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- The Sweet Jojo Designs 4-piece all star sports twin bedding ensemble will bring fun to your child's bedroom. Made from 100-percent cotton combined with super soft microsuede fabrics, this charming set features a sports themed detailed embroidery and applique works. This bedding ensemble is machine washable for easy care and repeated use.
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- Reverse pattern: Brown plaid with chocolate outer border
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This is the cutest comforters set for a lil slugger. It was gift. The parents were speechless He can grow with it. In highly recommend it. I was somewhat skeptical but that changed as soon as I opened the package. What a great investment. Lol
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Order for my new born bed and I love it. We e sleep on it every night. I wish to buy the other items that come with the set.
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It received 5 stars in a review. It complements the sports bedding ensemble I purchased for my elder grandson. They share a bedroom so it was important to coordinate but not duplicate the previous purchase from you.
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Conspiracy is a term used to refer to a broad range of social alliances, and is most often used with a connotation of secretive and sinister purposes. Cabals are said to exist where a number of people greater than two are involved in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in a church, state, or other community, often by intrigue. In a political sense, conspiracy refers to a group of persons united in the goal of usurping or overthrowing an established political power. A civil conspiracy or collusion is an agreement between two or more parties to deprive a third party of legal rights or deceive a third party to obtain an illegal objective. It is not necessary that the conspirators be involved in all stages of planning or be aware of all details. Any voluntary agreement and some overt act by one conspirator in furthance of the plan are the main elements necessary to prove a conspiracy. A conspiracy may exist whether legal means are used to accomplish illegal results, or illegal means used to accomplish something legal. In criminal law, a criminal conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future, and, in some cases, with at least one overt act in furtherance of that agreement.
- Alphabetized by author
- In periods of economic upheaval, in periods of economic crisis, wealth is not destroyed, it is merely transferred.
- Larry Bates, in The Money Masters: How International Bankers Gained Control of America (1998)
- Illuminism is becoming a great and formidable power, and I fear, in my conscience, that kings and peoples will have much to suffer from it unless foresight and prudence break its frightful mechanism.
- Francois Charles de Berckheim, in a secret police report (1810 October), , as quoted in The Controversy of Zion (1978) by Douglas Reed
- These are the methods by which the Illuminés, without any apparent organization, without settled leaders, agree together from the banks of the Rhine to those of the Neva, from the Baltic to the Dardanelles, and advance continually towards the same goal, without leaving any trace that might compromise the interests of the association or even bring suspicion on any of its members; the most active police would fail before such a combination.
- Francois Charles de Berckheim, in a secret police report to Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1814), as quoted in The Return of the Puritans (1983) by Pat Brooks, p. 76
- Freemasons, n. An order with secret rites, grotesque ceremonies and fantastic costumes, which, originating in the reign of Charles II, among working artisans of London, has been joined successively by the dead of past centuries in unbroken retrogression until now it embraces all the generations of man on the hither side of Adam and is drumming up distinguished recruits among the pre-Creational inhabitants of Chaos and Formless Void. The order was founded at different times by Charlemagne, Julius Caesar, Cyrus, Solomon, Zoroaster, Confucius, Thothmes, and Buddha. Its emblems and symbols have been found in the Catacombs of Paris and Rome, on the stones of the Parthenon and the Chinese Great Wall, among the temples of Karnak and Palmyra and in the Egyptian Pyramids — always by a Freemason.
- Ambrose Bierce, in The Cynic's Word Book (1906) [later retitled The Devil's Dictionary]
- In every country unscrupulous wealth can, by artificially "making opinion," mislead and beguile the people more easily and with less chance of detection than in any other way.
Democracy has no more persistent or insidious foe than the money power, to which it may say, as Dante said when he reached in his journey through hell the dwelling of the God of Riches, "Here we found Wealth, the great enemy."
- Out of these troubled times, our objective—a new world order—can emerge. Today, that new world is struggling to be born, a world quite different from the one we have known.
- George H. W. Bush, in a speech to a joint session of Congress (1990 Sep 11)
- From the days of Spartacus-Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx, and down to Trotsky (Russia), Bela Kun (Hungary), Rosa Luxembourg (Germany), and Emma Goldman (United States), this world-wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilisation and for the reconstitution of society on the basis of arrested development, of envious malevolence, and impossible equality, has been steadily growing. It played, as a modern writer, Mrs. Webster, has so ably shown, a definitely recognisable part in the tragedy of the French Revolution. It has been the mainspring of every subversive movement during the Nineteenth Century; and now at last this band of extraordinary personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe and America have gripped the Russian people by the hair of their heads and have become practically the undisputed masters of that enormous empire.
- Winston Churchill, "Zionism versus Bolshevism", Illustrated Sunday Herald [London], (8 February 1920), pg. 5. Note that Churchill wrote this before the Protocols of the Elders of Zion were thoroughly discredited.
- The truth is, the Jesuits of Rome have perfected Freemasonry to be their most magnificent and effective tool, accomplishing their purposes among Protestants.
- John Daniel, in The Grand Design Exposed (1999), p. 302
- The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
- Benjamin Disraeli, in his novel Coningsby, or the New Generation (1844), Chapter XV
- There is in Italy a power which we seldom mention in this House … I mean the secret societies.... It is useless to deny, because it is impossible to conceal, that a great part of Europe — the whole of Italy and France and a great portion of Germany, to say nothing of other countries — is covered with a network of these secret societies, just as the superficies of the earth is now being covered with railroads. And what are their objects? They do not attempt to conceal them. They do not want constitutional government; they do not want ameliorated institutions … they want to change the tenure of land, to drive out the present owners of the soil and to put an end to ecclesiastical establishments. Some of them may go further...
- I think that's just in human nature to be drawn to conspiracies. People want answers. Sometimes things happen without a reason; sometimes chaos happens — that's not satisfying to people. People want a villain. They want a reason; they want a cabal; they want a conspiracy.
- David Duchovny, "Mulder And Scully On Why The World Is Ready For An 'X-Files' Reboot", NPR, (January 23, 2016).
- The people must be helped to think naturally about money. They must be told what it is, and what makes it money, and what are the possible tricks of the present system which put nations and peoples under control of the few.
- Henry Ford, My Life and Work, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922, p. 179
- The real rulers of a nation are undiscoverable.
- US Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, when asked at a cocktail party who really runs the United States, according to "Globalists Run U.S., Says Sen. Malone", Chicago Daily Tribune, April 25, 1949, p. 1.
- Unsourced variant: The real rulers of Washington are invisible and exercise power from behind the scenes.
- People find conspiracy theories fantastically comforting not because they're more frightening than reality, but because they're less frightening than reality.
- William Gibson, "Can The X-Files exist in a post-9/11 world?", Andrew Harrison, New Statesmen, (29 December 2015).
- Further world progress is now possible only through the search for a consensus of all mankind, in movement toward a new world order.
- Mikhail Gorbachev, in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly (7 December 1988)
- The individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst. It rejects even the assumption that human creatures could espouse a philosophy which must ultimately destroy all that is good and decent.
- J. Edgar Hoover, as quoted in The Elks Magazine (August 1956).
- I am one of those who do not believe the national debt is a national blessing... it is calculated to raise around the administration a moneyed aristocracy dangerous to the liberties of the country.
- Andrew Jackson, letter to L. H. Coleman of Warrenton, North Carolina (29 April 1824)
- For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence--on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed. It conducts the Cold War, in short, with a war-time discipline no democracy would ever hope or wish to match.
- John F. Kennedy, "The President and the Press", address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association (27 April 1961)] (Audio). In his speech President Kennedy addresses his discontent with the press's news coverage before, during, and after the Bay of Pigs incident, suggesting that there is a need for "far greater public information" and "far greater official secrecy" in light of the international "communist threat" during the Cold War.
- The drive of the Rockefellers and their allies is to create a one-world government combining supercapitalism and Communism under the same tent, all under their control... Do I mean conspiracy? Yes, I do. I am convinced there is such a plot, international in scope, generations old in planning, and incredibly evil in intent.
- Congressman Larry MacDonald, killed in the Korean Airlines 747 that was shot down by the Soviets. Introduction to The Rockefeller File (1976) by Gary Allen
- The counterconspiracy theory of history … maintained that many otherwise incomprehensible historical events could be explained by identifying the conspiracy theories held by the protagonists … a surprising number of cases where prominent political, military and law-enforcement figures had been (openly or secretly) conspiracy theorists.
- Ken MacLeod, The Star Fraction (1995), p. 93 in the first U. S. edition (Tor, 2001)
- The revolutionary movement which began in 1789 in the Cercle Social, which in the middle of its course had as its chief representatives Leclerc and Roux, and which finally with Babeuf's conspiracy was temporarily defeated, gave rise to the communist idea which Babeuf's friend Buonarroti re-introduced in France after the Revolution of 1830. This idea, consistently developed, is the idea of the new world order.
- Karl Marx, in The Holy Family (1845)
- A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies.
- Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels, in The Communist Manifesto (1848)
- Excerpts from Rep. Louis T. McFadden's speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, June 10, 1932:
Mr. Chairman, we have in this country one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal reserve banks. The Federal Reserve Board, a Government board, has cheated the Government of the United States and the people of the United States out of enough money to pay the national debt. The depredations and the iniquities of the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve banks acting together have cost this country enough money to pay the national debt several times over. ...
Some people think the Federal reserve banks are United States Government institutions. They are not Government institutions. They are private credit monopolies which prey upon the people of the United States for the benefit of themselves and their foreign customers, foreign and domestic speculator sand swindlers, and rich and predatory money lenders. ...
Those 12 private credit monopolies were deceitfully and disloyally foisted upon this country by bankers who came here from Europe and who repaid us for our hospitality by undermining our American institutions. Those bankers took money out of this country to finance Japan in a war against Russia.They created a reign of terror in Russia with our money in order to help that war along. They instigated the separate peace between Germany and Russia and thus drove a wedge between the Allies in the World War. ...
Every effort has been made by the Federal Reserve Board to conceal its power but the truth is the Federal Reserve Board has usurped the Government of the United States. ...
Mr. Chairman, when the Federal reserve act was passed the people of the United States did not perceive that a world system was being set up here which would make the savings of an American school-teacher available to a narcotic-drug vendor in Macao. They did not perceive that the United States was to be lowered to the position of a coolie country which has nothing but raw materials and heavy goods for export. That Russia was destined to supply man power and that this country was to supply financial power to an international superstate--a superstate controlled by International bankers and international industrialists acting together to enslave the world for their own pleasure.
- Congressional Record, 72nd Congress, 1st session, June 10, 1932; Vol. 72, pp. 12595-12603. McFadden served as Chairman of the United States House Committee on Banking and Currency 1920 to 1931.
- Abraham Lincoln was assassinated through the machinations of a group representative of the international bankers, who feared the United States President's national credit ambitions.
- Gerald Grattan McGeer, in Vancouver Sun (2 May 1934)
- Yes, there is a conspiracy, in fact there are a great number of conspiracies that are all tripping each other up. And all of those conspiracies are run by paranoid fantasists and ham-fisted clowns. If you are on a list targeted by the CIA, you really have nothing to worry about. If however, you have a name similar to somebody on a list targeted by the CIA, then you are dead.
- The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory is that conspiracy theorists actually believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is chaotic. The truth is, that it is not the Jewish banking conspiracy or the grey aliens or the 12 foot reptiloids from another dimension that are in control. The truth is more frightening, nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.
- Alan Moore, in "The Mindscape of Alan Moore" (2003)
- The present Federal Reserve System is a flagrant case of the Government's conferring a special privilege upon bankers. The Government hands to the banks its credit, at virtually no cost to the banks, to be loaned out by the bankers for their own private profit. Still worse, however, is the fact that it gives the bankers practically complete control of the amount of money that shall be in circulation. Not one dollar of these Federal Reserve notes gets into circulation without being borrowed into circulation and without someone paying interest to some bank to keep it circulating. Our present money system is a debt money system. Before a dollar can circulate, a debt must be created. Such a system assumes that you can borrow yourself out of debt.
- Willis A. Overholser, A short review and analysis of the history of money in the United States, with an introduction to the current money problem (1936), p. 56
- It must not be felt that these heads of the world's chief central banks were themselves substantive powers in world finance. They were not. Rather, they were the technicians and agents of the dominant investment bankers of their own countries, who had raised them up and were perfectly capable of throwing them down. The substantive financial powers of the world were in the hands of these investments bankers (also called 'international' or 'merchant' bankers) who remained largely behind the scenes in their own unincorporated private banks. These formed a system of international cooperation and national dominance which was more private, more powerful, and more secret than that of their agents in the central banks.
- Professor Carroll Quigley, Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time (1966), pp. 326-327
- For more than a century, ideological extremists, at either end of the political spectrum, have seized upon well-publicized incidents, such as my encounter with Castro, to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal, working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists,' and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure—one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.
- David Rockefeller, in Memoirs (2002)
- The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the Government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, letter to Col. Edward Mandell House (21 November 1933)
- Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul this unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of statesmanship.
- President Theodore Roosevelt, "The Progressive Covenant With The People" speech (1912)
- People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.
- Adam Smith, in The Wealth of Nations (1776)
- There is no such thing, at this stage of the world's history in America, as an independent press... We are the tools and the vassals of the rich behind the scenes. We are marionettes. These men pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our capacities are all the property of these men - we are intellectual prostitutes.
- John Swinton, c. 1883. Attributed to "a prominent New York journalist" in E. J. Schellhouse, The New Republic. Founded on the Natural and Inalienable Rights of Man (1883), pp. 122-123. Later sources attribute this specifically to Swinton. American Notes & Queries (Jan 1943, p. 159) says "It is more than likely that John Swinton's statement ... was made at the 'Journalists' Gathering' in the rooms of the Twilight Club in the Mills Building, New York City, on April 12, 1883. The subject of Swinton's talk was 'Some Things an Editor Dare Not Discuss.'"
- In the eighteenth century, freemasonry became expressive of a militant policy of enlightenment, as in the case of the Illuminati, who were the forerunners of revolution; on its left, it culminated in the Carbonari.
- It was not my intention to doubt that, the Doctrines of the Illuminati, and principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the United States. On the contrary, no one is more truly satisfied of this fact than I am. The idea that I meant to convey, was, that I did not believe that the Lodges of Free Masons in this Country had, as Societies, endeavoured to propagate the diabolical tenets of the first, or pernicious principles of the latter (if they are susceptible of seperation). That Individuals of them may have done it, or that the founder, or instrument employed to found, the Democratic Societies in the United States, may have had these objects; and actually had a seperation of the People from their Government in view, is too evident to be questioned.
- George Washington, in a letter to George Washington Snyder (1798 Oct 24)
- Do you realize sufficiently what it means to rule—to rule in a secret society? Not only over the lesser or more important of the populace, but over the best of men, over men of all ranks, nations, and religions, to rule without external force, to unite them indissolubly, to breathe one spirit and soul into them, men distributed over all parts of the world?
- Adam Weishaupt, "Greeting to the newly integrated illuminatos dirigentes", in Nachtrag von weitern Originalschriften vol. 2 (1787) p. 45
- You simply cannot invent any conspiracy theory so ridiculous and obviously satirical that some people somewhere don't already believe it.
- Robert Anton Wilson, in Everything Is Under Control : Conspiracies, Cults, and Cover-Ups (1998), Introduction, p. 16
- Although Masonry is often denounced as either a political or religious "conspiracy", Freemasons are forbidden to discuss either politics or religion within the lodge. Gary Dryfoos of the Massachusetts Institute of technology, who maintains the best Masonic site on the web, always stresses these points and also offers personal testimony that after many years as a Mason, including high ranks, he has not yet been asked to engage in pagan or Satanic rituals or plot for any reason for or against any political party. The more rabid anti-Masons, of course, dismiss such testimony as flat lies.
The enemies of Masonry, who are usually Roman Catholics or Fundamentalist Protestants, insist that the rites of the order contain "pagan" elements, e.g., the Yule festival, the Spring Solstice festival, the dead-and-resurrected martyr (Jesus, allegedly historical, to Christians; Hiram, admittedly allegorical, to Masons). All these and many other elements in Christianity and Masonry have a long prehistory in paganism, as documented in the 12 volumes of Sir James George Frazer's Golden Bough.
The major offense of Masonry to orthodox churches is that it, like our First Amendment, encourages equal tolerance for all religions, and this tends, somewhat, to lessen dogmatic allegiance to any one religion. Those who insist you must accept their dogma fervently and renounce all others as devilish errors, correctly see this Masonic tendency as inimitable [sic] — to their faith.
- Robert Anton Wilson, in Everything Is Under Control : Conspiracies, Cults, and Cover-Ups (1998),Freemasonry, p. 187; in the final sentence here, inimitable perhaps should be "inimicable".
- Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
- Woodrow Wilson, The New Freedom (1913), Doubleday, pp. 13-14
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations[edit]
- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 132.
- Conspiracies no sooner should be formed
Than executed.
- Joseph Addison, Cato, A Tragedy (1713), Act I, scene 2
- O conspiracy,
Sham'st thou to show thy dang'rous brow by night,
When evils are most free?
- William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar (1599), Act II, scene 1, line 76
- Take no care
Who chafes, who frets; and where conspirers are:
Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be.
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1605), Act IV, scene 1, line 89
- Thou dost conspire against thy friend, Iago,
If thou but think'st him wrong'd and mak'st his ear
A stranger to thy thoughts.
- William Shakespeare, Othello (c. 1603), Act III, scene 3, line 142
- Open-eye conspiracy
His time doth take.
- William Shakespeare, The Tempest (c. 1610-1612), Act II, scene 1. Song, line 301.
- Now that we can control the weather, create earthquakes and tidal waves and, use it as a weapon of war, we do not need a treaty.
- Attributed to Senator Claiborne Pell, Senate Intelligence Committe member, commenting on a USA/USSR treaty signed in 1978. This is almost certainly a misquotation as Pell was the most prominent advocate for the treaty. After reports in 1971 that the U. S. military seeded clouds to try to make the Ho Chi Minh trail impassable, Pell pushed for a treaty banning weather modification and other "Environmental Warfare". Pell said that most such weapons were currently impossible, but "today's science fiction is tomorrow's strategic reality".
- If the American people ever allow the banks to control the issuance of their currency (instead of Congress), first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers occupied.
- Attributed to Thomas Jefferson, purportedly in a 1802 letter to then Secretary of the Treasury, Albert Gallatin. The book Respectfully Quoted says this is "obviously spurious", noting that the OED's earliest citation for the word "deflation" is from 1920. The earliest known appearance of this quote is from 1935 (Testimony of Charles C. Mayer, Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5357, p. 799).
- The few who understand the system will either be so interested in its profits or so dependent on its favours that there will be no opposition from that class, while on the other hand, the great body of the people mentally incapable of comprehending the tremendous advantage that capital derives from the system will bear its burdens without complaint and perhaps without even suspecting that the system is inimical to their interests.
- Attributed to Senator John Sherman in a letter supposedly sent from the Rothschild Bros. of London to New York bankers Ikleheimer, Morton, and Vandergould, on 25 June 1863. The letters are forgeries that could not have been written before 1876. Further, no evidence of a firm with the name "Ikleheimer, Morton, and Vandergould" has been found.
- Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws!
- Variant: Give me control of a Nation's money supply, and I care not who makes its laws.
- Variant: Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws.
- Attributed to Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744 - 1812) mostly with the date 1790, the year before the establishment of the First Bank of the United States.
No primary source for this is known and the earliest attribution to him known is:
"In the present critical stage of American development I would call your attention to the following maxim of the " money lenders " of the Old World : "Let us control the money of a country, and we care not who makes its laws." Those who favor the continuance of banks of issue in this country are to be classified in history with John Sherman and Nelson W. Aldrich and the money power."
by T.C. Daniel, 1857 - 1923 ; letter to President W. Wilson, May 8, 1913; reported in his statement for the joint hearings before the subcommittees of the Committees on Banking and Currency of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, charged with the investigation of rural credits, Sixty-third Congress, second session, part 1, pp. 764, February 16, 1914;
Daniel was the author of Real Money versus Bank Credit as a Substitute for Money, 1911, and of The High Cost of Living: Cause — Remedy, 1912 ; further in the statement pp 771 he quoted:
"Let us control the money of a country and we care not who makes its laws." This is the maxim of the house of Rothschilds, and is the foundation principle of European banks.
This quote was used in The Magazine of Wall Street and Business Analyst (November 10, 1934 p.67) and in Money Creators (1935) by Gertrude M. Coogan.
It might perharps be a play on an English proverb, Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws.
- Attributed to Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744 - 1812) mostly with the date 1790, the year before the establishment of the First Bank of the United States.
- Variant: I care not what puppet is placed upon the throne of England to rule the Empire on which the sun never sets. The man who controls Britain's money supply controls the British Empire, and I control the British money supply.
- Attributed to Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777-1836) mostly with the year 1815.
- Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create deposits, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take this power away from them, and all the great fortunes disappear, and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of Bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create money and control credit.
- Attributed to Josiah Stamp, "President of the Bank of England and the second richest man in the British Empire". However, Stamp was never President of the Bank of England, though he was on the board of directors, nor does he appear to have ever been anywhere near the second richest man in the British Empire. He died in 1941, but the earliest source is The Legalized Crime of Banking (1958) by Silas W. Adams, which gives no earlier citation, only saying "as said in an informal talk to 150 University of Texas history, economics and social science professors, in the 20's". The quote also seems to imply that Stamp made his fortune in banking, which is not true. It is inconsistent with everything Stamp wrote and said about banking on the record.
- It is perhaps well enough that the people of the Nation do not know or understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.
- Variant: If the American people knew the corruption in our money system there would be revolution before morning.
- Attributed to Henry Ford by Charles Binderup (March 19, 1937), Congressional Record—House vol. 81, p. 2528. The quote is preceded by "It was Henry Ford who said, in substance, this", which indicates that this is likely just a paraphrase, not an exact quote.
- Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce... and when you realize that the entire system is very easily controlled, one way or another, by a few powerful men at the top, you will not have to be told how periods of inflation and depression originate.
- The first part is attributed to James A. Garfield in The American Plutocracy (1895) by Milford Wriarson Howard, Ch. 16 : How Plutocracy Enslaves, p. 156. It is a paraphrase of Garfield's "absolute dictator" quote. The second part is a late 20th-century misattribution.
- The high office of President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the American's freedom, and before I leave office I must inform the citizen of his plight.
- Attributed to John F. Kennedy, purportedly in a speech at Columbia University, 10 days before his assassination. However, Kennedy made no speech at Columbia in 1963 and there are no actual records of him ever saying anything like this anywhere.


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No other contemporary filmmaker has had a career like Roman Polanski. The lauded director, who turns 80 Sunday, has been making feature films since the 1962 thriller "Knife in the Water," which he made in his native Poland. His most recent feature, "Venus in Fur" starring his third wife, Emmanuelle Seigner, screened this May at the Cannes Film Festival.
Over the subsequent decades, the Holocaust survivor has directed visionary, innovative and paranoid dramas and darkly comedic films, including such landmark pictures as 1968's "Rosemary's Baby," 1974's "Chinatown" and 2002's "The Pianist," for which he won the Oscar for directing.
But his personal life has often made more headlines than his professional accomplishments.
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In 1969, his pregnant actress wife, Sharon Tate, and several friends were murdered by members of Charles Manson's "family." After Polanski was convicted of having sex with 13-year-old Samantha Geimer in 1977, he fled Los Angeles for Paris in 1978 in fear that he would have to serve prison time.
Polanski is also the subject of James Greenberg's "Roman Polanski: A Retrospective," which is both a lavish coffee table book that includes a plethora of archival personal photographs and stills from his films and a serious exploration of his career. Greenberg, who first met Polanski on the set of the director's 1992 film, "Bitter Moon," also interviewed the director extensively for the book.
The American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theater is celebrating the director and the publication of Greenberg's book with the mini-retrospective, "Dread and Desire: Roman Polanski at 80," which kicks off Friday with 1976's "The Tenant" and 1988's "Frantic." Greenberg will be on hand Sunday to sign books and talk about Polanski at the screening of "Rosemary's Baby" and his first English-language film, the 1965 psychological thriller, "Repulsion."
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Greenberg, who is the editor in chief of the DGA Quarterly, the journal of the Directors Guild, recently chatted about Polanski over the phone from his home in Los Angeles.
So how did you get Roman Polanski to cooperate with you on the book? He has never done that before with a journalist.
I have interviewed him several times over the years. It took some persuasion to get him to agree to do it. He felt that so much had been written about him and that people wanted to know about the salacious details. The thing that persuaded him was that I convinced him that it was just going to be about his work. Once ... on board, he was great. He was extremely gracious.
Next month, Geimer is publishing her memoir, "The Girl." Did you know about that book?
I was aware it was coming out. To be honest, I forgot when it was coming out. Just last week I saw some press about it. It is just a totally different story. My book is concerned with his work.
One of the things in doing the book, which was tricky for me, is that obviously you have to mention some of the events in his life. In some regards, they are the elephant in the room. If you didn't acknowledge them and mention it, it would be like a glaring omission. I had to figure out a way to acknowledge it and then to move on to what I do want to talk about it. I did that in the beginning that introduces his early life.
You do discuss his difficult early life, including his experiences during the Holocaust, which he vividly re-creates in "The Pianist."
It was traumatic. He escaped the Krakow ghetto. His parents went to the concentration camps. His mother was pregnant and she didn't survive. He was living on a farm in rural Poland — he was ignored. It was dirt poor. And then there was one occasion when Nazi soldiers were in the country, and they were firing at him for sport. Certainly, the events of his life have contributed to his sensibility.
You do acknowledge that Polanski can be difficult on the set.
He is in charge. He is domineering. For some actors who have not worked with him before and are not used to that, it takes some getting used to. I know Harrison Ford on "Frantic" was taken aback in the first week with the totality of the director: How to put a cup down. How to pick it up. Where to face when you are sitting. None of it is gratuitous. It is all for dramatic effect. There is not a glass on a table in a Polanski film that's not there for a reason. This is not to say that he doesn't work with actors. They have input and contribution, but he has very strong ideas.
I didn't know he was so reluctant to do "Chinatown" because he didn't want to return to Los Angeles. It had only been four years since Sharon Tate's murder.
He wasn't eager to do it. He was living in Rome. He had a production company there. He had wanted to work with Jack Nicholson for some time, and this material came up. He realized this kind of project just doesn't come along that often. Robert Evans called him and Jack called him. So he came to L.A.
The script needed a lot of work. He eventually holed up with [screenwriter] Robert Towne and they pared it down. As complicated as the story is now, I believe it was even more byzantine in its earlier drafts.
So after interviewing him and dissecting his movies, what makes him such as a master filmmaker?
There are few people directing that know as much as he does about the intricacies of the details of making movies. It's just astounding. Look at "The Pianist." It's just immaculately made.
On the other level, he embodies a lot of the dread of the last half of the 20th century. He's been very influenced by Samuel Beckett. He comes out of the theater of the absurd, the Surrealists, the Holocaust. The artistic and historical trends that have influenced artists in the latter part of the 20th century are all present in his work.
I asked him why he keeps working. And he said, "I'm still learning things. It's still fascinating for me." I think he's happiest when he's on the set. He's the center and the commander of the universe.
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Lipscomb coach Kristin Peck was happy to see her Lady Bisons make such a strong comeback after losing Tuesday night 5-1 to Auburn.
"It was a really good day," said Peck. "It was good to see us come back. After the Auburn game we were a little frustrated, not that we lost but the fact that we gave a lot of runs away and didn't do some of the little things.
"Bradley is a good team. It is good to see us come out and really fight hard and get two wins."
In game one freshman right-hander Whitney Kiihnl gave up two hits on the way to her third shutout of the season. It was the ninth shutout of the season for the Lady Bisons.
Kiihnl, 8-2, struck out seven and walked two. She did not give up a hit until the fourth inning when Alycia Bachkora hit a double.
Christen Campbell, playing third base; hit her first home run of the season. She had three runs batted in with one on a single and two on the home run, a shot over the left field fence.
Lauren Dortwegt also had a multi-hit game with two and a multi-RBI game with two.
Abby Keese and Caroline Mason each hit a double in the first game.
In game two Campbell added to a day of firsts as she threw her first complete game of the season. It was her fifth appearance and second start. She is 3-0 and leads Atlantic Sun in earned run average.
Campbell scattered five hits, walked one and struck out two.
"Christen hadn't thrown in awhile," said Peck. "To see her come out and pitch a complete game was great. We played a solid game behind her."
Campbell also hit her first triple of the season in game two.
"Right now having Christen in the middle of our line-up is huge," said Peck. "She has had great at bats. She finds a way to get the bat on the ball."
Megan Rottler had three hits on the day, including two in game two. Vanessa Medina also had two hits in game two.
"Megan has the potential to get those big hits," said Peck. "She has the power. We had timely hits from Megan which really helped."
Kellie Sirus and Rottler each had a double in game two.
"We were able to get two wins against their two best pitchers says a lot about or offense and what we are capable of doing," said Peck.
Dortwegt finished with a team-high five hits in both games, but she was equally as outstanding in the outfield making at two spectacular catches in center field.
"We really had some big defensive plays from several people," said Peck. "Lauren was huge in center field. She saved a run at one point. She made some big-time catches.
"That's the kind of stuff that we are capable of every day from our entire defense. It's a matter of being ready to go and being focused."
Bradley fell to 10-12 with the losses. These were the first games between the two schools in softball.
The Lady Bisons, 17-6, are off for a few days. They return to action March 24 when they travel to Western Carolina for a non-conference doubleheader.
'We are at the point where we need a little break," said Peck. "It will be good for everyone to get away for a little bit. We will come back on Sunday and start getting ready for Western Carolina."


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Garcia brace moves RSL past Montreal
SANDY, Utah -- Olmes Garcia scored his first two goals of the season to help Real Salt Lake beat the 10-man Montreal Impact 3-1 on Thursday night.
Real Salt Lake (8-4-8) won for the second time in its last nine games, while Montreal (3-11-5) lost its fourth straight.
Real Salt Lake opened the scoring in the third minute when Luke Mulholland hammered in a deflected corner kick.
Montreal tied it when Hassoun Camara rolled the ball inside the far post in the 31st minute.
Montreal's Issey Nakajima-Farran was shown a red card in the 65th minute after a studs-up tackle of Chris Schuler.
Real Salt Lake responded five minute later when Garcia headed home a cross from Javier Morales. The duo paired up again in the 93rd minute.
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U.S. and European Union negotiators have concluded a new agreement that replaces the margin of preference trade concession that the EU provided to the United States in the Uruguay Round of the old General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
The new bilateral pact preserves access for U.S. brown rice into the European Union member countries and avoids U.S. retaliation against the EU for failing to honor its obligations, USA Rice Federation leaders said.
"We believe today's agreement maintains the EU as the No. 1 market for U.S. brown rice," said Carl Brothers, chairman of the USA Rice Federation's International Trade Policy Committee and senior vice president, Riceland Foods, Inc. "We commend our trade negotiators, especially Ambassador Allen Johnson, for supporting the U.S. industry in an extremely complex and lengthy negotiation."
The bilateral agreement replaces the margin of preference or MOP trade concession that the EU provided to the United States in the Uruguay Round trade agreement. The EU unilaterally withdrew the MOP concession last Sept 1.
Under rules of the World Trade Organization, which replaced the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, WTO members must provide compensation to other members if they withdraw a trade concession.
The agreement provides a variable duty structure that will allow applied EU duties to be substantially below the bound rate of 65 euros per ton (approximately $85 per ton). The applied duty could fall to as low as 30 euros per ton (approximately $40/ton).
The United States also retains its rights under Article XXVIII of the WTO rules to withdraw trade concessions if the EU fails to implement the new agreement. "Preserving our WTO rights is absolutely critical to ensuring that the EU lives up to its obligations," said Brothers. "This point was well understood by our negotiators, and they were successful on our behalf."
U.S. brown rice exports averaged about 250,000 metric tons annually during the 2002-2004 period, with an average value of $163 million.
"We face considerable market access challenges in the EU, and this agreement is an excellent basis for moving forward," said Lee Adams, USA Rice Federation chairman, and president, American Rice Inc.
"We have preserved the access granted to U.S. brown rice in the Uruguay Round as well as our rights in the WTO to take appropriate action if the EU backs away from the current agreement.
"Our next step is to move forward in the current round of WTO trade negotiations to press for lower tariffs and improved access in the EU for all types and forms of U.S. rice," said Adams. "We are eager and anxious to work with our trade negotiators towards this goal."
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In a season of shocks, Canucks provide more
Vancouver Canucks captain Henrik Sedin, right, leads his team off the ice after beating the Calgary Flames 5 -1 in the final regular-season game at Rogers Arena on Sunday, April 13, 2014.
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VANCOUVER — Two shocking things happened on the last night of the Vancouver Canucks' worst season since the 1990s.
Late in the second period Sunday, in a game being played without animosity by old rivals who share the ignominy of finishing near the bottom of the National Hockey League standings, Calgary Flames' centre Paul Byron shoved Daniel Sedin in the numbers, propelling him head-first against the glass and injuring the Canuck star.
It was senseless that an honest player like Sedin should be carted off the ice on a spine board in a meaningless game at the end of a lost season.
But then about an hour later, at the end of the Canucks' 5-1 win, most of the 9,000 or so fans still in Rogers Arena actually stood and cheered the home team into the off season.
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One incident made you despair for hockey, the other offered hope for the Canucks – hope that this excitable market might actually understand and allow the team time to rebuild over the next few seasons so that it might be another 20 years before they again open a campaign hoping to compete for a Stanley Cup and end it in 25th place.
The Canucks, at least, knew how to lose when it counted for the entry draft. By dropping six of seven games before Sunday, Vancouver secured the sixth pick of the June talent sweepstakes. The Canucks have a 6.2 per cent chance of winning the draft lottery on Tuesday and selecting first.
The last time they picked as high as sixth, the Canucks left the 1999 draft with both Daniel and Henrik Sedin.
"I thought we'd be pretty much guaranteed to be in the playoffs and have a chance to do something," Canuck centre Brad Richardson, who chose to sign here as a free agent because he thought he'd be a key part of a winning team, said Sunday in disbelief at finishing 25th. "I don't know what to say. It is frustrating because I didn't see myself being home in April with nothing to do.
"The skill in this room is pretty evident. We should have had a better season; there's no excuse for missing the playoffs. The games we blew leads in the third period, that really shouldn't happen in this league. I don't want to be too negative, but you have to be honest, too. We've got to figure out a way to be a lot better so we're not in this situation again."
New president of hockey operations Trevor Linden will do a lot of that figuring. His first big decision will be regarding head coach John Tortorella, although it's almost inconceivable considering how and how often the Canucks lost in the second half of the season that Linden will retain the coach he inherited from fired general manager Mike Gillis.
There was a systemic collapse in Canuck scoring. Almost across the board, individual offensive totals plummeted.
Pro-rating last year's 48-game season, Henrik Sedin fell to 50 points from 77, and Daniel to 47 from 68.
Alex Burrows had 15 points in 49 games this season, a year after scoring 24 points in 47 games.
Jannik Hansen's offence almost disappeared as the Dane, about to start a four-year, $10-million extension, finished with 20 points after producing last year at a pro-rated rate of 46.
But while there has been much written on how little Vancouver scored while going 13-24-4 in the season's second half, the bigger indictment of the Canucks under Tortorella is how often they failed to adequately defend.
The team was doomed when a stretch of 11 losses in 12 games was capped by dismal performances the first week of March in Phoenix and Dallas. Although Canuck players refused to surrender and clung to the vapor trail of the playoff race by winning six of nine games later in March, mostly they were playing for draft position the last six weeks.
"Is it a relief that it's over?" Canuck defenceman Kevin Bieksa said. "No. I don't think you ever want to wish a season away. As hard as it is, it's still the best job in the world playing in the NHL. Yeah, it was a tough year. It was a roller-coaster, a lot of downs, a lot of controversy around the team. It wasn't one for the record books but we played hard and didn't get the results, and we'll be reflecting on that the next couple of months."
At least the Canucks exited the season with a win – something for fans to cheer about.
"Yeah, it was great," captain Henrik Sedin said of the spontaneous ovation at the end. "They really love their hockey. They live hockey, they breathe hockey. But at the end, I think they can appreciate at least how hard we played."
Bieksa said: "I think everything that could have gone wrong this year did. On and off the ice, it was a tough year. We'll learn from it and come back. There will be changes – it's inevitable – but we'll come back hungry and have a lot better year next year. I can guarantee that."
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By Ed Harris
Southington has received more grant money from the state to better safeguard the schools.
Governor Dannel P. Malloy recently announced that an additional 75 school districts, covering 435 schools, will receive funds as part of the School Security Grant Program, part of the Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety Act.
An additional $16 million in state funding will be used to reimburse municipalities for a portion of the costs associated security infrastructure improvements made in the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
The first round of grants went out in September.
"This allows us to continue to get resources out to the cities and towns that have begun work to modernize their security infrastructure and ramp up safety procedures at school buildings in the wake of the horrific events on December 14," said Gov. Malloy, in a release. "We will never be able to prevent every random act of violence, but we can take the steps necessary to make sure that our children and our teachers are as safe as possible. This funding allows an additional 435 schools to implement modern security measures that will make schools safer."
Southington received $3,459 from the state in the first round of grants. The grant money is planned to be used to implement security measures at ALTA, including a walkie-talkie system that will allow the director to speak directly with Southington School Supt. Dr. Joseph Erardi in the case of an emergency.
In the second round of grants, Southington will receive $90,183. This money will be used to fund security measures at the remaining schools.
"I am pleased with the second round of grant funding as our district will receive $90,000 reimbursement from our original expenditure of $160,000," Dr. Erardi said. "I applaud the governor for his commitment to school safety."
While he did not go into specifics, Erardi said the school's safety plan embraces "buying time" in the case of a crisis.
"We have put measures in place in all of our schools that will allow us to appropriately respond to a crisis, and to do so, in partnership with local safety officials," Erardi said. "I am proud of the work that the school board did to bring us to this point."
With the additional round of grants, a total of $21 million has now been allocated to the school security grant program. Governor Malloy was able to secure an additional $6 million in state bond funds to enable all schools that applied in round one to be funded. This brings the total school districts funded in round one to 111, covering 604 schools. In September, Governor Malloy announced that $5 million in state funding would support school security projects at 169 schools.
The awards, administered by the Department of Emergency Services (DESPP) and Public Protection in consultation with the Department of Education (SDE) and the Department of Construction Services (DCS), were based on a school security assessment survey conducted by each local school district that applied. Each municipality will be reimbursed between 20 and 80 percent taken into account factors such as municipality's grand list and overall number of need based students, as defined in subdivision (26) of section 10-262f of the Connecticut General Statutes.
The grant money can only be spent on infrastructure expenditures, including, but not limited to, the installation of surveillance cameras, bullet proof glass, electric locks, buzzer and card entry systems, and panic alarms.
The governor's office expects another round of funding in the near future.
Schools receive security grant funding
By Ed Harris


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Part one of a two-part lecture by Joyce Salisbury, professor emerita of history and humanistic studies at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay.
On July 24,2008, the Center for Inquiry / Transnational at Amherst New York presented Dr. Salisbury's lecture "Human Sexuality: Sin, Crime, or Simple Humanity?" before an audience of adult learners at that summer's Center for Inquiry Institute. Her lecture examines concepts of the human animal as an embodied creature, especially as viewed through the eyes of the Christian religion through its history.
The lecture included unscripted dialogue with members of the class. Because questions and student comments were spontaneous, it was not possible to record them. A brief silence in the program denotes a question that could not be heard.


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Legal foe wants Haberek's assets attached
Stonington - The Pawcatuck woman who is suing First Selectman Ed Haberek for allegedly sending a "sexually graphic photo" of himself to her in January 2010, is asking a judge to attach $500,000 of his assets in case his insurance does not cover damages to her.
In his motion, the attorney for Tracy Swain, Scott Camassar, said that there is reason to believe that Haberek and wife Maureen have been separated since January, plan to be divorced and that Haberek may be attempting to sell their Moss Street home and other property.
The motion alleges that the couple will file for divorce in Rhode Island "in attempt to hide the action from the public and plaintiff" and prevent Swain from attaching the home and other assets in the event Haberek is ordered to pay damages to her. It added the divorce filing is an attempt "to shield or dispose of assets" in case Haberek does not have adequate insurance to pay the award.
The motion states that because there is probable cause a court will render a judgment in favor of Swain, she is asking that the court issue a "prejudgment remedy" to attach $500,000 in property, investments and partnerships Haberek has interest in.
In addition, Camassar has filed a second motion which asks a judge to order Haberek to disclose information from 2010 to the present about his tax returns, properties he has interest in and their value, financial affidavits, property transfers, debt, bank accounts, investments and partnerships.
Camassar said he expects Haberek's attorney Dado Coric, who could not be reached for comment Monday, to object to the motion. He said a judge would have to hold a hearing to decide whether to issue a prejudgement remedy and attach Haberek's assets.
Camassar said depositions of Haberek and other town officials are being scheduled.
Swain has also sued the town, which has already filed three special defenses, including one in which it has said any alleged inappropriate actions by Haberek were "outside his duties, responsibilities, scope and capacity as first selectman."
In November, a judge rejected the town's attempt to get itself removed from the lawsuit. That ruling meant the case could proceed.
Camassar has offered the town two ways to get out of the lawsuit, but those involved Haberek admitting to Swain's allegation of the photo or turning over potential evidence in the case.
The town's insurance company is providing an attorney to represent it. The company would likely pay damages, if any are awarded, according to town officials.
Haberek has acknowledged that on dates prior to Jan. 12, 2010, he sent Swain numerous emails, text messages and Facebook messages from his computer, phone and BlackBerry.
But he has denied that when she told him to stop sending the messages, he sent her the "sexually graphic photo of himself" using his town-issued BlackBerry.
Swain has said the alleged photo caused her emotional distress and physical illness such as migraine headaches. She said these problems are expected to continue and have impaired her ability to enjoy life.
Stonington's Haberek says he has proof that allegations against him are untrue


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It was night and raining, not my best time to be driving, so I was going slowly, Miz Nancy navigating, when I saw something barely moving in the middle of the street.
There was no traffic, so I pulled up to the movement, opened my door, and saw a kitten squatting in a puddle and frozen in confusion. Wet as a drowned rat, as the saying goes.
I knew that a mother cat wouldn�t leave a kitten this way, but a human would. I don�t know how the little rascal survived his predicament. He was still breathing and that�s about all. He couldn�t muster enough energy to even meow when I picked him up. His eyes were matted shut. Although we were headed to a Christmas appointment, we returned to the house. Miz Nancy toweled off the kitten and set him in a box by the heater.
There is an unwritten law of humanity that if you save a creature, you are bound to it for the long count.
And thereby hangs the tale of the kitten I am calling �Road Kill,� the sobriquet that popped into my head as we applied warm compresses to his eyes, trying to melt away the gunk. He couldn�t be more than a month old, we agreed. He was a pretty sorry sight, not the kind of kitty you�d put on the front of your festive Christmas card. His face looked more like Rocky Balboa�s after 15 rounds of meat-grinding championship boxing with Apollo Creed.
No, he�s one of those tabby cats with black strikes and gray/brown undercoat, the kind of anonymous kitten that�s euthanized by the thousands every day across the USA. Had he remained in the night street, he would surely have been roadkill before the sunrise.
This is not the kind of present I asked Santa for this year.
An appointment was made with the vet the next day. Aside from Miz Nancy being completely mortified by the glances she got when the vet assistant announced �Road Kill� was next to go back to the examining room, the vet trip went well. The official weigh-in was .88 pound. The best-guess of age is about a month. And while I�m calling him �he,� the kitten is so young even the vet can�t make that gender determination yet. There are drops for the eyes, drops for the ear mites and wake-up drops for the man who pays the bills. How could a critter this small cost so much? When I mentioned the expense to friends with cats, they tell me I�m lucky to be getting off as cheaply as I am. I�m just glad I don�t have to pony up a mortgage or car payment any more or we might be subsisting on sardines and tripe for Christmas dinner.
Our last cat, Cotton, crossed the rainbow bridge earlier this year and we were in no hurry to replace him after years of being cat people. As a matter of fact, I had sort of been looking for a dog, some mean little cuss of a cur with an in-bred hatred for the squirrels that rob us annually of all the fruit on our trees and the vegetables in our garden. Alas, that search turned into a dead end.
I would welcome a good hunter cat. In fact, I prefer it, but have had very little luck in that department since losing Jazzbo, one of the mightiest hunters to ever own a human. When he walked the property, squirrels trembled. The mockingbirds grudgingly gave him a wide birth and hawks wouldn�t even challenge this brutish feline who would have absolutely nothing to do with me but did tolerate Miz Nancy, despite the fact it was me who rescued him from beneath a dumpster. Who cares? As long as he kept the squirrels out of my persimmons, apples and figs, I could care less about any domestic contract.
So, now I find myself with a kitten who lets me pet him and has scored many points by taking to the litter box like a champ. I have been giving him my best Knute Rockne pep talks, telling him how much the squirrels will tremble at his fierceness. Right now his only job is to roll over on his back and be cute and shinny up my leg while I�m getting warm in front of the heater. He explores the nooks and crannies of our ancient house, popping up at the food bowl from time to time with cobwebs on his whiskers and a desire for more food to fuel his newfound energy.
Miz Nancy says Road Kill is not a good name. She�s right. From his bounce-back recovery, I suggested Rocky, From his beat-up face, I suggested Puff Kitty. For his exploratory nature, how about Vasco de Gama or Magellan? For his size, I came up with Fraction. In honor of the season, I came up with Nick or Nicholas. To commemorate his weight of .88 pound, how about Keyboard? Other potential names are Genghis Khan, Wallenda, Houdini, Bouncer and Hopper. Then there�s the �he or she� issue to consider.
But when the kitten climbs onto my chest and looks at me with those clear eyes, dry coat and mite-free ears, and curls up to sleep against the rising of my own chest, names aren�t really important.
Call it an early visit from Santa.
Jay Ashley is managing editor of the Times-News. He purrs along at firstname.lastname@example.com


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The state's 72 community college districts spend tens of millions of dollars on administrative positions that could be consolidated or shared by districts a short drive away, a California Watch analysis has found.
That's money that could be spent educating students at a time when state budget cuts have shut so many out of the system. At the start of the fall 2012 semester, more than 470,000 students had been waitlisted at community colleges statewide.
More than half of the state's community college districts are within 20 miles of another district. And the vast majority of those districts have a single college. If these districts shared administrators, they potentially could shave millions off their expenses.
Take the Coast, Rancho Santiago and North Orange County community college districts. They oversee seven colleges among them. The district offices are within nine to 18 miles of each other.
Combined, the three large Orange County districts served 239,000 students in 2011-12, about 3 percent more students than the Los Angeles Community College District.
In all, the districts had six directors of campus facilities, five vice presidents of administrative services, five vice presidents of instruction, three chief public information officers plus six directors of public relations in 2011. There were 16 key executive and administrative positions that clearly overlapped across all three districts and two other positions duplicated in 2 out of 3 districts.
Salaries and benefits for these individuals totaled roughly $12.3 million. The cost of stipends and benefits for three boards of trustees, plus the average annual cost of trustee elections, totaled $914,000.
Consider: If the districts could consolidate and reduce these costs by two-thirds, the savings would total $8.7 million – money that could, for example, pay for more than 1,700 additional class sections taught by adjunct faculty members.
The three districts have at least 270 other executives and managers on their staffs.
Asked whether the community college system should consider merging some districts to save money, Riverside Community College District Chancellor Gregory Gray didn't hesitate – even if it would mean merging his district with the Mount San Jacinto and Desert community college districts.
"Without a doubt and unquestionably, the answer to that is we should do that," he said.
For many of the community college districts, the potential savings may never be realized because the system of local districts is so deeply entrenched.
Unlike the centrally managed California State University and University of California systems, community colleges sprouted up largely as extensions of high school districts. That helps explain why they're organized into 72 locally governed bodies dotting the California terrain – each with its own bureaucracy. No single governing body makes the decisions for the system.
In addition, obscure statutes in the California Education Code make it all but impossible to save money through merging districts – at least in the short run. For instance, merged districts are prohibited from laying off administrators for two years.
Even if it were possible, some district officials questioned whether such a large Orange County district would reduce colleges' ability to respond to local business and community needs.
"Orange County is not a homogeneous community," said Judy Iannaccone, spokeswoman for the Rancho Santiago Community College District. "Having local governance allows us to be in tune with what the community needs."
Iannaccone added that faculty and staff have separate contracts at each district and are compensated differently. A merger could result in adjusting most salaries and benefits upward to the highest standard among the districts. She also said such a large district would be more complex to run and could necessitate more midlevel administrators.
Students have borne the brunt of cuts to the community college system. They have been slapped with fees that have risen 130 percent in the past five years and have been unable to get into the classes they need. But the status quo has been protected.
The state's community college system isn't the only place in California's $92 billion budget where excess can be found. California Watch chose to zero in on the college system because of its sheer size and because it touches so many lives. Some 2.4 million students attend community college classes.
California's community college system is the largest in the nation and the backbone of higher education in the state, serving the vast majority of the state's college students at the lowest price with the greatest number of locations. The system is especially essential now, as President Barack Obama has pushed for greater resources for community colleges to shore up the country's workforce through job training and education.
California Watch reporters examined parts of the state community college system's bureaucracy to identify spending patterns and understand why overhauls may prove elusive.
The 72 districts keep payroll and other data in different formats, which makes comparison difficult. So California Watch drilled down on 16 districts, taking into consideration the availability of detailed payroll data, geographic proximity and district size.
The group of 16 districts had duplicative executives or managers in 21 positions, not including chancellors and presidents. A total of 253 individuals cost the districts $30 million in salaries and at least $7.9 million in benefits in 2011.
A broader analysis of the system revealed:
•The state Education Code prevents districts from laying off any non-academic employees for the first two years after merging, making it more difficult for districts to save money by consolidating.
•As the ranks of elected community college trustees have swollen, their power and profile have diminished. The state pays for 442 community college district trustees, including an average annual cost of $5 million for elections. But the authority of these elected board members weakened significantly 35 years ago when voters approved Proposition 13, which transferred control over revenues from the boards of trustees to the state.
The public appears open to change. California Watch commissioned a Field Poll that indicated an overwhelming majority favors consolidating community college administrative functions to save money. The poll also indicated that the majority of respondents had little or no knowledge about district board elections.
In 2010, community colleges reported spending at least $1.7 billion on top-level administration, including pay for district executives and the cost of the 72 separate governing boards, according to a California Watch analysis of U.S. Department of Education data. The total cost of the system that year topped $10 billion.
But the 72 districts don't all report administrative spending to the federal government in the same way. That makes it difficult to compare how much each district spends on bureaucracy or to compare the community college system with other higher-education systems.
The chairman of the Assembly Higher Education Committee, Das Williams, D-Santa Barbara, said the state should consider district consolidation.
"There's no question that there (are) more individual districts than is efficient and, in many cases, the efficiencies that can be gained would mean more classes for students," Williams said. "And that's really the tragedy of the system, is the lack of funding and the lack of reform."
However, while lawmakers can encourage a statewide examination into the costs and benefits of district unification – through studies and hearings – Williams said local leaders ultimately need to sign on to make such a move successful.
The state Education Code makes it all but impossible for districts to achieve cost savings right away by merging operations.
Even if districts wanted to merge, they wouldn't be able to immediately reduce duplicative positions. California's Education Code prohibits districts from laying off nonacademic employees for two years following a merger.
That protection originates from a 1961 bill sponsored by the California School Employees Association, which ensured a year of job security for nonacademic employees after a merger. The union sponsored another bill in 1970 that pushed the protection to two years.
Before a merger could be approved, a litany of other financial, legal and political hurdles would stand in the way.
Several groups must sign off on the deal, including the community college system's Board of Governors, a committee of K-12 school officials in every affected county and the merging districts' boards of trustees – which would be voting on whether to eliminate their own positions.
Voters in every affected county would have to approve the merger at the polls, too.
The colleges, meanwhile, would have to get approval from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. They would have to show that they could maintain the same quality of instruction and student support. The process entails legal review and a fee of $20,000.
The new district also would have to sort out multiple collective bargaining agreements, each with its own salary schedule.
Bill McGinnis, a trustee at the Butte-Glenn Community College District in Oroville, took a deeper look at these laws and regulations in 2011.
"It's a very complicated process and a very costly process," McGinnis said. "There's no cost savings for at least two years. In order to make it work, you'd definitely need to have changes in the law."


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Cabin Fever
The warmth and comfort of a cabin, tucked in the woods, is arguably the perfect place to spend the winter. Textured woods, woolen blankets, and reminders of the beauty of natural goods provide a feeling of coziness.
This time of year, especially up north, January is a great month to hibernate. Consider adding to your home layers of natural woods and reminders of the forest.
Top row, left to right:
1. Winter Sports Ski Sign: $84.95 at Black Forest Décor
2. Lumberman Plaid Blanket – Twin: $124.00 at Pendleton
3. The Fir Tree Wallpaper: Ferm Living
4. Bronze Antler Candlesticks by Roost, Medium: $50 at Velocity
5. Slab Table: BDDW
Bottom row, left to right:
6. Civil War Blanket Fort Sumpter Blanket: $99 at Woolrich
7. Tile Stove, Large: $16,600 at Matter
8. 4 Antler Chandelier by Jason Miller, White: $1700 at Velocity
9. Orchard Ladder No. 2: $2000 at Matter
10. Pendleton Wool Blanket Pillow: $32 at TimberlineLtd


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The Art of Containment Vessels from the Sidney Swidler Collection
|Event Type
|Monday, December 18, 2017
|12:00pm - 5:00pm (5h)
|Ann K. Walch-Chan Gallery
Collecting art often involves a number of motivations, but for Sidney Swidler the main catalyst was the excitement he got from the objects themselves. In 1984, Swidler began collecting contemporary ceramics and, since that time, he has collected over 1,000 objects. His background as a modern architect honed his eye for the essential elements of form, texture, glaze selection, craftsmanship, and artistic intent. His preference for contemporary work was enriched by the interaction he could have with the living artist. He visited studios and attended national ceramics conventions where he discovered the work of hundreds of ceramicists from the United States and beyond.
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|View Exhibition


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Nov. 29, 2009
EASTON, MA - The Sacred Heart equestrian team traveled to Stonehill College on November 22 for their last competition of the fall season, taking a close decision from the Skyhawks.
Coming off back-to-back competition weeks, having a few injuries and some members out sick, head coach Sloane Milstein assembled a skeleton crew. Sophomore Adrianna Dattoli had a rough morning that included refusals and falls. However, after three trips around the ring in the jumping phase and much perseverance she scored a point for the team on the flat and also contributed greatly to the raw scores.
Freshman Devan Beaulieu, had a stellar day being the only team member that scored a point in both her jumping and flat phases.
At the end of the day Sacred Heart (597) and Stonehill (584) were tied 4 to 4 in head to head points. Only after a tie breaker, which adds up the raw scores, did Sacred Heart inch out the win.


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IRVING, Texas – Playing the program's first game against a team from the Lone Star State, the MIT women's lacrosse team topped the University of Dallas, 20-0, on Tuesday night. The shutout was the first for the Engineers (6-1) since they began intercollegiate varsity play in 1993 while their goal total was one shy of tying the Institute record.
Freshman Keeley Erhardt (Ann Arbor, Mich.) led the way with five goals as classmate Erica Green (Ivyland, Pa.) posted three goals and two assists. Sophomore Kristyn Berretta (San Diego, Calif.) tallied three assists, five draw controls, four groundballs, and two caused turnovers while fellow sophomore Kira Schott (New Canaan, Conn.) compiled two goals, seven draw controls, and two caused turnovers. Sophomore Isabella DiDio (Jenkintown, Pa.) notched three goals and an assist as junior Lyndsy Muri (Ashland, Mass.) produced two goals, one assist, and two caused turnovers.
Senior Erica Du (Excelsior, Minn.) scored twice while sophomore Kristen Eller (Colorado Springs, Colo.) earned an assist. Sophomore Nadia Wallace (Rochester, N.Y.) and freshman Tate DeWeese (Towson, Md.) both scored a goal as Wallace added two caused turnovers. Sophomore Christine Jiang (Canton, Mich.) generated a game-high three caused turnovers and tacked on a goal. In net, junior Candice Kaplan (Arlington, Va.) made two saves in the first half while freshman Stephanie Pavlick (Pittsburgh, Pa.) stopped one shot to preserve the shutout. As a team, the Engineers compiled 16 caused turnovers and allowed just five shots.
DiDio recorded the first three goals of the game, including back-to-back free-position strikes after minutes expired. MIT then rattled off four goals in a span of 1:51 to increase its lead to 7-0 at the 22:08 mark. Erhardt bookended the spurt as Eller earned the assist on her second goal while Muri found the back of the net and assisted Schott's shot. After some back-and-forth play, Erhardt completed the hat-trick midway through the frame which was followed by Green being a factor in the visitors' next four goals. Berretta found her for two straight scores before Green set up DeWeese, extending the advantage to 11-0 with 11:27 to go. Two minutes later, Green capped off her four-point spurt courtesy of a solo effort. A defensive battle ensued until MIT scored twice during the final 48 seconds. Wallace connected on a pass from DiDio as Schott won the ensuing draw and went directly to net, giving the Engineers a 14-0 margin at halftime.
Muri provided MIT's first marker in the second stanza while Ehardt generated two goals 2:45 apart as her second blast came with 18:02 on the clock. Du provided the next two goals at the 10:45 and 8:14 marks with assists going to Berretta and Green. Jiang wrapped up the scoring with the first goal of her career which came with 4:30 remaining in regulation.
Upon their return from Texas, the Engineers resume NEWMAC play on Saturday, March 29 with a trip to Springfield College.