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Fox News' Deficit Reduction Plan: Extend Tax Cuts For The Rich
Fox News' Megyn Kelly claimed that tax cuts "on the so-called rich" increase federal revenues. In fact, tax experts and economists note that tax rates are not high enough for a tax cut to increase revenues, and President Bush's own economic advisors have said the Bush tax cuts did not raise revenue.
Kelly Suggests Extending Bush Tax Cuts For Wealthy Will Raise Revenues
Kelly: "Tax Cuts For The Rich Led To Increased Federal Revenues." From Fox News' America Live:
KELLY: Here's the interesting thing. I mean, you know, it's very easy to demonize the rich. And you hear somebody is making more than a million dollars and you think, they should pay more -- better them than the middle class. They can afford it and the middle class can't.
But doing some research on this issue lately, Mike, I saw the following fact. Now they cited at least four presidents who decided to lower taxes on the so-called rich. All right? You can see -- you got Calvin Coolidge, JFK, Reagan, and Bush. You've got Democrats and Republicans. And those four presidents, at least, decided to lower taxes on the rich -- the group we're talking about right now -- and according to the reports, in all four of those administrations those tax cuts for the rich led to increased federal revenues, increased federal revenues, with people earning high incomes paying a bigger sum of the total tax revenues and a higher proportion of all the tax revenues.
So if the theory is that if you really want to soak the rich, lower their tax rate because it will lead them ironically to wind up paying more taxes and to take on more of the tax burden. [Fox News' America Live, 11/30/10]
Revenues Almost Always Increase Regardless Of Changes In Tax Rates
PolitiFact.com: "You Should Expect Tax Revenues To Go Up Each Year Due To Economic Growth And Inflation." On November 9, PolitiFact.com fact-checked Rep. Mike Pence's claim that "raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues," countering that "you should expect tax revenues to go up each year due to economic growth and inflation, even if tax rates stayed the same":
But we consulted the tax experts, who told us you can't just look at the raw numbers, for several reasons. First, you should expect tax revenues to go up each year due to economic growth and inflation, even if tax rates stayed the same. Second, there's not a straight line between tax rates and tax revenues. You can raise taxes the same year the economy tanks and get less revenue, or you can cut taxes during a time of economic growth and get more revenue. And those changes in the economy aren't necessarily caused by what the government is doing with tax rates -- the upturns could be due to new inventions and innovations, and the downturns could result from financial panics and real estate bubbles that have little to do with tax rates. And economists have to go to quite a bit of trouble to separate out the effects of tax policy from other things happening in the world. [Politifact.com, 11/9/10 [1]]
FactCheck.org: "Revenues Have Declined In Only Five Years Since 1962." Rebutting Sen. John McCain's claim that the Bush tax cuts have "increased revenues," FactCheck.org wrote:
Federal revenue normally increases every year. In fact, revenues have declined in only five years since 1962. The 35 percent growth between 2003 and 2006 is significant - the last major growth in revenue was between 1997 and 2000, when the economy was booming and federal receipts rose 28.2 percent. But the recent three-year period also comes after three years of decreases, a drop Viard attributes to the 2001 tax cuts and the start of a recession that same year. [FactCheck.org, 06/11/07 [2]]
Economists: Tax Cuts Now Would Not Generate Revenue
Time: Tax Cuts Can Raise Revenue In Cases Of "Punitively High Marginal Rates." From a December 2007 post on Time's Curious Capitalist blog:
I'm certainly not going to say that no tax rate cuts have ever raised revenues. Would Mark Thoma say that?
Just two off the top of my head: The 1964 Kennedy reduction of the top marginal income tax rate from 91% to 70% (it was enacted after JFK's assassination, but it was his bill), the 1981 Reagan reduction of the top marginal rate from 70% to 50%. I'm not at all an expert on this, but I don't think it's too controversial among economists to assert that those particular changes (but not the rest of the of Kennedy and Reagan tax legislation) were a break-even or better for the Treasury. (Brad DeLong on the 1980s tax cuts [3]: "As I read the evidence ... reducing the top tax rate from 70% to 50% is probably a revenue gainer and surely not much of a loser. From 50% to 28% is, I think, very different: a big revenue loser.")
The common thread is that these were cuts in punitively high marginal rates. They paid off in large part because they removed incentives to shelter income from taxes. The other benefits that supply-siders like to talk about -- making people work harder and longer and encouraging capital investment -- are there too, but probably not in great enough measure to offset the tax cut.
Which is why it's awfully hard to imagine any cut in current tax rates (or the rates that were prevailing when George Bush took office in 2001) that would pay for itself. The only possible candidate, I think, would be the corporate tax rate. [Time, 12/10/07 [4]]
Tax Foundation: "Few If Any Of Today's Tax Rates Are So High That Cutting Them Would" Cause Increase In Revenue. In May, the Tax Foundation stated:
There is no definitive answer to the question of how much the Bush tax cuts cost the Treasury in foregone revenue from 2001 to 2010.
First, there is much disagreement pertaining to the feedback effect that resulted from the tax cuts. No tax cut that has significant marginal rate cuts, as the Bush tax cuts did, will cost the Treasury its full "static" score. Static in this sense means that people don't change their behavior when tax rates drop or rise: if a 40% tax rate raises $500 billion, then a 20% tax rate would raise $250 billion. This is wrong because people do change their behavior when faced with such starkly lower tax rates. They earn more money, which generates additional tax revenue. Just how much is hard to estimate.
When the Kennedy tax cut dropped the top income tax rate from 91% to 70%, or when the Reagan tax cut dropped it from 70% to 50%, it is quite possible that the lower rates raised more revenue than the old, higher rates would have. On the other hand, few if any of today's tax rates are so high that cutting them would generate a surge of income-producing activity so large that revenue would rise. There will certainly be a feedback effect, just not such a massive amount. [Tax Foundation, 05/26/10 [5]]
Tax Policy Center's Williams: No Established Economist "Would Argue That We're Near" The Level Where Tax Cuts Raise Revenue. In its fact-check of Pence's claim, PolitiFact further reported:
Interestingly, [Reagan budget director David] Stockman agreed with a little bit of Pence's underlying assumption that increases in taxes can inhibit economic growth. But he disagreed that tax revenues would decrease if the government raised taxes. "I just have to respectfully disagree," Stockman said. "You will have some loss of revenue because some activity or transactions won't happen, but if you raise taxes on paper by $100 billion, maybe you'll get $90 billion or $85 billion. But it's just common-sense fact that, when you raise the rates, you get more revenue. Normally, it's a bad thing to do. But we are in such dire shape that we have no choice but to accept the negative trade-off of some harm to the economy to start paying our bills."
The tax experts we spoke with agreed with Stockman. In this climate, raising the top tax rates from 35 to 39.6 percent would increase revenues. The effect Pence is talking about would not happen at this level of taxation, they said.
"There is some rate at which it would be true," said Roberton Williams of the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. "But I don't think there are any established economists who would argue that we're near that."
"At current tax rates, most tax increases will increase revenues, at least in the short and medium run," said Brian Riedl of the conservative Heritage Foundation. "The caveat is that in a fragile economy, it can be unpredictable." [Politifact.com, 11/9/10 [1]]
Former Treasury Department Official: "Only In Very Exceptional Circumstances" Would A Tax Cut Pay For Itself. Bruce Bartlett, who has worked for the Heritage Foundation and served as deputy assistant secretary for economic policy at the Treasury Department, has written:
The fact is that it is only in very exceptional circumstances that there would even be the possibility of a tax cut that would so stimulate growth that it would pay for itself. Even the Bush Administration admits this. The 2003 Economic Report of the President (pp. 57-58) says, "Although the economy grows in response to tax reductions ... it is unlikely to grow so much that lost tax revenue is completely recovered by the higher level of economic activity."
Recent academic research suggests that feedback effects would offset only a fraction of the static revenue loss, that which would result from no effect on consumption or incentives. [RealClearPolitics.com, 03/28/06 [6]]
Even Bush And Reagan Economists Reject Notion That Tax Cut Packages Raised Revenue
Former Bush Economist Viard: "There's No Evidence That These Tax Cuts Would Come Anywhere Close" To Paying For Themselves. Alan Viard, a former Bush White House economist, was quoted in The Washington Post as saying:
"Federal revenue is lower today than it would have been without the tax cuts. There's really no dispute among economists about that," said Alan D. Viard, a former Bush White House economist now at the nonpartisan American Enterprise Institute. "It's logically possible" that a tax cut could spur sufficient economic growth to pay for itself, Viard said. "But there's no evidence that these tax cuts would come anywhere close to that." [The Washington Post, 10/17/06 [7]]
Former Bush Economist Holtz-Eakin: "You Are Not Going To Get Tax Cuts To Pay For Themselves." In a Boston Globe column, former Bush economist Douglas Holtz-Eaken was quoted as saying: "You're not going to get tax cuts to pay for themselves":
The supply-side notion doesn't even work in responsible theory. In 2005, the Congressional Budget Office evaluated the effects of a 10 percent income tax cut on federal revenues, using a number of different assumptions. Here's CBO's conclusion, from a summary by then-director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a well-regarded conservative economist: "The budgetary impact of the economic changes was estimated to offset between 1 percent and 22 percent of the revenue loss from the tax cut over the first five years and add as much as 5 percent to that loss or offset as much as 32 percent of it over the second five years."
So under the most optimistic assumptions, the economic stimulus from such a tax cut would replace about one-fifth of the lost revenue in the first five years and about one-third in the second. In the worst case, there would be no longer-term revenue replacement at all, but rather an even greater loss.
Now, Holtz-Eakin believes there are good economic reasons to keep taxes where they now are. But as he told me in an interview, "You are not going to get tax cuts to pay for themselves." [Boston Globe, 12/07/07 [8]]
Bush's CEA Chairman Lazear: "We Do Not Say The Tax Cuts Pay For Themselves." During testimony before the Senate Budget Committee, Ed Lazear, the chairman of Bush's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) stated:
LAZEAR: Will the tax cuts pay for themselves? As a general rule, we do not think tax cuts pay for themselves. Certainly, the data presented above do not support this claim. Tax revenues in 2006 appear to have recovered to the level seen at this point in previous business cycles, but this does not make up for the lost revenue during 2003, 2004, and 2005. The tax cuts were a positive step and have contributed to the enhanced economic growth, additional jobs, higher real disposable income, and the low unemployment rates that we currently see today. Our goal is not to maximize the size of government, but to provide revenues to make sure that we can operate those programs that society deems necessary, while at the same time allowing the private sector to take full advantage of its growth potential. [Testimony before Senate Budget Committee, 09/28/06 [9]]
Reagan CEA chairman Feldstein: "It's Not That You Get More Revenue By Lowering Tax Rates, It Is That You Don't Lose As Much." The New York Times reported in March 2008:
While Mr. Laffer insists that tax revenue will rise when tax rates are cut, other supply-siders are less categorical. Martin Feldstein, a Harvard economist who was the first chairman of President Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers and now supports Senator McCain, estimates that a 10 percent tax cut would in fact reduce tax revenue -- but only by 3 to 5 percent.
"It is not that you get more revenue by lowering tax rates, it is that you don't lose as much," he said. [The New York Times, 03/26/08 [10]]
Feldstein also reportedly [11] wrote [12] in 1986 that "[t]he height of the supply-side hyperbole was the 'Laffer curve' proposition that the tax cut would actually increase tax revenue because it would unleash an enormously depressed supply of effort. ... I have no doubt that the loose talk of the supply-side extremists gave fundamentally good policies a bad name and led to quantitative mistakes that not only contributed to subsequent budget deficits, but also made it more difficult to modify policy when those deficits became apparent."
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Berkeley, California (Friday, February 17, 2006) - All Californians who suffered damage in this winter's flooding should register for state and federal assistance, disaster recovery officials emphasized today. "Don't disqualify yourself from getting the help you're entitled to," said Tom Davies, federal coordinating officer for disaster recovery.
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Slideshow: The High Line's Section Two In New York City
Denise Tejada on Tuesday, Jun. 7th
The second section of the High Line opened today, extending the pedestrian masterpiece all the way to West 30th street.
From The High Line's blog:
The opening of the new section doubles the length of the public park. After years of planning, design and construction, the High Line is now one mile long, running from Gansevoort Street to West 30th Street, connecting the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea, and Hell's Kitchen.
New access points are located at West 23rd Street, West 26th Street, West 28th Street, and West 30th Street, supplementing the five existing access points at Gansevoort Street, West 14th Street, West 16th Street, and West 18th Street, and West 20th Street. All access points will be open daily during the public park's summer operating hours, from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM.
Chalk this up on the things-to-see list when we're back in NYC. Gorgeous slideshow below.
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An attempt by one Conservative and two Labour AMs to delay the ban until July was defeated by 39 votes to 12.
It means the ban will go ahead on the assembly government's planned date of 2 April, three months before England.
A smoking ban has existed in Scotland since March 2006, two years after the Republic of Ireland introduced a ban.
Clwyd South Labour AM Karen Sinclair had claimed pubs in border areas could suffer financially if smokers cross to England, after the ban is introduced in April.
Ms Sinclair joined forced with her Labour colleague, Vale of Clwyd AM Ann Jones, and Conservative Glyn Davies, AM for Mid and West Wales, ahead of the debate on the issue on Tuesday.
Following a free vote at the Senedd, a delay was voted down and the 2 April start date was backed.
'Four years late'
The assembly originally voted for a ban in January 2003, but had to wait until Parliament passed the necessary legislation allowing Wales to implement its own ban last year.
Welsh Health Minister Brian Gibbons called the ban on smoking in enclosed public places a "landmark" in public health that would save 400 lives a year.
During the debate in the Senedd, Dr Gibbons reminded AMs that their first vote on the smoking ban was four years ago.
He said: "It could be argued that we are over four years late on that very important resolution that was passed on that occasion with cross-party support.
"Smoke-free legislation is a public health measure of major importance."
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Ms Sinclair said pubs near the Wales-England border would be hit for 13 weeks if smokers crossed into England to visit smoking pubs between April and the start of the English smoking ban on 1 July.
She said: "I think it's important to stress at the outset that this amendment is not an attempt to reopen the debate on smoking in public places.
"I accept that this issue has been fought and it has been lost.
"The major concern I have is that many small pubs in my constituency are particularly vulnerable to a different implementation date because of their location on the border."
Labour AM Leighton Andrews said that widely-read London-based newspapers would carry adverts promoting only England's ban.
"We should introduce the ban on the same date as England in this instance, because of the nature of the media market in the UK it makes sense to bring the two together," he said.
The cost of advertising the ban would be £4m which could be better spent on new medicines, Tory Alun Cairns said.
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The men's basketball team at California State University, Stanislaus blew by Dominican University Thursday 82-68. The Warriors (7-2) were led by Reggie Jones who finished the game with 24 points, 17 of which came in the first quarter. Jones also recorded 10 rebounds against the Penguins (1-10) who surprised those in attendance with a competitive first half.
Since graduating from Turlock High in 2010 and joining Modesto Junior College's women's soccer team Sara Latham has experienced a high degree of success. Last year she was named to the All Regional Team, last fall she was named Big 8 Conference Player of the Year and last week she was selected to the JC All-American Division III team.
Inside perhaps the toughest arena to play in the CCAA, the Cal State Stanislaus men's basketball team saw its win-streak end at three with a 91-76 setback to No. 8 Humboldt State Monday night.
Theresa Henderson had a double-double and two others Warriors were also in double figures in scoring, but those numbers didn't add up to a victory as they fell to Humboldt State, 76-60, Monday night.
Cal State Stanislaus men's forward Reggie Jones and women's guard Theresa Henderson were both named the California Collegiate Athletic Association's basketball Players of the Week for the week of Dec. 5-11, it was announced on Monday.
Sophomore forward Karenee Demery added another "first" to her resume when she was named First Team All American in women's soccer over the weekend. She is the first player in program history to receive this honor.
Making the free throws when they count the most, the Cal State Stanislaus women's basketball team hung on to defeat Notre Dame de Namur, 71-69, Saturday at the CCAA/PacWest Shootout at San Francisco State.
Theresa Henderson continued to put up big numbers, but unfortunately the Cal State Stanislaus women's basketball team fell to No. 17 Grand Canyon, 81-52, at the CCAA/PacWest Shootout in San Francisco on Friday.
The Warriors only had four offensive rebounds all night, but the fourth one proved to be huge as Cal State Stanislaus won a thriller over Chico State, 79-77, in overtime Wednesday night at Fitzpatrick Arena.
The Cal State Stanislaus men's golf team capped off a tremendous fall season and was recognized by the Golf Coaches Association of America as they were ranked No. 3.
Theresa Henderson did it again. She notched another career best night, but once again in a losing effort as the Cal State Stanislaus women's basketball team dropped to San Francisco State, 72-62, Saturday night.
Apparently, the Gators didn't want Reggie Jones to shoot the ball. Fortunately for the Warriors, he didn't have to as much Saturday night as Cal State Stanislaus beat San Francisco State, 82-65, at The Swamp.
Reggie Jones scored a career-high 30 points and carried the Warriors on his shoulders as they rallied from down 13 points before dropping a heartbreaker, 66-65, in the final seconds of a CCAA game against No. 23 Cal Poly Pomona.
The less-experienced Warriors could not keep up with 12th-ranked Cal Poly Pomona as the Broncos used a huge first half run to take control en route to an 81-56 win Thursday night.
The Warriors were not going to be another CCAA team to fall victim to the Dominican Penguins in a non-conference contest Saturday at Fitzpatrick Arena.
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10th Doctor
The 10th version of the Doctor was played by David Tennant from seasons 2 through 4 (28-30) and in 7 Specials for a total of 36 adventures. Not surprisingly, after the series was brought back in an era of better production values, Tennant's doctor is considered the favorite of many, barely beating our Tom Baker's 4th doctor. The Tenth Doctor is a lonely wanderer and adventurer, quick to action and intolerant of those who are evil. He puts is enemies off guard with mock ignorance and wit, but seldom does the viewer ever feel like the Doctor is not in control of the situation. In the Tenth Doctor era the Time Lords come off near god-like and not just another advanced species as they were in the past.
Several of the stories are thought provoking or even downright philosophical:
The Christmas Invasion:
Having just regenerated into his Tenth form, and suffering ill effects from the process, the Doctor and Rose return to present day earth on Christmas Eve. Coincidentally, the earth is being attacked by scary aliens aiming to control humanity. The Doctor fights for the earth, but we discover that it is not just naughty, scary monsters from space that can do evil.
In this story, the Doctor declares that his new personality is the type that will give people just one chance to do what is right. He has no patience for wrong-doers. He proves true to his word with both an evil scary monster from space, and with an old friend who attacks the aliens unprovoked.
This doctor started (and ended) his career during Christmas Day specials. The messianic comparisons and allusions will be many during his run, and they provide for interesting explorations of the nature of good and evil, belief, and religion.
School Reunion:
This story explores the idea of what happens to the humans who travel with the doctor. How does it change there lives and what do they do after he is gone. The enemies this time are also after god-like knowledge and the ability to change reality to suit their purposes. The Doctor must face the temptation of using such a power to make the universe a better place.
The Girl in the Fireplace:
A girl in 18th Century France encounters the doctor at various points throughout her life; and some scary monsters as well. This is a wonderfully told story, as all the stories by Steven Moffat tend to be. There is an interesting idea about taking the good in life even when it comes with bad things as well. "The monster and the doctor. It seems you cannot have one without the other. One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel."
The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit:
A two part story exploring such light subject matter as the devil, the nature of evil, why people believe what they do and theology in general. The Doctor comes to terms with the fact that he to has a religion of sorts and that part of why he travels is to continually test his faith out on reality to see if what he believes can hold up to the new things he learns—"Faith seeking understanding," if you will.
Love and Monsters:
Not one of the best Doctor Who stories ever told. It is not bad exactly, just not Doctor Who. However, it is an interesting thing to watch as a metaphor for church, where it goes wrong when it loses its vision/ purpose, and how easily churches can fall prey to charlatans and false teachers.
Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday:
Two of the doctors oldest enemies attack the earth at the same time and the Doctor must find a way to save the day. For one of the few times in the show's run, and maybe the first time since the new series began, the Doctor is shown to be fallible. How he deals with this failure will impact the rest of the Tenth Doctors time. There is not a whole lot of deep thought here, but it is a great story just the same.
The Shakespeare Code:
The Doctor takes his new companion, Martha, back in time to meet William Shakespeare. The only problem is that some aliens are conspiring to use William's gift of gab to destroy the world. It's not exactly magic—more like scientifically sounding magic. Doctor Who does this a lot. They like to point out that science has a hard time explaining reality… it has severe limitations. Of course, Doctor Who assumes that science is just not advanced enough to explain everything yet. Someone as advanced as the Doctor shouldn't have problems rationalizing all the strange things in the universe, but he does.
Human Nature/ The Family of Blood:
Forced to genetically change himself into a human to escape some aliens, we are treated to the Superman 2 of Doctor Who. As a human, the Doctor is free to fall in love and dream of a single lifetime and children etc. In the end will he sacrifice all of that to save the people he cares for? Ever since his failure last season we get the impression that the Doctor is a sad lonely and tragic figure.
Steven Moffat writes another incredible story. It is easily one of the creepiest stories television has seen. If you are going to have a time traveling hero, these are the sorts of stories you have to be able to tell—where the fact that he does travel in time is essential to the plot.
The Fires of Pompeii:
The Doctor takes yet another companion (Donna) back to ancient Rome. The only problem is they end up in Pompeii days before the end. This story explores the limits of what the Doctor is allowed to change in history. More interestingly, the show looks at false religion and false prophecy and how they can be confronted with the truth.
Silence in the Library/ Forest of the Dead:
Moffat's fourth season entry is mentioned here simply because it is as always brilliant. It also introduces us to a new character: River Song. We have no real clue as to who she is, but she will be seen more in the future.
One of the more philosophical episodes of serial television ever produced. It is scary on an intellectual level. A lot of talking and not much else, but the study of how scary a group of people can be when they are threatened is not a pleasant thing to think about.
Turn Left:
Donna experiences her own version of It's Wonderful Life. How would the world be changed if she had decided one little thing differently?
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A boy and his grandfather on their way to Thanksgiving dinner were critically injured Thursday and were clinging to life, police said, following a rear-end collision along Loop 410.
Officer Matthew Porter said a Jeep rear-ended the family's Toyota Camry as it traveled west on Loop 410. The Jeep's driver told police that the Camry stopped in the middle of the highway, near the San Pedro exit, and he was unable to stop in time to avoid the crash.
The boy's grandfather was driving the Camry. A language barrier reportedly hindered officers as they tried to speak with the man. Officers could be heard requesting a Vietnamese translator via radio, shortly after the crash.
The child, age 4, appears to have been properly restrained, Porter said. He and his grandfather were rushed to an area hospital in "very, very critical condition."
Two others in the car, including the child's grandmother, were examined by paramedics at the scene and are expected to recover.
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The Jeep's driver, not seriously hurt, likely will not be charged, Porter said.
"For this to happen on Thanksgiving, or any day, is very tragic," Porter said, adding that the family appeared to have been headed for a holiday meal with relatives. "We just hope that the child survives along with the male driver."


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Hollin decided that we needed a wreath for our front door. She wanted a Halloween theme. This is one of those somewhat homemade, somewhat pre-fab projects. I am the type who always wants to make the wreath and every accessory, but cannot always pull it off. As much as I wanted to collect the twigs and make the wreath and every accessory, it just made more sense to buy some things at the craft store.
We bought the wreath and the little wooden shapes. I also picked up a set of Sharpie Paint Markers. They were really fun and easy for a five-year-old to use. She had more control with the markers than she would have with a brush and was able to feel really proud of her work.
Instead of making a new wreath for every special holiday or season, I decided to make a changeable one by attaching little wire hooks to the wreath.
I used hot glue to attach little hooks to the back of the wooden shapes (not much planning here, I cut some pipe cleaners up and twisted them into hooks). The "ornaments" can be arranged on the wreath. We can then make turkeys, gingerbread men, hearts, eggs and so on to have a festive wreath all year round.


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Back in the day, the primary goal of most kids in high school – especially the boys – was to own a car.
When I was young, admitting that you drive your mom's car was said with an embarrassed duck of the head.
Kids today don't love and appreciate cars the way we used to.
Annoying generalizations, but ones with a ring of truth for all but the last few generations.
It's a topic that comes up more and more often in a variety of conversations, and it was raised recently in a meeting I was in. Why aren't teens and young adults clamouring for a car the way previous generations were?
Each year in Detroit, manufacturers roll out something that has been deliberately designed to appeal to this sector's tastes. As if this sector's tastes don't change each Tuesday. But the problem isn't just about the cars; it's about a litany of things that can't change, and some that could but probably won't.
A colleague noted that in urban centres, transit rules out the logic of cars. The degree of electronic connectivity we have today has also removed the pressing need of a car to join your friends, to see that girl, or to escape family game night. So many teens rarely look up from their texting, it's probably just as well they're on a subway or bus. The urge would be hard to fight, as everybody who drives knows well.
The same way some kids can rip apart and assemble computers, we used to work on cars. It was a hobby and skill often passed around in families, from weekend oil changers to the devoted hot rod builders. There are far fewer of us passing on those skills, with cars essentially becoming a giant computer covered in massive warnings that you will void your powertrain warranty if you try to change a bulb in your headlight assembly.
Not to sound like I just stepped out of a time machine, but I knew a lot of $500 cars kept on the road by owners. Were they show cars? Of course not. But they ran and were safe with a little (or a lot of) TLC and were usually sold for close to the same $500 to the next kid in line.
A motorcycle mechanic friend of mine had a saying: "If it runs, it's worth 500 bucks." He had a little Ranger pickup he drove for years, back and forth to work, as well as to Saskatchewan twice a year. He'd paid $500 for it.
I spoke to a woman upset that her son was "driving foolishly" – her words. He had a two-door Honda that was tricked out. She was upset that the car was loud, and fast. Of course it was, I told her. That was the whole point. I asked if he was a mechanic, and she said he wasn't, but every cent he earned went into the car. He also lived at home rent-free, and she didn't understand why I was confused about her dilemma.
For many young people in Ontario, insurance rates are usurious. They are violently inflated across the board, and I've written before about my oldest son's real stats on an imaginary old boat: a '92 Caddy he could have purchased for a thousand bucks or so. He is nearly 21, has a blemish-free record, and the insurance rate was $350. A month. This leads to many parents lying about who the principal driver on a car is (though if you try to insure two cars with the same principal driver, bells go off, so don't bother), a practice that may seem to work until something happens, then you discover your company will just void the policy.
I went to high school with a young man who had an awesome '66 Mustang. He'd built that baby from the ground up, working nearly full-time hours at a grocery store in addition to going to school to support it. That car was his love, and while he definitely had the Best in Show at the school, a lot of kids were working on similar projects, or dreaming about them, to varying degrees. We still had an auto shop.
Now, kids can scout around for a car they can afford to purchase, but unless a parent or someone close to them can lend some knowledge, tools and space to help learn the maintenance, they're forking out repeatedly to pay someone else. Anything beyond routine maintenance? Specialized tools and diagnostic systems.
It's a lost art, and it was always about more than the car. I know some dads who only knew how to talk to their children with a motor between them. Far from what some might think, this was a great thing. A close friend shakes his head when his father, to this day, opens every conversation with, "So, when did you last get your oil changed?" I patiently explain it's got nothing to do with the oil. It's a man talking to his grown son, with the only lead he has.
All things change, as they should, but car makers are facing a much bigger dilemma than styling. If you've passed down the love affair, I salute you. While I hope future incarnations offer up as much to later generations as the past ones have, I'm not holding my breath.Report Typo/Error
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ST Lawrence's Gaelic Football Club, based in Stretford, has been awarded £1,500 from The Manchester Airport Community Trust Fund.
The club provides Gaelic football for men, women and children in the south Manchester area and has been established since 1981.
The club has developed since the 1980s and last year established a women's team to accompany its successful men's and youth teams.
With teams from Under 8s through to adult level, equipment was key on the clubs agenda and early this year the club applied to The Manchester Airport Community Trust Fund.
The fund is a pot of cash partly generated from fines levied on aircraft that have breached the airport's stringent noise limits.
Applications are considered four times a year by a board of trustees from Manchester Airport as well as the local authorities. As a result, along with seven other community groups from the Trafford area, St Lawrence's GAA Club became successful applicants.
The club put all the money towards buying equipment including cones, first aid kits, hoops, water bottles as well as the specialist equipment for Gaelic games including goals, footballs and flags.
Jimmy Wray, chairman of St Lawrence's, said: "We are very grateful for the grant and with our club going from strength to strength in numbers at both adult and youth level, the money received will play dividends in our continuing success."
Based at Turn Moss Playing Fields, in Stretford, St Lawrence's has strong links with schools in the Stretford, Urmston, Chorlton, Sale and Altrincham areas.
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We are less than a month away from official practice for the 2014 GEICO Bassmaster Classic on Lake Guntersville, and I'm pretty excited about it. This will be my 15th Classic, and believe me the thrill is just as intense now as it was back in 1996 when I qualified for my very first one.
I've learned over my career that winning a tournament like this takes intense focus and preparation, but last week's announcement that the 2015 Classic is headed back to Lake Hartwell has really thrown off my concentration. It's where I won my Classic in 2008, and I can't tell you how many emotions and memories that brings back.
So many moments stand out about that Classic; developing a pattern that I thought could win, idling in on the final day thinking I'd blown the tournament, hoisting the trophy in front of all those fans, Jimmye Sue getting the bouquet of roses and us making the victory lap around the auditorium. I was fortunate enough to reach a goal that all tournament anglers dream about, and I absolutely cannot wait to get back there!
But, in the meantime, I have to put that thought out of my mind and concentrate on the task at hand, and that's Lake Guntersville and this year's Classic. There are enough distractions involved with preparing for a tournament of this magnitude without throwing in this new information.
Part of preparation is making sure I have all of the baits I think might play a part in the tournament, so this week I've been going through catalogs and placing orders. It's more fun than putting new line on or oiling reel gears, but I'd still rather be fishing.
For the record, I think the baits that will play the biggest roles at Guntersville are suspending jerkbaits, lipless crankbaits and jigs. My biggest orders were for Smithwick Perfect 10 Rogues, XCalibur One Knockers and every jig in the Booyah catalog. All three of those lure types have the potential to win a Classic this year.
Once the lures arrive, the important work of organizing everything begins. You'd be surprised at how difficult this can be. You have to have everything you could possibly need or want, but it's got to be organized so you can immediately put your hands on it.
It's important that I get everything ordered and organized now because next week I'm going to check off an item from my bucket list.
I've seen all of the TV shows and read the stories about catching peacock bass in the Amazon, so I'm headed to Brazil. I've never caught a peacock bass and I can't imagine what it's like when a 25-pounder hits a Pencil Popper on 100-pound braided line. It's got to be arm-jarring!
So, for a few days I'm going to try to get the Classic – both this year's and next – out of my mind and enjoy an adventure that I've dreamed about for a long time. We won't have cell service in the jungle but as soon as I get back I'll post pictures on my Facebook page. Then I'll return to the arduous task of climbing the mountain called the Bassmaster Classic!


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March 19, 2006
Daw earns curling gold
By MORRIS DALLA COSTA -- London Free Press
It took 22 years for Londoner Chris Daw to get it around his neck.
"It's never coming off . . . never," said Daw of the precious piece of metal.
Daw earned a curling gold medal at the Paralympic Games in Turin, Italy, yesterday by skipping Canada to a win over Britain's Frank Duffy in front of a boisterous, packed arena.
"I'm going to watch the hockey game and it's staying around my neck," said Daw from Turin.
Daw had a strong Olympics, making tough shot after tough shot. The most difficulty he had was trying to describe the feeling of being an Olympic champion.
"It's . . . it's . . . you know, I have ah, ah, you just get lost for words," he said. "It's every little boy's dream and I got a chance to play along with the fantasy. But it's not a fantasy any longer."
Daw's rink defeated Britain 7-4 when skip Frank Duffy missed an open takeout attempt with his final rock of the game. With Canada leading 6-4, Britain had three rocks in the house and the last rock. All the two-time world champion had to do was remove the only Canadian stone counting.
It's the first time wheelchair curling was held at the Paralympic Games.
"In all honesty, it's the only time in my whole life that I've felt that I jumped," Daw said.
For a wheelchair curler to jump, that's pretty good," said Daw.
"Words can't describe it. It can't be described how proud I am of not only winning, but of being able to look up and see the flag rising and hear the national anthem and sing along with it."
As the national anthem was played, his team of third Gerry Austgarden, second Gary Cormack and lead Sonja Gaudet, all of British Columbia and alternate Karen Blachford of London, linked arms as tears came down their faces.
Another Londoner, Trevor Kerr is the equipment manager for the team.
"It's a huge journey for us, not only as a team but wheelchair curling as a whole," said Daw. "It's a huge opportunity for our sport to grow and be immensely populated with new curlers who want to go out and hit the ice."
Daw, 37, has been in a wheelchair all his life. He was born without the use of his leg muscles. He wasn't supposed to live six weeks.
The spirit of an Olympic champion was in him even back them.
Daw's father, Ivan, eventually got him involved in athletics. Daw represented Canada at the 1984 Paralympics in Stoke,
England, in athletics and in 2000 in Sydney in rugby. He has
participated in many world championships.
Curling is a relatively new endeavour for the burly, barrel-chested athlete.
And as he celebrates this golden moment his thoughts are always with his wife, Mari, his parents, Ivan and Eleanor, and his three children, Pamela,
Channetelle and Kyle who attend Wilfrid Jury elementary school. His parents have never seen him compete internationally. His dad isn't able to travel.
"One of the greatest moments for me was to hear my wife's voice congratulating me, yelling and screaming on the phone," said Daw. "The sacrifice my wife, Mari, and my kids have made has been tremendous. We've been away an awful lot this year.
"The other unforgettable moment was calling my mom and dad. My mom was ecstatic. And my dad . . . my dad and I started a journey a long time ago and now it's gone full circle. It's just so great for me to be able to go home with a medal to show him. This is going to be a real moment for me with my dad."
Daw has hinted several times that these Olympics may be it, that it may be time to retire to be with family and do something else.
"I'm not even close to deciding," he said. "Right now, the medal is around my neck and I'm going to enjoy it. I'm here until Friday. I'm going to do a little bit of touring, which I've never done after a Paralympic Games. Now I get to sit back and enjoy not only the moment of being a medallist, but a gold medallist on top of that."


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Barajas Off to Hot Fantasy Baseball Start
Every season has early surprises and one surprise for 2010 fantasy baseball managers is Mets' catcher Rod Barajas.
Barajas, 34, has proven to be a great late round or $1 auction pickup. The Mets' backstop has cracked 9 homeruns in just 103 at bats. Barajas won't help your fantasy baseball team out in a lot of areas, but one area that he can shine, especially for a catcher, is with homeruns.
He's no stranger to the long ball. Barajas cracked 19 homeruns in 460 AB's last year for the Jays. In 2005, he set a career high with 21 homeruns when playing for the Rangers.
The Mets pursued Bengie Molina during the offseason. The Mets hoped he would fill the void behind the plate. In January, Molina elected to re-sign with San Francisco.
By then, the Mets had already signed Blanco as insurance. In February, general manager Omar Minaya added Barajas. Both catchers inked one-year deals. If all the incentives are met, the contracts combine for $3.5 million.
Barajas wasn't getting any offers when Minaya called and his agent had advised him to consider signing a minor league contract. "It was confusing," Barajas said. "It was disappointing. It was frustrating. I wasn't getting any offers at all."
Barajas has gotten most of the work, but Blanco, 38, has also seen action. Last week the two catchers combined for game winning homers in Friday and Saturday games. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the first time in MLB history that two different catchers combined for walk-off homers in consecutive games.


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My remarks: see === -----Original Message----- From: eval.apply at gmail.com [mailto:eval.apply at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Joe Marshall Sent: 25 May 2010 20:46 To: Jos Koot Cc: Michael Sperber; plt-dev at list.cs.brown.edu Subject: Re: [plt-dev] Inexact integers On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Jos Koot <jos.koot at telefonica.net> wrote: > My 2 cents, > The word 'real' means quite another thing in mathematics than in a > programming language. That may be unlucky, but as a programmer you soon find > out the distinction. So true. > Whatever presentation you select, all machine presentable numbers > are exact, in principle. I don't know what this could mean. You're not suggesting that we could not represent inexact numbers, I hope. === This is a matter of definition of exact an inexact. Within the hardware everything is exact as long as not exceeding limits of memory. This does not imply that the things represented by the hardware are exact. This decision is to be made y the programmer. > We adorn a number with the > predicate 'inexact' if it was fed into the program as inexact (for example a > datum retrieved from inexact measurements) or if it is the result of a > function (such as log) that can at best produce an (internally exact) value > close the exact value. What about log2 of 65536? === That depends on representation of numbers and the implementation of log2. > In PLT Scheme, now Racket, all reals are rationals. > This is a reasonable choice, I think. But let's not forget that it is > possible to represent sets of numbers that in meaning (not in cardinality, > for each representation is necessarily countably finite and in practice even > finite) may be approximations of irrational numbers. It is possible to > represents sets of numbers that include non rational reals (in mathematical > sense), for example by representing a number by a sign followed by a finite > list of exponents of the prime factors of the square of the number (as can > be useful in group theory) Also notice that number like pi gamma and e can > be represented exactly (just by their names) In general computations with > these numbers cannot be exact, although I can imagine a system in which > (expt e (* 2 pi)) -> the exact integer 1 and (log e) -> exact 1. There are ways of representing pi, e, and other computable reals `exactly'. One method is to use continued fractions. > I can think of three reasons of adorning the representation of a number with > the predicate inexact: > 1: it was produced by a function that cannot compute the exact value in the > any available representation within finite memory. What do you do in the case that a function that can in many but not all cases produce an exact value in finite memory? === That is a very good question. I am afraid this is an unsolvable question. We already know that some questions cannot consistently be answered by mathematics. > 2: it was entered in the program as an approximation (for example a > measurement) Why would this matter? Why would I treat an input approximation any differently from other numbers? === Because in this case two entries that consist of the same characters figures cannot be trusted to be equal in exact sense. > 3: There is an approximate inexact representation that allows enough > precision but enhances speed by using floating point hardware. What do you do if the floating point hardware can in fact produce correct exact answers fast? How can you tell if rounding did or did not occur? === This is a non issue I think. Where we can, we should within practical limits compute exactly, but once leaving exactness, the question whether or not a result is exact is not relevant. The representation of the result should indicate whether or not he answer is certainly exact or may be inexact. > > I must say I am rather satisfied with the two (exact and inexact) towers of > numeric types in PLT/Racket. It gives you choice between exactness against > speed. Yes, but those are orthogonal issues (and not associated with the arguments, but the operation). === True!!!! -- ~jrm
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These photographs were taken over a wide span of years in Athens Georgia. They are in an order that weaves to & fro, a concept inspired by circular concepts of Time (the Hopi Indians & others). Borges' Magicians of Thlon deny the very existence of Time, a provocative idea when considering concepts of order. I chose the title Aeronautica (the pretended art of sailing in a vessel through the air or atmosphere - chambers cyclopedia 1753) because it seemed suggestive of dreams, hopes and visions which, by both magic and labor, may one day be realized. Just as flight came into being, many of the dreams of the citizens of Athens have come to fruition. This book is in part a tribute to that ongoing evolution.
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photographer, writer, yoga teacher, I live in Athens Ga and NYC, NY.
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Tuesday, 6 August, 2002, 12:41 GMT 13:41 UK
Minister 'axed' from Earth summit
Fears of press criticism of government "junkets" is being blamed for environment minister Michael Meacher reportedly being dropped from the UK's team for the Earth Summit.
Downing Street is said to have axed Michael Meacher as part of a reduction from 100 to 70 in the number of the UK delegation for this month's Johannesburg summit.
The Conservatives have accused ministers of indulging in expensive symbolism over the summit.
And Friends of the Earth said that they would pay for Mr Meacher to attend the summit as he was the minister "respected around the world" on the issues being discussed.
'Diplomatic disaster'
Downing Street, denying reports that Mr Meacher had been dropped from the summit, said the rest of the team was still being finalised.
Mr Meacher's ministerial colleague Elliot Morley, insisted that no decision on Mr Meacher's participation had been taken and that it "would be a mistake" to believe newspaper reports.
For the Tories, David Davis, who shadows Mr Prescott, said the line-up of cabinet ministers going to South Africa was a "diplomatic disaster" in the making.
After the news of Mr Meacher's axing, he said: "They have dropped the wrong one."
Mr Meacher has held the environment brief since Labour came to power in 1997 and has attended some of the preparatory meetings for the summit.
Downing Street communications director Alastair Campbell was said by the Guardian newspaper to originally have decided John Prescott be cut from the party because he no longer looks after environment issues.
International Development Secretary Clare Short apparently volunteered to give up her place, but Mr Blair wanted her on the trip because of the key part her brief will play in the talks.
With Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett already included, it was decided to drop her junior minister, says the newspaper.
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The Earth Summit, also known as the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), runs from 26 August to 4 September.
More than 100 world leaders are due to discuss how to combat world poverty, conserve natural resources and provide clean water and sanitation.
There has already been press criticism of the size of UK teams sent to preparatory meetings in Bali, which Mrs Beckett attended rather than Mr Meacher.
That is said to have prompted Mr Campbell to cut the size of the summit delegation.
Thirty officials from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are reported to have already been told to hand back their tickets.
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What's not to love about lilies? There's the lavishly large blooms and
powerful fragrance of Orientals, the intensely colorful array of
Asiatics and the old-fashioned charm of the mildly fragrant Easter (longiflorum)
lily. But imagine how wonderful a lily could be if all of these fabulous
features could be combined into one exquisite flower. That very crop may
be sprouting in a greenhouse in years to come, and in the meantime,
Holland's best lily hybridizers have created some wonderful products
that are available here and now.
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In May 2007, Florists' Review President Frances Dudley, AAF, and
Publisher Talmage McLaurin, AIFD, traveled to the Netherlands to attend
the fabulous Keukenhof lily show, billed as the largest lily show in the
world, where hybridizers showcase their newest developments. As Mr.
McLaurin points out, some of these new hybrids may be years away from
filling the buckets at your favorite wholesale house, but they make a
spectacular premiere at Keukenhof each year.
The visit, sponsored by the Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center (NFBIC)
and hosted by NFBIC's U.S. director, Sally Ferguson, also included tours
of facilities for lily bulb hybridizing, growing and forcing. (See box
for more details on these roles.) During these visits, Mrs. Dudley and
Mr. McLaurin learned about what's new and what's to come in the future.
lilies are born
Mieke Stap, former project manager for the International Flower
Bulb Center, who led the 2007 tour, explains that all lilies
start from seeds, which are produced in pods after the lily
flower itself dies. From these seeds, bulbs are grown.
Through traditional breeding methods, requiring flower
production, cross-pollination and subsequent bulb reproduction,
new lily varieties would take 15 to 20 years to produce. But
lilies, unlike tulips, can be reproduced in labs using tissue
culture, and Ms. Stap reports that this high-tech reproduction
method can enable new lily bulbs to go from the lab to
commercial availability in just three to five years.
Despite the advances in bulb production, the job of the
hybridizer, who develops new breeds through cross-pollination,
still remains a challenge. "It's a common expression here that
only one in 1 million bulbs makes the final cut to become a
commercially produced flower. Although it's just an expression
and not actual data," Ms. Stap explains, "it's true that good
hybridizers end up throwing away most of their work. Only one or
two new flowers will survive."
man-made groups
In nature, about 100 lily species exist, and since mankind first
began creating our own through manual pollination, four groups
of lilies have emerged. Today, these groups are known as
Orientals, Asiatics, longiflorums (Easter lilies) and trumpets
(also known as aurelians). "[In the early 1990s]," recalls Ms.
Stap, "hybridizers began crossing the groups to develop new
groups," combining the best features of each to achieve flowers
that have all the qualities that growers, forcers, distributors
and consumers desire.
The first of those efforts, the LA hybrid (a combination of the
longiflorum and Asiatic groups) became commercially available
about 10 years ago. This first effort yielded a bloom similar to
an Easter lily yet bigger and in a full spectrum of fabulous
colors. According to Ms. Stap, demand is trending away from
traditional Asiatics and toward the newer LA.
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crossing Orientals and trumpets, is the OT hybrid. Ms. Stap
reports that the most attractive quality of the OT is that it
combines the fragrance of the Oriental with the spectacular
array of colors of the trumpet. OT hybrids are a bit like
Asiatics in their color palette—well beyond the typical pinks
and whites of Orientals—but have a sweet fragrance, which, by
many accounts, is somewhat milder than that of Orientals. Like
its LA predecessor, demand for it is expected to overtake that
of the traditional Oriental.
In the works is LO, a longiflorum and Oriental cross. Ms. Stap
says it's quite similar to OT but, with somewhat smaller blooms
than Oriental, should be easier to pack and ship. Although there
currently is no LO acreage in production, Ms. Stap predicts that
numerous LO varieties will be on the market within five years.
The next prize on which hybridizers have their hopes set is a
combination of the new OT with the LA. "It's not being seriously
pursued now," Ms. Stap confides, "but hybridizers will try if
they think there's some benefit."
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Mike Crosby, national wholesale sales manager for The Sun Valley
Group, says that supply of his company's OT lilies, marketed as
Sun Valley's Sonata® Series, is somewhat limited. However, at
any given time during the year, at least some OT varieties are
available. "This is our third year growing OTs, and it takes
some time to establish significant quantities," he explains.
Nevertheless, you need only try them to like them.
"OTs are the longest-lasting of all, offering at least two weeks
of vase life," notes Mr. Crosby. "And they're available in many
new colors, including a true peach ('Gluhwein'), which was never
available in an Oriental."
Mr. Crosby also reports that while some varieties, such as
'Triumphator' and 'Prince Promise', are somewhat trumpet shaped,
even after opening, other OT varieties open with broad blooms
like Orientals. 'Shocking', which he says is aptly named due to
its bold color, is one example.
Despite all the new colors and intriguing forms offered in the
OT lily, and with perhaps a milder fragrance, Mr. Crosby says
the price is comparable to that of Orientals.
If the LO proves useful, or if hybridizers achieve the true
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inventive suppliers such as The Sun Valley Group will
participate in bringing them to the market. "We always want the
newest products because that stimulates interest," assures Mr.
Crosby. Florists' Review will continue to share the latest cut
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The resurrection will happen. Here is why...
There were two Pope John Paul II 's. One was a white pope and one was a black pope.
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The only "resurrections" will be the false miracles performed by the Antichrist.
If you read the Book of Revelation Chapters 19-20, it becomes very clear that there are two personifications of the end time antichrist: the False Prophet and Gog. They are separated by the "thousand years" during which Satan is "chained" and "sealed" in "the Abyss" for "the thousand years."
The False Prophet and Gog mentioned in Revelation Chapters 19-20 are two end time antichrists, Gog being the final, fiercest Antichrist.
The False Prophet and Gog are separated by "the thousand years" which would be synonymous with the Era of Peace and Triumph of the Immaculate Heart promised at Fatima.
The False Prophet leads The Beast (aka the Roman Empire; the nations that worship Idols rather than God; Materialism).
Gog leads Magog (the armies that make one last final assault on the Camp of the Saints just prior to the Second Coming).
The archetype for the final, end time Antichrist is an atheistic male tyrant whose fame is founded on deception and the usurpation of power, who despises Israel (God's Church on earth, not the modern Zionist state calling itself Israel) and who leads the modern Roman Empire ("the West"). He will be Jewish and will be descended from the Tribe of Dan. His origins will be from the lands east of the Jordan: from Aroer on the edge of the Wadi Arnon to Mount Sion and all the Arabah east of the Jordan, as far as the Arabah Sea under the slopes of Pisgah.
Ask yourself: is there currently alive any world leader who fits the above description? If you can think of one, then you have found a good candidate for an antichrist.
The Pope cannot be the Antichrist. This is not to say that the Pope cannot sin or be politically corrupt. Many have. But Christ specifically promised that Peter would be "the Rock" and Jesus prayed that Peter would "keep the faith".
If anything, I expect the Satanists to launch another godforsaken war or conflict somewhere abroad (or at home) during this very rare vacancy of the Vicar of Christ.
Just for fun, someone should dig through the pages of history to see if there were any great wars or evils that accompanied the vacancy of Gregory XII in 1415.
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WINDSOR - One of the oldest mares belonging to Ralph Morash's herd has died as a result of a relocation plan gone wrong.
The man trying to move the remaining two mares and their foals roaming on a piece of the Canadian Gypsum Company Ltd. property along Wentworth Road had some devastating news for Morash June 10.
One of the mares had apparently choked to death after being tied to a tree while her foal was taken out of sight.
"He had it tied up and he took the colt away from it and when he got back the mare was down tangled in the rope or something and it was too late," said Morash, who was not involved in the latest attempt to move the horses. The majority of the herd was moved earlier this spring.
"It was a terrible shock for me. She was one of the oldest mares I had."
Morash said both mares that were left behind after the majority of the herd was moved earlier this winter were tame.
"They weren't wild, you could pet them and everything," he said.
He believes the mare that died panicked when its foal, which is about two months old, was taken.
Morash feels the mares would have been fine to leave on the land with the studs gone, but he's been instructed to move all of the horses off of the gypsum company's land. He said the horses were originally placed there decades ago when he was clearing land for Fundy Gypsum.
Though heartbroken by the circumstances that led to the horse's death, Morash does not believe the individual involved intended to cause the animal harm.
"It was an accident. He didn't do it on purpose, I'm sure. He was really shook up. He broke down and cried," said Morash, his voice cracking.
"He really felt bad."
Hard as it is, Morash said he can cope with an accident. What really makes him sick to his stomach is knowing there are people out there capable of shooting his horses.
"I think they're a bunch of savages — worse than savages."
He said a horse once had a bullet wound in its chest, another was hit behind the ear and one was shot to death.
"I think I'm in a different world or something," said Morash. "Some people are really great to me and other people are… out to cause me all the trouble they can."
There is still one mare and one foal left to move off of the gypsum company's property.


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South Sudan's army backed by helicopter gunships were advancing Saturday towards the rebel-held town of Bor, a spokesman said, three days after it was wrested from them.
"We are moving towards Bor... there is fighting, but we are supported by air units," Philip Aguer, the spokesman for the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), told AFP.
Fighting broke out last Sunday between troops backing President Salva Kiir and those of his former vice president, Riek Machar.
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At least five South Sudanese workers were killed late on Wednesday after unidentified attackers stormed their compound in Unity state.
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With the actual film due to come out in just a couple weeks — indeed, it had its world premiere just two nights ago — you might think that people would be less inclined to dwell on that early draft of the Noah screenplay that leaked a couple years ago and wait for the finished film.
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