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Skip to comments.Forgive us our student loan debt (Is forgiving debt a moral issue?)
Posted on 04/28/2012 6:42:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
We need to start taking student loan debt seriously, both as a troubling moral issue and as a ticking economic time bomb. By some reports, student loan debt will exceed 1 trillion dollars this year, more than the credit card debt of all Americans.
A whole generation of young Americans is at risk in this excessive borrowing. They fall further and further behind in servicing their debt because they have no way to keep up with the payments as many of them are unemployed or underemployed. They will delay starting marriage and families; they dare not take the risk of quitting a paying job (if they have one!) and starting their own business to create jobs, and they certainly cannot save to buy a home. They are trapped.
Jesus teaches his disciples to pray, And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. (Matthew 6:12) Forgiving debt is a moral issue. Forgiving some of the worst of this student debt is crucial literally to save this American generation.
President Obama has recently taken steps to ease student loan debt burdens. But the problem is too big. Some of this student debt needs actual legislation to deal with the whole system of the debt as Robert Applebaum calls for on his Web site, ForgiveStudentLoanDebt.com.
Applebaum contends that executive orders can only do so much. It will take legislation that covers predatory practices as well as other changes to the way student loans are structured such as how interest is compounded. Applebaum also argues persuasively that forgiving student loan debt will stimulate the economy.
The kind of moral equality that Jesus asks us to pray for in the Lords Prayer can be seen in Applebaums argument. Jesus calls on us to pray, Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
"Forgive and be forgiven. Americans are tied together in this student debt debacle, and debt forgiveness will help the forgivers as well as those forgiven."
"Currently, Im advocating debt forgiveness. It is the moral thing to do and it is the right civic thing to do. This is what Jesus actually meant; real debts, real debtors, forgiving and forgiven. This is what government is actually aboutof the people, by the people, for the people. We still have a chance to show young people that democracy can work for the common good.
Forgiveness. Its the right thing to do."
Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
Professor, Chicago Theological Seminary
Former president of Chicago Theological Seminary (1998-2008), Thistlethwaite is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
Here are a list of her articles for the WaPo:
Forgiveness is one thing. Suicidal business practices is another.
There is no such thing as 'debt forgiveness' when it comes to the government and business, someone has to pay it. Is it moral to take money from someone else to pay for another person's debt?
They may try to make the analogy of you loaning something to a friend and wiping the debt clean, but the analogy is flawed.
Election hype intended to create a "narrative" for the indefensible. This makes as much sense as claiming that requiring ID for voting "discriminates against" the poor and minorities.
It was an immoral act to allow government funding of student loans in the first place. Because of government funding, the banks never had to consider a student's ability to pay and schools didn't have to figure out how to give a quality education inexpensively.
Now the chickens are coming home to roost.
Please hold off for a few years until my daughter starts (and finishes) college. Then she can run up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt that will then be forgiven and she nor her parents will have to pay a penny!
Please wait.
Yeah well, is this fair democracy to all the past generations who have paid their student loan debt as they agreed to do? The only difference between students now and in the past is Barack Obama is a desperate president wanting to be a hero and be re-elected at the taxpayers expense. This is not biblical, it is generational and class warfare being waged against the citizens of ths country by a socialist. Life is full of hardships, get over it.
Amen! Excellent post.
Wow Susan! Way to misquote the Bible to advance your own progressive agenda!
How about the verse where Jesus says to "render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's"? How about we stop trying to buy votes for the Democratic machine by offering to give stuff to people who vote the "right" way?
Maybe it's time to start preaching personal responsibility and stop telling the next generation that they get to do/buy anything they want and someone else will pick up the tab! And pitching a hissy fit doesn't change that fact! If you were dumb enough to go 50K in debt to get a useless "Women's Studies" degree, then I have no sympathy for you and I do hope that you put off having children forever!
The whole student loan industry is what has led to the massive increase in tuition - if we stopped the whole program tomorrow, colleges would have to get out of their little liberal bubbles and offer a better product at a reasonable price.
I hear "for profit universities" being blamed for this, and they may have their share of fault, but I don't see the University of Phoenix's football team getting a new football stadium every few years. Not enough students go to "for profit universities" to drive up student loan debt higher than all credit card debt anyway, that is a diversion from the main villan, state governments, and state run universities.
State universities are just as complicit in driving up costs, and it is a moral issue to require reforms to bring the costs down before just bailing out students. If you bail out the students, you let the schools off the hook for reform.
Bailing out students can't really be done, because all that would do is transfer the individual's debt to the government, and then they will still be paying off the government debt the rest of their lives.
A University undergraduate education is a total waste of money. I didn't learn a d@mn thing in almost all my undergraduate classes. They were just a rehash of the stuff I learned in high school.
Of course my proposal would put hundreds of thousands of left wing college professors into the unemployment line.
What could be better?
The only thing I will "forgive" is the author's STUPIDITY!
Call for a Year of Jubilee, forgive all debt, then start over. :)
Besides, since the left owns the universities, online education is one way to cheaply take back the educating of our young. EVERY Christian College/University should be pushing or creating online extensions of their campus.
Online education could be a great equalizer.
Heaven help us if this is the teaching of a theological professor. Exactly, this is not biblical! She has not researched the stories of those who work a job in high school and during their college years, imagine a summer job.., and pay as they go!
Maybe since many are unemployed we need to have them volunteer a year or three to serve our country in the armed forces and pay them nothing. Adding that to the student loan application might help our situation.
Poor imPOTUS wants to help, but darn, it's too haaard for him .... what a crock!
He conveniently tries to deflect the responsibility to a "do-nothing" Congress or prior Administrations when he's hip-deep in the problem. To paraphrase another scripture, it's time to "Render unto Caesar" all the blame that belongs to him.
The Michigan house just voted to raise the cap on cyber schools. There are thousands on the waiting list. I realize you're talking about college but this is good too.
Well, SHOOT, I paid for college. I want HER to pay me back. I should have to pay some lunkhead's college tuition? So all the universities are supported by the taxpayers?
What kind of idiocy? Oh, I forgot — she's an academic.
AND...what about the really smart people who either paid as they went to school (by...working!)....or chose not to go to college, and went to work? So, now THEY should all help the college students.....????
Forgiving any debt is immoral!!!
It's flat out theft from responsible people!
Well, we once 'forgave' student loans. It was could bankruptcy, something that happens every day to a business or person. But, that was changed a few years ago.
She misuses a Biblical quote.
The only candidate with a real solution for the exceedingly high cost of college is Newt.
I have realized that the whole student loan movement was merely a massive transfer of wealth to the post secondary education establishment.
They, not the students, were the beneficiaries.
err...could = called.
bullshit! They took the money willingly, they can pay it back. the government is already broke from too goddam many give away programs and you want to add more to the list??
We have bankruptcy (in Australia)- it is based on the Jubilee concept. Here your debts are forgiven after 3 years if you go bankrupt (used to be 7) but don't expect anyone to jump at giving you another loan in a hurry. Why should they? Trouble is people want there debt forgiven and still live the high flyin lifestyle that their study bought them. The Jubilee concept was a do-over thing and was for people who were flat out poor and unable to pay their debt.
I am unsure how your system is financed but our student loans are paid back through the tax system - once you have completed your study and earn over a certain amount the tax man cometh and taketh a percentage. There is no interest charged as far as I know. It seems to work ok.
Why on earth would you forgive that??
I thought it was the "honorable and most Christian like" thing to do....
Yeah ok. Christians like to say "its not our place to judge". Well whatever. I say its not our place to forgive. That's god's business not ours.
You short circuited both her brain cells!
Straight out of Alinsky's RULE 4: "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules."
They may try to make the analogy of you loaning something to a friend and wiping the debt clean, but the analogy is flawed.
Yes, the analogy is flawed. This silly Liberal twit isn't holding the loans is she? God forgives me because Jesus paid my debt. It's not her place to use the governments guns to stiff the banks or taxpayers.
I think I earned the equivalent of a Masters in Theology during the Cal/Arm wars.
I should go print myself a degree.
You too.
Yeah...well I just forgive her stupidity...NOT HER ACTIONS!
When I went to school in the US (a while ago now), we just paid the loan off in installments just like any loan. Most of the loans were from private lenders. Recently, early in the Obama administration, the federal government basically took over the student loan industry.
This was a perfectly workable system for a very long time, but a lot of rot and corruption came into the education system over the years, and recent attempts to fix it just makes it worse. They have been playing the game of raising their tuition at a much higher rate than inflation for at least two decades now, but they always cry poverty, so the states and federal governments step in with even more money.
The students are the genuine victims, but bailing them out also bails out the people that caused this mess. The education industry is trying to keep the bailouts coming, but without admitting they are the cause of the problems or undertaking any real reform.
The Air Force had a program that (if I understood it right) paid off the student loan of new enlistees who had a bachelor's degree. It made them inelligible for certain education benefits (tuition assistance? GI Bill? I don't remember exactly) but I guess the rationale was they got their benefit in advance.
Exactly. The lending institution writes off the debt as a business expense and issues a 1099 in the amount of the debt forgiven to the student. The IRS becomes the worst nightmare of a debt collector that the student could ever imagine.
You left out the part about student loans have special interest rates and delayed payment schedules and they were subsidized by the federal government.
" - - - - Forgiving debt is a moral issue."
CREATING debt is a moral issue.
Meanwhile, the workers in the cafeteria at UNC-CH, the janitors, the grounds people, the hardworking farmers in NC, any remaining textile workers who haven't already lost their jobs in the past 3 years, and all the other laborers are paying increasing tax rates to subsidize these students, many of whom drive fancy cars, live off mom and dad, and will hope to have great jobs with high salaries--that is, if America elects a President with some real-world job creation experience.
Does that about begin to sum it up?
The reality is that their awe and joy may be over soon, when they leave the campus and move in their unemployed parents' basement, waiting to find a job that's not out there because of government spending, deficit, debt, and taxation policies which have driven employers out of business or overseas.
I should also write that in the US, education is constitutionally the realm of the states. There is no constitutional duties for education at the federal level. All states have state university systems, with large campuses and land often set aside by the state constitutions, along with subsidies at the state level. Having student loans at the federal level should be unconstitutional in the first place, but in practice also gives a green light for states to get as much federal money flowing into their states as they can, using the students as intermediaries.
The first moral factor is to not borrow more than you can repay. Yes, forgiveness is a moral factor, but we must realize that when debts are between private parties, it is the lender who bears the burden alone. The financial costs are isolated and contained. However, what is being advocated here is the forgiveness of a debt that government insured, so the costs will be socialized.
The net result will be the same as if government printed the same amount of money— the wealth that money represents will be taken from all holders of the money by proportionate dilution. There is no free lunch, no matter how many socialist college students may occupy otherwise.
Repaying your debts is a moral issue.
I repaid my student loans. They were proportionately large to me given earnings back then.
I think that's what I'll tell the IRS next year. See how that works out.
Maybe that's how Obama plans to deal with our national debt. Just force the rest of the world to just forgive our debt to them. See how that pans out.
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Six-year-old Daniel Hinojosa was armed with his pearl white accordion and was ready to watch one of his favorite bands, Siggno.
When the family arrived at the Bee County Expo Center, they met a few friends on the Summerfest Committee and received VIP passes, which meant they could attend the meet and greet. The family was really excited to actually be able to meet Siggno lead singer and accordion player Jesse Turner.
Daniel's mom, Daisy, recalled, "So, when we got to the back area, they were letting us in family by family, and when it got to our turn, we walked in, and he (Turner) said, 'Oh, my God, a little mini me!'"
Turns out Daniel and Turner were pretty much dressed identically, including the same haircut.
Turner quickly gave his phone to Daniel's older sister to record a message with his little twin, which he then posted online (as of printing, the video has 1,262 likes on Facebook).
Turner asked if Daniel could play, and he quickly whipped out his white accordion, which Turner autographed for him, and played a little tune.
"Then he asked, 'Will you play with me tonight?' And Daniel said 'Yes, yes!'" Daisy said with a laugh.
The family then received backstage passes and waited for Daniel to be called on stage.
Turner's manager asked Daniel what is his favorite Siggno song, to which he replied, "El Mundo Se Acabo."
The song finally came up, and Daniel was ready, accordion in hand.
"When the time came, he went up on stage. It was unbelievable," Daisy remembered.
In the video of the performance, Daniel is right up on front of the stage, playing and dancing away like a true professional.
"It was just so neat to see him up there," Daisy recalled. "I was trying to record while crying at the same time."
When asked how Daniel felt about the performance that night, his answer was simple: "Awesome."
Soon after hitting the stage, the video went viral and garnered over 2,000 views in just a few hours. Daniel was now a star of both the stage and the Internet.
And if Daniel seems familiar, it's because you've probably seen him as the Lil' Marine who cites the pledge of allegiance in English and Spanish at the local Neighborhood Night Out, H-E-B 4th of July Parade and several veteran memorial events as well as karaoke at local businesses.
"This is so different," Daisy said. "This is almost 2,000 people.
"He just likes to entertain."
Daniel owns several instruments at home, including a drum set, a guitar and a keyboard.
When asked what he wanted to be when he grows up, he quickly answered, "A singer...
"And a lifeguard."
He may just end up being Bee County's first singing lifeguard. We'll just have to wait and see.
Daisy added, "We just really wanted to commend Summerfest for bringing Siggno back and especially to Jesse for taking time out for children like he said.
"It's really neat when artists give children an opportunity to do what they like doing. We were really touched by that as parents."
So, keep an eye out for Daniel because when asked what message he has for all the fans he made that night, he responded, "I'll be back one day."
Paul Gonzales is the entertainment writer at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 343-5207 or at email@example.com.

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When Col. Robert Yates leaves Cannon Air Force Base for his new post in Virginia, he'll carry with him a new title: "brigadier general (select)."
Yates' name was included on the list of promotions to one-star general released Tuesday morning by the Air Force, and while he won't get to replace the eagle on his lapels with a star for at least a year and a half, Yates said the promotion will help him do his work at Langley Air Force Base more effectively.
Yates said he expects attaining the rank of general officer will be helpful in his new work.
"Rank is important," Yates said. "Right now I am slated to become special assistant to the Air Combat Command director of operations. I will probably move up to a more formal position. As a brigadier general, I expect that I will be the right-hand man to the Air Combat Command deputy commander for operations.
"It is a very tough cut to make general officer," Yates said. "Being a general officer always happens because of the work of good subordinate officers. I would like to say you don't make rank alone, you make rank because people put you in a position to succeed."
Yates said he believes factors contributing to his selection as a brigadier general include a number of major awards won by Cannon Air Force Base units during the last few years and the successful performance of Cannon's personnel in combat operations in and around Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
While unit performance is crucial, Yates said he never could have made his present or future rank without many sacrifices made by his own family. Both Yates and his wife Barb come from families that strongly support the military, and Barb Yates is the daughter of a retired master sergeant. Yates said the experience of growing up in the military helped his wife learn to accept the long hours and hard work needed to rise through the ranks.
Now that the hard work has paid off, Yates said his family's emotions range from joy to deep gratitude.
"Barb and I are thrilled to death about this; we feel blessed, overwhelmed, we just feel very proud," Yates said.


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2013: Ed Koch, the outspoken former New York City mayor who typically greeted constituents with a "How'm I doin'?," dies of congestive heart failure at age 88 in Manhattan, New York. After serving three terms as mayor and helping turn the city's finances around from 1978 to 1989, Koch practiced law, hosted a radio show, was a newspaper columnist and made countless appearances on TV series as himself. Koch's ebullient personality made him a particular notable and popular public figure nationwide.
2012: TV host and producer Don Cornelius, best known as the creator of the dance and musical variety TV show "Soul Train," dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at the age of 75. Cornelius, who had also hosted the show himself from 1971 through 1993, had been suffering from seizures during the last 15 years of his life, a complication of a 21-hour brain operation he underwent in 1982 to correct a congenital deformity in his cerebral arteries.
2004: In what was later referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction," Janet Jackson's breast is briefly exposed by fellow performer Justin Timberlake during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston, Texas. The incident led to an immediate crackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency in broadcasting, with the Federal Communications Commission, which had received more than 500,000 complaints from viewers, increasing the fine per indecency violation from $27,500 to $325,000 shortly after the event.
2003: Space shuttle Columbia disintegrates over Texas and Louisiana during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. The accident was blamed on damage Columbia had sustained during launch when a piece of foam insulation the size of a small briefcase broke off from the shuttle's external tank and struck the edge of the left wing. The strike damaged Columbia's thermal protection system, which shields the shuttle from the intense heat generated from atmospheric compression during re-entry. Major changes to shuttle operations, enacted before missions resumed more than two years later, included a thorough on-orbit inspection to determine how well the shuttle's thermal protection system had endured the ascent, and keeping a designated rescue mission at the ready in case irreparable damage was found.
2002: Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who had been kidnapped on Jan. 23 in Karachi, Pakistan, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors. On May 16, Pearl's severed head and decomposed body were found cut into 10 pieces and buried in a shallow grave at Gadap, about 30 miles north of Karachi. In March 2007, at a closed military hearing in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said that he had personally beheaded Pearl.
2002: Actress Winona Ryder is charged with four felony counts stemming from a Dec. 12, 2001, shoplifting arrest at Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills, California. On Dec. 6, 2002, she would be convicted of grand theft, shoplifting and vandalism and be sentenced to three years of probation, 480 hours of community service and $10,000 worth of fines and restitution. Pictured here is surveillance video shown at her trial.
1999: Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky gives a videotaped deposition for senators weighing impeachment charges against President Bill Clinton.
1998: Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first black female to be promoted to rear admiral in the U.S. Navy.
1994: Punk rock band Green Day makes its major record label debut with "Dookie." The album, which features the singles "Longview," 'Welcome to Paradise," "Basket Case," "When I Come Around" and "She," became a worldwide commercial success, peaking at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1995.
1993: Gary Bettman becomes the NHL's first commissioner, replacing Gil Stein, who served as the NHL's final president. Previously, Bettman had been a senior vice-president and general counsel to the NBA. Under Bettman, the NHL has seen rapid growth of league revenues and the expansion of the NHL's footprint across the United States. His time as commissioner has also seen three labor stoppages, including the 2004-05 lockout that canceled the entire season.
1988: Actress Heather O'Rourke, best known for her role as Carol Anne Freeling, the little girl abducted by ghosts in the 1982 horror film "Poltergeist," dies at the age of 12 of cardiac arrest and septic shock caused by a misdiagnosed intestinal stenosis. O'Rourke also reprised her role in the second and third "Poltergeist" films and also had a recurring role on the sitcom "Happy Days."
1986: Lauren Conrad, best known for the MTV reality series "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County" and its spinoff, "The Hills," is born in Laguna Beach, California.
1984: David Stern becomes NBA commissioner, succeeding Larry O'Brien. Stern, who joined the NBA in 1978 as general counsel and became the league's executive vice president in 1980, is credited with increasing the popularity of the NBA in the 1990s and 2000s. Stern stepped down as NBA commissioner on Feb. 1, 2014, 30 years to the day after beginning his tenure, and was replaced by his deputy, Adam Silver.
1982: The late-night talk show "Late Night With David Letterman" debuts.
1979: Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after 22 months when her sentence is commuted by President Jimmy Carter. The newspaper heiress was kidnapped from a San Francisco apartment on Feb. 4, 1974, by the leftist group Symbionese Liberation Army. While initially their captive, she later announced she was joining the group of her own free will, took part in a bank robbery with them and spent a year on the FBI Most Wanted List. In 2001, she received a full pardon from President Bill Clinton.
1979: The Ayatollah Khomeini (lower right) is welcomed back to Tehran, Iran, after nearly 15 years of exile for his opposition to the last Shah. With Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi leaving for his own exile and his government overthrown by Khomeini's followers, Khomeini became the country's Supreme Leader, a position created in the constitution as the highest ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death in 1989.
1978: Film director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after earlier pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl. Polanski was originally ordered to undergo 90 days of psychiatric evaluation at Chino State Prison, believing he would be put on probation at his final sentencing. When he learned the judge instead planned to sentence him to more jail time and possibly deport him, he fled on the day he was to be sentenced. Because Polanski (seen here in 2013) fled the country before final sentencing, the charges were not dismissed and still remain pending.
1976: American pathologist and biomedical researcher George Whipple, who shared the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anemia, dies at the age of 97 in Rochester, New York.
1975: Rapper Big Boi, best known as one half of the duo Outkast, is born Antwan André Patton in Savannah, Georgia.
1974: The novel "Jaws" by Peter Benchley is published. Director Steven Spielberg would adapt the book into the 1975 movie of the same name, which became the prototypical summer blockbuster movie.
1972: The first scientific hand-held calculator is introduced for $395 by Hewlett-Packard, named the HP-35 for having 35 keys. It was the first hand-held calculator able to perform logarithmic and trigonometric functions with one keystroke. The price was reduced several times, eventually to $195. By February 1975, when production of the model was discontinued, 300,000 of the calculators had been sold.
1971: Actor Michael C. Hall, best known for his roles on the cable dramas "Six Feet Under" and "Dexter," is born in Raleigh, North Carolina.
1969: Tommy James and the Shondells' "Crimson & Clover" hits No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
1968: Singer and actress Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, is born in Memphis, Tennessee.
1968: Actor and comedian Pauly Shore, the star of such 1990s films as "Encino Man," "Son in Law" and "Jury Duty," is born in Hollywood, California.
1966: Actor Buster Keaton, best known for his silent films featuring physical comedy, dies of lung cancer at the age of 70 in Los Angeles, California. Some of his best-known films include "The General," "Our Hospitality," "Sherlock, Jr." and "The Navigator."
1965: Martin Luther King Jr. and more than 700 demonstrators are arrested in Selma, Alabama, during a protest march against discrimination in black voter registration. King would initially refuse bond in an attempt to raise awareness of the issue and remained in jail for four days.
1965: Actor Brandon Lee, the son of martial arts film star Bruce Lee and the star of the movies "Showdown in Little Tokyo," "Rapid Fire" and "The Crow," is born in Oakland, California. Lee's career would be cut short when he died at the age of 28 from an accidental shooting during filming of "The Crow" on March 31, 1993.
1964: The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" hits No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, their first No. 1 song in America. It would hold the top spot for seven weeks before being replaced by another Beatles' song, "She Loves You."
1964: Word leaks out that Indiana Gov. Matthew Welsh has banned the song "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen as pornographic. Welsh actually had requested that the Indiana Broadcasters Association ban the song, then sitting at No. 6 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, from airplay on all radio stations in the state. The growing controversy around the song's garbled and unintelligible lyrics would spur its publisher to eventually offer a $1,000 reward to anybody who could prove it contained obscene lyrics and cause the FBI to investigate the song.
1961: The movie "The Misfits," starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift, and directed by John Huston, premieres in theaters. The movie would end up being the last for both Gable, who suffered a heart attack two days after filming ended and died 10 days later, and Monroe, who would die of an apparent drug overdose within a year and a half.
1960: Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter inside a Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina. After being refused service at the "whites only" counter and asked to leave, the four stayed at the counter until it closed. The next day, more than 20 black students came to the store to join the sit-in. The protests spread throughout North Carolina and then throughout the South before the Woolworth's department store chain changed its segregation policy in late July. Today, the segment of the counter where the first Greensboro sit-in took place is on display in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
1948: Singer-songwriter Rick James, who popularized funk music in the late 1970s and early 1980s thanks to hits such as "You and I," "Give It to Me Baby" and "Super Freak," is born in Buffalo, New York. He died of heart failure at age 56 on Aug. 6, 2004.
1946: Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations secretary general.
1942: Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
1942: Actor and writer Terry Jones, best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team (seen here at the far left), is born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, United Kingdom. Jones co-directed "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" with Terry Gilliam, and was sole director on two further Monty Python movies, "Life of Brian" and "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life."
1942: The U.S. Navy conducts the Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The tactical airstrikes and naval artillery attacks targeted Imperial Japanese Navy garrisons in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands, causing minor damage. Although the raids had little long-term strategic impact, they did help lift the morale of the American public, still reeling from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
1938: Actor Sherman Hemsley, best known for playing George Jefferson on the sitcoms "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died at age 74 on July 24, 2012, from a cancerous mass on his lung.
1937: Musician Don Everly (right), best known as half of the rock duo the Everly Brothers with his brother Phil, is born in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The Everlys are best known for hits such as "Wake Up Little Susie," "Cathy's Clown," "All I Have to Do Is Dream" and "Bye Bye Love."
1931: Boris Yeltsin, the first president of the Russian Federation, is born in the Soviet Union village of Butka. Yeltsin, who served from 1991 to 1999, died of congestive heart failure on April 23, 2007, at the age of 76.
1920: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police begins operations. Here, a "mountie" is seen in Banff, Alberta, in 2010.
1902: Writer and social activist Langston Hughes, one of the earliest innovators of the literary art form jazz poetry and a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, is born in Joplin, Missouri. He died on May 22, 1967, at the age of 65 from complications after abdominal surgery, related to prostate cancer.
1901: Actor Clark Gable, best known for his Oscar-nominated roles in "Gone with the Wind," "Mutiny on the Bounty" and "It Happened One Night," is born in Cadiz, Ohio. Gable, who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1935 for "It Happened One Night" (pictured), also appeared in such movies as "The Misfits," "Run Silent Run Deep" and "Saratoga." He died of a heart attack at the age of 59 on Nov. 16, 1960.
1900: Eastman Kodak Co. introduces the $1 Brownie box camera. The cardboard camera would go on to popularize low-cost photography and introduce the concept of the snapshot.
1896: Giacomo Puccini's opera "La Boheme" premieres in Turin, Italy.
1894: Film director and producer John Ford, best known for movies such as "Stagecoach," "The Searchers," "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" and "The Grapes of Wrath," is born John Martin Feeney in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Ford holds the record for most Best Director Oscars with four, including the 1941 Best Picture winner "How Green Was My Valley." Ford (seen here in 1946) died from stomach cancer at the age of 79 on Aug. 31, 1973.
1893: Thomas Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey. The first films shot at the Black Maria, a tar-paper-covered, dark studio room with a retractable roof, included segments of magic shows, plays, vaudeville performances, acts from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, various boxing matches and cockfights, and scantily-clad women.
1884: Under the guidance of primary editor James Murray (pictured), the first volume ("A to Ant") of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
1865: President Abraham Lincoln signs the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which proposed abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime, a day after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to send it to the state legislatures for ratification. The amendment would be formally adopted when Georgia became the 27th of the then 36 states to ratify it on Dec. 6, 1865. Pictured is the amendment in the National Archives, bearing the Lincoln's signature.
1851: English author Mary Shelley, best known for her Gothic novel "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus," dies at the age of 53 in London, England, from what her physician suspected was a brain tumor.
1814: Mayon Volcano in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano. The volcano belched ash and rock that eventually buried the town of Cagsawa. This church tower is what remains of the Cagsawa Church, which was buried by the eruption.
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College may lose much of PSEO aid
Ohio Gov. John Kasich's proposed state budget plan could have sweeping effects for Washington State Community College's Post Secondary Enrollment Option program, a program that allows students to enroll in college classes while still in high school.
Part of the proposal, dubbed the College Credit Plus program, would take a sizable chunk out of the reimbursement the college receives for high school students' tuition, said Chief Financial Officer Jess Raines during theWSCC board of trustees regular meeting Monday.
"We received an 80 percent reimbursement before. Under the new plan, we would be reimbursed for 50 percent of the average tuition rate for the average community college," said Raines.
Because Washington State's tuition is already close to the state average for community college, it would mean the college is receiving 30 percent less funding through PSEO tuition reimbursement, he said.
"Thirty percent could be a quarter of a million bucks," pointed out trustee Randy Barengo.
The change is just one of many concerns those at the college have about the state budget and other pieces of state and national legislation, said President Bradley Ebersole.
"There's been a flurry of activity all of the sudden from the government on the national level and also on the state level," he said.
Regardless of how the proposed budget could affect PSEO, it is already time to start recruiting high school students for the fall semester, said Raines.
"We really can't hold off on that process," he said.
In addition to the state budget, the college will also be watching closely to see what is done nationally with the Federal Pell Grant Program, said Emily Schuck, WSCC director of financial aid.
"The Pell grant program is going really well. Last year, they put in the lifetime Pell limit which affected about 100 students," she said.
The changes capped Pell Grant availability at six years per student, making fewer students eligible for the grants, but slightly increasing the amount of funding available to students with the greatest need, she said. However, there are still concerns about the long-term financial solubility of the program, and more reform could be possible, said Schuck.
Additionally the Workforce Investment Act is set to be reauthorized for the first time since being enacted in 1998, said Schuck. The act helps fund workforce education programs, she said.
At its high point 160 students were coming through Washington State as part of the program. Now it is used by less than 40, said Schuck.
To address these issues and how they will affect community colleges, a handful of campus visits have been scheduled with state and national representatives, she said.
Congressman Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, was on campus last week and Ohio Rep. Andy Thompson, R-Marietta and Ohio Sen. Lou Gentile, D-Steubenville, are scheduled to be on campus in the next two weeks, she said.


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Developers of a high-rise project in Kakaako unveiled a sales plan Friday that includes a lottery so possible homeowners won't be forced to camp out for condominiums.
The 46-story tower proposed at 801 South Street will feature a mix of studio, one and two bedroom units at prices between $200,000 to $600,000. The Hawaii Community Development Authority in December approved the project. Construction will begin this summer.
"This project addresses the critical shortage of housing that Hawaii's residents can afford in Honolulu's urban core," said developer Marshall Hung of Downtown Capital LLC. "We are excited about delivering quality housing in Kakaako in support of Governor Abercrombie's pledge to make Kakaako a 'live, work and play' community."
Seventy five percent of the 635 units in 801 South St are designated "workforce housing" meaning they are priced for households earning 140 percent of area median income and below. All financing must be from private sources.
The site is prime real estate that was formerly used by The Honolulu Advertiser.
Prospective buyers in 801 South St can visit the sales office in a trailer located at the corner of Queen and Keawe Streets [MAP] starting Saturday, March 9, at 10 a.m.
Packets will be distributed. A lottery for eligible buyers will be held on March 23.
"We anticipate a lot of interest and want to make it fair so folks don't have to camp out in the sign-up process," said Jason Nishikawa, project broker for Marcus and Associates.
Scott Kuioka, vice president of Tradewind Capital Group, Inc., expects a quick sell out, paving the way for a second tower consisting of 400 workforce housing units.
"This represents an opportunity for middle income buyers to purchase a home within walking distance to many workplaces in Kakaako and downtown," Kuioka said.
Derek Lock, project manager for Downtown Capital LLC, noted 801 South St will have energy efficient features that will reduce the cost of operations. Maintenance fees are expected to range between $225 for studios to $300 for two-bedroom units.
"That's a deal compared to the majority of maintenance fees charged by other downtown condominium projects," Lock said.
The individual units are also being built green, with operable windows and lanai doors for natural ventilation, split air conditioners in each unit to minimize power consumption and double pane glass exterior windows and doors to defuse heat and reduce noise.
"Our goal is to deliver an energy efficient project that helps the environment and saves residents money," said Andrew Holt, project engineer for Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company.
Many of the features, including granite counter tops, can be viewed at the sales office starting Saturday.


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Tamo, Steve, Dave, Schrapp, Ellena, Peter, Chris F-D, Nelio, Conor, Clive Apologies: Mike
1. EWG meeting 31st August 2012 – minutes approved subject to Paton not Peyton
2. GA – NHS on Friday; Chris: Occupy – profoundly dysfunctional; OWS lost their centre? Abandoned assemblies; Three GA's planned and then abandoned; feelings of frustration shared; papers produced and not discussed; need some structure; lack of structure and hierarchy is the problem; Mike fed up?; we don't discuss issues in terms of economics in proper form of argument – start off from a position of ignorance; reformist v radical? Navel gazing not productive; Occupy as a whole; Tax haven meeting frustration; Media team availability? Need PA and tent for GA? Who will chase Obi? – Chris (backup cube from Tim); Venue Liverpool St; Dave will contact Arun re: banner; announcement on groupspaces – Peter
3. Nelio's proposed paper; Please read the paper which Dave distributed with today's agenda.
4. a) PO GIRO – banking facilities through the PO are already available; government wants lending to SME's via national bank; one of many government initiatives; b) Tax Havens – yesterday's meeting disappointing – press timing problem – how to get the most out of it? Persistence may win out; practical support is essential; Tax havens – need other people from the EWG to pitch in; thanks for Chris's commitment; Peter will chase Naomi re: timing for maximum media impact; next meeting of the Tax Haven planning group Friday 4:30pm at Starbucks, Liverpool St Stn. c) website development; awaiting feedback from Vica d) LBOI – typeset over the weekend 1500 copies to be printed in the next two weeks. How
will it be distributed? Through events; take donations for repeat print runs; e) Putney
Debates – EWG program – need a days worth of stuff – most of it available (Dave, Tim, Janos, Clive); venues being explored; if anyone has suggestions for venues contact Chris F-D; concern over Oasis involvement in free schools; why are we having to pay for venues? Rich Paton's Can banks be socially useful event; LVT; housing; NHS; circulation of spreadsheet to see the meeting slots available; war event (Chris Coverdale) may have the support of Sam Walton to use Friends Meeting House. Need list of people we may get along to talk and a list of organisations to contact for publicity – Chris will contact Mark re interviews for publicity; John Cornaidge wants to be involved – quaker view of economics f) Housing – government program unlikely to help g) IFCT – meeting with John Golden PRIME initiative – awaiting feedback from the Dutch to his proposal for financial crimes court; h) LA FoI requests – awaiting feedback from Mike? Chris F-D reported "You may have to pay for the response" from Oxfordshire. i) LVT Peter tried Rob Blakemore / no response; Janos – Fred Harrison?; Robin Smith – local conservative association action; Schrapp to contact j) Roadmap – nothing to report; k) economic stats to Dave – thanks to Nelio for what he's supplied so far.
5. Shout out – Vica doing a talk at St Paul's Institute social media and communications structures – 25th September 6:30-8pm Wren Suite; Occupy South for the Democratic Convention; Cooperative party meeting in HG Wells Centre, Bromley South 7:30pm Monday 10th September; Banner drop at Tower Bridge – three arrested; Coalition for Economic Justice: A Conference on "Establishing an Economic System that protects the Commons": all day 24th October 2012 at School of Economic Science, Mandeville Place, W1U 3AJ, on Wed 24 October 9am (9.30) to 4.30 with James Quilligan – details circulated with these minutes; Conor reported a big Positive Money event in January – details to follow.
6. Next meeting – Friday 5-7pm By Starbucks kiosk at the Eastern Entrance to Liverpool Street Station (on Bishopsgate). Followed by EWG GA


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•Naruto's talk no jutsu?
•Killer Bee's rapping
•Obito's ranting
•Sasuke's gloating
•Madara's arrogance
•The Rower's music
Killer Bee of course.
The Rower's Music definately.
Sasuke's gloating. It's just funny.
Gai sensei's talk about the power of youth!
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Gai sensei's talk about the power of youth!
From the options stated there I would choose Killer Bee's super extremely amazing rap. I mean his skills, whoa!
Rower's music so I can know what it is.
Then the rest I would interupt especially saukes gloating,madara's arrogance,obito's rantings,and bee's rapping(it's not even rapping it's just a bunch of yos with the occassional words!!:flaw::flaw:]
its between killer bee and madara for me.
Hidan's screams
Deidara's rant about art
i can smell a Hot Thread here..:D...hehehe
killerbee's rap ain't bad..imo..
Naruto's inspiring talk no jutsu
PS: By the way, it's Obito that gloats and Sasuke that rants, so you might wonna switch them both.
Killer Bee's rapping.
Obito he is the only one with real foresight in teh series not once has anyone provided any good answer besides stupid "hope" I love his speeches.
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August 10, 2011 —
The United States Postal Service (USPS) can no longer service the current 32,000 retail offices, so some are going to go.
Seven local post offices appear on a "study list" of possible closures, which probably means that they, if not closed totally, will be "right-sized."
In Pennsylvania, those include Mill Rift, Poyntelle, Preston Park and Starrucca; the New York facilities include Pond Eddy, Kenoza Lake and Fremont Center.
An estimated 3,700 offices in the nation are being targeted. The Postal Service said that their nearly 32,000 retail offices is the largest retail network in the country.
A statement from the postal authority said that studies will be held on each cited store, and no decisions will be made until after a public input session is held.
"Once initiated, a study generally takes several months," said George Flood, local USPS Corporate Communications spokesperson in the Northeast area covering Westchester District, which includes Sullivan County, NY.
"In addition to the market data, the decision analysis will take into account the possible effects of any closures on the community, effects on USPS employees and public input/feedback through surveys," he said.
The move is necessitated because of the growing number of people who do their postal business online, on their smart phones and at their favorite shopping destinations.
To make the transition easier for affected communities, the USPS has created what they are calling the "Village Post Office," which would be operated by local businesses such as pharmacies, grocery stores and other appropriate retailers, and would offer popular postal products and services such as stamps and flat-rate packaging.
"By working with third-party retailers, we're creating easier, more convenient access to our products and service when and where our customers want them," said Postmaster General Patrick Donahue.
The post office of tomorrow will be smaller, leaner and more competitive, he said.
USPS receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage products and services to fund its operations.
The entire listing of post offices to be studied can be found at about.usps.com/news/electronic-press-kits/expandedac cess/welcome.htm.


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- Title
- Thermal imaging of a heat transport in regions structured by femtosecond laser
- Author(s)
- Morikawa, Junko; Hayakawa, Eita; Hashimoto, Toshimasa; Buividas, Ricardas; Juodkazis, Saulius
- Abstract
- A non-contact determination of thermal diffusivity and spatial distribution of temperature on tens-of-micrometers scale is demonstrated by thermal imaging. Temperature localization and a heat flow have been in situ monitored with ∼ 10 ms temporal resolution in Kapton polymer films structured by femtosecond laser pulses. The structured regions can localize temperature and create strong thermal gradients of few degrees over tens-of-micrometers (∼ 0.1 K/μm). This is used to induce an anisotropy in a heat transport. Temperature changes on the order of ∼ 0.1°C were reliably detected and spatial spreading by diffusion was monitored using Fourier analysis. Application potential, miniaturization prospects, and emissivity changes induced by laser structuring of materials are discussed.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Centre for Micro-Photonics
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- Optics Express, Vol. 19, no. 21 (Oct 2011), pp. 20542-20550
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- 2011
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- Femtosecond laser pulses; Heat flow; Heat transport; Temperature; Thermal imaging
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- Optical Society of America
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I just had my daughter on February 6th via c-section. The LC in the hospital showed me the football hold. However, during the night its becoming not so comfortable due to me be so tired. What other positions can I try? I am large breasted (42F).
I just had my daughter on February 6th via c-section. The LC in the hospital showed me the football hold. However, during the night its becoming not so comfortable due to me be so tired. What other positions can I try? I am large breasted (42F).
We love the laying down position. This is great for mom's who've had a c-section. Carefully roll to one side and cover your abdomin with a folded towel or rolled up blanket to protect you from the baby's kicking. Flex your legs and place a pillow between them for more support and less strain on your stomach muscles. LEan back in to the pillows behind your back. You may need your dh to help you position the paby on his side facing you so you are chest to chest. Baby's head may need to rest on your arm or a rolled up blanke to bring his mouth up to the level of your nipple. In this position the baby should be able to latch on well. Good luck and I hope this helps. COngrats on the new baby!
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Hi, Kat! Congrats on your new arrival!
This webpage shows some of the different nursing positions:
Here's another:
And here's some information specific to large-breasted mothers:
Here's a quote from the above resource:
Although large-breasted women often have more difficulty positioning their babies at the breast while sitting up, nursing lying down is sometimes easier for them than it is for small-breasted women. In the traditional lying-down position, the mother lies on her side with a pillow under her head. She positions the baby on his side with his mouth in line with her nipple. While a small-breasted mother may need to place her arm under the baby's head to bring the baby's mouth up to her nipple level, a large-breasted mother may or may not need to do this. Her breast may rest on the mattress with her nipple low enough for the baby to grasp easily. Once the baby has latched on properly, placing pillows behind his back will help support him while nursing.
Hi there and congrats on your wee one. I also had a cesction, How are you feeling from the section? I found that I used my bobby a lot in the night. I would sit up in the bed and use the bobby to support ds, make sure that you use lots of pillows to support your back. As ds got older I would lay down and nurse him and that worked great also!
Congratulations on the new baby! I had a c-section back in May when my DD was born. I found that the lying down position was easiest, especially at night. When I couldn't lay down, I piled pillows up on my lap to sit the baby on to support her and avoid pressure on the incision. I also found the nursing pillow available from this site: http://www.littlebeam.com to be really nice--better than the Boppy I had. It's a little kidney-bean shaped pillow that you can use from different angles for different holds. It's a little firmer than the boppy, so I found it protected my incision better. I also used it when lying down to cover my incision so DD wouldn't kick at it.
Also had a c-section on 12/15/05 - My Brest Friend, a nursing pillow was a big help. I don't have large breasts, but I could never get the football hold. My dd is 10 weeks old today and we've mastered bf and positions. I am not using the pillow anymore. If you are interested in it, I will give it to you (no charge). It will be mailed from New Orleans, LA....it was purchased after Katrina...
Mother - Wife - Artist - Cook - Writer - EnvironMENTAList - Cloth Diaperer (but we are soooo done with diapers) - Organic Health Nut...I'm sure there's more.
DD1 - 12/15/05 Breastfed for 16.5 months
DD2 - 8/6/07 Breastfed for 3 whole years and 3 little, extra days.
I used the my brest friend pillow earlier this week at a LC meeting. I loved it. I am going to pick up a used one at a consignment store. A local store has one available.


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Tubiolo Presents to Rochester Rotary Club
Justin Tubiolo, Adjunct Instructor of Archaeology, recently served as a guest speaker at a Rochester Rotary Club luncheon on November 30.
His talk focused on his research and the Mills Mansion which is located in Mount Morris in Livingston County, and is one of the College's archaeological field schools. Students from Fisher as well as other northeastern colleges conduct excavation and artifact treatments over the course of six summer weekends at the early 19th century National Landmark homestead of Maj. Gen. William Augustus Mills.
Tubiolo also serves as a Trustee of the Lewis Henry Morgan Chapter of the New York State Archaeological Association.


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The Columbus Dispatch - February 06, 2014 04:50 PM
Wendy's hopes its free e-cards make you chuckle... and then run out to buy its Ciabatta Bacon Cheeseburger. (Talk about free advertising.)
Recent surveys reveal as many as two-thirds of us eat lunch at their desks, if at all, Wendy's says. One study found that employees who work through lunch feel more stress and are less productive than those who take a break.
So the Dublin-based fast-food company partnered with Someecards to launch its latest marketing campaign of 20 e-cards to get workers away from their desks and into Wendy's restaurants. Wendy's expects to sell its latest limited-time Chiabatta Bacon Cheeseburger at a suggested price of $4.79 through March.


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Today, it's my boyfriend's birthday. He really likes Legend of Zelda, so I put on a Link hat, took my clothes off, and waited for him at his place. He came home with a hooker. FML
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Today, with 24 inches of snow on the ground, it is raining like hell. The weight of the snow, now full of rain water, collapsed the roof over my living room. I was eating cereal in my underwear, in the living room, directly under the failure. I'm cold. FML
by Anonymous / 02/11/2013 at 3:58pm / United States (Massachusetts) / Miscellaneous
Today, I realized that the air freshener in my bathroom and the air freshener in my girlfriend's bedroom are the exact same scent. Now, every time I go to the bathroom I get an erection, and every time my girlfriend and I have sex in her room, I think about shitting. FML
by thefriedman / 02/11/2013 at 11:59pm / United States (California) / Intimacy
Today, I checked out a "confessions" page for my university. The first confession was from a guy who whacked off in a campus restroom then used a computer in a lab without washing his hands. I work in that lab. FML
by Anonymous / 02/11/2013 at 2:46am / United States (Texas) / Intimacy
Today, I found out I'm pregnant. It's okay, I know who the father is: my ex-boyfriend, who moved to Japan last week. FML
by juno_op / 02/11/2013 at 1:17pm / United Kingdom (Birmingham) / Kids
Today, while waiting for my order at a restaurant, a woman walked up to me and slapped me. She looked at me for a moment and said "Sorry, I thought you were someone else." Ten minutes later, the same woman came back and slapped me again. FML
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Today, my dog ate a whole case of my son's paintballs, because apparently they are made of a fish byproduct. Not only does the whole house smell like fish, there are countless bright yellow dog turds all over the house and our yard. FML
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Today, a girl came up to me on the street and said, "You have like no swag, bro." Feeling clever, I said, "At least I have a high school education." She then took out her work ID, showing me that she was a surgeon, flipped me off, then walked away saying, "This is totally going on Facebook." FML
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Today, I spoke to my crush for the first time, and after a while he asked for my number. Ecstatic, I took the first piece of paper I saw out of my purse. I wrote it down and gave it to him, but he handed it back and said, "You might need this." It was an appointment card for my therapist. FML
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Today, I unknowingly bought a house next to a former toxic waste dump. I found out by reading an article in the paper where residents are claiming that they are experiencing cancer and birth defects. FML
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Today, I got married on Skyrim. To an elf. While in real life, my love life is floundering like a half-dead carp in the surf on a hot day. So much so in fact that I actually draw a measure of comfort from being married to an elf. FML
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Today, I was talking to an attractive guy, but I was so nervous that I got tongue-tied and then blurted out, "Stupid autocorrect." FML
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Tell us about any local brushes with fame. Were you ever in the newspaper? Why?
When I was in sixth grade, I was the regional winner for my grade of the national "Parade of Presidents" essay contest, sponsored by The Kroger Co.
|My classmates crowned me "Miss Kroger" in honor of
the contest sponsor at a party before I left on my trip.
My wonderful English teacher, Mrs. Rovello, had everyone in the class participate. We had to write a short essay on a president and his leadership qualities. I wrote about Abraham Lincoln.
I won among all sixth graders in South Texas and Southwest Louisiana. My prize was an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC in January 1969 for President Nixon's first inauguration.
I shared a hotel room with girls from Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Although we could not see the inauguration ceremony very well, we did have reserved seats for the parade. We saw everything on our itinerary except the Washington Monument, which was surrounded by Vietnam War protestors, and the FBI. Besides the places listed in the article above, we also saw the Iwo Jima Monument, Embassy Row, the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, and the Bureau of Printing and Engraving.
There were quite a few articles in local papers (The Houston Post, The Houston Chronicle, The Bellaire Texan, The Texas Catholic Herald, and The Southwesterner), both before and after the trip. Here I've just included the ones that had photographs. :)
A few months later, I was a winner in a local Catholic Daughters of America poetry contest, and my name and photo was in some local papers again.
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Us shooting 3's kills our bigs because it results in NO movement and long rebounds. If you have the best frontcourt in the NBA you need to play inside-out ball. If people blame the players, they're part of the problem or know NOTHING about bball.
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Spring Training Odyssey: Pirates vs Red Sox 3/13/10
You guys will be proud of me (or maybe disappointed): I did not trespass onto "private" property, nor did I climb fences nor did I open doors that said "authorized personnel only". That's not to say the day wasn't filled with adventures, stories, and a farmer's tan. My agenda was much more similar to what you're used to: autograph hunting. For those of you who are new to this blog, I am not one of those autograph sellers; I am merely a collector. For me, there is a story behind every autograph, and a story behind the baseball that the autograph is on.
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Wow,what a game!! Glad you had a good time. Nice pictures by the way. Looking forward for the season to start!!
A shocking picture. That is first I've seen Marco Scutaro out of a Jays uniform … well since his days with Oakland at least. He was definitely a 'clubhouse character' when he was with Toronto. He'd notice everytime the camera would catch him and do some very funny jestures.
I feel extremely jerkish for not wanting to take Westmoreland in my fantasy pool now. I might take him anyway. It really upsets me when I hear news about a young player like that.
Wow, you probably don't want Spring Training to end. Another great post, and more great pics. I agree with you about autographs, too. To me they're not worth anything unless you get them yourself. Tough break for Wesmoreland, also. I saw that on MLB Network tonight.
That's another fine creation from the land of grapefruits! I agree with you about autographs. I have no interest in selling them. I refuse to pay for them. If I can't have one from the goodness of your heart…I don't want it. Yes, the story behind them is very important.
Great pics and story as usual. I feel like I know more about Red Sox camp than I do about my own Redbirds' camp… because of you, Elizabeth! LOL. Want to head over to Jupiter and get the inside scoop on the Cardinals for us? Cheers!
So sorry about Westmoreland. What a difficult situation for a young promising player – or for anybody, for that matter. On a happier note, you're really getting good at this spring training thing, Elizabeth! Look at all the players you've bonded with. Amazing. Great pics and analyses as usual.
Very impressive. Keep these coming as you're giving us more than we can get from nearly all other columns, blogs, and posts combined.
Nice Blog! I might go out to see one of the Red Sox spring training games since I live clost to there.
nice blog, especially getting all of those pictures and auto's. Im looking forward to seeing Mike Cameron play, as well as Ryan Kahoury. Go SOX!
you sound like u are having a great time at spring training…and I'm very jealous. I think next year I'm going to convince my family to come to down to Florida to see that Sox play as I have always dreamed of doing so. Maybe I'll see you there😉 Another fine article…have more && more fun!
You look awfully cozy there with some of those players ;o) LOL Great report – keep them coming!
Wow do you always meet the players like that?
PS.Nice Pics!
I met Marco Scutaro with the Jays last year. What a great guy!!
I love the pictures !!
Another great entry here!
My thoughts and prayers to Ryan Westmoreland.
I get very little autographs. I am more into talking with the guys and getting pictures. But I did pay for Carl Erskine "Oisk" cause he is an oldtimer from the Brooklyn days. I just love him! I was inline to get his autograph at the Coliseum when the Red Sox played the Dodgers there in 2008 but he left before I got the chance. I have paid for a couple of auction baseballs at the stadium. It all goes for a good cause like the Dodgers Dream Foundation that helps Children Hospital in LA and the Think Cure foundation.
You must be one of the few not wanting April to arrive… you always look and sound as if you are enjoying spring training way too much….
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Great photos Elizabeth! And how cool that you got to see some "bonus baseball" after the main game. Saw the story about Westmoreland in the paper while we were in FL. Anything involving the brain seems very scary to me. I wish him the best. How amazing that you saw a shooting star right then.
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Great entry here. One of these years i'll get to go to Florida for spring training.
It stinks to hear about what happened to Ryan Westmoreland. Hopefully he will be able to have a great career after the surgery.


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