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Four Sword
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- This article is about the item. For the game, see The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords.
|Four Sword
Artwork of the Four Sword from Four Swords
|First appearance
|Four Swords (2002)
|Four Swords
Four Sword Adventures
The Minish Cap
|(Four Swords)
Four Sword Sanctuary
(Four Swords Adventures)
Four Sword Sanctuary
(The Minish Cap)
Elemental Sanctuary
|Has the power to repel evil
Creates clones of its user
Can time travel to the recent past when needed
Lifts curses
Seals away evil
Senses portals to the Dark World
The Four Sword (フォーソード Fō Sōdo?) is a recurring sword in the Legend of Zelda series. The Four Sword has the power to create three identical copies of its wielder's soul, resulting in three identical copies of the wielder, who happens to be Link. In The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, the only difference between these replicas is the color of their clothing. In The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, their voices also have different pitches. In The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, the replicas appear to be nonliving, pale, translucent representations of Link.
The Four Sword is a double-edged spear-point blade with a small fuller near the hilt. The hilt is gold and engraved with what appears to be the symbol of an eye (likely representing Vaati). On the pommel (or counterweight at the top of the handle) is a round jewel. When not in use the jewel is a dull green color. Once the blade has been drawn, however, the jewel changes to match the color of the clone using it. For example, the Red Link's Four Sword has a red jewel on it, while Green Link has a green jewel on the sword.
In The Minish Cap, the sword looks quite different while it is the Picori Blade. As stated below, the Picori Blade resembles the Master Sword more than anything, but it is later shattered by Vaati. When reforged as the White Sword, it takes on the same shape as the Four Sword, but with a green colored hilt. When infused with each of the Four Elements it changes its color according to the order of the elements retrieved: first to purple and then quickly to red on the first visit, then blue upon the next visit with a new element, and finally to the gold seen in games set later in the Four Swords timeline.
Once drawn from its pedestal, the Four Sword splits the user's body and soul into four separate copies, one of which is the original. These three replicas are almost completely identical to the original. The only two differences that can be told is the clothing of the four are all different colors (although the design is the same), and the varying deepness that can be made out from their voices. The four can choose to separate from each other and work on their own, or they can stick together in different formations.
When in formation, the four generally stay close to one another and attack in unison. There are four different formations. The first is the box where the four are arranged side to side, back to back. Closely related are the long and wide formations, where everyone is located side to side in a single line. The diamond formation is done when all four are lined up back to back facing away from each other, and is useful for when surrounded. Finally there is one unnamed formation where one is in the front attacking, while the others merely follow in his footsteps.
In The Minish Cap, the Four Sword has a similar use. When charged, Link can walk over special tiles to create the four copies of himself. However, the three copies only last a short while before disappearing, and have no different colored clothing. Why the sword acts so differently between games has yet to fully be explained, although the changes may simply be due to gameplay constraints. Also, when charged, the sword can let out a beam that can lift curses, such as the one that turns Princess Zelda to stone. It can also seal evil inside itself, though this seal will seemingly weaken as time passes.
In either game, the sword can fire Sword Beams when Link is in full health. However, this can only be done in Four Swords Adventures after the power to repel evil has been restored by the Force Gems. Only when the power to repel evil has returned can the Four Sword be used to break Vaati Barriers. One of the most surprising abilities of the Four Sword is the ability to take Link back in time to the beginning of a level if he does not have enough Force Gems at the end. In Four Swords, the Four Sword cannot fire beams until Link has obtained the Master Sword in A Link to the Past.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords
Having survived a previous defeat, Vaati descended upon Hyrule in his one-eyed Wind Mage form before the events of Four Swords. He raided numerous villages throughout the country and took to kidnapping any maidens he fancied. Vaati then took the captured maidens to his palace. A number of heroes set out to defeat Vaati and save the girls, but they all failed against him. This was until a lone young boy appeared and brought an end to Vaati's reign.
When asked how a boy as small as this could defeat such a horrible creature, the people turned to the rescued maidens for an answer. The maidens responded that the boy's cursed sword had allowed him to split into four copies of himself. Using their combined power, the four fought as one and sealed Vaati within the blade. Although the people did not believe the girls, they became intrigued by the story of this so called "Four Sword". While the boy had disappeared into the depths of Hyrule, the blade became legendary among people. Eventually a large sanctuary was built around the Four Sword to protect the blade and keep the evil sealed within it.
At the outset of the game, Princess Zelda senses a disturbance in the Four Sword, and Princess Zelda invites Link to come with her to investigate. As they enter the room Zelda tells Link not to touch the blade as he might "shatter to pieces" from touching the legendary blade. Just as Zelda goes to check the seal the Four Sword leans out of its pedestal and the room goes dark. Vaati is then unleashed and promptly absconds with the Princess. Boasting about his return to power he takes Zelda to his palace and knocks Link out cold before leaving.
As Link comes to he is confronted by three Fairies, one blue, one red, and one green, perhaps representing the three Golden Goddesses. They instruct Link to draw out the blade and after doing so Link is split into four copies of himself. These clones are all indistinguishable from each other apart from different colored clothing and slight differentiations in the deepness of their voices. The different Links are colored green, red, blue and purple respectively. The fairies instruct the four Links to seek out the Great Fairies so that they can gain access to Vaati's Palace and save Zelda.
After a short while of adventuring across Hyrule, the four meet the Great Fairies and are granted access to Vaati's Palace. Inside Vaati and the Links confront each other, and a large battle ensues. Eventually Vaati is weakened enough that he can be sucked back into the Four Sword and sealed up again. Zelda is then freed and the Links become one again after the blade is put back into the pedestal at the Four Sword Sanctuary.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Four Sword is also available in the Game Boy Advance port of A Link to the Past in the Palace of the Four Swords. Each fragment of the Four Sword is guarded by enhanced versions of the Helmasaur King, Arrghus, Mothula and Blind. After Link defeats these creatures and retrieves all four shards, he reforms the Four Sword, and enters the final area. However, the Four Sword splits into four, and thus four Dark Links, each representing a shard of the Four Sword, attack Link, although Link is able to defeat them after a grueling battle and reform the Four Sword.
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
After an unknown time had passed, Zelda and the Maidens again become worried about the seal holding Vaati. Link is asked to come to Hyrule Castle to protect the Maidens as they open a portal to the Four Sword Sanctuary. As the portal opens, however, an evil doppelgänger of Link known as Shadow Link appears and captures the Seven Maidens in magical crystals. Link follows him through to portal to the Sanctuary. Unarmed to fight against Shadow Link, the real Link decides to pull the Four Sword out and use it on the shadowy figure.
However, this was all a set up. With the blade drawn Vaati escapes his seal and before the Links have any time to react they are pulled into one of Vaati's whirlwinds and blown across Hyrule. The four are awakened by Kaepora Gaebora at Lake Hylia. The wise old owl tells them that the Four Sword has lost its ability to vanquish evil, but with the help of enough Force Gems he can return it to full strength. Every time one of the Links collects over two thousand force gems, the Four Sword powers up, turning it back into the Ultimate Four Sword. The Links then set out on another adventure to save the maidens and defeat Vaati.
As the adventure progresses, Link learns that the creation of his evil counterpart and the release of Vaati is only a small part in an insidious plot to take control of Hyrule. After freeing most of the Seven Maidens it's revealed later in the game that the true villain is none other than Ganon, King of Darkness. He stole the Dark Mirror and used it to create Shadow Link and then sent him to kidnap the shrine maidens and trick Link into releasing Vaati. With the knowledge of this, Link is able to free Zelda and recapture the Mirror, thus allowing Shadow Link to permanently be destroyed.
Finally, Link enters the Palace of Winds to confront Vaati for one last showdown. Link is triumphant in defeating Vaati and escapes the now collapsing Palace of Winds with Zelda. However, infuriated by the failure of his plans, Ganon appears and enters battle with Link and Zelda. In the titanic struggle that followed, Ganon was brought down thanks to the teamwork between Link, his clones, and Zelda. Ganon is then sealed in the Four Sword by help of the maidens, and to prevent anyone from further tampering with the blade, a magical barrier is cast over it for protection. Link then turns back to normal as he returns the blade, and Hyrule celebrates the return to peace.
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Initially, the Four Sword was known simply as the Picori Blade, due to being gifted by the Minish to the Hero of Men. The blade was encrusted with green crystals, one each on the middle and end of the hilt, while the hilt itself was purple and very similar in design to that of the Master Sword. However, unlike the Master Sword, the Picori Blade was gifted to the Hero of Men by the Minish in their time of need; according to legend, leagues of evil threatened the existence of Hyrule during the War of the Bound Chest.
When all hope seemed lost, the Minish race, called Picori by Hylians, descended from the sky, bringing with them the Picori Blade, which they gifted to the Hero; they also brought the "golden light" known as the Light Force. Using the combination of the two, the Hero sealed the legions of monsters inside the Bound Chest, kept locked by the Picori Blade itself. In remembrance of the event, a large fair and sword-fighting tournament is held each year by the Hylians to honor the Picori.
At the beginning of The Minish Cap, Princess Zelda and Link decide to attend the Picori Festival that is being held in Hyrule Town. Link's grandfather, Smith, blacksmith to the Royal Family of Hyrule, asks of Link to deliver a sword he forged to the Royal Family after finishing their time at the festival.
After a short visit to the Picori Festival, the duo arrives at Hyrule Castle just prior to the winner of the tournament, Vaati, arrives to be granted the honor of touching the Picori Blade. However, Vaati defeats the guards flanking the Bound Chest and shatters the sacred blade, breaking it in two. As he does so, the Bound Chest opens, releasing the monsters into Hyrule once again; when Princess Zelda defends her father, King Daltus, from the monsters, Vaati turns Zelda to stone with a curse and Link is knocked out in the process. Hoping to find the sacred Light Force inside, Vaati peers into the open chest and finds nothing. Vaati then flees the area.
After waking, King Daltus asks Link to repair the sacred sword and use its power to break the curse placed upon Zelda. Link travels to the Minish Woods as requested by the King to search for the Picori; however, he instead meets Ezlo, a Minish sage cursed by Vaati, who explains that the Picori refer to themselves as the Minish and reveals that he can shrink Link down to their size to allow him to talk to them. Ezlo then leads Link to the Minish Village. It is there that they meet Festari, who marks the location of the four sacred Elements on Link's map. Link and Ezlo proceed to explore the Deepwood Shrine and Cave of Flames, finding the Earth and Fire Elements, respectively, and Melari of Mount Crenel reforges the blade into the White Sword.
However, in order to break the curse on the Princess, the sword must be fully forged with all four elements. The two then proceed to the Elemental Sanctuary, where the White Sword is infused with the power of the Earth and Fire Elements. With the Earth and Fire Elements, Link can make one copy of himself; however, with all four, he can make three copies, totaling four Links. They then set off to the Fortress of Winds to find the Wind Element.
Upon defeating Mazaal, the Wind Element's supposed guardian, they find that the Wind Tribe has left Hyrule, taking the Wind Element with them. Deciding to attempt to find the Wind Element later, Link and Ezlo then go to the Temple of Droplets, where they receive the Water Element, and fuse it into the blade.
After this point, the two venture to the Palace of Winds and finally recover the Wind Element. After fusing it into the White Sword and creating the Four Sword, however, they gain access to a secret chamber in the Elemental Sanctuary, revealing the true location of the Light Force-- inside of Princess Zelda. Vaati, succeeding in his plan, appears in the sanctuary and knocks Link out before transforming Hyrule Castle into an evil, twisted counterpart.
Link traverses the Castle and reaches Vaati, stopping him from extracting the Light Force from Zelda. After using the power of the Four Sword, Link breaks Zelda's curse; Zelda then uses the Magic Cap to return Hyrule to normal, and Ezlo returns to the Minish World.
Spoiler warning: Spoilers end here.
Non-canonical appearances
Non-canon warning: This article or section contains non-canonical information that is not considered to be an official part of the Legend of Zelda series and should not be considered part of the overall storyline.
Four Swords Adventures manga
The Four Sword does not only split its wielder into four, but divides the wielder's personality aspects into the four beings with one of them possessing a persona similar to that of their original state. The green Link is the original Link (referred to as Green), the red Link (referred to as Red) is extremely childish and often optimistic, the blue Link (referred to as Blue) is overconfident and hotheaded, and the purple Link (referred to as Vio, as in "violet") is calm, but self-possessed and a loner. Because of the four Links' conflicting personalities, they have a very hard time working together (Green and Blue especially) until their experiences make them realize what they have to do.
Non-canon warning: Non-canonical information ends here.
|Link (x4) · Princess Zelda · Vaati
—Full list of characters
|Deguchitato · Derazoru · Gouen · Vaati
|Chambers of Insight · Sea of Trees · Talus Cave · Death Mountain · Vaati's Palace · Hero's Trial · Realm of Memories
—Full list of locations
|Bomb · Boomerang · Bow · Bow-Wow · Four Sword · Shield
|Armor Seed · Fairy · Gnat Hat · Heart · Heart Container · Magnetic Glove · Pegasus Boots · Razor Seed · Roc's Cape · Rupee · Pegasus Seed · Small Key
|Quest Items
|Golden Key · Hero's Key · Medal of Courage · Silver Key
|Main Characters
|Link (x4) · Princess Zelda · Six Maidens · Vaati
—Full list of characters
|Phantom Ganon · Helmaroc King · Stone Arrghus · Jalhalla · Dagtail · Frostare · Big Dodongo · Vaati · Ganon
| Whereabouts of the Wind · Eastern Hyrule · Death Mountain · Near the Fields · The Dark World · The Desert of Doubt · Frozen Hyrule · Realm of the Heavens
—Full list of locations
|Bomb · Bombos Medallion · Boomerang · Bow · Fire Rod · Four Sword · Lantern · Magic Hammer · Quake Medallion · Shield · Slingshot
|Blue Bracelet · Carrot · Force Gem · Force Fairy · Heart · Heart Container · Moon Pearl · Pegasus Boots · Power Bracelet · Roc's Feather · Shovel · Small Key
|Quest Items
|Knight Mark · Letter · Magic Book · Royal Jewels · Vaati Barrier
|Gerudo · Goron · Hylian · Zuna
| Ezlo · King Daltus · Link · Princess Zelda · Smith · Vaati
—Full list of characters
|Big Green ChuChu · Gleerok · Mazaal · Big Octorok · Gyorg Pair · Vaati Reborn · Vaati Transfigured · Vaati's Wrath
| Castor Wilds · Cloud Tops · Eastern Hills · Hyrule Town · Lake Hylia · Lon Lon Ranch · Minish Woods · Mount Crenel · Mt. Crenel's Base · North Hyrule Field · Royal Valley · South Hyrule Field · Trilby Highlands · Veil Falls · Western Wood · Wind Ruins
|Deepwood Shrine · Cave of Flames · Fortress of Winds · Temple of Droplets · Royal Crypt · Palace of Winds · Dark Hyrule Castle
|Smith's Sword · White Sword · Four Sword · Small Shield · Mirror Shield · Bombs · Boomerang · Bow · Cane of Pacci · Gust Jar
|Bottle · Flame Lantern · Flippers · Grip Ring · Mole Mitts · Ocarina of Wind · Power Bracelets · Roc's Cape
|Quest Items
|Elements · Kinstones · Tiger Scrolls
|Deku · Fairy · Goron · Human · Hylian · Minish · Wind Tribe


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Oriental despotism
Oriental despotism is a despotic form of government that runs counter to the western tradition in some way or other. Historically, the term's meaning has varied and today it is hardly ever used at all, largely because of all the issues surrounding the concept of orientalism.
Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome[edit]
Of all the ancient Greeks, Aristotle was perhaps the most influential promoter of the concept of oriental despotism; his student, Alexander the Great who conquered Persia, ruled by the despotic Darius III last king of the Achaemenid dynasty. Aristotle asserted that oriental despotism is based not on force, but on consent. Hence, fear cannot be said to be its motive force, instead the power of the despot master feeds upon the servile nature of those enslaved. Among Greek society, a man is free, capable of holding office and ruling and being ruled; among the barbarians, all are slaves by nature. Another difference Aristotle espoused was based on climates. He observed that the peoples of cold countries, especially those of Europe, are full of spirit, but deficient in skill and intelligence; and that the peoples of Asia, although endowed with skill and intelligence, are deficient in spirit, and hence are subjected to slavery. Possessing both spirit and intelligence the Greeks are free to govern all other peoples (Politics 7.1327b [1]).
For the historian Herodotus, it is the way of the Orient to be ruled by autocrats and, even though Oriental, the character faults of despots are no more pronounced than the ordinary man's - but they are given much greater opportunity for indulgence. The story of Croesus of Lydia is a case in point. Leading up to Alexander's expansion into Asia, most Greeks were repelled by the Oriental notion of a sun-king, and the divine law that Oriental societies accepted. Herodotus's version of history advocated a society where men became free when they consented lawfully to the social contract of their respective city-state.
Edward Gibbon suggested that the increasing use of Oriental-style despotism by the Roman emperors was a major factor in the fall of the Roman Empire, particularly from the reign of Elagabalus:
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Marxist ontology[edit]
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SpecificationsNotebook: Novatech nTablet
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Weight: 0.89kg
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Reviews for the Novatech nTablet
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A hefty tablet computer with good specifications but an unsuitable operating system, making for an unsatisfactory experience Good points Good-quality screen; reasonably powerful Bad points Windows 7 doesn't work well; confusing keys; heavy.
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Patience Is a Virtue in the Head Coach Hunt
It's rare that the Browns get credit for taking the smart approach, but they're doing it right when it comes to finding Rob Chudzinski's replacement. The NFL's coaching carousel spins fast. Too fast. And now it's time for the league to make changes to help the hiring teams that can't help themselves
I don't even care if it's an intentional display of patience on their part, or in reality a byproduct of not being able to give the job away, I'm still convinced the sometimes clueless Cleveland Browns are taking the right approach when it comes to conducting their latest head coaching search. By taking their time.
Yep, I just typed the words "right approach" and "Browns coaching search" in the same sentence. It stunned me, too.
As quaint as it might sound in the instant-gratification world in which we live, the Browns deserve kudos for actually showing some restraint in the pursuit of their next coach. Because the speed dating that passes for the NFL head coaching interview and hiring process these days is growing more frenzied all the time.
It has been only 17 days since Cleveland surprisingly lowered the boom on first-year head coach Rob Chudzinkski, but that clearly is an eternity in today's NFL. For a team that couldn't even wait until the league's so-called "Black Monday" to make the move—announcing Chudzinski's firing just hours after its regular-season finale on Dec. 29 after the news started leaking out—the Browns are proceeding considerably more deliberately in the hiring phase of the proceedings.
Browns owner Jimmy Haslam on Wednesday even felt compelled to issue a letter to his team's panicked fans, offering an explanation for the perceived hold-up in the search, which has included a few candidates removing their name from consideration. After all, six of the NFL's seven head-coaching openings have already been filled, with only the Browns still interviewing candidates. You snooze, you lose, right?
The Browns, Haslam wrote, intend to "stay disciplined to this process and to interview all of the candidates on our list." They are being "very methodical" in their approach, and "are prepared to wait as long as necessary because this is a very important decision."
Well, roger that. Maybe if the Browns had taken a little bit more time to make their coaching decision last year, they wouldn't have felt it necessary to can Chudzinski one year into a four-year contract. Live and learn, I guess.
As novel an idea as it passes for, Cleveland wants to interview all of the candidates on its list, and that means quite possibly waiting until after the Super Bowl to do so, when a bevy of assistant coaches from Denver, Seattle, San Francisco and New England (pretty, please Josh McDaniels?) will become available.
Quite the concept. But why isn't it more common? Why is it in the NFL that most teams will spends months preparing for the draft, and weeks and weeks diving into free agency research and preparation, but then feel the need to invest only a handful of days into a critically important head coaching search? Isn't picking your next coach at least as important as picking your next crop of players?
But that's the current system the patient Browns are bucking to a certain degree, with the NFL's rules on the interview windows for head coaching candidates during the postseason making a sprint out of some teams' searches. Hiring a head coach has become a furious game of musical chairs, and teams desperately don't want to get caught without one of the most sought-after chairs once the last notes are played. Houston got the game going this year, firing Gary Kubiak with three weeks to go in the season, and getting the desired head start on the rest of the field with the hiring of Penn State coach Bill O'Brien by Jan. 2.
That's the way the hiring-season game is played now, but that can't possibly be the best solution. While there will no doubt be issues to overcome no matter when the interview window falls, the most equitable thing to do is to make teams wait until after the Super Bowl is played to interview and hire a new head coach. Revolutionary, I know, but it would remove some of the biggest problems that exist in the current NFL system, even if it didn't serve to dramatically slow the pace of the hirings once the window opens.
For one, assistants coaches on teams that make deep playoff runs or go to the Super Bowl won't be disadvantaged any more. Those are usually some of the most attractive candidates on the market, as they are again this year with Broncos offensive coordinator Adam Gase, Seattle defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, and 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman. Yet many times those still-in-season candidates never get the chance to land a job because teams are too anxious to find their new coach and fill out a new coaching staff, and are thus unwilling to wait for the completion of the five-week postseason.
Last year at this time, San Francisco's Roman was considered a strong candidate for the opening in Jacksonville, where new Jaguars general manager David Caldwell was shopping for a coach. But when Seattle lost in the divisional round, and coveted Seahawks defensive coordinator Gus Bradley came free, he wound up getting the Jaguars before Roman even had the opportunity to interview. Why? Because the 49ers were Super Bowl-bound. And the same scenario has probably played out this year, with Washington (Jay Gruden), Tennessee (Ken Whisenhunt), Detroit (Jim Caldwell) and Minnesota (Mike Zimmer) all making their coaching hires in the past six days. Three of those four coaches were on teams that just finished playoff runs in the past two weekends.
Taking more time to sort through the interview and hiring process would perhaps help teams avoid the pitfalls the Browns think they encountered last year, when their pursuit of Chip Kelly failed, and they responded by quickly landing Chudzinski. The urgency to hire someone, and not be seen as having been spurned by your top candidates, is a real and powerful motivator that can prompt clubs to short-change the decision-making process and all of its long-term ramifications.
Gone too would be the onerous practice of making head-coaching candidates on playoff teams schedule interviews in clumps, just a day or two before they work the most important game of their club's season. The divided attention span issue is a thorny one for playoff teams to contend with, but needlessly so, since it could be eliminated.
No more need for an offensive coordinator like Whisenhunt to interview with three teams and prepare a game plan for San Diego's divisional-round playoff game at Denver, all within the span of a few days. And no more team officials like Vikings general manager Rick Spielman flying to Charlotte last weekend to interview the 49ers' Roman and his fellow San Francisco assistant, defensive line coach Jim Tomsula, at a hotel less than 24 hours before the 49ers' road playoff game at Carolina.
Is anyone capable of doing their best possible work under those circumstances? It's not ideal for the coaching candidates, the teams they currently work for, or for team officials who are forced to jet around the country and jam some pretty crucial job interviews into tiny windows of time.
A post-Super Bowl start to head coach hiring season would get push-back from those who think it'd be the end of the world to not have a fully operational coaching staff in place and scouting at next week's Senior Bowl workouts in Alabama. But a team's personnel and scouting staff doesn't get completely wiped out in a coaching change and that assignment could be handled. With the lighter offseason programs in today's NFL, you don't desperately need a head coach in early to mid-January any way, and you'd still have months to make up for any draft prep that might be missed by conducting a February coaching search. After all, the draft this year has been moved to the second weekend of May, so there's still all the time in the world for a new coaching staff to set its board.
I've never thought of them this way before, but the Browns might be the smart ones here. They're taking their time to find a head coach. At least this time. They're determined to find the right guy. Even if he's not available right now.
whats sandusky's take on the situation ?
The browns are the most toxic team in the NFL. There is a reason nobody wants to be there. And getting Adam Gase? Yeah, not going to happen.
Ultimately, for the Browns, waiting on Gase is smart only because they have no other choice. O'Brien was the only "must have" guy available and he was not in their orbit. The other coaches, specifically the ones on their list that dropped out, were not extraordinary.
Let's also remember despite the organizational flux, the Cleveland job is the most attractive available for a new coach. He walks into a situation where he automatically gets 5 pro-bowlers, 10 draft picks and tons of free agent money.
No doubt taking a 4 win team to 7 in his first year is highly likely and from 7 to 10 in year 2 very probable. After that, he can write his own ticket...sign a lucrative extension or leave for greener pastures. This is a can't miss situation.
Is this author serious? The Browns are an absolute trainwreck from top to bottom. Their owner is trying his best to stay the hell out of jail. Their front office is a mess. They have no reliable QB. There are rumors that they are trying to trade up to get Johnny "10% Charlie Sheen" Manziel. And they still don't have a coach while every other day a top coaching prospect drops out of the hunt.
There is nothing intentional about this circus. There is a Simpsons episode where Homer somehow saves the day by luck despite overwhelming incompetence. That's the best case scenario here.
LISTEN CAREFULLY! Put the Kool-Aid down and slowly take several steps back! Take a few slow, deep breaths, and allow your head to clear! Now run, don't walk, to the nearest mental health facility for your much needed therapy!
While the NFL coaching gold rush is rather silly, it's proven effective for the majority of teams involved. Cleveland took two weeks last year, and hired a coordinator no one had ever heard of, because no qualified coach would go within 60 miles of that job! Their diversity interview was probably a Cavs equipment guy! All this year's qualified candidates scheduled Cleveland last, so they'd only have to go there if no one else offered them! I hear Greg Schiano is available! Maybe they could interview Frank Solich, but he'd be leaving a deeper roster for the Browns gig, but maybe he'd jump for a big contract! The Browns deserve their hiring problem!
Cleveland is waiting all right but not by choice.
Banks seldom gets anything right and he doesn't disappoint here.
What does Banks know about hiring anybody, much less HC's?
What does Banks know about running any organization, much less an NFL franchise?
Has he bothered to do a reporters job and interview owners and GM's to properly educate himself on the specific process?
When has Banks ever put his money where his mouth is?
No, Banks would much rather lob opinion grenades!
While the Browns may be viewed as the least desirable chair for coaches, they could viably end up with the best coach of the bunch by waiting. Really they're only fighting against the college vacancies, of which Vanderbilt seems to be the only "major" college job left. I'm really figuring Greg Roman will be the guy in Cleveland. They draft a mobile QB and they could be in business. They seem very similar to the 49ers pre-Harbaugh. Have a solid defense that is ready to contend. The offense is lacking a QB, but they have solid options at TE and WR to build upon.
It'll be hilarious in a year or 2 when the Bengals and Browns are battling for the AFC North lead while beating up on the salary cap hell bound Ravens and Steelers.
What a travesty, Don Banks. What the Cleveland fans need is advocacy from the media. The Three Stooges being complimented for making sure all the other teams get the top coaching candidates before we sign someone? I thought you actually understood football. On top of praising the Browns for waiting for the dregs of the coaching circuit, please write a follow-up article praising them for their 2013 signing of Devone Bess. I suppose you would say they were ahead of their time getting a guy who posts pictures of smoking pot, after a season in which he was in the top five in the NFL in dropped passes.
p.s. Banner is outsmarting everyone again. While no other team thought Adam Gase or any other coach in the Conference championships were worth waiting for, the Browns had the foresight.
When Vince Lombardi came out of retirement the only reason he took the Redskins job,he said, was because the Redskins didn't have a "QB problem " .. Sonny Jurgensen was the QB then ...Even then your QB was 30% of your offense ..NFL drafts of QB's now is almost like a crapshoot ..And if your QB isn't at least average, they become coach killers too fast ...Have always likes the Browns ( Browns & Redskins were in the same division years ago ) but seems like they're jinxed as far has drafting an NFL QB after they cut Bernie Kosar... Tim Couch was 1st player picked in the 1999 NFL Draft and he washed out ..
"Slow to hire, fast to fire" is a sound business principle for a reason, and one morsel of hope that this Cleveland Browns fan can cling on to.
I think it's more than a little silly to simply say "no one wants the job" in Cleveland. It's an NFL head coaching job! There are dozens of NFL and NCAA coaches who would love a shot at coaching. Hell, if Washington found a coach, why is Cleveland worse? RGIII may be good, but Dan Snyder has to offset a whole lot of excitement about working with that talent.
But, realistically, teams who are hiring have probably looked at lots of film and spoken to lots of people around the league to get outside opinions on character, ability, etc. So the quick hires aren't surprising. I agree with the article that teams shouldn't be allowed to approach coaches who are still involved in the playoffs.
I really want the Browns to pick a young guy with promise and - even if it kills them - give the guy AT LEAST 3 years to do his thing. We need a young guy who's not afraid of being tough. I think part of the perennial problem is that when you play for a joke team (and I say that as a lifelong Browns fan) you maybe don't try as hard? I don't know. But we desperately need some consistency and some growth in a positive direction.
This would be true if there were an unlimited pool of candidates.
I work in academia. When you hire a new colleague you jump into the yearly cycle. The Harvards and MITs advertise in July (for the next year), interview in September and make offers by October. The big state schools advertise in September and hire in November and so on. By the following April you are hiring one-year replacements. There are only so many people qualified to do the job at a high level.
Track record is everything for a head coach and everyone's career is out there for everyone to see.
The Brown's aren't being patient, it is just no one wants to coach there. Why relocate your life, family and home just to be fired in one year? What of all the draft picks and cap space? The Brown's have one of the worst records over the last 10 years at picking in the draft. How many top 10 picks have they had? Most aren't even in the NFL anymore. Free agents? Again, who wants to go to a place with such a revolving door of leadership?
This season seems to be among the worst for changing coaches, but not so much the time element as the process. Many do not have an idea of what they need and many seem to be swayed by how the candidates present themselves as dynamic salesmen in an interview, backed with a portfolio of what is wrong with the team and how to fix it. It is not an error that the worst teams tend to have the worst organizations.
I watched most of the San Diego Chargers' games this year, and in the ones where they were successful they passed much more effectively than they did against Denver this past Sunday. The key to our offense was granting more freedom and autonomy to Rivers. When the Chargers were winning, running the ball, passing the ball, and generally holding it for 38+ minutes, they were doing it with Rivers getting to the line of scrimmage with 15 seconds left to figure out which play he was going to run. That takes game planning... that takes an offensive coordinator to be in the film room all day every day, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat., going into the game. This is a great opportunity to go to the Conference Championship. Instead Whisenut was interviewing for THREE jobs on those days BEFORE A (lots of bad words here...) DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF GAME!! INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY COACHING THE TEAM HE WAS WORKING FOR DURING THE PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!!!
This is absolutely a rule that must be passed. I don't care if they cheat a little and put out feelers, just like in Free Agency. But, Interviewing for ANY Coaching must start AFTER the playoffs are over. Set a Global date for interviewing. Make it so fans like me don't have to now hate the Broncos and Titans even more.
By your own reports they're in no rush because the candidates have all talked to their last coach and to a man they've all run like hell. That doesn't sound like patience to me. It sounds like we-can't-give-this-job-away.
The Texans will learn the hard way that Bill Bell's protege's just can't
cut it in the NFL because in New England they were "role players, not
starters. Bill is the one that organizes everything and just like his no
name players perform very well in his schemes, so do his assistants. But
take them out of that scheme, and they're mediocre. Josh McDaniel is the biggest walking mistake out there. Just ask anyone in Denver how big of a mistake Josh was. Josh was arrogant, condescending, my-way-or-the-highway-eventhough-I-have-never-proved-anything-on-my-own-before attitude left the team worst then when he got there.
I understand and agree with the premise of the column (outside of the actual Browns search), but acting like the Browns seriously mean that is ridiculous. Taking them seriously is ridiculous. They fired a coach with just one year of work, and seem to have no idea what they are doing. No one wants the job, and they are spinning it into some kind of example of their good management.
The sadder thing is that Banks bought it.
Mr. Banks, this was the most intelligent, well-centered NFL column I've read in at least a year. Any chance you could teach your colleague Mr. King at least a modicum of the common sense that you clearly possess?
Worst coaching jobs in NFL: Browns<Raiders<Redskins<Cowboys
WHERE DID DON BANKS GO TO SCHOOL. This article is full of mistakes in grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation. It is almost unreadable. My daughter would get a C grade is she turned in work like this. Are there any editors at Sports Illustrated?
@rskins09 If Cleveland can somehow land the right coach and can somehow manage to make the right pick at #4, all they'll need is a good OC and they can do some things.
@rskins09 100% agree. It's more about the QB than the coach. The Cleveland Browns of Bill Belicheck are a perfect example. Belicheck, with no franchise QB, was a total failure in Cleveland. He goes to New England accidentally stumbles onto Tom Brady and all of a sudden he's a genius.
Point is: it won't matter a hell of a lot who the coach is unless the Browns get an above average QB, at minimum.
@drewbeedoo Is it a sound business principle? I am sincerely asking. I'm not a businessman. It would seem to me that building continuity and loyalty would be more beneficial to a business. Fast to fire doesn't seem like a way to build that type of culture.
@AF Whigs The difference in Washington is that even Snyder, the worst owner in the history of sports, gave his last coach more than one year.
@Kopernicus1967 First off, this is a completely new regime in Cleveland. New owner, GM, everyone making decisions currently has nothing to do with any past drafts. Yet, your comment on missing in the top ten could not be less accurate. Since 2004, the Browns have selected in the top 10 six different times. Out of those six, four went on to become Pro Bowlers. 2 are still on the team in All Pro's Joe Thomas and Joe Haden. They also have another All Pro and Prow Bowler in Alex Mack who they took in the first round in 09. Phil Taylor is one of the best 3-4 DT in the game, a first rounder in 2011. Could also point out there later round picks in Pro Bowl TE Jordan Cameron or All Pro S TJ Ward, and MLB Dqwell Jackson. Sure you can point to the early years of their return and say they missed, most notably with Couch. But your suggestion that they always miss in the top 10 is not backed in anyway. Mingo had an okay year for a rookie, but no player in the top 10 last year stood out. Surely youll point to missing on Trent with the 3rd pick, but they were able to recoop a first rounder back for what looks to be a bust and salvage that situation. This roster sent 5 pro bowlers and had 5 All Pros, they have the most cap room to spend this off season with an owner who wants nothing more to spend money, and they have 2 1st, 3rd, & 4th round picks. Its actually one of the better landing spots out of the vacancies that were open in terms of roster management. Far better than Washington and Minnesota.
@BB2 Why do you hate the Broncos even more now? It is not their fault that your coach interviewed with other teams.
@DWJ08come on, don't forget the Bills
John, it looks like you turned on your idiot switch this morning. For your sake, turn it off now.
@JohnFerguson "where did Don Banks go to school." I'm sure as someone criticizing someone else's grammar you know that a question does not end with a period, right?
"It is almost unreadable". Sentence fragment
"My daughter would get a C grade IS she turned in work like this". What grade would you give yourself?
"Are there any editors at Sports Illustrated?". Perhaps after your daughter finishes looking at your work she can pick up an extra $97 an hour by proofreading from home.
@JohnFerguson Nothing wrong with this column. There are a few unnecessary hyphens, but otherwise it's pretty clean. It's his style of sports writing, something you likely know little about.
@JohnFerguson "is she turned in work like this?" ok then.
@Chuckster @rskins09 One problem. By the time they hire a head coach, the assistant coach pool will be depleted. The same thing hampered Greg Schiano in Tampa two years ago. Though he was responsible for part of his demise, having to work with a patchwork coaching staff from the start was among his biggest problems.
@PhillyPenn @rskins09 Between the NFL over expanding (32) teams. free agency and injuries, it's almost impossible to find at least an AVERAGE QB in the NFL ...You can be the best NFL coach for years but if you don't have a decent QB on your team, forget it ...Bart Star comes to mind ...Bart Star didn't win many games for the Packers but he didn't lose many games either ...I'm not picking on Bart Star ... He deserves his place in the HOF ..... BTW, he was a 17th round draft pick .. NFL Draft for years was 17 rounds ...And Warren Moon wasn't even drafted - played Canadian Football for years before his great NFL career began ....
Yeah, so good that people keep dropping out.
...but John isn't being paid as a professional to write.
That being said I didn't mind DB's writing...
OK, BP, you sounded like you knew what you were talking about until you said Banks' use of "They're" in the second sentence of the last paragraph was improper. The use of they're in this case is as a contraction for they are, and it is proper. Eliminate the contraction and it reads, "They are taking their time to find a head coach". I left the period outside the quotation marks because I'm using it to end the sentence, not just the quotation and chose not to use double punctuation. Since you posted this three hours ago, I assume you are already consumed by the flames, but your family will know that you made one more error.
@CSK @KristianColasacco @JohnFerguson
I'm sorry, but I must do this because you corrected Mr. Ferguson incorrectly and got two people to "like" your post..
"It is almost unreadable" is a sentence. "It" is the subject, and "is" is the verb. Subject + verb = sentence.
Also, in the United States, a period is always put inside the quotation marks. In the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, the location of the period depends on what is in the quotes.
You should not double punctuate (e.g., "'... Illustrated?'.") a sentence. Only one punctuation mark is needed.
When changing anything in a quote (e.g., case) you should identify that the quote is changed from the original. When pointing out an error in an original quote, "[sic]" should be used. For example, "My daughter would get a C grade is [sic] she turned in work like this."
Note that the period is in the quotes.
Also, note that in the previous sentence and this sentence, the subject is implied as "you" because they are commands.
As for Mr. Banks' article, the most glaring mistake in my opinion is his incorrect use of "They're" instead of "Their" in the second sentence of the last paragraph.
I'm ready for the flames.


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Thursday an Associated Press story described how a coyote attacked a 2-year-old girl in her front yard in Southern California.
The mother rescued her child and the coyote ran off. It was the third time in five days a coyote has posed a threat to a small child in Southern California. On May 2 another 2-year-old girl was attacked in Alterra Park in Chino Hills, 30 miles east of L. A. And a coyote went after another toddler in the same park on May 4. All three children suffered non life-threatening injuries.
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Symptoms of splenomegaly include:
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It is important to prevent injury that might cause the spleen to rupture. You should avoid contact sports.
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INSTITUTE of Hope 4 Young Girls of Dar es Salaam has organized various concerts games for girls in primary and secondary schools in the country as a platform to educate pupils on prevention of teen pregnancies.
Speaking to the 'Daily News' over the weekend, the Executive Director of Hope 4 Young Girls, Salma Kudo, said starting on Tuesday, they will stage games at Kenton School in the city. She said the event aims to gather young girls between the ages of 11 and 19, where apart from participating in these games they will also be educated on prevention of teenage pregnancy.
"We've seen that we must fight the problem of teen pregnancies to girls in various schools and we have decided to use sports where we give education on how to deal with teenage pregnancy," said Kudo. Kudo added that participants will compete in various sports including tug-of-war, women's football, drafts and pool.
She said they will also use the occasion to select four representatives of the institution from the school. She argued that games help children build their confidence and prevent them from idling about, as a result avoid temptations to premature sex that often destroys little girls.
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If, for instance, you showed up unannounced at 4:00 p.m., here's what you would find in our apartment. A pile of laundry, cleaned, but unfolded. A hurricane of toys in The Bortski's bedroom. A tangle of strollers, coats and shoes in the hallway. A "fort" constructed out of blankets, draped over the sofa and coffee table. A semi-circle of pillows around The Bear and his toys, just in case he topples over while playing. A fine layer of crumbs in the kitchen.
On the other hand, if you stopped by about four hours later, you would find the toys stuffed into bins. The living room returned to a semblance of sophistication. The dishwasher and washing machine humming in harmony. Shoes in the shoe rack. Newspapers and magazines neatly stacked. Strollers all in a row.
It's an ongoing battle, this fight against the natural chaos of daily life. It's kind of like trying to prevent the incoming tide from destroying a sandcastle. I know it's futile. And yet, I persist.
I find disorganization distracting. Clutter makes me cranky. Before I sit down to write, I have to spend at least 15 minutes loading and unloading the dishwasher, washing the high chair tray and clearing the path to my desk.
Each day I face-off against rogue sneakers, two overflowing Diaper Dekors, and a migrating Aeron chair.
So I find myself at odds with the "anti- anticlutter" movement described recently in The New York Times article, Saying Yes To Mess.
An anti-anticlutter movement is afoot, one that says yes to mess and urges you to embrace your disorder. Studies are piling up that show that messy desks are the vivid signatures of people with creative, limber minds (who reap higher salaries than those with neat "office landscapes") and that messy closet owners are probably better parents and nicer and cooler than their tidier counterparts. It's a movement that confirms what you have known, deep down, all along: really neat people are not avatars of the good life; they are humorless and inflexible prigs, and have way too much time on their hands.
For the record, I'm not one of those "really neat people," and that's why my New Year's resolution is to get organized and de-clutter. And it appears I'm not alone. Getting organized is a pretty common New Year's resolution. In fact, according to The New York Times article, The National Association of Professional Organizers says January is Get Organized Month.
Here's my plan. Not only will I continue to beat back the daily mess in our apartment, I'm actually going to take care of the other messes, the ones you can't see. The ones I never let anyone see because I can hide them behind a door, under a bed or in a drawer.
Here are my top ten missions:
1. Organize my sock drawer. Throw out pre-pregnancy bras that don't fit.
2. Clean my purse. Throw out old lipsticks, ancient receipts, empty Purell bottle and crumpled nursing pads.
3. Donate unused kids' toys and clothes to Baby Buggy.
4. Organize the stack of research papers for my book, "Mama Knows Breast" (Quirk Books 2007). Prevent future pile-up of papers by following the OHIO principle– "only handle it once."
5. Put stack of photographs in an album.
6. Edit together two years worth of family videos. Step one, buy new computer. Step two, learn video editing software.
7. Organize kitchen junk drawer. In other words, move the matches and batteries so The Bortski can't reach them.
8. Collect stray change and take it to the Coinstar at the supermarket. Donate said change. Bring The Bortski so he can see how the machine works.
9. Figure out a way to curb the sprawl of keys, cell phones, iPod and Blackberry.
10. Do SOMETHING, in fact, DO ANYTHING, about the coat closet.
Now, in the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit that my husband pitches in. He's great with trash, recycling, folding laundry and putting things on the top shelf of a closet. I also have a cleaning lady who does the real dirty work once a week.
So why am I setting my sights higher than keeping after the daily mess? Perhaps because I pine for the perfection you find in magazines like Real Simple. I yearn for a Zen like calm even when I open closet doors. I don't want to have to literally shut out the mess.
But is this really possible? In all honesty, I'm terrible at keeping resolutions. I always seem to be able to stick to my plan for a month or two. But then, things start to slide. Stuff happens to get in the way. There's a deadline for work. Someone gets sick. I "mess up" and we're back to square one.
So perhaps, the so called "anti-anticlutter" people don't have this so wrong after all. What's so bad about a little mess? I'm busy! Maybe I'll get my sock drawer organized once, but I'd rather "play trains" than match mismatched socks. Maybe I'll clean my purse tonight, but I'll always be too rushed to do anything more than shove a receipt in my bag and push the stroller out of the store before the screaming escalates. Maybe I'll file my papers this month, but I'd rather sit on the sofa with my husband than take care of this each night.
In fact, if I let some of the daily mess slide, I'd be free work on some other resolutions. I could go to bed at 10:30. Exercise at least three times a week. Start my next book. Have a weekly "date night" with my husband and read more books to The Bortski and Bear.
You know, maybe I should have a new mantra for 2007. "Mess, Sweet, Mess."
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I use the FlyLady to help get rid of my clutter (www.flylady.net). She takes you through the program slowly, in baby steps, so that you don't burn out. Definately has helped me to organize my house and finances!
Great post! I might just have to agree with you on the mess mantra…
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Sanitarian's Office
|Chad Lanes
Tri-County Environmental Health
Serving Anaconda-Deer Lodge, Granite and Powell Counties
Chad Lanes, R.S., Tri-County Sanitarian, 563-4066
Karen Solberg, R.S., Tri-County Assistant Sanitarian, 563-4067
Lisa Saur, Secretary, 563-4065
Location: 3rd floor of the Courthouse, to the left of the District Court
Hours: Monday through Friday 8:00am – 5pm. The majority of our work requires us to be in the field – an appointment will ensure a sanitarian is in the office to assist you.
Programs and Services
Flood Cleanup Health Tips
Food Program
Public Accommodations Program
Septic System Program
Air Quality
Subdivisions of Land
Community Complaints Program
Well Water Sampling
Well Drilling Permit
Junk Vehicle Program
Other Public Health Inspections
Flood Cleanup Health Tips
Several kinds of diarrheal illness and other communicable diseases are more common in areas that have flooded. The major reasons are the use of unsafe water and unsafe food. This PDF document contains information compiled and summarized from various national, state, and local health agencies. The purpose is to provide one convenient source of emergency health information for those who must return to, live in, and salvage flood stricken homes.
Food Program
The Environmental Health Department is contracted with the State Department of Public Health to conduct inspections, licensing and plan review on all food service establishments.
Quarterly Newsletter
- Fall 2012 Volume 2, Issue 3
- Summer 2012 Volume 2, Issue 2
- Spring 2012 Volume 2, Issue 1
- Fall 2011 Volume 1, Issue 3
- Spring/Summer 2011 Volume 1, Issue 2
Plan Review:
Contact the department if you plan to open a new facility, remodel an existing facility, or are changing ownership. Changes of ownership of establishments require a pre-licensing inspection and a new state Retail Food License, no matter what time of year the change occurs.
A Plan Review Application is required when you are opening a new facility or remodeling to ensure that all health codes are met. Please fill out the form completely and return it to the Environmental Health Department for review. For more information and Food Establishment Rules please visit this website: www.dphhs.mt.gov/publichealth/fcs
Food Safety Education
ServSafe Classes for Manager Certification are taught in the Spring and Fall or additional classes may be arranged on request. ServSafe is a nationally recognized program developed by the National Restaurant Association. For more information on this program, visit the following website:
www.servsafe.com Online food safety training is also available at the ServSafe website or through the state at: http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/publichealth/fcs
Temporary Food Permits
All non-profit organizations who are hosting special dinners, events, and fundraisers that provide food to the general public must apply and receive a Temporary Food Permit 7 days prior to the event. If you are planning an upcoming event please refer to the following helpful documents:
- Temporary Event Guidelines
- Temporary Food Event Plan Review
- 2012 Farmers Market Guidelines
- A Brochure on Preparing Food for Fun and Profit (MSU Extension Service Montguide)
Food Recalls/Alerts
For current information on food recalls, please visit these websites:
The United States Food safety and Inspection Service ~ www.fsis.usda.gov/Fsis_Recalls/
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ~ http://www.fda.gov/
To report a complaint about food items that you have purchased, please fill out this Consumer Complaint Form and submit it to our office.
If you suspect that you have contracted a food borne illness, please contact the Environmental Health department at 563-4066. You will be asked to fill out a history of what you ate over the past 3 days to help us determine the cause of your illness and assist in investigating the cause.
More information about Consumer food safety can be found on the following websites:
For kids ~ www.scrubclub.org
Home Food Safety ~ http://food.unl.edu/web/safety/education#customers
Public Accommodations Program
Tri-County Environmental Health is contracted by Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services to license and inspect all Public Accommodations including hotels, motels, Bed and Breakfasts, and Tourist Homes.
Please visit the following website to see the rules and regulations for operating a Public Accommodation.
Rules for Bed and Breakfasts:
Septic System Program
Looking for a Septic System Record?
Tri-County (Deer Lodge, Powell and Granite Co.) septic system records are available electronically.
Please have the following information when you call: Geocode, legal description, and address. These items can be found on your tax bill or by visiting the Montana Cadastral website at www.gis.mt.gov. Click search, enter the county, and chose how you want to search.
Installing A Septic System?
Attention: Property Owners, Developers And Realtors:
All lots that have been subdivided since 1973 have either an approved site plan for sewer and water OR have a restriction preventing development with any building requiring sewer or water. Please be sure that all land owners have a copy of the correct site plan. Montana Law requires "THAT the developer and/or owner of record shall provide each purchaser of property with a copy of the Certificate of Survey, approved location of water supply and sewage treatment system as shown on the approved layout, and a copy of the Certificate of Subdivision Approval.
Septic permits are required for any revision, replacement of an existing system and any installation of a new system. Permits Are Required Before Any Work Begins!
NOTICE: Effective January 1, 2014, The Boards of Health of Deer Lodge, Granite and Powell Counites passed a new Tri-County Onsite Wastewater Regulations and updated the fee schedule. Until the website is updated, please contact the office the office at (406) 563-4035 to get copies of the new application, Regulations and Fee Schedule. Thank you.
Septic Forms:
To learn more about septic systems, visit the National Environmental Services Center at this website:
Air Quality
If a dust storm event or nuisance dust in general is observed coming off of Superfund lands, please contact the numbers below so that they may respond, and try to quantify and document the problem.
Please call in the following order until someone is notified:
Steve Heck ~ 498-4199
Virginia Loran ~ 563-7476, then 691-0015
Jim Kuipers ~ 782-3441, then 459-0445
Forest Fire Information: http://www.deq.mt.gov/FireUpdates/index.asp
How to Protect Yourself" adapted from "Wildfire Smoke, A Guide for Public Health Officials, 2002", by Missoula-City County Health Department
Subdivisions of Land
Montana Sanitation in Subdivisions Act
The Montana Sanitation in Subdivisions Act (MSSA) is enforced by MT Dept of Environmental Quality and the local Environmental Health Department, and defines a subdivision as "a division of land or land so divided that creates one or more parcels containing less than 20 acres, exclusive of public roadways, in order that the title to or possession of the parcels may be sold, rented, leased, or otherwise conveyed and includes any re-subdivision and any condominium or area, regardless of size, that provides permanent multiple spaces for recreational camping vehicles or mobile homes".
Subdivisions of land with lots under 20 acres in size are subject to review by Montana State Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to meet compliance with the Montana Sanitation in Subdivisions Act. Parcels over 20 acres require review by the local environmental health office.
For information on subdivision review by DEQ, please visit the DEQ website, Subdivision section at:
Community Complaints Program
The Environmental Health Department deals with complaints of of licensed public establishments (restaurants, bars, public accommodations), septic systems, water quality, air quality and public health issues. Please call the environmental health office with these issues at 563-4065.
For complaints of Ordinance 201 A- Solid Waste, Litter and Decay Ordinance, please call the Sanitation Office at 563-6066 or 563-6067 or visit the Sanitation Office at the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Courthouse on the 3rd Floor.
A copy of the Solid Waste, Litter and Decay Ordinance
Other complaints
Animal Complaints ~ Call Animal Control at 563.4070
Landlord-Tenant Problems
Please download and consult the Montana Residential Landlord and Tenant Act of 1977.
Well Water Sampling
Water sample kits and information are available in our office. Contact this office for information on disinfection of wells and site placement of wells.
Well Drilling Permit
A permit is now required for the construction of individual and multi-user wells.
The purpose is to allow for the evaluation of well placement, minimum construction standards and ensure that wells are sited in approved locations. Please download a Well Permit Application to get started.
Please note: a Well Drilling Permit is only required in Anaconda-Deer Lodge County at this time.
For more information on drilling wells, visit the DNRC Water Resources, Board of Well Water Contractors webpage at: www.dnrc.mt.gov/wrd/water_op/bwwc/default.asp
Ever wonder how to treat a contaminated well? The MSU extension office has put together a video explaining that very process. It's called Chlorinating a Well and Water System. Go »
For information on well logs visit the MBMG Ground Water Information Center at: http://mbmggwic.mtech.edu
Junk Vehicle Program
A Junk Vehicle is defined as "a discarded, ruined, wrecked or dismantled motor vehicle, which is not lawfully and validly licensed and remains inoperative or incapable of being driven". A vehicle must meet all three parts of the definition to be classified as a junk vehicle. Vehicle hauling through this program is free of charge. Call the office at 563-4066 to arrange for a vehicle to be hauled or to register a complaint. Please fill out the appropriate form and bring or mail to the office. 800 South Main, Courthouse, Anaconda, MT 59711.
For additional information on Montana's Junk Vehicle Program, please visit this website: www.deq.mt.gov/JunkVehicles/
Other Public Health Inspections
DPPHS contracts our department to inspect, license, and do plan reviews on Public Accommodations, including hotels, motels, Bed & Breakfasts, Guest Houses, Day Care Centers that care for 12 or more children, Community Group Homes, Trailer Courts, Detention Facilities, and Public swimming pools and spas, including those owned and operated by hotels or motels.
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Apple Music Event by the Numbers: 30M iPhones, 20M iPod touches, 75K Apps, 1.8B Downloads
During the t's only rock and roll, but we like it special music event, as usual, Apple spent some time up front discussing numbers. And as is increasingly usual when it comes to the music leg of their business, those numbers tend towards the HUGE. To date:
- 30 million iPhones sold
- 20 million iPod touches sold
That makes 50 million iPhone OS X platform device on the market, up from 45 million on July 21.
- 75,000 apps in the iTunes App Store
- 1.8 billion downloads (not counting updates)
Still no breakdown of paid vs. free, but up from 3,000 this time last year, and 65,000 and 1.5 billion back on July 14.
In terms of games, compared with other mobile platforms, here's the library count:
- 21,178 for Apple iPhone/iPod touch
- 3,680 for Nintendo DS
- 607 for Sony PSP
But wait, there's more...
iTunes and iPod is still doing gangbusters.
- #1 music retailer in the world
- 100,000,000 accounts (credit cards) on file
- 8.5 billion songs sold
- 27 million libraries submitted and analyzed by Genius
- 54 billion songs submitted and analyzed by Genius
- 100 million iPod nanos sold
- 220 million iPods in total sold
What do those numbers look like in the MP3 player space -- which everyone including Apple believes is a shrinking business compared to more heavily convergent devices like the iPhone?
- 73.3% iPod
- 17.9% Other
- 7.2% Sandisk
- 1.1% Microsoft
Zune numbers look down from last year, iPod not wildly better. Maybe everyone including Apple is right? Still, even on a downward curve:
- Over 50% of iPod owners are new to the platform
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Apple Music Event by the Numbers: 30M iPhones, 20M iPod touches, 75K Apps, 1.8B Downloads
Missed in this euphoric celebration of numbers is poor quarter that Apple will turn in for Q4 with regard to iPhone sales.
Its not a horrible quarter, mind you, but Q4 tends to be a big quarter, and you would think that with all of those original iPhones coming off contract and many many others upgrading prior to the end of their contract and 99 dollar ipnones that it would have been better than it is.
They may make up for it in iTunes revenue. (No, Rene, you can't make that lame claim that Apple only runs the iTunes store to support hardware sales any more. Not after posting the numbers above).
Note: Q1 for Apple = Oct-Dec. As of today, (10 sept) we are in Q4.
So a quick look at these numbers (I'll keep it simple):
30 million iPhones sold to date.
That is generation 1 thru the 3Gs.
Now thru Q3, the number stood at 26,378,000.*
Getting to 30 million means Apple only sold 3.62 million in Q4. Q4 has 21 days left, so bump that to 4.69 million expected in the quarter.
Q4 is historically a good quarter for iPhone sales. Last year there were 6.89 million sold in Q4.
This year Apple will be lucky to see 68% of that number. A 32% Drop Year over Year. That is huge. Even in a down economy, that is HUGE.
And that Drop came in the quarter that saw the introduction of a new phone and a $99 phone.
*Numbers from here: http://tinyurl.com/qqnfx9
@icebike : You do realize they released the iPhone 3GS during the third quater of this year and not thee fourth quater like last year, right? Anyway, you don't even know if 30 million is the exact number; they could be rounding it off from 31 or 32 million for all you know. They don't usually use odd numbers when telling sales and just round them off.
Yes I do realize when things were released.
iPhone 1st June 29 2007 = Q2
iPhone 3G July 11 2008 = Q3
iPhone 3gs July 19 2009 = Q3
Marketing and PR people never round DOWN. I was giving them the benefit of the doubt, because they probably rounded UP. Who would round off 2 million handsets?
I believe the real quote was "30 million in slightly over two years". The iphone was released on June 29 2007. I don't think the quote was as of today.
Like the person who opines on the rounding, by the same logic, I don't think when he said slightly over two years, he meant 2 years and 2 months. I bet he meant they hit 30 million sometime in July.
Its been 2 years and 2.5 months since Version 1 was released.
Slightly over by any reasonable definition.
Why would he include the first few months when the sold very few, and ignore the most recent months when they are selling in excess of a million a month?
Just not logical.
Why would he include the first few months when the sold very few, and ignore the most recent months when they are selling in excess of a million a month?
Because apple is protective of their numbers and they have required their distributors to a code of omerta. If he himself breaks this, then the agreement is broken.
How difficult is it to believe that he was stating a historical event? why did he not say as of today? he carefully chose his words "in a little over two years we have sold 30 million".
WE will see come earnings release.


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Jan. 23, 2011
Site: East Lansing, Mich. (Jenison Field House)
Score: No. 12 Northwestern 22, Michigan State 15
Records: NU (15-1, 3-1 Big Ten), Michigan State (8-3, 0-3 Big Ten)
Next NU Event: Friday, Jan. 28 vs. Iowa ? Evanston ? 7 p.m.
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Looking to respond from its first dual loss of the season, No. 12 Northwestern did so with stellar efforts up and down the lineup en route to a 22-15 victory at Michigan State Sunday in East Lansing. NU won the first six bouts of the afternoon, highlighted by a major decision by Brandon Precin at 125 and a fall by Levi Mele at 133.
NU improved to 15-1 overall and 3-1 in the Big Ten with the win.
Match-by-match results are listed below and a complete recap of each bout will follow shortly.
#12 Northwestern 22, Michigan State 15
125: #1 Brandon Precin (NU) maj. dec. Eric Olanowski (MSU), 10-2 (NU 4, MSU 0)
133: Levi Mele (NU) FALL Levi Stace (MSU), 2:17 (NU 10, MSU 0)
141: Robert Joyce (NU) dec. Joel Trombly (MSU), 4-0 (NU 13, MSU 0)
149: #11 Andrew Nadhir (NU) dec. Dan Osterman (MSU), 6-5 (NU 16, MSU 0)
157: #7 Jason Welch (NU) dec. Sean McMurray (MSU), 4-0 (NU 19, MSU 0)
165: Kevin Bialka (NU) dec. Ben Boudro (MSU), 7-1 (NU 22, MSU 0)
174: Curran Jacobs (MSU) dec. Robert Kellogg (NU), 8-6 (NU 22, MSU 3)
184: Ian Hinton (MSU) dec. Aaron Jones (NU), 6-5 (NU 22, MSU 6)
197: Tyler Dickenson (MSU) dec. (SV-2) John Schoen (NU), 7-5 (NU 22, MSU 9)
285: Joe Rizqallah (MSU) win by forfeit (NU 22, MSU 15)
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Step 1: Materials
1 pencil
fine dirt or sand
Small rocks
construction paper/colored paper (instead of plain paper)
scissors (in order to make neater cuts)
Step 2: The Garden Bed
1) Cut off a strip about one inch wide; this will be for the rake. I creased the piece and then ripped it off. Set the strip aside.
2) Next, cut the paper in half once more, setting one half aside.
3) Fold the piece in half along the long side (hot dog style), then flip it over so the open side faces you.
4) Fold the two edges up about one centimeter, then flip it over again; keep the same edge facing you.
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Manchester City assistant boss David Platt claims manager Roberto Mancini has always had a bit of "fire" inside him.
Platt has defended Mancini over the Italian's outburst at the end of Tuesday's controversial Champions League draw with Ajax at the Etihad Stadium, claiming the incident has been exaggerated. Mancini confronted the referee after City had a late goal disallowed and were denied a penalty, and also clashed with a cameraman who filmed his on-pitch rant.
First-team coach Platt, who played alongside Mancini at Sampdoria, said: "He has always been like that - as a player he was completely like that. Monday to Friday he was fine but once he is on a pitch, if things don't go well for him - he has this fire in him. That is what he believes in."
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LOS ANGELES The Timberwolves injury nightmare just went from bad to worse. Nikola Pekovic left Minnesotas game against the Lakers with 2:41 remaining in the first quarter with an abdominal strain. He will not return. Pekovic logged eight points on 4-of-6 shooting in nine minutes of play, leading the team in scoring early. With his absence, the Timberwolves will be forced to give big minutes to backup centers Greg Stiemsma and Chris Johnson, and with Andrei Kirilenko out with a calf strain, the team was already more shorthanded than usual. No further details in terms of a prognosis were given on Pekovic. The center battled illness earlier in the week but had recovered enough to start Thursday in Los Angeles. Follow Joan Niesen on Twitter.
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