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Outdoor adventure is the promise made to boys when they join Scouting. Boys yearn for outdoor programs that stir their imagination and interest.
In the outdoors, boys have opportunities to acquire skills that make them more self-reliant. They can explore canoe and hiking trails and complete challenges they first thought were beyond their ability. Attributes of good character become part of a boy as he learns to cooperate to meet outdoor challenges that may include extreme weather, difficult trails and portages, and dealing with nature's unexpected circumstances.
Scouts plan and carry out activities with thoughtful guidance from their Scoutmaster and other adult leaders. Good youth leadership, communication, and teamwork enable them to achieve goals they have set for themselves, their patrol or squad, and their troop or team.
Learning by doing is a hallmark of outdoor education. Unit meetings offer information and knowledge used on outdoor adventures each month throughout the year. A leader may describe and demonstrate a Scouting skill at a meeting, but the way Scouts truly learn outdoor skills is to do it themselves on a troop outing.
Scouting uses the patrol method to teach skills and values. Scouts elect their own patrol leader and they learn quickly that by working together and sharing duties, the patrol can accomplish far more than any of its members could do alone. The patrol succeeds when every member of the patrol succeeds and Scouts learn that good teamwork is the key to success.
Exercise and fitness is part of the outdoor experience. As Scouts hike, paddle, climb, bike, or ride, their muscles become toned and their aerobic capacity increases. When they work as a patrol to plan menus for their outings, they learn to purchase cost-effective ingredients to prepare flavorful and nutritious meals.
Service to others and good citizenship is learned through such outdoor activities as conservation projects, collecting food, building trails and shelters, and conducting community service projects that promote healthy living. Through helping other people, Scouts learn to appreciate how they can share themselves and their blessings to those in need. By giving service to benefit others, Scouts gain a sense of personal satisfaction.
Scouting's Outdoor Program—Ever-Increasing Challenge Out-of-Doors
Types of Outdoor Activities
What are typical Scout outdoor activities? For younger Scouts, less-rugged activities are more appropriate as they begin to acquire outdoor knowledge and skills. These may include:
Day hikes—Reasonably short hikes (3 to 10 miles) in terrain without a lot of elevation gain or loss.
Service projects—Daylong projects that may be related to conservation, food collection, building shelter, or healthy living activities.
Patrol activities—A Boy Scout patrol or Varsity Scout squad may hike or camp with other patrols or squads in the unit or, with the permission of their Scoutmaster and parents or guardians, may hike or camp on their own.
Weekend overnights—Troops that plan and carry out outings once a month attract and retain boys at a much higher level than those that have fewer outings during the year.
Camporees—Councils and districts plan camporees and other outings during the year that give Scouts an opportunity to test their knowledge and skills in competitive events with other troops and patrols.
Summer camp—Summer camp is what many Scouts enjoy most. Camp programs provide numerous opportunities for Scouts to earn merit badges along their advancement trail. Resident Scout camping includes at least five nights and six days of fun outdoor activities.
Jamborees—Every four or five years, the Boy Scouts of America hosts a national Scout jamboree. More than 40,000 Scouts and leaders from across the country participate in this 10-day event filled with the most popular and highest quality outdoor activities Scouts enjoy. To participate, a Scout must be at least 12 years of age by July 1 of the jamboree year and be a First Class Scout.
Council high adventure—A high-adventure experience includes at least five nights and six days of trekking in wilderness and other rugged, remote locations. Trekking may include backpacking, canoeing, mountain biking, horse packing, mountain climbing, ski touring, rafting, kayaking, or a host of other outdoor adventures. Participants must be at least 13 years old by January 1 of the year they participate.
National high adventure—The BSA operates national high-adventure bases and programs. With two locations in the Florida Keys, the Florida National High Adventure Sea Base offers a variety of aquatic and boating programs. The Northern Tier National High Adventure Program, based in northern Minnesota with two satellite bases in Canada, provides a variety of canoe treks and programs. Philmont Scout Ranch and the Double H Ranch in the mountains of New Mexico provide excellent backpacking treks. Age requirements for these programs vary, but most programs are rugged and designed for older Scouts.
Unit high adventure—The highest level of challenge for a troop or team is to plan and carry out its own high-adventure experience. These activities for more experienced Scouts are planned and implemented by youth members with coaching from their adult leaders.
Qualified Leadership
Two-Deep Leadership Required
It is the policy of the Boy Scouts of America that trips and outings may never be led by only one adult. At a minimum, two registered adult leaders or one registered adult leader and a parent of a participant, one of whom must be at least 21 years of age, are required for all trips and outings. Sufficient adult leadership must be provided on all trips and outings based on the total number of youth attending.
Standards for Privacy on Trips or Outings
All volunteers and adults attending Scout outings are expected to conform to behavior that reflects Scouting's high standards and traditional values. Male and female leaders require separate sleeping facilities unless they are married and appropriate facilities are available.
Male and female youth participants must not share the same sleeping facilities. When tents are used, no youth will stay in the tent of an adult other than his or her parent or guardian. When housing other than tents is used, separate housing must be provided for male and female participants. Adult male leaders must be responsible for the male participants, and the female leaders are responsible for the female participants.
Adult leaders need to respect the privacy of the youth members in situations where the youth are changing clothes or taking showers, and intrude only to the extent that health and safety require. Adults need to protect their own privacy in similar situations.
Although it is not mandatory, councils are strongly encouraged to have separate shower and latrine facilities for females. In camps where separate facilities are not available, separate shower schedules for males and females should be posted. Use the buddy system for latrine use by having one person wait outside the entrance, or use signs on doors to signify "occupied" or "unoccupied."
Outdoor Activity Tips
The Scoutmaster Handbook, No. 33009C
Guide to Safe Scouting, No. 34416D
- Obtain permission from parents or guardians for activities that are held away from the regular unit meeting places.
- Understand the local council's policies regarding filing tour permits for unit outings. File a local tour permit application, No. 34426E, when necessary, or if the trip is longer than 500 miles, file a national tour permit application, No. 34419. For more information on tour permits, see Tours and Expeditions, No. 33737D.
- Be sure to have enough adult leaders for the activity.
If feasible, check out the site before the activity. Check on reservation procedures, restrooms, availability of adequate drinking water, and any potential hazards.
- Use the buddy system. Coach the boys in advance on what to do if they get lost.
- Carry a first-aid kit and make sure someone is qualified to use it. Be prepared with emergency procedures.
- Arrange adequate and safe transportation.
- Always leave a site in its natural condition.
Accident and Sickness Protection
For questions about current camper accident and sickness insurance, please contact your local council.
Leave No Trace
Every Scouting activity should be planned with Leave No Trace principles in mind. Leave No Trace is a method that prepares Scouts to make ethical choices in the outdoor environment and to respect the rights of other outdoor users, as well as future generations. It's an awareness and an attitude rather than a set of rules. It applies in your backyard or local park as much as in wilderness or backcountry areas. The principles of Leave No Trace are:
- Plan ahead and prepare.
- Travel and camp on durable surfaces.
- Dispose of waste properly (pack it in, pack it out).
- Leave what you find.
- Minimize campfire impacts.
- Respect wildlife.
- Be considerate of other visitors.
For more information refer to the Principles of Leave No Trace, No. 21-105. Also see Teaching Leave No Trace on this Web site.
To assure safer outings, the BSA has developed four leader training opportunities. The foundation for safety in any Scouting outdoor program is qualified supervision and discipline, and these two elements are the first and last points for each safety training opportunity. Because fitness is critical to all outdoor activities, it is also included in each safety emphasis.
Safe Swim Defense
- Qualified supervision
- Physical fitness
- Safe area
- Lifeguards on duty
- Lookout
- Ability groups
- Buddy system
- Discipline
Safety Afloat
- Qualified supervision
- Physical fitness
- Swimming ability
- Personal flotation equipment
- Buddy system
- Skill proficiency
- Planning
- Equipment
- Discipline
Trek Safely
- Qualified supervision
- Physical fitness
- Plan ahead
- Gear up
- Communicate clearly and completely
- Monitor conditions
- Discipline
Climb on Safely
- Qualified supervision
- Qualified instructors
- Physical fitness
- Safe area
- Equipment
- Planning
- Environmental conditions
- Discipline
For more detailed information on these training opportunities visit the BSA Web site or refer to Safe Swim Defense, No. 34370A; Safety Afloat Training Outline, No. 34159C; Trek Safely, No. 20-125; or Climb On Safely, No. 20-099B.
Boy Scout Outdoor Awards
Totin' Chip—This card, No. 34234B, indicates that a Scout has demonstrated proper handling, care, and use of the pocketknife, ax, and saw.
Paul Bunyan Woodsman—This card, No. 34235A, and corresponding patch recognize that a Scout has used woods tools skills to accomplish one of several beneficial projects.
Firem'n Chit—This card, No. 34236B, signifies that a Scout has read the fire use and safety section in the Boy Scout Handbook and accepts responsibility for fire safety.
Historic Trails Award—This embroidered patch, No. 00188, or leather patch, No. 00244, is earned when a Scout studies about a historic trail, hikes and camps along it, performs a public service project, and completes the Historic Trails Award application, No. 34408A.
Fifty-Miler Award—This embroidered patch, No. 00187, or leather patch, No. 00243, is earned when a Scout hikes, paddles, bikes, or rides horseback for at least 50 miles over five consecutive days, performs 10 hours of service, and completes the Fifty-Miler Award application, No. 34408A.
Leave No Trace—A Leave No Trace awareness patch, No. 8630, may be awarded to Scouts who learn about the principles of Leave No Trace, demonstrate them on three different overnight outings, assist others in learning about Leave No Trace, and complete the Leave No Trace Award application, No. 21-105. There is also an adult version of this award.
Keep America Beautiful—A Scout who earns three merit badges from a list of 12 choices, completes a minimum of eight hours of community service, and completes the Keep America Beautiful Award application, No. 21-377, is eligible to wear the Hometown USA award patch, No. 00356.
World Conservation Award—This distinctive panda patch, No. 00140, is earned by Scouts who complete the Environmental Science, Citizenship in the World, and either Soil and Water Conservation or Fish and Wildlife Management merit badges, and complete the World Conservation Award application, No. 21-156.
Conservation Good Turn—Scout units that perform a meaningful conservation project and complete the Conservation Good Turn Award application, No. 21-386, may be awarded a Conservation Good Turn certificate, No. 21-389A.
Hornaday Awards—There are seven different William T. Hornaday Awards that may be earned by Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and adult Scouters. The Silver and Bronze medals are the highest, most distinguished youth conservation awards. Each medal requires earning a number of merit badges and performing three (Bronze) or four (Silver) conservation projects that demonstrate research, planning, leadership, involvement of others, and a positive impact on the local community. For more information, visit http://old.scouting.org, click on Boy Scouting and then click on Awards to view the entire Hornaday Award information and download applications.
Outdoor Literature
Outdoor knowledge and skills are highlighted throughout Scouting literature. Publications that are most pertinent to Boy Scout outdoor activities include:
The Boy Scout Handbook, No. 33105—Organized by the levels of rank advancement, the Boy Scout Handbook guides a Scout through levels of outdoor skills development leading to the highest rank of Eagle Scout.
Fieldbook, No. 33104—The Fieldbook is a comprehensive resource providing knowledge about nature and the elements, outdoor activities, and skills. It includes sections on Leadership and Trek Preparation, Leaving No Trace, Trek Adventures, and Appreciating Our Environment.
Passport to High Adventure, No. 4310—Designed to empower a unit to prepare for a council, national, or unit high-adventure experience, this guidebook contains information about trip planning, travel and budget, equipment, skills, trail procedures, and trek safety. A list of current council high-adventure programs can be found on the Internet at http://old.scouting.org/boyscouts/directory.
Nationally Approved Historic Trails— The Boy Scouts of America publishes a compendium of historic trails operated by Scout councils throughout the United States. See Nationally Approved Historic Trails, No. 20-135, or visit http://old.scouting.org and click on Boy Scouting and then Activities.
Okpik: Cold-Weather Camping, No. 34040—This book provides information on camping comfortably in cold weather by wearing proper clothing, eating nutritious food, and staying hydrated. Techniques for constructing a variety of snow shelters and traveling across the snow are also featured.
Knots and How To Tie Them, No. 33170—This booklet describes how to tie various knots, hitches, and lashings commonly used in outdoor activities.
Topping Out, No. 32007—Designed primarily for BSA climbing directors and instructors, this manual describes and illustrates recommended techniques for top-rope climbing, belaying, and rappelling, including anchoring and climbing movements.
Project COPE manual, No. 34371C—This manual describes facilities and equipment for council low and high course Project COPE activities that help develop communications, planning, teamwork, trust, leadership, decision making, problem solving, and self-esteem in the participants.


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BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- The Lebanese military said an Israeli drone entered its airspace Wednesday, the latest in more than a dozen other incidents reported this week.
Lebanon's official National News Agency, operated by the Lebanese Interior Ministry, said an Israeli surveillance drone entered the country's airspace from the southern border region.
"All in all, enemy violation of Lebanese airspace and U.N. Resolution 1701, lasted more than 15 hours," it said.
U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 brought an end to a 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel. It calls on Hezbollah to disarm and reminds Israel of its obligation to respect Lebanon's sovereignty.
Lebanese officials early this year said an Israeli airstrike on Syrian targets emanated from Lebanese airspace. The Security Council said stability from a cease-fire enacted in the 1970s in the Golan Heights in southern Lebanon might deteriorate because of the Syrian civil war.
The official news agency said Lebanese military observers reported eight Israeli warplanes over its airspace Wdnesday and another eight over the same area the previous day.
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ATLANTA - Kris Medlen did his part to ensure Chipper Jones' last regular-season home game was a win.
Then again, all of the Atlanta Braves have been winning a lot with Medlen on the mound.
The Braves won for a major league record 23rd straight time in games started by Medlen, beating the New York Mets 6-2 on Sunday as a sellout crowd cheered Jones' every move.
Medlen (10-1) gave up one unearned run and three hits in six innings, adding to his momentum heading into the postseason. The Braves have already clinched an NL wild-card spot and are on track to host the one-game playoff, which Medlen would start.
"I think the best part about it is my name is in the history books, but it's a team thing," Medlen said. "It's a really cool feeling. Like I said, we're not done. I hope we keep going."
According to STATS LLC research going back to 1921, only two other teams won 22 straight starts by a pitcher: the New York Giants with Carl Hubbell (1936-37) and the Yankees with Whitey Ford (1950-53). Ford's streak was interrupted by military service.
With Washington's 10-4 loss to St. Louis, the Braves gained a game in the NL East and trail the first-place Nationals by three games. The Nationals have a magic number of one for clinching the division. The Braves close the regular season with three games at Pittsburgh.
The Mets (73-86) topped 2011's loss total and ensured their most losses since a 70-92 record in 2009.
Atlanta is 12-0 in Medlen's starts this season after he moved to the rotation on July 31. The team's streak of 23 straight wins in Medlen's starts began in 2010.
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said he was thinking of the postseason by limiting Medlen to six innings.
"If we were able to do that, get him the win, get the team the win and keep him right where we wanted in terms of pitches and innings, that was a good day," Gonzalez said.
The Mets' only run off Medlen was set up by first baseman Freddie Freeman's throwing error on Justin Turner's grounder in the third. The wild throw to Medlen, who was covering first base, allowed Ruben Tejada, who singled, to score from second.
Chipper's day
David Ross hit a three-run homer in the second off Jenrry Mejia (1-2). Jones had a single and two walks and wouldn't agree to come out of the game early.
"I tried to pinch-hit for him, get a big ovation for him," Gonzalez said. "He said, 'I want to finish this.' That's just the way he is."
Jones' parents were in Atlanta for the series.
"To be honest with you, I saw us winning this game early and I wanted to go give my mom and dad a hug after the game," Jones said. "If I had taken myself out of the game, I'd be in (the clubhouse) watching fantasy football."
The retiring 40-year-old slugger said he had "a lot of relief" the weekend was over.
"I'm glad it's over and we can go to Pittsburgh and finish out the year and get ready for the next one back here when all the fun is going to start," Jones said.
Jones' teammates stayed behind in the dugout as he ran onto the field to a standing ovation to start the game. The Braves joined the ovation, and even some New York players applauded him. Mets third base coach Tim Teufel walked over and shook Jones' hand, and finally the Braves joined Jones on the field.
"It's a well-deserved tribute," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "We all salute him in his career. He's a great, great player."
Jones was immediately tested as he made a dive to his left to make a stop on a grounder from Mets leadoff hitter Ruben Tejada. The All-Star third baseman made a one-hop throw to first base from his knees for the out. He made another diving stop on a sharply hit grounder by Scott Hairston to end the inning.
Braves chanted "Let's go, Chipper!" when he batted in the second, and booed Mejia for walking him.
Jones' first hit of his final regular-season home series came with his third-inning single, ending a 0-for-13 drought that included four walks. He tipped his helmet to the fans before his at-bats in the first and seventh innings. With fans standing in the seventh, Jones walked again.
Jones received another loud ovation when he took the field in the ninth. Fans chanted "Thank you, Chipper" as the inning started and then "Chipper! Chipper!" with two outs.
The Braves scored a run in the fifth on doubles by Michael Bourn and Jason Heyward. Andrelton Simmons doubled in Dan Uggla in the sixth off Collin McHugh and scored on Bourn's single.
Mejia gave up four runs on six hits in five innings.
"I thought he threw the ball good today," Collins said. "He made a real bad throw to Ross, right down the middle. But his two-seamer was the best one I've seen him have."
The Mets scored one run off Cory Gearrin in the ninth on a double by Ike Davis, a walk to Lucas Duda and a single by Andres Torres.
Closer Craig Kimbrel recorded the final out on a grounder by Fred Lewis for his 42nd save.
Bourn was a late addition to Atlanta's lineup after missing six games with a sprained left thumb.
Medlen lined a foul ball into the Mets' dugout in the fourth, hitting catcher Josh Thole. Thole's right ear was red and swollen but he said he passed a concussion test.
"I just saw the doctor and there's no issue, other than this big ear I have," said Thole, a former Savannah Sand Gnat. "It got me more on the cartilage of my ear, I think. That's what saved me. It definitely could have been worse."


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Resourceful Uses for Wire Locker Baskets
While thrift shopping last weekend, we scored four wire locker baskets for only $12 each. Yipee! They were made in Shiner, Texas which apparently has an iron works along with the well-loved brewery. Now that we have them, what should we do with them?
Re-purposing wire baskets isn't exactly a new idea and there must be dozens of ways to utilize these industrial baskets for storage. On a shelf or on the floor, they can hold anything from toys to toilet paper. We thought the baskets would be handy for stashing design magazines around the house.
We went hunting for other more creative ideas and came up with these resourceful ways to use lockers baskets in your home:
1. Vintage metal shelves and locker baskets provide endless storage in the this old-is-new kitchen remodel from Country Living.
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5. Take wire baskets outside and use them for whimsical planters or for storing gardening tools.
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33 U.S. Code § 1235 - Transfer of authority to regulate to head of other department
The authority and power bestowed upon the Commandant of the Coast Guard by sections 1233 and 1234 of this title may be transferred for any special occasion to the head of another department by the President whenever in his judgment such transfer is desirable.
Section was not enacted as part of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 456 of former Title 46, Shipping.
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and all functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary of the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Section 6(b)(2) of Pub. L. 89–670, however, provided that notwithstanding such transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in time of war or when President directs as provided in section 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Functions of Coast Guard, and Commandant of Coast Guard, were excepted from transfer when Coast Guard is operating as part of Navy under sections 1 and 3 of Title 14.
"Commandant of the Coast Guard" substituted for "Secretary of Commerce" on authority of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, §§ 101–104, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
Upon incorporation into the Code, the words "Secretary of Commerce" were substituted for "Secretary of Commerce and Labor" to conform to act Mar. 4, 1913, which provided that the Secretary of Commerce and Labor should be called the Secretary of Commerce.
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|January 10, 2013, 09:52 AM
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what about neck shots?
I have always avoided neck shots on deer. Don't know why but I have been under the impression they might not drop the animal quickly or humaenly like a heart/lung shot.
My guns are a .45 cal. muzzle loader with patched round ball, similar in .54 and a 30-06.
I have never trailed a deer, they all fell where they stood or within 20 feet.
I still have hopes of bigger game like elk, moose, griz. How about that neck shot on them?
Voics of experience will be appreciated.
|January 10, 2013, 09:57 AM
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When I only hunted rifle country in the Catskill Mountains in NY, I frequently took neck shots. I only did it on deer that were perfectly still. Whether facing me, or broadside, the neck shot was 100% lethal, and the deer dropped in its tracks.
That said, you HAVE to know what your gun is capable of doing. And, far more importantly, you have to know what YOU are capable of doing. The neck is a large target, but you still have to hit it and have the patience not to take a moving shot.
Just my opinion, but I'm a big proponent of neck shots.
As an aside, head shots? Never. Therein lies a huge chance for wounding, maiming game.
|January 10, 2013, 10:03 AM
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There are plenty of places on that neck that aren't fatal. I've found one of them on a cow elk. That being said, it's better than a head shot in my opinion. If possible, double lung an animal, and they won't go far.
|January 10, 2013, 10:06 AM
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I'll take headshots and neck shots all day long provided the circumstances are right. Never had one walk away from a neck shot and all headshots have been on the money but I shoot my rifle and load a bunch through the year/season and know exactly where it is going.
What surprises me is why people don't take the high shoulder shot more often. If you know the anatomy of the game, it is a much larger target than the heart and 95% of the time puts the game on the ground immediately. You hit the Scapula and blow it up, you take out the spine and motor movements, lung function and heartbeat plus you litter the lungs with a ton of bone shrapnel.
|January 10, 2013, 10:16 AM
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I have never seen a heart lung shot drop an animal, at least not in relation to a neck shot.
I have shot many both ways and unless (and not often) I have the luxury of watching a deer for 5+ seconds after a heart lung shot expire rather than the normal small shooting window I usually have where I must unleash follow-up shots, I am always amazed in how far a deer can go before expiring.
The cow Elk I took this past season was a neck shot with a .54 patched RB and when the smoke cleared she was on the ground. My hunting partner was watching her and couldn't see me, so the cow hitting the ground before he heard the shot was by his words, very impressive.
I had a low hit once but had I not followed up the deer would not have gone far as I took out one or more large neck veins, but when in dought and have the resource, follow up.
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|January 10, 2013, 10:27 AM
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|January 10, 2013, 10:39 AM
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Another one for the high shoulder shot. They land on their backs with their feet in the air. It doesn't matter how fast they run in that position. They just don't get any traction.
|January 10, 2013, 10:57 AM
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I mostly have taken neck shots because when I was a kid my father and uncle both commented, "If you shoot him in the white spot, he doesn't go anywhere." I've seen my father hit the white spot, offhand, at around 250 yards. I watched my uncle break a buck's neck at right at 75 yards as the buck jumped over a fence.
However, out beyond 100 yards, I go for the heart/lung shot--which with my '06 has been pretty much a "go nowhere" deal.
I guess I've tagged somewhere around 50 bucks through the years of hunting in Texas, mostly back during the two-buck limit days. And some years of mule deer with a one-buck limit. I've never had to trail a deer.
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I never cared for them and counciled my clients to avoid them. If the spine is hit, the results are instant. The spine is only inches wide though. A close to the spine hit will drop the animal but after the shock, will often rise and escape. A fellow guide shot a huge mule deer buck in the neck last year. It went down but was gone by the time he got to the site. After hours of tracking it went unrecovered. I have seen maybe 6 to 8 neck shots fail to kill and have the animal escape including a deer I shot in my youth. I know it was shot in the neck as I saw it later in the day with a huge bloody stain on its neck, I didnt have a gun with me when I saw it latter in the day. The heart and lungs are bigger targets, more leathal, and more forgiving if the shot is a little off, so why shoot anywhere else?
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Can do but prefer the Heart/Lung shot
By taking a head/neck shot, you reduce your potential kill-radius as oppose to the more common, heart/lung shot. The head/neck shot, is always an option that I would take. My last M/L "kill" was a head on heart-shot. The buck took one step and dropped. ...
Might add that this is also what I teach during our Hunter Safety classes. ..
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I will try and get a broadside, either heart/lung or high shoulder shot if at all possible. If that shot does not present itself and I don't feel it will, then a neck shot is not out of the question. But as has been stated, although a good neck shot usually leaves the animal DRT, the 'bulls eye' or (as Pahoo put it) the 'kill zone' is much smaller with the neck shot compared to the heart/lung shot.
I know my rifle and my capabilities/limits with it. Too, I stay within those parameter's and would much rather let an animal walk then risk causing it to suffer. Many of us here know that horrible feeling.
The reason explained above is the reason I will not do head shots.
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Under 100 yds, a neck shot is my preference, beyond that it depends on the situation. No running shots, no shots at alarmed game, and it's safe to say it will drop right there. High shoulder is also a great shot.
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I've seen deer with their jaw shot off on three occassions due to some idiot taking a head shot and I've seen several with their nose shot or holes in their ears. It's a very poor choice of a shot. Neck shots? Get a diagram of a deers neck and see how much room the spine takes up and how big the major arteries are. There is a lot of room for hitting the neck and hitting no vital spots. One other thing...I've shot competition for many years and in my opinion very few shooters are the shots they think they are. There are a lot more losers than winners and I've seen some pretty bad shots that think they can really shoot. The heart/lung are is pretty big and any reasonable caliber going through this area with a good bullet will kill the animal. You don't need to be a champion shooter to hit the area either. Good ethics dictate taking the fatal shot with the best odds of humanely killing the animal.
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To each their own. Like NoSecondBest, over the years, I have seen far too many instances where someone tried a shot at a walnut sized target and ended up maiming a deer with the idea of "saving" a little meat. Last month, two weeks after Wisconsin's late antlerless hunt, I was out with the dog chasing grouse. Came across a deer that couldn't get up. Her bottom jaw was gone. She survived the poorly placed shot only to spend two weeks suffering and slowly starving to death. Only the good Lord knows how much longer she would've suffered had I not come along. I'm sure the hunter that maimed her was confident in his shooting abilities also. Probably one of those internet wonders that has never lost or wounded a deer in 40 years of hunting. I wonder if the few ounces of meat he was attempting to save was worth it to the deer. As for neck shots, they too are a small target, especially on a small deer. A buck in rut may have a neck that is huge, but the amount of kill zone has not increased. Here because of CWD, the DNR advises against any shot to the brain, CNS or spine because of the great increase of possible exposure to the Prion to humans.
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If the opportunity presents itself (positioning, range, wind, etc), I'll take a head or neck shot, any day. I very much prefer dropping the animal right in its tracks, with no suffering.
But, if I'm not 100% confident the shot will work, I move to the heart/lungs.
Under some circumstances, I might even compromise further.
On this year's Elk hunt, for example, I was one of only two people on the mountain, that saw anything other than a spike or cows (and that second person was with me). The big bull that I didn't get a shot at and the little 6x6 bull I dropped, were the only sightings of "real" bulls, over a 9-day period.
The hunting conditions made it obvious, from day one, that we had to take what we could get, or we may go home to a year of empty freezers.
I didn't have any of the preferred 'traditional' shots available for my bull. So, I shot through a tree, and put a 275 gr bullet through his liver and diaphragm.
When he reacted to the shot, and moved, I had an opportunity to drop him with a neck shot (through another tree ).
The liver shot was absolutely fatal (and the torn diaphragm, preventing him from breathing properly); but the neck shot dropped him in his tracks, cut off all blood flow to his brain, and stopped CNS activity. Lights out.
Neither shot makes me happy, but he was still dead quicker than many heart/lung shots I've witnessed; and our camp had the only bull to come off that mountain over a 9-day period.
I do my best to minimize any suffering for the animal, and to drop it right in its tracks. But, I can feed my family for almost a year, with one Elk; and an Antelope may last several months. (I haven't hunted deer for a while.)
Head and neck shots are great, if they'll work. But, if there's any doubt, I turn to whatever else will be effective.
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I don't see an issue with neck shots other then your wasting a hell of a good roast.
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I try for the (center) of that White Throat Patch seen under its jaw first. (a neck shot) If not do-able. High in the ribs just behind its front leg as to destroy its lungs. (side to side) If I can't do either. That animal gets a pass and my old 270 goes on standing in its corner.
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I love they way they go down with a good neck shot.
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I've never purposefully taken a neck or head shot at a *healthy deer, but did have an arrow go through a doe's neck once when she jumped the string. I got lucky that the broadhead found the mark and kept the tracking job within a couple hundred yards, as opposed to missing anything important and just wounding her.
I don't take full frontal shots, just a personal preference, and never had a situation where I couldn't wait for at least a quartering shot instead. YMMV.
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I think a heart lung shot is the surest shot and I prefer it over all others. With that, I'd take a neck shot if that was all I had.
I would not suggest a neck shot for a novice however. The margin of a clean kill and a wounding shot is just too small. Above all else, we owe it to our game to give it a clean humane kill.
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Neck shots are all I do out to 300 hundred or so yards. Alot of hunters around here do.
Contrary to popular belief, you do not have to break the spine. I've shot MANY deer that way and and a couple elk and have never lost one. Just aim for the middle and it will drop instantly. Especially with 30-06 (my favorite). My daughter shot a 290lb mule deer buck in the nack at over 300yds with a 243 and SST's and it was an inst-drop.
The hunters with bad results may have made a bad bullet choice. There is also a misbelief that you need a 300mag for deer and 338 or bigger for elk. Those guys just need to learn to put the bullet where it sposed to be or stay home. Thats just my opinion.
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The biggest factor of determining whether or not to try a head/neck shot is how accurately that person can shoot a their weapon. Also, shot distance, how the animal is standing, and whether or not the animal is moving determines if a head/neck shot is advisable. The heart/lung area allows a certain margin of error so that's why its so popular.
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For all the nay-sayers of head and neck shots that found wounded and dead deer. I have news for you. Most of those hunters were aiming for the heart/lung area!
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The heroes are director Mikhail Kalatozov, best known worldwide for "The Cranes Are Flying"; cinematographer Sergei Urusevsky; and camera operator Alexander Calzatti, a student of Eisenstein's cinematographer on "Potemkin." The director worked from a script following four loosely connected episodes dramatizing Cuban life during and then after the Batista regime.
The segments are very crudely drawn in terms of dialectics: At one point in the final episode, a peasant farmer discusses the worth of life with one of Castro's guerrilla fighters, before the bombs start dropping and another revolutionary (the timid farmer) is born. The script was put together by Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Enrique Pineda Barnet and, at various junctures, the nation of Cuba herself (voiced by Raquel Revuelta) draws attention to both her famous Havana nightclubs and the slums away from tourists' eyes.
It's a unique document of its time, but more than anything "I Am Cuba" is a remarkable exemplar of the moving image. How many filmmakers likely owe this picture something, starting with Coppola and Scorsese, and including Steven Soderbergh and Terrence Malick? When the sugar cane farmer sets his fields on fire in response to his landowner's news of having sold out to a Western fruit company, the combination of flame, smoke, wind and precious resources, captured in pearly black and white, goes beyond propaganda and lands somewhere near poetry.
"I Am Cuba" will be presented twice this week at the Gene Siskel Film Center as part of its "Revolution in the Air" film and lecture series.
'I Am Cuba'
No MPAA rating.
Running time: 2:21; in Spanish and Russian with English subtitles.
Plays: 6 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Tuesday, Siskel Film Center.


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Lady Bisons participate in reading day at local school
Members of the Lady Bison basketball team spent Thursday reading to children at the Norman Binkley Elementary School in Nashville.
Head Coach Frank Bennett read to a group of third graders in the morning while five players came after lunch to read to second and third grade classrooms.
Seniors Valerie Bronson and Jenna Bartsokas were among the group of five Lady Bisons to read books to the second and third graders.
Junior Brittany Duerk, sophomore Morgan Faulkner and freshman O'Neisha Smith also read books .
After reading, Coach Bennett and the Lady Bisons answered any of the children's questions that they had.
Click the photo gallery link above to see photos from the event.


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With Election Day still more than a week away, more than 600,000 Colorado voters have already cast their ballots, the Colorado Secretary of State's Office reported this morning.
Secretary of State Scott Gessler's staff said that based on reports from Colorado's county clerks, 626,097 voters had returned their completed mail ballots or had voted in person at their county's designated early-voting polling places as of Friday morning.
On a statewide basis, that included ballots cast by: 244,263 Republicans; 225,850 Democrats; 149,877 voters unaffiliated with any political party; 3,258 Libertarians; 1,159 Green Party members; 1,035 American Constitution Party Members; and 655 Americans Elect Party members.
In Boulder County, 40,749 voters had returned mail ballots or voted at early-voting locations by Friday morning. That included: 20,897 Democrats; 8,928 Republicans; 10,426 voters unaffiliated with any political party; 221 Libertarians; 155 Green Party members; 50 Americans Elect Party members; and 30 American Constitution Party members.
In Weld County, 30,449 voters had already voted by mail or in person by Friday morning, including: 13,479 Republicans; 8,509 Democrats; 8,154 voters unaffiliated with any political party; 133 Libertarians; 70 American Constitution Party members; 44 Green Party members; and 50 Americans Elect Party members.
County clerks have been sending mail ballots to voters requesting them since Oct. 15. Early voting at designated polling places began Monday and will continue through Nov. 2.


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LONGMONT -- Highway crews assessing the damage along Colo. Highway 119 between Interstate 25 and Longmont determined Wednesday that a portion could be reopened, but that the bridge should remain closed.
Colorado Department of Transportation spokesman Bob Wilson said Wednesday that all of the ramps at Colo. 119 and Interstate 25 had been reopened and access to businesses just west of the intersection had been opened.
However, he said, the highway would remain closed from the Waffle House west to Weld County Road 51/2. Motorists can access businesses along Colo. 119 between Longmont and WCR 51/2, but he said reopening the bridge will take additional work."They are waiting for the water to go down," he said, adding crews are weighing whether one lane could be opened in each direction to at least get traffic flowing from the interstate to the city.
"We are hoping to do it sooner rather than later," he said, clarifying earlier conflicting reports from CDOT on Wednesday morning.
He said communications in the area were difficult Tuesday and Wednesday.
"We are working on hiccups in communication coming with folks in the field," he said.
Floodwaters rushed over Colo. 119 after unprecedented rainfall. The flood ripped sections of the highway's asphalt away and eroded the ground out from under the roadway in many places. Water still flowed over large sections of the eastbound lanes Tuesday, and debris littered the lanes that were exposed. Birds screeched overhead as nature moved in to reclaim one of the area's major east-west arteries, which was being gingerly used by utility trucks and emergency workers accessing properties along the highway.
Pierrette J. Shields can be reached at 303-684-5273 or at email@example.com.


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Waterman, McCarthy Ready For Return to Nationalsby Brent Harris • March 10, 2011 Share:
For the second year in a row Wabash College runners Jake Waterman and Kevin McCarthy will step to the starting line to compete in the 800-meter run at the NCAA Division III Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship meet. While the approach for this year's meet will be the same, the experience will be different for both.
"Last year I was a freshman competing at my first national meet," Waterman said. "I didn't really know what I was getting into. This year I will head into the meet with more confidence that I might be able to win it or at least get into the top-three places. Last year I was just pleased to make it. This year the expectations are higher."
McCarthy finished sixth at the 2010 Indoor Nationals, crossing the finish line in 1:54.67. Waterman took seventh place with a time of 1:55.49. Both will compete in the 800-meter run at this year's meet, to be held Friday and Saturday, March 11-12, at Capital University in Bexley, Ohio.
"It's nice to be coming back as a more mature runner," McCarthy said. "Seeing this meet for the first time and seeing what it is all about last year means this year's meet loses its shock and awe value. Now it's another meet with better athletes competing.
"Last year I was really nervous. This year I feel less nervous and more experienced It's kind of cool going to these meets because anything can happen. You can have a good race or bad race. We found that out last year. We both had a bad race in the finals.
McCarthy brings plenty of experience in the national spotlight to the table. He qualified individually for cross country nationals as a sophomore, nearly earning All-America honors with a 46th-place finish. He competed as the 2011 Outdoor Nationals in the 1500-meter run, finishing fifth with a time of 3:52.02. McCarthy became the first Wabash athlete to compete at the cross country, indoor track and outdoor track nationals in the same season.
"This will be my fifth national meet," McCarthy said. "You glean a little bit out of each national meet. I feel like I should be there this year as opposed to squeaking in last year."
Assistant Track and Field Coach Roger Busch knows the duo has accomplished a lot of the initial goals set for them. Now the sky is the limit.
"My only expectation for Kevin and Jake is they be coachable and they work hard," Busch said. "They never shy away from any workout. That goes for program as a whole. It's hard to put too many expectations on guys. There are so many variables --- training, the environment, the academic setting. Our core expectation for each athlete is to work as hard as you can. All of our guys continue to do that.
"Kevin and Jake have filled the expectation that they can run at the national level. I think there's a lot more there for them to still accomplish. They can put Wabash on the national level. Jake is close to reaching the qualifying mark for the USA indoor national meet. Kevin could make the USA outdoor national meet next year, barring any setbacks."
This year's national meet will already feel like a repeat event for Wabash Head Coach Clyde Morgan and for Waterman. Both will receive regional honors for the second consecutive year from the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Morgan will be named the Great Lakes Regional Division III Men's Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season. Waterman will receive the Great Lakes Regional Men's Track Athlete of the Year Award for the second time.
The awards presentation will take place at the banquet held Thursday evening prior to the national competition on Friday and Saturday. Morgan's indoor team won the 2011 North Coast Athletic Conference last weekend and is 16th in the nation in the final regular season USTFCCCA rankings.
"Jake has earned respect from the coaches around the region and around the nation," Morgan said. "That award comes from a vote from the coaches. We always talk about working hard and earning the right to run with confidence in our program. He's done that.
"My award really goes to our staff as a whole. We have a great staff that is committed. They put in both time and effort. We also have a great group of coachable guys. We've had some coaching changes this year and lost some guys from the team due to injuries and other circumstances. Some programs crumble when that happens. I think it allowed us to come together as a group as a family. We won two big meets early in the year, then followed with our first conference championship. We don't win those meets and win the conference championship if we couldn't come together as a team. I firmly believe if you don't have a great staff around you, that doesn't happen."
Photos - (top right) Jake Waterman and Kevin McCarthy on the awards platform after finishing in the top eight at the 2010 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field National Championship meet.
(Middle left) McCarthy and Waterman competing at last year's nationals.
(Bottom left) Head Coach Clyde Morgan will receive the 2011 USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Men's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year Award. He was also the 2010 recipient.


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The following extract is from A QUESTION OF IMPROPRIETY. The blurb reads:
A very improper seduction...Three releases in two months, plus an online serial. Michelle, how did you manage that?
Diana Clare has had enough of London--the balls, the rakes you can never trust... Now, having returned home in disgrace, she is trying to forget what drove her from the ton.
But rake and gambler Brett Farnham, Earl of Coltonby, seems intent on making Diana remember exactly what it was like to be whirled around the ballroom and seduced by the glint in your partner's eye...
But Brett has 'mistress' rather than 'marriage' in mind, and Diana is not sure her reputation can stand up to another scandal...
It is all down to scheduling rather than superhuman feats of writing. Last year, THE VIKING'S CAPTIVE PRINCESS was out in the US, and the duo A QUESTION OF IMPROPRIETY and IMPOVERISHED MISS, CONVENIENT WIFE appeared in the UK in November 2008 and April 2009. However to help celebrate that duo's US publication, in September I was asked to write an online serial, HIS STAND-IN BRIDE. It is e-Harlequin's free weekly serial, which started on 15 November. The last segment goes out on 3 January. HIS STAND-IN BRIDE takes place in the Tyne Valley several months before the start of A QUESTION OF IMPROPRIETY and gave me a chance to revisit the world I had created. You can read the result here. The blurb reads:
Tyne Valley, 1813How does writing a serial differ from say writing a short story?
When her sister eloped with someone other than her betrothed, Lady Anne Dunstan knew two things. One, that she completely supported her sister's making her own choice about who she would marry. And two, that Anne--the responsible one--would have to clean up the mess.
What she didn't know was how her sister's intended, Jason Martell, would take the news. Or how Anne would respond to the force of his presence, his rugged good looks, his less-than-gentlemanly advances.
Or to his proposal of marriage.
When my editor called and asked if I would write it, I knew I couldn't refuse even though the two week deadline was very tight. But it was only when I put the phone down, I thought--oh help! What have I done now? Particularly as I had just signed a new contract for four books which also has tight deadlines.
A serial has its own demands. Each chapter or segment must be a specific length and end with a definite hook or cliffhanger. Because people might start the story in say chapter four, it has to always be comprehensible. And the story needs to be able to stand alone and also be fully developed.
Did you enjoy writing it?
After I overcame my initial terror, it became quite fun. I was able to really concentrate on delivering a punchy story. Thankfully during the Unusual Historical panel at RWA Nationals in July, Carrie Lofty said that I tend to write self-made men. I knew when she said those words that they were my favourite type of hero. Part of my core story, if you will. And so I knew I had to take the opportunity and write a self-made man. And because of that, the story fell into place. I am happy to say that thus far I have met all my deadlines.
Core story?
Just before the Unusual Historical panel at the RWA Nationals, Jayne Anne Krentz gave an inspirational speech about her career. One thing she said was to know your core story. Know why you like telling a specific type of story. So I spent the afternoon wondering and then Carrie said the magic words and I knew.
So you write self-made men?
I am not really comfortable writing about men who have lived a life of privilege and have never had to struggle, who are merely caretakers of inherited wealth. Even the hero of A QUESTION OF IMPROPRIETY, despite being born into the aristocracy, has to struggle and has earned his own fortune. Some of the tension between Brett and the hero of IMPOVERISHED MISS, CONVENIENT WIFE, Simon Clare, is that neither recognises the other's struggle. All of my Vikings, including Ivar, the hero of THE VIKING'S CAPTIVE PRINCESS, have had to earn their place at the top table.
What's next for you?
After these three, my Roman Undone "A PERFECT CONCUBINE" is released in February. It is my first Undone and gave me a chance to revisit the world I created with SOLD AND SEDUCED. It was tremendous fun to write. Again the hero is a self-made man. (And it was written before Carrie gave me the insight!)
I am currently working on the first part of my early Victorian duo about two sisters who were kidnapped in the Sinai. The revisions are due this week and my editor is very excited about the story, provided I do the revisions correctly. The hero is a second son of a marquess who has found adventure and a fortune outside English society.
Are you planning on doing any more Vikings?
I had toyed with doing Thrand's story as an Undone, but I don't think the shorter format would do it justice and currently I am really enjoying writing in the early Victorian period. My current contract calls for more early Victorians in unusual settings rather than more Vikings. But never say never. I may eventually go back and give Thrand his story or I may start a new set of Vikings, perhaps later in the Viking period.
Thank you, Michelle, for stopping by and good luck with all your releases!
You can learn more about my work and read extracts from her releases on my website.
For a chance to win all three of Michelle's current releases, please leave a comment or question. Michelle suggests commenting on what you think about the idea of core stories. Do you know your core story? Do you have a favorite core story to read? I'll draw one commenter at random on Sunday, December 12. Void where prohibited. Best of luck!


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Dirk Weber
Hi David, great article! Anyway I have some additions: maybe our windows-friends should know that Chromium and Safari for Windows already do support CSS3 3D.
And feature detection for CSS3 3D is bitchy. Unfortunately Webkit will always tell us that CSS3 3D is supported, which makes modernizr rather useless for detecting CSS3 3D in Webkit, regardless which version is used :(


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I've been growing increasingly frustrated with smartphone design - and with hardware design in general. Years ago, back when they were still busy trying not to die, Apple produced its best and most iconic designs. It started with the colourful original iMacs, continued through the PowerMac G3 and G4, and reached its zenith with the PowerMac G4 Cube and the iMac G4. Since then, the distinctiveness and colour has left Apple's designs, and nobody in the industry has the guts to bring it back (and can you blame Apple? The money just keeps on coming). Smartphones and tablets followed this trend. They're all pretty boring, and most of all, void of any form of colour or identity. See one smartphone, you've seen them all. See one tablet, and you've seen them all.
That is, until Nokia shook things up last year. They started with the N9 - the Swan Song for the Nokia of old, and harbinger for the Nokia of new. In white, I like to refer to the Nokia N9 as the 'unicorn phone'; I've seen pictures of it, but never in real life. Like unicorns, I'm pretty sure it exists, but I've never seen one. From the ashes of the N9 came the Lumia 800 and Lumia 900, in exciting colours, with the same distinctive and unique design that sets them apart from the competition. It's hard to be distinctive with such little space, but Nokia nailed it.
The Nokia Lumia 920 and to a lesser degree the 820 continue this trend. In a world where grey and black rounded rectangles rule the roost, where the same boring design is regurgitated and mildly iterated every six-to-twelve months to squeeze yet another few precious hundreds of euros from the pockets of unsuspecting customers, it's refreshing to see a company have the guts to come out with a unique red or even yellow phone. They call the red "lipstick red" for Fiona's sake. Nokia, here's to the crazy ones!
It doesn't end with the phone's hardware design, though. Nokia has made sure to properly match the external colours with the main interface colours of the - still - distinctive and unique operating system. Windows Phone is as distinctive and unique as ever, and next to the boringness of iOS and Android, it simply stands out.
Alight, enough marketing talk. Let's get down to business. The phones look nice, but as far as specifications go, it's nothing special. The camera is labelled as PureView, but it's nowhere near the kind of craziness the Nokia 808 displayed; it's a regular sensor with some additional technologies to improve image quality - but considering Nokia wasn't confident enough to not fake its marketing material, I am highly sceptical of their claims about the camera.
To make matters worse: no pricing information, no availability, no nothing. We have no idea when these will hit the market, and everything seems to point to this event being planned now just to make sure they wouldn't be overshadowed by the iPhone 5's announcement. I got all excited and was ready to (pre-)order the lipstick red 920 (a red phone! A red phone!), only to be disappointed when nothing was said about pricing and availability. This is a letdown, and as a consumer, this puts me in the wrong mood. What puts me right back in a good mood, however, is the fact that Nokia has managed to make the touchscreen work even while wearing mittens and gloves - something that's surely going to come in handy in the winter.
Still, I will reward Nokia for having the guts to be unique in this boring industry. I will most definitely buy a lipstick red 920 (I just love saying that) to replace my HD7 and SII (Windows Phone is my favourite mobile operating system), and for the sake of the industry, I hope many others will do too. We could use a little craziness, a little colour, a little competition.
Unless you want to be stuck with boring iOS and Android for the foreseeable future, of course.


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Climate Change Solution: Give Money to the Poor
Could cash transfers be effective in helping people adapt to climate change? An article on the Due South blog thinks this strategy could work. Giving money to the poor will help them meet basic needs and enable them to respond better to climate-related disasters, it says.
Poverty makes people more vulnerable to the adverse effects of global warming, much as it has always made them more vulnerable to diseases, crimes, oppression and all other terrible things in society. Cash transfer programs would essentially try to address this crippling poverty in order to empower people to face the challenges of a changing climate.