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Looks like a pretty awesome resting spot to me!
Ooooo!Growing a FOX tail....?;)
Pricilla, I'm not sure why you got the back end of the cat while the publicist got the front end. I would object if I were you.
Call Mr. Hitchcock! It could be a new shower scene for Psycho!!
That Sherpa is so silly. He has the best of both worlds there and can snooopervise everyone from there. Great picture.
That magnificent tail! Purrfection!
life is good!
The Publicist Looks Up and What Does She See?Orange cat, orange cat ignoring she.
hahahahaha......at least he appears to be comfy!
do you ever feel like you are living in a big wonderful cat house?
That Sherpa really knows how to find the best places to sleep!
Where's the rest of him? We'll have to check out the rest of the story!
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is responsible and not expecting taxpayers to pick up the tab. Unfortunately single mothers who get government pay checks form a huge voter block. They will nearly ALL vote for Hillary. This article celebrates food stamps by celebrating Rosa Diaz who of course is just trying to feed her children. It sounds like she has NO other income and the only money for food is food stamps. I thought food stamps are supposed to supplement not be the total sum to buy food.
Deep in the article is this, "For Diaz, who is five months pregnant, this means less anxiety about being able to feed her family all month long". Instead of outrage we are supposed to accept the food stamp program as a blessing offered to feed *the children*.
Or this line, "At $384 a month, she usually pitched in an extra $100 of her own money to keep her family fed." As though adding $25 bucks a week of her "own money" is doing US a favor! Folks most of the time we are being robbed. I doubt half of the food stamp program could be considered legitimate.
****Food stamp hike helps families cope
$210M is likely to flow through Tenn.'s economy
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An increase in food stamp benefits in April under the federal stimulus package has helped single mother Rosa Diaz, 21, stock the pantry for her family, including her 2-year-old son, Reco Diaz, and her sister. BILLY KINGSLEY / THE TENNESSEAN
An increase in food stamp benefits in April under the federal stimulus package has helped single mother Rosa Diaz, 21, stock the pantry for her family, including her 2-year-old son, Reco Diaz, and her sister. BILLY KINGSLEY / THE TENNESSEAN
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Bonna Johnson
Who will benefit from the nearly $5 billion in federal stimulus money that is expected to flow into Tennessee? The Tennessean goes to the front lines for a weekly report on how the money is being spent. Read more at tennessean.com/stimulus.
The food stamp program was renamed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) last October, although most people still refer to the monthly benefits as food stamps. In April, the federal stimulus program increased monthly benefits about 13 percent.
SNAP benefits can be used to purchase these items:
Breads and cereals
Fruits and vegetables
Meats, fish, poultry
Dairy products
Seeds and plants that produce food for the household to eat
But not these items:
Beer, wine, liquor, cigarettes or tobacco
Pet food
Soap, paper products and household supplies
Vitamins and medicines
Food that will be eaten in the store
Hot foods
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Agriculture
The food stamp program in Tennessee has grown dramatically as more households seek assistance in the worsening economy and as monthly payments got a boost in April through the federal stimulus package.
Month | Individuals | Households | Food stamps
May 2008 910,872 411,010 $93.4 million
March 2009 1.06 million 487,784 $122 million
April 2009 1.08 million 489,680 $144 million
May 2009 1.09 million 500,059 $146 million
SOURCE: Tennessee Department of Human Services
Slowly cruising the aisles of her favorite grocery store, Rosa Diaz kept an eye out for specials to help her stock up on staples, like fruit juice and packaged snacks for her 2-year-old son.
"That's a decent price," Diaz said as she placed a couple of large jugs of orange juice, advertised at two for $3, in her shopping cart.
Ever since her food stamps increased in April from $289 a month to $375 the 21-year-old single mother can afford to fill up the pantry for her small family, which also includes her younger sister, and keep them fed until she gets more money the next month.
"Sometimes we came to the end of the month, and we didn't have any more food," said Diaz, who stretches her monthly allotment by staying away from expensive name brands and searching out sales at the H.G. Hill store near her apartment in Madison.
As part of the federal stimulus package, families on food stamps across the country got a boost in their monthly benefits of about 13.6 percent. On average, a family of four received an $80 increase per month, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The stimulus-funded bump in food stamp payments is intended to not only increase the purchasing power of poor families but also help the economy grow by infusing millions more into grocery stores, which in turn pay their employees and suppliers, and trickling down to the farmers growing crops and even the truckers hauling food.
In just the first three months since the increase in payments, an additional $49 million in stimulus funds has been spent in food stamps in Tennessee, according to Michelle Mowery Johnson, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Human Services.
Over the course of the next fiscal year, which started July 1, some $210 million in stimulus funds is expected to flow through the Tennessee economy because of the increase in food stamps, she said.
Anti-hunger advocates don't expect recipients to start purchasing caviar and Perrier now that they have more money.
"I think the impact is probably that it's going to help people buy more food," said Brian Zralek, executive director of Manna Inc., a Nashville anti-hunger group.
For Diaz, who is five months pregnant, this means less anxiety about being able to feed her family all month long. Indeed, benefit amounts have not kept pace with the cost of groceries and needed to be increased anyway, said Richard Dobbs, policy director for food stamps at DHS.
"It's really helped," Diaz said. "They needed to do something."
At the same time, though, it's not going to help her buy a new car or pay her rent, she said. The worsening economy, plus a bit of bad luck, has made it increasingly difficult for the young mother to make ends meet.
She had been working with her mother and sister in a cleaning business, but as the economy took a downward turn, they lost clients. After her car was wrecked recently, she's had no regular transportation to get to the clients they have left.
"Things are still hard," Diaz said.
A second stimulus
Diaz isn't the only one feeling the limitations of President Barack Obama's $787 billion stimulus package approved in February. There is already talk of a second stimulus even as Republicans criticize the current package for not working and failing to create jobs.
Enrollment in the food stamp program, which was recently renamed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, has been rising in Tennessee as layoffs mount and the Tennessee unemployment rate climbed above 10 percent in May.
While the aim is to help poor families weather the recession, they likely would have gotten the same increase in October, when the federal government usually applies a cost-of-living adjustment anyway, Dobbs said. Because of the April increase, there won't be another increase this year, he said.
At the same time, though, he sees the higher payments as a way to help protect the jobs of cashiers and shelf stockers. And, "the more benefit we provide to (recipients) to purchase food, that frees up more income to pay rental expenses or utility bills or medical bills," Dobbs said.
Many grocers, though, have not noticed the extra injection of money into the economy and said it may take more time.
"The initial thought is that they haven't seen a direct impact from the food stamp increase," said Jarron Springer, president of the Tennessee Grocers and Convenience Store Association.
Christy Davis, a clerk with Johnny Howell Produce at the Nashville Farmers Market, said she's not noticed any change now that her food stamp customers have more to spend. About one-third of sales of Howell's farm-fresh produce are paid through food stamps, she said.
At the Madison H.G. Hill, business is up, but not so much from higher food stamp payments, said owner Todd Reese. "More people are going to the grocery store instead of eating out," he said.
Pump primer
Some economists credit an increase in food stamp amounts along with unemployment benefits as being the most effective way to prime the economy's pump.
"People who receive these benefits are very hard-pressed and will spend any financial aid they receive within a few weeks," wrote Mark Zandi, an economist with Moody's Economy.com, in a 2008 report. "These programs are also already operating, and a benefit increase can be quickly delivered to recipients."
Infrastructure spending, no matter how "shovel-ready" the projects, won't help the economy so quickly, Zandi wrote in a forecast earlier this year.
Critics, though, say higher food stamp payments won't help the economy grow faster and instead will expand welfare spending to unaffordable levels.
"Every dollar Congress hands out from food stamps must be taxed or borrowed from someone else," said Brian Riedl, a senior federal budget analyst at the conservative Heritage Foundation, a critic of the stimulus package.
"You're taking water out of one side of the pool and dumping it into another side of the pool, but you haven't raised the water level."
Raising food stamp payments may be a humane policy, Riedl said, "but that doesn't mean you're growing the economy any faster."
It's perfectly fair to say you don't want people to starve, Riedl said, and that's what officials should use as a line of argument instead of claiming that the increase in food stamp payments will stimulate economic growth.
For Makeesha Ayodele, 30, it all comes down to feeding her two children, ages 10 and 4.
At $384 a month, she usually pitched in an extra $100 of her own money to keep her family fed.
When her payment rose to $440 in April, she could use some of that extra hundred bucks "to help pay part of my rent and keep the cell phone on," said Ayodele, who was back at the Nashville food stamps office last week trying to get back on the program after losing her benefits in May.
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I am looking to sell or trade my KTM. There is nothing wrong with it at all just looking for something a little smaller that i can still ride with the guys and let the wife ride from time to time if shed like. Always starts by the second kick warm or cold. Has a head light and hand guards, Brand new Rear tire, front is still in great shape, Just put a brand new Trail tech kickstand on it last week. Has electric start that will work when the battery has enought juice to kick it over from time to time just havent gotten around to replacing it yet. Would love to get another KTM but i am open to most. I have all the original owners manuals for it still in the cool KTM orange plastic envelope they give you.
Asking 2800 OBO and open to trades. Let me know what you have. Located in York PA No it is not street legal this was just my trail bike i have another bike registered for the street so i never pursued a title for the KTM
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No title??? Or registration? May want to put hours and year also, that might help with your sale...
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No i dont have the title for it not all come with a title some just come with the origin of sale and other various paperwork. Like i said i only rode it on the trails so it wasnt important to me and it doesnt have an hour meter but the older guy i bought it off of rarely ever rode it as he couldnt even touch on it and i have only had it out for 10 hours at most. It is set up for trail riding with a broader range 6 speed tranny and hydraulic clutch. Its not a race bike.
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What are you looking for in trades? Guns, tools, parts, tires?? Or you only interested in other bikes. Let me know!
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I have misc. parts from hiems to tabs, shocks and wheels, LS intake and new winch cable, 1 Raceline beadlock wheel and optima battery box, gussets, 14b with BTF truss setup (not welded on) and disc brackets for it, New Ram 2500 MC for disc upgrade and more. Tools would be more like what you need? I have plenty but not sure what you are looking for. Have an almost brand new Snap On box Midnight Blue (link http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....re&dir=catalog) but would need a good bit of cash on top for that. 6 mo. old and was a $13K box. Not really looking to unload any guns, just didn't know what you were looking for. Dimple Die sets. R/C cars (have 4 right now 2 gas, 2 electric). Umm..........sure there are other things just let me know what you need or are looking for.
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A New York City startup called Helix Sleep Inc. raised $7.35 million in Series A funding to grow its bespoke mattress business, according to cofounder Adam Tishman. With 20 full-time employees today, the company sells directly to consumers online, and via its office and showroom in Manhattan's Flatiron District. Helix's mission is to "deliver unprecedented comfort to people at affordable prices in the sleep category …


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Actress Kerry Washington looks super sexy on the March 2012 issue of Essence magazine.
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"I think it's a really special time to be a woman of color in this business," says cover girl Washington. "The landscape of who has the power is changing. We are in more influential positions and are able to have a say in the stories that are told. I feel very lucky to be in the business now…"
Washington says she was inspired by a certain American Idol judge. "I grew up blocks away from Jennifer Lopez. She and I went to the same Boys & Girls Club. She was like the dancer who made it big and moved to Hollywood."
Kerry says that years later when they met, she told Lopez: "I don't know if I would've taken a risk in my career if it weren't for you." AT
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With over 20 years of experience covering the Steelers for the Observer-Reporter, Dale Lolley will let you know the insider scoop. Dale can also be heard on the Steelers radio network pre-game show on WDVE-FM game days and Tuesday nights from 6 to 8 p.m. on ESPN 970-AM and WDVE during the season as a host of the Antonio Brown Show. Follow him on Twitter at @dlolleyor
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Post-Kansas City thoughts
Yeah, I know, three turnovers and a special teams touchdown.
But, seriously, that was pretty pathetic to lose to Kansas City's popgun offense.
Put it this way, Lance Long had a big catch against the Steelers in the fourth quarter, picking up 30 yards down the middle of the field on third down from the 10.
Lance Long for cripes sakes. Dude with a name like that should be making porn, not catching 30-yard passes.
© As things stand, the Steelers would be the No. 2 wildcard in the AFC playoffs. But I'm seeing nothing from this team that would suggest it could make it through a playoff run as a wildcard as the 2005 team did.
Then again, a healthy Troy Polamalu would help.
A number of national reporters have said Polamalu will miss a month.
Don't believe it. Polamalu is closer than that and could play this week against Baltimore.
© I would expect to see Ben Roethlisberger as well.
He seemed pretty lucid in the locker room after the game.
© Four kickoff returns in the past five games has left this team shellshocked. That's also eight consecutive games with a return of some type against this team, an NFL record.
It's stat akin to the 'fat, dumb and stupid is no way to go through life' line from Animal House.
© Rashard Mendenhall ran hard Sunday and blocked well in blitz pickup.
Willie Parker ran hard Sunday and even looked good catching a pass out of the backfield.
Yet it was Mewelde Moore, the slowest of the three, carrying the ball on a critical sweep on third-and-two in overtime.
Genius. I've defended Bruce Arians quite a bit this season, but I can't defend that.
Moore also blew a couple of blitz pickups late in the game.
I'm sorry, but Mendenhall should be on the field full-time from here on out. If he needs a breather, Parker has shown he's healthy enough to effectively spell him.
Moore would be my last resort at this point.
© Ike Taylor, you've got to come up with that interception if you want to make the Pro Bowl.
Taylor had an interception on the play before Matt Cassel threw a six-yard pass to Chris Chambers that turned into a 61-yard catch-and-run to set up Ryan Succop's game-winning field goal.
But Taylor lost control of the ball as he rolled over.
It would have been a nice interception. Instead, it's a footnote to a sorry day.
Taylor was also one of the guys who missed Jamal Charles on the opening kickoff.
© Nobody will be blaming Jeff Reed for missing any tackles this week.
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I've been reading stuff saying Tomlin didn't act upset after the game and was shaking all the guys hands. Also that players were laughing and joking around like they didn't care.
Is any of this true? - 11:45 PM
Is Sunny Harris inactive because he doesn't know the scheme, physically not ready, or not needed? - 11:49 PM
- Greg Mercer said...
that was a terrible call on third and two. even worse may have been the first down call. putting Batch under center with an empty backfield.
that pass Charlie threw had pick six written all over it.
again, didn't see much of the no huddle today. Do you think Arians lobbies against it, because it takes control of the game out of his hands? - 11:50 PM
- Patrick said...
The players execution was awful today. The huge Chambers play in OT was like a practical joke. Everyone slowed down as if he was just going to magically get tackled or voluntarily stop. What was that?
But, I hope Tomlin starts to catch some heat. This isn't random things, or the other team playing so unbelievably well, to justify these losses. There is a theme - kickoff coverage, turnovers, Ben throwing a ridiculous amount of passes per game, the defense all of the sudden lacking pressure and giving up huge plays at critical late moments in the game, penalities, and blown assignments.
A lot of that is on the coach, and when it is repeated game after game, its REALLY on the coach.
I have no interest in arguing back and forth with people, but if there is one thing everyone can agree to, its this: This is a superiorly talented team NOT playing to its potential. - 11:50 PM
Lots of blame to go around, but Arians continues to insist on throwing at a 2/3rd clip. we have first and goal and he can't help himself. empty set, turnover. has good ever come from an empty set in the red zone. At that point in the game a FG probably seals the deal, but we have a 95 int the other way. Ben has to get rid of the ball there. This is like 2006 redux. Too many turnovers, and this year too many kick returns for TD.
- Dale Lolley said...
I didn't see any need for no-huddle today. They had 500 yards for cripes sakes.
Pro players don't take wins and losses the same way players at lower levels do. Yeah, there's some laughing and joking. Life goes on, they've got another game to play.
Didn't see Tomlin hand shaking, but he usually does. - 12:39 AM
- Joe E. said...
What a waste of an opportunity to get within a game of the Bengals.
I doubt that Chambers would have gained so many cheap yards with Troy P. in the middle of the field.
This teams lacks focus this year. How many complete games have they played this year?
Arians hasn't changed a bit since he was with the Browns. This time he has a QB that most of the time has masked his inept play calling.
Arians and his pot luck, grab-bag junk offense has got to go. - 12:55 AM
- rocket9 said...
I think I have figured it out. The Steelers aren't that good this year. D is aging along the line and the secondary (Deshea, Ike and Clark all missed key plays in this one), the coverage teams are a disaster that spots the opponent 7 every week, and they don't make the key sacks or INT's that seemed to be plentiful last year. I am not a BA basher but he's on thin ice with me after that overtime call on 3rd down. Even though I believe MM to be one of the best 3rd down backs in the NFL, that was a brutal call. But so many things cost us this game..there are so many people to blame...that you start to question whether they have it together as a football team yet. They havne't played 60 minutes of football this year. Thats pretty bad.
There's still time but I am thinking they need to win 5 of 6 to have a realistic shot at the playoffs. I am not sure they can do it. I am wondering if Ben will have much left in the tank quite frankly. He's taken another beating this year and there's only so many hits you can absorb, even is you are 240 lbs. Next weeks game should tell us all we need to know about the 2009 edition of the Steelers. It's a must win and even more than that..they have to win in a way that restorse their confidence. And ours. - 1:43 AM
Don't feel sorry for BR. He WANTS to throw the ball around. I think he'd throw 100% of the time if it was up to him. Being hit is part of the package if you like to throw a lot and BR is evidently ok with that.
Is that going to catch up with him? Of course it is. I've already read some reports that he's got a sore arm. He had one in training camp, but downplayed it as "the usual". He's taken a lot of shots to the head, too. That won't be an issue with him during his playing days, but see Paul Martha for what happens much later in life.
Neither the HC, OC nor QB coach sees fit to rein BR in because of his ability to make "something" plays out of nothing. - 7:29 AM
Dale the idea that those that are paid don't take the game as seriously (hence winning and losing) is the problem. The desire to win is lacking and leading to execution problems. Hines Ward was shown smiling on TV after the return.
The team is acting like they did after the last Super Bowl win, unfocused and not desiring victory.
When you are paid to do a job, it should be MORE serious, not less. It is why so many of us have so little respect for the professional athlete. One of the problems of sports reporters is that sometimes they get too close to see the forests for the trees. The subject becomes someone they like that they have a hard time being critical in regards to.
It is time for some kicking ass and Tomlin needs to demand that "eye of the tiger" or sit some of their asses down. - 9:11 AM
It's funny how things change so quickly. Everybody was quick to defend BA last week despite the absurd pass/run imbalance. Now, this week the same people have come to the realization that he just isn't that good, or not the type of talent that should be calling the plays for our elite talent.
If I were Tomlin, I would have been half-tempted to fire him after that 3rd and 2 call. Very reminescent of the 3rd and 6 QB boot in 2007. The man does not understand situational football, plain and simple.
Also, the team seems to undervalue first downs. I know the players execute the plays, but how many 3rd downs do we have in the Red Zone where Ben tries for the TD. What's wrong with keeping the chains moving. The Steelers need to play smarter, period. - 9:24 AM
anyone that defends Bruce Arians doesn't know a goddam thing about football (Patrick?)
I like Tomlin but I am guessing if Bill Cowher was coaching the Steelers, the record would be 9-1 (Chicago loss). We are giving way too many easy points to other teams and are always playing catch up. How many 10 point leads has this team blown? Cowher was something like 100-1 once the Steelers got up by 10. This team is throwing passes when they should be running and vice versa. A screen pass or quick slant would be a nice option when you can clearly see the other team bringing the house. Instead we are always trying the 40 yard bomb.
I think the Balt game is make or break for this season.
Chas Steel - 9:37 AM
I think there's plenty of blame to go around, but the last group I would attack is the defense. Yes they gave up plays but if you take the mistakes out of the offense/special teams, the defense had a monster day. Sacks galore, forced fumble etc... not to mention they haven't had a 100 yard rusher in how long?
I think criticism of the OC is fair, Tomlin as well but they're still in the wild card race and maybe even in the division hunt after the way the Bungles gave their game away to the Raiduhs. If this team focuses on the fundamentals and balances their offense it has a chance to far. All the way? Doubt it. - 9:39 AM
- Patrick said...
you just refuse to listen to what I say don't you.
One again, find where I defended BA and put it here. Because my posts last week put it on the players, that doesn't mean I defended him.
I have a hard time blaming only the Offensive Coordinator when the execution was as bad as it was in the Cincy game. This week the exeuction was terrible in critical moments, but the entire coaching (including Tomlin and BA through Ligashesky) was awful.
You (or someone) also said last week that they didn't run any screens and I pointed out that they started the game with 2.
I like to put the blame where its due and last week everyone wanted to blast BA, and I had a hard time putting it ALL on him.
I also have a hard time calling out BA without calling out Tomlin. Why does he get a pass? - 10:10 AM
The D isnt aging performance wise, a few miscues on critical drives. But Deshea was looking like Dewayne Washington out there. Why is arians so afraid to use Mendenhall? He is a good back. Sweep on 3rd and 2? Come on. Im officially starting to hate arians.
- Joe E. said...
They have been afraid of Mendenhall
not holding on to the ball.
You can blame the loss on everything that happened before overtime, but the Steelers had a chance to get in field goal range to win the game. There simply is no way to defend throwing a toss several yards behind the LOS in a 3rd and 2 situation.
Special Teams needs more tough players and less of the skill guys.
Is there any way to hide Sweed? Pratice Squad? IR? - 11:06 AM
Dale, I just saw that Batch is out for 6 weeks with a wrist injury. I'd imagine that the Steelers almost have to bring in a veteran backup. Any names that you think we should look for?
Hey Dale,
ESPN is reporting that Batch has a wrist injury that requires surgery and will be out 6 weeks.
Any truth to this? - 11:30 AM
hey dale, Any truth to the report that Charlie Batch has a wrist injury? reported by ESPN
Dixon or do we sign Leftwich?
shame on the Steeles for keeping some broken down injured bumb as a backup QB - 11:43 AM
Let me be the first.
Lefty singed a 2 yr contract with Tampa Bay. I'd love to see him back, but I'd imagine if the Steelers wanted him, he'd cost a low round draft choice.
- Patrick said...
Dear Other Patrick,
Please clarify your stance on the following proposition, which I think summarizes all of your points:
The team is not playing as well as it could be playing, largely because of the coaches and the players.
Thank you in advance.
Patrick Patrickson III - 12:18 PM
- HaiTran said...
Anyone think it is weird that on 1st down, Mendenhall gets 6 to 7 yards and on the next play, we go empty set? You get 7 yards on 1st down means the opposition is ripe for play action pass, yet we go empty back field so the D knows it's going to be a pass. I have seen it all year and it is just so frustrating to see. Bad coaching. We got lucky last year, but this year teams are playing cover 2 to take away the deep pass, figure that we won't run it and figure on getting a sack while BB runs around.
Parker should only be spelling Rashard at this point...but yesteday it looked like they were locked into giving Willie every third series. Why? Giving him a chance to audition to a new team? Mendenhall runs harder, blocks better, and catches the ball better out of the backfield.
Please. My name says it all. For the love of football, please.
- Joe E. said...
Jeff Garcia is a free agent. Brucie would love to have him. Joking aside, Garcia may be the best available.
- Patrick said...
yeh my point is that, that the team overall is under achieving. Obvious? Sure it is.
But according to most people on here,(and you) its just Bruce Arians. I'm pointing to larger things, you are pointing to one person. - 1:22 PM
"Anyone think it is weird that on 1st down, Mendenhall gets 6 to 7 yards and on the next play, we go empty set? You get 7 yards on 1st down means the opposition is ripe for play action pass, yet we go empty back field so the D knows it's going to be a pass. I have seen it all year and it is just so frustrating to see. Bad coaching. We got lucky last year, but this year teams are playing cover 2 to take away the deep pass, figure that we won't run it and figure on getting a sack while BB runs around."
- Dale Lolley said...
It appears Batch is done, likely for good. He can't stay healthy.
The team knew this going into the season, but rolled the dice with him anyway.
I'd look for a Jeff Garcia signing. - 1:35 PM
- Adam said...
Anyone else at least happy to see Mendy playing with heart and running hard? He isn't used enough in this offense...I was especially pleased to see his play on the Ben INT....I may be high on Mendy, but I think it showed some great determination in that he made it all the way back down the field to save the TD.
- Patrick said...
this season is getting funny
It would really be a hoot if Dixon started and beat Baltimore.
I think it will be Ben, but Dixon would be entertaining at the least. - 1:53 PM
Yeah, hilarious.
- Patrick said...
ha ha
Dale NFL network is reporting that CLEO LEMON might be signed. Is this for info on Baltimore? Or what is up with this? Garcia makes more sense, but Tomlin seems to want something different.
I said a few weeks ago this team was in chaos, and several commented that I was an idiot. Anything to say now??
If they start Troy in the Baltimore game, Tomlin needs to have his head examined. Not sure he shouldn't anyway - as well as he led this team last year, I'm sorry but this year has been pathetic. Mistakes made from start and they keep coming.
The Offense is the same as last year (which was in the bottom half of the league.) We made no substantial changes, why expect any real inmprovement.
The Defense (one of the all time best)was thin in the secondary last year. So what did we do? we let our starting CB get away and we not only didn't bother to replace him, we didn't bother worrying about our one other good backup Townsend nearing the end of his career.
signed chaosingly.
Farmer Fran. - 2:33 PM
- marc said...
i find it hard to put too much of the blame on the players. every game they will make mistakes. it's a given. but, it's the coach's responsibility to put the players in a position to succeed.
when you throw the ball 60%+ the way we do, it is considered a high risk offense. naturally, ben will throw more picks and more pressure will be put on the defense. the way our offense is being run, the fate of the game comes down to one player, ben. yes, i know, we gave up another return TD. but, we also overcame that by halftime.
the game was ours for the taking in the second half and we came out slinging it. high risk, for no reason. that's just a very poor job of managing the game by the coaches.
i don't like comparing coaches because circumstances can vary, but cowher understood that very well as evidenced by his record when leading by 10+ points.
after another game of this nonsense, we will learn a great deal about BA and Tomlin next week. - 2:59 PM
- Patrick said...
well said marc,and I agree with you, the only problem is we've been saying next week will tell us a lot since week 2. I was saying above that the problems this year have been a theme, and that is troubling.
We'll see.
Hopefully Dennis Dixon will be carrying the SOS flag .
(sarcasm people, cheer up) - 3:14 PM
The whole team is underachieving, it's the players, it's the coaches, it's BA, it's BR, it's a theme, next game will tell us, etc. This has devolved into utter nonsense.
Let's make it real simple:
1. Troy P. is out. This team's defense is a shadow of itself without him.
2. Special teams have been a weakness on this team since the end of the Noll era. Apparently, it was good enough to let the team get to three Superbowls and numerous AFC Championship games. Still, all teams have strengths and weaknesses, and this has been perpetually the team's greatest flaw. I don't have the answer to this one. But this is an area where the team has tolerated mediocrity to a point that cannot be. Patrick, maybe you have some ideas?
3. The offense has a franchise quarterback, which is great and all. I love him. With some of the other good pieces on the offense, he makes the coordinator look much better than he is. Proof? This offense looks best during BR's playground scramble ball or when the hurry-up is in. The offense plays well in spite of BA.
Most of the pieces for a complete offense are there. However, between the o-line and the coordinator, something is broken. I personally think it is more BA, but also o-line. I blame the o-line problems on choice of personnel: namely, insufficient attention to the line in the draft. The o-line has looked intermittently improved, but it needs an upgrade. I hope Mike Wallace allows the fascination with wasted high- and mid-round picks on WRs to end.
The only solution for BA is replacement. The replacement should implement a more balanced attack, with more focus on an effective running game. I'm sorry, that may not suit BR's ego, but for his own safety this is the way it must be. - 3:50 PM
- Dale Lolley said...
I would not agree that special teams has been a weakness since the Noll era.
The past four or five years, their coverage teams have been among the best in the league, year-in and year-out. The return game was lacking, but that's no biggie. - 4:34 PM
- Patrick said...
I like how you say "its a theme" is part of the nonsense, and then name the theme, 1, 2 and 3.
Good logic there.
Heres an idea for the coverage: Tackle the guy with the ball. Lets start there and see where we end up. - 4:40 PM
- Patrick said...
and in all seriousness, I'd honestly either consider dropping the ST coordinator, or finding someone to come in and work with him. If that is even possible - I don't know who is out there and anyone good probably already has a job.
Not to undermine ST, but that isn't like an offensive/defenseive coordinator, in the sense a change could be implemented quicker.
It is probably too late for that. In the offseason, it almost has to be done though. - 4:45 PM
Dale, under what metric do you characterize the kick and punt coverage as best in the league the last few years? Just looking at the past few years' on Yahoo Sports (which doesn't seem to calculate the net return), the net returns do not seem to have been any better than middling. The kicks are the shortest in the league. Though the returns are shorter on a gross basis than those allowed by other teams, the net returns stink. Last season's league best gross returns don't hold up when you look at the net. Furthermore, statistics aside for a moment, there have been some infamous breakdowns (e.g., (1) the AFC championship game a few years ago against the Patriots--admittedly outside your five-year time frame but within my post-Noll era one--and (2) this season) where the coverage allowed either a TD or excessive return yards in a critical situation. In any event, I'm not sure that ST stands out in the public's mind as a strength of the team, and I maintain that it is a persistent weakness. If one had to choose a weakness, within limits this would probably be the one to have.
Patrick, I called a truce, and I am an anonymous person of my word. I'll ignore the illogical parts of your response, and I would simply say thanks for focusing your criticism on STs rather than, variously, the players, not the players, the coaches, not the coaches, the head coach, not the head coach, the offensive coordinator, not the offensive coordinator, the defense, not the defense, the offense, not the offense, special teams, not special teams; apologies if I missed some of your conflicting positions. - 5:18 PM
- Patrick said...
I called the truce. And you're wrong, it's all because of the injuries.
Patrick Patrickson III - 6:17 PM
- Patrick said...
Yeh I'm not ashamed to point our particular things for particular games. Rather than a blanket "Bruce Arians" idea some people have.
My first post in this thread was the player's execution was awful, but I hope Tomlin starts to catch heat. Are they not intertwined? Do you think they are mutually exclusive and we can only look to one or the other?
When have I ever said the ST was not a problem?
If you're going to argue stop making things up. Or at least read what I write.
Also, in response to everyone blaming BA for that game, I said last week I have a hard time putting this all on Arians shoulders, so where did I switch? You pointed out 2 things (Troy, and Kick coverage) which show that BA is not the problem entirely. And Tomlin can't fix Troy, but it is damn well his responsbility for fixing the coverage unit.
But no shit, a better gameplan would definitely help. But that falls on TOMLIN and no one brings up his name.
And you asked me for ST suggestions in a smart ass way. Is firing the ST coach a workable solution? Probbaly not, which I said. But theres a suggestion for you wise ass.
The other suggestion I said a week ago (which you ignored) was trying to find a kick off specialist to solve things. You want to make things up, go ahead, but theres what I said. - 6:20 PM
You're right. No one is saying a thing about the Head Roach, Mike T. - 6:29 PM
Patrick, was that a suggestion for a specialist to cover or return?
Speaking of special teams lets add a kicker to our wish list that can put the ball in to the end zone.
- Patrick said...
"kick off specialist" as in a kicker. If we're going to delegate a roster spot to an average returner who could easily be replaced by someone on the current roster, why not use that spot for a kicker to kick the ball well into the endzone to help with this problem?
I just don't know how many of them are around. I would assume there is someone with distance, but not necessarily accuracy - which is obviously what you want for a Kick off guy. Maybe Czech could do it.
I know Logan had a decent game this week, but lets be honest, he has not had the impact we thought we were getting in the preseason. Wallace, Burnett, Moore could easily replace him on kicks, and he only does half the punts as it is. Plus Holmes wasn't bad on that either.
Logan is also part of the esteemed kick coverage unit.
And if you want to assume losing Logan would hurt fieldposition, which would you prefer, reoccuring returns against us v. losing some starting field position? I'll take losing the field position if it eliminates unnecessary and easy TD's against us. - 8:09 PM
Good idea, Patrick.
I can't blame Tomlin yet because his philosphy has been to trust his coordinators, and as someone pointed out, Tomlin has a pretty good three year history in the 'burgh.
However, now that there is some serious adversity, I will begin to focus more on the man at the top. But, that still does not excuse what Arians is doing as a coordinator.
You can hear it in how the players' responded after the game...they do not trust BA. Let's hope Tomlin will start to take control because I can't take another week of our listless game plan. And, remember, Patrick, the other side gets paid to play too. In the end, strategy comes before execution. It's the play-calling that keeps the defense honest and the execution that exploits the defense. - 9:42 PM
- marc said...
"It's the play-calling that keeps the defense honest and the execution that exploits the defense."
that could not be said any better. - 11:25 PM
Arians sucks.
- Dale Lolley said...
I'm looking at the average return yardage against, touchdowns allowed, etc.
Everyone gets one popped against them once in a while. The Steelers have given up more kick return touchdowns this year than in the previous five combined. - 12:14 AM


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Hong Kong flu of 1968, also called Hong Kong flu pandemic of 1968, global outbreak of influenza that originated in China in July 1968 and lasted until 1969–70. The outbreak was the third influenza pandemic to occur in the 20th century; it followed the Asian flu pandemic of 1957 and the influenza pandemic of 1918–19 (also called Spanish flu). The Hong Kong flu resulted in an estimated one million to four million deaths, far fewer than the 1918–19 pandemic, which caused between 25 million and 50 million deaths.
The 1968 pandemic was initiated by the emergence of a virus known as influenza A subtype H3N2 (also called Hong Kong flu virus). It is suspected that this virus evolved from the strain of influenza that caused the 1957 pandemic. The 1957 Asian flu virus, or influenza A subtype H2N2, is believed to have given rise to H3N2 through a process called antigenic shift, in which the hemagglutinin (H) antigen (a substance that stimulates an immune response) on the outer surface of the virus underwent genetic mutation to produce the new H3 antigen. Because the new virus retained the neuraminidase (N) antigen N2, persons who had been exposed to the 1957 virus apparently retained immune protection against the 1968 virus. This would explain the mildness of the 1968 outbreak relative to the pandemic of 1918–19.
Although the Hong Kong flu outbreak was associated with comparatively few deaths worldwide, the virus was highly contagious, a factor that facilitated its rapid global dissemination. Indeed, within two weeks of its emergence in July in Hong Kong, some 500,000 cases of illness had been reported, and the virus proceeded to spread swiftly throughout Southeast Asia. Within several months it had reached the Panama Canal Zone and the United States, where it had been taken overseas by soldiers returning to California from Vietnam. By the end of December the virus had spread throughout the United States and had reached the United Kingdom and countries in western Europe. Australia, Japan, and multiple countries in Africa, eastern Europe, and Central and South America were also affected. The pandemic occurred in two waves, and in most places the second wave caused a greater number of deaths than the first wave.
The 1968 Hong Kong flu caused illness of varying degrees of severity in different populations. For example, whereas illness was diffuse and affected only small numbers of people in Japan, it was widespread and deadly in the United States. Infection caused upper respiratory symptoms typical of influenza and produced symptoms of chills, fever, and muscle pain and weakness. These symptoms usually persisted for between four and six days. The highest levels of mortality were associated with the most susceptible groups, namely infants and the elderly. Although a vaccine was developed against the virus, it became available only after the pandemic had peaked in many countries.
The H3N2 virus that caused the 1968 pandemic is still in circulation today and is considered to be a strain of seasonal influenza. In the 1990s a closely related H3N2 virus was isolated from pigs. Scientists suspect that the human H3N2 virus jumped to pigs; infected animals may show symptoms of swine flu.


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Buckeye Open - Archived Standings
Imperial Lanes, Toledo, OH, Feb 14-18, 1967
St. John Marks 6th At Toledo
Jim St. John, of San Jose, Calif., jammed three strikes in the tenth frame against Jimmy Certain and then socked Johnny Guenther, 222-149, to rack up his sixth PBA championship at Toledo. After Certain had locked out Pete Tountas, 236-199, and Tony Marine, 229-166, he ran into St. John. Trailing 201-194 going into the last frame, St. John threw three straight and Certain left a seven pin as the San Jose pro won, 224-219. The title match was no contest as Guenther ran into split trouble and St. John coasted home. CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: St. John defeated Guenther, 222-149. ROUND ROBIN: Certain defeated Tountas, 236-199; Certain defeated Marine, 229-166; St. John defeated Certain, 224-219. 40 GAMES 24 GAMES *Fazio substituted for Johnson in finals and they divided winnings. |


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No. 38: St Benet's Hall
St Benet's Hall comprises a pair of semi-detached large houses that were originally numbered 38 and 39 St Giles' Street. (The number 39 has now been transferred to a the smaller house to the south that was built thirty years later).
When they were built in about 1830 these two houses were advertised as residences for persons of the first distinction.They were originally just three-storey houses with basements: the top storey and attic rooms were added by St Ursula's Convent in 1910.
The houses have cast-iron balconies and railings, the latter with lotus finials. The pair of houses is jointly Grade II listed (List Entry No. 1369418)
At the time of the 1772 Survey of Oxford, the site of the present St Benet's Hall and the house to the south was occupied by Coster's yard and stable, with a frontage measuring 32 yards 2 feet 6 inches. The present buildings were erected on the site in about 1830.
Former No. 38 (north side of St Benet's Hall)
At the time of the 1841 census, No. 38 was occupied by Philip Bliss (described as a Clerk) his wife Sophia, and their four servants. In 1851 it was occupied by Richard Michell, the Public Orator of the University,
his wife Amelia, and six children aged eight and under. They were
looked after by two nurses, a cook, a housemaid, and a footman.
Ten years later they were still there, with two more children. In
October 1878 Oxford High School, which had been at 16 St Giles,
negotiated a two-year lease on the building until it could move
into its new premises at 21 Banbury Road in early 1881. By
the time of the census in the spring of that year, the house was
occupied by Charlotte Cotton, a widow of 73 with an income from
real estate, her spinster daughter, and their five servants.
Former No. 39 (south side of St Benet's Hall)
At the time of the 1841 census, No. 39
was occupied by Letitia Pett andher four servants. In 1851 it was occupied by Maria Brown (a widowed fundholder) and her two sons
(students at Worcester College), plus their two servants. In 1861
the occupant was Richard Greswell (a clergyman without cure of souls),
his wife Joanna, and their daughters Joanna (23) and Helen (20),
plus their four servants. Greswell was still in the house at the
time of the 1881 census, aged 80, with his two daughters: their
servants then comprised a butler, under-butler, nurse, cook, and
two housemaids.
Occupants listed in censuses and directories |
Date |
38 St Giles |
39 St Giles |
1841–1846 |
Philip Bliss, D.C.L. |
Mrs Letitia Pett |
1852 |
Rev. Richard
Michell |
Mrs Maria Brown |
1861–1867 |
Mrs Greswell (1861) |
1869 |
Miss Macbride |
1879–1881 |
Oxford High School |
1881–1882 |
Mrs Charlotte Cotton |
1884–1887 |
Rev. S.J. Hulme |
1889 |
Oxford Eye Hospital |
1891–1894 |
St Ursula's Convent |
1898–1908 |
Charles William Chadwick Oman, M.A. |
1909–1916 |
Madame de Leobardy |
1918–1922 |
St Ursula's Convent (Catholic) |
1923–present |
St Benet's Hall (now numbered just 38) |


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In the version I have recently downloaded there is no screen which enables one to set proximity alerts. I was told by Garmin that the option to do so is not available via the POI Loader (tho' it is for Windows).
I added the Rest Area POI - Is there any way to set or rename these alerts so that I can hear them a mile or more from the rest areas? Right now the alert comes only seconds before the turnoff and is useless.


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Bollywood beauty Rani Mukerji, who rarely makes appearances at fashion events in the capital, is making an exception for good friend and designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee's opening show at the Shree Raj Mahal Jewellers India Couture Week 2014 on Tuesday. However, she won't be seen as a showstopper.
A well-placed source told IANS that Rani Mukerji will attend Sabyasachi's show, and that she will take the front row seat at the event.
Rani is among the top celebrity clients of the ace designer, who is even said to have created a special lehenga for the actress's wedding ceremony. In April, she married film producer Aditya Chopra in Italy.
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While at Dunwoody, you will study data communications; client and server operating systems (such as Microsoft Windows and Linux); virtualization technologies; networking technologies (including wireless networks and Cisco©); and IT security issues. By the end of your two years, you will be able to provide actual technical solutions to all kinds of business operating needs.
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– Training on troubleshooting and maintaining Local Area Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), and internet connections.
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than calligraphy
Sir: Your report (Education, 30 May) on the teaching of "joined up writing" in a number of English schools was little short of astonishing. What next? Quill pens? Hieroglyphics? And as for encouraging the use of fountain pens, I can only suppose that the initiative is sponsored by detergent manufacturers or clothes shops.
The written word is one of the fundamental tools of learning and communication, but I cannot think of a book in current circulation, or a computer, which uses anything other than single-character letterforms.
In the last 150 years we have seen the quill replaced by the steel pen, followed by the fountain pen, then the ball-point and its contemporary variations. Of these, the steel pen was the last to be used widely for the production of documents - those ledgers and fair copies with which the Victorians laid the foundations of modern business practice - as first the typewriter and then the word processor evolved.
In the past week I have written, for reading by others, more than 10,000 words, of which approximately 9,950 were written using a computer keyboard. The other 50 were almost entirely written on sticky notes: simple messages such as "Back at 2pm".
Over the same period, I have received a number of letters and reports from business people and academics in which instances of poor grammar, incorrect usage and inadequate vocabulary rendered the meaning uncertain.
We should be teaching children how to express ideas and information properly, and leave calligraphy as an option in the handicraft syllabus.
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For the Pink Paislee blog today, I've made a couple of Halloween cards combining their Starlight and Hocus Pocus lines! I love Halloween, one of my favorite holidays to create fun cards and gift bags.
The Coffin Crunch is a little mummy gift box I made from cardstock and adorned with Hocus Pocus stickers. You can read how to make all 3 of these HERE at the Pink Paislee blog! Let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to answer them.
Supplies used: Starlight by Pink Paislee (yellow star paper), Hocus Pocus by Pink Paislee (star stickers, flip notes, stickers, metal badge, ticket, purple and striped papers), buttons from my stash, chipboard - Branches by Dusty Attic.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
10 comments:
- Keshka said...
These are beautiful!
- September 8, 2010 at 8:13 AM
- Charlene said...
So So cute!! Halloween is my fav too! I love the coffin, it's just to adorable!
- September 8, 2010 at 9:42 AM
- lynn said...
So cute! Thanks for the link!
- September 8, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- clouds shadler said...
these are so cute! errr... so spooky! :) so beautifully done too!
C :) - September 8, 2010 at 2:42 PM
- Mel said...
These are adorable Dani!!
- September 8, 2010 at 3:48 PM
- Jocelyn said...
Just adorable...love these!!!
Wishing you a wonderful day!!! - September 8, 2010 at 4:00 PM
- Terrie B x said...
Absolute` spookily Gorgeous` Danielle TFI:) x
- September 8, 2010 at 4:04 PM
- jen said...
so fun!!! and that coffin is adorable!! :D
- September 8, 2010 at 4:30 PM
- Shirley said...
Everything's so cute and love that coffin box! My grandsons would really think those were awesome!
- September 8, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- Jenny said...
Sooo cute, love the coffin, i gotta make one. Great halloween project!!! :D
- September 9, 2010 at 12:31 AM
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P.J. Carlesimo stood in the hallway outside the visiting locker room inside the Rose Garden shortly after his Nets had obliterated the Trail Blazers Wednesday night, exchanging pleasantries with several former staff and media members as they walked by.
It was in that building — one that opened with Carlesimo roaming the sidelines and shouting instructions as Portland's head coach — that Carlesimo last led a team into the playoffs as a head coach, in the 1996-97 season.
Over the intervening 16 years, Carlesimo has had a pair of head-coaching jobs — first in Golden State for two-plus seasons, then Seattle/Oklahoma City for another year-plus — along with five years, and three championships, as an assistant with the Spurs, in addition to a year as an assistant with the Raptors before coming to the Nets prior to last season.
But now, Carlesimo is just a few weeks away from taking a team into the playoffs as a head coach, after taking over on an interim basis for Avery Johnson in late December.
The Nets head into Denver Friday night comfortably entrenched as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference after going 4-1 to begin the Circus Trip and picking up wins in eight of their last 11 games. Carlesimo couldn't help but admit there's a huge difference between being the head coach of a playoff team and an assistant, which he was in San Antonio for three championships under future Hall of Famer Gregg Popovich.
"It's night and day," Carlesimo told The Post, "and it's nice to have a team that's as talented as this. You look a lot smarter when you have players like this."
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Jewish World Review December 11, 2012/ 26 Kislev, 5773 Voting 'Present,' Part 3 By Arnold Ahlert
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It seems that my idea of Republicans voting "present" and allowing Democrats and Obama to impose their socialist/Marxist agenda without restraint,
From columnist Ann Coulter,
From ABC News, Dec. 3: "Under one variation of this Doomsday Plan, House Republicans would allow a vote on extending only the middle class tax cuts and Republicans, to express disapproval at the failure to extend all tax cuts, would vote 'present' on the bill, allowing it to pass entirely on Democratic votes."
From a Real Clear Politics interview with Senator Ran Paul, Dec. 6: "I have yet another thought on how we can fix this. Why don't we let the Democrats pass whatever they want? If they are the party of higher taxes, all the Republicans vote present and let the Democrats raise taxes as high as they want to raise them, let Democrats in the Senate raise taxes, let the president sign it and then make them own the tax increase. And when the economy stalls, when the economy sputters, when people lose their jobs, they know which party to blame, the party of high taxes. Let's don't be the party of just almost as high taxes."
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Limbaugh doesn't have a good memory. Jewish World Review published my column entitled, "Changing Demographics? More Like Enduring Ignorance" on
"Harry Reid wants to end the filibuster? Tell him it won't be necessary. For the next four years, Republicans will do what a certain Senator from Illinois made a career of doing: they will simply vote 'present' on every bill put before them in both houses of Congress."
Every one of these people voted in the election. And make no mistake: every one of these people are what the media are currently referring to as a "high information" voter.
So what do the "low-information" voters know? They "know" that all of America's problems are only one tax hike on the "rich" away from being completely solved.
So Republicans should give it to them--but not by dignifying the process with a yes or no vote. As I've said before, even a no vote would lend credence to a president and his party who have made it completely clear they see anyone who disagrees with them, not as equals expressing a different vision, but as people beneath contempt. This is nothing new. For decades, progressives have made it plain that anyone who disagrees with them are not just wrong, but inferior, evil, stupid, racist, etc.
It is now the time for anyone with a backbone or integrity to stop dignifying that nonsense.
Now, I'm not kidding myself. Those two adjectives don't even remotely apply to a substantial portion of the GOP, or the chattering classes, including some on the right, who have the ridiculous notion that political relevancy, even if it means utterly compromising one's principles, is the Republican party's only salvation.
What a steaming load of b.s. that is. Substitute the word "Nazi" or "Communist" for "Democrat" and tell me what "reaching out in the spirit of compromise" would have accomplished with respect to those two ideologies. The murder of 3 million Jews instead of 6 million? Enslaving half of Eastern Europe for 70-plus years, instead of all of it?
The most laughable thing about this recent election is that Barack Obama and Democrats got away with blaming George Bush and Republicans for putting us in a "hole so deep, they couldn't possibly repair the damage in only four years." For argument sake, let's assume that they're right. But when you cut through all the blather about "unnecessary" wars, ramping up the debt and deficits, unnecessary tax cuts for the rich, etc, etc., you know what they've really been blaming Bush and Republicans for?
Acting exactly like Democrats.
It was JFK who cut tax rates more than any other president, even as he got America into a war that killed 58,000 troops. It was Democrats who established Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and their oh-so-unsustainable trajectories. It was Democrats who insisted on turning ownership of a home into a de facto affirmative action program, with all the attendant economy-wrecking consequences. And it was--and is--Wall Street fat cats who have donated far more money to Democrats than Republicans, to protect their crony capitalist agenda.
Yet above all, it was Democrats who took a decent public school system and turned it into union sinkhole, forever promising "reform," even as it continued to turn out legions of the aforementioned low-information voters--without whom Democrats and their socialist/Marxist agenda would already be consigned to the ash heap of history. An American Thinker column written by Glenn Fairman reveals just how far into the depths we have descended. Working one day as a substitute teacher twenty years ago, he made the following observation:
"In a dusty corner shelf of the room was a set of thirty-year-old textbooks from the mid-1960s...I was astonished to find what I would now consider an upper-level college textbook (that) contained a very detailed understanding of political theory, constitutional law, macroeconomics, American history, and comparative political systems. I spent the rest of the day in slack-jawed amazement, perusing what a student in a working-class town was expected to know before the mavens of education began tinkering with the curricula of our schools," he wrote. He asked the regular teacher what was going on. "The teacher related to me that the current texts had been scaled down to what used to be a grammar-school understanding, and they carried within them a jaundiced view of America, preferring to accentuate the warts and blemishes rather than the achievements of our political system."
There comes a time when the best one can do is preserve that which made a society great, even as the majority of that society yearns, knowingly or otherwise, for their own destruction. We have reached that time. Americans voted for "more," and they don't give a damn how they get it, or where it comes from. It is a runaway freight train of ignorance, and the thinking for many, is that Republicans should stand on the tracks in front of it waving a lantern, because the bridge is out just around the bend.
Step aside. The sooner we crash, the sooner we can pick up the pieces. And above all, do not legitimize the insanity by simply voting against it. Americans need to see progressives in all of their unrestrained excess--and in full ownership of the consequences.
Once again: give the people what they want, until they can't stand it anymore.
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Preface to the Trade Edition
What you have in your hands is the trade edition of The Poet's
Funeral. If you're looking for the Ongepotchket Press edition,
complete with pictures of the dead poet and all her friends,
and including a bunch of previously unpublished, posthumous
poems of obscure origin, let me know and I'll give you your
money back. This is the first and perhaps the only sincere tribute
to the poet Heidi Yamada.
Included are eulogies by several of Heidi Yamada's associates,
people who knew her well, some even before she became a
celebrity. I have annotated these testimonials with what I know
about those speakers, and I have also tied the speeches together
with the thread of what really happened during the last few
days and evenings of Heidi's life.
Finally, I must say I take umbrage at John Daniel's statement
that the characters in this book are fi ctitious. Believe him
if you want to, but I'm telling you that what happened in Las
Vegas was real and the characters you're about to read about are
real. I ought to know.
Guy Mallon
Heidi Yamada (1950-1990) was born and raised in Los
Angeles, California, the only child of Tetsu and Megumi Yamada, survivors of the Manzanar Internment Camp
during World War II. Mr. Yamada, who died in 1965, was
a gardener for the Huntington Library; Mrs. Yamada, who
died the same year, was self-employed as a housecleaner.
Heidi Yamada attended the University of California,
Santa Barbara, on a full scholarship, from 1968-1973,
majoring in environmental science. It was there that she
became fascinated by poetry, taking classes from and
eventually working as personal assistant to poet-professor
Arthur Summers. Under his mentorship, she became
a serious poet and pursued a literary career with remarkable
Her first poetry collection, And Vice Versa, was published
by Guy Mallon Books in 1980. Jump Start
(1982) and Second Helpings
(1983) were both published by Random House. A
deluxe "art book," Love From My
Velvet Slipcase, was produced in 1988 by Ongepotchket
Press of Santa Barbara.
Yamada wrote in a style of her own that some criticized
as ornate to the point of opacity; others called it
brilliant and innovative. Her work sold remarkably well,
and she became a celebrity of considerable fame. Her striking looks, outspoken
personality, and flamboyant
behavior were even more famous than her poetry, which,
no matter how one interpreted it, could not be dismissed
or ignored.
Ms. Yamada died of an apparent drug overdose on June 2 in Las Vegas, Nevada,
during the American Booksellers
Association convention. A memorial service will be held
in Santa Barbara on July 10. Memorial contributions
can be made to the National Endowment for the Arts.
Publishers Weekly
List of Speakers
Guy Mallon is the proprietor of Guy Mallon Books, a literary
publishing company in Santa Barbara, California.
Arthur Summers, Professor of English at University of California,
Santa Barbara, is the author of many collections of poetry
and has been named United States Poet Laureate for 1991.
Beatrice Knight
is a literary agent based in San Francisco. is a literary agent based in San
Charles Levin is a senior editor at Random House, Inc.
Taylor Bingham was book review editor for Newsweek
from from 1971-1983.
Linda Sonora is the author of is the author of Desert Nights: Stories;
Violent Ink;
and Very Hot Plate.
Maxwell Black is the author of is the author of The Yellow Bandanna;
Mr. President; and Gol Dern It.
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Momus Has an Addiction
Enough with the snow already. Linus dumped a blanket of about 16 inches on our heads and now my son is home from school again for the 42nd day in a row. Our clients, however, all live in sunny places where they can still park their cars on the street and do frivolous things like banking and shopping.
This is all a long-winded way of telling you that we're under the gun over here and having some trouble finding time for the funny. Instead, I share with you one of Momus' early posts which was seen by a total of about 10 eyeballs (four of them being ours). As they say about summer re-runs: It's new to you! I hope you enjoy:
Falling in Love with Smart Women: My Fatal Addiction
And let us all pray for no more snow.
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I've been complaining about the cold snaps here (Highs in the 50s). Guess I need to shut up before I really have something to whine about. My kids think they want it to snow, it rarely snows here, but I don't want that.
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I was a freshman in high school in 1978 when we had a blizzard. I was off school for six weeks. I LIVED to watch General Hospital and the whole Luke and Laura drama..
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I really wish it would snow here like that just once :$
(last time we had snow for more than a day was 7 years ago. at easter.)
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We'll be in New Hampshire later this month. Can you please arrange for it to stop snowing so we can drive safely from Boston to Portsmouth? I'd be eternally grateful… 🙂
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