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Quote from: happymurtad on September 19, 2013, 05:50 PM
So, I just want to get this straight and make sure I am not misrepresenting your beliefs or anything. Here is what I have surmised from your posts so far:
Billions of years ago, God existed on his own, basking in the glory of his own perfection. We are not entirely sure where he came from, maybe another universe, maybe he was just always there, chilling. But he was some how just completely perfect by default.
Then, one day, he decided he wanted to have a { relationship } with some tiny, insignificant, little organisms on a small rock orbiting a relatively unimpressive star in a backwater corner of one particular galaxy.
So, he sets conditions up on this speck of a planet perfectly to allow for life to grow and evolve under the pressures of natural selection. This means that countless wonderful and obscure life forms would live and die, only for their respective species to pointlessly go extinct under the pressures of their environments. Only the most suitable 2% will survive.
This goes on for quite some time as God watches quietly and uninvolved, until eventually, many billions of years later, Homo sapiens emerge from this sequence, perfect, brining his plan into fruition.
Again, God remains uninvolved for quite some time, watching as Homo sapiens develop all sorts of primitive beliefs and practices in an attempt to understand the world around them. At some point in this process, the Adam and Eve { metaphor } represents Homo sapiens" ignorance and diversion from Gods original plan and their own original perfection.
Fast forward to the Bronze Age and God starts { inspiring } random Middle Eastern guys to write on his behalf, but he is not too concerned with the accuracy of what they write because it is never meant to be literal anyhow. He will condone and watch over countless acts of war, genocide, animal sacrifice, stonings, executions, and other obscene forms of violence committed in his name, never once coming out clearly against any of it.
Then, about 2,000 years ago, he decides that he has had enough of all of the bloodshed and sacrifice, so he impregnates a teenager with his son, who is really himself, so that he could kill himself in order to have a relationship with homo sapiens that he initially desired.
But he did not want to make the path to a relationship with him clear, so he obscured it in all sorts of mystery, allegory, and confusion, causing for the emergence of countless schisms and sects all claiming to be { the one true way. }
Then, to make things even more confusing, he still allowed for all other sorts of { paths } and { religions } to exist that had nothing to do with his son/self suicide ritual, and would be really upset if you happened to believe in one of those other { ways. }
So, he decided to make our chances at salvation to be contingent mostly on where and to whom we are born.
If we happen to pick the right way, God will let us into his club free of charge. If we happen to choose the wrong way, he will hold us to account for the very nature that he created us with the propensity towards to begin with.
Sound about right?
Quote from: billy on June 04, 2013, 06:27 PM
Da'wah-gandists have shifted their focus from the specificities of Islam to these sub-standard, pathetic, already debunked William Lane Craig style Christian apologetics about the existence of god etc etc
Like Islam itself, they are plaigarised, and second-hand, which seems very appropriate.
Its easy to see why they made this desperate shift in da'wah focus. The details of Islam are so obviously absurd and ethically flawed that they consider an escape into generality, no matter how flea ridden, weak and stolen from Christian apologetics, to be an escape from the close-up scrutiny of the specific details and truth claims of Islam (Muhammad, Sunnah, the Quran, Hadith) that terrifies them. When the light of liberalism, secularism, modernity is shone on Islam it really is the naked emperor. Hence the hysteria, the threats, and in the case of new-age dawah-gandists, the laughable recourse to plaigarised, inane 'big concept' general apologetics.
Quote from: Tonyt on April 12, 2013, 12:52 AM
When I look at the history of humanity, and all of the things that we have achieved over the millennia, the building and planning of great cities, the technology that we have developed, that art that has been created, the societies that we have created and the morals that we have gradually evolved, and all the great things that humanity has yet to achieve, because let us face it, humanity has only existed for a few thousand years and we will probably be around for at least another million. Think of all the worlds out there that our descendants will one day explore!
Now the theist view is that all of this is temporary, that this universe is not even a real one, it is artificial, created by a God as some experiment with a definitive ending date, over which we humans have no control. So all the great figures in history, and all the things they achieved, both for the good and for the bad, all of it was utterly pointless, a total waste of time: Hammurabi, Sargon of Akkad, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Caesar, Justinian, Darwin, Einstein, Newton, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, etc. etc. Why did Julius Caesar cross the Rubicon River and end the Roman Republic? If there is a God then this act has no purpose, he may as well have just stayed at home and done nothing with his life.
Whenever I hear a theist talking about {Judgement Day}, I always think to myself, wow, what a terribly pessimistic and uninspiring view of the Universe these religious people have! They actually believe that all of this universe, so rich and vast, and all of the achievements of the billions of people that have lived on this planet, it is all about to just disappear, as if it never happened.
Now I know that scientists also believe that the Universe will not last forever either, but at least it is an open-ended question, there is no definitive end in sight. Perhaps in a billion years the Universe will end and everything that humanity achieved will disappear, but a billion years is a very long time, and by that time we may have the technology to prolong the Universe indefinitely.
Quote from: happymurtad on February 13, 2013, 08:01 PM
If God does exist, then he already understands why we do not believe in him. He made it that way. He must want it that way. He gave us minds that are capable of distinguishing fact from bullshit, then deliberately made his religion sound like bullshit.
He made the sacred texts of his religion sound virtually indistinguishable from fairytales, and made sure that there were plenty of scientific errors, historical inaccuracies, and examples of some of the most inhumane and brutal torture tactics ever recorded all sprinkled evenly through out.
He made evolution make perfect sense and placed all the evidence for it to fit perfectly where it would need to be were it true, from the fossil record to DNA to the geographic diversity of the species.
He chose to send his messages at a time when humanity was technologically and socially backwards, and to a part of the world that was among the most backwards, then requires us to stay backwards in order to apply his will.
And lastly, after making his religion seem completely unbelievable, he made salvation contingent upon doing the one thing that we can not choose to do: believing. We can not make a choice to believe in things that we honestly do not think are true.
Even if we were to DO all of the things that religions ask of us, if we do not BELIEVE and SUPPORT 100% of the nonsense, 100% of the errors, 100% of the atrocities, 100% of the inaccuracies, then there is no hope for us. If you do not believe in even an iota of it, then in God;s point of view, you are already screwed. He can roast your skin, beat your head, drive rods through your face, and pour molten brass down your throat, all for not believing in things you had plenty of reason to doubt. FOR EVER, by the way. That is 700 billion years, times 900 billion years, plus another 700 billion, and another, times a million, plus another hundred billion, times another, and another, and another...you get the idea. Actually, no you do not. You can not. It is insane.
I am absolutely certain that a being of this magnitude of insanity is NOT the most merciful God of the universe. He does not exist. You can stop worrying about it and get on with the rest of your life.
Quote from: Luthiel on February 02, 2013, 05:06 AM
I can echo those here who say they would not want to wear any form of hijab, no matter how mild, because of how it blatantly associates the wearer with Islam. As I was working through my doubts before actually leaving Islam, this was one of the things I struggled with. Having been living in an Islamic country at the time, though, I could not have removed it without making serious waves at work and within my social circle.
I was still living there when I finally did leave Islam. At that point, I did not dare remove it. I feared it would have meant not only losing my social circle, but risking my freedom and possibly my life if it led to the people around me discovering the truth about my apostasy. And so I continued to wear it for the longest four months of my life until I was able to leave the country.
A few weeks before I was to leave, I was contemplating how and when, if ever, I would tell my closest Muslim friends that I could no longer believe. I decided I could do a test run to see how they would react by admitting that I had thoughts of removing the hijab. Just as I suspected, they reacted with pretty much an intervention, and begged me to reconsider. One friend hastily forwarded a few links about hijab in an attempt to convince me it was obligatory. In her haste, she did not realize one of the links she sent me actually argued
the necessity of hijab. When I pointed it out, she frantically apologized, and proceeded to fling quote after quote from Quran, hadith, and various scholars in an attempt to prove that hijab is required, and then bullied me into obeying with statements like, {{Please remember, that any hadith is sunnah. And we must follow the sunnah also.}}
With just days left in the country, I assured them they had convinced me and I would keep the hijab. They seemed satisfied.
On the day I finally left, I was wearing a long skirt and a thin t-shirt under a flowing black abaya with a black hijab wrapped lightly but securely around my head. I boarded the plane and sat quietly, anxiously yet nervously awaiting my stop in Amsterdam. I felt fine in my abaya and hijab. I knew by then how to wear them comfortably, so I was not physically bothered. But I was acutely aware of everyone who looked at me. {{I am on the plane now, I am home free. I do not have to wear this anymore. Can they tell? Do they see the real me under these shrouds?}} Because I could feel it sharply.
As soon as I arrived in Amsterdam, I headed straight for the restroom. My palms were sweaty and my heart was racing in anticipation of what I was about to do. I was a little shaky standing in the stall as I removed each piece one at a time, folding carefully so they would take up the least amount of room in my bag. I put on the jeans and tank top I had carried with me, and then I hesitated. This was it. The end of the old me.
I was about to have full possession of my freedom.
Even more acutely aware of every glance, I stepped out of the restroom. I had gone in quiet, somber, and shrouded. I came out tall, fresh,
. Had anyone noticed? It did not matter. The air on my skin gave me goosebumps to the core and I gained confidence with every step. Before I knew it, the hijab was behind me. And I have not looked back.
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It's possible to have too much of a good thing. Having one or two cookies at a time is fine. Having a whole box/tray/jar full of them is liable to make you sick (to say nothing of your waistline).
I wonder if maybe that rule of thumb shouldn't be pondered a little when it comes to the most recent big news out of Science Hill.
The Commonwealth Journal reported in Sunday's edition that Science Hill School — which currently runs kindergarten through 8th grade — had submitted plans for a potential high school expansion.
I have a perspective on that issue that only a portion of readers would because I count myself as an alumnus of Science Hill School.
My diagnosis? I don't know whether or not it would be good for the institution itself, but I'm not sold on the idea that Science Hill: The High School would be good for the students.
That's not an indictment on the school's quality in any way. Far from it: My experiences convince me that it's best left the way it is.
In fairness, I only went there for one year after moving to Pulaski County, but that's a year I'll always treasure. Some of my teachers there, the friendships I made — many of which continue to this day, almost two decades later — and the advantages the school offered are aspects I remember fondly.
It was, in many ways, the ideal set-up for me. I was home-schooled up until that point, so unlike most of my peers, I was walking into a totally foreign situation. Showing up everyday, sitting in a room full of other people, having to learn at the same pace as them — it was daunting.
Yet I never had a lick of trouble. The environment offered by Science Hill was caring and nurturing. The fact that the school was so small — less than 40 people were in my graduating 8th grade class, as I recall — meant that I was able to receive plenty of personal attention, rather than just be a random face in the classroom. As a result, my grades were excellent, and I never felt like I had any trouble fitting in. I will always be grateful for the fact that the school took someone who could have been in way over his head, and allowed him to thrive instead.
When we left Science Hill, we had a choice: move on to Somerset High School, or move on to Pulaski County High School. For me, this was only the next step in an evolving introduction to public education. For my classmates, it was a big step indeed. Almost like going to college, since they'd be around so many new people in a totally new atmosphere (okay, maybe more like "Saved by the Bell: The College Years," since a significant portion of their closest friends would be coming with them, but you get the point).
They'd been around each other for most of their lives, the majority of them from the start of their school careers. First grade, second grade, etc., the same kids in the desks around you. That was all about to change.
But honestly, that was probably good for us. As we got older, we took on new challenges. Our social circle was able to expand. We didn't stay stagnant, in the same building, seeing the same people — students and faculty alike — sitting at the same lunch table. It was time to move on, and everyone benefited.
Certainly, our new high schools did. Pretty much every one of the former Yellowjackets who went on to Somerset High School with me in the fall of 1994 integrated themselves into the core of that class, becoming well-liked and active in school activities. We comprised some of the top academic students in the school too, assuming places on the honor roll, the National Honor Society, and in the assortment of Advanced Placement classes that Somerset High offered.
I have no doubt the same was true for our classmates who went to Pulaski County. My co-worker Heather Tomlinson is a testament to this. A Science Hill alum who attended PCHS, she was an excellent student there, a key member of the school's dance team, and went on to study journalism and political science at the University of Kentucky before returning home and proving herself to be a superior journalist here.
She was a credit to Science Hill, and a credit to Pulaski County as well — just as I hope I'm a credit to Science Hill and to Somerset.
So no doubt about it, if students stayed in Science Hill and went to high school there, Somerset and Pulaski County would lose a lot. They'd be missing some of their best students on what I believe is an annual basis, youth who mix well into each class's social group, and go on to graduate as students of which their school can be proud.
I'm sure administrators and teachers at those schools will be able to tell you how many Science Hill students they got to teach made an impact in the classroom, on the field of competition, in the bandroom and stage and elsewhere. Take those students away and keep them at Science Hill, and our other high schools will be all the poorer for it.
But will the students? Certainly, if you live in Science Hill, there's a convenience to having your school right there close by in your community. I remember what the drive time from Somerset to Science Hill was like on a daily basis.
As I said earlier, however, going to Somerset from Science Hill was an important step. It forced us to adapt to something new — new hallways, new people, new expectations. For some students, it might have been a second chance. When you're around the same folks for years, you develop a reputation, preconceived notions about yourself — maybe for good, maybe for bad. By going to a new high school, these students had an opportunity to wipe the slate clean. Anyone who wasn't happy with the way they were perceived could change and win over this new crowd; anyone who had a sparkling resume got to prove that they were indeed worthy of it.
By staying at Science Hill all the way through high school, students would lose those chances. They'd miss the diversity that comes with being introduced into a new institution, with different people than they're used to seeing.
Make no mistake about it, that diversity — in any type of community — makes us stronger. Learning how to interact with different types of people, becoming tolerant of them, understanding them — that makes us better people.
Science Hill students got the opportunity to do that four years before they'd go to college, or enter the working world. In either of those next steps, they'd have to establish relationships with unfamiliar faces. Doing so in high school was great preparation for that.
It's true that in order for Science Hill to add a high school to its excellent educational offerings, the school population would have to grow. Nevertheless, it seems likely that the same people would stick together through time as has always been the custom. It's doubtful there would be that much variation in the students sitting next to one another from year to year to year. Familiarity is nice, but the potential for personal growth would be stunted.
I'm glad I got to share my high school experience with some of the friends I made at Science Hill, but I'm even more glad they weren't the only people with whom I was able to share it. By moving on to Somerset, I met even more wonderful, challenging and memorable people who made an impact on my life. Knowing both sets of peers was just as crucial; in retrospect, I feel like I would have been cheated to have known only one of them.
Science Hill School is a good thing. I'm just concerned that there could be too much of it.


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New Albany-Floyd County Parks Superintendent Roger Jeffers is likely to receive an offer to lead the county's recreation department beginning next year.
The Floyd County Council and Floyd County Commissioners will hold a joint work session today to discuss the disbursement of parks assets as well as staffing the new department.
The New Albany City Council voted in November at the request of Mayor Jeff Gahan to dissolve the joint parks system.
One position to be discussed tonight is the position of parks superintendent, and Floyd County Commissioners President Steve Bush said Jeffers is the leading candidate for the spot.
"Once we talk, we'll probably go ahead and offer the position to him," Bush said Monday. "I think he brings a lot to the table with experience and leadership, and keeping this moving forward with the county."
Jeffers was hired in 2008 to lead the NA-FC parks department. He said recently he wouldn't work for the new municipal system because he was frustrated with how the divide was handled by the city.
Though there were funding struggles between the city and county during Jeffers' tenure, there were some bright spots for the joint parks department, including the opening of the Campbell-Woodland Nature Trails earlier this year.
Jeffers declined to comment directly on his potential hiring until after county officials have had an opportunity to discuss the matter. He did credit the county for its handling of staffing issues, not just as it pertained to him but the people that have worked under him for the past five years.
"I think they've really done their due diligence on putting job descriptions together on what they wanted," Jeffers said.
There are six full-time and two part-time positions being proposed for the county parks department. The county council is responsible for voting on the salaries for those positions, then the county commissioners will take a ballot on the actual hires.
The salary proposed for the county parks superintendent job is $50,000 a year.
Bush said the commissioners could vote on filling the positions as early as next week. County Planner Don Lopp has headed the search for employees for the parks department, but wasn't immediately available for comment Monday afternoon.
Bush said "obviously we always looked at" Jeffers because of his experience with the local parks system.
The county council and commissioners are also set to discuss the distribution of parks property and assets pending the abolishment of the joint department. The New Albany Board of Public Works and Safety accepted a deal last week that deals primarily with five properties that were deeded to the joint parks board instead of either the city or county.
As part of the agreement, the county will operate the Southern Indiana Sports Center and the city will retain Cannon Acres. The county will also lease a portion of Sam Peden Community Park to the city to potentially be used as an aquatic park as part of the agreement.
The county may develop an adjoining piece of property for a restaurant or coffee shop if the city constructs an aquatic center on the land. The deal still must be approved by the county before the joint parks board will sign-off on the property and assets likely during its final meeting Dec. 18.


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I'll second your carharts comment! dead on.
Wolves will only attack you is you are messing with their young or you are in the way of what they are eating, or the big one. They are rabid.
But to pull down a child to eat. They would never do that with all the other wild animals out there. They really don't like to be around MAN.
How come nobody put out any popcorn with this subject.
We were waiting for you to bring the popcorn, Old Man. We hear there's no popcorn tax in Montana.
One thing I'd like to know from the wolf experts or should I say "opinion holders" is how many wolves have you seen in the wild? The Discovery channel, zoos, petting or otherwise, and Yellowstone Park do not count. I've seen 5 and one had a rifle pointed at it. My intention was turning it into a rug.
My guess is a lot of the "opinion holders" have never seen a live wolf.
I would more worry about a Coyote than a Wolf. Them little shits are sneaky.
Oh-oh, I'm thinking somebody has been watching "The Grey" one too many times (once is one too many times)!
I've seen five, all in Alaska. Four together that trotted within 10 feet of me while I sat in the brush, and one at a distance of about 75 yards. Magnificent animals.
I found that encountering cow moose with their young a whole lot more worrisome than wolves....I think most natives would say the same. Nobody I met in my travels in Alaska, the Yukon Territory, orr northern BC worried about wolves at all...though they do pay attention to bears and moose.
Nah... they're harmless little dudes. A few years ago, Virginia and I were hunting morels in NE Oregon. A coyote came wandering buy, looked at us like he was saying "howdy" then went on his way as if we were no big deal.
Hell, I'm more worried about raccoons than wolves...I've seen some very aggressive racoons. Of course, no wild animal is as scary as some dirtbag's mistreated pitbull.
One thing about wolves...once they move into a territory, that's the end of the coyotes.
To add a little Canadian perspective to this.......we don't carry guns here, unless you are a hunter with permit/license etc. We have lots of wolves, its really nice to go to sleep and hear wolves howling, they also happen to be beautiful, intelligent animals. I see them sometimes (I've seen maybe 20 in total), and relish it every time. I still often sleep outside when camping by a lake in the bush. Wolves don't hurt people, that thought/statement is slightly embarrassing. How many people have been hurt by wolves in the last 10yrs? now compare that to dogs in town.....see? slightly embarrassing.
Many of our ecosystems that still sustain wolves are almost identical to those in Washington, if ours can sustain wolves happily then yours can too...without throwing it all out of whack when they are introduced. Of course there will be a settling in period, all the ungulates will be on edge, and there will be less of them.
Also the thought of needing to carry guns in the bush is slightly silly as well, aside from the odd grizzly/black bear attack, our animals are pretty mellow, don't hit their babies and everything is normally fine. Call me weird but the fact that we have real animals that might hurt you is what makes our bush so much more appealing, a gun 'just for protection' just seems like it takes the 'interesting' out of the bush.
Anyways, we have wolves, and its great, I for one am pretty happy that washington also has wolves.
Jonnytutu, exactly the sentiments I heard everywhere up there....and if it's one thing that pisses Canadians off is when American tourists get sloppy with campfood storage (or even worse, feeds bears from a vehicle) and it ends in the needless death of one of your animals.
By far and away, the worst thing I experienced were your mosquitos!
Make a spray mixed of water and honey and tell everyone that will keep the mosquitos away....works for me ...while everyone around me takes the hits!
Many americans carry guns in the woods to feel tough. They are the same guys with the 25 elk stickers (my favorite is the one with the pic of the bull and the word "testosterone" under it) on their jacked up compensator rig and in many cases beer gut to match thus assuring they could never get far fromthe road to even see a predator. Jonny has it about right. Also Vladimir u should check out mule hunting clothes. U will never wear office jeans again if u order the pants. I work the same occupation as u and am happy with these.
Considering the diseases carried by ticks... you most likely have more to fear from a tick than a wolf.
Spent 6.5 hours yesterday clearing junk growth from some really steep grasslands that the deciduous were starting to overcome.Mule deer and Elk winter range. Finished and everyone had a tick picking party, sort of look like those pictures of Gorillas grooming each other. Only thing in the world that I hate is ticks, cannot think of any reason for their existence.
The only thing I fear is A redheaded woman & the seattle police department, both are unpredicable & dangerous
LOL. The new age american male. Tough as nails.... fingernails that is.
Dude , can you hook me up with whatever you are smokin
Guns: bad.
Wolves: good.
Got it.
No, guns good, wolves probably okay too, not sure as i personally don't have much experience with them.
Clearly you miss the point of the analogy. no matter what you think, wolves were NOT part of the ecosystem for over a century. Any attempt to "reintroduce" them constitutes an introduction of a (now) invasive species. And in the jungle, a little kitten can rip the living shit out of you.


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The feud between Paris Hilton's been pretty quiet ever since their big post-Grammys dustup - but over the weekend, the claws came back out!
This time, the setting was the Scandinavian Style Mansion, where Lindsay was scheduled to host a fashion event. The only problem? Nobody had told Lindsay that the fashion items she'd be promoting would be from Paris Hilton's line of handbags!
Lindsay, to use PageSix.com's terminology, "pitched a hissy fit" when she saw her arch-enemy's name on her party's marquee, reportedly demanding that it be taken down and storming out after the minimum amount of time specified by her contract - and taking some "very expensive gifts" along to boot.
Paris, on the other hand, happily took over as hostess when she arrived a few minutes after Lindsay's exit. The hotel heiress won the approval of everyone in attendance with her good behavior - particularly party organizer Claus Hjelmbak, who credited Hilton with saving the party, calling her "gracious to everyone — and [she] was the life of the party!" (We've tried emailing Claus for clarification on just what went down, but haven't heard back yet.)
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Calm down, it ain't happening. But if you listen in to "Live From Mickey Mantle's" this evening from 6 to 8 pm, you will hear me spar with SNY' s Ted Berg on various topics, including whether the Mets should have traded Carlos Beltran for Manny Ramirez. I have a funny feeling Berg might mention Valentino Pascucci, as well.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) officials are working to investigate a red tide (Karenia brevis) outbreak on the Upper Coast of Texas.
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"The bloom is suspected to have caused fish kills along a number of locations along the upper coast, including Crystal Beach, Galveston, Surfside, Sargent's and Matagorda beaches. TPWD plans to conduct an overflight of the entire Texas coast before the end of the week to get an aerial view of the bloom's extent."
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North Sabine---Trout and reds are fair on live mullet fished in the channel with some bird action in the mornings. Flounder are fair to good in the channel on drop offs and are fair in the bayous along the Louisiana shoreline.
South Sabine---Trout and reds remain fair on live mullet and shrimp fished along the around the south shoreline and at various points along the Louisiana shoreline. Flounder are fair along the Louisiana shoreline on live bait.
Sabine Pass---Texas Parks & Wildlife Department officials report trout are fair to good at the jetty on live bait and topwaters. Red and sharks are fair at the jetties and in the surf.
Sabine River---Trout and redfish are scattered in the river. Very few reports of bass and catfish.
Lake Calcasieu (Big Lake)---Hackberry Rod and Gun reports anglers are catching 3-5 pound trout on finger mullet fished in the ship channel. A few trout and reds are coming on topwaters fished early. Very few reports flounder.
Sam Rayburn---Texas Parks & Wildlife Department officials report fair largemouths are good on chartreuse crankbaits and soft plastic worms. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows over brush piles. Bream are good on nightcrawlers. Catfish are good on trotlines baited with live bait and cut bait. Catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live bait.
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Hi, my name is Carberry and as you can see, I'm a beautiful five-year-old orange tabby. I have to say, I am delighted Halloween is over since I keep getting confused for a pumpkin. Must be my beautiful orange coat and the way I sit around and purr. Ok, I am large, fourteen pounds (all brawn) and I guess when I curl up, I look just like a jack-o-lantern. But really, what pumpkin purrs, is beautiful and laid back and gets along well with dogs and well-behaved cats? The best news of all about me is that PAWS is lowering adoption fees on certain cats just for this weekend. I see I am on that list. I am happy about that because I so very much want a home of my own.
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Wait, what is this? There is one more cat in the PAWS' pumpkin patch waiting to be plucked. Her name is Spryng and she is definitely not orange. She is a beautiful medium-haired tuxedo girl with amazingly large paws. She is currently living at PetSmart, but she so wants to find a home that she says she is willing to dye her white chest orange and paint stripes on her nose. Silly Spryng. You don't need to do that because you are also a featured cat for this adoption special. Come to PetSmart and meet Spryng this weekend and you can get a special discount on her adoption. Wow, that is an amazing deal because Spryng is a bright and eager one-year-old with plenty of energy and lots of love to offer her new family. Be sure to let her sniff your hand when you first meet and she will turn into a love pumpkin. Ok, she may not be orange, but she sure is cute.
So if you are looking for some sweet pumpkins to harvest, forget the farm stand and contact PAWS. We are all sweet, mellow lovers. And if you like pumpkins in tuxedos, come meet Spryng at the PAWS adoption center at PetSmart in Danvers.
If you are interested in learning more about Carberry, Tre Cool, Harley, Spryng or any of our available cats, contact PAWS at (781) 246-6111 or firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also meet many of our available cats at our weekly adoption hours: Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at VCA Wakefield Animal Hospital. This Saturday we also have adoptions at the Woburn PETCO from 12:30 to 3:00 p.m. Our adoption center at the Danvers PetSmart will also be holding its usual adoptions hours this week on Thursday and Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Different animals will be at each location, but adoption counselors will be at all locations with information about all our cats. And you can always call us to set up a special appointment to meet the cat of your dreams.
Nov. 2-4 is National Adoption Weekend at PetSmart and we will be celebrating at all our locations with adoption discounts on the following PAWS cats: Peppermint, Gansett, Spryng, Tiny, Carberry. Eve, Tuxedo Tom, Charlie Brown, Timmy Tiger, Tre Cool, Willy, and Charming Charlie whose bios can be found on our website.
Join us on Saturday, November 3, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a Low-Cost Rabies and Microchip Clinic to be held at the North Reading Town Hall (235 North Street), staffed by the Park Street Veterinary Clinic as a benefit for PAWS. Rabies vaccinations are 15$ (bring proof of prior vaccination for three-year vaccine) and 25$ for microchips. All dogs must be on leashes and cats in carriers. Cash only (no credit cards or checks can be taken).


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4/5 rDev +5.5%
02-09-2013 03:35:13 | More by imperialking
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4/5 rDev +5.5%
07-24-2014 14:44:54 | More by Cyclone8
3.5/5 rDev -7.7%
07-13-2014 16:32:30 | More by orangesol
1.5/5 rDev -60.4%
07-04-2014 12:21:55 | More by Dactrius
West Virginia
4/5 rDev +5.5%
05-25-2014 09:49:35 | More by williamjbauer
4/5 rDev +5.5%
05-11-2014 02:09:21 | More by MNPikey
4/5 rDev +5.5%
04-27-2014 03:39:07 | More by Drucifer
North Carolina
4.25/5 rDev +12.1%
02-12-2014 04:10:02 | More by Axnjxn
2.5/5 rDev -34%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
Got this one from hotpipes a while back. Cheers!
From a bomber into a snifter
Bottle 59 of 300
APPEARANCE: A ticker black pour yields a 1+ finger, medium looking, fizzy, tan head with good retention. Black body with medium levels of carbonation evident. Head slowly fades to a full wisp. A faint wisp remains until the end leaving touches of lacing down the glass. Decent color, but the head is a little too fizzy.
SMELL: Bourbon, coconut, sweet cream, some butterscotch, roasted grains and cocoa powder on the nose. Pretty bold and forthcoming. Not bad.
TASTE: This just isn't right. There's some nice bourbon, sweet cream and coconut initially, but then some sour cherry and oak come through at the swallow. The tartness is okay, but doubtfully intended. Bold and lingering finish of bourbon, cocoa powder, a touch of roasted grain and some tart, slightly sour woody flavors. Not expected for a bourbon barrel aged stout.
PALATE: Medium body and medium carbonation. Watery on the palate, definitely not creamy enough, goes down oddly prickly and finishes somewhat sticky on the palate. Watery initially, yet prickly at the swallow with a bit of a burn. Some heat lingers and is slightly abrasive. Sub par for sure.
OVERALL: A relatively disappointing barrel treatment of an otherwise good imperial stout. Not sure if the tartness is the sign of a problem, but it certainly wasn't expected. The Rum version of this was solid, so I was hoping for a repeat in bourbon style here, which unfortunately didn't happen. The feel, which often tends to be watery in their stout beer, could use some work as well. Thanks again for the loot hotpipes. Always a pleasure!
Serving type: bottle
01-06-2014 13:16:02 | More by Jeffo
4.1/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22oz bottle poured into a Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary glass.
A - Pours a deep, dark brown color - almost black. Not much for a head, just a low brown colored collar.
S - Walnuts are prominent...way up front in the aroma. Caramel and toffee, candied nuts, mild bourbon. Really smells outstanding.
T - Light tart acidity, smoky and quite roasty. A dry nuttiness, vanilla, low booze, candied nuts.
M - Medium body with a carbonation on the lower side of medium. Mild tartness.
O - Mostly good, with a slight mixed bag for me. The aroma was absolutely outstanding. Flavors were quite good although the low level tartness knocked this down a bit and also affected the mouthfeel. Wonder if this could be the start of an infection. Bottle was still quite good, but question whether this will hold up much longer.
Serving type: bottle
09-27-2013 23:40:42 | More by portia99
3.5/5 rDev -7.7%
09-03-2013 00:45:33 | More by kscaldef
2.5/5 rDev -34%
08-28-2013 02:05:24 | More by dfhhead25
2.25/5 rDev -40.6%
08-28-2013 02:04:31 | More by BMart
4/5 rDev +5.5%
08-22-2013 12:54:57 | More by beernads
4/5 rDev +5.5%
08-09-2013 21:09:12 | More by Kuemmelbrau
4/5 rDev +5.5%
07-02-2013 15:35:52 | More by pyite
3.5/5 rDev -7.7%
06-24-2013 14:06:16 | More by surlytheduff
3.5/5 rDev -7.7%
05-21-2013 05:38:35 | More by Envelopes
4.75/5 rDev +25.3%
05-19-2013 00:52:22 | More by Photekut
4.5/5 rDev +18.7%
05-17-2013 05:17:43 | More by gpawned
4.23/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Thanks to rudzud for sharing at my 30th birthday whale tasting.
Pours very dark light head that fades fairly quickly, super dark pitch black beer with thick legs.
Nose brings big malts, peanut butter and nuts, walnuts, light cocoa, hint of booze, not a soy aroma but a crazy dark pure darkness thing, barrel with vanilla, cocoa, and toasted.
Taste is very creamy, lush cocoa, chocolate galore, acidic, melted rich choc, velvety, little metallic, light warming booze, vanilla oak barrel, hint of bourbon and nice powdered cocoa.
Mouth is big and creamy, lush, lighter but decent carb, little tingly booze.
Overall pretty nice, fairly well done beer, a bit too much on the ridiculously dark malt characters, but nice flavors and nice barrel.
Serving type: bottle
05-06-2013 02:25:51 | More by jlindros
4.69/5 rDev +23.7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Shared with JLindros at his Birthday Whale Tasting. Reviewed from notes. HUGE thank to miketd for this bad boy.
A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip an oily black hue with not much of a head, but a nice mocha halo. Pretty straight forward.
S - Sweet zombie Jesus! Walnuts galore! Chocolate (bakers), caramel, light vanilla..everything is soft and and inviting with a nice bourbon backing.
T - Taste is just like the nose. More of those outstanding walnuts , chocolate, caramel, roasted malts, oak, vanilla, smooth bourbon. Just delicious.
M - Mouthfeel is nicely carbonated, lightly creamy, with the ABV hidden nicely.
O - Not really sure how this is under a 4...this beer was unbelievably delicious and was the favourite Jackie O's cracked, until I opened Skipping Pappy. Awesome brew.
Serving type: bottle
04-12-2013 20:53:14 | More by rudzud
4/5 rDev +5.5%
03-31-2013 17:07:50 | More by spycow
4/5 rDev +5.5%
03-24-2013 13:58:31 | More by Romulux
District of Columbia
3.5/5 rDev -7.7%
03-13-2013 17:19:47 | More by alysmith4
Bourbon Barrel Oil Of Aphrodite from Jackie O's Pub & Brewery
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Warren's Aarias Austin (center) shoots one between Round Lake's James Mobley (left) and Mateusz Lopez during their boys basketball game at Round Lake. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media
Last Tuesday night, Warren suffered a stunning setback at home at the hands of Lake Zurich.
But one week and three games later, that loss is so far in the rear-view mirror, it's out of sight.
Warren raced out to a 33-12 lead after one frame and cruised to a 90-34 victory over Round Lake Tuesday night.
Eleven players scored for the Warren (11-8), with three non-starters reaching double figures.
Eric Gillespie (17 points, seven steals), Dominic Cuevas (17 points) and Dre Von Hill (13 points) combined for 47 points to lead the offense. Starter Aarias Austin had all 14 of his points in the first quarter.
"I thought everybody who took the floor for us played with a purpose," said Devils coach Ryan Webber. "They played to not let each other down. They took pride in their defense. I thought our effort was really really good.
"Our success this year has been based on our intensity level and our energy and effort," he added. "That's what we've been trying to get back to since last Tuesday night when we lost to Lake Zurich."
The coach stressed that the team's identity must be centered around giving maximum effort.
On the other side, Round Lake (3-15) was without two starters (Mark Jennings, and also Rayshawn Bommon, who has an injury). Bommon may be back in a month.
"We're still learning to fight together," said Panthers coach Jim Roberts, "and have each others' backs. We have good, talented young kids. We're trying to find which of those kids want to find, want to compete and want to cheer on each other."
Two freshman started for the Panthers. James Mobley had eight points and five rebounds, and Michael Green had one point. Zack Pick led the team with 10 points, and Karnell Wright had nine.
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Marugame Monzo: A Pictorial Essay
With all the furor over the recent ramen wars in the L.A. dining scene, it was refreshing to see an udon specialist make an entry. Marugame Monzo occupies an auspicious location, right next to Daikokuya in Little Tokyo.
I ordered the shisyamo tempura with curry powder appetizer, the Champon Udon, with a mini-beef don. My tempura sides included soft-boiled egg, kakiage, eggplant, baby octopus, squid, fishcake & shiso.
Verdict: The house-made udon is definitely good. It's got "bite", and super-satisfying for either slurping or chomping. The shisyamo tempura is fantastic. The only issue I had was that just about everything else was so sweet, from the champon soup, to the beef bowl, to the tempura batter (for my sides). I understand that a touch of sweetness is acceptable in Japanese cuisine. But I have to admit, the sweetness level here was a bit distracting. It's definitely not a major issue, but I felt I should bring it up.
On a very bright note, the other aspects of the my meal were great. My soft-boiled tempura egg was delicious: Runny yolk, perfectly prepared. Service is attentive and prompt.
To skirt the sweetness issue next time, perhaps I will order a different broth. And this being summer, I might order one of the cold udon preparations.
The quality of the freshly made udon here, as well as the shisyamo tempura appetizer, make Marugame Monzo worthy of a Chow-visit.
Marugame Monzo
329 E. 1st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Thanks for the report. I recently took in Marugame Monzo. I greatly enjoyed watching them hand make the udon noodles. I had the uni cream, rather unusual for udon, but it really worked. And good for a hot day. I also enjoyed the tempura as well. I didn't get dipping sauce with it; I should have asked, but decided to try the tempura without. I'll be back.
Glad you enjoyed it (aside from the sweetness issue), since I've been pimping this place since it opened, including the tempura.
Great pics as always.
re: ipsedixit
I actually had this place on my to-try list because of your posts, then i saw some friends checking in and decided to go two weeks ago.
I found it interesting that daikokuya had maybe 40-50 people waiting, while this place had 8-9, half of which was spillover. After eating here, i'm surprised that there isn't a larger crowd. (daikokuya, esp for the tsujita-level crowd they're pulling, is overrated imo.)
Ordered the beef tataki appetizer, tempura soft boiled eggs, carbonara, uni, and mentai squid butter. We didn't order any soup udon because it's much easier to find, wanted to try something new. The italian-japanese fusion style udon was very good. I especially liked the uni and mentai ones, both had pretty intense creamy seafood flavor. I thought the carbonara was ok, a bit generic tasting. The eggs were good, but i'm not sure that tempura frying them did anything tbh.
The portions are deceiving, upon initial glace, I thought my group may need to order another appetizer or 1 more udon. However, we ended up being absolutely stuffed, almost unable to finish everything.
Anyways, i'll be back, and there will definitely be longer waits as time passes.
thanks for the rec ips
re: blimpbinge
Cool, glad you tried and enjoyed it.
Yeah, given how rich everything is, the food tends to fill you up pretty quickly despite its (seemingly) small size.
Re: the tempura egg. It reminds me a bit of Scotch Eggs in that, in theory, it should be like totally rad (cuz, who doesn't think deep-fried eggs would be a win-win, right?) but in practice and execution, something just doesn't exactly connect. No synergy.
I hope the place makes it.
re: blimpbinge
This is one of the few restaurants I would go again and again. I'm a huge fan of their western style dishes, particularly their carbonara. Add a side of shrimp tempura and its magical.
I'm not a fan of their curry udon however, the mouthfeel is almost slimy and the flavor is somewhat thin and reminds me of just instant Vermont Curry added to the broth.
Their dinner menu has a wider variety, I'm definitely looking forward to trying the uni udon.
Food aside I love the ambiance and open kitchen, watching them make udon is mesmerizing and very fun. I'm also a sucker for any place that plays jazz as background music.
Well, it's about time the dude made it there.
Any updates on the wait these days? Also which preps are less affected by the sweetness JL is talking about?
Thinking about going Sunday around 530-6pm in a couple of weeks. Judging by the explosion of yelp photos, I'm guessing it's pretty insane these days.
re: Porthos
We went a couple of weeks ago. Loved sitting at the bar to see all the action.
Ordered too much food:
- hokkaido scallop sashimi
- deep fried smelts (great!)
- tempura (shrimp, pumpkin, usual suspects, serviceable)
- cold plum shiso bukkake w/ kakiage(a must), baby octopus
- uni udon (missing dimension, a miss for me) w/ egg
The cold plum bukkake and fried smelts were definitely the standouts. The cream based stuff not my fave.
We went on Tuesday night and waited 10 min. for two. Fun crowd. Starry Kitchen's Nguyan & Thi, Greek saffron importer to our left, Brazilian foodies fluent in Japanese to our right.
re: Porthos
Not that it matters much these days (weather), but did they actually finally get a working Air Conditioner? lol :< it was awful every time i went in the summer. the final time we went the visit didn't agree with me and i suspect their sweltering conditions inside didn't exactly help the matter.
Finally made it there tonight.
Got the kushiage assortment, tempura baby octopus, tempura soft egg, the scallop carpaccio, fried smelt with curry powder, uni cream udon, kakuni udon.
I liked the kakuni udon better and my dining companion liked the uni cream more. Fried smelt was delicious.
Picture of them cutting the udon with a hinged blade. Very cool.
Great pics. Love this place and think they have excellent udon but just wanted to chime in about the shishamo tempura. Absolutely awful. I grill these a lot at home and the ones served here were off and of extremely poor quality. FYI, they are always frozen so it's not a fresh vs. frozen issue. Also the beef tataki was just pulled out of a fridge pre-plated. The rare beef picked up some 'additional flavor' with this method of serving.
Not trying to be a hater but I'd advise folks to stick with the main event when coming here.


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Lake Elevation: 1555' (2-10-09)
The recreation area is located 11 miles south of Riverside via Highway 60 or I 215.
17801 Lake Perris Drive
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Latitude/Longitude: 33.8375 /-117.1400
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The Regional Indian Museum offers a look into the lives of the native peoples who lived in the area before the Spanish habitation.
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Officers for the St. Louis County Police Department website update the Most Wanted list as fugitives are apprehended. The list currently includes suspects wanted for child abuse, assaulting and injuring officers, unlawful uses of weapons, burglary, attempted child enticement, robbery, child kidnapping, stealing, forgery, statutory rape and domestic assault.
Among current suspects is Jimmy H. Nguyen, whose photo accompanies this article. He is wanted for statutory rape and statutory sodomy. His last known address was in St. Louis. He is 37 years old.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Brynna Robert of Louisiana found out about and entered a White House contest for kid chefs on deadline day. Wisconsin's Liam Kivirist studied more than 1,000 entries from the previous year's competition before stirring up his own creation. Devanshi Udeshi of Texas submitted a healthier version of her all-time favorite thing to eat.
More than 1,300 recipes in all poured in. After the batch was painstakingly trimmed to 54, Brynna, Liam and Devanshi were among a select group of 8- to 12-year-olds whose culinary concoctions earned them a three-course meal at the White House on Tuesday along with pep talks from President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama.
"It feels like I'm in a castle or something," said Devanshi, 12, of Sugar Land, Texas.
Liam, 11, of Browntown, Wis., said the experience was "awesome" and seeing the Obamas was "really cool."
The contest was sponsored by the Epicurious food website and the federal departments of Agriculture and Education. One winner was chosen from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories: Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands in the western Pacific.
The recipes had to follow federal guidelines for healthy meals.
Michelle Obama, who is spearheading a campaign to reduce childhood obesity through diet and exercise, told the winners they overcame tough odds to land a seat at one of 12 round and rectangular tables set up in the East Room, where she and the president often hold equally elaborate dinners for foreign heads of state.
The event, now in its second year, is one of her favorites, she said.
"We've got singers and stars and world leaders, but this, probably throughout the entire White House, is one of our favorite events because we get to see how talented and creative and brilliant all of you young people can be," she said, surrounded by large arrangements of oranges, lemons, and Granny Smith apples and limes.


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The youthful Airplane Age was bursting with ideas and enthusiasm about this nascent technology. Here's a look at the state of flight in 1912 from the archives of Scientific American.
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Who's faster? Charles Hamilton in a Curtiss biplane races a high-powered automobile along the shore at Galveston, Texas. The winner was the biplane "which beat the auto by a liberal allowance."
The idea of deploying bombs and grenades from aircraft was not new, the question was how to do so accurately. Here's one method, the steep dive, much to the surprise of a passing flock of seagulls.
Two years before the outbreak of World War I, this ominous comment: "The most noticeable feature of the show this year was the fact that nearly all the machines are intended for military use." Shown at the exhibition and in plan, the Deperdussin "Monocoque," holder of the airspeed record for much of 1912 and 1913.
Useful for storage and transport. The inventors of the Marçay-Moonen airplane, however, envisaged that with wings folded, the propeller would drive it along roads like an automobile.
Gustave Eiffel, designer of the eponymous tower, opened his new aerodynamics laboratory in Paris. This photo shows the giant suction motor for the 100-foot-long wind tunnel. The lab still stands at 67 Rue Boileau.
A prize of 10,000 francs for muscle-driven flight drew 23 inventors to a Paris park in June. The results were so wretched that the Scientific American editors questioned the motives for the contest: "Perhaps it was merely a desire for publicity, perhaps an exuberant sense of humor."
Airplane kits and finished models were sold widely. This advertisement for the short-lived Brooks Aeroplane Co. shows the pilot "with both hands off the controls" (presumably to show how safe and stable this death-trap was in flight).
The first successful catapult launch of an airplane in November, 1912, proved that airplanes could be used from battleships. This configuration, a catapult track on top of a turret, was to be used by navies worldwide for decades.
"The next great conquest of the aeroplanes will be the transit of the turbulent Atlantic." This theoretical design had a wingspan of 100 feet and an airspeed of 50 miles per hour. The first nonstop ocean crossing by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown had to wait to 1919 (at an average speed of 115 miles per hour).
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You never realize how much you rely on a certain body part until it has been injured. This holds especially true for foot injuries. There is no easy way to allow the feet to rest when they hurt and the pain is felt with each and every step. Two of the most common causes of pain in the bottom of the heel, the arch, or both the heel and the arch, are plantar fasciitis and heel spurs.
Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of the soft tissue on the bottom of the foot, termed plantar fascia. The plantar fascia is a thick ligamentous/fibrous band that attaches from the heel to the ball of the foot. Plantar fasciitis usually occurs at its attachment to the heel; however, the inflammation and pain of plantar fasciitis can occur anywhere along the bottom of the foot.
People with fallen arches or flat feet tend to have trouble with plantar fasciitis because the soft tissue is chronically stretched. Walking on flattened arches abnormally pulls the relatively inflexible plantar fascia, which in turn puts increased stress on the heel.
Similarly, people with high arches may also develop plantar fasciitis as the soft tissue becomes adaptively shortened and stretched. Similar to low arches, when walking weight is transferred from the heel to the remainder of the foot and the tight plantar fascia hardly stretches at all, pulling with great force on its attachment to the heel.
In both cases, the abnormal stress placed on the attachment of the plantar fascia to the heel usually causes pain and inflammation. If this process continues, the plantar fascia partially tears away from the heel and the body fills in this torn area with calcium; eventually it becomes bone, and a heel spur may result.
A heel spur is a piece of calcium or bone that sticks out from the bottom of the heel bone, and lies within the fibers of the plantar fascia. When walking, the spur digs into the plantar fascia and causes small micro-tears in the plantar fascia. This produces inflammation and pain in the heel, which also may radiate to the arch.
The most common sign of these problems is pain in the bottom of the heel or arch when first standing up out of bed in the morning, which gradually improves with walking. This pain may return later in the day with continued walking. The pain usually subsides after a period of rest, but will not go away completely until the abnormal pulling is controlled.
The best treatment to correct the abnormal pulling of the plantar fascia involves correcting the underlying mechanical problems. This is usually accomplished first with custom foot orthotics that not only support the arches, but also correct the mechanical misalignment of the foot/ankle. Then, physical therapy aids in restoring the length, strength and support of the plantar fascia, thereby reducing/abolishing the inflammation. These treatments, along with lifestyle modifications including avoiding excessive time on your feet, wearing appropriate footwear and minimizing walking barefoot, usually yield very good results. There are always more invasive treatments to consider (night splints, injections, surgery, etc.) if the conservative treatments are ineffective.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Protesters gathered outside the Mecklenburg County Jail Thursday evening to rally for immigration reform. The rally is targeted towards ICE and local law enforcement who partner together. Advocates say that results in separating families through deportation.
Luis Arco has lived and worked in Charlotte for 14 years; he has three U.S. citizen-children ages 9, 4 and 1, and in October he might have to leave them for good after being stopped for running a red light
"It was my bad. I crossed a red light; he told me my driver license is expired. I crossed a red light. I'm a criminal for him, he take me to jail," said Arco.
Arco had a valid driver's license from 2000 to 2010 but in 2007 the state stopped allowing undocumented immigrants to renew without a social security number.
"Always I try to be a good citizen, always I try to follow all the rules," said Arco.
Immigration law 287g allows local law enforcement to arrest and hold non-citizens in jail based on their status.
Sheriff Chipp Bailey says his department doesn't abuse the law by profiling on the streets.
"For me, the 287g is nothing more than a way to identify people who are coming in, being brought into the jail [who] we might not be able to identify," said Sheriff Bailey.
But Arco says he had identification and no criminal past and now he's facing deportation.
"If the government say I have to go, I'll follow the rules but I'm going alone; I don't want to take my family because it's like taking the opportunities of my children," said Arco
Arco is due back in immigration court in October when they are expected to make a ruling if he has to leave the country.