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North Fork Mountain
Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia
Breathtaking vistas, running out of water and toes that feel like "minced meat pie."
06/2000 - by Dana Farnsworth, Outdoor Travels
The North Fork Mountain Area is part of the Seneca Rocks Unit of a National Recreation Area. It extends for 24 miles between US Routes 33 and 55. On its ridge crest is the district's longest trail, the 23.8-mile North Fork Mountain Trail.
North Fork Mountain runs roughly north/south. The east side of the mountain slopes gradually down to the valley, however the crest of the west side has a number of large, long, sandstone outcroppings. These outcropping provide spectacular views of the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River as well as Germany Valley, Seneca Rocks, Fore Knobs and Champe Rocks. Looking west beyond the valley one can see Spruce Knob, Flatrock Plains, Roaring Plains, Dolly Sods and the Allegheny Front. Looking east, one can see Cave Mountain in the foreground and the ridges beyond extending into Virginia.
But North Fork Mountain provides more then just wonderful vistas. NFM, along with the Smoke Hole Canyon on the eastern spine of the mountain, was recently highlighted by the Nature Conservancy as one of the most remarkable natural areas in the eastern United States. The mountain is home to a dizzying array of rare plants and animals. For instance, the rock outcrops and the air currents through the North Fork valley create conditions favored by various birds of prey. Vultures, hawks, peregrine falcons, and bald eagles can be seen soaring overhead. In fact North Fork Mountain is one of the best places in the East for seeing raptors. It's situated right along a route that the birds follow during their fall migration. Other wildlife one might encounter includes white-tailed deer, black bear, grouse and turkey. There are even wild goats that have been startling hikers for years.
Like most national forests, the woods of West Virginia have been logged at various times, but the summit of North Fork Mountain was spared the axe. Here the trail passes through an ancient forest consisting of several oak species that are stunted and twisted by the wind. White, Virginia and Table Mountain Pines are common on the ridge top and the trail is so isolated and rugged that such far-north species as aspen and white birch thrive here. Vast fern beds, flaming azaleas, and grasses line the route and in some places the trail is in danger of being overrun by mountain laurel.
Day 1
Arriving at night we only got to admire the stars and not the beautiful mountain range that surrounds our mountain top camp. The stars were plentiful however; as were the usual satellites we usually spot on clear nights when we're this far away from urban development. Around 11:30 pm a very strange thing happened. A truck rolled by our campsite. Why does this seem strange? We're on top of a mountain that's only acces road would barely be called a road. Freddy Kruger? People from "Deliverance"? My thoughts are racing too much. Around a half hour later the truck passed by again without incident.
Day 2
I woke up this morning to a cacophony of snores and farting! Here's a tip, if you drink beer with people you're going to share a tent with, you better like them a lot because you could be trapped in a tent full of farting and snoring strangers.
Lucky for us, the weather is beautiful. No clouds in the sky and a very nice breeze are ours to enjoy today. As I sit here and write this with the morning sun on my back, I've noticed a couple of buzzards circling overhead, I think I'll move a little.
It's now 10:00 am and I'm not sure what's happened to our hike. We seemed to never have actually found the trailhead. We've hiked about a mile or so along a power line cut that was at least heading in the correct direction. At this point, after some sans pack exploring, we've decided to send Jeff back to the car. We think we crossed the road that we drove up on the day before and we are theorizing that Jeff may be able to see the trailhead when he drives up the road. Oh, gotta go, Jeff is here.
It's now 12:10 pm. We finally did find the trailhead. It was right off the road that we came in on. Perhaps darkness and beer consumption by the passengers were factors in us driving by the trailhead last night. We've stopped for lunch now at a breath taking over look. We have so far been treated to an unbelievable pink moutain laurel forest that was thick with blooms as well as scenic vistas whose beauty is hard to describe. Whenever we want to leave the trail and hike 10 yards to our left, we are treated to another gorgeous mountain valley vista. The mountains and valleys below us are almost pristine. Seeing very little touch by the hand of man. I can see a small sheep farm way below in the valley. It certainly has a very European look to it.
5:45 pm: Long, long, long, did I say long? Long ass climb uphill this afternoon just about slapped the dog poop out of us. We're hiking with full overnight packs that are probably somewhere in the 40 pound range; made even heavier by the fact that there is no water on North Fork Mountain, we're carrying all that we can use.
Heman, our guest on this hike, was very tired, due to the fact we found out later: "the rookie" was packing several CANS of Chunky Soup. Tasty? Yes. Heavy? Oh you betcha! We seemed to have underestimated our water consumption on this now very hot and humid day. Jeff, Christopher and Heman are almost out of it. It's turned into a very hot day and I'm sure the first thing that we'll buy tomorrow will be a giant bottle of Gatorade! We tried to find a good campsite and thought that we did, but Jeff decided to explore farther up the trail and found another rather steep uphill section. We decided to press on. It was a good thing as none of us wanted to even think about that section being the first thing we do in the morning. The upside to hiking that last uphill section was that we have found one of the most incredible campsites I've ever seen. It's somewhere between the 17-18 mile marker. It sports a nice clearing in a wooded area with breathtaking views from rock ledges a short 10 yards away. We can look back at this point and see the entire ridgeline that we hiked today. It certainly is a fantastic, awe-inspiring sight to behold. Christopher says that it reminds him of the Great Wall of China, and although I've never been there, I have to agree.
After we ate a delicious but thirst creating meal of chicken fajitas in tomato basil tortillas, Spanish rice and chips and salsa, we went back to our own personal cliff overlook and watched the orange early summer sun set over the distant hazy mountain range to the west. I particularly wanted to do some stargazing, but do to our altitude and the time of year it was still only dusky at 9:45 pm. As soon as the sun went down a strange thing happened. The winds picked up and really didn't stop until late morning. Oblivious to our presence, we had a deer walk pretty much up to us while we sat on our cliff. We also had one of the cutest toads I've ever seen sit next to Heman for quite some time, perhaps enjoying our view too.
As tired as we were, we decided to all retire to our tents at about 10:30 pm. The wind picked up and actually began sounding very fierce. As I lay in my tent, I could hear it rolling up the side of the mountain and eventually reaching us. We had done a great job of selecting our campsite, as several large trees and a mound of earth that formed the cliff sheltered us nicely.
I must admit that around 3:30 am, roughly an hour after our site was invaded by a herd of deer, I was positive I heard a bear cub. Bear cubs mean bear mothers and mothers with cubs can be big trouble. I clutched my knife, flashlight and pepper spray for over an hour, as I lay motionless in my tent. Turns out I was frightened by a tree limb rubbing against another. Okay, so I can be a big wilderness wussy sometimes. I just have no desire to be mauled and eating by an animal, any animal!
Day 3
Due to our non-existent water situation, we broke camp early this morning and were on the trail by 6:45 in an effort to beat the mid-day heat. Most of today's hike was an aggressively descending trek. At the beginning we walked along the northern ridge. Once again we had endless opportunities to enjoy what makes North Fork Mountain famous, it's vistas. It's as easy in some areas as walking 10 50 yards to our left to any one of the many rock ledges that overlook the valley from a respectable east coast elevation of around 3,500 ft. As we passed some of the most scenic vistas to date, we seemed a little more interested in our dreams of a tall iced tea or some other thirst quenching cold beverage.
Several last stops, before our final descent, at overlooks provided even more exceptional views. Chimney Rocks being one of the more notable spots. The long descent ate at our feet so hard that Jeff summed up the sensation with, "My feet feel like minced meat pie"! I described my right big toe as "feeling detached and just bouncing around in my boot". Even after all of that, I still think I prefer the descending to ascending. When we joyously reached Jeff's car at the opposite trail head, cheers of anticipation could be heard for what I thought might be the cold beer in the car. Not really to my surprise, there was actually a mad rush for the melted ice water in the cooler. You know a mans' thirsty when he passes up beer for water! After soaking in the cold liquid, it was time for a brew or two. Normally I can't stand Miller Lite, but I do not believe that I've tasted beer quite as tasty as those ice-cold fellas in the trunk of Jeff's car.
Trail Snapshot
Trail Hiked:
North Fork Mountain: In: FR 79 Out: CO/28/11
12 miles
Outdoor Travels Rating:
5 out of 5 Backpacks
Thumbs Up
- Did we say scenic vistas? This trail is loaded with some of the best scenery anywhere!
- Mountain laurel thickets in bloom.
- During the right season golden and bald eagles can be spotted as well as eight species of hawks
- Named by the Nature Conservancy as "one of the most remarkable natural areas in the eastern United States".
Thumbs Down
- The vast majority of the hike is either up an incline or descending.
- Lack of water sources on the trail creates a heavy water laden pack.
Lessons Learned
- Don't assume that you know where the trailhead is. Unless it's marked, make sure you know where to start your hike. Nothing sucks as bad as getting turned around at the very BEGINNING of you hike.
- Conditions play a major role in your water consumption. It sounds simple, but it's easy to screw up. If the trail you are hiking lacks water access, make sure you carry enough. If it's hot or will be hot outside, you'll need even more than you think.
- Leave the canned Chunky Soup soup at home. It's tasy but heavy as a brick.
Nuts & Bolts
It extends 24 miles between US Routes 33 and 55 North of Seneca Rocks, WV
North Fork Mountain can be accessed by car at three locations.
- The southern trailhead is located on US33, nine miles west of Franklin and five miles east of Judy Gap.
- The FR79 trailhead, near the midpoint of the trial, is 3.5 miles up the mountain on FR79 from a junction with Co28/11, Smoke Hole Road. Access to this junction is south from WV28 near Cabins, or north from US220 at Upper Tract.
- The northern trailhead is 0.3 miles south along CO28/11 from WV28.
The North Fork Mountain Trail
runs the entire length of NFM and is rocky with several steep sections along it. Several segments of the southern part of the trail cross private property and could possibly be closed. You can either check with the Potomac District Ranger or access the trail from FR79, which is roughly the midway point. Except for the lack of water, the trail is ideal for a 2-3 day backpacking trip.
- Redman Run and Landis Trails
provide access to the North Fork Mountain Trail from the east side. Junctions between the trails and the North Fork Mountain Trail are located at the 15.7 mile and 20.1 mile markers. Access to both trails can be reached along CO28/11.
currently none
Monogahela National Forest Service: Supervisor's Office - Forest Headquarters
200 Sycamore Street, Elkins, WV 26241 304-636-1800 (Voice & TDD).
Maps & Stuff
Trail Map
Area Detail Map
Navigable Driving Map
Useful Links
Trail Photos
Lots of great photos to give you a good idea of what the area is like!
Statistic show that ODT hikers usually can't find the right trailhead
An early view of the valley below
A windswept cliff
Hiking through a thick stand of forest
Hiking through blooming mountain laurel
Windswept and knarled burnt trees
Trees and valley below
Turkey vulture looks like a little black dot
The view back along the ridge that is the trail
Cool breeze on a hot day feels better with your pants down!
Sitting on a cliff
ODT guys Jeff, Christpher and Dana at campsite
Sunset after first day of hiking
Rocky view from day 2
Another mountainous view from day 2
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Entering Sunday's game at CenturyLink Field, the Seahawks' Lynch is second in the NFL with 871 rushing yards and also has a 4.6-yard average, while the Minnesota Vikings' Peterson is fourth with 786 yards (in one less game) and is averaging 4.5 yards.
Since Week 9 of the 2011 season, no backs have more yards than Lynch (3,402) and Peterson (3,058); or rushing touchdowns than Lynch (27) and Peterson (24); or 100-yard rushing performances during that 35-game span than Lynch (19) and Peterson (16).
"They're both great backs," said Darrell Bevell, who coached Peterson from 2007-10 as the Vikings' offensive coordinator now coaches Lynch in the same capacity with the Seahawks.
"They both want the ball. They're both ultimate competitors. They both run really, really hard."
And each has an instant-recognition nickname: Beast Mode for Lynch and simply A.P. for Peterson.
But in looking for a starting point while trying to contrast how these prolific backs amass their impressive number, it depends on who you ask.
"But they're extraordinary players and really fun to watch."
Offered Bevell: "Marshawn is going to make people miss in a phone booth, in a small area. He's a competitive runner, as well. He's going to come out of the stacks a lot. Adrian has that top-end, breakaway speed. He can still make people miss, but he's not going to do it quite like Marshawn. He's competitive, as well, as a runner. He runs really hard. And when he comes out the back end, he can be gone."
Said Vikings coach Leslie Frazier: "Their running styles are similar, but dissimilar. You know Marshawn, when I see him breaking all those tackles and being a downhill runner, he has a lot of success between the tackles. Adrian is one of those guys who, he can run inside, he can run outside, he can score from just about anywhere on the field. They're both perfect backs. They're outstanding at what they do."
Added Vikings defensive end Jared Allen: "They're both very physical, downhill running backs. But they have the ability to move and once they get outside, they can take any play to the house. I'm just trying to tell our guys around here, 'Let's not let Beast Mode get all Beast Mode.' So we're trying to keep that in check a little bit, but a very tough-nosed dude. Just like Adrian. You might stop him one, two, three times; and on that fourth time, he might take it 60 yards. I think he's well-rounded in every facet of a running back's game."
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"They're both great backs. I've been fortunate to be on teams with two great running backs."
Also fortunate are those who have tickets for Sunday's game, because they'll be able to watch this Battle of the Backs from the optimum perspective.
"This is a fantastic game for somebody to watch running backs and to compare the two," Carroll said. "Our style of offense is a little bit different than theirs and the style of running game. But both guys are great players and it'll be great to watch it on the same field."

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Great idea! There is also a range of iPad apps that can be used together to create more of a story-like feel to your course. You can create characters using apps like WeeMee. Use Strip Designer to creat cartoons. Pic Collage to combine different graphics in a really quick and basic way. Sometimes I will use characters to introduce new topics or to encourage students to do something. Obviously you can also use the Adobe apps if you are really serious and have lots of time.
The other day I was doing a search for business meeting images and ran into this collage image. It kind of looks like a comic book layout. I played around with some ways to use this image in an elearning course.
Here's a quick demo of the image converted into an interactive slide. I just added some place holder content since the images are not contextual. But in your case, you'd create a collage where the images work together to tell a story.
Click here to view the interactive story demo.
Tips & Tricks for Creating an Interactive Story
Here are a few ideas on how you could approach this type of interaction:
- Create a story. Many courses tend to be heavy on the information and light on relevant context. Rework your content and frame it like a mini story or scenario. In this case, it's not about a long branched interaction. It's more like a quick scenario where the course content is framed in a relevant context. People love stories so why not build a story around your information? Plus, the comic-book style layout is kind of popular.
- Get rid of bullet points. A lot of elearning is linear and the screens are loaded with bullet points. Get rid of those bullet points! Why not use a panel for each bullet point? I'd use the large panel to represent the essential point of the slide. And the smaller panels would represent the bullet points or supporting information.
- Feel free to take your own photos. You don't need to be a pro to create your own stock photos. Besides many of the smart phones have those cool filters that convert your images and give them a pro feel. So outline a story and then storyboard the photos you'd need to support that story.
- Create a few panel layouts so that you can rotate through your screens and make them visually a bit different. This post on comic book layouts will help come up with some ideas.
This is a simple technique but and an easy way to convert bullet point slides into something a bit more visually engaging. And with a little effort you can frame the information into something more story-like and interactive. It's a step away from a content dump and a step into meaningful content.
What do you think? Would this work with any of your elearning courses?
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18 responses to "Here's a Simple Way to Convert Your Course to an Interactive Story"
Nice! Visually simple, clean, attractive – and so easy to build. Great way to build in some (always-helpful) context. Thanks for the great idea, Tom!
This is a great tip. I especially like the idea of converting bullet point info into this format. Images are also more likely to be remembered. Thank you.
OMG! Tom, Your blogs are always helpful and often entertaining, but your demo on this one was down right funny. I laughed out loud. Thank you for all you do. My eLearnings are significantly better because of all the information you provide!
Hi Tom,
Love your articles!!
I create e-learning that teaches how to use our software. I am struggling to think of comic-book layouts that would suit our content. I have introduced scenarios into our training to make it more interesting and effective. But I really like the comic-book layout idea, but I am a loss for ideas of how it would work with software training. I love that you empower us to take our own stock photos (Duh! So obvious! Why didn't I think of that before?!), but I'm not sure photos would be appropriate for software training…
I'd appreciate your ideas or examples you might have to show!
Cool! I can see this beinbg used to create a step by step instructional course on a process or procedure. Far and away more engaging than bullet points. Would love to see the .story file to see how you structured it.
Lovely ideas as always, but today am truly grateful for the laughs as I read the demo. Your missives are always a delight.
Its beautiful Tom, clean simple layout with the images telling the story..love it! Agree with Ed it would be really nice to see the story file
"The real win is if you can get them to chew on their glasses."
Too funny!
Great tip! I like the idea of converting the boring bullet points of a course into an interactive story.
Yes, more story, fewer bullet points. The question is, can I do it with my modern Japanese lit course?
The demo for the collage shows it was built in Studio 13. Is this an Engage interaction or just a series of PowerPoint slides built with Hyperlinks and shown with Presenter? Would love to see how this was built!
I suspect this would work in Storyline…what a great approach to a scenario! I'm going to try it for my next course!
You crack me up, Tom! The example is great, thanks for the idea.
Thanks, Tom. And thanks for making me laugh as I began my day.
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This is amazing. Do you have a more complex demo presentation?


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December 24, I received a letter in response to my obituary for
Mel Gabler.
it's about time the fascist bastard died. I'm a scientist. I know
he, and his wife, tried to make science politically correct with
the religious crowd by opposing the teaching of evolution in public
schools. It took the appearance of Nobel prize winning physicist
Steve Weinberg before the Texas School Board textbook committee
to undue the damage that the Taliban-like Gablers did to the teaching
of evolution.
glad the old bastard's dead. As he fries in hell, let him repent
at leisure.
Lebanon, PA
Bob is confused about definitions: limited Constitutional government
is not fascism. Limited Constitutional government thwarts fascism,
which is a political theory based on the idea that the bureaucratic
State should regulate the economy. Giovanni Gentile was the primary
theoretician for Italian fascism. He wrote in 1932:
keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State,
of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State
is absolute, individuals and groups relative. Individuals and
groups are admissible in so far as they come within the State.
Instead of directing the game and guiding the material and moral
progress of the community, the liberal State restricts its activities
to recording results. The Fascist State is wide awake and has
a will of its own. For this reason it can be described as "ethical".
As to Bob's concept of eternity, Scientific American has
yet to publish anything definitive. But Bob surely does understand
politics. He also knows just how well the Gablers understood politics.
He is unhappy that people like the Gablers have finally grasped
the nature of the textbook scam that the evolutionists have been
running for the past century: forcing the opponents of Darwinism
to pay for compulsory educational institutions that teach Darwinism
to their children.
This raises a fundamental political issue, one which has divided
American voters since about 1921: the legitimacy of a majority of
voters to determine the content of whatever is taught to children
in tax-funded institutions.
The Darwinists are adamant: voters must sit down and shut up, fork
over their tax money to university-certified academic experts, and
send their children into the public schools. Bob is representative
of this position.
Fundamentalist Christians are divided. Some believe that the public
schools should teach both views, Darwinist and non-Darwinist, with
equal time for both positions, with both taught as theories. Mel
Gabler was representative of this position. Others believe that
only creationism should be taught. There is no public representative
of this position, yet as many as 40% of Americans polled hold this
view, as we shall see.
I am adamant: the public schools should be auctioned off next Wednesday
— Friday at the latest. R. J. Rushdoony was representative of this
position: The
Messianic Character of American Education (1963). So is
John Taylor Gatto: The Underground History of American
Education. I would go further. Property taxes should be
reduced accordingly. All state and Federal aid to local school districts
should cease, since all local school districts should cease, with
all expenditures saved to become permanent tax reductions.
Ever since the Scopes Trial of 1925, Bob's viewpoint has been dominant
where it counts: in the civil courts. Elected legislatures just
can't be trusted.
Bob and his peers are well aware of this truth: their opinions regarding
man's origins are not shared by the vast majority of Americans.
This fact bothers them, but not enough to surrender control over
tax-funded education to the will of the people. It bothers them
because they have lost the intellectual battle for the minds of
men, despite their century-long monopoly over public education.
The public still isn't buying the Darwinists' tuition-subsidized
For over two decades, the Gallup organization has polled Americans
regarding their views on Darwinism, which teaches that biological
evolution is an impersonal process resulting from unplanned interactions
between natural laws (which may or may not evolve — a major in-house
debate), the environment, and the facts of reproduction of various
species. Darwin's disciples are adamant: God had no part in this
The public relations problem for Darwinists is this: the percentage
of Americans polled who affirm this view of biological evolution
has yet to hit 15%. Despite a century of absolute control over public
school curriculum materials and university science departments,
the Darwinists have been unable to persuade more than 12% of the
population of the truth of their position. This is not an impressive
academic track record.
An author in The New Humanist magazine, published in Great
Britain, has bewailed
the situation.
polls about teaching Creationism also make for depressing reading.
A 2001 Gallup survey revealed that 68 per cent of Americans favour
teaching Creationism in schools alongside evolution (29 per cent
oppose). In a separate question about completely replacing evolution
education with Creationism, the survey showed 40 per cent in favour
of a Creationism-only curriculum but 55 per cent against. Some
science educators actually took comfort from this news that a
slight majority of Americans are in favour of giving evolution
equal time with Creationism rather than eliminating it from schools
entirely! In this climate, Darwin's followers are likely to remain
an endangered species.
He then reprinted the results of two decades of polling by Gallup
on these issues.
created people in present form within last 10,000 years
occurred over millions of years guided by God
occurred with
no interference by God
a study of public opinion in 1999,
political science professor George Bishop at the University of Cincinnati
rising levels of people with college educations in this country,
views on creationism have remained steady over the last 15 years.
Nearly a third of college graduates, 31 percent, in recent Gallup
polls, still believe in the biblical account of creation. This
is somewhat of a theoretical riddle.
gets even more perplexing.
recent study of American scientists showed that only five percent
believed in the creationist view of human origins; a majority
(55%) endorsed the Darwinian position, but a large percentage
(40%) also subscribed to the theistic evolutionist perspective.
Since many scientists consider the controversy surrounding evolution
and creationism a political issue, they are reluctant to join
in the public debate, according to Bishop.
They are reluctant to join in the public debate because they know
where their bread is buttered: in university departments that are
accredited by their Darwinist academic peers. Accreditation conveys
state-enforced monopoly benefits in the competition for students,
funding, pay scales, and tenure. Discretion is the better part of
valor. They remain silent.
In summarizing Dr. Bishop's findings, American Atheists, Inc., had
these explanations for the recalcitrance of die-hard creationists:
suggest that differences in education and social expectations
may marginalize women, steering them away from careers in hard
sciences, and that ethnic minorities suffer due to lack of equal
spending for schools and other services. Regional differences
may emerge due to varying public budgets for education; poor rural
areas, for instance, have less money to spend on classrooms, science
labs and good texts than their upscale, industrial area counterparts.
It seems that creationists are mostly women, people of color, and
Most Americans live in cities. People surveyed by Gallup pollsters
are mostly urban. Then why don't they buy into the public schools'
certified worldview? All science textbooks are screened at the state
level, which is why the Gablers were able to have so much clout.
An explanation of creationist beliefs that rests on "bad texts"
is not what I would call rigorous.
The underlying assumption of those who offer such a theory is that
fundamentalist Christians are rural bumpkins. This has been the
academic Establishment's Party Line ever since William Jennings
Bryan in 1921 began calling for a level academic playing field in
the public school classrooms: no more monopoly of Darwinism in the
textbooks. I have provided extensive evidence for this in my 1996
chapter, "Darwinism, Democracy, and the Public Schools," available free on-line.
Typical was an editorial in the New York Times (Feb. 9, 1922),
which announced: "Kentucky is not the only State in the Union, by
any means, for whose village theologians the name of Darwin is still
one with which to scare children."
The folks at American Atheists, Inc., blame Americans, not the scientific
community's implausible arguments, for this lack of acceptance of
Darwinism. "The scientific world view has thus far failed to complete
Darwin's revolution in the land of One Nation Under God … We don't
stack up well as a nation. Religious belief tends to be inversely
correlated with what most scientists would say is simple fact."
Let's talk about a simple fact. A mousetrap is made up of components.
Eliminate just one component, and the device will not work. There
is no way for random natural processes to produce anything so complex
as a mousetrap on an incremental basis. The unconnected parts convey
no competitive advantage. Yet a cell is vastly more complex than
a mousetrap. So is an eye. (When I think of the logic of Darwinism's
theory of natural selection, I think of the line in A
Christmas Story: "You'll shoot your eye out, kid!")
This "simple fact" of mousetrap evolution was presented by cellular
biology professor Michael Behe in his 1996 best-seller, Darwin's
Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution. He calls
his criticism the theory of "irreducible complexity." Behe's book
has inflicted more damage on Darwinists than anything published
since 1859. Yet the argument is quite simple. Anyone who has not
been indoctrinated by graduate school biology can readily understand
it. Its simplicity is what is driving Darwinists crazy — or worse,
from their point of view, to theism.
A few weeks ago, Anthony Flew, one of the most famous atheists in
the world, announced that there must have been design
in the universe. He has publicly recanted his lifelong atheism.
He says he felt compelled to follow the evidence.
To the extent that the American academic Establishment is Darwinian,
it is of necessity politically elitist. The self-certified, self-accredited
professorate wants its academic work funded by taxpayers. The professors
also want their worldview written into the textbooks that are paid
for by taxpayers. They want no back-talk from voters. They see democracy
as a matter of temporary convenience. Whenever democracy threatens
to transfer the monopolistic power they possess over the allocation
of money extracted by compulsion from taxpayers, they abandon all
pretence of honoring democracy.
That the creationists are still pleading for some God-free, Supreme
Court-acceptable version of creationism to be included in the tax-funded
curriculum indicates that they are slow learners. They still believe
in the right of one group of voters to compel other voters to pay
for the indoctrination of the masses. They still believe in the
academic presupposition of the Darwinists, namely, that experts
are entitled to exercise coercive control over the funding of education,
and therefore also over the content of education.
This is why the creationists, scientific or otherwise, will continue
to lose the academic battle for control over tax-funded schools.
They are up against dedicated career professionals whose only religion
is the power religion, and who are already on the State's payroll.
In contrast, the creationists believe in democracy's God-given authority
to legitimize academic coercion. Those who control the education
system don't believe this and never have. On the contrary, the educrats
believe in coercion for its own sake. Democracy is seen merely a
temporary means to an end. It is a convenient ruse to baffle the
When it comes to a theory of education, the creationists really
are bumpkins. They want equal time for Jesus in a system based on
coercion rather than evangelism, on coerced funds rather than donations,
on state power rather than family authority. They seek a level playing
field in a rigged game. They have abandoned Mount Sinai in preference
for Mount Coercion.
Then they wonder why they keep losing.
Darwinism has been on financial life-support for a hundred years.
To put it out of its misery, voters need only pull the plug. Vote
no on every school bond issue. Pull your kids out of the public
schools. Pay as you go. As I said in front of 10,000 Christian activists
at a rally in Texas in 1980, "If every Baptist in Texas pulled his
child out of the public schools on Monday, there would be no public
schools on Wednesday."
Reforming the public schools is like sending a physician into the
local red light district to certify the health of the industry's
full-time professionals. This makes things physically safer for
their clients. Demand therefore increases. I ask: "Why subsidize
debauchery?" But, then again, I'm an extremist.
replied, "I find it quaint about your notion of science is that
it's a democracy." No, Bob, I don't regard science as a democracy.
But I regard your hand in my wallet and the tax man's gun in my
belly as having been originally justified in the name of democracy.
I'm ready to drop the whole matter — just as soon as you and
your accomplices quit living off non-Darwinists' productivity by
threatening us with jail and confiscation for refusing to bankroll
your version of science. When you got the tax man to fund your projects
at our expense, you moved from science to politics. You're addicted
to our money. If we ever pull the plug, you will have to fund your
own worldview. Horrifying, isn't it?
27, 2004
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2011 ballot measure campaign donations rack up to a staggering $85 million
January 5, 2012
By: Al Ortiz
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Although the holiday season has ended, it is time to finally put a bow on the 2011 ballot measure analysis. A final analysis report was recently completed showcasing final post-election campaign contribution numbers from all measures on 2011 statewide ballots.
As previously stated in the pre-election analysis first reported on October 24, 2011, a total of 34 ballot questions were certified for 9 statewide ballots in 2011. However, a total of 15 ballot measures have had campaign finance activity, as opposed to the reported 11 in the pre-election report. A final total of $85,726,675.61 was contributed to ballot measures in 2011, compared to $43,706,549.62 in Ballotpedia's pre-election contribution report, according to official reports filed as of December 2011.[1]
According to the report, the state with highest contributions from all campaign sides from all ballot measures was from the state of Ohio, with the least coming from Arkansas, with only $100,000 in contributions. The report also found that the ballot measure with the highest contributions from both campaign sides was Ohio Issue 2, raking in a little over $41 million.
Also included in the analysis was a state overview of contributions made from both supporters and opponents of proposals, ballot measure rankings from most to least contributions, and rankings of political topic contributions. The political category of labor saw the most donations with $41,277,414, all coming from Ohio Issue 2.
Quick statistics
The following is a short rundown of post-election campaign contribution findings:
- Highest statewide contributions: Ohio ($41,475,433.48)
- Lowest statewide contributions: Arkansas ($100,000)
- Top 5 measures:
- Ohio Issue 2 ($41,277,413.81)
- Washington Initiative 1183 ($34,863,756.20)
- Washington Initiative 1125 ($3,872,381.50)
- Mississippi Initiative 26 ($1,855,600.72)
- Washington Initiative 1163 ($1,854,428.56)
- Bottom 5 measures:[2]
- Louisiana Amendment 1 ($280,000)
- Ohio Issue 3 ($249,186.27)
- Texas Prop. 2 ($186,100)
- Arkansas Question 1 ($100,000)
- Mississippi Initiative 27 ($20,199.24)
- Highest contribution total: Labor ($41,277,413.81)
- Lowest contribution total: Bond issues ($278,363)[3]
2010 v. 2011
The following shows the total campaign contributions for 2010 and 2011 ballot measures.[4]
|2010 measures
|2011 measures
See also
- Ballotpedia:Analysis of the 2011 ballot measures
- 2011 pre-election ballot measure campaign contributions
- 2011 ballot measure campaign contributions
- ↑ Ballot measure campaign contribution numbers were found from official state election websites. Numbers were obtained from officially filed records published on the site, and not from campaign organizers.
- ↑ Ballot measures with zero contributions were not included.
- ↑ Categories with no contributions made towards ballot measures were not considered for this category.
- ↑ Contributions rounded to the nearest dollar.


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In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, there's been a lot of comment from the media about the failings of the security services that despite Tamerlan Tsarnaev having been interviewed by the FBI in 2011 about possible links to Islamic extremism, the leads weren't followed up and opportunities to prevent the attack were missed.
Comment has followed a similar line in reporting on Jimmy Savile, the Philpotts and other stories where police, social services, security services and others apparently 'knew' of issues and yet failed to act.
To use my own force as an example, it's important to understand how intelligence comes to us and how it can be used so that decisions to act, or not to act, can be appreciated in their proper context.
We gather intelligence from a variety of different sources including officers on the streets, external agencies and Crimestoppers to name but a few.
Hundreds of intelligence 'logs' will be received by the force on a daily basis concerning everything from serious criminal activity to licensing issues, ASB to fly-tipping.
As people let us know things for a variety of different reasons, reliability is always a big consideration when we decide what steps to take when a new log comes in.
Some of the information will be second or third hand, it may be rumour, could have been misinterpreted by the source or even deliberately false.
With the quality of intelligence varying so much, it's not uncommon that the intelligence paints a contradictory picture.
We may 'know' all sorts of things but without verification, there may not be grounds to act there and then.
With something like Tsarnaev having been previously interviewed by the FBI, it may seem tempting to take the view 'they suspected he had extremist connections and did nothing – wasn't it obvious he was the sort of person who might plan an attack?'.
This view though doesn't take into account the reliability of the information and misunderstands the context.
The FBI will likely have similar information of thousands of others, this isn't to say that they should be 'acting' on said information though as often it will not be appropriate to do so.
Viewing the FBI's 2011 interview of Tsarnaev and his subsequent link to the bombings as a failure is very difficult, principally because it raises the question of what steps could realistically have been taken in the circumstances.
Assuming the information was unverified and isolated, there'd likely be insufficient grounds to justify actions such as arrests, searches and surveillance.
There will be plenty of people in the UK as well as the States about whom similar intelligence will be held suggesting links to extremism. Any one of those people could potentially be planning a similar attack to that seen in Boston.
As was seen this week in the case of three men jailed for plotting terror attacks on Wootton Bassett, strong intelligence can lead to a strong case and police intervention.
Simply having some suggestion of a link to extremism though, especially through unconfirmed sources, is never going to give grounds to take immediate action and nor should it.
With hindsight, security services' 'knowledge' of a threat may seem concerning but what would be far more concerning would be steps taken to act on every piece of information they hold, no matter how doubtful.
Seeking to do so may lead down a very dark path indeed with a large toll inflicted on civil liberties.
If anything, the example stresses how important it is that information is shared so that we have the quality of intelligence we need to act effectively.
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Via his twitter account (@e_lauderdale), Lauderdale wrote: "I'm Officially Committed to the University of Tennessee #WRU #Volsnation"
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Since the day Josh McCown was drafted in 2002, all but one NFL franchise — the New England Patriots — has changed coaches. Ten teams have built new stadiums.
In a league in which the oldest average opening-day roster was 27 years old, the 34-year-old Bears quarterback is, well, ancient.
Still, McCown said he's still getting better.
"Absolutely," he said. "Over the course of a career and the older you get, some of the mistakes that you used to make, [you] minimize, or you don't do those as much.
"But there's still times where you find yourself making a throw or doing something, and you're like, 'Man, I shouldn't do that,' but you do.
"It's finding ways to improve in those areas so those things don't happen."
McCown's passer rating of 100 this season is more than 25 points higher than his previous single-season best, but it's not exactly an old-dog-new-trick situation.
Brandon Marshall, Alshon Jeffery and others have given him weapons he's never had before, and coach Marc Trestman's offense seems tailored for his skill set.
But it's a question worth asking, especially as the Bears consider whether to extend Jay Cutler's contract: At what point, despite making improvements, are you what you are?
Last week, ESPN analyst Ron Jaworski wrote that Cutler, who is 30 and has played more than 100 games, has no mystery left to him.
"The issue is that, we're no longer talking about things he can learn," he wrote.
He wondered when Bears stop projecting his future performance "and close the book on him, knowing that, for better or worse, this is Jay Cutler?"
McCown conceded, in his own case, there are aspects of his game that "get kinda penciled in as what they are" early in his career.
"I just think, like physically — I mean, I'm not growing any taller," McCown said. "So I just think those are parts of you that, that's how you are.
"That part doesn't change, but there is always a mental side of the game that hopefully you're seeking to get better at all the time."
Trestman said he didn't know a profession that offered a chance for daily improvement on "people levels, emotional and mental, and physical levels," other than football.
"There's all different ways of learning on a daily basis," he said, "so I don't think it has to stop there."
He said "everybody is on their own journey — in their own place, emotionally, physically — and now Josh is in that place."
That place includes getting more turns at practice.
"The more reps he gets," offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer said, "the better off he'll be."
Rams quarterback Kellen Clemens has, like McCown, been thrust into a starting role because of an injury.
He's started 15 games in eight seasons. McCown has 35 starts in 11 seasons, taking 2010 away from the NFL. Neither has started eight or more games in a season since 2007.
McCown said he understands what Clemens went through as a backup, "with the reps situation … and then being able to have to get in there and execute."
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Dancing with the Stars gets down to single digits as it cuts another couple — and this one's a "shocker," according to Tom Bergeron. Was it? Plus: What's the latest on Melissa?First things first, if you're not up on your Twitter news today, Melissa suffered a mild concussion and whiplash last night, but is fine. However, according to her webmaster, she won't be on the show tonight on doctor's orders. And now onto the good stuff. Per Tom, the results will make our jaws drop. Obviously, that means Gavin and Gladys are safe. If one of the judges' pets leaves (William, Sherri) a week before the dance-off ploy starts, it would just be too perfect.After KISS opens the show, we get right down to the drama. Footage shows that Melissa had hit her head against Maks' leg last night while he was twirling her during his slip-up. Paramedics tended to her backstage before Gavin carried her out because he's awesome. And just like that, he's bought himself a few more weeks on the show. Maks also hurt his arm last night. "It took away the pain from the ankle, knees and shoulders," Maks quips, before thanking Gavin for carrying Melissa out.First two safe couples:Melissa and MaksGavin and Karina, who are not in the bottom two for the first time this season. "This is the best week ever!" Gavin screams. Also nice to see Maks and Karina hug it out on stage. Baby steps, people. Or it's all just for show.Encore dance! I totally forgot about these. Donald and Peta rightfully get the honor, and I almost feel bad for Katherine, who deserved one the past three weeks. And if she leaves tonight, well... Backstage, Jaleel threatens us with nudity next week and I throw up in my mouth.Next three safe couples:Maria and DerekJaleel and KymGladys and TristanAfter a performance by Karina and her ballet buddy José Carreño, the highest-scoring dudes hit the stage.Next safe couple:Donald and PetaRoshon and Chelsie are in the bottom two. Score-wise, this is surprising, but the success of Disney kids has run the gamut, from The Legend of Sabrina Bryan to Kyle Massey's unexpected run to second place.Speaking of Sabrina and Kyle, if you're in Vegas this weekend (and for the next 12 weeks), you can catch them (and Carson Kressley, Joey Fatone, Tia Carrere, Dmitry Chaplin and Lacey Schwimmer) at the Dancing with the Stars: Live in Las Vegas show at the Tropicana. If you're not there, then just watch their sneak peek performance on a loop. By the way, has Sabrina done anything since Dancing? I sorta love how she's made a career out of getting prematurely eliminated from a reality show.Next two safe couples:Katherine and Mark. She doesn't hear the news in her earpiece at first and does the most adorable hop-skip-jump when she finds out. See, Sherri? That's how you react without being annoying.William and CherylThat means Sherri and Val join Roshon and Chelsie in the bottom two.And the couple going home is... Sherri and Val.Sherri bursts into tears. "I just want to say thank you for letting me live a dream that I always had," she says. "That thing that scares you the most ... run towards it because it's so amazing on the other side." "She's an incredible person. She fought for me and I'm just really, really sorry," Val says. Shocker! Not really. Well, from the show's perspective, yeah, but Sherri did have the second-lowest scores. And for all the praise the judges heaped on her for her personality, she has equally, if not more, detractors. That plus going first, a bad dance and low scores = buh-bye! I am bummed a Chmerkovskiy final is officially out of the question (not that that was ever gonna happen this season anyway.)What did you think? Is Sherri's boot a huge shocker? Or are you happy she's gone? Can Melissa rebound next week? Was this Gavin's best week ever? How do we prevent Jaleel from going nude? Who's your current pick to win?
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After Bill Kroll's retirement from Radio-Television Services in 1991, whenever he stopped in the building he always dropped in on the engineering office. Bill understood and loved the labyrinth of technology needed to run public broadcasting stations smoothly—as well as the never-ending equipment upgrades to keep abreast of the changing media world.
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"Bill Kroll was a wonderful man and mentor to hundreds of students…Untold thousands benefited from his services to humankind. So many of us are trained by, mentored by, educated by gifted people and not until we get much older do we truly appreciate and understand how important those persons were in our lives."
When Mr. Kroll passed away in the spring of 2012, so many people sent contributions in his name, that with the family's agreement and support, RTVS opened the William H. Kroll Endowment Fund to honor Bill's memory and leadership. Always an engineer at heart, we trust Bill would be honored by our efforts.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Clearwire (CLWR) investors have accepted a revised $5 a share takeover offer from Sprint (S), completing a whirlwind 18-month consolidation effort for the nation's third leading wireless provider.
On Monday, Clearwire said 82% of the company's outstanding shareholders unaffiliated with Sprint cast their votes in favor of the $5 a share deal. Sprint already was a controlling shareholder in Clearwire with 50.2% of the company's outstanding shares.
"We are pleased that our stockholders recognize the value and merits of our merger with Sprint," Erik Prusch, President and CEO of Clearwire, said in a statement. "The Clearwire team is looking forward to working closely with our counterparts at Sprint to realize the potential of our assets inherent in this combination as we integrate our two companies.
The buyout values Clearwire at about $14 billion.Sprint's acquisition of Cleawire comes just as the telecom closes a $21.6 billion merger with SoftBank of Japan, which will help to put Sprint on sounder financial footing as it tries to win back smartphone consumers from AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ), while fending off a resurgent T-Mobile USA (TMUS). On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission approved SoftBank's acquisition of a majority of Sprint, in a move that cements the largest U.S. telecom merger since Sprint's troubled acquisition of Nextel. At times, Sprint's battle for Clearwire and the company's takeover by SoftBank seemed very much at risk. Dish Network (DISH) -- led by Charlie Ergen -- acted as a competing bidder to both transactions and pushed the takeover prices of both companies materially higher. Dish's tender offer for Clearwire proved especially challenging after it gained the support of large hedge fund investors, proxy advisory firms and even a special committee being run by Clearwire's board of directors. Sprint started its bidding for Clearwire over a year ago at $2.90 a share, however, the series of proposals floated by Dish has led to the wireless broadband service's rising price. In June, Dish Network unveiled a $4.40 a share tender for Clearwire's remaining shares, in a proposal Sprint called illegal. Given a groundswell of support behind Dish's tender, Sprint was forced to increase its offer for Clearwire's shares to $5, nearly double its initial bid. SoftBank was forced into the same position after Dish unveiled a competing $25.5 billion takeover proposal for Sprint. With valuable wireless spectrum assets, Clearwire is an important piece of Sprint's multi-billion dollar, multi-year effort to revamp its wireless service and better serve rising smartphone data usage. Sprint's upgrade, Network Vision, seeks to build a nationwide 4G LTE network. Clearwire will now become a crucial element to Sprint's network upgrade and its recapitalization under the ownership of SoftBank. Still, the financial benefits of Sprint's merger frenzy have been minimized by an escalating takeover war pressed by Dish Network.
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TUCSON, Ariz. - The University of Arizona men's golf team finished the second day of the 2014 Pac-12 Championships, hosted at The Gallery Golf Club's North Course (par 72, 7,349) in Marana, Ariz on Saturday. The Wildcats will begin the fourth and final round Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m. MST.
"Looking at just the scores, it's a disappointing day," head coach Jim Anderson said. "What doesn't show up is how difficult the course was playing. Given the conditions that we faced, the golf course is the same for everyone. We let it beat us in a few spots but with that said, I'm really proud of the way that the guys hung in there."
With gusting winds ranging from 35 to 45 mph, the conditions were difficult for the field. Stanford continued to lead the field with a round three score of 367 for a combined total of 1083. Stanford is currently 21 strokes ahead of California, who sits in second place. In the individual race, Patrick Rodgers of Stanford leads with a combined total of 209 (-7).
Arizona compiled a team total of 389 for the round for a combined total of 1129. The Wildcats finished in eighth place.
"Brenden (Redfern), Alex (McMahon) and Kolton (Lapa) all finished three-under on their last three holes," Anderson said. "The fact that no one gave up, and that's what we told them that we wanted, makes me happy. The effort we had today was all I could have asked for."
For the round, McMahon led the Wildcats shooting just three-over for a score of 75. McMahon also leads the team overall with a total of 218 for a tie for sixth place. Both Erik Oja and Redfern shot five-over with scores of 77. Benson Liu and Lapa both shot rounds of 80 (+8). Christian Colegrove rounded out the lineup with a score of 84 (+12).
The second round was finished Saturday morning after a 7 a.m. tee time. The Wildcats shot 374. McMahon, who shot a 72 (E), led the team and finished the round in seventh place. Oja was close behind with a score of 74 (+2) for a 10th place tie. Redfern also shot a 74 (+2). Lapa shot a 76 (+4). Liu and Colegrove rounded out Arizona round scores with 78 (+6) and 81 (+9).
The final round of the 2014 Pac-12 Men's Golf Championship will begin at 7:30 a.m. MST. Admission is free.
"We have a chance to come up," Anderson said. "We played with two top-40 teams today, and they only beat us by four or five. We can beat every team on this field. We were close to having the low first round. Going into tomorrow we aren't concerned about the other teams. We just need to execute to the best of our ability."
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It's depressingly familiar, this gun debate. It's just like the politics of abortion — both issues are controlled by absolutists, with a chasm of mistrust separating the proponents and opponents, and each camp never missing an opportunity to prove that the mistrust is well founded. Pushed to the sidelines are the millions of Americans who favor moderate positions on both issues.
Consider the gun debate first. In the aftermath of the Newtown massacre of 20 first-graders, one not-unreasonable proposal is to outlaw high-capacity magazines, some of which carry 30 or more bullets. The most often mentioned goal is to limit the magazines to 10 rounds of ammunition. Second Amendment purists fear that would be only a start, a slippery slope to more gun/ammo bans, the latest salvo by the gun control camp to enact ever more restrictive firearms legislation.
Almost immediately, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his state's legislature prove them right. New York already had a 10-round limit on magazines but this week enacted a new law reducing the size of magazines to seven bullets. It's hard to see how that's little more than a symbolic reduction in the capacity of magazines. But it played right into the hands of the gun lobby, confirming the worst suspicions of gun owners about the ultimate goal of the gun-control crusade, to enact so many restrictions and regulations as to have the effect of making it impractical if not all but impossible to own and use firearms.
The same story plays out in the abortion fight. Most Americans favor sensible measures like a parental notification law to prevent adult predators from getting underage girls pregnant and hiding their crime by sending them to abortion clinics. Abortion-rights absolutists see that as but one step leading to another effort to finally reverse the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
Sure enough, those fears are proved well warranted as states such as Texas and Virginia passed laws requiring women to undergo an ultrasound 24 hours before having an abortion. That wasn't enough for some of the most strident anti-abortion lawmakers; they advocated invasive vaginal ultra sounds.
The proponents of sonograms played right into the hands of the abortion lobby that sees any restriction, however reasonable, such as parental notification, as a slippery slope ultimately ending in so many restrictions and regulations as to have the practical effect of making it as hard as possible, if not all but impossible, for a woman to obtain an abortion.
President Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to "put everything I've got" into getting Congress to pass his gun control measures, including a magazine restriction. The problem is that he has little credibility with gun owners given his disparaging remark about Americans who "cling to guns" and his general hostility to conservative ideas.
At least anti-abortion lawmakers are honest and don't hide their intention to try to legislate abortion out of existence. Gun-control advocates often assert they don't want to take guns away from law-abiding citizens, but as New York and the handgun bans enacted by Chicago and Washington, D.C. until declared unconstitutional by the supreme court illustrate, they want to come as close to that goal as they can.
There may be middle ground on guns and abortion among millions of Americans, but the purists and their contemptuous opponents see the compromise only in terms of ultimate surrender — and they control the debate.


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