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Special to TPN — Florida Governor Rick Scott today signed into law an expansion of his state's controversial "Stand-Your-Ground" statute 776.013. Those with so-called "carry" permits for handguns will be allowed to conceal on their persons not more than two standard hand grenades for self-defense purposes.
"Our citizen crime-fighters will enjoy a heightened sense of personal security with this addition," said Scott. "It will be especially effective when used against gangs that enter white areas from the 'hood.' Not that I'm profiling African-Americans—after all, if it's a group of five, they could only be looking for a pick-up game of basketball."
Reaction from National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre was swift: "I see this as a natural progression from the flintlock firearms that our Founders used to overcome British tyranny. Today, we have the tyranny of left-wing bureaucrats trying to take our weapons away. I applaud Governor Scott for his wisdom and courage."
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Indeed, dear friend!!!
The Father's love is true love!!!
I found a card once that said,
"Jesus loves us. . .
I'm sure He often shakes His head, but loves us all the same."
The card's words made me smile!!!
The photos are so sweet, Sherry. I think I have that same book. It's lovely. Also true that true love is only of the Father. We often get busy and don't stop to ponder just how amazing his grace is!
Amen, sister, amen to that!
Beautiful photos and prayer worthy wording, thank you for this gift.
It's an amen from me too my dear! The photos of your beautiful vignette are amazing.
Thanks for coming by. I enjoyed linking the Cookbook review.
I noticed you pinned it. How cool. I've never noticed a pin before.
It is a very good book. I know you'll enjoy it.
I'm following you now. I've enjoyed visiting and partying!
I don't know how often I'll party. I usually post books and cookbook reviews on Tuesday. I'll link when I can.
Lovely post, Sheila, good words. I recognize the book, The Story of Jonah in that same series was one of my children's very favorite books I would read to them before bed when they were little.
Beautiful, Sherry!
You are so right about LOVE, Sherry. We love because God first loved us and without Him there would be no love. Your teacup is so pretty and the teddy bear is an endearing touch. This is a beautiful post and thank you for sharing with us.
Food for the soul.
Lovely post! So true too. The Father's love is always true.
Amen Sherry, beautiful post for Valentine's Day! God is the author of love, that is for sure! Happy Wednesday!
Your beautiful teacup caught my eye. Such a pretty vignette you have put together. I attended two family funerals over the past two weekends. Both elderly who's time for suffering had finally come to an end. Some sadness, but such wonderful times to celebrate and to be touched by goodness and love.
Love is a great sentiment. :)
You styled your pretty pink cups so beautifully!
Dear Sherry:
I love your pretty photos with the sweet cup and saucer. I am actually in Missouri Sherry at the grocery store coffee shop responding to links. Thank you for sharing. We closed on our retirement home here on Friday. We have to go back to Colorado tomorrow and work some more on things!
What a beautiful post! It is so very true that NO one can love us like our Abba Father!
So true! God has created us with a void that can only be filled with a relationship with Him. Thanks for your encouragement. Liz
Hi Sherry,
This is such a pretty and inspirational post. Thank you so much for reminding me of God's love and sharing such a pretty pink chintz teacup. So lovely! I'm sorry that I haven't been linking up to your Home Sweet Home parties. Life has gotten busy lately and I have only been able to find time to link to a few. Have a Wonderful Week Dear Sherry! Karen
Beautiful post Sherry! Love the inspiration as well as the eye candy!!
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Just letting you know that this post was one that was one of those featured today on my post. Thanks for sharing and participating.
That is indeed the meaning of love! I love your pretty pink chintz teacup. Sorry I am a bit late, my back has kept me off the computer the last few days! Thanks so much for linking to Tuesday Cuppa Tea!
So elegant, you have such a beautiful collection of tea wares.

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For centuries, rural cheese makers and big city aficionados in various parts of modern Italy, Germany and France have enjoyed what we'd consider a bizarre and repulsive cheese product certain never to be stocked anytime soon: European farm cheeses deliberately infested with locally favored fly eggs or larvae.
Sardinia's version is called formaggio marcio, meaning "rotten cheese," or casu marzu, "maggot cheese." Both names abundantly apply. This time-honored sheep's milk cheese not only gets aged into a near toxic viscous goo, attracting enthusiasts with its napalm burn, outhouse aroma and fermenting microbes, maggot cheese likewise lays claim to a mouth-feel difficult to put into words.
Casu marzu was outlawed until 2005 when "raised" flies, rather than "wild" ones, became available to produce the maggots. And, yes, it's actually considered a delicacy. Sardinians enjoy this rare delicacy by slathering heaping glops of casu marzu on rinsed slices of local flatbread. They fold the wetted bread around their prize before gobbling their treasure down. The casu marzu snaps, crackles and pops effervescently with each bite as hundreds of maggots prance merrily about the insides of one's grateful maw. Word is strong red vin ordinaire is the must accompaniment. It's not hard to imagine why.
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The spatially resolved electrical response of rf-sputtered polycrystalline NiO x films composed of 40 nm crystallites was investigated under different relative humidity levels (RH). The topological and electrical properties (surface potential and resistance) were characterized using Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) and conductive scanning probe microscopy at 0%, 50%, and 80% relative humidity with sub 25nm resolution. The surface potential of NiO x decreased by about 180 mV and resistance decreased in a nonlinear fashion by about 2 G when relative humidity was increased from 0% to 80%. The dimensionality of surface features obtained through autocorrelation analysis of topological, surface potential and resistance maps increased linearly with increased relative humidity as water was adsorbed onto the film surface. Spatially resolved surface potential and resistance of the NiO x films were found to be heterogeneous, with distinct features that grew in size from about 60 nm to 175 nm between 0% and 80% RH levels, respectively. Here, we find that the changes in the heterogeneous character of the NiO films are consistent through the topological, surface potential, and resistance measurements, suggesting that the nanoscale surface potential and resistance properties converge with the mesoscale properties as water is adsorbed onto the NiOmore »
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Well, I don't know about you, but I have a lot of present wrapping to do today! No matter how hard I try, I'm always wrapping presents on Christmas Eve. This is a good day to listen to Matthew 1, Matthew 2, Luke 1, and Luke 2 (when we're not listening to — and singing along with — Christmas carols) while we make our preparations. Invite the children to join […]Read More →
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Continue memorizing Luke 2:10-12 together. If your children can read, write the verses on a whiteboard or blackboard, read them together, erase several words, and read them again, filling in the missing words. Continue erasing words until you can all say the entire passage. Then read Isaiah 9:6 to the children. Explain that these words were written over 700 years before Jesus was born! God promised a Savior to come, […]Read More →
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At meal times today, spend some time working on memorizing verses 10-12. Read a phrase and have the children repeat it. Read another phrase and have them repeat that phrase. Then read both phrases together and have the children repeat both together. Continue working on the verses this way, and keep memorizing this week with the goal of being able to recite them on Christmas morning. For our lesson today read Luke […]Read More →
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Let's look more closely at Luke 2:6-7 today. Luke doesn't give us very many details about Jesus's birth. Most of us have heard these words enough times that it's easy to lose the sense of wonder and joy that they should inspire! We're talking about God becoming man and coming to earth as a baby, to live among us and to die for us! Read Luke 2:1-7 aloud to your children. See […]Read More →
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Spectatin' Where There Ain't No Film
The craze has really developed over the past few years: this desire, inherent to several forms of movie love, to compare the memory of a cherished film to the places and locations where it was filmed. This activity ranges from the specialist tourism of the 'Vertigo trip' around San Francisco and the Before Sunrise stroll through Vienna, to the forensic scholarship of Roland-François Lack at his 'Cine-Tourist' website, and the popular World Film Locations book series from Intellect in UK — not forgetting Filmkrant's own Dana Linssen going, by train and foot, in intrepid search of the ghost of Chantal Akerman's heroine Jeanne Dielman at 23, quai du commerce, Bruxelles...
The least reflective of these exercises simply points to a spot and proclaims: 'Hey, that's the street corner where James Stewart stopped and locked at a clock tower!', or whatever. The more sophisticated studies gaze at these traces for something stranger and more ghostly: such as evidence of a 'creative geography', separate pieces of a city stitched together ingeniously in editing, or the artifice of studio sets blended in with a now-charged and stylised fragment of reality.
I recall, as a guiding light, a remark that the brilliant monologue-artist Spalding Gray made, in his performance piece Swimming to Cambodia (documented for posterity by Jonathan Demme in 1987), about acting while flying aboard a helicopter with no doors during a scene of The Killing Fields (1984): since the movie camera 'eroticises the space' it points at, Gray said, no harm could possibly come to him mid-air — it wouldn't matter if the chopper crashed or if he simply stepped off into the vast nothingness, it would all be OK, because the filming created a protective sheath around him...
For me, one of the greatest lessons of film theory — concerning space, environment, desire, acting, editing, the lot — is contained in a scene of Emir Kusturica's immortally bizarre Arizona Dream (1993). Tear your eyes from the assembled audience in a country barn, which contains (at one table!) Faye Dunaway, Johnny Depp, Lily Taylor and Paulina Porizkova, and look to the tawdry, amateur stage where, for a talent contest, Vincent Gallo is about to give his mimetic impression of Cary Grant.
The object of his re-enactment is the famous 'cropdustin' where there ain't no crops' scene of Hitchcock's North By Northwest (1958) — Cary waiting alone in the middle of a vast, silent field, suddenly menaced by a gun-firing, gas-spraying plane. Gallo does exactly what Grant does in this scene: he stands, waits, checks his watch, and eventually runs, dives...
But the audience members see nothing — they only laugh, derisively. They have no images from Hitchcock's film, no accompanying soundtrack, not even a memory of the original to orient them. They see only incomprehensible, minimalist performance art.
What inspired this scene in the minds of Kusturica and writer David Atkins? My best guess is that it is based on some of Hitchcock's remarks about acting — that directing performance is a matter of telling someone to stand still, look screen-left, move, etc — mixed with an elementary, Kuleshovian lesson about how editing constructs narrative: cut from Cary looking to a plane and, voila! You've got fiction. But that 'scene' happens, literally, nowhere, in no single, integral space.
But Arizona Dream's scene is all about the vision, memory and experience of cinephilia at a far more profound level. Because, all the while, Gallo, like a child, sees and hears the film unwinding, majestically, in his head: he only needs a few pot-plant props to imagine himself in those fields, dodging that magical-mystery aircraft. In his mind, the cramped, artificial space on stage expands into the full Technicolor illusion conjured by Hitchcock. The acting-plus-montage lesson disappears for this fervent cinephile; there is only the imagined supra-reality of a beloved film.
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Common objects that people can use to make lock picks include small screwdrivers, hair pins and paper clips. For some types of locks, they can use ink cartridges from ballpoint pens, toothpicks, the ends of cotton swabs or bamboo skewers. They can also use credit cards or other plastic cards to press on latch assemblies and force doors open.Continue Reading
People can use almost any long thin item to pick the lock on a privacy doorknob. These usually have twist buttons or push buttons on the interior knobs and a small hole on the outside knobs. The lock picker inserts the improvised tool into the hole until it meets resistance and applies pressure. If the interior doorknob has a twist button, the person picking the lock may have to sweep the tool clockwise and then counterclockwise until he hears the release of the lock.
If the locked doorknob has a keyhole, the lock picker inserts a sturdy paper clip, hair pin or screwdriver into the bottom of the keyhole to use as a tension wrench. He then inserts a hair pin or paper clip with its tip bent at a 20-degree angle above the other tool. He rotates the tension wrench in the direction a key would go and at the same time wiggles the pick until the pins in the lock raise.
Because the lock-picking process may damage plastic cards, it is better to use a library card or grocery store card rather than a credit card. To force a door open with a plastic card, the lock picker inserts the card between the doorjamb and knob or handle and slides downward. The picker may have to wiggle the card or adjust its angle.Learn more about Doors, Windows, & Locks


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Emergency Early Dismissal
When schools are closed or on an Emergency Early Dismissal, after-school activities are cancelled and school buildings are closed.
Emergency (and Heat-Index) Early Dismissal: ALL children who attend Pre-K and Friends Together classes will be dismissed at 10:30am. ALL PM classes are canceled, including full day sessions.
Delayed Opening: AM session is cancelled. The afternoon session will run as regularly scheduled (1:00-3:30pm). This applies to full and half day students.
Planned Early Dismissal: Children who attend morning Pre-K and Friends Together will be dismissed at 10:40 a.m. Afternoon Pre-K and Friends Together students will be picked up and classes will begin at 10:50 a.m. at LMES. The PM Pre-K and Friends Together students will be dismissed at 1:00 p.m. with the rest of the school.
If schools are open, the ultimate decision to send one's child to school rests with the parents/guardians. Because of varying transportation requirements among area school districts, some school systems may remain open on certain snow days while other schools choose to close.
Current number of 2017-18 Weather-Related Cancelled Days: 14 (*15 for Memorial Middle School)
(10/30/17, 12/14/17, 1/4/18, 1/5/18, 1/17/18, 2/7/18, *2/8/18 MMS only, 3/2/18, 3/7/18, 3/8/18, 3/13/18, 4/2/18, 5/16/18, 5/17/18, 5/18/18)
In the event of inclement weather or other causes (power outages, etc.) for the delayed opening or closing of school, the Superintendent or her designee will determine an appropriate and safe course of action. Generally, the decision is made and announced between 5:00 a.m. and 5:30 a.m.
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In the case of an emergency early dismissal, every effort will be made to make a decision as soon as possible in order to follow the emergency early dismissal schedule, as charted above. However, a decision could be made at anytime to dismiss earlier or later than the posted schedule. If there is a chance of inclement weather and parents/guardians will not be available that day due to work or other obligations, parents/guardians should check in with those adults listed as emergency contacts and make arrangements in case an emergency early release is called.
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Rensselaer blaze hits 3 buildings
RENSSELAER — Several families were chased from their homes Wednesday evening by a fast-moving fire that damaged two apartment buildings and a business in the 900 block of Broadway.
No injuries were reported and firefighters from more than half a dozen area fire companies, including the city of Rensselaer, were still on the scene at 10 p.m.
The fire was first reported at about 7:30 p.m.
Details were limited but fire officials said it appears the blaze began in the rear of a three-story apartment at 901 Broadway and spread to another three-story apartment building at 903 Broadway.
There also were unofficial reports that one of the buildings had been undergoing renovation, but both of the buildings had occupants. A dog perished in the fire.
As of 10 p.m., the fire was under control and firefighters were wetting down hot spots as a precaution against the fire rekindling.
Witnesses said flames and thick black smoke could be seen prominently from I-787 just before sunset.
Police radio reports indicated the fire did not affect rail traffic coming into or going out of the nearby Rensselaer train station, but rail officials were notified of the thick, dark billowing smoke.
The fire was on Broadway at the intersection with Harrison Avenue.
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This archive of previously issued food recalls and allergy alerts is provided for reference and research purposes.
Users should note that the products listed in the archive have been subject to removal from the marketplace or appropriate corrective action. Food recalls or allergy alerts are not an indication of the food safety status of products produced at a later date.
Food Recall Warning - Gloria's brand and Lunch Box Roast beef sandwich products recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes
- Recall date:
- July 4, 2015
- Reason for recall:
- Microbiological - Listeria
- Hazard classification:
- Class 1
- Company / Firm:
- HQ Fine Foods
- Distribution:
- Alberta , British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan
- Extent of the distribution:
- Retail, Warehouse
- Reference number:
- 9922
Recall details
Ottawa, July 4, 2015 - HQ Fine Foods is recalling Gloria's brand and Lunch Box Roast beef sandwich products from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.
Recalled products
|Brand Name
|Common Name
|Code(s) on Product
|Additional Info
|Lunch Box Roast Beef and Cheddar Cheese Sub with Creamy Coleslaw
|244 g
|Best Before
15JL13 and 15JL16
|0 24904 47530 6
|Roast Beef Sandwich
|166 g
|Best Before
|0 24904 38574 2
|Oven Pride Kitchen
|Beef Swiss Baguette Sub
|178 g
|0 56040 68652 0
|Distributed to warehouse level only
|Oven Pride Kitchen
|Roast Beef Submarine
|278 g
|0 24683 99105 9
|Distributed to warehouse level only
|Philly Steak Sub
|225 g
|0 65504 49497 7
|Distributed to warehouse level only
|Quality Fast Foods
|Shaved Beef Dijon Sub
|264 g
|0 58578 37171 8
|Distributed to warehouse level only
What you should do
Check to see if you have recalled products in your home. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the store where they were purchased.
Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache and neck stiffness. Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk. Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like symptoms, the infection can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn or even stillbirth. In severe cases of illness, people may die.
This recall was triggered by the company. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. If other high-risk products are recalled, the CFIA will notify the public through updated Food Recall Warnings.
The CFIA is verifying that industry is removing recalled products from the marketplace.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.
More information
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Besides the amazing campus, one of the greatest things about Greensboro College is the close proximity to downtown Greensboro. It's rare to find such a beautiful, historic, small college campus nestled alongside big-city advantages. Your commute from dorm to classroom is two minutes, plus you're just steps from restaurants, shopping, sports, theatre, arts, nightlife, and internships. Our red-brick walkways make way to more than 80 miles of trails and greenways throughout the city. Just two hours from the mountains and 3.5 hours from the ocean, you're uniquely located to do it all.
We are Uniquely Located!
Whether it is dining, entertainment, or local shopping, there is always something going on downtown for students at Greensboro College. Follow the links below to find out all that Greensboro has to offer The Pride!
Community Involvement
Explore downtown Greensboro by dining at one of the many restaurants the city has to offer. No matter what you may be in the mood for, there will be a restaurant to meet your needs. Downtown Greensboro, Tate Street right off campus, and the remainder of the city of Greensboro have options for all types of eaters. Below are some popular Greensboro favorites.
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
The Greensboro Chamber of Commerce is a great way to hear all that is happening in the city of Greensboro. The commerce offers a ton of resources to help both those new to the community along with those who are looking to become more engaged. To learn more or to join the Chamber of Commerce visit their website.
Area Churches
Regardless of your religious affiliation, there is a place of worship for you in Greensboro. Below you will find a list of area churches.
|First Baptist Church
1000 W. Friendly Ave.
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 274-3286
|First Presbyterian Church
617 N. Elm St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 373-0445
|Grace Community Church
643 W. Lee St.
Greensboro, NC 27403
(336) 379-1936
|Our Lady of Grace Church
2201 W. Market St.
Greensboro, NC 27403
(336) 274-6520
|St. Andrews Episcopal Church
2105 W. Market St.
Greensboro, NC 27403
(336) 275-1651
|Valley of Blessing Messian Congregation
8 Dundas Cir Suite L & M
Greensboro, NC 27407
(336) 454-5073
|West Market Street United Methodist Church
302 W. Market St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 275-4587
Volunteer Opportunities
Village 401 provides Greensboro College students the opportunity to become engaged with the surrounding Greensboro community. Through Village 401 students can participate in various outreach projects working with local businesses, schools, agencies, and organizations. Village 401 is a great resource for students looking to become involved within the Greensboro community. For more information about Village 401, contact Robert Brewer, campus chaplain, at 336-272-7102, ext. 5597, or email email@example.com.
Explore downtown Greensboro by dining at one of the many restaurants the city has to offer. No matter what you may be in the mood for, there will be a restaurant to meet your needs. Downtown Greensboro, Tate Street right off campus, and the remainder of the city of Greensboro have options for all types of eaters. Click here to see restaurants in Greensboro on Yelp.
You will never be bored with the large amount of things Greensboro has to offer! Use your Pride Card at various locations to receive awesome student discounts. Below are some popular entertainment options in Greensboro. Follow each link to learn more about their services.
|Carousel Theatre
College Students w/ID $8.50
|Regal Grande Stadium 16 Theatre
Student Discount ONLY on Sunday – Thursday
|The Grand Theatre
|Carolina Theatre
|Greensboro Children's Theatre
|Greensboro Coliseum
|Greensboro Orchestra
|Barn Dinner Theatre
|University of North Carolina, Greensboro Theatre
|Idiot Box Comedy
Student tickets $7
|Open Space Theatre
Student Rush: $10 Student Rush tickets cannot be purchased online and are available 10 minutes prior to show with a student ID
|Triad Stage Theatre
$10 Student Rush Tickets. Student Rush tickets are only available for walk up sales at the Triad Stage Box Office one hour before each performance. One ticket per student ID
|Carolina Dynamo Soccer
|Celebration Station
|Greensboro Downtown First Friday
|Greensboro Grasshoppers Baseball
|Greensboro Ice House
|Kersey Valley Zip Line
Hotel Accommodations
Planning a visit to Greensboro and need a place to stay? Check out the following hotels to make your stay remarkable!
Comfort Inn*
Wingate by Wyndham*
Drury Inn and Suites
Ramada Greensboro
Holiday Inn Express
Sheraton Greensboro Hotel At Four Seasons
Greensboro Marriott Downtown
*Offers special rates to GC visitors
Local Attractions
Greensboro has many different local attractions available for your pleasure. The city of Greensboro is rich in history. Below you will find many local attractions for you to enjoy while exploring Greensboro.
The City of Greensboro is home to many local shops along with large scale shopping centers. With a wide variety of options, you will be sure to find what you are looking for! Check out the list below for shopping available while in Greensboro. No shopping trip would be complete without stocking up on your PrideGear. Don't forget to check out Greensboro College's Bookstore, located in the Reynolds Center. You also can order books and PrideGear online.
|Bargain Box
|Edward McKay's Used Bookstore
|Just Be
|Terra Blue
|Design Archives & Vintage Emporium
|Piedmont Triad Farmers Market
|Glitter's Jewelry
|Mary's Jewelry Box
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There is little doubt that the K9 units of state police departments face some of the most dangerous situations in police work - from literally chasing down and capturing armed criminals to sniffing out contraband in the dangerous environment of a drug house.
Whitney Woods, a middle school student living in Proctorsville, has made it a personal goal to make sure these hardworking police dogs are protected as much as possible.
To that end, Whitney has been raising funds to provide all of the dogs in the Vermont State Police K9 Units with the latest in bullet proof vest technology. The equipment is not provided by the police force, but must be purchased by the individual dog handler.
Whitney became interested in her project through a family friend, State Police Officer Kevin Hughs and his dog Bohdan, and hearing about a dog in Rutland that had been shot at. The three have done a number of obedience classes and demonstration fundraisers over the last several months, and so far have raised $2360. They've been able to buy vests for four dogs, and have four more to go to cover all the dogs in the state.
"We've been buying a newer, lighter model of vest," Whitney said. "It's $100 more than the first ones we looked at, but they come with a reflector and a handle on the back so the officer can help them get over things like fences. They're lighter so the dog can wear them longer. We wanted the best for the dogs."
Whitney said she is creating a foundation website and linking it to the Vermont K9 Association where people can donate directly online.
The site will be available at www.bulletproofwhitneysfriends.webs.com. People can also call 226-7512 for more information, or send donations to PO Box 111, Proctorsville, VT 05153.


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After four weeks of study we have finally finished logging and sampling the new core! It was challenging to complete it all on time, but we did it! What an opportunity to spend 4 weeks studying this core, with such fantastic quality of rock from the Early Carboniferous. If I asked myself what I would love to be doing for a job 10 years ago, this would be it!
Core-tastic statistics: In the month we logged 502 metres of core, which was recorded on 143 sheets of A4 graph paper, using up two pens and 4 pencils! We also took hundreds of detailed photographs of features like palaeosols, fossil beds and sedimentary structures. Emma and Andrea have taken around 700 combined samples that will be analysed for palynology, isotopes and sedimentology, with a sample taken at least every metre.
The core reveals that palaeosols are present throughout the sequence, and so are cementstones, of various types. The sand bodies were smaller than those we recorded from fieldwork, but you would expect variation in these across the basin. We have seen many fossils and fossil-rich beds that we will go back to study in-depth in the future – there are many types of fossils including bones!
Now we have a lot of samples to keep us busy for the winter!
Top: Emma and Andrea measuring a box of core prior to sampling. Middle: Tim and Carys logging, Tim is checking the palaeosol classification colour. Bottom: We are finished! The team with the last box of core. All images © Tim Kearsey.
Thank you to the staff at the BGS Core Store for their efficient work in changing core boxes, answering our queries and generally putting up with our residence for a month! If you are interested in studying a borehole then you can find out about the collection online at the BGS onshoreborehole material database.
Where did the core come from? Check out our slideshow of when we drilled the core on the TW:eed Project Website.
Where did the core come from? Check out our slideshow of when we drilled the core on the TW:eed Project Website.
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When You "Have To" (Belonging vs. Choice)
Ever heard yourself say "I have to" and then experienced a heavy or resentful feeling? Saying "I have to" can be a short hand way to refer to a responsibility that you are choosing or it can be a way of creating a burden and obligation.
When you make decisions from a sense of "I have to", you create a sort of mental slavery and come to resent others for it. This isn't something you are consciously creating. My guess is that somewhere back there in life, when you were exercising your choice, you had some negative experiences. You learned that if you choose what's right for you it could cost you acceptance from the group, a sense of belonging, or it seemed to hurt others. You may not even consciously remember these experiences.
You learned to cope by repressing your choice in favor of what you thought the group (or your parents) wanted you to do. This way of thinking becomes a habit and even though the situation has changed and hopefully you now find yourself in groups that support your authenticity, you act from the old reality.
It's my hope for you that you are with people who are big enough to support your authenticity and the needs of the group. If this is truly not the case, you may find that you need to leave that community or group of friends. Eventually, trading your authenticity for belonging becomes an unsustainable way of living. Symptoms like anger, depression, and sense of being empty or lost begin to appear.
As I worked with this pattern in myself, I noticed that a part of me was imagining that amorphous others were watching and judging my choices. The more clearly I saw through this pattern the more I saw how my belonging was secure and my authenticity supported by others.
One of the most tragic things about this dynamic is that you likely, have a true value and longing to be of service and care for others, and this gets hijacked by fear and obligation. Serving from a sense of burden and resentment isn't a contribution, it's a toxin to yourself and your relationships. Sadly, you don't meet your need for contribution or authenticity.
It takes courage to choose what's right for you when you perceive that your belonging is at risk. However, standing in your choice and authenticity and noticing that you are supported heals this wounding and liberates you from slavery to limiting beliefs.
This week notice when you are telling yourself, "I have to". Take a couple of breaths and notice what your experience is when you are in that frame of mind. Then, check in with the reality of the situation. Is your belonging really at risk? Are you willing to choose what's right for you and see what happens?
Lastly, check in with other needs behind a choice you are making. Is it a decision from the heart based on needs for integrity, contribution, completion, etc? Sometimes just getting touch with what you are caring for when you make a decision can help you shift from obligation to choice.
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Game of the Year – L.A. Noire
Rockstar's Mad Men-style and well, positively noir detective game beat off tough competition from Portal 2 and Fifa 11. Thanks to its superb storytelling and realistic animation, it got 21% of your votes to take Game of the Year.
Innovation of the Year – OnLive
With 21% of reader votes, it seems you're a forward-thinking bunch. The cloud gaming service is still a nipper in tech terms but that didn't stop you voting OnLive the Innovation of the Year, ahead of the LG Optimus 3D and the Hybrid Viewfinder on Fujifilm's FinePix X100.
Most Wanted Future Gadget – Apple iPad 3
It looks like we could be fondling an iPad 3 come March 2012 and the rumour mill is already churning out details to the tune of NFC, 3D and a 2048x1536 screen. Apple's next tablet beat the likes of the Nintendo Wii U, Sony PlayStation Vita and other gadgets that have actually been announced with a decisive 48% of your votes for Most Wanted.
Most Wanted Future Gadget nominees
Retailer of the Year – Amazon.co.uk
A huge range of products combined with the Kindle bookstore and e-readers have shot Amazon to the topspot of your favourite shops with 50% of votes. The online store beat off bricks-and-mortar competition from the likes of the Apple store, Micro Anvika and Currys/PC World.
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App of the Year – Sky Go
Stream, pause and rewind live Sky Sports with the App of the Year, for 24% of you. Sky has also just upped its game with the companion Sky Movies app too – so you can now record films through Sky+. Highly commended were Google Body, Garageband for iPad and Photosynth.
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Design of the Year – Asus Eee Pad Transformer
We voted it our Gadget of the Year and you showed your appreciation for the tablet/netbook hybrid by bestowing the Design of the Year accolade on it too. Its useful, uber-keyboard dock design won over 25% of you, ahead of the retro stylings of the Fujifilm FinePix X100 and Sagemcom Sixty or the twists and flips of the Casio Exilim Tryx.
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Greetings, book lovers!
For me, summer is a time when I can catch up on my ever-growing TBR list. Whether it's an ebook, library checkout, or paperback purchase, there's nothing I enjoy more than having a somewhat freer schedule to bury my head in a book.
With that in mind, I'd like to help you check off The Vortex Series from a "Want to Read" to a "Read" status. So, I've decided to sweeten my summer sale to make that happen.
REMATCH, Book 1 of The Vortex Series, was already reduced to $.99 on Amazon, but now I've reduced DOUBLE FAULT, Book 2, to a sizzling low price of $.99.
BUT, it doesn't stop there! For a short time, DEUCE, Book 3 (published Jan. '14) is now only $2.99! That means you can have the entire trilogy for $5 bucks!!!! Where else can you find hours of entertainment for so little?
I'm attaching all the Amazon links below. I hope you will take advantage of this opportunity and will share it with your friends.
Now, read on, my fellow bookworms, and fill your summer reading lists today with The Vortex Series! What do you have to lose? Click on the Amazon buttons below to take you directly to each book's Amazon page.
Trent Astor is many things—orphan, runaway, musician. But what's most extraordinary about Trent is that he's a time traveler. His supernatural gift sends him on missions to the past to save unsuspecting victims from harm. However, when he fails to save the life of a young girl, his life changes in ways he could never have dreamed.
At eleven-years-old, Cassie Moore suffered through a horrific shooting. Tragically scarred from the ordeal, the once promising tennis prodigy was forced to throw away all hope of a future in tennis. Now, as she begins her senior year of high school, the past continues to haunt her. She struggles to find herself, her self-esteem at an all time low. If only she could resolve the past, she might be able to move on with her life. She never imagined that could be possible until she meets the gorgeous new student in her PE class.
DOUBLE FAULT is the 2nd book in The Vortex Series where Cassie and Trent's problems have only just begun. As they fight through the repercussions of creating a parallel world, other dangers are lurking. After years of running, Trent and his orphaned sister, Lorelai, sense the dangerous and power-hungry Dr. Fox is close to discovering their whereabouts.
While Cassie fears for Trent's life, her tennis career hangs in the balance. Caught between her old and new life, she watches her world slowly crumble until it's a tragic portrayal of all that she used to know. But worse yet, if her secret is revealed, she might lose what's most dear to her heart.
In an instant everything changes for seventeen-year-old Cassie Moore. Together she and her time-traveling boyfriend, Trent Astor, battle to survive their next impossible challenge. As they navigate through a third parallel world in which Cassie begged Trent to create for her, the two soon discover no world can be made perfect.
And while they fight through their new circumstances, the universe may just have its own agenda for them both.
With DEUCE, the 3rd and final book of The Vortex Series, Janine Caldwell combines fantasy and romance to create a compelling love story of integrity and sacrifice.


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I read this in the March issue of Health magazine: "Need a change?" A variety of things can trigger the close of one chapter and the start of another – a death, divorce, a significant birthday, a layoff, children going off to college.
Like a great novel, you never know where the story will go next. A natural transition is often signaled by boredom.
One of the best things we can do when we feel that malaise is to understand that one chapter is ending – and a new one is starting up.
On June 10, Dr. Yousef Elyaman spoke about the hormonal implications of stress. He's an internist who takes care of patients from cradle to golf course.
Stressors are usually over money, job, children, the news on the TV, etc. Chronic stress causes hypertension, insomnia, and chronic pain like fibromyalgia.
Cortisol problems can arise from stresses from aging. When it is released, it is one of the body's natural steroids. If it suppresses the thyroid gland, it leads to Cushing disease.
If stressed: 1) Eliminate the stress as much as possible. 2) Change your reaction to the stress. 3) Change your environment – stay away from negative people, etc.
Vegetarian Cooking
At the Learning Center on June 11, Chef Paulette L. Prudon gave another discussion on vegetarian cooking. This one was about moist cooking methods for light summer meals using poaching and steaming.
I found it quite interesting although I doubt I'll do any of the cooking mentioned. Quite a few people attended the class.
Some were wondering where to buy some of the ingredients she was discussing. Atsides, which sells restaurant items, is open to the public. It's on S.R.40 a short distance from I-75.
Farmers Market
It is growing and growing with all kinds of stands. There's even someone selling small rugs.
Citrus Breeze – all natural soap is another one. The young man was selling containers of an all natural cleaner that can be used on just about anything. He's selling them for $15 but if two are bought, the price is $25 for both.
Another item is streak-free micro fiber cloth. If you're interested in chemical-free cleaning items, check this stand out.
Colleen, owner of Snack Attack, is selling fruit chips as well as the vegetable one. They are delicious and worth buying.
Free taste samples will make this decision easy for you. She sells other products as well.
Large cantaloupes are selling for $2 each and are far tastier than the ones sold in supermarkets. The cucumber for 50 cents was a nice size as well as the peppers. Depending on the type and color, they sold at 50 cents, 75 cents, or a dollar.
The blueberries were selling for $3 a pint or $5 for two. They were filled over the brim, not like the skimpy ones at most supermarkets.
Master the Possibilities
Master the Possibilities Education Center is at 8415 S.W. 80th St. The catalog is published quarterly, available at the center and online at www.masterthepossibilities.com.
Registration can be done on the Web site or by calling 854-3699. Here are classes with openings June 9 to 13. Here are classes with openings June 23 to 25.
Tuesday: Book Club.
Wednesday: Keeping Current on Events.
Till next week – let's live in the moment, letting the future take care of itself.
June Roberta is retired and lives in OTOW. She enjoyed a diverse career, including being a legal secretary to a theatrical attorney on Madison Avenue. Call her at 237-9208, or e-mail OTOW news to her at email@example.com. Deadline is a week prior to Friday's publication.
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Don't worry. There will be no fantasy prose filled strained erotic metaphors today. Just a few ensembles that are literally shades of gray. Gray is my go-to neutral. I'm almost always looking to inject some sort of colour into my outfits. And while black can be a fantastic option, sometimes it feels very stark in contrast to the bold hues I tend to wear.
Grey has the same drama and versatility as black, but it's a softer option. It's also more forgiving if you spill something on yourself. That's an important consideration for me.
I nabbed this mini-frock from a local thrift store at 50% off. Between this and the dress I bought at the vintage show, I'm having a full-fledged fling with pleated hemlines this fall!
I used to be afraid of mixing patterns. But that's silly. The worst possible outcomes are clashing and possibly ugliness. And the best-case scenario might result in a get-up I really like. That was certainly the case here. Houndstooth and argyle: two of my favourite patterns are even better as a pair. From now on, I'm saving my fear for real threats, like the zombie apocalypse.
Once again I'm wearing a tunic as a dress. As a dress it's pretty short, short enough that I might not feel comfortable wearing it with bare legs. But my friend Amanda, who is wise in the way of fashion, reminded me that tights will ground a super-high hemline.
And speaking of Amanda, she's wearing a dress every day this month to raise money for Save the Children and The Ottawa Snowsuit Fund. Check out her style here!


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Death Valley geology field trip
Mosaic Canyon
The entrance to Mosaic Canyon appears deceptively ordinary, but just a 1/4 mile walk up the canyon narrows dramatically to a deep slot cut into the face of Tucki Mountain. Smooth, polished marble walls enclose the trail as it follows the canyon's sinuous curves.
Following faults
Making marble
Mosaic Canyon's polished marble walls are carved from the Noonday Dolomite and other Precambrian carbonate rocks. These rock formation began as limestone deposited during Late Precambrian (about 850-700 million years ago) when the area was covered by a warm sea. Later addition of magnesium changed the limestone, a rock made of calcium carbonate, to dolomite, a calcium-magnesium carbonate.
The dolomite was later deeply buried by younger sediment. Far below the surface, high pressure and temperature altered the dolomite into the metamorphic rock, marble.
The relatively recent uplift of Death Valley's mountian ranges and subsequent erosion have exposed these metamorphic rocks.
Mosaic Canyon was named for a rock formation known as the Mosaic Breccia. Breccia is the Italian word meaning fragments. This formation is composed of angular fragments of many different kinds of parent rock, and it can be seen on the floor of the canyon just south of the parking area.
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Nokia is planning just one Maemo-based follow up to the just-launched N900 next year, dashing hopes of a slew of high-end, Linux-based phones from the mobile manufacturer.
Rather than take over the Nseries line-up, it seems 2010's Maemo-based launch will be a one-off, with the company committed to the Symbian platform as its "smartphone platform of choice", a spokesperson told Reuters.
"This is not necessarily worrying, but they need a hit product. It has to be a winning one and Nokia needs to continue to work on Symbian in the meantime", said Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi.
Meanwhile another analyst weighs in with the opinion that just one Maemo phone would be enough - if it's an iPhone killer:
"Launching just one Maemo model in the whole of 2010 need not be a problem if Nokia can develop an iPhone killer with standout design and superior usability", said analyst Neil Mawston from Strategy Analytics.
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'Athena Project' interesting, but with confusing elements
By Pat Williams / book reviews
For years, Brad Thor's novels have ranked high on the best-seller list as he wrote current-time stories of espionage, terrorism, and frightening possible consequences of attacks on the United States system of government. The author's previous nine books provided a platform for favorite character, Scot Harvath, to challenge dire circumstances, yet survive as a victor.
In "THE ATHENA PROJECT," Thor introduces four young women working as a team and representing the talented feminine side of the nation's Special Forces Detachment. This unique group, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, operates professionally and successfully in counterterrorism strikes throughout the world. It was understood the women of Delta Force were very talented in various aspects of what might be assumed to be male-dominated fighting skills, and often using their femininity as a surprising weapon against their opponents.
The Athena Four were an unusual and diverse group; each woman possessed very different physical attributes, but all were athletes of distinction, possessed an ability to focus on the assigned task, and exhibited a drive to succeed at all costs. In this novel, the female team is sent into Europe to hunt down the dealer responsible for selling the explosives which caused the death of a large number of Americans in Rome. At the same time a horrifying discovery is made in South America; American officials had uncovered dead human remains which had endured an obviously repulsive manner of death and confirming a scientific advantage in warfare that had never before been exposed. Back in the United States, there were rumors that United States' defense secrets were being bunkered beneath the new airport in Denver, Colo.
As part of the story, Author Thor skillfully described the various plots leveled at governments and individuals, with the threat and evil possibilities that existed with each one. It was, however, difficult to discern if the conspiracies were connected, or if they were independent attacks made by those around the world.
The story was choppy and inconsistent as the focus changed rapidly among the various actions. Some incidents came to an abrupt halt, while others reappeared later in the novel.
While the story was centered on the Athena women, the author created some confusion by writing about the four female characters using either their first or last name, but there was little uniformity in this regard. Because the women were usually addressed as a team, it was difficult to distinguish each individual's strengths and talents and picture them as independent people.
Probably the most frightening line of the book is where the author states that "all science referrals were based on reality." As the plots unfold, some of the inventions and newly created equipment used to intimidate or exterminate humans were difficult to imagine, and the thought of these being real enough to be used in the present world situation is mind-boggling.
Even though the Athena team is the protagonist in the book, Thor couldn't resist having Scot Harvath make a couple of unimportant and rather distracting appearances in the book. It's obvious Harvath's character is neither gone nor forgotten.
In spite of negative comments, "THE ATHENA PROJECT" was an interesting story, and one that left many situations yet unsolved. Especially intriguing: what, if anything, is really under Denver International Airport?
BOOKNOTES: "HALFWAY TO EACH OTHER" by Susan Pohlman (Guideposts, September 2010, 265 pages) is one of the most fascinating nonfiction accounts of a life incident to be published recently. Written in the first person, freelance writer and author Pohlman tells the story of her dissension, and the adventures and experiences that brought her family together once again. On the verge of divorce, Tim and Susan find themselves entertaining Tim's clients in Italy. As a married pair they were barely speaking and both were exceedingly unhappy. During their time in Europe, the couple began to see life from a different perspective, and in a casual manner, each admitted life in a quiet Italian town would be a wonderful, relaxing existence. Despite having jobs, two teenagers, and an established upscale life in California, two months later the family had sold most of their worldly goods and left for the Ligurian coast of Italy. During the year spent living life more with each other and less with material goods, they all learned to value relationships with others and their faith in God. The book was a touching tale of how personal changes can be made, resulting in the personal growth of each family member that made love and happiness a reality.


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"Shopping King Louie" And "On The Way To The Airport" Compete In Premiere Ratings
The Nielsen viewership ratings for drama "Shopping King Louie" and "On the Way to the Airport" have been released!
Both dramas premiered on September 21 during the same time slot. "On the Way to the Airport" logged 7.4 percent in viewership ratings, just one percent lower than what its predecessor "Uncontrollably Fond" logged with its last episode. While the match up with "Shopping King Louie" was close, "On the Way to the Airport" outperformed "Shopping King Louie" (5.6 percent) in the ratings by 1.8 percent under the nationwide standard.
Neither of the dramas outperformed competitor "Don't Dare to Dream (Jealous Incarnate)," which pulled in 12.3 percent in viewership ratings this episode and has occupied the time slot since August 24.
It's just the first episode for "Shopping King Louie" and "On the Way to the Airport," so it should be interesting to see how the ratings develop!
Which drama premiere did you enjoy more?
"Shopping King Louie" airs every Wednesday and Thursday on MBC at 10 p.m. KST. Catch it on Viki!
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Saturday, February 02, 2008
The Case for Hillary
Triangulation, sometimes called the Third Way, was the governing philosophy of President Clinton during his eight years in the White House. (In fact, I would suggest that triangulation has been the governing philosophy in Washington DC for 20 years now, including both Bush presidencies as well as Clinton's.) When he triangulated, Bill Clinton would attempt to stay between and above the political fray among conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats. (For those of you who have read A New Kind of Christian by Brian McLaren, this sounds suspiciously like Neo's approach to theology.)
President Clinton was constantly criticized for governing by the polls, for focus grouping everything, and for being more concerned with his own power rather than the advancement of a particular ideology. While these are legitimate criticisms, we have to admit that the practical effect of triangulation wasn't all bad. It was only half bad, by definition.
Certainly, triangulation brought us a moderate tax increase, don't ask don't tell, and a dismal response to Islamic terrorism. But on the other hand, it also brought us:
Welfare Reform
A Balanced Budget
The Surplus
The Defense of Marriage Act
More than anything, the disgust for the Clintons by many people - I think - has more to do with their personalities and scandals than it does with anything they have actually accomplished in elected office.
If Senator Clinton governs like her husband did, I am forced to say that there could be a lot worse. Triangulation provides an opportunity for a strong, conservative leader (like Newt Gingrich was in the Nineties) to actually advance the conservative agenda even with a "liberal" in the White House.
Will she triangulate? I am not sure. Certainly, she supports some very liberal things, not the least of which is her plan to socialize health care. But she also has been supportive of the war against terror (I'm talking here about her actual voting, not her rhetoric). She also is proposing tax cuts on her website. Is that enough to suggest that she will govern by triangulation? I don't know. I suppose we won't know until she articulates this philosophy (which won't happen until the general election with such an ideological opponent in the primary as Senator Obama is) or until she is actually in office and has to govern. It's a gamble.
So ... if I was going to vote for Mrs. Clinton, I would do so for one primary reason - triangulation.
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- H said...
She also brings experience. She is arguably one of the most experienced candidates, and while I disagree with her on many counts (I do not intend to vote for her), all of you against socialized medicine need to have a sit down with those of us who have worked with poor, needy Americans, who can't afford exhorbant health care provided to the wealthy, by the wealthy.... and before you tell me how bad Canada's health care system is, let me just say that I don't think they would be our best model.
Socialized medicine should not be dismissed. Especially by those of us who believe God calls us to care for the sick.
- H said...
I just read my comment, it sounded way more agressive than I intended it. This was not an attack on you. Rather, it was an opinion posted by someone with passion in this area. Sorry if I offended you.
- Robb said...
No offense taken. I am all for us taking care of the poor and needy, as hopefully you know. It's not the end goal that I question - just the means of getting there.
One question, though. When did health care costs get outlandish?
- Robb said...
And ... one more thing. If money was no object, I can't think of a single Canadian hospital I would want to go to above several in the United States. Doesn't government involvement in something typically decrease quality. If money wasn't a concern, wouldn't we all use FedEx or UPS to ship everything rather than the USPS?
- Clint said...
H said, "Socialized medicine should not be dismissed. Especially by those of us who believe God calls us to care for the sick."
I agree, God calls US...not the government. If WE, myself included, would be a little less selfish and focus on relieving the worlds suffering NOW as much as saving them from "eternal suffering", then I think government involvement could be avoided. Because as Robb said, " government involvement in something typically decrease quality."
- H said...
I guess the real issue is less socialized medicine and more healthcare reform. I do agree Clint, that it is our responsability to care for the sick. Unfortunately, "us" never seems to outnumber "them".
Oh my Hillary for president? Your true colors are showing...
- Robb said...
Hannah, that is an interesting distinction to make. I think you're right - health care needs to be reformed, but that doesn't necessarily mean socialized medicine. Really good distinction.
- Robb said...
M, did you even read what I wrote?
- Matthew said...
Well, it seems that the whole question about socialzed healthcare is basically settled here, but, never to be one to not flog a dead horse, I thought I'd include my two cents anyway.
I have a friend from China who once told me about their leader who initiated market reforms. He said something along these lines, "we've tried pure socialism for years, and it has succeeded in making us all equal--equally poor. It's time to try something new. Since we can't all get rich at once, I propose we let some get rich first, and the prosperity will eventually spread to the rest of us." Thus was born "communism with Chinese character", which is essentially capitalism (they don't like to admit failure and are still Marxist enough not to like the word "capitalism", but they have no problem adopting capitalism's precepts as long as they can call it something else).
The moral of the story here is that socialism (and all of its derivatives) is not about bringing everybody up--it's about bringing everybody down.
The Lord calls us to help the poor and unfortunate. This is not in dispute. We are to help the poor with our materials and our efforts and with the materials and efforts of anybody we can can convice to help.
But...we do not have the right to use force to coerce others to help the poor. Socialized anything basically entails enlisting the might of the State to force people to do what others think is right (instead of stealing ourselves to give to the poor we make the government do it for us). This destroys individual initiative and virtue ("if the government is already taking my money to look after the poor, why should I myself have to do anything more?") and is an evil thing for this reason alone if no other.
Furthermore, involving the state tends to disrupt accountability and efficiency. When has a government committee ever gotten anything done faster or better than an individual or group of people who truly care and are actually in the trenches to see that a thing is done right? Who was the real hero when it came to distributing emergency goods after Katrina: the government at any level or the greedy capitialistic Wal-mart?
Also, why do all the people who think the government has basically screwed up everything from the War in Iraq to the IRS think its's suddenly going to "magically" fix things when it starts regulating health care? Why is it that expecting all the things from government that people used to expect from God isn't considered to be idolatry?
I would like to finish with this quote from Ronald Reagan.
"I'm sure everyone feels sorry for the individual who has fallen by the wayside or who can't keep up in our competitive society, but my own compassion goes beyond that to the millions of unsung men and women who get up every morning, send the kids to school, go to work, try and keep up the payments on their house, pay exorbitant taxes to make possible compassion for the less fortunate, and as a result have to sacrifice many of their own desires and dreams and hopes. Government owes them something better than always finding a new way to make them share the fruit of their toils with others."
- Robb said...
Thanks, Matthew, for making the case for Reagan.
- Matthew said...
You know, the sad thing is that when I was a kid, I didn't think Reagan was much of a president at all. Keep in mind 3/4 of my extended family are Democrats, and I had one uncle who was practically a socialist--all I ever heard growing up was about how Reagan was the fount of all evil and how Republicans were indistinguishable from Nazis.
When I went through my youthful rebellion phase (such as it was), can you guess which direction I went? ;-)
I still don't think Reagan was all that great (although, obviously, I have come to enjoy his writings and speeches more and more), but the candidates for president have simply gotten so much worse over the years.
Oh well, The Lord will preserve us, or He won't--there's no sense in worrying about it overly much.
Thanks for the balanced perspective Robb. The Clintons are easy to demonize but they are not bad politicians. Just to keep things stirred up, here (http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2007-12-30-1.html) is a moderate democrat's perspective on the candidates' skill in handling foreign affairs. The writer (Orson Scott Card, who I discovered after reading "Ender's Game") seems to make a fair judgment based on each candidates' response, and in this category Hillary doesn't compare too well.
No. Just giving her blog space is bad enough. What are ya Gay?


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