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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican Party's vice-presidential nominee, disclosed her teenage daughter's pregnancy, the announcement stirred a whirlwind of political commentary. For some, it also put a necessary spotlight on the real issue of teen pregnancy.
For those working with pregnant teens on a daily basis, the news that 17-year-old Bristol Palin was five months pregnant may not have raised any eyebrows.
"Pregnant and parenting teens is not a new phenomenon; it has been going on for a long time and it affects teens from all socioeconomic backgrounds," said Velma Brown-Walker, program director at Catholic Charities' Jadonal E. Ford Center for Adolescent Parenting in Chicago, which served 1,454 clients last year.
The overall teen birthrate rose slightly in 2006 after steadily declining since 1991, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report shows the birthrate for teens ages 15-19 rose 3 percent from 2005 to 2006. According to National Vital Statistics Reports, the most recently reported teen pregnancy rate from 2004 is 72.2 per 1,000 teens or 7.2 percent.
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Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago offers programs for pregnant teenagers in neighborhoods throughout the city. Alice Wyatt, director for the agency's Arts of Living Institute based at local public schools, said the program served 457 teen parents and 349 children last year -- a slight increase from the previous year. The program monitors teens and their health needs through case managers who meet with them regularly.
The Jadonal E. Ford Center puts a strong emphasis on providing support groups for new mothers designed to connect them to peers who are also trying to stay in school and adjust to new schedules and new responsibilities.
Brown-Walker said the challenges for these teens vary depending on their age.
"Younger girls tend to face more pressure than older girls. Students in high school can face intimidation from their peers or other family members. Even worse, some girls face abuse issues, homelessness and an increased risk of dropping out of school. We are seeing more girls coming to us who are between 13 and 16 years of age," she added.
Mercy Sister Mary Ann LoGiudice, executive director of Community Maternity Services, an agency for pregnant teenagers sponsored by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany, N.Y., has likewise seen younger clients, as young as 13 and 14, in recent years.
Sister LoGiudice, who has worked with pregnant teens for three decades, said the teens seeking help are not only younger but more often than not they choose to keep their babies instead of giving them up for adoption, which used to be more common.
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Cobo, currently under investigation by the Broward State Attorney's Office for possible criminal charges, is the third commissioner named in Seidman's memo.
Dated April 2, 2008, the memo containing those allegations was sent by Seidman to Lance Bradley, the health care district's compliance director. It was among the records excavated by former federal prosecutor Martin Goldberg in his recent investigation into reports of ethics violations by Cobo.
Seidman claims that in October 2007, Commissioner Stoll recommended that the district's sponsorship committee give $10,000 to Museum of Science and Discovery in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Then-CEO Alan Levine issued the check, only to learn (according to Seidman's letter) that "obtaining such a large donation benefited (Stoll's) status as a 'benefactor' of the museum."
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Florida Statutes say a public officer cannot "accept any compensation, payment, or thing of value" if it was given to "influence a vote or other action in which the officer... was expected to participate in his or her official capacity." Which begs the question of whether Stoll really did have a hand in that donation and if so whether she gained status at the museum as a result. And then whether that status qualifies as a "thing of value" that she was ethically bound to refuse.
Stoll was vacationing in Colorado last week when I tried reaching her, but her husband Steve Stoll responded by email, saying that Seidman's allegations are "fiction." He denied that his wife played a role in any $10,000 donation to the Museum of Science and Discovery. Rather, he said that "Rebecca donated her own personal funds to the museum prior to her appointment and continues to do so."
In the letter, Seidman claims that Stoll and Levine clashed over the $10,000 donation and that Stoll then launched a campaign to oust Levine, for which Seidman claims she was recruited.
"Commmissioner Stoll tried to involve me in her vendetta agains Mr. Levine by calling me to her office where she and her husband, lawyer Steve Stoll, threatened me with a bar complaint and malpractice claim, unless I lied to the other commissioners about Alan Levine misrepresenting facts to the board."That last phrase is the very same one that was quoted coming from Stoll when in January 2008, Levine resigned as CEO. (On behalf of other district officials, Vice President of Corporate Communications/Marketing Sara Howley, declined to discuss Stoll's possible involvement in the district's sponsorship of the museum exhibit, as the subject came up in documents related to the pending investigation of Cobo.)
Seidman wrote the letter, it appears, to make a record of a meeting she had with Bradley that same day. It's apparent she was anxious about having made powerful enemies of the Stolls and feared for her job. Seidman writes:
"They wanted to get rid of Alan Levine for the same reason they now want to get rid of me: They couldn't control him and he wouldn't shut his eyes to the misuse and abuse of her office by Commissioner Stoll."Three weeks after writing the letter, Seidman resigned. She was paid her $230,000 salary for the next year, however.
Steve Stoll did not address a question about whether he or his wife recruited Seidman's help in disposing of Levine.
A few months after Seidman's departure, in August 2008, there appeared an item on the board's agenda, authorizing the district to pay the same Museum of Science and Discovery $2 million over the following 15 years for an exhibition that promoted health. Discussion of that item is recorded in the meeting minutes, with Commissioner Dan Gordon questioning "whether Broward Health should be in the business to support a museum. He said that being a hospital district, the monies generated, some of which are through taxes, should not be used in this manner."
Gordon's was the only dissenting vote. Stoll seconded the motion that called for the sponsorship. The meeting minutes contain no disclosure of a conflict of interest on her part.
More from the Seidman letter later, including the alleged misconduct by Commissioner Jaeger, as well as Commissioner Cobo's alleged attempt to repeal the very same ethics guidelines that he would later be accused of violating.
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Higgs boson: The poetry of subatomic particles. 5 July 2012Last updated at 01:08 GMT Peter Higgs at Wednesday's Cern seminar The Higgs boson, which scientists at Cern appear to be homing in on after 45 years, gets its name, as everyone knows, from British physicist Peter Higgs, one of the first to propose its existence.
But what about the other part of this great name - boson? This, in fact, is also named after a physicist, Einstein's Indian contemporary, Satyendra Nath Bose. Physicists from Russia to California have given lots of curious and sometimes poetic names to the subatomic particles discovered over the last century or so. A brief history of a boson: Timeline of Higgs - physics-math - 03 July 2012. It's turned into science's worst-kept secret.
Tomorrow, physicists at CERN near Geneva in Switzerland are expected to announce the discovery of the Higgs boson, the culmination of a 50-year quest to find the elusive particle that gives others their mass. Here's how they got there. Peter Higgs is the first to explicitly predict the particle that would eventually acquire his name in October, but other physicists can also lay claim to the idea of a mass-generating boson. In August, Robert Brout and François Englert independently detail how the mass-generation mechanism could work.
Another group – Dick Hagen, Gerald Guralnik and Tom Kibble – also produce similar ideas independently, publishing shortly after Higgs in November. What is the Higgs boson and why does it matter? - physics-math - 13 December 2011. Read full article Continue reading page |1|2 A version of this piece was originally commissioned by the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Science and Reason and also appears on their website RichardDawkins.net.
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Kathleen Amaya and Raffaele Centofanti's Musical Flair, the adjudged runner-up of the $55,000 Mambo Meister Stakes in his last start, posted his first official work since that troubled effort on Saturday when covering five furlongs in 1:00. One day later, trainer Sal Santoro spoke about that move and mapped out the upcoming schedule for the 3-year-old son of Songandaprayer.
"He's been training all along; going to the track to jog and doing some two-minute licks," trainer Sal Santoro said. "But we wanted to sharpen him up a little yesterday, so off a two-minute lick we had (jockey) John (Delgado) work him. He went well, he came back happy, and he was his usual self all day, diving into his feed like he normally does. So it was all encouraging."
Santoro plans to run Musical Flair in next Saturday's $55,000 American Dream Stakes, a one-mile main track affair restricted to 3-year-olds.
"Our mid-term goal is to aim for a stake at Saratoga in August, and the timing of the American Dreamer is perfect for that plan," Santoro said. "And I like the fact that it's straight 3-year-olds."
The Saratoga race Santoro refers to is the Grade 2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes on August 10, run over1 1/16 miles of upstate New York turf.
"He's already won two stakes on the grass, so we know he likes the surface," Santoro said. "And he's run well in some of his two-turn dirt races, so I don't see distance being a problem either. Besides, he's the kind of horse that will go wherever you put him."
Musical Flair won the $75,000 Fasig-Tipton Turf Dash at Calder last year, and his most recent trip to the winner's circle came following a victory in the $60,000 Needles Stakes at Gulfstream Park in early February. But in his five subsequent starts, the colt has encountered all sorts of trouble, of which Santoro has little trouble rattling off.
"Where should I start," Santoro said good-naturedly. "He got completely shut off in his last. Before that in the Champali he got slammed around on the backstretch. The race before that he didn't get out of the gate. And before that, when we took him to Tampa, the whole trip was a disaster.
"But if you don't have an optimistic nature, you're probably in the wrong game and need to get out of the business," Santoro continued. "Because it doesn't matter how perfect things are going before a race, once you send him to the gate, anything can happen, and it usually does. I just know we're due a little good luck for a change."
Jockey Orlando Bocachica, third in the Calder riding table back on May 18 when suffering a displaced fracture of his collarbone in a last-race spill, is nearing a return to the races, although patience is being preached by his agent Jay Rushing.
"He's probably three weeks to a month away from coming back," Jay Rushing said. "I hope I'm overestimating that timeframe just a bit, but we're going to make sure he's well and good before we even think about a return."
Bocachica was in the wrong place at the wrong time back on that mid-May day, as his mount, Solar d'Oro, fell while trying to avoid Lil John Paul, who had dropped his rider Jonathan Gonzales after stumbling badly at the top of the stretch. Gonzales escaped the incident unharmed, while Bocachica would end up in the operating room.
"Two weeks after the fall he went in for surgery," Rushing said. "He was in a cast for a while but that's come off and he's just in a sling right now. He's going to therapy three times a week, and as a result his condition has definitely improved.
"It was the first bone he's ever broken, so he's still a little down right now," Rushing added. "He wants to get back to riding as soon as he can, but we need to make sure that he's one-hundred percent before we even think about coming back."


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Bodywork is a term used in alternative medicine to describe any therapeutic or personal development technique that involves working with the human body in a form involving manipulative therapy, breath work, or energy medicine. In addition bodywork techniques aim to assess or improve posture, promote awareness of the "bodymind connection" rather than the "mind-body connection", or to manipulate a putative "energy field" surrounding the human body and affecting health.[1]
Some of the best known forms of non-touch bodywork methods include: reiki, yoga, pranayama, as well as other non-touch methods: breathwork respiration techniques, therapeutic touch, Bates method for sight training,[2] qigong, and t'ai chi.
The better known forms of manipulative bodywork include Alexander technique, applied kinesiology, Bowen technique, chiropractic, craniosacral therapy, Feldenkrais method, Hakomi, reflexology, Rolfing Structural Integration, shiatsu, Somatic Experiencing, and Trager Approach.
One form of bodywork is deep tissue massage therapy, and the terms massage and bodywork are often used interchangeably. While bodywork includes all forms of massage techniques, it also includes many other types of touch therapies. [3]
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Bousada Interiors v. Thrillworks Inc.
Claim Number: FA1211001473540
Complainant is Bousada Interiors ("Complainant"), represented by Reed Bousada, Canada. Respondent is Thrillworks Inc. ("Respondent"), represented by Jay Bousada of President & CEO of Thrillworks Inc., Canada.
The domain name at issue is <bousada.com>, registered with TLDS, LLC D/B/A SRSPLUS.
The undersigned certifies that he or she has acted independently and impartially and to the best of his or her knowledge has no known conflict in serving as Panelist in this proceeding.
Beatrice Onica Jarka as Panelist.
Complainant submitted a Complaint to the National Arbitration Forum electronically on November 29, 2012; the National Arbitration Forum received payment on November 29, 2012.
On December 4, 2012, TLDS, LLC D/B/A SRSPLUS confirmed by e-mail to the National Arbitration Forum that the <bousada.com> domain name is registered with TLDS, LLC D/B/A SRSPLUS and that Respondent is the current registrant of the name. TLDS, LLC D/B/A SRSPLUS has verified that Respondent is bound by the TLDS, LLC D/B/A SRSPLUS registration agreement and has thereby agreed to resolve domain disputes brought by third parties in accordance with ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy").
On December 11, 2012, the Forum served the Complaint and all Annexes, including a Written Notice of the Complaint, setting a deadline of December 31, 2012 by which Respondent could file a Response to the Complaint, via e-mail to all entities and persons listed on Respondent's registration as technical, administrative, and billing contacts, and to firstname.lastname@example.com. Also on December 11, 2012, the Written Notice of the Complaint, notifying Respondent of the e-mail addresses served and the deadline for a Response, was transmitted to Respondent via post and fax, to all entities and persons listed on Respondent's registration as technical, administrative and billing contacts.
A timely Response was received and determined to be complete on December 31, 2012.
Both parties have submitted additional submissions, the Complainant on January 7, 2013 and the Respondent on January 14, 2013. Both additional submissions were received in a timely manner according to Supplemental Rule 7.
On January 8, 2013, pursuant to Complainant's request to have the dispute decided by a single-member Panel, the National Arbitration Forum appointed Beatrice Onica Jarka as Panelist.
Having reviewed the communications records, the Administrative Panel (the "Panel") finds that the National Arbitration Forum has discharged its responsibility under Paragraph 2(a) of the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules") "to employ reasonably available means calculated to achieve actual notice to Respondent" through submission of Electronic and Written Notices, as defined in Rule 1 and Rule 2.
Complainant requests that the domain name be transferred from Respondent to Complainant.
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Complainant contends that:
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In his Response, the Respondent has responded that:
C. Additional Submissions
By its additional submission, the Complainant further stated:
By its additional submission submitted on January 14, 2013, the Respondent replied that:
The Panel finds that this dispute is outside the scope of UDRP.
Paragraph 15(a) of the Rules instructs this Panel to "decide a complaint on the basis of the statements and documents submitted in accordance with the Policy, these Rules and any rules and principles of law that it deems applicable."
Paragraph 4(a) of the Policy requires that Complainant must prove each of the following three elements to obtain an order that a domain name should be cancelled or transferred:
(1) the domain name registered by Respondent is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which Complainant has rights; and
(2) Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name; and
(3) the domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
Preliminary Issue: Business/Contractual Dispute Outside the Scope of the UDRP
The submissions of both parties relate to a complex trade dispute with possible causes of action for breach of contract or trust duty.
In this sense, the Panel notes that according to the Respondent, he was the one who registered, paid for, renewed, and managed the <bousada.com> domain name with no contribution or guidance from Complainant. Moreover, the Panel further notes that, according to the Respondent, the Complainant's business was only temporarily permitted to use the domain name until Respondent decided to use the domain name for his own purposes, and on July 3, 2012, Respondent notified Complainant that his right to use the <bousada.com> domain name was ending due to failure to pay for any of Respondent's services.
On the side of the Complainant, Panel also notes that the submission of the Complainant refers to breach of trust or contract by his brother who is the Respondent, who Complainant hired "many years ago" to set up the website, which Respondent registered for on Complainant's behalf. Complainant trusted his brother to establish the resolving website. Complainant eventually decided that the website needed a makeover, and opted to hire a local company to do the job in order to complete the work more quickly; however, the domain's access was blocked because Respondent held the code to the <bousada.com> domain name. Complainant contacted Respondent attempting to gain the access code, to which Respondent replied that Complainant owed him money. Complainant claims that Respondent has not replied to any further correspondence and that the website was shut down following the twenty-four time frame after trying to obtain the access code from Respondent.
The aspects of this case as presented by both parties are complex and require further submission of evidences to clear the factual situation, which, in the opinion of this Panel is object of a business and/or contractual dispute between two companies that falls outside the scope of the UDRP.
In this sense, the Panel considers the well known practice of UDRP panels that, in some circumstances the dispute falls outside the UDRP and has to be dismissed.
Therefore, the Panel finds thisdispute is similar with the Love v. Barnett, FA 944826 (Nat. Arb. Forum May 14, 2007), in which the panel stated:
A dispute, such as the present one, between parties who each have at least a prima facie case for rights in the disputed domain names is outside the scope of the Policy … the present case appears to hinge mostly on a business or civil dispute between the parties, with possible causes of action for breach of contract or fiduciary duty. Thus, the majority holds that the subject matter is outside the scope of the UDRP and dismisses the Complaint.
According to the panel in Love, complex cases such as the one presented here may be better decided by the courts than by a UDRP panel:
When the parties differ markedly with respect to the basic facts, and there is no clear and conclusive written evidence, it is difficult for a Panel operating under the Rules to determine which presentation of the facts is more credible. National courts are better equipped to take evidence and to evaluate its credibility.
Also in a similar case, Luvilon Indust. NV v. Top Serve Tennis Pty Ltd., DAU2005-0004 (WIPO Sept. 6, 2005) the panel concurred with this reasoning:
[The Policy's purpose is to] combat abusive domain name registrations and not to provide a prescriptive code for resolving more complex trade mark disputes .… The issues between the parties are not limited to the law of trade marks. There are other intellectual property issues. There are serious contractual issues. There are questions of governing law and proper forum if the matter were litigated. Were all the issues fully ventilated before a Court of competent jurisdiction, there may be findings of implied contractual terms, minimum termination period, and breach of contract, estoppels or other equitable defenses. So far as the facts fit within trade mark law, there may be arguments of infringement, validity of the registrations, ownership of goodwill, local reputation, consent, acquiescence, and so on.
Based upon the reasoning outlined in the aforementioned cases and the record, the Panel concludes that the instant dispute contains a question of contractual interpretation, and thus falls outside the scope of the UDRP.
Based on this finding, the Panel dismisses the Complaint. See Everingham Bros. Bait Co. v. Contigo Visual, FA 440219 (Nat. Arb. Forum Apr. 27, 2005) ("The Panel finds that this matter is outside the scope of the Policy because it involves a business dispute between two parties. The UDRP was implemented to address abusive cybersquatting, not contractual or legitimate business disputes."); see also Fuze Beverage, LLC v. CGEYE, Inc., FA 844252 (Nat. Arb. Forum Jan. 8, 2007) ("The Complaint before us describes what appears to be a common-form claim of breach of contract or breach of fiduciary duty. It is not the kind of controversy, grounded exclusively in abusive cyber-squatting, that the Policy was designed to address."); see also Frazier Winery LLC v. Hernandez, FA 841081 (Nat. Arb. Forum Dec. 27, 2006) (holding that disputes arising out of a business relationship between the complainant and respondent regarding control over the domain name registration are outside the scope of the UDRP Policy).
Having established that this dispute is outside the scope of the UDRP Policy, the Panel dismisses the Complaint
Beatrice Onica Jarka Panelist
Dated: January 22, 2013
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August 7th, 2013 07:26 AM #58
I haven't read all the replies so sorry if i'm repeating suggestions or going over old ground- just ignore me if i am! Firstly, i know what you mean about Ophelia, its so beautiful and ethereal but comes with a lot of crazy baggage. One way of dealing with that is to spell it Ofelia. I love your daughter's name and the use of a short, sweet, not-frilly-but-still-girly name up front and a romantic longer middle name; with that model in mind, Ofelia and Serafina would be great in the middle spot. How about:
June nn Junie ( June Serafina or June Ofelia would be amazing, and Junie is the cutest nn in the world- not that i'm biased or anything!)
Pearl (i love Pearl in your sibset, but can't think of any good nicknames. But i love the idea of Pearl Serafina :-))
Delphine nn Delphi or Fia
Lucienne nn Luci or Lulu
Juliet nn Jett
Beatrice nn Bebe or Bliss
Mira nn Mimi
Oriana nn Ori, Annie
Ione (eye-OWN-ee)
EDIT:I just had a look but over the thread and i absolutely love Nova with your sibset! The shared 'v' with Eve is adorable!Last edited by freya55; August 7th, 2013 at 07:43 AM.
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Darby! (That's my daughter's name... I still love it and we get TONS of compliments)
August 7th, 2013 09:21 AM #62frontrunners:
Jane Cosima | Quentin Cyrus
Alice | Naomi | Lucy | Fiona | Faye
Rosalind | Bridget | Evangeline | Gwyneth | Delilah
Jude | Asher | Griffin | Nathan | Oliver
Lars | Bram | Oren | Kieran | Rhett
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August 7th, 2013 10:38 AM #64
I have to say, I am just completely blown away by the sheer, massive number of incredible ideas being put up here for us! Best crowdsourced brainstorm ever! Some names are new, some I never ever would have found, and some I've seen before but never really "noticed." Thank you, thank you!
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Southampton striker Rickie Lambert has extended his stay at the club until 2016.
The 31-year-old has established himself as a firm fans' favourite at St Mary's since joining from Bristol Rovers in August 2009.
Lambert has scored 101 goals for Southampton and his 13-goal haul this season makes him the top English scorer in the Barclays Premier League.
The striker's contract had been due to expire at the end of next season but has now been extended by a further two years.
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"Can you really imagine the 4th or 5th dimension?"
In theory, one can understand dimensions, but to actually move into another one, to truly understand and visualize existing in more than 3 dimensions, is really difficult. It is like trying to really understand color if you have always been blind. This book illustrates that difficulty in a way we can fully understand by dealing with a 2 dimensional creature, but more than that, the quest to understand beyond what is accepted, and the roadblocks both internally and in one's society, make this an interesting little drama that comments on the nature of understanding and of knowledge and our ability (or inability) to accept that there is much, much more than we know.
But in addition to the interesting ideas, the plot unfolds nicely, and we come to care about our main character.
This is a very well done production as well. The reader does a great job. I notice another version has just been released on audible and I cannot understand why when this one exists. It is in the public domain, I believe, which may account for it... But I recommend you try this one first. I can't see how it can be improved.
"Hard to suspend the disbelief"
Have you ever had a pet dog or cat? Then you probably understand what makes animals and their relationship with people so wonderful. They are not people. They are not little humans in furry bodies. They think in an entirely different way. That is fascinating and makes interacting with an animal and relationships with animals very fulfilling - mutually fulfilling. It is a connection with nature, and a relationship we don't have with other humans. And often it is a relationship based on a great deal of love and care and fun and happiness. Every dog or cat I have ever had was happy, loved, cared for. Every dog or cat I have known of friends was the same. They love their owners and their lives are often very fulfilled. There are, of course, exceptions, and some people are poor pet owners, but the billions of dollars spent on the pet care industry every year demonstrates that more people love their pets almost as children than are unkind to them.
All that understood, the idea that, given self awareness, all cats and dogs would immediately rebel against their "enslavement" and hate the humans and go to war is a stretch. Further, this is not a story about animals. Their thinking and the way they act is human nature in every way, and retains not a trace of animal nature. That was disappointing and felt a bit uncreative. It is a story of human slaves who happen to be in animal bodies and I don't believe represent pets or people really. It doesn't seem to connect to a current situation... what slaves is this about if it is about people? If it is about animals, they stop being animals pretty fast in every way and are just basically fur covered humans and animals, I argue, kept as beloved pets, would not hate the humans in this way or feel enslaved.
That said, if those things don't bother you, then it is incredibly well read, and I suppose the story itself is engaging, interesting science fiction. Some have compared this to animal farm. Animal farm it is not. Animal farm was a commentary on human nature, on human society, a parody and an interesting examination of the human condition. this is not a commentary or parody in any way - it's just a strange story about some weird people that don't seem to fit into our world of people, don't seem to fit into our world of animals...
But it is engaging enough, I suppose and well read. Just not what I had hoped based on the description.
"Poor narration"
I can see why this is a popular story and it is well written. It is so strange that the author chose to read it himself. To be fair, he does a decent job reading it - but he is literally just reading it. Remember in school as a kid, when teacher would read a story or a chapter of a book? It's like that. When people perform a book, as many of the professional narrators do, it feels like they are the character, and are speaking to you. Obviously some do a poor job, and some are (like actors can be) hams who overdo it. But there really is a big difference between how we speak and how people read aloud. It is why people memorize speeches or at least practice them rather than read them. The cadence and rhythm of how we say the sentences are completely different when reading aloud than when we speak. And there is only so much of that "being read to" feeling anyone can really take at a time, I think, since it doesn't engage you the way the performed books do.
Part of what has made audible books popular is that they are not just books read aloud, but are performed. that does not mean a big dramatic thing and over performing can wreck a book too - but the professionals can avoid that teacher-reading-to-the-class sound.
This sounds like how I would read it if you handed me the book and said read it. I think most people would sound like this. He did a good job reading it, he tries to be a bit more dramatic at the important parts, but is not a professional narrator, and it has that reading a book to you feel. I found it hard to engage as this was distracting since I have gotten so used to professional narrators. This would be a better one to read yourself I think.
"Great series, but...."
This is one of the better written of these types of series, with well developed characters, a really well-paced plot, a good balance of emotional engagement to action, etc - others have done a good job delineating its virtues. The narrator deserves praise too.
I wish this, and all such novels, would not have these cringe-worthy covers. I know its petty, and I am definitely not judging the book by the cover. But those embarrassing covers of overly muscled men's chests seem appropriate on the lesser books in this genre, those that are largely just dull descriptions of sexual encounters with some poorly done story linking them together - too many of those to list and in such cases these covers make sense. But not for the better written series and the better writers. And that ALL the books in this series pretty much have the same cover - it is like the creativity of the author is not reflected in the cover art, and the cover art is not worthy of the story.
Well done stories, well developed plots and characters and strong writing in any genre will attract discerning, intelligent people who will read it. So the covers that make such people need to make sure no one sees it if they read it in public, or not display it on a bookshelf because the cover does NOT represent the book, makes it seem pretty stupid, and requires explanation that it isn't just a raunchy sex book... Well, I suppose it sells, but that is perplexing and sad, and I think that the publishers underrate the audience when they take that approach.
"We are practically there already"
With employers who won't even consider candidates unless they post their whole life on awful, invasive sites like LinkedIn, with companies like zappos that require you drink the koolaid before your even hired by joining and actively participating in the mandatory company social network, and have themed offices like in this book and promote a cult-like devotion and a sick openness in order to keep your job, with the world addicted to facebook and twitter.. WOW there was SO much in this book that is NOT a scary prediction of the future, but simply a description of the present, only nobody is objecting, everyone seems to think this is normal, people even get angry and argue with you if you claim such things are invasive and disturbing, and will defend it as though you have attacked their child.
In this book, the characters swept into this totalitatian state don't even see it happening, as it is all so normal, and supposedly fun... But if you really think about it, this bizarre outpouring of all the details of our personal lives in electronic form is pretty weird, and yet those who call it weird are considered weird these days. And more and more it becomes mandatory.... I can totally see this book coming to life, and even this review, I fear some employer finding it one day, or some person in my life being angry I dare show anything but love of facebook, twitter and the like...
Scary stuff in this book about a scary trend creeping, creeping creeping in... until one day it will be too late to go back.
"This must be what working at Zappos is like"
I finally got around to listening to this and am so glad I did. Have to get the book now. I imagine it is what working and Zappos is like. Before anyone goes into a fury of upset over that, given some many seem to have had a big gulp of whatever koolaid that company is drinking, think about it - the naming of rooms to be "fun" the social network stuff, the relentless we are a family and a community stuff... whenever I hear about the Zappos cult and how it gets praised to the sky as such a great place to work and such a brilliant company, I imagine a scenario very similar to this story... And I am scared - wouldn't take a job there for anything, well - I would if I were very desperate. The way they have all this foreced socialization and bonding and "making work fun" nonsense like cubicle parades and relentless extracurricular after work activity. Whenever i hear about it I feel like some ugly brainwash is going on and it is the opposite of what people should be thinking about in terms of an employer... the true definition of creepy, though I know the drones there are "very happy"... I am sure that company, or at least companies like that, were some inspiration for this. Scary stuff and all too close to our reality.
"WARNING - contains graphic animal torture"
Audible is pushing this story on their home page. It is not hte type I usually read, but their marketing efforts worked and I purchased it. I wish I had not and I will not finish it.
The first 30 minutes features torture of an animal. This is something I cannot stomach and do not want in any part or to any degree in my entertainment/literature. Audible should warn about such things. I was very disturbed by what I heard and it is not acceptable to me at all. It may be crucial to the story or to the characters, but such stories and such characters are not in any way the type I want polluting my mind. I find it cheap and disturbing and offiensive and easy and gratuitous. That is my personal taste and I feel strongly about it and react strongly to it, so thought I should warn, since audible is not going to.
Perhaps it won't bother some people as much, but it is a deal breaker for me and I wish I could unhear what I just heard. So if you feel the same, perhaps I have spared someone.
"Action packed - but not in a good way"
Surprised some listeners objected to the narrator. He did a great job - always does. A lot of the stories he has narrated feature strong characters and relationships and he does a great job with that.. Unfotunately very little of that is present in this book.
I love zombie stories. No, wait, I love well done stories that happen to feature zombies. The problem with this is that it is SO action packed. It may sound strange that this is a complaint, but it is like films that are overloaded with car chases or explosions or special effects. You have to have character development, plot, dialogue, a theme, a motivation for characters, interpersonal interaction, relationships, mood, etc... SO many other factors that make a good story. Get those right, and action can be really compelling. But without those, action is like a pretty package with nothing inside of it. And it is boring. An hour into this story and the action is still being described but no sense of a who the characters are - who even is the main character, who should we care about, what caused this, what is the plot? What is the purpose.. Just endless action scenes of soldiers fighting zombies and various logistics of the fighting... It really doesn't work. It really was tedious - it was the opposite of what action scenes are meant to do.. It didn't give a sense of excitement or drama or tension. With nothing to creat a story it was really, really hard to pay attention to the endless action and logistics of the fight. Too bad as the writer seems capable and the prose is good...Yet, just on and on the action goes... I almost gave up.
"IF you've never read one of these - GO FOR IT"
But if you have read a few well - then you are in my boat and WOW is it ever formulaic. Change names, slightly different plot - personalities identical to those in other stories... Immortal hunk with super power meets vulnerable, but often tough, and usually immortal or soon to be immortal girl... There is the inevitable misunderstanding, miscommunication, mistreatment of each other and a big falling out. One or both will have been tortured, of course.. then her life is in peril ( or his, but usually hers) and they come together, right all their wrongs and are in love forever and ever in a love to rival no other love - except all the other loves in these endless formula stories.
I know no one wants to hear this and reviews are supposed to gush or not be posted... and it is an escape, I suppose, if you don't mind the repetitive formula and then it is probably a lot of fun.... Kresley Cole is not a bad writer and this is better than a lot of what is out there... But she has a lot more potential, and these are becoming SO predictable and the exact same thing over and over.
Her young adult series was an exploration, and surprisingly the work she did on a series meant for teens shows that she has the ability to really develop characters, relationships, plots that are not just an edless re-hash...If she did not have such potential, I would probably be more patient with this... But am just tired of it... after the first 2 I read, they are all the same...
That said, again, she is a goo writer, compared to a lot of what is out there, though sometimes it is a little cringeworthy and if I never hear the term "hot seed" again, that is ok by me.... But the narrator is beyond superb - making it worth it, though it really is the same old from the author.
"Misleading! JUST a story about a guy's dating life"
The focus of this story is MUCH more about the main character's dating life than an apocalypse. In fact it really is just a sort of chronicle of the main character's dating life. I found the main character to be hard to like, and hard to care about. Kind of a wishy washy guy who sort of drifts along bemoaning his love life, while making silly decisions and bouncing from person to person kind of pointlessly... The apocalypse is really just a backdrop for this dating stuff which is the main thrust of the story. It is not, however, a romance, or a love story, or even an exploration of relationships - just a sort of log and commentary on the trials and tribulations of dating...
It is odd - as though the writer was much more interested in exploring the ups and downs of dating than the supposed demise of the world. There is much more commentary about the kind of girl he likes, the kind of girl he doesn't like, etc, than there is about what is happening in the world and why or how it impacts anything. The apocalypse element could have been left out altogether, since it completely had little to no impact on the main story, which is all about this guy's experiences in dating. The dating stuff got to be relentless at times - on and on and on about which woman he will date and going to a dating service, and ex's he's had and... Ugg....
There is little explanation for why the economy is failing, or what is happening in the world or why, and some weird elements seem to be introduced to try to make is seem like an apocalypse. There are unexplained groups forming in society that seem to have no purpose and no explanation but to somehow make this an apocalypse, and viruses popping up for no apparent reason as we are given no explanation of the state of the world, or who would do this, or why, and it does nothing to move the story (which is just DATING) along.
It really got tedious and was a chore to finish this and I wonder why the author doesn't just write a straightforward story about some guy's dating life and all the commentary he clearly wants to expound on about dating for guys (I am sure there is an audience for that), without the premise of the world ending, since the apocalypse is really an afterthought in many ways it seems in this story. Perhaps it would not have been disappointing had I thought is was a character driven story about some ordinary guy going through all the ins and outs and ups and downs of dating, but "soft apocalypse" carries some obvious promises, so I felt this was very misleading... I had to listen to hours of this guy droning on about his feelings about his dating life when I thought this was a slow end of the world story, which it only was a little and only incidentally, it seems.
I know I can return it, but it is pain to do that. So though I hate giving bad reviews, and though it wasn't the worst story I have ever heard, I really felt there was a bait and switch going on here and I feel a mislead...
"A new level for Kresley Cole"
Fans of Kresley Cole already know she is incredibly talented at spinning a tale, and is very good at paranormal romance and "bodice ripper" fiction. I think writing for a YA audience has truly unleashed her greatest talents. It is not just he lack of endless sex scenes, which, to be fair, she works well into her adult fiction, but which occasionally trump ( or at least direct) the story, that has made this a superior work. In this story she has focused her powers of plot, or weaving an amazing story, of real character development, of creating tension, mystery, motivations for her characters and their missions beyond finding some ultimate mate, as much of her ( and most paranormal romance adult fiction) focuses on. And wow, unleashing that is has truly set free her creativity and cleverness and ability to capture her audience in an adventure that truly will captivate.
I am such a sucker for apocalyptic stories, but this is so much more than that - and the world built is one that (though obviously incredibly fictional) somehow draws the reader in as plausible... Amazing stuff. It is a bit dark at times, but overall, that element makes sense and doesn't overwhelm the story at all, and fits in perfectly... Just give it some time. The mood of this book is incredible and the reader will feel deeply attached to all the main characters and their plight.
Of course, there is a hefty dose of romance, and having read her adult fiction, I have to say this is the very best developed relationship of all her work, the characters and their relationship are the most compelling, with little "love at first site, irresistible draw to each other" stuff going on, and rather an incredibly complex set of emotions and meaningful interactions, and a strong background in place, and a very well grounded, well developed, and real basis for deep caring and attraction and love... And the obstacles thrown in their path only strengthen the bond, and never feel like conveniences which will ultimately make the inevitable bedding in the next chapter seem more meaningful... This is on a new level.
So many other have already sung the praises of this book... I will only second all of that and interject that I believe Kresley Cole, who, though she has always been a very interesting and talented writer, has really found her niche here and that this is her best work, and I hope she will continue this path.
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Episode #87 - Crosscut Sled. Benchmark.20m.com/articles/CrosscutSleds/CrosscutSledArticle.pdf. How to Make a Cross-Cut Sled. Subscribe (iTunes/RSS) Then One of the first fixtures I ever made for my shop was a cross-cut sled.
How To: Make Your Own Crosscut Sled. Introduction It is hard to beat a crosscut fixture / sled for making crosscuts on the table saw.
Various types of crosscut fixtures exist: One sided fixtures that support stock on the right or left of the blade. Build a tablesaw crosscut sled. A crosscut sled seriously increases a tablesaw's versatility.
Trimming cabinet doors and drawers, mitering small pieces, and making wide crosscuts for items like shelving are all made safer and easier with a crosscut sled. The sled I describe here was made to fit a cabinet-style tablesaw, but it can be duplicated in different sizes. The secret to making an accurate, smooth-sliding sled is to build both halves of the base separately, then use the front and back fences to join them together.
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The prime minister assured the country Sunday that further sacrifices are not needed and ruled out any restructuring of Greece's national debt.
(Wall Street Journal, Sydney Morning Herald, Deutsche Welle - 13/09/10; Reuters, AP, AFP, Bloomberg, FT, Market Watch, New York Times, Guardian, Deutsche Welle, BBC, ANA-MPA - 12/09/10; Reuters - 11/09/10)
Greek firemen protest the government's economic policy during a rally at Thessaloniki's International Fair. [Getty Images] |
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Sunday (September 12th) that his government has no intention of imposing new austerity measures, in addition to those already agreed on with the EU and the IMF in return for a massive bailout to stave off default.
"We will not need any new measures," he said during a news conference on the sidelines of the annual Thessaloniki International Fair.
He made the statement a day before a joint team of IMF, EU and European Central Bank (ECB) experts was due to arrive in Athens to review Greece's progress in implementing the conditions for the 110 billion-euro rescue package.
Papandreou said the country is on track to meet the structural reform and deficit reduction targets envisioned in the bailout ending in 2013, and that there are no plans to seek an extension of the programme.
"The faster we complete the major reforms in our country ... the sooner we will be able to exit these restrictions," the leader of the ruling PASOK party said. "That could even happen before 2013, provided we do well."
In return for the multibillion-euro loan package, Greece was asked to implement a number of painful measures, including tax increases, as well pension and public sector wage cuts. It also agreed to reduce its budget deficit to 8.1% of GDP this year, down from 13.6% in 2009.
"I have every confidence that, by the end of the year ... we will have achieved the 40% reduction of deficit," said Papandreou.
He acknowledged, however, the need to boost revenues, as the country still lags behind in meeting the set target, but indicated that media reports about a shortfall of around 3.5 billion euros are highly exaggerated.
"The [shortfall] in revenues is about 1.5 billion euros," he said. "But with the pace at which we are advancing and with the measures we have already taken, we are confident we will reach the goal we have set for 2010."
Budget figures released on Friday suggest that, despite various measures taken by authorities, tax revenues increased by only 3.3% in the eight months to August, well behind the 13.7% target for this year. On the positive side, however, public spending for that period fell by 12%, more than double the 5.8% target for end-2010.
A positive assessment from the IMF and European experts will allow Greece to receive a third, 9 billion-euro tranche of the 110 billion-euro bailout loan, before the end of this year.
Meanwhile, concerns about a potential Greek default, or that Athens will have to restructure its national debt of about 300 billion euros, have pushed up the spreads for Greek bonds on international markets. Continuing national strikes and protests -- some staged during the International Fair -- against austerity measures have only fuelled such sentiments.
Papandreou stressed on Sunday, however, that any restructuring of the national debt is out of the question, as it would be disastrous for the economy and the nation.
"Debt restructuring would be catastrophic for the economy, credibility and our future ... we would be talking about the collapse of our banking system; it would be a tragedy for households," he told reporters in Thessaloniki. "We are not even discussing it."
He voiced confidence that the steps his government has taken thus far would soon lead to a more positive response from the international markets.
"I am confident that this confidence that is growing will have a strong impact on the markets" and would reduce borrowing costs, Papandreou said.
At the weekend, he also urged Greeks to work together to help the country recover from the economic troubles it currently faces.


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Florida A&M University (FAMU) alumna from the original College of Law Senator Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa, recently made history when she became the first African-American woman to ever serve as the leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus. She will only be the second woman to ever serve in this position.
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Health Sciences Report Winter 2003 | ||
Diving Deep Photos by Steve Leitch; sponges, courtesy of Chris Ireland, Ph.D. In the vast, merciless ocean, few creatures appear as defenseless as a sponge. These simplest of multicellular organisms are consigned to lives of hugging shells and rocks on coral reefs and the ocean floor, with no visible means of protection against predators flashing razor smiles and gaping maws. But those who might make a meal of sponges need beware: more than a half-billion years of evolution, since the pre-Cambrian era, have given sponges and other sea creatures ample ability to defend themselves by secreting toxins when would-be attackers come nosing around. If that's potentially deadly news for predators, it may be good news for people, because some of those toxins, found only in marine organisms, hold the tantalizing possibility of fighting cancer. Two University of Utah College of Pharmacy faculty members find this possibility alluring enough to join the search for anticancer agents in the ocean's medicine chest; although they're approaching the challenge from different, yet complementary, avenues. Chris M. Ireland, Ph.D., professor and chair of medicinal chemistry, has spent 20-plus years traveling the world to identify potential anticancer agents in the toxins of sea organisms such as sponges, ascidians, and mollusks. Ireland's goal is to understand the mechanisms by which these unique toxins work to see if they can be applied to stopping cancer. But there's a hitch: the amount of bioactive material that can be taken from marine animals is almost infinitesimally small, making it difficult to test these compounds for their chemical properties, let alone make drugs from them. So, while Ireland and others plumb the world's oceans to identify potential medications, researchers such as Eric W. Schmidt, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicinal chemistry, are trying to figure out how to make drugs through biosynthesis. This requires isolating the DNA in the genes of marine organisms that are responsible for the synthesis of toxins. If he and others identify and learn how to clone the genes that produce toxins, it may be possible to make anticancer drugs in the laboratory in viable quantities and at reasonable costs. Ireland and Schmidt are fortunate in one respect: they each entered a field that was relatively new and fertile for discovery. Nonetheless, it's not work for someone in a hurry: thousands of compounds are discovered each year in marine organisms and sifting through them for potential drugs is a huge job. "You're lucky if, in a lifetime, you get one drug into clinic," Ireland said. Scientists formally started studying the biochemistry of marine organisms in the 1960s, when anticancer drugs were based solely on toxicity and the ability to kill cells. As researchers learned about the toxins of sponges and other ocean denizens, they realized the potential for new cancer medications. In 1977, when marine biochemistry was still an emerging field, Ireland received his Ph.D. in oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. He'd planned to devote his research to studying how marine organisms communicate with one another using chemicals. But after serving a couple of fellowships, including one in Hawaii, Ireland's career path wound toward the search for anticancer drugs. After a stint at the University of Connecticut, he came in 1983 to the U of U to teach medicinal chemistry. Sponges, ascidians, mollusks, soft corals, and other simple metazoans earn their living by filtering seawater for organisms to feed on. These organisms harbor bacteria, which help sea creatures process waste and absorb nutrients. But researchers suspect these organisms, called symbionts because they feed off of their host, also may interact with their host to create toxins. Laboratory tests have confirmed these toxins work by inhibiting growth factor pathways in other organisms. Because cancer involves mutations that switch cellular growth factor pathways permanently "on,"which allows tumors to grow; researchers conjectured that these toxins might act as 'off' switches to close these pathways and inhibit cancer progression. In two decades of research, with $12 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, Ireland estimates he has identified 500 new chemicals from marine compounds that are toxic to tumors. About 25 of those agents showed anticancer activity in mouse models, and five are in preclinical evaluation against multiple tumors in mice. One of those five agents, naamidine A, has the potential for human trials against skin cancer, and by Ireland's measure, that's a pretty good batting average. "I'd be happy if that one made it [into human trials],' he said. A number of compounds from marine organisms already are in various stages of clinical trials. These include bryostatin 1, which comes from tiny invertebrates that form colonies in the ocean, and is being tested against leukemia, lymphomas, skin cancer (epidermal carcinomas), and tumors. Ireland's lab has found that naamidine A, derived from a Leucetta sponge near the island of Fiji, inhibits the growth factor that causes skin cancer with a 96 percent tumor reduction in mice. Ireland also is studying another sponge, Stylissa massa, which produces a compound that inhibits the most frequently overexpressed growth factor pathway in solid tumors. He and his lab workers are investigating other promising toxins as well. In addition to his work at the U, Ireland also leads a National Cancer Institute-funded consortium of three university teams of researchers. The consortium, called a National Cooperative Drug Discovery Group, has a compound in clinical trials at the Cleveland Clinic and the University of Chicago. There literally is an ocean of promise in deriving possible drugs from marine organisms, but getting anticancer medications from the sea to the market is a monumental task. Even if drugs can be derived from toxins, harvesting these chemicals in large quantities would require huge, if not prohibitive, numbers of sponges and other creatures, making it too costly both environmentally and financially. Aquaculture "growing marine organisms for their toxins" is being tried, but with limited success, according to Ireland. The best hope for deriving cancer drugs from ocean toxins in usable quantities, in Ireland's view, lies in the work of researchers such as Eric Schmidt. To make cancer drugs that are commercially viable, science must find a way to reproduce marine toxins in the laboratory. The remarkable advances in molecular biology and bioinformatics in recent years have allowed scientists to sequence and analyze thousands of genes. Schmidt, who also received his Ph.D. in oceanography at Scripps, under the same advisor as Ireland, and came to the U in the summer of 2001, is applying these leaps in knowledge to study how sponges and ascidians, another ocean invertebrate, create toxins. "We're looking at their biosynthetic pathways," Schmidt said. "Our goal is to clone these biosynthetic genes to go after the genes behind the production of compounds." Schmidt is studying the biosynthetic reactions of compounds produced by organisms such as plants and bacteria. The sequences of proteins that cause those reactions have been well studied and are similar to those in ascidians and sponges. Based on the biosynthetic reactions of those terrestrial organisms, Schmidt can use DNA to search for similar genes in marine life. Once he identifies those genes, Schmidt hopes to isolate their DNA, transfer it to organisms that can be cultured in the laboratory, and clone the genes that make toxins from which drugs can be derived. But Schmidt and others first must determine whether sponges, ascidians, and other marine creatures produce these toxins, or whether the microorganisms they harbor as symbionts create the compounds. There's strong evidence that the compounds come from bacteria, but that hasn't been proved. Researchers also have to figure out how the enzymes make the compounds, so they can be manipulated to produce them in the laboratory. The amazing diversity and complexity of sea life make the search for anticancer drugs all the more formidable. Yet, this same diversity and complexity hold the potential for great discovery that sends Ireland and Schmidt to far-flung places for fieldwork. Last October, just as winter settled on the Salt Lake valley, they traveled to the warm waters off Papua New Guinea to dive for sponges and ascidians. Ireland collected organisms to examine their chemistry for potential drugs, while Schmidt extracted DNA samples for his pursuits in the laboratory. What they discover is anyone's guess. But it's an ocean, and the possibilities are vast. Return to top of page |
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This is a discussion on Best fighting knife within the Defensive Knives & Other Weapons forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Cold Steel all the way! Great knives built very well....
Cold Steel all the way! Great knives built very well.
Sir I take great pride in being the one that started this fire storm against SOG Knives. You can find it discussed in a review in the section of the forum concerning a SOG knife (http://www.combatcarry.com/vbulletin...ead.php?t=6147 ), or just go to the below link and read of their deeds yourself (http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1105/111105lb.htm (scroll down to 2nd story)).Originally Posted by old4x4
"Respect all ... Fear none!!!
Carry anything but carry it sharp.
I carry a Spyderco in H1 steel and it is very sharp.
" Any knife is a combat knife, if you are in combat."
STC Instructor William Pilkington, quoted in " The Close-Combat Files of Colonel Rex Applegate ".
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Take care ...
What doesn't kill you
Just makes you stronger
For EDC you can't go wrong with aShivWorks Disciple, I carry mine 90% of the time i'm in fixed blade friendly state.
For the 'best fighting knife' I would have to put the Keating Crossada on the top of my list.
"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate"
William of Ockham (ca. 1285-1349)
OK, I just bought two new Ka-Bars off of eBay. I got them both for just over $80 delivered. One is the mini Ka-Bar with the 5 1/2" blade, the other is the original 1219C2. Along with my EK I'm pretty well set with fixed blades for any social occasion.
fed wif a sig, if you notice on my first post I related that I still wish I had my old Special Forces Randall. I gave it to a young green hat just coming into country when I was leaving.
As for my ultimate fighting knife, it would be one that had a solid, heavy and very sharp fixed blade and could shoot that 6" blade accurately for about ten feet and had a high capacity magazine built into the handle.
Heroes are people who do what has to be done, when it has to be done, regardless of the consequences
"I like when the enemy shoots at me; then I know where the ******** are and can kill them."
~George Patton
The Disciple is nice, it's on my [long] "want" list. While I haven't had the chance to handle a Crossada, it definately looks like it'd get the job done.Originally Posted by TwoRavens
"Being a predator isn't always comfortable but the only other option is to be prey. That is not an acceptable option." ~Phil Messina
If you carry in Condition 3, you have two empty chambers. One in the weapon...the other between your ears.
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The first thing to remember is that in a knife fight, everyone gets cut.
What I like would be either a gerber MKII with an L-6 blade or an Emerson Commander folder.
The second thing to remember is to never bring a knife to a gunfight.
hassiman, your right ref the gunfight. I've had students produce a knife when,in the same time,they could have presented their firearm.It's always a "stop right there and lets talk about what you just did"thing. Some peoples first reaction is to fight a blade with a blade. That's waaaaaay to fair. BTW,I carry a MKII daily. It's perfect for me. --------
You can laugh at me if you will, my daily carry knife is CRKT M-16
it has served me very well , Not the best, not the worst either.
quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
i think some others here have already said it, but it's the hand, not the knife, that's important.
that being said, a fixed blade is always better than a folder. any knife made out of decent steel that will keep its shape, something that can slash as well as provide good penetration. bowies are pretty much the best overall design, but i think it's all a matter of personal aesthetic.
in my fixed blade collection, i have: a cold steel mini gurkha, a crkt hissatsu, a HAK, an old army fighter my dad gave me (i'm pretty sure it's a kabar), a real tanto (part of a daisho), and a pigsticker i bought at a flea market for $20. the gurkha and the hissatsu are, in my opinion, specialized knives. the gurkha isn't designed to stab (although i'm sure it's possible), and the while the hissatsu is perfectly suited for deep penetration, it's not really suited for chopping or heavy edge work.
as far as handles are concerned, the material will affect how it handles. some knives, like a wood handled bowie, should have a guard. others, like the hissatsu, have a flat profile, and are waisted, which effectively negates the need for a guard. this is known as an 'aikuchi' mounting. the handle of the gurkha is similarly shaped, though not quite as flat. however, due to the nature of the knife, centrifugal forces while swinging also help prevent slipping in the hand.
so, like i was saying, whatever works for you...
"the riddle of steel. do you want me to tell you? ....flesh is stronger boy! what is the power of steel compared to the hand that wields it?"
-thulsa doom
i'd pick the same knife our combat troops have been taking into battle with them since ww2, the ka-bar mark 2 fighting knife.
This is a very old forum thread dating to 2006.
But, for anybody just now clicking on it - take a good hard look at the Team Gemini now being sold on the BUSSE Combat Knife Company site.
It's the latest rebirth of a "tried and tested" classic older BUSSE fighting knife. It's not cheap but, it's an awesome knife with a lifetime guarantee.
I already have one on order. I can't wait to get my mitts on it.
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Push Dagger. They are not legal for carry in my state.


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Died | February 11, 2009 Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States | (aged 97)
Occupation | Physician, Inventor |
Willem Johan Kolff | |
Born | Leiden, Netherlands | February 14, 1911
Died | February 11, 2009 Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States | (aged 97)
Occupation | Physician, Inventor |
Willem Johan "Pim" Kolff (February 14, 1911 – February 11, 2009) was a pioneer of hemodialysis as well as in the field of artificial organs. Willem is a member of the Kolff family, an old Dutch patrician family. He made his major discoveries in the field of dialysis for kidney failure during the Second World War. He migrated in 1950 to the United States, where he obtained the US citizenship in 1955, and received a number of awards and widespread recognition for his work.
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Born in Leiden, Netherlands, Kolff was the oldest of a family of 5 boys. Kolff studied medicine in his hometown at Leiden University, and continued as a resident in internal medicine at Groningen University. One of his first patients there was a 22-year old man who was slowly dying of renal failure. This prompted Kolff to perform research on artificial renal function replacement. Also during his residency, Kolff organized the first blood bank in Europe (in 1940).
During World War II, he was based in Kampen, where he was active in the resistance against the German occupation. Simultaneously, Kolff developed the first functioning artificial kidney.[1] He treated his first patient in 1943, and in 1945 he was first able to save a patient's life with hemodialysis treatment. In 1946 he obtained a PhD degree summa cum laude at University of Groningen on the subject. It marks the start of a treatment that has saved the lives of millions of acute or chronic renal failure patients ever since.
Shortly afterwards, in 1950, he left the Netherlands, sensing opportunity in the United States. At the Cleveland Clinic, he was involved in the development of heart-lung machines to maintain heart and pulmonary function during cardiac surgery. He also improved on his dialysis machine. At Brigham and Women's Hospital, he developed the first production artificial kidney, the Kolff Brigham Artificial Kidney, manufactured by the Edward A. Olson Co. in Boston Massachusetts, and later the Travenol Twin-Coil Artificial Kidney.
He became head of the University of Utah's Division of Artificial Organs and Institute for Biomedical Engineering in 1967, where he was involved in the development of the artificial heart, the first of which was implanted in 1982 in patient Barney Clark, who survived for four months, with the heart still functioning at the time of Clark's death.[1]
Kolff is considered to be the Father of Artificial Organs, and is regarded as one of the most important physicians of the 20th century.[1] He obtained more than 12 honorary doctorates at universities all over the world, and more than 120 international awards, among them the Harvey Prize in 1972, AMA Scientific Achievement Award in 1982, the Japan Prize in 1986, the Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research in 2002, and the Russ Prize in 2003. In 1990 Life Magazine included him in its list of the 100 Most Important Persons of the 20th Century. He was a co-nominee with William H. Dobelle for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003. Robert Jarvik, who worked in Kolff's laboratory at the University of Utah beginning in 1971, credited Kolff with inspiring him to develop the first permanent artificial heart.[2]
Kolff died three days short of his 98th birthday on February 11, 2009, in a care center in Philadelphia.[1]


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Boys Volleyball: Tommy Leonard, Barrington end Zion-Benton's run
Zion's Matthew Isaacs (right) goes up to spike one as Barrington's Charlie Spry goes up to defend during their sectional championship volleyball game at Barrington.Updated: May 29, 2012 10:13PM
When you're 6-8, you're used to standing out in a crowd.
So, it came as a surprise to no one on Tuesday that Barrington's tower of power in the middle, Tommy Leonard stood tallest in the Broncos' 25-17, 25-20 victory over visiting Zion-Benton that gave the home team a sectional boys volleyball championship and a match against Lake Park on Friday in the quarterfinals of the state tournament in Hoffman Estates.
Standing out is what Leonard has done his entire prep career, and what he's likely to do in future years playing for the Trojans of the University of Southern California.
Against Zion-Benton (29-9 and a surprise sectional finalist), Leonard had nine kills and three blocks, and he took complete control of the action in the second game.
"We're so excited … 2005 (second-place finish) was the last time we went downstate," said Leonard. "Every year, it's been 'This is our year, let's do this,' and it hasn't happened. This year, we did it.
"But it's not over. We're so pumped up now."
Tuesday's match was never in danger of being lost, as the Broncos (33-6) raced out to early leads in both games and then traded points to the finish line.
"For once, he (Leonard) didn't dominate a game," noted Barrington coach Rob Ridenour, referring to Game 1 of the match. "Then, he came back and dominated in the second. Peter (Van Fossen) really helped out in Game 1. We got great contributions from guys like John Bach and Ryan Sarkar.
"It was a complete team effort tonight."
Leonard agreed, preferring to turn the spotlight toward his teammates.
"A lot of us on the team have matured and grown together," Leonard said. "We have nine seniors this year, which is huge. Just as important, our bench is ridiculously deep. John Bach came in and served really well. The most points we scored tonight were when John Bach served and Ryan Sarkar and Charlie Kingwell came up huge. Everybody did something this match. It's not just a couple guys carrying the team."
Leonard also was grateful to be playing at home, where the loud, raucous Bronco student-fan section made some serious noise.
"The fans were huge. It definitely helped us," Leonard said. "There were so many tonight, more than you see at some other sports. That's not something you usually see at a boys volleyball game. We definitely fed off of that."
As for the numbers, besides Leonard, Barrington was led to victory by Jeff Hochstein (eight kills), Charlie Spry (six kills), Van Fossan (five kills, two blocks), Taylor Ganzor (26 assists), Bach (three aces) and Charlie Kingwill (three aces).
"We played great the first 15 points of each game," Ridenour said. " That took a lot of pressure off. I think being at home really helped us in that middle stretch. Those middle 10 points are always back and forth, but I thought we handled them really well today."
Zion reached the sectional championship game for the first time in school history by upsetting Vernon Hills (regional final) and Stevenson (sectional semifinals). The Zee-Bees were led by Matt Isaacs (seven kills), Josh Hieb (six kills) and D.J. Reynolds (six kills).
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Higher IL-6 levels but not IL6 -174G>C or -572G>C genotype are associated with post-operative complication following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
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Atherosclerosis. 2008 Sep 4. [Epub ahead of print]
Association of serum interleukin-6 concentration with a functional IL6 -6331T>C polymorphism.
Smith AJ, D'Aiuto F, Palmen J, Cooper JA, Samuel J, Thompson S, Sanders J, Donos N, Nibali L, Brull D, Woo P, Humphries SE.
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Free Interleukin (IL)-18 levels, and the impact of IL18 and IL18BP genetic variation, in CHD patients and healthy men.
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A cortical potential reflecting cardiac function.
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