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HUNTINGTON -- Lisa Bettis hasn't been home to Goshen, Ind., in a month. She has a nation-leading Bichon to keep up with, and she's been traveling the country to keep him at the top of his game.
The 4-year-old champion pooch, Honor, came to Huntington this past weekend for two days of dog shows, the 93rd and 94th All Breed Dog Shows, Obedience Trials and Rally Trials at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena, where on Saturday he was named the Reserve Best in Show for the Nonsporting Group.
He was one of nearly 600 dogs that participated in two days of competition in downtown Huntington. Like usual, the event drew people from around the country, as competitors strive to increase their dogs' standing in the show world, said Gail Sheets, vice president and president elect of the Huntington Kennel Club, which puts on the show. Most of the participants come from the Eastern United States, she said, and most aim to help their dog earn -- through the accumulated American Kennel Club point system -- the status of grand champion.
They're judged on appearance -- everything from their coat to their height, as compared to the breed standards -- as well as obedience.
Dog showing "is addictive," Sheets said. "People are trying to show the perfect dog, of which there is no such thing, but they try to get as close as they can."
They do it for a number of other reasons as well, participants said.
"I like the competition -- showing my dog to the best of my ability and winning," said Vicki Sandage, an Ashland veterinarian who was judging over the weekend and is working her way toward being a licensed judge.
For Ray Harrington of Venetia, Pa., owner of a champion Bearded Collie, Zack, dog showing is also about the camaraderie.
"You meet a lot of people and make a lot of friends," he said.
Cheryl Tavares and Gail Swails of Richmond, Va., said they enjoy the travel -- seeing new cities, trying the restaurants -- as much as spending time with their sheep dogs.
"You can go to a dog show any place in the country," Swails said.
For Bettis, following Honor around on his string of victories has taken her to Florida, Virginia, Massachusetts and West Virginia this summer, along with an upcoming trip to Minnesota. In February, he won Nonsporting Group 1 at Westminster, a huge deal in the dog showing world.
His strengths?
"He has such a great personality. He enjoys this, and that helps a lot," Bettis said. "And he has such a beautiful face, and his structure is what the breed calls for."
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OXFORD — Otis Jefferson Dixon, 90, of Oxford, died Friday, Aug. 8, 2014.
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The pilot episode of NBC's Community aired last night (it was actually online months ago but you had to become a Facebook fan of it to watch, and I stubbornly refused to become a Facebook fan without first seeing it — I have integrity, dammit, and I reserve "fanness" for friends of mine for whom it'd be awkward if I didn't "fan" their thing they sent me).
In short, I enjoyed the episode, if not frequently LOLing (laughing oh lot), but the outstanding ensemble cast is more than enough to make this show appear promising — Joel McHale's smart but douchey main character was a welcome change from the typical schlubby main guy who ends up getting the girl, John Oliver is universally undislikable, Donald Glover (of Derrick fame) is great, and Chevy Chase is…well, let's just say he's paid his dues for his years of Hollywood self-alienation, and it's nice to see him in a low-pressure role where he can bring something to the table.
That being said — I can't get over how much watching pilot episodes of shows I anticipate reminds of being on a first date. No matter how interesting the show/person is or how well we may end up connecting later down the line, there's always an inevitable boring exchange of information — who are these characters, what's the setting, why are they here, what's your job, what music do you listen to, you seriously think Super Troopers is overrated? How many times have you seen it? One? Well, there you go, I didn't think it was anything special the first time I saw it either. No, I'm not saying it's the lord and savior of comedies, it's just a really likable, quotable throwaway movie. Crap, I haven't even begun to look at this menu, sorry, you order first and I'll just pick something."
Sorry, that analogy got sidetracked somewhere along the line. I think in like the second to last word.
Anyway, my kind-of point — there were moments in Community where the show would just too-neatly have to sum up a character's persona in a couple of their lines, and you knew the show was doing it, and you knew the show knew it was doing it, but dammit, it was a pilot episode, and it had to include everyone in a very basic, simple introductory setting with a lot of exposition and a nice tidy ending that didn't automatically require a subsequent episode for closure.
Similarly, you wouldn't enter a first date and immediately start talking about Kierkegaard, your mother's battle with cancer, or reasons why every word in the line "I call the big one 'Bitey'" is flawless (though if you actually did the latter on a first date, you'd suddenly look down and realize I'd married you.)
So with all of this in mind, I'll deem the Community pilot a success, and certainly promising enough to deserve a Season Pass for the time being. Here's hoping our initial first-date nerves gain some traction in future meetups. Then I will have sex with it.
And for the record, Parks and Recreation was also pretty funny last night, particularly the peach t-shirt incident. Good start for NBC Thursday, with 30 Rock still yet to return — this whole "having good things on tv" approach to tv is really strange…
Thoughts on the Community pilot and Parks & Recreation premiere? Leave 'em in the comments. Oh wait, you can't, because comments keep messing up today! I'll just assume you echo my thoughts exactly. And thanks for the compliments about my elegant prose and masculine jawbone!


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This article contains troubleshooting procedures that you can use to identify damaged document files by using Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac and, in some cases, recover such files. A "damaged" document is a document that you cannot open or that you can open but that contains an error in a section of the document. In a damaged document, you cannot change any information in a section.
Damaged document files can cause any program to exhibit unusual behavior. Such behavior occurs because the program is receiving incorrect information from the damaged document file.
Damaged files frequently cause behavior that is not part of the program design, such as infinite repagination, incorrect document layout and formatting, unreadable characters, error messages during processing, system freezes or crashes when you load or view the file, or any other unusual behavior that is not part of the ordinary operation of the program. However, such behavior also can be caused by factors other than document damage. To eliminate other factors, follow these troubleshooting tips:
If this problem occurs only with a single document after you perform the previous steps, the specific document is probably damaged. If the program unexpectedly closed before the file was closed and the AutoRecovery option was enabled, an AutoRecovery file may have been created. You can use this AutoRecovery file to recover the file in question.
The AutoRecovery feature in Word for Mac tries to automatically recover text from a document that was open when Word for Mac crashed. When you restart Word for Mac after the program crashes, a dialog box will display the following message:
Word encountered file damage while opening File Name.
Part of this document may be recoverable. Attempt Recovery Now?
Note This recovery may take some time, depending on the size of the document and how much damage is in the document.
After the document is recovered, immediately use the Save As command on the File menu to save the document with a new file name. This makes sure that the original document will be available for other recovery attempts. This automatic recovery method strips all formatting, graphics, and objects from the document.
You also can browse to HD\users\your user\Documents\Microsoft User Data\Office 2008 AutoRecovery and review the documents in this folder. Move the documents from this folder to another location and then access them with Wordto determine whether any of them are the damaged document.
Additional methods that are listed later in this article may enable you to recover more of the original formatting from the damaged document.
For more information about the AutoRecovery feature, see the "Recover text from a damaged document" topic in Word 2008 for Mac Help.
How to correct a damaged documentThere are several techniques that you can use to try to correct a damaged document. The method that you use depends on the kind and the severity of the damage and the type of behavior that is exhibited. Although these methods succeed frequently, not every damaged document can be recovered. Keeping a backup copy of a document is the best way to make sure that you can recover it.
The following troubleshooting procedures are divided into two sections: "If the file can be opened in Word for Mac" and "If the file cannot be opened in Word for Mac." Use the appropriate section for your situation.
If the file can be opened in Word for MacIf you can open the file in Word for Mac, use one of the following methods.
Method 1: Convert the file to another format, and then convert it back to its native format.
This is the easiest and most complete document recovery method. Always try it first. Save the file in Rich Text Format (RTF). This format preserves the formatting in your Word for Mac document. After you save the file in RTF, reopen the file in Word for Mac, and then convert it from RTF. If this method succeeds, the file damage is removed during conversion.
To save the file as RTF, follow these steps:
If the damage persists after you save the file as RTF, instead save the file in one of the following file formats:
Note Saving a file in text-only format frequently corrects the damage problem. However, all formatting is lost, including graphics and field codes in Word 2008 for Mac. Therefore, this method requires more reformatting. So use it only if other file formats do not enable you to resolve the problem.
Method 2: Copy everything except the last paragraph mark to a new document.
Word for Mac associates a variety of formatting with the last paragraph mark, especially section and style formatting. If you copy everything in the file except the last paragraph mark to a new file, the damage may be left behind in the original document.
To copy everything except the last paragraph mark in the document, follow these steps:
Method 3: Copy the undamaged parts of the file to a new file.
Sometimes you can determine the location of damage in your file by looking at the file or by testing the file to determine where the problem behavior originates. Another way to determine what area of the file is damaged is to copy one page at a time or a series of pages into a new file. Save the new file, and then test for the problem behavior. If the behavior does not occur, continue to copy pages, saving the file and testing until the problem behavior recurs.
If you can determine what area of the file is damaged, you can then copy everything except the damaged part to a new file, and then follow these steps to reconstruct your document:
If the file cannot be opened in Word for MacIf you cannot open the file in Word for Mac, use one of the following methods as appropriate.
Method 1: Insert the file into a blank document.
Even if you cannot open a file to copy all the text (except the final paragraph mark), you may be able to insert the file into a new document. This inserts a new final paragraph mark onto the file that you are correcting. To do this, follow these steps:
This method uses a "dummy" document to create a link and then switches the link between the "dummy" document and the damaged document.
To use a paste-link operation to open a damaged document, follow these steps:
Method 3: Open the file by using "Recover Text from Any File"
You can use the special "Recover Text from Any File" converter to manually open damaged documents. This converter removes all formatting, graphics, and embedded objects from the file and leaves only readable text (ASCII characters). However, because of the way that Word for Mac document files are organized and saved, the text may be disjointed or duplicated.
With even the simplest files, extensive reformatting is required with this option. With smaller files, you may want to open a new, second document and paste the text from the recovered document into the new document because there is so much unwanted text recovered.
To use the "Recover Text from Any File" converter to open a document, follow these steps:
Tip Save the recovered file with a new name at this point. This prevents you from accidentally overwriting the original document and makes sure that the original document remains available for other recovery attempts.
Method 4: Open the file as a copy
To open a copy of a damaged document, follow these steps:
As a last resort, you can try to access the document in Microsoft Word X or Word 2004 on a Mac, as some older documents are inaccessible with the Word 2008 compatibility mode. If the document can be opened with an older version of the program, save the file with a new name, and then again try to use it on the Mac with Word 2008.
Another option is to try one of the Windows versisons of Microsoft Word (2003, 2007, or 2010) as these versions come with repair tools that may repair a damaged document and make some or all of it recoverable. Again, if the document opens in one of the Word for Windows versions, save the file with a new name, and then again try to access it on the Mac with Word 2008. For more information, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/953266/LN/ )Documents do not open in Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac that were created in an earlier version
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More Mild Temps…Tracking A Wintry MixFebruary 12th, 2013 at 5:28 pm by Pamela Gardner under Colts Forecast, Weather
Temperatures are in the lower 30s in northern Indiana…in the low to mid 40s elsewhere. Tonight our lows fall into the lower 30s. Highs on Wednesday will be in the 40s to the north, upper 30s to the south. This is opposite of the normal temperature spread due to a system moving through the southern half of the state.
The system is already affecting the southern half of the U.S. As it tracks eastward tonight, the clouds increase from south to north. Then a wintry mix moves in to areas south of I-70 by 5am Wednesday. The mix remains in the forecast until about noon. A dusting of snow is possible in the late morning for southern counties. The rest of the day will be mostly cloudy.
Thursday, partly cloudy and mild highs in the mid 40s for any Valentine's Day plans. Friday and Saturday some snow showers move into the state. Minor accumulation is expected at this time. Temperatures go from the lower 30s Friday to the mid 20s Saturday. Sunday, partly cloudy with highs around 30º.


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Well, as a followup to my other thread, I am back from my last minute trip to WDW and thought I'd share a little about our trip. I've never done one of these so let's see how my format works... lol
Background: I've only been to WDW during late Aug, and into Sept after Labor Day. As an example, I (had) never seen a Test Track line longer than maybe 5 - 10 mins, which includes the movie and the walk into the building and load onto car. Anyhow, Friday 1am pacific time, we left Ontario airport after a days work, and some frantic packing... The excitement didn't let us sleep however and we arrived at Orlando at about 10:30am.
Arrival: Didn't get the luggage tags in time so we had to get our luggage to take onto DME. This took a few minutes, and then I had failed to note that our airline was at a different terminal than where DME was... My wife glared me into asking for directions and a bit behind schedule, we were on our way. Lesson learned, do your research before you leave. As prepared as I thought I was...
Lodging: Saratoga Springs Resort... Maybe I've been spoiled by Wilderness Lodge and Boardwalk Villas but SSR was ok.
The Days at a Glance:
Day 1 (Friday June 29) - Wow, its not as hot as I thought it was going to be! Hey, the crowds aren't so bad! Hey this ME bus has more than 6 people. What gives? I know we've been up for 36 hours, but what time is our wakeup?
Le Cellier (not a ride but honorable mention lol)/SSE/Nemo/Journey into Imagination/Maelstrom/Test Track/
Laugh Floor/Philarmagic/Its a Small World/ Fireworks/
Day 2(Sat June 30) - Early AK hours means earlier get out of AK for me... ( Not a AK fan...) Hey that line for Test Track is coming out of the building!
Kilamajaro Safari/EE/Dinosaur/Finding Nemo: The Musical/Primeival Whirl
SSE/Nemo/Journey Into Imagination/The Land Tour/Test Track/Mission:Space/SSE
Downtown Disney Visit
Day 3(Sun July 1) - Wow its over!?!? We have until about 2pm?!? Hey theres people forming what looks like a line for SSE? Theres a line at Nemo too? What happened to 5 min waits?!?
Snow White/Philarmagic/TTA/COP/
SSE/ -- a brisk run as we ran out of time and didn't want to miss our flight...
Day 4(Monday July 2) - Wow I had a horrible dream we missed our connecting flight in Denver back to Ontario. Oh right, not a dream... Our flight in Orlando left 3 hours late and we missed the last leg of the trip by 10 minutes. So United got all of us a hotel in Colorado, and we got to bed around 12:30 am and had to be out by about 4:45 am to catch the 5am shuttle...
Arrived in Ontario at 10:30am, home by 11am. Showered and got to work at noon. I am sitting here now and my eyes hurt but typing this is keeping me awake.
Final Thoughts: All in all, we saw a lot more than I expected in the roughly 48 hours we were at WDW. The crowds were a new experience, but knowing when to use Fastpass saved us a lot of time. Epcot was PACKED yesterday. I had NEVER seen the line on both sides of SSE in use. We knew what we were getting into though, so we just laughed it off and had a great time. The "New Stuff" we hadn't seen was pretty cool as well. (more on that later) Well, thats it for now. I have to go splash some water on my face.
Oh and it goes without saying, but I can't wait to go back in Sept for a nice relaxing week or so.


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Without MP3s, Life Would Be an Error
On the Evolution of Online Music Distribution"
by Matthew W. Beale
It's the end of Napster as we know it. Metallica's going after you! Apple's rumored to be launching an online music store. These were the some of the biggest headlines when I first started tracking the evolution of online music distribution years back, and as much as things change, that's right. Services still routinely rise and fall, intellectual property crackdowns continue to pop up in the news, ad nauseam.
Recent controversy aside for the moment, streaming subscription services are becoming more viable and, not coincidentally, the ubiquity of smartphones and social media are driving development and innovation. Pure download sites are still strong competitors, and hybrids are a Darwinian inevitability. These days, the online music multiverse is as heady a place as it always has been, if not more so, and I'm happy to launch a new column to try to organize news from the front—and add an MP3 album review to boot.
Domino Records, using technology created by Ghostly International, has launched a subscription service that delivers all of their new release albums—along with extras—every month. The offering is simply called Domino Drip, and they are one of a small group of independent labels that have done the same, focusing on actual downloads instead of streaming media (although subscribers can "stream" music from their collection online after logging on to Drip.fm (
"Drip.fm grabbed my attention because we've played with the idea of doing a record club in the past, but nothing felt quite right until we started thinking seriously about Domino Drip," said Kurt Lane, Head of Digital for Domino Records. "Culturally and commercially, the subscription model is ascendent and we felt the time was right given our fan base and the artists we represent."
In exchange for between $10 and $15 a month, subscribers receive instant access to up to three digital albums and subsequent new releases, via 320k MP3 or WAV format. Drip.fm uses e-mail notification when a new download becomes available. In a subscription market dominated by streaming radio giants, Drip.fm is closer to being a sort of digital variant of Sub Pop's singles club or Third Man Records' Vault.
"There's only two digital platforms that I ever thought were a good idea. First one was iTunes, second one was Drip," said Jeff Jank, Arts and Web Director for Stone's Throw Records. "Most everything in between seems corporate-minded, aimed at major labels and mass audience."
Drip.fm targets very specific listeners—devotees or connoisseurs, perhaps—and could offer a compelling digital distribution model. The labels involved don't seem interested in supplanting their existing channels, however, just supplementing with an additional option. The current lineup includes—besides Domino, and Ghostly, of course—Stone's Throw, Now-Again, Fools-Gold, Mad Decent, dirtybird, Planet E, Morr Music, and Dead Oceans.
Still relatively young, Drip.fm is working on a few tech issues, such as offering lossless FLAC, and building an uploader so that labels can more easily include Metadata in the music files. Beyond that, users can post comments on individual album pages, but the service doesn't offer a personal page—a users' icon doesn't function as a link—and there aren't additional social-related elements (beyond e-mail notification of a response to a posted comment).
At the moment, what Drip.fm does offer is a clean, simple user experience, and a decidedly eclectic mix of choices. Now-Again, for instance, reissues obscure funk, jazz and soul albums (although it's hard to assign categories for a label that just released a box set by a band whose songs they describe as "garage-, psych-, prog-, funk- and afro-rock"), with original liner notes by Founder Eothan Alaplatt.
In listening through albums by Atomic Forest, or the The Original Raw Soul III compilation, it's hard to escape the feeling that you've discovered some lost treasure. But that seems to be the point for Alaplatt, who writes the Funk Archaeology column for NPR. Alaplatt, aka Egon, also heads Madlib Invazion, a hip-hop focused label that is considering a move to the Drip universe as well.
"For us Drip is somewhat of an experiment, but seven months into it things are working out," said Stone Throw's Jank. "We don't know the long-term, but who knows anything long-term in music right now?"
Drip.fm offers a range of additional incentives, from early subscriber gifts, to discounts and exclusives. Visit Drip.fm (
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"In the past few months we've had one full album exclusive to Drip, two exclusive EP's, and on top of that most of the releases have been sent to Drip subscribers before they're released to the public—not all of them, but a few. We plan to keep this up," added Jank.
Amazon for Apple
If you have an iPhone or iPad, but appreciate the regular MP3 deals available through Amazon and access to previous purchases, the company has launched the Amazon cloud Player app. When I first tried out an iPhone, I ordered a digital album from Amazon, only to be disappointed that they didn't have an appropriate version of the MP3 downloader. Unlike the desktop/laptop experience, the new app confers limited options, essentially to download or stream Amazon content—and all other music, including iTunes purchased music, is added to the Amazon player. I'll look forward to seeing how this app evolves.
Almost immediately after the Amazon's cloud-related launch, eMusic began offering an app for Android, which also functions as a player, with access to eMusic radio and downloads. Music downloaded to an Android phone would have to be transferred to a computer via USB because eMusic charges for "repeat-downloading." Amazon gets around this problem with its cloud service, and iTunes allows additional downloads of previously purchased files.
Moon Ate the Dark
It's hard to find a clearer example of both the dichotomy and the potential harmony between the traditional and online music worlds than Sonic Pieces. Founded initially as a project to create "beautiful, handmade CD covers," it evolved into a label that both distributes digital music and adheres to a "beautiful music in beautiful packaging" philosophy.
"I guess I kind of established the right business model without actually thinking about it too much," said Founder Monique Recknagel. "Having special packaged, limited CDs or vinyl for those who still care about physical copies and a digital version for all the other listeners seems to be the way to go right now."
Sonic Pieces' latest release, Moon Ate the Dark, is an engaging excursion into the experimental, extending a sometimes plaintive solo piano with various effects, in studio layers, using a range of options, including a guitar amp. The result is at times jarring, but mostly hypnotic and, of the hundreds of hours of music I've experienced lately, is perhaps the most enchanting. Available now for download through
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Dear Heritage Foods USA Supporter,
Christmas is almost here, so remember to place your order today or tomorrow! Stay tuned next week for a chance to purchase Fresh Muscovy ducks for a New Year's Eve dinner you will never forget!
Whether you are feeding a crowd or you just love a good ham, we have the best 8lb hickory smoked boneless Heritage Ham for $85.00. If you have family in house, or have friends coming for New Years, a ham stretches a long way.
Speaking of feeding a crowd, we have lots of pork shoulder. Order either 7.5lbs of boneless Boston butt ($79) or 8lbs of bone-in Boston Butt ($78). Do a slow roast, a braise, or pull this for barbecue; no matter how you cook it, this is a great value cut that will certainly take care of a big table. We also have slabs of Spare Ribs, two 3.5lb slabs for $57. Either grill them, or give them a slow roast in the oven and finish them under the broiler for a crispy, crackling, fingerlicking meal.
If you haven't yet tried our Cured 12oz. Heritage Porterhouse Pork Chops, (Six to an order, 2/pk for $72.) don't wait a minute longer. Fully cured, these sweet and smoky chops need only be heated to eat. They can be quickly pan-fried, or warmed in the oven. Serve them with fried apples and onions. You could also braise them with white wine, or apple cider and sauerkraut, or cabbage. Great with white, red or black beans, or cook them up with potatoes and onions. They are elegant and earthy, a fantastic winter meal.
We have Guinea Fowl! Two of these delectable 2lb birds cost $48. They are wrapped individually so one can be stashed, and one can be cooked right away! Guinea Fowl makes for a splendid meal, thanks to its delicate flavor and succulent texture. A favorite way to cook these is to split the bird, and roast it over a bed of alternating sliced red onions and sliced Mineola Oranges. Tuck lots of fresh herbs in between and salt and pepper liberally. Roast for an hour and dig into a sensational restaurant-quality repast.
And don't forget about our Steaks!
This week, we have 3lbs of Skirt Steak for $49. This piece can be cut in strips for fajitas, or cut into six half-pound portions or more if you are serving a group. Skirt is a really juicy, really tasty cut. A favorite with chefs, and beef cognoscenti.
Three 2.5 lb Piedmontese Boneless Tri-Tip Steaks for $92, one per pack, provides a richly flavored dinner. Cut from the bottom sirloin, this is ideal for roasting, spit-roasting, grilling, or braising. The tri-tip gets its name from its shape and should be cooked whole and sliced across the grain to obtain full tenderness.
Bone-in Short Ribs (6lbs in two packages) for $97 is a cut has been a heavily used one throughout the world for centuries. From Korea to France, the cut consistently proves itself through its versatility and rich flavor. In recent years, it has greatly increased in popularity on the American culinary scene for the same reasons. Cut from the rib section of the cattle, short ribs carry intense grassy and beefy notes that are best brought out by slow cooking. Simply slow cook them in your favorite braising liquid, be it stock or red wine, with or without vegetables, and let time and low heat work their magic.
The same goes for our Petite Medallions, which can be ordered in increments of twenty 4oz steaks going for $83 or sixty 4oz steaks for $240. They are packaged two per pack for convenience. This cut looks and cooks up just like a filet, but the bonus is the robust flavor and the low price point. Cut them in half or quarters for fabulous kebabs and grill them; broil them whole wrapped in our world-class bacon for $49; or saute and make a fabulous pan sauce. The Petite Medallion comes from the chuck roll, or shoulder, and has a big beefy flavor. Once you try these, you may never go back to filet!
Burgers are the ultimate fast and easy meal, and ours are just delicious. The Piedmontese Burgers are pre-formed and sold 2 per pack. Order six Burgers for $40, twenty-four for $155, or forty-eight for $305. This is a perfect 5-minute late-night snack.
We thank you for all your support over the year, and so do our farmers. This coming year we will add more farmers and exciting projects to our network, preserving more of the agricultural heritage and traditions that characterize America at its best. The Heritage team wishes you all the very best during the final week of 2010!
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Amazon solicits ads for Kindle Fire welcome screen, to the tune of $600,000
May 18, 2012 | 11:40 pm
By Chris Meadows
Might an ad-supported Kindle Fire be in the offing? Ad Age reports that Amazon has been soliciting ads to appear on the Fire's welcome screen, according to an executive at an agency Amazon pitched. The ad packages would start at $600,000 and include both Kindle Fire and Kindle with Special Offers ads, going up to $1 million for additional ad perks.
The current Kindle Fire has no advertcising, but Amazon has been reported to have a new model of the tablet in the offing for July and may be looking to start the program then. An interesting note is that Amazon reportedly "hasn't decided" whether it will put ads only on a new special-offers version of the Fire, or introduce them to already-existing devices.
As a result, the ad executives Ad Age spoke to had both declined to participate, since Amazon wasn't even able to tell them how many devices would comprise the audience—and they were also concerned that their ads popping up on devices that didn't have ads when people bought them could be a turn-off.
Of course, Amazon has proven remarkably savvy so far at getting people to accept ads on their devices, and indeed the ad-supported Kindles have been Amazon's best-selling products ever. Special Offers coming to future Kindle Fires is practically a no-brainer. As for already-sold ones, I rather suspect that if Amazon did introduce advertising to pre-existing Fires it would be on an opt-in basis, perhaps offering a $30 (or whatever the price difference is) Amazon gift card in exchange for allowing the company to advertise to you—the reverse of the current system for de-advertising existing Kindles with Special Offers. The company hasn't offered anything like this to people who bought originally-ad-free Kindles that I know of, but the Fire has been such a popular tablet, with so many more uses than the e-ink readers, that I can see how it might be tempting.
I suspect that if Amazon does it this way, and is able to demonstrate a ready audience, ad agencies won't stay on the fence for long. And if it makes the Kindle Fire even cheaper, bringing tablets into reach of people who couldn't afford them before, it could be as good a thing as the ads are for the e-ink readers.
(Found via our sister blog, Gadgetell; also via PaidContent.)
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The one sure way to get me to abandon Amazon and Kindle is ads. I've resisted purchasing a Fire so far, but no amount of discounts of giveaways could induce me to tolerate ads, and I hope Amazon will continue to always support ad free versions of both the Kindle and Fire. Otherwise, I'd switch to Kobo or Nook. And I refuse to ever purchase product or services for items advertised.
Opt-in/opt-out would give the customer the choice as it does with the e-ink Kindle. My husband opted for ads, I didn't. We're both happy…though I have been known to take advantage of the ads on his Kindle from time to time when he points out a good one to me.
Amazon isn't stupid. Selling the KFire at two different price levels and giving the customer the choice to accept ads or pay a little more to not see ads is the only way that makes sense. It has worked well with the e-ink K so "if it ain't broke-don't fix it".


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Deaths for Dec. 8, 2012
Deloris Culbreath
Deloris Estelle Covington Culbreath, 57, of Brunswick, Ga., formerly of Monroe, died November 28, 2012.
Funeral Services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012 at Holy Band Inspiration Deliverance Church in Brunswick, Ga. Funeral services will be held in Monroe, NC at a later date.
Arrangements are being handled by Harris Funeral Home & Cremation Service.
Helen Hartley
Helen Black Hartley, 60, died Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Springs Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012 at The Chapel of Hartley – Burgess Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Lancaster Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012 at Hartley-Burgess Funeral Home in Lancaster, S.C.
Robert Matheson
Robert Gene Matheson, 62, died Thursday, December 6, 2012. Gene was born in Union County, N.C., August 18, 1950 son of Margaret Matheson Conner of Monroe, N.C. and the late Joseph Benjamin Matheson. He was a U.S. Navy veteran.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 2 p.m. in the Gordon Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Lakeland Memorial Park.
Mr. Matheson is survived by his wife, Marlene Eason Matheson; mother, Margaret Matheson Conner of Monroe; son, Jonathan Samuel Matheson of Gastonia, N.C.; brother, Joseph B. "Butch" Matheson of Wingate, N.C.; sisters, Pam Mullis and Brenda Starnes, both of Monroe, N.C.
The family will receive friends Sunday from 12:30 p.m. until 1:45 p.m. prior to the service at Gordon Funeral Service, 1904 Lancaster Ave., Monroe, NC 28112.
Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of NC, 5950 Fairview Rd., Suite 550, Charlotte, NC 28210 or the American Diabetes Association, 1300 Baxter St., Suite 150, Charlotte, NC 28202.
Online condolences may be made to www.gordonfuneralservice.com.
Gordon Funeral Service is caring for the Matheson family.
Marvin Rowell
Marvin Rowell, 93, of Monroe died Friday, December 7, 2012 at Autumn Care of Marshville.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Good Shepherd Funeral Home, Indian Trail.
Richard Schill
Mr. Richard Dale Schill, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 5, 2012. He died at home, surrounded by his family.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church Indian Trail. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn East Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Saturday at Good Shepherd Funeral Home, 6525 Old Monroe Road, Indian Trail.
Richard was born October 8, 1933 in Adrian, Mich. to the late Arthur and Iva Schill. He married his high school sweetheart, Joan Everingham, on October 5, 1952. He served four years in the U. S. Air Force. Richard began working for the Kroger Company at the age of 14 and retired as an executive vice president after 40 years of dedicated service. He was a loving father to his four children. In addition to his parents, Richard was preceded in death by a sister, Leota Sherman; son-in-law, David Dwyer and by his great-grandson, Andrew Robinson.
He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Joan; children, Terri Autry (Chelsea) of Indian Trail, Becky Purcell (Gene) of Gothenburg, Neb., Robert Schill (Angela) of Unionville and James Schill (Deanna) of Fort Mill, S.C.; sister, Nancy Ann Smith of Adrian, Mich.; 15 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.goodshepherdfuneralhome.net.
Lois Smith
Lois Edwards Smith, 87, died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 at Hospice of Union County in Monroe.
Funeral services will be 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec.r 9, 2012 in the Leavitt Funeral Home chapel. Interment will follow in Anson Memorial Park. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Arrangements are being handled by Leavitt Funeral Home of Lancaster, S.C.


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Effect of Hi-hat seat on sound
The hi-hat stand I use has a perfectly flat seat for the bottom cymbal. I notice that many stands have more of a bowl shaped seat. What's the effect on the sound? I'm asking this because I swear that my hi-hat sounds much tighter on the stand in my practice space, when compared to on my own stand.
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I've never heard any real difference in the sound of my hats on different stands
I would assume the difference you're hearing is due to lack of compensation to varying spring tensions, since you're switching between two different stands
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I just bought the Gibraltar hi hat seat and washer set and it's made my Sabian B8's brighter, have more sustain and makes my hits more articulate. With the standard felt washers, seat and washers, I feel it muted my hats too much. They also rock back n forth a lot easier as well.
As a note I break the washers in when I remember to. I compress them by pressing down on the pedal and then when I clean off my hats, like get all the wood chips out from inside the bell of the lower hat and give them a hit of Groove Juice I will squeeze the washers between my fingers to make them a bit more soft. I find they are a bit too hard to start with but overall like them a lot.
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by Seunghee Cha
The Pioneer Valley is now home to a national organization called Mediate Your Life. I'm smitten with the name. It sums up my inner and professional life.
Conflict management occupies my mind daily. It's there in my struggle not to nag my children as we rush out the door, when I'm feeling outsized anger at politicians, and at work when I counsel clients about money and family.
I am an estate planner. I help people address the What Ifs and the What Nows. If you died tomorrow, who would care for your child with autism? Now that your father is ill with Alzheimer's, how will you protect your mother from impoverishment? Your spouse has died without a will; can you trust your stepchildren to honor her wishes?
Thoughtful planning takes time, honesty, and good communication. I try to help clients in the planning stage to anticipate and minimize discord. Some clients have frank discussions with their family about whom they have put in charge in case they become incapacitated or the unequal provisions they have made among their heirs. But things don't always go as planned, and for some clients planning is not about gaining peace of mind but about settling a score or ruling from the grave.
I see clients paralyzed by pain when a beloved niece challenges the will and accuses them of malfeasance. Shock turns to resentment when an estranged sibling takes an equal share. These families need an insightful facilitator or mediator to help them hear each other's concerns and interests and find common ground.
The proliferation of mediation these days raises concern about quality and competition in the market place. The concern is not unique to mediation. It's true for litigators…and estate planners. The visibility of mediation as a preferred choice for conflict resolution should be welcome. As a colleague once said, wherever there is a conflict and a relationship to save, you need mediation.
Where isn't there a relationship? Where isn't there conflict?


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Today is Independence Day in the United States of America! It is the time of year that we as Americans celebrate our freedoms, watch baseball, eat hamburgers and hot dogs, and blow up the sky with our fireworks. Your time is running out you damn clouds!!!
It is also the time of year we reminisce about Bill Pullman and Sir William Smith whooping some alien ass while also mourning the passing of our great martyr...Randy Quaid.
So in honor of our great day of independence, let us remember the top 4 wrestlers who best demonstrate USA values:
4) Hulk Hogan
- "I am a real American, Fight for the rights of every man;
I am a real American, fight for what's right--fight for your life!"
Enough said.
3) Chyna
- What is more American than fake breasts, an absurd amount of plastic surgery, feminism, and the name "Chyna?" The answer...nothing.
(Note from John the Editor: I was going to insert a pic of Chyna in here, but I was worried it would crash my computer. In its place, how about whorish looking Kelly Kelly?)
2) Sgt. Slaughter
- His chin is more American than a broken down used Chevy.
1) Kurt Angle
- Because seriously, who else would we choose as #1? Oh it's true. It's damn true.
- It is rumored that Ricardo Rodriguez's impending 30 day suspension was a result of testing positive for a fat burning drug. In unrelated news, RVD has a job. USA baby! (411Mania)
- WWE superstar Kane recently appeared unmasked at a Ron Paul event. Also in attendance was Thursday Headlines darling Vince Vaughn. Oddly enough, neither of these two celebrities were the guest of honor. The real man of the hour? You guessed it...Marty Jannetty. (TMZ)
Thanks for reading this week's edition of Thursday Headlines! If you are in the USA have a happy 4th and be safe! For all of our other readers abroad, have a happy Thursday!
By Aaron Briggs


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Solar farms begin acquiring permits
Plans for construction on two solar farm projects in Vance County are in the works, and await review from the county's Planning and Development Department.
According to Jordan McMillen, director of the planning department, two projects, one on Bearpond Road in Henderson and one on N.C. 39 South about halfway between Henderson and the Vance County line, have received approval for conditional use permits.
BearPond Solar Center, LLC submitted a conditional use permit to the Vance County Planning and Development Department on Feb. 15, receiving approval from Vance County commissioners on March 21.
With approval of the permit, BearPond Solar Center will install, own and operate the solar farm on nearly 100 acres for a minimum of 15 years. Under the terms of the lease, the solar farm will be removed at the end of the lease term.
HelioSage is the developer and sole member of BearPond Solar Center, LLC. They are under contract via a lease option with the landowner, Ms. Carolyn Adcock of Wake Forest.
A signature-ready lease will be executed prior to construction.
Land for the proposed second project, on N.C. 39 South, is owned by Strata Land Holdings, while Dement Farm LLC will be the owner and operator of the proposed 45-acre solar farm.
Commissioners approved a conditional use permit for that project April 11.
In granting conditional use permits, the Vance County Zoning Board of Adjustment must make the following findings:
• The use requested is among those listed as an eligible conditional use in the district in which the property is located.
• The use or development is located, designed and proposed to be operated so as to maintain or promote public health or safety.
• The use or development complies with all regulations of the zoning ordinance and all applicable specific conditions and specifications.
• The use or development is located, designed and proposed to be operated so as to maintain or enhance the value of adjoining or abutting property, or that the use is a public necessity.
• The use or development will be in harmony with the area in which it is located, and will be in general conformity with the Vance County Land Use Plan.
Construction on both projects will not begin until construction plans are reviewed by the Vance County Planning and Development Department, and building and trade permits have been issued.
"There's no real estimate on how long it takes to get it to us," McMillen said. "They're doing their due diligence, and getting plans together."
Once construction plans are received, McMillen believes the process of moving forward with construction will be expedited.
"A review should be done within two weeks to a month once we get it," McMillen said. "Then we'll be able to issue the permit, and they'll be able to go to work."
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In mechanical terms, the Turga represent one of three playable Lime Odyssey races, and they begin their journey on the West Tumbara Plain of North Orta. The village is a stone's throw from Talunvara Canyon, the area's first dungeon that will test the mettle of the Turgas brave enough to enter it.
Head past the break to get a look at the Turga cinematic.
[Source: Aeria Games press release]


text: I read a joke on this site and i didnt get it.I am a Scot and i live in the Nederlands,so maybe that explains it.Tell me if you think this is funny?A man with no arms walks into a bar and orders a beer.He,s drinking his beer and he see,s some guy ,on his own, playing darts.He walks up to the man and says "do you fancy a game"The man,Jack, noticing that the guy has got no arms,thinks to himself,"i have got to see this".He says"sure,love to,do you need any help?"The man with no arms says"well,my darts are in my top pocket,if you could take them out the case and lay them on the table i would be much obliged."So Jack gets the darts out and lays them on the table and asks the guy with no arms if he wants to warm up or throw first but he says no.Jack steps up to the hockey and throws his darts and scores 100.The man with no arms picks up a dart in his mouth and mumbles to Jack "OK,throw the dartboard at me"


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IronPython for ASP.NET
Microsoft has released an extension that allows IronPython to be used with ASP.NET. More importantly, they have created a route for other dynamic languages to tie into the ASP.Net framework.
According to David Ebbo of Microsoft, the primary reason why dynamic languages such as IronPython couldn't be used with ASP.Net is that they don't support static typing. ASP.Net relies heavily on CodeDOM, which assumes "that any language used for ASP.NET has the ability to produce true classes in the .NET Framework sense—that is, classes that are in on-disk assemblies and that can be loaded using standard APIs like Type.GetType." This means that any dynamic language that wanted to support ASP.NET would have to be extended.
Microsoft solved this problem by turning off page compiling and using a custom PageParserFilter. This routes some of the python code through a new base class called ScriptPage and the rest through controls. A similar mechanism is used for user controls and master pages. And because the pages don't need to be compiled, the usual first-time hit will be significantly less.
A variant of the application file is supported, as well as an App_Script directory (replaces App_Code, and HTTP handlers. Web services are not supported, as they require language features not available in most dynamic languages.
Currently ASP.NET doesn't scale well when too many unique pages are created. The cost to compile, load, and manage all of the page specific assemblies can seriously stress the server. Since dynamic pages eliminating the need to create an assembly for each page, there is no theoretical limit on the number of unique pages.
Runtime performance is expected to be nearly the same as C#. While late-bound code is slower, most of the processing time is spent in the framework code rather than the user code.
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Acclaimed director Wes Anderson is best known for tweedy films like The Royal Tenenbaums that deal with the eccentric rich. So he may not be the first choice to direct a stop-motion animated version of Roald Dahl's delicious children's tale, where a hungry fox outwits some bloodthirsty farmers. In fact, Fox softens the gore to create a lovely bedtime story. There are animals in corduroy jackets, musical interludes by Jarvis Cocker, and the occasional fox-weasel knife fight. Sure, the meticulous art direction means the wallpaper is important as the characters. But kids will enjoy the badger who sounds like Bill Murray and adults can smile at the odd joke about existentialism. Well, some adults.
Extras: Featurettes include a making of segment and a look at how puppets are made to move.
– By C. Bottomley
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Preseason rankings: No. 3 O'Connor
We'll be unveiling our preseason football rankings over the next few weeks leading up to football season. Previously: No. 10 Kerrville Tivy, No. 9 Reagan, No. 8 East Central, No. 7 Smithson Valley, No. 6 Brandeis, No. 5 Judson, No. 4 Madison and now on to No. 3… Team: O'Connor Panthers Last season: 12-3 (7-1 in 27-5A), lost to Houston Lamar 15-7 in […] [Read More]
Preseason rankings: No. 7 O'Connor
We'll be unveiling our preseason football rankings over the next few weeks leading up to football season. Previously we had No. 10 Kerrville Tivy, No. 9 Brennan, No. 8 Judson, and now on to No. 7… No. 7 O'Connor Panthers Last season: 7-5 (5-3 in 27-5A), lost to Reagan in second round Coach: David Malesky […] [Read More]
Baseball/softball playoff matchups, May 21
Region IV-5A Final O'Connor vs. Holmes (one game): 7 p.m. Friday at Northside Field No. 2 Region IV-4A Final Smithson Valley vs. New Braunfels Canyon (one game): 7:30 p.m. Thursday at North East ISD Softball Complex Baseball Class 5A Churchill vs. Laredo Alexander (best of 3): Game 1 – 8 p.m. Friday at Alice; Game […] [Read More]
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Here at Farris Stadium about 15 minutes before tonight's District 28-5A game between Jay and O'Connor. The Panthers enter with a 2-1 mark, including 1-0 in district, while the Mustangs are 0-2 without having played a district contest yet. [Read More]
Volleyball: Reagan, O'Connor in national poll
Reagan is ranked No. 5 and O'Connor is 45th in prepvolleyball's Top 100 preseason national rankings. [Read More]
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Posted at: 03/05/2013 10:41 AM
By: The Associated Press
Photo: Adrian Gonzales
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Jurors are entering their third day of deliberations in the murder trial of a Santa Fe man accused of killing a preschool teacher who intervened to stop a fight with his girlfriend.
The jury continued deliberating Tuesday in the case of 31-year-old Adrian Gonzales.
He is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery in the December 2011 stabbing of 21-year-old Victoriano "Mo" Moises Byrne-Gonzales and another man at the Butterfly Springs Mobile Home Park in Pojoaque.
He's also charged with battery for assaulting his then-girlfriend, Natasha Romero.
Prosecutors say Byrne-Gonzales was trying to do the right thing when he was stabbed in the neck while attempting to stop Gonzales from beating Romero.
But defense attorney Joseph Campbell says Gonzales was acting out of self-defense.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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A comprehensive review of the Kabissa database of organizations is long overdue, especially with an upgrade in the works to make organization profiles even more useful for finding and connecting with African civil society. To this end we are organizing a "work party" this coming Saturday, 4 February and we'd love to have as many people pitching in as possible, both remotely via the Internet and face to face on Bainbridge Island at OfficeXpats, a coworking and meeting space.
If you are able to help even just for an hour or two, please let me know as soon as possible (email me or send tweet to @tobiaseigen). Thanks! It should be fun, interesting and rewarding work.
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"You can not replace that," Trojans coach Greg Deshommes said. "You can't find a player like that everyday. That is going to hurt us. We are going to miss them a lot."
Filling in for Jiminez and Mendoza are sophomores Miguel Jimenez and Edgar Fabian, players that may not be as skilled as their college counterparts, but could develop as the season progresses.
"[Miguel Jimenez] is the guy who is going to replace Ansoni. He's not on Ansoni's level, but he's going to do his best," Deshommes said. "For Jorge, we have Edgar, who played very well as a freshman. He's a sophomore and I'm expecting him to step up and fill those shoes, but I'm not going to look at it like that. I'm looking at development."
Fabian and Miguel Jiminez are not the only players Deshommes must develop, the bulk of his roster are underclassmen. Of the 19 players on the Trojans 2014 roster, only four players are seniors – Ricky Chavez (fullback), Fernando Nieto (fullback), Omar Jimenez (midfielder) and Oscar Galvan (fullback).
"I'm looking at development. That is more important than winning. Winning is secondary to me," Deshommes said. "Even though we want to win, if we can develop and play better than we did last year as a team – even if we do not win as many games as we did last year, I will be happy. We are on the right track as far as passing better, playing better and
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"Last year, it was only the second or third ball to get there. This year, we are not going to play like that," he said. "We want to pass the ball eight times. That is why (during practice) I was screaming 'switch,' so we could find a weak side to keep possession."
Developing communication is another point of emphasis for the Trojans. Throughout team drills players such as striker Preston Walker would call for the ball – not just for open shots on goal, but to open up potential passing lanes that lead to scoring opportunities. On defense, Miguel Jimenez would talk his defenders through how to better position themselves.
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Hey Phil,
I just got back from your clinic at Drumtech, London. It was one of the best live performances I have ever seen. I have always been interested in Afro-cuban stuff, but have never really tried learning it on the drumset. After that performance I think I am going to start very soon though.
Could you tell me some Voodoo dance-type music that you were talking about in the clinic, to get me started with this kinda stuff?? There was this one particular section in one of the tracks you were playing along to which was somewhere in between a 2 and a 3 feel (2 and 3 is the same, right? :p) which I found very interesting, rhythmically. So I was just wondering what I should listen to to get started because there is a lot of stuff out there.
Hey bratha Karti'
Thank you for the kind words and I am very happy you enjoyed it.
There are many things you can listen to, to get your feet wet with this genre.
But the first i always recommend...is "Muñequitos de Matanza"
Google them and get everything you can find that they have done. Its really a beautiful way to start and so much fun!!
If you can remind me of which track you mean. The one with the super stretchy feel?
If it was a play along track it could have been "Doin the Duhs" From my book..."Working the Inner Clock"
If not write me back and let me know.
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Proxy Theatre Co. kicks off its second season this week with "End Days." Playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer's dark comedy revolves around a family in turmoil: Mom Sylvia (Lisa Valle, left) has become so devoted to her newfound Christianity that she pays little attention to anything other than Jesus; dad Arthur hasn't managed to change out of his pajamas since 9/11; and daughter Rachel has gone goth in response, though that doesn't stop the new kid in town from falling for her. More bad news: The end of the world may just be a few days away. The play is directed by Proxy co-founder and artistic director Aaron Aguilar.
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October 29, 2013 - Harry Eagar
They say laughter is the best medicine, and after the latest rightwing attack on Obamacare, we're all laughing so hard we'll never get sick again.
Since it is a journalistic disaster, I like all of it, but I think the best part is where the Rupert Murdoch-run Wall Street Journal mistook a dog for a horse:
"Also, the cover of a Maclean's magazine issue in 2008 showed a picture of a dog on an examining table with the headline 'Your Dog Can Get Better Health Care Than You.' An earlier version of this post incorrectly said the photo showed and headline referred to a horse."
That's some correction. (RtO particularly enjoyed this one because I once worked for an editor who had produced "The Wall Street Journal Book of Animal Stories." Really. He grew up in Iowa and probably could recognize a horse if he saw one, though I never tested him on that.)
But back to cases. The Journal, which even before Murdoch bought it was trying to be a real paper with sections on what to do on the weekend, even though it did not publish on weekends, has a section called Experts, where experts get to opine on their specialty (as opposed to the editorial page, where ideologues opine about everything, with comic results, although not as comic as what's coming next).
So, no domestic issue is more salient than Obamacare, which was so important the national government was shut down over it; and the Journal needed to get the very most expert expert there is to tell us all about it. So they got:
Yes, they did. (See photo of medical care expert)
With results you might expect. More corrections:
"An earlier version of this post contained a quotation attributed to Lenin ("Socialized medicine is the keystone to the arch of the socialist state") that has been widely disputed. And it included a quotation attributed to Churchill ("Control your citizens' health care and you control your citizens") that the Journal has been unable to confirm."
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I thought it was going to be a boring day in blogsville.
I thought I defragmented my computer but a few drecks remained. Time to deframent once more.
Dreck on burrico. Hee Haw.
Oct-29-13 6:09 PM
It's the ghost from the past. johnbarbaragault. Came back as a opinionated burrico.
Party on dudette. Seems you took time off but wiped out and heated out.
The tradewinds came back and blew the dreck out from Oahu back to Maui. Dreck on dreck. Time to get rid of the dreck the trades blew in. Can't wait for the raising cain and the burning of dreck. Black ashes and more dreck.. Go where no man has gone before. Star dreck. Dreck in and dreck out. johndreckgault, dreck talking.
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Hey dude, er Francis,you confuse your opinion as fact and as always dreck in and dreck out.
Party on dude.
Oct-29-13 4:31 PM
I'm curious.Which lines in this post would you have edited out as not factual?
Oct-29-13 2:46 PM
Hey dude, or should it be "Francis the talking mule", you have neither the sense or sensibilty to comment when you do not comprehend what you are talking about. Like everyone else your have the right to have an opinion, but you continue to make up your own facts. Be glad that your paper does not fact check your silly and misleading comments.
So Francis, take a few days off to ride a few tasty waves and chill out.
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Comrade or Con? Don't Let Military Connections Lower Your Defenses
What would you do if someone called you out of the blue and asked for $1,500? How about if you were asked to invest thousands of dollars in a speculative real estate deal? Or if a stranger offered to "straighten out your books" as a favor? At the very least, these situations should raise all sorts of red flags.
But what if the perpetrator were wearing a uniform—a uniform like yours? Would you be more willing to listen and trust what you hear? Social scientists say yes. Over the years, studies have shown that people respond positively to others who share similar traits or belong to the same social groups, which is why businesses often use "affinity marketing" to promote their goods and services. Con criminals know this, too—and it's called affinity fraud.
Affinity Fraud Targets Servicemembers
While fraudsters often target church congregations, immigrants or ethnic groups, military families are also vulnerable, especially if the fraudster is serving right beside you. From the first day of basic training, military culture instills esprit de corps and emphasizes trust. You are also likely to share a number of personal characteristics with others who serve with you—the same values, the same gender, the same age, the same haircut and the same pay grade, to name a few.
In one recent case, a Black Hawk helicopter pilot used bogus real estate investments to con fellow officers out of $125,000. The pilot was court-martialed and was sentenced to nine months in jail and dismissal from the military. In another incident, a Navy veteran was able to convince a Long Island American Legion post that he was a financial advisor and offered to help straighten out the post's finances. Instead, he embezzled more than $50,000. Ultimately he pleaded guilty to grand larceny in a county court. And in yet a third case, an Army Staff Sergeant has been charged with running a Ponzi scheme and stealing half a million dollars from nearly 100 fellow soldiers, many of whom he served with in Iraq. This soldier is currently awaiting trial.
In all three cases the common bond, relationship or "affinity" between the parties was military service. Many times, the victims of affinity fraud don't report the incident, hoping they can work it out within the social group. Other times, fraudsters recruit community leaders who become unwitting allies in the fraud and bring other members of the community into the scam. By the time the fraud is discovered, the con criminal often has moved on.
Common Tactics
A 2006 study funded by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation examined hundreds of undercover audiotapes of fraudsters pitching investment scams. The tapes revealed that fraudsters are masters of persuasion, tailoring their pitches to match the psychological profiles of their targets and bombarding them with a flurry of influence tactics, which can leave even the savviest person in a haze.
Some of the most common persuasion tactics used in investment fraud include:
- "Phantom Riches"—dangling the prospect of wealth, enticing you with something you want but can't have, such as risk-free, guaranteed returns.
- "Source Credibility"—trying to build credibility by claiming to be with a reputable firm or to have a special credential or experience—or leveraging common connections to gain trust.
- "Social Consensus"—leading you to believe that other savvy people are already participating or endorse the program, such as a commanding officer or your battle buddies.
- "Reciprocity"—offering to do a small favor for you in return for a bigger favor—for example, free meal seminars.
- "Scarcity"—creating a false sense of urgency by claiming limited supply or timeframe—"buy now" or "only one unit left.
Source credibility—also called "authority"—and social consensus appear often in cases of affinity fraud. But the fact that other servicemembers might have invested in a certain product or opportunity does not mean the investment is right for you. And, remember, credibility can be faked. In the cases above, for example, the helicopter pilot manufactured business documents, including phony statements and contracts, to make his scam look legitimate. And the veteran lied about being a financial professional.
If the persuasion tactics fraudsters use look familiar, it's because legitimate marketers use them, too. However, when we are not prepared to resist them, these tactics can work subliminally. Little wonder victims often say to regulators after they have been scammed, "I don't know what I was thinking" or "I was caught off guard."
Risk Factors
To better understand why some individuals are susceptible to investment fraud, in 2007 the FINRA Foundation funded additional research to identify investment fraud risk factors. Comparing a population of known investment fraud victims with the general population, the study found that victims tended to own high-risk investments that were not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. They appeared more open to pitches, with three times as many victims attending free investment seminars than the national sample. In addition, they were far more likely to rely primarily on advice from friends, family or co-workers when making investment decisions (70 percent of victims compared with one-third of the national sample).
Protect Yourself
Your first line of defense in resisting the persuasion tactics investment fraudsters commonly use is to understand them before you encounter them. You don't necessarily need to remember each by name—instead, focus on the emotions they trigger. You can practice identifying persuasion in action in your everyday life, especially when you see signs that say "while supplies last" or "limited time offer"—or when you hear "everyone is doing it."
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