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I've created an upload script which also creates a thumbnail which works fine, but I've now encountered a problem. When I upload some images the exif orientation data automatically rotates the image on my website.
I've tried searching online on how to check for the data and rotate it back if there is any but I can't understand what I'm meant to do.
Here is my code so far:
[code=php]if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$allowedExts = array("jpg", "jpeg", "gif", "png", "JPG", "GIF");
$extension = end(explode(".", strtolower($_FILES["file"]["name"])));
if ((($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/gif")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/jpeg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/png")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/pjpeg"))
&& in_array($extension, $allowedExts)) {
if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0) {
echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "
";
} else {
$random_numer = rand(10000000, 99999999);
$newname1 = $random_numer . $_FILES["file"]["name"];
$scramble = md5($newname1);
$extension = end(explode(".", $_FILES["file"]["name"]));
$final_name = $scramble . "." . $extension;
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"], "../img/gallery/" . $final_name);
$stmt = $conn->prepare('INSERT INTO gallery (image) VALUES (:image)');
$stmt->bindParam(':image', $final_name);
if ($stmt->rowCount() > 0) {
echo "
The Image has been added!
Please click here to refresh
";
} else {
echo "
The Image was not added, there was an error.
";
} else {
echo "Invalid file";
I've tried to create functions that rotate the image if the exif data it present but I can't seem to get anything to work. Can someone please show me how to do it!?


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Skype 3.0 beta is go
What's that coming over the hill? It's a Ballmer
Skype released the beta of the third iteration of its VoIP software today, as Microsoft turns its roving eye towards the free net call market.
The biggest innovation in Skype 3.0 is click-to-call, which eBay will be hoping will justify the $2.6bn it splurged on Skype. With the help of Google it means a single click on an ad will dial a sales monkey at the vendor.
Also new is the Skypecast™, which are basically moderated conference calls for up to 100 users. Elsewhere there's improvements to the interface and, er, new wallpapers.
Meanwhile, at a Microsoft conference in Tokyo on Monday, Steve Ballmer will have put the Redmond willies up the VoIP industry with his chilling statement that Microsoft "are going to enter the voice over IP market the beginning of next year".
Ballmer gave scant details, but the plan is to tie-up VoIP, IM, and email into one communications package. Microsoft already offers VoIP through Live Messenger, but sticking it in Outlook would make internet telephony much more visible to VoIP virgins. ®
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Bahrain MPs vote to ban pork
Manama, May 22, 2013
Bahrain's MPs have voted to ban pork as part of new amendments to the law, some of which have Islamist overtones, according to a report.
They approved amendments to the Penal Code that include criminalising the sale, import, export, production and possession of all pork products yesterday, said the report published in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister newspaper.
They also include tougher penalties for gambling, being drunk in public and sodomy - the last of which could attract a jail term of up to five years.
Anyone who defied the pork ban would face up to two months in jail or a fine of up to BD300 ($791), or both.
However, the amendments will now go to the Shura Council for review after the summer recess - meaning pork is still legal in Bahrain.
Under the amendment proposed by MPs, only products containing pork authorised for medical use would be excluded from the ban.
Of the 29 MPs present, 24 voted in favour of the amendments, none voted against them and five abstained.
The vote was passed despite opposition to the pork ban, with a Bahraini banker previously telling the GDN that he feared it was the first step towards "full Islamisation".
Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) food and agriculture committee chairman Ebrahim Al Daisi, who is also against pork ban, earlier accused MPs of trying to force their will on the public, if they approved the measure.
Other amendments
Other amendments to the Penal Code approved yesterday include three-month jail sentences or fines of up to BD300, or both, for anyone caught gambling.
If the offence was repeated within 12 months, the sentence would be up to a year in jail or a fine of BD500, or both.
Offering gambling would be punished with up to six months in jail or a fine of up to BD500, or both, and if repeated within 12 months the sentence would be no less than a year in jail or a fine of no less than BD1,000, or both.
The outlet used for gambling would be closed and all equipment and money confiscated, although it could be reopened based on assurances that it would stick to its Commercial Registration.
Meanwhile, anyone found supplying those under 18 with alcohol would face up to a year in jail or a fine of no less than BD500, or both.
Those found drunk in public places or cause disruption while drunk would be sentenced to up to three months in jail or fined up to BD300, or both.
If the offence is repeated, the punishment would be no less than three months or a fine of between BD200 and BD1,000, or both.
Prostitution, sodomy and adultery could be punished with up to five years in jail for those aged over 21.
Meanwhile, those who publicly say, shout or speak profanity or send messages or broadcasts through any means could be jailed for up to two years or fined up to BD200, or both.
Rape would carry a sentence of no less than seven years in jail and if the victim is aged below 16, the jail term could be no less than 10 years.Consensual sex with someone below the age of 16 will also be considered rape.
Those who encouraged prostitution would be jailed for up to a year, and if the person encouraged was under 18, the sentence would be no less than five years in jail. Encouraging prostitution in public places could carry up to two years in jail or a fine not exceeding BD1,000, or both. – TradeArabia News Service


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CHAPEL HILL – Orange County is one of the wealthiest counties in the state—but when affluence is prevalent in an area, poverty and those affected by it can be pushed aside.
Jamie Rohe is the Homeless Program Coordinator for the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness.
"The housing situation has gotten worse because of the recession, and also because of a lack of funding from the state and federal level. A lot of public housing has been privatized over the years. We've hundreds of thousands of public housing over the last several decades," Rohe said.
Rohe joined other panelists on the Inconvenient Truths discussion for WCHL's community Forum.
She says there have been enormous cuts in federal funding for affordable housing. Between 1978 and 1983, the Department of Housing and Urban Development experienced a 70 percent drop in their budget.
Orange County commissioner Mark Dorosin the state has a wealth classification system for its counties, made up by three tiers. He says there's certain funding that counties have access to if it's a Tier One or Tier Two. Orange County is Tier Three—the wealthiest classification.
"So in some ways if you're a low-wealth person, you have better access to getting resources if you're not in a wealthy county. That is the disparities make it harder to access resources," Dorosin said.
He says periodically, the community is confronted with the wealth disparity. He cited the challenges in provided services and reparations to the Roger Road Community, and Carrboro's recent history with an anti-lingering ordinance that he says has a discriminatory impact on Latinos.
Dorosin believes Carrboro town leaders missed an opportunity when the housing complex Collins Crossing—which was predominately low-income housing at that time— was for sale. He says it could have been purchased and kept those units as an option for low-income families.
"The challenge is how to have that reality to match the rhetoric," Dorosin said.
Earlier this year, Governor Pat McCrory and the state legislature voted against the Affordable Care Act expansion of Medicaid. Jill Edens, Pastor of the United Church of Chapel Hill, says this also negatively affected low-income families.
"This is just devastating when we don't have this funding for health care overall and when the state is rejecting that expansion, as churches and with the IFC and with all our partnerships, we're looking at an ocean of need," Edens said.
Other Issues Addressed
Fran DiGiano, President of Clean Jordan Lake, also addressed his concern over the lake which provides water for 250,000 people and possible more in the future.
"Cause we're all interconnected by way of what we call watersheds and the ones I'm concerned about are the ones that feed into Jordan Lake," said DiGiano.
DiGiano says it'll take time to correct what he calls "a 30-year legacy of trash." He wants a community-wide effort to clean up the liter and invited volunteers.
Pilar Rocha-Goldberg, President of El Centro Hispano, additionally said she hopes to bridge relationships to help Hispanics integrate into the community.
"It's telling people, 'We are here and you need to acknowledge that.' We made a decision and now we are living here. This is our town, our county and our country," Rocha-Goldberg said.


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Even though they say they're bunkered down and not paying attention to the outside world, it's bound to creep under their skin at some point before kickoff Saturday night.
According to ESPN radio host and Vegas insider RJ Bell, the seventh-ranked Miami Hurricanes (7-0, 3-0 ACC) are the biggest underdog in history when it comes to two undefeated teams meeting this late in the season. Third-ranked FSU opened as a 21-point favorite this week and at last check was favored to beat UM by 22 points.
According to Bell, there have been only two other instances of a double digit favorite when two undefeated Top 10 teams play this late in the season:
> Texas favored by 12 hosting Oklahoma State (Oct. 25, 2008)
> Miami favored by 11 vs. Ohio State (2002 BCS Title Game)
The database goes all the way back to 1980 according to Bell.
Texas beat Oklahoma State 28-24 and you all remember what happened between UM and Ohio State in 2002. If you don't, ask Terry Porter.
Canes running back Duke Johnson was asked Monday if this game was an opportunity for Miami to make a statement to the nation.
"When it comes to that, it's out of our control," Johnson said. "Whether an underdog by how many points, the only thing we can do is go out and play the game the way coaches want us to play it and everything else will take care of itself."
Is UM not getting enough respect?
"It doesn't matter whether someone respects us or not," Johnson said. "We don't care. We're here to play football and do it the way we're being taught to."


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Teratec Forum 2012
27-28 June 2012 at the Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau - France
The Scilab Consortium attends for the fourth consecutive year the Teratec Forum, international meeting for High performance Numerical Design and Simulation. The Forum is held this year under the general theme "Design by Simulation".
Meet us on June 27th on our booth and/or on June 28th during our annual Users Day, the ScilabTEC, organized within the forum.
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MESA, Ariz. – Matt Garza will start the season on the disabled list because of an injured muscle in his side that is preventing the right-hander from throwing, and Jeff Samardzija will be the opening-day starter for the Chicago Cubs.
Garza's batting-practice session was cut short Feb. 17 because of the injured latissimus dorsi muscle. He rested 10 days and was in the second day of a throwing program on flat ground when he felt more tightness Saturday. He won't throw for the next week.
"I don't sit back and let things happen, I make them happen and keep pushing and going," Garza said Sunday.
"Now we know it is just time. The recovery rate I was on, everything felt great. It's the body's way of saying it is going to take a little more time. It's not a setback, more like I've come to the realization you can't out-mind your body."
Cubs manager Dale Sveum said Garza will get two spring-training starts at most and will miss the first two weeks to a month of the season.
Samardzija will start at Pittsburgh on April 1. He was 9-13 with a 3.81 ERA last season, when he had a 2.39 ERA in his last seven starts.
"He is a guy the players rally around because of his bulldog mentality when he is one the mound," Sveum said. "It is a very obvious choice really."
Samardzija will be joined in the rotation by Travis Wood, Carlos Villanueva, Edwin Jackson and Scott Feldman.
"I went through some humbling baseball experience in '09 and '10. It put a lot of things in perspective," Samardzija said. "I'm excited. The best thing as an athlete is to see all your hard work lead to positive gains from it. You get some taste of success and you want to keep that rolling. That's where I am right now."
Cubs (ss) 4, Angels 2: At Tempe, Ariz., Joe Blanton allowed a first-inning solo homer to Brian Bogusevic in his first game in a Los Angeles Angels' uniform, a loss to a Cubs' split squad Sunday.
Blanton, who agreed to a $15 million, two-year deal with the Angels during the offseason, allowed just the one hit in two innings, struck out two and walked none. Blanton was 10-13 with a 4.71 ERA for Philadelphia and the Los Angeles Dodgers last year.
Nick Struck, the Cubs' minor league pitcher of the year, made his second exhibition appearance and gave up two hits in three scoreless innings.
Brewers 4, Cubs (ss) 3: At Mesa, Ariz., Carlos Gomez homered and Taylor Green had two hits to help Milwaukee beat a Cubs split squad.
Gomez and Green backed an impressive outing by Brewers right-hander Marco Estrada before he left to join Team Mexico for the World Baseball Classic. Estrada pitched four scoreless innings. He allowed one hit, walked two and struck out three.
Green singled home the second run of a two-run rally in the first inning against Cubs starter Edwin Jackson. Gomez's homer leading off the third came against reliever Drew Carpenter.


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Should dying patients get risky drugs?
Rachid Menfi: "Yes, in that case, the medicine can be more helpful than harmful."
Ms. Brown: "It depends on the condition of the patient and whether they're in the right state of mind to decide if they want to take the drugs."
Bill Miller: "Yes."


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I remember stories of MLB juicing balls in the past (1977?). With the drop in hitting, it makes you wonder if only the players have stopped the juice. Japan has done the opposite and juiced its balls this season.
But no matter how many balls Coco sends into the seats, his performance may come under a degree of scrutiny.
In June, commissioner Ryozo Kato admitted that a more lively ball was covertly put into play at the start of the year in an effort to induce more home runs, which had dropped off after a uniform ball was introduced after the 2010 season to better match that used in international play.
It worked. With a month remaining in the season, teams have thus far collectively slugged more than 1,050 home runs, a figure that already exceeds the total from last year (881) and the year before (939).
But those concerned that the ball is unfairly juiced will need to consider that this years pace still lags that of the season before the change, when batters hit a total of 1,605 home runs.


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Encouraged by News Pending's second-place finish behind Union Rags in last Sunday's $400,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (G2), trainer Dale Romans will go shopping for a prep that will offer the son of Harlan's Holiday the best chance of getting into the 20-horse field for the Kentucky Derby (G1).
"We'll just nominate him to everything out there. The next race will be important to pick up a big chunk of change," said Romans, whose 3-year-old colt, who pressed the pace set by favored Discreet Dancer and finished second, four lengths behind Union Rags and 2 ¼ lengths clear of the pacesetter. "It's early. We'll see what things look like, but the Florida Derby is definitely possible."
News Pending has already won at the Florida Derby's distance of 1 1/8 miles, although that late-closing victory came over the Gulfstream turf course on Dec. 22. He followed up that maiden victory with a runner-up finish in an entry-level allowance on turf on Feb. 5. The Kentucky-bred colt had previously been nosed out of a maiden win over Belmont's main track last October.
"We've always been high on him. The farther he goes the better. With a horse like him it takes longer to get him 100-percent fit," Romans said.
Romans' other Kentucky Derby hopeful, Dullahan, is being pointed to the $150,000 Palm Beach Stakes (G3) on turf on March 11. Dullahan, who captured the Breeders' Futurity (G1) over Keeneland's synthetic track, finished fourth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) on Churchill Downs' main track.
'Currency' Gets Change in Plans for 2012 Debut
Although trainer Terri Pompay has nominated Currency Swap for the $150,000 Swale (G3) at Gulfstream Park on March 31, she doesn't expect the son of High Cotton to be ready to make his 2012 debut on the Florida Derby undercard.
"I think he's going to be a work or two short for the Swale," Pompay said. "It would have been nice to have had more time to get him ready but the time he needed on the farm has done him well."
Currency Swap, who was victorious in his debut at Saratoga on Aug. 6, hasn't raced since capturing the Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga on Sept. 5 in his second start. A small chip was discovered in his left front ankle while preparing for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and was surgically removed. After rehabbing at Nick de Meric's farm in Ocala, Currency Swap joined his trainer at Gulfstream in mid-January.
"He's coming along. He's doing what he's supposed to be doing. He's only had one five-eighths work, and this week he's going to have a five-eighths with company for the first time," Pompay said. "It's just the process of getting him fit. He's a heavy, muscular horse. It's not like he's dragging his feet."
Pompay is hoping to get an allowance race at Gulfstream for Currency Swap's first start back before looking for a major Kentucky Derby prep.
"The Derby is a possibility. I'll need to get two races before then," she said. "If he doesn't make it, there's always the Preakness (G1)."
Meanwhile, Currency Swap's stablemate Zero Rate Policy is being freshened after competing in three stakes in succession: a victory in the Sunshine State, a nose loss to A Priority in the Mr. Prospector (G3) and a fourth in the Florida Sunshine Million Sprint.
"I'm looking at the Sir Shackleton (March 31) before we head north," Pompay said. "He runs good fresh."
Inspired Back Home for Start in Ladies Turf Sprint
Peter Blum Thoroughbreds Kentucky homebred mare Inspired was on the road for her last start, posting a wire-to-wire victory Jan. 21 in the $75,000 Pan Zareta Stakes going five furlongs on turf at Fair Grounds. The 5-year-old will get to stay home at Gulfstream Park when she runs in Sunday's $60,000 Ladies Turf Sprint going the same five-furlong trip over the local course.
Inspired is a chestnut daughter of Unbridled's Song with four wins in 14 starts, including a close-up fourth-place finish behind Holiday for Kitten in a five-furlong turf allowance here on Dec. 24 when beaten two lengths for it all after setting the pace to the upper stretch. She won the $100,000 Jenny Wade Handicap sprinting on turf at Penn National in late July.
"She'll go turf or dirt. She's won on the main track. We've had better luck out of town than here, but that can turn around," said trainer Allen Iwinski, who has only one winner but four seconds and some rough trips on others that ran well. "We've got some well-bred, nice young horses coming up for Mr. Blum, so there is a lot to look forward to."
. Iwinski also campaigns a small division in the mid-Atlantic based at Parx Racing in Philadelphia and shipped Blum's 6-year-old Kentucky homebred mare Magical Feeling from there to Laurel Park on Feb. 18, posting a 27-to-1 upset in the $200,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap (G2). The daughter of Empire Maker has won 11 of 19 career starts and more than $400,000.


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What is a Bone Density Study?
Every day, physicians use radiography, or x-rays, to view and evaluate bone fractures and other injuries of the musculoskeletal system. However, a plain x-ray test is not the best way to assess bone density. A Bone Mineral Density test is the only way to diagnose osteoporosis and determine your risk for a future fracture. Since osteoporosis can develop undetected for decades until a fracture occurs, early diagnosis is important. There are several different machines that measure bone density with DEXA and QCT (Quantitative Computed Tomography) being the most accurate. DEXA is more widespread because it is a stand-alone machine which can be purchased by any physician and set up in an exam room in his/her office. QCT is a three-dimensional method obtained on a CT scanner. Both DEXA and QCT are good exams, but based on recent data, QCT is more accurate at determining true bone density of the spine and hip. QCT is a three-dimensional method that can target the trabecular bone (the first to show changes of bone loss) and measure it separate from the surrounding cortical bone, degenerative/arthritic changes, bone spurs and aortic calcifications. QCT is also superb at monitoring the response to therapy, demonstrating changes months to years before other methods. At Methodist Diagnostic Center, we perform the QCT, because we understand that it is considered to be the "gold-standard" in testing.
What are some common uses of the procedure?
CT Bone Density testing is used most often to diagnose osteoporosis, a condition that often affects women after menopause, but may also be found in men. Osteoporosis involves a gradual loss of calcium, causing the bones to become thinner, more fragile, and more likely to break. The CT Bone Density test can also assess your risk for developing fractures. If your bone density is found to be low, you and your physician can work together on a treatment plan to help prevent fractures before they occur. CT Bone Density testing is also effective in tracking the effects of treatment for osteoporosis or for other conditions that cause bone loss. CT Bone Density testing is strongly recommended if you:
- are a post-menopausal woman and not taking estrogen.
- have a personal or maternal history of hip fracture or smoking.
- are a post-menopausal woman who is tall (over 5 feet 7 inches) or thin (less than 125 pounds).
- are a man with clinical conditions associated with bone loss.
use medications that are known to cause bone loss, including corticosteroids such as Prednisone, various anti-seizure medications such as Dilantin and certain barbiturates, or high-dose thyroid replacement drugs.
- have type 1 (formerly called juvenile or insulin-dependent) diabetes, liver disease, kidney disease, or a family history of osteoporosis.
- have high bone turnover, which shows up in the form of excessive collagen in urine samples.
- have a thyroid condition, such as hyperthyroidism.
- have experienced a fracture after only mild trauma.
- have had x-ray evidence of vertebral fracture or other signs of osteoporosis.
How should I prepare for the procedure?
- On the day of the exam, eat normally.
- Do not take over-the-counter or prescription medication such as calcium, multivitamins or Tums for 48 hours.
- If you currently Fosamax, Actonel or Miacalcin these medications will need to be discontinued within 7 days of the test.
- The bone density study should not be scheduled within 7 days of the following:
- Barium enema
- Barium swallow
- Upper GI series
- CT scan with contrast
- Any nuclear medicine study
- Angiogram/heart catheterization
- MRI with contrast
- Wear loose, comfortable clothing, avoiding garments that have zippers, belts, or buttons made of metal.
- Women should always inform their physician or x-ray technologist if there is a possibility they are pregnant.
What does the equipment look like?
The CT scanner is a large, square machine with a hole in the center, something like a doughnut. The patient lies still on a table that can move up or down, and slide into and out from the center of the hole. Within the machine, an x-ray tube on a rotating gantry moves around the patient's body to produce the images, making clicking and whirring noises as the table moves. Though the technologist will be able to see and speak to you, you will be alone in the room during the CT scan.
How is the procedure performed?
The technologist begins by positioning the patient on the CT table. The patient's body may be supported by pillows to help hold it still and in the proper position during the scan. As the study proceeds, the table will move slowly into the CT scanner "doughnut." Depending on the area of the body being examined, the increments of movement may be so small that they are almost undetectable, or large enough that the patient feels the sensation of motion. A CT examination usually takes from five minutes to half an hour. When the exam is over, the patient may be asked to wait until the images are examined to determine if more images are needed.
What will I experience during the procedure?
CT Bone Density testing is a simple, non-invasive procedure. CT scanning causes no pain, and with spiral CT, the need to lie still for any length of time is reduced. No anesthesia is required and radiation exposure is minimal.
Who interprets the results and how do I get them?
The results of a CT Bone Density test are interpreted by our radiologist, who is a physician specially trained to diagnose conditions and diseases by obtaining and interpreting medical images. Our radiologist will send an interpretation of your results and a signed report to your primary care physician, who will work with you to develop a treatment plan.
Usually available within a few days, your test results will be in the form of a T score. This number shows the amount of bone you have compared to a young adult of the same gender with peak bone mass. A score above -1 is considered normal. A score between -1 and -2.5 is classified as osteopenia, the first stage of bone loss. A score below -2.5 is defined as osteoporosis. It is used to estimate your risk of developing a fracture.
What are the benefits of Bone Density Scans?
CT Bone Density testing is the most accurate method available for the diagnosis of osteoporosis. It is also considered an accurate estimator of fracture risk. It will not tell whether you will or will not have a fracture, but gives relative risk of suffering a fracture, just as cholesterol and blood pressure help determine risk for heart disease. A low reading should not cause you to be anxious, but may help you set healthy goals. As with other diseases and conditions, early detection is the key to prevention of further bone loss and eventual fractures.
What are the limitations of CT Bone Densitometry?
CT Bone Density tests cannot predict who will experience a fracture, but can provide indications of relative risk. Osteoporosis is not part of normal aging, although many people continue to believe this is true. With the information obtained from a CT Bone Density test, you and your doctor can decide what prevention or treatment steps are right for you.


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All requirements listed in the General Information section of the University Bulletin apply. In addition, a student majoring in a program in the College of Engineering must have at least a 2.0 grade point average in courses bearing the specific rubric of the major program (e.g., computer science, civil engineering, etc.) when computed on all attempts for which a final grade was received (excluding 'W plus' grades).
In order to graduate from a baccalaureate program in the College of Engineering, a student must complete 27 of the last 36 hours in the curriculum while enrolled in the College of Engineering.


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The Malaysian military launched a fierce assault yesterday on up to 300 Philippine intruders locked in a three-week deadly standoff that has become the country's biggest security crisis in years, as their leader vowed they would fight to the death.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said he had no choice but to unleash the military to try to end an incursion that had already killed 27 people and began when militants invaded to claim Malaysian territory for a past Philippine sultanate.
However, Malaysian National Police Chief Ismail Omar said more than nine hours after the attack began that "mopping up" operations had yet to find any dead militants, and expressed fears that at least some might have slipped away.
A day after the Philippines called for restraint, Malaysia launched the assault with fighter jets bombing the standoff village of Tanduo in Sabah State on the northern tip of Borneo island, followed by a ground assault by troops.
"The longer this invasion lasts, it is clear to the authorities that the invaders do not intend to leave Sabah," Najib said, adding that negotiations with the estimated 100 to 300 intruders had gone nowhere. "The government must take action to safeguard the dignity and sovereignty of the country as required by the people."
Followers of Jamalul Kiram III, the heir to the Sulu sultanate, have said they were ready to die for the cause and warned more militants were poised to land in Sabah.
"The crown prince, the royal security forces, and the many patriots who landed [in Sabah] voluntarily will fight to the last man protecting their ideals and aspirations," Kiram said yesterday in Manila.
The group's willingness to die over a long-dormant territorial dispute has shocked Malaysia. They has been holed up in the village since landing by boat last month in an incursion that highlighted lax Malaysian security and the continuing threat from Islamists in the lawless south of the Philippines.
At least two fighter jets were spotted roaring overhead early yesterday, followed by the thud of loud explosions, a Malaysian reporter about 20km away from the clash told media by phone.
"There was a series of explosions in Tanduo. Intense bombing lasted for about half an hour," followed by sporadic blasts, he said.
Amid the assault, a reporter at a roadblock 30km from Tanduo saw Malaysian military transport helicopters flying toward the village, as three military trucks with dozens of soldiers and several ambulances also sped toward the scene.
Ismail said he had no firm figure on militant casualties, addinh that Malaysian forces had suffered no casualties.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III's spokesman blamed the intruders — followers of 74-year-old Manila-based Islamic leader Jamalul Kiram III — for the assault.
"We've done everything we could to prevent this, but in the end, Kiram's people chose this path," Aquino spokesman Ricky Carandang said.
After a lengthy standoff, violence erupted in Tanduo on Friday with a shootout that left 12 of the gunmen and two police officers dead.
Another gun battle Saturday in the town of Semporna, hours away by road, left six police and six gunmen dead, raising fears of a wider guerrilla infiltration.
The drama may not end at Tanduo, which is set amid vast oil palm plantations.
Police at the weekend said they were hunting for a group of "foreign" gunmen in another town, but have provided no further updates.
Based in the Philippines' Sulu Islands, the sultanate once controlled parts of Borneo, including Sabah. Its power faded about a century ago, but its heirs have continued to insist on ownership of resource-rich Sabah and still receive nominal Malaysian payments under a leasing deal originally struck by Western colonial powers.


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Ohio rolls out 'AweSim' supercomputing initiative
- Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio officials rolled out a new super-computing initiative this week in Denver aimed at small and mid-sized manufacturers.
The Ohio Supercomputer Center introduced the program, named AweSim, during the SC13 conference, an international showcase related to high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis.
The center says AweSim will provide the benefits of computer modeling and simulation-design to the targeted manufacturing companies through easy-to-use apps.
The $6.4 million public-private initiative is funded through Ohio's Third Frontier Commission as well as investments by Procter & Gamble, Intel, AltaSim Technologies, TotalSim USA, Kinetic Vision and Nimbus Services.
Backers used the conference to identify potential new collaborators in the project.


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|2007-09-23, 14:47
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The ending.... I really have to agree with Darknemo on this... the plots way too bad... That is, if you go past the emotional point, and look at the plot, it's not great at all.... It's too rushed, he pwns a hundred of soldiers, then gets pwned almost dies and all of a sudden an elf saves him, goes back to see her agin, all in 24 minutes? I really have to agree with Darknemo that they should have at least made it 2 episodes for this kind of plot ending, it was just skimming the surface. Only reason I gave it a 10 was because it was just hilarious and I fell for the emotional part, but other than that, the plot for the ending was just like skimming the water surface, way too rushed.
EDIT: Based on the ending, I am very confident that there WILL be a 3rd season, due to the fact that the war with Albion isn't over (or at least that's what I think, since I can't understand Japanese much xD, but I didn't hear the word truce or surrender whatsoever so :P) but if they don't make this series more detail, and it's fine by me if they have to make more episodes, but nevertheless, I don't think I'd really watch it other than for the humour. The plot is way bad. This director really hurt this second season.
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|2007-09-23, 15:51
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Apart from that, i found this to be a brilliant episode, very beautiful and a fitting end to a very enjoyable second series. Plenty of reason's for a third, lets just hope it happens.
|2007-09-23, 17:21
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Yeah it was funny, when Saito was going against like 1000 of them, I was going SPARTTTTAAAA!!! (um hem "cough cough" xD) I was just laughing hilariously, but feeling sad cause I thought he would die (even though I knew he wasn't going to) honestly, I still felt that it was rushed, and could have used a better plot. The creators use the emotional part to hide the holes in this series, and I have to admit they did a good job, considering that I didn't really notice the holes until the 3rd time I rewatched the whole season. Yes there's most likely gonna be a 3rd season, especially since Tiffania hasn't been defeated yet. Meh, this is better than Bleach at least.
Btw I always wanted to ask this, anyone know how old Saito and Louise and the other characters are????????!!!!!
I think this is allowed, but some fan started a petition to want a 3rd season. Although it's likely there's gonna be a 3rd season, but if you're interested, here's the site:
|2007-09-23, 19:34
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The worst ending EVER.... Why?
I am shocked beyond the words...
I was expecting it to screw up the ending of Volume 7... But it totally skipped to the end of volume 8 while totally ignoring that volume 8...
And more so the volume 8 that I found to be an essential part of Zero No Tsukaima as it had a very interesting character development of Louise and Saito being apart. It was one of my favorite volumes and the strongest ones...
And it was totally ignored....
I am disgusted beyond words about this season.....
They turned the strongest point of them becoming a couple into nothing as there is no character development of them being apart ...
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Why? Because they both MATURED as a couple while being for such a long time apart... This was the strongest character development point in the whole novels, on which later volumes are based...
What will they do NOW? They ruined whole Zero No Tsukaima now... They will have to make a new Zero No Tsukaima since now they cant follow novels anymore where both Saito and Louose undergone strong character development while being apart...
Both acted more mature from that point... And no wonder
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Surely that there were still some sparks between them but volume 8 really changed a lot of things and their realationship...
Anime now cannot follow novels... Unless they can make Louise and Saito more mature, but how?
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I am seriously totally shocked...
I haven't seen such F***ed up ending for quite some time... Not because scenes from volume 7 were rushed as you could expect that but because of total ignorance on the best character development volume 8... Which plays the tone for the rest of the Zero No Tsukaima novels up till now...
With this ending they are basically telling that the next season will be a filler season once again as they wont be able op follow the plotline which requires both main characters to more emotionally mature due to volume 8...
I was thinking that they will only destroy volume 7th... And leave the delicious volume 8 for next season... But the destroyed it totally...
More so with this they
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This episode basically killed Zero No Tsukaima, as far as novels concened... It will have to be based on original fillers again since substantial plot is now gone forever.
I hope there wont be a third season.
Not after such ending...
If I were to value it only as anime standalone , then it wasnt badly done... Its just as a novel reader I see them now cutting all strings with novels...
Surely they will be able to take best scenes from later novels but the character will be totally different... They will have to change the scenes a lot so that it could match dumbed down Louise and Saito of an anime...
For me Zero No Tsukaima is officially dead with this episode... Now they can make something differet but it wont be Zero No Tsukaima...
You may think that i am overreacting and to the point i really am...
Its just that characters are the big part of Zero No tsukaima and with ignoring volume 8 they have basically left them the same without any development which will become one of a key factors for Saito and Louise later...
So frustrating...
Guess I'll go to sleep now and dream of a total remake of Zero No Tsukaima someday....
|2007-09-23, 21:28
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I agree that it's the worse ending ever... The 2nd half of the episode was totally a let down alot of stuff were left out and I mean ALOT. Tiffania in the novel was good... Tiffania in the anime, voiced by mamiko noto and saying those few lines make her seem like some some -i don't know what word to use just very horrible i guess-
Darknemo, I feel you, the character development between the two which made me rush through vol 6-9 of the novels in 2 days just to find out was missing. The producers really made a mistake. I wouldn't be complaining if this was a 52 episode series... even if it was a 26 i wouldn't be complaining that much. But with 12 eps and you wanna mess around with 4-5 eps putting useless filler episodes, you clearly are digging your own grave. If there was ever going to be a third season, I will certaintly think twice about watching it.
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LINCOLN—The Nebraska Press Association has unveiled a new free service for readers—free online access to public notices.
The system that is in operation allows Nebraskans to view the public notices online that local and state governments, attorneys and other entities publish in print in Nebraska newspapers.
In addition, users have the option to subscribe to alerts so they know when public notices of interest to them are published in Nebraska newspapers.
The online access site is named NEPublicNotices.com.
"We believe this is a valuable resource for citizens of the state who are looking for information contained in public notices," said Kurt Johnson, past president of the Nebraska Press Association. "The alert functionality of the system, in particular, is a new feature that could prove very popular with certain users who regularly search for that type of information."
Johnson led the development of NEPublicNotices.com during his term as NPA president.
Through the Nebraska Press Association and Nebraska Press Advertising Service boards' partnership with Universal Information Services of Omaha, a process was developed that automatically extracts public notices from the digitized newspapers of Nebraska.
Todd Murphy, vice president at Universal, helped the NPA develop procedures that would efficiently automate the extraction of notices. The NPA/NPAS boards contracted with Lincoln-based Information Analytics to develop the public notices website.
The development began in October.
NPA has a long association with Universal Information Services. It was Universal that helped the NPA design and implement the Nebraska News Link, which displays word-searchable digitized images of Nebraska newspapers.
In recent years, Universal and the NPA have contracted with Information Analytics to help create the Nebraska News Link site so readers can access the digitized newspapers.
Because the pages are digitally scanned by Universal, readers can use keyword searches to find content they are looking for.
Information Analytics also was an NPA partner in the creation of Nebraska News Link.
Much of the same digital word-searchable technology is being used with NEPublicNotices.com.
Nebraskans now are able to find important public notices, including notices and minutes from public meetings, legal announcements and calls for bids on publicly funded projects.
NEPublicNotices.com continues a process for newspapers to provide free online access that began in 2011 after Nebraska lawmakers debated several measures that would have legalized online publication of public notices.
Nebraska newspapers and some other interested trade and professional associations strongly opposed the online public notice proposals, which were killed or stalled during the legislative session.
However, at least one proposal surfaced in the 2012 legislative session, but Nebraska newspaper leaders were determined to retain public notices in the state's 178 weekly and daily publications, and the 2012 legislative proposal failed to advance.
Nebraska newspapers are providing the free online notices so the state can avoid the expense of creating and maintaining its own public notice system online.
"Carrying out the traditional 'fourth estate' role as a government watchdog, newspapers serve as a valuable resource for public information," Johnson said. "Having notices appear in print is significant because it creates a published document that can be verified, but then taking the next step and creating an online format for that information eliminates any need for a political entity to duplicate those services."
Johnson added, "With the help of Universal Information Services, we're proud to be able to offer this word-searchable archive of public notices. We believe newspapers are the proper vehicle to provide that information."
Today, the law recognizes only notices published in legally designated newspapers. Under Nebraska law, newspapers work with governing entities and other sources to publish public notices and provide sworn affidavits that the notices have appeared in print.
The work by Information Analytics comes after the NPA and NPAS boards encouraged all Nebraska newspapers to become enrolled in Nebraska News Link so their public notices can appear online along with the notices published in Nebraska's other newspapers.
Currently, most Nebraska newspapers already make their public notices available online or are members of Nebraska News Link and have their notices available in PDF or digitally scanned formats.
Newspapers that are not members of Nebraska News Link or do not have content available online constitute about 0.05% of the state's paid newspaper subscribers, according to Allen Beermann, executive director of NPA/NPAS.
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Comcast Corp. already produces movies, television shows and national and local news programs while operating theme parks and the largest pay-TV system in the U.S.
And now, with one bold stroke, the Philadelphia conglomerate could dominate the flow of information and entertainment into American homes with historically unprecedented power.
Comcast's proposed $45.2-billion takeover of Time Warner Cable would allow it to provide television, telephone and Internet service and even home security systems to nearly 30 million homes across the country.
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The company's reach would encompass the nation's largest markets, among them Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and San Francisco. By taking over Time Warner Cable's nearly 1.8 million Southern California customers, Comcast would become the region's dominant pay TV operator.
The audacious move comes just three years after Comcast took control of media giant NBCUniversal in a deal that was valued at more than $30 billion. It continues the half-century quest of Pennsylvania's Roberts family to build the nation's preeminent media company.
Six decades ago, Comcast founder Ralph J. Roberts, now 93, made a living selling suspenders and belts. But in 1963 he gambled on new technology by buying a 1,200-subscriber cable TV system in Tupelo, Miss.
Now the company controlled by his son Brian L. Roberts, 54, is hoping to build an electronic beltway into nearly a third of all homes in the U.S. with pay TV.
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"Brian Roberts is, in fact, the John D. Rockefeller of the 21st century," Harvard Law School visiting professor Susan Crawford said Thursday. "He's cornered an essential input into every aspect of American life."
Comcast already provides coverage of the Olympics, "Sunday Night Football," auto races and NHL hockey to millions of American viewers, and the merger would extend Comcast's reach into Southern California sports with channels devoted to the Lakers and Dodgers.
A prime motivation for the merger is an onslaught of competition and more places for consumers to get their entertainment. Satellite TV giants DirecTV and Dish Network and telephone companies Verizon and AT&T all offer television and, in some cases, Internet service.
Even search giant Google Inc. has been installing high-speed data lines for broadband service in Kansas City — and has plans to add systems in Austin, Texas, and Provo, Utah — to compete with cable companies.
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Internet streaming companies, including Netflix and Amazon.com, pose a threat too. They offer movies and original TV shows, and at much lower cost to customers than the traditional cable providers.
For these reasons, cable companies have been feeling squeezed and have lost some of their bargaining power when negotiating new distribution deals with programmers Walt Disney Co., 21st Century Fox, CBS Corp. and others.
Last summer, a stalemate between CBS and Time Warner Cable resulted in a monthlong service blackout to Time Warner Cable customers in Los Angeles, New York and Dallas. Time Warner Cable eventually agreed to CBS' payment terms, but the battle ultimately cost it more than 200,000 subscribers.
By adding more cable subscribers to the Comcast fold, the company hopes that it will have more purchasing power during contentious negotiations and, thus, a greater ability to push back on rising programming costs.
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Media watchdogs and members of Congress quickly expressed concern about concentrating so much control into the hands of one company. Two ranking U.S. senators said they would convene hearings on Capitol Hill to scrutinize possible ramifications of a merger.
The Federal Communications Commission and U.S. Department of Justice must approve the transaction. Officials at both agencies declined to comment Thursday on the proposed deal.
If approved, Comcast would provide cable and Internet service in 19 of the nation's 20 largest markets.
It would give more heft to an already massive cable and Internet service provider, one that has a unique position because it also churns out Hollywood hit movies including the "Fast & Furious" and "Despicable Me" franchises and top television shows like "Law & Order: SVU," "Meet the Press" and "NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams." Comcast also owns the Universal Studios theme parks in Los Angeles and Orlando, Fla.
"Under this proposed deal, two huge companies would become a behemoth," said Delara Derakhshani, policy counsel for the Consumers Union, which is the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports. "This industry is notoriously unpopular with consumers due to poor customer service, not to mention ever-increasing bills, and a deal this size doesn't exactly convince us that things will get better."
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By tightening its grip on the nation's information network, critics have said, Comcast could control how fast millions of customers receive information over the Internet, and how much money they would have to pay for their television and Internet service.
"The combined company would serve 3.7 million California subscribers, or the equivalent of one quarter of the state's households, and essentially be the only cable provider in all but one major California market," said California Emerging Technology Fund CEO Sunne Wright McPeak. "This requires focused attention from both government and industry leaders. "
Although the proposal probably will face a lengthy review, Comcast structured its merger with Time Warner Cable in a way that, the company said, would not be a violation of antitrust rules because its current service area does not overlap with that of Time Warner Cable.
The deal is likely to be approved by regulators, said David Kaut, a telecommunications analyst at the brokerage firm Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.
"There will be concern that they're just getting too big," Kaut said. "It just seems to me, it's going to be a very hard case to make from a pure antitrust perspective."
In addition, Comcast said it would divest about 3 million cable and Internet service customers to keep its national footprint to 30% of all pay-TV homes in the U.S. It hopes that concession will make it easier for Washington to swallow the merger.
The two companies had been talking on and off for the last year and accelerated their negotiations during the last two weeks, people close to the talks said. Another cable company, Charter Communications, made a bid last month for Time Warner Cable, but that one was promptly rejected.
Roberts was in Sochi, Russia, monitoring NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics, until Monday night, when he flew on a corporate jet back to the U.S. to help his team finalize deal terms.
Comcast's and Time Warner Cable's boards separately approved the merger Wednesday night. At 1:30 a.m. Thursday, Comcast and Time Warner executives signed the merger agreement.
Ralph Roberts, his son Brian said, was on the conference call when Comcast's board voted to make the acquisition.
"My dad was on our board call last night and was very, very supportive and I think proud," the younger Roberts said. "But we have a lot of work to do."
Times staff writer Jim Puzzanghera in Washington contributed to this report.
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Saturday: High of 79, low of 49. 20% chance of rain
Sunday: High of 77, low of 47. 10% chance of rain
With one week still left in the month, September already has been Boulder's second-rainiest month of 2012. But the total rainfall for the year likely will fall short of the average for the city.
Boulder has seen 2.22 inches of rain so far in September, already more than the 1.74 inch average for the month of September, according to local meteorologist Matt Kelsch.
Only July, which recorded 4.99 inches of rain, saw more rainfall in 2012.
But despite a wet September, Kelsch said Boulder is on pace to be drier than normal this year. The average rainfall through the end of September is 15.31 inches, and, as of Thursday, the city has seen 13.37 inches in 2012.
"We'll see a few more showers this week, but not the 2 inches we would need to catch up," Kelsch said.
June and August were especially dry this year, with June only seeing .36 inches and August only seeing .38 inches of rain.
Kelsch also said that for the 12th year in a row, September most likely will not see any snow. Kelsch said that while the first snowfall normally comes in mid-October, Boulder historically only sees snow in September every four years or so.
"So we're a bit overdue," he said.
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Gov. Chris Christie has been named as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. And the magazine chose one of his youngest constituents to introduce him to its readers.
Nine-year-old Monmouth County resident Ginjer Doherty, with whom Christie struck up a friendship after superstorm Sandy, wrote of her experiences with the governor for Time.
"Governor Christie came to the firehouse near my house after the big storm. Me and my mom were waiting to hear him talk," Doherty wrote. "My house was all messed up, and people told us we couldn't stay there anymore. The governor told me not to worry — that my parents would take care of everything — and he looked very serious and sad, and he cried. He said he would be back to help our town."
Christie has often mentioned Ginjer in his speeches and even invited her to his State of the State address in January.
"For all I have seen and experienced as your governor in this extraordinary year, one experience will be indelibly etched in my memory: Her name is Ginjer," Christie said then.
Doherty remembered that visit in her item for Time.
"When I went to the statehouse in January to hear his speech, I met two of his kids, and I even got to meet the heroes from New Jersey who saved people," Doherty said. "The governor's friends high-fived me and said nobody makes the governor cry. They said I was the best."
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Those of us who follow politics seriously rather than view it as a game show do not look at Hillary Clinton and simply think "first woman president." We think -- for example -- "first ex-co-president" or "first wife of a disbarred lawyer and impeached former incumbent" or "first person to use her daughter as photo-op protection during her husband's perjury rap."...
Here again, the problem is that Sen. Obama wants us to transcend something at the same time he implicitly asks us to give that same something as a reason to vote for him. I must say that the lyricism with which he does this has double and triple the charm of Mrs. Clinton's heavily-scripted trudge through the landscape, but the irony is still the same....
I shall not vote for Sen. Obama and it will not be because he -- like me and like all of us -- carries African genes. And I shall not be voting for Mrs. Clinton, who has the gall to inform me after a career of overweening entitlement that there is "a double standard" at work for women in politics; and I assure you now that this decision of mine has only to do with the content of her character. We will know that we have put this behind us when -- as with the vowel -- we have outgrown and forgotten the original prejudice.
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I'm sick of Hitchens's writing style!!
"I shall not vote for Sen. Obama..."
Are we supposed to take him more seriously just because he uses the word "shall"?
I can't imagine any other writer making such a pompous announcement of who they're supporting for president.
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I shan't trouble You or your Readers with my Opinions on Mr. Hitchens, except to say that, were he to stand Time on its Head and return my Century, he would be a welcome Citizen to the Republic of Letters. Mr. Hitchens's Passport would be that he refuses to write Cant, right or wrong as he may be in the Issue.
I should also say that safe arrival upon the Shores of this Republic in my Day, would not have protected Mr. Hitchens from many a Knock. An Author may have written what he would in the Papers; but he should have found that the Love of the Publick was as much a Dweller of the Rocks as that known by the Shepherd in Virgil.
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No but I saw the post on it this morning and did some research and found this website.
Seem to go over pack goats pretty extensively... Plus you can rent from them and try it out for yourself.
Just was curious if anyone else on this site has ever packed with Packgoats?
No but I saw the post on it this morning and did some research and found this website.
Seem to go over pack goats pretty extensively... Plus you can rent from them and try it out for yourself.
I have not, but there's a guy, gila dog, who posts often on BushcraftUSA.com and on some other similar sites who has goats and packs with them regularly in New Mexico. You might want to look at his posts and contact him directly. Just go to bushcraftUSA.com and search for packgoats.
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"We do not go to the green woods and crystal waters to rough it, we go to smooth it. We get it rough enough at home; in towns and cities;…" -George W. "Nessmuk" Sears-
I've also checked out the above site and thought it would be pretty cool to try them. Also thought of dogs too. Mountain dogs or Saint Benard
How much maintenance are they to hunt with Montana?
Do you have to keep them on leashes or tied off all the time? Or do they follow you like dogs?
Also jonboy. In guy eastmans book "hunting high country mule deer" he talks about using pack goats. I'm pretty sure its that book. if not its cam hanes book. Backcountry bowhunting.
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When hiking no leashes... At night it just depends on what country I am in. 2 years ago I was in a basin and the wolves were howling like crazy. That night I tied them up close to the tent, the first time ever, it saved their life. I know of at least 2 wolves that came in and attacked one of the goats. It was over in seconds, by the time I got to my pistol and opened the tent they were gone. If the goats weren't tied up they would have ran away and of course they would have been too far away for me to scare away the wolves. Aside of that crazy incident, they usually are off the leash but still sleep within 50 yards of the tent.
I think that would be one of the pluses, not that any one would want to see their goat die, but I like the idea of a predator eating my goat before me!
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Lluís Juste De Nin is a Catalan cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator, known for his connections with the world of fashion through the brand Armand Basi. He has been active since the 1960s, when he drew for the illegal publications of anti-Francoism movements like PSUC and Assemblea de Catalu, which he signed "El Zurdo". He subsequently illustrated many articles by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán for Mundo Obrero, the periodical of the Communist Party of Spain.
In the 1980s he was commissioned by the Spanish government to create a comics character called 'La Norma' with writer Tísner. The character was the mascot of the first campaign for the normalization of the Catalan language. Also in the 1980s, he illustrated the news of the day in his series 'Petant la xerrada' in Canigó. By now, he signed his drawings "L'Esquerrà" (The Left).
La Muntanaya Màgica
Coming from a family of artists and authors, he released his biographical graphic novel 'ELS NIN. Memòries a llapis d'una família catalana' with publisher Planeta Agostin in 2004. Under the guise of a family story of three centuries, Juste de Nin presented a detailed chronicle of Spanish history through 320 pages of comics format drawings manuscripts.
He has published several graphic novels through Edicions de Ponent since 2007. The first was 'Montecristo 1941', a contemporary take on Alexandre Dumas' classic. It was followed by 'El Guepard 1970' in 2008, a story about Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy and several other free adaptations of classics by De Maupassant, Frederic Morell, Thomas Mann and William Thackeray to illustrate the history of Spain. These include 'Barcelona 1931. L'Educació Sentimental' (2009), ,'El Quart Poder' (2010), 'La Muntanaya Màgica' (2011), 'La Fira de les Vanitats' (2012) and 'La Guerra dels Besavis' (2013).
Barcelona 1931. L'Educació Sentimental


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If I discover within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another worldC.S. Lewis
Terrorism, ladies and gentlemen, in my eyes I have a very, very, very simple explanation. Gangs of criminals, killers, used unfortunately by certain governments in the past for political purposes, who are on their own now as gangs.Hamid Karzai
It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.Ronald Knox
I do not find the supposed scientific consensus among my colleagues. Curiously, it is a feature of man-made global warming that every fact confirms it: rising temperatures or decreasing temperatures. No matter what the weather, some model of global warming offers a watertight explanation.Javier Cuadros
The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.Bruce Barton
As I was writing about Grace Marks, and about her interlude in the Asylum, I came to see her in context the context of other people's opinions, both the popular images of madness and the scientific explanations for it available at the time. A lot of what was believed and said on the subject appears like sheer lunacy to us now. But we shouldn't be too arrogant how many of our own theories will look silly when those who follow us have come up with something better? But whatever the scientists may come up with, writers and artists will continue to portray altered mental states, simply because few aspects of our nature fascinate people so much. The so-called mad person will always represent a possible future for every member of the audience who knows when such a malady may strike? When "mad," at least in literature, you aren't yourself; you take on another self, a self that is either not you at all, or a truer, more elemental one than the person you're used to seeing in the mirror. You're in danger of becoming, in Shakespeare's works, a mere picture or beast, and in Susanna Moodie's words, a mere machine; or else you may become an inspired prophet, a truth-sayer, a shaman, one who oversteps the boundaries of the ordinarily visible and audible, and also, and especially, the ordinarily sayable. Portraying this process is deep power for the artist, partly because it's a little too close to the process of artistic creation itself, and partly because the prospect of losing our self and being taken over by another, unfamiliar self is one of our deepest human fears.Margaret Eleanor Atwood
When there is no explanation, then give it a name, which immediately explains everythingMartin H. Fischer
Twenty years ago many chemists would have defended the theory of bond arms as a satisfactory explanation because they had become accustomed to thinking of it as unique and as ultimate.Henry Margenau
Since we think we understand when we know the explanation, and there are four types of explanation (one, what it is to be a thing; one, that if certain things hold it is necessary that this does; another, what initiated the change; and fourth, the aim), all these are proved through the middle term.Aristotle
The one man who should never attempt an explanation on poetry is its author. If the poem can be improved by its author?s explanations, it never should have been published.Archibald MacLeish
For those who believe in God no explanation is necessary. For those who do not believe in God no explanation is possible.Seaton, George
Many people apparently don't trust their reactions to art or to music unless there is a verbal explanation for it.In music the only thing that matters is whether you feel it or not.Coleman, Ornette
The persons of their world lived in an atmosphere of faint implications and pale delicacies, and the fact that he and she understood each other without a word seemed to the young man to bring them nearer than any explanation would have done.Edith Wharton
For those who understand, no explanation is necessary; for those who don't understand, no explanation is possibleSamuel
Explaining metaphysics to the nation - / I wish he would explain his explanation.Lord Byron
Why need every honest poet be suspected of leading a quadruple life? Sometimes the second or third meaning is less interesting than the first, and the only really difficult thing about a poem is the critic's explanation of itFrank Moore Colby
You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles -- events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily.Harry Browne
If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this country.Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of itRonald Knox
Somehow, the conversation mentioned your name. And someone asked if I knew you. Looking away I thought of all the times we had together; Sharing laughter, tears, jokes and tons more. And then, without explanation you were gone. I looked to where theyRobert
We operate with nothing but things which do not exist, with lines, planes, bodies, atoms, divisible time, divisible space -- how should explanation even be possible when we first make everything into an image, into our own image!Friedrich Nietzsche
No explanation ever explains the necessity of making one.Elbert Hubbard
The only valid thing in art is the one thing that cannot be explained, to explain away the mystery of a great painting would do irreplaceable harm, for whenever you explain or define something you substitute the explanation or the definition for theHenri Matisse
This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been offered in explanation have seemed adequate.Simone de Beauvoir
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanationDale Carnegie
I wish he would explain his explanationLord Byron
We've traveled too far, and our momentum has taken over; we move idly towards eternity, without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanationTom Stoppard
Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world.Oscar Wilde
Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon.Oscar Wilde
I may have said the same thing before...but my explanation, I am sure, will always be different.Oscar Wilde
You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles - events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily.Harry Browne
Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must take into account and explain the mental nature we see at work in all modern communities.Arthur Keith
What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation.Richard Russo
What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child?William Godwin
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.Saint Thomas Aquinas
Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.Salman Rushdie
This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been offered in explanation have seemed adequate.Simone de Beauvoir
There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.W. Somerset Maugham
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.George Eliot
The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way.Thomas Sowell
The point of my explanation is I'm very subjective when it comes to describing my characters: they are all a little bit a part of me from the outside in or the inside out - but to put your mind at ease, I built Paul Snider from the outside in.Eric Roberts
The place to find the explanation for the liberal-activist mindset of the courts is in the political arena.Stockwell Day
The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.Red Auerbach
The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.Bruce Barton
The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.Charles Babbage
The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are incompatible; that is, that one is male and the other female.Anna Quindlen
Stupidity trumps Machiavelli almost every time when you are looking for an explanation.Robert Foster Bennett
People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing - but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.Nancy Kerrigan
Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of man's life in Europe or America, and that everything depends upon it.Lafcadio Hearn
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.David Herbert Lawrence
My explanation remains the same: It was an attempt to make the point that anyone who opposed the war can achieve their objective by working within their sphere of influence, whether their political party or community of faith.James P. Moran
Most intellectuals today have a phobia of any explanation of the mind that invokes genetics.Steven Pinker
In fact, when you get right down to it, almost every explanation Man came up with for anything until about 1926 was stupid.Dave Barry
In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual.William Robertson Smith
If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test.Mary Wollstonecraft
If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism.Wallace Stevens
I have three degrees in history and only one in law, but since I came back to specialize in constitutional law where history is so essentially a part and an explanation of much that exists, the two disciplines blended very well.Frank Scott
I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of a senseless world.John Sladek
I do not find the supposed scientific consensus among my colleagues. Curiously, it is a feature of man-made global warming that every fact confirms it: rising temperatures or decreasing temperatures. No matter what the weather, some model of global warming offers a watertight explanation.Javier Cuadros
Hopefully my music is medicine, some type of antidote for something or some kind of explanation or just to feel good.Erykah Badu
Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.Galileo Galilei
Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.Eugene Ionesco
Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock.Anaxagoras
Don't confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science.Martin H. Fischer
Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions.Anais Nin
Could I interrupt here, because there is an alternative explanation, which you are particularly well placed to examine. You know the argument that it is the alchemists in the laboratories who invent the sweet new kits.E. P. Thompson
Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.Will Rogers
But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny.Paul Ricoeur
But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation be sought, not in arbitrary allegorical categories, but in the actual facts of ritual or religious custom to which the myth attaches.William Robertson Smith
As of now, string theorists have no explanation of why there are three large dimensions as well as time, and the other dimensions are microscopic. Proposals about that have been all over the map.Edward Witten
As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it.Ronald Blythe
Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God.Solange Knowles
I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.Abraham Lincoln
Unemployment is like a headache or a high temperature - unpleasant and exhausting but not carrying in itself any explanation of its cause.William Henry Beveridge
Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior who has no personal history, no explanations are needed; nobody is angry or disillusioned with his acts. And above all, no one pins him down with their thoughts and their expectations.Carlos Castaneda
There is a strong tendency in explanatory prose to invoke quantities of tension, energy, and whatnot to explain the genesis of pattern. I believe that all such explanations are inappropriate or wrong.Gregory Bateson
Unemployment is like a headache or a high temperature -- unpleasant and exhausting but not carrying in itself any explanation of its cause.William Henry Beveridge
It is the desire for explanations that are at once systematic and controllable by factual evidence that generates science; and it is the organization and classification of knowledge on the basis of explanatory principles that is the distinctive goal of the sciences.Ernest Nagel
The explanation of the propensity of the English people to portrait painting is to be found in their relish for a Fact. Let a man do the grandest things, fight the greatest battles, or be distinguished by the most brilliant personal heroism, yet the English people would prefer his portrait to a painting of the great deed. The likeness they can judge of; his existence is a Fact. But the truth of the picture of his deeds they cannot judge of, for they have no imagination.Benjamin Haydon
Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god but a great rock and the sun a hot rock.Anaxagoras
With the unknown, one is confronted with danger, discomfort, and care; the first instinct is to abolish these painful states. First principle: any explanation is better than none. . . . The causal instinct is thus conditional upon, and excited by, the feeling of fear. The "why?" shall, if at all possible, not give the cause for its own sake so much as for a particular kind of cause -- a cause that is comforting, liberating, and relieving.Friedrich Nietzsche
On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation.Charles Darwin
And let me take one of the explanations most commonly given: Analysts were pressured to reach conclusions that would fit the political agenda of one or another administration. I deeply think that is a wrong explanation.David Kay
No explanation ever explains the necessity of making one.Elbert Hubbard
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanationDale Carnegie
I wish he would explain his explanationLord Byron
The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.Red Auerbach
Now for Heavens sake go to bed. Dont worry about how it was done just go straight to bed. Leave the washing-up and get into bed fully clothed. If any of you want to know how any of it was done, please feel free to write in to me at my home address which will come up on the screen in a moment and I will give you a full and honest explanation of anything you may ask.Derren Victor Brown
With respect to the two words "general welfare," I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators. If the words obtained so readily a place in the "Articles of Confederation," and received so little notice in their admission into the present Constitution, and retained for so long a time a silent place in both, the fairest explanation is, that the words, in the alternative of meaning nothing or meaning everything, had the former meaning taken for grantedJames Madison
But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny.Paul Ricoeur
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.D. H. Lawrence
Sing the melody line you hear in your own head. Remember, you don't owe anybody any explanations, you don't owe your parents any explanations, you don't owe your professors any explanations.Paul David Hewson
You cannot go on 'explaining away' for ever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on 'seeing through' things for ever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.C.S. Lewis
It is no longer my moral duty as a human being to achieve an integrated and unitary set of explanations for my thoughts and feelingsBronwyn Davies
Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.Rushdie, Salman
Reincarnation contains a most comforting explanation of reality by means of which Indian thought surmounts difficulties which baffle the thinkers of Europe.Albert Schweitzer
If an explanation is so vague in its inherent nature, or so unskillfully molded in its formulation, that specific deductions subject to empirical verification or refutation can not be based upon it, then it can never serve as a working hypothesis. A hypothesis with which one can not work is not a working hypothesis.Douglas Wilson Johnson
Every European visitor to the United States is struck by the comparative rarity of what he would call a face, by the frequency of men and women who look like elderly babies. If he stays in the States for any length of time, he will learn that this cannot be put down to a lack of sensibility -- the American feels the joys and sufferings of human life as keenly as anybody else. The only plausible explanation I can find lies in his different attitude to the past. To have a face, in the European sense of the word, it would seem that one must not only enjoy and suffer but also desire to preserve the memory of even the most humiliating and unpleasant experiences of the past.W. H. Auden
I would suggest, merely as a metaphor here, but also as the basis for a scientific program to investigate the computational capacity of the universe, that this is also a reasonable explanation for why the universe is complex.Seth Lloyd
That's the thing about faith. If you don't have it you can't understand it. And if you do, no explanation is necessary.Kira Nerys
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.St. Thomas Aquinas
Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical or biological necessity I see in them, whatever metaphorical truth, I cannot accept them as credible explanations of reality; and they are incredible to me in proportion to the degree that they require my belief in positive human attributes and intervenient powers in their divinities.John Fowles
Conviction has also four aspects to guard oneself against infatuations of sin; to search for explanation of truth through knowledge; to gain lessons from instructive things and to follow the precedent of the past people, Because whoever wants to guard himself against vices and sins will have to search for the true causes of infatuation and the true ways of combating them out and to find those true ways one has to search them with the help of knowledge, whoever gets fully acquainted with various branches of knowledge will take lessons from life and whoever tries to take lessons from life is actually engaged in the study of the causes of rise and fall of previous civilizations.Ali bin Abu-Talib
The day I became a poet was a sunny day of no particular ominousness. I was walking across the football field, not because I was sports-minded or had plans to smoke a cigarette behind the field house the only other reason for going there but because this was my normal way home from school. I was scuttling along in my usual furtive way, suspecting no ill, when a large invisible thumb descended from the sky and pressed down on the top of my head. A poem formed. It was quite a gloomy poem: the poems of the young usually are. It was a gift, this poem a gift from an anonymous donor, and, as such, both exciting and sinister at the same time. I suspect this is the way all poets begin writing poetry, only they don't want to admit it, so they make up more rational explanations. But this is the true explanation, and I defy anyone to disprove it.Margaret Eleanor Atwood
There are also Idols formed by the intercourse and association of men with each other, which I call Idols of the Market Place, on account of the commerce and consort of men there. For it is by discourse that men associate, and words are imposed according to the apprehension of the vulgar. And therefore the ill and unfit choice of words wonderfully obstructs the understanding. Nor do the definitions or explanations wherewith in some things learned men are wont to guard and defend themselves, by any means set the matter right. But words plainly force and overrule the understanding, and throw all into confusion, and lead men away into numberless empty controversies and idle fancies.Francis Bacon
O, my Lord, my Lord, behold, I cast myself in faith upon conjecture, not knowing the facts; and I appeal to your Lordship to confirm or deny my logical anticipations. If I am wrong, I yield, and will no longer demand a fourth Dimension; but, if I am right, my Lord will listen to reason. I ask therefore, is it, or is it not, the fact, that ere now your countrymen also have witnessed the descent of Beings of a higher order than their own, entering closed rooms, even as your Lordship entered mine, without the opening of doors or windows, and appearing and vanishing at will? On the reply to this question I am ready to stake everything. Deny it, and I am henceforth silent. Only vouchsafe an answer. SPHERE. (AFTER A PAUSE). It is reported so. But men are divided in opinion as to the facts. And even granting the facts, they explain them in different ways. And in any case, however great may be the number of different explanations, no one has adopted or suggested the theory of a Fourth Dimension. Therefore, pray have done with this trifling, and let us return to business.Edwin Abbott
Before he can devote himself to God or a woman, a boy will devote himself to his father, even foolishly, even beyond explanation.Albom, Mitch
In private many scientists admit that science has no explanation for the beginning of life. . . . Darwin never imagined the exquisitely profound complexity that exists even at the most basic levels of life.Michael J. Behe
It is a view of God that compensates every thing else, and enables the soul to rest in His bosom. How, when the child in the night screams with terror, hearing sounds that it knows not of, is that child comforted and put to rest? Is it by a philosophical explanation that the sounds were made by the rats in the partition? Is it by imparting entomological knowledge? No; it is by the mother taking the child in her lap, and singing sweetly to it, and rocking it. And the child thinks nothing of the explanation, but only of the mother.Henry Ward Beecher


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Nelson Alfred Dressler
Nelson Alfred Dressler, age 95, a longtime Sweetwater resident, died Monday, March 18, 2013 at Snyder Healthcare Center after a lengthy illness.Services for Mr. Dressler will be held on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 2 p.m. at Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home with Dr. Tommy Culwell officiating. Interment will follow at the Garden of Memories in Sweetwater, under the direction of Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home.Mr. Dressler was born on Feb.22, 1918, in Sweetwater to August and Ethel (Aucutt) Dressler. He married Jane McConnell on April 4, 1949. She preceded him in death on June 28, 1998. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Sweetwater where he served as a deacon until moving to Snyder. He joined Colonial Hill Baptist Church in Snyder where he also served as an ordained deacon.He was employed for 36 years at the post office in Sweetwater as a clerk and a rural route carrier. He was also a member of the Executive Board of Big Country Baptist Encampment, Board of Directors of Sweetwater Fair and Livestock Association, member and President of Pioneer City-County Museum and member and President of the Sweetwater Rifle & Pistol Club.Mr. Dressler was a volunteer in World War II. He served with the 12th Air Force 319 Bomb Group. He saw action in French Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Corsica and Italy. He was in the service for four years.He is survived by one daughter, Barbara Bowen and husband Gary of Hermleigh; two sons, Tommy Dressler of Amarillo and Mack Dressler and wife Kathy of Mesquite; three grandchildren, Craig Bowen of Stockdale, Sarah Dressler of Lewisville, TX and Kate Dressler of Mesquite; two great-grandchildren, Carter Bowen and Kyleigh Bowen, both of Stockdale; and special friend, M.J. Merritt.In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by his parents; and one brother; W.M. "Beau" Dressler.No visitation is planned.Online condolences may be posted at www.bellcypertseale.com.