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Hundreds of millions of years ago the Sahara was covered by great seas. With time, the seas
slowly drifted away, leaving behind a massive expanse
of searing desert, much bigger than the one we have today.
Around 800,000 years ago, the Sahara was hot, damp and covered
with swamps, lakes, rivers and vegetation
everywhere. This period of heavy rain lasted for hundreds
of thousands of years.
Ever since, the Sahara comes and
goes just as ice ages do elsewhere. One of these
most recent cycles, between 12,000 and 10,000 years ago,
brought heavy rainfalls to the area, and gradually transformed
the Sahara into wet and lush-green land, covered with rivers
and lakes, and teeming with hippopotami, rhinoceroses, crocodiles
and elephants.
However, according to an article published in the Independent
Newspaper (September 8, 1999), titled: "Tilt of Earth's axis turned
Sahara into a desert",
scientists have
found that the Sahara was abruptly transformed from fertile
land into a desert
after the Earth underwent
one of its periodic changes in orientation between 9000
and 6000 years ago; during which its tilt lessened
from 24.14 degrees off vertical to its present 23.45 degrees,
and its closest position to the sun gradually shifted
from July to January.
The Sahara today is the largest desert in the world, estimated
to be between seven and nine million square kilometres (7-9m
km2) - that is about one third of Africa.
Winters in the subtropical north can be very cold where temperatures
can fall below freezing point, as opposed to the mild tropical
south, where rain falls more during the summer than it does
in the north. Similarly, temperatures are high during the
day and low at night. The highest temperature in the world
was recorded in Libya on the 13th of September 1922, in el-Azizia,
close to Tripoli: a staggering 136.4 degree Fahrenheit (or
58 degrees Celsius). Although in the summer temperatures
reach 50 degrees Celsius in the shade, and in the winter
can reach -9 (minus nine), the average year round temperature
is about 30 degrees Celsius. Between the 27th of December and the 18th
of January some areas of the Sahara become covered with a thin white layer very
similar to frost, which turns the surface white and hence the name of this period: "The
White Nights".
Citrullus colocynthis. Berber names: Alkhad (Tuareg); Tadjalt.
Ground-creeping desert plant, with inedible gourds, the
size of small melons. The milky sap of these gourds is used as
a remedy for scorpion stings by the local Tuareg people. The gourd
is also a
purgative - that is cleanses and purifies the body. For further
details, see
medicine in Central Sahara: Pharmacopoeia of Tassili N?ajjer",
by Hammiche, H.
K. Maiza; Journal of Etnopharmacology,
Volume 105 (2006) pp. 358-367.
In prehistoric times the Sahara was significantly wetter, but
climatic desiccation over the past few thousand years has destroyed
much of its wildlife. The flora of the Sahara is estimated to include
about 1,200 species, consisting mainly of xerophytes and ephemeral
plants, with halophytes in moister areas, and Acacia, Tamarisk
and Calotropis procera along the wadis. However, according to another
scientific study, the Sahara's flora still includes about 3000
The fauna of the Sahara includes about 70 species of mammals,
300 species of birds, including 90 species of resident birds,
and around 100 species of reptiles. Owing to extreme heat,
most small desert creatures are nocturnal. The populations
of these species were greatly reduced by over-hunting and
many are now endangered species, like the ostrich, addax, some
species of gazelles and the cheetah. Most of the African large
mammals that were reported to have been present in the desert until
the second half of the 19th century have now become extinct. Some
of these animals can be seen in Fezzan Park, and also in Tripoli's
The Sahara is also rich in oil and metallic, mineral deposits,
the most common of which is iron ore (found in large quantities
in Algeria and Mauritania), followed by copper, manganese,
phosphates, and uranium (with large deposits in Niger).
Desert Roses from the Sahara around the Ghadames Area, Libya.
Desert roses grow in size just like plants and animals
do. The leaf-like structure of its crystals makes the stone
look like a rose flower and hence its name. This leafy structure
is slowly built using the mineral gypsum which grows in the
tiny gaps between the specks of sand. A handful of sand would
appear compact to the naked eye, but under the microscope one
can easily see more cavities than sand. As it grows in these
cavities the gypsum seals the surrounding
sand particles in leaf-like flakes. These flakes then grow
with time just like plant leaves do, and develop complex forms
(see above).
This type of desert rose is found after Tmessah and before reaching
Waw Alkabeer, Fezzan, southern Libya.
Most of the Sahara's oases are situated in depressions and
sustained by underground basins and rivers.
For plants to survive in the desert, they must invent ingenious
ways to deal with lack of water. Some species germinate within
72 hours of rainfall and sow their seeds 2 weeks later.
Shrubs and trees have extensive
root systems which can penetrate as far as 50 metres into the
ground; tamarisk and acacia have short, fat trunks that act
as reservoirs for excess water. The seeds of ephemerals germinate
only after heavy rain, and then very quickly consume their
entire life-cycle; producing brightly coloured flowers to attract
insects. Grasses, however, develop large and complex root systems
for collecting water over a wide area, enabling them to survive
when the overground parts are scorched to death.
Geophytes survive by remaining underground as bulbs, and
like ephemerals, they quickly grow and develop when rain comes.
Saharan succulents, like euphorbia, suck the extra water to store
for later.
insects collect moisture from the air and then direct it as droplets
of water into their mouths. While desert-ships (the camels)
vary their bodies' temperature according to the conditions: low
when it is cool and high when hot; when they are thirsty transpiration
drops to zero.
Humans, however, resort to nomadic way of life in order
to survive in the Sahara, travelling from one location to another in search
of water and vegetation. In short, life has a mind of its own, long
before it created ours!
The only permanently inhabited
zones in the Sahara are the oases and areas along the few fertile
valleys, such as
Wadi Alhayat (the Valley of Life) in Fezzan. The palm trees
in these regions, which are normally arranged in narrow rows
with an east-west orientation (in line with the apparent sun's
course across the sky), occur where water is relatively close
to the surface, and thus allowing the digging of shallow wells
to support
settled life.
Rain in the Sahara falls at rare intervals, mostly between
the months of
January and April, with a variation from 0.5 inch to 4 inches
over a 5 year period.
Calotropis procera (Asclepiadaceae)
Berber (Tuareg) name: Torha, Torcha or Torh N'ajjer;
while in Libya it is called Branbakh or Albranbakh.
Its wood is light, and thus used to light fire (by
rubbing it against hard wood to generate heat and then sparks), and also used
for roofing material for small huts.
According to
one should not touch the plant, as the latex (the milky sap) produced is very irritant, especially to the eyes: can become blind.
Fish (in pools):
Birds (Migratory & Breeding):
Camels are nearly 50 million years old; and, like horses, were
as big as domesticated cats, living in North America's
forests. By 12 million years ago, several types of camels
evolved, including the one-meter-tall Procamelus of the Camelus
genus, from which modern camels descended. The Camelus crossed
North America to Asia, some 3 million years ago, and then
reached Africa rather recently (between 4 and 3 thousand
years ago). 90 % of
camels are dromedaries (with one hump), most of which live in
North/East Africa. On average camels can travel the hot Sahara
for two weeks without drinking water, slowly loosing weight;
and when water is found, their large stomachs can carry as much
as 100 litres of water. Camels do not carry water in their humps,
which are mainly fat.
The ship of the desert: the camel.
There are about 95 species of reptiles in the Sahara, consisting
mainly of three types: lizards, snakes and tortoises. Although
most of them are small creatures, the desert monitor lizard
can reach up to 1.5 meters long. Unlike other vertebrates reptiles
are cold-blooded and therefore are unable to produce their
own heat. They live on insects and small mammals, and their
thick skin helps them minimises water loss.
There are about 400 species of snakes in Africa
today, 90 of which are venomous. According to classical Greek
sources the Sahara was infested with serpents, mythical and
real, like those of the Libyan Gorgon Medusa. Libyan traditions
state that snakes are harmless if they are left alone. For some reason, probably
to do with the low temperature, snakes are completely timid and harmless between
the months of October and February. The photo shows a sand viper (about fifty
centimetres long), which has a pair
of horns just above the eyes. The "trouble" with
the sand viper is that it is usually buried just
under the surface of the sand, which means good
desert boots are essential. The ancient
Garamantes of Fezzan carried Libyan Neith's tattoos
on their legs, just above the ankle, properly
to protect from snake bites, which can be a
bit painful, but rarely fatal.
be reminded
that when travelling in the desert it is best to always wear
thick leather boots and avoid disturbing stones and small rocks. If you have
to turn some stones, like when camping, then beware of scorpions and serpents
and never do it at night. Camping preparations should always be undertaken
in full day light. If you see snakes "sneaking" about,
then learn to live with them, leave them alone, keep a safe distance
from them, and remember to never corner a snake or a cobra as
they might attack before you get a chance to react. Respect
nature if you seek the same respect for yourself!
Although venomous snakes inject poison, pythons "end the life"
of their prey by constriction: they coil their bodies around their prey, slowly
suffocating them
to death. At up to twenty five feet long (the reticulated python: Python reticulatus),
you are not left with much choice but to avoid them in the first place. Always
keep a safe distance, as they can leash out to half their bodies' length in an
instant. However, the African Ball python (Python regius) rarely gets
bigger than six feet long, and is very well tamed and popular pet.
If you have
been bitten and cannot get medical
within half an hour, then the Red Cross recommends the
traditional technique of washing the affected area with soap
and water and then applying a bandage, about three inches above the wound, but
not very tight. However lack of washing has its benefits too (see below).
Also try and keep the affected area below the heart level to slow down the flow
of venom. Traditionally one would make a small cut and squeeze as much blood
out of the wound as possible, but nowadays academic experts advise against making
any cuts to prevent the risk of infection or the risk of cutting sensitive tissues.
Instead they recommend a suction device (a kit, see below) which can be used
to draw the venom without making a cut. We have included these kits among the
things you should take with you to Libya in our travel
guide to Libya. Polluting local water resources must be avoided at all times.
Dry Bite:
Snakes can bite but they do not have to deliver (or waste) precious venom on a creature that is too big to eat. You might get bitten but it does not mean you were poisoned, and so the importance of staying clam and never to panic. However, always seek medical help even if you do not get any symptoms.
Insects are very numerous in the Sahara,
especially scorpions, termites, ants, sacred scarab beetles,
intelligent spiders, and the most devastating of
all: locusts, which
can cover massive areas very quickly and consume entire fields
in a matter of minutes. Most desert insects are nocturnal and
the secret of their survival is their hard,
crusty and waxy skin which minimises water loss, in addition
to hiding under rocks (like scorpions) and under the sand (like
The common scorpion
in the Sahara is the Leiurus
quinquestriatus (the deathstalker), which although can be fatal
to a child, an elderly or a weak person, it rarely causes
serious harm to a healthy adult. The poison is administered via the tail
sting, which if cut away the scorpion becomes edible. Scorpions get their fluids
from their prey and thus they rarely drink. If scorpions are left alone and not
disturbed, they, like serpents, are harmless and rarely attack humans for no
reason, like many humans do. Stepping over them accidentally, however, forces
them to spontaneously react, thinking they were attacked. If you are a healthy
adult, then there is nothing to worry about. [I have been stung twice in one
night and sought no help because there was none around.]
These are not flying scorpions as such, but they call them "Wind Scorpions" because
they utilise the wind to glide, just as many forest creatures do jump from one
tree to another; and therefore one can call them "gliding scorpions".
These are mainly found in Edhan Murzuq and Al-Kufrah during the months of April
and May, especially when it is very hot. {You better get your spacesuit ready
for the Sahara.}
Anti venom kits are usually used to extract
the painful venom left by common insects, such as wasps,
bees, midges, mosquitoes, spiders and even the extremely
painful jellyfish. A typical kit
normally contains a
mini vacuum pump, which painlessly extracts poison from stings
and thereby reducing itching and pain. However, these kits
are also used to treat snake bites and scorpion stings, as they allow
you, using only one hand if need to,
take as much poison out
of the system as possible, especially when used immediately
after applying the bandage above the wound (to slow down the
spread of venom). The human body is very resilient
and often can deal with small amounts of poison that are left in, if any, and
so these kits can make a difference.
Reassuringly, more than 50% of those who were bitten
by poisonous snakes escape without any harm, simply because not all snakes inject
venom when they bite, and so never panic, but always seek medical help to be
100% safe. In a research carried out in Australia, scientists discovered that
out of 3000 snakebites taking place every year, on average only around 300 receive
antivenom, out of which only one or two prove to be fatal. While in America only
around 10 victims out of 8000 who were bitten by venomous snakes actually die.
The kits do not contain any anti venom injections, simply because venoms
differ from snake specie to another and therefore it is always important to remember
what type of snake you were bitten by so that the nurse can administer the correct
antidote at the hospital. Of course, there is the polyvalent antivenom,
which can be used against most types of poisons if the identification of the
snake fails. However it is generally agreed that it is much safer to use snake-specific
antivenoms than polyvalent antivenoms. This is why in Australia each state has
its special polyvalent antivenom specifically made for the local snakes present
in the area. Anti-venom needs to be prescribed by a professional doctor or a
specialist and should be administered in a clinic or a hospital. If you can remember
what type of snake you were bitten by or what kind of a scorpion you were stung
by then that description will help the doctor to administer the specific antigen.
These kits are mainly used to suck as much of the poison as possible, keep
the cut clean and safe from infection until you get to the nearest hospital or
To administer the correct (and snake-specific) antivenom one needs to know
the type of the snake. But then how would you identify a snake at night or in
a jungle where there is no sight of the snake? If all means to identify the snake
fail then doctors will prescribe a polyvalent antivenom, even though this can
have negative side affects and hence
the importance of the identification. This is where Snake Venom Detection Kits
(SVDK), or snake identification kits, come in. The kit can identify the correct
type from samples taken from the bite site within half an hour and therefore
allowing the correct antivenom to be administered very quickly. The sample can
also be taken either from a urine sample (where systemic envenoming is present
in the patient) or from the snake's fangs (if the snake is present).
Crocodiles were the masters of the Sahara some 100 million years
ago, and were very common to the Sahara, especially in large
lakes and rivers, until a century ago. Today, some survived in
small numbers, particularly in the Ennedi mountains of
Chad and the Tagant in Mauritania.
Beetles are very common in North Africa and there
are several species of them, ranging from the classical and
mythical scarab beetle to the flying and extremely noisy
beetles. It was thought the ancient Egyptians' fascination
with the scarab beetle stemmed from the apparent spontaneous
birth of newborn beetles from beetle dung-balls.
The Italians were among the first researchers to study mosquitoes
in the Libyan Sahara. They have collected a large
number of samples from various areas and conducted extensive
Sub-genus Myzomyia:
Please click
here for a comprehensive Latin-Tuareg
list of plants in the Sahara.
Palm Dates, Sahara, Libya.
The Sahara desert is very rich in fossils of extinct wildlife.
Some of the fossils found include those of dinosaurs, petrified
tree trunks, lizards and marine shells. The following photos
show some of the fossils currently on display in Ghadames
Petrified forest remains from the area between Ubari and Awaynat, Fezzan,
Southern Libya. The forest can be reached via the road from Sabha to Awaynat.
GPS location: N25-57.750 E11-24.616.
Libya Before The Sahara, by Professor Noel T. Boaz, of Benghazi's
Libyan International Medical University, published by the International Institute
for human Evolutionary Research Integrative Centres for Science and Medicine,
The cover photograph of the paper (see below) is of
As-Sahabi Locality P28 and the Petrified
Forest fronting Garet Makada ("Elephant Hill"), west of Sebkhat al-Qunnayyin,
The site of As-Sahabi, in North Central Libya, is one of
the greatest fossil sites in Africa; apparently so because a great river once
flowed through the region. The Eo-Sahabi River was rich in marine wildlife including
large widehead catfish, bichirs, spotted sqeaker, Nile perch, sea turtles, sea
cows, long-snouted crocodilian, iniid river dolphins, bream and white sharks,
and was surrounded by lush-green trees and many wild animals, chattering birds,
bears, hyenas, pigs, monkeys, antelopes, three-toed horses, four-tusked elephants,
six-fore-toothed hippos and many more exotic species; all of which have since
dissapeared into the corridors of history, leaving behind a sea of fossils. According
to Professor Boaz: "The site of As-Sahabi first became known not as a window to the
past, but for window panes."
Libya Before The Sahara
by Professor Noel T. Boaz,
of Benghazi's Libyan International Medical University,
published by the International Institute for human Evolutionary Research Integrative Centres for Science and Medicine, 2009. Fantastic resource regarding wild life in prehistoric Sahara, including colour illustrations.
Screenshot from Libya Before The Sahara (source: http://issuu.com/ICSM/docs/libyabeforesahara-online)
Visit our Sahara page for unique desert shots.


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Deep Thoughts, Pictures
More than you ever wanted to hear from Bestselling Author Jenny Crusie.
Deep Thoughts, Pictures
On September 29, 2012 at 12:45 pm Slave Driver said...
Except, of course, for all the math. There is no math in my office.
On October 1, 2012 at 5:49 am German Chocolate Betty said...
Looks like mine right now. And I do have the math (haha).
On September 29, 2012 at 12:55 pm Karen said...
Will not let my DH see this, he will want to clean it.
On September 29, 2012 at 1:32 pm Sure Thing said...
You enabler you. Making mess palatable just because a genius was messy.
I bet he knew exactly what was where. Since I don't, I will fight the CleanALLtheThings fight until I do know where all my good stuff is.
On September 29, 2012 at 1:34 pm Sure Thing said...
There was s'posed to be one of these after, "you enabler you" 😀 Imagine it there now. Thanks
On September 29, 2012 at 1:56 pm Mary Stella said...
*shaking head* Jenny, Jenny, Jenny. Your argument would be much more substantial if the picture had not been taken on the day Einstein died. If that's what his office looked like the day he discovered that E = mc^2, you'd have a stronger case for the creative power of clutter.
I say this as someone whose office makes that picture look like a Macy's display window. However, even if my office emulated SEP's for neatness and design, I would still keep my laptop on the dining room table where I can look out through the windows at the harbor.
On September 29, 2012 at 2:01 pm Skye said...
Mary, I would probably write more if I could look out at a harbor every time I looked up from my computer! LoL!
On September 29, 2012 at 4:17 pm Deborah Blake said...
Mary Stella–I had exactly the same thought! (Great minds.)
And can I please come sit at your table to do my writing too? Pretty please?
On September 29, 2012 at 4:58 pm Kate George said...
Me too, put me on the list. I promise to leave my mess at home!
On September 29, 2012 at 2:02 pm Louis said...
Now that is my kind of desk.
Love that clutter.
On September 29, 2012 at 2:04 pm Skye said...
My desk, which is supposed to be organized and have a system taught to me by the organizer, looks more like a study in geological layering. There is no room for my laptop, even, and it's a small one! The desk and shelves actually don't look as organized as Einstein's.
On September 29, 2012 at 3:12 pm Sure Thing said...
Heya Skye – I saw you say somethign similar over on ReFab. Was the organizer's system designed around how you see and use stuff or was it one of a few templates that s/he superimposed on your stuff? Gird y'self, assvice incoming!!
I ask since I have a slightly cluttered bookshelf – it's single, 1m wide, wall mounted and above my desk for my "most important stuff".
This shelf has mainly non-fiction, some related to interests, some how to books (Origami, Calligraphy and Magic Tricks – seriously) some academic books, some popular academia (Dan Ariely, Eric Berne), some related to my profession, a few magazines like the Popular Mechanics skills issues, and paper and documentation, mostly filed haphazardly.
Amongst all of this, there are three Jenny Crusie novels. If we were to play, "what doesn't belong" – someone would insist on the Crusies. After all, I have another bookshelf. But my need says that the novels stay. Analyse the organizer's method and look at yourself. Adapt the method to suit you or get a whole new one. Not easy. But so worth it. my big push is this weekend or else. The desk and shelf WILL BE DONE. But since I've been doing a teeny bit every few days, it's not the monumental task it was a month ago.
On September 29, 2012 at 2:35 pm Jane said...
Still in the thrall from listening to "Getting Rid of Bradley" I read your opening line and thought, "Now why would a dog want an office?"
It is your spirit that makes your books so heartwarming; not the junk on a desk.
On October 2, 2012 at 5:43 pm JC said...
I just finished re-reading Bradley too and had a similar thought. Got any pics of that?
On September 29, 2012 at 3:09 pm Katie said...
Brings back memories of finals
On September 29, 2012 at 3:09 pm Shannyn Schroeder said...
I think I will print and frame this. In theory, it's worse than mine (but not by much). That way, I won't feel bad about the piles on my desk
On September 29, 2012 at 4:06 pm Katrina said...
One of the things I love about this are the way the books are stacked! All different ways because that is what book lovers DO! You are always looking for THAT book! This makes me think of that lovely movie with Meg Ryan and Timothy Robbins with Walter Matthau as Einstein. Sigh… that was such a fun movie! They must have used this pic for the props guy. Set decorator, or whatever you call it.
I.Q. That was the name of the movie. Adorable, if you haven't seen it.
On September 30, 2012 at 7:17 am Susan D said...
IQ is the perfect romance movie, and a perfect study in Goal, Motivation and Conflict. It's a regular fix with me. Bonus is it reminds me of one summer evening a ton of years ago when I too walked along a street in Princeton eating ice cream.
On September 29, 2012 at 4:22 pm Cousin Betty said...
What I love is the chair. Look at that chair! Naps were taken in that chair! CREATIVE NAPS. For SCIENCE!
(Typically shy Argh debut ;-).
On October 1, 2012 at 6:40 pm PG said...
The science gets done and you make a neat gun.
On September 29, 2012 at 4:41 pm robena grant said...
Hee hee. The SEP and Crusie war continues. My office always reflects the stage of the writing. When I'm in rough draft it's messy because reference books are everywhere. When I'm in the first stage of something new it's clean and orderly, and nothing much is happening. : )
Katrina, I really liked I.Q. I do have a copy on my shelf. And now I want to watch it.
On September 29, 2012 at 4:46 pm RainyWeather said...
The more I learn about Einstein, the more I like him. Here are two of my favorite Einstein quotes that seem to fit this picture (more or less, anyway – I'll seize any excuse to share favorite quotes). The second one seems especially apt.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Once you can accept the universe as being something expanding into an infinite nothing which is something, wearing stripes with plaid is easy.
On September 29, 2012 at 4:48 pm cleo said...
I see your Einstein's office photo and raise you an Alexander Calder's studio photo – http://hhc.hplct.org/?attachment_id=132
On October 1, 2012 at 2:22 am CrankyOtter said...
What's crazy about the Calder space is how spare his work could be. Lotsa self editing to get from that workspace to a piece of art.
On October 2, 2012 at 12:28 pm Nan said...
Calder's space looks exactly like Husband's garage…oh, and his office. Mine on the other hand leans toward SEP tidiness. Sorry, Jenny! I just can't edit in clutter. I think it's because (and this is very deeply psychological, thanks Mom!), I'm straightening out bad language, grammar, syntax, etc. so I need to have a straight place to do that. Or I could just be a little bit OCD–either way works. 😉
On September 29, 2012 at 5:04 pm Kate George said...
My space is more like Alexander Calder's. Projects, vocal music, a tiny spot for my laptop (which I like to put on the dining room table so I can watch Vermont from the window). Sewing, Quilting, Painting, tins of things. It goes on. My family gets cranky when it starts to spill into their lives. Silly family.
On September 29, 2012 at 6:16 pm Linda Cacaci said...
I can so relate!
Linda Cacaci
On September 30, 2012 at 10:25 am Cammie said...
Alexander Calder's studio? My whole house looks like this! I can get one corner organized, then, like kudzu, the clutter engulfs it again. Time for a nap, I say.
On September 29, 2012 at 6:32 pm Louise said...
I write notes on little bits of paper and then can't find the little bit of paper I knew I had written something important on, like a phone number. Or I'll have the number but not who it belongs to…always thinking, Oh, I'll remember that. I'm getting better, my copy editor bought me note books and said, use them or else.
Then there's clutter that gets moved from the living room, up the stairs to the laundry and trickles into my lair to eventually dribble into the garage.
On September 29, 2012 at 9:34 pm Clever Cherry said...
Louise – I do the little bits of paper, too.
On September 30, 2012 at 3:56 am Diana Staresinic-Deane said...
There's a bit on the little pieces of paper in the book BIRD BY BIRD. I so pity whoever is left behind to clean up after me, trying to make sense of scraps of paper that say, "Damn your eyes!" and "At least four."
On October 2, 2012 at 12:29 pm Nan said...
"Damn your eyes!" My grandmother used to say that when she was well and truly pissed. It was her version of "fuck you!" Haven't heard that in years…
On October 1, 2012 at 2:23 am CrankyOtter said...
Heh. Thinking "I'll remember that" is my clue to write it down.
On October 2, 2012 at 9:36 am Micki said...
Yeah, but I find that the act of writing it down helps me to remember . . . sometimes, anyway. (-: I've got some many odd to-do lists floating around — many of them have been washed, so they are to-do lumps.
On September 29, 2012 at 6:43 pm carol said...
That's child's play, you should see mine.
On September 29, 2012 at 9:34 pm Clever Cherry said...
I love both the desk and the studio. I work in my bedroom and it looks like a combo of both.
On September 30, 2012 at 10:29 am Cammie said...
I wish I could remember who said this, but "There is no such thing as disorder. There are only two types of order. One is living and the other is geometric". I have had this motto since my college days (the first decade).
On September 30, 2012 at 2:17 pm Lily C said...
My first thought was why would anyone take a picture of the poor man's office on the day he died? It's crappy enough being dead without people seeing it as an opportunity for a photoshoot of your office. If anyone did that to me, I'd be tempted to come back and haunt them (paying particular attention to messing with their paperwork). although the chances of me dying a world-famous genius with an interesting desk are admittedly slim.
On September 30, 2012 at 5:17 pm romney said...
Well, perhaps they just left it alone and took a picture later? I can just imagine a cleaning lady not wanting to tackle Einstein's desk!
On October 2, 2012 at 4:17 pm BelleD said...
Want to see an engineer or scientist come unglued? Clean his/her space (office, room, etc) without his/her ok. It's not pretty and you hear the griping and bitching for years to come. Them brilliant people can really hold a grudge.
On October 1, 2012 at 1:00 pm Carol-Ann said...
And now I want to go clean my office – that's not how I want to be remembered! Sorry, the Virgo in me just can't handle it!!
On October 1, 2012 at 1:26 pm BelleD said...
Scary, but that's actually not that messy (I use to be chemical researcher in another life).
On October 1, 2012 at 4:58 pm nancileigh said...
Both my grandfather and great-grandfather were artists – magazine covers, calligraphy – paints, brushes, inks, etc.as part of their daily lives. I have a photo of each in their workspace, placed on a hallway wall across from each other, each surrounded by their work. My great-grandfather is of his time (a hundred years ago), looking dapper with everything neat and in its place. His son's workspace is crowded, messy and teeming with cats.
I think there's room for creativity across the neatness spectrum.
On October 2, 2012 at 9:38 am Micki said...
Oh my, death waits for no one to clean up the clutter. Otherwise, we'd have a fool-proof scheme for immortality . . . .
On October 3, 2012 at 10:41 am Kitty Bucholtz said...
Wow, looks better than my office! Of course, I've recently moved and tried to continue working while only half-unpacking. Not necessarily one of my most efficient ideas. 😛 But if someone tried to help me "clean it" I'd have to do bodily harm. I know exactly where everything is!

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YouTube Dumps Robin Thicke's Topless Models Video: Fair or Unfair?
Robin Thicke should thank YouTube. People probably wouldn't be talking about his "Blurred Lines" video quite so much without this "controversy."
As he tweeted, "YouTube took down the Unrated version of #BLURREDLINES because it was too hot." Pharrell collaborated in the video and wrote, "Why they trying to ban good sh*t?"
However, the unrated version of the video can still be watched here on Vevo. It's filled with young models prancing around with their tops off, playing music with tops off, and even holding ... a baby goat? ... topless. As one fan tweeted to Thicke, "couldn't we have seen the boys in similar outfits?" Seriously, if you're going to do a full topless strip show, at least make it equal opportunity!
The U.S. may have more hangups about nudity than some other countries, but not all nudity is pornographic. This video seems to be more on the porno line — but there's all kinds of crazy stuff on YouTube. If you can watch violent clips and other kinky stuff, should objectified women as goat-holding sex objects be OK too?
Sources: RumorFix, @robinthicke, Vevo


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It sounds like it's guide writing time. I'll get something written up for a long term solution.
for a short-term solution, I posted this a few days ago in another thread. That should at least get you started to finding out what your cluster size is:
EDIT: Seems the free version of what was linked above doesn't allow for cluster size changing. I'll dig around to see if I can find another way to do it.
So far, the only programs that I've found are trial-edition versions of paid software.
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Thanks for the advice. Mine says 65,000 k so it must not be 32k clusters. I will also try to look for a free program to change clusters and will post it here if I am successful. Thanks again.
Edit: I have tried some things with Ease partition manager. When I go to change the cluster size in my partition it will not let me change it from 64k. When creating partitions I have found that unless the drive is NTFS you can not change the cluster size. I have found that it changes the cluster size depending on the size of the partition. a solution would be to find a program to allow any size to have 32k clusters. For the time being for others that may have this problem make a partition that is set to 32k. For me I have a 131gb partition which should be enough.
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Read the guide please. The guide tells you how you can check your drive's cluster size without any downloaded software and also links to software that can be used to change your clustersize without deleting your data.
Did you look into your loader's settings? In your loader you can move the screen horizontally or vertically. Maybe it is off by some amount in the settings. Alternatively, you can change the settings to move the screen to the left to try to fix the problem. Also, could it be your TV that pans the screen?
Editing posts is so full of bugs
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And it's not my TV, tried a different tv already plus that image in my earlier post was taken with my capture card and it shouldn't be all to the right.
The screen doesn't move anywhere when launching Wii games since they don't use DIOS MIOS to work. I tried to post longer posts to explain this but seems like they need to be accepted by moderators and not all of them get accepted?
If I'm the only one to have this problem then it must be something with my own Wii. I've changed nothing when it all worked and it came to this (again). I feel like if you guys know what IOS to use for uninstalling the DM wads might help. Because reinstalling a DM wad over an old one doesn't fix either.
Which IOS did you use to install DM? Did you use IOS236? Also, it might be a bad rip too. Do you get this with multiple games?
I used IOS236 to install DM. It happens with every gamecube game I launch, not only SSBM. I thought if there's something wrong with my IOS236 but that doesn't really make sense because after the initial installation it worked fine. I got this exact same problem 1-2 months ago and I tried to fix it by installing RVL mios v10 and after that the DM again (2.8). It didn't work but then I did the same with WAD Manager 1.7 since I read here it is preferred and the problem got fixed.
EDIT. What is the folder called source for? It is included with DM downloads. I've had it in the root of my SD before but deleted it in the hope it helps.
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source contains the source code that was used to create the DM.wad. If you're not a developer, you can ignore/throw away the contents of that directory. All you need is the .wad, DMToolbox.exe, and the .dll that is needed by DMT to run.
Have you tried using Wii Mod to do the installs? That's my WAD Manager of choice when updating DM. Yesterday I went back and forth several times between DM and DML to test out one of the games for another thread. I had no problems with going back and forth with them.
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I formatted my HDD with EaseUS and created the partitions again. Don't understand why but the problem got fixed. I installed DM 2.8 with MMM and it worked, then installed 2.9 with Wad Manager 1.7 just for a sort of test and it works still.
During the process of finding the problem I lost the ability to play Wii games from the NTFS partition but that issue is out of topic so not more about that.
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Hello people I have just followed this guide after a very long time because I felt like updating my entire softmod as it didn't work correctly before (dios mios would rarely ever work and just used to give a black screen without doing anthing and my hdd didn't get detected by usb loader gx until I had gone through trying it like 10 times but I digress).
That was with DM 2.3/2.4 but now I've tried both 2.9 and 2.8 using the usbloader gx 1213 from this guide and it still gives me the same problems, there's no way I can even get the dios mios screen to appear and either it's a blackscreen or my wii shuts down.
Any ideas for this? my HDD is correctly formatted and has a 32k cluster size and I tried to restore the launcher to default settings, still having problems.


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Warren Buffett says economy still improving slowlyBy JOSH FUNK
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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett speaks during a sit-down interview with Fortunes Pattie Sellers.OMAHA, Neb. Investor Warren Buffett believes that the economy and the U.S. job market will continue to improve, but slowly.
In an interview that aired Friday, Buffett said business has been creeping upward at his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate.
The economy is improving, not at a rapid clip, but this country has done well since 2008 certainly compared to the rest of the world, Buffett said to CNBC.
Buffett thinks it would be extraordinary if the Federal Reserve were to expand its bond-buying program beyond the current $85 billion a month level. The Fed said Wednesday that it would consider buying more if the economy needs help.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke needs some help from elsewhere to get the economy moving faster, Buffett said. Bernanke has urged Congress to do more to stimulate hiring and growth.
Today, Buffett will take questions in front of more than 30,000 people at Berkshires annual meeting.
In a separate interview with the Fox Business Network on Friday, Buffett tried to reassure Berkshire shareholders that they shouldnt worry about his successor.
The 82-year-old billionaire said he isnt concerned about who will next lead four companies in which Berkshire invests nearly $50 billion, such as Coca-Cola, IBM, Wells Fargo and American Express.
I dont know whos going to succeed the present CEOs there and in every case, each one of the four they have changed CEOs since we started buying the stock in certain cases more than once, Buffett said. I never knew who they were going to be. I knew theyd pick good people.
Buffett said Berkshires board spends more time discussing succession planning than any other topic. But Buffett has no plans to retire. He has said Berkshires board has picked someone to succeed him as CEO if the need arises immediately, and it has two backup candidates. But Buffett wont publicly identify his successor, partly because he has said the candidates could change over time.
Currently, all of the CEO candidates on Berkshires short list are men, but Buffett said that could change.
Maybe 10 years or 15 years from now it will be a she. I hope it is, he said.
Berkshire plans to split Buffetts job into three parts when he no longer leads the company. The next CEO will run Berkshire, but two others hired by Buffett in recent years will oversee investment. Buffett wants his oldest son to succeed him as chairman.
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This Ain't Your Old Coach's Camp
August 08, 2012 at 06:10pm by Scott • 4 Comments »
Buccaneers players who had enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere of Camp Morris last year with its valet parking and on-field concierge are getting worn down by the grind of Camp Schiano and its padded wind sprints and lack of on-field benches. Oh yes, things are different around One Buc this year.
"I'm not trying to be a hard guy or anything, because we will (take the pads off) eventually," Schiano said. "But as I tell (the players) I want to make sure we're ready (for the regular season opener against Carolina) Sept. 9.
"I want to make sure we're feeling good and ready to play. Right now we're building a foundation for our 2012 team and part of that foundation is built through suffering together."
"WINNING THROUGH SUFFERING". I'd buy that T-shirt.
(Speaking of which, I need three more Bucstats T-shirt orders to place the order with my vendor. BUY MY STUFF!)
Tired and sore, the Bucs battled through a workout at One Buc Place on Tuesday that was rife with mistakes such as dropped balls and missed assignments, but there is no rest for the weary on the horizon.
There is such a thing as running your players so hard that it becomes counterproductive, but with the best trainers and medical staff money can buy in the building and a history of being undisciplined to overcome, fuck it. They'll live. It's not like they can get worse. I mean, I guess mathematically they can get four games worse, but that's not a realistic possibility, is it?
Not everyone looked tired. Defensive end Michael Bennett, who missed a couple of days with an unspecified ailment, was back at work for the second straight day and drew raves for his performance.
And that's the way it will be for everyone else. They'll get a couple days off and get refreshed and still be used to the head and the pace, which is what Schiano wants. By the first regular season game, even if they're not perfect, they'll be disciplined, assignment-sound and tough, which makes for a good foundation.
4 Comments to "This Ain't Your Old Coach's Camp"
LostInSeattle (August 08, 2012 at 09:36pm) :
They need a good kicking for last years games anyway when they basically phoned it in for the last 10 games.
BaldBuc4055 (August 08, 2012 at 11:28pm) :
Winning Through Suffering. Sounds like a good team slogan to me.
Wordy Sanchez (August 08, 2012 at 11:36pm) :
Just reading about Richardson checking out of camp to go get his knee looked at. And suddently I'm feeling pretty smug about our day 1.
BaldBuc4055 (August 09, 2012 at 09:33pm) :
On a side note, I decided to name one of my fantasy football teams, "Toes On The Line, Bitch" as a nod to the future as well as a swipe at that douchebag Kellen Winslow, Jr.
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Families enjoy Leatherhead fire station open day
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FAMILIES had a fun-filled experience at Leatherhead fire station's open day.
A display of fire engines past and present, demonstrations, games and volunteers on hand to give advice meant there was something for everyone.
White Watch crew manager Matt Perry, who organised the event, was thrilled with the number of people who attended.
He said: "We were really pleased with the turnout and the weather was pretty good to us. The idea is to give the public a chance to come and see what life at a fire station is like.
"We are quite proactive at going out to the public and doing displays, but the open days are good because they come to the fire station, so it doesn't feel like we are going to their home an lecturing them."
Organisers were helped by the Surrey Society of Model Engineers, which runs a model railway next door to the fire station.
Mr Perry said: "Kids love fire engines and riding on trains, so the day was a bit of a double whammy for them."
The event also included educational sessions, including a demonstration showing the dangers of chip pan fires and a computer simulation of the effect alcohol can have on driving.
There was also a shop selling helmets, T-shirts and other fire service gifts, which raised £649 for the Fire Fighters Charity.
Mr Perry added: "The charity looks after the guys who have been injured while with the service and the families of firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty.
"I want to thank everyone who came on the day and also the volunteers for their hard work."
The open day was held on September 11.
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The school board has named Hayward Unified School District Superintendent Donald Evans as its only finalist in a search to fill the top job in Berkeley.
Evans who has been in the $229,000-a-year position in Hayward for just 18 months, said Friday he already notified his school board of the possible move, although he has not yet signed a contract in Berkeley.
"I just felt it was a good fit and the timing was right," Evans said. "I love the community here, but I really believe in Berkeley's vision. This is going to be great."
Currently, the Berkeley district is headed by two administrators who were named interim superintendents last fall. Berkeley's district, with 9,000 students, is less than half the size of Hayward's, which has over 20,000.


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I noticed a fair bit of good Democrats and Obama defenders throwing cold water on what Elizabeth Drew reported in the New York Review of Books about back-channel negotiations aimed at a "grand bargain" on the budget, tax reform and even entitlements. Jon Chait didn't like the sourcing. Neither did Kevin Drum. At least Steve Benen acknowledged that there have been bipartisan talks happening in the Senate since at least December, but he doubted much would come of them.
A day or so later, the New York Times reports on… back-channel negotiations aimed at a "grand bargain" on the budget, tax reform and even entitlements.
The White House has already opened back-channel conversations to test Republicans' willingness to negotiate about the soaring costs of Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security's long-range solvency and an income-tax code riddled with more than $1 trillion a year worth of loopholes and tax breaks.
The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, all but invited Mr. Obama on Tuesday to start huddling about the issues, and a bipartisan group of senators held a third meeting to write debt-reduction legislation based on the recommendations in December of the majority of a bipartisan fiscal commission established by the president […]
While no budget summit is imminent, Mr. Obama said he and Republican leaders are "going to be in discussions over the next several months." He said moving forward required "a spirit of cooperation between Democrats and Republicans. And I think that's possible."
And the Washington Post basically had the same thing.
"This is not a matter of 'You go first' or 'I go first,' " Obama said. "This is a matter of everybody having a serious conversation about where we want to go and then ultimately getting in that boat at the same time so it doesn't tip over."
In the Senate, where the December deals were forged, Republicans were receptive to that message. But they argued that Obama missed a chance in his budget to send a signal that costly entitlement programs are on the table.
"Entitlement reform will not be done except on a bipartisan basis with presidential leadership," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told reporters. "I've been inviting the president to have that conversation since he took office two years ago," he added. "It doesn't have to be in public. We all understand there are some limitations to negotiating significant agreements in public."
More from CNN.
Here's the lay of the land. Republicans want to hide behind the President in doing anything that cuts Social Security or Medicare. Surely they will turn right around the next election and accuse Democrats for implementing the cuts; consistency ain't their strong suit. But it's crucial to them that Democrats, not Republicans, kick off that conversation. The White House is basically resisting that push, and wants everybody to jump in the boat at the same time. This has been their longtime theory of governing – let Congress take the lead, say nothing definitive publicly, work behind the scenes. But the end result is exactly the same. [cont'd.]
The Obama Administration has wanted this kind of grand bargain ever since they walked into the White House. They scheduled a fiscal responsibility summit with Pete Peterson as the lead speaker a month into their term (Peterson got dropped after public outcry). As Ezra Klein notes, the entire class of new people Obama brought into the White House – Bruce Reed, Gene Sperling, Jack Lew, Bill Daley – are deficit hawks who pursued deficit reduction in the Clinton Administration, and wanted entitlement "reform," too, before the Lewinsky mess. Reed was the executive director of the cat food commission. And the Administration clearly believes they can take the deficit "off the table" and secure their futures in the next election. You'd have to be willfully blind not to notice what's happening here.
The framework for this "grand bargain" is already in place, with the cat food commission report and the bipartisan group in the Senate using it as a baseline.
A bipartisan group of senators that has been meeting behind the scenes during the past several months is emerging as the focal point in a battle over spending with no obvious end in sight. The gang met again Tuesday morning and Democrats uninvolved with the group were tipped off about the talks at a lunch with colleagues later in the day.
Five of the six key members of the group are the usual suspects: Budget hawk Kent Conrad (N.D.) and wheeler-dealer Mark Warner (Va.) on the Democratic side, joined by conservative Republicans Mike Crapo (Idaho), Saxby Chambliss (Ga.) and the Dr. No of the Senate, Tom Coburn (Okla.).
The sixth man is Dick Durbin (Ill.), the Democratic whip whose liberal bona fides make him an unlikely ally of the deficit hawks. A Durbin aide said that the number-two Senate Democrat has joined the group's negotiations so that progressives have a seat at the table, arguing that such discussions would be taking place with or without liberal input.
At least two of those six Senators – Dick Durbin and Tom Coburn – are either personally or politically close to the President. Kent Conrad is retiring and doesn't really care what happens. Four of the six voted for the cat food commission report (Durbin, Conrad, Coburn and Mike Crapo). They're calling themselves the D-triple-C. Like the campaign committee.
Why deficit reduction needs to happen now is impossible for even supporters to explain. It's just moral and just and we all have to share in the sacrifice. Of course, the people making the decisions won't have to personally sacrifice at all, while those suffering the consequences of the decisions, who have almost no voice in them, will see their safety net in tatters and the economy a shambles as well. The other major country going full-bore for austerity right now, Britain, has seen GDP drop and unemployment rise as a direct result.
A few groups have raised concerns about these grand bargain talks, but not nearly enough to make them toxic. One such group, Democracy for America, organized a meeting between them and a Durbin staffer in Illinois. When talking about potential cuts in Social Security, the staffer told the organizer, an older woman, "Don't worry, it won't affect you."
That's how these people think. If they just exempt the power-brokers, they can make everyone else suffer. Never mind the fact that letting the Bush tax cuts expire and moving to the tax rates of the Clinton era would COMPLETELY END THE NEAR AND MEDIUM-TERM PROBLEM.


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Gull, you are getting tiresome. Ironic that such brave words come from somebody who lobs them in from the tall grass, afraid to use his own name. At least you know who I am.
Sorry you don't like it. I think it's pretty cool, and always find it valuable when I'm out of town ...
Well, that was certainly true in Mark Twain's day. But not today ... unless you're only talking about editorials and columns that don't hew to your personal opinions ...
DEC, you are confusing news and opinion. You don't have news from RealClearPolitics ... you get opinions ... apparently opinions that you agree with. I happen to agree with a lot of what I see on that site as well, but that's not news. Anyone can express an opinion, and if all you're interested in is reading people who agree with you, that's easy to find.
My point in the column was that not anyone can report news and produce a compendium of information from the region that citizens can depend on. Only newspapers do that.
Baron, you seem pleased about that. I must not have done a good job of making my point. To simplify:
There is no softening of the message. Newspapers are in deep trouble financially. I don't know what the new numbers are going to show, but I'm sure they're not going to be good. I was not trying to blow this specific newspaper's horn, but to point out how vital newspapers as a whole are, with all their faults, to their communities and the democracy. Sadly, some people will only realize that if and when newspapers are gone. But then it will be too late ...
Bystander, you destroy your point in your own post. You attack Kevin O'Brien's opinions in his "opinion column," and then challenge my right to comment on facts for the "news columns." I didn't consider this a lecture, but a commentary on the increasing blurring of fact and fiction, and thought readers might appreciate knowing about these things if they were not aware of them already. Either way, opinions in opinion columns and facts in the news section are two completely separate things, with different standards.
Lakshmi, I should have noted that Daisey not only damaged his own credibility and Apple's reputation, but also the very real problem of worker abuse and shortcuts in Chinese manufacturing plants for Apple and other products. That has been well chronicled in the New York Times and other places.
Brown, the problem is that not everyone acts irresponsibly in the ways you describe, but in the aggregate of coverage, we often don't distinguish who is trying to hew to reasonable standards and who is just throwing everything they hear out there.
I think you hit the nail on the head with your final comment, but perhaps inadvertently? The press has long been known as the Fourth Estate, and I do think that newspapers usually try to follow the precepts you lay out. Sometimes they fail, of course, and fail spectacularly. Some have referred to the blog world and the means of instantaneous communication as "the Fifth Estate," and while that group often is the first to reveal news developments, it also is the first with so much nonsense that it's hard to tell.
Beg pardon, but what on EARTH are you talking about? Follow the link in my previous post, and you'll see how much we don't want to talk aobut it. That appeared along with a story that ran on the front page of the newspaper, and is an authoritative, researched, complete recounting of Plain Dealer endorsements during the Dimora/McFaul/Russo years. Or, you can just continue to hide in the weeds behind a fake name and hurl uninformed insults ...
Gogo, that wasn't relevant to this discussion, which was about the issue of endorsing in primary elections. You don't have to remind me of the County in Crisis series -- I wrote the piece on the history of Plain Dealer endorsements regarding Jimmy Dimora, Frank Russo and Gerry McFaul. You can find it here if you'd like to review it:
As for making an argument for or against political endorsements, I've done that a couple of times in the past -- arguing against them. But again, that wasn't the point of this column. The newspaper will continue to make endorsements, whether I approve or not, so I decided not to re-argue it here.
By the way, do you know me well enough to call me "Teddy?"
Sorry to see that, Bystander, Gayperson and especially Hegel -- from your posts I thought you understand my role here, and the role of this column.
As I've noted many times, the job is designed to explain us to you and you to us. By that I mean I pass along reader reactions and comments I get to the decision-makers at the PD, and use the column to explain how and why those decisions get made. Sometimes I put my opinion in the column, sometimes not. You guys must have missed all the columns that sided with reader concerns and criticized editors' decisions.
I got dozens of questions wanting to know why those A2 features were taken out of the paper. The goal of this column was to answer those questions. You and anyone else are free to disagree with those reasons, but at least you know the thinking behind them.
You guys ought to relax a little. Everything is not a conspiracy.
As I answered another, both my thesaurus and dictionary have the words as synonyms, but after considering the nuances of meaning for both words, I would agree that "imply" would have been a better choice. Thanks for reading so carefully.
Well, in my dictionary, one of the meanings of "infer" is "imply," and they are listed as synonyms in my thesaurus. But after reviewing the nuances of meaning, I wouldn't argue that using "implies" would not have been better. One must always be careful, particularly in a column that urges precision, to exercise etymological precision oneself. Thanks for your careful reading.
Well, I meant that to be read with irony. "Refused" means what it means, my opinion or yours doesn't figure into the equation. And the fact remains that nobody at the PD "refused" to publish the letter.
Ah, but Hegel ... Jesus did not say that people should have their government feed the hungry, clothe the poor, etc. He said they should do it themselves. Check out the stats for the amount of charitible giving from people belonging to various parties and denominations sometime ...
Hegel, you should buy yourself a book. Much more satisfying to pull it down off the shelf than to keep on quoting from the freedictionary.com.
The reason "refuse" is incorrect is that the dictionary definition, and certainly the common understandng of the word, infers that to refuse is to decline to do something that somebody or something else wishes you to do. That is not what happened here. Hence the inaccuracy of the word. What we had here was not a refusal. It was inertia, combined with poor news judgment, in my opinion. You could look those up, if you like.
Good one ... maybe that's what he meant. I'll take it as a compliment.
Ha ... same to you, fella ... whatever it means ...
Well, I don't know what the record is, but I will put it this way: My previous personal high was about 200 -- posted after an examination of 30-some years of Plain Dealer reporting on county government and why we didn't uncover the county government corruption fiasco before the feds did. That's about how many comments we get when the Browns sign a backup offensive tackle.
Gym, no short straw. This is my job. You are forgiven for never having heard of me. I never heard of you before today either. I write a Reader Rep column for the Forum section every Sunday, mostly explanatory pieces that attempt to give readers insight into the background of why the paper does what it does, and the journalistic principles involved. This week's column was posted a day earlier than usual, I'm not certain who made that decision. One thing I am certain of is that in 43 years of newspaper work, I've never put my name on anything I did not believe to be true.


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Sep 9, 2013
CINCINNATI - The Xavier men's soccer team will look to pick up win No. 1 of the season on Tuesday when it welcomes in Big West foe UC Irvine to the XU Soccer Complex for a 7 p.m. non-conference matchup.
Game No.4: Xavier (0-3-0) vs. UC Irvine (2-0-1)
Date: Sept. 10, 2013 | Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Venue: XU Soccer Complex | Cincinnati, Ohio
Live Stats: GoXavier.com | Series History: 0-0, First Meeting
The Anteaters come into the match riding the excitement of a thrilling 1-0 win at San Diego State on Saturday (Sept. 7). Redshirt junior Dennis Martinez knocked down a cross from junior Cameron Iwasa in the 78th minute for the lone goal in the 1-0 victory. Martinez's game-winning header was the first of his Anteater career. Iwasa's cross found Martinez near the penalty spot and helped UCI remain unbeaten
UC Irvine has surrendered four goals in three games and are led by Enrique Cardenas, who has a pair of goals and seven shots on goal so far this season. Goalkeeper Michael Breslin has plaed all 290 minutes for the Anteaters and has five saves and a 0.62 goals against average.
Last season, Xavier outscored the opposition 31-8 with four shutouts and finished with a 9-0-1 record on their home pitch. Dating back to the 2011 season, the Musketeers have gone 14-2-2 over their last 18 home contests.
The Musketeers have received plenty of preseason recognition from multiple outlets.
Xavier Men's Soccer Preseason Awards (2013)
No. 40 - College Sports Madness' Top 44 Previews
No. 22 - 2013 College Soccer News Preseason Poll
Picked to finish 5th in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches' Poll
Matt Walker
Preseason All-BIG EAST
College Sports Madness BIG EAST Preseason All-Conference first team
Nick Hagglund
CollegeSoccerNews.com Preseason All-American first team
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TopDrawerSoccer.com Preseason Best XI second team
Preseason All-BIG EAST
Top Drawer Soccer's Men's National Top 100 Upperclassmen - No. 17
National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List
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2013 Senior CLASS Award Candidate
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (August 25, 2012) -- The 24th-ranked Baylor women's soccer team bounced back from an early own goal to post a 2-1 victory over Cal State Northridge on Friday night at Matador Soccer Stadium. The Bears are off to the sixth 3-0 in program history and the second in the past three years.
Despite earning the victory, the game did not start out in Baylor's favor. A little over six minutes into the contest, Baylor put itself in hole with an own goal. Junior Selby Polley was working to clear the ball back to goalkeeper Michelle Kloss, but it slipped past Kloss and inside the far post to give the Matadors the 1-0 advantage.
"The own goal was completely unlucky and there was nothing we could do about it except respond," head coach Marci Jobson said. "My girls showed unbelievable resolve in the fact that they continued to fight and even stepped it up another notch."
On the road for the second time this season, the Bears rebounded from the deficit with strong play. BU controlled the ball for much of the middle portion of the first half and racked up four shots in a six-minute stretch.
In the 29th minute, Baylor's consistent offensive push yielded results when Cal State Northridge was whistled for a foul. Taylor Heatherly took the free kick from midfield and her pass into the box was headed in by Kat Ludlow. It is the second goal of the year for the junior and the third of her career.
The Bears and Matadors would go to the halftime break all knotted up at one, but to open the second half both teams came out attacking.
The Matadors had several opportunities to score including a chance in the 54th minute as CSUN leading scorer Stephanie Galarze received a cross and placed a shot on the frame that Kloss was able to block away.
Baylor's second goal of the night also came following a foul by the Matadors in the 64th minute. Larissa Campos took the free kick from 40 yards out on the right side and senior Dana Larsen did the rest by heading the offering into the back of the net for her first goal of the year and 19th career score.
"I am proud of Dana to get the game winner as she came back from a rough first half and stepped her game up to another level," Jobson said.
From that point, the Baylor defense would make the lead stand up by withstanding a free kick chance in the 69th minute, the Matadors only corner kick of the night in the 82nd minute and then a final scramble in the final minute.
"We scored on two great set piece goals, which we have been working hard on," Jobson said. "Our team defense was outstanding and I am proud of the team's resiliency."
For the game, Baylor outshot Cal State Northridge, 18-9, including an 8-5 advantage in shots only goal. Karlee Summey paced BU with three shots, while Taylor Heatherly, Vic Hoffman, Larsen, Ludlow and Hadley Young all added two shots.
Kloss went the distance in the Baylor goal for the second time this season. Despite giving up the own goal, the redshirt sophomore had four saves.
The win is only the second victory for the Baylor program in the state of California, after previously being 1-8 in the Golden State. BU now leads the all-time series with Cal State Northridge, 2-1.
Baylor has now won the first two road games of a season for the first time since 2003, while improving its road mark under Jobson to 12-16-6. With the victory, BU also ups its record when ranked to 25-14-3 and earns its first win as a ranked team since Nov. 3, 1999.
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Darryl W. Ballentine
DURHAM - Darryl W. Ballentine has transitioned to the gates of heaven and now dwells in the kingdom of God! Darryl resided in Raleigh, NC where he passed away on Oct. 26, 2013.
He was the son of the late Kenneth W. Taborn and Lula F. Evans; one sister, one brother, and two daughters.
A viewing will be held at Holloway Memorial Funeral Home Chapel at 11:30 a.m. and the home going service at 1 p.m. on Thurs. Oct. 31, 2013.
Mary Louise Minor Boston
DURHAM — Mary Louise Minor Boston, 77, of 1203 Landon Street, Durham, N.C. died Sunday, October 20, 2013 in Duke Regional Hospital.
Born in Durham County she was the daughter of the late Thelma Garnes Minor and Earl G. Minor.
Mrs. Boston retired from Northern Vance Senior High, Henderson, N.C. and a graduate of North Carolina Central University. She was a member of St. Joseph's A.M.E. Church.
Mary was a member of the Satterfield Davis Club at St. Joseph's A.M.E. Church; Future Business Leaders of America; and NCCU Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society.
Surviving are husband, Jesse Boston of the home; two sons, Claude F. Toombs of Newport News, VA and Bryson Boston of Durham, NC.; two siblings to cherish her memory, Yvette Leathers and Earl Minor of Durham, N.C.; two grandchildren, Brianna Toombs and Claude N. Toombs, Newport News VA; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her sister, Shelia Minor Barnes.
A memorial service will be conducted on November 2, 2013 at 12 p.m. at St. Joseph's A.M.E. Church, 2521 Fayetteville St. Durham, N.C. with Rev. Dr. Ronald L. Owens officiating. Scarborough & Hargett Funeral Home is assisting the Boston family. The family will receive friends at the home, 1203 Landon Street, Durham, N.C.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the National Osteoporosis Foundation 1150 17th Street, NW Suite 850 Washington, DC 20036 Phone 1 (800) 231-4222 Website nof.org
Mildred Louise Carden "Granny" Jackson
DURHAM — Mrs. Mildred Louise Carden "Granny" Jackson, 85, formerly of 8715 Wake Forest Hwy, died on Sunday, October 27, 2013.
Mrs. Jackson was born in Durham, to the late Lundy Buck and Ruby Johnson Carden. She was a homemaker and a member of New Grace Baptist Church. She is survived by her son, William R. Jackson Jr. (Kathy) of Durham; daughters, Mildred J. Williams (Don) of Oxford and Mary J. Williams (Thomas) of Durham; brother, Connie Carden of Durham; sister, Lillie Parker of Oxford; four grandchildren, William R. Jackson III (Michelle), Bryan Davis, Tracy Jackola (Jeremiah), Richard Jackson (Meghan); and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Jackson.
Graveside services will be held today at 1 p.m. at Woodlawn Memorial Park. Rev. Jimmy Pulley will officiate.
Flowers are acceptable. Online condolences may be made at www.hudsonfuneralhome.com.
Arlene Sargent Sundy
DURHAM — Mrs. Arlene Sargent Sundy, 77, died on October 27, 2013. She was born August 5, 1936 in Coral Gables, Florida to Charles and Lottie Sargent. Arlene grew up in Avon Park, Florida, and attended Avon Park High School before graduating from Florida State University in 1958.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Mason Sundy; and her daughter, Robin Sundy Tingue.
Arlene is survived by and will be missed by her son, John Sargent Sundy and his wife, Cynthia Anne Sundy, and their children, Kristin Lee Sundy and Anna Katherine Sundy of Durham, North Carolina; son-in-law, David Morrison Tingue and children, John Morrison Tingue and Darby Sargent Tingue of Wilmette, Illinois; and many in-laws and friends accumulated over the years.
She and Bob started a family in Atlanta, Georgia and lived in Jacksonville and Miami, Florida before relocating to Weston, Connecticut in 1969. There she was active in the Norfield Congregational Church and other civic activities.
Arlene was trained as a teacher and taught briefly in Jacksonville, Florida before being married. She resumed her teaching career in the 1980's in the Norwalk, Connecticut public schools. She retired to Durham, North Carolina in 1999.
Arlene remained an avid Seminole football fan throughout her life.
A family memorial service will be scheduled in the future.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Robin Sundy Tingue Memorial Dance Scholarship at Bucknell University. www.bucknell.edu
On-line memorials: www.hallwynne.com. Select obituaries.
Clifton Nathaniel Trice 'Mr. Tee'
DURHAM — Clifton Nathaniel Trice 'Mr. Tee', 86, departed his life on October 24, 2013. He is survived by his daughter, Brenda Denise Trice-Jenks (Brie); one stepson; one grandson; one granddaughter; three great grandsons; three great granddaughters; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral service will be held at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church on Friday, November 1, 2013 at 3:00 with visitation at 2:00.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Brenda Trice-Jenks at 1107 Morning Glory Ave, Apt 120, Durham, NC 27701.
Arrangements entrusted to Holloway Memorial Funeral Home.
Raymond Dennis deFriess
MEBANE — Mr. Raymond Dennis deFriess, 60, went home to the Lord on October 28. A native of Rochester, New York, Raymond moved to Chapel Hill in 1960. He graduated from Chapel Hill High in 1971. After high school, he began a 44 year career as a service engineer on X-Ray equipment, finishing as a senior service engineer at Radon Medical Imaging. Raymond dedicated over 40 years of service to South Orange Rescue Squad, serving as chief for 25 years. He was an active member of Cane Creek Baptist Church. His favorite thing to do was cook for those he loved.
Raymond is survived by: his wife of 29 years, Pamela Jenkins deFriess, Mebane, NC; his daughter, Natalie deFriess Rigsbee (Kevin), Haw River, NC; his son, Jonathan Ray deFriess, Mebane, NC; his mother, Lynda Smith deFriess, Asheboro, NC; brothers: Fred deFriess, Robert deFriess, Asheboro, NC, and James deFriess, Morganton, NC; sisters: Frances Fier, Taunton, MN, and Donna Evans, Pittsboro, NC; many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews; and special friends, Paul and Doris Cook, Mebane, NC. He is predeceased by his father, Francis Byers deFriess.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you send donations to:
South Orange Rescue Squad
202 Roberson Street
Carrboro, NC 27510
Youth of Cane Creek Baptist Church
6901 Orange Grove Road
Hillsborough, NC 27278
The visitation is at Cane Creek Baptist Church, 6901 Orange Grove Road Hillsborough, NC 27278 today, October 30, at 4 to 8 p.m. The funeral service is at Cane Creek Baptist Church Friday, November 1, at 12:30 p.m.
Mack Arthur Harrelson
CEDAR GROVE — Mack Arthur Harrelson, 67, of Cedar Grove, NC died Sunday, October 27, 2013, at home. He was the son of Catherine Torain Harrelson and the late Phillip Harrelson.
The Funeral will be conducted 2 p.m. Friday in Warrens Chapel Baptist Church. Family Visitation one hour before the funeral 1 until 2 p.m.
Survivors are a daughter, Ashley Coble; two grandchildren, Chancellor and Denton Woody of Burlington; and his mother, Catherine Paylor Torain Harrelson of the home; brothers, Phillip Johnson Jr.(Joycelyn) of Baltimore, Md., George Garland Harrelson of Cedar Grove, and Effric Harrelson (Jeraldine) of Jacksonville, FL; sisters, Wanda Whitted (Eddie) of Cedar Grove, Minister Sandra C. Harrellson of Washington, DC and Jeraline Harrelson of Cedar Grove.
Public viewing Thursday 10 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. in Chavis-Parker Funeral Home.
Joseph L. "Joe" Biggs
CHESTERFIELD, VA - Joseph L. "Joe" Biggs, 87, of Chesterfield, went to be with the Lord Tuesday October 29, 2013. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 58 years, Beryl Biggs; and granddaughter, Laura NeSmith Powell. He is survived by his three daughters and their spouses, Sharon and Joe Hoyle, Cathy and Phil Shaw and Jody and Richard Corrigan, all of Chesterfield, VA.; grandchildren, Brittany Hoyle Powell, Keaton Hoyle, Megan NeSmith Watkins, Mark NeSmith and Bronson Shaw; great grandson, Liam Watkins; one sister, Alice Komaromy of Charlotte, NC. After graduating from Durham High, class of 1944, he served two years in the Navy. Upon his return, he attended Duke University. He proudly received his Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering and moved to Richmond, VA in 1950, working briefly for Virginia Power. The next 33 years of his engineering career were spent at DuPont working in various areas of the plant as a supervisor. He retired from DuPont and began a second career selling real estate. An avid golfer, pilot and die-hard Republican he had a passion for politics, serving as campaign manager for various candidates for local and state elections. He held a strong belief in giving back to the community and served on the Board of Zoning Appeals in Chesterfield County from 1975-2011. Serving 13 successful years as Chairman of the Board of Zoning Appeals, Joe had a big heart, a wide grin and lived life to the fullest. He will be missed by his family. The family will receive friends 2 to 3 p.m., Thursday at Morrissett Funeral & Cremation Service, 6500 Iron Bridge Road (Rte. 10). His funeral service will follow at 3 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be 11 a.m. Friday at Maplewood Cemetery in Durham, NC. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be given to the Richmond Animal League, 11401 International Dr., Richmond, VA 23236.
Terry Wade Blalock Sr.
SNOW HILL, NC — Terry Wade Blalock Sr., died Saturday, October 26, 2013 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC. He was born on November 30, 1951 to James Gaddis Blalock Sr., and Reba Haddock Blalock of Timberlake, NC, both of whom predecease him. He was also predeceased by his step-fathers, Wyatt L. Parker Jr., and Charlie Carraway of Farmville, NC.
Terry was a member of Marlboro Original Free Will Baptist Church in Farmville.
He is survived by his wife, Vivian Shackleford Blalock of the home; daughter, Renea Blalock of Goldsboro; and son, Terry Wade Blalock Jr., of the home; two sisters, Faye (Mike) Staton of Durham, NC, and Jean (Jimmy) Harrison of Portsmouth, VA; four brothers, James "Buddy" (Cecelia) Blalock and Sammy (Lisa) Blalock, both of Fountain, NC, Randy (Marilyn) Blalock of Farmville, NC, and Wyatt (Joann) Parker of Bogue, NC; one grandchild; and many nieces and nephews.
The family received friends at the Farmville Funeral Home on Sunday evening from 6 until 8 p.m.
Graveside services were held on Monday, October 28, at 2 P.M. at Hollywood Cemetery in Farmville by Reverend Marty Greer.
Online condolences may be made at www.farmvillefh.com.
Louise B. Spangler
TABB, VA — Louise B. Spangler, 93, a native & longtime resident of Durham, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2013.
A Memorial service will be held 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 1, at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1320 Umstead Rd., Durham, by Rev. Tara Lain. Her ashes will later be placed in the Columbarium at Maplewood Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity. Online condolences to www.claytorrollins.com.


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from KERRVILLE,TX
Excellent Product for after ride
By Botch
from Northwest Indiana
I use 3 scoops to a 1L bottle with ice after my ride. I ride 60 miles every day & after my ride I drink this immediately. Taste is pretty good, I buy tangy orange it it goes down with no problems. I have absolutely no cramps or fatigue that night & I wake up with no pain every morning when I start my ride. Excellent product I can ride as hard as I want & know that pain will not bother me on my next ride. Give it a try.
Good recovery drink
By Jim at Foxx Brothers Racing
from Forbush, NC
A must for cycling hard 2 or more consecutive days.
Survival with Endurox
By lovetoride
from Santa Cruz
Works very well. Especially when you can't get a meal right away. Saves your muscles for the next day's ride.
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I have 30 x 150 mg pregabalin (Lyrica) capsules. I've been trying to get off on the fuckin' things but can never seem to get it right. I took 750 mg like an hour ago and feel it a little bit.
I tried injecting it also. Almost all the powder inside the capsule is not water-soluble, but the pregabalin is very water soluble, so with a big cotton I was able to get a pretty damn clear solution outta there.
However, after trying 2 x 150 mg injections and 1 x 300 mg injection it doesn't really seem worth it, especially given the risk of injecting the stuff.
It did seem relatively safe since it was already in a powder (no binders) but I know it contains cornstarch and talc (looked it up), so I hope none of that shit is making it into the solution....:confused:
I wanted to add that I also tried snorting 150 mg, didn't seem to do shit, but then again this is a low dosage...