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Forest plots and pitch-rolling
Why did so many people get out into their local woods to protest about the sell-off of our forests? Plainly it took our government by surprise. Even Dr Grumble was impressed by the number of people protesting in his local wood.
But some protests are not a surprise. When Grumble's local hospital was under threat even more people were on the streets. Just as in the case of the woods, these were just ordinary people with very limited resources organising themselves to protest. Whenever this sort of thing happens people power prevails - especially if the hospital is in a marginal constituency. The NHS is so important to the electorate that it has even resulted in the election of a single-issue MP. That should surely sends signals to our government that meddling with the NHS is dangerous.
The trouble with the public getting involved in these issues is that sometimes there can be more heat than light. Passion can impede progress. Sometimes it is the right thing to close smaller hospitals. Certainly the NHS estate needs rationalisation. In theory a centrally-managed government-owned service should do this well. The reality is that successive governments have signally failed to even take on the problem.
Every single hospital (and there have been scores) Dr Grumble has worked in has been in need of some form of rationalisation. London is held up by those in charge as being the place with the biggest problems. The problems have been there for a very considerable time. Sometimes governments have made them worse. Westminster Hospital used to be across the bridge from St Thomas'. Despite opposition, it was closed. But then soaring property prices and a hospital sale enabled a triumphant Mrs Thatcher to create Chelsea and Westminster Hospital only a short walk from Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith itself not very far from, yes, Hammersmith Hospital. The reasons why hospitals fail to be closed when closure is necessary are political. Sometimes unnecessary hospitals or polyclinics are built for the same reason. What all this shows is just how important the NHS is to politics in this country.
Politicians may be prepared to send young people to die in unnecessary wars but difficult decisions about the NHS seem beyond them. It is this underlying problem that has led governments to the bizarre conclusion that they can deal with their own failings by privatisation or quasi-privatisation. The idea is that hospitals are made to fail in the market. Planning, which has failed to close hospitals, will be replaced by cut-throat competition. Some hospitals will just wither on the vine. There is a blind faith that the market will get right what politicians have not.
But none of this has been thought through. Do politicians really believe that when a local hospital closes because of market forces the local populace is going to accept that? Do politicians really believe that local GPs are going to be able to persuade their patients that their local hospital is no longer needed? Do they really think really think that the electorate will blame GPs for what happens rather than their local MP?
The woods and the NHS are more similar than some might think. We love our woods much as we love our NHS. Why didn't the public want the woods sold? It was because the woods are part of England. They are a part of England which belongs to us all. We want to be able to use them without incurring exorbitant charges. They should not be sold off. They are inviolable.
What does the public think of the NHS? They love their NHS. It is a part of Britain which belongs to us all. We want to be able to use the NHS without incurring exorbitant charges. It should not be sold off. It is inviolable.
So why don't we see the public outside their local hospital with placards? It is because of the soft focus on what is about to take place combined with lots of obfuscation and the ConDem's secret weapon: pitch-rolling. Since this article is so Anglocentric, it is unlikely that any North American readers have got this far. Lest they have, Dr Grumble needs to explain "pitch-rolling". If you have been to a great English public school, as have both the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, you will know that on Wednesday afternoons in the summer you play cricket. You may have heard of the playing fields of Eton. That's what we are talking about. (There were playing fields in the state schools but they were sold-off for development.) But if you are wealthy you will still have access to a green field and a cricket pitch. Now a cricket pitch needs rolling. It's a backbreaking job but at Eton they have a flunky or two who go out before matches to roll the pitch. The longer you roll it the better it is. They have been rolling the pitch at Eton for nearly 600 years which is why it looks so good. If you don't roll it the ball will bounce all over the place and the boys will get restive.
When it comes to the NHS there has been an awful lot of pitch-rolling. New Labour were masters at it. It has taken an amazing number of forms. Knocking GPs has been one. Who do you think feeds the misleading headlines? Faux consultations have been another. Anybody who filled in the latest forestry consultation will understand. Motherhood-and-apple-pie questions with only one answer cannot be called consultation. And there have been questionnaires about NHS services. When people are happy it goes unreported. Problems, on the other hand, get highlighted - even tiny problems. At one time Grumble found this very odd. Why should government be knocking the very service it was responsible for? The answer is that it is all part of a very prolonged pitch-rolling exercise. It is designed to create dissatisfaction with the NHS and the conclusion that something must be done - usually fed to the public as "no change is not an option".
This pitch-rolling is very powerful. It is a euphemism. If you say something often enough people may believe it. But they are not always taken in. They weren't taken in over the sale of our woodlands. But then there wasn't any


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What, me Zionist?
By Erik Rush
On Sunday, February 4, 2007, several news agencies reported that Ardeshire Hassanpour, a prize-winning Iranian nuclear physicist, had likely been assassinated by Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency. These accounts originated from Stratfor (Strategic Forecasting, L.L.C.), a U.S. security company that provides intelligence services to the international businesses community. The details of his death are sketchy, of course, but Hassanpour, a principal in Iran's current effort to enrich uranium, apparently died under mysterious circumstances due to some sort of gas poisoning.
You may remember my January 16, 2007 column entitled The Law of the Jungle in which I lauded with fond remembrance the days during the 'Seventies and 'Eighties when Mossad's assassination of foreign terrorists in true James Bondian (if perhaps less classy) fashion was a regular occurrence.
You may also remember more than a couple of my 2006 columns which referenced the globalist and politically-correct tendencies in U.S. foreign policy having corrupted Israel's once-uncompromising resolution in areas of national security, this due to the latter's economic dependence upon the former.
The London Times, 2/4/07: "Stratfor, a U.S. security company, reported on Friday that its sources within Israel identified Hassanpour as a Mossad target and said 'very strong intelligence' suggested the security service had assassinated the scientist."
All I can say is: "Way to go."
You can call me a Zionist if you like; it would be an incorrect assessment. My view is that a powerful, Westernized, democratic ally in the region has been and continues to be instrumental in preventing an uncontrollable, wholesale epidemic of radical Islam therein. Religious history or judeophilia doesn't enter into it; I would similarly support an Arabic Christian or moderate Muslim nation occupying the same land. I also concur that Israel's government has handled the issue of its Arab population inequitably at best. That subject however, is for another column.
Until the reports of Hassanpour's death I was quite concerned that the aforementioned compromise of Israel's national security policies had brought it to a point where, if abandoned by the U.S., the nation would be finished.
However, Israel's government has stated unequivocally that they will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Of course, so has the Bush Administration – but there's always been a certain inscrutability to Israel's comportment and machinations in these areas. Israel has spied on the U.S. I don't condone this, but given the gravitation of America's foreign policy and its apparent lack of will to survive, any Israeli government would be foolish not to do so. On the one hand, it appears that Israel generally dances to our tune – and then they blow up some Iraqi reactors, assassinate some individual they've identified as a threat or accomplish something positive which the United States otherwise lacked the political will to accomplish.
As America's political direction at home and abroad increasingly hinges on progress in Iraq (the Left and the media's false focus in the War on Terror) and other tenuous factors, so hinges America's continued support for Israel.
The more power the Leninist Pelosians gain in Washington, the closer Israel comes to getting thrown under the bus by the United States. Obviously those in the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) are aware of this.
They, and the people of Israel – despite the proliferation of pacifists and leftists there and their apparent diminishing national will – have experienced the blight of terrorism to a far greater degree than we in America. Perhaps that "diminishing will" is simply Israel oh-so-inscrutably biding her time. Perhaps they still possess the sense of geopolitical reality that America evidently lacks – that respect for the Law of the Jungle that no one can evade.
Despite my current belief that it will never happen, I've said previously that employment of political assassination and yes, even the implementation of nuclear weapons – now – by the U.S. will save more lives in the long term than it will take. If Israel begins to act decisively (read "with extreme prejudice") to preserve herself despite U.S. political pressure and ignites the firestorm spineless American politicians deny is in the offing, perhaps it will be easier to follow Israel's lead and take similarly decisive, if unfortunate action.
Erik Rush is a New York-born columnist and author who writes a weekly column of political fare. He is also Acting Associate Editor and Publisher for the New Media Alliance, Inc. The New Media Alliance is a non-profit (501c3) national coalition of writers, journalists and grass-roots media outlets. An archive containing links to his writing is at www.ErikRush.com.. His new book, "It's the Devil, Stupid!" is available through most major outlets. His new book, Annexing Mexico, is scheduled for release shortly.

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Chambers St Wines is "a shop that indulged their love for naturally made wines from artisanal small producers (that stocks) very, very few brand name (wines)."
They do find some amazing wines at Chambers and starting tomorrow you can get (many of) their wines at 20% off! The deal is basically that it is a moving sale. See article here.
If I make it there as planned tomorrow and pick up any winners I will attach those recommendations to this post. In the meantime though, go visit their site and browse their unique and hard to find selection.
Happy Chambers St Wine Tasting!
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Put fear of cancer aside and get on with your life
Are you spending a lot of time worrying about cancer? Do you obsessively read news reports about medical research on cancer and watch medical programs on TV? Are you forever checking yourself for lumps and bumps and unexplained pains? Is fear of cancer your biggest fear in life? It's not a great way to live. Wouldn't it be great to have a cure for fear of cancer?
Fear of cancer is not irrational or silly
It's not irrational to fear something which can potentially kill you, of course. Fear encourages us to take sensible precautions. It makes sense to lead your life in such a way that you minimise your risks of developing cancer. It's a relief to know that at least you can't catch it! And as someone worried about cancer, chances are you have already carefully studied and implemented suitable preventive measures.
Why precautions are not enough to allay fear of cancer
So you may be asking yourself why, even though you are eating a sensible diet, taking appropriate exercise, getting enough rest and generally looking after your health and well-being (all things which significantly minimise cancer risks), you still worry so much about getting cancer?
Well, the answer is that knowing things with your head is all very well, but what really matters is how things feel. And the scary feeling associated with cancer can become overpowering if you haven't learned how to disconnect feelings and facts when you need to. If you know you are doing everything you can to keep your risks down, then you clearly don't need to feel as if the threat of cancer is right on top of you.
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The Institut Métapsychique International is proud to present:
L'Odyssée de la Conscience : anthologie d'études sur la mort, la mystique et le paranormal par le Dr Hubert Larcher (392 p.)
Table of contents and Avant-propos to download here
First chapter: "Pour faire connaissance..."
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This anthology brings together 50 years of works by the former director of the IMI, plus interviews, and a full biographical and bibliographical presentation. Texts collected and presented byRenaud Evrard, Ph.D. in Psychology and PA Professional Member.
The topics covered are:dying process; 73 altered states of consciousness; parapsychochemistry of divination; NDE; mystical phenomenology; spiritual value of parapsychological phenomena; unorthodox healing; metapsychics and human sciences, etc.
It is also through this book that IMI launched its own publishing house whose goal is to better disseminate the knowledge in the field of parapsychology, in collaboration with iWrite Publications.
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Check your inbox, as you're about to get an email asking what you look like. It will come from firstname.lastname@example.com, so make sure that we're not blocked by your Spam filter. If it's been more than 24 hours, check your Junk Folder.
Found the email? Then it's time to send us your picture. Don't be shy. Dust off that camera, match the picture's pose, pull a funny face, and don't forget to say 'Cheese'. Yup that's right, match the pictures pose. The closer you can get to looking like the pose in the picture itself, the better the end result will be. We can only work from what we can see, so it's important you help us out with this step.
Once you're certain the picture is perfect, reply to our email (don't forget to add the picture as an attachment). We'll email you back to confirm we have received your picture, and that's where it gets awesome.
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For everyone asking me for a sample nanny contract – the government has removed their online version – I now have one available! I reached out to Robyn Zeldin who operates the Wee Care Nanny Placement Agency here in Toronto and she provided me with a sample, and can provide you with one as well.
We used the Wee Care Nanny Placement Agency for all of the sponsoring, paperwork and requirements of the Canadian Live-in Caregiver Program for the 3 caregivers that were under our care. Robyn and her company are great – especially through the hiring our first nanny – because not only did they do all the paperwork, but they made sure we were compliant with the programs' requirements, they prepped us for the interview with the government and helped us set up our home to welcome our caregiver.
When we had questions, concerns or issues, we turned to Robyn and her company. When the caregiver's had questions or needed clarification on things, they turned to Robyn and her company.
They really matched our family with the perfect caregiver – our last caregiver was with us for 6-years until she went back home to get married.
Wee Care was also able to help with part-time and temporary placement, as well as with the contract, do's and don'ts and pretty much everything else.
When you're in business over 20-years, there is a good reason for it!
I've referred friends to Robyn at Wee Care for LMIA processing because, to be honest, it's a giant pain in the butt to do especially with young children, and Robyn's team quickly and happily took that over that headache and processed all the documents with Service Canada. They're a one-stop shop!
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Most users of tidyp will want to download a source tarball. The latest release is tidyp 1.04.
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Art: Although Fox had a national reputation, his professional colleagues at
University of Miami who were biologists/biochemists considered him to be a
bit of a charlatan.
References please.
Art: They seemed not to have much respect for his science,
and occasionally they would poke fun at his work in classes.
Art: But mostly they regarded his work as irrelevant to origin of life.
Perhaps but that needs to be established and furthermore the issue is a little bit of a strawman since the argument was not if this was the path abiogenesis has taken.


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After having to put money raised for a hospital in Zimbabwe on hold after turmoil there, Langley Rotary clubs are ready to send the $57,642 they raised to a similar medical facility.
"The last four months of 2012 certainly was a tumultuous period for our Rotary effort in Zimbabwe," said Langley Rotarian Dr. Brendan Martin who founded International Health Langley — a fundraising arm of the Rotary Clubs that help hospitals in poor nations.
Canadian bush doctor Dr. Paul Thistle gave up a lucrative career in this country and dedicated 16 years as the chief doctor at Zimbabwe's Howard Hospital when he was fired in August.
"His strict adherence to proper accountability and ethical principles resulted in an impasse," said Martin.
Thistle was abruptly fired and told to leave the country by the leadership of the Salvation Army there.
A Salvation Army officer himself, Thistle questioned the leaders over fundraising dollars and where the money was going.
"The Salvation Army leadership wants all the money raised to pass through their bank accounts in Harare, (Zimbabwe). There was a pattern of the money not arriving at the hospital or arriving late," said Martin in August.
Thistle was being punished for being a good steward of those funds, he said.
Thistle refused to leave the country, but couldn't return to Howard Hospital.
"Unfortunately Howard Hospital has imploded since his removal and is only functioning at a small fraction of its former level," said Martin on Monday.
This month, Thistle joined the surgical team at Karanda Hospital, a few hours' drive from Howard Hospital.
The $57,642 will purchase the medical equipment and medicines originally intended for Howard Hospital, confirmed Martin.
"It's a well-run hospital," he said of Karanda.
On June 27, 2012, Thistle made a rare Canadian appearance and spoke to Langley residents at the Salvation Army Gateway of Hope to raise funds for his mission work. More than 70 came out to hear his stories and see pictures from one Aldergrove Rotarian's recent trip to the Howard Hospital.
Rotarian Wayne Crossen is currently in Kenya putting together a "Rotary Water Project." Around $8,000 of fundraising proceeds will go towards that, said Martin.


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Well, Christmas is put away and the kids are back at school. The family has gone back East, and I'm back at work. Life resumes its normal routines, and as such, more-or-less regular blogging will resume shortly.
It's a little amazing, looking back at my archives, how much I have put out there over the years. I am entering my sixth calendar year of blogging (though only my fifth year of real time; I started in December 2005). I have published over 1300 posts in that time frame, almost one post per day. I think it might be fun to start mining the archives a little bit. So my plan is to introduce a regular feature, "Flashback Fridays" in which I will dust off a moldy old post from the distant past and re-publish it. Lemme see ... 52 weeks in the year ... 1300 posts to choose from ... hopefully I'll be able to find 52 old posts that I'm proud of. Maybe.
As for this week: I've been fortunate enough to accumulate a few interesting radiographic images (and one *very* disturbing one) over the break, so it'll be "radiological oddity week" starting shortly.
Hope you all had as nice a holiday as I did, and Happy New Year to you all.


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Hanukkah concert aims to draw out the holiday cheer
As audience members make their way to their seats at Stamford's Temple Beth El this weekend, it will be just as this year's observance of Hanukkah ends.
But they will be just in time for a celebration that keeps the spirit of the holiday going.
"My Yiddishe Chanukah" will bring together singers and musicians from New York City, Greenwich, Westport and Stamford, who will present a musical tribute to the Jewish holiday season on Sunday, Dec. 16.
Hanukkah is an eight-day festival that has been celebrated for centuries and is marked, among other things, by the lighting of candles on a menorah, the giving of gifts, the preparation and consumption of particular foods, and the reciting of prayers. And, of course, there is music to get everyone into the spirit.
For Zalmen Mlotek, who will be directing the production, the musical selections get to the heart of the message of the power of light to illuminate the darkness.
"The whole program is about that ... it's about a time when the light of Hanukkah can be extended to all people and we live in peace and harmony," said Mlotek, who is the artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre -- Folksbiene, which is located in New York City.
Mlotek, who is considered an authority on Yiddish music and theater, will be bringing several performers with him, singers and musicians, some of whom are currently performing on Broadway, such as Joanne Borts of "Once," Rachel Yucht, Avi Fox Rosen, Dmitri Slepovitch, Brian Glassman and Matt Temkin.
"We have a very, very hot band and they will be really revving it up," Mlotek said of the klezmer ensemble that will accompany the performers. "It's really dance music ... you can't sit still."
The concert will be narrated in English, but expect to hear an eclectic mix of music, including Yiddish songs, American theater tunes and Latin selections.
"What we try to do in our concerts is to give people a sense of vibrancy of the culture and its vitality," he said. Prior to Mlotek's ensemble, local cantors will come together to serve as a kind of "opening act."
"Cantors love to get together and create a wonderful performance around beautiful music," said Rabbi Vicki Axe, who serves as spiritual leader and educational director for Congregation Shir Ami in Greenwich.
She will be joined by Laura Berman of Westport's Conservative Synagogue and Micah Morgovsky of Stamford's Temple Sinai, Asa Fradkin of Greenwich's Temple Sholom, George Mordecai of Stamford's Temple Beth El and Arik Wollheim of Congregation Agudath Shalom in Stamford.
"The music is so rich," Axe said of the holiday canon, of which a few will be selected.
Organizers said the evening is planned to have an appeal to all and, hopefully, will encourage those who are unfamiliar with Hanukkah music or Yiddish theater tunes to make the trip.
"It's going to be a very full evening," Mlotek said. "Hopefully, it will bring people back to the holiday spirit."
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The Archive is sad to report the death of game show creator/producer Bob Stewart, who passed away at the age of 91. Stewart began his association with producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman (Goodson-Todman) in 1955 and created fan favorites Pyramid, The Price is Right, To Tell the Truth, and Password.
Here are some selections from Stewart's three-hour Archive interview from 1998:
On the genesis of The Price is Right:
On Fiftieth Street and Seventh Avenue in New York there used to be a store which auctioned silverware, glassware, watches, jewelry … and everyday during the lunch hour that place was packed. People would just walk in and bid for the goods. I used to stop by there and watch the stuff and I thought to myself, 'anybody who pays a nickel more than the retail price has been taken, but anybody who gets it for even a nickel less has got a bargain.' And that became the core of The Price Is Right.
On how celebrity panelists were selected for To Tell The Truth:
In its original form, we had different visions of making this cross examination more than just entertainment. So as a consequence, we had a couple of reporters whose names escape me right now but they were literally reporters that people knew about. One guy was sort of an entertainment writer for one of the big New York newspapers. We also brought in people like Ralph Bellamy because he was doing Man Against Crime, a fictional detective, but at least he was cross-examining … We ended up with people like Orson Bean and Kitty Carlisle and the classic panelists Peggy Cass, who were there to have some fun and make a good time of it.
On how the Quiz Show Scandals changed game shows:
They brought in what they called Standards and Practices. The first guys hired back in 1958 or '59, whenever it was, they brought in some ex-FBI men … an FBI guy came in and he oversaw the shows to make sure that nothing crooked was going on. The new thing that was innovated was that all contestants and all producers had to sign certain waivers of sorts saying you wouldn't cheat and so on. There was that. The physical setup between contestants and production help had to be completely separate. We now had to have contestants briefed in another building at one time, couldn't be in the same building. And in the studio, the quarters were set up so that there could be no contact except for the person who was the contestant getter, nobody else could be near a contestant.
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On creating Pyramid:
That had a strange development. Originally, we had a pilot that we made for CBS and it was called On The Line. There was a pyramid shape with a series of lines across the pyramid. I think there were ten lines. The bottom row had ten squares, then nine, eight, seven, six, on up to one. It was a different kind of game but we played a game with it. We made the pilot and it was just a so-so pilot. Fred Silverman, who has been said 'shoots from the hip,' looked at it, didn't care for it, and said, 'we'll do something else.' I was trying to take advantage of the fact that they needed a show and I brought in some run-through of another show which he liked, and we were working on that in different run-throughs and then one day I got an idea of how to convert that pyramid of ten into another kind of show of quick communication. Although we were scheduled to run-through this new idea I showed Silverman this new version of the old pilot. 'I kind of like it,' he said, 'but I don't like the front game, the end game is okay.' So I change that — the network guys do this, they don't know what they're looking for and they don't recognize it so they're not sure, so they keep sending you back to do it again, again, and again. Finally, one day I show him these two pieces together. Matter of fact, Bill Cullen was helping me demonstrate it, he was one of the players. The next thing I knew I walked into Bud Grant's office. Bud was the head of daytime television, Silverman was the head of nighttime. I was hanging around CBS to find out whether we're going to make the schedule and then I noticed in Bud Grant's office where they have this board of shows, it said 'Ten Thousand Dollar Pyramid.' I said, 'what the hell is that?' He says, 'you're on the air.'
On how game show production changed since he began his career:
Since I haven't been in it for a few years, I don't know exactly, but I'll tell you how part of it changed. The part that's changed is … I'll use the word respect. There was a certain respect that the network people or syndicators had for the producers of game shows. In other words, they dealt with them on a rather, even equal keel and said, 'you have something that has some value, let's talk about it.' What I hear today is that when you go to a network or to a cable operation or to a syndicator, they couldn't care less about the idea of the show. 'You do business our way or we don't do business.' There are stories of syndicators and especially cable operators who say, 'okay, we'll take this show we own, we'll give you some money.' It's all gone. Where's the entrepreneur? What's the point in trying to be creative if it doesn't belong to you? So the business part has changed a lot.
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This is Greta, as she appeared on petfinder.
She'd been at the shelter for a few months. A kill shelter. I had every intention of going to Collie rescue for my next dog, but I was perusing petfinder and loved the look of a cute lab/terrier mix puppy. I also was intrigued by Greta's sister, Gretchen. I kind of passed on by Greta, because her picture didn't really grab me. Well I toodled on over to the shelter. The adorable lab/terrier puppy was of course gone, but Gretchen was there. I had them bring her out so I could get to know her. We didn't click. She wasn't paying me any attention. So we went back and I thought what the heck, let me meet Greta too.
We connected instantly. She had that look in her eyes that reminded me of Oz. So I could tell she was incredibly smart. She was also very friendly, outgoing and affectionate. Very kissy. She'd run off to greet people at the fence, then when I'd call, she'd come running straight back to me. She's a character too. I was squatted down on one of the recalls and she launched herself at me to land in my lap and we both tumbled backwards onto the ground. LOL I realized real quickly that this girl is something special and I couldn't leave her there on death row. I think she may be a GSD/Collie/Heeler mix, so it's almost like getting a Collie again. But I totally chose her based on personality and smarts. And look what I discovered when I got her home and started taking pics of her.
She's absolutely beautiful. With her ears down, it didn't come shining thru at first. Took me two days, but I finally decided on Kiz/Kizzie for her name. Started out as a cross between Kismet and Kissy. Then after some research, I discovered Kizzie means light of heart and there's also a great character from Roots named Kizzy, so I can keep my TV/Movie/Literature theme of dog names going. Seems perfect for her.
I can't believe so many people passed this girl by. She is a keeper. No potty accidents. Not destroying anything. Soft and gentle mouth, not nippy or bitey. Calm in the house, but playful and can run like the wind outside. Not barky so far. She's picking up on everything I'm teaching her really fast. Except catching. She catches like Maddie and just lets the stuffie bounce off her forehead. So I'm not sure if she'll be a frisbee dog like Oz and Gull, but I'm thinking she might be really good at dog agility or maybe flyball. She's real attached to the ball and is getting the concept of fetch already. Next step is to get her into obedience class to continue socializing and training, then we'll see about agility or flyball maybe. So more pics of her with her ball in next post.


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Photo courtesy of Greg Bice: Jonathan, one of the best players in the program, and Bice at one of Lacrosse the Nations' field days, where they take the kids on a field trip to an actual field.
When Ohio Machine Defenseman
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Lacrosse the Nations began in 2008 as a simple conversation between Brad Corrigan and Brett Hughes. Corrigan, a member of the band Dispatch, was involved with a charity in La Chureca, a community in Managua, Nicaragua. He began to discuss with Hughes the power of sports in bringing people together and the possibility of introducing lacrosse to the impoverished community. The two founded Lacrosse the Nations, and in 2009 the charity made its inaugural trip to La Chureca. Bice, who went on the trip, was amazed at how the game was received. "We just kind of dropped lacrosse into this school and started playing. The way that the kids gravitated to it was amazing," he says. "It was such a useful medium for us to communicate and to teach and learn from the kids."
Lacrosse has helped bridge the cultural divide between the coaches of Lacrosse the Nations and the children. "Obviously there are cultural differences all over the place," says Bice. "One of the special things about lacrosse is that it is a common bond that we all share. It opens doors to foster these relationships. Even in the United States, when you're tossing the ball around with your Dad in the back yard, it's not just throwing a ball. You're getting to spend time with your Dad and getting to know him better. The game is a conduit to building lasting relationships. It breaks down barriers. It's amazing how much you can communicate without words."
Not only does the sport help foster relationships, it also teaches life skills that often can't be taught in the classroom. "You learn so much about life through sport," says Bice. "It teaches you discipline, hard work, communication, teamwork and forgiveness. There is so much that you just can't teach in a classroom environment. I think it's critical for kids of every age to be involved in team sports."
In addition to the afterschool lacrosse program, Lacrosse the Nations has also implemented a nutrition program for the children of the Colegio Cristiano La Espereanza (School of Hope). And the charity continues to grow. "We started another program in Nicaragua this summer," says Bice. "We have several state-side initiatives. We're getting ready to start a program here in Columbus with an inner-city elementary school that we're very excited about. And we're also looking into starting some new programs in Central America. Seeing the impact that our pilot program has made in these children and everybody involved has been amazing and we're so excited to move forward and put this program in other places to let everybody benefit."
In 2009, Bice and his college teammate
Anthony Kelly also founded Resolute Lacrosse. The company hosts position clinics, training sessions, individual lessons, coaching clinics and camps. "Our goal is to teach kids life lessons through sport," says Bice. "We have a great staff of coaches who believe in what it means to be resolute. They are great role models for kids and are passionate about teaching. We've had some great kids and families come through the program and feel very blessed."
Bice was named the New Balance Sportsman of the Year in 2011, his second time winning the award. The award was created in 2004 and recognizes players who consistently demonstrate sportsmanship through tenacity, determination and fair play on the field. Additionally, the recipient should also be involved in off-field charity work that not only promotes lacrosse, but also helps youth players understand the importance of sportsmanship and fair play. "The lacrosse community is great and there are guys in our league who do some amazing things in their community," says Bice. "To be recognized amongst those guys is truly an honor for me. To try to serve and uplift is so important and I think we forget that a lot of times. We are so lucky and so blessed and it is our responsibility to pay that forward to those who are less fortunate."
Bice, who was traded to the Machine in September along with Anthony Kelly,
Stefan Schroder and
Brett Garber, is chomping at the bit to get the season going. "I'm expecting big things this season," he says. "Getting out and talking to people in the Columbus area, they are so excited. I think we've got a great squad and I'm just really fired up."
To stay in shape, Bice and a group of players that live near Columbus are working out with an athletic trainer. "We get together three times per week and get after it. We do some lacrosse-specific training. It's important to get it done in the off-season because that is when the work needs to be put in. Once you get into the season, all that hard work will pay off."
Not only does Bice believe that the Machine has the talent to compete right away, he also believes they have the character. "Anybody that has been in the locker room knows that chemistry and character are two things that you really can't measure," he says. "Coach has put together a roster full of character-guys. It's going to go a long way for us this season. I'm fired up!"
Learn how you can get involved with Lacrosse the Nations by visiting
The Machine travel to Chesapeake to open the season on May 5 at 7:00 ET against the Bayhawks. For the full 2012 MLL schedule,
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Not all tire shops are set up to do the 24" rears on a Cub. You'd probably be best off finding a place that does big truck tires if you don't have a shop that specializes in ag tires.
Cub rear tires are right at that point where it's about the same to work on them on or off the tractor doing it yourself. They're light enough to handle, but heavy enough that it does help to have them bolted to a tire changing "stooge."
On larger tractors, we've always used a 48" farm jack to break the beads. Simply jack against the tractor's drawbar, with the foot against the tire, to push the inside bead off. Use a chain to pull against to pop the outside bead off.
I've been eyeing those manual bead breakers on ebay. The pros use air-powered ones and they make quick work of the big tractor tires.
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Barnyard wrote:Mike Duncan (Into Tractors) had made the plywood adaptor and was going to post pix of it for a how to but he hasn't gotten around to it yet. Maybe he will see this and respond.
Hmmm, thought I had posted those pic's a long time ago. Can't locate the pics in my files, I do have things organized pretty well as I have all the pics from my other projects, but I don't see the pics from doing the rear tire change but I know I took pics of it, might be getting older these days
Maybe I lost the little camera cable thingy
Give me a couple of days due to the recent snow and the holidays, it'll take some pics but not sure if I can do the entire mock-up as I did before. I still use the adapter and HF tire changer to dismount the rear tires, but I've gone to mounting them using the thick plastic bag method as others have used.
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I thought you had posted them too Mike, but I have done several searches with no luck.
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This is what Buzzard Wing in 2006..and Arizona Mike posted in 2009… it's what Scrivet was talking about http://www.gemplers.com/a/pages/tchange.asp I have done this out in the field and it worked ok in the conditions I was in….Also rubber lube helps putting the tire back on…if not available you can substitute silicone spray.
Without a bead breaker I've done it like danovercash has done and on small tractor tires (like a Cub) and also I've used C-Clamps.
I've changed a few tractor and truck tires in my life; I would strongly suggest a bead breaker like Scrivet was talking about.
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I recently seen a 6'4" man almost cry removing a combine tire…I wish that $10 deal was available
Without a bead breaker I've done it like danovercash has done and on small tractor tires (like a Cub) and also I've used C-Clamps.
I've changed a few tractor and truck tires in my life; I would strongly suggest a bead breaker like Scrivet was talking about.
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Since I am a wimpy female, I have taken my last 3 sets of tires to my local tire place and for $10 each.
I recently seen a 6'4" man almost cry removing a combine tire…I wish that $10 deal was available
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Thanks to everyone who came back with tons of great information.....I like the bead breaker idea....I just moved to my location in New York a few years ago so I haven't really found anyone who changed tractor tires yet....Of course I'd rather do it myself, speaking from a 20 year old mind rather than my 66 year old body....Thanks again for the comebacks.... Great help......Dave
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Re: Rear tire changing
When breaking them down off of the tractor, I have used a farmall fast hitch to apply down force, much like the loader idea mentioned earlier. I put a 4x4 block next to the bead, so that I was able to lift the entire rear of the 400 barely off of the ground for max. force. Sometimes it still takes a few tries.
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pickerandsinger wrote:
….It's tough for me to realize this also
Of course I'd rather do it myself, speaking from a 20 year old mind rather than my 66 year old body
….It's tough for me to realize this also
I'm really good at doing nothing…With that said…I'm really, really good at doing nothing
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Re: Rear tire changing
i do mine w/toothbar on front of loader of my kubota using downward force--sometimes wifie has to direct the show while i sit on the kubota inching forward and patiently awaiting her command to "holt it right there"--piece o cake and she helps with mounting after tire sits in the sun or next to the wood burner to limber up--don't forget to use plenty of wd-40 for lube on rim
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Western states have Les Schwab tire dealers allover the place. Go to one located in a small town in a rural area. Had my 9x14 tires replaced with used 14.4x24 tires that once ran on the front of a green tractor for $46, including new tubes, at Les Schwab in Mt Vernon, WA. Les passed away a few years ago. He also was a rancher and was well known for giving away free beef with purchase of tires. If you have a slow leak in a tire, they fix it for free, even if you didn't buy it there. A tire store you've got to love.
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Why do they call me Mo?
I'll start off, and end off this post by saying, that I really don't mind it --being called Mo. Its just that I'm not very fond of nicknames, Mido, Hamada, Abuhmeid, Mo, ugh.
At one point of my teenage life I was actually enjoying being called Mo. Its more of an American nickname than anything. You know how Americans like to shorten everything, using acronyms and abbreviations. So Mo was a natural nickname for Mohamed, shorter, easier to pronounce, and sounds American. But the problem with it being American, is that Moe stooge from The Three Stooges. I don't think its a compliment to be nicknamed after this guy (I think he was the dumbest of the three).
I grew out of it though. I grew out of all nicknames actually. You know that IRC chatting thing, I tried it out when I was in college, and used to use one of those silly nicknames. Some of my college friends still call me that till now! One of them is a big shot Managing Director in a fast growing company. I bump into him, and he calls out my stupid historical nickname outloud! Don't know how to erase that from his memory. He actually sounds silly saying it.
My nephews call me Mo, but they're little kids. Couldn't pronounce my full name as little babies, so they learnt to call me with the shorter version of the name. I hope that changes as they grow up.
You know how in Egypt friends call you with your last name or your father's name, especially when your first name is so common. That happens to me ofcourse, and I'm perfectly fine with it. Just happens that some group of friends use my last name, and some others use my father's name, and sometimes it gets abit confusing. A friend of mine makes a point of calling me with my first name when he's annoyed with me, and wants it to sound like its a formal conversation. I actually enjoy it when he does that. "Hello Mohamed. Good morning Mohamed. How do you do Mohamed."
I heard a Muslim scholar once say, that our prophet encourages us to call people by what they'd like to be called by. This was said in the context of what to call Egyptian Christians. I'm not sure, but I guess they don't like being called "Nasara", but rather be called "Copts". Although Nasara means, those who nasaro (stood by) the prophet and his companions during the early days of Islam, so its like calling them "buddies". Anyway, so he was saying, if they like to be called "Copts", they should be called "Copts". So I like to call people with what they prefer, nickname or real name. Whatever you prefer, I'll call you by it.
It is also an Islamic duty on parents to pick good names for their new-borns. I think my parents picked an okay name for me, Mohamed. Its not really my favorite, having the same name as half of the country --when in Egypt, and implying that I am a terrorist --when abroad. It is a great name, same as our prophet's. But I'd rather follow him in many other significant actions and deeds, rather than just simply have the same name. I don't think God will count my name on the balance of my good deeds in the day of judgement. I wish He would, I know I'll need all the support I can get, but this just won't count.
I've learnt to live with it though, and enjoy it. Doesn't really serve its purpose, the name, of uniquely identifying me. But maybe that's better.
I used to really like it when my ex would write my name as "M7amad" when she emailed me. You know, mimicking the Arabic literals to make the Arabic pronounciation of the name, with the 7ah. Felt like she was sitting infront of me and speaking right to my face. Felt good. All my friends would call me with my father's name or last name, and she would call me M7amad. Felt very intimate from her. If she did once call me with my father's name, she sounded like one of them. So see how it goes. Strangers call me Mohamed, Mr. Mohamed. Friends call me with my father's or family name. Intimates call me with my first name again.
I think the proper spelling of my name in English is Muhammad, that's how I spell the prophet's name. But when I spell my name, I like to simplify it as much as possible, make it sound familiar to English speakers, so ignore the heavy diacritics, make it light and smooth for the smooth Westerners, Mohammed.
I think the right spelling should have a double 'm', but I like to spell it with one 'm' to shorten it abit, Mohamed. Its already long enough, and my last name is even longer, so I think shortening my first one is a good idea. Plus, you end up pronouncing it the same way with one or two m's.
Some people don't care much as to how they're called, or how their names are spelled. I don't know if we should care or not, but isn't it a part of our identity.
Then again, you can call me whatever (just not Mido or Hamada).


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For the two years the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre at Salisbury has been without suitable transport for patients, many of whom are from Wiltshire.
As a result, excursions away from the hospital - which are an important part of the rehabilitation process – have been a challenge.
Now a wide range of recreational activities has been planned. Among the outings on offer to patients will include a trip to Twickenham to see England vs Wales.
Trust patron Geoff Holt, who was the first disabled person to sail around Britain single-handed and is a disability sports ambassador, said: "Being able to experience real life situations while still being cared for at the spinal centre is so important but, without suitable transport, it's not easily done.
"You can't put a price on the benefits that a new minibus will provide for patients undergoing long term hospital stays following a spinal cord injury."


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At just under $3,200 you can spoil your baby with their own Baby Jaccuzzi! It's a little more expensive than just using your kitchen sink for baths—which probably came free with your home—but does your sink provide soft relaxing jets of bubbles? And does it have a set of colored LEDs on the bottom for soothing chromatherapy sessions? Probably not, which means you need to get the baby whirlpool by MagicBath!
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1. Destiny Odom dissed Lamar and Khloe's marriage on Dec. 16. (Getty/Courtesy of Instagram)
2. Khloe struck up a romance with Matt Kemp immediately after filing for divorce. (Getty)
3. Khloe has been frequently posting not-so-cryptic messages on Instagram. (Courtesy of Instagram/Fameflynet/Getty )
4. Lamar has gotten support from Bruce Jenner in the wake of the divorce. (Getty )
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eScan needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 290 designs submitted by 86 freelance designers.
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"The power of applied knowledge. Turning data into dollars"
Hospitals help people - even people who don't have insurance or other way to pay their hospital bill. Unbeknownst to the hospital, some of these people either have or will get Medicaid coverage. eScan acts as a software safety net to find coverage that the hospital is unaware of.
Hospitals, Health Clinics, provider groups. Basically any healthcare group that might serve a large Medicaid population.
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Lentil Soup
2 cups lentils
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 medium onions, chopped
1 medium green pepper, chopped
1 tablespoon flour
8 ounces
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6 medium tomatoes, chopped
2 medium carrots, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
6 cups water
salt and pepper -- to taste
Saute onions and peppers in olive oil until tender.
Add flour, cook 1 minute.
Add all other ingredients
Simmer 1¾ hours.
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TeamSnap, a Boulder-based developer of an app to manage teams and groups, brought on 12,000 new teams during April, representing a quarter of a million new users, company officials told the Camera this week.
The April teams gain -- which was three times the number of new teams added in the same month last year -- came just weeks after TeamSnap landed $2.75 million for "turning up the volume" on its marketing and development efforts.
As of the end of April, more than 2 million people and 200,000 teams and organizations in 195 countries use TeamSnap's software.
"We've become a leader in the space," said Dave DuPont, TeamSnap's chief executive officer. "The good news is we emerged from the pack. The bad news is we have a target on our back.
" ... We've achieved a good level of success, and that's allowing us to accelerate."
TeamSnap's bread and butter are sports teams; however, the company has a user base that includes church groups, dragonboat racers, cheese rollers and the Olim Soccer League of Israel, an eight-team league comprised of immigrants and refugees.
"Anyone who is in Israel has the opportunity to play with us," David Bernstein, a spokesman for the league, said in an interview with the Daily Camera. "There are people who literally have nothing -- refugees living in very poor conditions who will be able to play with us. That's something very special."
Olim Soccer League has players ages 15 to 55 who hail from 18 countries, he said.
"It's really more than just a league; it is a forum for international people to meet and benefit from being in regular contact with many other people," Bernstein said.
TeamSnap helps integrate those relationships on technical and practical levels, Bernstein said.
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Boston-based wind energy developer First Wind and utility Avista have announced that the Palouse Wind project has entered commercial operation in eastern Washington.
The 105 MW project features 58 Vestas V100-1.8 MW wind turbines installed at the project site, which is situated between the town of Oakesdale and State Route 195 on the hills surrounding Naff Ridge. The project was built by Madison, Wis.-based RMT, which has been the general contractor on seven of First Wind's projects.
Avista is purchasing the energy produced by the Palouse Wind project under a 30-year power purchase agreement and will receive the power through a direct interconnection to the Avista 230 kV Benewah-to-Shawnee transmission line. This is the first wind project built in Avista's service territory.
In a separate agreement, First Wind and Cook Inlet Region Inc., an Alaska Native corporation, completed a $50 million tax-equity financing deal.


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Connecting with the Arts: A Workshop for Middle Grades Teachers "Workshop 7. Identifying What Students Are Learning" This program investigates ways to evaluate student learning in and through the arts. Participants will see teachers using arts-based performance tasks to assess student understanding. D
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Christina Cooks "Dinner and a Movie" Dinner for two, a quiet evening at home.just a sweet couple curled up on the sofa, snuggling and cozy. Join Christina as she creates a romantic dinner for two, delicious, sensual, and designed to create that intimate energy all crave with their partners. D
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Travelscope "Fiji - Island Hopping" Travelscope goes island hopping. From the romantic private island of Matangi to the pristine waters of Jean-Michel Cousteau's resort, Joseph snorkels through amazing coral reefs and shares a kava ceremony with a local chief. D
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Bake Decorate Celebrate! "Love, Marriage, Baby Carriage" Enjoy a progression of three desserts. The show begins with a hearts and roses cake. Then, a two tier wedding cake is demonstrated using very simple decorating in some nontraditional colors. D
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Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa "Paris" Rudy leads a tour of the city, experiencing art, the sights from Notre Dame to the Eiffel Tower, parks, markets, cafes and more.G
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Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope "Dreamin' California's Coast - Malibu to Big Sur" Joseph and Julie celebrate their anniversary by joining a Luxury Tour that begins in their home town of Topanga. They head to the nearby Getty Villa and from there travel north along the winding coast to Santa Barbara and continue to the Big Sur.G
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Sara's Weeknight Meals "Dinner for Two" Shopping and cooking for two has its own challenges, but Sara has tips and tricks to make these intimate dinners both easy and romantic. Chicken Saltimbocca with Artichoke Sauce is so elegant yet so easy - thin strips of chicken, sage and prosciutto enveloped in a creamy Marsala-based artichoke sauce. Eggs Baked in Red Wine is a cozy, classic French recipe, perfect for dinner by the fireplace. D
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Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa "Genoa and the Italian Riviera" From the port town of Genoa, Rudy tours palaces and dines on world-class pesto before heading south to Portofino.G
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Katie Brown Workshop "Wedding" Guest chef Snow serves leg of lamb, gourmet grilled cheese and a plum and almond cobbler. Projects include a simple wedding itinerary and a wrap-around twig vase.G
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Meat and Potatoes A La Francaise" Host Christopher Kimball goes into the test kitchen to update a classic recipe for French-Style Pot-Roasted Pork Loin with test cook Bridget Lancaster. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reviews knife sets in the Equipment Corner, and test cook Becky Hays shows Chris how to make Potato Casserole with Bacon and Caramelized Onion. And finally, gadget guru Lisa McManus reveals her top pick among mandolines. D
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Simply Ming "Rice Pilaf with Guest Ellie Krieger" Cooking on the fly with Ming in this week's episode of Simply Ming is Chef Ellie Krieger. Ellie, hailed as an expert on all things healthy, teams up with Ming showing how Rice Pilaf, along with some surprise ingredients and special spices from Ming's pantry are brought together to create: Toasted Garlic Quinoa and Coriander Crusted Chicken and Spicy Shrimp over Preserved Lemon Pilaf. D
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Kimchi Chronicles "The Fish Chronicles" A peninsula surrounded on three sides by water, Korea is a haven for fish lovers. Marja visits Sokcho, where most of her Korean family resides, to see the gigantic octopus come ashore in Daepo Port. Later, she enjoys a memorable meal of simply grilled shellfish in a seaside restaurant. D
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His death ended 14 years of charismatic, volatile rule that turned him
into a major world figure. Ever the showman, Chavez would jump from
theology to jokes, and from Marxist rhetoric to baseball metaphors in
building an almost cult-like devotion among followers. Here's an
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CORTEZ, Colo.—The discoveries are seemingly endless at Indian Camp Ranch, considered the only subdivision in the nation designed to incorporate ancestral ruins on each parcel.
Again last month, archaeologists from the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center revealed a new finding, this time at Jane Dillard's lot, who has a front-row seat for the excavation taking place in her sagebrush yard.
Archaeologist Shanna Diederichs and her team have figured out that a series of dwellings in the area called the Switchback site marks the beginning of a more permanent settlement for Ancestral Puebloan culture from 500-750 AD.
"The data shows this is when settlements began to focus on larger-scale agriculture. It is a transitioning period from mostly hunting and gathering to a farming society that supports a permanent community year-round," she said.
Groups of pit dwellings appear to be used as workhouses where early farmers escaped the heat, stored tools and grain, and grabbed a bite before returning to the fields.
Local farming roots go back millennia, attracted by nutrient-rich red soils and sunny climate that continue to produce crops today.
Pottery shards at Switchback are more basic early designs, lacking the black-on-white style and creativity associated with vessels from later, more established settlements that had more free time.
Geophysical surveys by the PBS archaeology series "Time Team America" helped to pinpoint where to dig to reveal the dwellings and mysteries of the pre-Colombian societies at Indian Camp.
"Here we're seeing a new era, the beginning of the agricultural economy, and the end of the Neolithic," Diederichs says.
The site is from the Basketmaker III time period, approximately 1,500 years ago.
A square pit that was once a partially underground dwelling supported by still discernible logs has been excavated eight feet down. Archaeologists Steve Copeland and Caitlin Sommer carefully scrape away layers with trowels and brushes.
"It's hollow," Copeland suddenly exclaims, prodding at a corner of the ancient underground portion of the dwelling. A buzz of excitement ensues and the archaeologists speak in their peculiar code, trying to work out what it could be.
A capstone covers an enclosed wall chamber, hidden for more than a thousand years, and about to be revealed.
But it seems the pace to remove the dirt is grain by grain, and it is time to leave and wonder about its contents, probably nothing, but perhaps a vessel of seeds, or a fetish, or a family heirloom from the ancestors of the Puebloan people that live on today at Hopi, Santa Clara and Acoma.
"Living here you feel a presence from the past; it is very comforting," Dillard says. "Finding a secret chamber is what makes it so fun."
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Aion The Tower of Eternity (Korean: 아이온: 영원의 탑) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in Korea, China, North America, Australia and Europe.
Aion was (up until May 20, 2009) known as "Aion: The Tower of Eternity" but it was released in North America under the one-word title of Aion. The game developer is NCsoft's Aion Team Development Dept, a major Korean game developer. Aion combines PvP and PvE (a concept the developers call PvPvE) in a fantasy game environment.
A feature of the game is flight, which is mainly used as a means for combat. Other games in this genre typically offer flight only as a means of travel, while combat stays on the ground. It currently has 7 million subscribers.
This article will describe how install and run it on Arch Linux using Wine & Virtualbox.
Aion doesn't work "out of the box" on Linux system, you need to copy the updated directory from a Windows system to your Linux system.
1. Temporary solution for installing/patching:
If you have a Windows system on a separate machine, install and update the game from there before copying it to your Wine directory.
If you don't, you need to install Virtualbox, and Virtualbox-additions.
pacman -Sy virtualbox-ose virtualbox-additions
Add your user to the vboxusers group
# gpasswd -a USERNAME vboxusers
Then edit /etc/rc.conf as root and add vboxdrv to the MODULES array in order to load the VirtualBox drivers at startup. For example:
MODULES=(loop vboxdrv fuse ...)
Create a new virtual machine and install Windows.Once installed, don't forget to share the /home/username/.wine (replace username with your user) with your virtual machine to minimize virtual machine disk consumption.
Install & update the game in your virtual or separate Windows.
2. Wine
Install wine using pacman:
pacman -Sy wine
To make the game run in wine you have to install winetricks:
pacman -Sy winetricks
Using winetricks you must install: d3dx9, vcrun2005 (sp1) and dotnet20
sh winetricks d3dx9 vcrun2005 dotnet20
The game opens large amount of file descriptors, therefore you must raise the security limit for your user:
As root add the following lines to /etc/security/limits.conf:
yourusername soft nofile 8192 yourusername hard nofile 8192
Replace yourusername with your user
Save files and reboot to make changes go in effects. Confirm if it works by writing into terminal:
ulimit -n
3. Run the game:
You can Finally run the game using this command in the Aion directory:
For EU user
wine bin32\aion.bin -ip:126.96.36.199 -port:2106 -cc:2 -noauthgg -lang:enu -noweb
For US user
wine bin32\aion.bin -ip:126.96.36.199 -port:2106 -cc:1 -noauthgg -lang:enu -noweb
Source : http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=17877


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Im sure by now youve all heard about Luskins latest attack against the worlds irony meters:
The Research Blogging icon was designed to be used as part of that larger project. Anyone who wants to use the icon is welcome to. All you need to do is make sure that your post meets the guidelines for the project, register at the ResearchBlogging.org website, and follow the simple instructions that are provided. Casey did all but three of those things.Yes, Casey used someone elses copyrighted image on a webpage. And worse, he did so to give his toddler-like babbling the veneer of 'scientific credibility.'
Everyone pretend to act shocked.
Pseudoscientists hijacking BPR3 was inevitable, really, so Caseys faux pas has triggered lots of interesting discussions about what to do. I think the 'fix' is simple: just require open comments. Pseudoscientists can yammer all they want about peer reviewed research as long as they follow the guidelines and people are able to say "Hey, youre full of crap, and heres why..." in the comments.
I really enjoy BPR3 posts myself, and I dont want their reputation sullied. But I bet you all have noticed that I havent taken part in BPR3. Personally, like Green Gabbo, I think BPR3 posts dont fit in with my writing style. I luv the idea, its just not for me right now.
BUT, Mister DNA has just invented a great icon for a lot of the posts I make, and I feel completely 'at home' using it:
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The NCAA lost a court battle this week when a federal judge shot down a motion that would have prohibited college athletes involved in a lawsuit from receiving a portion of the billions of dollars generated by live television rights.
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The ruling comes as college athletes find themselves cut out of an increasingly-lucrative industry where major networks like Disney's (NYSE:DIS) ESPN pay top dollar to televise hugely popular college football and basketball games.
Last year a long-running antitrust lawsuit led by former college basketball star Ed O'Bannon amended its suit to claim a piece of all TV game revenue, instead of just money generated by rebroadcasts.
While the NCAA objected to the amendment on procedural grounds, on Tuesday federal Judge Claudia Wilken rejected the NCAA's motion to preclude the lawsuit from advancing.
"Now the (NCAA and its co-defendants) are facing potential liability that's based on the billions of dollars in revenue instead of tens or hundreds of millions," Michael Hausfeld, interim lead counsel for the plaintiffs, told ESPN. "It's a more accurate context for what the players deserve."
The NCAA didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the ruling.
"Although our motion to strike was denied, the judge has signaled skepticism on plaintiff's class-certification motion and recognized the plaintiffs' radical change in their theory of the case," said NCAA general counsel Donald Remy. "This is a step in the right direction toward allowing the NCAA to further demonstrate why this case is wrong on the law and that plaintiffs have failed to demonstrate that this case satisfies the criteria for class litigation."
In her ruling, Wilken wrote that the NCAA's claim "is not reason to preclude" the plaintiffs from moving for class certification. However, Wilken said: "These contentions are more properly considered as arguments supporting denial of the motion…on its merits."
The lawsuit, which also names video game giant Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) as a defendant, was first unveiled in 2009 and has since been joined by big-name college athletes such as Bill Russell and Oscar Robertson.
The judge set a tentative date for a 15-day jury trial for June 2014.


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Xi Eats Plainly Amid Focus on Official Waistlines
Brace yourselves, comrades. It's going to be a meager new year.
That was the underlying message from Communist Party chief Xi Jinping over the weekend, as he continued a populist campaign aimed at shoring up support in rural areas and among the country's poor.
"Four dishes, one soup," was the newest catchphrase out of state media describing a simple dinner Mr. Xi attended over the weekend in Fuping county, in the northern province of Hebei.
In a country where hearty appetites and a propensity for delicacies among officials and business executives depleted shark populations and boosted alcohol manufacturers, Mr. Xi's message of thriftiness was clear.
The state-run Xinhua news agency published a menu of the dinner, which included simple Chinese staples like braised chicken, pork with fried garlic shoots and pork with wax gourd soup.
"He specifically instructed not to serve drinks," the Xinhua report read.
On the Sina Weibo microblog service, Mr. Xi's feast-fit-for-a-peasant was met with cheers. An account for the party's mouthpiece People's Daily newspaper posted a photo of the dinner's menu, printed on simple computer paper. "I hope lower officials also act according to this," one user wrote in response to the photo.
Mr. Xi certainly isn't the first party leader to journey into the Chinese countryside, much of which remains desperately poor and stands in sharp contrast to the relative wealth of large cities like Beijing. Premier Wen Jiabao, after all, spent the better part of a decade trying to convince ordinary Chinese that he was one of them, and that the party was looking out for the interests of the poor.
Despite an everyman image, social inequalities grew under the leadership of Mr. Wen and President Hu Jintao. It remains unclear whether Mr. Xi's early campaign will restore trust in the party and tackle the corruption that even top leaders acknowledge threatens the party's hold on power.
Across China, local governments and even the military are under the gun to prove they're in line with Mr. Xi's calls to cut out what's been described by leaders as excessive extravagance and bureaucracy. Earlier in December, the Central Military Commission announced new regulations banning liquor-laden banquets for ranking officers.
Mr. Xi's visit to Hebei follows an earlier trip to the southern economic powerhouse of Guangdong, where he pledged greater economic reforms. During that trip, he also met with military leaders and was shown on state television sharing a meal with Chinese sailors. State media fawned how Mr. Xi carried his own tray in the buffet line.
--Brian Spegele. Follow him on Twitter @bspegele


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Maria Pilar Guimera Gabilondo, 72, told The Daily Telegraph that the Italian actress asked her to be her representative at the 2010 wedding to Javier Rigau y Rafols, 51, a Spanish businessman.
She said the three of them had visited a notary together to sign the legal papers, and produced a picture of Miss Lollobrigida standing next to her.
Mrs Guimera, a long-standing family friend of Mr Rigau, claims she was doing the actress a favour by standing in for her at the altar. "She asked me to represent her at the church wedding because she wanted to keep it secret from the press," Mrs Guimera said at her home in the Nou-Barris district of Barcelona.
But speaking from her villa in Rome last night Miss Lollobrigida said that she had no recollection of meeting Mrs Guimera. She dismissed the claims as part of the "horrific and vulgar fraud" to which she had fallen victim and said that all involved would be brought to justice.
One of Hollywood's biggest stars in the 1960s, Miss Lollobrigida claims that her former lover tricked her into signing over power of attorney then carried out the secret wedding without her knowledge in order to inherit her fortune.
But an inscription on a photograph signed by the actress, once called "the most beautiful woman in the world", seems to support Mrs Guimera's claims.
Beneath an image of the actress posing in a floral dress is written: "A Pilar la apoderada, con molta simpatia [To Pilar, the proxy (or legal representative) with much kindness]. It is signed "Gina Lollobrigida". Dismissing the "photographic evidence" out of hand, Miss Lollobrigida said: "I send out thousands of photos, I sign thousands of photos. I get photographed with people on the street all the time, so many I almost faint. It's possible I met this person briefly but have no memory of posing for a picture with her."
On Sunday, Miss Lollobrigida filed a police complaint against Mr Rigau, whom she dated for two decades after first meeting him in Monte Carlo in the mid-1980s. The pair had announced plans to marry in 2006 with a photo shoot in Hola! magazine, but within months the wedding was called off and they split up.
The actress, who starred with Sean Connery, Burt Lancaster and Humphrey Bogart in films during the 1950s and 1960s, has said she will bring Mr Rigau to justice after stumbling on documents on the internet that claim the pair were legally married in November 2010.
"This vile person married me by proxy, without my knowledge and without my permission," she said in interviews earlier this week. "He is nothing but a vulture, circling me, sniffing my blood. He was waiting for me to die so he could inherit my possessions."
Mrs Guimera added: "Of course I thought it was strange that she didn't want to attend her own wedding, but if a woman like that asks, you don't say no,"
Recalling the wedding day, Mrs Guimera said only seven people had been present, including the priest: "I remember the priest joked that he wished the real Gina had been there because, as a teenager, he had been in love with her after seeing her movies.
"I've met her many times when she visited Javier in Spain and I'm astounded that she now claims to know nothing about me or the wedding."


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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. | Some Missouri House Democrats are looking to reduce the punishment for marijuana possession.
Under a bill outlined Thursday, first-time offenders for marijuana possession would be allowed to do community service and avoid jail. If offenders complete the sentence, the convictions would be removed from their record.
Rep. Rory Ellinger, a criminal defense attorney and Democrat from St. Louis, said the legislation would help people with marijuana convictions in their youth get jobs later by not having to disclose the conviction.
Ellinger said the measure could save the state money by keeping first-time drug offenders out of jail.
The new sentencing structure would apply only to people carrying less than 35 grams of marijuana.