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		<title>My How Things Have Changed Since the Tumultuous Years &#8211; Woodstock Budget Approved as Sanity Reigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John Woodstock budget referendum passed by a 3 to 1 vote. The 2013-14 budget is $21.2 million budget. The combined town and school spending passed 279-93, with 7.4 percent of the town’s 5,006 registered voters coming out. The budget represents a 0.5 mill increase to the tax rate. The following votes come from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday is Budget Referendum Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Steve Smock at Fix46 Tomorrow is the referendum vote for the 2013-14 Town budget.  This will take place from noon-8PM @ Town Hall. Documents related to the budget can be found @   http://www.woodstockct.gov/documentsforms/category/73-annual-budget-material.html Please take a couple of moments tomorrow to vote.  If the budget gets voted down, the Board of Finance has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with Global Warming So We Can Have a Better Ice Age</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/05/20/9543/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=9543</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John From National Geographic News: &#8220;An instrument near the summit of Mauna Loa in Hawaii has recorded a long-awaited climate milestone: the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere there has exceeded 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in 55 years of measurement—and probably more than 3 million years of Earth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Genetic Evolution &amp; Natural Selection of Humans in the Last 10,000 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/05/18/genetic-evolution-natural-selection-of-humans-in-the-last-10000-years/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=genetic-evolution-natural-selection-of-humans-in-the-last-10000-years</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 19:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John I first published the article &#8220;Gene Doping in Athletics – Prospects for the 21st Century&#8221; prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics and then reposted it at the Cafe prior to the 2012 Summer Olympics. This turns out to be the most accessed article at the Cafe. In the last six days, this article is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cloning of Human Beings – What Could Go Wrong?</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/05/16/cloning-of-human-beings-%e2%80%93-what-could-go-wrong/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=cloning-of-human-beings-%25e2%2580%2593-what-could-go-wrong</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John Yesterday we read in the NYTimes of a successful cloning of human embryonic stem cells by Oregon Health and Sciences University researchers led by Professor Shoukhrat Mitalipov. This accomplishment was also published yesterday in the acclaimed journal Cell. The synchronous timing of the news release and Cell article hints that a patent may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding the Mind of a Young Jihadist</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John Today, May 16 2013, The NYTimes published the contents of a note left by Jahar: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scrawled a note inside the hull of the boat where he was hiding that said &#8216;the attack was retribution for wars the United States waged in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to two law enforcement officials.&#8217; It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rise Up, Woodstockers, and Help Glastonbury Block a Police Firearms Training Facility in Their Cherished Park</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/05/16/rise-up-woodstockers-and-help-glastonbury-block-a-police-firearms-training-facility-in-their-cherished-park/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rise-up-woodstockers-and-help-glastonbury-block-a-police-firearms-training-facility-in-their-cherished-park</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 09:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your voices have been heard! Governor Malloy will be signing formal notification that the DESPP proposal for the Firearms Facility Relocation to Glastonbury has been withdrawn. We thank everyone for their support in helping us conserve the Meshomasic State Forest. We will continue to work with the CFPA to protect our forests and trails. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Evil IRS &#8211; Welcome to the Club, Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/05/13/the-evil-irs-welcome-to-the-club-tea-party/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-evil-irs-welcome-to-the-club-tea-party</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 22:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John In 1989 I called the IRS in Fresno CA to tell them that they had made a simple mistake in reviewing my tax return. I had received a brief statement from them telling me that I owed $1000-$2000 because of a mistake in my return. It didn&#8217;t take me long to figure out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twenty-nine &#8216;Benghazi&#8217; Attacks in 34 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/05/12/twenty-nine-benghazi-attacks-in-34-years/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=twenty-nine-benghazi-attacks-in-34-years</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 15:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John I have not yet heard any explanation of why &#8216;Ambassador&#8217; Chris Stevens was staying in an undefendable facility in Benghazi. Year Attackee 1979 United States Tehran, Iran. 9 killed in Iran hostage crisis 1979 United States Islamabad, Pakistan. U.S. Embassy Burning in Islamabad 1979 United States Tripoli, Libya. U.S. Embassy Burning in Libya [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation &amp; Sustainability</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/05/08/innovation-sustainability/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=innovation-sustainability</link>
		<comments>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/05/08/innovation-sustainability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John Our environment, e.g. the biosphere, is the limiting factor (Fig. 1). GMO salmon developed by AquaBio (Fig. 2), and a recombinant algae farm for biofuel production a la Synthetic Genomics/Exxon (Fig. 3).]]></description>
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		<title>No Concerns About Genetically Modified Foods</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/05/07/no-concerns-about-genetically-modified-foods/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=no-concerns-about-genetically-modified-foods</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John: I don&#8217;t normally publish something published somewhere else but I am making an exception here because of the article&#8217;s timeliness. You can read the origninal article HERE. Ronald Kleinman, M.D., is chief of the Department of Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and physician-in-chief at MassGeneral Hospital for Children. He is a consultant for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concerns About Genetically Modified Foods</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/05/07/concerns-about-genetically-modified-foods/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=concerns-about-genetically-modified-foods</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 10:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Formerly A Student We&#8217;ve had a couple somewhat brief discussions of GMOs (genetically modififed organisms) here at the Cafe, but they haven&#8217;t really gone anywhere. As you all probably know, companies such as Monsanto, Dow, and AquaBounty are genetically engineering seeds and, in AquaBounty&#8217;s case, salmon, with promises of increased yield, more profit to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Muddy Brook Grant</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/05/06/on-the-muddy-brook-grant/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=on-the-muddy-brook-grant</link>
		<comments>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/05/06/on-the-muddy-brook-grant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 10:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Con Obviously this is excellent news. While unrelated to the equipment mentioned, I have 2 important questions: 1) I’ve always wondered if Woodstock possess (or needs) one of those specialized Infra-Red devices that can determine if there is still a human alive inside a burning structure (viewing made possible through such a device)? I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Framing the Argument Around &#8216;Choice&#8217; or &#8216;Life&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/05/03/framing-the-argument-around-choice-or-life/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=framing-the-argument-around-choice-or-life</link>
		<comments>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/05/03/framing-the-argument-around-choice-or-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 10:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From TPOV I call the fetus a human being because the I believe the fetus IS a human being (responding to Diane). To not state it that way would be untrue to my beliefs, and would not be fair to any of you or to me. I do not mean to belittle anyone, only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muddy Brook Fire Department Gets Grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 09:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congrats to Muddy Brook! The Muddy Brook Fire Department in East Woodstock won a grant from the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program of $157,415 to purchase and install a fixed base breathable air compressor. This equipment is used to refill the cylinders which are a part of the Self Contained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hubble Snaps Image of Approaching Comet</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/30/hubble-snaps-image-of-approaching-comet/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hubble-snaps-image-of-approaching-comet</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Diane April 29, 2013 Associated Press Click to enlarge This image of Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) was photographed on April 10, when the comet was slightly closer than Jupiter&#8217;s orbit at a distance of 386 million miles from the Sun (394 million miles from Earth).NASA, ESA, J.-Y. Li The operators of the Hubble Space [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Workshop Meeting Tomorrow Night</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/30/solar-workshop-meeting-tomorrow-night/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=solar-workshop-meeting-tomorrow-night</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Town Hall]]></description>
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		<title>The Hostility of &#8220;Pro-Abortion&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/30/the-hostility-of-pro-abortion/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-hostility-of-pro-abortion</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Con I simply meant that the term “pro-abortion” is a phrase concocted and manufactured by what I consider the more hostile and extremist side (to TPOV) – (again, nothing without qualifiers: not all are hostile or extremist) and from the moment I heard it, my natural reaction and interpretation was disgust and revulsion – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting Justification For the Iraq War</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John I heard a novel justification for the Iraq War this morning. Tony Blair was asked about his relationship with George W. Bush and his alignment of the UK with the USA in entering into and support of the extended conflict in Iraq for almost a decade. The unfunded Iraq War severly damaged our economy as this war was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>While the Academy “Reaches out to Brooklyn” Can Anyone Recall if It Has Ever Done This in Woodstock</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[See the Norwich Bull Article At 7:30 p.m. Monday Woodstock Academy is launching a series of community meetings in Brooklyn to be held in the Brooklyn Middle School library. The Academy notice says “your participation and frank input will be most welcomed as Woodstock Academy works to improve and continue providing quality educational and extracurricular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not an Uncommon Sentiment Amongst Right Wing Conservatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Diane WOW! The way you write, TPOV, why bother with a trial at all? He’s guilty so just go ahead and fry the bastard. “Lack of prior record? Who cares?!” “Older influence from brother? Again, I couldn’t care less. This is a grown adult, not a 12 year old child. He is old enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligence – A Great Trait When It Is Used</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/27/intelligence-%e2%80%93-a-great-trait-when-it-is-used/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=intelligence-%25e2%2580%2593-a-great-trait-when-it-is-used</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John There’s a reason why we don’t put our IQs on our Resumes (see the post below). First of all it would be difficult to verify; but more importantly, the number doesn’t tell if you are up to the task or whether you care about the task. This is why I like the movie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Measuring Intelligence (IQ)</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/27/intelligence-quotient/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=intelligence-quotient</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John (Presidential IQs have been corrected) According to the respected Multiple Intelligences Theory pioneered by Harvard professor Howard Gardner, there are a variety of intrinsic approaches and skills we use to perceive, understand, and shape our world &#8211; in other words, several different kinds of intelligence. We each possess different intelligences, or different combinations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy DNA Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John DNA Day is a holiday celebrated on April 25. It commemorates the day in 1953 when James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, Rosalind Franklin and colleagues published papers in the journal Nature on the structure of DNA. Furthermore, on that day in 2003, it was declared that the Human Genome Project was very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Experience With Coach Holowaty Was Positive</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John Eastern Connecticut State University Baseball Coach Bill Holowaty has been the head coach since 1967 &#8211; that&#8217;s 45 years. His record is 1382 wins, 515 losses, and 6 ties. Most recent years the team has had 25 to 35 wins. Holowaty is recognized nationally as one of the top college baseball coaches for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a WMD?</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/23/what-is-a-wmd/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=what-is-a-wmd</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Diane One of the charges being brought against Dzhokhar Tsarmaev is that of &#8220;unlawfully using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction (namely, an improvised explosive device).&#8221; A pressure cooker is a WMD? What, exactly, is a &#8220;Weapon of Mass Destruction?&#8221; 18 U.S.C. §2232 (c) Definitions.— For purposes of this section— (2) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Daughter Christina Doing an Ad on the Radio</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John Christina is the one ordering a burger TTCU-Catchy R60]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping the Faith in Citizenship &amp; the Criminal Federal Court System</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Con The decision to treat the coward Boston Bomber suspect as ‘nobody special’, provide Constitutional rights and proceed as any normal criminal case in Federal Court affirms our belief and faith in both our Constitution and the effectiveness of that Criminal Federal Court system, which has proven it’s effectiveness in many similar cases and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miranda and Patriot Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Ron Did the lack of providing a Miranda reading show that this person is really not a criminal of the town/county/state laws but of one who is being tried at the national level via terrorism? Is the bomber going to be tried under the Patriot act and not be allowed any rights as we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ugly Side-Effects of Justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John Yesterday Becki and I drove to Albany where I met with a client and then we returned home. We listened to the minute-by-minute reporting on the dragnet set in place in Boston to catch the second marathon bomber. Fifty-three bomb victims some without legs and missing arms are still hospitalized of the 176 that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John The Kepler space explorer has mapped 62 solar systems as it heads away from our solar system. The most recent solar system, Kepler 62, was found to have two planets, 62e and 62f, that are revolving around this yellow star which is slightly smaller and dimmer than our Sun. The two lower diagrams [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woodstock School Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/20/school-budget/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=school-budget</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Fix46 (Steve) It&#8217;s been some time since I sent out a note. Much has happened&#8230;and continues to. Most importantly, at the moment, is the current 2013-14 town budget process. There are only 3 opportunities remaining for you to have impact on the process. 1) the Board of Finance meeting tomorrow night (7PM, Town Hall) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extremists See Eye to Eye but Use Different Lenses</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/17/extremists-see-eye-to-eye-but-use-different-lenses/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=extremists-see-eye-to-eye-but-use-different-lenses</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Diane Not even two days had elapsed since the Boston Marathon bombings before the wing nuts were out in full force. On the Left: &#8220;Exactly, same as 9/11, a set up to impose the will of the fascist state over us even more.&#8221; &#8220;We also know that there were bomb sniffing dogs at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coach Scaramone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Scaramone&#8217;s comment: &#8220;Where is the &#8216;pattern&#8217; of abuse. It’s a sporting complex. Speakers, announcements, music, it’s all part of sporting events. The Academy is not breaking any law. The Academy has been in existence for over 200 years. Seems some one came afterwards and now demands that life plays according to their rules! I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Liter Pressure Cooker</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John The media is making a big deal about the fact that a six-liter pressure cooker was used to make the two Boston Marathon bombs. They are saying that this indicates &#8220;foreign made.&#8221; We pulled ours out which we purchased in California 25 years ago, either from Target or Mervyns. We use this about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gun Background Check Bill Fails in the US Senate</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/17/the-gun-background-check-bill-fails-in-the-us-senate/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-gun-background-check-bill-fails-in-the-us-senate</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 715 to S. 649 (Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of2013) Statement of Purpose: To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.]]></description>
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		<title>Pointing the Finger on the Current State of Our Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/14/pointing-the-finger-on-the-current-state-of-our-economy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=pointing-the-finger-on-the-current-state-of-our-economy</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John Here is a plot of the annual revenues raised by federal taxes in billions (totally trillions) compared with the annual expenditures of our federal government. One thing that stands out from this plot is that when a president takes office he or she can&#8217;t simply command that wars will end the day he/she takes office or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another 1950s Yankees Fan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Diane John&#8217;s article brought back warm memories for me. I loved baseball in the 50s and the Yankees were my favorite team too. I played hardball with the boys at recess because the girls weren&#8217;t interested. Actually it was one-a-cat (really &#8220;one old cat&#8221; but what did we know?) because we never had time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Moment with Jackie Robinson</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The movie “42” starring Chadwick Baldwin as Jackie Robinson and Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is a must see for anyone growing up in the 1950s or who loved baseball in that magic era. From John I was a huge baseball fan as a kid. I was devoted to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Hamby</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nice article about Sarah Hamby in the Norwich Bull. Sarah has been a local reporter for various newspapers.]]></description>
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		<title>Consider This Thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Libdem Actually, Mr. Jenkins, I respect and appreciate that reasoning for voting against gun control regulation, but that&#8217;s not what Mike Alberts said. Further, please consider this thought: While an elected representative needs to weigh heavily on the expressed desires of his/her supporting constituency, they also have a responsibility to lead. Having greater access [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Academy&#8217;s Pattern of Abuse of It&#8217;s Neighbors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not the first time the Cafe has heard about this behavior on the part of Academy personel. Also, nearly all titles are created by Admin. Admin From Marylou Today, I finished up a challenging two-month project with long commute (to Wethersfield). I drove home early, thrilled with the warm day, anticipating the return [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justifications for NO Votes on Guns</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/09/justifications-for-no-votes-on-guns/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=justifications-for-no-votes-on-guns</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John means that the real reason they voted NO was that they wanted support from the Gun/NRA lobby for their re-election. Melissa Ziobron [R; East Haddam] “It won’t stop evil people from doing evil things or criminals from committing crimes.”;-) And Daniel Rovero [D; Thompson] voted NO and said “I think we should have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annette&#8217;s Gone</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/08/annettes-gone/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=annettes-gone</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daily introduction to the Mickey Mouse Club Show on TV in the 1950s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4C_lUy58Rw M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Annette&#8217;s mini-movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2F1nO2ak6M]]></description>
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		<title>Refutation of Second Amendment Myths</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/07/refutation-of-second-amendment-myths/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=refutation-of-second-amendment-myths</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Diane I fully concur with Kevin&#8217;s analysis that people who would claim the right to bear Arms have a concomitant responsibility to their communities, a responsibility which few seem to be willing to shoulder. In addition, with respect to the 2nd Amendment, there are two myths that have been repeated so often they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>19th Century Magic Show at the Historical Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wearing white pants and a long tailcoat, Robert Olson will recreate the nineteenth century magic of Richard Potter at Palmer Memorial Hall, 523 Route 169, Woodstock, CT on April 21 at 3:00 P.M. Potter first performed on his own in 1810, at the Columbian Museum in Boston. He advertised his show as, &#8220;An Evening&#8217;s Brush [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five California Girls Hanging Out in the Sierra Foothills &#8211; Cabin Fever</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John This was an annual rite when we lived in the Bay Area. The guys stayed home while the women camped in the Sierra&#8217;s &#8211; Becki, sister Barb, and the Vierra sisters and their traveling companions Henretta, Buster, YamaLama, and some bunnies. Becki and I got married in Carson City (Monday, Feb 29, 1988) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Second Amendment &amp; Militias</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/07/9063/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=9063</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Kevin The second amendment was written under the context of gun owners (i.e. adult males) being members of local militias. These organizations had several responsibilities associated with them and were controlled by local governments. One such responsibility was to show up for drill and be trained in the use of the weapon you possessed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bungay Fire Brigade Does It Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Rich Dempsey]]></description>
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		<title>Opposed to the Gun Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/06/opposed-to-the-gun-bill/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=opposed-to-the-gun-bill</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 01:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Non-Woodstocker I am opposed to this bill primarily because I see it as nothing more than opportunistic grandstanding. What it does too, in my opinion, is create more and more gov’t beauracracy and ultimately puts ALL of the onus for the violence in our society on the backs of law abiding citizens. I’ll give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tomorrow is Not Promised</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Mariah Danny died August 28th 2008. His family and mine are very close. When he died it was very unexpected. A week or so after he died, I found this passage that he had written, and it truely speaks to the heart. This is copied exactly how it was written. Thinking about the entire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CT Gun Bill: Summary of Mental Health Provisions</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/04/04/ct-gun-bill-summary-of-mental-health-provisions/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ct-gun-bill-summary-of-mental-health-provisions</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With regard to mental health, the proposal focuses on helping individuals and their families overcome obstacles to accessing treatment and support. • Requires DMHAS (Dept. of Mental Health &#038; Addiction Services), in consultation with SDE (CT State Dept. of Education), to administer a mental health first aid training program that teaches people to recognize the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CT Gun Bill: Summary of School Security Provisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[• Establishes the School Safety Infrastructure Council which develops safety standards for school building projects. o The Council must have the initial standards developed by January 1, 2014 and then update them annually as necessary. o Requires projects reviewed by the Department of Construction Services after July 1, 2014 to comply with the school safety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CT Gun Bill: Summary of Gun Violence Prevention Provisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. The bill establishes a first in the nation statewide dangerous weapon offender registry The bill creates a first in the nation statewide dangerous weapon offender registry (a handful of cities across the country have their own gun offender registries). This has been the top priority of urban mayors and the Police Chiefs Association for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Connecticut Gun Law and the Party of NO</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Bill Jenkins: Danny Rovero voted NO and so did Steve Mikutel, Linda Orange, Kevin Ryan and Ed Jutila all eastern Connecticut Democrats. Two eastern Connecticut Democratic State Senators voted NO as well, Cathy Osten from Norwich and Andrew Maynard from Stonington. Three Democrat Deputy Speakers voted against the bill as did one inner city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Diane I hope your bill fares better than the voter initiative in California did. About 2 months before the election, polls showed over 60% of voters supporting the labeling of GMOs. Then came the over $46 million in ads making claims that were often misleading if not out right falsehoods. We keep hearing that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Most Satisfying April Fools Joke</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[from John This was on April 1st 1987. Becki and I had moved into our first house in central Palo Alto. We had only a few pieces of furniture but the winter was warm and we were joined by Becki’s beloved German Shepherd Chewbacka and cockatiel JD. Becki for some reason had concluded that JD was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Day &#8211; Special Easter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John Our Mariah&#8217;s Zane called me a little before 9 AM today and asked if he could marry Mariah. Without hesitation I told Zane that Becki and I &#8220;are thrilled.&#8221; He was on his way home from his overnight duty on his submarine, the attack sub USS Albany. He was going to propose to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Academy Board of Trustee&#8217;s Minutes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Formerly A Student I have been looking through the WA BoT meeting minutes on their website, as seen here: http://woodstockacademy.org/index.php/board-of-trustees/bot-meeting-minutes.html I noticed that the link to the left, BoT Policy Manual, leads here: http://policy.cabe.org/woodstockacademy/ Section 3250 of the WA policy makes reference to CT General Statutes with regards to WA providing access to public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing Like Going Back Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John Becki grew up in Burlingame California just about 20 minutes south of San Francisco. She flew there on Wednesday to find Spring and will spend Easter Weekend with her entire family and our friends in Palo Alto for two more weeks. She landed in high 60 degree weather and this orange tree next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Author Erin Thorne</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/29/author-erin-thorne/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=author-erin-thorne</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, April 12th from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Sturbridge author Erin Thorne will appear at the Craft Fair scheduled to take place at Treasures &#038; Trash Consignment Shoppe, 1115 Rte. 169, Woodstock, CT. She&#8217;ll be signing copies of her latest work &#8220;Behind The Wheel&#8221;, as well as her other books, which will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revisiting Self-Defense and the Castle Doctrine</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/23/self-defense-castle-doctrine/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=self-defense-castle-doctrine</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am re-posting this in light of George&#8217;s comment below (today) and I am re-posting the story of my own limited experience with guns below Con&#8217;s article. John From Con No matter what the situation or location &#8220;deadly physical force cannot be used UNLESS the actor reasonably believes that the attacker is using or about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Story Represents My Sole Experience with Guns</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/23/my-days-as-hopalong-cassidy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=my-days-as-hopalong-cassidy</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John One of my earliest memories was when I was living on Harstrom Place in Rowayton CT next to the Hartogs before the age of five. I can recall entering the Hartogs&#8217; house through the front door and seeing Mr. Hartog lounging in front of the TV watching 1940s cowboy movies in black and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cosmos &#8211; A Work in Progress</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/21/the-cosmos-a-work-in-progress/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-cosmos-a-work-in-progress</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where is God in this picture? Go to the podcasts at The Gathering and page down to the February 10th sermon. This is my Christina&#8217;s husband, Brad, talking about this very question between minutes 21 and 23 into the sermon. Brad is in the family portrait four posts down from this post. From John Inspired [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Sop Together at the Dems SOUPer SUPPER</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/21/charles-super-says-lets-sop-together-at-the-dems-souper-supper/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=charles-super-says-lets-sop-together-at-the-dems-souper-supper</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Chairman Charles (you guessed it) Super]]></description>
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		<title>The Team</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/17/the-team/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-team</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s (March 23rd) Editorial in the Bull on the Team. Non-Woodstocker Thanks to Non-Woodstocker for providing these names:&#8221;That is indeed this years State championship team holding the state championship trophy. (l to r) Sullivan Gardner, Ian Converse, Chris Lowry (front), John McGinn, Coach Smith (front), Jake Almquist (peeking through), Cameron Henry, (back), Kyle Deuthorn (immediate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woodstock Academy Mens Basketball Wins the State Title</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/17/woodstock-academy-mens-basketball-wins-the-state-title/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=woodstock-academy-mens-basketball-wins-the-state-title</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John The Woodstock Academy men’s basketball team won the State Championship Class L beating top-seeded Trinity Catholic of Stamford, winner of six state championships. The score was Woodstock 52, Trinity 49. I’m calling the team a mens’ team, not a boy’s team like in the poorly written articles elsewhere. The kids grew up a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inheriting the Earth</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/16/inheriting-the-earth/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=inheriting-the-earth</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John I&#8217;ve been astounded by the sudden growth in my family. This all just happened. Last month Becki and I with Mariah spent nine days in Tulsa visiting with my daughter Christina and husband Brad and my son Drew and his wife Michelle who came up from Dallas. Besides just hanging out we wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Football Fervor</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/16/football-fervor/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=football-fervor</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Marylou No, I like football and enjoy watching it with my son and husband (to Non-Woodstocker). My father went through school on a football scholarship &#8212; he played for West Point. He also coached football so much of my youth was spent on a football field. Happily, I add. The area the new Academy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What About Pellet Stoves?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Formerly A Student To my knowledge – Pros: - Pellets are cheap. $4 a day for a single-story 3-bedroom home, I heard from a happy owner today - Buy them at the store and just dump them in and forget about them - Not as messy as wood - You’re basically running off recycled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Academy Winter Sports</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/12/update-on-academy-winter-sports/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=update-on-academy-winter-sports</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Non-Woodstocker Thought I would revisit this topic in light of the tremendous SUCCESS of the winter athletic programs at the Academy. The silence on this board in that regard is remarkable, but not at all surprising. How very easy it was to deride and belittle the Academy and it&#8217;s athletics (and athletes by some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Warming in Woodstock &#8211; Happy Spring Forward</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/09/winter-warming-in-woodstock/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=winter-warming-in-woodstock</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John I have kept track of heating oil consumption and cost each year since we moved to North Woodstock in January 2000. I have kept an accounting of oil purchases from July 1 to June 30 each year (starting July 1 2000) in an Excel spreadsheet. The graph below shows how much oil we used each heating year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addressing Problems in Our School System</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/08/addressing-problems-in-our-school-system/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=addressing-problems-in-our-school-system</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Ron Reading the following article:http://www.theday.com/article/20130306/NWS01/130309746/1017 about superintendents and people of power excercising total control over their staff. The key points of the article for me are when one of the review committee has to say that they are proud of the staff members that were willing to step forward and testify and document what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memories From the Basque Country of Woodstock</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/07/memories-from-the-basque-country-of-woodstock/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=memories-from-the-basque-country-of-woodstock</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John Occassionaly I receive a letter from Diane Whitaker. She and her husband Rodney lived in Woodstock up into the 90s and were close friends of my parents, Sandy and Edith Rotival on the Hill, and Kathleen and Henning Watterston on Child Hill Rd. Few people in town or anywhere knew that Rodney was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulation of Greed</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/04/regulation-of-greed/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=regulation-of-greed</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Dave I see that the US medical community has been taken over by greed. How lucrative it must be to control the flow of medical care and pharmaceuticals! These industries set their own prices, almost without any form of logic applied to the costs of everything from tongue depressors to cancer treatments. Most citizens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growth of Foreign Students at the Academy</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/04/growth-of-foreign-students-at-the-academy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=growth-of-foreign-students-at-the-academy</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[See the article in the Norwich Bull. “Its one of the academy’s goals to accent international education,” Headmaster Kim Caron said. “Students are better educated in a multicultural, diverse kind of environment.” If 80 foreign students are brought in in the next school year, this growth would equate to &#62;$3.2 million in gross revenues at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering the Expected RIF Just Before Reagan</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/03/remembering-the-expected-rif-just-before-reagan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=remembering-the-expected-rif-just-before-reagan</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John The military and federal contractors and other businesses that depend on income from government spending must be feeling the impending doom of lay-offs as we enter into the sequester. This will no doubt be a slow process of employers reacting to budget cuts. I often think of Whitcraft in Eastford that depends on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Domestic Animal Telephone</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/01/a-domestic-animal-telephone/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-domestic-animal-telephone</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Shahana via John This is a novel invention that we could have used while we were in Oklahoma for nine days. The patent assignee is Anser Innovation LLC in Burnsville MN, Inventor Mark Kroll. Abstract A phone for pets and pet owners is taught which allows the owner to call the house and talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Woodward Shivers in Fright</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/03/01/bob-woodward-shivers-in-fright/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bob-woodward-shivers-in-fright</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Gene Sperling, White House economic adviser, said to Bob Woodward in an email: &#8220;I apologize for raising my voice in our conversation today. I do understand your problems with a couple of our statements in the fall &#8212; but feel on the other hand that you focus on a few specific trees that gives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sequester Cuts in Connecticut &amp; Looming Deadlines</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/02/26/sequester-cuts-in-connecticut/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sequester-cuts-in-connecticut</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the expected impact of sequester non-military cuts in CT that take place on March 1. Connecticut appears to be a relatively low impact state. Total non-military cuts state-by-state]]></description>
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		<title>The Disconnect in Our Minds</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/02/24/the-disconnect-in-our-minds/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-disconnect-in-our-minds</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Peter I was just going to call this “the disconnect.” Then I saw the story about saving the Giant Panda. Should we or shouldn&#8217;t we? So why wouldn&#8217;t anyone be in favor of saving the Pandas? There are some pretty good reasons to look into this. You have to be pretty strong to even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woodstock Academy Cuts Back for the 2013-2014 Year</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/02/23/woodstock-academy-cuts-back-for-the-2013-2014-year/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=woodstock-academy-cuts-back-for-the-2013-2014-year</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Norwich Bull Total Budget &#8211; $12.4 million Budget Decrease – 4.5% Tuition Increase – 3.72% Tuition  Charge -$12,134 per pupil Reduction in number of students from all sending towns except Union Six Sending Towns &#8211; Woodstock, Pomfret, Brooklyn, Eastford, and Union Expected Number of Students – 1023 Total Tuition Lost &#8211; $943,112 (down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guns, like cars don’t kill people! &#8211; Addressing Anon</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/02/22/guns-like-cars-don%e2%80%99t-kill-people/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=guns-like-cars-don%25e2%2580%2599t-kill-people</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Rich Dempsey The single most important factor in lethality is bullet placement. You know that. There is a huge difference between a bullet to the head and a bullet to the leg. A .223 bullet, properly aimed, will bring a deer down. CTDEEP raised the caliper in order to prevent “unnecessary suffering” due to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diane&#8217;s Appeal For Labeling GMO Foods</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/02/21/dianes-appeal-for-labelling-gmo-foods/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dianes-appeal-for-labelling-gmo-foods</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Diane Without agreeing or disagreeing with all the claims, charges, counter-claims and/or hyperbole about genetically modified foods, I believe that all such foods should be labeled just as is true for nutritional content and allergens. For those of you who are in favor of labeling GM foods, I thought you&#8217;d like to know that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Army Budget Cuts on March 1st</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/02/19/us-army-budget-cuts-on-march-1st/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=us-army-budget-cuts-on-march-1st</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is just for the Army- not the Navy and Air Force &#8211; due to the sequester which is being enforced by the Republicans in Congress. The National Journal has been compiling vote ratings for three decades based on selected roll-call votes to see how lawmakers compare with each other on an ideological scale. Ranking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do We Protect Ourselves From Those Folks That Change Over Time?</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/02/17/how-do-we-protect-ourselves-from-those-folks-that-change-over-time/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-do-we-protect-ourselves-from-those-folks-that-change-over-time</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Sometime after they get their weapons, the scales become unbalanced and they step off the edge of responsible gun ownership and kill people.&#8221; From Rich Dempsey I first became an Emergency Medical Technician back in 1977 and worked on an ambulance in Boston. I’m not an expert on guns but I do know what gunshot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nora Arrested!</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/02/17/nora-arrested/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nora-arrested</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From John This is old news but since Nora was so kind to defame me several years ago (she was absolutely correct so no hard feelings), I thought that I would update the record with THE TRUTH, a la Craig Powers. Here is the notice of her arrest  in January at the CT Judicial site (public info, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Would You Feel?</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/02/16/how-would-you-feel/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-would-you-feel</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Diane I have waited to respond to Con&#8217;s post (under &#8220;There Is So Much to Overcome and Change&#8221;) because at the time it was written, I had recently learned, through research on the Internet, more than I wanted about how much cruelty men can bestow on women, and I was still angry. What I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Not Necessary to Infringe the Second Amendment in Implementing Gun Control</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/02/16/no-infringement-of-the-second-amendment-is-necessary/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=no-infringement-of-the-second-amendment-is-necessary</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Con The key to the gun measure debate is recognizing that, at best, they are each meant to have a small effect making it harder for the shooter. They add up, but no single measure will make a big difference; that big difference must be made by the accumulation of small measures (and unfortunately, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Money Better-Spent Than Hunting and Killing &#8220;Terrorists&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.woodstockctcafe.com/2013/02/09/its-money-better-spent-than-hunting-and-killing-terrorists/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=its-money-better-spent-than-hunting-and-killing-terrorists</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From IveGot AnIdea What would have prevented the Newtown tragedy? If Omar Thornton had received a security detail while still in the distribution complex, he would still have been able to fight his way back in and kill as many people that he considered &#8220;racists&#8221; as he did, most likely. If he had received a [...]]]></description>
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