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Just my world of dreams, music and thoughts. Author of two books, one a novel of Love stories set in Framingham, Mass, Secrets of the Heart the 2nd book an autobiography of growing up in Framingham, Mass. Small Town America, Framingham My generation was the first teenage generation, that was when the word was coined. Ours was the generation that started cruising through town and to the drive in theater and drive in restaurant. In our area, Ernie Kampersal,from Holliston, drove his bucking car through town, picking up girls. It rose in the air, like a stallion! We went to the soda shops and played the juke boxes. It was a different town, a different time, and it belonged to us!

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Do you still believe religion and territory spawn wars?

The Associated Press of Pakistan is clearly pointing out what we all know in our hearts. This is not a religious war. Claiming religion is the basis of terroism is an easy way to recruit people to commit suicide. It is also a good cover for criminal minds. You do not see leaders committing suicide. Nor do the brains behind the scene let you know who they are. Who ever is up front is chosen, to face the world, the real leaders are not obvious. (think about it)

The basic push behind the terorism we are facing now is money and power, fueled by precious commodities, anything that has a street value, and most especially drugs which is a commodity that trades in the Trillions, more than a big government can hope to amass.

We have to stop the drug trade in our country, in our world! Will wars stop it? Will bringing commerce to third world countries that are under corrupt governments help? The questions are difficult. We need Eliot Ness!

Maybe that gives you a clue as to where we need to look to end this terorism.

Friday, July 30, 2010

" What's New?" Artie Shaw & Helen Forrest

 Listen to the clarinet!  This is a muscian to collect!

Beyond The Sea - Django Reinhardt



thanks for Charlie Christian

Closing Costs: How Much to Budget -- AOL Real Estate

Closing Costs: How Much to Budget -- AOL Real Estate

We have buyers that have been able to get a loan from their primary lender to cover the balance of their downpayment and closing costs! This can be explained to you by a bank . We have lenders that come to our office to meet you, and discuss face to face the paperwork required, the down payment , the costs of closing and your income, what is needed to make it all happen.

It costs nothing to meet the mortgage company, it costs nothing to view the homes, and you do not have to buy yet, you can get ready to buy. It might hep you to save for that new home to come see our homes and dream!

Did the Sultan of Brunei Buy 10 Aston Martin One-77s for His Billion-Dollar Car Collection?

Did the Sultan of Brunei Buy 10 Aston Martin One-77s for His Billion-Dollar Car Collection?

Yikes.....what , why , would he want 10? did he buy the lot and request that they never build another one?
Guess he has faith in product and not cash! He could buy gold! So can you, but why not buy a new house at a really good price with really great mortgage rates. At least you can live in it, until it appreciates, so when you sell it you make money and have lived there for next to nothing.

It has to happen again, it has been historically true, even in early England, when there was a 100 year recession. How is that for a long time of no jobs!

We need to create jobs that are open to everyone, hope we can get the opportunity to do it!

The Media the President and Controversy

Yesterday, the President allowed himself the pleasure (?) of being interviewed on The View.   In the course of the interview, he stated that the media is only interested in controversy.  No matter what your political views are, you have to agree with the President, the media is only interested in controversy.

When I was growing up the newspaper in our town, tried not to get involved in gossip, scandals etc.Thanks to a far sighted owner/editor, Mr Callahan, the newspaper was reputable. The newspaper
was there to bring local and international news to  our town.  The editorial page was for opinion.  We also learned in school, that whatever we read, we had to remember that it might not be accurate and to search for the truth! What happened to that idea?

The paper was so hugh, that to read it, when I was 7, I had to put it on the floor and kneel  over it on hands and knees.  What fun it was to be the first one on the back porch to get the paper and read it before it became the property of Mom and Dad for the evening.

I learned of the 2nd World War activities.  I learned there were enemy subs off our coast of New England, I followed the horrifying holocast discovery and news.  Then I learned about the new General Motors plant in Framingham, a place where my uncle, and other relatives where able to find  jobs.  Jobs were coming to Framingham, at a new General Motors!

  We did not try as a town to make it so difficult to build, that the plant said , "forget it!"  Now, we make a new build so difficult that the town is throwing in every public expense it can get away with, plus fees that are irrational and unreasonable.  Then the question from the unemployed is, "Where are the jobs?"

  Just watch the various government bodies deliberate on T.V., on what they should do to add on, include and legislate, while forgetting that they are there to help the  landowner use his land to the best use, with their guidance based on the present laws. Do the boards really forget that they are not there  to legislate the business opportunity out of town, and depress the value of the land, or make it more expensive to build in the town.

 Do they really forget that they are there to help the landowner develop his land within the present laws , zoning etc ?  Somewhere I read that elected officials and appointees take an oath of office that states something similar to that.

 Yes, in my young newspaper reading days,  I learned of the struggles of businesses, and of what the town was doing to govern itself.  I found my first home by reading the  newspaper advertising.   I  had to move out of Framingham, to afford a new home.  This meant that when my car broke down I had to walk about  12 miles to work on Route 9 in Framingham, all the way from Medway Mass., and even make the same walk home at night.  Not much different than now, except that young people to afford a new home have to move to Uxbridge, and make a 25 minute ride back to Framingham.

Today, in a market that has very little sales activity due to the economy, and no spectacular pricing for struggling first time buyers, our company has been advertising new homes from $199,990.  We are building and selling these homes in Uxbridge, and in the hi $200'000's in Bellingham. Yet, not one reporter has even  considered this news.  Not one reporter has obviously read their own advertising pages to look for stories,  the stories sit right in the advertising.  One newspaper told us once, that the paper could not look for stories in its advertising customers, because it was controversial!  That is interesting!

Yes,controversy, the President is correct, the news is driven by controversy!  Just look at the angst it creates with people plotting to destroy other people, because they disagree with their ideals, or whatever.  Look at the controversy that has arisen once again from the swamp of the past, prejudice!

If this stuff keeps getting thrown at us to create controvery, and what is truly local news is not printed, what are we coming to as a nation?  Maybe it is time to turn away from what we can recognize as controversial news, designed to incite angst, political fervor, etc., and focus more on what business is doing to save jobs, create jobs and fight a bad economy.  Remember young people are reading the news in paper or on the web!  News is everywhere today, how can we do a better job of reporting good news, and good struggles?

Importance of white button mushrooms in diet



Ars: Researchers Study Benefits of White Button Mushrooms

M2 Communications



07-29-10





Mushrooms are among the many foods thought to play an important role in keeping the immune system healthy. Now, Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded scientists have conducted an animal-model and cell-culture study showing that white button mushrooms enhanced the activity of critical cells in the body's immune system. In the United States, white button mushrooms represent 90 percent of the total mushrooms consumed.



The study was conducted at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University by center director Simin Meydani, colleague Dayong Wu, and others. The results suggest that white button mushrooms may promote immune function by increasing production of antiviral and other proteins that are released by cells while seeking to protect and repair tissue.



Wu and co-investigators are with the HNRCA Nutritional Immunology Laboratory in Boston, Mass. The study's cell-culture phase showed that white button mushrooms enhanced the maturity of immune system cells called "dendritic cells," from bone marrow. Dendritic cells can make T cells-important white blood cells that can recognize and eventually deactivate or destroy antigens on invading microbes.



When immune system cells are exposed to disease-causing pathogens, such as bacteria, the body begins to increase the number and function of immune system cells, according to Meydani. People need an adequate supply of nutrients to produce an adequate defense against the pathogen. The key is to prevent deficiencies that can compromise the immune system.



The study appears in a 2008 issue of The Journal of Nutrition.



Read more about this and other research related to improving health through nutrition in the July 2010 issue of Agricultural Research magazine, available online at: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/jul10/immunity0710.htm

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Friday, August 13th, 2010 6:00pm to 9:30pm
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

funnier than the last one!

Recently, the Chula Vista Police Department ran an e-mail forum (a question and answer exchange) with the topic being, "Community Policing"

One of the civilian email participants posed the following question:
"I would like to know how it is possible for police officers to continually harass people and get away with it"?
this question was answered by a police officer - Sgt. Bennett, who is obviously a cop with a sense of humor.



Sgt. Bennett replied:



"First of all, let me tell you this...it's not easy. In Chula Vista, we average one cop for every 600 people. Only about 60% of those cops are on general duty (or what you might refer to as "patrol") where we do most of our harassing.



The rest are in non-harassing departments that do not allow them contact with the day to day innocents. And at any given moment, only one-fifth of the 60% patrollers are on duty and available for harassing people while the rest are off duty. So roughly, one cop is responsible for harassing about 5,000 residents.



When you add in the commercial business, and tourist locations that attract people from areas other than Chula Vista, you then have a situation where a single cop may be responsible for harassing 10,000 or more people a day!



Now, your average ten-hour shift runs 36,000 seconds long. This gives a cop one second to harass one person, and then only three-fourths of a second to eat a donut AND then find a new person to harass. This is no easy task. To be honest, most cops are not up to this day in and day out challenge, it is just too tiring. So what we do is utilize some tools to help us narrow down those people which we can realistically harass.



The tools available to us are as follows:



PHONE: People will call us up and point out things that cause us to focus on a person for special harassment.



"My neighbor is beating his wife" is a code phrase used often. This means we'll come out and give somebody some special harassment. Another popular one is:

"There's a guy breaking into a house." The harassment team is then put into action.

CARS: We have special cops assigned to harass people who drive. They like to harass the drivers of fast cars - Drivers with no insurance or no driver's licenses. Its lots of fun when you pick them out of traffic for nothing more obvious than running a red light. Sometimes you get to really heap the harassment on when you find they have drugs in the car, they are drunk, or have an outstanding warrant on file.



RUNNERS: Some people take off running just at the sight of a police officer. Nothing is quite as satisfying as running after them like a beagle on the scent of a bunny. When you catch them you can harass them for hours.



STATUTES: When we don't have PHONES or CARS and have nothing better to do, there are actually books that give us ideas for reasons to harass folks. They are called "Statutes"; Criminal Codes, Motor Vehicle Codes, etc. They spell out all sorts of things for which you can use to harass people. After you read the statute, you can just drive around for awhile until you find someone violating one of these listed offenses and harass them. Just last week I saw a guy trying to steal a car. Well, there's this book we have that says that's not allowed. That means I have permission to harass this guy.



It is a really cool system that we have set up, and it works pretty well.



We seem to have a never-ending supply of folks to harass. And we get away with it. Why? Because for the good citizens who pay the tab, we try to keep the streets safe for them, and they pay us to "harass" some people.



Next time you are in Chula Vista, give me the old "single finger wave" !



That's another one of those codes. It means, "Hey Officer - You can harass me." It's one of our favorite codes.



Thanks for the question!

very funny traveling the web

Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 12:37 AM
Subject: Jury Duty - This is Funny


IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN CALLED FOR JURY DUTY.....THEN YOU HAVE TO KNOW THIS IS PRICELESS!

Enjoy a good laugh!



These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word,



taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place..

______________________________

ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?

WITNESS: No, I just lie there.

____________________________________________

ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?

WITNESS: I forget.

ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?

___________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?

WITNESS: We both do.

ATTORNEY: Voodoo?

WITNESS: We do.

ATTORNEY: You do?

WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.

____________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, "isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?"

WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

____________________________________

ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year- old, how old is he?

WITNESS: He's twenty, much like your IQ.

___________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?

WITNESS: Are you shitting me?

_________________________________________

ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?

WITNESS: Getting laid

____________________________________________

ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: How many were boys?

WITNESS: None.

ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?

WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney.

Can I get a new attorney?

____________________________________________

ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?

WITNESS: By death.

ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?

WITNESS: Take a guess.

____________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?

WITNESS: He was about 20, medium height, and had a beard.

ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?

WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I'm going with male.

______________________________ _______

ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?

WITNESS: All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight.

_________________________________________

ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK?

What school did you go to?

WITNESS: Oral.

_________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?

WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.

ATTORNEY: And, Mr. Denton was dead at the time?

WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished.

____________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?

WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question?

______________________________________

And the best for last:

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?

WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?

WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?

WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?

WITNESS: No .

ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?

WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?

WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.