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Camp Chesterfield
Chesterfield Spiritualist Camp District
Housing at the camp
|200-300 blocks of Eastern, Parkview, and Western Drs., Chesterfield, Indiana
|40°7′0″N 85°35′50″W / 40.11667°N 85.59722°WCoordinates: 40°7′0″N 85°35′50″W / 40.11667°N 85.59722°W
|34.9 acres (14.1 ha)
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|Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Art Deco
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Camp Chesterfield was founded in 1886 and is the home of the Indiana Association of Spiritualists, located in Chesterfield, Indiana. Camp Chesterfield offers Spiritualist Church services, seminary, and mediumship, faith healing, and spiritual development classes, as well as psychic readings for patrons.
In 2002, the camp was designated a historic district, the "Chesterfield Spiritualist Camp District", and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
In August 1925, 14 Camp Chesterfield mediums were arrested on charges of obtaining money under false pretences. The charges were filed by a news service reporter who had spent time investigating the camp.[2]
In the 1950s, Don Kemp, later to become one of Indiana's most popular mediums and Spiritualism teachers, began visiting Camp Chesterfield in his quest to learn more about the philosophy of Spiritualism and experience the various forms of spirit communication. He reported having had several experiences of spirit visitation in his younger life and continued his search to understand the phenomenon. Camp Chesterfield had become a hot topic of discussion among the citizens of Indianapolis, both positively supported by those who had attended the camp and criticized by doubters. Kemp's great-aunt, Bertha Jessup of West Virginia, made seasonal pilgrimages to the camp throughout her adult life and invited Don to the camp to come to his own conclusions. They attended a seance where Kemp received five materializations: "I felt the first three visitations weren't authentic but then my brother materialized followed by my Grandma. I knew they were authentic." Kemp's convincing detail was his brother's reference to Don's actual birth date which had always been in dispute with the date printed on his birth certificate.[3]
In 1960, psychic investigator Andrija Puharich and Tom O'Neill, publisher of the Spiritualist magazine Psychic Observer, arranged to film two seances at Camp Chesterfield using infrared film, intending to procure scientific proof of spirit materializations. The medium was shown the camera beforehand, and was aware that she was being filmed. However, the film revealed obvious fraud on the part of the medium and her cabinet assistant. The expose was published in the 10 July 1960 issue of the Psychic Observer.[4]:96-97
Well-known writer on paranormal topics Allen Spraggett visited the camp in 1965, and was negatively impressed with spirit materializations during seances:
- "They were all barely visible. Most appeared to be swathed in white drapery, and all were the same height as the medium, and sounded exactly like her. They also exhibited abysmal ignorance of who they were supposed to be, when they had died, and other relevant details."[4]:94
- "This was a fraud so crude that it was an insult to the intelligence."[4]:95
In 1976, M. Lamar Keene, a former medium in Florida and at Camp Chesterfield, confessed to defrauding the public in his book The Psychic Mafia "as told to" Allen Spragett. The book was also provided with a forward by the writer William V. Rauscher. In the text Spragett and Keene detailed a multitude of common techniques utilized by fraudulent mediums since the 19th century to conjure spirits. Spragett and Keene wrote that beneath the church is a storehouse of personal data about Camp Chesterfield visitors which is collected during church service when parishioners are asked to provide their full name, the names of loved ones they wish to contact, and questions. A medium is blindfolded and claims to read the data through the help of spirit guides. The pieces of paper are not returned to the parishioners; rather, Spragett and Keene wrote, the data is shared freely amongst Camp Chesterfield mediums as well as those networked across the country for use in private hot readings.[5][6]
A regular contributor to Fate magazine wrote about a grieving couple who had recently lost their child, and went to Camp Chesterfield hoping to contact their child. However, when they were requested to write down the names of those they wished to contact, they wrote down, along with their child, the names of two fictitious relatives. Later in seances those two nonexistent relatives materialized and spoke to them.[7]
In March 2002, The Skeptical Inquirer published a sting operation performed by former magician and prominent skeptical paranormal investigator, Joe Nickell. Nickell exposed further fraud on the part of mediums at Camp Chesterfield.[8]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ^ "Night news summary," Kokomo (IN) Tribune, 24 August 1925, p.15.
- ^ Roby, Jeff (2011), Spiritual Truth & Life Journeys: Biography of Don Kemp, Western Printing, ISBN 978-0-9847783-0-0, p. 51
- ^ a b c Allen Spraggett, The Unexplained, (New York: New American Library, 1967).
- ^ Keene, M. Lamar as told to Allen Spraggett (1997), The Psychic Mafia, Prometheus Books, ISBN 1-57392-161-0 (Republication of 1976 edition by St. Martin's Press.)
- ^ YouTube: Camp Chesterfield exposure - Lamar Keene
- ^ J. Gordon Melton, review of "The Psychic Mafia, Fate December 1976, v.29, n.12, p.95.
- ^ Nickell, Joe. 2002. Undercover among the spirits. Skeptical Inquirer 26:2 (March/April), 22–25

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Arizona taxpayers diverted more than $31.8 million of what they otherwise would have paid the state last year to organizations that help students attend private and parochial schools.
Figures released Tuesday show donations to these scholarship organizations increased 8.2 percent over 2003. That was from finding more donors, as the average contribution actually slipped slightly, to $499.
State law provides a dollarfor-dollar tax credit for donations to these private and parochial school scholarship organizations, up to $500 for individuals and $625 for married couples filing joint tax returns. In essence, the donations cost taxpayers nothing.
The tuition organization run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix continued to be the major recipient of these donations in 2004 as it has since the program started in 1998. It collected more than $7.5 million from more than 14,000 donors.
It used the donations to give 5,786 scholarships to Catholic elementary and high schools.
Karen Shepard, executive director of the organization, acknowledged that contributions have slipped, though she does not know why. Shepard said efforts are under way to contact people who gave in 2003 but not last year to find out why.
By contrast, the Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization saw a 7.2 percent increase in donations last year, to nearly $7 million.
Steve Yarbrough, director of that organization, said the Christian schools that benefit have an interest in publicizing the tax credits, as donations to the group can be earmarked for specific schools.
State law does not permit parents to make donations for their own child's tuition. But they can find sponsors — even parents of classmates — who can donate for that child.
Yarbrough said his organization takes "recommendations" from donors as to who gets the money but is not bound to follow them.
That's not the case at the Arizona Scholarship Fund, which took in nearly $2.2 million last year. Director ChamBria Henderson said more than 40 percent of the scholarships awarded came from cash donated by people who agreed to "sponsor" a specific child at a private or parochial school.
The Arizona Supreme Court rebuffed legal challenges that claim the credits amount to an illegal subsidy of private and sectarian schools, something specifically prohibited by the state constitution. But the Arizona chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union continues to pursue efforts in federal court to void the credits.
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Curtis Stone is ending his bachelor days with a bang.
Though the celebrity chef has kept mum on his impending nuptials to actress Lindsay Prince since his proposal last July, details have now finally emerged about the couple of three years' big day.
According to Australia's Herald Sun, Stone, 37, and Price, 36, will wed in a four-day extravaganza during the summer in an undisclosed location in Europe.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today announced that it is making EMC® Data Domain ® deduplication storage systems available on its ClearPath Libra systems – including the new, top-of-the-line ClearPath Libra 8290.
Unisys announced availability of the Data Domain solution for ClearPath Libra systems at the Universe client-centered event being held in Chicago.
Data Domain enables ClearPath Libra clients to create virtual tape libraries (VTL) on a high-performance protection storage system that leverages data deduplication technology. The solution combines the lower cost typically associated with tape storage with the speed of backup and retrieval associated with disk.
Data Domain enables deduplication of data before it is stored to disk. As a result, storage capacity requirements can be reduced significantly, creating storage cost savings and solution efficiencies.The Data Domain solution for ClearPath Libra systems also enables organizations to use IT resources more efficiently and lower their IT operational costs. Moving only deduplicated data over the network can lead to significant bandwidth efficiencies, and fully automated processes and reduced tape handling free IT staff to focus on more strategic projects. "The volume of information our clients use for their mission-critical computing tasks is growing exponentially, and they are challenged to store it securely and economically and retrieve it at a moment's notice," said Rod Sapp, vice president, Technology Solutions, Unisys. "Drawing on our longstanding relationship with EMC, we are providing a cost-efficient, market-leading VTL solution that delivers those benefits to ClearPath Libra clients worldwide." Data Domain systems can also enable enterprises to reduce IT support costs. Because the storage system is disk-based, organizations can avoid the far higher maintenance associated with tape systems. "We anticipate that our collaboration with Unisys to bring EMC Data Domain deduplication storage systems into the ClearPath Libra line will deliver exceptional data protection capabilities to Unisys customers," said Peter Smails, senior director, Product Marketing, EMC Backup Recovery Systems Division. "Data Domain and ClearPath Libra systems share common traits of outstanding performance and scalability, along with the capability to address high-volume workloads. Combined, it's a powerful solution that boosts the value proposition for enterprises using ClearPath Libra systems of all sizes." The Data Domain solution for ClearPath Libra systems comprises the following components:
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Orcas vs Humpbacks. The winner is...
PHOTOGRAPH BY DAN AYRES, WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE via AP
Published February 5, 2014
If you saw an animal slowly suffocating to death—and there was no hope of saving it—what would you do? This is a question faced by the researchers, veterinarians, and trained volunteers who respond to whale strandings around the world.
"Most large whales, when they come to shore, they're already dead," says Craig Harms, an aquatic animal veterinarian at North Carolina State University in Morehead City.
But the ones that strand alive and can't get back out to sea face a slow, painful death unless someone intervenes. Some groups use explosive charges to kill the animal as quickly as possible. Others use exsanguination, which involves cutting a major artery where the tail meets the body, and the animal bleeds out. Some use drugs.
A new study published last week in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases identifies a mixture of sedatives, pain relievers, and a euthanasia drug that can make things easier for those dealing with a stranded whale—and is much gentler on the whale itself.
The primary goal is to relieve a whale's suffering, says Harms, one of the researchers involved in developing the new method. Without that intervention, a stranded whale is left to the mercy of sunlight, scavengers, and gravity.
Exposure to sunlight causes a whale's skin to blister and peel, almost like a third-degree burn. And their prone position makes them easy pickings for scavengers like seagulls. "The gulls really like to go for the eyes, and they don't worry about waiting until the animal is dead," Harms says.
In the end, without the buoyancy of seawater, a beached whale is crushed to death under the weight of its own organs and blubber. It can take from several days to a week for a stranded whale to die, the veterinarian explains. "It's a long, slow suffocation."
No Easy Solution
For groups that opt to use chemical euthanasia on beached whales, environmental concerns, human safety issues, and logistical problems can make carrying out that decision difficult.
One drug some groups use in their chemical mixes—a pain reliever and anesthetic called xylazine—can sometimes cause a whale to thrash around. That can be very dangerous for the people working around the animal, Harms says.
Another big stumbling block with current drug cocktails is the presence of a barbiturate called pentobarbital. Also used for euthanizing pets and livestock, pentobarbital first renders an animal unconscious so it doesn't feel pain, then stops the animal's heart.
But pentobarbital is a controlled substance in the U.S., and its use requires a license from the Drug Enforcement Agency.
The drug doesn't break down, so it persists in the environment. And pentobarbital can be absorbed through the mouth, which means it can affect scavengers feeding on a whale that's been injected with it—known as secondary toxicity.
A case study published in 2011 described a dog that fell into a coma after ingesting what investigators believed was the flesh of a humpback whale euthanized with a solution containing pentobarbital. The Australian shepherd eventually recovered after having its stomach pumped twice.
U.S. guidelines stipulate that if barbiturates are used on a whale, the carcass must be removed to eliminate the danger of secondary toxicity, says Teri Rowles, coordinator of the marine mammal health and stranding response program at the U.S. National Marine Fisheries.
Carcass removal is possible for smaller whales if they're accessible to trucks and cranes. But it's impossible to remove larger whales such as humpbacks, sperm whales, and male pilot whales.
For these large whales, pentobarbital is off-limits. Rowles notes that staff at the National Marine Fisheries have been trying since the early 1990s to come up with a workable solution that's safe for the environment, safe for humans, and humane for the whales.
She and Harms, together with several colleagues, came together several years ago to try their hand at a solution—which resulted in the drug cocktail and delivery protocol they describe in their new study.
A Better Way
Harms says he was spurred to try to come up with a better way after dealing with a stranded two-year-old right whale calf in 2009. It was in a hard-to-reach part of a beach in North Carolina, and by the time he and colleagues reached the animal, its skin was peeling and seagulls had been picking at its flesh.
Since they couldn't use pentobarbital to euthanize the whale, they decided to kill it as quickly as they could by exsanguination.
"That was one of the first live whales I had been close to," Harms says. "When you're standing there, and you can see the muscle ripple under the blubber, and it's looking back at you, and you don't have the tools to do right by it, that was hard." (Learn how scientists rescue stranded whales.)
So Harms, Rowles, and colleagues developed a new mix of four drugs—midazolam, acepromazine, xylazine, and potassium chloride—that, when administered sequentially, can euthanize a stranded whale more humanely without being toxic for other creatures in the environment or dangerous for people to work with. Midazolam is commonly used to relax people, and acepromazine to calm horses and dogs, Harms says.
Once the whale is quiet, xylazine is administered. If xylazine is given after midazolam and acepromazine, the whale doesn't thrash, Harms says, which makes it much safer for people to work around it.
"The xylazine offers pain relief and anesthesia to the point where we can give the final drug, potassium chloride," Harms says. Potassium chloride stops the heart.
The researchers also came up with a new way of administering those drugs using a garden sprayer connected to custom-made needles. The pressurized sprayer enables delivery of the right quantities of the necessary drugs. And the needles allow workers to access veins near the fins, which keeps them away from the dangerous tail end of the whale.
They distributed their new protocol and equipment to stranding groups around the country, including the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito in northern California. Shawn Johnson, director of veterinary science for the center, who was not involved in the study, praises the new approach.
"People have been talking for a while now on finding other ways of euthanizing whales," he says, and this new method appears to be very safe and humane.
"Here in California, it's rare that we have large whales strand, unlike on the East Coast," Johnson says. Although he and his colleagues have not used the new method yet, they've acquired all the recommended equipment and drugs.
"Euthanizing whales is not an easy way out," Harms says. "It's not something we enjoy doing." But now, people confronting the problem of whale strandings have one more tool in their kit to help them do what's least traumatic for the distressed creatures.
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Orcas vs Humpbacks. The winner is...
Yes but how do we get them off the beach when they are to big? Stupid ppl wee cutting them up her ein San Diego. Not cool
What I'd like to know it how to get them off the beach without cutting them up? They did this here in san diego a few days ago and my heart was crushed.
Size is not important but brain!!!!!!
As with anything thats living eventually its going to die no matter what size it is , whales, dolphins, man all manner of living creatures. To blame man seems a bit much, when the simple fact is living creatures die, or get caught is situations that we have no idea whats going on.
Folks talking aboiut sonar poisoning , when whales are one of the loudest creatures in the world, their sounds carry for up to a thousand miles. I live onboard a navy ship and they would always be testing the sonars in the harbor, was loud but not loud enough to make me deaf.
The moment you can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that its humans that are causing these things , and not mearly speculation then I might consider this. Please stop accusing "man " for something that might be happening from a natural event.
I do care about the oceans and the environment we all share , but speculation is simply that speculation, no facts .
Get your facts straight, present your proof, then i'll listen to ya.
Very good article thank you for your tenderness Mr. Harm.
There are two more points to add to this debate, human interference within the oceans is massive and has added to whales beaching themselves with greater frequency.
Its not just sonar pollution, but pollution from chemicals in massive doses, fuel from ships and plastics, some of these plastics are so small they are absorbed by other organisms rendering them poisonous to all marine life [plastics absorb poisons that are toxic], incidents of cancer in marine mammals is increasing rapidly this will of course enter our food chain.
Massive corporate business models are killing us all - we're just too stupid to stop it. We are supposed to be custodians of this planet instead we pillage it - frankly it makes me ashamed that governments and big business has such tunnel vision lets live for today tomorrow doesn't matter [just as long as their all right] .
sorry but the first thing that went through my mind when i glanced at the title was a theoretical problem I was thinking of some time ago. If you were hunting or defending yourself from dinosaurs or alien creatures the size of dinosaurs with roughly similar physiology, what modern day gun/ammo would you use to ensure reasonable results with center of mass/torso shots? The problem would be ensuring deep enough penetration with big enough holes. And this being about killing whales I was expecting something similar. But the article was about chemical poisons not guns. Sorry
It is sad reading but comforting that the whale suffers less with this new drug.
Thank you to all who put time and effort into imagining a more peaceful way for ending the slow death of these large mammals who are in an insoluble predicament. Until humans understand what causes these episodes and can try to prevent them, it is the least we can do for own sister and fellow travelers on earth.
Doesn't the whale have a brain? Why doesn't someone just shoot it? "They shoot horses, don't they?"
My opinion:
1. Try to reduce the amounts of stranded whales (dunno, reducing sonar usage maybe?). I guess it's impossible to make the number goes to zero, but i'm sure reducing it is possible
2. Those whales that got stranded, I think the best option is to make foods out of them or using them for something (maybe the bones or any of their organs are useful). I guess that's the best way to honor a dead (not by age) animal, so that we'll remind that they're what keeps our stomach filled so that we could continue on living. At least that's what I thought when I ate chickens, fishes etc. So why can't it be applied on those whales? We could even give some foods to the poor peoples by using those stranded whales, so why not?
For how to kill them, just do it quickly, but I guess if we were to use them for things, poisons or drugs are not the right choice.
CMIIW, and feel free to add some informations or disagree with me. I realize that i'm not full of knowledges about whether whales are poisonous or not, or if there's any medical problems etc.
why do we always kill them??
we are bursting them and exsanguination(whatever) and anything but afterall you are killing them and which is totally INHUMAN.
why we can't think about saving them. They are Bloody Important.
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Military sonar use has been found to cause mass stranding of whale and dolphin species. The animals suffered from bleeding on the brain, ears, and internal tissues. The stranded mammals were also found to be suffering from the bends.
But this doesn't explain all stranding events worldwide and an answer hasn't been found. There are probably individual reasons why different stranding events occur.
Unfortunately, the human race believes it owns the land, seas, air, and now space. The reality is that nature owns us. If we destroy our habitat then we will strand ourselves.
Should we interfere in nature's course? No. It creates disasters. We will never be able to control the power of nature. Our interference has already come at a great cost.
Ease suffering? Sure, if human. Let the other species look after themselves. What we need to do is respect the land, forests, seas, air, and stop being selfish for our own betterment.
Until then, the human race is a collective moron.
Were there this many strandings in the past? Is there accurate count of strandings through the years.
Thank you Nat Geo for all you do.
Hey NG-Team,
just an idea - but would it be possible to drive with a ship near the beach that loads the sand under the whale and the whale it self in a big tank in the ship. Drive to deeper sea and open the tank at the bottom so the sand and whale fall into the water!?
The US Navy got the technology to drive with battleships in water that is lower as a car and in rivers the sand at the ground would lift up daily to keep it deep enought.
So we got all the technologies, just combine them.
Would be nice if anyone can tell me his opinion to this idea!? :)
Why not bring something like a crane or whatever that lifts him up and puts him back in the water... Doesn't matter how much it will cost but its definitely better than killing him
if it takes for a whale several days to die ... why not just bring heavy equipment and move it back to the water ?
What's wrong with the world? This has happened for thousands of years, just let nature do her work..
2 years ago I was in long beach washington and there was a washed up whale there
I didn't know this was such a huge issue. Several days to a week for a beached whale to die on its own while dealing with sun blisters, seagulls picking at it, and suffocation. Glad I don't have to see this stuff on a regular basis, then again, that's why I'm clueless.
How about coming up with a way to save the whales instead of killing them?
@Steven Doherty The research behind whether sonar and the like affect whale numbers significantly still needs building on but I think the biggest issue people are concerned about is whaling.
@Tess Venus<<Massive corporate business models are killing us all - we're just too stupid to stop it. We are supposed to be custodians of this planet instead we pillage it - frankly it makes me ashamed that governments and big business has such tunnel vision lets live for today tomorrow doesn't matter [just as long as their all right] .>>
I agree and i think it's more than stupidity I think there is almost a brainwashed culture of Marginalization... almost as if you say anything against these practices you are a tree hugging, foolish, uneducated, conspiracy theorist.
While trying to Organize a beach and sea bed clean up event I hit up 2 potential sponsors, they both published and campaigned on the fact they are sensitive, proactive and committed to the environment and it was a huge part of their advertising. When approached, although never turning down the project they strung me along up and down the chain telling me to check locally and then telling me to check at the corporate level... These two companies are responsible for at least 90% of the garbage, specifically the plastics that litter my beaches... plastics that will take at least 400 years to break down. I am sure the same Logos sponsor the littering of your beaches regardless of where you are on the world.
The reality is that not only are we harming these ecosystems and marine life, we are putting our selves in danger. The piracy in Somalia is another direct consequence of these practices:
Peter Lehr, a Somalia piracy expert at the University of St. Andrews, says "It's almost like a resource swap, Somalis collect up to $100 million a year from pirate ransoms off their coasts and the Europeans and Asians poach around $300 million a year in fish from Somali waters." (Source Wikipedia: Piracy in Somalia)
It's true the problem of piracy in Somalia has dropped... But you think just maybe that's because Almost every country with a navy has heavy activity there? So is the problem really solved? Are we not just treating the symptoms?
And then we could talk about the Orange Roughy, the 3 ton nets that just rape the fragile echo system at the bottom of the Ocean, and many other local and international versions of this problem...
Yes listen to me I sound like a total conspiracy theorist...
@Ruth Orovich These whales are pretty big, so you'd need a pretty large caliber to kill a whale in that way. Groups in Australia use shaped explosive charges applied to a whale's head, which works quickly and is quite effective, according to the experts I spoke to.
@Mezky Yandito I think they don't make food out of them is because it would be more expensive than to 'trow them away' + the meat that we eat is already really cheap, so it would never be cheaper than that. I do like the concept, but the money in making food out of whales should than rather go to 'the poor' directly.
People have tried moving them, but it is extremely difficult and the animal cannot help in anyway. Moving them probably causes more pain. I saw some people pouring a lot water over the skin to alleviate the blisters. That may have been soothing to the creature. I would at least try that. I wonder of wet sand on their backs would help block the sun's heat? My heart breaks over how much habitat destruction (wittingly or unwittingly) our actions cause.
@Yash A. Baley Not every whale that strands on a beach is killed. The experts I talked to said they only consider euthanizing a whale once every other option is ruled out. Once it looks like a whale can't be saved, they try to end its suffering as quickly as possible.
@Yash A. Baley Sometimes its too late to save them and they most likely to far gone. Even if they were to be pushed back into the water, its likely they'll just wash back up. It's kinder to end the suffering rather then prolong it in an unnecessary rescue attempt.
Just a thought: humans are part of nature, occupying a niche like any other animal. I know its hard to accept, but we did not come from another planet and landed here yesterday. We evolved here, and are acting exactly as "nature" intended for us to do, just like termites or carpenter ants.
Sure, intelligence gives us a chance to figth the course nature has set for us, but in the wider picture what we call Nature is just a big battleground where species fight each other to the death so they can continuously evolve and the best adapted can reproduce faster and have a better chance for survival. Sorry to say but nature loves disasters, they are accelerators for evolution and produce better life forms.
But this is all moot, since we are all tourists here. The real owners of the planet are the bacteria, always were, always will be.
@Dimitria Fay Getting an exact count can sometimes be difficult. There is data on strandings up until 2009 (http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/faq.htm).
Data from 2010 until now hasn't yet be collated to the point where NOAA Fisheries will post them online. That's because HQ gets data from several stranding networks around the country. It takes time to sift through the data and pull meaningful statistics out of it.
@Tom W. You do realize that the whale, the sand and some water have to be lifted together in one move, right? While this sounds a rather impressive idea for a smaller cargo/load etc to me personally it`s nowhere near practical for a giant 20 ton 20 meter marine mammal with additional wight because of the sand, water and so on. It should be kept in mind that the whale is not a sack of potatoes and you as a rescuer should deal with it in a tender, delicate and cautious way. Also I`m curious and truly interested in these ships that can operate in a very shallow water while excavating the sand, mud or whatever the ground is covered with. Please share with me some more info about these machines.
When an agency gets its annual budget, if they blow it, they do not get anymore. Reflect on the primary purpose of various marine groups or agencies: research, crime prevention, transportation and recreation. No one actually specializes in saving large mammals everyday. It requires the kind of unified planning that almost never happens at the international level. I know it is very sad.
@Mennah El-Atroush To bring in a crane of that size in that short amount of time *IF* one is available (they don't keep them sitting around), and them able to get a sling under the animal? It's an impossible logistic nightmare.
@Mennah El-Atroush and tell me, how you go under the whales. and also there's a problem with it shear pressure put on her intestines.
@Mennah El-Atroush let`s see it this way. Let`s pretend that there is a crane that can lift 20-30 ton animal. How would you balance it on the soft sand, against the ocean waves, winds and god knows what else as an obstacle. Also - can you ensure safety for everyone involved in the rescue when you can`t even bring the machine to the shore and you can`t operate with it because of the sand. Ok, theoretically we have found some sort of magical way to ensure the stability of the crane, the safety of the people - how do you lift such a giant while ensuring that there is no danger of any kind of damage to it`s bones, muscles, arteries and so on and can you stop an enormous animal like a whale to go mad and break everything with the danger to kill everyone, because it`s shocked, in pain and some crazy creatures are doing crazy things with him? You can`t predict what an animal would do. Last but not least - ok, we have found a way to overcome that issue - how do you move this beast back to a deep enough water so it can swim away? For your information - at least 8 meters of dept is needed.
Please invent an amphibious all terrain machine that can lift, transport and release more than 20 tons, while it`s humane and causes no harm to anyone, including the whale. If it seems too easy for you - do all of this as quick as possible, because the more time passes saving the whale because of the damages to its vital organs becomes less and less possible.
@Majd Kharman try being stationery for two days for example with a 100 kilogram concrete block on your chest. This is what the whale is going through when its weight is not supported by the buoyancy of the water. Do you think you can survive this scenario?
@Majd Kharman By the time you could get the equipment in place and get the animal to water, it's doubtful it would survive. Not to mention there really is no way for that sort of equipment to work on wet sand. It would quickly become mired in the sand.
@Leendert Peters I think we will never be civilized enough until we become more merciful, caring, initiative towards other species.
@Leendert Peters centuries ago we had no medication for any of the diseases, people had surgeries with no anesthesia. Now we are able to treat most of the diseases and people can be fixed without suffering on the operating table. So my advice to you: next time you get the flu, need an appendix surgery or whatever, just let nature take its course ... And to answer to your question "what's wrong with the world?" Ignorant people, like you, that's whats wrong with the world.
@Julian Rosario sometimes miracle are less likely to happen and there is hardly anything for animals to be done. If you can`t figure the whole picture let me paint it for you - there is a titanic whale (15+ meters or 45+ feet) lying on the beach with a little more than 20 to 25 inches (40-50 cm) of water. Its skin is blistering and starts to peel while huge superficial wounds are likely to appear due to this situation. Please find a way to heal the skin and bring a 18 meters 25 ton animal back to the water where it can swim away from the shore without trouble which for a giant whale is at least 7-8 meters (21 to 24 feet) depth from the surface to the bottom. And if this sounds too easy, you are in a rush against time, and there is no guarantee that the poor stressed animal will cooperate in any way.
If you think of yourself as a maverick - please enlighten us with your life changing methods of saving whales with 100 % guarantee for success.
@Julian Rosario Because they can't be saved. Euthanizing them is a last resort. If a whale is found on a beach, the sea receding, sand too soft to safely get a crane there (if it would even lift the animal in the first place) then what exactly do you propose they do? At this point it's all about reducing the whale's suffering.
A lot of beached cases are already dying, from wounds or starvation. We may never know exactly why they do this, and it's heartbreaking, but it's what they've done for longer than the drugs have been around. People are just stepping in to avoid unnecessary suffering.
@Julian RosarioI do agree with that, they are fighting for their life, why we act like god, taking their life away.
@Владимир Предоев These are the two new Navy Ships, one of them can drive in Rivers or Coast-Areas:
-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMimLLcP_8E
And these ships can theoretically move tons of sand and other materials - with nearly no draft:
-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dredging
-> http://static.dredgingtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Lagos-Deploys-Watermaster-to-Combat-Flooding1.jpg
And it should be possible to do it without a dredger-shovel and use a front opened tank that moves under the sand/whale.
Canadian wood transport ships like this can move tones of wood and unload it with submarine technics.
And there are a few more excamples for thechics that can be used for a ship to rescue whales.
@Владимир Предоев i like that idea
@Владимир Предоев I think lifting is the wrong way to go. Perhaps a more feasible solution would be to gently drug the whale, roll it onto a very large tarpon and have the tarpon pulled by a tugboat in the sea/people on land.
But yeah, Euthenasia is the most humane route since there is no safe way to transport whales at the moment :/
So you suggest we go to the African savanna and start feeding lions and hyenas so they stop preying on antelopes and wilderbeests? Hunting is cruel, gruesome and, I'm sure, very, very painful, but that's how nature works.
I think our level of civilization has more to do with less interference on other species natural cycles, not with more interference.
@Linda Billege @Leendert Peters ...oh...cant imagine leaving a creature being left to die ..even for few minutes..... leave alone for days..remember the kinda care we take to our pets back home. my god.....in my opinion those who are administering euthanasia to these unfortunate whales that hit the beach are...just...GODS...not an easy task though....
@Radityo Kuswihatmo @Julian Rosario I think they are talking about the ones that are too far already to be saved.
@Tom W. @Владимир Предоев Another thing to think about is the cost of such an operation. If this ship tactic were feasible, who would pay for it? The stranding networks around the country that deal with beached whales don't have unlimited budgets and rely a lot on volunteers.
@Rachel Lee @Владимир Предоев You know, i personally think we could always eat them, because whales are mammals, like us humans. They stimulate pain, and they actually feel pain. Though it looks humane, the euthenasia drug isn't really so humane. The carcass of the whale can't be reused and it just increases the amount of waste to be decomposed. A great solution is just to pray and give thanks before cutting up the whale and feed to the poor because they would need it more than average people, right Rachel?
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The Web, the Filipinos, and Mr. Chip Tsao
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!"--I will take this literally not proverbially for the article below.
Filipinos are getting more and more equipped in using the internet. There is a necessity obviously, as millions of Filipinos are working abroad as professionals or skilled workers. Internet, aside from a more popular gadget, the mobile phone, has become a cheap medium in communicating with family members abroad. You can view your relative who's on the other side of the world in real time through webcam, and of course, it feels like you're together and the feeling of loneliness or home-sickeness if not gone is greatly diminished. This is the reason why we get news as fast as it happens though thousands of miles away. This is also the reason why when Mr. Chip Tsao published his article entitled, "The War at Home" on (http://hk-magazine.com/feature/war-home) on May 27, 2009, it was pulled out on the same day because it only took a couple of hours to enrage a whole nation, the nation which he called "the nation of servants", Philippines no less.
So what did he say that sparked indignation from my fellow Filipinos, migrant workers or not; in Hong Kong, in the Philippines, or in other parts of the world? Since the editor and the publisher of the online magazine withdrew the article; I researched some more to get the article. I was so sure a Filipino would post it somewhere. I was right, so here it is. Here's what Mr. Chip Tsao wrote. I ask, "is he really just being satirical?" You tell me cos this nation of servants may have misunderstood his use of a literary device.
The War At Home
March 27th, 2009
The Russians sank a Hong Kong freighter last month, killing the seven Chinese seamen on board. We can live with that—Lenin and Stalin were once the ideological mentors of all Chinese people. The Japanese planted a flag on Diàoyú Island. That's no big problem—we Hong Kong Chinese love Japanese cartoons, Hello Kitty, and shopping in Shinjuku, let alone our round-the-clock obsession with karaoke.
But hold on—even the Filipinos? Manila has just claimed sovereignty over the scattered rocks in the South China Sea called the Spratly Islands, complete with a blatant threat from its congress to send gunboats to the South China Sea to defend the islands from China if necessary. This is beyond reproach. The reason: there are more than 130,000 Filipina maids working as $3,580-a-month cheap labor in Hong Kong. AS A NATION OF SERVANTS (my highlight), you don't flex your muscles at your master, from whom you earn most of your bread and butter.
As a patriotic Chinese man, the news has made my blood boil. I summoned Louisa, my domestic assistant who holds a degree in international politics from the University of Manila, hung a map on the wall, and gave her a harsh lecture. I sternly warned her that if she wants her wages increased next year, she had better tell every one of her compatriots in Statue Square on Sunday that the entirety of the Spratly Islands belongs to China.
Grimly, I told her that if war breaks out between the Philippines and China, I would have to end her employment and send her straight home, because I would not risk the crime of treason for sponsoring an enemy of the state by paying her to wash my toilet and clean my windows 16 hours a day. With that money, she would pay taxes to her government, and they would fund a navy to invade our motherland and deeply hurt my feelings.
Oh yes. The government of the Philippines would certainly be wrong if they think we Chinese are prepared to swallow their insult and sit back and lose a Falkland Islands War in the Far East. They may have Barack Obama and the hawkish American military behind them, but we have a hostage in each of our homes in the Mid-Levels or higher. Some of my friends told me they have already declared a state of emergency at home. Their maids have been made to shout "China, Madam/Sir" loudly whenever they hear the word "Spratly." They say the indoctrination is working as wonderfully as when we used to shout, "Long live Chairman Mao!" at the sight of a portrait of our Great Leader during the Cultural Revolution. I'm not sure if that's going a bit too far, at least for the time being. (http://www.pinoyunderground.com/showthread.php?t=178360) originally on HK Magazine.
Like many Filipinos, I was so hurt by his Filipino-bashing statement. He was/is ungrateful for the service his "servant" gives him and his family. BUT WHAT SADDENED ME THE MOST, AND WHICH ALSO BROKE MY HEART, IS THE FACT THAT HIS HELPER IS A UNIVERSITY GRADUATE, WITH AN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS DEGREE. INSTEAD OF GETTTING A JOB RELATED TO HER COURSE, SHE IS IN HONG KONG "SCRUBBING TOILET" AND SERVING A RACIST JOURNALIST.
Hi Katea,
Once again, you have brought up an interesting subject. Mr. Chip Tsao has written a provocative piece, and as you mention - while seemingly sarcastic, he no doubt speaks the sentiments of some Chinese. Thank you for bringing up this issue of educated Filipino women working as maids in Hong Kong. What are your thoughts on this?
Warm regards,
things will change
I always get so upset about such inequality like this! I can remember when a whole bunch of Filipinos moved to town and at my high school we thought they were so cool. They always dressed up and looked nice, back then the white kids were thought they should be the cool ones always dressed in jeans and t-shirts and were boring and exclusive. I always wanted to tell them that we are extremely thankful you don't try to befriend us and just because you are looking down on us does not mean we are looking up to you. It was great to have them around since they were so confident and were actually friendly if you went up to them to say a 'quick hi' to them.
It makes me smile since I think that same Mr. Tsao would probably think we (Alaskan Natives) were only worthy to be the servants of their servants (A joke in some Disney movie about how rich he was that even his servants had servants). I think there will be real change though.
We are smarter now and can see how they kept us divided and that has changed. Now instead of a small group charging the gates and failing we can instead band together and let them see that they are seriously outnumbered. They will remember that old saying 'If you can't beat them, join them' and slowly it will change.
I know what you mean about writing about your own cultures issues being harder then responding to others. I feel my blood boil and try to rewrite all my words so people can see the Truth instead of my anger about it all.
It is the same way they treat woman, that no matter how good you are you are not as good as our lowest one. That will change as we band together and see we are go through something like this and speak against it. Before, it was just one group but now it is all of us together as one and that is something they can not stand against. I wish it would happen overnight but it will happen, we have to believe that!


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NBC News — The International Atomic Energy Agency meeting opened thursday in Vienna. The U.S. and western allies face a choice over Iran. The U.S., Britain, France and Germany could defy Russia and China and demand Iran answer questions on its alleged secret nuclear arms program or face renewed referral to the U.N. Security Council. Or they could settle for a rebuke of Iran's government that leaves the powers formally speaking with one voice but the world's hands tied in investigating suspicions about Iran.
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Geneva Motor Show: Alpina B3 brings the twist
BMW's foray into turbocharging, in the form of the 335i, has been met with tremendous enthusiasm from both journos and consumers alike. But as any pistonhead knows, when a vehicle gets a turbo bolted on at the factory, invariably, there's more performance to be had. Vishnu has already upped the ante with their Procede ECU upgrade, which brings horsepower into the 360-380 realm, along with a substantial increase in torque. Coupled with their soon-to-be-released exhaust system, the sky is quickly becoming the limit.
For those that are looking for a thoroughly reworked system that can be bought outright, Alpina released its B3 Biturbo at the Geneva Motor Show that combines both performance and aesthetic enhancements in one complete package.
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After a seemingly interminable hiatus, Gossip Girl returns next Monday with "The Kids Stay in the Picture," the first of five episodes to close out the show's fourth season.
The center of attention this spring: Blair Waldorf.
Will her strong, unlikely connection to Dan continue to flourish? Or will her presumed soulmate Chuck Bass win her back? Or, will a royal suitor return to usurp them both?
Gossip Girl executive producers Stephanie Savage and Josh Safran spoke to E! News about this story line and much more in a lengthy Q&A today. Read it below ...
Dan and Blair: Still a going concern or are they totally done?
JS: There will absolutely continue to be stories of the two of them together, definitely. All the way up through the finale. And beyond.
SS: And beyond.
What about a possible Chuck and Blair reunion?
JS: Chuck and Blair are very much connected in this pod. How that connection bears itself out, I just think we've got to wait and see. But the dynamics that have been brewing all season with them. Blair wanting to be powerful, Chuck waiting for her. All of that stuff is definitely very prevalent in these last five episodes.Speaking of Blair's desire to be powerful, has Blair settled on a specific ambition and goal at this point? Does she still want to be a fashion editor?
Something presents itself very soon that answers that question.
Are we on our way to seeing Princess Blair?
Just wait.
Do you think Dan really fell for Blair?
Dan will continue to be involved with Blair and in Blair's story. And then he also gets a bit of a new relationship.
Is Dan's new relationship with Serena's cousin Charlie (Kalyee Defer)?
JS: Wait and see, but I also think something happens regarding Dan's character that has actually been secretly brewing for a long time. It's something that I think will reshape his character.
What can we expect for Nate and Vanessa's characters in this last batch of episodes?
JS: Nate continues his relationship with Raina (Tika Sumpter), and he's very much folded into that story. And Vanessa tries to get back in the good graces of everybody, and we'll see she'll end of trying larger and larger things until there is one very very big thing that will happen that changes things.
With the arrest and the return of William van der Woodsen, there has to be a lot going on with Rufus and Lily's clan, right?
JS: Oh tons. [Laughs.] It's always fun when you get all of them together, even when you get any three of those characters together it's fun. We're starting this - episode 18 starts the last five, but it also introduces Charlie, introduces a lot of stuff about the Rhodes family and van der Woodsens that we have never seen or known about before. That's seen through every episode until the end. You constantly learn more and more about Carol (Sheila Kelly), about Charlie, about Lily and Carol's relationship and about CeCe (Caroline Lagerfelt), their mother. It just keeps growing.
SS: Aunt Carol in Miami is a character who's mentioned in passing in the pilot. So it was great to meet past aunt Carol two seasons ago and grownup Carol in this episode and to meet her daughter, who is Serena and Eric's cousin.
And I assume this all comes back to Serena in the end?
JS: Definitely.
SS: Yeah.
Can you expand on how it effects her?
JS: The first half of the season was about Serena sort of being gaslit and wondering what it is that she could have done and then discovering that it wasn't her, it was her mother and that fractured them. So we proceeded along looking back at the past at what happened and not, and now this last five are sort of showing how the family comes back together and what this new family dynamic is going to be. That will definitely spin Serena off into a new direction. I think it would be honestly too delicious to spoil.
One or another of the actors occasionally says they might be done with the show soon, is there any plan in place to end the show? Do you have an end date in mind?
SS: The reality of television life is that the actors have six-year contracts. So any things that the actors have said have been in the context of that lifespan. Which isn't to say that there isn't life of the show beyond that but we're just excited about finishing up season four and hopefully getting a season five, and generally making that the best season of the show that we've ever done.
I'm impressed with all that you've done and your stamina in keeping the show so vibrant this far in.
SS: Honestly I think I can speak for all the writers, the show is an incredible passion for us and that writing it is a pleasure and we love the characters and the world so much that its really hard to imagine a life without them. And that is pretty sustaining on a daily basis.
What do you think? Who will Blair end up with?
Steve Marsi is the Managing Editor of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Google+ or email him here.Tags: Gossip Girl, Interviews, Spoilers
I've been a CHAIR fan for as long as I can remember, and I don't know what to do if Chair doesn't end up together. It's impossible that Dair will be engaged because dan is too smart for that. Why waste 3 or more years of CHAIR if they won't end up together, right?
Wow! I am very suprised with all the amount of support people show towards Chair. I thought there games were cute at first but after seeing the aftermath of there games, they end up getting hurt. Its sort of repetative, Chuck Likes Blair---Blair Likes Chuck---they have sex---complications are introduced ie.Hotel---They end up hurting each other---Break up---Blair breaks it off with chuck--- Chuck shags everything that moves---Blair goes on a couple of dates---Blair forgives chuck. And it starts all over again. Dont get ne wrong I liked the whole Dark night dynamics and all of there games and fooling around with each other, but there not in high school anymore. Blair has matured but I feel Chuck hasn't, therefore cant handle a serious relationship. When chuck grows up an 'redeems' himself as some of you may say then I will be all for Chuck and Blair. :) Now back to an even bigger question that is brewing~
Team Prince (Prince Louis)
Team Pauper (daniel)
or Team Dark night (charles) I have already established how I feel about Chuck and Blair. Now to Prince Louis. Based on the (very) short time that Blair and Louis have been together, I cant help myself to fall head over heels for them. Its so cute, although Im not getting to comfortable because lets face it, it is gossip girl! Louis seems like a nice, charming Prince but again this is gossip girl so I wouldn't be suprised if he had some skeletons in his closet. And if our opinion of him changed throughout the first couple of episodes he's in. I think its a nice gesture that in one of the promo clips he is seen with Blairs shoe that Blair left him (S4E02). Although he seems perfect on paper not knowing much about him does make me feel a bit insecure about a full relationship, not to mention a proposal. Now finally to the pauper of the contest to win Blair's heart. I I would like to clarify that I highly disaprove of the romance/relationship between Dan and Blair. When things ended last time on gossip girl we were left with a cliffhanger where we witnessed Dan and Blair's kiss which 'freeze-framed' as soon as the two unlikely indivudals locked lips, literaly. This tourchered us as it gave endless possibilites, I personally think that they will finish the kiss gaizing into each others eyes seperated when Blair will say something like 'well now we got that cleared up, you can go back to brokyln.' :/ Well not escally like that but I think you got the jist. Perez hilton posted that after Blair and Dans ahem... Blair catches a fake bug and refuses to see anyone especially Dan and Chuck. Regardless if this infomation is true I think it may suggest that Blairs kiss ment more then she was letting on. I just dont think that them being together is very appropraite
especially when you throw in the whole Chuck, Serena Factor, its just wrong! That would be like Rufus and Vanessa together, actually Rufus and Vanessa is actually realistic. :/ So Prince, Pauper, or Dark Knight? My anwser Neither... And if i am completly honest I dont think she will be engaged for long. If this was to happen my preferences would be first
1. Team Prince- Louis and Blair
2. Dark Knight- Chuck and Blair
3. Team Pauper- Dan and Blair
I wish Dair would last, but I seriously doubt they would make them last. I hope though that if Chuck and Blair become ChuckandBlair again, he does some amazingly, heartfelt grand gesture because so far he's been kind of an a** this season. I don't want her to just take Chuck back again because she is drawn to him. I feel like her character should be stronger than that.
I want Dair to last.... ;(
I hope by next season the writers will stop the "hooking up with one another" game. They should start turning their focus on which couples should be endgame and rebuild their relationship - Chuck/Blair, Dan/Serena, Nate/Jenny(if she comes back?)
I must state that I am not for the whole dan/blair storyline. Its a nice story you-know the bad girl- falls for the good boy- good boy changes bad girl exstravaganza. But I don't think its very apropriate, lets be literal.
Three months ago...
Serena was all over Dan, Etc. BLAIR KNEW
Dan was all over Serena, Etc. BLAIR KNEW
Serena is best friends with Blair who would barely look at Dan unless she was making a mockery of him.
But now suddenly... Today... Just three months later Blair (Serena's best friend) kissed not only her ex-bf but the person Serena believed was her 'forever and I knew I was right' in Serena's words (S1E18) I thought Blair and Dan were cute as friends but a couple seriously not to mention all the drama it would cause for Chuck to.
Dair must go on (can't forget their words "and beyond"!!!!) come on it is the reason why GG got back to the must-see show place again! People weren't caring about what was going on before the threw dair together! ( I kept watching, of course, but it wasn't nearly exciting as this) I don't know about chair and how the show will end, but it'd be pretty sad if they decided to drop dair too soon (or ever :P)
So this is the plan to stop the Dan/Blair thing? Frankly, Dan is the only competition for Blair's affection, (yeah, yeah i know all about endgames, destiny, soulmates, epicness and the like but you know i'm right) otherwise people wouldn't be bellyaching so damn much. Make Dan bi? Dude, you have GOT to be kidding me with this, it so out of the blue. But hey, if we're going back to the books, then give Chuck a boyfriend too, because wasn't he bi too? Don't disappoint me, writer will weak plot lines. Don't you love it? Dan and Serena should end once and for all, IMO, Serena's too flighty with her feelings and won't stop anytime soon. Frankly i doubt she'll ever change for the better, she's been trying for 3 seasons. What they need to be is siblings and friends. Nate with Raina, I like it. This is exactly who Natey needs; grounded and liking Nate even in his dimness (still love you Nate). Serena cannot and should not ruin this for him, and besides she needs to be single at the moment. Maybe in S5? More Dan/Blair moments, hell to the yeah! As much as i want them to continue with the steady move to romance with them, it won't happen. I will however adore continued interactions, and just as well written as before please. Prince: Nothing against him, he's just there to add dramatic effect. And who wouldn't want a prince this nice around. Pple need to stop the hating on him. IT's not his fault writer feel the need to drop him on our laps.
I definitely want more Dair. While I love Chair in the end, I definitely don't mind Dair for a while. Make that a long while. Unfortunately it will not be as long as I'd like. I'm disappointed in the Prince coming back. I'd like to have seen Chuck and Dan both vehemently vie for Blair's affections. I do agree with another comment that Chuck hasn't really fought for Blair anytime recently.
I like Nate with Raina. I am not a fan of Serenate. These are just my opinions however and like assholes, we all have them.
so umm.... no word if Jenny returns... i see how it is! BRING JENNY BACK!! the show just seems like its missing something... a tall, skinny, blonde something that wears too much eye make-up but damn it i want her back!!


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Future Hall of Famer boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. turned 36 on Sunday, February 24.
Mayweather (43-0, 26 KOs), a longstanding WBC world welterweight titleholder who was named The Ring "Fighter of the Year" in 1998 and 2007, last threw fists on Cinco de Mayo when he overcame powerful Puerto Rican icon Miguel Cotto by unanimous decision to acquire the WBA (Super) & WBC Diamond light middleweight crowns.
A five-division, eight-belt winner, Mayweather will next scrap current interim WBC welterweight champion Robert Guerrero on May 4 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev.
Born into a loony clan of boxers, "Pretty Boy," the winner of the Best Fighter ESPY Award on four separate occasions, was dealt a tough upbringing with a primarily absent father and mother addicted to drugs.
Overcoming adversity most can't relate to, Mayweather proved to be an unrelenting and determined kid who dominated the amateur ranks and ultimately won a bronze medal as a featherweight at the 1996 Olympics.
Turning professional roughly three months after the Summer Games, the defensive virtuoso has since trumped pugilistic standouts Miguel Cotto, Juan Manuel Márquez, Ricky Hatton, Oscar De La Hoya, José Luis Castillo, Diego Corrales, Arturo Gatti and Shane Mosley.
Mayweather's outstanding diligence, ring presence, speed and punishing power helped the polarizing figure top Forbes' list of the 50 highest-paid athletes of 2012.
As detractors readily note, the prizefighting badass, who vacated the script and purposely broke the Big Show's nose with an unprovoked assault at WWE's No Way Out in February 2008, is a mouthy degenerate, cocky jackass and convicted domestic abuser.
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Raised by a batshit crazy family in poor living conditions as a child, Mayweather hasn't always "had the advantages that you've had."
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I have downloaded a couple of DVD's from a legitimate site and i would like to burn them onto a disc so that i may play them on my DVD Player unfortunately i am unsure as to what file type i use in order for this to happen also what type of disc do i use i.e. + or - DVD or one or the other, i have wasted a few discs trying this out or it may be my own DVD Player that is the problem. I would be very much appreciated for help on this matter. Thank you for your help in advance.
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DVD's are in Mpeg2 format contained in a VOB file Depending on the format the downloads are you might just be able to use something like dvd flick which is free to convert and burn . to avoid risking making coastersd should you use flick then advise you make an Iso image first .If that then plays ok carry on an burn . If flick wont (unlikely ) accept the files then you need to convert first use something like any video convertor also free
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