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This page is dedicated to the memory of Col. Jim Corbett of Kumaon, author, naturalist, slayer of man eating tigers and leopards, conservationist and humanitarian.
This page is dedicated to the memory of Col. Jim Corbett of Kumaon, author, naturalist, slayer of man eating tigers and leopards, conservationist and humanitarian.
as an english boy gowing up in istanbul I came across the man eaters of kumaon ...I was hooked ...in the 1980s I moved to dehli where I came to realize the high regard Indians have for jim corbett . so as an adult re read all of corbetts books. I then fully realized what an amazing example of humanity was jim corbett .extordinary for a man of that time to give equal revrence to anyone deserving whether it was a local man or a british dignitary ..to me he was an example of courage dignity humility and kindness that transendes all the problems of class religion ect as inspirational as any stoic writer like marcus auralius ..no wonder he was honered by India .....his goodness as a person made him so ahead of his time ideas like conservationism were born out of rightous concern for the truth ...not jumping on somebody elses bandwagon .I visited kumaon many times staying with friends in muktishwar where jim shot a man eater and felt jims spirit many times on lonley jungle trails .even as a foreigner my heart yearns for that feeling again ...its hard to understand why jim would leave that for kenya. his grave is missing from that landscape! did he regret the move ? one can understand he may have been looking for the adventure of youth or an unspoiled country ...alsso it was a time of violence and uncertainty in India ... but it would be out of charecter for the great man to show any personal feelings about it .he always was quick to praise others and subdue his own feelings .I truly admire the man in spite of being verry well read ...he is one of the greatest examples of how to lead your life and be a happy in simplicity ..his sympathy for the downtrodden his love of animals and environment his generosity his humility, he had all the best genuine atributes of a hindu moslem and christian rolled together .fitting for a multi cultured India
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I have always been a great fan & adirer of Jim Corbett. His books introduced me to a new world of experiences of natural world. His books form a separate literary category; a jungle version of detective fiction that convey an explicit message of nature conservation. Corbett's art and popularity not only compelled my attention, but also prompted me to critically examine his books thoroughly. I have submitted my Doctoral thesis at RTM Nagpur University (MS) India on Jim Corbett. Looking forward to thesis presentation before expert committee.
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I am fan of Jim's flawless words, craft, and life. Could you share your thesis or a summary? I would be delighted to read. And thank you for doing this - the more I read (i have both OUP omnibuses) the more I marvel at his dedication. Regards, Arun
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Hello Archana. Delighted to learn that a fellow nagpurian has presented a thesis on Sir Jim Corbett. Would love to know more about it. My wife and i are planning to visit nainitaal this month to investigate a bit about JC. I am very eager to find out more about this Gentleman and will be grateful if you could share your understanding of him.
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VOL.16 Number 63 March 2010 Editor:JERRY A. JALEEL F.R.G.S.
TIGER DEATHS IN CORBETT NATIONAL PARK: Several bodies of dead tigers were found inside the Corbett park in the last three months. Some were said to be poisoned by villagers, and others were presumed killed during territorial fights by rival tigers. The bodies with no cuts or signs of mutilations were labeled as death by poison administered by villagers in carcasses. In recent weeks a tiger killed two women who were collecting firewood inside the park. The authorities were trying to trap the killer tiger in the hope of relocating it to a zoo, but the angry villagers wanted the cat killed, and this anger might have caused the death of several tigers that roams the Corbett park.
Ironically, no other parks in India is losing tigers at this rate. According to officials, Corbett park has a population of 50 tigers or more. Sightings of several cubs with mothers were reported there in recent months. Many thinks that the area is over crowded. Even so, the park is not lack of prey. It is teemed with thousands of spotted deer as well as a healthy population of sambur, chinkara, hog deer, musk deer and other mammals. A mother with young cubs are very cautious and protective, and resentful to intruders. Any one walking into their playground would be taking a great risk. In many parks in India, collecting fodder and firewood is very common. In the case of the women killed by tigers, they were not eaten.
It is also not uncommon for male tigers to kill young cubs to get the mother tigress ready for mating. There are several instances where the tigress defend her cubs by fighting with the intruder, and as a result receiving life threatening injuries and even death. The aggressive male tigers are also known to attack and kill other weak male tigers or young male tigers to establish their own territory.
The sad part in the death of the tigers in Corbett park is that the authorities are unable to establish the cause of death, or doing anything to prevent such happenings. According to three reliable sources who works in the Corbett park tells me that there is a huge cover up by the authorities and the operators who depends on income from tourists. Any naturalist who is concerned with the issue would be banned from the park and be labeled as a threat to the park and its administration. It happened in many other parks before, and every time when some researchers sounded alarm, they were promptly expelled from the park. This is politics at its worst. It was deeply rooted in the Indian history, even during Corbett's time, almost seventy years ago when he pleaded for the conservation of tigers and asked the public to rally behind the tigers to ensure their protection, adding that 'tigers have no votes'.
It is unfortunate that the conflict between tigers and men is on the rise. The number of tigers has been dwindled from 3000 to 800 or less in recent years, having the majority being killed to supply organs and bones to satisfy the demands of ancient and primitive medical practices. Those who are guarding the tigers in India are still without proper outfits to combat the demanding job. Most of the money raised to 'SAVE THE TIGER' ends up towards administrative fees. Some of the 'tiger experts' are promoting themselves with their books and videos and pocketing the money. In the meantime, the tiger in India is under humungous pressure by an ever increasing population, an uneducated bunch of politicians and gutless forest officials who tap dance with the politicians instead of executing and following their job description. It is time India set up a central body for tiger conservation by recruiting able members from professional ranks who are immune to political pressure and corruption.
Hailed as India's most staunch tiger conservationist, author of several books on tigers and leopards and creator of Dudhwa national Park, Kunwar (Billy) Arjan Singh died at the age of 92 in India on the New Years day 2010.
Billy (means cat in Hindi) was born on 15 August 1917 in Gorakhpur in a prominent royal family. As a youth he spent most of his leisure time with a rifle, shooting wild animals and birds including a tiger. But soon he regretted his passion for hunting, and decided to give back to the wild whatever he could, especially towards the protection of tigers which were decreasing in numbers at an alarming speed. He supported the then prime minister Indira Gandhi with her Project Tiger concept in the early 1970s. With her permission, Billy acquired a young tigress from Twycross zoo in England. He named her Tara and successfully hand raised the tigress, at his home in Tiger Haven and eventually released her into the wild. This area later became part of Dudhwa national park created after years of hard work and appeal by Billy Arjan Singh.
He also raised a leopard named Prince and released her into the wild as well to prove that it was possible to raise endangered animals privately and they could be successfully released in the wild. When UK based Survival Anglia film company heard of this, they sent a crew to Tiger haven and produced an excellent one hour documentary titled Leopard of the Wild, narrated by David Niven. I was impressed with the film when I first saw it in 1981, and soon purchased his book, Tiger Haven published in 1971. Soon his second book came out, Tara in 1981 followed by The Prince of Cats (1982) and Tiger! Tiger! in 1984. In this book Billy recalled his childhood in Naini Tal and his association with Jim Corbett. He was thrilled when Corbett agreed to talk with young Billy every Sunday if he could get to the Gurney House where Corbett lived with his sister Maggie and stepsister Mary. His next book Eelie & the Big cats was published in 1987, and A Tiger's Story in 1999.A biography of Billy titled Honorary Tiger by Duff Hart Davis was published in 2005 and was reviewed in the TIGER-TRAILS at the time.
When the tigers started disappearing in Dudhwa park, Billy took some drastic measures to protect them. This didn't go well with the local politicians and they banned Billy from entering the park again. When he was allowed back into the park, Billy was accompanied by Ian Love, a JCF member from Britain. Ian stated that his visits with the great tiger wallah and the chats with him would remain in his memory for a long time.
Billy's contributions to the wildlife have been recognized world wide. He was awarded the Padma Shri medal in 1995, the J.Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation award was given to him in 2004 and the prestigious Padma Bhushan medal was awarded in 2006 when he was 88. Billy Arjan Singh had a wonderful and long life. He defended the tigers and the reputation of Jim Corbett when arrogant people like Kailash Sankhala took cheap shots at him. Billy's departure will be greatly missed by the remaining tigers in India.
Epilogue: TARA,the young tigress Billy obtained in 1976 from the Twycross zoo in Britain happened to be a hybrid - a cross between a Siberian tiger and a Bengal tiger. Its true identity was not known until 1990 when observing some of the Dudhwa tigers, it was noticed that they showed signs of their Siberian cousin: pale fur and white complexion instead of the traditional orange coat, and large head and wide body stripes. With the help of modern science, a series of DNA tests were conducted and it was proved that the Siberian tiger genes have polluted the pure Indian (Bengal) tiger gene pool of Dudhwa national park. The Twycross zoo was irresponsible for not keeping any breeding records. However, most of the Dudhwa tigers were killed by poachers, and up to two years ago, it was believed that all the tigers in Dudhwa were wiped out by poachers. However, it is reported that a few tigers from the neighboring area have taken up residence in Dudhwa. This would certainly delight old Billy. (JJ)
The world population of whales and dolphins is sharply on the decline in the past two decades. Many countries participate in the killing of these noble marine mammals. Chilean fishermen kill thousands of commerson's dolphins and use their meat as crab bait. Hector's dolphin, a native of New Zealand waters is now listed as an endangered species. Its numbers are vastly shrunk due to heavy pollution and trawling. Norway is killing Beluga whales left and right in the pretense that they are depleting the cod stocks. Russia is echoing the same excuse to hunt whales. But the biggest and the worst enemy of these creatures is undoubtedly Japan.
The world fisheries is totally controlled by Japan. In their desire to dominate the industry Japan has been quite ruthless in harvesting hundreds of whales from around the world. Their specialty is slaughtering thousands of dolphins each year from September to March in a secretly guarded ocean outlet in Taiji where they drive the migratory dolphins towards the shore, trapped them with nets and kill them with spears and meat cleavers daily for seven months. Some of these creatures swim around for hours before they drown in the sea of blood. A few of them are trapped alive and shipped to various zoos and outdoor exhibits for $150,000 each. The rest of them are sold at the Tsukiji market as whale meat. Although this highly contaminated meat (with high concentration of mercury) is unfit for human consumption, it is shipped to various sushi bars and restaurants around the world. Several years after the dolphin meat was introduced as a regular school lunch in Japan, many children were born deformed. Those who made its connection with the dolphin meat were silenced. This practice continued until recently when two council members spoke out publicly to save their children.
Taiji area is forbidden to tourists. Foreigners are not welcome. The sad part is, even majority of Japanese doesn't know what is going on in Taiji and unaware that they are eating highly contaminated and raw dolphin meat. A recent film made by the Oceanic Preservation Society, titled The Cove has done an excellent job of exposing the ruthless fishermen of Taiji and the japanese fishery officials' elaborate scheme to cover up the slaughtering of both dolphins and whales. This documentary, made with high definition cameras and other gadgets has won an Academy Award last week. The film makers were under constant watch by secret police and Japanese elite security force. I have seen the film and it is worth watching the horrible practice that is still continuing without any obstruction.
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is quite helpless in dealing with Japan. The Japanese government is keen to recruit the very poor and bankruptcy nations, such as the whole Caribbean countries by providing them with financial packages and bribes to support their whaling agenda. Whenever other nations protest Japan's aggressive harvesting of the whales and dolphins, they are outnumbered by Japan's above mentioned supporters. Their last excuse for the massacre of the Taiji dolphins was pest control. The japanese have successfully eliminated the entire population of dolphins in Iki years ago.
Someone recently said that if the future of whales is to be depended upon the IWC, there is no hope. Like the World Wildlife Fund and Save the Tiger organizations in India, IWC is a toothless agency. The Green Peace and their Sea Shepherd does more works to save the whales than all other agencies put together. It is sad that the government does not solve most problems when it comes to conservation; in many cases, they create them for political gain. Unfortunately, these endangered animals, Tigers, Whales and dolphins have no votes, and bound to perish in the hands of man.
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The actor decided not to join his castmates at a screening of Seven Psychopaths in London, and now reveals he has cut back his travelling due to his increased anxiety on planes.
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Walken, 69, admits he also tries to avoid driving and is often plagued by irrational fears during trips abroad.
He adds, "I don't much like driving either. I prefer to be driven. And, when I'm in London, I don't even like walking on the street... When we're over there, I always say to my wife, 'Stay in the hotel. Don't go out there. It's too dangerous.'"

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What do you do when they come for your guns. Do you Fight ?
This a a must read.
In God we trust!
If They Come for Your Guns, Do You Have a Responsibility to Fight?
This man has put down on paper what many people are thinking, but are too cautious to express openly.
I hope it never comes to what he is advocating, but I can certainly see where the possibility exists.
God help us all if it ever does happen.
PS Here is what Wikipedia has to say about the author:
Dean Garrison (born 1955) is a contemporary American author and crime fictionnovelist. He was born in Michigan , grew up in the Indiana , Illinois , and Texas , and received his B.A. degree from Ferris State Universityin Big Rapids, Michigan . Garrison is a Crime Scene Technician in West Michigan . His research in the fields of crime scene investigationand Shooting Reconstructionare widely published in forensicjournals under the name "D.H. Garrison, Jr."
I feel a tremendous responsibility to write this article though I am a little apprehensive. Thinking about the possibility of rising up against our own government is a frightening thing for many of us. I am not Johnny Rambo and I will be the first to admit that I do not want to die. The reason I feel compelled to write this, however, is simply because I dont think the average American is equipped with the facts. I feel that a lot of American citizens feel like they have no choice but to surrender their guns if the government comes for them. I blame traditional media sources for this mass brainwash and I carry the responsibility of all small independent bloggers to tell the truth. So my focus today is to lay out your constitutional rights as an American, and let you decide what to do with those rights.
About a month ago I let the democracy word slip in a discussion with a fellow blogger. I know better. Americans have been conditioned to use this term. Its not an accurate term and it never has been a correct term to describe our form of government. The truth is that the United States of America is a constitutional republic. This is similar to a democracy because our representatives are selected by democratic elections, but ultimately our representatives are required to work within the framework of our constitution. In other words, even if 90% of Americans want something that goes against our founding principles, they have no right to call for a violation of constitutional rights.
Our founders did not want a democracy for they feared a true democracy was just as dangerous as a monarchy. The founders were highly educated people who were experienced in defending themselves against tyranny. They understood that the constitution could protect the people by limiting the power of anyone to work outside of it much better than a pure system of popularity. A system of checks and balances was set up to help limit corruption of government and also the potential for an immoral majority developing within the American People. We have forgotten in this country that we are ultimately ruled by a constitution.
Why is a democracy potentially just as dangerous as a monarchy? Lets look at something that Benjamin Franklin said because it answers that question more fully and succinctly than I can.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -Benjamin Franklin
Even 230+ years ago our founders were perceptive enough to realize that democracy was a dangerous form of government. How so? Because the citizens of a country can become just as corrupt as any government. We have seen evidence of this throughout history. Ask Native Americans and African-Americans if this population can become corrupt.
I think in 2012 we are seeing evidence of what Franklin was trying to tell us. Just because a majority of people may support certain ideas it does not mean that those ideas are just. In simple terms, just because most Americans love our president and voted for him, it does not mean that he has the power to go against our constitutional rights.
Next Id like to review the text of the second amendment. It is very clear. This is the law of this land. So when Senator Feinstein or President Obama talk about taking your guns, you need to think about something. Are they honoring their sworn oath to uphold the constitution?
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State , the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
This is a pretty clear statement. The fact is that it took 232 years for the Supreme Court to even rule on this amendment because it has never been successfully challenged. In 2008 a case of Columbia v. Heller the Supreme Court ruled that a handgun ban in Washington D.C. was unconstitutional. One also has to take this into consideration. The Supreme Court supports your right to own guns. If you want to research this decision further you can start here.For those who try to debate the spirit of the 2nd amendment, they are truly no different from people who will try to take Biblical quotes out of context to try to support their immoral decisions. The founders were very clear on the intent of the 2nd amendment. Let me share a few quick quotes here:
The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. -Thomas Jefferson
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American peoples liberty teeth and keystone under independence From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to insure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable . . . the very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference they deserve a place of honor with all that is good. -George Washington
The Constitution shall never be construed .to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms. -Samuel Adams
I could find hundreds of quotes like these. This country was built on the right to bear arms. It was built on the rights of an individual to bear arms, regardless of what his government or neighbor happened to think. This is crystal clear. Ironically the people who voice their opinions against this right have their free speech protected by your guns. Without guns in this country, all other amendments become null and void, simply because We the People will lose our power of enforcement.We need to keep this in mind as our representatives try to push gun bans. I dont care if 99% of people are in support of gun bans (which is far from the case), it is a violation of our constitutional rights, plain and simple.
A constitutional republic protects the rights of the individual even when their ideas are very much in the minority. If I were the only person in America who believed in the 2nd amendment, I would still be within my rights to call upon it. You would all think I was insane and possibly celebrate if I was gunned down, but in the end I would be the only true American among us.
Our framers were very clear on this. If my government comes to take my guns, they are violating one of my constitutional rights that is covered by the 2nd amendment.
It is not my right, at that point, but my RESPONSIBILITYto respond in the name of liberty. But many are trying to soft sell, and many others have tried to avoid putting into print, but I am going to say it. The time for speaking in code is over.
If they come for our guns then it is our constitutional right to put them six feet under. You have the right to kill any representative of this government who tries to tread on your liberty. I am thinking about self-defense and not talking about inciting a revolution. Re-read Jefferson s quote. He talks about a last resort. I am not trying to start a Revolt, I am talking about self-defense. If the day for Revolution comes, when no peaceful options exist, we may have to talk about that as well. None of us wants to think about that, but please understand that a majority can not take away your rights as an American citizen. Only you can choose to give up your rights.
Congress could pass gun ban legislation by a 90%+ margin and it just would not matter. I think some people are very unclear on this. This is the reason we have a Supreme Court, and though I do not doubt that the Supreme Court can also become corrupt, in 2008 they got it right. They supported the constitution. It does not matter what the majority supports because America is not a democracy. A constitutional republic protects the rights of every single citizen, no matter what their elected servants say. A majority in America only matters when the constitution is not in play.
I just wrote what every believer in the constitution wants to say, and what every constitutional blogger needs to write. The truth of the matter is that this type of speech is viewed as dangerous and radical or subversive, and it could gain me a world of trouble that I do not want. It is also the truth. To make myself clear I will tell you again. If they come for your guns it is your right to use those guns against them and to kill them. You are protected by our constitution.
Most of the articles I am reading on the subject are trying to give you clues without just coming out and saying it. I understand that because certain things in this country will get you on a list that you dont want to be on. I may well be on that list. This blog is small and growing so I may not be there yet, but I have dreams. I also have my own list of subversives and anyone who attempts to deny my constitutional rights is on that list.
I am not the subversive here, it is the political representatives who are threatening to take away my inalienable rights. If they come to take my guns and I leave a few of them wounded or dead, and I somehow survive, I have zero doubt that I will spend a long time in prison and may face an execution. But I would much rather be a political prisoner than a slave.
If I go down fighting then I was not fighting to harm these human beings. I was simply defending my liberty and yours. It is self-defense and it is what our country was built on. We won our freedom in self-defense. We would not be ruled by a tyrannical government in the 1770′s and we will not be ruled in 2012 by a tyrannical government. There is no difference.
This is a case of right and wrong. As of now the 2nd amendment stands. It has never been repealed. If Feinstein or Barack have a problem with the constitution then they should be removed from office. They are not defending the constitution which they have sworn an oath to protect. It is treasonous to say the least. They would likely say the same about me, but I have the constitution, the founders, and the supreme court on my side. They only have their inflated egos.
I am not writing this to incite people. I am writing this in hopes that somehow I can make a tiny difference. I have no idea how many of my neighbors have the will to defend their constitutional rights. 2%? 20%? I am afraid that 20% is a high number, unfortunately. When push comes to shove many people may give up and submit to being ruled. I believe that our government is banking on this.
I would hope that our officials come to realize that, regardless of our numbers, we still exist because they are calling Patriotic Americans to action. They are making us decide if we want to die free or submit to their rule. I can not tell you where you should stand on that. I do know that it may make the difference between living a life of freedom or slavery.
You must start thinking about this because I believe that the day is coming soon and I personally believe it has already been planned. Not all conspiracy theories are hogwash. They may throw down the gauntlet soon and my suggestion is that you prepare yourself to react.
I mean no disrespect to our elected officials but they need to understand that We the People will not be disarmed. If they proceed then it is they that are provoking us and we will act accordingly. We are within our rights to do so.
For those who are in support of taking the guns, you need to ask yourself a very important question, and I am not just talking about the politicians, because if you support them, you have chosen your side.
Are you willing to die to take my guns?
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An updated advisory on the website of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs offers female students new tactics to fend off rapists, including vomiting, urinating and telling an attacker they have a disease.
The new recommendations came Monday evening, hours after the Colorado House passed a package of gun safety bills, including one that would ban the concealed carrying of guns on college campuses.
The ten-point list, which also includes conventional advice such as screaming and biting, is taught in a self defense class for female students at the school, according to the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Department of Public Safety website.
The list comes just days after Democratic State Rep. Joe Salazar said on the floor of the legislature that women should not carry firearms for protection against potential attacks because they could accidentally shoot someone.
"It's why we have call boxes, it's why we have safe zones, it's why we have the whistles. Because you just don't know who you're gonna be shooting at," Salazar said. "And you don't know if you feel like you're going to be raped, or if you feel like someones been following you around or if you feel like you're in trouble when you may actually not be, that you pop out that gun and you pop … pop a round at somebody."
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This is the opening the GOP has been praying for on the issue of women's security. This is the anti-Akin response. This is the heat you can put on these Democrat candidates in debates - do you favor conceal & carry for women to prevent rape?
When the Democrat gets an ashen look on his face and tries to fumble thru the answer, just run the responses in every ad till kingdom come. Akin might think women lack the right to take action after the rape - but Mr. Salazar here doesn't even want to prevent the rape from happening.
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Charlene Bayerle 9/30/2003 3:12:34 AMWonderful image Betsy!!! #62905
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Ronald Balthazor 10/17/2003 2:12:01 PMCongratulations, Betsy! #236273
Evy Johansen 10/17/2003 2:13:39 PMThis is a wonderful image, Betsy! Many congratulations and good luck! #236281
Jean Papo 10/17/2003 3:16:06 PMCongratulations, Betsy! Love this shot! #236443
Damian P. Gadal 10/17/2003 7:36:45 PMGreat image - Congrats Betsy! #236766
Mette Vendelboe Allison 10/18/2003 9:13:46 AMFunny title, great photo! Congrats from me! #237591
Susana Matos 10/18/2003 1:32:51 PMCongrats and good luck,
KK Van Pelt 10/18/2003 8:58:02 PMCongratulations Betsy. I love this wonderful capture. KK #238249
Bob Cammarata 10/19/2003 4:34:47 AMCongrats Betsy, on a well deserved win!! #238561
William C. Raco 10/19/2003 4:39:18 AMFantastic, Betsy.
bill #238569
Sharon E. Lowe 10/19/2003 6:44:24 AMCongrats on 1st place - this is such a great image and title! #238662
Darren K. Fisher 10/19/2003 7:08:28 AMYou GO BETSY!!!!! I think I am more happy for you than I am for my self...LOL... This is just great. #238693
Robert Mann 10/19/2003 8:43:23 AMGreat capture, Betsy. Love the angle and the use of BW! Big congrats on your first place win! RoB #238834
Jean Papo 10/19/2003 9:24:55 AMCongratulations, Betsy, on your most well-deserved first place win! #238912
Elizabeth A. Zibas 10/19/2003 2:19:28 PMMany and special thanks everyone for taking the time to stop and comment. I appreciate all of your thoughtful comments. You made my day;o) #239106
Colette M. Metcalf 10/20/2003 2:56:33 AMCongrats to you Betsy!! #239458
Joy Brown 10/20/2003 3:36:47 AMCongratulations, Betsy on winning first place - this is definitely outstanding! #239485
Tony Gough 10/20/2003 3:56:18 AMCongratulations Betsy, well done. #239510
Judith G. Secco 10/20/2003 5:38:21 AMWonderful capture, Betsy. Congratulations on your win!
Michael McCook 10/20/2003 6:48:38 AMCongratulations Betsy, Great image and great title! #239715
Murry Grigsby 10/20/2003 7:08:19 AMCongratulations, Betsy, on your fine image and win!! #239737
Evy Johansen 10/20/2003 7:27:18 AMMany congratulations, Betsy! #239780
Gary H. Minish 10/20/2003 10:02:58 PMWay to go, Betsy! Congratulations on your first place win!! #240437
Ellen Peach 10/21/2003 8:10:51 AMCongratulations, Betsy! #240853
Monika Sapek 10/21/2003 9:39:48 PMWell done, Betsy! Many congratulations on your first place win!
Elizabeth A. Zibas 10/22/2003 3:31:58 AMThanks All;o) #241547
Gerda Grice 10/22/2003 11:45:52 PMLovely shot, Betsy. The ironic juztaposition of the statue and the man in the chair is priceless. Many congratulations on your 1st place win! #242430
Connie L. Carpenter 10/23/2003 4:21:17 AMWOW...this IS wonderful. Congratulations, Betsy. What a great story you told with this image! #242520
Patrick Campbell 10/25/2003 10:03:22 AMCongrats on your first place win, Betsy. I love the subtle humor of this photo. Outstanding work. I've been AWOL from this site for a month or so--it's good to be back and get inspired again. #244974
Elizabeth A. Zibas 10/25/2003 12:37:25 PMThanks again everyone for all of your great comments. You are right Patrick this site is very inspiring. I only wish I had more time to spend on it. There are a lot of great photographers on it, yourself included. #245128
Paul Conlan 10/26/2003 4:56:23 AMI finally got around to checking the winners for September... and there's your photo! Congratulations. Well deserved. #245577
Lee Teft 11/10/2003 6:54:43 AMCongratulations Betsy! Timing, subject, composition, humor, novelty, viewpoint, etc., etc., etc.! Outstanding!
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Ongoing demand for storage offerings in Australia and New Zealand has attracted the attention of Silicon Valley-head quartered vendor, Nimble Storage.
According to Nimble's Asia-Pacific vice president, Peter O'Connor, storage data growth is exceeding 50 per cent per annum in A/NZ.
In-depth: Storage virtualization buying guide.
"Flash storage changes everything, and new companies like Nimble are better poised to build much more effective customer solutions than aging incumbents who have more complex, expensive legacy systems," he said.
O'Connor, who spent six years at NetApp, said the vendor had also hired an Asia-Pacific director of marketing, Gavin Cohen, and A/NZ director of sales, Rob Barton.
In addition, the company plans to hire five more APAC staff by the end of October 2012.
"Based on the experiences of Nimble's business in the US and Europe, combined with the amazing response we've had from A/NZ customers, I expect our business growth will be rapid, and our staff numbers will need to grow quickly to match customer demand," O'Connor said.
He added that the vendor planned to target the enterprise space with storage offerings that utilise Hyper-V and applications such as Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint.
"We will work with cloud and service providers who will sell our storage solutions as services," O'Connor said.
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We have threads for cats, birds and bugs, how about a new thread for reptiles?
I searched, and the existing reptile threads are quite old.
I'll kick things off with two of mine.
1. Green Anole
2. Crested Gecko
You lile reptiles? Here is a huge one.
Nikon D90, D80
Nikkor 16-85mm AF-S DX F/3.5-5.6G ED VR, Tamron SP AF 28-75mm F/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) macro, Nikkor 50mm F/1.4D, Nikkor 50mm F/1.8D, Nikkor AF-S VR 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6G IF-ED, Sigma 105mm F/2.8 EX DG Macro ||| 2x SB800 | SB600 ||| Manfrotto 190XB
I wouldn't want to be to close to this guy.
Image a bit soft at 300 mm on my old Nikkor 70-300 G.
Wait till my new 70-300 VR comes in then I will take another trip and post you better reptiles photos.
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Thanks, tim11. Yes, that looks like the perfect time for a zoom!
I'll play but only if amphibians are allowed.
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Recinos, a senior forward from Houston, Texas, helped the Cobras to a 2-0 record last week. He scored a total of three goals, with one versus Barton and two against Shorter on homecoming. Recinos now has four goals and three assists on the season.
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A couple of weeks ago we reported that Sony was planning to bundle some 4K content along with the 4K Ultra HD TV (XBR-84X900) that it begins selling this week. At the time, Sony wasn't saying that form that 4K content would be in. Now it revealed that the delivery system will be a hard-disc server that include 10 feature films and a variety of bonus video shorts.
Sony's press release notes that the "4K delivery system" is designed to be updated with more content, though how that will occur isn't explained. A purchase/download model would make the most sense, but a 4K feature movie would be a huge chuck of data to download over a home network.
Sony's Ray Hartjen told me that the server is updatable for content. "Our white-glove service – Sony Concierge – will make arrangements with each customer and either 1) upgrade the server with additional content or 2) send the content in physical media form (BD-ROM) for the customer to upgrade personally."
Additonally, Sony notes that "more delivery solutions will continue to evolve rapidly, with further product and content announcements coming shortly."
Both Sony and LG have 84-inch 4K TVs on the market, though Sony is the only company offering content along with the TV. The LG set is currently selling for $16,999 and the Sony for $24,999. Last year Sony launched a 4K home theater projector, but didn't offer buyers of that product any content system.
The feature films included on the hard disc:
• The Amazing Spiderman
• Total Recall (2012)
• The Karate Kid (2010)
• Salt
• Battle Los Angeles
• The Other Guys
• Bad Teacher
• That's My Boy
• Taxi Driver
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For stone, maybe you can use stone as stone path, and wood material, you can try to create something like seating or bird cage, or if you have good carving skill, you can try to crate fairy statue. Fairy iconic theme for garden, I don't know when it start, but people just add more fairy items for their garden, some garden may hollow and looks like a grave than a garden. in order to make garden still attractive even in the night, I think you need to add additional exterior lighting for your garden, try to look the best exterior lighting system, it may cost a lot of cash, so choose wisely.
Dining room, perhaps it's the best place for you to eat and get some meals with your entire family member, it can be small and it also designed with wide space. Anyway, today still about home interior and furniture, and I try to concern about dining room this time. If people only concern about dining room table and chairs, I prefer to discuss about wall shelf ideas for dining room. Do we need shelf in our dining room, well, the answer is yes, we really need it, especially wall shelf, and it will be the best place for you to place more dining room ornaments or decoration.
Next is about the furniture, modern kitchen furniture seems advanced and better than regular kitchen furniture, do you want to know why? Well, it may because modern kitchen furniture also have modern feature, something that you can't find on regular kitchen furniture. Last but not least is kitchen gadget, indeed, modern kitchen always step ahead on features compared with regular kitchen, with many different kitchen gadget added on your modern kitchen, I'm sure doing kitchen activity will be fun and easier. Now you know why I love my kitchen right? perhaps you also need to do the same thing on your kitchen.
Are you dreaming about new look of your current bathroom? Do you want something bolder and different? If it is your condition, black bathroom decor will help you to have a bathroom that has touch of drama which is able to turn back to the old classic look. Dark color could ramp up of glamor look for your bathroom, there is no limit of the availability a black at the moment, you can use black tiles, black wall, black bathroom furniture and black accessories that is probably needed.
Using black bathroom decor, it doesn't mean that you have to make 100% black bathroom, it will be difficult for you to live with. If you can be selective and creative to use the right shade, black bathroom decor will not look dark and smaller. First of all, you should make a choice. If your bathrooms have large enough and bright enough you can take a lot of black. If you love the touch of drama, you can use all black room with white accents, or you may prefer your black bathroom fittings to stand out against a white or grey toned backdrop.
It is about contrast, so you have to take a look at what is suitable for each other, and you can try to see pieces next to each other, to understand how they will work for you can practice it, so that your bathroom will be super well lit. if you want use black bathroom furniture, it won't stand out well against a black wall. so if you are going to saturate your bathroom in black, you need to think about tricks that you can use to create a contrast within the scheme. You can use white grout lines on the black tiled wall, it will allow your eye to focus easier on the fittings or furniture along the wall. If you have been sure about your decision you can start your black bathroom decor now.
Home is a sweet place to live and share some happiness with family, this makes the place really deserve some treatments in decorating ideas for home. The way we decorate the home would just represent how we love ourselves, since it is similar with how you treat yourself in life. Home decoration is also similar like human clothing styles, which are not only place them-self as accessories, but also covering your precious body.
When we are dealing with ideas, they are actually not that difficult to find, since you can browse some design catalogs, and then get inspired. There is also unintentionally way in finding the ideas, for example, when you watch some movie for fun, and then you just do not know why that your mind wants you to do something for the living room. The ideas also can simply emerge from your bathroom tiles, the running water, mirror, or simply when your mind wandering around the ceiling. Some ideas like repainting job for your bedroom by painting it brown to create a soothing ambiance for the room, or installing a traditional wallpaper to replace your tired looking living room. Other idea like planning on an indoor gardening by growing some indoor plants on your living room or porch would just create a certain natural scheme for your home. Then a sudden decision by reorganizing your furniture placement on your living room or bathroom would also create a sudden yet pleasing new appearance of the rooms.
You may also try to do the ideas by doing some treatments on your windows, a simple procedure on installing a new set of curtains would automatically change the room shade into a new and delighting atmosphere. Then for a simpler procedure, you may also change the look of your couch, sofa, or seat by covering them with slipcovers. With a new color or pattern brought by the slipcovers, you are just having some new looking furniture without replacing or buying new ones. With so, you can just execute the decorating ideas for home in some simple and reasonable ways.
Having a bright room can be accomplished if you can optimize the use of yellow color. Therefore, there are some yellow room ideas that you can find if you are keen into this color. You will never know how it feels like waking up in a yellow bedroom. It may be a cheery way to start the day, right It brings warmth and sunshine to a dark and cold room, just perfect for a full of spirit person. If you are debating which colors that will complement yellow best, you can take a hint from nature, like a daisy flower. The elegant, yet simple flower is primarily white but there is a little yellow at the center and some green leaves. Why don't you use it as one of some yellow room ideas?
Other idea that you can use to decorate your yellow room is by taking a hint from nature, like the color scheme of sunset at the beach. If you ever gone to the beach at sunset, you can find everything surround you is orange and yellow. Even the color of the sea is turning into yellow and orange. With a little pink and white at the sky, they would make your yellow room appears brightly and gorgeous.
You can also use other yellow room ideas by bringing a lot of white accents into the room. You can paint the crown molding, ceiling, window trim and door in a bright white. Then you can add touches of white furniture, lamps, and mirrors for a bright, uplifting yellow room. To bring other colorful colors like greens or blues is agreeable to your yellow room. You can get it from the pattern choice of the bedding sheet or pillow sheet or even your blanket. But don't forget to leave the bed frame in white color. Then the colorful colors will be seen from what is on it.
For some reason and occasion, living in a dorm room is an undeniable life scene. Sometime we could just feel happy with it, and sometime just not. To create a sustainable feeling, it is always necessary for us to consider about doing a treatment on our small dorm room using some ideas which could match perfectly with our needs, and the room need.
The procedures for the small dorm room ideas are actually easy to execute, since the things you mostly need is just effort and willingness. Firstly, you cannot just go ahead with your confidence by replacing everything around with some new things, since you can rearrange you room, adjusting some furniture, rearranging the posters on the wall, and many more. With doing so, you would simply get a new look and possibly bigger space of a dorm, bigger is better for a small dorm room. This procedure also would cost you money, might be just for the drink after you have worked everything out using your body and mind muscles. Secondly, even though you are living alone in the room, it does not mean you could not have a bunk bed. By utilizing the bottom bunk as an extra storage, or maight be removing the bunk then use a futon to function it similar with a cozy couch, for an instance, you have just created a new taste of space on your small dorm room.
Lastly, as a basic of procedure in room decoration, a repainting job is always brilliantly worth doing. Therefore, if the authority does not allow doing a paint job, you can trick it out by using a wall tapestry, since this thing is easy to install and yet it is also removable, you are free to do any paint job on the wall. Since some colors like light brown and lime green are able to bring some soothing and relaxing shade into your room, and for a better concentration and inspiration, you may use yellow. In conclusion, for small dorm room ideas, they have no limit of creativity.
For you with quite large kitchen space, having freestanding kitchen island in its middle area might be preferable. It's because this fixture is kind of useful and versatile element to be placed in your kitchen. Well yeah, you can use its top as your additional worktop, a place to serve meals or a kind of bar. Also, for you with large kitchen island, you can separate its top area into some, where you can apply it as your worktop, serving meal area, and additional sink to wash from raw foods like fruits and vegetables to your hand before and after tasting the meals.
There's also idea to install gas stoves on the kitchen island top, so that the hob can be easily accessed from many sides. This will be much applicable for you usually cook together with friends or family members. So, you can do one or two cooking activities together. In addition to the top that can be used for many functions, the under part of kitchen island is also beneficial as additional storage. You can choose between drawer and cabinets or combine both of them to build. Then, the storage you selected will be great additional room to store may items related to kitchen such as kitchenware, kitchen tools, to even groceries that don't need to be stored in the fridge.
The facts that, kitchen island belongs to very advantageous fixture for your kitchen, lead the development of kitchen island that also brings many options of it. You can find one very simple freestanding kitchen island with tiled made top and some drawers for the storing place. There, you can prepare for foods like making dough or pastas or letting hot foods to get cool after being broiled in the oven. If not topped with tiles, stainless steel, wood, granites, or even marbles may also come into the selection. Furthermore, it's also available now more advanced type of kitchen island with sink, disposal unit, and slide-in cutting board. Even there's a type with small fridge unit installed,a set of electric burner, or even a grill.
Texas theme is popular for home decorating because it gives your home a unique touch of Texas. Rustic Texas is a kind of Texas theme, which blends patriotism with a history of Wild West. it can be created using wood, leather and other natural materials. Also, you need to include a unique aspect of Texas furniture to make it well built in your home design. Here are some ideas you can use to create a perfect rustic Texas home decor in your home.
Starting from the furniture, keep it simple and choose the pieces made of iron and wood. You can also paint old furniture un off white or antique white using a faux antique paint finish. The look of distressed or antique appearance will make the furniture classically worn as if it has been used for generations. For your living room, choose chairs or couches made of worn leather to create a rustic Texas home decor. For the color, you can use cool or rustic colors to complement the Texas country style. For example if you use white as one of the colors, pair it with blue and red like the colors of the Texas flag and the American flag. Use the rustic shades of these colors to make a worn look in your decor. Add some accents to complete the look of your theme like the art reminiscent of the long history of Texas. Natural materials accents will enhance the natural look of your room. You can also hang artwork depicting animals, barns of farming since they are some aspects of the country theme.
So, what you need to do is actually to find some aspects of rustic Texas home decor and apply it in your home. Consider some tips above to help you find the right furniture, colors and accents that you will use to build the rustic Texas theme in your home.
You can get the most outstanding look of children's room décor if you have succeeded applying your child's love into his room. You know that you can't let kid's bedrooms in such a mess from broken toys, clothes or working toys. You likely face storage issues in everyday. As your kids grow, they will inherit even more items and secondhand toys and lack the room to store everything. So when you want to get children's room décor successes, you should first think about the storage. There are ways to organize children's room décor.
First, you should sort it out before attempting to organize your kid's bedroom. You should go through every item in the room and keep cardboard boxes and trash bags on your hand. When you work, you should divide the items into three separate piles wither by keeping, donating or throwing away. You should involve your child as well in the activity. You can ask him whether he wants his stuff to be thrown or not. You can also teach him to be responsible. You can see whether he is kind enough to let his old toys to be donated to other kids.
Second, you can then make other space for the storage. You can use the walls to create an effect they are floating. You can attach hooks and hangers to the walls, placing each one at your child's height. You can also use plastic hanging storage organizers as another idea. These pockets are large enough to hold small toys, clothing even books. Don't forget to make a short bookshelf quickly. It becomes a storage area when used with plastic or wicker boxes. You can then label each box with a different type of toy, like puzzles, games or action figures.
To get the well-organized children's room décor, you can also purchase bed storage for your kids have their own storages for any valuable things. You can see that they can store their toys, clothes, books or even their secrets inside. You can also replace the existing headboard with a shelf for them storing their stuff.
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As you are thinking about your New Year�s resolutions, I encourage you to make one of those resolutions to become a Covenant Hospice volunteer.
When people think about volunteering for hospice, their first thought may be, �I could never do that,� or �I would be too depressed.�
Talk to a Covenant Hospice volunteer and he or she will tell you a different story.
Covenant volunteers come from many backgrounds � retirees, professionals, active military personnel and high school and college students. But they all have one thing in common: a desire to give back.
And they receive so much in return.
Covenant has opportunities for people with diverse skills and interests.
Volunteers looking for a chance to meet people and be active in the community will love Covenant�s Ambassador Program.
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Volunteers who enjoy office work or computers can find a home in administrative support.
Individuals with care-giving experience or emotional and spiritual support skills may choose to visit Covenant�s patients and families in their homes or nursing facilities.
Those who have experienced the loss of a loved one understand what families have gone through, and make wonderful bereavement volunteers. Volunteers receive specialized training that prepares them to volunteer in their area of interest.
Our volunteers help patients and their families by gardening, cleaning yards, making simple home repairs, building wheelchair ramps, sewing, crocheting, cooking and baking.
Covenant Hospice promises our volunteers that they will find a sense of purpose, worthwhile work and realization that they are making a difference. That�s why more than 2,600 individuals have chosen to give an important part of their lives to Covenant Hospice.
The Florida Hospice and Palliative Care Organization has presented Awards of Excellence for the Ambassador Volunteer Program, the Reflections Life Review Journal Program and the Tuck-in Program. The late Sam Goldenberg and his wife, Joyce, long-time Covenant Hospice volunteers, received the Volunteer of the Year Award from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
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pitbullmamaliz wrote:Does he possibly have that disease, meta-esophageal something or other?
ma67cpe wrote:In response to the questions:
Feed him 2x daily
His bowl is on the floor
Not too much, not a whole bowl at one time
Thats a good idea about feeding him on a box/stool...i will definitely be trying this. He ate yesterday at 11am and vomited at 3:30 & 5pm. I fed him this morning at 9:30 and again about 30 minutes ago and he hasn't vomited yet. Talked to the vet and she told me to put him on a weight management formula food because it's higher in fiber. I've been giving him Purina One Chicken & Rice or Sensitive Systems formula. Now I need to find a new food.
Salmon (natural source of glucosamine), brewers rice, pearled barley, oat meal, corn gluten meal, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), fish meal (natural source of glucosamine), salmon meal (source of salmon oil), animal digest, calcium phosphate, salt, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, Vitamin E supplement, choline chloride, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, niacin, Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, copper sulfate, riboflavin supplement, Vitamin B-12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, garlic oil, folic acid, Vitamin D-3 supplement, calcium iodate, biotin, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), sodium selenite.
Marinepits wrote:How many times a day do you feed him? Do you use a raised bowl or is his bowl directly on the floor? When he drinks, does he gulp down a LOT of water all at once?
Since he seems to be doing well in every other way, I would suggest feeding him several small meals throughout the day and using a raised food bowl -- raise it up to about mid-chest height so he doesn't have to bend all the way to the floor. You can use a box or a stool if you don't want to buy one.
When he drinks, have him use a raised bowl and limit how much he takes in at once. You can do this by only partially filling his bowl. Also, don't let him drink directly after he eats. Be careful when limiting his water because you don't want him to become dehydrated. To test if he's dehydrated, take a handful of his skin on the back of his neck and raise it up until the skin is tight, then let it go. If the skin slowly snaps right back into place, he's hydrated. If the skin stays raised up, then he's dehydrated and you should adjust his water intake accordingly.
Dog_Shrink wrote:First off feeding out of elevated feeders has proven by Purdue Universitie's Dr. Glickman (and crew) that feeding out of an elevated feeder increased chances of bloat by 110 %
Dog_Shrink wrote:Something else I'm surprised no one thought of is if this might be an occasional food allergy issue?
Dr. Glickman commented that the supposed claim that raised food bowls are correlated with increased incidence in torsion/bloat may just mean that this allows a dog to swallow more food (and air?) more quickly than if they were on the floor.
An article on the Foster and Smith Pet Education site, "Interpret Findings of a New Study on Bloat (Gastric Dilatation/Volvulus - GDV) with Caution", December 2000, at: <http://www.peteducation.com:80/article.cfm?cls>, starting with a subheading, "The Question of Raised Food Bowls" circulated among fanciers. An excerpt: "In this study, when analyzing the association between the rate of GDV and the height of the food bowl some questions arise. First, the study found that large breed dogs whose food bowls are not elevated have the lowest risk of GDV. A confusing finding is that large breed dogs who have their bowl raised more than 1 foot have the next lowest risk, and those who have their food bowl raised somewhere between the floor and one foot have the highest risk. So, the risk of GDV is not proportional to the height of the food bowl. If height of the food bowl is important, why doesn't the risk steadily increase, the higher the food bowl is raised? Secondly, it appears that the researchers did not consider the height of the animal in relationship to the height of the bowl when looking for an association between food bowl height and prevalence of GDV. It would be of interest to compare the height of the bowl to the height of the dog, since dogs in this study varied widely in height due to breed differences and age (some were only 6 months old).
"The third question is, 'Why weren't similar findings obtained in giant breed dogs?' In giant breeds, dogs with food bowls raised less than one foot had the same incidence of GDV as those dogs who did not have their dishes raised at all. Finally, it is unclear if the researchers also analyzed whether the elevated feeders were being used because other medical problems were present or if the elevated feeders could influence other factors such as the speed of eating. Could these medical problems or other factors, rather than the elevated feeders, have contributed to the increase in GDV in this group?
One other item that was brought to light on a "VetMed" e-mail discussion list, was that there is no proven advantage to raised feeders, and that the Foster and Smith company which runs the Pet Education website sells many types of elevated feeders.
iluvk9 wrote:Vet put him on Reglan (Metoclopramide) for a few months, gradually backing off. Seems it was a type of reflux problem.
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What are those round things behind power jack? Mine says 2E 47 25S. Just curious. My guess is SMT capacitor 47uF. Then What 2E ans 25S stand for? Either one of them should be voltage. No?
Thank you.
Thanks Krupski and CrossRoads. I was also wondering what those parts where. SMD Capacitor make sense. If I am not wrong, I believe they are a part of the Voltage Regulator circuit, is that correct?


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This is why, even though one is a law-abiding citizen, never talk to police officers and never give them permission to search your vehicle without a warrant describing in detail the area to be searched and the things to be seized. As Haddad found out, assuming that he did give permission to search his vehicle, thinking himself to be innocent of any crimes, now faces up to 35 years in prison, 7 years for each magazine.
In legalese, they will probably give him something like 30 days if he pleads guilty to a felony, after which he will not be able to legally own a weapon, or even have access to a weapon for the rest of his life. This is called manufacturing a felony and the only reason to do so is to disarm as many people as possible by trumping up charges and pumping up sentences to frighten them into pleading to something that should be thrown out of court the minute the charges are brought. In the old days, when disarmament was not the goal, these things were always plead down, not up, for first time offenders.
I had a few minutes to speak with Michael Haddad, Nathan's brother, who has started a legal defense fund. I have promised to contribute as much as I can afford and to encourage others to contribute. Michael, like his brother, is a good person just trying to help out. He stressed, however, to wait until after February 20th before doing anything other than contributing to the legal defense of this disabled veteran. The reason is to see if the legal system will take a no-nonsense approach to this issue. If they do not, we need to be prepared to unleash the hounds. I know that William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection has offered his services to aid Nathan's attorney should the state prefer to go the wrong way in this case. Kudos to Mr. Jacobson.
Nathan, like most of us, just want to get the charges dropped or reduced at this time. But, Upstate New Yorkers need to be taking heed of this case. The object right now is to let the legal system correct itself and do the right thing. There is an "or else" side to it that must be reigned in for the time being.
However, it was interesting that while looking up this case on the Internet I discovered this little article about the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department.
While I believe this is a line in the sand that will test the resolve of the patriot/liberty movement in days to come, we need to keep our powder dry and send a few bucks to the legal defense fund set up by Michael Haddad.
There has been a lot discussed on this blog about good cops and bad, Oathkeepers and oathbreakers. Inevitably the issue of who is good and who is bad and how can the good cops help out without sacrificing their pensions and jobs. I am sympathetic to their point of view as I am not willing to throw my life down the drain for some unseen, unheard of sacrifice that inspires no one but the bad cops to get worse.
But here is a classic example. Had the cop not looked in the trunk. Had the cop done his job and written the ticket instead of pushing for more and more access to search the vehicle, this would not be an issue today. If the cop had found the magazines, recognized that they were not loaded and warned Nathan that it was illegal to own them, but that as a good cop, perhaps an Oathkeeper, he would look the other way in the interest of his Constitutional obligation, this would not be an issue and Nathan would not be fighting for his freedom.
Instead, we have a twelve-year decorated war veteran thrust before the legal system of New York, with no money to pay for the type of legal counsel provided to David Gregory, who violated the same law after being informed by the D.A. that it was illegal to have such a magazine in the District of Columbia and that the law was clear. David Gregory got nothing. The D.A. refused to bring charges.
Let's see if Nathan Haddad is afforded the same type of justice that a white, rich, liberal with a television news program can expect. If anything Gregory should have had the book thrown at him because he had inquired of the D.A.'s office and they told him it would be a violation of the law. That, friends is corruption, open and brazen.
I have been asked by Michael Haddad to add this paragraph to the end of this post. But, please do not stop donating as there is still a little way to go to fill up the fund and excess money might be used to help out other vets who run afoul of gun laws.


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Seven young men had lived at the Analomink Street home that was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning.
Seven young men had lived at the Analomink Street home that was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning.
"We haven't figured out the cause of the fire yet, but we don't believe it's suspicious," said East Stroudsburg Fire Chief Bryan Wallie. A state fire marshal was out to inspect the scene Thursday.
The fire, which broke out around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, originated at the back of the 111-year-old house, though firefighters are still not sure which room it started in.
According to a Stroud Area Regional Police report, Kunle Adedenji, 19, Christopher J. Brady, 20, Joseph Giandrande, 22, Michael V. Rizzuto, 20, Matthew Thomas Schenke, 20, Casey P. Scheuch, 22, and Daniel T. Snyder, 21, were residents of the property, which is owned by Choice Rentals & Property Management LLC of Mount Bethel.
Only Schenke and Rizzuto were home at the time of the fire. A phone call to Choice Rentals & Property Management was not immediately returned Thursday.
Yellow caution tape was around the perimeter of the property Thursday afternoon. The front windows were shattered and much of the roof had caved in. From the back, the damage looked even worse. The rear of the house was a charred shell.
Schenke woke up Wednesday to the sound of his roommate yelling, according to police. Schenke, whose room is on the left rear portion of the second floor, noticed that it was very hot. He put his arm near the window, saw flames and was burned.
He then went downstairs and attempted to open the front door, but it was locked with a dead bolt that needed a key and Schenke didn't know where the key was.
He attempted to break the door open and was yelling for help, when neighbor Andrew Young and contractors Logan Baum and Tobin Hodson, who were working at a nearby construction project, came and broke down the front door.
Witnesses at the scene said Schenke, in a desperate attempt to get fresh air, had punched out a small front window and stuck his head between the jagged glass.
Schenke had cuts on his head and bruises, and was seen being taken away on a stretcher Wednesday.
Rizzuto was in his room on the first floor at the rear of the house when the fire started, according to the police report. He woke up and noticed it was very hot inside his room. He went to his window and saw flames. He then ran and attempted to do something about the fire.
Both men were taken to Pocono Medical Center, but only Schenke needed treatment for the cuts he sustained.
Rizzuto and Schenke returned Wednesday night to inspect the damage, said neighbor Laura Quintiliani.
"I heard shouting, but I didn't think much of it, then the dog started growling and I heard someone yell, 'Fire!,'" Quintiliani recalled.
Quintiliani, a school teacher, saw the flames directly outside her kitchen window. The heat from the fire was so intense, it melted her blinds and cracked her windows.
"My biggest fear was that the bushes between our properties would catch on fire," she said.
Firefighters discovered a small alligator kept in a fish tank inside an undamaged section of the house. The gator was retrieved by the students sometime Wednesday evening, Wallie said.
The five-bedroom Analomink Street house is listed for sale through Prudential Realty. According to the realty's website, the home is a total of 2,716 square feet and was built in 1902.


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Indians 6, Royals 4
A week ago, the Indians were reeling amid serious questions
about whether they could contend.
Five wins have put them back on track.
And back on Detroit's heels.
Asdrubal Cabrera hit a two-run double to cap Cleveland's
comeback in the sixth inning, and the Indians charged into the
All-Star break with a 6-4 win over Kansas City on Sunday and
three-game sweep of the Royals.
Cabrera's double off Tim Collins (2-5) led the roller-coasting
Indians to their fourth straight win. At 51-44, they stayed 1 1-2
games behind the first-place Tigers in the AL Central. Last week,
Detroit took three of four from Cleveland to widen its lead in the
division. It seemed the Tigers were poised to run away and
But with their fans fearing a collapse like last year, the
Indians pulled together.
"We got the city of Cleveland to step back off the ledge after
the Detroit series," said All-Star second baseman Jason Kipnis.
"So that's good. We wanted to push ourselves. To be able to sweep
them and get a couple days off now, that's a great way to end
Cleveland has its most wins at the All-Star break since 2007 –
the last time the Indians made the playoffs.
Reliever Rich Hill (1-1) got two outs in the sixth, and closer
Chris Perez – Cleveland's fifth reliever – worked the ninth for his
13th save as the Indians improved to 43-1 when leading after
Billy Butler had three hits for the Royals (43-49), who dropped
their fifth straight. Kansas City is third in the AL Central, eight
games back.
"We've had a rough five games," manager Ned Yost said. "They
can go take a break, regroup and hopefully come back and play more
consistent baseball."
The Indians have had their issues with inconsistency, as well,
but they have been resilient all season. The series finale was no
different as Cleveland trailed 4-3 in the sixth before rallying
against Kansas City's usually reliable bullpen.
Collins, who took the loss in Friday's series opener, walked
Lonnie Chisenhall leading off. Drew Stubbs singled, Michael Bourn
sacrificed, and Cabrera, whose name has surfaced in trade rumors,
drove a 1-0 pitch into the gap in right-center to put Cleveland
back in front.
Kipnis followed with an RBI single off Everett Teaford to give
the Indians a 6-4 lead.
"I was real proud of our guys," manager Terry Francona said.
"We kept battling, and because of it we go into the break with a
nice win."
Bryan Shaw and Joe Smith combined for two scoreless innings
before Perez, who spent time on the disabled list and was charged
with drug possession in the first half, gave up a one-out double in
the ninth but struck out Butler and retired All-Star catcher
Salvador Perez on a grounder for the final out.
The Indians have overcome their share of injuries, inconsistent
pitching and a 4-16 stretch which put them 5 1-2 games back of the
Tigers on June 17.
After dropping three of four to Detroit, Cleveland finished the
first half by going 5-1.
"It's been a great first half for us," Indians first baseman
Nick Swisher said. "We've dealt with a lot of injuries and to be
standing where we are right now, we've got to feel great about
Royals starter James Shields ended up with his seventh
no-decision in his last nine starts. The right-hander allowed three
runs and seven hits in five innings, leaving with a 4-3 lead.
Shields has received sparse run support as the Royals have scored
just nine total runs in his six losses.
Shields, though, was more focused on getting his team turned
around than his record.
"You never want to lose five in a row, but I'm not too worried
about it," Shields said. "We've done a good job of grinding this
first half. It definitely could be a lot worse and it definitely
could be a lot better. Right now we need to kick it in gear and
string together some wins."
Indians starter Ubaldo Jimenez didn't get through the fifth
inning, his shortest start since June 7.
After the Indians took a 3-2 lead in the third, Jimenez let the
Royals grab it back in the fourth on Johnny Giavotella's RBI
groundout and Alcides Escobar's run-scoring single.
Jimenez walked the leadoff hitter in the fifth and was quickly
pulled by Francona before things got worse. Reliever C.C. Lee made
his major league debut and retired the Royals on three straight
popups to keep the Indians within one.
Shields worked around a two-on, none-out jam in the second, but
hurt himself with a one-out walk in the third when the Indians
scored twice to take a 3-2 lead.
Kipnis walked with one down and moved up on a groundout. Michael
Brantley, who came in batting .382 with runners in scoring
position, hit an RBI single to tie it 2-all. Santana then doubled
inside the bag at first, and third-base coach Brad Mills never
hesitated in waving Brantley home.
"I don't feel like I struggled," Shields said. "I threw some
really good pitches. I think I threw three changeups that probably
would have hit the dirt, and they got base hits on them. They
probably had about 20 foul-offs. That's a good team over there.
They work really good at-bats."
NOTES: Cleveland's pitchers haven't given up a home run in 60
innings. … Last year, the Indians were 44-41 at the All-Star
break and three games out of first place. They collapsed in August,
going 5-24. … Francona will spend a few off days in Las Vegas.
"I'm going to see how much money I can lose," he cracked. "I'm
going to lay low." … Kansas City will be represented in New York
by Alex Gordon, Perez and closer Greg Holland, the first time the
Royals have had three All-Stars since 1988. Perez is the first KC
catcher on the team since Darrell Porter in 1980.


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