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Vandals Members of the LDS Saco Ward/Mormon Church Do $50,000 in Damage to The Goldeneagle

I am getting sick an tired of dealing with increasingly psychotic and childish people. The vandals have struck once again - but this time, they got caught in the act and I know WHO they are. There are two vandals, a man and a woman - husband and wife, from the Saco ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Maine.  I arrived home tonight to find them IN my car. In my locked car, which they had removed the door of to get into. They broke the lock off the back passenger side door. They removed both the front and back seats from my car. They slashed the seats of my car and ripped out the stuffing. They slashed the headliner of my car and pulled it off. They took the arm rests off the insides of the doors. This car - being a 1964 Dodge 330 worth approx $50,000 has just received nearly it's value in damage at the hands of 2 "good Christians".  I will be posting pictures of the damage tomorrow - both here and in a new chapter of For Fear of Li

How old was Frédéric Chopin when he published his first composition?

Spotlight Today in History Today's Birthdays Word of the Day March 01, 2010 Frédéric Chopin How old was Frédéric Chopin when he published his first composition? Frédéric Chopin published his first musical piece at age seven. A year later he was already performing in Warsaw salons. By the time he died at the age of 39, Chopin had written some 60 mazurkas , 27 études , 26 preludes, 21 nocturnes , 20 waltzes, 16 polonaises , 4 ballades, 4 scherzos , and 3 sonatas, all for solo piano, plus an additional six pieces for piano and orchestra, including two full piano concertos . Though his baptismal certificate listed his birthday as February 22, 1810, Chopin always claimed he was born on March 1. Today, the world celebrates Chopin's bicentennial with concerts, lectures and radio broadcasts of his music. Born in Poland, Chopin always remained devoted to his homeland, even though he lived the last half of his life in France. He instructed that his heart be buri