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jmmihnmr me _4feml MP THE AMHERST NEWS-TIMES VOL. V, MO. 24. This Week By Arthur Britten*. Fiva Yaars and Changss. Powor at tho Mino. Thanks to Mr- Eastman. Bad Advertising. 1 five yeara ago, tbta month more than 400,000 United State, soldler- ueean the drive on the Argonne. Seventeen thoueand wore killed, many wonnded, In fighting that stretched along a torty-mlle Croat 8oon after that the war waa over. Five yeara ago, and the aoldlera, to whom excited and flrlghtened big pooketboeks promised tbe moon and Ht_rn, have not yet received a penny of the pitifully small bonus that re- preaenta the dwindling down of all the gratitude. There'*, a plan to simplify tha coal problem. Railroads won't like It- no more coal to carry. Middlemen will detest It. The Idea Is change the coal Into electric current at the mine. Electricity carries itself over the wirea. wltb no bumping of freight care, no flat wheels, no loading and unloading. Instead of buying coal, changing it Into power and heat five hundred or a thousand miles from the mine, skilled labor at tbe mines would change coal into electricity to be used for beat, light, power, wherever wanted. That will come in time. it ought to come now. Thanks to Mr. Eastman, of Rochester, and tbe wide, wide world, this country sees efficient and thorough development of musical talent. To help a nation ln music is to help It intellectually. Music and Intellect are sisters. Music arouses tho brain, refreshes and stimulates It, aa nothing elae can do. Music la the only stimulant that haa no "next day" of let down and reaction- Mr. Eastman's school of music in tbe University of Rochester brings to tha city and to tha students of music the bast musicians of tba world, and provides musical genius with a magnificent setting In a beautiful opera bouse, given to the city by Mr. Eastman and paying financial profit to no one. Young people from all over tbe United flutes win scholarships that give them free .taarhHag -ond <IMM a year for living expensea. Thua, one man's succesa finds expression In a way Uiat benefit* an entire nation. The Oovernment has sold tha heart of Muscle Shoals plant to a corporation, and that ends Henry Ford's attempt, to get the great water power. It ends also tbe possibility of his carrying out the promise to give the farmers cheap fertiliser and It gives Ford and the farmer* permanent pos- sseaslon of a very good complaint—if they ever want to use It In politics. The Rear. Arthur Wilde, Sweden- borglan, says tbe Garden of Eden waa a state of mind. So is everything else, including happiness and misery. Eplctetus, deformed, and a slave, waa happy. Croesus, rolling In sold, mU seeable, worried, Ntothln* A* real. All wealth, gold, diamonds, the JBn and stars, our own bodies, represent nothing more solid than electrons and orotons. made of negative and positive eleotctalty, locked up In atoms that vary In construction, according to the element composed. The elements are interchangeable. Matter bas no existence, mlad and its states are tbe only real things, the real universe. There Is no big, no little, no beginning, no end. In fact, it's all quite confusing. Mussolini decides to sell advertising space on postage stomps. H will not be good publicity. Advertising on street car transfers, tried, is found not worth while. Advertising on postage stamps will' be worth even laaa. Th§ person putting on tba stomp won't look at, much leu -Had, tba advertising. AdMtttaing .ia valuable only when put wbare people want to see It, when tbey have leisure to read it Tba boat advertising-la to newspapers. Repetition. Is reputation. Cgrnavon'a brother la dead, more food tor superstition. The other Carnarvon, who dug Into tha tomb ot Tutankhamen, died naturally. Some Insect bite produced blood poisoning. Tbe Carnarvon brother aald, whan his brother opened the. tomb, "Sonae- tnlng dreadful will surely happen to our family." Ha died naturally, Ilka hla brother, from complications foi-, lowing an operation. Still, tha super stutous will belleva that a Vbafaob. turned to dust, reaches out with hla i'umm through thiMy-Sv. hundred yeara. Ia the Philippines, General Wood ia ualng Mm amt to «ght locusts that AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1923. Socle SubeeHptlon SS. "-*. ty nisi "r.'i Sandstone tenter ef the World." AMM*RST HIGH PLAYS VERMILION SATURDAY. The local high school football team will play VetuniMon for tbe second time this season at tbe Harris street field Saturday afternoon. The locale were defeated at Vermilion aome time ago by a score of 1.1-0. but plan to get revenge In Saturday'a Ult. Thla will he the flrst home high school game of the season and a record crowd Is expected. The game will start at 2:30. CHAUTAUQUA ASS'N IEETS; MAKES FIANCIAL REPORT The Amherat Chautauqua Association held Its annual meeting at tbe tqwn hall Friday evening at which time the annual financial report of the association was presented to those present by secretary and treasurer F. H. Hogrefe. Plana were also discussed for the next season aa well aa several entertainmenta for thla winter. The present officers of the association were re-elected and are aa follows: President Conrad Zilch Vice-President H. A. Monger Sec'y.-Treas F. H. Hogrefe Ticket Commltte chairman W. H. 8chlbley Ground Committee chairman Jacob Baus Advertising Committee chairman R. L. Petty Ass't Junior Supevisor Miaa Donola Holllngsworth. __ These officers wlll remain In charge of the association until the third evening of next year's Chautauqua season at which time a meeting will be held and the entire group of Chautauqua goers will hnve a voice In the election. The association Is now making plans to stage several entertainments this winter at which Ume Redpath talent will entertain. The proceeds of these entertainments will be uaed to pay up a debt of $290 contracted in 1920, ($40.00 having been paid on the original $300 Indebtedness this year). Thn following is tba financial statement of the aa-oclatloa at tbe present time, and Is published it order tbat tbe Chautauqua goers may aee the source of tha association's income and where It Is spent. Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Amherst Chautauqua Ass'n fer the year 1923. Receipts. Season tickets aold $ 854.00 10% of gate recelpta aa per contract 14.12 Assessments of $(.00 per guarantor 31S.00 Total receipts $1180.12 expenditures. Redpath Chautauqua, as per contract $1000.00 Draylng for 1922 32.00 Interest on $300.00 from Jan. 1,1922 to July 1, 1923 27.00 Oraying for 1923 40.00 Mowing lot for tent _ 4.50 Printing 2.00 5% commission to hired ticket sellers 33.10 Minute Book 1.60 Payment on $300.00 loan, (made during year 1920) 40.00 Total expenditures $1180.10 Balance in Treasury .02 I hereby certify the above statement to ba true and correct. F. H. Hogrefe, Sec'y-Treas. CHANCE FO$ BIG GAME THIS SEASON * • ■ *fev w# "*£«Jr ///OS PARK THEATER UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT The Park theater has been purchased from K. H. Nichol by R. Federlck of Lorain, the change taking place yesterday. The Park theater is now the sixth theater under the management of Mr. Frederick. A number ot Improvements are now being mude on the motion picture machines' which make the pictures show p'alnly on the screen. Several other Improvements on the building are also being made. The theater will be open every evening In the week with a continuous show on Saturday and Sunday. The latest pictures have been booked by the management, which will give local theuter goers the most up- to-date motion picture entertainment. The opening feature for Sunday und Monday will be "Daytime Wives". MRS. ELIZABETH AIKEN DIES EARLY MONDAY Mra. Ellzubeth Aiken, aged 68, died at her home on Jackson street Monday morning at three o'clock. Death was due to old age and a complication of deseases. -Mra. Aiken was a member of the Stone church here and was active in community work until her age so prevented it. The deceased ia survived by her husband, Henry Aiken; one aon Fred Aiken, three slaters, Mrs. A. F. Fuerste- men, of Chicago, III., Mrs. Adam Moore and Mrs. F. C. Oehl, of Amherst and two brothers, Martin and Henry Schmlnk. Funeral services were held this afternoon from the late home at two o'clock, with Kev. W. A. Tabbert officiating. Burial waa mude In Cleveland avenue cemetery. * BUSINESS MEN'S AS80CIA- * * TION MEETING TONIGHT. « * There will be an Important * * meeting of the Amherst Bust- * * nesa Men's Association at the * * town hall tonight at 7 o'clock. * * bfiary member Is reqested to * * be present and on time. Impor- • * taut business wlll he discussed * * which will be of unusual inter- * * est to every business man in • * Amherst. • MISS HELEN BELLER •WEDDED YESTEREAY Miss He'en M. Heller, of Spring street, waa united In marriage to Homer Mulhollund, of Cleveland, at the homo of the bride's sister, Mrs. C. H. Ernest, on Park avenue, at three o'clock yeaterduy afternoon. The couple was attended by Don hen Ernst who acted as flower girl. Kev. E. J. Soe'l, pastor of St. Peter's Kvungell- cal church officiated and the single ring ceremony was used. Only the immediate families of the couple were present together with a few intimate friends. Following the wedding ceremony a wedding dinner was served at four o'clock. The couple left immediately after the dinner for an extended trip to Washington, D. C, and upon their return will reside on 110th street, Cleveland. Mrs. Mulholland Is well known in Amherst, having graduated from the local high school and also teaching school here for a number of years. She was a member of several of the societies of St. Peter's church and an active member of the Au Contain club. Mr. Mulholland Is an Inspector of uxpress at the Now York Centrnl station In Cleveland. NEEDLECRAFT CLUB MEETS. FIRST AU COURANT DANCE HUGE SUCCESS. The flrst dance given by the Au Courant club this year was beld last Friday evening with a large number of local people and aeveral people from out. of tosvn In attendance. Carr'a orchestra, of Lorain, furnished the raua|c. Tbe club is planning to give another dance ta November. GLEANERS MEET TONIGHT. The Gleaners society of St. Peter's Evangelical church will meet tonight ta tho church parlors. All members are cordially Invited to attend. eat tbe crops. That's the kind of war that armies SHOULD make, and the only kind that tbey wlll make, when the earth becomes civilised. j Government Qylug machines now are spraying forests to protect trees from pests. In France, flying machines replant denuded mountains. That work will go on when war, as s killing trade, will' have boon long forgotten. ♦ v The Needlecratt club of St. Joseph's Catholic church was entertained yesterday afternoon by Mrs. H. A. Finne- gan at her home on. Milan avenue. The afternoon was spent ln needlework after which a delicious luncheon was served. COUNTY GRID TITLE AT STAKE SUNDAY. Loruin County's Independent Grid title wlll be at stake Sunday when the Ituth professionals meet tbe Lorain Mercuries at Krohn Held at Penfield junction. The Ruth's have been sueceaafu! In winning all of this season's games and are In the beat of condition. The Mercuries also have u strong team and wlll give the Ruth's a stiff battle according to dope. Sunday's game will start promptly at 2:30 p, m. ARRESTED SUNDAY ON ASSAULT CHARGE Edward Case, aged about 110, wus arretted by constable 10. H. Muys, Sunday afternoon at four o'clock on Cleveland avenue, after having attacked several people near East Quarry. He attacked John Koruath and chased Helen Kornath and Olivia Gil- lis through a Held near the quarries. He was brought to the Jul' hy constable Mays, where he lnsis on not entering. After a short atiuggle he wus lodged in the Jail. He became vi11'i• • i; ami broke all of the windows and frames in the room. He wus arranged before Justice of the peace K. E. Foster Monday afternoon, at which time he plead not guilty. He was turned over to the Common Pleas court under a $500 bond. T BURIED YESTERDAY Orover Ornishy, aged IS, died at his home on the South Amherst road Sunday afternoon, after an illness of about two yeara duration. The deceased was an active member in the community, having served as conatnble for several years. He was also a member of the local order of Eugles and the Woodman of the World and a member of the local Congregational church. He Is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Charles Krleg of Park avenue gild .Mildred at home; two sons Elmer and I lira in ut home; two sisters. Mra. Ucorgi) HolTner, of Church street aud Mrs. Charles Halm, of Vermilion; one brother, Dr. H. M. Ormaby, of Cleveland, and his aged mother Mrs. Orms- by at home." Funeral services were held yesterday from the late home ut two o'clock with Rev. F. E. Eastman officiating. Burial was mude in Crown Hill Cemetery. QREENLINE USING OHIO PUBLIC SERVICE POWER. The Cleveland Southwestern tt Columbus Railway company, are now using Ohio Public Service power to operate their cars, according to a statement made by Thomas Conger, inotonnun on the local line today, The Ohio Public Service compuny has installed new equipment at the sub station nt Penfield Junction, which supplies fit) cycle current in place of 25 cycle current supplied by the Green- line's own power house. Patrons of the line can now depend on current at all times, Mr. Conger stated. BUSINESS REMAINS ON SUUND BASIS FOREIGN TROUBLES HAVE NOT AS YET AFFECTED AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. MRS. JACKSON DIES IN CLEVELAND HOSP. .Mrs. Clinton Jackson, aged J8, died at Lakeside hospital in Cleveland Monday morning following an operation for Goitre. The deceased Is survived by her husband; three children, Clinton, Jr., Evelyn and Melvon; three sisters, Mra. John Baine, of Amherst; Mrs. W. Scott, of New York, and one aiater in Scotland; und one brother, James Cullen. She was an active member in the Congregational ohurch. Funerul services were~hefd yester- day from the lute home on Jackson street with Rev. F. E. Eastman officiating. Burial was made In Crown Hill cemetery. OHIO ENGINEERING COMPANY AT WORK ON LOCAL STREETS. BANKS WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW. Both The /niherst Savings & Banking company and The Amherat Park Bank company will be closed all day tomorrow, on account ot Columbus day. Mr. and Mrs. Frsnk Foster spent Sunday In Oberlin. CELEBRATE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ernst celebrated their sixteenth wedding anniversary at their home on Park avenue last evening. Frlenda and relatives were present and the evening was pleasantly spent ln music and chat. Mr. and Mrs. ('has Ludwlg, of Cleveland avenue, spent several daya of thla week viaitlng in Columbus and Oxford, Ohio. The Ohio Engineering compuny hus laid the concrete' on the Injured places in the local streets and will put on the Asphalt this week. The Ohio Engineering company is repairing all of the streets with the exception of the ones llrst Improved at their own expense. The village wlll pay for ull other repulrs. W. C. T. U. TO MEET. The Wotuens' christian Temperance Union will hold a meetnlg ut Ihe home of Mrs. Christ Schibley on the Middle Ridge. Thursday, October 18. A tureen dinner wlll be served, and members are requested to bring sandwiches and one hot dlali. Those who have no means of transportation are to meet at tbe Green Line waiting room at one o'clock. Dinner will be served at 25c per plute. HOME BUILDERS' CLASS TO MEET The Home Builders' class ot the Stone church will hold a meeting Friday night. The meeting will be held ut the borne of Henry Miller ou Spring street. Te following Is un extract from the Monthly Business Review published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Just what effect the recent Japanese disaster wlll hnve on American business Is a questloti which bas been uppermost In the minds of many of us during the past few weeks. Japan has started to rebuild. The ashes of the greut llres which followed the I quakes hud scarcely cooled before . plans were under way to bring a new and more up-to-date Japan out of the ! ruins: a Japan fore In keeping with IhS progressive spirit of her people. ' Such a comeback requires pluck und | courage und the .lupunese are showing that they have these qualities. While the loss oT life and property j was staggering, suffering was undoubtedly minimized hy th prompt uctlon Of relife agencies. The outside world necessarily has i been viewing the situation through' smoked glass but these are beginning to cleer. Wild rumors are being re- placod by conservative estimates. The Government according to recent advices from Tokio, la taking steps to provide the funds necessary for a great reconstruction campaign through local and foreign loans. While Insurance compaines and their underwriters have, of course, suffered losses. Japan's financial syatem as s whole remains firm and It is quite generally conceded that her credit Is unimpaired. Reconstruction Is necessary as a result of this disaster. The United Stutes hus many of the things Japan needs. Just how much of the calamity- made demand will come this way is still a problem. There will of course he a limited Immediate demand for materials like steel, nails, wire, pipe, und rooting to house the multitudes thut huve suddenly been left without protection from the elements ut a seuson ot the year when colder weather is on the wuy. The permanent replacement of properties destroyed, however, will be done largely upon credit und the buyers of materials will naturally look for the market that cun give them what they want. Business over here continues on a sound basis. Aa the basis for aound business Is the purchasing power of the people and as the purchasing power Is produced by a condition of general employment, the following records which have been established in Industry during the lust few months, as cited by Julius H. Barnes, President of the! Chamber of Commerce of the United ■ States, furnish several good reasons for this prucMcully unilistruhed business routine: 1. Lurgest pig iron prodcutlon. Largest cotton consumption. Largest steel ingot production. Lurgest crude oil production. Lurgest automobile ui*l truck production. G. Lurgest residential construction. 7. Largest production of locomotives. 8. Lurgest volume of mail order sales. 9. Largest volume of retail sales. 10. Largest volume of railroad car loadings. To thla we might add that uccordlng to the September crop forecasts of the Department ot Agriculture, the com crop this yeur wlll be 185,074,000 bushels above 1922 estimate; the oats crop will be 110.251,000 bushels hglh- er; and there wlll be 1,026.000 more bales of cotton. The estimate of the wheat crop shows a decline being placed at about 72,800,000 bushels less than last year. Back of all thla Is the sound financial condition of the country. After ull, the successful development of modem industry and commerce ia possible only when ull the fundamental factors ln the situation perform their respective parts In the work of the whole. It is obvious tbat no matter whut the consumer's demand for goods may be, If through lack of transportation facilities tbe goods cannot be delivered to him, or ANNA ROBERTSON WINS EIRST PRIZE IN CONTEST LOCAL GIRL SUPPLIES MISSING WORD CORRECTLY 19 TIME8 OUT OF 24—RUTH LADRICH AND MRS. H. H. HESTER TIED POR SECOND PLACE. The winners of the News-Times Missing Word contest were selected from a large group of contestants yesterday. Mias Anna Robertson (aged ||) of Tenney avenue waa awarded llrst prise. During the contest which started last June and ended the llrst week in September, Miaa Robertaon supplied lit of the 24 missing words correctly. Miss Ruth Ladrlch. R. D. No. S and Mrs. il. H Hester of Browuhelni were tied for second place, each having supplied the missing word correctly 18 times out of 24. R. L. Mem of Park avenue waa awarded third prize with a record of 17 correct answers out of 24. Mra. C. E Baker of Park avenue was given fourth price with a record of 16 correct answers out of 24. Mra. Anna Lynch of Seeley avenue, Mlas Hulda Berger, Miss Lulu Molllaon, Walter Rhelnhardt und Mrs. C. A. Lauer were also winners. The following la the list of winners und the prizes offered to each: Miss Anna Robertson $20.00 Miss Ruth Ladrlch 7.60 Mrs. H. H. Hester 7.50 R. L. Mens 8.00 Mrs. C. K Baker 2.00 Mrs. Anna Lynch 1.00 Misa Hulda Berger 1.00 Miss Lulu Molllson 1.00 Wulter Rhelnhardt 1.00 Mra. C. A. Lauer 1.00 The News Times wishes to congratulate the winners und to thunk those who contributed to the success of the contest. RALLY DAY SERVICE WELL ATTENDED SUNDAY. The Itally Day services ut tbe Methodist church Sunday morning were well attended. Rev. F. E. Eastman related tbe story of his trip into Canada whlcb waa Interesting and appreciated by those present. Several musical numbers were given by the choir and quartet. METHODIST LADIES MEET. The Ladles' Sewing society of the Methodist church waa entertained In the church parlors yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Bert Sunders uud Mrs. H. J. Brown. A lurge nuauber of lad ii'n were present und enjufed the afternoon in sewing uud social chat. Refreshments were served lute In (Im afternoon. NEW BOOKS AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Athertou—Bluck Oxen. Bubcock- -The Soul of Abe Lincoln. Bok—A Mun from Mutne. Cabot—What Men Live By. Carnegie—Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie. Curwood—The Alaskan. Fluley—lElsie's Children. Fox -Little Sheperd of Kingdom Come. Grimm—Fairy Tales. London-Call of the Wild. Mills—The Grizzly. Norris—Bread. Paplnl—The Life of Christ. Perkins -The Swiss Twins. Porter- The White Flag. Quick The Huwkeye. Richmond- Round the Corner In Guy Street. Richmond--Strawberry Acres. Street—Cross-Sections. Turkington— Pen rod. Wulpole—The Cathedral. Wlggiu Rebuccu of Suiiuybrook Furni. Wiggln -The Birds' Christmas Cur- Si Wright—The Mlue with the Iron Door. Mr. and Mrs. John Subiers, of Milan avenue, were visitors in Tiffin Sunday. Clare Becker, of Milan avenue, was uu Elyrla visitor Sunday evening if tbe manufacturers are unable to receive sufficient raw materials, the natural working out of the law of aupply and demand is impeded. Fortunately there hus been a surplus of equipment for aeverul mouths which enablea the roads to perform their part of the program well. It Is equally clear that were It not for tbe smooth worklug of our tiiiaiiciui machinery, as for Instance the par clearance aud quick collection of checks which are made possible through the Federul Reserve Banks, the vast volume of business which we have at present could not be handled ao expeditiously / ■
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me _4feml
This Week
By Arthur Britten*.
Fiva Yaars and Changss.
Powor at tho Mino.
Thanks to Mr- Eastman.
Bad Advertising.
five yeara ago, tbta month more
than 400,000 United State, soldler-
ueean the drive on the Argonne. Seventeen thoueand wore killed, many
wonnded, In fighting that stretched
along a torty-mlle Croat
8oon after that the war waa over.
Five yeara ago, and the aoldlera, to
whom excited and flrlghtened big
pooketboeks promised tbe moon and
Ht_rn, have not yet received a penny
of the pitifully small bonus that re-
preaenta the dwindling down of all
the gratitude.
There'*, a plan to simplify tha coal
problem. Railroads won't like It-
no more coal to carry. Middlemen
will detest It.
The Idea Is change the coal Into
electric current at the mine.
Electricity carries itself over the
wirea. wltb no bumping of freight
care, no flat wheels, no loading and
unloading. Instead of buying coal,
changing it Into power and heat five
hundred or a thousand miles from the
mine, skilled labor at tbe mines would
change coal into electricity to be used
for beat, light, power, wherever wanted. That will come in time.
it ought to come now.
Thanks to Mr. Eastman, of Rochester, and tbe wide, wide world, this
country sees efficient and thorough
development of musical talent.
To help a nation ln music is to
help It intellectually. Music and Intellect are sisters. Music arouses tho
brain, refreshes and stimulates It, aa
nothing elae can do. Music la the only
stimulant that haa no "next day" of
let down and reaction-
Mr. Eastman's school of music in
tbe University of Rochester brings
to tha city and to tha students of
music the bast musicians of tba world,
and provides musical genius with a
magnificent setting In a beautiful opera bouse, given to the city by Mr. Eastman and paying financial profit to no
Young people from all over tbe
United flutes win scholarships that
give them free .taarhHag -ond
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Toddler Dances to Metallica's 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' – Best of YouTube
Metallica's live album 'S&M,' which stands for Symphony and Metallica, saw the band backed by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra to make their music somehow sound larger than it already is. What's more epic than Metallica backed by an orchestra? A toddler dancing to it, of course!
Wearing a shirt that says 'My Daddy Loves Me,' it couldn't be more correct. This awesome dad played his little girl Metallica's 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' so she could dance like nobody is watching. Well, this time everyone is watching, but we're thankful that this magic was caught on video!

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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Two cousins who were killed in an Arizona wildfire last month with 17 other members of an elite Hotshots firefighting crew were remembered in California on Saturday.
A public memorial service was held for Grant McKee, 21, and Robert Caldwell, 23, at a church in Newport Beach. More than 300 people attended, including firefighters from Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach and Newport Beach.
Tools, uniforms and boots were displayed near an altar next to McKee's and Caldwell's portraits, according to the Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/1aAvUaO ).
The cousins were among 19 firefighters who were killed June 30 when they were overrun by flames. The crew's 20th member survived.
McKee was engaged and training to become an emergency medical technician. Caldwell was a newlywed and worked as a squad boss with the Hotshots.
McKee's former youth football coach Kirk Norton spoke of his upbeat attitude and relentless spirit.
"I met him as a team player and he went down as a team player," Norton said. "I really miss my hero."
McKee's father, Scott McKee, praised his son and nephew for their courage and strength to do their jobs.
"They didn't fall, they rose," Scott McKee said. "I wish I was half the man my son was."
Caldwell's sister, Taylor Caldwell, said the pair were "brothers," adding that McKee joined the Granite Mountain Hotshots to work with his cousin.
"Devastation is not the appropriate word for the situation," she said. "I know they are up there and just saying, 'We did what we loved.'"
Information from: The Orange County Register, http://www.ocregister.com


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1. Re: Knowledge BaseJeff_Coatsworth Apr 5, 2012 6:05 AM (in response to tracy_scottCiv)
Going to need more info to be able to help you out. What form of help did you create? Was the project located on your local c:\ drive? What & where did you copy?
2. Re: Knowledge BasePeter Grainge Apr 5, 2012 6:14 AM (in response to Jeff_Coatsworth)
I'm pretty sure Tracy has created a CHM and put it on a network drive.
CHMs have to be run from each user's PC so you need to think again what output you want to create. Sounds like webhelp on a web server is what you need.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
3. Re: Knowledge Basetracy_scottCiv Apr 5, 2012 6:20 AM (in response to Jeff_Coatsworth)
I created in Robohelp Word, a MS html Knowledge Base which I copied the Output File which was located on my C drive to our network drive (compiled HTML file) it has a ? in the icon. Normally we just copy the Helpfile and then users can search the WikiPedia Style Knowledge Base.
We have been able to let other users access the last database we had which is the output file.
Hope this makes sense - I did try and take a pitcture but it will not let me upload the file.
Thank you for all your help in advance.
4. Re: Knowledge BasePeter Grainge Apr 5, 2012 6:29 AM (in response to tracy_scottCiv)
CHMs (Microsoft compiled HTML files) do not work from network drives unless someone makes some registry changes as described on my site. http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/chm_mspatch/896358.htm
If you have CHMs on a network drive, then someone has changed the registry to allow that. It sounds like a further change is needed for you new file.
One of your colleagues must have some knowledge of what was done, maybe one of the developers?
Attaching files is no longer permitted. When you start a reply, there is a camera icon. Use that for images.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
5. Re: Knowledge BaseJeff_Coatsworth Apr 5, 2012 6:31 AM (in response to tracy_scottCiv)
Peter's prediction was right on the money - I believe his site (grainge.org) has info on what workarounds you can do with .chm files on servers (it's become a security thing) - if not there, then a search of the forum should turn up the tweak you make to your server's settings.
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Townspeople are abuzz about SB186, aka Tim Tebow Act. In fact, I think most citizens in many states are caught up in the athletic implications the bill brings forth.
Townspeople are abuzz about SB186, aka Tim Tebow Act. In fact, I think most citizens in many states are caught up in the athletic implications the bill brings forth. Comparable versions have passed and been signed into law in several states, but others are still hanging in some, including Alabama.
Let it hang! Leave it be! We don't need the Tim Tebow bill. What we need is to get athletics completely out of the schools.
I am a former teacher, counselor, principal and coach. I was inundated in children, ages 6 to 18, for 30 years.
There is little that I have not seen, heard and otherwise experienced in dealing with the young in their educational, emotional and athletic pursuits.
To say this experience did not influence my viewpoint on education and the welfare of young people would be flat-out fibbing. However, observing other school systems, studying methods of education in foreign countries and further study in universities also have given me some insight.
Where does the good ol' USA stand in relation to other countries' status in the realm of educating our young and giving them the mental ability to compete for careers all over the world? Way down the line. In fact, 16 other countries beat us out in science and 21 in math. (Programme for International Students Assessment).
Who is No. 1 in academic standards? Finland. Why Finland? Perhaps it's because of its requirements. All teachers must have master's degrees, only 10 percent of graduate students get chosen for teacher training and they have one afternoon a week dedicated strictly for professional development. And they don't have athletics in schools.
Research shows more than 7.5 million American high school students participate in interscholastic athletics each year. (National Federation of State High School Association)
Proponents of sports actually believe the academic program is enhanced by the sports program. I don't. It hinders.
They say sports promote teamwork, character and discipline. They do, but so do academic decathlons that emphasize, not minimize, the mind.
I believe in sports. I love sports. I am not advocating doing away with sports, but doing away with them in academic settings.
Sports are considered an extension of the classroom. They should not be.
As I stated above, at one time I was a high school coach. I also was a teacher.
I remember other coaches, worried about their athletes' GPAs, coming to me as a teacher and asking me to assign a little project to one of their players "so he can make the required grade point average."
"Just a little something," they would say. As a coach, I wanted to, as a teacher, I did not.
Again, I say, we don't need the Tim Tebow Bill. What we do need is to make athletics a community or club project. It'll work.
Using community, state and federal monies, hire coaches and additional personnel; build gymnasiums, football fields, tennis courts, the whole she-bang. Do it up right, but do it in a community atmosphere, not an academic one.
Every child then would have the opportunity to participate in athletics no matter where he or she attended school.
I'm not talking privatizing. I'm talking community. Glencoe could play Southside, Gadsden could play Albertville and Attalla could go against Rainbow City. Individual sports could be handled in the same manner.
Academics then would become the No. 1 emphasis in schools, improving learning and critical thinking skills.
Class hours would be cut; students would leave the campus early for extracurricular activities, more training elsewhere or to go to community sports. Teachers would have time for professional development and teacher improvement.
It's a win-win situation.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned congressional Republicans on Friday that their next budget negotiations will need to be about more than just spending cuts after a fiscal stalemate that resulted in a 16-day government shutdown.
Visiting a school that offers students a fast track to technology jobs to underline his point, Obama said some tax loopholes need to be eliminated to create more tax revenue for the government that can be used to trigger more job growth.
"I don't want to hear the same old stuff about how America can't afford to invest in the things that have always made us strong. Don't tell me we can afford to shut down the government, which cost our government billions of dollars, but we can't afford to invest in our education system," he said in a speech.
After a bruising budget impasse that shut down the federal government for 16 days, lawmakers on Wednesday were to begin reconciling vastly different spending plans put forward by the Democratic-controlled Senate and the Republican-led House of Representatives.
In a sign that tensions still exist over the bitter budget feud, Obama could not resist scolding Republicans.
"By the way, I just sat in on a lesson called 'Real World Math,' which got me thinking whether it's too late to send Congress here for a remedial course," he said.
The Democratic president was visiting Pathways in Technology Early College High School in Brooklyn, whose curriculum he has praised as a beacon for the future, to contrast his budget priorities with those of Republicans.
Obama spoke about budget strategy Friday with Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, and the top Democrats on the conference committee, Senator Patty Murray and Representative Chris Van Hollen.
Obama "reiterated a shared principle that we should focus first and foremost on how we can grow our economy and create good jobs with good wages for middle class families," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said aboard Air Force One.
The president's renewed focus on the budget comes just over a week after the end of a stalemate that resulted in the government shutdown and threatened a U.S. debt default. Since then, Obama has been back on the defensive over the seriously flawed online gateway to health insurance that is central to his signature 2010 healthcare law known as Obamacare.
White House aides said the president was looking ahead to the next round of the budget debate and wanted to contrast his goals of boosting government spending on things like schools and infrastructure with those of Republicans, who are focused on reining in the nation's debt and deficit and shrinking the role of government.
Obama reminded the audience that the deficit is projected to shrink this year to about half of what it was in 2009. He said he is open to further deficit reduction, and to trimming benefits to be paid out over the long term under the Social Security retirement and Medicare healthcare program for the aged, but only if they are accompanied by ending tax breaks and increasing revenues to the government.
"We need a budget that is responsible, that is fiscally prudent, but a budget that cuts what we don't need, closes wasteful tax loopholes that don't create jobs, freeing up resources to invest in the things that actually do help us grow, things like education and scientific research and infrastructure - roads, bridges, airports," he said.
Some lawmakers taking part in the budget negotiations expressed lower expectations.
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said on Thursday a new round of budget negotiations starting next week should focus more narrowly on replacing automatic spending cuts rather than an elusive "grand bargain." Ryan will lead Republicans on the 29-member panel that is trying to reach a deal before December 15.
Both parties want to minimize the impact of the across-the-board sequester cuts that went into effect in March and avoid a further $109 billion round of reductions due on January 15.
The Pathways in Technology high school earned praise from the president during his State of the Union speech this year for a six-year program that allows students to earn a community college degree as well as a chance to work with the partner company of the school, IBM.
The school, which also collaborates with the City University of New York, allows students to get an associate of arts degree in computers or engineering.
Obama praised the school as a model for efforts to compete with the education systems of countries like Germany, which he said was preparing students for technical jobs immediately after high school.
(Additional reporting by Roberta Rampton in Washington; Writing by Steve Holland; Editing by Eric Walsh)


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While I am what most people would describe as an atheist, I normally call myself an agnostic, not so much because of any belief in a creator, but more because I would be open to accepting there was one if I had any proof. Dawkins has said about the same thing, but unlike him, I am not sure that the world would be a better place without religion. Yes, many bad things have been done because of religion, but there is a huge bias working in what we hear and see. Most religious people that have moderate views are silent and get much from their faith. Many if not most believe in science, evolution and such, but simply add the comforting belief that there a loving god and afterlife. I see this coming from several basic human needs.
There is also a big difference in peoples reality due to IQ differences. Most of us here have a higher than average IQ. My IQ is higher than 99.99 percent of the people around me. The world seems much different to someone with an IQ of even average range. I got a hint of what it would be like to be less logical when an illness affected my cognitive abilities. I had to learn new coping skills and it made me see how someone who just does not have the mental abilities to really understand things like deep time would simply come to the conclusions they have. Nature is really rather miraculous looking.
I have come to the conclusion that humanity will not ever be free of superstitious thinking and it is understandable. With that in mind, insulting religion does not seem to me a good way of fighting against it. Maybe we would be better off trying to influence religious beliefs instead to promote them being a more positive influence while insuring that as much science education as possible while trying to minimize parental indoctrination.
I am not at all sure that Dawkins is a positive force for atheism. I understand why we tend to have a chip on our shoulder. I am so tired to having people try to indoctrinate me, flipping through the religious shows on tv, etc. Before the Internet, I had not even met another person who would admit being an atheist. We have a lot of pent up frustration. But now, we have the Internet and people who are interested in atheistic ideas will find us. We should work towards ways of being seen positively.
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So basically, religion is true, it's just confused.
These ideas are all based on real-life experience, mine and other people's. Because, after all, what is philosophy but an analysis of real life?
I admit to feeling a little swamped by this project, by now. I'm unsure of a strategy. I think I need to concentrate on coming up with material, and then to organize it nicely. After that, I need to pass it on to others so that they can expand it. I'm finding that it goes over everyone's heads when they first see it. Christians, however, tend to turn white - which suggests to me that this theory is religious in nature.
I'm in favour of these pithy sayings, because people need something snappy which they can apply in seconds. Also, as in mathematics, moral behaviour follows simple rules.
I don't understand how you got "So basically, religion is true, it's just confused" Simon's quote to me are examples of texts that suggest the basis of human morals not tied to "God said this is so". Perhaps you are drawing from past discussions in this topic while I am new. I agree with you about it going over the heads of the people I would want to understand.
Perhaps it would be better for me to read more of the archives here before I pose questions. Is it common for people to get frustrated at going over the same subject?
Oh, now this is making more sense. I was reading the site using an old computer that does not have the newer goodies in the web browser, so the page was messed up and looked as if your second reply was from a third party when it was actually a continuation of your thoughts.
So yes I agree that in this sense religion has it's basis in some natural truths, just with a bunch of supernatural mumbo jumbo applied in thick sweet and sour layers to make it all go down nice and smooth.
You know, I think of myself as a fairly good communicator, but I find the topic of religion difficult. It takes some care to express my ideas in a clean and simple manner. Pithy is good when you can pull it off.
BTW nice dreadlocks. Do you like playing with heavy equipment? The excavator in the picture was the clue. I love operating a backhoe or dozer. I am a caver and digging open some new entrance to a cave sealed for hundreds of thousands of years, then exploring the virgin passage is one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. Deep time stares you in the face. Ten thousand years starts to make sense, it becomes real.
"I find the topic of religion difficult." I think even religious people find it difficult. What I've got there is a clean, efficient, stripped-down version. I found it hard work to get to that stage, because the ideas are so profound and all-encompassing. Now, I find it very easy to understand. Adding new ideas however is still hard work.
I've never used heavy equipment, but I used to be a squatter and I love derelict buildings and situations. Something about the teeming history of the place.
1- there are other things that comfort other than religion.
2-people should do what they know is right because they want to do right not because some god says their going to hell for it.
3-i am happy with the fact that once i die i will be no more. people shouldnt invent something thats not there, lie to everybody, and raise hell because nobody else believes in their imaginary friend.
My imaginary friends better than yours!
While it may not do any good to fight it, im tired of taking bullshit from so called christians. im not takin it anymore. im standing up for myself. they need to fuck off. they try to convert us, why cant we try to convert them?
Tiffany, I share all these sentiments and understand the desire to tell off someone who tries to convert you. I have done this myself many times. After checking out your bio, I also understand well the situation you are in. Believe it or not, I am familiar with where you live. I grew up in Wytheville and until about a year ago lived there. I have relatives that live in the Austinsville area. It's pretty well filled with poor uneducated country folk who would find it hard to accept someone suggesting their god is not real. Still, you have to ask yourself what your goals are. If it is to promote secularism, then telling a religious person off is not the best way to get this done. Keeping quiet also gets you no where. While being rude to some proselytizer is satisfying and sometimes appropriate, if your goal is to promote your ideas, then taking the high road is really the only way of doing it. Otherwise you just end up proving (in their mind) their points and dismissing your arguments.
I'm not saying we need to respect their beliefs or remain silent. We can choose to word our statements so that a believer is not instantly enraged and then hears nothing about our view of things. I think maybe I have been mentally where both you and Tiffany are now and gotten past the urge to tell them off. I can remember a time when I had to stop going to church because I was afraid I would not be able to control the urge to jump up and yell "Bullshit" at the preacher. I was going to satisfy family at the time and had a big chip on the shoulder over it. But now I want to promote secularism. The majority of Christians are very moderate and do not speak out. They do listen to other people's views and when they listen to us insulting some fundy, they often hear us also insulting them, when they have never said anything at all. These are the people I would like to reach and they are reachable with a more moderate, reasonable message. Many of them go to church for community and acceptance more than anything else.
I don't agree that secular organizations can provide every good thing that religious ones do. Religion provides the soothing idea that we do not end when we die, that our loved ones will be seen again, that the wrongs people endure will be corrected in the end, etc. These ideas may be false, but many people need this lie and the worse their lives are, the better the lie sounds. Do I promote believing in something false, just because it makes you feel better? No, for me, never, but it is obvious that religion is and has been a big part of humanity. There are reasons for this, some of them may even be hard wired into us by evolution. I think the idea that we can stamp out religion any time soon is being naive. If so, then a better way of minimizing future harm by religious beliefs would be to manipulate those beliefs and make them less damaging while allowing the belief to still be comforting. We do this by finding common ground and cooperation for now and later by controlling it's teaching.
You are not challenging or showing your dissatisfaction by insulting a believer, you are making an enemy. No matter how satisfying it is, insults are not in our best interest, just as remaining silent does nothing.
Be Well
and yes hope, while it may make enemies im not just sitting back anymore and taking their crap. im standing up for myself. if they can say their opinions and beliefs, so can i.
i've heard it once said opinions are like assholes, everybody has one. according to christians, their the only ones that can say theirs.
i have the right to state my beliefs, as do they. they insult me, i can insult them back. they shouldnt even be insulting/judging to start with.
we have been goin at it for years and they have a part in it too. im not sitting back anymore and getting run over by christians, ive did it long enough. im standing up for myself. if nobody likes it, i dont need them in my life. the only person i have to proove myself too is my boyfriend. everybody else can kiss my butt. i know i sound pissed or whatever, im just sick and tired of it all.
well said nate!
im glad you can relate to me. im just tired of taking bullcrap from christians. they can say their opinions i can too. yes people here are idiots. im originally from mississippi. bible belt. holy rollers. damn retards.
and nate i completely agree with you. 100%
Hey Hopper,
We just had a long thread on this about anger management. I think you and Nate are both right. imo, We have to be pragmatic while at the same time not surrender the indignation that drives social change.
- kk
Back soon, HoPpeR, I'll answer you then.


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StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity and other NRCS efforts help farmers and ranchers provide fresh fruits and vegetables for their communities.
Millie Titla, NRCS district conservationist in San Carlos, Ariz., and Noah Titla, San Carlos 4-H Garden Club at the club's community garden.
Millie Titla, NRCS district conservationist in San Carlos, Ariz., Noah Titla, San Carlos 4-H Garden Club member and Sabrina Tuttle, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension tribal extension program agent, inspect the garden's hose which is used for drip irrigation.
The bare garden lies ready for the soil to be worked and spring planting to begin. A boarded up, abandoned house with graffiti scrawled on the side sits beside the garden. This house is a stark reminder that San Carlos is defined as a persistent poverty area.
An Apache youth, Noah Titla, 13, has chosen to follow in the footsteps of generations of San Carlos Apaches by growing and harvesting his own food. His passion for reconnecting growing food with tribal traditions has been a catalyst for increasing awareness of the benefits and availability of fresh food on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in southeastern Arizona.
Through his hard work at the San Carlos 4-H Garden Club's community garden, Noah is making a difference in a state included in the USDA's StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity. The initiative addresses high-priority funding and technical assistance needs in rural communities in 16 states, including Arizona, with a special emphasis on historically underserved producers and communities in designated counties with persistent poverty, such as the San Carlos Apache Reservation.
"I didn't know that such a small community could grow such a good amount of crops," Noah said about his club's community garden. Club members share the harvested food with their friends and families.
Besides all the hard work club members put into keeping it going, the community garden is thriving thanks in part to StrikeForce and the resulting partnerships between USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Rural Development, as well as University of Arizona Cooperative Extension and local community members.
Noah's aunt, Millie Titla, NRCS district conservationist in San Carlos, teaches youth working in the garden about the importance of soil and water conservation practices. She also provides heirloom Apache squash, corn and watermelon seeds, which she grows behind the NRCS field office in San Carlos.
"Millie is my mentor. She really helped me out a lot with this and with my community fellow Apache members," Noah said.
"Gardening has been a part of the Apache culture for thousands of years, and we've lost the traditional way of gardening throughout the century," the elder Titla said. "I wanted to bring this back to the community so they could appreciate what gardens are about and what gardens can provide for their families."
Fellow Arizona farmers, Alfredo and Sabrina Zamora, are also doing their part to help the community. The Zamoras, who have worked with NRCS the last 20 years, recently replaced four outdated pivot irrigation systems with new upgraded ones on their cropland with financial assistance through StrikeForce.
They regularly hold field days on their farm to share with other local farmers the benefits of USDA programs and to increase participation in those programs, especially among Hispanic farmers.
"Here along the border areas, there are a lot of small landowners—a lot of underserved, nontraditional clients and USDA's StrikeForce provides opportunities for them," NRCS district conservationist Gerry Gonzalez said.
Several states to the east, StrikeForce also helped Arkansas farmer, Mildred Griggs, equip her seasonal high tunnel with irrigation, which keep plants growing strong with the precise amount of water. Griggs uses micro-irrigation to drop water at the base of the plants. The results of this work lead to fresh, tasty produce that is enjoyed by both Griggs and the community.
"StrikeForce has afforded some of the smaller alternative crop producers to be eligible to grow their crops under the seasonal high tunnel," NRCS district conservationist Derinda Smith said. "Mildred's done a really great job with this seasonal high tunnel. She&'s made it work for her and the community and that's a really, really nice thing for her to do."
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I am taking a chance here by discussing a topic such as this, and in particular taking the stance that I am taking. So, with that in mind, let's just get down to business.
As is usually the case with these sorts of things, we'll start off with a disclaimer or two. Most importantly you must realize that these are my opinions and observations, and some of them might be wrong. Please feel free to let me know if you disagree with anything I say. Keep in mind also that I am not saying that rooting your device does not have its benefits, but rather that one must be careful. Now that that is out of the way…
So, you just got your fancy new G1 or MyTouch 3G (or whatever other device you happened to get) and you've been reading about all of the cool things that you can do with it… but there is a catch. You have to "root" your device in order to do these cool things. So, of course, you hop online, find a tutorial (or even better, the so-called "1-Click Root" method) and proceed to root your device. To your surprise, it has been made so easy by now that it worked perfectly on the first try. Congratulations.
Now, in a perfect world, every user who has gone through this process knows exactly what they are doing and, even more importantly, how to keep their device and the information within and connected to it safe afterward.
But the reality is we don't live in a perfect world and I see new Android users every day who choose to root first and ask questions later. That is, they decide that they want or need to root their device before truly knowing what that entails.
However, I can't really put all of the blame on the users at this point because I know that there are a lot of (really great) tutorials out there for rooting, and I know that not all of them put enough emphasis on the seriousness of it all. Some flat out fail to make it clear that you are compromising the security of your device when you root it. It is as if they make assumptions about the technical level of the reader, and we all know what happens when you assume.
Accordingly, it always concerns me when rooting guides are placed right alongside beginner tutorials. To the reader, this implies that rooting is a beginner process, and that all beginners should do it. To that I would have to disagree. In fact, there are some users that simply should not do it.
To fully explain why I think not all users should root I have to jump out of the "root" discussion for a while, but I hope it will help to make my point.
How many times have you been perusing the Android Market and seen an application or game that you wanted to download? Countless, right?
How many times have you gone to download that application or game, been presented with a list of requested permissions, and seen things like Full Internet, GPS Location, Read Contacts, etc… Do you ever think "Hmm, why would a game like Asteroids or "Insert Game Name Here" require access to these things?" Do you ever install anyway? Don't be afraid to say yes… I have done it too.
The fact is the majority of users simply don't pay enough attention to the permissions requested by Android applications.
The fact that the Market tells us what types of things a given application wants to do is totally awesome, but it isn't enough. Unless the user takes this information and makes an informed decision, there is little point to this security measure. As soon as you grant these rights to an application, there is little you can do to stop them taking all of your Contacts information (for example) sending it up to their server and doing with it what they please. I am sure that your mother wouldn't appreciate whatever repercussions this might have (spam, telemarketing calls, junk mail, etc…).
And take for example another type of app. The kind that may have the best of intentions, but the worst of implementations. Believe it or not, developers do make mistakes. Sometimes a developer chooses to use a protocol that they think is secure but isn't. Or maybe they choose to use a single sign on for all users, and then leave in the debugging code that prints that sign-on information to the console. Suppose also that this well-meaning application also offers an option to remotely wipe your phone. What happens when someone figures out how to spoof information (they probably already have) and send it to the server and invoke a wipe of your data without you knowing it?
Basically, what I am saying is that even non-root applications can be harmful to the overly trusting user. With that being said, we'll head back to the discussion of root access for applications.
So, with root-enabled Android applications we see all of the same potential for misuse that we see in regular Android applications and then add on a whole new level of potential. Why? Because root access circumvents the security restrictions that are put in place by the Android OS and there is not really any effective way to tell just what the application intends to do with that power.
Sure, most (if not all) modified firmware releases include the Super User application by Koushik Dutta, or a variant of it, but is that enough? Similarly to the user account control message in Windows or other similar programs in other operation systems, this app only tells when an application requests Super User access. It does not (can not?) tell us what the application intends to do with that access.
How many times have we (yes, I have done it too) granted "Always Allow" access to an application without fully knowing exactly what the app was going to do? How can we tell exactly? Most of us can't, so we rely on what other users tell us, or we trust the developer. But, of course, that is not always reliable.
In many cases, but not all, these applications are open source so we can look at the source code to assess the risk. Then again, with an open source application, there is a greater possibility of coming across a modified version. Even if you only allow access once, your phone could be ruined.
But what exactly might a malicious root application do? Basically anything. In a little brainstorming session with a friend we came up with a wide variety of evil things that a root-enabled application could do.
- replace the Gmail application with a modified version
- replace your keyboard with a version that logs keystrokes
- delete files such as applications or application data
- download and attempt to install a different modified ROM
- download and install another application that wakes up nightly to call toll-numbers
- gain access to your Market account and make purchases on your behalf
- and the list goes on…
Luckily, we haven't yet seen anything like these. Hopefully, we never will.
If you are now thinking, "Man, that stuff is scary…" then I am already starting to feel better. It is the user, who recognizes the potential misuse and keeps it in mind when using these applications, that will be better able to protect their device and information.
Do your research. Learn about an application and the developer before trusting them. As a precaution, don't use "Always Allow" in the Super User application, though that will not protect you against a one-time attack.
Ideally, we wouldn't have a need to "root" our devices for some of the things that we are rooting for.
Case in point, I'd guess that a large portion of users root because they want to apply a theme. If Android were to natively support themeing, that might reduce the number of people rooting. Some people are rooting because there are optimizations added to make the phone run faster. Perhaps some of those optimizations could be contributed to the Android Open Source Project and included in official builds. In the case of the G1, where storage is extremely limited, we are rooting so we can store apps on the SD Card, or so that we can continue to receive updates to the OS.
In the effort of full disclosure, I have two Android devices, a T-Mobile G1 and a Google Ion ( HTC Magic), and both of them are rooted. I rooted my G1 when I first got it so that I could install applications to my SD Card. I will not claim to have known exactly what I was doing at that time and I am pretty sure that I don't now. For months I used my Ion without rooting, and only did recently to try out the "1-Click Root" method. Otherwise, I'd be pretty happy plodding along without root on my phone.
I am sure that there are a few readers who might be wondering what brought on this post? To be honest, it really comes down to an observation that a lot of new Android users have the impression that in order for your Android device to be "functional" it must have root. And while I wouldn't normally see that as a problem, we are beginning to see more users who don't fully understand the whole root concept and as Android continues to gain momentum, the likelihood of an attack grows.


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The fundamentals of organic farming - the ideals of land stewardship in order to keep the land productive for generations - are not new.1 However, organic farming G as we know it now came about as a reaction to the wide adaptation of input intensive farming around the time of WWII, as a result of technological advances made earlier in the century and food shortages experienced during the war. During the first half of the last century, synthetic fertilizers were affordably manufactured and tractors were quickly replacing manual labor. Farmers around the world saw the potential detriment of this industrialized farming, G rejected the idea that this was advancement in agriculture, and began to study and develop methods that increased the long term productivity of their farm system and practiced farming as stewards of the land.2 This type of farming soon came to be known as "organic."
Principles of organic
The philosophy of organic food production maintains certain principles: biodiversity, ecological balance, sustainability, natural plant fertilization, natural pest management, and soil integrity. Since farms vary in product and practice, there is also a wide variety in how these principles are applied.3 However, generally, organic food products:
Traditionally, organic food production has certain characteristics, including:
- Are grown or raised by a producer who uses practices in balance with the natural environment, using methods and materials that minimize negative impact on the environment. The organic farmer is committed to replicating the ecology of the natural environment by maintaining biodiversity G and fostering healthy soil and growing conditions.
- Are produced on land that has been free of known and perceived toxic and persistent chemical pesticides and fertilizers for at least three years prior to certification, and synthetic fertilizers and pesticides are not used in production.
- Are planted on a rotating basis within the farm system. Crops are rotated from field to field, rather than growing the same crop in the same place year after year. Cover crops such as clover are planted to add nutrients to the soil and prevent weeds.
- Organic meat, poultry and egg products come from farms that use organic feed, do not administer added hormones to promote growth or any antibiotics G and they allow animals the space and freedom to behave naturally.
In October 2002, the production and marketing of organic food came under regulation by the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Organic Program. The National Organic Standards Board, a federal advisory panel to the USDA for developing organic legislation, defines organic agriculture as "an ecological production management system that promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It is based on minimal use of off-farm inputs and on management practices that restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony."
Specifically, the regulations:
- Prohibit most synthetic (and petroleum derived) pesticides and fertilizers (for a list see the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances)
- Prohibit all antibiotics, genetic engineering, G irradiation4 and sewage sludge
Require all organically produced animals have 100% organic feed (which does not contain any animal byproducts or growth hormones)
- Require all organically produced animals to have access to the outdoors.5
- Require that processed products labeled organic contain at least 95% organic ingredients.6
After the USDA standards were implemented, all farmers describing their product as organic had to go through a national certification process involving a substantial fee and extensive record keeping. This process was too costly and time consuming for many smaller organic producers, who instead of certifying their farm, stopped using the word organic. These farmers are using growing practices that meet or exceed organic standards, but are legally not allowed to refer to their product as organic. Some grassroots certification schemes now exist to provide farmers and consumers an alternative to using the word "organic" and going through the USDA certification process. An example of a scheme like this is Certified Naturally Grown7, which uses USDA organic standards guidelines, but is less costly to the farmer and is locally regulated.
Internationally, in 1992 the European Community developed organic standards and a certification scheme8 similar to that of the USDA. The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)9 also has a set of organic principles which were the basis of the guidelines for organically produced foods of the internationally recognized Codex Alimentarius10 of the World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (WHO/FAO food standards). Codex Alimentarius is the internationally accepted food safety standard for all food products traded worldwide. There is a set of standards within the Codex Alimentarius that covers organic food.
The Difference between Organic and Sustainable
Organic farming generally falls within the accepted definition of sustainable agriculture. However, it is important to distinguish between the two, since organic products can be (unsustainably) produced on large industrial farms, and farms that are not certified organic can produce food using methods that will sustain the farm's productivity for generations. Some organic dairy farms, for example, raise cows in large confinement facilities but are able to meet the bare minimum requirements for organic certification, while a non-organic certified small farm could use organic guidelines and be self-sufficient by recycling all the farm's waste to meet its fertility needs.
To distinguish between organic and sustainable, here are some comparisons:
Organic farms must be independently certified every year and approved by the USDA, while a farm using sustainable practices do not require any official certification. Organic is an actual certification; sustainable is more a philosophy or way of life. The best way to be sure about the growing practices is to buy directly from a farmer - that way you can ask questions if you are uncertain about the sustainability of his or her practices.
Animal Welfare
Organic farmers need to give animals "access" to outdoors, but they can actually confine animals and gain organic certification with as little as an open door leading to a cement patio. In recent years, on larger USDA certified organic farms, a system of semi-confinement has been implemented. In this case, animals can spend their entire life in housing, but are granted "access to the outdoors" through screened windows.11 In a more sustainable system, animals must be permitted to carry out their natural behaviors, like rooting, pecking or grazing. A farmer using sustainable methods might keep his or her animals indoors in bad weather, but the animals are given ample space to move around naturally and are healthy, comfortable and well cared for.
While no antibiotics can be fed to organic-certified livestock, there is no legal restriction for antibiotic use in sustainable farming. Many farmers using sustainable practices do not administer any antibiotics at all, but some may do so when their animals are sick and need to be treated. The milk and meat of animals given antibiotics on these farms are not used for human consumption until the antibiotics have fully passed out of the animals' systems.
Artificial Hormones
No added or artificial hormones are allowed for organic farming, nor are they used for sustainable farming.
Corporate Involvement
Organic food can be produced by large corporations, while sustainable food production is carried out by small farmers and families who live on the land where they farm.
Size of the farm
For organic farming, there is no limitation on how many acres can be used to grow crops. Sustainable farmers plant crops in relatively small, mixed plots as a form of pest control and to build soil fertility.
Food Miles
Organic food can travel thousands of miles before reaching your dinner plate, and certification does not take into consideration the use of fossil fuels used to truck food. Sustainable food, however, is distributed and sold as close to the farm as possible.
Corporate Takeover
Organic agriculture is becoming more popular because consumers are demanding healthful and environmentally-friendly food. This shift in consumer behavior is good news, but unfortunately, increased demand for organic foods has attracted large agribusiness corporations that intend to profit from the trend.
Although it's not obvious to consumers, large corporations own many popular organic food brands. For example, Silk soymilk and Horizon dairy products are produced by Dean Foods, the nation's largest milk producer.12 Since 1997, Heinz has acquired many smaller organic/sustainable labels, such as Celestial Seasonings, Rice/SoyDream and WestBrae13. Additionally, supermarket chains have now developed their own organic brands and are large players in the organic market. Since 2003, major chains such as Safeway and Krogers have added organic lines.14 The corporate takeover of organic food is further encouraged by Wal-Mart (the number one food retailer in the country), as it recently expanded their organic food sales in spring 2006.15 While the impact of Wal-Mart's involvement in the organic food sector is still uncertain, corporate involvement in organic farming has raised questions.. Such corporate involvement can threaten the existence of small sustainable farmers by encouraging farm consolidation and making it harder for small organic farms to compete in a large market.
Corporate-owned organic brands can push down the prices of organic products because they're willing to cut corners in the production process and share a smaller portion of their profits with the farmers. They'll confine dairy cows most of the year and sacrifice animal welfare,16which allows them to sell their "organic" milk at low prices that small organic farms with higher standards can't match.
With corporate players in the organic market, the integrity of the standards themselves is also threatened. One ongoing debate is about the process by which ingredients in processed foods that are certified organic are approved.17 Substances that are synthetic, or not widely available using organic production methods, can be used in organic processed foods as long as they are first approved by the USDA. But the agency's list of these allowable non-organic ingredients keeps growing and there are worries that continual additions to the list will weaken the meaning of organic certification and not live up to what consumers expect. A 2005 court decision forced USDA to revise its procedures for allowing ingredients onto the list of acceptable substances, but unfortunately the agency's response was a proposal to allow 38 more synthetics onto the list, sparking a wave of controversy and public outcry. By summer of 2008, the issue still wasn't settled. This is a good example of how important it is that consumers keep an eye on the integrity of the standards behind the labels they rely on.
However, the fact that corporations have involved themselves in organic food production is not all bad. As large corporations sell more organic food, more acres of land are being protected from chemical pesticides and fertilizers, thus helping the environment and the soil in which our food is grown. Additionally, corporate organic products have significantly raised awareness of organics among consumers. Buying organic products is the first step in the learning processes necessary to create a more sustainable food system.
What You Can Do
The organic label is a useful tool when you're shopping in a conventional grocery store, because it helps you find food free of pesticides, antibiotics and artificial hormones. But don't go by the label alone! The easiest way to avoid the confusion around the organic standards is to purchase whole fruits, grains, vegetables, and meat and dairy products - and to get them directly from an organic producer. If you want to buy processed goods, try to get these from independent, local sources as well, as these are less likely to include preservatives and additives. If you have a question about their practices or ingredients, you can ask the person that produces your food - or better, visit the farm or look in the kitchen.
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First wave feminism, which got women the vote, was a wonderful and necessary thing for a healthy society. Second wave feminism, which got women equal pay for equal work, and which gave them equal access to work that did not dependent on attributes unique to the male sex, was a wonderful and necessary thing for a healthy society. Since then, though, it's all been downhill, with "New-Wave" feminism engendering all sorts of trends that are damaging for women as individuals and for society as a whole.
The new wave of feminism says that women are wasting themselves looking for a stable married life with a partner who will work with them to raise the next generation of children. Instead, women are being encouraged to have promiscuous "hook-up" sex, which leaves them physically and emotionally vulnerable. At the same time, they're being encouraged to delay their child-rearing years so that, when they finally want children, many of them discover that they can't have them or can only have them at great expense, while most of them discover that taking care of small children when you're almost 40 is a lot tougher than doing the same in your mid-20s. (For more on this, see Camille Paglia's spot-on essay about putting sex back in sex education.)
The new wave of feminism says that men are evil and oppressive rapists and that they need to be tightly controlled. This is a fun-house mirror image of the equally horrific sharia doctrine that says that men are too weak to resist women's enticements and that women therefore need to be tightly controlled. This isn't just a playful "war of the sexes;" it's a war of attrition between the sexes that envisions, not marriage and children and partnerships, but a zero sum game, with one side reduced to sexual slavery.
The new wave of feminism says that women, despite being able to "roar" (see both Helen Reddy and Katy Perry) are in fact perpetual victims. Evil men stand ready to beat them, rape them, take their jobs, steal their education, demean them and otherwise commit horrible punishments upon them unless the government intervenes on women's behalf.
The new wave of feminism says babies are disposable. They interfere with the whole "free love" and "career" dynamic. Abortion, rather than being a last resort when the women's situation is untenable, becomes a first resort to get rid of an inconvenience.
It turns out that the new wave of feminism may not be so good for women in the military either. An organization called "Center for Military Readiness," which bills itself as a non-partisan entity focused solely on the best policies for America's military, has put out a position paper saying that the Obama administration's decision to force women onto the front line in combat zones isn't just bad for the military, its bad for women too. Here are just a few of its observations:
1. Military Women Do Not Want To Serve in the Combat Arms
A recent survey of Army personnel thoroughly discredited the idea that most uniformed women actually want to serve in land combat fighting teams that currently are all-male.
2. Three Pull-Up Test Not Suitable for Female Boot Camp Trainees
Pentagon civilians and military leaders keep claiming that sufficient numbers of women will meet "gender-neutral" standards before they serve in the combat arms. Now comes reality, revealed at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, SC.
3. Equal Success Eludes Women at Officer and Enlisted Infantry Training
In 2012, General Amos announced a multi-phased program to assess the feasibility of women serving in the combat arms. The process is supposed to be careful and "measured," but the Marines have not produced any metrics or empirical evidence that women are or can be trained to be interchangeable with men in "tip of the spear" combat teams that attack the enemy. In fact, most indicators are to the contrary.
And so it goes, with page after page of evidence showing that women don't want to be in combat, that women cannot meet current combat-readiness standards, and that women are injured when they try to reach those standards. That last resonates with me. Women have very different bone, muscle, tendon, and ligament configurations. Even the strongest woman you know isn't going to have all the muscles protecting her neck that a heavily muscled man can amass. Her joints are going to be looser too, which is great for carrying and delivering babies, but lousy for hauling heavy packs and engaging in intense physical combat.
This biological reality explains why CrossFit, a Northern California fitness training company (and therefore almost certainly reliably Progressive in outlet) is refusing to let a male to female transgender person compete as a woman in an upcoming fitness competition. Chloie Jonsson may have effected a cosmetic change so that her exterior self aligns with her interior belief about herself (and there's nothing wrong with that), but there is no procedure that changes Jonsson's lifelong development as a male, with dense bones, heavy muscles, and strong tendons and ligaments:
CrossFit's general counsel, Dale Saran, would not comment on the suit, which seeks $2.5 million in damages. Saran directed The AP to a CrossFit online discussion board, where he posted that Jonsson had not supplied medical documents to back up her assertion that she was a woman.
"The fundamental, ineluctable fact is that a male competitor who has a sex reassignment procedure still has a genetic makeup that confers a physical and physiological advantage over women," Saran wrote in a letter to McCoy that's linked to the discussion board.
But back to the the CMR report. You really should read the whole thing. It's based on hard-data, rather than academic theory, and, as is always the case when there's a showdown between real world facts and Progressive theory, the facts win every time.


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Kingston University's show was a much-anticipated one, and the atmosphere was electric as the lights went down.
Philippa Jenkins showed smart adventurer looks, with great accessories, she obviously has a knack for colour. Myriam Saumtally focused on sports items and workwear, giving grey jersey a twist with embroidery and we particularly loved the semi-sheer nylon jacket, with houndstooth fabric just visible underneath. Alexander James' subtle moorish influences married perfectly with details like cummerbunds and we fell in love with the pleated grey harem pants. A big GFW trend, Eleanor Searle's sheer tailored boilersuit was the centrepiece of her sportswear collection.
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AMD cooking up low-power, twin server
Making Istanbul cool(er)
Advanced Micro Devices may have moved up the delivery of its six-core "Istanbul" Opteron processors by some four to five months, but the related "Fiorano" platform and SR5690/SP5100 chipset that is paired with Istanbul is still on its original schedule for some time in the second half of 2009.
As it turns out, there is not just one Fiorano server platform, but two: the standard platform and one focused on low-power, high-efficiency servers code-named "Kroner".
According to Brent Kerby, senior product manager for Opteron products at AMD, the chip supplier spent a lot of time talking to hyperscale server users last year and these customers - not AMD's customers, the server OEMs, but the people actually installing servers - said that they needed to be more aggressive about power efficiency than even the Fiorano platform was going to provide. And so AMD is tweaking the Fiorano design to create a platform named after the plural of the Norwegian currency, presumably.
(Here's some AMD code-name bingo. The Fiorano platform is named after Ferrari's test track in the Italian city of that name, and the future "Maranello" and "San Marino" platforms created using "Magny-Cours" and "Lisbon" processors and the G34 and C32 sockets are named after Ferrari's hometown and one of its Italian racetracks; further down the road in 2011, the "Interlagos" and "Valencia" Opteron chips are named after the circuits in Brazil and Spain. The latest Opteron processors - quad-core "Barcelona" and "Shanghai" chips as well as the current Istanbuls - are named after cities where Formula One races are held as well.)
As you might expect, AMD is being a bit vague about SR5690/SP5100 chipset and the Fiorano and now Kroner platforms, since the products are not going to ship for a while and it does not want to tip its hand to rival Intel or mess up current sales of Shanghai and Istanbul processors. These current Opterons plug into Rev F sockets (with 1,207 pins) and are supported by chipsets made by Broadcom and nVidia as well as the 790FX chipset for single- and dual-socket PCs and workstations created by ATI, which has been part of AMD for nearly three years now.
AMD is leveraging its ATI engineers to make true server chipsets, and has had to rejig its chipset roadmap after it reworked its Opteron roadmap in March 2008 to kill off the eight-core "Montreal" processors with their DDR3 memory controllers and G3 socket. At that time, AMD was convinced by its server chip customers to kick out the six-core Istanbul with DDR2 memory controllers and fitting in the current Rev F socket, and subsequently rewriting Opteron roadmap to its current form and then pulling it forward in April.
Broadcom and nVidia do not have plans to make chipsets for the future Magny-Cours and Lisbon processors, leaving this revenue opportunity wide open for AMD. Phil Hughes, AMD's spokesperson, said in a blog posting in May that the decision by Broadcom and nVidia to not make chipsets for the Opteron chips coming out in the first quarter of 2010 and beyond was not due to licensing issues, and the decision only relates to the Opteron server business.
Not a whole lot is known about the Fiorano server platform, but what is known is that the SR5690/SP5100 will support HyperTransport 3 interconnects and PCI Express 2.0 peripheral slots for higher I/O bandwidth. The chipset and Istanbul chips that plug into the Rev F sockets that link to the chipset will also include support for IOMMU, which is short for I/O Memory Management Unit and which is a technology uses to abstract and virtualize server I/O, much as CPU cores and memory have already been virtualized by chip electronics and hypervisor software. (You can read more about IOMMU here.)
According to Kerby, the SR5690/SP5100 chipset will span as far as eight sockets using Istanbul processors in the Fiorano platform, for a maximum of 48 cores in a single system image. But interestingly, with the shift to the Maranello platform for the six-core and 12-core Magny-Cours Opterons early next year, a maximum of four sockets will be supported with the SR5690/SP5100 chipset, for the same 48 cores maximum.
The Maranello platform, with the G34 socket, will be available for two-socket servers needing lots of main memory as well as for larger four-socket and eight-socket configurations. It looks like the four-core and six-core Lisbon Opterons for the San Marino platform will be available in uniprocessor and two-socket configurations, using the C32 socket and a chipset known as SR5670/SP5100.
Now, let's try to get a sense of what the Kroner platform is.


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Justin Timberlake & Jessica Biel: Runyon Canyon Couple
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are in perfect synch as they hide underneath their caps and return to their car after a hike in Runyon Canyon in Los Angeles on Monday morning (July 6).
Justin recently told Glamour that he loves to exercise with Jess. He thinks exercising as a couple "is the coolest thing you can do."
He also said that men should appreciate going au naturel. Justin shared, "What you spray on should accentuate the way you smell. Pheromones are way sexiest than any scent."
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