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Doc Holliday received a classical education in his native Georgia. He then graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, class of 1872. But his frequent cough from tuberculosis, from which his mother and brother had died, caused patients to go elsewhere. Holliday abandoned his dental practice and went west to the Arizona Territory, hoping that the dry air would help his condition. He settled in Tombstone, a boisterous mining town.
The character of the town is exemplified by this grave marker in Tombstone's Boot Hill Cemetery. Whether it is real or a grim joke remains unknown. There is no Les Moore in the town's death register, but an old man recalled a Wells Fargo stagecoach driver by that name who was killed in a robbery.
Doc became a gambler and gunfighter. He remained unscathed by these dangerous activities, while the disease continued to take its toll. Perhaps he hoped to die by gunfire rather than by tuberculosis. This brings us to the First Doc Holliday Rule:
Sometimes we can alter our fate, sometimes we can't, but at least we can try.
In the 1993 film "Tombstone," lawman Wyatt Earp, his brothers, and his friend Doc Holliday confront a violent outlaw gang. Doc has tuberculosis − of which he will die at age 36 − and should be resting. A member of the posse asks Holliday why he is exerting himself. Doc explains, "Wyatt's my friend." The man objects, "Hell, I've got lots of friends." Doc replies, "I don't." Here we have the Second Doc Holliday Rule:
When trouble comes, it's not how many friends we have that counts − it's what kind of friends they are.
This is relevant to what we call "coalitions." Some members of the coalition in Afghanistan send only a few hundred troops. Even worse, some of these troops do not patrol at night, do not go into "hot" zones, and fire only when fired upon. That is, even if they spot a Taliban leader, they do nothing if they aren't fired upon first.
This concept of a "coalition" accords more with the posse member's idea of friendship than with Doc's. The concept is so broad that it includes all acquaintances except actual enemies. It bears no relation to loyalty. On the other hand, we have the Brits. They accord more with Doc's concept of friendship − those who are there when we really need them, even if the situation is dangerous, and even if they are in a weakened condition.
Then we have so-called "friends" who get us into trouble, not out of it. Take the situation in Libya. The Europeans, especially the French, urged military action against Qaddafi's brutal regime. But because of decades of military decline, they were too weak to take on even a third-rate power, so again they depended on America to do the heavy lifting. As a result, Qaddafi is dead, but Libya is now in chaos and a base for Al Qaeda.
As Mark Steyn observed, "You can have massive welfare or a credible military, but not both." Europeans found this out years ago. It worked for them – they enjoyed the welfare while America provided the defense. We have yet to discover this sad fact. But if we continue cutting our military, we will be forced to confront it. Then who will provide defense for us?
But back to "Tombstone." Wyatt Earp is challenged by Johnny Ringo, an unstable killer. Earp knows that Ringo is faster on the draw, yet feels honor-bound to meet him. But as Ringo is waiting at the appointed place, who should show up but Doc Holliday.
Ringo insists that he has no quarrel with Holliday. Doc reminds him that they challenged each other. Ringo protests, "I was only fooling about." Doc replies, "I wasn't." They proceed with the gunfight, and Ringo comes out second best. Here we come to the Third Doc Holliday Rule:
In matters of life and death, the first thing to decide is whether the person is serious or just pretending. And if he is serious, it is best to be careful.
It is essential to decide whether the other party is serious, but it is equally essential to decide whether we are serious. Sending our young people into a life-and-death struggle without being serious about it is a sin − and even worse for a nation, it is a mistake. Half a war is an oxymoron, and those who try to engage in one are real morons.
It is impossible to have half a gunfight. Johnny Ringo wasn't serious about the challenge, but Doc was. It takes only one side to make a fight. If the other party isn't serious, he can lose just as badly. The runner-up doesn't get a silver medal – he gets six feet of dirt.
President Obama declared that he didn't want "perpetual war," but the choice wasn't his to make. If extremist Muslim terrorists continued attacking us, Obama's desires were irrelevant. Narcissists imagine that the world revolves around them. Realists know better.
President Obama talked about ending the war "responsibly," hardly an inspiring expression. Can you imagine Churchill or Roosevelt declaring that they intended to end World War II "responsibly," or that they wanted to "contain" the Nazis? Can you imagine President Trump abandoning his favorite word ‒ "win" ‒ and talking about ending the war on terrorists "responsibly"? You can't picture it? My point exactly.
If people claim, "It's not our grandfathers' war," I reply, "No, we're not our grandfathers." They knew what they were fighting for − to preserve Western civilization. We're not sure what Western civilization is, much less that we want to fight to preserve it. Yes, it is our grandfathers' war. It's just slower paced and requires more patience. Patience was never an American strongpoint, but now we need it.
Movies, like all art, are not meant to provide a precise picture of reality, but to reflect and clarify some aspects of reality. "Tombstone" did not show us exactly what happened during the gunfight at the OK Corral. It did something far more important. It showed us the value of true friends, and it emphasized the difference between being deadly serious and merely fooling about.
The world has changed remarkably since the days of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. But some things haven't changed at all. The value of true friends hasn't changed, nor has the importance of recognizing them and treating them accordingly. This lesson we seem to have forgotten. Our best friends through two World Wars, Korea, the Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq are the Brits.
But how did President Obama treat the Brits? On entering the Oval Office, he removed the bust of Churchill the Brits sent us after 9/11. He ostentatiously snubbed Prime Minister Gordon Brown. He gifted Queen Elizabeth with an iPod, and Brown with a set of DVDs of movies − DVDs which could not be viewed on European players. But Obama bowed before the Saudi king. On entering the Oval Office, President Trump did the opposite ‒ restored Churchill's bust, and had a cordial meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May.
How long would Wyatt Earp have lasted in Tombstone, if he had insulted Doc Holliday, but shown weakness before Johnny Ringo and his outlaw gang? How long would he have lasted, if he had been unable to distinguish between people who were serious and people who were just fooling about?
Like it or not, we have been cast in the role of Wyatt Earp. Like him, we too have reluctantly put on the badge of lawman in a lawless and dangerous world. We too have many faults, as do our friends. But despite these faults, we alone have the capability to stand up to the outlaws.
The question is this: Like Wyatt Earp, do we also have the courage and steadfastness to stand up to outlaws? Or, unlike Earp, are we so busy apologizing for our faults, and so occupied with distancing ourselves from our friends and being submissive to our enemies, that we have no time or energy left for fighting evil?
Finally, we have the Fourth Doc Holliday Rule:
Loyal friends are hard to find. Some, like Doc, are taken from us far too soon. Others we are blessed to have for many years. But there is no way to know this in advance, so we need to cherish them while we can.
Hills of Eternity Cemetery, Colma, California
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Author's Note: Bill Paxton's untimely death impelled me to watch "Tombstone" on DVD and post this column. Paxton was the actor who played the youngest Earp brother, Morgan. Morgan Earp was killed in Tombstone by the outlaw gang at age 30. Tombstone was a rough place. So is today's world. Like the Earps, we need good friends – and we should do the best we can to keep them.
Written by David C. Stolinsky, MD
Dr. Stolinsky is a retired medical oncologist, scholar, and co-author of Firearms: A Handbook for Health Professionals, published by The Claremont Institute. For other articles written by Dr. Stolinsky, check out our search feature on this website.
This article was originally published on www.Stolinsky.com, on March 13, 2017.
Copyright ©2017 Stolinsky.com.
...One more thing. I just came across this on Doc Holliday. I was born and raised in Jonesboro so I naturally take special interest in all things related to Gone with the Wind. --- Greg William, Macon
A few months ago I shared some of the true stories that fill the pages of Gone with the Wind (and I believe continue to breathe life into the book and movie) and the response was good, so today I thought you might like another 'morsel of truth.' To refresh your memories, Margaret Mitchell stated in July of 1936 that, 'practically all of the incidences in GWTW were true' (Letters from Margaret Mitchell 1936-1949) and that, 'Prissy was a real person.' Based on that statement and a number of others like it I created the only GWTW Tour that documented the true stories and that tour is being presented daily in partnership with the Road to Tara Museum in Jonesboro(visitscarlett.com)... Simply contact the museum and ask for a seat on the Gone with the Wind Tour (and please tell them I sent you).
I have admitted it before and my wife is O.K. with it... I have always had a crush on Olivia De Havilland (because something about her reminds me of my wife) and so to connect her character to the real source in Jonesboro has always been a treat for me. Melanie's character is based on Margaret's cousin Mattie Holliday of Jonesboro. Mattie was in love with her first cousin and although she chose not to marry him (not an accepted choice for a Catholic), they corresponded until his death and her witness precipitated his conversion to her beloved Catholic faith prior to the end of his shortened life. Many know the story of the star crossed cousins Mattie and John Henry, and how Mattie Holliday became a Nun and took the name, "sister Mellie" and John Henry left Georgia because of his poor health and found fame as John Henry (Doc) Holliday of Tombstone, Arizona. But the story has more, "meat on the bone" than that...
After Mattie became a Sister of Mercy she continued to correspond with John Henry Holliday and according to the Obituaries in both Glenwood Springs, Colorado and Tombstone (yes I have copies of both),... when Doc died in Colorado his personal items were sent back to Tombstone due to a trunk there that was filled with letters between he and his cousin, 'a Sister Mary Melanie.' When Sister Mellie died in Atlanta as a retired nun all of those letters were destroyed... but years ago I met a close family member who remembered her and told me stories of visits with the good sister (known among family to be, "the kindest woman they ever knew"... a statement close to that of Rhett Butler). On one visit Margaret (Mitchell) was there and asked, Sister Mellie, "can I use you in my book," and her response was, "if you use me make me somebody nice."
The breath of life still flows through the pieces of the Tara façade and its sister, Fitzgerald House because their stories were filled with the truth of real people. I have just created a 501c3 (sharethehistory.org) which I hope will allow you to donate the funds needed to build a proper building, and to help tell the full story of this time of passion when all peoples in the story were forced to dig deep for the "gumption" (Margaret's word) to go on with life... a reminder of the past that we can all use from time to time.
Peter Bonner.
Saving Tara: The heart beat of it all
Dr. Stolinsky's article on Doc Holliday was entertaining and held some very important lessons. Miguel's comment added greatly to the article and as always added important historical clarity. I always enjoyed reading about the gunslingers of old, most of whom were Confederate soldiers still angry about the war. Both of the Earp movies were extremely well done—I am partial to the Kirk Russell one.
The idea of "no-win wars" was a creation of the new progressive military of the McNamara era and prior to that, of the Korean and Vietnam wars. While not a disciple of "unconditional surrender" except with the totalitarian monsters of this century, real soldiers adhere to some tried and true principles.
One, this nation should never enter a war unless it meets the criteria of protecting the United States itself. Two, one plans carefully how the war is to be fought and most importantly—how it will be won. Exit strategies are for losers—that is, "progressive" non-win wars. It's much like I was taught by my father— "never pull a gun on a man unless you intend to use it" and "never get into a fight unless you intend to win." One of the most important things he taught me was that "a winner never quits and a quitter never wins." Obama comes from a long line of quitters when it comes to defending this country. Yet, we must keep in mind that he is a communist and intends to destroy the United States as it exist—both as president and out of office.
What we have witnessed over the past 70 years is a deliberate sabotage of our national interest. At present, we are being threatened by North Korea with nuclear tipped missiles. Yet, few want to deal with the fact that North Korea would not have had nuclear fuel had not Bill Clinton provided North Korea with modern nuclear reactors. We are also being threatened by communist China, which would have been a joke before the presidency of Bill Clinton. Why? Because before that traitor took office, communist China did not have a missile that could reach more than a nearby Chinese neighborhood several miles downrange from its launch point. You might recall they tried launching a missile and it exploded in a nearby town killing a large number of its own citizens. That all changed when the traitor-in-chief was offered a deal from the owner of Loral to not only provide the Chinese military with the latest missile guidance technology, but also to add MERV capability. The president of Loral was Bill Clinton's biggest donor.
Thanks to Bill Clinton and his most generous donor, the communist Chinese now have the capability to reach the United States with MERVed nuclear warheads. So, not only have we elected a series of traitors for president, but we have allowed the Soviets to infiltrate all levels of our government for many years and allowed these traitors to endanger our country and involve us in costly, prolonged, no-win wars. If history should teach us anything— prolonged wars results in the collapse of great empires and nations. The Left Islamic coalition wants to tie us up in a never-ending war that will cripple our young people, drain our economy, demoralize our military and produce chaos at home. Unfortunately, it is working.
I think Miguel's friend, Dr. Lindsay was right. It is more like the Br'er Rabbit story and the tar baby. Great comments about Doc Holliday.
I received a note from my dentist, Dr. Lindsay Holliday, of Macon, Georgia, also known locally as "Doc Holliday," that the "pic of Doc is wrong" and sent me a link to an article from True West magazine, March 2004, with the title, "The Most Famous Photo of Doc Holliday — Too Bad It's Not Him." The article goes on to say that Bat Masterson who actually knew Doc Holliday somehow got the picture wrong in his 1907 Human Life magazine, and to make matters worse, the picture has been retouched over the years.
Subsequently, "Author Stuart Lake used it in Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal, with this caption: 'This photograph, made by C.S. Fly in Tombstone, 1881, was the only one Doc Holliday ever had taken.' " But according to this same article, this assertion is wrong because in 1973 the Holliday family (that originally came from Georgia as did Doc Holliday) released a portrait photo of the famous gunfighter dentist at age 20. The two photos do not appear to match. (Photo, right)
To complicate matters, Val Kilmer and Dennis Quaid (both actors, incidentally, playing Doc Holliday magnificently) in the films Tombstone and Wyatt Earp used yet another photo for Doc's image, that of a "lady-killer" identified as John Escapule.
My response to Doc Lindsay is that why would the famous Bat Masterson, who knew Doc Holliday personally, use the wrong or a fake photo? For one thing, many people would have remembered Doc Holliday and would have contradicted the veracity of the photo. Moroever, Doc Holliday was 12 to 17 years older, when the later picture was taken; he had had tuberculosis for many years and had led a rough life as a gunfighter and gambler. He also wore a mustache in the later photo. Whether or not the photo is wrong, Doc's philosophy of friendship and loyalty is historic and admirable.
As to the allegory of Doc Holliday's philosophy and the Middle East conflict, Doc Lindsay further wrote:
"Although I feel some of our Middle East interventions are necessary, many of our misadventures there are less like Doc's Old West and more like the fight between Br'er Rabbitt and the Tar Baby by Uncle Remus: 'The more Br'er Rabbit punches and kicks the tar "baby" out of rage, the worse he gets stuck.' I think this parable illustrates the meme that decries getting mired in 'forever wars'… "
As for me, as I said, Doc's philosophy of friendship and loyalty is admirable and could be applied for friends and foe in any setting of the human sphere, good for men and good for nations. As for "forever" or perpetual wars , they are a threat to freedom; on the other hand, it is better to be prepared for war to deter enemies than be unprepared and inviting aggression. And as Doc Holliday acted, one must be prepared to help those few but true friend, as most of us have few of them! — MAF
Dr. King has given me so much information to write on the Doc Holliday photo dilemma. He didn't stop talking! He thinks he was Doc Holliday in a previous life.
Too much, because now I know many possible places where he may have been photographed. I will have to write a longer comment later, but here is the biggest treat.
The Pennsylvania College of Dentistry (now Temple University in Philadelphia) was already publishing yearbooks with photographs of its graduates by 1872, so there is where you are going to find a real photograph of Holliday that cannot be disputed. If we can manage to get that archived yearbook, we have our gold standard.
He advised me to perform some simple anthropological measurements on the images (which I have the software to do), but he already noticed that the "young" Holliday photograph does not have the same type of ears as the classic one with the mustache. He does not feel they are the same person. --ARB
"John Henry "Doc" Holliday passed away on November 8, 1887 at around 10 that morning. It has been said that he was laid to rest at around 4 pm that same afternoon. Now one story I have uncovered is that his body was taken from The Glenwood Hotel (please note not the Glenwood Sanitarium as is stated in Hollywood movies) and taken up the hill to where his headstone resides today. (Also note that this headstone has since been replaced with a more accurate one.)"
This is something else I learned the other day. The words are not mine. It is plausible, but if so, I am not sure why he would be there, unless he could not take the restrictions placed upon him in the sanatorium. Or is it that there never was a sanatorium that he was in? The last picture we have seen is the one supposedly taken close to his death. Yes, that is why it looks like a hotel. It is a hotel.
Of course, you here all know that Scrofula is not a surgical condition, so even though in 1887 they could have removed the afflicted lymph nodes, they didn't because they knew it would just reappear. I suppose since the germ theory was already pretty much in vogue, they might have felt the least they could do was keep the neck clean and bandaged.
However, Dr. King reminded me that in those days, young photographers would compete with one another to photograph famous or infamous people of that era, and they would go so far as to stage a scene with an actor and claim it was the famous/infamous person. A dying Doc Holliday photograph would make a young photographer an instant sensation, and it did, because we still know the name of the person who took it. I can't read my chicken scratch notes here, so I will leave that be for now and supply the name later. But it is still not settled if he was using an actor at the Glenwood, or Holliday actually let him take the photo. If it was staged, maybe the bandage was to hide that the actor didn't have Scrofula? I mean, who the hell can know it now?
Also, it has been claimed that a portrait of Doc Holliday was found in a barn in either May or Nov of 1887, and that the Glenwood Historical Society in Colorado is now in possession of it. Then there is the claim that a man by the name of Gary Dunlap found a picture of Doc Holliday on a postcard.
There is more, but these are all well reasoned speculations. In other words, they have a good chance of being true. But since it is not a vital matter, none who reads this is likely to research it further. I probably won't. Nonetheless, it would be helpful to see the photo in the dental school yearbook, since that we are 100% sure is real and exists.
As concerns Bat Masterson, Dr. King has no idea whether he would touch up or fake a photo. But while the FAX machine was already being employed in the 1800's (see some of the newspapers back then with photos taken overseas) it is unlikely the majority of the US population did know what he looked like, unless it was through a photo, and who among the average US citizen back them would have access to one? The majority of the country did not have any personal contact with him, and only major newspapers like the New York Times could afford to print daily photographs. But even for them it was expensive, so it could likely be he never was photographed for a newspaper, because his appearance would not affect the story.
In those days, scanning a document or photo by revolving it on a drum as a photocell took readings was the technique employed, and it is crudely similar to how we still do it. However, the image would be in binary (black or white "pixels") because telegraph lines could not transmit a continuously changing DC current for very long, but they could transmit the binary signal of the telegraph switch. This did not turn out to be much of a problem in practice, because if you have enough binary information, you will see the image as greyscale. We still FAX in binary, but while I have faxed pictures, they are not terribly great.
I am trying to remember all of this without referencing anything, so if you feel I have misstated something, please advise. --ARB
Adam, fascinating information both about facts and plausible explanations about Doc Holliday, as well as imagery and its transmission ("Photo trivia.")---MAF
I did want to say that Dr. King informed me that Holliday was actually a pretty good dentist. If not for the tuberculosis, he probably would have made a pretty good living. He was actually very proud of his education and professional status in a day when few had it, so he was the one who encouraged people to refer to him as "Doc."
It was still a very unpleasant experience to see even a good dentist in those days, if you think it is unpleasant now. The dental drill was foot powered and could reach about 1,000 revolutions per minute, which is perhaps 100 times slower than the motorized ones used today. If you needed a root canal, the dental pulp would be devitalized by application of arsenic. Most people would rather have it pulled then let the dentist do that.
X-rays in dentistry were introduced before 1900, but were not around when Holliday died. I think of the funniest little device they used to use - A dental mirror (just like we have today) but the other side was coated with Barium Platino-cyanide, which fluoresces under x-ray, so the dentist could turn the mirror around and see through the teeth he just examined by the mirror.
Concerning the BBC article on JFK and Hitler, what did you expect when the best thing sleazy old fascist Joe could say in the early 1940's was,
"It is true that I have a low opinion of some Jews in public office and in private life. That does not mean that I..... believe they should be wiped off the face of the Earth..... Jews who take an unfair advantage of the fact that theirs is a persecuted race do not help much..... Publicizing unjust attacks upon the Jews may help to cure the injustice, but continually publicizing the whole problem only serves to keep it alive in the public mind."
He usually said much worse, such as "[some] individual Jews are all right, but as a race they stink. They spoil everything they touch." and in response to Nazi terror, "Well, they brought it on themselves."
This man was a joke, and I never respected a single Kennedy, but not just because of him. However, how could anyone being raised by someone like this not have it rub off on them? You'll never know exactly to what extent, because they were/are considered liberals, so even back when JFK was in power, the biased media was already covering up for him.
Yet, the convulsions the leftist press has daily over our new president being the first elected American fascist!
A friend of mine, Dr. Douglas King, is the former chief odontologist of New York City. He is obsessed with Doc Holliday, and I will show him these pictures to see what he has as an opinion.
He is a very interesting man. When he was a young dentist practicing in 1975, he received a visit from the police to come help them identify a floater, which we see all too commonly in New York (my home city). He went down to the Medical Examiner's office (this was a much cruder procedure in 1975) with all of his dental x-rays taken of patients who fit the general description of the corpse, which was otherwise unrecognizable. He took one look and told them who it was. They were astounded, as he did not even pull out his x-rays. When they asked him how he knew, he said because the cadaver was wearing the same sports jacket it always did during life when a patient of his at his office. Later, his x-rays would confirm it. They were so pleased with his powers of observation, that they offered him a job at the M.E.s on the spot.
No politics today, just (hopefully) an interesting short story. But I will let you know his opinion on Holliday.
I always did wonder if he was autopsied to see the extent of the tuberculosis outside of the lungs, but I have been informed that he was buried fairly shortly after he died, so I really doubt it. --ARB
Don Horacio: Doc Miguel, very interesting snapshots of that Western legend Doc Holliday. As to our Nation's involvement in continuing war, let me point out that now, with the nuclear threat from North Korea, I have not read or heard anyone point out the fact that the U.S. has been in a state of war with North Korea since July of 1953, when only a cease-fire was agreed on.
That's 64 years at war — twice as long as the Thirty Years War and nobody seems to be aware of it! — Don Horacio, a guy who remembers it well as he led Marine rifle, machine gun, and recoilless rifle platoons against North Korean and Chinese enemy forces there all of 1951.
Doc Lindsay: I understand that Bat
Masterson and Doc developed mutual animosity, so Masterson had no reason to accurately depict Doc. Much of my understanding has come from Dr. Mary Doria Russell (Anthropologist) who wrote 2 historically based novels about Doc. Highly entertaining too.
Attached is what might well be a photograph of Doc Holliday taken shortly before his death from tuberculosis, explaining why "dying Doc" had a wrapped neck. (Photo, right)
Doc Miguel: That last one and obviously of a sick man with scrofula could very well be a last photo of Doc Holliday. Still it does not disprove Bat Masterson's "retouched" conventional photo. Masterson would not have used the wrong photo because of personal "animosity," and if, he would have done so, he would have added grotesque or malevolent features in spite; but in fact, the photo depicts the opposite, an urbane and calm Westerner. — MAF


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Posted by Dr. Srinivas Padmanabhuni (View Profile | View All Posts) at 5:04 AM
(From left) The Hon Greg Combet, Minister for Innovation and Industry; The Hon Bill Shorten, Minister for Employment and Work Relations; Mr. N.R. Narayana Murthy, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Infosys; The Hon Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia; Mr. Neville Stevens AO, Chairman of NICTA and Dr. Terence Percival, NICTA Director Broadband and the Digital Economy. [Photo courtesy: NICTA]
N.R. Narayana Murthy, our founder and chairman emeritus, visited Australia, recently, to announce a partnership with the country's premier information & communications technology organization, NICTA. The Infosys-NICTA program is a multi-faceted partnership which includes joint research, Ph.D. student internships, professional exchange programs, and commercialization of intellectual property over the next five years.
I am going to take the lid off on one of the main focus areas of the collaborative research - Platformization of Software. Although an unglamorous phrase, Platformization of Software is redefining the rules of software engineering. The term broadly refers to the engineering techniques and methods needed to enable traditional standalone software applications to be offered on the Cloud.
Ground-up, bespoke coding for disparate modules for every set of business requirements is already a thing of the past. Our research on platformization of software will include the development of new techniques to harvest software architectures, functions and processes from existing large code bases. This will enable strategic reuse of code and speed up the development of new systems, especially for Cloud-based platforms.
Platformization will significantly slash development effort, cost, and time. While it will disencumber Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with respect to cost and time, it will usher in speed and agility for large corporations.
Organizations, however, should avoid partial or superficial Cloud enablement. By this, I mean confining Cloud enablement to mere replacement of traditional infrastructure (storage or hardware) with that offered by a Cloud provider. Or, putting a Cloud interface over traditional software. The full potential of Cloud can be realized only when all the models of Cloud, right from IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service) to SaaS (Enterprise Business Software as a Service) are leveraged.
For successful Cloud enablement, there are several areas that must be thoroughly researched from a software engineering perspective. Three significant ones are:
1. The architectural aspect of Cloud that enables hosting of multiple tenants without each interfering with the other. This can lower costs, specifically for MSMEs who can avail of infrastructure, hardware, software and business services in a pay-per-use model. To handle these needs for different layers - right from the UI to the Database and the Business Logic - a thorough model-based approach is vital.
2. Scalability is straightforward for a standalone application. But now, with multiple tenants, we need to address the availability and scalability needs of all the tenants together. Alongside the availability and scalability concerns, security is important in a multi-tenant environment, including foolproof isolation.
3. Automating the harvesting of architecture from legacy systems will require the underlying legacy application software to be significantly refactored. This is to ensure that shared components are reused, and the tenant's specific logic is extracted as focused services for specific customer tenants.
Infosys and NICTA will be working together to address these challenges and more. We certainly have a lot of ground to cover in the next five years.


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Jalometalli 2011 – Oulu Finland
Seeing the mighty Finnish thrash metal patrol A.R.G. on the stage was something unbelievable for sure. A.R.G. vanished from the map about 20 years ago. The audience used to be out of their minds at the stage back then. When A.R.G. got on the stage, a handful of their most dedicated old school thrash metal fans had arrived on time to witness the northernmost thrashers. Even though the years have passed by, the old songs truly sounded as brutal and thrashing as in the past. "Heathenism In Penitentiary" are truly high classic thrash songs for sure. Occasionally it felt like the band was some sort of a bit lost at the stage even thought the playing worked, but breaks and eccentric unclean speeches between songs weren't that convincing after all. Hopefully the pioneers of the Finnish thrash metal will keep unleashing the more angry based thrash metal.
Another unexpected reunion was the rebirth of OZ. The most fanatical and hard die metal fans have to be aware of the immortal OZ classic. The mighty OZ had undergone some line-up changes as the Finnish guitarists had been replaced by the young Swedish guys. One of them definitely the cloned younger version of Yngview Malmsteen. The set consisted of the material from the forthcoming BURNING LEATHER album such as the video tune "Dominator" and of course a plenty of old killer tunes such "Search The Light", "Fire In The Brain" "Gambler" etc. Even though OZ's rebirth could be seen as a nostalgia trip, but the band sounded truly traditional heavy metallish. Even though a billhook was missing, but the powder extinguisher has remained the part of the real OZ gig.
The British young thrash guns Evile hit next. Evile definitely has mixed feelings about Oulu as it was the last gig that the late Mike Alexander played. But back to the present day, when the Bristish thrashers hit the main stage. The band sounded quite sterile and quite more commercial with a Metallica-based approach. Although the band played tight and were extremely skilled, the songs and above all riffs sounded quite hollow and to be honest uninspiring. Even the audience wasn't that thrilled about Evile for some reason as no pit was born and people were wandering and drinking beer.
Grand Magus started the Swedish metal triple on the second day. The trio hammered the audience with pure groove rocking metal that sounded hard as a rock. The vocalist JB Christoffersson with the strong voice was extremely convincing. The trio covered the material of the latest album and of course offered a great deal of the older material. The band's strong performance was extremely professional and well played and carried out after all
Entombed as a four piece never ever worked out. Without the second guitar the death rock by Entombed sounded hollow. With the second guitarist the Swedish death metal pioneers have definitely strengthened the sounds as well as the performance. The frontman L.G. Petrov with the shabby look moved relentlessly and appeared to be thrilled about having good appreciation and response from the audience. Entombed's set was a real triumph of the old school Swedish death metal by doing a number of tunes from the first three albums.
Nifelheim again at Jalometalli, why ? Well the head of Jalometalli were extremely delighted about their performance at Jalometalli a few years back and secondly Jalometalli was celebrating the 10th anniversary. Evilness and darkness describe Nifelheim on stage whereas the Iron Maiden obsessed twins are super cool devoted metalheads off the stage. Nifelheim were pure hell on earth and roots of all evil. At least all the spikes and leather had been polished and sharpened.
Before landing at Jalometalli Sodom underwent a minor line-up change when the long time drummer "Bobby" Schottkowski was dismissed from the band and replaced by Markus "Makka" Freiwald. Makka has a long experience in the German metal scene and proved to be highly skilled drummer.
Then the thrash metal legends Sodom faced a huge setback when the gear got lost on the way to Jalometalli. Thanks to the Finnish airplane company for that. The Germans had to borrow gear from the local bands and of course that caused unpleasant problem with the settings. Besides, Sodom delayed a little bit the beginning cos Angelripper was sleepling at the hotel. However Sodom declared I Am The War causing the ballistic reaction amongst the pit maniacs. The set consisted of the essential and known such as "Blasphemer" and of course the mandatory ones "Bomberhagel" and "Ausgebombt". Seriously the setlist was the same as it has been during the past years. Where were "Christ passion, "Nuclear Winter", "Conqueror"…? Well it was cool to have something from OBSESSED BY CRUELTY. Sodom's appearance at Jalometalli blew the 2007 Tuska gig easily away. With the killer lights and insane audience going totally beserk and the darkened night created the splendid atmosphere for such a killer show despite a few technical worries.
Cathedral announced about pulling the plugs and will lay to the eternal sleep after the massive farewell tours and gigs. Getting Cathedral to do a farewell show at Jalometalli was definitely one of the highlights and waited gigs amongst the audience. After Sodom people crawled to witness the doom legends for the last time. The band and above all Lee Dorrian appeared to be one hell of a showman like strangling himself with a microphone wire and moving about the stage like Ozzy, personal and eccentric speeches. The etherical doom with the sludge got spread out in the catacombs of the hall when songs such as "Hopkins" "Soul Sacrifice", "Ebony Tears","Midnight Mountain". Killer performance from the band going to terminate the long glorious and respectful career.
Once again the mighty Jalometalli is over. The festival is such an interesting experience as it is small, but however vital and energic and offers an absolutely great line-up consisting of death, black, thrash, and traditional metal. Above all Jalometalli gave an ultimate opportunity for young bands to play there. The next year will definitely be interesting as it is known the promoter of Jalometalli will be doing one hell of a job to book the most interesting bands by creating the killer line-up. See ya in 2012!


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April 24, 2008
Humans Narrowly Escaped Extinction 70,000 Years Ago
An extensive genetic study released Thursday said that humans may have narrowly escaped extinction brought on by a drought some 70,000 years ago, after which the entire population was reduced to small isolated groups in Africa.
The report notes that a separate Stanford University study estimated the number may have dwindled to as low as 2,000 before expanding again in the early Stone Age."This study illustrates the extraordinary power of genetics to reveal insights into some of the key events in our species' history," Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society explorer in residence, said in a statement, according to an Associated Press report.
"Tiny bands of early humans, forced apart by harsh environmental conditions, coming back from the brink to reunite and populate the world. Truly an epic drama, written in our DNA."
Wells serves as director of the Genographic Project, which studies anthropology using genetics. The initiative was launched three years ago.
Previous studies using mitochondrial DNA passed down through mothers had traced modern humans to a single "mitochondrial Eve" who inhabited Africa 200,000 years ago.
But the migrations of humans out of Africa to the rest of the world appear to have started about 60,000 years ago, with little understood about the time between Eve and that dispersal.
The new study examined mitochondrial DNA of South Africa's Khoi and San people, which seem to have diverged from other humans between 90,000 and 150,000 years ago.
The researchers concluded that humans had separated into small populations prior to the Stone Age, when they came back together, grew in number and began migrating to other areas of the world.
Between 135,000 and 90,000 years ago, areas of Eastern Africa experienced a series of severe droughts. The researchers believe this shift in climate may have played a role in the populations dividing into small, isolated groups that developed independently of one another.
"Who would have thought that as recently as 70,000 years ago, extremes of climate had reduced our population to such small numbers that we were on the very edge of extinction," Paleontologist Meave Leakey, a Genographic adviser told the Associated Press.
More than 6.6 billion people inhabit the globe today, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The research was led by Doron Behar of Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel and Saharon Rosset of IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. It was funded by the National Geographic Society, IBM, the Waitt Family Foundation, the Seaver Family Foundation, Family Tree DNA and Arizona Research Labs.
The study was published in the April 24 issue of American Journal of Human Genetics.
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The Knight
At first she tried struggling with the locks, but they were obviously not in sync, because when she managed to turn the key in one of them, the other stayed locked—and vice versa. The
The Karma Some Girls Have
By the time the lights went out, they felt as if they were yelling at each other, or that was what they would have said if someone had asked them to measure the violence of their argument.
"Arnold . . . !"
She's wondering how to tell his children when an immense silence numbs her. It's as if her thoughts can no longer be captured in words, as if words are refusing service. The briefcase
My cousin and I entered a dense cornfield that was taller than either of us. It was a large tract behind Aunt Tasia's house. We were only thirteen. We blended in, so we were invisible.
She stopped in front of a shop window full of umbrellas, and her friend, who was walking ahead of her, suddenly turned around: "Carme, we'll get separated!" Her name was Carme. He had
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Walking back to the house one Friday in early August, late in the afternoon, I suddenly felt tired as though I had been carrying something heavy, although all I had been doing was tying up
The Sarima's Mission
Bulul! Tununun! Bululululu! Tununununun! Bulululululululul! Tunununununununu! The voice of the hill resounded in the blue sky, as if several thunderclaps had occurred at one time, or as if a
Last night, before falling asleep, she had realized winter was almost over. "No more cold," she thought, stretching out between the sheets. As if from a limpid world, the clear sounds of the
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My cousin Irlanda was more beautiful than I remembered. As a girl her angelic face had been marred by only two defects—her thin light hair and almost always elusive eyes. But now her
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Her parents, like thousands upon thousands of other creatures of their class, lived lives divided between earning their keep and taking care of their children
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5 Signs You Have Made Him Henpecked
A husband who understands his wife and respects her wishes is a boon. However, a husband who stays quiet and nods his head for everything and anything, is not every woman's dream husband. Here we list out some signs so you can identify whether you have made your husband henpecked or not.
1. Agrees to everything you say
Disagreeing to everything a wife says is certainly not a good trait of a husband. Similarly, agreeing to her every wish is not a good thing either. If your husband or boyfriend says yes to every demand of yours, no matter how inconvenient or dumb it is, then he may be the henpecked type.
2. Backs off from his wishes
Do you feel that your husband or boyfriend rarely gets to do what he wants? Has your partner never been able to tell you openly that he has decided to do a certain thing a certain way? If he never even tries to argue or defend his wishes and needs, then he may be a henpecked partner.
3. Decision–making is always your responsibility
Men who do not take decisions in any kind of situation are definitely henpecked. They leave all the responsibilities to their wives and get into the role of a silent spectator. The reason could be sheer laziness or lack of interest. Right from the color of curtains to the model of the car, you will be making the decisions.


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Unreal Development Kit Used in 'Infinity Blade' and 'Epic Citadel' Released for iOS Developers
Epic Games have followed through on their much anticipated promise to release an update to their Unreal Development Kit which supports developing apps for iOS. In case you didn't know this is the engine behind Epic's impressive "Epic Citadel" technology demo released in the App Store earlier this year, as well as the multi-million dollar grossing "Infinity Blade" iOS app released a week ago.
In fact the "Epic Citadel" demo is included in the package so that you can pick it apart and learn from it. What's more developers can get their hands on the tools for free, today, here, and unless they earn more than $5,000 for any app they ultimately sell they only ever need to pay Epic a maximum of $99 to publish using these tools. After that Epic would like a reasonable 25% cut of any earnings.
If you have any aspirations for developing games for iOS, Epic's "UDK" is worth the relatively large download at least, to simply check it out. Even if you are a "modder" more than a coder.
And because the UDK offers a cohesive set of tools for creating and managing game assets with its "Unreal Editor", as well as a very mature scripting language based on top of a feature full industrial strength game engine you can focus more on creating and less on the hard slog of low level game engine code (for some – I love that btw!).
If I wasn't a code monkey I would now be faced with a very tough choice between the equally capable, but quite different development possibilities and environments that Unity 3D and Epic's UDK offer.
I don't think aspiring developers have had it so good for quite a while. And because of that those of us that also like to play games should be quite excited about what we may see appearing in the App Store in 2011.
Are you excited by Epic's UDK and what that might mean for the iOS platform? I am playing with it myself today, and would love to hear from others who are doing the same. Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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Diabetic nephropathy
'Diabetic nephropathy' is the term used to describe changes in the kidney resulting from diabetes mellitus. The changes occur in the glomeruli, which are the filtering structures in the kidney. The changes may be mild enough such that signs of disease do not occur, and the condition can only be diagnosed by biopsy of the kidney. Diabetic nephropathy is one of the most serious complications of diabetes in people.
Diabetic neuropathy
'Diabetic neuropathy' is the term used to describe changes in the nervous system resulting from diabetes mellitus. One type of diabetic neuropathy is described as a condition in which cats walk or stand with their hocks touching the ground. This condition may occur as one of the early signs of diabetes in the cat, or it can occur later in the stage of the disease, especially if the cat is poorly regulated. Other cats with diabetic neuropathy may appear to limp or simply to have hind limb weakness.
Cats with diabetes mellitus appear more prone to develop infections. Recurrent urinary tract infections are often a signal that the cat is not properly regulated.
Hepatic lipidosis
Feline hepatic lipidosis is a condition in cats in which the liver is injured, accumulates a large amount of fat and cannot function normally. It has been associated with diabetes mellitus. It is a very serious disease, and unless treated aggressively, can be fatal.
Gastrointestinal disease
Cats with diabetes mellitus may develop certain gastrointestinal conditions including diarrhea and vomiting. A review of cases at the University of Colorado Veterinary Teaching Hospital and reported by Dr. Kelly Diehl, revealed that 30% of cats with diabetes mellitus showed some gastrointestinal disorders, and 50% of them vomit intermittently.
Other pancreatic diseases
Depending upon the contributing factors to the development of diabetes, continued injury to the pancreas can occur. An inflammation of the pancreas, pancreatitis, can be a painful condition and can come on suddenly (acute) or be a long-term (chronic) condition. Chronic pancreatitis can lead to maldigestion syndrome in which the pancreas fails to produce enough digestive enzymes. The food that is eaten is not properly broken down, the nutrients are not absorbed and the cat can virtually starve even though she is eating.
Prevention of long-term complications
The risk of long-term complications of diabetes mellitus in the cat can be reduced by strictly controlling the blood glucose level. High or widely fluctuating blood glucose levels can contribute to long-term complications as well as increase the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis and hypoglycemia.
Ellis, CJ. Diabetes decisions. Veterinary Forum; September 2008:26-34.
Feldman, EC. Diabetes remission in cats: Which insulin is best? Supplement to Compendium: Continuing Education for Veterinarians; 31(7A).
Hess, RS. Diabetes mellitus. Part 1: Diagnosis. NAVC Clinician's Brief; October 2009: 9-11.
Hess, RS. Diabetes mellitus. Part 2: Treatment. NAVC Clinician's Brief; November 2009; 21-24.
Kintzer, P; Monroe, E; Scherk, M; Scott-Moncrieff, C. Managing the diabetic cat. NAVC Clinician's Brief; July 2008 Supplement; 2-7.
Rios, L; Ward, C. Feline diabetes mellitus: Diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring. Compendium: Continuing Education for Veterinarians; December 2008:626-640.
Scherck, M. Managing diabetes mellitus in cats: What makes it work? Clinical Edge; June 2008:3-7.
Schermerhorn, T. Treatment of diabetes mellitus in dogs and cats. NAVC Clinician's Brief January 2008:35-39.
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AIM's Kincaid: Media Matters and Maddow -- "a lesbian with hair so short that she looks like a man" -- responsible for The Situation's poor ratings
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Accuracy in Media (AIM) editor Cliff Kincaid blamed Media Matters for America and regular guest Rachel Maddow for the lagging ratings of MSNBC's The Situation with Tucker Carlson. MSNBC has announced that Carlson's show will lose its prime-time slot and move to 11 p.m. ET.
In his August 1 column posted on AIM's website, Kincaid correctly noted that The Situation is averaging only 200,000 viewers per night, but suggested that the show's unpopularity was not the fault of its host. Kincaid lamented, "The problem with the Carlson show is the format, which places too much emphasis on his guests, including a regular named Rachel Maddow," an Air America Radio host whom he described as "a lesbian with hair so short that she looks like a man." Kincaid went on to claim that Media Matters "dictated" the show's format by writing a letter to MSNBC president Rick Kaplan encouraging the network "to allow some progressive voices to be heard" on Carlson's show. "This is apparently how Maddow got to be a regular," Kincaid wrote.
While Media Matters did send a letter on June 6 to Kaplan noting the heavily conservative slant of MSNBC's prime-time lineup and asking for balance on Carlson's show, the letter specifically pointed out that "a discussion between two conservatives and one progressive is not 'balanced.' " Given that The Situation's initial format was precisely the one that Media Matters recommended against -- consisting of Carlson with Maddow and a second conservative, Jay Severin -- it can hardly be said that we "dictated" the show's format.
Though Severin has since left the show, The Situation has continued to pit Maddow against Carlson and another conservative on several occasions. During the week of July 25, conservatives Monica Crowley and G. Gordon Liddy were among the guests who appeared alongside Carlson for the majority of the program.
Despite the ongoing conservative tilt on The Situation, Kincaid insisted that the show "is so fast-paced and diluted by liberals that it does not allow for Carlson or anybody else to present a consistent conservative point of view" and that its "poor ratings should be seen as a verdict on the appeal of Maddow rather than Carlson."
From Kincaid's August 1 column:
Carlson was dumped from prime time because of ratings pressure. But MSNBC President Rick Kaplan explained the switch by saying, "The fast-paced style of 'The Situation' is best suited for a late-night audience." This makes no sense. When Cosby was hired, MSNBC claimed that her program was "in development" and would debut sometime near the end of the year. Clearly, she was given the 9 p.m. time slot because Kaplan decided that they could not continue with the numbers generated by "The Situation," averaging only about 200,000 viewers per show. But that's his fault, not Carlson's.
The problem with the Carlson show is the format, which places too much emphasis on his guests, including a regular named Rachel Maddow, a radio host on Air America who is described as the first out-of-the-closet lesbian to be named a Rhodes Scholar. She is a lesbian with hair so short that she looks like a man. Maddow's bio says that she "enjoys appearing on right-wing TV shows as the smiling-but-obstinate liberal." She may smile, but her opinions are entirely predictable and far-out. When Helen Thomas announced she would kill herself if Vice President Cheney ran for president, Maddow said on the Carlson show, "I like Helen Thomas," and then delivered a typical left-wing diatribe about the administration's Iraq war policy. This is precisely what people don't want to see or hear on a show that is supposed to feature a conservative.
The format was dictated by Media Matters, a left-wing media "watchdog" group, whose sole purpose in life seems to be to stifle conservative media voices. After MSNBC's deal with Carlson was announced, it wrote to Kaplan worrying about the prospect of "adding yet another conservative as sole host of a prime-time show." The group, led by homosexual conservative-turned-liberal David Brock, urged Kaplan to "allow some progressive voices to be heard" on Carlson's show. This is apparently how Maddow got to be a regular.
The point is that the show, as currently designed, is so fast-paced and diluted by liberals that it does not allow for Carlson or anybody else to present a consistent conservative point of view. If anything, the show's poor ratings should be seen as a verdict on the appeal of Maddow rather than Carlson.
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Banish the thought of wan, soggy green beans. This week, area farmers markets will have a variety of fresh, snappy specimens. You can find them at today's FreshFarm Market in Penn Quarter, Saturday's 14th & U Farmers Market, Saturday's FreshFarm Market in Silver Spring, Saturday's H Street NE FreshFarm Market, Sunday's FreshFarm Market at Dupont Circle and Wednesday's Farmers Market at Maryland. For details on these and other markets, check out the map below.
Also cropping up this week:
At today's Ballston FreshFarm Market:
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Fresh Crunch Pickles: okra; carrots.
Garden Path Farms: jalapeno pork sausage.
Gunpowder Bison and Trading Co.: jalapeno cheese dogs.
Mickley's Orchard: sweet potatoes; Roma tomatoes.
Pleitez Produce: cayenne, jalapeno and habanero peppers.
Radix Farm: Swiss chard.
At today's FreshFarm Market by the White House:
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Bigg Riggs Farm: green bell peppers; okra.
Pleasant Pops: pineapple basil.
Praline Bakery: chocolate pound cake.
Spring Valley Farm and Orchard: Satsuma plums.
Three Little Pigs: peach soda.
At today's FreshFarm Market in Penn Quarter:
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Anchor Nursery: wax beans.
Black Rock Orchard: Satsuma plums; red-skinned freestone peaches.
Clear Spring Creamery: blueberry yogurt smoothies.
Endless Summer Harvest: Asian blend lettuce mix.
Garner's Produce: yellow Roma tomatoes; melons.
Mountain View Farm: sweet frying peppers.
Toigo Orchards: bicolor Mirai corn.
At Saturday's 14th & U Farmers Market:
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Dolcezza: pineapple mint gelato.
Garner's Produce: canary melons; heirloom, cherry and Roma tomatoes.
Kuhn Orchards: Queen Rosa plums; Sansa apples; watermelon; cantaloupe; yellow Bounty peaches.
McCleaf's Orchard: Star Gala and Sansa apples; green beans; tomatillos; shallots.
Pecan Meadow Farm: beef (steaks, sausages, patties, roasts); chocolate whoopie pies; chocolate chip cookies; energy bars.
Whisked: mixed berry pie; corn and feta quiche.
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McCleaf's Orchard: blueberries.
At Saturday's Columbia Heights Community Marketplace:
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Chesley Farms: Ginger Gold apples; heirloom tomatoes.
Country Vittles from Critter Hill Farm: chicken.
Pleitez Produce: acorn and butternut squash; sweet potatoes.
Wisteria Garden: tomatoes.
At Saturday's FreshFarm Market in Bethesda:
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Garden Path Farms: sugarless sausage.
Pleitez Produce: cayenne, jalapeno and habanero peppers.
Spiral Path Farm: organic cantaloupe; heirloom tomatoes.
At Saturday's FreshFarm Market in Silver Spring:
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Many Rocks: duck eggs.
Mock's Greenhouse: wax beans.
Quaker Valley Orchards: Israeli melons.
Spiral Path Farm: organic cantaloupe.
Three Springs Fruit Farm: Satsuma plums.
At Saturday's H Street NE FreshFarm Market:
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Atwater's Bakery: chocolate chip hazelnut scones.
Full Cellar Farm: heirloom tomatoes; purple string beans.
Garden Path Farms: sugarless sausage.
Quaker Valley Orchards: seedless watermelon.
Richfield Farm: honeyloupes; yellow watermelon.
At Saturday's Ward 8 Farmers Market at St. Elizabeths:
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ABCH: aloe juice with organic flavors.
McLeaf's Orchard: four kinds of apples; honey.
At Saturday's Ward 8 Farmers Market at THEARC:
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Community Garden at THEARC: eggs.
Terrapin Station Herb Farm: Ginger Gold apples.
At Sunday's Bloomingdale Farmers Market:
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Dolcezza: pineapple mint gelato.
Garner's Produce: canary melons; heirloom, cherry and Roma tomatoes.
Silly Kids Creamery at Keswick Creamery: eight varieties of goat cheese.
Reid's Orchard and Winery: heirloom tomatoes; plums; red raspberries; yellow donut peaches.
Whisked: mixed berry pie; corn and feta quiche.
At Sunday's FreshFarm Market at Dupont Circle:
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Country Pleasures: blueberry scones.
Farm at Sunnyside: blackberries; Purple Calabash heirloom tomatoes.
New Morning Farm: red raspberries; Jade green beans.
Next Step Produce: yellow, orange and red-fleshed watermelon; sweet potato greens.
Soupergirl: peach gazpacho.
Twin Springs Fruit Farm: Satsuma plums.
At Sunday's Takoma Park Farmers Market:
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Elk Run Vineyards: Maryland wines.
Flower of the Forest Farm: eggs.
Glenville Hollow Farms: summer squash; corn.
Musachio Produce Farm: watermelon; corn.
Potomac Vegetable Farms: peppers; eggplant; cucumbers; squash.
Toigo Orchards: peaches; nectarines; tomatoes.
Twin Springs Fruit Farm: peaches; plums; nectarines; red raspberries; blueberries; blackberries.
Waterpenny Farm: heirloom and hybrid tomatoes.
At Tuesday's FreshFarm Market in Crystal City:
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Bigg Riggs Farm: okra.
Coulter Farms: organic beef.
Farm at Sunnyside: heirloom tomatoes.
Kuhn Orchards: baby artichokes; white peaches; watermelon.
Toigo Orchards: Mirai corn.
At Wednesday's Farmers Market at Maryland:
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McCleaf's Orchard: three varieties of apples (Ginger Gold, Zestar and Star Gala); watermelon; cantaloupe; cipollini onions; green beans; shallots; tomatillos.
Valencia Produce: Sunburst squash.
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Valencia Produce: blueberries.
At Wednesday's Foggy Bottom FreshFarm Market:
Atwater's Bakery: lemon pound cake bites.
Barajas Produce: sweet corn.
Blueberry Hill: Ginger Gold apples.
Pleasant Pops: watermelon mint.
Quaker Valley Orchards: cantaloupe.
See our farmers market interactive map and list of Community-Supported Agriculture farms.
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If you have a new market or see information that needs to be corrected in our farmers market listings, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


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After PM Narendra Modi on Monday declared to offer Rs 1 crore as charity to Pakistan's Edhi establishment, on Tuesday Abdul Sattar Edhi supposedly declined to acknowledge the offer. Abdul Sattar Edhi's child Faisal Edhi is required to address a question and answer session with respect to the same at Karachi Press Club soon.
23-year-old Geeta returned home yesterday from Pakistan. Geeta was apparently only 7 or 8 years of age when she was discovered sitting single on the Samjhauta Express by the Pakistan Rangers 15 years back at the Lahore railway station.
On Monday, PM Modi met Geeta and offered her everything money related help required.
"Welcome back home, Geeta. It is really brilliant to have you back home. Was really a joy to spend time with you today… All of India will deal with you," Modi said and guaranteed that each exertion would be made to follow her family as she grasped him warmly.
The Prime Minister additionally expressed gratitude toward the Edhi foundation, whom he depicted as Apostles of graciousness and sympathy" for dealing with Geeta, a PMO discharge said.
What the Edhi family has done is too priceless to possibly be measured however I am cheerful to report a commitment of Rs 1 crore to their establishment, Modi had said.


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Cheer up. English cricketers have been smashing Australian bowlers deep into the stands in the past week. This is not a mirage; it is not a dream. It is, however, the Big Bash.
Eight England players, six of whom will be participating in the one-day international and Twenty20 series that follow the Sydney Test, plus two recent rejects, Craig Kieswetter and Chris Woakes, have been strutting their stuff for the Renegades, the Strikers, the Heat, the Stars, the Sixers and the Thunder (I'm assuming these teams need no further introduction).
This is remarkably accommodating of the Australians. The presence of so many Poms in the Big Bash, which is helping to bankroll Australian cricket with some crowds in excess of 40,000, enables England's one-day warriors to find their feet in competitive cricket before reverting to the international scene. So far Luke Wright, Jos Buttler and Alex Hales have shown that it is not just Australian cricketers who are capable of clearing the boundary with some aplomb. Meanwhile Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan and Michael Lumb are threatening to do so. For all of them this will be an enlightening and exhilarating experience.
But how much will it advance their careers – in particular, given the possibility of a few vacancies in the wake of the Ashes series, their Test careers? The traditional response is "not a lot". Aside from the experience of playing in front of huge crowds, these short-form games are surely too far removed from Test cricket.
That has always been the received wisdom. The favoured path to Test cricket for a young batsman was to be rigorously drilled as a youth so that he had a solid, impenetrable defence and then, perhaps, to expand the repertoire in the fullness of time.
There is an alternative route, more likely to be adopted by the modern player and best represented by David Warner. He began by playing every shot imaginable, excelling in the shorter forms of the game before being given a chance in Test cricket. Warner famously played for Australia in a T20 match against South Africa in January 2009 (smashing 89 from 43 balls) before he had appeared in a Sheffield Shield match for New South Wales.
Now 26 of his 43 first-class games have been Test matches. And even though he may not be the most popular Test batsman around, he is a damn good one. Currently he averages 42, he moves the game forward rapidly and in this Ashes series he is comfortably the leading run-scorer, with 491.
Warner may be the most obvious example of a one-day dasher adapting to Test cricket without forsaking the impulse to play his shots. For India Rohit Sharma, who played the first of his 114 ODIs in 2007, was finally capped at Test level in 2013 and in four Tests he has started impressively in the longest format. Less obviously Virat Kohli was for three years exclusively a one-day player before being selected for a Test match.
Some of the Test greats have clearly honed their game in the one-day format. Adam Gilchrist had to wait three years after his ODI debut for a Test match and his impact was immediate. Skip another generation to New Zealand's Glenn Turner to see how one-day cricket transformed the mind-set and technique of a batsman who began as one of the stodgiest in the world.
So what of the England cricketers currently giving it a big bash in Australia? Is there hope of a transformation for them? Rightly or wrongly, Hales, dropped from Championship cricket by Nottinghamshire last summer, is currently pigeon-holed as a T20 basher; so, too is Wright. It would take a lot to change the selectors' minds on them. Meanwhile Lumb is approaching senior citizen status.
In the past Morgan and Bopara have pursued a career in Test cricket via a white ball and both these ODI regulars will be eyeing a Test spot again if they can impress in the ODIs. But until now it has never really happened for them. Morgan has played 16 Tests at an average of 30, Bopara 13 at an average of 31. Then there is Buttler, who has shot to prominence via the one-day game and who cannot possibly be ignoring the sudden instability surrounding England's wicketkeeping position at Test level.
Now comes the contradiction for this trio of gifted cricketers who have risen to prominence through the one-day game. They must surely ignore the white ball at the beginning of next summer if they wish to play Test cricket soon.
In the past Morgan and Bopara have been bought up by the Indian Premier League (though in 2011 Bopara confusingly declined the IPL yet Morgan, who did not, was picked for the Tests instead of him); in 2014 Buttler is surely attracting interest in India with the speed and power of his striking.
But to have a chance of being part of a revamped England Test team in June they may have to spurn the glamour of the IPL in mid-April and demonstrate their red-ball prowess on freezing, deserted fields in England in the glut of County Championship matches on the schedule in April and May. Their accountants may take a different view.
In the meantime, via the Big Bash, they are now acclimatised to this country. Soon their task will be to bring vibrancy to a flagging England tour party. And to hit some more Australian bowlers for six.


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We have a diverse and dynamic line-up of speakers for the 2012 International UFO Congress:
Chile's Official UFO Agency:
Chilean Air Force General (Ret.) Ricardo Bermúdez is the Director of the Committee of Studies of Anomalous Aerial Phenomenon (CEFAA), the Chilean government's official organization for the study of unknown aerial phenomena. General Bermúdez has also been the Director of the Technical School of Aeronautics, the School of Engineers, and the sub-Director of Chile's Air Force Academy. At CEFAA, he leads a group of scientists at the doctorate level, who form the committee along with aviation experts from the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics. General Bermúdez is a former fighter pilot, served as an air attaché in London, and commanded the Third Air Brigade in southern Chile.
Solving the Communion Enigma:
Famous author Whitley Strieber will be presenting material from his new book, Solving the Communion Enigma, which takes a radical new look both at his own close encounter experiences as well as the nature of the alien experience and human life itself. Whitley's wife, Anne, who has read and catalogued thousands of witness accounts, will join Whitley to read a selection of these amazing documents, which go far beyond anything in the current UFO literature and illustrate the true mystery of contact.
Circles: Mirror Image of World Events and Human Behavior, With One Difference!
Colin Andrews was the man who coined the term "crop circle" in the mid-1980s and spent three decades researching the phenomenon. During 2000, while being funded by Laurance Rockefeller to undertake an in-depth look at crop circles, Andrews announced that the two-year special investigation had shown approximately 80% of crop circles in the United Kingdom during that period were manmade, while 20% were left unresolved. Since that conclusion, Andrews has focused on what he believes to be the important piece of the crop circle mystery, human consciousness.
Contact: Countdown to Transformation
Dr. Greer leads multiple expeditions each year to train groups in how to make peaceful contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. Within the context of peaceful outreach to extraterrestrial visitors, communication always occurs. The means and methods are unusual, but undeniable. With extraordinary video and audio clips from these expeditions, Dr. Greer will share with the audience how this relationship has been developing over time and what are the implications for further contact.
Find out more: Disclosure Project
Fact or Faked: Interplay of media, technology, Hollywood, and validating evidence of ET contact:
In the world today, video and cell phone cameras number in the billions. Humans have at their fingertips, access to a proliferation of technology that allows them to record UFO and alleged alien activity. When it comes to documenting UFO and ET events, technology can be our best friend and our worst enemy. Along with the tremendous advances in consumer media, there has been an increased interest by some in devising hoaxes, often utilizing simple home-based computer graphics and movie making software. Viral video hoaxes and other faked events have increased at a staggering rate and their impact on legitimate research cannot be ignored. What role does Hollywood and the Media play in disclosure? Are we being prepared or deceived? Will disclosure be brought about and shared ultimately by capturing events on video? Hansen will discuss these topics and the trends which technology use has created and its influence on belief and ultimate discovery of the truth.
First Time Revealed UFO Files from MUFON's Archives:
Clifford Clift is the International Director for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). MUFON's archives are a treasure trove of UFO cases the public hasn't heard of—until now. Cliff will be presenting information about the work of MUFON, which will include MUFON's best UFO cases from their archives.
Recollections of Alien Abduction Through Hypnotherapy: Solo, Duo, and Multiple Abductions:
Certified Hypnotherapist, author and lecturer, Yvonne has helped many victims of post traumatic stress work through their anxiety. She notes that many subjects, during their regressive hypnotherapy sessions, describe alien abduction trauma. Lecturing extensively at M.I.T. and other universities and at many American and international UFO conferences, Yvonne frequently lecture-toured with colleagues Dr. David Jacobs and the late Dr. John Mack and Budd Hopkins. In this presentation, Yvonne will be discussing her case studies single abductions, cases of double abductions as cited in her first book, Chosen-Recollections of UFO Abductions Through Hypnotherapy and cases of multiple of mass abductions she is currently writing about in her new book about the Coronado Island incident.
Cattle Mutilations: New Discoveries
For over 26 years, Chuck has been researching and investigating the UFO/Paranormal phenomenon. Chuck will talk about cattle mutilations, focusing on his previous investigations involving not only cows but horses too. Discussing his own investigative techniques, drawn from his background in law enforcement, he'll cover what types of incidents he determines to be actual mutilations, then speak about the up-to-date evidence he has acquired. He'll also cover the ramifications of being a field investigator which recently put him in the national news. As a bonus, Chuck will release information on new discoveries that you certainly won't want to miss.
UFOs: The Media Credibility Factor — Who Do You Believe?
Ever since the 1947 Roswell Daily Record changed its story from how the military had captured a "flying saucer" to a "weather balloon," mainstream media has come up short in its coverage of the UFO phenomenon. From weather inversions, swamp gas, kites, Chinese lanterns and many other explanations for UFOs, this presentation will look at some of the more infamous cases where media just didn't get it right, will offer some reasons why and how to do it better in the future. Lee Speigel is a writer and reporter for the AOL / Huffington Post Media Group and former writer and host of nearly 1,500 programs about UFOs and unexplained phenomena, spanning eight years on NBC Radio.
Italy, Ufology's Birthplace:
International lecturer and author, Dr. Roberto Pinotti is the main Italian scholar in ufology. His activity as a founder and past president of Italy's Centro Ufologico Nazionale involved with Italian Air Force, France's GEIPAN, England's House of Lords UFO Study Group, SETI, the Fascist UFO Files, the Republic of San Marino World UFO Symposia and the Vatican "ET policy" confirm his role as a world-class expert.
Fire in the Sky Revisited
For the first time ever, John Goulette, one of the witnesses to Travis Walton's incredible abduction experience, will be speaking alongside Walton. Travis Walton claims that in 1975, while working as a logger in Arizona, he and several co-workers came across a UFO in the forest which shot a beam of light at Walton. Frightened, his friends fled the scene, and when they returned, Walton was gone. Walton recalled waking up on the side of the road; he thought only a few hours had passed, but he had actually been missing for 5 days. He later recalled being on the craft and the strange creatures that were there with him.
Researching the Ariel School Incident
At the Ariel School in Ruwa, Zimbabwe, sixty-two children reported seeing a UFO and "strange beings" during morning recess. Through the work of the late Dr. John Mack, this bizarre sighting was thoroughly researched and all of the witnesses were interviewed. These interviews make the Ariel School Incident one of the most well-documented UFO sighting and encounter cases in recent history. Filmmaker Randall Nickerson went back to southern Africa, tracing the original witnesses and discovering new ones. He will present the results of his investigation and provide a visual tour through this incredible mass sighting in Ruwa, Zimbabwe.
ETs, Shadow People and Djinn:
Rosemary Ellen Guiley examines the connection between ET contact and abduction experiences, the paranormal phenomenon called Shadow People, and the possibility that the Djinn, supernatural creatures that occupy a parallel world to mankind, may be involved in both types of experiences. Rosemary is one of the leading experts on the paranormal and has worked fulltime in the field since 1983, undertaking original field investigations and research for the more than 47 books she has written on a wide range of subjects. She focuses on entity contact experiences of all kinds.
The Best UFO Cases: From Ancient Times to 2012:
Drawing on a vast experience as an international ufologist for over 30 years, Antonio's presentation gives you a tour of the most intriguing UFO cases from different eras throughout history. It includes aerial wonders in ancient China and India, the Mexican wave of the early 1500s, World War II "foo fighters," the American flying saucer wave of 1952, the European wave of 1954, as well as remarkable incidents from Latin America, Russia, the Middle East, and elsewhere up to 2012. Is there a pattern to the appearance of UFOs throughout history? And, is society moving closer to accepting the existence of alien intelligences?
Breakthrough Faster than Light Communication with ET:
David Sereda has worked deeply in high technology, on environmental and humanitarian issues, and as a professional photographer for 20 years. He has studied virtually hundreds of issues in the fields of world religion, science, physics, and paranormal psychology. Sereda conducted a deep investigation into the scientific community at NASA as well as outside of the agency, as it related to the 1990s space shuttle mission video footage of Unidentified Flying Object Phenomena. The results of that investigation led to the development of the book and documentary film entitled, Evidence: The Case for NASA UFOs.
A well-established and widely known TV personality in Mexico, Jaime Maussan has become world famous for the incredible quantity and spectacular quality of the UFO videos that he continuously presents to the global UFO community. The modern Mexican UFO wave, along with Jaime's involvement in this field, began in July 1991 during a total solar eclipse, when thousands of Mexican citizens reported and filmed UFOs. This was the event that made the UFO phenomenon a reality to Jaime. Through his Tercer Milenio TV program, Jaime continues to report on UFOs on a regular basis and is one of the hardest-working investigators and reporters in the field.
Budd Hopkins: A Personal Appreciation:
Peter Robbins first met fellow painter Budd Hopkins in 1976, five years prior to the publication of the latter's seminal book, Missing Time. Their shared passion for painting, UFO studies and the abduction phenomenon helped forge a thirty-five-year-long friendship and work relationship during which Robbins would serve as Hopkins personal assistant and confidante and work with the distinguished ufologist on literally hundreds of incidences of UFO related abduction including that of his sister Helen. In this particularly personal presentation, Peter Robbins talks about those years with Budd with particular attention paid to Hopkins the ufologist, the artist, writer, humorist, foundation director, media presence, humanist, and ultimately the world's best known UFO investigator.
Life After Contact:
Bryce will present a multimedia journey into the post-Disclosure world. Drawing inspiration from his book A.D. After Disclosure (co-authored with Richard Dolan) and his Hollywood experiences telling stories of alien contact (Dark Skies, Taken, Official Denial), Bryce weaves a compelling story about what happens after the powers-that-be acknowledge that at least some UFOs are from some place that isn't here. Bryce argues that preparation for disclosure is vital now, given that it is likely to occur in our own lifetimes. He makes specific predictions about stock market closings, martial law, truth commissions, energy breakthroughs and even the birth of new religions.
Beyond the Phoenix Lights…Coincidence or Connection?
Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the still unexplained Arizona mass UFO sighting of March 13, 1997, key witness Lynne D. Kitei, M.D. shares the inside story of what has become known worldwide as the "Phoenix Lights". Besides authenticated photographic evidence and stunning witness testimony, Dr. Lynne presents the history of these enigmatic phenomena, including the Native American and her own personal connection, as well as similar global events, expert analysis, media coverage, the latest updates, and most poignant, the profound impact and message of the "Phoenix Lights". Dr. Lynne's internationally award winning Phoenix Lights Documentary and bestselling book, The Phoenix Lights…A Skeptic's Discovery That We Are Not Alone are lauded as the definitive works concerning the most important mass UFO event in modern history. More info at http://www.thephoenixlights.net.


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Aug 22, 2007
You know how everytime there's a bigvideogame awards show, something goes wrong? Sometimes it's Crash Bandicoot 12 winning best FPS, sometimes it's Pac-Man being given the lifetime achievement award for his contribution to the racing game genre, sometimes it's the fact that Jamie Kennedy is there, but the point is: you always find yourself yelling at the TV, magazine, or computer screen about how you could do it better. Well, here's your chance.
It's time for the Golden Joystick awards, arguably the most important videogame awards in Europe and the UK. And if you happen not to live in the UK, this is your chance to show those funny-talking folks over there which games real gamers think are the best.
Get clicking.


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Continuing on with last weeks' tales-
Last Monday was quite eventful. We awoke to the sound of the phone ringing. We had applied with an agency that finds temporary homes for Korean students who have come to the Country to learn English. The call was from one of the agents asking us if we could take a student in that evening! The student had to leave the dormitory that he had been staying in and needed to find a new home fast.
We had met one student the week before who was looking to change where he was living, but he opted not to stay at another home. Meeting the first student had given us the impression that we would meet all new students prior to their moving in with us, so we were surprised by the phone call we received Monday morning.
We told the agent that we'd meet with the student when he came over after his classes and that he could stay with us for that night since he had no where else to go. We weren't about to commit to taking him in for a full month without having at least met him first.
We weren't quite ready to have a student stay in our home. The room we planned to let a student stay in has the biggest closet in the house. We have an older 1927 house- which basically means- small rooms and almost no closet space. It's cozy though. So we spent a good portion of the day moving items out of the closet and into our other spare room. We also went out to get some groceries and had to drop off some important papers. If you have been reading over the past week, you might realize that it was while I was dropping off those papers that I encountered the lady who sucked her teeth behind me for 15 long minutes and almost brought about her own death as a result! Yes, last Monday was fun.
The student arrived at about 5:30 that evening. He was a quiet, polite, 22 year old. We sat down and talked with him for a little while and showed him what was to be his room for at least that night, and the rest of the house. By the time we had finished the tour we had pretty much decided that he seemed nice enough to allow him to stay for the whole month.
This of course is the semi-life changing event I was referring to in my last post. I am not used to sharing my home with others and I enjoy my privacy. However, since I am off work due to illness we've been forced to become creative and do what we need to do to keep the bills paid and a roof over our heads.
The only other time that I've had "room-mates", other than living with my husband before we were married (but that's very different!), was back when I had first started my jewelery business. I was 21 at the time and had set some large goals for myself.
I was living in a very small junior one bedroom apartment. After buying all the equipment that I needed to start my diamond cutting business I had little cash left, and very little coming in. I worked not only for myself but for three other companies during that first year. During the weekdays I ran my business, and on some evenings I worked as a security guard at the Metro Toronto Convention Center, and I also worked in a jewelery store in the suburbs over the weekend. I eventually dropped one of the extra jobs and took on another within the building I had my business in, grading emeralds and sapphires for a gem dealer.
Even with all the work I was doing I was still broke. It takes a lot of money to start up a business and some time to build a good customer base. Not only that- I had to learn how to use my diamond cutting machine and maintain it first before I could really start to build my company. I was buying toilet paper with credit cards, and frankly I think that's pretty sad.
I came up with a plan to gain some extra income and over the course of the next two years I had room-mates in my tiny apartment. I gave them my living room. We'd share the room of course in the evenings, watching T.V. together but it really was their bedroom. I provided them with a pullout futon to sleep on.
I had three room-mates in all.
Two of them lasted approximately a year each, and I got along with them fairly well, although I found their personalities to be very different from my own. The first was a 25 year old that acted like a 60 year old, and the second was a 20 year old that was learning how to live without Mom and Dad's help- which means she was a handful. I fell in between personality wise. I was young, 21 to 23 during the time period that I had room-mates, so I wanted to have fun and be friendly and go out and party a little, but I also had my own business and a lot of responsibilities.
My last room-mate only lasted 3 days! She seemed very nice when I interviewed her and showed her the apartment, and I thought she might be suitable. I told her I'd call her and let her know if she could move in. A few hours after our initial meeting she called me and told me she had to leave the place she was staying that night. I agreed that she could move in and she asked me to come to her home and help her move.
Perhaps that should have been the first sign that things weren't going to go well.
I traveled across the city by streetcar- getting felt up along the way by a man who insisted on putting his hand on my thigh several times until I finally told him off and stood up for the rest of the trip. I never did see the room that "Angela" had been living in as she met me on a corner with two garbage bags of belongings. I'm sure this was the second sign that I was making a mistake. We made our way back to my apartment and spent the evening sitting up talking and getting to know one another.
I had to go to my office the next day. I shared my office space with my sister who is also a jeweller and still works in the trade. Angela insisted on coming to the office with me and watching me work. Odd, but ok, we're getting to know one another, maybe it's ok. She followed me everywhere and stared at me intently as I tried to work.
When we arrived back at the apartment that evening I wanted some space to myself and went into my bedroom to relax. She wasn't ready to leave me alone. She followed me in and kept talking to me. When I went to the bathroom she'd try to follow me in. I actually had to tell her that she couldn't come into the bathroom with me. She didn't understand the need for even the tiniest bit of privacy and stood outside the door attempting to talk with me. The rest of the evening continued like that. Everywhere I went she was within 2 feet of me. I was starting to vibrate with agitation.
The following day was a Friday I believe. Again she insisted on coming to work with me. I couldn't get rid of her. By the time I got to my office my sister took one look at me, and then at Angela who was following me like a faithful puppy, and she put two and two together and knew I had a big problem. When Angela left to use the washroom my sister and I talked and came up with a plan.
I needed my sisters help. I was far to nice back then and probably still am. I had a lot of trouble telling people that made me upset where to go. I don't have quite as much trouble with it these days. Have you ever met a meek nurse? No I didn't think so. I was definitely a push over in those days. Most of you reading this- if you've gotten this far that is- would probably have either kicked Angela out by now, or at least told her off. Not me … somehow I'd even let her cut my hair and I now sported a lovely, and oh so very attractive "bowl" cut. I was furious on the inside, yet unable to let it out. I was also butt ugly with my chopped up bowl shaped hair thanks to Angela.
When we left the office at the end of the day my sister accompanied us. We went back to the apartment and then went out to a local bar for some food and drinks. It was there that my sister and I planned to tell Angela she had to leave. We weren't all that successful. We told her that her behavior was inappropriate and that it was making it difficult for me to live with her and that her following me to my office was not allowing me to concentrate on my work. We tried our best to reason with her and ended by telling her that she had to leave that night. She cried and got upset and said she had no where to go. My sister is also a nice person and the dilemma of Angela having no where else to go got to us.
Somehow- after downing over 40 test tube shooters between the three of us- we staggered back to the apartment. Angela seemed to have decided that she was going to be allowed to stay. By this time I was very angry and I couldn't stand to have her in my apartment for one minute longer. I blew up. I'm sure the alcohol that I had consumed loosened my inhibitions regarding speaking my mind. I was in a rage and I told her so. She eventually told us that she did have another place she could go and asked if she could stay until morning. My sister and I agreed that she could, and we saw her out in the morning.
As you can see my last room-mate experience was a nightmare and here I am taking in yet another room-mate many year later. Surely you can understand my hesitation over the whole matter? I can look back at my experience with Angela and laugh about it now, and of course realize that I could have and should have handled the whole situation better. It was a horrid three days though!
So far everything is going well with our new Korean room-mate. A few small problems or complaints have cropped up but so far so good. I will tell you more about him in my next post.
Speaking of roomies? Have you visited Chatty at "Whatchu Tawkin Bout" yet?


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27 August, 2013
The Black unemployment rate in July dipped to 12.6 percent, its lowest level since January 2009 according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The BLS also reported that since August 2012 the unemployment rate for adult black men (those older than 20) remains below its 14.4 percent level in January 2009 and was reported at 12.5 percent in July. More importantly, the share of black men holding jobs continues to rebound from its record low of 56.5 percent in 2011 to 59.2 percent, almost equal its level of 60.4 percent in January 2009. That was the good news.
The bad news was that the unemployment rate for adult black women (those older than 20) remained above its January 2009 level (though it did fall to 10.5 percent) and the share of adult black women holding jobs, at 55.5 percent, is not showing much movement to return to its January 2009 level of 57.9 percent. Since more than half the black workforce is female, it means the labor market news was mixed at best.
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Walk the famed Ocean Course fairways with a legend
Fans for the first time will get the opportunity to tee it up with former Senior PGA Champions and other legends when the 68th Senior PGA Championship Pro-Am is held next May at the famed Ocean Course.
Few sports offer the opportunity to rub shoulders -- literally -- with the great performers of past and present. But that's what awaits amateur golfers who enter the 68th Senior PGA Championship Pro-Am next spring at Kiawah Island Golf Resort's famed Ocean Course. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, on Tues., May 22, 2007, will bring together Senior PGA Champions and other legends with amateur partners on one of the country's most renowned and challenging venues.
Which Professionals can amateurs play with in the Pro-Am?
Legends of senior golf will be selected to participate utilizing the following criteria: Past Senior PGA Champions, Past Major Champions, Career Money List and the Champions Tour Career Money List.
What format will be used during the Pro-Am?
Best-ball. Each Pro-Am team consists of four amateurs and one Senior PGA Championship Professional. Each amateur player is asked to submit a handicap for the net competition.
When do amateurs find out which Professional they will play with?
The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort will host the Draw Party on Monday evening, May 21. The Draw Party is one of the premier events surrounding the Senior PGA Championship Pro-Am. Each Pro-Am participant receives two (2) invitations to enjoy fabulous food and entertainment, which compliments the exciting main event of the evening?The Draw. On this night we will determine the final member of each team, your Senior PGA Championship Professional.
Gifts and Memorabilia
Each participant will receive a luxurious gift package consisting of Senior PGA Championship merchandise and golf memorabilia. Following play, trophies will be awarded to the first, second and third place teams, along with field prizes for the closest-to-the-hole and longest-drive.
Additional Information & Pro-Am Pricing
Pro-Am Brochure (.pdf)
Pro-Am Pricing (.pdf)
Contact Information
2007 Senior PGA Championship Office
2 Shipwatch Road
Kiawah Island, SC 29455
(843) 768-8575
(843) 768-2399 fax


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Ancient Wisdom – Modern Application
The Bujinkan system is comprised of nine different traditional Japanese martial art schools:
- Togakure Ryu Ninpo
- Gyokko Ryu Koshijutsu
- Kuki Shinden Ryu Happo Hiken
- Koto Ryu Koppojutsu
- Gikan Ryu Koppo
- Shinden Fudo Ryu Dakentaijutsu
- Gyokushin Ryu Ninpo
- Kumogakure Ryu Ninjutsu
- Takagi Yoshin Ryu Jutaijutsu
Each of the above schools includes: striking, kicking, grappling, escaping, and weapons systems. Bujinkan martial arts are not sport martial arts, so there are no formal competitions or tournaments. Ranks are awarded when the student demonstrates competency and an appropriate level of commitment.
Bujinkan Martial Arts is an international martial arts organisation which is based in Japan. It is a combination of nine traditional Japanese martial art styles which date back over 900 years. It is said that Bujinkan was developed by both Ninja and Samurai fighters who developed it into a powerful form of self-defense rather than a sport with rules and regulations.
Training is For
- Acquiring the capability of defending self and others
- Maintaining a compassionate attitude toward others
- Cultivating a natural lifestyle
The Curriculum
- Junan Taiso conditioning and flexibility exercises
- Ukemi injury prevention
- San shin no kata exercises for developing a strong body and clear spirit
- Kihon Happo fighting scenarios
- Kata advanced fighting scenarios from the different ryu-ha
- Henka fight variations
- Budogu martial art fighting tools:
bojutsu stick-fighting (including, hanbo, jo, rokushakubo, yari, and naginata/bisento)
tantojutsu and kenjutsu blade-fighting
kusari-fundojutsu flexible weapons-fighting
Sunday at 1 pm in Hainesport Park located at Hainesport Municpal Center on Marne Highway
Cost: $20 per class
Email me HERE to register today.