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why isn't microsoft doing everything possible to destroy linux? Is this a "saved apple" moment all over again??
Not quite. Saving Apple was (presumably) to help stave off the anti-trust suits against Microsoft by preserving a weak but "potentially credible" competitor. Helping Linux seems much more straightforward: Linux's overlap with Windows is much smaller than its overlap with HP, IBP, and Sun/Oracle. So, Microsoft might well help Linux to weaken HP, IBM, and Sun/Oracle, reckoning that Linux is unlikely itself ever to be a credible threat to Microsoft's own sales. Which (Linux-cheerleading aside) is an understandable assessment as most commercial purchasers tend to run different software on Linux machines than on Windows machines, and it is more often the software decision that drives the hardware purchase (rather than the other way around). So, Microsoft doesn't primarily need to "compete Windows with Linux", they need to "compete SQL-Server with Oracle", "Exchange with Lotus Notes", "IIS with Apache and JBoss", etc.
Not quite. Saving Apple was (presumably) to help stave off the anti-trust suits against Microsoft by preserving a weak but "potentially credible" competitor.
There was no "save Apple" moment.
When MS invested millions of dollars in Apple, Apple had billions of dollars in the bank. The investment was merely a part of a settlement between Apple and MS that ended the lawsuits Apple had against MS, and for Microsoft's part, they had to buy some Apple stock and promise to keep selling Office for a number of years.
Eh, Apple's "billions of dollars in the bank" was basically Enron accounting, and that was reflected in the stock price. The Microsoft "investment" provided a serious boost for Apple in their times of dire need, and there is no need to pathetically try to rewrite history.
Unless you are one of those late 90s-era melon-headed downsies mac zealots who actually believed Apple was not in serious financial conditions. In that case a shithouse OS like MacOS 8 is exactly what you deserved.
Eh, Apple's "billions of dollars in the bank" was basically Enron accounting, and that was reflected in the stock price.
Um, no. It was actual cash on hand.
The Microsoft "investment" provided a serious boost for Apple in their times of dire need, and there is no need to pathetically try to rewrite history.
The boost wasn't the cash. It wasn't even, directly, the deal with Microsoft.
The deal with Microsoft was the result of a change in direction for Apple. At most, it was a "vote of confidence" from MS, especially the commitment to continue to provide MS Office.
No, the boost was Jobs' redirection of Apple which appeared to be increasingly rudderless at the 90s wore on.
Unless you are one of those late 90s-era melon-headed downsies mac zealots who actually believed Apple was not in serious financial conditions. In that case a shithouse OS like MacOS 8 is exactly what you deserved.
Apple wasn't hurting for cash, they were hurting for direction. MS's $150 million had essentially zero direct effect for Apple financially.
If you are arguing about whether cash in the bank exists or not, this is Parmalat accounting, not Enron accounting - ie showing forged bank statements to the auditors. I am pretty sure that wasn't happening, and apart from the possibility of forged bank statements, cash generally isn't something you can argue with.
When MS invested millions of dollars in Apple, Apple had billions of dollars in the bank. The investment was merely a part of a settlement between Apple and MS that ended the lawsuits Apple had against MS, and for Microsoft's part, they had to buy some Apple stock and promise to keep selling Office for a number of years.
You're mostly correct. When MS invested in Apple, they had a little over a billion dollars in cash available. The bigger problem was that their market share and stock price had been tumbling for years (1997-1998 was a huge low point, the lowest in some 10 years). Apple wasn't in tremendous financial trouble just yet, but they were worried about the direction things were going, and (as Apple should know better than anyone) public perception of a company's performance is just as important as the real numbers.
The $150 million was really a drop in the bucket. What was more important was that they paid Apple that via purchasing stock which they weren't allowed to sell for 3 years. As you said, they also agreed to continue writing and selling Office for the Mac. They agreed to collaborate on Java to ensure interoperability. Best of all was the agreement to make IE the default browser on the Mac!
Basically, it was Microsoft showing faith in the Apple platform that "saved Apple". Yes, they are competitors, but as Steve Jobs said, "We have to let go of the notion that for Apple to win, Microsoft has to lose, and for Microsoft to win, Apple has to lose." Considering Microsoft is a publicly-owned company, their motives were obviously more than just being buddy-buddy with Apple. That's not really the point, however.
This video is pretty neat [youtube.com] to watch now (some 12 years later). It's Jobs announcing the new partnership with Microsoft and the reation of the audience (imagine what it would be like now).
I remember those days - Mac users would brag about "Think Different" due to not running Windows, and then run a whole suite of Microsoft products such as Office, Internet Explorer etc...
(Although I see that now, "Think Different" is replaced with "Get an iSomething to be like everyone else"...)
Linux's overlap with Windows is much smaller than its overlap with HP, IBP, and Sun/Oracle.
This may be a large part of their considerations, although helping your enemy's enemies is a strategy that has backfired many times in the past. Another part of it is likely that they want to be seen as not so much of a threat by the growing crowd of FOSS users; by betting so heavily on the corporate world, Microsoft have managed to push away a large part of the people who are going to be important and influential decision makers in the future: the students, who can't afford to pay for an expensive OS, MS O
It's not a given that MS wants to do everything possible to destroy Linux, at least not immediately.
Having a (bad) competitor can be better than not having one at all, as it's a useful tool to deny having a monopoly. They can use this as an example to show to the EU commissisions in order to prove they're not trying to stop Linux from competing.
Linux can help MS... it can get companies that are still using proprietary UNIX such as HP-UX, AIX on SPARCs or Itaniums to switch to Xeon over time. Adopting
It may also be the first shot in an attempt to embrace and extend, too. After all, there's quite a lot of rather nice technology in Linux. Apt-get and the open source infrastructure is a heck of an improvement over Microsoft's "Add or remove programs" feature, in my opinion, to say nothing of the dog. Just one example.
I wonder if future convergence will ever reach a point where I'll be writing this on my favorite (yet to be developed) operating system, an outgrowth of some mixture of a number of them.
Or maybe I'll just chuck it all and go back to VMS.
"Apt-get and the open source infrastructure is a heck of an improvement over Microsoft's "Add or remove programs" feature, in my opinion, to say nothing of the dog. Just one example."
There are always alternatives, it's just that some don't "feel" like MS stuff enough, so they fall by the wayside. I think this is the biggest hurdle that Linux has to leap before it can gain any serious traction on MS. Until it "feels" more like Windows, etc. the vast majority of average users out there won't use it.
Case in point, your example.
I use a program called Revo Uninstaller instead of MS's "Add/Remove Application" software. It is far more useful, actually uninstalls things and is free. It runs an application's built in uninstaller, then goes back afterwards and searches for leftover registry entries and files. It then allows you to manually remove them.
It is so accurate and downright honest about it, I actually use it to test an application for "trustworthyness". I will install an app, then immediately uninstall it with Revo and take note of how much the applications uninstaller left behind. You'd be amazed at how much crap some apps leave behind, most intentionally. Adobe is the worst. I uninstalled one of their apps (reader, I think) and the entire program was still on my hard drive. The Adobe uninstaller straight up fucking lied to me.
It must work because attempting to uninstall Adobe Flash Player gives you a message that says Adobe refuses to uninstall while Revo is running. Essentially, they want to leave shit on your HD and they KNOW Revo will subvert this.
Sounds great, right? So why doesn't everyone use it?
Simple. It doesn't "feel" like the "Add/Remove" app that people are used to. It is hard to convince people that the application they are using doesn't do what they want it to once they have been using it long enough, even if you have the evidence right on the screen in front of them. Some sort of mental block, I suppose. I don't understand it, but I certainly recognize it when I see it.
I can only talk about openSUSE as that is what I know best. I assume the same will be available in some sort on other distributions.
The big difference with Add/Remove and the way Linux works is that Linux distributions work with Repositories. e.g. if I want to install slrn, I go to http://software.opensuse.org/search [opensuse.org] and do the search there and click on "One-Click Install". That will add the needed repositories if they are not yet available.
If I want to remove a program, I go to the openSUSE version of Add/
I understand how installing apps on Linux works.
My point is that it is different from how it is done on Windows and that the "feel" of this difference is what drives typical Windows users away from Linux, among other differences.
Fear of the unknown, maybe, or maybe something like putting on somebody else's underwear. It just don't feel right, so they don't do it.
Humans are creatures of habit, and Linux developers need to take that into account.
bring back the HD to the same state it was before
isn't that the only way to prevent clutter on your HD, wouldn't this be the ONLY way to prevent a necessary 'format' in the long run ?
At least apt/.deb (used by Debian and Ubuntu) has two sorts of uninstall options; a normal uninstall leaves things like customised configuration files behind (so you can reinstall the program again and it goes back to the same state), and a 'purge' removes everything related to the program's package itself, which is the sort of uninstall you to bring the HD back to its original state. (If you want to go all the way back, you'd also delete dependencies of the program which weren't in use by anything else, wh
There are always alternatives, it's just that some don't "feel" like MS stuff enough, so they fall by the wayside.
I'm not a patent lawyer but I should think an "Add/remove" programs feature that actually adds programs is sufficiently innovative in the Windows world to merit patent protection.
You have a very good point.
Has ANYONE used the "Add/Remove" function in Windows to INSTALL something? I never thought of that. I certainly haven't, as pretty much everything installs itself or makes the appropriate installer app calls automatically.
Does it even WORK in that sense?
I just looked around Revo for an option to install something, and it ain't there. Why would it be?
Terminal Services requires the facilities to properly install certain apps.
In hindsight, I do know that Revo has what is called "Hunter Mode". It is basically a sub-routine that runs in the background watching for things that INSTALL in the background, screams bloody murder when it sees it, and puts the install on hold until you respond. Supposed to help prevent toolbar shit and the like from installing.
At least that is how I think it works. I've never used it, personally.
If you apt-get install something, it will most likely pull down a load of dependencies. If you then apt-get remove it, it might not always remove those dependencies - as you may need them for something else.
Of course it is still much cleaner than having all the dependencies inside your
It is.
Microsoft isn't a homogeneous organisation. Parts of it are still in the "Embrace" part of the plan while others are working on "Extinguish" [arstechnica.com]
why isn't microsoft doing everything possible to destroy linux? Is this a "saved apple" moment all over again??
You seem to be making a strange equation between "maximizing profits" and "destroying Linux." The goal of most corporations, Microsoft included, is to make money. Utterly destroying a competitor which, although vocal, represents only a single-digit threat to their market share, seems like a rather irrational expenditure of resources.
You have an awfully pessimistic world view if you equate the maximization of your own success with the downfall of all others.
"You have an awfully pessimistic world view if you equate the maximization of your own success with the downfall of all others."
Unfortunately, we as a society encourage this whole-heartedly. Competitive sports are a good example. You can't win unless somebody loses. Scholarships are another. Somebody goes to school, the others flip burgers.
Don't get me wrong, competition can be good, but the do-or-die shit plain sucks.
I teach my kids that failure is simply an opportunity to do better. Once they start seeing
Linux may represent a single digit in their desktop marketshare, but on mobile phones the market share of Linux is a double-digit.
And on servers
Yes but that behavior has been well studied in people. Rather than taking a $10 gain and allowing a competitor to take a $5 gain, most people will spend $5 to make a competitor take a $10 loss. I do have a very pessimistic world view, because humans are little more than hairless talking monkeys with delusions of grandeur and "rational" doesn't exactly mean a whole lot. For every great man in human history that has moved us forward, there are many more shit flinging bottom feeders being drug along by thei
Could be hedging their bets.
I think a thin layer Windows GUI over the top of a Linux kernel (like OSX is a thin layer of Apple over the top of a BSD kernel) would be an excellent thing for consumers. Plus Microsoft could still make locked binary drivers which implemented all the DRM and spyware they wanted without violating GPL (at least v2) and not sacrifice a bit of security (which would not be that excellent a thing for consumers, but meh.)
I doubt if that's a strategy that's being actively considered, bu
Possibly because according to the news, Microsoft has far more problems with patent trolls and their ilk than they do with Linux infringing on their intellectual property.
I can see how it makes sense to ally with the "good guys" (including the the biggest patent assholes aka IBM) to create a broad patent pool for mutual self-defense. This also benefits the OSS community because its only a matter of time until a patent troll goes after Firefox or OpenOffice instead of Microsoft.
Speculation [groklaw.net] is that Microsoft only invited non practicing entities (aka "patent trolls") to this auction. It is very possible that the intent was to sell the patents to a company that could wield them against Linux companies without fear of retribution, but AST managed to step in and get the highest bid on them, and then turned around and sold them to the OIN. This is a subversive plan by MS that backfired.
This possibility is why Mono is dangerous, and why Microsoft's promise not to sue is worthless. Since the promise not to sue is not a patent license, it doesn't bind any future purchasers of Microsoft's patents on
All Microsoft has to do is sell a couple of their more critical patents to patent trolls, after first granting themselves and all the Microsoft
This is a really expensive way to dodge a tiny part of the software patent problem, and it involves paying Microsoft millions. And for every such trick we win, how many did we lose?
The upcoming Bilski review is the first time in 28 years that the Supreme Court in the USA will review the patentability of software - that's were we can get a real victory. I'm working on an amicus brief which'll have to be submitted within about two weeks. If anyone wants to help, it would be very useful to expand the swpat.org wiki's information about studies which show the harm of software patents:
And to add more info about arguments for abolishing software patents:
This is our big chance and might be the last one for decades.
The upcoming Bilski review is the first time in 28 years that the Supreme Court in the USA will review the patentability of software - that's were we can get a real victory. I'm working on an amicus brief which'll have to be submitted within about two weeks. If anyone wants to help, it would be very useful to expand the swpat.org wiki's information about studies which show the harm of software patents:
... but the Supreme Court doesn't have the authority to abolish business and software patents. You may not like them, but it's Congress who would have to (and has full authority to) amend 35 USC 101. Any argument to abolish them before the Supreme Court based on unconstitutionality will fail since Congress included business methods in the infringement statutes.
... but the Supreme Court doesn't have the authority to abolish business and software patents.
The Supreme Court essentially has whatever authority it claims, unless and until Congress decides to say otherwise.
You may not like them, but it's Congress who would have to (and has full authority to) amend 35 USC 101. Any argument to abolish them before the Supreme Court based on unconstitutionality will fail since Congress included business methods in the infringement statutes.
35 USC 101 does not refer to busin
35 USC 101 does not refer to business method patents.
It also doesn't refer to telephone patents. However, it does refer to machines, and similarly to processes.
The sole reference is a specific defense to infringement for business method patents. It is a standard rule of statutory construction that a statute not be interpreted as having no effect; however, that is a judicial rule, and the Supreme Court is free to ignore it.
Wait, what? Your argument is that the Supreme Court can find business methods unconstitutional if they ignore two-hundred-plus years of statutory construction precedent? Brilliant! Why, under your idea, they can just ignore any part of any statute they want, regardless of what it says, and pluck out only whichever words they want in order to find something unconstitutional!
Yeah, it's not going to work
All this talk of "defensive patents" that supposedly "protect the community" is just a fraud. To protect the community, take all the documentation of the patent, and put it in the public domain. Then, anyone who wants can implement the tech, without restriction, forever. Keeping it patented retains the power of the patent holder to deny implementation to someone, sometime.
If they were really serious about merely protecting the community, they'd give up the patent control entirely. But it's clear that "the" community just means whoever the patent holder wants to defend from someone else who they exclude. That's entirely against what the Linux way of real open development means: anyone, anytime can join the community by coding and releasing.
These "defensive" patent orgs will bite us in the ass. Otherwise they wouldn't be investing time and money in not just the patent portfolios and all the work to maintain them, but also in conning us into believing it's for our own good.
take all the documentation of the patent, and put it in the public domain.
That's what a patent does in the first place!
It just provides monopoly protection for actually using said patent.
In fact, this was the whole point of patents. Say I invented lemonade. Without a patent, I'd keep it my secret family recipe for generations, and anyone who wanted to make lemonade would have to reverse engineer it -- but if someone did, I wouldn't be able to say much.
With a patent, I would publish the documentation ("It's just sugar, water, and lemon juice.") and then only I can make lemonade. Or I can license the recipe to others -- it's not like they don't know how to make it now, it's that they legally can't unless I let them.
If they were really serious about merely protecting the community, they'd give up the patent control entirely.
I'm not sure it's legally possible to do that, is the problem. Moreover, having a process patented provides clear documentation that you patented it first, thus putting the burden on anyone's infringing patent to prove that they invented it before you did.
No, my big problems with this are not that I think the result is bad, but because I think it should be unnecessary -- I highly doubt Microsoft has any stunning invention that Linux "stole" for which prior art doesn't exist a thousandfold, and even if there were, I'm not sure software patents should exist at all.
But if I'm going to accept that they exist, and that someone has to hold them, I'd much rather that someone not be Microsoft, no matter how legally binding their "covenant not to sue" is.
Though it would be pretty slimy if this new organization doesn't have some sort of "covenant not to sue." Maybe that's the motive? Blech, now I have to go wash the evil from my brain...
A patent doesn't put anything in the public domain. I think you just don't know what "public domain [wikipedia.org]" means. It means there is no owner, no one can exert property rights in it, there's no legal way to exclude anyone from using it.
A patent is a registration that prohibits anyone else implementing what's patented. That's its entire point. Publishing it doesn't endanger that exclusive ownership, and lets everyone else know what they're excluded from implementing (unless they get a license from the patent holder
Putting something in the public domain can actually be worse then using a patent. This is because the patent or tech will be limited in scope and offshoots can and most likely will be patented by others looking to cash in. With the patent, a licensing royalty or perhaps a perpetual license can be established for all derivative patents in the same light.
It's actually better to abolish patents then anything, but as long as the game stands, then having a responsible company or organization hold them can be bet
I don't understand your scenario. How is publishing an invention into the public domain going to be more limited in scope than a patent would be? How is the public domain prior art going to protect for unlimited exploitation any less than the patent would be?
If anything, the public domain can be more broadly illustrative than the patent would be. If these orgs dedicated their activity to cultivating the public domain, advising publishers into it for quality documentation the way they now do patents, the pub
All this talk of "defensive patents" that supposedly "protect the community" is just a fraud. To protect the community, take all the documentation of the patent, and put it in the public domain. Then, anyone who wants can implement the tech, without restriction, forever. Keeping it patented retains the power of the patent holder to deny implementation to someone, sometime.
You have completely misunderstood the point of a defensive patent. The idea is that if someone sues over one of the technologies that the OIN is protecting, OIN can look in its portfolio for a patent that the suer is infringing, and that can be used against the suer.
No, I have completely called BS on the need for a patent to do what "defensive patents" claim.
If the OIN (or anyone else) simply released all their patents into the public domain, then there would be completely clear defense for anyone using them without restriction - which is what "the point" is supposed to be. If the OIN wanted to also deliver legal advice or representation to people using something OIN put in the public domain, that would actually be useful to protect users of OIN's "portfolio".
The only
Rethink your position. The point of defensive patents is to leverage what you have to make up for what you don't have.
If you sue me over patent A, I can countersue you over patent B, and force you to settle with me amicably in a sharing arrangement.
If I give away by patent B so that unicorns dance among sunshine and rainbow farts, then I end up fucked when you sue me over patent A. I am also powerless to help anyone else in the open source community being attacked over patent A, because I gave away my leverage to the public domain.
I'm all for beating swords into plowshares, but if you're likely to show up and stab me with your sword, I better keep my sword around, too.
Inside Mac OS X Snow Leopard: 64-bits [roughlydrafted.com]
I prefer my position. You're describing an escalating arms race that encourages patenting everything conceivable, just in case it might be used against some possible future infringement victim. Which means each infringement someone wants to get away with requires many "defensive" patents - that are really all offensive, to be traded in exchange for infringing. So those who can afford to play engage in constant patent warfare, while the cloud of shrapnel makes it too expensive for all but the largest players
If you step back from your ideology for a moment, you can look at examples of patents being used defensively to de-escalate wars.
For example, Microsoft has plenty of patents on things Apple uses. If Apple gave all of its IP to the public domain, then Microsoft could have sued Apple into oblivion, and your peace and love strategy would have rendered the company an ineffectual footnote of history.
Instead, Apple presents its own patent portfolio to Microsoft and the two have regularly worked out patent sharing
Publication doesn't negate the patent itself.
Only covenants not to sue negate patent rights.
No, releasing an invention into the public domain negates any patent. If one has the right to do it, like if one holds the patent. Or if one just releases into the public domain instead of the long, costly and complex process of patenting.
Covenants not to sue can have wriggle room. And to be enforced, someone has to sue the party making the covenant. Public domain prevents suing much more effectively (though nothing is perfect protection from a frivolous lawyer) than any patent and covenant can be.
He said it best:
"Whenever a controversial law is proposed, and its supporters, when confronted with an egregious abuse it would permit, use a phrase along the lines of 'Perhaps in theory, but the law would never be applied in that way' - they're lying. They intend to use the law that way as early and as often as possible."
— meringuoid (568297) @ 2005-11-24 16:40 (#14107454) [slashdot.org]
Patenting a flurry of inventions you will not exploit except to sue competitors over makes you weaker. To prevent chinks in the armor, you need a very large portfolio that never does you any good except when you're spending money being sued. If you just invest your money in promptly exploiting your inventions in the marketplace, you'll be much more focused on your core business, employ a lot fewer lawyers who produce nothing but invoices and complexity, and be more profitable. And make more progress.
You're always going to need a lawyer when you're making money in business. But the cost of lawyers to defend yourself from infringement charges is a lot less than the cost to generate a portfolio of "defensive" patent counterattacks. Especially if you don't infringe, though even that can require paying lawyers to test your product against patented versions. Just a lot less than the army with a counterattack portfolio.
This is being covered over at Groklaw [groklaw.net], and PJ's theory is that Microsoft intended that these patents be used against Linux, but they wanted clean hands. Hence the auction, but it backfired when the trolls didn't win.
Sure Microsoft could have arranged a private sale to known trolls, but their hands would have been a little grimy if not dirty.
Oh, I don't know. Stop funding Darl McBride. [builderau.com.au]
That would be a nice start.
May be this is Microsoft's way of countering Apple? Support Linux to keep unix-like marketplace from falling entirely into Apple's hands?
Are you serious?
As near as I can tell, there has been almost 0 UNIX marketshare falling to Apple. Apple doesn't make a UNIX; they make a UNIX spec compliant desktop operating system for home users and artistic types - and the associated hardware to go with it.
It's a nice thought, but no. Apple is nowhere near stable or supported enough for that.
I'm no Apple fanboi, but Mac OSX is UNIX. Who they market it to is irrelevant.
That would really be a stupid thing for MS to do. It would simply make them another commodity dealer for UNIX.
MS's blessing and curse is all the applications that need Windows to run. It's a blessing because it has protected them from competitors, but it's a curse because it limits how they can evolve Windows.
If they really wanted to throw away their legacy advantage they'd be better off creating a brand new OS than switching from one set of legacy baggage to another.
So you think Microsoft should make a Unix based system, perhaps call it Xenix?
They did that, sold it to Santa Cruz Operation, who sold it to Caldera, Who Became SCO
For every good thing MS does it makes sure to do some evil.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/09/ms_linux_pitch/ [theregister.co.uk]
"And by allowing the patents to go to AST in the first place, Microsoft may (the article implies) be signaling at least their lack of active intent to disrupt the Linux marketplace."
Im much more inclined to believe that the intent was some patent troll getting their hands on the patents. They want a new SCO, no doubt.
MS have given Linux all the useful patents
Treble Clicking
Square Mouse Wheels
etc etc
Any aggressive use of its patents will only hurt the US software industry, as the global industry is much less tied to MS, this is bad for them. MS know this and this is the reason they use the patents as FUD instead of weapons!
Firstly IANAL and even in my job as a systems/software engineer I try to avoid dealing with patents like the plague on idioligical grounds (I also avoid spelling when ever possible).
Could this following scenario happen:-
1. Create a set of patents based on a product, each patent has a dependancy on the other(s).
2. Release a sub-set of the patents for product.
3. Wait for people to use the released set.
4. Sue them for breaching the unrealesed patents.
In other news, stalking wild predators "may be signaling at least their lack of active intent to" eat you.
Gullible much?
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Extension > Agriculture > Livestock > Horse > Horse health > Equine vaccinations and deworming
Equine vaccinations and deworming
Krishona Martinson, PhD, University of Minnesota Extension
Figure 1. Vaccinating a Horse
Great horse health care programs include a strong focus on prevention of infectious diseases and control of internal parasites. These topics should be discussed with your veterinarian at least annually to optimize vaccination and deworming schedules for your horse and your farm.
Conventional strategies for vaccinating horses have been recently reviewed and updated by the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP). The current recommendations will be available to horse owners in early 2008 on their website: www.aaep.org. All horses should be vaccinated against sleeping sickness (Eastern and Western Equine Encephalomyelitis), West Nile virus, tetanus and rabies (see Table 1). Once a horse has been through an initial series, booster vaccines are ideally administered annually in the spring before mosquitoes emerge at the time of the annual physical examination. If mosquito populations are high in the late summer, veterinarians may recommend an additional booster for EEE, WEE and WNV. Rabies vaccination is recommended once a year. Tetanus is also once a year, unless a horse sustains a wound more than 6 months after the last tetanus vaccination, at which point it should receive another tetanus booster. If the vaccination history is unknown at the time of injury, a dose of tetanus anti-toxin should be given as well as a tetanus toxoid.
Table 1. Core vaccinations for horses in Minnesota
|Eastern and Western Equine Encephalomyelitis
|Annually (booster maybe required if mosquito populations are high)
|West Nile
|Annually (booster maybe required if mosquito populations are high)
|Annually (unless an injury is sustained)
Beyond these core vaccines, many vaccines are available for other equine infectious diseases. Discuss your plans for your horse in the year ahead with your veterinarian, and realistically look at the degree of traffic on the farm where the horse lives. This information determines the risk of exposure to the respiratory diseases, to decide if vaccination is warranted, which vaccine product would be best, and how often it should be given. This disease discussion should include influenza, rhinopneumonitis (herpes 1 & 4), strangles and equine viral arteritis (EVA) (Table 2). If you are planning to show or race the horse, there may be specific vaccination requirements at the show venue or racetrack that must be followed as well.
Table 2. Additional vaccines for horse who travel*
|Rhinopneumonitis (herpes 1 and 4)
|Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA)
*Discuss options with your veterinarian
If a horse will be bred or is currently pregnant, additional vaccines during pregnancy are recommended to reduce the risks of abortion and to boost the mare's immunity that can be transferred to the newborn foal via colostrum. Examples of common strategies are to vaccinate a mare in an open herd or barn against equine herpesvirus-1 abortion at 5, 7 and 9 months of gestation, and to time her spring vaccinations for 4-6 weeks before her due date (Table 3). Horse owners should remember that intranasal vaccination (Eg. Influenza, strangles) does not provide strong immunity through the colostrum for the newborn foal, so a switch to intramuscular vaccines may be needed in the broodmare. Breeding stallions are candidates for vaccination against equine viral arteritis, but should be tested for the disease before vaccination for the first time.
Table 3. Vaccines for pregnant mares*
|Equine herpesvirus
|5,7, and 9 months of gestation
|Spring Vaccinations (See Tables 1 and 2)
|4 to 6 weeks before foaling
* Discuss options with your veterinarian
Foal vaccinations are challenging because the immunity the foal acquires from colostrum may block the effects of vaccines that are given before it is weaned. This has lead to a trend towards initiating foal vaccines at 6 months of age or later, if the risk of those diseases is not huge on that farm. Studies on this age group have also suggested that an initial series of 3 vaccines garners the highest measurable protection in the foals, yet annual boosters should begin at one year of age.
In some regions, the risk of a less common disease may be great enough for your veterinarian to recommend additional vaccines, such as Potomac Horse fever (Neorickettsia risticii), leptospirosis, and anthrax (Table 4). Your veterinarian can determine if these are needed for your horse.
Table 4. Additional vaccines for special circumstances*
|Potomac Horse Fever
*Your veterinarian can determine if theses vaccines are needed for your horse.
All vaccines have the potential to cause adverse reactions which could harm the horse. These negative effects can be minimized by selecting only the necessary vaccines, and scheduling their use for optimum protection. The duration of immunity and likelihood of reactions vary between products and horses, so vaccination schedules should be individualized. Vaccines should be properly stored until used. Good hygiene is important in both mixing and administering the vaccine. Lot numbers and expiration dates should be recorded and included in any reports of unexpected reactions, even if the vaccine was administered by a non-veterinarian.
Deworming programs are another important arm of health care programs for horses and foals. In some studies, 80% of colic cases are associated with parasites. Traditionally, deworming programs for adult horses have focused primarily on strongyles (bloodworms), with one post-frost deworming targeted against bots. More recently, attention has been focused on the potential role of tapeworms. New data from Pfizer suggests that at least 60% of pleasure horses are seropositive for tapeworms, but only 5% of positive horses have positive fecals, as tapeworm segments are most often shed, not eggs. The rate of positive horses is higher in Minnesota than in any other state. This strongly suggests that dewormer products that target tapeworms should be included in a horse's schedule. Horse owners should learn what active ingredients are in deworming products and select ones that target each parasite group at least once a year. How frequently a horse needs to be dewormed depends on their husbandry, and that of the horses that they live with. Ideally, a balance is found between keeping parasites at bay, and not over deworming which can promote resistant strains of parasites that are no longer killed by the products available.
Table 5. Deworming products and parasites they control
|Adult Strongyles
|Larval Strongyles
|yes at 2X
|5X Fenbendazole two days in a row (or 2X x 5d)
|Daily pyrantel
|Ivermectin + praziquantel
Most farms deworm at least quarterly and try to use a double dose of pyrantel (Strongid) or a product containing praziquantel at least once a year for tapeworm elimination. Some elect to use ivermectin at the other 3 dewormings, or may chose to rotate product groups. Killing larval strongyles is important because this is the life stage that is most responsible for colic in adult horses. This can be achieved with ivermectin, moxidectin or larvacidal doses of fenbendazole (Panacur): double dose for 5 days or 5X dose for 2 days, called "Power Pack". Veterinarians concur that deworming for bots should be targeted after the first hard frost, using ivermectin or moxidectin. Rarely, adverse reactions to moxidectin have lead to its disuse by some veterinarians. Farms with high stocking rates may want to deworm more often than quarterly or choose daily dewormers if horses are fed individually. Mares are often dewormed post foaling to minimize transmission of Strongyloides through the milk. Foals should start on a deworming program targeting ascarids prior to weaning, often at around 2 months of age.
Assessment of how well a deworming program is working is important. Yearly or targeted fecal flotation is useful to monitor parasite loads and anthelmintic (dewormer) efficacy. Counting how many parasite eggs per gram of manure helps determine if a horse is a heavy egg shedder or if parasites have become resistant. An effective strategy developed for cattle is finding support amongst equine veterinarians, wherein only the horses with high egg counts are dewormed.
Even if a farm follows a good anthelmintic schedule, pasture contamination must also be addressed. Horse caretakers need to pick up manure or at least drag pastures to break up fecal balls to allow destruction of eggs and parasite larvae by desiccation, exposure to sunlight, or freezing. Frequent mowing is also useful in diminishing parasite load as it leads to better sunlight penetration. If the horse is housed inside, avoid feeding hay on soiled ground, especially in a box stall setting.
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John Joseph O'Brien, 86, passed away Jan. 6, 2013, in Renton, Wash. He was born Sept. 16, 1926, in Republic, Wash. to Dean and Ruby O'Brien.
John's early years were spent in Republic, but moved to Omak as a preteen. He attended Omak High School.
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"There is no such thing as 'bloglish'"
In case you were worried about the impact of blogs on the English language, the Telegraph reports that Oxford University Press lexicographers have found that "there is no such thing as 'bloglish'." If that's the good news, the other news is that "the top 15 most frequently used words are: blogger, blog, s---, oh, yeah, stupid, post, ok, stuff, lovely, myself, update, nice, me and my." Hat tip. Oh, my -- if this blog and blogger have not done our share of contributing to the supremacy of this lovely list of words, perhaps this stupid post will do a nice job of it. Ok? Update: don't blame me, but, yeah, this stuff reads like s---, if I must say so myself.
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Good morning. Hewlett-Packard's ongoing struggle to rekindle revenue growth reflects an overall shift in how companies are purchasing business technology. H-P's CEO, Meg Whitman, Wednesday dialed down expectations for future growth after the company reported revenue dropped more than 8% in its fiscal third quarter, with problems in personal computers, servers and other businesses hobbling plans for a return to growth, as the WSJ's Ian Sherr reports.


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02/18/2013 Arlington, VA - Mtb - Some VO2 intervals
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Hey there! I appreciate seeing how you train - that's pretty neat as a relative beginner. A question, if you have the time - on rides like this and others (I think I've seen you ride out to Wakefield), you're riding your Scott Scale; are you running the Continentals? It seems like a lot of miles on pavement, and that you might run through tires pretty quickly. Thanks and good riding!
Nate - on tires, I just switched back to my Conti X-King on the front and Race King on the back. I try not to roll too much pavement on them as it eats the knobs too quickly (e.g., riding on the W&OD, I'll ride the gravel on the side of the trail or use the C&O to get out to trails in Montgomery County). The X-King on the rear wheel is great on trail, but suffers from even more wear on pavement than the Race King.
During the Fall/Winter I usually use some heavy duty tires that I don't care much about for race season - like a 2.4 Mountain King (or other similar big tires). They handle the leaf fall a lot better and going back to lighter, faster rolling tires seems even better when I switch out the heavy tires in the late winter/early spring.
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I'd grown used to waiting for John Kerry to reveal what he would do in Iraq. Though I'd voted for Al Gore and Bill Clinton, respectively, in the last two presidential elections, I needed to hear Mr. Kerry commit to success in the war. On April 14, at an event at the City College of New York, a man challenged Mr. Kerry to explain how his plan for Iraq differed from President Bush's. Mr. Kerry responded testily, "You're not listening."(For more on how Kerry lost me, see my post "How Kerry lost me.")
I wrote on my blog at the time, "If you still don't know what he would do differently from Bush, do you deserve to be snapped at for 'not listening'?" After that, as I heard Mr. Kerry wriggle his way around the Iraq question one way and then another, I never forgot his willingness to blame the listener for not already seeing his answer, and my mistrust of John Kerry hardened into support for George Bush.
Imagine my dismay today when I saw the headline "Obama Says His Critics Haven't Been Listening":
Senator Barack Obama on Tuesday forcefully addressed concerns that he had moved too quickly to the political center, acknowledging complaints from "my friends on the left" about his statements on Iraq, his approaches to evangelicals and his remarks on other issues that have alarmed some of his supporters.Ugh. I've been cheered by Obama's move to the center. I like Obama and I want to like Obama. (Note: I'm not against McCain. I've taken a vow of cruel neutrality.) But I hated to see him use this Kerry-esque locution. Unlike Kerry, Obama has taken some clear positions on Iraq. But he's been moving and he's denying it and blaming us as bad listeners. How irksome!
"Look, let me talk about the broader issue, this whole notion that I am shifting to the center," he told a crowd gathered at a town hall-style meeting in this Atlanta suburb. "The people who say this apparently haven't been listening to me."


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There are so many pet peeves that I have when it comes to Facebook that it would take too long to list them all. They include:
-People who use jokes or sayings from a comedian and try to pass them off as their own
-People who try to be witty all the time
-People who think you want to know what they think about current news events and how awful they think they are
-Pretty much anything people try to pass off as inspiring
-People who tell you all about what their kids are doing
-Hipsters and thier stupid quotes and instagram photos
-People who think they are photographers because of instagram or because they have a nice camera
-"I'm so ugly" posts
-Hipsters again
-Teenagers and college kids who think they can give meaningful life advice
Thats enough for now I believe. I really don't like Facebook. Probably don't really like people either. Except you people, you're cool.
Votto Huckleberry Raisor goes on the kitten disabled list today. He's having surgery that he isn't going to be happy about, but should be back at then od the 15 days. Joey needs this time to get back in the race as he is far behind in the win column.
"I prefer books and movies where the conflict isn't of the extreme cannibal apocalypse variety I guess." Redsfaithful
I'll admit, I don't use facebook, but can't you just unfollow someone if all they post are pictures about their kids that you don't care about? Does Facebook automatically show you the pictures that others post on their page? Can you just turn that off? In my world, I'd only see the pictures you post on your page if I go to your page, perhaps that's not how FB works.
I have so many people hidden from my news feed, including almost everyone I went to high school with, that I wonder why I even keep them on as friends. The people who can't see much of what I post are current/former work colleagues and, bizarrely, some family members, because I don't want to get into it with them politically. And I don't even say much politically on Facebook. Facebook is a weird world. I hate the interface so much now that I'd drop it completely if it weren't such a simple way to keep updated on the people I do care about.
There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
-40-year old women posing for pics of themselves on a daily basis. At dinner. New dress. At the pool. In the mirror. FB has killed the next reunion for me. I had no desire to see 50% of the self-indulgent people I grew up with. Now, it's pretty much 90% of them.
-The multiple teeny-bopper and 20-something cousins that take pics of themselves in the mirror and stick out their lips in the pouty Olson twin look. Daily. And someone always takes the bait and posts, "you are soooo pretty....." or "U shld be a model...OMG!!11!1".
-The multiple teeny-bopper and 20-something cousins that drop f-bombs (or worse) for the world to see and whine about everything. Drama.
-The vague posts screaming for "what's wrong?" responses. Drama.
-"I'm going to the gym." Good for you.
-"Cruisin' in the 'vette tonight." We get it, you have a Corvette. Kewl.
-"I think I'm going to get a new tat today". Great, you're 19 and can barely feed the newborn that you have, you should definitely go out and get a new tat.
-"Look how cute my kid is." (self-pic taken in the mirror holding child and showing off new tat). Sample of responses: "Ur such a great Mom." "She's sooo cute." "Nice tat." "Ur hot!!11!!
-Amway friend. "Sign up for this." Nope. Blockage.
-FB was really pretty great in the beginning, but now it's been ruined by people like this. In a way, it's kind of useful though. It's helped separate people I wouldn't mind keeping in touch with or running into and those that I will run the other way if I happen to see them walking in my direction. I would say that it's created an entire generation of monsters, but it's not limited to one age group and I'm pretty sure these people were like this to begin with. It's just highlights the sad situation of our culture today. A bunch of whiney, insecure, megalomaniacs fishing for compliments on a daily basis. It's like crack for monsters.
Thank you Facebook. I hate you Facebook. Why can't I quit you?
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I'm not sure why but Facebook has gotten a lot less usable lately. It seems like everything is people liking pictures from pages like "BIG FUNNY ALL THE TIME" and "SUPER SAD SOLDIERS" that have millions of followers.
After watching what's happened to Reddit I'm starting to think any community will turn into an image board, given enough growth.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." - H. L. Mencken
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"I can make all the stadiums rock."
-Air Supply
One of my friends constantly posts about how either she is sick or her kids are sick or how horrible her kids are, pretty sure she has Munchhausen syndrome.
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
People who complain about Facebook and still check it everyday
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A former Wales Under-18 and Under-20 coach, King previously spent seven successful years at Aberavon.
He led the Port Talbot club to a third-placed finish in the Principality Premiership In 2009 and 2012 and to a runners-up place in the 2011 SWALEC Cup final.
King said: "It's a fantastic opportunity and I'm absolutely delighted to be given this role. I have experience at this level and now look forward to working at a club with such a rich heritage and proud history.
"There is undoubtedly huge potential at Cardiff RFC and if we can tap into that and drive everyone forward we can look forward to a very bright future at the Arms Park.
"There are really good people working in this region and at Cardiff RFC, passionate people who have a real affinity to the Blue and Blacks. I'm looking forward to working with them and taking us forward.
"The players can now look forward to being really challenged. We will challenge individuals and the team group and where they want to go. I'm confident that we can bring the very best out of them all.
"We have a good opportunity at home against Neath on Saturday and then seven more games in the Principality Premiership season and a home quarter-final in the SWALEC Cup to look forward to.There is a lot of rugby for us to get stuck into this season and I look forward to what we can achieve."
Everybody at Cardiff Blues would like to wish Simon King every success in his new role.


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Spring Training: The Phils are outgunned as they lose to the Twins, 11-7.
The Phils are outgunned from the start as they lose to the Twins, 11-7.
The Twins take a 2-0 lead in the first as, with one man on, and with two men out, Justin Morneau hits a two-run home run, his third home run of the spring, scoring Joe Mauer, who had just singled. The Twins added to their lead in the second as, with two men on, and with nobody out, Luke Hughes, who had started the inning off with a single, then moved up to second base on Danny Valencia's single, would score on pitcher Vance Worley's force attempt, throwing error to second base on Ben Revere's ground ball, giving the Twins a 3-0 lead, while allowing Valencia, who had earlier singled, to reach second base, and Revere to reach first. Two batters later, after Alexi Casilla had moved both runners up a base with a sacrifice bunt, 5-3, the Twins took a 4-0 lead as Denard Span hits a sacrifice fly, knocking in Valencia. The Phils got a run back in the third as, with runners on the corners, and with one man out, Jimmy Rollins hits an RBI single, knocking in Lou Montanez, who had earlier doubled, then went to third on Miguel Abreu's single, making it a 4-1 Twins' lead, while sending Abreu, who had earlier singled, up to second base. The Twins got the run back in the fourth as, with two men on, and with no one out, Span hits an RBI single, knocking in Valencia, who had earlier singled, then went to third on second baseman Abreu's throwing error on Casilla's grounder, giving the Twins a 5-1 lead, while moving Casilla, who was safe on Abreu's error, up to second base. Two batters latter, after Jamey Carroll had loaded up the bases with a single, moving both runners up a base, the Twins took a 6-1 lead as Mauer hits an RBI single, scoring Casilla, while sending Span on to third and Carroll up to second base. The Twins then took a 7-1 lead as, with the bases still loaded, and still with one man out, Morneau hits an RBI single, scoring Span, while moving the other runners up a base. The Twins then made it an 8-1 lead as Josh Willingham hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Carroll. The Twins then broke the game wide open as, with two men on, and now with two men out, Hughes hits a three-run home run, his fifth home run of the spring, scoring both Mauer and Morneau, giving the Twins an 11-1 lead. The Phils got a run back in the fifth as, with a runner on second, and with nobody out, Carlos Ruiz hits an RBI double, scoring Rollins, who had earlier singled, then moved up to second base on Mauer's passed ball, cutting the Twins' lead down to 11-2. The Phils then cut the Twins' lead down to 11-3 in the seventh as, with two men on, and with nobody out, Hunter Pence hits an RBI double, knocking in pinch runner Albert Cartwright, who was pinch running for Rollins, who earlier had been hit by a pitch, then moved up to second base on Tuffy Gosewisch's single, while sending Gosewich, who had just singled, on to third base. The Phils then made it an 11-4 Twins' lead as pinch hitter Erik Kratz hits an RBI ground out, 6-3, scoring Gosewisch. Two batters later, after Hector Luna had sent Pence on to third base on a single, to put runners on the corners, Pence would come in to score on a Glen Perkins' wild pitch, making it an 11-5 Twins' lead, while sending Luna up to second base. The Phils then made it an 11-6 Twins' lead in the eighth as, with one man on, and with two men out, Gosewisch hits an RBI single, scoring Pete Orr, who had earlier doubled. The Phils would then make it an 11-7 Twins' lead in the ninth as, with one man out, Luna hits a solo home run, his third home run of the spring. That would end up being the final score as Laynce Nix grounded out, 4-3, for the game's final out.
Vance Worley (1-3, 4.50) took the lost as he lasted four innings, giving up eleven runs, only five of which were earned, on eleven hits, while striking out three. Raul Valdes and David Herndon would combine for four scoreless innings, giving up three hits (Valdes (2), Herndon (1)) between them, while striking out four (two batters apiece). Francisco Liriano (2-1, 2.45) got the win as he pitched four innings, plus two batters, giving up two runs on eight hits and a walk, while striking out three. Brian Duensing pitched two scoreless innings, giving up a hit, while striking out one. Glen Perkins went an inning, giving up three runs on three hits and a wild pitch, as he struck out two. Matt Capps pitched an inning, giving up a run on two hits, while striking out a batter. Alex Burnett pitched an inning, giving up a run on a hit and a walk, while striking out one.
The Phils had fifteen hits in the game, with Hector Luna leading the ballclub with three hits (2 Singles, Home Run, RBI). Jimmy Rollins (Singles, RBI), Carlos Ruiz (Single, Double, RBI), Tuffy Gosewisch (Singles, RBI), Lou Montanez (Single, Double) and Miguel Abreu (Single, Double) all followed with two hits each. Hunter Pence (Double, RBI) and Pete Orr (Double) had the other two Phils' hits. Pinch Hitter Erik Kratz had the other Phil RBI with a ground out, while the final Phil run came in on a wild pitch. The Phils also had two walks and a hit batter (Rollins).
The next Phils (11-14) game will be a home game at Bright House Field in Clearwater against the Blue Jays (7-15). Start time is 1:05 pm EDT.


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Skunk tests positive for rabies
A 4-month-old puppy was euthanized after it was bitten by a rabid skunk in northeastern Catawba County during the weekend.
The rabies case is the county's second of 2012.
A homeowner on Oxford School Road recovered the skunk and submitted it to the State Health lab in Raleigh for testing.
The lab notified Catawba County on Tuesday that the skunk tested positive for rabies.
The puppy, which had not received a rabies vaccination, was euthanized.
No humans were exposed to the skunk.
Catawba County Animal Services is reminding pet owners that rabies is common in wild animals in the area and a year-round threat to pets and humans. The best method to prevent rabies is vaccination.
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WINCHESTER, Ky. (WKYT) - The government shutdown is about to enter a fifth day with no end in sight. And while the finger pointing continues in Washington, thousands of federal workers who have been furloughed are wondering how they'll get by without a paycheck. That includes a central Kentucky man with 11 children.
"I went full-time with the National Guard five years ago," said Joshua Witt, who is a husband and father of 11 children.
He was a state safety officer, responsible for 7,600 soldiers and their safety across the state.
"I didn't think that his job would be at risk," said Julie Witt, Joshua's wife. "So I was really surprised."
He's the only income in the Witt family with Julie Witt being a stay-at-home mom.
"I always tell people it's for job security, and that's really the irony of this week," said Joshua Witt. "I've been part of the biggest layoff in history."
Joshua Witt is one of 800,000 furloughed and now out of work indefinitely.
"I think that's the most difficult part about this is being deemed nonessential," said Joshua Witt.
The effects will kick in as soon as two weeks when his check doesn't show up.
There are many reasons why the government shutdown is a problem for those who have been furloughed. But for the Witt family, there's 11: Cameron, Avery, Lauren, Harrison, Corban, Bristol, Clara, Barrett, Lincoln, Kendall, and Noelle. Their ages range from 17 years to 18 months old. It's a lot of responsibility, but honestly, the Witt family is handling the stress of no income quite well.
"So we are going to begin selling children as it goes into week one," laughed and joked Joshua Witt. "Our children will be available on eBay."
But changes are already being made in their household, turning education into a luxury.
"So that'll probably be the first thing that we look at because we obviously spend a lot of money for our kids' education," said Joshua Witt.
And Witt isn't looking for work elsewhere, staying true to the National Guard as long as he can.
"I'm still confident it will get resolved. It's just a matter of when and how," said Joshua Witt.
He's enjoying family time but wants to support his wife and kids.
"We're definitely eager to get back to work!" said Joshua Witt.
Joshua Witt says only three of his co-workers were not furloughed at his National Guard base.


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Monthly Archives: January 2008
McCain' s victory speech
was good and, up to a point, gracious. McCain spoke warmly of Giuliani, whose collapse fueled this victory and whose endorsement would (will?) make McCain the strong front-runner. He also commended Huckabee, whose surprising strength has hurt Romney throughout. He made particular reference to the humor Huck has injected into the campaign. As for Romney, McCain had nothing positive to say. He simply noted that Romney and his supporters ran »
What does it mean?
A victory by John McCain tonight of, say, 2 to 4 percent tonight would not, in itself, be anywhere near fatal for Mitt Romney. It would provide a small dose of evidence that, even though many rank-and-file Republicans don't like McCain, he may be a bit more popular than Mitt Romney among Republicans collectively, at least when he receives endorsements from a state's key politicians. But this would be his »
McCain's night?
With about one third of the vote counted, the Florida primary is too close to call officially. However, McCain leads by about 20,000 votes and two percentage points. Perhaps more signifcantly, Michael Barone, having looked at the vote in two key counties, seems to think the tea leaves point in favor of McCain. In particular, Romney apparently failed to obtain the margin he probably needs in the Orlando area. It »
Obama tries his hand at damage control — and pandering
In several posts last week, I presented information about Barack Obama that, in my view, should raise concerns for Jews, especially Jews who care about the security of Israel. Now, Obama has held a telephone conference with "the Jewish news media" in an attempt to address some of these concerns. I'm not sure what constitutes the Jewish news media, but there is reason to believe that invitations to the call »
Simplified but not simple
This is the first election in which more than perhaps three people have had any curiosity at all about which candidate I support. Yet, to my great frustration, for the first time I've been unable to decide. The problem has been that the strengths and weaknesses of four candidates in a pretty good field seem to cancel each other out in an almost diabolical way. After I attended a dinner »
A kind assassin
Last week Joe Cole, Chelsea's outstanding attacking midfielder, ended Everton's dream of participating in the Carling Cup final this year by scoring a brilliant goal just as the match seemed to turning in our favor. Nonetheless, Cole was sufficiently impressed by Everton's performance during the home-away semi-final to say: I think you're looking at a top-four side here. They've got players like Arteta, Cahill, Johnson and Osman; top players. They're »
Lindsey Graham in a nutshell
I link to this post from Mickey Kaus not because he cited what I wrote about John McCain's unfounded attack on Mitt Romney, or even because he wrote a clarification to make sure he got my meaning correct, but rather the post contains a great line about Lindsey Graham: "He's McCain with all the self-righteousness but none of the heroism." »
A speech divided against itself
The first half of President Bush's State of the Union swan song brought together a hodgepodge of disconnected themes and proposals. Devoted to domestic issues, the first half of the speech barely alluded to the war in which we are engaged. The discussion of taxes — the proposal to make his tax cuts permanent, the vow of no new taxes, the request that those who support higher taxes send their »
Another view of Governor Sebelius
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius gave the Democrats' lame response to President Bush's lame State of the Union address tonight. Michelle Malkin live blogged both the SOTU and the Democratic response. Michelle bitingly captured the governor's television persona: Boy, is she stiff. Her neck muscles are really, really tense. She should get closer to the fire. She needs to be warmed up. Governor Sebelius is in fact capable of animation. As »
State of the Union, Origins of the Surge
I missed President Bush's State of the Union speech tonight; we tuned in just in time to see Chuck Schumer standing and applauding. By then the speech was about over, but even the last five minutes were a useful reminder of the President's power, even in the last year of his administration. We didn't live blog the speech tonight, but a number of our readers did, here. Their running commentary »
McCain Denies Alito Quote
John McCain held a blogger conference call today, mostly to respond to John Fund's claim in the Wall Street Journal that he might not appoint a judge like Sam Alito who "wore his conservatism on his sleeve." (Which, by the way, I don't think Alito did.) McCain said that he doesn't recall making the statement attributed to him by Fund, and doesn't know its source. McCain emphasized that he supported »
Mark Falcoff: Good news from Venezuela
Mark Falcoff is resident scholar emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute. Mark last reported for us on Code Pink's helping hand to Hugo Chavez. Today he writes: The long term prospects of Chavez's "revolutionary" state in Venezuela are not good. A long report in the Spanish edition of today's Miami Herald lays it out. Since the same story does not appear in the English edition I thought I'd offer at »
John McCain's litmus test
John Fund reports on John McCain's opportunity to make peace with conservatives and wonders whether McCain will take advantage of it. Fund's column includes this tidbit: Mr. McCain has told conservatives he would be happy to appoint the likes of Chief Justice John Roberts to the Supreme Court. But he indicated he might draw the line on a Samuel Alito, because "he wore his conservatism on his sleeve." No one »
A Run on the Bank
Every indication is that Rudy Giuliani is sinking like a stone in Florida. Barring a miracle, he'll finish either a bit above or a bit below Mike Huckabee. Once Florida Republicans saw that Rudy was dropping in the polls, I think a lot of them jumped ship, thinking they'd rather make a choice between McCain and Romney than use their vote on a candidate who isn't going to win. Hence, »
Five theses on Bill Clinton in South Carolina
Victor Davis Hanson nails five theses to the wall regarding Bill Clinton's stump speech for Ms. Hillary in South Carolina. He writes somewhat more bluntly than regular practitioners in the mainstream media. Here is thesis 5: It would be cruel, but understandable to ask amid these long encomia on Hillary »
State of the Union
President Bush gives his seventh and perhaps final State of the Union address tonight. The New York Times and the Washington Post provide unfriendly previews that note the challenging circumstances under which it is to be given. Fox News highlights the speech's expected themes. Last night Fox ran Bret Baier's interview/special "Fighting to the finish." The special showed speechwriters Bill McGurn, Marc Thiessen and Chris Michel at work on the »
A clarifying moment
The death of terror master George Habash is worthy of note. Habash was the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a Marxist/terrorist group devoted to the destruction of Israel. After its founding in 1969, it helped pioneer the use of airplane hijackings as an instrument of terrorist propaganda. The PFLP joined the PLO and became its second largest faction after Fatah. Habash's life and beliefs are »


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And this is a domestic racket so does not include the billions sent to Muslims overseas. via Obama's National Security Priority: Moderate Muslim Rappers.
…this is what the leading counterterrorism experts were doing the day after Benghazi.
The day after Islamic extremists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the nation's top counterterrorists hosted something of a brainstorming session on how to keep violent extremism down in the long term. While the consulate burned, 100 or so intelligence analysts, military officers, prosecutors, academics and civil rights experts gathered… for a conference on "Countering Violent Extremism / Community Engagement."
Afterward, according to a draft agenda obtained by Danger Room, attendees were invited to a nearby mall for a happy hour at Coastal Flats, a restaurant known for its crab cakes.
A State Department official, Shahed Amanullah, ran through the ways effective al-Qaida propagandists spread their message on the internet, and described how a program he runs, called Viral Peace, seeks to troll the online radicals.
"With CVE, the spectrum starts at prevention, with the regular Joe on the street," explains Humera Khan, who runs a number of such prophylactic programs and who spoke at the Sept. 12 event. "The idea is to increase the barriers to entry, so that he never goes down that radical path."
A national security priority of the Obama White House, CVE is supposed to work by using the various government security branches to "empower" Muslim communities at home and abroad.
As discussed previously, CVE has actually subverted legitimate counterterrorism efforts by making it a priority to win over Muslims domestically, instead of cracking down on terrorists. The FBI has been neutered by CVE and so have most domestic law enforcement agencies.
Instead of focusing on counterterrorism, the Obama Administration is putting all its weight behind CVE and bringing a lot of Muslims on board to throw around money on their Islamic programming.
There's another problem: No one seems to able to explain how much money the government actually spends on CVE. "I don't know the exact number," says Zarate, who oversaw some of the first CVE programs at the White House. When including existing programs that CVE "leverages," Zarate puts the annual haul at hundreds of millions of dollars
Within the Obama administration, CVE has become a staggeringly vast enterprise. Agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools are now part of the CVE push. A team in Foggy Bottom makes parodies of al-Qaida's online advertisements and creates mobile-friendly digital videos that mock the radicals. The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom spoke at a notoriously extremist London mosque in the name of CVE; the year before, al-Qaida propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki preached from the same pulpit.
One adviser to the U.S. military tells Danger Room that he considers joint exercises with other countries' special forces to be CVE, since it builds relationships between forces for stability. Another officer says that developing the economy of Yemen is a top CVE priority — the country's got an extremely active al-Qaida affiliate, after all — and the Pentagon needs to take a more active role in it.
Now you also understand why the NASA Chief claimed that Obama had told that Muslim outreach was the organization's first priority. NASA is also a victim of Muslim CVE.
Every government policy is now subservient to CVE. And the gimmicks never stop.
"Community-based solutions" can mean everything from after-school programs to moderate Islamic rap to viral videos.
The State Department has even sent an Islamic rap group to various Muslim countries as goodwill ambassadors… A major government collection of thinking floats "the use of rock and roll to counter violent Salafi extremism."
Isn't this how we won the War on Drugs?
An adviser to the U.S. military is more blunt. When asked how to measure CVE, he answered, under condition of anonymity: "You don't, immediately." Any victories will take decades to materialize. "If we're really playing the long game, we have to play long."
Really long. Like forever.


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Friday, December 31, 2010
The VintageVirgin Romper
18 comments:
- Shilpi said...
This is really cute, the hat and the bag are so fluffy!
- December 31, 2010 at 10:58 AM
- Rachel and Kortney Fabiano said...
that is soo exciting about the romper. i am probably more obsessed with the matching fur bag and hat. AND SHOES. sick.
- December 31, 2010 at 11:23 AM
- Jenni said...
This romper is so perfect for you!
- December 31, 2010 at 12:32 PM
Hi! Love everything as usual (your blog is my homepage, I check it about 50 times a day!), buuuuuut I just have uno minuto question... have you sold your vintage sheer lace floral crop top yet? (!)
Sorry to be a PEST, but I emailed your shopvintagevirgin email the other day and I know you said you were going to update the store...so I'm just scared that it's going to be deleted before I can buy it to make room for new stock (unless it's already sold)!
Really sorry to sound so anal. :) X
P.s. can't wait for your DIY videos!!
Have a great new years eve!! XX
- December 31, 2010 at 1:44 PM
- vogueish said...
ooh..that is soo freaking cool...to have a romper named after you....applause...hehheh and congrats for your job....getting knocked-up seems to be a pretty interesting idea....would love to see you with a baby tummy..cute..cute..
happy new year...!!!!!
- December 31, 2010 at 1:54 PM
- Just a lazy morning said...
this outfit is soo great!!
- December 31, 2010 at 2:05 PM
- **OnYxStA** said...
happy new year
- December 31, 2010 at 3:04 PM
- Bub said...
Wow that romper is amazing!!!! You look gorgeous dear
One Love,
- December 31, 2010 at 8:07 PM
- LINDHO said...
Love love love the romper
and it suits you so well! but ofc. everything look good on you! <3
- January 1, 2011 at 9:21 AM
- coy colleen said...
loving that hat! and how awesome that the romper is named after you! loves it
happy new year!
- January 1, 2011 at 12:14 PM
- Morgan. said...
haha I love it when I get really busy and don't check your blog for a few days...I get back and there's just so much to look at! Every outfit is always perfect. This romper is amazing, and definetly suits you.
Happy new year! :D
- January 1, 2011 at 12:20 PM
- Crystal Lee said...
perfection, dude!
- January 1, 2011 at 12:40 PM
- merve said...
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- January 1, 2011 at 12:44 PM
- Rebel Attitude said...
I´ve been seeeing your style and you are a fantastic!! Kisses from Spain, I follow you!!
- January 1, 2011 at 3:05 PM
- Vintage and Cake said...
Just come across your blog, I total heart your style so fresh and kooky. Happy new year and I'm following you for sure xxx
- January 1, 2011 at 5:58 PM
- VildesVerden said...
Love the look!
- January 2, 2011 at 2:59 AM
- Stéphanie said...
Nice t-shirt :)
- January 2, 2011 at 9:15 AM
- summer said...
ahhh this is DARLING! i want one now...with over the knee socks...and high sandals but i will be 30 this month not sure if its age appropriate for me HAHA
- January 5, 2011 at 11:05 PM


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Crestview Country Club - South Course
Wichita, Kan. • May 31 - June 3
WICHITA, Kan. — The wind picked up in Wichita Thursday, and along with increased gusts were increased scores for the leaders of the Wildcat Golf/Wichita Junior Championship at Crestview County Club. Brianna Do, 15, of Lakewood, Calif., shot an even-par 71 Thursday to open up a seven-shot lead in the Girls Division. Meanwhile, in the Boys Division it was Kevin Tway, 16, of Edmond, Okla., and Christopher Ward, 17, of McKinney, Texas, tied for the lead in the Boys Division at 1-under-par 141 after two days on Crestview's South Course.
The Wildcat Golf/Wichita Junior Championship is a 54-hole tournament conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at Crestview Country Club in Wichita. The 99-player field boasts juniors from 23 states and Canada. Six Rolex Junior All-Americans are participating in the tournament.
Do began play Wednesday with a 3-under-par 68 and, with 71 Thursday, extended her lead from five strokes to seven heading into Friday's final round. Do began her day by playing the first five holes at 2-over-par, but got back to even after getting adjusted to the windy conditions.
"It was a little tougher out there today," Do said.
Do said good tee shots and solid putting have been the keys as she looks for her second AJGA win Friday.
"I'd be really excited to win," Do said. "Who wouldn't be?"
MacKinzie Kline, 13, of Encinitas, Calif., is alone in second place after her even-par 71 Thursday left her with a tournament total of 146. Jennie Arseneault, 17, of Grinnell, Iowa, and Kristin Ingram, 18, of Pasadena, Calif., are tied for third place with tournament totals of 5-over-par 147.
In the Boys Division, Tway, the son of PGA Tour veteran Bob Tway, shot an even-par 71 to tie first-round leader Ward at 141. Tway said he limited mistakes during his round by concentrating on hitting fairways and greens.
"I'm hitting my irons really close when I'm in the fairway," he said.
Ward, who shot 69 in Wednesday's first-round, struggled to a 4-over-par 40 on the front nine Thursday because of the wind, but recovered to shoot a 3-under-par 32 on the back side after getting used to the conditions. Ward said sleeping with a tie for the lead will not change his game plan for the final round.
"I've been in the situation before so I won't do anything different," he said.
The leaders are one stroke ahead of Robert Laird, 17, of Tulsa, Okla., who shot a 1-under par 70 to finish with a two day total of 142. Tied for fourth place at 143 are David Yujin Chung, 15, of Fayetteville, N.C., Michael Lee, 16, of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Zachary Cleland, 18, of Wichita.
The AJGA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The largest association of its kind, the AJGA has a junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 30 foreign countries.
Titleist, the AJGA's National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Association's success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, a supporter of the AJGA since 1983, became the inaugural AJGA premier partner in 2004.
The final round will begin Friday at 7:30 a.m. off the first tee at Crestview Country Club's South Course. For more information about the Wildcat Golf/Wichita Junior Championship, please contact tournament headquarters at (316) 733-2481 or visit the AJGA Web site at ajga.org.


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Rex Ryan is the problem:
1. He built the team incorrectly.
2. The defense he inherited was better than the one he created.
3. He's ignored all offensive responsibility.
4. He hasn't supported his quarterback.
5. He hasn't gotten a running back that can be a difference-maker.
6. His team is undisciplined.
7. His team is unprepared.
8. He lost the pulse of the locker room and never got it back.
1. We signed up for a Rex Ryan strategy that doesn't work in today's NFL.
2. We collected players that either a) couldn't execute it or b) aren't being coached properly.
Both are squarely on Rex Ryan's shoulders.
Saying that Sanchez isn't a problem is means for your entire argument to be thrown in the trash.
We've get to rid of these in this order:
1. Tannenbaum
2. Sanchez
3. Rex
4. Tebow
I've been aboard with you about Ryan, but not to mention the GM putting together this mess together is wrong .
I think Woody loves Rex too much for him to let him go just yet. Tanny will be moved to a financial position, and they will bring in a football guy
Last edited by Mickey Shuler; 10-28-2012 at 06:00 PM.
It's obvious that there are major issues with personnel, but some of it can be overcome. For instance, as bad as Sanchez has been, it's obvious to a duck that he is better with a more uptempo approach to the game. What does the coaching staff do? Run the play clock down to the sub-5 second mark. Greene's a better late-game runner? Let's start him! Pace can't hold the point of attack or pursue from the backside? Let's start him and leave a guy that can do at least one of those things on the bench! Brilliant!
It's also the lack of progression from the younger players. McKnight & Kerley are the only guys who you can say have improved since they were drafted. The coaching just isn't there.
Perhaps a new QB will change everything... they have to try. Rex's biggest problem is sticking with Mark Sanchez. Sanchez's pyche is already distroyed so benching him will either be a challenge or prove he is/isn't the problem.
Theres no doubt about it that this team continues to spiral downward and has become the laughing stock of the league. Ryan doesnt seem to have the room anymore.
The change, if it done properly, must happen at the top...and it must begin by canning Tanny-the-beancounter.
But, Woody doesnt care enough to do the right thing. If any one of us would be running someones company into the ground, wouldnt you expect to one day be shown the door? Tanny is ultimately responsible.
But no. Whatll probably end up happening is that we will see Tanny force a change at QB ( Woody will pressure him), Sparano will step down, etc, etc, etc.
This will be a freakin' hell of an end of season...
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All for one, one for all. GM, HC and QB.
Maybe Sanchez was a victim to Rex but that does not change the state of affairs at our QB position. IMO he is damaged goods.
I didnt say that Miami isnt a worthy opponent. but this team put up a measeley 9 pts today, 0 points against SanFran, and should have lost game 1 vs Miami. I won't even talk about how they gave away last weeks game. This is a bad team.
if you wish to ignore the obvious, thats your perogative.


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Betty Richardson
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- Published on 11 September 2013
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A funeral service for Betty Richardson, age 70 of Mount Vernon, will be conducted at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 12, 2013 with Rev. Troy Hollingsworth officiating.
Interment will follow at Richland Cemetery, with Tommy Baugh, Forrest Reynolds, Forest Shoemaker, Eugene Crager, Daniel Fuller and Joe Marshall serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home
Betty Richardson passed away Monday afternoon, September 9, 2013 at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler. She was born in Lufkin on July 22, 1943, the daughter of Forest Richardson and Addie (Weatherford) Richardson. She was married to Charles Shropshire, Jr.; he survives. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Temple in Mount Vernon.
Other survivors include: daughter, Delores Reynolds and Jimmy of Lufkin; son, Curtis Shoemaker Danette of Pollok; two sisters, Violet Richardson and Chris Malmquist, both of Mount Vernon; three brothers, Albert Richardson of Shreveport, Louisiana, Clint Richardson and Darrel Richardson, both of Lufkin; grandchildren, Addie Alexander, Rusty Redd and Forest Shoemaker and great-grandchildren, Wyatt and Tucker Alexander, Skyler, Bladin and Barley Redd. She was preceded in death by her parents and three sisters, Estelle Hamilton, Mertie Collier and Effie Marshall.


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When the Hydaburg Haida start hitting shots from beyond the arc, watch out.
Hydaburg overcame yet another slow start to pull away from Yakutat, eventually holding on for an 82-72 win Wednesday afternoon at the 65th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School.
The Haida fell behind 14-11 early to a physical Yakutat team which, as it did on Monday against Angoon, wanted to slow the pace against a team that prefers to run.
But it was only a matter of time before the Edenshaws got going.
"We always get off to a slow start. It seems like it's been like that forever every time we play a tournament," Vinny Edenshaw said. "It just takes a little warming up before those threes start falling."
Vinny, Devin and Darren Edenshaw once again sparked the high-octane Hydaburg attack and once the 3-balls started falling, the driving lanes opened up and Hydaburg began going to the basket.
But it was the Haida's shooting from beyond the arc that ignited the offense.
Hydaburg hit a 3-pointer on three consecutive possessions just before the midway point of the first half, and a 22-18 lead quickly ballooned to a 31-18 advantage, which got no closer than five points the rest of the way.
But Yakutat gave Hydaburg fits early with its interior size and pesky perimeter defense, forcing the Haida to take contested jumpers while limiting transition opportunities.
"I think they got us to play their game a little bit at the start, but then we started playing our game," Vinny Edenshaw said. "Like my cousin Darren (Edenshaw) said (Tuesday), we're a run-and-gun team. That's the kind of game we play."
With Damien Long and Jimmy Jensen inside, Yakutat had the size advantage. But foul trouble for Long and combined with the speed of Hydaburg in the open court was too much in the end.
"We started pushing the ball more," Vinny Edenshaw said, "getting out on the fast break and hitting our threes"
With Long in foul trouble, Yakutat pounded it inside to Jensen throughout the second half, hoping to slow down the tempo. The Yakutat forward scored 28 points in the game and helped keep his team within striking distance.
When Jensen wasn't scoring inside, all the extra defensive attention in the paint allowed for open 3-point looks. Kyle Dierick took advantage of the defense's interior focus to score 22 points, including five 3-pointers.
Yakutat was able to chip away at the lead while holding Hydaburg to 31 second-half points, 20 fewer than its output the first 20 minutes. Jensen, Dierick and company cut the deficit to 11 points with about five minutes remaining, but Hydaburg had an answer every time Yakutat threatened.
Harold Dilts led the way for the Haida with 19 points, while Vinny, Devin and Darren Edenshaw pumped in 17, 16 and 14, respectively.
Martin Sensmeier was the only other Yakutat player in double figures with 14 points, including four 3-pointers.
With a deeper bench and more balance than last year's team, Vinny Edenshaw said this year's edition is just getting started.
"We're way better than last year when we only had six guys," he said. "We got a full team this year, so we're ready to roll."
Hydaburg plays the Hoonah/Klawock today at 3:30 p.m., while Yakutat has been eliminated.
Hoonah tops Klawock, 89-75
Hoonah ANB had already been involved in the two closest games of the B Bracket thus far in the 65th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament, but they made sure not to let Wednesday's elimination game come down to the wire.
Tied 49-49 with just more than 15 minutes remaining, Hoonah exploded on a 12-0 run that put the ANB on top for good. Neither team led by more than six points up to that juncture, but Klawock never climbed within nine the rest of the way.
Hoonah's Anthony Lindoff said after the game it was the young players off the bench that provided the boost.
"Well, I'd like to think the young guys coming off the bench kind of lit a defensive spark. We said early on if these guys were going to play, they needed to capitalize with good defense," he said. "So I have to give our young guys off the bench a lot of credit, and our old guys kept the composure."
Travis Dybdahl, one of the "old guys," led the way once again for Hoonah with 26 points, while Mike Schneeberger pitched in 19.
Lindoff, who scored 10 in the game, said his team played a smart game, something that must be done the rest of the way if Hoonah is to win the B Bracket championship.
"We feel we give ourselves the best chance by minimizing our turnovers, our mistakes, and really capitalizing on defense," he said. "We need to keep that focus for 40 minutes to beat these guys, because every game we play will have some offensive teams we need to step it up against on defense."
Wednesday night's contest was back and forth most of the night, and excluding the 12-0 run early in the second half, Klawock was able to hold its own.
Ric Carle led all scorers in the game with 29 points, including four 3-pointers, Leslie Isaacs dropped 18 and Mike Henderson pumped in five 3-pointers for 15 points. Klawock hit 14 shots from beyond the arc to Hoonah's eight, but it wasn't enough as the ANB went to the line 20 times to Klawock's nine.
There were 11 lead changes in the game, but Hoonah never gave it up again after its second-half run.
With the win, Hoonah moves on to face Hydaburg at 3:30 p.m. today. The two teams squared off in the opening game of B Bracket play, with Hoonah picking up a 6-point, 104-98 win.