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5 Whores Who Changed The Course of History
For most of us, performing sexual favors in some dark alley for grocery money is about as low as life can get. But history is full of stories of prostitutes who parlayed their skills into positions of prestige and power.
And some of them changed the world.
#5. Rahab the Harlot
1400s B.C.
How She Got Her Start?
Rahab probably came from a middle-class family in Jericho. She was an intelligent, independent-minded woman, and in those days there was only one profession for a girl like her to go into. A married woman was a slave to her husband, but a prostitute lived her own life and made her own decisions. As a scarlet woman, Rahab had freedom.
The cost of freedom, circa 1400 BC.
By all accounts, she was good at it, too. By the time she comes up in the Bible, she had her own house and made a comfortable income. Comfortable enough that she began to long for a career that didn't involve, at best, being fisted by middle-aged men who bathed once a year.
What Made Her Great?
Back in 1422 B.C., the Israelites were living on a barren tract of land appropriately named, Shittim. Joshua, king of the Jews, didn't really like living in a place that reminded him of his own bowel movements, so he set his sights on the city of Jericho.
Better than Shittim.
Joshua sent out two spies to scout out the defenses. The young Jews did their job and then sought "refuge" at Rahab's place. The Bible doesn't state why they chose to stay there, but it's pretty obvious Joshua's spies were "scouting out the defenses" for a "full frontal assault."
Their sweaty reconnaissance was cut short, however, when the king of Jericho sent his men out to look for the two Jewish spies skulking around his city. Rahab hid the young men, and convinced the king's soldiers that the spies were hiding elsewhere. Because of Rahab's kindness, Joshua's spies survived and were able to bring back crucial information that lead to the conquest of Jericho by the armies of Israel.
That's right; believe what you want about the Bible, but it's right there in the Old Testament that the course of world history was turned by a hooker with a heart of gold.
#4. Aspasia
How She Got Her Start?
Like a lot of whores, Aspasia was born into a bad situation. She was a foreigner in Athens, which meant she had close to nothing in the way of civil rights and would almost certainly never marry.
The only area of Athenian society that was more open for women than men was in Athens' legendary brothels. Prostitution was neither illegal, or frowned upon in Athenian society. Both men and women could be whores, although men had to quit when they became adults. Yes, in Athens they'd only bust you if your clients weren't pedophiles.
Aspasia took advantage of this and became a hetaera, or really high class hooker. Hetaerae were generally well-educated and, under law, they were independent from any men, and were even allowed to pay taxes and own property. In short order, the beautiful Aspasia was at the top of the hooker hierarchy and renowned through all of Athens.
What Made Her Great?
Aspasia knew she was hot, and she knew how to use that beauty to get what she wanted. Soon, she began to court Pericles, the First Man in Athens (that is, a famous statesman and orator--kind of a mix between Obama and Oprah).
She and her husband became the center of a great group of philosophers and thinkers from all across the city. She not only knew Socrates, but many credit her with being one of his teachers. Some scholars even suggest she had a hand in the origins of the Socratic method though, for some reason, they left that one out of our philosophy textbooks.
#3. Nell Gwynn
London, England.
How She Got Her Start:
The same way most of us did: giving handjobs to aristocrats in the back of a theater. Nell Gwynn was the daughter of an alcoholic brothel owner in dire financial straits. She started working at an early age, selling snacks during plays and delivering messages to randy young noblemen. Most historians seem to agree that the girls often ended up delivering more than refreshments.
One lucky day, when Nell was a young adult, she met King Charles II during a play. The king was impressed with the young harlot's wit and moxie, and invited her back to the castle. One thing lead to another, and pretty soon Nell Gwynn was a regular attendee of the king's court (by "court," we mean his penis).
Unfortunately for Nell, King Charles was a bit of a player. At the time the two met, the king had a wife, a mistress and a string of former and aspiring mistresses all vying for his attention. Nell was clever, though, and by a combination of wit, charm and poisoning her rivals with laxatives, she managed to become the king's most beloved concubine.
What Made Her Great?
Nell Gwynn never denied her past, nor did she seem the least bit guilty over it. At one point, a fight broke out when one of her detractors screamed that she was a whore. Nell broke the fight up in short order by saying, "I am a whore. Find something else to fight about."
This wasn't the first time Nell had admitted her ho'ness in front of a massive crowd of strangers. Another time, a large crowd mistook her for a rival mistress, the Duchess of Portsmouth, and began to shout at her carriage, calling her a Catholic whore along with a laundry list of funny-sounding British insults that no one born in a sane country could understand.
You gobshite tallywacker!
Nell stuck her head out of the carriage and corrected the mistaken commoners, "Good people, you are mistaken. I am the Protestant whore."
This mixture of wit and bigotry won the crowd over, and lead to her becoming the only one of King Charles's many mistresses to become popular with the mob. Nell was a shrewd woman, and she used her favor with the king and the people of England to secure her son a dukedom, and convince Charles to approve the construction of a Royal Hospital for ex-servicemen in the city of London, one of the precursors to our modern VA Hospitals.
Thanks, terrifying ceramic version of Nell with an amazing rack!
So, yeah, keep that in mind the next time you're congratulating yourself for never having touched a man's wiener for money.


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Let's look at the numbers. Republicans lost nine House seats, meaning that their number decreased by 3.8% compared to 2010. It also means that they have 35.5% more control than they had in 2008. Obama lost 14% of his following since 2008. There is no reason for Obama or any other Democrat to demand anything. If Obama wants change, he had better lead the way with concessions.
- 12:17 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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what part of the election are these people not getting? why do we hire these people? the voters spoke clearly there must be a balanced approach that includes increases in revenue and a reduction in the budget.
- 12:19 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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Re: ". . . time to compromise . . . ."
No, it's not.
Now that they've won the elections, it's time for action by liberals that actually has a chance of helping the economy recover from 80 years of their deranged politics.
Soaking the rich has NO chance of helping the economy. It's nothing more than liberal revenge directed at a powerless minority they hope to fleece to buy the votes they need to stay in power. A way for liberals to play Santa Claus to the rubes with other people's money.
Deep, deep cuts to deranged government overspending on useless, even harmful social programs is the only policy that has, even the slightest chance of helping the economy.
Of course, liberals have proven time and time again, they have no real intent to help the American economy.
- 12:27 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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Never thought I would say this but maybe we need to "jump off the cliff". We have become a society that is so self-entitled and has lost understanding what "wants versus needs" means that we need a wake up call. When people who have IPhones want to know if certain activities are covered under fee waivers at our schools then we need a wake up call. When our politicians, the same ones who go home and proclaim that the cause of our nation's problems is always the other guy yet they themselves were the ones casting votes in Congress we need a wake up call. When our country is split down the middle with the popular vote but our President claims he has a mandate, and our Speaker of the House says "no tax increases" then we need a wake up call. So bring on the cliff and hope our parachutes save us.
- 7:14 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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I'm inclined to think the Congress should give Obama anything/everything he
wants in regards to taxes and budget.
Let him tax the millionaires all he wants, except if he can't FIND the millionaires because they've left the country, don't be too surprised.
When consumers wind up paying $20.00 for a loaf of bread - will it be the fault of Fox news, or George Bush?
I'm afraid consumers are going to have to actually see the results of government trying to spend its way out of debt before they understand.
- 7:40 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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What needs to happen is defense spending needs to drop by 50% back to what it
was in 2002. Then tax rates need to go back up to what they were in 2002.
Obama had stated in the summer of 2011 that he would agree to cuts in Medicare, Social Security and other "Entitlement Programs" only if Republicans would agree to a 1% tax increase for those making more than $250K a year. Republican leadership were for it until the rank and file found out about the increase and boom, totally against it.
The current Republican plan is revenue neutral. That doesn't help decrease the deficit at all.
If taxes return to the level they were when Clinton left office, military spending returned to a level when Clinton left office and we enact some "Entitlement Cuts" the deficit would shrink each year.
When Clinton left office, the deficit was decreasing. Each year of the Obama presidency, spending has dropped. His first budget had a deficit of 1.8 Trillion. This included the Trillion dollar stimulus. Of which only $200 Billion was spending, the remaining $800 Billion was tax cuts. But remember Republican ads, this failed. Tax cuts failed...
- 7:41 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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Yes, yes and YES!
But will Boehner and McConnell and the rest of the GOP do it?
- 7:45 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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Did you know that there were about 500,000 more Democratic votes in House races
than Republican votes? The only reason that the House remains in Republican
hands is the gerrymandering that followed the 2010 Republican wave. The House,
Senate, and Presidency remain divided, but not because this is the will of the
As for taxes, taxes are at the lowest level in at least 50 years. As I recall, the 1950's and 1960's were times of tremendous economic growth that many look back on with wistful nostalgia. At that time, the top income tax rate was 70-90%. I certainly don't advocate returning to that, but it is ridiculous to claim that those who have succeeded to the greatest extent in America don't owe more to their country.
Obama should just let the sequester kick in, and then have a new round of negotiations with the new Congress in January. Perhaps he will be able to deal with a more rational group then. I don't think that the lack of rational thinking (and ability to do arithmetic) that was evidenced by the right's inability to comprehend polls is limited to polling. It extends to economic matters too.
- 8:35 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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Git 'er done, boys
- 8:50 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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If "compromise" is code for give in and let the Democrats destroy this country then, I say, "No way! It is not going to happen! Not now, not ever!"
- 9:18 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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I always have to laugh when I hear that rich people will leave the country if we raise their taxes a little bit. There is nowhere else in the developed world in which it's better to be rich than the U.S. Where would they move? They could pay less taxes if they moved to Somalia, or Uganda, or Paraguay, but you really wouldn't want to live there. If they moved anywhere else in the developed world they would pay more in taxes and end up with less money.
- 9:30 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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I'm not sure we have enough good people in Congress to achieve anything worthwhile yet. Batten down the hatches.
- 10:24 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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Procuradorfiscal has made one of the most correct statements ever printed in
these comment sections. The left-wing is determined to spend this Country into
bankruptcy. Unfortunately, this election proves that the majority of the
gullible public has fallen for leftist propaganda.
How can so much of the public be so foolish? Indeed, the call for compromise is nothing more than an acceptance of the idea of welfare statism.
We cannot capitulate to the effort to destroy the America we know. There can be no compromise with foolishness and idiocy.
- 10:24 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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I don't even know where to start. Mike Richards -- You look at numbers of House seats when you're talking about Rs and then percentage of people voting when you're talking about Ds. That's apples or oranges. You do realize that Republicans also lost a percentage of their "following" too don't you? Fewer people voted. Cherry pick the worst data for Ds and the best for Rs. That's really rational. Procuradorfiscal -- the super rich are a "powerless minority"? Seriously? I guess those 10's (100's?) of millions they just spent on the last election to buy Romney the office didn't really work out very well, but I wouldn't call them powerless really. But beyond that, Obama hasn't ever said that "soaking the rich" (i.e. going back to the historically low rates they paid during the Clinton years) was all he wanted. He's agreed time and again to cuts. He repeated says "balanced" -- meaning spending cuts and tax increases for the top 2%. Reading these comments will show you how likely it is that Rs will compromise. They think that defending the "powerless" rich from a minor tax increase is a moral issue.
- 10:40 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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What is going on? A half-percent margin constitutes a "mandate".
Ask a businessman what it would take for him to hire more people. Ask him how many people he would hire if government took another 5% of his profits. Ask him how many people he would hire if the government continued to impose regulations on him that made it impossible for him to compete in the world market. Ask him how he can compete for technology dollars when paying 35% of 38% for capital gains when other INDUSTRIAL nations only charge 20% or less.
It's time to think. It's time to analyze why we have a problem. Taking money out of circulation to satisfy Obama spending "habit" will only increase the problem.
Obama's ideas about the budget were voted down 100% by a Democrat controlled Senate. Why does everyone think that the Republicans need to change when even the Democrats would not give Obama's plan even a single vote?
The problem is with Obama, who lost public support big time. His election should be seen for what it was - a complete repudiation of his policies. As Mike said, he lost 14% of his followers.
- 10:40 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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I always have to laugh when I hear that rich people will leave the country if we
raise their taxes a little bit.
The taxes on corporations have already been raised and is highest in the world,
and the corporations have left the country in the most damaging way possible to the country - with American jobs.
As a matter of utmost urgency the corporate tax needs to be severely reduced or eliminated.
Of course corporate heads may operate remotely while living in the USA; they may enjoy doing that but corporate taxes make us domestically unprofitable and American jobs held by the working people of America have been lost by the millions, or we become too much of a nation of customer service representatives and burger flippers.
- 10:53 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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Compromise with those whose actions are destroying everything our country
depends on? Never!
When an arsonist is pouring gasoline on your house with a torch in his other hand, you do not "compromise" and ask that he only pour 5 gallons of gas instead of 10 gallons. You do everything in your power to see that no gas gets poured and the the torch is extinguished immediately.
Out of control spending is what is killing our country and economy, and it must be stopped. Until the spending is stopped, no amount of taxation will ever keep us from going bankrupt, and leaving our children enslaved to China to pay off Santa's borrowing to pay for all the "free stuff" politicians have given away.
- 11:17 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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Of course it is time for Republicans to compromise. Obama has the upper hand
now, and not because of an election mandate. Just a few months ago, President
Obama wanted $800 billion in additional revenue. In January, he gets 5 trillion
in additional revenue. That deal is already done. Congress has already agreed
to it by kicking the Bush Tax Cuts can down the road and agreeing to steep
automatic spending cuts.
President Obama doesn't want 5 trillion in additional revenue. Everyone agrees the tax hike and spending cuts are too much. He has offered compromise. Boehner is smart enough to make a deal, but will struggle to keep his party's radicals in check.
- 11:47 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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If "compromise" is code for give in and let the Republicans destroy this country then, I say, "No way! It is not going to happen! Not now, not ever!"
- 11:52 a.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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"...it's time for action by liberals that actually has a chance of helping the economy recover from 80 years of their deranged politics."
Or, you could say... its only taken conservatives since 1980 to jack things up.
re: John Charity Spring
"There can be no compromise with foolishness and idiocy."
So, we should ignore Boehner & McConnell? Works for me.
- 12:32 p.m. Nov. 10, 2012
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Most of the latest batch of Stanford positions on sale came from his home in Saint Croix.
Stanford is serving a 110-year prison sentence for defrauding investors out of more than $7 billion.
The proceeds from Saturday's auction in northeastern Houston go toward those he swindled.
Bidder Marvin Bennett came to stock up on office furniture and called what he found "a great buy."
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"By [now], we could read the handwriting on the wall," Dick Landy laments in September's issue of Super Stock magazine in 1970. "It evolved to the point where there was no sense even going out to race. We just couldn't even afford to pay our crews and the fuel costs to go to the races and race under those conditions. We'd just start to get dialed-in, and, six months later, they'd change the rules, put an extra half a pound per cubic inch, or what have you." The NHRA was in a state of continual shift; officials said it was to adhere to the current trends of increasing insurance rates and federal regulations on vehicle safety and emissions, which weighed heavily on the automotive industry, slowly tightening its stranglehold on the musclecar world. This paradox of showroom cars impeding upon the racing world would cause some of the biggest players in professional auto racing to search for new, feasible alternatives.
Landy added in a candid interview with Mopar Muscle, "We kept racing, and, finally, they created Pro Stock, which was a class where all these type of cars that we had been match racing could all get together and race. So, we actually fought and lobbied to get them to create this class; they finally agreed." Racing under the newly formed Pro Stock bracket, Landy and his driving force including his brother, Mike, and team member, Bob Lambeck, piloting different makes of vehicles: a '70 Dart, two '70 Challengers, and a '70 SS/E Hemi-powered Charger, all of which were increasingly modified within the boundaries established by the ever-changing NHRA rulebook. Landy brandished one Challenger that was a C/MP competitor and another that was for AHRA Formula 1, sporting a single carburetor 426. Landy's forces were divvied up between match racing, Pro Stock, and Modified Eliminator in the '70 season, making his fleet of Dodges a force to be reckoned with.
Landy admits that "factory pressure was one thing," when it came to deciding upon the '70 Dodge Charger as the platform for his intermediate-size Super Stock entry. Landy had used second-generation Chargers before (1968 and 1969) with considerable success. The large coupes were incrementally heftier than its Coronet brethren and considerably bulkier than the competing Chevelles, 4-4-2s, GTOs, Fairlanes, and Comets. Landy's Northridge, California, team (DLI, Dick Landy Industries) were savvy to this and made amends by slightly tweaking their Chargers within the grey boundaries between the class regulations. The new-for-'70 bumper joined the hood and fenders in the acid tank, which stripped off unnecessary poundage. The decade-old trick of racers helped to shave off excessive weight from the already bulky Charger. Within the rules of the Super Stock class, suspension needed to remain all but untouched.
Maintaining the factory configuration, the engineers at DLI fabricated an extra leaf for each spring, making the Super Stock leaves count in at six and seven rather than five and six. In addition, angled shackles moved the springs inboard an additional inch. Along with the inner lip of the rear wheelwells folded in, these tweaks allowed for a wider slick to be tucked up into the factory well, since mini-tubbing was not allowed. No subframe connectors, driveshaft loops, or rollcages were allowed as they would offer additional structural stability to the unitbody design. Ordering this particular Charger with the venerable 426 elephant provided the factory-installed torque boxes, giving the big B-Body some rigidity it desperately needed. Landy did opt for the sizeable bus battery mounted in the trunk for better weight distribution, taking from the front and moving it over the rear wheels. Landy would coat the Charger in his company's signature colors and bolt on a set of polished 15-inch Cragars making the setup all but complete.
Landy says, "We ran that class and were whipping everybody, the Chevrolets and the Fords. Pretty soon [the NHRA] was letting small-blocks race big-blocks. you know, 500 and 426ci motors racing little small-block 327 Chevrolets and small-block Fords. But they had to handicap us to make it seem fair, so they kept handicapping the big-block cars continually. Literally, it almost put us out of racing at that time." To compensate for the heavy-handed handicapping system, the crew at DLI would invent one of the most important innovations to the elephant motor since cross-bolted main caps. Landy says, "We had been doing a lot work with the manifolds, the camshafts, and the headers. It appeared that to make a little change, and see an increase of 5 or 6 hp wasn't possible. We had to start playing with the cylinder heads a little bit. We had never ported and polished them, hogged them out, or done any flow work to them in the past because it wasn't legal in the handicap classes. But in Pro Stock, it was legal, and we redesigned our existing aluminum heads."
Landy's engineering team drew up a better exhaust port design along with improved headers. But what was most impressive was the advent of the dual-spark-plugs-per-cylinder cylinder head. He relates, "I picked the thing up back in Dodge engineering, something we saw and heard talked about, and it looked like it might work. So I went back home, and we sawed a bunch of cylinder heads up, and after about a month of work, we came up with a feasible way to do it economically." Landy shook the racing world when he pulled up for the first of the season. It's unknown whether this Charger officially brandished the 16-plug 426 as the engine was pulled and swapped for a 440 back in the late '70s. But other performance upgrades made by Dick Landy and his racing team include the installation of a B&M 5,000 rpm-stall torque converter, a reverse manual valvebody, line-lock, a DLI "cool can," steep 5.33 gears mounted to a spool, and dual electric fuel pumps, one dedicated to each carburetor.
Landy's '70 Charger would only race for less than seven months, finishing up the season with an all-time best of 11.29 at 124 mph-a national record for 1970. The manufacturer's statement of origin lists Landy as collecting the Charger on March 16, 1970. He didn't have it long though, as it was October 30 that same year that Sam Pannuty from Pat's Auto Sales acquired it.
It was a short time later, (March 5, 1972) that Edward Thomas would offer Sam his '69 Barracuda in trade for the retired Landy Charger. A pink slip, a set of keys, and some cash landed Ed the Hemi B-Body, and the once named "Slow Eddie" wasted little time in putting the Charger back on the track. The week of April 16, 1972, Ed would enter the Charger at Delmar, Delaware's, Super Stock Eliminator race at US 13 Dragway and win the event with an 11.55 pass. Ed would continue to compete locally with the Charger, pulling in wins in several brackets, making the moniker "Slow Eddie" nearly obsolete.
The Charger would consistently produce mid-11 times without fail, giving new-found credibility to the Hemi-powered B-Body. Ed's only alteration to the Dick Landy car was taking red paint and blocking out the famous racer's name on the doors (though keeping the DLI decals on the fenders). These cars were easily exchanged, sold, and junked during those years because of their overabundance and over consumption of an ever-decreasing commodity: gasoline.
Ed sold the Charger to a gentleman by the name of Willie Turner in 1974. He would keep the car until 1979 when health issues would ground any further race participation. During the five years Willie owned the Charger, a few alterations were made. Wanting to participate in dual classes, a factory clutch pedal assembly would be installed under the dash, while the linkage to the column-mounted automatic shifter would be disconnected and mated to an aftermarket Hurst Dual-Gate shifter. It is presumed that the Charger would bounce between SS/E and SS/EA brackets, swapping the automatic with a manual transmission regularly.
Willie sold the Charger to a young Ron Sites in early 1979. Ron had an interest in racing and had spent some of his hard-earned money for a complete Hemi that was machined and ready for assembly, but was never bolted together. Ron planned to build it for some aggressive street and regular drag racing action, and while looking for an ideal platform to do so, Ron discovered the Charger sitting in a parking lot of an apartment. Ron made several attempts to purchase the car, not fully understanding the impact of what a Dick Landy-built Hemi car was at the time. A deal was agreed upon and the Charger was taken home. he intended remove the replacement 440 (Willie proclaimed that the wedge was far less bothersome than the unusual 426 and kept the elephant for himself), and restore the B-Body to its stock appearance.
Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on your perspective, a series of events would interfere with his plans. Ron and his wife Rose had recently started their own business, an endeavor that would eat up most of their time. Years later during a move, the Charger's bumper and hood would be damaged during a towing accident. The thin skin of the Charger exaggerated the injury, making the crunch look far worse than it truly was. Soon children came, and the family's needs took precedence over restoring an aging musclecar. The Charger continued to sit idle for 27 years, collecting dust, and taking up space in their side garage. It wasn't until May of this year when Ron posted a couple pictures of the forgotten DLI Charger on dodgecharger.com that word got out about the "lost Landy Charger." The discussion board was afire with people downloading Ron's images, making comments, posting ancient articles about the '70 B-Body, and ecstatic to see the car. Ron unwittingly deployed one of the biggest bombs to the Mopar enthusiast hobby via an online chat forum.
It was decided that Ron needed to take the Charger to the '06 Chryslers at Carlisle show to see if he could get Dick Landy to authenticate the car personally. Ron had called Landy twice, wanting to pump the aging Mopar guru for information to confirm that his car was a true "Dandy Dodge." At first, Dick first argued that he never raced a '70 Charger, but with some pictures and photocopied magazine articles, his memory was quickly jostled. Dick admitted that "he had so many cars in those days that it was hard to keep count." Dick met with Ron and Rose at the Chryslers at Carlisle show and gave the Charger the "once over." Slowly, he grazed his hands over nearly every inch of the B-Body, observing the alterations made to the rear suspension, the interior, the painted-over markings, the wounded front clip, and came up with the assessment that "it looked like one of his cars," and finally gave Ron the affirmation that, yes, it was indeed his long-lost '70 Charger.
Since that time, Ron has had several offers from people wanting to get their hands on the legendary Landy machine. Ron and Rose demanded that whoever purchased the Landy Charger needed to properly restore the car back to the way it was when Dick owned it, and Bob Lambeck drove it in the '70 Pro Stock season. And trust us, Mopar Muscle will be there to cover it as it happens.
1970 Dodge Charger R/T Dandy Dick Landy Super Stock car.
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It took us a while to make sense of what we were looking at here. What you're seeing is a pedal extension for the clutch most likely to accommodate for a short driver's limited reach.The equation becomes more convoluted with the Charger's automatic shifter on the column, as well as the vintage Hurst "dual-gate" shifter mounted on the floor. Often, during this period in drag racing, cars would be swapped from manual to automatic regularly. This allowed Super Stock cars to participate in twice the amount of brackets, thus doubling their winnings potential.Since Landy raced in SS/EA, and Ed distinctly remembers the Charger using a B&M-built automatic, the dual gate and clutch pedal must have been installed during the mid-'70s.Tire rot is inevitable when a car has been sitting for that long. Tire fitment was an issue in 1970, so the upper lips of the wheelwells were tucked cleanly back or simply cut off, allowing for wider slicks to fit in the factory well.The hand-stenciled Dodge signature for Dandy's Dodges is slowly fading into oblivion. Only minor surface rust mars the sheetmetal.Tire rot is inevitable when a car has been sitting for that long. Tire fitment was an issue in 1970, so the upper lips of the wheelwells were tucked cleanly back or simply cut off, allowing for wider slicks to fit in the factory well.These were the Goodyear slicks that came with the car when it was purchased from Willie Turner in 1979. The Cragars were part of the Landy look and were one of the first things bolted onto the Charger.The Super Stock B-Body was gently rolled out onto the showgrounds for only a short time before the curious began to congregate.
The Charger's long lines looked fast and seductive, but were anything but at the race track. The recessed buttressed window, shovel-like grille, and concave rear fascia caused more drag at high speeds, causing drastic changes that resulted in the Daytona.The interior is all but perfect, with the high-back '70 buckets, black carpet, and headliner. Restoration for the interior ought to prove to be the easiest part of the impending resurrection.For nearly three decades, this is how the Landy Charger looked, nestled away in the Sites' garage. Ron and Rose had the foresight to hide the Charger from the elements in their small garage. Even though it took up space, and Ron was never able to carry out his plan of building a serious Hemi-powered Charger, they never parted with it.


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He could have fell to Mars, Venus, or GJ667Cc. I understand that he needed to be cast out of heaven, but why to Earth where he has caused more trouble? Are there any apocryphal books which describe this differently?
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This question would not have even made sense to anyone prior to Copernicus, let alone to anyone who originally heard or received this image.
When this story was first received, there would have been no other body for him to land on. The earth was the center of all, and the "wandering stars" aka other planets, were just lights in the sky.
One of the most commonly applied ruled of hermeneutics is that a text can not mean what it could not mean to the original hearers. In other words, if a lie is held widely enough, it must be addressed in terms of the lie. Our cosmology may have changed, but to the original storytellers, it was the truth.
Bear that in mind, and the answer to your question becomes obvious: there was no other place for Him to go.
The simple answer is that is was God's permissive will to send the Devil to where He placed Adam and Eve in the garden.
If Adam was on Mars then the Devil would have been sent there. So the answer is similar to 'Why did God create the tree?' 'Why did God allow sin?' 'Why did God not turn the Devil into jelly-beans?' 'Why did God not prevent the temptation of Eve?' All such questions have the same answer
Sometimes when we have no clear reason why something happened, we can see the purpose in its effects. The initial effects of the Devil and his minions being cast upon the earth and expelled from the spiritual realm of God's throne in heaven seems contrary to God's will. The result is that man was tempted and fell under his power. The result was that sin had filled the world (not Mars) under his malice and control, so that now the world is completely flooded with mutual hatred, strife, envy, lust, anger, pride, fierceness, and rage, against one another; all which are the direct result of his being cast down and set free to temp Eve. The result is that man learned to hate God. Clearly this was not God's true will only His permissive will. Yet God's set the boundaries of many agents of free will to be used to work out His higher purposes of Grace.
What is the true result of this great and terrible thing? What is the result of sin multiplied by sin until each generation would be under Noah's flood if God did not hold back His anger? The answer is that the more sin and hatred of God increased the more exceeding and praiseworthy is the glory of God shining brighter through it! HOW? In its total annihilation of sin and destruction and the redemption of the lost God haters, for which Jesus died!
In fact the reason for 'everything' even though it seems things went terribly wrong, is that it is according to God's pleasure and perfect will, intentional and permissive will. This does not excuse the sinfulness of sin or Gods will that none should sin, it only admits God knew every sin that man would ever commit and planned to provide atonement by the death of His Son, before the world was created. God does not live in time, so whatever happens tomorrow is no more distant than what happened before he fell. This includes choosing the location f where the Devil will live and how much power he is garneted.
Ephesians 1:3-6 is a typical verse declaring this truth, which has always been the position of great theologians:
Notice everything was known 'before the creation' and that everything was done to the 'praise of his glorious grace'. Now I take these verses to mean that mankind's understanding and experience of God's grace, goodness and love, which can only lead us to praise and experience that grace, is at a 'higher realm' after the fall and salvation of mankind in Christ, then if there was no fall at all.
I found a quote by Martin Luther on the exact same question and he seems to have held the same view I propose:
Martin Luther, Calvin, John Owen, Jonathan Edwards, etc. all held this view. Talking about God not wanting 'robots', is rather silly by comparison. It's a man center view and fairly earthly.
Subject likes this must be resolved into God's own good pleasure and grace, we can only have faith like the Apostle:
In Biblical cosmetology, "Heaven" is the sky, and "Earth" is the ground. Naturally, anything that falls from the sky is going to hit the ground.
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I love taking BBQ and cooking classes. Its terrific to learn a new technique, recipe or method. I enjoy teaching them as well. In the spring I'll be announcing our first ever full competition class. If you would like to be notified when the class is shoot me an email. Until then check out some of these terrific classes that are upcoming and ongoing. A terrific gift to give or if you have been really good this year maybe Santa will send you to one!
Earlier this week I attended my first class at the Healthy Butcher on whole hog butchering. It was a really informative class that I enjoyed thoroughly. They hold classes throughout the year in Toronto. Check out their website or more details. Please note their classes sell out uber fast so don't delay in signing up.
Prices for class range from $55.00 to $125.00
The Culinary Adventure Company holds classes and adventures throughout the year in Toronto and the GTA. Lots of fun from foraging for mushrooms to making a beautiful Paella. Check out their new classes for 2012 in January. There is sure to be something for everyone! Also if you purchase a gift certificate before January 6 10% will be donated to Second Harvest.
Prices for their classes range from $50 & up
Kelly Wertz from 4 Legs Up BBQ and Catering company is a multi Grand Champion and Jack Daniels winner. HE teaches throughout the year at various locations.
World Champion – 4 Legs Up BBQ
"The Art and Science of Competition BBQ"
A BBQ Competition Class
Class Schedule
Lake Havasu, AZ January 26th & 27th 2012
Marshalltown IA, March 22nd & 23rd 2012
Great Bend, KS, February 17th and 18th
Arvada, CO. March 2nd & 3rd 2012
Prices for the class are $500.00 per person.
Lotta Bull BBQ
Pitmaster Mike Davis
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Tired of gambling away your entry fees? Ready to make that money count? If so, than we invite you to register for the upcoming Lotta Bull "U" Competition Cooking Class. Let 4-time American Royal Grand Champion, 6-time World Champion, Mike Davis, show you his expertise, and how we've accomplished so much on the BBQ Circuit.
We are holding this event at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, OK Exit 1 on I-35. We are only 70 miles from DFW Airport or Love Field in Dallas. We encourage you to bring your RV or trailer and stay overnight at the WinStar RV Park. If you are new to WinStar, you can get a Player's Club card at check-in and receive the first night free. If you want to stay over Saturday night it is only $20. There are several hotels within 10 miles of the casino. Check out the links below for more info:
WinStar World Casino RV Park
WinStar World Casino Hotel
Winstar World Casino February 17 – 18, 2012
Cost for the class is $600.00 per person Spouses attend for free plus there is $50.00 discount if you register before midnight December 31.
Swamp Boys BBQ with pitmaster Rub Bagby
February 10 & 11 Winter Haven Florida
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Price for the class is $500.00 per person
February 10-11, 2012 Sperry, OK
Instructed by: Donny and Cindy Teel
Each person attending will have to sign a wavier on Friday before the class begins
Download the Registration Form
Have you ever wanted to try your hand at BBQ Cooking Contests, but didn't know where or how to start? Then this is the place for you. This is the opportunity for you to learn what it takes to compete in big time Contest Cooking.
Key Benefits
- Learn from Active Competitors
- Small class sizes
- Learn from a Multiple time Grand Champion
Cost: $500 a person/$150 if you bring spouse
William "Bubba" Latimer Pitmaster
Bub-Ba-Q cook class February 11 & 12 2012 held at Stump's Smokers
This class will cover all aspects of competition cooking as done by Bub-Ba-Q. It will cover meat selection, meat prep, flavor profiles, some recipes and various techniques used. Bub-Ba-Q will provide enough product for teaching purposes and some extra for hands on learning, product will not be supplied to every student. You may choose to bring your own cooker and food to cook as you learn. The class involves the use of fire, cooking fuels and other possible dangerous items and it is your responsibility to act in a responsible and safe manner.
Details of the class on their website.
Cost of class: $550.00 per person
David Bouska Pitmaster
Their January class has already sold out but there are sure to be more opportunities in 2012. Make sure you sign up for the next one!
Beginner cooks and those already in the Professional Ranks, are you in need of that last bit of knowledge to take you to the elite cooker status? If so, this will be the class to take.
Butcher BBQ has received over 100 top 10 calls, with 68 being top 5 and 24 being 1st place – all during the 2011 Team of the Year race.
You will want to be in Chandler, Oklahoma on January 20-21, 2012 for a class that will consist of a complete competition cook hosted by Butcher BBQ. We will start Friday at 1pm and go over purchasing, trimming, and prepping competition meats. Supper will be provided Friday evening and the class will start back up Saturday morning with everything that happens on turn in day. We will go thru as close to turn in times as possible, answering all questions as we go. All cooking will be done on a FEC100 and a pellet grill.
Cost for the class is $500. Spouses may attend for an additional $250. Teammates and other relatives not eligible for the spouse rate. Seating is limited to allow for complete class participation and is on a first come, first serve basis.
Buster Rhinos Southern BBQ
Darryl Koster Pitmaster
Buster Rhino's Southern BBQ Ribs Class
Take our BBQ Ribs Class and learn how to cook Southern Style ribs at home. During this 4-5 hour course you will prepare and cook ribs on our Southern Pride Smoker and be able to bring them home for dinner. You will have open access to our knowledge and many of our secrets to making ribs in the Southern BBQ Tradition of "Low and Slow" cooking. Participants will learn:
- How to pick the right ribs
- Use of rubs, sauces and spices
- How to prepare ribs for your BBQ, smoker or oven
- Preparing your BBQ for the cooking process
- Understanding the process of what happens during cooking
- Tips, tricks and techniques used by BBQ professionals
- 2 racks of raw ribs and materials to prepare •
- A booklet highlighting everything you learned in class plus more! •
(Additional racks of ribs available at market rates)
COST: $85.00 per person
Sign up at Buster Rhino's Whitby location only. Payment must be received to confirm your spot (cash, debit, credit card). Refunds are available 14 days prior to start of course.
This class is limited to 16 spots and fills very quickly (we consider full 12 if at all possible).
Rob Reinhart Pitmaster
Harry Soo Pitmaster
Learn hands-on cooking 9 items side-by-side with Harry on gas grills, gas smokers, Weber Kettles, and Weber WSM (R2D2 or Bullet) smokers
Find out about the secrets of competition BBQ to apply in your backyard cooking (temperatures, meat placement, foiling, mopping, sprays, schemers, glazes, sauces, etc.)
Hear Harry's philosophy on smoke, woods, low-n-slow, and spices
Sat, Mar 17, 2012
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
Cost per person is $349.00
Harry Soo
Rod Gray pitmaster
March 2nd & 3rd, 2012
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VFW Post #846
8804 Grant Street, Overland Park, Kansas 66212
Rod and Sheri Gray of Pellet Envy have created a one of a kind competition cooking instructional event. The 2009 KCBS Team of the Year Champions and 2010 KCBS TOY Runner-Up, and one of the most successful team in competition barbecue, we will share every detail of their competitive cooking style, including the complete and exact recipes used in competition every weekend. ? Concentration on the four main KCBS categories – Chicken, Ribs, Pork & Brisket ? Complete contest simulated on our Jambo traditional offset pit ? Every detail of our award winning cooking program discussed in depth ? Meat quality, selection, and detailed information on brisket aging will be addressed ? Revealing techniques to allow the cook to achieve consistent, repeatable results ? Providing proven presentations to achieve the best possible scores ? Taste all four competition categories prepped and cooked in this class
Cost per person is $500.00
Jacks Old South
Myron Mixon Pitmaster
March 23rd to 25th, 2012 – NOW OPEN
Jack's Old South Cooking School will be held at my home in Unadilla, Georgia.
There will be a meet and greet dinner on Friday March 23rd at night, and the class starts at 9:00am on Saturday, March 24th with Whole Hog. We'll then move on to Ribs, Chicken, Brisket, and Pork.
The class will end on Sunday, March 25th at 3:00pm. The school will be run as close as possible to a contest format. So, come over to my house and let's cook a little Q! See you there!
Cost per person for the cooking school $750.00
BBQ Memories Class
January 13th – 15th, 2012
In a time less complicated, when men barbecued out of necessity more than out of desire, BBQing was a way of life. It wasn't done because of competitions or to be the next food trend, it was done to be able to feed families, large ones, cheaply. The cheapest meat on a farm was pork. This class will cover what my Dad, Jack Mixon, first taught me about BBQ, and that was open pit cooking. I have constructed an identical replica of my family's original masonry pits and fire barrel. I'll cover selection of woods and starting of fires with lightered knots in the traditional manner. You'll go with me to my meat purveyor, Elmer Yoder, Yoder's Butcher Block, to select our whole hog, shoulders and ribs. Not only will we be doing open pit cooking , but we will also be preparing traditional South Georgia side dishes from start to finish, including Brunswick stew, cole slaw, potato salad, and homemade desserts.
We'll load the fire barrel and shovel coals all night, listening to grease sizzle on the embers, as it fills the air with aromas from days gone by. When the cooking is finished and the sides prepared, dinner on the grounds will begin. Fellowship, knowledge, and good food will have been shared.
Because this will be a more intimate setting than my other classes, I'm only taking 15 guests. This is not a competition class. You'll be learning a method of cooking that's is almost forgotten. If you love nostalgia and home cooking, join me January 13th – 15th, 2012.
Cost per person for the Memories class $1500.00
Chris Hart
Chris Hart 2012 Competition Cooking Class
Chris Hart Pitmaster
I'll be teaching the competition bbq program that won the 2009 Jack Daniels World Championship, 4 time NEBS team of the year, and over 30 KCBS Grand Championships.
The same program I taught in two classes last season which resulted in many students moving on to win multiple Grand Championships.
References available.
The class will be held in Hopkinton, Mass at an indoor facility on:
Saturday Feb 18, 2012 5-10pm
Sunday Feb 19, 2012 7am-2pm
We'll follow the same timeline as a KCBS competition. I give up 100% exactly what I do in competition and cover many general tips and philosophies that will help you win contests.
If you would like to enroll in the class please contact Jamie Hart: email@example.com
Price per person is 425.00
Tarheel SMokers
Roy and Gay Murray Pitmasters
January 13th & 14 2012
We will take 20 paid entries only for this class and the entry fee is $750 and includes your spouse if they would like to come. If you are interested please let us know by emailing us at email@example.com and we will send you more info and an application
Cost is $750.00
Plowboys BBQ
Todd Johns Pitmaster
Todd will be teaching his competition class at the NBBQA conference in San Diego CA February 25 2012. Information and details can be found under their conference registration.
Cost per person is $400.00
Todd will be teaching his competition class at Freds Tasty Licks BBQ Supply March 10,11, 2012
Brought to you by Fred's Music & Tasty Licks BBQ Supply in Shillington, Pa.
Join the 2009 American Royal Invitational Champion for an event that is sure to change the way you cook. All aspects of competition cooking will be covered including chicken, pork ribs, pork shoulder, and brisket. Various smokers will be used in the class including Big Green Eggs and pellet pits. Pitmaster Todd Johns will walk through setup, cook temps, timing, rack position, cleaning and maintenance for all cookers used in the class. Competition meat choice, prep, and presentation will be covered in detail. The class is geared for competition cooks, home cooks and caterers. There is something for everyone.Since established in 2001, Todd's team, Pork Pullin' Plowboys, has earned nearly 350 BBQ awards including 17 grand championships, 13 reserve grand championships, 10 reserve championships, dozens of first place category finishes, Chest to Chest National Brisket championship, Butt to Butt National Pork Championship, Show Me State championship, and the Big Green Egg Scramble championship. Cooks on the 2011 American Royal Open Grand Championship and Reserve Grand Championship teams attended Todd's classes in prior to the 2011 season. Multiple Grand Championships, Reserve Grand Championships, 180's (perfect scores), and other top finishes have been earned by teams after taking Todd's classes. Three 180's were earned in 2011 for brisket alone using several techniques and ingredients learned from the class.
Cost per person is $450.00
Smokin' Triggers
Johnny Trig Pitmaster
January 3 & 4 full competition class- seating is limited to 20ppl. Call 1-877-828-0727 for more details. Presented by Big Poppas Smokers.
Cost per person is $600.00


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McCOY, Vickie A., 54, of Steubenville, died Friday, November 29, 2013, at Trinity West.
She was born January 29, 1959, in Steubenville, the daughter of Barbara Grauer McCoy of Steubenville and the late Edmund McCoy.
Vickie was retired from the Steubenville Kroger's and a member of Triumph of the Cross Catholic Church.
Surviving are two sons, Gary McCoy of Steubenville and David Morehouse of Columbus; one daughter, Jessica "Jesse" Morehouse (fiance, Daniel Scheider) of Steubenville; one brother, John McCoy of Steubenville; and one granddaughter, Zoey Scheider.
Calling hours are Monday 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the Mosti Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel, 4435 Sunset Blvd.
A Funeral Liturgy with Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Name Cathedral, Fr. Thomas Nau, celebrant Fr. Jack McCoy concelebrant.
Burial at Ft. Steuben Burial Estates. There will be a vigil service 7:45 p.m. Monday.
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7 Pieces of Good News Nobody Is Reporting
We recently pointed out that the news media has a filtering process that only lets the bad stuff through. When they do break up the monotony with something lighthearted, it's always something pointless and inconsequential, like that thing last week with the monkey that learned to fly a helicopter.
But there actually is good news out there -- on some of the big issues of the day, no less. For instance, did you know ...
#7. The Gulf of Mexico Is Almost at Its Pre-Spill Health Levels
The Deepwater Spill was bad, obviously. Only a puddin'-headed crapwad or Fox News environmental news correspondent would tell you otherwise. But as bad as it was, as horrifically terrible as it was, the spill could have been much, much worse. For example, had the spill occurred in April 2011 rather than April 2010, a change in ocean currents would have carried the oil to the Florida Keys within a week and East Coast girls would be making politically charged statement jewelry out of their oil blob souvenirs as we speak.
The Good News
The Gulf is recovering way faster than anyone thought it would. Like, Blanche Devereaux fast, if you know what we mean.
Via Bossip.com
Aaaaah yeah.
And the better news is that what could have happened with the Gulf oil spill didn't.
Now, before anyone has a finger equivalent of a heart attack while pounding out comments below, we're not saying the Gulf of Mexico is in fantastic shape. Please, do not try to raise your children or grow organic food in the Gulf of Mexico. It's just not ready yet. What we are saying is that the Gulf, which was not in fighting shape to begin with, is almost back to where it was before the spill. And nobody, not even the BP guys who caused the spill in the first place, thought it would get there so fast.
First, let's recap: the spill occurred on April 20, 2010. By the time the gusher was capped on July 15, 2010, 205 million gallons of oil were emancipated from their well hole, making this the largest oil spill (that wasn't intentionally caused by Iraqi military forces) in history.
Via PBS.org
One year after the disaster, over three dozen scientists took a big-picture assessment of the Gulf. They surveyed everything from the sea floor to different categories of wildlife to the beaches themselves, and the grade they ended up with was a 68 out of 100. So, a "D," which isn't anything to write home about. Unless the grade right before the spill was only a 71, which it was.
It turns out the Gulf wasn't doing spectacularly to begin with, thanks to overfishing, oil drilling, hurricanes and toxic runoff from the Mississippi, but we're not going to talk about that, because this article is only about good news. We're also not going to talk about dead dolphins or the tar balls that are still popping up, because, seriously. Not today.
"I wuv you!"
What we will talk about is how no one expected fish, crab and shrimp catches to be average compared to past years or that oil chomping microbes would go to town feeding on our disaster. And more importantly, the Loop Current that was on track to carry the oil to the Florida Keys just broke. As in, it broke off into a big swirly hilariously named Franklin Eddy, which unexpectedly contained the oil in a tidy circle of cool. We'd like to think of Franklin as a bongo-playing beat poet who doesn't have to play by your current rules, maaan.
Had it not been for Franklin, the oil would have hit the Keys and made its way up the East Coast, and there wouldn't have been a whole lot we could have done to stop it. Thanks to Franklin, which no longer exists, much of the Florida coast was spared from the oil altogether. Here is an artist's rendition of Franklin Eddy doing his thing, made in July 2010:
"Be boop skish be dooooo."
#6. The Good News About AIDS
Most of us can remember when getting HIV was an automatic death sentence. No matter how much money you had, no matter where you lived, no matter what treatments you could get your hands on -- it didn't matter. If your mom, boyfriend, blood transfusion or heroin needle gave you HIV, that was it. Not only were you on your way to an early grave, but also the rest of your short life was pretty much going to be the plot of a horror movie.
The Good News
Today's HIV patients can expect to live decades past their diagnoses thanks to antiretroviral drugs, and contracting HIV, though a bitch, is not the death sentence it once was. Even more important, the global rate of new HIV infections has declined by 25 percent since 2001.
In the United States, antiretroviral drugs have reduced the number of mother-to-child transmissions dramatically: according to the CDC, there were only 13 AIDS diagnoses among children in 2009, compared to 195 in 1999 and 896 in 1992. The best news of all is that these strides aren't limited to the Western world -- not by a long shot. South Africa, for example, just announced that they've had a 96.5 percent success rate in preventing the transmission of HIV from infected mothers to their babies. In India, the rate of new HIV infections fell by 50 percent over the last 10 years. The AIDS mortality rate in China has diminished by 64 percent, even though this is a country where discussing HIV is about as acceptable as discussing sexing your sister. Overall, the U.N. says that between 2001 and 2010, the number of low- and middle-income patients with access to antiretroviral drugs has increased 22-fold.
On the downside, we have no treatment for this.
Certainly, AIDS is still not a disease that anybody is clamoring to get, and without medication it will kill you in less time that it takes to live down the stigma of making an AIDS joke. Yet right now, at this very moment, there are young adults walking around, getting jobs, going to school, starting families, totally healthy(ish), who have had HIV their entire lives.
Even more amazing, there are a few people who got their HIV diagnosis back before it was even called HIV, and are still kicking it today. David Patient, for example, was diagnosed with HIV back in 1983, and was given six months to live. Today you book him to berate you for complaining about your allergies and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Via DavidPatient.com
And then he does yoga at you until you black out.
#5. The Antarctic Ozone Hole Is Shrinking
For over 20 years now, we've heard nothing but despair and horror about the chasm at the bottom of the Earth. Since its discovery in 1985, we've been so worried about ozone depletion letting in cancer rays that in 1987 we actually collaborated with our MORTAL ENEMIES to figure out what to do about the thing. And guess what? All that fear mongering and unprecedented levels of international cooperation worked.
Via FoxNews.com
Ronald Reagan, moments before receiving his Russian bride, as per tradition.
The Good News
Just like our reserve of gaping-hole jokes that don't involve yo' mama, the hole in the ozone layer is steadily shrinking every year.
You remember the hole in the ozone layer, right? It's not so much a "hole" as it is a thinning. Imagine the Earth was wrapped in a 15-mile-thick Snuggie, and every spring the Snuggie got dangerously sparse on the butt of the planet, exposing said butt and therefore the rest of the Earth to danger rays. Also, imagine that it was our own fault that the Snuggie was thinning, like we were deliberately shaving off layers of flannel goodness so we could have refrigerators and ACs.
The thing about what we will now call the holezone (for brevity) is that it fluctuates wildly every year, so until recently scientists have had a difficult time keeping tabs on it. In 2006, for example, the holezone was fat-twins-on-motorcyles huge:
Via NASA
... while the holezone recorded in 2007 was the skinny version of John Goodman in comparison:
Via Science Daily
And like a cancer-causing Baby Bear, 2008's was somewhere in the middle:
Via Science Daily
So, even though the production of ozone-depleting CFCs was globally phased out, the ozone hole is still shrinking and expanding like a fat, killer Slinky. Now for the good news: Australian scientists have accounted for the numbers behind the fluctuations, which are apparently all about a natural weather phenomenon called dynamical forcing. Take away the weather-driven ozone swings and you still have a hole in the ozone layer, but one that has shrunk by 15 percent since its peak in the '90s.
Even better, the hole has shrunk consistently every year, which hopefully means the ozone will be back to its pre-1980 conditions sooner than 2060, as previously predicted. So, good news for the planet. Bad news for all you heartless sunscreen moguls out there.
"What? Why are you all looking at me?"
#4. Traffic Fatalities Are Insanely Low Now
If you count yourself among the tens of people who still catch the nightly news, you are no doubt hyperaware of what a death wish driving can be. In the absence of homicide, white women getting kidnapped or squirrels caught water-skiing, local newscasters automatically default to the traffic death of the day to fill airtime.
"Now, Jan, I can see from your expression that there were fatalities ... Jan?"
Once you throw in the dangers of texting, cellphones, the army of Alzheimery elderly drivers hitting the road and goobers employing sex toys while driving, some of us are probably better off just hitching up the ol' horse and buggy that's been sitting in the garage for, oh, 100 years now.
The Good News
Despite everything we've heard about how cars are suicidemobiles, traffic fatalities are actually at the lowest they've been since 1949.
Back when cars were designed specifically for murder.
But don't be too quick to pat yourself on the back, Speedy Wrongzalez. It's not our too-good-to-be-true driving skills that are keeping us alive, it's the safer cars that are doing the job. And it doesn't hurt that drunk drivers are now the moral equivalents of Nazi war criminals and people who go without seat belts are the sympathizing Brazilians who willingly harbored them. As for driving texters, they might as well kill themselves with a machete slice to the gut, as far as the court of public opinion is concerned. So, yeah, you might say that this is one case where stupid PSAs have done the exact job they were meant to do.
Either way, it's been 60 years since we've had it so good on the road. Suck on that, 1950s.
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WINTERSVILLE - The halls of the former Bantam Ridge Elementary School were full of smiling faces again as an open house for the Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District, Ohio State University Extension and Jefferson County Farm Bureau was held Friday.
"Welcome to our new home," were the words on the lips of the staff of the three organizations represented.
State Rep. Jack Cera, D-Bellaire, was on hand to present the Jefferson County Farm Bureau with a certificate for its many significant contributions to the area received at the 94th-annual Ohio Farm Bureau Federation convention. The organization received a gold award in the public policy category, silver in the organizational category and recognition for recycling and property rights project.
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NEW HOME — An open house to mark recent office moves of the Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District, Jefferson County Farm Bureau and Ohio State University Extension was held Friday at their new headquarters in the former Bantam Ridge Elementary School. Among those taking part in the event were, from left, Maggie Corder, Jefferson County watershed coordinator; Owen Lenkner, Natural Resource Service district conservationist; and Wendee Zadanski, natural resources specialist. Tote bags, information on all three groups, pens, a snack table and door prizes were part of the event that had the halls crowded at times.
Esther McCoy
AWARD — The Jefferson County Farm Bureau received congratulations from state Rep. Jack Cera, D-Bellaire, left, for achieving a gold award in public policy, silver award in the organizational category and recognition for its recycling and property rights projects at the Ohio Farm Bureau 94th annual meeting in Columbus. Cera presented the certificate to Dave Boring, president of the county farm bureau at the open house held for the three organization now located at the former Bantam Ridge Elementary School. An open house was held Friday.
"Agriculture is the backbone of our country and all those associated with the Jefferson County Farm Bureau are to be applauded for their work representing a lasting investment in the community," he said.
The certificate was presented to Dave Boring, president of the bureau. Janene Smith is administrative secretary at the newly located office.
Owen Lenkner, Natural Resources Service district conservationist, was one of the many visitors to see the Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation office in its new location. Welcoming guests were Irene Ann Moore, district administrator. and her staff.
The three organizations had been located in different locations until earlier this fall, when they made a move that officials hope will make it easier to coordinate services.
Maggie Corder, watershed coordinator; Wendee Zadanski, natural resource specialist; and Brandon Andresen, water quality coordinator, were greeting those arriving to see the new headquarter.
The Ohio State University Extension office had information on 4-H. Janine Yeske, 4-H youth development; Katrina Belininger, program assistant; and Sarah Cross, agriculture and natural resources educator were welcoming guests to their office.
Members of 4-H attended the open house and 4-H brochures were out on a table, inviting other youth in the county to join the organization.
Santa Claus paid a visit to the open house to the delight of the youngsters.


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How to Prepare Your Toddler for Separation
More than anything else, your own attitude can help your child to overcome her fear. Your confidence will increase your toddler's confidence. Your cheerfulness will help reduce her tears. Your fearlessness will help her let go of her own fears. Your encouragement will heighten her sense of competence.
Besides projecting an air of confidence, you can take a number of other steps that might be effective in easing your toddler's separation anxiety even before you step out the door:
- Play peek-a-boo or hide and seek often with your toddler. Games of disappearance and reappearance will help strengthen your child's grasp of "object constancy." They provide concrete evidence that you can "go away," but you will always come back.
- Let your toddler know how much you love her and will miss her while you're away. When you return, praise your child's courage. Tell her how proud you are of her, how brave she was, and again how much you love her.
- Acknowledge and, as much as you can, try to ease your toddler's fears and sadness. (Though your child will still be afraid, your efforts may reduce the intensity and duration of her fear.)
- Plan special activities for your babysitter and your toddler and then let your child know how much fun she'll have while you're gone.
- Ask your babysitter to take your child out to your child's favorite park or playground before you leave. It may be easier for your child to leave you than to have you leave her. (Be sure to let your child know that you won't be there when she comes back from the park. This could be an unwelcome surprise.)
- Make good use of the electronic babysitter. Videotape yourself reading one of your toddler's favorite books or singing some favorite songs. Your (human) babysitter can play them while you're away.
- If it's not bedtime—or beyond—when you return, plan a special activity that you will do with your child as soon as you get home. Let your toddler know your plan in advance.
- Make sure that your first few outings apart from your child are short ones (no more than an hour). This will give your toddler a chance to get used to the idea that you can go away and come back relatively quickly. As your toddler gets more used to the idea—if not more comfortable with it—you can gradually increase the time you stay away.
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Parenting a Preschooler and Toddler, Too © 1997 by Keith M. Boyd, M.D., and Kevin Osborn. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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MANSFIELD, Geraldine "Gerry" Ruth, 94, of Hopedale, passed from this life into the arms of Jesus on Saturday, September 8, 2012.
Gerry was born November 9, 1917, in Greenville, PA, the daughter of Charles and Dorothy Lewis Houten.
She leaves behind her husband of 65 years, Dean; daughter, Cheryl of Cape Canaveral, Fla.; nephew and niece Kevin and Mary Ann Hamilton of Latrobe, Pa.; and her caregiver and friend, Ruth Lemley.
She was preceded in death by her sister, and brother-in-law, Shirley and Emmett Hamilton.
Gerry graduated from Hopedale High School in 1935. After attending beauty school in Steubenville, she opened Gerry's Beauty Shop in Hopedale, which she operated for 40 years. After retiring, she and her husband lived part of each year in Florida.
She was a member of the Hopedale United Presbyterian Church. She was very grateful for the care and attention she received during her final days at Harrison Community Hospital and through Charity Hospice.
A private family service will be held at a later date.
Those who wish to honor her memory may do so by contributing to the American Lung Association or Charity Hospice.
Arrangements entrusted to Dunlope-Shorac Funeral Home, Wintersville, OH.
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CNN cited the American Immigration Council's recent report ...
The Economic Blame Game: U.S. Unemployment is Not Caused by Immigration
Today, on Capitol Hill, Congressmen Steve King and Lamar Smith will host a forum on the impact of "illegal immigration on American jobs." Panelists will likely attempt to draw a direct correlation between U.S. immigration policy and unemployment, just as they do with all other domestic issues including the environment, security and health care. As in the past, their solution is deportation, their tactic is division, their position is the status quo, and their plans neither help American workers or solve our immigration crisis. The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) has developed the following fact check to further debunk claims that U.S. unemployment is caused by immigration.
The United States is currently experiencing its highest unemployment levels in a generation, and far too many Americans are desperate to find steady work. In the midst of our economic insecurity, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano recently argued that now is the time to move forward with comprehensive immigration reform which includes a pathway to legal status for unauthorized immigrants already in the country. Some commentators, understandably, are questioning whether this is really the best time economically to move forward with comprehensive reform. Many of Napolitano's critics are calling instead for increased immigration enforcement and stepped up deportations of unauthorized immigrants. Although it might seem that subtracting 8.3 million unauthorized immigrant workers from the labor force would automatically improve job prospects for the 15.7 million Americans who are now unemployed, the fact is that employment is not a "zero sum" game. Mass deportation is not the solution to the nation's unemployment problem.
- The notion that unemployed natives could simply be "swapped" for employed unauthorized immigrants is not valid economically. In reality, native workers and immigrants workers are not easily interchangeable.
- Even if unemployed native workers were willing to travel across the country or take jobs for which they are overqualified, that is hardly a long-term strategy for economic recovery.
- Removing millions of unauthorized workers, taxpayers, and consumers from our fragile economy would only make matters worse.
- Legalizing unauthorized workers would benefit the economy by increasing tax revenues and consumer spending.
There is no direct correlation between the presence of recent immigrants and unemployment levels at the regional, state, or county level.
- If immigrants really "took" jobs away from large numbers of native-born workers, especially during economic hard times, then one would expect to find high unemployment rates in those parts of the country with large numbers of immigrants—especially immigrants who have come to the United States recently and, presumably, are more willing to work for lower wages and under worse conditions than either long-term immigrants or native-born workers. Yet there is little apparent relationship between recent immigration and unemployment rates at the regional, state, or county level.
- Locales with high unemployment rates do not necessarily have large numbers of recent immigrants, and locales with many recent immigrants do not necessarily have high unemployment rates.
- Recent immigrants comprise 8.4% of the population in the Pacific region (California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii), but only 2.8% of the population in the East North Central region (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin). Yet these two regions have nearly the same unemployment rate: 10.8 % in the Pacific region and 10.0% in the East North Central region.
- Recent immigrants are 7.3% of the population in New Jersey, but only 0.8% of the population in Maine. Yet unemployment rates in both states are almost identical: 8.3% in New Jersey and 8.1% in Maine.
- On average, recent immigrants comprise 3.1% of the population in counties with the highest unemployment rates (over 13.4%). But recent immigrants account for a higher share of the population (4.6%) in counties with the lowest unemployment rates (below 4.8%).
- The highest unemployment rates are found in counties located in manufacturing centers and rural areas—which tend to have relatively few recent immigrants. Recent immigrants usually go where the jobs are: metropolitan and non-manufacturing counties where unemployment rates are lower.
Recent immigrants do not account for high unemployment rates among minorities.
- States and metropolitan areas with the highest shares of recent immigrants in the labor force do not necessarily have the highest unemployment rates among native-born blacks, whites, Hispanics, or Asians.
- In the 10 states with the highest shares of recent immigrants in the labor force, the average unemployment rate for native-born blacks is about 4 percentage points less than in the 10 states with the lowest shares of recent immigrants.
- In Maine, recent immigrants are only 1% of the labor force, while in California they are 8% of the labor force. Yet native-born blacks in California have an unemployment rate that is about 3 percentage points lower than native-born blacks in Maine.
- In the 10 metropolitan areas with the highest shares of recent immigrants in the labor force, the unemployment rate for native-born blacks is about 1.5 percentage points less than in the 10 metropolitan areas with the lowest share of recent immigrants.
- Recent immigrants are 17% of the labor force in Miami, but only 3% of the labor force in Cleveland. Yet the unemployment rate for native-born blacks in Cleveland is double that of native-born blacks in Miami.
Native-born workers and recent immigrant workers are different and not easily interchangeable.
- Nearly one-third (30.6%) of all employed recent immigrants had a bachelor's degree or more education in 2008 and were unlikely to be in the same job markets as unemployed natives, of whom only 14.1% had a bachelor's degree or more education.
- Over one-quarter (27.4%) of all unemployed natives had some college short of a bachelor's degree in 2008 and were unlikely to be in the same job markets as employed recent immigrants, of whom only 14.4% had some college short of a bachelor's degree.
Even among workers without a high-school diploma, unemployed natives and employed recent immigrants differ in location, occupation, and work experience.
- At the end of 2008, there were approximately 1.7 million unemployed natives without a high-school diploma, and 2.3 million employed recent immigrants without a high-school diploma. It might be tempting to think that if 2.3 million immigrants were to leave the country, those 1.7 million Americans would have jobs. However, this argument is overly simplistic. The differences between these two groups in terms of where they live, their job experience, and their age show that they are far from being substitutes for one another.
They live in different parts of the country
- The largest share (26.9%) of all employed recent immigrants without a high-school diploma lived in the Pacific states of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington in 2008. But the largest share (18.9%) of unemployed natives without a high-school diploma lived in the East North Central states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
They work in different occupations
- The largest share (26.4%) of employed recent immigrants without a high-school diploma worked in construction and extraction occupations in 2008. But the largest share (23.5%) of unemployed natives without a high-school diploma had no occupation because they were "new entrants" to the labor market.
They differ in years of work experience
- The largest share (42.1%) of employed recent immigrants without a high-school diploma was 25-34 years old in 2008; meaning that they probably had several years of work experience. But the largest share (60.8%) of unemployed natives without a high-school diploma was 16-24 years old; meaning that they probably had very little, if any, work experience.
Mass deportation is expensive and harmful to the economy.
- A policy designed to deport approximately 10 million undocumented immigrants would cost at least $206 billion over five years, or $41.2 billion annually, according to a study by the Center for American Progress. By way of comparison, the total budget for DHS in FY 2008 was $47 billion.
- Deporting 12 million employees, consumers, and tenants would do further damage to our already ailing economy. The Perryman Group estimated that the immediate negative effect of eliminating the undocumented workforce would include an estimated:
- $1.8 trillion in annual lost spending
- $651.5 billion in annual lost output
- $8.1 million in lost jobs
- The CATO Institute found that further enforcement-only policies would result in a reduction in GDP and direct job and wage losses for skilled U.S. workers. A policy that reduces the number of low-skilled immigrant workers by 28.6% would reduce U.S. household welfare by about $80 billion.
- Since 1992, the annual budget of the U.S. Border Patrol has increased by 714%, and the number of Border Patrol agents stationed along the southwest border has grown by 390%. Since the creation of DHS in 2003, the budget of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has increased by 92%, and the budget of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has increased by 82%. Despite all this additional spending, the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States has roughly tripled from 3.5 million in 1990 to 11.9 million in 2008.
- The immigration detention population has increased dramatically in recent years, and so has the budget. ICE operates the largest detention and supervised-release program in the country. Since 1994, the number of detention beds available has increased six-fold, from 6,785 to 33,400 in 2008. During 2008 alone, ICE detained a record 378,582 persons—a 60 percent increase from 2005. Between 2005 and 2009, the ICE budget for detention nearly doubled from $860 million to $1.72 billion.
Large scale raids are harmful to the economy.
- On May 12, 2008, 389 workers were arrested during an immigration raid at the Agriprocessors, Inc. meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. The consequences for the community and the economy have been dire:
- According to the authors of Postville U.S.A., one year after the raid, Postville "lost 40% of its pre-raid population, the economy was in shambles, the city government teetered on the brink of financial collapse, and the future of the town's major employer grew increasingly doubtful with time."
- Long after the Agriprocessors raid, Postville was still grappling with what its leaders call "a humanitarian and economic disaster." The population loss meant steep losses for Postville in taxes and utility revenue. Local businesses closed, rental units remained empty, and the town couldn't pay its bills.
- According to the book's authors, "Attempts to come up with simple black-and-white solutions, such as arresting undocumented workers or closing down the companies that employ them, often causes a host of far more complex situations that do little to address any of the real concerns expressed by either side in the immigration debate."
Legalizing unauthorized workers would benefit the economy.
- The libertarian CATO institute found that legalizing undocumented workers in the United States would have significant economic benefits for the country.
- Legalization would allow immigrants to increase their productivity and would create more openings for Americans in higher-skilled jobs. The welfare gain to U.S. households would amount to $180 billion over 10 years.
- The difference between the long-fun welfare effects for U.S. households of the worst and best immigration reform policies is approximately $260 billion a year.
- The 2006 immigration reform bill, which included a legalization program, would have more than paid for its reform provisions through increased tax revenue. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have estimated that, as originally introduced on April 7, 2006, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 would have generated $66 billion in new revenue during 2007-2016 from income and payroll taxes, as well as various administrative fees.
- The 2007 immigration reform bill, which included a legalization program, would also have more than paid for its reform provisions through increased tax revenue. The CBO and JCT have estimated that the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, as amended by the Senate through May 24, 2007, would have generated $48 billion in new revenue during 2008-2017 from income and payroll taxes, as well as various administrative fees.
- Legalization of unauthorized immigrants can play a role in promoting economic growth and lessening socioeconomic disparities. Studies have found that immigrants who legalized under IRCA improved their education, improved their wages, moved out of poverty, bought homes, and generally invested in themselves and their communities. For example, while 34 percent of IRCA immigrants age 35-44 years owned homes in 1990, 68 percent owned homes in 2006.
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30 Nov 2012 9:07 AM #1
Conditions in Panel
I wanted to show two buttons called "A" and "B" in a simple EXT js panel. When a button "A" is clicked, i need to show an IFrameA and when the button "B" is clicked i need to show IFrameB.
How can i add conditions here. Could any one help me on this?
var panel = new Ext.Panel({
renderTo: '#divName#',
html : "<iframe src="http://www/google.com" width='800' height='300'></iframe>"
30 Nov 2012 1:44 PM #2
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On the button handlers, simply use the panel's update method:
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