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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (1963 votes).
In short: FANTASTIC!!!! Would love to do it again some dayIn full: Had a FANTASTIC day and the weather was perfect! The support was amazing...I am still boring people talking about it!Lots of water stations - thank you :0) The only thing I would say...and it's minor - is that I thought there might be more of a 'festival' feel at the start like the GNR...BUT it was great to run around my old stomping ground ;0) Defo a life long favourite!Date of review: April 25, 2012
In short: Good, but last one for meIn full: Yes, I know I've said it before, but that was deffo my last London.Great organisation, absolutely fautless logistics. Fantastic support, smiling marshals, police asking resting runners if they're ok, St Johns doing a great job, London smilingBut, the course is now overfull of runners at 37,000 starters. This leads to collisions and frustration for the varying paces that are being run. Spectators are encroaching onto the course, further narrowing the space available to run.The Expo is now nothing more than a commercial opportunity and frankly, although I admire Virgin's business ethos, I don't want it stuffed down my throat - let's all focus on the running.Finally, there used to be cheese sandwiches in the goody bag ! A sachet of salt - what am I going to do with that ?!?Date of review: April 25, 2012
In short: Go for the experience aloneIn full: My first and not last marathon.Frustrating that people ignore the timing pens as they are difficult to pass, particularly those running together causing a rolling roadblock. Will do a quieter marathon for a time and come back to London for charity.Excellent organisation and atmosphere. The people on the streets giving out sweets haven't heard of recesssion and the encouragement was immense.Put your name on your vest if you run as the crowds love to shout out.Date of review: April 25, 2012
In short: Fantastic atmosphere & organisation, but frustrating raceIn full: This was my 2nd London Marathon (1st time I've managed to get in since 2007). Training had gone well & I was hoping for a PB but after only 4 miles I realised this was going to be impossible. It was far too crowded & too much of the course wasn't wide enough & just when I thought I was getting somewhere got held up again. So it was very frustrating & I got nowhere near my target (missed out by 20mins & missed out on a PB by 14 mins). Apart from that which spoiled the day for me the crowds were fantastic & the organisation was fabulous, & you cannot beat that final straight running down The Mall.Date of review: April 25, 2012
In short: Incredible atmosphere topping of one of the best days of my lifeIn full: PB potential is rubbish as it is so busy, but that simply doesn't matter as the event just grabs you completely. A day that I will truly remember for the rest of my life! Date of review: April 25, 2012
In short: BEST RACE IN THE WORLD!!!In full: Second time at London for me, and fair to say it was a lot better than the first. Once through the crowds, netted a 24 minute pb and the day couldn't have gone any smoother. Stunning scenery, amazing organisation (don't know how they organise 36,000 runners when i can't organise two kids to go to school in the morning!), and the support has to be seen to be believed! Thanks Virgin & London... will be back next year.Date of review: April 25, 2012
In short: Highlight of my lifeDate of review: April 25, 2012
In short: Great support for 26 milesIn full: I mostly do small out of town marathons so lining up for the big one was quite daunting. The support was like a wall of noise for 26 miles and it was really amazing. Organisation was faultless and the hundreds of volunteers and the full time team did a fantastic job.Date of review: April 25, 2012
In short: fantastico - great organisation - crowd support - everything a1Date of review: April 25, 2012
In short: Challenging but worth itDate of review: April 25, 2012
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leadpipe wrote:At the end of the day, Casey Kotchman is a reserve/PH on good team
I admit this is being super-pedantic, but Kotchman was the starting first baseman for the Rays last year, and they won 91 games and went to the playoffs, i.e.,g a good team. Having Kotchman play 140+ games at first isn't guaranteeing a good season, but it's not some kind of harbinger of doom.
The obvious response ("But the Rays had Longoria mashing at third!") leads directly into the issue of Chisenhall vs. Hannahan. My guess is that they've already penciled Chiz in at third, but are going to say all the Right Things to motivate him in spring training: "Open competition," "nothing's been decided," and so on. Chisenhall showed similar power in the majors as he's had in the minors, he just needs to get a chance to play every day and get comfortable at this level.
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Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Our company has packed a lot into a relatively young life. Since Google was founded in 1998, we've grown to serve millions of people around the world.
When Larry met Sergey
Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Stanford University in 1995. By 1996, they had built a search engine (initially called BackRub) that used links to determine the importance of individual webpages.
Google Inc.
Larry and Sergey named the search engine they built "Google," a play on the word "googol," the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros. Google Inc. was born in 1998, when Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim wrote a check for $100,000 to that entity—which until then didn't exist.
Out of the office
The first "Google doodle" in 1998 was intended to let visitors to the homepage know that Google's minders were offline at the Burning Man Festival in Nevada. There's now a team of "doodlers" and we've posted more than 2,000 different doodles on homepages worldwide.
Do-It-Yourself ads
In 2000, we introduced AdWords, a self-service program for creating online ad campaigns. Today our advertising solutions, which include display, mobile and video ads as well as the simple text ads we introduced more than a decade ago, help thousands of businesses grow and be successful.
Gmail: no joke
On April Fools' Day in 2004, we launched Gmail. Our approach to email included features like speedy search, huge amounts of storage and threaded messages.
Gone public
Our Initial Public Offering of 19,605,052 shares of Class A common stock took place on Wall Street on August 18, 2004.
Location, location, location
We acquired digital mapping company Keyhole in 2004, and launched Google Maps and Google Earth in 2005. Today Maps also features live traffic, transit directions and street-level imagery, and Earth lets you explore the ocean and the moon.
Broadcast yourself
In 2006, we acquired online video sharing site YouTube. Today 500 hours of video are uploaded to the site every minute. Cat videos, citizen journalism, political candidacy and double rainbows have never been the same.
The little green robot arrives
Amidst rumors of a "Gphone," we announced Android—an open platform for mobile devices—and the Open Handset Alliance, in 2007.
The comic heard 'round the world
Word got out about Google Chrome a day ahead of schedule when a comic book introducing our new open source browser was shipped earlier than planned. We officially launched on September 2, 2008.
CEO and chairman
Larry Page, Google's original CEO until 2001, took up the title again in April 2011. Eric Schmidt, now our executive chairman, served in the role for 10 years.
In June 2011, we introduced the Google+ project, aimed at bringing the nuance and richness of real-life sharing to the web, and making all of Google better by including people, their relationships and their interests.
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Group leaders warn that people who don't exercise their rights run the risk of losing them. The goal is to get the voters on the rolls before the 2008 election.
By JOSE CARDENAS
Published July 1, 2006
During a May 1 demonstration for immigrant rights, Americo Villareal carried a large picture of his son, U.S. Army Sgt. Saul Ybarra, to show that children of immigrants help protect democracy here.
Now, says Villareal, it's vital that Hispanic immigrants who have become citizens participate in that democracy.
"You have to register to vote," Villareal, 52, a Mexican immigrant who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2002, tells customers at his two restaurants in Polk County.
"If you don't vote or let other people vote for you, I think in the long run they are going to take rights from us," he said.
This weekend, activists nationwide hope to turn the energy of immigrants like Villareal into lasting political participation.
Today, the network of grass-roots groups that organized the May 1 marches around the country is launching what has been dubbed "Democracy Summer."
Through registration drives, teach-ins and seminars, groups from Los Angeles to Orlando and Miami aim to register 1-million new voters and convince some of the nation's 8-million legal permanent residents to become citizens by the 2008 presidential election.
There is relatively little organizing under way around Tampa Bay, but other Florida groups will reach out to the:
The nation's 42-million Hispanics make up the largest minority group in the U.S.
But many are younger than 18 and others lack citizenship, so only 39 percent of Hispanics were eligible to vote after the 2004 elections, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.
By comparison, 76 percent of whites and 65 percent of blacks were eligible to vote.
Activists are counting on one thing to motivate legal immigrants: The bill passed in the House in December would make it a felony to be in the country illegally.
The effect could be like 1994, when California voters passed Proposition 187, activists say.
Later overturned as unconstitutional, it would have denied most public services to undocumented immigrants.
It also led to widespread voter registration among Hispanics.
"There's this energy in the community that understands that it is not enough to rally," said Marcelo Gaete, of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office already has seen more immigrants interested in becoming citizens. In May his office received 140,000 applications for citizenship, compared with 72,000 for May 2005, spokesman Chris Bentley said.
Maria Rodriguez, of the Florida Immigrant Coalition, said a main focus will be teaching English to immigrants so they can pursue citizenship.
Another priority will be building broad support.
Florida's two dominant Hispanic groups are not affected by immigration rules. Puerto Ricans born in Puerto Rico are citizens by birth. Cubans enjoy a special legalization privilege if they reach American soil.
But activists say they are making progress.
"Every day is better," said Enrique Montes, of the Latin American Immigrants Federation in Miami.
"It's a very well-organized community. We are working with (Cuban-Americans) ... to give us their support."
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Triple-S wrote:FUDU wrote:BTW - McDonalds is so aweful it should just fold up shop. They count?
Yeah they count, but I think it is just assumed.
Worst part it they are not even fast anymore, totally no incentive to even pull in their driveway anymore.
There's auctually a rebuilt Mickey D's that's not half bad around here. Good if you want to eat cheap. Get a double cheese burger, fries and it'll run ya about two bucks. Not bad.
If I'm gonna go the fast food route I'll generally hit Steak n Shake or Frisch's Big Boy. Or Taco Hell.


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When you think of ecology for kids, you probably think of pine cones, bird feeders and planting seeds. Not us!
For the 2009 camp season, I am helping to write the curriculum for a new Xplorations Summer Camp called It's Easy Being Green.
So, when WE think of ecology for kids, we think solar-powered electromagnets, mini composters, the nitrogen cycle and practical ways little kids can make a big difference. Our campers are going to investigate solar, wind and water power as well as learning how every day decisions make a long-term impact.
My favorite activity so far is not particularly scientific, but it is super fun – a no-sew grocery bag made from an old t-shirt. I am also pretty excited about the day that the campers are going to investigate water ecology and oil spills.
To find out how you can sign up for this or any of our Xplorations Summer Camps, visit www.hmns.org today!
Also, if you are interested in going green, join us as we celebrate Earth Day in the museum tomorrow – if you hug a tree, you'll get a free sapling to take home!


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Now that is why the Filmation cartoon is my favorite. Look how beautiful that artwork is. Hand painted > computers all day!
i will put here every day some low-resolution images of the wonderful backgrounds of Eternia.
for all to enjoy it and especially to confirm the title of this thread.
courtesy :the big mike bock (gracias mae)
Now that is why the Filmation cartoon is my favorite. Look how beautiful that artwork is. Hand painted > computers all day!
unfortunately are very small but worthwhile.
more eternia is filmation
I concur.
If only everyone felt the same way. The world would be a much happier place(or at least this forum).
Most-wanted MOTUC: Granita - Hunga the Harpy - The Melog - Dylamug - Sprag, Sprocker and Spritina - the Twiggets - King Ahgo - Filmation Grizzlor, Mantenna, Leech, Modulok and Multi-Bot
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Those are really cool.
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I would like to clarify that I love 200x, designs, colors ,everything but Eternia is definitely Filmation. the designs are unique, landscapes, structures, the wonderful skies of Eternia.
my dream is to see a new series that has the designs, style and music of Filmation with the continuity, revelations and stories of 200x.
i would pay for it.
This is one of the reasons Filmation absolutely blows all other forms of MotU media out of the water.
Thank you so much. I might like MYP stories but filmation did capture the look and feel of eternia for me.
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Hey now I own some of those backgrounds
Just more proof that Filmation's He-man and the Masters Of The Universe is the best cartoon of all time! Thanks for posting these breathtaking images.
As much as I love the idea of "Universe" in my MOTU(it isn't called Masters Of Eternia for a reason), I love that Filmation made Eternia seem so huge with so many different "lands" in it. MYP's toon made Eternia seem so insular imho.
you don't see this attention to detail in modern toons. thank you again for sharing.
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I have to say that these two pan illustrations are two of my favorites from the series; so much so that I have even blogged about them...
Plains of Perpetua - The one thing I love about this illustration is the incredible sense of depth - The only disappointment is that it was never used in the series again...
Castle Ackle - I know this has already been posted (above in fact), but I still think it's by far one of the most atmospheric illustrations seen in the entire series...
If anyone owns either of these pieces of artwork, let me know - I would happily BUY them!
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text: So its Sunday, on the schedule is home church in the morning, 5th Sunday is all music lunch in the fellowship hall, then 45 miles away to do a homecoming singing at another church. I get to the morning service.. pull out mandolin and plug in my trustee L.R. Baggs Para Acoustic D.I i've been using faithfully for a bout 4 years. and my mandolin comes in loud and clear through the sound system.... but wait....it sounds like crap! I go to adjust the eq settings....no difference! I turn the volume knob down... still loud and crappy! I pull the battery out ... still loud and crappy! The signal is passing straight through even with the battery OUT! I move to the other side of the stage and plug in a different XLR cable..same thing! I had to miss the lunch and run 30 miles home to get my presonus EQ3B unit and 30 miles back before the bus pulls out for the singing. So .. anyone? Any idea what happened? This came straight out of nowhere, no signs of trouble the last time I used it and it never left my gig bag between uses. btw.. I tried using a brand new battery hoping that was the trouble since it acted the same with the battery out, maybe that just meant the battery was dead. New battery made no difference.


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Getaways: Cruising the Amazon
"Look, the dolphins are following us!" yells one passenger onboard the Amazon Clipper Premium, as we sail down Brazil's Rio Negro back to the port city of Manaus. Diving in and out of the water, Pink River dolphins play their version of hide and seek. Are these the same dolphins we petted at the riverside feeding station a few miles back? Some people stood on a platform, half-submerged in water, holding a fish above their heads to encourage the dolphins to leap for their snacks. Now, a few passengers jump in to swim with the mammals.
Encountering these rare river dolphins with grey backs and bellies the color of pink bubblegum is one of the many unexpected delights of an Amazon cruise. The Amazon Clipper Premium, a four-deck riverboat containing 16 private outside cabins, each with a shower-equipped bathroom, is an ideal size. Nobody gets lost in the crowd, and the passengers—who include Germans, Italians, Austrians, Swedes, Brazilians, Canadians and an Australian—have plenty of opportunities to quiz the guides about individual interests.
We are cruising on the Amazon's largest tributary, the slow-flowing Rio Negro with its deep black hue mirroring the trees and vines draping the banks. Interspersed along the shore are deserted sandy beaches and the occasional wooden house. Fishermen in canoes and students going to school on motorized boats sail past. The throbbing of electric motors produces the loudest sounds on the river.
Each day, we embark on small, outboard-powered boats capable of holding 16 people. We navigate tributaries deep in the jungle, inching through swamp forests so dense that only slivers of sun penetrate the green canopy. Orange-beaked toucans chatter overhead, their calls resounding up to half a mile away.
Branches clog some passageways, forcing the boats to stop. Machete in hand, our native Indian driver, Roberto DaSilvo, edges forward, his toes clinging to the narrow sides of our boat. DaSilvo clears the channel, hacking off branches and slashing vines drooping overhead.
A cane toad squats undisturbed, its brownish skin blending with the branch it occupies. The toad looks harmless but we're advised not to touch it. Native Indians use its venom in their poisonous arrow tips.
Jaguars, sloth and giant anteaters also stalk the woods but these animals generally stay clear of humans. The Amazon is home to the world's largest variety of monkeys but only after disembarking do we see one. A tiny capuchin monkey, its wizened face ringed with cream-colored hair, hops from branch to branch, following us as we walk along the boardwalk to ponds filled with lily pads. Pink and purple flowers bloom from the giant Victoria Regia water lilies—some up to seven feet wide—which are named after England's Queen Victoria. The world's largest water lilies inhabit just a portion of the 9,000-acre January Ecological Park.
At night, the pitch-black sky shimmers with stars. Before an evening boat ride, Christoph Brisquet, our German-born guide, advises everyone not to wear white clothing, the color of some local flowers. The bats that come out at night might try to pollinate us.
Brisquet shines his flashlight on the still forest. The trees' ghostly reflections on the calm, glass-like water create what seems like a perfect backdrop for a horror movie. Augmenting the effect is a boa constrictor curled around a tree trunk. The snake is nearly invisible; its grey- and white-mottled skin tones merge with the color of the bark. Holding a tree branch, DaSilvo lifts the snake to give us a close-up view. More than 700 species of reptiles inhabit the region; 38 are poisonous.
A clang, sounding like swords clashing against each other, breaks the silence. Another clang follows, then another. The jarring noise comes from a Bare-throated Bellbird. A Black Hawk-Eagle soars overhead. Vultures eye us from treetops. Macaws and cranes perch overhead. The Amazon is home to one-third of the world's bird species. Fireflies flittering on the shore illuminate the trees like Christmas lights.
Black and brown nests big enough to hold a baseball hang from some trees. A weaver bird, its yellow-streaked tail gleaming against black plumage, watches overhead. Butterflies, salamanders and frogs cluster around blue, red and orange bromeliads, dots of color under trees growing up to 200 feet tall.
One morning, we take a short boat ride to the edge of the rainforest and disembark for a two-hour walk, our introduction to the region's rich storehouse of medicinal plants, including the chickle tree, which is valued for its gum, and the cinchona tree, a source for quinine. Aboriginals use one type of nutmeg tree to make blowguns.
One Indian guide catches a baby caiman. He holds the two-foot-long relative of an alligator in his hands. The black caiman, the biggest predator in the Amazon River, reaches a length of 15 feet and can weigh more than a ton.
Also cruising these waters are manatees, electric eels and pirarucu, the world's largest freshwater fish. The chance to catch these fish, which can weigh up to 485 pounds and reach 10 feet long, lures many to the Amazon. But we go fishing for piranha, local style. Attaching a piece of meat onto a hook, I toss the line into the water, then jiggle the small bamboo handle. A few fish nibble on my line but I catch nothing. Two passengers pull in several small grey and yellow fish whose razor-like triangular teeth line powerful jaws. DaSilvo holds open the mouth of one six-inch piranha and uses it to saw a small branch off a tree.
Amazon Clipper excursions include a visit to a native community, which turns out to be DaSilvo's family compound. The collection of small wood houses atop stilts overlooks a sandy beach. Cloth covers some of the cutout windows and doors. One building is a craft shop, selling child-size bows and arrows along with bracelets and necklaces made from local wood and seeds.
DaSilvo's mother's medicinal garden acts as a pharmacy for minor ailments of her 15 children and more than 30 grandchildren. Pineapple plants along with mango, cocoa and sweet olive trees supply some food. Manioc, also known as cassava, is a staple. Using a homemade grater, the family grinds the root vegetable before cooking it in the huge pot situated in the middle of the yard. Boiling ground manioc for seven hours eliminates its toxic cyanide acid. The leftover starch is processed into flour, the basis of manioc pancakes, a popular breakfast food. The bland pancake is an acquired taste. A byproduct of the processing is Tucupi, a popular hot sauce served in many Amazon restaurants.
At night, the boat stops moving. Everything is still. Only bird calls and sounds from nocturnal animals roaming the jungle disturb the silence. On route to the mooring in Manaus, the boat detours to the "Meeting of the Waters," the visible junction where the black Rio Negro encounters the beige, silt-filled Solimoes River. Differences in velocity, temperature and salinity account for the two rivers maintaining their distinctive colors for about 25 miles before merging as the Amazon River and flowing 1,000 miles down to the Atlantic.
Amazon Clipper boats also sail along the Solimoes River. A Swedish couple who cruised both said, "We preferred the Rio Negro cruise because there were no mosquitoes." The river's high acid content deters them. The Rio Negro is also more peaceful. The Solimoes, flowing down from Peru, carries more traffic.
The first European to travel up the Amazon, Francisco de Orellana, came in 1542 searching for gold. The region remains such a rich source of gold that illegal mining is devastating isolated areas within the Amazon Basin.
Our boat docks on the outskirts of Manaus, at a beach by the Hotel Tropical. Since the boat's cabins have little space for luggage, many passengers leave their bags at the hotel. Storage is free for hotel guests.
Manaus is the Amazon Basin's largest city. Once the prosperous rubber capital of the world (until a Brit smuggled seeds of the rubber tree out of Brazil to replant in Malaysia), the city reflects its boom-and-bust past. Now, a major electronics-manufacturing center, it has a downtown that combines the seediness of a tropical frontier city with remnants of its Belle Époque glory.
Enrico Caruso sang in the most resplendent example of the city's past affluence, the pink-marble Teatro Amazonas. Built in 1896, the opera house boasts a luxurious interior that replicates its European counterparts with Venetian Murano glass chandeliers, soundproofed wood floors from Lithuania and Louis Quinze-style furnishings.
The theater is home to the Amazonas Philharmonic, an orchestra with musicians mainly from Russia and Eastern Europe. Their annual Amazonas Opera Festival brings many music lovers here each year. English-speaking guides lead daily tours, which offer the only way for non-concertgoers to see the theater's ballroom and small costume museums. The theater sits on St. Sebastian Square, opposite St. Sebastian church. Its gloomy grey exterior belies an opulent interior. Across the square is Galeria Amazonia, the city's best gallery/store for authentic Amazon baskets, pottery and masks.
The market building, an easy walk down the hill and along the waterfront, also sells local crafts amid the exotic fruit and traditional medicine. Opened in 1882, the sprawling cast-iron and glass building was patterned after Paris's old Les Halles market.
Palacio Rio Negro is one of the few rubber-baron mansions left. Built by a German, the elegant house served as the governor's residence until its conversion into a cultural center.
The Museum of Man in the northeast looks at the people in this region, focusing on the mixed descendants of the Indians and Portuguese. An eye piercer is one of the weapons on display. The Indian museum gives a more in-depth look at aboriginal culture, including its funeral rituals and spiritual traditions.
A zoo hidden in the muddy backyard of the Tropical Hotel displays a scruffy looking sloth and other animals. The Brazilian military runs the city's other zoo. Inside its jungle warfare and training center are jaguars, toucans and monkeys, animals picked up mainly on patrol.
You can easily tour Manaus in two days but to discover much of the Amazon's unparalleled biodiversity requires spending time on its waters and in its jungles. Numerous lodges lie within a three-hour boat ride of Manaus. Although differing in size and comfort level, all of them have English-speaking guides to introduce you to the rivers and precious rainforest.
Traveler Fast Facts
WHAT IT IS: The Amazon, the world's second-largest river, is by far the largest in terms of waterflow. It passes through the world's biggest rainforest and is home to one-third of all plant and animal species. Manaus, the Amazon Basin's largest city, has 1.5 million residents.
Brazil's estimated 400,000 aboriginals belong to some 245 tribes and, among them, speak 170 languages. Experts estimate that 49 tribes in the Amazon rainforest have never had any contact with the outside world.
CLIMATE: Hot and humid year-round, Manaus has an average temperature of 80 degrees F. From June through November, temperatures can rise to 104. From December to May, the rainy season, water levels rise to 65 feet.
CRUISES: The Amazon Clipper Premium's shallow draught enables access to locations inaccessible to bigger boats (amazonclipper.com.br), but if luxury is a priority, you can opt for the larger Iberostar Grand Amazon, which has 72 cabins, each with TV, telephone and balcony (grandamazoncruises.com). Another possibility is the 12-passenger Zenith Yacht (charterworld.com), which you can book directly or through Rainforest Cruises (rainforestcruises.com). Prices on the various lines range from about $330 to $1,400 per person per day. The best time to go is December through April.
FLYING IN: Eduardo Gomes International, 10 miles north of Manaus, has an 8,858-foot runway and parking space for 18 airplanes.
Traveler Report Card
ACCOMMODATIONS (B): Activities keep Amazon Clipper Premium passengers too busy to spend much time in their cabins, which are simply furnished with two single beds, a washroom and limited storage. In their free time, guests are usually sightseeing from the covered deck or sun deck. An air-conditioned library with books about the Amazon doubles as a lecture room for info sessions on the region.
Amenities and services at lodges in the Amazon vary considerably. You can contact the lodges yourself or go through an agency such as Amazing Tours in Manaus. Lodges are fine if you want to relax but with a cruise, you'll see more of the Amazon and do a lot more.
Luxury hotels haven't arrived in Manaus yet. Base your choice on location. Close to Amazon Clipper Cruises' dock is Tropical Manaus. Rooms in this sprawling old wood hotel vary greatly. At minimum, book a superior room. Park Suites Manaus lies just down the road from Tropical Manaus. The same chain operates the downtown Go Inn Manaus, a block from the Opera House, which has compact rooms.
DINING (B): Windows line the Amazon Clipper Premium's air-conditioned dining room, where meals feature beef ribs, pasta and pirarucu. The small bar offers a limited selection of liquor, wine and beer as well as the national drink, caipirinha, made with rum.
Downtown Manaus has limited restaurant choices. Fiorentina serves traditional Italian food and offers a lunchtime buffet. Ask for a window table on the second floor, which overlooks a quiet park. During Pope John Paul II's 1981 visit, he dined at Canto da Peixada, a fish restaurant that's a short taxi ride from downtown.
ACTIVITIES (A+): In 2014, Manaus will host four FIFA World Cup games in its new stadium. Most other activities center on the water. Popular tours include boat trips to the Meeting of the Waters, the giant lily pads and other nearby sites, fishing and overnight cruises. Manaus is also the departure point for float plane tours and numerous lodges in the rainforest.
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Hornet boys buried by Miners, Bays beaten
L'ANSE – Tangling with the U.P.'s No. 2 boys' basketball team in Class ABC was too tough for L'Anse to handle Tuesday night, as Negaunee won going away, 70-42.
The Purple Hornets (3-5) stayed in contact with the Miners through the first half, trailing 25-15 at the break despite just four second-quarter points, but the Miners put up 25 and 20 over the last two frames to roll to victory.
"They put a lot of pressure defensively. They're long enough and have very quick hands and do a good job of getting in passing lanes," L'Anse coach Mike Ostermeyer said of the one-loss Miners.
Tyler Jandron led all scorers with 19 for the Miners. Eric Lori added 14.
L'Anse got 11 points from James Veker in his first action since an ankle injury against Calumet Jan. 3. Jacob Ostermeyer led his team in scoring, knocking down four triples for 12 points.
The Hornets return to WestPAC play with a Friday home game against West Iron County.
The Miners won the JV game.
Negaunee 14 11 25 20 – 70
L'Anse 11 4 7 20 – 42
Negaunee – Tyler Jandron 19, Eric Lori 14, Tanner Uren 8, Nick Martin 8, Nolan Bergstrom 6, Andrew Katona 5, Brock Weaver 4, Zane Radloff 2, Michael Anderson 2, Kevin O'Keefe 2; FT: 6-9; Fouls: 15; Fouled out: Katona; 3-point field goals: Lori 2, Jandron 1, Uren 1, Martin 1, Katona 1.
L'Anse – Jacob Ostermeyer 12, James Veker 11, Keith Denomie 5, Jonny Magaraggia 4, Brett Martinez 4, Daniel Perrow 3, Alex Karcher 3; FT: 11-16; Fouls: 7; Fouled out: none; 3-point field goals: Ostermeyer 4, Perrow 1, Denomie 1, Karcher 1.
Superior Central 71, Dollar Bay 32
DOLLAR BAY – The Bays' bid to double up their win total ended quickly Tuesday, as Superior Central outscored the Bays 19-4 in the first quarter to take the long road home with a win.
"They were consistent, probably in all areas," DB coach Jesse Kentala said of the visitors from Alger County.
Three Cougars scored in double figures, with Matt Verbrigghe and Bryce Richard posting a co-leading 16 apiece.
Dollar Bay had an above-average night offensively, but its 71 points against was a season worst.
"Even after made shots by us, we didn't get back quick enough and they took advantage of it. Probably 20 points off easy lay-ups," Kentala said.
Tom Dunstan led DB (1-8) with 12 points and Carl Kangas had 11. The Bays play Chassell at home next Tuesday.
Superior Central won the JV game.
S. Central 19 19 16 17 – 71
Dollar Bay 4 10 6 12 – 32
Superior Central – Tyler Kienitz 3, Daniel Steward 8, Nicholas Maki 4, Cody Maki 8, Matt Verbrigghe 16, Skylar Lloyd 2, Trevor Maki 12, Justin Hill 2, Bryce Richard 16; FT: 9-16; Fouls: 17; Fouled out: none; 3-point field goals: Kienitz 1, C. Maki 2, T. Maki 1.
Dollar Bay – Carl Kangas 11, Tom Dunstan 12, Cam Ringler 5, Mike Marcol 2, Tyler Jarvi 2; FT: 5-15; Fouls: 13; Fouled out: none; 3-point field goals: Dunstan 1.
Ewen-Trout Creek 76, Watersmeet 48
WATERSMEET – The Panthers ruled the boards and displayed increased scoring depth for an easy Porcupine Mountain Conference road win Tuesday.
Lane Brown, Keith Kauss and nick Hearns had 11 rebounds apiece as E-TC ran its record to 6-2. In addition, Brown scored 16 points and Hearns 12 to make for twin double-doubles.
"We got some balanced scoring tonight. We got really good games out of Nick Hearns and Lane Brown," E-TC coach Brad Besonen said.
The Panthers kept their offensive output consistent all night, scoring 18 or 20 points in every quarter as the Nimrods struggled to keep up. Another consistent source of production was guard Dillon Gordon, who posted a pedestrian (for him) 23 to lead all scorers.
Watersmeet was led by 13 points from Kevin Stevens.
The Panthers, who won the JV game, play at Chassell Thursday night.
Ewen-TC 18 20 20 8 – 76
Watersmeet 10 12 12 14- 48
Ewen-Trout Creek – Tanner Driesenga 4, Mike Borseth 7, Andy Meverden 2, Cole Besonen 8, Nick Hearns 12, Dillon Gordon 23, Keith Kauss 4, Lane Brown 16; FT: 2-7; Fouls: 14; Fouled out: none; 3-point field goals: Borseth 1, Gordon 3.
Watersmeet – Mike McGrath 6, Israel Bolton 6, Ryan Bain 2, Kevin Ivey 2, Cody Caudill 4, Kevin Stevens 13, Sam Lillie 9, Marcus Bain 6; FT: 4-9; Fouls: 10; Fouled out: none; 3-point field goals: Bolton 2.


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Joseph A. Testa, 85, of Northern Boulevard, passed away Thursday morning, April 10, 2014, at his home with his loving family at his bed side.
Born in Amsterdam, New York, he was the son of the late Aniello and Angelina Natoli Testa. He was a lifelong Amsterdam resident and a graduate of Wilbur H. Lynch High School.
Joe was employed as a leather sorter for Amsterdam Glove Company for over 30 years. He was an avid golfer and a member of the Amsterdam Municipal Golf Course playing every Tuesday evening. Joe was also a fixture at the O.T.B. in Amsterdam. He was a great cook and known for all his great Italian diners that he would cook for all his family and friends. Joe loved spending time with his family especially his grandchildren.
On September 9, 1951 he married the former Theresa C. LaConte. Besides being survived by his wife of 63 years of marriage, Joe is survived by his daughter, Deborah A. (James) Sprung of Johnstown; a sister Lena Bucciferro of Perth; three grandchildren, Lisa (Jason) Sponaas, Gary Vertucci and Brandon Vertucci; seven grandchildren, Jasmine, Jayson, Annamarie, Adrianna, Gary Joseph, Jr., Joseph and Zakary; several nieces, nephews and cousins also survive. Joe was predeceased by five brothers, Anthony, Fred, Al, Frankie and Tommie and two sisters, Mary and Rosie.
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Skip to comments.Breaking: Holder Tries to Re-grab Texas, Announces Nationwide Attack on Election Integrity
Posted on 07/25/2013 8:42:58 AM PDT by smoothsailing
July 25, 2013
Two important developments this morning. First: Attorney General Eric Holder will announce that the Justice Department will initiate broad nationwide attacks on election integrity measures like Voter ID using the remaining portions of the Voting Rights Act. Last month, the Supreme Court struck down the 1965 triggers that forced 15 states to submit election law changes to Washington D.C. for federal approval.
Second: despite the Supreme Court's ruling, the Justice Department announced it will try to recapture Texas under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act by showing the state continues to act with a racially discriminatory intent when passing voting laws.
Some of Holder's reaction is because dozens of highly paid federal employees are now idled. James Buchanan won the Nobel Prize in Economics by explaining Holder's actions as Public Choice Theory — bureaucrats announce policies to help bureaucrats, even if disguised as an act inspired by a public purpose.
For the last few weeks, Voting Section employees have taken extended coffee breaks, and even more extended lunches. But there was hope — outgoing Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez referred to the state of Louisiana as the "full employment for Voting Section lawyers state."
That means Governor Bobby Jindal can expect more targeting by the DOJ Voting Section.
But this announcement is all about the midterm elections. Obama wants the House back, and the Justice Department is again being turned into a political weapon using the cloak of Civil Rights. This has become the new civil rights model. Because Democratic interests are so perfectly aligned with the civil rights establishment — in no small measure because of extreme block voting by American blacks — the DOJ is now an arm of the DNC.
Will states have the competence and ability to withstand Holder's attack? There are ways. Whether they will use them remains to be seen.
Would you mind posting a table like this on the "natural born citizen" threads? There are tons of keyword spammers on those threads.
A SCOTUS ruling means nothing to them, their Injustice Department trumps the justices on the court.
Me, too. That's why I'm "Unreconstructed."
Its always been about money and power.
"It's payback time."
Their hatred for our nation knows no bounds.
It's okay for Kenyans, but not for Americans:
Oh, clever!
Ted Cruz or Gov Perry should offer the following regarding Holder:Good idea, bears repeating.
Yes, there was a time in the south where racism was part of the restrictive practices of the government in power. However, as more Republicans have been voted into office in these southern states, much has been done to remove the racist policies that were put in place by over 100 years of democrats holding the majority of elected offices.
Maybe Holder, Obama and the Chinese think Texas stands in their way... Just a guess..
This is all looking very Nazi-ish.
AG Holder has begun his assault on the State of Texas. Holder, not happy with the SCOTUS decision on the Voting Rights Act, has asked a federal court in San Antonio to require the state of Texas to obtain approval in advance before putting future voting changes in place.
Hmmmm....federal court in San Antonio....isn't this the court that ruled against TX voter ID law, previously? The Supreme Court has ruled, yet witHolder's going to send it back to this court??
Do I have this right, or have I missed something?
We are really in a fight for our lives..
You're exactly right.
"This illusion enables Obama's behavior to go unrecognized by many who would otherwise be alarmed".
They are the Useful Idiots.
Many of the political prisoners who Stalin sent to the Gulags and had later been released, wept when Stalin died. That's very telling.
Why do you think HUD is gearing up to forcibly relocate minorities into the suburbs?
That is going to conflict with their Agenda 21 agenda of moving most people into the cities.
I hope you are right. I assume you live in Texas!
If this isn't enough for Perry and Abbott to stand up and yell "Hell No!" and talk seccession, nothing will.
Perry, or someone should take a poll and ask "If Texas seceeded would you volunteer to help guard the border?" If it's a huge "Yes" then go for it.
More nationwide vote stealing.
They are just BEGGING for trouble.
Finally, someone here actually understands what time it is.
We saw our last "honest" and open national election in 2008.
Cook County has gone national and 2012 proved that the entire electoral process is rigged - and the Party will ensure it's own will take the crown - even if it has to create 100% returns for their candidate in counties and wards their people control.
Holding onto what is left of your wealth, property and liberty - cannot be done by working with or within the corrupted system. We have exhausted every box of civility available to us. We're dealing with tyrants in power - and they have corrupted the nation and seized total power for themselves. The rule of law is dead.
We now live under the rule of the tyranny of men at their whim. Elections, protests - are playing in their sandbox by their corrupted rules as they make them up.
Texas is "red, white & blue" like the State Flag is. Texas will NOT become Commie. Too many freedom lovers: Oilies, Rednecks, Farmers, Business Owners and Vets. They can pass any law they want, they can try to subject and occupy Texas, but that will be much harder than they can imagine. I get up each morning and read the news then I look out my front door and tell myself this is still Texas where I live. Feel Better.
Bump! Obozo is going to meet someone who loves Texas as much as Obozo hates it.
Greg Abbott will be the next Governor of Texas.
The time of the ballot box is over.
The time of the mail box has passed.
The time of the jury box has had its last hurrah.
The time of the soap box is rapidly ending.
That leaves only one box left.
Get yours, while it's still legal...
wow, good thing we didn't elect Romney...
You must not live in or near Austin. Because they are hell bent on turning Texas into another hell hole like Kalifornia or Screw York.
So does this mean the Democrats act in a 'racially discriminatory' manner when they REQUIRE an ID in order to gain entry into their convention?
without the voter fraud Obama's clear the field tactics can't work.
Nope, I live in the middle of the "Big Nothing" about 14 miles from "Paint Creek" where Gov. Perry grew up.
I despise Austin & it's weirdo's.
I read the news on the web each morning and wonder what planet all that is happening on.
Then I get in my pickup and drive to the farm and forget about it for a while.
In the evening I spend some time talking with others on the web about the days news.
How about an independent Texas? How many other states could join a new CSA? (Consitutional States of America). This could be the opening salvo of CW II.
then the texas legislature needs to empower the outer counties.
One county one state electoral vaote, win the majority of counties SEPERATLY and that gives the whole electoral prize to the county by county majority.
This way a county's population does not matter and it empowers the rural areas. So houston county has the same ONE vote as some small rural county.
Love it!
Do you know if it's a bumper sticker?
"The rule of law is dead."
See my post #2 dated 4Jun2009:
To: syc1959
Welcome to New Kenya (Africa U.S.A.)
Where the law of the jungle has replaced the Law of the Land!
2 posted on 06/04/2009 9:18:36 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Once a Republic, Now a State, Still Texas)
It was known then where we are.
In fact, the Supreme Court's decision in Minor v. Happersett is a good example of states having the constitutional authority to prohibit citizens from voting on the basis of criteria which the states have never amended the Constitution to protect. Regarding the Minor case, the Court concluded that the Constitution did not protect a woman's right to vote at the time that the case was decided.
Regarding state laws which require voters to present a valid photo ID in order to vote for example, the states have never amended the Constitution to prohibit the states from not letting citizens vote if they can't show a photo ID. So the federal government has no constitutional authority to "fix" what is not broken with respect to such voting laws.
In addition to requiring citizens to present photo ID before voting, I suggest that the states also require citizens to pass a basic constitutional law test, either written or oral. The test would stress voters being aware of two aspects of the federal government's constitutonally limited powers, one aspect being the Founding States' division of federal and state government powers.
The other aspect, based on the division of powers, is Justice John Marshall's official clarification of Congress's limited power to lay taxes. Justice Marshall had noted that Congress cannot lay taxes in the name of state power issues, basically any issue which Congress cannot justify under its constitutonal Article I, Section 8-limited powers.
"Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States." --Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
The purpose for requiring citizens to pass a basic constitutional proficiency test before being allowing to vote is the following. Low-information citizens need to be on their guard for when candidates for Congress and the Oval Office try to win votes by promising to establish federal spending programs which the states have never granted the feds the specific power, via the Constitution, to tax and spend for.
As I have said many, many times here on FR, there is no state in this country that has the loyalty of its citizens like Texas does. We see it in evidence every day as we travel the streets, roads, and highways of our great State. In what other state does its citizens decorate their property with emblems of said state? Here we have items from mailboxes to covered trailers to doghouses to the roofs of businesses decorated with the State Flag. (An entire roof slope of a building with the Texas flag on it is awesome - and can certainly be seen from the air.) The Lone Star - within a circle - decorates buildings from homes to businesses (our bank sports a huge one on the front), ranch gates, cooking utensils and other sundry items, the geographical image of our State decorates clothing items such as jackets, boots, ladies' purses and totes, anything leather, ladies' earrings, bracelets and other jewelry, and anything else that seems appropriate. The claret house has a huge Lone Star within a circle and the numerals 1836 below the word Texas. Just a friendly reminder to all that we were a Republic once and we can certainly be one again.
And, of course, all of this is in addition to the Texas Flag which is flown - sometimes by itself. (Another subtle reminder...)
Don't Mess with Texas!
When I traveled to Europe recently, whenever people asked where I was from, I would always say, "Texas."
They thought they put an end to Perry in the primaries but here they are again.
I'd have given anything if Perry would have defined the debates instead of getting beaten by them. Why he'd even attend on pain meds blows my mind. He's a great leader.
Yep, those two happy boys will be behind this like Reggie is behind Obama.
Mega Bump!
I'm so ready for President Perry - of Texas.
Where do I sign up for this honour?
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Rumbling Hearts
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Three years have passed since the accident, and Haruka is still in a coma. Takayuki and Mitsuki are in a loveless relationship and ridden with guilt. Of their old group, only Shinji has made something of his life.
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Square Grouper Tiki Bar
"It's five o'clock somewhere."
It's a saying made famous by country crooner Alan Jackson and island lifestyle savant Jimmy Buffett. But did you know the setting of the music video was film in our own backyard? A stalwart of Jupiter Inlet's good times, the Square Grouper Tiki Bar is a must-visit come sunset for visitors and natives alike, located just across the channel from the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse. On an incoming tide, the water is as aquamarine as the Bahamas, and the scene just as idyllic.
What started as a bate shop and spot to grab some brews before hitting the seas 10 years ago has morphed into an open-air, Caribbean/tiki-themed bar and grill that serves as a harbinger of good times and a marina for a quick jaunt in the Atlantic. Two bars serve the drinks, and there is no shortage of specialty island-style sips. Breakfast, a mix of pineapple and orange vodkas, is good any time of the day, and specials on Sailor Jerry will make the rum hound happy. The grub menu is light, mostly bar food—burgers and wings—but the bar is renovating with a new kitchen and will be expanding the menu soon.
Square Group presents live music nearly every day, with a few band favorites making the rounds on a rotating schedule as well as some traveling acts and newcomers thrown into the mix. For a look at the lineup, visit squaregrouper.net and scroll through Upcoming Events.
As for boaters, there are 19 slips for paying customers, which are mostly snagged by fishing charters. There is a floating dock to tie up to for short stays as well as a gas station for those needing to top off the tanks.
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Skip to comments.Oakland Neighbors Policing Their Own Streets As They Lose Faith In Cops
Posted on 02/26/2013 9:10:45 PM PST by 444Flyer
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) Oaklands crime problems have gotten so bad that some people arent even bothering to call the cops anymore; instead, theyre trying to solve and prevent crimes themselves.
KPIX 5 cameras caught up with a half dozen neighbors in East Oaklands Arcadia Park neighborhood Monday as they walked the streets on the lookout for crime. The vigilance has never seemed more necessary than now; 25 homes in the neighborhood have been burglarized over the last two months alone.
In a neighborhood that has started to feel like the wild west, people have even started posting wanted signs.
(Excerpt) Read more at sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com ...
From the sound of it, there are multiple thugs coming through neighborhoods together. I hope Mr./Ms. Tarvins has a firearm with the ability to defend themself against more than 2-3+ robbers/rapists/murderers at a time.
Soon, the State of California and the Obama administration plan to be infringing on those rights if they have their way. All in the name of 'public safety'. Blatant irrationality.
Aren't the Mexicans in Mexico doing that in a particular town?
Maybe they saw how well it worked out for George Zimmerman.
Calling Travon Martin....
Looks like part of the plan to societal self destruct.
More specifically, consider the following relatively old court case.
Warren v. District of Columbia
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals decided that, in my words, police protection is not a constitutional right. So the people of Oakland are self-policing themselves as the Founding States had arguably intended when they wrote the 2nd Amendment, not that citizens of Oakland ae necessarily pro-gun rights. Critiques welcome.
Epic Beard Man, he's got my vote for everything from City Councilman to President to Pope.
Oakland. Now, there's a story, without enough words.
All this is happening in a city that has been ruled by communists (Dellums), marxists (Dellums, Lee?, etc), socialists and assorted psycho-radicals since the 1960's.
Reaping what they voted for. Now some are wising up and recognizing the need for a viable 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self defense.
Oh how the worm has turned.
Singing "Could be startin' something".
When living in Oakland, remember, Double Tap!
Why, they learned a lesson from GZ's misadventure. They are not going to call the cops, neither before the confrontation nor after. It is an old maxim that involving the police can only make a bad situation worse.
If we imagine that GZ and TM were all alone in this world, with no police, GZ would have crawled from under the body of TM, dusted himself off, and proceeded to wherever he was going. Being a good neighbor, he would also arrange for the dead body to be removed. That's all. Total expense: $1 for the spent round, and a few more for a garbage truck run.
Of course, today we do not permit the strong to make their own laws and to enforce them - for better or for worse. But the role of police in GZ's case is hardly positive. They didn't save him from near death, and they are about to destroy his life. They are just finishing the job that TM started.
With Grandma as Chief of Police:
65-year-old Woman Thwarts Robbery on Jewellery Store in Garden Grove, California
--Must see you tube!
There were dire warnings that the criminal elements would take over the city. Windows were boarded,children kept inside. People decamped for safer places.
Crime dropped.
By 40%.
Every neighborhood, every city block, had armed citizens patroling with hunting rifles and shotguns. Criminals decamped for safer places.
We get as much crime as we tolerate.
I wonder if the police in Oakland are enforcing gun laws and making sure these neighborhoods are being policed by people legally allowed to own and handle weapons? Maybe the state legislators making the draconian gun laws should be forced to park for several hours in Oakland unarmed.
Is it possible the people gave the cops a bad time about being 'racists' everytime they shot a criminal or roughed someone up, that the cops said, "Forget you."
So the center of liberalism is soft on crime? What a surprise! So liberals really don't want to stop criminals from waltzing in and taking what is "rightfully" theirs from hard-working productive citizens. What a surprise!
So liberals want to take guns from honest, law-abiding non-violent citizens and deliberately leave them in the hands of criminals! What a surprise!
"Is it possible the people gave the cops a bad time about being racists everytime they shot a criminal or roughed someone up, that the cops said, Forget you. "
Those were the old days; now many of the cops themselves are black due to affirmative action/the criminalizing of whiteness. Here in NJ they laid off so many cops (especially the recent crops of unqualified tokens) that the remaining police forces are middle-aged; people will grow up quickly here as the urban raiding parties, having picked the welfare reservations clean, fan out along the frontier.
They have enough tax money though to give to the wealthy owners of the Oakland Raiders.
Open carry of even an unloaded weapon in California is illegal unless it is on your own property.
Maybe the state legislators making the draconian gun laws should be forced to park for several hours in Oakland unarmed.
AND unprotected. Good thought.
An OPD of my acquaintance tells me that the neighborhoods where gang murders are rampant are known as a "self-cleaning oven".
Meanwhile, in different State houses in America. The Leftists are plotting to disarm the population.
And locally...the example mentioned above.
"City Wants Power To Disarm Individuals During Crisis (Guntersville, Alabama)"
Plus, in CA, it is near impossible to acquire a CC permit.
Noting that the Bill of Rights (BoR), including 2A, originally didn't apply to the states, consider that John Bingham, the main author of Sec. 1 of 14A, had officially included 2A when he read the first eight amendments as examples of constitutonal statutes containing privileges and immunities which 14A applied to the states. See 2A in the middle column of the page linked to below from the post-Civil War congressional record.
Congressional Globe, House of Representatives, 42nd Congress, 1st Session
And for those of you who haven't seen the following, the Supreme Court later clarified that the 2A was made not to give the right to bear arms, but to clarify that Congress cannot infringe on the natural right (my term) to use arms in self-defense against another citizen when necessary.
"The second and tenth counts are equally defective. The right there specified is that of "bearing arms for a lawful purpose." This is not a right granted by the Constitution. Neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence. The second amendment declares that it shall not be infringed, but this, as has been seen, means no more than that it shall not be infringed by Congress. This is one of the amendments that has no other effect than to restrict the powers of the national government, leaving the people to look for their protection against any violation by their fellow citizens of the rights it recognizes, to what is called, in The City of New York v. Miln, 11 Pet. 139, the "powers which relate to merely municipal legislation, or what was, perhaps, more properly called internal police," "not surrendered or restrained" by the Constitution of the United States." --United States v. Cruikshank, 1875.
So the states now arguably have as much constitutional red tape as Congress does with respect to regulating arms.
On the other hand, noting that Bingham had also clarified that 14A did not take away state's rights, although I think that guns need be regulated to an extent with respect to age requirements and other uncommon common sense considerations, I believe that such laws should be left up to the states, not the federal government. After all, it's too easy for anti-gun rights liberals to abuse federal legislative powers to trash our natural right to self-defense.
In fact, consider a major 14A obstacle federal lawmakers who want to take away our gun rights. When Congress makes gun laws, 14A arguably requires Congress to make only laws which prevent the states from enforcing state gun laws which abridge our natural right to self defense.
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I think by now we, as taxpayers, are just about fed up with the welfare system and the benefits these people receive. They are treated better than our senior citizens who had worked their whole lives and paid taxes until they retired, some on a small income with no benefits at all.
There are liberal groups such as The New York Times that are against any type of revisions in the give-away programs, calling it an attempt to destroy the poor people.
But who are the poor people? They are the people who have to buy their own benefits, buy their own groceries, pay for their own children, buy their own cars and gas, buy their own homes and pay their taxes so the other poor people, who don't pay taxes, don't work or have to do anything to improve their own life.
Generations of these people constantly live off of the taxpayers every day, even the poor taxpayers who don't even come close to enjoying life like the free-loaders do.
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That paper is out of touch with reality. Let's continue on for the free-loaders and what they also receive. Believe it or not, they are entitled to Social Security checks even when they are not eligible in age. Now the good part is they are also entitled to file income tax reports and receive tax returns on the same money they have taken from the taxpayers.
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Recently it was mentioned in the news that learning cursive writing is being phased out in the schools as there isn't enough time to teach that along with computer instruction. In some areas fingerprints are now becoming the new signature.
With computers and other technology there is less need for pen and paper, but writing can still be a useful tool. Handwriting is an extension of yourself.
You are still asked to both sign and print your name on legal documents.
Relying too much on technology can be a disadvantage when you don't have access to technology and you didn't learn the manual version.
Along with my use of the newer technology I also write notes, letters, etc. every day and can't imagine not knowing cursive.
There will always be change, but replacing rather than adding to our skills may not be in our best interest.
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