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Isaiah Rashad speaks on where he fits within the TDE crew, and what his day-to-day looks like at the moment.
Isaiah Rashad has been part of the growing TDE family for a minute now, and as one of the newest signees he's probably still getting used to the ways of the label, and finding his groove within the rest of the Top Dawg crew.
The release of Isaiah Rashad's Cilvia Demo really put the Chattanooga native on the map, for those who weren't already up on his talents, and received plenty of praise, thus giving his name even more worth.
Nonetheless, Cilvia Demo definitely felt like an introduction to the rapper, and it's got fans anticipating the next move. Isaiah recently spoke to XXL about making the big move to L.A. from Tennessee and getting in the studio to work on whatever might be next. "[I'm] just getting ready for tour and recording," he said referring to what his daily schedule looks like. "This is my job now, there's nothing else to do. I was in the studio until we put Cilvia out, and I'm still in the studio, just doing hooks for myself and stuff. Just trying to get my brain to start over on some new stuff. I live in the studio. I sleep there."
The rapper also spoke on where he fits in with the TDE family. He calls himself the "lil homie", something which he isn't exactly used to being, but he's taking it in stride.
"Learning to shut up, learning how to be quiet, learning how to play the background and be the lil homie," Rashad said when detailing the biggest change since signing with the label. "I'm used to being the big homie with my friends, but I'm only 22 and these guys are hella older than me, so if anything it's probably the best thing that could happen to me, being around some people who have been around forever, to just chill out, pick up stuff and pay attention."


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>Gears and Wears>Body Glide
I just recently bought a new tube of the regular Body Glide. I'd been off running for knee issues for quite a while. Has anyone noticed that it just doesn't work as well as it used to, don't know if they changed the formula or not. But on a 3.5 mile run, I shouldn't have chafe marks when I use it. What else is there that I can try?
Thanks in advance,
The word on the street (though never proven) is that they changed formulation some time back. A couple years perhaps? I definitely notice that it stinks WAY more than it used to... and it stains my clothes pretty badly too. Maybe my body chemistry changed, not sure. It still works for me though... haven't had the issues you had.
Here's another choice which I like better because it smells less weird and hasn't stained my stuff so far.
I don't think they tried super hard on their name, but hey, it is what it says it is.
This is the very popular non-BG pick:
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+1 for this one - works really well. My only problem with it that being a roll-on it can be hard to tell when you are almost out of it. At least with Bodyglide, you can easily see when you're getting to teh end of the stick.
Switched from body glide to this a couple of years ago.
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I get little packages of udderly smooth at races all the time. It never occurred to me to try it pre-run. Hmmm. I will give it a shot.
Also: aquaphor. I get lots of tiny tubes of it at races. Some folks use it pre-run, but it doesn't work so great for me.
+1 for this one - works really well. My only problem with it that being a roll-on it can be hard to tell when you are almost out of it. At least with Bodyglide, you can easily see when you're getting to teh end of the stick.
Although a container of the stuff lasts a really long time. Body Glide never lasted nearly as long, cost just as much, and tended to crumble off the stick once it got down to maybe 1/3 of the product left.
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Yep, what she said. And it works better for me...I used bg for a half in Vegas and was very sorry I didn't have my sport shield instead.
Heh, should I post photos of the evidence..?
Heh, should I post photos of the evidence..?
Don't do that.
I didn't shit myself or anything! ....and while the photo is funny, it is not flattering! Haha!
But it still always makes me laugh...not as much as banana phone, though.
Banana phone is classic

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Food Service, one of Poland's biggest meat processors, is suspected by Irish authorities to be the source of beef products that contained up to a third horse meat, it can be disclosed.
Marek Czerniej, one of the company's owners, on Friday told this newspaper that it supplies half a dozen companies in Britain with hamburger meat.
He refused to name them, however, saying that the information was a "trade secret".
He also insisted that his company — which was visited by investigators earlier this week — was not the source of the horse meat.
He disclosed that his company has been supplying Silvercrest, the Irish processor where the horse meat was found, for more than two years.
The scale of the company's trade with Britain prompted concerns that more contaminated meat may be on sale in supermarkets.
Barry Gardiner, a Labour member of the environment select committee, accused the Food Standards Agency of failing to investigate properly.
He said the FSA had to "get it back together and go right the way through the suppliers and make sure they know what's in the food people are eating".
Mr Gardiner added: "The FSA has been happy to let other people do the work they should be focusing on. They must be proactive and not leave it to someone else."
Food Service, based in central Poland, processes up to 15 tons of beef every day and exports it all over the world. It also slaughters pigs and processes pork products.
The company, which has a £60 million turnover, has its own cold storage facility and a fleet of lorries to transport the meat to other countries.
It was audited to standards set by the British Retail Consortium in May 2012 and given a food safety certificate of approval.
Food Service supplied 20 tons of beef a month to Silvercrest.
Last week the Food Safety Authority of Ireland identified the company as its prime suspect in the hunt for the supplier of contaminated beef on sale in British supermarkets.
It contacted the authorities in Poland, who conducted a series of DNA tests at the site on its current stock and five of the slaughterhouses that supply it.
On Friday the Polish authorities said that all the tests had come back negative and suggested the source of the contamination may be in Ireland or England.
Jaroslaw Naza, the deputy head of Poland's general veterinary inspectorate, said: "Everything we have done suggests to us that the source of the contamination was not in Poland.
"How has this happened? Someone probably changed documents. I know that the authorities in Ireland are looking for changes of labelling and documents. Maybe it is in England?"
Mr Czerniej — who runs Food Service with its co-founder Zofia Sypula — insisted the company was not the source of the contamination.
He said: "We have never bought or handled horse meat, we couldn't have been the source of contamination.
"[Our] beef is subject to rigorous procedures and identification.
"We supply six companies in Britain with beef. I can't tell you who because that is a company secret. We sell meat to hamburger producers but what happens in the end to the hamburgers, I don't know."
A spokesman from the Irish agriculture department insisted on Friday that "evidence shows the origin of the product to come from Poland".
The investigation in Ireland last month found Tesco was selling hamburgers that contained up to 29 per cent horse meat.
Seven supermarkets pulled millions of frozen burgers from their shelves amid fears of more widespread contamination.
The FSA is planning a series of DNA tests to identify if other beef has been contaminated. A spokesman for the agency said it was making "strenuous" efforts to find the cause of the contamination.
She added: "We are working directly with the Polish authorities to track exactly where products from the manufacturer in Poland have been sent, and by which suppliers they have been received in the UK.
"We take this extremely seriously as consumers must be able to have confidence that the food they consume is correctly described. We are in the process of carrying out a complex and technical investigation and will ensure that we keep consumers up to date."


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The NCAA has announced sanctions against Clark Atlanta University for failure to monitor its athletics department. According to a release from the governing body, the majority of the violations occurred in the men's basketball program and involved an assistant coach and former men's basketball volunteer coach who "acted unethically and provided impermissible benefits to student athletes". The case findings referenced "cash, airline tickets and meals" as well as having three student-athletes being allowed to compete while ineligible.
The penalties, including those imposed by the university, include three years of probation and a vacation of wins in which ineligible student-athletes competed. The former head coach and former volunteer coach each received a one-year show-cause order, and the assistant coach received a two-year show-cause order. If any of the three coaches seeks employment at an NCAA member school during the show-cause period, the school must agree to follow any conditions on the coach's athletically related duties as detailed in the public report.
The former volunteer coach provided impermissible benefits to student-athletes on several occasions between August 2011 and March 2012. He used personal funds to provide the men's basketball team impermissible meals worth approximately $200. In addition, he arranged for a student-athlete to obtain a roundtrip airline ticket for a discount of approximately $750 to $1,250. He also arranged for four student-athletes to receive cash benefits totaling approximately $4,600 to $4,800, with each receiving $1,000 or more.
The assistant coach obtained a student-athlete's personal identification number from the school's registrar, which enabled the student-athlete to register for courses in a manner outside the established registration procedure, thus enabling the student-athlete to remain eligible for practice and competition.
Both the assistant coach and former volunteer coach violated NCAA ethical conduct rules when they knowingly provided impermissible benefits to student-athletes and provided false or misleading information about their involvement.
This case also included violations in the women's tennis program. During the 2010-11 academic year, a women's tennis student-athlete competed while ineligible, after transferring from another school and before completing a year of residence at the university. Further, she competed during the 2011-12 academic year, after completing four seasons of competition and exhausting her eligibility.
Penalties include:
- Public reprimand and censure.
- Three years of probation from January 24, 2014, through January 23, 2017. (The university proposed a one-year probationary period for the basketball and tennis programs).
- A $5,000 fine.
- A vacation of all men's basketball wins in which student-athletes competed while ineligible (imposed by the school).
- A revocation of the 2011 SIAC Conference Championship for women's tennis (imposed by the school).
- A one-year show-cause order for the former head coach. The public report contains the further details.
- A two-year show-cause order for the assistant coach. The public report contains the further details.
- A one-year show-cause order for the former volunteer coach. The public report contains the further details.
- A limit of nine total athletics scholarships for the men's basketball program for the 2014-15 academic year, a reduction of one.
- A limit of four total athletics scholarships for the women's tennis program for the 2014-15 academic year, a reduction of two.
- An external audit of the school's athletics program must be conducted.
Members of the Division II Committee on Infractions are drawn from NCAA membership and members of the public. The members of the committee who reviewed this case are Douglas D. Blais, faculty athletic representative, Southern New Hampshire University; Jean Paul Bradshaw II, attorney; Bridget Lyons, senior associate director of athletics and senior woman administrator, Barry University; Julie A. Rochester, chair of the DII Committee on Infractions and faculty athletic representative and associate professor, Northern Michigan University; Carey J. Snyder, associate director of athletics, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania; and Jane Teixeira, assistant compliance commissioner and senior woman administrator, Pacific West Conference.


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Person of Interest Review: "Number Crunch"Sean McKenna at .
It's interesting to think that for two men with a lack of trust, the one thing that they put so much faith into rattles out social security numbers on its own accord and with no rhyme or reason as to its top picks.
Sure, The Machine gathers information that can lead it to predicting violent crimes, but what makes it pick one person over another? What makes it spit our four numbers sometimes and only one number other times?
While I hope that either Reese or Finch begin to question their electronic instructor at some point, two ideals remain true to them: Save lives. Stop criminals. That is what keeps them going. That's what keeps Person of Interest going.
"Number Crunch" followed in the familiar vein of machine gives numbers and Reese and Finch save the day, but the episode took another step further. Not only was the main plot filled with mystery as to why four numbers popped up, what their connections were, and what/who would cause the crime, but there was even the continuation of last week's storyline and the reveal of some enigmatic men after Reese.
It was great to see that Person of Interest is eager to try new things instead of simply resting on its most basic premise of predicting the future and providing hero butt-kicking in the process.
Additionally, both plot lines were tantalizing in their ability to keep you wanting more. Each step that was taken, each clue that was uncovered held enough mystery to be captivating, but offered up just enough to satisfy some story knowledge.
Reese was even forced to do a little multi-tasking and require others to help him out. As much as he can punch, kick, and shoot his way with effortless style, sometimes it takes a team effort to get the job done.
Which of course meant that Fusco was given more to do than simply take orders (although he reluctantly does it so well), Finch left his computer station (and risked his own life in the process), and Carter struggled with her dilemma in helping Reese or capturing him (the issue every good cop has with a crime fighting vigilante). Everyone was truly involved.
But even so, not every person was saved. As much as it's unfortunate for those fictional characters, it adds a sense of reality. It keeps Reese from being victorious every time, provides further questioning of the Machine, and maintains the often dark and gritty tone of the show.
Which similarly, continues to revolve around Reese. He is of course the hero of this show on a redemptive path, but he is also a killer. The CIA men bring this point up clearly and even Reese illustrates that dark and dangerous side to viewers. He's willing to fight women and shooting to kill is always an option. It certainly separates him from other Jonathan Nolan fare like in The Dark Knight in which Batman refuses to kill.
And what's more interesting is the revelation that Reese killed his own handler. Why? I'm going to assume it was because she turned evil or nefarious, but it would be even more interesting if it was because Reese became too engrossed in his "killing" job. And who are we to believe these men? After all, they did try and kill Reese.
Which brings up another great point about this episode. The final moments including Reese's standoff and escape from Carter and the CIA felt perfect for the likes of a finale.
I knew there was no way Reese would die of course, and I predicted that Carter would repent herself and help Reese escape, but it didn't ruin the ending for me. If anything, it pushed the show on another step forward.
Carter now knows the faces of the men she's been hunting, but (and you could tell in her face) she seemed rather reluctant to let them go. Perhaps she felt that capturing Reese when he was shot by the CIA would be like cheating and its not to say that if given a second opportunity she would take the chance to bring him in. But it does say something of her conflicted ideals on upholding the law and taking the law into one's own hands.
It was a great way to conclude not only the episode, but the first half of the season.
It will be very interesting to see their relationships continue to unfold and even the question of another conflicting party (police, CIA, mafia, and Carter so far) bringing more drama and confrontation into the mix.
I'm a little disappointed that Jim Caviezel lowered Reese's voice back down again and he seemed to be less quippy. Maybe it was the stress of dealing with four numbers, but if you've got time to sit down and get a haircut, you've got time to raise your voice and smile.
Then again, every female that Reese meets seems to go for the tall dark and mysterious look. He's like a regular silver fox, who can kick the crap out of you if he wants.
I also wished that the foster sisters that Reese did manage to save weren't so boring. There was no real spice to their lives besides the fact that they were using the stolen money to save the house.
I know Person of Interest is far from perfect, but it's moving in a positive direction as it continues to evolve and change for the better. Ultimately, it's an entertaining hour of television that combines a bit of science fiction, super-heroism, action, mystery, procedural, drama, and over arching stories. Let's hope the show can keep it coming.
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(Randolph Center, VT) The Clippers men's soccer team earned another road win Sunday. On a mud filled field, freshman Frack Zeba led the way for the Clippers with two goals on the day. Kris Wignes added a goal as the clippers moved to 9-4 on the year. Luis Herrera and Corey Hodgkins combined in goal to earn the win. as the Clippers outshot VTC 31-4.


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The Episode 2 Prize Pack contains a small collection of experience scrolls, some mystery items that may contain items, weapons and armor, as well as a Sleepy Sea Urchin to help protect you during battle.
You can grab a brief look at how the game operates with a video below, courtesy of Vegitobingui Tresor, as he takes over the Sea Crab's nest dungeon at level 16.
I do have to admit that the gameplay is at least a step up from the typical MMORPG, where you're standing there idly, keyboard smashing the number keys like that keyboard cat that's become all too popular in social media. Instead, players at least get to roam around, battle in non-targeting combat and enjoy some decently okay game features.
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A Framingham resident's vision for modern abolition – with bikes
FRAMINGHAM – The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society met on the banks of Framingham's Farm Pond, in what was then known as Harmony Grove, every Fourth of July between 1846 and 1865.
In 1854, as Sojourner Truth and Henry David Thoreau stood in front of him, and a bottom-up American flag hung behind him, William Lloyd Garrison lit a match and burned the U.S. Constitution.
"So perish all compromises with tyranny!" he said.
The spectacle animated abolitionists at the time. Framingham resident and "new abolitionist" Brandale Randolph hopes to do the same – 163 years later and with bicycles.
Randolph, 40, founded The 1854 Cycling Company last year to help formerly incarcerated people live freer lives. That is, he wants to train and employ women with prison records to build bikes.
"Even though slavery was abolished as it existed then, it was basically moved to the prisons," Randolph said. "What happens to a person that has been released from prison?"
The Fugitive Slave Act allowed slaveholders to kidnap men, women and children who had successfully escaped to the North, and return them to the South. Today, 76 percent of formerly incarcerated people are arrested again within five years of their release.
"Were they ever free? Have they ever been released from bondage or the penal system?" Randolph said. "I'd say no."
Randolph, president of Framingham's Fair Housing Committee, re—searched what allowed the other 24 percent to stay free. They benefit from supportive communities – with groups and residents who refer them to jobs, not benefit centers – employable skills, and living wages.
Randolph is trying to raise $1.5 million so he can expand his business and pay his future workers well. "I can't fathom myself sleeping at night, knowing that someone has a job and they are still struggling," he said.
"I don't want to be one of those companies that has employees that need to be sustained by government benefits. I want to be a company that not only produces great quality products but also people who are proud of what they do."
The company's first bike was The Garrison. It has bullhorn handle bars, foot straps, a light-brown leather seat, and royal blue wheel rims and brake cables. A 15.6-inch computer bag is strapped between the silver frame.
The second, and latest model is The Craft, named after the abolitionists Ellen and William Craft, who in 1848 escaped slavery in Georgia. Ellen, who was fair-skinned, posed as her husband's owner during their journey north. They later lived in Beacon Hill, but fled to England after passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
"I wanted to highlight the power of love and how couples reinvented themse—lves just to escape. That's how brutal it was."
Randolph launched his company last year, initially selling $60,000 worth of "Abolitionist" T-shirts and hooded sweatshirts. For now, contractors build his bikes on-demand through online sales. He needs more investors before he can train his first group of 10 to 12 employees, he said.
Soon, Randolph plans to begin selling a three-wheel cargo bike that can hold up to 300 pounds. "So if you're a senior citizen, you can use it to transport your groceries or your grandkids," he said.
Randolph grew up in poverty in Delhi, Louisiana (pronounced "del-high"). "It's a one-square-mile, four-traffic-light town. Racially divided, one high school, one elementary school, the next town over is 40 miles away. That type of thing," he said.
At age 13, he moved to Los Angeles and won a spot in a program that sent poor city kids to private high schools. He later graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in economics.
When Randolph moved to Framingham in 2015 with his wife, a Babson College professor, and their two boys, 10 and 4, he applied for 84 jobs. Four or five companies called him back. Two interviewed him. None hired him.
Randolph had an Ivy League degree and years of experience in finance. He founded and directed the nonprofit Project Poverty in Texas. If he couldn't get hired, how difficult must it be for former prisoners?
"No one would hire me, so the next option was to create a job for myself," he said.
He wants to open a factory in downtown Framingham, a walk from the commuter rail stop. Framingham is more supportive of the formerly incarcerated than other communities, but it needs more public transportation, he said.
The campaign to end mass incarceration and abolish prisons as they exist today has multiple fronts. Some activists are training prosecutors to stop asking judges to lock everyone up; others are lobbying lawmakers to repeal mandatory minimum laws.
Randolph sees his role in the campaign as helping those already captured by the prison system. Some civil rights groups want employers to stop making job applicants check a box if they have a criminal record. Randolph has a different approach.
"My vision for the future is more companies that hire the nonviolent formerly incarcerated," he said. "I want the box to be there but it doesn't matter. It's the same way if I check a box that says I'm black, it doesn't really matter if I have qualifications."
The bikes of the future will have electric rear wheels that can propel riders nearly 20 mph, Randolph said. Bike-sharing companies like Hubway could soon need technicians who know how to fix those types of bicycles on a large scale.
His future employees could be trained to fill that need.
"And I think that's a good definition of abolitionism," Randolph said. "They are contributing members of society now, but they are free. They are truly free."


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The trip to the isolated aircraft, took longer than usual due to the thick fog. This gave several fellow jet engine mechanics, destined to work other jobs, time to retell the Tale of the Haunted Parking Spot.
With big round eyes, and a slow animated voice, the first one started. Early one morning a young crew chief was in the tail lubricating the jackscrew for the pitch trim actuator. No one is sure whether he was distracted by thoughts of his new wife, the baby on the way, or the fact that he was going to get his own Starlifter in two weeks. Anyhow he didnt tag the hydraulic pumps, so no one would turn them on; he also neglected to hang the Man in T-Tail sign. He probably figured he would be done before anyone came out to the jet. As luck would have it the plane was moved up on the flying schedule and when the crew came out and did their preflight checks, the pitch trim actuator moved slow and made a screeching sound. Imagine everyones surprise when they discovered the crew chiefs mutilated corpse. Now-- he crews every plane parked on Dog Thirty-One.
A second mechanic chimed in. It always happens around two in the morning.
It is normally cold dark and foggy A third added.
First come the screams -- and then he jumps from the hayloft to the cargo floor. The first speaker spoke again.
I actually saw him once Said yet another.
I laughed nervously at the bad acting, and when the bread van stopped I stepped off with my tools. The taillights of the dispatch vehicle disappeared into the gloom abandoning me alone on the Haunted Spot. Positive thoughts eluded me observing the surreal scene.
The bone chilling ice fog, absorbed the bright stadium lights, and the diffused energy radiated an ethereal glow. The ice crystals covering the jet reflected a shimmering aura around the visible portion of the swept wings into the thick cloud. It created an illusion of the phantom Starlifter returning from the vast depths of the nether world. Immediately the night seemed even colder and I pulled my green camouflaged jacket tighter and my black stocking cap lower.
The descriptions, fresh in my mind, made this the perfect setting for the crew chief to appear. I didnt believe in ghosts, but just in case I quietly carried my seventy-five pound tool box to the number two engine and silently opened the cowling. Fortunately the engine only had a minor problem and Id be finished well before two A.M.
My senses, already heightened, noticed every little anomaly. The aluminum skin continually contracted and popped in the cold night fog. Conjured images appeared in the swirling mist and occasionally the entire plane shivered and shook. My overworked flashlight beam constantly illuminated the latest apparition and I prayed the batteries held out. Then the crew chiefs ghost started watching over my shoulder. Every time I tried to ignore him, his spirit became stronger. When I turned to face him, he darted into the fog. The twenty minute job, with his unwelcome presence, took much longer.
I left the cowling open; my supervisor needed to inspect the job. I hadnt seen him or my coworkers since they abandoned me so long ago. I started towards the plane, I had to go inside the hallucinogenic bird and sign off the discrepancy in the forms. I shone my light into the blackness through the icicle fanged gaping hole (on any other night, the crew entry door). On the other side the invisible crew chief waited. My inner being warned me not to board the aircraft. I hesitated and then hesitated a little longer.
Inside the belly of the gigantic bird the cold dark fog added to my trepidation. The dreamlike murk was a completely foreign world. I had traversed into the realm of the living dead. Translucent silver bullets (coffins) floated above the cargo floor and several had their lids open. Full figured faceless shadows from the thousands of corpses the Starlifter carried from Viet Nam and other incursions roamed freely. Their moans and shrill laughs haunted me from within the impenetrable haze. As one of the shadows passed through me, I had a quick vision of total chaos and then a bomb exploded, the temperature dropped another ten degrees.
The apparitions didnt disappear this time, but thankfully stayed downstairs, when I went up to the flight deck. The forms sat on the flight engineers table, as expected, and I started signing them off. My hand stopped as I wrote the date 31 October. Abruptly the number three hydraulic system pumps came on, something that cant happen without power on the aircraft, and an unearthly, blood curdling, wail came from the back of the already noisy jet. Then the electric pumps mysteriously shut off again and a deathly silence followed I strained to hear anything for the next several seconds, my eyes looked toward the cargo compartment, and my intuition told me the lesser ghosts had fled, they too were afraid of the more powerful phantom. I turned back to the forms even more determined to sign them off, and get the hell out of here, before he showed up.
I fully expected the loud thump, just not this soon as he jumped from the hayloft to the cargo floor and landed hard enough to make the entire plane quiver. Then he started dragging chains across the metal floor, making his presence known. I aimed my light over the crew rest platform towards the back of the plane. The murk absorbed the light and I cautiously went down the three steps into the cargo area, now empty.
A misshapen figure slowly emerged from the mist. His tattered uniform had dark gray blood oozing from the chest area. The left side of his deformed skull had even blacker blood streaming from it. He continued limping towards me-- a chain in each hand. I froze, thirty feet from the anguished specter.
Ohohohohohohohohohohohohohoh Thump, his good right leg hopped forward Scrape, he pulled his broken leg behind him Rattle, his chains accentuated the jerky movements Twenty feet away, I saw his left eye dangling from the socket.
I panicked, jumped into the cockpit, grabbed the forms and raced outside.
At the fire bottle in front of the aircraft, with the flashlight trained at the crew entry door, I finished signing off the Corrected Bys. I again approached the portal, reached in, and tossed the forms on the galley. A cold hand grabbed my wrist; I twisted free and ran back to the fire bottle. I had dropped the flashlight during the encounter, and while still shining, it lay useless on the ground. Thump Scrape Rattle
I inched my way along the fuselage, retrieved the light and retreated back to my fire bottle sanctuary. I kept expecting the dead crew chief to come outside-- he didnt.
After another several minutes listening to the crew chief, now in the cockpit, I walked to the C-141 next door (at least it was quiet). I waited there for my supervisor to return with the blue bread truck. When he did, hours (minutes) later, he drove past me. Cautiously I returned to Dog Thirty-One.
Safely on the truck, I told my tale.
Sgt. Storm and the other mechanics laughed.
The forms are on the galley and someone needs to close the cowling. I stated firmly, while my fellow mechanics mimicked ghost sounds and rattled the chains securing the toolboxes. My coworkers, still giggling, disappeared into the fog and brought the airplane to life. They turned on all the interior and exterior lights and searched the empty jet. Back on the truck they discussed the tags on the hydraulic pump switches, the Man in T-Tail sign on the flap handle, and the forms on the engineers table.
There were no signs, and I left the forms on the galley! I exclaimed.
Then Sgt. Storm chastised me for signing the Red Xs. I stayed on the truck and he brought the forms, to show me, after my denials. The documents sent eerie chills down my spine flipping to the page with my signature. The Red Xs were still open-- but small splatters of black blood dotted the white page. The same instant I showed my boss the Inspected By blocks were still open, both the C-141 and the truck went dark. Sgt. Storm tried to restart the truck; the battery was dead. Neither he nor my coworkers mocked me now, and their wide eyes looked at each other for reassurance in the dim light.
I felt no gratification or relief, when I grinned and said. I told you so!
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My car was totaled, and worst of all, I had to walk. There hadn't been a house for miles, and only God knows how much longer it would be to the next station. I started to walk in the blistering rain and didn't have to walk far before I noticed what looked like an abandoned house, although there was a glow coming from the window.
I ran to the front door and was about to knock when I noticed the door was already open, as if to welcome me in. The house was dark on the inside and had a really musty smell. I could barely stand it much longer.
I walked through the long, dark hallway and came to a room with a fire going in the fireplace. There was a woman sitting in a chair facing the fire.
"Excuse me, miss?" I said to her...she didn't respond.
"Hello? Miss, are you--." Before I could finish my sentence she had gotten up and started shuffling towards me. Her head facing down, and her black, stringy hair covering her face. Her dress was beat-up and torn everywhere and was very dirty.
I felt compelled to just turn around and run away, but instead I took a few steps toward her. She lifted her head and revealed to me her fleshy, decomposing face and her deep hollow eyes which seemed to stare right into my soul.
She let out an ear shattering screech that sent me running in the opposite direction. She followed after me. I made it through the hallway and to the front door and frantically pulled at the knob and it fell off. I turned and looked into the hallway and saw her standing there, staring at me with those hollow eyes. I think at this point, I had already BAD_WORD myself.
I ran up the stairs, luckily located next to me. I found a closet which I could hide in, which was the best I could do at the time. I sat there for what seemed like an eternity, thinking, maybe she forgot about me.
I peeked my head out, a foolish mistake, and there she was, just waiting for me. I tried to run past her, but she grabbed me and threw me to the ground. Her long, broken fingernails were peeling my flesh. Her yellow, rotten teeth were digging into my peeled skin. Her grip was so strong, it felt like my bones were shattering into a million little pieces. Then everything went black.
Now I sit here, in front of this fireplace, with her next to me. Waiting, just waiting, for the next stranded traveller.
--ugh, not the best, but itll do for something off the top of my head. No way this competes with the others.
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I've found through my experiences you see what you expect to see, I remember this one time I was out hunting for bigfoot and the noises in the familiar woods suddelnly became strange and foreign, the tracks that would have been bear tracks a week before were suddenly bigfoot tracks... The sticks cracking as bigfoot shadowed us were also very unerving. It didn't help that we had problems getting to the area and the shadows were already getting long. We made some plaster casts of the footprints we found, while he watched us...
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im not good with grammar or proofreading, so please ignore all that when you read mine, even though its not the best.
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Love the stories by the way kiddo
thanks jody, i cant believe nobody has ever made this kind of topic before. I hope someone actually makes a scary one, all we have had so far were sad ones.
It must be the signature you have.
Emily's spirit is creating a sad ambiance
"It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about, nowadays, saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true." -Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray
Posted 20 February 2006 - 03:09 PM
John could see the people hanging on for dear life as the plane fell to the earth. He could hear the screams, the cries for parents, and the praying of the passengers on board. It's weird, seems like this plane had been falling for hours, but it was only taking place in less than a few minutes. He glanced at the watch his wife had given him and said his final good-bye to her. Then....silence....
About an hour later, Sarah was just finishing her shower when she heard someone open the door.
"Honey? Youre home early." She yelled through the bathroom door. No answer came. Sarah stepped out of the bathroom, afraid there may be a theif afoot. She walked to the front door, but it was locked tight...she checked the back, locked. She checked the windows and any other opening into the house, all locked.
She walked into her bedroom to check the window, when she noticed something on the bed.
It was John's watch, it read 2:37, exactly one hour before...next to it was a crumpled note that simply read:
Sarah, I will love you always......
Sarah didn't know how the watch had gotten there and was sure that John had it when he got on the plane to go to his parents house.
She called John's parents to see if he had left anything there before he made his return flight. The parents seemed shocked.
"Sarah, haven't you heard?" John's mother said over the phone. "John's plane went down, about an hour ago...there were no survivors."
Sarah could hear his mother crying over the phone and soon started to cry herself, trying to get over the fact that her husband was now dead.
When she was called in to i.d. the body, she confirmed and was handed his possesions that was found on him at the site. His wallet, a few pieces of paper, clothes...........but no watch among them.
--I think I like the sad ones better. Yet, another one from the top of my head.
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I just wrote off the cuff first thing in
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it needs editing like crazy...
We just wanna see what your little
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As shutdown goes on, Republicans find no escape
"Box canyon" is the term of art these days, being thrown around by people who don't know a canyon from a cannoli, for what the Republicans have created for themselves -- and, incidentally, for the country.
Having spent a fair amount of time in the West chasing cows around canyons and coulees, I admit the term is apt. But it doesn't go far enough.
Congress didn't wander into the canyon by itself. It was pushed.
Cows are logical in some atavistic, instinctive way. They stay away from trouble and will follow the easiest, safest path.
I remember being chewed out by a Montana rancher for running his cows in circles. "You've got to give them an escape route, a place to go," he said. "You were standing right where you needed them to move. You're running dollars right out of my checkbook, and these cows will be hell to move the next time. They'll be pissed off for a week."
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (with cynical help from Heritage Action and Club for Growth) has run the Republican cows of the U.S. House of Representatives into a place with no escape route. In the process, he's created a lot of chaos, and he's running dollars right out of the country's checkbook.
When cows are handled badly, they hurt themselves and others.
Which brings me to the staggering hypocrisy of Randy Neugebauer, Republican representative of the 19th Congressional District in the panhandle of Texas.
Hoping to score some political points, Neugebauer visited the World War II Memorial, where earlier in the week veterans from the Greatest Generation made headlines by pushing past barriers to visit the memorial they came to Washington to see.
When Neugebauer saw a young Park Service employee reminding people the memorial was closed because of the shutdown, he was caught on video berating the employee, who was still on the job, but will not be paid until Neugebauer and his colleagues do their jobs.
"The Park Service should be ashamed," he said.
"I'm not ashamed," the worker said quietly.
"You should be!" snapped Neugebauer.
No, congressman, you should be.
Meanwhile, as Politico reported, the cowpuncher himself was getting barbecued at a lunch with his GOP Senate colleagues.
"It was very evident to everyone in the room that Cruz doesn't have a strategy. He kept trying to change the subject. It's pretty evident it's never been about a strategy -- it's been about him," one senator said. "I just wish the 35 House members that have bought the snake oil ... could witness what was witnessed today."
Rep. Marlin Stutzman of Indiana is one of those, and he is one PO'd bovine.
"We're not going to be disrespected," Stutzman said Wednesday. "We have to get something out of this. And I don't know what that even is."
No exit strategy, no escape route.
By Thursday, Stutzman realized what he had said, and tried to walk it back: "Yesterday, I carelessly misrepresented the ongoing budget debate," he said.
But the facts surround him, like canyon walls.
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Joska Aweko's family will never take its farm for granted. For two decades, armed conflict ravaged northern Uganda, forcing Joska and hundreds of thousands of others from their homes. When the conflict abated, Joska, a mother of eight, was one of the first people to return with her family and rebuild their farm. They planted cotton, the area's main cash crop, and staple crops such as corn and beans.
TechnoServe worked with Joska through the Amilobo Growers Cooperative Society, a group of 110 farmers that market their cotton collectively. Our business advisors showed its members improved farming techniques, such as planting seeds in rows and controlling pests by spraying their crops. We strengthened the cooperative's governance, improved its financial management and connected it to new markets. Today, income from cotton is helping to pay school fees for Joska's children and improve her home. And the staple crops provide both food security and a source of income.
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The United Nations has designated 2014 the International Year of Family Farming, focusing the world's attention on the potential of farming families like Joska's. In the developing world, 2 billion people live and work on small farms. These farms are rarely simple enterprises. Instead, they feature a shifting lineup of crops and products, each meeting a specific need. Families cultivate the farm together, taking on roles and responsibilities often dictated by cultural customs.
TechnoServe believes family farmers hold the key to alleviating poverty and promoting sustainable development. We work across Africa, Latin America and India to help farmers apply business skills and knowledge to their work. We train farmers in agricultural practices that increase productivity and improve the quality of their crops, and we connect them with buyers, financial institutions and other market participants. Our work helps diversify farms so farmers can both feed their families and earn an income from their crops. We also focus on engaging and benefiting women, sometimes challenging perceptions of gender roles.
Today, the benefits of our work can be seen throughout Joska's village. The members of her cooperative now see farming as more than just a way to subsist. Families are improving their standard of living. The children are healthy and in school, and their parents can envision a future in which they have more choices. This kind of hope is growing on family farms throughout the developing world.
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Okay, so maybe it is "Menu Plan Sunday", whatever. This week is the last week before we leave for Spring Break! YIPPEE! Actually, it isn't even really a full week. We leave on Friday after the kids get out of school. Aaron will be staying home, holding down the fort,making sure the house is okay. 😉 LOL! The kids, my Mom & I will be visiting my sister, BIL and nephew in Atlanta! I am so excited, as are the kids.
Getting ready and packing this week is going to take precedence over cooking and baking. I will be baking 2 loaves of bread to take with us (for Jon & I), brownies and maybe some carob fudge, too. I have the coconut pumpkin muffins in the freezer from last week to snack on as well and some thumbprint cookies from Christmas frozen to take as well. There will be no shortage of treats. Watch for my post on traveling & adhering to the gluten-free diet.
Sunday ~Bourbon Chicken, brown rice, broccoli & salad
Monday~Salmon (sweet Thai chile for me, garlic/dill for Aaron & Jon, Hannah will have fish sticks), baked potatoes or Crash hot potatoes, green beans & salad
Tuesday~Mexican Pizzas (I will use ground turkey most likely, with taco seasoning & refried beans on tostada shells), Mexican rice & corn
Wednesday~Breakfast for dinner (omelets/eggs, bacon or sausage, sweet potato hash browns, toast & OJ ~ that needs to be gone before we leave)
Thursday~Lasagna, steamed veggies & salad (I am meeting 2 girlfriends out, this is for Aaron & the kids)
Friday~leaving for AtlantaSaturday~Spring Break
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House incumbents had an easy night Tuesday as every member of Congress on the ballot in Indiana, North Carolina and West Virginia won their primary elections .
In one of the more competitive races, Indiana Rep. Larry Bucshon fended off a tea party-aligned foe who nearly won the Republican nomination two years ago.
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Bucshon, a House GOP freshman, notched a win over Kristi Risk, a Sunday school teacher who accused him of abandoning the grassroots conservatives who helped propel him into office in the tea party-fueled 2010 Republican wave.
Risk came within 2,000 votes of defeating Bucshon, a former heart surgeon, in 2010. She again held him to under 60 percent of the vote Tuesday despite being heavily outspent. Bucshon has drawn a serious Democratic foe in former state Rep. Dave Crooks, who he will face in November.
With Bucshon's win, the 87-member House Republican freshman class remains undefeated in primaries this year. All five other freshmen up for re-nomination Tuesday prevailed.
Several House members, however, delivered weak performances against lesser-known challengers, underscoring the lingering peril facing incumbents in a year when five sitting lawmakers have already lost.
Rep. Howard Coble, an 80-year-old North Carolina Republican who was elected in 1984 and who has suffered a bout of recent health problems, received less than 60 percent, as did Republican Rep. Renee Ellmers, a North Carolina first-termer.
Tuesday night saw open seat victories for several GOP establishment-backed candidates. Former Indiana GOP executive director Luke Messer, who had the backing of Gov. Mitch Daniels, won the primary for the eastern Indiana-based seat GOP Rep. Mike Pence is vacating to run for governor. Messer faces only marginal Democratic opposition for the conservative-oriented 6th District seat.
In North Carolina, Republican Richard Hudson, a former congressional chief of staff who received contributions from party leaders including House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, finished first in a crowded field but failed to pass the 40 percent threshold needed to avoid a July 17 runoff. Hudson will run against Scott Keadle, a tea party-aligned dentist, for the right to take on Democratic Rep. Larry Kissell in the south central North Carolina-based 8th District, one of a handful of seats that Republicans redrew to make re-election more difficult for Democrats.


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WASHINGTON — A grand fiscal bargain, with perhaps $2 trillion more in deficit reduction over 10 years — more than a quarter of which would be additional revenue, with much of the rest obtained through well-crafted, significant cutbacks in big-ticket entitlements — could have been a win-win for Republicans and Democrats.
Along with terminating the high-end Bush tax cuts, this would have earned lawmakers public approbation for working together and given investor and business confidence a boost.
The corollary is the small-bore deal cobbled together to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, which may be a lose-lose for both sides. Defying political physics, the White House and congressional Republicans emerged politically weaker and facing more trouble ahead.
President Barack Obama, who Republicans acknowledged had all the leverage in the latest round, could have hung tough and persevered with one goal: the bigger deal. Indisputably, Democrats got much more than Republicans. Yet even with this unusual leverage — without a deal, taxes would have increased for everyone — the Democrats got only about 60 percent of what the House speaker, John A. Boehner, had once been willing to give on taxes.
Republicans reinforced their image as protectors of the privileged. In the House of Representatives, which they control, they displayed dysfunction remarkable even by Washington standards. With bigger fights ahead over the debt ceiling and indiscriminate across-the-board spending cuts, the problems outweigh the possibilities for both sides.
The estate tax epitomizes this state of affairs. It is assessed on fewer than 1 percent of the wealthiest estates. Michael J. Graetz, a former Treasury official in the administration of President George H.W. Bush who has written a book on the subject, says that with huge deficits and worsening income inequality, "it is amazing that our political system cannot maintain an estate tax that contributes less than 1 percent of federal revenues from those Americans best able to afford it."
Lawrence H. Summers, a former Treasury secretary, once observed, "There is no case other than selfishness" for cutting the estate tax.
There are legitimate debates about the effect on economic growth of tax rates on capital gains, dividends or corporate income. It's tough to find a serious economist who makes that case for the estate tax; years ago, the conservative economist Irwin M. Stelzer described a low tax as "affirmative action" for wealthy heirs.
Still, reducing or eliminating the estate tax was a top priority for Republicans in this latest round. The White House essentially caved to a measure that will cost about $100 billion over 10 years and will benefit fewer than 5,000 wealthy estates.
In the 2010 year-end tax-cut deal, the Obama administration insisted on extending the refundable tax credits for the poor; resistant Republicans said they would go along only if the White House accepted two years of lower estate-tax rates. Agreed. This time, however, the refundable credits for the poor were extended only temporarily, while the more generous estate-tax provision is permanent.
The political appeal here is to reward big campaign contributors; that matters to Democrats as well as Republicans. When Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., in the private bargaining, argued for a tougher provision, the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, asked that it be put to a vote. The vice president knew that Democrats like Senators Max Baucus of Montana and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana would side with the rich heirs.
Lawmakers are braced for a tougher battle in the next two months over the debt ceiling and across-the-board spending cuts that neither side likes. Republicans contend that, unlike with the fiscal cliff — the package of tax increases and spending cuts that had been set to take effect with the new year — this time they have the leverage to force the president to accept big spending cuts, particularly of big-ticket entitlements.
House Republicans insist on the "Boehner rule," that any increase in the debt ceiling be matched by a comparable reduction in spending. That isn't realistic: The debt ceiling will have to be increased by almost $2 trillion over the next two years, and spending cuts of that order would be politically and economically disastrous. The speaker's ability to maneuver may be limited, though. On the fiscal deal, his own majority leader and whip deserted him, as did seven current committee chairmen and almost two-thirds of his caucus.
Tougher still is the substance. House Republicans are all for big spending cuts, though other than some easy ones, including going after programs for the poor, they duck specifics.
They are fierce deficit hawks in principle, yet when specific cuts to Medicare, a health insurance program for the elderly, or Social Security, a retirement fund, are raised, they turn into pacifists.
And the president, who wouldn't play for keeps when he had the leverage, vows this time will be different. He won't negotiate over the debt ceiling; that would be tantamount, he proclaims, to negotiating with terrorists.
Mr. Obama demands that any spending cuts be accompanied by revenue increases.
He correctly notes that there already has been more than twice as much in spending cuts as in tax increases and that any subsequent action that involves only cuts would run counter to the recommendations of bipartisan panels like the 2010 commission headed by Alan K. Simpson, a former Republican senator, and Erskine Bowles, a former White House chief of staff under Bill Clinton. Republicans dismiss that as a nonstarter.
The bottom lines: The White House believes Republican leaders privately realize that holding the nation's full faith and credit hostage to cutting popular programs is a loser. Congressional Republicans dismiss Mr. Obama's lines in the sand, saying that he invariably backs down and that any economic fallout ultimately hurts his presidency.
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Since the inception of the tea party movement, we've had tea party candidates, slogans, and rallies. Next up – tea party TV?
"Courage, New Hampshire," is the first effort from a new TV production firm, Colony Bay, formed by a duo of Hollywood tea partyers.
The first episode, titled "The Travail of Sarah Pine," details the struggles of a Colonial American woman to bring to justice the British soldier who fathered her illegitimate child.
It was shot on a shoestring budget of some $120,000, and is intended to depict traditional American values espoused by the tea party movement. Their goal, the producers say, is to balance mainstream entertainment which they believe tends to treat conservatives and people of faith unfairly.
"Most TV sitcoms and dramas tend to depict conservatives and traditionalists and people of faith as halfwits," Colony Bay cofounder James Patrick Riley told the Hollywood Reporter. "That tactic lost its edge about four decades ago and we think it's time to turn the tables."
But because the show does not yet have a distribution deal with any TV network, it will premier Sunday night in a movie theater house in Monrovia, Calif., and then come out on DVD.
While this grass-roots approach to storytelling fits neatly into the populist strains that infuse the tea party movement, it also raises questions on the one hand about the viability of overtly partisan programming and on the other, what its expanded presence in popular entertainment tells us about our deeper political culture.
"This is just the next frontier in the whole party polarization fight," says Sean Theriault, associate professor of government at the University of Texas in Austin.
"It is just one more example of the increasing Balkanization of our culture," he says, adding, we have liberals who watch "Modern Family" on ABC and conservatives who feel the traditional family values they hold dear are being undermined by depictions of alternative lifestyles.
"And so now, they can watch shows from Colony Bay instead," says Theriault.
The electorate is growing increasingly polarized, edged onwards by the explosion of primaries and caucuses where candidates with the most extreme views often prevail, says Villanova University communications professor Len Shyles.
He likens the national political profile to "a dumbbell, with each end getting more extreme."
The fragmentation of the media landscape into niche outlets holds promise for programming with a limited market appeal.
But fringe distribution doesn't necessarily deliver political impact, points out Peter Orlik, chair of the School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant.
"You may be able to preach to the party faithful this way, but you won't reach anyone outside that circle," he adds. And so far, entertainment targeting the nascent tea party faithful, estimated at around 9 million nationally, has had little success.
The $15 million film, "Atlas Shrugged," based on the first third of the Ayn Rand novel and intended to launch a trilogy on ticket sales to tea party loyalists who share the novelist's libertarian beliefs, made roughly a quarter of the budget in sales. Certainly, an emphasis on political views over great moviemaking may have contributed to that film's failure – it was drubbed by mainstream critics.
Technology is furthering our ability to isolate ourselves, says John Nelson, professor of political theory at the University of Iowa.
"Our ability to choose only what is most compatible to ourselves gives the impression that a mutually compatible society is slipping away from us," he notes.
But, he also adds, the tea party movement taps into a deeply-shared, cultural value of populist anti-elitism that runs back to the nation's founding.
"It is not a simple, us-versus-them equation, because there are many smaller grievances that get mixed in from many directions," he says.
"Every little package defines its own balkanized subculture," he adds.
Pushing back against the dominant cultural portrayals in TV and films dovetails neatly with populist sentiments, points out Michael Popejoy, assistant editor of the journal White House Studies.
"We as individuals rarely have sufficient political power to influence policy; however, as members of the groups that we join and support, we do have power," he says, adding, "This is a good process for any free, democratic society."


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RAMMSTEIN DVD Gets New Release Date
Rammstein's VIDEOS 1995-2012 DVD collection has a new release date of March 12, 2013. Originally due in stores on January 15, it was decided to delay the release following a manufacturing plant error, as the band wanted to ensure their fans receive the highest quality packaging possible. Fans who purchased the collection through Amazon's pre-order will receive their DVDs in conjunction with the new release date.
The collection includes the legendary German band's complete music video catalog along with two new videos for the song "Mein Herz Brennt," and is available on standard DVD and Blu-ray. Videos 1995-2012 contains over seven hours of material featuring 25 music videos, 24 behind-the-scenes clips of the making-of-the-videos and a 56-page booklet. Available on three DVDs or two Blu-rays, the collection will be released through the band's marketing and distribution deal with Density Records in the US.
Rammstein released Made in Germany, their greatest hits album, last December and the Berlin-based six-piece have been performing extensively around the world. Rammstein keep up the pace in 2013 with several European festivals already confirmed. Fans can find a complete list of tour dates with ticket information on the band's website, http://www.rammstein.com.
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Guinea pigs not 'dumbed down' by domestication
Despite reductions in brain size, domestication has not reduced the ability of guinea pigs to navigate a water maze. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Frontiers in Zoology tested domesticated and wild animals ('cavies') and found that they both performed well at the test, with the domestic animals actually being slightly superior.
Lars Lewejohann worked with a team of researchers from the University of Münster, Germany, to investigate the differing abilities of the two types of guinea pig. He said, "Both wild and domestic guinea pigs were able to learn the water maze task. Interestingly, it seems that domesticated animals had the advantage in spatial orientation, while wild cavies were the stronger swimmers. This suggests an adaptation to the man-made environment in domesticated animals that allows more efficient problem solving".
The researchers used 15 male domestic guinea pigs, 13 female domestic guinea pigs, 13 male cavies, and 13 female cavies. They had to find a platform hidden under the surface of a circular pool of water using symbols on the walls of the tank for guidance. Wild animals were significantly stronger swimmers than domestic. Domestic guinea pigs, however, were better at deciphering the guidance symbols and using them to swim straight to the target area. According to Lewejohann, "Overall, our findings indicate that these animals will be suitable for further investigations of learning and memory".
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Many of us like to explore at our own pace, kayak hire or "self guided kayaking" is perfect for singles, families, groups, kids birthday parties and staff outings.
20 mins south of Batemans Bay and 15 north of Moruya lies the Tomaga River, a unique tidal estuary dividing the small coastal settlements of Mossy Point and Tomakin. You get your choice of single or double kayaks, all equipment, a lesson, dry bag for your gear, a map and away you go exploring this safe estuary, its clear, clean water, mangroves, tidal flats and various creatures that inhabit the area including stingrays, crabs, fish, eagle rays and water birds.
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The ousted leader of a small American Indian tribe in northeastern California wore a bulletproof vest to her first court appearance on charges she shot and killed four people and tried to murder two others at a meeting to evict her from tribal housing.
Cherie Lash Rhoades was in Modoc County Superior Court in Alturas, Calif., on Tuesday for arraignment on four counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder.
District Attorney Jordan Funk says the judge agreed to continue the arraignment until Monday at the defense's request.
Defense attorneys didn't immediately respond to telephone calls for comment.
The lawyer for the Cedarville Rancheria says Rhoades was suspended as chairwoman pending a federal investigation into missing tribal funds.


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Washington County students participate in CDC-Pitt study of how flu spreads
About 450 Washington County students will help University of Pittsburgh researchers next week learn more about how flu spreads.
The students, who attend Borland Manor Elementary and North Strabane Intermediate schools in the Canon-McMillan School District, will come home on Monday wearing electronic proximity sensors. The devices, called motes, will record when the students come in contact with each other.
These "electronic tags," which could collectively record as many as 1 million pieces of data in a typical day, will tell researchers how many times kids come together for conversations, sharing items or other activities, and how far apart they are, said Charles Vukotich Jr., senior project manager at Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health.
From that data, researchers will be able to better measure how influenza spreads in schools. If, that is, the kids hold up their end of the bargain and wear the 3-ounce devices all day on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, when they'll be returned.
"The little kids kind of think they're cool," said Shanta Zimmer, associate professor in Pitt's School of Medicine. "The older kids … we can tell there's been some tampering."
The motes send out a weak signal every 20 seconds to detect other motes and record when they detect one.
Students in Canon-McMillan schools participated in the study last year, but this will be the first time they will wear the motes on a scheduled day off from school. Preliminary data from last year's study, which also included Propel charter school students in Allegheny County, showed that each child interacted with an average of 109 other children during the school day.
One of the key questions the study hopes to answer is how effective closing schools might be in stopping the spread of flu, the researchers said.
"Last year there were significant numbers recorded overnight," Vukotich said, providing some evidence that simply closing schools for a few days won't stop children from interacting with each other.
The two-year study, funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is also being conducted at Penn State and Utah.
Dubbed the "Social Mixing and Respiratory Transmission in Schools," or SMART Schools study, it is part of a CDC effort to create a national policy on school response to flu and other pandemics.
"There was very little resistance to the project. It was only done with (parents') approval," said Michael Daniels, Canon-McMillan superintendent. "We hope this study will mean fewer illnesses and fewer absences."
Zimmer said researchers "know that children can drive influenza outbreaks, but we don't know how or why. Knowing their interaction and contact patterns will give us much-needed real-world data."
Craig Smith is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-380-5646 or [email protected].