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Summaries of EU Legislation
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Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base
Without common corporate tax rules in the European Union (EU), the interaction of national tax systems often leads to over-taxation and double taxation, with heavy administrative burdens and high tax compliance costs for businesses. Therefore the Commission proposes a directive which would establish a common corporate tax base system and lay down rules relating to the calculation and use of that base.
Proposal for a Council Directive of 16 March 2011 on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB).
The Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) is a single set of rules that companies operating within the European Union (EU) could use to calculate their taxable profits. This would mean that a company would only have to comply with one EU system for computing its taxable income instead of dealing with up to 27 different sets of rules. The CCCTB would not affect the discretion of EU countries to set their own national rate of corporate taxation. It is not designed to harmonise tax rates, but instead would ensure consistency between national tax systems in the EU.
The CCCTB would be available for businesses of all sizes established under the laws of an EU country, so long as the company takes one of the forms listed in Annex I to this proposal or the company is subject to one of the corporate taxes listed in Annex II or to a similar tax subsequently introduced. The directive would also apply to certain companies established under the laws of a non-EU country.
A company which fulfils the above requirements and is a tax resident in an EU country may opt for the system. The company would be subject to corporate tax under the system on all income derived from any source, both inside and outside its EU country of residence. A company which fulfils the above requirements but is not a tax resident in an EU country may also opt for the system but in respect of a permanent establishment maintained by it in an EU country. The company would be subject to corporate tax under the system on all income from an activity carried on through the permanent establishment in an EU country. A company that qualifies and opts for the CCCTB would no longer be subject to the national corporate tax arrangements for all matters regulated by the common rules.
The tax base would be determined for each tax year and shall be calculated as revenues less exempt revenues, deductible expenses and other deductible items. All revenues should be taxable unless explicitly exempted. Revenues which would be exempted from corporate tax include:
- subsidies directly linked to the acquisition, construction or improvement of fixed assets;
- proceeds from the disposal of pooled assets, including the market value of non-monetary gifts;
- received profit distributions;
- proceeds from a disposal of shares;
- income of a permanent establishment in a third country.
Subject to certain conditions, fixed assets should be depreciable for tax purposes. Long-life assets should be depreciated individually, while others should be placed in a pool. Assets not subject to depreciation include:
- fixed tangible assets not subject to wear and tear and obsolescence such as land, fine art, antiques, or jewellery;
- financial assets.
Losses incurred in one tax year may be deducted in subsequent years. A reduction of the tax base on account of losses from previous tax years shall not result in a negative amount.
For a subsidiary to be eligible for consolidation (group membership for companies), the parent company must have:
- the right to exercise over 50 % of the voting rights;
- the ownership of over 75 % of the company's capital or over 75 % of the rights giving entitlement to profit.
The CCCTB proposal is based on the 'all-in all-out' approach. Companies that fulfil the requirements for forming a group have to consolidate, which implies that they may not just opt to have their individual tax results computed under the common rules.
A tax resident shall form a group with:
- all its permanent establishments located in other EU countries;
- all permanent establishments, located in an EU country, of its qualifying subsidiaries which are resident in a non-EU country;
- all its qualifying subsidiaries which are resident in one or more EU countries;
- other resident taxpayers which are qualifying subsidiaries of the same company which is resident in a non-EU country and fulfils the necessary conditions.
The consolidated tax base shall be shared between the group members in each tax year on the basis of a formula for apportionment. This formula gives equal weight to the factors of sales, labour and assets.
The proposal also details anti-abuse rules. Artificial transactions undertaken for the sole purpose of avoiding taxation shall not be taken into account in the calculation of the tax base. This does not, however, apply to genuine commercial activities where the taxpayer may choose between two or more possible transactions which have the same commercial result but which produce different taxable amounts.
The CCCTB administrative framework provides for a 'one-stop-shop' approach which would allow groups with a taxable presence in more than one EU country to deal primarily with a single tax authority across the EU. A consolidated tax return will be filed with that authority.
References and procedure
Official Journal
COM (2011) 121 final
Consultation CNS(2011)0058
Last updated: 23.06.2011


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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
See my tasting notes on Schönleber's favourite wines.
At German wine tastings, the tall, handsome figure of Werner Schönleber, with his chiselled features, shock of white hair and well-cut tailoring, tends to stand out. But for him the most thrilling, and genuinely surprising, phenomenon of the past decade or so has been the slow realisation that it is his wines, both dry and sweet, that now stand out. Virtually unknown in the early 1990s, Schönleber's wines have come to be recognised as some of the finest, if not the finest, in his home region, the Nahe, south west of Frankfurt.
The Schönlebers were originally Swabian sheep farmers who came to the Nahe in search of grazing. Like many of their neighbours they grew a few vines, but as a wine region the Nahe has never had the international fame of the Mosel with names as revered as Egon Müller and J J Prüm, nor the long (somewhat squandered) history of the Rheingau with its grand, aristocratic Schlosses. In fact, give or take an Anheuser or two and the now unrecognisable and privatised state winery, the Nahe didn't have much of an identity in the last century. It was recognised as an individual wine region only in 1930, and even quite recently much of its wine was blended into anonymous liquids sold simply as Rhine wine.
But thanks to the determination and extraordinarily hard work of particularly Helmut Dönnhoff of Oberhausen, who physically recuperated long-abandoned vineyards on slopes too steep for most modern wine producers, top Nahe wines are now recognised as every bit the equal of the best wines from any other German wine region. I clambered through most of Dönnhoff's top vineyards with him the weekend before last and found the slope of the Dellchen vineyard overlooking the river Nahe, the little local railway, and the village of Norheim for instance, almost impossible to climb. How on earth he converted it from abandoned scrub, with pickaxe and saw, I just cannot imagine.
But the narrow, steep-sided Nahe valley in Dönnhoff territory from Schlossbockelheim downstream to Norheim looks very obviously top-quality wine country, with its steep slopes and propitious reflection of sunlight from the narrow river. The Schönlebers are based in Monzingen, about 10 miles further upstream where the valley is much broader and the south-facing slopes less dramatically steep. In fact it is only because the valley here is wide enough to allow warm air in that grapes will ripen in in this, the westernmost wine village of the Nahe. But it's perhaps no accident that Schönleber and Dönnhoff operate on more or less the same latitude as Germany's other most obvious concentration of winemaking talent, the far southwest corner of the Rheinhessen to the east around Florsheim-Dalsheim where Klaus-Peter Keller and Phillip Wittmann have been weaving similar magic - with a similarly glorious combination of ripeness and freshness.
There doesn't seem to be a single magic geographical ingredient in the Schönlebers' success. (I refer to them in the plural since Werner was joined by his equally long-legged son Frank in 2005, after stints on various German estates and with Mitchell Wines in the Australian Riesling hotspot of the Clare Valley - and Werner's wife Hanne is obviously very much part of the team.) I asked Frank at an extraordinary recent event he'd organised to celebrate his father's 60th birthday and the success of his wines to outline for me any changes that had been made to their practices in vineyard and cellar over the years and he was absolutely stumped, volunteering simply that every year they try to understand each little parcel of vines that much better.
The only really dramatic event in the Schönleber family's wine history was their acquisition in the early 1990s, and subsequent painstaking recuperation, of some really choice parcels of Monzingen's two most famous vineyards, the Halenberg and the tongue-twisting Frülungsplätzchen. The family had initially been offered these in the early 1960s but, fortunately, Werner's father and other family members couldn't agree on the wisdom of the purchase. If they had done, they would have been saddled with the succession of disastrous vintages that plagued the German wine industry in the 1960s. Instead, they were just in time to take advantage of the delicious late 20th-century effects of global warming on fully ripening Germany's Riesling vines.
Their chief challenge in these two vineyards is erosion. The clay soil below the friable red sandstone-like slate of the Frülungsplätzchen can get so damp that Werner claims to be able to hear water down below. Certainly there's a bare patch of about 12 feet at the top of one block of the Frülungsplätzchen where the vine rows have simply slipped down the hill. The Schönlebers own about a tenth of the 65 ha that qualify as Frülungsplätzchen - when only 25 deserve to, according to Frank. Halenberg is much more precisely delimited and the Schönlebers have 5.8 ha of the 8.5-ha much more homogenous, steeper slope of a thin layer of heat-reflecting grey slate on top of a conglomerate base so hard it can be difficult to drive posts into it. Erosion is a problem here too.
Much of the produce of vines at the top and bottom of the Halenberg slope goes into the Schönlebers' Mineral trocken bottling that has to be one of German wine's great bargains, while since 2008 (with the exception of the difficult-to-ripen 2010 vintage) the produce of a cobbled plot at the top of the Halenberg which for some silly reason is classified Frülungsplätzchen has ripened sufficiently that the Schönlebers have been bottling it separately as Auf der Lay, or AdL, and selling it in magnums only at auction for sky-high prices.
As we neared the end of the celebrations in the winery that had been stylishly modernised in 2010, we had already tasted 24 dry Rieslings that were excellent on any level and we still had in prospect a chocolate dessert and then, rather incongruously, the seven sweet wines of which Werner is most proud. Typically, at the very end, Werner said virtually nothing about his achievements but went round the table asking each of us dozen wine writers, sommeliers and specialist wine merchants what had pleased or surprised us most - carefully noting down our every word. He just looked genuinely perplexed and moved that all his hard work had paid off.
Dr Crusius
H Dönnhoff
Kruger Rumpf
Schlossgut Diel
Martin Tesch
See my tasting notes on Schönleber's favourite wines.

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text: Book Clubs Most library branches have regular book clubs for adults. The titles they are reading for the current month will be listed on the library calendar, in the newsletter, or you can get the month's selection by contacting you local branch library. Book club meeting dates are: Black Mountain Library Mystery Book Club: 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7pm East Asheville Library 1st Thursday of the month at 6:30pm Enka-Candler Library 1st Tuesday of the month at 7pm Fairview Library Afternoon Book Club: 2nd Thursday of the month at 1pm Evening Book Club: 3rd Thursday of the month at 7pm Leicester Library 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1pm North Asheville Library 3rd Tuesday of the month (except December) at 2pm Skyland/South Buncombe Library 3rd Thursday of the month (except December) at 2:30pm Swannanoa Library Every 6 weeks on Thursday at 6pm Weaverville Library Evening Book Club: 1st Tuesday of the month at 7pm Afternoon Book Club: 1st Wednesday of the month at 3pm West Asheville Library 2nd Saturday of the month at 10am Book Collections Buncombe County Public Libraries collects new and classic fiction for adult readers. A special ordering plan assures that new works by best-selling authors are supplied soon after publication. Large print fiction readers will also find popular titles on the shelf. Since new fiction is in high demand, it checks out for a reduced loan period of 2 weeks. Books can be renewed as long as there are no outstanding requests. Nonfiction and Reference books are selected for the library with the goal of creating a balanced collection that provides some information on almost any topic. Certain subjects, however, are readers' favorites, and materials selection favors those. Popular fiction, home maintenance, auto repair, gardening, cookbooks, crafts, pets, computer manuals and travel guides are examples. All nonfiction books check out for 3 weeks. Reference books do not check out at all. If the book or audio book you're looking for is not available, ask a librarian for help. A request may be placed on any circulating book or audio book that is checked out. If the book is not at your branch but shows available at a different library location, you may request that it be transferred for you to pick up free of charge. You may also log onto the Library catalog and place your own requests. Collections In Other Formats Downloadable electronic books and audio books are available through North Carolina Digital Library and through NC Live. For more information, follow the link to "Electronic Resources." Music CDs and audiocassettes may be found at Pack and at each branch. Music collections include country, rock, pop, folk, classical, international and show tunes. They may be checked out for 3 weeks. There is a check out limit of 7 CDs, and they cannot be reserved. DVDs are also available at each library in the system. Feature films for adults and children make up the majority of the collection, although some arts and documentaries as well as some instructional films are also included. Feature films check out for 1 week with a limit of 7 at any one time. Instructional videos circulate for 3 weeks. DVDs checked out from one branch then returned to another stay at the library where they are returned. Since it is a floating collection, requests can be placed on DVDs. The overdue charge for videos is $1.50 per day. Audio books on CD are especially popular with library patrons. Unabridged fiction comprises the bulk of the collection, although the Library has some nonfiction and some abridged books as well. Audio books can be reserved, and they check out for 3 weeks. Art Prints are available at Pack Memorial and at the South Asheville (Oakley) Branch. Art prints may be checked out for 6 weeks. Magazines and Newspapers Magazines and newspapers are favored reading for many patrons. Each library subscribes to general interest publications ranging from fashion to sports to business to travel. Children's magazines can also be found on the shelves. While most branches keep back issues for a limited time, Pack Memorial Library saves them indefinitely for research use. The majority of old magazines are stored on microfilm or microfiche. You can search the library catalog to find listings of all our magazines and back issues. Electronic Databases The Library has several electronic databases available to patrons. Some can be used from home, but most are only available at Pack Library. Databases available from home: NC LIVE (NCLive.org) is a collection of online databases made available to the public from the State Library of North Carolina. NC LIVE includes magazines and newspaper indexes with full-text articles, telephone directories, consumer health information, genealogy, auto repair, and more. These are licensed databases that provide patrons with a depth of information and a degree of reliability seldom found in general web surfing. Anyone with a valid library card can use the databases. Databases available from the Library: Westlaw is an online, searchable database of state and national legal information. It may be accessed at Pack Memorial Library or the Buncombe County Law Library in the County Courthouse. Ancestry Library provides genealogy records and resources. It is available at Pack Memorial Library. The Asheville Citizen Times online provides full text of the Asheville newspaper from 1999 to the present. It can be accessed in the library or from home through the link to "Electronic Resources." The Historical New York Times going back to 1851 is available in the library or from home. Follow the link to "Electronic Resources." Gale Literary Resource Center provides in-depth literary criticism from standard reference sources. Those include Contemporary Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism, Contemporary Authors, and more. Follow the link to "Electronic Resources" for the Gale databases. The NC Collection The North Carolina Collection at Pack Memorial Library is the best stop for local information on Buncombe County, Western North Carolina, and North Carolina. Historical texts and photographs along with current publications cover the region. Genealogical resources are especially popular and include the complete North Carolina census. The Thomas Wolfe Collection is a significant part of the North Carolina Collection. It contains books by and about the famous writer, an Asheville native. Click here for more information on the NC Collection. Law Library The Buncombe County Law Library is located on the 10th floor of the Buncombe County Courthouse and is open to the public. Its holdings include the United States Code Annotated, the General Statutes for North Carolina and neighboring states, case law, and law reviews and journals. It is a reference library, so materials do not check out. Westlaw, and electronic legal database, is available free to patrons. 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What Happened to Gordon Beckham?
Adam Dunn is on target to have the worst season by a qualifying position player in 91 years. Alex Rios, who boldly predicted in spring training that the White Sox were clearly the favorites in the A.L. Central, has been a colossal disappointment. But I would make the argument that the most disheartening aspect of the 2011 Sox is the continuing decline of Gordon Beckham.
The eighth overall pick of the Sox in the 2008 draft after a outstanding college career at the University of Georgia, he was an instant sensation. He impressed that year at Class A Kannapolis and hit .394 in the Arizona Fall League. In 2009, after a terrific spring training and solid stints at AA Birmingham and AAA Charlotte, Beckham was promoted to the major leagues in early June and had the look of nothing less than a future All-Star. In 103 games, he socked 14 homers and drove in 63 runs with a .270 batting average. As validation of his impact, two separate player polls gave him the nod as the A.L. Rookie of the Year.
The excitement that the Sox had the new face of the franchise was short-lived as Beckham began the 2010 season with a prolonged slumped. He rallied after the All-Star break and showed some signs he was on the way back to his '09 form. But an injury to his right hand after getting hit by a pitch in late August forced him to the sidelines and aside from pinch-running he didn't play the last two weeks of the season.
The concerns about Beckham's future were put on the back-burner during spring training this year as Beckham looked like his old, impressive self. But then the season began and we've all seen the results. Once settled in the No. 2 spot in the batting order, he's now a No. 9 hitter at .238 with nine homers and just 33 RBIs.
Beckham's descent into mediocrity, which has made him "just another guy" was never more evident than last night as the Sox dropped the 4-2 decision to the Indians, losing the three-game series. Apart from going 0-4, Beckham struck out to end the sixth inning with men on first and second and fanned again in a crucial situation with the bases loaded in the eighth as he had another opportunity to tie the score or put the Sox ahead.
My intention is not to make Beckham the scapegoat for this year's failures. There's a lot of blame to go around. Hopefully he'll adjust and get his offensive mojo back to go along with his elite defensive ability. But, to me, of all the developments in this less-than-satisfying season–including the Dunn and Rios sagas–the puzzling decline of Beckham is the most disappointing of all.


text: I think I might be the only person on the planet that thinks Picard is the asshat in that episode. Fair enough that perhaps Sisko is a bit unfair in his attitude twoard Picard, but the dismissive manner in which Picard treats Sisko is totally unwarranted, IMO. Picard comes off as an elitist prick sitting there playing with his matched tea service all the while lecturing Sisko (lost wife and being posted to a floating garbage dump) about having to put up with the hardships of the service. This is an early indicator of why I came to like DSN much more than I ever liked TNG.


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Tagged: Pundits
Tea Leaves, Tarot Cards and Other Tools of the Punditry
The Democrats just can't catch a break these days. First it was the embarrassing loss in Massachusetts. Then it was the realization that nearly a year's worth of work on overhauling the health care system will probably go out the window. And now, with John Murtha's death, the Democrats have lost one of their more moderate members and someone who gave them the "national security" credentials they seek so much.
It remains to be seen what will happen. The Democrats are in no danger of losing their majority in the House despite the special election but every time one of these circuses takes place, the press start chatting it up as a bellwether for the fortunes of the parties. It's like using a team's record at the All-Star break as an indicator of their final standing. Pretty much every year we see how ridiculous that is.
But, that doesn't mean that pundits won't continue to draw meaning from these useless statistics. Sure, sometimes they point you in the right direction. But more often than not they're an anomaly or based on some fortuitous happenstance. If you play a four game series with the Pirates heading into the mid-way point of the season, there's a pretty good chance you'll be riding a four game win streak when you hit the break as well.
John Murtha is gone. The Democrats have been making a pretty poor showing of it recently. But there are nine months before the mid-term elections so there's probably not a whole lot to read into at this point. If you want a prediction, though, I have one for you. I'll go out on a limb and say that Murtha's home state of Pennsylvania will not be sending it's Pirates to the World Series this year. Remember, you heard it here first.


text: Green Day have posted the following message to their site: "We have some news to report regarding our brother Jason White, and wanted you to hear it from us before word spread. Jason recently underwent a routine tonsillectomy, and his doctors discovered a treatable form of tonsil cancer. Thankfully they caught it early and he should make a full and speedy recovery. Please join us in sending him love and positive healing vibes during this time."


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American 1 Credit Union Charity Cards Net $4,759.50 in 2012
The $252 million American 1 Credit Union in Jackson, Mich., said letting members choose the image on their cards for an additional fee resulted in $4,759.50 in donations to five charities in 2012.
Five charity-focused images debit and credit cards are available and half the fee goes to the specific charity: the Michigan Humane Society, National Breast Cancer Foundation, Autism Society of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital or the Wounded Warrior Project.
American 1 said more than 1,500 of its 50,200 members chose to make the move to a charity card last year.
American 1 serves hundreds of partner companies and seven counties in Southeast Michigan: Jackson, Calhoun, Washtenaw, Hillsdale, Oakland, Macomb and Wayne.


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- Lorabell
P.s. Please excuse the random bullet points which I can't seem to figure out how to remove at 3am - will try again tomorrow!
It's incredibly ironic and unintentionally hilarious (hey, sounds like a move I saw once...) that as I look at these, my iPod randomly shuffles Ahmed singing Back In Tha Day...if you're old enough to remember it, you get it.
These make me think of a happier, more carefree time...before Twihards found steroids and jacked the movie business. Now it's shoved down our throats constantly. Fortunately I adore Kristen, and Rob's not too shabby, so I don't mind a little overdose now and again :)
Damn. According to the date on the pictures it's been more than 4 years when all of this started. Time flies..ReplyDelete
It hasn't been 4 yours. Twilight was shot in the spring of 2008 and it's almost the spring of 2010 today. Do the math.
Awwwh before all the madness began.. and nobody knew who KS and RPattz where:D
Geez ppl let's not be so crass when responding to what other ppl write!!
@ Anon: The date on the picture states 01/03/06ReplyDelete
@Irene, I'm guessing it's a typo.ReplyDelete
Loving the ones with RP in a leather jacket at the "Police Station", imagine if he had worn that instead of the grey coat - may have taken Edward in a whole other direction.
Ah, to be young and unknown then, bet they wish they could get some of that back.
:sob: It reminds me how much better the first movie looked and felt to watch than the big budget glossy pap of New Moon :(ReplyDelete
oooooh, the good old days.ReplyDelete


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Sri Lankans expecting hostile MCG crowd
Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene is expecting a hostile reception at the MCG for Wednesday's second Test against Australia amid ongoing tensions over the ball-tampering accusation made against Peter Siddle.
Sri Lanka made an unofficial complaint to ICC match referee Chris Broad during the first Test in Hobart last week. The allegation was dismissed and Siddle was furious at how his name had been dragged through social media during day five of the match in which he claimed nine wickets.
The Victoria and Australia pace bowler is a crowd hero at the MCG and can expect his hometown fans to be in full voice on Wednesday in support of their man.
However Jayawardene is expecting several thousand Sri Lankan fans to also pack into the ground and make their feelings known in defence of their team.
Australia's major concern is the fitness of skipper Michael Clarke, who completed a series of sprinting and fielding drills and declared he felt good but would wait until Wednesday morning to assess how his injured hamstring was feeling.
"My fitness test ... was really (Christmas Day). Now I need to see how I pull up from that before we make a decision on whether I am 100 per cent fit to play," Clarke said on Tuesday.
Despite his side's 137-run loss in Hobart, Jayawardene was in a confident mood on Tuesday. He said not only would the tourists have strong support in the crowd but they would also be going after Australia's offspinner Nathan Lyon, who failed to take a wicket in Sri Lanka's second innings in Hobart.
Jayawardene needs no reminding about what happened the last time Sri Lanka played a Test at the MCG in 1995, when spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was no-balled seven times in three overs for throwing.
"We have been through a lot of hostile things in the past. 1995 was one and even after that," Jayawardene said.
"I don't think that fazes our team. It might give us something extra.
"You have to remember there will be a good partisan Sri Lankan crowd as well so that will be good. It might go against him (Siddle).
"We can't control what happens out there. All we can control is what happens in the middle.
"A lot of the younger guys probably won't even understand what the crowd's going to tell them."
Jayawardene took aim at Lyon, saying that Sri Lanka's batsmen were playing for a draw in Hobart on a wearing pitch.
"We would definitely have gone after Nathan Lyon if the wicket was half-decent," Jayawardene said.
"The way the wicket was behaving we thought if we played shots that would have made life tougher to bat on.
"On a different surface or a different day things may have been different. These are the situations we want to get into in a Test match and see if we can capitalise on that."
While the Lankans see Lyon as a potential problem area for the home side, the Australians could also be unsettled if Clarke is a late withdrawal through injury.
Clarke is Test cricket's leading run-scorer in 2012 and his vice-captain Shane Watson has never led the side at Test level.
Former Test No.3 Usman Khawaja is on standby for Clarke.
Tasmania's Jackson Bird will make his debut in place of injured quick Ben Hilfenhaus while Mitchell Johnson returns for his fellow left-armer Mitchell Starc who has controversially been rested.
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text: Enjoying the moment yesterday on top of Calaveras Dome I don't share most of my rides simply because I'm not always out taking photos, and you guys don't want to read an essay with no pictures do you? Yesterday was one of those rides where I just rode. This was a continuation almost of an earlier adventure looking for Calaveras Dome as I made some of the same mistakes in trying to get back as I did finding it the first time, even though I took the EASY way yesterday. After the days ride I was inspired to look at the old report and it brought back some fond memories of my KLR days, and a time where I didn't have time for good photos and riding was priority one....sort of like yesterday. The photos really are pretty bad, but good enough for a sense of adventure. I think I was using a 1.3 MP camera and didn't have a clue how to use it. So I did my best to re-link the photos in the original thread so it makes sense again if you'd like to read it http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93815here ****Please don't bump that other thread, it's buried far in the archives where it belongs******* In the meantime here's a couple of snapshots from yesterday Following the flume in the canyon Self portrait??


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Embark on the greatest winter camping adventure that will ever challenge you as a Boy Scout. Okpik will give you the skills to go where few dare. Established in 1986 at Camp Tahosa in Ward, Colorado, the Denver Area Council's Okpik Winter Camping is ready for you! Check out this cool video of what you will experience at Okpik!
This two day and two night adventure develops confidence and skills in camping and living in the outdoors during extreme weather conditions. Receive training in physical preparation, cold weather dress, first aid and emergency procedures, food and water, equipment use while experiencing cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and winter shelter building. This experience is the embodiment of the Boy Scout's motto to "Be Prepared" .
Okpik is state-of-the-art training to give leaders, (both youth and adult), confidence in taking groups into a cold environment and support a year-round camping program. Our cold weather training is appropriate only for those leaders and campers who already have basic Scouting skills and mild weather camping experience. Our training includes skills that can ensure a successful, fun and safe cold weather camping experience. These must know skills are important because cold weather camping mistakes can be serious and certainly are not something upon which to build young Scout's experience.
Units enrolled for a training weekend should plan to arrive at Camp Tahosa no later than 6:30 p.m. on the Friday night of their weekend. Friday night is spent in a classroom setting where the Okpik staff will give instructions in cold weather camping and then you'll spend the first night in a cabin. On Saturday morning after breakfast, everyone packs up and moves into the backcountry. The day is spent building quinzees (piled snow domes), cooking meals and exploring the winter woods. The experienced Okpik staff will stay in the field during the weekend observing and supervising you as you use the skills taught on Friday night. After spending a night in the quinzees you built, we return to the Dining Hall for a wrap up session. The course will end after lunch on Sunday, approximately 12:00 Noon.
Be sure to examine the Okpik equipment list carefully. Every required item must be brought with you. We do provide some supplemental clothing and bedding items, but each participant must provide the essentials. (The equipment list is also in the registration packet.) A full and varied menu is provided, so it is not necessary to bring any food or snacks.
Okpik Winter Camping is a very strenuous weekend. All of your gear and food for the weekend is pulled on sleds, most of the day is devoted to shelter building and it can be very cold. Youth should have the size and maturity to complete and enjoy the weekend. All participants should do physical training to condition themselves for a very invigorating and challenging weekend. The Okpik staff will provide a course regardless of the snow conditions. There will be no cancellations due to the weather (lack of snow). Depending on the snow conditions, be prepared to ski or backpack into the backcountry.
The 2017 season ended with a record number of participants enjoying a true winter camping experience. Thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers, led by Chairmen, Stewart Layhe for their outstanding work this past season. Online sign up for the 2018 Okpik season will begin on October 6, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. and tends to fill up by the end of October! Contact the Okpik Chairmen, Stewart Layhe for more information.
OKPIK is not for the faint of heart and offers more experienced Scouts a chance to try their hand at extreme winter camping. Participants will pull their gear along in toboggans as they cross-country ski into the wilderness for a weekend of snowy fun. Under the supervision of our trained staff, Scouts will build and sleep in a quinzee, learn important winter survival skills and find out what it takes to camp in one of the most extreme environments possible.
To check which sessions are full, please see the 2018 Okpik Available Spaces Report.
Download the 2018 Okpik Registration Form.
Dates for 2018 Okpik Season:
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Reading one of msdn's technical articles and having experimented with the edit control I found this:This raises the question of how are "large-scale text editors" created then, notepad can edit massive amounts of text over the limit of 64k? Using Spy++ the class of the input control on notepad is an "edit", I don't know if they have edited this or it is actually an edit control. There are alot of text editors out there and the edit control stuffs up the line numbering when the multiline edit control has >= 10 lines (I don't know if this is just my app). Also from the quote:Edit controls were designed to enter, display, and edit small amounts of text. They were not meant to be the basis for large-scale text editors. Edit controls in Microsoft® Windows have the following limits:
Multiple-line edit controls are limited to a maximum of 64K (65,535 bytes) of text. Whether a multiple-line edit control is actually able to approach this limit is based on how the edit control uses memory. - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997530.aspxNote the word "approach" this does not include going beyond like notepad (and probably other apps do). If anyone has heard of UEStudio (a commercial IDE), the main input control has a class called "EditControl" this can display rulers within it, the number of lines within the file and lots of other stuff including multi-colours.Whether a multiple-line edit control is actually able to approach this limit is based on how the edit control uses memory.


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Small Strongyles might be Developing Ivermectin Resistance
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Because no new drugs against small strongyles are currently being developed, an effective parasite control program should aim to prevent further resistance.
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Owners and veterinarians must consider the early return of parasite eggs in fecal samples after ivermectin treatment as a sign of developing resistance, said Gene Lyons, PhD, professor in classical parasitology, and colleagues from the University of Kentucky's (UK) Department of Veterinary Science.
Small strongyles (cyathostomes) are the most common parasites in horses, and they can cause severe damage when encysted stages merge in large numbers from the intestinal wall. Thus, it is important to treat infected horses with potent and effective drugs used for parasite control, particularly because small strongyles have the ability to develop resistance to dewormers. In addition, these parasites naturally have a relatively short life cycle.
Because no new drugs against small strongyles are currently being developed, an effective parasite control program should aim to prevent further resistance. Previous studies performed by Lyons and others have shown that strongyle eggs are currently returning sooner after ivermectin treatment than when the drug was introduced about 30 years ago. This has raised concerns about whether strongyles are developing ivermectin resistance.
Recent studies performed by researchers at UK have shown that ivermectin resistance is developing in the immature larvae of small strongyle parasites. The horse ingests infective larvae from the pasture that develop into adult egg-laying worms within the bowel. Small strongyles reside in the colon and cecum of the horse and undergo several developmental stages before they begin to shed eggs.
Lyons said they recently performed a follow-up study to obtain further information about ivermectin's activity against immature small strongyles in four Central Kentucky-born and -raised weanlings.
The weanlings in the study had not been given a dewormer prior to study, but other horses in the same herd had received ivermectin repeatedly over the course of several years, Lyons said. While the weanlings were housed in stalls, their body weights were measured and each horse received ivermectin according to a standard protocol. Worms were then recovered from fecal matter collected daily for six days following treatment. The researchers found 12 species of small strongyles parasites after counting and identifying worms.
Lyons said the study confirmed previous findings: "Ivermectin efficiency still was 100% against adult parasites, which is good news, but only ranged between 0 and 16% against the immature stages," he said. "Overall, the efficiency both against adult and immature stages combined was in the range of 68%-83%."
The reason for the early return of strongyle eggs after treatment, Lyons said, is most likely a lowered drug efficiency on immature small strongyles in the horse's large intestine. Interestingly, the drug efficiency against immature strongyles was lower in this study compared to a previous study, which might indicate ivermectin efficiency is declining.
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If you thought Smash quickly jumped the shark, its producers are trying to lure you back to the Great White Way. After a fantastic pilot that was beloved by both critics and viewers, Smash fans were treated to a Bollywood dream sequence and Debra Messing's scarf collection and left staring into their Playbills for cues about where this all might be heading.
The show was not working on multiple levels, so out with creator Theresa Rebeck, and in with former Gossip Girl showrunner Josh Safran, who is set to debut the new and improved NBC hit tonight. Here are five reasons to gear up for Smash season 2 and prepare to become a Broadway baby all over again.
The star of Broadway's Bonnie & Clyde and Newsies joins the cast as Jimmy, a young composer writing a Rent-type rock opera, and who the creators of the Marilyn Monroe musical are trying to woo. Aside from his good looks, Jeremy can belt tunes with the best of them and recently received rave reviews on Broadway and for in the Queen Latifah-Dolly Parton vehicle Joyful Noise. Watch him sing "Broadway, Here I Come" from the season premiere below:
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it is truly amazing at this course... i am from spokane and vacationed down to portland and eugene this last weekend. the only disc golf i was able to play was the first 10 holes of Dexter. i gotta say BRAVO! its unfortunate that i could only play the first 10 but i will be back soon to finish. thank you willamette valley for one of the best disc golf experiences ive had and the one of the most beautiful courses ive had the privledge to play.
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Dexter truly is a special course with tons of great history passed down from our older folks who made this course what it is. Special things happen out there on any given day and every time i'm out there i am astounded at it's general aesthetic beauty and overall technical difficulty. It really is an amazing place to spend an afternoon! (notice i said afternoon and not friday evening) :wink:
Your post naturally solidifies this notion with the mere fact that you only played the first 10 holes and felt the need to acknowledge how awesome it is! Cheers!!!
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yes it is really fun! except some of those long uphills or the 400+ft par 3s. but those just make it a good challenge.
i got a quite hungover +6 on my first round. i wish it was closer to portland
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Summary: The Federal Bureau of Investigations and Clackamas County SWAT members on Thursday joined police and sheriff's deputies in their search for a 13-year-old runaway who could be in danger.
Body:OREGON CITY, Ore. – The Federal Bureau of Investigations and Clackamas County SWAT members on Thursday joined police and sheriff's deputies in their search for a 13-year-old runaway who could be in danger.
Samantha Dodson of Oregon City may be with 40-year-old Kelsey "Patrick" McCune, a friend of Dodson's father who spent Thanksgiving with the family.
Authorities believe the pair may be looking for places to camp.
Searchers spent Thursday morning looking for the pair in the Newell Creek area of Oregon City. SWAT members joined the search because they were the largest law-enforcement resource that could quickly join search and rescue teams, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
A news conference was planned for 1 p.m. Thursday.
Authorities believe Dodson and McCune may be using public transportation and may have camping equipment with them.
"The Sheriff's Office is concerned about Dodson's welfare because of the record-cold temperatures expected to last for days, leading CCSO to deploy extra resources in this case," Wurpes said in a news release.
A new billboard (image below) is going up on McLoughlin Boulevard featuring the latest known photo of Dodson. Two more billboards are also planned for Washington County, Wurpes said.
McCune is a transient, according to the sheriff's office. He has made money in the past by doing computer freelance work. McCune is six feet tall and 170 pounds. He has a glass eye and salt-and-pepper hair. He may be carrying large duffel bags or backpacks with camping gear.
The sheriff's office released a new search bulletin, including an image of what McCune may look like without facial hair.
Dodson was last seen in the Oregon City area Tuesday night. She is described as a 5 feet 4 inches tall and 125 pounds. She has brown eyes and a slim build. She recently dyed her hair red, Wurpes said.
The sheriff's office said Dodson has no history of suicide attempts or running away from home.
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This year's annual Mindset List to be released Tuesday, Aug. 20
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Do you remember Beulah the Buzzer, or the police drama that had a theme song that everybody knew as "Dum-De-Dum-Dum"? How about the losing arguments of Hamilton Burger or the cluttered closet of Fibber McGee?
Local authors Ron Nief and Tom McBride will explore these and the startling differences in the mindsets of today's young people vs. older generations in their new book. The pair has signed a contract with Sourcebooks, one of the leading and largest independent publishers in North America, to produce the book, as yet untitled, for publication next summer.
Meanwhile, the duo's annual Mindset List will be released Tuesday, Aug. 20.
The informative, entertaining tour of American culture over the last century consists of 75 short essays. It is an affectionate look back at what was once famous, an honor roll of what every American once knew but has now largely forgotten -- or never knew in the first place. It offers insights into the once-famous people, shows, film genres, phrases, politics, and technology, extending from the A&P and Arthur Murray to "Your Hit Parade," Watergate and the Zapruder film.
The book is an outgrowth of their first book, "The Mindset Lists of American History," that examined the past century through the eyes of the evolving 18-year-old.
Nief notes that "our first book followed that youthful view of history at 13-year intervals from the period of our great grandparents to speculation on a generation born in 2008. Our new book takes some lost but golden oldies from that period and rescues them from oblivion. At a deeper level, it's a droll meditation on oblivion itself. It is pure nostalgia."
According to McBride, "At a time when college students have no idea who Charles Lindbergh was, this book, informatively and whimsically, examines the days when The Lone Ranger and Tired Blood, for instance, were equally celebrated, as heroes or maladies. A civilized country does not just forget the departed. We put up gravestones or plaques and have funerals and museums. The Lone Ranger may have Tired Blood—our way of saying that both the formerly famed masked man and the once-famous geriatric affliction are now largely forgotten—but civilization demands that we try to remember them. Therefore this must be a civilized book."
Known internationally for the Beloit College Mindset List, released each August, Nief who is emeritus director of public affairs at Beloit College, and McBride who is Keefer Professor of the Humanities and professor of English at Beloit, published their first book in 2011. That year, they also created a patriotic concert piece based on the book, entitled "These Things We Hold Dear," with music by Beloit Janesville Symphony Music Director Robert Tomaro. The work will be performed in Beloit and Janesville, Wis., on Wednesday-Thursday, July 3-4 with the BJS.
Nief and McBride regularly speak around the country to a wide range of audiences. In recent months, they have spoken to staff and scientists at NASA, offered a keynote address at the national conference of the NCAA, and addressed educators creating a curriculum in financial literacy. Their book is used in high school and college courses.
Their essay, The Digital Lectern, examining the transformation of teaching in higher education, has just been published as the introduction to a new volume on "Enhancing Instruction with Visual Media" published by IGI Global.


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The falconry experience took place in the Cotswolds, where the family rented a home, complete with copper bathtub, and where a chef came one night to prepare a special English meal, with smashed peas, Yorkshire pudding and a sticky toffee pudding that the wife described as "to die for."
Some Internet research on TripAdvisor led them to West of England Falconry, near Bath, where falconer Jay Marshall gave the participants instructions. "We put on vests," said the wife. "On our left hand we put on a thick glove and were told to keep our right hand firmly over the right pocket" — in which they had the supply of baby chick gizzards. She then described how they were led into a field surrounded by a forest. With a piece of bait transferred to the left hand, arm outstretched, the "beautiful, beautiful birds swoop down at enormous speed" to take the bait. One bird perched on her head for a bit. "A sort of falcon fascinator," she said. "We were there for about two hours and I would do it again in a heartbeat."
Yet another avian-like experience was the birthday gift of fighter jet lessons a Woodside woman gave to her husband. Her husband, although not a professional pilot, was certified and was a member of the Swedish equivalent to our Special Forces. He has bona fides as an excellent skier, (helicopter skiing in Canada), competitive parachute jumping, horseback riding (fox hunting in Ireland). You get the picture.
The wife said that she had had the opportunity to ride in a fighter jet in New Zealand and was looking for a similar experience for her husband. "But I knew that he wouldn't want to be taken for a ride. That's not the way he's wired. He would want to take the wheel." Quite by chance, she met someone at a party who introduced her to Peter Zaccagnino, a certified instructor who owns his own L-39 jet and who gives lessons in Heber, Utah.
What started out as a gift of three lessons, at $2,500 each, has now blossomed into "at least 12 more, in which he has learned to take off, land and do all kinds of maneuvers," she said. The couple, who decided years ago to give each other experiences rather than gifts, has also enjoyed white-water rafting down the Carnali River in Nepal and private polo lessons in Palm Springs.
Nine months before their 40th wedding anniversary, an Atherton glass collector decided to commission a piece for his wife from the glass artist Emily Brock, whose miniatures the couple had long admired. "The theme was four decades, so I told her I wanted to represent four places we love," said the husband.
The result is a sort of four-roomed glass doll house. One "room" is a fall scene in Central Park in New York, another, the counter in the Paris restaurant L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, another, the couple's family room (including the miniature glass collection) and, finally, their as yet unfinished dream house in Martha's Vineyard. "Emily was very clever in her execution, right down to the lamb chops and cocktail my wife always orders," he said.
Since Emily Brock lives in New Mexico, the piece was fabricated using photographs, either taken by the husband or found on the Internet. "The only thing she had some trouble with was the color of the family-room sofa," said the husband.
"I also asked the artist if she could somehow incorporate all the memories we have of these places, said the husband. The result is a memory drawer that pulls out from each section. Each drawer contains a piece of glass with an etched list.
The piece cost $20,000. "It was shipped, intact," said the husband. "Every time we look at it, we smile."
If your imagination needs a creative boost, there is always that Neiman Marcus catalog. "Ginger Reeder, vp of public relations in Dallas, works all year round selecting the Fantasy Gifts," said Samantha Hartwell, manager of public relations in the Palo Alto store. The Fantasy Gifts are found in the Christmas Book 2013, called "The Heart of Giving." The first catalog was published in 1926, and the Fantasy Gifts were introduced in 1959 by the Marcus Brothers as a publicity coup.
The most expensive gift this year is "Roughing It" and includes not only a 25-karat rough Forevermark diamond, but also an edifying trip to the De Beers headquarters in London, and the opportunity to design your own piece of jewelry with a New York-based jewelry designer. Price tag: $1.8 million.
"The cars always sell out within the first 24 hours," Hartwell said. This year, they are featuring a 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish Volante, one of only 10 in the world. "And the His and Hers are always popular," she added. "In 1967 it was His and Hers camels."
This year each Neiman Marcus store will donate a portion of the proceeds from each Fantasy Gift purchase to the Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation, from which each store will in turn donate funds. The Palo Alto Neiman Marcus store selected Stanford LIVE, the production company behind the Bing Concert Hall, which provides musical experiences for K-12 in this community.
As for next year, Hartwell says that Ginger Reeder is probably hard at work on that right now!
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The new drug, called Adipotide, attacks white adipose tissue under the skin and around the abdomen
Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a drug that assaults the blood supply of fat cells and led to weight loss in obese rhesus monkeys.
Renata Pasqualini, Ph.D., co-senior author of the study and professor in MD Anderson's David H. Koch Center for Applied Research for Genitourinary Cancers, along with Wadih Arap, M.D., co-senior author of the study and a professor in the Koch Center, and Kirstin Barnhart, D.V.M., Ph.D., veterinary clinical pathologist at MD Anderson's Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research, have created a new weight-loss drug that could potentially reduce accumulated
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Currently, weight-loss drugs work to suppress the appetite or increase metabolism in order to
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Now, Pasqualini and Arap have designed a new drug called Adipotide, which attacks white adipose tissue. This tissue is an unhealthy kind of fat that accumulates around the abdomen and under the skin. Adipotide contains a homing agent that attaches to a protein on the surface of blood vessels that support the fat. A synthetic peptide then triggers cell death, and with a lack of blood supply, the fat cells are reabsorbed.
The drug was used in mice models and rhesus monkey models. Adipotide was able to decrease abdominal circumference, body mass index (BMI) and body fat.
According to the study, the obese mice lost about 30 percent of their body weight while on Adipotide. The rhesus monkeys in the study, which were "spontaneously" obese due to overeating and a lack of physical activity, had a 27 percent decrease in abdominal fat levels. The drug reduced the weight of rhesus monkeys by 11 percent in just one month.
The rhesus monkeys, in addition to
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The research team used Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to gauge abdominal body fat, which discovered the reduction in abdominal fat levels.
According to the study, monkeys were alert and acted normally during treatment. This showed that the usual side effects of weight-loss drugs, such as loss of appetite and nausea, were not present while using Adipotide. However, Barnhart noted side effects in the kidneys, but the effect was "dose-dependent, predictable and reversible."
In a separate study to test for the drug's effects in non-obese monkeys, lean monkeys did not lose weight, which shows that the drug only acts in obese subjects.
The next step will be a clinical trial for obese prostate cancer patients, where these patients will receive daily injections of Adipotide for 28 days. The team has targeted prostate cancer patients because current treatments can lead to weight gain, and weight gain has caused problems with arthritis. This then leads to less activity, and more weight gain.
"The question is, will their prostate cancer become better if we can reduce their body weight and the associated health risks," said Arap.
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From the Nokia website... re: did you ever consider a path for the story that you later erased
"So I never wrote out alternate paths, but I did explore them in my head. For example, I know exactly what would have happened if Bella had not gone cliff diving in New Moon, or if Jacob had been there with her when she did, from that moment on through ten years of a different future."
Holy Blimpy-burger, Batman! Why would you say stuff like that and not expound on it? Was there a response-length restriction? But that's not my quesiton. So forget I asked that. What I really want to know is..... What would have happened? And why did you specifically say 'ten years'? What happened 10 years later?


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There are reports swirling today that Marlon Byrd is about to be traded to the Boston Red Sox (giddy laugh). Odds are the Cubs would be getting a left-handed bullpen guy in return, but the key for the Cubs is obviously moving Byrd who has no place on this team right now. He is a tremendous defender but he is lost at the plate, at this point it looks like the Cubs are not going to contend, so might as well get something for Byrd. The Red Sox are in panic mode, obviously, as Jacoby Ellsbury just went down with a shoulder injury. I don't think this means the debut of Brett Jackson, the Cubs aren't going to rush him to the big leagues, and he has been struggling a bit lately, we'll see what happens, still no official deal.
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Book Report: Past U.S. leader rises from the dust heap; Red Wing author composes second work in series
I've never thought much about our 20th American president, James Garfield.
I knew he was from Ohio, so I simply consigned him to the dust heap of really bad to mediocre presidents from the Buckeye State: Harding, Taft, McKinley, Grant, Hayes, Harrison and Garfield.
There's a classical legend about the sack of Rome. The Huns came to an elegant villa, knocked on the door and were greeted by the lady of the house.
The Huns said "Give us your jewels."
The woman obliged, bringing her seven children and telling the Huns, "These are my jewels."
The Huns left her alone.
If you go to Columbus, visit the grossly ugly capitol building. Atop it are the busts of -- you guessed it -- Harding, Taft, McKinley, Grant, Hayes, Harrison and Garfield.
The legend underneath?
"These Are My Jewels."
But I was wrong about Garfield. He was indeed consigned to the dust heap, but not because he was a really bad president. According to "The Destiny of the Republic," by Candice Millard (Doubleday, $27.95), Garfield was quite a guy whose life and untimely death made a big dent in American history.
Born dirt poor, he worked his way up in the world, attended Western Reserve Eclectic College (now called Hiram College,) became a professor there, then its president, then a Civil War general.
After that he served as United States senator and was so popular he was elected by a margin of two to one, although he never gave a speech and spent only $150 on his entire campaign.
He didn't want the presidency of the U.S., but was drafted at the unruly 1880 Republican convention in Chicago even though he put in nomination Ohio's senior senator.
In his ad-libbed nomination speech, he recited from memory much of Alfred Lord Tennyson's "In Memoriam." As both senator and president, Garfield was a stolid abolitionist, but one who believed in mending wounds with the vanquished South.
Five months later, he was assassinated by a madman and political opportunist who was turned down in his quest for a spoils appointment. This unfortunate occurrence was what consigned him to the Ohio dust heap.
But the story is not over.
He lingered toward death for weeks, attended to by an idiotic medical mal-practitioner named Dr. Bliss, who refused to use the newly discovered antiseptic practices of Joseph Lister. When Alexander Graham Bell finally found the bullet with one of his new inventions, Dr. Bliss refused to believe him and kept probing for the bullet in all the wrong places.
Finally, Garfield simply rotted to death.
Of course the whole tragedy resulted in much media attention and as a consequence his vice-president and successor Chester Arthur, a notorious spoils artist in earlier years, turned his back on the "Stalwarts," the faction that wanted its pound of flesh from the southern insurgents, and introduced civil service exams rather than appointing his old friends to serve down South and extract their pounds of flesh.
Millard, whose earlier book about Theodore Roosevelt's last safari received raves, is a fine storyteller and a researcher.
Before she demonstrated her knowledge of Garfield's character, I was tempted to skim through the book. I ended up reading every word and every footnote.
Red Wing, Minn., author Jacqueline West is out with volume II in her Books of Elsewhere series published for younger readers by Dial Press ($16.99).
I reviewed the first book, called "The Shadows." The new installment is called "Spellbound" and it will likely end up on the New York Times bestseller list as did the first.
If you've read the first book you know that the heroine of the series is Olive Dunwoody, a gawky, dreamy pre-teen.
Her parents are hilariously brainy and don't have a clue about anything but the mathematics they teach at a nearby university. They walk around in a haze of blackboard chalk dust and feel sorry for Olive, whom they deem as not too bright; if only they knew.
Olive has discovered in the old stone manse where they live, a house where every occupant before them has been crazy, that the paintings that line the walls of the old place are alive and she can enter into these mysterious old pictures of French street scenes and dine on croissants.
In the paintings she has lost a friend, Morton, who is now consigned to "Elsewhere." Olive's job is to try to get him released.
"Spellbound" is a fine stew of whimsy, mystery and spooky stuff bubbling on the front burner.
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The seventh annual Roberts-Horton family reunion will be Saturday at the Matthews Civic Center in Atkins. Potluck will be served at noon. All relatives and friends are invited.
Autumn event to be Saturday, Sunday
Frosted Pumpkin Market will host an event from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Hidden Acres Farm, 411 Sims Hollow Road in Russellville. Crafts, vintage cars and hot cider will be available. Cost is $3 cash only. Husbands and children under 12 get in free.
For more information, find Frosted Pumpkin Market on Facebook.
Pope County taking orders for pecan sale
The Pope County Conservation District is taking orders for this year's pecan sale. The pecans are this year's crop. Place orders at 420 N. Hampton Ave., Ste. B in Russellville. Orders need to be prepaid and received by the district by Oct. 22.
In addition to the 2012 fresh shelled pecans in halves and pieces, a variety of gourmet nuts, including milk chocolate peanuts and almonds, mixed nuts, white chocolate pecans and raw peanuts are available for sale.
All proceeds remain in Pope County and are used to fund education programs. To place an order, call Jeanette Hale at 968-3881, extension 3.
Trip to War Eagle Mill Craft Fair
The Dardanelle Senior Activity Center will take a trip to the War Eagle Mill Craft Fair on Oct. 19.
The van will leave the center at 8 a.m. for a full day of riding, walking, eating and shopping. Transportation cost is $15.
For more information, call the center at (479) 229-4129. Everyone is invited to attend.
JA to sponsor kids self-defense class
The Junior Auxiliary of Russellville will sponsor "Stranger Danger," a kids self-defense class from 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 20 at the River Valley Martial Arts Center. Children ages 5-12 can learn how to defend themselves in an emergency.
Cost is $25 and interested individuals can call Charity Smith at 970-5913.
'Never Give Up' 5K Run/Walk to be Oct. 20
The first annual "Never Give Up" 5K Run/Walk will be at 7 a.m. Oct. 20 at Bona Dea Trails in Russellville. Pre-registration forms are $20 and will be received until Friday.
To guarantee a T-shirt, pre-registration is required with form and payment. The first 100 pre-registered participants will receive a free T-shirt.
Registration forms can be emailed, mailed or picked up at the Russellville Armory from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday or by calling 968-3819 or 968-4088. Registration on Oct. 20 will be $25 from 6-6:45 a.m. A limited number of T-shirts will be available the day of the event.
All proceeds will go toward the building of an obstacle course at the Russellville Armory to support the local soldiers and community organizations.
For more information, call SFC Jeffrey Boehm or SSG Jerry Harper at 968-3819.


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With third-round pick, O's grab lefty Tarpley
BALTIMORE -- After drafting a trio of high-school players on Day 1 of the First-Year Player Draft, the Orioles picked five college players and three high schoolers on Friday's Day 2.
Scouting director Gary Rajsich said the Orioles didn't enter the Draft with a plan of selecting so many high-school players Thursday and Friday, but that's just the way it worked out.Full Game Coverage
BALTIMORE -- After drafting a trio of high-school players on Day 1 of the First-Year Player Draft, the Orioles picked five college players and three high schoolers on Friday's Day 2.
Scouting director Gary Rajsich said the Orioles didn't enter the Draft with a plan of selecting so many high-school players Thursday and Friday, but that's just the way it worked out.Full Game Coverage
"No, it's just coincidence," Rajsich said. "In any Draft, you have players targeted where you're comfortable taking them and where you think they fit. And with 29 other teams picking, they're not always available. ... We try to get the best value for that pick that we can and it seems like early in the Draft, it was in the younger players and in the later rounds today it was in the older players."
Among those choices were three left-handed pitchers, three catchers, a first baseman and a third baseman. The Orioles drafted four catchers with their first 11 selections.
"It's all about acquiring assets for your organization," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "Whether they play for you or somebody covets them enough to give you the player that might be a difference-maker on your club. It's all about acquiring assets."
The Orioles began their day by using their third-round pick to select left-hander Stephen Tarpley out of Scottsdale Community College in Arizona.
Once an eighth-round pick of the Indians in 2011, Tarpley instead initially honored his commitment to Southern California to start his college career. After just one season at USC, the Arizona native transferred closer to home to Scottsdale Community College, thus making him eligible for this year's Draft, in which the Orioles selected him at No. 98 overall.
"We think he's a left-hander with tremendous upside," Rajsich said. "We like him as a future starter that can really hold down a spot in our rotation. He's got a live, quick arm and a pretty good delivery that needs a few minor adjustments. But he's got a live, hard fastball, he throws a curve and a slider and he's got good feel for a changeup."
In his sophomore season at Scottsdale Community College, Tarpley went 3-2 with 15 starts and a two-inning bullpen appearance. He struck out 108 batters in 92 innings and walked 40.
As a freshman at USC, Tarpley went 5-3 with 3.22 ERA in 14 appearances, including 13 starts. Notably, he didn't give up a home run in 78 1/3 innings. He struck out 67 batters and walked 29.
The strong and athletic lefty can crank his fastball up to 94 mph with easy effort. Both Tarpley's curve and slider can be at least average, if not better. His changeup is behind the breaking stuff, but should also be a Major League average pitch for him.
Tarpley can throw strikes and has terrific mound presence with his 6-foot-2, 190-pound frame. It's that combination, especially from the left side, that led to Tarpley's selection in this year's Draft. The southpaw has an upside as a future member of a big league rotation.
Tarpley was the first of eight selections the Orioles made on Day 2, which included rounds 3-10.
"I think we're building. We're trying to get younger and at the same time we're trying to get better," Rajsich said. "We're trying to always add pitching, because pitching is very important. At the same time, we're addressing the short- and long-term needs of our organization as far as getting guys quickly who can help at the Major League level and also developing the young guys for the future."
Day 3 of the Draft continues with Rounds 11-40 streamed live on MLB.com on Saturday, starting at 1 p.m. ET.
MLB.com's coverage includes Draft Central, the Top 100 Draft Prospects list and Draft Tracker, a live interactive application that includes a searchable database of Draft-eligible players. You can also keep up to date by following @MLBDraft on Twitter. And get into the Draft conversation by tagging your tweets with #mlbdraft.
In the Pipeline
The Orioles have had their top picks rocket through the system in recent years, from Manny Machado to Dylan Bundy and, recently, Kevin Gausman.
With those players having contributed in the Majors at the age many prospects are still refining their game in the Minor Leagues, some analysts peg the Orioles' farm system as middle of the pack.
Derek Wetmore is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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Juel Park will be undergoing some changes very soon. We are going to be pulling up the baskets and re-positioning them with new teeboxes (Yes, actual boxes. Concrete or stone seems likely) creating a whole new layout. It will take some time, but the parks dept. is helping out quite a bit. Still will be a fun practice course. Great for new, young, old. But also a great training ground for more advanced players to really develop some distance and focus on critical puitts. THIS UPCOMING WEDNESDAY Sept. 16th WILL MOSTY LIKELY BE THE LAST WEDNESDAY DUBS ON THE CURRENT COURSE. 5 bucks random flip. Show up at 5pm. Come out to celebrate on the eastside to a spot that has been a very special place to many people RIP ol' Juel. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!
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I was asked to post this. There are some major modifications happening at Juel. This Thursday and Friday the Parks department will be at Juel park and need a lot of help on the course.
11:00 am start - bring a shovel and rake if possible, but not required.
5 baskets are being relocated
18 new tee pads are being installed
old tee pads need to be restored
Per the Parks Department, the course will be CLOSED for these two days.
Please contact myself or Steve Rolling if you have any questions.
Thanks to all that come out and help.
Alright! New Tee pads are installed and look great! Thanks for the help those who showed! We are re-installing pins tomorrow, so please don't come expecting a new course ready to be played. Very soon it will be ready.. stay tuned"Remember boys this ain't therapy"-Jub.
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Amazing what a few Teeboxes will do to a place. The "New" Juel is up and is seeing an increase in playing volumes throughout the entire day. An additional Tee is being built farther behind the existing 6 (420ft) & 15 (445 ft) Teeboxes. Also a Practice basket and functional art peice is an idea that has been brought up. Safe to say some kind of practice target will be installed eventually. Bagracks and benches are also considered. Parking is handling the flow, but peak hours get a bit packed..If you drive up the street (116th) and turn right you can park in the rear of Farrel McWhirter. Yes, it is a small walk I suppose.But you're a disc golfer.suck it up. If you dont know, follow the trail to the right and keep going. We piss the neighbors off when we park all around there place. We may have the legal right, but they do complain quite a bit to the right people, and have been a major issue with us doing our thing. comprise for now I say. So far so good. As always wednesday random dubs. This winter will be fun. We should organize an Ice Bowl"Remember boys this ain't therapy"-Jub.
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Last week my wife and daughter were in CA. My boys had a week off from school and hockey practice. We had planned on doing some skiing but after a great day of skiing on Monday, my older son sprained his ankle jumping a ramp in the driveway on his rollerblades. We made the impromptu decision to make a road trip to Italy. Since there were three of us and the RT doesn't have a side hack, we took the BMW 320i. Most of the driving was done on auto-routes as we were focused on destinations: Pisa, Firenze (Florence), Venezia (Venice), and Como.
First morning in Genova
My sons discussing the situation
The obligatory gag shot, eating pizza in Pisa
Why P.O.V. is so important. I regret not moving to a position where I could have taken a shot of Tai Chi being performed by many
This statue of Romulus and Remus was nearby. I really preferred this silhouette as opposed to the other, sunlit side. Also, I didn't crop out the tree tops because I liked the shape repeated in the wolf.
A little after lunch, we headed towards Firenze, I took some great MC roads until the back seat passenger had me pull over so he could complete the last phase of being car sick. Not pretty. Here's what the terrain between Pisa and Firenze looks like.
We found a hotel near the old part of Firenze. We walked around for a few hours.
There is a large population of what looked like giant muskrats or some type of chubby freshwater otter along the river. The round brown thing in this photo is not a rock.
One of my favorite shots.
Now THATS gelatto!!! I'm surprised that at this angle, the DOF is pretty good.
Here's the shot that I really, really, wished had turned out a little more in focus. My boys eating their gelatto on the steps of a midevil building. We talked about how many people over the past 500 years leaned against the same building and what they may have been eating.
As darkness fell, it was time for some low-light experiments.
I originally used my flex tri-pod from this hill but the pressure of applying the auto focus mechanism caused the camera to flex when released resulting in about 5 blurry images. Luckily, I had my heavy duty mini aluminum tripod which worked much better. Lesson learned, don't use the flex tripod for long shutter speeds.


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Zuckerberg Tests Russian Waters
Oct 2, 2012 8:56 AM PT
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg met Monday with Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev in Moscow.
According to The New York Times, Russia is something of a "test case" for Zuckerberg and Facebook: a country that is commercially significant but nonetheless tightly regulates -- and censors -- its media.
With more Internet users than Germany, Russia is the largest Web market in Europe. Its Internet users are especially keen on buying virtual goods, such as weapons or "special powers" for online games. This, according to The Times, makes Russia a sort of Petri dish for how to earn money other than through advertising.
It so happens that two of Facebook's largest investors are Russian.
Facebook recently struck a deal with Beeline, one of Russian's mobile phone providers, to offer a free Facebook app to subscribers.
Spam Texters Ordered to Pay
Two people face fines of up to a half million pounds, or about US$807,000, for sending out millions of bogus text messages.
According to The Guardian, the spam texts offered accident compensation and payment protection insurance.
The potential penalties are part of a crackdown on unsolicited texts by the United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office, or ICO. An additional eight companies could face fines for what authorities call "one of the most annoying examples of unwanted marketing."
The ICO was recently liberated to issue fines of up to Pounds 500,000 for the "misuse of personal data." Among those abuses: Text messages without a sender name, and senders who don't heed requests to stop sending texts. Since it began asking Britons to forward instances of spam texts six months ago, the ICO has received almost 30,000 examples.
Swedish Police Raiding Copyright Infringers
Police in Sweden raided the Stockholm-based Web host PRQ, which achieved notoriety for hosting iffy websites such as The Pirate Bay, Wikileaks, Pedophile.se and more.
Forbes reported that police seized four servers from PRQ, which according to CNET, employs a "don't ask, don't tell" policy for hosting sites.
Police have reportedly raided PRQ twice before -- once in 2006, and again in 2010. Both of those raids stemmed from allegations of illegal file-sharing.
According to CNet, PRQ no longer hosts file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, which has been blocked by ISPs throughout Europe, including in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy.
Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, a Swede who cofounded The Pirate Bay, was recently arrested in Cambodia and extradited to Sweden.
EU: Apple Warranties Could Be Stale
European Union justice commissioner Viviane Reding has asked member countries to investigate whether Apple retailers have failed to notify buyers about their EU-mandated right to a two-year warranty.
According to Bloomberg, it's not the warranty itself, but rather Apple's advertising about the warranty, that is in question.
Reding claims that Apple advertises its one-year manufacturer warranty but has not sufficiently notified customers that they are entitled to two-year warranty for products like the iPhone and iPad.
Consumer groups in 11 countries have reportedly complained that Apple has emphasized its own "after-care service" compared to statutory protections, according to the BBC.
Italy fined Apple $1.16 million last December for misleading consumers about warranties.