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The nature of the nakba
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The conventional story about the Palestinian refugees of 1948 is that they left in the chaos of war and/or in response to Arab radio calls from Cairo and elsewhere, believing they would return with the victorious Arab armies as the new-born Israeli state was crushed. Efforts by the government of Israel to stem the flow had been unavailing. There was nothing the government wanted more than to find a solution but that depended on there being peace in the region. i.e. blame for the war and its consequences is the responsibility of the Arab states. Expulsion by us? No.
Palestinians of course challenged this version of history from the start but their voices were not taken seriously in the West, despite the historical work of Nur Masalha and Walid Khalidi. There was enormous sympathy for Israel. Its kibbutzim and socialist project of building a new society was particularly attractive to those on the left.
But there was always something not quite right about this narrative. If Palestine was "a land without people for a people without land" where on earth did all these Palestinians come from in the first place? Second, the Arab states only intervened after the state of Israel was declared on 15 May 1948. By that stage many hundreds of thousands of Palestinians had already fled, beginning after the partition resolution in November 1947 and continuing through the massacre at Deir Yassin in April and after; the feeling among Palestinians was already one of intense fear and panic.
The Palestinians have always claimed that they were expelled. That there was a "transfer" strand in Zionism is not in dispute i.e. the idea that the Palestinians within what was to be the new Jewish state would have to be spirited away, by some means or other. The official Israeli narrative is in denial about this. If it wasn't the Arabs' leaders telling them to go, it was simply the chaos of war, not conscious policy, that led to the Palestinian exodus.
Claims that in the event of war the Haganah (the Jewish army)'s policy would be to encourage Palestinians to surrender, sit badly with a document known as Plan Dalet (Plan D), drawn up in 1948, which said:
Operations against enemy population centres located inside or near our defensive system [i.e. in the area the UN partition plan had designated for the Arab state, adjacent to the Jewish state] in order to prevent them from being used as bases by an active armed force. These operations can be carried out in the following manner: either by destroying villages (by setting fire to them, by blowing them up, and by planting mines in the debris), or in the case especially of those population centres which are difficult to control operations should be carried out according to the following guidelines: siege of the villages, conducting a search inside it. In case of resistance, the armed force must be wiped out and the population expelled outside the borders of the state.
There is a debate as to the status of Plan D, and how much it guided the actions of army soldiers on the ground before the state of Israel was declared. Was it a master plan for expulsion, or merely a contingency plan for wartime emergency? In any event, it didn't emerge from nowhere; but in a context in which talk of persuading Arabs to move out of the "Jewish state" by some means or other was common. After all, the state which we are told the Jewish agency willingly accepted in November 1947, while the Arabs turned down partition, was a Jewish state in name only: it was, after all 55 percent Jewish and 45 percent Palestinian. And the Zionist leadership clearly had no intention of settling for that.
The "new Israeli historians" Benny Morris and Ilan Pappe pre-eminently, turned over the official version of Israeli history, confirming much of the Palestinian narrative. Morris was to swing completely politically, to argue that the problem of 1948 was that the expulsion of the Palestinians didn't go far enough. Ari Shavit, on the other hand, acknowledges what happened as a crime: "The miracle is based on denial… Bulldozers razed Palestinian villages, warrants confiscated Palestinian land, laws revoked Palestinians' citizenship and annulled their homeland." But he justifies it nonetheless as the price that had to be paid to have an Israeli state at all.
Officially there is no recognition at all of Israel's responsibility for the nakba. Indeed 'celebrating' the nakba is now a criminal offence! Zochrot ("Remembrance") is an organisation that works to remedy the denial of Palestinian suffering and the destruction of Palestinian life in the Zionist collective memory, as an essential step towards achieving real reconciliation with the Palestinians (see items 15 & 16 below).
1. Healing Israel's Birth Scar
Tony Karom, Rootless Cosmopolitan, 9 Apr 2008
A personal account of a journey from a left-wing Zionist in the socialist Zionist youth movement Habonim and the pain of recognising what Israel's birth had meant to the Palestinians. "The idea that Jewish people would load civilians onto trucks at gunpoint and force them out of their homes and into the oblivion of refugee life was unthinkable for Jewish supporters of Israel, because they could not recognize themselves in such actions."
"The suppression of the history of the ethnic cleansing of 1948 within the Zionist movement — and its substitution by the frankly preposterous myth that had us believe that 700,000 people had turned themselves into refugees with nothing but the clothes on their backs in response to radio broadcasts telling them to do so — is premised on the idea that to admit and acknowledge what Israel had done to the Palestinians in 1948 would undermine the moral legitimacy of the State of Israel. But you have to wonder what moral legitimacy is established on the basis of falsehoods"…
2. A historical controversy: the causes of the Palestinian Refugee Problem
By Philip Mendes, Australian Jewish Democratic Society website, 20 Oct 2000
A comprehensive and informative overview of changing interpretations of the refugee problem since 1948. A good place to start; though it has nothing on the more recent work of Ilan Pappe.
3. Critical Analysis Of The Birth Of The Palestinian Refugee Problem
By Benny Morris, Palestine Remembered Website, 09 Sep 2001
An extract from Benny Morris's pioneering research, published as Righteous Victims, summarising his evidence about the expulsion of the Palestinians.
4. A Review of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe
Stephen Lendman, Global Research, 7 Feb 2007
After Benny Morris's initial contribution (see above), Ilan Pappe has been preeminent among Israeli historians exploring the nakba. This is a review of his The Ethnic Cleanising of Palestine which he called his "J'Accuse against the politicians who devised the plan and the generals who carried out the ethnic cleansing". The book includes a long discussion of Plan D.
5. Survival of the Fittest
Ari Shavit, Ha'aretz, 08 Jan 2004
An interview with Israeli historian Benny Morris about his two new books Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001 and Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited with an account of Israeli atrocities in 1947/8. As the standfirst to the interview says: "He [Morris] justifies the expulsion of the Arabs in 1948, bemoans the fact that the job was left unfinished and doesn't rule out future population transfers."
6. Love and anger about Israel: a conflict in books
Composite posting, JfJfP 18 May 2014
Ari Shavit, who interviewed Benny Morris (above), has his own way of justifying the terror of that period. In his book he is ruthlessly honest about the expulsion of 50,000-70,000 of the Arab residents of Lydda and the massacre of 70 civilians in a small mosque in July 1948. He calls this episode "our black box… [containing]… the dark secret of Zionism". But at the same time he sees them as "an inevitable phase of the Zionist revolution that laid the foundation for the Zionist state". "Lydda is an integral and essential part of our story."
In this compilation, Avi Shlaim reviews Shavit and Pappe's The Idea of Israel. And Deborah Maccoby revews both Shavit and Norman Finkelstein's Old Wine, Broken Bottle: Ari Shavit's Promised Land.
7. The Palestinian Nakba: Zionism, 'Transfer' and the 1948 Exodus
Nur Masalha, Global Dialogue, summer 2002
A long account by Palestinian historian Masalha, tackling core issues of Zionism: the 'empty land', the devaluation of the actual inhabitants of Palestine, and the centrality of the idea of 'transfer' as a solution to their presence. And, of course, the ethnic cleansing of 1947-49.
8. Ethnic Cleansing: Past, Present and Future
Ran HaCohen, 30 Dec 2002
The author argues that the ethnic cleaning that occurred with the formation of the state of Israel is denied by Israelis; and that ethnic cleansing continues in small ways to this day. "The fact is that Israelis and Israel-supporters do not refuse to learn from History: they deny History. The denied historical pattern keeps duplicating itself, and won't stop until its denial is stopped." "Just like we demand the Arabs to recognise the Holocaust, recognising the ethnic cleansing of 1948 is a precondition to reconciliation."
9. The Other Exodus
Erskine Childers, The Spectator, 11 May 1961
An important early recognition in the West of the terrible injustice done to the Palestinians in 1948. A careful demolition of the Israeli justifications for doing nothing, as exemplified by Abba Eban to the UN in 1957: "The responsibility of the Arab Government[s] is threefold. Theirs is the initiative for its creation. Theirs is the onus for its endurance. Above all—theirs is the capacity for its solution ."
Childers looked particularly at why the Palestinians left their homes and actually did some hard research (as Walid Khalidi had done before him). He found, for instance, "not a single order, or appeal, or suggestion about evacuation from Palestine from any Arab radio station, inside or outside Palestine, in 1948".
10. The Real Naqba
Uri Avnery, Gush Shalom, 06 Jun 2015
"Three weeks ago was Naqba Day – the day on which Palestinians inside and outside Israel commemorate their 'catastrophe' – the exodus of more than half of the Palestinian people from the territories occupied by Israel in the 1948 war. Each side has its own version of this momentous event. According to the Arab version, the Jews came from nowhere, attacked a peace-loving people and drove them out of their country. According to the Zionist version, the Jews had accepted the United Nations compromise plan, but the Arabs had rejected it and started a bloody war, during which they were convinced by the Arab states to leave their homes in order to return with the victorious Arab armies. Both these versions are utter nonsense – a mixture of propaganda, legend and hidden guilt feelings".
11. Brief History of the Palestinian Refugee & IDP Case
BADIL – Resource Centre for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
"Palestinian refugees and internally displaced Palestinians (IDPs) represent the largest and longest-standing case of forced displacement in the world today. On the 60th anniversary of the Nakba (or 'Catastrophe'), the destruction of Palestine and the massive displacement of Palestinians by Israel in 1948, two out of every five refugees in the world are Palestinian. At the beginning of 2007, there were approximately seven million Palestinian refugees and 450,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs), representing 70% of the entire Palestinian population worldwide (9.8 million). Palestinian refugees include those who became refugees following the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948 and the second Arab-Israeli war in 1967, as well as those who are neither 1948 nor 1967 refugees, but outside the area of former Palestine and unable or unwilling to return owing to a well-founded fear of persecution".
PDF version available here
This website provides a comprehensive database of the ethnically-cleansed Palestinian villages and cities from which the over 700,000 refugees originated.
13. Palestinian Displacement: A Case Apart?
Forced Migration Review, Aug 2006
"The August 2006 issue includes a major feature on Palestinian displacement. Twenty-eight articles by UN, Palestinian and international human rights organisations, Palestinian scholars in the diaspora and Jewish and Israeli activist groups examine the root causes of the displacement of Palestinians, the consequences of the failure to apply international humanitarian law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Palestinian entitlement to protection and compensation".
14. Israel's "new history" and the Palestinians
Avi Shlaim, openDemocracy, 4 Nov 2009
Sixty years after the events, historian Avi Shlaim looks back at the work of the "new historians" (of which he was one) who rewrote the prevailing Zionist narrative of the events of 1948 with new evidence from the archives and new interpretations.
15. The work of Zochrot – Remembering
Eitan Bronstein, Zochrot, JfJfP 12 Sep 2010
Bronstein writes:"Zionist collective memory [also] prevents Jews from acknowledging their part in the destruction, from accepting responsibility and, consequently, from achieving real reconciliation with the Palestinians. The Jewish people have not taken and do not take any action aimed at acknowledging their part in the Palestinians' suffering… Posting signs at destroyed Palestinian villages is part of a larger effort to bring civil and national equality to the country."
16. Remembering the Nakba: Israeli group puts 1948 Palestine back on the map
Ian Black, Guardian, 2 May 2014
Zochrot – "Remembering" – is an Israeli organisation, whose activists include Jews and Palestinians. It is dedicated to educating Israeli Jews about their history i.e. the Palestinian dispossession on which the state is founded. Black describes the upcoming launch of "an I-Nakba phone app which will allow users to locate any Arab village that was abandoned during the 1948 war on an interactive map, learn about its history (including, in many cases, the Jewish presence that replaced it), and add photos, comments and data".
17. The silent reminders of Israel's robbery
, Electronic Intifada, 28 Dec 2015
Irving reviews Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated Palestinian Villages of 1948 by Noga Kadman (Indiana University Press, 2015). Kadman, an Israeli tour guide and researcher for rights organisations such as B'Tselem and Zochrot, builds on the work of Walid Khalidi and Salman Abu Sitta to offer an analysis of how Israelis interact with and think about the remains and ruins the founding of their state created.
Contents of this section
a) Setting the scene: the hasbara (propaganda) war
b) Is criticism of Israel antisemitic?
Singling out Israel
Is Israel an apartheid society?
BDS and antisemitism
c) Can you have a Jewish and democratic state?
d) What is Zionism today?
e) The nature of the nakba
f) One state or two?
g) Is Hamas to blame? Is Gaza still occupied?
h) Right of return and law of return
i) The role of the JNF


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Living in the north appeared to be an arduous occupation this week. First of all our old adversary, the weather, was up to its usual tricks, leaving the pages of the local papers shivering with tales of lashing winds, rains and commuter tailbacks.
Some of the most dramatic pictures came with the Northern Echo's report from Darlington, where the river Tees burst its banks, resulting in flood waters four foot deep. An admiring Echo highlights the "slick getaway" of Ron Outhwaite, 60, who climbed on to the roof of his car to escape the deluge, before jumping across on to a rescuing wagon, all of this seemingly with a cigarette perched on his heroic bottom lip, Andy Capp style.
There were warnings of worse to come, with the Cumbria forecast giving particular cause for concern at the time of writing.
Amid this turmoil you might think the last thing drenched northerners needed was to hear one of their dignitaries going on BBC national radio and comparing his town to Beirut, as Jim Hothersall, mayor of Penwortham, near Preston, did this week. But the Northerner is prepared to give Jim the benefit of the doubt. He may have been reeling from the fact that police in his area had to encourage fearful householders to snub carol singers, and it is all too easy to comprehend how he may have been lured by a southern smoothie like Jeremy Vine into a rash comparison.
Indeed, what if Jim was mindful that Beirut is, as the first commenter on the Guardian's blog post on the matter suggests, one of the Middle East's safest cities? After all, it was only a couple of weekends ago that the Observer was reminding us that the formerly war-torn Lebanese capital is one of the hippest holiday destinations on the planet. With its swanky hotels, "sublime" food, and hip watering holes, could any other city be worthy of the label "the Penwortham of the east"?
Railroaded into infamy
It seems clear Mayor Jim was showing a characteristically northern propensity for cutting edge thinking, but in a week when that kind of thing was destined to come back and stab one in the backside.
For it was also a week when the north of England, birthplace of "the father of the railways", George Stephenson, home of the first steam-powered public railway, as well as the world's first inter-city passenger railway, indeed the very cradle of modern locomotive transport, fell prey to a cruel twist of history.
When government advisers announced the top 10 worst railway stations in Britain, the north had distinguished itself. It was specifically the north-west that did badly, providing seven of the top offenders. Few who have spent time at Wigan North Western or Warrington Bank Quay would, I imagine, object to their inclusion in the list. The latter, as the Guardian's picture gallery illustrates, is so functional of conception that it even boasts a no-kissing sign on its outside wall to make those brief encounters that little bit briefer.
But the inclusion of Crewe, one of the world's most historically significant stations, seemed a particularly vicious blow. The station, after which the town itself was named, formed a crucial and historic link between the English powerhouse cities of Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and London in the 19th century and was the first to benefit from its own station hotel, the Crewe Arms. The nickname of the local football team, Crewe Alexander, the Railwaymen, testifies to the significance of train links in the life of the Cheshire town. Nevertheless, in a twist of the knife, Crewe found itself not merely in the top 10 but elevated to the elite group of the three worst of the worst. There it was joined by Manchester's 165-year-old and still, I've always thought, rather handsome Victoria station. Well, there is no accounting for taste.
For the discerning puma consumer
Things are clearly not what they were. You cannot even buy a puma in a Newcastle pet shop any more. We were reminded of this sad fact as the Evening Chronicle celebrated the 80th birthday of Britain's oldest family run pet store, Robinson's.
You may have heard of poachers turned gamekeepers, but Robinson's owes its birth to a pioneering butcher turned animal care magnate, Edwin Robinson, who opened up in the city's Grainger market in 1929. Edwin's grandson, Nick Robinson, now runs the shop and recalls the days when pumas and monkeys crossed the counter. He told the Chronicle: "We didn't always have them in the store but we did when someone ordered one. I remember one time, a small bear was in there and another time we had a small elephant visit."
God and the machine
In hard times such as these, previous generations may have turned in their droves to the comforts of the church. The current economic crunch, however, has even taken a bite out of religion, with a Cumbrian bible-maker looking at the possibility of 150 redundancies. The "failed implementation of a new computer system" was cited as the main reason for the company's problems, demonstrating that in the moving in mysterious ways department, God comes a distant second to IT.
A scan of the current cultural landscape (OK, the Sun and the Star), suggests the people have looked beyond the traditional Christian comforts of our realm. The X Factor would appear to have become the people's opiate of choice, but this week we saw the dark side of Simon Cowell's bosom, as the north surveyed the damage wrought by dangerous levels of enthusiasm for the TV talent show. The Yorkshire Post reported how one young woman's desire to emulate judge Cheryl Cole's hairstyle landed her in hospital, suffering from a severe reaction to a hair dye. Meanwhile, five-year-old Corey Beaumont from Blackpool was transported into such paroxysms of delight by Jedward's progress that he broke his arm celebrating. Who will deliver us from this irresistible menace?
Perhaps God will intervene and reassert himself. Perhaps the apocalypse is already upon us. There have already been bad omens, possible forewarnings of biblical-style plagues to come. There was an outbreak of exploding condensed milk in Bamber Bridge that injured a motorcyclist and caused "gridlock". Then there was the harrowing tale, fresh out of Nelson, of the dog who got her head stuck chasing a rat ("She was wagging her tail when she got out" – spooky). And if you are not convinced that something serious and supernatural is afoot, behold St Helens "funnyman" Johnny Vegas, transformed into a penguin.
It has been a week of bad news for the north, admittedly, but the Hull Daily Mail's website introduced us to someone who might be able to persuade those with itchy feet to stay put. Enid Savill has stayed in the same Marton Grove council house for 60 years and in her video on the website she gives the full guided tour. She clearly still loves the place. "I've had really happy times and lots of memories," she says. "The area has changed but people still look out for each other."
It is grim up north sometimes, but sometimes it seems less grim than everywhere else.
The Northerner recommends
On a week in which the north-west's locomotive reputation took a battering, why not sample the grandeur of the Settle-Carlisle line, rated the second-greatest railway journey in the world.


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I have been associated with the Boys and Girls Club of Kalamazoo for about 10 years and during that period, I have been impressed and amazed by their impact in our community.
The Club has three locations, all in very depressed neighborhoods that serve at-risk kids, primarily those of African American and Latino background.
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|On Jan 27, 2014, jf82 Boise, ID wrote:
The persimmon trees I ordered from this nursery were a huge disappointment! The height of the trees that I ordered was achieved by the rootstock instead of the graft. The grafted part was 8� long one year growth! It will take a long time before I see any fruit on these trees! In addition to that, half of the trees did not break dormancy. I chose not to contact the nursery about replacing the trees simply because I was so disappointed in them. I have since replaced all the dead trees with a lot larger trees from other reputable nurseries that did not cost me nearly as much. I have to admit that England�s Nursery offers a good variety of trees but the quality is simply not there.
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Posted on August 28, 2012, updated October 8, 2012
On October 8th, 2012, TreeLover12 added the following:
Well, i am VERY disappointed with the company's response. THESE WAS NO EMAIL to let me know they were going to ship or that they shipped the trees!!! Whey never denied it when i contacted them. Second, we did mulch the trees when they were planted in the fall, in addition to mulch we covered them with newspaper they were packaged in and threw some leaves on top. The pictures were taken in August. I removed all the newspaper/leaves/mulch during the summer when it was clear that the trees were dead. There were absolutely no roots sticking out. The trees were planted at the same depth as they were in the nursery. If it was possible to post a picture here i would have. The roots were at least 4 inches below the ground. I could measure it because i had the trees. They made their estimates based on the pictures! I am sorry but that is simply impossible to do! It seems that the company's slogan is: BLAME THE CUSTOMER no matter what. The absolutely worst experience buying trees online for me. Nothing comes even close.
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President Obama says "America cannot afford another debate" over the debt limit. In one respect he's right, the debate is over – we need to cut spending. Fitch Ratings made it clear today that America's national debt is undermining our economy, and that raising the debt limit without making serious spending cuts and reforms could result in another credit downgrade for the United States:
- "The United States risks losing its AAA credit rating from Fitch if any deal to raise the legal borrowing limit does not include a plan to put public finances on a more sustainable footing." (CNN Money)
- "The agency said that even if a deal on the debt ceiling was agreed, if the government did not implement a credible plan to cut its deficit, it was likely to downgrade US debt later this year in any case." (BBC)
- "Fitch also warned that fundamental strengths in the US economy were being undermined by the weight of debt and associated strains." (AFP)
Ratings agency S&P made a similar warning in 2011 when it downgraded the U.S., noting that reforming and preserving our entitlement programs is the "key to long-term fiscal sustainability."
"The American people do not support raising the debt ceiling without reducing government spending at the same time," said Speaker John Boehner. "The House will do its job and pass responsible legislation that controls spending, meets our nation's obligations and keeps the government running, and we will insist that the Democratic majority in Washington do the same."


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The night light has been snuffed!
Neighbors of Coney Island Hospital say they can finally get some rest now that the Hurricane Sandy-battered facility has adjusted a blinding night light that for weeks had blasted blinding light through their windows.
"For the first time in a long while, I got a good night sleep last night," said Ed Lane, who lives across the street from the urgent care center's E. Sixth Street entrance near Shore Parkway.
The Sheepshead Bay medical center erected four, 20-foot-tall, gas-powered halogen lamps outside of its ad-hoc urgent care center, which was removed to E. Sixth Street following damage the hospital sustained by Hurricane Sandy, and earlier this week residents said the blinding lights were making them queasy.
"It's extremely bright," Lane told the Courier last week. "It almost makes you a little nauseous when you stare at them."
A hospital spokesman said he was unaware the lights were a problem until informed by this newspaper, and couldn't say when they would be removed. But he said the lights are not permanent, and a rejiggering of them could solve the problem.
"I suggested to the engineering people to knock out two of the four lights, and to reposition the lights to prevent any ambient light form going to E. Sixth Street and Shore Parkway," said Robert Cooper.
The lights have now been angled away from nearby houses and towards the entrance of the urgent care center they were erected to illuminate, according to Lane.
"Everything is nice now, the lights are below the windows, and they're aiming down at the parking lot where they belong," he said. "Now people can see in the parking lot, not into my windows."
The lights were erected about two weeks after the storm in order to provide a safe condition for patients coming and going from the hospital as they walked through the dividing parking lot, and to provide additional security for trailers filled with construction equipment that are left unattended during the night, according to Cooper.
Coney Island Hospital received extensive damage during Hurricane Sandy, suffering flooding in the basement and first-levels of ever building of the extensive, 371-bed medical facility, which now requires roughly $200 million worth of repairs, according to Alan Aviles, of the city's Health and Hospitals Corporation, which manages the city-run facility.
Schumer said that he's hopeful the House of Representatives will pass the bill giving the city $60 billion in federal aid — including $810 million to rebuild area hospitals — when it comes to the house floor next week, and that the hospital could see the money as soon as next month.
"If they vote for it on the 15th it could be on the president's desk in about two and half weeks," Schumer said. "And the way these programs are structured, it could make its way to the hospital pretty quickly after that."Reach reporter Colin Mixson at cmixson@cn
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The subdued, earthy sweetness of maple syrup is luscious drizzled on desserts or as the foil to salty bacon on a plate of waffles. But it works deliciously, too, as the balancing ingredient in a simple cider vinaigrette. This fabulous maple vinaigrette recipe is perfect to use on spinach salad with bacon and hardboiled egg, or to dress this crisp slaw. The dressing's tangy-sweetness complements the crunchy cabbage and apples, a smidgen of creamy, sharp Gorgonzola and spicy-sweet maple pecans. (Note: Besides being a delicious slaw topper, the maple pecans are irresistible with a glass of white wine, or crushed and baked into homemade shortbread.)
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) announced Thursday that the state had reached its first-year goal of signing up 322,000 residents for the Healthy Michigan Plan eight months early. About 477,000 Michigan residents are eligible for the Health Michigan Plan, the state's expanded Medicaid program for low-income residents. To be eligible, individuals cannot qualify for or be enrolled in Medicare or other Medicaid programs and must have income at or below 133 percent of the poverty level. Michigan also exceeded enrollment predictions for its individual marketplace, with 272,539 enrolling by March 31, according to the Detroit Free Press. The estimate was about 190,000.


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Tri-City Healthcare District has purchased a one-story, 6,123-square-foot medical building in Oceanside from Rady Children's Hospital for $1.4 million, officials announced Monday.
Located on Waring Road, the building is on 1.4 acres just north of Tri-City Medical Center. Hospital officials said that purchasing the building allows Tri-City to expand existing outpatient programs such as cardiac rehabilitation and occupational medicine, as well as offering more medical office space.
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Charlotte M. Nutting, 88, of Los Altos, CA, originally of Gothenburg, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at her home.
Nutting was born July 21, 1922, to Einar and Vollga (Karlson) Gustafson at Gothenburg.
She was preceded in death by: her parents, Einar and Vollga Gustafson; a brother, Dr. Paul V. Gustafson.
Survivors include: her husband, George W. Nutting of Los Altos; her son, George E. Nutting of Los Altos; two brothers—Carlton E. (Julie) Gustafson of Altadena, CA, and Don (Donna) Gustafson of Omaha; several nieces and nephews.
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Towards the end of a financial year seasoned bank chairmen are believed to apply some shrewd tricks of business. This in turn, helps them achieve RBI projected loan and deposit growth at the drop of a hat in the last seven days before book closures. Call it window dressing or whatever, this is the traditional practice.
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The loan growth numbers for most banks in FY13, despite being lower than their initial targets, would not have been as bad as the market was fearing, given the weakness in the economy. But a decent chunk of that growth could well be 'inorganic' in nature.
Towards the end of a financial year seasoned bank chairpersons are known to use a few tricks of the trade to achieve RBI projected loan and deposit growth in the last seven days before their book closures. Call it window dressing or whatever, this is the traditional practice.
The non-food credit or the amount banks lend to individuals and companies, had risen 14.03% year-on-year to Rs 51.66 lakh crore as on March 22, 2013 missing the 16% goal projected by the Reserve Bank of India in 2012-13. However, this is always expected to spurt in the last seven days of the financial year.
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A bank chairman just calls up his potential clients to remind them of their sanctioned loan limits, which they are not yet availed of. Loan sanction limits loses validity after a certain period of time. Using his/her special power, he/she offers some relaxation on the prevailing rate of interest (read spread over and above base rate).
After availing those short term loans many big companies would route those money through their subsidiaries, which in many cases park the same money into the bank's short term deposit schemes ranging from 3 days to two weeks.
"The practice is evident when you will find most of the board meetings happen in last week of the financial year. A chairman is the head of a bank's board also. He gets all those proposals passed by the board to facilitate transactions. There is nothing wrong in it. Ultimately, he is not committing any fraud," said a former CMD of a state-owned bank on condition of anonymity.
Is it a kind of fraud?
Certainly not! Rather, it is the reality of banking business. According to some senior bankers, the central bank is fully aware of it. However, RBI does not interfere banks' day to day business.
"The central bank is supposed to identify violation of norms. In this case, nothing is violated. RBI will never do something that hurts the general flow of the business. It is not here to pull up stings deliberately," quipped a senior banking analyst from large domestic brokerage.
The play of interest margin
There is no fear of margin loss. For example, a bank really cannot disburse a loan to any AAA rated company below its base rate. It only allows a reduction in spread, which is added over and above the base rate. Currently, the lowest base rate is 9.60% offered by HDFC Bank. So a discounted rate may come around 10 percent. However, bulk deposit rates will be around 8-9% range.
"This is a win-win situation for both banks and borrowers," a former chairman and managing director of a large public sector bank told moneycontrol.com.
"A company gets a dream rate while a bank achieves huge business volume at the cost of a little margin sacrifice. Even after considering CRR and SLR obligations, a lender continues to earn decent interest margin. A corporate honcho is always happy to do this as the practice ensures good relation with a bank" he said.
Cash Reserve Ratio or CRR is the portion of deposits that banks need to keep with the RBI at 4%. Statutory Liquidity Ratio or SLR is the portion of deposits that banks are mandated to keep in government securities. Currently, it stands at 23%.
The corporate angle…
It is undeniable that companies too are supposed to meet some year-end sales target. This leads to some working capital demand. Moreover, companies also buy assets to get the tax benefits on account of depreciation for the full year. For example, a company may buy vehicles at the year-end and thereby, avail the depreciation benefits.
"Like banks, corporates need to shore up sales by the year-end. This is a seasonal phenomenon. I am not sure whether it happens globally," said a senior official from a rating agency.


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With the dust settled and the votes counted, the results of the 2012 elections will have a significant impact on the private club industry in many different ways. Come join Brad Steele, NCA's vice president of government relations and general counsel, as he reviews what took place in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate races and what the results will mean for our industry. He will also provide expert analysis of the White House result and discuss what policies we can expect from the man who holds the keys to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Drug jars were sometimes decorated with unusual scenes. Elephants were a common feature at royal zoos, but were still considered very exotic and unusual and were clearly the inspiration for the illustration. Albarello vases, with their characteristic hourglass shape and multicoloured decoration, originated in Persia. This shape was developed so that many jars could be put on one shelf yet each still be safely removed by grasping it around the middle. This type of decorated pottery is known as maiolica (or majolica) and is believed to be named after the island of Majorca, where the finest pots of this type were said to be made.
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When it comes to pregnancy, there are more superstitions around than you can shake a stick at. As a Jewish mama-to-be, Ive already been asked by friends and relatives if I will allow baby stuff in the house before my twins come (its considered bad luck in Jewish culture to buy anything for the unborn).
Many of these old wives tales are deeply rooted in cultural traditions that probably came about as a way to explain miscarriages or then-mysterious birth defects. And while medical science can now offer us explanations for many pregnancy-related symptoms, for some women, it doesn't hurt to follow science and superstition.
Here are some of the most bizarre pregnancy dos and donts from cultures around the world...
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1: Ugandan
Theres a Creedance Clearwater Revival song that goes, Dont go out tonight theres a bad moon on the rise. Talk about a bad moon: some Ugandans believe if a pregnant woman sees an eclipse, her baby will have a harelip, also known as a cleft palate. The disfigurement occurs in approximately 1 in 500 to 1 in 700 births worldwide.
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2: Chinese
When it comes to pregnancy superstitions, the Chinese have plenty. For one, pregnant women are advised to keep a knife under the bed to protect their unborn babies from evil spirits. (Can you really knife a spirit anyway?). Rub your tummy too much? Some Chinese people say this will produce a spoiled child.
And Im not sure where one would even procure a chicken tongue, but according to superstition, rubbing it on a babys lips will ensure that he or she becomes an eloquent speaker.
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3: Turkish
If a Turkish woman steals an object while shes pregnant, its thought that the baby will be born with a birthmark in the shape of the looted booty. Pity the kid whose mom pilfered a Shake Weight!
Turkish women are also discouraged from staring at monkeys, bears, or other animals; its said that if you look at an animal or person too often, your kid will end up looking like it! Thats why Ive been spending time staring at pictures of Bradley Cooper — so my son can have that hot douchebag look.
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4: Native American
Native Americans believe that you are what you eat — or rather, that your baby will be affected by what you consume during those nine months. Berries are thought to cause birthmarks, salmon is said to make weak ankles, and seagulls will supposedly cause you to have a crybaby. Better lay off the seagull piccata, ladies!
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5: Malaysian
Expectant Malaysian parents are discouraged from sitting at the top of a staircase since a blocked passage is sure to prolong the babys delivery. (And you thought it was because you were trying to pass a seven-pound bowling ball out your vagina!) Its also believed that Malay women should not kill animals lest their child take on the features of the slain beast.
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6: Polynesian
You already knew that Mai Tais and Blue Hawaiians were off-limits during pregnancy, but did you know that you cant get leid either? Many Hawaiians believe that if a mom-to-be wears a lei around her neck, her baby will be strangled by the umbilical cord.
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7: Indian
A Hindu belief says that the numbers seven and nine are lucky in pregnancy, while the number eight is not. Hence why the seventh or ninth months of pregnancy are the best times to hold a baby shower.
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8: Jewish
In addition to the no-buying-baby-stuff thing, some Jews also believe that a pregnant woman should avoid funerals and burials. Jewish mystics say that souls may linger around cemeteries, and they could be hazardous for an expectant mother. (This is another superstition I tested when my husband implored me to go with him to visit Ayn Rands gravesite while I was knocked up).
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9: Polish
Youve no doubt heard the one about walking under a ladder being bad luck (pregnant or not), but Polish elders take it a step further. Legend has it that if a pregnant woman does this, her baby will be very tiny. Great, a new way to tease us short people: Hey, your mother was an under-ladder walker!
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10: Jamaican
This superstition is surely Ja-makin many new moms crazy: When a baby is born, their umbilical cord must not fall on the floor. The new mom must bury it in the ground within three days of the birth and then plant a tree on the same spot. (And you thought you had enough to do figuring out how to work that Diaper Genie!) The tree is known as the baby's tree or "navel-string" tree and is thought to bring good luck to the family.
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11: American
In the U.S., a woman is often told that if she looks bad or tired during her pregnancy she's having a girl because a female fetus "steals her beauty." The "ring over the belly" test is also popular across the country; many believe that if you dangle your wedding ring over your belly on a string, and it swings back and forth, it's a boy. If it moves in a circle, you're having a girl.
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Maybe you could change it so each animator is stuck on different islands. And they all solve there own problems. Kinda like Matt Gillan's idea but then the animators choose what they do on the island.
"Littlebrick" wrote: I'll be a hermit that appears in one episode and steals everyone's food. And I'll have the only working computer with a working internet connection on the island.
Of course, it would be a Mac. 😉
Keep expanding on the idea Timothy Ratner and maybe this project could run nicely.
I still really like this idea.
Small cruise ship that sinks off shore, that would be better than a plane, it's too like Lost then.
Like the idea, it would make a great brickfilm, but community project, not sure, I have the same concerns as Lord of the Lego.
Wells as Matt Gillan stated before and I expanded on, maybe people could be lost on different islands and they choose how the become stranded then how they survive and eventually get off the island. That way none of the sets need to be the same and all the films could be worked together. I've been trying to think how Timothy Ratner could expand this project.
I'm new here, but would still like to do this. It seems like an interesting idea.
Edit: okay, I have a few ideas. everyone is on a cruise ship when it starts to storm. The captains voice blares over the intercom: "Please go to the lifeboats. This isn't a drill. " everyone starts paniking and runs to the lifeboats. One life boat capsizes, throwing someone into the water.
I have been trying to say from the beginning that the project would not work unless each was on a different island. Oh well way to expand on it Siggitona.
Oh, I completely forgot about this, well, I thought it would stay dead, but apparently others are interested, cool ideas, guys.
this is agood idea but then i need lots of trees and plants but ok if this idea will be acsepted then im in ❗
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NEWSLETTER FOR ADULT EDUCATORS IN AFRICA: (Please pass on through your networks)
Shirley Walters, Deputy President for Africa, International Council for Adult Education (ICAE)
Dear Colleagues
Warm greetings and best wishes for 2017! I wish to give you brief news updates from ICAE and related activities which I am aware of, and invite you to share some of your information which can in turn be shared with others.
A newsflash from ICAE: There have been three ICAE staff resignations and this is encouraging the Executive Committee (EXCO) to reassess where the ICAE office is located. As you will know, currently it is in Montevideo, Uruguay, although staff are working from several different countries and in this way ICAE is really a 'networked organisation'. Before any decisions are taken, there will be communication with members from the secretariat. Various options are currently being explored.
2016 was a very busy year for ICAE related activities: I will not be comprehensive and repeat what is on the ICAE website….but will point to activities that I was involved in directly. These include the World Social Forum held in Montreal, Canada in August; the Association for Women in Development (AWID) conference in Bahia, Brazil in September and the Gender Education Office (GEO) meeting held during the same time; the French speaking IALLA Course was coordinated by Aminata Diallo Boly based in Burkina Faso, where the launch of the Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE 3) took place, also Unesco's Rethinking Education Report. In addition, several members of the ICAE Exco participated in Unesco Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Third Think Tank Meeting on Lifelong Learning on 27 and 28 September. A productive Exco Meeting was held in Amman, Jordan in early October to coincide with Arab Network Meetings. All of the reports mentioned, should you be interested, can be found online. I was also pleased to meet up with colleagues at University of Botswana in Gaberone in November.
Reflecting back over these meetings, I am struck by the amazing work being done by adult educators and activists, often against great odds. We are at a time globally where the fault lines of differences in political approaches are becoming more and more stark, with those determined to fight for a more equal, socially and ecologically justice planet on one side, with others more concerned to build 'fortress economies' for the few, on the other. It's a time when, more than ever, we need to work collectively and together, to attain our ideals. A book which highlights some of the great work being done will soon be published entitled: Forging solidarity: Popular Education at Work, SENSE Publishers, Amsterdam, with co-editors Astrid von Kotze and myself.
I am purposefully keeping this short, so that we can translate and pass around to begin to get communications flowing more easily amongst us – forward to a stronger African Adult Education forum in 2017! Please share what you are doing.
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Jul 31, 2010 - 12:45 am
Wow. After reading this through... it's pretty depressing. I just thought I'd put in a disclaimer, so if you're looking for warm, inspirational stories. This one isn't it. :(
My mom died (at age 62) from bile duct and colon cancer 8 days ago. She was diagnosed 11 months ago, and she "perfectly health" except for the cancer. (So the doctors told us.) Three weeks ago she went into the hospital with severe abdominal pains, the next week she was moved to a hospice facility. Then she died after a week of being there. (We had gone shopping and out to lunch the week before she went into the hospital.) Two days before she died she was sitting up in a chair laughing at the doctor and making jokes. I wasn't there when she passed away. After sitting with her for a week, I went to work a half day. She passed away after I was at work for 2 hours. I'm only 26 and she was my best friend. She was the glue that held our small family together, and I feel most of that pressure has been put on my shoulders. I feel lost and unbelievably sad everyday. I just returned to work yesterday, and I'm so sick of hearing people say how sorry they are for my loss. And then that makes me feel guilty for feeling that way. I realized last night that I will never get to have another conversation with her about our tv favorite shows again, and it was a whole new gut wrenching blow. It really is the little things... and I can't wait to be able to take a deep breath without feeling like I'm missing half my heart.
I guess I just needed to say it "out loud." Everyone says they are there if you need to talk, but I don't think anyone (my friends/family) want to hear how absolutely devastated I feel. Does anyone else feel like their friends just try to make you "feel better?" I don't think anyone can make me feel better, and it's annoying to hear them try. Am I insane for feeling this way?
Jul 31, 2010 - 6:44 am
Jet, you're as normal as the sunrise, and in the world of grief, the little things are the killers! But you have a challenge that's bigger than losing your beloved mother. She went so fast that you haven't had a chance to process hardly any of it, which is why you feel so crazy. Step up your self care, sweetie. See if you can get some grief counseling, too, because your heart/mind is dealing with the most sudden, traumatic event of your life.
Your mother was probably such a character! I suspect that she waited for you to go to work to leave the earth world. Don't feel guilty, there is nothing to feel guilty about.
I admire your honesty. You don't want to feel better, you just wanna cry, and that's okay, too.
Aug 06, 2010 - 11:45 am
I lost my husband after a six year fight with colon cancer in Oct. 2009. Everything you wrote rings a bell. Yes, I got and still get tired of hearing people say they are sorry for my loss, But I still say the same thing to others. I don't think most of us know what else to say. The truth is I am sorry for others losses. I know that the words don't really help, but over time I have found that just knowing people care does help a little. Your grief is still new. I won't tell you that time will make it better, but time has at least made it a little easier for me. Right now it is so raw that you can't really believe that anyone else understands how much it hurts. Remember that many others have experienced losses, too. Their experiences are not exactly like yours, but they do have some understanding of what you are going through. It might help to find a grief group or a grief counselor. Don't be afraid to talk to friends or family either. I have found that talking or even keeping a journal does help. Allow yourself to grieve in your time and in your way. Come here and to the grief and bereavement thread to share your grief. It does help and many here are experiencing similar feelings. You are not alone. And yes it is the little things that really hurt, those every day things you used to share. I still hear a joke and miss not telling it to my husband. I miss sharing my accomplishments or my problems. I even miss telling him about the deer I see on the road or in our yard. I can't tell you how many times a day I think of him and think how much he would like something or not like it. It is not easy, but our good memories help us keep moving forward. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other and take care of yourself now. Fay
Jul 31, 2010 - 3:37 pm
I would not know what to say to some one , other than sorry for your loss. I would rather have them say something than turn and walk away for fear off hurting you.
Aug 02, 2010 - 11:23 pm
I'm the same way. Some people want to be surrounded by others and don't want to be alone when grieving, while others like me withdraw from the world. I don't want to be around people, not for awhile, and that is ok. No reason to feel guilty.
Aug 06, 2010 - 12:11 am
Hi Jet Sweetie,
I'm a mom with breast cancer, & I have a daughter that's 30yrs. old. And we are close, like you, and your mom were. It breaks my heart to hear how sad you are, & if I were your mom, I would hate for you to feel so bad. So I'm trying to get my daughter ready, for what your going through. But I don't really think you can be prepared for such a devastating change in your life. You need to let yourself grieve, & do it for as long as you need. Why do you feel the pressure has been put on your shoulders? Do you have any siblings, or aunt's , or a dad, or even a close friend that you can talk to?
I don't know if I can help you feel better, about not being there when she died, or the way you feel about your last days together. I can only tell you how I'd feel if I died tomorrow. I would not think twice about you not being there when I died, in fact I'd rather you weren't, because I wouldn't want you to see it. When we die, we aren't alone. God is there with us, and it's not scary at all. And I would want you to remember us having lunch, and laughing together. I would be so grateful that we got to be together, and happy. Those things would be my wish.
When those people tell you that they're sorry, it's because they don't really know what to say, so they say that. Even though it's a stupid thing to say, they mean well. I will pray for you, & my daughter tonight to have the strength that I know you both have. God will answer me, & you. In fact I feel that he already has answered us. can you feel that feeling I just had, of weight being lifted from your shoulder's?
I hope I don't sound like some crazy old lady, but after reading your post I felt I should talk to you. God Bless you honey.
Aug 06, 2010 - 8:15 am
I have been tired, having difficulty with sleep with my stomach feeling tight and pressured. Yesterday, I mowed the lawn and needed to nap for two hours. I did manage to enamel my basement door. I could not understand why I felt such dread combined with fatigue, until I remembered that it was the 4th anniversary of my mother's death. I'm waiting for my migraine symptoms to kick in as I type this.
Love, Courage, and Peace of Mind,
Aug 06, 2010 - 10:53 am
Rick, I'm sorry to hear about your heart ache, and your body, due to your mom's death. Were you two really close? That was a stupid ques., because I have a son & we are. I am so worried that my son(he's 37) will feel like you, if the cancer takes me. And I don't want either of you to hurt, because your mom isn't hurting. She went on the greatest adventure of her life, to the most wonderful place in her life. After reading what you've been through, and have accomplished after your cancer, your my new hero. I'm sure she was very proud of you. I hope you feel better today, & God Bless.
Aug 06, 2010 - 6:03 pm
My mother was the last remaining member of our immediate family, my brother died in 1994 and my father died in 1998. I was my mom's care giver during the last five years of her life. She inspired me to begin work on my second masters degree, but never lived to see my diploma. She was the strongest person I knew, having survived the deaths of her own parents, all of her siblings, her youngest son, and her husband. Mom and I were the sole "survivors" and on August 5, 2006, there was only me.
Love, Prayers, and Peace of Mind!
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Aug 07, 2010 - 11:08 pm
Jet, What a horrible situation you have found yourself in, through no fault of your own. I believe that everything happens for a reason, in this case, it may well have been orchestrated my your Mom and God. I must say, I agree with Barbara; I have seen patients wait until their family member left the hospital room before they died. I have witnessed this as my youngest child died after my father had visited him but before my husband and I made it to the hospital that morning. My paternal grandmother died in the very early hours of a cold winter's day, while I was at her side. She and I had had many conversations about her life and the effects that the loss of my grandfather had on her quality of life. She wanted to be with him in Heaven, Most of our family members wanted her to stay here with us, Grandma choose to go to Heaven to be with him and I gave her permission to do so. A few moments later, with just the two of us in the room, she peacefully died as I held her hand and talked to her about all of the fishing and boating that she would soon be enjoying with Grandpa. It's almost as if the individual who is dying knows that this particular loved one would not be able to handle the family member dying while she was in the room. Part of me has always felt that it is a very tender, soft gesture, the last gift that they can give you, a person they love and are still trying to protect; the last overt, loving gesture that the ill individual gives to the healthy individual.
Give yourself time to grieve. Take time for yourself; walk, read, cook, clean...do whatever it is that you feel that you want to do. There is no right or wrong in this process. Try your hardest to stay involve other people, try to not block yourself off from others. I find that during these so very low points in life, that I am most likely find more people offering random acts of kindness. I will pray for you. Please, let me know how you are getting along. Kellie


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A native of Clarke County, Mr. Johnson was a son of Edna Newton Johnson, Athens, and the late Oren D. Jones.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Bradford officiating. Bural will be in Spaulding.
Survivors, in addition to his mother, include two sisters, Angelica Bankston and Debra Bradford, both of Athens; a brother, Clinton Bankston, Athens; his grandmother, Lola Mae Johnson, Athens; nieces and nephews.
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All-Star Teams Are Announced, Another Ace Goes Down & More!
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It's hard to believe, but the MLB All-Star break is now upon us. So much has happened in the first half of the season, and this week was no different. Let's get to it!
All-Star Teams Finally Set
After being released towards the beginning of last week, the All-Star rosters are finally set following the All-Star Final Vote and the adjustment of the teams due to injuries and starting pitchers having thrown to close to Tuesday's game.
Fans in Chicago had to be elated at the results of the Final Vote, as it was a clean sweep for the Windy City with Chris Sale and Anthony Rizzo both earning a spot on the respective teams. Rizzo, especially, has a reason to be proud, as he was the leading vote getter among all of the players eligible.
Much like every year, there were a few players who have a right to be upset about the results of the voting. Los Angeles Angels starter Garrett Richards has been one of the best pitchers in all of baseball this year but didn't get the nod, and Miami Marlins third baseman Casey McGehee didn't make the cut even though he leads all third basemen in hits, and leads National League third basemen in RBI's.
It's impossible to create a team like this without leaving out some worthy players, however, so it's tough to get too upset. With as much talent as there is in baseball, this would be a difficult game to bet on, but if I had to guess I'd say that the National League will wind up taking this one home. Who do you think was the biggest ASG snub? And what are your predictions for the game?
Home Run Derby Contestants Named
One of the best parts of baseball's All-Star weekend is undoubtedly the Home Run Derby. This year should be no different in terms of excitement, especially considering the heavy hitters that are on both squads.
For the American League, Jose Bautista and reigning champion Yoenis Cespedes should be considered the favorites, but Brian Dozier, Adam Jones and Josh Donaldson certainly won't be pushovers. With the new bracket-style format, I expect that Cespedes will again make his way to the finals.
Over on the National League side of things, youngsters Giancarlo Stanton and Yasiel Puig headline a team that's full of pop. They also have a former champion on their side in Justin Morneau, but Todd Frazier and Troy Tulowitzki can't be forgotten. Ultimately, I think Stanton's raw power will allow him to advance to take on Cespedes.
If the final ends up being Stanton and Cespedes like I predict, we're going to be in for quite a show. Stanton has become known for the light tower power that he exhibits, and Cespedes put himself on the scene last year with his performance. When it comes down to it, though, I'm taking Stanton to win it all. Who's your pick in this year's Derby? How do you feel about the new bracket format?
Tanaka To Miss Time With Elbow Issues
The dreaded injury bug has taken claim to yet another promising young arm, this time being New York Yankees star Masahiro Tanaka. After leaving against Cleveland this week, the initial reports aren't that promising, though they could definitely be worse.
It was reported that Tanaka has a partial tear of his ulnar collateral ligament. This is the last thing you want to hear about a pitcher, as it's tears in this ligament that often result in the infamous Tommy John surgery, which can keep players out for over a year.
Fortunately for the Yankees and Tanaka, it doesn't appear to warrant surgery at this point. They're going to go with a six-week plan of rest, rehab and platelet-rich-plasma therapy, which is known to drastically improve recovery times in injuries involving tendons.
It's far too early to make any judgment regarding the injury, but this could doom the Yankees. Their starting pitching took a hit with the loss of CC Sabathia last week, and Tanaka has been infinitely more important to the team thus far. You have to wonder if the years of strain placed on his arm in Japan had anything to do with this injury. If this injury winds up being season-ending, do you think it could affect the contracts of others making the jump from international leagues to the MLB?
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As a daily traveler along Johnny Mercer Boulevard, I add my protest in support of recent Letters to the Editor regarding proposed changes.
If Chatham County feels compelled to spend more money here on the islands, I suggest they consider spending those funds on reducing the speeding that threatens life and limb. I'm sure that can be accomplished without further reduction in the ever-diminishing tree coverage.
While planting more trees to compensate for any tree reduction seems a good idea, I doubt that I will live another 75-100 years to benefit from the county's planning. To coin a phrase, "Why fix it if it ain't broke?"
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You want change? Then do it the right way
The First Amendment makes it firm there is a separation of church and state.Why do some keep trying to mix religion in government and politics?
Let us be honest. If this nation was 100 percent Christian, we would still have to have separation. We all believe a little differently. Don't we think we are right and everyone else is wrong? Is that not the reason we attend the church of our choice?
I say the words "Christian nation" when referring to helping those in need. I hate to hear these words when used to defend taking away the rights of others.
I say "no" to school prayer because I don't want my grandkids exposed to the Koran.
We have big problems made far worse and harder to solve because we have dragged religion into politics.
I believe there are a lot of good folk with good intentions who believe they can use man's laws to change the morals of this nation.
History proves that is not possible. This nation tried prohibition and it made everything worse.
People, it is now the way it's always been. You want real change it has to be done the right way, the hard way. Fill our churches. Change men's hearts.