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A Yazoo City woman was hit by a stray bullet after some residents fired bullets into the air to ring in the new year.
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"When the new year comes in, many people begin to shoot weapons into the air," he said. "No matter how much we get the word out, people still do this."
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GRITTING is due to take place on Isle of Wight roads tonight (Friday), the council has warned.
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by sidney barton
27th October 2012, at 19:37:17
liquid snow falling at the moment. probably the wrong type of snow that needs grit. hope the council have enough grit when we get real snow!!!
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27th October 2012, at 19:28:05
Temperatures did drop to 0c degrees last night.
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27th October 2012, at 16:49:37
Why would they put grit on the roads when there is no snow on the ground? In Canada we only put grit or salt when we have snow on the ground.
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"The council advised motorists to drive carefully" As opposed to how we normally drive?What are they trying to say here?I did not see any frost or ice last night, so grit wasted in my opinion.
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26th October 2012, at 23:29:52
Just driven passed one going through Ashey. Certainly dosn't seem cold enough to me!
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26th October 2012, at 22:00:17
Hope they are using the right grit ... ;-)
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The winter are REALLY cold and REALLY LOOOONNNGGGG - 1/24/2011 When we talk about the winter here in MN, there is just no relative notion to it. The facts of the matter, without injecting my opinion, are that the winters here are REALLY cold. Now, when I say cold, I am not just talking about normal cold, like it gets into the teens and there is something to talk about cold. Oh no. I am talking about bone-chilling, booger-freezing, feels-like-your-exposed-flesh-is-being-stabbed-with-knives kind of cold. And the winters are LOOOOOONG. There is no equally dividing twelve months into four seasons here in Minnesota. I don't care about the solstices and equinoxes. Those DO NOT APPLY here. Winter lasts at least November to April, sometimes October to May, and anyone who tells you differently is delusional and is trying to convince themselves, as well as you, of a LIE. At first, when we decided we were making the move to MN, we'd joke about the weather. "Oh, it's gonna be cold," we'd say and follow it with lighthearted giggling. WE HAD NO IDEA. I often ask myself why under the sun did I not ask someone about the weather before we moved here? Why didn't I talk with some of the locals we met on our house-hunting trip and ask them to tell me about it? Now, I know there are people who love winter. They wait the long months of spring and "summer" for that first snowfall in October. And for them, this IS THE PLACE. They have arrived. But this was our epiphany experience after traveling to Texas in December. WE HATE WINTER. HAAAAAAATTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEE winter. Why on earth do we live in Minnesota? As we made the long drive back, we felt the ceiling closing in on us. Traveling north and seeing the snow pack gradually appear, we felt our freedom being slowly robbed from us. Freedom from coats and boots and gloves. Freedom from daily snow shovelling of the sidewalk and the driveway and the ROOF. The freedom to just go outside without any preparation or special gear and sit on the deck and grill without freezing. The freedom to garden and run on GRASS, to play ladderball and baseball, and to go on family bike rides. And yes, while much of the country has experienced a bit more winter in the last month than they are used to, we have been dealing with it since November. And while our friends in other states will for years talk about that really snowy winter they had in 2010-2011, for us here in Minnesota, this is just how it is. There is no hope that next year won't be as bad. THIS IS WINTER in Minnesota[read more...]
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Mid-west Mid-Minnesota - 12/31/2010 In 1983, I moved to Sunburg, a small rural town where some old guys still speak Norwegian. This area is known as the Glacial Ridge Trail. There are rolling hills covered with farmland, lakes, woods, and wetlands. There are deer, pheasants, ducks and geese, crows and robins. This agricultural region is dotted with small communities that are both humble and proud of their Scandinavian lineage. Ya, you betcha! It is cold; winters are harsh. But that seems to bring people together to get warm and talk, and it makes us tough. We survive the common enemy together and there is a bond between us because of it. When spring comes, oh! the warm sun, flowers, grass, the smell of dirt; it has been gone for almost 6 months. Snow melts, trees bud, birds come back. Everyone comes outside after hibernation and Minnesota is "God's Country" again. Summers are meant for lakes and we got 'em. There are over 365 lakes in Kandiyohi County alone. Well over the boasted 10,000 in the state. There is a thriving tourist season with resorts, fishing, boating, and chillaxation. The humidity is high and when it gets hot it will take your breath away like a sauna. There are only a few weeks where air conditioning is mandatory. Otherwise, evenings can be cool enough to need a jacket and sit around the campfire. It is often calm winds which is nice, but that brings out the Stupid mosquitoes! Bring SPF-30 and bug repellant, you're gonna need it. Fall is my favorite time of year. The tourists and snowbirds and bugs are gone. The mornings are crisp, trees burst into color, locals begin preparing for winter. There are county fairs, harvest is in full swing, and everyone is busy. Lots of farm machinery, tractors and semi-trucks on the roads. Geese and ducks fill the skies headed south. Days, you can wear a sweatshirt or light jacket and feel comfortable. Frost comes, mornings get darker, winter is coming. Winter. Cold. Very Cold. Layers of clothes, boots, gloves, hat, coat - mandatory. Air bites anything exposed. Cars won't start. Everything cracks, nothing bends. People walk with small steps like tight rope walkers because of the ice underfoot. Your next step could send you to the hospital. There is much to do in this frozen world. Ice festivals, hunting, ice fishing, snowmobiling, skiing, and gathering INDOORS next to a fire where it is warm. We dance and eat and drink, play games, go to school, and work on creative projects, arts and crafts. Most play hard on Saturda[read more...]
Winters - 11/18/2010 As age creeps up the winters are getting harsh. But all in all the four seasons are great for all kind of indoor to outdoor activities, from the arts to lakes and woods.[read more...]
Wayzata, MN - 7/26/2010 Wayzata has it all.[read more...]
looking to relocate - 6/2/2010 I am looking for a state to move with reasonable housing prices, cost of living, quality of life, good schools, educated people, and not full of rednecks (racist) . I am looking to buy a Duplex, tri-plex's or investment properties to live in while I find work (MBA) and located in a good neighborhood. Is there a state that anyone knows that give a minority a chance to excel in corporate America or where there is less discrimination?[read more...]
Parenting and climate - 5/5/2010 I think it is very difficult to make it through the long winters with many small children. I love snow and all of the beautiful animals and lakes, but the winters are cold and very long. When you can't justify bundeling up your small children to go out shopping, or out anywhere because it has been -30F for a week...It makes mental health a great challenge. When it does warm up...look out becaure everyone is out being active. It is really amazing.[read more...]
It's cold up here! - 2/28/2010 I grew up in the cold state of Minnesota and lived there until I was 30 years old. I lived in various places within the twin cities metro area and loved the people, theatre, coffee shops, offbeat bars and clubs and autumn! I always struggled however with the uninspiring landscape, preferring mountains to the great plains, I never took up cross country skiing, ice skating or snow mobiling, so mostly just hibernated during the long cold winters. It really did take some effort for me to want to go outside, scrape off my windshield and warm up the car just to go out to a movie or even to work out in an indoor health club....boring. So I, like many Minnesotans took refuge in comfort foods and always had quite a bit of winter fat on me. Summers can be very nice but again I found myself wanting to be indoors when the humidity and mosquitos got to me. I still miss the people of Minnesota, they are very down to earth and incredibly welcoming. My friends were highly educated, politically active, open minded, fun and some even a bit quirky. I like the liberal mindedness of the metro area and the art and gay community add a lot of character, sophistication, and enlightenment to the state. Golden Valley has the Perpich Center for the Arts, a very successful public arts high school, Mendota Heights has two excellent private academies; the St Paul academy for boys and Visitation for girls, and Minnetonka, Edina, Wayzata, Woodbury, Mahtomedi, Stillwater, Apple Valley, Eden Prairie, St Louis Park and other areas have excellent public schools. MN is also one of the most educated states in the U.S. There are numerous outstanding colleges and universities including Macalester, Hamline, St Catherines, St Olaf, Carleton, St Thomas, and the U of MN system. All that said, I still miss my family and college friends but I need an outdoor lifestyle. I'm not partial to winter sports and don't much like the snow, so it's milder climate states for me. I loved living in Seattle, WA as a single person renting but now I am married with a son and cannot afford the cost of housing in Seattle. We live in the UK at present and will be relocating back to the U.S. sometime in the near future but my hometown of MN just isn't in the stars for us. But if you like the snow, it's a great place to live and a great place to raise your kids. My only caution is the high cost of living due to high taxes across the board. If you add up the income, property and sales taxes, MN is a fairly expensive place t[read more...]
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Employment - 2/5/2010 The employment and weather are not so nice.[read more...]
Weather in Minnesota - 1/31/2010 I live in SE Minnesota, 20 miles NE of Rochester. Having been a building contractor, I've spent half my working life out of doors (I am 54 years old). I've found that the most people who complain about the weather are the ones that spend the least amount of time outdoors. I like the weather in Minnesota, I find it exciting! We have four distinct seasons. My relatives in Seattle, WA think our weather is terrible and that we live a miserable existance. I, on the other hand, think THEIR weather is depressing - much fewer sunny days. They seem to love it however, so we are all different.[read more...]
Unbearable winters - 12/31/2009 If it wasn't for family I'd have left here a long time ago - I love the other three seasons in Minnesota, but the below-zero temps and lots of snow just aren't worth it anymore.[read more...]
Overall Rating of Northern Minnesota - 12/28/2009 Northern Minnesota is a wonderful place to live if you are looking for 4 deffinet seasons. Life here revolves around outdoor activities all year long-fishing, hunting, camping, skiing, boating and swiming, you will find it all here. The cost of living is reasonable, there is a good education system and a low crime rate. It is a great place to raise a family. Summer temps range from the 50's and 60's in the spring to 80 - 90 in July and August. Word of warning though - the winters are very cold. It is not unusual for the temps to be below zero for much of January and February.[read more...]


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The UNC Advisory Committee on Strategic Directions is in a three-way tug of war as it works up a new five-year plan for North Carolina's 17-campus university system.
A student coalition wants the advisory panel remade in order to correct a perceived bias toward business and against students and faculty. And it especially wants one member, wealthy Republican supporter Art Pope, removed.
The university leadership, citing data to show that the most prosperous states are those in which a high proportion of residents are college-educated, is pushing to improve graduation rates and otherwise equip larger numbers of Tar Heels with four-year degrees.
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Students are forever restive about representation, but these complaints are hard to ignore. In addition to Pope, the panel includes both Phil Berger, leader of the state Senate, and House Speaker Thom Tillis, neither of whom is known as a treasured friend of public education spending.
The university system is of course focused on what it does for a living: provide education to those who want it. Critics may not care for its mission, but there's nothing underhanded about it.
The Pope contingent's argument is interesting, but comes up short in several respects.
If significant numbers of college graduates are underemployed, which is more likely: that demand for their level of training is permanently frozen, or that they're among the victims of a recession whose effects will eventually abate?
On what stone tablets is it written that a college education has no value beyond a top job and a big salary? Is there something wrong with learning a bit about art or music or how to read Shakespeare?
On the question of how many people must have access to higher education, the state's constitution is clear: as many as want it. In fact, the constitution provides that, to satisfy that demand, tuition is to be kept as close to free as practicable.
As for the implication that vocational and technical training are being neglected while the university system promotes its own product, if that's so, it's an urgent matter that should be referred to Berger and Tillis when they're wearing their legislator hats.
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We caught up with the major babe behind Out of A Stobe Vintage. Originally from Carlisle, a pretty city between the border of Scotland and England, Kimmy Nicolson now lives in Hamberg, Germany where she runs her online shop. She spends her time jetting around the world with her boyfriend and his band, Digitalism. While on her travels, she shops ferociously, as she describes it, finding unique pieces for her shop. She is currently travelling in the US, accumulating excess luggage filled with vintage treasures.
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Kimmy: Looking and feeling comfortable and confident. It should reflect your mood and personality. Whatever I wear I make it work. In my experience it's better to take time to buy good quality pieces because it's easier to get dressed in the morning. Keep clothes basic but spruce up with vintage, vintage, vintage, accessorizes, bags, a hat and good footwear. My pet peeve is cheap shoes. I cant stand them!
I love fashion and have worked in the industry for a long time working in production, visual merchandising, and as a stylist both in High Street and High End. I have learned not to waste so much money on High Street brands and stay away from stores like Primark. I understand these stores for budget sense but not for individuality. As long as you're taking inspiration and are putting your own personality into what you wear it will always feel good. And everyone should think about my favorite fashion quote by Yves Saint Laurent: "Fashions fade, style is eternal."
How would you describe your personal style?
Kimmy: I have never thought too much about my style as it's stayed the same for a long time now. I tend to dress for comfort and how I feel that day, but I do get bored very easily. This is also why I wear tons of vintage. The weather is a big factor too as I am always out thrifting. I like to dress boyish as it suits my shape and look. Baggy t shirt, jeans and a hat are the norm. I dont like being neat and tidy. If I wear a dress, I have to have wear brogues or chucks and team up with a hard wearing fabrics like leather and denim. If i wear jeans and a baggy t-shirt, I dress it up with a blazer and wedges for a night out. I love contrasting textures. I indulge in expensive shoes and buy good quality pieces that will last me years. I always look on eBay for designer labels that maybe I can't afford to pay full price. I am always on the look out for Vivienne Westwood, A. Wang. YSL, Chanel, Burberry, Marni and Celine.
To add some zing, of course I wear a lot of vintage. I archive the special pieces for renting out and for my own personal projects. I take inspiration from everything, but I do love the 60's and 70's rock girls like Anita Pallenberg, Franisce Hardy, Bridgette Bardot and Stevie Nicks. Men, I just love Bowie and Keith Richards - epic in every way.
How long have you been collecting vintage pieces?
Kimmy: Oh god, for years now. My Granny would take me round the charity shops from the age of 10, and I loved her style. She got all her clothes from charity shops but she seemed to get all the hippy stuff and she looked great. My mum would buy floral dresses from Laura Ashley and amazing suits from Jaegur. I loved dressing up in all her clothes. I started hoarding them when they thought all the clothes started to date or were worn out. I loved the worn out looked. The more holes the better. I am obsessed with unique bizarre pieces like the horses head jacket i just found, My collection is expanding. I also collect novelty sunglasses.
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Kimmy: I moved from London where I worked for fashion label PPQ working as production manager there. My boyfriend lived in Hamburg and I could not bear to be apart from him so I moved. I ran out of money quickly so I started to sell some of my clothes and people went wild for them. This is when I started Out Of A Strobe Vintage.
Are there specific things you look for when curating the items in your shop?
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What do you feel is the most important part of starting your own online shop?
Kimmy: For me it has to be passion and willingness to go out of your way for your customers. It's a lot of work but i would not do anything myself apart from the pictures which my boyfriend takes. I collect, alter peices, there is quality control, styling, lookbooks. It all takes time and it's constant, and you have to love it of course.
What is your favorite item at Out Of A Strobe Vingtage right now?
Kimmy: Everything!
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One day to go before the election President Obama and governor Romney essentially are locked in a -- and interesting analysis of media coverage.
Of the presidential candidates caught our attention.
According to the pew research center's Project for Excellence in Journalism before the first presidential debate.
President Obama had the edge in terms of favorable media coverage 22% of the coverage -- got was positive 51% -- 27% negative.
But after the first debate the numbers essentially -- with -- governor Romney getting 20% positive stories.
50% mixed and 30% unfavorable.
So and the mainstream media treated both candidates equally.
Let's bring in.
Alan Colmes is host of the Alan Colmes radio show also a fox contributor and author of the book.
Thank -- the liberals for saving America and why you should so Jim I imagine you looked at these results and said surprise surprise.
Well not really because it still showed governor Romney getting negative press after October 3 that was kind of striking I mean look even President Obama admits that he was quote asleep.
Unquote during during that that first debate and in October 3 and in Denver.
And yet even after Romney was a huge victory the press still -- to be negative against them and also -- I would point out just -- of the viewer be confused here.
-- the Pew Center survey which shows it on net over this year.
President Obama has gotten much better press and then governor -- out over the whole course of the period of time that the survey ends on October 21 that was to take two weeks ago.
Since then we've seen another -- reversion back -- the norm I think.
Alan you would agree that the press ought to be fair idea sharp -- are they.
Yes what the press go to the momentum is there was certainly more lament that the Mitt Romney after the first debate and he got certain as you see of the pew study reversal.
Of where the numbers work in terms of after October 21 and certainly what's happened over the last week sir -- if you what is -- about press coverage itself.
The hurricane probably we doubt it to the favor of Barack Obama in terms of press -- -- he was front and center as of some believe that patients up.
The press go to the momentum is I don't think as a whole you say the -- -- automatically by its although I know.
Conservatives feel that way and I think conservatives probably you're -- it so that when Romney loses they can say what the president.
Dan Gainer is from the Media Research Center he wrote a piece on foxnews.com.
That I would urge our viewers to check out but here's one thing he writes he says.
The top issue to voters -- the economy but you'd never know it from the news coverage.
Even the GOP primary moderator is pushed social issues.
To give team Obama ample distractions.
From the 23 million under and unemployed.
Jim what do you think.
I think that's I think he's -- I think that if this had been you know President Bush presiding over this is this exact same economy.
Homelessness and unemployment and misery would be that would be the lead story.
Every -- but let me -- as Alan mentioned hurricane let me give another example -- -- that today's New York Times.
The headline is inside of Manhattan skyline living for long and our concerns about.
The neighborhood known as rockaway queens where mean there's no power no light no nothing.
And this story is gonna hurt Mayor Bloomberg badly in his legacy in in New York City however.
If you go back seven years -- Hurricane Katrina.
I'm -- that news -- about that storm was how President Bush and -- Michael brown and every failed and you barely heard about mayor Nagin and governor Blanco.
Now strangely enough the situation reversed and it's Bloomberg taking them take the blame.
For the storm and and not doing better for disposed of this post to president -- if this -- bush.
Right now you be seeing a split screen of bush.
Campaigning and then people being miserable and there are wrecked houses about that back home in -- we -- we heard from David Lee Miller earlier to.
-- with -- -- -- -- the -- because Katrina was a the magnitude of Katrina.
In terms of what have represented nationally.
Was not specific to a neighborhood in New York overall design Kazuo -- president for the president is is not I mean and the president of the president all the people was a matter whether the storms that -- the media is focused in that particular case of the story of one woman.
And making it look -- -- Bloomberg actors -- by the way I don't even know what party Bloomberg yes he's an independent so they try to make Bloomberg look bad because he's left there because he's right.
Now trying to make Bloomberg look bad because he's not the president you have to escape my -- is taking the -- I look there's another bad hurricane sandy was new York city of New York State it was New Jersey got the prize biggest.
Hit of all what and yet again there's no there's not.
That's that the kind of agonizing anguish coverage Anderson Cooper wearing an enormous for two months out of the storm.
-- talk about how terrible bush -- -- Chris -- republic gets a good coverage in New Jersey he got very favorable coverage was it because he's a Republican was because I got a -- -- -- recognize it was praising Obama much you know everybody -- got -- only reason the media covered everything was because he -- -- in the Obama otherwise the governor of New Jersey where the storm -- would not have -- coverage.
He would have gotten -- coverage out they got more coverage and more affection because he praised Obama he -- -- -- because Obama did a good job be Christie did the right thing by president.
I don't know people down there you know in the impact zone in those dark skyscrapers would say good job right now I mean it's a week out and they still have no heat and no -- but are they blaming particular politicians -- well.
Will see that the deadline there's -- -- they're blaming a system they're blaming -- in the national media aren't connecting the dots that actually president vomit and drug agreement I am meeting up all of -- time here with you guys I love talking to you about -- -- say goodbye.
Allen and Jim thanks very much thank you thank you it's a game.
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Saw a fantastic local production of Avenue Qtonight at Boston's Lyric Stage Company. This has been the highest-grossing show in the theater company's history, and they've extended the run three times. It's now running through the beginning of July.
The audience lept to our feet the minute the show ended for the most enthusiastic standing ovation I've been part of for a long time.
The theatre seats about 250 people in three-quarters thrust, and the show really benefits from intimacy. (Did you know that Princeton has nipples?) The performers were unmiked! While it meant a few missed lines during some of the busier songs, it was such a joy to hear great voices singing these songs without electronic mediation. (It also reminded me that this show has great vocal arrangements, employing some fantastic harmony in a way that never goes to the showy, borderline inappropriate place that vocal arranging sometimes does.)
I haven't really thought much about the show since I initially saw it nearly ten years ago. Mostly, it's aged just fine, with the humor still sharp. At 34, the song "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist" rubbed me the wrong way, which it didn't at 24. (I kept wanting to say "but black people being biased against Polish people isn't the same thing as the societal racism against black people!" Thanks, Tumblr.) Of course, Princeton's line about being old at 23 stung a lot more now. And it was a little weird to have Gary Coleman alive and well on stage when he's dead and gone in real life. But those were small quibbles.
I don't think this show is a masterpiece, but it's a lot of fun and occasionally touching. I'm shocked that in our current second golden age of movie musicals this one hasn't made it to the screen yet — it would be relatively cheap and is ready-made for the medium. I'm sure if Rock of Ages and Les Miz don't tank, it will be a step closer. But in the meantime, anyone in Boston who can afford a ticket (I got mine at a discount through Goldstar) should definitely head over to the Lyric while this show is still running.


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GetReligion has a wrap-up of the myriad stories previewing Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Brazil, which began Wednesday. It discusses the two main story lines: that the conservative pontiff will be facing his long-term foe—Catholicism's "liberation theology," a socialist remnant that persists in South America—and the raise of Protestantism.
As is often the case, GetReligion, which critiques the way we—the media—cover religion, takes issue with the banging of the cliche gong.
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May 9, 2007 | 1:40 pm
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There has been plenty of accusations that Walt Disney was an anti-Semite—remember the "Simpsons" episode where Bart and Lisa watch the video of Itchy and Scratchy Land founder Roger Myers Sr., "who loved everyone and was loved by all, except in 1938, when he was heavily criticized for his controversial release Nazi Supermen Are Our Superiors"?— but who knew Mickey hates the Jews?
From the NY Daily News:
Meet Farfur, a life-size clone of Walt Disney's star, complete with big ears, a squeaky voice, a tuxedo with tails, a red bow tie and white gloves.
Starring on Hamas' new kiddie TV show "Tomorrow's Pioneers," Farfur tells children to drink milk, pray daily - and take up AK-47 assault rifles to defeat Israel and the U.S.
Farfur sings, dances and taunts President Bush, Secretary of State Rice, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma for months.
"We will win, Bush!" Farfur sang on a recent episode. "We will win, Condoleezza [Rice]. We will win, Olmert. We will win, Sharon! Ah, Sharon is dead," he then quipped.
A little girl named Saraa serves as the terror mouse's sidekick and says things like, "We want to resist against the enemy, and we don't want to surrender."
May 9, 2007 | 1:21 pm
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
Syndicated columnist Cal Thomas, who I've seen preach at Bel-Air Presbyterian, thinks it might be. Here's what he has to say in a column that opens with the closure of conservative Christian powerhouse Dr. D. James Kennedy's Center for Reclaiming America:
Nearly 30 years after religious conservatives decided to re-enter the political arena—after abandoning it as "dirty" and leading to compromise—what do they have to show for it? The country remains sharply divided and the reconciling message they used to preach has been obscured by the crass pursuit of the golden ring of political power. In the end, they got neither the power, nor the Kingdom; only the glory and even that is now fading, as these older leaders pass from the scene.
This is not to say there is no role for conservative Christians in the civic life of their nation. There is. But Christians must first understand that the issues they most care about—abortion, same-sex marriage and cultural rot—are not caused by bad politics, but are matters of the heart and soul. Some evangelicals wish to broaden the political agenda beyond these issues to poverty, social justice and the environment. Politics can never completely cure the ills of any of these, but the message Christians bring about salvation and redemption can. Besides, they can never "convert" people to their point of view.
Too many conservative Christians have focused on the "seen" rather than the "unseen," thinking appearances at the White House, or on "Meet the Press," is evidence that they are making a difference. And too much attention has been paid to individual personalities, rather than to the One these preachers had originally been called to exalt.
To paraphrase a verse familiar to most Christians, what shall it profit a man if he gains the White House, but loses his own soul?
Christians are also fond of saying God never closes one door without opening another door. The "door" of the Center for Reclaiming America has closed. The new doors can produce a more effective politics, if what's on the other side is based on a message that has less to do with partisanship and more to do with the One who transcends all politics and Who lends His power only to those who will use it as He instructed.
(Hat-tip: Bible Belt Blogger)
May 8, 2007 | 11:09 pm
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May 7, 2007 | 11:22 pm
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This is why I tell my friends I don't vote for political candidates based on their religious beliefs: Politicians are shapeshifters who say what you want to hear. So Sunday's story in the Chicago Tribune—"Democrats find religion on the campaign trail"—came as no surprise. Three years ago, George Bush got a second term as president by using the Jedi force of evangelical activists. Well, it looks like some Republicans have lost religion—with sins like those of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, it's difficult to talk pious without being hypocritical—but the Democrats are now talking about their spirituality.
Reversing recent political history, it's the leading Republican candidates who for various reasons have so far been reluctant to speak too much about matters of faith.
Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, a divorced Catholic, holds liberal views on abortion and gay rights. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a divorced Episcopalian, has a tense relationship with leaders of the Religious Right. And former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is a devout Mormon whose religion arouses suspicion among many evangelicals.
"Give the advantage to the Democrats at this point," said Rich Cizik, vice president for governmental affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals. "You would have to conclude that the Democrats have a lot more interest in faith than the Republicans based on what they've had to say."
To sort through the campaign noise for those who want to know what the candidates believe, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life created this website.
May 7, 2007 | 12:57 pm
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I'm sitting at my new desk, working on a newly ordered computer, in Koreatown. After leaving the Daily News on Thursday and spending most of the three-day weekend in Yosemite with my wife, I'm settling into my digs at the Jewish Journal. Blogging will be a bit sporadic for a few days, but I'll be posting fresh pieces at least daily.
May 7, 2007 | 10:02 am
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Despite what many conservative religious parents believe â I know; I grew up with them â American universities are not brainwashing their children to be godless intellectuals. According to the International Herald Tribune, which interviewed dozens of university officials, "students are drawn to religion and spirituality with more fervor than at any time they can remember."
University officials explained the surge of interest in religion as partly a result of the rise of the religious right in politics, which they said has made questions of faith more talked about generally. In addition, they said, the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, by Islamic zealots underscored for many the influence of religion on world affairs.
And an influx of evangelical students at secular universities, along with an increasing number of international students, has meant that students arrive with a broader array of religious experiences.
Gomes said a more diverse student body at Harvard had meant that "the place is more representative of mainstream America."
"That provides a group of people who don't leave their religion at home," he said.
However, UCLA's Spirituality in Higher Education study reported in 2003 that college students have high levels of spirituality—but that schools typically do a poor job supporting it.
May 3, 2007 | 6:03 pm
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
The Christian Science Monitor has an insightful read today on Sen. Barack Obama's lackluster start courting the much needed "Jewish vote" in his quest for the presidency. (I put that in quotes because, despite the relevance of garnering the votes of Jews, God's people do not vote as one.)
Washington - For a candidate intent on courting the Jewish vote, some of the headlines for Sen. Barack Obama in recent weeks have been less than heartening.
"Obama comment draws fire from Jews," the Des Moines Register declared after the senator's unscripted remark at an Iowa campaign stop in March that "nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people" from stalled peace efforts with the Israelis.
"Obama on the Mideast: Not quite comfortable," The Chicago Jewish Star said after his first major policy speech on the Middle East, to a pro-Israel group in his hometown.
And at last week's Democratic presidential debate in South Carolina, Senator Obama's omission of Israel in response to a question about America's top allies gave moderator Brian Williams an opening to revisit the Iowa flap in front of a television audience of more than 2 million.
No mention was made of Obama Christ.
Even in that short span, his remarks have undergone a subtle evolution.
In March, he spoke of relaxing restrictions on aid to the Palestinians and said "both the Israeli and Palestinian people have suffered from the failure to achieve" the "goal" of "two states living side by side in peace and security." While asserting that the United States should isolate Hamas and other Palestinian Islamic militants, he said that "Israel will also have some heavy stones to carry" in any peace process.
By last week, however, the references to Palestinian suffering and Israeli heavy-lifting were gone, replaced by a less nuanced pro-Israel stance nearly indistinguishable from that of his chief rival for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.
"When I am president, the United States will stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel in search of this peace and in defense against those who seek its destruction," Obama told an audience at the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), where his staff also handed out a 29-page "American-Israeli Relationship Issue Packet."
Yet two days later, when asked at the debate at South Carolina State University to name America's three most important allies, Obama listed the European Union, NATO, and Japan.
"I didn't hear you mention Israel," Mr. Williams interjected, asking whether the senator still stood behind his statement that "no one is suffering more than the Palestinian people."
"What I said is, nobody has suffered more than the Palestinian people from the failure of the Palestinian leadership to recognize Israel, to renounce violence, and to get serious about negotiating peace and security for the region," Obama replied. "Israel has been one of our most important allies around the world."
Senator Clinton learned the price of striking an off note on Middle East politics early in her first Senate campaign. In 1999, she kissed Suha Arafat, the wife of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, moments after Mrs. Arafat accused Israel of gassing Palestinian women and children. Clinton later claimed Mrs. Arafat's remarks had been mistranslated and eventually denounced them, but the episode threatened to derail her campaign.
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Improve your Golf Swing with Core Fitness Exercises
Although it may not appear so on tv, golfing is actually an extremely physically stressful sport. Several distinct golf training exercises focus on a variety of muscle groups, all designed to build ability, speed, and precision. Nevertheless, numerous people miss the fact that you can easily improve your golf by building your core stability. The core of the body, which encompasses the ab muscles, lower back, as well as a collection of adjoining regions, is vital to supplying the basic and superior support to motions used several occasions on the course, not to point out consistently in daily life. Although core strengthening workout routines generally include the usual workouts that can become mundane after a short period, new routines and machines like the Syco XT Swing board feature innovative and exciting ways of assisting core stableness therefore improving your golf swing.
In reality, products like the Syco XT Swingboard will really function as gateways to other gratifying sports activities, as well as serving up high intensity sessions within the fitness center. The real advantage of these kinds of products is the capacity to supply a diverse experience and payoff every time. They keep elements new and fresh, and can have highly effective benefits to a golf swing. By maintaining your core in prime condition, golfers will add that extra distance and control that they have been searching for, without buying a brand new set of clubs each and every season. Because golf is inclined to be a sport developed around tradition as much as physical ability, many golfers are rather hesitant to test diverse physical exercise routines. Instead, golfers tend to rely on improved technologies like software applications, equipment, and possibly unique golf balls.
Nonetheless, golfers who consider their own game serious and are usually eager to experience the thrill and pleasure that results from actively playing a good round on the links, keeping the body tuned up to deliver optimal performance should be simply as essential as possessing the best available clubs in the bag. Sure, a few workout machines and the workout sessions and motions they provide are intimidating at first, but the advantages that can be noticed from experimenting with these newer pieces of equipment can be very remarkable. Whilst instantaneously improvements to a golfing swing are almost impossible to obtain, taking a gradual and regular strategy to increase and strengthen the body to deliver top notch performance is a fantastic way to lower those scores, which means a lot more enjoyment at your favorite course. Therefore on that next visit to the health club, check out the alternatives presented thoroughly, and instead of relying on the same old workout add a fresh element and work that core muscles. The long term benefits, both physically and on the course, will begin to manifest after a few weeks, and they can be very outstanding.
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