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"The men American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who tell them the truth." H.L. Mencken
"The men American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who tell them the truth." H.L. Mencken
On December 16, 2011 The Sun Times published my letter to the editor which posed the following question to those who had voted for Bush: "How many of the 5,730 Cleburne County Bush voters are willing to study what happened to the U.S. economy AFTER the Bush tax cut and provide readers factual answers, giving their source, for the following: Jobs-provide the name of one individual/corporation/business that took their savings from the Bush tax cut in 2001 and created one job in Heber Springs giving the business name, address, number of jobs created, and date opened…Same question for Cleburne County State of Arkansas, and U.S."
Over a year has gone by and The Sun Times has gone to press more than 100 times since my letter; however, not one response has been published showing one job created in Heber Springs, Cleburne County, Arkansas or the U.S. with savings from the Bush tax
In the 1920's Republican presidents Harding, Coolidge and Hoover led Americans down the road of "lower taxes" on the promise of economic good times with a chicken in every pot and an automobile in every garage. That road ended on a day historians call "Black Monday" October 28, 1929 when the stock market crashed and the U.S suffered its greatest economic disaster in history.
In the 1980's Republican President Reagan led Americans down the road of "lower taxes" promising to curb big government spending and balance the budget. That road led to a plunge of 508 points in the stock market on Black Monday, October 18, 1981; to the greatest increase of the national debt in history (300%); and to the raising of the national debt limit 18 times: the greatest number of increases in history.
In 2001 Republican President George W. Bush led Americans down the road of the largest tax cut in history on the promise it would create jobs, stimulate the economy and create a budget surplus. Bush ignored the warning of the Bush Economic Advisement Council, consisting of 450 economist, including 10 Nobel prize laureates, who warned: "these cuts will worsen the long term budget outlook….will reduce the capacity of the government to finance Social Security and Medicare benefits as well as investments in schools, health, infrastructure, and basic research….and generate further inequalities in after tax income." That road ended on September 16, 2008 when the stock market plunged 504 points and Americans suffered what historians describe as America's second worst economic disaster.
Were Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Reagan and Bush and the Republicans who followed them down the lower tax roads "daring liars" or telling the truth about what lowering taxes would do to the American economy?
On September 10, 1993 President Clinton signed a law raising the tax rate on the top 1% of wealthiest Americans to 39.6%. Clinton's tax increase was followed by the longest economic expansion in America's history, which created 23.1 million jobs and produced 3 balanced budgets. Republican in Congress in September 1993, including McConnell and Boehner voted, 100% against the Clinton tax increase saying it would increase the deficit and "kill jobs." Who were the "daring liars" and who were "telling the truth" about the 1993 tax increase—Clinton and the Democrats or McConnell, Boehner and the Republicans?
Eric Cantor, Republican leader in the House told you how he and other Republicans govern when he said: "Look we screwed up when we were in the majority. We fell in love with power. We spent way too much money—especially on earmarks. There was too much corruption when we ran the place."
McConnell and Boehner continue to be in "love with power," and are recommending Americans again follow Republicans down the same economic road of "lower taxes," Republicans have traveled over 80 years. History shows the tragic end of that road: economic disaster.
The economic prosperity of Americans depends on "We The People" studying and becoming knowledgeable on all issues—including taxes; becoming involved by supporting issues that benefit "We The People" not a select few; becoming knowledgeable enough to identify and support the candidates who are telling you the truth on all issues—including taxes; or "we The People" can take the easy way of doing nothing and allow the "daring liars" to lead this country down the same old Republican road that will end in another economic disaster. Which do you choose "truth" or "daring liars?
(Paul Rawlings of Heber Springs contributes monthly to the editorial pages of The Sun-Times)

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Offering its strongest lineup in years, with some of the biggest names in rap performing their greatest albums in their entirety, Guerilla Union's annual Rock the Bells festival displayed impeccable booking instincts at the San Manuel on Saturday. Yet it still hasn't necessarily found the best way to showcase the assembled talent. It's almost churlish to nitpick: The annual tour, which hits New York on Sept. 3, provides the most reliable hit of pure pleasure a hip-hop-head could ever expect -- but with a little tweaking, it could be a truly great platform.
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Hip-hop's biggest tour, Rock the Bells, kicked off its eighth year with more of a festival vibe than ever. The 2011 edition of RTB, which launched yesterday at San Bernardino's San Manuel Ampitheater, featured the addition of the RZA-curated 36 Chambers stage, bringing the total to four stages and meaning, just like at Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, etc., the non-stop music forced some tough decisions for fans. For example when hot up-and-comer Mac Miller, who had kids packed into the Paid Dues stage, singing along with every word, went up against Erykah Badu performing her brilliant Baduizm album in its entirety.
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Chiesa della SS. Annunziata was established in 1250 by the founders of the Servite order and later rebuilt by Michelozzo in the mid-15th century. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and in the ornate tabernacle within is the miraculous painting of the Virgin.
Pontormo, Andrea del Sarto and Rosso Fiorentino frescoed it early the following century. The frescoes are beautiful: immediately to the right there is the Ascension of the virgin, by Rosso Fiorentino, whose use of colour is disturbing but unforgettable. Next are the Visitation by Pontormo, and then The Betrothal of the Virgin, by Franciabigio.
The artist himself hammered upon her face, because the monks peeked at the work before it was finished, and nobody has dared retouch it since. Next is The Nativity of the Virgin, which Andrea del Sarto did a beautiful job of transposing into a wealthy Florentine home; popular tradition holds that the woman in the centre was his wife, Lucrezia del Fede, though he only married her several years later.
The man pointing with the foreshortened arm is his self-portrait. To the left inside church is an astonishingly ornate tabernacle, ordered in the 1450s by Piero De'Medici to house a 13th century Annunciation painted, according to legend, by a monk, Fra Bartolomeo, who just couldn't get The Virgin's head right. He fell asleep trying and an angel took the brush did it for him.
Word of the miracle spread rapidly, and there are several copies of the fresco, both in Florence (in Ognissanti, for example), and as far away as Milan. People make pilgrimages to it and devout Florentine brides leave their bouquets of flowers on the altar.
Most of the side chapels of the church contain nice, though not major works. The first and second chapels on the left side, however, have frescoes by Andrea del Castagno: The Savior with Saint Julian, which emerged when a painting that is now in the sacristy was taken down, and The Trinity, shown from what in 1454 was a truly revolutionary perspective.
Before leaving the church look at the presbytery behind the altar, a grandiose structure that was begun by Michelozzo, who was inspired by Brunelleschi's Rotonda di Santa Maria Degli Angeli, and finished by Manetti, with the advice of Leon Battista Alberti.
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ADRIAN — Digging up old stakes, bricks or broken plow points that mark survey points is a skill Kevin Pickford began developing as a college student. On Jan. 1, he becomes responsible for maintaining records of survey points established in Lenawee County in the 1820s.
Pickford is taking over as Lenawee County surveyor, a post held by Glenn Richard the past 40 years.
His training for the elected position started under Richard in 1994. Pickford said he was hired by Richard for summer work while he was a college student. He spent the summer digging for section corners, most often located at road intersections.
One-mile squares were measured out by government surveyors in the early 19th century before land was sold to settlers. The wooden stakes they drove to mark their corners have been replaced over the years by other surveyors.
The survey points are the basis for measurements of all property in the county. And the county surveyor's main job is to preserve those points with records and modern steel monuments.
There is no salary for the county surveyor. Work performed is compensated through a state-funded program for maintaining and updating survey monuments.
County surveyor work is a part-time service for Pickford, who is a partner in Associated Engineers & Surveyors in Adrian.
Pickford, a Sand Creek native, has spent most of his career with the company. After attending Adrian College and graduating from Ferris State College, he said, he worked six months in Ann Arbor before coming back to work with Richard as a surveyor.
More than six years ago he was appointed deputy county surveyor and took on more survey monument work.
Uncovering old survey points that have been preserved over the years with bricks, clay tile, broken iron tools and whatever else was available is a passion Pickford said he learned from Richard.
"It's the history of it, and actually going out and finding those points," he said. "It's something that needs to be done."
The points are usually found during road construction projects, and sometimes during drain commission excavations, he said. When equipment gets close to the buried markers, he said, he goes to work.
"That's one thing I learned very quickly from Glenn. Your most important tool is your shovel," Pickford said. The goal is to uncover the markers that surveyors wrote about finding or leaving behind without destroying them and losing the exact position, he said.
Some of the past surveyors who worked in the county left detailed notes while others wrote little, he said.
The county surveyor is responsible for gathering all survey notes and records for each point in chronological order and storing it in the county courthouse.
In the field, the old markers that are dug up are replaced with steel rods that can be easily found with metal detectors.
Old markers that are dug up are sometimes left in place, along with the new steel monuments, he said.
He recalled searching at one corner for a marker a surveyor had described as a wagon skein. The hub of a wooden wagon wheel was the definition he found in a Google search.
"We dug down and sure enough it was there," Pickford said. The skein was left in place after an iron monument was driven through the center, he said.
Pickford takes on survey preservation in county
ADRIAN — Digging up old stakes, bricks or broken plow points that mark survey points is a skill Kevin Pickford began developing as a college student. On Jan. 1, he becomes responsible for maintaining records of survey points established in Lenawee County in the 1820s.


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As a busy mom, I have always enjoyed coming home to a hot meal waiting for me. The Crock Pot is the greatest invention ever! There is nothing better than throwing all the ingredients in the pot in the morning and coming home to an awesome meal.
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The sweet aroma of bell peppers simmering slowly all day long with onions and chicken in crushed tomatoes will make you a very happy person when you get home from work. Serve this over your favorite pasta, rice or polenta and enjoy!
Cacciatore means "hunter" in Italian, often the chicken is dusted with flour and fried in oil before simmering in tomatoes with onions and peppers. This skinny version removes the skin and skips the deep frying, but you won't miss it.
When using your crock pot, I always recommend browning the meat and vegetables first for deeper flavors and a thicker sauce because liquids don't evaporate in the slow cooker.
But for those of you who don't want to dirty a pan, or don't have that extra time to brown first I tested this out using the quick method of dumping it all in the slow cookers.
Verdict: The sauce wasn't as thick as I would have liked, so my easy fix: I set the crock pot to high with the cover off for one additional hour to let it simmer and thicken and that worked fine. Perhaps adding a little flour would also help i thicken. If you want to add mushrooms to the sauce, this would also be a great time to do so.
If you are a white meat girl, you can certainly use chicken breast but I highly recommend keeping the chicken on the bone. The bone is what gives you such great flavor, you can always remove it after.
For the stove top version, see Chicken Cacciatore. Cooking on the stove differs from the crock pot, liquids evaporate quickly on the stove where as in the slow cooker nothing evaporates. When you add all the elements to your crock, you may be tempted to add broth but don't. There will be plenty of liquid once it starts cooking. Also, flavors tend to get muted in the slow cooker, so I always adjust my herbs and seasoning in the end to get it where I want it.
Crock Pot Chicken Cacciatore
Servings: 8 • Size: 1 thigh, 1/2 cup sauce, veggies • Old Points: 3 pts • Points+: 4 pts*
Calories: 126.2 • Fat: 2.8 g • Protein: 13.9 g • Carb: 9.2 g • Fiber: 0.6 g • Sugar: 4.1 g
Sodium: 271.6 mg (without salt)
- 8 chicken thighs, with the bone, skin removed
- 28 oz can crushed tomatoes (Tuttorosso my favorite!)
- 1/2 red bell pepper, sliced into strips
- 1/2 green bell pepper, sliced into strips
- 1/2 large onion, sliced
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 bay leaf
- salt and fresh pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup fresh herbs such as basil or parsley for topping
Quick method: Season chicken with salt and black pepper and place in the slow cooker. Pour tomatoes over the chicken, top with onions and peppers, add oregano, bay leaf, salt and pepper, give it a quick stir and cover. Set crock pot to LOW 8 hours or HIGH 4 hours. When the timer beeps, remove lid and keep the crock pot on HIGH one hour to help it thicken.
Better method but requires more prep: Heat a large skillet over medium-high, lightly spray with oil (I use my Misto) and brown chicken on both sides a few minutes, season with salt and pepper. Add to the slow cooker. To the skillet, spray with a little more oil and add onions and peppers. Sauté until juices release and the vegetables become golden, a few minutes.
Add to the slow cooker. Pour tomatoes over the chicken and vegetables, add oregano, bay leaf, salt and pepper, give it a quick stir and cover. Set crock pot to LOW 8 hours or HIGH 4 hours.
Remove bay leaf, adjust salt and pepper and enjoy!
* Pasta not included in nutritional info.


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If you are anything like me you have a huge pile of papers, photographs, documents and just plain "things" sitting around, all of them connected in some way to your genealogy.
If you are anything like me you have a huge pile of papers, photographs, documents and just plain "things" sitting around, all of them connected in some way to your genealogy. I've been writing about organizing, and I am well on my way to having everything in my collection set up so I can find it without too much effort. My filing cabinets are getting full and the piles of paper are getting smaller. On top of that, the names, dates, places and other facts about my family are mostly keyed into my family history program. I feel a lot better now about my genealogy than I did even a few months ago.
There is still a lot of work to do, though. For example, even though I have started, I still have thousands of photographs to go through. I need to label those that I can, and at least make a note of what part of the family the photo belongs to for those I can't identify. Along with more than 10,000 slides I took when I lived overseas there are maybe 5,000 more I took here, and then there are thousands of photographs, too. Those are just the ones that I personally have taken.
Many of the slides are identified and labeled, but the photos are far from done. Then there are the boxes and boxes of photos of my family from the past. So far I have been able to keep them separated into my mom's side and my dad's side, and I have labeled some. Fortunately, some were labeled by my mom before Alzheimer's took her memories.
Not only do I have our photos, but I've inherited those taken by my father and my grandparents, a few aunts and uncles, and ... you get the picture. It is an almost impossible task, but it needs to be done.
Among the piles of paper I have also a collection of interview sheets from family members. I have two forms I use when interviewing (I'll explain them in detail in another article). One is used when I am working with an individual, and it is very basic. It records names, dates and places, with a number for each person mentioned in the interview (that way I can keep track of relationships by using the numbers). For instance, I put the person I am interviewing as number one on the chart. If that person was married at some point I put the spouse as number two. If there were children I list them, and use the parents' numbers as reference to show that they were the parents. And so it goes. If there is more information about someone that I want to record I can use the same number on the back of the sheet for that added information, or use a page in my notebook to write it all down.
A while back, though, I noticed something was missing in all of this. I had to look into various folders to get the contact information for my informants if I needed to ask more questions, or wanted to schedule a follow-up interview. Now I have a notebook that I keep in a specific spot on one of my book shelves.
This notebook isn't complete because I didn't start it years ago, but I hope to have it complete from now on. It has a sheet for each contact person and that page has his or her name, address, phone, and email address. It also has the date of any interview, letter or email where family information was exchanged, along with a very brief note of what we discussed. The note doesn't have to say much–it could be "initial interview - Moses side" or "Charles Kelley family information." It just has to be enough so I can remember a little of what was said. I do it in pencil so if an address changes I can easily erase and write the new one.
I believe that a contact book is valuable because with it I have almost instant access to all of the people with whom I have shared our history. It helps me get and stay organized.
Jim Moses is a genealogy buff living in Lansing. Write to him at the Sentinel-Standard, 114 N. Depot St., Ionia, MI 48846 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Thursday, May 9, 2013
Sku's Guide to Wine
As my readers know, I'm a whiskey guy. I'm not really into wine. In fact, I'd never had a glass before last Thursday, but after I saw Sideways at a friend's house, I thought I would become a wine advocate, throttle a few wines and give you the definitive scores on the best ever wines.
Screaming Eagle Cabernet. Someone told me this was the very best wine in the world, and since I did not do any research for this piece, I am going to parrot that information here: This is the very best wine in the world. It is red and smells strangely grapey. Yes, I would say there are definitely grapes in the mashbill. On the palate, it tastes like a great bourbon but wineyer. Don't bother with the ice or Coke with this one...sip it neat! Oh, and this is a really rare wine that you will never get which enhances its quality by a huge amount. 100 million points!
Charles Shaw Merlot. Charles Shaw is a guy who I assume grows and then stomps on grapes for this wine. I think it's from France and imported by a guy named Trader Joe. The only downside is that it's a Merlot, and the guy on Sideways didn't like Merlot so I can't recommend it. Terrible stuff that tastes like sewage. 90 points.
Onus One. This slope shouldered bottle has a white label with some blue smudges on it and a signature. It's fine, but I've seen better labels, especially for the price. I didn't get around to tasting it. 99 points.
Manischewitz. My Rabbi told me to drink this. It's definitely the best white wine I've had, and I think it's cask strength! 94 points.
Now that I have made the definitive statement on wine, you, my devoted readers, are ordered to slavishly hunt these down until you have driven your local retailer to the point where they will consider suicide as possibly the only relief from your incessant harassment.
I hope you enjoyed my conquest of wine and wine's unconditional surrender. Next week there's a James Bond marathon on...get ready for my definitive statement on Vodka.
30 comments:
- May 9, 2013 at 8:48 AM
- Patrick Garrett said...
Can't wait to hear your tasting notes on vodka. With so many different flavors to decipher it's going to be hard work. So glad you're ready & willing to put in the effort and not rely on interns.
I'm gonna stock up on Popov right now just in case!
- May 9, 2013 at 9:02 AM
- Archaeology Carl said...
Thank you! Been holding my breath for the last 24 hours waiting for this.
- May 9, 2013 at 9:57 AM
You beat me to this one. I had one about surgical tools and instruments planned.
- May 9, 2013 at 10:00 AM
I knew you would come up with something good!
- May 9, 2013 at 10:44 AM
Great article, Sku. It sums up all the commentary being posted on the subject, not only here, but on other blogs and also the subject of two feature stories in the current Whisky Advocate. You said it very well, and I promise not to push THAT line of thought any further -- well, at least not here :=))
You should know, however, that Screaming Eagle Cabernet isn't their most prestigeous expression. In fact, it's pretty much made for the masses (were they ever to find any of it). All of us illuminati know that Ultra-Sauvignon (know to us insiders as "SEUS" is the epitomy of what fine, rare, wine should taste like. Only one barrel is produced per decade, and the bottles are gifted only to world leaders and pop music stars, so if you meet someone who claims to have tasted any of this, you know they must be on the good side of someone very important and you'd better do whatever they say.
- May 9, 2013 at 10:50 AM
- Michael said...
In my experience Manischewitz really needs some water, and a prayer, before drinking.
- May 9, 2013 at 11:14 AM
- BMc said...
"I didn't look at the label, but some of these must be pushing 10%!"
- May 9, 2013 at 11:39 AM
I'm soo ready for your definitive statement on vodka. Just posted this on Jason Pyle's blog: "It's time to stop living a lie and confess our hysteria for the golden age of super premium Vodka. We're all bunkering the stuff. I know that Sku and Tim Read will clean the shelves of any store that carries vodkas adorned with Swarovski crystals."
- May 9, 2013 at 11:44 AM
Beautiful: "In fact, I'd never had a glass before last Thursday, but after I saw Sideways at a friend's house, I thought I would become a wine advocate, throttle a few wines and give you the definitive scores on the best ever wines."
- May 9, 2013 at 11:46 AM
When I first read the post on K&L I though that you had written it and was quite amused.
- May 9, 2013 at 1:23 PM
- Peter said...
That was awesome. I just wrote 800+ words on the same subject...you did it three times as well in one third the space.
- May 9, 2013 at 2:26 PM
Unlike that impostor RP writing about bourbon, you've shown yourself to be a quick study on fine wines, and possessor of a refined, discriminating palate. Henceforth I shall address you as Master of Wine Sku. I eagerly await Sku's Wine Buyer's Guide, Edition No. 1.
- May 9, 2013 at 3:21 PM
Thank you so much for your reviews, Sku. My collection of boxed wines is sure to appreciate greatly in value now and will look to see about selling them at Bonham's for a nifty profit.
- May 9, 2013 at 3:47 PM
Please Dear Lord, don't let Robert Parker find out about Scotch.
- May 9, 2013 at 6:42 PM
- Jason Pyle said...
If Tim's was a punishing right cross, this is a taunting jab. Well done Steve. I was waiting for your laying down the gauntlet, but this exceeded expectations.
- May 9, 2013 at 7:22 PM
- sku said...
Thanks for all the kind words folks. Glad you enjoyed it. Oh, and Jason, I think this is officially the first time my blog has been used in a boxing analogy. Good stuff.
- May 9, 2013 at 8:09 PM
Sku, Tim, Jason, Davin, David D., Clay, and Chuck: don't be so jealous. You are grown men. Just because you wish you all had Robert Parker's writing talent, his exceptionally refined palette, and his enormous influence on consumer behavior, its no reason to behave this way. This is childish behavior and I expect better from all of you. Lets face it, you gentlemen aren't even half of what Robert Parker is, combined. I expect apologies and retractions of your comments on each of your blogs.
- May 9, 2013 at 8:34 PM
- SinoSoul said...
Lazer, "palate", not "palette". -signed, foodie police.
- May 9, 2013 at 8:57 PM
SinoSoul, Sorry, the spell checker said palette.
- May 10, 2013 at 6:28 AM
Hey, I didn't say one bad word about it!
- May 10, 2013 at 7:43 AM
- Florin said...
Sku didn't say a bad word either. The man is just branching out: Cognac, Armagnac, and now wine.
I for one try to drink everything he recommends (if it's 90+ points). But damn, these are hard to find! BevMo, K&L, HiTime - nobody has Charles Shaw or Onus One. I'll keep looking online...
- May 10, 2013 at 9:27 AM
- sku said...
I heard K&L was only allocated two bottles of the Charles Shaw this year. They held a lottery for one and auctioned the other for $1,000.
- May 10, 2013 at 9:59 AM
- Josh Feldman said...
I seldom actually laugh out loud when reading whisky blog posts - but I did today. Inspired. Borderline genius. "Terrible stuff that tastes like sewage. 90 points."
Ouch. So dead on.
- May 10, 2013 at 10:40 AM
- Peter said...
I said a bad word about it, and "Lazer" didn't even mention me, which is probably for the best. I'm far less than half of whatever Robert Parker is but I'm definitely not jealous. If calling out someone of huge influence on random, off-the-cuff, poorly researched reviews is childish, then...well...it's not childish. Seriously how the hell is that childish? You're childish. You and your childish children are childish. And you smell like a monkey.
- May 10, 2013 at 4:49 PM
Nice one, Peter! This is why I drink bourbon.
- May 10, 2013 at 8:05 PM
- Florin said...
Peter, I think Lazer's comment was tongue-in-cheek.
See what we're doing to each other? Robert Parker already won! :)
- May 10, 2013 at 8:48 PM
Ya mudda smells like a monkey!
And MY whiskey guru can eat YOUR whiskey guru for breakfast, see?
Hey, I'm not very experienced with this internet flaming thing; y'spose Mr. Parker might consider writing an article on the world's top-rated flames and their scores? I'm pretty sure he's gonna have a lot of research material to work with. Probably more than he did for the whiskey bit :=))
- May 11, 2013 at 10:08 AM
Let's go out and grab lots of Old Grand Dad before Parker gives it an 88 and it's all gone!!
- May 11, 2013 at 9:49 PM
Let's not.
- May 16, 2013 at 7:40 AM


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This Post invites us to consider what "entertains" us, and what should outrage us.
My husband calls this 21at century "The Age of Outrage." It seems everyone is insulted, offended, or outraged. So many people seem to feel justified while calling others hateful names. A few are paid huge sums to spew venom into the air waves, berate elected officials, civil servants, women, "fat people," people with mental problems. Popular TV shows promote humiliating others. Modern life seems to promote and enjoy anger directed at the "other."
Even though Screwtape Letters was written 71 years ago, at the start of WWII, the ideas are entirely contemporary. Lewis says, "I live in the Managerial Age, in a world of 'Admin.' The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid 'dens of crime' that Dickens loved to paint. It is not done even in concentration camps and labor camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice." I can't help but wonder about candidate Romney who said, "I enjoy firing people…." Who enjoys causing suffering to others?
Well dressed, manicured, massaged corporate Big Wigs are paid multi-millions to increase profits. They cut expenses by firing people and by broadcasting TV shows that do not require writers, sets, musicians, or actors. Shows that put no talent on stage. Shows that demonstrate the lowest of human behavior. Shows that appeal to mindlessness, even cruelty. What is so entertaining about watching oveweight people be berated and shamed? What pleasure is there in viewing shows in which people are drowning in their own possessions, filth, and garbage? Is is amusing to watch a "Bridesilla?" I ask, as I do not watch them; I see only enough as I change chanels to know viewing these shows would have a negative effect on my mind and my soul.
Screwtape understands human nature and human weakness. He offers advice to his inexperienced nephew, Wormwood, on how to bring young Christians to "our Father Below." But, the reader must remember that "Satan is a Liar…" The reader must be prepared to question and to think, and to face himself, honestly. This book requires thought and quesioning one's self. This is a book to be enjoyed, over and over. It will make the reader both laugh and cringe, as we recognize ourselves and people we know. It is witty, wry, and wise---thought provoking. It may awaken us to be outraged at ourselves and to reconsider what we "enjoy."


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Ionia's season ends with loss to DeWitt
The Ionia wrestling team finished its season Thursday night at home in the District 148-2 semifinals by a score of 59-18.
The Bulldogs fell behind 15-6, but were able to take an 18-15 lead as Jose Esquival was awarded a win by void at 285 pounds and Jordan Richardson picked up a pinfall win at 103 pounds in 1:09.
From there, the Panthers picked up four pinfall, two void and two major decision victories.
"I thought we toughened up a lot since the last time we wrestled them," Ionia coach Bill Rogers said. "We competed better tonight, so I am pleased with the effort.
"The kids have worked their tails off this season."Along with Esquival and Richardson, senior Austin Winter picked win at 171 pounds, earning a pinfall victory in 2:26.
With their win over Ionia, the Panthers moved on to take on Lowell in the district final. The Red Arrows got off to a quick start and were able to cruise to a 51-18 win to capture the district title.
The Bulldogs (10-17) will send a group of wrestlers to Hastings on Saturday to compete in the District 12-2 individual tournament.
Rogers said with a majority of his athletes being underclassmen, he is optimistic about the future of the Ionia wrestling program.
"This season was a rebuilding year. We have 16 kids that are either freshmen or sophomores I am really hoping that all the kids come back.
If they stick together," he said. "A lot of the guys they wrestled against this year were juniors and seniors, so if they stick together, in two years we could be in the drivers seat."


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Posted on June 15, 2012
Pete, we've got that book you sent Nickie. Did she meet you in Perth? Mary, that bag of books on Edith Wharton you gave someone as a gift—and wrote the fact in big letters all over the outside of the bag—came in. The recipient didn't send us any books on Edith Wharton in it, but did apparently, from the looks of the bag, used it as a little portable bookcase for books about 20th century American authors.
I've, er, kind of mentioned, stringbean cheesecake, that you want to be careful with what you send to the Book Fair. There are certain nosy passersby—Uncle Blogsy, for example—who will actually read what you've written in the front of the book. Or even on the outside of the bag. (I admit the full-bag inscription from Mary is singular: still, it was a smallish bag and completely white, with no logo on it, just begging for inscription.)
Two of the donors this year gave us over a thousand books each, each with their name, and the place and date they read the books. If I wanted to put the books in chronological order, I could map out their travels, both physically and intellectually. One of the two went further, also noting when she re-read the books and, in at least one case, when she read the book to her children.
One never knows, of course, what books the donors KEPT, so I may not be getting the whole story. Doog, if you sent Pipsy more than one book, she only sent the one to me. It's the one where you spoke about how much the two of you resembled each other in your intellectual pursuits. I'm assuming that you were well-matched enough that you sent Pipsy other books that I haven't seen. That one books of poems might, of course, have been the one that proved you were NOT suited, and thus was the only one you inscribed to Pipsy, but I hope you won't let me know that. Allow me to keep my illusions, Doog.
Also of course, there are times when you can't prevent a book you inscribed from falling into my hands. I have two gift books of poetry published by Thomas Mosher in 1904. Mosher published nice little books in Portland, Maine: some people collect them and some people deride them as "nice little books". These two are William Blake's Songs of Innocence, and George Meredith's Modern Love.
In Modern Love, someone has made a few random notes, two which look like messages to a recipient: "Passion–a noble truth on fire", and "The Desire of God—a flame-white secret forever." A third seems to be five lines of poetry, either a quotation or the beginning of a verse of one's own. These are not unusual things to find in a book of poetry.
Blake, however, inspired a note headed "John from Lucy, Christmas, 1907." The handwriting is similar to the handwriting of that line about the Desire of God. Blake meant something at least to Lucy, and, I hope, to John as well. She has filled the page.
"In memory of a certain late afternoon in a Paris Café where we found together for the first time 'The Little Black Boy", "Tiger, tiger burning bright" and "Spring". Surely all of us may say with Blake, 'The Angel that presided at my birth said 'Little Creature, formed of joy and mirth, Go, love without the help of anything on earth.', although many of us take the whole journey and are unaware of the 'little creature' as our companion. If you ask the Water Baby and Rehtom and Rehtaf, they will tell you that they were not born, the one in June 1906, and the other two in June 1907, but on September 24, 1884 and May 4, 1884. Yes! The 'Little Creature' in each of us turns to Blake, but before the page is turned, this child of joy has slipt his hand into that of the silent, questioning, dream child, whom we have hailed as companion from the first days of our journey."
Doog, how come you never write stuff like that?


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Dallas Anderson, 31, 151 Johnson Ridge, Thibodaux, 2nd possession of mairjuana, two counts criminal trespassing.
Cartez Watkins, 26, 1100 St. Patrick Hwy. Apt C, Thibodaux, possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicle, domestic abuse battery.
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John Calhoun, 56, 115 Tait Ave., Los Gatos, Calif., enter/remaining after being forbidden, simple assault, disturbing the peace.
Chase Pitre, 28, 162 W. 167th, Galliano, domestic abuse battery involving strangulation.
John Tillman, 35, 409 Karla Drive, Thibodaux, fugitive warrant.
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Convert your PPC LinkStation into a full-blown Debian system
This article Based on work by andre, Thorongil and frontalot. Originally by frontalot. at Linkstationwiki.org
1. Backup all your important data (see GeneralBackup).
2. If you don't have a Linux workstation you may use the Knoppix bootable Linux CD from http://www.knoppix.org.
3. Download fix_ext2_magic from the downloads area, and download the latest PPC Debian LinkStation package from the downloads area.
4. Disassemble the LinkStation and connect it to a workstation (see Articles/GeneralDisassemble).
5. Run fix_ext2_magic to repair the partition information and make the hard drive mountable. Use the command, where x is the hard drive name:
./fix_ext2_magic --fix /dev/hdx1
6. Mount the LinkStation hard drive. Use the command:
mount /dev/hdx1 /mnt/hdx1
7. Unmount the LinkStation hard drive. Use the command:
unmount /dev/hdx1
8. Partition the LinkStation hard drive according to your preferences. A good choice is a 2GB partition 1 (main), a 512MB partition 2 (swap), and the remaining hard drive space partition 3. Use:
|What is hdx?
|Replace "x" with whatever letter you have mounted the hard drive as (such as "a" or "b.")
fdisk /dev/hdx
9. Build an ext3 file system on partitions 1 and 3. Use the commands:
mke2fs -j /dev/hdx1; mke2fs -j /dev/hdx3
10. Turn off the file system check timers since partitions 1 and 3 are ext3 with journals. Use the commands:
tune2fs -i0 -c0 /dev/hdx1; tune2fs -i0 -c0 /dev/hdx3
11. Build the swap space. Use the command:
mkswap /dev/hdx2
12. Mount partition 1. Use the command:
mount /dev/hdx1 /mnt/hdx1
13. Extract the LinkStation Debian tar. Use the commands:
cd /mnt/hdx1; tar -zxvf ./debian_package_date_dist.tgz
14. Previous versions of this tutorial directed you to replace the kernel modules folder with the updated version available here. The updated kernel modules now come pre-installed in the latest Debian distribution.
15. Correct the networking files so you can connect to the Linkstation. Edit /etc/network/interfaces, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/hosts, /etc/hosts.allow, and /etc/hosts.deny to your network settings. It is recommended to change /etc/hosts.deny to ALL : PARANOID.
16. Shutdown the computer, remove the LinkStation hard drive, reassemble the LinkStation (make sure to return the hard drive jumper to cable select), and turn it on.
17. Connect to the LinkStation via telnet. The default users are:
tmp-kun:tmp-kun and root:root
18. Log in as tmp-kun and su to root.
19. Now be sure that swap space is activated (your linkstation may fail on you when doing heavy work because of filled up RAM), run "top", it shows you in the upper left corner the available swap space. If it's zero, run:
mkswap /dev/hda2 swapon -a
20. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list so that it contains the following lines:
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
21. Now update the list of packages. Use the command:
apt-get update
22. Then upgrade your system by using the command:
apt-get dist-upgrade
23. Reboot the LinkStation. Use the command:
24. Log in to the LinkStation via telnet and su to root. Make a new user. Use the command:
adduser yournewusername
25. Logout, log back using the new username, and su to root. Then remove the default tmp-kun user. Use the command:
deluser tmp-kun
26. Set a new root password. This is very important. Use the command:
passwd root
27. And enter your new password. Lastly let's change the hostname from the default KURO-BOX to one of your choice. Use the command:
hostname yourhostname
28. However, the changes won't be saved unless we edit 2 more files. First open up /etc/hostname and replace KURO-BOX with the hostname of your choice. Then open up /etc/hosts and again replace KURO-BOX with the hostname of your choice. Reboot your LinkStation and verify the changes by typing the command:
29. That should output the new host name. Congratulations, you have successfully installed Debian on your LinkStation. Now wasn't that easy?


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Candle Magic
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Posted 04 November 2006 - 10:01 PM
Heavenlee, exactly what were the steps you took during this candle spell? I am not sure if I exactly understand what you are asking, Hun. You had two different candles, one for yourself and one for your husband, yes? And you put them together to let them kind of melt together? If you would go through your process step by step, maybe we can come up with an answer.
I dressed the candle and moved them closer every night since the new moon...spell to end on the full moon.(A binding spell) Not to worry we are already in a loving relationship, both sides. I just wanted to bring us closer.Some incanations spoke. Candles went together quick , i must of moved them to close each night. So i just left them together. I didnt want to move them back..disaster! So i let them be. My wax filled his candle. Of course his was blue, mine was pink. So i noticed his candle was filed with the wax from my candle. There was no overflow of my wax into his or a hole in the candle. I just thought maybe this meant something? thanks for taking the time Raven~Hlee
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I dressed the candle and moved them closer every night since the new moon...spell to end on the full moon.(A binding spell) Not to worry we are already in a loving relationship, both sides. I just wanted to bring us closer.Some incanations spoke. Candles went together quick , i must of moved them to close each night. So i just left them together. I didnt want to move them back..disaster! So i let them be. My wax filled his candle. Of course his was blue, mine was pink. So i noticed his candle was filed with the wax from my candle. There was no overflow of my wax into his or a hole in the candle. I just thought maybe this meant something? thanks for taking the time Raven~Hlee
It's a good thing you guys are in a committed loving relationship. Otherwise this woulda made my hair stand on end!!! As long as both of you spoke the incantations then I'm happy for you both!
There was absolutely no way your wa could have melded with his? I'm sure if there as a hole between the candles, then maybe the heat resealed it afterward. I've seen wax do some strange things.
If that is not the case...then I dunno....mayhaps you guys are blessed!!!
Anyhoo...enjoy the fruits of the casting!
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A balance of all colors; Spiritual enlightenment, cleansing, clairvoyance, healing, truth seeking; Rituals involving lunar energy. May be substituted for any color candle. Also... purity,sincerity, truth.
Activity, Creativity, unity; brings power of concentration and imagination to a ritual; use in rituals where you wish to gain anothers confidence or persuade someone, or in rituals that require solar energy. Also... attraction, charm, confidence, persuasion. protection.
Fosters understanding and attracts the powers of cosmic influences; beneficial in rituals intended to bring about fast luck or money, or in rituals needing solar energy. Also... attraction, charm, confidence, persuasion. protection.
Promotes romance, friendship, standard color for rituals to draw affections; a color of femininity, honor, service, brings friendly, lively conversation to the dinner table. Also homor, love and morality.
Health, passion, love, fertility, strength, courage, will power; increases magnetism in ritual; draws Aries and Scorpio energy. Also courage, health, sexual love, strength, vigor.
Adaptability, attraction, encouragement, stimulation
Removes negativity and encourages stability; helps develop psychic abilities; attracts the influence of the Mother Goddess. Also...cancellation, neutality, stalemate.
Power, success, idealism, psychic manifestations; ideal for rituals to secure ambitions, independence, financial reward, or to make contact with the spiritual other world; increases Neptune energy. Also...ambition, business progress, power, tension.
Combination of red and violet that oscillates on a high frequency; energizes rituals where immediate action and high levels of power or spiritual healing are required.
Healing, peace and spirituality
Earthly, balanced color, for rituals of material increase; eliminates indecisiveness, improves powers of concentration, study, telepathy, increases financial success; locates objects that have been lost. Also...hesitation, neutrality, uncertainty.
Color of inertia; stops situations or people; use in rituals that require a deep meditational state; or rituals that demand Saturn energy.
Royal Blue
Promotes laughter and joviality; color or loyalty; use to attract Jupiter energy or whenever an influence needs to be increased.
Light Blue
Spiritual color; helpful in devotional or in spiritual meditations; brings peace and tranquility to the home; radiates Aquarius energy; employ where a situation must be synthesized. Also...Health, patience, tranquility, understanding.
Primary spiritual color; for rituals to obtain wisdom, harmony, inner light or peace confers truth and guidance.
Emerald Green
Important component in Venusian rituals; attracts love, social delights and fertility.
Dark Green
Color of ambition, greed and jealousy; counteracts these influences in a ritual.
Promotes prosperity, fertility, success; stimulates rituals for good luck, money, harmony and rejuvenation. Also...fertility, finance, healing, luck.
Neutral color useful when pondering complex issues during meditation, in magic, this color often sparks confusion; it also negates or neutralizes a negative influence. Also...cancellation, neutality, stalemate.
Opens up the deeper levels of the unconscious; use in rituals to induce a deep meditational state, or to banish evil or negativity as in uncrossings rituals; attracts Saturn energy. Also...confusion, discord, evil, loss.
Posted 10 January 2007 - 04:15 PM
to-each other by the night of the full moon they should be touching each other
place them on the the saucier light them when they have burnt out you will see that the wax has mixed together take out the wax while it is still warm roll it in to a ball just like a ring a ball has no beginning and no ending and place some were safe
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Diane (Baker/Lake/Turner) Sevick, 67 passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Diane was born in Dodge City, on Dec. 24, 1945, to parents Loren and Ozelle Baker.
She graduated from Pratt High School in 1963 and studied art at the University of Kansas. She worked alongside her late husband, Dr. Tim Turner, as his office manager for many years before retiring in2005.
Diane was an incredible person who loved cooking, painting and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She was also an avid KU fan and never wavered in her support of the university.
Diane married George Sevick on Nov. 21, 2008, and was forever a devoted wife and mother to her children: Jeff, Jennifer, David and stepson George and their families.
She was preceded in death by her parents. Loren and Ozelle Baker, husband Timothy N. Turner and her son Jeffery Lake.
She is survived by her husband George, of the home; stepson George Sevick and his wife Suzanne; children Jennifer Hearne and her husband Christopher; David Lake and his wife Farah; grandchildren Madison and Evan Hearne, Oliver and Gavin Lake, George and Connor Sevick, all of Wichita.
Memorial services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday March 12 at College Hill United Methodist Church with interment to follow at Lakeview cemetery. Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society. www.cancer.org


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When I looked at the calendar and realized it was already February, I wondered where January had went but then it dawned on me that for a large chunk of the month I was not even on this continent.
When I looked at the calendar and realized it was already February, I wondered where January had went but then it dawned on me that for a large chunk of the month I was not even on this continent. My system is finally getting back to somewhat normal but it took me longer than I thought it would for that to happen.
But, February is here and I have to wish my wife Melody a happy birthday. The time I was in Africa was the longest we had been apart for almost 30 years and it is true that absence does make the heart grow fonder. So, happy 39th birthday (again) and thank you for being my best friend.
As I said, I'm starting to get back in the swing of things which for me means watching the news and getting upset. But, as I said in last week's column, my time in Africa has given me a different perspective on life, so I probably won't get as upset on some things as I used to.
When I turned 50 I found that I didn't suffer well those people that wasted my time – I figure that I need to cherish all the time that God gives me and I really hate having it wasted. Well, since my trip, I feel the same way about those people that make mountains out of molehills. There are too many important things that we need to focus on to let little issues bother us.
For example, I was watching a segment on TV about Super Bowl commercials and there was one from Volkswagen that featured a white male from Minnesota talking with a distinct Jamaican accent. Some people were critical of the ad and said that it was racist and reminiscent of the old "black face" comedians of the past. Give me a break. I thought it was hilarious and quite effective.
Well, in this case, the critics were definitely in the minority and a follow-up segment about the "controversy" showed that overwhelmingly people disagreed that it was racist. In fact, a Jamaican official has said that it was great and really highlighted the positive aspects of the country.
So why would the critics, who were white and not black, make such a deal out of something like this? Because their sense of so-called "political correctness" far exceeds their sense of humor. But, this just shows how some people will nitpick everything and get bent around the axle on little issues while there are so many truly important issues that we should be addressing.
And, since I want to practice what I preach, let's talk about an issue that is truly dominating the national scene – gun control. I know that I wrote about this a few weeks back but since the Newtown tragedy this appears to be the most important issue in Washington and the rest of the country.
My thoughts and defense of the 2nd Amendment are clear and unwavering and well-known to everyone who reads my column. I am following this debate intensely as I know many of you are also. I heard a comment from one Congressman that I thought was pretty revealing. I can't remember it exactly but he was basically saying we need to make decisions based on facts and the constitution and not just emotion.
No one can talk about the senseless loss of lives without feeling outrage and wanting to do something to prevent such things from happening again. But, we have to force ourselves to step back from the situation and not allow those emotions to circumvent the freedoms that Americans have fought and died to preserve.
Every day there is a new incident of senseless violence in this country and we as a nation have to address this epidemic. But, the problem is not in the weapons that are used to commit the violence but rather in the people who perpetrate that violence and a society that is getting used to seeing such things in the news. Yes, the weapon of choice is a gun but the deeper issue is why is this happening in the first place?
Any doctor will tell you that if you only address the symptom and not the disease itself then the patient will eventually die anyway. I think it is ironic that the city with the strongest gun control laws in the nation is also the city with the highest incidence of gun violence. That city is Chicago. Think about that one.
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No matter how you collect - the key is to have fun !
1974 Topps DECKLE EDGEThis 72-card test issue set was released with a very limited distribution on only the East Coast around Massachusetts making them quite scarce. They were Officially simply called "Topps Baseball Photos" but their serrated or "DECKLED" edge gave them the name they go by today. The 2 7/8" x 5" inch cards were sold in either a 2 card pack with gum or a 3 card pack with no gum for 5 cents.
The cards were meant to have the look of the black and white movie star photos from the 1950's and feature a black & white photo with a blue facsimilie autograph on the front. The backs make this very scarce test issue even more interesting ! They feature handwritten script of the player's name, team, position & date and location of the photograph as well as a mock newspaper article on the player's career.
This was Topps 2nd "Deckle Edge" issue, their first being their smaller and much more common 1969 Topps Deckle Edge which were inserts in certain series of packs of 1969 Topps cards.
Variations of 1974 Topps Deckle Edge do exist, making this issue even more fun and challenging to collect. The backs can be found in either gray or a much scarcer white version. Also, a more limited proof version with non-scalloped edges exists and occasionally can be found.
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1969 Topps StampsThis was Topps 3rd stamp issue in the last eight years and it was a good one !!! The stamps were not inserts but a totally separate issue . For a nickel you got a strip of twelve stamps plus a mini album. The 1969 Topps Stamps complete set contains 240 stamps. The 1 x 1-7/16 inch stamps were unnumbered and featured a color photo with the player's name, team and position inside a colored banner at the bottom of the stamp. The stamps were released in both vertical and horizontal strips of 12 stamps. The 1969 Topps Stamps are often confused with Topps' 1974 issue. The 1974 Topps Stamps have ovals rather than banners at the bottom and were released only in 12-stamp horizontal panels.
Along with the stamps, Topps also issued a set of 24 albums, one per team, to store them in. The 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" orange albums were the same size as a baseball card and held a complete 10-stamp team set. To add even more collecting fun, the album's back cover had facsimile autographs of the ten players shown in the album.
The 1969 Topps Stamps set is packed with stars like Pete Rose along with tons of Hall-of-Famers including MICKEY MANTLE, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente & many, many more !!!
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From his Double Levitation to his Op-Art and Plasma illusions, Bishop features state-of-the-art magic. Each show features sleight of hand, grand illusions and close-up magic projected onto a huge movie screen. The show is delivered with a healthy dose of humor, accompanied by a rock and pop soundtrack.
"People will see the largest touring illusion show in the U.S.," Bishop said. "It's a versatile show with close-up magic that we project onto a big screen, sleight of hands. We make people appear and disappear. It's all a very modern approach."
In 2007, Bishop was awarded magic's prestigious "Jack Gwynne Award for Excellence in Presentation." The previous year college campuses voted him the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities' Best Performing Artist of the Year.
"I've been at it for 15 years and am working on it every day, every week. It is an ongoing thing," he said. "I am always trying to improve. I look at this not as a destination, but a journey."
Bishop's interest in magic ran throughout his youth, truly taking shape in his mid-teens. In college, he studied theater and then went on the road, performing in streets and at resorts and amusement parks.
"I've always been drawn to those people who do a little something extra. I did a lot of stuff in school. I was a foster kid and my first show was a foster care Christmas party. I did about 10 to 15 minutes for an audience of about 50 foster care kids and workers," he said. "I had unrealistic goals early on, lots of years of struggles. But I always said, 'This will work.' "
Bishop enjoys many different illusionists, citing David Copperfield and Penn and Teller, among others, as favorites.
"People who are at the top are there because they are good," he said. "I just enjoy watching magic."
Tickets for The Jason Bishop Show are $26 for adults, $24 for seniors, and $20 for youth to 18 years.
To order tickets or for more information on any of the shows, contact the TCA, 400 N. Maumee St., call 423-6617, or go on-line at www.theTCA.org.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two lucky ticket holders - one in Arizona and another in Missouri - are waking up Thursday to new lives as multimillionaires after the largest Powerball jackpot drawing ever.
Powerball officials said two tickets matched all six numbers to win the record $587.5 million jackpot. The numbers drawn for Wednesday night, for the second-highest jackpot in U.S. lottery history, are 5, 16, 22, 23, 29. The Powerball is 6.
It was not clear whether the winning tickets belonged to individuals or were purchased by groups.
One of the winning tickets was sold at a Trex Mart convenience store in Dearborn, Mo., about 35 miles north of Kansas City, the state lottery commission said in a news release.
(In Massachusetts, the first of the four winners statewide - a Rockland woman who won a lump-sum $1 million - came forward and claim their prize today for matching five out of six numbers drawn in Powerball, according to a press release from the Massachusetts State Lottery.)
Earlier Thursday, Missouri Lottery spokesman Gary Gonder said he was on his way to that store to assist with the expected onslaught of media attention. That store will be awarded $50,000 for selling the winning ticket.
"I guess we'll be able to give out Christmas bonuses," said Trex Mart General Manager Kenny Gilbert. "That's nice, especially at this time of year."
It did not appear Wednesday's big winner had yet come forward.
"If you buy Powerball tickets at this location, please find them and check them closely," said May Scheve Reardon, executive director of the Missouri Lottery. "If you find you're holding the winning ticket, be sure you sign the back and put it in a safe place until you can take it to a Missouri Lottery office. You will also want to get some legal and financial advice before you claim."
The winner has 180 days to claim their share in the prize money.
Arizona lottery officials said early Thursday they had no information on the Grand Canyon State's winner or winners, but they planned to announce Thursday morning where the ticket was sold.
Americans went on a ticket-buying spree in the run-up to Wednesday's drawing, the big money enticing many people who rarely, if ever, play the lottery to purchase a shot at the second-largest payout in U.S. history.
Tickets sold at a rate of 130,000 a minute nationwide - about six times the volume from a week ago. That pushed the jackpot even higher, said Chuck Strutt, executive director of the Multi-State Lottery Association. The jackpot rolled over 16 consecutive times without a winner.
Iowa Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neumauer said the jackpot was estimated at $587.5 million by early Thursday, adjusted slightly upward from the $579.9 million estimate at the time of the drawing. The cash payout was $384.7 million.
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BANGKOK (AP) -- A prominent Thai activist and magazine editor was sentenced to a decade in prison Wednesday for defaming Thailand's monarchy, a verdict rights groups condemned as the latest affront to freedom of expression in the Southeast Asian country.
Somyot Pruksakasemsuk was convicted of publishing two articles in an anti-establishment magazine that made negative references to the crown.
The verdict came despite repeated calls by rights groups to free Somyot, who has been jailed since 2011. It also underscored the harsh nature of Thailand's lese majeste laws, which critics say have frequently been used by politicians to silence rivals.
The articles were published under a pseudonym in Somyot's now-defunct Voice of Taksin magazine, which he launched in 2009 to compile political news and anti-establishment articles from writers and contributors.
Judges found both articles included content that defamed the royal family and argued that Somyot, as a veteran editor, was aware of that. The court handed down two five-year jail terms -- one for each story.
Somyot "should have better judgment than ordinary journalists. He must have understood that the articles contained lese majeste content, but chose to publish them anyway," one of judges said in the ruling.
Somyot said he would appeal the verdict but would not seek a royal pardon.
Navi Pillay, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, said the harsh sentence "sends the wrong signals on freedom of expression in Thailand."
"The court's decision is the latest indication of a disturbing trend in which lese majesty charges are used for political purposes," she said in a statement.
Pillay said she was also concerned about the length of Somyot's pre-trial detention, the denial of his 12 bail requests, and his appearance in court in shackles.
"People exercising freedom of expression should not be punished in the first place," she said.
The European Union said the verdict "seriously undermines the right to freedom of expression and press freedom" and "affects Thailand's image as a free and democratic society."
Brad Adams, Asia director of Human Rights Watch, said the ruling "appears to be more about Somyot's strong support for amending the lese majeste law than about any harm incurred by the monarchy."
Although the articles were published in 2010, Somyot was not arrested until the following year -- five days after launching a petition drive to revoke Article 112 of the nation's criminal code, which mandates three to 15 years in jail for "whoever defames, insults or threatens the king, the queen, the heir to the throne or the regent."
Human Rights Watch said the author of the articles has never been charged with any crimes and is living in Cambodia.
More than 100 observers, including Thai and international scholars and diplomats, were in court to hear the verdict.
Somyot was also sentenced to an additional one-year term in a separate criminal case for alleging that a Thai general helped fund the country's 2006 army coup.
The coup ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and sparked years of sometimes violent political unrest from which the nation has yet to fully recover. Somyot was a leader of the "Red Shirt" movement which supported Thaksin.
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Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market today called a news report wrong that said a tentative deal had been reached for the market to stay in New York City, rather than move to New Jersey.
"At our board meeting on Tuesday, January 8th, our board voted to reject an offer from the City of New York to modify the current lease extension terms at our location in the Bronx. A Crains.com story from Tuesday afternoon has incorrectly indicated that the co-op has reached a 'tentative' agreement with the city in regards to this offer to modify our lease extension terms. This is not true," Robert Leonard, a spokesman for the market, wrote in an email to NJBIZ this afternoon.
New Jersey officials also seemed baffled by the news report. "Our understanding is that Hunts Point's board did not accept New York's proposal, which means their location decision is still unsettled and New Jersey is still in the game," said Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno through a spokesman. "I look forward to continuing to work together with Hunts Point to persuade them New Jersey is a great alternative to their cramped and outdated facilities in the Bronx."
Crain's New York Business reported Tuesday that the co-op and the city had reached a tentative deal to keep the market in the Bronx for at least a decade. The story quoted a co-op representative, who apparently spoke before the board meeting, plus unnamed sources. The market's board of directors still had to vote on the agreement at a formal meeting, the report said.
When asked if the co-op is still considering New Jersey, Leonard said in a phone call, "The Hunts Point market continues to look at all options that can best help us continue to serve the region with fresh produce."
Leonard said the window of exclusivity with the city has lapsed, but couldn't say whether there are any active negotiations with New Jersey officials.
The co-op's current lease with the city expires in about two years, but the contract already has options for extensions, Leonard said. But the city on Tuesday approached the association with a new extension proposal, which was rejected by its board within hours.
"We're within our current lease, so it isn't like we have an imminent expiration," Leonard said. "There are options for extensions."
For two years, Guadagno and state officials have been courting the association, which accounts for several thousand jobs among its members.
A Meadowlands source called this "one of those cases where the market was playing (New Jersey) against (New York) to negotiate the best deal."
"When they were actually talking with (New Jersey) officials early in the process, I believe they were truly open to relocating here," the source said in an e-mail. But the person pointed to a subsequent deal giving the city a window of exclusive negotiations with the market, during which New York "put its best foot forward with an offer."
The question of whether Hunts Point would come to New Jersey has persisted for years. In 2011, a co-op board member told NJBIZ the group was considering four different sites in New Jersey, and sources indicated that the Meadowlands and Newark were in the running.
But Hunts Point has since held lengthy negotiations with the New York City's Economic Development Corp., while extending the window for exclusivity several times last year. A key factor throughout has been whether the co-op will contribute to a $320 million plan to redevelop the market's current site.


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Rumiko currently works for the New York headquarters of a Japanese news agency similar to Reuters or AP, where she is mainly in charge of a worldwide news system. Since ITP, she has been interested in making documentaries. For her thesis project, she directed an experimental documentary and animation on popular phenomena in Japanese society in Tokyo. Recently, she worked for a Japanese TV station as a TV commercial creator and was an intern at a graphic design office in New York. She previously was a marketing specialist for new personal computer related products at NEC headquarters in Tokyo where she created more than a hundred promotional tools including videos, software and catalogs and also produced major computer related events and exhibitions.