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On The Stereo: 'Ballplayers' with Lenny Randle and Thad Bosley
Shea Stadium, July 13, 1977. 9:30pm. A 28-year-old slugger best known for punching out his former manager steps up to the plate against the Cubs. Bottom of the sixth, Mets are losing. Suddenly – POOF.
The New York City blackout of 1977 would become notorious. In the 24 hours of darkness, the city was ridden with looting, fires, arrests and a neverending din of blame. But what of Lenny Randle, the batter left at the plate?
Evidently, in 1983, Lenny Randle teamed up with fellow Major League Ballplayer Thad Bosley—they both had afros, they both loved music. They chipped off some of their pro sports salaries and went into the recording studio. They released three records, which somehow caught the ear, 25 years later, of People's Potential Unlimited, who have just re-released four songs on Ballplayers, a 7″ EP. It sucks so bad that it doesn't suck, if you get what I mean.
1983 was a weird time in music—the sound of electronic synthesizers, especially, was in flux, hovering between the modular analog Arp sound and the now-classic Casio sound. Funk music in 1983? Forget about it. Disco had leveled the scene. Those who tried failed in spectacularly awkward fashion, which is why now, of course, everyone wants to hear the stuff. Enter PPU, who's been reissuing the era, and Ballplayers.
"American Worker" kicks things off with a Springsteen anthem via drunk O'Jays and terrible lyrics. If this is the theme for the American worker, then c'mon, unemployment. "Bos Music" is basically some drum machines with a poorly-played outtake from the War Games soundtrack. But things pick up on Side Two, with "Universal Language"—boogie handclaps by just one guy, hand drumming on a plastic bucket, space disco, wah-wah guitar, and the cruddiest breakdown of the early '80s! (There's competition.) There's also no way, on top of it all, to resist "Jam With Us," wherein Bosley and Randle repeat over a totally killer bassline, "Don't you wanna jam with us?" Of course, the answer's yes, because though they might have been intimidating ballplayers, their musicianship is on a level that just about anyone could join in, no prob.
As for that postponed game at Shea Stadium in 1977? The game was resumed—two months later. The Mets still lost.
If you decide to order Ballplayers and wanna pick up some other People's Potential Unlimited releases while you're at it, here's a few good ones:
Sir Bentley, "Sir Bentley Street Shuffle" – The sound of a slicked-out player in a polyester suit sliding down a 1976 side street, giving breathy directions. Whether they're to the listener or himself, it's hard to tell, and hardly matters. There's a bitchin' conga solo, and backup vocals that sound like they're sung by iguanas. B-side is the extended version.
Crunch, "Cruise" b/w "Funky Beat" – Totally unbelievable analog entanglement, enjoyable at both 33 and 45 rpm. Kinda like if Liquid Liquid were more into meth. Every single fret buzz and pick sound is audible on the bass—a Hohner? a Rickenbacker?—and when the vibrato synthesizer hits near the end it's like the arrival of the Zyklon droids. "Funky Beat" finds Crunch fucking around with the portamento switch and rapping in a horny Dracula voice about how funky the beat is, in spite of the fact that the beat is not really funky.
George Smallwood, "Lady Disco" b/w "Mr. Sunshine" – A man describes his plight: His girl cannot stay away from the disco floor. How can he keep up? Especially when she is the type of girl who warbles "III Liiikee Myyy Dannnncceiinngg!" after every chorus? Hence, the eternal struggle. Her man, or the disco ball? He accuses her of making "disco babies," and the song fades with no resolution. (How many songs start with a hi-hat solo?) "Mr. Sunshine" gets a genius shuffling drum beat, at times totally rushed and wrong. But I get it. Sounds like something DFA would put out, except they'd make it slick and perfect. This isn't even close to perfect, and it's beautiful.
Tags: 45, Ballplayers, Crunch, disco, Funk, George Smallwood, Lenny Randle, People's Potential Unlimited, PPU, Sir Bentley, Soul, synthesizers, Thad Bosley


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123 HP Envy 7641 Features
The HP Envy 7641 tones down on the gloss and glam for a better price and no compromise on print quality.The Envy 7641 also has Web Services that can be activated only if you've downloaded the software drivers from 123.hp.com/envy7641 or 123.hp.com/setup 7641. Given below are some of the features of the Envy 7641.
The front portion of the printer has a 50 mm touch screen and a front panel that doubles as a Paper Input Tray and Output Tray. The Envy 7641 is a good choice for those who don't use their printer often and don't mind the average quality of scanned documents produced by the in-built scanner.
- ISO Print speed (B/W): 8.8 ppm
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123.hp.com/setup 7641 Unboxing
- First, open the printer box and keep aside the ink cartridges and power cord. One of the cartridges has a card attached to them. This card can be used to buy the right cartridges once you're out of ink later.
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123 HP Envy 7641 Printer Initialization
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123 HP Envy 7641 Ink cartridge Installation
- Lift the top cover of the printer using the cutouts on the sides and let the ink carriage reach the center.
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- Open the tri-coloured cartridge lock lever and insert the ink cartridge. Now, close the tri-colour lid until it snaps into place.
- Similarly, insert the black cartridge into the ink cartridge slot and close the top cover.
Take care not to touch the electrical nozzles or copper coloured contacts as they might result in clogs and bad electrical connections.
Once the HP Envy 7641 has detected the cartridges, it will display an installation successful message. Click Continue to move to the next step. The printer will now ask you to load unused paper into the Paper Tray. Make sure that you've installed the ink cartridges and loaded unused paper before installing the software drivers from 123.hp.com/envy7641 or 123.hp.com/setup 7641.
123.hp.com/setup 7641 Loading Unused Paper
- First, open the Paper Tray in the front and slide the paper width guides away from each other.
- Then, align a stack of plain, white paper on the table and insert the stack into the Paper Tray.
- Next, adjust the paper width guides such that they touch the edges of the paper and slide the Paper Tray inside.
- The printer will print an alignment page now. This process may take a few minutes.
- Once the alignment page is printed, it has to be scanned to complete the alignment process.
- Alignment process tells the printer where to spray ink on the paper so that it gives the best print quality.
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123 HP Envy Software Download and Installation
- Once the basic drivers are installed, you're asked if you'd like to connect your HP Envy 7641 to your system either Wirelessly or using a USB cable.
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- Select Wireless from the option.The printer now begins searching for all the available networks and displays a list of Wireless networks on the control panel.
- Select the name of the network and enter the password when prompted.
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123.hp.com/setup 7641 ePrint Service
As long as you're somewhere with an active internet connection, you can send print jobs to your printer by simply sending an e-mail to your printer's e-mail address. Follow the steps given below to setup the ePrint service on your Envy 7641.
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- Then, type the e-mail address of your printer in the To line and write a subject in the subject line. Leave the Cc and Bcc fields empty and press Send.
Once the printer is connected to the internet, it'll start printing your document.
The ePrint service doesn't require any additional software except the ones downloaded from 123.hp.com/envy7641 or 123.hp.com/setup 7641.
123 HP Envy 7641 Wi-Fi Protected Setup
The Wi-Fi Protected Setup is another way of connecting your printer to the Internet without having to enter any password. This Setup is recommended only if your router is encrypted with WPA security and is WPS enabled. If you've already downloaded and installed software drivers from 123.hp.com/envy7641 or 123.hp.com/setup 7641 you can also follow the steps given below to connect your printer to the internet using WPS.
Push Button Method
- Press the Wireless button on your printer router.
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- Select Wireless Protected Setup from the menu.
- Then, select the Push button method.
- To use the Push Button method, simply bring your router closer to the printer and long-press the WPS button.
Pin Method
- Press the Wireless button on your printer router.
- Your HP Envy 7641 printer will take you to the Wireless menu page. Select Settings from the menu.
- Select Wireless Protected Setup from the menu and select the Pin method.
- Follow the instructions on-screen to enter the unique PIN generated by your printer.
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Add to that a firm ride, and it's clear that the Esseesse is not designed for long journeys. All those noises and sensations add to the drama though, so we won't knock any points off.
Suspension: The suspension is set up for grip at the expense of comfort, and although the Abarth pitches wildly on poor tarmac, it corners like a go-kart.
Mid-corner bumps can cause the tyres to skip and lose contact with the road though, so you're best-off keeping spirited jaunts to well-groomed tarmac.
On the right kind of road, the Abarth 500 Esseesse is a delight to drive with plenty of grip, and decent feel and feedback (although torque steer can be an issue at times).
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Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters
Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO
Ôsaka Prefecture
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The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate harmonization of Tentative Lists at regional and thematic levels.
The sole responsibility for the content of each Tentative List lies with the State Party concerned. The publication of the Tentative Lists does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever of the World Heritage Committee or of the World Heritage Centre or of the Secretariat of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its boundaries.
Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party
From the late 3rd century to the end of the 6th century, more than 200,000 tumuli (kofun) were built throughout the Japanese archipelago from the southern part of the Tôhoku region on the main island of Honshû to the southern part of the island of Kyûshû. These kofun were burial mounds for members of the ruling elite, possessing powerful political significance as monumental structures. A unique cultural tradition formed around them, for the scale, forms, and design of the kofun expressed both the sociopolitical structure and the relationships between regions in the Japan of those times, which has come to be known as the Kofun Period, as these structures are characteristic of an era which saw the emergence of a hierarchical political order in Japanese society. Kofun were built in a variety of sizes, forms, and styles, from relatively simple round or square mounds (empun or hôfun) to the more elaborate keyhole-shaped tombs, either rounded at the back (zempô kôen fun; hereinafter referred to as "rounded keyhole-shaped kofun") or squared off (zempô kôhô fun). Yet throughout the Kofun Period, it was the rounded keyhole-shaped kofun that represented the highest class of tumuli and were built to the grandest scale. The distribution in the ôsaka Plain and Nara Basin of immense rounded keyhole-shaped kofun with mounds ranging several hundred meters in length is believed to indicate that this region served as the nucleus of Kofun Period society. Especially noteworthy among the tombs of the southern ôsaka Plain are the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun. They consist of two tumulus clusters of Mozu and Furuichi built between the late 4th and early 6th centuries and have the largest kofun in Japan in scale and area. The Mozu cluster includes the Nintoku-tennô-ryô Kofun, the largest single burial mound in the world, with a central tumulus 486 meters in length and a total length, comprising the surrounding moat and ramparts, of 840 meters. This complex also includes the Richû-tennô-ryô Kofun, the third largest in Japan, with a tumulus 360 meters in length. Approximately 10 kilometers to the east of the Mozu cluster is the Furuichi cluster, which includes the ôjin-tennô-ryô Kofun, the second largest in Japan, with a length of 425 meters. The Furuichi cluster also occupies and extraordinary position among the other tumulus clusters in Japan because it includes 11 other massive rounded keyhole-shaped kofun whose tumuli each measure more than 200 meters in length. One important characteristic of the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, is that they are a physical manifestation of the sociopolitical structure of the era in which they were built. The 2 tumulus clusters each include a variety of sizes and types of kofun: (1) rounded keyholeshaped kofun more than 100 meters in length, including the gigantic examples mentioned above; (2) rounded keyhole-shaped kofun, round kofun, and square kofun of around 50 meters in length; and (3) round and square kofun of around 20 meters in length. This diversity of structure and distribution within the tumulus clusters is a reflection of the stratified political and social structure of the period, suggesting a rigid hierarchy within the ruling class, and making the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun an outstanding of the tumulus clusters representative of the Kofun Period. The kofun distributed throughout the Japanese archipelago from the southern Tôhoku region to southern Kyûshû, culminating with the massive rounded keyhole-shaped kofun described above, are characterized by differences in the scale and style of their tumuli that reflect sociopolitical stratification. Yet at the same time they had much in common in terms of building techniques and funerary practices, from the stone cladding (fuki-ishi) of the surface of the mound to the arrangement of clay figures (haniwa) on the mound itself and surrounding it. In this context, the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun became the model for tumulus clusters built in other regions during the 5th century, serving as the point of origin for a set of common construction techniques and funerary practices that resulted in the construction of tumulus clusters in other regions that resembled miniature versions of the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun. The late 3rd century to the end of the 6th century saw increased tension in international relations as China went from the Wei and Jin dynasties into the period of the Northern and Southern dynasties and the Korean peninsula saw the rise of the Three Kingdoms of Koguryo, Paekche, and Silla. Chinese records show that during the course of the 5th century, 5 successive "kings of Wa" (Wa no kokuô) sent emissaries to the Southern court in China and received documents of investiture as tributaries of the Chinese emperor. This period corresponded to the peak in scale of kofun construction in the Japanese archipelago as represented by the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, from which a variety of funerary accessories have been excavated that are the result of commerce with the other countries of East Asia: gold and bronze jewelry and horse trappings, iron weapons and military equipment, glass vessels, and so on. From the 7th century onward, parallel to the establishment of the Sui and Tang dynasties in China and the unification of the Korean peninsula by Silla, Japan also saw the establishment of an ancient state modeled on that of imperial China, and the Kofun Period drew to a close. The tumulus clusters of this period were deeply related to the changing sociopolitical environment of East Asia, and are indicative of the process by which the ancient Japanese state was formed. Thus, while the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, are immense memorial structures indicative of the process of formation of the ancient Japanese state within the context of the East Asian world at that time, the distribution of smaller tumuli around the massive kofun of the rulers is physical evidence of a unique cultural tradition reflecting the realities of political and social power, and present an outstanding and concrete example of the commonality of this cultural tradition throughout the Japanese archipelago. Immense burial mounds were built in many different parts of the world during the period of the formation of ancient states, and the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, are a cultural property that may be ranked among them. Thus, this property possesses Outstanding Universal Value, and its inscription on the World Heritage List would contribute significantly to affirming the balance and representative nature of the List.
Justification of Outstanding Universal Value
From the late 3rd century to the end of the 6th century, more than 200,000 kofun were constructed in the Japanese archipelago. These monumental structures, which reached their apex with the rounded keyhole-shaped kofun, shared many elements in terms of their basic structure, but differences in scale and style indicated a clear status hierarchy, and possessed powerful political significance. As a result, a unique cultural tradition was established, in which the scale, forms, and design of these kofun reflected the political and social structure and relationships of the era. The Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, are a representative example of this cultural tradition, and incorporate a group of the greatest kofun built in 5th century Japan, including the Nintoku-tennô-ryô Kofun, the largest burial mound in the world. This tomb served as an important foundation for the establishment of a common model for kofun construction throughout the Japanese archipelago during this period, representing an interchange of human values concerning the building of tombs for local ruling elites. Moreover, this stage in history was one in which, under profound influence from developments on the East Asian region, the ancient Japanese state was just beginning to spring up—making the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun comparable to monumental structures in other regions of the world built during the period of the formation of ancient states. Thus, this property possesses Outstanding Universal Value.
(ii) The Kofun Period lasted from the latter part of the 3rd century to the end of the 6th century. During the period from the late 4th century to the first half of the 6th century, the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, were a model for many of the kofun constructed in other parts of Japan, serving as an important normative foundation for common techniques and styles of kofun construction throughout the country. Thus, the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, represent an important interchange of human values relative to the construction of burial mounds for the ruling elite of the Japanese archipelago during this historical period.
(iii) From the late 4th century to the first half of the 6th century, the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, represented the peak in the development of large-scale kofun, while the variety of smaller tumuli distributed around the major tombs are indicative of the existence in the Japanese archipelago of this period of a unique cultural tradition reflecting the realities of political and social power. Thus, the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, bear exceptional testimony to a unique cultural tradition concerning the tomb construction of the Kofun Period.
(iv) The Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, are groupings of monumental structures built with the large-scale aggregation of labor made possible by the political power of the ruling elites of Japan during the late 3rd to the end of the 6th century, the period of the formation of the ancient Japanese state. This property includes not only the Nintoku-tennô-ryô Kofun, the largest burial mound in the world, but also a variety of other kofun of different sizes, forms, and design, from the large rounded keyhole-shaped kofun to smaller round and square kofun.
As a result, the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, are an outstanding example, even among other tumulus clusters, that is both representative and typical in its reflection of the political and social of Japan in the period from the late 3rd century to the end of the 6th century.
Statements of authenticity and/or integrity
The dates of construction and cultural characteristics of the the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, have been clearly established by archaeological and documentary research, and each of the tumuli in the clusters has been preserved in excellent condition, guaranteeing the authenticity of the property. The Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, include the three largest kofun in Japan, as well as other large-scale kofun that served as the models for kofun construction during the course of the 5th century in other areas. In addition, the property includes many representative and typical examples of smaller tumuli, contributing to the integrity of the property as a whole.
Comparison with other similar properties
Similar large-scale royal tombs already inscribed on the World Heritage List include the Gyeongju Historic Areas (Republic of Korea, 2000), the Complex of Koguryo Tombs (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 2004), the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (People's Republic of China, 1987), Memphis and its Necropolis – The Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (Arab Republic of Egypt, 1979), Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (Arab Republic of Egypt, 1979), and the Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (Republic of Ireland, 1993). The Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, possess a number of special characteristics, however: (1) the property includes a burial mound with the largest recorded area of any in the world; (2) the property is comprised not only of immense tumuli, but also many smaller kofun in a variety of sizes and forms, reflecting the social structure of the Japanese archipelago during the period of the formation of the ancient Japanese state; and (3) the tranquility and dignity of the property as a burial ground has been preserved down to the present day. In addition, the Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (Republic of Korea, 2009) resemble the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, in that they are a cluster of royal burial sites, but they are much more recent in date. The numerous medium and small-scale kofun distributed around the larger royal tombs in the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, making them a microcosm of the social structure of the era, is another point that makes this property different in form and nature from the Korean site. Thus, the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters, possess outstanding features not found in other similar properties.


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The Penn State Shenango Alumni Society will host its second summer event for 2014.
On Saturday, July 12, at Quaker Steak and Lube (QSL) in downtown Sharon, the Shenango Alumni Society will hold its inaugural Cornhole Tournament at 4 p.m. (registration at 3 p.m,). Cost is $20 per person (two person teams, double elimination). First Place: $100, Second Place: $50 (all participants receive a free T-shirt).
Food, beverages, and Penn State Berkey Creamery Ice Cream will be available to purchase at QSL's Sugar Shack. All proceeds from the event will go to Penn State Shenango student scholarships. For more information, call 330-550-1687.
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Marguerite Shannon, who lived on Spinner Lane in East Hampton for the past six years with her daughter, Marguerite Leeney, died on Sunday at the age of 98. Mrs. Shannon had a stroke after Memorial Day.
"I wanted to get her to 99 or even 100," said Mrs. Leeney. "But it didn't turn out that way."
Mrs. Shannon was born in Brooklyn on Aug. 25, 1912, to Nunzio Pisane, a monument engraver, and the former Teresa Barba. "She grew up on the Great South Bay," said her daughter. "In those days, it was very beautiful there."
Mrs. Shannon met and married Edward Shannon, a builder, and they made their home in Stony Brook. She enjoyed "being a mother and grandmother. She was a great cook, and loved to read," Mrs. Leeney said.
While living in Stony Brook, Mrs. Shannon volunteered at the Long Island Museum there, and even audited classes at Stony Brook University when in her 80s, choosing courses in Gaelic and history.
Her husband died before her. In addition to Mrs. Leeney, she is survived by a son, Richard Shannon of Columbia, S.C., and two grandsons, Timothy Leeney of East Hampton and Matthew Shannon of Greenwood, S.C.
A Mass celebrating Mrs. Shannon's life will be said this morning at 11 at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton, followed by burial in the church cemetery.


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The companies' names have changed, but the two key players (and their modus operandi, at least allegedly) are a spot-on match. Alaska Electrical Pension Fund, et al. v. Hassan, Cox, Pharmacia, et al., (3d Circ. Appeal 07-4500).
The year was 2000; the company was Pharmacia, ultimately acquired by Pfizer (at a perhaps inflated price); the franchise drug was called Celebrex; and the study was called "CLASS".
Both Fred Hassan, as CEO, and Carrie Cox, as President, were sued -- and personally named as securities fraudsters -- for allegedly truncating, and then downplaying, less-than-fully positive drug study results. The original 10-b5 securities fraud suit has just been reinstated by the Third Circuit, ruling that a so-called "storm warnings" approach, for determining when the statute of limitations began to run on the plaintiffs' claims -- was incorrectly applied (too-strictly) by the courts below. Let's read along with the Third Circuit (full opinion PDF) -- as this may well be where ENHANCE, and Vytorin/Zetia, as well as Hassan and Cox, at Schering are headed:
. . . .In this securities fraud class action, plaintiffs allege that defendants violated §§ 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by making, with scienter, materially false statements about a clinical study of Celebrex, a popular anti-inflammatory medication. In particular, defendants are alleged to have misled investors by distorting the study's results with the intent to show that Celebrex had a better safety profile than similar medications. . . .
Substantially more expensive than many other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ("NSAIDs"), Celebrex's promise was rooted in the hope that it would cause fewer gastrointestinal ("GI") side-effects than the less costly NSAIDs.1 To help the hope become a reality, defendants commissioned a long-term clinical study of Celebrex's effect on the GI system, the Celecoxib Long-term Arthritis Safety Study ("CLASS study"). This litigation focuses on the aftermath of that study.
According to the complaint, the results of the CLASS study were a disappointment to defendants: Celebrex did not show the desired reduction in GI side-effects as compared to the other drugs studied. Fearing a decrease in sales and stock price, defendants allegedly undertook to distort the results of the study so that it would appear that Celebrex possessed a better GI safety profile than, in fact, it did. Towards this end, in April 2000, defendants released only the results from the first six months of the CLASS study; those results, divorced from the entire set of data, were capable of positive construction.
Defendants released the truncated results of the CLASS study with great fanfare, declaring that the study "shows that Celebrex has a truly exceptional safety profile," and that "the longterm outcome data paints a clear and compelling picture of Celebrex's safety versus NSAIDs." (Joint App. ("JA") 59, 64.)
Some documents issued by defendants noted that the CLASS study lasted a full thirteen months, but the reason for excising the last seven months from the analysis was not revealed. . . .
Scientists affiliated with defendants then drafted an article based on the truncated results and submitted it for publication to the Journal of the American Medical Association ("JAMA"). As would become known only later, however, neither defendants nor the article's authors informed JAMA that the data in the article was incomplete. . . .
Months later, on August 5, 2001, the Washington Post reported that defendants had withheld the full CLASS study data from JAMA. In the article, JAMA's editor described herself as "disheartened" and stated that "a level of trust . . . was, perhaps, broken." (Id. at 203.) Additionally, a scientist who wrote an editorial published in conjunction with the JAMA article stated that he was "flabbergasted" when he saw the complete data; another scientist "said he complained to JAMA after noticing differences between the published [JAMA] report and the data presented to the FDA." (Id. at 203-04.)
After the Washington Post article raised the red flag of impropriety, other sources began to question defendants' good faith. For example, an article from The Sunday Times noted that the scandal involving the CLASS study had inspired medical journals to "stop drug firms from 'cheating' on medical studies." (Id. at 1360.) On June 1, 2002, an article in the British Medical Journal called the "explanations for [the] serious irregularities [in the JAMA article]. . . . inadequate." (Id. at 757.) The article also stated that "[p]ublishing and distributing overoptimistic short term data using post hoc changes to the protocol, while omitting disappointing long term data of two trials. . . . is misleading." (Id.)
Following the publication of this article, the price of Pharmacia's stock dropped 7% in three days. . . .
What goes around -- apparently really goes around -- and comes back 'round, when one doesn't deal with it, promptly. Might the above be evidence of "pattern" behavior? Same two players -- seven years later -- were I an ENHANCE plaintiffs' steering committee lawyer, I'd at least make the allegation.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State's Charles Fisher, professor of biology, will be a featured guest on the BBC World Service Radio weekly discussion program, The Forum, at 7:05 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday, Sept. 22.
Fisher joins Australian author M.L. Stedman and German conductor Alexander Liebreich for a wide-ranging discussion on Isolation. Fisher focuses on isolation of ecosystems around hydrothermal vents in the deep sea, personal experiences with lengthy research cruises, and expeditions on the sea floor.
The program, titled "Isolation," also will be archived online beginning on Sunday, Sept. 23, at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004kln9. A preview of the show is online now at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00y2wtv. The Forum is heard weekly by 180 million listeners worldwide.


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Conference Committee negotiations on Wall Street reform begin today, with several key battles still unresolved. Thanks to intense progressive pressure, those negotiations are going to be televised live. You can watch the sessions on the web right here, using a stream provided by the Sunlight Foundation. Stay tuned to see if negotiators tip their hand on any of these key reforms:
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1. Derivatives
The Senate's language on derivatives contains a plan from Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., that would end taxpayer subsidies for banks who deal derivatives—the toxic contracts that brought down AIG. This is by far the most significant Wall Street reform on the table, and the only serious effort it contains to address too-big-to-fail. But both the House and Senate versions of the bill make it extremely difficult for regulators to actually enforce other key new derivatives rules. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., has language to plug this loophole, so watch to see if negotiators are willing to follow her lead.
2. Leverage
Banks amplify their bets in the capital markets casinos with leverage—a trick which basically amounts to borrowing tons of money and hoping for the best. When it works out, banks make out like bandits. When it doesn't, they suffer epic losses. The House bill caps leverage at 15-to-1, meaning banks can borrow $15 for every $1 of their own money. The Senate bill would essentially cap leverage at 25-to-1. Some kind of hard leverage cap is essential, but 25-to-1 is far too high.
3. The Consumer Financial Protection Agency
The House version of this agency is generally stronger than the Senate version, with more independence and broader authority. But the House version also exempts auto dealers from CFPA oversight, which the Senate version does not.
4. The Volcker Rule
The best version of President Obama's signature Wall Street reform was an amendment written by Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Carl Levin, D-Mich. It was never voted on in the Senate, and the House bill contains no version of any ban on risky proprietary trading by commercial banks. Rumor has it that negotiators are trying to offer a strong Volcker Rule in exchange for nixing the Lincoln language on derivatives. That's a lousy deal. The two reforms are complimentary and would work best in tandem, but forcing taxpayer money out of the derivatives business is far more important than a prop trading ban.
5. Rating agencies
Sen. Al Franken pushed through an amendment that substantively changes the corrupt business model at rating agencies. Right now, rating agencies do not get paid by the investors who use their ratings, but by the very banks who are issuing the securities that need to be rated. Franken would end this system, having regulators to select which rating agencies rate which securities, rather than the banks who issue the securities. The House bill largely leaves the rating agency business model unchanged.
6. Swipe fees
When you buy something at a store with a credit or debit card, Visa and Mastercard charge that store a fee. The store, in turn, charges you more for its products, making everything everybody buys more expensive. The Senate bill has language cracking down on debit card fees, but the House bill does not.


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10:23 AM, Oct 5, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER, Weekly Standard
This morning's jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is being met with skepticism. The report found that, from August to September, the unemployment rate dropped from just above 8 percent to 7.8 percent.
In fact, when Labor Secretary Hilda Solis appeared on CNBC this morning, the first two questions for her were whether the books have been cooked:
In fact, when Labor Secretary Hilda Solis appeared on CNBC this morning, the first two questions for her were whether the books have been cooked:
Solis called the charges insulting and "ludicrous."
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former economics adviser to John McCain and the former head the Congressional Budget Office, calls the numbers "implausible."
"Sept. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent due to an extraordinary – but implausible – estimate of 873,000 #jobs in household survey," said Holtz-Eakin on Twitter."The report presented a slew of contradictory data points, with the total employment level soaring despite the low net number," said CNBC's Jeff Cox.
The Washington Post's Neil Irwin adds, "Weird that payrolls are exactly on forecast but household survey is far better."
And the Wall Street Journal warns that these numbers should be taken "with a grain of salt."
"The big jump in the household survey is certainly a welcome sign. But take this data with a grain of salt, especially considering the volatile reputation this data point holds," writes the Wall Street Journal.
"No way in the world these numbers are accurate," said Ed Butowsky of Chapwood Capital Investment on Fox Business. "Somebody needs to do an investigation. ... Investigate these numbers."


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GEORGETOWN, Texas—The Birmingham-Southern men's lacrosse team lost on the road Monday evening, falling to Southwestern University, 7-5, in Georgetown, Texas.
The Panthers fall to 3-4 with their second straight loss; the Pirates move to 5-2.
After Southwestern scored the first goal of the game, BSC closed out the first quarter with three straight goals, two of those from freshman Thomas Grove. Each team scored once in the second quarter for a 4-2 Panther lead at the half.
BSC opened the third quarter with a goal by freshman Matt Musser, pulling up 5-2, but it would be the Panthers' last goal of the game. The Pirates stormed back, cutting it to 5-4 at the end of the third and scoring three unanswered in the fourth for the two-point win.
Grove led BSC with two goals and seven face-off wins. Sophomore Derek Wass and freshman Robert Dozier led with five ground balls and two caused turnovers apiece. Junior Conor Perine played all 60 minutes in goal and made six saves.
The Panthers stay on the road to face Centenary College this Thursday at 4 p.m. in Shreveport, La.


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Although Sword and Sorcery has always been a staple of video games for decades, the last few years have seen many films featuring swordplay with the likes of LOTR, Kill Bill, Troy, and of course, King Arthur. While game sound designers have been wrestling with the various audio challenges inherent in this genre, it's still movies that shape people's perceptions and expectations. When you're partnering a movie with a $100 million+ budgeted-film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, expectations of how your game sounds are instantly raised.
King Arthur's hack-'n-slash gameplay meant most of the sound budget (the amount of sound memory we have to play with) would be taken up with the sounds of combat: swords, axes, archers, horses, siege weapons. The sound team on King Arthur consisted of myself as sound designer, Quin Wong as assistant sound designer, and Matt Emery as sound assistant with music for the title handled by the talented trio at Rednote Audio.
I was determined to not rely solely on library effects, but to create some unique sounds not heard elsewhere. To that end, I needed a real sword.
When we began working on this project, I found out that one of Krome's mesh-makers, Karl Stotschek, was also an occasional hobbyist blacksmith. We talked at length about the kind of swords in use around the time the film was set. By the end of our discussion, Karl had been commissioned to construct a real sword. The design settled on was made for resistance to impacts rather than cutting, since I would not be stabbing anything more sentient than a large ripe watermelon. For those that may be interested, it was fashioned from hot-rolled black steel with no more than .22% carbon content. It features the silhouette of a traditional Roman gladius with the thickness of the blade increased with thick bevelled edges for durability. The blade was heat treated for consistent spring across the length of the blade. The handle was furnished with ironbark wood, steel laminate guard grip, and pomell.
Over a period of about four months of spare time, Karl fashioned the sword in time for Easter weekend. I took a few days to gather my "victims" from the supermarket and allow them to ripen. The common idea of how a sword sounds comes from recent films, but to create your own you need about three or four separate sound elements to mix together. There's the initial impact on flesh, the slicing of flesh with blood sounds, a metallic scraping sword noise (that's not strictly accurate but sounds cool), and optional is a metal ring as the sword is about to make contact with its victim.
We also made sure that the sounds were different depending on whether a playable character caused damage or an enemy. Recording a sound for sword's hitting swords was a little trickier, as the sound of two swords hitting each other is pretty dull (ceremonial army sabres are one of the few swords that make the type of rich ringing sound people associate with swordplay, but no one was going let me near one of those).


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No walk around the neighborhood is complete without my dog Lulu eating grass. Even on a full stomach, she likes to hunt for the perfect blades and chew away. Left unattended, I'm sure she could mow down a small lawn. Since lawns today have any number of chemicals, I decided to check with an expert about whether her grass-eating habits do more harm than good.
Dr. Jennifer Monroe of Eagles Landing Veterinary Hospital in Georgia explains the most common reasons that dogs eat grass.
It's yummy: Monroe says that it is normal for dogs to chew on the green stuff. Some pooches even develop preferences that range from fresh leaves to drier weeds or even a particular species of grass. What they cannot discern is whether grass has been chemically treated. Use caution when walking on a neighbor's lawn and stick with greener products in your own yard. Monroe recommends nontoxic treatment options. (MNN has more than a few easy, organic lawn care tips.)
"You do have to be careful if you have a dog that is a chronic grass eater," she says. "We do have a lot of clients who bring pets in for vomiting and wonder if it's from something the yard was treated with."
Nutritional deficiencies: Dogs with certain intestinal diseases don't necessarily digest food properly and have trouble absorbing minerals, which can lead to grazing. Monroe adds that anemia and bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract also cause dogs to eat dirt.
They are trying to induce vomiting: When dogs eat something that doesn't agree with them, they often eat grass to induce vomiting. If eating grass causes your dog to vomit twice a week or more, call your veterinarian because there could be another underlying health issue. She also recommends a visit if there is any doubt that your dog may be ill; better safe than sorry.
Behavioral issues: Dogs can develop obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) regarding the grass. (I suspect that my Lulu falls into this category. She's pretty determined during those lawn-gobbling excursions.) In the majority of cases, Monroe says this is no reason for concern. To correct the behavior, she recommends reducing your dog's grazing time.
Basket muzzles restrict grass guzzling, too. In severe cases, she recommends consulting a certified veterinary behaviorist for advice. Otherwise, let them stop to smell — and chomp — the greenery.
"If not they are not vomiting and not destructive, I say let them enjoy it," Monroe says.
Related on MNN:
- Why do dogs eat their poop?
- Why do cats purr?
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Why do cats groom people?


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Railways on Tuesday made it clear that it would continue with the fuel adjustment component (FAC) to revise the passenger fares every six months.
RAIL BUDGET 2014:Key Highlights
After presenting his maiden Rail Budget, Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda told reporters, "We will continue with FAC which was there in 2013-14 also. There will be a periodic hike once in six months. That was taking place earlier also. This will continue."
Faced with major challenges like funds crunch and large number of incomplete projects, he said the government proposed to attract private and foreign investment to tide over the critical financial situation.
Justifying the FDI proposal, Gowda said, "We need huge investment for running bullet trains. There was a ban on FDI on Railways. Now we would request Commerce Ministry to delete that clause so that there can be FDI in infrastructure development."
FDI will not be allowed in core operational areas, he said, adding these areas will remain with the Railways.
On whether there will be any cap on FDI, Gowda said the Cabinet has to take a call and then, "We will discuss it with the Prime Minister and Cabinet colleagues before taking a decision".
To a question on public-private partnership, he said the policies have to be changed. "Private players have no faith... They feel if you invest in Railways there will be no returns. We will have to change certain policies to attract private players."
Asked whether the government would set up the Rail Tariff Authority (RTA), the minister said, "We are looking at it and studying how it has to be done."
RTA was proposed in the Rail Budget by the erstwhile UPA government.


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Java is a very powerful language. Python is a very easy and very efficient language. Isn't it a pity that both of these languages remain separate? Or do they? Let me introduce Jython, a technology capable of merging Python and Java together to create efficient and powerful applications.
Jython is an implementation of Python in Java. With it, you can embed Python directly into your Java applets and applications, or you can use Java classes in Python, along with the modules of the standard library that Jython supports (at the time of writing this, the number of supported modules is a bit limited).
The source of Jython is also freely availible, just like Python's source.
{mospagebreak title=Installing Jython}
Jython may be obtained from the Jython website:
Currectly, the latest version is Jython 2.1. Download it and then move to the directory where it is installed. Next, open the file with your Java interpreter. For example:
java jython-21
The installation program will be presented to you, and installing it from there should be pretty straightforward. If you're using Jython 2.1 in conjunction with Java 1.4 or later, be sure to include the source in your installation. Move to the directory where you installed Jython and open up "org/python/core/Py.java" in your favorite text editor. Replace every appearance of "assert" with "a_ssert" and ever appearance of "enum" with "e_num". Do the same with "org/python/compiler/CodeCompiler.java" and "org/python/parser/PythonGrammar.java". Note that the latter will require you to replace "e_numeration" to "Enumeration" when you are done. Jython 2.1 uses the two terms, which were set as keywords in Java 1.4.
Once you're done, move to the directory where you installed Jython and start up the Jython interactive interpreter:
If everything has gone correctly, you should see something that looks a lot like the Python interactive interpreter. Let's test it out by executing some Python code:
>>> print 'Hello World!'
Hello World!
>>> import math
>>> print math.sqrt ( 25 )
>>> someList = [ 5, 3, 4, 2 ]
>>> print someList [ 0 ]
>>> print math
(module 'math' (built-in))
As you can see, things work exactly the same as they do in Python.
{mospagebreak title=Calling Java Classes}
As I mentioned earlier, it is possible to call Java classes in Jython, which makes Jython extremely powerful. Anything that can be done in Java can be done in Jython using Python's easy syntax. Development time can also be significantly cut by accessing Java classes through Jython.
Let's play around with Java a bit. Using Swing in Java, it is fairly easy to create a simple dialog bearing a short message:
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
class testDialog {
public static void main ( String[] args ) {
javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog ( null, "This is a test." );
Using Jython, however, we can cut the amount of characters involved quite a bit. Save the following script, and pass its filename to the Jython interpreter:
import javax.swing.JOptionPane
javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog ( None, "This is a test." )
As you can see, Python's syntax is used, but we're using a Java package. We don't have to compile anything, either. This speeds up the development process quite a bit, since we don't have to wait for the Java compiler each time we fix a small bug in our applications.
If you do not see the advantage to using Jython yet, let's convert a larger application from Java to Jython. We'll create a die roller in Java. The user will be able to specify how many sides the die has and select how many times he or she wishes to roll the die. The application will then generate random values within the appropriate ranges and present the results to the user.
import java.util.Random;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
class DieRoller {
public static void main ( String[] args ) {
System.out.println ( "Die Roller" );
System.out.println ( "- – – – -" );
public static void query () {
String sidesS = JOptionPane.showInputDialog ( null, "How many sides should the die have?" );
String rollsS = JOptionPane.showInputDialog ( null, "How many times should we roll the die?" );
try {
int sides = Integer.parseInt ( sidesS );
int rolls = Integer.parseInt ( rollsS );
roll( sides, rolls );
} catch ( Exception e ) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog ( null, "Error!" );
public static void roll( int sides, int rolls ) {
int current = 1;
Random rand = new java.util.Random();
while ( current <= rolls ) {
System.out.println ( "Roll " + current + ": " + rand.nextInt ( sides ) );
Using Jython, we can reduce the number of lines in the application while accomplishing the same exact product:
import java.util.Random;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
print 'Die Roller'
print '- – – – -'
sides = int ( javax.swing.JOptionPane.showInputDialog ( None, 'How many sides should the die have?' ) )
rolls = int ( javax.swing.JOptionPane.showInputDialog ( None, 'How many times should we roll the die?' ) )
rand = java.util.Random()
for current in range ( rolls ):
print 'Roll ' + str ( current + 1 ) + ': ' + str ( rand.nextInt ( sides ) )
javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog ( None, 'Error!' )
Notice how we replace the while loop with Python's for loop, which is more appropriate in this situation. In my opinion, the ability to use Python's for loop is a major advantage with Jython.
Of course, you are not restricted to building applications with Java. You can build servlets, beans and applets, too. Let's build a simple applet in Java to work with:
import java.applet.Applet;
class TestApplet {
public void paint ( Graphics g ) {
g.drawSring ( "A script a day keeps the doctor away.", 5, 5 );
Converting the application to Jython is very easy, and, again, we are left with the same product:
import java.applet.Applet;
class TestApplet ( java.applet.Applet ):
def paint ( self, g ):
g.drawString ( "A script a day keeps the doctor away.", 5, 5 )
Of course, we'll need to compile the applet before we can use it. This can be easily done:
jythonc –-deep –-core –-compiler <compiler path> TestApplet.py
Compiling an application is just as easy.
It's also very possible and very simple to subclass an existing Java class. Subclassing a Java class is done in exactly the same way as subclassing a Python class. Let's modify the nextInt method of java.util.Random to return a string rather than an integer. To do the random number generation, we'll call the superclass's method:
>>> import java.util.Random
>>> class StringRandom ( java.util.Random ):
… def nextInt ( self ):
… return str ( java.util.Random.nextInt ( self ) )
>>> x = StringRandom()
>>> x.nextInt()
>>> x.nextInt()
>>> x.nextInt()
Since adding an attribute to an existing Java object is not possible in Jython, you are forced to create a subclass in Jython if you wish to add additional attributes:
>>> import java.util.Random
>>> rand = java.util.Random()
>>> rand.doesNotExist = 5
Traceback (innermost last):
File "<console>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: can't set arbitrary attribute in java instance: doesNotExist
>>> class DumbyRandom ( java.utilRandom ):
… pass
>>> rand = DumbyRandom()
>>> rand.doesNotExist = 5
>>> print rand.doesNotExist
>>> print rand.nextInt()
As you can see, the DumbyRandom class functions exactly the same as the Random class, except for the fact that we can add attributes to objects created from it.
{mospagebreak title=Embedding}
Jython allows us to embed Python code in Java code easily, and there are several approaches to it. The first is to use the PythonInterpreter object to execute Python code contained in a separate file. Let's create a Python file called "testCode.py" with the following code inside of it:
import math
print 'Hello Jython World!'
print math.pi
print math.e
print math.sqrt ( 25 )
Execuing it in Java is simple using the execfile method:
import org.python.util.PythonInterpreter;
import org.python.core.*;
class TestPython {
public static void main ( String[] args ) {
try {
org.python.util.PythonInterpreter python = new org.python.util.PythonInterpreter();
python.execfile ( "testCode.py" );
} catch ( Exception e ) {
System.out.println ( "An error was encountered." );
We can also place code within the Java application itself using the exec method. Let's recreate our first example with the Python code included in the Java application rather than an external file:
import org.python.util.PythonInterpreter;
import org.python.core.*;
class TestPythonTwo {
public static void main ( String[] args ) {
try {
org.python.util.PythonInterpreter python = new org.python.util.PythonInterpreter();
python.exec ( "import math" );
python.exec ( "print 'Hello Jython World!'" );
python.exec ( "print math.pi" );
python.exec ( "print math.e" );
python.exec ( "print math.sqrt ( 25 )" );
} catch ( Exception e ) {
System.out.println ( "An error was encountered." );
We can also get and set variables in the local namespace by using the get and set methods. This allows us to interact with Python a bit more, which is our goal when embedding Python code inside Java applications:
import org.python.util.PythonInterpreter;
import org.python.core.*;
class TestPythonTwo {
public static void main ( String[] args ) {
try {
org.python.util.PythonInterpreter python = new org.python.util.PythonInterpreter();
python.exec ( "import math" );
python.exec ( "print 'Hello Jython World!'" );
python.exec ( "print math.pi" );
python.exec ( "print math.e" );
python.set ( "ourSetVariable", new org.python.core.PyInteger ( 25 ) );
python.exec ( "ourSetVariable = math.sqrt ( ourSetVariable )" );
org.python.core.PyObject ourSetVariable = python.get ( "ourSetVariable" );
python.exec ( "print " + ourSetVariable );
} catch ( Exception e ) {
System.out.println ( "An error was encountered." );
Jython is an extremely powerful tool for development in both Python and Java. It allows you to use Python to call Java classes, increasing the power of Python, and it allows you to execute Python code inside Java applications by using the exec and execfile methods. Jython also allows you to subclass Java classes using Python. Jython can significantly decrease the effort needed to produce a powerful application, or even an applet, servlet or bean.
Of course, this article only covers the tip of the iceburg (forgive the cliché!). There is a lot more to Jython, but it would take a very lengthy article to cover all of it. It's up to you to explore more of Jython. Good luck!


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text: Which is a real shame because Mayweather was using the $7 million in jewelry as a hedge against inflationary pressures brought on by the falling dollar and the continuing mortgage crisis. That or it was just sitting around in his house on the night of August 17th between 7 and 9 when it suddenly disappeared. Man, it must have been a really organized caper, right? Or the thief (pictured in the links) wore a hoodie and entered through Mayweather's bedroom window. $7 million in jewelry? Javon Walker thinks Floyd Mayweather is classy yet understated. $7 million jewelry stolen from Mayweather [Las Vegas Now] Jewels Mayweather [Black Sports Online]


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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Thursday Portrait.....
My lifelong friend, Frat Brother, and fishing partner
Jim Shephard (Blog Name..Perch-Pike), must have sensed
that I needed some inspiration for today's post. So as I sat
staring at my PC for an idea, he sent me this E-Mail that
has been circulating around the Web. Now whats funny is that
he and I one year was fishing WAY up in Ontario near Longlac,
as he was reeling in a nice Walleye, a HUGE Northern Pike
(Esox Lucius) grabbed his fish and he nearly landed them both.
But Didn't!
Now these last two pics are on Big Bass Lake in Iosco Co. Mich.
Thats about 120 miles North of where I live. As this fisherman
was reeling in this 36 inch Northern, a Gargantuan Northern
grabbed this guys fish and wouldn't let go. He landed them BOTH!
The Giant Pike was 56' inches long....One guess what he weighed.
If you guessed FIFTY FIVE POUNDS....You'd be right!!!
See you Thursday 8:00 PM EST
16 comments:
- Brian Miller said...
nice...that is FRICKIN huge fish....of course everyone would think it just a fish story without the pics...that is crazy man....tag teaming the 55 with my youngest son this week...we are ready...see you tomorrow
- February 29, 2012 at 8:10:00 PM EST
- Caty said...
wow! That is one big fish (or two)
- February 29, 2012 at 8:30:00 PM EST
- Yvonne Osborne said...
That doesn't even look like a fish. It looks like a sea lion or a baby Nessie!
- February 29, 2012 at 9:58:00 PM EST
- TALON said...
Those will be some serious fillets! :)
- February 29, 2012 at 11:36:00 PM EST
- the walking man said...
Something is fishy here but I am not sure what.
- March 1, 2012 at 6:15:00 AM EST
- Akelamalu said...
Good grief did he eat them???
See you tomorrow. x
- March 1, 2012 at 6:36:00 AM EST
- gab said...
I love fishing, I remember once when we went out to Pierre SD to fish and dad tossed out his line and before he had a chance to sit in his chair the line took off dad was so relaxed that it took him by surprise and he ended up dropping his pole and there it went up the river. LOL what a sight. Oh but daddy was madder than hell!.....He just bought the pole like 10 mins before we got to the river!!!!!
- March 1, 2012 at 7:14:00 AM EST
- izzy said...
Oh Yeah that'll do !!
thanks for sharing.
- March 1, 2012 at 8:54:00 AM EST
- Craig said...
That is, as they say in the business, one huge-ass fish. . .
(And Iosco Co. is about 60 miles south of where I grew up. . .)
- March 1, 2012 at 12:28:00 PM EST
- moondustwriter said...
that's some story about "the one that got away"
an obliging 55#er to boot
- March 1, 2012 at 3:05:00 PM EST
- moondustwriter said...
that's some story about "the one that got away"
an obliging 55#er to boot
- March 1, 2012 at 3:05:00 PM EST
- lime said...
quite a fish tale there!
- March 1, 2012 at 3:33:00 PM EST
- Bodhirose said...
Enormous! Holy mackerel...no pun intended...
- March 1, 2012 at 7:59:00 PM EST
- Bodhirose said...
Enormous! Holy mackerel...no pun intended...
- March 1, 2012 at 8:01:00 PM EST
- Margaret said...
I tend to want to believe this one. I'm not fisherman, but this would be very exciting.
- March 1, 2012 at 11:12:00 PM EST
- moondustwriter said...
P.S. so thats not a 55mm fishing lure hanging from your ear?
- March 2, 2012 at 12:35:00 PM EST


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A tear fell down Trisha Saunders' cheek when she heard the news: George Beverly Shea had passed away at 104.
"I loved his voice," the 68-year-old Hillsboro resident said. "The quality and tone of his voice is like no one else's in the world. He had a way of bringing the Gospel message to your ears, and having your heart respond."
Saunders is just one of thousands who heard George Beverly Shea sing during Billy Graham's evangelistic services. While people came to hear the noted evangelist, they often were touched just as much by Shea. Considered "America's best-loved Gospel singer," he always drew a crowd. Throughout his career, Shea sang and composed numerous well-known hymns.
At 15, Saunders turned on the TV whenever it was allowed. She loved watching her favorite programs. Then, one night, she was changing the stations when a man's deep voice made her stop and listen.
"He sang 'How Great Thou Art' that night," she said. "I had never heard anyone sing like that before. It was powerful."
Her curiosity was piqued. So, grabbing a bowl of freshly made popcorn, she sat on the living room couch to listen to the services. Shea's singing only lasted for a few more moments and then Billy Graham stepped on the stage.
"I was a little disappointed," she said. "I could have listened to that man sing for hours."
As she looked across the room, she saw her reflection in the wall mirror — and what she saw surprised her: tears.
"I never cried before that, not really," she said. "But somehow that music spoke to me and I broke down. I knew something in me was changing, but I just didn't know what it was."
For the rest of the hour, Saunders sat bawling her eyes out before the TV. Each word Graham spoke made her realize that she was a sinner and needed God in her life. And then, when the service was almost over, Graham read one verse that changed her life forever: John 3:16.
"It was so powerful and real to me," she said. "'God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten son that whomsoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.' As soon as I heard that, I knew I wanted it."
Saunders knew nothing about religion or Christianity. She just knew that she wanted Jesus to come live in her heart. So, when Graham led everyone in the prayer of salvation, she knew she needed to do it.
So, right there, in the privacy of her own living room, she knelt down on her knees.
"I knew I was a sinner and believed that Jesus Christ was Lord and would save me from eternal death. So, I asked him to come live in my heart."
Wiping the tears from her face, she got up off the floor, feeling completely new for the first time in her life: she felt joy, unspeakable, and knew she would burst if she didn't tell someone about it.
Running into the kitchen, where her mother was just finishing the dishes, she told her mother about her decision. Instantly, her mother's eyes brightened. She crossed the room and hugged Saunders so hard she said she could barely breathe.
"Welcome to the family," her mother whispered in her ear amid the "happy tears" the two shared.
Now, some 40 years later, Saunders looks back on the day with fond memories.
"God will use anything to bring His children to Him," she said. "For me, it was George Beverly Shea. I owe it all to him."


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A Day To Break The Silence + Convergences
The Stop Mass Incarceration Network has called for a National Day of Action to Stop Mass Incarceration on Thursday, April 19th. These national actions has everything to do with, and joins with, the upsurge associated with this "Trayvon Martin moment."
On April 19th everyone who is concerned about injustice will join in saying — NO TO MASS INCARCERATION! There will be rallies and demonstrations in cities across the country, from New York to Houston, to Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. College and high school students will hold teach in's and other actions on their campuses. There will be cultural events held on that day. And the architects and enforcers of mass incarceration will be challenged over the inhumanity of the policies they are inflicting on society. Why? Because,
- More than 2.4 million people, most of them Black or Latino, remain warehoused in prisons across the country;
- Black and Latino youth are treated like criminals by the police and the criminal justice system, guilty until proven innocent, if they can survive their encounters with police to prove their innocence;
- Former prisoners wear badges of shame and dishonor even after they serve their sentences — discriminated against when applying for jobs, denied access to government assistance, not allowed in public housing, denied the right to vote.
In a short statement being released and circulated nationwide today, Wednesday, April 4th, it declares:
"It is time and way past time to stand up and say NO MORE! Our youth are being treated like criminals—guilty until proven innocent, if they can survive to prove their innocence. The vigilante murder of Trayvon Martin concentrates the racial profiling that leads into more than 2.4 million people being warehoused in prison and the millions more who are treated like second-class citizens even after they've served their sentences. April 19th must be a day of standing up and saying NO MORE to all of this. Join us to organize a day of teach ins and rallies in high schools and colleges; a day of youth, tired of being demonized, taking to the streets—joined by many others from different backgrounds, races and nationalities who stand with them; a day of speaking bitterness to the way the whole criminal justice system abuses millions of people. All saying in a powerful voice: NO to mass incarceration and all its consequences."
April 19th Convergences (so far):
Chicago: 5:00 pm – Federal Plaza (Dearborn & Adams)
Los Angeles: 4:00 pm – Pershing Square (5th & Olive, Downtown LA); 5:00 PM – March to LAPD Headquarters.
New York: 4:00 pm – One Police Plaza. (Downtown Manhattan); 5:30 pm – March to Union Square.
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Consulting firm changes name
- June 17, 2011
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The firm has been in operation since 1989, serving privately held businesses and nonprofit organizations. Warren Whitney specializes in providing senior, part-time and interim professionals in finance, accounting, marketing, sales, human resources, strategic planning and board governance.