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This Sunday, I had the exciting privilege of interviewing a candidate for U.S. Congress, the strict Constitutionalist, RJ Harris. You can listen to that interview in its entirety here.
If you would prefer to read a shorter, abbreviated text version, I have transcribed it for you below:
RJ Harris: Very good, Wes. How are you and your listeners? Hope all is well.
W. E. Messamore: Ah- doing very well. Really- excited to talk to you because- I'm just excited to have a candidate that I'm excited about!
RJ Harris: (chuckle)
W. E. Messamore: Um, before Congressman Paul made his historic presidential bid in '07, so many Americans who feel the way we do as Constitutionalists, felt that there were few really good choices out there we can be excited about, and then after Dr. Paul's run, it seems that all of you are just showing up everywhere, running in all kinds of elections, on a state, local, and national level all over the United States, so I'm excited to hear what you have to say tonight.
RJ Harris: Yeah, we definitely have a movement afoot to retake the Congress and to save this republic by doing so, and it is exciting. I remember prior to Dr. Paul's run for president, I was one of those people out there trying to figure out who to support, who to vote for- and it was very, very "slim pickins."
But now, we need to be excited and motivated because there is a whole field of liberty candidates stepping forward. We need to get out there and look at their websites, vet them, make sure that they are legitimate constitutional conservatives- and when we find out that they are... we need to support them as best we can.
Because I don't know about the rest of them, but I refuse to solicit any type of campaign donations from lobbyists or corporate interests, so add to that the recession we're going through- fundraising is going to be tight, but if we stay on message and are good stewards of the people's donations, we can win.
W. E. Messamore: So what you're saying, Mr. Harris, is if we want our Congressman to read the bills, we need to do some reading up on our candidates themselves?
RJ Harris: That's right. That's exactly right.
W. E. Messamore: Well if you don't mind, I'm going to open the interview with a pretty hard hitting question. Is that cool with you, sir?
RJ Harris: Go ahead.
W. E. Messamore: You're running in a GOP primary against a Republican who's an incumbent, Congressman Tom Cole. What do you say to Republicans who think that that disrupts party unity?
RJ Harris: Well the very premise of the question, no offense, is flawed, because party unity isn't what we should be caring about right now. What we should be caring about is saving this republic and restoring our Constitution.
And I firmly believe that an added benefit to that, especially if the Republican Party were to finally get on board is that we can save the Republican Party in the process.
W. E. Messamore: I see- so having more men with elephants on their lapels in Congress isn't what's going to save the republic, having more constitutional conservatives in office is what's going to do the job?
RJ Harris: That's exactly right, and a Republican would hope that that would just so happen to also be the person with the elephant on their lapel, but that might not necessarily be the case.
W. E. Messamore: Now your opponent in the primary there, Tom Cole, he's got an elephant on his lapel. He's a Republican, but he did vote for the TARP bailout and the stimulus package. How would you have voted? I'm assuming from your words that you would not have voted for the bailout or the stimulus package?
RJ Harris: Oh- I would not have voted for either one. Neither one of them are Constitutional, they both represent a form of what I like to call individual welfare, and individual welfare is not allowed by the Constitution. Article I Section 8 defines the 18 enumerated powers that Congress has and what they're allowed to spend money on, and one of those things is to provide for the general welfare with the caveat / key phrase following it of "of the United States."
That defines what the general welfare to be provided for is. It's for the nation state itself. It's for the operation and function of the government, not for individual people like you, or me, or our states, or companies, and so no where in the Constitution will you find an authorization for an expenditure of federal resources from the treasury on individual welfare, which is exactly what bailout votes and stimulus packages are. So there's no way a constitutional conservative would have ever voted for that.
W. E. Messamore: So you support following the rules- that's radical!
RJ Harris: Yes. (chuckle)
W. E. Messamore: So what specific policy prescriptions would you propose to fix our nation's economic problems, for instance the health insurance industry, the finance industry, and our economy in general?
RJ Harris: Well, the first thing that's got to to happen is we have got to stop getting involved in individual welfare. That right there causes a lot of problems because it spends money unconstitutionally, and it causes unintended consequences for the various markets for which they were spent.
The other thing is- we need to retake the delegated authority given to the Federal Reserve and take it back to the Congress. That authority has improperly been delegated and Dr. Paul has articulated way better than anyone in the last several decades how the Federal Reserve and their unconstitutional currencies they float cause these business cycles. And their cheap money and their artificial inflation of money and credit- that's what's causing a lot of this financial meltdown.
As for the health care industry- remember that health care is an example of individual welfare, so the Federal government doesn't have the authority to provide that. A lot of folks out there want to say "RJ, you're being so heartless- what about people who are indigent and need help?"
Well the different pieces of the Constitution come together to make an answer for a modern problem- and that is under the tenth amendment, we see that any powers not given directly to the Congress under the Constitution are reserved to the people and the states respectively, i.e. equally, and so the states, working with their citizens, can decide whether they want to have free market solutions, or whether they want state-based solutions for health care, but it has nothing to do with the Federal government.
W. E. Messamore: What did you learn in your experiences and how would that affect your view of legislation as it relates to military and foreign policy?
RJ Harris: When I became a sergeant, that's when I read the Constitution for the first time because I had to swear an oath to uphold and defend it, so it dawned on me that I should probably read it. And immediately I started seeing all kinds of things that our government was doing that was askance of that document. The government is breaking its own supreme law constantly.
The other thing I learned was that we should not be willing to expend the blood and the valor of our veterans on anything less than the common defense, and unfortunately we see a lot of that going on lately. We have to ask ourselves are we really pursuing the Preamble of the Constitution and providing for the common defense?
We have set a lot of bad precedents and we need to close those doors now and reclaim the ground the Constitution has set us upon and put an end to this stuff.
W. E. Messamore: How do we do that? Things are getting worse in Afghanistan than we ever thought possible? What do we do with Afghanistan? What do we do with Iraq?
RJ Harris: This is why our founders insisted that if there's going to be a war, it needs to be declared by Congress and their names need to be written in the marble of history for what they've done. But they've delegated this power to the president. So now we have these open-ended military endeavors.
How many times do we have to win in a given theater before we say we have achieved what we went there to do? In Afghanistan we went to overthrow the Taliban, to remove that regime and the support they were giving to the terrorists who were living there, to set up a new government- now people are voting, so we're not fighting a war over there now so much as nation building.
We already went over there and did everything you told us to do, and now you're adding more. It's the same in Iraq, we went over there and overthrew the Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hussein, they captured or killed him, his sons, and the major Ba'athist party officers, they established elections and a new government, and yet it's still not enough.
W. E. Messamore: George W. Bush campaigned on a promise of no new nation building. So that's a conservative idea, not just a democrat idea- that nation building is not something we should do. We oppose welfare here, so we should oppose it overseas.
RJ Harris: I refuse to allow any of my opponents to say wanting to bring our troops home is "cutting and running" because I can say as someone who's served in Iraq twice, it's not cutting and running when you've achieved all the goals that were set for you. What they're talking about is simply promulgating an empire that we are not constitutionally allowed to have
W. E. Messamore: I hope people can look at you and see the credentials you have as someone who's served and knows what it means to give and sacrifice for your country and are speaking from experience and wisdom as a constitutional conservative when you say we need to make sure these wars are clearly defined and ended decisively and expeditiously
RJ Harris: I'd like to point out that when the United States declares wars we win them. WWII took what? 6 years? With less technology than we have now. When the US declares wars and the names of the congressman that supported it are written in the marble of history, then America wins the wars it declares and we come home. Unfortunately when we go off on this military adventurism and the Congress delegates its authority to the president for setting the benchmarks, they never end.
Our Fathers new this to be true. They had been victims of it. Their sons had been conscripted throughout colonials times. They new the blood and treasure of their nation was going to be used up for the petty whims of tyrants and that in the end, they would be left with nothing to show for it. So when they wrote the Constitution, they ensured that only the Congress- which is the people, can declare war.
W. E. Messamore: Bringing it back again to the Constitution! Well I was going to end by asking your top two or three priorities as a Congressman, but I can see that in any situation and for any policy issue, it's bringing things back to the purview of the Constitution, which is encouraging to hear. What can we do to support you and help you bring this message and agenda to our nation's capitol?
RJ Harris: The #1 thing I ask you to do is read the Constitution. It's only four pages long. Read it and get angry enough at what the government is doing to you so that you will actually get engaged.
Then go looking for the liberty candidates in your area or near to you, support them, help them out, go to their Facebook page, visit their website, donate to them. We aren't getting money from the special interests, so we need support from the people.
You can find the liberty candidates near you by checking out RetakeCongress.com.
W. E. Messamore: By the way, you can donate to candidates anywhere, not just the ones in your area.
Visit: RJHarris2010.com. That is Mr. Harris' site. You can make a donation to him there. His district will not cost nearly as much to win as some other districts or states, so your dollar goes a long way to bringing us a Congressman with the principles you just heard.
Thanks so much Mr. Harris. Have a great evening. All the best!
RJ: Thanks so much! I look forward to coming on again. Have a good evening.


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Joe Hill Tells All
Immediately, I decided to see if I could track Joe Hill down for an interview. I did (and discovered he lives here in New Hampshire), and he said yes, though both of us were too busy to start work on it until recently. And now lo and behold, Paula Guran has scooped me with an excellent interview at Dark Echo. Joe's description of a story in the next issue of Postscripts particularly intrigued me:
There's a story in the new Postscripts, 'Bobby Conroy Comes Back From The Dead', that doesn't have any fantasy element in it at all. It's this straight-forward relationship story. Guest-starring Tom Savini and a pile of human body parts.(I think I've said before that one of my childhood ambitions was to become Tom Savini, so naturally I'm now going to have to hunt down a copy of the story.)
Don't fear that Paula's interview will cause me to give up on mine. There are still plenty of things to talk about. For now, though, go read the interview, and track down Joe's stories. Nobody seems to agree on which stories are best, but I have yet to encounter anybody who has read 20th Century Ghosts and not thought it was a significant collection.

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(NewsUSA) – It's safe to say that most people enjoy saving a dollar where they can, but those savings often come with a steep price — at the expense of child laborers.
According to a survey released by ChildFund International about child labor, of 1,022 people surveyed, the average American guesses that only 6.5 million children aged 5 to 14 are child laborers, and 73 percent of survey respondents say there are fewer than 1 million. Only 1 percent accurately estimate the correct number of child laborers — 150 million.
With knowledge comes power — spending power. When asked if they would be willing to pay more for clothing made without child labor, more than half (55 percent) indicate that they would. Among those indicating a willingness to pay more, the average person says they would be willing to spend one-third (34 percent) more.
Until the recent collapse of a factory in Bangladesh, child labor was a far from hot topic around the dinner table or water cooler. "This spring's collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh has focused the world's attention on the often hazardous working conditions that many workers in developing countries confront every day, and while it appears that the more than 1,000 victims of that tragedy were adults, the fact is these factories regularly employ children as young as 10 years old," says Anne Lynam Goddard, president and CEO of ChildFund International.
Almost one in six children ages 5 to 14 in developing countries is engaged in labor, and aside from the obvious physical dangers that young children face in hazardous working conditions, these children are less likely to complete their educations. The hours they spend working are hours they're failing to devote to their studies. To prevent this, ChildFund supports programs that provide families with safer options for earning income and opportunities that allow children to remain in school and out of factories.
Goddard emphasizes that not all labor is exploitative or necessarily harmful to children, noting that many children within developing countries work on their families' subsistence farms or are engaged in other labor to supplement the families' income.
"The dual nature of our concern," she says, "is when a child is compelled to work in unsafe conditions or when any work a child is engaged in serves to interrupt his or her education. These survey results indicate that, while Americans don't have a full appreciation for the extent of the problem, they do have an intrinsic understanding of the negative impact that child labor has on a child's future."
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Nave's Topical Index1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto you are also called, and have professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Nave's Topical Index
The Shout of Faith
Fighting Holiness
Gideon's Altar
1 Timothy vi. 7-Feb
Prayer and vigilance
The Christian's Warfare.
The War of Truth
One of the Duties of Fortitude is to Keep the Weak from Receiving ...
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War with Endurance of Hardness
War with Steadfastness in the Faith
War without Earthly Entanglements
War: Be Clothed in White Clothing
War: Be Confessed by Christ in the Presence of God the Father
War: Be Pillars in the Temple of God
War: Called "The Armor of God"
War: Called "The Armor of Light"
War: Called "The Armor of Righteousness"
War: Called the Good Fight of Faith
War: Eat from the Tree of Life
War: Enemy Harangued by the General of the Opposing Side
War: Frequently Long Continued
War: Frequently Sore and Bloody
War: God: Gives the Victory In
War: God: Scatters Those Who Delight In
War: God: Strengthens his People For
War: God: Taught his People the Art of
War: Have a White Stone, and in It a New Name Written
War: Have Power Over the Nations
War: Have the Name of God Written Upon Them by Christ
War: Large Armies Frequently Engaged In
War: Mere Professors do not Maintain
War: Not be Hurt by the Second Death
War: Not Have Their Names Blotted out of the Book of Life
War: Often Arises from the Opposition of Friends or Relatives
War: Often Attended by Cruelty
War: Often Attended by Devastation
War: Often Attended by Pestilence
War: Often Sent As a Punishment for Sin
War: Originates in the Lusts of Men
War: Over all That Exalts Itself
War: Preceded by Great Preparation
War: Saints are all Engaged In
War: Sit With Christ on his Throne
War: Strengthened by Christ In
War: Symbolized by a Red Horse
War: The Breastplate of Righteousness
War: The Contest Between Antichrist and the Church
War: The Contest of Saints With the Enemies of Their Salvation
War: The Jews: Frequently Engaged in (See Joshua Chapters 6 Through 11)
War: The Malignity of the Wicked
War: The Preparation of the Gospel
War: Those Who Overcome In, Will Eat of the Hidden Manna
War: To be on the Right Hand and Left, an Idiom Meaning: "To Attack and to Defend."
War: Under Christ, As Our Captain
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Thousands are feared dead in what is believed to be one of the worst natural disasters to ever hit the Philippines, a storm so deadly it makes Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy look weak in comparison.
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But while early calculations will likely put the economic toll of Super Typhoon Haiyan far below those of less powerful storms in more affluent regions, don't be fooled by the numbers.
History shows third-world catastrophes, while initially appearing to have a weaker economic impact, actually have far more devastating and longer-lasting effects.
"There is clear evidence that emerging countries are hit particularly hard by natural catastrophe losses," Munich Re said in a recent report.
It's a fact that plagues most emerging countries wrought with poverty and void of the wide-scale insurance coverage experienced by the world's richer regions. Given their comparatively low access to private-sector aid, disasters are harder to recover from, their economic impacts far outlasting those in more developed countries.
The earliest available estimates shows that Typhoon Haiyan shaved roughly $14 billion from the Filipino economy, according to data from risk-assessment firm Kinetic Analysis, cited by USA Today, mostly because it missed the capital of Manila, responsible for a third of the country's $250 billion annual economic output.
However, most experts believe it is still too soon to give a ballpark figure of the total economic and long-term damage caused by Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda.
Rescuers are still making their way into the country's remotest regions, bringing food and water to the needy, counting and gathering the dead. It will likely take years to assess all of the destruction.
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The deadliest typhoon on record prior to Haiyan was Super Typhoon Bopha in 2012, which killed 1,000 but cost just $1 billion in total economic losses.
Compare that to Katrina, which killed 1,800 and triggered a whopping $108 billion in losses, and Sandy, which killed 286 people and cost more than $80 billion. (A majority of Sandy's costly damages occurred in the U.S., though a majority of her deaths were in the Caribbean.)
That is not to say the damage in the Philippines isn't as bad. On the contrary, the storm could end up costing ten times as many lives as Katrina. The comparatively lower figure is more a reflection of the country's deep poverty and weaker GDP.
"If we compare the relativities of the economic losses for these events to the individual country GDPs then they are in some way comparable," said Neena Saith, director and meteorologist at catastrophe risk modeling firm, RMS.
The distinguishing factor here, she says, is in relation to the economic development of the countries in question. The U.S. is obviously much more developed, with higher-value personal and commercial exposures, especially along the coast, and more developed infrastructure that is very expensive to fix when broken.
When comparing apples-to-apples by GDP, the real damage becomes evident.
For example, at a cost of $82 billion, Sandy made up about 0.52% of the U.S.'s $15.7 trillion GDP, while Bopha, at cost of $1 billion, made up 0.39% of the Philippines' $257 billion GDP, according to data compiled by RMS.
In a separate survey by reinsurer Munich Re, direct losses from natural catastrophes was found to total an average of 2.9% of the gross domestic product in emerging countries each year. That figure was just 0.8% in industrialized countries.
The Insurance Effect
At the same time, the non-life insurance market in the Philippines, while growing rapidly in recent years, still has low penetration when compared with other markets in the Far East.
If there is a lower insurance density, government debt per capita rises, weighing on the country's ability to recover following a catastrophe.
Despite the frequency of typhoons in the region -- Haiyan is the fourth typhoon and the fifth named storm to impact the Philippines in 2013 -- they have not been costly overall for the insurance industry, according to RMS.
However, Munich Re expects that penetration to rise out of pure necessity, arguing in a recent report that insurance against natural catastrophes makes "particular economic sense in these countries," a statement it says is backed by strong evidence from studies it conducted with the University of Wurzburg in Germany.
Other research, including that conducted by the Bank for International Settlements, indicates that major natural catastrophes cause "losses in wealth in the long term."
So while the initial economic numbers coming out of the Philippines may seem smaller in comparison, the unseen toll along the vulnerable islands might serve as a cataclysmic blow to the emerging country.
"With urbanization and the concentration of assets on the rise in many Asian countries, typhoons represent a huge and evolving risk," said Peter Hoeppe, head of Munich Re's GeoRisksResearch.
Fewer tropical cyclones rammed through the Northwest Pacific Basin over the last decade, however Hoeppe says greater storm activity is on the rise, expected to reach "a new relative maximum" in the early 2020s.


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SPLENDORA, Texas (AP) — Home for a Southeast Texas family is still an old school bus with no engine and no front wheels.
SPLENDORA, Texas (AP) — Home for a Southeast Texas family is still an old school bus with no engine and no front wheels.
But child welfare officials are delighted with the commitment the parents have shown since their two young kids were discovered living there virtually unsupervised almost a year ago while their father and mother were in federal prison.
Child Protective Services officials are expected to recommend a judge dismiss the welfare agency's case against Mark and Sherrie Shorten in court Tuesday, allowing the couple to regain full custody of their 12-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son.
"That's what I've been targeting all along," Mark Shorten said.
The children are in school and the parents have complied with CPS care plans, evaluations and therapy, agency spokeswoman Gwen Carter said.
"They're doing really well and the family is doing really well," she said. "The staff is very proud of them."
Last March, a postal worker, after repeatedly spotting two disheveled children in the Montgomery County neighborhood about 35 miles northeast of Houston, became concerned and notified authorities. Welfare officials quickly arrived and placed the kids in foster care while media coverage led with images of the outwardly dilapidated bus on a trash-littered lot.
Carter said officials are accustomed to poor families living in tough conditions and while it's not illegal to live in a bus, "sadly, that was the sensational part, the condition of their living environment and they were left there all day."
"Let's be blunt," Mark Shorten said. "Once I saw pictures on the news and read the full story, I was glad somebody pulled my children out of that mess. Both of them suffered through that mess."
At the time, Shorten and his wife were in separate federal prisons both serving 18 months for convictions for conspiracy to embezzle money from victims of Hurricane Ike, which struck in 2008. They had arranged for their children to be supervised by an aunt, who told authorities she became overwhelmed between working 12-hour days and trying to care for them.
"There was a lot of emotional and mental anguish put on the kids," said Sherrie Shorten, who was released from prison several weeks after the children were removed. "And that's what we were upset about."
Her husband was released in July and their children were returned to them, under CPS supervision, in September.
"My main focus when I got home was getting my kids back home," Mark Shorten said. "And I did that. Life's as good as it's going to get at the moment but we're trying to make it better."
Despite its worn appearance, the bus inside had been renovated, furnished, had hot and cold water and a bathroom, and was air-conditioned. The family moved it from Louisiana after their home there was flooded from Hurricane Ike. It was intended as a temporary home until they could build on the lot, where the trash has been cleared and items outside, like a lumber pile, are neatly stacked.
"We'd still like to (build), but we have some restrictions," said Sherrie Shorten, who with her husband is on supervised federal release for three years and also looking at more than $100,000 in court-ordered restitution. "We have a lot of issues rebuilding our lives and getting back on track."
Mark Shorten maintains neither he nor his wife, an accountant, were guilty.
"I don't want to sound like somebody who is bitter and mad, because I'm not," he said. "We're trying to move forward."


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Rev. Eleanor Ellsworth of the historic St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church presented the original deed to the seaside church, as well as a number of other historically significant documents.
Ellsworth made the presentation to the society's board of directors for caretaking on Sept. 24.
During a churchwide cleanup effort in July, church staff member Walter DuMelle stumbled upon boxes of decades-old documents in one of the church's storage rooms.
"A bunch of boxes had been put aside for shredding, and I just thought it wise — because they were from a particularly old part of our archival storage — to give it a once-over before it went to the shredder," DuMelle said.
Almost immediately, he recognized the importance of the documents in his hands, some of which were more than 100 years old.
"It became clear pretty quickly that these things needed a thorough going-through because my hands were touching documents from the 1920s almost instantly," he said. "The folder of deeds popped out in a rather large way."
After bringing the documents to Ellsworth, she realized at once that DuMelle had stumbled upon a treasure in need of long-term preservation, which is how the documents came to travel across the street to the Wisteria Cottage, where the historical society preserves stacks upon stacks of La Jolla's history in an archival storage area.
"With Rev. Eleanor Ellsworth's keen perception of the value of these documents and the historical society's willingness to become involved, we feel very fortunate to have reconnected with these documents of our past, helping to connect the dots of our more than 100 years of history," said DuMelle.
More than just a single piece of old paper; the society's board inherited a peek into the longstanding history of the church and its property.
"Originally, we were expecting one deed for the property, but what they found was this collection of documents pertaining to the history of this lot," said historical society archivist and curator Michael Mishler. "It looks like the initial one is from 1903, where Ellen Scripps is deeded the property that appears to be where St. James is."
Additional documentation given as a durable loan to the historical society includes: a legal agreement for the sale of another portion of the present-day church's property to Ellen Scripps' half-sister, Virginia Scripps in 1911; a quitclaim deed from 1929 when Ellen Scripps gave the property to St. James Church; documentation requiring San Diego architect Louis Gill to be the draftsman of the building; a 1937 insurance policy on the property; and paperwork from the 1980s showing updates to the property over the years.
"The purpose of an archive is to preserve vital documents that show the history of the community," said Mishler. "These are a great link to that kind of old history. It shows how the Scripps family was involved in this community, and it shows St. James' history in the community."
Among St. James' archives are also hundreds of military papers with a series of correspondences between the church's spiritual leaders and servicemen and women at war in the 1940s.
"It's this wonderful archive of letters going back and forth," said DuMelle. "The story of a church is the story of its people and its families, and the warriors were a very important part of that, especially as San Diego connection to the Pacific Campaign."
Although many more hours of perusing old documents lie ahead for DuMelle, his dedication to the task will undoubtedly help shed light on more history within the church, within the La Jolla community and beyond.
"I think we found the real jewels, but I think there are some just as equally relevant documents fleshing out the St. James story with real names and real faces with some of the previous rectors and administrations."
Mishler indicated his hope that the historical society will systematically gather similar documents that represent the history of other organizations, churches and universities in La Jolla to help continue piecing together the many facets of La Jolla's history little by little.
"Those things that talk about what the organization did, who was involved, board meeting decisions initiatives they made — any of that boring stuff about running a business is really what an archivist is looking for because it shows how an organization got its start," he said. "All these groups help build the history of a community. You get a fuller picture of the history of La Jolla."


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Seal Jumps Onto Boat To Escape Being Eaten By Killer Whales!
Warning: Coarse language.
We're guessing by the reaction that these guys never expected to see a group of killer whales hunting a seal when they went out on their boat!
Well that's exactly what happened, but to make the story even more amazing, the seal jumped onto their boat to escape being eaten by the whales!
The guys, couldn't believe what they were seeing, one exclaiming "Holy f**k!", another saying, "that guy deserves to live!"
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Gun control debate continues as Sandy Hook reopens
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Three weeks after Adam Lanza shot dead 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, survivors have started a new term at a new school. Their new classrooms will look somewhat familiar: the same posters and furniture from the old building has been moved in to help with the transition. This comes as President Obama repeats his call for tougher regulation of guns. Meanwhile, gun owners are heading to the shops to stock up on firearms ahead of any future ban.


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Obama's next act: Immigration
To the winner go the spoils. The spoiled political system. The spoiled economy. The spoiled machinations of a spoilt Congress.
Yet we elect our president to do things, to produce silk purses from sows' ears, and President Barack Obama intends to add to his legacy and make history in his final term.
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Sources knowledgeable with Obama's 2013 legislative agenda paint the picture of a man emboldened by his recent success at the polls, freed from the need for reelection and convinced he must take a more activist role in the shaping and passage of legislation.
First, the raising of tax rates on the wealthy is very much on the table. Obama campaigned on raising taxes "on the wealthiest Americans" and feels his reelection gave him a clear mandate to produce that.
If that is part of a Grand Bargain, fine. But he wants it either way. The Grand Bargain would change the Tax Code to raise rates on the wealthy coupled with "reforms" to Medicare and Social Security. The former will lead to howls from the right, and the latter to howls from the left.
Maybe the howls will cancel each other out, maybe not. The president intends to go forward anyway. He isn't running for anything again.
Reforming Medicare and Social Security needs to be sold to the left wing of his party not as a way to reduce the debt — no balancing the books on the backs of the elderly — but as a way to ensure the solvency of those programs, especially Medicare, which is unsustainably expensive.
A Grand Bargain is not expected to be accomplished by the current, lame-duck 112th Congress. The kind of legislative wrangling necessary, plus the dotting of the i's and the crossing of the t's would take most, if not all, of 2013.
What about the fiscal cliff? Some kind of congressional prestidigitation, a down payment, perhaps, that will satisfy the credit agencies and investors, may have to be found before the tumble into the abyss. If Congress is a master of anything, it is a master of delay.
But Obama also wants at least one more historic act in his second term to add to his first-term creation of Obamacare: comprehensive immigration reform.
In 2008, he promised to make it a priority, but failed to deliver. The 2012 election, however, has revealed a new political math to Congress: Hey, Hispanic votes count!
According to sources, the White House feels it now has a win-win situation on immigration: The Republicans go along with what the White House wants (which would be a Democratic win) or face the prospect of alienating Hispanic voters even further and losing seats in 2014 (which would also be a Democratic win).
In the past few years, even noncomprehensive, relatively noncontroversial immigration measures have failed in Congress. When the DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act failed once again to clear Congress in 2010, Obama instituted his own mini-DREAM action in 2012 by deferring the deportation of people who came to the United States illegally before reaching the age of 16, who had high school diplomas or honorable discharges from the military and were not felons.


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Sid Melton, 94, a character actor perhaps best known for his roles in the hit television shows "Green Acres" and "The Danny Thomas Show," died of pneumonia Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his family said.
During a career that spanned nearly 60 years, Melton appeared in about 140 television and film projects. They included two 1951 movies, "Lost Continent" with Cesar Romero and the Samuel Fuller-directed "The Steel Helmet," and 1972's "Lady Sings the Blues" with Diana Ross.
On the 1950s TV show "Captain Midnight," Melton co-starred as the hero's sidekick, Ichabod Mudd. Decades later, he recalled that fans still greeted him with the character's signature line: "Mudd with two Ds."


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I hope you will print this because I?m sure many women share this dilemma. My boyfriend, whom I adore and who is one of the kindest men on Earth, wants me to perform a certain sex act on him. While I understand that many people ? and I don?t judge them ? enjoy it, I am not one of them. I would feel degraded if I even tried it.
I hope you will print this because I'm sure many women share this dilemma. My boyfriend, whom I adore and who is one of the kindest men on Earth, wants me to perform a certain sex act on him. While I understand that many people — and I don't judge them — enjoy it, I am not one of them. I would feel degraded if I even tried it.
He says he won't pressure me about it, yet he talks about it a lot. Just listening to him talk about it puts unwanted pressure on me. I have tried to be honest with him. I told him I don't want to do this, but I'm afraid if I don't, it will damage my relationship with him. However, if I give in, I'll end up feeling self-loathing and resentment. Either way, it will be damaging. We're in our 40s. Please offer any advice you might have. — WORRIED IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR WORRIED: You are indeed not alone in this dilemma. You should not have to do anything you are uncomfortable with. The next time your boyfriend raises the subject, turn the discussion to amorous activities you both enjoy. Then suggest that instead of this particular sex act, you engage in his "No. 2 favorite."
DEAR ABBY: I'm a 51-year-old woman with a question. What do you recommend a person do or say when being lied to? I'm not talking about the little white lies we all tell to spare someone's feelings, smooth things over, etc.
I once had a 21-year-old man tell me that he was a veteran of a war that had been over for 10 years! I felt like an idiot pretending to believe him and knew he'd be laughing at me later, but frankly, I felt scared to confront him. — HEARD A WHOPPER
DEAR HEARD A WHOPPER: If you have reason to feel that the person talking to you is being untruthful, be polite and end the conversation. And if your intuition tells you the person is someone to be afraid of, put as much distance between you as possible and avoid that person in the future.
DEAR ABBY: I am a plus-sized woman. I am loud and boisterous, and I like to surround myself with similar women. However, there is a problem I am now facing.
Many of my friends have made amazing transformations and gotten fit. I am fully supportive and impressed, but I see the price they are paying. They are no longer confident and vivacious. They have become timid, approval-seeking shells of their previous selves.
Why do newly thin women forget how awesome their personalities used to be? — BIG BEAUTY IN ILLINOIS
DEAR BIG BEAUTY: Not knowing your friends, I can't answer for them. But it is possible that having become "transformed and fit," they no longer feel they need their loud and boisterous personas to compete for attention.
DEAR ABBY: When I was growing up, my father would ask my mother what she wanted, and then he would buy the opposite. For example, if she wanted a brown sofa, he would buy a blue one.
One day I realized that he acts the same way toward me. He will ask my opinion about the color of something — like an appliance — then buy the opposite color. Is there a name for this behavior? — ANONYMOUS IN ATLANTA
DEAR ANONYMOUS: Yes, there is. It is called "passive aggression," and it's a way of demonstrating veiled hostility without being directly confrontational.
Dear Abby is written by Jeanne Phillips. The column was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – For the second time in the last two months, the MIT softball team received accolades from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) for its academic success during the 2012 season. In October, the Engineers earned the organization's All-Academic Team award for posting a 3.589 grade point average. This week, four returning and two graduated players were named All-America Scholar Athletes for achieving a 3.50 GPA or higher during the 2011-12 academic year.
Seniors Leah Alpert (Needham, Mass.) and Anna Christensen (Vernon Hills, Ill.), who both also earned the award as sophomores during the 2010-11 academic year, appeared on the list. They were joined by sophomores Karly McLaughlin (Edwardsville, Ill.) and Kelly Wang (La Canada, Calif.), who were first time honorees.
Also earning All-America Scholar-Athlete recognition were two players from the 2012 team, Kathleen Harrington '12 and Nydia Ruleman '12, bringing MIT's total Scholar Athletes for 2011-12 to six.
Earlier this fall, the Engineers were recognized for their 3.589 GPA, the second highest mark in Division III and the seventh best in the entire NCAA.


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Grace M. (Christofaro) Quinn, 88, died March 12, 2012. She was the wife of the late John J. Quinn Sr.
Born in Providence, a daughter of the late Domenic and Edith (Hall) Christofaro, she resided in Warwick most of her life.
Grace was the beloved mother of Carol A. Layden, Joseph Perry, Karen G. Martufi, John J. Quinn Jr. and the late Joyce D. Marotta and Nancy M. Tavarozzi, and sister of Domenic Christofaro, Edith Christofaro and the late Daniel Christofaro and Ruth Henshall. She is survived by 13 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren and her lifelong friend, Mary Gatta.
Her funeral service will be held March 15 at 10 a.m. in Thomas & Walter Quinn Funeral Home, 2435 Warwick Ave. Burial will be in Highland Memorial Park, Johnston. Visitation will be from 8:30-10 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, contributions to VNA Care New England Hospice, 51 Health Lane, Warwick, RI 02886 will be appreciated. For information and condolences visit www.thequinnfuneralhome.com.


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Prince William and wife Kate board a seaplane on Tuesday (July 5) at the Old Town Float Base in Yellowknife, Canada.
The Duchess of Cambridge, 29, changed out of her Malene Birger dress she had worn earlier in the day for a more casual look of jeans, a blouse, and comfy flats.
William, also 29, and Kate flew to Blachford Lake, where they're expected to tour the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning, "a self described 'bush university' that combines Western-style academia with northern aboriginal studies in a wilderness setting."
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This little lass has a bright future, probably running all of the Fortune 500 companies while being president of Earth.
Check out this exceptionally endearing clip (which has been forwarded to us by almost everyone on the planet) of a little girl telling her 2-year-old younger brother to clean up his act. "You should toughen up a bit. Think about it."
Young Gabriel doesn't seem too thrilled about being at the business end of his sister's tough love. But we're pretty sure it's in his best interests to heed her counsel.


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Kate Bosworth shows off her gorgeous engagement ring as she gets her nails done at a salon on Sunday (January 20) in Los Angeles.
The 30-year-old actress smiled and relaxed as she treated herself to both a manicure and pedicure that day.
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I would so like to see Shanks's reaction when/if he defeats Big Mom or at least his reaction to him challenging her,that means the boy's growing and he might be next
But the use of the word "burn" in this chapter reminded me of Madam Sharley's prediction,maybe she'll burn the Island after all ?Somehow impersonating Luffy ?
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Well, this isn't exactly the first case of cannibalism we've had in OP.... recall that Wapol tried to eat Luffy a couple times in the past, as well.
Now that you mention it, she does sort of look like an apostle. And she even has an egg-themed guy as part of her crew.... coincidence?
BTW, I'm guessing that Pekoms is sort of like Bepo from Law's crew in the sense that he's not a Zoan, but an actual talking lion. I wonder if the Grand Line has a particular island where those talking beasts come from....?
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Something just occurred to me: Luffy recovered the treasure from Caribou, but does that also include the tamatebako? If not, then if Caribou does manage to escape the island in one piece, not only would he risk exposing Shira's secret, but he may end up selling the steroids to some rather unsavory folks who'd not only mass-produce it, but may even somehow modify it so that there's no risk of rapid aging once the pills are ingested.....
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Guess the thought crossed many minds huh? Big Mam's definitely big though...I bet Brook's gonna say "don't eat me, I'm all bones!" or something
I'm expecting her to have more ugly expressions than Livebearer, don't let me down, Oda!
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Very good chapter here, the semi-reveal of Big Mom was great and Luffy being boss!
Loved the colour spread, the animal ver. of the gang is great stuff
Looking forward to wants to come and finally putting down whatever ideas on a new crew member joining anyone has!
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Ah Luffy, he never ceases to amuse with how haphazardly he will stir up trouble; not even giving a second thought to making enemies with one of the most powerful people in the world.
Y'know i wonder if Oda redesigned Big Mom a bit since the end of water 7. In her original silhouette picture, she had a pointer nose, flat teeth, her eyes looked a bit closer together and what looked to be a more normal head... She looks WAY more grotesque now
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ah, typical luffy. why am i not surprised?! make fishman village his territory eh? i can totally see that happening.
i laughed out loud when luffy asked zoro for directions and sanji opted to take the opposite direction instead.
big mam reminds me of jabba the hut with her grotesque appearance and the way she slobbers like an animal. perhaps she's just as brutal and ruthless.
the succeeding chapters should be interesting.
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Charlotte actually made it threatening and kind of terrifying. The thought she'd casually eat one of her crew members just because she's hungry without any remorse is very sociopathic of her. There's no indication that she can do it because of a devil fruit or not yet too.
I think it's pretty clear now with this chapter's events that she's been set up as an antagonist. Any sort of chance that she would ever ally herself with the Straw Hats at any point has practically vanished.
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I wouldn't be surprised if she was related to Ivankov (older sister? ).
Given how obsessed with food she is, she will probably kidnap Sanji as soon as she will hear about him, to force him to cook for her. She might even fall in love with him for the lulz. Which would be a nice variation of the damsel in distress. And Luffy would be seriously pissed to see his only cook be stolen from his kitchen.
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Whilst staying with my parents recently I purchased a package of "sushi rice" from a major UK supermarket. The rice was their own brand and was grown in the USA.
Without having anything to compare it to for a side by side comparison, this rice didn't seem at all unusual when raw.
However, once cooked it seemed rather different to the rice I'm used to using for Japanese food.
I wasn't able to take a detailed photo of the cooked grains (this image was made with an iPad) but it does give an idea of how long and thin those grains were – those that remained unbroken, anyway.
I made onigiri with a tuna soboro filling with this rice but they didn't stick together as well as they do with other brands of rice. The taste of this rice was also rather disappointing; rather bland even with the zakkokumai.
What do you think? Do the individual grains look normal for a 'sushi rice'?
This is all you need to know about rice:
The title of this thread is "Looking at rice"
The page linked to is also called "Looking at rice" ...hmmmm...
The relevant paragraph is this one
"This is Japanese-style rice, or uruchi-mai - the kind of rice I talk about the most on this site. It is also sold as medium grain rice, or sushi rice. It's the rice to use for almost any kind of Japanese dish, including the all-important sushi and onigiri. The rice grains cling together without being mushy when properly cooked. This rice must be polish-washed to bring out its best flavor, as I have previously described. The best kinds of this rice have a translucent quality and have clean, rounded grains. As you can see, the grains are rounder compared to long-grain rice."
And I wanted to discuss this in greater detail.
So lets see:
Rice grains cling together without being mushy when properly cooked - check
Translucent quality when raw (particularly when rinsed) - check
Clean, rounded grains when raw - check
Yet this rice still seems very different once cooked to all the other uruchi-mai I've used.
(There's a hybrid grain called Jasponica which is supposed to be a cross between Jasmine rice and Japonica rice. I doubt this rice is Jasponica but it seems like a perfect description of the cooked result)
Loretta, it doesn't look normal to me, either. Perhaps it's an accidental cross-breed? Since it looks the same raw, it could easily have slipped through any quality control procedures the farm had. I don't know anything about how rice is fertilized, though, so maybe this isn't possible. If it were me, I'd just avoid this brand in future -- or you could contact them and ask them. (I have bought California-grown Japonica rice here, from several different brands, and none of it has looked like that, so I don't think the issue is where it was grown.)
Thank you beach!
Most of the uruchi-mai I've used in the UK was grown in the USA so this experience has been a surprise.
What bothers me is that the supermarket in question is the UK's largest and has a strong presence in other countries, they are enormously powerful and have a huge influence on how people experience food. They are such a giant in the food retailing industry that if they decree that this IS sushi rice and enough of the population accept this and then start expecting it there is then the possibility that this will become the standard Japanese-type rice in all but a few specialised outlets.
(In other words, other retailers spending more on Japanese rice may realise they can increase their profits by buying this rice variety instead and that the majority of their customers will accept the switch without a murmur).
I have already written to them about this rice but I may be the only one who has done so. The problem is, I know what I expect from uruchi-mai but I don't know what the defining properties are so that a supermarket would understand them.
Then again, any opinions (like your own) as to whether the cooked rice looks right or wrong are very welcome to me at the moment.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Competing in the inaugural Beanpot Tournament, the MIT men's fencing team fell to host Harvard University (20-7), Brandeis University (19-8), and Boston College (16-11) on Wednesday. With the losses, the Engineers' ledger moved to 4-4 on the year.
The epee team had the best outing of the day as it compiled a record of 12-15, including a 5-4 victory over Boston College. Matt Gethers paced the trio with a 7-2 showing, followed by Jeremy Hurwitz (3-6) and Gabriel Chan (2-7).
Like MIT's epee contingent, the sabre squad had its best outing against Brandeis as it posted a 4-5 mark en route to a 10-17 overall record. Igor Kopylov led the way by winning eight of his nine bouts while Rangarajan Nadadur went 2-6. Maximilian Brand and Nurzhas Makishev finished the day with marks of 0-8 and 0-2, respectively.
The foil team struggled against its local foes as it finished with an overall tally of 4-23. Spencer Sugimoto powered the Engineers with a total of 4-5 while Richard LaGrandier (0-7), Sebastian Castro (0-9), and Benjamin Switala (0-2) rounded out MIT's contingent.


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By Reginald Kaigler (DEMCAD)
How would an average single woman fare in the event of a society breakdown? Let's say that there was a situation that caused a major panic, bank runs, riots, chaos in grocery stores, a massive influx in home invasions and much worse. How would a single woman protect herself in such a scenario? I've always wondered how a female could ever be anti-gun, especially when most women are physically smaller and weaker than 50% of the population. Given the fact that most violent predators are men, if attacked, the average woman would most certainly be facing an opponent with superior strength and weight.
So listening to a woman rant against guns has never made any sense to me. But I want to address the women who are sensible enough to protect them. Rather you are a man or a woman, you can be attacked at almost anything. Being a 300 pound, 6'2" man doesn't make me immune to attack. Anyone can be attacked, so we must try to be prepared at all times, so when a crisis happens, we'll be better suited to adapt to the changing circumstances. Here are the principles I try to practice.
1. Situational Awareness
This means being aware of our surroundings at all times. Something that I have failed to do at times. Too often, strangers on bikes have been able to surprise me while I was walking down the street, enjoying tunes on my mp3 player. But living in a dangerous city like Flint, Michigan means that I could only be seconds away from an attack at all times. I have to keep reminding myself to not let the music distract me. In a society breakdown, predators will take advantage of the chaos by targeting vulnerable women (an men). I would recommend that if there are riots in your town, stay off the streets. Rushing to Walmart to buy more food may not be worth the risk of leaving your home unattended. This is why we prep, so we don't have to be in the panicky mob fighting for food.
2. Following My Instincts
Have you ever had a bad feeling about something or a strange place? Well, that's your animal instinct warning. it's the same instinct that allows a deer to sense danger. I used to watch nature shows with my mother when I was a kid and I remember the lions targeting the dumbass prey that was separated from his pack. There's a lesson to learn. Under normal conditions, I walk by myself a lot. During a society breakdown, I would avoid such practice. It would be unwise for a woman (or a man) to travel alone. Remember, the overwhelming majority of women don't carry a gun, so targeting a lone woman during a crisis would be ideal for a predator.
3. Act Quickly! Don't Depend On Some Guy!
How fast you react could be the difference between living and dying. If I were a woman, I would assume that no man would be coming for my rescue. it sounds silly, but a lot of women (and men) think that some government agency or a man will come through in a crisis. Ladies, you are responsible for your own lives. Too many women have been programmed to expect men (and government) to do certain things for them. I asked my sister on several occasions if she wanted to go to the gun range and learn how to shot. I remind her respond at Hurley Medical Center. "No, but I'm a girl. That's for you guys." Ladies, this type of foolishness could cost you dearly.
4. Lock and Load
I highly recommend you consider taking a CCW (concealed carry weapon) permit class and carrying a pistol. If not a pistol, pepper spray, a knife or a stun gun. But you better be ready to use them. And keep in mind that all of these tools require training. I should also add that pepper spray may not stop the assailant as fast as you want. A 12 Gauge pump action shotgun will go a long way in discouraging a rapist. And please, please, don't put labels/signs on your car and home that single you out.
5. Don't Get Singled Out
Do you really need big brushes in front and around you home? it could give a burglar excellent cover when attempting to break into your home? And how much privacy do you really want? A privacy fence keeps noisy neighbors from watching you, but it also provides cover for the burglars.
In the video below, two men try to enter a woman's house by kicking down the door. Fortunately, it was a well made door and she also had a gun for protection. But I suspend that her privacy fence was one of the things that attracted the criminals in the first place.
6. A Dog is A Woman's Best Friend
Nothing will discourage a burglar as fast as a German Shepard or a Rottweiler. You don't need a pit bull to scare a rapist away from your home. A Golden Retriever will bite the hell out of a creeper. Dogs have been used by humans for warning and protection from predators for years. A dog can save during normal conditions and also during the worst. Bottom line, a woman should be prepared for dealing with threats in a scenario where emergency 911 operators aren't able to send the police. I am not a security expert, but my common sense dictates that you should watch the nature/wildlife documentaries and avoid doing what the lamb does. You know, the one that ends up as the lion's dinner.


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It was one of the few times when the Mets had their way with the Braves. On this date in 1962 in the Polo Grounds, the Mets got ninth-inning homers from Hobie Landrith and Gil Hodges for their first-ever doubleheader sweep of the Braves.
Landrith's homer won the first game, 3-2, and Hodges' homer won the nightcap, 8-7.
Landrith hit a two-run pinch homer on the first pitch, but it was almost voided with runner Rod Kanehl nearly missed touching third base.
Landrith was a journeyman reserve catcher who played for Cincinnati, the Cubs, Cardinals, Giants, Mets, Orioles and Senators. However, he'll always be a trivia question answer to Mets fans for being the first pick of the team in the 1961 expansion draft.
It was after Landrith's selection that then manager Casey Stengel said, "You gotta have a catcher or you're going to have a lot of passed balls.''
Landrith earned $75,000 that year. He returned his initial contract to team president George Weiss, saying it was a $3,000 paycut. Weiss sent that same contract back to Landrith three times before the catcher releneted.
Landrith was the Mets' Opening Day catcher in 1962, but went 0-for-4, made an error and had the Cardinals steal three bases on him. He was replaced after that game by Joe Ginsberg.
Hodges, of course, was a New York legend, first as a player with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and then as manager of the 1969 Mets.
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Brunswick baseball preview: Defending champs have targets on their back
Coming off a FAA championship season and losing an ace pitcher one may expect the Brunswick baseball team to be in a rebuilding mode.
They would be wrong.
Brunswick returns seven seniors and several juniors with experience on the varsity as well two top flight pitchers, making them the favorites to once again bring home the league title at the end of the season.
According to Coach Johnny Montanez, the Bruins can stay on top if they play up to expectations.
"We just have to play to our potential," Montanez said. "We have tremendous seniors on this team who have been part of this program for three years and they know success. They push themselves every day in practice, they demand excellence from their teammates and they demand it of themselves."
In an interesting dichotomy, the seven seniors will be joined on the varsity by a group of freshmen that will be asked to contribute right away.
No matter the mix of players, the Bruins realize they will have targets on their backs as defending champions, but they feel that will only make them raise their level of play.
"I definitely think we will be on the top of everyone's list," Captain Sam Fraser said. "With all the guys we are bringing back all the teams in the FAA will have to watch out for us. We know how to play under pressure, we know what it takes to win and with teams coming after us we will need that to win."
AT THE HELM: Montanez is back for his third season leading the Bruins and will be assisted by Mike Hannigan and Tim Daly.
WHO'S GONE: The Bruins lost ace pitcher Brian Schutzman, who is now on the team at Gettysburg, as well as starter Harry Polak and shortstop Jack Voigt.
WHO'S BACK: The three captains, senior Fraser (CF), senior Jonny Mills (C,P) and junior Ryan Hardin (util) are all back along with seniors Nick Kono (1B), Chris Hart (RF), Justin Cedeno (3B), Ali Coppersmith (P, 1B) and Travis Buck (OF).
Also back are juniors Teddy Maynard (2B), pitchers Bradley Wilpon and Will O'Brien, as well as sophomore Billy O'Malley.
WATCHOUT FOR: How will the seniors mesh with the freshmen? According to Mills the upperclassmen and youngsters are coming together despite the age differences.
"I think we have a great group of guys this year and the seniors have been very accepting of the freshmen," Mills said. "The fact that we have a lot of seniors and a lot of freshmen, we have taken it upon ourselves to make them part of the program and they have also been contributing a lot and we are one program, working together."
Two freshmen will start as Hardin and O'Malley return from wrist injuries suffered during basketball season.
Michael Marzonie will get a chance at shortstop and Connor Redahan will play leftfield.
STRENGTHS: Like any successful baseball team it starts with solid pitching and the Bruins appear to have that in 1 and 1A pitchers Wilpon and O'Brien.
The staff will be rounded out by Mills, Kono, Marzonie, Hardin, Evan Jonokuchi and freshmen Wil Salomon and Ryan Popp.
WEAKNESSES: Hardin and O'Malley will be the No. 1 and 2 hitters in the lineup, and not having them to start the season could hinder the Bruins offense until they return.
SHOWDOWNS: The Bruins open with national powerhouse Poly Prep Thursday at home and begin FAA play April 3 against Hopkins.
Brunswick will be at King April 16 and at GFA May 3.
DID YOU KNOW?: The Bruins once again traveled to Florida during spring break, taking on some of the top programs in the country while they were there.


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America's candy makers have touted tremendous financial success under the 2008 Farm Bill, and their words are now being used against them in an advertising campaign unveiled by the American Sugar Alliance.
The first advertisement, which appeared in The Hill newspaper, noted, "Big candy boasts bigger profit margins than oil."
"Now they're asking Congress to bankrupt farms and outsource American sugar jobs so they can pocket a few extra pennies a pound," it continued in reference to multinational candy companies' efforts to gut no-cost sugar policy in the 2012 Farm Bill.
Confectioners' 35 percent retail profit margin was featured in the advertisement. That figure, which came from the candy industry's main trade group, dwarfs the 6.7 percent profit margin that the American Petroleum Institute cites for its industry.
Additional advertisements that will appear soon draw attention to other candy industry statements about profitability and growth under the current sugar policy. One quote from the president of the National Confectioners Association (NCA) goes so far as to claim that it's Big Candy, not oil, that's excelling in today's down economy.
"So many people and so many companies still are entering into this [U.S. candy] business," NCA President Larry Graham is quoted as saying. "A lot of people think that it's oil and energy that drives this economy, but it's candy, it's chocolate that's doing well in this economy."
Dale Murden, a sugar, citrus, grain, vegetable and soybean farmer from Texas, said he hopes the advertisements will shed some light on what's at stake in the ongoing sugar policy debate.
"Our industry and the 142,000 jobs it supports are literally hanging in the balance of the Farm Bill debate," he said. "Our opponents might increase their profit margins a fraction, but at what cost? Is it really worth bankrupting farms and costing thousands of sugar workers their jobs?"
Murden, who also serves as chairman of the Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers mill, noted that sugar producers don't begrudge candy companies for making money, but they do take offense to these companies attacking farmers and poormouthing lawmakers in their lobbying efforts.
He said lawmakers are being led to believe that candy companies are struggling because of sugar policy, when in fact they've increased production and revenue under the 2008 Farm Bill.


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Can anyone provide some information that would be helpful in purchasing used equipment, specifically kites?
This is probably a loaded question, but where are repairs acceptable (center of kite as opposed to being closed to the edges or on the edge itsself). Some postings seem to have been repaired professionally, others using some type of marine tape. How well do such repairs work? Will they alter the performance of the kite at all?
What else to look for? Faded colors indicating too much sun exposure (Does this hurt the bladders, or only when pumped because of expanding air?)
Have seen other postings stating that fabric is still crisp. Is this something that affects the kite, or something that makes the buyer feel it is in "like new" condition?
What about number of times used. Would a kite that has been ridden 60 sessions and taken good care of work as well as one ridden 10 times and also taken good care of?
What are the signs to look for of abuse or neglect, maybe like not rinsing off salt water?
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Virgin Galactic has trained more than 140 "space agents" worldwide to sell tickets for the first commercial space flights that may begin as soon as early next year.
"We have two clients signed up," Bell deSouza of Mansour Travel in Beverly Hills said Wednesday. The agency is one of eight in California authorized to sell the $200,000 ticket to ride.
Monday's successful test flight of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo in Mojave brought the idea of commercial space travel a bit closer to reality. More flight tests are expected by the end of the year and, if all goes well, commercial operations would start in early 2014.
The 31-year-old travel agency was invited to rep the company likely because of its "high-profile, upscale" clientele, DeSouza said. It has one designated travel agent, Carmella Sears, who underwent Virgin Galactic training to be able to explain the experience to customers and who visited the company's Spaceport America site in New Mexico.


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I hope you all don't mind me pulling up this old thread, But I was doing a search for Kentucky and this showed up.
Kentucky is full of haunted places, I could tell you several stories about the many many ghosts on the campus of Morehead State University in Rowan co.
In Johnson Co. there is the old Mayo church, and the old town cemetery overlooking the city.
In Lexington there is the Hunt-Morgan House, Ashland, and this cemetery off Russel Cave Road I dont' remember the name of the cemetery but I have visited it many times when I use to spend my weekends in Lexington.
The Church at the Shaker Villiage of Pleasent Hill is haunted.
The Middle Creek battlefield in Floyd co is haunted
The Perryville battle field is haunted.
Rt. 172 between West Liberty and Paintsville is haunted by a phantom car.
Hmm there are lots of good hauntings in Kentucky I am missing most of them.
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Posted 17 September 2007 - 10:13 PM
Never to suffer would never to have been blessed. -Edgar Allan Poe
Posted 03 October 2007 - 01:54 PM
If anyone needs info on haunted Kentucky locations just let me know.
Posted 09 August 2008 - 09:13 PM
central state hospital is haunted..... eastern cemetery is haunted theres catacombs underneath my hubby is from KY so holler at me I'll ask him and get ya more Beth
If anyone needs info on haunted Kentucky locations just let me know.
Don't Judge what you don't understand.....Beth
Posted 26 October 2008 - 04:43 PM
The Coal Mine Museam in Van Lear is very haunted. They give tours of the building because it is also a big tourist attraction. The Middle Creek Battlefield and the Mill Springs Battlefield. Morehead State University (nearly every building on campus) The old town cemetery in Paintsville, The Samuel May house in Prestonsburg, The Pines building at Jenny Wiley State Park,
Never to suffer would never to have been blessed. -Edgar Allan Poe
Posted 17 November 2008 - 02:48 AM
The Jailers INN in Bardstown is haunted. the graveyard behind the jail is supposedly haunted. Talbot tavern is supposed to be haunted by Jessie James ghost. But a good link to find places http://theshadowland...es/kentucky.htm
Posted 10 December 2008 - 10:47 PM
Anyone ever been in the cave outside of Richmond? We(my EX husband and I) went years ago, about 1986. We went pretty far back into it one night and the Ex and his friend went up into a place inside the wall, left me and this other friend waiting in pitch black. He came down screaming and we never even stopped running to ask WTF?? LOL. After we got back into the main large room he looked back and said some bad things had happened in there before. We left and he never would speak of it. I don't know what he saw, but I know a lot of college students used to go there and there were walls of candles all over the main room of the cave, it was huge.
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BEACH CHALET BREWERY & RESTAURANT San Francisco. "This arty, elegant place on Golden Gate Park's western edge not only has romantic views, but the food is good and the beer is excellent," says Dana Hill of Oakland. "I love the Ocean Beach Oktoberfest and California Kind Ale." (415) 386-8439, www.beachchalet.com.
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FIREHOUSE GRILL & BREWERY Sunnyvale, Calif. "Workers from Silicon Valley crowd this brewpub on weekdays during happy hour," writes Sandra Huang of Sunnyvale. "They come for the pale ale, red ale, porter, hefeweizen, and special seasonal beers." (408) 773-9500, www.firehousegrill.com.
FORT GEORGE BREWERY & PUBLIC HOUSE Astoria, Ore. "It's hard to miss this looming historic building," says Elizabeth Phillips of Astoria. "You feel at home with the brews on tap, served in mason jars. Give me lightly breaded local albacore and chips, a Nut Red Ale, and college basketball on the corner TV, and I'm a happy camper." (503) 325-7468, www.fortgeorgebrewery.com.
GREAT BASIN BREWING CO. Sparks, Nev. "This popular brewery on Victorian Square is renowned for its Ichthyosaur ('Icky') India Pale Ale," says Mark May of Reno. "There's also Nevada Gold, Truckee River Red, and Wild Horse Ale—with lunch and dinner and live music, too." (775) 355-7711, www.greatbasinbrewingco.com.
HOPWORKS URBAN BREWERY Portland. "The ultimate in brewpubs, Hopworks is earth and family friendly," says Daphne Rice of Portland. "The beers are organic and made with local ingredients. There's a kids' area, a bicycle bar, a garden, and a banquet room—and the New York–style pizza is delish." (503) 232-4677, www.hopworksbeer.com.
IRON SPRINGS PUB & BREWERY Fairfax, Calif. "I've been to brewpubs from San Diego to Boston to Key West," writes Paul Zabierek of Fairfax. "Sless' Stimulating Stout is the finest I've ever quaffed, and the food and service here are superlative, too." (415) 485-1005, www.ironspringspub.com.
MOAB BREWERY Moab, Utah. "Enjoy a cold one and a meal here after hiking in nearby Arches or Canyonlands National Park," writes Joy Driveness of Oregon City, Ore. "Try the brews named after local landmarks: Elephant Hill and Dead Horse Point." (435) 259-6333, www.themoabbrewery.com.
NORTH COAST BREWING COMPANY Fort Bragg, Calif. "A lively place to get some fresh fish-and-chips after gallery-hopping in Mendocino or hiking on the coast," says Maria Trombetta of San Francisco. "Can't decide between the Old Rasputin Stout and the Scrimshaw Pilsner? Ask for a sampler of up to 12 brews." (707) 964-2739, www.northcoastbrewing.com.
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SEABRIGHT BREWERY Santa Cruz, Calif. "Blocks from the beach, this is the place to go for great beer and colorful people," says Mark Stover of Santa Cruz. "The beers on tap include Sacrilicious Ale, a reddish hybrid with tons of hops. The garlic fries can't be beat." (831) 426-2739, www.seabrightbrewery.com.
SIERRA NEVADA TAPROOM & RESTAURANT Chico, Calif. "Order a sampler of the many draft beers here," suggests Sherry Bechard of Reno. "We like dining on the patio and especially enjoy the beef raised at the local university farm, where the cattle are fed spent grains from the brewing." (530) 345-2739, www.sierranevada.com/brewery/california/taproom.
STANDING STONE BREWING CO. Ashland, Ore. "Just a block from Shakespeare Festival theaters, this is locals' and visitors' brewpub of choice," says Julia Sommer of Ashland. "The menu is eclectic and affordable. There's live music on weekends, outdoor dining in good weather, and organic ales on tap. Kids are welcome." (541) 482-2448, www.standingstonebrewing.com.
TABLEROCK BREWPUB & GRILL Boise. "The city's first microbrewery is still a favorite," says Rob Lundgren of Meridian, Idaho. "It keeps at least six beers on tap and has a generous wine list. The food is first-rate and there may be specials as well as mulligatawny, an East Indian curry soup." (208) 342-0944, www.tablerockbrewpub.com.
TERMINAL GRAVITY BREWERY AND PUBLIC HOUSE Enterprise, Ore. "This small pub in northeastern Oregon attracts visitors from all over," says Ruth Wineteer of Enterprise. "Exceptional food and five or six beers are served in a charming older structure. Tacos, burgers, and pastas feature locally raised buffalo." (541) 426-0158, www.terminalgravitybrewing.com.
WILD RIVER BREWING & PIZZA COMPANY Grants Pass, Ore. "This is my 96-year-old mother's favorite restaurant," writes Steve Ware of Merlin, Ore. "Standard offerings, seasonal specialties, and thincrust pizzas from wood-fired ovens make this place the choice of locals and travelers alike. Order a half Wild Side, half Deli Delight pizza and you'll be in heaven." (541) 471-7487, www.wildriverbrewing.com.
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Trouble and Toil Has Not Slowed the Boil
The recent American Geophysical Union's annual meeting featured a talk that presented computer simulations of planetary futures if human activity continued on its present course. Such meetings are generally staid affairs. But the findings motivated this scientist to title his presentation "Is Earth F**ked?"
Meanwhile, halfway around the globe in Doha, climate change negotiators continued to fiddle with treaty text as the planet gradually burns. While the negotiators may save the Kyoto Protocol to combat climate change as a stopgap until a new international treaty is negotiated in 2015, none of it is likely to be anywhere near enough.
Emissions continue to rise ever faster, making it unlikely that average temperature increases will fall below 2 degrees Celsius, the avowed target. Instead, the world is on course for at least 4 degrees C of warming [pdf]. Already, with slightly less than 1 degree C of warming, places like the Arctic have become unrecognizable.
In other words, the predictions that scientists made way back in 1990 have been spot on as far as temperature changes go. [David J. Frame and Dáithí A. Stone, Assessment of the first consensus prediction on climate change] Let's hope the present failure to take action against climate change doesn't make today's dire predictions hopelessly optimistic.
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Defendant in Chew murder accepts plea deal
Nineteen-year-old Matias Perry, who threw the first punch in the attack that led to the death of Matthew Chew on a New London street two years ago, pleaded no contest to manslaughter Thursday and will be sentenced in February to 15 years in prison.
Perry is one of six New London teens charged in the Oct. 29, 2010, stabbing death of Chew, a 25-year-old artist and restaurant worker who was walking home from his job at a Huntington Street restaurant. He is the second person to accept a plea offer in the case, and more pleas are anticipated in the upcoming weeks.
The person considered the lead aggressor, Idris Elahi, 19, pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced in May to 35 years in prison. The state then began making plea offers to the other five defendants, all of whom remain incarcerated, based on whether they cooperated with the investigation.
Perry, one of two teens who did not cooperate, received an offer to plead guilty in exchange for a sentence of 20 years, suspended after 15 years served and five years probation. According to statements made in court, he initially appeared reluctant to accept the offer but changed his mind after talking with his mother and his attorney, Peter E. Scillieri. Had he taken his case to trial, the state would have prosecuted him on the original charge of accessory to murder, which carries a maximum sentence of 60 years in prison.
Standing before Judge Susan B. Handy Thursday, Perry had to be reminded to speak up as he answered a series of questions the judge posed to ensure he understands the deal.
Chew's parents, Marilyn and Rick Chew, were aware of the plea offer and are expected to attend the Feb. 7 sentencing. Perry's mother, who lives in Florida, also is expected to attend.
According to the prosecutor Stephen M. Carney, the six teens met at Elahi's house and devised a plan to go downtown and jump somebody. Chew, who had just finished his shift as a cook at 2Wives Brick Oven Pizza on Huntington Street, was walking toward his home on nearby Washington Street when one of the teens asked him for a lighter.
"He reached into his pocket and this defendant (Perry) did assault the victim," Carney said.
According to co-defendant Brian Rabell, who described the attack during a probable cause hearing in the case last year, Perry and then Marquis Singleton punched Chew in the head, and the other teens joined in on the attack.
Nineteen-year-old Rahshad Perry, who is not related to Matias Perry, received the same plea offer as Matias Perry because he, too, declined to provide a statement to police and testify at the probable cause hearing. Rahshad Perry initially rejected the offer and said he wanted to take his case to trial. He may reconsider the offer when he appears in court next week, according to his attorney, William Grace.
The other defendants who cooperated with the investigation — Rabell, 20, Tyree Bundy, 19, and Marquis Singleton, 19 — have received plea offers that involve a shorter prison sentence than the 15-year offer extended to Matias and Rahshad Perry.
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Transformation - Santa Sabina Sesshin 2010 - Fifth TalkBy Zoketsu Norman Fischer | Sep 25, 2010
Location: Santa Sabina
In topic: General Topics in Buddhism
Norman gives his fifth and final talk to the Santa Sabina Sesshin 2010 on Transformation referencing Case 1 "Shakyamuni Buddha" from The Transmission of Light (or Lamp) by Zen Master Keizan as found in Thomas Cleary's edition of the same name. This work is also known as the Denkoroku.
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