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- 3 pounds small fingerling potatoes
- 3 tablespoons sea salt
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
- 1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
- 1 pound frozen cleaned calamari (tubes and tentacles), thawed and rinsed
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- Red Wine Vinaigrette
- 4 cups torn dandelion greens or curly endive
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Place potatoes in Dutch oven; add water to cover and 3 tablespoons sea salt. Boil potatoes until tender; drain and cool. Cover and chill several hours or overnight.
Combine garlic and next 3 ingredients in a large bowl; add calamari. Cover and chill 2 hours or overnight. Sprinkle calamari with 1/2 teaspoon sea salt and black pepper.
Grill calamari over medium-high heat (350° to 400°) for 3 minutes on each side or until opaque. Cut tubes into rings; leave tentacles whole.
Combine potatoes, calamari, parsley, and 1/2 cup Red Wine Vinaigrette in a large bowl. Combine remaining vinaigrette and dandelion greens in a large bowl; toss to coat. Serve potato salad over dressed greens.
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Kalamazoo Gazette, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; Tuesday,
May 24, 1955JEANNIE
SINGLETON VANISHES WITHIN 2 BLOCKS OF HER HOMEFamily Fears for Safety of
Friendly Child Who May Have Been Kidnaped.No trace of Jeannie Singleton had been found at
2 this afternoon as planes joined the widened search in Southwestern
Michigan.Pretty brown-haired Jeannie Singleton, eight and
one-half-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Singleton, 1310 Blakeslee St.,
missing since 3:45 yesterday afternoon, was the object of an area-wide search by
upward of 100 officers and volunteers this afternoon. Jeannie vanished
within a two-block distance from her home after attending Woodward Avenue School
where she is a second grade student.Police feared foul play as the hours
stretched into a day since Jeannie was last seen by a schoolmate, Robert
Holderbaum, a fourth grade pupil. Robert walked with Jeannie toward her home
after school, but left her when he reached his home just two blocks east of the
Singleton dwelling. Robert told
police that Jeannie continued "up the hill toward her home."Jeannie was also
seen at North street and Douglas avenue about 3:40 by Mrs. Rita Reems, 811
Douglas Ave.SCORES JOIN IN SEARCHThe search, instituted early this
morning under direction of Captain of Detectives Riley Stewart and Sheriff Otto
K. Buder, covered a major portion of Kalamazoo County. Participating with the
two departments were the Michigan State Police, The Michigan National Guards,
the Civil Air Patrol, the Naval Reserves and the Kalamazoo Township Police, as
well as scores of volunteers, many of them neighbors of the Singleton family.Fifty soldiers
of the Kalamazoo unit of the Michigan National Guard were conducting a
foot-by-foot search of the area north of D avenue; the Civil Air Patrol was
scouring the area west of Douglas avenue and north of the city limits; the
Michigan State Police were assigned the area east of Douglas avenue north to D
avenue; the Naval Reserves were searching the Comstock area and points north;
the sheriff's department was searching all the lake and river areas in the
county.Kalamazoo Township Police cruisers were assigned by Chief Howard R.
Kurtz to devote full time to searching all points in the township. Kalamazoo
city police were conducting their search in all back yards and other outdoor
premises, in garages, abandoned buildings, cemeteries and grave pits.Sheriff
Buder and Police Chief Sherwin Heywood called back to duty all off-time officers
who were available at the moment. Officers on the current shift will remain on
the search regardless of the hour.A FRIENDLY CHILDIn the meantime, the
apprehensive parents and the three brothers and two sisters of Jeannie were
waiting anxiously at their home for some word of the child. Both parents
expressed fear the child may have gotten into an automobile, with a stranger,
"She was such a friendly girl and liked to talk with people, and she was not at
all shy." the mother stated. "She had lots of girl friends but we have checked
all whom we know and learned that Jeannie did not spend the night with any of
them."Jeannie is slightly crippled as the result of rheumatic fever with
which she was stricken when she was four years old. The illness left her right
leg shorter than the left leg, and caused her to walk with a limp.The parents
described Jeannie as being four feet in height, 60 pounds in weight, small for
her age, and as wearing a pink plaid dress with a solid pink waist, white socks
and multicolored sandals.Robert Gordon, Harmon Hall, Kalamazoo College,
reported to police this afternoon that he saw three girls, one wearing a pink
waist and skirt, walking in the West Kalamazoo avenue vicinity at 7:30 last
evening. He said the child was about Jeannie's age and walked with a slight
limp.In a counter-investigation, officers of the detective bureau, the
police youth bureau, the police-women's division, the criminal division of the
sheriff's department and Michigan State Police detectives were questioning all
known sex deviates regarding the disappearance of Jeannie.FATHER A TRUCK
DRIVERThe Singletons have resided in Kalamazoo 14 years, and for seven years
at the Blakeslee avenue address. The father is a driver for the Doyle Freight
Lines.The search today was the largest to be organized since 400 officers
and volunteers scoured the county in search of Carolyn Drown, 18 year old
Western Michigan College student who was kidnapped and murdered by rapists
following Thanksgiving vacation in 1950. Carolyn's body was found a week later
in a snow-covered corn field nine miles southeast of Kalamazoo.Kalamazoo
Gazette, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; Wednesday, May 25, 1955IT'S
HEARTBREAKING VIGIL FOR SINGLETONSJeannie's Family Not Waiting Alone as
Scores Offer Help"The first night I sat on the port all night and prayed.
Last night I got a little sleep. But the nights are the worst. I can hold up in
the daylight, but when it gets dark I just can't take it"That's how Mrs.
Stephen Singleton describes the
heartbreaking vigil she and her husband have been keeping since their eight
year-old daughter, Jeannie, disappeared Monday afternoon.They are not
waiting alone. Their plainly furnished white house at 1310 Blakeslee St., has
been filled with relatives, members of their church, neighbors, police officers,
volunteer searchers and newsmen.Those who visit the Singleton home tend to discard the
theory that Jeannie might have been kidnapped for ransom. It is not the home of
people who could pay ransom.The Singleton's are hard working people
in the low income bracket. They are buying the white frame house and feeding
their six children but to accomplish this task, both must work.PARENTS BOTH
WORKMrs. Singleton, 31, is
employed in the Grace Nursing Home, 813 S. Park St., from 5 to 9 p.m. In an
effort to increase her earning power, she has been attending a practical nursing
course at Fairmount Hospital five mornings a week since February.Steve Singleton, 40, works from midnight
to 8 a.m. in the Wax Production department of the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment
Company."One of us was home while the other worked," Mrs. Singleton says. "Maybe we have been
working too hard. But what can you do when you have to work hard to keep the
family together."DEEPLY RELIGIOUSLike a good many families of Southern
birth, the Singletons are deeply religious. At their side through most of this
trying time has been their minister, the Rev. Herman Dehne, pastor of the New
Apostolic Church, Lulu St. and N. Westnedge Ave.Jeannie went to church each
Sunday. And each Wednesday evening she and her sisters and brothers attended a
Bible class at the Hope Reformed Church.Like everyone who knew Jeannie Singleton well, the Rev.
Dehne keeps coming back to one main point:"She was such a friendly little
girl."That simple, yet possibly deadly, description, is echoed by so many
others. Joe Honker, principal of Woodward School, and Miss Ethel (Karin King
note: lost the rest of article I think)Kalamazoo Gazette, Kalamazoo,
Kalamazoo County, Michigan; Wednesday, May 25, 1955'BRING HOME MY LITTLE
GIRL,' MOTHER'S PLEA - Kalamazoo's Biggest Search in History Covers Fields,
StreamsGazette Offers $500 RewardThe Kalamazoo Gazette will pay a reward
of $500 to the person or persons providing the police with information leading
directly to the arrest of the party responsible for the disappearance of Jeannie Singleton"If someone
has my little girl I beg them to bring her back to me. I don't care who it is or
why it happened. I don't care about anything anymore. I just want my little
girl."This was the anguished appeal made today by Mrs. Stephen Singleton, mother of eight-year-old
Jeannie Singleton, missing since
late Monday afternoon."I'm praying someone will find her alive, I'm even
praying for whoever might have her. I don't care if he's punished or not. Just
bring Jeannie home."As two days elapsed this afternoon since the
disappearance of Jeannie within two blocks of her home Monday afternoon, hopes
of officials dimmed that the girl would be found alive."We still are
searching and investigating in the hopes that she will be found alive, but as
the hours pile up, the possibility grows slimmer," Captain of Detectives Riley
Stewart stated this afternoon.Kalamazoo's biggest organized search in its
history continued today with approximately 300 boys and men in the field. "This
search will be continued again tomorrow, unless there is a definite development
today," Chief of Police Sherwin Heywood announced. "The manner in which the
public, and particularly 50 or more military and other organizations have
volunteered their services in the search is gratifying and heartwarming. Men
have left their jobs to search. School children have volunteered their services
after school hours. Many woman have walked into police headquarters to request
assignments on the searching squads."CHECK SEX DEVIATESIn the meantime,
Captain Stewart's detective division, the sheriff's department criminal
investigation division, and detectives from the Michigan State Police were
continuing their search for and questioning of known Kalamazoo and area sex
deviates. Twenty or more such individuals were checked yesterday and were
cleared of any implication in Jeannie's disappearance. One known sex deviate
was held for questioning by police and subjected to a lie detector test this
morning. He has been released.Those investigating the disappearance said
they were confronted with five possibilities. Captain Stewart and Chief Deputy
Glenn Hammel of the sheriff's department enumerated them as follows:Jeannie
could still be alive.Jeannie could have been kidnapped and carried out of
the city or state by a pervert.Jeannie could have been murdered and her body
placed in the trunk of a car or thrown in a lake or river.Jeannie could have
met with a play accident in some unknown manner.Jeannie still could be
staying with an acquaintance who has failed to report her
whereabouts.REPORTS BOLSTER HOPESHopes that Jeannie might be alive were
bolstered some time late yesterday and last night by two similar reports,
Captain Heywood stated, that a girl who walked with a limp was seen in two areas
of the city in company with two other girls.The first report came from
Robert Gordon, A Kalamazoo College student, to the effect he saw a girl about
Jeannie's age and who walked with a limp walking with two other girls at
Florence street and Simpson avenue about 7:30 Monday night, about four hours
after she was last seen by a schoolmate who walked part way home with
her.The second report came from James Vliem, 1416 James St., who told police
he knew Jeannie. This was to the effect he had seen Jeannie and two other girls
walking at Jasper Street and Crosstown parkway, near Upjohn Park, about 6 Monday
evening.Although searchers yesterday discovered several articles of
discarded clothing along rivers and stream, in fields and along highways, none
of the articles could be identified as belonging to Jeannie. APPEALS TO
FARMERSAn appeal was made to farmers and small landowners in Kalamazoo
County today by Sheriff Otto Buder to aid in the over-all search by searching
their own premises minutely. "Although there are nearly 1000 men in the
searching parties, they cannot possibly cover every square foot of territory,"
the sheriff stated. "Farmers can much more easily search all their own
buildings, lands and swamps and in a much more thorough manner. No search can be
omitted regardless of how remote may be the farm. If Jeannie has met with foul
play, her body might be hidden in an area far removed from the
city."Telephone lines into police headquarters and the sheriff's departments
were jammed continually yesterday, last night and today by calls from
individuals, many of whom wished to remain anonymous, offering tips, "clues" and
suggestions to the investigators. As quickly as the calls could be tabulated,
detectives were assigned to check them, but in no instance was pertinent
evidence forthcoming. Sheriff Buder, who today announce that two Kalamazoo
County girls 13 and 16 years old were missing from their homes, said he could
see no connection between that case and the disappearance of Jannie. "These two
girls, Betty Jane Hudson, 16, of 7170 Gleason Ave., and Ellen Reynolds, 13 of
312 Elliott St., both in Comstock, have been missing since last Thursday and
Friday, respectively," the sheriff stated. "The two girls are believed to be
together."TEACHERS CAUTIONEDDr. Loy Norrix, superintendent of the
Kalamazoo Public Schools, today advised precautionary measures to safeguard
children on their way to and from school following the mysterious disappearance
of Jannie Singleton who has been
missing since Monday afternoon.He sent out a request to principals of all
school buildings in the city school system to advise both teachers and students
"to see that they do not loiter on the way to and from school and that they do
not accept a ride from anyone they do not know well."The superintendent also
advised children to "go to and from school with neighbor children whenever
possible."Jeannie Singleton
disappeared while on her way home from the Woodward School. She has not been
seen since leaving a school chum within two blocks of her home.Five
departments of the Fuller Manufacturing Co., closed down this morning when 250
employees, all members of the UAW-AFT volunteered their services to search for
the missing Jeannie, it was announced by Peter Corbin, chief of the plant
protection force. "The men left their work with the consent of the officials,"
Corbin stated. "The officials said they would close down the entire plant to aid
in the search if necessary. The men on the search today represent a part of the
day shift. They are sacrificing their pay to aid in the search."A Red Cross
Mobile unit served coffee and donuts to more than 450 searchers at the Milham
and 31st streets at 1 this afternoon.Kalamazoo Gazette, Kalamazoo,
Kalamazoo County, Michigan; Thursday, May 26, 1955HELICOPTER JOINS IN SEARCH
- Lab Checks Hair Found in Kerchief But Police Discount It was Missing
Girl'sA huge Coast Guard helicopter was brought into the search today for
little Jeannie Singleton,
missing since Monday afternoon, as police and volunteer organizations met with
no success in the baffling case.It was hoped that the 10-man craft might
provide greater coverage for the area now being scoured by hundreds of volunteer
searchers but police were inclined to believe that hope has grown slim that the
crippled child is still alive.Jeannie, 8, vanished sometime after 3:25
Monday afternoon after leaving Woodward School and heading for her home at 1310
Blakeslee St.While the search by air and ground continued into its third
day, police sifted through a mounting pile of 'cluesThese included an
endless number of handkerchiefs, ribbons, pieces of torn clothing, shoes, socks,
boots, rags and other items picked up from every corner of the county by the
search parties.FIND PINK KERCHIEFOf particular interest at the moment is
a faded pink kerchief found on a low branch in the Kleinstueck Preserve near
Cherr street and Stearns avenue late Wednesday afternoon.The kerchief was
knotted as if used to hold a girl's 'pony tail' hairdo. Inside the know were a
number of human airs, seemingly indicating that the kerchief had been torn from
it's owner's head.Members of the Singleton family identified the
kerchief as having belonged to Patsy, Jeannie's older sister. They believe
Jeannie borrowed the kerchief and wore it to school.Police are hesitant to
accept the identity. Samples of hair from each member of the family were
obtained by Detective Technician Arthur Theodore last night and will be sent,
along with the kerchief, to Lansing for laboratory testing. Hair from a
hairbrush used by Jeannie was also included.TYPE COMMONLY USED"That area
is used constantly by youngsters," Captain Riley Stewart said today. "The cloth
is unmarked and of a type commonly used. It would be difficult to make a
positive identification."Jeannie's second grade teacher at a Woodward School
could not recall seeing the kerchief on the little girl Monday, Stewart
said.In addition to the items brought to police by the search parties,
police switchboards have been flooded with calls from the public offering all
sorts of information and suggestions.Each has been considered, checked and
discarded as one by one they proved of no value.Eleven miles of shoreline of
Kalamazoo River, extending from the Morrow Dam at Comstock to Cooper Center was
patrolled on either side of the river by boat crews yesterday and last night.
The river search was being continued today.So many have offered help in the
search that Police Chief Sherwin Heywood issued the following announcement
today:"All children are requested to report to their schools as usual. If
they are needed, the schools will be notified and mobilization will begin. We
will prefer groups with organizations, leadership and transportation."The
search resumed this morning following a strategy meeting at 8:30 and will
continue until dark this evening.OVER 1,000 JOIN SEARCHIf no trace of
the missing girl is found by dark, the mobilization will again be set in action
tomorrow morning. Chief Heywood said over 1,000 searchers, many of whom left
their jobs and sacrificed their pay, engaged in the hunt Wednesday.Officers
repeated their appeal to farmers and other land owners to search their premises
closely for any trace of Jeannie.Described by her parents as 'small for her
age,' Jeannie tipped the scales between 50 and 60 pounds and stood four feet in
height. She was wearing a pink plaid dress with a solid pink waist attached,
white socks and multicolored sandals. Her parents said she was a very friendly
girl and one who would talk to strangers who talked nicely to her.Local 822,
UAW-AFL, of the Fuller Manufacturing Company, is offering $100 reward to the
person or persons giving information leading to the whereabouts of Jeannie,
Martin Clapp, president of the local, announced this afternoon.From
Karin King (Sep 3, 2006) I have abt 36 more pages of articles for Jeannie.
Rather than typing them all, I'm going to list the date and recap the
articleMay 27, 1955: A 25-year old sex deviate was questioned, the 2nd man
taken into custody for questioning. 40 police & MI state police are making
house-to-house checks in a two block radius. Residents are cooperating. May
28, 1955: Violent rains may wash away evidence. 2 men picked up yesterday were
cleared by lie detector tests. Searchers are thinning.May 29, 1955: FBI may
assist in hunt. Father received a tip from stranger re: shack in Grand Rapids.
They found the shack, but the search proved fruitless. Civil Air Patrol will
search by air. Rewards are offered.May 30, 1955: FBI can't investigate
because there is no proof of kidnapping or that she was taken over the state
line. The family was requestioned. Most of the organized search has been
discontinued.May 31, 1955: Grand Rapids shack was searched for the 3rd time
to no avail. Voluntary searchers are everywhere. 500 tips have been received by
police.June 1, 1955: The family has publicly thanked all for their help in
the search.June 2, 1955: 5 boys playing hide & seek found the body
yesterday in a pine grove. Funeral arrangements are made. Possible strangulation
& hemmorrhage in the pelvic area. The murderer was most likely very familiar
with this lonely 'back road'. The children will share in $300 reward money.
June 3, 1955: Police Chief expresses thanks for the cooperating public in
search. Jeannie was buried today. She is survived by Mr. & Mrs. Steve Singleton (parents); 2 sis Mary
Carolyn and Patsy Louise; 3 bro James, Steve Jr. & Charles Dee; grandmother
Mrs. Leta Case of Lexington, MO.June 4, 1955: No clues to killer. Sleep is
difficult for the children who found the body. June 5, 1955: Lie detector
tests given to parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Case (bro & sis-in-law of Mrs.
Singleton) cleared them of
suspicion of involvement. Police are looking for 2 autos & drivers who were
seen near the house or crime spot. May 25, 1960: 5 years later, the murder
mystery remains unsolved. 1200 men were interrogated over the years. The family
moved since that time, but vidently still live in the area. The search is still
on, with arrested sex offenders questioned about that night. May 23, 1965:
10 years later, the murder mystery remains unsolved. More than 2000 persons have
been questioned.May 23, 1970: 15 years later, the murder mystery remains
unsolved. Tips & new leads trickle in, and new arrests are still questioned.
May 23, 1975: 20 years later, case still unsolved. However, there was a
woman who came to police within last 2 years, and thought her husband who died
in 1962, may have done it. She said he took her to the 'site' in the pine grove
the day the body was found. He didn't tell the wife why they were there. In
subsequent years, he would drive by the house where the little girl lived and
comment about her. In 1959 the husband took the wife to the 'site' and brutally
attacked her sexually. That attack resulted in her hospitalization & a
hysterectomy which checked out positively. The wife has taken a lie detector
test. The wife said he never admitted, not denied the killing. She characterized
her husband as a 'mean & brutal man who often beat her...insatiable sexual
appetite ...sex maniac. They had 5 children, and all the girls died before 6
months old...death listed as natural causes. Police were originally contacted by
an acquaintance of this 'wife', who was undergoing psychiatric help, and then
she began volunteering information. May 26, 1985: 30 years later, case still
open, but inactive. "Whoever did it is probably dead by now. Her file measures 7
inches thick. May 21, 1987: A detective who has solved dozens of Kalamazoo
homicides is still bothered by not solving this one. Had it happened today, with
modern criminal technology, it would probably have been solved.INFO from; Roots Web: Roop & Pearce Connections page
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I thought about this & even checked them out on line! How does it work? Is it as slick as the original slider? Can't wait to hear how it works
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I thought about this & even checked them out on line! How does it work? Is it as slick as the original slider? Can't wait to hear how it works
Wow, this is great!Thanks for your post. I did buy the super slider but it didn't fit so well on my machie and I cut it down and down again, and finally gave up on it. However, it does fit on my little janome now but thinking about trying this again but didn't want to spend the $30 . Yep I might try this!
What a clever girl you are and even better for sharing. Please let us know the results and your final opinion.
Just another reason I love this board.
The Slider is super slick. I haven't found anything that slicky to use for a substitute that didn't cost the same or more.
This is very slick too!! and twice as big.Originally Posted by BellaBoo
Thanks Beth! Great idea.....have to try shelf liner on mine so I can get rid of the tape!Originally Posted by featherweight
Bed Bath and Beyond here I come!!!
Hi, How are you keeping the rubber mat adhered to the slider?Originally Posted by featherweight
I had some vinyl and since my project was same I just cut it big enough for on my machine, cut the hole for the needle and taped it down. I bought a yard of vinyl a while back. It worked for me. But I like your idea better.
I'm sorry. I forgot to mention that I used double sided tape to hold it on.Originally Posted by Honchey


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According to official statistics, one in three women and one in 12 men are set to feel the ageing process in their bones as a result of osteoporosis. The bone-weakening effect of osteoporosis is estimated to be responsible for 200,000 fractures in the UK each year and is a cause of considerable disability and a significant number of deaths. Until recently, the mainstay treatment was hormone replacement therapy (HRT). However, the Department of Health has recently advised doctors against prescribing HRT due to increasing concerns about its safety. Unfortunately, the main alternative to HRT - a class of drugs known as the bisphosphonates - has only been shown to reduce the risk of fracture in elderly individuals who are already showing signs of osteoporosis.
The seeming lack of effective bone-strengthening medications means our later lives could well turn out to be crunch time. Luckily, diet can provide the raw materials for the making of bone that is built to last. The standard dietetic line has centred on a good intake of calcium - the prime element in bone - especially in the form of dairy products such as milk and cheese. However, while a good intake of calcium seems important for bone formation early in life, the evidence shows that there is little or no bone benefit to be had after the age of 50.
Another common conceit is that high-protein diets predispose to osteoporosis by increasing the rate at which calcium is lost from the body. Yet several studies have found that high animal protein (eg meat and fish) consumption is associated with better bone density. Other foods that have been consistently linked with improved bone health are fruit and vegetables. These tend to alkalinise the body, an effect which reduces the risk of calcium being leached from the bone. Some fruit and veg is also rich in nutrients that are important building blocks in the manufacture of bone, including magnesium (also found in high concentration in nuts) and boron. Other important nutrients include vitamin D (found in fish oils) and vitamin K (found in green leafy veg). Overall, the evidence suggests that the best diet for the prevention of osteoporosis is based on evolutionary foods such as meat, fish, fruit, vegetables and nuts. Those looking to feed their bones might also like to take a supplement, such as Osteocare, which is made by the company Vitabiotics and is available in health food stores and pharmacies.
Regular activity has been linked with a reduced risk of osteoporosis and bone fracture. Weight-bearing exercises such as walking and light jogging seem to strengthen bone and prevent fracture. In one study, women walking at least four hours a week were found to have a 41 per cent reduced risk of fracture in the hip compared to women walking less than one hour a week. The evidence shows that a primal diet and regular activity have the capacity to combat osteoporosis, and help to ensure that we can look forward to hard times ahead.


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Fed Voting to Bring U.S. Capital Rules in Line With BaselJesse Hamilton
U.S. banking regulators seeking to prevent another global financial meltdown are set to impose new minimums for capital amid predictions that smaller lenders will get easier terms.
The Federal Reserve goes first today with a vote that could call for banks to maintain loss-absorbing capital equal to at least 7 percent of risk-weighted assets, in line with international standards agreed upon by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
The global capital accord in 2010 among the 27 countries of the committee is meant to bolster regulation, supervision and risk management in the banking system to reduce the chance for a repeat of the 2008 credit crisis. Smaller lenders have lobbied for exemptions, saying they didn't cause markets to seize and shouldn't have to bear the same burden.
"Those are the banks that should enjoy the most relief when these rules are finalized," said Jaret Seiberg, a senior policy analyst at Washington Research Group, a unit of Guggenheim Securities LLC.
Seiberg predicted regulators would ease rules on calculations tied to risk and the valuation of certain holdings that could cause volatile swings in capital demands.
After the Fed's vote, which comes six months after a Jan. 1 deadline set by the Basel committee, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency also must vote on the new standards.
Capital Definition
The rules narrow the definition of what counts as capital, in line with the revisions from the Basel panel. They also double the minimum ratio of capital to assets and reclassify derivatives and mortgage-based securities as more risky than in previous versions.
Regulators repeatedly have said they are trying to be responsive to concerns from community banks that take deposits and make loans in their local areas, which make up more than 90 percent of U.S. lenders, according to the FDIC.
Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry said last year that they may get longer transition periods and so-called grandfather clauses to help ease them into compliance. Lobbyists have said smaller firms have less access to capital and might have to reduce lending.
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"We have heard -- and regulators have said -- that they understand the community bank concerns and that they are addressing those concerns," said James Kendrick, vice president for capital policy at the Independent Community Bankers of America. "We are very hopeful that our cries for help here have been heard."
The federal agencies are also working on another rule to increase leverage minimums -- possibly doubling the 3 percent in the Basel III rule, people familiar with the discussions have said -- which Seiberg said could boost overall capital demands higher than in Basel III.
The leverage minimum compares a bank's capital to assets, without making any adjustments for assets that bankers consider less risky. Some regulators including former FDIC chairman Sheila Bair have been skeptical of risk weightings provided by bankers in the wake of the 2008 crisis and as formulas become more complex.
"Why are we spending all this time, money and effort on Basel III?" Seiberg said. A strict new leverage requirement could largely negate Basel's impact, he said.
Some members of Congress are trying to push even higher capital standards. Under a measure from Senators Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, and David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, the handful of banks with more than $500 billion in assets would be told to maintain a capital ratio as high as 15 percent.
The plan is opposed by lawmakers including Tim Johnson, the South Dakota Democrat who leads the Senate Banking Committee, who said Dodd-Frank Act implementation should be finished before trying something else.


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It Was a Very Good Year
Bonnie Durrance
January, 2010 Issue
In honor of our 35th birthday,
NorthBay biz
profiles three North Bay companies that have the same amount of candles on their cake—ChromaGraphics, The Marine Mammal Center and The Roman Spa.
The year 1975 saw the end of the Vietnam War, the last of
Jimmy Hoffa
, the first of
"Saturday Night Live"
and the appearance of the trademark Microsoft. Gas prices ranged around $0.44 a gallon and a first class stamp cost a dime. Unemployment hovered just under 10 percent, a recession was underway, and awareness of environmental problems was having legislative effect. In that climate of uncertainty and change, several local businesses—including this magazine—emerged and are thriving to this day. Their stories offer insights and models for navigating the current times.
ChromaGraphics grows with the times
"My dad has an amazing sense of the customer," says Eric Janssen, president of
, the Santa Rosa-based printing company that his dad, Walt, co-founded in 1975. "He's always been able to see with the eyes of what somebody else would want." A good job, he taught Eric, isn't just the end product—it's the customer's whole experience, from start to finish.
"The hardest thing to do in business," says Walt Janssen, who no longer works in the business but remains on the board of directors, "is to get a client. The next hardest thing is to keep that client." For him, that means giving the client the security of knowing he's getting a good job. "Packaging is an absolute key," says Janssen. "How it's delivered, whether it's delivered UPS or hand delivered, how it's boxed, how it's set on the loading dock." It's customer service founded in old school values.
Walt Janssen's family were farmers in Germany before settling in Sebastopol and going into the chicken business. Walt, when he came of age, didn't see a bright future in chickens, so he took his father's advice and went off to learn a vocation. At
Laney College
in Oakland, he learned printing.
In 1975, he went into business with his friend, Don Herman. When searching for a name, they invented a loose, customer-based form of market research. "We had about 20 names in the hopper," he says, "and we did a random call to people asking which one they'd give their printing to." Hands down, the name was ChromaGraphics.
Janssen and Herman leased 1,000 square feet on Ripley Street in Santa Rosa, put in two presses and a camera, enlisted Janssen's wife as bookkeeper and got going. "I look back at some of the things we did early on in our careers and I cringe," Janssen says. "I thought at one time the most important thing was just to get ink on paper. But the important thing is that the customer believes you're providing increased value to the products you're creating. Great pricing helps, too."
Technology enhances quality craftsmanship
In the old days, he says, the printer would set the type, take the image to the camera and make a film. Then that would go to a plate, then to a press, then the printed pages would go for finishing or binding. Now, with digital technology, prepress and typesetting is all part of the same process. "Printing is done much better now than ever before," he says. "Just having a computerized cutter makes things better."
Eric Janssen, who joined his father in the early '90s, says digital printing has enabled them to go from producing five to 10 orders of business cards a day to 150. "That's 450 jobs a week," says Janssen. "We didn't used to produce 450 jobs in a
!" But that doesn't mean profits have multiplied accordingly. "We might produce four jobs to every two we used to produce, but our total revenue has flattened over the last two years, so we've needed this increase in productivity to stay competitive," he says.
In addition, ChromaGraphics offers personalized and customized products so everybody can be marketed to individually. "You can make someone feel more comfortable with your product," says Janssen. "That's digital printing." So, many people can receive notices addressed to them by name, letting them know that their personal favorite varietal is now ready for tasting. An announcement of a wine product may be in warm, rosy tones if it's for a woman, or in robust, earthy tones if it's for a man. This "personal touch" marketing has increased success rates by five to eight times that of traditional print.
It's a family affair
Heidi Janssen Would has worked in the business with her father and brother for nearly 25 years. For her, the family aspect of the business gives customers a sense of security. "My brother and my dad are very similar in their ways: very, very conservative but smart enough to move with the times. We've had to grow, but grow carefully," she says. "So we don't overspend and we don't overestimate what a customer will want to purchase. I think they've been extremely smart as far as the choices they've made with real estate and equipment. We don't want to go over that threshold and do too much at one time. So rather than huge growth, we've taken more moderate steps to sustain and be stronger."
"Eric," says Walt, "has an uncanny way of seeing the next step." A 1980 move from Ripley Street to Park Center on Dutton Avenue was risky, he admits, but the company wanted to expand the manufacturing into a larger space and add a few employees. "We had to go back to our vendors and ask for extensions." He learned that, if you help your vendors, they'll help you. "Communicate well with your vendors and they'll support you," he says. "Tell them when you're having a little bit of a problem as far as paying your paper bills, or whatever it may be." Later, when the company moved again to its present location on Tesconi Circle (1997), the Janssens talked to their vendors up front, letting them know they might be a little late in their payments, "and they said, 'no problem.'"
Walt looks at the challenges Eric faces in today's recession in light of his own startup in the 1975 recession. "We were so focused on service and client relationships, we kind of blocked it out of our minds," he says. "I don't even remember considering it a recession, as we have today," he says. "We were just kind of trying to get through it and keep clients happy." But as conditions have changed over these nearly 35 years, so, he admits, has the nature of recession. "This recession has been absolutely incredible," he says.
"And I think any business that can stay afloat right now has to be commended. You have to work with your clients to help them stay in business. If your clients are out of business, you're out of business."
The Marine Mammal Center to the rescue
For Sausalito's
The Marine Mammal Center
(TMMC), business is booming—and regardless of which recession we're talking about, that's not good.
"We've gone from about six [animals] in 1975 to 1,600 in 2009," says veterinarian, former volunteer and executive director Jeff Boehm, who practically winces as he says this. He's talking about 1,600 sick and stranded marine animals that have been treated at the center so far this year (more than double its yearly average). It's a shocking spike, but with an 800-strong cadre of volunteers and a staff of 45, a 19-member board of directors, a donor list that extends for pages and a $32 million new science, education and hospital facility, The Marine Mammal Center is continuing what it's been doing for nearly 35 years—just on a vastly larger scale and with a graver message.
The center, originally powered by one man's passion and launched by a core group of cofounders, is located on a decommissioned missile site in the
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
in the Marin Headlands. That's where, in 1975, Lloyd Smalley, with the help of Pat Arrigoni, Paul Maxwell and Bruce Keegan, founded a simple rescue and rehabilitation center with some shipping crates and plastic wading pools and a determination to help the five or six sick sea lions that washed up on local beaches every year.
At the time, Smalley, a compact, blue-eyed man who, when he enters a room, causes it to fairly light up with energy, had been the curator at the Boyd Science Museum, a small children's natural history museum in San Rafael, and he was concerned about the numbers of marine mammals dying on beaches. "From time to time, we'd get stranded, distressed marine mammals," he says, "or we'd get calls to go out and rescue them. And we were getting this increasing number of strandings. You could see the need." As he talks, you can see his profound connection with the creatures. "They're so…mesmerizing," he says, his voice brimming with excitement. "So animated!"
He tells about one named Nikki who was too injured to return to the wild, but became completely healthy at the center. "She was all over this place," he says, laughing. "To exercise her, I'd have her walk all the way up the hill with me." Sea lions can actually walk, one learns. By rotating their pelvis, they can get their back legs on the ground and walk on all fours. "I don't think this place would have been started anywhere besides Marin County," says Smalley. "The people here are very ecologically conscious."
"We cover 600 miles of California coastline," says Boehm, seated at a long table in the new, energy-efficient conference room with ceiling tiles made of seaweed and walls made of largely reclaimed concrete and steel. "[We help animals] all the way north to Mendocino County and all the way south to San Luis Obispo County." So if someone within that range sees an animal in distress, they phone the center and it deploys a team of volunteers to determine whether that animal needs to be taken care of immediately, needs to be watched or is actually just fine and in no need of rescue. Depending on their assessment, the center may dispatch vehicles to remove the animal and bring it to one of TMMC's triage centers. There, the animal might rest overnight and then be trucked up to the main hospital in Sausalito.
Sea lions serve as environmental sentinels
Over the years, Boehm says, they've seen some patterns in the animals needing rescue. "During the first few months of the year, there will be stranded seal pups who've become separated from their moms during storms. Our job is to get them in and fatten them up so they're ready to go back out. With that category," he says, "we're very successful."
With other conditions, that's not always the case. "We see an incidence of cancer here that's extraordinary," Boehm says. "Almost one in six animals we examine post-mortem has cancer."
They're also finding levels of chemicals—
and others—in the animals' blubber. "A common refrain around here," he says, "is that what we're learning about these animals is a great window into ocean health; but it also pertains to human health as well, because many of us are dining on the same food sources, and we're exposed to the same chemicals as these animals. So we're very wise to watch what's going on out here and learn from it."
Education is part of the mission
One doesn't usually think about tours around a hospital, but educating the public is a vital part of what the center does. Its mission begins with the sick pup on the beach, but then extends to the learning gained by the volunteers. That understanding is transmitted to visitors. They support a steady process of scientific research, data collection and storage, and information sharing among scientific communities around the world.
"This place touches people," says Boehm. "We were started by volunteers and, almost 35 years later, to still be sustained by volunteers is a pretty incredible story." He was a volunteer, himself, in 1980, before going on to study veterinary medicine. "It's wonderful to be part of this new, emerging center, but it's also pretty incredible to have that connection all the way back to when the organization was just five years old," he says. They built it, and the people and animals keep coming.
Since June 2009, he says, they've seen about 35,000 visitors. "These are people who are inclined to support the mission, and we can help them along on the continuum of understanding and hopefully move them toward action."
As an organization supported by donations, one of the desired actions would be reaching for the checkbook and a pen. Over the years, the center has veered near the brink from time to time but always, says Smalley, the donors came through. "Sometimes just in the barest nick of time," he laughs. Lately it's experiencing the same constriction as other nonprofits; people are donating less and giving less frequently. But, says Boehm, there's not been a drop in membership, and people are still supporting the center.
"So what we're doing," he says, putting his thumb and extended pinkie to his ear in the "call me" sign, "is reaching out and connecting to people, whether they were giving last year or not. Just keeping them a part of our community, so as we all emerge from this, we're still present in their minds."
He thinks a moment, then adds, "and we have a lot of gratitude about what's brought us here. And whether people can help us right now, or not, they likely helped us get to where we are."
Taking the waters in Calistoga
Business is pleasure for Kathy and Michael Quast.
The Roman Spa
in Calistoga, which Michael's father, Max, bought in 1975, has been a haven for health and relaxation for families, groups and individuals for nearly 35 years.
"We moved in at the end of the summer in '75," recalls Quast. "There was just a big open courtyard with a wishing well and lots of chairs and trees. The mineral water was in the rooms. The spa facility was located in an old barn. It was all very simple."
For the elder Quast, who came to the United States from Germany via Canada after World War II, the hot springs spa was a natural continuation of his European background. "In Germany," says Michael, "you're never more than about 50 miles from another hot springs." Back then, Europeans knew about the healing aspects of mineral hot springs and sought them out to restore themselves. The Roman Spa, originally called Piners Hot Springs, was a place where Michael's father (who, at 50, was getting a late start in business) could restore himself and offer that to others.
Kathy Quast, a trim woman with an easy smile and warm, brown eyes, married Michael in 1987 when he was a graduate student and she was a nurse. In 1990, he came to work with his father. She started helping out in '93, and by '95, left nursing to work in the business full time. "I really like our place," she says, "our atmosphere, the people we attract. We're small. We only employ about 25 to 30 people. We don't have IT or human resources. We take care of most everything ourselves."
She says people like to feel the presence of an owner who's there, who really cares and who's always making sure things are done properly. "We're fortunate to have people who've been with us for 25 years," she says, "and we have people who've been coming here for 25 years."
Relaxation vs. regulations
"There are now federal and state mandates for the pools," Quast says. "And the health department is more involved and has a much stricter code than it had back then. You used to just put in a permit for a pool and basically, as long as you had the right filtration system, it was approved. Now, you need safety measures in place and back flow entrapment, and the state and city want to check your books."
The increased regulations limit their ability to keep up with the demands of some clients. "People are saying they can get this or that in Vegas—such as waterfalls, or water features—so it kind of looks like you haven't gone anywhere," says Kathy, adding that while the people who've been coming to the spa for years may not need new features, they'll ultimately be replaced by a new set of people and, for those customers, competition will be stiff.
In the last four or five years, one major customer group, the Europeans, have stayed away. "I think that has a lot to do with 9/11," says Kathy. "People talk to us about how it's much more difficult to come into the United States. It's easier to travel around Europe. It used to be, right after Labor Day, the Europeans would come. Now, they just say 'It's difficult, it's difficult.'"
"We're trying to be frugal," says Michael, "but people want the latest technology." The Roman Spa has Internet access in the office, but people want
throughout, inside and outside, which would be a steep investment; in normal times, it could manage, but not currently. So it's making the kind of improvements that add value and attractiveness while keeping costs within range.
"We're putting in new pool decking, so it has an updated image," says Kathy, "and we're going to be adding to our linen packages." They currently have bedspreads, but the trend now is toward duvets. So they'll have triple sheets with comforters and duvet covers. And they'll continue to look into WiFi.
Tourist trends have changed. "I think years ago, people were more willing to spend the time to get somewhere," says Michael, "and now people are taking what's easiest. So when they get to the City of Napa, they think that's the Wine Country, and they stop."
"But we also have a traffic problem," says Kathy. "People have to be willing to sit in traffic on Highway 29 coming up. There are times when people will call and say they're not coming. 'Just too much traffic.'"
"We were looking forward to Destination Napa Valley," says Michael, "when they were going to promote the whole Napa Valley, but now it's in a very confused state. I don't know where it's going."
For him, Napa Valley is a kind of a symbiotic environment between the vineyards, the people living here, the lifestyle, the restaurants and the wineries. It's good relations between people in business and organizations. "All those things are what make Napa Valley."
Spring forward
"There's a significant drop off in clients," says Michael. "It started around November last year. Each month is significantly less than what we've done in the past." Is this unusual? "This is drastically unusual. We're trying very hard to break even for the year." Having been in the business a very long time, though, he's cautious, but not actually worried. "It's frustrating because you're working harder, and not much is coming in as in the past. And people are more demanding and a lot harder on you. During the week, we're not making profits on the rooms, and people want it given away, and we can't."
He sees the future in the long term. "I know where I'm going. I want to redefine what we're doing as a hot springs and modernize it so it's attractive to today's customer, as it was to my dad's customer. That's where we're going. Right now, we're trying to enhance what we have and not lose the tradition and depth of our property. It really is all about the mineral springs. The biggest thing the spa director has to do is tell people to slow down."
Laughing, Kathy adds, "And don't text!"
If you consider (as do the staff and volunteers at TMMC) those who love and devote themselves to animals as "family," then each of these three business have one basic thing in common: they are family businesses. If you listen to each of them carefully, you'll find that means more than hereditary privilege. It means dedication and growing with the changing times. "We're printers," says Eric Janssen, with pride. And Michael Quast looks back to "the waters" as part of his father's and his German heritage. No doubt, each of The Marine Mammal Center's 800 volunteers, who labor in service of the sea lions, finds themself as speechless as Lloyd Smalley, if they tried to explain why they do it. "There's just something about these animals…" Underneath it all, what these businesses really have in common is passion.
Through the years, each of these businesses has ridden waves of change and, at least for The Marine Mammal Center, been very close to sinking once or twice. But something—or someone—came in just in time. What keeps them going? Maybe it's that simple principle that Eric Janssen so respects in his father—that innate sense of what the customer needs. And maybe, as you can see in the way Michael Quast is planning for the future, you just have to be very, very flexible. And it may be, if the explosion of illness that The Marine Mammal Center is now experiencing is any guide, that success in business is partly determined by how it fulfills the larger, changing need. Whatever it is, these three enterprises are thriving…and their communities are all the better for it.
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Date of Stay: November, 2012
Nice park - seemed far from I-10 when we exited and began driving to it but did not feel as though we were right in the middle of town once inside. Big rig friendly (we have 40' RV plus tow) and we did not have to unhook. Very nice laundry facility/community gathering room and kitchen. Plenty of nice patio tables and chairs on the deck of that facility - covered patio. Nice to have grass at each site. We would stay here again.
Date of Stay: November, 2012
This is a very clean, well laid-out little park. It appears to be fairly new. The Wi-Fi worked well. Plenty of room for big rigs in designated areas - ours is 40' plus our tow vehicle and we did not have to unhook. Nice patios at each site. The trees will grow in time and like someone else said, this is West Texas and the wind blows. The packed gravel/dirt did not bother us as it was well graded and smooth. The only reason we did not give it a 10 is the fact that there is no cable for TV. We were not able to get any channels with our antenna. We played cards and visited instead! We will stop here again and recommend it to friends. Did not meet owners but spoke to her on the phone - very friendly and helpful.
Date of Stay: November, 2012
We will not stay here again. Wi-fi did not work at all on one computer and sparsely on another. Cable TV provided a fuzzy picture, and there were not many channels to choose from. On cable hook-up had to use a double ended male connector. Hook-ups are toward the rear of your rig - never saw that before. The 50 amp receptacle is upside down! Park appears old and in need of updating. Host in office was nice enough. Not one blade of grass in the 'doggy area' - just dirt. Wish we had taken advise of friends and stayed at another park nearby.
Date of Stay: May, 2011
Love this park! We just began our 4th out of 6 months here and could not be happier. The host couple are very friendly and eager to please. The owner is extremely responsive to any concerns. Sites are level, patios at each site are large and complete with picnic tables and the trees are growing rapidly, so don't let that deter you. The one on our site provides great shade now. There are lots of grassy areas and the park is very pet friendly. We love the feeling of being in the country yet knowing the interstate is minutes away. Very quiet and neighborly atmosphere. Ya'll come now, ya hear?
Date of Stay: April, 2011
What a great couple running this park! They bend over backwards to make you feel welcomed and rested. Great shade trees and gathering area for grilling and visiting. Can't wait for the next bus rally at R V Relay Station! Ya'll come now, ya hear?
Date of Stay: January, 2011
We were in the park for 1.5 years and obviously loved it there - we did have other options but loved the owners, the park and the feeling of being out in the country. The only thing missing is paved roads - lots of dust stirred up on those gravel roads. Good Wi-Fi, fantastic owners, very safe park. Right off the interstate so easy in and easy out. Highly recommend, whether for a night or a long-term stay.


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* I have never considered myself to be a patriot.
* The way Dr. Paul has defined it caused me to reconsider my position.
* What follows is that reconsideration.
Written with regard to the linked video below:
Patriotism – Ron Paul [link edited for length]
In the referenced speech Dr. Paul says that those who dissent from illegal, immoral and unconstitutional actions by the state are patriots.
Hmm… I do those things to the degree that I am willing to accept the consequences of my action…and my inaction, both. However, I think the difference between the patriotism Dr. Paul spoke about and the patriotism I don't exhibit lies in the intent behind the dissenting behavior regarding certain actions by the state.
The intent of my action is to defend liberty. The intent of Dr. Paul's patriotism is to shape and constrain the state. The actions arising from these two different intentions are obviously very closely related. This subtle distinction has accounted for all areas where I might disagree with Dr. Paul's political actions.
It has long been my position that I am not a patriot. I don't hold with Nationalism (or any 'ism' for that matter). I chafe at indoctrination into herd-like, nationalistic patterns by public education system programming, including pep rallies and assemblies. I do not pledge allegiance to the flag nor to the republic for which it stands.
I believe in symbolism but I do not pledge allegiance to it. Abstractions are not worthy of my allegiance. Case in point, the US flag is used to elicit pledges from people who believe themselves to be defenders of freedom even though the Republic for which it stands is crushing their social and economic freedom out of existence in pursuit of Empire; politicians selling the future in pursuit of political glory in the present; federal and local law enforcement treating citizens as suspected terrorists on first sight; congress and central bankers devaluing the savings and the future value of each person's labor deliberately and continuously, and on and on…
Yet, people LOVE to pledge…they love to feel part of something…even if that something is rotten to the foundations.
I'm human, I want to belong. I want to pledge my allegiance too! I'm just picky about where something so valuable as my allegiance should be placed. Where there exists the struggle for the defense of liberty through limits on government, there is my country, there is my allegiance.
My allegiances are reserved for the ideals of liberty and for my fellow defenders of those ideals. Period. I am not anti-social. I can treat opposition and apathetic and misguided people with respect but I do not mistake them for compatriots; especially on an issue-by-issue basis. I am fortunate to live in the USA when/where I am able to openly express my opinions and act on my preferences. This country has been very good to me. Likewise, I live a life that tends to be very good for this country. I am not intent on creating a better USA. I am intent on defending liberty. The better future doesn't come from "victory" in the present. It comes from defending liberty in the present so that individuals are free to create that better future.
The struggle for the defense of liberty is eternal. I accept responsibility for that struggle. Does that make me a patriot? Honestly, I don't care. Label it this, label it that, my actions still are my actions. The label is irrelevant to the consequences. If the result is a better USA, great. If another country opens its doors and welcomes defenders of liberty as a vital and necessary component for the vision of the future embodied in that country's charter, I'd leave the USA in a heartbeat. . . or so I like to think. The reality is I'm probably stuck here for the duration for various reasons, including, of course, personal preferences. It is up to me to live my life with purpose within the constraints of the world into which I was born. I choose to defend liberty here. Now.
I do not use my passionate defense of the ideals of liberty as the basis for an isolationist intellectual barrier against effective participation in the political process. I do not coddle those I believe to be fooling themselves with their ego-centric, self-righteous self-marginalization and other politically non-constructive behavior. Before readers jump in to post a scathing comment that I couldn't care less about, please check to see if the shoe fits. I'm not making the claim that all 3rd party members are fooling themselves about their role in the political process. We need third parties. I don't want to see them dissolve. I think it is important for those who consider joining a third party, or independent status, to understand the self-marginalizing nature of their choice so they don't harbor unrealistic expectations based solely on the influence of their faith and passion about the 3rd party ideology of their choice. I don't think it is too much to expect that individuals gauge their behavior by its consequences with regard to their stated goals and objectives. I have met oodles of Libertarians and independents who are simply unable to do this. They are driven by blind faith and passion, not reason and objectivity. How ironic, huh? A foaming-mouthed Randroid can only have entirely missed Ayn's message and that the Rothbots (including the brilliant Rothbard himself) somehow in their academic navel gazing have twisted Mises Human Action into a cult of IN-action with regard to effective, constructive political behavior.
I don't expect to change anyone's mind about their choice in party but I feel an obligation to those who are wasting their time in useless activity to know, in no uncertain terms, that their intellectual isolationism results in the enemies of liberty being in charge of the GOP, the most powerful political tool on the planet. Any way you slice it, that simply cannot be viewed as an effective strategy for the defense of liberty.
Ron Paul Republicans are working vigorously to control as many local and state party positions as possible. From a position of authority (by way of being elected to those positions) within the party the message of those joined voices will begin to influence the direction of the party. I originally wrote the preceding sentence in 2008, a few weeks after the election. Today, anyone involved in the GOP must recognize that was and is a true statement.
The time to strike is now, while the party is reeling from the past election and while the GOP old-guard rank-and-file voters are milling about wondering what to do. I've always found that when faced with people who are waiting to be told what to do, the best way to see my goals met is to tell them what to do. Some will, some won't, so what? I don't care what most people do, only those who are doing productive activities — either for, or against my goals. I'm inclined to encourage the former and discourage the latter; it is just what I do.
Furthermore, I don't care about the intentions other defenders of liberty hold. If they defend liberty because they belive it is the patriotic thing to do, great. If they believe dissenting from the state is patriotic and they wish to be a patriot and their actions result in the defense of liberty, great. If they intend to use the power of their minds and emotions to grow the LP into a major party that can one day overwhelm the two-party system then all I can do is point out how such folly leaves the GOP in the hands of their enemies. I don't see that as a patriotic act by any stretch of the word…but then, I don't place any stock in the concept of patriotism anyway.
The real question is, "Do the consequences of your behavior align with your stated goals?"
Each of us must answer that question for ourselves, individually.
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Krustyland Hotel
Krustyland Hotel is an item you can obtain when you reach Krustyland in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was made available in a brand new update on August 1st 2013 as part of their Krustyland update for the game. You will need the latest update if you do not see the Krustyland Shuttle item in the store.
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You can purchase this item in the store when you reach the required level for obtaining the Krustyland Hotel in the game.
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This item is just a simple item in the game and is the Krustyland Hotel that can be purchased using tickets. You must do all quests in a certain order to unlock and be able to purchase the item.
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A soft rain was falling the night Fanny Hananto came to pick me up at my hotel. I jumped on the back of his motorcycle, and we slipped through lines of idling, bumper-to-bumper cars, headed for the mosque he attends. We passed a large group of women with small children, collectively called traffic jockeys, on a sidewalk. Hananto said solo motorists would pay a mother and child 25,000 rupiah (about $2.50 U.S.) to be passengers so the driver could use the lane reserved for cars occupied by three or more people.
I had met the 37-year-old Hananto through a friend. With his scraggly beard and a wife who dressed in black, everything covered but her eyes, and a daughter named for one of the Prophet Muhammad's wives, Hananto seemed the very personification of Islamic purity. Had he always been religious?
"Not exactly," he said. As a younger man, he had worked on a cruise ship, spent nights partying with drugs and alcohol and, referring to the crowd that hung out at the Stadium nightclub, said, "I was one of them." But about a dozen years ago he grew to fear the wrath of Allah and did a 180-degree turn, embracing Islam through the Kebon Jeruk Mosque, to which he was now taking me. He so deeply trusted the imam who mentored him that when the cleric said he had found a good woman for Hananto, and showed him her picture, Hananto said, "OK, I will marry her." He did so a short time later, never mentioning his past life to her.
I removed my shoes as we entered the mosque, fearing I might lose them amid the piles of footwear strewn about. Thursday evening prayers had attracted so many men, perhaps 2,000, that I could not even see the visiting Pakistani cleric preaching at the front. The men were members of an apolitical Islamic movement, Tablighi Jamaat, that strives to make Muslims better practitioners of their faith. I squatted on the floor, and men in long, loose-fitting white shirts and turbans nodded in welcome or reached out to shake my hand. Hananto introduced me to his friend, Aminudia Noon, a university professor of civil engineering. I asked him where the women were.
"They're home praying," he said. "If they were to come here, it would be like an arrow to the heart from Satan."
Islam was brought to Indonesia not by conquest but by 12th-century Muslim traders who took cloves, nutmeg and other spices to the West. Its spread was gradual and peaceful. Rather than smothering local culture and religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, mysticism—it absorbed them. The Islam that took root was less doctrinaire and less intolerant than some forms practiced in the Middle East, and no one found it particularly unusual that Suharto meditated in caves and consulted astrologers and clairvoyants.
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I told Professor Noon I didn't understand how Muslim terrorists who had killed countless innocents in Indonesia and other countries could be considered martyrs. "Those who believe that have misinterpreted Islam," he said. "The basic theme of Islam is love and affection. How can you put people who make bombs in paradise? Suicide bombers are not martyrs. They have lost the blessing of Allah, and they will receive His greatest punishment in the hereafter."
Indonesia after Suharto's fall was buffeted by drift, strife and communal conflict. Islamic extremists emerged from the shadows—and with them the country's first suicide bombers. In Java, the island where Jakarta is located, mysterious assassins brutally killed scores of suspected black-magic sorcerers.