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Privileged NYT Food Writer Mark Bittman Blames 'Unregulated Capitalism and Greed,' Bush, Reagan Tax Cuts for Hunger
New York Times food writer Mark Bittman's Thursday morning nytimes.com blog post on the end of his politically motivated four-day fast, "Stating the Obvious: Hunger Is a Disease," is a followup to his bizarre left-wing rant on Wednesday's op-ed page, where he claimed proposed spending cuts in the new House budget plan would "quite literally cause more people to starve to death, go to bed hungry or live more miserably than are doing so now."
After describing the symptoms of his fast, Bittman, a best-selling cookbook author, cooking-show host, and continent-hopping gourmand who has made a very good living selling his wares to other privileged foodies, nonetheless attacked "unregulated capitalism and greed" as the cause of the world's problems.
What causes the lack? Imprisonment, torture, being stranded on a desert island, anorexia, crop failure....and both a lack of aid and bad distribution of nutrients. Some (or much) of both of these last two stem from unregulated capitalism and greed. Bad distribution is causing roughly 15 percent of the world to be overweight and 15 percent of the world to be hungry. The amount of grain being fed to industrially raised livestock in the United States alone is enough to alleviate much if not all of world hunger.
The cost to the United States of extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy for one year -- this is only one example, there are dozens of others -- is $42 billion; the U.N.'s World Food Program spent $1.25 billion last year. The estimated cost of obesity-related diseases in the United States alone is $150 billion annually; at least some of that money could be saved by reducing the consumption of soda and other junk food and industrially produced meat, all of which cause disease, directly or indirectly.
Bittman also appeared on CNN at 8:15 Friday morning, and advanced a sophomoric liberal argument, asking why we weren't scrapping defense or taxing the rich instead of cutting food aid programs, one minute into his interview with anchor Kiran Chetry: "Well this is really to call attention to the fact that H.R.1, the budget legislation introduced by the House, cuts aid to the poor and hungry in the United States and abroad, rather than scrapping, say, defense program or increasing taxes on the rich or any other number of ways we could be raising money." (Clip at Times Watch.)
After a query from Chetny mildly challenging his assumption that "the Bush tax cuts on the rich cost us $42 billion a year," Bittman responded, "It's wealthy people's money, who have, you know, who have hundreds of times as much money as most people in the United States. And this is not how it's been traditionally, and taxes were much higher until the Reagan years."
Bittman concluded his self-righteous rant: "Well I believe we're here at this stalemate because we refuse to tax corporations the way they should be taxed and we refuse to tax billionaires the way they should be taxed. That would make a huge difference."
No comment on whether Mark Bittman thinks he is being taxed enough.
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Submitted by jon_torlin on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 4:42pm.
I'm having a 1994 flashback.
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Enough is Enough!
Submitted by Grumpy in Arizona on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 5:10pm.
Hopefully, the future will return us to the days when these Latte slurping, Truffle loving, Brie munching "Food-Critic" morons don't try to talk politics but get back to discussing the merits of Tofu!
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Unregulated capitalism? What is this idiot talking about?
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 5:24pm.
We haven't had a free market economic system since the early 1920s, and the years since have brought on more and more draconian government regulations into play to the point where any resemblance to capitalism is purely accidental, and is a big reason why we are in deep economic doo doo today.
And if Bittman is really concerned about people going hungry, maybe he ought to talk to Obama about his hideous ethanol policy.
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Do you homework, Mr. Food Writer
Submitted by Galvanic on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 1:24pm.
BITTMAN: "Bad distribution is causing roughly 15 percent of the world to be overweight and 15 percent of the world to be hungry."
I'm willing to bet that the 15% of the world that's overweight have capitalist economies and the 15% of the world this hungry is governed by socialist/Marxist dictators.
Perhaps the most anti-capitalist country in the world is North Korea, where the average height of adult residents has been decreasing under the Communist regime.
Look elsewhere in Africa and Asia -- similar stories.
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Not being taxed enough???????
Submitted by IdahoJim on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 6:33pm.
If he wants to pay more taxes, he is free to write a check of any size and send it to the US Treasury. He is also free to convince as many millionares and billionares as he can to do the same. Nobody is stopping him.
Who the h*** is this guy to say whether someone has earned enough money or not? Obama does the same thing and it just irritates the ____ out of me.
And, Mark, your dietary choices are your own. Don't tell me what I can and cannot eat. You're not the king of the world.
Go pound sand.
BTW I'm setting up a blog site this weekend where I can rant my brains out about the evils of liberalism, bad economics, government spending, sex, drugs death and taxes. I will opinionate on much more but I haven't figured out all the subjects I feel need comments.
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The blog site is up...
Submitted by IdahoJim on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 7:59pm.
...but not yet firing on all cylinders. I still can't get comments and the archives still show a 404 error.
I also need to turn on other features as I study WordPress.
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Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 8:15pm.
Best wishes on your blog! And BEWARE, it is addicting.
I am a WordPress user for about a year, now. It's really very easy, and you can easily edit on the fly to add new categories, etc.
In order to get to your comments, go to "Settings" and then select "Writing"...you can set up your options there.
Here's my blog, if you have any questions, you can e-mail me at my e-mail addy under the "contact me" page. I can give you some hints as far as blocking certain domains (i.e. Russia, I am overrun with spammers) and whatnot.
Good luck, and have fun....WordPress is really very intuitive once you get used to it. Oh yeah, and your ISP should be able to handle bigger files than what is indicated, the "limit" is BS, I can upload huge files, but you have to get your ISP to unlimit your account.
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Bittman No More Books or a FAN
Submitted by RightRealDeal on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 6:36pm.
I just threw his book out, no more Bittman cook books. Bittman is making a ton of money, what a hypocrite. When is he donating?
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good call..
Submitted by OldJoe on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 3:30am.
Hope others do the same.
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I want the numbers on exactly
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 8:27pm.
I want the numbers on exactly how many kids in the US starved last year during the summer of hunger? How many elderly are buying cat food and which flavors do they prefer?
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Submitted by dmaley1714 on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 9:59pm.
let's give this idiot the 42 billion tax increase on the rich. What abot the other 1.55 Trillion in borrowed money.
Great peice at real clear politics about this today
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This fool is incompetent and
Submitted by rbosque on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 11:38pm.
This fool is incompetent and does not know what he's talking about.
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Wait a sec...
Submitted by shooter on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 11:56pm.
Is this country dangerously obese, or are we starving to death?
Make up your minds!
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Mark Bittman, Inc.
Submitted by OldJoe on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 3:41am.
Should voluntarily and happily pay taxes at a 90% rate.. better yet, he can ditch his accountant, the lawyers, etc. just fill out the 1040 with standard deduction only. Or simply write the big check every time he opens his pie hole.
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say no more...
Submitted by Rackie on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 12:50pm.
"Bittman performs in a video short each week on The New York Times website, in which he describes, cooks, and eats a simple dish". (Wiki)
... and then takes a nap.
the curse of reasonably successful people is that they feel compelled to hector us "lost souls" to follow their path to paradise.
we just don't know what's good for us. (sigh...)
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A little bit puzzling and stupid
Submitted by Student1776 on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 4:09pm.
Why is it that the countries with famines, with massive deprivation are not the ones who embraced Capitalism? Rather it is the countries that embraced communism or collectivism or socialism or whatever term you wish. Russia and China had repeated famines under communism. None now. Zimbabwae was the bread basked of Africa under capitalism and is in famine and disaster now under socialism. Bittman is an idiot and a socialist. Ah, but I repeat myself.
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Wealth is not "distributed" its earned.
Submitted by thestalkinghorse on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 5:32pm.
Bittman could have made a real contribution to society by seeing this thing through to its logical conclusion.
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Bittman should start his
Submitted by Trix Rabbit on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 6:14pm.
Bittman should start his whine with none other than that billionaire socialist Soros. Bittman should then ask, grovel, and cajole Soros as to how much he will depart with his ill-gained profits in order to feed entire families in the Bronx, Cabrini-Green, South Central L.A., and Homestead, FL.
For the MSM: In your pomp and all your glory, you're a poorer man than me. As you lick the boots of death born out of fear.
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Submitted by cobokat on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 7:21pm.
I find it hard to believe that anyone goes hungry in this country. Look at the obesity rate and it's climbing all the time. When I go to the grocery store I am armed with coupons and always look for sales-if it's too much I don't buy it. When I see others shop and buy what they want all they do is whip out the welfare card and guess who's paying??
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Submitted by ArrowSmith on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 11:32pm.
you have to be downright lazy or mentally ill to be starving in this country.
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Dangerously obese != starvation
Submitted by ArrowSmith on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 11:20pm.
I think America has a fat problem.
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WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- Unable to sustain the momentum that produced a seven-point lead early in the second half, the Whitman College men dropped an 84-76 Northwest Conference decision to Pacific Lutheran Friday night in Tacoma, Wash.
The Lutes, led by the 26 points of junior wing Kyle MacTaggert, improved to 4-1 in the NWC and 6-6 on the season.
Sophomore guard Brandon Shaw had 17 points, five assists and five rebounds to pace Whitman, which saw its record slip to 3-2 in conference and 9-5 overall.
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Whitman also got nine points apiece from junior Daniel Davidson and freshman Drew Raher, and eight eight points each from sophomore David Michaels and freshman Brady Brent.
Junior Justin Artis and senior Jordan Wheeler added to the balanced Missionary scoring with seven points apiece.
Down 42-38 at intermission, the Missionaries opened the second half on a 13-2 roll to grab a 51-44 lead with 15 minutes left to play. Raher and Brent nailed 3-pointers to key the surge.
The Lutes quickly turned the tables with a 13-2 run of their own to regain a four-point edge, 57-53, with just under 12 minutes remaining. After Raher struck again from the 3-point stripe, Pacific Lutheran scored eight unanswered points to lead by nine.
Baskets by Michaels and Shaw, wrapped around two free throws by junior Max Adcox, sliced Whitman's deficit to 65-62 at the seven-minute mark. MacTaggart answered with 3-pointer as the Lutes stretched their lead to 10 points with five minutes left.
Artis and Shaw knocked down four straight free throws for the Missionaries, but Pacific Lutheran responded with five consecutive points and allowed Whitman no closer than five points the rest of the way.
After the Lutes jumped in front 8-3 to start the game, Brent buried a 3-pointer and Davidson was good on a jumper to give Whitman its first lead of the night, 15-14, after nine minutes of play. Shaw's steal and layup made it 17-14.
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Following deadlocks at 19 and 21, Artis connected from the 3-point line for a 24-21 Missionary lead. Two free throws by Davidson, Shaw's jumper and Wheeler's three-ball had Whitman on top 33-29 with just over four minutes left in the half.
The Lutes then seized command with a 13-1 run, although Whitman tallied the final four points to stay close at the break.
Pacific Lutheran shot 53.1 percent from the floor for the game, getting assists on 27 of its 34 baskets. The Lutes also won the rebounding battle 42-35.
Neither side shot well from the free throw line. Whitman was 22 of 36 while Pacific Lutheran was 10 of 22.
Raher, who collected his nine points by making all three of 3-point attempts, also snared five rebounds for Whitman.
Michaels, who made three of five shots in scoring eight points, continues to lead the NWC in season-long field goal percentage. He is shooting 62.3 percent from the floor, having made 43 of 69 shot attempts.
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The decision was a key step for Kruzan, now 35, in her years-long campaign in court and on YouTube and other social media to have her case reconsidered. She had sought a new trial to offer a battered-partner defense for the killing that took place in 1994.
"She is doing very well, and we're all just ecstatic," said Kruzan's aunt, Anne E. Rogan, of Riverside, who spoke to her niece after the decision was announced Wednesday, June 12.
The state Parole Board and governor's office could take as long as five months to review the parole recommendation, but the process is expected to move faster than that.
"It's just one more hoop to go through," Rogan said Thursday.
Kruzan would be released to transitional housing, "which I believe is wise," Rogan said. She said it would be outside Riverside County, but she didn't know any other specifics.
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At age 11, Kruzan was first sexually assaulted by George "G.G" Howard, of Riverside, who began pimping her out at age 13, she has said.
She testified in her 1995 trial that another man who was Howard's rival had urged her to kill Howard. Prosecutors said she was a willing actor in a scheme to rob and kill Howard
Her sentence originally was life without parole. As advocates for her case drew attention to it in recent years, that sentence was reduced twice, first by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2011, and again under a January agreement with the Riverside County district attorney's office that ended Kruzan's appeal for a new trial.
That agreement reduced her sentence to 19 years to life with a possibility of parole — opening a quick route to a parole hearing — and allowed her to plead guilty to second-degree murder with use of a gun.
"When people get a little dismayed about the system, I remind them she once had life without parole, plus four years. So for her to be paroled after nearly 20 years is, in my opinion, a miracle," Rogan said.
Including Rogan, Kruzan has two aunts, an uncle and a sister living in Southern California. Her mother lives in Oregon, Rogan said.
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Chapter 2: Explanations and Confrontations12 Reviews
Dumbledore and the rest of the wizarding world are in for quite the surprise from this new Harry Potter.
This dimension's Harry didn't know what he was talking about, but this Harry had been alive for more than 600 years and had seen it all, he easily put the puzzle together and knew that Moody was really Crouch's son, he had obviously used Polyjuice potion to look like Moody.
Harry saw Moody standing with the other professors and looking at him with a deep frown, Harry began walking over to him and everybody frowned, Hermione and Ron ran over to him and he gave a small smile to Hermione but ignored Ron completely, Hermione blushed and Ron frowned but Harry kept walking until he had reached Moody who gave him a stiff smile "well done Potter."
Harry didn't smile back but quickly pointed his wand at Moody and wordlessly stunned him, all this happened within a second, everyone gasped and Dumbledore ran over to them "Harry what have you done?"
Harry didn't even look at him when answering "that's not Moody professor Dumbledore, that's Mr. Crouch's son."
Snape glared angrily at Harry "don't be stupid Pot…"
He gasped when Harry looked directly into his eyes, Harry's eyes dared him to go on and Snape couldn't bare to look into Harry's eyes, eyes that held such power behind them, "go on you Death Eater scum, I dare you to go on and insult me or my dead parents."
Everyone's eyes widened as they heard Harry calling Snape a Death Eater, Dumbledore stepped forward "Harry what do you know about the Death Eaters? And why are you calling professor Snape one?"
Harry smirked "I know quite a bit about the cowardly Death Eaters headmaster, and I know Snape's a Death Eater as he has the Dark Mark."
Snape tried to glare hatefully at Harry but was too scared too, Dumbledore looked directly into Harry's eyes and Harry felt him trying to read his mind, quicker than the eye could blink Harry pulled his wand out and had it pointed at Dumbledore's heart, "try and read my mind again and I shall end your life Dumbledore, leader of the so called light or not."
Everyone gasped and couldn't believe what Harry was saying, Snape quickly pulled his wand out but Harry was quicker as he pulled one of his gun's out and had it pointed directly between Snape's eyes, "normally a Dessert Eagle is a .50 calibre gun, but I have made my custom built to be .75 calibre, just one shot at point blank range can blow your fucking head off Snape and believe me I won't hesitate to end your miserable life right here."
Snape almost pissed himself and stepped back while everyone else paled, Dumbledore looked at Harry with sadness "what has happened to you Harry?"
Harry smirked "I'm not this dimension's Harry Potter headmaster, my mind, soul and mane weapons have been sent here by Fate and Destiny, they had changed this Harry's body a little to when I was this age."
No body could believe what they were hearing but Harry didn't care what they believed so he put his weapons away and turned his back to them before walking away, Snape pointed his wand at Harry's back and shot a stunner at him, Harry quickly turned around and caught the stunner making everyone gasp in shock and him smirk before throwing it back at Snape, Harry had charged the stunner up before throwing it though and it slammed into Snape's chest and blasted him right threw one of the mazes hedges.
Harry turned around and began walking "let that be a lesson, none of you are powerful enough to even hurt me so don't even try to."
Once back in the castle Harry flicked his finger and a sickly green spell like light left his scar and with another flick it evaporated, Harry grinned and could feel the body beginning to heal internally as well as he had removed the Horcrux.
Harry was just about to walk up the steps when Hermione stopped him, "stop Harry."
Harry turned around and smiled "hello there Hermione."
Hermione tried but failed to hide her blush and Harry chuckled before becoming serious "what is it you wanted?"
Hermione sighed, "Were you telling the truth? You know about this whole different dimension thing?"
Harry nodded his head "yes I was, I know its difficult Hermione, but I'm still the same Harry, even though I might look different, I have all of Harry's memories in me."
Hermione nodded her head before frowning "how come you were so cold to professor Dumbledore Harry?"
Harry sighed "I know everyone sees Dumbledore as the leader of the light Hermione, but that doesn't give him the right to just go threw people's mind without asking permission, where I come from, all my men and the woman in my army are very powerful Hermione, they have powers that even Dumbledore couldn't stand against, if anyone of them came here they would be able to end any Dark Lord's terror and the people would call them the leaders of the light, does that give them a right to go threw people's minds?"
Hermione shook her head and smiled at Harry "your right Harry, just because everyone looks up to him, that doesn't always make him right."
Harry nodded his head with a smile, Hermione then smiled sheepishly "um how old are you exactly Harry?"
Harry smiled "six hundred and seventy three Hermione."
Hermione's yes widened and she fell against the wall "but that's impossible, unless you're using something to stay alive forever or are another species."
Harry chuckled "I'm one hundred percent human Hermione, but I am immortal."
Hermione gave a slow nod of her head before looking at him "what about your wife?"
Harry smirked "I don't have one, never have done, my soul mate hasn't shown herself yet but when she does, she'll be immortal as well when our soul's meet."
Hermione nodded her head and couldn't stop the jolt of jealousy that poured threw her, Hermione the frowned "if your immortal, how old do you look?"
Harry smiled "twenty five, that's when our bodies stop aging."
Hermione nodded her head "well interviews over."
Harry chuckled and led her up to the Gryffindor common room, unknown to Hermione Harry had captured Rita Skeeta and banished her out of the grounds before she could really here any of what he and Hermione were talking about.
On the way to the common room they ran into Daphne Greengrass and Tracey Davies, the resident Slytherin Ice queens and the most beautiful girls in all the school, no one had a chance with them, not even the arrogant Draco Malfoy, not that he or the other people didn't try.
Daphne had long platinum blonde hair that reached to her lower back, she had sea blue eyes and an emotionless face, she stood two inches shorter than Harry and had the perfect figure.
Tracey had shoulder length brown hair and chocolate brown eyes and an equally emotionless face; she was she stood three inches shorter than Harry and had the same perfect figure as Daphne.
Daphne and Tracey gave Harry a long gaze while checking him out, Harry didn't pay attention to this as his eyes were on Malfoy who was walking over to them with his two body guards and his usual sneer on his face "well Potty, looks like our resident golden boy has changed his looks and lost the geeky glasses."
Harry's left eyebrow raised and he gave the other boy a withering look "what do you want Malfoy?"
Malfoy chuckled "what do you think Potter, I want to know what kind of game your playing, you can't seriously expect us to believe your bullshit story."
Harry smirked "I don't care what you believe Malfoy, after all, you are nothing but a pure blooded little shit who go crying to daddy at every little thing, and speaking of your father, tell him his health benefits are about to go down, along with his half blooded master."
Malfoy glared heatedly at Harry while pulling his wand out making Harry openly laugh at him "please, like you can harm me, put that thing away before you get hurt ferret."
Full of fury Malfoy shot the nastiest curse he could muster up and it happened to be the Cruciatus curse which headed straight for Harry who let the curse strike him before it rebounded back and hit Malfoy making him scream in absolute pain, chuckling Harry knelt down next to Malfoy "I told you to put it away before you got hurt ferret boy, enjoy Azkaban, cause that's where your going once I tell the Aura's what you did, and I have three people as proof as well."
Harry looked up and winked at all three girls making them blush before he stood up and walked over to Daphne and Tracey, taking their hands in his he kissed their knuckles "it was a pleasure meeting you ladies but me and Hermione must take our leave."
With that he gave them one last charming smile and began walking ahead with Hermione hot on his heels.
Once in the common room Harry took a seat next to the fire while Hermione sat next to him and frowned "you never told me you were quite the charmer."
Harry chuckled "like one's supposed to compliment himself."
Hermione smiled and nodded "I suppose not."
Just then the portrait swung open and in climbed Ron who grinned and walked over to them, Hermione returned his smile while Harry just looked blankly at him making Ron frown "what is it Harry?"
Harry stood up "what do you think Ron? You might have fooled this dimensions Harry but not me, so you can drop the act."
Ron frowned while his face paled "wh…what do you mean mate?"
Having no patience for Ron Harry took a step forward and grabbed Ron by the front of his robes and lifted him in the air "go ahead, look into my eyes and tell me you and your family didn't just befriend me just because of my fame."
Ron had nearly pissed himself, Harry just snorted and threw Ron away from him and Ron quickly got up and ran out of the common room, Hermione's eyes had widened and she looked at Harry "what the hell Harry, that's Ron."
Harry nodded his head "I know its Ron Hermione, the same Ron that's always been my 'friend' because of my fame, the same Ron that's always been your 'friend' because of your smarts."
Hermione shook her head furiously "come off it Harry, Ron would never use us."
Harry sighed and sat down, "I've lived a very long life Hermione, in all my time I've been friends with all sorts of people, smart, brave, funny, kind, loyal and deceptive, I've known them all, Ron and his family have lived in the magical world all their lives, their the kind of people who would only befriend you if you were important yet kind, I've looked threw Harry's memories and seen what kind of relationship Ron has with you two, from the very moment Ron and his family knew I was the famous Harry Potter, they've been hanging out with me, I saw the greed in Ron's eyes Hermione and I see it in his families eyes, their desperate for money and fame, I bet once the twins had told them I was Harry Potter their mother had told them to get close to me, and as for you Hermione, if Ron was really your friend, would he only come to you when he needed your help in homework, and would he constantly argue with you?"
Hermione shook her head, deep down Hermione had always known Ron was only using her for her cleverness, but since she had never had a friend before she still went threw with it, Harry on the other hand was always there for her, even when she thought she didn't need him, sighing Hermione looked into Harry's and nodded her head "your right Harry, I had always known, but my desperation to have a friend clouded over my logic of the truth."
Harry gave her a warm smile and pulled her closer to him "you'll always have me Hermione, never forget that."
Grinning Hermione nodded her head and rested it on Harry's broad shoulder as he held her close, the two of them enjoying each others company and the silence.


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So I just bought my tickets for the Panthers game when they host the Seattle Seahawks. This will be my first Regular season game I have ever attended. I have spent the last 4 years in the military so I haven't been able to get down to Charlotte to attend a game and before that I was too young to afford tickets and my parents were always broke.
I've been so excited ever since I bought my tickets. I'll be sitting in section 134 row 2. Its right behind the Panthers sideline at about the 25 yard line. If anybody has sat in section 134 give me some pros and cons. The point of this post is to point out what I have read regarding games at Bank of America stadium.
After researching about BoA on different sites. I have found a very common theme. We Panther fans are pathetic. I have found that when we host teams like the Steelers, Redskins, Packers, Cowboys, it's more of a home game for them then it is us. I've got more and a poll after the jump...
Another common theme I have found is that if you like to stand and cheer (which is the whole reason you attend a football game) you'll have about half the section screaming at you to sit down because they can't see. Are you kidding me? If you want to sit on your butt, then you should have stayed home and watched it from your couch.
Also another gripe….my cousin went to the Vikings-Panther game last year and said that there were more empty seats then there were filled. If I do recall the season wasn't even lost at that point and if we would have won that game it would have put us at 2-3 or 3-3, if I remember right. As die-hard panther fans we have to change this fact. We need to start going to more games and getting involved in the game. We need to become a factor and let the other team feel are presence.
Just a heads up, if anybody is going to be sitting in section 134 during the Seahawks game, beware I am going to be standing(Gasp!) and cheering(Double Gasp!!) at the game. We need to start a new trend and it starts with just a few hundred people taking a stand and cheering and standing and making home games feel like home games again. We can do it, one fan at a time!


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Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving.
Alec Baldwin (@AlecBaldwin) December 06, 2011
He temporarily shut down his Twitter account post-rant, too. How many points is "T-A-N-T-R-U-M"?
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Pete Crist
Pete's profile
Recent Achievements What's this?
Recent Scores View all
-2 70Mar 30
|Independence Lake County Park · Whitmore Lake, MI
Chuck D. Memorial Course, 2013 Chuck D Black Tees, 24 holes
-7 47Sep 7 '13
|Mary Beth Doyle Park · Ann Arbor, MI
Short tees, 18 holes
+5 64May 7 '13
|International Disc Golf Center · Appling, GA
Steady Ed Headrick Memorial, Short tees, 18 holes
Daemon Stahlin June 8, 2011 at 10:57am
hey i was wrong, no profanity on #10's tee, just #11's.
Jay B INSANITY DGC June 5, 2011 at 8:18pm
hi pete, i just played the firefighters classic today and i was going to post my hole by hole scores but when selecting the firefighters classic 24 holes course layout posting scores at firefighters it still only has 18 boxes to enter strokes in, there should be an A,B-between holes 5 and 6, C-between 12 and 13, D,E,F between 17 and 18
Vern Lepine June 4, 2011 at 9:31pm
Hi Pete did you get the new course i sent you this afternoon Annandale Disc Golf, Golf & Curling Club
221 Church St. South Ajax, ON
Kevin Davis June 1, 2011 at 1:10pm
Hey Pete. Quick question. When I look at my History on the Canyon Course @ Horning's Hideout, it says '2 Rounds', but shows 3. Also the Best Score icon doesn't show up beside the round with the Best Score. It appears like Tag Match rounds are excluded...any specific reason?
Ryan Ranes May 28, 2011 at 5:52pm
hey pete can u add the elite z buzzz ss on the disc list thanks!!!!
Gary "Jones" Chalice May 27, 2011 at 12:21pm
Please disregard the Goldenrod 20 hole layout. We've had to use different layouts the last two weeks because of the flooding. Last night we played 7 of the holes 3 times for 21. So we'll probly have a few different layouts throughout the year and I'll just note it on the league page.
g lane May 23, 2011 at 11:38am
Gary "Jones" Chalice May 23, 2011 at 7:43am
Hey Pete, could you be so kind as to add the Flood Layout at Goldenrod. It's 20 holes. We had to use it for doubles last week as a good portion of the course was flooded. Thanks a bunch. Keep up the good work.
g lane May 21, 2011 at 6:42pm
pete i tried to log my scores in joes moms **** but the site kept crashing.
Matt Zajechowski May 21, 2011 at 8:16am
pete can you add a new course buddy, antilla acres, and the layout is the deep 9(joes moms ****) thanks buddy
Angel Gilbert May 17, 2011 at 8:46pm
DGLO August 5,6,7 this yr if we get 150 players signed up by June 1st they will close the course and we will get beer. So come sign up.
Alpha Wolf May 11, 2011 at 6:45pm
Hey Pete Lakewood Hills in Mn will be 18 holes very soon. Could you get it in the works to update it? I will let you know as soon as we get the rest of the work done.
g lane May 10, 2011 at 10:52am
instead i plan to walk downtown and shut down your mainframe.
g lane May 10, 2011 at 10:46am
the applications digital signature has an error.
do you want to run the application?
g lane May 10, 2011 at 10:20am
are comments on pictures not consolidated because you are lazy or because you hate golf?
Richard Dixon May 8, 2011 at 4:45pm
Just posted pictures for Trophy Lakes, Charleston (Johns Island), South Carolina. Vote 'em up please!
Lawrence Leonardi essentialdiscs.com May 8, 2011 at 4:27pm
PDGA Tournament in Michigan on memorial day http://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/2nd_Annual_Freedom_Memorial_Sponsored_by_Vibram_2011
Corey Kieft May 7, 2011 at 2:01pm
Pete, can you add a mid-tees layout for Leviathan? Thanks in advance.
Richard Dixon May 5, 2011 at 12:44am
Just put up Tom Triplett "Gold Tees" Pooler, Georgia!!! Vote 'em up!
Pete is there any easy way to find what courses i've uploaded pictures for?
174g - new
Distance, turnovers
175g - new
Thumbers, hard sidearms
171g - beat
So beat, it's like a long-range Leopard
175g - new
Headwind; super straight shooter
175g - worn
Tweeners, 300-330 feet
172g - worn
Long anhyzers, great turnover disc
175g - new
I will find a way
175g - new
Awesome utility driver
171g - new
~350 ft, long turnovers
180g - new
Am Nats Liberty Buzzz
180g - new
USDGC 2009 artist proof, just for show at the moment.
172g - worn
I alternate between 2 or 3 of these for putt and approach. Love the glow plastic for putters
172g - new
Loco IV stamp, for stable approaches


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Pizza Express margherita pizza
£6.00 (£13.05 per kg)
Product Summary
Individually handmade in the UK. Suitable for vegetarians. A pizza base topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, sprinkled with black pepper and oregano. Beautiful Pizza the PizzaExpress way. We are often asked if our supermarket pizzas are the same as in our restaurants. Sure we can't use things like raw eggs and you can't cook them in our super hot ovens, but otherwise they are the same. To see how to make beautiful PizzaExpress pizza at home, visit www.pizzaexpressathome.com
The PizzaExpress Base: Wheat Flour, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Semolina (from Wheat), Tomato Purée, Salt, Yeast, Sugar, Dextrose, Emulsifier: E472e, Flour Treat Agent: E300, Toppings: Tomato Sauce (Tomato, Salt, Basil, Pepper), Mozzarella Cheese* (23%), Black Pepper, Oregano, *From Cows' Milk
Preparation & Storage
- They are all individually hand made using the same key ingredients. But cooking is so important. so here are some tips from our pizzaiolos that should help you make beautiful pizza at home.Antenor SiquieraHead PizzaioloCook it our way1. Prepare your pizza. Remove all packaging including base disc. Even out the toppings and drizzle around a tablespoon of oil to make it go crispy without drying out. In the restaurant we use extra virgin oil on this pizza, but garlic oil and chilli oil also work well.2. Hot and fast. Put your pizza on the top shelf of the oven, once the oven has reached 200°C. Ideally use a preheated pizza stone or a pizza pan with holes in the base. It is fine to put it directly on the oven rack, but never on a solid baking tray.3. It is ready? Cook for 10-12 minutes. The cheese will have gone golden brown and the base nice and crispy all the way to the centre.Eat it your wayIn our restaurants you can have pizzas exactly how you want them.Many people like to add freshly ground black pepper, but here are some other ideas.Feel like a Soho?Once cooked, cover the pizza with rocket, scatter over some freshly shaved Grana Padano and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil.Love the Quattro Formaggi?Before cooking add the other cheeses. In the restaurant we use Fontal, Gorgonzola and Grana Padano, and add a single black olive in the centre.Hot and spicy?After cooking crumble over some dried pepperoncini chilli flakes or finely sliced fresh chilli.
- For best results cook from chilled.…Ensure product is piping hot prior to serving.…Once cooked, serve immediately. These are guidelines only as all cooking appliances vary in performance.
Keep refrigerated. If freezing, freeze on day of purchase and consume within 1 month. Once thawed do not re-freeze.
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Smith (4-7, 5.45 ERA) vs. Diamond (11-6, 3.35 ERA)
Random thoughts
- I love this year's pennant races, especially the one for the AL East. I would love to see the Orioles win it.
- Escobar's AVG is second among all SS after Jeter.
- Smoked pork loin is delicious.
- Jim Bowden at ESPN has Edwin Jackson headed to KC.
- Power Rangers is lame, but my son loves them. I don't get it.


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According to a deputy with the School Drug Task
Force, an 11th grader from McKinley High School has been taken into custody after authorities found a .22 caliber handgun in his book bag.
The arrest was made around 11 a.m. Tuesday morning. According to reports, administration suspected the student of possible narcotic use. When administration confronted the student, he fled on food.
They found the .22 caliber handgun in his book bag, with one bullet in the chamber.
The 16-year-old student is charged with carrying of a firearm by a student on school property and will be booked into Juvenile Detention.
This investigation is still ongoing.
Students with information concerning this incident
or similar incidents are encouraged to notify a school administrator,
contact the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office at 225-389-5000 or Crime
Stoppers anonymously at (225) 344- STOP or (225) 344-7867. Students can
also text "CS225" plus their message to CRIMES (274637).
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Munguia Nunez named to national fellowship
Natiely Munguia Nunez is one of nine students in the nation to be named to the final cohort of the Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Aspiring Teachers of Color Fellowship. Munguia Nunez was nominated through the University of Arizona (UA) and was named a national recipient along with students attending Swarthmore College, the University of Chicago, Wellesley College and the University of Washington, among other institutions. Each fellow will receive a $30,000 stipend toward earning a master's degree in education, and commit to spending three years working in a high-need public school upon graduating. Munguia Nunez, who earned her political science and Spanish degrees from the University of Arizona in December, 2012, will begin the UA's Teach Arizona program this year, which is offered in Tucson and Phoenix, while working toward her master's degree. She plans to remain in Arizona as a Spanish teacher.


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"A few will never give up on you. When you go back out on the field, those are the people I want in your minds. Those are the people I want in your hearts."
We love the coach.
Breakfast forever.
what a dream.
(Source: mandagrace, via stripedlove)
Oh Kyle Chandler, make me breakfast, please?
with the added stipulation that we eat it together in bed
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The Chiefs must draft Adam Replogle and they could get him in the 7th Round. Every year I like to add in one of my Indiana Hoosiers boys to my mock drafts. They are not an elite program, but they can produce playmakers in the NFL. Most recent Hoosiers would be Roger Saffold and Tracy Porter. This years Indiana Hoosier is Defensive Tackle -
Adam Replogle
Height: 6'3'' Weight: 300lbs
- Started 47 Games for the Indiana Hoosiers
- 2 x Team Captain
- 2nd Team All-Big Ten
- Academic All-American
Adam Replogle has a ridiculous motor - in fact I would put his motor up against anyone in college football. Not the fastest guy out there, but quick enough for a man of his size. Although he doesn't have freak speed for a man his size, he has a lot of power and will never stop on a play. Very intelligent player that would be described as a "blue collar" type of player. He would bring added depth to the Chiefs defensive line.
Now I am going to post his Pro Day numbers up to another 2013 DT prospect - we shall call him PLAYER X
Player X is 6'2'', 310lbs. Adam Replogle is 6'3'', 300lbs.
40 Time:
- Adam: 5.03
- Player X: 5.15
- Adam: 31.5''
- Player X: 30''
Short Shuttle:
- Adam: 4.71
- Player X: 4.65
3 Cone:
- Adam: 7.62
- Player X: 7.76
Reps 225:
- Adam: 38 - see here
- Player X: 38
Adam Replogle played and started all 4 years in college - Player X only played for 3 years. So I will compare their stats from 2010-present (3years). Adam did have a very successful freshman season, but to make it fair I'll just compare 3 years.
- Adam: 151 tackles (78 solo)
- Player X: 107 tackles (48 solo)
- Adam: 11
- Player X: 7
- Adam: 23.5
- Player X: 21.5
Now numbers are numbers, but they do give us a guideline. Adam Replogle had better stats and similar pro day numbers to Player X. Size is similar and I would say Adam has a higher motor. Am I going to be a little biased? Sure... but I watched this kid play all 48 (started 47) games for the Hoosiers and he was one of my favorites. Always disrupting plays and never giving up. I honestly think he could give DeVito a run for his money. Looking at the numbers you would probably give Replogle the edge b/c of the Pro Day numbers are the same, but statistically Replogle made a bigger impact. Adam also played in the Big10 - player X played in the Pac-12.
Oh yeah, who is PLAYER X?
Star Lotuelei.


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After the Frontline Rail Jam in Stockholm, we woke-up hungover Toni Kerks for a little chat about KBR's new movie SnakeBite, Finnish snowboarding and spot guiding in Jyväskylä, Finland. We were visited by some weirdos outside of a church, I guess that is where they hang on Sunday mornings... Enjoy the stunts and the music!
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Teach 21 Writing Rubrics
The Office of Assessment and Accountability and the Office of Instruction led a team of West Virginia content specialists to complete the development of West Virginia Writing Rubrics in grades 3 through 11. These rubrics, developed around grade level 21st Century Reading/Language Arts Contents Standards and Objectives, provide West Virginia educators a means of objective evaluation for student writing in all content areas as well as in the reading/language arts classroom. Each six-point level rubric, aligned to grade level objectives, evaluates the analytic traits of organization, development, sentence structure, word choice/grammar usage, and mechanics.
West Virginia Writing Rubrics will be an invaluable guide to West Virginia teachers in the development, improvement, and evaluation of student writing as they employ the 21st century skills of student-centered learning by providing students, teachers, and parents the power to understand and evaluate the process.
WVDE Instructional Writing Rubrics
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Companies that operate in countries other than their own have to adhere to the laws of the respective nation. When a violation occurs, certain businesses may be prohibited from making sales abroad.
Nokia - the world's largest maker of cell phones in terms of volume - recently lost a court bid in the UK. The legal body ruled that the business could not invalidate a European patent that Germany's IPCom GmbH & Co. claimed was vital to the phone company's handset sales, Bloomberg reported.
"As far as we know, this is the first time that an essential telecoms 3G patent was ever upheld and judged infringed in the UK, a jurisdiction well-known for being very demanding for patent holders," Bernhard Frohwitter, IPCom's managing director, said in a statement to Bloomberg.
The "268" patent that was being contested covers the prioritization of emergency and security services that are on mobile networks, CNET reported.
IPCom lost the initial lawsuit in 2010, but then applied to the court to allow the previous patent to be amended. The legal body let the company specify the contested licensing document and then reversed the ruling, according to the news source.


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Regatta 2014
Maple Bay Yacht Club is proud to host the 59th Annual Labour Day Regatta! Follow these links for full information:
2013 Regatta Results
Click on the highlighted links to view the full results for each Division in PDF format.
- Lieutenant Governor's Trophy – Light Scout (Kirk Palmer – RVicYC)
- Adams Cup – Song Bird (Paul Hansen – WVYC)
- Don Taylor Cup – My-Tai (Alex Fox – SNSYC)
- Division A – Light Scout (Kirk Palmer – RVicYC)
- Division B – Peptide (Simon Walker – RVicYC)
- Division C – Flight (Brian Robinson)
- Division D – Songbird (Paul Hansen – WVYC)
- Martin 242 – Black Adder (Ken Holland – NYC)
Fireball, 420, Laser, Laser Radial, Optimist
- Follow this link for dinghy racing results.
Regatta 2013 Photos
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- Government Brochure on Indian Art
This is a PDF version of a brochure produced by the Federal Trade Commission on how to buy and what to look for in American Indian crafts and artwork.
- Native American Art, Food, Technology & Culture
- Cherokee Language Lessons
- History of the Cherokee Language
- Cherokee Language Preservation Program Site
- Old Cherokee Towns
- Indian Removal Article
- Treaty of New Echota Article
- Cherokee Culture, Folklore, Food and More
- Cherokee Basic Words
This is a website, not affiliated with the Tribe, that lets you hear Cherokee words being spoken by a native speaker.
- Cherokee Language Word/Phrase Lists
This link will take you to a site, not affiliated with the Tribe, that allows you to look up various words and phrases in English so that you can get the Cherokee translation.
- Weaving Crafts
How to do finger, stick, and cardboard weaving.
This site covers very broad subjects that are found common to most Native American tribes and communities. The articles are in-depth and fairly accurate. However, very few tribes are specifically mentioned and almost no Cherokee-specific cultural/technical items are covered.
This site has various lessons on how to write and speak Cherokee. There are also links to dictionary sources and other similar tools.
This site link takes you to an article the discusses the evolution of the Cherokee language in relation to our peoples' confrontations with the British, Spanish and other outsiders.
This is a preservation program of the language being done by the University of Auburn where they are working exclusively with the Echotas, a state recognized band of Cherokees in Alabama. Because the Echotas are the sole reference for the University, one may find that there are noticeable differences in the translations of words (in comparison to translations offered up by the federal tribes) as well as errors in the spelling (probably done by non-indian researchers typing the translations on the site) that will become more and more apparent as you learn the Sequoyan system of writing in Cherokee. Nevertheless, the Echotas and University of Auburn are making great strives in trying to preserve a small morsel of Cherokee heritage and should be commended on the great work that they are doing.
A general listing of some old Cherokee town names as well as the spellings of the towns at the time. This is both a cultural and genealogical treasure.
A great article the tells how the Cherokees were forced to leave their homeland under a faulty treaty called the Treaty of New Echota.
This site takes you to an article on the history of the Treaty of New Echota and what led up to the Trail of Tears.
This site is a tremendous wealth of knowledge and a true blessing for those of us trying to protect Cherokee culture. Though there is much more to Cherokee culture and life than what this site shows, it is a great place for anyone wishing to understand the basics of what it means to be Cherokee.
- Base Roll for the United Keetowah Band
- Dawes Rolls
- Guion Miller Roll
- National Cherokee Microfilm Records Index For Records Held In The Fort Worth, Texas National Archives Depository
- USGen Web Cherokee Census Project
- 1860 Census Article
- 1814 Cherokee Muster Roll from the Battle of Horseshoe Bend
- 1817 Cherokee Reservation Roll Applicant Index
- 1880 Cherokee Census
- 1890 Wallace Roll of Cherokee Freedmen in Indian Territory
- Cherokees, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Creek 1896 Applications
- 1897 Kern-Clifton Roll of Cherokee Freemen
- Minor Children Cherokee Freedman Final Roll
- "LOST" Cherokees in Florida
- HESTER ROLL (Index c. 1884)
The United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians was gracious enough to allow us the right to link to their site's PDF database of their tribal base roll. This link takes you immediately to the scanned image of the 1949 base roll which the "Name", "Age", "Degree of Blood" and "Address" of the original membership of the United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians, one of the three federally recognized Cherokee tribes in America.
This is a link to the U.S. National Archives & Records Administration's Archival Research Catalog (ARC) index to the Final Dawes Rolls. Many tribes use the Dawes Rolls as their base roll for enrollment. This site offers up somewhat crude index to these rolls based on the category that names were listed under. There are also links by each category that immediately take you to the scanned image of the original rolls housed by the U.S. National Archives & Records Administration. There are 36,714 names on the Final Dawes Rolls of 1898.
This is a link to the U.S. National Archives & Records Administration's Archival Research Catalog (ARC) index to the Guion Miller Rolls. Although some non-federally recognized tribes may use the Guion Miller Roll as their base roll for enrollment, many researchers and genealogists use this roll for assistance in researching the Dawes Rolls. This site offers up the index to these rolls as well as links that immediately take you to the scanned image of the original rolls housed by the U.S. National Archives & Records Administration. There are 62,769 names on this roll, including those applicants that were not accepted for the U.S. Court of Claims May 28, 1906 Eastern Cherokee Tribe settlement. Since the Guion Miller Roll was done over 10 years after the Dawes, some applicants are also listed on the Dawes.
Many Cherokee records that are housed by the U.S. National Archives & Records Administration can be found in the Forth Worth, Texas depository. This link gives the year(s), description, and roll number(s) that each record covers. Some of the records housed are the Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennessee, Plots and Surveys of Cherokee Reservations by Robert Armstrong, Henderson Roll, Mullay Roll, Siler Roll, Chapman Roll, Drennen Roll, Powell Roll, Lipe Roll, Hester Roll, Wallace Roll (Revised), Freedman Roll, Starr Roll, Old Settlers Payment Roll, and many others. None of the records listed on this site are viewable online in transcribed or PDF version.
This site is a listing of many rolls of interest for Cherokee genealogical researchers. There are very few viewable images and/or transcriptions of the rolls or their indexes. However, this site is working on making the rolls viewable in either PDF or transcription form. What can be gleaned from this site is the Reel # information so that you can go to the appropriate records holder(s) and see actual microfilm of the roll you are interested in viewing.
This site takes you to an article written by James P. Collins and published in Prologue, a periodical published by the U.S. Archives & Records Administration. In this article, Mr. Collins talks about how many historians and genealogists mistakenly state that the 1870 Census was the first Census to list citizens as "Indian". In the article, Mr. Collins shows where some 40,000 American Indians were listed as "Indian" based on special instructions, to enumerators, to enumerate those people as "Indian" should they be taxed and no longer under tribal rule. Other great information and projections are also discussed in this piece.
This link takes you to a PDF image of the Muster Roll of the field and staff of a Cherokee regiment commanded by Colonel Gideon Morgan. This division was under a broader division commanded by Jackson to fight off the Creeks.
This roll concerns a 640 acre parcel in relation of the removing a group of Native American Cherokees to Arkansas pursuant to Article 8 of the Cherokee Treaty of 1817. The original deal cut with these Cherokees was to vest the property into their custody until death. When a person died, their share of the land would revert back to the state. Many of these people never got the land promised to them. This site has merely transcribed the names of people requesting this deal. The site is presently working on a list of the people that actually received the benefits (i.e., land) from this removal deal cut by the government. Please note that only the names are listed. There is no other information listed as to age, sex, nativity, blood quantum, or other important data.
This link is a partial transcription of Schedule One , including all nine districts, of the Census of 1880 that was authorized by an act of the Cherokee National Council Senate Bill No. 33 on December 1, 1879. While the original census, which can be found on microfilm through the National Archives (Roll #7RA07) and the Latter Day Saints (Roll #989204), included the Delaware, Goingsnake, Sequoyah, and Tahlequah Districts (also referred to as Divisions); this site has only been able to transcribe the Candian, Cooweescoowee, Flint, Illinois and Saline Districts. This transcription comes with a legend of "N cher" for "Native Cherokee", "A col" and "A co" for "Adopted colored or Negro" , "A white" for "Adopted Caucasian", etc. as well as codes for adopted Creek, Choctaw, Osage, and other tribal nationalities. This roll has 10453 records and covers the categories of census "Number", "Surname", "Given" name, "Middle" name, "Nativity", "Age", "Sex", "Division", and additional "Comments."
This link is a transcription of the names of Cherokee freedmen who were entitled to a $75,000 per capita distribution, with the Shawnee and Delaware, by means of an appropriations act of Congress in October of 1888. The actual rolls are held by the U.S. Archives & Records Administration.
This site is quick to point out that this is not a transcription of the 1896 Census Rolls but rather this is a list of people that had originally not been recognized by the Cherokee Nation and were thus now making application for citizenship pursuant to the Act of 1896. Therefore, if your ancestor was on the 1896 Cherokee Census, then he/she will not be on this list. This site acknowledges that the information contained comes from 54 rolls of publication #M1650 of the National Archives records in Fort Worth, Texas and are also housed with the Bureau of Indian Affairs as Record Group 75. This transcription of the rolls cover some 12,248 total records and lists the "Last Name", "First Name", "Middle Name", "Tribe", and "Application Number" of each applicant.
This link is a transcription of the names of Cherokee freedmen, and their descendants, concerning a legal case between the Cherokee Nation and the United States. Persons found on this roll were determined by the United States Government to be Cherokees that were entitled to benefits from the U.S. Court of Claims case.
This is a transcription of a portion of The Final Roll of Citizens & Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes. This source gives the name of the child, age, gender, and census card number. Ages given were calculated to March 4, 1907.
A 1930s article concerning a traveling nurse's find of a group of Cherokee that were living near Perdido River in Esacambia County, FL. Special thanks goes out to the Pensacola News Journal for giving us permission to electronically display this article of theirs on our site.
Joseph G. Hester prepared this roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee in 1883. Copies of the previous census were made available to Hester and he was required to account for all persons on the previous rolls by either including them on the new roll, noting their deaths on the old rolls or describing their whereabouts as unknown either to Mr. Hester or any of the Cherokees. This roll lists 2,956 persons residing in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia, Illinois, Kansas, Colorado, Kentucky, New Jersey, and California. Those living west of the Mississippi and listed by Mr. Hester were descendants of members of the Eastern Band and apparently had no affiliation with the Cherokee Nation in the west. Information includes ancestors, Chapman Roll Number, age, Christian name, and Cherokee name.
- Cherokee Treaty of 1791
- Cherokee Treaty of 1785
- Cherokee Treaty of 1817
- Cherokee Land Cessions and Treaties
- Certificate of Degree of Indian or Alaska Native Blood (CDIB) Card Overview
- Indian Laws and Treaties Index
- Indian Arts and Crafts Act
- American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1976
- American Indian Religious Freedom Act Article
- Native American Graves Protection and Reparation Act Article
- Treaty of New Echota
This is a transcription of the Cherokee Treaty of 1791
This is a transcription of the Cherokee Treaty of 1785.
This is a transcription of the Cherokee Treaty of 1817. The deal brokered for a 640 acre parcel of land in Arkansas is in direct relation to Article 8 of this treaty. It should go without saying that, like with almost all other American Indian treaties, many of the Cherokee people that this treaty covered did not receive the benefits promised to them by the United States Government.
A very informative site that not only has a map of what lands were ceded over to the government by the Cherokees but also in what treaty the lands were ceded over by. This site only covers the Southeastern United States. A wonderful resource for anyone interested in the immense size of the original Cherokee nation that once covered over 7 of our contemporary states.
This is a basic overview, written by an unverified source, on how one is to obtain a CDIB Card. The CDIB is viewed by many to be a racist relic of government bureaucracy. Nevertheless, the CDIB Card is still used today for enrollment and benefits dispersion purposes by both Federally recognized tribes as well as Federal agencies. The CDIB, alone, does not necessarily entitle you to enrollment into any one tribe/band nor does it specifically entitle you to any Federal or State benefits for Native American Indians. Since this site is written by an unverified source, the viewer is strongly urged to specifically address any questions of procedure or requirement, in regards to obtaining a CDIB Card, to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. For any questions of procedure, enrollment, or requirement of a specific American Indian tribe/band, the viewer is strongly urged to directly contact that tribe/band.
This is a basic index to various laws and treaties relating to American Indians. No actual laws or treaties are viewable in transcribed or PDF form. Rather, this is merely a listing of where these resources may be found at the library of Oklahoma State University.
This site takes you to a digitally transcribed version of the original Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1935. With this transcription are links to the side for the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990, Final Regulations for the Act of 1990, Indian Arts and Crafts Enforcement Act of 2000, and much much more.
This is a scanned image of the transcribed version of American Indian Religous Freedom Act of 1976 (AIRFA). The AIRFA was intended to protect the American Indian's Constitutional, as well as often treaty-protected, rights to the Freedom of Religion. These rights were often trumped by the wishes of the state and federal government. The goal of the AIRFA was to rectify this problem.
This article talks specifically about the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1976 (AIRFA) and how the AIRFA has played out, over time, in the court systems as well as with various federal and state agencies. This is a great introductory piece for those who are interested in how American Indians have been denied basic Constitutional rights.
This article talks specifically about the Native American Graves Protection and Reparation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA) and how it relates to the protection of grave sites and the return of remains to tribal entities. This is a great introductory piece for those who are interested in historic preservation relating to American Indian burial sites and remains.
This is a transcription of the Treaty of New Echota, a particularly heinous treaty in that it was made between the U.S. Government and a handful of Cherokees who had not authority from the tribe to make any binding treaty or pact. When the tribe found out about the treaty, John Ross, the rightful chief of the tribe, organized a group and petitioned the government to reject the treaty and the provisions made unto it. As is par with the federal government, Congress and the Supreme Court turned a deaf ear to the truth and the treaty became a binding document that ultimately forced thousands of Cherokees from their God-given homes on a trail of sickness, death and despair known today simply as the "Trail of Tears".


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(07/23/12) - A Flint church and the UAW are teaming up to offer kids a SAFE place to hang out this summer. Monday marked the start of the 5-week long camp. By 10 Monday morning, more than 50 kids had already arrived at the 'Super Summer Fun Camp'. "Just want to show them that there are definitely good role models," said Cameron Martin, Youth Ministries Director. Many of those role models are volunteers with the Cathedral of Faith Ministries - the church that teamed up with UAW Region 1-C to offer the camp. You'll find them inside the old Gundry Elementary on Dupont. For Retinea Dye, signing her two kids up was an easy choice. "Keep them constructively busy. Because if you don't keep them busy, they're going to keep you busy," Dye said. Retinea doesn't want her 8-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter to become statistics. "It's sad to see a generation just a, disposing of one another," Dye said. The camp runs through Aug. 24. Breakfast and lunch are provided, and there are constant activities including a field trip every Friday. And best of all, there's peace of mind. "Right now there's not a whole lot of summer camps going on. I think the church offers a safe atmosphere," said parent J. Doans. Doans' son's first activity was basketball. His daughter made new friends during arts and crafts. Martin aims to make a difference, one kid at a time. "One of the life-long lessons is that every young male is not running around and shooting and killing other people. But there are people who are interested in them, as children," Martin said. The camp runs from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. weekdays. You can register at any time. It costs $7 a week. They're hoping to give as many kids as possible, a safe place to play and build their self-esteem.
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The Survival Race's 5-kilometer track challenges racers to navigate a gauntlet of mud-laden terrain. Staggered waves of up to 300 runners each conquer military-style obstacles, wade through murky water, and slide through muddy trenches before reaching the finish line to celebrate at a shindig awash with delicious eats and smitten swamp monsters. Afterward, a Facebook album aids online nostalgia by showcasing dirt-caked athletes and their marshy feats.
The chefs at Muscle Maker Grill put a healthy spin on flavorful dishes inspired by Italian, Asian, American, and Southwestern cuisines. The chain was founded in 1995 by Rod Silva, a fitness enthusiast who grew weary of fast-food eateries that bogged customers down with unhealthy morsels and toys sculpted from butter. What began as a smoothie stand has expanded into a successful franchise that slings pastas, burgers, salads, and Tex-Mex–style wraps, and proudly displays the calorie content and relationship status of each dish on the menu.
Villari's Lakeside sits on the shores of Sun Valley Lake, near rustling willows and a quaint gazebo—but its menu seems to think its on the Sicilian coast. Crabmeat fills martini glasses and stuffs jumbo shrimp. Lobster tails wear coats of lemon and butter. Even the Filet Sinatra's 10-ounce filet mignon comes topped with shrimp. The creator of these feasts, Jose Zhinin, brings the Mediterranean to the US, but doesn't stop there. His yearly rotating entrees trek throughout mainland Italy as well, touching everything from chicken parmigiana to build-your-own pasta plates, mixing the traditional with the modern.
Likewise, the restaurant itself combines Old-World elegance with contemporary style. Like the halls of the coolest medieval kings, the two-tiered dining room easily hosts both sumptuous banquets and DJ-driven dance parties. But parties find their home most often at the outdoor tiki bar, whose thatched roof and glowing lanterns cast the lake in a tropical light.
The chefs at Big John's Cheesesteaks & More grill up Philly favorites alongside American and Italian-American fare. They place 100% beef and chicken steaks on fresh-baked buns, topping them with cheeses such as mozzarella, provolone, or cheese whiz. Added toppings of bacon, pepperoni, and mushrooms melt right into customers' gooey cheese of choice. Pizzas, sandwiches, burgers, and hoagies, and salads of thai-chili chicken or goat cheese, walnuts, and craisins round out the menu, and a free pickle bar displays more than 13 varieties of pickles that, like people, get wrinkly when soaked in vinegar.


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Twins recalled relievers Glen Perkins and Pat Neshek from Triple-A Rochester after Monday's 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals.
The side-winding Neshek was 5-1 with a 3.89 ERA in Rochester. He has also appeared in six games with the Twins, allowing two runs in 4 1-3 innings.
Perkins was 4-9 with a 5.81 ERA for Rochester. In four games with the Twins, he is 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA.
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A woman is dead after a high-speed smash between a commuter train and a car this morning.
- Woman dies in crash with train
- Drove through boom gates: police
- Car pushed 500m from crossing
Emergency crews were greeted by a horrific scene after the six-carriage Connex train collided with the woman's Hyundai hatchback in Dandenong South at 7.20am, pushing the wreckage about 500 metres down the train line.
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Victoria Police said the woman was a 53-year-old from Garfield, in Melbourne's south-east.
She drove into the path of the 6.20am Flinders-Cranbourne train.
"The boom gates were down at the time. She has driven straight through the boom gates and into the path of the train,'' acting Sergeant Stuart Pontill told Radio 3AW.
This morning's crash was the third fatality on Melbourne's rail system in as many days. A 47-year-old man from Keilor Downs was killed after he fell into the path of a train at North Melbourne station last night, while a 26-year-old Carlton man died after being struck by a train at Newport on Sunday night.
Victoria Police acting Inspector Michael Talbot told reporters at today's crash scene the train was travelling at 110kmh and there were no skid marks to indicate the driver tried to brake.
He said major collision unit investigators were considering several scenarios, including the possibility the female driver was using a phone, blinded by the sun, or simply didn't see the crossing.
"Suicide is not an option at the moment,'' he said. "(The investigation is) only in its infancy and we'll have to talk to ... work colleagues and family of the lady and try and find out what she was doing at the time of the collision.''
Acting Inspector Talbot said the lights, bells and boom gates were in working order when the eastbound vehicle hit the train.
He said the tragedy was a "timely reminder'' that drivers should take care at level crossings.
"(The victim) works locally so I would think she would know (the level crossing) is here,'' he said.
''The reasons (she didn't slow down) are unknown to us at this stage. She could have just failed to stop at the crossing in time.''
Acting Inspector Talbot said the woman, who has not been idenfitied yet, could have escaped injury if her position had varied by a metre.
"But unfortunately (the train) got her right in the middle of the car at one of the weakest points,'' he said.
Ambulance officers assessed about 30 passengers and the train driver for injuries and symptoms of shock.
Acting Inspector Talbot said the driver had provided a version of events to Connex investigators.
"Anything of this nature is horrendous and the driver of the train is not immune to the trauma he is confronted with,'' he said.
Ambulance Victoria operational group manager Andrew Watson said it was "very sad scene'' with "quite a bit'' of debris.
"The train struck the car and it has been dragged along the railway tracks significantly ...,'' he said.
"Unfortunately the driver of the vehicle has died, it appears to have been instantly.''
Connex spokesman John Reese said there would be a full investigation into the incident.
Bus services are replacing commuter trains between Cranbourne and Dandenong stations while the scene is examined.
Victoria recorded the most rail deaths in Australia for the first six months of this year, according to the Australian Transport Bureau of Safety.
The data, released last month, showed the state had 11 fatalities on train tracks, eight more than NSW and Queensland, which had the next-highest.
It also showed the number of serious injuries in Victoria dwarfed that of other states, with 474 to Queensland's 123.
Public Transport Safety Victoria recorded 19 fatalities on the state's rails last year.
Victoria has 1872 level crossings, most in rural areas, the highest number of crossing fatalities of any state and the most near misses between cars and trains.
In June 2007, 11 people died when a truck slammed into a passenger train at a level crossing near Kerang.
In the wake of the Kerang crash, the State Government made safety changes, including "rumble strips'' for 200 crossings, automated advance warning signs and lower speed limits on major roads.
According to Australia's biggest transport infrastructure firm, Asciano, there were 20 collisions on level crossings in the 2006-2007 financial year, half of them in Victoria. Of the 262 recorded "near misses'' 107, or 41%, happened in Victoria.
Across Australia, an average of 37 people have been killed at level crossings each year over the past decade.
Level crossing deaths since Kerang
August 24, 2007 Truck driver, 57, near Somerville.
January 28, 2008 Woman, 32, at Tyabb
February 1, 2008 Woman, 48, near Bendigo, on same line as Kerang crash.
February 26, 2008 Man, 32 in Mitiamo.
March 24, 2008 Woman, 38, and daughter, 14, at Modewarre.


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Christmas and New Year at Millbrook
Join the festive cheer at Millbrook Resort this Christmas and New Year and embrace the holiday spirit in a relaxed environment.
Our award-winning chefs have created mouth watering menus featuring the highest quality produce, from a relaxed BBQ in The Clubhouse to a degustation extravaganza in contemporary New Zealand cuisine at The Millhouse.
Due to an exceptionally high demand for Christmas and New Year, we recommend making your reservation in advance.
Due to popular demand, we are fully booked for Christmas lunch & dinner and also New Year's dinner in The Clubhouse already.
Click here to download the menus.
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Christmas Day
Clubhouse Restaurant
A la carte Lunch and Dinner
Lunch bookings available: 12pm until 3pm
Dinner bookings available: 5.30pm until 9pm
Adult: $149pp
Child (12yrs and under): $60pp
Millhouse Restaurant
A la carte Lunch and Dinner
Lunch bookings available: 12pm until 3pm
Dinner bookings available: 5.30pm until 9pm
Hole In One Bar
A la carte dining
Open: 8am until late
New Year's Eve
Clubhouse Restaurant
Surf & Turf BBQ
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Degustation Dinner
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Six New Partners Sell ipoque Products in Europe and Middle East
Leipzig, 7 December 2011 – ipoque, the leading European provider of Internet traffic management solutions, expanded its partner network and recently signed six new resellers to sell its PRX Traffic Manager series in Europe and the Middle East.
ipoque markets its products through a worldwide network of carefully selected resellers and distributors. The comprehensive product line comprising traffic managers, reporting systems and DPI software development kits gives them the possibility to choose from a broad product portfolio. But not only resellers and distributors are part of the huge network: ipoque works with a number of industry-leading companies on technology projects in order to bring innovation forward.
"Working with ipoque gives us an important competitive advantage. Our customers appreciate the German technology and ipoque's field-proven products convince with excellent performance and detection capabilities," says Mark Newns, CEO at Armadillo Mgd. Services.
"Our resellers and distributors are ipoque's backbone in their respective region. They sell our products in every corner of the globe and this is why we continually work to extend our partner network to be as close to our customers as possible. With the six companies we have won experienced and recognized partners," says Oliver Desch, Director Sales at ipoque.
New ipoque Partners at a Glance
- Armadillo Managed Services Ltd. – United Kingdom (http://www.armadillouk.com)
- Danbit Systems – Poland (http://www.danbitsystems.eu)
- Info Protection Solutions – France (http://www.infoprotection.fr)
- International Gateway Distribution – Saudi Arabia (http://igtec.com)
- IP Protocol – Egypt (http://www.ipprotocolinc.com)
- Tornado Technology – Romania (http://www.tornado.ro)
We are constantly looking for recognized partners. For further information about our partner program go to http://www.ipoque.com/en/partners/partner-program.
About ipoque
ipoque provides traffic analysis and management solutions using DPI technology to help fixed and mobile broadband operators to better understand traffic patterns, monetize new data services and improve the quality of experience for their subscribers. Our application classification and analysis engine enables bandwidth and congestion control, prioritized quality of service delivery and detailed network visibility. ipoque was founded in 2005 in Leipzig, Germany, and has become a Rohde & Schwarz company in 2011.


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Democrat from Wisconsin
Jennifer Shilling, a Democrat from La Crosse in western Wisconsin, was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 2000 and served there until winning election to the state Senate in 2011 by defeating incumbent Dan Kapanke, a La Crosse Republican, in a recall election.
Recent statements involving Jennifer Shilling
The 2011-13 state budget "cuts overall funding for public schools by $1.6 billion"
Says many local governments in Wisconsin already require employees to pay 20 percent, 30 percent or even 40 percent of their health insurance premiums.
We want to hear your suggestions and comments. Email the Wisconsin Truth-O-Meter with feedback and with claims you'd like to see checked. If you send us a comment, we'll assume you don't mind us publishing it unless you tell us otherwise.


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In Pennsylvania, a couple must inform the County Clerk at the time they apply for a license that they want to solemnize their own marriage. Two witnesses are required.
In Colorado, couples wanting to solemize their own marriage must apply for paper work from the County Courthouse in order to do this.


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Suddenly Brazil has become a huge attractor of events. I've lost the count of how many gigs were and will be here in this second semester. I have to start talking about these festivals by the biggest one, Stars With You (SWU), which had the motto appealing for a sustainable world, trying to engage the youth to focus on an eco-friendly environment.
The line up of the first day had people like Rage Against the Machine, The Mars Volta, Infectious Grooves, Los Hermanos, Os Mutantes, Macaco Bong and The Black Drawing Chalks.
It seemed a good idea at first, but after a day in the event, personally, I think it was far from ideal. First the event was far from any town, that's OK, but not when everything inside the event costs a fortune and lacks on security and hygiene. So many stories of people being stolen during the event, that already makes this a bad day. The concerts only had like 45 minutes, and the quality of the PAs made it even worse.
I was hoping to see a full concert by The Mars Volta, but they only played 5 songs (and made a mistake while opening the first song, "Goliath" – the band got confused at which compass they should enter in the first verse, but for non-musicians, that wasn't notable), and between the songs, they improvised a lot, sometimes good, sometimes not that pleasant.
The Rage Against the Machine was there to make a gran finale, but frankly, was quite disappointed with it. Not about the sound quality of the LA fourtet (which sounded great), but by three major problems. 1) At the start, the band incited people to brake the barrier, and along with that, people started the pits around the public, which led people to get hurt and suffocated by the huge amount of people in the place (people from the back didn't even noticed what happened). 2) The PAs stop working in the 3rd song (lack of structure). 3) RATM was supporting the Brazilian movement MST. That was the biggest mistake in my opinion. Supporting a group that makes invasions in farms, destroy everything and is leaded by corrupted politicians doesn't deserve any kind of attention.
I still didn't mention the overpriced tickets (which led me just to buy for one day – and was enough). I know I missed Cavalera Conspiracy, Dave Matthews Band, Queens of Stone Age and Incubus, but with that lack of structure, I wouldn't last any longer.