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There are a zillion Nikon F2 cameras still floating around the photography universe. There are two compelling reasons for that: 1. It was mass produced for over a decade; from 1971 to 1981, during a decade in which photography exploded exponentially as a hobby. And this particular Nikon was the ultimate aspirational camera for most photographers. 2. The camera is just flat out bullet proof. It's like a giant squad of unkillable zombies. It's the Energizer Bunny, it goes on and on. And if it won't break it can go on giving pleasure to generation after generation of savvy photo artists.
Of all the cameras I've owned the Nikon F2 is still the only one I know about that has infinitely variable shutter speeds between 1/90th of a second and the top shutter speed of 1/2000th of a second. No, I did not mis-type, you can set the shutter dial anywhere in between marked, click stopped shutter speeds and actually get controllable, fractional settings.
See the little ring of numbers that surrounds the base of the self-timer lever? You can use that control, in concert with the control that surrounds the shutter button to set timed exposures up to 10 full seconds. And the body? Solid. Built of some kind of metal that won't melt, break, decompose or break. It is even impervious to gamma and alpha rays. Rumors abound that the Japanese tracked a meteorite of considerable size as it plunged through the atmosphere and settled in 300 meters of depth off the coast of their island nation. Divers located the meteorite and took samples. After rigorous testing by the JCIC it was discovered that the meteor's atomic structure was unlike anything on the periodic table.
In incredible secrecy Nikon, using a fleet of sixty enormous oil tankers and a system of air bladders the size of Rhode Island lifted the meteor intact (130.1 meters in diameter) and took it to their secret Fortress of R&D Solitude. When queried by officials of several governments the people at Nikon gave out an official statement: "Giant ultra-cool alloy meteorite? Never heard of it..."
Over the years they melted down this precious metal and made an alloy they called, "Inspirationium."
All Nikon F2 bodies were constructed out of this metal. And it skewed the entire camera market.
Competitors came out with cameras built from stainless steel and then magnesium alloy at half the price but once a consumer touched the cool Inspirationium they had to have the Nikon F2. Nothing else would satisfy them. Car payments were missed. College funds plundered. That product coined the phrase, "must have."
Several of these cameras have been on missions to space but most people have never heard of the top secret events in which a Nikon F2 saved the lives of everyone on a returning space shuttle. The story goes something like this: During lift off high speed video cameras captured footage of some heat shield tiles popping off the hull of the space shuttle. Those ceramic tiles were a crucial part of the heat barrier that would protect the crew of the shuttle from the devastating heat of re-entry. Everyone at NASA totally freaked out. They were certain that the re-entry would be a disaster. The mission was kept secret because it was undertaken for some national security agency and recon satellites were being launched.
They tried to come up with a plan to save the astronauts but nothing else on the ship could withstand the hellish temperatures. The astronauts went on with their mission doing their space walks and talking wonderful images with their modified Nikon F2's. Then one of the crew (an amateur photographer) remembered the rumors about the space alloy being used in the F2's and he frantically radioed mission control. A quick satellite link up with Nikon (and much strategic arm bending concerning tarriffs and such) confirmed the rumor. The space alloy had an incredibly high melting point. It just might work.
Another space walk was planned. This time it included three Nikon F2 cameras, superglue and two rolls of duct tape. The cameras were placed over the spots where tile was missing and superglued into place. The duct tape would certainly melt the instant the hull began to heat up but it would help hold the cameras in place until the pressure of the atmosphere stepped in to take its place. Everyone held their breath as the bandaged Shuttle began the descent. The control crew on the ground was silent as they listened to the drama on their radios. Radar from stations across the globe tracked the progress of the Shuttle.
Then......splash down. The mission was saved. And divers were sent to retrieve the cameras.
That alone would make an interesting story in itself but it goes on from there. The retrieved cameras were returned to Nikon in Japan for a clean, lube and adjust and then sent back to NASA. They only needed the saltwater rinsed out and few adjustments, other than that they were in minty condition. A few years further down the road and budgets were cut. The cameras were sold off at a public auction and rumor has it that one of cameras went to a famous fashion photographer in London, another is still being shot by some guy who does cigarette ads and the third one is used by a famous photojournalist who will, of course, deny that he's ever used a Nikon camera because he is, in fact, sponsored by a rival company. But many of the assistants who've worked with him in the field swear that, when the going gets rough, and the Pulitzers and MacAuthor grants are on the line, one of the Space Shuttle F2's comes out of the bag with one of the legendary manual focus lenses and the real magic happens. Every time.
Then there's the story of the CIA agent posing as a professional photographer in Rumania just spying the crap out of everything. His camera prop of choice? Of course it was an F2. The story is long and twisted but in the end he was caught red-handed by an assassin from the Rumanian government. They faced each other and the CIA agent, Nikon F2 hanging around his neck on a leather strap, Nocto-Nikkor lens on deck, prepared to meet death with dignity. His adversary lifted his silenced Makarov pistol and fired one shot directly at the agent's chest.
The bullet struck the Inspirationium shell of the camera which both absorbed all impact and then bounced the steel jacketed bullet right back at the assassin, striking him in the head and allowing the agent to escape.
But there is also the sad, sad story of the man in the hot air balloon who got too greedy. He was trying to set a new altitude record for ballooning without supplemental oxygen. He'd attained 30,000 feet and wanted to document his feat with his Nikon F2. He was wearing it on a new, experimental strap the fit across his chest like a bandolier. It was made of burgundy colored leather and it attached to the camera via the tripod socket. He called his strap the Burgundy Express. But of course that single point of attachment was ludicrous and, as the camera twisted and turned on the strap it came loose and started to plunge to the earth. Addled by the thin air our balloonist reached desperately for the camera and lost his grip on the safety ropes for the balloon. In a flash he and the camera were accelerating toward terminal velocity. The camera, with its small profile, accelerated more rapidly and hit the corn fields of Nebraska with a dull thud. The balloonist landed directly on top of his own camera and was killed instantly by the impact.
But there was a silver lining to this story as well. The camera, after falling 30,000 feet was sent to Nikon service for a quick CLA and, after an adjustment to the second shutter curtain, went back into service. This time in the inventory of a photographer who had been struggling to succeed both artistically and in business. Once she picked up the F2 her business picked up as well.
She went on to shoot for a number of major magazines, even shooting royalty. And she's shilled for several other camera companies. But you guessed it.....When the chips are down and the assets are on the block, out comes the F2 and in a matter of a few purchase orders everything returns to fashionable success.
Well. That's all I really know about the Nikon F2 except that I have one as well. It works. It only takes film. Seems you can't mix digital sensors with Inspirationium metal.
(for the painfully literal: this is all fiction. That means I made it up. )
I recently bought another F2 just so I'd have a back up. I was amazed to be able to buy one for around $150. Perhaps the existence of Inspirationium is a better kept secret than I thought.
Don't run out and buy a Nikon F2. There aren't enough used ones to go around as it is. And it's very complicated to use. It has three major controls: Focus, Aperture and Shutter Speed. Too tough to remember without the manual.


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Welcome to the Multimodal Interaction Laboratory
The Multimodal Interaction Laboratory (MIL) studies how humans process and organize multisensory information to construct knowledge representations. We investigate these processes in real-life and virtual environments from the converging perspectives of information science, cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, acoustics and signal processing.
The MIL was established in the Fall 2006 by Prof. Catherine Guastavino. It is affiliated with CIRMMT and SIS at McGill University. Our research is supported by grants from the CFI, FRQNT, NSERC, and McGill University.

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Wakesurfing With SURF GATE By Malibu
The 2013 "Innovation Of The Year" has even more to offer in 2014. First, the actuator ram speed has been improved from 3 seconds to 1.5, making side-to-side transfers easier than ever for the wakesurfer. To time your transfer, a horn on the transom sounds a series of beeps to let you know exactly when the shift will happen. There are also optional tower lights, which indicate the transfer timing as well. To top things off, all 2014 gates are finished off with a stainless steel overlay for a sharp look on the water. More at malibuboats.com.


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Little Bits of Exercise Can Add Up to Better Health
Small doses of physical activity—even a minute or two—that add up to 30 minutes daily can be as good for you as the longer stints most people know they should get but don't.
A new paper reports that researchers studied physical activity among 6,321 participants who wore accelerometers. Those who exercised 30 minutes daily in the short bursts associated with climbing stairs, gardening and other daily activities scored about as well on several important health measures—such as blood pressure, cholesterol and waist circumference—as those who got their exercise in fuller doses.
An added finding: those in the short-bout group were four times likelier to meet the 30 minutes-a-day threshold than were those who got their workout in longer bouts. (The paper is gated but the press release has more.)


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Globe Trekker "Around The World: Across America: Route 66 & Beyond" Justine Shapiro kicks off the journey with a road trip west across the United States. Starting in Washington, D.C., she follows the Blue Ridge Parkway to Nashville and Memphis, birth places of American country and soul musical styles. She rambles through Arkansas and then hits Route 66 from Oklahoma into Arizona.G
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NOVA "Secrets of Stonehenge" Investigations inside and around Stonehenge and its environs are kicking off a new era of discovery and debate about one of England's best known relics of pre-history. New archaeological finds reveal possible answers as well as more questions. New sites include nearby cremations, remains of a 4,500-year-old village and Bluestonehenge about two miles away along an ancient "boulevard."G
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Play Again What are the consequences of a childhood removed from nature? One generation from now most people in the U.S. will have spent more time in the virtual world than in nature. What are we missing when we are behind screens? And how will this impact our children, our society, and eventually, our planet?G
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Design Squad Nation "Garden-To-Go" Judy and Adam travel to London, England, to meet Mariam and Bert, two young members of Global Generation -- a community organization that grows fruits and vegetables in one of London's largest construction sites. Bringing new meaning to the phrase "eat locally, build globally," Mariam and Bert work with Adam and Judy to design and build a pedal-powered mobile garden that will help them sell their produce to nearby restaurants. D
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Design Squad Nation "A Cut Above - Part 1" Judy and Adam travel to New York City, the fashion capital of the United States, to meet up-and-coming designers Eduarda and Juan. Eduarda and Juan's dreams come true when fashion designer Christian Siriano challenges them to showcase their individuality and creativity by drawing upon Judy and Adam's engineering know-how to re-interpret a gown from his collection. Their red carpet-worthy designs are treated to a surprise critique when two editors from Teen Vogue magazine join Christian at a fashion shoot. D
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Mechanical Universe And Beyond, The "From Atoms to Quarks" Electron waves attracted to the nucleus of an atom help account for the periodic table of the elements and ultimately lead to the search forquarks. D
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Democracy In America "Elections: The Maintenance of Democracy" This program explores the crucial role of strategy in the two-stage electoral campaign system; the opportunities for citizens to choose, organize, and elect candidates who will pursue policies they favor; and the need for campaigns to increase voter turnout by educating citizens about the importance and influence of their vote. D
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "La Cartera (The Wallet)" This episode introduces words for common articles of clothing. Most of the episode is devoted to Spanish conversation dealing with Raquel's arrival in Madrid.G
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Clifford The Big Red Dog "My Best Friend/Cleo's Fair Share" My Best Friend Emily decides she must find something "special" for Show and Tell. After an exhaustive search of Birdwell Island for the perfect thing, she learns that sometimes the best things in life are right under your nose. Cleo's Fair Share Cleo gets a new toy and doesn't want to share it. D
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Arthur "The Election/Francine Goes to War" "The Election"-- "I, Muffy Crosswire, do solemnly swear to uphold the office of the President of the United ." Actually, it's only a mock election in Mr. Ratburn's class, but Muffy takes it just as seriously. How far will she go to win? "Francine Goes to War"--Francine can't believe it. D
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Martha Speaks "Martha The Hero Maker/Starstruck Martha" Martha the Hero Maker - Martha has an idea for a thrilling adventure story, so Truman, T.D., and Helen decide to draw it for her. Starstruck Martha - Martha is thrilled when she hears Courageous Collie Carlo is coming to town.G
8:00 am
Curious George "George's Home Run/Monkey On Ice" George's Home Run - While Marco tries to hit his first Little League home run, George gets to play scorekeeper. Unfortunately, he can't remember the order of the numbers, so he isn't getting it quite right. Marco helps out by using a catchy song to teach George how to count from 1-10 and then George returns the favor by agreeing to be a pinch runner for an injured Marco. D
8:30 am
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Dress Up Day/Bathtime" Dress Up Day - Nick and Sally are playing dress up, but oh no! Sally's princess dress has torn, and mom doesn't have any silk thread to fix it. Cat takes them to his good friend Mindy, the silk caterpillar. Mindy shows them how she makes silk. D
9:00 am
Super Why! "Little Red Riding Hood" Boo! Wolfy won't stop tricking Littlest Pig, and he has had enough! The Super Readers travel "Over the River and Through the Woods" into the story of Little Red Riding Hood on an adventure to find Little Red, her Grandma and the Wolf himself! Will talking to the Wolf help Pig, or does this wolf have more tricks up his sleeve? Educational Objectives: To learn about advocating for yourself. Also to recognize the alphabet, play fun spelling games and use the power to read to change the story. D
9:30 am
Dinosaur Train "The Wing Kings/The Big Mud Pit" The Wing Kings - The Pteranodon family stretches their wings at Quetzalcoatlus Canyon, where Mr. Pteranodon flew when he was younger and nicknamed, the "Wing King." Now, the Pteranodons and Buddy meet Quincy Quetzalcoatlus and his Dad, another Wing King, a huge flying bird. Together, the two "Wing Kings" wow their kids with some sensational aerial acrobatics. D
10:00 am
Sesame Street "Abby's Tricycle" Abby is preparing to ride her very first tricycle! She has her basket, helmet, and her friend Elmo, but Abby doesn't know how to ride a tricycle. Elmo suggests that Gordon teach Abby since Gordon was the one to teach him. Gordon teaches Abby about all the different parts of a tricycle; the seat, handlebars, and pedals. D
11:00 am
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Daniel Says I'm Sorry/The Royal Mudpies" Daniel Says I'm Sorry: Daniel, Katerina and Miss Elaina are playing cars at school, until Miss Elaina accidentally upsets Daniel. Teacher Harriet helps the children learn how to apologize to a friend. Later, when Daniel accidentally upsets Katerina, he knows just what he needs to do! The Royal Sandbox: Daniel and Prince Wednesday are making sand pies in the sandbox. D
11:30 am
Sid The Science Kid "The Broken Wheel" When a wheel falls off Sid's favorite toy truck, he tapes it back on. But now the wheel won't spin, and Sid wonders how exactly wheels work? At school, Sid explores how wheels are simple machines that help move all kinds of things like cars, trains, tricycles, and even toy trucks!. D
12:00 pm
WordWorld "Shark's First Day of School/Shark's First Loose Tooth" Shark's First Day of School - It's the first day of school for the youngest WordFriends, but Shark is afraid to go. With the help of his good buddy Duck, and some gentle encouragement from their teacher Cat, Shark's fear turns to confidence, and by day's end he's at the head of the class. Shark's First Loose Tooth - When Shark loses his first baby tooth at a sleepover party with Duck, he's got to get to sleep fast so the tooth fairy can come and leave him a present. D
12:30 pm
Caillou "Caillou Shows Responsibility" Borrowed Book: Miss Martin agrees to loan Caillou a preschool book, as long as he promises to take good care of it. Caillou agrees, but when he returns home he soon realizes the book is gone. Oh no! He lost it! Feeling badly, Caillou goes to great lengths to recreate the book - only to find out he left it in the preschool's playground. D
1:00 pm
Barney & Friends "Rabbits/Ducks and Fish" Rabbits: BJ is pretending to be a great detective, but all great detectives need a mystery to solve! A case quickly comes his way when something nibbles on one of Baby Bop's healthy snacks. BJ, Barney, and Baby Bop uncover several clues along the way and soon realize the animal is someone's pet rabbit. Ducks and Fish: Barney sees Riff protecting a nest full of duck eggs. D
1:30 pm
Thomas & Friends "Out and About" The engines were preparing for the Sodor Kite Gala. Thomas is very excited because he loves kites. Sir Topham Hatt's grandchildren are up on Gordon's Hill with their multi-colored kite. D
2:00 pm
Curious George "George's Home Run/Monkey On Ice" George's Home Run - While Marco tries to hit his first Little League home run, George gets to play scorekeeper. Unfortunately, he can't remember the order of the numbers, so he isn't getting it quite right. Marco helps out by using a catchy song to teach George how to count from 1-10 and then George returns the favor by agreeing to be a pinch runner for an injured Marco. D
2:30 pm
Martha Speaks "Martha The Hero Maker/Starstruck Martha" Martha the Hero Maker - Martha has an idea for a thrilling adventure story, so Truman, T.D., and Helen decide to draw it for her. Starstruck Martha - Martha is thrilled when she hears Courageous Collie Carlo is coming to town.G
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The Electric Company "Off Target" A neighborhood kid, Marcus Barnes, has just found out he has the wordball power.well, kind of. The Electric Company tries to help Marcus improve his wordball throwing skills so he can join them. D
3:30 pm
WordGirl "The Birthday Girl/Granny-Sitter" THE BIRTHDAY GIRL: WordGirl meets The Birthday Girl - a spoiled brat who enlarges when she doesn't get her way. WG's only hope is to use Violet's help to teach her to be generous. GRANNY-SITTER: Granny May answers an ad to be the Botsford's new babysitter - so she can have an alibi for her latest crime. D
4:00 pm
Wild Kratts "Birds of a Feather" When Aviva reveals that dancing is just not her thing, Chris and Martin set out in the New Guinea forest to inspire her to give dancing a try by uncovering some of the greatest dancers in the creature world - the Birds of Paradise. They soon find that the male birds use their showy bright feathers and extraordinary dances to display to potential female mates that they are healthy and strong. But when the gang gets caught up in Donita's plan to capture these fashionable birds for her latest clothing line, Aviva must put her dancing skills on the line to save them. D
4:30 pm
Cyberchase "Eureeka!" (topic: 2- & 3-D Geometry) - Pursued by Hacker, Digit lands on cybersite Eureeka, where his mission is to find Professor Archimedes - the maker of the encryptor chip, a unique computer chip that can fix Motherboard. But Archimedes is nowhere to be found - only a pile of two-dimensional rods where his chip factory should be. The kids arrive to help, and discover that by linking the two-dimensional rods together into certain geometrical patterns they actually create a surprising three-dimensional shape that leads directly to unraveling the mystery of Archimedes' strange disappearance. D
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Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "The Dogvinci Code" Ruff's Uncle MacRuffmantosh is back, and there's no time to waste - a new mystery must be solved and the FETCHers are on the case!. D
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Nightly Business Report Tonight on Nightly Business Report, stocks soar on deal news here at home and signs of economic stability overseas. Plus, Congress is back at work and lawmakers have some key decisions to make on everything from Syria to the budget to your money. D
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Antiques Roadshow "Wichita, KS - Hour Two" Host Mark L. Walberg learns about the Wichita-based Coleman Company and the appeal of its iconic recreational and military lanterns and stoves. A lucky collector finds her set of 1914 and 1915 Cracker Jack baseball cards is estimated to be worth up to $40,000.G
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Charlie Rose Special Edition: Bashar al-Assad Charlie Rose has recorded an interview in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In the interview, airing one night before President Obama is scheduled to address the nation on his plans to respond to the situation in Syria, Rose asks Assad about the use of chemical weapons in his country. D
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Globe Trekker "Around The World: Across America: Route 66 & Beyond" Justine Shapiro kicks off the journey with a road trip west across the United States. Starting in Washington, D.C., she follows the Blue Ridge Parkway to Nashville and Memphis, birth places of American country and soul musical styles. She rambles through Arkansas and then hits Route 66 from Oklahoma into Arizona.G
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POV "Ping Pong" Eight players with 703 years among them compete in the Over 80 World Table Tennis Championships in China's Inner Mongolia. British players Terry, 81, who has been given a week to live, and Les, 91, a weightlifter and poet, are going for the gold. Inge, 89, from Germany, has used table tennis to paddle her way out of dementia.G
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Linksys preps VoIP handset pair
WIP300 and WIP330 to ship next week?
Linksys will ship a new, slimline standalone VoIP handset next week, according to at least one US e-tailer which this week said it was accepting advance orders for the product, the WIP300. The device operates across any 802.11b/g Wi-Fi network, includes a POP email facility and sports a 1.8in colour display.
The WIP300 doesn't come cheap: VOIPSupply is offering the handset for $250, but it claims that's marked down from $300. For your money you get a mobile phone-like unit that supports the SIP 2 VoIP standard and can reach across the WLAN to your POP 3 and SMTP servers for email access and delivery. If your ISP supports it, the handset will receive SMS text messages too.
According to the e-tailer, it expects to begin shipping pre-orders on 16 February, three months after the results of Linksys' regulatory testing of the handset's radio was published along with photos and a copy of the manual on the US Federal Communications Commission's website.
Interestingly, those documents have the device down as the WIP330, which has a slghtly different design, incorporates an antenna stub, has a speakerphone facility and sports a larger, 2.2in 240 x 320 display. The user manual contains pictures of the handset's UI that would be immediately familiar to anyone who's used Nokia's Series 60 interface - though that's clearly not what the Linksys machine is running. ®


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One overriding philosophy dictates how Jackie, Terry and Rickie Burris manage their Wellman, Texas, cotton farm, an admonition they remember from their father.
"He said, 'There's only one way to do a thing,'" Jackie recalls. "Do it right.'"
"We try to follow that counsel. We take a lot of pride in our cotton and never want to be in a position where we would not want people to see our farm. We're proud of it."
That pride shows in their commitment to conserve resources and make the most profitable and best quality cotton possible. It also earned the Burris brothers this year's Farm Press/Cotton Foundation High Cotton award for the Southwest. They will receive the award at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Atlanta.
Producing cotton in West Texas, on a sandy loam soil that tends to blow and cut seedling cotton to pieces and with a water table that shows disturbing signs of depletion, demands a strong commitment to conservation.
Reduced tillage, cover crops, rotation and wise use of available moisture through efficient irrigation give the Burris brothers a fighting chance against an often harsh environment.
Reduced tillage
"Our sandy soil is highly erodible," Jackie says. "We use minimum tillage on almost all our irrigated acreage and do everything we can to keep the land from blowing. The land is our livelihood, so we take care of it."
"Once we let a field start blowing it's hard to control it until we deep plow again," Terry says.
"We try to sand fight every acre that needs it," says Rickie. "We'll have six or seven sand fighting implements at work at the same time."
A wheat cover crop keeps the soil in place and the stubble protects seedling cotton from blowing sand.
"As soon as we harvest cotton we plant wheat in the blanks, between the rows. We leave the seedbed open," Jackie says. "We grow the wheat all winter and may water it once or twice, just enough to keep it growing but as little as possible to conserve water. We want just enough vegetation to cover the soil and we kill it as quickly as we can after we establish a cover."
"The quicker we terminate the wheat, the sooner we begin to limit moisture losses," Terry says.
Roundup Ready cotton makes minimum till feasible. They apply Roundup over the top when the cotton is small and use a Red Ball hooded sprayer later in the season. "The hooded sprayer is important,' Terry says. "We don't cultivate because we kill feeder roots and hurt yield."
"We use Roundup Ready varieties on all our no-till acreage," Jackie says. "We don't use it on all dryland acreage because we don't need it there."
"If we prepare the land properly on conventional acreage and use herbicides judiciously, we don't have weed problems," Terry says.
They apply Treflan in the open seedbed, right after they terminate the wheat and chisel in fertilizer. They also band Treflan and broadcast Prowl over the top and water it in on irrigated acreage. "We want it just wet enough to germinate the seed," Rickie says. "Some years we need more and some we need less."
"Our biggest concern is that the soil will dry out on us after we plant," Jackie says. "The soil is a bit more prone to drying out in wheat stubble. That's why we don't use this system on dryland acreage. We don't get enough rainfall to assure us we'll have adequate moisture following the cover crop."
"We could plant dryland cotton into wheat stubble and wait for rain, but that's too risky," Terry says.
Moisture conservation
Stretching a limited water supply also challenges the Burris brothers.
"Our water table is weakening,' Jackie says. "Most wells in the Southern Plains are pumping less water than they were just five years ago. That's why we like LEPA (Low Energy Precision Application). We can use the same amount of water per acre and produce better yields with LEPA than with conventional center pivot systems, even though our conventional units use low drop nozzles, two to two-and-a-half feet above the ground."
As they replace older center pivot units they switch to LEPA. "We have 13 LEPA systems now and 12 standard," Terry says.
"We use drag hoses or socks on the LEPA units," Rickie says.
"We also follow circle row patterns," Terry says. "That works well to conserve soil and moisture. We use row dikes to hold water. We do everything feasible to stretch our water supply."
They use irrigation to improve fertilizer application efficiency.
"We apply fertilizer through the system or chisel every other row and that's where the water goes. Dry rows will not pick up nutrients."
Jackie says irrigation gives them a lot of flexibility. "We spoon feed nutrients, especially nitrogen, through the system all season. If we have a good crop coming along, we may push a little harder, if not, we add less fertilizer and lower the investment."
The Burris farm includes 3,000 acres of irrigated cotton and 2,000 dryland acres.
"We also grow milo on about one-fourth our non-irrigated acreage," Terry says. "Over the years, milo rotation has kept cotton yields up. We also are considering taking one-third or one-fourth of a circle out of cotton, plant wheat for harvest and then use the stubble next spring to seed cotton into. We would idle the land for almost a year and should improve cotton yield."
BWEP benefits
The Burris farm has benefited from the Boll Weevil Eradication Program, now in its second year in their zone. "It saved our hides," Jackie says.
"Before, when we sprayed for boll weevils we killed all the beneficials," says Terry.
They say 2001 was the easiest season for insect control in years.
"We use two professional entomologists, James Powell and Mark Scott, to scout our cotton," Jackie says. "We've relied on them since the late '70s and we have a lot of confidence in them.
"We have numbers to justify everything we invest in a crop and we recommend that farmers hire professional scouts unless they are very good at scouting for insects."
"We're too busy farming to check fields as often as we need to," Terry says. "And we have to know where the thresholds are."
Jackie says they try to do everything in cotton on a timely basis. Harvest pushes them.
"We have to keep things going," Terry says. "All our landlords want their acreage harvested first and we try to get it out as soon as it's ready. We can make money by using harvest aids and stripping early."
They use Prep, Def, Cyclone, Accelerate (as a carrier), Finish, and Gin Star. "It just depends on the season,' Jackie says. "Every field and every year will be different. We get our ag pilot to run tests on what works best, using his experience as a guide. That helps a lot."
Tough year
The 2001 crop proved a mixed bag for the Burris brothers. Irrigated acreage produced well. "We made some that went more than two bales," Terry says. "Some made just a bale, but we had very little rain from the first of May until late September."
Most of their dryland cotton never made a stand until the September rains gave the seed enough moisture to germinate.
"This was the driest summer in years, but we've been in a drought cycle for 10 years," Terry says.
Cotton, the Burris brothers contend, has been a good crop. 'It rewards you," Jackie says. "The more you put into it the more you get out. That may be even more important in a bad year. If we miss our first irrigation or miss one worm spray, we know it the rest of the year."
"If we miss sand fighting when we really need it, cotton gets sand burn and never completely comes out of it," Terry says.
The brothers work as a team with fairly defined roles. Jackie tends to the business chores. Rickie takes care of the mechanic work and Terry keeps the tractors going and works with irrigation systems.
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Many have noted the unabashed liberalness of Obama's second inauguration speech, while conservatives are sending death threats to poor John Dickerson of Slate for suggesting that Obama must now go to war with Republicans if he wants any hope of advancing an ambitious second term agenda that supposedly includes gun control, climate change, and immigration reform.
The fundamental problem being that the House Republicans have no interest in any of these issues and the Democrats do not have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate anyway. As in the second half of Obama's first term, the Republicans wield total veto power over his agenda. Dickerson correctly pointed out that in order to crack this nut, Obama will have to drive a wedge somewhere into the Republican Party. There are opportunities on several issues:
Gun control: I view gun control measures as the least likely prospect for becoming law, because to vote along with the Democrats on anything would open up any Republican to a pretty easy primary challenge. Still, by putting forward a bill with the most common-sense, popular provisions (universal background checks, assault weapons ban), Obama can marginalize his opposition as a bunch a fringe-clinging loons. Unlike with climate change or immigration policy, winning the gun argument is not as much about what passes as it is about winning the optics war that the NRA has so successfully exploited all these years. It's about turning that "A" rating from the NRA into a political liability for any conservative in a swing district. Even if Obama can only manage to force Republicans into an ugly refusal to take a vote on a bill, it will be exclusively to his political advantage.
Marriage equality: Ah, I didn't mention this above and Obama certainly has no plans to introduce any legislation, but we've passed the tipping point with this wedge issue. His inauguration was breathtakingly bold in its affirmation of full equality for gays and lesbians, which is in and of itself a watershed event. The Supreme Court will take up DOMA and California's Prop 8 this year, numerous states are moving forward with legislation that would allow gays and lesbians to marry, and the politicians talking about marriage being between a man and a woman are in hiding. Forcing Republicans to come out and make anti-marriage equality arguments is now a political winner and will begin to drive a wedge between those candidates who want to win votes in rural Alabama and those who want to be president or senator of a moderate-to-liberal state.
Immigration reform: This is Obama's best chance for victory. The Republican establishment understands that they cannot continue to get savaged in the Hispanic vote and expect to win a presidential election. They need immigration reform more than the Democrats to dispel the perception (well, reality) that their party harbors a bunch of xenophobic rednecks. Senator Marco Rubio is trying to get out ahead by proposing his own immigration plan, which has so far been kinda, sorta endorsed by the likes of Paul Ryan and Bill O'Reilly. The hilarious part here is that the centerpiece of the Rubio plan (essentially a path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented workers living in the United States) is exactly the Obama plan from 2009. It's also the Bush-Kennedy plan from 2007 that got rode out of town as "amnesty." Call it the Rubio Plan all you want, at the end of the day it's the bill Obama proposed, and if he signs the Rubio Immigration Reform and Republicans Are All Super Nice and Love Mexicans Act of 2013, it will constitute a major legislative victory for the president.
Climate change: There is virtually no chance that the Republican caucus will pass legislation to deal with the most dire threat human civilization has ever faced. But then again, Obama doesn't need them. There are so many executive actions he can take, there's every chance the U.S. will hit the emissions targets Obama promised at the failed Copenhagen conference of 2009.
Most importantly, under the Clean Air Act, the EPA has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants (Obama's first-term EPA regs have already taken care of future coal plants). Now for some wonky shit: the reason that Democrats, economists, environmentalists, etc. have not favored the regulatory approach is because it's difficult. Some coal-burning states like Ohio have a ton of economic activity that relies on carbon emissions, while other states do not. Any regulation that's too harsh and you're essentially bludgeoning the Midwest. Any regulation that's too lenient and there's not really a point. This is why everyone who's serious prefers some version of carbon-pricing whether it's cap-and-trade or a straight tax.
However, the National Resources Defense Council recently debuted what could be a game-changing idea. The basic premise is to set a slowly lowering cap for emissions separately for each state, based on their current emissions. The EPA would provide no guidance on how to hit emissions targets; that would be between the state government and the private sector. Maybe in Ohio it makes more sense to build more natural gas plants. Maybe in Iowa, more wind farms would do the trick. The advantage is that it allows for flexible solutions without a top-down directive. Sure, politicians in both parties will throw a shit fit, but it will be the most meaningful environmental action in our history. Depending on how fast solar and wind continues to scale-up, it could spur a genuine revolution in American energy with nothing but positive feedback loops for the rest of the world. If properly implemented and executed, it could be the most important action taken during the Obama presidency.
With all this in mind, Barack Obama's second inaugural address, while less heralded than 2008, may nevertheless be the one he will be remembered for.


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|Mohave County, Arizona
Location in the state of Arizona
Location of Arizona in the U.S.
|November 9, 1864
|County Seat
| 401 E. Spring Street
P.O. Box 7000
United States Arizona Mohave County
- 1 County Courthouse
- 2 Places/Localities
- 3 Resources
- 4 Societies and Libraries
- 5 Family History Centers
- 6 Web Sites
- 7 References
County Courthouse
Mohave County Courthouse
401 East Spring St
Kingman, Az 86041
Phone: 520-753-9141
Clerk Superior Court has marriage recrods from 1888,
Divorce, Probate and Court Records from 1850
County Records land records [1]
Mohave County is located in the northwest corner of Arizona, the county seat is Kingman, and it also contains the somewhat newer 'river city' known as Bullhead City, which is across the Colorado River from Laughlin, Nevada. Hoover Dam is also partly included in the county due to it being built to dam the Colorado River to create Lake Mead. The word 'Mohave' is a variant spelling of 'Mojave'.
Parent County
- Until 1821 - New Spain controlled land that later would become Arizona. Some records of early settlers may have been sent to an archives in Seville, Spain, or to archives in Mexico City.
- In 1821 - Mexico obtained jurisdiction over the land that later would become Arizona. Records of this period may have been sent to archives in Mexico City.
- In 1846 - New Mexico Territory was setup, it included land that later would become Arizona.
- In 1852 - New Mexico Territory created counties that stretched east and west from the Texas border to the California border, including land that became Arizona. The land in present-day Mohave County, Arizona was once part of Taos, Rio Arriba, Santa Ana, Bernalillo, Valencia, and Socorro counties of New Mexico.[2] [3] Records during this period may have been sent to courthouses in their respective New Mexico counties.
- In 1863 - Arizona Territory was created from the western half of New Mexico territory. All previous counties were dissolved, and eventually four new counties were created in the new Arizona Territory.
10 Nov 1864 - Mohave County was created as one of the four original counties in Arizona. County seat: Kingman [4]
Boundary Changes
- 22 December 1865 - the northern part of Mohave County was removed by Arizona to create Pah-Ute County.
- 5 May 1866 - a large portion of Pah-Ute county and a smaller portion of Mohave county was given to Nevada by the US government.
- 18 February 1871 - The remainder of Pah-Ute County was restored to Mohave County.
- 6 Mar 1883 - part of Yavapai County north of the Colorado River and west of Kanab Wash was transferred to Mohave County.
See also Previous Jurisdictions to land in Arizona showing dates the jurisdictions were created and where. This will help in determining what jurisdiction your ancestor lived in and where the records are now located.
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Populated Places
- Communities: Dolan Springs | Golden Valley | Mohave Valley |
Neighboring Counties
- Clark County, Nevada
- Coconino, Arizona
- Kane County, Utah
- La Paz, Arizona
- Lincoln County, Nevada
- San Bernardino County, California
- Washington County, Utah
- Yavapai, Arizona
- Cemeteries in Mohave County at Find A Grave
- Cemeteries in Mohave County at Arizona Gravestones
- Beaver Dam Cemetery in Beaver Dam, Arizona
- Chloride Cemetery in Mohave, Arizona. Short distance east of US 93 northwest of Kingman
- Desert Lawn Cemetery in Mohave Valley, Arizona. (Mohave Valley along SR-68, is strung out for more than fifteen miles along that highway, just northwest of Kingman).
- Littlefield Cemetery in Littlefield, Arizona. At interchange of I-15 and County Road 91 (road not named on freeway signs but may be the old US-91 highway).
For tips on accessing Mohave County, Arizona Genealogy census records online, see: Arizona Census.
LDS Ward and Branch Records
- Kingman
- Littlefield
- Moccasin
- Mt. Trumbull
Recorded Land Records from 1 January 1970 to the present may be search online.
All Recorded Land Records may be searched at
Mohave County Recorders Office
700 W. Beale Street
Kingman, AZ 86402-0070
Local Histories
Mohave County Miner (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918 is availble for free Online viewing.
Vital Records
395 marriages from 1 Jun 1866 to 26 Jun 1907 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.
Societies and Libraries
Lake Havasu Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 953
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86405-0953
Telephone 928-854-5447
Mohave County Genealogical Society
400 W. Beale St
Kingman, AZ 86401
Telephone 928-753-3195
Family History Centers
Introduction to Family History Centers
Kingman Arizona
3180 Rutherford St
Kingman, Mohave, Arizona, United States
Phone: 928-753-1316
Lake Havasu City Arizona
504 N Acoma Blvd
Lake Havasu City, Mohave, Arizona, United States
Phone: 928-855-8583
These are not mailing addresses. Due to limited staff, Family History Centers are unable to respond to mail inquiries.
Web Sites
- AZGenWeb Mohave County project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Mohave County, Arizona Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Mohave County, Arizona p. 56. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ William Thorndale, and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1987), 26. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 X2th.
- ↑ Original Counties of New Mexico Territory (map) at http://www.nmgs.org/Graphics/nmcoun-orig.jpg (accessed 9 August 2011).
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).


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A group of five health clubs in one Northeastern state were making money and doing well until a super club from a national chain moved in. How were clubs one-third the size and almost double the price going to compete? The local clubs' prices were high — $59 per month — and they had debt from an expensive build-out. Because the club made a significant investment to build their upscale fitness facilities, they initially thought members would stay rather than flocking to a club offering "everything" at $39 per month. They were wrong. Their members started leaving in busloads. The roller coaster ride had begun.
So the local club group changed, becoming part of a different national chain and dropping their prices to $10 down and $10 per month. They also eliminated a lot of services. It seemed to work well. Other clubs also dropped their prices to $10 per month while other competitors still charged $49 to $59 per month. Profits dropped for the higher-priced clubs, forcing them to drop their fees to $10 to $20 per month. Soon, the original club group that converted to the $10-per-month clubs wanted to open a similar priced club down the street from a $49-per-month club. However, after seeing what was happening to other clubs facing this situation, the $49 club immediately dropped its prices to $10 to $20 — but still offered services such as group exercise and day care. In other words, more club and more services for about the same price.
Although this roller coaster ride isn't common for every club, it is true that in any market, clubs compete on price, facilities and services. No matter what one club offers at a certain price — another competing club will offer more for about the same price.
There is room for higher priced clubs in a market; however, a market needs strong demographics to support such pricing. Spending more to build an upscale club does not guarantee that members will come and then stay at that club. In addition, clubs will not continue to "own" the low price or any price market alone. Some clubs and chains may dominate a sector of the market, but someone else will eventually try to compete with a better club and price. Then it is back to the basics. Whoever offers the best product at the best price with the lowest build-out costs and overhead will have the most success.
Just how big is the very low price market? It appears that many people who are not committed to fitness — who would never join a club — will make the plunge for $10 per month or so. As one member said, "For $10 per month, I don't feel bad that I don't go."
Most people know they "should" exercise, but do not, will not and often feel guilty about it. However, exercising regularly is not the widely accepted way to reduce this guilt. Most buy a book, home equipment or some fat burning pills. Some join a $10-down and $10-per-month club, feeling they have committed to exercise by just joining a fitness facility. The majority of the population is overweight and out of shape, so for better or for worse, a great, untapped "guilt" market exists. Low-priced clubs seem to tap this market better than other clubs.
This concept brings up an interesting question. Is such a low-priced model that is based significantly on members not showing up good for the health club industry? The answer is not as easy as it appears. Yes, such a model does bring in a percentage of the population that would probably never go to a club, so now they perceive themselves to be "club members." But maybe a "no" answer carries more long-term weight. People buying any product or service that does not fulfill their needs will perceive that product as bad or ineffective. The psychology is complicated. Much of the population have become creative in finding ways to not regularly exercise while making it appear that they are doing whatever they can. For this reason, very low-priced clubs seemed to have opened a new option for many to "do without doing," and therefore such clubs are probably here to stay for a long time.
For club owners, the message is clear. In any competitive market, if you are doing well, someone else will come along and try to be better than you regardless of your price, facilities and services. At any given time, prices fluctuate. Many markets don't have a low-priced model; many don't have a high-priced model. Yet the expanding demand for fitness by a market that widely views exercise as a "dreaded but necessary product" will continue to strongly affect pricing. So the roller coaster ride continues.
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Tonight it's Santana (3-1, 2.08 ERA) against Jamie Moyer (2-2, 5.25). Santana has won his last two games, giving up one run over his last 21 1/3 innings. Santana has gone at least seven innings in seven of his last eight starts against the Phillies – going 4-0 – so the Mets have reason to be optimistic tonight.
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How Health Professionals Can Help In Gawad Kalinga
On Heroes and Healers
I began working with Gawad Kalusugan (GKal), the Health Program of Gawad Kalinga (GK), exactly 34 weeks today. It's been a tremendously exciting ride since day one, replete with ups and downs- mostly ups, mind you.
Whenever I talk about my work in GKal, I always punctuate it with my realization that this is The Somewhere I'd choose to be in any day of the week and twice on Sundays. Everything that I've been doing with GKal has been blessed by the Lord, a constant affirmation of my decision to stay in the Philippines and work with the poorest of the poor until they all- we all- graduate from that state.
Gawad Kalusugan is a response to the challenges of the Philippine health situation. GKal is anchored on the principles of Primary Health Care as espoused in the Declaration of Alma-Ata. The impetus for its immediate implementation is provided for as well by the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. But over and above all the documents and jargon, what drives the program and the people behind it is this is an extension, a manifestation if you may, of Christ's mission of healing and salvation. In our own small way, Gawad Kalusugan workers are continuing His mission of looking after the sick and the unwell while as astutely helping them gain ownership of their health- Health in the hands of the people.
Gawad Kalusugan has a three-pronged approach to improving the health of residents in GK sites: capacity enhancement, health service delivery, and health systems development. The work at hand is pretty voluminous so I will try to distill our manual into this entry so the latter will contain what is most essential.
Capacity enhancement
Admittedly, while we are full-time workers in GKal, we are not in the area all the time. Thus, it is important to have an empowered community that can take care of minor health concerns that may strike in the wee hours of the morning.
How do we go about this? We train healthcare volunteers or HCVs to be our partners in health in the GK site. They are residents of the site who are there practically 24/7. We will teach them health skills and information and, alongside, hopefully, develop the accompanying attitude and orientation to make the best use of these skills and know-how. We are not out to make them little doctors. We will equip them with the information on how to manage patients with fever, coughs, cold, diarrhea, first-aid, hypertension, sanitation, among other conditions, how to take vital signs, etc PLUS the all-important aspect of when to refer.
This is truly a very concrete step on the way to bringing health in the hands of the people.
Health service delivery
Cognizant of the myriad problems our healthcare delivery system faces, Gawad Kalusugan has chosen to focus on seven thrusts which are true public health concerns that have burdened society, especially the poor, for so long. These thrusts are known via the acronym TWIN-RPD.
T: Fight TB program.
Despite much success in the fight to wipe out TB in the country, it is still a top killer, claiming the life of 75 Filipinos a day or one Filipino every twenty minutes. Daily. The bittersweet thing about it is that TB drugs for adults are free, available, and effective- yet they are not being utilized maximally. The Fight TB Program complements the anti-tuberculosis program for children and adults of the Department of Health. Using WHO-approved methods, GKal diagnoses and targets children infected with TB and will extend the care to their affected parents with the assistance of the local government. This approach is aimed at addressing the TB problem directly through clear and effective public-private partnerships.
W: Eliminate water-borne diseases.
At least one million Filipinos seek hospital consult and/or admission because of complications due to poor water supply and sanitation. This program aims to decrease the incidence of gastrointestinal and skin diseases through the provision of safe water supply and proper waste disposal systems in GK sites.
I: Complement the government's immunization program.
The Department of Health aims for all children to have complete immunization by their first birthday. This program seeks to enhance the government's immunization program by improving the immunization rate among children in GK sites through increased access to timely and appropriate vaccination and booster shots.
N: Promote proper nutrition.
Recent Food and Nutrition Research Institute surveys note that at least one-third of all Filipino children are underweight and/or suffering from Vitamin A, iodine, and iron deficiency. This program aims to promote proper nutrition through adequate training for mothers and supplemental feeding of children. Nutrition experts from various institutions will be giving lectures on how to prepare nutritionally balanced food on a shoestring budget. Children aged 2-6 years old identified to be malnourished will be enrolled in a feeding program where they will be fed nutritious food daily five times a week for six months.
R: Responsible parenthood through natural family planning.
With the current population growing at a rate of 200 Filipinos every minute, couples are educated on the value of having a family, raising them well, and the proven techniques in natural family planning.
P: Universal health insurance through PhilHealth.
Through this program, private partners are encouraged to provide health insurance for an indigent family for one year. The family is then trained to save to continue their insurance for the second and subsequent years. GKal, in coordination with local government units, and PhilHealth will conduct seminars on the value of contributing to a national health insurance system.
D: Dental health promotion.
Dental caries is one of the top ten reasons why children consult doctors. This program aims to advance dental health as an important component of human wellness through regular preventive dental education lectures and dental missions.
Local health systems development
True to the values of bayanihan and sustainability that Gawad Kalinga promotes, Gawad Kalusugan empowers community leaders to manage their health needs through capability enhancement. GKal focuses on training local leaders (neighborhood and government) in health programs and practices that will benefit the whole community such as proper nutrition, sanitation, disease prevention and first aid. The leaders are also partnered with medical schools and associations to provide basic medical and dental services such as free consultation, immunization, minor surgical procedures and nutrition programs. Referral systems are being set up to improve the access and quality of medical care when the need arises.
How can you help?
Like in all aspects of Gawad Kalinga work, Gawad Kalusugan does not discriminate with regard to who can help and what they can do to whichever GK site they want to be involved with. However, we are highly encouraging health professionals and those in their immediate spheres of interest to spearhead and jumpstart the health program of GK.
Help can be as simple as holding clinic in a GK site for two hours once a month. See patients, look at their illnesses, take care of their concerns, give medical advise, dispense medicine. Two hours a month already mean a lot to the residents.
Collect your samples and donate them to GK site clinics.
Or better yet, encourage colleagues and friends in your drug collection drive and/or clinic hours in Gawad Kalinga sites nearest you. The more, the merrier.
Tie-up with GK and GKal people to conduct public health lectures on preventive and curative aspect of diseases and medical conditions. Knowledge is power.
Or if you can't physically go to a GK site because you are in the United States, let's put your dollars and cents to good use.
PHP 1,200.00 or US$24.00 is enough to pay for a whole family's PhilHealth or social insurance premium for one year.
PHP 2,000.00 or US$40.00 can already feed a malnourished child one hot meal a day, five days a week, for 24 weeks.
PHP6,000.00 or US$120.00 can take care of the 6-month anti-TB treatment of a child stricken with tuberculosis.
PHP7,000.00 or US$140 can help finance the 6-month anti-TB treatment of an adult sick with tuberculosis.
PHP100,000.00 or US$2,000.00 can help put in place a water purification facility that ensure clean water supply for 50 families.
PHP240,000.00 or US$4,800.00 can pay for a year's compensation of a full-time doctor who will oversee the implementation of Gawad Kalusugan programs in a particular GK site or cluster of adjacent GK sites.
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The Characters:
Sheriff Cinder - He survived the alien rampage, but was removed from office after the local newspaper ran a story about fraternization in the department.
Deputy Lisa Kent - She cannot resist a man with a perm, even when it (the perm) does not match the drapes on his upper lip or the carpet around his...well, you know. To be fair, I have the feeling she might also be color-coordination deficient.
Jamie - He was a model citizen, auxiliary deputy, and journeyman electrician before sacrificing his life to destroy the Nightbeast. Electrocution burns all of his skin to a crisp, while leaving his eyes unaffected. This means that he appears as a fried carcass with bugged-out eyes. Sort of puts a damper on the old "retained his dignity in death" approach.
Steven - Was this guy a doctor, dentist, or coroner? Mangled by the creature.
Ruth - I am pretty sure that she was the county doctor. I think. Maybe.
Bert & Mary Jane - Your average, inebriated elected official and his likewise drunken strumpet. Both of them are killed by the Nightbeast.
Drago - Violent guy with a motorcycle. His idea of foreplay is either choking or slapping the woman unconscious. Killed by a single, well-placed shot fired by Jamie.
The Nightbeast - After crash landing on Earth, this alien monster goes on a rampage.
The Plot:
An alien spacecraft hurtles through our solar system on an unknown errand when it suddenly collides with a Near Earth Object (okay, it smacks into an asteroid). The ship plummets to Earth and crashes somewhere in Maryland. Before the spacecraft explodes, a hideous reptilian creature pulls itself out and stumbles away into the night. Mr. Nightbeast has a mouth filled with irregular, jagged teeth, carries a fully automatic disintegration ray pistol, and is wearing a funky silver leisure robe. The alien is also in a foul mood, which is not surprising when you think about it.
Wait a minute! I am going to guess that the defunct spacecraft, which was block-like in design and looked ancient, was the extraterrestrial equivalent of a pickup truck. When you consider the alien pilot's inability to avoid a huge asteroid, a cohesive picture emerges. The Nightbeast is a drunk alien hick with frequent domestic problems! He had been drinking all day, got into an argument with the egg-laying sex, hopped in his star buggy for a short flight to Venus to get some hot wings, and did not see the orbiting chunk of rock until it was too late. Now he is royally PO'd about wrecking his rusty old ship and blames the local inhabitants for leaving it where just about anybody could run into the thing.
Several people see the ball of fire as it plummets from the sky, along with the resulting explosion. One group of drunken hunters goes to investigate and encounters the Nightbeast. The disintegration ray quickly zaps the three humans out of existence.
A pair of children and their uncle run afoul of the monster as they drive along a lonely country road. The uncle dies quickly, but the kids run to a remote house and spook the guy and girl who are making out in the living room. Urged by his girlfriend to investigate the strange sounds outside, the guy grabs a shotgun. He does not find anything out of the ordinary - not the kids peeking at him through the porch railing, nor the seven-foot-tall reptilian horror from Neptune that is standing on the porch proper. Mr. Oblivious and his frantic girlfriend are torn apart. The kids beat feet back to the road.
Just before Sheriff Cinder and his deputies arrive, the little girl and boy hide in their uncle's car again; a red beam disintegrates the vehicle. Unfortunately, this means that nobody is left to warn the Sheriff, his deputies, and a couple of gun-carrying citizens who tagged along. They walk into an ambush and find themselves completely outgunned. Bullets and buckshot cannot harm the alien, while the disintegration ray is all too effective at reducing the humans to ash. Cinder tells everyone left to fall back; he, Lisa, and Jamie manage to escape.
Yes, you could say that the Nightbeast is a wee bit cranky about wrecking his truck.
While it is amusing to note that nearly every person living in Perry Hill (the film's fictitious township) owns a firearm, I want to comment how silly it was for everyone to be carrying a firearm when they go to investigate the fire burning in the forest. My first thought would be that an aircraft had crashed. Why would they need shotguns instead of medical kits? Are they going to shoot any wounded to put them out of their misery?
Another subject for discussion is the alien's weapon. It is a small pistol. What is really cool about the weapon is how fast it shoots. When the Nightbeast starts shooting the air is filled with dozens of red bolts! The volume of fire is really impressive. On the flip side, I do not understand how the weapon works. If a red bolt hits a person or car, they glow and seem to fill with glowing lights (My God, it's a "Xanadu" gun!) before turning into a scorch mark on the ground. Bolts that strike the ground or other obstructions do not cause disintegration of the material. Little explosions result instead.
Realizing that nullifying the Nightbeast's weapon is a top priority, Sheriff Cinder enlists the help of a resident and his adult son. The old man is the best shot in the township. They track down and engage the monster again. Despite failing to utilize any one of the many principles of marksmanship, the geezer scores a direct hit on the disintegrator pistol and destroys it. From now on, the Nightbeast is forced to claw his victims to death. Less dangerous, for sure, but the alien also likes to eat its shredded victims.
Great. As always, we humans are the pork of the universe. Why must everything find us so tasty?
The worst part of the film is the misguided attempt to use part of the plot from "Jaws." Sheriff Cinder visits Bert, the mayor, and tells him that they need to evacuate the town. Bert will hear nothing of it. He has a party planned and the governor is going to attend. An alien monster from outer space is depopulating the town and this idiot refuses to postpone his party? In "Jaws" you can understand where the mayor is coming from; there may or may not be a killer shark in the ocean near Amity Island. Trying to sympathize with Bert is a lost cause. If the alien grabbed Mary Jane and pushed an ovipositor down her throat to lay eggs in her stomach, Bert probably would not care - so long as the little Nightbeasts did not hatch until after the party.
Failing to receive authorization from the mayor, Sheriff Cinder evacuates the town anyway. So, the argument between Cinder and Bert has zero bearing on the story. The only thing it accomplished was causing random viewers to note that the idea was lifted from "Jaws."
A side plot appears involving Drago, the local lowlife biker. Jamie took a liking to Drago's ex-girlfriend, Susie. Unfortunately, that does not sit too well with the leather-wearing criminal, and he chokes Susie to death during the evacuation. Jamie finds out about her murder and confronts Drago. Chases down the biker and beats the snot out of him is more like it, but that is all. He does not hand Drago over to Sheriff Cinder or break his kneecaps. Apparently, giving someone a bloody lip and broken nose is adequate retribution for killing your girlfriend (not for me - though I might let my wife off easy if she kills my girlfriend).
Later in the film, Jamie shoots Drago to prevent the criminal from killing the sheriff, so everything balances out.
Okay, so what is going on in Perry Hill? The Nightbeast kills a couple of people at Ruth's office. The doctor and her assistant, Steven, hide in the basement until the creature starts looking around down there. With nowhere left to go and their hiding place likely to be discovered at any moment, Steven comes up with a plan. He sneaks behind the Nightbeast and goes to the basement sink. There he fills up a bucket with water and dumps it on the floor, not just once, but three times. Somehow the alien does not notice this. With a spliced-off electrical cord from the dryer (or the washer, one of those two), he electrocutes the Nightbeast when it steps in the water puddle. Feeling pain shakes the creature so badly that it leaves.
Before the few remaining characters come up with a desperate plan to kill the creature using high voltage, Sheriff Cinder and Lisa have an awkward sex scene. It follows a run-in with the Nightbeast; the pair goes to Lisa's house to treat a wound on the sheriff's leg. Lisa removes his pants, dresses the wound, and then strips off her clothes to take a shower. Cinder watches her walk into the bathroom before lying back on the bed and letting out a big sigh. He then falls asleep. Hey, stupid! Are you dense? Let me give you some advice. If a woman gets naked in front of you and then says she is going to take a shower, what she really means is "Join me in the shower, if you are man enough."
The embarrassing sex scene does take place after Lisa finishes her shower. I was quite horrified when Cinder got naked and they flopped onto the bed. The actress playing Lisa was tan, while the actor playing Cinder was, ah, not tan. Take a nicely browned hot dog and put it on your plate. Now, dump a cup of cottage cheese on it. There, you have an idea of what the sex scene looked like.
Things I Learned From This Movie:
Women gain acute hearing when sexually aroused.
A shotgun is much less effective when used as a club.
In the event of an alien invasion, coroners will need to purchase HEPA hand vacuums.
Most homes in Maryland do not have driveways. People just park on the lawn.
Doorknobs are not intuitive.
Humanity is like pork to the rest of the galaxy.
It is possible to beat someone silly by smashing their head against soft ground.
Few things are more annoying than an obsessive-compulsive alcoholic.
Stuff To Watch For:
Opening credits - I wonder who did the custom anodizing on the title.
11 mins - "Kill Crites!"
31 mins - RANDOM GRATUITOUS SMALL BREAST SHOT!
33 mins - Wrong vowel. You mean "Perry Hall."
51 mins - Hey, I have seen this same scene in a porn movie! They were wearing sheriff uniforms in the porno, too!
51 mins - RANDOM GRATUITOUS BREAST SHOT!
57 mins - Bert's chest is perfectly flat and featureless, except for the sparse covering of hair...ewww.
72 mins - That fence looks awfully familiar. Is there a pool on the other side?
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Starving actors speak out
Sheriff Cinder and Bert argue about the monster and the mayor's party.
Drago: "What brings you way out here, away from your cozy little office?"
Cinder: "Keep moving, Drago, before I run you in for disturbing the peace."
Drago: "Hey, I'm scared to death. Our big, tough sheriff might just try to take me off my bike. Huh? What about it, Cinder, you going to take me off my bike?"
Cinder: "Stay out of my way, Drago. I'm in no mood for your crap."
Ruth: "Jamie, thank God you're here! The thing dragged Wilton away. I think he was dead."
Steven: "His arm was cut off."
Ruth: "We tried to clean up out here, but we've been nervous wrecks."
Jamie: "We'd better get these other bodies inside."
Steven: "That's right; they may lure the thing back here."
Cinder: "We're beaten, Jamie. Guns have no effect on that thing."
Jamie: "Guns don't, I know that, but if we could hit that thing with twenty or thirty-thousand volts of electricity, we might be able to stop it."
Ruth: "That's right; it scared it away at our house!"
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Re: Nightbeast
Reply #1.
Posted on October 08, 2007, 05:28:44 PM by
I've been wanting to see this one for some time now.
Re: Nightbeast
Reply #2.
Posted on October 10, 2007, 08:33:57 AM by
A friend of mine lives in Maryland and has always hated and feared the state. Now, at long last, I was able to send her the link to your review, so she might know WHY she finds that state unbearable. You have done a great public service...I salute you!
Re: Nightbeast
Reply #3.
Posted on October 10, 2007, 01:29:43 PM by
A Don Dohler masterpiece!
George Stover for President!
Re: Nightbeast
Reply #4.
Posted on January 20, 2008, 02:00:29 AM by
Holy Key-rice-t! Yesterday at the flea market...I bought some tape with a shadowy figure on the front...figured it was some low budget gem...and it was Don Dohler's NIGHT BEAST!!!! DAM!!! I has hit B-Movie Gold!!!!
I started to watch it last night,thinking..."Why does this look familiar?" It kept bugging me....and in the middle of the night (actually...just a few moments ago in the wee hours of the AM...I wakes up...and I come here to the board...and of COURSE! I saw it reviewed here!!!
DAM!!! Whatta cool piece 'o' z-budget film making!!! A definete keeper!!!
Re: Nightbeast
Reply #5.
Posted on January 21, 2008, 04:35:20 AM by
After the alien lost his gun, it slowed down a lot, but came back strong at the end. A worthwhile bad movie to see. The world is a worse place now that Don Dholer is no longer in it.
Re: Nightbeast
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Posted on October 30, 2008, 04:28:50 PM by
I love this movie!
Things I Learned From This Movie:
*the "Nightbeast" seems to appear in the daylight quite a bit
*although the Nightbeast is hear to eat humans he his favorite weapon is a disintegration ray
*adding a sex scene to a movie can sometimes make it less sexy
Re: Nightbeast
Reply #7.
Posted on February 17, 2009, 12:47:10 PM by DoctorMcShocker
First off, that alien's suit was super badass. Second, what did the sheriff hurt his leg on, it was a 4 foot dirt slope. And lastly, why on earth was it necessary for us to see the sheriff's ass?
Wait, one more thing. Why was draco riding his harley in the woods and why doesnt this town have any pavement?
Just some thoughts to ponder. But all in all this was a decent bad movie.
Re: Nightbeast
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Posted on September 09, 2009, 12:01:54 AM by Videoport Jones
Good review. I just watched the Don Dohler doc 'Blood, Boobs, and Beast' which included this flick as a bonus. Please check out my review for the mix of amusement and respect the man engenders:
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