvantaged children:
"Your circumstances today don't have to define where you go or who you become tomorrow. My story is not unlike many stories of other successful people whether in business or in politics. The difference between those who are able to ascend to their dream of whatever they want to be in life, to those who don't, really is about the decisions we make and really the desire and decision to focus on getting there. The reality is they control their destiny."
Ending the cycle
For now, Angel Castro's days revolve around trying to figure out how to feed and clothe Aaron and Alexis. She threw a small party a few months ago for Alexis's first birthday and was relieved when she got gifts of diapers and wipes rather than toys.
She used to count herself lucky to have a neighbor who watched her children for $20 a week so that she could work. But Castro had to give up her position after her sitter got a better paying job.
Castro is frustrated by the endless rules and paperwork of a welfare system she believes is "built to set you up for failure." She said she has only four hours per day of government-supported child care, which means she can't work fulltime.
She sometimes thinks the only solution is to put Aaron and Alexis in foster care and hope for a better fate for them than she experienced.
"I've had a whole chaotic life, feeling hurt and angry with my whole situation," Castro said. "I don't want my kids feeling like I felt growing up."
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TEWKSBURY -- Until recently, it was a shelf of clear and amber glass bottles in an array of mixed sizes and shapes, with the vessels' peeled and fading labels giving the only hint of their history.
Now, the patent display at the Public Health Museum is accompanied by freshly printed signs distinguishing Buchen's Hungarian Balsam of Life from Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, pointing out which tonic was marketed as a kleptomania cure and which enterprising salesman "borrowed" the moniker of doctor from his father, a veterinarian.
The new textual descriptions are a main component of an extensive redesign of the exhibits, the museum's first makeover since its opening in 1994.
Housed in the old administration building at Tewksbury State Hospital, the nonprofit museum has been run primarily by public-health professionals with little curatorial expertise, said Dr. Katherine Domoto, president of the museum's board of directors.
"I'm a physician, like the rest of these people," said Domoto, who also served for 10 years as Tewksbury State Hospital's medical director. "I like to go to museums, but did I get any training in them? No."
After winning a grant from Mass Humanities, the local affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the museum closed for renovations this summer, bringing on a team from Harvard University's History of Science Department to lead the efforts.
The work of doctoral candidates Leena Mehreen Akhtar, Lisa Haushofer and Cara Kiernan Fallon is scheduled to be highlighted this evening at a reception marking the official reopening of the museum.
While the event celebrates the completion of the overhaul, it doesn't mean an end to updates, Domoto said.
"This is like our beginning to step out into the world," she said. "And maybe that will bring more."
The museum's infectious-diseases room already has an iron lung on display, educating visitors on the treatment of polio, but there's a second tank respirator slated to be added, a gift from a family in Maine. Domoto said the man whose relatives are donating the iron lung used it for 50 years to aid his breathing.
Domoto also hopes to engage university students to create rotating displays, showcasing their work in public health and museum education and supplementing the permanent exhibits on public-health nursing, mental-health treatment, dental care and infectious diseases.
When the museum was considering options for a new look, its directors weighed a move to a new building, perhaps one closer to Boston, Domoto said.
"But then we came back here," she said Tuesday, standing in the museum and gesturing around her to the reportedly haunted 19th century building, with its creaky floors, hissing radiators and large windows looking out to the red-brick structures making up the Tewksbury State Hospital campus.
"You have a nice, modern building, and then you put the iron lung in it?" Domoto said. "That wouldn't make sense. You just don't get the same feeling."
The museum is open today from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with a special presentation at 5:30 p.m. For more information on the Public Health Museum, visit www.publichealthmuseum.org or call 978-851-7321, ext. 2606.
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Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.
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The scene that best identifies the original Grown Ups, Happy Madison's 2010 wrangling of Adam Sandler and his band of thieves, sees Kevin James demonstrating an ad hoc jig as an advertisement for what Sandler and wife Salma Hayek would miss if they were to leave the gang's vacation house in favor of attending a fashion industry gala in Paris. Backed by the subdued laughter of his wife and friends, Smith shimmies around for a couple of seconds, the film forgoing what might have been a more outrageous or laugh-out-loud punchline for something goofy and naturalistic. The sort of joke that a real person might make among his friends and family. And although Grown Ups might not have hit home in its delivery of this theme - just a group of old friends, hanging out and cracking wise, in a way to which everyone in the audience can relate - it... well, it tried.
The scene that best identifies Grown Ups 2? Hard to say. Maybe it's the point at which David Spade zooms across town inside of a giant tire, submitting to projectile vomit when he is finally halted by the brick wall that is Shaquille O'Neal's torso. Maybe it's the part when newbie Nick Swardson, playing some kind of sexually confused, substance-addicted Gollum, surfs the top of a school bus that his pals hijacked en route to relive the glory days at the old watering hole. It's hard to pinpoint an instance that most effectively captures the overall mood because the mood changes by the minute - the film shoots erratically from efforts at down-to-Earth, slice of life humor to moments of unabashed fantasy, like Shaq literally punting a teenager over a three-story house. It's impossible to pinpoint an instance that most effectively captures the overall plot, because that simply doesn't exist. There's a set-up, sure: Adam Sandler moves back to his hometown, and... it's summer now. Beyond that - an element that is introduced with the star having his face urinated upon by a home intruding deer - chaos.
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Sandler's suspicions of Hayek's adultery is introduced in one scene, set to rest in another, and ignored entirely for the hour in between. Sandler and Rock's boys dance around the prospects of befriending the partying university students but then are barely seen, and never in the company of this motif, for the rest of the film. And Kevin James' alarming 5-Hour Energy shtick? One that follows his anxiety over the way his wife is raising their children and her disapproval of how much time he prefers to spend with his mother? Never explained. In fact, none of his two theoretically daunting stories are explored whatsoever. The closest thing to a character arc that James gets in this movie is his recurring delivery of a burp-sneeze-fart combination in which he takes immense pride. That gets more screen time than the hints of marital problems strewn haphazardly throughout James' would-be story.
In fact, when the film does pay fleeting attention to what might have been some actual character work, James' wife, Maria Bello, is treated like a villain. She's a loon who enables her young son's academic shortcomings and who is showcased as the bad guy for not being more nurturing to her husband's desire to be waited on hand and foot by his mother. And truth be told, she's pretty damn nurturing to it! But not so much that his eventual free pass to spend as much time as he wishes at his mom's place, avoidin
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