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Lets see. The worst thing was a few of my Catholic grade school teachers. If something didn't make sense of what they were saying or if two things contradicted themselves (teachers vs bible, or bible vs bible) I would always ask for that to be explained more, not as being an asshole but being in grade school I honestly didn't get it. I would get "pray and ask god". My answer to that was usually "he doesn't answer". Then came a detention. I would then ask the principal. Boom Demerit. The pastor was actually very good in the sense he would explain it out and eventually would remove the demerits and said "next time you have a question write it down and come to me after and I will be more then happy to explain it". Funny how the priest was the most reasonable in those situations.
I also remember this very clearly. We would go to confession once a week. Being a young kid it was hard to mess up between getting up > school > sports > homework > dinner >bed, let alone being scared to death to mess up because "god was watching". I didn't go to confession because I didn't have anything to confess. A teacher (one of the ones that gave me detentions in the story above), pulled me aside and, almost yelling, said "Go to confession now! What if you get killed tomorrow? Your going to go to hell because you didn't confess your sins." I was shitting my pants because of that and needless to say I went to confession every other dayish for a few months.
I remember how frightened I was of hell, so frightened I went down to the front of the church often to try to save myself from eternal hell. When I was older I quit church altogether and just tried to forget about it. I was that way until my near death experience. I knew after that hell existed only in the minds of frightened men. I read everything I could get my hands on about religion and spirituality. I feel totally safe now and secure in my beliefs. I help others who are fearful and some that have tried to commit suicide. I wrote a book on NDEs and hope it will help others as I have been helped. Parts of it can be read at KenKatin.com now. I have devoted my life to stop the teaching of heaven and hell in religion. It is not important whether you believe in God of not. What is important that you love.
Being subjected to church EVERY sunday for 1 - 1 and a half hours. Made me feel like killing myself. Not a happy clappy one either.. a catholic one :l
The only thing I can think of isn't really comparable to some of these stories. But the christian school I attended shared a bus with the nearby highschool. I was over-weight, awkward, and obnoxious about my religion. A lot of the high school students would tease me. One kid (who I believe was an atheist, but I'm not sure) would stick up for me when he thought the other kids were going to far. One week after he wasn't on the bus for a few days in a row I found out that he had attempted suicide and was in critical condition in the hospital. I became incredibly terrified that this kid that was nice to me was going to hell. He was gone for a month before I found he was okay and getting help, but during that month I was filled with genuine terror for him.
Man I wouldn't know where to start without giving my life story in all honesty haha. Well as a boy I lived with my step mom and dad while we were in New York. I'll be frank my step mom was an abusive bitch and I remember being beaten if I fiddled and didn't pay attention in church. My dad was never around, no he wouldn't put up with it. But that was a rare thing.
No thats not all that bad I suppose...I think what's worse is in my case even to this day I am constantly going through this vicious cycle of fearing hell but while wanting to live a free life. It's pretty tormenting considering all the friends I have (had?) are all devote Christians and some whom got me more involved in the Church once upon a time. I'm probably rambling at this point. But in all honesty its because of them I stopped believing. After a while it got to the point where this particular church had the "OK U HAZ JEZUS NOW! Now go do your thing" (which is pretty much what most mission trips are, silly silly) in all honesty I questioned the trust I had for my friends considering they seemed to ignore me.
There was also another time I attempted to start a Christian metal band and wanted to use the church as practice but when I asked the youth minister he declared that I was not a member despite the fact I had to work the past 4 sundays. Whatevs, Christian metal sucks anyways.
I think that's really about it. somehow I always think I knew I wasn't born to believe all the bullshit, and it does stuff to a kid when he is surrounded people are (or atleast seem liek they are) very into it, and I am just unable to connect to God in ways they same to be able too. Loneliness in a crowd is the best way I could put it.
Thats pretty terrible though. I never really asked any, I had ADHD bad as a little kid so most of it went over my head. And I've done rounds in foster homes so I know it sucks. They seem to know when were getting smart thats why they do things like shy away from us or in this case lock us in a closet
Fortunately, nothing that bad has happened to me, I never was 'religious' to be honest, but I always felt that religion was imposed on me and that bugged me. I was always a curious kid, once in fourth grade I asked my teacher, "how was the Moon created?". She answered, "god made the Moon." I tried to explain the theory which most scientists accepted, but the whole class burst out laughing. Everyone believed what my teacher, well every student tends to but it frustrated me. I wanted a definite, detailed description of events leading to the creation of our natural satellite but she simply said, "god did it." That was perhaps the worst thing that has ever happened.
As I grew older my curiosity supposedly reached heights, heights as in I began to question the existence of gods in the company of strict, religious, North Indian Hindus. I visited a temple during summer, it was a site which one of the Hindu deities visited. There I asked my mom and her friends, "Do we even know if the history of this site is accurate? Is there a record of any sort? Look at those people who flocked from far off places to here where an avatar of 'god' himself visited - how do they or we even know if there's a god?" I got reprimanded that day and told strictly that I musn't question such things - in doing so, I will upset the gods, lol. It made no sense to me, I'm glad I'm drifted away from religion.
Sorry to hear that
I... I have no words. Only internet hugs of which, fortunately, I have plenty.
Belle, that is terrible. I am so sorry. I hope you had or have supporting people irl who you can talk to about the rape? Thanks for sharing something so difficult. I would never have guessed, because you seem to have an unstoppable spirit.
It's very courageous of you to share about it. Thank you. I think you're right...talking about rape, something still sort of taboo, is important.
The worst thing for me was developing a sense of self while Christian.
I spent the majority of my life hating myself. At least 15 years. Hatred. Loathing. Disgust. Shame.
As a child, I was suicidal because of these feelings. I would not have felt this way had I not learned to think of LGBT people as despicable, unnatural, disgusting, barely human, willful sinners, abominations...
In adolescence and perhaps earlier, I tried to repress my sexuality, to become straight.
I did not date boys (or girls) as a teenager. I taught myself to live without emotion.
I had a breakdown of sorts in college. In the next few years, I had to rediscover my sexuality because it was so deeply repressed. I am grateful that I was able to remain at school given everything I was dealing with.
Since then, I have learned not to hate myself, most of the time. I do not know if I will ever have a healthy sense of self.
I still struggle to socialize and date. I do not know if I will ever have a life-partner. I fear living out an old age and dying alone.
I am a lot better, but I have a long way to go. I am missing age-related developmental milestones. My life is not progressing. I feel like I am not fully an adult.
I wish I had never gone to Catholic school, attended church, CCD, youth group, and lived in such a conservative town. I feel it is a small "miracle" that I did not become a statistic during those painful days in my childhood when I felt God had rejected me because I was some sort of evil perversion of nature, not even worthy of God's mercy.
Belle, that is an amazingly positive way to look at it and I like that. I will try to adopt that kind of attitude! Sadly, I'm sure my experience is not uncommon among the LGBT community. I'm actually "bisexual" or queer...looks like Sami explains the scope of "bisexuality" pretty well below... I've been an atheist maybe 2 years-ish.


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Now, it seems, I am eating my flame-broiled words, and leaving my trusty skillet to languish in the cupboard.
It all started when my wife went to Target to pick up some paper towels and throat lozenges. When she returned, she was straining under the load of this:
I was not thrilled to see her lugging this cumbersome new toy into the house, because the kids' play area, at the time, looked like this:
In our defense, about fifty percent of that stuff was given to us, and another thirty percent we bought second-hand. So we're incredibly indulgent, but at least we're thrifty. That's got to count for something.
In fact, the only reason my wife bought the kitchen play set was because it was fifty percent off.
It looked like a nice unit from the picture on the box. Much sturdier and more tasteful than a lot of the garish plastic crap we tend to collect. So why on earth was it half off?
Perhaps this had something to do with it:
And yes, they are eating peas right out of the freezer for breakfast while still wearing their jammies. That's what they requested.
Assembling the grill was almost exactly as involved as assembling the girls' kitchen play set. Once again, I toiled in the dead of night, with my trusty halogen work light set up out on the deck.
And in the morning, this is what I beheld:
But then there was the matter of fuel. I didn't want to mess around with cans of liquid propane, and always be anxious that we were going to run out; so we had ordered a grill that ran on natural gas. That required running a gas line from the house out to the corner of the deck. Like so:
I know, I know. I've said a million times that grilling is overrated, and that real foodies use pans. And yet here I am slavering all over this great blast furnace like a caricature of a suburban dad accessing his inner caveman.
I can't defend my feelings here. The heart wants what it wants.
And my heart wants perfectly grilled meat.
|Meat shaped like the United States of America
|Meat that still has some skeleton on it
|Meat that has escaped the claws of grizzly bears

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ANAHEIM, Calif. (July 11, 2007)
- The U.S. Men's National Team has reached its first major goal of the 2007 season: it will play in the final round of the FIVB World League.
Now, Team USA must fight any feelings of "just being happy to be there" and buckle down to win its final-round pool, starting Thursday at Spodek Hall in Katowice, Poland.
"We're happy to be here and we look forward to good matches," U.S. Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) said at a press conference on Tuesday. "We're satisfied that we came here, but it's a new game now and we have to face strong teams. I hope we advance to the semifinals."
The United States is in Pool E for the final round. The pool also includes France, which finished second to the U.S. Men in pool play but earned the FIVB wild card into the final round, and Poland, which won its pool, but also advanced as the host country.
Poland defeated France 3-2 (38-36, 19-25, 21-25, 25-21, 15-11) in the first final-round match on Wednesday. The U.S. Men start play on Thursday against France (2 p.m. EDT) and on Friday against Poland (2 p.m. EDT).
The United States and France split their four pool-play matches, with each team winning one home match and one away contest. All the matches went to four sets except the very first, played on May 26 in Portland, Ore., which France won in five.
France finished World League pool play with a 7-5 record, having also lost two matches to Italy and one to Japan. The U.S. Men finished pool play at 10-2, losing only to France.
"We're happy to be playing a team we've played before and played pretty well," McCutcheon said. "On the flip side, they know us."
Outside hitter Guillaume Samica led France in scoring during pool play, and finished tied for fourth among all World League scorers, with 170 points. French libero Jean-Francois Exiga led all diggers in pool play with a 2.43 per set average.
Poland will also provide a major challenge for the U.S. Men. Not only did Poland finish second at the 2006 FIVB World Championships, but it will have a home crowd of more than 10,000 screaming fans.
"There's a lot of energy" said McCutcheon, who learned this firsthand during the 2006 FIVB World League when the U. S. Men had to play Poland in Poland during pool play. "But with that many screaming fans, it's tough to communicate as well as we'd like to."
Outside hitter Michal Winiarski has led Poland in scoring, and is 15th overall, with 140 points. Winiarski led all World League competitors in spikes with a 56.86 success percentage. Opposite Mariusz Wlazly is second on the team in scoring with 136.
Pool F includes four-time defending World League champion Brazil, Russia and Bulgaria. Bulgaria surprised Brazil on Wednesday with a 3-2 (21-25, 25-20, 21-25, 25-23, 15-12) victory in the first round.
The top two finishers in each pool will face each other (Nos. 1 vs. Nos. 2) in the semifinals on July 14. The winners will play for the World League championship and the losers will play for third place on July 15.
Focusing on his own team, McCutcheon has been pleased with the U.S. Men's progress throughout the tournament.
"The thing that's been nice with this group and all 19 men on the roster is that every weekend we've improved," he said. "We hope to keep building on what we've achieved in pool play. I think we will."
Although McCutcheon used various lineups throughout pool play, the group he has taken to Poland is the same one he used for the last three weekends of pool play. That group went 6-0 in four matches against Italy and two against Japan.
Outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) led the U.S. Men in several categories during World League pool play. He was the leading scorer, and finished third overall, with 181 points. He was also the leading server, and fifth overall, with an average of 0.31 aces per set. He was the leading receiver, and third overall, with an efficiency percentage of 61.54. Middle blocker Ryan Millar (Palmdale, Calif.) was the second leading World League blocker with an average of 0.80 blocks per set.
All World League matches played in the United States and the World League finals are scheduled to be shown on ESPNU.
View a video interview with U.S. Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon at
Results, statistics and photos are available on the FIVB World League Web Site at www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2007.
The 2007 U.S. Men's media kit is available at www.usavolleyball.org/media/national/us_men_mediakit07.pdf (please note that this is a large PDF file).
2007 FIVB World League
Final Round Schedule
Pool E
July 11: Poland def. France, 3-2 (38-36 19-25 21-25 25-21 15-11)
July 12: France vs. USA, 11 a.m. PDT
July 13: Poland vs. USA, 11 a.m. PDT
Pool F
July 11: Bulgaria def. Brazil, 3-2 (21-25, 25-20, 21-25, 25-23, 15-12)
July 12: Bulgaria vs. Russia, 8 a.m. PDT
July 13: Russia vs. Brazil, 8 a.m. PDT
July 14
SF1: F winner vs. E second, 8 a.m. PDT
SF2: E winner vs. F second, 11 a.m. PDT
July 15
Loser SF1 vs. Loser SF2, 8 a.m. PDT
Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2, 11 a.m. PDT
U.S. 12-Man Roster
No. Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
2 Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
3 Jim Polster (OH, 6-6, Laguna Niguel, Calif., Long Beach State)
4 Brandon Taliaferro (S, 6-5, San Clemente, Calif., UCLA)
5 Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
7 David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
8 Reid Priddy (OH, 6-5, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
9 Ryan Millar (MB, 6-8, Palmdale, Calif., BYU)
10 Riley Salmon (OH, 6-6, League City, Texas, Pierce College)
12 Tom Hoff (MB, 6-8, Park Ridge, Ill., Long Beach State)
13 Clay Stanley (OPP, 6-9, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawai'i)
14 Kevin Hansen (S, 6-5, Newport Beach, Calif., Stanford)
15 Gabe Gardner (OH, 6-9, San Clemente, Calif., Stanford)


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About the Author: David C. Huebner is the U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand.He aha te mea nui?He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.
What is the most important thing? It is the people, the people, the people.
There is little or nothing that contributes more to mutual understanding between peoples than visiting each other … getting together … hanging out with each other … working on projects together. All that allows us to appreciate one another better … to talk to each other … to exchange ideas … to see each other as we really are, and not as middlemen choose to portray us to suit whatever their own agendas might be.
So, in my view, one of the coolest things about the State Department is the vast amount of resources and effort devoted simply to bringing people together. We run, sponsor, and facilitate a broad array of exchange programs.
The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is the State Department's premier professional exchange program. The IVLP seeks to build mutual understanding between the American people and the people of other nations through carefully designed short-term visits to the U.S. for current and potential foreign leaders in a variety of fields including education, the arts, government, politics, business, philanthropy, community organizing, and the media.
The visits are organized to reflect the International Visitors' professional interests and are consistent with the foreign policy goals of the United States. The programs are typically two or three weeks long. Airfare, accommodation, and reasonable per diem living expenses are covered by the Department for the visitors during their trips.
More than 4,000 International Visitors come to the United States from all over the world each year. Since its inception in 1940, the program has hosted more than 200,000 people from around the world … including more than 290 current and former Chiefs of State and Heads of Government … thousands of cabinet-level ministers … and many other distinguished leaders from the public and private sectors.
The aim of the International Visitor Leadership Program is upfront, honest, and direct -- to allow participants to gain a first-hand understanding of the people, diversity, culture, and nature of the United States. We do not ask for anything in return. If participants understand the U.S. a little better based on their personal experiences during their visits, we consider the programs a success.
In even the friendliest of places, anti-American prejudice is too often based on one-dimensional caricatures or cartoonish distortions passed along second- or third-hand. The IVLP simply seeks to pull opinion-formation into the first-person perspective, where it belongs. Take a look. Have a conversation. Wander around a bit. Kick the tires. Look under the hood. Make up your own mind. And if the experience seeds new ideas, creates new networks, and leads to new projects that help people, then we've hit a home run.
So, who exactly gets to be an International Visitor? Some participants are the kind of leaders you may never hear of, but they are people who make a profound impact within their communities. Participants from New Zealand have included environmentalists, university academics, religious leaders, NGO leaders, historians, primary and secondary school teachers, and journalists. There have been leaders from the Pasifika community, from Federated Farmers, and from the Maori Women's Welfare League. We have sent trade unionists, writers, artists, economists, museum directors, judges, and scientists on such programs.
The names of other International Visitors will be very very familiar to you … such as former New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange (in 1982), French President Nicolas Sarkozy (in 1985), Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (in 1987), former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark (in 1998), and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (in 2006). Over the years many New Zealand ministers and party leaders have participated in the IVLP.
We always seek a diverse bunch, because that's as it should be. Some are friendly to the United States … some, well, not so friendly. We don't care. We are not asking the leaders and emerging leaders to like us. We just hope that from a little first-hand experience, our respective peoples and nations will get to understand one another better -- even, quite frankly, if that exposure results in well-informed loathing.
We hope that connections will form and that the exchange of ideas will occur at all levels of society. We try to choose leaders, potential leaders, and other people who will be able to share their experiences with others when they return to their home countries.
One group of people that is especially well-placed to share their first-hand impressions -- positive or negative -- is the media. Over the years I think we've included journalists from just about every mainstream media organization in New Zealand. Folks from TVNZ and TV3 are on the list of past participants. The radio networks are represented. NZPA is there. So are the NZ Herald, the DomPost, the Christchurch Press, the ODT, the Sunday Star Times, and the Herald on Sunday.
And, because journalists are so important, in 2006 the State Department began running a specially tailored IVLP for the media known as the Edward R. Murrow Program. In just the few short years since then, the Murrow Program has welcomed to the U.S. more than 750 foreign journalists from at least 125 countries.
I am so very proud that our IVLP program allows some of New Zealand's most incisive, perceptive, and objective minds to see and judge for themselves. For more information please visit the Bureau of Cultural and Educational Affairs' website.
He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.Editor's Note: This entry was excerpted from Ambassador Huebner's blog, which you can read here.


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Advice on life and relationships
Sharon Ann Dror, born deaf, didn't enjoy seders with her hearing family while growing up in a traditional Jewish home in Santa Monica. She could read lips, but she couldn't see peoples' faces as they read from behind their Haggadot. &'009;
"I felt frustrated and bored," recalls the 38-year-old marketing manager, the founder of the Jewish Deaf Community Center. "I couldn't understand anything. I just read the Haggadah by myself, over and over. I wished that I could hear."
Passover wasn't the only time Dror felt shut out of Jewish life. Her parents attempted to enroll her in Hebrew school but couldn't find one willing to take a deaf child. Temple Beth Solomon of the Deaf in Arleta, offered religious school in sign language, but it was far away and Dror didn't know how to sign. She was raised in the oral communication method, which means she communicates by reading lips.
Dror was finally able to attend school at Chabad in Westwood, where "the rabbis had to keep moving their mustaches so I could read their lips," she says. &'009;
Those experiences turned Dror into an activist.
In 1992, Dror, now the mother of three deaf children, founded the Jewish Deaf Community Center to create more opportunities for deaf Jews in L.A. The JDCC provides seders, High Holiday services and other programs with a traditional Jewish bent and kosher food (Temple Beth Solomon is Reform). &'009;
Ultimately, though, Dror became dissatisfied with the center's annual sign-language seders. "The problem was that many deaf Jews did not have a Jewish education, so they didn't understand what was going on," she says.
The result, this year, is a brand-new, multimedia educational seder, developed by Dror and JDCC board member David Rosenbaum with a grant from the Los Angeles Jewish Community Foundation.
On March 31 at Burbank Temple Emanu El, up to 170 deaf Jews and their relatives will gather at small tables, family style, with a leader at each table. They'll gaze at two large TV monitors at each end of the room that will project Haggadah text and pictures describing essentials such as the seder plate. There will be a voice for hearing people to follow as well.
"The seder will be totally accessible for everyone," Dror says. "For deaf people, the key is that the seder is visually oriented, because deaf people are visually oriented. I'm hoping that when our deaf participants go home, they'll say, 'I finally understood the whole Haggadah, for the first time ever.'"
The JDCC seder costs $25 per person. For tickets and information, call (818) 845-9935 (voice); (818) 845-9934 (TTY); or (818) 845-9936 (fax).
Temple Beth Solomon is also hosting a seder at the Sportsmen's Lodge on April 1, the second night of Passover. For information, call (818) 899-2202 (voice); (818) 896-6721 (TTY); or (818) 899-2123 (fax).
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Skip to comments.Mayor Bloomberg: Government Shutdown Threat Makes Us "Look Like A Third World Country"
Posted on 09/30/2013 3:36:09 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Mayor Bloomberg said Congress is making the United States look like a third world country by threatening to shut down the government this week. DSC_5290.JPG This is an outrage. They cannot hold the country hostage. This is just plain and simple politics, Bloomberg said in response to questions about the impending shutdown Monday morning.
This is going to be devastating to all of Washington. Its devastating to this country, he said. We look like a third world country. Its going to hurt our economy. It leaves businesses up in the air in terms of making investments.
Bloomberg said that while Obamacare isnt a perfect bill, it passed fair and square and should be implemented.
Weve for a long time had an enormous problem with healthcare. Its going to bankrupt us unless we figure out a ways to do something about it, he said. I dont know that this is the perfect bill. It was written by committee. I would have done some things differently. But at this point, it was passed by a majority and we should put it in and see if it works.
He singled out the health insurance exchanges set to start this week as a promising part of the bill.
What has to happen here is the public has got to call their senators and congressman and say you just cannot do this. We will not tolerate this and will make you pay the price at the polls, he said.
If you want to have an ideological battle theres plenty of forums for that. And theres plenty of things that probably could use reform and there probably are things that we could spend less on, but you dont do it by paralyzing the government, Bloomberg said.
And in terms of the healthcare thing, you had a chance to vote against it. The public wanted it. Now I think weve gone so far down the road it would be a sin not to try it and see whether it works, and if it works, great, if it doesnt, you can always fix it.
While blasting the possibility of a shutdown, Bloomberg downplayed the immediate impact it would have on city government.
At the beginning it really doesnt hurt us, he said, adding the pain would grow if a shut down stretched on. Weve talked to every one of our agencies to make sure to the extent possible we can either substitute for what the federal government is doing on a short term basis or learn to cope and figure out how to keep people in the city safe. So its not great for anybody.
With your help and obama's we will be thank you!
Look like? Since Obama WE ARE!
No, Bloomie.
It's the now estimated 21 trillion in debt that makes your country look third world.
but not 30 mil illegals and Somali Jihadis based in the USA????
well that will bring us up from where Obama has put us at 4th World...
New York City IS a third world country!
Banning certain drinks makes us look like a third world country.
Dont say theres no such thing...
Obama is magical...
he can manage it...
No, you blooming idiot .. odungheap has accomplished that almost single-handedly.
Well Bloomberg has taken delight in making us look like a communist country so what gives him the right to complain.
No. I think a President who submits a budget his own party could not stomach, a President who single-handedly changes the very law he signed into law, and a President who insists on Soviet-style central planning using Executive Orders makes us look like a banana republic.
Opposed to a police state?
This is going to be devastating to all of Washington. Its devastating to this country, he said. We look like a third world country. Its going to hurt our economy. It leaves businesses up in the air in terms of making investments.
Hey Bloomie where have you been? Welcome to the Obamanation. It's been like that for almost 5 years.
Lying, psychotic liberals!
To the statist, the most horrible vision imaginable is the absence of the state.
So does telling your citizens what they can and can't eat, Mikey.
Go somewhere and sit down.
"This will hurt all of Washington"
Ah, things are looking up already.
The leader is making demands.
Most of us call that a "dictator."
Are we a turd world country or the final Babylon?
Uh huh - speaks the guy who wants to tear soft drinks from kiddies' hands.
Hey doomberg... you and parts of your city are already a third world sh%* hole.
The current real projected debt of the US Federal/State/Local governments is greater than the entire current real projected debt of every Third World Country put together.
As soon as the 30 Year Treasury Rate goes above 5.8%, the interest expense on the debt will be greater than the entire Federal Tax and Fee collected each year.
While the GOP is whining over not adding a new ObamaCare expense of $65B annualy, there are hundreds of programs costing well over $650B annually that muts be drastically reduced or cut altogether.
This entire charade is whistling pst the graveyard of the Republic.
Just remember, if the 30 Yr Treasury goes to 7%, the US Dollar, and the US Treasury Bill, will become worthless. There is literally nothing backing our currency and debt expect the US Military, which is now controlled by a post-purge leadership of Obama yes men.
Don't worry too much about the dinner theater tonight, it's just a small sideshow for the real collapse in the value of the US Dollar and US Debt.
Well said and true.
Bloomberg the colossal democrat in RINO clothes.
Go straight to Hell.
It's terrible when the mask falls off.
New York under Bloomberg is a Third World Country.
You need to get out more. Detroit is a Fourth World Country. They do not even have corrupt police. Most progressive cities within the US already have a Third World sector.
Bloomturd should look in the mirror.
Mayor Bloomberg you and your twin dicktator Zero have turned America into a third world country! Your unconstitutional edicts and restrictions of citizens rights have turned America into a third world country. It is no surprise that you two dicks er tators would accuse citizens and their few elected Representatives that stand up for the Constitution of making America a third world country! Psychologists call this projection, as a matter of fact it would probably be beneficial for you and Obama to spend a few hundred hours in therapy.
I ask you, could a third world government oversee everything as does our first would totalitarian state? From: how big our big gulps are, if we eat trans-fats, the wattage of our light bulbs, the amount of water in our toilets, the gas mileage of our cars, the provider of insurance, the education of our children, the contents of our email, the location of our phones, monitor every intersections and sidewalk with video surveillance, and now our sexual history and arms ownership? I think not! Clearly Bloombugger is referring to the skin color of our president and his fashionably hulking wife.
Trying to mandate personal consumption of soft drinks and salt makes you look like a tin pot Caribbean dictator, Mayor Bloomingturd.
There. I fixed it.
NYC is run like a Turd world country.
Pray America is Waking Up
Who cares what this gun-grabbing midget has to say about anything?
Wish he would move to his house in Bermuda and stay there.
We are a third world country.
Don't worry New York will be anyway once the Marxist gets elected Mayor.
In third world countries, they say, "this action makes us look like we are Americans".
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Patti Manville
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Patti Manville has served as the Summit 55 Coordinator since 2000. In that time she has escorted Summit 55 groups to destinations all across the United States including Alaska and Hawaii and other destinations around the world, covering five continents. She also hosts numerous local fun events and educational seminars. Come travel with us as Patti leads the Summit 55 Club members to exciting destinations around the globe exploring places beyond your wildest dreams.
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"You're absolutely right—and you can't stand up in your [expletive] Rolls-Royce, either."
At a glance: The major aircraft manufacturers
Despite the challenges facing business aircraft manufacturers, their offerings continue to grow, with many models scheduled to come online in the next few years and continuing innovation in design, features and functionality.
Airbus (www.airbus.com) entered the bizliner market in 1997 with the Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ), an executive version of its A319 airliner. Last year, the company simplified its nomenclature and renamed its three bizliners as the ACJ318, ACJ319 and ACJ320. For VVIP, government and other customers requiring the ultimate in space and long-distance capability, Airbus also offers executive versions of its A330, A340, A350 and A380 widebody jetliners.
Boeing Business Jets (www.boeing.com/commercial/bbj) built its reputation with the BBJ, which combines the 737-700 series airframe with the wing, landing gear and center fuselage section of the larger 737-800 series. A stretched version called the BBJ2 boasts 25 percent more cabin capacity, and the even bigger BBJ3 is based on the 737-900ER. Starting in 2018, the BBJ1, BBJ2 and BBJ3 will be transitioning into the Max platform, with 12 percent improved fuel burn offered by the upgrade to the CFM International Leap-1B engine. All Boeing jets, from the 737 to its largest and newest 747-8 and the 787, are available in VIP versions. Boeing delivered its first 747-8 VIP in February.
Bombardier (www.bombardier.com) started out as a snowmobile manufacturer in 1942 and has grown into one of the world's largest producers of business jets and regional airliners. In the last 15 years, the company has introduced several business jets, including the Learjet 40 and 45, Challenger 300 and 605 and Global 5000 and 6000. The forthcoming Learjet 85 will be the first all-composite business jet. The ultra-long-range Global 7000 and 8000 models will join the fleet in 2016 and 2017, respectively. In May, the company introduced the Learjet 70 and 75.
Cessna (www.cessna.com) built its first airplane in 1927 and has since rolled out more than 190,000. Of the roughly 16,000 business jets in operation worldwide, Cessna has produced a third of them. The company's nine business jet models range from the Mustang very light jet to the Mach 0.92 Citation X, which will soon spawn the even faster Citation Ten. To serve the growing Asia market, Cessna will produce two models in China–the Sovereign and the new Latitude–and develop an entirely new jet with China's Avic. Cessna also recently announced the Citation Longitude, a stretched version of the Latitude.
Dassault Industries, EADS and a group of private investors own Dassault Aviation, of which Dassault Falcon Jet (www.dassaultfalcon.com) is its marketing and support subsidiary in the U.S. The company builds airframes at its factory in southwest France. Dassault offers the Falcon 900 and 2000 families of business jets, as well as the Falcon 7X trijet, featuring the latest in fly-by-wire flight-control technology and fighter-jet-style sidesticks in the cockpit. The next Falcon–tentatively called the SMS–will be a twin-engine jet, but no details have been released on that aircraft. The lower-cost Falcon 2000S will be certified this year.
Embraer's ERJ 135/145 airframe served as the foundation for the company's first business jet, the Legacy 600, which debuted in 1999. In the past decade, Embraer (www.embraer.com) has laid the foundation for a strong push into the business jet market by developing the Phenom 100 and 300 small-cabin jets, the midsize Legacy 450 and 500, the Lineage 1000 bizliner and the longer-range Legacy 650. The Legacy 450 and 500 feature fly-by-wire flight controls and sidesticks and will be certified in late 2013 and 2014, respectively.
Two jets join the lineup from Gulfstream (www.gulfstream.com) this year, the super-midsize G280, built in Israel by partner IAI; and the ultra-long-range, large-cabin G650. The G280 replaces the G200. The flagship G650 will have a larger and wider cabin and larger windows than the G550, the manufacturer's previous top model, and will be able to fly 7,000 nautical miles unrefueled. The G650 will have a maximum operating speed of Mach 0.925, making it the world's fastest civil airplane.
Hawker Beechcraft (www.hawkerbeechcraft.com) combines two of aviation's most storied names. In 1937, Walter Beech introduced the Model 18, arguably the first cabin-class twin-engine business airplane. In 1964, Beech introduced the twin-turboprop King Air, which remains in production. Raytheon bought Beech in 1980 and added the UK's Hawker brand to the fold. It sold the company in 2007 to an investment group led by Goldman Sachs. Hawker Beechcraft pioneered the use of composites in business aircraft construction, and the fuselage and part of the empennage in the current Premier 1A and Hawker 4000 business jets are made of composite materials.
Italian airframe maker Piaggio (www.piaggioaero.com) developed the sleek, pusher-turboprop Piaggio Avanti in response to the energy crisis of the 1970s. The company delivered the first Avanti in 1990 and updated it in 2005 as the Avanti II with the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics system and slightly more powerful Pratt & Whitney Canada engines. Piaggio has confirmed development of a business jet but has revealed few details about the product so far.
Nestled in the Swiss Alps, Pilatus (www.pilatus-aircraft.com) is the world's largest manufacturer of single-engine turboprops. The company's top-selling model, the PC-12, was certified in 1994 and became an instant hit with buyers, who appreciated its ruggedness, spacious cabin and unmatched performance. Today, more than 1,000 PC-12s are in service. The newest version, the PC-12NG, features a more powerful Pratt & Whitney Canada engine and modern Honeywell Primus Apex avionics. Pilatus engineers are busy designing the Pilatus PC-24, but the company has released no details on this model, which likely will be a twin-engine turboprop.
Cirrus Aircraft
Duluth, Minn.
Tarbes, France
Diamond Aircraft
London, Canada
Eclipse Aerospace Albuquerque, N.M.
Extra Aircraft
Hünxe, Germany
Honda Aircraft
Greensboro, N.C.
Piper Aircraft
Vero Beach, Fla.
Quest Aircraft
Sandpoint, Idaho
SyberJet Aircraft
Cedar City, Utah
Cascina Costa di Samarate, Italy
Bell Helicopter
Hurst, Texas
Enstrom Helicopter
Menominee, Mich.
Marignane, France
MD Helicopters
Mesa, Ariz.
Robinson Helicopter
Torrance, Calif.
Sikorsky Aircraft
Stratford, Conn.
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February 26, 2007 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: Annual WIC News Release
SUBJECT 2: District Meetings with the WIC Director
SUBJECT 3: Microcuvette Survey
SUBJECT 4: Breastfeeding Coordinator Training
SUBJECT 5: Reminder - Formula Approval
SUBJECT 6: Annual Training Requirements at LWPs
SUBJECT 7: MyPyramid For Kids and MyPyramid - Steps to Healthier You (English Version)
- Annual WIC News Release: The attached News Release has been distributed statewide. We encourage you to work with your local media to offer information about your local WIC agency. This is an excellent opportunity to share local WIC information with your local media and the public. Please contact email@example.com for assistance in working with the media.
- District Meetings with the WIC Director: Lyn Konstant, WIC Director, will be hosting meetings in each of the six districts and St. Joseph this spring. These were very successful last year and a wonderful opportunity for Lyn to visit with agencies and talk with staff directly. Local agency administrators, WIC coordinators and any other WIC staff are invited to meet with Lyn. Attached is an agenda, meeting dates and times. You may attend a meeting in any location. Attendance is not mandatory. Please let Lyn know if you plan to attend a meeting; it helps us to plan for room arrangements and materials. Questions/issues can be sent to Lyn ahead of time by calling her at 573-751-6086 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Microcuvette Survey: It's time to order Microcuvettes. Please follow the instructions below to ensure your agency receives your supply of microcuvettes.
- Microcuvette Survey: The Microcuvette Survey will allow us to accurately order supplies of microcuvettes for each Local WIC Provider on a timely basis. Please complete and return the attached survey via e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com by March 9, 2007. This will assure no interruption in the supply of microcuvettes.
- Microcuvette Order: The information from the survey will be used to identify the current supply on hand at each agency and to estimate the needs of each agency for the next six months. The order will be submitted to HemoCue and shipped directly to your agency.
- Local WIC Provider Confirmation: When you receive the order, please verify the number of microcuvettes received with the number listed on the packing slip. If the number of microcuvettes in the package is the same as the packing slip, sign and date the packing slip. Please fax the packing slip to Crystal Collins at the State WIC Office within one (1) week of receiving the shipment. The fax number is 573-526-1470. Confirmation on the packing slip is required in order for the State WIC Office to pay for the microcuvettes. Confirmation by e-mail will not be accepted. If the number of microcuvettes received is different from the packing slip, please call Crystal Collins at (573) 526-4622. Thank you for your cooperation.
- Breastfeeding Coordinator Training: Breastfeeding Coordinator training is scheduled for June 19 and 20, 2007. The two-day session will provide attendees with updated program information and clarification regarding breastfeeding. Agenda items include Identifying the Role of the Breastfeeding Coordinator, Loving Support Makes Breastfeeding Work, Communication Skills, Talking with Mothers About Breastfeeding: During Pregnancy, During the First Two Weeks After Delivery, During Months 1 to 12, and When Mother and Baby are Separated. Additional information will be given on breast pumps, including guidelines for loaning electric breast pumps and assembly, use and cleaning.
Training Dates: June 19 & 20, 2007.
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (first day) and 8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. (second day)
Location: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 930 Wildwood, Jefferson City
This training is mandatory for all new Breastfeeding Coordinators and any Breastfeeding Coordinators who did not attend the training last year. Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Coordinators who attended the BFPC regional training "Loving Support Through Peer Counseling" do not need to attend this training. Any other staff members who would like additional information on breastfeeding are welcome to attend. Fax the registration form as instructed to the State WIC office before May 15, 2007.
If you have any questions please contact Kathy Mertzlufft at email@example.com or Cathy Kruse at email@example.com or call 1-800-392-8209.
- Reminder - Formula Approval: The formula approval authority process in place since November 2005 requires the LWP to call the State WIC office for those formulas requiring State Nutritionist Approval. We have a registered dietitian who is assigned the responsibility of formula approvals on specific dates. When the formula requires a state nutritionist's approval, the LWP should call the state WIC office (800-392-8209). The call will then be directed to the state nutritionist covering formulas on that particular day to ensure that formula requests are taken care of as soon as possible to meet participant needs. Please do not call your TA nutritionist directly as they are often times not available to handle your formula approval request.
- Reminder - LWP Annual Training: This is a reminder that the State WIC Office requires LWPs to provide all staff with an annual civil rights training using the Self-teaching Civil Rights Training module (CRT) and an annual breastfeeding training using the Breastfeeding Support and Promotion power point presentation. The Civil Rights Training module and the Breastfeeding Support and Promotion power point presentation can be accessed as a link from the WOM under "Training Modules". Please ensure that training is completed by each staff member annually and documented in the LWP staff-training file for monitoring purposes.
See the attachments for the training policy and training summary chart. Please email email@example.com if you have questions.
- MyPyramid For Kids and MyPyramid - Steps to Healthier You (English Version): The DHSS warehouse will ship a 2 to 3 month supply of the following items to all local WIC agencies during the next week: 1) MyPyramid For Kids and 2) MyPyramid - Steps For Healthier You (For Postpartum Women). Please order additional supplies as needed using the local WIC provider Supply Request form (WIC 8) posted on DHSS web: http://www.health.mo.gov/living/families/wic/wicupdates/index.php2006/december26_2006.php. If you have any questions, please contact Takako Tagami at firstname.lastname@example.com.
WIC News Release 1-07
District Meetings with the WIC Director Agenda 2007
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BF CoordinatorTraining Registation
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Fall asleep in the present and wake up in the past © Parks Canada
Experience life within the fort's walls as you fall asleep to the ocean and nature's soothing sounds; and be taken back over 50 years ago when soldiers' families inhabited Fort Rodd Hill during their summer camp-out. The oTENTik tents, exclusive to Parks Canada, offer a unique blend of homey comfort and a taste of outdoor adventure. It's a unique opportunity for visitors to enjoy camping with the comfort of a bed, inside the fort, already set up and ready to go.
Take advantage of the exclusive right to stay overnight in Canada's best preserved west coast artillery fort!
Our oTENTik season runs from May 15 to September 30, 2016. Reservations for the 2016 season can be made starting at 8am on January 5, 2016.
NOTE: Tents will be unavailable on June 30 and July 1 due to Canada Day events.
All reservation and accommodation fees are due at the time your reservation is created.
While the Royal Canadian Navy soldiers would have been required to set up camp when arriving, we've done the work for you, no fuss no muss! Here is what is included with each oTENTik rental and what to bring.
Inside each tent:
Outside the tent:
What to bring (this list is not exhaustive):
Disabled access oTENTik (TENT #5 welcomes individuals with and without mobility restrictions):
Note: Cooking is not permitted inside the tent
Activities Fort Rodd Hill & Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites offer many activities to keep you busy and having fun!
Within the fort:
Camp Host:
Your camp host will introduce themselves the first night of your stay and provide a brief orientation to the site and the surrounding area. They will then be available throughout the rest of your stay for questions and in case of emergency.
Attractions and places to visit within a few minutes walk or drive:
In addition to the Historic Site's rules and regulations, Parks Canada oTENTik users must abide by the following:


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JV's Hostel
We have the best location in downtown Taipei!!
We're located next to Taipei 101 (the tallest building in the world) and inside the biggest night market in Taipei (Tonghua night market).
There are famous bars and clubs nearby and it's a convenient to walk to the metro station and bus stop. Get ready to experience authentic Taiwanese culture!
Our hostel has two buildings located next to each other. Before you book, please read the descriptions of the different places.
Hostel: In this building, we provide mixed dorm rooms and private rooms. None of the rooms has a bathroom inside - bathrooms are shared. There is a big common area where you can hang out with friends.
Studio: In this building, each room has a bathroom inside. In each room, we also provide TV with cable, Internet, fridge, and washer. Here we don't provide a common area, making it suitable for guests who need more privacy.
If you book a private room with a shared bathroom, you'll be in the hostel building. If you book the private room with a bathroom inside, you will stay in the studio building.
We provide coffee, tea and toast all the time in the hostel building for all of our guests.
Disponibilità e tariffePer visualizzare la disponibilità e i prezzi, seleziona le date e fai clic su "Aggiorna date"
Ostello Servizi & Politiche
- Adattatori
- Limitazione di età
- Aria condizionata
- TV via cavo
- Telefoni a scheda
- Sala comune
- Carte di credito non accettate
- Mappe della città gratuite
- Accesso a Internet gratuito
- Wi-Fi gratuito
- Asciugacapelli
- Docce calde
- Accesso a Internet
- Cucina
- Lavanderia
- Biancheria inclusa
- Armadietti
- Deposito bagagli
- Nessun coprifuoco
- IVA inclusa
- Travel Desk per i tour
- Asciugamani a noleggio
- Lavatrice
Politica di cancellazioneQuesta proprietà ha una politica di cancellazione di 3. La mancata cancellazione entro questo intervallo di tempo si tradurrà in una penale pari alla prima notte di pernottamento.
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Because we're located next the night market (very convenient, but probably will be confusing the first time you get here) so please don't follow just the address - just follow the directions below!! They'll help you to find the way easily.
Here is our address in Chinese, so if you could, please print it out in case you need to ask local people to find the location: 台北市通化街39巷50弄57號2樓(從通化街101巷巷口走進來1分鐘,我們就在刺青店樓上)
**By Metro:
Our hostel is 5 minutes by walk from XINYI ANHE Metro station(Red line) and 10 minutes by walk from Liuzhangli Metro Station(Brown Line).
From XINYIANHE Metro station,
get out from XINYI ANHE Metro station Exit #3, then turn right in the intersection of Xinyi Rd. and Tonghua St., and walk along Tonghua St. When you see this corner (FAR EASTONE mobile shop), this is Lane 101 Tonghua St., turn left into it. Walk on the Lane 101 for about 1 minute, you will see the Tattoo Shop on the ground floor, we are on the top. Press the buzzer next to the silver door on your left.
From Liuzhangli MRT station,
cross the round-about intersection to Leli Rd. After you begin walking on the Leli Rd., take a right turn on Tonghua Street.
Walk on Tonghua St. until you arrive Tonghua St. Lane 101 (There is a FAR EASTONE mobile shop in the Tonghua St. Lane 101 corner), and then turn right. We are in the first building on the left after the first intersection. The first floor is a tattoo parlor. When you arrive, just press the buzzer and we'll let you in.
**By Airbus ( From Taoyuan Airport)
Take Airbus No. 1960 (No.4 of bus Counter ) (NT145 per person) to Far Eastern Plaza Hotel (遠東飯店).
When you're dropped off at Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, you will be on Sec. 2, Dunhua S. Rd. Facing the road and with your back to the hotel, turn right and walk about two minutes on Dunhua S. Rd.
After passing a parking lot on your right, take a right at the first intersection. When you turn right, you will see a 21st Century sign. Continue walking even after the sidewalk stops.
After walking past two traffic light intersections, at the 3rd traffic light intersection there is a Family Mart convenience store on your left. Turn left onto Tonghua Street.
Turn right on Tonghua St. Lane 101 (There is a FAR EASTONE mobile shop in the Tonghua St. Lane 101 corner). After the first intersection, we are in the first building on your left, right above a tattoo parlor on the first floor. When you arrive, press the buzzer, and we'll let you in. (Tonghua St. Lane 101 is before Linjiang St. (the night market street), so if you have passed Linjiang St., you have gone too far.)
**By taxi:
Ask the driver to drop you at the corner of Tonghua St. Lane 101 (通化街101巷巷口). There is a FAR EASTONE mobile shop in the Tonghua St. Lane 101 corner. Walk into the Tonghua St. Lane 101; we're in the first building on the left after the first intersection. The first floor is a tattoo parlor. When you arrive, just press the buzzer and we'll let you in.
(From Taoyuan Airport to Taipei downtown will cost you NT1300 by taxi)


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Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki was a book that started a change across the world. Being a Rich Dad is what everyone wants to be after reading that book. So I have put together for everyone "10 Steps to Being a Rich Dad"
Having a rich-Dad mindset is about focusing on the financial aspects of abundant thinking, rather than just the psychological. This involves analyzing how you view certain pertinent financial questions, and swapping a scarcity or deficit thought for an abundant thought. Read More


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As John Kerry concluded earlier this week his first visit to China as Secretary of State, a delegation of U.S. governors arrived in Beijing to advance U.S.-China economic cooperation at the local level. Iowa Governor Terry Branstad led the delegation to the third U.S.-China Governors Forum (the Forum), which included Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.
I supported the U.S. governors' delegation at the Forum, which was co-convened by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Chinese Peoples' Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) in Beijing and Tianjin, April 15-16. The three U.S. governors and five Chinese provincial leaders discussed economic and trade cooperation and environmental management with U.S. and Chinese experts, and then shared a dialogue among the leaders. U.S. governors welcomed Chinese investors and expressed their hopes that the two nations can increase cooperation in agriculture, trade, culture, and education, as well as share best practices in addressing food safety and environmental protection.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with the U.S. and Chinese governors on April 15, and called for deeper regional cooperation between the two countries. President Xi encouraged U.S. states and Chinese provinces to work more closely in traditional sectors like agriculture and advance cooperation in new areas such as energy conservation, urban planning, and infrastructure. The U.S. governors also met with Ambassador Gary Locke.
As the U.S.-China bilateral trade relationship is one of the world's largest, the three U.S. governors led trade and investment delegations to China to capture economic opportunities. Governor Branstad continued to build upon Iowa's long-term relationship with President Xi. Looking to expand sales of Wisconsin-made products, Governor Walker attended the opening ceremony for a Harley-Davidson dealership in Tianjin. China is Wisconsin's number one trade partner outside of North America. Governor McDonnell promoted Virginia's agricultural and tourism industries in an effort to increase jobs and capital investment in the Commonwealth.
One of the real highlights for me during my three and a half years as Special Representative has been to witness the development of the U.S.-China Subnational Initiative. The Memorandum of Understanding creating this initiative was signed during Chinese then-President Hu Jintao's visit to Washington, D.C., in January 20ll. Since then, we have seen a historic level of engagement at the subnational level, including through the U.S.-China Governors Forum. These concrete examples of U.S.-China engagement at the local level will continue to promote not only trade and investment, but also cooperation on environmental issues, as well as educational and cultural exchanges in the years to come.


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Physical Description
Leontopithecus chrysopygus is covered almost completely in silky, dense black hair. The only place this differs is in the hind quarters. The thighs, buttocks, and base of the tail are colored a reddish-brown. This is what gives the animal its common name, golden-rumped lion tamarin. The face of Leontopithecus chrysopygus is not haired, as well as the hands and feet, these are colored dark gray to black. The hind limbs are generally longer than the forelimbs and the tail is not prehensile. All digits have a pointed sickle shaped nail, which is used for gripping trees, except the big toe which has a flat nail. The dental formula is as follows, 2/2 incisors, 1/1 canines, 3/3 premolars, 2/2 molars. Body length in Leontopithecus chrysopygus is between 20 cm and 33.5 cm, tail length is usually 31.5 to 40 cm, and mass ranges from 300 to 700 g. (Beacham 1998; Nowak 1999; Wolters 1990)


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Is skinny-dipping in the Sea of Galilee sacrilegious?
(RNS) More than 20 lawmakers and Capitol Hill aides, including one nude congressman, took a booze-fueled late-night swim in Israel's Sea of Galilee last summer, Politico reported on Monday. Which leaves at least one question: Is skinny-dipping at the biblical site sacrilegious? By Daniel Burke.


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Skip to comments.In spotlight, Herman Cain survives Attacks
Posted on 10/12/2011 4:56:29 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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Don't think it's possible? Think again. Just ask Harry Reid about being unpopular and getting re-elected.
He is the ONLY person on that stage I would like to see advance
Cain/Gingrich would be awesome
Sarah Palin as Energy Secretary
Ann Coulter as Press Secretary.
Thomas Sowell: Economics
Walter Williams: Education
Ted Nugent- Sec. of Defense.
And from what I saw this a.m., Fox is in the tank for Romney?
Actually Cain will beat him like a Red Headed stepchild. Reid was in NV and the Country Club destroyed the Tea Party candidate.
Pray for America
There you go again.
As a former Palin-supporter, I'm disgusted with this crew.
I was leaning towards Cain, but after his statement about Alan Greenspan was disappointing.
After each debate, Newt has always done the best (in my opinion). He's done some really sucky things but, I'm leaning towards voting for him - installing a conservative Senate & House and holding his feet to the fire.
That's my thought today. ABR (Anybody but Romney)
I like him but I think he is ignorant about governance, and it bugs me that he's dismissive about others-- except Romney.
I think Ron Paul stuck him pretty good a couple of times.
Lucky for him the viewing audience was nil. I don't know if it was the football game, baseball game or folks just couldn't find the Doomberg channel.
Yep...Newt has my attention overall...and he's rising as I suspected he might. Just too many who haven't a clue otherwise. He can hit the ground running and not have to determine the political layout before he acts.
I think Santorum destroyed his idea for a national sales tax, and Bachmann make a joke out of it with her 999-666 comment as well as whoever said the comment about thinking it was a pizza deal.
I think Cain took major damage last night. He's not done for, but it took 3 debates to destroy Perry, and it will probably take 3 to destroy Cain. It's a shame that Bachmann and Santorum can't use their sharp tounges to destroy Romney before they exit the stage forever.
Video of last night's debate:
cain answer about alan greenspan was HORRIBLE! Greenspan was one of the chief architect of bubbles and the destruction of US economy. Greenspan pretend to be a capitalist while he micromanage the interest rate for the economy like your typical central planner
The MSM is attacking Cain let and right this morning. No idea what you are talking about ~ give us some REFERENCES.
Drudge Headline yesterday was that Cain was going after Romney.
He might have survived attacks on himself but never delivered on his promise.
Didn't you feel let down just a little bit? I thnking that was a threat he is never going to carry out.
Santorum at least took it to Romeny a little regarding health care. He seemed the only one to actually score some points against him.
As for Bachmann, what the heck is up with her and Willard?
It's like she's smitten with Mittens.
lol. How about this article? Look all around. It's Cain, Cain, Cain. They love it, and understandably so.
Don't forget John Bolton as Secretary of State!
Just ask Harry Reid about being unpopular and getting re-elected.
He is the ONLY person on that stage I would like to see advance
Cain/Gingrich would be awesome
Sarah Palin as Energy Secretary
Ann Coulter as Press Secretary.
Thomas Sowell: Economics
Walter Williams: Education
Ted Nugent- Sec. of Defense.
Bolton would be Sec of State. Nugent likely would not fly, but Bolton could do that.
If Coulter not press secretary and if Gingrich not VP,then Gingrich press secretary.
Romney can't get above 25% in the polls, so his only path to the nomination is to make sure everyone else stays in as long as possible splitting up the remaining votes. If any single person starts to grab to big of a share of the remaining 75%... he focuses on them while simultaneously building up the others. Romney is playing this like a master. And he is obviously counting on conservatives reluctantly supporting him in the general.
Cain's even worse. 9-9-9 will be DOA—before it ever reaches Congress. The general electorate will resoundingly reject it. He's wedded himself to it, it's what his campaign is all about, and it's a stone cold loser.
Cain 999 tax plan, it is a catchy phrase but it is a political killer. You cannot win elections when you are telling the 50% of the population who pay zero taxes after filing all their deductions under the current tax code that they have to pay a mandatory 9% taxes on their income with zero deductions and an additional 9% national sales tax on every item they purchase including the basic items such as food and clothing.
"I think Santorum destroyed his idea for a national sales tax"
I think he tried but failed. And he had nothing better to offer.
Bachmann did a better job and targeted the main weakness of the plan, but the fact remains that 9-9-9 would be an improvement over the current system. It's clear, simple, broadens the base and reduces the aggregate tax burden on individuals and corporations.
At the same time Hairy Reed had the miners unions behind him ~ the entrepreneurial middle class having already evacuated the state during its current Great Obama Depression.
He did not have an overwhelming victory. He barely made 51% in a three-way race. He'd won the 2004 race with over 60%.
Sharon Angle failed to pull in enough Democrats, and there was that third party candidate (Tea party the data says, hunh?), and 2.2% for NONE OF THESE CANDIDATES ~ a Nevada peculiarity. Kind of like the 00 on the roulette wheel ~ gives the House a tremendous advantage every single time.
We all must note that the LEFT COAST stayed uniformly Democrat ~ which is a long term problem we will probably need to address with re-education camps, or maybe cut off their water or something (except Fresno BTW).
Don't blame your fellow Republicans for Senate losses in the far West.
Good reasoning. That makes sense.
This GOP field would make a Greek tragedian proud. It's almost laughable how each candidate is rotten in one way or another.
You're deluded. Cain is intelligent, and a great communicator.
Obviously you don't know what taxes are levied on the people, what part they end up paying (or having attributed to them), and what the 9-9-9 plan replaces.
Time for some RE-EDUMACATION!!!!
However, I'm not going to do the job in this thread. Rather, like other's I will be waiting on you to keep coming up with this point (easily refuted last evening by Cain himself) and knocking you upside the head with it.
I actually thought this debate format was the most fair for spreading the time.
I'm not a perry fan but I'm starting to feel sorry for him, he looks like a goldfish gasping on the kitchen floor.
The man cannot debate and if selected as the pubbie candidate he will get killed by the one.
The msm and the pubbie elite are hating life today, because the Herminator hit a solid triple last night.
Watch the media start to slam Herman, because not only do they fear the idea of a black conservative, they are now seeing how much Herman is revered and respected by those racist TEA party folks.
Contrary to the contrarian, huck, Herman's 9-9-9 tax idea is understandable and if anyone takes the time to go to Herman's home page, they'd see that it is an interim plan that leads to a fair tax plan.
If the only plan is to keep what we now have, then the USA will go the way of the Roman empire but we won't last 500 years, in fact we won't make 300.
Three debates destroyed perry, last night he just butted the wall several times. Man is not big league. But he did come up with a good way to dumb down debt. All those illegals counted and used to say the debt per person, in Texas, was less per capita. Damn perry would want to borrow 300 million chinese and say per capita he had cut the debt in half in the united states and he and obummer would have a hell of a lot more to spend.
Yes. He is intelligent and he is a pretty good pitchman. But even Ronald Reagan wouldn't be able to sell what Cain is selling.
Now, for the sticking point on the pizza wars taking place on stage, Domino's Pizza was sold to Bain Capital in 1998 and went public in 2004. Romney didn't leave Bain Capital until 1999 which meant that for a short while he was part-OWNER of 6,000 pizza joints ~ or about 25 times as many as Mr. Cain.
The question is does anyone have any idea if Bain Capital (that is Romney) continued to make contributions to Right To Life movement organizations or did they abandon that?
—Cain would be beatable without 9-9-9...—
Not if the democratic nominee is Obama. But I seriously doubt it will be.
I take it you're not a Cain supporter?
born December 13, 1945 in Memphis, TN (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)
Parents were
Luther Cain Jr., born March 16, 1925 in TN, died March 29, 1982 in Atlanta, GA
Lenora Davis, born July 27, 1925 in GA, died August 20, 2005 in Atlanta, GA
Both parents were US Citizens at the time of his birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)
Herman Cain is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN
Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama ISN'T!
That's when I bring up the Church of the First Born, not the one they get told about but THE REAL ONE and how they don't like doctors or Mormons (for some strange reason) ~ and it's just downhill from there.
My buddy the Moslem missionary down the street is kinder and gentler ~ a natural Bushbot (really!) and he's done a conversion or two himself.
Can you imagine what happens when the Jehovah's Witnesses come to the door?
—It's almost laughable how each candidate is rotten in one way or another.—
In all seriousness, when has that not been true? Even with Reagan, look at his record in California. When you are looking for blemishes in mortal humans, you understand why every single one of us needs the blood of Christ.
I actually think Perry did OK last night, and I especially liked his closing remarks.
He doesn't have to win, he just can't have another performance like that 3rd debate.
9-9-9 makes Cain absolutely unelectable. And rightly so.
—9-9-9 makes Cain absolutely unelectable. And rightly so.—
I disagree. And rightly so.
You know, maybe it's not perfect, but it is a plan...and that's a HECK of a lot more than anyone else is putting on the table!
I implore you to think through the notion that your staying home on election day is a good idea. Wouldn't even Elmer Fudd be better for America than 4 more years of Obama? I get heart palpitations when I hear good Americans say they will stay home instead of vote for Obamas oppostion - whoever it is. This is not your usual election cycle coming up. Our future depends on Obama being thrown out. Sorry to preach....... I just get passionate when it comes to my kid's future!
Who is your candidate?
You said "...after filing all their deductions under the current tax plan...". Oh my. Where to begin?
Never mind, I don't have the time to bring you up to speed. Before you go and say something foolish like that again, perhaps you ought to first educate yourself on Cain's 9-9-9 plan, and WHAT IT REPLACES...
Here: www.hermancain.com.
Cain/Gingrich would be awesome
Sarah Palin as Energy Secretary
Ann Coulter as Press Secretary.
Thomas Sowell: Economics
Walter Williams: Education
Ted Nugent- Sec. of Defense.
And Chicago as the brass section.
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Skip to comments.UN Arms Trade Treaty Calls for Disarmament of Persons 55 and Older
Posted on 04/01/2013 7:11:44 AM PDT by EXCH54FE
Individuals 55 and older would lose their right to keep and bear arms under a provision thats expected to be included as part of a comprehensive United Nations Global Arms Trade Treaty.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke about the impetus behind the controversial measure at press conference over the weekend in New York City, the site of the final negotiations between the 193 Member States.
Regulating the international transfers of both weapons and ammunition is a key component of a robust arms trade treaty, as is limiting civilian access to small arms and munitions, said Ban Ki-moon.
Theres an emerging consensus that certain groups should be restricted from possessing conventional arms, certainly those who fuel conflict, arm criminals or violations of international humanitarian or human rights law are at the top of the list, Ban Ki-moon continued.
But also, the international community believes segments of the population that present a danger to themselves and others, chiefly individuals deemed or adjudicated mentally defective and persons with attenuating cerebral faculties, should be added to that list.
Simply put, the UN believes guns dont belong in the hands of the elderly, said H. Michael Chase, an attorney for the human rights watchdog group.
Pools of research show that a significant majority of gun-related suicides, accidental shootings, non-fatal negligent discharges are perpetrated by persons 55 and over, Chase said.
Along with the mentally ill, preventing those who are advancing in age from gaining easy access to firearms is a common sense way to save lives, concluded Chase.
Dr. Michael Betti from the John Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness embraced the UNs call to disarm senior citizens.
(Excerpt) Read more at guns.com ...
For me the answer is: No way in Hell, Molon Labe!!
April Fools, right?
lol, ya won't have to worry about it after Obamacare really kicks in. The number of old people will decrease quickly.
Any time a gun grabber starts babbling about "common sense" you can be reasonably assured it makes no sense common or otherwise. I've read the 2nd Amendment a few times and it doesn't mention age. They can have my guns when I run out of ammo.
The older I get, the less I have to lose. At 20 I may hesitate to go against an oppressive government, at 60 I may not.
The UN are fools every day.
So they want to disarm the unindoctrinated.
If that boat just had not sunk.
"April Fools, right?"
Sadly NO.
No more shotguns for Plugs.
You can still beat them with the iron bar.
Makes sense.
Disarm those over 55 but allow gang members, illegals and other criminals to keep their guns.
The world has gone insane!
I have a better idea. Drag everyone out of the UN building by their hair to a place of execution, demolish the building, and scatter the organization to the four winds.
Why? Why are we limiting civilian access to small arms?
Then salt the earth.
If I were dictator for a day, I'd evict the UN from every square inch of United States territory and pull the US out of that evil organization.
I ain't buying it. There is only TWO mentions of it on the web: Here, and the source article. It's an APR1 deal.
I can't stand this today!
Everybody is trying to out do the last one.
I think I'll avoid reading FR today.
(No kidding.)
This doesn't even rate a reply but here I am replying anyway.
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**** the un... Molan Labe... bring body bags!
Pol Pot's army was made up of youngsters. Those kiddos excercised great judgement when using their arms. /S
Why drag anybody? The asshats picked the wrong targets on 9/11. They don't realize that the un is a bigger threat to the freedom of the world (not that radical islamists care about freedom) than the US will ever be. NOW they're pissin' me off. Who (rhetorical) gives a crap what spankee da moon has to say? He lives in the lap of luxury with armed security. No worries for him eh? Well, guess what spankee. Most of us are our own security so, no you can't have my weapons. That is if I had/have any.
If those over 55 aren't fit to have firearms, then they aren't fit to have positions in government.
Those 55 and older should be given land mines, bouncing Bettys and claymores. Older folks have the time, patience and experience to skillfully plant things and engage in complex home remodeling.
"The optimal self-defense posture for seniors would include such items as a rape whistle or high-decibel air horn, quick-strike road flares, an electronic medical alert system, a cellular telephone with a large display, morphine injections, neon or glow-in-the-dark armbands, a mesh vest, a pith helmet with flashing headgear and a solar-powered radio, said Dr. Betti."
They cite "Dr. Michael Betti from the John Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness". While I can find the Center, I cannot find ANYTHING on a Dr Betti (or Bette) associated with it. My vote is that it's April Fools
And I, at 74, have selected my targets of opportunity!!!
"...General Ban Ki-moon ..."
Related to the moon beam governor of kalifornia....
Yes, Guns.com is pranking you and making up Ban-Ki-Moon quotes. Really?
I, for one, would like to see the citations for the "pools of research" that form the basis for this absurdity.
I think what they really mean is that they fear the OFF (Old Fart Faction - TM) of the American society - the ones of us who remember what freedom really is and have nothing to lose in coming to its defense.
May I suggest that Mr. Ban Ki-moon take his "treaty" and the rest of the UN and move the whole thing to North Korea and then let the North Koreans foot the bill for running this commie/socialist/facist organization. The vacant UN building in New York could then be turned into low income housing. Think Cobrini Green East.....It would be an improvement over the present tenants.
Where can I buy the pith helmet with flashing headgear? I want one of those.
You left out store spent nuclear fuel at the site, but other than that I agree
At 80 you know damn well I won't!!!
At 66 I won't think twice bout killing those bastards.
"They can have my guns when I run out of ammo."
Permission to use the above for my tagline.
I'll take the morphine.
Pith on them.
LOL...That would work too.
Who was it that put dinner plate in the street?
It seemed the tank crews became reluctant to drive over any of them when they found out a fraction of them were covering landmines.
It seems the tank crews were also reluctant to step outside to find out which ones, as every plate flipper got shot...
Stopping abortions is a better way to save lives, you moron.
People 55 and over have a far better sense of history and would be the first to defy people like Chase. That's why they are being targeted. Young people are already "educated" to the ways of The State and will be more compliant.
Don't forget the bayonnette... :-)
Gadzooks, Jim Carry's dream comes true! Chuck Heston and I... will be disarmed!
Lets just get out of the UN and then kick them out of the country instead.
Disarm the Alarm List? Then how would the Old Men of Menotomy have captured Lord Percy's supply train? Nay, the founders would never allow this.
I am against all this. However, it seems strange to take all guns from 55 and above when most shooting occurs from 15-40. Again against all of it but again the government (I guess World Government now) doesn't even have a clue on reality.
The older I get, the less I have to lose."
...agreed! At 54, I'm much more aware of my freedoms and liberties and how fragile they are and a whole lot more protective of them.
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