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Green Bay Packers: 5 Biggest Concerns Going into the Final Stretch of the SeasonDecember 14, 2011
Green Bay Packers: 5 Biggest Concerns Going into the Final Stretch of the Season
The Packers are 13-0, and six victories away from being the first undefeated team in NFL history since the 1972 Miami Dolphins. However, this late in the season, there are certainly some concerns that are beginning to sprout up that have many people questioning whether or not this goal will be attained, from untimely injuries to inconsistent play in certain areas.
The Packers are the best team in the NFL this season, and have a great shot of going all the way back to the Super Bowl as long as they keep their composure, but here are five concerns that I have as we reach the final three games of the regular season, and beyond.
5. Weather
As we reach December, the weather grows colder, especially up in Lambeau Field, where the Packers will be potentially playing four out of their remaining six games if they were to reach the Super Bowl.
The Packers offense is known to flourish indoors, where the weather is controlled, and we haven't seen how this offense would respond to the snowy conditions of Lambeau Field in December and January.
Still, the Packers will certainly have an advantage playing at Lambeau, particularly against teams like New Orleans or Atlanta, who generally play better in domes and rarely have to play in that type of weather.
However, it is certainly possible that this offense could slow down a bit in the wintertime, and teams with strong defenses, like the Lions or Bears, could limit them to less points, giving their offense an opportunity to take advantage of a defense that is struggling more than usual.
4. Health of the Offensive Line
The offensive line has been dealing with injuries since the beginning of the season, losing Chad Clifton in Week 5 against Atlanta, and then losing Josh Sitton against the Giants two weeks ago. And while Clifton and Sitton are looking like they could come back soon, this offensive line will need to stay healthy as the Packers begin their playoff push.
Marshall Newhouse and Evan Dietrich-Smith both have done a good job replacing their respective starters, but Clifton provides the leadership and the experience that the offensive line needs to improve, while Sitton is arguably the best offensive lineman on the team.
If Clifton and Sitton come back healthy, it will be big for the Packers, as their job is one of the most important: keeping their franchise quarterback upright so he can make the plays to win them games.
3. Improvement in Getting to the Quarterback
Last year, Clay Matthews and the Packers defense was one of the best in the league at pressuring the quarterback. This year, they are having a harder time getting to the quarterback, as they rank near the bottom of the league in sacks.
This has become fairly apparent in many of their games, as quarterbacks have had more time to throw and carve up a sometimes struggling Packers secondary.
I think that this year, a big part of the Packers' defensive struggles have been due to the fact that the Packers simply aren't applying the same pressure to the quarterback as they were last year. Some of this could be attributed to the loss of Cullen Jenkins in the offseason, an aging but vital piece of the Packers' defense last year.
With Pickett likely out next week due to a concussion, the Packers defensive line will be even more depleted, and they will likely have to rely on their linebackers to get to the quarterback faster. The good news is that next week, they face Tyler Palko and the Chiefs, an offense that has struggled mightily this year.
2. The Loss of Greg Jennings
Greg Jennings is Aaron Rodgers' No. 1 receiving target, so losing him for the rest of the regular season could be an issue for this Packers offense that has looked unstoppable.
The Packers will still likely be in good shape in terms of their receivers, as Jordy Nelson and Jermichael Finley will likely be able to carry the load well. And the Packers caught a break with an injury that looked much more serious at first.
Still, losing a No. 1 receiver changes this offense, and while the receiving corps will likely step up in Jennings' absence, defenses may be able to limit the Packers' passing game more than they have during the course of the season.
1. Stopping the Big Plays
The No. 1 weakness of this Packers defense this year has been allowing big plays that surrender big yards, and consequently, big points.
While the secondary has struggled this year, the defensive line is also partially to blame as well, as they have struggled in getting to the quarterback. Both of these issues has resulted in some games that have been high-scoring shootouts, and if the Packers continue to get into these kind of games, the probability will rise that they will lose at some point.
This could be highly concerning in the playoffs especially, where they will play against talented offenses, including the Saints, Falcons, and even Giants. All of these teams gave the Packers a hard time at some point in the game, and will likely do it again if the defense doesn't improve.
The one saving grace for this defense is the ability to turn the ball over. They are ranked first in the league in turnovers, which is one of the big reasons they have been able to win so many games.
In many ways, this Packers defense is playing like the Saints did in 2009 when they won the Super Bowl: giving up lots of yards, but forcing turnovers that turn out to be the difference in the game.
Whether or not this kind of defense can win a Super Bowl again remains to be seen. But the Packers are going to need to improve on the defensive side of the ball if they want to avoid high-scoring affairs like they have in some of these games.


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Book Title: Alice in Zombieland
Author: Nikolas Cook
Book Format: Kindle eBook
Pages: 219
I decided to check this book out solely based on the title. A re-write of the classic "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" as a zombie story was too much for me to pass up. To begin, I was skeptical, dare I say, annoyed, at the thought of taking a classic children's fairy tale and modifying it into some horror story.
Unfortunately, I completed the book disappointed. It was certainly an interesting take on the classic, but it really felt like a replica without its own purpose. I've read other reviews in which people found the story quite funny; I found it difficult to find humor instead of annoyance or confusion. Let's be honest, though, the original too is quite outlandish and somewhat hard to follow, but this story simply adds to the craziness, but not to the story itself.
Had the story been much longer I don't know if I would have finished it. The most intriguing part of it all is trying to compare the original to this new story. Perhaps if I was in a different mood I might have had a different opinion, but overall I would say the story was average at best. There was something in it, though, that kept my interest so I must take that into account which is why I would not count this story as a bad work, just not overly satisfying. It's a quick read, though, so if you're looking for a quick story while you wait for that best seller to arrive in the mail it's not the worst choice you could make.

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City of Art and Science. Incredible Architectural Complex in Valencia (Spain)
This set includes 81 high resolution photos (up to 5500 x 2900 px). City of Art and Science is progressive modern architectural complex in Spain. The complex is an ensemble of five areas in the dry riverbed of the now-diverted River Turia in Valencia, Spain.
Designed by Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava in collaboration with Félix Candela, and started in July 1996, it is an impressive example of contemporary architecture.
The "city" is made up of the following, usually known by their Valencian names:Surrounded by attractive streams and pools of water, it and the surrounding areas of the "city" are typically used as a relaxing place to walk day or night, with an open air bar outside El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe during the evening (especially during events).
El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía — Opera house and performing arts centre;
L'Hemisfèric — Imax Cinema, Planetarium and Laserium;
L'Umbracle — Walkway / Garden;
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This matter comes before the Administrative Law Court (ALC)
pursuant to a request for an appeal by Dr. James W. Ratliff, III (Appellant).
Appellant appeals the decision of the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners of
South Carolina (Board) to impose a fine of $250 and to grant a public
The issue on appeal is whether the Appellant has violated
S.C. Code Ann. §40-69-140(12) by negligently practicing veterinary medicine in
failing to ensure that vaccines were properly acquired and/or maintained under
conditions adequate to safeguard the animals in his care and the public health.
Based on the briefs which were submitted by both parties
and oral arguments which were heard in this matter on October 10, 2006, I find
that the Order of the Board must be reversed.
Jurisdiction on appeal is vested in the ALC pursuant to S.C. Code
Ann. §§1- 23-600 (Supp. 2004) and 40-69-150 (Supp. 2004). On appeal to the ALC,
the standard of review is limited to the record presented. An administrative
law judge shall not substitute his judgment for that of an agency unless the
agency's determination is affected by error of law or clearly erroneous in view
of the reliable, probative and substantial evidence of the whole record. S.C.
Code Ann. §1-23-380 (A)(6) (Supp. 2004); Lark v. Bi-Lo, Inc., 276 S.C.
130, 276 S.E.2d 304 (1981).
This appeal is the result of a hearing which was held by
the Board on October 6, 2005. The case involved allegations against two other
veterinarians, and all of the charges against the three veterinarians were
tried together.[1]
The veterinarians were employed by a mobile pet vaccination
clinic known as Pet Vac Express. The clinic operated at parking lots around the
state. The only violation found on the part of the Appellant was that he did
not adequately ensure that vaccines were properly acquired and/or maintained in
violation of the negligence provision of S.C. Code Ann. §40-69-140(12) which
states that:[2]
The board may deny, suspend, revoke or restrict the license
of a veterinarian or reprimand or discipline a licensee for these reasons:
…(12) engaging in conduct determined by the board to be
incompetent or negligent in the practice of veterinary medicine…
By Order dated October 20, 2005, Appellant was found guilty
of negligence under this statute. However, this determination is clearly
erroneous in view of the substantial evidence of the record. "Substantial
evidence, sufficient to support an administrative agency's decision under the
Administrative Procedures Act (APA), is not a mere scintilla of evidence
nor evidence viewed blindly from one side, but is evidence which, when considering
the record as a whole, would allow reasonable minds to reach the conclusion
that the agency reached." Tennis v. South Carolina Department of Social
Services, 355 S.C. 551, 585 S.E.2d 312 (S.C. App. 2003). As
discussed below, the evidence, when viewing the record as a whole, shows that Appellant
ensured that the vaccines were properly maintained even when another party had
custody of the vaccines. The record is devoid of any witness testifying to the
fact that the vaccines were not properly ordered, stored, or used properly. In
fact, two Newberry County officials testified that no concerns or improper
procedures were found during their unannounced visit to a clinic in Newberry.
While it is true that the burden is on the
appellant(s) to prove convincingly that an administrative agency's decision is
unsupported by the evidence, it is clear that Appellant has met this burden. Id
at 558. According to the record, Judy Tabor, a non
veterinarian who had prior experience in ordering and storing vaccines, was
investigated by Appellant before he began working with Pet Vac Express.[3] In the course of his meeting with Ms.
Tabor's previous employer, Dr. Grist, in November of 2002, Appellant found no
evidence to suggest that Ms. Tabor had or would improperly order or store
vaccines. In fact, Dr. Grist extolled her virtues, and told Appellant that Ms.
Tabor had been with him for several years; that she had experience working in a
veterinarian hospital in Raleigh; and that she was basically his right hand man
or lady. Further, Appellant investigated Ms. Tabor's storage facilities and
found that she adequately stored all vaccines in three separate refrigerators.[4] Upon satisfactory investigation of
Ms. Tabor's background and storage facilities, Appellant began working with Pet
Vac Express on February 1, 2003, with the knowledge that Ms. Tabor would
initially order and handle the vaccines. Appellant had all of the initial
vaccine orders faxed to him so that he could "okay" the Orders. Then, the
vaccines were shipped to a UPS delivery site which offered an interior location
out of the elements where the vaccines remained until picked up. Id. On the days that the vaccines were to be given to animals in the mobile clinic,
they were transported by Ms. Tabor, to the clinic sites, i.e., the parking
lots, in coolers that had electrical adapters and also contained ice packs. If
vaccines were left over at the end of the day, Appellant took those vaccines
with him and placed them in his own refrigerators.[5]
Respondent argues that since the vaccines were not under
Appellant's control at all times, there was no way for Appellant to know
whether the vaccines had been properly stored and/or maintained. Respondent
specifically relies on Appellant's following testimony:
Q. If the vaccines had been delivered, and I know they
weren't delivered directly to you, but if they had been delivered and either
were at an improper temperature when they were delivered or during the storage,
would there have been any way for you to have known that before you
administered the vaccines?
A. No, there would not.
Respondent's reliance on this testimony to prove
Appellant's negligence is misplaced. Appellant was found guilty of negligence
because the Board found that he had not ensured that the vaccines were
properly acquired and/or maintained. The fact that Appellant could not know the
temperature or condition of the vaccines at the time of its delivery is
irrelevant if Appellant properly entrusted the care of these vaccines to Judy
Tabor, who had vast experience in handling and ordering vaccines. Also, Appellant
ensured the safety of these vaccines by having them delivered to a temperature
controlled storage facility. Short of Appellant waiting by his home or office
everyday and inspecting the boxes as they arrived individually, Appellant did
all that he could do to ensure the safety of the vaccines.
is apparent from the evidence that Appellant took substantial steps in ensuring
that the vaccines were adequately refrigerated at all times. Further, the fact
that no vaccines were ever in fact spoiled and no animals were ever harmed is
evidence of Appellant's proper handling and supervision of the vaccines. "A reviewing court may reverse or modify a decision of an agency if
the findings, inferences, conclusions, or decisions of that agency are clearly
erroneous in view of the reliable, probative and substantial evidence on the
whole record." Bass v. Isochem, 365 S.C. 454, 617 S.E.2d 369 (S.C. App.
2005). Since
the Board's finding in this matter is clearly erroneous in light of the
evidence, the Order of the Board must be reversed.
evidence does not support the Board's finding that Appellant has violated S.C. Code Ann. §40-69-140(12) by failing to
ensure that vaccines were properly acquired and/or maintained under conditions
adequate to safeguard the animals in his care and the public health. Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the decision of the Board of Veterinary Medicine is reversed.
Law Judge
July 3, 2007
Columbia, South Carolina
[1] One of the other two veterinarians was charged with the same offense as
Appellant. The third veterinarian was found "not guilty."
[2] The Board found that Appellant's non-compliance with
R. 120-7.8(c) (a Regulation of the Board of Veterinary Medicine which provides
in part that "temperature control shall be maintained for all drugs and
biologics"), was evidence of this negligence.
[3] Ms. Tabor, who was a crucial witness in this matter,
was not present at the hearing before the board.
[4] It must be noted that Appellant was the only person who ever inspected Ms.
Tabor's storage facilities.
[5] Appellant stopped allowing Ms. Tabor to order supplies in his name only when he
was concerned that she wasn't paying the bills for the vaccines on time.


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Kent and I saw Alfie - the one with Michael Caine, not pretty boy Jude Law (who is pretty even in person, and does look rather like Caine) - last week. I found the character, though highly flawed and overwhelmingly sexist, to be quite interesting. He's pretty clueless, which is, I suppose, the only reason why I could find such a character interesting and even a bit sympathetic. That, and the women he misuses get incrementally smarter about his game. I imagine that not soon after the story ends, Alfie has quite a bit of trouble picking anyone up. I could be wrong. After all, His Awesomeness Barney Stinson hasn't lost his knack yet.
"Only connect" said EM Forster. But Alfie's part of the swinging '60s generation and he rejects that notion wholeheartedly and suffers for it, though he doesn't see the connection between his miserableness and not emotionally connecting with the birds he beds. As he pushes them away whenever they start to get close, he believes he's being honest with himself and them. Alfie lives life on his terms, which are to be free and unattached. But in return, Alfie has no one; no one visits him at the sanitorium where he waits until the benign spot on his lung clears up, not even his buddy. No one's there to listen to his thoughts and feelings - sometimes his buddy does but he doesn't seem to really understand. We're the only ones who's always there for him. And do we actually like him? He has potential if only he'd see how miserable he's making himself. I mean, if he did die, who would actually go to his funeral? Would Gilda bring their son? Or would she keep him away, hide Alfie from him because Alfie was such a bad influence? As the movie ends, the dog from the opening returns and trots off with Alfie taking our place as the ever-present, mute witness to Alfie's charms and self-deceptions.
Interesting Wikipedia tidbit: Terrance Stamp turned down the part and recommended Caine. I would have loved to seen Stamp in that role.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Alfie: I'll tell you what it's all about
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|Reviews for Project: Underground
| MayrisErin chapter 1 . 12/1/2007
I think I'll have to reread all of these...;
| Bratney chapter 13 . 5/31/2007
Again, a good story... on to the next one!
| Dark Gotham chapter 13 . 9/23/2004
This story is good. It had more things going on. I'm really excited to see what you'll do with this saga of yours.
| Mookers chapter 13 . 7/28/2004
Gah! you were #83! I was on break and thought i would take a lookie _ So I lookied and I likied _ this is also good for a bump back to the top *laughs* _ what? people have to read this ya know! The world depends on your story!
| Pam chapter 10 . 7/2/2004
i love the idea that you have your own characters and as usual jereth is being cruel. i check in every day to see if you posted new chapters. hurry and put the last chapter up. cant wait for the next story.
| mellbell chapter 1 . 6/30/2004
Steph your fanfiction for labyrinth is totally awesome the best one for the movie ever! i could not put it down when you gave me the copy ...i cant wait to read the rest of it ...true pure stephanie no big ball of cheese in this story...garfield on the other hand ugh...
| Mookers chapter 11 . 6/30/2004
Like always I love the work done on this Story. Good job on the whole thing, they should make a movie out of this one _
| Pam chapter 1 . 6/27/2004
i like how you make jereth like in the movie and change a few things to make it your own character. cant wait to read more, is there going to be more and is sarah gonna be in it?
| The monkey is in chapter 9 . 6/12/2004
Hey Great Stuff here. Finally a fan Fitcion that breaths freash air into the laby Fan Community. Most fan fictions are sara based, and get so old so fast. You have managed to add your own characters and still keept somewhat to the story line. Great stuff, I hope to see more in the future!
| RoseMasterD87 chapter 1 . 6/8/2004
I like, I like! What's gonna happen next? Can't wait till chapter 2! Ta-Ta!


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2017 has once again seen the growth of the Moving Tactics team with Coenie Ellis joining the Cape Town office. Coenie has joined the team as Sales Administrator and brings with him qualifications in Marketing Management and Digital Marketing. "I have a passion for marketing and the digital world and I am now in the best position to gain more experience in the fields that I love and grow within the business," says Coenie.
As Sales Administrator, Coenie assists the Account Executives with their daily administrator duties, which include cost proposals, monitoring customers' accounts, processing rental and keeping projects on time as per timelines. According to Coenie, "Every project and account that I work on is different and makes the job exciting, and our team is a fun group to be a part of".
Coenie finds the opportunity to stand in as an Account Executive from time to time to be a nice challenge and one where he can learn and grow further in the role. "It motivates me to know that management trusts my work and my goal is to grow into an Account Executive passion in due course," adds Coenie.
Interesting facts about Coenie:
– His biggest achievement to date is owning his own property and being married to the most beautiful girl in the world – all at the age of 25.
– He lived on Robben Island until the age of five years as his Dad was a warden at the prison, and he had a penguin as a pet.
– If he could be a superhero, it would be Superman.
– He once met Nelson Mandela.
In his spare time, Coenie loves surfing and hanging out with his friends. He enjoys good food and wine and his dream is to travel the world one day.


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Fish Culture
Bangladesh is the darling child of Nature. She has rained her bounties on her
loving chill d profusely. Bangladeshis blessed with so many natural gifts. Fish is one of them. For this reason fish is a common item of our food. But at present this fish is the only source of foreign currency. That is why fish cultivation holds a bright prospect for Bangladesh.
Places for fish cultivation:
Bangladesh is the best suitable place for fish cultivation its soil and climate are congenial to fish cultivation. Bangladesh is a land of rivers, canals, ponds,lakes, tank and big haors. Fishes live there they breed and grow there.
Government initiatives for fish cultivation:
In countries like Denmark, fisheries are regarded as an important trade. The have done a lot to improve this trade and are now earning large sums of money by selling fish to foreign countries. In our country fisheries have been boldly neglected so long though we have an enormous supply of fish. Our government has taken necessary measures and proper steps for the improvement of fish cultivation. A separate department of fisheries has been opened. It is doing useful work to develop this trade and to improve the lot of the people who are engaged in there sole professional. To day the people who are engaged in fish cultivation are granted banklo ans and supplied with necessary appliances.
Benefit of fish cultivation:
The benefit of fish cultivation are too many to be described. The people of Bangladesh like fish very much. It is next to rice. They cannot pass a single day without fish. It is very delicious and nutrition various delicious preparations are made of fish. They are cooked as curry or fry or kabob.Today fish cultivation is the profitable business. It is a great source of income. The lion share of our foreign exchange is cumming from fish. Fishing is a means of livelihood for many people in our county. There is a special caste flower class Hindus with whom fishing is hereditary occupation . Now -a-days not only the poor Muslims but also people of different classes have taken fish cultivation as their profession and at the same time as source of their livelihood. It has gone a long way to solve our much talked unemployment problem.
There is no undisturbed blessing earth. Evert hing has it dark side. So fish cultivation is not free from its dark side. It has got some natural calamities. Again their are touts, brokers who cheat the simple minded people engaged in this professional. Again many educated youth think fish cultivation beyond there are not sufficient cold storage and ice factories. Fish cultivation holds bright prospect in our country. It will go and long way to lead the country to the path of progress and prosperity.


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The black and white domestic short-haired cat was discovered after locals noticed that the gates to the rear of the building had been burst open on Monday night and decided to investigate. The male cat could be heard crying inside the building, but it is unclear how he managed to get in or how long he had been trapped for. Chair of Southside Community Council, Hilary McDowell, contacted the Scottish SPCA and reported the vandalism of the gates to police. The cat was rescued yesterday afternoon by Scottish SPCA ambulance driver Mairi Stewart, who said: "The cat was trapped between a fire door and another set of doors."
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This week the government forced through a cut to the Employment and Support Allowance – what used to be incapacity benefit – and overuled objection in the Lords by claiming 'financial privilege.' Members of the upper house had expressed concern and were seeking an impact assessment but this is now forced through as yet another step on the Conservative government's path to dismantling the welfare state and widening the gap between the haves and have-nots. Read More »
Tag: politics
A letter to my MEP about the resolution on the ivory trade
A while ago I wrote to my MP and MEPs about the impending referendum on EU membership.
Today I have written again to one of my MEPs, William (Lord of) Dartmouth after he voted against a resolution on the banning of wildlife products, notably ivory.Read More »
Stop arguing, start opposing
Say what you like about the Conservative Party but one thing they have pretty much totally nailed is a united front. Yes, there may be occasional dissenters but on the whole the Conservative Party stand together, vote together and when they need to they circle the wagons and defend en masse.
Even when individual MPs do not agree with policy, even when they speak up in parliament against that policy, they still vote with their party.
I've written vefore about wishing MPs had a totally free reign to vote with their consciences (presuming they have one) and to do what's right for their constituents but there's not much chance of that happening anytime soon due the the political party model. Therefore if a party is going to really oppose the government – and I would say this if it was the Conservatives in opposition to Labour too – there needs to be some unity instead of airing grievances and hanging out their dirty washing in public.
Look at Labour right now. After a massive upswing in party membership and overwhelming support for a left-field leadership candidate (Corbyn) they seem to to be deadset on arguing amongst themselves rather than making the most of their support.
Jeremy Corbyn is a straightforward, principled man and had the Right worried but rather than work together to support him against attacks in the press, some Labour MPs such as Simon Danczuk have taken to taking potshots in the Daily Mail!
When the London Fire Brigade Union is on the verge of reaffiliating with the Party, anti-Corbyn MP John Woodcock attacks them on Twitter
Today (27th November 2015)there is news of potential resignations over the Party's position on bombing Syria. I'm sure their are disagreements and heated discussions within all Parties but very rarely do we hear about them. The Tories control their MPs like they control their press yet it seems Labour would disintegrate over who had control of theTV remote on a quiet night in!
The Scottish National Party present a united front but I believe that is because their MPs and other members are like-minded and share common goals. When Nicola Sturgeon speaks one believes she speaks for her party and nobody is sniping at her or undermining her in the press.
Labour need to look to the SNP, take note of their policies (apart form the independence thing!) as they reflect what many of us believe Labour should be standing for and then look at them as an example of a Party unified to represent the electorate.
It's simple, surely? Stop bickering and start opposing this government before it's too late.
A letter to my MP on the UK Steel Industry
The recently announced job losses in the UK steel industry are a disgrace, While our chancellor is courting China, seeking investment in HS2 and encouraging their companies to bid for infrastructure contracts in the UK, the steel industry in this country is going to the wall. Cheap chinese steel is "dumped" in this country and thousands of jobs are being lost yet our government is turning a blind eye to it. What can we do? Like with the tax credits cuts I believe that one answer is to let your MP know how you feel. A ground swell of dissent might bring it home to MPs that many in this country are not happy and that THEIR JOBS might be at risk.
Here's my letter to my MP, sent via writetothem.com
Please take a minute and do the same.
Dear Mel Stride,
a couple of weeks ago (30th September to be precise) I wrote to you regarding our government investing £3m into grassroots Chinese football and you kindly replied that you were making enquiries on my behalf with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
However since then there have been the announcements that several steel plants will be closed, downsized or mothballed with the loss of thousands of jobs, including at the Tata Scunthorpe works which is not too far from my place of birth Cleethorpes.
While my original letter outlined my worries for Torquay United and also other lower league teams, I also mentioned that I was concerned that we as a country were throwing contracts to Chinese firms rather than British or even European companies. As you know, our steel industry is suffering due to the strength of the pound and British based firms are undercut by Chinese and even German firms who can be more competitive due to support form their governments or in the case of the Chinese, lower labour costs and less restrictions on due to poorer workers' rights.
I understand that we might need to court China as the world's 2nd largest economy but I am struggling to understand the sense in offering them what would seem like sweeteners while our own industry needs support and we could be servicing our need for materials such as steel nearer to home. Should we be wining and dining the Chinese president right now or should we be looking to support our industry?
Right now the recently announced job losses account for approximately one sixth of the steel industry workforce but is this just the start?
I therefore ask you and your ministerial colleagues:
Is it out of the question to support the UK steel industry? Surely we will need steel for HS2, power stations and other projects as well as day-to-day construction.
Does the government perhaps have a plan to provide jobs for those workers informed this week that they are to be out of work? The affected areas do not seem to be particularly blessed in terms of alternative employment.
Given the recent cuts to tax credits and other benefits, how are the affected families expected to provide for themselves?
Does this situation not make a mockery of the much heralded 'Northern Powerhouse'?
Yours sincerely,
Rich Mills
Did Labour lose the election because Ed Miliband was too far to the Left?
Sometimes it's possible to overthink things. This insightful blog has hit the nail on the head
We need to talk about the word "swarm," Dave
Earlier today, the Prime Minister used the word "swarm" when describing the many men, women and children trying to gain entry to Europe and ultimately the UK from Northern Africa.
Dave has been criticised by many for dehumanising the plight of these people; people desperate to escape regimes and conditions far worse than we can imagine, conditions bad enough to risk death crossing the Mediterranean in a dinghy or being crushed beneath a goods lorry at Calais.
Dave was even criticised by little-Englander Nigel Farage although this was somewhat ironic given that Nigel had used the same word himself earlier this morning in an interview. Nige also gave good anecdote as he told of a migrant trying the back door of his car on a return trip which illustrates just how bad things have got. I mean, we have royally fucked up some countries with our gung-ho foreign policy but to see a car journey with Enoch Farage as a means to a better life? Brutal.
Anyway, I'm not focusing on our "blow it up without consequences" approach to international intervention, what I'd like to look at is quite simple and aimed at those who have come out in support of Cameron and his choice of language. My point is this:
If it is okay to describe this group of people in need as a "swarm" then would it also be okay to use it to describe disabled folk wanting support from the government? Would it have been okay to describe the tourists waiting to return from Tunisia following the recent attrocity as a "swarm"? What about people demanding access to routine procedures which are now being withheld because of austerity related cuts? Are there enough of them to refer to them as a "swarm"?
No, of course not, that's ridiculous and so is this language being used to describe anything other than a huge number of insects or perhaps birds or fish. "Large numbers of people" is fine; a term which dehumanises the situation, which stops us thinking of the families and children as individual people needing real help is not.
Cameron knew what he was saying too. His exact phrase was, "You have got a swarm of people coming across the Mediterranean, seeking a better life, wanting to come to Britain because Britain has got jobs, it's got a growing economy, it's an incredible place to live." He dressed his comments in the rhetoric of UKIP & the far right, the xenophobic and the inward facing, little better than "bloody foreigners coming over here to take your jobs, wives and benefits."
The word "swarm" to describe people is not okay. To defend it, to shout about "leftie" sensibilities or to quote a dictionary definition as justification is simply inexcusable.
My thoughts on my MEPs
I wrote a letter to my MEPs recently as I was concerned that as we approach a referendum our position in Europe was seen largely from a negative viewpoint, a drain on resources and something that the main parties used to score political points off each other.
I noted (in a comment) that I have 6 MEPs representing me in the South West:
Ashley Fox (Conservative)
Clare Moody (Labour)
William (The Earl of) Dartmouth (UKIP)
Julie Girling (Conservative)
Julia Reid (UKIP)
Molly Scott Cato (Green)
I also wrote to my MP, Mel Stride on the subject.
Since those letters I have received replies from Fox, Moody, Girling and Scott Cato as well as Mel Stride but I see the lack of response from either UKIP MEP as quite frankly disappointing. Whether or not one believes it's hypocritical to stand as an MEP on an anti-EU ticket, surely if they are taking the salary and expenses they should fulfill their responsibilities and engage and represent their constituents.
To take a the salary and to not attend, to disparage, to undermine while smirking and passing it off as a political statement is dishonest and quite honestly I see them as taking money under false pretenses. UKIP MEP's salaries are the biggest waste of EU money by far.
William (The Earl of) Dartmouth and Julia Reid, pull your bloody fingers out, do your jobs or stand down.
A letter to my MP on the EU Referendum
I wrote to MEPs yesterday about their roles and the upcoming referendum on EU membership. I also dropped a line on teh subject to my MP, Mel Stride (Conservative, Central Devon). Yer 'tis!
Dear Mel Stride,
Thanks again for your recent reply to my question on you balancing party interests with those of your constituents. I hope that this email finds you well and you are back in the swing of things following the election.
During the election campaign, our membership of the EU was used as something of a political football and simplified to some extent into something which would polarize opinion and win votes. The Labour party, Greens, SNP, Lib Dems and Conservatives all seemed broadly in favour of membership with only UKIP taking their traditional "black & white" anti-Europe stance. The Conservatives had their commitment to a referendum in 2017 following some renegotiation of the terms of our membership and I believe that this was over-egged a little (perhaps understandably) in order to win back Euro-skeptics who had been swayed by UKIP but on the whole it seemed quite pro-Europe.
Since the election though I can't help but think the government's line has moved a little further away from Europe and even the Labour party has seemed a little less firm than previously. I believe that governments role is to present complex issues such as EU membership in such a way that the electorate can see past the simplistic view of money going to the EU or European citizens entering the UK to work here and better understand the bigger picture and the benefits that membership brings.
While we are still a couple of years away from a referendum, I worry that a consistently negative message will take hold and will be hard to replace with more positive feelings in the run up to a vote on the matter. Mr Cameron's strong message in Riga might "stick" more than an explanation of how money also flows back to the UK for example. That might be a problem when he needs to "frame" the membership question for the electorate. Perhaps I am worrying too much and two years is a long time in politics but I strongly believe that EU membership is a good thing for the UK and will be good for my children too!
Perhaps the mainstream parties are gearing up to this but in the meantime I thought it best to drop you a line to let you know how I as a voter feel. I have also written to my MEPs on the subject asking about their roles and also what they do to report back to the electorate what they do for us. How many of us know we have 6 SW MEPs let alone who they are and what they do?!
Yours sincerely,
Rich Mills
A letter to my MEPs as we approach a referendum on UK membership of the EU
The EU and our membership of it was positioned high on a list of key issues during the general election, often as something to blame when talking about immigration but also as a drain on our budget. Will we ever get a balanced view presented or will we sleepwalk into a referendum steered by negative press and biased views? I decided to write to my MEPs (there are six of them but until I checked on writetothem.com I couldn't name one) to find out what they do and how I might find out about that. Like me letters to me MP Mel Stride I hope this will be interesting and I'll hopefully keep in touch.
Dear William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Molly Scott Cato, Julie Girling, Julia Reid, Clare Moody and Ashley Fox,
I find myself increasingly dismayed with the position the UK is taking on Europe and membership of the EU.
UKIP have obviously taken an anti EU stance for some time and while I respect the right of individuals and parties to oppose EU membership however flimsy the reasoning, I object to politicians taking a salary and claiming expenses but not representing our interests in Europe. It seems dishonest and also fraudulent to do so. The Conservative party sway between being wholeheartedly in favour of membership and then openly critical of it, perhaps to tempt back voters they believe lost to UKIP on the issue.
I believe it is the responsibility of politicians to present a balanced argument yet on the Europe question yet I don't see much balance on this issue and this concerns me – if only a negative picture is shown, how will the electorate be able to make an informed decision on membership? Perhaps the mainstream parties are gearing up to this but in the meantime where is the positive message or indeed any message from my MEPs? How do I know what you each do, how often you do it and what you achieve in office?
How often are you present in the parliament? How do you represent your SW constituents and how do you balance your party interests with those of your constituents? Where do you report back to us? I hope you can find the time to get back to me on this.
Yours sincerely,
Rich Mills
"The Myth of the Wasted Vote" or "Why I'm voting for Arthur Price in Central Devon"
Some great points made here and something I wish I'd found and read before my recent piece on standing as an independent in Devon.
Don't write this off as something only relevant before the election, it is well worth a minute or two of your time
Arthur Price lives in Central Devon. He has done for a very long time. It is a rock solid Tory seat, and as Arthur readily accepts, is going to stay that way come May the 7th.
That hasn't stopped him from standing as an independent candidate. This blog, something of a departure from my usual fare, explains why I am going to vote for Arthur, and why we should all take a step back from industrial politics and think.
Here is a link to Arthur's website Its worth looking at for the video of his first hustings performance (the Tory banned them after this one) and his campaign song. (Lyrics by D. Cameron Esq)
And here's a link to his Facebook Page. Please do "Like" it.
And on Twitter @arfprice
He's not the Messiah, he's not even very naughty. He's quite witty, though certainly not a comedy candidate.
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Old Opera House Mystery - Black Hand Letters of Death (Morals, Miller, Mabel & Murder)By – LK McGill Wagner, the OkieLegacy
What does 1910, Old Opera House, Law Enforcement League, Black Hand Letters, Alva , Oklahoma , Mabel Oakes and Justice of Peace Nelson L. Miller have in common?
This was a time when female purity was regarded as a virtue to be protected. Social standards & dress were according to what was expected and morally correct in society. Women still wore the tight fitting, laced corsets, but there was a change, debate in the air as to if it was a healthy, safe garment for women to wear, confining, restricting their upper torsos. The skirts were to the ground; the coats were below the knees; and the blouses necklines were up around the neck. The "Law Enforcement League" was established, funded for the purpose of enforcing local moral standards, whether they dealt with booze, kissing in motion pictures, separation of races, or investigating backgrounds of newcomers to be sure they were morally acceptable to ruling town fathers.
9 November 1910, considerable excitement was buzzing through government square of Alva , Woods County , Oklahoma . Those favorable to the democratic cause were keeping their eyes, ears glued to the election postings at "Jesse Jackson's Cigar store," on the west side of the square, College Avenue, North of Monforts Drugs. On the North side of the square, those favorable to the republican cause were doing the same, upstairs in the two-story building of the " Woods County Citizens Union Bank," northeast corner of 5 th Street & Flynn Avenue.


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This weeks challenge at lasting memories is inspired by a TV show
I have to confess that I love Nathan Fillion, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to scrap either Castle or firefly so I went with the discovery channel. Yes channel- because I never really watch it. We have been cable/ dish free for over a year so if it isn't on the local channel we don't get it. I image that they probably have shows on petroglyphs.
So here's my take
Not many place like this left. Where the girls could walk up and almost touch the carvings and markings. Don't worry they were instructed not to because contact with the skin can break down the sandstone. The hiking patrol was very fortunate to have a troop leader that was familiar with the trail and cave. Mo told us about the history and use of the cave as well as what most of the carvings meant.
close up of journaling .
Top left is the hunting party. Can just make out the heads at the top of the T's
Top right is the bear family by the river
Bottom left is the hunters, river and a few other symbols that I have forgotten
Bottom right looks like a bird with something written inside of it
Hope you will join us at lasting memories this week


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The headache caused by cold (also referred to as "ice cream") is an experience that most of us have known: a pain in the head usually in the front following the ingestion of ice or a too cold soda. Despite its high frequency, scientists are still struggling to explain the disorder. The explanation of this phenomenon could eventually have an impact on the treatment of other forms of migraine.
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American researchers recruited 13 adults in good health and have monitored the blood flow of volunteers at the level of the cerebral arteries using several trans-crannies Doppler. All drank of the water ice with a straw pressed against their Palace (ideal conditions to bring this famous "ice cream headache") and then drank the same amount of water at room temperature.
Volunteers raised their hands at the onset of pain and his disappearance. The results showed that a particular artery, anterior cerebral artery, to dilatants quickly and was inundated with blood at the time where the pain was felt. Soon after this expansion, the same vessel contracts as the discomfort. Continue reading "The "ice cream headache" book its mysteries"


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After a busy week we decided to have a much-needed girls day that included a little retail therapy, fashion mags, green tea lattes and lunch in Studio City. We've been so busy we haven't had much time to even catch up on all of the September issues, so we picked up some mags at the Laurel Canyon Newsstand and got lost in the Fall inspired glossy pages. We are now officially ready for Fall!! It was so hot and humid yesterday it got us yearning for colorful leaves and that unmistakable chill in the air. There's nothing quite like a girls day out to inspire and recharge your energy. Don't you agree? Follow us on Instagram.
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Youth on the street face an amazing array of problems. But before we go into that, let's think about the problems that we would think of first. What comes to mind when we think street youth? Runaway? Maybe. Unsupportive family? Sometimes, but certainly not always. No housing? Almost always, but often getting shelter does not change much. No job? Usually, but getting a short term job doesn't often have the positive effect that the average reader might want.
So what are the problems faced by a youth on the street? What dominates their day, takes most of their energy, and occupies their time?
I believe that survival takes the most from the time and energy of a street person. It almost defines street culture… the art of surviving at all costs, no matter what you have to do. If you need to sleep outside or squat in a vacant building, you do it. But that doesn't give you a good nights sleep… it usually robs you of sleep because of bugs, lights, getting to bed late, and being woken early. If you need to eat from the trash can, you do it. But it doesn't give you any control over your diet or your health. If you need to "sell yourself" in exchange for money, shelter, or safety… you do it.
But there are services and agencies to help out, right? There sure are. I volunteer and work at a couple. However, I have to remind myself everyday that they street youth often live far from where we services are delivered. They have to take buses, ride bikes, and walk to get where we are everyday. And they have to go all over town to collect the services to which we refer them. It's hard to imagine, but here's how I imagine it for myself. "I imagine that I have to apply formy driver's license 4 times today… and the 4 offices are all over town… and my car is broken or in the shop. It's been years since you did this, and I expect they have changed the procedures at all these places. I absolutley don't want to do this today, but this is what I have to do because I need those licenses." That's how I think it feels to access services all day. You're appreciative and you do it, but it's hard and taxing. It takes your attention and your energy. I don't know about you, but I rarely get as much done on days when I have several "mandatory" errands to run like that. The same is true for a homeless street person. When they have to travel from place to place getting lunch, bus tickets, medical care, canned food, clothing, vouchers for something they need, and on and on, it doesn't leave them much time (or energy) for other things. And best of all, it starts all over tomorrow. Survival is tough.
Survival mode puts you in one survival crisis after another. Street youth get used to seeing life as a series of crises. You need lunch, but the bus pass you planned to use to go there got stolen or lost. Now what? You planned to get medical care today, but the clinic is closed because the nurse practitioner is sick or needed to renew her training. Now you need to go across town to a different clinic, but that means you can't get back in time to get your canned goods for the weekend. Now what? These are practical crises that come about because of simple survival. Instead of making progress, you find yourself getting by. But the crises don't stop there.
There are also social crises on the street. The street is tough — you won't make it unless you are tough, too. It's filled with people who's past and present make them angry, and they often express it in violence. Your safety is paramount on the street. You've got to stick up for yourself. I don't want to give the wrong idea… the street culture is actually a very tight and close-knit group. However, as one person reacts to crisis and makes decisions, it often effects others. One person might make the decision to take something needed from another. This crisis can ripple from one person to the next. It tends to appear overly dramatic to those from the outside, but I prefer think of it as an immediate crisis that threatens the survival of the youth. It has to be dealt with, and this means more time and more personal energy poured into something other than getting help you need, getting better. Instead, you tread water.
Probably we can all relate to a social crisis in the following way. We have our day all planned. It's going to be busy, but pretty cool because of all we're going to get done. But our best friendcomes in and has had a romantic and dramatic breakup. We listen, we comfort, we advice. Pretty soon, our time is gone and our energy is shot. We didn't get what we needed done. However, since we're probably not living in constant crisis, it doesn't matter that much. We can probably choose to do one more thing tomorrow or rearrange things in some other way. However, if our friends was particularly demanding on our time and energy, we may find ourselves being too tired to even figure out how to repair the damage until tomorrow, until after we've had a good night's rest. This is a good plan. But of course, if you're a homeless street youth, you probably wouldn't be able to get a good nights sleep, and before tomorrow you're likely to be presented with at least one new crisis to deal with.
After living this way a while, a new source of crises will develop. Enter the personal crisis. You've been living on the street, depending on the street community for survival. You've gotten used to living with a plan for dealing with the current crisis through the next few hours and then figuring out what to do next. You've come to expect to be tired and dragging. You live in less than wonderful places, and you have to deal with hair lice, body lice, other parasites. You might develop bacterial infections from small scratches or wounds. Your mouth care is far from ideal on the street, so your teeth or gums may hurt. Your stomach takes a beating from strange or bad food, from drinking, from worry and stress. It's hard to keep your feet healthy… you may have sores or infections that make it painful to walk. You may have sex scares… pregnancy, expores to STDs, urinary tract problems. It drags you way down without a doubt. You may have discovered through the street culture, several ways to numb this feeling… through alcohol, pot, pills, or other drugs. You may experience significant crises of health and mental attitude. You may experience significant crises of your day to day health as affected by alcohol and other substance use.
As with the social crisis, the energy required to resolve one crisis takes away energy required to deal with the next. Anyone who partied too hard one night and just couldn't manage to get anything done the next day has experienced this. However, if you're living in survival mode, having no energy to deal with each crisis can literally threaten your very survival.
So what are we to do, those of us "normies" who don't live on the street? I asked you to first see the youth and, now, second to empathize and respect what they have to deal with each and every day. It is no wonder they have difficulty to find the time to do the things we would wish for them that we mentioned in the first paragraph (reconciliation, homes, jobs).
From the time that someone wants to come off the street, it take about 18 months of hard work to accomplish it for the average street youth. Some are faster, some much slower. Some have great help from outside family, some leverage social service very well, some do it almost all on their own. However, it takes a lot of personal strength, inner strength, to overcome the daily crisis and begin to work on the long term planning and improvement. Please hear me when I say that I have great respect for these youth. There is no need to think that everything they do is OK or right. It isn't. But there is every reason to see them, to empathize as much as we can with how difficult their walk in life is, and to say a prayer for their safety and ability to handle the next crisis today.


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Harvey (1950)
Chosen by Victoria Charvill who had this to say about it: 'One of James Stewarts' best films and an absolute classic that everybody should watch.'
James Stewart is fantastic in this funny but flawed classic.
It often betrays it's theatrical roots with some stodgy staging and performances that are too broad, lacking subtlety where a smarter, quieter take would bring out some of the great dialogue much better.
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Last night, soon after writing the blog, the wind turned off. All progress northward halted until about 10AM when the wind resumed.
By suppertime, we anticipated reaching Jacksonville by 2330, Georgia by 0400 and Charleston in 48 hours. But that optimism was premature. Around St. Augustine we ran into thunderstorms so fierce that we were forced to heave to and go below. I never saw so much lightning. 4-5 strokes per second continuously.
After the storms passed I went back up and set sail. The wind had veered to the north and with full sail we were close hauled. When I saw her heel so much that water came over the rail, I knew I had too much sail for conditions. Among other things Libby was asleep below and I didn't want to spill her out of bed. By the time I got the big Yankee down, the wind had dropped to almost nothing.
The wind vane rack and pinion jumped gears again during heave to. I must be stowing it wrong. Can't fix that at sea, we have to wait till we get back to shore and launch the dingy.
For the next two hours I battled winds shifting radically in direction and speed, intermittent rain showers and a new ETA for the Jacksonville waypoint of 0800 the next morning. I was cold and tired. I decided to anchor offshore right where we were and get a night's sleep. I never did that before but I saw some cruisers doing it last night. We were 4 miles offshore but the water was only 60 feet deep.


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We're four Nichols now, but only three of us are in the US. With only one parent on board, we have some adventures and many disasters, but we're ALWAYS having fun!! Leave a comment and stay in touch!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Water Babies
Graham had a great time splashing at the indoor aquatic center today. He loved having some weekend time with his Daddy and they both loved sliding down this pirate ship slide many times. Check out this short video!
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In reading William Dever's lecture in The Rise of Ancient Israel about how you can't tell the difference between Caananites and Israelites, I realized that much of his theory has to do with his excavations at Gezer. He excavated that important site for 25 years. When he talks about Canaanites, he means people like those who lived at Gezer. So keep that in mind.
Dever proposes a different model than the traditional, peaceful settlement, or peasant revolt models. He calls it the symbiotic model. Apparently this means that some Canaanites vacated the city states which were breaking down at the end of the Bronze Age. Some of these Canaanites moved to the hill country and learned to use cisterns and terracing to make the land productive. They also were cattle breeders. There is little evidence that they were ever sheep herding nomads from east of the Jordan.
Pottery is a big part of this argument. While excavating Gezer he found a great deal of Canaanite pottery. He is very familiar with it. He says that he does not see the pottery found at sites that seem to be Israelite as significantly different. Israel Finkelstein excavated an Israelite site just eight miles from Gezer. Finkelstein thinks the Israelites had a nomadic background. Dever sees no evidence of this. In fact he says that the contemporary pottery found at the two sites could have been made by the same potter..
So Dever argues that there is no difference between Israelite and Canaanite material culture. Also he does not see the difference between the houses built at Israelite villages and most of the houses in Canaanite cities. Finkelstein, in his response, disagrees with this. I have no expertise that would let me judge the pottery and architecture wars.
What I suspect is that Dever is just setting a higher standard of evidence. He wants to be shown from what we have found in the material culture of the Israelite villages where we would get the idea that they came from the other side of the Jordan and had a nomadic background. He suspects that scholars who make these claims are either accepting late Judaic propaganda from the Bible or are influenced by modern studies of Bedouin tribes. He does not think either of these approaches is good science.
He also does not think that the sociological model behind the peasant revolt theory is good science. This becomes interesting because Norman Gottwald gets to respond in writing and defend an updated version of that theory.
It is kind of amusing because these two scholars, who publicly respect each other, were on opposite sides of the Cold War. Dever questions the notion that the Israelite villagers were "egalitarians". He thinks Gottwald imposed a Marxist and utopian vision on them. Dever asks why anyone today (after the Soviet and eastern European collapse at the end of the 1980s) would want to be a Marxist. But Gottwald who dedicated his book, The Tribes of Yahweh, to the Viet Cong is unrepentant.
For all of their scholarly and political disagreement, though, Dever and Gottwald both think that the origin of the Israelites was in the Canaanite city states. Gottwald thinks they revolted and created a counter state with a new ideology. Dever thinks they lived along side the Canaanites and gradually migrated to the hills.
As to the ideological or religious distinction of the Israelites, Dever does not find evidence of that in early Israel either. He doubts the late Adam Zertal's claim to have discovered a Yahwistic cult site near Shechem. (I am confused by Dever's claim that the roe deer, whose bones are abundant at this site, were not clean. But Deuteronomy 14:5. Perhaps he just means they were not acceptable sacrifices in later Judaism. But this would have been around -1200 or so. So later Judaism may not be relevant.) He does think that the site near Dothan, where Mazar found a four inch high bronze bull, was an Israelite cult site. This means that the only material evidence we have of ancient Israelite religion points to it being Baal worship.
Dever is good on the kinship dynamic in the hill country villages. There you find households consisting of several generations of extended family. This agrees with the portrayal in Judges, and 1 Samuel where individuals identify themselves as of the house of X, X being the name of the clan's father. This shows us a patriarchal social structure, not exactly egalitarian, but independent of the city-state or Egyptian hierarchies.
One of the problems with Dever is that he tends to overstate his case. Sometimes you get the feeling that he is being mean to the people he disagrees with. But Finkelstein takes it in good humor. In fact comic relief may be what Dever is going for in the lecture. Several times the transcript puts in parenthesis "laughter". He tends to make fun of positions that do not have the strong archeological evidence he would like. Yet, at other times, he appears willing to speculate beyond the evidence as long as we are clear that it is just a consideration of possibilities.
I have another problem with the question of whether the Israelites were different than the Canaanites. This has to do with how you define Canaanite. Israelite has an ethnic, cultural and religious connotation. The Egyptians, in the Merneptah stele characterized Israel as a people. In other words, Israel does not seem originally to have been a place name.
But Canaan always seems to have been a place. Most of the Bible's references to the Canaanites as a single race come from the prophets and later, and really just make it a synonym for Phoenician. Early references refer to several races living in Canaan, the place. For instance I think there should be a colon after Canaanites in Judges 3:5
The Israelites lived among the Canaanites: Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
In the late Bronze Age the people, like those at Gezer, who lived within the bounds of Canaan, seem to have developed a common material culture.
But does common pottery and building styles mean anything deeper? If they all avoided eating pigs, where did that quirk come from? And even Dever doesn't claim that all the Israelites had a Canaanite origin.


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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Operation Pay Back & LOIC
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Full stop from being tracked online :An attempt from FIREFOX
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Removing METADATA from JPEG & IMAGE FILES
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Tuesday, November 02, 2010
MICROSOFT & Failures!!!
- February 2010 saw Microsoft announcing discontinuation of "Xbox Live service for original Xbox consoles and games.
- April 2010, Microsoft confirmed stopped working on tablet project, codenamed Courier which was touted to be an Apple iPad rival.
- September 2010, Microsoft announced that the Windows Live Spaces blogging service will be Terminate gradually in favour of WordPress.com.
- May 2010, Microsoft announced halt on the Response Point phone system.
- June 2010 saw Microsoft announcing discontinuation its new generation of smartphones.
- September 2010, Microsoft announced closure of Vine, a service built to help keep friends and family in touch during emergencies.
Mozilla @ Prone again!!!!
Monday, November 01, 2010
Bredolab grabs Attention
- Users of computers with viruses from this network will receive a notice of at the time of next login with information on the degree of infection.
- Bredolab, known for spreading spam and rogue antivirus, is thought by some experts to have infected at least 30 million computers.
- Spread via drive-by attack websites and spam email attachments.
- Infecting machines with a backdoor that downloads additional malware without the victim's knowledge.
- Sends out spoofed password reset messages to Facebook users in an attempt to spread malware and infect users of the social network.
- Has the power to obtain information on the user's computer including the ability to copy, change or delete files and other information,"
- Pushdo botnet uses Facebook to spread malicious email attachment: A phony message warns users that their Facebook password has been reset.
- Majority of infections are in the U.S. and the U.K. and many Western European countries.
- Discovered by the Dutch High Tech Crime Team in the late summer.
- Capable of infecting 3 million computers a month. The botnet network used servers hired in the Netherlands from a reseller of LeaseWeb, which is the largest hosting provider in the Netherlands, and one of the largest hosts in Europe.
- Able to constantly change its appearance to avoid detection by traditional antivirus signatures. Like other botnets, the Trojan communicated with the command-and-control server using encrypted messages.
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
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Monday, October 18, 2010
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
Stuxnet : Some more good info
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- Malware: You use a computer with infected software that is designed to steal your passwords as you type ("keylogging") or grab them from your browser's cache data.
- Phishing: You respond to a website, email, or phone call that claims to come from a legitimate organization and asks for your username and password.
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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Monday, October 11, 2010
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Friday, October 08, 2010
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Shadows in the Cloud : Cyber Espionage
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Sunday, September 19, 2010
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
1. Not all information-based evidence is the same! Evidence can be organized into an "order of volatility" meaning how long it will stick around for you to collect until it automatically is lost.
2. Dan Farmer & Wietse Venema created the below table of evidence volatility, which is commonly referenced by forensic professionals. For example, information stored on a CD-R or some optical storage media can last for about 10-100 years depending on the brand used. Information stored in a computer's main memory, by contrast, will last for only tens of nanoseconds before it is wiped out by the computer's normal processing.
Registers, peripheral memory, caches, etc.
Nanoseconds or less
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Network state
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Floppies, backup media, etc.
CD-ROMs, printouts, etc.
Tens of years
3. Very critical from forensics point of view.....most people would want to turn a computer off (or at the very least unplug it from the network) when they realize an incident has occurred. However, as noted in the chart above, one will lose evidence in main memory and "network state" information (which other systems the computer is connected with and what information they are exchanging) with such an approach. Even shutting down a computer the "normal" way (Start / Turn Off Computer / Turn Off in Windows XP) can delete evidence, as Windows performs a number of housekeeping tasks in the shutdown process, such as closing opened files and clearing out the temporary disk cache.
4. Thanks Peter C. Hewitt (Read from Browser Forensics).
Monday, September 13, 2010
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Man...I was fortunate enough to go to the Kanye West "Glow In The Dark Concert" last night. First, let me start by saying..our seats were absolutely ridiculous. Staples Center. 30 thousand plus. Floor Seats. Center. 10 rows back. And that was my first big concert experience, so the bar is raised pretty high as for as experiences go. Lupe Fiasco, N.E.R.D, and Rianna opened up for Kanye.
Kanye's performance was so dope. I've always been a K West fan, but after seeing his show live, and really hearing him spit the lines he spits in person along with seeing his energy. I became a fan again.
On the music tip, I can really relate to a lot of the stuff he says. Look, people, when you're as passionate about something as a person like Kanye is...there's nothing anyone can do to knock you off your path. Like Lil Weezy said "Coach, they won't knock me off my pivot, forget it".
I always say "I can't knock your hustle". Even if it's something I don't agree with, if you're hustling with a passion doing something you really love, I can't knock it. A lot of people have opinions about what I do and how I should do it. But when you're focused, I mean REALLY focused, it doesn't matter what people think. Because you see something they don't. And you may not have time to stop and explain it, but you'll eventually show them.
Kanye performed "I Wonder". And the hook goes ..."and I wonder if you know what it means, to find your dreams". If you watched him perform and his passion and listened to the words, you actually SAW what it looked like for a person to have their dream. He is doing what he absolutely LOVES to do and gets paid for it. That's a goal all people strive to achieve. I am on that same path. Times get tough. Things are never as easy as planned, but at the end of the day...I love what I do. And I think everybody should do the same.
In closing, I came across this video of Kanye. Whether you like him or not, just listen to what he's saying and realize that when you're on your grizzy like you should be, and you BELIEVE in yourself like you should...you can't be stopped.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
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2010s: The Decade of the Bunny People often ask us, how can you take care of two cute young girls and a handome boy when you have THREE voraciously hungry rabbits? Who gets the food? It's difficult but we manage... and this blog details our endeavors in being parents to three darling children while appeasing our hungry, thumping horde of wacky bunnies. And who declared it the Decade of the Bunny anyway?
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Possible Joint Sharing of Rabbit Power
As the stalemate drags into the New Year, this also affects the magistrates of the neighboring edifice. Mister John and Miss Jill cannot understand why both parties cannot compromise in any detail. Both parties claim that the two humans are either supporting or hindering their positions. Cherry Bugg claims that she never receives apple sauce when she is inside while Princess Jane claims not to have her cage and never gets to sleep on the same bad as Miss Jill and Mister John at night. (Miss Jill and Mister John could not be reached for comment about either accusation.)
Currently the edifice merely hosts "lesser" dignitaries such as Ruby Jane and Root Beer Float. The ever-hungry Root Beer Float currently is sitting in the den cage eating every last pellet in the food bowl; conversely, Ruby Jane camouflages herself behind the brown curtain and rests patiently on the grey tile floor. Neither of them have any comment. Personally, I think they are both anarchists who want neither candidate to succeed and leave all the carrots, grass, and hay to them.
Ironically, Root Beer Float wishes everyone a Happy New Ear!!!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Thumpmas for the Rabbits
Monday, November 10, 2008
Controversial Decision Awaits Bunny Election
Quite possibly all of the indoor animals (Clifford, TV Turtle, Sharkey, etc) might get their own vote. Or there might just be a split leadership. Considering Princess Jane and Cherry Bugg do not seem to get along well, this might be a difficult decision.
Clearly there will be a recount. Hopefully cooler heads and lucky feet will prevail.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Big Turnout on Bunny Election Day
Mister John and Miss Jill were not around to keep an eye on election fraud. They kept Clifford the Big Red Dog in charge. He was quoted as saying, "No potty on the bed" whatever that means.
Ensure your vote counts: get it in by 11:00pm.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Bunny Debate Set for Next Week
Friday, October 3, 2008
Mister John Caught Hypnotizing Candidate
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Suppsedly Neutral Human Caught Cuddling Candidate
Remember: Bunny Election Day is the same day as the one for those humans. Thump the vote!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Supporters of Cherry Bugg Try to Smear Princess Jane Before the Elections
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Catalina Bison Unsure About Vote
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Discussions Sweep Backyard over Upcoming Election
"I think it's all about the carrot economy," said an anonymous white rabbit with black spots and a curious orange discoloration under her chin. "I will choose the rabbit that gets me more carrots. And if that has to be Mr. John or Miss Jill than I might have to choose them.
Another rabbit with brown fur also added to the discussion, "I fear for my safety sometimes. I think others are out to get me and bite my butt. I really need a new leader who will protect me from that. I have a very sensitive fluffy tail.
While most of the day the discussions were civil, some arguments did arise over which rabbit would get the most food and which rabbits would get to run around on Sunday. Furthermore, indoor visitation rights in the winter also seem tantamount. Ultimately the rabbits thumped, flopped, ate dead leaves, and promised to resume discussion next Sunday.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Jane v. Cherry Bugg in the Bunny Election Rematch
Friday, September 5, 2008
Back after the Summer Respite
School has begun again for Mr. Erb and the WOME is happily back to her wedding planner ways.
In August she and I went to the Grand Canyon and hiked all around it. No pics currently but I do believe she downloaded some. As soon as I get some of those, I shall put them on the site. Furthermore we trekked through many a mudpile at 7,000 feet above sea level. Odd thing about Arizona: they receive all their rain in August. Especially northern Arizona. It just came down everywhere!
Later on we did make it to Sedona for a good ol' fashioned jeep ride amidst the relaxation there. Nothing like having not a care in the world and just watching random Olympic events and worrying about what you'll have with your dinner.
Alas, it is school time again for me so the sophomoric minions are back. They seem to be a nice lot this year but we'll see. Hopefully none of them thump like my rabbits. Oh, those rabbits!!! I'll save that for another post.
Until then.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Escape Artist (and say no to zucchini)
As it is, Phillip and Jane were quite upset today. As you already know, they both come from royal lines of rabbits. They truly believe in the divine right of rabbits. Thus, that whole presidential primary season has completely confounded, bemused, and upset them. Princess Jane cannot understand why people would ever select on of their own common kindred to try and lead. I do remind Jane that if I don't give her any carrots then I am her true sovereign. Of that she is not amused.
Odd note: rabbits don't like zucchini. I never knew that. We grew some in the front yard and gave a piece to Root Beer Float. RBF is truly a garbage disposal; yet she wouldn't even touch it.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
More Pictures in Ireland... deal with it!
To throw out a few more pics for our starving audience (sorry that it's been over a month, we slack sometimes), here is a typical road sign to our left. Quite manic and do recall that the first place name is in Irish. On the right here are two lambs who resemble Root Beer Float and Ruby Jane. I wonder if their temperments are as similar too.
Over to your left (keep walking), you will see a street sign. We were searching for John Street as our B&B in Dingle was on it. We drove all around town trying to find our place which was just "outside of town." So technically, driving through town did not help; but it did help to get to the other side of the "outside of town." If you catch my drift... I guess not. Well, shut up and keep reading.
And, yes, to the left are two alpacas and myself. Nothing quite like going to Ireland to see the native alpaca. Sometime I'll go to Peru and look for the native leperchaun. Oh, do look at the ubiquitous UCLA hat. It was a constant theme throughout the trip. Maybe not the reprezentin' the hoops team as it was to stay warm and dry in the cool windy climes of Eire.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
More Ireland Photos
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Final Four Day!
Friday, March 28, 2008
A Little Bit of Ireland
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Back from Ireland!
- It's good to be on the RIGHT side of the road again
- Those roads are quite small and bumpy too
- Yes, there may be wind and rain... but it's Irish rain
- One can only drink so much tea in the morning
- Nothing like hearing natives debate the subject of Bank Holiday on the radio
That is all for now... pictures soon.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
All things GREEN
And while I have no plans on conceiving our first born in Ireland, I have pledged to a friend that we'd name "it" Clover if we did. I kid not.
John would hate the name Clover but I don't like to go back on promises!
Well, at least that's what I ordered. John learned to drive an H-column stick shift in Arizona a few weeks ago. If he can master that, he should have no problem mastering a regular stick on the wrong side of the car using his left hand, right? I guess that should be correct. But anyway.
I am off to the homestead. Dinner tonight for John's Academic Decathlon team. We'll see if I can weasel out or not! --Jill
Friday, February 29, 2008
Leap Day? No, It's Hop Day!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
The Battle of Large Carrot
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Alleged voter fraud denied on both sides
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Voter Fraud in Tuesday's Rabbit Elections?
Jane remains adamant that she won a fair election. However, Cherry Bugg claims that in the recount, she won by a margin of 108-2. Jane has questioned the validity of that claim; especially since Clifford said that he remembered voting for Jane because she has a strong policy against going "potty on the bed." Cherry Bugg declined to comment.
While Jane tends to view her rule more by divine right than people's opinions, she will gladly take the result of her supreme power over all those she surveys.
Miss Jill and Mr. John have no opinion on such matters. They leave the rabbits to rule themselves.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Every year is the Year of the Rabbit
So happy Year of the Rabbit. Again. (Although Jane might derogatorily refer to Cherry Bugg as a RAT after that last back yard election but I don't want to go there.)
Saturday, January 19, 2008
The Bunny Stopper!
Watch out for this dog. He does not like bunnies who go potty outside of the bin and will let them know about it with a large resounding WOOF! In fact poor little Ruby Jane runs away any time she sees the menacing dog. He's quite a friendly dog but for some reason he barks at Ruby Jane. Go figure.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
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John wouldn't have handled "fifth grade level" very well.