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Young and happy is how I like to remember him. Anybody who is a Bloomers fan should read Jan Mark Wolkin's If You Love These Blues: An Oral History. As in Peter Guralnick's biography of Elvis Presley, the slowness of the decline makes it even more heartbreaking.
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yes i am out of the city!!
living in glebe, trying to get a job but being a lazy arse
hey so left yha yest. oh my god i am not exagetratting -(god my spelling is bloodly awful!!!) i thought my back was going to brak and i swear to god its those bloodly conatcts! my bag is already broken-being held together by duct tape! was really hot to but got to the guesthouse taht we srae staying till until xmas/new year. its a nice house in an area called glebe. its 15 mins from sydney iand is like a studnet area. lots of scruffy people so felt at home!! lots of international people at the house-germans, amercians, canadians. am still the only welsh girl tho! god knows what the accent will be like after a year. everyone seems nice but have a confused look when i speak to them- tell them its normal!
today thought shoudl try and get a job so rang this "charity" that sells wrist bands. went to the meeting! the guy was called calvin, looked like a secondhand carsales person and he smelt of BO. It was obvious that this so called charity was corrupt. walked out and told him in my own sweet way i wanst going to be involved! not lowereing my morals for any money! going to the blue mountains for a few days and tehn will come back and re think job hunting. cant wait to see the bush and stay in this hostel that is supposed to be eco friendly. also meet some otehr people interested in wlaking. only walking people do in sydney is to the pub or to the office!
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I've only had this one week. Absolutely perfect condition. 100 shutter actuations. No problems or focus issues (serial number 301xxxx). USA version. Includes original box and papers. Everything's there except the Spanish instruction manual.
Photos have been spectacular, but I already have a D3s and a Leica M9. I'm not seeing enough extra from the 800E to justify having all three.
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Four years after playing his last Test, the indestructible George Smith is poised to lift Australia to a series win over the British and Irish Lions in Sydney on Saturday.
He will be named ahead of Michael Hooper as the starting openside breakaway in Sydney on Thursday, a selection labelled a match-winning master stroke by a host of his former coaches and teammates. Eddie Jones, who has coached Smith at the Wallabies, the Brumbies and Japanese club Suntory Sungoliath, believes the 110-Test veteran's inclusion in the series decider would provide an incalculable boost to the side mentally, technically and physically.
''Every team he's gone to he's made winners and there is no coincidence there, his impact on a group cannot be measured,'' Jones said. ''They know he is tough and courageous and plays 100 per cent for the team. The other guys will really lift playing with him.''
Jones is predicting a Wallabies victory at ANZ Stadium and for Smith to play a decisive role in that result. He also believes the Brumbies breakaway, who joined the national squad a week ago after recovering from a knee injury, will help inspire Wallabies No.8 Wycliff Palu to a series-best performance just by playing alongside him.
''Australia will win - the Lions have had their opportunity to win the series,'' Jones said. ''They're bringing guys back that haven't played much rugby, they'll be pretty combative for 50 or 60 minutes but Australia will have too much for them. When Kurtley Beale and Israel Folau get into space the Lions will struggle to cope with them. Australia has the lineout edge, they just need parity in the scrum and they'll have George at the breakdown. It will be fantastic to see him lead Australia to a win.''
Western Force coach Michael Foley worked with Smith as an assistant coach at the Wallabies between 2006-08. The former Australian hooker also played alongside him in the 2001 Lions series. ''I remember the Melbourne Test - we were desperate and George came on and made a really significant impact,'' Foley said.
''Their No.7, Neil Back, prided himself on dominating his opposition number and Smith, this young novice, came on and reversed it and nullified a lot of the attack that Back made.''
World-Cup winning former Australia coach Bob Dwyer put Smith in his top 10 all-time Wallabies.
''George is a special player,'' Dwyer said. ''The Wallabies have got three very good openside flankers … I have a gut feel [he] is going to come in very handy on Saturday night. It sounds silly but I mean it specifically, he knows his way around a rugby pitch. He can find the ball when no one else can. He never stops moving.''
Smith's path back to a gold jersey has not been without challenges. Originally called up to the Brumbies on a short-term basis after a season-ending injury to David Pocock, the Brumbies and Australian Rugby Union sought to extend Smith's stay to the end of the Super Rugby season so he would be available during the three-Test Lions tour. His Super Rugby return was accelerated when Pocock went down during the Brumbies' round-four match against the Waratahs. After just three days' training with the team Smith was thrust into the game and did not look back, contributing to the Brumbies' ascent to the top of the Australian conference during the course of the season.
He was destined to be included in the Wallabies squad until a knee injury on the eve of the announcement appeared to rule him out of the series. But in true Smith form, the 32-year-old shaved half the time off his expected 12-week lay-off to join the squad two weeks ago.
''I'm just really happy for him, he always felt that he hadn't finished as he would have liked in Australian rugby,'' Jones said. ''He looks in better condition … he has a strong belief in himself as a player because he knows what he's good at and he practises it hard, and he is such a good team man.''
Smith left Australia in 2009 with 110 internationals under his belt. Robbie Deans had taken over the Wallabies coaching job a year earlier and was selecting a young David Pocock over Smith. ''It is an indication of the esteem that Robbie has developed for him,'' Jones said. ''And you have to say it maybe wasn't that way in the past.''
Brumbies coach Jake White called his return a ''fairytale''.
''You can't measure what he does for guys around him - he's a winner, he's composed, he knows exactly what to do,'' White said. ''It will have an effect [on the result].''


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Coal-seam gas explorer Eastern Star Gas has reported that gas production at the Bibblewindi West trilateral production pilot in the Narrabri coal-seam gas project in northern NSW has reached in excess of 2 million standard cubic feet per day (sfcd).
It is the latest of ESG's pilot production wells, and the first that focuses on the Namoi seam (via the Bibblewindi trilateral pilot).
Broker Patersons Securities said the result supported previous production guidance and suggested that ESG had made advances toward technically de-risking the project. The broker maintained its "buy" recommendation, with a price target of $1.32 a share.
"We foresee an improvement of conditions in the market for CSG in the new year, driven by progress of key CSG (coal-seam gas) to LNG (liquid natural gas) projects and [this] should support key catalysts as ESG achieves progress towards production, reserves and commercialisation targets," the broker said.
Shares in Easter Star closed 4.5¢ higher at 79¢ on Tuesday.
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After a separation, divorce, or the death of a loved one, it takes time to cope with feelings and move on to another relationship.
Before beginning a romance, people need to work through stages of loss from previous ones. Usually, it takes at least one to two years to resolve these feelings.
People also need time to form a new identity. One of the keys to success is to work on your emotional and psychological growth.
Remarrying is not a way to avoid loneliness. Form friendships instead of romances to help develop stability, independence, self-esteem and a sense of belonging.
Children involved in the relationship must be considered, too.
Feelings of loss, anger and hurt are common among children whose parents have separated or divorced, and children who have lost parents through death have similar emotions.
Because children lack experience, they don't know that things will get better. As a parent you can help your children. Encourage them to express feelings in acceptable ways.
But it's important to discuss and accept all of your children's feelings. They may think if they love mom or like her new boyfriend, dad won't love them. If they love dad and like his new girlfriend, mom won't love them.
They also are confused about being loyal to both parents. It's common for children to want to protect parents from pain.
When a parent begins a relationship, children often feel jealous. They may compare your new friend to their father or mother who doesn't live at home anymore. Or your children may seek a lot of attention or interrupt conversations you have with your new friend.
Remember, change rarely comes without pain. Yet it's possible to make the transitions smoother by talking with your children.
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Debbie Wilburn is county extension agent in family and consumer science with the Hall County Extension. Her Family Ties column runs in Sunday Life on the first Sunday of each month. Contact: 770-535-8290.


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Squadron Welcomes Governor's 'In Plain View' Reform Proposal, Urges Senate Passage
ALBANY -- Today, State Senator Daniel Squadron released the following statement welcoming Governor Cuomo's proposal to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana in public view, and urging his colleagues in the Senate to pass the reform before the end of the legislative session later this month:
The 'in plain view' marijuana possession statute, and the inconsistent way in which it is enforced, call out for reform.
In large parts of our City, entire communities feel like suspects targeted by law enforcement instead of citizens protected by it. It is simply unfair that some New Yorkers - especially young black and latino men - are disproportionately singled out when it comes to enforcing this statute, one of the factors leading to major concerns with the way stop and frisk is implemented.
That's why Governor Cuomo's call to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana in public view is an important step toward ending these inequities. By changing our state law, the Governor's proposal can help ensure consistency and prevent a minor offense from undermining the future of many young New Yorkers.
Thank you to Governor Cuomo for taking the lead on repealing this statute, and to all of my colleagues in government who are working toward the reforms in police-community relations our City needs. I urge my colleagues in the Senate to quickly pass this much-needed reform before the end of the legislative session.


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Manchester UK (SPX) Dec 18, 2012
Writing in PNAS, the researchers have shown that the emerging field of synthetic biology can be used to manipulate hydrocarbon chemicals, found in soaps and shampoos, in cells.
This development, discovered with colleagues at the University of Turku in Finland, could mean fuel for cars or household power supplies could be created from naturally-occurring fatty acids.
The researchers, led by Professor Nick Turner from The University of Manchester, used synthetic biology to hijack the naturally-existing fatty acids and direct those fatty molecules towards the production of ready-to-use fuel and household chemicals.
Hydrocarbon chemicals are everywhere in our daily lives; as fragrance in soap, thickener in shampoo and fuel in the car. Their number of carbons and whether they are acid, aldehyde, alcohol or alkane are important parameters that influence how toxic they are to biological organisms, the potential for fuel and their olfactory perception as aroma compounds.
The breakthrough allows researchers to further explore how to create renewable energy from sustainable sources, and the advance could lead to more innovative ways of sourcing fuel from natural resources.
Synthetic biology is an area of biological research and technology that combines science and engineering for the benefit of society. Significant advances have been made in this field in recent years.
Professor Turner said: "In our laboratories in Manchester we currently work with many different biocatalysts that catalyse a range of chemical reactions - the key is to match up the correct biocatalyst with the specific product you are trying to make.
"Biocatalysts recognise molecules in the way that a lock recognises a key - they have to fit perfectly together to work. Sometime we redesign the lock so that if can accept a slightly different key allowing us to make even more interesting products.
"In this example we need to make sure that the fatty acid starting materials would be a perfect match for the biocatalysts that we discovered and developed in our laboratories.
"As with many leading areas of science today, in order to make major breakthroughs it is necessary for two or more laboratories around the world to come together to solve challenging problems."
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Player Bio: UNLV: A defensive lineman who has transformed himself from being a local walk-on into a returning starter up front ... Is listed No. 1 at one tackle spot after spring practice.
2011: Played in all 12 games, including making his first nine career starts at DT ... Totaled a career-high 21 tackles, including 2 TFL ... Posted his first career QB sack.
2010: Earned his first letter as a Rebel by playing in all 13 games ... Finished with 10 total tackles playing on defense and special teams.
2009: Redshirted after walking onto squad ... Ranked the No. 223 DE prospect in the nation coming out of high school.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2009 graduate of Del Sol HS ... Lettered three years for coach Preston Goroff, lining up on both sides of the ball ... Named First Team 4A All-Sunrise Region as both an offensive and defensive lineman as a senior ... Named first team all-state by the Las Vegas Review-Journal at OL after anchoring a line that blocked for two 1,000-yard rushers ... The Dragons' defensive coordinator in 2009 was former Rebel linebacker great Ryan Claridge ... Also lettered in basketball and baseball during prep career.
PERSONAL: Alex Samuel Klorman was born on May 20, 1991, in Las Vegas ... The son of Bob and Renee Klorman ... Has two brothers, Ryan and Micah ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
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15 Reasons Why We're Looking Forward to Summer
We're gearing up for what will undoubtedly be a hot and steamy summer. Besides hitting the road to New Orleans for the 19th annual ESSENCE Fest headlined by Beyonce, Jill Scott and more, we're ready for a season filled with the best tours, albums and movies. From Mrs. Carter to Mr. Idris Elba, here are 15 reasons this season will not disappoint.


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In other words, so long as the government managers who rationed capital did so with impersonal efficiency and wise forejudgment, as in the popular 1980s image of Japan's powerful industrial and financial ministry, MITI, a "repressed" strategy could work well. All too often, however, capital rationing has become politicized--capital being apportioned to powerful and favored sectors, or even those with personal ties to the leadership.
The current situation in Indonesia has underlined the latter case. Economic policy in Indonesia was firmly centralized, with "favored sectors" receiving no formal preference. "In the period since the mid-1970s, systematic political exclusion has become institutionalized, with policy decisions being shaped by bureaucrats operating in a manner largely unconstrained by organized political action from societal groups" (MacIntyre, 1993, p. 123).
Even the powerful army eschewed the sort of corruption among officers that has often been found in developing countries under military rule. According to an account in the early 1990s, "signs indicate that senior army leaders have concluded that pervasive corruption has the potential to be regime-threatening" (MacIntyre, 1993, p. 156). With the financial crisis of 1997, however, it became clear that, in Indonesia, control from the center went hand in hand with corruption at the center. It has not been "favored sectors," or army officers, who siphoned off development capital, but the Suharto family and its cronies.
On the other hand, experience in Latin America has indicated that, if "repressed" financial policies based on government intervention are prone to distortion, fuller liberalization and reduced government intervention are also no panacea.
The experience of the Southern Cone countries (Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay) with financial liberalization and internationalization played an important role in demonstrating that reduced government inte...


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The ACT Government will push ahead with plans to build 1100 apartments on Northbourne Avenue, despite a Heritage Council decision protecting about half of the run down public housing estate built in the 1950s and 1960s.
Mr Barr said the council's decision to protect one of the Dickson Towers and about half of the full precinct, including pair-houses, three-storey flats, maisonettes and garden flats was "absurd" and out of step with community interests.
Roundly criticising Tuesday's announcement, Mr Barr flagged the possible use of special legislation if required and said the government would pursue all options to continue with its plans to demolish the controversial buildings.
He didn't rule out an appeal to the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal but said new laws would be a last resort.
Developing the area is central to plans to grow population density in the Northbourne corridor and help fund the government's light rail line to Gungahlin.
Mr Barr said one of the towers and one building on the Lyneham side of Northbourne Avenue should remain for heritage preservation. Videos, photographs and other media could be used to recognise the heritage value of the post-war architecture.
"It is not the government's intention to knock everything down and I think a compromise can be reached but the government is not going to sit by and have this entire area locked up, never to change," Mr Barr said.
"That is an unacceptable outcome and I do not believe it has community support and in fact the response to the heritage council's listing has been overwhelmingly negative."
Mr Barr ruled out using the new fast-track planning law passed last week because it related only to light rail infrastructure.
"The government is keeping its options open as how we can progress from here but I want to send a very clear signal that we are determined to move ahead with this renewal project."
The ACT Property Council moved quickly to criticise the Heritage Council decision on Tuesday.
Speaker after Mr Barr's comments, Heritage Council chair Duncan Marshall said ACAT appeals were the right of interested parties in decisions.
"I would invite everybody to look closely at the actual citation that [the] council has prepared to fully understand the reasons for its decision," he said.
The council found the precinct has "considerable significance for its creative achievement including its architectural style, as a distinctive design of exceptional interest, as a rare and notable example of types of public housing."
It was found to meet five criteria for heritage registration, including technical and creative achievement and as a rare or unique example of form.
"Expert reports on the values of this precinct date back to at least 1999," Mr Marshall said.
"There have been several reports commissioned by the government, not by the Heritage Council, which support a finding of heritage values. The first statutory heritage listing for the precinct was undertaken by the Commonwealth government in 2002."
He described the reaction by Mr Barr and other members of the community as surprising.
"The government has a number of options available to it, including calling in a development application that would impact this precinct and the government has a possible statutory role to take into account bigger and broader objectives within the territory - which might be to say one set of objectives can override heritage objectives in some situations."
Last month it was reported planning directorate officials had approved the demolition of two of the three Dickson Towers, which each contain 21 bedsits previously used by single men.
A provisional heritage order required the northernmost building, near the corner of Morphett Street, Dickson, to remain in place along with significant trees. A planned 160-apartment complex could have to be scaled back as a result of the order.


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Evaluating the effectiveness of the decal provision of New Jersey's graduated driver licensing law
The Foundation's program, Public Health Law Research: Making the Case for Laws That Improve Health, was designed to build the evidence for public health law and policy, translate research findings into practical tools to increase the support for and use of law by policy makers and public health practitioners, and to translate findings to other fields and venues to improve and protect health.Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of teen death and injury. This Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) study will evaluate a New Jersey Graduated Driver Licensing law (Kyleigh's Law passed 5/1/10), which requires probationary teen drivers to display a decal on the vehicle's license plate, making them easily identifiable to police and thereby making it easier for police to enforce: (1) restrictions on the number of passengers less than 21 years of age allowed in the vehicle without parent accompaniment; (2) a ban on driving between the hours of 11:01 p.m. and 5 a.m.; (3) a ban on driver use of interactive wireless communication devices; and (4) a required seat belt use for all vehicle occupants. The study, conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia analyzes existing NJ licensing and citation data to compare the number and rate of citations issued to and number and rate of police-reported and fatal crashes involving NJ teen probationary drivers before and after the law went into effect. The study also will present findings at highway safety research conferences and webinars to highway safety and/or public health policy makers as well as peer-reviewed publications and disseminate findings via teendriversource.org. This study is an example of an intervention study examining the effect of a legal intervention on health outcomes, which will include focusing on mediating or moderating factors associated with enforcement, in order to fully illuminate the way in which the law operates.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded $99,960.00
Awarded on: 4/11/2011
Time frame: 4/15/2011 - 4/14/2012
Grant Number: 68869
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, 19104-4399
Allison Elizabeth Curry
Project Director
Dennis R. Durbin
Project Director


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Anyone heard of this new religion called chrislam? Basically combining christianaity with Islam. What are your thoughts on it?
I'm in a hurry right now because I have to do some things asap but here is some info that you requested.
Here are some sources of information. It sounds so great to work together with other religions but when he actually prayed some of the prayers for other religions, he is accepting and recognizing their beliefs. I believe He's watering down the word of God. We are to love others but we know the truth. Yes, we can reach out to the muslims but we need to stand firm that Jesus is the only way. We can be friends but our goal is to reach the lost with the message. There is a lot of good in what he is doing, but he seems to be compromising a lot. I believe when people have spoke about him and chrislam, its that he is not out right saying Jesus is the only way. He is not reaching the poor in the name of Jesus.
Also, the book I had referred to earlier was A Purpose Driven Church, not a mega church but its a how to book. Sorry. There is a lot of issues w/that book. I have read a little of it and read reviews on it.
We just have to be so careful to stay with the word of God, and not compromise the truth. The Bible talks about tickling of the ears and to be careful. He has positive messages but he can't water the word of God down because the truth will be compromised.
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Thanks, Xstpecting1stBaby. I appreciate you taking the time to put articles. I think I see this in a different light. I do not agree with Christlam, which I don't even know what it is. But anything to deviate from the Bible I disagree with and I certainly don't believe there is any way to God except through Jesus Christ dying on the cross for our sins. "If we confess with our mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:10).
However, based on these articles, I guess I see this from a different point of view and I don't see this as supporting Islamic beliefs. In fact, I think it's saying that yes, you are right that God is merciful. I think it's good to talk about what we have in common so we can start a dialogue about what we do believe in.
For example, Rick Warren used different names for Jesus in his prayer. I'm not sure whether I would have done that in that situation, but if I were talking to Muslims, I would think it would be cool to talk about how Jesus is in the Quaran. What do they think about who Jesus is? Can I tell you who I know my Jesus to be? And use that as an opportunity to share the gospel with them.
I like that in one of the articles (the second one posted in PP) he doesn't seem to water it down. He says that there are things we can talk about, but he's still an evangelistic pastor and there are fundamental differences.
I personally feel like there is a lot of antagonism towards Muslims in this country and if we want to reach them with the love of Christ, we need to show them that we love them and are willing to listen to them. Only then can we build a trust with them so we can share the gospel with them.
Some of my church members participated in a I Love Muslims day along with a missionary pastor who is reaching Muslims with the gospel. I think it's awesome, but I can see from some of these posters that it may be misunderstood.
mom to 3, married since 2005
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
New King James Version (NKJV)
7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.
9 Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him; 11 for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.
I also think that we as Christians tend to jump to conclusions very easily and our words quickly turn to gossip and slander and we hurt brothers and sisters by doing taking things out of context, mixing rumor with fact, and second-guessing each other's motives and methodology. There are specific groups and websites that do just this, and I tend to steer clear of them because of it. Satan doesn't need to attack the Church, we do that well enough on our own. The Body is so often at war with itself that the devil can just sit back and watch.
It reminds me of the snippet of Scripture in which Jesus remarks that he cannot be casting out demons by being Satan, because a "house divided against itself cannot stand." What truth.
~ Dee
LCMS Pastor's Wife and Mom to my Half Dozen
'03, '05, '06, '08, '10, '11
"Jesus didn't mean for us to be decaffeinated." - Donnabelle
I think this is an interesting conversation. Pregnant24gi, could you elaborate on the verses that you posted? I'm not sure if these verses were posted in response to what I wrote, but if they are, I guess I'm just saying that I don't see that these particular Rick Warren articles posted above relate. I don't see that he is embacing the false teaching of the Muslim faith.
I don't know Rick Warren or his church. I read 40 Days of Purpose years ago and I thought it was good, but I don't remember any of it now. I don't know what he personally believes, but at least in regards to these articles, I don't find anything alarming. Like a previous poster said, I think that the devil is often trying to get the church to be divided and I think it's sad. Like many of you said, let us be careful to test things against the Bible, but let's also be careful to make sure we know what we are saying against our brothers and sisters in Christ. James 1:19 "My dear brothers and sisters, everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry..."
Also, in regards to the previous verses, yes, I think that the Muslim faith is a false doctrine. We should know this (and be careful), but God also calls us to "make disciples of all nations." (Matt 28:19)
For what it's worth, it could be that Rick Warren was trying to do as the Apostle Paul did. 1 Corinthians 9:20-23 "To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. to those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. To those not having the law I bame like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law. To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings."
mom to 3, married since 2005
Ugh. I just accidently deleted my post. Lol. Oh well. I'll try and sum it up again.
If it appeared that I was trying to tear down someone, I'm sorry. I was not trying to do so. I have watched Rick Warren for years, I had participated in the Purpose Driven Life and have been concerned with many things he has done and said. I do not feel they line up with the word of God. 1 John 4: 1-6 fits along with pregnant24gi's responses, which were the scriptures I was referring to earlier. The Bible says we are to test the spirits along with knowing the fruits. If we accept everyone that says they're a christian and believe their teaching, without measuring their message up with the word of God, we could be led astray.
My biggest concern is that he used a name of another god while in prayer and not just the name of Jesus. Acts 3:6 Peter basically said he had nothing else to give but the name of Jesus. The person was healed. Everything we do should be in the name of Jesus, whether it is reaching the poor, other religions, etc. I do not know what all has gone on between him and the others but I hope and pray he is upholding that Jesus is the only way.
I do not know the intentions of Rick Warren's heart nor the others that wrote about him. Only the Lord knows our hearts. I know of my intentions, I am cautious of several of his teachings and actions. I hope and pray that what I've seen is a misunderstanding.
Like you said juniperbug37, he may be trying to act out 1 Cor., I'm not sure. But I hope and pray he's staying true to the word of God.
I love researching things , here's something else I found interesting.
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tell me how many versions of the Bible are out there ??
and how many versions of the Qur'an are there ?
(i'll give you a hint there is only one Qur'an never been changed)
Baby # 1 due March 3 2012
Either way, I'm not surprised. Think about all the extra stuff that' in our churches now concerning gay marriage, abortion, modesty, reading your Bible, missions etc.
I've read through the Koran twice. It contridicts the Bible in so many places. Mohammed obviously knew a lot about Christianity and Judaism and put his own twist on it. It's NOT an inspired book but rather a religion that leads so many people astray. I've been trying to witness to a Muslim at work that's a "big fan of Jesus and his parables" but doesn't believe in grace, salvation through Jesus, and his deity. You can't mix these two.
Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life and NO man comes to the Father except by him. That's not Christianity. That's the truth.
Lauren, Mom to LJ 3/2/10
Holy random bump of an old thread, Batman!
I still stand by my original statement that the hysteria against Rick Warren is simply a very far right group/website looking to attack another Christian by taking his statements way out of context. It's really easy to make anyone say whatever you want when you select short video clips of a conversation outside of a whole.
I see enough of this occurrance in my own denomination, and it sickens me. Ugh.
~ Dee
LCMS Pastor's Wife and Mom to my Half Dozen
'03, '05, '06, '08, '10, '11
"Jesus didn't mean for us to be decaffeinated." - Donnabelle
On the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, it says "God has no son." Muslims worship the moon god, hence the crescent on top of their buildings.
We worship the one true and living God and believe that Jesus is the Son of God and is fully God and fully man.
Big difference between Islam and Christianity.
An amateur at many things, but still willing to try and willing to share.
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California Council for the Humanities
California Stories Initiative
Years of Valor, Years of Hope
Tulare County and the Years 1941-1946
Tulare County Library
The Friends of the Tulare County Library
And the Tulare County Historical Society
Interviews in 2003-2004
CD: My name is Catherine Doe and it's March 3 and we're in the
Visalia Library and this is Years of Valor, Years of Hope. Can you state your name and spell it for me.
SI: My name is Sam Shigeru Imoto. The Sam is S-A-M; and Shigeru is S-h-i-g-e-r-u; Imoto is I-m-o-t-o.
CD: Why don't you start with some background, like where your parents were born and where you were born.
SI: My mom and dad were born in Kumamoto,
CD: Wow, so you're really a pioneer family.
SI: I was born in 1927. And I had seven brothers and sisters older than I am. The firstborn brother was Hiyoshi. Then Akira, Masayuki (Mike), and Toru (Toby). They have all passed away. The five sisters with their married names are Ayako (Ann) Yoshida, Kiyoko (Kiyo) Hamane, Shizuko (Sally) Kishi, Fusako (Darlene) Kishi, and Haruko (Joyce) Nishioki. Joyce has passed away now. We had a total of ten children.
CD: What was your father's name?
SI: Yaohachi Inomoto
CD: Is it Yaohachi Shigeru or Imoto?
SI: Inomoto is what the,their real name in
So they just called him Imoto. So he just changed it to Imoto.
CD: That's flexible. Out of the whole California, how did he find Lindsay?
SI: There were other Japanese people living in Lindsay at that time. And he just decided that he wanted to come down here. He worked his way down from Washington and through Oregon and then California, and then ended up in Lindsay.
CD: So, how big was the Japanese community in Lindsay when he got there?
SI: I don't know exactly how many people were there. But he had a friend there.
CD: Oh, he had a friend, so he was joining his friend. So, you were born in 1923.
CD: In Visalia there was a Japanese school. Was there the same thing in Lindsay?
SI: Well, there was a Japanese school in Lindsay until Pearl Harbor started.
CD: Did you go or –
SI: Yes, I went to Japanese school from -- until I was, I think, fifteen.
CD: You went to the Japanese school all the way up to when you were fifteen. Wow.
SI: Saturdays and Sundays.
CD: What about during the week?
SI: We'd go to English school.
CD: Oh, that must have been,I thought you meant that but it wasn't clear. So you'd go to Japanese school just to learn the language or how to write. And about how big was the Japanese community?
SI: Oh, I imagine there were about 30 families, maybe even more.
CD: And was there a temple?
SI: Pardon?
CD: I would think,there was a temple in Visalia.
SI: There was a Buddhist temple. There was no Buddhist temple in Lindsay. So, my parents used to come to the Visalia temple.
CD: About how big was that congregation?
SI: At that time I don't remember.
CD: Didn't pay attention. What school did you go to when you were a child, during the week?
SI: There was a small grammar school in Lindsay there called Rocky Hill. And it was a two-room, eight grades, and two teachers. I went there for eight years. Then I went to the Lindsay Junior High School and then war broke out.
CD: Where were you when Pearl Harbor was invaded?
SI: To tell you the truth, I was in Japanese school.
CD: No kidding.
SI: During lunch hour we were out in the yard playing and the teacher
who lived there at the Japanese school came rushing in and called us all into
the classroom and said, "Have your parents come after you because
CD: What did everybody say? Were you in shock or did you expect it or was it --
SI: Well, you didn't expect that. I guess our parents came after us.
CD: How old were you?
SI: I think I was fourteen.
CD: You were old enough to know what was going on. Did anybody at the Japanese school; did they ever talk about the war?
SI: Not before Pearl Harbor. There
wasn't a war, you know, we never even thought about going to war with
CD: That's the response from everybody. Nobody before Pearl Harbor ever even thought about it. There was a war waging on -- the Unites States must have been -- must have been a pretty isolationist time. So, what was it like when you got home? What was the conversation around the table that night?
SI: It was pretty quiet. In those days when mom and dad are talking easily, the children are in another room or they're outside.
CD: But what about dinner? Did you guys all have dinner that night and it didn't come up?
SI: I really don't remember and I don't remember whether it came up or not. But soon after Pearl Harbor I noticed my mother was burning all her Japanese books.
CD: Really.
SI: She trashed her Japanese records. At that time we were taking the art of Kendo. And we burned up all our Kendo uniforms.
CD: Could you tell me what Kendo is.
SI: Kendo is sword fighting. And the reason they put us into Kendo is strictly for the discipline.
CD: Right. It wasn't to make a militia --
SI: It wasn't an army preparation. I was only about 12, 13 years old at that time. We used to practice at five-thirty in the morning till seven o'clock. And then we'd go home, clean up and go to school. And come back at seven o'clock that evening and practice till nine o'clock. I enjoyed it. I really enjoyed it.
CD: So, you could see the reaction in your mom. How did your dad react?
SI: You know, I don't really remember how my dad reacted. But he just carried on the business as usual. You know, he was in farming.
CD: What was his business? What kind of farm was it?
SI: We had oranges and olives and strawberries.
CD: I just imagine with ten kids they never sat you guys at a table and said, okay, this is what might happen --
SI: Well, they might have talked to the older ones, but the younger ones, you know, I don't remember.
CD: So, you were one of the babies in the family. Not in charge.
So, do you remember then there was a curfew. Do you remember the curfew?
SI: Yes, there was a curfew. We couldn't be out, out of our home after eight o'clock. There was a restriction. The boundary of restriction was where the Highway 65 ran through Lindsay and we couldn't go beyond the west of Highway 65. We could only stay on the east of Highway 65. And the school was on the east side of Highway 65, so we could continue going to school. But, once they put the curfew on -- in June I was a freshman, junior high school at that time. Junior high school was seventh, eighth and ninth. And they used to have a ninth grade graduation from junior high school. So, we all ordered our cap and gowns. But the curfew came in. So, I never got to go to my graduation.
CD: Sad. I remember people talking about that because of the curfew. So, the first restriction was you couldn't go west of 65?
SI: Highway 65.
CD: And then the second restriction was the curfew. And then the next, how soon was it till you got notification --
SI: I don't remember -- maybe a month.
CD: When you heard you had to go the internment camps?
SI: But the people that were west of Highway 65 were moved out immediately.
CD: Oh, really.
SI: They were moved into the fairgrounds, the stables. The Pinedale fairgrounds, the Fresno fairgrounds, the Tulare County fairgrounds. The people in Tulare County fairgrounds were mostly, I think, from L.A. But the Japanese people from Lindsay that had to move went to Pinedale.
CD: Where's that?
SI: Up in Fresno.
CD: And that was just the ones west of 65?
SI: Yeah, west of 65.
CD: Okay. So, you're east of 65 and you've heard notification that you have to go to an internment camp. How much time did your family have to prepare?
SI: I think, if I can remember right, about a week.
CD: A week?
SI: Yeah.
CD: And how did they prepare, what --
SI: Well, you know, there were always rumors that we had to leave. They didn't really set a date. My dad sold all his vehicles. The ranch he leased it to a friend, a Caucasian friend. Then he would take care of it. Three years that we were in the camp, when we come back there was nothing -- not any equipment left. And my dad had two mules that his friend had kept in pasture so we had to get the mules and start all over again.
CD: And your friend who maintained the farm, did he put money in your bank account or did -- he just kept it --
SI: He just kept it.
CD: Farmed it and kept the profit.
SI: The strawberries were all gone. The orange trees and the olive trees were still there. They weren't taken care of very well but they were still alive.
CD: What about your house?
SI: The old family house was moved out, torn down. We had another building that my dad and mom used to keep the farm laborers in that room -- in that house. So we converted that into our family room.
CD: When your family came back you still had your property?
SI: Yes.
CD: I heard some Japanese families came back they didn't have their property any more. Did that happen?
SI: There was -- I'd say half of the Japanese population in Lindsay didn't come back 'cause they had nothing to come back to. The ones that came back all had property. More or less had property or friends that had property.
CD: Do you know of any Japanese families that lost their property, came back and their orchards were gone?
SI: No, not that I could think of.
CD: So they came back and their stuff was there. So you guys had about a week to prepare. What did you take?
SI: Just whatever we could carry in a suitcase.
CD: And do you remember the scene at the train station?
SI: Well, the scene at the train station, all I can remember is it's the first time I'd seen a passenger train stop in Lindsay.
CD: So, you were at the Lindsay one, 'cause all the Visalia -- they remember the depot in Visalia.
SI: I remember the depot in Lindsay.
CD: It wouldn't stop?
SI: We lived in the country so very seldom come into town. It stopped there. There were two of my classmates who came to see me off.
CD: What was it like, was it sad?
SI: Well, it was kind of sad. I think they came out of curiosity.
CD: See what's going on.
SI: Yeah, see what's going on. But then they took us on a train. Every time we passed through the city they make us pull the blinds down so people can't see in and we can't see out.
CD: And where'd you go?
SI: We ended up at Parker, Arizona.
CD: Parker.
SI: And then they put us on a truck with benches and the buses and they took us about maybe seven to ten miles into the desert where the relocation camp was located which was Poston. And there were three camps in Poston; Camp One, Camp Two, and Camp Three. It was just out in the middle of the desert. Camp One was already filled so they put us into Camp Two. And we were the last ones to be put into Camp Two. The people from Orosi, and Dinuba area and Reedley ended up in Camp Three. My wife was in Camp Three.
CD: Oh, really.
SI: She was only eight years old.
CD: What is your wife's name?
SI: Janis, J-a-n-i-s.
CD: And her maiden name?
SI: Kishi. Her full name Janis Tsugiyo Kishi
CD: How do you spell that?
SI: K-i-s-h-i.
CD: Where did you guys meet?
SI: After I came out of the serviced I was at a dance in Orosi, I think. They had a Japanese club in Orosi. They were putting on a dance, so couple of my friends and I went over there and I seen her there.
CD: So, she was from Orosi?
SI: Orosi.
CD: It sounds like they put everybody from Tulare County, all the Japanese in the same camp.
SI: Well, anybody that lived on the east side of Highway 65. Anybody that lived on the west side of Highway 65 went to Pinedale and then they ended up in rural Arkansas. There were two camps in Arkansas.
CD: What did you hear about that? When everybody came back and talked about the internment camp experience.
SI: Well, we kind of compared notes. It was all the same. The barracks were the same. The bathroom facility had no privacy. And all the camps were divided into blocks, so many barracks in a block. And then every block had a mess hall. And they had a community bathroom for the men and a community bathroom for the women. When we got there, there was no partitions, no privacy at all. The showers were just in a room. Maybe a dozen shower pipes sticking out from the wall.
CD: Was your family all put into one house? Twelve of you?
SI: My oldest brother, Hiyoshi, was married; he had his own family. The rest of us -- and then I had another brother, Akira, that was already in the service.
CD: Oh, he was already in?
SI: Yes. He was drafted before Pearl Harbor. And then my oldest sister, Ayako, was married and she had her family. I guess that left seven of us or eight of us. And we were all assigned a barracks and the barracks were divided into rooms. I think they were 20 by 20. And we were all in one room.
CD: The whole family was in one room?
SI: When we got there, they took us from Parker to the camps to our block. They let us off the truck and somebody handed us mattress covers. After we all got our mattress covers, then he pointed to a stack of straw, bales of straw and told us that's your mattress cover and that's going to be your mattress. Then they issued us Army cots and one blanket.
CD: Out of the older ones, did anybody think about going to college?
SI: My oldest brother, Hiyoshi, volunteered from the camp and went into the service.
CD: Right.
SI: And eventually another older brother, Mike, went to Colorado on what they call "labor releases" where the farmers were having a hard time finding laborers to chop their cotton or pick their fruit so they'd recruit people from these camps and let them go out.
CD: How did he say that was?
SI: Well, it's better than being in camp but it was a struggle because it was minimum wage and living facilities weren't that great.
CD: I heard there was a program you could write to this clearing house in Philadelphia and go to college.
SI: Eventually they let the kids go to college, go out and go to college. I think that was after the second year. And then, I think, on the third year they would let the families move back east. You couldn't come to the west. They let the families go if they had someone to sponsor them.
CD: But you guys didn't think about that because you wanted to move back to Lindsay?
SI: My oldest sister's husband, George Yoshida, took his family back to Iowa.
CD: Oh, really.
SI: He got a job in Iowa and then had his wife and kids, Warren and Carole, go meet him there.
CD: And so by the third year -- so you guys went back to Lindsay, is that right?
SI: Well, the third year they opened up the west coast and they said we could go back to your hometown if you had some place to go to. There was a family from Strathmore that moved out of the camp first and they came back home and then, I think May or June we decided to come back to Lindsay. And there was no place for us to go 'cause there was a white family named Lewis living in the house. There was another house that we eventually moved into till the white family could move out.
CD: They were willing to move but they had to find a place to go?
SI: 'Cause it was my dad's property.
CD: Right. What was the atmosphere like when you moved back to Lindsay?
SI: First thing I remember is these signs all over Lindsay that said, "No Japs wanted," "Japs get out." And then every car had a bumper sticker on it "No Japs wanted." And window stickers on the back windows. The grocery stores, they had a big sign out front there, "No Japs wanted."
CD: What would you do?
SI: There was one grocer, Roy Bledsoe, in Lindsay that my dad used to buy his groceries from before the war. And he was the only one that accepted us. He'd sell my dad his groceries.
CD: How long did it take for that to kind of --
SI: He did it for us right away, as soon as we came back. I used to take my dad to the grocery store. And in those days sugar was rationed, bacon was rationed.
CD: What year is this that you came back?
CD: Okay. So, it's 1945. And the rationing is still going on?
SI: Yeah. It's June of '45, I think. And every time I'd take my dad for grocery shopping, Mr. Bledsoe would always have my dad's bacon and sugar ready for him. One day he was giving my dad his bacon and sugar and there was a Caucasian lady standing there, was watching him do this and right away she spoke up and says "Why are you giving these damn Japs sugar and bacon?" And I was surprised when he answered -- he says, "This man's got three sons overseas, what the Hell do you have?" And Mr. Bledsoe even lost his son in the Pacific war. Yet he accepted us as an American.
CD: What did the lady say?
SI: She just shut up and walked out.
CD: Good.
SI: I'll never forget that.
CD: So, when did these bumper stickers and the signs outside grocery stores start coming down?
SI: Well, when I left -- I got drafted in January of '46 and they were still there. And I was gone for three years.
CD: Three years.
SI: I was in the service for three years. And I was in
CD: Really.
SI: Not as many.
CD: Right.
SI: But they were still there.
CD: You think things were like that in Visalia?
SI: Oh, yes. It was all over, it was the same.
CD: So, you'd go to Visalia and see the bumper stickers and the signs.
SI: The same. Everywhere you'd go you'd see the signs.
CD: Well, I guess some of the people, 'cause I told you on the phone that one lady couldn't understand why all her Japanese friends didn't come home. And she just must not have noticed the signs and the bumper stickers cause that's not very much of a welcome mat.
SI: There was a shooting in Orosi or Cutler area.
CD: About what year?
SI: I forget what year it was, but I think I was in the service at that time. My brother-in-law's brother, (George Shiba's brother, Kay) was living in a friend's home and he got up and he bent over to tie his shoe string and a bullet came right through the window. And they never knew who fired it. I'm sure somebody knows.
CD: Right.
SI: If he didn't bend over, he'd probably got hit. That was the only shooting incident I've heard of here. My brother-in-law, George, who was overseas, he was wounded overseas. And he was at the Merced hospital, Veteran's Hospital, he used to come home to Cutler and there'd be a big road sign says, "Japs get out."
CD: Gosh.
SI: And he took a picture of it --
CD: Oh, did he?
SI: -- with his uniform on. I've seen the picture.
CD: That's kind of amusing.
SI: And then he had an Armenian buddy that was also wounded. He was at the same hospital. I think they went to high school together or something. One day my brother-in-law went back and this Armenian buddy of his asked him, says, "Hey, do you still see the sign over there?" And my brother-in-law told him, "Hey, it was gone." He says, "I'm the one who knocked it down."
CD: Do you think people just weren't aware that the Japanese Americans were over there fighting? I mean, we all know now --
SI: I don't' think they were aware of it because it was never publicized. Now they know about it.
CD: Right.
SI: You know, they were the most decorated outfit in the United States Army history.
CD: Right.
SI: My oldest brother volunteered for that unit out of the camp.
CD: And that was in
SI: Yes.
CD: Yeah.
SI: They trained in Mississippi. I had two brothers, Hiyoshi and Akira and a cousin, Yoshio Imoto, in that outfit. My cousin, he got hit in twelve places below the waist. He was lucky to be alive. The shrapnel got him. It all went through the meaty part of his leg. Didn't hit any bone. He was fortunate.
CD: So, the regular citizens that were here didn't know that the Japanese Americans were fighting over there?
SI: I'm sure some of them did.
CD: Right.
SI: It was never in the papers that they were out there fighting. I'm sure some of them knew because they'd see my brothers in uniform.
CD: Right, that's true. Do you remember any of the rumors that were going around about the Japanese at that time?
SI: Oh, yeah. You know, you'd walk into town and you can hear the people talking "What the Hell those damn Japs doing here."
CD: Yeah.
SI: When it really hit me was when I was in the service.
CD: What happened then?
SI: I was the only Japanese American in my outfit. And I got drafted right after the war so they deactivated the regimental combat team. So anybody that was Japanese American, they were put into different units with the whites. When I got drafted in January '46 they were still segregating the blacks.
CD: Right.
SI: So they put me in with the whites. And being the only Japanese kid in the outfit, you can hear the white soldiers, you know, talking to each other "What the Hell this damn Jap doing - -"
CD: Yeah.
SI: "-- kill that son-of-a-bitch."
CD: Did it calm down at all? Did you make friends in that regiment?
SI: Well, I made some friends but it took a long time. I had my own little war to fight.
CD: Yeah.
SI: You know, when you go into the service you got a uniform it's the same uniform that they have on. And this one soldier come up to me and stuck his hand in his pocket and tells his buddy, "Let's cut this s-o-b up."
CD: Gosh.
SI: Pulled the knife out. My God, what am I getting into here, you know.
CD: But you were drafted, right?
SI: I was drafted.
CD: I thought they segregated. There was the black regiment and the white regiment. I thought they would put everybody together. Japanese American regiment, you know.
SI: During the war it was all segregated.
CD: But then after the war they mixed everybody up?
SI: Well, in '46, '47 I think they mixed the blacks up. But in '46 they were still segregated. The blacks had their own unit; the whites had their own unit. Anything else that wasn't white --
CD: Would just be shoved --
SI: Between black and white was in with the whites.
CD: And was there common knowledge that there were Japanese submarines off the west coast? Did people know that then?
SI: Well, no more than what we read about.
CD: Right. But you wouldn't know what was rumor and what was true at that time, would you?
SI: We used to hear about it or read about it but, you know, we didn't know whether it was there or not.
CD: Right.
SI: You can assume they're there because they got to Pearl Harbor.
CD: Yeah. Where were you when the A Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
SI: I was in Lindsay.
CD: Oh, you were in Lindsay. So, what was the reaction? Were you out about or with your family?
SI: Well, we didn't go into town very often. We were three miles out. I'm sure the reaction of everybody is that
CD: Did things start going back to normal a little bit?
SI: Well, not towards us at that time. It was -- we were still alienated. And it all depends, you know. You had friends. And the majority of them would, you know, look at you with suspicion. But, you know, we kind of get to accept that and go on with our business. You know, it's hard to fight racial prejudice by yourself. You know, you got to have people behind you to accept you. If you're not accepted, you're isolated.
CD: Wasn't there a group of people, though, because your family had been in that area since 1906, was there a group that accepted the Japanese Americans that knew --
SI: Well, I don't know whether they truly accepted us but they accepted us.
CD: Right, no outward --
SI: Yeah. Well, when we first come back nobody would hire us; nobody would give us a job. So one of our neighbors during the orange season -- in those years there was no --what you call Mexican -- crews. They were all white crews. White laborers. My neighbor was harvesting his oranges with a white crew. All of a sudden they struck on him.
CD: Oh, really.
SI: Wanted more money.
CD: Was this during the war?
SI: Right after the war.
CD: Oh, right after.
SI: Was the fall of '45. He approached my brother, , and asked my brother, "If you get all the Japanese families together, I'll hire you guys, form a crew." So we were looking for work and so we formed a crew and started harvesting his oranges and the word spread and everybody wanted us to harvest their olives and oranges. So that kind of smoothed things out.
CD: Right.
SI: And then I got drafted so I was gone for three years and I don't know what happened.
CD: Do you remember much about the rations? Did your family get stamp booklets?
SI; Yes, they used to have stamps.
CD: Do you remember being short of stuff, or was it a real hardship?
SI: You try to make do with what you have and my parents were good at that so --
CD: All the kids.
SI: When we came back there was only three of us, Mike, Joyce, and me. Some of my sisters were back east going to school and working. That was Kiyo, Sally, and Darlene. My oldest sister, Ann, was living in Des Moines with her family. She was married to George Yoshida and had two children.
CD: Do you think your sisters' experience back east were better than coming back to Lindsay?
SI: I'm sure it was. 'Cause my brother Mike was working in Erie, Pennsylvania and he was accepted. In fact, he was running a crew of German prisoners of war in a concrete plant.
CD: Oh, wow.
SI: I remember when I went in the service the German prisoners of war had more freedom than we did in the camps, the Army camps, because we were restricted to our company. You'd see the German prisoners of war walking all over the camp.
CD: Where was that?
SI: This was in Fort Lee, Virginia.
CD: So the German prisoners of war, the prisoners in Virginia, had more freedom than you did in the internment camp?
SI; Oh, yeah.
CD: That's interesting.
SI: When we come back from these camps there was a crew of German prisoners of war picking olives across the street from us where we lived here in Lindsay. When I got overseas our troop train stopped in a German town. They told us we could get off. There was another train coming from behind us that were all returning German prisoners of war. When I got off this train a German prisoner of war got off and came running up to me, saying, "I know you, I know you." I say, "How can you know me?" "I picked olives across the street from your place in Lindsay."
CD: Wow.
SI: And that really surprised me.
CD: That's a small world.
SI: I used to see them picking olives over there.
CD: When the Japanese were allowed to go back to their homes, was there any kind of compensation? What money did you use to get home and set up?
SI: Our own money, whatever we had to spend. It was hard.
CD: It must have been. So, you were in Lindsay when -- wasn't it Clinton who gave the official apology?
SI: George Bush.
CD: It was Bush.
SI: Reagan signed the bill. George Bush sent out the letter of apology.
CD: And how was that accepted? Was it too little too late, or were you happy about it?
SI: Oh, well, you know, I'm glad it did happen because they accepted the fact the government was wrong. But I'm sure there was quite a few people that had passed away already. They didn't give it to the ones that passed away.
CD: Right.
SI: They're the ones that really needed it.
CD: Right. Like your parents, the ones trying to raise families. That must have been more stressful, yeah. It's harder when you're raising kids. Yeah.
Okay. Go ahead.
SI: Before you turn that off.
CD: Oh, okay. We're talking about Mr. Imoto's time when he was drafted and the time of service. Go ahead.
SI: When I got my draft notice in December of '45, my two older
brothers had just come back from
CD: So, they were done.
SI: They were out, discharged. So, I was to report to Camp Beal Sacramento January. And I asked one of my brothers, you know, "Can you give me any advice?" He says, "Stay out of the infantry."
CD: Right.
SI: And so I says, "Okay." And so I reported to Camp Beal and like always I was the only Japanese kid there. But there was another Japanese friend from Porterville who was still there. He got drafted also. And he came to see me. And in those days they had just passed the law that if you enlist for three years you can get your choice of theater operation, branch of service. So he came to see me at Camp Beal and we were talking about this. And he says, "Let's re-enlist for three years and get our choice of branch of service and we can go together." But the big thing was he went to a recruiting sergeant and I went to a different recruiting sergeant in Camp Beal. So when I reported to this Sergeant, the Sergeant says, "What branch of service do you want?" And I says, "Well, give me the Navy." First I said, "Give me the Air Force." And he says, "You can't go to the Air Force." And I says, "Why can't I, I just reenlisted for three years?" And he opened this drawer up and brought out a piece of paper and says, "Read this." I read it and it says, "No Japs will be sent to the Air Force." "So, well, then give me the Navy." "You can't go there either."
CD: There really weren't any --
SI; He says, "Read this." Says right there, "No Japs will be sent to the Navy." "Give me the Marine Corp." "You can't go there either." And I says, "What choice do I have?" He says, "The Army." "I guess I have to take the Army."
And then he asked me, "What Theater of Operation do you
want to go to?" "Well, give me the
Pacific," 'cause the war was over with so I thought maybe I can get to
And then he asked me, "What branch of service do you want to go to in the Army?" I says -- I told him I didn't want the Infantry. I says, "Give me the Quartermaster Corp." So, "You've got that." So the Quartermaster Corp training camp was in Fort Lee, Virginia. So they put me on a train and I ended up at Fort Lee.
But prior to getting on that train to Fort Lee, my friend from Porterville come to visit me. And he says, "Are we going together?" "I don't think so." I asked him, "What branch of service are you going to go to?" Before he answered me he says, "You know, they wouldn't let me go into the Marine Corp or the Air Force or the Navy." I says, "What reason did they give you?" He says, "My glasses were too thick." I says, "No, that isn't the reason why they wouldn't let you go. The reason they won't let you go is because your eyes are slanted." But he ended up at Fort Lee, Virginia, about two weeks after I did.
When I got to Fort Lee, about four hundred of us recruits showed up. and there were black soldiers and white soldiers and I was looking for another oriental but I couldn't find one. And every time they called a black soldier up they'd point in one direction; they'd call a white soldier up they'd point the other direction. I says, "My God, where are they going to send me?" Finally they got to my name and they pointed to the white, you know, so I got my duffle bag and I sat down on my duffle bag. And two GIs were sitting there and one GI came up and walked in front of me and put his hand in his pocket and pulled a knife out and tells his buddy, "Let's cut this SOB up." And I says, "Oh, my God, what am I going to do." So I told him, I says, "Hey, go ahead, go ahead and cut me up. In front of all these witnesses, go ahead and cut me up." Well, he put his knife away.
And my luck is we got assigned to the same company, same platoon. I was upstairs and they were downstairs. One day I was in the washroom to clean up and his buddy came in and started shoving me around in the bathroom. And my squad leader was sitting on the toilet watching this and I thought maybe he'd get up and stop it. He wouldn't. And I don't know what -- he just kept pushing me around in the bathroom. And I don't know what happened. But before I knew it I had thrown him up against the washbasin with a judo throw and he fell to the floor and he couldn't get up. And I says, "Oh, My God, I broke his back." And finally he got up on his hands and knees and he crawled out.
CD: Wow, you must have been pretty good at that.
SI: Well, I don't know. It just lucky, I guess. And they didn't bother me after that.
CD: Oh, good.
SI: About a week later my buddy, Tom Kojima, from Porterville came to visit me. We had an afternoon off and I can hear all this commotion down by the orderly room.
CD: Okay. Go ahead.
SI: He says, "Imoto, Imoto." I says, "What do you want?" He says, "Well, there's a guy in the first platoon who says he can whip anybody in this company." I says, "I don't care." He says, "No, no, I seen you take that kid in the bathroom. So he came up and got -- told them, "oh, there's somebody in the third platoon that can take you." And I says, "I'm not going down there to fight anybody." And my friend, he says, "Oh, come on friend, come on Sam, you took Judo." I says, "You took Judo with me. You're bigger than I am. You go down there." And he says, "No, no, I can't because I'll get in trouble, because he's from another company." But he talked me into going down there. That whole company was down there. And the kid wasn't there.
CD: The one that made the challenge wasn't there?
SI: And in the meantime what I heard was that when my squad leader came after me this kid was asking the rest of the guys, "Who is this guy?" And they told him it's a little Japanese kid.
And in fact, he says that I'm not fighting any Japanese kid. I never did find out who he was. But my Sergeant was standing there. And he challenged me.
CD: Oh, did he, your Sergeant?
SI: Yes, my Sergeant, he says, "I'll take you."
CD: That's really against the rules.
SI: Oh, yes. You know, he's six foot tall. And I only weighed hundred twenty-five pounds. Five foot five and when he challenged me the whole company of recruits got behind me.
Cause they knew it wasn't fair.
No, they wanted to see the Sergeant kick me because of my nationality. Okay. So, I says, "No, I don't want to fight you." He says, "Come on, let's go." And I told myself, I says, "Well maybe if I throw him hard enough on the ground he won't get up." So he came at me and I threw him as hard as I could. He got up and I says, "Oh, I'm in trouble." Every time he'd rush me I'd throw him down again. And I wouldn't go to the ground with him because he was too big.
CD: Right.
SI: And he'd rush me again and I'd throw him again. And this went on for about ten minutes. And finally after I threw him the last time he got up on his seat and put his hands up and says, "That's enough, that's enough." And he made a speech, he got up and he told the company, he said, "If anybody messes with Imoto he'd come through me." He took care of me through all the basic training. But I had to prove my point. And then after basic I got transferred to another company and it started all over again.
CD: You had to go through that whole thing again proving yourself.
SI: Every day this guy would get -- he'd make a point to be behind me when I walked into the barracks and he'd shove me. Just roll over my bunk and I'd get up and walk away.
CD: Right.
SI: And next day he'd do it again. And I'd just get up and walk away. You know, I can hear in the background the rest of the guys, "Kill the damn Jap, kill that damn Jap." I can hear this. Nobody would back me. And this started on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and there was an Italian GI sleeping next to me. And after I got through picking myself up, he says, "Why do you let him do that to you?" Well, I says, "You look at him and you look at me." I says, "Are you willing to help me?" "No, no, no, I don't want to get involved. Just keep your damn mouth shut." Cause this guy was about two hundred ten pounds, six foot one. Friday came out and he did it again. And I don't what happened, but my mind did the same thing when this kid pushed me in the bathroom. And I went after him. And I threw him with a throw in the road between the box and he got up on his seat and I grabbed my rifle and I told him, "You get up and I'll break this over your head." And he sat up and put his hands out. He said, "That's it, no more, no more, Imoto, no more." And you can hear a needle drop in that barracks. You know. And he got up and made a speech. Says anybody messes with Imoto he'd come through me. So he protected me for the rest of the duration of that company. And you know I can hear the GIs in the background, "Kill that Jap, kill that Jap," And I says, "Why do I have to go through all this kind of stuff? And I'm wearing the same kind of uniform that they are."
CD: Would you say those three years were worse than being in the internment camp?
SI: Yes. Physically. When I got overseas it started all over again. I was always the only Japanese kid in the outfit.
CD: Boy.
SI: And the three years when I was in the service I had good times
and I got to see
CD: Right. So, we need to get back to Tulare County. When you were in Tulare County, did the other Japanese-American friends that you had, did they go through the same thing?
SI: No. I asked the other GIs if they had to go through the same thing I did when they were in the service. And they said, no, they didn't. I said were there other Japanese kids in your outfit. And he says, "Oh, yeah, there was always two or three of us."
CD: Oh, so they had friends?
SI: And I guess I don't know why but maybe if I had a Japanese friend maybe they wouldn't have picked on me.
CD: Wow, what a story.
SI: It's terrible, you know. But when I retired from the Tulare County Probation Department --
CD: Oh, is that what you did for a career?
SI: Yes. The last 20, 25 years I worked for Tulare County and I've had incidents where I have been called a derogatory remark by officers.
CD: By other officers?
SI: By Deputy Sheriffs. And I've had times that they got physical, and --
CD: With the other officers?
SI: Yes. And I was working out at the correctional center and this one truck driver that used to come from the Road Department to pick up prisoners to work on the road -- you see them working on the side --
CD: Uh-huh.
SI: For some reason or another I was sitting in the office with the Sergeant and we were talking and he walked up to me and he got into my face and he got his fingers and he poked his fingers at my face. He says, "You damn little Nip." And I don't know what happened, but he was on the floor and I had him in a choke hold and he was gagging and my Sergeant -- all I could hear was my Sergeant yelling. He was yelling, "Let him go, Imoto, let him go. You're going to kill him." And my mind was blank.
CD: Right.
SI: And I meant to hurt him. And I let him go. I don't know how he ended up on the floor.
CD: Right.
SI: I don't know how I ended up on top of him. It happened so fast.
CD: What did he say?
SI: He just got up and he says, "You could have killed me. I meant to kill you." And he didn't apologize. Next day he come up to me and says, "You know, I have a friend." He's from Three Rivers and says he told his friend what I did to him and the friend told him, "Well, he could have killed you." And that's what he was telling me.
CD: Yeah.
SI: And I says, "Well, if you ever call me that again, it may happen. Don't you ever call me that again." And you know that isn't the only incident. I
CD: I guess law enforcement, you get that hick mentality, is that the problem?
SI: Well, I don't know what it is but there was an incident -- I don't know whether I should be telling --
CD: no, go ahead.
SI: There was an incident --
CD: You're not naming names?
SI: No. There was an incident where this Sergeant --
CD: And this is in Tulare County?
SI: Yes. About three hundred pounds, six foot five --
CD: And about how many years ago was this?
SI: Well, it was the year I retired. I retired in January of '92. So it was in '91. I was 65 years old. So, I walked from my office to the officer's office. And just as I was walking in the door, it was just during shift change, so the office was full of deputies and this individual yelled out, "Here comes that God damn little Jap." And it kind of surprised me.
CD: Right. You probably hadn't heard something like that for a while.
SI: No. And something just snapped in my mind. Just like the other incidents --
CD: Right.
SI: And I went after him.
CD: At 65?
SI: And he was so big I couldn't' hit him in the face. So I grabbed him by the chest and I grabbed his testicles.
CD: Oh no.
SI: And he was walking tiptoe backwards and all the deputies just turned away. They didn't want to see what was happening.
CD: Oh, so they just let you --
SI: Yeah.
CD: And was this a law enforcement person who said the derogatory remark?
SI: Oh, yes. The next day he was on duty again and I walked into the office and there was another deputy sitting in the office and he did it again.
CD: No, kidding.
SI: And this time he was ready for me. I went after him. But I had him. He didn't know what happened. I had him face up against the wall and I had him in a wristlock behind his back. And I came to my senses, I let him go. And I walked away and he followed me to the coffee room and he apologized.
CD: Oh, he did?
SI: He did apologize.
CD: How much time later?
SI: Right after that incident. He followed me into the coffee room. And he said, "Well, I didn't know that word offended you so much."
CD: That's true. Some people just don't know.
SI: And I said, "Well, don't you ever call me that." But that word alone is - -I don't know, because of my Army experience and my experience with the deputy -- is I just -- my mind just goes and I want to hit something.
CD: I know this is off the years but I -- it's good stories just to show that even past -- 'cause the study in this program is from 1941 to '46. But it shows how the racism still goes on 50 years later.
Do you think it's mostly ignorance?
SI: I think it is.
CD: Or do you think that they were --
SI: I think it's ignorance.
CD: I think -- yeah, it does seem that.
SI: Because now, you know, anytime you work for law enforcement you're taught not to use these derogatory remarks.
CD: Right.
SI: You can think about it but you're taught not to use it. And I guess he just used it and it backfired on him.
CD: Right. So, what years did you -- you got done with the service what years? What year did you return back to Lindsay?
SI: Nineteen forty-eight. December of '48.
CD: So, you were back in Lindsay in 1948? And that's when you decided to go into law enforcement?
SI: No, I worked on the ranch for years and I didn't decide to -- I was teaching Judo classes and Judge Freddie McKenzie --the female judge from Exeter --
CD: Yeah.
SI: She came to me and asked if she could join my Judo class. And says, "Oh, yes." So she stayed with me in the judo classes. And one day I asked her, "I'm tired of farming. Is there anything that the county could offer me?" She says, "Well, you know, I've been watching you, you work good with kids, maybe the boy's camp or juvenile hall." So that's where I got started. At Juvenile Hall.
CD: I need to get back to the years of '41 to '46. I know I asked this
before, about the reaction in Lindsay the
SI: I think the community was happy because the war ended. There wasn't any more GIs going to get killed. But it's hard for me to express what the people felt because of the way we were treated at the time.
CD: Right. And how did your family feel?
SI: I think they were relieved that the war was over with and then my brothers would get to come back.
CD: Yeah, yeah. And how do you think overall World War II affected Tulare County, in your opinion?
SI: Well, I don't know really how to express that. The fact that you know my personal experience is maybe the discrimination won't be there any more. That they would accept us as Americans, you know.
CD: And you were feeling that right when you came -- like around -- after the war you felt like things would go back to normal?
SI: Yes. I hope hoping that they would go back to normal. And you know the there was a lot of people in Lindsay that hated us and there were a lot of people that also accepted us. So you know I don't want to be pointing fingers at anybody 'cause you know they may treat you nice face to face but behind your backs you don't know what they're saying. And
CD: But you decided to stay, you've been there the whole time?
SI: Oh, yes. I didn't have anything else to do but farm. 'Cause the farm was having a hard time. We all stayed to help run the ranch.
CD: Is that where you are now?
SI: No, No. I'm retired from the farming part. My nephew, Dennis Imoto, has taken over the ranch. And we sold most all of our property except for what my nephew can handle.
CD: Was there anything that you would want to add about the internment camps that we didn't cover?
SI: No, not really. The main thing is, if you're the one that's supposed to ask the questions and I can talk a lot about what we did in the internment camp but then you know it's something that we had to do there in the camp. You don't have any more questions?
CD: Oh, no. The last one would be, is there anything that you'd want to add about that we didn't cover about those years, '41 to '46?
SI: No, I don't think so.
CD: How big was the community at 1946 compared to 1941, how big was the Japanese community in Lindsay?
SI: About half.
CD: And I can't remember. You said there was 30 families?
SI: At least 30 families before.
CD: So, by 1946 there only about fifteen?
SI: Yeah.
CD: And do you think that is about constant now?
SI: Right now I'd say there may be ten or 12 families left in Lindsay. All the kids have gone. The second generation are still in Lindsay. A few of the third generations are in Lindsay. But like me -- all my kids are -- I have a son, Gordon Sami Imoto, in Exeter and two daughters,Tobi Ann (Sumida) and Sandee Jean (Kuykendall), here in Visalia. We had another daughter, Viki Kolleen (Lisa), but she has passed away.
CD: They stayed down in Tulare County?
SI: Yeah.
CD: Would you say that the Japanese families that came back are the ones involved in farming and the ones that weren't involved in farming just had to go somewhere else?
SI: Yes. The ones that were involved in farming had the property to come back to. But the ones that were in their business, unless they owned the business they didn't come back.
CD: I heard they had to sell their business, is that true?
SI: At a lot of places they did sell their business. And lot of places they sold their home, farms also.
CD: Right.
SI: But I don't remember of anybody selling their farm in Lindsay. They usually had someone to take care of it for them.
CD: Do you know of any families, Japanese families that came back and the family that took care of their farm actually had put money in their bank? You know, like split the profits with them?
SI: No, not that I know of.
CD: They just came back and just started from ground zero?
SI: I think most of the farms that were leased out to the families; the other families were to have the farm when they come back.
CD: Right.
SI: We still had the land.
CD: How would you describe Lindsay now compared to the years '41 to '46?
SI: Well, there is really no comparison because the businesses are all run by Hispanics now.
CD: That's true.
SI: There's very few businesses run by Caucasians any more. The town of Lindsay is almost dead.
CD: When I went downtown I thought it was pretty quiet.
SI: Yeah, it's quiet. And there isn't much there anymore.
CD: Was it thriving during the years -- would you call it thriving during the years of '41 to '46 when you were there?
SI: I would say it was. Every building was occupied.
CD: What did people do for entertainment? Was there a movie theater in Lindsay?
SI: Yeah.
CD: How long did that last?
SI: I don't know when it closed down. But there were two movie theaters in Lindsay.
CD: Really. Wow.
SI: They're both closed now. And they had their city league softball teams, city league basketball teams. They hardly have that anymore.
CD: Well, poor Lindsay. Is there anything else you would like to add?
SI: Not that I know of.
CD: Okay. Well, thank you very much for your participation.
SI: Well, I hope I helped you a little bit.
CD: Oh, yeah, yeah. It was very interesting.
Catherine Doe/ Transcribed by Colleen Paggi/ Edited by JW 11/30/04
Editor's note: The words in italics were added during a meeting with Sam Imoto on December 2, 2004.


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O'Connell, James and Aiu, Imaikalani and Milnes, Leslie and Smith, Lisa Ellen (2010) The island of Kauai, Hawaii's progressive shoreline setback and coastal protection ordinance. In: Shifting Shorelines: Adapting to the Future,The 22nd International Conference of The Coastal Society , June 13-16, 2010 ,Wilmington, North Carolina,
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Approximately two-thirds of coastal and Great Lakes states have some type of shoreline construction setback or construction control line requiring development to be a certain distance from the shoreline or other coastal feature (OCRM, 2008). Nineteen of 30 coastal states currently use erosion rates for new construction close to the shoreline. Seven states established setback distances based on expected years from the shoreline: the remainder specify a fixed setback distance (Heinz Report, 2000). Following public hearings by the County of Kauai Planning Commission and Kauai County Council, the 'Shoreline Setback and Coastal Protection Ordinance' was signed by the Mayor of Kauai on January 25, 2008. After a year of experience implementing this progressive, balanced shoreline setback ordinance several amendments were recently incorporated into the Ordinance (#887; Bill #2319 Draft 3). The Kauai Planning Department is presently drafting several more amendments to improve the effectiveness of the Ordinance. The intent of shoreline setbacks is to establish a buffer zone to protect shorefront development from loss due to coastal erosion - for a period of time; to provide protection from storm waves; to allow the natural dynamic cycles of erosion and accretion of beaches and dunes to occur; to maintain beach and dune habitat; and, to maintain lateral beach access and open space for the enjoyment of the natural shoreline environment. In addition, a primary goal of the Kauai setback ordinance is to avoid armoring or hardening of the shore which along eroding coasts has been documented to ultimately eliminate the fronting beach. (PDF contains 4 pages)
|Item Type:
|Conference or Workshop Item
|The island of Kauai, Hawaii's progressive shoreline setback and coastal protection ordinance
|Personal Creator/Author:
|National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. EPA Coastal Management Branch, U.S. Geolgocial Survey, NOAA Sea Grant
|Event Title:
|Shifting Shorelines: Adapting to the Future,The 22nd International Conference of The Coastal Society
|Event Type:
|Event Location:
|Wilmington, North Carolina
|Event Dates:
|June 13-16, 2010
|Issuing Agency:
|The Coastal Society
|Uncontrolled Keywords:
|Earth Sciences
|Item ID:
|Depositing User:
|Cynthia Murray
|Date Deposited:
|29 Jul 2010 13:22
|Last Modified:
|29 Sep 2011 16:42
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