text: Latest Video News SHOCKING: California high school girl is brutally beaten for liking Donald Trump, caught on Video California high school student brutally beaten for supporting Donald Trump. Published 2 years ago on November 11, 2016 By Alex Christoforou 6,595 Views Share Tweet Donald Trump's presidential victory is exposing the true violence of the liberal left. For liberals and progressives, love and peace is only acceptable if it falls in line with their definition of such. If anyone dissents from their dogma then punishment, sometimes by death, is perfectly acceptable. This is what is meant by the "humanitarian wars" championed by Obama's wicked neo-liberal hawks like Samatha Power. Either "think like us", "love like us", "believe like us"….or face the repercussions. A civil war of values is just beginning. Today more shocking footage is going viral, showing a California high school girl being viciously beaten by another student for saying she supported Donald Trump on Instagram. This is the latest example of an anti-Trump hate crime wave sweeping the United States. Its getting very ugly, very fast. Paul Joseph Watson sums things up best when he tweeted… Funny how we were smeared all year as violent, hateful bigots yet it's Hillary voters who turn out to be violent, hateful bigots. Funny how we were smeared all year as violent, hateful bigots yet it's Hillary voters who turn out to be violent, hateful bigots. #TrumpRiot — Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) November 11, 2016 InfoWars reports on the liberal left's violent actions, which are going totally unreported in most of the main stream media outlets. Jade Armenio, a sophomore at Woodside High School, posted an Instagram update on Wednesday in support of President-elect Trump. The footage shows a black student accuse Armenio of "hating Mexicans," before launching a savage attack. "Jade says the girl hit her, threw her to the ground and pulled at her earrings and hair. She was left with a bloody nose, scratches and bruises," reports Mercury News. The school said the girl responsible for the attack would be disciplined but failed to reveal whether she would be expelled for the brutal assault. This is just the latest example of the anti-Trump hate crime wave that is sweeping the country in the aftermath of Trump's victory. This latest liberal left inspired event follows a video of a man being dragged out of his car and violently beaten for allegedly supporting Trump went viral yesterday. The shocking video out of Chicago shows a mob of young black men viciously beating a white man, dragging him through the streets. At one point the man's arm gets caught in the car window as he is helplessly dragged through the streets. Liberal SJWs and their mainstream media handlers are taking to twitter, calling for more violence, and death threats targeting Trump and his supporters. Mainstream media columnists are openly calling for the assassination of US President-elect Trump. She writes for the Guardian. Imagine my shock. pic.twitter.com/tBwnfI2UHg — Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) November 11, 2016 Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Related Topics:Donald TrumpUS ElectionsInfoWarsprotestorsriots Up Next Does a Trump presidency pave the way for Assange pardon? Don't Miss Dr. Ron Paul's advice for Donald Trump Advertisement You may like US-China trade war heats up as surplus hits record $34 Billion (Video) Saudi Arabia trying to squirm free of Khashoggi murder (Video) Elizabeth Warren's DNA ploy backfires big time (Video) Click to comment Leave a Reply This comment form is under antispam protection This comment form is under antispam protection Subscribe Notify of new follow-up comments new replies to my comments Latest US-China trade war heats up as surplus hits record $34 Billion (Video) The Duran – News in Review – Episode 136. Published 15 hours ago on October 17, 2018 By Alex Christoforou According to a report by the AFP, China's trade surplus with the United States ballooned to a record $34.1 billion in September, despite a raft of US tariffs, official data showed Friday, adding fuel to the fire of a worsening trade war. Relations between the world's two largest economies have soured sharply this year, with US President Donald Trump vowing on Thursday to inflict economic pain on China if it does not blink. The two countries imposed new tariffs on a massive amount of each other's goods mid-September, with the US targeting $200 billion in Chinese imports and Beijing firing back at $60 billion worth of US goods. "China-US trade friction has caused trouble and pounded our foreign trade development," customs spokesman Li Kuiwen told reporters Friday. But China's trade surplus with the US grew 10 percent in September from a record $31 billion in August, according to China's customs administration. It was a 22 percent jump from the same month last year. China's exports to the US rose to $46.7 billion while imports slumped to $12.6 billion. China's overall trade — what it buys and sells with all countries including the US — logged a $31.7 billion surplus, as exports rose faster than imports. Exports jumped 14.5 percent for September on-year, beating forecasts from analysts polled by Bloomberg News, while imports rose 14.3 percent on-year. While the data showed China's trade remained strong for the month, analysts forecast the trade war will start to hurt in coming months. China's export jump for the month suggests exporters were shipping goods early to beat the latest tariffs, said ANZ's China economist Betty Wang, citing the bounce in electrical machinery exports, much of which faced the looming duties. "We will watch for downside risks to China's exports" in the fourth quarter, Wang said. Analysts say a sharp depreciation of the yuan has also helped China weather the tariffs by making its exports cheaper. "The big picture is the Chinese exports have so far held up well in the face of escalating trade tensions and cooling global growth, most likely thanks to the competitiveness boost provided by a weaker renminbi (yuan)," said Julian Evans-Pritchard, China economist at Capital Economics. "With global growth likely to cool further in the coming quarters and US tariffs set to become more punishing, the recent resilience of exports is unlikely to be sustained," he said. According to Bloomberg US President Donald Trump's new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement isn't that different from the North American Free Trade Agreement that it replaced. But hidden in the bowels of the new trade deal is a clause, Article 32.10, that could have a far-reaching impact. The new agreement requires member states to get approval from the other members if they initiate trade negotiations with a so-called non-market economy. In practice, "non-market" almost certainly means China. If, for example, Canada begins trade talks with China, it has to show the full text of the proposed agreement to the U.S. and Mexico — and if either the U.S. or Mexico doesn't like what it sees, it can unilaterally kick Canada out of the USMCA. Although it seems unlikely that the clause would be invoked, it will almost certainly exert a chilling effect on Canada and Mexico's trade relations with China. Forced to choose between a gargantuan economy across the Pacific and another one next door, both of the U.S.'s neighbors are almost certain to pick the latter. This is just another part of Trump's general trade waragainst China. It's a good sign that Trump realizes that unilateral U.S. efforts alone won't be enough to force China to make concessions on issues like currency valuation, intellectual-property protection and industrial subsidies. China's export markets are much too diverse: If Trump cuts the U.S. off from trade with China, the likeliest outcome is that China simply steps up its exports to other markets. That would bind the rest of the world more closely to China and weaken the global influence of the U.S. China's economy would take a small but temporary hit, while the U.S. would see its position as the economic center of the world slip into memory. Instead, to take on China, Trump needs a gang. And that gang has to be much bigger than just North America. But most countries in Europe and East Asia probably can't be bullied into choosing between the U.S. and China. — their ties to the U.S. are not as strong as those of Mexico and Canada. Countries such as South Korea, Germany, India and Japan will need carrots as well as sticks if they're going to join a U.S.-led united trade front against China. The Duran's Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the escalating trade war between the United States and China, and the record trade surplus that positions China with a bit more leverage than Trump anticipated. Remember to Please Subscribe to The Duran's YouTube Channel. Follow The Duran Audio Podcast on Soundcloud. Via Zerohedge Trump Threatens China With More Tariffs, Does Not Seek Economic "Depression" US equity futures dipped in the red after President Trump threatened to impose a third round of tariffs on China and warned that Chinese meddling in U.S. politics was a "bigger problem" than Russian involvement in the 2016 election. During the same interview with CBS's "60 Minutes", in which Trump threatened to impose sanctions against Saudi Arabia if the Saudis are found to have killed WaPo reported Khashoggi, and which sent Saudi stock plunging, Trump said he "might," impose a new round of tariffs on China, adding that while he has "great chemistry" with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and noting that Xi "wants to negotiate", he doesn't "know that that's necessarily going to continue." Asked if American products have become more expensive due to tariffs on China, Trump said that "so far, that hasn't turned out to be the case." "They can retaliate, but they can't, they don't have enough ammunition to retaliate," Trump says, "We do $100 billion with them. They do $531 billion with us." Trump was also asked if he wants to push China's economy into a depression to which the US president said "no" before comparing the country's stock-market losses since the tariffs first launched to those in 1929, the start of the Great Depression in the U.S. "I want them to negotiate a fair deal with us. I want them to open their markets like our markets are open," Trump said in the interview that aired Sunday. So far, the U.S. has imposed three rounds of tariffs on Chinese imports totaling $250 billion, prompting China to retaliate against U.S. products. The president previously has threatened to hit virtually all Chinese imports with duties. Asked about his relationship with Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin's alleged efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election, Trump quickly turned back to China. "They meddled," he said of Russia, "but I think China meddled too." Trump tried to blame Obama and then claimed that China meddled in the election when he was asked about Russia during the 60 Minutes interview. #60Minutes pic.twitter.com/hE2AlmFBEB — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) October 15, 2018 "I think China meddled also. And I think, frankly, China … is a bigger problem," Trump said, as interviewer Lesley Stahl interrupted him for "diverting" from a discussion of Russia. TRUMP on whether Russia interfered in the 2016 election: "They meddled. But I think China meddled too." pic.twitter.com/4AEjYwoovq — JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) October 15, 2018 Shortly before an audacious speech by Mike Pence last weekend, in which the US vice president effectively declared a new cold war on Beijing (see "Russell Napier: Mike Pence Announces Cold War II"), Trump made similar accusations during a speech at the United Nations last month, which his aides substantiated by pointing to long-term Chinese influence campaigns and an advertising section in the Des Moines Register warning farmers about the potential effects of Trump's tariffs. Meanwhile, in a rare U.S. television appearance, China's ambassador to the U.S. said Beijing has no choice but to respond to what he described as a trade war started by the U.S. "We never wanted a trade war, but if somebody started a trade war against us, we have to respond and defend our own interests," said China's Ambassador Cui Tiankai. Cui also dismissed as "groundless" the abovementioned suggestion by Vice President Mike Pence that China has orchestrated an effort to meddle in U.S. domestic affairs. Pence escalated the rhetoric in a speech Oct. 4, saying Beijing has created a "a whole-of-government approach" to sway American public opinion, including spies, tariffs, coercive measures and a propaganda campaign. Pence's comments were some of the most critical about China by a high-ranking U.S. official in recent memory. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo got a lecture when he visited Beijing days later, about U.S. actions that were termed "completely out of line." The tough words followed months of increases tit-for-tat tariffs imposed by Washington and Beijing that have ballooned to cover hundreds of billions of dollars in bilateral trade. During a recent interview with National Public Radio, Cui said the U.S. has "not sufficiently" dealt in good faith with the Chinese on trade matters, saying "the U.S. position keeps changing all the time so we don't know exactly what the U.S. would want as priorities." Meanwhile, White House economic director Larry Kudlow said on "Fox News Sunday" that President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will "probably meet" at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires in late November. "There's plans and discussions and agendas" being discussed, he said. So far, talks with China on trade have been "unsatisfactory," Kudlow said. "We've made our asks" on allegations of intellectual property theft and forced technology transfers, he added. "We have to have reciprocity." Addressing the upcoming meeting, Cui said he was present at two previous meetings of Xi and Trump, and that top-level communication "played a key role, an irreplaceable role, in guiding the relationship forward." Despite current tensions the two have a "good working relationship," he said. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest BREAKING: Explosion in Crimea, Russia kills many, injuring dozens, terrorism suspected According to preliminary information, the incident was caused by a gas explosion at a college facility in Kerch, Crimea. Published 22 hours ago on October 17, 2018 By The Duran "We are clarifying the information at the moment. Preliminary figures are 50 injured and 10 dead. Eight ambulance crews are working at the site and air medical services are involved," the press-service for the Crimean Ministry of Health stated. Medics announced that at least 50 people were injured in the explosion in Kerch and 25 have already been taken to local hospital with moderate wounds, according to Sputnik. Local news outlets reported that earlier in the day, students at the college heard a blast and windows of the building were shattered. Putin Orders that Assistance Be Provided to Victims of Blast in Kerch – Kremlin Spokesman "The president has instructed the Ministry of Health and the rescue services to take emergency measures to assist victims of this explosion, if necessary, to ensure the urgent transportation of seriously wounded patients to leading medical institutions of Russia, whether in Moscow or other cities," Kremlin spokesman Dmitriy Peskov said. The president also expressed his condolences to all those affected by the tragic incident. Manhunt Underway in Kerch as FSB Specialists Investigate Site of Explosion – National Anti-Terrorist Committee The site of the blast that rocked a city college in Kerch is being examined by FSB bomb disposal experts and law enforcement agencies are searching for clues that might lead to the arrest of the perpetrators, the National Anti Terrorism Committee said in a statement. "Acting on orders from the head of the NAC's local headquarters, FSB, Interior Ministry, Russian Guards and Emergency Ministry units have arrived at the site. The territory around the college has been cordoned off and the people inside the building evacuated… Mine-disposal experts are working at the site and law enforcement specialists are investigating," the statement said. Terrorist Act Considered as Possible Cause of Blast in Kerch – Kremlin Spokesman "The tragic news that comes from Kerch. Explosion. The president was informed … The data on those killed and the number of injured is constantly updated," Peskov told reporters. "[The version of a terrorist attack] is being considered," he said. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest 10 percent of American F-22 fighter jets damaged by Hurricane Michael Part of the reason the F-22's were left in the path of the storm is that they were broken and too expensive to fix or fly. Published 1 day ago on October 17, 2018 By Seraphim Hanisch Note to the wise: When a hurricane comes, move your planes out of the way. Especially your really expensive F-22 fighter planes. After all, those babies are $339 mil apiece. Got the message? Apparently the US Air Force didn't get this message. Or, did they find themselves unable to follow the message? CLICK HERE to Support The Duran >> The Washington Times reported Tuesday that between 17 and 20 of these top-of-the-line fighter jets were damaged, some beyond the point of repair, when Hurricane Michael slammed ashore on Mexico Beach, Florida, not far from the Tyndall Air Force Base in the same state. The Times reports that more than a dozen of the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets were damaged after being left in the path of the extremely fierce storm: President Trump's tour Monday of devastation wrought by Hurricane Michael took him close to Florida's Tyndall Air Force Base, where more than a dozen F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets were damaged after being left in the path of the powerful storm. The pricey fighter jets — some possibly damaged beyond repair — were caught in the widespread destruction that took at least 18 lives, flattened homes, downed trees and buckled roads from Florida to Virginia. The decision to leave roughly $7.5 billion in aircraft in the path of a hurricane raised eyebrows, including among defense analysts who say the Pentagon's entire high-tech strategy continues to make its fighter jets vulnerable to weather and other mishaps when they are grounded for repairs. "This becomes sort of a self-defeating cycle where we have $400 million aircraft that can't fly precisely because they are $400 million aircraft," said Dan Grazier, a defense fellow at Project on Government Oversight. "If we were buying simpler aircraft then it would be a whole lot easier for the base commander to get these aircraft up and in working order, at least more of them." This is quite a statement. The F-22 is held to be the tip of the American air defense sword. A superb airplane (when it works), it can do things no other plane in the world can do. It boasts a radar profile the size of a marble, making it virtually undetectable by enemy radars. It is highly maneuverable with thrust-vectoring built into its engines. However, to see a report like this is simply stunning. After all, one would expect that the best military equipment ought to be the most reliable as well. It appears that Hurricane Michael figuratively and physically blew the lid off any efforts to conceal a problem with these planes, and indeed with the hyper-technological basis for the US air fighting forces. The Times continues: Reports on the number of aircraft damaged ranged from 17 to 22 or about 10 percent of the Air Force's F-22 fleet of 187. The Air Force stopped buying F-22s, considered the world's most advanced fighter jets, in 2012. The aircraft is being replaced by the F-35, another high-tech but slightly less-expensive aircraft. Later in the tour, at an emergency command center in Georgia, Mr. Trump said the damage to the F-22s couldn't be avoided because the aircraft were grounded and the storm moved quickly. "We're going to have a full report. There was some damage, not nearly as bad as we first heard," he said when asked about the F-22s, which cost about $339 million each. "I'm always concerned about cost. I don't like it," Mr. Trump said. Still, the president remains a fan of the high-tech fighter jet. "The F-22 is one of my all-time favorites. It is the most beautiful fighter jet in the world. One of the best," he said. The Air Force managed to fly 33 of the F-22s to safety, but maintenance and repair issues kept 22 of the notoriously finicky aircraft on the ground when the powerful storm hit the base. About 49 percent of the F-22s are out of action at any given time, according to an Air Force report this year. This is a stunning statistic. This means that of the 187 planes in existence, 90 of them are not working. At their cost, that means that over thirty billion dollars worth of military equipment is sitting around, broken, just in airplanes alone. As a point of comparison, the entire Russian military budget for 2017 was $61 billion, with that budget producing hypersonic missiles, superb fighter aircraft and tanks. 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A New Kind of Divorce Compensation: French Woman Gets $14,000 From Sexless Husband
In France, they apparently take lack of sex very, very seriously.
In France, it turns out that having a sexless marriage can cost you big time.
A French woman divorced her husband of 21 years over lack of sex and then demanded compensation for it. The Telegraph reports that a judge ordered the man to pay $14,000, citing Article 215 of France's civil code. Article 215 says married couples must have a "shared communal life," which includes sex as an expression of affection, according to the judge.
The 51-year-old man (going by the name Jean-Louis B) blamed tiredness and poor health for his inattentiveness in the bedroom.
"Sexual relations must form a part of marriage," the judge ruled, and you gotta wonder if this will trigger a explosion of similar actions from neglected spouses all over France who figure they might be due a little something for the something-something they haven't been getting … and/or whether many spouses will suddenly dust off their partner and find a newfound appreciation for his or her many attractions.


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Grant: Lance Berkman signing has Rangers shuffling infield... again
ARLINGTON — The Rangers made one signing Monday night and with it three significant announcements:
Lance Berkman, who signed a $10 million one-year contract that includes an option for 2014, will be the DH.
Ian Kinsler is the holder of the shortest tenure as the Rangers first baseman in club history; he's going back to second.
Mitch Moreland will get a legitimate shot to play first base. Every day.
The real start of the Jurickson Profar Era in Rangers history may be delayed a little longer.
Ho-hum, just another day at the Rangers' offices where plans are as flexible as your typical Cirque du Soleil acrobat.
"We've got a lot of different guys and a lot of different attractive options," general manager Jon Daniels said shortly after introducing Berkman. "The reality is that we have a really attractive young option in Profar, but we will let things play out. If it happens naturally that things play out that way, that's usually better. We're not going to try to manipulate anything."
Barring an injury in spring training, it seems almost certain Profar, the Rangers' top prospect who turns 20 next month, will be headed back to the minor leagues and Triple-A Round Rock to start the season. Daniels indicated he would probably not carry Profar as a utility man and bench player to start the year.
Instead of Kinsler at first, Profar at second and I-don't-know batting third, the Rangers will turn the middle of the lineup over to Berkman, who gives them their first real switch-hitting power threat since Mark Teixeira left. They hope that after a pair of knee surgeries, he will be the same hitter they pursued twice during 2011 when he hit .301 with 31 homers, 94 RBIs and a .959 on-base-plus-slugging percentage for St. Louis.
Berkman suffered a torn meniscus during spring training last season and ended up with a series of complications that limited him to just 32 games. He had surgery on Sept. 11 and appeared only once more as a pinch hitter on the final day of the season.
It was expected to be the last at-bat of his career. Berkman, who turns 37 on Feb. 10, said he seriously contemplated retirement but continued to work out as if he would play. When the Rangers' off-season took strange turns with the departure of Josh Hamilton, trade talks for Justin Upton that went nowhere and the club's own second thoughts about moving Kinsler to first, Berkman became an attractive option.
And with a knee that will be a concern for the rest of his playing career, being a DH became an attractive option for Berkman.
"The knee is a matter of maintenance," Berkman said. "As we sit here on January 7, it's as good as it can be, given the trauma I experienced last year. I know that doesn't allay anybody's concerns, but it feels good."
Actually, the concern most Rangers fans would have about Berkman is his feel for the pitching staff. He was roundly ridiculed after publicly stating that St. Louis' pitching supremacy (along with a superior financial offer) was a reason he signed with the Cardinals before 2011. Then he went off and won a World Series title with St. Louis as the Rangers pitching faltered in the Series.
Good news there. Berkman fully endorses the pitching staff.
"There is a lot of potential here," Berkman said. "Everything is predicated by pitching. Right now, I'd put our pitching staff up against anyone in the division.
"Some of the same elements are here as before," he added. "But they are more developed. I see this pitching rotation as a strength, and that's all I can say now."
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Autographs galore at caravan, Fan Fest this week
The Rangers enter the autograph season this week.
The team's annual caravan, which includes 13 stops at Academy Sports & Outdoors stores, starts Wednesday. On Friday, the two-day Rangers Fan Fest begins at the Arlington Convention Center at 4 p.m. Autograph sessions start at 5 p.m. Adrian Beltre, Yu Darvish, Joe Nathan, Colby Lewis and new catcher A.J. Pierzynski are scheduled to appear on the first day.
A slew of other current and former Rangers, including Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, will appear on Saturday with sessions running hourly from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Tickets for Fan Fest are $40 for adults and $25 for children 13 and under for two-day admission. Single-day admission is $25 for adults and $15 for children.
In addition to the autograph sessions, which will be announced one hour prior to the start of the individual session, there will be clinics and question and answer sessions.
The caravan events begin Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in Mesquite. Neftali Feliz, David Murphy, Engel Beltre and others will appear.


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Snub: 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'
The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. ignored Tomas Alfredson's John le Carre adaptation, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," an understated spy story starring Gary Oldman. Though the film turned heads at the Venice Film Festival, it failed to garner any Screen Actors Guild or Golden Globe nominations.
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Alleged Hillary Clinton shoe thrower detained
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal magistrate on Tuesday ordered a Phoenix woman to remain jailed until she is returned to Las Vegas to face federal charges alleging she threw a shoe at Hillary Rodham Clinton during a speech.
Alison Michelle Ernst, 36, read documents, talked to her lawyer and sat on the edge of her seat as she waited for her initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Logan in Phoenix.
Ernst, wearing a turquoise-colored hooded jacket and jeans, was arrested late Monday after federal prosecutors in Las Vegas filed charges Sunday accusing her of trespassing and violence against a person.
The federal charges increase the possible consequences for Ernst if she is convicted of throwing a shoe at the former secretary of state.
The judge appointed attorney Maria Weidner to represent Ernst and ordered Ernst detained pending proceedings in Las Vegas.
Outside court, Weidner said Ernst looked forward to resolving the case against her.
Ernst had been arrested in Las Vegas after questioning by the U.S. Secret Service on a local misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge carrying a possible six-month sentence in county jail. She was released by Las Vegas police with a June 24 court date in Las Vegas. Those charges weren't immediately filed.
The federal misdemeanor charges accuse Ernst of bypassing security to enter the ballroom where Clinton was speaking and committing a violent act by throwing the shoe.
The shoe missed Clinton, and Ernst surrendered to authorities immediately after the incident Thursday at the Mandalay Bay resort.
If Ernst is convicted of both federal charges, she could face up to two years in federal prison and the possibility that federal authorities would be able to monitor her movements under terms of supervised release.
Ken Ritter reported from Las Vegas .


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Welcome to 2014 everyone! The beginning of another year that we can fill with knitting, laughter and good times.
We began with our meeting a week ago. We had 50 members attend the meeting and we had three new knitters join the Guild. We also had two guests attend. We are up to 87 members now.
We had a pretty exciting meeting this month. It was the transition of leadership. Charli left the office of president, Harriet moved up from vice-president to president and Donna became the new vp. Charli gave a demo of Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Cast-Off. Harriet demonstrated the cable cast-on and Donna gave a demo of making cables in your knitting.
Charli received a lovely shawl from Harriet. It is called "Bigger on the Inside" and is connected to the Dr. Who British tv series.
We had several sheep share their recent projects with us.
Erika used a lovely gradient yarn for her shawl. She actually knit it twice. The first time she started at the top with the green, but decided that the pink would look better near her face, so she frogged the entire shawl and re-knit it, starting with the pink. Now that's a devoted knitter!
Kathleen H. gave a trunk show of many of her gorgeous knitted projects. She does lovely work and it was a wow of a show.
We had many items in the raffle this month. Donated items were from Noreen S., Sue S. and Stacey T.
Katy K. won 2 skeins of Jasper (Berroco) yarn. Kathy R. (a new member) won 4 skeins of Coffee Beenz (Plymouth Yarn). Charli O. won a book, "AlterKnits" by Leigh Radford. Linda F. won a highly desired book, "Knit Your Own Cat" by Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne. Stacey T. won a book, "Knitting From the Center Out" by Daniel Yuhas.
Mary C. won a Vogue Knit Book and 2 chunky yarns. Kelly G. won Kids Knits/Vogue and a Jane Austin Knits magazine. Wylie R. won a Knitted Cuff Bracelet Kit.
Annette E. won 3 skeins of Cascade 220 and a pattern for "Give a Hoot" owl mittens. Sue S. won 3 skeins of Cascade 220 with a pattern for cabled mittens. Heather P. won 6 skeins of a merino/alpaca blend yarn with 2 patterns (ribbed scarf and cable sampler scarf). Rita P. won some Opal sock yarn with a sock pattern and a "Knitting Girl" tin with mints. And, last, but certainly not least, Marie W. won a skein of 'Bare' sock yarn with a pattern for felt boot slippers, stitch markers and point protectors.
Whew! That's a lot of raffle items!
One of our sheep had an incredibly lovely felt bag from Poland with her.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 11th. We will be doing crafts and there will be a speaker from Twisted Fiber Arts talking about gradient dyeing. She also will be bringing yarns for sale to the Guild, so keep this in mind. The picture above of the gradient shawl that Erika made used their yarn.
We will begin accepting retreat registrations at this meeting. A $75 non-refundable deposit will be required at time of registration. You can hand in your registration sheet and deposit at the meeting or by mail. We do not know the exact fee at this time, but for a room with 2 knitters, it will be approximately $195 and for a room by yourself, it will be approximately $215. The retreat is May 2, 3 and 4.
Think this is all for now. Thanks to all of you for being part of our Guild. See you at the next meeting and maybe at Panera in the meantime.


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"We're dismayed at the injustice that nearly half of all Americans don't even pay any income tax."
"We're dismayed at the injustice that nearly half of all Americans don't even pay any income tax."
- Texas Gov. Rick Perry, presidential announcement speech, Aug. 13.
Really? Of all the ills in the world, of all the problems with the economy, all the difficulties with the tax code, this is the one that Perry chooses to lament?
Perry's statement conjures visions of America as Slacker Nation, where the overburdened wagon-pullers drag an increasingly heavy burden of freeloaders.
His number is correct but, like other conservatives who have seized on the statistic, Perry draws from it a dangerously misleading lesson.
The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center estimates that 46.4 percent of households will owe no federal income tax in 2011. This is, for the most part, not because people have chosen to loaf. It's because they are working but simply don't earn enough to owe income taxes, based on the progressive structure of the tax code and provisions designed to help the working poor and lower-income seniors.
As the Tax Policy Center's Roberton Williams explains, "a couple with two children earning less than $26,400 will pay no federal income tax this year because their $11,600 standard deduction and four exemptions of $3,700 each reduce their taxable income to zero.
The basic structure of the income tax simply exempts subsistence levels of income from tax."
Does Perry truly see this as an "injustice"? Does he believe his "dismay" should be alleviated by raising the tax burden on these households?
Consider: Of those households that do not owe income taxes, about a third earn $10,000 a year and a slightly smaller share earn between $10,000 and $20,000. More than three-fourths earn $30,000 or less.
In addition, the notion that these households pay no taxes is flat-out wrong. They pay - leaving aside state and local sales, income and property taxes - federal gasoline and other excise taxes and, most significantly, payroll taxes on every dollar they earn.
These taxes are regressive. Everyone pays the same share, regardless of income, so they hit the poor hardest, and counterbalance the progressivity of the income tax code.
Indeed, factoring in payroll taxes alone, the Slacker Nation picture looks very different. Two-thirds of the households that pay no federal income tax still ante up for payroll taxes. Fewer than one in five - 18 percent of all households - pay neither income nor payroll taxes. Nearly all of these are elderly (10 percent) or have incomes below $20,000 (7 percent.)
Assuming Perry isn't worked up about Slacker Grandmas, the relevant "slacker share" - people who are supposedly comfortably ensconced on that wagon the rest of us are pulling - is in single digits rather than "nearly half."
And, of course, they pay other taxes. An analysis by the Congressional Budget Office, taking into account all federal taxes, found that in 2007 even the poorest one-fifth of households, with average income (including government benefits) of $18,400, paid 4 percent of their income in federal taxes. By contrast, the middle fifth (average income $64,500) paid 14 percent of income and the top fifth (average income $264,700) 25 percent.
In short, the wealthy pay a greater share of their income in taxes - but the poor don't, as Perry implies, pay nothing.
About those rich people. Perry seems to believe it is wrong to ask more of them. " 'Spreading the wealth' punishes success while setting America on course for greater dependency on government," he said.
Perry needn't worry.
In the last several decades the wealth hasn't been spread so much as concentrated - at the top.
The share of total income going to the top 1 percent of income earners more than doubled from 9 percent in 1970 to 23.5 percent in 2007. (The Great Recession has since narrowed the gap.)
And while, as noted above, the rich pay a greater proportion of their income in taxes, the share of total taxes paid by the richest Americans is commensurate with their share of national wealth.
Examining the total tax burden - state, federal and local - Citizens for Tax Justice calculated that the top 1 percent of households (average income $1.3 million) earned 20.3 percent of income and paid 21.5 percent of taxes in 2010.
The tax code is studded with a costly bevy of deductions and preferences - mortgage interest, employer-sponsored health insurance, retirement savings - that benefit wealthier taxpayers over those with modest incomes.
If Perry wants to go after injustice in the tax code, he'll find ample targets.
Failing to tax poor people enough isn't among them.
Contact Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus at email@example.com.


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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Citrusy Grilled Chicken Salad
(As an aside, we eat a lot of salads in the ValleyWriter household and one of my favorite kitchen "gadgets" is my salad spinner, which makes cleaning herbs, spinach, lettuce and other leafy greens a snap. If you're in the market for one, don't forget to enter my giveaway for a chance to win a $70 gift certificate to CSN stores. CSN has salad spinners and much, much more!)
Citrusy Grilled Chicken Salad
(Makes 2 main dish servings)
2 chicken breasts
1 Tbsp. oyster sauce
1 tsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. dried thyme
2 tsp. fresh tarragon, roughly chopped
4-5 c. baby spinach
1/2 c. mandarin orange slices
1/4 c. dried cranberries
1/4 c. roasted cashews
1/4 c. lemon juice
1 Tbsp. dijon mustard
1 tsp. lemon pepper seasoning
1/2 clove garlic, very finely minced
1/4 c. olive oil
In a glass bowl, mix together oyster sauce, soy sauce, thyme and tarragon. Add chicken breasts and toss to coat. Marinate in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours. (I leave mine in all day - so about 10 hours.
Grill chicken breasts over medium heat until juices run clear, turning half way through (about 7-8 minutes per side for 1/2-inch thick breasts).
While the chicken is cooking, toss spinach leaves, mandarin orange slices, dried cranberries and cashews.
In a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, mustaard, lemon pepper seasoning and garlic. Slowly add olive oil, whisking constantly.
Pour dressing over spinach mixture and toss to coat. Divide into two bowls.
When chicken is done, let sit 5 minutes. Then add to salad and serve.
9 comments:
- Jane @ Sweet Basil Kitchen said...
I heartily agree about the heat and humidity. This is salad weather here in the Heartland too! Nice blog.
- August 4, 2010 at 6:46 PM
- kathryn said...
Oh, yummy. Just the ticket for a hot, humid summer day. Another definite keeper!
- August 4, 2010 at 6:52 PM
- Lauren (Healthy Delicious) said...
that chicken sounds really good! I'v never cooke with oyster sauce before, but I bet it goes great with tose oranges, So delicious and refreshing for summer!
- August 4, 2010 at 8:34 PM
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- Jenn said...
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- Shari said...
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Wow, that's some award-winning interviewage, if we do say so ourselves. Mr. Obama told the American Library Association in a Q&A session at the July of 2005 ALA annual conference that his mother's love of books had a huge impact on him as a child:
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See the video here.
Mr. Obama also said, "my wife still thinks that I'm Max," of Where the Wild Things Are fame. You can read the full transcript of President-Elect Obama's speech here.
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INDIANAPOLIS --- New Eagles coach Chip Kelly sparred with the national media for about 15 minutes Thursday, refusing to be pinned down on just about anything, from how his offense will look to how he evaluates Nnamdi Asomugha.
But asked about trading quarterback Nick Foles, Kelly said: " I want to coach Nick. I want to get a chance to spend time with him. I've said before, I'm a big fan of his, the way he plays the game, his toughness, his ability to throw the ball, very accurate. I want a chance to hopefully get him out on the practice field."
Of course, that declaration came with the usual disclaimers about not being able to predict the future; the Eagles certainly will trade Foles if someone offers them a first-round pick, probably even if someone offers them a second-round pick. But just because Michael Vick has a reworked contract and former Oregon QB Dennis Dixon has joined the mix, Foles isn't neccesarily leaving.
Later, in a side session with fewer reporters, Kelly denied that the offense he will run in Philadelphia will preclude a slow-footed QB such as Foles from being a good fit. Whatever that offense is.
Asked if he could see Foles running his offense next season, Kelly said: "Yeah."
More than a month into the Kelly regime, there isn't a whole lot we do know, other than that the new guy hired a whole bunch of assistants.
Highlights from the Chipper's first appearance at the NFL Scouting Combine:
*Asked about Oregon DE Dion Jordan, who could be a consideration for the Eagles at fourth overall in the draft, Kelly said: "Dion's just a special guy in my heart. I had an opportunity to be with him for five years. He came into Oregon as a receiver, moved to tight end, we switched him over to defense the beginning of his sophomore year. He just had a huge impact, not only on the field but off the field. I'm excited to see him."
*Kelly said he's watched every game and every tape cutup of current players, but "until you see 'em in person, at our first minicamp, you don't really know. The film will tell you a lot, but it doesn't tell you everything. Part of making decisions is about meeting them as players and kind of finding out what their work ethic is like, what they're like on the practice field, what they're like in the weight room."
*Asked by Cleveland reporters why he decided he wasn't interested in coaching the Browns, Kelly said: "For me. I decided that Philadelphia was a better opportunity ... the best fit."
*Kelly really didn't want to venture an opinion on the play of Asomugha, who is due to make $15 million this season, if the Eagles keep him. "I think Nnamdi has a skillset, that can play football," Kelly finally allowed.
*"I can't tell you what the future's going to be, who it's going to be" at quarterback, Kelly said.
*Kelly acknowledged that he won't be able to see everyone practice before some personnel decisions are made; free agency starts March 12, which is also the date at which teams must be under the salary cap. "A lot of that is on our personnel department, because they know 'em a lot better than I do at this point in time. I'll give 'em my opinion on where we are ... Those are the rules we're goverened by."


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As the capital of Oman's Dhofar region, the subtropical city of Salalah is renowned for its khareef, the monsoon season from June to September that transforms this "Perfume Capital of Arabia" into an oasis. But this subtropical city has many other year-round natural sights to behold, including the waterfalls, lakes, mountains, and caves of Wadi Darbat, Mughsail Bay, and some of the most beautiful beaches in Oman.
There are also many historic places, like the ancient ruins of Sumahram Old City and the UNESCO World Heritage site of Al Baleed Archaeological Park otherwise known as "The Land of Frankincense."
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Catholic University Law School Professor Faith Mullen was one of five trainers who conducted a workshop for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) on Sept. 11-13. Sponsored by NITA and the DC Bar Foundation, the training was geared especially for D.C. legal services lawyers and held at the law firm of Crowell and Moring.
Adrianne Lyons Buenavista, CUA Law Class of 2013 and now with Legal Counsel for the Elderly, was one of 16 local legal services lawyers who went through three days of intensive training in trial fundamentals. The practice included opening statements, direct and cross examination, introducing documents into evidence, and closing arguments. On the third day, the participants conducted trials in a mock hearing about an eviction from public housing based on an arrest for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.
"This was a remarkable opportunity to work with new legal services lawyers to help them develop trial skills. Participants were able to hone their skills in a short time. I relished the opportunity to meet and work with these future leaders," said Professor Mullen.
The NITA training was significant because it was the first time it was tailored to DC legal service lawyers. The two day session was part of an access-to-justice initiative with the DC Bar Foundation.


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When guests come on screen on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show, The Roots always greet them with walk-on music that's often subtle and usually witty. For Larry King, it was Roger Miller's "King of the Road," for Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian it was Meatloaf's "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad."
Depending on your point of view, on Monday night, the Philadelphia band led by drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson either cleverly outdid itself or overstepped the bounds of acceptable taste while making their political beliefs all too plain in a way that's sure to be making their employers at NBC deeply uncomfortable.
Minnesota congresswoman and Republican Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was the guest, and when she walked out to be meet Fallon, the wordless, unquiet music played by ?uestlove was a song by the great West Coast ska-punk band Fishbone called "Lyin' A-- Bitch."
The initial reaction from Roots watchers was laudatory - ?uesto retweeted one follower who wrote "@questlove huge ups to the fishbone tune for Bachman on jimmy tonight. perfect entry song for her!" Today, though, the mood hasn't been so sanguine. Fallon tweeted "@Questlove is grounded" and later "I'm honored that @MicheleBachmann was on our show and I'm sorry about the intro mess. i really hope she comes back."
Meantime, demands for an apology from the band, who release their new album Undun on Dec. 6, started adding up. Democratic New York Congresswoman Rep. Nita Lowey said in a statement: "I do not share Michele Bachmann's politics, but she deserves to be treated with respect. No female politician - and no woman - should be subjected to sexist and offensive innuendo like she was last night." And PBS' Gwen Ifill tweeted "You know what? The Roots and Jimmy Fallon should apologize. Really, @questlove, you're better than that."
By Tuesday evening, that apology had materialized, with ?uestlove, who has a picture of himself with President Obama on his twitter feed, saying in a statement: "The performance was a tongue-in-cheek and spur of the moment decision. The show was not aware of it and I feel bad if her feelings were hurt. That was not my intention."
We'll see if there's any elaboration on tonight's show, which was taped earlier this evening, before Bachmann participated in yet another Republican debate, in Washington, D.C. A clip of the Bachmann walk on, via Politico, is below. Fishbone's original "Lyin' A-- Bitch" is here.
UPDATE: No mention of the Bachmann brouhaha on Fallon on Tuesday night. The grounded ?uestlove was behind his kit as usual, backing musical guest B.o.B. and hyping Undun in an absurdist Shout Outs segment that also included Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter hawking "Mexico meets the Mayflower" turkey tacos. First guest Howie Mandel was greeted by "This is Howie Mandel" music, adapted from Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It."
UPDATE #2: Bachman was interviewed on the Fox News Channel's show America's Newsroom on Wednesday morning, and when she was asked if she was aware of the Fishbone song being played, she had this to say:
"I wasn't aware of it at all. I didn't find out until later yesterday and at that point I was traveling and making my way to the presidential debate. I am hoping to be able to speak to Jimmy Fallon today. I don't have anything against Jimmy Fallon, I love him, he's a kick, it was a great opportunity to be on the show, I'd love to go back again. But I think the point is, if that had been Michelle Obama who had come out on the stage, and if that song had been played for Michelle Obama, I have no doubt that NBC would have apologized to her and likely they could have fired the drummer, at least suspended him, none of that happened from NBC and this is clearly a form of bias on the part of the Hollywood entertainment elite but it's also I think it's sexism as well. This wouldn't be tolerated if this was Michelle Obama; it shouldn't be tolerated if it's a conservative woman either."
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles Police Department review has upheld the firing of Christopher Dorner, the rogue ex-officer who killed four people during a February rampage that ended with his death.
Police officials released the report Friday as part of next week's agenda for the Los Angeles Police Commission meeting.
The review, conducted by Gerry Chaleff, the department's special assistant for constitutional policing, said Dorner fabricated allegations against fellow officers and the decision to fire him was sound.
Dorner's firing "was not only appropriate, it was the only course the department could have taken based on the facts and evidence," the report said.
In an online manifesto, entitled "Last Resort," Dorner claimed he had been wronged, his reputation tarnished and he vowed to wage war on the police force.
That led police Chief Charlie Beck to order the review even as Dorner was on the run.
The report concluded that Dorner, who was hired in 2005, lied when he claimed a training officer had brutally kicked a mentally ill man during an arrest. He was fired for making a false report and a Los Angeles Superior Court judge sided with the department during a 2010 appeal.
"All of us recognize that as a department we are not perfect, nonetheless, this report shows that the discharge of Christopher Dorner was factually and legally the right decision," Beck said.
Authorities said Dorner killed four people, including two law enforcement officers, which involved a massive manhunt and ended with his apparent suicide in a mountain cabin following a gunbattle with law enforcement officers.
The findings were first reported early this month by The Associated Press.
A second report will be released later in the year that will address issues raised by Dorner and others regarding the department's disciplinary system and the state of LAPD employee relations.


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Oct. 25, 2010
MATTAPAN -- Blue Hill Avenue runs south to north from affluent Milton to Roxbury's historic Dudley Square, also passing through Dorchester and Mattapan over the course of its four miles.
During the last 50 years, this avenue has undergone dramatic changes: From Jewish neighborhoods to African American, Caribbean and Latino communities; from synagogues to churches; from kosher restaurants to those that specialize in jerked chicken. And -- unfairly, many believe -- from having a reputation for commerce to one associated with crime.
Larry Harmon, an editorial writer for the Boston Globe, is a witness to those changes. He came of age in Mattapan and Dorchester, and is the co-author of a book about the exodus of Jews from Boston, The Death of an American Jewish Community: A Tragedy of Good Intentions.
A historic map of Mattapan.
A Jewish Past
Harmon is standing in from of Temple Shalom, in Milton, on Blue Hill Avenue.
"(This) is kind of the major conservative synagogue -- the only synagogue in Milton. There used to be an Orthodox one on the street that closed," Harmon said.
When Temple Shalom was built on this Blue Hill Ave site 65 years ago, many congregants living in Mattapan, Dorchester and Roxbury moved to be within walking distance of their synagogue. 81-year-old Leila Rosenbaum and her family were among them.
"Blue Hill Avenue has always been a thread in our lives. And with the temple here, this has been the center of our lives, in so many ways I can't even begin to tell you," Rosenbaum said.
But for Ruth Gershman, another member of the Temple who was raised in Dorchester, remembers a childhood spent on Blue Hill Avenue.
"It was a lively business area. It was every kind of store that you can imagine," Gershman said. "There was a wonderful candy store in Roxbury. Oh, you went there and you got for two cents you could get a sherbet -- 3 cents sherbet or a nickel sherbet -- and all kinds of candy."
Many Jewish families left Boston reluctantly, says Larry Harmon, and came to a community in Milton in the 1950's that largely excluded blacks and only half-heartedly welcomed Jews. With a bingo game going on in the background at Temple Shalom, Rosenbaum recalls one particular act of housing discrimination.
"We started to look for a house and I called up one person. And she described the house. And I said, oh, it sounds like just what I'm looking for. And then she asked me my name. And when I gave it to here, she said, oh, I don't think you'd be happy here."
But Rosenbaum eventually found a home in Milton she could move into near her beloved temple.
'A Story Of Losers'
As Jews exited from Boston neighborhoods along Blue Hill Avenue, the demographics of the community changed rapidly. It was a change accompanied by abandoned housing, mounting crime and less clean streets in Roxbury, Mattapan and Dorchester.
Some social scientists explained the deterioration as resulting from what Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously described as "a culture of poverty." But driving along Blue Hill Avenue, Harmon argues that this theory doesn't grasp a more complex social dynamic that helped speed the transition from a relatively stable Jewish neighborhood to a less steady African American and Caribbean community.
Harmon calls it "reverse-redlining." He says banks drew a line around Mattapan and parts of Dorchester, where they would provide loans to low-income black families only.
"They thought they were doing a social good… essentially, getting people into homeownership, but as it turned out they were saddling people with mortgages they couldn't afford," Harmon said.
And to get Jewish families to move out of their homes along Blue Hill Avenue, some realtors resorted to a practice called "blockbusting." His household experienced it firsthand.
"Some real state broker would call up a family and say, 'Look, your neighborhood is becoming really dangerous. You better sell the property to me now because it's dropping in value every day, you know it's a changing neighborhood. It's going to become an all black neighborhood. You know what happens in an all black neighborhoods,' " Harmon remembered.
"And if you told them to go to hell they would basically escalate the tactic to the point where it would be stuff like, " Hey what are you, an idiot? You want a mulatto grandchild? You have daughters, don't you?' I mean some really vile, crazy stuff."
But it worked. Synagogues and Jewish businesses packed up and moved, and many Jewish families followed. They sold their homes for much less than they should have, and many black families seeking the American dream bought them for far more than they were worth.
"So in a lot of ways the whole changeover in this neighborhood is a story of losers," Harmon said. "People lost homes that they lived in for thirty or forty years that were all paid up; a stable neighborhood where they once had a lot of good institutional support. And then you had these new families moving in that are very similar to today's mortgage crisis -- where they really couldn't afford the property in a lot of cases."
Pride Of Place
But not all cases. Shirley Johnson moved to Dorchester in July, 1960. A retired social service worker, she lived in a wind-swept, tree-lined section of Charlotte Street, where the grass grows green on lawns flush with flowers.
"Everybody keep their houses up around here and it's a nice neighborhood. I think it's a very nice neighborhood. Most of the homeowners are still here," Johnson said.
Although social conditions in black neighborhoods of the 1960s included mounting poverty and unemployment, drug abuse and substandard housing, some longtime residents of post-Jewish Blue Hill Avenue share memories remarkably similar to its former residents.
"You could find anything in Grove Hall up and down there that you can find downtown and in any other store," said Shirley Senior.
But she also remembers a more somber moment in time: The riot of 1968 that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
"And I saw how they just tore up, up there, from the supermarket to the furniture store, to Woolworths, to when the Five n' Dime was up there," Senior recalled. "I can't believe how people can tear up in their neighborhood where they live or go to any other neighborhood and tear up. I don't understand. But you know when you feel like you're in a desperate situation, I guess that's how they do."
The Boston riot, though less destructive than urban unrest in Detroit and other cities in '68', fed the image of Blue Hill Avenue as a dangerous community.
But to Harmon says the large majority of people living along that road just went on with life. Going to work, attending schools, going to church -- albeit in increasingly segregated neighborhoods.
That segregation—and relative deprivation -- according to a recent Boston Foundation report (PDF) contributes to the crime wave that has swept over Blue Hill Avenue communities off and on for many years.
Crime in turn spurs a continuing exodus to the suburbs, including to the Blue Hill Avenue of the South: Milton. But it is now African-American and Caribbean families that are pulling up stakes.
Leaving For Milton
Harmon is standing back in Milton now. "There's a lot of middle class upper middle class black families have moved in here over the years," he says.
Milton's most famous resident is Gov. Deval Patrick – and it's a town celebrated for its diversity. Rosenbaum has come to love this community.
"I was thinking how much nicer Milton is 50 years later, because we have a diverse community. We have a diverse synagogue with people of color. We have inter-married. It's wonderful. It's like the real world," Rosenbaum said.
But another world lies just next door, across River Street: The border separating Milton from Mattapan. For many drivers on Blue Hill Avenue, to pass from this suburban perimeter into Boston, is to cross a line between a world of safely into a stereotypical world of crime and violence.
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Japanese are yet again aghast at the results of surveys demonstrating marriage in Japan is rather less monogamous than might be suspected.
A survey of 500 Japanese housewives found 14.8% freely admitted they they had sex with someone other than their husband whilst married.
Quizzed as to how many partners they had, most admitted to having had many – 60.8% had "2-5," followed by 36.5% with "1" and 2.7% with "6-10."
A marriage writer familiar with such matters comments that "2-5 is the most common number we see here, so it would seem once you've done it once the hurdle to taking further partners really lowers. Also, a lot of people refer to this as 'extra-marital romance' rather than 'adultery,' lessening the sense of guilt."
Such extramarital trysts were generally long lasting – 48.6% reporting their longest affair lasted over 3 years, whilst 20.3% had ones lasting 1-6 months, 13.5% 1-3 years, 6.8% 6-12 months and only 10.8% under a month.
The writer remarks that "such affairs tend to last a long time as a way of preventing the family from collapsing. And with cell phones, adultery is easier than ever."
The survey also found no correlation between adulterous liaisons and the absence of sex in the marriage itself – so called "sexless" marriages being extremely common in Japan, a nation which generally comes in quite low in national comparisons of actual sexual activity.
Japan's menfolk are in no position to criticise, however – according to a similar survey published by the Monthly Charger, only 44.8% of men reported they had "never" cheated on their wives – whilst 20.4% had 'only' had sex with prostitutes, another 20.4% only having cheated, and the remaining 14.4% having enjoyed both prostitution and infidelity.
2ch is apparently full of experts on the topic as well:
"Housewives with kids meet a lot of people so I suppose this helps."
"First they get people to start calling casual prostitution 'compensated dating,' next adultery is 'extramarital romance' – when will these idiot women be satisfied?"
"Why are people so keen to dissuade single men from marrying with these kinds of findings?"
"They want to destroy Japan!"
"This is just some Korean survey designed to make Japan's women look loose!"
"The figures seem a bit low really, I'd expect another 20% holding out on the survey."
"1 in 7 is excessively low, what a bunch of liars!"
"I'd have thought 60-70% – if you limit it to wives who aren't hideous."
"When women do it, it's extramarital romance. When men do it, it's cheating and infidelity…"
"The surveyers are a bit simple for thinking women would answer this truthfully."
"Today's housewives are the enko generation so I doubt these figures will stay so low."
"Wives in sexless marriages give some hot sex with all that pent up lust. Shame about the deterioration from childbirth though."
"I don't even have a boyfriend, how am I going to get in on this…"
"Get your kit off!"
"The way the original article is written is almost an endorsement of women's right to cheat."
"They really do seem intent on beautifying this…"
"When the mass media trot out random surveys like this, I fail to see how they are really any credible than the dross people spew onto 2ch."
"And yet married men who use prostitutes are completely tolerated. Are you in any position to criticise women? This is just sexism."
"The proportion of Japanese men who are unfaithful is probably triple this figure."
"It must be 90% if you include prostitution."
"In Arab nations they stone adulterous women to death, Japan could learn a lot from them!"
"Enjoy all those STDs."
"So their husbands are just considered ATMs. Kind of like all those men who think sex with prostitutes doesn't count as cheating on their wives and girlfriends?"
"I thought all you guys liked NTR?"
"Compensated dating and extramarital romance, aren't euphemisms wonderful?"
"Honestly, I think the real issue here is how excessively hot women in their thirties and forties are these days."


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NH camp directors take lightning 'very, very seriously'By MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 25. 2013 8:11PM
Camp Pemigewassett in Wentworth employs an assistant director who obsesses over the weather radar, and the camp is prepared to ferry campers in mini-buses if thunderstorms strike.
"We called off a trip today because of (weather) concerns," camp director Danny Kerr said Tuesday.Thunderstorms are a possibility every day through July 3 for parts of New Hampshire, according to AccuWeather.com.
Gus Planchet, president of the New Hampshire Camp Directors Association, said camps throughout the state take safety seriously, developing contingency plans and monitoring weather conditions.
Membership in the American Camp Association requires camps to have an advance plan for severe weather, according to Planchet, who also is the camp director at Camp Fatima in Gilmanton.
"At the first sign of thunder or lightning, we have what's called a callback. The kids are pulled off the field and brought to the cabins or main buildings," Planchet said.
He added: "If someone was out on the lake, our pontoon boat (or power boat) would go out and collect the kids."
The Lakes Region camp has a wooden structure at the waterfront to shelter the kids, Planchet said.
On Monday, a thunderstorm came through around dinner time with thunder and lightning and the kids weren't allowed to cross the field, he said.
"When it comes to thunderstorms ... I don't want to see anyone outside," Planchet said. "You can have even a small thunderstorm and you can still get a bolt of lightning come out of nowhere. We're very cautious."Kerr doesn't expect Monday night's lightning strike at the Boy Scout camp in Gilmanton to trigger any changes at the camp in the White Mountains. On the day that campers arrive, they are told about the camp's warning system, which calls for campers to be sheltered during storms.
Campers are kept inside until 30 minutes after the last time thunder is heard, Kerr said.
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