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|Marine Veteran, Johnathan Paplik - As he visits with Chenowith Elementary School Children -The Dalles, Oregon
|Teacher Larry Sprouse and Daryn Fogle, father of Hospital Corpsman Third Class Jeremy Fogle from Hood River.
Jonathan Pablik, 23, a Marine veteran, captivated fourth graders at Chenowith Elementary School, using his military training Thursday to hold their attention.
He began his presentation in the class of Larry Sprouse with a round of push-ups and then directed students to growl a reply to the question, "Good to go?" to show they were tracking the conversation. When he used the word "Eyeball" they were to say "Click" and then shut their eyes briefly to clear their heads and regain focus.
"Let's go, let's go, let's go," said Pablik as students carried desks out of the way so they could sit in a tighter formation for his lesson.
Each of the 22 students were given a "call sign" that was based on his or her name to demonstrate how communication occurred out in the field.
"If your last name is P, like mine, then you are 'Papa,'" he said, which earned giggles from the students.
Pablik's instructions were mixed with levity but also held messages of empowerment that he had learned after heading off to war in 2008 at the age of 17.
After telling the class that it was important to empower themselves to prevail over fear, he shared his methodology to overcome being afraid while engaged in a 36-hour firefight with Taliban militants during Operation Moshtarak in Afghanistan during 2010.
"When you feel afraid you have to find something opposite to think about; anything that makes you smile – that's it!" he said. "There is a way to overcome fear; it's a choice."
He also told the students to be appreciative of living in the U.S. where they do not have to fear stepping on a roadside bomb as the children do in Afghanistan and other war zones.
"They are scared every day they might die when they go to school, so be grateful you live in a country like this," said Pablik.
Also visiting the class of Larry Sprouse in the afternoon of April 4 was Daryn Fogle, father of Hospital Corpsman Third Class Jeremy Fogle, 25, who is currently on his second deployment to Afghanistan.
"I would be the first to say that wars are mean," he said. "But wars and battles do take place and, when they do, people get hurt. When that happens, Corpsmen like my son take care of the ones who are wounded."
Jeremy is a 2005 graduate of Hood River Valley High School and enlisted in the Navy five years ago; first working in Italy and then taking on the role of "Doc" for Marines in a combat assault battalion from Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Sprouse contacted the Gorge Heroes Club several months ago about adopting someone who was at war and was given Fogle's name. His students began exchanging messages through Facebook and were provided with an overview of living conditions in Helmand Province, where the Marines are tasked with stopping drug trafficking activities that fund Taliban militants.
"I've really been trying to teach them about honor and respect and what service means," said Sprouse, who has been an educator for 30 years and a resident of The Dalles since 1982.
Next week, his class plans to ship a box off to Fogle that contains well wishes and some snacks for him to enjoy on patrols and share with "his" Marines. Daryn told the students his son was protective of the 150 men and women he was charged with providing medical care for and that Marines, whether they wanted to admit it or not due to service rivalry, were also assigned to the Department of the Navy.
"When I heard that they were supporting Jeremy like this I just thought, 'Wow!'" said Fogle. "Honestly, I'm kind of speechless about it. It's nice, it's honorable and, as a parent, I'm proud of my son and now more than ever because he's also a role model for these kids."
The Gorge Heroes Club was honored to send support from home to these brave Warriors during there many deployments.


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By Jenny Peters
The Napa Valley: what better place on earth could you go to celebrate the fusion of the fine arts paired up for 12 days with world-class culinary experiences and amazing wine?
That's just what took place from July 13 to July 24, 2016, during the eleventh iteration of Festival Napa Valley. The newly branded event, which until this year has been known as the Festival del Sole, combines classical music, jazz, ballet and opera in a series of shows, with luncheons, dinners and after parties filled in before, during and after.
The result is a heady mix that fills the most beautiful wine valley in America from bottom (the town of Napa) to top (Calistoga) and everywhere in between. Gorgeous summer scenery frames most of the events, from the Twilight Preview Concert with Naomi O'Connell at the tony Calistoga Ranch resort that kicked off this year's festivities to the closing night dinner held at the iconic Robert Mondavi Winery in Oakville.
We were sad to miss that closing night on July 24, as Sophia Loren joined the packed audience at the Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater in Yountville for the Opera Gala, in which her son Carlo Ponti conducted stars Michael Fabiano and Isabel Leonard in a night of arias and duets. Loren, who attended the festival in 2015 as well, also celebrated with sax player Dave Koz and vocalist Monica Mancini at the sold-out Tribute to Margit Mondavi held the evening before at the spectacular Far Niente Winery in Oakville.
There were so many events to choose from (over 60 different ones, with 100 wineries involved) that no one could do them all. But making the Festival Napa Valley a mini-vacation road trip from Los Angeles is a perfect way to combine a relaxing visit to the valley with a few exemplary festival experiences.
Choose the Meadowood Napa Valley Resort in St. Helena as a home base and luxuriate in their brand-new spa, a gorgeous forest hideaway that offers a full line of treatments to guests of the resort. And be sure to save a night for dinner at The Restaurant at Meadwoood, for Chef Christopher Kostow is whipping up three-star Michelin meals in that elegant eatery.
Or stay at the lovely Vintage Inn in Yountville, and you'll be across the street from the French Laundry, another famed Napa Valley restaurant. Plus, the Lincoln Theater is only five minutes away, where many performances during Festival Napa Valley are held. Plus, they have a massively wonderful champagne brunch every morning that is included in the cost of the room.
Our Festival Napa Valley included some sublime experiences, starting with being serenaded by famed opera singer Gino Quilico while sitting under the stars at V. Sattui Winery, followed by a cozy dinner prepared by Michelin-starred chef Stefano Masanti and served inside their barrel room. Combinations like the mushroom risotto served with the V. Sattui 2013 Doctor's Pinot Noir helped make that a memorable night.
More arts and culinary memories followed, with a spectacular luncheon prepared by chef Britny Sundin and served at shaded tables in the vineyards of St. Supery Estate Vineyards and Winery. Sundin and longtime winemaker Michael Scholz paired sips of the St. Supery 2015 Napa Valley Estate Rose with a shrimp, melon and Padron pepper salad for a striking taste combination, as well as a juicy pork tenderloin with ratatouille made straight from the winery's garden paired with their exquisite 2012 Rutherford Estate Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon.
There's a reason that the winery's offerings are so beautifully balanced, as Scholz explains. "We grow everything on the estate here in Rutherford and we are certified Napa Green. We really have complete control over the whole process, from soil and vines to crush and bottling."
Control was evident later that day, too, as violinist Sarah Chang put on a virtuoso performance in concert at the Lincoln Theater, accompanied with the Festival Orchestra NAPA, of Astor Piazzolla's "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires" tango compositions. Later, at the Full Moon After Party at chef Charlie Parker's Harvest Inn, more delightful food, wine and music rounded out a beautiful Festival Napa Valley day.
And we had one more, that began at the Castello di Amorosa in Calistoga, that Tuscan-style castle built by Dario Sattui as his homage to Italy – and a place where he could craft classic Italian wines. But it was a Portuguese band that packed the castle's courtyard and overlooking balcony on July 20, as Sergio Mendes brought his "Brazil 2016" nine-member band to the stage and wowed the crowd with classics from 1966 to today. From "The Look of Love" to "Never Gonna Let You Go" and "The Fool on the Hill," the concert was packed with tunes that had the rapt audience singing along.
Later, at the Patron Dinner held outdoors by the lake at the spectacular Alpha Omega Winery in Rutherford, Mendes joined in the festivities there, which included the whole smoked cochon (pig) that owner/vintner Robin Baggett had spent the whole day preparing. As the happy crowd dug into that savory smoked pork and sipped the Alpha Omega 2012 Proprietary Red blend along with it, Sergio Mendes voiced what most Festival Napa Valley attendees felt, too.
"Coming to play in the Napa Valley is always a wonderful experience," Mendes said with a broad smile.
The 2017 Festival Napa Valley happens from July 14 to 23; we're hoping to meet Sophia Loren next year!


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Fancy a 4K x 2K TV - aka '4K Ultra HD' - but you're worried you won't have any native content to watch on the living room filler? Look to Sony. Today, the consumer electronics giant announced a server box stuffed with ten 3840 x 2160 movie transfers ready to play.
The Amazing Spiderman, Total Recall (2012), The Karate Kid (2010), Salt, Battle Los Angeles, The Other Guy, Bad Teacher, That's My Boy, Taxi Driver and The Bridge on the River Kwai - all these can be yours, along with "a gallery of 4K video shorts", Sony said.
Unhappy with the selection? At least you won't be paying for it. Not up front, anyway. Sony said it will "loan" the 4K Ultra HD Video Player to buyers of its 84in XBR-84X900 4K Ultra HD TV - you can read our review of it here - in the US.
Since the TV costs just a cent less than $25,000 (£15,593), we'd say chucking in some content for free is the least Sony could do.
And more material is coming: "Additionally, Sony's 4K Ultra HD delivery solution is designed to be updated with additional 4K titles and video clips," the company promised.
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In the last 100 years the world population has multiplied by four, but economic output has increased 22-fold. This fast growth has led to widespread prosperity and longer, healthier lives. But even wealthier countries realise that our systems of production, trade and consumption cannot be sustained without putting people's lives at risk. Water scarcity, air and water pollution, resource depletion, climate change and irreversible biodiversity loss are realities that affect everyone. People everywhere know there is no choice but to change course towards more sustainable, green growth.
But what does green growth actually mean? The textbook definition is double-edged: green growth is about being able to foster economic growth and development, while ensuring that the earth's natural assets continue to provide the resources and environmental services on which our wellbeing relies. Looked at more simply, it is about cleaning up the way our economies grow, both by better managing how we do things today and investing time, money and effort into harnessing new sources of smarter, cleaner economic activity.
The world's energy needs illustrate the issue clearly. Fossil fuel consumption has risen 14 times in 100 years, yet by 2050 the energy needs of 9 billion people will have to be met for heating, cooking, lighting, production and transport. On the one hand, this is a daunting challenge: fossil fuels are becoming depleted and are becoming costly, and they carry a heavy price tag in terms of air pollution and climate change. On the other hand, this same challenge opens up opportunities for exploiting cleaner energy technologies, insulating old buildings and constructing new ones, and encouraging more efficient means of producing and consuming goods and services. Indeed, energy could generate a new economic revolution, rather as communications did in the 1990s.
There are many initiatives out there to suggest change is already happening. China's 12th five-year plan has a green development section which provides detailed policy guidelines and targets for tackling climate change (including producing 16% of its primary energy from renewable sources by 2022), and for managing and preserving resources.
Neighbouring Korea has set the pace among OECD countries by launching its own National Strategy for Green Growth (2009-2013), under which the government has earmarked about 2% of GDP to spend on green growth programmes and projects. Denmark's 2009 Agreement on Green Growth targets modern and competitive farming and food sectors that embrace environmental goals, while from 2012 the UK will invest billions in low-carbon ventures through a new green investment bank. Meanwhile, fossil fuel energy subsidies are to be reduced in India, antipollution taxes are proposed in Australia, and plans are afoot to create 1.4 million new environment-related jobs in Japan. The list goes on.
Moreover, the development of green technology is gathering pace. Patented inventions for renewable energy increased by 24% annually between 1999 and 2008, and by 20% for electric and hybrid vehicles. Patented inventions also rose for energy efficiency in building and lighting, though by a more modest 11%.
A rising share of government energy R&D budgets is also devoted to energy efficiency and renewable energy. Investors are not sitting back: a quarter of all venture capital investments in the United States in the first half of 2010 were in green technologies.
These are all steps in the right direction, but sparking a groundswell of change right across the spectrum is another matter. The trouble is, while governments know where they must go, they are unsure about how to get there. They have no desire to undo the progress in living standards of the past 50 years, or to see their economies grinding to a halt.
There are questions to answer. Will the investment produce desired results for productivity? Which new markets should we encourage? How can "green" priorities be integrated into economic policymaking? And how can we be sure that other policies– and indeed, other countries–are moving in the same direction? In short, they need a strategy to help them move forward.
To provide one, the OECD unveiled its Green Growth Strategy in May 2011. The fruit of two years' work, it confirms the conviction expressed at the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in 2009, which commissioned the project, that green and growth can indeed go hand in hand. The strategy comprises a practical guiding framework for policy, examples of tools for use in promoting green growth, and a process for monitoring progress.
The policy framework is about getting the essentials right, such as institutional settings to improve resource management, encourage economic activity and foster innovation. On the broad economic front, there may be trade or investment barriers to address to improve the spread of green technologies and practices. Or green growth policies may have to be matched with poverty reduction goals, for instance. As for the tools, a wide set is considered that correspond to different situations. For instance, a country facing technological blockages may need to invest in R&D, perhaps using subsidies or other incentives. Small businesses are harbingers of innovation, and some countries may need to take action to help them flourish, such as by improving access to finance and enhancing communications infrastructures. There may be intellectual property rights to address, too.
For fighting pollution and climate change, market-based tools are needed, particularly taxes and carbon markets, while subsidies that incite industries to pollute or extract resources unnecessarily should be wound down. Instead, subsidies could encourage new, cleaner activity, though these should be designed to avoid being locked in to particular activities over time. Also, the likes of waste fees, energy-saving building codes and new public procurement practices could all help stimulate demand for cleaner, smarter goods and services.
As with any transition, green growth will create winners and losers. Some household incomes could be hit, say, by higher fuel taxes. However, there are policies for compensating for such losses, for instance, The Green Growth Strategy will help governments to keep the environment at the heart of their thinking by using lump sum transfers or tax credits that are calculated on the basis of average green tax payments per household. Such policies are explained in the OECD Green Growth Strategy report entitled Towards Green Growth.
An essential driver of the OECD Green Growth Strategy is the ability to set concrete goals and monitor progress. The organisation's internationally comparable indicators for green growth are capable of sending clear messages to policymakers and the public at large. Environmental and resource productivity is being monitored, for instance–this is rarely carried out in standard accounting frameworks–as are the natural asset base and changes in the quality of life, including through the OECD's new online tool, the Better Life Index. Indicators describing policy responses and economic opportunities will also help to assess the effectiveness of particular policies and how they may be adjusted.
Green growth is a strategic concept, which helps bring harmony and coherence to existing environmental and economic policy priorities. It helps governments to keep the environment at the heart of their thinking, alongside conventional priorities such as finance, employment and investment.
In short, the OECD Green Growth Strategy is about far more than just technology or innovation. As OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría explains, it is about what we eat, what we drink, what we recycle, re-use, repair, how we produce and how we consume. It is about how we all behave every day of our lives.
For more information on the OECD Green Growth Strategy, contact Nathalie Girouard, email@example.com
These Green Growth Strategy reports are available at www.oecd.org/greengrowth
Towards Green Growth http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,3746,en_2649_37465_47983690_1_1_1_37465,00.html
Towards Green Growth–Monitoring Progress: OECD Indicators http://www.oecd.org/document/49/0,3746,en_2649_37465_48033720_1_1_1_37465,00.html
Tools for Delivering Green Growth http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/48/48012326.pdf
Towards Green Growth: A Summary for Policymakers http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/49/48012345.pdf
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Chikoo Festival gives fillip to agro-tourism
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Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) in association with Global Konkan Pratisthan had organised the second edition of annual Chikoo Festival at Dahanu recently. Dahanu, a small coastal town which is located around 141 km from Mumbai, has abundant production of chickoo. This festival attracts a number of tourists from nearby major cities like Mumbai and Pune. This year the festival also witnessed a good number of visitors from Ahmedabad.
Speaking exclusively with Express TravelWorld , Sanjay Yadavrao, president, Global Konkan Pratisthan, said, "Chikoo Festival has seen an excellent footfall this year. Dahanu is a destination which has a great potential for agro-tourism, and Chikoo Festival plays a major role in attracting tourists."
Apart from promoting the different varieties of chickoo and its by-products, this festival also promotes the local culture, traditions and cuisines. Warli paintings, local handwoven baskets and sculptures made by local artists were among the highlights of this festival.
Dr Jagdish Patil, managing director, MTDC, said, "Tourism can transform the socio-economic dimensions of Dahanu. Chikoo Festival is an ideal platform to promote tourism fraternity. With over 50 per cent land under fruit orchards, forests and mangroves, this region has a lot to offer through agro-tourism. We want tourists to get a flavour of the indigenous culture of Dahanu."
Also, the Global Konkan Pratisthan is all set to promote the entire Konkan coast and improve various facilities for village tourism. With an initial plan to develop 22 villages, the government has sanctioned already INR 50 crore for the development of these Adivasi villages and boost village tourism.
Speaking about the latest development plans, Yadavrao, said, "Konkan always had a great tourism potential, but no on took the initiative to develop it. The government of Maharashtra is very helpful and we have received INR 50 crore to develop 22 villages. Mumbai is a destination which attracts around 48 lakh foreign tourists and more than three crore domestic travellers, we are promoting village tourism so that the tourists from Mumbai can also come to enjoy the beauty of Konkan."
Global Konkan Pratisthan has also put forth a proposal to the government for creating Dahanu to Vengurla tourism corridor. The proposal includes the development of infrastructure and to providing basic necessity to the tourists. Creating new attractions like museums, developing beaches with international standard infrastructures apart from 15 to 20 tourist attractions would increase the tourism inflow in this region.


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Red wine: Grape skins contain the antioxidant resveratrol, which helps prevent blood clots and the stiffening of heart tissue. In addition, alcohol raises HDL ("good") cholesterol.
Nuts: Almonds, walnuts, macadamias and hazelnuts are high in monounsaturated fat, which lowers LDL ("bad") cholesterol without reducing HDL. They are also a rich source of vitamin E (a powerful antioxidant) and of the amino acid arginine, which helps keep artery walls healthy. Walnuts, in addition, protect against clotting and arrhythmia. But keep nuts to an ounce a day: They're also high in calories.
Avocados: True, they're high in fat, but it's the healthy monounsaturated kind. Chemicals in avocados also inhibit cholesterol absorption and protect against hypertension.
Chocolate: The dark, European kind is rich in nutrients called flavonols, which lower both blood pressure and LDL cholesterol.
Olive oil: As a monounsaturated fat, it's good for your cholesterol numbers. In addition, dressing your salad with a little olive oil or using it to sauté leafy greens will help you absorb the nutrients in those veggies.
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Your holy martyrs, Pamphilius and his companions, O Lord, / through their sufferings have received incorruptible crowns from You, our God. / For having Your strength, they laid low their adversaries, / and shattered the powerless boldness of demons. / Through their intercessions, save our souls!
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What is BCG?
BCG is a vaccine for TB. It is not used for TB control in the United States, but it is often given to infants and small children in other countries where TB is common. BCG vaccine offers some degree of protection for infants and young children in preventing certain deadly forms of TB, but the protection goes away over time. Not all people react to it, and it does not prevent TB disease from developing in adults.
If you were vaccinated with BCG, you may have a positive reaction to a TB skin test. This reaction may be due to the BCG vaccine itself or to a real TB infection. But your positive reaction probably means that you have TB infection if:
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The classic tale reillustrated by David McPhail is now a board book
Beatrix Potter's beloved tale of the mischievous little rabbit who hops into trouble in Mr. MacGregor's vegetable garden is a childhood classic. Now this edition--lovingly illustrated by David McPhail--is available in a hands-on board book format that's just right for the littlest readers.
Youngsters love the naughty rabbit who is always getting into scrapes and the beautiful but simple illustrations are timeless masterpieces -- Natasha Harding Sun online 20091203
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Red Sox rally but lose to Orioles in 12 innings
BOSTON >> An impressive seventh-inning rally only postponed defeat a couple of hours for the spiraling and pressing Red Sox.
Boston's comeback from a five-run deficit was thwarted when David Lough tripled to lead off the 12th inning and scored on J.J. Hardy's single as the Baltimore Orioles recovered for a 7-6 victory Sunday.
The Red Sox lost two of three to Baltimore to fall a season-worst 10 games below .500. They've dropped five of six, 11 of 16 and sit nine games behind the AL East-leading Orioles.
"Got to win on this day," said Jake Peavy, who allowed two runs one earned and six hits in six innings. "I'm as sick of it as you guys are sitting here talking about losing."
What best summed up Boston's day and season? Collecting his fourth hit and reaching base for the fifth time to lead off the 12th, David Ortiz tried to stretch it into a double and was thrown out easily by Lough in left field.
Earlier, Dustin Pedroia was caught stealing second with one out in the ninth and Ortiz at the plate.
"We're always going to err on the side of aggressiveness," manager John Farrell said.
Brad Brach (4-0) earned the victory with three innings of scoreless relief. He allowed one hit and one walk while striking out four. Zach Britton pitched the 12th for his 14th save in a game that lasted more than 5 hours.
Edward Mujica (2-4) worked a scoreless 11th before Lough lined a triple to the center field wall leading off the 12th. The next batter, Hardy, bounced one through the left side of the infield to give the Orioles the lead.
Hardy and Nelson Cruz each had three hits for Baltimore, which has won six of seven. Cruz had five hits Saturday in the second game of a day-night doubleheader and hit safely in seven straight at-bats before flying out in the fifth.
Ortiz had four hits and Pedroia added three for Boston, which trailed 6-1 before scoring five runs in the seventh to tie it.
"We strung some hits together, finally, to mount that inning," Farrell said.
Boston center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. had two hits, threw out a runner at the plate and made a leaping catch to end the top of the ninth.
"We haven't won the close games," Pedroia said. "We've played a lot of one-run games and that's been the difference. One hit or one play being made in each of those games and it's a different story right now."
The Orioles scored in the fourth against Peavy after Cruz led off with a double and came around when third baseman Xander Bogaerts fielded Delmon Young's grounder and threw it into the stands behind first base. Young made it 2-0 in the sixth when he was hit by a pitch leading off the inning and scored on Caleb Joseph's sacrifice fly.
Boston cut it to 2-1 in the bottom half on Ortiz's RBI single through the shifted infield. Baltimore scored four in the seventh on six singles and catcher David Ross' error on a play at the plate.
After Stephen Drew struck out to start the bottom half, Ross homered and then the next four batters singled to make it a 6-4 game. Pedroia struck out, then Brian Matusz was brought in to face Ortiz, who was 1 for 22 with 13 strikeouts in his career against the Orioles lefty.
Ortiz singled to make it 6-5, then Mike Napoli singled off Tommy Hunter to tie the game before Drew struck out to end the inning.
NOTES: Ortiz doubled in the fourth for his 1,708th hit in a Boston uniform. He passed Harry Hooper for seventh on the franchise list; Bobby Doerr is next with 2,042. Ortiz also had 393 hits with the Minnesota Twins. ... Bogaerts snapped an 0-for-27 slump with a third-inning single. ... Orioles RHP Kevin Gausman was called up from Triple-A Norfolk to make the start. RHP Ramon Ramirez was designated for assignment to make room on the roster. ... Acknowledging 1B Chris Davis (.201) is "scuffling," Orioles manager Buck Showalter gave him Sunday off. Showalter expects Davis to play Monday. ... Showalter brushed off Red Sox RHP John Lackey's comments Saturday after Cruz's five-hit game. Lackey said he had "nothing to say" about Cruz, apparently referring to his 50-game suspension a year ago for his role in the Biogenesis drug scandal. "We need to all make sure we check our own backyard before we start looking at somebody else's," Showalter said. ... Peavy has not won in 13 starts since April.


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Haaretz reported that the alleged attacker, identified as Samir Seresi, 51, exited a taxi and began threatening Israeli soldiers with a knife.
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Yahya Yusri Taha was shot in the head, and left bleeding on the ground as Israeli forces prevented Palestinian ambulances from reaching him.
The two incidents come the day after Ibrahim Abdul-Halim Dawood, 16, died from injuries sustained after he was shot in the heart by Israeli forces two weeks ago near Ramallah.
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Chicago, IL – Scott Feldman tossed a gem and the Chicago Cubs plated five runs in the fourth inning to rout the Texas Rangers, 9-2, at Wrigley Field.
Feldman (3-3) had Texas hitters guessing all night as he yielded just two hits in seven scoreless frames, lowering his ERA to 1.63 over his last four starts. He also helped himself at the plate, delivering an RBI single as part of the big fourth inning.
"He was really, really good again," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said of Feldman.
Anthony Rizzo and Luis Valbuena each went 3-for-4, while the former added a home run and four RBI for the Cubs, who won after dropping their previous four. Starlin Castro had two RBI and three runs scored.
Nick Tepesch (2-3) took the loss after getting lit up for six runs -- five earned -- on six hits and four walks in four innings of work.
"I just didn't really make a good pitch right there. That was basically it," Tepesch said.
Tepesch retired Nate Schierholtz and Welington Castillo to begin the fourth, but the Cubs rallied with two outs to add to a 1-0 lead. Valbuena got things started with a double and Darwin Barney was walked intentionally to bring Feldman to the plate. The move backfired, as Feldman singled in Valbuena for the first run of the inning.
David DeJesus then drew a walk, Castro singled in two more runs and Rizzo drove in a pair with his single through the hole at shortstop.
Chicago led 1-0 after DeJesus came around to score when Alfonso Soriano grounded into a fielder's choice in the bottom of the first. DeJesus singled to lead off, stole second base and advanced to third on Texas catcher Geovany Soto's throwing error.
Schierholtz's sacrifice fly with one out in the sixth inning plated Castro to give Chicago a 7-0 advantage.
Rizzo's two-run shot to right field in the eighth gave Chicago a nine-run lead, before the Rangers put two on the board in the top of the ninth. Elvis Andrus led off with a double to deep left and scored on a Valbuena throwing error on a grounder off the bat of Adrian Beltre. Soto later knocked in Beltre with a single up the middle to round out the scoring.
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The Rangers had gone eight games without committing an error before Soto's poor throw in the first inning ... Texas pitchers surrendered seven walks ... The Rangers had won three straight coming in to the game ... Chicago outhit Texas, 11-5.


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Surgeon General's cancer report turns 50
Maryellen Bolcer looks back on her life as a smoker with derision and shame.
But when the Fairfield resident, now 60, began smoking at 13, it was the cool thing to do. Both her parents smoked and most of her nine siblings smoked. "It's the only thing I learned from my mother," Bolcer said. "Everything revolved around cigarettes. I never really knew anybody who didn't smoke."
That was about to change. Around the time Bolcer was picking up her cigarettes, a major report from the U.S. surgeon general was urging people to put them down. The report showed that, among other things, smoking was a cause of lung cancer and laryngeal cancer in men and a probable cause of lung cancer in women. The landmark report issued 50 years ago Saturday led to many laws that have dramatically reduced the country's smoking rate. It also opened the door to legal action against tobacco companies. In 1998, the companies agreed to pay billions of dollars to state governments in what is the largest civil litigation settlement in U.S. history.
"It really was a huge landmark," said Dr. Paul Sachs, Stamford Hospital's director of pulmonary medicine. "It was really the first time there was acknowledgement of the health risks of smoking."
Before the report came out, smoking had an aura of sophistication around it. Much of the popular culture of the first half of the 20th century -- from movies to advertisements to television -- portrayed smoking as glamorous. Since the surgeon general's report was released, the percentage of Americans who smoke has fallen by nearly 50 percent. As many as 8 million lives were saved by it, a new study led by the Yale University School of Public Health found.
Bolcer eventually quit smoking as attitudes about the habit changed, and is now director of the Teen SmokeStoppers program at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport and runs smoking cessation classes for adults, as well.
"I believe the attitude changed because people became educated," she said. "When that report came out, you had to make a choice. A better choice was made because of education and awareness."
But with about 44 million Americans still smoking, she and many others said there's still more work to be done.
Today, only about 19 percent of American adults smoke and only 17 percent of Connecticut residents smoke. But 4,700 people die from smoking-related illness each year in Connecticut.
Smoking everywhere
When the original Surgeon General's report came out, there were few limitations on where and when you could smoke.
"Basically, 50 years ago, you could smoke anywhere," said Michelle Caul, manager of health education for the Connecticut office of the American Lung Association. "You could smoke at work. Athletes endorsed smoking."
It was even common in hospitals, among staff and patients, said Dr. Harold Kaplan, director of the Medical Student Home Program at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University.
"Smoking was just so prevalent among the overwhelming majority of the population," he said.
Patients even smoked in hospitals, said Kaplan, who did not smoke. He remembered one patient who had a tracheostomy, a surgical procedure in which tube is inserted in the windpipe to create an airway. The patient made a sort of "adapter" that allowed him to smoke through his tracheostomy hole, Kaplan said.
The shift begins
Not long after the surgeon general's report came out, its seeds began to bear fruit. In 1965, Congress passed the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act requiring warning labels on all cigarette packs. In 1970, President Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, which banned cigarettes ads on radio or television. Stamford Hospital's Sachs said that was particularly huge.
Today's kids have never seen a cigarette commercial on TV, whereas they were omnipresent when he was a child. "I could sing the Lucky Strike jingle to you right now if you wanted," Sachs said.
Smoking was eventually banned on short airline flights, then on longer ones. Businesses began to outlaw the practice, including bars and restaurants. Connecticut banned smoking in all enclosed workplaces, restaurants, bars, cafes, taverns and bowling alleys in the early 2000s.
Those who resisted quitting were increasingly made to feel like pariahs.
Peggie Parniawski, 55, of Stratford, who began smoking in the 70s, after the report came out, because it was still "cool." She kept smoking even when she became a nurse, urging patients to quit, but lighting up in private.
"You didn't want people to know that you smoked," said Parniawski, who is now director of nursing at Bridgeport Hospital. She finally quit about seven years ago, at the age of 48.
For Bolcer, it was losing both parents to smoking-related illnesses that led her to quit.
"It was a decision I had to make. I knew that I could have a better life but, to have it, I had to stop smoking."
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(CNN) -- For a minute, Courtney Love believed she'd found a clue in the case of the disappearance of Malaysian flight 370.
The saga of the missing airplane has captured the public's attention, and Hollywood is clearly not exempt from the intrigue. Love, best known as a musician, actress and wife of the late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain, tweeted a picture of a body of water with the caption "really? look closer? check it out @DR24 #MH370 and its like a mile away Pulau Perak, where they 'last' tracked it."
really? look closer? check it out @DR24 #MH370 and its like a mile away Pulau Perak, where they "last" tracked it pic.twitter.com/tqavAe4zIL— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) March 17, 2014
The "it" would be the Boeing 777-200 that has been missing, along with all aboard, for more than a week. The picture Love tweeted features drawn lines meant to point to what appears to be discolorations in the water and possible debris.
Another tweet from Love says "I'm no expert but up close this does look like a plane and an oil slick. ... prayers go out to the families #MH370" with a link to Tomnod.com, a crowdsourcing site that has enlisted participants to scour satellite imagery for clues.
I'm no expert but up close this does look like a plane and an oil slick. http://t.co/AR005kNTYR prayers go out to the families #MH370— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) March 17, 2014
Love told New York Magazine's Daily Intelligencer that "Yeah I went to the satellite site and just uploaded tons and tons of pictures. I really doubt aliens took it. It's got to be somewhere. I'm a little obsessive."
The Daily Intelligencer, however, pointed out that Tomnod ruled out the theory before Love even offered it.
"Although it is still an interesting clue, it is looking much more like the other boats operating in the region," they reported Tomnod as saying. "Keep up the good work."


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Using a smartphone to get directions while driving currently falls into a legal grey area. The feds want to change that. A proposal by the Obama administration would require restrictions on how apps can be used and even force changes if NHTSA thinks it's unsafe. This will not go well.
The innocuously named Grow America Act – which addresses everything from infrastructure to jobs – includes a section authorizing NHTSA to have a hand in how both built-in systems and navigation apps work.
Currently, NHTSA doesn't have any explicit requirements for automakers to follow when it comes to the controls and information displayed on the dash. Instead, automakers adhere to an informal and voluntary set of guidelines. It's kept the feds off their backs as distracted driving continues to be a favorite pet cause in Washington, but it wasn't going to stay that way.
According to the New York Times, this new proposal would give NHTSA the ability to set restrictions on built-in systems – which automakers support – but also extends that reach to smartphones, going so far as to assess the safety of the app and even require the developer to make changes if it's considered dangerous.
Naturally, the tech crowd is not enthused.
"They don't have the budget or the structure to oversee both Silicon Valley and the auto industry," executive director of the Intelligent Car Coalition Catherine McCullough told the Times. And exactly how these requirements would be evaluated and enforced isn't defined.
Worst case scenario, developers would have to get their apps pre-approved by NHTSA, but it's more likely that they could ship their app and hope they don't get a letter from the feds asking them to change or remove some functionalities.
No matter how it plays out, it's something the Department of Transportation has been after for years. Former NTHSA administrator David Strickland testified twice before Congress, saying that smartphone apps should be "classified as motor vehicle equipment".


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Our fourth edition of Breaking Down the Hedge is devoted to American politics 2012. Timely! We hope some of this comes in handy as you attempt to awaken your friends and family. Good luck!
Politics in General
1. If You Were King (YouTube)
My Take:
This is an excellent little video that helps explain the proper role of government. Great for people who support government welfare and other do-good schemes.
2. Vote 4 Stuff (YouTube)
My Take:
And then there's this. Leonardo DiCaprio and other uber-rich Hollywood smuckety schmucks mock our political process by making it about "stuff."
3. Obama and Romney: A "debate" without real differences (Global Research)
The United States is in the grip of the worst social crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, with record levels of long-term unemployment, record levels of hunger and homelessness, mass layoffs of workers in the public schools and other essential services, deteriorating public infrastructure and deepening poverty and social misery.
Aside from two sentences from Romney—in the course of proposing measures that would make the crisis even worse for working people—there was no reference to this social reality in 90 minutes of debate. The words "poverty" and "unemployment" never crossed Obama's lips. Neither candidate offered any proposals to alleviate mass suffering, put the unemployed to work or rebuild public services devastated by budget cuts.
On the contrary, more than four years into an economic crisis brought on by the greatest financial collapse of the profit system since the 1930s, both candidates pledged their loyalty to Wall Street and hailed capitalism as the greatest boon to mankind.
My Take:
In an online forum prior to the debates, someone pointedly suggested that you would be dreaming if anything of substance actually were discussed there. They mentioned a few specifics that would not be mentioned: repealing the NDAA, ending the Communist practice of "czars" in Washington, reducing the size of the federal government, shutting down the TSA, Agenda 21, or pulling the US out of the UN. Personally, I would have actually watched the debates if I thought something on this list would be discussed! But, what do we get instead? Big Bird. In the end, there is no evidence that there will be real "change" no matter who gets elected. It's almost as if there were someone pulling strings behind the scenes…
4. Reality Check: Who Is Behind The Commission on Presidential Debates? Are The Debates Rigged? (YouTube)
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"The CPD (Commission on Presidential Debates) was then formed by the Republican and Democrat parties…" That about sums it up. Did you actually believe our elections were fair and honest?!? Now, Gary Johnson is mentioned in this clip, but it should be known that he is no acceptable substitute for Ron Paul, who is the only person I am aware of who has demonstrated a consistent practice of abiding by the Constitution – for two decades!
5. Reality Check: The Real Numbers Behind Romney and Obama's Deficit Plans (YouTube)
My Take:
As usual, neither of these fools proposes any meaningful budget cuts. In fact, what Obama proposes – cutting $4 trillion over a decade – is the standard charade, pointed out bu Joel Skousen in one of his World Affairs Brief newsletters: making promises that the politician will not have to fulfill himself, and which will never actually happen because the person in power then will more than likely repeal them. It's been done time and time again over the past decades. And yet, the people don't seem to catch on…
6. Voting Criteria for Latter-day Saints (Frost Cave)
…I've been surprised to hear them misapply those facts and come to conclusions like, "The Church has no position on politics at all. The Brethren have individual opinions, but they have made no official statements on laws or government that we should feel bound to follow." Conclusions like this are incorrect. While the Church is definitely politically neutral regarding individual people, parties, or platforms, it is not politically neutral on principles of government. In some cases, they have even endorsed or opposed specific bills by name. Modern prophets have given us all kinds of counsel on what criteria to consider when voting and being politically involved. If we are wise, we'll search out the prophets' counsel and try to make our voting criteria match the Brethren's.
The purpose of this article is to share what the prophets have said we should consider when voting. It may or may not change who you vote for, but that's not really my goal. Even if it doesn't change who or what you support, I hope it helps you support them for the right reasons.
My Take:
I want to end this section on politics with one specifically directed at Latter-day Saints (Mormons). the LDS have been given more counsel on government than any other people I am aware of. In recent decades, it has been one of the most discussed topics of all. A quick perusal of the Latter-Day Conservative website will tell you everything you need to know, straight from the horses' mouths. Go ahead, look up socialism, or abortion, or even welfare or education. You will be surprised at what you didn't know, but should have! The above article includes a great worksheet to help you visualize the reasons you support a candidate.
After discussing Constitutionality (which all present candidates fail miserably, in my opinion), the author addresses the top 4 reasons I have heard LDS say they will vote for Romney, all of them ridiculous. My comments are in red:
Interestingly, as I've read up on the Brethren's counsel on what criteria to use when selecting candidates or laws, I have never heard them say we should vote for someone because he or she
- Has the best leadership or business experience to (for example) turn the economy around (Brigham Young once chided the Latter-day Saints because of their obsession with money. So did Hugh Nibley. My, how some things never change. Is Romney's support of unConstitutional foreign wars, which are specifically forbidden by the scriptures, less important than the economy?!?)
- Has the best chance of beating another candidate (I think Obama might defeat Satan in an election. Would that leave us any better off? Would that be supporting the best candidate, or just reacting out of fear?)
- Will have a good impact publicity-wise on the Church worldwide (We are electing a someone to lead the United States, not promote our religion! That's your job!)
- Is a member of the LDS church (So is Harry Reid. 'Nuf said.)
1. John Cusack Interviews Law Professor Jonathan Turley About Obama Administration's War On the Constitution (Truthout)
TURLEY: Well, the way that this works is you have this unseen panel. Of course, their proceedings are completely secret. The people who are put on the hit list are not informed, obviously.
CUSACK: That's just not polite, is it?
TURLEY: No, it's not. The first time you're informed that you're on this list is when your car explodes, and that doesn't allow much time for due process. But the thing about the Obama administration is that it is far more premeditated and sophisticated in claiming authoritarian powers. Bush tended to shoot from the hip — he tended to do these things largely on the edges. In contrast, Obama has openly embraced these powers and created formal measures, an actual process for killing US citizens. He has used the terminology of the law to seek to legitimate an extrajudicial killing.
CUSACK: Yeah, bringing the law down to meet his political realism, his constitutional realism, which is that the Constitution is just a means to an end politically for him, so if it's inconvenient for him to deal with due process or if it's inconvenient for him to deal with torture, well, then why should he do that? He's a busy man. The Constitution is just another document to be used in a political fashion, right?
My Take:
Although I shared this already in Breaking Down the Hedge (#2), I still feel that it is important enough to share again. People need to read this, and share it with their Obama-lovin' friends and family. They need to wake up and see what he has actually been doing in private after making all of the fancy promises in public.
2. Bad Facts about Obama's Prospects (Eagle Forum)
Although the polls show the presidential campaigns neck and neck, the facts continue to look negative for Barack Obama. Two-thirds of the American people say they believe the United States is going in the wrong direction, and changing the occupant of the White House is the only way to reverse course.
Unemployment remains the prime political issue, but the Democrats still allow a tsunami of legal and illegal immigrants to take jobs away from U.S. citizens. Obama's Jobs Czar, Jeffrey Immelt, is busy creating jobs in Communist China instead of in the U.S.A.
Obama's wild spending is putting an albatross around the necks of our children and grandchildren. Americans have enough personal debt, and they don't want their kids to assume the burden of paying for Obama's extravagances.
My Take:
I must preface my comments with the following disclaimer: both of the major political parties are controlled from behind the scenes by the same people, and when in power, seek to achieve the same goals. And now, my comments on this article.
I follow Eagle Forum for the same reason I am not afraid to read articles from the Huffington Post: if you ignore the spin, you will (often, but not always) discover truth. So, as long as you don't believe everything you read, you will come off better for paying attention. As in this article. While I wholeheartedly disagree with Phyllis Schlafly's conclusion that "changing the occupant of the White House is the only way to reverse course," she does point some excellent reasons not to support Obama any further.
3. Judge Napolitano: Once We Have More Info on Drone Strikes, Voters Can Make an Informed Decision About Whether They Want a President Who Kills People (Fox News Insider)
Judge Napolitano said the drone strikes are "profoundly unlawful (and) unconstitutional," and supports the release of the documents.
"They believe that somehow, from some source other than the Constitution, that (the president) has the power to do this. … The more we know about it, the more voters can make an informed judgment as to whether they want a president who kills people and claims he can get away with it," said Napolitano.
My Take:
Yeah, the title of this article pretty well sums it up. If we keep in mind that "We The People" created the federal government, and We approved the Constitution, which is the SOLE source from which the president derives his powers and authorities, then We must stop and ask ourselves exactly where he thinks he has derived the power to murder people at will, and whether or not We will allow him to continue doing so. And, by the way, this is one practice I do not see ending should Romney inherit the White House.
4. Judge Napolitano: Executive Privilege Only Applies If Obama Involved (YouTube)
My Take:
Most people heard that Obama exercised his (unConstitutional) executive privilege to excuse Eric Holder from testifying during the Fast and Furious scandal earlier this year. What most people did not hear was that this was only an option for the president if he, himself, was personally involved. Interesting.
5. Obama Dedicates Chavez National Monument (ABC News)
Speaking to a crowd of more than 6,000 at Nuestra Senora Reina de La Paz, the farm where the late Chavez lived and led his worker movement, Obama paid tribute to the labor leader, saying he "gave workers a reason to hope."
"The movement he helped to lead was sustained by a generation of organizers who stood up and spoke out and urged others to do the same," he said. "It drew strength from Americans of every race and every background, who marched and boycotted together on behalf of La Causa. And it was always inspired by the farm workers themselves.
"Our world is a better place because Cesar Chavez decided to change it. Let us honor his memory. But most importantly, let's live up to his example," he said.
My Take:
Do we really need a national monument celebrating another Communist? Is anyone who really understands Barack Obama surprised by this? I' m not. But, if you are (and really, even if you're not), I recommend this post by Trevor Loudon at the New Zeal, entitled "Yes They Did!: Barack Obama, Cesar Chavez and Their Common Communist Roots." Did we pay attention? No, we didn't. Chavez formed the United Farm Workers' Union alongside another person, Dolores Huerta:
He was, for over 40 years, the partner of a U.F.W. founder and long time Democratic Socialists of America Honorary Chair Dolores Huerta. Obama himself has enjoyed almost a thirty year relationship with D.S.A., the U.S.'s largest Marxist organization.
The article also explains that Cesar Chavez organized a group called Community Service Organization, which – surprise, surprise! – was funded by Saul Alinsky. If you don't know who he was, well… you have some homework to do.
6. Review: "Barack Obama and the Enemies Within" (New American)
Much of the credit for breaking the media blackout on Barack Obama's real political identity goes to Trevor Loudon of New Zealand, whose websites KeyWiki.org and Trevorloudon.com have published reams of important information on Barack Obama, key activists in his administration, and the national network of labor unions, think tanks, academics, "community organizations," and political operations that are crucial to moving his Marxist agenda. Loudon has laboriously unearthed hundreds of documents and thousands of published stories from establishment, communist, and leftist publications to "connect the dots" demonstrating the extensive subversive web of "Progressive" activists that propelled Obama to power. He has done what legions of MSM reporters should have done, but failed to do. However, unlike many of the other "conservatives" who regularly discredit themselves and "the Right" by attacking Obama on talk radio and the blogosphere with insults, invective and profanity-laced bombast, and unsubstantiated charges, Loudon restricts his commentary to facts, solid analysis, logical inference and hard-hitting, but civil, discourse.
My Take:
I have been following Trevor Loudon since 2008, and used his information to try to dissuade voters from supporting Obama at that time. He really does provide solid facts, as opposed to the party-line tripe that comes from the mainstream media pundits, which is designed entirely to instill fear, which then serves to motivate voters to vote for "the lesser of two evils." This practice, incidentally, happens on "both sides" of the so-called political aisle. I highly recommend paying attention to Trevor Loudon, via his websites, and even this book, as I am sure it continues Loudon's proven trend of providing information that you will get from no other source.
7. Valerie B. Jarrett (Key Wiki)
Valerie Jarrett currently works as a senior advisor to U.S. president Barack Obama and has been referred to as "the other side of Obama's brain." Born in Shiraz, Iran to American parents, Jarrett spent the first five years of her life there before her family moved to London. Jarrett comes from a family of highly influential leftists. In 1983 she married Dr. William Robert Jarrett, son of famed Chicago Sun-Times reporter Vernon Jarrett. Vernon Jarrett was a one time political associate of Communist Party USA activist and Obama mentor Frank Marshall Davis. Jarrett is the great niece of prominent Democratic Party leftist Vernon Jordan and her maternal grandfather was Robert Taylor, the first black chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority. Jarrett is a personal friend of Marilyn Katz who worked with Students for a Democratic Society, the 1960s group that banded radical left youth and students together under the New Left movement.
My Take:
So… Obama hires a woman whose father-in-law had close political ties to a man who was a high-profile Communist, who may or may not have been Obama's real dad, but who definitely was Obama's mentor during the most influential period of his life. That's interesting. And… she is friends with someone who worked with the S.D.S., the same group from which sprang the Weather Underground, the radical terrorist organization that Obama's best friend, Bill Ayers, was a prominent member of, which group planned to murder millions of Americans who would not succumb to their re-education plans. Well, that doesn't worry me at all. (Disclaimer: This is not an endorsement of Romney! Read on!)
8. WordsMatter2012.com (YouTube)
Visit the YouTube channel here.
My Take:
This is a great way to hold politicians accountable: by using their own words against them! These guys have several videos demonstrating what Obama once claimed he would do versus what he has either done or later said he would do. I would love to see a Romney version of this. Oh wait, there is.
9. Reality Check: Actions Speak Louder Than Words With President Obama and the NDAA? (YouTube)
Ben Swann Reality Check takes a look at how President Obama says one thing about the indefinite detention clause of the NDAA and yet continually does another.
My Take:
Speaking of words mattering…
10. Samuel L. Jackson: Wake the f— up (Politico)
Read the article, and watch the video, here.
Dissing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in rhyming verses, Jackson says:
Sorry, my friends, but there's no time to snore.
An out-of-touch millionaire has just declared war.
On schools, the environment, unions, fair pay.
We're all on our own if Romney has his way.
And he's against safety nets, if you fall, tough luck.
So I strongly suggest that you wake the f—k up.
My Take:
Hollywood continues their trend of using star power to support Communism and anti-Americanism. Note that this piece is designed to instill fear of an opposing political candidate rather than promote one's virtues, as mentioned above.
11. "Phantoms of Lost Liberty" Still Haunting Post-9/11 America (New American)
Then came a new president, one who had been a vocal critic of civil liberties violations when they were practiced by the Bush administration. But Barack Obama's list of persons, including American citizens, designated for "targeted killings" far from any field of military battle, raised further questions about whether our government was in the business of protecting or destroying life and liberty. Attorney General Eric Holder claimed the constitutional guarantee of "due process" does not necessarily require a court of law. "The Constitution guarantees due process not judicial process," Holder explained. A review and determination by the president and those with whom he chooses to share that responsibility may suffice. The roles of judge, jury, and executioner are thus vested in one all-powerful chief executive.
My Take:
This is another article I shared previously, but thought important enough to share again, this time in connection with Obama, specifically. Interestingly, I have yet to hear Mitt Romney say he will reverse these practices.
12. Why an Obama Re-Election May Be Best for the Cause of Liberty (Connor Boyack)
Okay, perhaps that's true. In fact, I'll venture to say that it's almost 100% true that an Obama presidency would be worse for Americans than a Romney one. Why, then, would Obama in office be a better thing for the cause of liberty?
The answer to this question lies in the answer to a different question. Where were all the jealous guardians of freedom during the Bush years? Where was the enraged right—the Constitution-loving conservatives who opposed Bush's policies as much as they do Obama's now, which are largely an extension of everything Bush did during his presidency?
The answer? They were almost entirely silent, content to go on with their daily lives confident that because a Republican was in control, they need not pay much attention. Still worse, many praised Bush for his efforts, calling him a man of God, a prayerful individual, the "Commander in Chief" looking out in all cases, and at all times, for America's best interest!
If Romney is elected, I predict that much of the tea-party faction in American politics will once again grow silent. These same individuals who praised Bush, and who now have boiling blood when talking about what Obama is doing, are praising Romney as a man who can "fix" Washington and upon whom the future success of America now solely depends. So, imagine the next eight years of more big government Republicanism with a silent conservative base largely ignoring the continual constitutional atrocities inflicted by one of their own.
My Take:
Connor is absolutely right. If America survives another four years of Obama, it will be better in the long run because it will piss people off even more and give them a deeper desire to see something really change, rather than pretending everything is better because a Republican is in the White House, as under Bush. Part of the problem is, of course, the mainstream media pundits who are completely controlled, and tell you only what they want you to hear, and who lead the people in their feigned outrage over some things and entirely ignore other bigger things.
Okay, I was going to address Romney in this issue, as well, but it has taken me so long to put this much together, I will have to save Romney for next time! Until then… DON'T BELIEVE A WORD ANYONE SAYS!


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- Never leave alcoholic drinks unattended where pets can reach them. Alcoholic beverages have the potential to poison pets. If ingested, the animal could become very intoxicated and weak, severely depressed or could go into a coma. Death from respiratory failure is also a possibility in severe cases.
- Do not apply any sunscreen or insect repellent product to your pet that is not labeled specifically for use on animals. Ingestion of sunscreen products can result in drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive thirst and lethargy. The misuse of insect repellent that contains DEET can lead to neurological problems.
- Always keep matches and lighter fluid out of your pets' reach. Certain types of matches contain chlorates, which could potentially damage blood cells and result in difficulty breathing—or even kidney disease in severe cases. Lighter fluid can be irritating to skin, and if ingested can produce gastrointestinal irritation and central nervous system depression. If lighter fluid is inhaled, aspiration pneumonia and breathing problems
- Keep your pets on their normal diet. Any change, even for one meal, can give your pets severe indigestion and diarrhea. This is particularly true for older animals who have more delicate digestive systems and nutritional requirements. And keep in mind that foods such as onions, chocolate, coffee, avocado, grapes & raisins, salt and yeast dough can all be potentially toxic to companion animals.
- Do not put glow jewelry on your pets, or allow them to play with it. While the luminescent substance contained in these products is not highly toxic, excessive drooling and gastrointestinal irritation could still result from ingestions, and intestinal blockage could occur from swallowing large pieces of the plastic containers.
- Keep citronella candles, insect coils and oil products out of reach. Ingestions can produce stomach irritation and possibly even central nervous system depression. If inhaled, the oils could cause aspiration pneumonia in pets.
- Never use fireworks around pets! While exposure to lit fireworks can potentially result in severe burns and/or trauma to the face and paws of curious pets, even unused fireworks can pose a danger. Many types contain potentially toxic substances, including potassium nitrate, arsenic and other heavy metals.
- Loud, crowded fireworks displays are no fun for pets, so please resist the urge to take them to Independence Day festivities. Instead, keep your little guys safe from the noise in a quiet, sheltered and escape-proof area at home.
- Consider calming your pet with a homeopathic calming remedy, available over the counter at most natural pet stores. If your pet has severe anxiety with loud noises, you might consider consulting with your Veterinarian for other options.
Please pass these tips on to any new pet parents you might know, to make sure they understand how to best prepare their pup or kitten for the holiday weekend and feel free to leave a comment with other tips you have found helpful. Happy Fourth!


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