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The prison showers were where the prisoners on the Prison Planet washed. It was situated at the bottom of the ocean so that a constant supply of freezing cold water could be used, although at one point, the showers supplied warm water. However, while trying to restore the cold water, The Plumber accidentally destroyed the pumps, causing the inmates to vent their anger on the closest victims which so happened to be Ratchet. The showers had large drying facilities and skip-like containers full of towels. Ratchet had to face five challenges in the showers as he was attacked by the people he had put in prison. In addition, Ratchet was covered only with a towel, meaning damage would cause him to be exposed. It would seem that the showers had a problem with Amoeboids as they would sometimes attack the inmates by coming through the pipes. Ratchet can step on a switch to spray a BIG amount of water from the showers towards the inmates to soak them down the big drain. He can also crank the bolts to open up a dryer that can suck up the inmates inside roasting them to a crisp.
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- This is the only time in the whole series where Ratchet's hands are shown as everywhere else he's wearing gloves.
- This is also the only time in the whole series that Ratchet is shown naked (with a censor bar covering his privates)
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A Randall County grand jury on Wednesday indicted a man involved in a fatal accident nearly two years ago.
David Wayne Kerr, 42, was indicted for manslaughter, a second-degree felony.
"I'll expect the state to be able to prove each of the allegations prior to any completion of this case," Kerr's attorney Mike Watkins said. "We'll be ready whenever they're ready."
On June 24, 2005, Melody Lynn Abrahamson, then 48, was driving a 2003 Pontiac north on South Osage Street through the intersection of Farm-to-Market 1151 when she collided with a 1979 Chevy pickup, driven by Kerr, the Department of Public Safety reported at the time.
Kerr was driving the pickup westbound and apparently failed to yield right of way and struck the passenger side of Abrahamson's vehicle, DPS said.
Abrahamson died at the scene.
"We've alleged that (Kerr) was driving recklessly," Randall County District Attorney James Farren said. "We believe that evidence will show he was traveling at a high rate of speed and caused a homicide."
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AMA Board of Trustees
The AMA House of Delegates elects the AMA Board of Trustees. The Board has ultimate responsibility for setting Association priorities and for making decisions regarding how to allocate the Association's financial resources. Also among its responsibilities are interpreting and implementing policies established by the House.
AMA officers/trustees represent the Association before governmental agencies and national and international health-related organizations, as well as at policy forums, public information meetings and media relations events. They also appear before various Federation audiences (state, county, and specialty societies), alliances, civic groups, medical schools, group practices and business organizations. Trustees may also testify to congressional committees and federal agencies.
With regard to organization of the Board itself, the AMA Bylaws simply require that "immediately following the conclusion of the annual convention, the Board shall organize by electing a chair, a vice chair, a secretary-treasurer, and committees necessary for its functions." The Bylaws also call for the election of an executive committee of at least three members. Beyond that, the Bylaws are silent on the internal organization of the Board and the process by which the Board determines its operating rules and procedures. The presumption is that such consideration is best determined by the Board itself in response to needs and circumstances at a particular time.
The AMA-BOT consists of twenty-one members, including designated positions for a public member, young physician, resident physician and a medical student.
Specific information on the Young Physician Trustee seat
- The young physician trustee is elected as a representative of young physicians. The AMA House of Delegates elects the young physician trustee (like it elects all other trustees). The AMA-YPS does not elect the young physician trustee.
- The Young Physicians Section does not run a candidate for election. The AMA-YPS has the ability to endorse the candidacy of one or more young physicians running for this trustee position.
- A majority of the legal votes cast is necessary to elect the young physician trustee. In case a nominee fails to receive a majority of the legal votes cast, the individual receiving the lowest number of votes shall be eliminated, and a new ballot is taken.
- The young physician member shall be elected for a term of four years, and shall not serve more than two terms.
- A young physician trustee must be an active physician member of the AMA under 40 years of age, who is not a resident physician. A young physician elected to the Board is eligible to serve his/her full (four) year term for which he/she was elected, even though the physician may reach 40 years of age during that term. However, a member 40 years of age or over 40 years of age shall not be eligible to be nominated for election or re-election to the young physician position on the Board of Trustees.
- A member elected to the young physician trustee seat shall be limited to a maximum tenure of eight years, whether as a young physician member or in any combination of service as young physician or at-large Trustee.
- The Young Physician seat came about as a result of a resolution introduced by the Young Physicians Section in 1992. The AMA Council on Long Range Planning and Development was assigned responsibility for studying the need for a young physician trustee position and for issuing a recommendation as to the feasibility of implementing such a seat. CLRPD's recommendation was favorable and ratified by the AMA House of Delegates in December 1993. The first election for the "young physician" seat was held in June 1995, and Regina Benjamin, MD (Alabama), was elected. The second trustee, elected in 1998 was Bruce Scott, MD, a former member of the AMA Young Physicians Section Governing Council. In 2002, AMA delegates elected John H. Armstrong, MD, also a former member of the AMA Young Physicians Section Governing Council. In 2006, another AMA-YPS former Governing Council member Steven Stack, MD, was elected to a four-year term on the AMA Board in the young physician position.
- View the YPS criteria for endorsing a young physician running for the young physician Board of Trustee seat
Time commitment
- The AMA-BOT meets a minimum of four times a year.
- The time commitment away from home may range from 35 to 150 days, with the average time anticipated for a newly elected officer at approximately 50 days per year.
- If a Trustee misses six consecutive Board meetings, this will be reported to the House and the office will be considered vacant.
- Board positions include honoraria and per diem compensation, expense reimbursement, and AMA-paid premiums for term life insurance. The underlying principle in setting Board compensation levels is to reimburse officers and trustees for time spent on AMA business with the general result of neither profit nor loss to them.
Young physicians who are devoting large amounts of time to practice development must reflect seriously on whether they have enough time available to fulfill the duties of a prospective elected position. Family and collegial support is also essential, as the duties of the various offices often occur on weekends or during time normally spent at home or in the office.
- Each candidate for the Board of Trustees must be nominated by a member of the House of Delegates.
- Trustee elections are held at the Annual Meeting.
- An election manual is produced prior to the Annual Meeting, which contains information on all candidates for the Board of Trustees. Candidates and their sponsoring societies prepare text and submit copy for publication. It also is suggested that information concerning sponsoring and endorsing societies be included. Also suggested for inclusion is information from the candidate as to relevant biographical information, and, if desired, a personal statement.
- Two-minute nominating speeches for trustees are presented during the Sunday opening session of the AMA House of Delegates Annual Meeting. Also, Trustees may avail themselves of opportunities to address the various Sections during the Annual Meeting.


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From time to time I will reflect, describe, share, and probably bore the pants off of you with my scribblings and ramblings. I make no apologies. I write. I love it, and I will let it loose on the world of Blogging. I hope you enjoy your visit and want you to know I welcomed you, and that I enjoyed writing the work that made you smile, cry, cringe or laugh. For My Author Blog look for the link below.
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Hi Glynis!
Boy it's been too long since I've stopped by. My only excuses are school work AND a bit o' laziness on my part.
The cover is gorgeous! How exciting to see your book becoming a reality! Best of luck with "Ripper" :D
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The cover is wonderful....may the novel be a huge success and on the best seller list within days of its debut...after all, we're not getting any younger.
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Jen, many thanks. I am thrilled with it!
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Behaving remarkably composed, NBA star Kobe Bryant faced reporters Friday and declared his innocence only hours after he was charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman during a recent visit to a Colorado resort.
Eagle County, Colo., District Attorney Mark Hurlburt announced at a press conference that the Los Angeles Lakers star, 24, was charged with one count of sexual assault -- a class-three felony that can carry a prison term of four years to life and a probation period of 20 years to life.
Less than four hours after Hurlburt's announcement, Bryant, clutching the hand of his wife Vanessa, 21, and never letting go, appeared at a press conference inside L.A.'s Staples Center.
"I'm innocent, you know," he said. "I didn't force her to do anything against her will. I'm innocent."
He went on to say, "I sit here in front of you guys, furious at myself, disgusted at myself for making the mistake of adultery. And I love my wife with all my heart."
As tears rolled down Bryant's face, he then told his wife: "You're my backbone. You're a blessing. You're a piece of my heart. You're the air I breathe. And you're the strongest person I know, and I'm so sorry for having to put you through this and having to put our family through this."
Bryant stressed, "I'm innocent. And together my wife and I and our family, we're going to fight these false accusations."
The alleged incident occurred June 30 at the Lodge & Spa at Cordillera, a four-star lodge near the resort town of Vail where Bryant was staying and where the woman works as a concierge. On July 1, the Lakers guard was scheduled for knee surgery at Vail's Steadman Hawkins Clinic.
Hurlburt, 34, emphasized that Bryant's celebrity status did not come into play when deciding whether to press the charge. "This decision came only after reviewing all the evidence -- testimonial evidence and physical evidence ... and conferring with prosecutors from around the state," he said. "Then and only then did I make my decision."
Hurlburt said that he could prove this case "beyond the shadow of a reasonable doubt."
Prior to the announcement, Hurlburt's office had been reviewing a report from the state crime laboratory analyzing evidence in the case from both Bryant and the alleged victim, whose name has not been revealed.
At his press conference, Hurlburt said he could not comment on the facts in the case. But he did say that Bryant's court date to face the charge is Aug. 6 at 3 p.m. Hurlburt also asked members of the media "to respect the victim's privacy."
Various press reports on his accuser say she is a familiar figure in Eagle as a former high school cheerleader and musician who last year tried out to be on "American Idol."
The investigation first became public when the sheriff's office in Eagle County, Colo., about 100 miles west of Denver, announced on July 6 that an arrest warrant had been issued for Bryant. Two days earlier, Bryant turned himself and posted a $25,000 bond.
Bryant met his wife, the former Vanessa Laine, in April 2001, and the two became engaged while she was still in high school. They married in 2001, and their first child, Natalia Diamante Bryant, was born in January.
Despite the investigation, the pair attended this week's ESPY Awards in Los Angeles. Immediately following Hurlburt's announcement and prior to Kobe Bryant's press conference, Vanessa Bryant released a statement supporting her husband.
"I know that my husband has made a mistake -- the mistake of adultery. He and I will have to deal with that within our marriage, and we will do so," she said, adding, "He is not a criminal. I know that he did not commit a crime, he did not assault anyone. He is a loving and kind husband and father. I believe in his innocence."
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Summerville author Alan Ables will sign copies of his book, Tale of the Tape: Two Unlikely Heroes Take Down the Dixie Mafia, at 1 p.m. Feb. 1 at Barnes and Noble (7620 Rivers Ave., North Charleston).
The action-adventure thriller was released in November 2013. Since then, it has broken several times into Kindles top-selling 100 espionage fiction list.
Set in the 1980s, it is based on historical events and how two ordinary people are drawn into circumstances beyond their worst nightmares. One reviewer commented that, the research which went into this book is evident on virtually every single page For connoisseurs of quality fiction, this is a great find.
Ables is a career naval officer who now resides in Summerville. He served in the Middle East, Asia and South America.
During the Bicentennial he was assigned to the Charleston Naval Base. He completed nearly 30 years of service as a speechwriter for Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force general and flag officers, including the Air Force Chief of Staff.
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COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS in the disseminated form may involve any organ of the body with perhaps the exception of the epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract. Extensive involvement of the adrenal glands has been noted on many occasions at autopsy. In a series of 50 cases of disseminated coccidioidomycosis studied at autopsy by Forbes and Bestebreurtje, adrenal involvement was noted in 16.1 It is a fact of historical interest that in the first case of coccidioidal granuloma described by Rixford in 1893 the adrenal glands were found at autopsy to be... the size of turkey's eggs, and on section were seen to contain great masses of necrotic tissue with nuclear degeneration resembling that in chronic tuberculosis, with empty shells of the organism; living organisms in the periphery.2
However, in view of the frequency of adrenal involvement in chronic disseminated coccidioidomycosis, it is a singular fact that Addison's disease due to destruction
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Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Duchess + Later Princess
The Princess Louise was a member of the British Royal Family, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and her husband, Albert, Prince Consort. Louise's early life was spent moving among the various royal residences in the company of her… Read More
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll.
1848 Birth 1 More Event
Albert and Victoria chose the names Louisa Caroline Alberta. Louise was chosen to honour Albert's mother. Though christened Louisa in Buckingham Palace's private chapel by John Bird Sumner, the Archbishop of Canterbury, on 13 May 1848, she was invariably known as Louise throughout her life. … Read More
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Her early life was spent moving among the various royal residences in the company of her family. When her father, the Prince Consort, died on 14 December 1861, the court went into a period of intense mourning, to which Louise was unsympathetic. … Read More
1862 14 Years Old The Queen comforted herself by rigidly continuing with Prince Albert's plans for their children. Princess Alice was married to Prince Louis, the future Grand Duke of Hesse, at Osborne on 1 June 1862. In 1863, Edward, the Prince of Wales, married Princess Alexandra of Denmark.
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From her early years, Louise was a talented and intelligent child, and her artistic talents were quickly recognised. On his visit to Osborne House in 1863, Hallam Tennyson, the son of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, remarked that Louise could "draw beautifully". … Read More
1865 17 Years Old For her seventeenth birthday in 1865, Louise requested the ballroom to be opened for a debutante dance, the like of which had not been performed since Prince Albert's death. … Read More
1866 18 Years Old 2 More Events
As an unmarried daughter of Victoria, Louise served as an unofficial secretary to her mother between 1866 and 1871. … Read More
1871 23 Years Old Victoria settled an annuity on Louise shortly before her marriage. The ceremony was conducted at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on 21 March 1871, and the crowd outside was so large that, for the first time, policemen had to form chain barriers to keep control. … Read More
1880 32 Years Old Louise, Lorne, and two attendants, were the victims of a sleigh accident on 14 February 1880. … Read More
1883 35 Years Old … In 1883, for reasons of her fragile health, she spent the winter in Bermuda, popularising a trend for wealthy North Americans to escape to Bermuda's relatively mild climate during the winter months.
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Her visit brought such attention to Bermuda that a palatial hotel, which opened in 1885, intended to cater to these new visitors, was named after her; the Princess Hotel was built on the shore of Hamilton Harbour, in the parish of Pembroke. … Read More
1890 42 Years Old Rumours of affairs did not surround only Bigge. In 1890, the sculptor Joseph Edgar Boehm died in Louise's presence at his studio in London, leading to rumours that the two were having an affair. … Read More
1902 54 Years Old … Louise continued her sculpture, and in 1902, designed a memorial to the colonial soldiers who died in the Boer War. … Read More
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Louise's marriage survived thanks to long periods of separation, but the couple reconciled in 1911, and she was devastated by her husband's death in 1914. … Read More
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In spring 1914 Louise stayed at Kensington Palace while her husband remained on the Isle of Wight.
1925 77 Years Old Louise spent her last years at Kensington Palace, occupying rooms next to her sister Princess Beatrice. She made occasional public appearances with the royal family, such as at the Cenotaph at Whitehall on 11 November 1925. … Read More
1935 87 Years Old In 1935, she greeted her nephew, King George V, and his wife, Queen Mary, at Kensington Town Hall during their Silver Jubilee celebrations, and was made an Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Kensington.
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Between these occasions, her great nephew, King Edward VIII, abdicated on 11 December 1936.
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Her last public appearance occurred in 1937, at the Home Arts and Industries Exhibition.
1939 92 Years Old She died at Kensington Palace on the morning of 3 December 1939 at the age of 91, wearing the wedding veil she had worn almost 70 years earlier. … Read More
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CICRA consults on telecoms changes of control
CICRA (the Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities) has launched a public consultation into the way in which it investigates changes of control in the telecommunications sector, with an eye to the likely notification of the proposed acquisition of Cable & Wireless in the Channel Islands by Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco).
In December, Batelco announced it intended to acquire the Monaco & Islands division of Cable & Wireless Communications plc, which includes Cable & Wireless Guernsey Limited (CWG) and Cable & Wireless Jersey Limited (CWJ). Batelco hopes to complete the deal by 31 March this year.
The proposed acquisition involves a change of control under the telecoms licences held by CWG and CWJ and will need to be notified to CICRA in both Guernsey and Jersey.
CICRA chief executive, Andrew Riseley said the current change of control provisions in both islands were similar and were expressed very broadly.
He said CICRA had proposed more specific principles in the consultation document and was seeking input from interested parties on the way in which these issues should be assessed.
"The manner in which CICRA exercises its functions in respect of the change of control of the local telecommunications companies is potentially a matter of significant public interest, and we want to make sure the views of all interested parties are taken into consideration as to the way we do this," Mr Riseley said.
"There is currently no stipulation as to the substantive test that CICRA should apply when deciding whether to approve or refuse a change of control, or to impose new licence conditions as a condition of approving the change of control."
Mr Riseley said CICRA's provisional view was that, given the statutory duties applied to telecoms regulatory functions, the focus of an assessment of a change of control should be on whether the change to the control of the relevant licensee jeopardises its willingness or ability to provide high quality, sustainable telecoms services, or to comply with its licence conditions or other regulatory requirements.
Mr Riseley encouraged all interested parties to contribute to the discussion on how changes of control within the telecommunications sector should be assessed.
"We are asking those interested in participating in the consultation to indicate what factors they consider to be relevant to an assessment of a change of control under the relevant provisions in the licences and whether a commitment to support the respective States' strategic objectives, with respect to the telecommunications sector, should be regarded as a relevant factor for consideration, and if so, the best method by which to secure such a commitment," he said.
During coming weeks, CICRA expects to receive notifications from CWG and CWJ advising of the proposed change of control to Batelco.
In considering these notifications, and deciding whether further information is required from CWG, CWJ and Batelco, CICRA will consider the results of this consultation, and, where appropriate, will take account of the views expressed by respondents.
CICRA expects to publish a provisional decision in respect of these notifications in February 2013. CICRA will then allow a brief period for further public comment before publishing a final decision. At this stage, CICRA anticipates that a final decision on the notifications will be published by the end of February 2013.
All comments should be clearly marked "Consultation on Approach to Change of Control Notifications under Telecommunications Licences" and be sent to CICRA by 5.30pm on Thursday, 24 January 2013.
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WARREN - Northeast Ohio motorists will get a slight reprieve at the pumps this week, as gas prices fell 3 cents to $3.63 per gallon, according to AAA motorists club.
National average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $3.52 this week. That's a penny less than one week ago, 16 cents less than one month ago and 34 cents less than one year ago.
Motorists in every state except Utah, Idaho and Wyoming are paying less at the pump than one month ago. Still those in some midwestern states have seen prices climb sharply in the last week following supply concerns from heavy rains in the region. Prices in four Great Lakes states including Ohio have seen the average price increase. The state's average price increased 28 cents since last week.
The recent storms and power outages provided the catalyst for higher retail prices in the Midwest. Analysts warned the region was susceptible to price increases as refineries undergo maintenance and transition to summer-blend gasoline production.


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They did, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter, who said the Jets were a "sleeper team" on Allen before Allen agreed to terms with the Bears early Wednesday morning.
Schefter said head coach Rex Ryan had spoken to Allen last week. Schefter also noted that Jets defensive line Karl Dunbar had coached Allen with the Vikings, which he did from 2008-11.
All of this is moot, of course. That word of the Jets' interest would get out now could just indicate they were doing their due diligence on free agent with more sacks (128.5) than any NFL player in the last 10 years. But it could also be a diversion, depending on other players the Jets targeted or may still be pursuing.
Remember: The Jets are pretty well-stocked along the defensive line, which is the team's biggest strength. But they reportedly also had interest in DeMarcus Ware before the Broncos signed him, so ...
Allen is a traditional 4-3 defensive end, so he likely wouldn't have fit the Jets' scheme as an every-down player, though one can't help but imagine Ryan and defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman cooking up a way for him to have split reps with Quinton Coples on the outside. Not that it matters now.


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Reward checking accounts have grown in popularity as everyone is looking for a way to earn a little extra cash as safely as possible. Here's a refresher on how they work – You earn a higher rate of interest if you make a minimum number of debit cards per statement period (usually 10+) and opt for paperless statements and online banking. If you don't meet their requirements, you don't get the higher interest rate.
I haven't been sharing many of these offers because they're all the same, except this latest offering from South Shore Savings Bank. Not only can you get a 3.69% APY on deposits up to $25,000 but you can also get a $200 bonus just for opening an account. There is no special account requirements for the bonus.
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My Star Trek Belt in Stores
Last summer, Playmates Toys hired me to design the logic system and write the script for a Star Trek toy based on the latest film. It's called the Starfleet Command Mission Utility Belt, and it comes with a phaser, a communicator, and a belt that sends the wearer on away-team missions for Starfleet. I just saw it on the shelves of our local Toys-R-Us last week, so apparently it's available all over the place now.
When Playmates approached me about the project, they gave me all the parameters, which included a sound chip that could hold about 90 seconds worth of sound. As a parent, I knew that if I had to listen to the same 90 seconds of sounds over and over again I'd be tempted to find the toy making those noises a new home in the nearest trashcan. So, being a game designer, I decided to complicate things a bit by creating a random mission generator for the belt.
To activate the belt, you press either the Kirk or Spock button, and Starfleet Command greets you. You then wave the communicator over the belt to interact with it. (A magnet in the communicator trips a switch in the belt.)
There are four missions each for Kirk and Spock, each with a fixed starting and ending. To give you constantly new opportunities for play, the belt also selects three to five mission complications picked from a fairly substantial list. Once you play through these, you reach the end of your mission, and Starfleet Command picks you up.
As part of working on this project, I got to read the script for the new film in J. J. Abrams's offices on the Paramount lot, right in the middle of Comic-Con 2008. I knew then what a great movie it was going to be, and I'm thrilled to have this toy I worked on be a part of that.
The Mission Utility Belt has already gotten a pair of excellent reviews at TrekMovie.com and Trek Nostalgia. I'm glad to hear people like it, but the biggest kick I got out of it so far was showing my kids how to play with it and then watching them have a blast pretending to be Captain Kirk and Mister Spock.
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That may just be the coolest thing anyone I know has ever created. I'm totally scanning my friends and family, looking for kids in the right age group to buy it for!
That may just be the coolest thing anyone I know has ever created. I'm totally scanning my friends and family, looking for kids in the right age group to buy it for!
Thanks, Jess! That's very kind. I had a lot of fun working on this project. One thing about toy work is that probably less than half the things I work on actually reach shelves, but when they do it's wonderful.


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In 1956, Bearn, Kunkel, and Slater1 described a syndrome of chronic hepatic disease occurring predominantly in young girls and characterized clinically by amenorrhea, obesity, striae, arthralgia, skin rashes, and evidence of moderate or severe liver damage. Most of his patients showed a marked elevation in serum γ-globulin concentration, and liver biopsy specimens obtained early in the course of the disease revealed infiltration of the periportal areas with an inflammatory cell exudate that was predominantly made up of plasma cells. It is our purpose in this paper to describe our experience in the management, including steroid therapy, of patients who, we believe, fit into the above-mentioned syndrome. We will refer to this syndrome by the name "plasma-cell hepatitis" throughout the remainder of this paper. This name has the advantage of focusing attention on the unique aspect of this disease, that is, the plasma-cell infiltrate in the liver and the related
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NEWVILLE - Ruth Yoder, the Mifflin County cross country coach, knows that anything can happen in an invitational.
And for a change, something good happened to the Huskies' boys cross-country team Saturday at the Mid-Penn conference championships, which were held at Big Spring High School.
Mifflin County finished sixth in the team competition after only winning two dual meets in the regular season.
The Huskies also had two runners place in the top 35, both of whom were named All-Conference.
Paced by two seniors, the boys scored 181 points to edge out Carlisle by one point and just missed the top five by nine as arch-rival State College was fifth with 172 points.
Hershey won the team championship with 96 points, followed by Lower Dauphin (128), Cumberland Valley (132) and Central Dauphin (138),
The two seniors, who have been the top runners for the Huskies all fall, were Jon Colwell and Addison Monroe. Colwell was 10th overall with a time of 16:48, while Monroe was 21st as he came across the finish line in 17:02.
Winning the race was Big Spring's Vincent Todaro with a time of 16:11.
The course, which started on a large flat plain, wound through a wooded area adjacent to the school. The hilly terrain provided a constant up and down run over the 3.1 miles.
"This was a truly a tough course," Yoder noted. "It was the first time that we ran on it. At least the hills were up and down. We had the two all-conference runners and I was really happy with our sixth-place finish. I thought overall our boys ran really well. Patrick Parker had a very good day as did Darien Knudsen and Cullen Russler."
After Colwell and Monroe, the next three runners for Mifflin County finished within a 16-second span. Patrick Parker was 44th with a time of 17:34, while Darien Knudsen was next at 17:42 in 49th place. Rounding out the top five for the Huskies was Russler, who finished 57th with a time of 17:50.
Also running for Mifflin County were Chris Falkner, 82nd, 18:24; Trent Yoder, 85th, 18:27; and Shawn Reese, 124th, 18:55.
In the girls race, Mifflin County was 18th with a score of 490. Winning the race was Palmyra with 70 points, while Cumberland Valley was second with 87. Finishing third was State College with 109 points.
Winning the girls race was Mady Clahane of Cumberland Valley as she traveled the 3.1 miles in 18:48. Clahane beat out her teammate, Carol Stock, for first place by nine seconds. Clahane is just a freshman.
The top female from Mifflin County was Megan Becker; she was 63rd with a time of 21:49.
Next was Jessica Miller, who finished at 22:26 and was 79th. The other scorers for Mifflin County were Makayla Pearce, 101st, 23:01; Anna Taptich, 120th, 23:35; and Amanda Hassinger, 129th, 24:44.
Rounding out the Huskie runners were Makenna Pollock, 149th, 24:24; Analee, Gentzel, 154th, 24:44; and Latasha Yoder, 171st, 25:25.
"Overall we did pretty well with the girls," Yoder said. "Our first two runners, Megan and Jessica, had outstanding days. We finished a little higher than I expected."
In the junior varsity races, Mifflin County's got outstanding runs from Kaitlyn Yearick in the girls race and Josh Aultz, Noah Stewart, Hayden Hidlay and Shane Sennett in the boys part of the run.
Mifflin County will host the District 6 meet on Oct. 27, which will be held in Reedsville at the Mifflin County school complex.


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With the current economic status the way it is, people are hurting for jobs. Employee hours are getting cut in half, some are losing their jobs, while others are hopelessly trying to find one. If you ask me, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. This includes my fiance, Jeremy.
According to the U. S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, the current unemployment rate for the state of Pennsylvania is 6.1 percent. Not too bad - considering the all time high was in March of 1983 at a whopping 12.9 percent.
Well, facts aside, Jeremy has been looking for a job now for about a month. I know that sounds meager compared to some folks out there who have been job hunting for multiple months.
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Jeremy and I both went to the same college and majored in the same area - English. I love to write and he loves to research. Combined, we make a great team.
He was one year behind me in school, which makes it more difficult for him to find a job with the current financial and economic crisis our nation is facing.
During the last few weeks, he had been filling out application after application with no luck. The other day, while at the computer, he looked at me and quietly said, "Tara, I thought having a bachelor's degree would help me out a little; however, I was sadly mistaken."
Jeremy is a stay-at-home dad while I work 3 to 11 p.m. at The Sentinel. I know it's really hard for him to stay at home and take care of our daughter. It's the manly duty to want to provide for his family.
Yet, when I came home the other week, he informed me with delight that he had applied to 13 different locations.
I was astonished at this fact. Thirteen different places in one day? How many places had he applied to in the weeks before? I suddenly found myself very proud of him.
Well, I thought I would do Jeremy a favor and help him out in his job quest. It couldn't do him any harm - or so I thought. I decided to go on a well-known employment agency website and look up the newly posted job listings around the Lewistown area.
I found several within ten minutes. "Well this is simple," I thought to myself. No wonder he applied to 13 different places in a single day.
The application process was simple as well. I filled out all the necessary information for a job that I thought suited him best, wrote a little about him - made it sound extra fancy hoping they would call, and clicked "apply."
Well, I never actually told Jeremy I applied for this position. After about a week or so, I forgot as well. Well, that has all changed.
I heard a phone ringing one early morning as I struggled to wake up out of my deep slumber. I thought it was the alarm on one of our cell phones, but I was wrong. I picked up the phone, didn't bother to say hello and just handed it over to Jeremy's still-sleeping body.
At some point, he realized the phone was for him and quickly answered it in a mumbled, "Hello?" The next thing I know, he rolled over onto his side, as if this provided some sort of privacy, and carried on a conversation with the woman on the other end.
Jeremy continued to answer the woman's questions and I was still struggling to figure out who he was talking to. Jeremy sounded very confused talking to the woman, when I realized who it was. The lone application I filled out several weeks ago had paid off and he was scheduling an interview.
I started whispering things like, "Tell them you are good at communicating with others!" and "Tell them you have your bachelor's degree!"
Finally he got so frustrated, he rolled out of his private headquarters and stood up on the bed. The next thing I remember is a loud "thud." Jeremy will tell you he was trying to get to a pen and paper to write down information. However, I think he was in a rush to get away from my whispering antics.
After he stood up on the bed, he went to step down onto the floor and apparently got his foot caught between the sheets. Needless to say, he bit the dust. He flew into the wall and made a loud "thud."
I couldn't help but laugh. I didn't even ask if he was OK; I just laughed. I can only imagine what the woman on the phone thought.
After about five seconds, he popped right back up said, "Sorry about that," and continued on his merry way.
He ended up getting an interview with the company and a huge goose egg on his forehead. He thanked me later for helping him get his "only" interview.
I know that Jeremy would love to be able to support our daughter and spoil her with whatever she wanted. Even though he didn't get the job in the end and filled out more than 50 applications, it gives him hope that he had one response so far.
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>Hello again,
>anyone any idea how I would detect a keypress or mouse movement from my
>application, particularly when my application isn't in focus? Basically, I
>want my application to wake up when a user presence is detected.
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This is a discussion on Re: Code review request: small optimization to localtime.c - FreeBSD ; On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Karsten Behrmann wrote: > Ah, the old "double-checked locking" thing. Take what I say here > with a grain of salt: I'm a plain programmer, not very versed in > different architectures, so I just ...
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Karsten Behrmann wrote:
> Ah, the old "double-checked locking" thing. Take what I say here
> with a grain of salt: I'm a plain programmer, not very versed in
> different architectures, so I just pick up what I hear.
> essentially, the problem with the scheme is that plain variable
> writes may not be ordered as expected, making them unsuitable to
> communicate between threads and processors, depending on compiler
> and architecture.
> Let's take the example
> pthread_mutex_lock();
> if (!is_set) {
> a = 3;
> b = 4;
> c = a * b;
> is_set = true;
> }
> pthread_mutex_unlock();
> Now, an optimizing compiler might put a and b into registers,
> compute a * b while storing a 1 to is_set, and then store a, b, and
> c from registers into memory. As I said, I'm not actually sure
> where compilers are allowed to do this.
> Also, on some architectures, the caching structure may cause writes
> to is_set to show up earlier on another CPU than writes to other
> parts of memory, if you're unlucky.
As alfred said, the locking implementation is supposed to hide these
problems so that most code doesn't need to worry about them. I don't
know what pthread does, but in for kernel mutexes on i386 with CC=gcc,
the first problem is handled by putting a "memory" clobber in the asm
for atomic_cmpset to force the compiler to load and store all memory
variables (not just the ones in args for the asm), while the second
problem is handled implicitly by using a locked instruction for cmpset
and/or other magic i386 cache behaviour. The atomic cmpset is, more
precisely, atomic_cmpset_acq for locking and atomic_cmpset_rel for
unlocking. It is acquire/release semantics that handles the second
problem. On i386's acquire/release semantics happen almost automatically
so at the lowest level there is only atomic_cmpset_int and everything
else is #defined as that. Some sloppy (buggy?) callers of the atomic_
cmpset family use only atomic_cmpset_int, and one of the examples in
atomic.9 doesn't mention acq or rel. It isn't clear what a non-
acquiring non-releasing cmpset is good for.
> In fact, in your patch, you sometimes actually set the variable
> getting checked before setting the data it is supposed to protect ;-)
>> - _MUTEX_LOCK(&gmt_mutex);
>> if (!gmt_is_set) {
>> - gmt_is_set = TRUE;
>> + _MUTEX_LOCK(&gmt_mutex);
>> + if (!gmt_is_set) {
>> + gmt_is_set = TRUE;
> XXX - at this point, gmt_is_set is TRUE but gmtptr is not initialized yet.
This is a bug. It shows how tricky locking becomes again if you don't
use the normal mechanism of always acquiring the lock first. With the
normal mechanism, the ordering inside locked regions doesn't matter since
variables are only accessed inside of locked regions, but the optimized
version has accesses outside of locked regions.
Setting gmt_is_set after initializing gmtptr isn't much better, since
the unlock hasn't had a chance to force everything to memory so
gmt_is_set might reach memory before gmtptr. I think the order needs
to be something like:
gmtptr = ...
gmt_is_set = TRUE;
or slightly shorter using explicit barrier operations instead of implicit
ones in unlock.
Even if we could guarantee that gmtptr and gmt_is_set are not written
prior to the unlock, there would still be a problem with the optimized
version unless we could guarantee the order of the writes triggered
by the unlock. The unoptimizated version is not affected by this
complication either.
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Gates's "Heredity in Man," published in 1929, may be considered the forerunner of the present publication. However, the new work, "Human Genetics," includes so many additional chapters and improvements that it may be looked on as an entirely new attempt to compile the present day knowledge of human genetics. An introductory chapter on "General Principles of Heredity in Man" acquaints the reader with the terminology used by geneticists and with the principal laws of inheritance. Physicians who do not read genetic publications regularly will find in this chapter explanations for such terms as "penetrance," "normal overlaps," "expressivity," "pleiotropy," "anticipation," "homochronous heredity" and many others. Two additional chapters of a general character deal with human cytology and with linkage. The inheritance of some normal traits is discussed in four chapters, which deal with color of the eyes and of the hair, blood groups, stature and size and with such anthropologic characters
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Like an anxious artist afraid he may not get another chance, Charlie Kaufman tries to Say It All in his directorial debut.
Like an anxious artist afraid he may not get another chance, Charlie Kaufman tries to Say It All in his directorial debut, "Synecdoche, New York." A wildly ambitious and gravely serious contemplation of life, love, art, human decay and death, the film bears Kaufman's scripting fingerprints in its structural trickery and multiplane storytelling. At its core a study of a theater director whose life goes off the rails into uncharted artistic territory, it's the sort of work that on its face appears overreaching and isn't entirely digestible on one viewing. As such, it will intrigue Kaufman's most loyal fans but put off fair-weather friends on the arthouse circuit, where a venturesome distrib will have its work cut out for it to move the film commercially beyond cult status.
Unusually for a first film, the strangely titled opus feels more like a summation work, such as "8½" or especially "All That Jazz," as it centers on an artist who battles creeping infirmity and deathly portents by plunging into a grandiose project. On the most superficial level, many viewers will be nauseated by the many explicit manifestations of physical malfunction, bodily fluids, bleeding and deterioration. A larger issue will be the film's developing spin into realms that can most charitably be described as ambiguous and more derisively as obscurantist and incomprehensible.
At the same time, the picture exerts sufficient power and artistic mystery to pull the willing a fair way down its twisty trail, and a first-rate cast led by Philip Seymour Hoffman and some wonderful women provide a constant lifeline even when it's hard to know what's going on.
For such serious and accomplished artists, Caden Cotard (Hoffman) and Adele Lack (Catherine Keener) live in surprisingly mundane and physically cramped circumstances in upstate Schenectady, N.Y. Caden, who directs a local theater company, and Adele, an adventurous painter, co-exist in a marginal way but seem mentally and emotionally preoccupied, an impression confirmed when Adele tells Caden to stay home while she and their little daughter fly off to Berlin, where she's having a major gallery opening.
Even before her departure, Caden has begun suffering from a litany of physical maladies as well as the realization that his direction of others' plays doesn't allow him room for personal expression. At least Adele's trip would seem to open the door to Caden's consummation of a strong attraction between him and comely box office worker Hazel (a curly-red-haired Samantha Morton), who, in one early indication of oddities to come, purchases and soon occupies a house that's burning and full of smoke.
After Caden's disabilities worsen and things go awry with Hazel, the action explicitly jumps ahead to 2009, when he wins a MacArthur grant and decides to undertake a theatrical venture in which an increasingly massive number of players will act, or re-enact, life as Caden sees it in a freshly constructed replica of Manhattan under the big top of an enormous warehouse.
Yarn's multiple layers begin manifesting themselves at this stage. It would be folly to pretend that someone watching it all for the first time could enumerate, or even keep track of, every strand of Kaufman's doubling process, or make entirely coherent sense out of the life-versus-art, life-as-art, or art-instead-of-life postulations that come into play in the second half. Viewers' reactions will depend on how far they're able to go with the writer-director before either giving up or giving in to his neurotic flights of fancy.
Without revealing too much, it can be said that Caden eventually casts an oddball actor (Tom Noonan), who's tall and thin rather than squat, to play himself in the evolving epic, and, to play Hazel, chooses an actress (Emily Watson) who's a near-lookalike. Emotional lines become crossed among these four, with both agreeable and dire results, but a throughline of worry, despair, loneliness and overriding unhappiness is provided by Caden and the fates of those in the tightest orbits around him. Characters age, mutate and transform themselves as Caden tries to play God but is done in at every turn by the simple fact that he's not cut out for the part.
Despite the general air of unpleasantness and anxiety, and the feeling that the film, like Caden, could explode from overloaded circuits at any moment, Kaufman's venturesome dramaturgy and compelling writing scene-by-scene are enough to keep one's curiosity piqued. Significantly crushed by illnesses, the drudgery of life and his failures with women, Caden doesn't seem like the genius he sees himself as, and the inspiration triggered by the sudden blessing of complete artistic freedom may also be only a figment of his imagination. Whatever the case, Hoffman embodies him completely, forcing the audience to share his every physical and emotional wound.
Along with Keener, who takes off early on, the other actresses shine as the women who both appreciate and tolerate Caden. Morton captivates as the adoring associate the director loves most, and Watson provides an ideal alter ego. Michelle Williams warmly shades the role of the theater company's leading actress, cast as Caden's wife in the theater piece; Hope Davis (who could play Hillary Clinton when anyone decides to do that film) sharply etches Caden's blunt shrink; Jennifer Jason Leigh disappears into a German accent in a very strange role; and Dianne Wiest comes aboard as a late addition to the New York project.
Working with vet lenser Fred Elmes, Kaufman tends to keep his frames tight, provoking a claustrophobic feel that matches Caden's usual psychological state. Production values come to the fore as the "set" for the ongoing theater project takes shape with evocative verisimilitude, with production designer Mark Friedberg and visual effects supervisor Mark Russell and an extensive effects team earning good marks. The long arcs of Jon Brion's score go the extra mile to provide emotional continuity to the sometimes quickly changing scenes.


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With NBC having just agreed to a $10 million-per-episode deal to hang onto TV's No. 1 comedy, "Friends," through the 2003-04 season, now it's time to sprinkle a little green on the No. 2 sitcom, CBS's "Everybody Loves Raymond."
Under terms of a deal set to expire this May, CBS pays a licensing fee of about $5 million per episode for the show, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
"Raymond," produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants and HBO Independent Productions, is likely to hit $7 million per episode in the negotiations -- which are expected to get bumpy, says the trade paper.
There's also the matter of the salary for Ray Romano, 45, who on Sunday night was named favorite male TV comedy performer at the People's Choice Awards. Romano is currently taking home $800,000 an episode.
But with "Friends" stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer hauling home $1 million per episode -- each -- over at NBC, Romano also is expected to receive a raise when his contract expires, also in May.
"Raymond" creator and executive producer Phil Rosenthal declined to comment on the talks but said he looks forward to next season.
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The Houston Equal Rights Ordinance became known by detractors as the "bathroom ordinance."
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The Houston Equal Rights Ordinance became known by detractors as the "bathroom ordinance."
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The actress will run as a Democrat in a district that has been held by Republicans since 2001.
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need recomendations on a cheap varmint rifle
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> need recomendations on a cheap varmint rifle
August 18, 2007, 06:23 PM
I want it in the $200-$300 range. but not a .22 unless its a hornet. Preferably a .17hmr or mach 2/ .223 rem/ .204 ruger etc.
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August 18, 2007, 06:31 PM
go to
savagearms.com , and look under there rimfire rifles. you can get an excellent rimfire rifle for 221.00 and up. they have a lot to choose from. savage is the way to go. in my opinion. brian
The Deer Hunter
August 18, 2007, 06:54 PM
Why is someone always looking for that rifle noone has? Whats wrong with a .22WMR?
August 18, 2007, 07:50 PM
Check out the Stevens 200 (made by Savage), I have yet to read a bad review about them. They are a solid rifle and most Savage stuff fits on them, do a search here and you will find that they are a solid and accurate rifle for well under $300. Good Luck.
The Deer Hunter
August 18, 2007, 07:59 PM
NEF guns are real cheap.
August 18, 2007, 09:44 PM
New England Firearms or Harrington & Richardson single shot rifles will work for you. You can get 1 MOA out of them.
August 18, 2007, 10:29 PM
...or this.
August 18, 2007, 10:36 PM
Why is someone always looking for that rifle noone has? Whats wrong with a .22WMR?
Hunting for ammo is a nice warm up before the actual hunt.
August 18, 2007, 11:16 PM
I have a savage/stevens in M200 in 223 and it shoots very nice with its favorite handload. Gun cost 291.00 scope 150.00
August 19, 2007, 02:40 AM
the best 17 hmr or mach 2 , under 300 , is by marlin, period. and the 17hmr can take most varmints out to 200 yds, and will take out coyotes, out to 150. This is all stated with personal knowledge, and experience. However I don't recommend a 150 yard shot on a coyote. I have bought/shot all 17hmr's and mach 2's that are made, from about 300 bucks and under, and have kept these;
Rossi, kids model nickel washed s.s., 17hmr. 100 bucks.(found out an ammo it
likes , plus it likes it's front take down screw completely loose, go figure!!)
Anschutz 6417hmr pistol, 5 shot, with 12 inch bbl, 300 bucks from CDNN,
Trigger is better than sex, plus it is Anschutz, it shoots everything into 1 hole.
Marlin 917m2 , stainless laminate. Almost as good as the hmr, plus ammo is 2.5 times cheaper, so I am able to plink.
Marlin 717m2, the only cheap and reliable semiauto 17m2 made, shoots into a dime at 100 yds, plus under 200 bucks. Cant be beat. Thompson /Center makes a better one, but it is about 400 bucks.
now remmy makes a 17hmr semiauto, but you may need to tweek it, plus get the latest generation mags, so it will work well. Also there is now 20 or 25 round mags for the Remmy, plus after market internal parts now, like the ruger 10.22. but it aint cheap, their regular models are about 400 bucks, and their s.s. laminate versions are about 500.
August 19, 2007, 02:43 AM
oh yeah, if ammo cost matters, a box of 17hmr ammo is 10 to 13 bucks for 50 rounds, and the mach 2 ammo is 4 to 7 bucks per box of 50. cheaper even than 223 or 762. 39.
August 19, 2007, 03:19 AM
I think the 22-250 is a much better Varmint round than the .223 Remington.
That being said, The Stevens Model 200 is chambered in either and like said above, it's a very accurate rifle, especially for the price. http://www.savagearms.com/st_200short.htm
Since this is a budget Varmint rifle you will need good glass that isn't too expensive. Unfortunately good glass that's not big bucks is hard to find. You might want to take a look at something from Tasco in their Target/Varmint line. They have several scopes in that line that are 6-24X42 and 6-24X44 which are under $130 and a 10-40X50 that's $150.
Simmons' ProSport Master 6-18X50 is also ~$130 and is a good scope for the money.
Bushnell has many different lines of scopes that are good and Barska has a inexpensive Varmint line too. They have a 8-32X50 for only $90 but I don't know if that's a good scope or not. The other I mentioned above are all good scopes. (for the money)
If you are willing to spend more The Nikon Buckmaster line is outstanding. Their 4.5-14X40 will run you $300 and their 6-18X40 will run you $350.
As for ammo, Cabela's has an in-store Ammo sale going on right now. Their Federal Blue Box ammo is on sale for $9.99 a box. Load up now and save money later, I did!! LOL
August 19, 2007, 08:06 AM
Barska has a inexpensive Varmint line too.
I'm contenplating buying a Barska. They look pretty good for the money. Th one person I know that has one is VERY happy with his.
August 19, 2007, 09:36 AM
Another vote for the Stevens Model 200 in .223. I'm getting sub 2" five round groups at 100 yards, and I'm the worst shot in Shelby County. Cost was $279.
The H&R Handi-rifle is good, too. A friend got one in .223, it shoots fine and was only $239. These inexpensive rifles are the best deals around.
August 19, 2007, 10:34 AM
Are you in Indiana mgh?
August 19, 2007, 10:45 AM
I bought a Rossi single shot in .223 with scope for $169.00
the scope is a Simmons white tail 3x9x40
I took a ground hog 3 weeks ago at 150 yards.
August 19, 2007, 10:55 AM
Hello, Wilson - no, I'm in Alabama, south of Birmingham
August 19, 2007, 11:04 AM
My opinion - get a Savage/Stevens or Mossberg 100 ATR from Wally World. Most everyone will carry that ammo as well. The .243 is a pretty versitile caliber with tack driving accuracy and I feel it's more versatile than a 22-250 or .223Rem with a little more recoil but it would make for a good deer rifle too.
November 8, 2007, 08:40 PM
The Stevens model 200 is a great platform. And you can build on it as you go... i.e. upgrade the stock, trigger, barrel... etc...
November 8, 2007, 09:30 PM
NEF guns are real cheap.
Stick with Savage.
November 8, 2007, 10:15 PM
November 8, 2007, 10:16 PM
I've got a Stevens Model 200 in 300 Win Mag with a cheap Tasco 3x9x40 scope. These guns, for the money, are excellent shooting guns. The stock is a little cheap, but perfect for hunting. They are really light and simple. The trigger can be adjusted to about 3 lbs factory, and then you can upgrade to an accutrigger or an aftermarket. I've got about $430 in mine with bipods and such. For that money, it's one heck of a gun. They make the Model 200 in .223, 22-250, .243; wither one of those would be a great gun for the job. A little more expensive that a .17, but wind wouldn't be as much of a problem. These would also work pretty well on coyotes.
November 8, 2007, 11:43 PM
I've got a Savage 93R17, it's the funnest gun in the world. Shot a .287" 5 shot group at 50 yards, and it's a 1 shot bang flop on big jackrabbits at 100+ yards. I also have a Stevens 200 in 223, it was sub MOA, and a great carry gun, before I put a Timney trigger in it, and a 223 AI varmint barrel, and a Duramax stock. Now it's even better. Ammos about the same price, you just get more with the 17. And it's like shooting a laser.
November 9, 2007, 07:43 PM
Why do you want to shoot cheap varmints? What have they done to you?
No seriously, I can make some pretty good hits at close to 175 yards with on old wood stock Marlin 783 in .22 mag. This gun will group Winchester or Armscor into an inch at a hundred yards. You do have to clean the jacket fouling out after 25 or 30 shots if you want top accuarcy.
Smitty in CT
November 9, 2007, 09:00 PM
Mossberg 817. Dick's has them for under $150... add a scope and you're all set...
November 9, 2007, 09:05 PM
NEF makes a good shooting single shot for what you are looking for ..
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Mac: How to detect and remove DNS Changer
International hackers ran a scam that co-opted DNS (domain name server) functionality on millions of user computers, including Macs. When the FBI took that network down in November 2011, agents realized they couldn't just shut the hackers' servers off, as doing so would disconnect affected users from the internet.
"We started to realize that we might have a little bit of a problem on our hands because … if we just pulled the plug on their criminal infrastructure and threw everybody in jail, the victims of this were going to be without Internet service," runs an FBI statement. "The average user would open up Internet Explorer and get 'page not found' and think the Internet is broken."
Or, for that matter, Safari, Chrome, Firefox and/or Camino.
So they set up DNS servers of their own. But this governmental largess comes to an end July 9 when the feds will turn off the servers that have carried users in the interim.
That said, you can automatically check to see if your Mac is infected by visiting the DNSChanger Working Group website — simply click the green Detect button and you will get one result or the other:
Alternately, you can check your Mac's DNS settings manually: Dock > System Preferences > Network > Advanced > DNS. Compare the DNS server IP numbers on your Mac to this list of known bogus numbers.
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For what it's worth, I use OpenDNS — a free and open source DNS service — on my Mac because it blocks the Flashback Trojan and provides better performance than my ISP's DNS service. If you're liking the sound of that, here's how to set up OpenDNS on your Mac — there's nothing to install, just change a few numbers in the Network Settings panel.


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January 16, 2007
FREEDOM AND PREJUDICE: APPROACHES TO MEDIA AND CULTURE, S. Kirca, L. Hanson, eds., pp. 74-91, Istanbul: Bahcesehir University Press, 2008
A growing number of states worldwide are imposing mandatory requirements on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to prevent their subscribers from accessing overseas content that would be banned under local laws. It is well known that undemocratic states such as China implement online censorship; but a number of democracies with constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression are also imposing digital filters. States have further put pressure on Web publishers to remove content hosted outside their jurisdiction. This article critically examines the Internet filtering regimes and technologies used in a range of democratic and undemocratic states. It considers the effectiveness of filters, their impact on newer distribution systems such as peer-to-peer networks, and their compatibility with principles of freedom of expression. It concludes by contrasting the very limited effect of filters on determined users outside totalitarian states with their potential to impose mass censorship on mainstream Internet users.
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Book Review and a Lesson For Life - Thirteen Reasons Why12:12:00 PM
How many times does it happen that you say something to somebody very casually and she takes a big offense? Or others blame you for their unhappiness no matter how small or irrelevant that sounds to you?
I recently got very upset with my best friend and couldn't talk to her properly for months. She kept explaining that she didn't say it intentionally and that she didn't mean it the way I took her statements but nothing gave me respite. It was only after her apology that I calmed myself down and we are back to normalcy (that's the good thing about good friends, the friendship doesn't fade away with time).
The book Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher is one such book that tells you how our lives are intwined with each other and how, unknowingly and unknowingly, we impact others' lives in more profound way than we can imagine.
I ordered the book from Flipkart after having it recommended by a list compiled by a voracious reader online. I love reading memoirs and this one is a memoir too so I got onto reading it as soon as I got my hands on it.
The book is about a fifteen year old young girl named Hannah Baker who commits suicide. Before killing herself, she leaves six cassette tapes in which she records her voice and explains the thirteen reasons why she committed suicide. She records the tapes, packs them in a box and gets them delivered to all the people who are responsible for her act. Each person who gets the tape has to pass them on to the next person in the list and the chain has to continue until all the names in the list of 'thirteen reasons' receive the tapes.
We read the book in the words of Clay Jensen, a young boy who also receives the tapes from Hannah. He is not sure why he has received the tapes and listens to all of them to find out how and why he could be a reason for Hannah's death.
Hannah explains all the thirteen reasons for her decision to end her life in the tapes and also talks about her agony and mental pain.
The book takes us through the journey of a young girl in a new school and traverses across the various small yet murky incidents that take place in her life that can mar any young individual and particularly an adolescent woman.
As we begin the book, the initial incidents do not seem to be so grueling only because we know such things happen everywhere. But as we progress further, we find out how every single incident during that time fueled Hannah's desperation to end her life.
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The book does not involve any plot or murder scheme, instead it is he journey of a young girl in a new city, new school that bullies her from the day one. Typically, we expect a teenager book to delve into the topics of competitiveness, job placements, high scores and finding one's foot in the world but Thirteen Reasons Why looks at the smaller but most crucial aspects of life - friendship, trust and dignity.
In the first few days of school, Hannah kisses a boy who later spreads the rumor that Hannah is easily available. Another boy then compiles a list of who's hot and who's not girls in the class and circulates it. He deliberately puts Hannah's name in the hot list and writes her best friend's name in the not list thus creating a rift between the two.
Before killing herself, Hannah decides to seek help and anonymously drops a note about suicide for the prospective discussion in the class. The faculty and the students fail to actually help the note-writer and instead take it as a strategy to gain some attention which deeply affects Hannah.
There are many more such incidents in the book that have prompted her to take such a drastic step. The narrator Clay is also on the list because he tried to help Hannah but he didn't try enough.
The book is a compelling read. Once you turn over few pages, it becomes hard to put it down. You want to finish it soon to understand what really went inside Hannah's head.
The language is simple and easy to understand. The narrative is impressive and grips you in way that as you read the book, you imagine Hannah's character and every person and place she mentions in the tape.
Reading about a young teen's distressed state of mind and how several small incidents coupled together to bring her to the state of suicide. Along with this were few times when Hannah herself felt guilty of not being a good citizen, particularly when she meekly watched a drunk girl being raped and an accident claiming a life.
The real change happens in Clay Jensen's life who is so moved by Hannah's story that in the end, he goes forward to say hello to a girl named Skye who has been developing suicidal tendencies just like Hannah.
The way Hannah was able to change Clay's mind and heart after her death, the book also leaves profound effect on its readers.
|Poem by Jay Asher in Thirteen Reasons Why; source: Pinterest.com
After reading the book, I went into an introspection state where I looked back at my life and wondered how many times have I hurt others by saying or doing silly things. I also thought about other people who have deeply hurt me during school and college. There were students who made fun of me for silly reasons. The guy who once laughed at me when I couldn't pronounce a word right and the guy who compared my compared my complexion with a fair girl. There were girls who laughed at me (and other such girls) for no funny reasons. Thankfully I had many friends and a very supportive family, so I never thought about suicide. I was quite happy with life.
But what if I didn't have good friends? What if I felt utterly alone when I was being laughed at?
On the other hand, I also looked at the way when knowingly and unknowingly I also hurt others. I remembered how, when we were kids, I made fun of my sister once in front of my entire family and she cried a lot later. Now, as a grown up I feel ashamed of my act and can't even gather the courage to say sorry to her.
The picture below tells how the author Jay Asher got the idea of the book.
The book has reminded me to be a good human being and to just think before I speak. I would now take extra care and be more sympathetic towards other people.
Isn't it ironic that we need books to remind us that we shouldn't be rude to people and that we should practice kindness throughout plus we shouldn't ignore people for no reason? Sure, it is but as long as we learn to do better things, I am okay with wherever I learn from.
I would highly recommend reading Thirteen Reasons Why. It is a must read. You might find it a little childish as it deals with high school students but if you go into a little depth, it does change your mind. It is a must read because it helps you to become a tad better human being.
To purchase the book, click on the link below. It would take you straight to the Flipkart page. The book is right now available at a small discount.
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Wonderfully written di and I got inspired too as few years ago, I also had such thoughts when I was in school but thankfully I had my family to support me that time.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Manisha, yeah, times can be real tough sometimes but family is such a strong support system. How have you been?Delete
Beautifully written di!!ReplyDelete
Often we forgive people but its impossible to forget.. I wish hum life k trash Memories ko delete kar pate aur ache moments ko bar bar play kar dubara jee pate..Replies
Hi Akanksha, yeah. I wish that too but we dont function like switch buttons so we have to work keeping such wise thoughts in mind. How are you doing?Delete
I'm going to read it today. :DReplyDelete
Nd guess what! I m taking reviews from you :)