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Industry Partner
Thanks to the generosity of our Industry Partners, ASI is able to support a number of progressive programs, as well as assure the success of the annual U.S. sheep industry convention.
Contributions to the convention are critical to the success of this single-largest sheep industry gathering in the nation. Just as importantly, however, Industry Partner contributions fund ASI's trade association work. We have devoted months of labor and made tens of thousands of contacts in our effort to save the H-2A sheepherder program. This program is key to nearly 40 percent of all sheep production in the United States. ASI has legislation in front of Congress to resolve the bighorn sheep controversy, which threatens many of the western sheep operations. Furthermore, in September, ASI capped a three-year effort to update the Mandatory Price Reporting system for livestock that, I am pleased to say, was signed into law in time to avoid a lapse in reporting coverage.
Perhaps your business is directly involved with ASI's programs for international trade, military product development or with the wool super-wash process. Similarly, I hope you agree that the effort of our Let's Grow program to increase sheep production for wool, lamb and pelts is positive to your business.
Please contact Peter Orwick at 303-771-3500, ext. 103 with any questions or requests.
TITANIUM LEVEL SPONSORSHIPAnodyne, Inc.
Contact: Terry Martin
P.O. Box 2237
San Angelo, TX 76902-2237
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 325-653-3061
Website: www.anodynewool.com
Lempriere (USA), Inc.
Contact: Rick Powers
3015 Dunes W. Blvd, #503-A
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466
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Phone: 843-881-1553
Website: www.lglogistics.com.au
Nugget International
Contact: Mike Wheeler
139 Kemper
San Antonio, TX 78207
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Phone: 970-686-7494
Website: www.nuggetcompany.com
Chargeurs Wool (USA) Inc.
Contact: Diego Paullier
P.O. Box 399
Jamestown, SC 29453
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 843-257-4569
Website: www.chargeurs.fr/en/content/chargeurs-wool
Groenewold Fur and Wool Co
Contact: Greg Groenewold
P.O. Box 663
Forreston, IL 61030
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 815-938-2381
Website: www.grwco.com
Keese International, LLC
Darrell D. Keese
P.O. Box 574
Brady, TX 76825
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 325-456-8662
Allflex USA, Inc.
Contact: Jon Becerril
29026 Voges Ave
Boerne, TX 78006
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 972-456-3686
Website: http://www.allflexusa.com/
Entrenos, Inc.
Contact: Rick Honaker
5433 Ben Ficklin Rd
San Angelo, TX 76904-9523
E-mail: email@example.com
Phone: 325-651-2665
Rabo AgriFinance
Contact: Ryan Land, Vice President
4045 St. Cloud Drive, Suite 200
Loveland, CO 80538
E-mail: email@example.com
Phone: 970-613-4872
Website: https://www.raboag.com/
Roswell Wool, LLC
Contact: Mike Corn
212 E Fourth St
Roswell, NM 88201
E-mail: email@example.com
Phone: 575-622-3360
Web site: www.roswellwool.com
Superior Farms
Contact: Rick Stott
2530 River Plaza Dr. Ste. 200
Sacramento, CA 95833
Web site: http://superiorfarms.com/
American Dorper Sheep Breeders Society
Contact: Doug Gillespie
PO Box 259
Hallsville, MO 65255-0259
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 573-696-2550
Website: www.dorper.org
Burlington Industries/International Textile Group
Contact: Ashley Bullock
804 Green Valley Rd., Suite 300
Greensboro, NC 27408
E-mail: email@example.com
Phone: 336-379-2131
Website: burlington.com
Catelli Brothers Lamb & Veal Inc.
Contact: Tony Catelli
50 Ferry Ave.
Collingswood, NJ 08103
E-mail: email@example.com
Phone: 856-869-9293
Website: www.catellibrothers.com
Woolsacks, Incorporated
Contact: Timothy Koock, Owner
"The Koock family proudly serving Texas Hill Country wool & mohair ranchers since 1868"
107 East Live Oak
Fredricksburg, TX 78624
Yocom - McColl Testing Laboratories, Inc.
Contact: Angus McColl
540 West Elk Place
Denver, CO 80216-1823
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 303-294-0582
Website: www.ymccoll.com
American Hampshire Sheep Association
Contact: Jeff Ebert
PO Box 231
Warmego, KS 66547
E-mail: email@example.com
Phone: 785-456-8500
Website: www.hampshires.org
American Polypay Sheep Association
Contact: Jeff Ebert
PO Box 231
Wamego, KS 66547
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 785-456-8500
Website: www.countrylovin.com/polypay/index.html
Bollman Industries
Contact: Ladd Hughes
PO Box 1351
San Angelo, TX 76902
E-mail: email@example.com
Phone: 325-655-0112
Website: www.bollmanhats.com
Center of the Nation Wool
Contact: Larry Prager
PO Box 130
Belle Fourche, SD 57717
Phone: 605-892-6311
Colorado Serum Company
Contact: Joe Huff
4950 York St
Denver, CO 80216
E-mail: email@example.com
Phone: 303-295-7527
Website: www.colorado-serum.com/contact.html
Crescent Sock Co.
Jack Ewing
P.O. Box 669
Niota, TN 37826
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 423-568-2101
Web site: www.crescent-inc.com
Katahdin Hair Sheep International Inc.
Jim Morgan
P.O. Box 778
Fayetteville, AR 72702
Email: email@example.com
Phone: 479-444-8441
Website: https://www.katahdins.org/
Sonora Woolhouse LLC
Contact: Seco Mayfield
PO Box 588
Sonora, TX 76950
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 325-387-2543
Sydell, Inc.
Contact: John Lynch
46935 State Hwy 50
Burbank, SD 57010
Phone: 605-624-4538
E-mail: email@example.com
Website: www.sydell.com
Utah Wool Marketing Association
Contact: Will Griggs
55 S Iron Street, Suite 2, Building 657
Tooele, UT 84074
Phone: 435-843-4284
Email: email@example.com
Website: www.utahwool.com
United Suffolk Sheep Association
Contact: Amanda Everts
PO Box 121
Holland, IA 50642
Phone: 641-684-5291
Email: email@example.com
Website: http://www.u-s-s-a.org/
Contact: Jerrod Samber, Livestock Protection Specialist
Atwood, CO 80722
Phone: 970-580-7640
Email: email@example.com
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CLICK HERE for the Guard Dog Application Form
The Guard Dog Program has spent nearly $200,000 to date to defend the sheep industry in the ongoing bighorn/domestic sheep controversy!
Due to the generosity of the record-setting 196 members and organizations that contributed to the Guard Dog Program during 2018, ASI could legally intervene on behalf of the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station.
Please consider a contribution this year to lend the extra hand to protect the sheep industry on all fronts. This is the only way that the organization can assist with or lead litigation. Annual dues from state associations are spent 100% on lobbying in Washington, D.C., so there is no balance left for litigation or legal analysis of federal decisions.
The program grows each year with additional sheep families deciding to help fund the legal arm of the sheep industry. We know activist groups that are targeting the sheep industry, such as Western Watershed Project and WildEarth Guardians in Montana and they raise money in the process to file more suits or appeals.
You are recognized nationally as the individuals and businesses that go the extra mile for the sheep industry. We receive positive feedback from the Guard Dog Member recognition in the monthly Sheep Industry News, as well as throughout the Annual Sheep Industry Convention.
If you are a returning member, I hope you will consider another contribution to the Guard Dog Program and continue to be part of the group of leaders that support the industry at a higher level. If you are a first time supporter, welcome to the program. A list of members is below.
Peter Orwick, Executive Director
FY 2018/2019 (Oct. 1, 2018 - September 30, 2019)
Charter Members
Minnesota Lamb and Wool Producers, Inc.
Supporting Members
Paul Rodgers, WV
FY 2017/2018 (Oct. 1, 2017 - September 30, 2018)
Charter Members
Jon and Linzie Amparan, Amparan Livestock, CA
Reed and Robyn Anderson, Anderson Sheep Co., OR
John and Nina Baucus, Sieben Ranch Co., MT
Brad and Laurie Boner, Cole Creek Ranch, WY
J. Paul & Debbie and Luke & Stacy Brown, Reata Ranch, CO
Jean Brown, Slash KJ, CO
Cedar Livestock Assn., UT
Dan and Steve Chournos, Chournos, Inc, UT
Colorado Wool Growers Assn.
Mike and Jennifer Corn, Roswell Wool, NM
Florence, John and Quinci Cubiburu, Cubiburu Livestock, CA
Tom and Renee Davis, Davis Land and Livestock Co., WY
Jerry Dilts and Elizabeth Philp, Three Bar X, LLC, WY
Alicia Dredge, CD Ranches, ID
John and Mary Eagle, Eagle Suffolks, ID
Nancy East, Sheeprock Ranch, CA
Ben and Stella Elgorriaga, Elgorriaga Livestock, CA
Steve and Lisa Elgorriaga, CA
Emigh Livestock, CA
John and Carolyn Espil, John Espil Sheep Co., Inc.
Henry and Kathy Etcheverry, Etcheverry Sheep Co., ID
Glen, Linda, Tammy & David Fisher, Askew-Fisher Ranch, TX
Paul and Marla Frischknecht, Frischknecht Livestock, UT
Garden State Sheep Breeders, NJ
Bob Gilbert and Susie Rebeck, Nickels, MT
Melchor and Karen Gragirena, El Tejon Sheep Co., CA
Will Griggs, Utah Wool Marketing Assn., UT
Michael and Vicki Guerry, Guerry Inc., ID
Julie Hansmire and Lynn Campbell, Campbell Hansmire Sheep, LLC, CO
Gene Hardy, Hardy Ranch LLC, WY
John, Tom and Karen Helle, Helle Livestock, MT
Ryan and Beatriz Indart, Indart Ranch, CA
Bob and Lisa Innes, Innes Ranch, LLC, WY
IOU Sheep Co., CA
Lee and Joan Jarvis, Jarvis Sheep Co., UT
Mike and Mary Jo Jernigan, Jernigan Ranch Co., TX
Julian Land and Livestock Co., WY
David and Bonnie Little, NV
Krebs Livestock LLC, OR
Tom and Becky Kourlis, Kourlis Ranch, CO
Skye and Penny Krebs, Krebs Sheep Co., OR
Dean and Kathy Lamoreaux, Lamoreaux Sheep, UT
Louis and Bernice Lemmel, Lemmel Ranch, LLC, SD
Jim Magagna, Magagna Brothers, WY
Bob and Diane Malone, Lost Lake Ranch, TX
Carol Martinez Family, Firewater Ranch, WA
Jack and Kathryn McRae, McRae Brothers Targhees, MT
Don and Pete Meike, Meike Ranch, WY
Pierce and Betty Miller, VIP Ranch Co., TX
Minnesota Lamb and Wool Producers, Inc.
Mark Moench, Thousand Peaks Ranches, Inc., UT
Montana Wool Growers Association, MT
Frank and Elaine Moore, Spearhead Ranch, WY
Preston and Sarah Neely, Neely Ranch, TX
Nevada Wool Growers
Elisabeth Noelke, Noelke Ranch, TX
Michael, Kelly and Katy Nottingham, Nottingham Land and Livestock, CO
Jack and Cindy Orwick, Hoover Ranch, SD
James and Joyce Orwick, SD
Steve and Vickie Osguthorpe, Red Pine Land & Livestock, UT
Tom, John, Diane, Cory and Christie Peavey, Flat Top Sheep Co., ID
Brian and Gayenell Phelan, CA
John and Anita Phillips, J & A Phillips Ranch, ID
James and Nancy Powell, Powell Ranches, TX
Joe Pozzi, Pozzi Ranch, CA
Larry Prager, Center of the Nation Wool, Inc., SD
Steve and Toni Raftopoulos, Two Bar Sheep Co., LLC, CO
Spence and Connie Rule, Rule Feeders LLC, CO
Thomas and Carol, Schene Enterprises, CA
Frank Shirts, ID
Cindy and Jeff Siddoway, Siddoway Sheep Co. Inc., ID
Phil and Harry Soulen, Soulen Livestock Co., ID
Bill Strauss, TX
Angelo (Butch) & Karin and Anthony & Dani Theos, Theos Swallow Fork Ranch, CO
Tom and Deb Thompson, Thompson Farms and Feedlot Inc., CO
Mickey (Mary A.) Thomas, W & M Thoman Ranches, LLC, WY
Gary and Lori Visintainer, Visintainer Sheep Co., CO
Tom and Karin Watson, Silverdale Farms, OR
Tasha Wahl, Tasha Wahl Sheep, OR
Tom and Karin Watson, Silverdale Farms, OR
Clark and Ruth Webster, C & R Farms, NV
Western Range Association, ID
Brandon and Patty Willis, Willis Ranch, UT
Wright Ranch and Resources LLC, WY
Supporting Members
Leo, Eric and Darla Barthelmess, Barthelmess Ranch Corp., MT
Jack and Lori Blattner, Blattner Suffolks, ID
Bob and Sherry Benson, IN
Brian and Carolyn Bitner, BRB Livestock, UT
Robert and Becky Boylan, Boylan Ranch, SD
Vance Broadbent, JRB, LLC, WY
James Brown Law Office, PLLC, MT
Tom and Andrea Colyer, Greenwood Hill Farm, MA
Tom and Cynthia Crane, CA
David and Theresa Dalling, Dalling Sheep, ID
Saundra Davenport, Rocking R Ranch, TX
Douglas and Julia Davis, Homestead Ranch, SD
Rufus and Patty DeZeeuw, DeZeeuw Farms, SD
John and Bernie Dvorak, Dvorak Family Farm, MN
Ted and Renae Edwards, Edwards Ranch, WY
Tom and Leah Edwards, TLE Ranch, Inc., WY
John and Anna Erk, SD
Ernie and George Etchart, Etchart Livestock, CO
Vernon and Terri Fairchild, Fairchild Shearing, LLC, ID
Lorin and Waneta Fawcett, Joseph O. Fawcett and Sons, Inc., UT
Bobby and Valery Frank, Livestock Weekly/Frank & Ball Ranch, TX
Gerry and Gwen Geis, Geis Brothers, LLC, WY
Kevin and Bobbi Geis, Geis Brothers, WY
Don Gnos, Footrot Flats, OR
William and Sheri Goring, Goring Ranch, UT
David and Nancy Greene, MD
Clarence Halterman, Halterman Sheep Inc., UT
Keith and Linda Hamilton, Hamilton Ranch, Inc., WY
Hampton Sheep Co., WY
Tom and Joni Harlan, Harlan Livestock, WY
Marlin Helming, Helming Hampshires, CO
John Hotchkiss, Hotchkiss Ranches, Inc., CO
Fred Itcaina, MT
Francisco and Miguel Iturriria, I & M Sheep Co., CA
Kaye Ivie, Arrowwood Management Co., UT
Matt and Sandra Jarvis, Jarvis Sheep Co., UT
Burdell and Theo Johnson, Diamond J, ND
Claire Jones, Bar 7 Ranch, TX
John and Nancy Joyce, JA Corp., WY
Bill Karnes, Karnes Ranch, TX
Randy and Julie Larson, UT
Bob, Marie, Ben and Jamie Lehfeldt, Lehfeldt Rambouillets, MT
Kristofor and Marianne Leinassar, FIM Corp., NV
Randy and Penny Leonard, Leonard Farms and Livestock, LLC, CO
Wes and Pat Limesand, ND
Randy and Vernita Marton, Marton Ranch, Inc., WY
Max and Joyce Matthews, SD
Michael and Janet Mawhinney, Mawhinney Mountain Dorsets, PA
Jeanne McCormack and Al Medvitz, McCormack Sheep and Grain, CA
Michael McCormick, McCormick Ranch, WY
Ken and Phyllis McKamey Ranch Co., MT
Brant Miller, ME
Ron and Elizabeth Moss, Moss Sheep, ID
Ann Nelson Houghtaling, Fred M. Nelson Farms, PTR, NM
David and Roxie Niemi, Niemi Ranch, SD
Joanne Nissen, CA
Jw and Thea Nuckolls, Nuckolls Ranch, LLC, WY
Dave and Holly Ollila, Flying O Sheep Co., SD
Bob and Jennifer Orwick, Orwick Ranch, SD
John and Linda Oswalt, Oswalt Farm, MI
Pete and Rama Paris, Paris Livestock, NV
Rob and Gloria Philp, Philp Sheep Co., WY
Larry and Madge Pilster, Pilster Ranch Corp., MT
Dan and Kay Persons, Rafter P Ranch, MN
Burton and Pattie Pfliger, Roselawn Legacy Hampshires, ND
Craig and Doelene Pitt, Pitt Family Columbias, UT
Johnny and Claire Powell and Margo Smith, Wineglass Ranch, TX
Jewell Reed, Reed Land and Livestock, WY
Warren and Carla Roberts, Open Heart Ranch, CO
Ward and Lynn Rouse, Rouse Farms, OR
Jim and Amy Schaefer, MO
Stephen and Diane Schreier, MN
Clay and Angela Shannon, Shannon Ranches, CA
Maurice and Karen Short, M & K Short Ranch, OR
Bill and Susan Shultz, Bunker Hill Farm, OH
JoAnne Snyder, Snyder Ranches, LLC, CO
Andree Soares, Star Creek Land Stewards, Inc., CA
Joe and Cheri Sperry, Sperry Livestock Corp., CO
Vernon and Marsha Spykerman, IA
Joel Stamatakis, Double Circle Ranches, UT
Art and Jill Swannack , Feustel Farms Inc., WA
Francis Sweet, Valley View Ranch, CA
Bill Taliaferro and Laura Pearson, Green River Livestock, WY
Randy and Amanda Tunby, MT
Lionel and Michelle Valdez, Rancho de Valdez, CO
Sandy and Brenda Webster, Bar Z Ranch, UT
Walter L. and Tommy Whitehead, TX
Ray and Jeri Willoughby, Willoughby Ltd., TX
David and Sara Winters, DW Winters Livestock, TX
Ken and Pauline Wixom, Wixom Livestock, ID
Bobby and Sherri Zesch, Bar Z Zesch Ranch, TX
Contributing Members
Madelon Bradshaw, Mad Canyons Ranch, TX
Michael and Cody Gruenwald, Dolan Creek Cattle, LLC, TX
Sharon and Ron Harston, CA
Lynda German and Polly Hinds, WY
Ronald and Connie Mulcahy, Mulcahy Farms, UT
Ray Okelberry, Okelberry Ranch, UT
Ramon Perez, Perez Ranch Inc., NM
Leonard and Elizabeth Riccio, L Bar E Farm, ID
Lauren Sizemore, CA
Rex and Birdie Streets, MT
Raymond and Teresa Talbott, Talbott Sheep Co., CA
Sheep Heritage Foundation
~ A charitable institution protecting the traditions of the U.S. sheep industry. ~
To view the Sheep Heritage Foundation Brochure, Click Here.
MISSION: Focusing solely on the U.S. sheep industry, the Sheep Heritage Foundation - a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation - is dedicated to enhancing the value of the sheep industry in the United States. It was established to create programs and projects that will assure solid opportunities for the future of the U.S. sheep industry.
MOTIVATION: You are proud to be associated with the U.S. sheep industry. Whether your family involvement is purebred, milk, sheepskin, wool for hand knitting, show lambs for youth programs or commercial wool and lamb production, a donation to the Sheep Heritage Foundation will help protect the livelihood of an industry that is near and dear to your heart.
SIGNIFICANCE: Your gift will help strengthen the industry, build programs that will ensure the industry's success and enhance and defend the opportunities for U.S. sheep producers. The Foundation's board of directors are committed to utilizing funds for the best scientific and educational projects of the industry. Additionally, the board is seeking matching funds from corporate, private and public entities to further stretch industry contributions.
DONATE: Consider a donation to uphold your family's important heritage and preserve opportunities for today's producers and for the generations that will raise sheep tomorrow.
10/1/2017 - 9/30/2018 Donations
American Sheep Industry Association
Memory of Jw Nuckolls
Florence Cubiburu
Memory of Bud Gutzman
Clint and Maureen Krebs
Memory of Wayne D. Mosher
Pierce and Betty Miller
Memory of Fred Campbell
Memory of Leroy Keese
Memory of Stanley Mayfield
Memory of Mackey McEntire
Memory of Charles Stegall
Bill and Susan Shultz
Memory of Susan Morrical
Siddoway Sheep Co.
Memory of Jw Nuckolls
10/1/2016 - 9/30/2017 Donations
Colorado Wool Growers Association
Memory of LeGrande Bair
Memory of A. Perry Christensen
Florence Cubiburu
Memory of Robert Schene
Glen and Linda Fisher
Memory of Bill Sims
Memory of Glen Richardson
Guy Flora
Memory of Bill Sims
Dennis and Stacie Fry
Memory of Brian Hoffman
Mike Harper Livestock, LLC
Pierce and Betty Miller
Memory of Glen Richardson
Memory of Clinton Hodges
Paul Rodgers
Rodgers Family Memorial
Siddoway Sheep Co, Inc.
Rodgers Family Memorial
Theos Swallow Fork Ranch Inc.
Memory of Martin Etchart
Dr. Cynthia Wolf
Rodgers Family Memorial


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Ashton Kutcher had better be on guard - Charlie Sheen has threatened to put the actor "on a hospital food diet".
Actor Charlie, 48, reached out to Two and a Half Men star Ashton, who replaced him when he was fired from the show over his erratic behaviour in 2010, after the 35-year-old star called him out for repeatedly bashing his performance in the CBS comedy on Twitter.
The Anger Management star promised to stop berating his successor after Ashton blasted him during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday night, saying: "Dude, shut the f**k up! Enough already. It's three years later and you're still blowing me up on Twitter. Come on dude, really?"
Charlie took to Twitter on Thursday morning to apologise for his bitter attitude.
He tweeted: "Ashton, message received. so sorry, u sounded like me! well done! my bad I was pissed at other crap & took it out on you. hope u r good xox c."
But he minutes later, he added: "but news flash Dood, you ever tell me to shut the F*** up, EVER again, and I'll put you on a hospital food diet for a year. c #YaFeelMe Jr?"
Charlie regularly sends Ashton public messages on Twitter, calling him "lame."
Praising his former co-star Jon Cryer in a series of tweets last year, he wrote: "hey Jon!!! u r a GENIUS!!! I effin love and MISS YOU old pal! Q; who's your lame side-kik? c #NiceTryCanonBoy #CH."
He later added: "hey relax everyone! read the hash tag! oh and Jon I'm so sorry I insulted your sidekik I meant REALLY lame c."
In another attack on the former Punk'd star, he wrote: "hey Ashton sorry bro all good. now quit barfing on my old brilliant show. Remember Punk'd? how duz it feel? c harp."
Alright! Calm down, chaps!

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There is barely anything left of this iconic Detroit neighborhood. Half of the houses left have been revived, and half of the ones that haven't are beyond repair. Hopefully as many as possible will be saved.
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I had seen on FB that Terri and others were going to run at Mohican on Sunday, but I was just planning on 20 miles on the roads here around town.
Then Mikey called and personally requested my presence. He's going to be moving soon, and might not be back on the beloved trails of Mohican any time soon. So of course, I am off to Mo for the run.
Mike, myself, Terri, Mark, Zach, Don, Nick, Rob, Mark all convened at the pavilion at the Class A Campgrounds. There was still quite a bit of snow at Mo-4 to 6 inches. We were already downgrading the proposed 50K down to something managable.
We asked Terri what we were running…it seemed the plan was to run the Mohican 100 course loop.
So off we went. The first mile of trail had been broken by a snowshoe trekker the day before. Then Nick took the lead and broke trail as we crossed across the river to the mountain bike trail.
Lots of talk talk talk on the trail. Lots of joke, smack talking. We were trying to ignore the fact that the snow was rather deep; there was much more slogging thru snow than alot of running.
We lost Don, Nick, and Zach after a few miles, as they peeled off on the road to complete their runs.
The rest of us trodded on. It was quite funny in places, as we tried to figure out where we were, exactly. (The group had more than one thousand Mohican miles between us.)
Mark had a brillant idea when we got to the mountain bike trailhead, nine miles in. He proposed we just turn around and retrace our steps..since we now had a broken in trail to run in, with the slight wind behind us. This was readily accessable.
Rob elected to bail with Mark L. here, to continue on with his training plan of the day, so it was down to Mike, Mark, Terri and I.
It was slower going back, but still a good time. Terri need to make her mileage an even 20, but I was fine to bail at 18 trail miles for the day.
GREAT to be back at Mohican and even better to spend some trail time with Mikey!!


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What are your thoughts on this camera ?
It sure looks nice, and I like small unobtrusive cameras. The great unplanned photo you take will be done with the camera you have with you, which is not likely a giant DSLR (the one in the closet).
But, I read the Amazon reviews and also the Ken Rockwell site, among others. Summed up, it is a rebranded Japanese camera with the price boosted considerably by that Leica sticker.
Other, considerably cheaper models are just as good, but Rockewell makes the point that if it makes you happy then go for it and that you are supporting Leica, a small but important company that makes interesting stuff and should survive.
Unless you are a mega die hard super Leica fanboy, get the Panasonic LX3K, exact same camera, I like the Panasonic one looks prettier, and a lot cheaper.
I have the Panasonic LX2 a couple of years ago before I went dslr, I loved that camera. I'm sure you will love the dlux 4 or LX3K, just remember, they are the same camera, and with the Leica you are only paying for the name.
It should be pointed out that while the hardware between the two cameras are the same, there are some small differences.
The JPEG processing in the Leica camera is different. Whether or not it is better is up to the user, but it is different. I think it tries to recreate the "Leica" look of their other cameras like the M8.
The Leica version comes with RAW processing software which the Panasonic one lacks. If you intend to shoot RAW this will be an extra cost with the Panasonic whereas a package is included with the Leica.
The warranty of the Leica camera is longer than the Panasonic. (3 years vs. 1 I think but not 100% sure)
Does this mean it makes the Leica a better buy? Not necessarily, and there is definitely a premium to be paid for the red dot on the camera, but at the same time there are other aspects about buying the Leica version beyond the hardware that might make it a more attractive value to some.
Generally speaking, I have heard it is one of the better P&S cameras for low light or indoor photogrpahy. It has a pretty good sensor in terms of ISO performance (at least as far as a compact digital goes), and a built in lens that is a stop faster than most other P&S (f/2 vs. f/2.8), allowing for faster shutter speeds in low light. The biggest drawback is that the zoom range is not as extensive as other P&S, and the zoom range available is focused on the wide end- something which people can find limiting.
Look at the new Canon S90.
Just to clarify, the LX3K has raw capabilities, even raw+jpeg, it has a 3 image buffer which isn't bad for a compact.
some minor details:
- I think Jpeg processing in the Leica is better overall, extracting more detail and not oversaturating and such by default.
- the Panasonic comes with a RAW converter (SilkyPix), the Leica just comes with a better one (Capture One)
- the Leica has a two-year warranty. and a wrist strap.
anyways, the LX3 is probably the best P&S available short of the micro 4/3s cameras, provided you're ok with the relatively short zoom range.
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Thanks everyone !! I will look at the Canon and the Panasonic in the end, I guess it's like buying a watch you buy the one that you like . I have seen some macro pics from the Leica which were amazing !! I will start to photograph Vintage watches Rolex Omega Breitling etc, for a Watch forum site I am building with some friends anyone else collect watches here ?
It's probably noteworthy that lx3s are backordered everywhere, and have been for some time (Panasonic themselves list all the accessories as "discontinued"). The only places that actually have them in stock are bumping the MSRP $100+, which puts them roughly in line with the DL4 once you factor in CaptureOne and the extra 2 years warranty.
At least, that's what I told my wife.
It's a great little camera. I don't think you'd be disappointed with it.
I have the LX3 version of this camera and it's a really quite spectacular for a point and shoot camera. I wish it could go slightly more telephoto but it's not a deal breaker. If you shoot RAW with it, Lightroom and Adobe ACR will process the RAW files, iPhoto and Aperture will NOT. Just in case you were counting on that.
**EDIT** The Silky Pix software that comes with the Panasonic version will obviously process the RAW files as well, however, the software is garbage.
Panasonic makes the same camera. The camera was developed jointly and then each company sell their own version of the camera. The Lieca version default color settings are different but you can change the setting away from the default.
Great little camera, especially with the external viewfinder.
However, if you're contemplating buying one, I'd wait until after the 09/09/09:
(it's gonna be big - not only because of the almost proverbial "M9")
Thanks for that; I'm already salivating - I love Leicas, they are exquisitely designed and amazing ergonomically; and, as for the photos.....
I'm very happy with the D Lux 4 I purchased earlier this summer. The price difference between it and the Panasonic wasn't huge if purchased at B & H. I do find the Leica far more attractive than the clunkier Panasonic. The picture quality is excellent and the 2 - 2.8 lens is far superior than other PS cameras. I also bought a little piece of plastic to fill in the hot shoe for 10 bucks at some website and that makes the camera look better. The big negative for me is the lack of a built in lens cap, as I don't know what they were thinking. It is also difficult to put a protective clear filter on the camera - something that one would want to do given it's cost. However, all the grumpy little negatives aside, the camera takes excellent photos, superior to other others you may look at.
it is by far the best P&S camera i've ever used. period
but if money is a concern then see if u can find the panasonic LX3 - those little buggers are hard to find though!
no other point and shoot comes close. ok i lie, canon g10 is pretty good too for around the same money but much bigger than d-lux4/lx3 - however i think they just came out with a g11 and other new cameras.
Thanks Everyone for your input !!
I was lucky enough to order the Leica on Sunday night from B&H photo they had 1 left in stock !! all other retailers around me and online were sold out.
UPS delivers it tomorrow I am leaving for a trip Friday morning to LA, I will be driving down PCH Highway 1 some great photo spots !!! I will post soon.


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The accident took place at about 9:30 p.m. at Glenlord Road, about a fourth of a mile west of Cleveland Avenue in Lincoln Township, according to a news release.
Heidi Tanner, of Sodus, was driving her 1995 Chevrolet Caviler when she was struck head-on by a 2004 GMC Yukon being driven by 41-year-old Steven Berndt, of Stevensville.
Witnesses said they had been following Berndt east on Glenlord Road and saw that it was weaving just before hitting TannerÂ?s westbound car, police said.
A passenger in the Tanner vehicle, Lauren Gast, of St. Joseph, was transported by Medic One Ambulance to Lakeland Hospital in St. Joseph with injuries that did not appear to be life threatening, police said.
Alan McKee Jr., 24, of Stevensville, was the Yukon owner and passenger but was not injured in the crash, police said.
An investigation determined that BerndtÂ?s blood alcohol was in excess of the legal limit, and he was lodged in the Berrien County Jail on charges of operating while intoxicated causing death, a 15-year felony.
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No, it's a router not a modem. So you'll need internet service with a modem and then it can be used as a router. But there are a lot more uses for this little device.
1. Extend your existing WiFi signal in weak spots of your home.
2. If you are in a hotel with no WiFi but the main lobby, this baby can be hooked up in your room with an ethernet cable and you can create your own wireless network.
3. Use it to play music from your iPhone, iPod, iPad or Macbook wirelessly through your stereo or any speakers. Works really good!
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By Bonnie Gangelhoff
ART EDUCATION: I took art lessons in elementary, middle, and high school. When I graduated from college, I became a second-grade teacher. But then I started studying art with Denise Mahlke. I'm moving to New York to study at Water Street Atelier in a four-year program.
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MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE WAY YOU WORK: I tend to be a perfectionist, which sometimes can be good but sometimes can be bad. I have trouble knowing when to stop.
SECOND-CHOICE CAREER: Up until last May I was a teacher. Now I just want to be a painter.
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£1 million from the LIBOR fund will be used to support a major new international sporting event for wounded, injured and sick Service personnel, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced today.
This new event, called the Invictus Games, is being championed by Prince Harry through his role in the Royal Foundation. The Games will see more than 300 wounded, injured and sick Servicemen and women, serving and veteran, competing in athletics, archery, wheelchair basketball, road cycling, indoor rowing, wheelchair rugby, swimming and sitting volleyball.
Teams from the armed forces of 13 nations that have served alongside each other will be invited to the Invictus Games in London in September this year.
The contribution from the LIBOR fund will be used to support the event and is being matched by funding from the Royal Foundation.
George Osborne said:
"I am pleased that we have been able to support the very first Invictus Games in London using the LIBOR fund. We're using money raised from fines on those who demonstrated the very worst of values to support the very best of values, injured service personnel from around the world. This landmark event will be a real inspiration for future generations."
The LIBOR fund has been raised through fines imposed on banks for misdemeanours and attempted manipulation of financial markets. This latest allocation builds on £35 million of LIBOR funding already given to military good causes in previous tranches, £60 million to support Armed Forces personnel, their families and veterans and a further £10 million per annum which has been earmarked from 2015 to support the Armed Forces Covenant.


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Faisal Shahzad pled guilty to all ten counts of charges stemming from his failed terror attempt to detonate explosives in crowded Times Square on May 1. He said, "It's a war" and that he was avenging the deaths of innocent Muslim women and children killed by US drone attacks in Afghanistan and Iraq. The guilty plea was heard in Federal District Court in New York on June 21. Shahzad was referring to the deadly drone attacks which have been doubled by President Obama over the number of attacks made by the Bush administration. The attacks were carried out by the Joint Special Operations Command which was headed by General Stanley McChrystal from April 2003 to August 2008 with the help of the CIA. Obama removed McChrystal as commander of American forces in Afghanistan on June 23 and replaced him with General David Patraeus.
Obama stood in the White House Rose Garden with Vice President Biden, General Patraeus and other top military brass and "regretfully" accepted General McChrystal's resignation. Obama said he did so because snide and derogatory remarks from the general and his staff about senior administration officials in a Rolling Stone article were contemptuous. Among many other disparaging comments, McChrystal told a Rolling Stone reporter that he felt the new President looked "uncomfortable and intimidated" while meeting with senior military officers just after Obama was inaugurated. In the chaotic turn of events, Obama summoned McChrystal to the White House from Afghanistan where he has been commander of the increasingly unpopular war. A recent ABC / Washington Post poll revealed that people felt the war was not worth fighting by a 53 to 44 margin. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll had 62% of the American people saying the country was going in the wrong direction and Obama's approval rating at 45% with 48% disapproval.
"War is bigger than any one man or woman, whether a private, a general or president," Obama said. "As difficult as it is to lose General McChrystal, I believe it is the right decision for national security." "I welcome debate among my team," he said, "but I won't tolerate division."
McChrystal's first controversy in the Afghanistan war was in 2004 when he tried, amid the chaos, to cover up the fact that former NFL star Pat Tillman was killed by "friendly fire".
Obama stressed that this was a change in personnel, but not a change in policy and did not signal a shift in his overall war strategy in Afghanistan, which was designed by McChrystal and adopted by Obama. Under it, 30,000 new American troops have been arriving in recent months, but US and NATO are suffering the most casualties since the war began.
Even people who approve killing of innocent civilians by drone attacks paid for by our tax dollars should have some understanding of Shahzad's motives for his failed act of terror which will result in his serving a mandatory sentence of life without parole. When the judge asked "You wanted to injure a lot of people?" Shahzad replied that he wanted "to injure people or kill people." "One has to understand where I'm coming from." He considered himself "a Muslim soldier," and that United States had attacked Muslim lands. The judge interjected: "But not the people who were walking in Times Square that night. Did you look around to see who they were?"
Shahzad answered, "Well, the people select the government; we consider them all the same."
"Including the children?" the judge asked.
Shahzad replied, "Well, the drone hits in Afghanistan and Iraq…don't see children; they don't see anybody. They kill women, children. They kill everybody. It's a war. And in war, they kill people. They're killing all Muslims: I am part of the answer to the U.S. terrorizing the Muslim nations and the Muslim people. And … I'm avenging the attack. Living in the United States, Americans only care about their own people, but they don't care about the people elsewhere in the world when they die."
Mr. Shahzad was unapologetic. "I want to plead guilty, and I'm going to plead guilty 100 times over, because until the hour the U.S. pulls its forces from Iraq and Afghanistan,…and stops the drone strikes and stops the occupation of Muslim lands, and stops killing the Muslims, we will be attacking U.S., and I plead guilty to that."
Shahzad also answered the judge's questions about his background and even his family. "I had a wife and two beautiful kids." They have returned to Pakistan to be with his parents.
US officials portray the missile strikes as attempts to kill leaders of al Qaeda. US media quote unnamed intelligence officials who claim the victims of the missile strikes are all "militants," without any validation of who were killed
A Pakistani newspaper reported that 687 civilians had been killed in approximately 60 drone strikes carried out since January 2008. More than 30 drone attacks have been launched since and the number of Pakistani civilians killed may be more than a 1,000 by now.
General McChaos is canned and Shahzad is going spend his life in jail, but how many more casualties from the longest war in US history and blowback from avenging terrorists will we tolerate?


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Gummy Lump sent us this Wooden Workbench Pretend Play Set by Melissa and Doug.
Bring out the little handyman in your child! This sturdy wooden workbench includes a functioning vise, tool rack, wooden tools, hardware and a storage shelf.
Made of solid wood.
24" x 26" x 18.5"
We set the Workbench up in my dad's shop so Evan can build things while my dad does. Evan is still a little young to really build things, but he can hammer away on the workbench or use the vice and other tools. With help, he can use this book to make his own creations. I don't think it will be long until he can build things all by himself by looking at this book.
This is the bottom shelf of the bench that can hold even more supplies and tools.
The "coolest" aspect of the workbench is the working vice-it's just like "Pop's"!
The back of the workbench serves as a Tool Rack to keep all of the tools up and out of the way while you work.
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Sometimes we give great weight to the notion that if some action or activity is repeated often enough, it is almost self-perpetuating. A bad habit, for example, is thought to be a kind of mental groove that becomes harder and harder to eliminate as time goes on.
But there is a means of gaining permanent freedom - of not merely coping with a bad trait but healing it. In relation to this, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes, ''When the mechanism of the human mind gives place to the divine Mind, selfishness and sin, disease and death, will lose their foothold.'' n1
n1 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. p. 176.
What's the practical significance of that statement, and how does it relate to healing? Well, let's take a real-life example: mine. A number of years ago there were some things about me that I didn't like. I was too chubby from habitual snacking, I bit my fingernails, and I got upset too easily. These habits, contributing to my unhappiness, seemed hard to get free of. But they were really only symptoms of the general unhappiness of not knowing my true identity as the beloved child of God.
This is what Christian Science taught me: that man (a generic term including male and female) is, in his true selfhood, the image and likeness of God, as the Bible states in Genesis; therefore, as the perfect likeness of God, of divine Love, of the one Mind, I was (and am) inherently lovely and intelligent!
I had not been believing or understanding this. I had been thinking of myself as basically a material body inhabited by a limited, personal mind. This mind seemed to be such a confusing conglomeration of feelings and thoughts! Was my mind the sum total of all I had experienced since birth? Did I have little control over the so-called subconscious?
What I was asking, in effect, was, What am I? What really constitutes me, my identity? The Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, throws light on this. It explains, ''The divine Mind, not matter, creates all identities, and they are forms of Mind, the ideas of Spirit apparent only as Mind, never as mindless matter nor the so-called material senses.'' n2
n2 Ibid., p. 505.
As an idea of Mind, then, I couldn't be mindless or repeat mindless actions. To me, Mrs. Eddy's statement implied that I needed to know my source, God, better. So I turned to the Scriptures for inspiration.
I could sympathize with Paul. He had his struggles! He had to overcome hatred , prejudice, and self-will in himself. But he was transformed. Two things he said have always stood out to me: ''Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus''; n3 and, ''We have the mind of Christ.'' n4
n3 Philippians 2:5
n4 I Corinthians 2:16
It started to sink in. I had been unhappily identifying myself in very mortal , limited terms, with ''the mechanism of the human mind,'' while Paul had evidently come to see something of God as the one Mind.
I began to reason this way: ''That Mind is in me which was in Christ Jesus. I have the Mind of Christ! Nothing about the real me is stubborn or resistant to what is right and good!'' It began to dawn on me what mind and consciousness mean in practical spiritual terms. Bad habits were a symptom of believing in a very limited sense of mind, a mortal sense. But I could actually leave that whole limited, mechanistic sense to identify myself as expressing the infinite, divine Mind, and to know that I was governed by God's will alone, not by self-will.
Did these truths transform me in a moment? Honestly, no. But with surprisingly rapid progress, a sense of grace developed and lifted me out of the old habits. I lost weight, stopped biting my nails, and became calmer and happier. A long story made necessarily short here. But the lesson is so vast that it just continues to unfold to me new views of who I am, and what spiritual freedom can accomplish. It can do the same for you. DAILY BIBLE VERSE Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2


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The numerous venues for adoption can be overwhelming for people just starting to consider adopting. Here's a breakdown of the range of options:
Since adoption laws in the state where you live govern your options, it's essential that you know which types of placements are allowed in your state. If you pursue an adoption across state lines, you must comply with the laws in both states before the child can join your family. All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have enacted legislation (called the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children) that governs how children can be placed across state lines.
Think about how much risk you can tolerate. Of the options listed above, agency adoptions provide the greatest assurance of monitoring and oversight since agencies are required to adhere to licensing and procedural standards. Independent adoptions by attorneys provide assurance that attorneys must adhere to the standards of the Bar Association, and some attorneys who specialize in adoption are members of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, a professional membership organization with standards of ethical practice. Adoptive placements by facilitators offer the least amount of supervision and oversight. This doesn't mean that facilitators are not ethical professionals with good standards of practice! It simply means there are few or no oversight mechanisms in place at this time.
There are both private and public adoption agencies. A private adoption agency is supported by private funds and should be licensed or approved by the state in which it operates. A public agency is the local branch of your state social service agency. Most public agencies handle only special-needs adoptions -- not infant or international adoptions.
To obtain the names of local private agencies, look under "Adoption Agencies" or "Social Services" in the yellow pages. You can get a free copy of your state's agency listing from NAIC. (Visit the NAIC Web site at http://www.calib.com/naic to access the National Adoption Directory online.) Check with your state adoption specialist, the Better Business Bureau near the agency, and the state attorney general's office to see if other adoptive families have lodged any complaints. You can check with local adoptive parent support groups for their recommendations of reputable agencies.
Private agencies handle both domestic and international adoptions. You will need to decide which kind of child you want to join your family. Fees charged by private adoption agencies range from $5,000 to more than $30,000 for both domestic and international adoptions.
Ask any agency you might work with what its fees are and what the schedule is for paying them. You should also ask what services are and are not covered by the fees. Most will allow you to pay fees in installments due at particular points during the adoption process. If the fee policy is clear from the beginning, any misunderstandings about payment will be less likely.
You can find an appropriate agency listed in your telephone book in the government section under a name such as "Department of Social Services" or "Department of Public Welfare." Each state organizes its agencies somewhat differently. They may be organized regionally or by county. To begin, call your county office and ask to speak to the adoption specialist. If the county office cannot help you, ask to be referred to the regional or state office.
In general, public agencies will accept adoption applications from families wanting to adopt older children, sibling groups, or children with special physical or psychological needs. Many of the children waiting for placement through public agencies are children of color. Adoption services through a public agency are usually free or available for a modest fee, since the services are funded through state and federal taxes. Federal or state subsidies are sometimes available to assist families adopting a child with special needs. Even if a child has no special needs, adoptive parents may only be asked to pay legal fees, which are often quite reasonable. In some cases, subsidies may even be available for the legal fees, too.
Children in the custody of a public agency were either abused, neglected, or abandoned by their birth parents. Abuse and neglect can leave physical and emotional scars. It's important to discuss all aspects of a child's history with the agency social workers and to discuss the availability of counseling or other services -- just in case they might be needed -- before deciding to adopt a child with a traumatic history.
Another parenting option available through public agencies is foster parenting. Children are placed with foster parents to give birth parents a chance to improve their situations. Birth parents are offered counseling and services during this time. Foster parents receive a monthly stipend for a child's living expenses. In general, the goal of the foster care program is to reunite the child with his or her birth parents if at all possible. However, there is a growing trend toward freeing children for adoption (that is, terminating the parental rights of the birth parents) as quickly as possible to prevent years of drifting in foster care. Federal legislation has mandated courts to seek termination of parental rights when a child has been in foster care for 15 out of the past 22 months unless there are extenuating circumstances. More and more foster parents are adopting their foster children. This is particularly true for foster children of color or those with special needs. In almost all states, the vast majority of children adopted from the public foster care system were adopted by their foster parents or by their relatives.
Recently, some states have changed the way they organize their parenting programs. They consider foster parenting and adoption to be a continuum of service, rather than two separate functions. As a result, agency personnel may ask you at the time of application if you want to be only foster parents, only adoptive parents, or foster/adoptive parents. Foster/adoptive parents are willing to be foster parents while that is the child's need and understand that the agency will make all efforts to reunite the child with the birth parents. However, if the child is freed for adoption, the foster/adoptive parents may be given priority consideration as his or her potential adoptive parents.
It'll take some soul-searching on your part to decide whether foster parenting is a good option for you. If you can stand some uncertainty, it's a viable option, especially if you have your heart set on a young child and you don't have the funds for a private agency or independent adoption. You must be able to maturely face the prospect of a child being reunited with birth parents, feel sincerely that reunification is indeed in the best interest of the child at that time, and be prepared to handle the grief that would accompany such a loss.
If you're considering this option, discuss becoming a foster/adoptive parent with the agency social workers and other foster parents who have adopted their former foster children.
Adoptions can sometimes be arranged without an agency. Initial contacts can be made directly between a pregnant woman and adoptive parents or by the pregnant woman and an attorney, depending on state law. Independent adoption is legal in all but a few states, but you'll need to find out about the specifics of the law in your own state.
If you pursue this approach, retain an experienced adoption attorney to explain your state's adoption laws. Talk to other adoptive parents. Become familiar with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), because in interstate adoptions you will be required to comply with the adoption laws of both states. You certainly don't want your adoption to be challenged because of failing to comply with the relevant adoption laws.
To initiate an independent adoption, you must first locate a birth mother interested in relinquishing her child. In the states where it's legal, advertising in the classified section of local newspapers has proven to be a successful method for bringing birth parents and adoptive parents together. You can advertise on your own or use a national adoption advertising consultant. Another way to locate a birth mother is to send an introductory letter, photo, and resume describing your family life, home, jobs, hobbies, and interests to crisis pregnancy centers, obstetricians, and all of your friends and colleagues who might possibly lead you to the right person. Some families have even advertised on the Internet.
Simply locating a birth mother is only the first step. You also need to know about the birth father. States have recognized the rights of birth fathers to be involved in decisions about their children, including adoptions. Many states have established registries (putative father registries) as a way for birth fathers to register their intention to support and be involved in their child's life. Several high-profile lawsuits have involved contested adoptions where birth fathers were not notified of the adoptive placement of the child and subsequently objected.
Expenses involved in an independent adoption vary. It's customary for adoptive parents to pay for the birth mother's medical and legal expenses, in addition to their own. Some states also require the adoptive parents to pay for counseling for the birth parents so that the court can be satisfied that they both fully comprehend what they are planning to do. A home study, for which there is a fee, conducted by a certified social worker or a licensed child-placing agency, is usually required. In some states, the adoptive parents may also help out with the birth mother's living or clothing expenses. Again, with each of these issues, you must know your state adoption laws and what they allow or prohibit in an adoption.
Identified adoption is a form of independent adoption in which a birth mother and adoptive parents locate one another, but then go together to a licensed adoption agency. (In a few states, this is the only type of independent adoption allowed.) The agency conducts the home study for the adoptive parents and counsels the birth mother. All the parties know that the birth mother's baby will be placed with that couple. This process combines some of the positive elements of all types of adoption: the birth mother can feel confident that her child will have a future with an approved, loving family, and the adoptive parents can feel confident that the birth mother has thought carefully about her decision. As in any adoption, however, a birth mother may still change her mind about placing the child.
Many couples who have adopted infants independently found it was the right solution for them. It may be the solution for you; however, it's not for everyone. Some adoptive parents who have adopted independently say later that it might have been nice to have had the emotional support and thoughtful preparation for adoption that an adoption agency provides. Most parents want to be well prepared to help their children deal with adoption issues they will face at different points in their lives. Some parents seek support before and after adopting independently by joining adoptive parent support groups.
A few states permit adoption facilitators to act as "matchmakers" who recruit and counsel birth parents and then make introductions to prospective adoptive families. The facilitators charge families for their services and allow the birth parents and the adoptive family to make the rest of the placement arrangements.
Each potential independent adoption situation is different, and this method can be expensive. It's not uncommon for the expenses in an independent adoption to equal those of a private agency adoption, unless the birth mother has health insurance or is covered by medical assistance. Since many birth parents change their minds after the child is born, prospective adoptive families must often deal with the loss of funds paid for the birth parents' expenses in addition to the loss of the anticipated baby. Some adoptive parents purchase adoption insurance as a way to guard against such financial risks; insurance underwriters require that families work with preapproved agencies or attorneys in order to purchase this insurance.
Source: National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
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Calling all Artists! Regularly thoughout the year we seek out new art pieces for the city. This page will have our latest requests for public art. If you would like to be notified when you we are seeking new art pieces, sign up to add your name to our Artist Database.
The City of Coeur d'Alene Arts Commission is seeking artists for bike racks to be located in front of the Community Room at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library, on the lower level.
The goal of the lower level is to have a bike rack that will be both artistic and functional and that will entice children to park their bikes at the rack instead of on the ground in front of the Children's Library that is accessible from the lower level. Artists are encouraged to let their imagination be their guide!
Public art can be a change agent for the community. It creates and establishes neighborhood and community identity and also enhances the visual landscape and character of the city. It turns ordinary spaces into community landmarks and promotes community dialogue and, most important, it's accessible to everyone.
Information packets are available at City Hall, 710 E. Mullan Avenue, or by CLICKING HERE. Artist proposals are due by 5 p.m., July 5, 2018. To ensure fairness, no extensions or waivers of deadlines will be granted. Artists with questions are encouraged to contact Amy Ferguson, Coeur d'Alene Arts Commission staff support, at email@example.com.


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When you're sitting astride your horse on a rickety bridge in a foreign land and six burly strangers approach, you have a choice. You can either act as though you're about to be robbed or you can make the men your allies.
Christina Dodwell is speaking from experience. The intrepid British explorer has spend years traveling the wilder territories of the world - many of them alone.
As a woman, she says, you learn to defuse situations before they get beyond your control. "It is what you inspire in other people and how they respond to you" that often determines the outcome, she explains in a phone interview.
Her latest adventure is rather tamer - traveling the United States to talk about "Explorations: Great Moments of Discovery From the Royal Geographical Society" (Artisan, 2002). The book is a collection of extraordinary historical photos from the society's archives, with essays by seasoned explorers including Ms. Dodwell, Sir Edmund Hillary, and Wilfred Thesiger.
The stern portrait of David Livingstone's ferryman, who took the dying explorer on his final journey across the Lulimala River in 1873, is just a few pages beyond a color picture of Edmund Hillary and sherpa Tenzing Norgay enjoying a celebratory cup of tea after scaling Everest in 1953.
Dodwell's own treks through Papua New Guinea, the Congo, and other exotic locales have taught her to travel alone. "If you're alone, it's very easy for people to take you into their lives and their culture. You don't threaten.
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1. Re: Single SSD w/RAIDed HDDsredux Nov 23, 2010 12:21 AM (in response to xxsashixx)
If you are set to raid in the BIOS the single drive will be effectively be running in AHCI. Also as the drive is not part of the drive array you will also be getting TRIM You are good to go.
2. Re: Single SSD w/RAIDed HDDsxxsashixx Nov 23, 2010 1:10 AM (in response to redux)
Alright thanks for the quick, prompt answer
So should I be using Windows drivers? Intel? GIgabyte?
Edit: http://communities.intel.com/message/82100#82100 saw this.. it seems to apply to me, no TRIM?
3. Re: Single SSD w/RAIDed HDDsPeterUK Nov 23, 2010 7:36 AM (in response to xxsashixx)
To get TRIM support on a single SSD with other RAID arrays you need to have RST 9.6.
4. Re: Single SSD w/RAIDed HDDsDuckieHo Nov 23, 2010 9:28 PM (in response to xxsashixx)
Definitely Intel.
The Windows generic drivers don't support RAID and the "Gigabyte drivers" are just Intel drivers.


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In 5.1, the rear left channel is swapped with the LFE 4.08.05. Didn't see a fix note in 4.08.06, assuming still broke.
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You're right i had already noticed a problem there a while back but thought I fixed it. There was one array index that was swapped with another. I've fixed it for the next release. Looks like we're releasing monday instead of today due to a few other last minute cleanups.
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America has three living ex-presidents, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon. And they're all giving advice to President Reagan. They speak at a time of growing domestic and international strain, and the comments range from faintly cautionary to sharply critical.
Former President Ford, in comment to David Brinkley at Vail, Colo., Aug. 15, wondered if the Siberian gas pipeline confrontation with European allies couldn't have been avoided. Europe is currently 85 percent self-sufficient in gas but in 10 years will be only about 45 percent self-sufficient.
''It simply isn't sufficient,'' he said, ''for America to say to Europe, you shall not have the gas that is needed for your industries in the next decade.'' The United States should be firm with the Soviets, he said, but the allies have a case.
''I think the administration probably could have handled it better if they had been more forthright a year-and-a-half ago in their opposition.'' And with a little longer time, he said, the whole thing might have been avoided.
As to Mr. Reagan himself, Mr. Ford's judgment is that he is ''moving away in a number of instances from the position he took in 1980.'' He is ''recognizing that the political power of the US is more in the center and therefore he has to be less and less dependent on support from the far right.'' Rather wistfully Ford added that a new president often has a transition period: ''I became a little more realistic and I think that's the position Ronald Reagan is taking.''
Richard Nixon, in articles in the New York Times Aug. 18 and 19 was as careful as Ford not to criticize Reagan directly. But he urged the importance of America's European allies in the pipeline dispute and urged the policy of continuing negotiating with the Soviet Union. One doesn't have to be ''soft'' to communism he argued to carry on discussion. America and Russia live in the same nuclear world he noted; his attitude was admonitory and almost urgent. Earlier presidents, he said, have dealt with Moscow and achieved ''detente.''
''The Soviet Union has desperate economic problems,'' he said, but added that ''squeezing Russia economically did not work when Communists first came to power , when their problems were far worse, and it would not work now. Rather than decreasing repression it would increase it.''
The two Republican ex-presidents appear to be warning Reagan against the hard-line wing of the GOP. Nixon urged personal presidential contact with Moscow leaders at summit conferences, something Reagan so far has eschewed.
''Whatever we call it,'' he said, ''it is better than the alternatives of either sterile confrontation or nuclear conflict.''
The third living ex-president, Jimmy -Carter, recently broke his self-imposed post-1980 silence. At Atlanta Aug. 20, he attacked Interior Secretary James Watt over environmental policies in a speech to the Wilderness Society. Mr. Carter's book on his own administration comes out shortly.
The role of the three members of the exclusive Ex-Presidents' Club is now taking shape, as it has in times past in American history. Ford and Nixon, as fellow-Republicans, give a muted but somewhat ambiguous comment on Reagan's external difficulties and emphasize their international view as respected elder statesmen.
Carter, as former leader of the opposite party, is not restrained by political niceties and lashes out in his attack on a particular Reagan program. But all three members of the Ex-Presidents' Club agree on the collective responsibility of the man who presently sits in the White House, where they themselves once sat.
Carter is particularly sharp in this. He charges that Secretary Watt is despoiling the heritage of America's environment and that the latter has ''betrayed the public trust.'' But he argues that it isn't possible for a president ''to hide behind a secretary of interior or a director of the environmental protection agency or a budget director.''
Carter may have sharp criticism ahead. He charged the controversial secretary with being ''a caricature of irresponsibility.''
The Ex-Presidents' Club has its own rules. Members may be sharp in their attack. But they generally express sincere personal feelings, take a broad approach to foreign policy, and emphasize national rather than parochial views. They still hear the band playing their personal ''Hail to the Chief.''


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April 1, 2005
Charlie Carey
Letting Go Can Really Pay Off
The National Retail Federation's 2004 CRM Retail Annual Survey has revealed that retailers feel that their CRM initiatives are NOT measuring up to their expectations. These retailers--70 percent of over 100 surveyed--cited a relatively consistent set of obstacles such as inadequate expertise, limited resources, and high costs among many reasons preventing them from attaining their CRM objectives. In spite of these challenges, retailers remain steadfast in pursuing their CRM goals. In fact, more than 80 percent of the retailers surveyed reported that they are maintaining or increasing their future CRM budgets. The question now is how retailers plan to use outsourced marketing services to overcome these obstacles and catch up with their growing expectations, and those of their customers. Forrester Research just released a report on this subject entitled 2004 Database Marketing Outsourcing Outlook. The report finds that many firms are looking for more help from the outside for greater CRM expertise and additional human resources to address these top challenges. Of the 49 marketers interviewed by Forrester, 50 percent or more reported that they currently use at least some outside support in every one of the 13 marketing service categories studied. And they expect outsourcing budgets to grow. For 2004, some 65 percent are spending more outside than in 2003. And 63 percent report increased budgets in 2005 for outsourced services. A primary driver for raising CRM expectations and complicating existing business and marketing processes has been the growth of e-commerce. Online sales have increased from 2 percent to 7 percent of all retail in just 5 years. In the catalog segment, Web-based orders will surpass inbound 800-number orders in 2004 to become the primary revenue channel. It's the traditional offline merchants, not pure-play e-tailers like Amazon.com, who are booking the vast majority of the e-commerce transactions. But e-commerce is not their core competency and many are struggling to have the level of Web site functionality and service, like buy anywhere, pick up anywhere, which customers expect. Because these needs are immediate, merchants are looking for strategic and comprehensive partnerships with outside e-commerce providers. A similar trend was reported in the Forrester study. Respondents were asked about their future interest in purchasing across 13 separate outsource service categories. While operational service and data hygiene continued to be at the top of the list, these marketers also reported a very strong interest in expanding outside relationships with the emphasis on getting more help in strategic service categories like customer segmentation, advanced analytics, and even CRM strategy. This makes sense. With the new addressable e-channels, database marketing is rapidly becoming more complex. Companies need to significantly and quickly upgrade data models in their data marts and modify existing segmentation, lifetime value, targeting, media selections, and testing procedures. Forrester agrees and directly attributes these changes to "the challenges of integrating marketing efforts across new media, multiple channels, and multiple lines of business." The number one reason companies are letting go of CRM is to gain access to people and expertise. Companies, under pressure from customers, are seeing the relative merits of letting someone else do what they are really good at so that they can focus on what they want to get even better at: their business. Another benefit of not doing it yourself is lower costs. Because outsource suppliers have built up years of experience, standardized/preintegrated systems, and economies of scale, they have operating efficiencies that a single company can't hope to match. Midmarket companies have even more savings to gain than large, Fortune 500 enterprises. It is not surprising that the outsourcing industry overall has enjoyed a 16 percent average annual growth since 1998. Companies have found outsourcing to be an effective way to lower costs and gain competitive advantage. Management guru Peter Drucker has called outsourcing "the fastest growing industry in the United States." Outsourcing, particularly in the form of hosted CRM, had a direct and major impact on the entire CRM market in 2004. Upstart Salesforce.com was able to live up to the growth and profitability promises of founder Marc Benioff and successfully launched a public offering. Siebel Systems, the CRM software industry leader that sells software modules for millions, was forced to recognize the threat of the $65/seat hosted model and bought Upshot to launch their own hosted service, which is called Siebel On-Demand. These events have given hosted CRM greatly enhanced credibility, in addition to the promise of large cost savings. The result is increased demand. According to the Aberdeen Group, more companies than ever are taking a serious look at the hosted model. In an Aberdeen survey, nearly 85 percent of companies not already using hosted CRM said they would evaluate CRM hosting as they enter the market for CRM solutions. Outsourced solutions are also closing the customization gap. Some hosted providers have tools to help customers create their own data models and unique application modules. Others allow the client to interface other third party software. Almost all allow the client to run database access tools for query and reporting, segmentation, campaign management, and analytics from their location. Letting go can really pay off.
About the Author
Charlie Carey is senior vice president, Business Alliances, BeNOW. Charlie brings more than 25 years of diversified customer information-management experience to his role of building BeNOW's partner network. Prior to joining BeNOW in 2001 Charlie had operated his own consulting business for five years, helping larger organizations develop and manage their operational CRM and Internet marketing strategies. Charlie spent the bulk of his career at Epsilon where he served as senior vice president and general manager of Epsilon's Commercial Accounts Division providing database marketing systems to leading marketers including Apple Computer, Bank of America, General Electric, IBM, John Deere, Pepsi, Quaker Oats, and Xerox. Charlie earned a BS in chemical engineering at the University of Maryland.
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I put a buttplug in my ass, farting a lot as I strain shit around it a bit. I then shit out the plug and my poop onto the floor. I recover my plug in shit and slide a condom on top. I smear shit all around my pussy, and masturbate with the dirty buttplug like a dildo. (first scene camera has issues, focus goes in and out. All important parts are the correct focus though!)
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Thursday, December 7th, 2017
5:00 – 8:30 p.m.
This annual event features a community tree lighting, carriage and hay rides around Downtown, Santa on the Courthouse Square, Kiwanis Secret Christmas Shop, live Christmas music at 2 separate venues (City Market and Courthouse Square). Relive Christmas memories at the Sampson County History Museum. Entries from the Sampson Arts Council's gingerbread house decorating contest are on display, and children are encouraged to come decorate a gingerbread treat of their own.
Pictures from Christmas in the City 2015. We hope to see you next year!