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April 12, 2006
ALL IN THE FAMILY: WRITING FOR FAMILY HISTORY MAGAZINES By Erika Dreifus
Recently, I described a bit about my own freelance writing for genealogy and family history magazines. In this article, I'll expand the discussion: I'll explain how you can break into this market, too - and where you might do so.
In most cases, family history and genealogy magazine editors seek constructive, practicable information. Perusing the magazines, you'll see that this preference translates into articles that give readers pointers on many topics, from navigating one's way through immigration or naturalization documents, to investigating one's family history via church records, to a host of other possibilities. Articles addressing ways to use the Internet to conduct family history research are increasingly popular, too.
Emphasis on practical advice notwithstanding, there's still room for good old storytelling in these magazines. Often taking the form of short essays inspired by family historians' experiences and discoveries, these contributions typically appear in regular departments, such as Family Tree Magazine's "Everything's Relative" and Ancestry's "Bare Bones" sections. Reading a few back issues will give the flavor of these anecdotal essays, which are often characterized by humor and/or nostalgia.
Other personal experience pieces focus more closely on the nuts-and-bolts of individual research discoveries. These articles tend to be longer than the lighter essays, offering detailed case studies of successful research experiences that might assist other family historians.
For the writer who loves to immerse herself in research, to instruct, and to tell stories that truly keep the past alive, family history and genealogy publications offer a multitude of opportunities. Here are some of them:
GOOD OLD DAYS and GOOD OLD DAYS SPECIALS
Erika Dreifus is a Massachusetts-based writer whose family history articles have appeared in Ancestry, Family Chronicle, and Family Tree Magazine. Her genealogical research has also found its way into her short fiction on several occasions. Check out her free monthly newsletter, The Practicing Writer, at http://www.practicing-writer.com, and keep up with her Practicing Writing blog posts at http://practicing-writing.blogspot.com.
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Before I explain what I mean when I say the "mobile web is app free", lets continue with yesterday's conversation on Near Field Communication.
Jim Balsillie the co-CEO from Research In Motion confirmed at the Mobile World Congress that the majority of new BlackBerry devices this year will include near-field communication.
"Many if not most of BlackBerry devices throughout the year will have NFC in them," Balsillie said during a presentation here at Mobile World Congress.
Near-field communications is a short-range wireless protocol that requires an embedded chip and a separate reader-writer, which can program or read the contents of the chip. NFC has been used in wireless payment plans, and AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile last year teamed with Discover to offer ISIS, an NFC-based mobile payment technology.
It looks (and sounds) like NFC is right around the corner.
But is it?
What About The 'Here And Now'?
Let's go back to a statement that Jim made a few months ago in November 2010.
"you don't need an app for the web"
Consider this (source: Offline Mobile Media Done Right).
1) Apps stand in the way of users accessing content as swiftly as possible.
2) The longer it takes to reach the desired destination, the more frustrated a person becomes, especially in a mobile space.
I don't know about you, but I find it a PITA to go through an app …
For example, I have the Facebook app. Everytime I follow a link to an external site, it takes forever to get to that site. Not good.
Getting back to "you don't need an app for the web" and "mobile web is app free".
What if instead of going through an app to get something, I could … oh, I don't know – how about scan a QR code to go to my favorite news site directly?
This means anyone can develop the technology and advance it beyond what we've already seen. It has been said countless times that because QR Codes bridge the gap between the offline and online worlds, the possibilties are limitless.
QR Codes can be printed on anything, and as we've seen, have added a digital aspect to promotional products, allowing them to become vehicles of media.
I encourage you to check out the article for more details.
I'm Not Completely Against Apps
Consider these productivity apps for mobile WordPress users for the Android, Blackberry, and iPhone.
For the Android:
We're pleased to announce that WordPress for Android is now available in the Android Market. The initial release has focused on giving you the ability to manage your blog while on the go.
Features include the ability to:
- Configure and manage multiple blogs
- Comment moderation including the ability to reply to comments
- Create and Edit Posts including categories, tags and photos
- Create and Edit Pages
- Get notified of new comments in the Android notification bar
Very happy to announce that the Open Source WordPress for BlackBerry app has wrapped up the beta phase, and version 1.0 is now available. Thank-you to the tens of thousands of beta users who have provided invaluable feedback and feature enhancement ideas these past few months.
We submitted this version to the BlackBerry App World and that's been approved and is now ready for download.
So what's new in version 1.0:
- Ability to record and upload videos from your phone. We now support both 3gp and 3g2 formats on older generation BlackBerry devices.
- Introducing support for the HD video service VideoPress.
- Streamlined UI and functionality relating to comment moderation
- Overall enhancements to the speed and stability of the app
And the MePhone:
Just got word that version 2.2 has been approved and is now in the App Store.
I'm very excited about this new version which is focused on improved comment moderation including:
- Reply to Comments
- Edit Comments
- Highlighting the new items in the comment list
There you go, knock yourself out.
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July 28, 2015
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (AP) - The wife of a Bartlesville man who
disappeared for almost seven years before turning up last week alive in South Dakota has filed for divorce, accusing her husband of "extreme cruelty."
On Monday, Peggy Rockey filed a petition for divorce against David Rockey, her husband of 32 years, according to a petition filed in Washington County District Court.
She is also seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent her husband from taking life insurance funds or the mortgage to their home.
Peggy Rockey did not immediately return a call to her home seeking comment Tuesday.
David Rockey, a former Phillips Petroleum Company employee, disappeared in August 2002, and some thought he was a homicide victim.
Rockey spoke with Bartlesville police last week after authorities in South Dakota notified Bartlesville police after he applied for a driver's license.
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College of Charleston delved into its history for its new athletics logo, unveiled today, as the Cougars enter their first season in a new conference, the Colonial Athletic Association.
The logo features a simple block 'C' in the school colors of maroon and gold and comes in alternate versions that include the words "Charleston", "The College," and "Cougars".
"Our new athletics logo gives us an opportunity to build on our brand identity on a local, regional and national level," said athletics director Joe Hull. "When our coaches and student-athletes step onto a playing field or into a gym, we need an identifiable mark that sets us apart and sends a strong message that, 'We Are Charleston.' We believe the new logo system accomplishes this, especially in recruiting and identifying ourselves with potential student-athletes."
A statement said the logo, designed in collaboration with local firm Gil Shuler Graphic Design, is the result of an eight-month process with input from alumni, students, faculty and staff and the coaches of 21 varsity teams.
"The new logo conveys the College's history and traditions while also providing us with a distinguishable identity among the other academically elite schools of the Colonial," said school president P. George Benson.
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I know exactly what you are going through. Our Max was a 25 weeker, with Chronic Lung Disease. He was on oxygen until 9 months old. Anyway, he came home in May 03. We made it very clear that we didn't want visitors and we wouldn't be bringing max to anything for quite a while. Then, when RSV season hit, same thing. I stayed home with him. Now this summer, I have eased up a bit, and have tried to participate in some mom's group activities, but honestly, I am not comfortable. The babies crawl all over eachother and put eachother's toys in their mouths. I kept Max away from all of this. I realized that I am just not ready to deal with people I don't know well. Especially since some parents take their sick kids every where. So, I have two friends with kids and have decided I will take Max around them, because their mom's will tell me if they think their children are sick.
As for people's comments, I am strong headed, so if anyone dared to say anything to me, I would lecture them to no end. But most of my friends have been really good, at least to my face. A few don't understand, but that is their short coming and we have distanced ourselves from them, because they have a hard time respecting what we feel is best for our child. After all, they are our children. And what we say goes. You have to do what your comfortable with.
On that note, I used to think everybody thought I was paranoid. But I think most friends just accepted it because if they were in my shoes they would probably be too. But then I realized, I wasn't paranoid, just proactive. By taking important steps to protect my child's health, I didn't have to worry about him getting sick. And in 18 months he has only had roseola, which he caught at the docs office. We do take Max out, but we don't let him touch things we think have germs (e.g. door knobs, high chairs, table tops, etc. etc.) And we always use Purell. Whether that has been a direct result of his good health or he really does just have a good immune system, we will never know. But it has been 100% worth it. (Although I am sad sometimes I missed out on mommy and me groups, but I look at Max and I am over it)
So keep up the good work. And when people say something, just tell yourself it isn't worth it to worry, because they are not you. And them being judgemental just shows they have their own insecurities.
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Off-Shoring. The hidden costs of company relocation
Off-Shoring. The hidden costs of company relocation
Danny Pająk, Prof. Dr. Albrecht Söllner
Projektart: Lehrstuhlprojekt
Finanzierung: Eigenfinanzierung EUV
Projektbeginn: 01.10.2009
Projektbeschreibung in englisch:
Relocation - the outsourcing to a non-affiliated company - and off-shoring - the cross-border relocation within the company – now represent standard strategies of firms trying to reduce costs and to stay competitive. Some authors have called outsourcing and at the same time trying to create value through innovation the "business model of the 21st century" (Westland 2008). Although the primary objective to reduce costs through relocation is often achieved, negative side-effects go hand in hand with outsourcing. But whereas "the act of eliminating employees by permanent layoffs, cutbacks, attrition, early retirement and termination" (Gandolfi, 2006: 73), have received much attention in the political and economic debate, little research has been carried out to identify the 'hidden' consequences of relocations for the firm itself. We assume that there are 'hidden costs' of company relocations due to a breach of the implicit psychological work contract.
More formally our research question is: What are the consequences of relocation and off-shoring on the working of hierarchy as a governance-mechanism?
Monographie; Pajak, Danny; 2006
Konfliktfeld Offshoring - Auswirkungen von Standortentscheidungen auf Mitarbeiter in multinationalen Unternehmen
Verlag: Vdm Verlag Dr. Müller
Monographie; Söllner, Albrecht; 2008
Einführung in das Internationale Management. Eine institutionenökonomische Perspektive
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One of the reasons that the NOTP was doing so bad - it failed to report the news - to keep people informed - such as Failing to report on the embezzlement schemes - from the State court registry in Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans - when a clerk was caught embezzling over $420,000.00 - Four Hundred and Twenty Thousand - in just TWO withdrawals.
The NOTP failed to report on it - any lay observer can rightly assume - because the NOTP and the District Attorney's office had endorsed Dale Atkins as the Clerk of Court - for District Attorney.
Gambit reported on it - in their Bricks and Bouquets segment - when Gambit gave a "Brick" - to the NOTP for failing to report on the $420,000.00 embezzlement scheme - through Dale Atkins office as the Clerk of Court.
Seems like more than one person had to be involved to get that substantial amount of money out of the State court registry - through a $420,000.00 embezzlement scheme = what corrupt attorney filed a Bogus document - to appear as legitimate judicial processing, what section of court was involved - was it signed by a judge or rubber-stamped by unidentified court employees - to assist in these endeavors - since corrupt judges in CDC playing with money held in the State court registry - as a Free Cash Resourvoir has been going on for DECADES.
Dale Atkins as the Clerk of Coourt - has to sign off on all of it - for money to be withdrawn/removed from the State Court registry.
And I am sure, any bank cashing those checks from money held in the State court registry - would verify it - whether it was an embezzlement scheme or not.
We still never found out what happened w the clerk and the $420,000.00 - what he did with it - did he have to return it - and who was involved in this cover-up.
This was another matter that was swept under the rug.
New Orleans is held hostage - by the ding-dong dynasties - since corruption is inbred.
We need NEW Blood in office - not something that looks like Tyler Perry's characters in drag.
wow - St. Bernard Parish is gong to have a Recall election for Parish President?
What can ya'll expect from the political machine who helped him get into office - through a GLITCH at City Hall - failing to inform "early" voters - and absentee voters - that they had used the "wrong" ballot - when casting their votes - for the election -
that had taken place during Mardi Gras season - and half the City of New Orleans had left town - for Miami to attend the Super Bowl with the Saints.
My question is - "how" does someone get the "wrong" ballot - at City Hall - to cast their vote?
And why didn't the media, every news station - NOTP et al - continuously report - the "mistake" - so that voters would have become aware - PRIOR to the night of the election - that their votes did NOT count?
New Orleans has the reputation for being the #2 Most Corrupt City in The USA; Chicago is #1.
the liberal loons are going crazy - because currency manipulator George Soros has competition - as a philanthropist.
It was mentioned by the Obama campaign - a long time ago. He does not want to mention it NOW - because he is not getting the donations that he expected - since the Obama Myth imploded.
From my friend GotGrit:
Obama sought the endorsement of Marxist Third Party - in 1996 = "The New Party".
Obama Sought Endorsement of Marxist Third Party in 1996
By Warner Todd Huston Posted in 2008
Here is some interesting as well as character confirming info about one of Barack Obama's former runs for office. Apparently, Obama actively sought and received the stamp of approval of a Marxist third party that operated briefly in Chicago between 1992 and 1998. The group was called the "New Party" and was started in 1992 by Daniel Cantor (a former staffer for Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign) and Joel Rogers (a sociology and law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison).
The New Party was a Marxist political coalition whose objective was to endorse and elect leftist public officials -- most often Democrats. The New Party's short-term objective was to move the Democratic Party leftward, thereby setting the stage for the eventual rise of new Marxist third party.
Most New Party members hailed from the Democratic Socialists of America and the militant organization ACORN. The party's Chicago chapter also included a large contingent from the Committees of Correspondence, a Marxist coalition of former Maoists, Trotskyists, and Communist Party USA members.
The New Party's modus operandi included the political strategy of "electoral fusion," where it would nominate, for various political offices, candidates from other parties (usually Democrats), thereby enabling each of those candidates to occupy more than one ballot line in the voting booth. By so doing, the New Party often was able to influence candidates' platforms.
In 1997 the New Party's influence declined precipitously after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that "electoral fusion" was not protected by the First Amendment's freedom of association clause.
By 1998 the party was essentially defunct.
Daniel Canto and other key party members went on to establish a new organization with similar ideals, The Working Families Party of New York.
In 2012, Democrat leaders in Troy, New York pled guilty to Vote Fraud - when making use of forged and fraudulent absentee ballot votes from ACORN's Working Families Party - for the 2008 presidential election.
These scheming activities occurred with a Troy Housing Authority employee - providing the names of former tenants who had vacated their apartments in the housing projects. This method of Vote Fraud was suspected of being used in every city, in every state - across the nation - for the 2008 presidential election.
There are only Two people in World History - who had their own symbols =
HITLER and Obama.
You are correct in yr thinking, stryker! Obama attacking his supporters.
The Obama campaign had no problem - using Obama's image - w the image of Abraham Lincoln and Rev. Martin Luther King - without permission - leading into the 2008 presidential election.
The Obama campaign refused to stop using the image of Rev. Martin Luther King - even after the Obama campaign was placed on notice of being headed toward a lawsuit - for unauthorized use.
Sort of crazy - w Democrat Obama comparing himself to two of our LEGENDARY icons of History = (Republicans) Abraham Lincoln and Rev. Martin Luther King - before the 2008 presidential election.
Now we know that Obama's presidency is worse than Jimmy Carter's.
What are you talking about?
Obama stole it from the symbol for Marxism!
The citizens of New Orleans had a problem with ENTERGY - after Hurricane Katrina - demanding Hundreds of Millions of our Recovery Grant money -
when Entergy is a Utility company- offering stock ownership to the public.
Damages to Entergy - and its equipment - should have been the problem of its stockholders - and Entergy's Insurance Company.
Entergy acquiring Hundreds of Millions of the Recovery Money intended for the City of New Orleans - was a "Bail-out" for its stockholders.
But say hey - when you have criminals on the bench - cherry-picking cases for their courts or placing unlawful pressure on judges who have cases that other judges envy - then anything goes!
And after all, Entergy was holding electricity Hostage - after Katrina = either go the way that Entergy wanted or no electricity for New Orleans.
the UNIONS have caused problems for teachers - when inciting "cheating parties" - across the nation.
Tricking-out the system - to pass failing students - was/is - not the right thing to do.
Teachers UNIONS blew it - when the nationwide "Cheating Parties" SCANDAL - became known.
Teachers were having "cheating parties" - across the nation - to change test scores - for failing students and schools.
Some of these "teachers" received Cash rewards - for "Performance" -
although the "performance" did not occur in the classroom - but at the "cheating parties"!
Having a merit-based school system for teachers - is no different than having a merit-based education system for students.
So what is the friggin' problem?
We do not have to stand for ANY of it!
An investigation into Bajoie and her relatives should be investigated and/or prosecuted for assisting the Jefferson family - padding the expenses, funneling money off the non-profits that they owned - especially when the Jefferson Family was indicted over it - and giving PRISON time.
You cannot have a "conspiracy to commit fraud" - without having players.
It appears Bajoie herself was involved in getting "EARMARKS" = Free Money - for the non-profits owned and operated by the Jefferson family - during the time the non-profits and members of The Jefferson Family were BANNED from soliciting and acquiring Grant money - for FAILING to file financial reports.
Gives the appearance - to any lay observer - the Jeffersons were providing Bajoie's relatives with "salaries" = payroll checks - were padding the expenses of their non-profits - without Bajoie's relatives "working"/performing any service for the non-profit oganizations - that could give the distinct impression that KICKBACKS were being made.
But that is for investigators to determine, indict and prosecute.
God Bless America - and God Bless our American Troops!
A reminder from our friend "7snixy" - June 06, 2012 at 10:26PM
Bajoie, a former standard-bearer of the SOUL political organization, was among those the Jeffersons leaned on to secure state earmarks for their nonprofit groups, witnesses said.
Bajoie, who has not been charged with a crime, was a state representative for the 91st House District from 1976 to 1991, immediately preceding Gill Pratt, and as a state senator from 1991 through 2006 after Bill Jefferson left the state Legislature for Congress. Her turf was in the Progressive Democrats' Central City stronghold.
Prosecutors asked witness Ezra Jones, who was director of a Jefferson-controlled charity called Orleans Metropolitan Housing, whether there were relatives of Bajoie "receiving checks" from the nonprofit group.
"Yes," he replied.
"Did you hire them?" Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Friel asked.
"I did not," he said.
Jones then testified that he approached Mose Jefferson at some point about firing the unnamed relatives of Bajoie, but "he said it didn't work that way."
From our friend: "7snixy" June 06, 2012 at 10:26PM
Bajoie, a former standard-bearer of the SOUL political organization, was among those the Jeffersons leaned on to secure state earmarks for their nonprofit groups, witnesses said.
Bajoie, who has not been charged with a crime, was a state representative for the 91st House District from 1976 to 1991, immediately preceding Gill Pratt, and as a state senator from 1991 through 2006 after Bill Jefferson left the state Legislature for Congress. Her turf was in the Progressive Democrats' Central City stronghold.
Prosecutors asked witness Ezra Jones, who was director of a Jefferson-controlled charity called Orleans Metropolitan Housing, whether there were relatives of Bajoie "receiving checks" from the nonprofit group.
"Yes," he replied.
"Did you hire them?" Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Friel asked.
"I did not," he said.
Jones then testified that he approached Mose Jefferson at some point about firing the unnamed relatives of Bajoie, but "he said it didn't work that way."
we are all supposed to ignore the fact = Cynthia Hedge-Morrell's substantial "gas" receipts indicated she was living outside of her district - and was not "eligible" to be placed on the election ballot - for re-election as a New Orleans City Council member.
Her house/residence in her district was boarded-up at that time = nobody home in New Orleans.
Has she been ILLEGALLY occupying a seat on the New Orleans City Council?
sort of weird that Cynthia Hedge-Morell would pull a stunt = runaway - to affect the quorum - and the vote to place Mr. George as interim Council member -
and Cynthia Hedge-Morell not expect her issues of "ineligibility" to be brought up.
What does Cynthia Hedge-Morell - think about Bajoie being appointed by the Mayor - whose relatives were involved in the Gill-Pratt scandal - and are unindicted co-conspirators - who were funneling money off the non-profit organizations owned and operated by the Jeffersons?
Or, was that the entire purpose - of Cynthia Hedge-Morell - to run out the deadline for the vote - for Stacy Head's "interim" appointment -
for Cynthia Hedge-Morell to get Bajoie in as interim city council member.
Does appear as a hostile takeover of the New Orleans City Council.
Maybe the US attorney's Office should move on Bajoie's relatives being on the padded payroll in the Gill-Pratt racketeering and corruption scandal -
and leave no rock unturned.
Was Bajoie responsible for providing the Jefferson family with Earmarks - for their non-profits - when they were BANNED - from soliciting and/or acquiring Grant Money - for their non-profits failing to file financial reports for Years?
Obedience to Tyrannts, is Disobedience to God = Benjamin Franklin.
also when will there be an "investigation" into how Cynthia Hedge-Morrell - was able to acquire an official NOPD SUV - that she acquired for her own personal use and repeatedly abused when using its flashing blue lights - as a menace to society - being repeatedly reported by drivers on the interstate that she was placing in jeopardy - with her driving skills?
Who orchestrated that Cynthia Hedge-Morell not be held accountable for being stopped by law enforcement authorities - in "one" incident - for speeding down the highway - using her influence as a New Orleans City Council woman - to escape justice for her criminal behavior - and continued to have use of the official NOPD SUV - using its flashing blue lights - until CITIZENS videotaped her erratic driving and reported it to the media that acquired audio tapes of the 911 calls from concerned Citizens - who reported her erratic driving in an official NOPD SUV as a routine event going unattended?
These are the types of career politicians - who would resort to making PERSONAL use of the emergency gasoline reserves for the NOPD, Fire Department, Public School buses -
to deplete the EMERGENCY reserves = FREE GASOLINE for Corruptocrats -
that would result in having little or NOTHING available for the Hurricane Disaster of Hurricane Katrina - although 5,000 gallons was to be in emergency reserve for EACH entity.
Fantastic information, 7snixy! Keep up the good work!
"Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker beat back a recall challenge Tuesday, winning both the right to finish his term and a voter endorsement of his strategy to curb state spending, which included the explosive measure that eliminated union rights for most public workers."
MORE than a "mischaracterization" = "....explosive measure that eliminated union rights for most public workers"!
Republican Governor Scott Walker gave RIGHTS to public workers - of whether to remain unionized or not!
Public workers are given the RIGHT to VOTE each year - to remain unionized or not - that requires UNIONS to be re-certified EACH Year.
As a State Budget cut - to save on accounting costs, the State of Wisconsin will no longer withdraw union dues from the paychecks of public workers as union members.
This gives the public workers as union members the RIGHT to CHOOSE - whether to pay union dues or not. Public workers can "choose" to spend the extra money in their paychecks on their family - or to support the lifestyles of Union Bosses.
Unions are placed in position to collect their own union dues - and to absorb the accounting costs.
Unions proceeded with the Recall election - out of MALICE - because UNIONS failed to elect a Democrat as Governor who would protect their "sweetheart deals" acquired through democrats as Governors -in the Circle Jerk of Corruption for campaign contributions - that forced all taxpayers to pay the costs of these closed door meetings and back door deals.
The Recall election cost the taxpayers of Wisconsin TENS of MILLIONS more in tax dollars - to stage a losing proposition - when the people of Wisconsin had already "voted" in a Republican as Governor of Wisconsin - at the time of the 2010 midterm elections.
The people of Wisconsin as voters want to break the stranglehold that Unions have on public workers - to be forced to join a union - to get or keep a job.
The world was able to view how UNIONS operate - on behalf of the democratic party - in Wisconsin - when FOURTEEN democrat State lawmakers ran away over State lines - to Illinois - to obstruct the quorum needed to take a vote on legislation that was already written - prior to the 2010 miderm elections.
"The world also viewed the corrupt machinations with Unions conspiring with "teachers" to LIE and call in SICK - to close down the schools - to make use of school children as PAWNS to attend a union protests - removing other people's children from school, transporting them - to the union protest - without the knowledge or consent of their parents = KIDNAPPING.
So, why wouldn't Republican Scott Walker beat the recall - especially since his REFORMS have worked so effectively -
that the runaway democrat lawmakers are now trying to take credit for it - "pretending" they were in agreement all along - as the democratic party's re-election strategy for cowards.


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That's right! You heard it here first! Paul the psychic octopus landed a 3 million dollar movie deal this week with MGM and Columbia Pictures.
Paul's claim to fame came at this years World Cup where he successfully predicted the winner of the WC and going eight for eight in other WC predictions.
But now, the mollusk has gone Hollywood! Paul agreed to play the villain in the next James Bond movie.
Well, not the villain, but rather the villians pet that makes most of the decision for the, not yet named, foe. Think of him as the Two-Face (Harvey Dent) character from the Batman franchise who flips a coin as a way of solving his indecisive problem.
This is not the first time a pet has been used in a James Bond flick. Dr. No, Bonds first villain, had a pet cat.
A unidentified source from the studio leaked information that the movie will be an entire revamp of the 1983 thriller, Octopussy with Roger Moore as Bond. Haha, Octopussy.
In this installment, the antagonist is an international gambler who bets on fixed games. The foe is at one point walking the Las Vegas strip with Charles Barkley and discussing a debt the form NBA player owes.
As for Paul's roll. When the Big Boss is presented a problem; for example: a man tries to cheat him. The boss tosses in two containers with clams inside for Paul to choose from. One case may has a gun draw on it, the other a sword. Which ever one Paul chooses, that weapon will be used on the hornswoggler.
There is also some talk that the movie will take place at the same time as the World Cup, so this makes for a interesting speculation on WC results this year. As for my opinion, looks like Tinsel Town is running out of idea.


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Full detailed profile on Burgess Jenkins playing Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless Daytime Soap Opera.
Burgess Jenkins
Birthday: October 24 1973
Burgess Jenkins was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on October 24, 1973. He is an actor and producer who also teaches the Meisner Method, in which he is trained. Jenkins studied for four years at the Playhouse West in Los Angeles under the instruction of Robert Carnegie and Jeff Goldblum.
Early in Jenkins' career he had a role on "Dawson's Creek," however he became best known for "Remember The Titans." Later, he did stints on "One Tree Hill," "Nashville," and "Army Wives," before landing the recast role of Billy Abbott on "The Young and the Restless."
Burgess Jenkins is married to Ashlee Payne and they have one child together.
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The Young and the Restless - Billy Abbott (June 24 2014 - present)
Army Wives - Eddie (2009 - 2013)
Nashville - Randy (2012)
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Teacher Hit Pupil 53 Times "For Eating Sweets on Bus"
A teacher who hit one of his pupils 53 times in the face for eating sweets on a school trip, injuring his neck and requiring weeks of recovery, has had his pay reduced 10% for 6 months.
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m-topbrunjointmtg-013009 Topsham, Brunswick officials plan cost-saving meeting
TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen and Brunswick Town Council plan to meet at the Topsham Municipal Building at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, to discuss cost-saving ideas.
The two bodies may also be sharing more than ideas. The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Jan. 22 to instruct Town Manager Jim Ashe and his staff to establish lease agreement language with their Brunswick counterparts concerning Topsham renting meeting space to Brunswick. The language must go before the Board of Selectmen for review.
Ashe said Brunswick is looking for space with broadcasting capability for its council and Planning Board to meet, possibly through Labor Day. Topsham fits the bill, and he said the town is looking at charging Brunswick a maximum of $1,000 to rent the space.
Brunswick must move out of its current meeting space, at the town's old high school, by March 6 because the building is being torn down.
Brunswick cable TV personnel would use Topsham's equipment as the two towns work around each other's meetings.
"The reality is, would this be an inconvenience to us?," Ashe told the Board of Selectmen. "Yes, of course it is. ... Is that inconvenience worth not being a good neighbor?"
Ashe added that the arrangement would supply Topsham with added revenue at a crucial time.
"I just think there's nothing wrong, and everything right, in trying to be a good neighbor," Selectman Michelle Derr. "We might want a good neighbor someday."


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Award-winning author to speak at Marshall
HUNTINGTON -- The Amicus Curiae Lecture Series, sponsored by the Simon Perry Center for Constitutional Democracy at Marshall University, will resume on Tuesday, Feb. 4, when it welcomes Dr. Brian R. Dirck, award-winning author of several books about Abraham Lincoln, and Professor of History at Anderson University.
The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in the Marshall University Foundation Hall, home of the Erickson Alumni Center, and is free and open to the public. The series is supported by a grant from the West Virginia Humanities Council.
Dirck is the author of four well-regarded books about Lincoln: Lincoln and Davis: Imagining America, 1809-1865; Lincoln the Lawyer, which won the Benjamin Barondess Award from the New York Civil War Roundtable for the best book published on Lincoln in 2007; Lincoln and the Constitution; and Lincoln and White America. He also edited and contributed to a collection of essays entitled Lincoln Emancipated: The President and the Politics of Race.
Dirck's lecture, "Abraham Lincoln and Constitutional Optimism," will focus on the challenges Lincoln faced as he struggled to fight the Civil War within the boundaries created by the U.S. Constitution and how he found ways to use the Constitution as a source of power and inspiration, rather than difficulty and restriction. Dirck also will discuss Lincoln's behavior as providing lessons for the ways we view the Constitution and government power in our time.
"In the month in which we celebrate President Lincoln's birthday, it is fitting that we should focus on his struggles and accomplishments," said Patricia Proctor, director of the Simon Perry Center for Constitutional Democracy. "We are fortunate to have such a knowledgeable speaker to discuss the fascinating issue of Lincoln's relationship with the U.S. Constitution during the Civil War."
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I'm experiencing some perculiar problems using the nVidia X drivers under FreeBSD.
I'm using this setup:
AMD Duron 700Mhz
Apollo KT133A chipset
either nVidia GeForce2 400MX or GeForce Ti4200
FreeBSD 4.8
XFree86 4.3.0 (self-compiled, don't know if it matters)
nVidia drivers for FreeBSD version 1.0-4365 (also self-compiled)
I manually disabled MTRRs in the kernel (in /sys/i386/i386/i686_mem.c) , XFree86 (config/cf/FreeBSD.def and host.def) and added the 'Option "NoMTRR"' line to the Screen section in /etc/X11/XF86Config (shouldn't make a difference as I disabled MTRRs at compiletime).
sysctl -a revealed the gart driver (either FreeBSD or nVidia) was never enabled (througout all my tests and configurations, also has to do with problems with MTRRs, I read).
The X server starts and works great, until I run OpenGL programs. The system would just hang and reboot. After trying lots of different combinations in the BIOS and enabling/diabling MTRRs in all parts (X, kernel) no progress was made.
My testprogram is glxinfo, and I "stresstest" my configuration by running it multiple times. Sometime this evening I saw a simple pattern:
* when logged in as root on the console and having started X with startx, I had no problem running glxinfo tens of times after each other
* when logged in as non-root on the console and having started X with startx, glxinfo would crash after just 3 to 4 times of running it. Running it yet again, would hang and crash the system most of the time.
My X environments in root and non-root were equal, no .xsession so X starts with a single window without windowmanager.
Has anyone seen this before and/or has a solution?
I can provide a coredump of glxinfo if nessecary, but haven't tried to receive the kernel dumpmessages on my serial port.
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- [Druid] Nurturing Instinct now increases healing done to you by 10/20% while in Cat form (not affected by AP), in addition to increasing healing done by you by 50/100% of your Agi. [reworded for clarity]
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Brent Musburger, ONE HOT WOMAN and A BOGUS Apology From the Folks at ESPN/Disney – Brian Kelly to the Philadelphia Eagles? – Good Luck to You Brian Kelly and Save Your Money! – Chip Kelly Stays At Oregon and the Useless and Pitiful Lives of Oregon Boosters
ESPN issued an apology for what Brent Musburger said during the Alabama – Notre Dame game about ONE HOT WOMAN?
All we can say to the Wacko Liberal Nuts, the Politically-Correct Police and the Candy Ass Pussies that are trying to Complete Pussify America is that if you really do believe that ESPN or Brent Musburger should have apologized about this….
…then you really are a Sorry Excuse for an American and you need to…
All Brent Musburger did was point out that Alabama QB A J McCarron had a beautiful girlfriend and that if a healthy, red-blooded American male wants to have a beautiful girlfriend as well when he grows up that being the quarterback at the University of Alabama would be a good spot to be which is almost like Brent Musburger saying that…
The Sun Comes Up in the East Every Morning!
Unfortunately there are lots of Very Sorry Excuses for Americans that live their lives in a Politically-Correct Fantasy World where even the slightest thing that is said off-key…..
In their Confused, Dazes and Wacked-Out Minds
….that doesn't sound right and how Politically-Correct Candy Ass Pussies should talk is something to be criticized and to those Very Sorry Excuses for Americans (including the executives at ESPN and Disney that issued their Bogus apology) we can only say….
Why do you want to destroy the American Republic?
We here at Coaches Hot Seat are going to give everyone a "Cliff Notes" history lesson on the Roman Empire and more specifically on English historian Edward Gibbon's six volume…
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
….which was first published in 1776 which of course was a treatise on why and how the Roman Empire fell at the end of its 500 year reign which lasted from 27 BC to 476 AD.
From the Wikipedia webpage on Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire:
"According to Gibbon, the Roman Empire succumbed to barbarian invasions in large part due to the gradual loss of civic virtue among its citizens. They had become weak, outsourcing their duties to defend their Empire to barbarian mercenaries, who then became so numerous and ingrained that they were able to take over the Empire. Romans, he believed, had become effeminate, unwilling to live a tougher, "manly" military lifestyle."
Coaches Hot Seat Translation: The Roman Empire fell because the Romans became a bunch of…
Politically-Correct Candy Ass Pussies
Guess what?
All of the Very Sorry Excuses for American Citizens that were calling for or making apologies for what Brent Musburger said about A J McCarron's very attractive girlfriend are…
Politically-Correct Candy Ass Pussies
…and it is YOU that are destroying the American Republic along with the…
…otherwise known as the "Elected and Appointed Leaders" of the United States of America in both political parties in Washington DC!
YES, we at Coaches Hot Seat are proud to join Brent Musburger in saying….
A J McCarron is dating ONE HOT WOMAN in Katherine Webb…
….and luckily we here at Coaches Hot Seat are very fortunate to be married to secure and confident women that can see a HOT WOMAN for what she is (and Katherine Webb is ONE HOT WOMAN!) and fully understand why a man like Brent Musburger or any healthy, red-blooded American male would look at Katherine Webb and say something like….
Memo to Brent Musburger: Just keep being Brent Musburger and if those execs at the Mothership give you a hard time just drop us a note and next time we are in Los Angeles we will take a trip out to the Mouse House in Burbank and see if we can kick some of the Politically-Correct BS out of the Disney Corporation that for some reason has lost its sense of humor the last few years in its never-ending quest to "monetize" anything and everything in sight while at the same time going overboard to make sure that NO ONE is offended including in this case the very tiny turtleneck, cardigan sweater and plaid-sports coast with patches on the elbows crowd in New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC and on university campuses across America which is pretty much Ground Zero for the….
Politically-Correct Candy Ass Pussies
…that are now destroying the American Republic!
Bravo to Brent Musburger and keep those shots of HOT WOMAN during ESPN/ABC football telecasts coming!
Notre Dame Head Coach Brian Kelly to the Philadelphia Eagles?
That was quite a report that Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter of ESPN had on Wednesday night that said…
Brian Kelly interviews with the Philadelphia Eagles, ESPN
….which was a very shocking report as well because of the 124 Head Coaches in Division I-A (FBS) football Brian Kelly would be one of the last coaches that we in the position of an NFL owner of general manager would interview or hire from the college coaching ranks because Kelly would never be on any list we would draw up as a current college head football coach who would have the potential to be successful in the NFL.
Looking at the 124 I-A (FBS) Head Football Coaches at the current….
….we here at Coaches Hot Seat only count…
18 College Head Coaches
….that would be Very Good or Great Head Coaches in the NFL and Brian Kelly is NOT among those 18 current College Head Coaches.
Hell, if Brian Kelly is STUPID enough to think that coaching the Philadelphia Eagles is a better job than being the Head Football Coach at Notre Dame then Irish AD Jack Swarbrick should wish Brian Kelly GOOD LUCK and send him on his way because we know there are 4 or 5 very good football coaches that would walk to South Bend for the Notre Dame job right now and would be there before Brian Kelly could even get his office cleared out!
Of course, this just could be another Notre Dame head coach attempting to ROLL the Notre Dame administration as Charlie Weis ROLLED Notre Dame many years ago (in our opinion) after only ONE successful year and if Brian Kelly is doing that then he doesn't deserve to be the head football coach at Notre Dame although Kelly does deserve to be among the Top 10 Highest Paid Head Coaches in Major College Football and checking the Coaches Hot Seat…
Salaries and Contracts webpage
…by our estimation Brian Kelly is now the 23 rd Highest Paid Head Coach in the country and is in our opinion underpaid by about…
$1 Million Dollars A Year
Hey, if Brian Kelly takes the Philadelphia Eagles head coaching job we will wish Brian Kelly GOOD LUCK and we would recommend you…
SAVE YOUR MONEY Brian Kelly
….because in our opinion you are not suited for the NFL and will be fired by the Eagles and back in college coaching at a job a lot worse and Helluva lot less prestigious place than Notre Dame within 5 years.
Chip Kelly Returns to Coach the Oregon Ducks in 2013
Before Alabama destroyed Notre Dame on Monday night and proved again how Incredibly Stupid the current college football postseason is it was good on Chip Kelly checking out the opportunities now available to him in the NFL and there is probably a good chance that Kelly sees the same thing we see when sitting across from the vast majority of the….
NFL Owners
NFL General Managers
…in "the League" today and that is….
These Are Just Some Very Damn Stupid People!
Oh, what a surprise that Chip Kelly didn't take the Cleveland Browns or Philadelphia Eagles jobs…..NOT!
We wouldn't work for the owners of the Cleveland Browns or Philadelphia Eagles for…
….and no one should be under working under the illusion that because you can sell sodas for $1.59 at truck stops across America that cost you about .10 cents that you can turn around a floundering NFL football team just as someone that knows something about the oil business…
Think Jerry Jones
….would know ANYTHING AT ALL about the game of football and if there is a Poster Child for how…
Very Damn Stupid the Vast Majority of NFL Owners REALLY ARE
…look no further than Dallas Cowboys owners Jerry Jones who may indeed by the…
Stupidest Man Alive on Planet Earth Today!
Is it really possible that the Dallas Cowboys have NOT WON a Postseason Playoff Game since 1995?
And who has been in COMPLETE CHARGE of the Dallas Cowboys since 1995?
Yes, you guess right! Jerry Jones!
As for the current Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett we would not hire Jason Garrett to coach the Coaches Hot Seat flag-football team because it is our firm conviction that Jason would make the Coaches Hot Seat flag-football team…
…just by his presence on the sidelines just as Garrett has made the Dallas Cowboys…
….by him being the head coach the last three seasons when he put up a…
21 – 19 record
…while finishing THIRD in the NFC East for three consecutive seasons which of course leads to Jerry Jones wanting to keep Jason Garrett around for another season because Jerry Jones is one of the…
Stupidest Human Beings Alive on Planet Earth Today!
Oh, but that's not REALLY what drives Jerry Jones…in our opinion of course:
Jerry Jones LOVES to have his ass kissed EVEN MORE than he loves to see the Dallas Cowboys win football games and championships and in our opinion in Jason Garrett he has someone that will plant his Candy Ass Pussy Lips on Jerry Jones ass and if the Dallas Cowboys have to be destroyed in the process of Jerry Jones making sure he has a head coach of the Cowboys that will…
Kiss Jerry Jones Ass
…then the Dallas Cowboys football team will be destroyed and Jones will not lose a minute of sleep over it except when Jason Garrett wakes him up at night Kissing his ass all night long!
And you REALLY wonder why Chip Kelly decided to remain at Oregon?
The TRUTH: 75 Percent of the NFL Teams are run by….
Complete Morons
…that are lucky to get themselves dressed in the morning forget about knowing how to run a professional football team and with only 25 percent of "The League" being run by Sane and Rational Human Beings it is no surprise that every year (like this year) that some of the teams run by…
Complete Morons
….get into the postseason playoffs and even win a game or two BUT then again we have the case of Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys who have…
Oh, Jerry Jones you are an IDIOT!
Getting back to Chip Kelly staying at Oregon John Canzano of The Oregonian who had Kelly with his bags already packed a week ago now writes that Kelly will only leave the New England Patriots job…
Chip Kelly's NFL dance becomes clear as he returns to Oregon, John Canzano, The Oregon
….which is probably true because with Kelly being from New England if was offered the Patriots job that he would take it in about 5 seconds BUT we offer up another explanation for John on why Chip is coming back to Eugene for another season:
Chip Kelly has yet to sit across from the owner and general manager of an NFL team that…
Knows His Ass From the Side of a Barn
…and when Kelly does talk to someone in the NFL that knows Night from Day then he might just take that NFL head coaching job BUT not likely before and who can blame Chip Kelly for not wanting to work for…
Complete Morons?
We can't blame him!
Just to finish this NFL stuff up…
Memo to Jerry Jones
RE: Your Complete Stupidity
Jerry: You don't know your ass from the side of a barn and thus you should turn over the Dallas Cowboys to a competent general manager (not your boy who also in our opinion doesn't know his ass from the side of a barn and would be in West Texas right now shoveling shit with George W. Bush IF your boy's last name wasn't Jones!) and…
…and if that new GM has a clue the first thing he will do is..
FIRE Jason Garrett
…and hire a REAL football coach instead of a Candy Ass Pussy that….in our opinion of course….spends most of waking time on this Earth kissing YOUR ASS!
End of Memo to Jerry Jones
Does Jerry Jones give two rips what we or anyone else has to say about the pitiful state of the Dallas Cowboys?
NO, because Jerry Jones is an egomaniac that cares about only ONE THING:
Jerry Jones!
Going again back to Chip Kelly and Oregon in what has to be one of the most pitiful and absurd news articles we have read in years John Locanthi of Willamette Week wrote the following back in December:
Chip Kelly's Secret Offense, John Locanthi, Willamette Week
….which included the following on Kelly:
"The Oregon football coach brings money to the athletic department, and his obligations extend far beyond the field.
Rich Brooks, Oregon's head coach from 1977 to 1994, was a legendary schmoozer. As was Brooks' successor, Bellotti.
Kelly—not so much.
"As revolutionary as Chip has been on the field with the no-huddle offense, he's been more revolutionary in how he acts toward social functions," says an Oregon booster who requested anonymity. The source said the relationship between Kelly and boosters is strained.
When Kelly began at Oregon as offensive coordinator, his contract included a $50,000 incentive—a third of his $150,000 base salary—to make specific public appearances, which he dutifully made. His current contract makes no mention of any similarly required appearances.
"He's good at talking to people," says Jack Roberts, "but he's not a glad-handing guy."
Dan Dutton, a booster and former walk-on player at Oregon under Rich Brooks, says: "Fundraising and socializing are not his favorite activities."
One of the longtime traditions of being the Oregon football coach is making a weekly trip to Portland during the season to speak to members of the Oregon Club of Portland at the Multnomah Athletic Club. At the luncheon, members watch Ducks highlights and meet with the head coach.
For years, Brooks and then Bellotti made the trek up Interstate 5 every Thursday. The three-hour round trip ate up valuable time in the hectic schedule of a major-college coach. But maintaining a relationship with donors was important.
"I enjoyed selling the program," Bellotti says. "Thankfully, I had a driver take me so I could watch film in the back of the van."
"Mike and Rich used to come every week," Dutton says.
Kelly? Since he's been head coach, he phones it in, appearing on a projector screen and videoconferencing with every Oregon Club across the state simultaneously.
"People prefer to see [the Oregon coach] in person," says Brian Vik, a 30-year Ducks season-ticket holder and member of the Oregon Club. "It comes back to the human element. They got used to something: access to the coach. It changed.""
Oh, Geez, one has to wonder about some of the fans of college football today who worry about such trivial things as having….
Access to a Head Coach
….as if that Access to a Head Coach connotes on them some kind of special status and no doubt some of these boosters at Oregon and other big-time programs around the country who spend countless hours of their precious time on the Earth worrying about if they were able to get in a couple of words with Chip Kelly, Nick Saban, Mack Brown, Bob Stoops, Les Miles, etc.. is in TRUTH no different than teenage girls swooning over the last pop or TV star who they caught a glimpse of and who then run home and call their girlfriends and brag about seeing that star.
Please, that the Oregon boosters are mad because Chip Kelly is not wasting his valuable time which should be tasked to…
Coaching the Oregon Football Team
….glad-handing, back-slapping and smoozing with Oregon boosters and alumni says a lot for what….
Pitiful and Useless Lives
…those Oregon boosters and alumni worrying about such stupid things as…
Spending Time With Chip Kelly
….really leads us to the point where we here at Coaches Hot Seat can only wonder:
Don't these Oregon boosters have better things to do with their lives than worrying about…..
Spending Time With Chip Kelly?
Evidently Freaking NOT!
Here is the Coaches Hot Seat opinion on the head football coach at "our" school whether that is David Shaw at Stanford or a head coach at another school:
OUR first job and position as alumni and boosters is to…
….which in most cases is to donate money and other things that will help the football team and athletic department to achieve its goals each year and our second job and position as alumni and boosters is to…
…of the head football coach, athletic director and other coaches so they can…
…which they were hired to do by the school AND if any or all of the above need to reach us for some reason then…..
They know how to contact us
…and they know they can call at ANYTIME even if they just want one of us to stroke a check for something.
The Very Last Damn Thing that alumni and boosters at Oregon or any other school should be worried about is…
Access to a Head Coach
….because the TRUTH is if the head coach has the time to speak with the alumni and boosters including us here at Coaches Hot Seat then…
He has way too Damn much free time on his hands!
Hey, if a head football coach, athletic director or anyone else at school wants to….
Have drinks, shoot the shit, play golf, go fishing or just hang around and do nothing
….then MORE power to those coaches and alumni/boosters that have both decided they really want to do that with their free time but boosters and alumni at Oregon crying about not having enough time around Chip Kelly we can only label you pitiful people for what you really are…
…that need to…
….because whether the Oregon alumni and boosters know it or they have one of the best football coaches in America leading their program who has put up the following records in four seasons as the head football coach at Oregon:
Overall: 46 – 7 (.868)
Pac-10/12: 33 – 3 (.917)
3 Pac-10/12 Championships
4 BCS Bowl Games
4 Ten Plus Win Seasons
3 Twelve Plus Win Seasons
Maybe what we can do is go back to the Mike Bellotti and Rich Brooks days for the Oregon boosters and alumni when Bellotti and Brooks would glad-hand and kiss the Precious Asses of the boosters and alumni and in the…
32 Seasons
…that Bellotti and Brooks were running the Ducks program Oregon won…
3 Pac-10 Championships
Played in ONE Rose Bowl in 1994 which Oregon lost!
Played in ONE Fiesta Bowl in 2001 which Oregon won!
Let's see here…
3 Pac-10 Championships in 32 seasons
3 Pac-10/12 Championships in 4 seasons
Which one should the Oregon boosters and alumni take?
Well, if you believe the Oregon boosters and alumni that were quoted in that Willamette Week story at least those IDIOTS would go back to the days of winning Pac-12 titles ONCE every decade!
YES, there are some Very Damn Stupid People in the state of Oregon that are boosters and alumni of Oregon football!


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Rattlesnakes are very famous for their characteristic rattling sound, which they produce with their tails. They make this noise to warn others and protect themselves from predators. There are nearly 16 different rattlesnake species worldwide. They are colored differently but it is very easy to distinguish them with their rattling tails. They also have a characteristic triangular shaped head.
They have a unique mechanism of catching their prey. They use their forked tongue to sense and attack the prey instantly. They move their tongue up and down to collect atmospheric gases and other minute particles. When they draw back their tongue, the latter directly comes in contact with Jacobson's organ which collects the scent and taste. This in turn sends signals to the brain helping the reptile analyze the distance of its prey, the type of prey, its size etc. helping it make a kill.
They have very powerful nostrils, helping them pick up scent from a good distance. Equipped with powerful eyes that can detect a moving creature at a distance of 40 feet, this snake is one of the best hunters in the reptile family.
The famous rattle is actually the accumulation of dead skin or keratin. Every time the snake sheds its skin, an additional segment of rattle is added to its tail increasing the length of the rattle. The older the snake is, the longer the rattle. Baby rattlesnakes on the other hand do not have any rattles. They are in fact equipped with a "button" at the tail end that is not useful in making any type of sound. As they grow older and shed skin, a new segment is added helping the snake rattle.
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LAWRENCEVILLE -- When cryptic letters made of magazine clippings weren't enough, the 48-year-old home nurse from Macon, a woman with no criminal history, turned to a more primal means of intimidation:
Barbara Stevenson used twigs to set fire to two Norcross businesses last summer as a means of payback to the father of her child. A remorseful Stevenson pleaded guilty this week to two counts of first-degree arson, telling a judge she simply snapped when her beau, a convicted murderer, left her for another woman, said Assistant District Attorney Frances Anderson.
Stevenson's alleged fire-starting doesn't end there.
Gwinnett Superior Court Judge Melodie Snell Conner on Tuesday sentenced Stevenson to nine months confinement, after she'd served nearly four months in jail following her July arrest last year. Prosecutors had asked for two years.
The fires caused minimal damages to the entrances of two neighboring businesses in a strip mall on Avalon Parkway -- Renew Computer and GHS Distribution, where Stevenson's boyfriend, Eddie Jackson, worked. She was ordered to pay restitution for one of the businesses' doors, Anderson said.
The fires were the culmination of odd actions by a woman who'd lived almost five decades without running afoul of the law. Letters with clipped-out, menacing messages directed at Jackson had been posted on the businesses' entrances, and the initials "EJ" spray-painted between rear doors.
Stevenson is also charged with first-degree arson in DeKalb County for trying to set ablaze the rear door of a home associated with Jackson's newer love interest, Anderson said. Court records indicate that case is pending.
"Hell hath no fury ..." the prosecutor said Thursday.
Stevenson was working at an Augusta prison about a decade ago when she met Jackson, who impregnated her there, Anderson said. Jackson, 50, was convicted of murder in DeKalb County in 1988 and released in August 2010, according to Georgia Department of Corrections records.
The relationship continued outside prison until Jackson fell for another woman, triggering Stevenson's criminal behavior, which struck the prosecutor as extreme.
"It's totally out of the ordinary," Anderson said. "It makes no sense."
In July last year, Gwinnett fire investigators and U.S. Marshals traveled to Macon, where they arrested Stevenson as she returned to her apartment. Anderson said fingerprints lifted from the arson scene matched Stevenson's.
Stevenson's grown children have agreed to care for the child she bore with Jackson while she's incarcerated, Anderson said. She was employed as a family care nurse at the time of her arrest, records show.
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I am one of the daughters of Barbara and we would appreciate it if everyone would keep their comments to their selves....this is a hard time for us all and we are all dealing with this in the best way possible. Thank You!


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Sunday, September 1st is the last day to register to vote if you plan to cast a ballot in the October Municipal Election.
Juneau residents can register up to the close of business Friday at the City Clerk's Office at City Hall, and the State Division of Elections offices downtown in the Court Plaza Building or at the Mendenhall Mall.
You can also register on Saturday and Sunday at any city library.
Juneau may have 32,000 residents, but City Clerk Laurie Sica says only about 24,000 citizens are registered to vote. That leaves about 8,000 people who have not bothered to register, or who are not quite old enough to vote.
A person that's going to be turning 18 (years old) and will be 18 by the time of the election, they can register early. They can register 90-days before their birthday."
Sica says bring some identification when you register, like a driver's license or passport, and preferably bring some identification that shows your current Juneau address.
Sica says that in-person absentee voting gets underway on September 16th for those Juneau residents who may be out of town on Election Day. Electronic voting-by-fax is also available who may not be in the Capital City on or before October 1st.
No propositions will be on the ballot this year.
It's pretty unusual. I think this is the first time that I've done a city election since 2000 that we haven't had a ballot proposition. So, just candidates, and one race in the Areawide seat."
Bill Peters and Kate Troll are running for the three-year seat on the CBJ Assembly.
Current Assemblymembers Mary Becker and Karen Crane are running unopposed for their open three-year seats in Districts 1 and 2, respectively.
Barbara Thurston and Lisa Worl are running for two open three-year seats on the Juneau School Board of Education.