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In his last book, Freedom Is Not Enough (2010), he showed how the liberal backlash to Daniel Patrick Moynihan's landmark 1965 report on the decay of the black family life warped the left's approach to the problem for decades to come.
In his new tome, The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America, he pulls us back from the peak of 1960s unrest — the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, Woodstock in 1969 — to the year it all started.
The Phoenix caught up with Patterson for a Q&A by phone. The interview is edited and condensed.
WHAT DID AMERICA LOOK LIKE AS 1965 APPROACHED? WHAT WAS THE STATE OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHE? Well, my argument is that the early 60s, well into 1964, in many ways resembled the fifties. Adults, as well as students, dressed pretty much the way they had in the fifties. Students, for instance, very few of them were wearing long hair or beards. Women were still wearing lip stick, short hair, skirts. There were signs in 1964 of serious change — the Berkeley Free Speech movement late in the year, for instance. But for the most part, very late '64 and early '65 was a time of optimism, of peace. It was also an extraordinarily prosperous time.
Lyndon Johnson, I start the book with this, actually said this at his national tree lighting ceremony, which occurred in December of 1964, and I quote: "These are the most hopeful times in all the years since Christ was born in Bethlehem. Today, as never before, man has in his possession the capacities to end war and preserve peace, to eradicate poverty and share abundance, to overcome the diseases that have afflicted the human race and permit all mankind to enjoy their promise in life on this Earth."
HOW DID LBJ COPE WITH THE SHOCKS OF 1965, BE IT SELMA OR THE WATTS RIOTS OR THE PUBLIC REACTION TO THE ESCALATION IN VIETNAM? WAS HE STUNNED? The title is "The Eve of Destruction." [But] a lot of what happened in 1965, from the standpoint of Lyndon Johnson and the liberals was far from destructive. It was far and away the most constructive and most productive year of American liberalism in all of the 20th century. Among the landmark legislation which got through in 1965 was the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which was the first time the federal government poured a lot of money into public schools, the Voting Rights Act, Medicare, Medicaid, National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities, a long overdue reform of America's very racist immigration system, and so forth.
[But] he does escalate the [Vietnam] war. In January of 1965, there are only 23,000 American military people there. They were called military advisers. For the most part, they were not engaged in combat. By the end of the year, there were 184,000 American soldiers there and of course, many of them were dying. So this is a year of huge escalation. It's the year when we really go to war in Vietnam.
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The government released data on productivity and weekly jobless claims this morning, and Advanced Data Processing (ADP) unveiled its estimates for October private sector job growth. Productivity rose 1.9%, a hair below economists' expectations for 2% growth. In the near-term, productivity gains are in line with historical averages. "Productivity is the key to GDP growth and while the past two quarters are showing gains almost in line with the long term average of 2.1%, it's only averaged 1.2% over the past 3 years and accounts for the sluggish GDP growth," wrote Miller Tabak strategist Peter Boockvar.
ADP said the economy added 158,000 private sector jobs in October, which is more than the 120,000 new private sector jobs that economists expect the government to announce tomorrow in the nonfarm payrolls report. Weekly jobless claims also fell by 9,000 to 363,000 last week, the government said today.
Dow futures rose 18 points; S&P 500 futures rose 1.5 points.
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Exxon Mobil (XOM) fell 0.8% after beating earnings and revenue expectations, although production fell. Revenue fell less than expected.
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Allstate (ALL) rose 1.4% after its third-quarter earnings quadrupled on lower disaster claims. "It's too early to estimate the impact of Hurricane Sandy on Allstate's fourth quarter earnings," said CEO Thomas Wilson, according to Briefing. "However, this catastrophe is not expected to have a material impact on Allstate's overall financial condition. Allstate is amply well-capitalized to meet its obligations to policyholders."
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It was about the idea of the narrative — the running narrative, or the idea of the sequential, which brings out an interesting preoccupation of mine. I'm very interested in film, as you are, and I'm interested in the relationship between film and painting, as was Matisse. And if I wasn't a painter I'm sure I'd be a film maker. I've often had ideas of making films. And what I love about film making is the way time can be represented, and the way that location and time and weather and context can be altered in a split second. It's so lean unlike the theatre where you have got to clunk around all these stupid bits of furniture. The other great thing about film is you can represent whispers, which you cannot in the theatre, because they can't hear you. This painting is cinematic. The equal nature of the pieces is like film frames. They're all the same size, they're sequential. They just run along.
Sean Scully, interview with Ned Rifkin, in Ned Rifkin (ed.), Sean Scully: Twenty years 1976–1995, London: Thames & Hudson, 1995, pp. 57–80 (p. 71).


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Members of the University community will be able to get a massage,
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all under one roof on Friday, April 7, in Dillon Gymnasium.
FitFest 2006 will bring together a wide variety of fitness and wellness activities in one place from noon to 4 p.m.
This second annual FitFest will feature interactive experiences, demonstrations, free classes, mini-lectures, workshops and the Dick Allen Memorial Campus Walk.
It is being coordinated by Campus Recreation and co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life and the Office of Human Resources. Other campus groups scheduled to participate include: Dining Services; the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Center; the Department of Public Safety; the Ombuds Office; and University Health Services.
These campus offices and 20 off-campus agencies/organizations also will host tables and provide information on fitness and wellness.
The first 500 participants who register on that day will receive a free pedometer; the first 100 people who participate in the interactive experiences will receive a free T-shirt.
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Greetings! We're just in from the High Point Furniture Market and I'm bursting to share all that we have found! Last Spring's finds were limited, so we weren't certain of what to expect—the past year's economic uncertainties forced a lot of designers to scale back new introductions. This Fall, however, we were pleased to find that designers have a sunnier outlook and were bold enough to launch so many great concepts.
First things first…. Linen is the new black! Showroom after showroom featured linen, along with its cousins, canvas and hopsack. Some designers kept it neutral in organic tones, while others punched it up with fabulous colors. Another twist on this trend: linen upholstery with words printed on the fabric (typically in script, usually in French, or of the rubber-stamp, hopsack variety).
The drumbeat's getting louder… the emphasis on producing quality-made, eco-friendly furniture continues to grow, and this mantra was all the buzz this week. The demand for sustainable furniture has risen as consumers have become better educated on the subject. Manufacturers across the spectrum are responding by using materials from renewable sources and incorporating other "green" initiatives into their operations. Industry leaders Hickory Chair (www.hickorychair.com ) and Cisco Brothers (www.ciscobrothers.com ), 1st and 2nd place winners (respectively) of this year's SAGE Award, showed how easily you can achieve both sustainability AND style, with examples of their custom craftsmanship throughout their showrooms.
Next up… this year was star-studded! Sometimes markets can be such a chore, filled with long days and tired feet, but trekking through the showrooms this year was truly like walking through the pages of a favorite shelter magazine! Breakfast with Alexa Hampton, book signing with Suzanne Kasler, parties with Thom Filicia and Thomas O'Brien, and editors of all the major publications were at every turn, with their entourages in tow! And of course, the Twitterverse was there in droves, documenting every design star sighting!
All in all, we had a very successful treasure hunt and look forward to sharing our "finds" with you!
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It's Showtime 53 in Tenerife Tomorrow: Fight Card
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It's Showtime is holding their 53rd event tomorrow in Tenerife, Spain and the fight card is set with some intriguing match-ups. A few match-ups have had fighters shuffled in an out, but the card is still pretty solid.
In the main event, It's Showtime 95MAX World Champion Danyo Ilunga defends his title against hometown fighter Loren Javier Jorge. Ilunga has defended his title once this year, stopping Nenad Pagonis in a very sloppy fight. In September, he beat Mohamed Boubkari to stay active. Loren lost a lopsided decision to Tyrone Spong at It's Showtime's Madrid event in June and last month beat Rodney Glunder at home in Tenerife. Loren can present some problems for Ilunga with his crisp combos but I don't think he's quite sharp enough to dethrone him. Ilunga's relentless pressure in my opinion will be too much for Loren and I could see a late stoppage or wide decision for Ilunga. Who knows, maybe Ilunga will fight very technical like he did against Wendell Roche.
Giorgio Petrosyan makes his return after yet another hand injury and takes on another hometown fighter in Zeben Diaz. Diaz impressed against Yavuz Kayabasi at It's Showtime's Madrid event but lost to Warren Stevelmans the next month. He has very good hands and throws crisp combinations but he's fighting Giorgio Petrosyan. Giorgio will likely put on another clinic.
Sergio Wielzen takes on Javier Hernandez's replacement, Tenerife fighter Carlos "Chiquitin" Reyes at 61kg. Reyes has a win over Hernandez and this should be another great match-up. Wielzen is an outstanding kicker and kicks should be flying for the whole fight. Amir Zeyada fights another Tenerife fighter in Moises Ruibal. This is another good match-up, and the short Ruibal will come forward with punch combinations while Zeyada uses more of a full arsenal of strikes. Zeyada has transformed himself into a huge 85kg fighter that is competitive with higher level fighters. Ruibal's style is made for excitement so expect fireworks.
Murthel Groenhart has been very active for It's Showtime this year and now he fights fellow Dutch fighter Darryl Sichtmann. Sichtmann is a pretty good fighter stepping up from the Dutch scene, and fighting Murthel at 77kg is a measuring stick for a fighter's success. Both fighters are very dynamic and Murthel's style is great to watch. Sichtmann tends to let his opponents impose their game on him and that's why I favor Murthel here. Last but not least, Andy Ristie takes on Jonay Risco. Ristie is slowly rising up and Risco will serve as another stepping stone to the big stage for him.
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text: Well I finally got some pictures of my new little girl. She is a daughter of FC/CAFC Money Talks II and HRCH Eagle Eyes Diamond Lucy (Hawkeyes Viking Daughter). So far so good with her. She seems to be extremely intelligent, wants to work, and is not afraid of anything. I have had her out at a couple of training days, and released some hen pheasants for her, and she loves to get those birds. I am really excited about what is to come with this little one. I have been using Evan Grahams smartwork with her, and she is coming along great. Thanks to David Eaton for getting this wonderful little girl to me.


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A big question I have is if Obama is so smart why wouldn't he release his college grades and why did he always stumble around for words if he wasn't using a telepromptor.
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Which president are we talking about?
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SAN ANTONIO (July 13, 2013) – The San Antonio Spurs today announced they have re-signed Tiago Splitter. Per club policy, terms of the contract were not announced.
Last season, he posted career-bests, appearing in 81 games and averaging 10.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 24.7 minutes, while shooting .560 (315-563) from the field and .730 (208-285) from the free throw line.
Splitter was selected by the Spurs with the 28th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft and was signed by the team on July 12, 2010. In 200 career games with the Silver and Black, Splitter has averaged 8.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 19.3 minutes. He has appeared in 19 games in the playoffs, averaging 6.1 points and 3.1 rebounds in 17.3 minutes.
"Tiago is a great fit in our system and we are delighted that he has elected to sign a long-term contract to remain with the Spurs," said Spurs general manager R.C. Buford. "Thanks to his work ethic and basketball IQ we have seen him improve each season in San Antonio. He was a key reason for our success during the 2012-13 season and we look forward to his future contributions."


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Tuesday July 9th Dream Big America aired the first-ever live national entrepreneurial pitch competition. The show has three start-up founders pitch their product or service (a.k.a elevator speech), for two minutes. Following each competitors elevator speech, three accredited business mentors give feedback and their thoughts. Then the show needs the listeners help in voting for their favorite founder and company. At www.dreambigamerica.us listeners can hear the recording of the elevators pitches and vote. Voting opens at 10 a.m ET following the show and will be open for 24 hours.
The radio show is hosted by Doug Stephan on his Good Day Program. The show is aired live for 30 minutes (9:10a.m- 9:40a.m ET). According to the Good Day Program website the show reaches 485 markets and has over 3.5 million listeners.
Dream Big America is pushing the entrepreneurial movement onto a new radio platform, to continue to grow the entrepreneurial movement that is spreading across the nation. Dream Big America and its partners strive to educate and support start-ups, and allowing America to decide what new businesses they want to see in the market.
The show Dream Big America is made possible by two remarkable entrepreneurial organizations that make it their mission to grow the community through their philanthropy. Kansas City based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and San Diego based Nutritional Capital Network are consistently commended by their communities for the support and direction they provide.
Participants are picked at Ewing Marion Kaufman Foundation's 1 Million Cups programs. "1 Million Cups programs offer two local entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their startups to a diverse audience of mentors, advisors and entrepreneurs. The best entrepreneurial presenters will appear on Dream Big America."
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Description Neotrypaea californiensis (formerly Callianassa californiensis), the Bay ghost shrimp, is a species of ghost shrimp that lives on the Pacific coast of North America. It is a pale animal which grows to a length of 11.5 cm (4.5 in). One claw is bigger than the other, especially in males, and the enlarged claw is thought to have a function in mating. It is a deposit feeder that lives in extensive burrow systems, and is responsible for high rates of bioturbation. N. californiensis adversely affects oyster farms, and its numbers are controlled in some places by the application of pesticides. It carries out an important role in the ecosystem, and is used by fishermen as bait.
Neotrypaea californiensis reaches a length of 11.5 centimetres (4.5 in). The body is creamy-white, with patches of pale colour (pink, yellow or orange) on the appendages, and a pink abdomen.
Adult N. californiensis have one claw larger than the other, and in the males, the "master claw" can make up as much as 25% of the animal's mass – compared to only 10% in females – with the minor claw making up around 3% of the total body mass in both sexes. The enlarged claw is equally likely to be on the right side or the left side. The male's larger claw is thought to be used in agonistic encounters or during mating, and may be the result of sexual selection.
Eggs are laid in spring or early summer, and the larvae hatch in summer, living as plankton. They settle to the sea floor again as post-larvae in the late summer and fall.
Habitat Mud flats, Salt marshes & estuaries.
Range Western Canada, Alaska, California, Northwest.


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Thanks fred, that's a good thought, especially since my feet are on the wide side anyway.
What I'm really after is a way to protect the neoprene footer from excessive wear; I just wear a sock liner when winter fishing. Last two waders I had both developed small leaks in the footer over time, too small to locate and fix, but just enough to cause dampness after awhile. My thought is that the leak was from wear against the inside of the boot. I would periodically seal the whole outside seam, and that would take care of it for a few more outings, then it would need to be done again.
Doesn't Simm make a wide boot?
|SD, adding additional neo will add warmth .. .but the problem will be the width of the boot due to the added bulk. You can make up the 'fore and aft' part by purchasing a longer boot ... but that won't do you much good if (and they usually arn't) wider (At least a 'double EE')
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I noticed "Neoprene Socks" advertised to be worn over the wader neoprene foot as extra insulation and to protect against excess wear on the footer. Is anyone using these and have an opinion on their value?
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The Traditional vs Roth IRA debate in this sense matter with your age
You pay an additional 10% penalty if you do not roll the 401k over to an IRA and rather put the money in your bank account.
Like I said, convenience wise it would be easy to put it where I would play in stocks
I wouldn't "play" with the stocks in my retirement fund. You need to think long-term and you need diversity. Day trading is best left to the pros.
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Spring quarter at OSU, I ran out of money and worked at the campus Burger Chef. Cooked up many a Big Shef and Super Shef.
One night a week was family night and we had one guy who was theatre major that dressed up like a fairy princess for the kids. He was a little too into it if you catch my drift wink-wink nudge-nudge.
I wore my Burger Chef uniform when playing softball for the 17th Ave. Cong Rims. Roy patrolled CF in the day when he still had wheels.
I remember that building vp. I used to work downtown Cinci for 4 years (over by City Hall). If the weather was decent, I'd walk the city streets at lunch. I think I walked evey street south of Central Parkway all the way to the river, I-75 (and a little beyond) west, and over to Mt. Adams. You see a lot of interesting stuff. And a lot of weird stuff.


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Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010 while teaching at Princeton, has returned to teach a new course about his works and share his insights with the broader campus community.
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Posted October 7, 2013; 12:00 p.m.
In fall 2010, the Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa was teaching at Princeton when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Three years later, he has returned to the University to share his insights about writing with a new group of students as well as the broader campus community.
A visiting lecturer in the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Program in Latin American Studies, Vargas Llosa is known for his deep engagement with politics and history, as well as his deft storytelling and eye for the absurd. He has written more than a dozen novels, as well as nonfiction and drama. Among his novels are: "Conversación en la catedral" (1969; "Conversation in the Cathedral," 1975), "Tía Julia y el escribidor" (1977; "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter," 1982), "La guerra del fin del mundo" (1981; "The War of the End of the World," 1984), "La fiesta del chivo" (2000; "The Feast of the Goat," 2001) and "El sueño del celta" (2010; "The Dream of the Celt," 2012).
Vargas Llosa has strong ties to Princeton; his literary papers are housed in Firestone Library and he first came to Princeton to teach in 1992.
Senior Iara Guzman, a native of Bolivia and a politics major who is also pursuing a certificate in Latin American Studies, laughs during one of the many lighthearted moments when Vargas Llosa showed his infectious sense of humor and warm personality.
This semester, Vargas Llosa is co-teaching a course on his own writings, "The Literary Works of Mario Vargas Llosa in Their Artistic, Intellectual and Political Contexts," with Efraín Kristal, a visiting professor of comparative literature and the Program in Latin American studies.
At 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, Vargas Llosa will discuss "Politics and Culture in Latin America" in conversation with Enrique Krauze, a visiting research scholar and lecturer in the Program in Latin American Studies, in McCosh Hall, Room 50. The event is part of Princeton's Public Lectures Series.
Vargas Llosa reflected on his return to Princeton, life after the Nobel and his creative process.
What do you like about teaching at Princeton?
I like Princeton's beautiful campus — it is a wonderful place for teaching and intellectual work. Princeton students are very hardworking, very committed and very interested in the courses I have taught. I like that the classes are small, which permits all the students to participate in an intensive way in the discussion. And also, of course, I like the library — it is fantastic!
When you came to class after winning the Nobel Prize, what did you tell the students that day?
I explained to the students that it came as a complete surprise. I was practically convinced that this award was not for me. I said I was deeply moved because the Nobel Prize is a very important recognition of your work and also an award that has an enormous repercussive effect on your books. I told them I was curious about what would happen.
On his first day with the class, Vargas Llosa (left), a visiting lecturer in the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Program in Latin American Studies, and co-instructor Efraín Kristal, a visiting professor of comparative literature and the Program in Latin American Studies, engage students in a lively conversation.
How has winning the Nobel Prize affected your life and work?
I didn't know that winning the Nobel Prize has a kind of fairy tale beginning and then becomes very complicated. You can't imagine the pressure you receive to go to literary festivals, to go to lectures, to universities, to promote your books all over the world. Since then I've had to defend my time against these obligations. In order to work, you need solitude, discipline, a kind of isolation. It's very difficult to get that isolation, particularly the first year after the prize. Now it's much better, fortunately.
My life has been deeply affected but I don't think my work has changed much because of the award. I was already a writer with a certain orientation, with certain themes, subjects, a certain way of writing. I have kept working as before with the same discipline, with the same insecurity.
The course you are teaching is about your writings. How does this differ from classes you have taught which focused on other writers?
This is a very different kind of course. I cannot be neutral or impersonal about the books. On the contrary, I give a personal, subjective, very private testimony of the way in which these works were conceived, how I used my personal experiences as raw material for my novels. I explain how characters took shape. I describe the building of this fiction from the point of view of the author. I try to answer any questions the students have from reading my novels.
We explore the relationship between fiction and reality: What kind of information can fiction provide about social, political and economic problems? Can we illuminate these problems through fiction or does fiction produce a kind of confusion about real problems?
Vargas Llosa responds to students' questions about his creative process.
What do you hope students will take away from this class?
My hope is that the students will have a better idea of the way fiction is born and the way in which fiction is a kind of mélange of fantasy, imagination, inventiveness and objective experiences — personal as well as social and political. I hope they will discover if it is possible to establish a limitation of the borders between fiction and reality. That permits us to have an idea of what literature is and what history is, and the kind of imaginary vision that literature provides about concrete reality.
Your novels span history, politics and religion as well as embrace suspense, tragedy and comedy. What inspires your writing?
In some cases, personal experiences, and sometimes a historical or social fact. It may be something that happened in the past but is still looming in the present. When I have written novels based in history I have tried to write about its consequences, the effects on the present.
I have always defended the special place that literature has. I don't think literature is subordinated to history. Literature is something free, a free space in which things may happen that don't have an objective correlation in the real world — because what people need is a kind of traveling to a different kind of world, a different kind of reality. This is a contribution that literature provides to enrich life.
Sophomore Johannes Hallermeier asks a question about Vargas Llosa's novel "Conversación en la catedral." The class is conducted in Spanish.
What is your creative process? Do you have a writing routine?
My schedule is very strict. I work in the morning at home; these are the most creative hours of the day. In New York, I walk in Central Park every morning. I love Central Park, particularly in autumn — the colors, the trees, it's beautiful. In the afternoons I like to work in the New York Public Library — I do writing, reading and re-reading, and corrections. In the evening I go to the cinema or concerts. I like classical music very much. My favorite composer is Mahler — I like all his symphonies, but if I had to choose a favorite it would be the Symphony No. 2, the "Resurrection" symphony.
What are you working on?
I am working on a play, an adaptation of a classical work of Italian literature, "The Decameron" by Boccaccio. It's a very difficult adaptation.
What are you reading?
I am reading a lot about Boccaccio's times, about life in Florence in early the Renaissance and late Middle Ages. I always have so many books waiting to be read; I enjoy reading so much. I am currently reading "Making History," by John Elliott, a British historian and retired professor from Oxford University who has written extensively about Spain.
Vargas Llosa, who is teaching for the third time at the University, says he enjoys teaching here because the "classes are small, which permits all the students to participate in an intensive way."


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I am having a terrible time finding birds for training, How do ya'll go about getting yours ? I have looked on craiglist, and even put up wanted ads without luck !
I am having a terrible time finding birds for training, How do ya'll go about getting yours ? I have looked on craiglist, and even put up wanted ads without luck !
We get our birds---pheasants and ducks--- from the local shooting preserve where we work our dogs. One guy in our training group races pigeons so we get some pigeons from him. Some of us trap pigeons. There are also some locals who raise pigeons and sell them.
You can sometimes pick up dead birds at a trial, maybe even make arrangements with the club to put in an order with theirs to get live birds.
Take care of your dead birds and you can get an awful lot of mileage out of them, especially if you're single and don't have to explain old dead birds in the fridge. I am reluctant to say how many days I get out of a dead bird
"I love the rod and gun and where they take me."
"Do not judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins."
George has good advice.. I also go to the local farms and look for pigeons..... When we find a farm with birds, just stop and ask if you can shoot'em....Most farmers want them gone... Freeze and re-use
P.S. I hunted crows in Tennessee, you should be able to find some pigeons to shoot
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May you pin all the marks and line the blinds
for ducks it is most easy to have the retriever club you are a member of order a dozer or so extra when it orders for its next event. for pigeons, wait until dark and a flash light a fish net with a long handle and a 6-pack under an overpass can be more fun than TV time with the family.
"So what is big is not always the Trout nor the Deer but the chance, the being there. And what is full is not necessarily the creel nor the freezer, but the memory." ~ Aldo Leopold
"The Greatest Obstacle to Discovery is not Ignorance -- It is the Illusion of Knowledge" ~ Daniel Boorstin
If raising or catching my own wasn't a viable option, I'd ask area feed stores for leads to folks who raise them or small stock auctions selling them.
If you think I'm wrong, you might be right.
(And to see just how confused I really am, join us in my online blind at: 2016-2017 Season Log
Hey Flip, keep my number and here in a couple of months I will have some for you. I have ducks and pheasants! Local also I live on the north side of Nashville. You can order 1 or more with the more being a lil cheaper. Thanks hope that helps!
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I was getting them from a local farmer who raised all types of ducks, He gave them away, Now that he is headed to prison i dont think that i can get anymore, He will be gone for a long time so now i need to find a new place,


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LCT has granted Otsuka an exclusive option to jointly develop and commercialize NTCELL in Parkinson's and other neurological diseases
Singapore: Living Cell Technologies have signed an agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory to co-develop NTCELL for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and other neurological disorders.
LCT will receive an upfront payment of $3 million within 30 days of signing. In addition, Otsuka will fund all development costs, estimated at $2 million, to complete the previously announced phase I trial of NTCELL in Parkinson's disease. LCT will receive a further milestone payment of $2m when the first patient in the Phase I Parkinson's trial has been safely implanted with NTCELL. This is expected to occur in the second quarter of 2013.
In return, LCT has granted Otsuka an exclusive option to jointly develop and commercialize NTCELL in Parkinson's and other neurological diseases, including hearing loss, through Diatranz Otsuka, the 50:50 joint venture formed between LCT and Otsuka. If Otsuka exercises this option it will subscribe for $20 million of additional equity into DOL to fund the ongoing development of NTCELL in Parkinson's disease through to market approval and to further develop NTCELL in other neurological diseases.
At the same time LCT will transfer the intellectual property for therapeutic use of NTCELL in neurological disease and hearing loss into DOL. This will create a new $40m asset in the DOL joint venture. Both OPF and LCT will remain equal shareholders in DOL after this transaction.
LCT will retain the exclusive, perpetual licence to develop NTCELL for the treatment of all other, nonneurological diseases. "This agreement ensures that, if the Phase I clinical trials are successful, the development of NTCELL as a treatment for Parkinson's disease will be fully funded through to market approval," said Dr Andrea Grant, managing director of LCT. "We will be able to bring NTCELL to patients and the market without further recourse to our shareholders' funds, whilst retaining 50% of the commercial return through our shareholding in DOL."
LCT will use the $3m up front and $2m early milestone payment to further develop its other therapeutic products, including NTCELL in non-neurological diseases, and other cell based products from its technology platform. "We can also set about securing further assets and partnerships to broaden and diversify our platform technologies and product pipeline," said Dr Grant.
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By Chris Kieffer/NEMS Daily Journal
Last week, Mississippi State University and the CREATE Foundation announced that public high school students in Lee, Pontotoc and Union counties will be able to take a web application development course from MSU. It is part of the partnership between school districts in the three counties created by a $50 million endowment from Toyota. Daily Journal education reporter Chris Kieffer spoke with CREATE Senior Advisor Charles Garrett about the new class.
Q: Why did the Toyota Education Enhancement committee want to offer this class?
A: The terms of the Toyota "gift" were that the money was to be spent "fairly, equitably and to enhance" education in our area. We are blessed with very good schools in Northeast Mississippi. It is our charge to bring "enhancements" to our educational systems; to provide opportunities that currently do not exist. In a partnership with Mississippi State University, we will provide a web applications class that will include instruction in programming, marketing and entrepreneurship. The students will earn three hours of university credit at MSU and one high school credit in a state-of-the-art program available to very few high school students in this country.
Q: Who will be able to take the class? How will students be chosen?
A: The class is available to juniors and seniors enrolled in the 14 public high schools in Lee, Pontotoc and Union counties. Prerequisites include algebra I, good skills in logic and critical thinking and the recommendations of the school counselor and principal. Each of the 14 high schools is guaranteed one seat. The remaining seats will be filled through a lottery.
Q: What plans are next involving the Toyota Education Enhancement Fund?
A: Our challenge is to continually develop both short- and long-term enhancement opportunities for students. This summer, we are offering scholarships to students for academic camps at both Mississippi State University and Ole Miss. Information about those camps will be sent to guidance counselors later this week. Also, the information is available on the web at www.diveintocamps.com.
Other courses in development for high school students include the areas of health care and advanced manufacturing. Additionally, we are examining opportunities in aviation, aviation mechanics, computer forensics, law and architecture.
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Midnight Madness is coming, and we can honestly say we know what YOU are doing in the stores. As our 'Collector Etiquette Series' comes to an end, let's see if we can't review what we've learned and then predict what will happen on April 23, 2002 and for a while thereafter.
Here's some interesting statistics you might want to consider:
59% of our readers buy 3 or more of most soldiers, aliens, and droid figures.
But ironically 58% of our readers think something's wrong when a person is seen buying multiples of any figures - like me, walking out with 10 Clone Troopers at a time. - And the Geonosian Warrior is next, Baby!
Next, only 16% of the readers here are out at 7 or 8 in the morning when product is freshly stocked, and they are buying figures in the quanities of their preference, while 23% of our readers who have a choice would rather be sleeping - and only dreaming they got the Tusken Raider mother with child.
But while 42% of our readers think there is nothing wrong with wiping out the racks of every army builder in sight, if 16% of them are there first thing in the morning, then only 4% of our readers are getting ALL of the soldier figures shipped to their retailers!
(Don't you have enough Imperial Officers, yet?)
Some quick assumptions made in the analysis are: our readers who voted in each poll are the same survey sample.
59% OF the 42% who think wiping out the entire stock is their priviledge if they get to the store first, will actually put their morals into practice. That means 25% of you will wipe the racks clean of any Imperial Officers, Biker Scouts, Clone Troopers etc.
And of the 16% of you who are out waiting for the stores to open, 25% of those collectors will wipe everything out so that by 7:05 am there will be no more troops left at Wal*Mart, and by 8:05 am there will be none at Target!
That means 4% of all of you will have 100% of all the army builders until those four percent of collectors are completely saturated with a certain troop, alien, or droid style.
When asked to list your figures and how many you had of each, the majority of you had over 20 stormtroopers, and similarly rising quanties of other army builders, most notably soldiers for the Empire, with interest in Battle Droids and Clone Troopers on the rise. The Gungan Warrior saw some of those sales records, too. The Geonosian surely will !!!
With that in mind, and Midnight Madness just 2 weeks away (at the start of this poll) we want to survey each of you on how your overall experience in the retail chain stores goes down for you.
As SirStevesGuide draws together its final numbers about the current trends in "Collector Etiquette" out there, we're asking you, our readers, the really tough one: exactly how nice are you when you're out there in the toy isles?
If more than 1 collector shows up at your store at the same time, what do you do?
1) Share everything equally until the demand is best satisfied.
2) Run down the isle and hoard all that you can!
3) Hoard first, check that you got it all, then share with whoever's there.
4) Hoard all that you can! - then only give up stuff for trades (at that time or later)
5) Get what's left over, or count on other collectors to be kind to you.
Well, "Here we go again!"
Vote now and then let's talk about how "Mad" this is going to get!


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How can I accomplished this with my flushing lab.
How can I accomplished this with my flushing lab.
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Why? Why create a "hair trigger" for something you want to engrain?
You can pick up the bumper and throw it as a standard non-slip mark after, and let pup pick THAT up.
My personal opinion is that there is nothing to be gained, in training, by letting the dog pickup the training bumper (or bird) after he's been steady on a flush. Run him on a mark in the same session, with the same object later. That is just as much of a reward as letting him pick up the object after sitting on the flush - but without the risk of breaking on the flush. (my opinion) Your mileage may vary.
I think this "standard" would save many dogs and their handlers the agony of breaking on the flush in the Grand. I also think this standard will make for more rewarding hunts for those who want a dog to truly be steady on the flush. (In real hunting, you can release the dog to get the bird as soon as you like. You know he'll go get it.)
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- Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
I was taught to... put dog on check cord. When the bird flushes, yank the check cord and hit the sit whistle (some people nick with Ecollar and hit the sit whistle). This worked for me and surprisingly very quickly. Knock on wood, she has been doing real well. I have yet for her to break. (have to admit I have not been doing this too long. maybe 1-2 months). Good luck
Chris, I didn't get both links up quick enough. The two article sequence is important because together they deal with your concerns.
I preparation for our UKC upland test, We spent a month and half of no retrieves only sit to flush/shot. Started with bumpers, dead chuckars and then live flushed shot chuckers including allowed flyaways. Very similar to what Jim has prepared. The whole idea for me was to work on the sit and stay there until released. By doing so Im very happy with the outcome because now I have a very good steady to wing and shot dog. It was challenging at first because of the "normal" way of training was prepared however I found it interesting and learned a ton to train that way for the control, by changing the training to change the dog. I would admit that I felt weird for not letting him pick up anything like I was almost punishing the dog or at least not rewarding him with the retrieve, instead a "good dog" or walk over and simple pat I feel was enough to get the message across. Off the field on release a tossed bumper and we were done.
BTW I trained him to sit to shot, not necessarly to whistle the whistle was the back up and it has carried over to our hunting
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Is the OP question directed at tests or hunting as there may be different scenarios.
For testing the UKC has an upland test however we have not done UKC work so i cannot comment. However the CKC ht program has a series in the Senior and Master for upland. We have titled several dogs to MH, GMHR and NMH so we train to quarter and sit to flush/shot. Some of the CKC folks hopefully will comment.
We think the sit to flush is easy to teach. On the flush in the beginning blow your whistle and yell sit. It may take a few times but they learn because they have been trained to sit on a whistle. After they sit , walk to them and in the beginning slip your lead on and turn away with a heel. Soon you will just be able to leave the fall
They understand it is not their bird, now saying that maybe once in 100 times let them retrieve the fall.
In the AKC ht many times our crew will sit on a diversion shot and we have had judges say " they popped" , how do you pop on the return but this has happened more than once Once you explain steady to shot the issue goes away but it is a bi - product of cross training
Hope this adds value and helps
1) Walk dog at heel and shoot the starter pistol, blow sit whistle. Do this the same as formal OB. Soon the dog will start sitting to the shot before you blow the whistle. Now the dog is becoming steady yo shot. This will take about a week or two depanding the dog.
2) While on a cord take the dog into a field and let the work the field with no birds. Shoot the starter pistol and blow the whistle so the dog learns to sit on the shot while he is away from you. This is how we start to teach spaniels to run in braces.
3) Hide a bumper in your hunting vest or coat. While on a check cord take the dog into a field and let him work the field with no birds. Now shoot the starter pistol blow your whistle and throw a bumper out of your hunting vest try to throw the bumper in a direction that places you between the bumper and the dog. So if the dog breaks you are able to stop him from getting the retrieve. Make sure the dog see's the bumper fall, Now you walk over and pick up the bumper.
4) Plant 1 upland bird in the field work the dog on the check cord into the wind up to the planted bird. As the dog makes game grab the check cord. Bird flushes blow sit whistle fire starter pistol. Let the dog watch the bird fly off. After the bird is out of site call the dog back and start hunting again on your way out of the field. This will take several times before the dog will become steady enough to shoot over.
5) Plant 1 upland bird in the field work the dog on the check cord into the wind to the planted bird Same as you've been doing in step2. As the dog makes game prepare to stop the dog with a sit whistle(Put the whistle in your mouth). Once the bird begins to flush blow the sit whistle look to ensure the dog is sitting. Then shoot the bird. After the bird is down ensure the dog is sitting and walk out and pick up the shot bird. Your dog is now steady to wing & shot.
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To make dip in microwave, in 1 1/2-quart microwavable bowl, microwave onion, garlic and water on High 2 to 3 minutes or until onion is tender and water has evaporated. Stir in cheeses; microwave on High 1 1/2 to 2 minutes or until cheeses are melted. Stir in tomatoes, chiles, salt, chili powder and ground red pepper. Microwave on High 2 minutes or until mixture is hot.
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The term "fetal presentation" refers to the part of your baby's body that is closest to the birth canal. In most full-term pregnancies, the baby is positioned head down, or cephalic, in the uterus.
If your baby is breech, his bottom is the part of his body closest to the birth canal. No one is sure what causes a breech presentation, but it happens in 3% to 5% of single-baby deliveries.
As your pregnancy nears full term, your caregiver will check your baby's position during regular prenatal visits. Common methods for assessing fetal position include vaginal exams, ultrasound, feeling your abdomen, and listening to the baby's heartbeat with a Doppler device.
There are three types of breech presentation: complete, incomplete, and frank.
Complete breech is when both of the baby's knees are bent and his feet and bottom are closest to the birth canal.
Incomplete breech is when one of the baby's knees is bent and his foot and bottom are closest to the birth canal.
Frank breech is when the baby's legs are folded flat up against his head and his bottom is closest to the birth canal.
There is also footling breech where one or both feet are presenting.
A prolapsed umbilical cord is common in breech deliveries. This happens when part of the umbilical cord slips down through the cervix before the baby does. The cord is then compressed during contractions, which cuts down on blood flow to the baby. An emergency cesarean section is usually needed.
If you're near term and your baby is breech, your doctor may try to manually move him into a head-down position for delivery. There are two ways to do this: During an external version, the doctor moves your baby by pressing on the outside of your belly. During an internal version, the doctor inserts his hand through your vagina and cervix and moves the baby from the inside.
If your doctor can't manually reposition your baby, a cesarean section may be needed.
If your baby is in a posterior position, his face is turned up toward your belly. This can make labor longer and more difficult, since the widest part of his head has to fit through the birth canal.
You may be able to help your baby rotate into a normal, face-down position by getting on all fours with your bottom in the air, which allows your uterus to drop forward. Your doctor may also try to reposition your baby by reaching in through your vagina and gently rotating his head with his hand or forceps. If none of these methods works, a cesarean section may be needed.
If your baby is transverse, he is lying horizontally in your uterus. Your doctor may try to manually turn him into a head-down position, but a cesarean section is usually needed.
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Dropping into Deer Creek Canyon above Cohasset California. Deer Creek drains the Southern edge of Lassen Volcanic National Park, carving a deep canyon through volcanic mudflows of the foothills, and joining the Sacramento Valley between Red Bluff and Chico. In the first part of the last century, the famous Yahi man...


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"My Escape From Slavery: A Young Man's Journey From Captivity to
Freedom" is the title of a presentation set for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
8, in 302 Frist Campus Center.
Francis Bok, a former slave in his native Sudan, will share his true story of 10 years in captivity and his journey to freedom in America. In 2000, Bok became the first escaped slave to testify before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in the hearings on Sudan.
Now an anti-slavery activist, Bok is serving out his mission to combat world slavery through his writings and public appearances as well as his work as an associate at the Boston-based American Anti-Slavery Group.
The event is organized by the Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding and co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, International Center, Princeton Justice Project, Black History Month Planning Committee and Akwaaba.


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Witch Hat: A tall, conical hat, usually in black and with a wide brim. Today, the hat of the Witch is an archetype and appears silly. Most Witches today wear no headgear (although the High Priest and High Priestess may wear a simple crown or stag horns).
In the Europe of the 1400s, such a hat was popular among royalty and the upper classes. By the time the fashion filtered down to the common folk, it was out of style for the wealthy. At that time, the Christian church was trying to bring people away from Paganism and into Christianity. By claiming that Witches wore such hats they were subtly indicating that Pagan beliefs, like the hat, were out of fashion.
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Packers' run game, DuJuan Harris on rise
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Early in the season, the Packers struggled to run the football. But over the final eight weeks of the regular season, the team topped the 100 yard rushing mark six times. Since Week Nine, the team has the 12th most rushing yards in the league.
In its Week One loss to San Francisco, the Packers' leading rusher was Aaron Rodgers. Green Bay gained a total of just 45 yards on the ground. That's an area the team almost definitely needs to improve on in order to beat the 49'ers this time around.
"When you run it, you want to run it good and we need to run it better this time, there is no doubt about that. We did not run the ball very well in Week One," Packers Coach Mike McCarthy said.
"We looked at that film to get some references from there," offensive lineman T.J. Lang said. "We've just got to play better than we did in Week One. We've got to play more sound, more fundamental football. We've shown that the last couple of weeks to be able to be sitting where we are now."
Green Bay will have two different starters on its offensive line from that Week One match-up, and may just be hitting its stride right now.
"We're pretty cohesive, we've had a different line for much of the season kind of jumbled around but we're playing pretty well," offensive lineman Marshall Newhouse said.
Just like the offensive line has seen its changes, so too has the running back position. The Packers have had five different starters this season. The most recent starter is DuJuan Harris, who was signed off the team's practice squad at the start of December.
"I'm still trying to get comfortable with it, I'm getting there, I'm progressing, still a long way to go," Harris said. "Since I've been here I've just tried to help out this team and help the team win, even when I was on the practice squad I was trying to give them a good look, mindset don't change."
James Starks, who missed the last five games with a knee injury, was a full participant at practice Wednesday. Whether or not he'll be in the mix for some carries on Saturday is unclear.


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Gary is an author, trial lawyer, Mequon-area resident and town of Cedarburg supervisor. He is a columnist for the News Graphic and writes for several Wisconsin area magazines and is a national columnist with The American Thinker and PJ Media. He lives with his wife, Lisa, and has three sons ages 18 to 28. Gary won Ozaukee County in his bid for the Wisconsin Assembly's 60th District in 2011, but came up just 58 votes short.
A liberal friend of mine recently lamented the accusation that our president was dividing America. He called the charge "exasperating" and claimed it was supported by the "flimsiest of evidence." Ironically, his inability to see the truth is itself probative evidence of how divided America has become. Facilitated by desperate, baseless, yet effective accusations that those who oppose our president are racist, Barack Obama will go down in history as the most divisive chief executive ever to occupy the Oval Office. And the evidence is far from flimsy.
President Obama has talked for over four years about "leveling the playing field" and lowering taxes for "working" Americans. Who are these mysterious "working Americans"? Most small and large business owners who take the risks, create jobs, and constitute the engine of the U.S. economy, work longer and harder than 99% of the so-called "99%." Yet I can assure you our president is not referring to small business owners when he describes or mentions "working Americans." The reason is simple – he is dividing America into factions for political gain.
President Obama has effectively divided America into nice little political enclaves based on skin color, ethnicity, and race. He wrongfully attacked the white Cambridge police and announced publicly these hard-working police officers "acted stupidly" for going by the book and arresting the fly-off-the-handle black professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., solely based on the skin color of the participants and without even knowing the true facts. He was later proved wrong. More recently, Obama sided with Trayvon Martin in what has now been shown to be a justified use of deadly force by George Zimmerman, saying if he had a son, he would look like Trayvon. Another example of dividing by race, fanning the flames, without justification or knowing any of the facts.
Amazingly, even liberal-CNN, which has lost 50% of its audience in the last 12 months, has turned on the president and has tagged him a "divider." The network recently said that, in 2008, President Obama campaigned on a message of "Hope and Change". They charged that his speeches have now become centerpieces of class warfare and that his 2012 re-election effort is a class warfare campaign of division. CNN correctly points out that Obama plans to divide America along class lines, gender lines, party lines, age lines and any other lines he can find. He will run a campaign of rich against poor, men against women, Democrats against Republicans, young against old and liberals against conservatives. And that is from a liberal news organization.
Obama is even dividing employees across America by insisting on fostering employee unions where none are wanted or needed. On the heels of a stinging defeat in Wisconsin and unable to reverse the freefall in union membership, Obama has circumvented Congress by allowing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to create an entirely new type of union. A new rule hatched by the Obama-appointed board, ambushes employers by allowing the creation of union cells - organizing a few employees within a company to gain a foothold - which will severely impact businesses and further divides labor from management.
Despite the fact that the top 1% of taxpayers pay over 40% of all federal income taxes, the president pits tax bracket against tax bracket by repeating his longstanding call for the wealthy to pay "their fair share." Dividing America into the proverbial "haves and have-nots", he serves as a catalyst for envy and tells Americans worried about their jobs that the best way to help them isn't to get government out of the way of the people that employ them, but rather, to raise their bosses' taxes. Mitch Daniels summed it up best when he said, "No feature of the Obama presidency has been sadder than its constant efforts to divide us, to curry favor with some Americans by castigating others."
Barack Obama repeatedly has said he wants to have Americans work together. But that apparently comes only after we are divided up, categorized and separated by race, ethnicity, and even religion. The evidence comes not from Rush Limbaugh or Fox News, but from Obama himself. His campaign divides people by skin color and into convenient political categories: African-Americans, Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders, Jewish Americans, Latinos, LGBT Americans, people of faith, veterans & military families, women and young Americans, and those who "cling to their guns or religion." In visiting Obama's website, one will find a disturbing drop down menu titled "Groups" listing several categories that Obama believes should be isolated and pandered to in a way that is different from that of the general public.
Our president is using race, gender and religion to divide America for political gain. As soon as he became president we began to witness the sharpest partisan divide in history. A major new study by the Pew Research Center reveals that America's partisan divide has reached an historic high. The Center, which has tracked American values for the last 25 years, shows a shocking dissolution of bi-partisan agreement among Americans in areas such as the environment, immigration, and the social safety net. Political party has now become the single largest fissure in American society, with value gaps between Republicans and Democrats at an all-time high. The study reveals that Republicans' support for the social safety net has evaporated, Democrats have become more secular, and even independents are more divided than ever.
It is not just the right-wing media acknowledging that Barack is the Great Divider. Ultra-liberal CNBC recently called Obama "unpresidential" and "petulant", and confirmed that Obama is "dividing us." The co-founder of Home Depot sharply criticized Obama for promoting class warfare through his repeated attacks using terms like "fat cat" and his attacks on capitalism.
Our president has intentionally and successfully managed to divide our country more than at any time since the Civil War. If our president was a saboteur, trying to do everything in his power to destroy the U.S. economy, what would he do differently? Not much. And he is not only dividing people against other people, but also is turning people against the only things that provide productive employment in America – corporations. His attacks on oil companies, insurance companies, auto manufacturers, and Wall Street is now the stuff of legend.
Class warfare is being used as never before by this president. At a time when America desperately needs to come together, our own president is pitting us against one another in a myriad of specious and deceptive ways. Class warfare has already become a dominant theme in the 2012 race for the White House. Barack Obama's Occupy Wall Street crowd loves to talk about how evil the "1 percent" is. But it is more like the "20 percent" that employs the "80 percent." And the 20% are people that have worked extremely hard, risked everything, and have been fortunate enough to get some really good breaks in life. What's more, people flow in and out of and between the 20% and the 80%, and 51% of Americans pay absolutely no federal income taxes. So much for our president's call for everyone to have "skin in the game."
Sadly, the Great Divider is the same man who four years ago wooed so many with tired, specious bromides such as, "There are no red states or blue states, just the United States"? Remember when Obama declared that Americans had to pull together, because what united us was stronger than what divided us? Yeah, not so much.
The Great Divider's re-election campaign has been an exercise in fragmentation. He has carved up the electorate into winnable chunks. And he's appeasing those chunks of the electorate, one taxpayer-funded handout, buy-out, or tax credit at a time. The evidence is far from flimsy. It's overwhelming.
None of this should be surprising, however. Biographer Sanford Horwitt has claimed that U.S. President Barack Obama was influenced by SaulAlinsky, a radical community organizer who produced less for this country than perhaps any able-bodied many in history. Obama taught Alinsky tactics and "Rules for Radicals" to leftist groups, and later followed in Alinsky's footsteps as a Chicago-based community organizer, fashioning his 2008 presidential campaign around these radical teachings. And what are these teachings? Alinsky taught our president to "Rub Raw the Sores of Social Discontent."
On the eve of the 2008 election, two of our most famous elitist political journalists – Charlie Rose and Tom Brokaw – conversed about how little they actually knew about the man they were going to vote for. The conversation went like this:
ROSE: I don't know what Barack Obama's worldview is.
BROKAW: No, I don't, either.
ROSE: I don't know how he really sees where China is.
BROKAW: We don't know a lot about Barack Obama and the universe of is thinking about foreign policy.
ROSE: I don't really know. And do we know anything about the people who are advising him?
BROKAW: Yeah, it's an interesting question.
ROSE: He is principally known through his autobiography and through very aspirational (sic) speeches.
BROKAW: Two of them! I don't know what books he's read.
ROSE: What do we know about the heroes of Barack Obama?
BROKAW: There's a lot about him we don't know.
It's too bad America didn't take the time to get to know the man they elected in 2008. It's too bad we didn't have the backbone to properly vet the president before it was too late. Divisive ideas and rhetoric define our president and the radicals he has embraced his entire life. It's sad that we allowed this man to follow the radical playbook and failed ideas of his mentors, divide our once great nation in the process. But we know him now. And we will not make the same mistake in 2012.
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Original post made by Sharon Heights Resident, Menlo Park: Sharon Heights, on Jul 19, 2013
Can the Almanac provide a reason for its inconsistent censorship other than "It's my newspaper and I will do what I want to do"?
I am worried about the Almanac. It used to be a forum for the free exchange of ideas. It now seems to be departing from that standard.
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a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Jul 19, 2013 at 11:50 am
tHankfully, the trash was removed.
The good American citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts decided that Teddy Kennedy was better than ANY republican over that span, and said so in the most American of ways, at the ballot box. They also, after a brief mistake, decided that seat rightfully belongs to Elizabeth Warren.
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Jul 19, 2013 at 7:16 pm
For an interesting account of the so called American Legend and Lion of the Senate read this UK publication account of Ted Kennedy
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This lion is more like the one in the Wizard of Oz. Kennedy should have gone to Prison. Instead the corrupt Democratic Political Machine in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts managed to get him off.
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Jul 21, 2013 at 7:09 am
Agree with poster American Legend - if Edward Kennedy was so bad, how come the stupid opposition couldn't defeat him in 30 years? Were they running even worse bozos, or did the voters of Massachusetts recognize that the horrible republican candidates and the terrible republican policies were a worse choice for working Americans?
History proves that to be the case. Massachusetts voters chose Ted K consistently over the horrid republican candidates and policies.
But mr dfour has to continue smear good Americans when they are long gone. Must be awful to have live such a bitter little life. SHAMEless.
tHANKs for listening!
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Jul 25, 2013 at 3:17 pm
If you have to ask the question, then you were not paying attention.
I have no issues with Edward Kennedy's political life. But to not admit that he got away without any meaningful punishment for an unintended death (and leaving the scene of an accident) is just ignorant.
Why was he re-elected? He was a liberal democrat who successfully proposed government programs for the less fortunate and beyond. It had nothing to do with what people thought of his disgraceful actions on that fateful night.
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on Jul 25, 2013 at 5:59 pm
Sure, H marks the 44th anniversary of TK running off the road and his passenger dying. It shows just the type of person he is. So much so, after the initial post is deleted, he reposts with a less vitiolic post.
Think he'll mark the 44th anniversary on Feb 26 2056, of the stalking and hunting by G Zimmerman, after being told by police to stay in his car, of Trayvon Martin? That event has far more significance.
Nah. Me, neither.
They're both dead and gone. Let it go.
Stick with politicians that are living. How about Diaper David Vitter, senator LA, who ran on a family values platform. So much, as his favorite hooker reported, that he liked diapers. Vitter, thanks to the good people of Louisiana, is still in office. Think H will castigate the "corrupt (Republican) Political Machine" in LA? Web Link
Again: nah, me neither.
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Poor Mrs Vitter, when senator dave admitted to all the prostitution scandals, she had to go to his press conference and try and not look cuckolded, wearing the leopard print dress to show the world she was still vital. She should have sliced his... ah, nevermind.
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There are two recognised writers at the heart of this work, both well known for their gift of the gab and mining rich veins of cultural life with quick wit and intelligence. Yet both Mark Twain and playwright David Geary feel strangely absent from the centre of this production.
A surreal twisting of fact and fiction, Mark Twain and Me in Maoriland was inspired by a true life event. In Whanganui on a lecture tour of New Zealand in 1895 Twain upset some of the locals by suggesting that the monument at Moutoa Gardens honouring Maori loyal to the British should be blown up for encouraging them to be disloyal to their own race.
Geary uses this as a launching point to explore a powerful theme - loyalty, across the complex currents of colonial and cultural relations through which the river flows. Maori fight Maori, French Catholics stir the pot, and Pakeha try to protect a growing town that their pompous mayor (with shades of the present) boasts as having more pavement than Auckland.
The central character is not outsider Twain but a Maori caught midstream. Ra, played strongly by Maaka Pohatu, is a kupapa Maori (loyal to the crown). He threatens Twain but increasingly finds himself in the crossfire, as he seeks atonement but also tries to reconcile his heart.
What is problematic and rather bold in this work is that Twain is violently sidelined. His situation is given small attention, he is interrupted as soon as he starts to deliver lectures, and shifted around the stage like a talking mannequin in an ill-fitting suit. It's hard to know whether Stephen Papps as Twain (with an equally ill-fitting American accent) is simply uncomfortable in the role or being directed to perform this way.
Under acclaimed Australian director John Bolton, showing all the flair for physical theatre he is known for, it is Twain's statue which is continually toppled - for reason only perhaps that he represents yet another outsider's view of Maori.
As for Geary, the production bears all of the hallmarks of a piece of devised physical theatre rather than that by a scriptwriter. I should declare an interest here that may strongly colour my view: I read an earlier draft of the script created before Boltons' arrival, which this work bears only passing resemblance to. I miss its streams of rich wordplay and structure here.
This wouldn't be a criticism if what replaced it felt like it had a coherent framework. It also seems caught midstream, lacking either a strong individual or collective vision. Put simply, it feels confused, and I was left wondering whether it was a case of too many cooks in the creative kitchen.
At the work's heart is the struggle over who gets to tell a story - an echo of the adage "history is written by the winner" and Twain's wish to see statues blown up. And in this respect the work's lack of a unifying perspective feels quite honest. A physicalised struggle to be the storyteller is what is most fascinating about this production. Bolton constantly shifts theatrical styles and creates choral disruptions to individual's attempts to stand and deliver their positions, as if we're right in the heat of an argument about what is the truth today.
One clear inspiration for this disruptive style is turn-of-the-century vaudeville, with its raw cutting humour and regular breaks into song and dance. And there are some bravado comic performances, particularly from Aaron Cortesi and Allan Henry as a pair of Catholic and Anglican priest buffoons. Yet even the idea put forward at one point that the storytelling structure is a variety show at the Wanganui Oddfellows Hall is, frustratingly, rejected. The company seems determined that this world, however surreal, will not be housed within any singular framework.
Other Maori and Pakeha traditional storytelling structures are announced and then subverted. You're not welcomed or introduced into the stories. Rather you are alienated from them. You are thrown into the middle of waiata, or narration is given belatedly. I'm not sure this pays much respect to anyone, and keeps incapacitating the warmth, humour and hope the story and characters promise.
It looks through a fractured lens at a rich historical moment in time from neither a Maori, Pakeha or outsider's perspective, and with little heed to introducing us properly to everything from Twain's writing to the Battle of Moutoa (imaginatively restaged through piles of clothes on the ground). Who the 'me' in the title is becomes a question mark.
Given how silenced a Maori perspective on Whanganui's history has been, it felt odd that the director and not more of the actors were Maori. Likewise I would love to hear a Maori critic's perspective on this work.
By the end the stage has been littered with great ideas (I particularly liked the use of water filled plastic containers to give us the movement of people on water). The talented cast show tremendous commitment to the work's schizophrenic flips, but you get the sense that together with Bolton, and the two designers there are a few too many other outside interpreters, coming back from a trip up the Whanganui with a scrapbook of ideas. The cast tend to look lost on the large white envelope of a set - upon which Martyn Roberts at least does play out a stunning lighting design.
"Do you know who I am?" Twain asks Ra at one point. "You're an old man lost up a river," replies Ra tellingly. With that I could empathise.