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Nine-Tailed Demon Fox
|Nine-Tailed Demon Fox
|Naruto Uzumaki
|Current Status
|not captured
|First Appearance
| Anime: Episode 1
Manga: Chapter 1
The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox (Kyūbi no Yōko), or Kurama (The name given by the Sage of Six Paths), simply referred to as the Kyuubi in the Japanese anime and fans of the series, is the ninth and most powerful of all the tailed beasts (bijū), which are large manifestations of unlimited chakra. The Nine-tailed Fox, as the name implies, has nine tails, which according to legend signifies that the fox has attained immortality. It is said that one swoop of just one of its tails is able to create tsunamis and destroy mountains. The fox, after nearly causing the complete annihilation of Konoha, was sealed into infant Naruto by the Fourth Hokage. Although the seal the Fourth Hokage placed on Naruto prevents the nine-tails from escaping, it was designed in a fashion that the fox's chakra could still leak out and therefore provide Naruto with the fox's immense power.
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CONTAIN SPOILERS The Nine-Tailed Fox is one of the Nine Bijuus. Each bijuu, or Tailed Beasts, each have a corresponding number of tails counting from 1-9. In the past the Nine Bijuus used to be just one being called the Ten-Tailed Beast. The Ten-Tailed Beast roamed and destroyed the land, so the Sage of the Six Paths absorbed it into himself making himself the first jinchuriki, when his death came closer, he decided to separate the Ten-Tails to separate its enormous powers thus creating the Nine Bijuus.
The nine-tailed fox made its first appearance twelve years prior to Naruto's graduation from the ninja academy. In an unforeseen catastrophe, the Nine-tails appeared out of nowhere and laid waste to almost all of Konoha, killing a large number of ninja in the process. However, the fox's rampage came to an abrupt end when the Fourth Hokage sealed the fox into infant Naruto. The Nine-tails throughout the Naruto series has made brief appearances, however inside Naruto's subconscious, usually arguing with Naruto about lending its strength to Naruto whenever he's in life threatening situations. As the story progresses, evidence has shown that the seal that holds the Nine-tails inside Naruto is quickly weakening, making it easier for the demon-fox's chakra to seep out and enshroud Naruto. Nevertheless, Naruto thus far has been able to suppress the fox's chakra mostly by his own willpower (and thanks to the First Hokage's necklace which he wears around his neck), though other times he requires Yamato's assistance if he's around.
Later on in the storyline, in a history briefing given by Madara Uchiha to Sasuke Uchiha, the Nine-tailed Fox is revealed to have fought alongside Madara, however under Madara's control due to the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan, against the First Hokage.
As of now, the nine-tailed fox is one of two remaining tailed beasts that has not been captured by Akatsuki along with the Eight-Tailed Ox.
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Yahoo! shares! at! 18! month! high!
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Yahoo! shares have climbed to their highest level in a year and a half as investors start to believe once more that the web firm is capable of making money.
The stock closed at $18.36 yesterday, not a huge lift, but nevertheless the highest it has been pegged since May 2011.
Shareholders seem to think that new chief Marissa Mayer has a shot at turning the firm around, something previous entrants into the revolving door at the top of the firm haven't been able to do. Other CEOs have come and gone over the last few years without making any major headway, but Mayer's ex-Google credentials appear to have given her an edge - with investors at least.
Over the past few months, Mayer has been shuffling the top table at Yahoo!, getting rid of chief financial officer Tim Morse, who once sat in the chief's chair as an interim solution, and bagging another ex-Googler, Henrique de Castro, to run operations.
Yahoo! used to be a top internet firm and its website is still popular, but its revenues have fallen as competition from the likes of Google bites into its online advertising business, its main source of income.
Mayer has said that turning Yahoo! into a more smartphone-friendly firm is her top priority, a smart move given the ever-growing mobe market and the fact that the competition is wide open on mobile, making it anyone's race to win. ®


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Suspended Miami Lakes mayor declares innocence, vows to fight federal corruption charges
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Suspended Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi declared his innocence Saturday, saying he "accepted no money inappropriately or illegally from anyone, ever," and that his only motivation was to obtain government grants to help his hometown and Medley.
Pizzi, arrested Tuesday on charges of accepting cash kickbacks as part of a grant scheme in an FBI undercover operation, told the Herald/El Nuevo Herald he would vindicate himself in federal court and return to lead the town that has elected him mayor twice.
"I have never committed any crime or done anything wrong," Pizzi, 51, said in a statement prepared for the newspapers.
"Now that this has happened to me, I look forward to clearing my name in court as soon as possible so I can return to serving the people as mayor," Pizzi, 51, said. "The evidence will prove my innocence."
Pizzi's lawyers, Ed Shohat and Ben Kuehne, would not allow Herald reporters to question their client.
Pizzi responded for the first time Saturday after being charged with conspiring to commit extortion with Miami-Dade lobbyist Richard Candia. Candia was also charged with the same offense in a separate complaint accusing Sweetwater Mayor Manny Maroño and lobbyist Jorge Forte of receiving kickbacks.


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U.S. farmers are some of the most successful in history. So it's only natural they would want to try to teach Third World farmers their methods when they reach out to those countries. More often than not, that is the wrong thing to do, according to Howard Buffett. His comments came during a media briefing following his address at the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa.
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If you haven't already done so, meet Collin Klein, the new Heisman Trophy frontrunner.
Klein and Kansas State embarrassed West Virginia in Morgantown Saturday—and did so in ways no one saw coming. Maybe last week's loss to Texas Tech should have been a sign. But, that was on the road in Lubbock, Texas. There was no reason to believe that the Mountaineers wouldn't pull themselves together in time for K-State.
It never happened. Before WVU knew what hit it, Kansas State had pounced and it stayed there, undressing West Virginia in front of its home crowd, 55-14.
Klein ran for four touchdowns and threw for three more. In all, he completed 19 of 21 passes for a career-high 323 yards. And lest you believe he's all rough-and-tumble, he only rushed for 41 yards as he passed over the top of the West Virginia secondary with tremendous ease.
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For the first time this year, WVU quarterback Geno Smith was intercepted, twice throwing picks as the usually prolific Mountaineers managed just 243 yards of total offense.
Want to know how dominant it was? Kansas State scored on each of its first eight possessions.
Now, K-State is the Big 12's last unbeaten team.
The road ahead isn't paved with gold, though. Texas Tech, which beat TCU in triple overtime, is up next. Also ahead are Oklahoma State, at TCU, at Baylor and at home against Texas.
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'Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the schoolhouse, the students were pretending to be Santa himself, and these youngsters seem to know plenty about that jolly old elf. The Mountains to Molehills columnist asked students at Mills River Elementary School to pretend to be Santa and answer our questions, and oh, what rolls off their tongues.
Today's Mountains to Molehills column is a collection of their answers, which clear up a few things about the Claus family.
What is Mrs. Claus' first name?
Ethan and Kevin say Debra, but Laurel has something sweeter in mind — "Cookie Claus." "Charity," says Ava.
But "Merry Claus" gets Jamie's nod of approval. Addison is calling the Mrs. "Cinderella," and Duane is quite sure it's simply "Mrs. Santa Claus."
Santa, how old are you?
"I am older than the Easter bunny but younger than the tooth fairy," says Karly.
"One hundred and twentyfive," declares Abbie. Santa is a young "twenty-three" years old, according to Anna.
"Two thousand and twelve," says Emily. But who's counting? "I live forever, so I don't keep track," answers Jackson.
But someone is counting, and Mattie says Santa is a ripe old "Five thousand and five hundred and eighty-nine" years old. At that age, Mela writes, "I say live forever."
Have you ever had to skip a year of bringing presents to good little boys and girls because you had the flu?
"Never," says Ethan, who has a backup plan just in case.
"An elf could do it," he promises. And there's always "Mrs.
Claus" to deliver presents in case Santa has the flu, according to Karlee. A determined Riley says, "I would still go to their house, but I try to sneeze because they have a cat, and I'm allergic to cats." And when there is sickness, "Christmas magic makes me feel better," says Zachary.
Santa, how many cookies do you eat on Christmas Eve?
The kitchens are going to be working overtime for Madison, whose order is for "10,000" cookies. But only "eight" for Makayla. "It depends," answers Montana, "on how full I am." And there's no limit for Luke, who says, "Well, as much as I can eat."
Why do you only bring presents once a year?
"It's hard for my elves to make toys, and it takes a year," explains Kayla. More than once a year might get boring, and Jackson says, "If I bring them all the time, it would not be special." Then there's the reindeer problem. "My reindeer have to sleep," says Ben.
And Zachary says "because in the spring it is too hot for the reindeer." Those elves, however, are trouble, according to Alyssa, who says they "whine too much about making presents." Anessia, however, is positive that "Christmas is once a year, and it is Jesus' birthday."
What do I have to do to become an elf?
"Be naturally born as an elf," says Avery. "You have to be born in the North Pole, make presents fast and be prepared for anything," says Jake. Or, according to Morgan, "Grow pointed ears, get short, and move to the North Pole." "Shrink, quit school and make toys," answers Ashley.
It also helps, says Kilah, if you "become an artist." "You have to be good and show me you can make toys fast," answers Jada. There's more to it, according to Emma, who says, "You have to get into my bag when you are a baby, and if I get to the North Pole before I find you, we will raise you as an elf." It also helps, says Kila, to "have good grades.
And Alyssa says you must "be as small as my waist and have ears as big as my head."
Santa, what happens when there is mistletoe over your head?
(To be continued Wednesday, so hold that kiss!)
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'Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the schoolhouse, the students were pretending to be Santa himself, and these youngsters seem to know plenty about that jolly old elf. The Mountains to Molehills columnist asked students at Mills River Elementary School to pretend to be Santa and answer our questions, and oh, what rolls off their tongues.


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The untrained eye watching Blue Springs' 63-21 demolition of Lee's Summit in the Class 6 district finals at Peve Stadium might have wondered how Lee's Summit had averaged 431 yards and 37 points heading into Friday.
The Wildcats defense, a unit not only brimming with blue-chip talent but also sports soundness and discipline to match its size and speed, has had a way of making very good offenses look ordinary ever since ... well, when Lee's Summit hung 62 points on it while dropping a shootout in last year's regular season finale.
Lee's Summit quarterback Drew Lock threw for 3,013 yards and 36 touchdowns while helping the Tigers to a 10-1 record entering Friday, the lone loss being a 42-7 in week 9 also at Peve Stadium, found the going rough against the Wildcats for a second time this season. He finished 16 of 34 passing for 158 yards with two interceptions (after just five picks through 11 games).
"Just great practices this week and great focus," said safety Kaleb Prewett, who caught three touchdown passes on offense, recovered a first-quarter fumble following a Lee's Summit reception and returned Elijah Lee's blocked punt for a touchdown in the second quarter. "We have the best coaches in the state, and they put us in position.
"Drew Lock's a great quarterback. We knew they would come out just firing the ball, so we had to focus in the secondary. We can live with 5- or 6-yard throws. We just had to eliminate the big plays."
Instead, the defense created its own big plays.
Prewett's recovery after receiver Tanner Allin got stripped ended Lee's Summit's second possession. When the Tigers tried to maintain possession in the first quarter from their 25, trailing 7-0 and facing fourth-and-one, they didn't snap the ball as quickly as coach Eric Thomas hoped, and defensive tackle Khalil Davis knifed through to stuff Casey Slaughter in the backfield. Blue Springs' Dalvin Warmack busted through for his second rushing touchdown on the next play.
"I probably shouldn't have done that, but I knew we had to take some chances," Thomas said. "They smelled blood, and they went and got it."
Gunnar Strickland and Darrius Shepherd recorded interceptions for the Wildcats, the former setting up Prewett's first touchdown catch from Ian Brown that made it 21-0 in the first quarter.
Prewett's blocked punt return made it 35-0 early in the second quarter, and Khalil's twin brother Carlos returned a fumble forced by Cobi Bissel 38 yards for a touchdown when Lee's Summit tried a jet sweep on its next possession.
In the third quarter Blue Springs faced goal-to-go and kept Lee's Summit out of the end zone.
Lee said he wasn't exactly looking for a punt block.
"I wasn't expecting it," said the defensive end, who like Prewett (and Warmack, for that matter) is committed to Kansas State. "I just ran and stuck my arm out."
Lee said the Wildcats went to a nickel defensive look to combat Lee's Summit's spread offensive set. Getting pressure to take away Lock's early reads and disrupt his timing also helped.
"We took out a linebacker and went with two safeties over the top, so you can't do much on either side," he said. "(The pressure) makes the wide receivers have to try to make a monkey route."
Lock and Co. had compiled 77 points in week 2 against a Kearney team that hasn't lost since and plays Fort Osage in Saturday's Class 5 quarterfinals, and they showed some flashes of their capability with two second-quarter touchdown drives.
Lock, a 6-foot-5 junior who is being recruited by several Division I schools in both football and basketball, lauded his teammates for their play this year, but he also admitted the Wildcats' defensive prowess presents few windows of opportunity and doesn't leave room for mistakes.
"The wide receivers I had this year did a phenomenal job," he said. "They definitely made me who I was, along with the guys up front.
"You saw what we can do, and we've blown some teams out, but the margins of error just aren't there," he said. "We shot ourselves in the foot, but you've got to give credit to them. You can't say it was just us."


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my friends have always thought it was weird that I watch anime...
it seems that if I say I was watching anime they look at me like im an alien.. but if I say that I was watching cartoons they are indifferent.
I'm getting older, and my GF and I have a 7yr old son, so him and I watch anime together, which is fun, but he doesnt know whats going on alot of the time because the subs move fast at times.
the truth is.. ppl will accept you for who you are if you arent so insecure about it.
my GF calls anime "your stories" kinda like how women watch soap operas and call them "my stories"..
its not so far from the truth, anime has alot of characteristics such as comedy, drama, action..etc.
basically... who cares what ppl think.. if you love anime, then do what you love.
you feel lonely because you don't understand and/or know yourself better? Spend some time asking yourself what you want in life, or what's the rational of you doing something and what are your cans and cannots to occupy your time. Then you ask yourself if you need new friends not?
it's more than what meets the eye. believe it or not :)
Cheer up bro. Most of us are in the same situation.
LF People.
This is a really great question, Sharb8.
I don't think it is an anime culture thing or anything like that. Something that is especially true is that there are defined periods when people outgrow their friends because their friends fail to grow with them or people grow at different rates. This is especially true in teen years when there are very common times to see someone feel alienated from prior friends. This happens a lot between 6th grade and middle school and usually happens after 9th grade too. It can happen later also.
I remember some of my high school friends. We would all pile into cars and drive around - maybe meet up at the Little Caesar's parking lot and see if there was a party going on or something. I met up with these same friends again after a year or two of college and you know what, they were still hanging out at the Little Caesar's lot. It was like they were stuck in a time warp or something and I felt like an alien. My life moved on and theirs didn't. I never hung out with them again.
It sounds like your situation. Sounds like your friends are doing the extended adolescence thing. You are making something of your life and the fact that you are advancing has changed your perspective. By having to pay their way to the anime expo, you changed the relationship with them from a peer to a caregiver/guardian - so of course you feel awkward around them.
My advice. Keep moving forward. Try to find new friends that share your interests and are in the same situation you are. Even better, pick someone up and have some dates!
Fuck what people think especially what the trolls and sheep think.
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That's it Vega, reject the status quo!
Yeah! High five!
Well, I feel especially lonely, because most of friends don't take my advice, and I watch their lives fall apart right before my eyes. I know I can't be the "hero," but it's happened multiple times. My grandma has told me that I'm "wise beyond my years." I don't mean ta brag... But... Face it guys. I'm intelligent with experience from past problems. You should listen to my advice for once. Because I care about you.
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Bunch of my friends are crazier and outgoing which is totally different with my personality. We don't share common interest but we had a lot to talk about. Weird isn't it? I don't even feel lonely or alienated when I'm with them.
I would love to have your work hours. I usually don't go out until 11pm.
If you don't like that idea. Just make your friends have your same interests. That's what I did.
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Oh yes, I understand that not everyone enjoys being alone. I just don't get the whole "rather feel pain than nothing at all" mentality. But in your case, your friends aren't bestowing any negative emotions upon you. Perhaps you should find more interesting friends. It's a lot easier than you may think it is.
Not when you're a boring fuck like me
No friends is perfect, if it's too good to be true, it probably ain't. I mean I have friends that don't share any interest, but yet I'm friends with them, the thing is to only accept what their interest is, and hopefully they will do the same, if they don't, then they aren't worth to be friends with.
There's always something that you don't like about a person, it might be a small factor or a big one, just try to accept it as a part of them, or just not think about it, they might have the same problem with you, but have accepted it.
Or that's how I see a relationship with any person out there, I'm probably wrong, but that's my opinion as of yet:p
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I guess the reason why I feel like this is also because I have no time to do anything. Ever since August, I started working 6 days a week. Monday - Friday my hours are from 2:30pm to 11pm. Usually I stay anywhere from 15-60 miins after. I end up getting home around 12-12:40am.
Before these hours I was working night shift for a couple months and that was from 11pm - 7:30am. I was loving those hours because after work I would go play basketball with a few friends at the park. If not, I would go out and have breakfast right after work. If I didn't do either of those, I would come home, sleep for a few hours, wake up around 10 or 11 and go on xbox and talk to my friends while playing some games or watching something on netfix. After a couple hours of doing that I would go back to sleep and wake up around 8, and go back on my xbox and start talking to them again until I ha to start getting ready for work. I was only working 4 or 5 days a week and it would allow me to go out and I would every weekend.
After that I was switched to the afternoon shift I haven't really done anything, Doesn't give me anytime for anything. I have a habit of sleeping really late, and by the time I'm home from work, its too late to do anything or everyone is already sleeping. So I'm up till 3 or 4am browsing the internet having no one to talk to.
When it comes to the weekend, most of the time I don't feel like doing anything. Just feel tired from work, especially on my day off. All I end up doing is watching anime foreign movies or just play xbox.
There have been time where I have gone to a few concerts, but I try not to do that often because I end up spending a couple hundred every time. My friends don't have jobs and the only way they will be able to go to any events by paying for them.
The last show I went to was on Tuesday to go watch The Black Daliah Murder, All That Remains and Dethklok, not sure if anyone is familiar with any of those bands, but I ended up spending $230 for the tickets, I bought 5 of them and around $200 on just booze.
I guess its not loneliness I feel, I'm just upset or depressed. I have no idea whats wrong. But talking about anime or any of my interests (mostly anime though) helps a lot to deal with this crap. Maybe I just need someone to talk to ?
It also doesn't help that I ended up breaking up with my GF in October -__-
That and I been stressing out on what the heck I am going to do. I haven't started college and its been 3 years since high school. I really been wanting to go but I can't quit my job. If I was working just for me, I would quit and go to school but I am also working to help my grandma out. She raised me, so she is practically my mother and ll that she has done for me, I need to pay her back which ever way I can. She does need money, because she doesn't work. She lives of disability and you all know, thats not enough for anything. Barely for rent.
Most of you would say to go to school in the morning but the other problem is transportation. After taxes in February I am going to try hard to do both things, that way I can stay busy and get to meet new people. Hopefully it helps.
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Well, I feel especially lonely, because most of friends don't take my advice, and I watch their lives fall apart right before my eyes. I know I can't be the "hero," but it's happened multiple times. My grandma has told me that I'm "wise beyond my years." I don't mean ta brag... But... Face it guys. I'm intelligent with experience from past problems. You should listen to my advice for once. Because I care about you.
I know what you mean.
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Catherine Enslow, reporter on the staff of the Huntington Herald Dispatch, invaded Wayne County last Saturday to interview Mrs. Hanna Runyon Blankenship, age 105, who lives in Westmoreland; and who expresses herself as avowedly against woman suffrage. Mrs. Blankenship's views in regard to woman suffrage are a vivid contrast to the jubilancy that is manifest generally by women over their recent enfranchisement. Miss Enslow tells the story of Mrs. Blankenship's interview as follows:
"I do not think that women have any right at the polls a-muddling up the politics, running for office and all that sort of thing. A woman's place is in her home raising her children and caring for her husband, not messing around tending to a man's business."
This speaker snorted contemptuously as she derided the woman's right agitation and the recent victory of womankind in securing constitutional suffrage. Seated on the little porch in front of her home in Westmoreland, Mrs. Hanna Runyon Blankenship, a little spirited for all her 105 years, smiled at her own vigor and then settled with a sigh, "They didn't gallivant around like they do now when I was a little girl," she said.
"We use to shear sheep and spin the wool for winter clothing--we always had a new suit for Christmas--run the house and do the chores. Now I pick greens every year and peddle them in the nearby towns to get money to clothe myself. I never had any time for such a pack of foolishness as voting and running for office and all that nonsense."
Mrs. Blankenship, who says she is 105 by her own knowledge and that of God, is perhaps the oldest woman in West Virginia. At all odds she is one of the oldest in the United States. She is too, probably one of the most active of the centenarian family.
Born in 1815, while Andrew Jackson was gaining a reputation at New Orleans and John Paul Jones was giving a few lessons in naval warfare, Mrs. Blankenship has spent most of her life within the call of the Alleghenies. Quaint, old-fashioned, active and keen-minded, she still is here a living monument of another day, of staidness and of the many qualities that are becoming rare in this day of new thought radicalism.
With her "youngster," Mrs. Susie Mays, who says she is only 73, and Mrs. Maggie Loar, Mrs. Blankenship lives in a three-room house near the Westmoreland church.
She is proud of her activity. With ill concealed glee she recited the details of a three-mile walk accomplished only yesterday. That there were four trestles to be crossed made no difference to Mrs. Blankenship, for she stepped across these as quickly and as spryly as any twelve year-old Huck Finn.
Then lighting her inevitable pipe, for Hanna Blankenship smokes a pipe and is proud of it, she smoked in silence for a few minutes and then launched into a recital of her life history:
"I was born in Pike County, Ky., in 1815. My mother died when I was two years old, but my father lived to be 104.
"We lived in Pike County for several years, and from there my father fetched us to Little Sandy. From Little Sandy we moved to Virginia, and there I met Condie Blankenship, my husband. I was married at 20, up Tug River at the mouth of Kaney. We then moved to Boyd County, Kentucky, and lived near Catlettsburg, where I raised my children. Pa died there and was buried in England Hills on the 'plat' just above our house. He has been dead 50 years.
"I'm a member of the hardshell Baptist church and was baptized at the mouth of Blackberry Creek on Tug River. When I got old enough to write my name in the book of Christ, that was the church I joined.
"I got my religion all of a sudden. While I was making a cap for one of my babies, the Lord came to me. When I got religion, there was such a change in me the people all thought I was sick. I 'uster go to church a heap too. The Lord is as near my house as any church house.
"Everybody thought I was lonely and asked me why I never married again, but I just told them I could never stand to see another man whop the children. Pa and me lived together a long time and never had a fuss or a word.
"God forgive me; no, I do not dance. All my family danced but me. I never danced. Others would take us all to dances, but I would sit back. My father was the awfullest man to dance you ever saw. He would rather dance than eat, and when they danced the Virginia reel, he would get in such a big way a-dancin', instead of reelin' across the floor he would get down and roll across.
"I liked the outdoor sports, though. I uster be the greatest horseback rider in our part of the country. I never swam much, but I could row a boat and paddle a canoe as good as anyone. I like to ride in automobiles too, better than on a street car.
"As for riding one of the aeroplanes, no madam! Don't talk to me about gettin' up there. When I git up there that far in the air, I want the Lord to be taking me.
"Up until the last few months, I was right poorly, but now I feel fine. Eat more than ever. I ain't had a tooth in my head for thirty years or longer, and I can't bite my food, but I cut it and eat it that-a-way.
"I've never worn glasses either. I can see out of only one eye and thank God I can see out of it. That's the reason they won't let me go far away from home alone, so I have to always take my grandson, Walter Blair, 'cause he can watch for the automobiles. I love my children and grandchildren, and I love a child better than anything in God's world."
With a clear, sweet voice, just to show me she could, Mrs. Blankenship launched on a song of long ago:
A-walking and a-talking
A-walking was I;
I will meet my sweet William,
I will met him er die;
Meeting is a pleasure,
Parting is grief;
A unconstant lover is worse than a thief.
A thief will rob you and bring you to the grave,
The grave will consume you
And turn you to dust,
Not one man in ten thousand will do for to trust.
Mrs. Blankenship's pipe died out, and the story stopped. She smiled as she tapped the bowl of her pipe against the side of the porch to dump the ashes.
"You know," she continued slowly, "I see a lot of nonsense about women smoking. I think it is all right for women and young girls to smoke a pipe. But I do not think young girls should smoke a cigarette. They are vulgar and besides they shorten life. I have lived a hundred and five years, and I think my long life has been due to the fact that I smoked a pipe. They steady one's nerves. So, young lady, if you will, smoke a pipe, but keep away from those paper cigars.
"No, I did not like smoking at first. But my husband chewed tobacco all the time, and I couldn't stand it. Some of the other women told me if I smoked a pipe I could stand my husband chewing.
"And," she concluded, "it never made me sick, not even once."
Mrs. Blankenship has an excellent memory, for one who has so many years to remember. Hard times are nothing new to this woman who has lived through half a dozen wars and recalls high prices with each one.
With all she is joyful, and has more pep than some of the eighty and ninety year old persons who scoff at being young enough to be her children. Never a Sunday passes without her devotional, she says, for she is, if anything, a believer in the Almighty.
"Another thing, young lady," concluded the woman, "when you get married, don't think you're too good to raise a family. That is the trouble with all this new-fangled stuff of women running around and voting and all such nonsense. Why I had 8 children, and three of them are still living. Those three are more than some of the new-fangled families nowadays. More'n that, I have twenty- six grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren. So you see that nonsense don't run in this family."
Mrs. Blankenship, unable to conquer her wanderlust, even at 105, is visiting her son today in Wayne County. She will remain there three weeks.
Transcription by June White
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell held his annual state of the league address Friday in advance of Super Bowl XLVII, and the continued vigilance regarding player health and safety was one of the many topics he discussed.
Goodell pledged to "pioneer new approaches to player health and safety, and emphasize prevention as well as treatment." He said the competition committee will look at "eliminating certain dangerous, low blocks, further taking the head out of the game, and expanding the standards for the quality of our playing fields."
Goodell also stated that neurosurgeons will be added to game-day medical staffs and revealed plans to implement expanded physicals at the end of each season, reviewing players from a physical, mental and life skills standpoint.
In a related matter to player safety, Goodell continued to advocate escalated discipline for players who repeatedly dole out illegal hits.
He wants hits with a greater risk of causing injury removed from the game and is not backing down from his stance.
"I think we're going to have to continue to see discipline escalate, particularly on repeat offenders," he said. "It's not just the defenseless player that's being protected, it's the person doing the striking.
"Suspension gets through to them."
Considering the Super Bowl is being played in New Orleans, the Saints' bounty scandal -- not surprisingly -- was also brought up during the press conference.
"There is no question that there was a bounty program in place for three years," Goodell said. "I think that is bad for the players, for the game, and I think the message is incredibly clear and I don't believe bounties are going to be part of football going forward. That's good for everybody,"
Other items Goodell touched on included:
- The "next generation" of the Rooney Rule after none of this offseason's eight head coaching jobs and seven general manger positions were filled by minorities. "The results this year were simply not acceptable."
- His hopefulness that there will be testing for human growth hormone before the 2013 season begins.
- The continued reevaluation of the season's structure.
- He indicated that next year's Super Bowl in New Jersey will "undoubtedly" determine whether cold-weather sites will host future Super Bowls.


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Cornmeal waffles dotted with smoky bacon bits are reminiscent of cornbread hot out of the oven. Top them with slightly savory maple syrup perfumed with fresh thyme and black peppercorns, and you may just get requests for extras.–Tara Duggan
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Ever done a face-plant in a stack of waffles? Neither had we–until we encountered this waffle recipe with thyme-infused maple syrup. We have a hunch you'll want to get to know them up close and personal, too.
Cornmeal-Bacon Waffles
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- Makes 4 to 8 waffles
Special Equipment: Waffle maker
- For the thyme-infused syrup
- 4 small sprigs thyme
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 5 whole black peppercorns
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- For the cornmeal-bacon waffles
- 1 pound thick-cut bacon
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups (12 fluid ounces) buttermilk (either low-fat or full-fat), plus more as needed
- 1/2 cup (4 ounces) unsalted butter, melted, or 1/2 cup canola oil
- 3/4 cup (4 ounces) cornmeal
- 3/4 cup (4 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
- Make the thyme-infused syrup
- 1. Pull off most of the leaves from the thyme. Place both the leaves and the stems in a small saucepan with the maple syrup, peppercorns, and water. Place over very low heat and bring to a very gently simmer. Let it bubble for 10 minutes to infuse the syrup with thyme. Strain the syrup into a pitcher. (You can make the syrup up to 3 days ahead. Cover tightly and refrigerate, then gently reheat over low heat just before serving.)
- Make the cornmeal-bacon waffles
- 2. Heat a heavy skillet or griddle over medium heat and add the bacon. Cook until crisp, turning once, 7 to 10 minutes. Drain on paper towels and let stand until cool enough to handle. Crumble the bacon into small pieces. You should have about 1 1/4 cups.
- 3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, buttermilk, and butter. In a large bowl, mix together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pepper, if using. Make a well in the center of the cornmeal mixture, then pour in the egg mixture. Whisk until the batter is mostly smooth with just a few lumps. If the batter is too thick, stir in another 1 to 2 tablespoons buttermilk. Gently fold in the bacon.
- 4. Preheat your waffle maker.
- 5. Ladle the batter into the waffle maker, using 1/2 to 3/4 cup batter per batch and spreading the batter so that it almost reaches the edges. Cook until crisp and browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Using a spatula, remove the waffles and serve hot or place on a baking sheet in a single layer in a 200°F (95°C) oven for up to 20 minutes while you make the rest with the remaining batter. Drizzle with the warm thyme-infused syrup. Feel free to face-plant in your stack. We did.
If you make this recipe, snap a photo and hashtag it #LeitesCulinaria. We'd love to see your creations on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.


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Please vote no on Dec. 15 in regard to increased alcohol sales in Henry County. If we do not vote down the effort to make Henry County "wet," Henry County will be forever changed.
As spiritual leaders, we desire to offer help with the issues that most people try to mask with alcohol and drugs, and with the upcoming local option election on Dec. 15, we want to convey that our hearts are concerned for the people of our county in which we serve.
On Saturday, Nov. 7, nearly 500 Henry County citizens put on their safety gear and assisted with Henry County's annual roadside litter clean up.
Working under the direction of Henry County Planning and Zoning and Henry County Solid Waste Department, these citizens cleaned 200 miles of Henry County roads. Through the efforts of 34 teams, over 1,200 bags of trash were collected.
I've lived in Eminence most of my life. Work there and play there. Actually love my small town life. This past spring I had a heart abnormality that scared the doctors and myself enough that I had to be taken to the hospital from the clinic in Eminence.
Diabetes is not just a problem of the individual. Diabetes is a problem of the family and society. Diabetes is not a disease of the weak-willed. It is not a disease just for the obese. No one with diabetes decided to not care about their health. We all care about our health and do the best that we can.
The Henry County Senior Citizens group would like to thank each and every one who has supported us over the years — you all have been fantastic.
As you know, we no longer ask for donations for the seniors from anyone. So, if someone approaches you for a donation in the name of the senior citizens, please keep in mind they are not a member of our group.
Thank you and God bless!
I saw an article in the Local about the Henry County Help Center and my leaving. This is true but my reason is not because I have family.
It is more about heavy lifting — no volunteers that can lift that many heavy boxes — and also it's about the lack of communication and some things that may need to be changed.
We are writing to apologize for the error regarding the registration and start times of the Henry County Toy Run this past Saturday.
This is the first year that the times were different and, unfortunately, the flyer from our 2014 Toy Run, with only a date change, was submitted to the Henry County Local and sent home with students.
After going almost two months with low water pressure and dirty water, which the city clerk told me the water was safe to drink, how could the water have been safe to drink when the bottom of my dog's water bowl and my tub was covered with brown stuff?
Instead of getting a break on the water portion of our bill, our water bill has doubled. We are still using less water, but pay twice as much. I would like an explanation from the city about the increase and why this is happening.
ould reelect Adam Edelen to State Auditor because he has vigorously defended the public's trust and exposed government corruption.
Auditor Edelen has an impressive record of standing up for all Kentuckians by shedding light on the dark places of our politics. He has protected our students through investigations into abuse like my home public school district in Shelby County where his office uncovered details of nearly $600,000 stolen through the former payroll manager.
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text: I'm still not doing any robot work right now because there are more pressing things going on at the moment. I live with my parents still and they're really getting on my case for spending money. The good news is I may have a job soon because I have a interview with Wal-Mart Monday. Hopefully I'll get the job, get enrolled in college taking computer science, buy a car, and hopefully have some money left for robots etc. I am waiting for parts to alter and finish working on T.R.A.P. I hope to have it purdy much completed soon. I still need to fix some of the mechanical problems, and make the actual arm a little smaller because it's a little heavy. I plan to have it remote controlled soon along with other stuff I plan to add. Hopefully I'll figure all this stuff out soon.


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#1 Poor People Too Dumb To Shop Convenience Stores.10-13-2009, 01:57 PMObesity concerns spur calls to limit new convenience stores in South L.A.
The proposed rules, an outgrowth of last year's city restrictions on new fast-food restaurants, are prompted by links found by researchers between snack foods and obesity in poor communities.
By Jerry Hirsch
October 12, 2009
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Links found by researchers between snack foods and obesity in poor communities are prompting new calls for more regulation of convenience stores in South Los Angeles.
The proposed new regulations under discussion are an outgrowth and expansion of last year's city restrictions on new fast-food restaurants in a 32-square-mile area of South Los Angeles. The area is home to about 500,000 residents, including those who live in West Adams, Baldwin Hills and Leimert Park.
Motivated by new data focusing on convenience stores, civic activists and a City Council member favor limiting the development of new convenience stores.
A study by Santa Monica think tank Rand Corp. published in the research journal Health Affairs last week said calories from snacks were a likely culprit of higher obesity rates in South Los Angeles. The authors also found that South Los Angeles had a dramatically higher concentration of the type of small convenience store that sells caloric snacks than other sections of the city.
Separately, researchers looking at the shopping patterns of schoolchildren in urban Philadelphia found that more than half the 800 students they surveyed reported that they shopped at a corner store at least once a day, five times a week. Almost a third visited a store both before and after school.
On average, the students spent about $1 and purchased 356 calories of snack foods and drinks each visit. Chips, candy, sugary beverages and gum were the most frequent purchases, according to a study published online today. It also will appear in the November edition of Pediatrics, a medical journal.
How to curb such purchases is a top priority for policymakers attempting to reduce the obesity rates in poor communities.
"We need to look at a moratorium on these convenience stores," said Lark Galloway-Gilliam, executive director of Community Health Councils Inc., a nonprofit health policy and education organization in South Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles City Council is set to consider a proposal that would limit the density of these small food stores in South Los Angeles, said Councilwoman Jan Perry, a proponent of regulations adopted last year establishing a moratorium on new openings of fast-food restaurants whose 9th District includes much of South Los Angeles.
The proposal, part of the developing Southeast Los Angeles Community Plan, would prohibit such small neighborhood markets from being closer than one-half mile from one another unless they sold fresh fruit and vegetables.
Although a half-mile separation may sound dense, it represents a restrictive requirement in her council district, which is only 14 square miles, Perry said. The proposal would only affect new development and would go to the City Council next year, she added.
"It's a carrot and a stick approach," Perry said.
Despite the studies that link snack calories with higher obesity rates in poor communities, regulating the location of stores might not be helpful, said Roland Sturm, who coauthored the Rand study with colleague Deborah Cohen.
The Rand study said that almost 26% of the residents of South Los Angeles are considered obese, according to the study. That compares with about 18% of the residents of Los Angeles County who live in higher-income neighborhoods.
"Clearly these stores are a source of excess calories, especially in children," Sturm said, "But people need access to food that is reachable."
His research found that residents of South Los Angeles are far more likely to walk or use public transportation to shop for food than Angelenos who live in other sections of the city, and that limits their choices.
"I would be hesitant to prohibit the development of these stores," Sturm said, because residents of the community don't have other easy-to-reach places to purchase food to be consumed at home.
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Did it ever occur to these dimwit politicians that exercise (Phys. Ed) during school hours would help greatly. I am surrounded by 3 schools and every afternoon I see kids jogging past my house. See very few overweight kids from the 2 Catholic and magnet schools.
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I thought it was the McDonald's and Chicken and Waffles causing the obesity in LA and that's why they have banned any new ones going up.
Now I'm in the mood for some more Amish butter pecan caramel fudge. It's like homemade caramel with a butter pecan fudge crust. The pecans make it healthy!
So, fat people eat more snacks than thin people and so they should be prevented from buying snacks. Have these genii any idea how short a distance half a mile is?
Look at any inner city situation where welfare and government assistance is plentiful and note the girth of the inhabitants (these can be of any color/language). Now go to any upscale retail situation and do the same thing. Why is it different?
It's different because it's simply socially unacceptable for college-educated, upper middle-class people with career ambitions to be fat. The fat acceptance movement has made zero inroads among upper management career types, yoga studios, cross-country ski lodges, or spa habitués. "Junk in the trunk" is for other people.
Because the prejudice is so great, these people watch their weight like hawks. People in blue collar jobs, McJobs, and the chronically unemployed face no such prejudice among their own social circles so gaining 20 pounds doesn't mean much to them one way or the other.
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356 calories is a candy bar. So kids are going to corner stores and buying a candy bar. We did that as kids and the government didn't give a goddamn. We also walked a lot and played outside. The problem with today's kids is that they don't move.
In my opinion these kids were given lunch money by their parents to get some decent food while at school. The kids decide to buy crap with the lunch money because they probably qualify for a free lunch at school. Cut out the free meals at school and maybe they will use the lunch money that their parents gave them for the right thing. Better yet don't give them any lunch money and let them pack a lunch from home.
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The holy saint Artemius of Verkola (or Verkolsk) the Righteous Child Wonder-worker lived in Russia in the 16th century. He was only 12 years of age when he was struck dead by lightning. His feast day is celebrated on the date of his repose, June 23, as well as on October 20.
Because St. Artemius was killed by lightning, people at first believed this was God's judgment upon him. "Some years later, the village reader beheld a light over the place where the incorrupt body of the Righteous Artemius lay." [1] His relics were taken to the church of St. Nicholas in 1577, where they performed numerous healings. In 1918, Soviets desecrated his relics and threw them into a well.
- By the command of the Most High, the sky was darkened with rain clouds,
- lightning flashed, threat'ning thunder clashed,
- and you gave up your soul into the hands of the Lord, O Artemius most wise.
- Now as you stand before the Throne of the Lord of All,
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Because I'm about out of patience and ready to throw in the towel. I don't even want to play anymore because Unity hard crashes my browser after a few runs, guaranteed, and it's a huge hassle to get firefox back up and running after a crash.
I've made a separate launch shortcut just for Desktop Dungeons so at least it's only crashing itself instead of all of my browser activity, but it still locks up everything for several minutes when it decides to crash and is a major problem.
There's no apparent action causing this, the game just runs sluggishly from the get-go (it's gotten worse with the last few updates) and eventually hard crashes everything.
I hate to say I'm starting to regret supporting this iteration of the game, because it seems like it's being built on an engine that is a gigantic pile of crap. One of the best things about DD Alpha was that it could be played while doing other things because it was so lightweight. Trying to play the Beta with any other program running is an absolute disaster, especially other games (so playing a few runs while waiting in a League of Legends queue or something, is completely out of the question).
Sorry for this rant, but I'm very frustrated and frankly sad. I want to like this game (it's obviously good) and I hope it ends up being great, but the performance of the Beta has gotten worse and worse and has been a huge disappointment.
So I just really need to know one simple thing: is it going to get better?


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Thursday, February 23, 2012
I'm looking for a Llama by Terry Burns
I just finished working the Writing for the Soul conference put on by Jerry B Jenkins in Denver. Great conference, and I enjoyed it.
Working the agent panel I responded to a question by saying that I get over 300 submissions a month. Obviously I can't take that many, nor can editors publish that many. And don't buy into the idea that it's okay because most of them are not very good anyway. A significant portion of them are good books.
That means a good book is just not good enough. Agents and editors are all looking for exceptional books, books that stand out from the crowd and are unique and compelling. I saw what that looked like on this trip, driving to Denver. Out in a field was the huge flock of sheep, and among them, two llamas. Their tall, graceful necks stood high and proud above the sea of white fleece.
Now sheep are great, Jesus often used them as a comparable to his flock, and to himself as the "Lamb of God." The old cowboy vs sheepherder war is long over. It was the visual that spoke to me, and I said, "That's what I'm looking for, I'm looking for a llama." One girl got it. Apparently it had been talked about around the conference some because came and sat down and when I asked her what we were there to talk about she said "I have a llama for you."
I talked about this good versus exceptional think at the Oklahoma Writers Conference a while back. Afterwards I had a ton of appointments and one girl came in and said, "I'm not here to pitch my book, tell me how to make it exceptional."
Good question, and wonder why nobody else asked it? I told her about a unique story and unique voice but then I added the big one. I told her a movie is shot in scenes where everything that will happen at a certain place is shot at once, no matter where it may fall in the movie. The movie is born when the director goes into the cutting room and assembles these scenes the way he wants.
A writer does a good job of writing a story and then a good job of editing it or having it edited. That's a good book. The exceptional writer takes off the author hat and the editor hat and puts on the director hat to direct their story. When I was having the opportunity to write I tended to wrap all my scenes up nice and neat like a short story. Each and every one of them was a convenient place to put the book down. There should not be such convenient places to put the book down, but I left them for the director to fix.
The director insures the story opens and gets the reader down into the story and committed to read as quickly as possible by forcing them off the first page and having them committed to the storyline by page ten. He or she insures that each scene and each chapter does not tie up with a nice red bow but pushes the reader on to the next scene and next chapter. The director ensures there are no dead spots or places where the story bogs down with exhaustive narrative or complicated sentences where it may be put down. It isn't about story at this point, it is about flow. A compelling story and flow that drives the reader through to me is the mark of the exceptional book.
Yes, that's what I'm looking for, a llama . . . no, actually . . . what I'd really like to have is a giraffe!
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- Rita Garcia said...
I love this post! I'm going to find a picture of a llama and put it next to my computer--possibly even a giraffe. Makes me think of the song, High Hopes!!
- February 23, 2012 at 6:27 AM
- Timothy Fish said...
Okay, so if doing the cutting room work will get us a llama, how how do we get to a giraffe? I look at what you say about doing the same to a story that a director does to a movie and I'm thinking that many of us are already doing that.
- February 23, 2012 at 8:07 AM
- Linda Glaz said...
Tim, sometimes a person can only wear so many hats. Eventually, you have to hire or bring in the director. And sometimes it's just a matter of a storyline being so doggone good it stands out.
- February 23, 2012 at 8:28 AM
- Terry Burns said...
Getting the flow of the story right can take a good story to an excellent one, but a giraffe? A giraffe is all about the story and the writing. Linda is right, it just stands out.
- February 23, 2012 at 8:37 AM
- Linda Glaz said...
Hmm,wonder who taught me that in the first place?
- February 23, 2012 at 8:42 AM
- Diana said...
I love the word pic here Terry and Linda. Preparing a workshop now on Making the Most of Rejections. This is a great compliment to that. A writer must be willing to do all they can to rise to the top. Yet as Tim says, it can be difficult to know when enough is enough and sometimes it is timing. Plain timing. God's and all connected to the project.
- February 23, 2012 at 9:21 AM
A sheep plays it safe. A giraffe really sticks its neck out.
- February 23, 2012 at 10:02 AM
- Terry Burns said...
Great comment, Andy, that really says it
- February 23, 2012 at 10:05 AM
- Patty Wysong said...
Great post that makes so much sense.
My family has been enjoying an older tv series (since we only have dvd/vcr capabilities at our house--and love it that way!) and I've been really noticing how they weave the main plot and subplots together through each episode. They do NOT break to the other scenes in tidy, convenient places! They make us groan when they switch scenes because we want to know what happens next. THAT's what we need to do. Weave it all together to keep the pages turning. That makes it a llama in my book.
Thanks for this, Terry. =] It pulled many things together for me.
- February 23, 2012 at 10:28 AM
- Cheryl said...
I love this post. As I was reading, I remembered a pitch I did at a conference last year. The agent was helpful in telling me why the book wouldn't work and how I could improve it. Her insight, like yours is invaluable.
Thanks for sharing.
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"It would have been more pleasant if you had come and in a civil academically respectable manner raised objections to one or more points that I made in my lecture so we could discuss the matter further.
You say that you are only interested in theories that make predictions and can be potentially falsified. Well, creation fits the bill and succeeds, whereas evolution fits the bill, but fails. Consider, as only one example, the predictions of the two views of origins regarding fossils.
Darwin spent an incredible amount of time in his 1859 book Origin of Species discussing the problems of his theory, paramount of which was the fossil record. Darwin predicted that one day the fossil record would supply the evidence to confirm his theory that all plants and animals and man are descended from one common ancestor. In contrast, it is clear from Genesis that God created different kinds of plants and animals and mankind to reproduce after their kind but not to change into a different kind.
Today the fossil record even more clearly demonstrates that Darwin's theory (and the modern Neo-Darwinian theory) is false and that the Genesis account of creation is true."
(followed by the usual quote-mining, highly out of date quotations, and outright falsehoods which ignore the wider picture eg the sweeping and highly questionable claim that "the fossil record falsifies the theory of evolution")
Par for the course as far as Mortenson is concerned in my experience of reading his written protestations. Including allegations that evolution is 'protected' from criticism.
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After we finished golfing through castles and over streams (I totally hit it into the water twice!) we opened an envelope to head over to the HP Pavillion to watch the women's Olympic gymnastic trials. This challenge was especially exciting for Sage who is an amazing gymnast. I know I am biased, but she is seriously incredible and does it all. Beam, vault, uneven bars, and floor. The look of pure joy on her face when we read that we were going to see the best gymnasts in the country compete was priceless!
We headed over to San Jose where there was a huge festival going on outside to celebrate "the road to London" olympic gymnastic trials. There were bounce houses, climbing walls... Oh and these two Olympic champions happened to be there...
The kid's moment with the two was very quick so it kind of looks like Carly and Kerri are photo bombing the picture, but we figure when Sage is busy winning gold medals in the Olympics, they can include this picture on her "getting to know you" video montage and it will illustrate her destined rise to gymnastic greatness.
After our brush with Olympic greats, the kids climbed and bounced and slid.
The line suddenly surged ahead and some lines were shifted and redirected. I kept moving forward through the sudden chaos and figured I could text Bailey if they needed a little help finding me in line. Next thing I know Bailey and Denver are joining me in line. "Where's Sage?" ... Bailey said, "she was right behind me." I was mildly worried at this point expecting Sage to break through the crowd... Any second...
...No Sage...
...No Sage... Suddenly John showed up and said, "where's Sage?". I think saying this part out loud is when I really started to panic. "we don't know!". John had Bailey and Denver stand at a designated spot and we RAN! The crowd was so thick at this point as they were opening the stadium and we were tearing through the crowd looking for our little red-hatted, toe headed baby girl. We inevitably jostled people to go against the flow of traffic and found ourselves fighting to get back to the slide. She was not there. I can't explain the utter fear that we felt at that moment realizing Sage was somewhere, completely alone in this huge, fast-moving crowd. I KNEW we would find her, but I was imagining how scared she was and I needed to hold her that second. John went into the park and was yelling her name. I walked back toward the line sending up a silent prayer just saying, "Please! Please let me find her!".
As soon as I finished that thought, I looked up and saw her. She was sobbing and was with a uniformed man and woman. I ran over to her and scooped her up and hugged her so tight and I didn't let go until I had to. Sage clung to me and said, "I was so worried i would never find you again." it completely broke my heart!
The sweet usher walked with us to get Bailey and Denver and personally led us into the stadium to make sure we all got in together. It turns out the kids decided they could go down the slide one extra time and Sage was the last one off. While the other kids pulled their shoes on and started running to find me; she got off the slide and started running, stopped, and went back to get her forgotten shoes.
The whole ordeal probably took 2 minutes, but every second that we didn't know where Sage was felt like an eternity. Once we were together I kept finding Sage looking at me and she would either smile at me, or squeeze my hand or say,"I'm so glad we're all together." and I imagine every second she was alone felt as long as they did to me.
I am so glad Sage knew who to look for to help her, and I realize it was a series of things that led to Sage being lost, but with my 20/20 hindsight I realized we should have had bracelets with cellphone numbers and info for the kids to wear for the vacation. I would have much rather felt silly and overprotective not using the bracelets than the fear and panic I felt not knowing where my 8 year old was and realizing while she knows our home phone, it didn't do any good in this situation.
We all calmed down and settled into our seats to watch the competition. It was amazing. The gymnasts were super talented. Jordyn Wieber is going to rock the Olympics. We had a blast, but I was so relieved to be sitting together that we could have been watching a lawn being mown and I would have been happy.


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As the breed's name suggests the Çorum clean-legged tumbler comes from the city of Çorum. Even though, this breed is some what known through out the country, it is really not a well known breed. To a degree, every clean-legged tumbling bird has been called ''Çorum çıplağı'' (Naked Çorum).
My purpose of writing this article is to change the miss-information with correct information on the breed and to help with the creation of the standard for the breed. With this work, I hope Çorum breed will take it's deserved place with in the world of the pigeon keepers.
Why is Çorum called naked?
Since, it is a clean legged breed it is called naked in Turkey. Çorum in the name is attached to the breed because it is only kept in the city of Çorum and surrounding towns.
I think, the reason for it to be named "Naked" (Çıplak) is because most breeds kept in Anatolia are muffed. This popularity has been thought to bring out the esthetic of leg feathers in our opinion and the name for the breed was naturally created.
Çorum tumbler, just like the other breeds, has it's own characteristic qualities and must be kept with care to these characteristics by fanciers.
We will be updating this article as new and more in-dept information becomes available through fanciers and researchers.
Where is it kept?
Çorum tumbler, mainly raised in the townships around the city of Çorum, then in a lesser degree in the city of Çorum and surrounding few cities. Yozgat is another large city where this breed is kept with care to it's qualities. Even though it has been sent as a gift, by the fanciers out of Çorum, to every section of the country, including Urfa, İstanbul, Erzurum, Kocaeli, Ankara and Sivas, this breed has lost in popularity to other breeds because of the color and physical qualities. Being a clean-legged breed and having a limited number of colorations have been considered as a fault in other locations, it's performance has been overlooked because of these reasons and the Çorum Tumbler has found it self in the list of not-so-good-looking (!) breeds list. Because of this, an extremely valuable performance breed has been sacrificed to baseless superficial preferences.
Çorum tends to be a very good breeder. When the conditions are well, it is and easy breed to raise and keep. It also is not as sensitive to illnesses as other tumblers breeds. It is a very rare occurrence for these birds to be sick. Because of this, loss of young birds is extremely low in the breed.
Çorum breed is not systematically banded. Instead of this the fanciers tend to use decorative rings made out of porcelain, glass, silver and plastic.
We could not find any evidence of a study to find out how many Çorum tumblers exist. With hope of this type of a study to take place soon we will try to explain the qualities of this breed.
Weight: 300 gr. +- 50 gr.
Oil gland: Çorum breed has an oil gland.
Head: Çorum's head shape, in general, is very round from all perspectives. Based on the bloodline, there are also longer and somewhat flat head shapes exist. This head shape is named as "ÇEKİÇ KAFA" (Hammer Head) and mostly seen in the white Çorums.
Beak: Govala color birds have black, Self whites and mottles have bone color beaks. Beak is medium in length and shaped rather thin and fragile. Compared to Taklas they have a smaller and rounder nose. Nose is an off white color and looks almost porous.
Eye: Eyes are as in most breeds are black in white self birds. Ring around the eye is also off white color and what we call is a double ring shape. In Çorum, birds with the double ring are named "KAYTENİ GÖZ" (kayteni eye). Eye color in govala birds is in general yellow or red, and every once in a while orange like red (ŞEŞ GÖZ). Black tail mottle birds, that come out when a black or purple (blue) govala Çorum is paired with white self, can have red and white mix, which is called "AKITMALI GÖZ" runny eye.
purple govala
Neck and Throat: Neck tends to be one of the most important quality looked after when it is a govala type Çorum. Neck feathers must be purple in color and this purple coloring must extend down to the crop area. Where the purple color ends the white coloring, which we call the cut, starts as a line. Cut is an important esthetic quality in govala color birds. There are also govala color birds with out the cut but these birds are not considered to be as valuable. Purple govala can have a small white spots under the beak or on the sides of the neck. This is named "GERDAN" (Thick skin under the chin) or "GÜMÜŞ (Silver) GERDAN GOVALA". Neck rose can not be seen in Çorums.
Flight - Tail make up: In govala color birds the wing starts with at least 6 white flights and this can go up to 10-11-12. 8-9-10 white flight set up being the most prized wing coloring of them. Birds with 11+ white flights tend to have white feathers on the elbows and this is named as "MUSKALILIK". If the white flights are 8x8 they are named "with 16". Wing bars named "ELİF" and these bars almost always come in shetnut or brown colors. There is also the black barred govalas. these are considered to be less valuable compared to brown or chestnut barred birds. Govalas that have extra white coloring on the wings and/or the neck are named "ALAŞAR" (patched) govala.
Govala's tail color must be purple. Ones that have the chest and the tail purple color are also called "KARABAŞ KARAKUYRUK" (black-head black-tail). Tail feathers must be 12. Very rarely 13 tail feathers can be seen on a bird but these birds are not considered to be valuable. Mirrored tail (white feathers in the middle of the tail) can also be found in Çorum. Even though, this quality also is not considered to be valuable, we think it will gain popularity in the future.
Legs and ankles: Çorum has thin and delicate legs. Ankles must be very dark red color. Nails are white. Legs must be free of any feathers. 8 mm rings are the appropriate size for the breed. Absence of feathers on the legs is considered to be sign of an unmixed bird. When Çorum is paired with Takla the young birds will come out with half booths, not clean legged but also not fully muffed. In Çorum these types of birds are named "MIK AYAK" (no real translation for the name) or "İNİK" (downed) {Here, I would like to touch on a point: Out side of Çorum some breeders have mixed Çorum with different tumbler breeds in order to increase the performance of their birds and created a mutt breed. This breed is not muffed or clean legged. Since the muffs are not dominant in character the young of these birds show feathers in half of their legs. These mix-breed birds were sold in many places as ÇORUM. Because of this many fanciers know the Çorum breed as a Takla Mutt. Çorum, just like many other pigeon breeds is an individual pigeon breed and is being kept in Çorum and surrounding towns as a favorite breed.
General characteristics: It is a rather smallish breed compared to other tumbler breeds kept in Anatolia. Because of this, we can say it has a middle height. It displays an active, energetic and timid character. They can adapt to a new location very easliy and take flight with a slight movement by the fancier.
Stand: The photo below is a good example of the standard stand of the Çorum clean-legged tumbler.
purple govala
Color arrangements: There are three main colors in Çorum tumbler but the breeders in Çorum have, by mixing purple govala and black govalas generated the grizzle color also. All grizzle color birds come from the mixture of the govala and self white birds. Since Çorum tumbler is not a well known breed even in Turkey any bird with clean legs, or even half muffed, which tumbles have been incorrectly named Çorum tumbler.
Purple govala: This is by far the most popular color make up in Çorum tumblers. One of the main reason for this popularity is the rareness of this color. This is basically a preference based on looks and have nothing to do with the performance of the birds. This color known as the purple govala in Çorum is known as the blue or sky and named as ''göğ''. This word is pronounced in different areas as gök, göğ or goğ all meaning the sky color. the words Ala and ela are most commonly used for mixed colors anyway. These words and the way they are pronounced has created the words ''gökela'' or ''gökala'' and with local dialect changed to ''guvala'' or ''govala''.
Purple govala is considered to be as much valuable as it is a darker purple. The white patches and spots on the wings and around the neck are considered to be faults for this color. Exeptable white coloring starts from the belly and goes all the way down to the starting point of the tail. This marking must start and end in a line instead of blending into the other color. The purple must be cut sharply and the white must start from that point on. Even though the head crest is considered to be a fault in purple govala, it might become popular in the future and rarely seen on birds of this color. These types of birds are locally named "MOR KEKİLLİ GOVALA".
purple govala
Black govala: This color is second in popularity. Make up of this color is very similar to the purple govala.The main difference in this type is that there are no bars on the wings. The sharp white marking that is looked after in purple govala is also is a quality that is wanted by fanciers from this color. In addition the first 6 to 12 flights must be white. Just like all other Çorum tumbler varieties this type also must be absolutely clean legged. All the other color and ornament qualities of the purple govala is valid for black govala.
purple govala
Self white: Self white Çorum tumblers split into plain headed and head crested varieties. As it can be told from the name this type of birds do not carry any other color on them. The head crest being present only in this color Çorum tumbler gives us an indicator that this type might have been at one time in the history mixed with another breed. However, in recent years there have been sightings of other color Çorums with head crest. We believe this quality to become more popular in the close future. The head-crested self white birds are called "KEKİLLİ SÜTBEYAZ". The eyes of the self white birds tend to be pied color. This coloring becomes more obvious in the sunlight. This self white coloring reduces the value of the birds a great deal for the fanciers. However, this is no indication of the quality of the performance at all.
Çilli (Grizzle): We had already mentioned that this color is obtained by pairing a self white bird with any of the other colors above. Grizzle color Çorum tumbler because of esthetic reasons are considered to be the least valuable birds. This coloring again has nothing to do with the performance. Moreover, the head crest can also be seen in this color in addition to self white birds. Nose crest is not seen in this breed in any of the colors. The eyes of the grizzle Çorum tumblers are just like the self whites tends to be in a pied coloration.
Besides the black, gray, purple and red grizzle colorings this type of birds also come with tail marking. In general these birds are white bodied and black tailed colors and locally called "KARAKUYRUK" or "KARAKUYRUK ÇİLLİ"
purple govala
Çorum tumblers fit into what we call the performance breeds class. Because of their tumbling performance quality they are kept with value in the region of the city of Çorum. There fore, the breeders from solid performing bloodlines are protected with care by fanciers.
Çorum tumbler's performance is very similar in all color variations. Color variations are not an indicator of any performance differences. There are two variations of Çorum performance one being the performing down to the coop and the other being the aerial performance. At times there are extremely high performing birds come out of this breed and at times with endurance flight abilities
The performance qualities looked for in the Takla breed is also the standard performance for this breed. Birds with mediocre or less performance is not considered to be valuable. Since the flight qualities of Çorum tumbler is very similar to the Takla around the city of Konya breed is called "Çorumlu Mardin" (Mardin {takla} from Çorum).
Çorum tumblers fly high. Compared to Takla they tend to start their full performance rather late. They play in very high altitudes. Especially when they are flown first time they raise to extreme altitudes. During the combination they perform 5 to 8 tumbles. Some of them fly very high when first flown then, loose altitude and start showing the standard performance to the coop.
Çorum tumblers do not show any reaction to droppers.
Landing on the ground vs. the roof tops type of problems seen in Takla does not exist in Çorum tumblers. This quality is an advantage for Çorum breeders, who keep their birds in balconies or attics. Because of its physical make up the breed stays very much in control in flight. Because of this and their timid nature, they do not show any difficulties taking to flight also.
Last word:
Çorum tumbler is one of the rare breeds the fanciers of this country can keep with joy. In Turkey, where Takla is kept predominantly because of its performance, we believe, with a quality presentation to the fanciers the Çorum breed can gain popularity very rapidly. For this reason we are calling on the fanciers of the city of Çorum to introduce this beautiful breed to other fanciers and share their vast knowledge on it with us.
In creation of this article, his critique of the Physical Qualities section of the article and sharing his birds photos I would like to thank Mr. Mustafa Taşkın, a fancier out of Çorum.
I also would like to mention the insights of our valuable friend Veterinarian Mr. Ercan Çatal has helped a great deal in creation of this article.
To my wife Ayşe Ferahzade, who gives me great support in keeping this breed my love and to Mr. Mobilyacı Mehmet Kankurdan, who introduced me to this breed I would like to send my respect. He has helped me locate all colors and variations of the breed and shared his endless knowledge with me.
Ümit Ferahzade


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I was just thinking about this and remembered what someone I knew back in Ontario who trained his own retrievers said about the Stay command. He doesn't bother teaching it. He teaches his dogs sit, down etc and a release word. He mentioned to me if your dog has a good solid sit or down and a word they know as a release, why do you need to add STAY? I thought, well, ya that seems to make sense. Any other thoughts on that? Usually when we say Stay, the dog is likely already sitting, down or standing still. I will use wait when we're out and she's off-leash and I want to catch up to her.
The way our trainer explained to me was that "Stay" should be a "no arguments" command and should be used when I want the dog to freeze in place until I return to him and give him the release word. Useful, for example with a very muddy dog and no towel at the door just then.
"Wait" is a less formal command - to tell the dog to stay where he is but not necessarily in the same position, i.e if the "wait" was given with the dog in sit and I take too long to release him, it's OK for the dog to lay down if he feels like it. Also, I can release the dog from wait from anywhere, I don't have to return to him and he does not have to come to me.
Kind of the same difference as between "come" and "here" "Come" is "no arguments, drop everything and get back to me on the double" while "here" is...OK, finish sniffing around that bush and let's go".
But, as it has been said here before - lots of trainers, lots of methods. Use whatever you're confortable with and works best for you and your pup.
I teach stay in case like Mirela said if there is danger and I want them to stop right away. I also use a hand signal when I say it. Tegan is good at it,,,Mindy is still learning.
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For my dogs stay means dont move until i return, no other command will follow stay, where as "wait" there will be another task to come.
Kind of makes sense that if they have a solid sit or down they wouldnt need a stay, but why not have the extra word so that they arent wondering right?
Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyways. ~John Wayne
I have a lab who I have been training for hunting and working a bit. Its almost necessary as he seems happier when I have him working. In any case, I dont ever use word commands just hand commands. He is a Lab and if I didnt make him stay he wouldn't! especially when retrieving. An elder gentleman told me once that "on either side of a lab's brain are two tennis balls and thats whats most important to them".lol Making them stay is in my view another way of teaching them some self disipline and additionally letting them know that esentially you are the pack leader.
So many words are interchangeable - the logic your firend presents makes perfect sense. Many people get caught up in the 'stay' instruction versus the 'wait' instruction, when they are actually identical. The dog stays in one place until they are released, whether that is for 2 seconds or 2 hours.
We don't get caught up in having a dog forcibly sit the entire time. In fact, if he wants to lay down why not let him be comfortable? It just means that he has fully committed to hanging out until told otherwise.
But we aren't anal about the things that would put a competition obedience trainer over the edge. We just want a great dog whose is wonderful to live with.
Love Them & Lead Them,
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