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9 hand-tinted glass plates depicting activities of the Italian navy during World War I.
304 slides with viewer depicting war scenes in France during World War I.
Glass slides depicting war scenes in France during World War I.
Glass Slides of war scenes in France.
Album of photographs of the headquarters of the Austro-Hungarian Armeeoberkommando, Baden, Austria, 1917; album of photographs of the Austrian VI Korpskommando, Krakow, Poland, 1914; album of postcards of the A.E.F. University, Beaune, France; 2 albums of postcards of German troops on the Eastern front.
3 albums of post cards of German troops on the western front; 1 album of post cards of German naval and aerial forces.
Album of post cards of Kaiser Wilhelm II, General Paul von Hindenburg and other German war leaders; 3 albums of German patriotic post cards, principally drawings and caricatures.
5 card file boxes of post cards of German troops and patriotic German caricatures and drawings.
Card file box of German post cards, including a number of International Red Cross post cards of prisoners of war in several countries.
6 card file boxes of post cards of Russian troops and patriotic Russian caricatures and drawings.
Post Cards depicting scenes from World War I, including flags and national emblems of belligerents, religious scenes, and drawings by Louis Raemekers.
Photographs from World War I, depicting airplanes, aviators, aerial views of military positions, dirigibles, tanks, artillery war damage, battleships, infantry, training camps, civilian population and significant individuals, among them Kaiser Wilhelm II, the German Crown Prince, Paul von Hindenburg, Erich von Ludendorff, John J. Pershing, Victor Emmanuel III, Georges Clemenceau, and Peter I of Serbia.
16 photographs depicting activities of the French army in France during World War I.
18 oversize photographs depicting activities of the A.E.F in France during World War I.
Album of Scenes in France during World War I.
Stereo photos of Belgian, Turkish, British and French Soldiers, and of scenes of battle damage on the Western front, during World War I.
2 photographs of a U.S. sailor and a British pilot during World War I.
45 Photographs, taken from the air, of the war front in France, 1918.
An album of photographs depicting war damage in France and Belgium during World War I, together with scenes of the results of postwar reconstruction.
66 photographs depicting activities of the A.E.F. in France during World War I , including photographs of General John J. Pershing.
Album of photographs depicting activities of A.E.F in France.
Photographs mainly depicting activities of the A.E.F. in France.
Photographs mainly depicting activities of the A.E.F. in France.
Photographs of war scenes in France and Algeria, 191-1919.
Photographs of war scenes in France and of unidentified aerial scenes.
3 prints of French soldiers interned in Switzerland.
Photographs and post cards of Italian soldiers and scenes on the Italo-Austrian front.
Post cards and pictorial booklets of war damage in Louvain, Ypres, Dixmude and other Belgian cities.
Photographs and post cards of French soldiers' scenes on the Western Front and war damage in France.
Drawings and post card caricatures of French soldiers and conditions in France during World War I.
Pictorial booklets of war damage in France and scenes on the Western front.
Photographs of German troops in Poland and of scenes on the Polish front.
Photographs of German troops in France and scenes on the Western front.
Photographs of German and Bulgarian troops in the Balkans, principally in Serbia.
Photographs of German troops on the Russian front.
Photographs of Austrian and Italian troops on the Italo-Austrian front.
6 prints of Allied soldiers in German prison camps.
German aerial photographs of section of the Western front.
Pictorial booklets of German troops on the Eastern and Western fronts
Pictorial booklets of German troops on the Eastern and Western fronts
Post cards depicting German airplanes and scenes of aerial warfare
Post cards of German troops and war scenes on the Eastern and Western fronts.
Post card caricatures and drawings of German soldiers and conditions in Germany during World War I.
Post card drawings and caricatures of Austrian soldiers.
Photographs of British and other Allied war leaders.
Photographs of the visits of King George V and Queen Mary of Great Britain to the Western front and to the Clyde shipyards in Scotland.
Photographs of British seamen and ships.
6 prints of British troops in the Middle East.
Photographs of British troops and war scenes on the Western Front.
American aerial photographs of German lines in France, 1918.
Photographs of American soldiers on the Western front, including 3 prints of American soldiers captured by Germans.
Photographs of American patriotic posters.
Photograph of General Paul von Hindenburg.
10 panoramic views of sections of the Western front, constructed from composite photographs.
15 prints of the funeral of Colonel Johann Chadzopulos, commander of the 4th Greek Army Corps.
Photographs of American soldiers in France.
4 Panoramic aerial view of the Moselle River, constructed from composite photographs.
Reproductions of four paintings by Guy Arnoux entitled "Quatre Canons Français," depicting the evolution of French artillery from the middle Ages to World War I.
1 print of the Finnish General Karl Mannerheim with the German General Ruediger von der Goltz, 1917.
Prints of disabled French soldiers undergoing vocational rehabilitation training.
Printed drawings of German troops, uniforms, and scenes in German colonies
23 photographs of scenes in German, prisoners and prison camps during World War I
49 Aerial photographs, 1918
55 prints of scenes of World War I, including bombardment, troops, tanks, aerial photographs, etc. 1 souvenir album of postcards, "Les Americains en France"
1 print of Paris Caucus (American soldiers); 2 miscellaneous pictorial pages (1 leaflet requesting aid for French forces, 1 humorous leaflet entitled "The Kaiser's Despair.")
2 prints of Salvation Army women feeding U.S. troops in France. 4 prints of front line U.S. troops with radio equipment, and at work in field post. 1 print of Major General Edward M. Lewis, U.S. Army. 1 print of unidentified Italian officer. 1 print of various foreign orders and decorations won by U.S. troops. 10 prints of front line and rear areas with U.S. armoured vehicles, and motor transport. 1 print of 13 U.S. Army soldiers of 12 nationalities. 4 prints of allied troops at Vladivostock, Russia. 2 prints of U.S. Navy officers in Washington D.C. 3 prints of Italian troops on the Brenta front, northern Italy.
8 various prints of camp life in the front line and rear areas defended by the U.S. Army, in France. 2 prints of General J.J. Pershing inspecting units of the 1st Division in France. 10 prints of U.S. Army troops on the Western Front while employed in field post, bridge and road construction, and other service activities. 9 prints of U.S. troops in battle in the St. Mihiel and Argonne sectors. 1 print of Secretary of War Newton D. Baker as he visits wounded in hospital.
6 various photographs of U.S. troops fighting in France. 1 photograph of Major General George W. Read. 1 print of Lieutenant General Robert W. Bulard. 7 prints of U.S. troops engaged in fighting, France 1917. 3 prints of U.S. troops in camp; France, 1917-18, 3 prints of U.S. troops together with French peasants. 1 photograph of U.S. troops repairing a damaged bridge. 3 prints of U.S. troops engaged in repair or roads.
(3 boxes of stereograph images) 1 print of British submarines at anchor in the Thames. 1 print of German sailors in the Mediterranean. 12 various prints of French cavalry, infantry, and artillery, 1914-1915. 1 print of German machine gun unit, 1914. 13 prints of war damage in France and Belgium, showing destroyed buildings, towns, and refugees. 17 Prints of British, Canadian, South African, and Australian troops in Belgium and France, 1914 showing columns, training and fighting. 20 Prints of U.S. Army troops undergoing basic training at Plattsburg, New York. 2 miscellaneous prints from the Philippine Islands. 3 prints of Russian troops on the Eastern Front. 1 print of Marshal Joseph Joffre at Columbia University. 6 Prints of Belgian and French troops in battle, 1914. 1 print of Field Marshal Early French addressing troops. 2 prints of British Army camp life at the front. 9 prints of Italian troops engaged on the Alpine front. 1 print of civilians aboard the USS Connecticut. 1 print of Queen Marie of Romania with Prime Minister Y.C.C Bratann, 10 May 1915. 1 print of King Ferdinand of Romania with Prime Minister Y.C.C. Bratann, 10 May 1915. 10 various photographs of French regular and colonial troops engaged in fighting on the western Front. 2 prints of British recruits entraning for the Western Front. 3 prints depicting the effects of Zeppelin raids on Britain. 7 prints of British troops engaged in fighting on the Western=-Front, employing bicycles and armoured vehicles. 8 prints of German field fortifications in France, showing arrangement of barbed wire, artillery, and trenches, 1914. 10 various prints showing battlefields after fighting with the collection of dead, prisoners, grave sites, and wounded. 1 print of the landing at Gallipoli, 1915.
(2 boxes of stereograph images) 5 prints of Gallipoli campaign with troop transports, allied troops, and Turkish coastal artillery batteries. 3 various prints of Italian troops. 2 prints of the interior of a British munitions factory. 1 print of Woodrow Wilson. 1 print of David Lloyd-George. 25 various prints depicting French troops of the Western Front, 1914-1915. 5 prints of war booty collected in Great Britain for fund raising purposes, including weapons from the SMS Emden, aircraft and field artillery. 5 prints of Russian troops on the Eastern front showing trenches, and heavy siege artillery. 9 miscellaneous scenes from the European War, depicting aerial warfare, colonial troops, and war damage. 1 print of Sarajevo, Bosnia. 1 print of Belgian troops defending a canal in Flanders, 1914. 4 prints of field kitchens of the various warring powers. 3 various photographs of war refugees. 4 prints of Italian troops fighting in Alpine areas. 6 prints of U.S. Army of Occupation troops in Koblenz, Germany. 14 various prints of French troops engaged on the Western Front, including dragoons, colonial troops and infantry. 9 prints of the peach conference at Versailles. 1 print of President Raymond Poincare during a visit to the front together with several officers. 1 print of the assembled royalty at Queen Alexandra of Russia's coronation, Moscow, 1896. 4 various U.S. Army troops training in France at target practice with small arms, anti-aircraft machine guns, and other activities. 2 prints of General J.J. Pershing in France, and Washington D.C. 7 prints of victorious U.S. troops in London, and New York. 6 glass slides of U.S. posters.
6 panoramic prints of U.S. troops, cemeteries and battle sites in France, 1919.
1 print of 25,000 American soldiers in formation in the shape of the Liberty Bell, Camp Dix, N. J., 1918; 22 prints of an unidentified American mission visiting France during World War I.
4 drawings on the backs of menus from a Paris restaurant, celebrating the end of the war, 1918.
7 prints of British soldiers and pilots in France during World War I.
4 drawings on the backs of menus from a Paris restaurant, celebrating the end of the war, 1918.
430 prints depicting activities of the Austro-Hungarian army on the Eastern front, 1917-1919.
2 prints of King Albert I of Belgium, one taken in 1914., and the other depicting him with his consort, Queen Elisabeth, in a parade in Brussels, marking the end of World War I, 1918.
1 print depicting the destruction of a building during World War I, from The National Magazine Nov. 1914, p.205 (caption: "After the Bombardment")
61 prints depicting military activities during World War I in France, including prints of Georges Clemenceau, General Pershing, and Field Marshal Foch.
6 prints depicting German soldiers with war equipment, Zeppelin supplies, etc., and German women working in Berlin, and battlefields.
18 prints depicting German and Russian soldiers in Poland, including one print depicting Austrian soldiers on their way to the Italian front.
1 print depicting Crown Prince Wilhlem reviewing troops, circa 1914.
27 prints depicting British and Calvary units on parade, ca. 1915.
49 Prints and 47 Postcards depicting conditions, war damage and military forces in Italy, 1917-1919.
4 prints of the Russian Military Cemetery at Mourmelon le Grand, France.
1 postcard of the 316th supply train of the A.E.F., at Nogent, France, 1918.
1 photograph album of the American Expeditionary Forces.
1 print of a painting by G.L. Jaulmes, entitled "Le Depart des Americains pour la Guerre" (the departure of the Americans for war).
6 negatives of posters issued by the U.S.
Photographs of posters (20 albums in 9 boxes) issued by the U.S. and a number of other countries, relating to the war effort during World War I, 1914-1919.
3 prints depicting unidentified award ceremonies.
12 prints depicting aerial views of France taken by German pilots for reconnaissance, 1918; printed map of Iran, 1918, in German; 12 panoramic prints of French countryside taken by German pilots for reconnaissance, n.d.
29 prints, on five pages from a scrapbook, depicting aerial views of France, maps and scenes of war, 1916-1918.
Political postcards from various countries.
22 glass plates depicting the German Army during World War I.
11 prints depicting trenches and military camps on the Western front, as well as cities such as Verdun, Sedan and Coblenz.
1 print depicting a class of young boys and girls from the Belgian town of Uladsloo holding up a placard expressing their gratitude to the Commission for Relief in Belgium, 1918.
Album of postcards describing the German war effort and depicting German troops in Galicia and on the Western front, naval battle scenes, and cities and towns in France, Poland, Germany, and Belgium (some destroyed), 1914-1916.
21 postcards depicting members of the German imperial family at the time of World War I.
22 postcards and prints, 1914-1919, depicting Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Crown Prince Wilhem, General Paul von Hindenburg and other German military.
22 postcards and prints, 1914-1919, depicting Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Crown Prince Wilhem, General Paul von Hindenburg and other German military leaders; German soldiers (dead and alive) and prisoners, captured German artillery and tank displayed on the place de la Concorde in Paris, a German observation balloon, the American cemetery of Belleau Wood and other grave sites, and unidentified barracks and submarine.
1 print depicting both sides of a medal commemorating Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin and a German aerial attack over London, 17-18 August 1915.
Glass slides depicting activities of the French Army in France during World War I.
Postcards depicting Russian propaganda, 1914-1918.
1 print depicting C.B. Kelland in uniform, n.d.
3 prints depicting the U.S.A.T Mount Vernon transporting German prisoners of war from Vladivostok.
1 print of Kaiser Wilhelm II with Marshals Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorfff; and 1 tin type of Field Marshal Sir John French.
40 postcard portraits of various American British and other Allied military leaders.
63 postcards of assorted World War I scenes.
48 prints of depicting the U.S.A.T Logan transporting Czechoslovak prisoners of war from Vladivostok, 1920.
1 sketch of General Erich von Falkenhayn German Chief of Staff, by O. Henspel, 1917.
3 postcards including depictions of Marshals Ferdinand Foch and Joseph Joffre.
Oversize prints and lithographs depicting miscellaneous aspects of World War I, especially the Isonzo front.
10 prints of tanks in World War I.


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UKGM Gießen
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Bullous emphysema diagnosis (program ID: 259559)
Werner Seeger
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The department of internal medicine II includes general internal medicine and a number of priority areas of medical branch. The clinic offers a wide range of newest investigation techniques and innovative treatment skills in the fields of pulmonary and respiratory diseases (pneumology), kidney disease (nephrology), the gastro-intestinal diseases (gastroenterology), infectious diseases (infectious diseases) and intensive care.
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Skip to comments.NRA endorses Romney as only hope for firearms freedom
Posted on 10/05/2012 12:13:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The National Rifle Association (NRA) endorsed Mitt Romney for president late Thursday.
NRA Executive vice president Wayne LaPierre and NRA Political Victory Fund chairman Chris Cox will formally announce the endorsement at a Romney rally in Virginia later Thursday evening. Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan will also be on hand.
In this election, there is no debate, LaPierre said in a statement. There is only one choice only one hope to save our firearms freedom and our way of life.
The endorsement is not surprising the NRA has a history of supporting conservative candidates, who traditionally support strong gun rights.
Today, we live in an America that is getting harder to recognize every day led by a President who mocks our values, belittles our faith, and is threatened by our freedom, Cox said in a statement.
Gun rights became a campaign issue earlier in the year after a mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado.
The late-night shooting at a crowded premier for "The Dark Knight Rises" left 12 dead and dozens wounded has rekindled calls by some on the left to push for stricter gun laws.
The semi-automatic rifle, an AR-15, was illegal under federal law until a ban on it was lifted in 2004.
I still believe that the Second Amendment is the right course to preserve and defend and don't believe that new laws are going to make a difference in this type of tragedy, Romney said at the time.
Has Romney ever supported 2nd Amendments rights? Doesn't he refuse to hunt, and thinks hunting is a bad thing?
I guess it's still better than voting for Satan...
A better hope would have been that John the Baptist guy, Gary Johnson. But he doesn't have one of the Big Two Party duopoly gangs in his corner, so I guess we'll just have to see how this turns out.
Er... No. That is not what that idiotic law did. Sheesh.
The NRA, like many of the rest of us, are faced with two choices. Pick a team.
This is the guy that wrote his own assault weapons ban for his state when the federal one expired...
I am going to begrudgingly voting for him, only because of 1979 redux...
But please, stop turning this liberal socialist into the next conservative champion..
it turns my stomach..
So if Romney restricts gun rights< we can say, "yeah, "Obama didn't do it."
And no offense but I don't GAF if he chooses to hunt or not, so long as he supports your right and mine to hunt if we choose to. The worst thing he could do would be to saunter into a sporting goods store and do a reprise on John f'n Kerry (who served in Vietnam, btw) and patronize the f out of everybody and say "Can I get me a huntin' licen' here?"
Like the man said, "choose a side".
Thank you.
Obama would attempt to take away gun rights by decree in his 2nd term. I expect Romney to leave guns alone.
Uh, no it was not. But this is the type of journ-O-lism I expect from the Hill.
That's pretty naive. Obama will have to fight against a Republican Congress. Romney won't have to worry about it. Democrats are afraid of the gun issues. Romney won't be afraid to lower the boom.
I never did get one of those "ALL IN" coins.
And I'm a life member!
I doubt it is naive. Will see though.
And what's the other choice 30 days from now? You know the correct answer. Obama who does not care one lick about the separation of powers or Romney who should play inside the rule of law.
That may actually be correct. An AR-15, strictly speaking is a Colt product, and with all the features, would have been illegal until the ban was lifted. That doesn't mean that all of those variants sold as "AR-15"'s were illegal, as I'm sure the writer meant, but, hey...he had to get something wrong.
I just don't understand why you want to give the message to Romney that he has free reign to impose leftism on this country. He already change the rules at the GOP convention to limit conservatives. Now, conservatives are acting like the guy is the greatest thing in the world. He's not even a moderate. Come January 2013, he will not be fighting the left, he will be eviscerating the right. But then, your inviting him to do it, so I guess it's fair game.
The NRA endorses a man who permanently banned the exact sort of weapons that the British redcoats went to Lexington and Concord to try to confiscate.
Shameful, but not surprising. The NRA has been supporting democrats for years.
The Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) passed by Congress and signed into law by President Clinton took effect on September 13, 1994. It did not ban semi-automatic rifles such as the AR-15 currently in civilian hands, nor did it ban future sales of semi-automatic rifles. It created a new (and I would submit, inaccurate) definition of an assault weapon. Historically, assault weapons were selectable for automatic or machine-gun fire, or at least for a multiple-round burst with one trigger pull. After all, if military personnel were engaged in rapid movement when in danger of coming into sudden contact with the enemy (or when military personnel were specifically assaulting enemy positions), having automatic fire capability was considered desirable in modern warfare.
The AWB created a new, cosmetic definition of an assault weapon as one that had could accept a detachable magazine, and had more than one of the following features: a pistol grip that protruded conspicuously below the receiver, a folding or telescoping stock, a bayonet lug, a flash suppressor, or a grenade launcher.
It is interesting to note that under the 1994 AWB (which expired in 1994), all semi-automatic weapons in civilian possession before the AWB initiation that would have later been banned were not considered assault weapons (due to their dates of manufacture and possession). Nor were the millions of semi-automatic weapons manufactured and sold to civilians during the 10 years the ban was in place. Technically, according to Congress inaccurate and cosmetic definition, the only assault weapons during the ban were weapons meeting the AW definition that were manufactured and/or possessed by civilians during those 10 years. That would include precious few weapons, and shows how absurd the AWB was. Weapons possessed before the ban came into effect that met the 1994 AW definition were grandfathered, and weapons with the same general capability (semi-automatic fire and the ability to accept magazines holding from 11 up to 100 rounds) were legal to manufacture and sell to civilians during the 10 years of the ban.
As for the high-capacity magazine ban that was part of the same 1994 Crime Bill (banning civilian possession of magazines holding more than 10 rounds that were manufactured after the September 13, 1994 initiation of the law), it merely raised prices for such magazines. There were tens of millions of high-capacity magazines in civilian hands as of September 1994. If someone was specifically intending to commit criminal assault with a firearm, or to put themselves into a situation in which they would be willing to do so, they would not be stopped by a price increase of $20-50 per magazine (depending on type), nor would many such criminally-minded individuals be chastened by the prospect of additional incarceration due to the AWB or hi-capacity magazine ban laws.
Fortunately, these laws sunsetted on September 13, 1994. As a sidebar, I would point out that the streets have not run red with blood due to the expiration of these laws, as the anti-gun forces warned in 2004. In fact, in the 20 years between the height of the crack-exacerbated crime peak of the early 1990s, the American people have taken legal possession of well over 150 million firearms, and violent crime has been nearly cut in half during that time.
Wasn't that, "illegal to transfer"? Weren't all the existing rifles grandfathered in? Kalifornia is so screwed up that I don't even recall exactly what the federal law was.
"Obama will have to fight against a Republican Congress."
Yeah that's really held the Kenyan back so far. Did you miss all the czars, executive orders, Holder?
I think you need to keep up with current events. You either don't pay attention, don't care or you work for the other team. You make no sense whatsoever and saying it over and over again will never make it true.
Romney: "I have five sons, so I'm used to having people say something to me that isn't quite true ... and that repeating it again and again will make it so."
Yeah. And probably only a transfer through an FFL. Private sale should have been cool. Good catch. Journalists seem to believe that all "assault rifles" disappeared during the ban.
I just dont understand why you want to give the message to Romney that he has free reign to impose leftism on this country.
The message that you are sending is let Obama win to impose his Marxism on the country. I don't think you mean that but that is what can be implied.
"Pre-ban" weapons and "pre-ban" "high-capacity" magazines (those manufactured and possessed by civilians before September 13, 1994) were legal for sale and transfer to other civilians. Several states passed their own AWB laws (with no sunset date), most of which mirrored the federal AWB.
Like Massachusetts?
So, all the Democrats had to get you to abandon conservatism was elect Obama? They are tricky.
Wow, you are the first Romney pounder to actually mentions this. (albeit after I pressed you several times) Pretty much everyone is going on about how great he is and giving him a blank check.
Since you are suggesting we put a Socialist in charge of the country, and someone who wants to push conservatives into a 3rd party, what exactly do you propose to stop him?
Your posts are just silly.
NRA president, David Keene, wrote in the SEP 2012 edition of the American Hunter: Jim Wallace, Executive Director of the MA Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) and an NRA committee member says without equivocation that during Romney's administration "no anti-second Amendment or anti-sportsmen legislation made it to the governor's desk and the governor managed to sign 5 pro-Second Amendment/pro-sportsmen bills into law." That, says Wallace, must be considered an extraordinary achievement given the political realities of MA (during his watch, Democrats controlled 2/3 of both chambers of the state legislature).
Chris Cox, NRA ILA (Institute of Legislative Action) Executive Director, interviewed Mitt Romney for the SEP 2012 edition of American Rilfeman and American Hunter (p. 16-19). Mitt sounded mighty conservative on all matters regarding the 2nd Amendment.
That said, I don't trust WMR at all. His history of flip-flopping on a host of other issues, his support of homosexuality in the Boy Scouts and right for homosexual couples to adopt, his holding the TEA Party at arm's length, and his actions at the 2012 GOP convention where conservatism was excluded show me he is not to be trusted.
Q: But what choice do we have?
A: The devil we don't know. I too will crawl over broken glass to vote for WMR.
Crap, all I know is that Obama is going to lose the Salesmen of the Year Award for Firearms come January 2013.
And good bye you POS.
He joined the NRA in 2005.
Thanks, Theoria, for that info. So, he joined during his term as governor of MA. Almost looks like a late-life conversion.
Here, take a teaspoon of "Don't read it".......There, feel better?
Oh, and stop kicking that dead horse......
So where's their endorsement for Obama?
LaPierre said in a statement. There is only one choice only one hope to save our firearms freedom and our way of life.
There is another, more ugly way, that might become necessary.
What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
Romney is a democrat.
Romney signs off on permanent assault weapons ban
Deadly assault weapons have no place in Massachusetts, Romney said, at a bill signing ceremony...These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people.
And you are deliberately distorting the facts. Romney is NOT a Democrat no matter how much you wish he was. That was only a snippet of what he said as he signed the law, which was PRO-GUN and actually eased the restrictions. GOAL (Gun Owners Action League) in Mass was lobbying for the bill and is backing Romney solidly on his protecting the 2cnd Amendment.
GOAL statement:
"During the Romney Administration, no anti-Second Amendment or anti-sportsmen legislation made its way to the Governors desk.
Governor Romney did sign five pro-Second Amendment/pro-sportsmen bills into law. His administration also worked with Gun Owners Action League and the Democratic leadership of the Massachusetts House and Senate to remove any anti-Second Amendment language from the Gang Violence bill passed in 2006."
Lying for Romney is a cottage industry.
Quislings, that's what they are.
Ah but he said he's become more conservative as he got older.
Uh, uh, Jim you may want to move on to another topic... -Hussein Obammy (Debate #1)
Mr. Hoefling, 3rd party candidate:
You can bold and bigger-font that until it takes up the entire page, if you'd like, it doesn't change the fact that Romney, as Governor of the most liberal state in our nation, not only never harmed gun rights, repeatedly signed legislation that expanded gun rights. And that comes directly from the gun-lobby in Massachusetts and the NRA.
By your taking snippets of quotes to mischaracterize his standing and history of action on gun rights, you are bearing false witness.
Romney Renews His Support For Gun Control, 23 July [2012]: "That's the kind of legislation I like"
What he actually said was this
"the law that we signed in Massachusetts was a combination of efforts both on the part of those that were for additional gun rights and those that opposed gun rights,...Where there are opportunities for people of reasonable minds to come together and find common ground, thats the kind of legislation I like.
Your post was basic, blatant lying, and you pose yourself as representing the Christian right?
Bumper sticker.
Quislings, thats what they are.
Again with name-calling and calling others liars while you are blatantly bearing false witness against opponents. Seriously, I'm worried about you. I believe you have truly lost your way and constantly miss the forest for the trees. I think you have honest intentions in your campaign, but you are so consumed in your pursuit of office in the name of "morality" that you are Machiavellian in your tactics. When truth and honor in debate do not supersede your political pursuit, why should anyone have confidence that you would suddenly remember truth and honor AFTER you were sworn in?
Based on the principles you say you espouse on your site, I think you would have been excellent in office... starting locally, working your way up. But I just don't see those principles revealed in your speech to others here :-(
Joe Schwarz was endorsed, so there is precedence for bad endorsements. I'm voting for Mitt as the lesser of two evils, but I'm not going to delude myself into thinking he's the next George Washington.
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ARM, a leading developer of microprocessor technologies for mobile computers, and Globalfoundries, a top contract make of semiconductors, on Monday unveiled new details on their system-on-chip (SoC) platform technology for powering the next generation of wireless products and applications. The new chip manufacturing platform is projected to enable a 40% increase in computing performance, a 30% decrease in power consumption, and a 100% increase in standby battery life.
The ARM and Globalfoundries SoC platform is based on the ARM Cortex- A9 processor, optimized ARM physical IP and Globalfoundries' 28nm gate-first high-K metal gate (HKMG) process. Together, ARM and Globalfoundries will enable manufacturers of embedded devices such as smartphones, smartbooks, tablets and more to address increasing design and manufacturing complexities while reducing time to volume production at mature yields. Globalfoundries expects to start production on these next-generation technologies in the second half of 2010 at Fab 1 in Dresden, Germany.
The new platform includes collaboration on two Globalfoundries process variants: 28nm super low power (SLP) for mobile and consumer applications and 28nm high performance (HP) for applications requiring maximum performance.
As the market for "smart" mobile products continues to accelerate there is a clear need for increased performance to enable continued innovation in mobile applications. Globalfoundries' 28nm process with Gate-First HKMG technology provides significant performance gains over the previous generation 40/45nm technologies. Current estimates show 28nm with HKMG will provide approximately 40% higher performance within the same thermal envelope, delivering improved application performance and enriched multi-tasking capabilities on mobile devices. Globalfoundries is well positioned to bring this technology to market rapidly while offering customers the benefits of the widely adopted gate-first approach to HKMG.
Also, improvements in power efficiency are necessary with each new technology generation to deliver longer talk/standby time, multimedia playback and interactive gaming and graphics. The combined benefits of ARM IP and Globalfoundries 28nm HKMG process enables up to a 30% reduction of power consumption and 100% increase in standby battery life compared to 40/45nm.
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Home > National Parks of Canada > Banff National Park > Natural Wonders & Cultural Treasures > Wildlife > Caribou
Caribou in Banff | Caribou 101 | Species at risk public registryCaptive Breeding | Translocation | Caribou Conservation Strategy
Caribou historically occurred in two regions of Banff National Park. Caribou in the Nigel Pass area are part of the Brazeau Herd that range primarily in Jasper National Park and the White Goat Wilderness Area. Caribou also occurred in the Upper Pipestone and Siffleur Valleys.
Parks Canada's Conservation Strategy for Southern Mountain Caribou in Canada's National Parks guides caribou conservation actions in the mountain national parks of Banff, Jasper, Mount Revelstoke and Glacier. The strategy identifies key threats to the caribou populations and outlines actions to help mitigate these threats. Review the Conservation Strategy
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The "me" curriculum is undermining learning, writes Mark Bauerlein, an Emory professor, in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
In its attempt to implement Common Core's new standards, the Georgia Department of Education is telling teachers that narrative writing is all about me, all the time. A recommended writing prompt for 11th graders:
The characters in Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" are all seeking a home, a place of refuge, a place that is "clean and pleasant." Describe your own "clean, well-lighted place," the place where you feel safe, secure, and most "at home."
The prompt asks students to "reveal things about themselves, not analyze" the story, Bauerlein writes. It's typical.
In her essay "How It Feels to Be Colored Me," Zora Neale Hurston defines her personal experience as an African-American female in early 20th century America. Using Hurston's essay as a model, define how it feels to be yourself (as a male, as a female, as a member of any group) in early 21st century America.
"Demonstrating character" cites the Cuban Missile Crisis and asks seventh graders:
If you were President of your own country and had the power to make laws, start or stop wars, end hunger, etc., what would you do? Write about an imaginary country where you are the president. Make your country the way you wish it could be.
A president has the power to make laws and end hunger?
"As a college teacher of freshman English, I can see no sense in these assignments," writes Bauerlein. Students don't develop the analytical, reading and writing skills they'll need in college or an eventual job.
The units claim to align with Common Core's English Language Arts standards, which Bauerlein helped develop. Teaching students to write about their navels is not what he had in mind.
Common Core's critics are pushing states to withdraw approval, reports Ed Week. The campaign is focused on on Colorado, Idaho, and Indiana.
Alabama is withdrawing from the two consortia developing core-aligned tests.


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EventsView Calendar
Sustainability information session.
7:00pm to 8:00pm
Would you like to live in a recently renovated farmhouse on 33 acres of land four miles from campus? Would you like to harvest and preserve your own food right on site? Do you care about the environment and want to live as lightly and sustainably as you can with a small community of students with similar values?
If so, the Spring 2014 Spring Sustainability Semester might be for you! Come to the info session for a brief presentation about the program and to chat with students from the Spring 2013 semester.


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Monday, June 30, 2008
Update Video and Thank Yous
I decided to do a quick video on my thoughts of my progress over the last 7 months. It's hard to believe that I just started this blog and my youtube page in November/December-ish of last year. Everyone has been so supportive of me...and I wouldn't have come this far without my blogging family.
Here's a quick two minute video with some thoughts on the year...as well as my birthday weekend makeup! I'm also wearing my new dress from this really great store called Metro Park...do you guys have that around you? It's one of those really funky urban/rock clothing stores...with brands like Ed Hardy...Obey Clothing, Lamb...etc. It's actually a tube dress but I wore a black long sleeve shirt under because my boobies kept popping out, lol. Anyways, here's the video!
Thanks again to all of my blogging family...like I said in the video, I wouldn't have been able to get where I am today without you. I check each blog listed on my blog roll nearly everyday. I've learned so much from you guys and have been inspired to no end...thanks for everything!
5 comments:
- Roselyn said...
You look so adorable!
- June 30, 2008 at 11:55 AM
- Ethereal Prey said...
woot! keep up the great work! Looking smoking hot as always! Hee hee. what's wrong with bewbies popping out? I say they need to be free too! LOL! :P
- June 30, 2008 at 11:56 AM
- missxxmai said...
you look gorgeous! hope had a wonderful birthday =) & 25 is not old! especially when you don't even look it.
i love the new bg, your apartment! i love the couch and especially the pillows =) & the lighting is a lot better so when you do your video the color is more realistic!
and good job on your progress!
- June 30, 2008 at 12:34 PM
- Virtuous Blue said...
Congrats on your birthday & blogging milestone. Time truly does fly when you're having fun...and blogging lol.
- June 30, 2008 at 12:48 PM
- Tia said...
Aw, you look so cute! I hope you had a fun time on your birthday and did all that you want. I can't wait to see more tutorials from you, they're so helpful! Happy July 4th, before I forget! Take cares, Ren!
PS. I only looked tan, when you saw me...thanx to the MAC Golden Bronzer, what will I do without it! =)
- June 30, 2008 at 7:58 PM


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Skip to comments.Crazy Cat Ladies (The strange and strong bond between women and cats)
Posted on 10/18/2009 6:58:40 PM PDT by Dysart
Courtney Kistler is a 28-year-old single gal who lives in New York City. She's sociable, outgoing and attractive. But that hasn't stopped Kistler's mother from worrying that her daughter, a freelance marketer, will never catch a husband--because she owns three cats.
"[My parents] think it's a little weird," she says of her multiple cat ownership. In fact, Kistler's mother has been known to ask her cat-loving daughter: "What if you want to bring a guy home? What would he think?"
While Kistler's last boyfriend wasn't too fond of her felines (he refused to pet them), the two men she dated before that (who both grew up with cats) were fine with them. Still, her mother worries. Says Kistler: "She's bought into the stereotype, and what am I going to do? I can't deny it exists."
Laura Adamson, a 23-year-old graduate student in Gainesville, Fla. recently learned some of the negative responses that can befall a single woman with a cat. After she adopted a kitten that had been tied up in a pillowcase tossed to the side of the road, Adamson began telling people her new pet's miracle story. Instead of being awed, some of her listeners called her a "crazy cat lady." She adds: "Usually they follow it up with 'Do you take the cat for walks?' or 'Does it eat at the table with you?' "
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
My cats treat our home like a bloody 'hotel'.....as cats do. Pet me... Love me. OK, I'm off. Goodbye. LOL! Love 'em, tho.
I don't mind if a girl has a pussycat.
Where is the shopping cart in that depiction?
I know a gentleman who's a multiple cat owner. He divorced his wife but kept the four cats.<p.
Dogs have masters. Cats have staff.
I wouldn't date a man who refused to pet an animal.
If he doesn't have the decent compassion for animals, he doesn't fit the bill to me. And I am married to a hunter! But the rule is if you kill it, it better be food. Otherwise, God made us stewards of all animals and to not be loving toward them is un-Godly.
I kinda thought most single people had a pet of some sort. I've known a lot of single guys with cats too. They are the perfect pet for someone who is not home much but still wants company.
I didn't make my husband eat the armadillo he shot that was destroying our yard.
ROFL! Maybe best cat pic ever!
Crazy animals
I'm a 46 year old married man with three cats and two dogs.
Wow, I wonder if that was photoshopped??
Right. One cat. Or a couple or so. Fine and dandy. I have dogs— i get pets. But it's the bevy of cats that become troubling. And especially when they suddenly pop up out of nowhere, and strange ones appear to come and go as they please with their official belonging status(if you will) indecipherable to anyone. I've known several women/their cat situation who fit this scenario to a t. And they weren't attached to them really as many people are to their pets. It seems to be the idea of collecting them but not actually having dominion over them. This article facilitates comprehension a bit.
"Weird thing going on in my neighborhood is these cats that belong to other families but spend most of their time at my house and vice versa, our cats will be gone for 2 or 3 days at a time obviously doing the same thing."
I had lots of my neighbors' cats coming to my place, but it was only to use my side yard as their latrine. Neighbors have 7 cats at one house alone. I think I could do without that.
Then there's one of the bosses at work, who has 16 of them.
This old lady seems to be missin' that gene. (Thank the Good Lord.)
Dogs. It's all about dogs.
Well, I have known people with dogs only, with cats only and with cats and dogs. The oddest people I've known had cats only. But not everyone I've known with cats only were odd. I think perhaps cats appeal to odd people more than dogs do.
I'm ashamed to say that, late for a first date for some cat-related reason and sensitive to the single woman/cat fanatic stereotype, I told a man that although I have a cat I'm really a dog person.
My handsome date smiled and said, I LOVE cats!
Twenty years later we're still together (and STUPID for our two, very bad kitties.
LOL I would not trust a cat with my brain, however.
I actually considered this. For about 10 seconds.
People are stupid mostly! if I were single and a guy came a long who didn't like my cats then he could just move on to the next person because I'd know quick that he wasn't worth having around.
I have no problem killing the raccoons that kill my chickens and the varmints that destroy my crops.
Kitteh Ping
I agree. I prefer dogs, but cats are much easier to take care of. We have one of each.
I think pets are a very important part of raising children; there are so many lessons about love and compassion that can be learned through pet ownership.
For someone who pet lover, though, I think it is foolish to try to become romantically involved with a person who just doesn't like them. I absolutely love my dog, but I respect the fact that some people just don't like dogs or are afraid of them.
Really? I'm sure you'd look fetching in those pinstripe slacks and pumps.
Try this one on for size....1 in 3,000 Calico cats is a male...
You wrote:
"I think perhaps cats appeal to odd people more than dogs do."
My reply:
Perhaps odd people appeal more to cats than to dogs. LOL
I've owned both. Currently only one dog.
Any man could learn to love cats, with the right sort of motivation .....
He must be one very busy boy.
Or very confused...
I don't see what the problem is with the girl in the article, she only has 1 cat. I used to have 2, now I just have 1 and she is plenty! She's too used to having the run of the household for me to get another.
Isn't that because the gene coding for hair color
is on the x-chromosome,
which is randomly suppressed from one cell to another.
Hence heterochromia in females only
A process not possible in males (only one x-chromosome)
When I met Mrs. RQSR in 1975 she had two dogs and a BIG black cat that loved me instantly. We were married three years later...me and Mrs. RQSR that is, not the cat.
Anyway since that time we've had a total of 30 dogs, and only the good lord knows how many cats have come and gone in our lives, but we are currently down to 14 cats here at the ranch that we claim as ours, with at least three or four more that visit on a daily basis from who knows where.
The cats are fun. They are a problem once in awhile, but mostly just get 'em fixed, feed them the cheapest food you can buy, never give them the good stuff ever, pet them when they tell you they need a hug, and everything is just fine.
Time for someone to drag out the .gif where the cat paws at a guy who's apparently hung himself and the body slowly, slowly twists in the wind...
whoops I meant to say THREE cats! ah well, that still isn't many to me....it would be another thing if she had a houseful of them. Good test for bringing a date around!
I can't say for sure...but I've heard it said that domestic cats generally confine their travels to a 4-acre square area from their home...
aka unemployed
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This is a chic hairstyle as the hair is short around one side and at back, with the other side longer and curled. This bob look is stylish and sexy. There is a side part with the hair layered.The hair is cut short for this look.This hair colour is light brown with blonde highlights.
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May I suggest THE BOBS' a'cappella version of HELTER SKELTER? Few Beatles covers are this funny.Check it out of you can find it.
ANTHOLOGY 3 is my favorite of the series. It's really convenient how CD 1 is entirely made up of 'white album' material. Sometimes I put the 'white album' and ANTHOLOGY 3 disc 1 in my CD changer and I'm off to 'white album' heaven!


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Sierra de Grazalema Nature Reserve
Grazalema Nature Reserve
Contact details
Grazalema, Cadiz
Nature Reserve Management and Conservation office
Tel.:+34 952154599
Tel.:+34 956709733
Biosphere Reserve, recognition from UNESCO for certain natural sites..
Ecotourism. ECST (European Charter for Sustainable Tourism) accreditation for certain natural areas.
Fir forests and spectacular gorges
The Sierra de Grazalema is located between the Andalusian provinces of Cadiz and Malaga, and is the site of an important relictual area of Spanish fir, a tree which has become the symbol of these mountains. This is one of the most spectacular Karstic complexes in Spain, with deep gorges and cave systems, and the most extensive complex of rivers, cavities and subterranean galleries in Andalusia. The whole of the Sierra de Grazalema Nature Reserve was declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1977.
Grazalema is part of a mountain massif, located between the provinces of Cadiz and Malaga. Its mountains reach heights of between 600 and 1600 metres over the surrounding valleys and depressions. This is an area of steep reliefs, with narrow valleys such as the "Green Gorge", whose walls rise up 400 metres from ground level. An important feature of Grazalema is that it is one of the points on the Peninsula which receives the most rainfall, with over 2,000 mm of water a year. Another of the singular characteristics of this mountain range is the presence of grottoes and subterranean systems, including particularly the Hundidero-Gato complex, which is the largest cave in Andalusia, or the Pileta Cave, with its prehistoric origins. Ten species of amphibians, 14 reptiles, 136 species of birds and 42 mammals have been recorded in the area. There is a very significant colony of bats –one of the largest in Europe– in the Hundidero-Gato system mentioned above. The vegetation can be differentiated in the lower areas, with an abundance of holm oak, cork oak, carob, hawthorn, strawberry trees and mastic, and in the upper reaches, plant formations such as gall oaks and fir trees make an appearance.
Cadiz (Andalusia)
Bosque, El, Grazalema
See tourist services and activities in the park
- Type of area Biosphere reserve, Nature reserve
- Area 53411 hectares
Access and surroundings
Cultural information
Places to visit in the area near Grazalema include the Pileta Cave (in Benaoján), the dolmen of the Giganta (in the Montejaque pass), the Arab castle at Zahara and the Roman ruins of Ocuri. The towns and villages in the surrounding area have a valuable artistic, cultural and monumental heritage as well as a range of typical festivities and traditions.
Environmental information
Its wildlife includes the griffon vulture, golden eagle, the peregrine falcon, as well as kites and buzzards; there are also mammals such as the mongoose, red deer, Spanish ibex and roe deer.
Information for visits
Check with the visitor centres.
Visitor centres
Visitor centre: Cortes de la Frontera
Calle Jacaranda, 1; esquina con la avenida de la Democracia
29380 Cortes de la Frontera (Malaga)
Contact details
Tel.:: [+34 951042100, +34 952154599], [+34 951042100, +34 952154599]
Accessibility. Accessible environments and services in Spain.
- From Nov 01 to Jun 30
- From Friday to Saturday From 10:00 to 14:00 From 15:00 to 17:00
- Sunday From 10:00 to 14:00
- Closing days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
- From Jul 01 to Sep 30
- From Friday to Sunday From 09:00 to 14:00
- Closing days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Visitor centre: El Bosque
Calle Federico García Lorca, 1. Plaza de Toros
11670 Bosque, El (Cadiz)
Contact details
Tel.:: [+34 956709733]
Accessibility. Accessible environments and services in Spain.
- From Monday to Friday From 10:00 to 14:00 From 17:00 to 19:00
- Saturday From 09:00 to 14:00 From 17:00 to 19:00
- Sunday From 09:00 to 14:00


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So, tomorrow, I get to pour for McFadden from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM out in Ft. Bragg on the Mendo coast at the botanical gardens for Winesong. I will not be alone; there will be about 100 wineries and 50 food folks, so this is an amazing tasting for attendees.
After, my time at Winesong, I take off my McFadden hat and put on my John On Wine hat and come back to inland Mendo for the 3rd annual Barn Blending BBQ at Testa in Calpella, Ukiah adjacent. Maria Testa Martinson asked me to come back to one of my favorite local wine events, but this year to act as a judge of the blends that folks make, and help to choose a winning blended wine. The party starts around 6:00 PM, folks make up their blends, inspired by finished wine poured at each table, and appetizers, then a terrific dinner of BBQ treats and Italian pasta is served, and the night's fun continues with dancing to the live music of Nashville recoding artist McKenna Faith.
Frey is going to have an organically good time at their Frey Wine Club Party at the Solar Living Center in Ukiah from 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM, with wine, food, and music.
Parducci Wine Cellars will host The Ford Blues Band at Spencer Brewer's Acoustic Cafe concert series event from 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
If I could be in two places at once, the event I would most like to attend, in addition to the two I am tomorrow, is the Topel Fifth Birthday Party. This is the event for my Sonoma County friends who just do not have the energy to drive up to Mendocino County for Mendo wine fun. Mark and Donnis Topel live, grow grapes, and make wine right here in Hopland; I see them at the post office, or when they visit my tasting room often. In a move that guaranteed they would see more visitors and pour for more tasters, Mark and Donnis put their Topel Tasting Room smack dab in the middle of Healdsburg, just a nudge off the town square on Matheson. The party is going from noon until 7:00 PM, and someone is going to win a year's membership in the Topel Wine Club, which is an awesome gift.


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Mondays 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Steve Garay, Tai Chi instructor at Bower Center, is trained to teach Sun and Yang style Tai Chi and Qigong, including programs specially designed for those with diabetes and arthritis, and Tai Chi Cane and Sword forms.
Tai Chi originated in China 100's of years ago and today is practiced throughout the world as an exercise for better health and wellness. Many scientific studies have proven that it is amazingly effective for health.
Why do Tai Chi? It is a fun and easy exercise to learn. It is a low impact exercise that consists of slow, relaxed movements that help to develop internal and external balance and harmony, improve circulation and fitness levels, and increase oxygen to our bodies. The moves are practiced in a slow controlled fashion that relaxes the body and clears the mind. Regular practice of Tai Chi Ch'uan slowly, yet measurably, improves ones overall fitness and harmony, including relaxation, balance, posture, flexibility and immunity.
The Mayo Clinic (on its website) recommends Tai Chi based on preliminary studies showing possible benefits beyond stress reduction, such as: reducing anxiety and depression; improving balance, flexibility and muscle strength; reducing falls in older adults; improving sleep quality; lowering blood pressure; improving cardiovascular fitness in older adults; relieving chronic pain; increasing energy, endurance and agility and improving overall feelings of well-being.
The cost is $30.00 per month, with on-going classes; pay instructor at the beginning of each month.
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[Dalton] IVC US announced it is interviewing and hiring employees for a fourth shift at its corporate and manufacturing headquarters, based here. Selected candidates will begin working in mid- to late September, according to Xavier Steyaert, co-CEO, IVC US.
"With the addition of a fourth shift, IVC US is exceeding its job creation commitment to the local community made back in 2010 when the manufacturing investment decision was made, " he said. "The success we experience with our sheet vinyl product in the North American market is a testimony to the superior quality our North Georgia employees consistently produce in our state-of-the-art Dalton plant."
Currently, IVC US is running three shifts, 24 hours a day, five days a week, according Andrew Kearton, vice president of manufacturing, IVC US. Increased market demand and adding a fourth shift will allow IVC US's facility to operate 24 hours a day, six days a week.


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8648 - Elegant Studio - West Village
Size45 m²
Floor No.
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- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Towels
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Accommodation summary
|Sullivan Street, 10012 new york city, United States
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Features include a flat panel TV with basic cable, high-speed wireless internet, heated and air conditioned, linen provided free of charge, etc..
Enjoy access to the best shopping, Chinatown, Tribeca, East Village and Little Italy. Half a block from all major subway/metro/trains. Times Square is only 5 minutes away by subway! Whole foods, New York University are just steps away. Galleries, restaurants, museums, cafes, shopping, 24 hour stores, theatres, cinemas and the most popular night life bars/clubs are right outside your front door.
House rulesNo loud parties
No smoking
There is a late fee for check ins after 6PM (40 dollars before 9 pm and
80 dollars after 9 pm) and 40 dollars during weekends
Damage deposit = there is a 500 dollars damage deposit to be paid via paypal.
|Price for > 2 guests
|R 214 ZAR per guest/night extra
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Apartment very well located, we are very pleased with the delivery
Appartement très bien placé, nous sommes très heureux de la prestation
This apartment is perfect for you to experience New York and be in the middle of it all. Walking distance to most, times squere, empire state, subway nearby. Ok standard. This is not for those who plan far in time .... Very good help from the landlord.
Denne leiligheten er perfekt for dere som skal oppleve New York og være i midten av det hele. Gå avstand til det meste, times squere, empire state, subway i nærheten. Ok standard. Denne er ikke for deg som planlegger mye inne tid....
Veldig god hjelp fra utleier.
This is a really lovely apartment. Everything was as we expected and everything is in good working condition. It is in a really good area around lots of bars and restaurants and very short walking distance to Broadway and Times Square. The only negative is that it can get quite noisy at night with the traffic.
Negative: No elevator, locks work poorly, internet did not work, we had the first few days but in 1 room aircon. No kitchen. But one key for 4 adults. Positive: The beds were perfect and it was clean. The neighborhood is quiet and comfortable with plenty of shops and restaurants. Metro (green line) is within walking distance (+ / -10 min) from the apartment.
Geen lift, sloten werken slecht, internet werkte niet, wij hadden de eerste dagen maar op 1 kamer airco. Geen keukentafel. Maar 1 sleutel voor 4 volwassenen.
De bedden waren perfect en het was er schoon.
De buurt is rustig en prettig met volop winkeltjes en restaurants. Metro (groene lijn) is op loopafstand (+/-10 min.) van het appartement.
The aparatmento very correct and clean, not the Wifi worked but we call him in an hour and brought us another router. All very well.
El aparatmento muy correcto y limpio, No nos funcionaba el Wifi pero le llamamos y en una hora nos trajo otro router. Todo muy bien.
Accommodation is good, very nicely furnished and quite complete for several people. Nevertheless, one should not always as in older, renovated buildings U.S. expect to perfect structural condition. In the vicinity of Times Square and just above it is neat little restaurants loud. But one is also close to it and a few minutes walk from the "scene", as well as long-distance bus station and train station. Recommended and reel.
Unterkunft ist gut, ansprechend eingerichtet und für mehrere Personen durchaus komplett. Gleichwohl sollte man wie stets bei älteren, renovierten US-Gebäuden nicht einen zu perfekten baulichen Zustand erwarten.
In der Nähe des Times Square und direkt über kleinen Restaurants ist es ordentlich laut. Dafür ist man aber auch dicht dran und nur wenige Fußminuten von der "Szene", sowie Busbahnhof und Fernbahnhof entfernt.
Empfehlenswert und reel.
Nice apartment, spacious for New York, 30min walk to times square, 5 mins to the Port Authority Transit centre so ideal for transport. Many restaurants and bars nearby, but can be a little noisy on Saturday night. The toilet flushing was a bit tempramental, and do pack your own hair drier and iron if required.
Apartment smaller than the pictures suggest. Very noisy, but not a bad location
Appartement plus petit que les photos le laissent à penser.
Très bruyant, mais plutôt pas mal situé
From the start of the enquiry to the end the whole process went very smooth. All my emails and inquiries were answered very quickly; the check in process was very good even at 10pm at night! The apartment was very nice, specious and clean, with wooden floors throughout, in a very nice neighbourhood with great choice of restaurants and bars. There was a TV in each bedroom so no fighting over the remote control and the big plus was the free WI-FI!! Towels and linen was provided and the kitchen was fully stocked too. There were 6 of us and with 2 bathrooms there was no problem to get ready in the mornings.
The checkout was stress free too. The whole experience I would rate 5* and would use the service again!!
Thank you, Anna
Large studio in a great location, just steps from Times Square. Ideal for a romantic getaway. The bed overlooking the street is a bit noisy ...
Vaste studio dans un quartier sympa, à deux pas de Times Square.
Idéal pour un séjour en amoureux.
Le lit donnant sur la rue, c'est parfois un peu bruyant ...
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Our opinion: Lest we forget the lesson
Less than a century ago madness reigned in Germany.
The fighting to free Europe from the explosion of that insanity cost millions of lives, including hundreds of thousands of American lives, but millions more were methodically exterminated by the Third Reich.
We now call it the Holocaust, a generic term for unthinkable destruction with a capital letter designating a genocidal campaign not sufficiently described by a generic word.
Following World War II and during the campaign to establish a Jewish state in the Middle East, there was a slogan: "Never Again."
Living up to that slogan isn't ensured by the establishment of the State of Israel.
It is only ensured by our collective memory of the tragedy.
There is a bill before the Pennsylvania General Assembly that would mandate instruction about the Holocaust in public schools in the state, a measure that is not supported by the Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition.
While that lukewarm reception may seem counter-intuitive, the rationale behind it better explains the position. Obviously the Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition whole-heartedly supports education about the Holocaust, but it is suspicious of curriculum mandates, which might open the door similar requirements for more controversial and divisive subjects. That fear might also be shared by enough members of the legislature to sink the idea completely.
Instead, the coalition supports the restoration of the $60,000 in dedicated funding for aiding teachers in their presentation of the Holocaust and its consequences to their students. That funding was cut during the Great Educational Purge of 2009 and has never been restored.
Frankly, we can't imagine a school system that would ignore the Holocaust in its curriculum.
Our children and generations to come, must understand the underpinnings of this tragic period of world history, as well as others we could rattle off. The world did not give up genocide after World War II; it has continued on lesser scales in a dozen other places around the globe.
Still, the systematic extermination of Jews, Slavs, Roma, people with disabilities, and other groups stands alone in its scope and provides lessons that cannot be ignored.


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Genesis 1:26-27; Psalm 8:4-6, James 3:8-10, Matthew 10:29-31, Genesis 9:5-6, 1 Peter 2:13-14
July 17, 2009
Since September 11, talk of war and eliminating terrorism has dominated our lives. The atrocities committed against many unsuspecting civilians appear so obviously unjust that many of us have likely supported the war in Afghanistan without asking if we have biblical grounds to do so.
Through the centuries, three main viewpoints have emerged from within the church in response to the question of war:
Some believe no war is justifiable (a position called pacifism). Others believe Christians must submit to their government and agree to fight in any war it engages in (a viewpoint known as activism). But the majority of Christians hold the view that believers may support or join in defensive wars against evil aggressors--a position known as the just war theory.
We identify ourselves with the third approach--the just war theory. Here are three reasons why we believe just wars are permissible and at times, necessary.
God Considers Human Life Precious
At first glance, that statement may seem to exclude all wars, but it is a vital truth that supports the principles that follow.
From the outset, the Bible affirms the exclusive place humanity holds in creation. God created us with the unique privilege of bearing His image (Genesis 1:26-27): He made us moral beings responsible to Him, endued us with creative abilities like His, and set us in dominion over the earth and its occupants (cf. Psalm 8).
As bearers of His image, we are designed to reflect God's ruling, creative, and moral nature and character. Adam's fall seriously marred mankind's likeness to God and sin sours every expression of it, but vestiges of it remain. And it is that image of God in mankind that makes all human life precious. Here are some verses affirming the special value of human life:
God Commands Protection of Human Life
Because life is precious, God decreed its preservation and protection by calling for the punishment of anyone who murders a bearer of His image. He issued this command when Noah left the ark to begin a fresh start on dry land:
Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man's brother I will require the life of man. Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God He made man. (Genesis 9:5-6)
One of the first things God imprinted on Noah's mind after the Flood was a renewed appreciation for human life. Life is so precious, in fact, that it must be protected--God commands the death of those who murderously shed another's blood. The execution of murderers highlights the sanctity of human life and the seriousness of harming those created in God's image.
God Commissioned Government to Punish Evildoers
In the New Testament, the apostle Paul declares that God empowers governments to punish those who do evil. Civil officials are told to bear the sword as avengers and execute wrath on those who practice wickedness:
Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience' sake. For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. (Romans 13:1-7)
First Peter 2:13-14 is in agreement--God ordained government to ensure order in society by punishing evildoers:
Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right.
Those verses indicate that God gives governments the responsibility of carrying out punishment on those who commit deadly atrocities--like those perpetrated on September 11. And that responsibility includes waging war when necessary against nations or groups that carry out such actions.
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Skip to comments.Teacher defends "Santa" remarks (Full, unedited statement)
Posted on 12/26/2005 8:11:14 AM PST by Conservatrix
To the Editor:
"Last week I substituted at a local elementary school in Lebanon County. The lesson plan required me to read the 1882 poem The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore to two classes of students. While I can appreciate the poem for its literary value, the subject matter is offensive to me, and the reading of this poem to the children imposed values upon me which are against my deeply held religious beliefs. I could not in good conscience present the notion of Santa Claus as a truth to the children, and stated so.
No public school teacher should be required to teach a belief, or custom, or religion that he or she believes to be false, or be required to pass those purported falsehoods onto impressionable children, without the right to state a disclaimer. Furthermore, freedom of speech and religion, no matter how unpopular the speech or against cultural norms the religion, are protected rights under the Constitution of the United States. A secular public school should not be propagating any kind of religion. The belief in Santa Claus as a divine, magical, omniscient, powerful, giving, loving father-figure, to which children are taught to make supplications and requests, is a religion indeed-- a distorted substitute for the Judeo-Christian God; a false form of Christianity; a zealously-protected American idol.
In presenting the poem, I gave the children quick historical background about the Santa Claus myth-- its evolution from the historic Nickolaus, Bishop of Myrna in Asia Minor, who died in 343 A.D., to its amalgamation with ancient Western pagan traditions of German, Scandinavian and Dutch origins, to the current manifestation in the secular Christmas culture of today. (Dutch children, for example, would put their wooden shoes out at night for Sante Klaus to fill with candies.)
The current Santa Claus figure was popularized in the late 19th Century by artist Thomas Nast of Harpers Weekly Magazine, who depicted Saint Nick, not as an elf, but a rotund, pipe-smoking man in a red and white suit. This is the deity to which countless public school children today are taught to make supplications, and about whom they sing their many songs at annual public school Christmas programs.
If people are upset about the revelation to children that Santa Claus is a myth-- which all children who are taught this lie find or figure out eventually-- perhaps it is because Santa is that zealously-guarded idol of their own modern religion. Therefore, as a religion, let Santa be kept out of the public school classroom (no more Dear Santa letters to line those school hallways)--or perhaps, in the interest of diversity, make his mythical, oversized personage share equal representation in literature, and song, and Christmas programs, with the other Person of the season: the Lord Jesus Christ, God made flesh, God with us."
1. No sane, rational adult truly believes that the figure "Santa Claus," as described in contemporary culture, actually, ontologically, exists. None, zero, not one. NOBODY believes in a figure living in the North Pole, working with elves and flying reindeer, monitoring the works of all children omnisciently, creeping down chimneys each 12/25 to reward the good. Nobody, not one person.
So, I guess the result of all this deception is exactly what it's meant to be: a harmless fantasy that makes millions of children happy every year, and is eventually replaced by reality-- in all cases.
So, what again is your problem with the myth?
When your children first asked where babies came from, did you immediately fill their heads with the complex and wonderful concept that is sex? ...or did you do what the majority of parents do, and simply say that they come from Mommy's tummy?
When trying to make them careful to not talk to strangers, did you immediately launch into a dissertation on the varieties and symptoms of mental illness, sexual deviancy, and social constructs, or did you simply do what the majority of parents do, and simply say that there are "bogeymen" out there?
I don't suppose your children get small coins under their pillows in exchange for a wrapped-up tooth either, do they?
I prefer to allow children to have their fantasies, both positive and, where appropriate, negative until they're better able to handle the real world.
All I ask is that, if someone has a problem with my method of child-raising, they either come to me or keep their mouths shut. I'd prefer they not circumvent me and take it to my kids directly.
It's that simple.
The problem was the age of the kids. If they'd been older, fine.
"Kids never pay attention to the substitutes."
They rarely pay attention to much in public schools. Check thenational public school reading and math scores against homeschoolers lately?
A lot of conservative Christians oppose the entire Santa Claus myth specifically because it masks the true meaning of Christmas.
I am one of them. When I had my children, I NEVER taught them that nonsense. There was a church I went to where the pastor even taught against telling children about Santa Claus. I believe MANY churches do so your observation that a lot of conservative Christians oppose Santa because of the reason you stated is absolutely true.
So, what do we have here: A bunch of the same people who were decrying the "War on Christmas" slandering a woman who is pointing out that Santa is not a deity, nor is Santa real.
"Twas the Night before Christmas" makes no mention of Jesus' birth. It doesn't mention the reason Christmas is celebrated at all. It's a strictly secular poem. It's about gifts and that sort of thing, and venerates a mythical character that distracts from the real story of Christmas.
I'm an atheist, and don't believe in the divinity of Jesus in the first place, but I'd like to see some consistency from those who do. Santa and this poem are purely secular, as presented here.
You want the "War on Christmas?" The commercial use of Santa Claus is at the heart of it. "The Night before Christmas" has nothing to do with Christianity, nor with the reason Christmas is celebrated.
Never thought I'd find myself agreeing with an atheist but HERE! HERE! And AMEN to that!
This broad really does take herself WAY too seriously.
In fact, I think she either has a very warped view of the world or is intentionally using hyperbole to strengthen the weakness of her argument.
Coincidence? I THINK NOT!!
"This substitute teacher is a good example of the undereducated product of our liberal colleges. These young women have earned teaching degrees so they can go into our public schools and tear down American traditions. When they are not eroding American traditions, they are giving our adolescent boys hands-on learning experiences in sexual education."
She does not believe in sex-ed in public schools. She is a conserative, Bible-believing Christian, and a republican. She has two degrees in music, not elementary ed. She is hoping to find a job in a conservative, Bible-believing Christian school so this kind situation does not have to happen again!
I have no idea if you have children or not. If so, make sure you never take them to watch a magician or, to a puppet show. To a child a penny vanishing from a person's hand is real. A puppet on strings dancing on a stage is real. How awful is that? My children believed in Santa, magic, tooth fairys and puppets. And best of all, they enjoyed every minute of it.
They still believe in Jesus.
I believe this teacher when she says it would go against her conscience to present the lesson as given. Too bad she couldn't express her reservations to her superiors first, and ask for opportunity to present a different lesson or ask to be relieved.
One does not need to be so anal about teaching the difference between imagination and reality, especially with young children. To take a well-known poem rooted in history and fantasy and attempt to seriously relate (or interpret) it for six-year-olds is to treat them as adults.
Meanwhile I'm curious as to how speaking positively about abortion to six year-olds relates to a simple reading of "The Night Before Christmas." Pangs of conscience over reading an imaginary poem to six-year-olds? Give me a break!
You're picking a fight where there's no enemy. We were discussing Santa as a myth, not a god.
It's unfortunate that you lack the imagination to encompass both the fantasy and the reality-- especially as they have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
My child believes in both. In the end, he will only believe in the important one. In the meantime, he may be slightly happier than your children.
...unless you and Mr. Martin have your way.
It is obvious that you have a wire crossed somewhere. Santa is not being written as a "God like" figure, but rather as a giver of joy and happiness in a child's mind. If anything, Santa is seen by children as a melting pot of kind, gentle folks (like Grandpas, Old Uncles, and nice men in a child's mind) who have made the child's life a little bit better. Ever notice that when you smile at a child they will usually stop what they are doing and wave at you or smile back? That is Santa, my friend, and nothing else.
If you are speaking about me personally, I do not have a tooth fairy and I did teach my children about sex in a way that young ones understand. They don't have an Easter Bunny either but they do know about a resurrected Jesus on the day of Resurrection.
God or Santa?
God or Jesus?
God or the tooth fairy?
God or the Easter Bunny?
Many to you these are small thing that aren't important but to some who love Jesus with their whole hearts, an idol is an idol, not matter how accepted culturally.
We dont use Santa as a God. Did I say that Jesus and Santa were the same person, or that they are friends? And for your information, I read my bible quite often.
Have you seen the verse that says "For ALL have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" That includes you! "ALL" is very specific...isn't it!
Did you know that once you have accepted the Sacrifice that Jesus paid for your sins, all your sins...past, present and future... are forgiven - washed away by his blood on the cross at calvary.
If she's got such firm religious convictions she shouldn't even be working for a public school.
She's also got a tremendously inflated sense of her own self importance.
I did. A very simple solution was available to this teacher, but the busy-body declined to take the truly principled stand. She should have declined to read the poem and done something else instead.
I was a substitute teacher for many years and routinely had to change up the lesson plans for various reasons, as all subs do on occasions. This teacher is using this cause to be a martyr, IMO. She passed on the sensible soloution and has found herself neck deep in a controversy that she alone created.
I would have lauded her if she would have refused to "teach" the "lesson plan". She didn't. She taught the exact opposite.
That's what we're all upset about.
That is such laughable paranoia. Santa is being brought up as an innocent fun tradition, there is no secret intent on the school's part to replace God with Santa. BTW, are the stories with the fictional characters in 'Veggie Tales' similarly promoting a form of idolatry?
Maybe it would be wise to reread what Jesus said about the Pharasees. Playing the Santa game with kids equates to lying similarly to the way healing on the Sabbath equates to breaking commandments.
"That is Santa, my friend, and nothing else."
Oh really?
1. Santa sees you when you are sleeping.
2. Santa knows when youa re awake.
3. Santa knows when you have been bad or good.
4. Santa gives you presents at Christmas.
4. Santa is all over the world at once giving things to children everywhere.
5. You ask Santa for things.
Sounds like a religion to me. THINK ABOUT IT.
Is there any doubt in anyone's mind that she has told these youngsters that the US invaded Iraq to get their oil?"
No, she did not. She voted for George Bush and is a conservative republican Christian.
***Yeah, I bet she IS because she says so. She talking the leftist/atheist argument right down the line. (Key and code words) Therefore proving two extreme opposing lines extended into infinity meet finitely at a single vortex - syntheized.
You personally know the TEACHER who imposes her belief over the school's curriculum? You'd vouch with your life for her?
Agreed. How many other 'myths' in the guise of teaching literature have we endured in school? We read the Iliad etc. and we know the gods within are not real. Would this teacher also have a cow over the teaching of these? Further, a child receives gifts at Christmas - from Santa Claus. These free gifts are direcltly related to the FREE gift of redemption which derives from Christ's birth on Christmas. But how many 6 year olds are ready to grasp or can understand this? How does a 6 year old grasp the Resurrection or the Holy Trinity? What do they know of life and death? Santa Claus is our culture's transition point for young minds to appreciate gifts and giving. In my faith, children are ready to make the decision to be baptised at the age of 13. Similarly, in the Jewish faith, young men are Bar Mitzvahed at 13. NOT before. Is there are reason that they wait so long for this? I believe so. But until then, Santa is just fine.
While I can appreciate the poem for its literary value, the subject matter is offensive to me.
One the better humor threads of 2005.
When you say 'she,' you are referring to this substitute teacher who told the children their parents were lying to them?
And she takes it out on the kids.
I'm not saying you would end up changing your mind as a result of the article. But you might back off your pathetically holier-than-thou attitude about the contrary view.
Uh, I believed until I was 7 or 8. My daughter just found out at 8, and she is one of the only kids in her class. Kids LIKE to believe in Santa and don't easily give it up.
That said, I DO kind-of have a problem with Santa in the public schools and that is that they keep the "fun" parts of Christmas and totally disassociate it from the religious. My daughter attended public school for one year and the principal told them that there were giant gingerbread men roaming the school at night, leaving notes for the kids and etc. I had one heck of a time convincing my daughter that was made-up BS.
You fulfill parts of my prediction as to responses exactly. Your point is always made in defending the Santa-lie, and is so easily answered that one wonders as well at its tenacity.
So what, in anything that I actually suggested, hinted that I think that children should always be told all possible details about every area of life in the first conversation?
And is it really true that, in your thinking, you only have two options -- lie to children, or tell them everything that can be told about everything in your first conversation on the topic?
And, finally, to answer your question: I never lie to my children. Never. And they have an exceptionally rich fantasy life. I just teach them that some things are fun make-believe, some things are true, and there is a crucial difference.
"Santa is being brought up as an innocent fun tradition, there is no secret intent on the school's part to replace God with Santa."
Incorrect point. #1. To some people, telling chidlren to belive in someone who sees them when they're sleeping, knows when they're awak., who can read their prayers in a letter and answer them, is not "innocent fun"' it is a type of religion and idolatry to Christians.
#2. Schools may not be replacing God with Santa but they are teaching children to treat him as if he were some kind of god.
BTW isn't Christmas the TRADITIONAL time of celebration the birth of the Savior of the world?
Less paying attention to their teachers would tend to raise those scores, IMO.
My 9-year-old's teacher didn't have a problem with Santa Claus, but when it came time to teach multiplication she taught them about the Tin Man and the Magic Zero. I sat in on a lesson because my normally bright child was having so much trouble learning multiplication and when we worked together at home he was thoroughly confused.
After hearing what his teacher was teaching him, the Tin Man and the Magic Zero crap, I told him to just forget it all and I'd teach him. Now he's got it. ;-)
People are free to believe what they want. And if there is a family out there who believes that Santa Claus is god, it is not up to a substitute teacher to decide to tell children he's not. Read the poem, draw the check for filling in for a day and keep your beliefs to yourself.
How is this different from an atheist substitute teacher announcing to the kids that God isn't real and Jesus didn't rise from the dead? After all, that's what an atheist substitue would believe.
As luck would have it it is online.
Where do you get the idea that she was forced to teach this assignment? She was asked to read a poem. She had options. 1. read it; 2. ask for an alternate assignment; 3. ask for a different class. There are always several substitutes in a school on any given day.
The option she did not have was to force her religious beliefs on six year olds.
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Gee, do I detect a serious issue of liberal narcissism here?
Why is this not surprising? Why is it that whenever somthing good is celebrated, a minion like this has to spew bile all over it?
This witch is evil.
I once had an art teacher in high school (1981) that regularly put up a small Christmas tree in her classroom. She unilateraly quit doing so because one student disagreed - she was never bitter over the issue; however, she always wore red and green during the Christmas season ;-)
Why do you insist Santa's taught as a God substitute? Isn't that a stretch? And it's scary, too. I'd stand in line right beside you in the matter of commercialization of Christmas and the fact that radio stations start in around Thanksgiving, ramming Christmas carols and especially the nauseating 'Santa Baby' down our throats for more than a month. As for small kids, perhaps you have a point and some fantasize about Santa being right up there with Jesus and the Holy Ghost, but in the long run isn't that a matter for parents to straighten out?
You seem to know an awful lot about this teacher. Do you also live in the south central PA region? (where Lebanon, PA is located)
I see you never got an answer to your question...I hope this doesn't surprise you.
Merry Christmas...even though it is a day late.
Here is the substance of her ignorance: Not knowing or caring about the emotions of young children. Pure ignorance. And a bit sadistic besides.
Man, she would have had a heck of a time with Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol.
"December 2005 Touchstone magazine, in which one of the authors gives a defense of allowing children to believe in Santa Claus as children. It's intelligently written"
It may be well-written but Christian are supposed to have no other gods before the Lord God.
Well, she's prettier than most substitutes. My son described his last substitute teacher as a "hag."
You seem to know an awful lot about this teacher. Do you also live in the south central PA region? (where Lebanon, PA is located)
Yes, we know each other.
Obviously you have no interest in a defense of the dissenting point of view. What a prideful shame.
I tried the same argument in 4th grade about Vachel Lindsay's "Congo"... it didn't get very far.
"As for small kids, perhaps you have a point and some fantasize about Santa being right up there with Jesus and the Holy Ghost, but in the long run isn't that a matter for parents to straighten out?"
Yes, indeed, and it is not something that people should have to teach in a public school as a truth.
You sound like the kind of person who would have raised his hand at the Last Supper, when Jesus declared "I am the true vine", and said, "Uh, no, Jesus, I must correct you: you are a human being, and you are God, but you are most certainly not a vine."
THOUGHT ABOUT IT.....and you are incorrect, but thanks for reminding me to avoid folks like this "teacher" in the future
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