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Submission + - Space Station Spacewalkers Stymied by Stubborn Bolt 3
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Reuters reports that astronauts at the International Space Station ran into problems after removing the station's 100-kg power-switching unit, one of four used in a system that distributes electrical power generated by the station's solar array wings, and were stymied after repeated attempts to attach the new device failed when a bolt jammed, preventing astronauts from hooking it up into the station's power grid. Japanese Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide got the bolt to turn nine times but engineers need 15 turns to secure the power-switching unit. "We're kind of at a loss of what else we can try," said astronaut Jack Fischer at NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston after more than an hour of trouble-shooting. "If you guys have any thoughts or ideas or brilliant schemes on what we can do, let us know." Hoshide suggested using a tool that provides more force on bolts, but NASA engineers are reluctant to try anything that could make the situation worse and as the spacewalk slipped past seven hours, flight controllers told the astronauts to tether the unit in place, clean up their tools and head back into the station's airlock. NASA officials says the failure to secure the new unit won't disrupt station operations but it will force engineers to carefully distribute electrical power from three operating units to various station systems and says another attempt to install the power distributor could come as early as next week if engineers can figure out what to do with the stubborn bolt. "We're going to figure it out another day," says Fischer."

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President Barack Obama is hailing a cease-fire agreement to end a week of fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.
The White House says Obama talked with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and commended him for agreeing to the Egyptian cease-fire proposal, which Obama had recommended that Netanyahu accept.
The fighting has killed more than 140 Palestinians and five Israelis.
Obama told Netanyahu that the United States will use the opportunity offered by a cease-fire to intensify efforts to help Israel address its security needs, especially the smuggling of weapons and explosives into Gaza, the White House said in a statement.
Obama also spoke to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and thanked him for his efforts to achieve the agreement, as well as for his personal leadership in negotiating the proposal.
Obama and Morsi agreed on the importance of working toward a more durable solution in Gaza, the White House said.
Israel launched a fierce offensive in Gaza last week to stop months of intensifying rocket attacks. Even after the deal was announced, an air-raid siren signalled a rocket attack in southern Israel, while an airstrike could be heard in Gaza.
The cease-fire agreement capped days of intense efforts that drew the world's top diplomats into the fray. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stood next to Egypt's foreign minister, Mohammed Kamel Amr, as he announced the breakthrough at a news conference in Cairo.
The agreement will "improve conditions for the people of Gaza and provide security for the people of Israel," Clinton said.
In his call with Netanyahu, Obama said he would seek more money for a defence system known as Iron Dome that has protected Israel from rocket attacks, the White House said.
In his call with Morsi, Obama reaffirmed the close partnership between the United States and Egypt and welcomed Morsi's commitment to regional security, the White House said.


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City comments on Woodinville Village project
- Written by Briana Gerdeman, Contributing Writer
A lawsuit by the city of Woodinville against a mixed-use wine village development confirmed that the development can proceed with construction, but the legal battles may not be over.
"There's a legal process to go through, and it's not complete yet," Woodinville City Manager Richard Leahy said, but declined to comment on whether the city would appeal the decision.
The development, called Woodinville Village, would feature several local wineries, restaurants, shopping, a day spa, a health club, a hotel and more. Villas have already been built as part of the village.
When the original developer, MJR, put the project on hold, a new developer, Legacy Commercial, bought the note from the bank to continue with the same project. The city of Woodinville filed a lawsuit seeking reimbursement from the developer for frontage improvements, such as roundabouts, curbs and gutters, that the city paid for in the area bordering Woodinville Village. But King County Superior Court dismissed the city's claims.
Councilmember Paulette Bauman said she wants the development to happen, but the city should be paid back for infrastructure improvements, such as roundabouts, before the new developer continues with the project.
"We would love to see the original development go through," Bauman said, but the city deserves to be compensated for the "great deal of taxpayer money" it spent.
Councilmember Susan Boundy-Sanders said she could not comment on ongoing litigation, but that the city remains supportive of the existing development agreement.


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Spoof Websites/Phishing
Through the use of fraudulent emails, internet thieves attempt to "phish" for your confidential information. They attempt to steal this information from you by means of "pop-ups" or emails with internet links to deceive you into disclosing sensitive information (such as bank account numbers and Social Security numbers).
Often the email appears to be from a trusted source (such as your bank) and directs you to a "spoof" Website that requests you to divulge sensitive information or even ask you to call a phone number and provide account information. But the Website is a fake. View fake emails and websites.
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- Urgent appeals claim that your account may be closed if you fail to confirm, verify or authenticate your personal information. Bank of the West will never ask you to verify information in this way.
- Messages about system and security updates claim that the bank needs to confirm important information due to upgrades and state that you must update your information online. Bank of the West will not ask you to verify information in this way.
- Offers that sound too good to be true often are. You may be asked to fill out a short customer service survey in exchange for money being credited to your account, and you are then asked to provide your account number for proper routing of the supposed credit.
- Typos and other errors are often the mark of fraudulent emails or Websites. Be on the lookout for typos or grammatical errors, awkward writing and poor visual design.
Malware, short for "malicious software," includes viruses, spyware and Trojans that are designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system. Malware is often used to steal personal information and commit fraud. There are several easy ways to minimize the risk of malware:
- Avoid downloads from file sharing and social networking sites, which can be distribution points for malware.
- Do not open email attachments or install free software from unknown sources shouldn't be opened or installed.
- Do not click on pop-up advertisements asking for personal or financial information, simply close them.
- Regularly update your security and system software and protect your computer from malware threats.
Vishing is the criminal practice of using social engineering over the telephone system, most often using features facilitated by Voice over IP (VoIP), to gain access to private personal and financial information from the public for the purpose of financial reward.
Typically, when the victim answers the call, an automated recording, often generated with a text to speech synthesizer, is played to alert the consumer that their credit card has had fraudulent activity or that their bank account has had unusual activity. The message instructs the consumer to call the phone number provided immediately. The same phone number is often shown in the spoofed caller ID and given the same name as the financial company they are pretending to represent.
When the victim calls the number, it is answered by automated instructions to enter their credit card number or bank account number on the key pad. Once the consumer enters their credit card number or bank account number, the visher has the information necessary to make fraudulent use of the card or to access the account.
Money Mules
Money mules are unsuspecting victims who become middlemen for criminals trying to launder stolen funds or merchandise. This type of online scam preys on victims who are unaware that the money or merchandise they are transferring is stolen. In these scams, the stolen money or merchandise is transferred from the victim's country to the scam operator's country.
Money mules are commonly recruited with job advertisements for "payment processing agents," "money transfer agents," "local processors," and other similar titles. Criminals recruit money mules, send them stolen money and then ask the money mules to wire or transfer the money unwittingly to the criminals. Using the money mule masks the criminal's identity.
The money mule may keep a commission for performing the transfer or wire. Victims of these scams may not only have their bank accounts closed, but are often held financially responsible for returning the stolen funds.
Common signs of a money mule scam:
- Overseas companies requesting money transfer agents in the US.
- Opening new bank accounts to receive money from someone you don't know.
- Accepting large sums of money into your bank account for a new job.
- Transferring or wiring funds out of your bank account to people you do not know.
Internet Scams
The internet has provided consumers with more transaction and business offerings than ever before. An individual can bid on a luxury item and a business owner can advertise to a global market at a click of the button. As a consumer you must be aware that internet scams are as varied and abundant as the legitimate offerings on the internet.
We've listed some of the most common internet scams and some ways to identify them. For more detailed information on internet scams, please see the Federal Trade Commission website.
Auction Fraud
Internet auction fraud involves the misrepresentation or non-delivery of an advertised product through an internet auction site. Internet auction fraud is among in the top ranking of consumer complaints to the Federal Trade Commission.
Know the auction site you are doing business with. Find out what protections the site offers you, such as guarantees for services not delivered.
You should never have to provide your Social Security or driver's license number online.
Do not provide the account number you are using for the purchase, until you have done your research and are ready to make your purchase.
It is likely that you will have to use an online payment method to complete your purchase as a buyer. This may be a service like PayPal or an escrow service. Check out the company handling the payment by reading through their website and calling their customer service to ask specific questions about their security policy and terms of service. You need to make sure that you are protected should the seller renege on their side of the bargain.
Be cautious of sellers who give the appearance of being within the United States but reveal themselves to be out of the country when you are preparing to make your payment for the goods.
Wiring funds directly to the seller leaves you with no options should you find yourself a victim of internet auction fraud. Even wires through well-known banks or an escrow service will not protect you.
Email Fraud/SPAM
There are very few of us who have never received unsolicited offers through email, better known as SPAM. For many fraudsters, the objective of spamming is to gather personal information that can be used to steal your money and/or your identity. Criminals may also send you attachments and links that will lead you to spoof sites or cause you to inadvertently download harmful software to your computer.
Never send your personal information to an unknown source via email. Criminals may try to entice information out of you by stating that an offer is only good if you buy now or give them your information immediately. No legitimate business would deny you the time to check out their claims.
If you do not know the source of an email, delete it. Even if a co-worker or friend you trust sends you a link or attachment such as in an email chain, it may be infected.
Keep your computer firewall, anti-virus, and anti-spyware software up to date.
Nigerian Letter/419 Scam
This scam typically begins with an unsolicited communication from individuals representing themselves as Nigerian or foreign government officials. This "official" offers you a percentage of a large amount of money in exchange for your assistance in placing money in overseas bank accounts. You may be asked to send your account numbers, blank letterhead stationery, or other kinds of identifying information via a provided fax number.
Follow the old saying, "if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is".
Avoid any offers to get rich quick through the complex transfer of funds, particularly if it involves sending money overseas. It is highly unlikely that the scheme will deliver to you what is promised, and even if it does, it is very likely illegal. Do not put your money, identity, and reputation at stake.
Lottery or Sweepstakes Scam
Lottery and Sweepstakes scams are on the rise. Scam operators, often based in Canada, are using email, telephone, fax and direct mail to trick U.S. consumers into believing they have won large sums of cash through foreign lotteries.
The details of the lottery scams vary with regard to the name of the lottery itself, the country of origin, the sponsoring organization, the amount of the prize and other particulars. Scammers will add a patina of legitimacy to their claims by mentioning real financial institutions, government agencies or well-known companies.
The scam begins with a notice that you are the winner of a lottery or sweepstakes that you did not enter. You may be asked to provide banking details, a large amount of personal information, and copies of your driver's license and passport to prove your identity and to facilitate the transfer of your winnings. If you comply with these requests, the scammers will have enough information to steal your identity. In order to receive the winnings, you must first pay a small percentage for fake taxes or other fees. The scammer typically instructs the victim to wire advance fees through Western Union. Once the money is transferred, the scammer moves on or in some cases comes back to request additional funds but the "lottery winnings" never appear.
Legitimate lotteries or sweepstakes will not require payment to receive the winnings. Do not respond to emails/letters/faxes that claim you have won money. Never give out your confidential personal or bank account information to anyone claiming to hold your "winnings". Participation in foreign lotteries is against the law.
Overpayment Scam (Counterfeit Check)
Someone responds to your posting or ad, and offers to use a cashier's check, personal check or corporate check to pay for the item you're selling. At the last minute, the so-called buyer (or the buyer's "agent") comes up with a reason for writing the check for more than the purchase price, and asks you to wire back the difference after you deposit the check. You deposit the check and wire the funds back to the "buyer". Later, the check bounces, leaving you liable for the entire amount.
Overpayment scams are primarily perpetuated through internet-based transactions (i.e. eBay or Craigslist) but can also be phone-based transactions. Scams frequently consist of a counterfeit cashier's check or another monetary instrument for payment of an item. The counterfeit item looks legitimate and often contains watermarks and other security features. The check amount is usually greater than the purchase price of the item. The seller or business deposits the check into their account believing that the counterfeit item is legitimate.
Know who you're dealing with. In any transaction, independently confirm the buyer's name, street address, and telephone number. Don't accept a check for more than the selling price, no matter how tempting. If the buyer insists that you wire back funds, end the transaction immediately.
Collection Scam
Criminals have devised counterfeit check schemes targeting attorneys. Scammers will use the names of legitimate companies to gain credibility and use email addresses created to show a possible connection to the legitimate company. Scammers will email, fax, or call the law firm requesting legal services in connection with a settlement.
If the attorney responds, the scam begins and the attorney will eventually receive a fraudulent settlement check that usually appears to be a cashier's check or business check. The attorney is asked to deposit the settlement check, keep a retainer fee and wire the remainder of the settlement to the client's (scammer's) overseas account. The original settlement check is later returned as unpaid/fraudulent and the attorney is left responsible for the funds wired out of the attorney's bank account overseas.
Be suspicious of a solicitation that offers a relatively large fee for minimal work and is outside your usual practice. Carefully scrutinize unsolicited email/phone calls from individuals or entities requesting services with whom you have no prior dealings, particularly if the solicitation originates from a foreign country. Educate your staff to be on the lookout for these types of schemes. If you accept payment by check, ask for a check drawn on a local bank, or a bank with a local branch. That way, you can make a personal visit to make sure the check is valid. If that's not possible, call the bank where the check was issued and verify that the check is valid. Get the issuing bank's phone number from directory assistance or an Internet site that you know and not from the check or the person who gave you the check. Monitor your bank accounts and ensure that settlement checks you deposit, clear through the banking system and you have received good funds before you issue or pay monies to clients.
Online Job Scam
Another common internet scam involves soliciting individuals for what appears to be a lucrative position that will allow them to work as an independent agent or from their home.
Job scammers use reputable online job boards to offer work-at-home jobs or accounting positions. These job scams may require employees to receive money into their existing bank account (or open new accounts) and then transfer the money to another account, often overseas. As payment, the job seeker is instructed to keep a small percentage of the transfer.
Be cautious of any employer offering employment without an interview (either in person or by phone). Thoroughly research any employer requesting that you transfer funds or receive packages for shipment, especially if they are located overseas. Most of these employment offers are check-cashing or shipping scams. Do not provide your Social Security number or any other sensitive information unless you are confident that the employer is legitimate.
Protect yourself:
- Learn to detect fake emails and websites requesting your personal information.
- Review your credit report at least twice a year. Check for unauthorized changes and new accounts in your name. Remember, consumers can obtain free copies of their credit reports once each year from the credit reporting companies. See the Federal Trade Commission's website http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/freereports/index.shtml for more information.
- Use virus protection software.
Online, Email, and Scam Security Tips
Online Security Tips
- Memorize your User Name and Password. Your online User Name and Password authenticate you when you begin an Online Banking session. You should memorize your Password and never write it down anywhere, save to your computer, or reveal it to anyone.
- Create a complex Password that:
- Is 8 - 12 characters in length. The longer the Password, the better.
- Includes letters and numbers.
- Has at least four different characters (no repeats).
- Has at least one special character.
- Is a sequence of random letters and numbers.
- Is not obvious or easily obtainable information.
- Change your Password regularly. You can easily change your Password by visiting the Change Username/Password page under Preferences in the Services tab of Online Banking.
- Remember to logout of Online Banking and close all browsing sessions for security. Don't rely on our session time-out feature.
- Verify the security certificate of any website you're going to input sensitive information into.
- Bank of the West uses VeriSign Secured and Secured Socket Layer Technology (SSL "lock"). Click on the VeriSign logo to confirm the site's authenticity. When conducting online transactions involving sensitive information such as passwords, PINs or account numbers, look for the SSL lock first.
- Check for the yellow lock icon in the status bar of your browser. This means that the website uses encryption to protect your information. Make sure the yellow lock icon is closed, indicating that the encryption is on. Double-click it to display the security certificate. The security certificate information should match the name of the site you intended to be on.
- Do not share any confidential information through suspicious emails, websites, social media networks, text messages or phone calls.
- Protect your personal and account information, including your Online Banking user name, password, and answers to security questions. Do not write this information down or share it with anyone.
- If you receive a suspicious email, do not click on any links or reply to it. Simply delete it.
- Avoid using a public or shared computer for personal and financial transactions. Only conduct Online Banking and financial transactions using a trusted computer.
- If your computer is infected with a virus, run anti-virus software to remove the infection and change passwords on all your financial and personal accounts including your email using a secure device.
- Make sure the computer(s) you use have current software security patches and anti-virus software. Anti-virus software requires frequent updates to guard against new viruses.
- Install a personal firewall to help prevent unauthorized access to your home computer.
- Wireless access should be secured with strong password encryption. Be cautious when using public hotspots and consider your Wi-Fi auto-connect settings.
Email Security Tips
- Be wary of unsolicited email containing urgent appeals for security or personal information.
- Spelling errors can help fraudulent emails get through your spam filters.
- Never open attachments, click on links, or respond to emails from suspicious or unknown senders.
- If you receive a suspicious email that you think is a phish, do not respond or provide any information. Simply delete it.
- To report a suspicious email that uses Bank of the West's name, forward it to email@example.com.
- Do not include account or sensitive information if you are communicating with us via email@example.com. If you use online banking, please send a secure message through the Message Center function of your Online Banking service.
View fraudulent email examples.
Scam Prevention Tips
- Use common sense. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
- Never give personal information to a stranger who contacts you, whether by phone, email or other means.
- You are responsible and liable for items you cash or deposit into your account.
- Be wary of offers of mortgage modification, foreclosure rescue, or short sale scams involving money-back guarantees, title transfers, up-front fees, or high pressure sales tactics.
- No matter how urgent someone claims a deal or job offer is, you should research and confirm its legitimacy .
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By Mike Whitney
11/05/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- On Monday, an editorial is scheduled to appear in the "Army Times" which will call for Donald Rumsfeld's resignation as Secretary of Defense. The article will run simultaneously in the "Air Force Times", "Navy Times" and "Marine Corps Times" and will be available to every active member in the United States Military.
The editorial "Time for Rumsfeld to go" provides a brief summary of Rumsfeld's role in engineering the greatest strategic defeat in American history. It says that the "rosy reassurances" made by the administration (like "Mission accomplished" and that the insurgency "was in its last throes") were in stark contrast to the military's "misgivings about the war's planning, execution and prospects for success".
Note: The "Army Times" has traditionally been about as critical of the government as their Soviet equivalent, Pravda. They have never publicly bashed the civilian leadership even in the worst days of the Vietnam War. This is entirely unprecedented. The military has clearly lost its faith in Rumsfeld's ability to lead.
Rumsfeld's inability to learn from his mistakes or follow the advice of his subordinates has caused him to underestimate the challenges of military occupation or "the problem of molding a viciously sectarian population into anything resembling a force for national unity."
Even at this late date, Rumsfeld has no plan for establishing security and he never did. He always believed that he could bomb the Iraqis into submission and bring the nation "to heel" with America's overwhelming firepower.
He failed and his model of military subjugation failed as well.
The editorial states:
"Rumsfeld has lost credibility with the uniformed leadership, with the troops, with Congress and with the public at large. His strategy has failed, and his ability to lead has been compromised. And although the blame for our failures in Iraq rests with the secretary, it will be the troops who bear its brunt….It's time to face the hard bruising truth: Donald Rumsfeld must go."
Rumsfeld has reacted in typical fashion. He is reorganizing the Pentagon's public relations operations to create a "rapid response unit" to address the mounting criticism of himself and his war. His actions suggest that the personal attacks on him and the conduct of the war are merely a matter of perception management which can be corrected by a competent team of PR agents.
But the war will not be won by simply revving up the propaganda-machine. Nor will Rumsfeld's image be restored by recasting his blunders as the bold actions of a military genius.
Baghdad is surrounded. Hundreds of Iraqis are being tortured and killed every day. The country is in a state of collapse. There's only so much that one can expect from public relations makeovers. Even the best propaganda has its limits.
Surprisingly, there are signs that Rumsfeld and Co. finally grasp the seriousness of the situation in Iraq and have begun negotiations with the Sunni-backed resistance. Juan Cole (Informed Comment) cites news from Amman newspaper al-Ra'y:
"Contacts between US Officials and Armed Factions…The Iraqi government meets representatives of the Ba'ath Party and armed Resistance and calls for reconsidering the decision to dissolve the army and canceling the Deba'athification." Iraqi elites, including former members of the Saddam regime are negotiating the terms for "reconciliation" which may include the reinstating the Iraqi military and many of the members of the Ba'athist Party to positions of political power. "Some of those who attended the meetings are from the armed resistance moving under political cover." They are insisting that the Bush administration "reconsider the dissolution of the army" and "cancel the De'bathification Law".
If secret negotiations are in fact going on, then that is certainly a positive development. The present conflict won't end without communication between the warring parties and a clearly-defined political solution.
Still, it seems manifestly hypocritical for President Bush to continue blasting the Democrats as the "cut and run" party, while he's secretly working out the details for putting Saddam's henchmen back into power.
The reports of secret talks coincide with a glut of rumors from Jordan which suggest that high-ranking American officials have met with Iraqi Generals in Amman and are working out the details to depose Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki through a coup d'etat. In fact, Al-Ahram Weekly reported that "discussions of a coup have been underway for some time between American and Iraqi officers. One politician stated that several Iraqi leaders, who have been working closely with the Americans…are also involved in the discussions." ("A Volte Face for Iraq, Salah Hemeid)
Is it true? Is the Bush administration so desperate that they would abandon any pretense of "establishing a democracy in the heart of the Middle East" and try to resurrect the Saddam regime?
And, how does this new information square with Cheney's claim that, "We don't negotiate with terrorists; we defeat them!" Was it just more empty bravado and tough-talk like, "Bring 'em on"?
The administration appears to be wearing-down from the deluge of bad news coming out of Iraq. Last week, Bush held a live interview with right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh where Bush opined:
"I am deeply concerned about a country, the United States, leaving the Middle East. I am worried that rival forms of extremists will battle for power, creating incredible damage that will topple modern governments, and they will be in a position to use oil as a tool to blackmail the West….If they control oil resources, and pull oil off the market in order to run the price up, and they do so unless we abandon Israel for example, or unless we abandon our allies."
Imagine the level of desperation that Bush must feel to finally admit the real reason for our involvement in Iraq. All the nonsense about WMD and "bringing democracy to the Iraqi people" is brushed aside in one somber statement. Bush not only concedes that the war was about oil but, also, that we may now be facing a burgeoning resistance that could cross borders and engulf the entire region in flames. Now that IS a threat to our national security.
The war has released the genie of mass-destruction and there's a strong probability that the fighting won't be contained within Iraq. Oddly enough, this has always been the dark-vision of the neoconservatives who espoused "creative destruction" as the organizing-principle of foreign policy. Now that their dream appears to be materializing, they're all in full-retreat trying to distance themselves from the president.
Only Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are left to take the blame.
The editorial in the "Army Times" is just the beginning of a long and agonizing slide toward the political ash-heap. Many will undoubtedly say that it is inappropriate for active military to speak out against the civilian leadership in a democracy, but most will conclude that the article doesn't go far enough. There are some people who'd like to see a convoy of tanks and armored-vehicles clanking down Pennsylvania Ave on their way to removing the corporate-interlopers from the big white house with the rot-iron gates. And there are others are who'd like to see those same tanks take a spin through the House of Representatives and the Supreme Court on their way to the Time-Warner Building where they can send Wolf Blitzer and Paula Zahn scuttling down 5th Ave with cake-makeup and mascara dripping from the terrified faces.
And, there are even those who'd like to see the Decider-in-chief packed-off to Crawford while a responsible adult like retired General Zinni takes over and extracts the ship-o-state from the Iraqi quagmire.
But that's too much to hope for, and besides, the problem we face is much greater than Bush or Rumsfeld. The American Corporatocracy cannot be beaten by removing a few small cogs in the mighty wheel of state-power. We need a sea-change in our political life; a complete system-makeover from top to bottom.
None of the people who started this war will ever be held accountable. In fact, the cabal of militarists, think-tank sycophants, and genocidal nutbars, who operate covertly behind the scenes, are probably devising their next bloodbath already. Unless we root them out, the cancer will persist.
The best solution would be to gather the lot-of-them together, issue each one a sidearm and the standard defective bulletproof-vest, and make them prowl the warrens of Baghdad in an unarmored Humvee like our troops do everyday.
That oughta' be fair enough


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Investigators at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have accelerated the search for the bacterial genes that make the Lyme disease bacterium so invasive and persistent. The discovery could advance the diagnosis and treatment of this disease, which affects an estimated 30,000 Americans each year.
The researchers have developed a new technique that allowed them to test 15 times more bacterial genes than had been evaluated in the previous 30 years to ascertain their roles in infection. Findings appeared Oct. 25 in the journal The Public Library of Science ONE (PLOS ONE), an international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication.
Scientists hope to use this information to unravel the mystery of how the spiral-shaped bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi causes Lyme disease. Ticks carry the bacterium and transfer it to animals and humans when the tiny spider-like creatures bite. The Lyme disease microorganism was discovered in 1981.
"We believe that this will be one of the most significant publications in Lyme disease in the next several years. This global approach will help 'move the field forward' and also serve as a model for other pathogens with similar properties," said Steven Norris, Ph.D., the study's senior author and the vice chair for research in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the UTHealth Medical School.
The bacterium can invade almost any tissue in humans or animals and trigger an infection that lasts from months to years. Its symptoms include a reddish rash that often resembles a bull's eye and flu-like symptoms. The disease can lead to nervous system problems, joint inflammation and heart abnormalities. Most instances of Lyme disease can be treated with antibiotics.
"Our long-term goals are to screen, identify and characterize the virulence determinants of the Lyme disease bacterium and thereby dissect the mechanism of pathogenesis in mammals and ticks," said Tao Lin, D,V.M., the study's lead author and assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the UTHealth Medical School. "With this information, we will have a clearer picture about the virulence determinants and virulence factors for this fascinating microorganism and the mechanism of pathogenesis behind this unique, invasive, persistent pathogen."
Norris, the Robert Greer Professor of Biomedical Sciences at UTHealth, and Lin are running tests on the 1,739 genes in the bacterium to see which genes impact the microorganism's ability to spread disease.
To do this, they mutated the bacterial genes and gauged the impact in a mouse infection model. Overall, 4,479 mutated bacteria were isolated and characterized. Whereas it took researchers about three decades to knock out less than 40 bacterial genes, Norris and Lin knocked out 790 genes in a comparatively short period of time; some genes were "hit" multiple times. A newly developed screening technique, which involves signature-tagged mutagenesis and Luminex-based high-throughput screening technologies, can also be used to identify infection-related genes in other bacteria.
"This kind of study enables us to better understand the disease pathogenesis at the basic level," said Charles Ericsson, M.D., head of clinical infectious diseases at the UTHealth Medical School. "In time, such understanding of virulence properties might enable us to develop vaccine candidates, better diagnostic tools and perhaps even targeted drug intervention."
|Contact: Robert Cahill
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston


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EUREKA, Ill. – Greenville was a prevailing force at the Eureka tri-match on Saturday as they rolled through Principia College 3-1 and Fontbonne University 3-0.
In their first match against Principia College Greenville's aggressive offense was showcased as Corinne Coon, Nicole Schaeffer, Taylor Brunner, and Ansley DeVrieze put away 49 kills collectively. Coon led the pack with 15 total kills, 7 of which she collected in the fourth set to shut out Principia.
Other highlighted Panthers include Greenville setter, Janell Crow, who ended the night with 50 assists while middle blocker Tricia Gall was a dominating defensive force with 6 block assists and 2 block solos.
Together their offensive and defensive potency earned GC the 3-1 win.
"Our girls played incredibly smart, disrupting Prin's offense and taking out their number one offensive weapon. On top of that we played one of our best offensive matches." Commented assistant coach Jenna Marcotte.
The second match of the day highlighted the future of Greenville volleyball. As Greenville took on Fontbonne University, freshmen Marie Kendrick, Lauren Sheline, Kristin Frey, and Joelle Scholten had a chance to showcase their talents.
Nicole Schaeffer, also a freshman, led the team with 12 kills while Frey contributed 7 kills and 0 errors on 16 attempts in only two sets. The up-and-coming Panther squad had no problem defeating the Griffins 25-16, 25-23, and 25-13.
"The Fontbonne match was a great opportunity for our future contributors to get an opportunity to play. We have a deep bench and a lot of flexibility." Commented head coach Tom Ackerman.
The Panthers now stand with a 4-1 conference record, and will look to defeat Webster at home on September 26 at 7:00 PM.


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Jason Stanford
The GOP's 'Anti- Science' Science Committee
The Mars Curiosity Rover has more than 1 million followers on Twitter. Todd Akin, the Senate candidate who believes rape victims have a biological defense against getting pregnant, has a little over 5,000.
The Curiosity Rover has inspired Earthlings to further scientific exploration and research. The Missouri Republican has inspired leaders of his party to beg him to drop out.
Guess which one has more influence on our nation's science and space policy?
It's Akin, who sits on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, and he's far from an outlier among the majority on that committee. At a time when our economy and the future of this planet depend upon scientific consensus and advancement, Republicans who don't believe in the scientific method are running the House Science Committee.
It's one thing to hold moral views that run contrary to science. Anyone who believes in the resurrection, for example, holds an anti-scientific view, as does anyone who believes that by eating a tiny cracker that they are eating a piece of someone's body. In fact, faith-the belief without proof-is anti-scientific. That's not what I'm talking about.
The Republican members of the House Science Committee hold anti-scientific views of such towering ignorance they make you question evolution.
Holding the gavel is 89-year-old Ralph Hall, an East Texan who's not sure whether the planet is getting hotter or not. "We have some real challenges; we have the global warming or global freezing," said Hall. On behalf of Texas, we're sorry about Hall. We thought Congress would be a safe place to keep him and never intended for him to be given sharp objects or a position of actual importance.
Then there's California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, bless his heart. When he learned that decaying plant matter emits greenhouse gasses, he asked, "Is there some thought being given to subsidizing the clearing of rain forests in order for some countries to eliminate that production of greenhouse gases?"
Georgia's Dr. Paul Broun-the kind of Republican who compared Obama to Hitler and then apologized "for putting it that way"-betrays no ambivalence about global warming or why he's on the science committee. "I very much would like to debunk this myth that there is a scientific consensus that we have human-induced climate change," he said. "I want to focus on what the truth is, instead of this blanket statement that there is this scientific consensus that this is occurring, which is balderdash."
Note to Broun: There's so much scientific consensus that our planet is cooking that even a study funded by the Koch brothers reached the same conclusion. But again, we're talking about a medical doctor who, when the Center for Disease Control urged people to eat more fruits and vegetables, said, "This is socialism of the highest order!"
Pity the poor scientists who testify before their committee, for their words are wasted. It is a liberal conceit that the world's problems can be solved through education. Raise your hand if you've ever said, "Education is the magic bullet." Now slap yourself with that hand. The anti-scientific congressmen who run the House Science Committee are educated. They have all the facts at their disposal. They choose, with purpose and determination, to hold beliefs contrary to these facts.
In this case, evidence will not give light to darkness. We can't simply sail over the horizon to prove to them that the Earth is round. They have globes, scientific consensus and personal experiences to draw from, yet these guys are drawing curtains against the Enlightenment. The truth isn't setting them free when it comes to conservative hostility to science.
This is where you come in. A blogger for Wired magazine tried to find Democrats on the House Science Committee who shared similarly anti-scientific views but came up empty. This is one reason I become murderously angry with cynical observers who falsely blame both parties for what ails our body politic. You may not agree with everything the Democratic Party believes-and in fact, I don't know a Democrat who does-but we do believe in science.
October 6, 2012 at 1:30 PM
October 6, 2012 at 1:36 PM
I believe in this statement:
"The anti-scientific congressmen who run the House Science Committee are educated. They have all the facts at their disposal. They choose, with purpose and determination, to hold beliefs contrary to these facts."
Quoting romalove:
Maybe there shouldn't be a Science and Technology committee in Congress, since they aren't scientists or have any expertise that would allow them to make good decisions in these areas.
October 6, 2012 at 1:37 PM
October 6, 2012 at 4:08 PMI wish there was some kind of minimum knowledge someone needed to have before getting on really important committees like these. I'm sure it is all cynical politics and seat holders going back to long ago senators who had groomed hand picked proteges to carry the fight on for oil interests etc.
October 6, 2012 at 4:13 PM
Quoting AdrianneHill:
I wish there was some kind of minimum knowledge someone needed to have before getting on really important committees like these. I'm dire it is all cynical politics and seat holders going back to long ago senators who had groomed hand picked proteges to carry the fight on for oil interests etc.
I am sure the Republicans in the committee have the knowledge. They just don't believe it. Some know what evolution is but don't believe it. Some know how the process of checking somethings age works they just believe it is lies from the Pit of Hell.
I am glad this is getting attention because these people surely do not belong on those committees if they don't believe int he scientific process.
by ClairwilOctober 6, 2012 at 6:23 PM
October 6, 2012 at 7:23 PMIt's so great you're here now. I seriously considered posting something along the lines of "Awoo-woo!! Ima tell Clair on all y'all!" And then run and tell you on them. I knew you would know what might educate people against their will and under their radar.
Yeah, I know, put you on a pedastal much? Sorry, total slut for dorks and nerds, can't help myself. And you've got an English accent, do what?!? You're gonna need a restraining order for my kinda love, baby. Sorry.
Quoting Clairwil:
October 6, 2012 at 7:24 PMActually you're really needing to go check on the rebuttal to bill nye because it's painful.


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In the United States, women receive
conflicting advice about when to wean their children completely
from breastfeeding. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends
one year, while WHO and UNICEF recommend at least two years. Many
physicians consider six months to be "extended"
breastfeeding, and some health professionals question the motives
of women who nurse for more than a year. In turn, women may hide
the fact that they are still nursing an older child from
disapproving health care professionals or family members. From
anthropological research, we know that in many non-Western
cultures children are routinely nursed for three to four years.
Are they eccentric, or are we? Can we look to other animals to
determine what the natural age at weaning would be in modern
humans if it was not modified by cultural beliefs?
Like all mammals, humans have mammary glands
that function to nurture their offspring. Within the class
Mammalia, humans are members of the order Primates, and have the
basic primate pattern of breastfeeding and weaning activity that
has been molded by more than 65 million years of natural selection
to ensure the best possible survival rate of primate offspring.
This basic pattern is assumed to be primarily genetically based.
In addition, a number of life-history variables are also
associated with age at weaning in the non-human primates. What do
these variables suggest about the "natural" age of
weaning in humans?
Weaning according to tripling or
quadrupling of birth weight
The idea that mammals wean their offspring
when they have tripled their birth weight is widely reported in
the breastfeeding literature (Lawrence 1989). This rule of thumb
holds true for small-bodied mammals, but not for larger ones.
Recent research has looked at age at weaning and at growth among
large mammals, including primates. The research shows that weaning
occurs some months after quadrupling of the birth weight, rather
than tripling (Lee, Majluf and Gordon 1991). When do U.S. infants
typically quadruple their birth weight? For males, the average age
is around 27 months, and for females, around 30 months.
Weaning according to attainment of
one-third adult weight
Other studies suggest that primates are like
other mammals in weaning each offspring when they reach about
one-third their adult weight (Charnov and Berrigan 1993). Humans
come in different sizes, but 4 to 7 years of nursing would be the
weaning age for humans using this method of comparison, with boys
generally being nursed longer than girls, and large-bodied
populations nursing longer than small-bodied groups.
Weaning according to adult body size
Harvey and Clutton-Brock (1985) published a
study of life-history variables in primates, including a formula
for calculating age at weaning based on adult female body weight.
The equation predicts an age at weaning for humans at between 2.8
and 3.7 years, depending on average adult female body weight, with
larger-bodied populations nursing the longest.
Weaning according to gestation length
It is often reported in the literature that,
among mammals in general, weaning age is approximately the same as
the length of gestation (Lawrence 1989). By this criterion,
weaning in humans might be expected to take place after only nine
months of breastfeeding. However, this one-to-one relationship is
greatly affected by the adult size of the animal. For many
small-bodied primates, the duration of breastfeeding is shorter
than the length of gestation. Among large-bodied primate species,
the duration of breastfeeding far exceeds the average length of
gestation. For humankind's closest relatives, the chimpanzee and
the gorilla, the duration of breastfeeding is more than six times
the length of gestation. Humans are among the largest of the
primates, and share more than 98 percent of their genetic material
with chimpanzees and gorillas. Based on these comparisons, an
estimated natural age at weaning for humans would be a minimum of
six times gestational length, or 4.5 years.
Weaning according to dental eruption
According to the research of Smith (1991),
many primates wean their offspring when they are erupting their
first permanent molars. First permanent molar eruption occurs
around 5.5 to 6.0 years in modern humans. It is interesting to
note that achievement of adult immune competence in humans also
occurs at approximately six years of age, suggesting that
throughout our recent evolutionary past, the active immunities
provided by breast milk were normally available to the child until
about this age (Fredrickson).
Our evolutionary past has produced an
organism that relies on breastfeeding to provide the context for
physical, cognitive, and emotional development. The human primate
data suggest that human children are designed to receive all of
the benefits of breast milk and breastfeeding for an absolute
minimum of two and a half years, and an apparent upper limit of
around seven years. Natural selection has favored those infants
with a strong, genetically coded blueprint that programs them to
expect nursing to continue for a number of years after birth and
results in the urge to suckle remaining strong for this entire
period. Many societies today are able to meet a child's
nutritional needs with modified adult foods after the age of three
or four years. Western, industrialized societies can compensate
for some (but not all) of the immunological benefits of
breastfeeding with antibiotics, vaccines and improved sanitation.
But the physical, cognitive, and emotional needs of the young
child persist. Health care professionals, parents, and the general
public should be made aware that somewhere between three and seven
years may be a reasonable and appropriate age of weaning for
humans, however uncommon it may be in the United States to nurse
an infant through toddlerhood and beyond.
Charnov, E. L. and D. Berrigan. Why do
female primates have such long lifespans and so few babies? or Life in
the slow lane. Evol Anthropol 1993; 1:191-94.
Fredrickson, D. University of Kansas,
personal communication.
Harvey, P. H. and T. H. Clutton-Brock.
Life history variation in primates. Evolution 1985; 39:559-81.
Lawrence, R. A. Breastfeeding: A
Guide for the Medical Profession, 3rd edition. St. Louis: Mosby,
Lee, P C., P. Majluf, and I. J. Gordon.
Growth, weaning and maternal investment from a comparative
perspective. J Zool Lond 1991; 225:99-114.
Smith, B. H. Age of weaning
approximates age of emergence of the first permanent molar in nonhuman
primates, abstracted. Phys Anthropol Suppl 1991; 12:163-64.
Copyright 1994 La Leche League International
This article first appeared in Breastfeeding
Abstracts, August 1994, Volume 14, Number 1, pp. 3-4. Reprinted with
permission from La Leche League International.
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This is a historic occasion. On a recent afternoon in their studio north of San Francisco, Metallica are playing the whole of their biggest album, 1991's Metallica, a.k.a. the Black Album, in sequence for the first time. They are also playing it backward, starting with the emotionally wracked finale, "The Struggle Within," and ending with the exultant menace of "Enter Sandman." "It doesn't say anywhere that if you play an album in its entirety, you have to play it front to back," drummer Lars Ulrich contends.
Ulrich, singer-guitarist James Hetfield, guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo will perform the Black Album at their Orion Music + More festival, to be held June 23rd-24th in Atlantic City. They'll also stomp through 1984's Ride the Lightning, another first. As the members explain in these interviews, before and after practice, this is a summer of firsts. An eight-show run in Mexico City will feature an extravagant new stage that is a component of the 3D movie Metallica are developing with director Nimród Antal. And with Orion Music + More, Metallica are launching a personalized twist on the festival experience. Ulrich is programming a film tent; Hammett is the host of Kirk's Crypt, devoted to his collection of horror-movie memorabilia. Everyone in the band had a loud say in the wide range of acts on the rest of the bill.
"Do your festival, do your movie – it's all so cool," Ulrich raves. "Variety is the spice of life."
Click through the following pages to read interviews with each band member, and watch a video below of Metallica's cover shoot for the Big Issue of Rolling Stone.
James Hetfield
This is a busy year for you, even without a new album. When you come to this studio, does it feel like your version of an office?
Not one bit. I look forward to coming here. It feels safe. It feels real. I can be my total self. Out there, not so much. When I get here, I feel grounded. I feel OK.
There was a different energy when we worked in other places. When we recorded in Denmark, we slept in the tape [storage] room. We'd wake up, go downstairs and record, then go upstairs and go to bed. But this is the ultimate. If you're in a rock band, you want this. And we got it.
The place where we wrote [1986's] Master of Puppets was over on Carlson Boulevard [in El Cerrito]. There was a garage where we never parked a car. There was a drum kit, a few amps – the smell of that carpet... ugh! It was going to be torn down, that historic little building [grins]. I wanted to buy it and put it in there [points to the recording room]. Put the old garage in our new garage. I had to let that one go.
After 30 years, a lot of bands would start slowing down.
A lot of bands would say, "I wonder what 30 years feels like. We never made it." There's a lot of people who want us to stop. This is a gold-plated problem. Why would you stop? There are so many cool things still. I don't want to say no to something and then think later on, "What an asshole. You missed out on something that is not coming again."
Twenty years ago, a lot of those people thought you walked on water.
It's mostly "They're not doing the things I want them to. They made an album with Lou Reed. I don't want that." They're in love with something that isn't. Or they're in love with something that morphs, that needs its own space. They can't contain it.
When you played the older songs at your 30th-anniversary shows last December at the Fillmore, did you recognize your younger, angrier self in those lyrics? You're a different man than the one who wrote "Of Wolf and Man."
Or "Dyers Eve," which is pure spite. [Pauses] I look back at pictures and see someone who is happy – smiling, goofing, using foul language at the wrong time, kind of obnoxious, but happy. But behind closed doors, there was a lonely, ugly, hateful person. Thank God for that music.
There's a romantic part of those days that I miss. I look at those photos and want to be that again. Then I look at my relationship with my band, my friends, especially my family, and I think, "I wouldn't have this if I was that person."
Are there songs on the Black Album that you find difficult to sing now?
Lyrically? No. It just solidifies what I was going through. I can see it clearer. "The Struggle Within" – I'm no psychiatrist, but it's right there. "Don't Tread on Me," "Sad but True," "My Friend of Misery" – it speaks a lot of what's to come. When [the artist] Pushead did the original [sleeve] art for "Sad but True," with the skull looking at itself, I had no idea the duality was so blatant in that song. He picked up on that: good and evil; the secret me and the public me. I'm glad I'm a little more transparent than I think I am. People have helped me more because of that.
How do you write angry metal lyrics now if you've left the rage behind?
Ask my wife why I get pissed off and want to smash the car into pieces. It's still there. I wish it wasn't. But why run from it? Just understand it. Use it. When I'm feeling like that, pick up a pen and paper. Pick up the guitar. Start doing it. Because it's not gone. My family wishes it was. But it's not.
Do you have a mental or emotional regimen to manage that?
Obviously the 12-step meetings. Meditation. Prayer. They all help me at least know that what I'm feeling is coming from somewhere for a reason. It's understanding my cycle: feeling insecure, using rage to prove who I am and get what I want, then depression. And then it goes back to insecurity. It's a cycle, not unlike drinking – all or nothing. History tells me it won't last forever. But when I'm in it, I'm in it.
How far have you gotten into writing for a new album?
I only have 846 riffs.
Is that an exact figure?
In iTunes, you can see how many things you've got. And that does not include the soundchecks, the stuff we goof around with here. You plug in an amp. Suddenly it makes you feel good – you come up with a riff. "Dude, did you get that?" You can't get away from being recorded here.
But Lars, the hoarder of Metallica, is obsessed with revisiting every stone, turning it over: "That could be great!" Yeah, it could all be great. But I've got a new one right now. That's the Catch-22. You've got a riff from five years ago on tour that's amazing. Do I still feel it? Don't worry. Something better will show up.
Are there too many distractions – tours, the festival, the movie – that take you away from the primary business of...
Writing songs? Absolutely. This week is interviews, photo shoots, shooting videos for things. When are we going to start writing? "We've got to rehearse the Black Album." I would love to sit and write a record without having to think of other stuff.
What is your take on 3D movies? When I hear that phrase, I get worried.
You think Pixar. You think hokey-ness. Our intention is to make something that is completely insane and blows minds. I also want a story line. I want this to be a cult-type film. It's kind of silly, talking so in-depth about it when I don't know what it even is yet.
Whose idea was it?
[Co-manager] Peter Mensch. It came from capturing the best stuff from all of the past tours. A lot of kids didn't get to see the destruction scene [on the...And Justice for All tour], or the Snakepit [on the Metallica tour]. Put it all into a best-of. And hey, why don't we film it in 3D?
Do you have a budget?
Yeah. It's ungodly. It's our life savings, basically. We don't know what the hell we're doing. But we know we want to try.
I'm surprised that after your 2004 warts-and-all documentary, "Some Kind of Monster," you would make another movie.
Maybe someone else will go into rehab for this one. [Laughs] Rehab – in 3D!
Lars Ulrich
Whose idea was it to play the Black Album in reverse?
If you like the idea, it was mine. If you don't, it was James' [grins]. For better or worse, I'm the set-list guy. This is all subject to change if it doesn't work. But the idea of starting off with the lesser-known songs buried down there and ending up with "Sad but True" and "Enter Sandman" seems like a winner. You finish with the money shot, which is the first song.
That album's shift away from speed metal to shorter, simpler songs set the tone for the rest of Metallica's career – a willingness to experiment that still confounds even people who like you.
I'm a big believer that the records all thread together. That straighter, four-on-the-floor thing was present on earlier records, in "Harvester of Sorrow" and "Ride the Lightning." But we went all-out because there was nowhere else to go. Where do you go after "Dyer's Eve"? You can't get faster. You can't get more pissed off than Hetfield barking at his parents. That was the end of the Eighties for us.
We played a show in Toronto with Aerosmith in the summer of 1990, right at the time we started writing the Black Album. I remember sitting under the grandstand with [co-manager] Cliff Burnstein. He said, "The Misfits are a huge part of your influence – 'Last Caress' is a minute and a half long. [The Rolling Stones'] 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' is part of who you are. You just haven't released it yet."
I went back to San Francisco, and there was a riff on Kirk's riff tape [hums the "Enter Sandman" lick]. The whole song is just that riff. "Enter Sandman" was the blueprint. The rest of the record appeared over two months.
How much will playing that album live affect your next album?
I've been sitting with these songs for a month now, listening to them while I'm driving, immersing myself before we play them: "Why did we go one key up there? Why did we repeat that thing four times instead of two?" I was thinking about it again today. There was a moment in "Sad but True" with that half-chorus in the middle. Then it went back to the guitar solo, and there was that little break before it goes into the third verse.
I couldn't help thinking, "Why was it put together like that? Maybe we can slightly borrow that?" If you can't rip yourself off, what's the point? It will be interesting to see, once we take this album out to people in different countries, what we'll come back with for the writing sessions in the fall.
You do have a lot of projects that get in the way of making new music.
I don't want to be that band that just does record, tour; record, tour. I will say to my dying day, "Who wouldn't want to make a record with Lou Reed?" They are adventures, uncharted territory, places where you do more than just use muscle memory. I want to get away from that model, that the sole reason for a band to exist is to just make another record.
You don't have on or off years now. They're all working years.
I have an adverse reaction to the word "work." Coming down to HQ, playing music and sweating – this is fun. We love this too much. We survived all of the pitfalls and traps we were in, all that nutty stuff you see in Some Kind of Monster. This whole thing seems to have found a rhythm. It's not like the Red Hot Chili Peppers. They make their record, they tour, then go away for three or four years. That's not our destiny.
What parts of the Orion festival can you take credit for?
I came up with the name [laughs]. For me, having the Arctic Monkeys on there is big. I think they're a heavy-metal band disguised as an indie band. If you listen to a song like "Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But...," there's almost a Rush element in there. Avenged Sevenfold are near and dear to me. They were on the fence about it. They were taking the summer off. I called one of the guys and said, "It would really mean a lot to us." The Black Angels are just cool. A friend of mine said, "Check them out," and I was like, "Wow, it's the Doors meets something else in 2011."
Were there any bands you invited who said, "No way, we'll get killed by your fans."
The issue isn't with the bands. It's more if this type of festival can exist from the fans' point of view. Because we're doing it, it gets branded as a particular thing. We have to work harder. If Radiohead does it, it's cool. If we do it, it's not.
I'm stunned that people are stunned by us doing these things. It's our DNA.
The 3D movie is a weird leap, even for you. It has elements of documentary, fiction and live performance, on this crazy stage.
This has been circling for two years. It's time to life-size it, get it out of our minds and on the screen. And if it's done right, it can be sensational. You're not watching Metallica onstage. You're onstage with Metallica. In IMAX, James Hetfield is 38 feet tall, snotting on you, spitting on you. It's 2,000 decibels. If there is an earthquake outside, you wouldn't notice.
But you can't do that for 100 minutes. It loses its appeal. There is another element in there – intimate, small, a story that takes place over the same trajectory as the concert. The question is, "Where do they weave in and out of each other?" But you have to cut away from the concert to enjoy the concert.
Even at a Metallica show, you gotta take a break for a beer or a leak.
This idea goes back to the Nineties, when IMAX movies started coming out. We were in talks with them. That's when an IMAX camera was the size of a house, and they only had 12 minutes of film. You had to stop to reload. But seeing Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in IMAX, which I did the week it came out, and then when we broadcast the Big 4 show [with Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth] from Sofia, Bulgaria, to movie theaters in 2010 – that's what sealed the deal.
How do you look at your long-term future? You just celebrated your 30th anniversary. Another 30 years might be optimistic. I still don't feel we've challenged ourselves enough. We still talk about "the next album." We can do whatever we want with our music. "We've hidden a new Metallica CD in each ZIP code in America. Go find it!" There's nothing but options.
Just don't mention the word "work." The a.m. grind, getting my three kids ready for school – that is the work part of my day. When I come in here, that's when the fun starts.
Kirk Hammett
What are you learning from playing the Black Album?
For the longest time, I thought "My Friend of Misery" was an instrumental. In 1990, when we were getting it together for the album, we always played it as an instrumental. Before we finished, we decided James should write lyrics. When we were talking about playing the Black Album live, I listened to it, to relearn it, and went, "My God, it has words." When we rehearsed it this time, it was the first time we'd played it with James singing.
But the simplicity of that album, the structure of it, verges on the poetic. A good poem has the right word in the right spot at the right moment. The Black Album has all that. The guitar solos almost wrote themselves.
It wasn't like you slowed down and simplified to become more successful. But a lot of your fans considered the Black Album a betrayal of your speed-metal origins.
Metal is one of the most conservative forms of music. The conundrum is that it's also rebellious music. It's supposed to be extreme. It's not anything anybody talks about. You just know what the terms are. Is that metal? Yes, it is. No, it's not. And if it's questionable, it's probably Metallica [grins].
But like at our festival – I am very excited to see [blues guitarist] Gary Clark Jr. There hasn't been a guitar guy in a long time who has been this interesting to me. I loved the fact that when we did Lollapalooza [in 1996], we were playing with the Cocteau Twins, the Ramones and Cheap Trick. I loved that dichotomy. If you're just going to throw the same ice cream at me, I'm outta here.
Your Orion festival is a huge undertaking. Do you expect to make money?
Let me let you in on a little secret. Whenever we go on these kinds of endeavors, it's never to make money [laughs]. We want it to be fun and exciting. Maybe we break even. Or lose money. Whatever. It's not a financial thing. We're trying to come up with something cool.
So what supports everything you have in this studio – touring? Yeah. The merchandise. We basically take funds from wherever we can. This is a real luxury. But great things come out of this. We have a place to rehearse, to write songs, to come up with new ideas. We don't necessarily save money having this place, because of the way we work. We take our time, doing what we need to do, and do it until it's done.
Do you have years where you have to go on the road to pay the bills?
That's every year. The cycles of taking two years off don't exist anymore. We were able to do that because we had record royalties coming in consistently. Now you put out an album, and you have a windfall maybe once or twice but not the way it used to be – a check every three months. We have to go out and play shows, and we're totally fine with that. We're a great live band that enjoys bringing the music to the people. I never thought it was enough, just giving them a CD.
That also means you've fallen way behind in making new music, because you're so busy with touring, the festival and the 3D movie.
We've known for at least two years that we have to start writing songs. It feels like I'm standing on the side of a hill: There's this big boulder at the top that I know is going to start rolling one of these days. And when it does, we won't be able to stop it. But it hasn't started rolling yet.
It's on everybody's mind. When we finished at the Fillmore last year, I thought, "A year from now I'm going to be 50. At this rate, does that mean I have two albums left in me? Three?" But if we run at a different rate, who knows? Five? The one thing I've learned is you can't be too prophetic in this band, because something happens, and things completely change.
You also have a funny sense of timing. You're performing the Black Album on its 21st anniversary, not the 20th.
It was only yesterday that I realized that my 29th anniversary with the band was last week. I totally forgot about it. I joined Metallica on April 12th or something, 1983.
Happy anniversary.
Thanks. I don't know if anyone else in the band noticed. Nobody said jackshit.
Robert Trujillo
After nine years in Metallica, do you still sometimes feel like the new guy?
Yeah. I was so immersed in and challenged by every song we played at those anniversary shows at the Fillmore. The funny thing is, in "Phantom Lord," the next-to-last song of the last night, I missed the key change. Lars was looking over at me with the semi-stink-eye; there's a certain look Lars will throw you that you don't want to see. I remember going, "Man, after all this, I blow it right at the end."
I went up to the dressing room and said to the guys, "Man, I'm so sorry. I got lost." And they said, "Oh, you too? So did we!" But at that moment, I felt like the new guy that blew it.
How would you characterize your role in Metallica?
I'm the guy who jumps ahead a bit and dissects the music – the length of certain sections, the notes, a lot of the foundation stuff. It's better for me to be 10 steps ahead than two steps behind. They wrote the songs. They recorded them. It's a part of them. But I want them to be able to lean on me.
At the beginning, it was horrible to be the guy who didn't know the song inside and out. I started working on "The Call of Ktulu" [on Ride the Lightning] a year before we ever played it live. I hoped, as a fan of Metallica, that someday we would play it. I'm still trying to get them to play "The Frayed Ends of Sanity" [on 1988's ...And Justice for All]. But that hasn't happened yet.
Is it part of your job to keep the spirit and standards of [the late bassist] Cliff Burton alive in the room?
I really believe that, especially now that we're incorporating songs like "Orion" [on Master of Puppets] and "The Call of Ktulu." That was a major step forward, because those songs hadn't been performed live. It was a challenge to nail it and to spiritually connect with that material. Every night we play those songs, I feel like, yeah, Cliff is right there with us.
Did you ever meet him or see him live with Metallica?
No, and it's the weirdest thing. Cliff's best friend is also my best friend, [drummer] Mike Bordin from Faith No More. We played in Ozzy's band together. When I went through the audition process with Metallica, I was staying at Mike's house. I'd be in the guest room at 2 a.m., learning "For Whom the Bell Tolls," and there would be this big picture of Cliff on the wall, looking at me as I'm learning his song.
Were there any bands on your wish list for Orion Music + More that you couldn't get?
I thought it would be cool to have [Trujillo's former band] Suicidal Tendencies. I had [flamenco duo] Rodrigo y Gabriela on my list, but they couldn't make it. If it were up to me, Bootsy Collins and Parliament-Funkadelic would be there.
We have diverse interests. Lars does not like hot-rod art. He's more abstract, modern. Kirk leans more Buddhist. The festival is an extension of that. But at the end of the day, people will get "Master of Puppets" and "Fight Fire With Fire." That's what we enjoy, too.
You've been in Metallica since 2003 and appear on exactly one studio album. Is that frustrating for you, not to be moving forward faster?
Sometimes. But we've done so much in that time. Take the Fillmore shows – so much work went into that. And making a record is huge: preparing the songs, locking them in. Everything is about nurturing, like vocals. There are a lot of possibilities, and James likes to try them all. Guitar solos take time in this band. Lars always has to be a part of that.
How much have you written, riff-wise, for the next record?
I have about 20 ideas I feel really good about, whereas on Death Magnetic I had one or two. But one of them ended up being "Suicide and Redemption." Hetfield – he's a writing machine. Kirk has over 300 ideas. There's so much stuff from the tuning-room jams, from all of those years of touring. I like to think I have 20 ideas I believe in.
What's the best one so far?
[Grins] There's one that reminds me of something off Black Sabbath's Vol. 4.
• The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time: Metallica
• The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Metallica's 'Metallica'
• Metallica Announce Orion Music Festival
• Metallica Hires Hungarian Director for 3D Concert Movie
• Metallica Wrap Up 30th Anniversary Shows With Monster Sets, Special Guests
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The Rotary Club in May honored two Laguna Beach High School athletes, both bound for the Ivy League.
Water polo player Lexi Del Toro, offensive player of the year, is a four-year scholar athlete on the Superintendent's Honor Roll. She will attend Harvard University in the fall.
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Heterodon nasicus
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Heterodon nasicus Baird & Girard, 1852
Common Name(s):
Heterodon gloydi Edgren, 1952
Heterodon kennerlyi Kennicott, 1860
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Crother et al. (2000) stated that "the nominal races of H. nasicus undoubtedly represent arbitrarily delimited sections of continuous variation," yet Crother et al. (2003) listed Heterodon gloydi as a distinct species, citing comments in Werler and Dixon (2000). However, Werler and Dixon treated gloydi as a subspecies of H. nasicus. Smith et al. (2003) recommended that kennerlyi be recognized as a distinct species, but pending further study, we here recognize gloydi and kennerlyi as subspecies or synonyms of H. nasicus.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Hammerson, G.A.
|Cox, N., Chanson, J.S. & Stuart, S.N. (Global Reptile Assessment Coordinating Team)
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
|Range Description:
|This species ranges from southern Canada, through the United States to northern Mexico. Its range extends from southern Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, and southern Manitoba southward through primarily the Great Plains region to southeastern Arizona and central Mexico (San Luis Potosi), discontinuously east to Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, and eastern Texas, and disjunctly west to central Wyoming; reported occurrence in northwestern Colorado need verification (Conant and Collins 1991, Walley and Eckerman 1999, Stebbins 2003). The single record for Arkansas is based on a misidentified specimen (Irwin 2001). Its elevational range is from near sea level to around 2,440 m asl (8,000 feet) (Stebbins 2003).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Canada; Mexico; United States
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|This species is represented by hundreds of occurrences or subpopulations (e.g., see maps in Degenhardt et al. 1996, Hammerson 1999, and Werler and Dixon 2000). The total adult population size is unknown but undoubtedly exceeds 100,000. Historically, local declines probably occurred as a result of habitat destruction. The current trend is probably relatively stable overall, with local declines associated with habitat loss or degradation. Overall, declines are probably less than 10% over 10 years or three generations.
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|Its habitat consists of areas with sandy or gravelly soils, including prairies, sandhills, wide valleys, river floodplains, bajadas, mesquite grassland, thornscrub, semi-desert areas, creosote bush desert, open montane woodland, semiagricultural areas (but not intensively cultivated land), margins of irrigation ditches, and sometimes mountain canyon bottoms (Degenhardt et al. 1996, Hammerson 1999, Werler and Dixon 2000, Stebbins 2003). Periods of inactivity are spent burrowed in the soil or in existing burrows. Eggs are laid in nests a few inches below the ground surface (Platt 1969).
|Major Threat(s):
|Conversion of prairie habitat to agricultural use has caused local declines, but overall it is not significantly threatened.
|Conservation Actions:
|This species probably is effectively protected in at least several areas of federal, state, and private lands (e.g., national parks and grasslands, state wildlife management areas, large cattle ranches).
|Hammerson, G.A. 2007. Heterodon nasicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63819A12718545. . Downloaded on 24 May 2018.
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A website containing details of almost 2300 war memorials across the state, and the names of servicemen and women on them, has been completely overhauled to coincide with Remembrance Day.
The site, revamped by the State Library of NSW, can be searched by name or place and users can add details and pictures of relatives who are named.
The placing of memorials in halls, stations, on park gates and buildings took off with the vast numbers of young men volunteering to fight on the Western Front in the First World War but some date from the Boer War around the turn of the century (1899-1902).
Unusually, Australia listed all servicemen and women who went to war unlike the UK whose memorials list only those who were killed.
Some relate to trades or organisations – one on Bridge Street records teachers and workers in education who served, there is one to staff from Grace Brothers and one for employees of the Commonwealth Bank – which is in what is now the Louis Vuitton store in Sydney.
State Librarian Dr Alex Byrne said: "This is an important part of social history so we are launching the website in a much more interactive form. It is an early example of crowdsourcing – 10 years ago we invited people to provide details about service rank and number as well as photos of those individuals listed.
"It is starting to become much more than just a list of memorials and names and is especially useful for people researching family history and for people trying to discover their links to a town. With the passion that people have for family history we think this will explode to become full of information.
"There is no doubt that the proportion of the population that went from Australia to the First World War was rivalled only by some of the towns in the Midlands and Yorkshire in England. There was a huge felling of 'we have to go and do our bit' coupled with that boy's own sense of adventure."
The database has details of about 2280 memorials with the names of 170,000 service individuals but there are believed to be some 3000 memorials in total.
The Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello, who is responsible for Veterans' Affairs, said: "No memorial is too small or insignificant to be listed on the website because each records a noble sacrifice."


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Madison Coulter is a sixth grade student of the month. She is the daughter of Timmy Coulter, Amy Coulter and Kathy Coulter.
Her favorite teachers are Mr. Mudd and Mrs. K. Bartley and her favorite classes are math and PE. The school activities she enjoys are volleyball and dodge ball.
She enjoys all of her teachers and likes playing on the computer.
Her future plans are to attend college.
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Through support of local business and industry, the Marion County Area Technology Center recognizes outstanding students by a student of the month program.
Washington County Schools board members opted to refinance bonds from 2003, which could save the school system $100,000 or more over the next 10 years.
A former employee of the Washington County Board of Education was granted partial summary judgement on Nov. 9 in a complaint filed against the school board and superintendent.
Friday, December 21: North Washington kindergarten classes – 9 to 9:45 a.m.
St. Catharine College recently announced the list of students who have achieved extraordinary academic success for the fall 2012 semester.
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The reason our taxes are increasing is because the cost of living is rising and anyone working for the state, city or federal government are receiving pay increases.
� Mount Clemens
When will President Obama bring all of our troops back from Afghanistan? They need to be here in America where they can protect us, not in other countries.
� St. Clair Shores
President Obama inherited a mess from the Bush administration. That fact can�t be denied, although you hear Republicans constantly saying that Obama should quit blaming George W. Bush. Bush is indeed to blame. The so-called job creators -- the wealthy who got tax breaks -- didn�t create jobs. If they had, there wouldn�t be the high unemployment numbers we recently had. The wealthy got their tax breaks, saving them millions, but it had no effect on jobs. Why do they keep referring to extremely wealthy individuals as job creators? Where are the jobs they have been creating? May they are mostly overseas because they certainly are not here.
-- Shelby Township
Is having a garbage dumpster in your front yard 365 days of the year considered blight in the city of Mount Clemens?
-- Mount Clemens
The city of Mount Clemens used to have the best tasting tap water in Macomb County. Now it�s all white and cloudy. What�s going on?
-- Mount Clemens
Hey-hey, ho-ho, labor unions have got to go.
-- Macomb Township
Why is Selfridge Air National Guard Base cutting down all the trees on both sides of Hall Road, which is disturbing the deer.
-- Chesterfield Township
The do-nothing incumbents in the Michigan Legislature and Congress will feel the wrath of my vote in the next election.
-- Sterling Heights
Why are companies not making American-made light bulbs? We are forced to buy Chinese light bulbs. When they break, we have to leave the house.
-- Harrison Township
The Detroit Lions suffered another losing season. Despite that, the fans still showed up, and every home game was a sellout. I think the Ford family and the Lions owe the fans a fan appreciation day at Ford Field, with free admission, free hot dogs and free pop. They should show some appreciation for the continued loyalty of the fans.
-- Washington Township
If the Macomb County Sheriff�s Office replaced the Fraser police department, we could save paying bonuses to the police officers who got phony degrees to enhance their paychecks
-- Fraser
The huge fireworks displays have got to stop.
-- Sterling Heights
I hope all the elected senators and representatives got new shoes for Christmas, because after a year of political foot-dragging, they surely must have been worn out.
-- Clinton Township
What is it with ice fishermen? Every year we hear the same story. Don�t they pay any attention, or do they believe they are invincible?
-- Roseville
I fail to understand why people who have lived in America all their lives can�t seem to grasp what is going on. We have a Constitution, and America was never meant to be a socialist society. We have Democrats all across the nation voting for a man who wants socialism in America. Isn�t that treason?
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