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Rising From the Right: Barrasso's rise in Senate follows increasingly conservative course
May 31, 2011 by John Lancaster 15 Comments
Washington, D.C. — Not long after arriving in Washington, D.C. in 2007, Sen. John Barrasso was showing his children around his new workplace when he bumped into one of his better-known colleagues. As the Wyoming Republican later described the episode to a friend, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy could not have been more gracious, inviting the trio into his office and presenting Barrasso with a painting by his own hand. Barrasso was thrilled by his encounter with the legendary Democrat, who died in 2009. "To John this was complete catnip because he loves politics so much," recalled the friend, NBC News correspondent and Wyoming native Pete Williams. "He's always had this, I don't know, slightly wide-eyed, 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' kind of attitude about Washington and politics and government."
The description is a good one as far as it goes. By many accounts, Barrasso has had his eye on the Capitol since his modest childhood in Pennsylvania, when his family made a ritual of trekking there every four years for the presidential inauguration. "I don't think he's ever been happier than he is right now," Williams said. "He just loves the Senate."
But Barrasso is no political innocent.
Sen. John Barrasso speaks Monday at a Memorial Day ceremony in Cody to honor Lt. Shane Childers, the first U.S. combat casualty in Operation Iraqi Freedom. A street adjacent to the Wyoming Veterans Memorial Park was named in honor of Childers, who also was honored with a newly dedicated memorial. (Ruffin Prevost/WyoFile - click to enlarge)
The Casper orthopedic surgeon who first ran for office as a pragmatic, pro-choice conservative in the mold of former Sen. Alan Simpson has since swung hard to the right. On the national stage, he is perhaps best known for his sharp attacks on the Affordable Care Act, the comprehensive healthcare law passed last year after months of acrimonious debate. But he also has emerged as an important voice on environmental matters, almost invariably on the side of industry. Over the last four years, the 58-year-old lawmaker has moved from accepting the inevitability of climate-change legislation to openly challenging the science behind it, and he recently signed on to a bill — introduced in the Senate by fellow Wyoming Republican Mike Enzi — that would repeal a law phasing out incandescent bulbs in favor of energy-saving fluorescent varieties. The original law was signed in 2007 by President George W. Bush. ("These new bulbs, they're not even made in America," Barrasso complained to a Chicago talk-radio host, adding, "I'm from Wyoming. Our approach is, leave us alone.")
Barrasso is now so faithful to today's conservative orthodoxy that an analysis of his 2010 voting record by the American Conservative Union earned him a perfect score of 100; a ranking of Senate conservatives by the National Journal shows him tied for first place with seven others. He had backpedaled on abortion even before he came to Washington.
Barrasso's zeal for partisan combat — including, at times, a breezy disregard for the facts — has surprised even some admirers. For example, during a Senate floor speech in July 2009, he cited a study by an insurance company subsidiary to misleadingly claim that 119 million Americans would lose their private coverage under the Democrats' healthcare plan. He also said his Casper practice didn't turn away uninsured patients, but failed to mention that the office has to charge its insured patients more in order to cover the cost of serving the uninsured.
But he is hardly alone in adjusting his politics to the tenor of the times, especially since last year's midterm elections, when some traditional Republicans — such as Utah Sen. Robert Bennett — lost seats to more conservative candidates backed by the insurgent Tea Party movement. "I see a senator with his moistened finger up to the wind," said Ross Baker, a congressional expert at Rutgers University, in discussing Barrasso. "The ghost of Bob Bennett haunts all mountain state Republicans."
For now he has little reason to worry. In January, the Public Policy Polling firm reported that Barrasso and Enzi were "the two most popular senators we've ever polled on," with constituent approval ratings of 69 percent and 63 percent, respectively. "The biggest reason for their eye-popping numbers is the partisan lean of the state — Republican senators ought to be pretty popular in a place where more than 60% of voters are Republicans," the firm said in a blog posting on the poll results. "But they also both have approval numbers in the mid-30s with Democrats, which is a good deal above average crossover support, and they have good numbers with independents as well."
Sen. John Barrasso (photo courtesy U.S. Senate - click to enlarge)
Barrasso's strong numbers reflect his careful attention to Wyoming, to which he returns every weekend, and especially his attention to its all-important energy industry. With seats on two key committees — Energy and Natural Resources and Environment and Public Works — he is well situated to look out for energy interests, which have rewarded him with generous campaign donations. From 2005 to 2010, Barrasso received $179,000 from oil and gas producers and $20,350 from Foundation Coal, according to federal election data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. Barrasso recently moved up to the second-highest minority rank on the energy committee, replacing Sen. Richard Burr (R-North Carolina). He has not let his fiscal conservatism dampen his enthusiasm for coal subsidies — usually in the form of tax breaks, such as tax-exempt bonding and loan guarantees for coal facilities which cost taxpayers billions.
"I think he's earned all the praise that he gets in the state of Wyoming," said Bill Schilling, president of the conservative Wyoming Business Alliance. "He's an extraordinarily hard worker, very high energy, almost a brilliant command of the issues." In particular, Schilling credits Barrasso with developing an "emotional connection" to the three industries — minerals, ranching and tourism — that are the mainstays of Wyoming's economy. "He exhibits great concern for an awful lot of people from many walks of life," Schilling said. "I've come to the conclusion he is the real deal."
In Washington, meanwhile, Barrasso's star continues to rise. With his rimless glasses and personable doctor's demeanor, he is a natural for television and appears frequently on Fox News, whose conservative hosts are happy to give him a forum for his broadsides against the Obama administration. Last fall, little more than three years after Roll Call newspaper named him as the Senate's least-powerful member, he was elected vice-chairman of the Senate leadership conference, the fifth-highest rank in the Senate GOP hierarchy. "Sen. Barrasso is a very smart and capable senator and is a highly valued member of our leadership team," Don Stewart, deputy chief of staff to Sen. GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Kentucky), said in a statement relayed by McConnell's spokesman. "He's a strong voice at the leadership table on Western issues, but his background as an orthopedic surgeon has made him one of the most knowledgeable and influential senators on the subject of health care."
Sen. John Barrasso is escorted by U.S. Ambassador to Colombia P. Michael McKinley during a January 2011 visit to Cartagena, Colombia. (photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy, Bogotá - click to enlarge)
Barrasso is a tall, youthful-looking man with dark hair, sharp features and a lean physique that he maintains with frequent running. Born in Reading, Pa., he often has referred to the influence of his father, a cement-finisher with a ninth-grade education and an abiding sense of patriotism that he passed along to his son. "When I was eight my dad took me to John Kennedy's inauguration," he told National Review Online in 2009. "It has been a family tradition for us. We were at Kennedy's, Johnson's, all the way through. Our respect for the country and love of the country was such that our family came to every inauguration, no matter which party won."
As a teenager, Barrasso worked summer jobs on construction sites, but he clearly had his eye on bigger things. He traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in Presidential Classroom, a civics program for promising high schoolers, and returned to the capital as an undergraduate at Georgetown University, where he also earned his medical degree in 1978. Five years later, after a residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Barrasso moved to Wyoming with his wife at the time, Linda Nix. The couple had two children and later divorced.
Barrasso worked at Casper Orthopedic Associates, a thriving private practice where he treated all manner of breaks, sprains and tears, many caused by "car wrecks and horse crashes," according to founding partner John Bailey who, like Barrasso, was chief of staff at Wyoming Medical Center for a time. "He was a good physician," Bailey recalled in a phone interview. "He cared a lot about the people that he took care of. He was cautious in that he did what he felt he could do safely. He sought consultation when he had questions."
Barrasso declined to be interviewed for this article, so it wasn't possible to ask him why he chose to begin his career in Wyoming. His former wife also declined comment. "That's something I'd like to stay away from," Nix said apologetically when reached at home in Casper recently. "We have a really good relationship." But others who knew him at the time speculate that political ambition may have played a role in Barrasso's move to the state. "I personally had some suspicion that he thought Wyoming might be a place that he could get into politics at some point in time, though I don't think he ever told me that," Bailey said.
Another friend, Bob Tarantola, recalls meeting Barrasso at a party by Alcova Reservoir in 1983. Tarantola was standing at the water's edge when the young doctor "came up and put his hand out and said, `Hi, I'm John Barrasso,' and wanted to get to know me right there," said Tarantola, an energy lobbyist in Wyoming. "It was clear to me that he wanted to meet as many people as soon as he could as soon as he got here and he wanted to make Wyoming his home."
Barrasso fell in with a lively circle of well-educated young professionals, including Dick High, the editor of the Casper Star-Tribune at the time, and Williams, the NBC television correspondent, who started his career in Casper. Barrasso and Williams often skied and played tennis together and attended an annual New Year's bash at a ranch owned by mutual friends in southeastern Wyoming. "It doesn't often come through, but he has a very playful sense of humor," said Williams. "The other thing is, he's very, very bright."
Barrasso lived unpretentiously in Casper, where his most conspicuous indulgence was a red Mazda Miata convertible, according to Bailey. In the early 2000s, he began dating Bobbi Brown, a Thermopolis native then working as former Sen. Craig Thomas' state director. The two married in 2008. They live in a house on Casper Mountain with lovely views and an estimated market value of $284,582, according to county tax records. Barrasso's net worth is between $2.9 and $9.1 million, much of it in stock index funds, according to Senate financial disclosure records analyzed by Opensecrets.org.
Barrasso established his public profile soon after he moved to Casper, when he was recruited by Williams, then the news director of KTWO-TV and Radio, to comment on health-related topics. "I think he was sort of interested in broadcasting," recalled Williams. "He just seemed to have a good way of explaining health issues." Barrasso's commentary — with its signature line, "helping you care for yourself" — became a regular feature of the Wyoming airwaves. Williams also enlisted him to help out with the station's annual Jerry Lewis telethon to raise money for muscular dystrophy research. Williams took a job as a congressional staffer in Washington for Wyoming Congressman Dick Cheney. He later would serve as Pentagon spokesman when Cheney became Defense Secretary in the first Bush administration. Barrasso stepped into Williams' shoes as M.C. of the telethon. Eventually he became known on KTWO-TV broadcasts as "Wyoming's Doctor."
"Wyoming's Doctor"
In some respects, he was "Wyoming's Doctor," treating rodeo cowboys and serving as medical director for Wyoming Health Fairs, a program of free medical screening. He also wrote a newspaper column on health-related issues and served as chief of staff at Wyoming Medical Center.
"When it came to media things in Wyoming, John Barrasso was everywhere," said Bill Sniffin, a newspaper columnist and former publisher of the Lander Journal who has known the senator for years. "He's never boring. He's sort of Wyoming's Sanjay Gupta… He's very, very accessible for the electronic media."
U.S. Senator John Barrasso and then-fiancée Bobbi Brown wave to spectators during the 2007 Fourth of July parade in Cody. (Ruffin Prevost/WyoFile - click to enlarge)
Barrasso made his first bid for elected office in 1996, when he sought the Republican nomination in the race to succeed Simpson, a moderate who supported abortion rights, in the U.S. Senate. At the time, Barrasso also characterized himself as "pro-choice," and — initially at least — was thought to be the front runner. Then Mike Enzi entered the race. "The pro-life wing didn't like John because he was pro-choice, at that time," recalled Bill Maiers, a longtime Republican activist in Casper. "So they went and got Enzi to run. And they worked hard for him."
In the end, Barrasso narrowly lost to Enzi, who stressed his anti-abortion credentials and went on to defeat Democrat Kathy Karpan in the general election. As Roll Call put it, Barrasso's "perception as a moderate was his ultimate undoing."
Barrasso would not make the same mistake twice. Elected to the Wyoming Senate in 2002, Barrasso earned an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association and improved his standing among abortion opponents by sponsoring an unsuccessful bill to treat the killing of a pregnant woman as a double homicide. In 2007, Thomas died of leukemia and Barrasso sought appointment to the empty seat, noting in his application for the job that he had "voted for prayer in schools, against gay marriage and [for] legislation to protect the sanctity of life."
To those familiar with Wyoming politics, there was nothing especially surprising about Barrasso's hard swerve to the right. "The 1996 race served as a light switch for John," said Tom Sansonetti, a prominent Cheyenne attorney and former Justice Dept. official who also sought Thomas's old seat. "It wasn't something that occurred over time. He saw right there and then that a moderate Republican is going to come close but finish second… By 1997, John was the conservative that he is today."
When asked if such a move might appear cynical, Sansonetti said no. "It happens all the time," he said. "That's politics. If you want to win, you've got to get to a majority… Or you can stand on principle and lose."
Sen. John Barrasso, flanked by former Sen. Alan Simpson and Rep. Cynthia Lummis, waits to speak during a November 2008 campaign rally at Park County Republican headquarters on Sheridan Avenue in Cody. (Ruffin Prevost/WyoFile - click to enlarge)
In the end, then-Gov. Dave Freudenthal, a Democrat who under state law had to name a Republican to Thomas' empty seat in 2007, chose Barrasso over Sansonetti and Cynthia Lummis, though he has never publicly explained his reasons for doing so. His announcement, in any case, was notable for its lack of enthusiasm. "There are many factors that went into this decision, and it was the sum of these factors that led me to this choice," Freudenthal said at the time. "While I don't intend to indulge the speculation on why I made this decision, I will say that I hope I made the right choice." Once he had Thomas' former seat by appointment from the governor, Barrasso easily won a later special election to the seat in 2008. (If Freudenthal suffers any buyer's remorse, he isn't saying. "I am enjoying a self-imposed 'time-out,' of indeterminate length, from Wyoming political life," the former governor, who now teaches at the University of Wyoming law school, said in an email. "That includes offering public comments or observations about people and/or issues.")
After President Obama took office, Barrasso began to make a name for himself in Washington as debate heated up over the contours of the administration's plan for universal health insurance. In regular appearances on Fox and elsewhere, he warned that "Obamacare" would drive up health care costs and compromise quality. He disparaged the core element of the administration plan — the so-called individual mandate, which requires anyone who can afford it to purchase basic health insurance — as unconstitutional. Barrasso argued that the best way to improve healthcare access was to lower its costs, which he said could be accomplished by promoting competition among insurers and limiting medical malpractice claims. "The Republican party would be smart to get Barrasso on TV more often," said the online edition of National Review. "He sounds as trustworthy as your own doctor when he explains why government does not belong in the health-care industry."
Party leaders took note: By mid-2009, Barrasso was hosting the "Senate Doctors' Show" on YouTube with Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican and fellow physician, and appearing regularly on the Senate floor to offer a "doctor's second opinion" on the law (diagnosis: a "Washington takeover" that will "put government in charge of health care and put bureaucrats in between patients and their doctors.")
The crowning moment for Barrasso came in February of last year, when McConnell chose him as lead-off hitter for the Republicans in a televised "healthcare summit" with Obama at the White House. In a pointed exchange that highlighted the gulf between the two sides, Barrasso suggested that Americans could help lower healthcare costs across the board by insuring only for "catastrophic" needs, paying out of pocket for routine medical costs. Obama noted that senators earn more than $170,000 a year and asked, "Would you feel the same way if you were making $40,000?" Barrasso did not answer directly, although he did note that "having a high-deductible plan … is an option for members of Congress and federal employees."
"That's right," Obama replied, "because members of Congress get paid $176,000 a year."
On the environment, Barrasso initially struck a moderate tone. Picking up where his late predecessor left off, he sponsored the Wyoming Range Legacy Act to protect most of the 100-mile-long mountain range south of Jackson from further oil and gas leasing. In deference to oil and gas interests, Barrasso insisted, as Thomas had, that the legislation honor existing mineral leases that potentially could affect up to 10 percent of the 1.2 million-acre national forest. Still, conservation groups rejoiced when the law passed in 2008, and gave Barrasso much of the credit. "We enjoyed the heck out of working with him," said Trout Unlimited's Tom Reed, who helped sell Barrasso on the protection plan by driving with him to the crest of the range in a pickup truck. "The land kind of spoke for itself," Reed said. "The senator realized that there needed to be a little bit of balance."
Sen. John Barrasso speaks Monday with an unidentified constituent following a Memorial Day observance in Cody. (Ruffin Prevost/WyoFile - click to enlarge)
Barrasso had initially signaled a pragmatic approach to climate change. Soon after he had been appointed to the Senate — in an October 2007 speech in Jackson at a climate and energy summit co-sponsored by the University of Wyoming's Energy Resources — Barrasso warned energy producers of the inevitability of legislation to curb greenhouse gases linked to global warming, and urged them to get on board. This was essentially the same thing that Freudenthal was saying at the time. "I had an old medical professor, Dr. Milt Davis," Barrasso recalled in his speech. "He said, 'You never want to be diagnosed with mural dyslexia.' I asked him what he meant. He said, 'Mural dyslexia is the inability to read the handwriting on the wall.'"
He continued, "You can harbor doubts about the science, but the political and market realities are under no such illusion — the writing is on the wall. From my point of view we, in Wyoming, can be part of that discussion, play a significant part in blending solutions, or be forced to accept the changes that others will attempt to put upon us."
This, too, was Freudenthal's position.
Barrasso emphasized a technological fix, sponsoring a bill to award prizes to scientists who came up with the best ways to soak up existing carbon from the atmosphere. "I believe overlooked in the debate are greenhouse gases currently in the atmosphere," he said in a statement on May 20, 2008. "Those are the gases contributing to the warming of the planet. The best science tells us it is a factor."
But Barrasso soon changed his tune. He strongly opposed the so-called cap-and-trade bill, which would have established market mechanisms for limiting carbon emissions. He said it would impose too many costs on businesses and consumers and in any case was pointless in the absence of similar efforts by China and India. In a July 2009 interview with Environment & Energy Daily, he described himself as "legislatively … on the same page" as Sen. James Inhofe, the Oklahoma Republican who has called climate-change science "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people."
The cap-and-trade bill died in the Senate in 2009 and Barrasso, Inhofe and others turned their attention to blocking what they called a "backdoor attempt" by the administration to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Their strategy included sharp attacks on the scientific consensus on climate change. In late 2009, Barrasso and other Republicans called on U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon to investigate allegations, based on leaked emails, that climate scientists at the University of East Anglia in Britain had manipulated data to support their view that human activity is warming the planet. The same group also accused the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of relying on the "corrupted data" to support its conclusions on climate change. Joining in calls for investigations of the so-called climategate scandal were conservative media and some energy companies, including Peabody Energy, a major Wyoming coal producer.
As it turned out, there was no scandal. Some scientists may have been sloppy and indiscreet, but two independent inquiries in Britain — and one by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — found no evidence of deliberate wrongdoing. And last year, following a comprehensive review of climate data, the National Academy of Sciences declared: "Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for — and in many cases is already affecting — a broad range of human and natural systems." That is essentially the same conclusion drawn in 2007 by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, whose work Barrasso has repeatedly disparaged in recent years.
Barrasso was undeterred by the NAS report. On January 31, he introduced a far-reaching bill that would block federal agencies from regulating greenhouse gases and preempt lawsuits aimed at doing the same. "This legislation puts the brakes on Washington's efforts to institute job-crushing regulations," he said in an op-ed (published at WyoFile and USA Today) at the time. "It is a rebuke that unelected bureaucrats badly need." The language of the bill played down the human contribution to climate change, asserting that "the climate of the Earth is dynamic, and changes in climate are caused by a complex combination of factors."
'Hidden tax on sick people'
In the healthcare debate, Barrasso has shown a similar willingness to sidestep awkward facts. For example, he often has cited his experience as a physician in arguing the problems of the uninsured are not as dire as Democrats claim. "People receive care," he said in a March 17 appearance on Fox News. "My partners and I took care of every patient, regardless of their ability to pay, and we're continuing to do that."
But Barrasso leaves out a vital part of the equation. As Bailey, his partner, explained it, the Casper practice does indeed provide care to anyone who needs it, at least for those with acute needs. But the only way it can afford to do so, Bailey said, is by charging higher fees to insured patients. "We've got a lot of insured people, and we also don't have a managed-care environment here, so we're still basically a fee-for-service type of medical practice," he said. "So what that does is allow us to charge more for the people who have insurance to take care of the people who don't have any insurance."
Sen. John Barrasso chats with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) during a January 2011 visit to Cartagena, Colombia. (photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy, Bogotá - click to enlarge)
That, in turn, causes insurers to raise their premiums, driving up the very healthcare costs that Barrasso says he wants to contain. "I call that a hidden tax on sick people," said Bailey, who considers the new healthcare law imperfect but a step in the right direction. "John and I maybe diverge a little bit on this."
An even more important point, perhaps, relates to the quality of care. Notwithstanding Barrasso's claim that care is available to anyone who needs it, a multitude of studies have found that those who lack insurance are sicker and seek treatment later and less often than those who have insurance. The Kaiser Family Foundation reported last September, for example, that more than half of uninsured adults "have no regular source of healthcare" and are nearly twice as likely to delay or do without the care they need as those who have health insurance. So uncompensated care doesn't solve the problem of the uninsured. "Yes, it's nice that providers are providing uncompensated care," said Bradley Herring, a healthcare economist at Johns Hopkins University. "But in the end, uncompensated care is really no substitute for having real health insurance coverage."
Barrasso made a claim similarly based on a selective use of facts when he attacked Democratic plans to augment the nation's private-insurance system with government insurance. Democrats said the so-called public option would be just that, an option, and that people who were happy with their private coverage would be able to keep it. But in a floor speech in July 2009, Barrasso disputed that assertion, citing an estimate by the Lewin Group that 119 million Americans — more than a third of the population — would lose their private coverage under the Democratic plan. As PoliticalCorrection.org and others have noted, he did not disclose that the Lewin consulting firm is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, one of the country's biggest insurers (the Lewin Group says it is editorially independent). Nor did he mention that the estimate was a worst-case projection based on the adoption of a Medicare-style plan that would be open to anyone, an approach that never came close to being adopted as a mainstream position. In the end, of course, the law included no public option.
Barrasso's uncompromising brand of politics has puzzled some who expected a less-confrontational approach when he first went to Washington. "I didn't view him as sort of an arch conservative," said Sniffin, the Lander newspaper publisher, who likes Barrasso and was pleased when he was appointed to Thomas' old seat. But within two years he would write in his column, "Not sure why, and we didn't see it coming, but Sen. Barrasso has become one of the most partisan people in the Senate. It seems he rarely works with folks across the aisle and seems to not care about working (with) Democrats at all. He has absorbed in full the total religion of the conservative side of the national Republican Party and there is little doubt where he will vote when it comes to partisan issues."
Of course, as Sniffin acknowledged in the same column, "Being archconservative will not hurt him with his constituents." Bailey, the Casper orthopedic surgeon, made a similar point in reference to the healthcare debate. "I think that is perhaps his role at this point in time. Whether he deeply believes in his heart of hearts that that's right, I don't know that." Asked whether he had been surprised by Barrasso's politics in the Senate, Bailey replied, "Perhaps," then noted that Barrasso was a fan of author Robert Caro, whose biography of Lyndon Johnson, "Master of the Senate," describes Johnson's mastery of political triangulation. "There's a lot of complexity to Lyndon Johnson and there may be a similar kind of complexity to John Barrasso," Bailey said.
Sen. John Barrasso scans the countryside during a January 2010 visit to Afghanistan. (photo courtesy of US Embassy, Kabul - click to enlarge)
Like Johnson, Barrasso is said to be a master of one-on-one politics that begins with careful attention to his constituents. Although there is no direct flight between Washington and Casper — travelers typically fly through Denver — Barrasso makes a point of returning home every weekend. He travels widely in the state, where he is known for dispensing commemorative coins to veterans and hosting conference calls with voters known as "telephone town halls."
During a meeting with city managers in Gillette a few years ago, Barrasso "must have recognized six or seven folks in the audience, with detailed references to the last time he and the person he was referring to were together," recalled Rob Hurless, a former publisher of the Casper Star-Tribune and one-time energy adviser to Freudenthal who attended the meeting. "It was pretty impressive, and whether you like him or not you have to give him credit for great organization, great memory and a very potent display of political acumen."
Barrasso's genial style does not necessarily extend to the press. His spokesperson in Washington, Emily Lawrimore, turned down WyoFile's request to interview the senator. When approached in person a few weeks later as he got off the Senate subway in the basement of the Capitol building, Barrasso briskly walked away, saying over his shoulder, "Call my office." WyoFile followed that advice, but Lawrimore declined to answer questions on the senator's behalf and did not respond to a follow-up email.
Barrasso is more accommodating when it comes to broadcast media, especially Fox News. Since January 2009, he has appeared 57 times on Fox, compared with 20 times on MSNBC and 10 times on CNN, according to his Senate website. He also appears regularly on KTWO television and other Wyoming broadcast outlets.
There is no mystery about his preference for Fox. In the run-up to the president's State of the Union address, some Republicans and Democrats announced plans to sit together at the speech, as a way to express solidarity in the aftermath of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others, six of whom died, in Tuscon earlier that month. Barrasso, appearing on Fox, was asked if he would do the same. "Anyone can sit wherever they want," he replied. "I`m going to sit on the Republican side, on the right side of the aisle."
John Lancaster, a former reporter for the Washington Post, is a freelance writer based in Washington, D.C.
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Linda parko says
I am sick of seeing his face behind the big republican of the moment. We deserve better.
City: Cody
State of Residence: Wyoming
joy karen says
This article (short story) made me unbelievably sad because it's so very clear that as a previous post concluded: Barrasso has sold himself to the devil–for money, prestige, a good house, wifely attention and lots of the good life. In less than 10 years, he'll most likely see the error of his prior way, but, by then, it'll be much too late to change. Such a good looking, extremely smart (downright brilliant) family man with so much to offer the world has admitted to being more Mitch McConnell than JFK. I'm sad.
City: Forest Hills
State of Residence: New York
Inky says
Just another indicator that ALL members of our Congressional delegation are shameless panderers to who've gives them lots of money, here's Enzi shilling for for-profit schools: http://campusprogress.org/articles/why_did_senator_enzi_lead_a_boycott_of_hearing_on_for-profit_colleges/
Brian Schueler says
I think that it is naive to believe that John Barrasso has been transformed by the political right wing. A man of his political wit understands that the best way to set yourself for a candidacy down the line is to pander towards the base of one's party. One could argue that Obama (rated as one of the most far left senators during his tenure) is relatively moderate (especially when not considering healthcare legislation) Barrasso is not selling out, rather he is positioning himself for a potential presidential run. I would vote for him, especially because he has the potential to be a moderate leader, but the ability to excite the base.
Capt. Bob Morris, Teton Village says
Pro-Choice and moderate, John Barrasso
was defeated in August '96 only because
Nimi (Rep. from Casper) split the feminist
vote. In '94 Initiative #1 showed that
60% of Wyoming voters were pro-Choice.
Roy says
Just an empty shell of a human being, now. He sold his soul to the highest bidder.
Barrasso is a great American, an intelligent man who sees the b.s. in the human-induced climate change.
Susan Hunzie says
Our representatives just keep getting worse and worse. Some days I hate to even admit I'm from Wyoming. I used to be so proud of our state.
Keith Goodenough says
Of all the politicians I have met over the last 25 years, he is the biggest phony of any of them.
Tom Bell says
And here I thought I was the only one who considered Barrasso a light weight who had sold his soul for money from the energy industry and become "a dog and pony show for the climate cranks." Difficult to think of him as a trained medical scientist who denies what he sees happening all around him. Anyone who panders as he does, does not deserve Wyoming's vote the next time around. TB
Understanding Dr. B is real simple — give him lots of money and he's your boy, parroting whatever spin you want. His scientific integrity is long gone, shilling for the energy industry and the homo-phobic.
He is politically skilled, but represents only the corporate elite, not the average Joe and Jane — certainly not those who are struggling in this economy. The same can be said for Enzi and Lummis.
Mary Keller says
Watching a man (who knows the power of the scientific method from his MD training) slide into becoming a dog and pony show for climate cranks has been one of the most disheartening elements of Barrasso's career. Hasn't Wyoming got a person with the integrity to stand up for science? With his Fox megaphone he makes climate cranks look reasonable (look–he's a Dr. and he's on the news!) and he's beginning to steer Wyoming toward ignorance. That kind of political pandering ought to look and smell as un-Wyoming as it is. If the Dr. came here because it was the easiest place to snooker the people and step his way to the White House, I hope we will return the favor, thank him for his time, and tell him that a Dr. who panders to ignorance on climate issues (and sexual orientation) belongs as a representative for people who do not care to face the truth. For me, Wyoming teaches me daily to face the facts, draw from research communities to solve problems, and Wyoming has never taught me to make stuff up. Maybe folks back in Pennsylvania want to kid themselves, but come on Wyoming–we can do better than a man who knows better.
dswift says
Please make a distinction between conservative and right wing. Today's right wing (whose central control is Fox News) has little in common with classic American conservatism.
Barrasso is right wing and conserves nothing.
Barrasso loves the Senate and the limelight. He gets further and further from our ideals daily. Spending billlions on worthless but popular projects and showing up on CNN and other shows. I hope to have him voted out next election. We need a rational senator, not a movie star wannabe that likes seeing his face on TV and could care less what his voters want.
Robert Hoskins says
Barrasso's ambition has turned him into the typical Republican brown-noser with the industries that pay his bills. He hasn't got an independent bone in his body.


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The Ricasolis and the Chianti Classico area
Visit Brolio
ALBIA 2009
ROSÉ TOSCANA IGT
Sangiovese and Merlot
FERMENTATION TEMPERATURE
In stainless steel vats
Mid January 2010
FACTSHEETALL RATINGS
Fresh, fragrant, pleasant with a complex bouquet: a rosé that shows off all the best characteristics of the finest grapes preserved with a screw cap to add a modern touch.
Delicious as an aperitif, serve with crudités and fresh cheeses, white meat and light cuisine.
Growing Season
After a mild winter, spring set off with quite rigid temperatures but they gradually rose as the season wore on with peaks over 30°C at the end of May, also rainfall was stable around 200mm. The summer was characterized by very hot days especially during the early hours in the afternoon during the months of July and August with temperatures often over 35°C. The rainfall, never heavy and without hail, was concentrated during the months of June and July. Towards the end of summer, from the 15th to the 20th September, a continuous rainfall refreshed the soil that was very dry due to a long period without rain. Autumn was initially mild and dry, with a brisk fall in temperature, even down to 10°C; during the same period the rainfall intensified.
The heavy spring and winter rains created a good water reserve allowing the plants to regularly carry out all of their growth phases. Despite the strong heat which had characterized the months of July and August, the mid-September rains and the lower temperatures, permitted the phenol ripening to be end.
Merlot grapes were harvested from August 26th to September 15th and Sangiovese was picked from October 10th to October 20th. The grapes were healthy, perfectly ripe, with good sugar content.
The colour is delicate pink. The nose is fresh with hints of scented flowers ( geranium, pansy, peppermint) and citrus fruit appeal ( cedar, raspberry ). On the palate, the wine delivers lovely and sweet notes of cherries and strawberries. The freshness given by the right acidity stimulates the palate. The finish is clean and persistent.
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Depending on your point of view, Valentine's Day is either one of the best or worst holidays of the year. But no matter what your point of view, this is a good time to look at some of the greatest love stories in Latino literature.
In Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera – young Florentino Ariza loves Fermina Daza from the moment he sees her – and keeps loving her even when she marries another man. This classic book was made into a 2007 movie staring Javier Bardem and Benjamin Bratt.
Tita's emotions can be felt in the food she is making in Laura Esquivel's 1989 Like Water for Chocolate – and her emotions are intense when her sister marries the man she loves. The best-selling novel, made into a 1992 movie, includes recipes for the meals.
Francisco Goldman's 2011 Say Her Name tells the story of Goldman's relationship with his wife, Aura Estrada, who died in a swimming accident. His love for her is so palpable that your heart will break along with his.
If you prefer poetry, you can't more romantic than Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda's Love Poems. This book inspired the 1994 Academy Award-nominated movie Il Postino, in which Neruda appears as a character who helps a postal carrier woo the woman he loves.
The 2011 film Chico and Rita features the romance between a Cuban pianist and singer in the 1940s. NPR talked to co-director Fernando Trueba about the film, which is up for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
Do you know of any other great Latino love stories that should be included here? Post them in the comments.


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(function() {
  var Set, findButton, findRegexp, regexpGolf;

  Set = require('../src/set.coffee');

  regexpGolf = require('../src/regexpGolf.coffee');

  findRegexp = function() {
    var found, losers, losersStr, settings, winners, winnersStr;
    winnersStr = document.getElementById('winners').value;
    winners = new Set(winnersStr.split(/[ ]+/));
    losersStr = document.getElementById('losers').value;
    losers = new Set(losersStr.split(/[ ]+/));
    losers = losers.subtract(winners);
    settings = {
      randomFactor: 1,
      branches: 1,
      depthBranches: {}
    };
    console.log('winners:', winners.toString());
    console.log('losers:', losers.toString());
    found = regexpGolf.find(winners, losers, settings);
    return document.getElementById('result').value = found.join('\n');
  };

  findButton = document.getElementById('find');

  findButton.addEventListener("click", findRegexp, false);

}).call(this);

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(function() {
  var Set;

  Set = (function() {
    function Set(arr) {
      var item, _i, _len;
      if (arr == null) {
        arr = [];
      }
      this.set = {};
      for (_i = 0, _len = arr.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
        item = arr[_i];
        this.set[item] = true;
      }
      this.arr = (function() {
        var _results;
        _results = [];
        for (item in this.set) {
          _results.push(item);
        }
        return _results;
      }).call(this);
    }

    Set.prototype.asArray = function() {
      return this.arr;
    };

    Set.prototype.toString = function() {
      return "{ " + (this.asArray().join(', ')) + " }";
    };

    Set.prototype.intersection = function(otherSet) {
      var item, items;
      items = (function() {
        var _results;
        _results = [];
        for (item in this.set) {
          if (item in otherSet.set) {
            _results.push(item);
          }
        }
        return _results;
      }).call(this);
      return new Set(items);
    };

    Set.prototype.union = function(otherSet) {
      return new Set(this.asArray().concat(otherSet.asArray()));
    };

    Set.prototype.subtract = function(otherSet) {
      var item, items;
      items = (function() {
        var _results;
        _results = [];
        for (item in this.set) {
          if (!(item in otherSet.set)) {
            _results.push(item);
          }
        }
        return _results;
      }).call(this);
      return new Set(items);
    };

    Set.prototype.length = function() {
      return this.asArray().length;
    };

    return Set;

  })();

  module.exports = Set;

}).call(this);

},{}],3:[function(require,module,exports){
(function() {
  var Set, dotify, findRegexInner, findregex, flatten, getGroupedParts, getPermutations, matches, max, regexComponents, replacements, rmChar, subparts, topMax, verify, _ref;

  Set = require('./set.coffee');

  _ref = require('./utils.coffee'), flatten = _ref.flatten, max = _ref.max, topMax = _ref.topMax;

  verify = function(found, winners, losers) {
    var loser, missedLosers, missedWinners, regexp, winner;
    regexp = new RegExp(found);
    for (winner in winners.set) {
      if (!(regexp.test(winner))) {
        missedWinners = winner;
      }
    }
    for (loser in losers.set) {
      if (regexp.test(loser)) {
        missedLosers = loser;
      }
    }
    if (missedWinners) {
      console.log("Error: " + regexp + " should match but did not: " + missedWinners);
    }
    if (missedLosers) {
      console.log("Error: " + regexp + " should not match but did: " + missedLosers);
    }
    return !(missedWinners || missedWinners);
  };

  regexComponents = function(winners, losers) {
    "Return components that match at least one winner, but no loser.";
    var d, groupedParts, p, parts, partsSet, w, wholes, winner, _i, _j, _k, _len, _len1, _len2, _ref1, _ref2, _ref3;
    wholes = new Set((function() {
      var _results;
      _results = [];
      for (winner in winners.set) {
        _results.push('^' + winner + '$');
      }
      return _results;
    })());
    parts = [];
    _ref1 = wholes.arr;
    for (_i = 0, _len = _ref1.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
      w = _ref1[_i];
      _ref2 = subparts(w).arr;
      for (_j = 0, _len1 = _ref2.length; _j < _len1; _j++) {
        p = _ref2[_j];
        _ref3 = dotify(p).arr;
        for (_k = 0, _len2 = _ref3.length; _k < _len2; _k++) {
          d = _ref3[_k];
          if (!matches(d, losers).length()) {
            parts.push(d);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    partsSet = new Set(parts);
    groupedParts = getGroupedParts(partsSet);
    return partsSet.union(wholes).union(groupedParts);
  };

  /* Return a set of subparts of word, consecutive characters up to length 4.*/

  subparts = function(word) {
    var i, n;
    return new Set(flatten((function() {
      var _i, _results;
      _results = [];
      for (n = _i = 1; _i <= 4; n = ++_i) {
        _results.push((function() {
          var _j, _ref1, _results1;
          _results1 = [];
          for (i = _j = 0, _ref1 = word.length - 1; 0 <= _ref1 ? _j <= _ref1 : _j >= _ref1; i = 0 <= _ref1 ? ++_j : --_j) {
            _results1.push(word.slice(i, +(i + n - 1) + 1 || 9e9));
          }
          return _results1;
        })());
      }
      return _results;
    })()));
  };

  /* Return all ways to replace a subset of chars in part with '.'.*/

  dotify = function(part) {
    var c, rest;
    if (part === '') {
      return new Set(['']);
    } else {
      return new Set(flatten((function() {
        var _i, _len, _ref1, _results;
        _ref1 = replacements(part[0]);
        _results = [];
        for (_i = 0, _len = _ref1.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
          c = _ref1[_i];
          _results.push((function() {
            var _j, _len1, _ref2, _results1;
            _ref2 = dotify(part.slice(1)).arr;
            _results1 = [];
            for (_j = 0, _len1 = _ref2.length; _j < _len1; _j++) {
              rest = _ref2[_j];
              _results1.push(c + rest);
            }
            return _results1;
          })());
        }
        return _results;
      })()));
    }
  };

  /*Return possible replacement characters for char (char + '.' unless char is special).*/

  replacements = function(char) {
    if ('^$'.indexOf(char) >= 0) {
      return char;
    } else {
      return char + '.';
    }
  };

  /*Return a set of all the strings that are matched by regex.*/

  matches = function(regex, strings) {
    var s;
    return new Set((function() {
      var _i, _len, _ref1, _results;
      _ref1 = strings.arr;
      _results = [];
      for (_i = 0, _len = _ref1.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
        s = _ref1[_i];
        if ((new RegExp(regex)).test(s)) {
          _results.push(s);
        }
      }
      return _results;
    })());
  };

  /* Replace a character at a given x with "_"*/

  rmChar = function(s, index) {
    return s.substr(0, index) + '_' + s.substr(index + 1);
  };

  /*Find a regex that matches all winners but no losers (sets of strings).*/

  findregex = function(winners, losers, settings) {
    var covers, found, foundRegexps, pool, _i, _len, _ref1;
    if (settings == null) {
      settings = {};
    }
    if (settings.branches == null) {
      settings.branches = 1;
    }
    if (settings.depthBranches == null) {
      settings.depthBranches = {};
    }
    if (settings.randomFactor == null) {
      settings.randomFactor = 1;
    }
    if (winners.intersection(losers).length() > 0) {
      throw new Error("Winners should not intersect with losers");
    }
    pool = regexComponents(winners, losers);
    covers = findRegexInner(winners, losers, pool, settings);
    foundRegexps = covers.map(function(cover) {
      return cover.join('|');
    });
    foundRegexps.sort(function(a, b) {
      return a.length - b.length;
    });
    _ref1 = foundRegexps.reverse();
    for (_i = 0, _len = _ref1.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
      found = _ref1[_i];
      verify(found, winners, losers);
      console.log("Found:", found, found.length);
    }
    return foundRegexps;
  };

  /*
  The actual recursive implementation of finding the regexp
  Can return multiple covers path, since it supports generating
  a cover for multiple "bests".
  */

  findRegexInner = function(winners, losers, pool, settings, depth) {
    var best, bests, c, covers, innerCover, innerCovers, numBests, poolUpdated, rankFunc, winnersUpdated, _i, _j, _len, _len1, _ref1;
    if (winners.length() === 0) {
      return [[]];
    }
    if (depth == null) {
      depth = 1;
    }
    numBests = (_ref1 = settings.depthBranches[depth]) != null ? _ref1 : settings.branches;
    console.log(depth, numBests);
    covers = [];
    rankFunc = function(c) {
      return 2.9 * matches(c, winners).length() - c.length + Math.random() * settings.randomFactor;
    };
    bests = topMax(pool.asArray(), rankFunc, numBests);
    for (_i = 0, _len = bests.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
      best = bests[_i];
      winnersUpdated = winners.subtract(matches(best, winners));
      poolUpdated = new Set((function() {
        var _j, _len1, _ref2, _results;
        _ref2 = pool.arr;
        _results = [];
        for (_j = 0, _len1 = _ref2.length; _j < _len1; _j++) {
          c = _ref2[_j];
          if (matches(c, winnersUpdated).length() > 0) {
            _results.push(c);
          }
        }
        return _results;
      })());
      innerCovers = findRegexInner(winnersUpdated, losers, poolUpdated, settings, depth + 1);
      for (_j = 0, _len1 = innerCovers.length; _j < _len1; _j++) {
        innerCover = innerCovers[_j];
        covers.push([best].concat(innerCover));
      }
    }
    return covers;
  };

  /*
  gets possible combined parts using character sets for a given input
  For example, given {'Amitay', 'Bmitay', 'Cmitay' 'Dobo'} it should return
  {'[AB]mitay', '[AC]mitay', '[BC]mitay'}
  */

  getGroupedParts = function(parts) {
    var blanked, blankedParts, char, charIndex, groupedPart, groupedParts, letter, letters, lettersStr, part, perm, perms, _i, _j, _k, _len, _len1, _ref1, _ref2;
    blankedParts = {};
    _ref1 = parts.arr;
    for (_i = 0, _len = _ref1.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
      part = _ref1[_i];
      for (charIndex = _j = 0, _ref2 = part.length - 1; 0 <= _ref2 ? _j <= _ref2 : _j >= _ref2; charIndex = 0 <= _ref2 ? ++_j : --_j) {
        char = part[charIndex];
        if (char !== "$" && char !== "^") {
          blanked = rmChar(part, charIndex);
          (blankedParts[blanked] || (blankedParts[blanked] = {}))[char] = true;
        }
      }
    }
    groupedParts = [];
    for (blanked in blankedParts) {
      letters = blankedParts[blanked];
      lettersStr = ((function() {
        var _results;
        _results = [];
        for (letter in letters) {
          _results.push(letter);
        }
        return _results;
      })()).join('');
      perms = getPermutations(lettersStr);
      for (_k = 0, _len1 = perms.length; _k < _len1; _k++) {
        perm = perms[_k];
        if (perm.length > 1) {
          groupedPart = blanked.replace("_", "[" + perm + "]");
          groupedParts.push(groupedPart);
        }
      }
    }
    return new Set(groupedParts);
  };

  /*
  Get all string permutations, keeping the characters order.
  I.e., for "abc" return ['', 'a', 'ab', 'ac', 'abc', ...]
  */

  getPermutations = function(str) {
    var head, perm, perms, tail, tmp, _i, _len;
    if (str.length === 1) {
      return [str, ''];
    } else {
      head = str[0];
      tail = str.slice(1);
      perms = getPermutations(tail);
      tmp = [];
      for (_i = 0, _len = perms.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
        perm = perms[_i];
        tmp.push(head + perm);
        tmp.push(perm);
      }
      return tmp;
    }
  };

  module.exports = {
    find: findregex
  };

}).call(this);

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(function() {
  var flatten, max, topMax;

  max = function(arr, rankFunc) {
    var maxFound;
    if (rankFunc == null) {
      rankFunc = function(x) {
        return x;
      };
    }
    maxFound = arr.reduce(function(currMax, element) {
      var rank;
      rank = rankFunc(element);
      if (currMax.rank > rank) {
        return currMax;
      } else {
        return {
          rank: rank,
          element: element
        };
      }
    });
    return maxFound.element;
  };

  flatten = function(a) {
    if (a.length === 0) {
      return [];
    } else {
      return a.reduce(function(l, r) {
        return l.concat(r);
      });
    }
  };

  topMax = function(arr, rankFunc, numToReturn) {
    var ranked;
    if (rankFunc == null) {
      rankFunc = function(x) {
        return x;
      };
    }
    if (numToReturn === 1) {
      return [max(arr, rankFunc)];
    } else {
      ranked = arr.map(function(el) {
        return {
          el: el,
          rank: rankFunc(el)
        };
      });
      ranked.sort(function(a, b) {
        return b.rank - a.rank;
      });
      return ranked.slice(0, +(numToReturn - 1) + 1 || 9e9).map(function(el) {
        return el.el;
      });
    }
  };

  module.exports = {
    max: max,
    flatten: flatten,
    topMax: topMax
  };

}).call(this);

},{}]},{},[1])
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Mayflower Möbel article is the best inspiration for home interior posted about Haus möbel. This Mayflower Möbel was posted in category Haus möbel as ideas for inspiration to Remodel your Haus möbel accessories. This article can be your reference when you are confused to choose the right decoration for your home accessories. This Mayflower Möbel maybe your best option to decoring Mayflower Mobel, because having a home with our own design is everyone's dream.
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A couple years ago, I posted about Dock Ellis's no-hitter, thrown while high on LSD on June 12, 1970 against the Padres. Last night I found this video from No Mas depicting the story in cartoon form. Artist James Blagden used the original audio from an interview Ellis recorded with radio producers Donnell Alexander and Neille Ilel in 2008 to create this short, animated film. It's quite amusing (and full of flashing colors, so be forewarned). Enjoy!
Here's a fun first pitch — this Cirque du Soleil performer threw out the first pitch at a Padres game in 2011. This would be an interesting way to throw off the hitter's timing. Or, in my case, I'd be so busy watching the guy's acrobatics that I'd forget about the ball entirely.
I've had a few posts lately talking about switch pitchers, which is, without a doubt, a difficult skill to develop. But what about pitching with one's feet? That's exactly what Tom Willis did on Monday, when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch at AT&T Park.
Born without arms, Willis has learned to function by relying on his feet. And, as we can see, he's learned to do quite a bit that way. Not only did his toss make it to the catcher on the fly, it also appears to be a strike.
As it turns out, this wasn't Tom Willis's first go at this kind of thing. On May 27, 2008, he had the opportunity to throw out the first pitch at a Padres game. Looks like he's been putting in some work on his location since then.
Yesterday, we lost one of the game's greatest hitters, and a huge part of my earliest introduction to baseball. Tony Gwynn was a career San Diego Padre, a 15-time All Star, and was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007 alongside Cal Ripken, Jr. He passed away yesterday after a long battle with salivary gland cancer.
The San Diego Padres occupy the next spot in our lineup of "Talkin' Baseball" songs. On a personal note, while I root for the Royals today, my older brother pulls for the Padres, and so talk of Tony Gwynn, Fred McGriff, and Gary Sheffield permeate memories of my earliest introduction to Major League Baseball. Backyard baseball meant emulating Gwynn's swing in an effort to knock the ball over the fence. Ah, nostalgia.
To see all "Talkin' Baseball" videos, click here.


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Voice of Ukraine
Responding to the crisis – Mobilizing resources – Bringing hope
Pray!
Displaced Ukrainians
Finances and Donations
8/27/2022 – Crates for Ukraine from Mississippi and beyond
From Jamie Peipon (Jackson, MS): "And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works…"
I can't tell you how grateful I am for all the work that so many have put into these crates for Ukraine. These crates are bursting at the seams with socks and tourniquets, and also with godly love and compassion. The members of First Presbyterian Church of Jackson, MS have worked hard to put these together. People have organized and packed as Sunday school classes, as discipleship groups, as groups of friends, as a school, and even as a choir (the dearest choir in all the land, I might add).
The ripple effect that this work has created is remarkable. We've had crates delivered from Raymond, Bethesda, and Yazoo City. A few came up from Baton Rouge (with help from Charles Marchman and his church), one more came from Nashville. We've had medical supplies sent from Georgia. We had tourniquets sent from folks throughout Mississippi, Florida, Maryland, Delaware, Ohio, Massachusetts, Washington, Hawaii, Texas, Louisiana, Michigan, Tennessee, Colorado, Virginia, Alabama, and Germany. I've also been told that other churches were inspired to participate in this same program as they've seen and heard about the way God has moved among his people here.
Our staff mission coordinator Jo L Mayfield has had her hands in almost every single one of these crates as she's counted contents, maximized space and weight in each crate, and allowed me to commandeer her printer. Mary Boothe Ball has been working tirelessly to help us convince the airlines to let them all fly. Margaret Wicker McPhillips and her team got the details communicated quickly and clearly. Wesley Rule and William Skinner have been quick to drop things they've been working on to help with many of the least enviable tasks. And there are many more!
Of course, packing these crates is only the beginning. I can't wait for our team to get these crates there and for their contents to be put to good use in the name of our Savior and for His glory.
Україно, ми до тебе!
"The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him, but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming."
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Love this! My new life in Christ started at first Pres Jx under Pastor Don Patterson! Becky


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By Malou Herkes – 21 Aug. 11:30 AM
4 cocktail books to get you mixing like a pro
Should a martini be shaken or stirred? How do you muddle a mojito? And what goes into making the perfect gin & tonic? Whether you're an amateur seeking a beginner's guide to mixing, or a drinks aficionado on the hunt for cocktails with sophistication, there's a cocktail book out there for you. This is a round-up of the best of the bunch.
Cocktails: The Art of Mixing Perfect Drinks by Klaus St. Rainer
Everything you need to know about making the perfect cocktail is within these pages. From award-winning mixologist Klaus St Rainer, he gives you the nitty-gritty on the basics, from how to make sugar syrup to his ABC guide to alcohol. Recipes range from 'Simple & Clever' to 'Extraordinary & Spectacular' so if you want a Dry Martini or a sophisticated Golden Champagne or a downright naughty Hot Buttered Coconut Rum, there's something here for everyone.
Hawksmoor at Home by the Hawksmoor team
From the guys behind the lavish Hawkmoor restaurants in London, this might seem – at first glance – like a cookbook exclusively about food. But look further and you'll find a generous section devoted entirely to cocktails. Including recipes and fascinating insights into the history of punches, Bloody Marys and the classic Martini, plus a glossary and recipes for homemade syrups and bitters.
Drinks: Unravelling the Mysteries of Flavour and Aroma in Drinks by Tony Conigliaro
This cocktail guide, from the man behind London's award-winning cocktail bar, 69 Colebrooke Row and Bar Termini, among others, will have you mixing and muddling original cocktails that'll really impress your guests. This is a book for the cocktail aficionados among you, with recipes that range from the classic cocktails, through to savoury numbers (think: White Truffle Martini), cocktails inspired by perfume, concept drinks (we love Cosmo Popcorn), as well as cordials, liqueurs and distillations.
The Spirits by Richard Godwin
You don't need to be a cocktail expert to use this brilliant little book. A guide to mixing your favourite cocktails, this is an accessible book that'll have even the most amateur among you shaking Gin Fizz and Pisco Sours in no time. Our favourite? English Breakfast Martinis.
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The best budget midweek meals to see you through the week
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My birthday was on 14th January and as always, around that time of the year I am extremely busy. I felt like I was planning, buying, and cooking non-stop starting from well before Christmas until then (and no, my secret double life isn't a female Santa, even though I love buying gifts for my loved ones). Not to mention, the upcoming Chinese New Year, which is early this year and lasts for many days. Today, I happen to find some time to squeeze in a blog post on the birthday cake that I received.
I don't know if it is because I am looking too gloomy and haggard lately, but my brother and my little brother went out of their way on the morning of my birthday to surprise me with this beautiful green tea cake.
Koekela (a pastry store in Rotterdam, the Netherlands) normally doesn't sell this, as this is one of their limited time specials, the cake of the month for January. I feel quite lucky, as I normally would think twice before spending €21.75 for a cake. But since it was my birthday, I thought it was okay to splurge.
The green tea cake has a diameter of 26 cm and it is already pre-sliced in 10 slices. It is nice, as I am not sure if I can slice the cake in perfect, equal slices like that. But I had to forego my yearly tradition of making a wish, before my cake slicing ceremony.
The Koekela green tea cake has a thick layer of green tea frosting on top, around and in the center. I could taste that they mixed yogurt with butter to make it, as it has a very present tartness and it was firm, but creamy. However, the butter was a bit heavy on the stomach for me, as I am not used to eating cakes with a lot of butter cream.
The green tea flavor of the cake is quite okay. I really thought it would lack in this area, but I could really taste the green tea. In the picture on their website, there is also some green tea powder sprinkled on top of the cake and I think this would have given it more green tea flavor. But it might have also made it too sweet, as I think they used the green tea powder with sugar grains mixed inside that I often buy at the Chinese supermarket.
The brown green tea cake with a hue of green has a similar texture as a carrot cake or the Dutch "ontbijtkoek". Here and there, the cake is drenched by a sweet green tea syrup. I didn't really taste that (maybe because I was starting to get a cold or something), but it could also be that the syrup isn't divided equally. I might have been so unlucky that I got the slice with the least green tea syrup in it. It wasn't as dry and firm as it looked, but I still prefer a soft sponge cake.
On top of the cake, there is also a round piece of crunchy white chocolate with a thin dust of green tea and the Chinese character 茶 (tea). If they want to sell more green tea cakes around Chinese New Year, I suggest to replace it with the Chinese character 福 (lucky).
Around the outer edges, there is also a thin line of coconut shavings and bits of pistachio nuts. I am glad that they didn't cover the whole outer part with it and just used a small amount. I don't really like coconut that much, but just a hint of it was fine with me. It tasted quite good combined with the green tea flavor.


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JWT London's David Masterman at Cannes: How much can your baby benchpress?
David Masterman asks us to pause to celebrate the heavy lifting a good idea can do.
As Cannes draws to a close, let's spend a moment to appreciate those tiny, beautiful, incredible ideas with the power to pull ever-bigger juggernauts.
It's dangerously easy to forget that at the heart of most of the winners sits a thought, a conceit, a previously unseen combination powerful enough to touch a nerve, or alter our view of the world just one degree.
The lightning captured in the jar, the what if?…
At Graham's conception, (and I don't want to imagine his parents) there was a beautiful, embryonic thought; how the human body would need to change to survive a car crash.
In a wonderful way, it reminded me of the world's first natural born smoker:
But where, in the '80s, there were limits to how he could be brought to life, now we can build him, we can meet him and the roads are a safer place because of him.
When Bill Hartley and Giles Hepworth first talked about their idea of giving the charcoal from the debris of the Glasgow school of Art to artists, and then auctioning the resulting art to rebuild the school, I thought it was pure and perfect.
And then, as it took hold in the art world, and one famous artist after another got involved, it started to pull a convoy bigger than all of them. And suddenly, as the Christie's auctioneer brought his hammer down, Glasgow School of Art was £700,000 closer to being rebuilt.
Ash to Art: How two JWT London creatives help to restore Glasgow School of Art
Our appetite for the industry to do good seems to know no bounds. And the scale of ambition grows with each year's new toys. Can we really use iPhones to do sperm counts?
Case study films have become mighty biopics of the ideas they describe. We celebrate them like proud parents at a graduation.
But let's not forget that while the juggernauts might get bigger and bigger, the ideas at their heart are as pure and simple and magical as when Julian Koenig said Think Small.
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Terrängen runt Tramacastilla är huvudsakligen kuperad. Tramacastilla ligger nere i en dal. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km sydväst om Tramacastilla. Runt Tramacastilla är det mycket glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Bronchales,  km norr om Tramacastilla. I omgivningarna runt Tramacastilla

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Showers, mainly before 3am. Low around 44. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Areas of frost between 4am and 5am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 37. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Rain. Areas of frost before 7am. High near 44. Breezy, with an east wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
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Irons Homestead is a campground owned and operated by our own Rhode Island Conference UCC. The grounds are used for most of the statewide summer camps (with the exception of senior camps, bike trips, etc.) and are also used for retreats and special Conference events. This full-facility campground features a new lodge with sleeping accommodations and a large function/dining room; a Pavilion; infirmary; campfire area; playground area; platform tent camping; fresh-water swimming; and large playing fields. We're extremely fortunate to have such a facility at our disposal.
Each year, the Rhode Island Conference provides summer camping opportunities for children of all ages in the church school. Every year our church school sponsors the children in their continued spiritual growth by providing camperships to offset the cost of attending the Conference Camps (as well as United's day camp!). As the summer approaches, all families will receive a brochure explaining the camps, the age/grade level breakdown, etc. Get your kids involved in summer camp this year; it's an experience they will never forget!
This end-of-year event has become a tradition in our church school as the "grand finale" of all church school activities for the year. An optional camp-out in the children's cedar grove in the back of the church (everyone supplies their own tent) is complete with a pizza party, a sing-along around the campfire, toasted marshmallows and, in the morning, a hearty breakfast for all campers. At least one parent must accompany children who are camping out. On Sunday morning we'll further honor our children with a special Children's Worship featuring a slide show of the entire year's events. This exciting weekend is brought to a close with the biggest all-church-family picnic of the year. We have plenty of food, family games, entertainment, and loads of fun. It's a not-to-be-missed event!
Parents, we haven't had much response in the last 5 years for our summer camp. I am taking a poll of those who may be interested in a one-week camp in July. Please contact Miss Megan if you would be interested in any of the weeks July 8 – 12; July 15 – 19; or July 22 – 26. I would greatly appreciate your response so that plans can be made. Camp days run from 8 AM until 5 PM in order to accommodate working parents.
Hey! Don't miss our fun winter day camp, Camp Chill Out held during the public school's winter vacation each year. It's a week long camp (8:00 a.m. – noon) featuring winter stories, winter activities indoors and out, winter-themed crafts, and more. Don't let your kids sit at home bored all winter vacation … send them to Camp Chill Out!
This is our annual one-day camp devoted to the meaning of Holy Week and assorted Easter celebrations and traditions. It's an activity day that becomes increasingly popular by the year. Give your kids the opportunity to learn the answers to such questions as: "If Jesus died on Good Friday, why is it called Good?" and "Why do we dye Easter eggs?" and "Where did the Easter Bunny come from?" Good Friday falls on April 19 this year.


Wow that is really unbelievable what Merkel said about Trump and the. Building of our wall. Meanwhile the UK has 25,000 Islamic terrorists in their country because of their open borders. They've had three attacks in the last month. When are they going to wake up and realize that they're open borders in this day and age is a dangerous. For her to be criticizing Donald Trump for wanting to build a wall to keep people out of our country we don't want. When she going to wake up and realize that she has an Islamic problem in her country. Everybody better start realizing this is a war against Islam because there is no thing as moderate Islam. When Christians are being beheaded and burned in the countries where Christianity was born then yes this is a religious War.


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Latest items syndicated in from The Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/) related to homelessness.
Homeless Californians Doubly At Risk As Wildfires And Pandemic Collide
Posted in Homelessness @ Huffington Post, Syndicated News
"Our homeless residents are breathing ash right now," one advocate said of the unhealthy air affecting unhoused people already at heightened risk for COVID-19.
How COVID-19 Exposes America's Housing Crisis
"Many are calling this the equivalent of 2008's foreclosure crisis, but at an exponential level." This is how the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated America's ongoing housing crisis.
Beauty2theStreetz Gives Makeovers And Hope To Homeless People On Skid Row
Shirley Raines' nonprofit does "more than something superficial," even during the coronavirus pandemic.
America's Homeless Crisis Is Inspiring New Acts Of Cruelty
Blasting loud music and pouring buckets of water are part of a broader trend to make it impossible for the homeless to exist.
Thousands Of Americans Live In Vehicles. Without Parking, They Have Nowhere To Go.
These homeless people are blocked from social services when there are few parking spaces to leave their cars without risking tickets.
LA Police Chief Seeks To Wipe Out Minor Arrest Warrants For Homeless
Michel Moore hopes the initiative will help to cut back the city's homeless population, which jumped by 16% over the past year.
Why America Can't Solve Homelessness
As the face of homelessness changes, politicians cling to limited policy ideas and quick fixes. By Michael Hobbes Huff Post,05/19/2019 08:00 am ET; Read Original Article here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/homeless-utah-end-america-salt-lake-city_n_5cd1cac0e4b04e275d511aba SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The lunch rush at St. Vincent de Paul Dining Hall is a snapshot of the changing character...
Trump Admin Rule Would Allow Homeless Shelters To Shut Out Transgender People
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An open-top tourist bus crashed into a bridge in the centre of Paris on Friday afternoon leaving four injured.
The open-top double-decker bus, which belonged to the company Big Bus Tours crashed in the tunnel underneath the Alexandre III bridge, leaving four injured, one of them seriously.
The bus that was carrying around 20 passengers, crashed into the bridge, a tourist hotspot due to its ornate structure and views over the Eiffel Tower and River Seine.
Images posted on Twitter showed damage to the top deck of the bus which appears to have been too high to pass through the tunnel.
It was not clear whether the injured passengers were on the top deck of the bus at the time of the crash.
Numerous emergency vehicles were stationed nearby and the road was closed off to traffic after the accident which occurred around 1pm and on a day when Paris was hosting a large-scale event on the Seine river to promote the city's 2024 Olympics bid, including a floating track.
The bus had deviated from the usual route around the capital to go under the tunnel, which is normally forbidden for vehicles higher than 2.7 metres, according to the Parisian newspaper.
A police source told AFP the bus had been diverted because of the Olympics event.
The Big Bus Tours company, which offers sightseeing trips around Paris on open-top buses, confirmed to AFP that one of its vehicles had been involved in the accident, without giving further details.


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Stock Market Today: Inflation Fears Wreck Tech Again
A jump in the yield on the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury note heightened inflation fears, and high-flying stocks in the technology sector once again paid the price.
by: Dan Burrows
Rising bond yields put heavy pressure on technology stocks Thursday, a day after the Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassed 33,000 for the first time in history thanks to dovish comments from the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
The see-saw trade is emblematic of a market trying to balance optimism about robust future economic growth and fears that rapid expansion could spark a profit-sapping wave of inflation.
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The proximate cause for Thursday's selloff was the yield on the benchmark Treasury note hitting a 14-month high. But the equity strategy team at Bank of America Global Research says the bond market's inflation fears are both predictable and overwrought.
"There is always some reason or the other since the start of this bull market to complain or worry about," the BofA analysts wrote in a note to clients. "That's why bull markets climb a wall of worry. The latest worry is rising bond yields and inflation. Interestingly, we have gone from all that skepticism about no V-shaped recovery straight to the opposite end -- inflation! All within a few months. Worriers are going to worry."
Priced-to-perfection big tech stocks once again bore the brunt of the selling, with Apple (AAPL, -3.4%) and Microsoft (MSFT, -2.7%) among the Dow's biggest laggards. Amazon.com (AMZN, -3.4%) and Google-parent Alphabet (GOOGL, -2.9%) likewise took their lumps.
The blue-chip Dow slipped 0.5% to finish at 32,862, while the broader S&P 500 fell 1.5% to 3,915. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite tumbled 3.0% to settle at 13,116.
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In economic news, weekly jobless claims rose to 770,000 from 725,000 a week ago.
Other action in the stock market today:
The small-cap benchmark Russell 2000 declined 2.9% to 2,267.
U.S. crude oil futures declined for a fifth consecutive session, off 8.2% to $59.28 per barrel.
Gold futures ticked up 0.4% to $1,734 an ounce.
The U.S. Dollar Index rose 0.5% to 91.86.
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Partly that's due to an overabundance of choices for how to profit in these pivotal times. For example, analysts have identified a load of stocks set to benefit from both an increase in revenue from stimulus spending and an influx of retail investors' stimulus checks. Stockpickers are also full of ideas for how to play the reflation trade, or names set to take off thanks to a healthy general rise in prices. And then there are all the ways in which to take advantage of changes in federal spending priorities, such as stocks primed to outperform on a massive infrastructure push.
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Catalogue 232: Magick & Witchcraft
This catalogue comprises a mixed group of old and recent books on Magick and Witchcraft, including a number of limited and deluxe editions of
modern small-press publications, several classic works, and a small
selection of works on witchcraft, several of which are quite uncommon.
218 [ The Temple of the Black Light ].
The Temple of the Black Light.
NP: T.O.T.B.L. [ The Temple of the Black Light ], ND. Hardcover. Quarto. 124pp, b&w illustrations. Glossy black boards illustrated in white and lettered in white on spine. From the publisher: "The Temple of the Black Light is an international temple dedicated to the Current 218 and it's anti-cosmic tradition.....	More
ADLER, Margot.
Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druid, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today.
New York: Penguin Compass, 1997. Revised and expanded edition. Softcover. Trade paperback. xvi + 584pp. B/w frontis & illustrations. Appendixes, notes and Index. A portable version of Adler's well known study of witches, druids, goddess-worshippers and other neo-pagans in late twentieth century America. Covers a little rubbed overall, lightly chafed.....	More
AGRIPPA, Henry Cornelius ( Translated by James Freake. Edited & annotated by Donald Tyson ).
Three Books of Occult Philosophy ( Llewellyn's Sourcebook Series ).
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1998. Fourth Printing, Deluxe binding. Hardcover. Small thick quarto. lxxii + 938pp + 10pp. ads. B/w illustrations. The softcover edition, privately rebound as a hardcover. Full black leather, with raised bands, elaborate gilt embellishments and gilt-stamped dark maroon leather title-label to spine, marbled endpapers. Index.....	More
ALM, Johan August - Signed (James Dunk and Timo Ketola, Illustrated by).
Tartaros. On the Orphic and Pythagorean Underworld, and the Pythagorean Pentagram.
Richmond Vista, CA: Three Hands Press, 2013. "Special" edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 264pp. Custom bound in sumptuous full grey leather with raised bands & black titling to spine, black Pythagorean symbol impressed on the front board, shimmering black endpapers, ribbon marker, eight b&w illustrations, including original artwork by James Dunk and.....	More
ANONYMOUS [ Reginald Scot ] Introduction by Christina Oakley Harrington.
Conjuration and an Excellent Discourse of the Nature and Substance of Devils and Spirits.
[ England ]: Society for Esoteric Endeavour / Treadwell's Books, 2006 / 2012. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 x 7 1/4 inches). xii + 100pp. + (viiipp. blanks). Bound in full brown leather with elaborate gilt titling and decorations. Marbled endpapers. Printed in red and black throughout, a few sigils.....	More
ANONYMOUS: "Solomon" Translated and edited by Ioannis Marathakis. Foreword by Stephen Skinner.
The Magical Treatise of Solomon or Hygromanteia. Also called the Apotelesmatike Pragmateia, Epistle to Rehoboam, Solomonike; Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic - Volume VIII
London & Singapore: Golden Hoard Press, 2011. Limited collector's edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 376pp. Quarter black leather with green leather boards, 57 colour and b&w illustrations, 23 tables, bibliography and index. Printed endpapers. This leather bound edition limited to 150 hand-numbered copies. A volume in the popular "Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic".....	More
BACON, Roger; Edited & Translated by Michael-Albion MacDonald.
De Nigromancia [attributed to] Roger Bacon. Sloan MS. 3885 & Additional MS. 36674. [ De Nigromancia of Roger Bacon ].
Gillette, NJ: Heptangle Books, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (viii) + 100 pp. Original black cloth, with printed paper label to spine. Illustrations. Title page in red and black, initials printed in red, blue and black throughout. Attractive letterpress edition. De Nigromancia, or, Concerning the Black Art, is the translation.....	More
BERTIAUX, Michael.
Ontological Graffiti.
London: Fulgur Ltd., 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick quarto. 476pp. Shimmering deep red cloth with metallic blue illustration to upper cover lettering to spine. Printed on thick art paper in colour and b&w, custom endpapers, appendix. From the publisher: "Ontological Graffiti is Michael Bertiaux's magnum opus. More than 40 years.....	More
BOEFT, J. Den (Edited by W. J. Verdenius and J. H. Waszink).
Calcidius on Demons (Commentarius Ch. 127-136); Philosophia Antiqua. A Series of Monographs on Ancient Philosophy. Volume XXXIII
Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1977. First edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 70pp. Original pale green wrappers, with black lettering to spine and upper cover, index. From the introduction: "A detailed discussion of ch. 127-136 of Calcidius' Commentarius which chapters are devoted to a systematical review of demons, their nature, position.....	More
BONEWITS, Philip Emmons Isaac.
Real Magic: An Introductory Treatise on the Basic Principles of Yellow Magic.
New York NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1971. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xx + 236pp. Two toned cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Glossary, bibliography, reading list. B/w illustrations. The author received 'the world's first Bachelor of Arts degree in Magic and Thaumaturgy' and proudly displayed his Bachelor.....	More
BUTLER, W. E. [ Walter Ernest Butler ].
Apprenticed to Magic.
Wellingborough, England: Aquarian Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 106pp. Cream cloth with gilt lettering to spine, b&w frontis. A serious study of the magical path by Walter Ernest Butler (1898-1978), who studied with Dion Fortune and was active in her Fraternity of the Inner Light for nearly.....	More
The Magician, His Training and Work.
London: The Aquarian Press, 1963. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 176pp. Cream cloth gilt title etc to spine, b&w illustrations, appendix and bibliography. A serious guide for the aspiring magician, that includes exercises in concentration, visualization, ritual, and use of magical instruments - along with accompanying illustrations. The author, Walter Ernest.....	More
CABOT, Laurie with Tom Cowan.
Love Magic. The Way to Love through Rituals, Spells, and the Magical Life [ Uncorrected "Proof Copy" ].
New York, NY: Delta [ Dell Publishing ], 1992. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Softcover. Octavo. xvi + 270pp. Red card covers with black titling to spine and upper cover. Uncorrected "Proof" copy of the 1992 (first) edition of this work by Laurie Cabot (b. 1933) American Witchcraft high priestess, who wrote.....	More
CARROLL, Peter J. and Matt Kaybryn (Signed).
Epoch. The Esotericon & Portals of Chaos [ Book and Deck ].
Bristol, UK: Arcanorium College, Spring Equinox 2014. First Edition. Hardbound Book & Altar Icon Card Deck. Landscape quarto and deck of 55 cards. 212pp. Illustrated paper covered boards. This copy one of the first hundred which were SIGNED by the author on the copyright page and includes a bookmark signed.....	More
CECCHETELLI, Michael .
Chasing the Dragon: The Magick of Le Veritable Dragon Noir; A Guide to the Underworld
London: Hadean Press, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 12pp. White stapled wrappers lettered in black and illustrated, b&w & colour illustrations. From the publisher: "Following the release of his work, Crossed Keys, wherein he presented translations of two classical yet under-appreciated Grimoires as well as portions of his own Magickal.....	More
CECCHETELLI, Michael, Edited by Derik Richards.
The Book of Abrasax. A Grimoire of the Hidden Gods.
NP (South Carolina): Nephilim Press, 2012. First Edition, Deluxe leather. Hardcover. Octavo. [x] + 142pp. Full maroon leather with gilt lettering to spine and gilt device on upper board, ribbon page marker. Smyth sewn. The deluxe edition limited to 200 hand numbered copies. Michael Cecchetelli, the author of Scarlet Imprint's.....	More
CHASSAN, Frater Ashen.
Gateways through Stone and Circle.
NP [ South Carolina ]: Nephilim Press, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 156pp. Blue cloth with silver zodiac design to upper board, and silver titling to spine, blue endpapers. Smyth sewn, b&w sigils and illustrations, bibliography. A hand-numbered, limited edition (the limitation is not stated, but it is.....	More
CHRISTNER, Jeremy - Signed .
Lanterns, or Lanterns of Wisdom from the Firmament: Ophitic Scripture Prayers and Meditations as recorded by Jeremy Christner in his capacity as a viable Magister of Lucifer's Word as ordained by Temple Ophis.
NP: O.S.K. / Lux Ferous, ND [ copyright 2009 ]. Second Proselyte Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. Not paginated [ approx. 90pp ] Black wrappers with Ouroboros illustration on front cover, b&w illustrations. Second Proselyte Edition. This copy inscribed "Ave Sophia" and signed by the author [as "Xner"] on inside front.....	More
CHUMBLEY, Andrew D. (Alogos Dhu 'l-qarnen) .
Qutub, also called The Point.
Chelmsford, UK: Fulgur Ltd. for Xoanon, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 80pp. Deep blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt "point" to upper board. Illustrated. Commentary, glossary, bibliography. The work is described as "Drawing upon the Yatukih Sorcery of Ancient Persia, the Yezidic cult of Shaitan & the.....	More
CHUMBLEY, Andrew D.
The Leaper Between. A Historical Study of the Toad-Bone Amulet; its Forms, Functions and Praxis in Popular Magic.
Richmond Vista, CA: Three Hands Press, 2012. First Edition. Boards. Hardcover. Small octavo. 66pp. Illustrated title page, bibliography. Shimmering brown cloth with elaborate gilt sigil on upper board, textured endpapers. First edition, limited to 231 hand numbered copies. "Chumbley traces the metamorphosis of the toad-bone amulet from its beginning as.....	More
CHUMBLEY, Andrew D. ( Sigilized ).
The Azoëtia. A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft.
Chelmsford, UK: Xoanon, 1992. (First Edition - Limited, Signed). Softcover. Octavo (9" x 6"). 362pp. Original printed paper wrappers. Numerous black and white plates and diagrams, glossary. The true first edition of the late Andrew Chumbley's "The Azoetia," limited to 300 numbered copies. There is also a very small HAND.....	More
COLEMAN, Martin.
Communing With The Spirits. The Magical Practice of Necromancy Simply and Lucidly Explained, With Full Instructions for the Practice.
York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser Inc., 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 228pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, blind rules to front cover, index. From the dust jacket: "Many cultures have great affinity with the spirits of departed relatives. While Westerners are no longer familiar with.....	More
COLQUHOUN, Ithell [ S. L. MacGregor Mathers ].
Sword of Wisdom: MacGregor Mathers and the Golden Dawn.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 308pp. Purple cloth with silver titling to spine; Index. b&w illustrations and frontis. The First American edition of the biographical study of MacGregor Mathers and his involvement with Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Cloth lightly faded in places.....	More
CONNOLLY, S.
The Infernal Colopatiron. A Manual of Daemonic Theophany.
Arvada, CO: Official Melissa Press / Darkerwood Publishing Group, 2012. First Edition, Limited. Hardcover. Octavo. vi +118pp (iv). Textured black faux leather with copper lettering to spine & copper sigil of Ocat, the "abyssal gatekeeper of the dead", on upper board. Sigils and illustrations. Bibliography. Edition limited to 220 hand-numbered.....	More
CROWTHER, Patricia & Arnold ( Special Chapter by J. Insall-Mason ).
The Witches Speak.
Isle of Mann: Athol Press, 1965. First Edition. Softcover. Small format paperback. 152 pp. Illustrated covers, b&w illustrations. The scarce first book by the "Queen of the Sabbat and the Highpriest of the Sheffield Coven of Witches" Patricia Crowther (b. 1927) and her then-husband Arnold Crowther (1909-1974). Patricia Crowther was.....	More


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