Memorial Day - A Reflection on Honor, Sacrifice and Duty

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by Senator Tom Harman

Memorial Day may conjure up images of a nice, relaxing three-day weekend. Maybe you will go biking or boating; have a picnic or simply just take it easy. But be sure you take a moment to remember the brave men and women who have lost their lives fighting for our country.

Having served myself in the United States Army as a lieutenant in the 4th Infantry Division, I cannot help but remember America’s fallen heroes and the tremendous sacrifices made by their families for our freedom. Memorial Day is a day our nation sets aside to honor the courageous acts of these soldiers, sailors, aviators and marines. Often times while still in the prime of their youth, countless numbers of these young Americans were willing to pay the ultimate price to defend freedom – their lives.

Originally called Decoration Day, this holiday was first proclaimed by General John Logan in May of 1868. General Logan ordered all men under his command to spend part of the day decorating the graves of fallen soldiers.

On Monday, May 25th, we will pay tribute to those who gave their last great measure of devotion to liberty. Throughout the country Americans will pay their respects to those who lost their lives in service to our country. Let us not forget that the precious freedom we are so fortunate to enjoy here in America was purchased with the lives of those brave men and women who served our country in times of war. An excerpt from the dedication plaque on the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial, located on the grounds of the State Capitol in Sacramento, sums up the sacrifice of our brave soldiers, "All Gave Some, Some Gave All."

The Memorial is located in a park like setting not far from my Capitol office. This quiet, lush setting is a popular lunchtime destination where people can relax and admire the beauty of the Memorial’s circular design. The bronze sculptures depicting scenes from daily life during the Vietnam War are riveting. Viewing the 5,822 names engraved on twenty-two black granite panels fills me with awe. Each engraved name is a sobering reminder of the dead and missing California Vietnam Veterans.

All around the world Californians continue to risk life and limb to defend liberty. The men and women of our armed forces currently on duty in Afghanistan and Iraq should be in the thoughts and prayers of each of us as we celebrate Memorial Day.

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*I believe the Senator's words apply to all 50 states! Well said Senator! MPA

PATRIOTIC POUND CAKE

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Marion Pellicano Ambrose
This super easy and quick dessert will be a big hit for Memorial Day or 4th of July Celebrations.


                                  Ingredients

1 (10.75 ounce) loaf frozen pound cake, thawed                                                                   1/2 cup blueberry pie filling
1/2 cup strawberry or raspberry pie filling
1 3/4 cups whipped topping
                                  Directions                                                                                                                                                         
Split cake horizontally into three layers. Place bottom layer on a serving platter; spread with blueberry filling. Top with middle cake layer; spread with strawberry filling. replace top of cake. Frost top and sides with whipped topping. Refrigerate for several hours before slicing.

Bounce This Along

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Marion Pellicano Ambrose
A friend shared these facts with me and I thought I'd "Bounce them along" to you!

U.S. Postal service sent out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow-jackets away.
All this time you've just been putting Bounce in the dryer!
1. It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice.
2. Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.
3. It takes the odour out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often.
4. It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.
5. Eliminate static electricity from your television (or computer) screen.
6. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.
7. Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.
8. To freshen the air in your home - Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.
9. Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.
10. Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.
11. Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.
12. To freshen the air in your car - Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.
13. Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food and the pan.
14. Eliminate odours in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.
15. Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.
16. Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds.
Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.
17. Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering.
A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.
18. Eliminate odours in dirty laundry.
Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.
19. Deodorize shoes or sneakers.
Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.
20. Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.
21. Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them.
It will keep them smelling fresh.
22. Wet a Bounce sheet, hose down your car, and wipe love bugs off easily with the wet Bounce.
23. Put a sheet of Bounce in your suitcase when traveling, it will help keep mites or any other critters out of it. While you are at it, travel with several Bounce sheets and run them up and down your bed linen before getting into bed, it will cause all the critters already in your bed to run. Keep a sheet in your suitcase even after you have unpacked to protect your suitcases from bugs nesting in it.

THE GREAT EXPERIMENT ENDURES : MEMORIAL DAY 2012

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Marion Pellicano Ambrose
This Memorial Day, I wanted to find something special to share that would not only remind our readers of the service and sacrifice of our veterans, but that would remind them of what those veterans fought to preserve and defend. Please take just 2 minutes of your time to view this short presentation called "The Great Experiment Endures". The clip is NOT Republican or Democrat, it is AMERICAN. ttp://www.upwithamerica.org/

After viewing, you might be interested in the following multi media page "The Making of America, The Early Years".
On this page, clips of famous movies such as Amistad, The Patriot, 1776 , and Gettysburg present a window to the soul of the American Experience. (Just a heads up, if you navigate to; other areas of this site, some are less "bi partisan".)http://www.upwithamerica.org/multimedia.html

I firmly believe that it is time for a new generation of Patriots to come forward. I want people to feel the pride and patriotism they do after viewing "The American Experience"at EPCOT for the first time, or after visiting the Lincoln Memorial and all the great monuments in Washington DC. I want people to stand when Veterans march by in the parade and clap for them. I want to see an American Flag flying from each home on Memorial Day and all US holidays! I just want people to forget about political parties and hidden agendas and be Americans again.

My husband says I'm an incurable optimist, and I guess that's true. I will never give up on believing in the ideals and foundations upon which this country was formed.  I know times change, people change, and government must change too, but that doesn't mean we need to give up the vision our forefathers had for this country.

Today we remember those who fought for our FREEDOM. Some of them made the supreme sacrifice so that we might live, work, and enjoy the fruits of our labors in a country that respects and values its citizens and offers them the opportunity to better their lives and those of their children. Let's work together to insure that our government and our citizens continue to work towards that same objective so the sacrifice of these men and women will not have been in vain."Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction ... It must be fought for, protected and handed on for them to do the same." - Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)

WHAT MATTERS

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Barbara Ward-Finneran
Taking one day at a time. 

Smiling through the tears. 
Making the most of the moment.
Summer breezes in your hair.
Understanding and forgiveness, especially when it's hard to give. 


Being your best self.


Leaving footprints in the sand.
Giggles.
Believing that goodbyes aren't forever.


Friends, family & fun.


Knowing the best is yet to come.
Keeping the promises that you make to yourself!

Torchwood Season 4 Episode 6

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Captain John begins a campaign of terror across Cardiff, setting off powerful explosives that damage the city's secret nuclear facilities. Jack confronts his former friend, but in a struggle, the two are transported 2000 years back into the past. Seperated from Jack and facing a nuclear holocaust, will the team sacrifice whatever it takes to save the world?

Thundercats Season 1 Episode 4

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ThunderCats is an updated version of the original animation from 1980 as the good guys and bad guys fight for the Stones of Power.

Breaking Bad Season 4 Episode 5

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Good Morning, How are you friends? I know you are definitely intrigued by the story the Breaking Bad Season 4 Episode 5 : Shotgun That wil be aired on Sunday, 14 August 2011.
Bryan Cranston stars in this drama focused on a mid-life crisis gone bad for an underachieving high school chemistry teacher (Walter White), who becomes a drug dealer after he discovers that he has lung cancer. With a new sense of fearlessness based on his medical prognosis, and a desire to gain financial security for his family, Walter White joins forces with an old student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), in a quest that follows their entry into a dangerous world of drugs and crime.
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Keeping Up with the Kardashians Season 6 Episode 9

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True Blood Season 4 Episode 8

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Entourage Season 8 Episode 4

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I'll tell you about the movie Entourage Season 8 Episode 4 episode is not less exciting with earlier episodes, so do not miss this event and come back to this site.want to know more stories thrill of this movie? Read more below:
Vince Chase is the newest "it" actor. His career is sky-rocketing. He makes the move to Hollywood to join his older brother, Drama, already a minor star with a long list of small credits. Vince brings along a couple of his childhood friends from Queens with him: Eric, his best and closest friend, takes on the role of Vince's manager. Turtle is the least skilled and least driven member of the group and spends his days on gofer duty, happy to just party and use Vince's fame and money to get girls and have a great time living it up. Ari, Vince's aggressive, very talented, and high-powered agent, rounds out the main cast. Watch as Vince and his buddies soak up everything that Hollywood has to offer. See what it's like to make it as a movie star. The show rings true, in part, because it is very loosely based on the experiences of Mark Wahlburg and his crew when he first came out to Hollywood.
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Lee gets hitched and Casey's deal with the devil keeps working

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So over the weekend Lee and Mallory got married......we all make a collective "whoopie" right?....yawn....and no, Casey did not attend. Oh yeah and Mallory changed her name to Mallory Anthony on her FB page. She must be proud to enter that family. https://www.facebook.com/mallybu322?sk=wall

 And Casey's deal with the devil keeps working out for her. Wonder what she had to give to him......yeah.....no, I don't. She gives everything up doesn't she?
So now Morgan and Morgan have to find her on their own if they want to subpoena her in the Zenaida case according to the judge and the Zenaida trial has been moved to January 2013.
Yup.....that's what's new with the never ending case of  TOT MOM!!!!!!!! LOL!!

Manson headed to parole board next week

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The infamous Charles Manson will go before the parole board for the 12th time next week. Twice in the last few years, guards at Corcoran State Prison found phones in the notorious killer's possession.


Manson called people in California, New Jersey and Florida with an LG flip phone found under his prison bunk in March 2009, the Los Angeles Times reported in 2011. A second cellphone was found a year later. Thirty days were added to his sentence for the first offense, officials said.
Earlier, a homemade weapon was found in his possession. A parole board will consider whether Manson should be released from prison on Wednesday, though the chances of that happening are pretty slim. The board has rejected parole for Manson 11 times before.
Manson has informed local prison officials that he will not be at next week's hearing. 


Manson and other members of his "family"  were convicted of killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other people during a bloody rampage in the Los Angeles area during two August nights in 1969. Tate begged for the life of her child but was stabbed repeatedly in the stomach.

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