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What's New
The Foundation is continuously working on agricultural literacy projects to help tell the story of agriculture. To order any of these items or to see all of the educational items the Foundation offers click on "Resource Orders" on the menu.
Here are a few of our newest projects:
New Barn Banners!
Easily transform your livestock area at your fair or farm to a learning area for all guests with these easy-to-use roll up banners. Banners highlight fun facts, animal life cycle, how ranchers care for the environment, and how ranchers care for animals. Each banner also features the "Wash-Toss–Walk" safety guide for staying safe in livestock barns.
Banners available for the following species: Beef, Dairy, Swine, Sheep, Goats, Poultry.
Personalization available! For orders please email: email@example.com.
NEW! Poultry Ag Mag
The Poultry Ag Mag is perfect for introducing young readers to poultry and eggs. This standards-aligned non-fiction resource is easy to read and comes in a classroom set of 30 Ag Mags. It includes fun facts, a career corner, parts of an egg, and much more! Available here. Order Here!
Start the Conversation: Let's Talk About Animal Agriculture
This resource is modeled after quick-reference subject-area cards found in bookstores. This single page, front and back card is full of questions, answers, and suggested strategies for having meaningful discussions about the agriculture industry. The goal of this tool is to connect consumers with the men and women who produce their food, fiber, and fuel. This resource can be used in middle and high school classrooms, fairs and festivals, and on the farm to facilitate discussion about fact, fiction, and the science of agriculture. Order Here!
Corn in the Story of Agriculture Educator's Guide
This educator guide is best for elementary grades 3-4. After completing these activities students will be able to: analyze and classify data into five parts of agriculture, interpret data from graphs to solve problems, identify foods into five categories using myplate, classify corn products into categories, apply critical thinking skills to develop an understanding of agriculture.
View Snapshot with supported standards here.
Corn an A-Z Book
This educator guide is best for Prek-K students. After completing these activities students will be able to: organize events in the correct sequence, use a bar graph to interpret information, classify foods by groups using myplate, listen and follow directions for a graphic organizer, all while learning about corn!
View Snapshot with supported standards here.
Water: Sources, Use, Conservation
Water: Sources, Use, Conservation introduces 3rd to 5th grade students to the one resource we cannot live without, but take for granted. Water explains, in an engaging student friendly manner, the Hydrologic Cycle, showing how water moves from one physical state to another and how each of these states affects agriculture. It introduces students to watersheds, river basin, and wetlands; explains why irrigation is an important component of good water stewardship. It is available here!
Energy Ag Mag
The Energy Ag Mag is perfect for teaching grades 3-5 about different energy resources. Travel through time and learn about the history of energy, discover and explore the different sources of energy, and see how energy is used move food from the farm to your plate! This non-fiction text is standards aligned and easy to read, and includes fun facts and activity suggestions. Available here!
Foundation Book Plates!
We've created new book plates that read: "This book was donated by America's farmers and ranchers, members of your local Farm Bureau." Use these when donating books from your local Farm Bureau! You can buy them here.
Resource Catalog
Feel free to download this catalog and share it. It contains some of the Foundation's most popular resources.
The Beeman
The Beeman was awarded the coveted 2014 Book of the Year award. The book, by Laurie Krebs, introduces young readers to bees, beekeepers and pollinators. This excellent book is a great way to introduce students to how agriculture relies on pollinators. Available here.
The Beeman Educator Guide
This educator guide accompanies the 2014 Book of the Year, The Beeman. The educator guide is for grades K-2 and has 6 activities that range from topics such as language arts, math and science. It helps students understand bees and how they help in the pollination process. See a sample activity here. Ed guide available soon.
Bee Ag Mag
The Bee Ag Mag is a great way to incorporate agriculture into a science or literature classroom. This 100% standards aligned nonfiction text covers topics such as: How is honey made? Who is a beekeeper? How do farmers use bees? What is the life cycle of a bee and more!
Also available the Bee Ag Mag in Spanish
For the first time ever the Foundation has translated an Ag Mag into Spanish. This resource includes all of the topics in the English version of the Ag Mag. It is great for Spanish language classrooms.
Food & Farm Facts Activity Cards for grades 4-6 and 7-12
These new collections of 12 easy-to-implement activities support learning with Food and Farm Facts, developed for grades 4-6 and 7-12 using National Learning Standards & Common Core. Curriculum areas include: math, science, social science, health and language arts. Each activity card includes step-by-step instructions, discussion questions and an estimated time for completion. Available now! Just click Resource Orders up at the top then Food and Farm Facts!
Beef Cattle in the Story of Agriculture
This book introduces students to beef cattle and 5 basic concepts: production, processing, distribution, marketing and consumerism.
Beef Cattle in the Story of Agriculture Educator Guide
Activities included in this educator guide focus on language arts, social studies and health. Activities are aligned to Common Core and National Learning Standards.
Beef Cattle A-Z Book
This book introduces students to the basics of beef cattle while they learn their ABCs.
Beef Cattle A-Z Educator Guide
Activities included in this educator guide focus on language arts, math and social studies. Activities are aligned to Common Core and National Learning Standards.
Using MyPlate Educator's Guide
This great new educator's guide is just what you need to introduce the prek-k audience to MyPlate and nutrition. The Educator's Guide comes with hands-on standards based activities that engage learners.
Activities include food group matching and dominoes game, a sing along, a categorizing activity where students learn about colors and food groups, and more!
Using MyPlate Book
This book by Rebecca Rissman covers the 5 basic food groups while introducing students to MyPlate. The book includes easy to read text and colorful real life photos to help students understand what a healthy, colorful plate should look like!
Pillars of Agricultural Literacy
The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is excited to debut the newly developed Pillars of Agricultural Literacy, which provide a framework of standards for increasing agricultural literacy among learners of all ages. AFBFA believes that all people should have a basic understanding of the agriculture industry, and this document provides a guideline for expected learning outcomes by age. Designed with the purpose of guiding consistent development of educator resources, these standards are applicable in classrooms and non-traditional learning environments nationwide. View the Pillars of Agricultural Literacy here.
The Guardian Team Educator Guide
The Guardian Team Educator Guide is perfect for the elementary Language Arts classroom. The educator guide comes with 5 activities that are standards aligned and follow along with the Book of the Year The Guardian Team. Activities include: Summarizing, vocabulary, sequencing, completing a story map and graphic organizer. The guide also includes ideas for further reading and online activities through My American Farm. Order here...
The Sheep Ag Mag
The newest Ag Mag in the series, the Sheep Ag Mag is a perfect way to introduce learners to sheep. The Ag Mag includes articles on varieties of sheep, sheep and the environment, sheep products, creating wool, lamb recipes, career profiles and more! Order here...
Feeding Minds, Cultivating Growth Middle School Curriculum
This middle school unit reinforces an accurate image of agriculture while inviting students to explore important concepts related to personal growth such as: building healthy relationships to avoid bullying, knowing one's personal values and discovering the value of learning from others. Order here...
Accurate Ag Books!
Any or all of these accurate ag books can be used with the Feeding Minds, Cultivating Growth Curriculum. Order here...
Dairy Ag Mag
Our new and improved Dairy Ag Mag engages students in the world of dairy products and production with fun facts and dairy career profiles. The Dairy Ag Mag also includes activities that are multidisciplinary and aligned to Common Core and National Standards. The Dairy Ag Mag is a great way to introduce students to the wonderful world of dairy!
Farm Animals Educator's Guide
Farm Animals Educator's Guide has six fun and thought-provoking activities to address key developmental indicators of reading, writing, numbers, counting and sequencing.
Reproducible activity sheets are included, as well as a review song to help young people understand the concepts and reinforce the theme and message of the lessons and the book.
Farm Animals Book
Young readers will enjoy this fifteen-page book with colorful child-friendly photos. A "Words to Know" page prominently displays illustrated words. The last page, titled "Notes for Adults," lists objectives, questions to ask before and after reading, as well as curriculum extensions that show how farmers care for animals every day.
This book and educator's guide help children make real life connections to farm animals and how farmers care for animals every day.
How Did That Get in My Lunchbox? The Story of Food
The newest addition to the Foundation's Book of the Year collection invites readers to explore how their lunch came to be from farm to fridge the book is an excellent way to introduce k-2 where their food comes from.
How Did That Get in My Lunchbox? Educator's Guide
Piloted and aligned to the National Learning Standards for Early Elementary Classrooms the How Did That Get in My Lunchbox? educator's guide includes topics such as sequencing, sentences, nutrition, and math.
My Food Connection Poster
Designed for the classroom or school cafeteria this poster explores the new ChooseMyPlate.org food guide and allows students to meet some of the farmers who fill their plate. ACCOMPANIES The How DidThat Get In My Lunchbox? - BOOK and the HowDid that Get In My Lunchbox? - EDUCATOR'S GUIDE.
Careers Ag Mag
This new agriculturally themed magazine for kids is a great way to introduce students to careers in agriculture. Featured careers include: Produce Buyer, Large Animal Vet, Logger, Diesel Mechanic, Food Chemist, Environmental Engineer and Plant Scientist.
Students will enjoy the hands-on activity explained in the Ag Mag as well as the real life career profiles for Ag Brodcaster, Sous Chef, Ag Lawyer, Zookeeper and Conservation Police Officer on the back!
Great for starting conversations about careers in agriculture!
Food and Farm Facts 4-6 Educator's Guide
The 4-6 Educator's Guide uses Food and Farm Facts and the national learning standards to provide lessons and activities to reinforce skills in math, science, social science, language arts, health and nutrition. This newly updated version of Food and Farm Facts 4-6 Educator's Guide helps to incorporate agricultural themes into the classroom.
Food and Farm Facts 7-12 Educator's Guide
Developed for the middle and high school classroom, this new educator's guide uses Food and Farm Facts and national learning standards to provide lessons and activities to reinforce skills in math, science, social science, language arts, health and nutrition. Easily reproducible activity sheets and full lesson plans help the educator and learner understand the concepts that reinforce the messages found in Food and Farm Facts.
Food and Farm Facts Pencils
Straight out of the 2011 Food and Farm Facts booklet each pencil promotes an interesting fact about agriculture. Ten different facts total, 144 pencils in each box.
New Accurate Ag Book! Senses on the Farm by Shelley Rotner
Developed for the Pre K-K classroom, this book shows life on the farm is explored through the five senses as we see the calf's big ears, touch the soft wool of a lamb, hear a hungry horse chomp, smell the fresh cut hay and taste the farm fresh milk. Beautiful, focused photographs capture the simplicity and charm of life on a farm.
Senses on the Farm Educator's Guide
Developed for the Pre K-K classroom, this educator's guide uses the book Senses on the Farm and four fun activities to address key developmental indicators and help young people develop skills in recognizing objects using the five senses, reading, writing, numbers, counting and sequencing. Reproducible activity sheets and full lesson plan are included, as well as an active song to help young people understand the concepts and reinforce the theme and message of the lessons and the book.
Seed Soil Sun Earth's Recipe for Food by Cris Peterson
In Seed Soil Sun, Cris Peterson describes the seemingly miraculous process by which air and water combine with seed, soil, and sun to create nearly all the food we eat. Using the corn plant as an example, she takes the reader through the story of germination and growth of a tiny corn seed into a giant plant reaching high into the air with roots extending over six feet into the ground. The book also discusses the make-up of soil and the amazing creatures that live there from microscopic one-celled bacteria to moles, amoebas, and earthworms.
Seed Soil Sun Educator Guide
The Seed Soil Sun Educator's Guide is composed of three different national learning standards based and agriculturally themed activities which complement the content and theme of the book Seed Soil Sun. The activities, book and classroom poster can be used to teach reading, math, science, social science, health and nutrition to the 1st-3rd grade classroom and beyond.
The Plant Parts We Eat Poster
The Plant Parts We Eat Poster is full of color pictures, proper names, descriptions and classifications of vegetables. The poster is meant to accompany the lesson plan and book Seed Soil Sun, but is a great resource on its own. Best for a 1st-3rd grade classroom visit or thematic unit related to agriculture and nutrition.
For more agricultural literacy projects click Resource Orders on the main menu or to Donate to the Foundation so we may continue to produce successful agricultural literacy materials, click Donate on the main menu.


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Great win for the Bulls!
As for Doc Rivers being a cheerleader and needing a lot of talent... SMH
Every coach needs talented players to win a championship, Popovich needs Duncan, Jackson needed Jordan and Shaq. And i haven't heard anyone who said that Rivers is a bad coach.
The C's had no center, their 2 of 3 best players are 35 and 37, JT is 35 y.o., no rebounders, no shooters, weak bench and we are comparing them to the Bulls?!
If anyone is to blame it is Danny Ainge but we don't know what he tried to do.
Jimmy Butler played 48 minutes for a 3rd straight time! They are young, they can run fast and jump high, on the other hand the C's are old and slow, they want to win but they just can't do it anymore.
Difficult to say whether to blame DA more than Doc or vice versa, as we're not privy to their offseason discussions concerning what the Celtics needed to contend in this just ended season. Nobody on this board knows who said what. All we know is that the C's were erratic all year and brought the same inconsistency into the playoffs.
Yes, we don't know! But some posters act like they know it. And they just keep saying that Doc is an idiot, Ainge is a poor manager etc.
Doc & DA are running the show, arent they?...or maybe its Gino really calling the shots


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posted by SergeantPope (CHARLESTON, IL) Mar 30, 2009
Member since Apr 2007
16 out of 19 gamers (84%) found this review helpful
still wishing for FFCC to get it right
posted by Inagasaki (PAHRUMP, NV) Apr 10, 2009
Member since Nov 2008
13 out of 17 gamers (76%) found this review helpful
I was so excited to find that Echoes of Time allowed for multiplayer through the storyline.
However things turned sour after that. I could handle them just putting the ds version onto the wii with the odd double screen and scrolling background. I could handle that ds graphics were what you had to settle for on the wii. Every time I go to pick something up or cast a spell I have to think about the controls they aren't intuitive to say the least. On top of that there are parts that are almost impossible (I felt like throwing my wii out a window) without a 2nd player to help. The AI is laughable your party will often run into spikes/ pits/ lava and they're not terribly helpful when fighting monsters. I often find my party standing around one monster while I am the only one beating the tar out of it.
I have 3 friends with DS-s who would gladly play with me, but each of them have to have the DS version of the game! I should have seen that comming since Rings of Fate also made each player have their own game. It just seems like it's a tactic to make more money off the same title. The only thing you needed for the gamecube CC was the gameboy connection cable which could be used for other games as well.
I'm just crossing my fingers hoping that next time CC finally gets it right.
Had potential but is seriously flawed
posted by Cuddles (HAMLIN, NY) Apr 2, 2009
Member since Jan 2008
3 out of 4 gamers (75%) found this review helpful
Square Enix took a DS port and placed it on the wii. You have 2 tiny screens that look just like nintendo ds screens. The screens are so small that your playing screen is less than 1/8th of your tv screen- even when fully enlarged. If you do not have a high def tv- you will have a lot of trouble reading the text.
On top of the small screen issue- Square Enix has a tan background image. The problem is that background image is not stationary. It is moving the whole time. Gamers are forced to strain to see these small screens and are then getting motion sick from this moving background image. There is no way to make it stationary. Everyone here who tried the game complained of headaches and motion sickness due to the straining and the moving background.
Some other flaws in the game are the controls. They just don't feel natural. They are fine for a DS game, but they put jump and grab and attack in awkward places. The controls aren't very responsive either. The game camera can not be moved. Many times you are fighting in places that you can't see. Many times you will have to jump to solve a puzzle when you can't fully see where or what you need to do. The puzzles are overly annoying and just not necessary. Plus you will have a hard time playing solo in the later parts of the game. There are too many places where they made it thinking of co-op and not solo player. This is quite true with some of the puzzles and switches.
The online part is a nice addition- but the game is quite laggy. Hopefully nintendo will fix the server issues.
I really wanted to like the game. We stuck it out to nearly 3/4th of the game. But the headaches and the motion sickness took its toll.
Only rent if you are a huge fan of FF and have a huge tv. Even then, don't expect much.
Crystal Chronicles fails again
posted by JCDenton (FREEDOM, NH) Apr 7, 2009
Member since Mar 2006
5 out of 7 gamers (71%) found this review helpful
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time is another basic hack-n-slasher with a famous name brand. You character can jump, slash and cast spells. Over time, you can buy new equipment or make some. If you want cohorts, you can have them.
The thing that really sinks this game is the screen. For some reason, the developers decides to show the play area in a box, next to another box for your stats. Around all of this is empty space on your TV screen. Basically, they took the DS game, put the screens side-by-side and released it on the Wii. Apparently they couldn't be bothered to calibrate it for a system, so I could see what I'm playing.
Not that there's much to look at. The graphics and sound feel like they were ripped from the DS as well. Most of the dialogue is done in text blocks, which you can barely read anyway.
Even though half the screen is used up by your stats, finding important information (like which armor and weapons work best) seem to be nowhere in sight. Just figuring out what's going on or what you're supposed to do next is a chore.
So what works? You can jump, slash and cast spells effectively. Then again, almost every game gets that part right.
Since this was on the same level as Baroque and I played this less, I have to give it the same score. And as a personal note to Square Enix: please stop making Crystal Chronicle games!
Not for a small tv
posted by pinkorbit (SLIDELL, LA) Jun 19, 2009
Member since Feb 2009
2 out of 3 gamers (67%) found this review helpful
Beautiful graphics and music (as always); interesting story
Two screen format. There are always two screens up, one with your location, and the other with stats and such. You can change the size of the selected screen some, but there are always two screens side by side. I studied the manual to see if this could be changed, but that's how the game is set up. i have an average-sized tv (not hd or anything special), and the two screens are just too small distracting and annoying to enjoy the game fully. This is my first RPG game to play on the Wii; i hope this isn't the norm! two screens on the ds is different than two screens jammed beside each other on one tv display.
oh well, this is why i like gamefly so much; i didn't have to blow 40 bucks to find this out, lol.
Too hopeful
posted by castarr24 (SEMINOLE, FL) Apr 8, 2009
Member since Mar 2009
2 out of 3 gamers (67%) found this review helpful
Really Bad
Concept good, but small screens!
posted by Ranbart (WATERTOWN, NY) Apr 6, 2009
Member since Feb 2009
2 out of 3 gamers (67%) found this review helpful
Really Bad
posted by whitetrash (CERES, CA) Apr 12, 2009
Member since Mar 2009
3 out of 5 gamers (60%) found this review helpful
My number one complaint about FFCC: EoT
posted by MatoOkunon (NEWTON, IA) Apr 4, 2009
Member since Dec 2008
3 out of 5 gamers (60%) found this review helpful
Hard to see....
posted by Debbiedeb (READING, PA) Mar 29, 2009
Member since Mar 2007
3 out of 5 gamers (60%) found this review helpful
posted by Crysco (BAKERSFIELD, CA) Apr 13, 2009
Member since Aug 2008
4 out of 7 gamers (57%) found this review helpful
could have been very good (had potential)
posted by hobieone (LAS VEGAS, NV) Apr 1, 2009
Member since Oct 2008
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
i'd buy this game defiantly for the ds but not the wii.
essentially they took a good game and poorly or through laziness released it on the wii as an after thought.
Enjoyed it!
posted by decapad (BRONX, NY) Apr 22, 2009
Member since Dec 2007
1 out of 3 gamers (33%) found this review helpful
Best game ever
posted by Gokuss8 (MYRTLE BEACH, SC) Apr 14, 2009
Member since Feb 2009
1 out of 7 gamers (14%) found this review helpful
Did not like
posted by brett83501 (LEWISTON, ID) Feb 14, 2012
Member since Dec 2009
I also didn't like the fight sequences. In almost all final fantasy games you walk up and get attacked and enter a battle mode. This one was more like a free for all where if you were fighting one thing and another enemy showed up it could attack you also. Typically I give games a one hour play to give them a fair chance to see if they get better since sometimes the startout and learning basic controls takes awhile. After that time with the same small screen on screen it just wasn't getting any better. So did not like it.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
posted by torch347 (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) Jul 19, 2011
Member since Aug 2009
A Mixed bag..
posted by greg137 (CALDWELL, ID) Jan 8, 2011
Member since May 2010
to be a lazy gimmick for which I would have sent it back, but then I found that I could read the text, mainly, because I have a 48" plasma wide screen TV! This is apparently an issue for most people as many could not read the text on screen even with the screen size extended to full. I didn't have that problem, so this game requires you to have a large plasma wide screen to veiw the text. That's a tall order for some people...I figure that this game must have come out long before the classic controller made its debut, because the classic controller for the Wii IS NOT SUPPORTED. The AI on your companions is also suprisingly OUT-TO-LUNCH or it must be dreaming of playing mario games because your party can leap tall buildings, and they love jumping off into bottomless pits, water, and I heard they also love to take a dive into lava pools and spiked pits! I think that the issues of the jumping and apparent "suicide" dives is tied directly into character spacing, so your party doesn't clog the path way preventing your progress. Maybe the programers were rushed?? Or maybe they just got out of programming school???
Anyway the game has equipment rendering so you CAN change the way your characters look by getting new armor. You CAN outfit your party with new weapons and are not restricted by the usual class restrictions when it comes to weapons. I haven't gone that far into the quest as of yet, but still in the end I chose to keep it anyway(it was only around $17 dollars with tax!) So, yes it is cheap! I personally, like games that give me the options of choosing my characters, this game has that feature, but still I wish I had a decent camera control which this game is sorely missing. Nothing worst then not being able to see what it is you are fighting, because an occasional fence or platform blocks the veiw! Does Square-Enix even care about the games they produce?? Try before you buy!
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posted by DeeGurl757 (PORTSMOUTH, VA) Jun 21, 2010
Member since Jun 2010
Really Bad
Don't Waste Your Time
posted by Brands (EUGENE, OR) Apr 15, 2010
Member since Apr 2010
Not the best
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Really Bad
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posted by RoscoeLaw (APPLETON, WI) Feb 10, 2010
Member since Dec 2008
Above Average
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posted by Icebane (BALTIMORE, MD) Jan 8, 2010
Member since Jun 2008
But, somehow, at the same time, it manages to be fun. The linearity of the game, while disgusting on some level, allows for continuous intense play. The style of movement, while glitchy at times, also manages to create its own strange puzzles that the creators don't seem to have intended upon. Basically, I liked the game. And I really, really wish I didn't.
If you care about graphics, you can burn this game for heat. Or sound for that matter. Or a story line that can't be digested by a two year old. Or any of the things one normally looks for in an RPG. But if you want a semi-mindless game that's more fun than it ought to be? Give it a rent.
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Member since Dec 2009
Really Bad
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Member since Nov 2009
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Tim Eyman's Attack on Free Speech with Initiative 517
Initiative 517 is a Tim Eyman initiative that is on the November 2013 ballot in Washington State. It is a measure to promote Tim Eyman's business – which is making a living off of putting conservative libertarian measures on the ballot. In this case Eyman wants to create a 25 foot signature gathering zone around petitioners where people can not speak out and oppose his business. It is a direct infringement on the free speech rights of citizens, violating the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution.
Jason Mercier of the conservative "free market" Washington Policy Center writes about Initiative 517 in today's Thedailyworld.com under a headline of "Heavy hitters line up against I-517". Mercier in his opinion piece brushes aside some of the concerns about Eyman's self serving initiative as non-controversial. That is not the reality.
This measure is not as uncontroversial as Jason Mercier suggests. One of Eyman's provisions is to create a 25 foot no harassment zone around signature gatherers. There are already penalties for harassment that work just fine. I-517 tries to go much further by shutting down free speech activities around petition gatherers.
Eyman's measure infringes on 1st amendment rights by setting up a 25 zone around petitioners saying that certain activity can result in disorderly conduct charges including activity that is "…intimidating, or maintaining an intimidating presence within twenty-five feet of any person gathering signatures". To most petitioners someone standing 5 feet away and carrying a sign saying "do not sign this measure" or merely saying out loud that citizens should read the measure before signing it causes petitioners to say they are being harassed.
This measure is an attempt to shut down public discourse and dialogue in public places and silence those opposing Eyman's measures. This violates 1st amendment free speech rights and goes too far. Eyman wants a free pass to collect signatures without anyone questioning him. Trying to silence those that dissent peacefully with others is what you would expect in a totalitarian society, but not in America.
We will publish more of our concerns about Initiative 517 over the next few months but believe it goes too far. The public strongly supply the initiative process in Washington State and it has been used by both right and left leaning groups in pushing Washington policy and law. But there is a balancing act necessary to protect rights of both supporters and opponents of specific initiative measures in the public arena.
Initiative 517 is a "solution" looking for a problem and there isn't one in this case. Eyman has not had a problem getting initiatives on the ballot and neither have others, especially if they have money. This measure would make it easier for Eyman to get more of his measures on the ballot and that is why he is pushing it.
For progressives thinking this will make it easier for them to get measures on the ballot, the downside is that they will also have to spend more time fighting more conservative measures put on the ballot by Eyman, including those at the local level. It's already hard enough to fight an Eyman measure year after year. Think what it will be like with two or three Eyman measures on the ballot each year and 4 or 5 others at the same time at the local level.
We elect a Legislature to do the people's business after public hearings and review. While initiatives are a healthy outlet for the public to act when the legislature doesn't, running our state more and more by initiative puts the process of making our state laws up for sale to the highest bidder.
Unfortunately the highest bidder is usually corporate and special interests that can afford to spend millions to get their message out to the voting public.
Washington State Democrats Vote to Oppose Eyman's I-517
The Washington State Democratic Party voted at it's February 2, 2013 statewide meeting in Olympia to oppose Tim Eyman's Initiative 517. Initiative 517 is an initiative to the Washington State Legislature. The Washington Secretary of State has certified that I-517 received sufficient signatures. As such it goes to the Washington State Legislature for consideration. They have 3 options – ignore in in which case it goes onto the Nov. 2013 ballot, pass it in which case it becomes law, or pass an alternative in which case both I-517 and the alternative go on the Nov. 2013 ballot.
The following is a copy of the resolution the Washington State Democrats passed to oppose Initiative 517.
A Resolution Opposing Initiative Measure No. 517
WHEREAS perennial initiative promoter Tim Eyman of Mukilteo has sponsored and submitted signatures for Initiative 517, a measure to the 2013 Legislature that has purposely been written to make it easier and cheaper for Eyman to operate his profit- generating initiative factory under the guise of protecting the initiative process;
WHEREAS that after admitting in February 2002 that he stole more than $157,000 of his own supporters' money for his personal use and lied about it, Tim Eyman told the Associated Press, "I want to continue to advocate issues and I want to make a lot of money doing it";
WHEREAS in that same interview with the Associated Press, Tim Eyman said, "This entire charade was set up so I could maintain a moral superiority over our opposition, so I could say our opponents make money from politics and I don't";
WHEREAS Public Disclosure Commission data shows that since 1999 and except for 2003 and 2006, Tim Eyman has promoted and qualified an initiative for the November ballot every single year with the backing of powerful special interests like Great Canadian Gaming, Bellevue developer and light rail opponent Kemper Freeman, Jr., Woodinville investment banker Michael Dunmire, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, plus big oil companies such as BP, Shell, ConocoPhillips, and Tesoro;
WHEREAS each summer and autumn since 2003, Tim Eyman and his associates Mike and Jack Fagan of Spokane have asked their followers and wealthy benefactors to contribute to their "Help Us Help Taxpayers" compensation fund, which they divide up for their own personal use;
WHEREAS Tim Eyman's history of sponsoring and profiting from unconstitutional and destructive initiatives demonstrates that he is primarily interested in making money while wrecking the plan of government that our founders gave us, not improving the lives of Washington's people or strengthening Washington's many diverse communities;
WHEREAS Initiative 517 would extend from six to twelve months the period of time permitted for signature gathering for an initiative to the people, allowing Tim Eyman and his associates, Jack Fagan, Mike Fagan, Edward Agazarm and Roy Ruffino to make collecting signatures for initiatives to the people a more profitable and lucrative year- round business;
WHEREAS Initiative 517 attempts to prevent Washingtonians from exercising their First Amendment freedoms of speech and assembly in a "Decline to Sign" campaign by making it a misdemeanor to maintain an "intimidating presence" within "twenty-five feet of any person gathering signatures or any person trying to sign any initiative or referendum petition"; and
WHEREAS Initiative 517 dubiously requires leaders of cities, counties, and other local jurisdictions that provide for their own initiative process to place any initiative with sufficient voter signatures on the ballot for a public vote at public expense, even if the initiative in question concerns a matter that exceeds the lawful scope of the local initiative power;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Washington State Democrats take a position opposing I-517 before the Washington State Legislature and on the November 2013 ballot; and
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Washington State Democrats encourage all Washingtonians to join the coalition opposing I-517 and campaign actively for the defeat of I-517.
Eyman's Initiative 517 Certified for November 2013 Ballot
Tim Eyman's Initiative 517 was certified on January 23rd by the Washington Secretary of State's office. I-517 is an initiative to the legislature. If, as likely, the legislature chooses not to act on it, it will be placed on the November 5, 2013 ballot. The legislature has an option to put an alternative on the ballot with it.
The official ballot title and summary for I-517 is:
Ballot Title
Initiative Measure No. 517 concerns initiative and referendum measures.
This measure would set penalties for interfering with or retaliating against signature-gatherers and petition-signers; require that all measures receiving sufficient signatures appear on the ballot; and extend time for gathering initiative petition signatures.
Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ]
Ballot Measure Summary
This measure would define terms concerning interfering with or retaliating against petition-signers and signature-gatherers, and would make such conduct a criminal misdemeanor and subject to anti-harassment laws. The measure would require that all state and local measures receiving enough signatures be placed on the ballot, limiting pre-election legal challenges. The measure would also extend the time for filing initiatives and gathering signatures from ten to sixteen months before the election when the vote would occur.
Initiative 517 is not needed and should be rejected by both the Washington State Legislature and the voters.
Initiative 517 – which Tim Eyman calls the "Protect the Initiative Act" is really the "Protect Tim Eyman's Profit Machine Initiative". Tim started initiative efforts in 1995 and by 1999 they had become his primary business. This is an initiative meant to increase Tim's business of putting right wing conservative measures on the ballot in Washington State.
I-517 is Tim Eyman's attempt to increase his initiative business to a year round activity, guarantee more markets for his initiatives by requiring cities and counties to put them on the ballot, and eliminate any opposition to people signing his measures by expanding anti harassment laws to try to unconstitutionally limit free speech rights of others.
As explained on the website opposing Initiative 517:
Initiative 517 has three main provisions:
- It would double the period of time permitted for signature gathering for an initiative to the people, allowing Tim Eyman and his associates, Jack Fagan, Mike Fagan, Edward Agazarm and Roy Ruffino to make collecting signatures for initiatives to the people a more profitable and lucrative year-round business.
- It attempts to prevent Washingtonians from exercising their First Amendment freedoms of speech and assembly in a "Decline to Sign" campaign by making it a misdemeanor to maintain an "intimidating presence" within "twenty-five feet of any person gathering signatures or any person trying to sign any initiative or referendum petition".
- It dubiously requires leaders of cities, counties, and other local jurisdictions that provide for their own initiative process to place any initiative with sufficient voter signatures on the ballot for a public vote at public expense, even if the initiative in question concerns a matter that exceeds the lawful scope of the local initiative power.
Laws already exist to deal with harassment within our state. What Eyman is proposing is to expand those laws so that anyone opposed to his initiatives would be prevented from coming with 25 feet of a petitioner. This is a violation of free speech. Because words like intimidation and harassment can take on many common meanings, the first amendment rights of citizens opposing a measure, such as merely urging people to read a measure before signing it, could cause them to be subject to arrest.
USlegal.com for instance says the following about harassment, which should give any free speech advocates cause for concern regarding giving petitioners special rights superior to those of other citizens.
"Harassment is governed by state laws, which vary by state, but is generally defined as a course of conduct which annoys, threatens, intimidates, alarms, or puts a person in fear of their safety. Harassment is unwanted, unwelcomed and uninvited behavior that demeans, threatens or offends the victim and results in a hostile environment for the victim. Harassing behavior may include, but is not limited to, epithets, derogatory comments or slurs and lewd propositions, assault, impeding or blocking movement, offensive touching or any physical interference with normal work or movement, and visual insults, such as derogatory posters or cartoons.
Now the problem is that of course anyone who stands say 5 feet away from a petitioner with a sign that says "Read this initiative before you sign it. It is a terrible initiative" or something to that effect would obviously "annoy" a petitioner. The petitioner could consider it a "derogatory poster". The petitioner could consider it a "hostile environment". But if the sign holder is not physically assaulting a petitioner or blocking a petitioner from having people sign a petition, why should the sign holder lose his right of free speech. Why should he be harassed and threatened with being arrested. Tolerance and fairness is required on both sides. Free speech for all is guaranteed under the US Constitution, not just those on one side of an issue.
Eyman wants to create a special class of free speech rights for paid petitioners so he can, without public debate, more easily secure a place on the ballot. It is his business and he is asking for special rights for helping his business put more money in his pocket. Next he will be claiming that only his side should be able to speak publicly at public forums regarding the merits of an initiative since anyone speaking against his initiative is "harassing"him.
As former Secretary of State Sam Reed wrote in his official statement in 2012 on the secretary of state's website regarding "Filing Initiatives and Referenda in Washington State"
"Do I have the right to urge people not to sign a petition?
Yes, as a matter of freedom of speech. Opponents of an initiative or referendum can certainly express the opinion that it would not be a good idea for a voter to sign a petition. An opponent, however, does
not have the right to interfere with the petition process. In fact, it is a gross misdemeanor to interfere with somebody else's right to sign a petition, and there are also laws against assaulting people. You can certainly express your opinion, but you must remember that other people have rights to their opinions as well, including the right to sign petitions you may not like.
This principle works both ways, of course. Neither side of an initiative or referendum campaign has the right to prevent the other from expressing opinions."
Here is part of the language Eyman is proposing to add
(1) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if the person: …
(e) Interferes with or retaliates against a person collecting signatures or signing any initiative or referendum petition by pushing, shoving, touching, spitting, throwing objects, yelling, screaming, being verbally abusive, blocking or intimidating, or other tumultuous conduct or maintaining an intimidating presence within twenty-five feet of any person gathering signatures or any person trying to sign any initiative or referendum petition. (2) Disorderly conduct is a misdemeanor.
So most of the language would fall under current harassment law but "the maintaining an intimidating presence within twenty-five feet of any person gathering signatures or any person trying to sign an initiative or referendum petition" is so vague and subjective that it can easily be abused by any petitioner who wants to stop anyone opposing them . This proposed initiative is not needed and is a threat to free speech. It is frankly unconstitutional .
Another Tim Eyman Initiative Coming Your Way in 2013
Chances are pretty good that another Tim Eyman initiative will be on next year's ballot. It's been under the radar and has gotten little scrutiny. Initiative 517 - called the "Protect the Initiative Act" is an initiative to the Legislature. It's basic provisions are to extend the time allowed to collect signatures by an extra six months, make it a misdemeanor to interfere or harass signature gatherers, allow more local initiatives and prevent pre-election legal challenges to initiatives. The deadline to collect signatures and turn them in is January 3rd, 2013.
Eyman filed I-517 on May 4th, 2012 and quietly piggybacked it on his I-1185 campaign signature gathering efforts. As noted in the Tacoma News Tribune on September 6, 2012, a complaint was filed with the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission charging that as a result of this piggybacking, I-517 illegally used money intended to pay for Eyman's I-1185 signatures. The TNT noted that "Through July alone, the campaign picked up 144,000 signatures …" of some 320,000 required by Jan 3, 2013. To date the Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) has not acted publicly on this complaint. One can well argue that this is a self serving initiative to benefit Tim Eyman and his initiative business. It is special interest legislation that would give Eyman the ability to do more initiative campaigns and at a lower cost. That is hardly what Washington State needs – more Eyman initiatives.
According to the most recent Public Disclosure Commission reports, Eyman has raised no money to fund this initiative. Instead he reports that all the signature gathering to date paid for has been in kind donations by others. The bulk of the money spent in kind has been by an out of state conservative foundation called – Citizens in Charge out of Lakeridge, VA. To date they have donated in kind some $168,806.38 out of a total of $305,454 reported in kind total. Here is a breakdown of reported in kind donations from the PDC reports.
Citizens in Charge, Lakeridge, VA – $168, 806.38
People's Petitioning, Edmonds, WA – $42,712
First Amendment, LLC, Olympia, WA – $7267.50
The remainder of the money, some $86,305 is now listed as individual in kind donations, mostly by paid signature gatherers. This is Eyman's attempt to get around the complaint that signature gatherers for I-1185 subsidized signature gathering for I-517. The problem is, if you read some of the e-mails involved, that appears to be a big question. Paid signature gatherers for I-1185 were told among other things that they had to also get signatures for I–517 or they would be fired. Here is that part of the story as reported by the Tacoma News Tribune:
The PDC is investigating whether I-517 illegally used part of the money intended for I-1185.
That's what's alleged by critics such as Rick Walther. The Auburn signature gatherer says he was fired for refusing to reduce payments to his subcontractors for I-1185 signatures unless they also collected for I-517.
He said he and other gatherers were expected to take the money out of what had already been promised to them for the business-backed measure.
"All this money's still coming from 1185," Walther said of the arrangements. "There's no new money for 517. They're just moving funds around."
The campaign denies using any money from I-1185 – instead leaning on petitioners' interest in the topic to drive a volunteer effort. …
Directing the I-517 effort is Edward Agazarm, nicknamed "Eddie Spaghetti," a fixture of Washington's voter-petition industry.
His emails don't exactly make it sound like a volunteer effort.
"If you don't bring in equal numbers you are fired," Agazarm wrote to another signature-gathering contractor, in what critics say is an order to collect a voter signature on I-517 for every signature petitioners were paid to collect on I-1185.
"Every petitioner in the state should get free SIGNATURES ON IT or else they should be fired, then stoned to death in a public square," he said in another email.
So one has to ask why the PDC has not yet acted on this complaint with formal charges of some sort or referred the matter to the State Attorney General for more severe action than the PDC can impose. The e-mails are pretty explicit that paid signature gatherers were coerced into collecting signatures for I-517 in order to be paid for I-1185 signatures. Will Eyman once again just get a slap on the wrist and continue on his merry way carrying on his initiative mill that helps pay his personal bills or will the PDC act forcefully by referring this matter to the Washington State Attorney General?
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Initiative Measure No. 517 concerns initiative and referendum measures.This measure would set penalties for interfering with or retaliating against signature-gatherers and petition-signers; require that all measures receiving sufficient signatures appear on the ballot; and extend time for gathering initiative petition signatures.Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ]Ballot Measure Summary
This measure would define terms concerning interfering with or retaliating against petition-signers and signature-gatherers, and would make such conduct a criminal misdemeanor and subject to anti-harassment laws. The measure would require that all state and local measures receiving enough signatures be placed on the ballot, limiting pre-election legal challenges. The measure would also extend the time for filing initiatives and gathering signatures from ten to sixteen months before the election when the vote would occur.View Complete Text
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Partial Transcript:I'm Colonel Arthur L. Kelly. I'm in Louisville, Kentucky. I'm in the home of Field Reed, known by his friends as Jack Reed.
Segment Synopsis: Colonel Arthur Kelly introduces interviewee, Field Reed. Reed served with Company D, 192nd Tank Battalion and was later transferred to Headquarters Company.
Keywords: 192nd Tank Battalion; Company D; Headquarters Company; Louisville (KY.)
Subjects: Louisville (Ky.).
1:25 - Clark Field
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Partial Transcript:Jack, Let's start at Clark Field. What were you doing there?
Segment Synopsis: Jack recalls arriving at Clark Field, the first bomb hitting the field, and what his reactions and thoughts were as Clark Field was being attacked.
Keywords: bomb attacks; Clark Field (Philippines); Japanese Soldiers
Subjects: Clark Field (Philippines). Philippines.
18:01 - Feelings toward the Japanese
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Partial Transcript:When you looked at the Japanese pilot, did you have remorse and compassion towards him, or were you glad and kind of felt like he got what..
Segment Synopsis: Jack Reed discusses his feelings towards the Japanese. He had a growing animosity towards them, but yet had a better understanding of the Japanese soldiers. He also recalls a speech made by General Yamashito, telling the prisoners at Cabanatuan how much he hated Western societies and that they planned to conquer them.
Keywords: Cabanatuan (Philippines); Japan; Japanese Soldiers; Racism
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26:04 - Replay of Clark Field
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40:03 - Move from Clark Field
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Partial Transcript:The unit moves on up to Lingayen Gulf, the landing occurs at Lingayen Gulf, and the Japanese start attacking..
Segment Synopsis: Jack Reed recalls moving from Clark Field to an area near Rosario, and the Japanese wiping out platoons, cavalries and resupplying units.
Keywords: Lingayen Gulf; Rosario(Philippines)
Subjects: Clark Field (Philippines). Japan. Philippines.
52:07 - Resupplying units
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Partial Transcript:I believe we were, I believe at that time, it seems to me, that we were at Carmen.
Segment Synopsis: He talks about resupplying different units and moving to and from Clark Field. He supplied A, B, and C Company at different points. He describes what it was like to keep the Companies refueled as they were fighting.
Keywords: Agno River(Philippines); Carmen(Philippines); Clark Field; Rosario(Philippines)
Subjects: Philippines.
64:31 - Unusual incidents
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Partial Transcript:Can you remember some of the tales that you got from some of the troops, and from a trooper in particular?
Segment Synopsis: He talks about tanks getting lost and other unusual incidents. He also talks about the drinking that took place.
Keywords: Alcoholism; Philippines
Subjects: Alcoholism. Tanks (Military science).
76:49 - Chaos at Calumpit
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Partial Transcript:We got back here, at Calumpit, and there was chaos there because everybody was trying to get across that bridge.
Segment Synopsis: He talks about the chaos at Calumpit as people were trying to get across the bridge because it was going to be blown up. They continue to discuss the D Company losing their tanks.
Keywords: 192nd Tank Battalion; Calumpit Bridge; Company D; Tanks
Subjects: Philippines Tanks (Military science).
91:31 - Before surrender
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Partial Transcript:Where did this occur, this one Japanese trying to get on your truck? Do you remember?
Segment Synopsis: He talks about traveling over the mountain into Bataan, the delay of action and surviving a food shortage.
Keywords: Bataan(Philippines); Food Rations
Subjects: Bataan (Philippines : Province). Philippines.
103:23 - Wounds From beatings
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Partial Transcript:You went back a second time and got it that he had been on the submarine, and they claimed...
Segment Synopsis: He talks about disability and his current health conditions. He also describes one of the worst beatings and being sent to Billibid Prison. He continues to talks about the food shortage.
Keywords: Abuse; Billibid Prison(Philippines); Disability; Health; Prisoners of War (POW); War injuries
Subjects: Philippines.
121:33 - Getting captured
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132:27 - Life at Camp Cabantuan
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Partial Transcript:When you came to Cabanatuan, before the rangers came to rescue you, how long was it before they came to rescue you?
Segment Synopsis: Jack Reed discusses how long he was at the camp before being liberated by American Rangers. He talks about the experiences and those who died at Camp Cabanatuan. He also tells a story about 50 or 60 people who were decapitated for trying to help the prisoners.
Keywords: American Rangers; Camp Cabanatuan(Philippines); Liberation; Prisoners of War (POW)
Subjects: Philippines. Prisoners of war.
144:59 - Deaths at Cabanatuan
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Partial Transcript:I'm not sure if I told you this or not..
Segment Synopsis: He talks about how the Filipino people tried to help the prisoners by giving them food, but later ended up being decapitated by the Japanese. He also describes being liberated from the camp and he continues to talk about the other soldiers who died at Camp Cabanatuan.
Keywords: Bayonets; Camp Cabanatuan(Philippines); Filipino People; Friendliness of communities
Subjects: Filipinos. Japan. Philippines.
154:51 - Fighting the Japanese
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Partial Transcript:Periodically , I think submarines might have come into Corregidor and the Japanese had gotten used to that 3 inch AA out there at..
Segment Synopsis: He talks about the Japanese dropping bombs over Corregidor and Bataan. He also discusses how they made it through without ammunition and food, the last two weeks before the surrender and the brutality of the Japanese.
Keywords: Bataan(Philippines); bomb attacks; Corregidor(Philippines); food shortages; Fort Hughes; surrender
Subjects: Japan. Philippines.
163:38 - Surrender at Mariveles
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Partial Transcript:We had gotten bombed and strafed after our officers had told us that we had been surrendered.
Segment Synopsis: He recalls the surrender at Mariveles, being sent on the highway and his morale after surrendering. He also gives his thoughts and feelings about what kept him going during the march.
Keywords: Bataan Death March; Mariveles(Philippines); Prisoners of War (POW); surrender
Subjects: Capitulations, Military. Philippines. Prisoners of War.
178:29 - Death March to San Fernando
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Partial Transcript:I'm Col. Arthur L. Kelly. We're talking to Jack Reed. Louisville, Ky. about his prisoner of war experiences during the Bataan Death March..
Segment Synopsis: He talks about the Bataan Death March and his thoughts as he was marching to San Fernando.
Keywords: Bataan Death March; Prison camps; Prisoners of War (POW); San Fernando(Philippines)
Subjects: Bataan (Philippines : Province). Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942. Philippines. Prisoners of War.
195:49 - Child bayoneted
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Partial Transcript:I saw kids bayoneted right out of their mother's arms and everything.
Segment Synopsis: Jack Reed gives a specific instance when he saw a child bayoneted out of its mother's arms by the Japanese. He talks about how he made made it through the Death March by staying alert.
Keywords: Bayonets; Cabcabin Field(Philippines); Child Abuse; Corregidor
Subjects: Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942. Filipinos. Japan. Philippines. War crimes.
208:19 - Japanese brutality
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Partial Transcript:I think one of the most memorable things, and one of the things maybe I have thought about, maybe more than anything...
Segment Synopsis: He talks about one of the most memorable moments on the Death March of two men being buried alive. He continues to talk about Japanese brutality for falling out of rank.
Keywords: Bataan Death March; Prisoners of War (POW)
Subjects: Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942. Philippines. Prisoners of war.
219:39 - Fellow Kentucky soliders
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Partial Transcript:Now, are you running into anybody from D company along the road?
Segment Synopsis: He recalls meeting up with some of his fellow Kentucky soldiers during the Death March, being wounded and his military awards. He reflects on his overall war experience and summarizes his entire Death March journey.
Keywords: 192nd Tank Battalion; Bataan Death March; Company D
Subjects: Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942. Philippines. Prisoners of war.
238:42 - Rescue efforts
Direct segment link:
Partial Transcript:...the Japanese right before the surrender, a group of guards abandoned the camp, Gentry told me. Do you recall that?
Segment Synopsis: He tells a story of twin brothers who died for one another and about the American rescue efforts to liberate the camp.
Keywords: American Rangers; Family Members--Siblings; Liberation; Prisoners of War (POW)
Subjects: Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942. Philippines. Prisoners of war.
258:16 - Liberation
Direct segment link:
Partial Transcript:When you saw them wipe out those eight prisoners, did you think about any of that?
Segment Synopsis: He continues to talks about the Rangers' raid and being liberated and his thoughts and feelings as he was marching out of the camp. He also describes the difference between being a prisoner and a free man.
Keywords: American Rangers; Liberation; Prison camps
Subjects: Philippines. Prisoners of war.
276:31 - Effects of the Death March
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Partial Transcript:A little bit more on your release, now.
Segment Synopsis: He describes the events leading up to his homecoming in Harrodsburg. He talks more about his morale after being wounded in the war and how it would affect his finding employment.
Keywords: Bataan Death March; Harrodsburg(KY.); Homecoming; Liberation
Subjects: War wounds.
285:38 - Homecoming
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Partial Transcript:When you hit Harrodsburg, what was that like?
Segment Synopsis: He recalls his journey home, getting medical and dental work done before making it home in Harrodsburg. He also gives his family history. Interview is concluded.
Keywords: Children; Family History; Family Members--Parents; Harrodsburg(KY.); Healthcare; Louisville(KY.); WWII
Subjects: Harrodsburg (Ky.).


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Sister singing sensations Aly & AJ make their DVD debut in the all-new, hilarious Disney Channel Original Movie -- COW BELLES, with an exclusive alternate ending. Super-spoiled rich girls Taylor and Courtney Callum have a lot to learn when their dad insists they take summer jobs at the family\'s dairy while he goes on a long-overdue vacation. While struggling to balance the pressures of popularity, crushes on totally cute boys, ...more
Cow Belles is the usual Disney Channel fare. Its an okay time killer for the kids or tweens. Its really a story that has been told over and over again snotty kids learn to appreciate the little people and that theres more to life than money.
Taylor (Alyson Michalka) and Courtney (Amanda Michalka) are spoiled rich girls. Their Dad Reed (Jack Coleman) owns the local dairy and the girls are not exactly wanting for money. So they can drop $1000 for a dress and not blink an eye. Taylor is good at doing figures (comes in handy when calculating sale prices on their numerous shopping trips) and has just got her drivers license.
Courtney is good with computers and is planning for the big upcoming cotillion. Taylors dad makes arrangements to have local farm boy Jackson (Michael Trevino) teach her how to drive stick when she is given her mothers old Mustang for a learning to drive present. This does not go well and Taylor dunks Jacksons new truck in the pond when she forgets to set the parking brake.
They both get an urgent call for a sale at the mall and leave the house in a hurry, but they pitch a rag on the stove on the way out the door and nearly burn down the house. Their Dad decides that enough is enough and makes them get jobs at the family dairy. Reed then goes out of the country on a trip. Courtney gets goo goo eyes for Philippe (Chris Gallinger), the French exchange student working at the dairy, and want to ask him to be her date at the cotillion.
Their first day at the dairy always goes poorly and their second day is even worse when all the employees paychecks bounce. The company accounts are wiped out and Reeds partner Bob Fenwick (Michael Rhoades) seems to think that Reed took off with the money. Taylor decides to use the $20,000 for Courtneys cotillion to cover the dairys expenses until Reed can return.
Problem is that she decides this without telling Courtney and she does not take it well. Will the dairy be saved, will Courtney ever talk to Taylor again, and what will happen to the cotillion?
The acting is of the usual slightly over the top variety. However, my objections on that will be lost on the kids, who really wont care or are used to this if they watch enough of the Disney Channel shows.
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However, I was not able to find anything under special features about this and can only assume that it was added into the feature. I dont know since I never watched the show on Disney Channel.
Not too bad and a perfect time killer for the kids. Id suggest a rental for family movie night. Maybe the lessons the girls learn in the show will cross over to the audience.
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