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5 Internet Marketing Secrets for DCs
By Mark Sanna, DC, ACRB Level II, FICC
A successful Internet marketing plan for your chiropractic practice hinges on attracting a high volume of traffic to your website and creating a high rate of conversion. Traffic means the number of unique visitors who view your website.Conversion refers to the number of people who took the step of contacting you after viewing your website.
The most successful websites not only have high traffic, but also high targeted traffic. This means that your website attracts your ideal patients: those individuals who have the need, desire and means to afford your chiropractic care. You also want your website to increase the conversion of these potential new patients into actual booked appointments in your practice.
So, while traffic and conversion are essential components for Internet success, let's focus on taking it to the next level and the strategies you can deploy to increase targeted traffic and conversion to appointments. These Internet marketing strategies, if executed properly and on a regular basis, will yield a bounty of new patients ready to invest in chiropractic care.
1. Place "Contact Me" Above the Fold
Have you ever had a hard time locating a company's phone number on an advertisement? Such an obvious advertising error can also cause visitors to your website to become frustrated and ultimately deter them from pursuing care in your practice. Professional website designers track something called "UX" or "user experience." UX is the way a person feels when navigating a website. Does your practice website create a great UX or is it generating frustrated visitors who quickly move on to your competitors' sites?
One essential feature of great UX is to have your contact information placed prevalently at the top of the page. "Above the fold" means that the information is located above the point at which someone must scroll to view the lower part of a webpage. Your contact information, including your phone number, e-mail address and physical address, should appear above the fold on every page of your website.
2. All Pages are Landing Pages
You may have heard of the term landing pages with regard to chiropractic Internet marketing. The phrase refers to a page that a website visitor lands on after clicking on a hyperlink. There are two types of landing pages: reference and transactional. A reference landing page is focused on information and education. A transactional landing page encourages the visitor to take action, such as entering their contact information, making a purchase or scheduling an appointment.
In chiropractic Internet marketing, you should focus on creating landing pages that are a hybrid of transactional and reference. Be sure your landing pages feature patient education while at the same time, directing the visitor to contact your office for more information or to schedule an appointment. Using this technique, all pages on your website become functional landing pages, directing the visitor to take a step closer to becoming a new patient.
3. Far-Reaching Results From Patient Testimonials
Nielsen Media Research is a global information and measurement company that provides market research, insights and data about what people watch and what people buy. Nielsen reports that 92 percent of global consumers trust "earned media," which means word-of-mouth referrals. Nielsen also tells us that 70 percent of online consumers trust online testimonials and reviews.
Traditional chiropractic media marketers know that word-of-mouth referrals have the best return on investment of any type of marketing or advertising. Referrals from satisfied patients cost you nothing and yield the most ideal new patients. Online testimonials and reviews, which are virtually the same things, are modern-day word-of-mouth referrals.
Check with your state regulations before posting patient testimonials online, as some states have specific rules concerning their use. Also be sure that your practice is HIPAA compliant in the use of all testimonials.
Your testimonials will garner greater traction if you funnel them through your website and blog. Using video testimonials on your sites and on a YouTube channel achieves a double benefit. Video engages viewers, and this causes them to spend more time on your website. This is called creating a "sticky" page, and it results in the second benefit of increasing your positioning with the search engines, called "search engine optimization" or SEO. (A warning about Google Places, Yelp and other review sites: while positive reviews can most definitely help with SEO, one bad review can become a serious blot on your good reputation.)
4. Words, Words and More Words
Google has made it known that the very best, most valuable and longest-lasting SEO begins with original, informative text. This is the type of SEO that results in high rankings for your website and yields the most targeted traffic. If writing short articles to educate your patients on the value of the services your perform and the products you dispense is not high in your skill set, you should engage the services of an outsourced copywriting company familiar with the chiropractic market.
A stagnant website with unchanging copy serves about the same value as an out-of-date practice brochure. Even worse, a stagnant website can undermine your marketing efforts, as it will result in a plummet in your website's ranking. There are several firms in the chiropractic marketplace that employ professional copywriters who stay on top of advances in the field of chiropractic, as well as SEO tactics and strategies. By adding several short blogs each week to your online marketing portfolio and by consistently adding fresh content to your website, you will build a strong online presence that will generate targeted traffic and great conversion for the long term.
5. Express Your Personality
While maintaining a professional image is especially important in online chiropractic marketing, if you don't express your and your practice's unique personality online, you will appear like every other chiropractor. The most successful online chiropractic marketers post selected photos of their family, hobbies and interests on Facebook.
Just as displaying original art in your practice's reception room can convey your individuality, your online marketing should display your unique personality and passions. People, including those individuals who are your potential new patients, crave personal relationships. Your website should convey your personal life (albeit to a limited degree). On the "About Us" page, be sure to feature some photos of your family and those of your practice team. Post quotes from your team members about how they feel about your practice and their careers. Take the opportunity to let your collective light shine online!


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The PC is dead. Rising numbers of mobile, lightweight, cloud-centric devices don't merely represent a change in form factor. Rather, we're seeing an unprecedented shift of power from end users and software developers on the one hand, to operating system vendors on the other--and even those who keep their PCs are being swept along. This is a little for the better, and much for the worse.


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Their script isn't necessary. Alberto Murillo sees the red and black shirts and the blue signs and knows they are United Farm Workers members canvassing for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. In moments, he takes a "Hillary for President" sign and offers his phone number.
Senator Clinton visited this city days earlier to accept the UFW's endorsement. The union-owned radio station airs her ads during breaks in the ranchera music pulsing in the vineyards and in taquerias here.
Señora Clinton is known.
"Latinos remember how well the economy was during Bill Clinton's time ... and having her and the backup support of her husband running this country, it only means more opportunity and better times for the people – especially Latinos," says Mr. Murillo, a substitute teacher.
Clinton's 15-year head start among Latinos has left Sen. Barack Obama scrambling to catch up since the Nevada caucus pointed to a Hispanic predilection for the former first lady. Experts say he needs to narrow that lead to do well in key primaries Tuesday and beyond.
"I think in fact [the Latino vote] could determine the outcome in California," says Gary Segura, a Latino politics expert at the University of Washington in Seattle. "My sense ... is that Clinton's lead among Latinos has gone down some, particularly because of high-profile endorsements [for Mr. Obama]."
Minority politics have taken center stage in the Democratic race after Clinton captured two-thirds of the Latino vote in Nevada's Democratic caucus and Obama took 80 percent of the black vote in South Carolina's Democratic primary.
In delegate-rich California, Latinos make up nearly one-quarter of eligible voters, far outstripping the voting clout of blacks. But the demographic picture brightens for Obama when totaling up tomorrow's 22 Democratic contests. The Super Tuesday states hold 10.9 million African-American eligible voters versus 10.5 million Hispanic eligible voters, according to an analysis of 2006 census projections.
No one knows, however, the breakdown of registered voters, the shares of disenfranchised felons, or whether Latino voters will turn out at a lower rate than blacks, as has long been the case.
Vote totals aren't everything. Obama must avoid more blowouts among Latinos because party leaders – who may be kingmakers if the race remains close – will take notice, says Louis DeSipio, Chicano studies chairman at the University of California at Irvine. "The party elites and superdelegates will start looking and say, 'Who's the one who could represent the party the best?' " he says.
A key constituency
Democratic leaders are counting on Latinos in November as a key swing vote for capturing the White House. Large Hispanic populations live in New Mexico, Florida, Nevada, and Colorado – states that President Bush carried by five or fewer percentage points in 2004. Since then, Hispanics have drifted toward the Democratic Party, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.
It's not clear what's behind that shift, says Pew's Richard Fry. Heated immigration rhetoric from Republican quarters is the conventional wisdom, but Latinos consistently rank jobs and education over immigration as top issues.
Hispanic groups say the immigration debate has accelerated Latino voter registration and applications for citizenship in the past couple of years. Since the 2006 election, some 2 million new Latino voters will be registered by November, says Dr. DeSipio.
Hoping to tap that energy, Obama is talking up his support for giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants – a stance Clinton backed off from under fire.
Clinton's edge
But Clinton's advantage, experts say, hasn't been so much policy as personal.
Clinton received enormous Spanish-language TV coverage in Nevada and California when she walked the streets of a Latino neighborhood in Las Vegas with a local rising political star.
"There was just a sea of people following her going door to door. It was a powerful image and message of her getting out there," says Luis Valera with the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce. "Obama could have done that just as easily."
Mr. Valera and other Latino observers see signs of a course correction within the Obama camp. Obama came to East Los Angeles last week to stump in the Hispanic community. He has finally joined Clinton on the Spanish-language airwaves with new ads and has sat for interviews with Spanish-language media.
Major endorsements have followed, including from La Opinion, the leading Spanish-language newspaper in the US, and from Maria Elena Durazo, a powerful Los Angeles union leader. In Salinas, his campaign highlighted local endorsements, including from a popular high school teacher, as a way to counter some of Clinton's earlier publicity.
But Clinton beat Obama to many top leaders, including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and activist Dolores Huerta, a figure so revered that Clinton has actually held rallies at schools named after her.
Both are using Spanish-speaking volunteers to phone voters on weeknights and to canvass neighborhoods on weekends. For Obama's camp, it's a chance to introduce their candidate and level the playing field against their rivals.
"What they have is name recognition," says Juan Francisco Contreras, a regional coordinator for Obama in Oakland. "Over the last few months, we have seen as the senator's message gets out … a lot of people coming our way."
In a few cases, just calling up and speaking Spanish has won support, he says. The campaign is finding the most success with younger Hispanics.
"There may be not enough time, but it can chip away at the Clinton lead," says DeSipio of Obama's revamped outreach effort. As recently as Jan. 22, a Field poll put Clinton up 59 percent to 19 percent over Obama among California Latinos.
Press reports have buzzed about racism as a possible role in the lopsided support for Clinton. Research led by Paula McClain at Duke University has found that Latino immigrants in the South tend to identify most with whites and the least with blacks. That immigrant group is relatively new and is moving into a heavily black region where the two groups compete for low-skill jobs.
"I don't dispute her findings. But it's a big jump from saying that's true to saying Hispanics and blacks have a deep tension, or Hispanics won't vote for African-Americans," says Dr. Segura.
When broaching the subject, nearly every Latino expert and ordinary citizen alike rattled off a list of black politicians who have won strong support from Latino voters, including former New York City Mayor David Dinkins and Obama himself.


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The Albany Medical Center Prize has been created to provide national and international recognition to a physician, biomedical scientist, or group of physicians or scientists, who have made extraordinary and sustained leadership contributions to improving health care and patient care; or who have successfully pursued innovative biomedical research with demonstrated translational benefits applied to improved patient care.
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Five Wabash alumni in Madison, Wisconsin volunteered at Second Harvest Foodbank for Wabash Day 2012. Matt Ripley ('06), Michael Wartman ('09), Brett Gann ('07), Steve Maynard ('11), and Nick Marzotto ('11) helped sort a variety of produce for the hungry in the Madison area.
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending hunger in southwestern Wisconsin through community partnerships, serving nearly 141,000 people annually, including 43 percent who are children. Through food and financial donations and volunteer support, Second Harvest acquires and distributes food to 300 partner programs in 16 counties. From July 1, 2011 –June 30, 2012, Second Harvest distributed 9.8 million pounds of food. It is one of 200 members of Feeding America, the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity.


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Announcing the winner of Slate's recipe contest.
The results are in for Slate's recipe contest. About two weeks ago, we matched Web upstart food52 (which invites recipe contributions from users) against Cook's Illustrated (which relies on professional cooks and a meticulous testing process). Each contender created two recipes—one for pork shoulder, another for chewy sugar cookies; then we asked Slate readers to vote for their favorites.
In both competitions, Cook's Illustrated won. But it was a very close vote. This particular election did not necessarily provide a broad mandate for experience, tradition, and professional expertise over crowd-sourcing. Out of the 103 respondents who prepared both pork shoulder recipes and completed our poll, 54 chose the Cook's Illustrated pork shoulder with peach sauce, and 49 opted for food52's porchetta. The cookie competition was even more of a squeaker: Out of 166 respondents, 84 chose Cook's Illustrated Chai-spice sugar cookies, while 82 preferred food52's chewy sugar cookies No. 2.
Especially with such close numbers, it's worth digging into what the taste-testers liked, and didn't like, about each recipe. I combed through the comments section in the surveys and also gathered responses from a dinner party I hosted this past Saturday. For my party, I carefully prepared all four recipes and served them to a tableful of avid food lovers (10 in total), including, among others, a restaurant critic, two architects, a social worker, an unemployed marketing executive, and my lovely mother. I served each pair of dishes to my guests without identifying the source of the recipe. (One problem with our poll for Slate readers, of course, was that they knew the source, which may have prejudiced them.)
First off: the pork.
Slate readers praised the Cooks Illustrated pork for its texture, for its glistening crust, and for its, well, porkiness: "The flavor was fantastic and really emphasized the 'porkiness' of the meat. It really amped up the flavor of the pork itself instead of relying on tons of spicing," wrote one reader. "Very tender," wrote another. They also loved the simplicity of the recipe and the ease of access to the ingredients. While the food52 recipe had participants rolling and tying a butterflied pork shoulder, then draping it with either pork skin or pancetta; Cook's Illustrated worked with a bone-in pork shoulder that didn't need much manipulation.
The Cook's Illustrated shoulder was cooked for a very long time—six hours for me—until it reached 190 degrees, a point at which the connective tissue contained in the pork shoulder has melted. So the texture was particularly yielding. On the other hand, food52's Porchetta was supposed to remain in the oven only until it reached 150 F—a temperature that I thought was a little low for an unctuous cut like pork shoulder. At least one Slate commenter agreed with my observation: "I think if it had been cooked to a higher done point it would have been more tender."
The other very divisive issue, at my table and in the comments, was the Cook's Illustrated sauce. "The fruit and pork thing is overdone—the fruit just masks the pork," said one of my companions, and frankly I agreed. Though many commenters liked the sauce, made with frozen peaches, white wine, sugar, rice vinegar, thyme, and mustard, it was also repeatedly described by Slate commenters as "too sweet." Others wondered if the recipe could be tweaked with a different fruit: "I think apples or pears would have gone better with the recipe."
The food52 porchetta was admired by many Slate commenters and at my table for its more complex marinade, made with orange, fennel seed, black pepper, rosemary and coriander. "The finished pork had more layers of flavor," wrote one participant. It had a forthright sauce as well, made by deglazing the roasting pan with a half-cup of red wine vinegar, to make "a porky vinaigrette" (a memorable turn of phrase … in general the writing in the food52 recipes was much livelier than the careful prose from Cook's Illustrated). Because pork shoulder is so rich, it can take a lot of acid—think of the salsa you might put on your carnitas (aka pork shoulder) tacos, and you'll get the picture. But the unadulterated acid in the porchetta sauce was a dash too strong—I agreed with the Slate commenter who said she'd cut the vinegar with a little wine if she tried the dish again.
Slatereaders were almost equally divided between the two recipes. In my house, the vote was perfectly equal: five to five, between those who could live with the sweet sauce and valued the superior texture of the Cook's Illustrated pork, and those who forgave the food52roast its tougher texture because of its more complex, aggressive seasoning, as well as the crispy bits of pancetta. "At first I was shocked by y (the food52 porchetta) after I ate X (the Cook's Illustrated pork), but now I prefer Y for the flavor," said one of my guests, "Y is Mars and X is Venus," said another.
And now for dessert.
The tiny two-vote margin in favor of the Cook's Illustrated sugar cookie would send politicians calling for a recount. The Cook's Illustrated cookies were made from a very soft dough, which included butter and vegetable oil and cream cheese, and eerily simulated the doughy-chewy nature of a commercially baked soft cookie. I agree heartily with the Slate reader who described the recipe as "interesting and counter intuitive"; the dough is unlike any I've worked with before, and it delivered on the desired texture. "I enjoyed how the crisp edges with the chewy middles formed a nice contrast," wrote another. Whether the Cook's Illustrated cookies were really sugar cookies was more of an issue: They were seasoned with a blend of ginger, cardamom, cinnamon and clove that one of my guests described as "snickerdoodle-y." A Slate reader picked up the thread: "I really don't think they are 'sugar cookies.' …. I thought this was going to be a head to head cookie contest, with plain sugar cookies competing. These clearly are not."
As for the food52 cookie, it was more of a classic recipe reworked to use not just white sugar, but also brown sugar and crunchy turbinado sugar. Commenters liked the crunch of the turbinado, which contrasted with the soft center of the cookie—and so did I. Some described the cookie as having a caramel taste, and several liked that the cookie was flavored very simply. "My husband just wants a normal sugar cookie. This is it," said one Slate reader.
Oddly enough, considering the close vote among Slate readers, at my dinner table there was almost no debate about which cookie was superior—we had a 7-to-1 vote in favor of the Cook's Illustrated cookie, with two abstentions (one for gluten issues, another for a powerful aversion to clove, one of the Chai spices). I suspect I know the reason: For the competition, I followed the recipes to the letter. For the food52 cookie, this meant beating flour into the batter for one minute and then scraping the bowl and beating the flour for another minute. Had I not been preparing the recipe for a contest, I would have mixed the flour in only until it was incorporated. I think this over-mixing ended up toughening the dough, and that the cookies would have been pretty lovely otherwise.
This brings up one of the issues that consistently came up in the comments. The looser prose of the food52 recipes sometimes made for confusion—when the sugar cookie recipe said "cream butter and sugars for 1 minute," was I supposed to include the turbinado sugar as well, or was that just for rolling the cookies in the end? And how long should I allot for the pork shoulder to come to room temperature? Should I really aim for room temperature, or rather something in the 50s? These questions can be major or minor depending on the audience. An experienced cook is likely to use a recipe less literally, while someone new to a technique depends on precision.
In the end, it's that kind of precision that earns Cook's Illustrated its many fans. But for me, at least, the whole process once again called into question the very premise of a "best recipe." Many Slate commenters obviously weren't quite finished with the debate: One suggested deglazing the porchetta pan with apple cider rather than vinegar; others discussed different cooking temperatures for both roasts. At my dinner table, my friends offered that the Cook's Illustrated pork sauce would have been less cloying if offset by the stronger seasoning on the food52 porchetta. We were already cooking again before we finished our meal. It's that kind of open discussion that has drawn people to the Web for cooking advice and input.
Cook's Illustrated should celebrate its victory, but without being too namby-pamby, I hope both forms of recipe development (and food52) continue to thrive. I agree with the Slate commenter who wrote: "I think that there is a room in this world for both approaches. The scientist in me loves the CI approach; the people connection in the Food 52 approach is valuable as well."
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I have met Matt Thornton and...
well, I have to be honest - my opinion of how he has marketed himself hasn't changed. Since I have now met him in person, I can say that he is rude and his interpersonal/communication skills are lacking. I tried desperately to communicate with him but he was so rude that it was impossible. He was unreceptive to anything that varied from his party line.
Before I begin to explain all that happened, I just want to say that we met Louis, one of the guys giving the seminar with Matt. Louis was a TOTAL sweetheart. I totally adored him, he is a decent and respectable human being that - literally if he called me tomorrow and need anything and it was in my power to help this guy I would immediately do so without thought or question. He is a great representative of BJJ and the MMA community.
Djimbe and I arrived at around 1pm. The seminar started at 11am, however we had my moms surgery yesterday and class last night so it was impossible for us to get there any earlier considering we had to dirve two hours to get there.
Our expectations may have varied about what would happen at the seminar, but I personally fully expected to meet the man, have a discussion as adults and have a good time - possibly even catch a beer after the seminar. Honestly THAT was what I expected to happen.
We went in and quietly sat down on the side lines. Matt was talking to the group at that time. He immediately had everyone start drilling when he saw us and walked directly over to us and said "you're the people from the internet". Djimbe and I said yes. He said "let's go outside". We followed him outside and he stood between us and the door to the gym. He (somehow with a straight face) said "why are you here". :eek: *pause*
Now, I don't know if you all read the other thread - but him asking "why are you here" BLEW my mind. It made me wonder for a moment if the person posting as Matt Thronton was REALLY Matt Thornton. I quickly realized that he knew we were "from the internet" - - and quickly assessed that he was playing a game - however I was intially shocked.
*play* Djimbe responded with something like "you said for us to come, we are here". Matt Thornton said something like "you challenged me on the internet". I then said "NO, that is not what happened. I said that your marketing practices/business was unscrupulous and idiotic on the internet. You DARED me to say that to your face - I came to do so and I just did." MT attempted to play physical dominance games with me at this point - towering over me (he is like 6'9" tall - but skinny as an anorexic teenager) trying to make me feel intimidated by his presence. It didn't work - I stood in his face and told him EXACTLY what I said in the original thread. He honestly didn't know what to do or even say. He actually said that he challenges people to show up at seminars all the time and "no one else has ever shown up". I had to cut him a break on that - I am sure he didn't expect us to show. *pause*
I will say it once more, I have not ever, nor will I ever say anything on the internet that I am not willing to say in person. Even more, I won't say anything ABOUT anyone that I wouldn't say to thier face. I am very direct in all aspects of my life both personally and professionally. It has served me well thus far, I see no reason to change - most people respect that I am direct and to the point.
*play* When he figured out that he wasn't going to intimidate me (Djimbe is much larger than MT, and I have a brother that is his height and TWICE his size that slaps me around I knew that if he came after me - it might hurt, but he wasn't going to damage me before Djimbe pulled him off of me), he moved on to Djimbe with his intmidation tactics - I will let Djimbe insert his comments about this - but it was amusing. BUT - he did things like forcefully putting his hands on Djimbe's shoulders and leaning his weight into Djimbe trying to casually shove him (funny thing was MT was the one that moved not Djimbe). This wasn't friendly in anyway, however he wasn't hitting Djimbe either - it was an intimidation game - it was quite amusing for me to witness, considering he didn't get a single reaction out of Djimbe.
Basically, he refused to talk to me from that point forward. I didn't expect a hug and a kiss. I did however expect that he would respect the fact that I (especially considering I am the ONLY one) showed up to say to his face what he said I wouldn't. After this point, he wouldn't let me get a word in edgewise. He actually used things like putting his hand up in my face when I spoke and wouldn't allow me to talk. He then said that Djimbe Called him an Idiot - it was at this point he couldn't have shut me up if he wanted to. I said "THAT was ME, not him and if you would shut up and listen to him you might just learn something." He did the equivelent of a child putting his fingers in his ears and saying "I can't hear you, I can't hear you." He refused to listen to anything Djimbe said. When Djimbe offered proof to refute ridiculous statements that MT had made - he would say things like "I don't believe it" or "I don't have time to go see that" etc etc.
Alot was discussed, I will let Djimbe elaborate on that later in the thread, however when he pulled is fingers out of his ears (NOT LITERALLY), he said the "discussion was over" and asked us to leave. Djimbe said "Wait, you invited us to come here free of charge and observe your seminar are you saying we can't do that". MT hemhalled around a bit saying **** like "I can't let you stay for free - other people paid good money for this seminar". *pause*
Did you not read that he offered the seminar to us for FREE? I believe that was GROUND into my face wasn't it? Isn't that what you all PRAISED him for? Just checking :)
*play* Djimbe reiterated that we had no intentions of being there all day today much less tomorrow. But since we were invited to observe, that is what we intended to do. *pause*
We honestly weren't sure what to expect in this respect - but we were fully prepared to accept observing or some hands on stuff - but understanding that we weren't paying participants we didn't want to intrude on the time that others had paid for.
*Play* MT said "If you stay you have to participate", I think he thought that we wouldn't be willing to "roll" with them. He was wrong. Djimbe JUMPED on that Idea. He was fully ready to do so. We had brought all of our gear and he was dressed and ready to go. I really don't think MT knew what to think about that.. but he did concede that we could stay - an ACCOMPLISHMENT on our part.
I honestly couldn't believe that he was turning us away from a seminar that he publically had invited us to for FREE.
At this point they broke for lunch - an hour later we were waiting in the gym when MT came back. I don't think he actually expected us to be there... but we were
Djimbe walked over to Matt, shook his hand and told him that he was going to participate (against my wishes, honestly Djimbe has had the flu (diarrhea, fever, 4-6 hours sleep in the last three days etc) for days and isn't himself), but he also told Matt that I wasn't going to participate, that I didn't feel prepared and if he wasn't comfortable with me sitting it out that I would LEAVE and comeback later to pick him up. Matt said that it was fine that I stayed - the first unpricklike thing we had witnessed him do all day. He wasn't exactly in a position to say NO, tho. We had been hanging out with the participants of the seminar, joking about with them etc and were doing that when Matt came back from lunch - Djimbe walked over to him infront of those same people - What was Matt going to do? He couldn't possibly be the prick to us in front of all those people that he was out of their site - afterall they had all "paid good money" (his words not mine) to see him.:D
11/16/2003 12:13am, #2
Wait...when did they "challenge" him?Normally, I'd say I was grappling, but I was taking down and mounting people, and JFS has kindly informed us that takedowns and being mounted are neither grappling nor anti grappling, so I'm not sure what the **** I was doing. Maybe schroedinger's sparring, where it's neither grappling nor anti-grappling until somoene observes it and collapses the waveform, and then I RNC a cat to death.----fatherdog
11/16/2003 12:41am, #3
11/16/2003 1:04am, #4
You know, they did, by my book. I'm just to fucking tired to search through the thread tonight. I'll get it tomorrow, if someone else dosen't first.Monkey Ninjas! Attack!
11/16/2003 1:06am, #5
I truly think that was a complicated misreading that became persistent. I believe the contention was that TigerFly would not say the things she said in her post to Matt Thornton's face, and then somehow that was transformed into a physical challenge. But I could be wrong.Normally, I'd say I was grappling, but I was taking down and mounting people, and JFS has kindly informed us that takedowns and being mounted are neither grappling nor anti grappling, so I'm not sure what the **** I was doing. Maybe schroedinger's sparring, where it's neither grappling nor anti-grappling until somoene observes it and collapses the waveform, and then I RNC a cat to death.----fatherdog
11/16/2003 1:15am, #6
I find the comment aboit not saying anything varied from his accepted "line" very interesting. Its a sad fact that our training background indoctrinates us.
11/16/2003 1:22am, #7
SMF: The "line" is to have realistic practice. How is this a bad thing?
11/16/2003 1:49am, #8
Good point.Normally, I'd say I was grappling, but I was taking down and mounting people, and JFS has kindly informed us that takedowns and being mounted are neither grappling nor anti grappling, so I'm not sure what the **** I was doing. Maybe schroedinger's sparring, where it's neither grappling nor anti-grappling until somoene observes it and collapses the waveform, and then I RNC a cat to death.----fatherdog
11/16/2003 2:01am, #9
I say this with the greatest reluctance..
After the manner in which you posted..
Well unless you come across totally different at
the McThrowdown than you do online...
I'd calmy but firmly show you the door myself, in any
training environment I was responsible for.
Djimbe find a better playmate dude..
Words of wisdom
"It is better to live in a corner of the roof, than in a house shared with a contentious woman"let's talk about why fat-fu shall we?
11/16/2003 3:50am, #10
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anyhow what happen between mt and djimbeOnce a fighter, Always a fighter. Shawn
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Six Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers from across the state were recognized today for heroism, valor or humanitarianism for incidents in 2012 in which they were involved:
• Trp Kyle Henson, Sallisaw, and Trp Cody Hyde, Muldrow - Humanitarianism
• Trp Michael Patnode, Oklahoma City, and Trp Kevin Sparkman, Oklahoma City - Heroism
• Trp Scott Shropshire, Claremore -Humanitarianism
• Trp Danny Long, Pauls Valley -Valor
"When you hear these Troopers' stories and find out what they do on our behalf – and the dangers they face – it gives you such a feeling of pride in our Department of Public Safety," said Chuck Mai, spokesman for AAA Oklahoma, the sponsoring organization. "The men and women of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol put their lives on the line for us each and every day."
In addition, there awards were also presented. OHP Chief's Awards:
• Trp Tony Sessions, Major County - Humanitarianism
• Trp John Hambrick, Jr., Grady County - Humanitarianism
• Trp Sheldon Robinson, Tulsa County and Security Officer Freda Daugherty, Tulsa County - Humanitarianism
• Trp Brian McSlarrow, Ottawa County - Humanitarianism
• Trprs Chance Husted, Special Ops; Pat Fike, Special Ops; Mike Fike, Woodward County; James Crowder, Ellis County; Cody Rehder, Ellis County; and Phillip Ludwyck, Woodward County - Humanitarianism
• Lt. Randy Rogers, Pittsburg County - Community Service
• Trp Shawn Cummings, Public Affairs Div. - Community Service
• Trp Jennifer Fisher, Oklahoma County - Community Service
• Lt. Scott Hampton, Bryan County, and Trp Kyle Ince, Bryan County - Bravery
• Communications Officer David Hugueley, Oklahoma City, - Exceptional Service
DPS Civilian Awards for Exceptional Service:
• Lisa Poarch DPS Communications
• Glenda Fesler Records Management
• David Hope Driver License Division
• Mark Ledford Driver Compliance
• Rhonda Larson Systems Integration
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• Size and Weights Permits Division
• Human Resources Division
DPS Civilian of the Year:
• George Prater Driver License Division


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Melbourne: India made a bright start to their campaign at the Champions Trophy hockey tournament with a come-from-behind 3-1 win over England in Pool A at the State Hockey Centre here on Saturday.
The new-look Indian team clinched a morale-boosting win through goals from opportunistic field goals from Danish Mujtaba (22nd minute) and Yuvraj Walmiki (38th) before Gurwinder Singh Chandi scored in a set-piece penalty corner (66th minute).
Earlier, the India defence was breached by a drag flick from Richard Smith on England`s maiden penalty corner in the 14th minute.
Playing the first major international event after their disastrous last-place finish in the London Olympics, India have come to the elite eight-nation Champions Trophy with a new look team after dropping several ageing stars.
England have brought a young, experimental team here after several regular players took a break following the Olympics, where Great Britain finished fourth.
Many seasoned players in the England line-up went back to their full-time jobs or universities and left the places open for young players to be inducted for this tournament.
India will take on New Zealand tomorrow in their second outing in Pool A, which also features Olympic gold medallists Germany. Germany edged past New Zealand 3-2 in the other Pool A match on Saturday.
Giving a good display of competitive hockey, the young Indian outfit had to fight back after conceding the early lead when Smith's rising drag-flick went high into the goal.
India forced their first penalty corner four minutes later, but V R Raghunath's low drag flick was blocked on the goal-line by a defender.
England could have gone two up in the 21st minute when an opportunistic deflection by David Condon on a long through ball went across the goalmouth.
Mujtaba put India back on par by deflecting a long diagonal ball into the goal after lunging forward to beat his marker and also managed to put the ball past the onrushing goalkeeper.
India conceded a soft penalty corner in the 26th minute when an unmarked Raghunath carried the ball in trying to stop a long-range shot.
Walmiki made the most of a diagonal ball from Sunil as he managed to get an opportunistic touch past goalkeeper George Pinner three minutes into the second session.
India came close to scoring another field goal in the 44th minute when three strikers moved into the circle, where goalkeeper George Pinner did not have any company, but he came out to narrow the angle and Chandi's flick was too feeble to cause any trouble.
India's second penalty corner also failed to make an impression on the rival defence and the English strikers had a period of domination midway in the successive minutes.
Goalkeeper T.R. Potunuri, who got to play in the absence of first-choice custodian P.R. Sreejesh, managed to block the feeble pushes into his pads.
Sreejesh got injured during the nine-a-side International Super Series in Perth last week and has been replaced in the squad by another goalkeeper, Sushant Tirkey who has been flown in as a replacement.
Midway through the second half, Sunil was carried off on the stretcher due to cramps, but India continued to press the English defence were rewarded with their third and final penalty corner which produced Chandi?s goal.
Chandi dived forward to deflect Raghunath?s low drag-flick into the English goal to round off the scoring four minutes from the hooter.
India had another opportunity to increase the margin in the penultimate minute when captain Sardar Singh gave unmarked Walmiki a fine pass, but Walmiki's slow speed allowed the defenders to catch up.


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The Battle Over Terri | Valerie Schmalz | Updated February 25, 2005
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Terri Schindler Schiavo has cheated judicially-imposed death twice before and her family is hoping that they will be able to keep her alive even after a Florida judge set March 18th as the day her feeding tube must be removed.
Terri's father Bob Schindler said in a press conference that the ruling is "a temporary relief."
A 48-hour court ordered stay preventing the tube's removal was to end at 5 p.m. Eastern Time Friday.
This is the third time that Pinellas County Circuit Court Judge George Greer has given Terri Schiavo's husband and guardian, Michael Schiavo, the right to remove the abdominal gastric tube that provides her with food and water. Greer said the three-week date would allow the Schindlers "ample time to appeal," CNN News reported.
Michael Schiavo wants the 41-year-old Florida womans abdominal feeding tube removed, saying she would not want to live like this.
In issuing a written opinion by fax February 25th, Greer wrote, "The court is no longer comfortable granting stays simply upon the filings of new motions. There will always be 'new' issues."
The Schindlers' attorney David Gibbs said he will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court contending that Schiavo is being denied her religious liberty rights. Pam Hennessy, spokesperson for the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation, told IgnatiusInsight that there is also time for the Florida legislature to declare a moratorium on all feeding tube removals statewide when it goes into session in March.
Brain-damaged but able to breathe and make sounds independently, Terri Schiavo has put a face on the debate over euthanasia in the U.S. and this week saw most major newspapers covering her parents struggle to keep her alive.
In Rome on Thursday, Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said, "If Mr. Schiavo succeeds in legally causing the death of his wife, this not only would be tragic in itself, but it would be a grave step toward the legal approval of euthanasia in the United States."
Terri Schiavo collapsed in 1990 at age 26 and suffered brain damage but her parents say she continues to interact with them. Pope John Paul II declared in March 2004 that removing a feeding tube is "euthanasia by omission" even in the case of patients judged to be in a "persistent vegetative state." The pope himself was hospitalized this week with breathing troubles.
Cardinal Martino added, "I would like to remind everyone in this connection, about all that the Holy Father has said in past days to the Pontifical Academy for Life, confirming that the quality of life is not interpreted as economic success, beauty and physical pleasure, but consists in the supreme dignity of the creature made in the image and likeness of God.
Michael Schiavo lives with another woman, with whom he has two children, and has blocked attempts to spend a $1 million award on rehabilitation therapy for his wife, although hundreds of thousands of dollars of the award have gone toward paying an attorney working to cut off her food and water. That attorney, George Felos, issued a statement from Michael Schiavo after the judge's February 25 ruling that denied any further stays in the case. Michael Schiavo's statement said, "I am very pleased that the Court has recognized there must be a finality to this process. I am hopeful and confident that the appellate court will also agree that Terri's wishes not to be kept alive artificially must now be enforced."
"She smiles, she laughs, she cries. Shes not on any life support except the feeding tube. Her brain cells are working and developing," said Monsignor Thaddeus Malanowski, a retired Army chaplain and spiritual advisor to Bob and Mary Schindler, who visits Terri once a week. "The opposition is saying her brain is 100 percent dead. Ive been seeing Terry now for four years."
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has not issued an official statement but prolife and Catholic organizations, including Priests for Life and the Catholic Medical Association, have rallied. In addition to the official web-site from Terri's parents which was down during the last days of this week because of the volume of traffic www.blogsforterri.com lists hour by hour postings as well as more than 200 blogs that are also following her case.
Five separate on-line petitions aimed at saving Terri Schiavo are posted and Floridas governor Jeb Bush said his office has received thousands of emails and phone calls urging him to take action. One of those petitions with 100,000 signatures was presented to Bush Friday afternoon in Tallahassee.
"People with deep faith and big hearts are concerned, as I am about the circumstance that Ms. Schiavo is in," the governor said. "I want them to know I will do what I can, but there are limits to what any particular person - irrespective of the title they currently hold - can do."
Former Operation Rescue leader Randall Terry led a series of demonstrations in the neighborhood of Michael Schiavo.
The Catholic Medical Association issued a statement supporting the Schindlers, noting Pope John Paul IIs March 2004 statement. The CMA also cited new neurological studies using magnetic resonance imaging shows greater brain activity even among those severely brain damaged.
The U.S. bishops conference so far has left official response to the St. Petersburg, Florida, Bishop Robert Lynch. Lynch issued a statement in October 2003, but calls to his office were referred to the diocesan web-site, which contains a statement saying the diocese is tending to Schiavos spiritual needs. Actually, Monsignor Malanowski said, Bishop Lynch has not been involved and no statements have come from Floridas bishops.
"Disabled Catholics are angry at the Church. We are losing people from the Church because of this. I dont know why bishops are not willing to take a stronger stand," said Mary Jane Owen, executive director of Disabled Catholics in Action, who said Terri Schiavos situation is an example of something that happens regularly under "futile care protocol" followed by hospitals and nursing homes. "The culture of death is very real. Its very scary to those of us with disabilities."
Michael Schiavo first ordered his wifes feeding tube removed in 2000; a ruling supported by the judge, who still presides over the case. The tube was removed in 2001 and again in 2003. In 2003, the Florida legislature at the urging of Gov. Jeb Bush passed Terris Law, that ordered the tube reinserted after six days of starvation and dehydration. The Florida Supreme Court unanimously overturned the law, and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of the ruling last month. That sent the case back to Pinellas-Pasco County Circuit Court Judge Greer.
Grees ruling February 25 lifted the stay on the original order in 2000 allowing removal of Terri Schiavos gastric tube, Hennessy said. Still outstanding, she said, is a February 23rd request to intervene by Floridas protective services agency based on allegations of abuse against Terri Schiavo on a state hotline. A 1991 bone scan of Terri Schiavo found several broken and partly healed bones but it was not released to her parents until 2002.
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Most of the changes are fine-tuning, and fall into two categories: the perception of speed (disabling blur by default, changing the delay focus policy to 50ms, making popups and animations faster), and UI refinement (getting rid of huge areas of padding/dead space in Dolphin and KOffice, applying the same font type and rendering to GTK+ apps by default, get rid of the cashew, an updated icon theme, popup notifications that don't steal focus and doesn't get in the way of suspend/resume). I use KDE and have for years, so I know how to make it look nice and fast, but I can also understand how a new user will become frustrated at the slow, confusing defaults. Whatever KDE5 ends up being, it should be more of a cleaning up of the solid base that KDE4 has become.
I completely agree with what you are saying.
Unfortunately, this is not going to happen. The KDE developers have made it clear that certain decisions are there way, or the highway.
Example: The absolute insistence of making the "cashew" impossible to hide or remove shows very clearly that they are completely out of touch with what their own users want. It's their way of saying "We know better, accept it or p### off".
For this very reason, I choose not to use KDE anymore.
The sad irony is, KDE is the closest thing the open source world has to a great desktop. Year after year, they continue to shoot themselves in both feet.
With the help of an actual designer, and a complete willingness from the developers to fix the problems that have been raised for years now, KDE could be great again.
Sadly, we all know, this is never going to happen, too many egos will be hurt in the process.
When posting my earlier comment I was honestly expecting to strongly disagree with you, but instead finding myself in 100% agreeance.
Like yourself, the 1st thing I do when I install KDE is fine tune the settings and, up until now, never really noticed nor thought about it.
Very nicely put mate (you'll have to settle for an imaginary +rep though as I've already posted)


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Buckcherry make the kind of rock 'n' roll that makes you want to party "All Night Long." The Los Angeles-based group spits out pure, raw rock with sneering guitars, raspy vocals and swinging rhythms.
Buckcherry recently released their latest full-length, Confessions, and the set debuted at a sky-high No. 20 on the Billboard 200 chart. We caught up with guitarist – and Gibson loyalist – Keith Nelson to talk about his journey into the guitar world, the new album and why he'll never grow tired of playing shows.
When did you first pick up the guitar, and when did you know you wanted to make a living playing it?
My father had an acoustic guitar leaning in the corner of his bedroom, and I always loved to touch it. When he was at work, I would sneak in there and play with it. I grew up as a drummer, and all the guys in the neighborhood jammed at our place and would leave their gear at my house. There were always guitars around, so I always played with every instrument. When I turned 17, I decided I wanted to switch from the drums to guitar, and it's been that way ever since. As for making a living playing guitar, it's a long shot for so many people. It's a dream for which you strive. I don't know if decided that what I wanted to do was make a living playing guitar, but I got lucky and was able to write songs and be in a band that could do this as a job.
When it comes to guitars, you have a large collection of Gibsons, especially Les Pauls. What are your go-to Gibsons on the road and in the studio?
My original 1959 Sunburst Les Paul, in the studio, is my go-to guitar. On the road, I have a few of the new historical '59 reissues, and those are phenomenal guitars. I have a 1966 Les Paul Jr. on the road, and it's fantastic. I also have a great Korina Flying V.
I have yet to take an original Sunburst on the road, because of the insurance issue liability. I'm trying to get up the nerve to bring the old stuff on the road. I like the consistency of having the same guitar if something goes wrong mid-song or mid-set, so I can switch to a similar guitar, so I get duplicates for the road. Certain guitars just have a sound and feel. They speak to me. It's something I want to have in my hands every night.
You're known as not only a great guitar player, but also a great songwriter. What tips do you have for songwriters out there?
So many great songs have been written before us, so I'm a big fan of doing the homework and taking a history lesson and listening to great songwriters. There are so many. As a guitar player, I always for the song and believe the song has to come first. It's not about your guitar solo; that's a really short amount of the song. Everything about the song has to serve the song. All the instrumentation has to serve the song. That becomes the focal point. Listen to what's going on with the vocal melody and singer and rhythm section, and figure out where the guitar fits.
Let's switch gears to the new album, Confessions, which is already doing so well. This is your sixth studio release. How does this album differ from past Buckcherry releases?
It was the first time we tried to tackle a theme or concept for a record. Having that did a few things for us. It allowed us to try things outside of our comfort zone and things we wouldn't normally do, and it gave us a good excuse to try different instrumentation and song arrangements, and it gave Josh the opportunity to write lyrics that he wouldn't normally have come up with. It was a good opportunity for us to push ourselves beyond what we've done in the past. As the album's producer, I'm happy with fact we didn't keep making the same record all over again. We took a different approach to writing the songs.
Do you have a favorite song, guitar-wise, on Confessions?
There are so many moments on this record! I love the instrumentation of "Pride," with keys and acoustic guitars. My Sunburst Les Paul was on 99 percent of every song. There are so many fun songs on the record! I have to say the song, "Sloth," where Stevie and I do twin guitar solos, is one of my favorites. We wrote it together and mapped it out and came in with complimentary parts and recorded it live in the studio. I was rewarding. I get to play guitar in a band with a guy who's a great guitar player and soloist, and we won't get in each others' way.
Why do you think you and Stevie D. are able to juggle the guitar role so well?
We're friends, first and foremost. We can put that ego thing aside, and we want to do what's best for the song. There's a lot of trust going back and forth. We like each others' playing. We're both rock 'n' roll guitar players but both have a different style and different approach. It works out really well.
Buckcherry are known as road warriors. How do you handle such long periods of time on tour?
We try to get home as often as we can, so that home isn't a strange place for us. We're one of the few bands that went away for a few years and got the opportunity to start over again. When you get that second chance and see how rare an opportunity it is, at least for me, it allowed me to not take any of this for granted and approach this with a whole level of gratitude I didn't have before. Today, we're freezing outside of Chicago, and it's all worth it because we have awesome jobs and cool lives and we're making music we love. That's what keeps it all going-- that and our love for music. We remember what it's like to be a fan and save money for a concert and see your favorite band come to town.


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I know him to be a very strong hiker. He once invited me to go with him on a most logistically challenging hike. It involved four-wheel-drive vehicles, a boat, four-wheeler ATVs and an overnight campout, just to get to the beginning of the hike. The airplane came later to drop supplies.
There must be some sort of arbitrary definition of what qualifies a hike as "little." I think a little hike lies somewhere between a walk and a day hike. In order for a hike to be little, it ought to take less than an hour to reach a destination and less than an hour to return.
I suggested to my friend that he take the kids to the Comb Wash Cave. It is the cave that has man-size stalagmites standing back in the shadows. It has been a while since I was there, but if my memory is correct, the cave is about 90 feet across the front, about 70 to the back wall and the ceiling ranges from about 8 feet to maybe 12 feet high. My friend had been there many years ago and thought it would be a good "little hike" for the grandkids.
I continued thinking about little hikes and came up with a few others for those times when you need to get the grandkids out of the house. One hike that would qualify as little would be to hike down into the channel of the cutoff meander on the San Juan River at the end of Lime Ridge. It's a pretty steep hike and the limestone can be sharp enough to draw blood if you fall on it. But it is a fascinating place with a geologic history that still amazes me.
Another little hike begins at the Cave Tower Ruins on a side canyon of Mule Canyon. If you go around the pour-off to the left and walk to the nearby point, there is a way to get down off the ledge. In the distance on the left or northeasterly side of the canyon are interesting ruins. It is a fun hike to go down there. If it is summer, it would be best to go in the morning while there is still shade along the way. In winter it is a better afternoon hike under the winter sun.
The hike to the Fish Mouth Cave is a wonderful little hike. The cave is huge and visible to the west from Butler Wash. You could place a good-sized building inside. There are Anasazi corncobs and charcoal inside the cave. Some have taken the charcoal and written names inside the cave, but I have acquired a more preservationist attitude and would discourage writing inside the cave.
A visit to the Wolf Panel involves a nice little hike. It is easier than any of the others I have mentioned. The Wolf Panel has exquisite petroglyphs, including the realistic depiction of a man wearing interesting clothing. A trip to the Wolf Panel provides an opportunity to teach the grandkids about the importance of leaving the petroglyphs untouched. There are several pockmarks on the panel that appear to have been made by bullets fired from across the canyon. They are a sad example of what not to do.
When I get to thinking about it, there are countless little hikes in the area. A hike any distance up Arch Canyon, or Mule Canyon or Johnson Canyon, is a good hike. Among other things, they provide water to play in in the summer.
Few activities provide better opportunities for making memories and teaching the grandkids than little hikes.


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If there's one consistent piece of criticism that gets lobbed in Canonical's and Mark Shuttleworth's direction, it's that they do not contribute enough code - or anything else for that matter - to the Free software world. Mark Shuttleworth has apparently had enough, and has written a very, very lengthy blog post detailing how he feels about this criticism.
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RE[4]: You obviously don't get open source
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Always a magnet for archeologists, Israel has seen its rich historical layers sifted through and catalogued exhaustively over the past 64 years of statehood. And there are always plenty more in progress, says Jon Seligman, head of excavations and surveys at the Israel Antiquities Authority.
The IAA supervises about 300 annual excavations, accounting for about 95 percent of all the archeological digs in Israel. The digs usually take place at a mound (tel in Hebrew) composed of the remains of ancient settlements. "We have 30 excavations every day," says Seligman, "and we can carry on for many more years."
Ten of Israel's most significant archeological sites, now preserved as national parks and most of them UNESCO Heritage Sites, include:
1. Masada
Herod the Great — the Roman client king who built the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the port of Caesarea — was also responsible for Masada, an ancient fortress overlooking the Dead Sea. Hiking paths and a cable car take visitors to the top of Israel's most popular paid tourist site, and at the foot a nighttime sound and light show tells the story of a popular revolt against the Romans by a band of Jewish families here.
The Northern Palace, built on three rock terraces, included bedrooms with a semicircular balcony, colonnaded halls adorned with paintings, and a private bathhouse. A public bathhouse was excavated atop the plateau along with 29 huge storerooms, hundreds of clay pots, 12 gigantic cisterns, ritual baths and a stable-turned-synagogue (one of the earliest synagogues in the world).
Archeologists found skeletons and more than 5,000 coins, mostly minted during the five years of the rebellion, along with scroll fragments and more than 700 shards bearing inscriptions. On the plateau, site of the new Yigal Yadin Masada Museum, visitors will see hundreds of ballista balls that were fired at the fortress by Roman soldiers.
2. Megiddo
Located in the Lower Galilee on a critical ancient and modern crossroad, Megiddo reveals a long and bloody archeological picture of history. There's good reason that Megiddo is identified with Armageddon, the scene of the battle of the End of Days according to Christian Scriptures.
Already a fortified city by the third millennium BCE, 1,000 years later it became a center of Egyptian rule over Canaan. King David then conquered Megiddo, and the city flourished under his son Solomon, who installed its first water system. The wicked King Ahab turned it into a chariot city before the Assyrians conquered it in 732 BCE. Many battles later, the city was abandoned after the Persian period.
The Megiddo Museum offers an audiovisual presentation and models of the site's highlights, such as a Late Bronze Age gate (1500-1200 BCE), a palace, Solomon's Gate, lookouts and stables.
Known as "the land of a thousand caves," Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park encompasses approximately 1,250 acres of rolling hills in the Judean lowlands. Over thousands of years, people cut into the rock to make a huge network of bell-shaped quarries, burial caves, storerooms, industrial facilities, hideouts and dovecotes.
At a high point in the park is Tel Maresha, where the Bible records that King Rehoboam of Judah built cities for defense. It was abandoned during the Roman period, when the nearby city of Beit Guvrin was built and became an important locale of the Crusader era.
Dating back more than 3,000 years, when David conquered a narrow hill south of today's Old City of Jerusalem, this area was once the Israelite capital and spiritual center. Surrounded by valleys, the city was fortified against attack with walls and towers. Taking advantage of the nearby Gihon Spring, the ancient builders made a sophisticated water system.
However, archeological finds such as potsherds show that the city was already inhabited more than 5,000 years ago, a small but significant walled city in the Middle Bronze Age at the time of the biblical Patriarchs.
The City of David affords great views of Mount Zion and the Temple Mount. Guides take visitors into the underground tunnels through which the city was conquered and residents fled, down into the hidden spring where kings were coroneted, and into the dark flowing waters of Hezekiah's Tunnel.
5. Herodion
In 2007, archeologists finally discovered the remains of Herod the Great's tomb here after 35 years of digging up all sorts of architectural and cultural treasures at Herodion (also called Herodium) in the Judean Desert.
Herodion was one of the largest royal sites in the Roman-Hellenist era, sometimes described as an ancient royal country club. It also served as a hideout for rebels during the Bar Kochba Revolt against Roman rule, and even as a Byzantine leper colony.
7. Ramat Rachel
An ancient water reservoir was uncovered here in 2010 with the aid of a 250-ton crane to remove the five 10-ton rocks forming the collapsed top of the cave in which the water was stored.
Now a kibbutz and conference center on the southern outskirts of Jerusalem, Ramat Rachel was first settled in the days of the Judean monarchy (800-700 BCE). In turn, it was home to Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic settlers, and then lay abandoned for about 1,000 years until Jewish pioneers rebuilt it in the 1930s.
A luxurious Assyrian palace, a Roman villa, a bathhouse, gold coins from the Second Temple period, a dovecote and a Byzantine church are among the finds here.
8. Tzippori
Tzippori (Sepphoris), the traditional birthplace of Mary, was an important scholarly city in the hills of Lower Galilee, west of Nazareth. Herod conquered it in 37 BCE, but 33 years later it was destroyed by the Romans following rebellions there. However, Herod Antipas restored it to become "the ornament of all Galilee," and it served as the seat of the Sanhedrin (the Jewish high court) and a preferred residence for Talmudic sages until the mid-fourth century CE.
Archeologists have found evidence of a devastating earthquake around 363, but again the city was rebuilt and settled by an unusual mix of Christians and Jews in the fifth century. Remains of the Crusader church commemorating St. Ann can still be seen, as well as a Crusader fortress, rebuilt in the 18th century by the Bedouin ruler of the Galilee.
Visitors can explore a 4,500-seat Roman theater; a restored third-century villa in which a mosaic depicts scenes from the life of wine god Dionysus and the so-called "Mona Lisa of the Galilee"; a synagogue with a restored mosaic floor; and a 250-meter-long, first-century CE underground water system.
9. Beit She'an
A nighttime sound-and-light show in this northern Jordan Valley site brings to life the history of Beit She'an, first settled about 5,000 years ago on a fertile mound. Like Megiddo to its west, it was once a center of Egyptian rule over Canaan, conquered by King David and later destroyed by the Assyrians.
At the time of Alexander the Great, Beit She'an became a Greek polis with colonnaded streets, temples, theaters, markets, fountains and bathhouses. Eventually, Jews, pagans and Samaritans lived together there, and grand public buildings went up. Early Christians built churches in Beit She'an, and a linen industry thrived there until an earthquake in 749 CE. It was resettled in the Middle Ages by Crusaders.
Archeologists have unearthed a 7,000-seat Roman theater, an amphitheater where gladiators fought, a Byzantine bathhouse and the main, colonnaded Paladius Street.
Situated in the central Golan Heights, Gamla combines nature and history: it is home to Israel's highest waterfall, a unique number of raptors for its small size — including rare species and dozens of pairs of Griffon vultures — and one of the world's most ancient synagogues.
On the way to the waterfall visitors can see "dolmens," massive table-shaped stone burial monuments put up by nomads some 4,000 years ago. At the foot of a steep trail are the restored remains of the ancient city of Gamla, a prosperous Jewish town in the Second Temple period.
Unearthed ruins include a synagogue pre-dating the destruction of the Second Temple, an aqueduct, a ritual bath and arrows and ballista balls left behind by conquering Roman soldiers. A memorial in the reserve pays tribute to the Golan's first settlers killed in Israel's wars.


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New Focus for WWF - West Africa Forest Programme Office (WAFPO)
WWF's West Africa Regional Office was based in Abidjan since the mid 1970s until the civil war in Cote d'Ivoire forced WWF to close its office in Abidjan in 2005. As a result staff and equipment were moved to Ghana with a focus of developing a forest programme for WWF in West Africa, particularly in Ghana. It has been officially registered in Ghana as an international NGO since 2007.
WWF WAFPO's Successes
Since moving to the country, the Ghana office has been managing and implementing the WWF West Africa Forest Programme under the Guinean Moist Forest Eco-regional Strategy. Over the years, WWF has achieved successes and made conservation gains within the Guinean Moist Forest Eco-region. Key achievements in terrestrial West Africa include:
• Designation of the Guinean Moist Forest as one of WWF Global 200 Ecoregions critical for conservation
• Establishment of autonomous project for the Tai National Park with a goal of ensuring long term protection of the Tai National Park ecosystem
• Establishment of a sustainable forest conservation and management programme for the Guinean Moist Forest Ecoregion in collaboration with local, national and international partners, and the WWF network
• Empowerment of forest fringe communities in forest management through capacity building and educational programmes. This has helped to reduce forest conflicts between forest enterprises and local communities.
• Practical trainings in Reduced Impact Logging (RIL) of five of the largest forest enterprises in Ghana have brought internal efficiency to their operations through reduced forest workers' accidents, improved quality of logs felled, less machine downtime and the positive impact on the forest environment.
• Establishment of timber traceability for forest enterprises in Ghana
• Assessment and identification of outstanding ecological and social values (High Conservation Values) within timber production areas of over 400,000 ha of forest reserves. This has led to the modification of companies' operations to protect rivers, streams, sacred areas, endangered species (Chimpanzees, Bear-headed rockfowl, forest elephants etc) and minimize collateral damage to the residual forest.
• Improvement in the livelihoods of wood carvers in Aburi through the promotion of alternative carving wood sources and the provision of solar kiln for their operations.
• Development of Management Effectiveness Tool for Protected Areas
• Engagement of governments and forest authorities of the countries of Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Liberia in development of enabling conditions for conservation impacts in the sub-region
The New Direction
The West Africa Forest Programme Office is now responsible for developing and monitoring the WWF West Africa Forest Programme in the Guinean Moist Forest Eco-region through the implementation of activities that will lead to responsible forestry and trade. These activities are necessarily complementing and implemented through the Global Forest and Trade Network – West Africa programme. The GFTN – a WWF-led partnership programme – aims at transforming the marketplace into a positive force to save the world's most valuable and threatened forests. Therefore, a number of projects relevant to the Guinean Moist Forest can be implemented under the programme.
Some of the specific areas of interest include:
• Forest governance and law enforcement
• Trade in legally and responsibly harvested timber (both domestic and international)
• Responsible forest management
• Climate change, REDD+, forest carbon and related activities
• Capacity building and development of forest fringe communities
• Conservation of biodiversity and wildlife in production forest areas
• Sustainable cocoa production in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire
• Agricultural impacts on forests in Ghana and West Africa in general
• Development of standards for best practices in commodity production in Ghana and West Africa
In view of our interest in achieving responsible forestry and trade within the Guinean Moist Forest Ecoregion, we welcome partnerships that will bring additive values into our respective goals. In that respect WWF Ghana office is ready to partner on the above stated areas.
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CARSON, Calif. — The LA Galaxy fell to Chivas USA 4-2 in their MLS Reserve League opener on Monday afternoon at The Home Depot Center. The game was scoreless at the half before Chivas USA, who were also playing their first Reserve League game of the season, scored three times in a six-minute span early in the second half to take control of the match before holding on for the victory.
Cesar Romero scored three times for Chivas USA, who were the visitors on the afternoon, while Miller Bolaños added a goal and Blair Gavin had two assists. Chad Barrett scored both goals for the Galaxy with Adam Cristman collecting a pair of assists.
WATCH: Highlights & Postgame Reaction
After a scoreless first half, Chivas USA scored three times in the first 15 minutes of the second half. Bolaños scored the first of those in the 54th minute, sending a Blair Gavin cross past Bill Gaudette to put Chivas USA in front 1-0. Romero then scored his first in the 58th minute before adding his second two minutes later off another cross from Gavin, making the score 3-0.
The Galaxy got one back in the 71st minute when Cristman got on the end of a through ball from Hector Jimenez and found Barrett inside the box for a tap-in, cutting LA's deficit to 3-2. Twelve minutes later the lead was cut to one as Barrett and Cristman paired up once again. This time, Cristman played Barrett in behind the Chivas USA defense, and he sent a left-footed shot past Tim Melia and just inside the post for his second goal of the game.
However, Chivas USA put an end to any thoughts of a comeback in the 86th minute, when Romero scored his third goal of the game with a shot from just outside the area to give his side a 4-2 victory.
The Galaxy are back in Reserve League action on Monday, April 16 when they host Seattle Sounders FC on University Field #1 at The Home Depot Center. One week later, on Monday, April 23, Chivas USA are back in action when they host the Sounders at The Home Depot Center. Both games are scheduled to kick off at 11 a.m.
LA Galaxy 2, Chivas USA 4
Monday, April 2, 2012
The Home Depot Center – Carson, Calif.
Scoring Summary:
CHV – Miller Bolaños 1 (Blair Gavin 1) 54'
CHV – Cesar Romero 1 (Unassisted) 58'
CHV – Cesar Romero 2 (Blair Gavin 2) 60'
LA – Chad Barrett 1 (Adam Cristman 1) 71'
LA – Chad Barrett 2 (Adam Cristman 2) 83'
CHV – Cesar Romero 3 (Unassisted) 86'
Misconduct Summary:
CHV – David Lopes (Yellow Card) 29'
LA – Pat Noonan (Yellow Card) 29'
LA – Dan Keat (Yellow Card) 42'
LA Galaxy: Bill Gaudette; Bryan Jordan, Tommy Meyer, Bryan Gaul, Dan Keat; Hector Jimenez, Kenney Walker (Rafael Garcia 61'), Michael Stephens (Jose Villarreal 61'), Kyle Nakazawa (Raul Mendiola^ 80'); Chad Barrett, Pat Noonan (Adam Cristman 59').
Subs Not Used: Jordan King, Justin Davies.
^ - Galaxy Academy Players
Chivas USA: Tim Melia; Scott Gordon (Carlos Torres 73'), John Valencia, David Lopes, Gerardo Torres; Pete Vagenas (Marco Delgado* 46'), Ben Zemanski, Jorge Villafaña, Blair Gavin (Matt Dallman 65'); Cesar Romero, Miller Bolaños.
Subs Not Used: Patrick McLain, Victor Chavez, Jorge Marquez, Ben Spencer*.
* - Chivas USA Academy Player
Referee: Jesus Cisneros
Referee's Assistants: Cesar Calderon and Gordon Lukehart
4th Official: Steve Elliot


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Opinion: Non-union members should not be forced to pay union dues
EDITOR'S NOTE: Boris Epshteyn formerly served as a Senior Advisor to the Trump Campaign and served in the White House as Special Assistant to The President and Assistant Communications Director for Surrogate Operations.
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - A current Supreme Court case centers on the following question: can workers in the public sector, like teachers and police officers, be forced to pay fees to unions even if they are not a member of a union?
Unions are very politically active on issues ranging from taxes to trade.
The petitioner in this case claims that forcing employees to pay an organization that has a political position violates those employees' free speech rights under the First Amendment of our Constitution.
This also seems like a fairness issue. Imagine if a group of your colleagues all decided to take a trip. Would it make any sense for you to be forced to pay for their travel if you chose not to go? I don't think so.
If the court rules against the unions, which is expected, that would hurt them a lot. For example, Wisconsin took away mandatory union membership and fees in 2011. By 2015 membership in public sector unions went from 50 percent to barely over 25 percent.
Overall, only about 10 percent of Americans are now part of a union. That number was 20.1 percent in 1983.
Democrats have been mobilizing support behind the unions since public sector unions give almost 10 times more money to Democrats than to Republicans.
Here is the bottom line: if unions are being propped up by money from those who do not want to join them, something is wrong with the unions themselves. We are a free country. Employees should be free to choose which organizations to pay their hard-earned money to.


text: Hi, First tip I'm sure you know the issue with the php function mail(). To disable globally the function can be a problem because not all php based apps and contact forms allow smtp auth. By default ispconfig use fast-cgi for the sites you created. Don't forget activate suexec when work with fast-cgi because scripts are executed with the user and group of the site owner. Well, from php version 5.3.0 we can use the directive mail.log to log who is calling the function mail(). When someone call the function mail from a php script we will find some info about the sender in our log. In this example I use ubuntu. First edit your /etc/php5/cgi/php.ini and set the directive properly: Code: mail.log = /var/log/phpmail.log phpmail.log is the name used in my example. Then create the file Code: touch /var/log/phpmail.log ...and restart apache daemon Code: /etc/init.d/apache2 restart Now send a email using a form or a simple script and test your log: Code: cat /var/log/phpmail.log ...and we can see the output: Code: mail() on [/var/www/clients/client11/web33/web/mail.php:9]: To: [email protected] -- Headers: From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] X-Mailer: PHP/5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9 It work, we know exactly who are sending what... Second tip Well, but what about the email subject? Will be wonderful to log the subjects. No problem we can log email subject header from all emails, no matter if they are send using mail() function or as normal authenticated smtp. Using ispconfig, just go to email->Content filter. Click to add a new content filter and select Header Filter, then set the Action field to: Code: /^Subject:/ Now wait a few minutes and send a test email. After that run Code: grep "warning: header" /var/log/mail.log ...and we get the next output: Code: Aug 1 18:54:55 server postfix/cleanup[23308]: 99BDC16A11B: warning: header Subject: second test from mailout-muster.domain.net[18.104.22.168]; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=SMTP helo=<xxx.net> Cheers


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Virgil I. Grissom
Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom is suited up and ready to climb into the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft on August 9, 1961 for NASA's Mercury-Redstone 4 mission. Backup pilot John Glenn is in the right corner behind Grissom.
Photograph: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Virgil I. Grissom was born April 3, 1926 in Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana. He graduated from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana in 1950.
Grissom served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet in 1944. He reenlisted after college and earned his pilot wings in early 1951. He served in Korea; he was an instructor pilot after the war. In 1957, he became a fighter test pilot. He was selected in 1959 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as one of the seven astronauts in the first phase of the U.S. Space Program.
In a speech on May 25, 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy pledged to support a program to land a man on the moon by 1970. This program was to be accomplished in a process that included the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo mission programs.
Grissom flew the second project Mercury sub-orbital mission on July 21, 1961. He flew as the command pilot in the Gemini III flight, March 23, 1965, with John Young. They orbited the earth three times and were the first astronauts to maneuver a spacecraft in orbit.
Grissom, Roger B. Chaffee, and Edward H. White, were chosen to pilot the first Apollo mission, with Grissom as the command pilot. They began training for a planned sixteen-day mission scheduled to launch February 14, 1967. On January 27, 1967 a flash fire in the Apollo 1 capsule killed all three men.
Grissom was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Bunker Hill Air Force Base, Miami County, Indiana was renamed after him in 1967. There is a memorial with exhibits at Spring Mill State Park, near Mitchell, including Grissom's helmet from the Mercury mission and the Gemini III capsule and space suit.
Source: Historical marker file 47.1966.1, Indiana Historical Bureau. Contact: Indiana Department of Natural Resources for Virgil I. Grissom: Teacher Packet (Indianapolis: Department of Natural Resources, [1987]).


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Arbor Day is a day in which individuals, businesses, community groups, church groups, schools, and other organizations are encouraged to plant and care for trees. The practice began on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska City, Nebraska, and is an endearing part of our national culture. Arbor Day is also observed in similar fashion in cultures throughout the world. In the United States, Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday of April.
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Forty years ago tonight, the Mets were hosting Pittsburgh, sitting in second place, a half-game behind the front-running Pirates in the N.L. East with a record of 76-77…and they were about to post one of the 500 most Amazin' wins of their first 50 years.
From The Happiest Recap (First Base: 1962-1973)…
The Mets commenced to grabbing. As of September 12, they had won nine of thirteen. They'd take an additional three of four as they headed into Pittsburgh to begin their two-city, five-game showdown against the Bucs. They'd lose one, then win the next three. And finally, on the evening of September 21, they ascended to where nobody in his right mind would have predicted the morning of August 31.
Tom Seaver threw a Friday night five-hitter while his teammates pounded luckless Steve Blass and five Pirate relievers to beat the Bucs at Shea, 10-2. In a four-day span in September, an unprecedented Metamorphosis occurred. The Mets not only picked up one game per day in the standings, they picked up one place per day. From fourth and 3½ out after Monday, they climbed to first and a half-game up on Friday. It had been barely three weeks since they were in last place. Now they were in first place. And for good measure, they brought their record to 77-77, .500 for the first time since they were 21-21 on May 29.
Everybody else was under .500, but only the Phillies could be written off as out of it. The Pirates trailed by that half-game, the Cards by one, the Expos by one-and-a-half and the lately undead Cubs by two-and-a-half. The National League East was still up for grabs, but there was no mistaking that it was the first-place Mets — on a four-game winning streak and a 16-6 roll — who had chosen the ideal moment to make their play.
They'd grabbed hold of a lead. With eight games left, the challenge would now turn to holding on to it.
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