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By Rick Teverbaugh The Herald Bulletin
The Herald Bulletin
---- — FRANKTON — One road trip south made a tough decision much easier.
As a result, Frankton's Aaron Korn signed Thursday a national letter of intent to play basketball and attend Lipscomb University next year.
"I knew it would be a difficult decision, deciding where you are going to spend the next four years of your life," said Korn, who has scored more points (1,482) for Frankton than any other boys player in school history. "But once I visited, the decision became easy. It was the first place I went where I really felt at home."
Lipscomb, located in Nashville, Tenn., has a basketball program that's under a new regime this season as Casey Alexander takes control.
"The coach came from Stetson," said Korn. "He recruited me while he was there so I knew him already."
"It is a great fit for Aaron," said Frankton varsity coach Brent Brobston. "They have a high academic standard and that suits Aaron well plus they have an excellent coaching staff. (Coach Alexander) is a quality, quality coach."
Korn enters his senior season with work to do as both an individual and as part of the Eagles' team. Frankton has a lot of key components back from last year's 18-6 squad that took Wapahani to double overtime before losing the sectional title game.
"There are a lot of expectations for this team this year and that's good," said Korn. "We are working very hard to have this be a really good season."
Korn is a leader on that team and he goes about that role in his own way.
"Just the way he plays and the way he works hard every day — he leads by example," said Brobston. "This year's team has a lot of goals they would like to achieve."
Korn is also working physically on things to make his transition easier when he arrives on campus to play for the Bisons.
"I've been working the hardest on my quickness and agility," said Korn. "I've been hitting the weights as well."
Brobston said, "He has to continue to get stronger. He will have to get used to the strength and the speed of the college game."
Despite Korn's strong high school resume, he doesn't have any grandiose plans for his freshman season at Lipscomb. "I am not expecting a huge amount of playing time," he said. "But I will just work my hardest to make the transition and be ready to help my team when I am called upon."
Frankton opens its varsity season the night before Thanksgiving on Nov. 27 at Eastern. The first home game is Nov. 30 against Taylor.


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A tip from a Postal Inspector led to a stakeout that resulted in the arrest of two men on drug possession charges on July 10.
An Alpharetta detectives got a tip from a U.S. Postal Inspector that a package at a contained cocaine.
The Postal Inspector retrieved the package form the store and brought it to the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety, where a police dog alerted on the package. It was taken back to the store, where police officers and detectives waited to make arrests.
Police waited for the first suspect to collect the package. When the man arrived, he picked up both that package and a box. Once he put the two packages into a car, both he and the driver were arrested.
A search warrant was obtained, and police found the first package contained 544.31 grams of cocaine, while the box contained 16.35 pounds of marijuana. Also found were driver's licenses from Arizona and Florida that showed the first suspect's face.
Antwoin Deaontae Bell, 26, of Macon, was charged with trafficking in cocaine and marijuana, two counts of second degree forgery and unlawful possession of drugs with intent to sell.
Randy Maurquencius Houser, 25, also of Macon, was charged with trafficking in cocaine and marijuana, both felonies.
Both men remain in Fulton County Jail.
Roswell Man's Drifting Gets Him Arrested on Drug Charges
A Roswell man who was pulled over after his vehicle kept drifting across the westbound lanes of Windward Parkway end up being arrested on drug charges.
The 18-year-old man had been spotted by an Alpharetta officer at 3:16 a.m. While police say the suspect seemed to appear under the influence, a preliminary breath test returned negative results. Another officer determined he was under the influence of marijuana and other narcotics.
A search of the suspect's vehicle uncovered a plastic container with marijuana, 17 broken bars of Xanax and a whip-it canister. Police report the suspect repeatedly said he did not have a prescription for the medication.
Zachary Luke Stephens, 18, of Roswell, was arrested and charged with possession of Schedule IV drugs, a felony, possession of less than one ounce of marijuana, DUI Drugs, failure to maintain lane and driver to use due care. He was released on July 10 on $12,200 bond.
For questions about this blotter, email Bob Pepalis.

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WASHINGTON -- The Republican running mates, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, agree on most major issues, but present a sharp contrast in background, temperament and outlook.
Romney is a businessman who defines himself as a problem solver. His experience is executive, he prides himself on being data-driven and dispassionate about making decisions. He has switched positions on several major issues when that appeared politically necessary. He spent his career outside Washington and at key points in his life – particularly his early move to set up Bain Capital -- he carefully avoided excessive risk.


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Apocalyptic 2012
Article by: Chris Edwards
At the recent Field Trip #13: Return to Gettysburg event, PRS hosted a panel discussion on the 2012 predictions about the apocalypse and the end of the world. Several interesting points were brought up by PRS and by attendees on where the world was headed in the coming year. The general consensus seemed to be, however, that the world was not going to end; merely change in some significant way. Theorized by many that the focus on spiritual and psychic connectivity would become ever increasing in the general population creating an awareness of things classified as paranormal.
Russian medical doctor Alexander V. Trofimov, in collaboration with Vlail P. Kaznacheev, has been taking this topic to the next level. With developments in the study of human consciousness and electromagnetic fields, the two men theorize that this awareness for the next millennium may be perfectly explainable and repeatable. They claim to be able to prove through these repeated experiments the existence of "torsional energy field", which he refers to as the "flow of time." It is within this "flow of time" that psychical activity can be theoretically explained, based on the concepts that this energy field simultaneously portrays the past, present and future.
One such experiment, referred to as "Kozyrev's Mirrors," consisted of two hollow metal tubes that included a mattress for each of the participant. This tube is meant to reflect thought energy back to the individual while granting access to intensified consciousness and altered states, something similar to a deep meditational state. During this study they discovered that when the electromagnetic field is less powerful, the results increased positively so they created the second apparatus to shield the subject from the local electromagnetic field.
So, how does this relate to increased awareness? We are inundated with so many electric and magnetic devices in our modern world that this may actually be impairing our ability to pick up on psychical activity. With the advent of satellites, mobile phones, microwave rays, nuclear emissions and the like we have filled our atmosphere with countless waves that affect our everyday human actions. But could we possibly be getting this shift from another source?
Another popular 2012 apocalyptic theory is the cataclysmic pole shift hypothesis that states that due to geologically rapid shifts in the modern day poles and the axis rotation of the earth, great amounts of earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters will effectively wipe us from the earth. Though scientists agree that a 30 degree polar shift has occurred they also state that is happened over a process of 200 million years. But when we look at our news stations we see increases of natural disasters being portrayed. A quarter of a million people died in natural disasters last year in 2010 racking up yet more deaths due to "acts of God" again this year. We can hardly deny that Mother Earth has been voicing her concerns on an incredibly destructive level. With all these changes to our environment, we must wonder what exactly is going on with the earth's polarity and electromagnetic field. With all this electromagnetic pollution caused by our man made technologies, is it possible the Earth is clearing the air so we can become more in tune with it all? Or what if Geologist Gregg Braden theory of the electromagnetic polarity reverse holds more weight than we realize?
What if the answer to our paranormal and spiritual awareness is so much simpler than that? We've been drilling through the end of the world for several generations, marking each of these dates as the set date for the Rapture, Ragnarok, Kali Yuga, end of the Mayan calendar, End of Days or whatever you want to name it but 2012 has been the large push in the past 12 years as to when the world was set to end. Perhaps the increased awareness is due to our ever growing population as we just recently hit the 7 billion mark. If there are more people to think about it, then there are more talking about it and reflecting on what it may mean. Because religion makes up so much of our lives as a species, it's no wonder people have started clinging more so to their faith during this "doomsday" awareness.
Perhaps we are looking to blame a higher power for things outside our control and that is what we are seeing through our own cataclysmic predictions. If we turn our heads to our Gods and our belief systems where seemingly science can only inform and not prevent, perhaps this is what launches mankind into another Renaissance. When it comes to the end of the world, or only the end of an age, truly, only time will tell.


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Introducing Worms to the Vermicompost Bin
You've found your space, carefully furnished it and all you need are some eager tenants. Ideally, the worms using your space will be hard working, willing to accept change and very hungry.
Redworms, also called red wigglers, are the species most commonly used for vermicomposting. These tough little critters have been known to survive in a wide range of climates, making them perfect for life in a worm bin. Earthworms and other species tend to die off quickly in the confinement of a worm bin. Redworms can consume their own weight of material each day and live up to one year. One pound of red wigglers, about 1,000 worms, is recommended for every two square feet of bin space.
Next step: learn about what your worms should eat.
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HOUSTON – Hotel guests in The Galleria area got a big surprise when a van came crashing into one of the rooms Saturday afternoon.
According to the Houston Police Department, it all happened at the Hampton Inn off Post Oak Parkway.
Witnesses said a man was driving erratically in the parking lot before he lost control and crashed. The car caught fire, but no one inside the hotel was hurt.
"It's a very nice hotel, but when things like that happen, you never know, its' scary," Tara McConnel, a hotel guest, said.
"It is scary, because if we had have gotten here earlier, you never know what could have happened to us," Laura Almdovar, another hotel guest, said.
The driver was taken to the hospital. Police said a passenger ran off, but came back and was arrested.


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Service Academy Day 2014Learn more about our nation's service academies and the admissions process at Service Academy Day 2014 on Saturday, August 23, 2014 in Hampton.
Scott sits down with The AtlanticRep. Scott talks advanced manufacturing and education with The Atlantic's Steve Clemons.
Scott on the Colbert ReportCongressman Scott sits down with "conservative talk show pundit" Stephen Colbert to talk about the fight'n 3rd.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott issued the following statement on today's decision by a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upholding the district court's decision in Bostic v. Rainey, which ruled Virginia's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional: "I applaud the Fourth Circuit for upholding the lower court's decision in Bostic v. Rainey. This decision is based on sound legal reasoning consistent with a growing list of decisions by courts all over the country, beginning with the Supreme Court's 1967 decision in Loving v. Virginia.
July 24, 2014 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations on the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's Anti-Poverty Plan released today: "I strongly commend Chairman Ryan for endorsing sentencing reform in his Anti-Poverty Plan. Studies of mandatory minimum sentencing have concluded time-and-time again that they fail to reduce crime, they waste the taxpayers' money, they often require the imposition of sentences that violate common sense, and they unnecessarily destroy families and communities. I am pleased that Chairman Ryan has specifically endorsed the Smarter Sentencing Act, which I have introduced with Republican Congressman Raul Labrador of Idaho. Our bill reduces the harm of mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenses by granting discretion to federal judges to sentence below the mandatory minimum.
July 23, 2014 In The News
LIBERALS AND conservatives have learned from the drug war's failures. More jail time may result in less crime, but the costs can be too high. Harsh punishments often catch street-corner dealers, not drug kingpins. The drug war's foremost legacy is a skyrocketing prison population; the number of drug offenders in federal prisons has increased 21 times since 1980. Spurred by this alarming reality, the U.S. Sentencing Commission unanimously voted last week to give nearly 50,000 inmates the chance to reduce their drug sentences. This came after an April decision to lower sentencing guidelines, the advisory rules given to judges, by an average of one to two years for drug-related crimes.
June 9, 2014 Floor Statements
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of Raymond H. Boone, Sr., who passed away on June 3, 2014. Ray devoted his entire life to fighting for justice and equality, becoming one of the most trusted voices in news in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Born in Suffolk, Virginia, Ray earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Boston University and a master's degree in political science from Howard University. Ray's first foray into the newspaper business was as a reporter for the Quincy, Massachusetts Patriot-Ledger and later he worked for the Suffolk, Virginia News-Herald. He also worked as a reporter for the Norfolk, Virginia Journal and Guide. He eventually made his way to Richmond, where he became the editor of the Richmond Afro-American Planet, a position he held for 15 years.
May 22, 2014 Floor Statements
Mr. Speaker, I join the author of the bill, the gentleman from Wisconsin and chair of the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, Mr. Sensenbrenner; my colleague from Virginia, the chair of the full committee, Mr. Goodlatte; the gentleman from Michigan and ranking member, Mr. Conyers; Mr. Nadler; and my colleague from Virginia (Mr. Forbes) for proposing this amended version of the USA FREEDOM Act. I commend my colleagues for working together to develop a bipartisan approach to addressing some of the shortcomings in our foreign intelligence surveillance statutes.
May 20, 2014 Floor Statements
Madam Speaker, while I support the bipartisan efforts we are taking today with several bills to enhance our effort to prevent, investigate, and prosecute acts of sex trafficking, I must raise serious concerns about H.R. 4225, the Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014, which I cannot support in its present form. To be sure, the bill has the laudable goal of prosecuting those who knowingly facilitate sex trafficking by advertising certain prohibited sex acts. However, I must object to the mandatory minimum sentencing provisions which this new offense would trigger under existing statutes.


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The Bottom Line
Nov 5 2012 - Apple's iPad Mini may have to overcome pricing issues for a 7-inch tablet but it still offers an amazing option for those looking at a smaller or more affordable iPad. The tablet may not have the screen resolution or pricing of its competition but it makes up for this by having some of the best running times out of any tablet along with good cameras in an amazing thin and light package. In addition, those invested in older Apple peripherals may find the new Lightning connector annoying due to its expensive adapter cost.
- Long Running Times
- Incredibly Thin and Light
- High Quality Front and Rear Cameras
- New Dock Connector Not Comptible With Older Cables Without Expensive Adapter
- Display Bezel A Bit Too Thin
- Priced A Good Deal Higher Than Other 7-inch Tablets
- 1GHz Apple A5 (Cortex-A9) Dual Core Processor
- 512MB Memory
- 16GB Storage
- 7.9" XGA (1024x768) Multitouch Display
- 1.2 Megapixel Front Camera, 5.0 Megapixel Rear Webcam
- Power VR SGX 543 Graphics
- 802.11a/g/n Wireless, Bluetooth 4.0
- Lightning, 3.5mm Audio Jack
- 7.9" x 5.3" x .28" @ .68 lbs.
- iOS 6
Review - Apple iPad Mini
Nov 5 2012 - Take much of what made the Apple iPad 2 and shrink it down and you get what is in essence the new iPad Mini. Of course shrinking it is an incredible achievement when you consider that the tablet ends up being just over a quarter inch thick. This gives it the thinnest profile yet of any tablet on the market but it doesn't sacrifice any of the feel that one would find in any of Apple's other products. It shares much of the same overall look but with a bit more rounded feel compared to the other iPad designs. Weight is also incredibly light at just .68 pounds which is less than half the weight of the iPad 4 which also makes it the lightest.
Powering the iPad Mini is the Apple A5 processor that is pretty much identical to the 1GHz dual core Cortex-A9 based processor of the iPad 2. The result is performance that is pretty much identical to what would be found in that older tablet. Side by side, the most noticeable difference to the newer iPad 4 is the speed at which the apps load. Once loaded, the experience is pretty much identical in the standard apps but will be most apparent in things like games.
The display for the iPad Mini of course is going to get a lot of scrutiny when compared to the other 7-inch tablets. At 7.9-inches, it is larger than its competitors but it has a lower 1024x768 resolution than either the Kindle Fire HD or the Nexus 7 both of which have 1280x800. Apple's reason for this resolution has to do with compatibility with the older iPad devices. Changing the resolution would require developers to adjust apps or result in either black bars or stretched images similar to what happens with the iPhone 5. The result is a display that isn't quite as sharp when it comes to details as its competitors but the color and brightness levels are very good and certainly better than the iPad 2. One downside though is that the side bezels in portrait mode are very thin such that many people will end up with their fingers covering part of the screen when holding it in a single hand. Thankfully this doesn't impact the touchscreen performance but it can be distracting at times when reading or using some apps.
Cameras have not been typically useful or functional for many tablets. The larger 10-inch screens have high resolution cameras but are difficult to hold and use. 7-inch tablets tend to drop the rear facing camera to help reduce costs. Apple has done an amazing job here by including both a 5 megapixel sensor on the back and a 1.2 megapixel camera on the front. The front camera is better than what the iPad 2 or even most of its competitors currently have with just VGA resolution. This allows for high resolution web video. The rear camera is also impressive as it appears to offer the same level of quality as the iPhone 4S in terms of resolution and color. This is certainly one of the better cameras on a tablet even if it still struggles with low light. The only other 7-inch tablet to come close to this is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.0 7 with its 3 megapixel sensor which still falls short of what the iPad Mini can achieve.
With the smaller overall size of the iPad Mini, one would assume that the battery life would be much lower because of the limited space for a battery. The battery is indeed smaller in capacity at just 16.3WHr which is roughly two thirds of the iPad 2's 25WHr capacity. Apple claims that this smaller battery can achieve up to ten hours of running time. In digital video playback testing, the tablet ran for an amazing twelve and a quarter hours before shutting down. This is an incredible amount of time that is even greater than Apple's iPad 4 with its gigantic 42.5WHr capacity and it even achieves nearly three quarters of the time of an ASUS Transformer Prime with its keyboard dock at sixteen hours.
One addition thing to consider with the Apple iPad Mini is the new Lightning connector and other accessories. In terms of the connector, it is certainly smaller and more convenient to plug in as it works either way but it lacks compatibility with the older 30-pin dock connector used by the plethora or cables, docks and accessories for past Apple devices. They can still be used, but it is necessary to purchase a $29 adapter. In addition, the smart cover which is smaller than the one for the larger iPad 4 still costs the same at $39.
Pricing of the iPad Mini is going to be an issue for many people. With the 16GB version starting at $329, it is a good deal more expensive than the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7, both of which start at $199. Each of these gives the user a higher resolution display with the same amount of storage space but are bigger, have shorter running times and lack the diversity of applications that the Apple iOS environment provide. At least it is safe to say that the iPad Mini provides a better experience in every way than the iPad 2 which costs $70 more.


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Biodiversity needs all of us
The Countdown 2010 initiative was closed in 2010. This website and all information it contains may not be up to date.
The Countdown 2010 Secretariat has gathered hundreds of biodiversity messages from people all over the world during 2010 – the International Year of Biodiversity. All the cards have been put together in large photo mosaics which you can find below and which was displayed at the 10th Conference of the Parties in Nagoya, Japan in October 2010.
Biodiversity needs all of us and we all need biodiversity. People were asked to write their personal message on what biodiversity means to them and how to save it. Cards were collected from partners, participants at the European Commission's Green Week 2010, and the website.


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The Lakeside swim teams split Saturday's dual meet against Chardon at Spire Institute.
The Lakeside boys took nine of eleven first-place finishes on senior night in a 112-12 victory.
First-place individual finishes by Chip Ranck in the 200-yard IM and 500-yard freestyle, Ethan Beitel in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly, Bel Howell in the 100-yard freestyle and breastroke, as well as domination in all relays fueled the Dragons (6-2).
Experience and depth were too much for the Lakeside girls with a 120-47 loss.
Malynda Russell came in first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:23.28 and had a close second-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 28.90. Courtney Smith was third in the 200 freestyle and breastroke for the Dragons (2-6).
Lakeside Swimming will be competing on Saturday in the Premier Athletic Conference Meet at University School.


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In 1995 author Jack Miles touched off a theological tempest in a teapot with his publication of God: A Biography, in which he attempts to tell the story of God by reading the Hebrew Scriptures as "imaginative literature." With the 2001 publication of Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God, Miles uses the same approach to explore the life and significance of Jesus, and the tempest is again brewing. The result of the Pulitzer-winning God was a radical revisionist take on its subject, imaging God … [Read more...]
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Tim Worstall, Contributor
I write about business and technology.
The latest attempt to show just how awful and terrible the big tech companies are concerns Twitter. The idea is that because they're not paying lots of tax in the UK therefore they are in some manner not providing any value to the UK.
Twitter could become the latest high profile company to come under scrutiny for its tax arrangements after reporting UK profits of less than £100,000.
The abbreviated accounts of the company, which is tipped to float on the New York stock market for £7billion, indicate that the company may be using corporate structures in Ireland to close deals with UK advertisers.
Such a set up, similar to a controversial arrangement adopted by internet giant Google, would mean that any profits from the sales would not be subject to tax.
The point that needs to be made here is that this is not tax evasion: that's the illegal stuff. It's also not tax avoidance, tax dodging nor even paying less tax than might reasonably be due. This is simply the way that the international tax system works. Corporation tax is payable where the business is located. In Twitter's case, in Europe, that's in Dublin in Ireland and that's where tax will be assessed.
Please also note that this isn't some aberration: this is exactly what the European Union set up the tax system to encourage. The idea is that the Single Market should really be a single market. In order to trade in all 28 EU countries (yes, Croatia joined us last week) you need only to have a base and a corporation in any one of those 28 countries. You can then sell right across that single market and you corporation tax is assessed in that one country where you have your base. And that's it. That's the way it was set up, that's the way it's supposed to work.
And as to the idea that Twitter, by not paying tax in the UK, provides no value to the UK, this is simply ridiculous. The value of Twitter to people in the UK is that people in the UK get to use Twitter. And that's the only value that's even worth considering, that consumer surplus.
"The value of Twitter to people in the UK is that people in the UK get to use Twitter." ~ Tim Worstall
That is not "value". That is goodness.
In economics, value arises from valuation, when one the right of ownership of thing gets exchanged for the right of ownership of another thing. When one of those two things is money or a promise of money, we give value another name. We call it price.
Have not there been complaints against the Irish for offering up lower corporate tax rates than other European Union members? Isn't this little more than veiled whining over that?
Perhaps EU member government mafias ought to stop leeching off the productive through income taxation, ideally ridding themselves of income taxation from any individual and from any group. At day's end, income taxation amounts to an unearned share of profits as politicians have not sold money and credit as invested capital to firms and individuals to buy rights of action to any forthcoming profit from to firms and individuals. For where the is no profit, there can be no income taxation.
Economics is all relevant matters to mankind regarding the exchange of one right of ownership for another right of ownership. Economics deals with economic quantities. Economics does not deal with psychology.
Your thorough misunderstanding of economics is NO, JUST NO.
Becker's analysis is psychology that has no place in authentic economics. Where psychology and business intersect, we call that consumer behavior. Where psychology of sexual preferences deals with attitudes. It's a field of psychology and not economics.
Men can attest the word value into English about the year 1300. The word entered into English from the Old French meaning worth. In turn, the word worth is an Old English word meaning equal to and arises from the idea of this for that in exchange.
In authentic economics and in the English-tongue of the Anglo-Norman mind, value means exactly what I have described above. Value results from the expression of a ratio of importance between two commodities in exchange.
The ratio of 50 back rubs / 1 apple is a value. 50 at it relates to back rubs is number. 1 as it relates to apples is a number. 0, 1 and 5 are numerals.
This symbol — 2 — is a numeral. When expressed as 2 in a street address, say, 2 Rodeo Drive, 2 becomes a number. When expressed as 2 say in 2 apples, 2 becomes a number. The phrase 2 apples is a quantity. If you can sell or buy those apples, 2 apples becomes an economic quantity.
Next you're going to tell me something silly like utility is the cause of value.


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Scio Township resident Linda Ridley will play clarinet with the University of Michigan Alumni Association Concert Band on Sunday.
Under the baton of conductor Patricia Cornett, the band will perform "Rizzendo," "Shenandoah," Holst's Second Suite in F, "Mock Morris," "Americans We," "Hold This Boy And Listen," "The Hounds of Spring," "Don Ricardo" and "The Victors."
Ridley and other members of the clarinet choir will play Ludwig van Beethoven's "Turkish March," George Gershwin's "Rialto Ripples" and Henry Mancini's "Pink Panther."
Ridley, a Pittsburgh native who moved to Adrian at the age of 10 after a few years in St. Louis, MO, has played clarinet since fifth grade. She played in the Michigan Marching Band at the University of Michigan all four years while she attended there and also played in the varsity band.
"I've been playing in the (alumni association) concert band since it started in 2009," Ridley said. "During that first session, we only had three clarinet players for the concert, but we have 10 this session.
"Playing in the concert band is a lot of fun," she said. "I like most of the music we play and need to practice, since there are usually some hard parts."
Ridley, who also serves on the concert band board, enjoys the mix of the band performers and the dedication of the musicians. The band was founded in April 2009 to provide a place for band alumni of all ages and abilities to perform.
"Our youngest member this session graduated in 2009, and our oldest member graduated more than 50 years ago. We have several married couples playing in the band and some fathers and sons and teachers and students," she said. "Some people drive for more than an hour to attend rehearsals."
Ridley, who coordinates a lunch for new members of the band every August, moved with her husband to Scio Township from the old west side of Ann Arbor in March 1996.
She graduated from U of M in 1977 with a degree in computer science and has worked for several small computer companies in Ann Arbor. She retired from Advantage Computing Systems a year ago.
When Ridley is not playing clarinet, she and her husband of 30 years enjoy spending time with their four adult children, five grandchildren and two cats.
The concert takes place at 1 p.m. Sunday at Huron High School, 2727 Fuller Rd. in Ann Arbor. Admission is free.


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The Natural Contemplative
Whales change people's lives. The experience is ultimately indescribable, but often upon meeting a whale, people realize something they had forgotten or never knew: our essential unity as members of a living planet and the wild joy of simply being alive. Along with this sense of wholeness comes a recognition of the imbalance we humans are creating in Earth's life support systems by thinking that we are somehow separate from everything else.
Humanity is at a crisis. We have put at risk the systems that all of life depends on for survival: the atmosphere, the soil, the oceans. Because the crisis involves the whole sweep of the human presence on the planet, the resolution of the crisis must be equally comprehensive. My understanding of the crisis and its resolution are based in contemplation. Although it is simple, contemplation goes to the root.
Few of us ever get to look a whale in they eye or dwell in silence, so it becomes the job of people like me to try to convey that experience, and the vital message it transmits. It is like being an ambassador from another world that has its own language, one that can not be translated into human speech. Music, the common language of the Earth, comes closest.
On this site you will find educational programs devoted to contemplation and the natural world, music of a Celtic flavor that draws inspiration from land and sea, and the words through which I attempt to communicate what I have learned from observing the lives of the great whales, our own human lives, and the others who inhabit this Earth.
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With the Nokia Lumia 800 at £399.95, the Nokia N9 (more expensive due to generally more packed inside) swoops under at £369.99. There are only 19 in stock at the moment.
If you're man enough, the Magenta Nokia N9 is £369.99
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and $579 USD at newegg.com
$550 at Amazon since yesterday: http://amzn.com/B005HA4W7K
Price in Germany for 64Gb Version: 499€ / £418
Selling my Soul £379.99. Any takers?
£321 in Norway, been that for more than a week now.
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elkjop.no and lefdal.com, they don't ship out of country though i think.
elkjop.no and lefdal.com, they don't ship out of country though i think.
N9 is a just a buff of wind, it's going away.
Selling my WHITE SG2 ANYTAKERS. I assume none who would. Sammy is just a peice of junk, i regreat dearly now for that stupid decision I took.
I so want the N9.
In the US, simplyelectronics selling them for around $550 The 64gb going for around $625
Does this mean the sales aren't going so well?
Nope, it means that the device was released 4 months ago so it starts dropping its price with the market saturation and what not, bringing it closer to its real value without overblown margins by both Nokia and the retailers. The more it is available, the lesser the price will be.
iPhone 4S price dropped for $100-$250 within a couple of months in dependence of version, Samsung Galaxy SII dropped for a full $300+ within 5 months… That doesn't mean that their sales aren't going so well, either…
Realistically, I think it means that the device is EoL. Nokia has no firm plans for MeeGo, support commitments are nebulous and the enthusiast market for this sort of device is actually quite small. Nokia sabotaged its efforts here for the sake of Windows Phone so there's really nowhere for this product to go. I suspect that Nokia has limited manufacturing to a trickle and that retailers are clearing out their stock of what is effectively a discontinued product.
I would be amazed if Nokia moved more than a million units.
How do you explain then that the Lumia 800 dropped $120 off of its price within a month – by that progression the N9 should be $300 by now? This has nothing to do with EoL, nor is this a fire sale – it's a steady decline in prices as the market gets saturated and the competition increases.
The N9 has been following pretty much the same price curve as all the other competitive devices. Actually, its price drop is less severe, probably enhanced by the general lower availability and especially its absence from the key Nokia markets where people decide to order it from importers or directly from foreign eshops…
As for how many will they push, that depends. The million mark is probably reachable (250k Nokia devices sold solely in Finland, of which the N9 by some analysis makes two thirds of those sales) but Nokia will never release the actual numbers in fear of damaging their WP-or-bust strategy.
Sure, the N9 will not reach the levels of the N8 when it comes to number of devices sold in the Q4 of 2010 – due to all the things Nokia did to prevent it – but I reckon it will still make some profits for Nokia.
"support commitments are nebulous" So you believe Nokia is somehow cheating on its customers in all those countries where there's no Lumia and N9 is selling instead, right? They won't support their thousands of N9 customers and leave them in the cold, right? Why on Earth do you think so?
This is getting silly, really.
My E52 has received a software update just a couple of months ago. Yes, a non-touch phone released in May 2009 which probably sold less than 100.000 units in its entire shelf life (I don't think it's available anymore).
PS: OK, they might have sold more than 100.000 E52s after all. I just researched and it was number five in the top ten for 2010. But my point still stands. Nokia has rarely left users without support. There's no reason to think they'll do that to its N9 customers.
So when the white one comes out, will it be closer to the original N9 price or closer to the price now? Speaking of it, where is it?
Judging by the stores already selling it – it's sold with the same price tag as its black cousin, so there should be no difference unless the retailer plans on charging the extra for its exclusivity.
As for where is it – so far you can fetch it in Finland, Vietnam, Thailand and UAE (sales started today), but there are already available firmwares for 20 market targets which means it should appear in roughly half the markets the original N9 was launched at quite soon.
If you can't wait, order it from the closest country to you that has it available & in stock.
It seems not to be selling well, still 19 left after bein on all day
No drop in price on the expansys USA website.
The 64GB N9 is still $794.99
Also Amazon/FGS Trading has the N9 64GB at $649.99
Waiting for the White 64GB to drop..
The 64GB is £499.99 now (6 in stock). Still cheaper in Germany though (at notebooksbilliger.de).
It was available at cheaper price in UAE at 1769AED i.e 310GBP for couple of days.
it is not wise to buy n9 at the moment when the price of it is still not stable


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He was serving in a medical unit in France on Dec. 16, 1944, when fighting broke out in what was to become the biggest and bloodiest land battle of World War II. He didn't typically carry a gun, but when the Germans started to push through the Allied lines, rifles were handed out to everyone.
"Our unit was actually in a horse stable for racehorses, but there were no horses. We cleaned it all out and bivouacked there," Merrick said. "We didn't get much news, but we knew something was going on. Why else would they issue us rifles?"
Today marks the 67th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, when German troops advanced into a forested region of Belgium and Luxembourg in an effort to separate American forces from their supply divisions and reclaim a critical supply harbor.
Forty-one days later, Allied forces regained control of the lost territory, but thousands paid the price. Among U.S. troops, 19,000 of the 500,000 who participated were killed.
Merrick was drafted in 1942. Over four years, his tour of duty carried him through northern Africa, Sicily, Rome and southern France. By December 1944, he was stationed near the front line working in a motor pool for the medical unit.
"There were lots of injured. The doctors and nurses took care of them, but we set up tents -- big wards -- so there was enough for us to do, that's for sure," said Merrick, 89, of Kingsley. "All we were hoping for was to get out of there."
Rick Conley is trying to capture Merrick's stories to ensure that they're not lost to time. They meet every Friday, and Conley tapes conversations about Merrick's war memories.
Conley said WWII veterans are dying off at an alarming rate.
"In a few more years, there won't be any more stories. If we don't archive them now, we won't have them," Conley said. "It's important for young people to know what happened."
Richard Rizzio is a member of the Battle of the Bulge Veterans Chapter 23, based in Traverse City. The 20-year-old group once boasted 35 members, but tonight only four veterans will make it to their annual dinner.
"It's in commemoration of the men who fought and didn't make it back," said Rizzio, 86. "We were the lucky guys who came home."
Fellow group member and Bulge veteran James Wibby said word of the Germans' push into the Allied lines was slow to trickle down to soldiers.
"When you got down to the guys in foxholes, we didn't know anything. We only knew what was in front of us," Wibby said. "We were getting ready to make a crossing, and once that was canceled, we realized a big battle was going on."
Rizzio was injured prior to the battle, which kept him off the front lines.
"I was very fortunate. I was injured before battle, so I was off the line," he said. "We lost four of our members on the front line. I could have been one of those. I'm fortunate and happy that injury put me in a hospital."
After the battle, Merrick helped to liberate the Dachau concentration camp, which he called "the worst thing in his whole service." But he said he wasn't scared during his four years of service.
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John Carmack is something of an iPhone fan, the programming wizard having confirmed that a port of the original Doom - called Doom Classic - has been submitted for Apple's approval.
The game has taken Carmack just a matter of months to port over, and it'll no doubt be approved within a few weeks - assuming Apple don't unearth any gremlins.
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Why are we here? Did some alien litter here on a picnic stop long ago and leave the building blocks, like the microbial stuff that grows in the unscrubbed toilet? Are we here to scrub the toilet? Are we actually slave bots designed for converting food into turds? Is there some enormous turd harvester due back here in another millennium or so? I'm growing tired of wondering all the time. Are we here to wonder why we're here? What purpose does that serve? What's the mission, over?
Is the point of all this to keep the car polished and touch up the rusty spots? Are we here to find ourselves? I sat on a cushion for 40 minutes, twice a day, for over four years looking for answers within. Somebody told me it was all in there. After three years of counting my breath and watching my thoughts go by, I started asking myself, "Who am I?" There was always an instant reply, in the form of a question: "Who is asking the question?" Okay. Got that one figured out. I'm pretty comfortable with my definition of myself, the Dondo-sized space in the universe and how I fit into it. So, now what? Why are we here? There must be more to it than figuring out who we are. Or was that it?
Some will tell me we're here to do God's will until such time as we're called home to whatever form of paradise anyone's particular scripture proscribes. Fill in the blank with nirvana, heaven, the void, 72 virgins (or raisins, depending on your translator) and what have you got? I have a lot of envy for these people who have it all sewn up, minus the occasional moment of doubt. I'm the guy with a solid basis in doubt, minus the occasional moment of desperation that helps me believe these tales of great things beyond the mortal coil. Then the phone rings and some recorded message is telling me a live, warm human…just past the touch of the one key…is waiting on the other side to deliver me from excessive credit card lending rates. One call like that and, suddenly, I'm skeptical about the great beyond all over again.
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I'm not trying to be funny. I'm trying to point out the absurdity of so many of us working so hard to get wherever it is we think we're going and nobody can answer, without a shadow of a doubt, why we are here. My old housemate Russ was convinced that getting laid was the ultimate motivation for everything we do…from the way we dress to the cars we drive to the jobs we work to the homes we live in. I was down with that for a while, but I'm approaching the age where I'm honestly working much harder to find a chair that doesn't make my feet go to sleep before the movie's over. Or is that it right there? We're here to seek comfort…ultimate comfort. No. How about satisfaction? We're here to sate our appetites for food, sex, power, meaning, entertainment, thirst, intoxication and scratching our stinky bits. I'm not sure. Or we're here to ignore the weakness of our appetites and find something deeper and more meaningful. If that's the case, I'm pissed at the gamekeeper for toying with me.
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BAG packers raised more than £2,000 for a brave toddler who is battling a rare form of childhood cancer.
The helpers received donations for their efforts from shoppers at Asda in Atherleigh Way, Leigh, over two days.
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Good Monday Blue Devil Nation and may you all have a great Thanksgiving week ahead. The Duke Basketball team embarks on two contests that will provide a better look at where they stand this week and the football team takes on those dreaded North Carolina Tar Heels on the football field this week. So, without […]
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A 49-year-old Semora, N.C. woman has been charged with failure to yield the right of way following a two-vehicle wreck that occurred Sunday at 4:15 p.m. on Highway 58, two-tenths of a mile west of State Route 836.
According to an accident report filed by State Trooper R. T. Ridgeway, Gloria M. Woods was driving a 1993 Honda Accord when she turned left into a driveway crossing into the path of a 1999 Volkswagen Passat driven by 44-year-old Tonya S. Astin of Java and was struck.
Both vehicles veered off the right side of the road, and Astin's Volkswagen struck a mailbox owned by Earl T. Walton, the report stated.
Both drivers were transported by EMS to Halifax Regional Hospital along with two passengers in the Astin vehicle, 47-year-old Thomas B. Gregory and an 11-year-old male juvenile.
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Renault, who has been a member of the RSU coaching staff for the last five seasons, becomes the third head coach in the history of the program.
She replaces Mark Dicus who has announced he will resign at the end of the season after five years at the helm of the softball program.
"I am excited for the opportunity to lead the Rogers State softball program and continue the tradition and success that has already been created," Renault said.
"I am very appreciative to our University administration and Athletics Director Ryan Bradley for their support. I would also like to thank Coach Dicus, who I have worked alongside for the last five years and gave me my start at Rogers State. I am looking forward to the great things to come in the future."
The Claremore native returned home to begin her coaching career with the Hillcats in 2009.
In her five years as assistant to Mark Dicus' the Hillcats have compiled a 173-110 record, posting 30 or more wins each season.
The Hillcats opened the 2013 season on a 30-game win streak and are currently ranked No. 18 in the NAIA Top 25 Poll.
With two weeks to play in the regular season the Hillcats have a 38-9 record, their most wins in Renault's five season with the Hillcats.
Seven infielders have been named to the All-Sooner Athletic Conference team while two infielders earned All-Conference Gold Glove recognition under her guidance.
"I'm happy to offer Amy this opportunity and thrilled she has accepted the challenge," Bradley said.
"She exemplifies every characteristic we look for in a head coach at RSU. She has been deeply invested in our program for the past five years and I have no doubt she will lead the Hillcats to even greater heights in the years ahead."
The former Claremore High School standout helped the Lady Zebras to a pair of State Championships in 2003.


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Due to the numerous acts of kindness and our fear of inadvertently overlooking someone the family of Notchie Twist would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation to the hundreds of people that helped in the battle of Rev. Notchie Twist's illness. We could never have endured this without your support, kindness, thoughts and prayers. A special thanks to Sister Diane Twist's work family at Okmulgee Department of Human Services, who unselfishly donated their valuable leave-away-from-work time to her so she could spend hundreds of extra hours with her husband during his time of need.
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Ojai out of danger from Zaca fire, officials say
Fire officials said Wednesday they were confident the Zaca fire no longer posed a direct threat to the Ojai area after the huge blaze had reached within 17 miles of the town Monday.
The Los Padres National Forest wildfire burned just 350 acres Tuesday night and Wednesday morning — well below the thousands of acres scorched in previous days — as the flames hit firebreaks or ground denuded by backfires. But during the day, the fire again became more aggressive, burning another 2,261 acres in 12 hours.
Containment was at 81 percent Wednesday evening.
Firefighters kept the blaze from heading east and south through round-the-clock hard work, using bulldozers and hand crews to remove brush and other flammable materials from the fire's path, said Capt. Barry Parker, a spokesman for the Ventura County Fire Department.
Officials on Wednesday disbanded a command center set up at the Ventura County Fairgrounds this week to coordinate efforts in case the fire moved closer to Ojai.
Despite the progress, however, Ventura County residents should expect to see a lot of smoke over the coming weeks, Parker said. The fire's northern flank is still a problem and is expected to generate huge plumes of smoke at least through the beginning of September, he said.
Officials hope to have the fire fully contained by Sept. 7 but caution that could change if the heat and winds increase.
As of Wednesday evening, the fire had burned 225,568 acres, making it the second largest in modern California history. The state's biggest wildfire was the 2003 Cedar fire near San Diego, which burned more than 273,000 acres, destroyed 4,847 structures and killed 15 people.
The Zaca fire, which started July 4 near Buellton in Santa Barbara County, has destroyed one outbuilding. No deaths have been reported, although 39 people have sustained minor injuries.
Meanwhile, the Assembly is considering a bill that would provide disaster relief to Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. If passed, AB62 would, among other things, provide state reimbursement for property tax revenue losses caused by property damage from the fire.
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Art students and faculty from Oakton Community College will showcase their ecologically-themed works at The Nature Project, which opens Friday, March 8, at the Brickton Art Center, 306 Busse Highway, Park Ridge. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
The Nature Project emphasizes "going green" and will feature many different art forms, including paintings, ceramics, sculpture, photography, and drawings. Curated by Lou Pierozzi and Judy Langston, members of Oakton's Art Department, and organized by Oakton's Museum Studies students and faculty, this collaborative exhibition provides the opportunity to view high-quality artwork of all mediums.
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---- — "No one knows, when he places a marijuana cigarette to his lips, whether he will become a joyous reveler in a musical heaven, a mad insensate, a calm philosopher, or a murderer."
So wrote Harry Anslinger, head of the U.S. Narcotics Enforcement Agency, in a 1937 article titled "Marijuana: Assassin of Youth."
We've come a long way from these outmoded and unscientific evaluations of what marijuana does to people. But there is still enough opposition to its use that efforts to legalize medical marijuana in New York state have never made it past the Senate Republicans.
New efforts with stricter controls in place — limiting access to the drug to those with chronic conditions such as cancer and HIV — may change all that. And we couldn't be happier.
Sen. Diane Savino, D-Staten Island, is sponsoring legislation that would put stricter controls on medical marijuana than previous measures that were bottled up in committees.
There will likely be New Yorkers who will criticize such an effort.
For some, it will be because the plan being considered doesn't go far enough. Nothing short of outright legalization will satisfy some folks.
While we agree that decriminalization of marijuana is not only reasonable, but inevitable, we aren't willing to let the perfect be the enemy of the good on this one. If this compromise is what it takes to get legislation through both houses, then we can live with the tighter restrictions.
Marijuana isn't a cure-all, and it isn't right for everyone. And New York state is right to be careful about how it goes forward with this issue. California's relatively lax medical marijuana law was the first of its kind in the nation, and has been a model, in some ways, of what not to do. Writing for the Los Angeles Times in 2010, Scott Imler and Stephen Gutwillig argued that the law was so porous that "anyone can obtain a recommendation for medical marijuana at any time for practically any ailment."
We can understand why there are many people, including state Sen. James Seward of Milford, who don't want to see New York go the same route.
But even the relatively conservative Seward seems to be moving slightly on this issue. Less than a year ago, Seward expressed reservations about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's efforts to relax the penalties for small amounts of marijuana possession.
"I still consider marijuana a gateway drug — a gateway to much more serious drug use," Seward said in June.
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John C. Mills, 90, Hemet, Calif., passed away Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. He was born June 5, 1922, in Indianapolis, to the late Willis C. and Lulu Cecile Mills. He married Frances M. Whitehead Aug. 16, 1942, and began a family of three children in Kokomo.
He served 25 years on the Kokomo Fire Department, rising to assistant chief, then later as the VA representative of Howard County. He served as the Post 6 American Legion commander, the 5th District American Legion commander, and as president of the Kokomo Dodgers in 1959.
He loved God, his family, his country and baseball. He was a man of his word, served his country and community, instilled a work ethic in his family, worked at the fair during the Depression days to earn money, and was respected and loved by his friends and his family. John and Fran moved to Hemet, Calif., in 1995.
Those left to cherish his memories are his wife of 70 years, Frances M. Mills; daughter, Colleen Fountain and Leo Fountain; son, Tom Mills and fiancée Lisa Hyden; son-in-law, Ken Nelson; grandchildren, Kimberly Timpson, Heathyr Lawrence, Michael Conwell, Greg Conwell, Angela Lawrence and Nicole Whitehead; great-grandchildren, Michael Conwell Jr., Nick Conwell, Stephanie Cardoza, Lucky Lucero, Sharkey Reidling and Mason Hara.
He is preceded in death by his daughter, Charlotte Sue Mills, and grandson, John Robert Conwell.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the American Cancer Society on behalf of Charlotte Sue Mills.
The service will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Hemet Valley Mortuary, 402 N. San Jacinto St., Hemet, Calif. A gathering following the service will be at the home of Frances M. Mills. Internment will be at the Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Calif.


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Postcards are one of the better DIY marketing ideas around. Some key benefits of postcards include the following:
- Double-sided advertising - great for businesses to place facts on one side and a visual on the other.
- Can be sent in direct mail campaigns or slipped into bags at the Farmers' Market or shop.
- Postcards can cost less than full size letterhead.
- A nice postcard will be kept, and often hung up.
- If you run out, you can quickly print some at home on your printer.
- Postcards can generate new sales.
- Postcard information can be used to either promote your business or to educate consumers about organics and keep organic integrity strong.
An Excellent Organic Postcard Example
California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), a nation leader in organic certification, recently launched their "Why Buy Certified Organic?" consumer awareness campaign. This new campaign, beyond being a killer consumer education plan, shows off how well postcards can be used to market organics.
The CCOF campaign includes distribution of easy to hand out postcards (see included images) that help explain what "certified organic" means and how to find products that meet these standards at Farmers' Markets in California. CCOF Executive Director Cathy Calfo, notes:
"We want to help shoppers who may encounter confusing labels such as 'pesticide free,' 'natural,' or 'sustainable. We want consumers to know that when they see the CCOF or USDA certified organic logo, they are truly getting organic products because our farmers must meet strict, verifiable farming practices to be allowed to display that label."
As most organic producers and handlers know, consumers today are often confused when it comes to real organics, which not only reduces sales, but lends to poor integrity, such as when consumers buy a product labeled, "natural" vs. "USDA Organic." Conflicting labels and signage make it complicated for consumers to buy real organics, but the new CCOF postcards help clear some of that confusion up.
If you take a close look at the CCOF postcards (pdf), you'll see that the cards clearly define "certified organic" and tell consumers how to find organics easily. Additionally, the postcards offer tips on the back about why consumers should purchase organics. The postcards are attractive, but not overly busy and would look just fine on a fridge, making them, combined with their organic facts, a great marketing tool.
How Much Will Postcards Cost You?
Postcards are a less expensive paper form of advertising, but not as inexpensive as say, most online marketing or email. The cost will depend on some various factors, such as if your cards are colored or black and white, professionally designed or home designed, glossy or matte and so on.
It's best to look around and see how much various postcard types may cost. One thing to be aware of is that home printed postcards, while good in a pinch, may cost more than pre-printed postcards. For example, you can buy a decent pack of ready-to-print postcards at any office supply store, but remember, you'll also have to pay for a ton of ink cartridges in order to get them printed.
Often it's simply more cost effective to go with a postcard printing service, either through your local office supply store or through an online printer provider like Vista Print.
Some Handy Postcard Tips
- Pretty is nice, but informative is WAY better. I can't tell you how many business postcards I've seen that have beautiful design aspects and glossy images, yet sadly, say absolutely nothing about the company. Your postcard should look great, but don't forget that the card is actually for informing your customers (or potential customers) either about your business or about organics. Make sure you include your business address and other contact information as well as any pertinent facts like the hours you're open.
- If you're using the postcards as a consumer education tool, be sure to state organic and business facts clearly, without going overboard. Consumers want to scan your postcard, not read it like a book.
- White space is good! An overcrowded postcard is less attractive and less likely to make its point. Err on the side of caution and leave more white (or empty) space then you think you should.
- Spring for color if possible. Colored postcards make a much larger impact than black and white. Unless black and white happen to be your specific business color scheme, go with some color.
- Use great images. A business postcard is no place for clip art. If you have a photographer pal, ask them to take a nice shot of your farm or a product and use it for the image side. Or you may want to speak with a professional designer.
- Get creative! You can really use your creativity when it comes to postcards. Make one with a full image on one side and facts on the other. Have half of one side text and the other half words. Whatever else you dream up, make sure your postcard is unique to your business.


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Governor's Newsletter, Fall 1999
"I would say that two contrary laws seem to be wrestling with each other nowadays: the one a law of blood and death, ever imagining new means of destruction and forcing nations to be constantly ready for the battlefield - the other a law of peace, work and health, ever evolving new means of delivering man from the scourges that beset him. Which one of these two laws will ultimately prevail God alone knows."
This statement appears in a recent volume of the Textbook of Military Medicine, and is attributed by managing editor Ron Bellamy, COL USA MC (retired), to Louis Pasteur at the turn of the last century. It defines clearly a role for modern medicine and our medical corps - to be expert in the ways of "peace, work and health" and to be ready to provide the best, compassionate care for the victims of "blood and death" due to new - and old - "means of destruction." As internists, our role centers around the medical care of adults, and our actions as consultants and primary care specialists largely define the quality of medical care they receive in peace or war, or in the increasing number of operations in between peace and war.
Many things have changed in the way the medical corps and medicine are structured since Pasteur made these comments. Peace time medicine throughout the United States continues to experience an explosion of technological advances, while patients and physicians have become increasingly active forces in the organization of health care delivery systems. Because of the intermittent nature of armed conflicts, much of our operational medical planning and doctrine remains untested in real time settings, when the expert use of the current and most recent medical technology will be critical to treat those injured or at risk of injury from the environment and weapons of modern technology.
Present day medicine as practiced in modern health care systems, is extremely challenging. It is also very likely that the next chapteral or full scale conflict, large or small, will provide medical challenges that far surpass those faced by Pasteur's colleagues when they cared for those injured in the First World War by what were then considered, unimaginable weapons of mass destruction. At that time, physicians deployed with their brigades and battalions, or in reserve units from some of the finest hospital systems in the world. Tremendous medical advances were made, but many, many patients did not benefit from these advances because of the steep learning curve required to acclimate physicians to their environment, the delay in bringing these units to the field, and the delay in matching their clinical and research skills to the new injuries they were treating. Our present day medical corps, active duty and reserves - trained and practicing largely in our own residencies and hospitals - is the sole legacy of those that have served before. We have the considerable responsibility of being expert in the daily practice of modern Internal Medicine and in bringing everything possible to the care of those injured and at risk of injury in the conflicts of the next century.
This newsletter will catch up on some of the columns that have been submitted since the last meeting in Reston, Virginia. Soon, the Army Chapter Council will meet at the Fall 99 Meeting, which is sponsored by Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. The following newsletter will have updates from that meeting, the Consultant and other council members.
Army ACP-ASIM Chapter Newsletter Addition - Awards and Recognition Committee
I would like to officially announce the 1998 winners of the Army Chapter ACP-ASIM awards, which were presented at our fall meeting in Reston, VA. The Fall 1999 selections have been made and we encourage everyone to use our web site and begin now to plan for year 2000 submissions. The awards are listed below with the respective winners. A complete discussion, including the seven standardized categories summarizing each award, along with the name of its Chair, is contained on our Army Chapter Web site. Congratulations to these distinguished physicians, who exemplify the qualities of our Army ACP-ASIM membership.
The 1998 award winners included:
- COL Robert H. Moser Award - Stephen M. Salerno, MAJ MC
- ACP-ASIM Laureate Awards - Barbara M. Alving, COL (ret) MC; Lawrence F. Johnson, COL (ret) MC; Kurt Kroenke, COL (ret) MC; and Joseph I. Matthews, COL (ret) MC
- Master Teacher Award - Louis N. Pangaro, COL MC
- Excellence in Operational Medicine - John A. Powell, LTC MC
- COL William Crosby Award for Superiority in Research - Nancy A. Dawson, COL MC
- ACP-ASIM Army Chapter Associate Awards (podium presentations) -
1st - Bret A. Purcell, MAJ MC, BAMC
2nd - Eric A. Shry, CPT MC, MAMC
3rd - Stuart Roop, CPT MC, WRAMC
- ACP-ASIM Army Chapter Associate Awards (poster presentations) -
1st - David E. Katz, CAPT MC, WRAMC
2nd - Eric Robert E. Jeschke, CPT MC, TAMC
3rd - S J Thomas, CPT MC, WRAMC
I may be reached at (253) 968-1290 [phone], (253) 968-1168 [fax], or firstname.lastname@example.com. The Committee extends its hearty thanks to all those members and support staff who helped make this award program a success.
COL H. Lester Reed, MD, FACP
Chair, Army Chapter ACP-ASIM Awards and Recognition Committee
Chief, Department of Medicine
Madigan Army Medical Center
Tacoma, WA 98431
Army Chapter 1998 Fall Meeting
The Fall 98 Meeting in Reston was outstanding. Our representative from the national ACP-ASIM, Executive Vice President, Dr. Walt McDonald, was especially impressed with the excellent organization of the meeting, and the extremely high quality of our staff and associate presentations. On behalf of the entire Chapter, I extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to the WRAMC organizers - COL Yancy Phillips, Program Chair, Ms. Daisy Word, Meeting Planner, and many, many consultants and breakout session planners. Our Chapter meetings have surpassed their original purpose to provide CME, and have become an excellent and extremely cost efficient vehicle to maintain and improve readiness of the Army Internal Medicine Community. More on this aspect of meetings past and present after the meeting sponsored by BAMC.
ACP-ASIM Master
Dr. Barbara Alving, COL USA MC (ret), was awarded a Mastership by the national ACP-ASIM Awards Committee and received her honor at the Spring 1999 Annual Session in New Orleans. Dr. Alving served for many years as Chief of the WRAIR Coagulation Laboratory, and was known throughout the AMEDD and international medical community for her clinical consultative and research expertise in hematology and coagulation disorders. She also served as Chair of the Department of Hematology/Oncology at USUHS and of the Division of Medicine at WRAIR. She is presently the Director of Blood Resources, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Dr. Alving was also awarded a Laureate by the Army Chapter at the Fall 1998 Reston meeting, and will be speaking at the Plenary Session of the Fall 1999 meeting in San Antonio.
Army ACP-ASIM Chapter: Clinical Corner
Everything we do that impacts on our patients is important. The clinical corner section of the newsletter is provided by the Chief Resident Representative to the Army Chapter Council, and is designed to bring into focus relevant clinic topics similar to a "morning report" type of format. The following clinical corner was submitted early this year by CPT Cecily Peterson, Chief of Medical Residents at Madigan Army Medical Center, 1998-99.
This issue's "Clinical Corner" ventures into the realm of "Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM)." The growing popularity of CAM in this country has been well documented (1). Whereas there is great controversy astir in this arena, there are specific interventions that have well studied efficacy, and can readily augment the repertoire of the practicing internist. Two recently seen illustrative cases are presented below.
Case 1
A 28-year-old medical intern with a history of weekly-to-monthly migraine without aura since age 16 presented with severe nausea (graded 7-8/10) on a post-call morning. He had had his typical right retro-orbital migraine the night before, which he had successfully aborted with two Extra Strength Excedrin. After a leisurely two hours sleep, he found that his headache was minimal (pain<3/10), but his usual accompanying nausea was worse than the night before. He was treated by his intrepid chief resident with the insertion of a single acupuncture needle at point Pericardium 6 (P6) in his left forearm. The needle was left in place for 20 minutes, then removed. Immediately following treatment, his nausea subsided with minimal residua (grade 1-2/10). It remained abated for 3-4 hrs., then returned to a more moderate degree (grade 4-5/10). He then stimulated the point for 30 seconds with digital pressure, and the nausea ceased entirely.
Consideration 1
The use of acupuncture point P6 for nausea has been well documented, particularly to quash the side effects of post-operative opiate analgesia or cancer chemotherapy (2). Its use, however, has been described to treat nausea of a variety of etiologies, from motion sickness to hyperemesis gravidarum. This point is located between the palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis tendons, approximately 4.5 cm proximal to the true transverse wrist crease. It may be needled 0.5-1.0 cm deep with a 28-30 gauge acupuncture needle. The needle is advanced until the patient experiences either a deep achy grabbing sensation, or paresthesia from the underlying median nerve. The needle is then left in place for 10-20 minutes. The treatment may be repeated as needed (generally q 3-4 hours).
Case 2
A 59-year-old man presented with obstructive uropathy from benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). On terazosin 5mg hs, he had partial relief of his nocturia, down to 3 times nightly from q 30-45 minutes without medication. However, the terazosin caused side effects, including partial erectile dysfunction and orthostatic dizziness. Lower dosages of the medication were ineffective at ameliorating his nocturia, and still caused erectile dysfunction. He was switched to saw palmetto (Serenoa repens/Sabal serrulata) extract 160 mg bid. At his next visit 3 months later, he reported that his nocturia on the saw palmetto was comparable to the 5mg terazosin dose, and he noted a subjectively stronger urinary stream as well. He had no dizziness on the herbal extract; and, when inquired about the status of his erectile dysfunction, he pumped his fist in the air and gleamingly proclaimed, "like a rock!" These salubrious results were present at his 6 month follow-up as well.
Consideration 2
Saw palmetto extract is the lipophilic resinous concentrate of the ripe berries of related dwarf pine species native to the Southeastern United States. Six of seven double blind placebo controlled trials have shown saw palmetto to significantly improve BPH over the short term (3 months), using both subjective and objective criteria (3). Additionally, this preparation is similar in efficacy to, but has fewer side effects than other available agents, such as finasteride or alpha-blockers (4). Initial experiments suggested that the extract may function as an androgen antagonist, but further studies have left the mechanism of action unclear. Though long term clinical trials have not yet been concluded, the short term data are very encouraging.
Eisenberg DM, et.al.: Trends in Alternative Medicine Use in the United States, 1990-1997. JAMA. 1998;280:1569-1575.
Dundee JW, McMillan CM: Clinical Uses of P6 Acupuncture Antiemesis. Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research. 1990;15(3-4):211-5.
Lowe FC, Ku JC: Phytotherapy in Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Critical Review. Urology 1996;48(1):12-20.
Wilt TJ, et.al.: Saw Palmetto Extracts for Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. JAMA. 1998;280:1604-1609.
The Internist and Complementary Alternative Medicine
Daniel I. Newman, MD
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I thank all the contributors to this newsletter, as well as many, many, many Army ACP-ASIM members and council members for their contributions throughout the year. The meeting at San Antonio promises to be exciting.
Lt. Col. Charles D. Bolan, MD, FACP
ACP-ASIM Governor for Army
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