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A Look at the Past
Mileage at home was 34,895.2
Thermopolis 35,019.7 - 6 gal. $1.82
Douglas 35,212.0 - 9 gal. $2.70
Wheatland 35,228 - 3 gal. .95
Laramie $1.50
Rawlins $2.00 (D)
Rock Springs $2.20
Evanston $2.10 (D)
Salt Lake City 35,808.3 $16.27
Provo 35,890 - $3.20
Evanston 7.7 g $2.25
Rock Springs 5.9 $1.80
Thermopolis 10.8 $3.29
Lovell 5.7 $1.70
30.1 $12.24
And, for expenses: (Obviously, we had packed food for the trip to Laramie and to Salt Lake.)
.53 - apples & ice cream
4.00 - Motel (S.L.)
1.15 - Temple
4.00 - groc. in SLC
4.50 - 1-1/2 bu apples
4.04 - 2 hats
1.10 - Nonsense
Why did we buy two hats? I can't remember - and I love the last item - So typical of Mother.
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- Judy said...
These details tell more information that lead to more questions. Why was Provo on the itinery? What was the "nonesense"? And look how cheap gas was.
These notes are a delightful gem. Mother was pretty gutsy to go trotting off without Dad, especially at the onset of winter. I do not remember one minute of hesitation on her part.
- January 5, 2010 at 11:44 PM
- Dwight said...
I'm speechless just looking at these amounts. I knew that it was a great sacrifice for Mom to come to the wedding. I also knew that Dad could never leave home because of the cows so he didn't make it to my wedding or my graduation. How little we knew.
- January 6, 2010 at 7:41 AM
- Ann said...
Mother's travel logs were often found in little notebooks. I don't remember going even to Riverton without her noting the mileage, the cost of gas, etc. She made little money cover an amazing amount of expenses. I suspect it was her meticulous tracking that helped in that area. What a treasure.
- January 6, 2010 at 9:06 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Judy, Provo was there because Louise was going to school, and this was her ride home for Christmas. (In another posting about Dwight's wedding, I mentioned that she slept all the way home. I was so excited, I couldn't figure out how she could do that.) And, Dwight, I figured that the (D) initial behind two of the gas purchases meant that you had paid for those fill-ups.
- January 6, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- Judy said...
So where did Dwight get a couple of extra bucks for the gas?
- January 6, 2010 at 11:43 AM


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Harding's 37 saves lead Wild past Sharksby Dan Myers
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Truth be told, the Minnesota Wild have played better games than the one they did Sunday against the San Jose Sharks. But the Wild got a clutch performance in goal from Josh Harding and two second-period goals in a 3-1 win at Xcel Energy Center.
Harding made 37 saves (including 21 in the second period) to win his 16th game of the season.
The loss was San Jose's third straight; the Sharks wrapped up their four-game road trip 1-3.
"They drive the net hard and make it hard on a goalie," Harding said. "With a team like that, that shoots everything, you're probably not going to make it look perfect."
Until the dying minutes of the game, however, Harding was just that. His 37 stops were a season-high as he improved to 16-4-3 this season. The wins total is tied for second-best in the NHL. He also lowered his goals against average to a League-best 1.50.
At home, Harding has been nearly unbeatable; he's 13-1-0 with a 1.25 GAA and a .945 save percentage at Xcel Energy Center this season.
"We did a great job defending tonight," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "We were really sharp in our own zone. Against the rush, we were clear and decisive, picking out the right guys, sorting things out.
"But we just did an awful lot of that. That's why it's hard to get shots if you're defending as much as we were tonight."
After a scoreless first period, the Sharks drew a hooking penalty on Minnesota forward Charlie Coyle at 1:12 of the second. But the Wild's penalty kill was able to hold the Sharks off the board and seconds after killing the penalty, the Wild went ahead 1-0 on Zach Parise's 13th of the season.
The play began in the Sharks zone, when Wild defenseman Marco Scandella's shot from the point deflected off Jason Pominville in front. The puck danced neatly to Parise on top of the crease, where he backhanded it into an open net at 3:55.
San Jose went 0-for-4 on the power play, an aspect Sharks coach Todd McLellan felt put his team at a clear disadvantage.
"The power play was awful," McLellan said. "I don't know if, in six years that I've been as disappointed with the power play as I am right now, and it's not even about me. I'm sure they're disappointed their power play. They are an elite group that has come out and been a threat for a long time. I'd like to see two or three guys take charge of it and let's get going, because right now they go out and it's killing the momentum that we gain."
Following Parise's goal, San Jose dominated the next few minutes, getting quality shots down low from Matt Nieto and Tomas Hertl and a blistering wrist shot by Joe Pavelski from the right circle that Harding sprawled to snare with his glove.
Shortly after Harding's highlight-reel robbery of Pavelski, Mikko Koivu's snipe from the slot beat Sharks goaltender Antti Niemi for his seventh of the season for what would amount to the game-winner.
"[Harding] is coming up big with big saves," said Wild forward Matt Cooke, a critical cog on Minnesota's penalty kill all night. "That keeps the game 1-0 and we go out and score another one. Those are important."
Koivu's goal was Minnesota's seventh shot on goal of the night. By the time the second period expired, San Jose had a 32-11 lead in shots. Entering Sunday, the Wild's previous high for shots allowed at home this season was 31.
Harding lost his bid for his fourth shutout of the season at 18:19 of the third, when Patrick Marleau gobbled up a rebound of a Matt Irwin shot and beat Harding with the extra-attacker for his 13th of the season. Niemi got to the bench again with over a minute left in regulation, but Parise added an empty netter with 5.9 seconds remaining.
"They're a tough team to play against," Parise said. "They do that overload in the D-zone. It makes it really, really hard to get anything going on the cycle. You gotta use your points a lot, go behind the net a lot and use corner to corner. Once that puck gets stuck in the corner, they have four guys in there and we have two, you can't do anything. We weren't able to sustain a lot of pressure."
Niemi made 10 saves and fell to 16-5-5. His six-game winning streak snapped Thursday by the Pittsburgh Penguins, Niemi has lost consecutive starts in regulation for the first time this season.
Defensively, the Sharks had a lot of success with their systems, limiting the Wild's ability to generate chances or sustain much pressure. Minnesota's 13 shots on goal were its fewest of the season. The Wild's previous low was 20 (three occasions).
"The two chances they had, they buried," Sharks captain Joe Thornton said. "That's the way it goes sometimes."
San Jose heads home for two games, including a rematch with the Wild on Thursday at SAP Center before heading back on the road for three games. Minnesota, winners of three of its past four games, kicks off a three-game road trip Wednesday at the Anaheim Ducks. The Wild will play seven of their next eight games on the road.

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Looking through the forum on here and was eading about GPA's. It appears in Aus. GPA ranking goes till 10 from what I read, however from where I am it only goes to 4.5. I wanted to know how to convert my GPA or figure out what it is. I should add in I am from Canada and have a Masters for Nursing.
I know schools look at international students differently but this is a whole different ballpark I am walking into. I will be a resident of Melbourne when I am applying however as stated my education is from Canada.
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Actually AUS GPA scores are out of 7. The table below is a very rough approximation. It depends on the university as to the exact values.
Pass 1 = 4
Pass 2 = 3
Fail = 0
You need to include all your subjects including when you fail. Add up the points for all your subjects in each year and divide by the total number of subject to get the avg for each year. Then use the following formula (puts more weight on later years).
GPA = ((avg for last year of deg) * 3 + (avg for 2nd to last year) * 2 + (avg for 3rd to last year))/6
A score of 5 (credit avg) is a min requirement for most schools, some are higher. Generally the rule of thumb is 5.5 is required to be competitive.
You would need to contact ACER to get the exact details for your uni.
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Thank You cat2devnull.
Intresting way to calculate but that helps me greatly. I will also be contacting Acer to find out what the requirements are for each Uni. I am guessing that would be my best bet as well to find out if I have enough credits/subjects to transfer over from my Canadian Education in order to be accepted. Correct?
Could you also explain what the letters beside each number mean?
Again Thank You.
Wanted to add in as well, not sure if this applies. But what GPA/Grade do you need for GAMSTAT in order to be successful.
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HD = high distinction
D = distinction
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To get in, you'll need a GPA of 6+ to be comfortable. High 5's are possible in some cases.
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I probably should have pointed out that the Graduate Australian Medical, Dental Surgery & Optometry Admission Guide for 2012 is the first thing you should look at. It goes into a fair amount of detail on how things work.
Page 14-15, appendix B & C go into GPA.
Page 16 has the entry requirements for international applicants. GPA calculations will only be accepted for 'degrees awarded by recognised foreign universities'.
What you need is a table like in appendix B but for your uni. I assume Acer has some way to work it out. You might be able to use column H if your uni gives an A/B/C/D style mark.
My guess was a bit off it is more like;
High Distinction = 7
Distinction = 6.75
Credit = 5 .5
Pass 1 = 4.75
Pass 2 = 4.25
Fail = 0
As for the GAMSAT requirements, just like the GPA it is very dependant on the university. Most require a minimum of 50 for each of the 3 sections and generally you need to get in the mid 60's to stand a reasonable chance (90th percentile).
Don't forget that you can probably do the MCAT if you can't get to a GAMSAT testing centre. Hope this helps...
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Genre: Science Fiction
Publisher: Warner Books, Double Day, Sphere, Avon, Gollancz
The Patternist series (also known as the Patternmaster series or Seed to Harvest) is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing into from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague. A profile of Butler in Black Women in America notes that the themes of the series include "racial and gender-based animosity, the ethical implications of biological engineering, the question of what it means to be human, ethical and unethical uses of power, and how the assumption of power changes people.
The story involves the relationship between two immortals – Doro, a telepathic human who transfers his consciousness from one victim to another, and Anyanwu, a shape-shifter with perfect control over her body. They struggle to live together over generations as Doro attempts to create a new race through a selective breeding program.
The series' history continues with Mind of My Mind, in which Doro's breeding program has created a society of networked telepaths that he struggles to control.
Clay's Ark, the last book of the series to be published, deals with a colony of people who have been mutated by a disease that astronauts brought back to Earth from outer space. The group struggles to keep itself isolated enough to keep the disease from spreading throughout humanity.
Survivor, the book in the series that Butler later disowned, depicts the Clay's Ark disease ravaging the Earth, and Doro's telepathic descendants asserting control over what remains of humanity. One group of regular humans decides to escape Earth to a new planet, where they struggle to co-exist with the species that already lives there.
Patternmaster, the first book to be published but the last in the series' internal chronology, depicts a distant future in which regular humans are dominated by the networked telepaths, who are themselves ruled by the most powerful telepath, known as the Patternmaster. The plot revolves around the aging of the current Patternmaster and the battle among other powerful telepaths to see who will become his successor. The descendants of the victims of the extraterrestrial disease, animalistic mutants known as Clayarks, make an appearance in the book.
Rissa Kerguelen – Underground Poster Child
Books: Rissa Kerguelen (aka Young Rissa) (1976), Rissa and Tregare (1984), The Long View (1976), Zelde M'Tana (1980)
Series: The Rissa Kerguelen Saga
Author: Francis Marion Busby
Genre: Space Opera
Publisher: Berkley Medallion, Orbit
Living a desperate life in the Total Welfare Center, the orphan Rissa discovers she has won the lottery and takes a chance to shape her own destiny. After she escapes from Earth with the help of a space pirate who may be more trouble than she expected, she soon discovers that together they might have a chance to shape Earth's destiny as well.
Laura Webster – Improve the World
Books: Islands in the Net (1988)
Author: Bruce Sterling
Genre: Cyberpunk
Publisher: Arbor House, Legend, Ace, The Easton Press
New to me Hugo nominee
2023. Information is power, and even in the peaceful post-millenial age, power corrupts. Data pirates, new-age mercenaries, high-tech shamans, and murder stalk a brutal netherworld of deregulated havens in the Global Communications Network – Islands in the Net. Laura Webster lives happily with her husband and child in this peaceful world where nuclear weapons, environmental crises and national politics are things of the past.
But outside the Net there are dangerous communities which steal and sell technology and information. And when data pirates invade Laura's life, her once-safe world explodes in her face.
Pricilla Delacroiz y Mendoza – Exiled Spacer
Books: Conflict of Honors (1988)
Series: Agent of Change
Universe: Liaden
Author: Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
Genre: Space Opera
Publisher: Del Rey, Meisha Merlin, Ace, Baen
This is new to me but I have had my eyes on the Liaden universe for a while now and this sounds like a good book to start with. I will probably get the omnibus version The Dragon Variation from Baen since it is the newest one (June 2010).
Disowned by the religious order ruling her home planet, Priscilla Delacroix y Mendoza works her way from one spaceship to another,working hard to earn her pilot's license. But after she stumbles across evidence of her Liaden employer's involvement in drug smuggling, she is left stranded on a strange planet with her reputation ruined, her honesty in question, and revenge on her mind. Luck and a complicated series of events having nothing to do with her bring her a job on another Liaden ship, where to her wary surprise she finds friendship, trust, protection, and even a chance to earn her pilot's license at last. The first of the Liaden series, this delightful science fantasy has it all: enthralling action and adventure, sly wit, romance, and some of the best world-building in the business.
Thank you all for your suggestions, here is the list so far in case you want to suggest some more.
- Alicia DeVries – Cadre and Fury (David Weber)
- Terese Drajeske – Ex Field Commander & Mother (C. L. Andersen)
- Mackensie Elizabeth Winifred Wright Connor Sol (Julie E. Czerneda)
- Zoe Boutin Perry – Teenager & Holy Icon (John Scalzi)
- Parrish Plessis – Postapocalyptic Bodyguard (Marianne de Pierres)
- Benita Alvarez-Shipton – the Perfect House-wife (Sheri S. Tepper)
- Kris Longknife – Princess & Officer (Mike Shepherd)
- Tobin Kerr – Leading From Below (Tanya Huff)
- Sassinak – Older Than Her Mother (Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Moon & Jody Lynn Nye)
- Sharrow – Symbol of a Solar System (Ian M. Banks)
- Heris Serrano – Civilian Warrior (Elizabeth Moon)
- An – Transcending Egghead (Emily Devenport)
- Adele Mundy – Sharpshooting Librarian (David Drake)
- Michelle Henke – Unpolitical Stateswoman (David Weber)
- Lenie Clarke – Meltdown Madonna (Peter Watts)
- Ofelia Fulfarres – Nest Guardian (Elizabeth Moon)
- Bella Lind – Icon at the End of Time (Alastair Reynolds)
- Helva – The Ship Who Sang (Anne McCaffrey)
- Nimue Alban – Mind of a Dead Starship Captain (David Weber)
- Rowan – Steerswoman (Rosemary Kirstein)
- Margaret Bain – Seven of One (Sheri S. Tepper)
- Jenny Casey – Cyborg Pilot (Elizabeth Bear)
- Nimisha Boynton-Rondymnse – First Family Castaway (Anne McCaffrey)
- Freya Nakamachi-47 – Soulful Machine (Charles Stross)
- Nausicaä – Ecological Princess (Hayao Miyazaki)
- Sarah – Skinned Quester (Anne McCaffrey)
- Elizabeth "Bet" Yeager – Stranded Veteran (C. J. Cherryh)
- Morgan Roche – Agent of Change (Sean Williams & Shane Dix)
- Honor Harrington – The Salamander (David Weber)
- Captain Reverdy Jian – Sceptic Pilot (Melissa Scott)
- Ariane Kedros – Killer of Worlds (Laura E. Reeve)
- Chanur – Alien Trader (C. J. Cherryh)
- Priscilla 'Hutch' Hutchins – Starship Pilot (Jack McDevitt)
- Kylara Vatta – Fixing The Family (Elizabeth Moon)
- Cirroco Jones – Captain & Wizard (John Varley)
- Athena Hera Sinastra – Intrepid Rebel (Sarah A. Hoyt)
- Nell – Mouse Queen (Neal Stephenson)
- Nicole des Jardins Wakefield – Stowaway to the Stars (Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee)
- Sauscony 'Soz' Valdoria – Empath Commando (Catherine Asaro)
- Festina Ramos – Expendable (James Alan Gardner)
- Shan Frankland – Immortal Diplomat (Karen Traviss)
- Acorna – Unicorn Girl (Anne McCaffrey, Margaret Ball, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
- Moon – Clone Goddess (Joan D. Vinge)
- Cordelia Naismith – Free Your Mind (Lois McMaster Bujold)
- Catherine Li – Human Construct (Chris Moriarty)
- Friday Jones – the Sometimes Single Cyborg (Robert A. Heinlein)
- Esmay Suiza – Landsbride Officer (Elizabeth Moon)
- Gloria VanDeen – Glorious Bureaucrat (C. J. Ryan)
- Molly Millions – The Original Razor Girl (William Gibson)
- Cassandra Blaine – Cyber Star (Wilhelmina Baird)
- Cally O'Neal – Secret Assassin (John Ringo)
- Angharad Gwyn – the Rowan (Anne McCaffrey)
- Sira di Sarc – Welcome Stranger (Julie E. Czerneda)
- Boss – Safety First (Kristien Kathryn Rusch)
- Rebel Elizabeth Mudlark – Mind Recording (Michael Swanwick)´
- Ariane Emory – I Made Me (C. J. Cherryh)
- Claire Haskel – Super Razor (David J. Williams)
- Ellen Ripley – Kick-ass Mother (Alan Dean Foster)
- Sweetness Octave Glorious Honey-Bun Asiim Engineer 12th (Ian Mcdonald)
- Thursday Next – Literary Operative (Jasper Fforde)
- Mearana – The Harper (Michael Flynn)
- Sparta – Venus Prime (Paul Preuss)
- Briar Wilkes – Persistent Mother (Cherie Priest)
- Caitlin Decter – Best Friend of the Web (Robert J. Sawyer)
- Ilia Volyova – Triumvir Ultra (Alastair Reynolds)
- Jennifer Government – Law woman (Max Barry)
- Killashandra Ree – Crystal Singer (Anne McCaffrey)
- Signy Mallory- Bloody-minded Commander (C. J. Cherryh)
- Y.T. – Yours Truly (Neal Stephenson)
- Deadpan Allie – Pathosfinder (Pat Cadigan)
- Dakota Merrick – Machine Head (Gary Gibson)
- Kivrin Engle – Temporal Historian (Connie Willis)
- Rydra Wong – Poet Captain (Samuel R. Delany)
- Miriam/Helge – Queen World Walker (Charles Stross)
- Ruby Kubick – Agoraphobic Salvage Artist (Laura J. Mixon)
- Paula Myo – Intrepid Investigator (Peter F. Hamilton)
- Sissy – High Priestess of Harmony (C. F. Bentley)
- Paula Mendoza – Unconventional Negotiator (Cecelia Holland)
- Casseia Majumdar – Scientific Revolutionary (Greg Bear)
- Dirisha Zuri – the Matadora (Steve Perry)
- Nicole Shea – Not so perfect Hero (Chris Claremont)
- Anyanwu – Two Immortals (Octavia Butler)
- Rissa Kerguelen – Underground Poster Child (F. M. Busby)
- Laura Webster – Improve the World (Bruce Sterling)
- Pricilla Delacroiz y Mendoza – Exiled Spacer (Steve Miller & Sharon Lee)
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Features of Amaya include the following:
- Amaya lets users both browse and author Web pages
Using Amaya you can create Web pages and upload them onto a server. Authors can create a document from scratch, they can browse the Web and find the information they need, copy and paste it to their pages, and create links to other Web sites. All this
What's New in Amaya
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2. Deeper And Deeper 4:02
3. Call It What It Is 3:47
4. How Dark Is Gone 3:38
5. Shine 3:55
6. All That Has Grown 3:25
7. Pink Balloon 2:22
8. Finding Our Way 4:15
9. Bones 3:21
10. Dance Like Fire 3:09
11. Goodbye To You 5:06
Format: CD
Total runtime: 40:50
Released Apr 08, 2016
Stax / Concord Music Group STX-35697-02
United States 8 88072 35697 9
Produced by BEN HARPER, ETHAN ALLEN, JUAN NELSON, LEON MOBLEY, OLIVER CHARLES, JASON YATES, MICHAEL WARD
Recorded and mixed by ETHAN ALLEN
Recorded at The Village, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed at Royal Triton, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Engineers: WILL WETZEL, GABRIEL BURCH, MATT DYSON
Mastered by GAVIN LURSSEN at Lurssen Mastering, Los Angeles, CA
Photography by DANNY CLINCH
Design: TOM DOLAN
The Innocent Criminals:
BEN HARPER − vocals, guitar, slide guitar
JUAN NELSON − bass, background vocals
LEON MOBLEY − percussion, bongos, cabasa, clave, congas, djembe, flexitone, music stand, shakere, tambourine, triangle, viber flap, wind chimes, whirly tube, background vocals
OLIVER CHARLES − drums, djun djun, background vocals
JASON YATES − Hammond B3, piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzers, clavinet d6, guitar, background vocals
MICHAEL WARD − guitars, background vocals
JACLYN HARPER – additional vocals on "Pink Balloon"
CLAIRE WADSWORTH – additional vocals on "When Sex Was Dirty"
All songs written by BEN HARPER, BMG Gold Songs / Three Chord Symphony Music (ASCAP), except: "Deeper and Deeper" written by BEN HARPER and MICHAEL WARD, BMG Gold Songs / Three Chord Symphony Music (ASCAP) / Monkeyfeather Music (ASCAP); "How Dark Is Gone" written by BEN HARPER, JASON YATES and LEON MOBLEY, BMG Gold Songs / Three Chord Symphony Music (ASCAP) / Tocayos Music / Wixen Music Pub (BMI) / LEON MOBLEY Publishing (BMI); "Pink Balloon" written by BEN HARPER and JACLYN HARPER, BMG Gold Songs / Three Chord Symphony Music (ASCAP) / LEND2HANDS (ASCAP); "Finding Our Way" written by BEN HARPER and OLIVER CHARLES, BMG Gold Songs / Three Chord Symphony Music (ASCAP) / Scent Music (ASCAP).
Thank you:
BEN HARPER: My family and friends, The Folk Music Center, The Cove, Court House, Stoner, Roller Horror, Almost, Cliché, Central, Street Plant, Real, Stereo, Labor, Shut, Rip City, The Berrics, Jac, Claremont 7, D'Addario, Dumble, Billy Asher.
JUAN NELSON: First and foremost I want to thank God for blessing my life. Thanks to my family and friends for unconditional love and guidance. Thank you Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals for reuniting and making this record a joy to work on. Thanks to D'Addario and Gallien-Krueger. Last but not least, thanks to our fans for all the love you've shown over the years. Gratefully yours, Juan.
LEON MOBLEY: I would like to thank JAH, Yvonne Mobley, Gerrie Mobley, Fatimah Mobley, Clarence Mobley, Dexter Johnson, REMO Inc., Remo Belly, Chris Hart, Istanbul Cymbals, Mehmet Tamdeger, Manton Daley, Vic Firth Sticks, Kelly Firth, Joe Testa, DW/Gon, Bops, Scott Donnell, Don Lombardi, Kotzen Drums, Mike Kotzen, Nas, Damian Marley, Mike Levy.
OLIVER CHARLES: I would like to thank my family and friends. Gogol Bordello Crew, Mariachi El Bronx Crew, Ocean 11 Crew, all the LAmusicians, Yamaha, Paiste, Vic Firth, Hepcat, and Evans, RhythmRoots Allstars, Dakah, Soul Of John Black.
JASON YATES: The native called Flies Away who carried a drum all the way to the top of Mt. Whitney that still awaits there to be played. Larry Strauss for simultaneously befriending me and coming to my defense. And the universe for showing me the way to Aimee.
MICHAEL WARD: I wish to thank Tennessee and Odin Von Ward, Janet and Bill Bradley, Tracy and Chad Hartfiel, Rich Ward, Hugh Gilmartin at D'Addario, George Starks, Tim Godwin at Taylor Guitars, Todd Von Cloninger, Larry Strauss.
The band would like to thank: Our crew, Red Light Management, Concord/Stax, Shore Fire Media, Ethan Allen, Gavin Conaty, Elliot Groffman, Rod MacSween, Diana Pereira, Janine Small, Jennifer Specland, Randy Sugarman.
Bentley RIP
Management: WILL BOTWIN and CHRISTINE KANE for Red Light Management
Web & Digital Management: GAVIN CONATY
(P) & (C) 2016 Ben Harper. Under exclusive license to Concord Music Group, Inc., 100 N. Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. All Rights Reserved.
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VizD Challenge Week of 7/2/2007
A 42-year-old man presents to your ED with the lesion seen in the photograph below. He states that he was hiking in the woods of New Jersey last week. He noticed the lesion on his leg yesterday.
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1. What is the name of this rash?
2. Name the organism responsible for this condition?
3. What is the treatment for this condition?
Winner receives $5
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- The Sales Associate will be primarily responsible for representing Stryker as a leader in our industry and the marketplace by promoting our products to a sophisticated audience comprised of surgeons and healthcare professionals.
- This will be achieved by increasing sales through assisting the sales teams and building own accounts by means of working with existing customers as well as identify new customers in order to grow their territory. The candidate will be responsible for communicating with current and new customer accounts regarding a variety of topics including product updates, changes to product portfolio and educational programs.
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The constant focus is on time lines (and their juxtaposition). Let's take Daljit Singh (Aamir Khan), nicknamed DJ, for example. **Spoiler Alert: Skip the next three frames if you have yet to see the film**. Here's his past:
His present:
And among the many other DJs (and Karans (Siddharth), Sukkhis (Sharman Joshi), Aslams (Kunal Kapoor), Laxmans (Atul Kulkarni), Sonias (Soha Ali Khan), Ajay Rathods (R. Madhavan)) out there who just need to be more vocal and resolute (and greater in number), this is his future (or so he hopes):
A significant change of the characters' attitudes toward their country is the result of their serious study of the founding fathers of the country. As they play these roles in Sue McKinley's (Alice Patten) film, they feel the emotion and selflessness of the characters they portray, and their appreciation of their contributions increases exponentially. Brilliantly integrated and well edited sequences illustrate these, while noting they were (as many of the youth in many countries are) unaware of or indifferent to the essence of the history of their country. Part of DJ's present, then, includes his role in the film as a legendary freedom fighter. The impact of this persona is the motivating force behind his transformation.
Aside: Another film in 2006 (Fall) addressed this issue of indifference to the founding fathers, Lage Raho Munnabhai starring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, and Vidya Balan, a sequel to Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003). The latter was paid a little tribute in Rang De Basanti (the poster in the backdrop, and accompanying dialogue):
Since Sue is asking this question, she has obviously not seen Lagaan (2001) *shame :P*...
...and "Hollywood ka bhateeja" (Hollywood's nephew) Karan even has a response ready!
The film's applicability is what is to be appreciated most. Through each of its characters, it demonstrates an uncanny understanding of the positions of the Indian youth (at which it is aimed). The maturation of these characters is a revelation, as they go from careless to somber, zealous, revolutionary, impulsive, hopeless, and contented in adversity.
The effortlessness is remarkable of the effective comparison between the country's current political situation and its struggle for independence from its British occupiers. It works brilliantly when combined with the overarching message that all it takes for the bad (read: corrupt and genuinely evil) to succeed is for the good who outnumber the bad (this is true, and while this might be oversimplifying it, think of how fragile we are, and that that we're alive is evidence of the good being in the majority!) to do nothing.
Officer McKinley (Steven Mackintosh) wrote in his diary -- the inspiration behind his granddaughter Sue's desire to make the film -- that he met a 'the third kind' of people when he met the resolute freedom fighters. Well, how about the following for an analogy? I have not come across a film that so effectively held a mirror of life before me, smashed that mirror into countless pieces, and almost mockingly had each piece ask: so what good did you do with yours?
I have a long way to go before I can say I am satisfied with my answer, but hope to have one in my life time. In the mean time, there's this clip (mentioned in the soundtrack to my life), amazingly well depicted and powerful, and one that serves to inspire :)
Here's Aamir at A. R. Rahman's studio for it. This is amateur studio footage from Masti Ki Paathshala, a DVD of all songs from the film, also containing several specials (including Lata Mangeshkar recording Lukka Chhuppi), released by Sony-BMG:
There's a lot to be said of its soundtrack (A. R. Rahman) being seamlessly integrated with the narrative. While there's no playback singing involved, it offers a perfectly legitimate channel to understand and appreciate the sequence of events in the film through its music videos alone. This deserves a post of its own, so I'll save that discussion for later.
The film is brilliant overall, not only in its technical flamboyance (credit Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra), music, and power packed performances by every actor, but as a product of excellent social and political commentary with a tangible impact. Indeed, it is second only to Lagaan in my little world of film favorites. Need I say more? :)
Jai Hind.
Movie rating: 4.9/5 (almost perfect, a masterpiece!)
If you haven't seen it, the loss is certainly yours.
My classification: R (for plot, violence)
Music rating: 4.9/5 (Best in class!)


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AB Type
AKA The Greatest Story Ever Told, by the Greatest Historian of the World. Aro's lived, figuratively speaking, for three thousand years. Ever wonder what he's seen and done?
1. Ab Type, Loves
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Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
Giddy and foolish all day long,
Boom, Boom, ain't it great to be crazy?
AB Type
Aro Deofilion
Or morning or afternoon depending on what part of the world you're in. I see you are waiting anxiously. Interested, are we? Of course, who wouldn't be? The greatest story ever told, told by the greatest historian of them all. A story of contrasts, opposites, an antithesis. If I may, I'll use blood as an example.
AB type.
Opposite yet fully fused to form a whole.
I love AB type blood. Reminds me oddly of, well, me. I am a study of contrasts. Wouldn't it be ironic if I had been AB type while human? Even if I could remember my human years, I would not have known. These labels appeared very recently. At least to me it was very recently. To you it must feel like eons.
Or perhaps I am exaggerating. I have been so long disconnected from the brevity of human life; I have forgotten how different the concepts of time must be.
Ah, well.
Well, after you live three thousand years on this planet I dare you to come to me and tell me that the minutes and hours don't just blur together. Not that you would dare, however. What is it that the other vampires say about us? Oh, right. "You don't irritate the Volturi. Not unless you want to die."
Frankly, I think that a far too morbid picture of us. As if we had no sense of humor! Well, Marcus certainly doesn't and I worry about Caius at times. Adelina is the same as her mate only more self-centered and Anna can grow depressed very quickly but that's not to say we don't find certain…events comical.
Not to mention, it's slander. First of all, only the powerful vampires (or the ones connected with the powerful vampires) are allowed an audience with us. We may be immortal but eternity doesn't have enough time to listen to all of the vampire world's petty squabbles. So the chances that a random vampire will simply show up before us challenging us to a staring contest and then declare that he's not wearing underwear are basically nil.
Second, the title of "Volturi" only applies to Caius, Marcus, Adelina, Anna and I. And if someone were to break in and try to commit a stupidity (although breaking in is stupidity itself), the guard are more than capable of escorting the miscreants elsewhere. The guard likes to have fun. Jane especially loves to play.
Such a sweet child.
See? We're not evil incarnate or unnecessarily cruel. All right so we're sadists at times. Who isn't? After living three thousand years you find few things surprising ergo few things are entertaining. In fact, the unbearable tedium grows until one must manufacture one's entertainment. And let me tell you, stones are not much fun to manipulate. No, to truly play, one must manipulate objects capable of willful movement and proper thoughts. By proper, no, I do not mean I'm hungry. He/she looks good. Let's hunt him/her. No, the toy must be capable of rational, intelligent thought.
Above all, your possible plaything must be able to experience passionate emotions.
Then, you get truly astounding reactions, of the kind that no author on the world has been able to put into words. Believe me, I've read most of everything worth the title of literature.
For example, let's take a pair of lovers. They swear to love each other for eternity, kiss, caress, the whole shebang. Then, he notices that she seems to be too familiar with her friend(s). Or she sees how others fawn over him and how he seems to enjoy it.
Or both.
Those first stirrings of love metamorphose into something described by humans as more sinister. Envy.
Once again, I feel I must interject. This seems to me to be a case of—oh, what is that saying—the pot calling the kettle 'black'. After all, what makes envy any more evil than love? Ask anyone who's recently had their heart ripped out of their chest (metaphorically speaking) and they won't be singing love's praises. Ask the wife beaten almost to death by a husband whose actions were guided by love. As he will tell you, he loved her. Or the mother who killed herself from the pain of love after she lost her children. If I may be allowed to make an understatement, love hurts. So why is love considered good?
But I digress.
What was I telling you? Oh, yes, the lovers. So now one or both live under the impression that their life until that point was a lie and that the other is not quite what he/she appears.
I've seen this scenario a few times. I always make bets with myself to try and guess what Tristan and Isolde or Romeo and Juliet or Sybil and Dorian or whatever lovers I'm currently comparing them to will do. Sometimes, I infer correctly; others, I do not. It's these others that are the interesting ones. It's always refreshing to see a Sybil who refuses to commit suicide after being abandoned and instead hunts down Dorian to repay the pain he caused her.
And so lovers are reduced to killers, literally and metaphorically this time. From praising life to taking life. From comforting to hurting. An antithesis.
Pleasure derived from woe.
A paradoxical antithesis.
AB type sweetheart.
A study of contrasts, as I said before. If anything, we vampires are the very essence of contrasts in living form.
Of course, I use the word 'living' loosely.
In fact, the very idea of vampires begs a redefining of the word 'living'. What does define life? A beating heart, functioning brain? The ability to move, to react to impulses? Bright eyes that in a moment can darken permanently?
Perhaps it is the ability to caress with words at one point and maim with those same words later. Perhaps it is the movement that drives one to grasp another's hand because you know how they feel. Perhaps it is the existence of a soul.
But that would necessitate a definition of the word soul and I do not feel like getting into that now. Perhaps later, after all, I do have eternity.
That I don't necessarily have eternity you say? Who will take my life from me, I ask you? Who is strong enough to challenge Aro Deofilion, one of the Volturi? You think that I can be fought back with a little water and a wooden figurine? That I will die from a branch thrown to my chest? You believe that with the threat of a little sunlight I will roll over into a coffin and whimper in fear?
That is rich. Do excuse me. I did not mean to laugh; the thought simply struck me as utterly hilarious.
Because I am Aro and you truly don't want to hear me roar.
Ask the others who've heard it directed at them before.
Oh, you can't.
They're dead.
Not even my mate, who loves mocking others, dares infuriate me.
And we are talking about a woman who tried to kill Caius' mate in front of him. To be fair, Anna was provoked but you've got to admire a vampire with the audacity (or stupidity) to attack a Volturi's mate before said Volturi…and then have the diplomatic skills necessary to walk away later without a scratch.
Of course, she eventually had to use her lovely power in order to survive but that's beside the point.
The point is that, just like Anna, I appear jolly and enthusiastic. Out of the three of my brothers, however, I have always been the most sadistic. It's probably why Jane is so taken to me.
You don't honestly believe we got where we are by handing out lollipops do you?
Then, how did we reach power? Oh, you wouldn't be interested in that old story. The wars, the betrayals, the deaths…you read and see enough of those in your books and films.
Then again, I doubt you've ever heard of a story told by a vampire, a real vampire, one who has been alive for over three millennia.
Do forgive me for the liberal use of the word 'alive'. However, there's no other word I can use that fits the context. You'll just have to bear with me I'm afraid.
…You truly do want to know about my life, don't you? This is…surprising. I do so love surprises. Hmm, where would I begin? You see, no one has ever asked me tell my life story before. I've had other vampires ask me where I was born and how I first learned about my power, of course. But no one has ever asked me about my life, what I've seen, what I've heard, what I've learned. And with my power and perfect vampire memory, that's a lot. It will be a long story. That much I can assure you. Whether it's entertaining or life-changing or downright dull, however, will depend on the listener.
I'm excited now. A chance to reveal exactly who I am and teach others exactly what vampirism is. It's not as terrible as some paint it to be. "Soulless demons" indeed. Supposedly we lack a soul; it's why we have no reflection.
Did you hear that? You're not supposed to exist.
No, this is the first time I speak to my reflection. Or, rather, not my reflection, since it is not supposed to exist.
Have I lost you yet? Good. Caius despises this particular quirk of mine. Which of course just makes me speak more nonsense in order to get a rise out of him. Even Anna, the most tolerant (with me at least), threw a settee at me once.
Everybody's a critic.
Even you want to throw a settee at me. Well, good luck. My brothers and I have been in power for two and half thousand years and in that time no has been even close to taking our power from us. In fact, no vampire dares cross us now.
Over-rated? Weaklings? Wait…did you just say we have onion-skin?
That's a new one. Don't tell Adelina that or you will learn first-hand how cruel a Volturi can be.
Anyway, despite our "onion-skin", we're hardly pushovers.
Don't believe me?
Very well then. I'll tell you my story and let you come to your own conclusions.
I feel I have to warn you, there are many things that may not sit so well with you and those like you. After all, we do feed on humans. So long as you have no problem, I shall continue.
So sit down, make yourself comfortable. Listen to a story; the greatest story ever told, told by the greatest historian of them all. A story of contrasts, opposites, an antithesis. If I may be granted poetic license, I'll use blood as an example, once again.
AB type, loves.
AB type.
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- Beginning
- Deofilion Part 1
- Deofilion, Part 2
- Volterra
- Illusion Part 1
- Illusion Part 2
- Illusion Part 3
- Illusion Part 4
- Open Wounds
- Ante Bellum Part 1
- Ante Bellum Part 2
- Ante Bellum Part 3
- A Wedding Interlude
- Anna
- Affair
- Gone
- Persephone
- The Trigger
- Disintermediation
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Marinated Burgundy Prime Rib
six (6) people - three (3) rib roast
eight (8) people - four (4) rib roast
ten (10) people - five (5) rib roast
twelve (12) people - six (6) rib roast
fourteen (14) people - seven (7) rib roast
Prime Rib marinade day before cooking:
Blend together herbs 1/2 teaspoon each oregano, basil, parsley, minced garlic. With rib roast rib side up, add 2 tablespoon of butter and smear all over the prime rib first. Sprinkle with herbs. Pour 1/4 cup of red wine on the bottom of the pan. Marinade overnight.
Place meat in roasting pan. Sear meat on a hot heated oven at 450 degrees for 15 minutes then lower to 325 to cook for the remaining of the time . Do not cover, baste every 15 minutes I use a meat digital thermometer. .The thermometer reading should be at least 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) for medium-rare, and 170 degrees F (76 degrees C) for well done. Remove roasting pan from oven, place aluminum foil over roast, and let rest for about 30 minutes before slicing.
Serve with Au Jus.
Au Jus is a French term meaning with juice. The term is used to describe the serving of meat, most often prime rib roast, surrounded in or served with a container of the natural juices that were produced as drippings while the meat while being cooked. It is not sauce or gravy. I use a red burgundy wine in mine. Beef drippings from cooked Prime Rib Roast, Beef broth/stock canned and Red wine (of your choice) you have to determine how much you need by the number of people. Add those three ingredients together and heat.. Add a little garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
21 comments
The rib looks so succulent and juicy! Yummy!ReplyDelete
Great looking roast, I would love to try your marinade on my next one.ReplyDelete
Oh my! What a treat this would be at a New Year's Eve party.ReplyDelete
Looks delicious. Made one for Christmas, but will try this marinade next time.ReplyDelete
What if you have the appetite of 7 people for this?ReplyDelete
My mouth is WATERING!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2010 at 9:49 AM
This looks delicious! What a perfect dish for this season. Thank you!ReplyDelete
Oh My! Haven't had this for a few years, since everyone is so conscious of cholesterol.ReplyDelete
What a delicious succulent, and juicy looking prime rib! ...are there any left? I'll start driving up the coast, should be there in a little over 4 hrs...LOLL
Hello Claudia. I wish you a fabulous New Year! May 2011 come with health, joy and great recipes.ReplyDelete
Claudia-Such a succulent and juicy prime rib for the holiday!ReplyDelete
I'm sure there isn't any left over!
Haven't made this in years, and I just love the marinade you used. Maybe for New Year's Day would be a good choice to make it.
Thanks for sharing, as always with all the great recipes, and ideas from you!
The perfect New Years Eve meal! All I would need is my horseradish sauce! Happy New Year!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2010 at 2:45 PM
Sounds very flavorful and delicious! This would be an amazing centerpiece for a holiday table!ReplyDelete
I'm so excited, my brother just brought me a prime rib. We're planning on cooking it Saturday!ReplyDelete
Yours looks scrumptious and so juicy!
Hope you have a wonderful New Year!
beautiful rib roast - nothing better for a special treat and your rub with the marinade sounds just perfect to me - you know I like beef and I know I will like this one ... hope your week is going great and know you are looking forward to a happy week endReplyDelete
How insanely delicious Claudia! My Mom was thinking of making one but went with ham instead - sadly! Thanks for including the serving sizes.ReplyDelete
My favorite New Year's dinner is prime rib and you dished it up perfectly and lusciously!ReplyDelete
I'd like having these juicy ribs for dinner - drooling here!ReplyDelete
Wow...that's a big roast. Looks very mouth-watering! Happy Holidays! MaryMoh at http://www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.comReplyDelete
This is a perfect rib roast indeed!
Hey, next time you should try the Cajun Blackened "Prime" Rib Roast.
Bon appetit!
What a great job on that prime rib. It looks so juicy and delicious.ReplyDelete
This looks perfectly prepared...I showed this to one of my sons from my phone yesterday and he was dying :)ReplyDelete


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The most familiar Nigerian scam is an e-mail offering lots of free money in exchange for helping someone with a name like Barrister Richard Okoya. The offer varies, but the theme is the same — help a downtrodden victim recover a large sum of money trapped in an overseas bank, and you will be rewarded handsomely.
For most, the e-mails are the butt of jokes and evoke a "Who would ever fall for that?" reaction.
You'd be surprised, says Dale Miskall, supervisory special agent in charge of an FBI cybercrime squad in Birmingham, Ala. He's been working Nigerian scams for the Internet Fraud Complaint Center for years; in January, he went to Nigeria to testify against suspects after a rare arrest.
There are now so many flavors of Nigerian scams, they are harder and harder to recognize, he said. Many even avoid the trademark details: the barrister, the overseas bank, or even the typical up-front wire payment.
"(Nigerians) are just great at social engineering. They keep finding new victims," Miskall said. "And Americans are very gullible."
There are plenty of variations on the traditional scam. Nigerians apparently keep up with the news. In 2001, instead of a Nigerian barrister, the missing money belonged to an Iraqi national, persecuted under Saddam Hussein. The year before, it was family of victims of the Concorde plane crash. Earlier this year, it was a tsunami victim; then, a U.S. solider killed in Iraq during the war on terror. Anything to get an edge, or to catch victims with their guard down.
"This really is one of the worst e-mail scams we've ever seen, targeting the families of American soldiers killed in Iraq," said Michael Garcia, an assistant secretary with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, about the Iraq solider e-mail. "This is really despicable."
Can't count on cashier's checks
But Nigerian scams stretch far wider than e-mails asking for help moving money out of international accounts. In a much more elaborate version of the crime, scammers participate in legitimate online auctions, finish with the high bid, and send along a check to pay for the winnings.
The payment often arrives as a cashier's check, thought to be good as cash by many U.S. residents. It's not.
The criminal sends more than the winning amount and asks for some to be wired back. When victims apparently successfully deposit the cashier's check, they figure the buyer is legit, and wire the overage, often to a bank account in Nigeria. Weeks later, the bank discovers the cashier's check is bogus, and the depositor is responsible for the missing funds. Often, the victim is out both the merchandise and the money.
In another variation, Nigerians offer to donate money to charities they find online; then, they follow the same tactic. A too-big check is sent and a partial refund requested.
The key to the continuing Nigerian success, Miskall says, is the ingenuity and adaptability of the scam artists. Many Americans have come to realize that wiring money overseas is a bad idea. So several years ago, Nigerians started recruiting U.S. residents as go-betweens, so they'd be able to ask victims to send money or packages to U.S. addresses.
Online classified services like Monster.com are now full of job offers for what are listed as "re-shipping" firms. Requirements of the job are simple: accepting goods or money and transferring them out of state. Employees get to keep a whopping 10 or 15 percent of everything they ship. But of course, it's a scam. Thousands of people have fallen victim to re-shipping scams, according to the United States Postal Inspection Service.
Nigerians have adapted to the popular Craigslist service, too. Landlords are contacted by potential tenants, who offer to pay an up-front deposit by check. Once the bait is taken, the renter asks for a return of some of the money — or, at times, all of it, claiming a promised visa from the U.S. government didn't arrive in time. Colleges around the country have warned students about the scam.
Seduction for money
An even more insidious version involves Internet seduction. Scam artists lurk in chat rooms with names like "40 and single," or "Recently dumped." They reach out to a lonely woman, send flowers or candy, purchased with a stolen credit card. Eventually, they convince the new girlfriend to do them a big favor — help transfer funds out of the bank.
A recent scam revealed by MSNBC.com combined several of these elements. A California non-profit agency received a $3,000 check as a donation, but the donor asked for $2,000 to be wired back to Nigeria. Meanwhile, the con artists used the non-profit's bank account information to draft nearly $10,000 in fraudulent checks. They were sent to a woman in Alabama, who cashed them at her bank and wired the money to a person she thought was her new Internet boyfriend. When MSNBC called the woman, she was still convinced the man was simply working on assignment in Lagos, Nigeria, where she had sent the money. The woman had recently gotten divorced.
"There are a lot of lonely people out there," Miskall said. "And love on the Internet is blind."
Con artists from Nigeria even take advantage of the Internet Relay system for the deaf to trick consumers and merchants. Special services allow the deaf to use Web pages to connect with specially trained operators, who place telephone calls on their behalf and act as translators. Several relay operators say the system is often abused by criminals — many from Nigeria — who use it to place free international phone calls. Also, the fact that a relay operator is placing the call can put merchants off their guard. Some fall for the ploy, and find themselves shipping Bibles or wedding dresses to Nigeria, anything that can be sold for a small profit.
Nigerians have even gone so far as to create fake banks on the Internet , which appear to be loaded with the alleged missing money. The sites might convince a skeptical consumer that there really is $4 million sitting unclaimed in an account somewhere.
The Postal Inspection Service says authentic-looking fake money orders are also becoming common.
The Nigerians' persistence seems to know no bounds. Ad-hoc bands of consumers frustrated by the ongoing scams are fighting back by answering scam e-mails and sending criminals on false leads, a practice know as scam baiting. But Nigerians have even used fraud fighters to commit cons. In a recent e-mail, scammers have tried to trick people who want to support the activities of anti-scam site 419legal.com.
"It has come to the attention of 419legal that a group of scammers have been using the name of 419legal and the South African Police Service (SAPS) in scam letters," the site says. Of course, the e-mail says the agency is trying to raise funds to fight ... Nigerian scams. Video: Avoid Net scams
While many of these tricks might sound obvious, Miskell says, the key to Nigerians' success is persistence. Their plot keeps morphing, and as consumers become educated, the storyline is altered. But there is one constant theme: an overseas wire transfer.
Ultimately, whatever yarn is spun, all the scams come down to getting a consumer to send money via a wire transfer overseas — often to Nigeria, but sometimes to Canada or another foreign country. It's never a good idea to wire money, particularly out of the country, Miskell said.
Avoiding wire transfers would put a big dent in the success of Nigerian scams
Other advice for consumers:
- Use Google. Dozens of sites now index large lists of names and other elements of Nigerian scams. If unsure, put parts of the story into the Google search engine and click. If it's a scam, it's likely someone else on the Internet will have published a complaint.
- Use the telephone. Nigerians will be very reluctant to give out a phone number and will try to negotiate most of the transaction over e-mail. That buys them time to answer hard questions. Asking for a phone number up front, along with other specific contact information that can be verified, will short-circuit many scams.
- Verify the legitimacy of a bank. The FDIC maintains a database of federally insured banks on its Web site.
- Always use a credit card. Consumers have wide protection when paying for Internet-based transactions with a credit card. Checks are easily forged — even cashier's checks, sometimes called bank checks. U.S. consumers think they are guaranteed. Banks can take up to two weeks to confirm authenticity of a cashier's check, according to the American Bankers Association — even if the funds are made available to the depositor. If a check doesn't check out, the bank will take its money back. The consumer will be on the hook for any withdrawals made against that deposited amount.
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MORGANTON � The Burns Bulldogs used an efficient offense and a strong red-zone defense to score a 24-6 road victory against former conference nemesis Freedom on Friday night.
Burns improved to 3-0 ahead of next week�s South Mountain Athletic 2A/3A Conference opener at Chase.
The Bulldogs kept Freedom (2-1), which averaged 47 points the first two weeks of the season, scoreless until a one-yard Chris Bridges scoring run with 5:42 remaining. That included holding the Patriots scoreless on four of their five trips inside the Burns 30, with two of those stalled drives going inside the Burns 20.
�They�re going to be good before it�s over,� Burns coach Matt Beam said. �We�re just a little better up front.�
Tylan Ruff led Burns� offense with 151 rushing yards, and quarterback Chris Montgomery added 77 yards on the ground and 108 through the air.
�A lot of people think we�re finesse,� Beam said. �Those kids up there are strong, and we�ve got a running back that�s physical.�
Jaylin Hill scored the game�s first touchdown on a two-yard run with 2:07 left in the first quarter for Burns, and Montgomery�s 16-yard scoring run almost midway through the second quarter pushed the Bulldogs� edge to 14-0.
Montgomery�s 50-yard scoring pass to Hill with 9:59 to go in the fourth quarter essentially sealed the outcome by pushing Burns up 21-0.
�Them putting us out of the playoffs last year, there was a lot of heart involved tonight,� said Burns senior linebacker Austin Clark. �We just played real hard. Everybody had their man and knew their responsibility.�
After Bridges put the Patriots on the board and the extra point was no good, the Bulldogs added a 31-yard Cody Dorsey field goal with 2:28 to play.
Beam said going into Friday it would be a good test in his team�s final non-conference matchup, and his players responded.
�I can�t be more proud of how hard we came in and played,� Beam said.
Long drives, different results
Both Freedom and Burns had sustained drives on their opening possessions Friday night. They had different finishes to their long marches, though.
The Patriots turned the ball over on downs on an incomplete pass at the Bulldog 29 to cap their 11-play drive. Burns then went 12 plays, capped by a two-yard Jaylin Hill touchdown run to go ahead 7-0.
Penalty numbers telling
Penalties played a crucial role Friday night, particularly in stalling Patriot drives.
Freedom was penalized 10 times for 67 yards, with seven of those coming on offense or kick returns, while Burns was whistled for just three penalties for 25 yards.
Big plays for Burns
The Bulldogs hit 16 plays of at least 10 yards, 11 on the ground and five through the air.
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From Academy Award® - winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. The three films tell a continuous story set in Middle-earth 60 years beforeThe Lord of the Rings, which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar® - winning The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epic quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. Having survived the beginning of their unexpected journey, the Company continues East, encountering along the way the skin-changer Beorn and a swarm of giant Spiders in the treacherous forest of Mirkwood. After escaping capture by the dangerous Wood-elves, the Dwarves journey to Lake-town, and finally to the Lonely Mountain itself, where they must face the greatest danger of all - a creature more terrifying than any other; one which will test not only the depth of their courage but the limits of their friendship and the wisdom of the journey itself - the Dragon Smaug.


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Taft loses in four sets
The Taft varsity volleyball team ran into a wall Tuesday night when the Bakersfield Christian Eagles handed the Lady Wildcats a 15-25, 25-10, 25-17, 25-12 loss in Taft.
Taft had all of the momentum early on when they raced out to a 9-2 lead to begin the first set. Bakersfield Christian narrowed it to six but that was close as the Lady Eagles got over the remaining minutes of the set.
After Taft got the first two points of the second set, Bakersfield Christian came alive with a 6-0 run. The Lady Wildcats narrowed it to two before Bakersfield Christian went on a 14-3 run. Taft would get two points in the waning moments of the second set with one coming on an ace.
Bakersfield Christian jumped out to a 6-2 run to begin the third set before Taft closed the gap to two. The Lady Eagles took off again with a 7-0 run. Following a Taft point, the Lady Eagles outscored Taft 7-4. Taft closed the gap to seven late in the set but Bakersfield Christian held on for the third set win.
The Lady Eagles opened the final set with a 5-2 run before Taft fought back to tie the score at six. The set remained close until Bakersfield Christian went on a 13-4 run to close out the set and match.
Taft returns to action Thursday when they travel to Delano to face Robert F. Kennedy. The match starts at 6:15p.m.
To read the full story from Tuesday's match, pick up Friday's Taft Midway Driller.


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The storm's fragments are now in the Atlantic, and they have a chance of becoming another tropical storm.
WILMINGTON, N.C. — It's the storm that just won't die.
A week after Hurricane Florence pummeled the region with wind and rain, the remnants of the storm haven't dissipated and now have a slim chance to reform for a second go at the Cape Fear coast.
The National Hurricane Center is still monitoring the storm as it moves out into the Atlantic, but the latest track shows a 20 percent chance of reforming.
Victoria Oliva, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Wilmington office, said while there is a chance reforming, it is not likely to find the extremely favorable conditions that fueled Florence.
"It is moving very slow and it is not in a good environment," she said. "Right now, it is just a small system of storms. But there is a lot of dry air and strong upper level winds that would create shear, which tropical storms don't like."
The current track has the system moving southwest and then northeast, at which time it will become clear if it poses another threat to the United States.
If it survives despite those unfavorable conditions, Oliva said it could still influence the region's forecast.
"It could bring some rainfall, but that might be seven or more days out," she said. "Right now, it is all very, very unsure."
If the tropical system reforms, it wouldn't retain the name that has now been etched in the Carolinas' history books; it would be renamed Kirk.
Hunter Ingram is a reporter for the Wilmington (N.C.) Star News.


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|Take lime and mint, the classics of the mojito, and combine them with strawberry and watermelon, for a cooling summer beverage.
Strawberry Watermelon MojitoJust a quick fly-by since I promised to post this in the 4th of July recipes post. My computer is runnin' slow as Moses tonight anyway. I'm pretty sure its memory is a bit sluggish and I know how it feels.
Hope everybody is having a great start to what is hopefully a long holiday weekend - Happy Independence Day!
A refreshing summer beverage, that borrows the classic lime and mint of the mojito, and marries it with strawberry and watermelon - a great adult cocktail for any summer celebration. Here's how to make one.
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Recipe: Strawberry Watermelon Mojito©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 10 min | Yield: Makes 1
- 2 large strawberries, hulled, rinsed and coarsely chopped
- 1 cup of chopped, seedless watermelon
- Juice of one lime
- 1-1/2 to 2 ounces of simple syrup, or to taste
- 5 mint leaves
- 2 ounces of good rum
- Ice to fill glass
- Club soda or lemon-lime soda
- Lime curls and/or extra mint leaves, for garnish, optional
In a blender, whirl the strawberries and watermelon. Strain out pulp if desired. Add the lime juice and simple syrup. In a tall highball or collins glass, add the mint leaves and muddle with the handle of a wooden spoon, just enough to release the oils of the mint. Add 2 ounces of rum on top and fill glass with ice. Top it off with the strawberry watermelon mixture and a splash of lemon lime or club soda; stir well and garnish.
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