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Thanksgiving Host or Hostess Gift Ideas
Family is a Blessing
Hosting any family gathering is not a job for the faint of heart; hosting Thanksgiving is even more difficult because of the high expectations that guests always hold.
Some want pumpkin pie just like their grandmother used to make; others want baked squash with maple syrup or Thanksgiving will be a disaster; still others bicker about the wine, the rolls, the method used to cook the turkey.
Smoothing over all the bumps, making a delicious meal, and actually enjoying the holidays with your family and friends is no small job. Here are some thank you gift ideas for your hard-working host or hostess.
The Gift of Doing
Sometimes the best gift you can give a host is the gift of help. Offer to come a day early and help clean and prepare the house. This is more appropriate if the host is a close friend or family member.
Clean, vacuum, chop vegetables and do some prep cooking. On the day of Thanksgiving, you can help by bringing a side dish, Thanksgiving cookies, or beverages. You can also help prepare food, set out snacks, or set the table.
Better yet, after the meal, you can tackle some dishes.
Would you rather give a physical gift, or the gift of 'doing'?
Preparation is Hard Work
A Gift From Home
If you are visiting another state or region, bring your host a gift from your home. Those from New Hampshire or Vermont can bring a small jug of pure maple syrup. If you are visiting from Georgia, bring a jar of locally made peach preserves. Whatever it is, your host will appreciate the thought and the piece of your home you have brought to their home.
Bring Your Best Home Goods
Unless the host is a non-drinker, wine is always a safe gift. You can find great white, red, and dessert wine for well under $20, and even under $10.
To spice up the gift, choose a wine that is locally made, if possible. Try an organic wine or a small bottle of a specialty wine, like ice wine.
If you want to go bigger, bring them a wine gift basket. No matter the size, they're sure to appreciate your thoughtfulness.
When picking out a wine to give, consider not only the tastes of your host or hostess, but also how many people might be at the celebration. If there is going to be a lot of people, maybe opt to buy a couple bottles instead of just one.
In case you are wondering what type of wine goes with turkey, you may want to ask how the turkey will be prepared.
How to Select a Wine:
- For a roasted turkey, consider a Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc.
- For a deep fried turkey, consider a Zinfandel or a Chardonnay.
- For a smoked turkey, consider Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon.
No matter how the turkey is prepared though, keep dry wines for the meal and sweet wines for dessert. I have to credit the amazing Wine Enthusiast blog for this helpful information!!
Spruce up your wine gift
Holiday Decorations
After Thanksgiving, the mad rush to Christmas begins. You can give your host a nice, gentle start to the hectic season by offering beautiful – preferably handmade, holiday decorations.
A painted gourd tree ornament or a gift-in-a-jar with a cookie recipe and cookie cutter are both practical and thoughtful. Do your research online and find some cute craft ideas that you think your host would enjoy.
Some other ideas might include:
- Painted gourds
- Decorated candles
- Bedazzled platters
- Jeweled candy dishes
- A mini fall scarecrow
- Holiday place mats
- A wreath or swag
- Pinecone turkeys
Get the kids involved and make it a fun, family event!
Hostess Crafts
Yankee Candles
These are classic gifts. Instead of heavily scented candles, you can opt for those made from beeswax. These have a very light, delightful scent that is not cloying and is perfectly appropriate for men and women.
If you know the hostess/host would like something a little more potent, then go for it!
Some of my favorite candles for the fall and winter season are ones that smell with:
- Spiced Pumpkin
- Cinnamon
- French Vanilla
- Evergreen
- Sugar Cookies
- Berries
- Balsam Tree
- Autumn Leaves
If you're at a loss for what makes a good candle, find your nearest Yankee Candle store and that should do the trick!
You can also try flameless candles, which are great for those who have pets or children around their home.
Gifts to Think Twice About
Usually, home-baked goods make excellent host and hostess gifts. On Thanksgiving, though, you may want to think twice about this classic. Chances are your host and hostess will be weighed down with leftovers. They may not even want to think about food until Christmas. This is not true of everyone, of course, and a plate full of homemade chocolate chip cookies or a cheesecake may be just want your host wants.
Try a tub of gourmet frozen cookie dough instead so your hosts can eat on their own schedule. Likewise with flowers. He/she may already have decorations and flowers. Consider giving a houseplant instead.
Easy Hostess Gifts
Yes, It Is Necessary
Your host is not skipping the food or the dessert, so do not skip the gift. Many people take the host for granted – especially the good hosts who make it look so easy.
But a thank-you is really an essential step in your celebration, whether the hostess is your sister or the hosts are your significant other's parents.
The worst Thanksgiving gift is no gift at all. Be thoughtful and make sure they are appreciated.
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I really Enjoyed reading your Hub Pickchick...Lots of Wonderful Information, very Useful and a lot of Fun Ideas. I also like the idea of giving a House Plant.
We are the ones to travel, so I usually bring a "gift" as well as send a little $$ (if a younger Family member is having it). Once there, we always pitch in and Help.
Lots of great ideas here. It seems like we end up hosting Thanksgiving most years for my family. Unfortunately, we don't seem to have a lot of do-ers in my family so it is ALOT of work. Not sure how much longer we'll keep doing it unless people start pitching in. When we are invited for Thanksgiving to someone else's house, I usually do a bit of a combo gift with a little something for the hostess to enjoy after the day and an appetizer or snack for everyone to enjoy during the festivities. GREAT hub!
Great idea of a hub! So many useful suggestions here. It is definitely important to thank a host for an event like Thanksgiving. I love how you gave different wine ideas for different turkey preparations.
I have helped my parents with their Thanksgiving meal every year since they have started hosting. We get together the weekend before and clean the house from top to bottom, including the fridge to make room for food. Then the night before, I go back over and help with the meal. We get everything ready and bright and early Thanksgiving day, I'm there making sure everything gets done.
Exceptional hub. Great ideas, lots of color...love it.
Up and following...PS I love turkeys cooked with the skin really brown. Yum
What a lovely hub, filled with great ideas! I agree that the host/hostess of such an involved gathering as Thanksgiving deserves a gift. Personally, I would love a gift card to a spa to help me de-stress after the event. A bunch of flowers, candle or offer to help is also greatly appreciated. Voted up! Best, Steph


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GREENSBORO, N.C. – The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and Rawlings announced its 2019 NCAA Division III Regional Players of the Year and All-Region Teams on Tuesday afternoon, May 28. Penn State Harrisburg's Bret Williams, Miguel Torres and Travis Van Houten were among those honored by the organizations.
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Williams was joined by Johns Hopkins senior hurler Jack Bunting as a major award winner in the region, with Bunting being tabbed the ABCA/Rawlings Mid-Atlantic Pitcher of the Year.
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Torres capped an outstanding senior campaign with a pair of all-region accolades after picking up D3baseball.com Second-Team All-Region honors earlier this month. The infielder ranks second in NCAA Division III in hits (79), eighth in runs (59), 19th in total bases (116) and 32nd in runs batted in (51). The Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic native slashed .385/.432/.572 with an OPS of 1.004 and recorded 21 extra-base hits, including seven home runs, 10 doubles and four triples. He added 19 walks and 15 stolen bases, while racking up 117 assists and 84 put outs from his middle infield positions. Thanks to his efforts, Torres was named to the CAC All-Conference First Team earlier this month.
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ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First-Team selections are nominated for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors. The ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-Americans will be announced on Thursday evening, May 30.
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Posted 25 February 2014 - 10:50 PM
Open comment topic.
Rules and dates are here.
Concept born here.
Posted 25 February 2014 - 11:40 PM
Can you post motor examples?
Posted 25 February 2014 - 11:45 PM
Can you post motor examples?
Yes ... I will, Matt.
And anyone that enters the event or not can post questions, comments or pictures here in this Post Topic.
Posted 26 February 2014 - 12:11 AM
For starters.
Photo courtesy of Gary Bluestone.
Pittman motors - Thanks to Steve Okeefe
Posted 26 February 2014 - 01:25 AM
"Can you post motor examples?"
Look up the Pittman 85 and Kemtron motors.
Posted 26 February 2014 - 05:46 AM
Here's a quick reference guide to the main laminated pole ("padlock") motors.
Further details: Pittman made the DC-85 (6 & 12 V versions), later the DC-84 to compete with Ram; Ram did the DC-850 first, then the DC-857, which has thinner lams. The DC-65 is a smaller version, used in both 1/32 and 1/24 scale cars, mostly for road racing. The Strombecker Devestator is a Japanese made clone of the larger motors. The Rams were 7 pole, and the Pittmans 5 pole. Ram started by just supplying upgrade arms, then quickly made complete motors. By 1965 or so, they completely dominated the drag scene.
Pittman's original main competitor was Kemtron, a model train company that made the X-503 "Screaming Banshee" in versions from 4 to 18 volts; these were made in Japan, as was the KTM, basically identical - it may mean Kemtron Train Motor, if I remember right. The X-503 was a 5 pole motor. They later made the Mustang and Bronco, heftier 7-pole upgrades, the former with a 3/32 shaft and the latter with a 1/8" shaft, I think rated at 8 volts...
Posted 26 February 2014 - 05:54 AM
Posted 26 February 2014 - 09:26 AM
Posted 26 February 2014 - 10:35 AM
This is the place for pictures, info, ideas and banter.
Great padlock story and ID data in your post #6.
Posted 26 February 2014 - 02:47 PM
Bob, one thing I've noticed about running these old cars today is that they really hate glue. I'd like to ask that, if possible, at least the first 10-15 feet be cleaned and that that some effort be made to remove the "shutdown glue" off the tires as much as possible.
This previous request will be honored and cars will be run over a clean piece of cardboard after each pass.
Does anyone think a hose down with lighter fluid before going on the de-glue board should be part of the process?
All cars will get the same prep between rounds.
Posted 26 February 2014 - 06:40 PM
Probably a good idea, but must admit I never ran these cars at the time (no local drag strip), and have only run in non-glue conditions, and very little, since then!
I'm a definite entry Bob, will try to get 2 cars up and running, but at least one...
To answer an earlier question here, the Russkit was sold like that, but the K&B had a shaped aluminum strip that covered the rails, very much in the style of the time for rail type dragsters. Some were pretty elaborately detailed, others pretty bare-boned... I think the minimum in the rules was some kind of body covering and a driver figure.
Will do some scans when I have a bit more time.
Posted 26 February 2014 - 06:46 PM
Slot drag racing and padlock motors are all "new" to me too, Don.
I went down Bill's track with a Flexi .... once.
Welcome and thanks for confirming your participation in what I view as a 50 year celebration of our hobby.
Posted 26 February 2014 - 07:21 PM
The motor will be my kryptonite as I am as confused as they come with the padlock motors, but I am in. I guess having the most horsepower might not be the guaranteed win solution either as I am guessing getting these to hook up on vintage rubber may be an issue?
So my amateur question is how must faster is the X503 compared to say a Mustang or Bronco Kemtron? Lower the voltage rating the faster the motor? Do I want an 1/8 or 3/32" shaft?
If all else fails at least I have the ability to chrome it.
Posted 26 February 2014 - 10:39 PM
Cool Matt, welcome !
I can't speak to any motor or gear combos but expect others will.
Good idea .. ..Chrome plating (or paint) is Totally legal too... could even be the deciding factor for best appearing.
Posted 27 February 2014 - 09:16 AM
Posted 27 February 2014 - 01:03 PM
Did anyone run these old laminated motors geared at or close to 1:1?
Posted 27 February 2014 - 01:25 PM
Did anyone run these old laminated motors geared at or close to 1:1?
Reading an article on the DC85 from the Independant Scratchbuilder around 2:1 , then for higher rpm motors /higher track voltage around 3:1 with no mention of actually being at full 1:1.
Posted 27 February 2014 - 01:59 PM
LOL .... 128 grams
Coming soon ... Watch for the US IronTM sponsored "Tons of Fun" Top Eliminator Rail job.
Posted 27 February 2014 - 07:41 PM
I think it would be prudent to set an overall length .. wheelbase and/or rear axle to guide post lead.
Does anyone have the rule(s) from the
Posted 27 February 2014 - 09:49 PM
Don't have the rules Bob , but found this Kemtron catalog page gathering dust on the hard drive. For Matt & anyone else wondering on some technical specs between the Kemtron X503 , Mustang and Bronco. Mustang & Bronco using 7 pole armatures by RAM with welded comm wires.
Posted 28 February 2014 - 05:26 AM
Posted 01 March 2014 - 10:31 AM
As promised, here are some relevant scans. First, the R&C drag race rules, starting with their 2nd race from 1963 (Aug. R&C issue); then the rules from 1966 (February issue), which are more complete, and have some illlustrations of the classes. I think we'll mainly be going for rod & rail type dragsters, right Bob? The overall length limit for the rail jobs was first set at 9-1/2" and 3" width. By 1966, the length was increased to 10", but just for unlimited class, and the width was 3-1/4". I think we could stick to 9-1/2 and 3" for this event.
Posted 01 March 2014 - 10:39 AM
Now for a look at some of the typical dragsters. Don't want to scare you guys off, but I'm starting with the ne plus ultra - Gene Hustings fuel dragster, the first to break the 1 second mark. Gene was probably the top dragster man at the time, and later founded Associated R/C... this is part 3, but happened to be after the rules, so I scanned it! If anybody ambitious wants to see the previous 2 how-to-build articles, can scan them too... But this will give you an idea of what the top guys were doing at the time!
Posted 01 March 2014 - 11:17 AM
Here's the report on the first Rod & Custom National Championship Electric Drags, from the October 62 issue of R&C. You'll note that there is a very wide variety of cars, they are generally very well finished, and appearance still seems to account for a lot. That won't last very long... Also, a pretty wide variety of motors, from Mabuchi, to PIttman, and from Tradeship to Lindsay... In 1962, there were basically no electric motors made specifically for scale racing! Times weren't too bad either, with top ET by Chuck Hamill of 1.593... Nice front cover color photo too!
Posted 01 March 2014 - 12:50 PM
Here are some of the cars from the 2nd R&C national drags - I haven't scanned all of the pages, just the ones with the interesting cars and the times. These articles are from the Jan 64 issue of Car Model and the Feb 64 issue of Rod & Custom. In fact, the following year, Car Model took over the national drags (like the R&C Road Race series) and ran them for a couple of years, I think just 65-67, but will have to check.
Forgot to mention earlier, but in fact, the first electric drag article was in Rod & Custom - in March 1958! That was a rail track of course...
Car Model January 64
R&C, February 64 (dig the chain drive dragster!)


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Here I was again. The time when everything started to come together, and the person I had fought to become could begin to reach beyond my own expectations. I knew this because I had felt this urge many times before: leaving home for college, moving to the West Coast...
July 6, 2018
Making towns. Barnstorming. Circusing.
In putting myself out as a circuit speaker this summer, I find that I'm in a place I haven't inhabited in over a decade. It harkens back to my previous days as a sports broadcaster, where every other weekend was a new desti...
May 27, 2018
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April 12, 2018
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During a night out, Franco and Tommy meet two women. Tommy is finding himself bribing his daughter Colleen before she tells their mother about his indulgent treatment of her sister Katy. Jerry visits his wife Jeannie in her expensive nursing home and soon goes to Lou for financial help. Meanwhile John Sr. insists on having his 83rd birthday at a restaurant that no one else likes.
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|Mahesh Das
Sidhi, Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh, India
|1586 (aged 32–33)
Swat valley, present-day Pakistan
|Courtier and advisor in the Mughal court of Emperor Akbar
Birbal (born Mahesh Das; 1553–1586)[1], or Raja Birbal, was a Hindu advisor in the court of the Mughal emperor, Akbar. Birbal was appointed by Akbar as a poet and singer in around 1556–1562.[2] He was one of the navaratnas (nine jewels of Akbar).
He is mostly known in the Indian subcontinent for the folk tales which focus on his wit.[2] In the local folk tales he is presented as a very clever person. These tales are popular in India. These tales involve him being smarter then or making fool of other courtiers and sometimes even Akbar, using only his intelligence and cunning. From the twentieth century onwards, plays, movies and books based on these folk tales were made. Some of these folk tales are in children's comics and school textbooks.
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- ↑ Vicki K. Janik, Editor. (1 January 1998). Fools and Jesters in Literature, Art, and History: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 91–96. ISBN 978-0-313-29785-4. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Beatrice K. Otto (1 April 2001). Fools Are Everywhere: The Court Jester Around the World. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-64091-4. Retrieved 29 June 2013.


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Business Wire01.19.17
Orthofix International N.V., a diversified, global medical device company, announced it has reached final resolutions of previously disclosed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations of certain historic accounting matters and of anti-bribery matters in Brazil. The resolutions are on the same material terms as previously disclosed by the Company, and all monetary payments being made to the SEC were accrued in the second and third quarters of 2016 and funded into escrow in the fourth quarter of 2016.
"We are very pleased to bring closure to these collective matters, which relate to activities that occurred largely between 2011 and 2013," said Brad Mason, president and CEO. "We have instituted broad remedial measures designed to detect and prevent the issues that led to the matters being resolved, and these resolutions allow us to continue moving forward with the Company's critical mission of serving patients, our physician customers, and shareholders."
The first resolution relates to accounting errors that were addressed in the restated financial statements filed in March 2014 and March 2015. The Company voluntarily self-reported this matter to the SEC, conducted a comprehensive independent review, and cooperated fully with the SEC during its review. The Company instituted extensive remediation following a comprehensive review and analysis of its internal controls over financial reporting. The Company adopted large-scale structural initiatives such as systems implementations as well as numerous more granular and directly responsive internal controls and process changes. Orthofix also implemented a more efficient centralized operational and financial reporting structure that better reflects the current scope and complexity of its business.
The second resolution relates to an anti-bribery matter involving the Company's Brazilian subsidiary. Orthofix self-reported the matter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and SEC, conducted a diligent and thorough internal review with the assistance of outside counsel, and fully cooperated with the SEC and the DOJ. The Company instituted extensive remediation measures with respect to this matter, including terminating employees, as well as relationships with third-party representatives and distributors; conducting a global review of its anti-corruption and anti-bribery program; implementing regular audits of its third-party distributors and sales agents; developing and implementing new global accounting policies to provide further structure and guidance to foreign subsidiaries; establishing an internal audit function; expanding Orthofix's Compliance department in both number and quality of personnel; and implementing enhanced anti-corruption compliance training for employees and certain third parties. As part of this SEC resolution, the Company agreed to retain an independent compliance consultant for one year to ensure the remediated compliance and ethics programs and internal controls and processes continue to function properly. Finally, after careful review by the DOJ, the Company was informed that the DOJ has decided to take no further action with respect to this matter.


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The well-respected BMW custom creators at Madrid-based Café Racer Dreams have decided to flex their muscles on another boxer bike. This time it's an 84-model BMW R100, dubbed simply CRD #58, that was built for a regular customer who lives in Nice, France… so that guy sounds like he's got a nice life going for himself.
Working simply off of a napkin sketch based on the original R100 fuel tank, the CRD steel artists began to do their thing. A 1972 Puch Minicross tank was picked up and put into play, followed by an 86ing of the subframe for a solo seat configuration. A pair of Hagon XL shocks were fitted to compensate for the gap brought on by the seating change. The seat is custom-made with a built-in LED tail light, and the rear fender is a re-purposed R100 front fender mounted on a hand-made brace. Other highlights include the forks, front hub and brake disc coming from a 1994 BMW F650, and Continental TKC80 tires covering 19" front- and 18″ spoked rear wheels.


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Hiiiiiiii 🙂 It's been a while since we've connected, I've missed writing to you, I hope you know. Ascend with Amber is a monthly letter that I conceptualized, in an effort to connect more intimately with my subscribers and followers of Word to the Wise. The ultimate goal of Ascend with Amber, is to ascend—go higher—together. To create rhythms and rituals, together, that best allow us to be our best and live our definition of a good life. I am big on 'why's', knowing the purpose behind things, so before going through with this idea, I had to ask myself, why do we try and be our best? What's the point, if ultimately, all were going to do, is die? I came to the conclusion that, for me, being your best, means to you embody a peace, a self-assuredness, and a joy, that is independent of any external event or circumstance. I also decided that, that's the only "best" worth being. By being your best, the life we live is high quality and worth living. It is also important, to actualize your potential, in order to serve our world, but it's hard to get to a place, where you're not being a better person or accomplishing a bunch of bullshit, because you want to be better than other people. Being better than other people, the unconscious or conscious striving for it, is poison. We all do it in one way or another, its human nature.
One rhythm that I have successfully implemented, in an effort to be my best and live out my definition of a good life, is the naming of my months. At the close of one month, and the beginning of another, I name my month—gratitude, security, health— in hopes that I will invite, whatever I've named my month, into my life, with my actions. It's a ritual that some of my girlfriends and I created while in college, except we used to name our year. Now, I also set a few goals for the month. I named January simplicity; After the irrational amounts of gifts I bought in December, food I consumed, and the spending I did in New York, I realized that what you do with a little is what you do with a lot. I realized that I didn't need to buy anything more, to get where I was trying to go, but instead, the best thing I could do was maximize what I already had. In the month of January, I didn't pay for dance classes and instead took the choreography that I already knew and added my own style to it and mastered it, on the wooden floor of my living room. I cooked cool new dishes at home and packed a lunch for work for two weeks, instead of eating out, and I did no shopping of clothing for the entire month. Naming my months helps me to see myself more clearly; what I'm doing well, what I am struggling with. I am also deeply spiritual, so naming my months helps me to connect with God, and keep internal peace.
I named the month of February Silence. I absolutely love blasting my music every chance I get! In my car, in my house, on my phone; whenever its appropriate and I'm able. This month, however I decided that a great way that I could invite silence into my life would be, to eliminate music from my normal house-car-cellphone-laptop routine. I could create my own music by signing or the guitar, but that was it. The month of silence, was an effort to invite more presence into my life, an effort to withhold from vices that allow me to avoid myself. Music makes moments even more fun, but I was utilizing it mainly to escape the present. By evading the present, with my thoughts or music, I was essentially labeling the present, "not good enough" and declaring that I wasn't satisfied with it. I like to go for runs in my neighborhood, and listening to music while I run is typically the best part! This month, I honestly didn't even want to try and run with no music, but I did, and it was like a form of meditation! I can focus on my breathing, pay attention to the scenery, BAM, I'm relaxed, while RUNNING! Crazy. The month isn't completely over, so I can't really share with you everything I've learned just yet,
But I'm sharing all of this with you because, I want this to be OUR ritual that we implement together. At the beginning of every month, I'll give it a name, and we'll respond to that name in our own unique way, together. If you wanna share what you've learned or how your growing during the month, or when I post my monthly ascend with amber letter, feel free to share your reflections in my comments section of each post. I'm excited journey with you, and grow with you.
You'll get your first official ascend with amber, in March 🙂
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An Afterword From Readers, Authors, Reviewers (March/April 1976)
"Inasmuch as Kristol does not advertise himself as a libertarian, I wonder why Grinder gets steamed up when Kristol doesn't pass all the libertarian litmus tests."
AN AFTERWORD FROM Readers, Authors, Reviewers
On Grinding Kristol
In your December 1975 issue, Walter Grinder writes that Irving Kristol "is leading many libertarians down the murky path to a thinly disguised conservatism." Kristol, he says, wants to infuse the idea of liberty with a positive substance, namely the old virtues; this, Grinder thinks, is an attempt to co‐opt the libertarian movement and ruin it.
This is a ridiculous charge to level at the most readable and intelligent columnist on America's best newspaper, the Wall Street Journal. Inasmuch as Kristol does not advertise himself as a libertarian, I wonder why Grinder gets steamed up when Kristol doesn't pass all the libertarian litmus tests, and why Grinder hints at improbable strategies to wreck our movement.
Like Rand, Grinder quotes conservatives—particualrly the Journal—only when they are saying something idiotic. Thus Kristol has argued for censorship of dirty books and against deregulation of transportation. But he has written superb WSJ essays on the liberals' "War Against the Cities" (13 March '75), the political and economic roots of the world food shortage (20 Jan. '75), the "New Cold War" with the Third World (17 July '75), and the ideological causes of New York City's financial crisis (10 Dec. '75). His "Nuclear Disturbances" (18 Aug. '75) discusses nuclear foreign policy and nuclear power in a clearheaded, nondogmatic way that many libertarians are incapable of.
Furthermore, Kristol is right when he says liberty needs some positive "substance" to make it meaningful. I hope libertarians will have a more inspiring vision than a suburban ranch house, a camper, and steak twice a week—or social approval, patriotism, and the love of God‐but freedom does need a "positive substance," something that requires freedom to accomplish, in order to make freedom worth fighting for. Otherwise, if freedom in itself is our main objective, why not move to the Alaskan wilderness and live off the land?
In any case, let's not pick on Kristol. He fights on our side of the barricades most of the time, and he never swipes our uniforms. And he's a good shot.
Berkeley, Calif.
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Irving Kristol and friends may not advertise themselves as libertarians, but they are self‐proclaimed defenders of western "democratic‐capitalism," of the "free enterprise" system, in fact, of western civilization. A number of undiscerning libertarians have interpreted this position as quasi‐libertarian. According to this interpretation, Kristol and friends are essentially on our side. We should therefore welcome them and embrace them as our comrades. Some of us who don't have such short memories remember the same being said about Wm. F. Buckely & Co., and even about Richard Milhous Nixon. There was not a scintilla of truth in this line about Buckley and Nixon, and there is only danger in the assertion that we should, even for a moment, crawl into bed with the Kristol clique.
I repeat my earlier assertion that the Irving Kristol, Daniel P. Moynihan, Daniel Bell, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Commentary, Public Interest, National Review, and, yes, even the Wall Street Journal comprise the most immediate, most dangerous, and most pressing enemy of libertarianism. This is true both in principle and as a danger to the future of any libertarian movement. They are the first line defense of the American State and of American statism, albeit a proposed more streamlined version. I think that if we are not extremely careful it is indeed likely that this group will, wittingly or not, lead the libertarian movement down the conservative path.
Mr. Ramsey's letter serves to illustrate my point and confirm my suspicions. His contention that Kristol "fights on our side of the barricades" would be preposterously funny if it were not so sad and so indicative of a lack of ideological awareness on the part of what are likely large numbers of libertarians. It is indeed a sad commentary when our own libertarians can not tell the difference between an actual partisan of liberty and a right‐wing Social Democratic planner, between the libertarian vision and a conservative obscurantism.
The self‐appointed historical mission of this right‐of‐center chic clique is to "rationalize" and streamline the four decades of New Deal ad hoc legislation and interventions. It is their self‐conscious task to make the system work efficiently, less costly. There will, of course, be no mollycoddling humanism here; for these are the tough‐minded, hard‐nosed realists come to save us from the bumbling, mushy‐headed, bleeding‐heart liberals. They, with the help of Milton Friedman's vouchers, indexes, and negative income tax, will put our house in order. All this and they will save us money, too. Obviously, we should all gratefully join forces with them against the irrational, inefficient, and profligate liberals. How very irrational to get so steamed up over merely occasional deviations from plumb‐line libertarian principles.
Well, I would like to make it clear that the fire, as it were, has only just been lit under the boiler and that I intend to remain steamed up until the menace of this "military‐intellectual complex" (see the Village Voice, December 1, 1975) of Kristol, Moynihan et al. has been thwarted within the libertarian ranks and has been neutralized within the broader American polity. God forbid that the United States government ever become a model of Chicagoite efficiency. As one libertarian wag once put it, "It's a good thing we don't get as much government as we pay for." Just contemplate the implications of a truly efficient American State, hardly a libertarian vision. Those libertarians who wish for efficiency in government simply have no conception of the truly exploitative nature of government, of the class implications of the State. On the perfidious efficiency‐expert role played by Daniel P. Moynihan during the 1969–1972 Nixon regime's planning Scheme, I refer the reader to the very informative, useful, and frightening book by Otis L. Graham, Jr., Toward A Planned Society: From Roosevelt to Nixon (Oxford, 1976).
You can bet all of your hidden gold coins that Irving Kristol wishes to infuse the idea of liberty with the substance of old virtues‐with very old virtues, to be sure. He and his crowd like to praise industry, prudence, and thrift, the Protestant Ethic in general; and no one denies their own industriousness. These laudable virtues, though, begin to fade into the background when their really favorite, more cosmic virtues come into view. As Leonard Liggio wrote in these pages recently, these neo‐conservative favorite virtues are the traditional ones of democracy, fraternity, authority, and obedience. Hard work, saving, et cetera, are great as long as they take place within the socioeconomic parameters built on these four traditional Social Democratic pillars.
If you are interested to see first hand why I consider Professor Kristol to be the personification of antiliberty, take a look at his "What Is A 'Neo‐Conservative'?" inNewsweek, January 19, 1976. Here is his and his friends' position unveiled and summed up for all to read and ponder. On the substance of his own admissions, 1 rest my case: (1) They (the neo‐conservatives) are pro‐Welfare State, albeit a lean, right‐wing version. (2) They will engage in socioeconomic interventions in order to achieve overriding social purposes, as long as the methods are Freidmanesque, i.e., nonbureaucratic. (3) They like to impose traditional values and institutions—religious, familial, and high culture. (4) They dislike egalitarianism. This last is clearly a virtue in the libertarian philosophical matrix. I suspect, however, given the rest of their conservative framework that the neo‐conservatives favor antiequalitarianism because of a fear that unkempt upstarts might destroy the social hierarchy and the position achieved within that hierarchy by Kristol and friends. Such social movement might also unloose a concerted attack on their other cherished, antilibertarian values. This is a cyhical and perhaps even jaundiced view, but I see no other viable interpretation. (5) On foreign policy they are visciously antiisolationist and fire‐eating hawks in their views towards any relations with the Soviet Union. They want the Third World to quit causing trouble for the American imperial political‐economic order, to quiet down and fit in with the great American Wilsonian international value system. And as if for icing on the hawkish cake, they are almost all militantly pro‐Zionist. Issue after issue, right down the line, the neo‐conservatives take the antilibertarian side of the issue. They are, it would seem clear, on the other side of the barricades.
And now to the point of the need for "positive substance" to make liberty meaningful. It should not have to be pointed out that libertarianism is purely and solely a political philosophy. The libertarian position is a negative one: "Thou shalt hot physically aggress against another." That is it. Simple and to the point. The beauty of it lies in its simplicity. It can easily be understood by all, yet it stands as a mighty and worthy sociopolitical principle.
I, and I assume libertarians in general, find this principle an eminently "inspiring vision" and, if need be, an ideal "worth fighting for." Beyond that universal first principle and inspiring idea, though, I—and I assume most individuals—want to determine for myself what positive values I think will give substance to my life and which ones I wish to pursue. If Mr. Ramsey or others cannot figure out what to do with their liberty and they need others to forge the substance of their values, then I feel somewhat sorry for them but certainly see nothing antilibertarian about their asking others to create their values for them. I would, however, like to underscore this important point: Yes, for me, and I hope for Mr. Ramsey and other libertarians, "freedom is our main objective"; it is our only political objective. As libertarians per se, we have in common only this political first principle. If we share a vision, it is that some day all people will be absolutely free.
Allow me here to contrast the philosophical views of libertarianism with those of neo‐conservatism. John Stuart Mill put it thus in his On Liberty: "… the principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits; of framing the plan of our life to suit our own character; of doing as we like subject to such consequences as may follow; without impediment from our fellow creatures, so long as what we do does not harm them, though they should think our conduct foolish, perverse or wrong.… The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it."
On the other hand there is Professor Kristol in the aforementioned Newsweek article: "Nor do they [neo‐conservatives] put much credence in the notion that individuals can 'create' their own values and then incorporate them into a satisfying 'life style'. Values emerge out of generations and represent the accumulated wisdom of these generations.…"
I would ask the reader to mull over in his or her own mind the following presentation of the libertarian vision as seen by Albert Jay Nock. I would ask the reader to contrast it with the neo‐conservative view, then finally I would ask the reader to embrace the Mill‐Nock position and, once and for all, to reject the noxious notions of the neo‐conservative paradigm. The following is from Nock's "On Doing the Right Thing": "Freedom, for example, as they keep insisting undoubtedly means freedom to drink oneself to death.… It unquestionably means freedom to go on without any code of morals at all; but it also means freedom to rationalize, construct and adhere to a code of one's own. The anarchist presses the point, invariably overlooked, that freedom to do the one without the correlative freedom to do the other is impossible; and that just here comes in the moral education which legalism and authoritarianism, with their denial of freedom, can never furnish.
… Believing, for example, that man should be wholly free to be sober or to be a sot, his [the anarchist's] eye is not caught and exclusively engaged by the spectacle of sots, but instead he points to those who are responsibly sober, sober by a self‐imposed standard of conduct, and asserts his conviction that the future belongs to them rather than to the sots."
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Letters from readers are welcome. Although only a selection can be published and none can be individually acknowledged, each will receive editorial consideration and may be passed on to reviewers and authors. Letters submitted for publication should be brief, typed, double spaced, and sent to LR, 901 N. Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314.


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Hinduism Visitor
On 26th January 2016, we were visited by Indri, a Hindu Priest from a Temple in London.
Indri started the day with a whole school assembly. We learnt that Hinduism comes from India and that Hindus believe in respecting all living things. We also learnt how to say hello and about some of the Hindu beliefs and customs.
Years 3 and 4 also had some workshops with Indri throughout the day, learning about Hindu beliefs and practices.


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Almost two years of war have devastated Yemen, leaving 18.8 million people in need of humanitarian and protection assistance – including 10.3 million who are in acute need. The conflict is rapidly pushing the country towards social, economic and institutional collapse.
More than 7 million are facing food insecurity, and more than 8 million face acute shortages of clean water and sanitation. Nearly 3.3 million people – including 2.1 million children – are acutely malnourished including 462 000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition. Violence since 2015 has forced more than 3 million people from their homes, including 2 million who remain internally displaced as of January 2017.
Health sector situation
An estimated 14.8 million people lack access to basic healthcare, including 8.8 million living in severely underserved areas. In light of access and security constraints, the 2017 Health Cluster response plan targets 10.4 million people Medical materials are in chronically short supply, and only 45% of health facilities are functioning. As of October 2016, at least 274 health facilities had been damaged or destroyed, 13 health workers had been killed and 31 injured.
According to Health Cluster analysis, the main causes of avoidable deaths in Yemen are communicable diseases, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions (together accounting for 50% of mortality) and non-communicable diseases (39% of mortality). There are 18 848 suspected cholera cases since October 2016. On average, the conflict kills or injures nearly 75 people every day.


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Jonathan Ross has blasted at TV show host Graham Norton for stealing all his chat show guests from him. The fifty two year old presenter has seen his rival forty nine year old Graham Norton stealing his guests and secure interviews withh some of the top stars in the world. He also added that the stars also prefer Graham's show as they feel that they are in a more protected environment.
Jonathan Ross told that at this point of time, this is a bit tricky. He thinks that Graham gets first bite of film guests. Some stars like to be i his show over his as they are less protected on his program. If they go on Norton's show, 3 guests all sit together on the sofa. Ross added that recently he had Jude Law on his show who could hide behind fellow guest Dame Judi Dench. But on his show, they would not be albe to do that.
'The Graham Norton Show' comes on BBC One on Friday night whereas 'The Jonathan Ross Show' airs on ITV on Saturday night. According to reports, some BBC sources recently claimed that Jonathan's ratings are suffering as his show has a very lazy format.
An insider told a leading UK newspaper that Ross' questions seem to get more desperate the more he struggles in the ratings.
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Kenya powers forward with Africa's largest wind farm
Date: 26-Aug-19
Author: Doug Donnellan
Earlier this year, Africa's largest ever wind power plant officially opened near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. The 310-megawatt facility is made up of 365 turbines and looks to increase the nation's electricity supply by 13 percent.
"Today, we again raised the bar for the continent as we unveil Africa's single largest wind farm," Kenya's president, Uhuru Kenyatta said. "Kenya is without doubt on course to be a global leader in renewable energy."
The Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWPP) comes alongside the country's goal of achieving a shift to 100% green energy production by 2020, and providing reliable, low-cost electricity to all of its citizens. The initiative will also help with Kenya's other social and economic goals, such as green job creation and improved food security, housing and healthcare.
The project began in 2014 and cost roughly $700 million, making it the largest private investment in Kenya's history. Mugo Kibati, chairman of the LTWPP said, "Today marks an important milestone in the country's steady march towards achieving self-sufficiency in power production.
Currently, 70 percent of the nation's power comes from renewables, which is nearly three times the global average. While one in four Kenyans have inadequate access to electricity, especially in rural areas, the green energy expansion is a major leap towards ensuring a stable, accessible grid for everyone across the country.
President Kenyatta said, "This will not only ensure that our nation's scenic beauty and unique ecosystems are preserved and protected for both present and future generations, but will also ensure that we become energy independent and that our energy supply will be safe as well as predictable."
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Bowling Green shocks Maryland in College Park
Terps fall to 1-1 on season
Matt Johnson threw for a career-high six touchdowns, including two to Roger Lewis, leading Bowling Green to a 48-27 victory over Maryland on Saturday.
Johnson also connected with Robbie Rhodes, Ryan Burbink, Derek Lee and Gehrig Dieter while throwing for 491 yards to best another career high set last week at Tennessee. Lewis' 200 receiving yards also marked a career high.
Travis Greene added a rushing touchdown for the Falcons (1-1), who won their first road game against a Power Five conference school since 2008 and their second overall against a Big Ten foe in as many seasons.
Bowling Green outgained Maryland 692-341, with Johnson completing four of his touchdown passes during the fourth quarter. He completed 35 of 54 passes, and was intercepted once.
Maryland quarterback Perry Hills threw for two touchdowns and ran for 94 yards, but was removed midway through the fourth quarter as the Terrapins (1-1) fell to 8-2 against nonconference opposition since the start of the 2013 season.


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Building Sandcastles
We can struggle, as Christians, to sometimes recognize that we all still go through storms in our lives, even after we give everything to God. So how should we weather these storms?
This week, Jen digs into the parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders, to cement just how important it is to have the solid foundation in our life that is Jesus Christ.
When all is stripped away, are we ready to focus on God?
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Extremely Distinct Images of Grandma's Superhero
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Frederika hails from Budapest Twenty Years before The second world war. Amidst the war , at the danger of her own life, she fearlessly saved the lives of ten people . A couple of years prior, French shutterbug Sacha Goldberger found his 91-year-old Hungarian grandma Frederika feeling desolate and dissuaded as well as she wanted to make the last few years of her life incredible in one of the most sophisticated manner in which feasible. To perk her up, he recommended that they shoot a development of over the leading images in irregular attires , stances , and areas. Grandma hesitantly concurred , yet once they kicked it right into high equipment, she couldn't give up grinning.
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Gauntlet Press reports that the layout has begun Richard Matheson's Generations, his new autobiographical novel.
Matheson has never written an autobiography, and doesn't have any plans to do so. And he's been too busy with his own writing to work with anyone interested in writing his biography. Generations, then, is the closest readers will get to an autobiography of Matheson as a teen and in his twenties.
In Generations Matheson lays bare family secrets in a fictional setting. The meeting of his family after his father's funeral never took place, but the incidents Matheson mentions are all factual. Matheson also added a chapter (after he completed the novel) on the strained relationship between he and his father.
Gauntlet will have a 500 copy trade edition but only a 26-copy signed limited edition (over half have already sold out). For the limited edition Matheson wrote his full name on the tipsheets. This will be the only version of the novel available. Gauntlet will not be publishing a second printing or a trade paperback of the book.
Check it out: Matheson's Generations


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More Canadian companies need corporate social responsibility plans: PwC
Report suggests too many of Canada's private companies don't have don't follow solid corporate social responsibility policies
TORONTO—About half of Canada's private companies don't have a corporate social responsibility plan (CSR) in place, according to a new PwC report.
The survey found only 21 per cent of respondents currently have a CSR plan aligned to business goals and 29 per cent won't for another three to five years.
This is largely because the majority of Canadian private companies (53 per cent) view it as a "nice-to-have" rather than a priority, the survey suggests. But in today's era of greater regulation for environmental and social responsibility practices, companies who lag on CSR could be in trouble.
These companies are missing out on opportunities to differentiate themselves from their competitors and attract a growing number of social and eco-conscious employees and consumers.
"Many of these issues that are currently being dealt with on a voluntary basis could very well be regulated in the future," says Mel Wilson, associate partner, sustainable solutions group, PwC. "Companies would be wise to start operating as if there were regulations already in place, so they'll be in a better position when those regulations actually come along."
While CSR can be a competitive advantage for businesses, the study shows that only 30 per cent of respondents saw it as such. And despite the fact that a commitment to CSR can be a draw in attracting top talent, none of the respondents who had CSR plans in place were communicating their plans in their recruitment initiatives.
"Embedding CSR into a business is a good way to stay ahead of competitors and attract talented recruits, but many businesses may not fully understand these benefits or know how to start," says Wilson.
Private companies should be even more inclined to adopt CSR plans because many of them operate in the middle of the supply chain, selling services and goods to large multi-nationals. More multinationals are eliminating vendors in their supply chain that are not aligned with their risk tolerance or approach to CSR.
"This means private companies have to meet the CSR needs of the end-buyers in order to compete," says Wilson. "In this new business environment where social and environmental issues are front and centre, private companies should get ahead of the curve or risk being left behind from a competitive standpoint."
Wilson recommends the following steps to creating a sustainable business:
• Create a longer-term vision. Senior management should articulate what CSR means to their organization.
Management, the board of directors and employees, and stakeholders shou7ld be involved in discussions.
• Identify the impacts of your company's operations are on the environment and on people. "The financial equivalent would be looking at the organization to see if you can be more efficient," says Wilson.
• Measure CSR performance as much as possible. The majority of private companies (80 per cent) with CSR plans track their progress.
• Communicate that performance to your key stakeholders. This includes shareholders, customers, employees, potential recruits and the communities where you operate.
The PwC Pulse Survey on CSR polled 82 private Canadian companies. For the full report, click here.
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Come on down to the CommunityWise back patio from 6:00-8:30pm and join the CQC community for a fun and relaxed barbecue! We provide the hot dogs (vegetarian and gluten free available) and sides, you provide the conversation!
CommunityWise is located at 223 12 Ave SW. Ring the buzzer for Calgary Queer Church and we will let you in 🙂


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Only 18 days remain until the global spotlight shines on Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) for the biggest weekend of the year.
The Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2019 is scheduled to be held from March 28 to 31 in Sakhir, and fans can gear up for some "Limitless" fun at "The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East".
Bahrain's night race follows. It will be the second round of the 2019 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The 57-lap sprint in the heart of the desert will mark the 999th World Championship race in the history of the top flight. It is being held as part of the landmark 15th season of BIC and it will be the sixth time it is taking place under BIC's state-of-the-art floodlights.
Aside from Formula 1, the weekend's programme will also include racing from the FIA Formula 2 Championship and the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East, as well as loads of off-track attractions highlighted by the back-to-back live performances of Martin Garrix on the Friday of the event and Kygo on the Saturday.