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Books Firecracker King
Music
Accelerating Democracy
What do Brad Paisley & and Roger Miller have in common?
Gage’s New Dog
Charles Palmore retires
Movies Iron Man 3
Have you Heard? Did My Karma Run Over Your Dogma?
Art Sparks Museum & Cultural Center Artown in July
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Newman delivers story lines that are hard, controversial, and varied, but the writing style is consistently readout-loud captivating.
As you journey with Tommy through Marine Corps battles and conflicts in a futuristic universe, you experience his struggle to understand his own inner turmoils.
Watch for the 2013 release of Parallel to Paradise by award winning author, Laura Newman available for preorder at www.lrpnv.com
Watch for the 2013 release of In His Father’s Footsteps by author and former Marine, Jeff Pfeiffer, available for preorder at www.lrpnv.com
D.L. Whitehead has constructed a tangled web of lies, murderous consequences and intriguing characters that take readers on a thrill ride from the beginning pages to a climactic conclusion that will leave them wanting more.
Methuselah has been banished from the colony. Will Monte be able to help him?
Watch for the 2013 release of Darwin’s Sword by author, D.L. Whitehead available at www.lrpnv.com
Józef, afraid for his life, sneaks into the infamous Kraków ghetto, ultimately seeking shelter by volunteering to enter a Nazi labor camp! Józef must make life and death decisions in order to ensure his own survival–at the cost of family and faith. Watch for the 2013 release of The Altered I by author, April Kempler available for preorder at www.lrpnv.com
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Available as an e-book now. Watch for the 2013 release of Monte’s Lost Colony by author, Chuck Bedell or preorder at www.lrpnv.com
Mama’s Magic by Nichole Truax
Is Mama really magical? This endearing short story is a testament to the magic and love of motherhood as experienced through the eyes of a child. Watch for the 2013 release of Mama’s Magic by Nichole Truax available at www.lrpnv.com
Watch for the 2013 release of Final Breath by author, talk show host and instructor, Eddie Floyd, available soon at www.lrpnv.com
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Table of Contents Editor’s Note……………………………………………………………………………….………2 Living in America The New Constitution Requiring a Quorum.………..………..………...3 The Bill of Rights.……………………………………………………………………..3 The Bill of Rights: A Transcription…………………….……………………...4 The Declaration of Independence…………………….……………………...5 Have You Heard? Religion in America...Did My Karma Run Over Your Dogma?…...6 Independent or Dependent?............………………………………………..7 Second Quarter Earnings Preview………………………………………….12 Why I Am Happy to Be Living in America………………….…………...12 Book Reviews: Firecracker King…………………….…………………………….………………….8 Accelerating Democracy.…………………………..…………………………….9 Gage’s New Friend…...………………………………………………………..……9 Music: Retirement Party for Charles Palmore………………………………...10 What Do Brad Paisley & Roger Miller Have in Commmon?….11 Art: “Stop the Car Dad!”…………………………………………………………....13 Authors & Artists with Attitude………….………………………………..13 Movies: Iron Man 3…………………………………………………......................…..15
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Editor’s Note We have a jam-packed July! In this issue, Living in America, we have, in the interest of our commitment to education, included the Declaration of Independence (Page 5) and The Bill of Rights (Page 3). Though many adults and kids may have been exposed to these documents, I wonder how many adults have read it since childhood.
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We have some great contributors this month. Ken Roberts, CEO of Fat Trail Trading provides a Second Quarter Earnings Preview (Page 12); Dave Costa, Flying for Liberty, wrote Independent or Dependent? (Page 7) In these trying times, a very good question. And don’t miss Sean Savoy’s take on Religion in America (Page 6). You might be surprised at his perspective. Eddie Floyd shares why he is happy to be in America (Page 12).
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Charles Palmore is retiring after a very successful music career (Page 10). We wish him well! Sparks Museum has a great exhibit (Page 15) and we love Jennifer Brewster’s reviews (Page 15) whether books, music or movies.
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Declaration of Independence “In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.� (Full text on page 5)
The New Constitution: Requiring a Quorum
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he Federal Convention convened in the State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation. Because the delegations from only two states were at first present, the members adjourned from day to day until a quorum of seven states was obtained on May 25. Through discussion and debate it became clear by mid-June that, rather than amend the existing Articles, the Convention would draft an entirely new frame of government. All through the summer, in closed sessions, the delegates debated, and redrafted the articles of the new Constitution. Among the chief points at issue were how much power to allow the central government, how many representatives in Congress to allow each state, and how these representatives should be elected--directly by the people or by the state legislators. The work of many minds, the Constitution stands as a model of cooperative statesmanship and the art of compromise. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html
The Bill of Rights
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uring the debates on the adoption of the Constitution, its opponents repeatedly charged that the Constitution as drafted would open the way to tyranny by the central government. Fresh in their minds was the memory of the British violation of civil rights before and during the Revolution. They demanded a "bill of rights" that would spell out the immunities of individual citizens. Several state conventions in their formal ratification of the Constitution asked for such amendments; others ratified the Constitution with the understanding that the amendments would be offered. On September 25, 1789, the First Congress of the United States therefore proposed to the state legislatures 12 amendments to the Constitution that met arguments most frequently advanced against it. The first two proposed amendments, which concerned the number of constituents for each Representative and the compensation of Congressmen, were not ratified. Articles 3 to 12, however, ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures, constitute the first 10 amendments of the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights.html 3
Living in America The Bill of Rights: A Transcription
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he Preamble to The Bill of Rights
Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine. THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the defence. Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when Amendment VII ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz. twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the Amendment VIII original Constitution. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Note: The following text is a transcription of the first ten -------------------------------------------------------------------------------amendments to the Constitution in their original form. These Amendment IX amendments were ratified December 15, 1791, and form what is known as the "Bill of Rights." The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Amendment I Amendment X Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to respectively, or to the people. assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------bill_of_rights_transcript.html Amendment II A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Amendment III No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Amendment V
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Living in America The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
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N CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.-Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of
Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas Continued on page 14 Listen Weekly
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Religion in America...Did My Karma Run Over Your Dogma? By Sean Savoy
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merica is a nation established by people of deep religious conviction. It is like a patchwork quilt woven with threads of faith rooted in our multi-cultural immigrant heritage and the beliefs that sprung up organically from within our borders — making us the most religiously diverse country in the world. In Colonial times, religious groups like the Puritans and Quakers came to build religious settlements free from the persecutions they had experienced in Britain. Many of the colonies were established by settlers who wished to practice a particular faith within a community of like-minded people: Virginia by the Anglicans, Massachusetts by English Puritans, Maryland by English Catholics and Pennsylvania by the Quakers. By the time of the Revolution, the philosophies of the European Enlightenment were greatly influencing the formation of America as an independent nation, one forged on the principles of freedom of thought and the emancipation of human consciousness. The founders, including Washington, Franklin and Jefferson, were deists, who applied reason to religion, thereby questioning Christian dogma and the hold of theology over faith. They rejected miracle, prophecy, and revelation in favor of a more natural religion. It is a great misconception that America was founded solely on Judaeo-Christian principles. In fact, God is not once mentioned in the U.S. Constitution and only in the Declaration of Independence in deistic terms. Thus the Founders were free thinkers. As such, they were compelled to include the freedom of religion clauses in the First Amendment, guaranteeing the free exercise of 6
religion while at the same time preventing the government from establishing a state religion. As a reaction against rational Christianity, deism and skepticism, the Protestant revival movement of the late 18th century and early 19th century enrolled millions of new members in evangelical denominations such as the Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians. The Afro-Christian churches have their roots in this movement as well. Side by side with evangelicalism came new waves of immigrants and a flourishing of religion, with many new movements becoming denominations in their own right. Religion was constantly reinvigorated over the decades with the ongoing influx of settlers, which included large scale Jewish immigrations. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a restorationist movement of Protestantism sought to restore Christianity to its New Testament roots, thus establishing a single church with members known simply as Christian. At this time we saw the emergence of distinct, purely American religious groups such as the Jehovah’s Witness Movement, the Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), and the Church of Christ, Scientist under Mary Baker Eddy. With the introduction of the various Christian and non-Christian traditions by immigrants, the revival of Protestant Christianity, and the founding of new religious movements such as Pentecostalism, Adventism, Unitarian-Universalist, and the Episcopal Church as an offshoot of the Church of England, America avoided the trend of secularization that has become popular in Europe, making us the most religious of all nations in the world, such that many religiously based moral issues continue to occupy a major role in American politics. In the first half of the 20th century, mainstream Christianity continued to be challenged, primarily in the 1920s by the literary elite. By the end of World War II, however, Americans were streaming back to church in record numbers. But this trend could not stave off the rumblings of a new type of revolution: the liberation movements of the 1960s. Along with the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights movement, Women’s Liberation and the “Sexual Revolution,” many new alternative religions
Have You Heard? and practices became popular, from yoga to transcendental meditation to the Eastern Dharmic religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. This was a turning point for religion in America. Religion itself was not so much being rejected as the establishment was being challenged. The Protestant-Catholic-Jewish triumvirate no longer represented the scope of religious options in America. The fabric of American religion was growing even more diverse and complex with a burgeoning baby boomer generation leading the way as a group of New Age spiritual seekers. According to Joanne Beckman: “For seekers, spirituality is a means of individual expression, self-discovery, inner healing, and personal growth. Religion is valued according to one's subjective experience. Thus seekers feel free to incorporate elements of different traditions according to their own liking. They shop around, compare, and select religious ‘truths’ and experiences with what one historian calls their ‘à la carte’ spirituality.”
As the baby boomer generation — nearly one third of the population — has matured, many have sought a return to their roots in traditional Christian denominations. Conservative Christianity, in particular, has seen a prominent revitalization. On the other hand, there has been growth in atheism,
Independent or Dependent? By David Costa
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ndependence Day, the start of America’s great experiment, “Can man rule himself?”
Our Declaration Of Independence reminds us that We, the people, have the responsibility to alter or abolish a government that removes liberty. We must remain independent of the need for government control, or we become controlled and dependent on the same. Our rights are given to us by our Creator, and no man may give or take away our rights. The idea of independence, is the liberty to be free from the control of another. Liberty is to live one’s life as we choose, so long as no harm is imposed on another. Are we independently ruling our own lives, or have we become dependent upon our Government to “protect us from ourselves”? It is easy to point a finger at “those people”, but we must look at ourselves first. How dependent have you become on the Government and what are you going to do to change that? Are we still a nation of independence or are we being led like sheep to dependence? Consider the following points: More than 91 million Americans are dependent upon Government, not including those employed by the Government. One in five Americans are dependent upon Government to live their lives. Welfare and low income assistance is surging out of control. There was a 39% increase from 2008-2010 alone. Medicare and Medicaid costs are exponentially expanding, with an 86% increase between 1999 and 2010.
www.givehopeonline.org agnosticism and humanism. Yet new spiritual thought continues to be sustained in America with more and more of the population calling themselves “spiritual” but affiliating with no particular religion. What will be the future of religion in America as the post-baby boomer generations mature into the 21st century? Based on our history, the possibilities are many. One thing is certain: as long as America is free, religion will continue to profoundly influence American life. It is my opinion that advancements in science, technology, communications, and energy will lead the way for a new type of religion — an applicable, provable living theology in which people, regardless of faith, will be able to find God in the substance of matter and in the pre-existent electro-magnetic energy fields that envelope it. It seems that one must simply look to the sun and the stars to, as our Founding Fathers might say, find reason in our faith. Sean Savoy is a spiritual educator, ordained minister, radio personality, explorer, writer and public speaker who lectures in the United States and abroad. www.seansavoy.com
Today, more than 70% of Federal spending goes to dependence programs. We expect a safety net from the government for food, retirement, healthcare and more. Independent adults should not have hands out and expect to be taken care of as children. We expect the government to make decisions for us regarding the food that we eat. Do we really require a government official to tell us what food is safe to eat? Have we become dependent upon their decision, or are we able to make an independent decision for ourselves? Our Constitution is genius. This document specifically limits the size and scope of government. In the words of Thomas Jefferson, “A bill of rights [will] guard against the legislative as well as the executive branches of government.” Read today’s news and you will see evidence of our Bill of Rights coming under attack from our own Government. You may blame “them”, but unless you stand Continued on page 16 7
Firecracker King by Matt Bayan
“If you find a dead body, it’s a good idea to run.”
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att Bayan, comedian, author and Co-President of High Sierra Writers gave this advice in his latest book, The Firecracker King. Bayan, with the dubious distinction of being revived 72 times from a massive heart attack, made the best of his bad situation. In his first book, Eat Fat, Be Health originally published by Simon & Schuster, he sought answers to his heart problem. After substantial research and consultation with medical professionals, Bayan is proof that using his methods saved his life and could save yours too. Bayan is also the Co-President of High Sierra Writers a group that is a combination of the former Unnamed Writers Group and Writers of the Purple Sage. Now one group, they offer membership which includes the opportunity for writers to obtain critiques from their peers and attend workshops to help writers “hone their craft and work toward success in publishing”. Bayan appeared on The Book Hound Show, an America Matters Media presentation on 101.3 FM, Renegade Radio on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Matt, in his comedian’s style, gave some insight to the creation of Firecracker King when he shared that 2/3 of the book is autobiographical. “Did you really find a dead body?” asked co-host Dennis DuPerault. “I’m from Jersey,” Bayan responded. I guess he’s not telling. From the back of the book The Firecracker King:
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"Have you ever found a dead body? If you do, it's a good idea to run. Don't put yourself in the middle of the investigation because you have a crush on the dead girl's sister. Leave that to idiots like me." The Firecracker King 978-0615616360 Published by Timeline Books Available at LeRue Press (LRP) and at online bookstores. As published on Examiner.com by Janice Hermsen
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ohn O. McGinnis’book Accelerating Democracy: Transforming Governance through Technology hit the stands on Wednesday, January 30, 2013. “McGinnis is the George C. Dix Professor of Law at the Northwestern University, where he teaches courses in constitutional law, international trade, antitrust, and economics. He served in the Department of Justice in the Reagan and H.W. Bush Administrations. John McGinnis clerked on the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, and is a graduate of Harvard College, Balliol College, Oxford, where he was Librarian of the Oxford Union Society, and Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He is a past winner of the Paul M. Bator award, given to an outstanding legal scholar under 40.” Manfredi Strategy Group (2013) [Press Release]
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“In ACCELERATING DEMOCRACY: Transforming Governance through Technology, John McGinnis presents a pioneering examination of how to adapt our democracy to new information technologies and markets that can evaluate the consequences of political choices, enhance political decision making, and navigate the immense technological and social changes ahead. “ Manfredi Strategy Group (2013) [Press Release] McGinnis emphasized points from his book in an interview Thursday on America Matters Radio show, hosted by Eddie Floyd, CEO of Nevada Matters, including the concept: “Congress must eliminate laws against Internet gambling that make for-profit prediction markets unworkable in the United States so that people can bet on what the consequences of a particular policy will be even before that policy is implemented.”Manfredi Strategy Group (2013) [Press Release,] When he was asked if the desire to maintain power by some politicians would get in the way of the technology that could be used, McGinnis acknowledged that possibility but maintained that the will of the people would have more effect than the politician’s desire for power. As published on Examiner.com by Janice Hermsen
Gage’s New Friend: A Boy’s Wish for a Diabetic Alert Dog By Gage Bunsness with Kimberly Bunsness
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age, a ten year old boy, was diagnosed with Type I diabetes. In the story, Gage shares his desire to have a new dog. But not just any dog, a dog that will help alert him and his parents when his blood sugar is too low or too high.
Gage’s New Friend, written by Gage on a manual typewriter he received from his parents, is co-authored by Gage and his mom, Kimberly. Kimberly shares her perspective of living with diabetes and taking care of Gage. She also included healthy dog biscuit recipes as a bonus! As a recipient of some of the dog biscuits, I can tell you, my dog loved them. The story is both fact and fiction: Gage does have Type I diabetes, but he does not have his Diabetic Alert Dog (D.A.D. )...yet. Gage & Kimberly use the funds earned from their book toward his new D.A.D. so Gage’s story in the book can come true. My six year old granddaughter saw the book on my dining room table and picked it up to read it. Continued on page 12
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Retirement Party for Charles Palmore Bassist & Vocalist Palmore Brothers Band The Point Nightclub 3001 West 4th Street Reno, NV 89523 775.322..3001 July 14, 2013 6:00-10:00 p.m. Finger Foods Pot Luck Cake! (Expecting a large crowd, so please bring your favorite dish)
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What Do Brad Paisley & Roger Miller Have in Common?
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oth the late Roger Miller and Brad Paisley are country legends. But what else do they have in common? This year, Brad Paisley decided to do a duet with Roger Miller. With the aid of technology, Brad Paisley sang a duet with the late Roger Miller in “Outstanding in our Field”.
Brad Paisley with Chris Young, Lee Brice Friday, August 30, 6 p.m. Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys 18 US Highway 50 Stateline, NV 89449
“One of a kind" is a phrase reserved for the likes of Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe — and Roger Miller. Though Roger Miller has been gone for two decades, the impact that the eleven-time Grammy winner made on the world of songwriting is as unique and timeless as the songs he wrote.* *http://www.texasheritagesongwriters.com/2013/02/an-unscriptedlife-roger-miller-to-be-honored-for-prolific-humor-filled-songwritingcareer/
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When she was done, she looked at my daughter and said, “Those are good illustrations!” My daughter said she had a little trouble with some of the words but seemed to like the story too. It is a great book for kids to learn from another child and parents to learn more about Type I diabetes which is very different from Type 2. Oh, and don’t forget, there are great dog biscuit recipes too. Reviewed by Janice Hermsen Editor’s Note: Fundraisers for Gage’s new D.A.D. are being held online at https:// www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/y5n2/gages-new-friend. . LeRue Press has The Book Hound Dog Biscuit Recipe available online and at LeRue Press in Reno for any donation you can make. No amount is too big or small. Funds raised go to Gage & Kimberly Bunsness. Once they have reached their goal, Kimberly (and family) plan to help others do the same. Donations are NOT tax deductible.
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he stock market is a forward looking mechanism. That means that the current market price is always looking forward several months and basically predicting how the economy will be. There are many economic reports that are released on a regular basis that market participants follow very closely. In order of importance they are, GDP, M2 Money Supply, CPI, PPI, Consumer Confidence Survey, Current Employment Statistics, Retail Sales and Food Services Sales, Housing Starts, Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales, S&P 500 Stock Index The number one drive of stock market performance is corporate earnings. Corporate earnings are dependent on the health of the economy to some extent, but there can be periods where the economy is sluggish, but corporate profits remain strong. Earnings reports are released on a quarterly basis and can have a big impact on stock prices. One of the mostly widely used tools that stock analysts use is known as the PE or price to earnings ratio. The PE ratio is simply the price of the stock divided by the companies’ earnings per share. The PE ratio can also be calculated for the market as a whole. For the S&P 500 that is done by getting the PE for all 500 stocks that make up the index. Currently the PE ratio of the market is about 17.60 which means that is takes $17.60 to buy $1.00 of earnings. Historically this is not a very high level. Earnings season traditionally kicks off with a report from Alcoa on July 8th. Even though Alcoa is considered to start the earnings season, by the time Alcoa reports, several other S&P 500 companies will have already reported. Currently the bar is set pretty low for earnings, many companies have made earnings pre-announcements and the preannouncements have been mostly negative with a ratio of about 6.5 to 1. The overall forecast is for earnings growth of about 3% and that number has come down from 7% on April 1st of this year. The sectors with the strongest earnings growth are projected to be financial stocks and the homebuilders. Financials are projected to show a 16% increase and the homebuilders are forecast to be up by 12%. Sectors that are forecast to decline Continued on page 16
Why I Am Happy to be Living in America by Eddie Floyd
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hey say you judge a man's character after he has gained everything, yet you judge a woman's character after her man has lost everything. No truer words were ever spoken. I feel as if I am the luckiest man in the world because of the woman I married, as well as the Nation in which we live.
Where else in the World, besides America, can a person be knocked down economically as well as socially and yet be given the opportunity to rise up again. These freedoms are afforded us as Americans because of the willingness of past generations to put everything on the line, in front of personal security and well-being, to fight, and in some cases, die for these freedoms now afforded us. Photo courtesy © Debbie McCarthy
I once owned a successful real estate company, manufactured home dealership, insurance and mortgage company here, in the State of Nevada, as well as lived on and owned a 650 plus acre horse and cattle ranch North of Reno. All of this was lost when I made decisions in the best interest of my family. But that decision also caused me to lose everything I had acquired and worked for during a period of almost 4 decades of business. I realize just how fortunate I have been to live in this Nation. We live in America, and I thank GOD for all failures and successes as I enjoy what is truly success, which is LIFE with family and friends. Eddie Floyd is the CEO of America Matters Media and host of many radio shows, including Nevada Matters on Renegade Radio, 101.3 in Nevada and 99.1 FM Talk, Fox News Radio. He was recently listed as one of the top 100 “Most Inspiring Leaders”. 12
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top the Car Dad is “a series of photographs by artist, Erik Lauritzen complimented by a collection of over 40 vintage cameras dating to the late 1800′s. Featured as part of Art Town 2013,”* the Sparks Museum and Cultural Center also has tours of the train and museum.
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Living in America to be tried for pretended offences For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
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He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. 14
George Ross -------------------------------------- Delaware: The 56 signatures on the Caesar Rodney Declaration appear in the George Read positions indicated: Thomas McKean Column 1 Georgia: Button Gwinnett Lyman Hall George Walton Column 2 North Carolina: William Hooper Joseph Hewes John Penn South Carolina: Edward Rutledge Thomas Heyward, Jr. Thomas Lynch, Jr. Arthur Middleton Column 3 Massachusetts: John Hancock Maryland: Samuel Chase William Paca Thomas Stone Charles Carroll of Carrollton Virginia: George Wythe Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Harrison Thomas Nelson, Jr. Francis Lightfoot Lee Carter Braxton Column 4 Pennsylvania: Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin Franklin John Morton George Clymer James Smith George Taylor James Wilson Page URL:
Column 5 New York: William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris New Jersey: Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark Column 6 New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett William Whipple Massachusetts: Samuel Adams John Adams Robert Treat Paine Elbridge Gerry Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins William Ellery Connecticut: Roger Sherman Samuel Huntington William Williams Oliver Wolcott New Hampshire: Matthew Thornton Page URL: http:// www.archives.gov/exhibits/ charters/ declaration_transcript.html U.S. National Archives & Records Administration 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001, • 1-86NARA-NARA • 1-866-272-6272 Editor’s note: Bold headings added for readability.
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ron Man 3 Starring Robert Downy, Jr., returning along with Pepper Potts, the lovely Gwyneth Paltrow, and Colonel James Rhodes played by Don Cheadle Marvel continues with the third installment of the Iron Man series, returning along with Tony Stark (played by Robert Downy, Jr.) is Gwyneth Paltrow, as Pepper Potts, and Colonel James Rhodes played by Don Cheadle.
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This review will be probably the most challenging I’ve had yet]reason being? I haven’t exactly seen the movie. I am a busy mom of 4, so my free-time-o-meter ranges somewhere between little and none on any given day. However, like anyone with children will know, when you run out of time, you get resourceful. This will be the first review done by proxy, for DeMarcus Brewster, age 5, Treyvonne Brewster, age 4, and Kaitlyn Chacon, age 11. DeMarcus: What was your favorite part of the movie? “My favorite part was the whole thing” Treyvonne: What was your favorite part of the movie? ”My favorite part was when the Iron Man heads were attacking the bad guys” “Also, at the end, the girl and the Iron Man guy get married” Kaitlyn,: This is actually just Pepper and Tony kissing somewhere toward the end of the movie] Hopefully this isn’t a spoiler for anyone who has been watching movies for any length of time. Plus, it’s a Marvel comic, how can the hero not come out on top?! DeMarcus also agreed later that the part where the “Iron Man heads were attacking the bad guys” was pretty cool. Overall, I think this movie will be great for kids and teenagers, or anyone who has enjoyed the Marvel comic movies so far. As a parent, it appears that this movie was full of action packed scenes that kept younger viewers attention – in a theater, no less. There only appeared to be one death scene that may have been a little much for some viewers, but as a parent, I think that this movie was fun, exciting, and full of adventure! Rated: PG-13
Have You Heard? Continued from page 12 Second Quarter Earnings include information technology and mining. The price of gold has declined by over 30% since it hit its all time high in August 2012. Silver and copper are also down. The drop in commodity prices will have an impact on the earnings of the miners, who are projected to drop by 4%. Tech stock earnings are projected to slow by 5% as sales of personal computers are way down and Apple who accounts for 15% of the sector has not announced any new products lately. Market participants will be closely following the reports that will be coming out over the next few weeks for indications of the health of the economy and for signs of what the Federal Reserve may do with its aggressive monetary policy. 16
on your own, “you” have become a part of the problem. Patriots remain vigilant in the protection of liberty. The NDAA, Gun Control, Affordable Care Act, IRS, Federal Reserve, Patriot Act, SOPA and even the United Nations stand in direct opposition to independence and limit protections under the Bill of Rights. We depend on the Government to keep us safe, while at the same time we stand to lose our very right to defend ourselves independently. “The right to keep and bear arms, shall NOT be infringed”. An independent person understands that they are the first responder in their own defense. Welfare as we know it began in the 1930’s and solidified in the 1960’s. American survived for over 139 years without welfare. Medicare did not begin until 1965. America survived for 174 years without Medicare. For over 210 years Americans lived in relative safety compared to the rest of the world, without the need for a Department of Homeland Security. Americans enjoyed some of the best education in the world for more than 188 years before the Department of Education was started in 1979. Now in 2013 we face Common Core where most local and parental control of education is being moved to the Federal government, just 34 years later. Perhaps George Washington said it best. “What a triumph for our enemies.....to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves.” Make no mistake, man has always sought to control other men, as monarchs, tyrants and rulers. I prefer a more positive assertion. America, the great experiment, works. The proof is a part of American history. It is up to us, to remind each other that we are independent. Life, liberty, and property are the promise of liberty. Government or those who believe they know better than you, are not the answer. This responsibility is ours and ours alone. We are dependent upon our Creator, not on a human being. Take the opportunity reflect on our great gift of independence. while you celebrate this July 4th!
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