A very ambitious project. One can only hope this doesn't prove to be the death knell for the smaller neighborhood farmers' markets such as Mission Hills & North Park which some of us are able to walk to.
The Corvette Diner is a poor example of a small family business. It's part of the Cohn Family of restaurants who dominate the San Diego restaurant industry up & down Fifth Avenue & from Balboa Park to Little Italy to Harbor Island & now have moved into the rest of the county with restaurants & food trucks. Not to mention that they operate the Hillcrest Farmers' Market & are major advertisers/sponsors on KPBS. Along with all this goes a lot of political clout.
Were they adequately screened when they came to the U. S? I wondered about it at the time. It would be interesting to know how many of those arrested have ties to this group.
Why red poppies for Memorial Day from the VA's own web site. The troops of many nations are buried in these fields. A lesson we should all have learned in history class
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly. Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
This was the poem written by World War I Colonel John McCrae, a surgeon with Canada's First Brigade Artillery. It expressed McCrae's grief over the "row on row" of graves of soldiers who had died on Flanders' battlefields, located in a region of western Belgium and northern France. The poem presented a striking image of the bright red flowers blooming among the rows of white crosses and became a rallying cry to all who fought in the First World War. The first printed version of it reportedly was in December 1915, in the British magazine Punch.
McCrae's poem had a huge impact on two women, Anna E. Guerin of France and Georgia native Moina Michael. Both worked hard to initiate the sale of artificial poppies to help orphans and others left destitute by the war. By 1920, when Guerin, with the help of the American Legion, established the first poppy sale in the U.S., the flower was well known in the allied countries — America, Britain, France, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — as the "Flower of Remembrance." Proceeds from that first sale went to the American and French Children's League.
Moina Michael replied with her own poem:
We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led, It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies.
As so often happens in the heat of controversy, one side or the other cites reputable studies to support their arguments, but tells only half of the story. A Rand report on the imposition of capital punishment & possible racial bias was cited by Kent Scheidegger, legal director Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, but that study addressed only Federal death penalty cases.
In my opinion, such continuing coverage of this topic is becoming gratuitous. No amount of new legislation will protect our children as long as attitudes among parents such as that expressed by Mr. King prevail.
BRENT KING: "So as a parent you assume that the system is there to protect. You never assume that your daughter is going to be taken by a predator while she's on a run in a park. You don’t assume that. You worry about terrible things, but you don’t want to worry about that."
With the eager assistance of their first term state Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, the tragedy that befell Chelsea King is being allowed to high jack the political process during an election year. It draws attention away from the sad state of legislative affairs in Sacramento, & probably will bring attention to our county's sheriff's race.
I hate to be cynical, but I am. Had Amber Dubois gone missing during such an election year, perhaps greater effort would have been put forth by elected officials in that case.
Given the attitude of Mr. King, I can't help but think this grand campaign is an attempt to assuage her parents' guilt.
Perhaps more attention needs to be paid to what led Chelsea King to think she was safe running in remote areas of a park, especially when a woman had been attacked there in December.
I remember hearing about that incident, & had it occurred in my community, I would have been well aware of the potential danger.
I strongly feel that the media should be closely watching the large amounts of money being raised in the name of Chelsea King. The best possible use for such funds & her parents' time would be to educate children to the inherent dangers in society that no "system" can protect them from or legislate away.
I support State Senator Christine Kehoe's approach to this matter through Senate Bill 1290 which would include self-defense & safety instruction in physical education classes for pupils in grades 7 to 12. It, too, would require funding. But education is always a better solution than vengeance & retribution.
I am disappointed that only half an hour of today's "These Days" programming was dedicated to our rapidly increasing older population in San Diego, while a full hour was spent on vegetarian foods.
I suspect that the lack of comments here is more reflective of the number of vegetarians (& self promoters) who use computers, as compared to seniors. Some of us seniors do use computers, as well as listening to the radio.
What will happen when all those baby boomers need "meals on wheels"?
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San Diego Public Market Plan Gains Momentum
A very ambitious project. One can only hope this doesn't prove to be the death knell for the smaller neighborhood farmers' markets such as Mission Hills & North Park which some of us are able to walk to.
August 16, 2012 at 4:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Possible Relief Coming For Struggling San Diego Restaurants
The Corvette Diner is a poor example of a small family business. It's part of the Cohn Family of restaurants who dominate the San Diego restaurant industry up & down Fifth Avenue & from Balboa Park to Little Italy to Harbor Island & now have moved into the rest of the county with restaurants & food trucks. Not to mention that they operate the Hillcrest Farmers' Market & are major advertisers/sponsors on KPBS. Along with all this goes a lot of political clout.
November 8, 2011 at 3:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Blackout Leaves Us Still Vulnerable
Concerns I was not able to address because you always hang up on me!
For food safety tips see the following:
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/power...
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh...
September 9, 2011 at 2:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Roundtable: Crime Ring, Rent Control and Grocery Strike
Perhaps Juan Vargas was too eager to bring this group in from Mexico.
http://articles.latimes.com/2000/sep/...
Were they adequately screened when they came to the U. S? I wondered about it at the time. It would be interesting to know how many of those arrested have ties to this group.
August 19, 2011 at 12:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite
Re: Bed bugs in clothing from China
Just another expression of xenophobia.
Why do people perpetuate the urban legends received in random emails? Check them out before you spread them, please.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/bugs...
See also
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/househo...
October 13, 2010 at 12:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
A New Supreme Court Ruling May Affect Gun Laws In California
Perhaps when the U.S. has universal military service, then we can have gun ownership like that of Switzerland.
http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/arch/a...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/e...
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/...
July 7, 2010 at 12:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
New National Cemetery At MCAS Miramar
Lest we forget...
Why red poppies for Memorial Day from the VA's own web site. The troops of many nations are buried in these fields. A lesson we should all have learned in history class
http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/flande...
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly.
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
This was the poem written by World War I Colonel John McCrae, a surgeon with Canada's First Brigade Artillery. It expressed McCrae's grief over the "row on row" of graves of soldiers who had died on Flanders' battlefields, located in a region of western Belgium and northern France. The poem presented a striking image of the bright red flowers blooming among the rows of white crosses and became a rallying cry to all who fought in the First World War. The first printed version of it reportedly was in December 1915, in the British magazine Punch.
McCrae's poem had a huge impact on two women, Anna E. Guerin of France and Georgia native Moina Michael. Both worked hard to initiate the sale of artificial poppies to help orphans and others left destitute by the war. By 1920, when Guerin, with the help of the American Legion, established the first poppy sale in the U.S., the flower was well known in the allied countries — America, Britain, France, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — as the "Flower of Remembrance." Proceeds from that first sale went to the American and French Children's League.
Moina Michael replied with her own poem:
We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.
May 31, 2010 at 12:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Society And The Death Penalty
As so often happens in the heat of controversy, one side or the other cites reputable studies to support their arguments, but tells only half of the story. A Rand report on the imposition of capital punishment & possible racial bias was cited by Kent Scheidegger, legal director Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, but that study addressed only Federal death penalty cases.
http://www.rand.org/news/press.06/07....
The vast majority of death penalty cases are tried in state courts, & we all know how eager some states are to execute their citizens.
The half truth is alive & well.
May 13, 2010 at 10:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Parents of Chelsea King Speak
In my opinion, such continuing coverage of this topic is becoming gratuitous. No amount of new legislation will protect our children as long as attitudes among parents such as that expressed by Mr. King prevail.
BRENT KING: "So as a parent you assume that the system is there to protect. You never assume that your daughter is going to be taken by a predator while she's on a run in a park. You don’t assume that. You worry about terrible things, but you don’t want to worry about that."
With the eager assistance of their first term state Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, the tragedy that befell Chelsea King is being allowed to high jack the political process during an election year. It draws attention away from the sad state of legislative affairs in Sacramento, & probably will bring attention to our county's sheriff's race.
I hate to be cynical, but I am. Had Amber Dubois gone missing during such an election year, perhaps greater effort would have been put forth by elected officials in that case.
Given the attitude of Mr. King, I can't help but think this grand campaign is an attempt to assuage her parents' guilt.
Perhaps more attention needs to be paid to what led Chelsea King to think she was safe running in remote areas of a park, especially when a woman had been attacked there in December.
I remember hearing about that incident, & had it occurred in my community, I would have been well aware of the potential danger.
I strongly feel that the media should be closely watching the large amounts of money being raised in the name of Chelsea King. The best possible use for such funds & her parents' time would be to educate children to the inherent dangers in society that no "system" can protect them from or legislate away.
I support State Senator Christine Kehoe's approach to this matter through Senate Bill 1290 which would include self-defense & safety instruction in physical education classes for pupils in grades 7 to 12. It, too, would require funding. But education is always a better solution than vengeance & retribution.
April 26, 2010 at 1:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Supporting San Diego's Growing Senior Population
I am disappointed that only half an hour of today's "These Days" programming was dedicated to our rapidly increasing older population in San Diego, while a full hour was spent on vegetarian foods.
I suspect that the lack of comments here is more reflective of the number of vegetarians (& self promoters) who use computers, as compared to seniors. Some of us seniors do use computers, as well as listening to the radio.
What will happen when all those baby boomers need "meals on wheels"?
April 20, 2010 at 12:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )