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MANATEE COUNTY — It wasn't the typical weekend for Zach Larus.
The senior at Braden River High School chatted with other youths in a grassy field behind Woodland — The Community Church March 4 as flames from a campfire flickered against a black skyline.
Then, after munching on hotdogs and chips and swapping stories, he and about a dozen other high school students climbed into boxes to attempt a solid night's rest.
"Sleeping in a box all night wasn't the most comfortable thing," Larus said. "It sounds simple — a simplified lifestyle — but it's not. I was between cold and sweating (all night)."
Woodland hosted its first Kinetic Box Retreat March 4-5. During the event, East County high school students learned about homelessness and other life lessons.
Tenth- and 11th-grade students spent their Friday night packing sack lunches of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and other treats to hand out to homeless individuals in Bradenton before camping under the stars. The next morning, they arrived in downtown Bradenton at 7 a.m. to pass out lunches before heading to the Salvation Army, where they scrubbed the facility's bathrooms and dining area. They also donated to the Salvation Army bags for homeless children containing items such as Play-Doh and crayons, and bags with toiletries and other items for their families.
"It was really great to open my eyes to how (the homeless) have to live," Lakewood Ranch junior Taylor Halligan said. "It was nice to start my spring (and spring break) off by giving to (others)."
Event organizer Jennifer Passmore, wife of Woodland's senior Pastor Tim Passmore and the church's preschool director, said the retreat was meant to show youths about poverty and to appreciate the things they have.
"These kids have no idea what it would be like, and what they have," she said. "When you compare yourself to others, you compare yourself up. I don't have this. I don't have that.
"One of the ways you learn to be grateful is you get a good look at it and serving," she said. "That's the message of the church — serve one another and show the love of (Jesus) Christ."
Jennifer and Tim Passmore in January started a group for high school students to be able to question what they believe and why so they will be better prepared as they venture out from their parent's households.
As a result of those discussions, the couple decided to host a box retreat. Their daughter, Alex, had attended one at Christ Presbyterian Church two years ago, and the experience proved a valuable lesson in gratitude and service, she said.
"It was challenging; it opened my eyes," Alex Passmore said. "(At the Christ Presbyterian retreat) we went two days without my phone, and I was dying."
Larus agreed the Kinetic Box Retreat proved more challenging than he anticipated and also taught him valuable life lessons.
"I'm thankful for just having a shower and a bed," he said. "I was astonished to find out (from the Salvation Army) we have hundreds of homeless people in this area."
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I'm the director of the tournament and one of the coaches for the Charlotte Teams. It's fun to watch, and the kids play 3 games (10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and 1 on Sunday (11:30 a.m.). So much for those NBA players complaining about a back-to-back 22 hours apart.
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The image, taken by NASA's space-based Chandra Observatory telescope, shows an X-ray nebula 150 light years across.
NASA says the display is caused by a young and powerful pulsar, known by the rather prosaic name of PSR B1509-58.The finger-like structures are apparently caused by "energizing knots of material in a neighboring gas cloud," NASA says.
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Stevenson's Rosie Morse (left) probes the Plymouth defense in Tuesday's KLAA playoff opener. / JOHN KEMSKI | EXPRESS PHOTO
Livonia Stevenson just couldnt find its way out of the forest.
The Spartans ran up against perhaps the biggest girls basketball team in the state Tuesday in host Plymouth, building a 20-13 advantage midway through third quarter.
But the host Wildcats, who shot a paltry 4-of-32 from the field in the first half, got untracked with 12-4 run to end the third and then outscored Stevenson 17-8 in the fourth to earn a 42-30 Kensington Lakes Activities Association playoff victory.
I want to give Stevenson a lot of credit, thats a terrific defensive team, very well coached team, and we knew that coming in, said Plymouth coach Nick Brandon, whose team improved to 14-3 overall and will travel Friday to face Novi in the Kensington Conference semifinals. I thought the first half was just your basic postseason battle between two teams that really want it. Fortunately for us the second half we got a little rhythm offensively and I thought our press was a big difference.
The Wildcats also proved to be more efficient shooting the ball during the final 16 minutes going 10-of-22 from the floor.
One of the catalysts was 6-foot-4 senior center Shelby Cheston, who finished with 15 points and 17 rebounds.
She finished a lot better in the second half, Brandon said. At half we told her to stick with it and keep doing what she was doing, just stay focused and keep playing with great determination.
Inside players are just like outside shooters. I think they need to see a couple go in to get their confidence up. I think that was huge for us second half. I thought she had a brilliant second half.
Steady throughout the game was senior point-guard Kylie Robb, who added 13 points to go along with five assists.
Her triple with 4:59 left in the fourth quarter proved to be the dagger as the Wildcats went up by double digits, 34-24.
Kylie is our quarterback, Brandon said. This team asks so much of Kyle Robb as we have all year. I thought she did a terrific job with the basketball, made some big shots and really made some smart decisions there at the end. And a lot of people overlook her defense, but shes a pretty good shutdown defender. I thought she really stepped up as well.
Stevenson was down only two at the half, 12-10, despite hitting only 3-of-18 shots from the floor.
The Spartans then came out and went on a 10-1 run to start the third, but couldnt sustain their momentum. A total of 23 turnovers proved to be the big bugaboo for Stevenson.
We just lost our heads, said Stevenson coach Jen Knoph, whose team slipped to 10-6 overall. We had three or four bad passes in a row. The press we were breaking all game long all the sudden we decided to put our heads down and not break any more. They (Plymouth) got a couple of transition baskets on that. We just made some bad decisions.
Senior guard Rachel Wilkinson scored a team-best 10 points for the Spartans, who shot only 10-of-47 for the game (21.2 percent).
Senior center Charlesann Roy, who picked up her third foul at the end of the first half and was forced to sit much of the third, finished with seven along with Amy Freed.
My guess about 29 minutes of the game we were either dominating or doing a really good job on both ends of the floor, Knoph said. We probably had eight or nine (turnovers) in that (third quarter) stretch because we were handling the ball pretty well. We didnt turn it over on the press early in the game.
Senior forward Kyra Johnson, despite being undersized, also did some heavy board work against the tall Plymouth front line which boasted a trio of plus 6-footers. She finished with 11 rebounds.
In the first half she (Cheston) was getting a lot of offensive boards, Knoph said. In the second half I was telling the girls, Get her out, somebody else will come in and get the board. They did that about three times. I saw one clear her and somebody else come in. Thats a good team. Theyve got a lot of experience. Four are seniors, I think three were up on varsity from freshman year. They withstood the run that we gave them. They did a good job.
Meanwhile, the Wildcats were able to take Stevenson out of its comfort zone the second half.
They (Stevenson) a very rhythmic team thats what we saw when we scouted them, Brandon said. When they get in rhythm theyre very hard to stop, so we had to do whatever we could. It was a grind. When you play in postseason youve got to play 32 minutes and thats what we preached as we got ready for this game. I thought our kids did a very good job of that.


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With Harvard already in the field, we have TWELVE conference running tournament games today. Exciting, isn't it?
Binghamton clawed their way back from a 15 point deficit at the half to tie the game at the buzzer and send it into over time. But their effort wasn't enough to keep up with Hartford in the end and the Hawks pulled in the 89-83 win.
Vermont came out with a vengeance. Hartford beat them on their home court with a buzzer beater three last year and they weren't about to let that happen against. After a rough first half, the seniors stepped it up to pull away with the win
At the bottom of the standings, the New Hampshire Wildcats looks pretty harmless, but Hartford found out the hard way just how good they can get with a little confidence and determination.
Hartford wouldn't let Albany shoot 16 threes like their last match up. They held the Great Danes to just 2 treys for the whole game while grabbing 12 of their own to split the season in a 67-54 home win.
The top 5 teams in the America East are battling their way through conference season for their only shot at their #Chance2Dance. While not entirely what the pre-season polls expected, everyone's in for a good game when it comes down to these teams.
When top scorer, Mark Nwakamma, hobbled off the court during warmups, Hartford's game plan changed dramatically. But their determination wasn't enough to break the 10 year win streak Vermont held at Chase Arena.
Wes Cole hit 10 from beyond the arc to break the school record for most threes in a game. His 30 points helped Hartford push past UMass-Lowell, who's been causing quite a stir in America East play.
What do you get when you add an injury plagued Albany team with a confident and determined UMass Lowell? A 3-1 record for the transitioning D1 team.
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STARRING Jessica Alba, Sarah Jessica Parker, Brendan Fraser, James Gandolfini, Kaitlin Olson, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Ashley Eckstein, Jane Lynch, Paul Reubens, Ricky Gervais, Jonathan Morgan Heit, Sofia Vergara, Paul Scheer, Jayson Simpson, Doug Abrahams
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PRODUCER(S) Luke Carroll, Catherine Winder, Donna Gigliotti
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Astronaut Scorch Supernova is a national hero to the blue alien population. A master of daring rescues, Scorch pulls off astonishing feats with the quiet aid of his nerdy, by-the-rules brother, Gary, head of mission control at BASA. When BASA's no-nonsense chief Lena informs the brothers of an SOS from a notoriously dangerous planet, Scorch rejects Gary's warnings and bounds off for yet another exciting mission. But when Scorch finds himself caught in a fiendish trap set by the evil Shanker it's up to scrawny, risk-adverse Gary to do the real rescuing. As the interplanetary stakes rise to new heights, Gary is left to save his brother, his planet, his beloved wife Kira and their adventure hungry son Kip. In 3D at select locations.


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Waiting for testing day
You and your husband do everything in your power to try and get pregnant. You attempt to pin point your most fertile days and times, read through all the books, and maybe you even have a few of your own tricks up your sleeve? Or maybe you just started trying and are positive you'll have no problems conceiving...
By far, the most excruciating part is waiting to test. Waiting, waiting, waiting... Seriously. And my body likes to trick me with random signs that make me think it'll be positive, but alas still waiting for next time.
I get tempted to buy cheap tests early and do it knowing it'll be negative. I don't really know why, but I guess that's the only way I can think to be "proactive". "Maybe I was earlier than I thought and it'll give a reading" etc. etc.
Do you ladies get anxious waiting from ovulation to testing time?
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I've been going through this for a couple years. It is awful, and truly made me feel like a crazy person because of all the pregnancy "symptoms" I was sure I had, (like you mentioned.) In the mean time, I've been supportive through 12 pregnancies/births within my close circle of acquaintances. I feel lost, alone, and furious. Some close to me try to relate and empathize, but they can't truly understand what it's like. So yes, there are lots of other anxious, "crazy" gals out there who are enduring that long two week wait!
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I go crazy too! Reading into every little sign! Omgoodness, the joys of womanhood eh? One thing I read in "taking charge of your fertility" (I think it was this book) is that tracking your basal body temp and knowing how your temps work, if you learn how to do this, your first real sign of pregnancy could be detected when your temp doesn't drop as you near closer to your period. I have been wanting to try this but never have. I have been trying for 16 cycles now and I would give anything to just "skip" the ttw!
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Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times
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Press discusses four stories in which individuals show the strength to act on their own conviction instead of following what was expected of them: A Swiss police officer refuses to send Jewish refugees back to Nazi Germany; a Serb saves the lives of Croats during the 1990s war; an Israeli soldier questions serving in occupied settlements; and a financial adviser uncovers a Ponzi scheme and becomes a whistleblower.
Books on Fire: The Destruction of Libraries Throughout History
By Lucien X. Polastron, translated by Jon E. Graham
Polastron's writings cover the history and causes of destroyed libraries—from politics and natural disasters to acts of theft and property destruction—and their effect on written history and culture. Extensive research and documentation spans the 1358 B.C. destruction of the libraries of Thebes to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and considers the role of electronic books and other non-print sources on the current traditions of learning and culture.
Blitzkrieg and Books: British and European Libraries as Casualties of World War II
By Hilda Uren Stubbings
During the war, an estimated 57 percent of the pre-war European book stock was destroyed. This stirring history tells of the librarians who quietly preserved national treasures of art, books and ancient manuscripts in various European libraries; of the post-war effort to find and return Nazi-confiscated books; and of the role the United States played as trustee of the Jewish materials whose owners could not be found.
Education in Nazi Germany
By Lisa Pine
To secure the future posterity of the Third Reich, educational policies, curriculum, elite schools and youth groups were instrumental to ensuring citizen loyalty and patriotism. Pine provides a thought-provoking analysis of Nazi educational policy in its historical context.
Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior
This resource book for educators and students is enlightening for citizen readers as well, providing an interdisciplinary approach to citizenship education. The readings and activities explore the consequences of discrimination, racism and anti-Semitism during the 1930s and '40s, investigating the forces that undermined democracy in Germany and ultimately led to the Holocaust.
Library: An Unquiet History
By Matthew Battles
Former Harvard librarian Battles explores the library's changing role in history and the ongoing debate about what libraries should collect. From ancient Alexandria to the 21st century, despite their destruction due to either natural or political forces, libraries, Battles argues, have been necessary to the survival of cultures throughout history.
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventure of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
By Aaron Lansky
As an older Jewish generation passed, their books, which survived both Nazi and communist regimes, were often thrown away by family members who were unable to read the language. Lansky began a quest in the early 1980s to save as many of these works as possible, eventually recovering over a million volumes and founding The Yiddish Book Center. A literature on the verge of extinction was recovered, and the center has become the premier supplier of Yiddish collections throughout the world.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
By William L. Shirer
This definitive history of the Third Reich is based on confidential Nazi documents, eyewitness testimony and personal observation. Shirer, a seasoned foreign correspondent, provides the story of the rise of Nazi Germany and its subsequent demise through many of its most frightening moments.
On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done
By Cass R. Sunstein
In this short work, Sunstein raises interesting questions about how our decisions are influenced by others' opinions. In the digital age, rumors spread in an instant and corrections or retractions are very difficult to accept once posted. He addresses the issue of what motivates rumor propagators, both malicious and altruistic.
Travels in the Reich, 1933-1945: Foreign Authors Report from Germany
Edited by Oliver Lubrich, translated by Kenneth Northcott, Sonia Wichman and Dean Krouk
This collection of daily observations by Virginia Woolf, Samuel Beckett, Jean-Paul Sartre, William Shirer and W.E.B. DuBois, among others, is an absorbing account of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. The recollections are both definitive and disturbing.
A Universal History of the Destruction of Books from Ancient Sumer to Modern Iraq
By Fernando Báez, translated by Alfred MacAdam
Beginning with ancient Mesopotamia and concluding in 2003 Iraq, Báez offers a comprehensive and fascinating history of the attempted suppression of freedom through book destruction, even including a chapter on fictional classics that reference book bans and burning, from Don Quixote and Doctor Faustus to The Time Machine and Fahrenheit 451. (Of special interest is the world map that has the author's Ten Worst Moments in the History of Books.)
The Watercooler Effect: A Psychologist Explores the Extraordinary Power of Rumors
By Nicholas DiFonzo
Psychologist DiFonzo discusses why rumors are spread, why they are believed and their effect on behavior, arguing that rumors come from the human motivation to make sense of the world but the result is often destructive and divisive. Examples cited offer a fresh perspective on how informal communication affords a look into individual and group dynamics.
Women of the World: The Great Foreign Correspondents
By Julia Edwards
Edwards, a seasoned reporter who has worked in 100 countries, writes of the professional lives of these courageous foreign correspondents. Among those who covered World War II are LIFE photographer Margaret Bourke-White, Chicago Daily News reporter Helen Kirkpatrick and the Chicago Tribune head of the Berlin Bureau, Sigrid Schultz, who as an interpreter hired in 1919 witnessed the beginnings of the Nazi movement and Hitler's rise to power. (After a confrontation with Goering, she so infuriated him that he dubbed her "that dragon from Chicago.")
Unless otherwise noted, these resources are available on all Chicago Public Library computers or on non-Library computers with your Chicago Public Library card.
"Refugees Tell of Terrors at Hands of Nazis: Say German Censors Cloak Violence"
Chicago Daily Tribune, March 20, 1933, p. 1
"Getting the Real News Difficult Job in Germany: Propaganda, Spy Mania Barrier to Writers"
By Taylor Edmond
Chicago Daily Tribune, April 9, 1933, p. 5
"Berlin Betting Ten to One on Victory in May: Sigrid Schultz Home with Some Revelations"
By William Fulton
Chicago Daily Tribune, February 28, 1941, p. 5
"Invisible Censor in Berlin Haunts Newspaper: U.S. Reporters Cramped by Word 'Verboten'"
By E.R. Noderer
Chicago Daily Tribune, March 16, 1941, p. c7
"Tribune Survey Bares Full Horror of German Atrocities: Millions Die; Yank Captives Starved, Killed"
Chicago Daily Tribune, April 25, 1945, p. 1
"How Your News Is Censored"
By Joe A. Morris
Saturday Evening Post v. 213, i. 27 (1941)
"Is the Google World a Better Place?"
By José Vericat
Journal of International Affairs v. 64, i. 1 (2010)
Articles and Lesson Plans
These articles and lesson plans are available online from our partners at Facing History and Ourselves:
- "A Matter of Obedience?" (Holocaust and Human Behavior)
- "Kristallnacht: Decision-Making in Times of Injustice"
- "The Nazis in Power: Discrimination, Obedience and Opportunism"
- "Choosing to Rescue" (Holocaust and Human Behavior)
These wonderful titles explore the capacity for both war and justice throughout history.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
By Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Author Juliet Ashton asks the people of Guernsey about life under German occupation and is rewarded with a series of letters from the unassuming residents as they pour out their stories of life under siege.
The History of Love
By Nicole Krauss
Leo Gursky, an aging Polish refugee, lives utterly alone in his New York City apartment. Unbeknownst to him, the novel he wrote years before has been published in Chile by another man. When young Alma Singer is called upon to translate the book into English, their fates are tied together in this haunting novel of love and loss.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
By Jamie Ford
In Seattle during World War II, Chinese American teenager Henry Lee must come to terms with his family's anti-Japanese sentiment when his girlfriend, Keiko, and her family are sent to an internment camp for the duration of the war.
The Kitchen House
By Kathleen Grissom
When 7-year-old Lavinia is orphaned during her Irish family's journey to become indentured servants in America, she is taken in by Belle, the enslaved daughter of a Virginia plantation owner. From their jobs in the kitchen house, she and Belle face the realities of slavery from very different perspectives.
The Lazarus Project
By Aleksander Hemon
Vladimir Brik, a Bosnian American writer living in Chicago, wins a grant to travel to Eastern Europe in search of material for the book he has been writing. His project concerns the true story of Lazarus Averbuch, a young Jewish immigrant in 1908 Chicago who was shot and killed by chief of police George Shippy for attempting to deliver a letter.
People of the Book
By Geraldine Brooks
When the Sarajevo Haggadah is uncovered after being hidden to protect it from bombing, Australian book conservator Hanna Heath is called upon to assess it for the United Nations. Using tiny clues trapped within its pages—a single hair, a salt crystal, an insect wing—she traces its journey from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Sarah's Key
By Tatiana de Rosnay
Journalist Polly Stone discovers that her Parisian apartment was once the home of a Jewish family arrested by French police and sent to Auschwitz. Her search to find the story of Sarah, the family's young daughter and only survivor, leads readers on a harrowing journey through this dark period of French history.
Suite Française
By Irene Nemirovsky
Two unfinished pieces of writing from acclaimed pre-World War II author Nemirovsky were discovered after her death at Auschwitz. The stories, written mere months before her death, tell of a France overrun by Nazis, and the way that ordinary people both fled from and unhappily coexisted with the occupying forces.
By Sandra Dallas
Tiny Tallgrass, Colo., is unexpectedly chosen to be the site of a Japanese internment camp for the duration of World War II. When a young girl is murdered, most of the townsfolk look to the camps for blame, but 13-year-old Rennie Stroud stands up for the newcomers.
The Wild Girl: The Notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932
By Jim Fergus
In 1999 a picture of a young Apache girl lying in a Mexican jail cell is offered for sale by aging photographer Ned Giles. When asked for the story of the picture he begins to reminisce about his 1932 adventure with the Great Apache Expedition to rescue a kidnapped boy, and the unlikely relationship he struck up with the fierce Apache girl captured to use as ransom.
Reads For Teens
These remarkable titles, for readers ages 12 and up, also shed light on dark times in history and the brilliance of the human spirit.
Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures from the Archives of the Anne Frank House
By Menno Metselaar and Ruud van der Rol
These seldom-seen photographs and perspectives lend a very personal feel to the story of one of the most well-known victims of the Holocaust.
The Auslander
By Paul Dowswell
Taken in by a German family after his parents die in the Soviet invasion of Poland, Peter attempts to assimilate to his new culture but is very soon thrust into a gripping race to freedom and safety with a pretty classmate.
Between Shades of Gray
By Ruta Sepetys
Readers will be deeply moved by the harrowing tale of Lina, a 15-year-old Lithuanian artist, and the imprisonment of her family and fellow countrymen in Russia under Stalin's brutal reign.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
By John Boyne
While 9-year-old Bruno is exploring his new home, he discovers a friendship that will change him forever.
Briar Rose
By Jane Yolen
This heartwarming and heartbreaking story draws inspiration from a classic folk character, creating a secretive romance with a powerful connection to the horrors of the Holocaust.
Children of the Slaughter
By Ted Gottfried
This look at the untold ways the Holocaust affected young people is a call for "the children of today [to] safeguard the children of tomorrow."
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
By Susan Campbell Bartoletti
This gripping account of the Hitler Youth movement comprises first-person reflections from some of the millions who were members, as well as some of the brave few who were not.
How I Live Now
By Meg Rosoff
After Daisy, an American teen, sets off for rural England, war breaks out and she finds herself the sole protector of her young cousin, doing whatever it takes to stay alive through the enemy occupation.
Is It Night or Day?
By Fern Schumer Chapman
In 1938, 12-year-old Edith is sent away from her Jewish parents in Germany to the South Side of Chicago where she must adjust to a new family, language, culture and loss.
Keturah and Lord Death
By Martine Leavitt
When Lord Death comes for the wily and beautiful Keturah, her belief in a love beyond death charms him into giving her one more day of life to find her true love.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
By Art Spiegelman
The impact of the Holocaust on those who survived and on their future generations is powerfully and uniquely explored in these revolutionary graphic novels.
By Jerry Spinelli
Set in Warsaw during World War II, this book introduces a dreamy and good-hearted orphan named Misha who is equipped with unique survival skills that help him live through horrific events.
Number the Stars
By Lois Lowry
This classic Newbery-winning novel set during the German occupation of Denmark tells of Annemarie and her family's courage in sheltering a young Jewish friend from the Nazis.
By Morris Gleitzman
Beginning the story that continues in Then and Now, Gleitzman tells of a naive Jewish boy and his perilous journey across Nazi-occupied Poland in search of his parents.
The Storyteller
By Antonia Michaelis
Set in modern-day Poland, this is an affecting story of intolerance, mystery, violence and love.
Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion and Betrayal
By Mal Peet
Love, war and desperation consume the world in which Tamar, Marijke and Dart live, leaving one betrayed, one dead and one a murderer.


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The tournament kicks off at Westpac Stadium on Friday afternoon and with fine weather forecast for both days some intense Sevens action is on the cards.
Cama has seen it all before as one of the leading, and most durable, exponents of the game.
He has become crucial to coach Gordon Tietjens' plans to continue the Sevens dynasty that has been built. However, with the Rio de Janiero Olympics in 2016, the inevitable question is how long can Cama continue to steer New Zealand's Sevens waka.
The IRB and New Zealand Sevens player of the year said he loved the challenge of testing himself against the best in the world.
"I have been playing for a few years now and age is catching up, but I know how hard you have to work to win tournaments," he said.
"Mentally and physically I believe I am prepared for whatever comes my way now and I can cope with it. We do things as a team but I can put my bit in too."
New Zealand always feel some extra pressure playing in front of their home fans and winning in Wellington is always an important goal.
"We are looking forward to this weekend and [are] hoping to pick up where we left off in Port Elizabeth [at the last tournament]," Cama said.
That win in South Africa was New Zealand's first of the 2012-13 campaign after they had made the finals of the first two events only to lose.
With yet more variations to the squad he has been able to pick, Tietjens can at least call on his core group of players, Cama, DJ Forbes, Lote Raikabula and Tim Mikkelson.
"The four of us bring different things," Cama said.
"We try to share the workload and we try to tell and teach the younger guys everything we need to do to make the game easier and to help each other.
"As a core four, we need to show them the way, when it gets tough we have to put our hands up. They are keeping us on our toes, but we need to front up when we need to," he said.
As the son of a Fijian rugby international Cama said there was always pressure around him as he developed.
"But I was very fortunate when he [his father] was playing for Fiji when I was growing up so I learned a lot of things from him.
"I learned from watching him, as well as players like Christian Cullen and Eric Rush," he said. Among the lessons was appreciating how much those players had put in behind the scenes to prepare themselves.
"But me and my father are two different types of players. I have to concentrate on my own game.
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SMYRNA, Tenn. — Police in Smyrna are asking members of 1st Free Methodist Church to come forward with information on possible burglaries after their pastor was charged with burglarizing the home of a church member.
Smyrna police said 55-year-old Rickey Alan Reed was caught on video attempting to break into the home of one of his church members in July. The victim had noticed that medications were missing from the home and set up a video camera outside to catch the suspect.
Police said in a news release Monday that Reed turned himself in last month and was charged with aggravated burglary, but investigators believe Reed may have burglarized the homes of other church members who are hesitant to report the crimes to police.
Reed has been released on bond.
Based on the amount of pastor-related crimes that are posted on this website alone, pastors appear to be committing crimes at a rate well-above the public norm.
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CAMBRIDGE, Ohio -- A Byesville woman, charged for her part in an attempt to manufacture methamphetamine, entered a plea in Guernsey County Common Pleas Court on Thursday..
According to court records, 41-year-old Samantha A. Miller pleaded "guilty" to a felony-four count of attempted illegal possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs when she appeared before Judge David A. Ellwood on Thursday morning.
Both the Guernsey County Sheriff's Office and the Byesville Police Department executed a search warrant on May 6 at Miller's South 5th Street residence in Byesville, locating what was suspected to be a meth lab. The Washington County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Task Force had to be called in to neutralize the hazardous materials created by the operation.
Miller was arrested at the time of the bust. Miller's husband, Bruce Miller, was arrested on May 23 in Toledo.
In accordance with Ohio law, Samantha Miller could face a sentence of up-to 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine. She will appear for sentencing on November 12.


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"This special holiday sale is a wonderful way to simultaneously address both holiday shopping and to help the neediest families in Westchester County," says Jeanne Blum, executive director of WCHH. "Our goal is to help make holiday shopping fun and to make holiday giving effortless," she adds.
In Westchester County, the rise in unemployment and underemployment among the middle class has become a serious issue. Middle class families, who are stuck in homes they can no longer afford, have too many assets to qualify for food stamps, eviction prevention programs, and other safety net programs like Medicaid. Even though Westchester County now has more children in homeless shelters per capita than New York City, safety-net funding was slashed by the Federal Government in 2013.
Food pantries are seeing steady increases of families and individuals who are either hungry or "food insecure." The pantries are now regularly feeding families from affluent areas like Bedford, Chappaqua, Scarsdale, and Briarcliff Manor, according to the Westchester County Department of Social Services.
"Many families from affluent communities are accessing food pantries in other parts of the county or in the cover of night, to avoid the embarrassment of being seen by their friends and neighbors. We're here to tell them that it's OK and help is on the way, thanks in part to the efforts of this special holiday sale," says Bonnie Koff, the popular realtor and WCHH Board member spearheading the shopping event.
A dozen vendors—including Neiman Marcus—will be displaying some of this year's hottest gift items at the December 5 sale. Koff says shoppers can pick up everything from the latest fashion accessories, to the hottest gift items. A $15 admission fee applies and refreshments will be served.
"We know that just about everyone holiday shops. This year, we just ask that you shop with us to help the WCHH help the neediest in our communities," adds Koff.
Special Holiday Sale Benefitting WCHH
Thursday, December 5, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Chappaqua Crossing - 480 Bedford Road - Chappaqua, New York
$15 entrance fee. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the WCHH.
The Westchester Coalition for the Hungry and Homeless is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization serving as an advocacy and fundraising arm for its more than 150 member shelters and food pantries in Westchester County, New York. Additionally, WCHH provides funding and technical assistance to shelters and pantries throughout the county. Individuals and families seeking assistance or those wishing to make a tax-free donation, should visit WCHH's Web site www.westchestercoalition.org.
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Having a hard time keeping the townhouse cool. On a hot day (hit 100 degrees this weekend) the a/c will run at least 5 hours even with the temperature set at 80 degrees (we run the ceiling fans as well). Even when the outside temperatures are down to 60 degrees in the night, it is still about 78 inside. It is a 2 story townhouse with total square footage of 1,400 and has a 3-ton a/c which was checked and was working as efficiently as possible. It is a middle unit and the eastern, western and part of the southern walls are exposed to the sun, and there is no shade on the roof. I think the problem is the attic which seems to have only one gable vent. The air inside is very hot and is about 110 close to the entrance of the attic. It must be at least about 150 closer to the top. The insulation between the attic and living area is about 30 years old, but I have been told by the a/c ducting person who took a look that it is in good condition. There does not seem to be any other form of venting visible.
The townhouse is in a complex that has a Home Owner's Association and therefore hard to get the okay to do anything that can be seen from the outside. Was thinking of putting a gable fan, but have concerns about creating a vacuum or worse having air drawn from the living area.
Any thoughts and advice will be much appreciated.
where are the ducts? if they are in the attic, then the ducts should have insulation on them to keep the heat out of the ducts.
and hopefully the soffit vents are open and not just for looks.
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and hopefully the soffit vents are open and not just for looks.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Nitro residents should not be surprised when their sewer bills go up in the coming weeks.
Members of Nitro City Council voted last month for a two-step sewer rate increase.
About 4,100 sewer customers in and around Nitro will see their bills go up by 11.5 percent beginning Friday. Nitro Mayor Dave Casebolt said the rate increase is due primarily to a law requiring the city to increase its bond coverage.
The rate increase will bring the average sewer bill, based on 4,000 gallons of water usage a month, to $37.83 a month. That's an increase of $3.91 per month.
Casebolt said an additional 7 percent rate increase will go into effect Feb. 1, 2014. That rate increase is to pay for $8.35 million in repairs and upgrades to the Nitro sewer system.
A good chunk of the money will go to replace a 42-inch main sewer line from 11th Street West to the sewer pump station near the Nitro High School football field.
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The $1,050 Shadow Chair may appear to defy the laws of decency, but it's actually not. IT'S A TRAP TRICK! SPOILER ALERT: The shadow is actually part of the chair's frame. HIYO -- I bet you didn't see that coming, did you? You did? Oh, well aren't you just the little Sherlock Geekologie Reader!? Well riddle me this then: if a train departs Washington DC traveling north at 60 MPH, and another one leaves NYC going south at 55 MPH, does anyone get groped on the subway in Japan? Probably -- and that's just wrong.
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looking at the vial in the past pages maybe Syr'nj did slip him a berserk potion or something (to save his life maybe?)
also im pretty sure there is a roofie joke around here somewhere-
All I can do is quote from the Cast page:
"Indeed, most days, it's hard to see [why] he's called a berserker at all. And then there are the bad days."-
Is a bad day.
It should be noted that I am the only one in my group of friends who has NOT ever been diagnosed with anger management issues in my group of friends. Buddy of mine – real nice guy, you'd never think differently of him – once had it so bad he sent a kid to the hospital for laughing the wrong way. (They've since become friends.)
Rage isn't something you can just "will away", folks.
I've had anger issues too, but will CAN conquer anger. It's just really, really, really hard sometimes.
Besides, I'm not blaming Byron. I bet he snaps out of it next page, just in time to realize what he's done.
That would happen if he was just angry.
This is a mouth-foaming, pupil-disappearing, berserker-rage.
Logical Byron doesn't live there at the moment. Rage-Byron isn't stopping until he runs out of prey, is killed, or his rage effect wears off.
Rage most assuredly is something you can just "will away".
It isn't even that difficult. Those who can't manage it are just weak-willed…On the other hand, pulling it off without initialising brain-crash might be a tad tougher.
Oh my… that's going to be tough to recover from… Goodbye Bandit. (sniff (T.T) )
res plz
The perspective-trickery going on here makes me think our Bandit is escaping unharmed.
Purely from a story-telling perspective… we are no where near far enough along in our storyline for a main character's death to pop up. This is the first time we've been shown or told WHY Byron prefers to fight tactically and not while berserk, and Bandit's "death" came completely out of the blue with absolutely zero foreshadowing. If she bought it here, it would be a meaningless death. You don't do that to main characters, especially fan favorites. In a couple hours the next page will be up, and Bandit will be fine. Scared half to death, but (mostly) fine.
Meaningless death? It could be used a hundred ways. It would establish how dangerous he is. It would give a whole new aspect to his character. It would do a lot of things, none of them meaningless.
Not to imply that this is representative of a gaming campaign or anything… but I've had several D&D characters die a lot sooner than this.
Holy crap.
Come on bandit! Uncanny dodge!!! o_o
Tifa, use Phoenix Down on Yuffie, now! …wait
What do you mean it's too early for a character to die? What about Gravedust? You know, just a few pages ago?
I have to say, I hope Bandit isn't dead.
Unfortunately, it looks that way.HOWEVER! I have a bit of insight.
Yes, the scene with the girls in the floating fortress took place at the same time Dusty and Byron were discovering the trees. That was the first time they heard the name Harki, and this was the first time they had a face to the name.On the other hand. The situation here: http://guildedage.net/webcomic/chapter-3/chapter-3-page-1/
This hasn't appeared yet that I can see. Which means Bandit maybe down and out,, but she should be getting better. Unless there's another wiseass gnome rogue running about going by the last name Keynes.-
And I posted that on this on the wrong day.
As it has been told by the twenty other people that have thought the same thing, that has already occurred. They mention it to Colonel Pornstache.
Anyone remembers that Frigg is actually a pally?(well, if Gravedust's notes were right) You know, rezz and layon hands and stuff.
Frigg is a Crusader, not a paladin. Says so in the cast list.
Oh SNAP
berserker indeed.
Probably been said a few times, but it seems that Bandit has been disarmed.
People were always concerned about Byron's abilities, but they've all now found that they're cutting edge…
Sorry, couldn't help it.
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If you were actually interested in discussion instead of just trolling, I might turn you to some resources on why your assessment is ill-informed and misguided, but since you're not, I'll just provide them for anyone else who might actually be interested in intellectual reasoning and discourse.
Anarchy in Somalia
Stateless in Somalia , and Loving It
The Rule of Law without the State
Somalia: Libertarian Paradise
Are the Salad Days for Somalia Over?
Somalia Celebrates 20 Years of Prospering Anarchy
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If Anarchism works, explain Somalia.
I know Wikipedia isn't always trustworthy, but I doubt that the existence of the Mexican government is a conspiracy theory.
In Chiapas it is, but the EZLN probably isn't what you'd call ancap.
So my proposal to you is simple, embrace statism, admit that murder, theft, child abuse and rape in families and schools, Columbine etc. shootings and massive genocides by dictators and world wars and famine is your own statism, a fantasy, that you so lovingly support.
When you admit this, I will admit, that Somalia etc. is anarchy. Well, to be honest, Somalia has anarchist features for sure. No one, who accepts anarchism, could deny this.
My point is, if I admit that Somalia is anarchy, I am STILL ON MORAL HIGH GROUND, while you are just a supporter of organized rape, murder and theft. I am better than you and that makes me feel good.
(english is not my native language, sorry for grammar.)
Pretty sure an-cap-ism has to be intellectually assented to, not forced upon people or happenstanced by political upheaval. But that doesn't really help your trolling, does it?
It's funny how when you point out the faults in the state people say "yes, and we should work to fix those" but if you try to say the same about (supposed) capitalist problems people glare at you weirdly.
Papa Rothbard? That's a new one, and it's for keeps, too!
Pretty sure an-cap-ism has to be intellectually assented to, not forced upon people or happenstanced by political upheaval
You can't really force the absence of involuntary aggression on people.
But in a sense it's true: Since we reject a violent uprising, we de-facto need to get at least 51% of the public to be favorable towards at least minarchy. At that point, I'm fairly sure things would work at least decently well.
I'll entertain your notion that there would be gangs to pillage the countryside. But why doesn't government do the same, hm? Because people "vote"? Oh, yes, I'm certain that a few paper ballots are exactly what is preventing government from trampling over us. Oh, and the Constitution? Try to tell that to an alien: "Our government is kept in check by a 200-year old piece of paper." Really, now? Who sounds more ridiculous? Give all power of aggression to a monopoly which is essentially not controlled by the public directly (no law of physics controlling the government)? Seriously? And you expect government to respect our rights. HOW IN HELL? There is no intellectual reason why it would. And yet, we do not see marauding gangs of raiders in the Mad Max sense. Why not? Culture, my friend, culture. Our belief system is centered around a general environment of peace and property rights.
Once you can defend why the hell the state would not destroy us while ancap would, then we can talk. What keeps the state in check, a?
aervew: MaikU, organized rape, murder and theft is exactly what the somali gangs do. Unless you are a complete denier like the guy in with the yellow avatar who in his somali thread systematically rejected all mainstream news reports of gang violence in somalia. Kind of 911 no-planer level denialism
nice try, troll, to ignore my post :) organized crime is what state is. Rape is what state is. Theft is what state is. War is what state is. So yeah, I would better live in uncertain danger of Somalia gangs, than in PERPETUAL VIOLENT STATE, that steals people's money, put them in cages (with rape and abuse), kills them and forces them to go to wars. Yeah, only psychopath like you could ignore all of this and try to shift burden of proof on me, when actually it is YOU, who support violence and it is YOU who should be sorry for it and beg our understanding of your insanity.
Once again, I will keep pointing your violent tendencies and beliefs as long as you will be on this forum. You are in denial, that's for sure. But still, I like being on moral high ground.
Once again, I am not denying gang violence in Somalia. I admit it. But do YOU have the same intelectual honesty to admit that STATE CAUSES much more violence and even on a GLOBAL SCALE? Do you have honesty to admit, that the biggest wars were caused by the states? Do you have honesty to admit that state kills it's people if they do not obey the "master"? Do you have hoensty to admit, that state puts non-violent people in prisons, where they get LEGALLY raped and beaten to death there and all of this is funded through extertion racket called "taxation"? Are you willing to admit this or are you in denial, like 9/11 truther? :)
"However it has the fundamental interest and incentive of keeping peace and welfare of its citizens to ensure prosperity for itself"
You are in denial. Tell these words to million of people that died in WW1 or WW2. And I am not talking about jews. Tell that to innocent japanese people, who were nuked by peaceful US goverment.
You are like any other psychopath, ignore state violence, and if you are pushed in a corner, you RATIONALIZE it that it was "for greater good" or "war would never be over if not peaceful US nukes".
P.S. admit, that you are affraid of anarchy, because in anarchy people like you wouldn't survive very long. Just like any other mentally unstable person, who believes, that might makes right, you would be ostracized quickly and efficiently from any anarchist city. But with the state you get the chance to leech from everybody without punishment.
aervew:John James, Oh ive read those resources alright. Ive even argued FOR somalia in the past.
Suuuuure you have.
none of these resources truthfully support a rothbardian style nap/nonagressive production service model. As far as they are concerned, it is all racket style/minimal taxation by the gangs.
Thanks for proving you have no clue what you're talking about.
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yada yada yada yada. Everything that's bad is not state. It's ANARCHY! Go away troll.
You are fast to call state violence as "mistakes" while trying to push the agenda, that anarchy somehow create more violence. Shame on you.
How odd, a statist complaining about special pleading. Let's see:
North Korea Syria Somalia (according to the UN, they have a government!) Sudan Ivory Coast Belarus
... we can go on and on. And these are just a few of the contemporaneous nightmare states, if you'd like to go back to the historical record, we could fill pages and pages with all the nightmare states that have existed in human history.
Clayton -
Clayton: How odd, a statist complaining about special pleading. Let's see: North Korea Syria Somalia (according to the UN, they have a government!) Sudan Ivory Coast Belarus ... we can go on and on. And these are just a few of the contemporaneous nightmare states, if you'd like to go back to the historical record, we could fill pages and pages with all the nightmare states that have existed in human history. Clayton -
Bbbbut Clayton!!1 It's all in the past now!!! Sure, state made some mistakes here and there... but it constantly improving!!! Can't you see it? FREE HEALTH CARE, free roads!! Cheap food!!! You have to be dumb to not see the superiority of statism!!!! Wars surely is not a part of statism, it's part of ANARCHY, which is CHAOS AND RAPE!! Loook at Somalia for god's sake.
@Somalia: The error of appealing to Somalia as an example of "free markets" or "anarchy" is that it is clearly neither. The Somalis themselves couldn't give a flying flip about Amero-European philosophical ideas such as "free markets" or "anarchy"... Somali culture simply is what it is. Rather than looking at what we can learn from the Somalis and their heroic, unprecedented resistance to a century of colonialism and violent meddling in their affairs, those who denigrate Somalia as a wasteland of free-market and anarchist ideology are simply exhibiting the same racist snobbery that infuses European colonialism. They impose alien cultural concepts onto Somalia, generalizing as if the Somalis were themselves so many cattle rooting for this or that European ideology.
Until you start talking about Somalis as human beings with a rich culture and history of their own that clearly deserves respect, you really aren't talking about Somalia, you're just using the name "Somalia" as some kind of boogey-man to push whatever ideology it is you happen to be peddling today.
When it comes to Somalia especially- why ignore the intense US government involvement in that region and its support for the dangerous Somali government which seeks to impose its will on all the people. I'd definitely say that particular kind of state action has a lot to do with making sure theres some type of chaos.
You see? That's why anarchy will never happen, because there will always be bullies like US who would try to impose their will upon free people in other countries!!! Better have a state! :D Anarchy debunked.
Here's another good piece on Somalia http://www.peterleeson.com/Better_off_Stateless.pdf
"And Jay, aah the intellectual ascent. If only people were smarter and more educated, then we would have peace and prosperity in an.cap."
I never mentioned level of education. I just meant that you need to have a body of people that accept ancap principles even if they don't name it as such.
aervew: [...]when you see mexico, the cartel controlled free-for-all still doesnt work as an-cap for you.[...] Que dices? How are the cartels not states? To paraphrase Marc Faber: We're all doomed, but that doesn't mean that we can't make money in the process. Rabbi Lapin: "Let's make bricks!" Stephan Kinsella: "Say you and I both want to make a German chocolate cake." | Post Points: 5
To paraphrase Marc Faber: We're all doomed, but that doesn't mean that we can't make money in the process. Rabbi Lapin: "Let's make bricks!" Stephan Kinsella: "Say you and I both want to make a German chocolate cake."
it has the fundamental interest and incentive of keeping peace and welfare of its citizens to ensure prosperity for itself, whereas competing gangs who lack firm control of their area by this virtue dont have this incentive
Doublethink alert! I repeat, we have a doublethinker!
You speak of the state as "it" as if it is a living organism capable of making decisions and acting purposefully. At the same time, you break up the supposed warloard in the free market as separate individuals. Why not put them on equal ground, eh? Why not instead use "the market"? Let's try that. Then, the market, too has incentives to protect its people so that it can maximize benefit from them.
Or perhaps you don't like merging the market into one. Then, you can accept the reality that government isn't an "it" but is a collection of individuals with porposes who are fundamentally not different from your free market warlords. A this point, your argument for government breaks down.
But it's alright to accept doublespeak. After all, 2+2=5 when you need it to.
So ancaps can't be so picky about the definition of their own system? That one condition is met - the de facto absence of state power - is all we're allowed to care about? Not liberal values and conventions? A recent history, even of the past decade, lacking in intervention from foreign powers or of brutal domestic tyranny? (it's not like "anarchy" in these countries led to the degeneration of a functioning liberal order)
Will you take North Korea, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Bahrain, Egypt, as well as the Soviet Union, Maoist China, Nazi Germany, etc. etc. as your own? That they don't fit your idea of a proper state is apparently no excuse.
Suppose the OP is right and there actually is a region with no government, but it is not thriving. There is still a key element missing: time. If the government of the US were to magically disappear this afternoon, no AnCap expects society to be thriving this evening. There would at first be chaos, as with any major sudden change.
It takes time for a society to form, for businesses to start, and for conventions to become established in the new order. No one thinks it happens immediately. The question is how long it takes. Somalia is already better off than its neighbors after just a few years, scarcely enough time for much social-level change to happen. Think what will happen after a generation. And this is to say nothing of the effect of economic education.
If you ask me, the clock is ticking on the statist paradigm.
Why anarchy fails
If the government of the US were to magically disappear this afternoon, no AnCap expects society to be thriving this evening. re would at first be chaos...
I disagree. I think if we pressed Rothbard's hypothetical button to abolish government immediately (I would), then we would immediately be better off. Maybe not "thriving," but there would certainly not be chaos...
That depends on what you mean by government. I'm talking about if every agent of the state were to suddenly just quit. People would panic. Criminals would run free in the streets, etc.
RD is neglecting the effect of long-term market suppression due to the government's monopolization and cartelization of many markets. The government pumps and treats the vast majority of water that people consume... if the government simply ceased existing instantaneously (and stopped writing paychecks to the waterworks employees), a lot of people would die.
This is why it's a crucial point that being anti-state doesn't mean that abolishing government per se is the goal. In fact, "abolishing government" is no less a collectivist concept than "abolishing crime" or "abolishing poverty." Government is one of many ills of society and being opposed to it doesn't mean support some maniacal project to remove it at any cost. Rather, opposition to government is a matter of principle. I'm opposed to government for the same reason I'm opposed to crime: it's immoral and destructive. The existence of government is merely a symptom of a deeper problem: the bad values held by the vast majority of the public.
Just go look at any police brutality video on YouTube. The majority of the comments will be of the nature "f--- the cops!" but the comments of those who are not anti-police tend to be disturbing in the extreme. Rather than saying something reasonable like "well, we don't know the whole story but yeah it looks pretty bad" or "I support my local police but if they break the law I do believe they need to be punished like anybody else" you read comments like, "She was assaulting the officer! She deserved to have her ass SHOT she's lucky she only got tased!" or "God bless our police officers who risk their lives every day to keep us safe from scum like this" and so on. This response is indicative of the same kind of mob morality exhibited by a medieval serf going to watch a public hanging and throwing rotten fruit at the convict who may be completely innocent for all the spectator knows. I do not believe we have actually progressed very far in real terms from the days of racks, whips and red-hot pokers.
I was talking about Rothbard's button which immediately abolishes all criminal activity of the State. And I think abolishing government is the same as abolishing the State, since they are synonyms.
I didn't realize you were talking about if all the relatively non-aggressive services were abolished immediately too, sorry. The courts and police (and their employees) would still be there, just ready for a quick confiscation by the private sector.
By way of analogy, let me explain that the State school system would be abolished, but the public school/employee resources would still be there: simply without the coercive link to the populace, where they can force parents to send their children to their indoctrination camps.
That's how I always read Rothbard's button, anyway. I'd still press it, though, even if it meant the elimination of all the services/agents in the process.
@RD: The trouble is that there is no non-arbitrary way to separate between the "aggressive" and "non-aggressive" components of the State... the waterworks are paid for out of tax revenues which are collected by threat of the very men with guns who can assault you for no good reason, etc. Any responsible and lasting process of elimination of the immoral functions of the State must necessarily be gradual and evolutionary and driven by real change in the public's morality. We can't just "change the system" and then hope that people get used to the new way things work and then change their minds.
This is why revolutions never work. They start out idealistic... "We're going to bring FREEDOM to the people!" but then the opportunists start jockeying for "leadership" of the budding revolt. If things go to the streets and a revolution is effected and the old government thrown out, it is in large part the result of the organization and executive management of the early-adoptive revolutionary leaders who now become the new rulers of the land. Being the opportunists they are, they do not deliver liberty, just their brand of government oppression and tyranny.
I was talking about Rothbard's button which immediately abolishes all criminal activity of the State. And I think abolishing government is the same as abolishing the State, since they are synonyms. I didn't realize you were talking about if all the relatively non-aggressive services were abolished immediately too, sorry. The courts and police (and their employees) would still be there, just ready for a quick confiscation by the private sector.
There's a difference in privatization of government monopolies and the complete and sudden stopping of government services. Just imagine every government employee going on strike without pay, you have no cops, courts, fire department, schools, and any other tax funded services. Criminal activity and non criminal activity of the state are rather...borderless. If you accept taxation as a criminal activity, then all services funded by taxes are criminal inherently. You can't pick out which one's you'd keep and others you'd get rid of in some time scale.
If there was a button that only got rid of criminal activity of the State that doesn't get rid of the State, that hypothetical would only cleanse the State of crimes, different than getting rid of the apparatus itself.
My new state concept would work in Somalia:
Democracy is unworkable in Africa for several reasons. The first thing that voting does is to divide a population into two groups — a group that rules and a group that is ruled. This is completely at variance with Somali tradition. Second, if democracy is to work, it depends in theory, at least, upon a populace that will vote on issues. But in a kinship society such as Somalia, voting takes place not on the merit of issues but along group lines; one votes according to one's clan affiliation. Since the ethic of kinship requires loyalty to one's fellow clansmen, the winners use the power of government to benefit their own members, which means exploitation of the members of other clans. Consequently when there exists a governmental apparatus with its awesome powers of taxation and police and judicial monopoly, the interests of the clans conflict. Some clan will control that apparatus. To avoid being exploited by other clans, each must attempt to be that controlling clan. (src)
Since the ethic of kinship requires loyalty to one's fellow clansmen, the winners use the power of government to benefit their own members, which means exploitation of the members of other clans. Consequently when there exists a governmental apparatus with its awesome powers of taxation and police and judicial monopoly, the interests of the clans conflict. Some clan will control that apparatus. To avoid being exploited by other clans, each must attempt to be that controlling clan. (src)
Democracy of another kind could work in Somalia still. My state's right of political separation would allow each clan to create their own jurisdiction and opt out of controlling ones. With a separation of economy and state, there'd be no largesse to vote to one's self or one's clan.
Just because we tried to force a western-style democracy on Somalia doesn't mean you can't tweak a few key variable in how a state works and create a working system.
Is this a joke, Anenome? Since when democracy works?
Well, it appears to work in the corporate system with shareholders.
Remember, democracy is not a governmet system. It's a system for making decisions. Democracy can exist regardless of government.
Anyway, what if Somalia adopted a "Constitution"? Not one which creates a stronger government, but one which defines the crime of property violation? I realize I, too, and ignorant of Somali culture, and hence don't know what's "best" for them, so there.


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