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Ha! I can guess what that evidence might me. Just discovered your strip and have spent to better part of 2 days going through your archives (while at work, mind you). Funny, funny stuff.
Oh yeah...and "first" and all that crap...
I am still laughing.....and likely will be when I read this one again tomorrow.
"wise" indeed!
Not First!! And also wise... never ask for proof. I was sent a pic once....
Who highlighted everything in the O-Z cabinet? And what is that smell? Is that musk? OH MY GOD SCOTT YOU DIDN'T.
Does anybody have any Shout? Or at least some Febreeze?
Whenever anyone says 'first', their comment invariably comes up 2nd or 3rd. Is this your doing Scott? If so I find it subtly funny.
**Gasp** Someone who posted "first" was actually first today?!
Can someone who has ever posted "first" on a comment board please explain to me the thrill you get from that. I personally just don't get it.
Scott, maybe you can do an instruction on posting to comment boards that pokes fun at this, imo, irrational behaviour.
Over the many years of posting in various formats from the days when the "internet" was only text to today's various flavors, I find many behaviors (note:US revolution spelling of behavior) puzzling as well. However, if I look at it in the light of a person's need to be seen as important or doing something that makes them "win" no matter how contrived, it starts to make more sense.
I think the urge to write a post saying "first" is closely related to the urge to run around making footprints in fresh snow. There's probably some deeply meaningful existential element behind it, if only we knew.
Maybe someone should start a new fad where you attempt to get the last post on a any given topic, rather than the first. That way those who wish to find silly ways to be competitive can do so, but those of us hoping to see insightful comments wont be bothered as much.
I approached the "first" thing with mocking irony. Hard to convey that in text though...
@Anne: I was just finished laughed at the strip when I read your comment and it made me think of Douglas Adams's bowl of petunia's, and that leads to the whale. Ah, the unending cycles of laughter.
To the rest of you: Last?
Scott should poop in the boss' drawers.
Funny. Dal posted "first" and 8 comments followed about it being annoying and weird. It's like the "Don't respond to all" email sent in an email responding to all. Oops, this makes 9 comments.
Funny comic too.
It's pretty clear that Dal was being sarcastic when he said 'first."
Third from last.
Ha ha, beat you all there, or soon will.
Does this count as playing?
Last! haha, now, if you try to make me wrong, you will just make the guy above me right
Penultimate !
I hate potentially making Mike right, but I can't let Thom AND ukulelepete both be right, so I'll just add:
An as yet undisclosed number of posts away from last! Woo!
Not the last post.
I really shouldn't post.
The humorous irony of trigonman's post being last is great, but if no one is ever able to acknowledge it, it is just noise, rather than information.
Last... for now.


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Kevin Smith has been promoted to director of creative and digital interactive at The Signal. The promotion, effective immediately, was announced Thursday by Signal Publisher Ian Lamont.
Smith will now oversee all Web, online, target marketing, interactive platforms, social media and other nonprint projects for The Signal, in addition to creative services. Prior to his promotion, Smith served as manager of the Creative Services department, overseeing a four-person team of graphic artists.
Under Smith's leadership, responsibilities of the Creative Services team grew from supporting advertisers, marketing for The Signal and designing graphics for news and feature stories; to include designing, and managing production of all niche publications published by The Signal.
Smith's creative team set new standards, designing highly creative graphics for the covers and pages for the SCV Business Journal, Parent Times, the Health & Wellness publication and the weekly Escape magazine — branding each publication with a distinct product identity.
"Kevin's promotion has been well-earned," Lamont said. "Since coming to The Signal a year ago, Kevin's leadership greatly impacted the overall performance and quality of work being done by all in Creative Services."
Prior to joining The Signal in April 2010, Smith spent seven years in production and graphics for two media companies, spending the most time with the Family Magazine Group. His passion has always focused on graphic design and the fast-evolving technology surrounding creation, design and marketing.
"It is a joy to be working with such an innovative team and company," Smith said. "This past year has seen The Signal go through a lot of changes, and there are even more changes to come."
In his new role as director of creative services and digital interactive, Smith will work closely with Lamont, Administrative Director Morris Thomas and Technology Director Joe Choo on all Web and interactive initiatives at The Signal.
Smith feels privileged to be at the very center of future changes made by The Signal, and said he is looking forward to growing the newspaper's digital platforms and interactive footprint while continuing to raise the performance bar in creative services.
"I am excited about the opportunities of my new position and responsibilities, including the challenge to have an integral role in determining our future," Smith said.
Smith's promotion makes him a member of The Signal's senior management and operational team.
"This past year was full of challenges for all SCV businesses," Lamont said. "But I am proud of — and say thank you to — all 80 employees at The Signal. We are a different and stronger company now, and we have even more exciting plans for the rest of this year, and 2012. This is an extraordinary time to be at The Signal."
Smith in 2004 received his B.A. in graphic design from California State University, Northridge, and his associate's degree in fine art from College of the Canyons in 2000. He is a 1998 graduate of Saugus High School and has lived in the Santa Clarita Valley since 1991. Smith and his wife, Danette, have a daughter and are expecting their second child in November.

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Rhythm Pharmaceuticals negotiated an exclusive, worldwide license to Ipsen's preclinical melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) and ghrelin hormone peptide analogue programs. The companies claim the candidates could have applications in areas including obesity, metabolic diseases, and gastrointestinal disorders.
As part of the deal Ipsen is taking a 17% equity stake in Rhythm and could earn another $80 million in development and commercial milestones as well as sales royalties. Rhythm will also tap into Ipsen's formulation capabilities and expertise to develop delivery systems for the peptides.
The license covers compounds and IP relating to Ipsen's ghrelin agonists including lead compound BIM-38131, which is believed to have potential as a treatment for gastrointestinal motility disorders as well as for cachexia resulting from diseases like cancer. The acquired MSH agonist program includes lead compound BIM-22493, which targets the melanocortin-4 receptor. Ipsen suggests this candidate has potential applications in the treatment of obesity, diabetes, and related metabolic disorders.
"This agreement with Rhythm is a clear catalyst for the development of proprietary molecules from Ipsen in promising indications within areas of metabolic diseases, which are outside of our core strategic focus," states Stéphane Thiroloix, evp of corporate development at Ipsen. "Given Rhythm's complete focus on metabolic diseases, this transaction will leverage our combined expertise and resources to rapidly transform these important discoveries into valuable medical treatments."
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It was out first time on HAL and 3th cruise overall.
Embarkation was smooth and easy. We were on board by noon. We immediately went to the Lido for lunch. My grilled Reuben sandwich was cold inside.
Food was average. The deserts were poor and plain. We had early dining. The menu choices were nothing special and the food quality was average.
Food in the Lido never improved. Subsequent grilled sandwiches were cold in the middle. The made to order omelets were very good but limited tin choices for ingredients. Even pancakes were slow in coming. I did like the fresh squeezed orange juice.
Dining options outside regular meal times were limited. Only the pizza station was open late. The burger grill was not even open for all dinners.
Our room steward did a good job keeping the room clean but unlike other cruises we never got to know him. The art work in the room should be burned. It bordered on obscene. I did like that our cabin had a bath tub instead of the usual micro shower.
Entertainment was mixed. . The Eurodam Singers and Dancers were very poor. The dancing was good but all the music and singing was pre-recorded with them lip syncing. It was so obvious that the piano kept playing while they were changing players.
in the piano bar was fun and very good.
The public rooms on the ship were plain and signage as to which side of the ship you were on was almost non existent.
Bottom line: I'm sticking with Princess.


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Necessary Progress in Biosecurity
We need to strengthen U.S. biosecurity. The Obama White House's recent policy document on biosecurity, "National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats," judged that biological attacks could place at risk the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and impose costs exceeding one trillion dollars. A U.N. secretary's report on terrorism stated that "[t]he most important under-addressed threat relating to terrorism, and one which acutely requires new thinking on the part of the international community, is that of terrorists using a biological weapon." The U.S. anthrax attacks of 2001 showed that a tiny amount of powder in a few envelopes could cause tremendous national anxiety and disruption, in addition to illness and death. Advances in the biological sciences will improve human health, expand the food supply, and provide countless other benefits. As an example of the pace of change, the cost of human genome sequencing has declined 10,000-fold in the last twenty years. But these advances in science will also lower the cost of creating biological weapons. Given these and many other events, assessments, and trends, it is clear that the United States and other nations must work strongly to counter the threats posed by biological terrorism.
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The Release Party! Contributor Prizes! Success!
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For most of her adult life, says Helena Bonham Carter, she had a bad case of Peter Pan Syndrome. After all, she was 30 before she moved out of her parents' London home. That changed last May, when she turned 35. "I had 35-itis panic," says Bonham Carter, who plays a con artist who seduces a dentist (Steve Martin) in the comic thriller Novocaine. "All my friends are having babies, and I'm left behind. I feel more of an impulse to settle down."
First step: meeting Tim Burton, 43, who directed her in last summer's Planet of the Apes. They started dating in October after he broke up with his longtime girlfriend Lisa Marie, 33. It was hardly love at first sight, since in the film Bonham Carter wore a latex simian suit and huge false teeth. The actress's smile didn't win anyone over on the set of Novocaine either. To get into character, she arrived at the shoot wearing gnarly fake choppers. (She used more subtle dentures in the movie.) "I was not a fan of the funny teeth," says Martin. "They were frightening. Everybody started [singing], I Am the Walrus.' "
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REN21 and IRENA Sign MoU
18 January 2012: The Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on a renewables database, among other things. Mohamed El-Ashry, Chairman of REN21, said that he was very pleased to "see IRENA and REN21 moving forward to make their collaboration official." He welcomed the strengthening of cooperation between REN21 and IRENA for the promotion of rapid renewable energy deployment around the globe. In his statement, IRENA Director-General Adnan Amin stated that "the interconnected challenges the energy sector currently faces require well-coordinated answers. The cooperation between IRENA and REN21 will help to advance the renewable energy agenda globally."
With the signing of this MoU, IRENA and REN21 will also move forward on a joint project on building a qualitative and quantitative renewable energy database framework. [REN21 Press Release]


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Rupert's current project CBGB is filming in Savannah, Ga. We were able to sit down with him and discuss a few things. Our exclusive interview will be showcased here over the next few days, so stay tuned!
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-Rupert discussing Alan Rickman and his hair.
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-What animal he would change his first name to in honor of his character Cheetah Chrome.
-What he would use to race a cheetah.
-Exclusive news about the upcoming Olympics in London.
-Something he would want to be forever covered in chrome.
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Kevin Allen of USAToday believes the Pens could pick up a former fan favorite:
The Pittsburgh Penguins are looking at their options for a scoring winger.
I think everyone in the NHL believes they will end up with Alexei Kovalev because he always played his best hockey in Pittsburgh.
He was very popular with fans.
Where Pittsburgh would go is anyone's guess, though if Edmonton chooses to move Ales Hemsky or Dustin Penner,
the Penguins could certainly make the numbers work.
And if Shero truly wants to dream big, could a run at Calgary's Jarome Iginla be in the mix?
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As soon as I tried to play 1CC, I found it was very hard because you can not build colonies. For a long part of the game I was waiting for my borders to expand so I could get that PIG. It's almost impossible to play this w/o getting extra resources. But now that there is no colonies, there is no way of getting them..
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Rod Stewart Shares Personal Details About His Life and Manhood
Rod Stewart spent an hour yesterday answering a wide variety of questions from fans on Twitter. Few had anything to do with his music or new album 'Time.' Most people wanted to know about his time with the Faces, his wife Penny and their sexual preferences and what he likes for breakfast. One guy even asked about his "little Rod," and the singer obliged him!


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Mr. Torvalds Goes To Brussels Last week, a group of Open Source pioneers joined the battle over the future of software patents in the European Union. Over the next several weeks, the EU could fall into the same legal trap that ensnared the U.S. software industry--or it could take the first step towards dumping the concept of software patents once and for all.
Beyond BPM Tools Process management is a practice that can be supported by tools not traditionally thought of as "BPM" software, and businesses owe it to themselves to investigate all their options before deciding on a BPM strategy.
Somebody Stop The Megapixel Madness! All around the world, including Europe, China, Japan and the rest of Asia, handset makers are scrambling to maximize the pixel density of CCDs in their camera phone offerings. But what about optics?
Software Monitors Returns at Retailers How many returns are too many? Shoppers may soon find out as "Black Friday," the day after Thanksgiving, kicks off the 2004 holiday shopping season. A software application from The Return Exchange Inc. called Verify-1 that monitors and records the frequency of returns by consumers is starting to catch on.
Where To Place Your OS Bets Most solutions providers are still on the Windows bandwagon, but more are also weighing open-source alternatives.
The Big Picture: Oracle-PeopleSoft Battle's Side Effect It's hard to argue with SAP's strategy when tech pros crave depth.
JBoss Is Flying High Open-source applications are winning over enterprise IT departments, and JBoss is one of the firms leading the charge.
Technology's Worst Enemy It's been almost two years since the first camera phones appeared, heralding the advent of multimedia messaging (MMS) and paving the way for the impending 3G data services. Surprise, surprise, initially they were a resounding flop, marred by issues such as service costs, network interoperability, lack of handset availability, lack of roaming agreements and overly complex user interfaces. Granted, it took just a press of a button to take a picture. But storing, e-mailing or downloading that shot
Taking Stock: Pay Attention To Technical Analysis To ignore technicals on a tech investment can leave money on table.
You Want Reviews? We've Got 'Em! Been coveting a snazzy, sleek smartphone? How about an inexpensive way to share and sync files? A workhorse file and print server? Or a digital pen that remembers everything you write and creates e-mails
SmartAdvice: Five Main IT Categories To Evaluate In Companies You Might Buy There are some basic IT functions, from tech plans to an inventory of products, to consider when your company is deciding whether to buy another, The Advisory Council says. Also, weigh the cost of backing information up against the cost of lost business in deciding on a data backup plan; and look at your company's software-development processes when deciding whether to move immediately to the new CMMI.
Politics Prevails Over Intelligence Just when it seemed that the 9/11 Commission had fired up government reform, politics is again taking center stage. Congress, with a little help from members of the Bush administration apparently, has failed to advance a key 9/11 Commission recommendation that would establish an independent National Intelligence Authority headed by a national intelligence director. While this would appear to deal a major blow to the ideal of a unified intelligence community better equipped than the current one t
The Rise Of The Gadget Blogs I love a good blog that covers gadgets well. I consider myself something of a gadget-blog collector and connoisseur and would like to share with you some of my favorites. The list has to start with the two everything-including-the- kitchen-sink blogs, Gizmodo and Engadget. They're really good at highlighting the newest-of-the-new stuff. And
The Quest For The Perfect Device The Nokia N-Gage and Tapwave Zodiac have their merits, but the quest for the perfect all-in-one personal mobile device continues.
Linux More Hackable? Bah, Humbug! It's shocking that Windows, the bastion of bad code and patches, is more secure than Linux. That I just can't believe.
Readers Sound Off On Data Quality Comments from Business Intelligence Pipeline readers illuminate how critical an issue data quality has become in the world of BI.
Oracle Secures Nearly 61% PeopleSoft Shareholder Backing Oracle has won backing from slightly more than 60% of PeopleSoft Inc. shareholders in its $9.2 billion hostile takeover.
Taking Stock: Stratex Appears To Be Long-Term Investment Stratex overestimated the demand for its new Eclipse product.
SmartAdvice: Craft A Data-Center SLA So It Meets Business Needs Outsourcing data-center work lets staff focus on higher-value activities, but pay attention to business metrics when drafting the agreement, The Advisory Council says. Also, RSS may be a useful tool depending on your's company's industry; and expect staff cultural challenges when switching from mainframe based apps to client/server or Web-based applications.
Business Technology: Shhhh...: Kmart-Sears' Internal Memo Bob Evans imagines a memo from the honchos of the proposed Kmart/Sears to the CIOs of Kmart and Sears. It reflects the absence of any public discussion about how business technology would be used to beat Wal-Mart and other retailers that have embarrassed Kmart and Sears.
Langa Letter: Why Freeware's A Solution, Not A Problem Open-source, GPL, and other forms of freeware sometimes run afoul of myopic company licensing standards. But any organization that's cutting itself off from GPL and other legitimate forms of licensed freeware is seriously hurting its own business, Fred Langa says.
SOX Me, Baby If you work in the IT department of a publicly-traded company, you're probably familiar with Sarbanes-Oxley. If the very sight of that name causes an annoying facial tic and makes you want a cigarette, and if your company also happens to use open-source software, we need to talk.
The Future Of The Programmer For an upcoming story on the role of automation in software development, I started with the premise that automation, like outsourcing, would reduce the stateside opportunities for programmers. Bad idea.
'Streets and Trips 2005' Means Never Having to Ask for Directions David Strom reviews Microsoft's latest Streets and Trips software, and finds out never having to ask for directions has its downside too.
The Privacy Lawyer: Movies Are Different The battle over illegal downloading of movies is much clearer than that over illegal downloading of music files.
The Privacy Lawyer: P2P Networks: The Other Risks Privacy and security are at stake if you use P2P networks or IM apps that support P2P file sharing.
Toasted SCO SCO's tenure as the most hated tech company in the world may soon be over. As a matter of fact, its tenure as a company may soon be over, period, if a Novell legal filing posted on Groklaw last week turns out to be nearly as big as it seems.
Analyzing RFID's Reliability And Stability Limitations RFID and bar codes are both auto-identification technologies, but bar codes have a much longer track record and therefore boast greater reliability. In addition to stability issues, there are other potential shortcomings in the readiness of RFID that enterprises must understand and weigh.
It's Time For A Data Quality Sit-Down It's up to CIOs to make other members of senior management understand the importance of data quality. It won't be easy, but being the "chief" of anything usually isn't.
IT Confidential: Personal Use: Unclear On The Concept An FBI agent downloaded a copy of the stolen source code.
Taking Stock: F5 Networks Thrives On Internet Traffic F5's integrated products focus on architecture that manages net traffic.
SmartAdvice: Demonstrate IT's Business Value At Budget Time Justify the budget by showing IT as an asset and highlighting the business value it creates, The Advisory Council says. Also, look for fit with company polices and ease in integration when evaluating message-management systems; and the key for CIO survival is IT asset management.
Secret CIO: Five Rules For An Effective IT Strategy Making The I.T. shop a strategic business partner isn't that hard.
Business Technology: A Thanksgiving Kiss To Our Reader-Partners In this season of Thanksgiving, Bob Evans says thanks to the million or so readers who are the heart and soul of InformationWeek.
The Observer: The Many Roles Of A CIO Add seductress and supplicant to the business roles such as IT strategist that a CIO must take on to be successful, says Lou Bertin.
How Do Real Bad Guys Break Software? A security expert breaks down the tools and techniques attackers use to build malware and break into other peoples' systems.
Laptop Linux Talks Back A while back, I asked you to share your experiences with Linux on laptop computers. Most of you who wrote back love your Linux laptops, and you're happy you made the switch. But enough of you also dealt with hardware glitches to suggest that installing Linux on a laptop is still a lot messier than installing it on a desktop PC.
Let's Get Personal The notion of "personal" technology harkens back to the introduction of the first personal computer (the MITS Altair in 1975) or maybe the first pocket calculators (the HP-35 or Sinclair Executive in the early 1
What's Missing From RFID Tests Many RFID pilots under way don't adequately account for the impact on data-warehouse and business-intelligence apps. It's time to step back and factor in these critical metrics, or risk reducing the long-term success of RFID in your company.
Data Quality: The Problem That Won't Go Away Data quality is a problem for BI practitioners across the board, at organizations large and small. So what's the fix?


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The Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer (APXS), an instrument on the
Rover, will help determine the composition of the surface rocks.
Those investigations will represent a reference point, or "ground
truth" to help scientists calibrate remote-sensing information collected
from orbit by MGS and successor spacecraft. A series of small magnets
and a reference test chart will help test the magnetic component
of Martian dust and any movement of the dust over time.
Before class, make synthetic Martian soil in following mixtures,
labeled "A", "B", "C", and "D":
Explain to students that they are to design a method to separate
and measure percentages of magnetic material found in 4 different
samples of "Martian" soil.
1. Complete Teacher Demo as described above.
2. Allow time for each Mars Mission Team to design an experiment
that tests 3 different methods of separating magnetic substances
from the four samples of Martian soil. Each experimental design
should include the following:
statement of purpose, hypothesis, materials list, procedure,
record of observations, and conclusion.
statement of purpose, hypothesis, materials list, procedure,
record of observations, and conclusion.
3. All teams complete their experiments, recording data and preparing
a lab report. Individual teams report findings and results to class.
Younger students might follow the sample
procedure outlined below:
a. Prepare a soil sample that contains a known amount of magnetic
b. Try various collection methods and weigh the amount of magnetic
material collected with each method.
c. Calculate the efficiency of each method; i.e., the weight collected
divided by the weight originally present. Does each collection method
approach 100% efficiency? Examine the separated magnetic substance
with a hand lens. Was any white non-magnetic sand collected with
the dark magnetic material? Why?
d. Repeat the experiment a few times. How reproducible are your
results? How accurate are they?
e. Are your results consistent for each soil sample?
f. Did your experiment support your original hypothesis? What are
your conclusions?
Find out more about how Pathfinder actually assesses the magnetic
properties of true Martian soils. (Hint: no baggies are involved!)
Look on-line. Send questions to Researcher Q&A and post replies
on your Bulletin Board.
Research the Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer. How does it work?
What data will it send back to scientists on Earth? Why is this
data important and how will it be used? What will the Alpha Proton
X-ray Spectrometer not be able to do?
If you became a member of the "Planet X Mission" Planning Team,
what requirements would you put on a soil sampling device? Record
your ideas in your Mars Mission Logbook.
You are the Chief Scientist in the lab that will be investigating
samples returned from Mars in 2003 (or thereabouts.) Write a detailed
Laboratory Procedure that provides guidelines for the non-contamination
of the returning samples by terrestrial material--and vice versa,
keeping Earth safe from Mars!
The name Sojourner was chosen for the Mars Pathfinder rover after
a year-long, worldwide competition in which students up to 18 years
old were invited to select a heroine and submit an essay about her
historical accomplishments. The students were asked to address in
their essays how a planetary rover named for their heroine would
translate these accomplishments to the Martian environment.
...Valerie Ambroise, 12, of Bridgeport, CT, submitted the winning
essay about Sojourner Truth, an African-American reformist who lived
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Movie critic Mike Scott picks one worthy flick from today's New Orleans Film Festival screenings:
The Big Fix, 7 p.m. tonight (Oct. 19), Chalmette Movies
Eco-documentarian and Mandeville High School product Josh Tickell's film -- which helped open the film festival on Friday -- gets an encore screening.
In it, he takes a long, hard look at the BP oil spill, using it as a springboard for a condemnation of the cozy relationship between corporations and Louisiana politicians -- and for a sweeping critique of the state of American capitalism. Tickell definitely has an agenda here, but that doesn't make his film any less enraging or engaging.
Also noteworthy
- Animated shorts program, 5:30 p.m., Canal Place
- Marathon Boy, 5:35 p.m., Canal Place
- Melancholia, 5:45 p.m., Prytania
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- 7:25 p.m.: "Small, Beautifully Moving Parts"
- 9:25 p.m.: "A Jazzman's Jazzman"
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He first appeared as wide-eyed Private Boone in the hit movie M*A*S*H and later as the airborne title character in Brewster McCloud. But it was Bud Cort's portrayal of the mock-suicidal rich kid who falls in love with a high-on-life octogenarian in Harold and Maude that left him etched in moviegoers' memories. Although the 1971 film turned Cort into a cult star, it had little effect on his offbeat life-style. During most of the '70s the free-spirited actor continued shuttling between jobs in New York and Hollywood, living in hotels, the guest rooms of friends and even for a while at the Bel Air home of Groucho Marx.
Then on the night of June 11, 1979, Cort drove his 1978 Honda Civic into the back of a car on the Hollywood freeway. He was sent hurtling into the windshield and suffered injuries that jeopardized both his life and his livelihood. Still scarred after repeated hospitalizations for treatment, he has only now begun to find "a little part here, a little part there," appearing in Love Letters with Jamie Lee Curtis, and doing the voice of Edgar the computer in Electric Dreams. His next film, Maria's Lovers, which stars John Savage and Nastassja Kinski, will open in late November.
Cort, 35, recently suffered a major setback when he lost the $10-million suit he brought against the driver of the other car. Even though the jury decided that the other driver was indeed guilty of "negligence," it found "contributory negligence" on the part of Cort, because the accident was a rear-end collision. In his rustic, one-bedroom, cabin-type Hollywood home, he met with reporter Mary A. Fischer to discuss the accident and its consequences.
I had just come from a Frank Sinatra concert and his tune The Best is Yet to Come was dancing in my head. I got on the freeway around 11:30 p.m. I began to change lanes and up ahead I spotted a car in the middle lane. Nothing unusual, but all at once I realized it wasn't moving. It was stopped but there was no hood up, no blinkers, no flares. I cried out, slammed on the brakes and tried to swerve.
The sound of the crash was frightening. The pain hit me suddenly. I struck the windshield and blood poured into my eyes. I felt my arm and leg break. It took every ounce of strength I had to heave myself out of the car. I dragged myself across the highway and collapsed on the side of the road. If it weren't for two paramedics who were called by a passing driver, I would surely have bled to death.
During the ride to the hospital I was in and out of consciousness. I was admitted to the emergency room, and the doctor told me I had a broken arm and leg, a concussion and a fractured skull. In addition my face was severely lacerated and my lower lip was cut and hanging by a thread. I also lost several teeth. I telephoned three friends from the hospital. One of them thought she was having a dream, turned over and went back to sleep. Another had unplugged his phone. I finally reached Sally Kellerman, who has been my best friend since we did M*A*S*H. She came and held my hand and stayed with me through the whole ordeal.
I wasn't a pretty picture, and when Sally first saw me she froze. I looked at her and said, "It's over, right?" She excused herself, went out into the hall and, she later told me, practically fainted. She said she thought to herself, "Yeah, it is over," but she came back and said, "Don't be silly. You're going to be fine."
The next day I had the first operation to save my face. I was semiconscious, and the doctors sewed for what seemed like hours and hours. Several days later I got up the nerve to look at myself in a mirror for the first time. I screamed. I looked like a monster, with my forehead, face and lip all sewn up. Also I was terribly black and blue. I wanted to die. I've had two more operations on my lip since then, one a year later and the other about a year after that. Glass was still working its way out of my forehead 12 months after the accident. I've had three additional operations on my face, and there's no more the doctors can do. This is it, take it or leave it. I try not to look in mirrors.
I was released from the hospital two weeks after the accident, and when I got home it hit me. I realized I wasn't going to be back to normal. My face was the constant reminder that things weren't going to happen for me overnight. It was torn to shreds. It was my face—but it wasn't. Also the casts on my arm and leg stayed on for several months and I needed crutches and a day nurse.
For about a year and a half I went three times a week for physical therapy. I spent time in the whirlpool doing flexing exercises to regain strength and mobility in my arm and leg. But to this day, if I sit for a long time, my leg stiffens or caves in when I get up. I can tell you days ahead whether it's going to rain.
Oddly enough, I had a job waiting for me when I got out of the hospital. It was a role in Die Laughing that I had been scheduled to do before the accident. Jon Peters, the producer, called me in the hospital. My leg was up in the air, my arm was in a cast and my face was torn up. All I did was concentrate on breathing. I was sure he was going to have to fire me, but to my amazement he said, "Well, you're playing the villain anyway. I'll put back the start date. It'll be perfect. Think about how good it will be for the character."
After that film, which came out in 1980, I couldn't get a job. I had reached a point in my career where parts were coming my way, and then suddenly I had to start all over. People in the business still invited me to parties, but they tended to ignore what I'd obviously been through and would just talk about their latest project. I felt like a ghost.
I had to start auditioning again, and most of the time I didn't get the parts. No one would say it was because of the scars; they'd ask if I was getting a fever blister on my lip. I didn't tell anyone the truth because I didn't want to be pegged as someone who'd had a car accident. Sometimes I'd even go to auditions wearing makeup, but people would just look at me curiously. I probably should have told the press about it, because so many people thought I had just faded away or was no longer interested in my career. The truth is that acting is and always has been my life. I was playing Santa Claus when I was four. I studied acting for 14 years. I take it very seriously.
My career changed drastically. I started doing just voice work, then I did an onscreen segment of Insight, a religious television program. I played a deformed person who didn't want anyone to look at him. Let's just say it wasn't The Graduate. Some experiences have been inspiring, though. I had to start using other parts of my personality and talent. It made me reach out to people and be more vulnerable to them. I appreciate my friends more. I had been moving in pretty fast circles, and the ordeal has made me live more from moment to moment.
Whenever I get in real emotional trouble, I get out my music and go sing somewhere. So during this time I started a nightclub act at the Roxy, a Sunset Strip club. It also helped to pay some bills. The entire medical tab came to $45,000. I had some insurance and my family helped me all they could, but the rest came out of my pocket. It ate every penny I'd ever saved. That's why losing the trial is like having a double accident.
But I'm getting on with my life. I'm busy reading for parts and writing screenplays. I even played Freud in a new comedy, The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud, due out at Christmas. Ruth Gordon always says that an acting career is like a Ferris wheel. You're at the top, and then suddenly you start down; you get some momentum, and back up you go. I tested for the lead, opposite Anne Bancroft, in Garbo Talks, and missed it by an inch. But what the hell. At least I came close. I'm working my way back.
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NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE V-A HOSPITAL CRISIS. THREE AGENCY ADMINISTRATORS WERE NO SHOWS TODAY, ON CAPITOL HILL. A HOUSE PANEL WANTED THEM TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT POSSIBLY DEADLY WAITING TIMES, FOR VETERANS SEEKING GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE. OHIO REPRESENTATIVE BRAD WENSTRUP SAYS, HE'S UN-IMPRESSED. For these administrators to not be able to comply with us is unheard of and a slap in the face to our veterans who comply with the wishes of this nation in a moment's notice each and every day. ON WEDNESDAY.... PRESIDENT OBAMA PROMISED ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT MADE CLEAR, HE WON'T FIRE VETERANS AFFAIRS SECRETARY ERIC SHIN-SEKI. THE CONTROVERSY HAS GROWN SINCE THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED LAST NOVEMBER, IN A DETAILED INVESTIGATION EXAMINING SEVERAL V-A HOSPITALS. 26 FACILITIES ARE NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION. A NEUROSURGEON WHO WORKED AT THE V-A IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS, SHE LOST HER JOB, BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO PERFORM SURGERIES. SHE WOULDN'T DO THOSE SURGERIES, BECAUSE THE V-A DID NOT HAVE BASIC EQUIPMENT. TARGET 7 INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER NANCY LAFLIN HAS OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE. THAT NEUROSURGEON SAYS WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE V-A NOW IS BITTERSWEET. SHE HOPES IT WILL BRING CHANGE. BUT SHE CLAIMS FOR HER AND HER CAREER ... THE DAMAGE IS DONE. WHILE WASHINGTON INSIDERS ARE CALLING FOR HEADS TO ROLL AT VETERANS AFFAIRS... DR. KYM CHANDLER SAYS ... HERS ALREADY DID. "I feel like if I did the right thing. If I had operated on people unnecessarily...i'd still be there." CHANDLER SAYS SHE WAS A NEUROSURGEON... HIRED AT THE ALBUQUERQUE V-A IN 2009. BUT SHE SAYS... SHE HAD SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS... AND LET HER BOSSES KNOW IT. "some equipment became unavailable. that was necessary... just basic equipment that was necessary for my work." SHE CLAIMS BECAUSE OF THAT -- SHE WASN'T PERFORMING THE NUMBER OF SURGERIES EXPECTED. SO WHEN IT CAME CLOSE TO HER TWO YEAR MARK... CHANDLER SAYS SHE WAS LET GO. SHE TELLS US..SHE CONTACTED LAWMAKERS WITH HER CONCERNS -- BACK THEN. CHANDLER SAYS NOW -- SHE'S NOT SURPRISED WITH THE FALLOUT. "I wish they had heard us sooner." BUT THERE ARE SOME VETERANS WHO ARE DEFENDING THE LOCAL V-A HEALTH SYSTEM... SAYING... THEY'VE RECEIVED GREAT CARE. "I've been treated fairly there. I have. Good people. Good staff. Good doctors." "I don't have a beef with the V.A. They've been treating me like gold...like I have a medal of honor..and I don't...and I get treated like gold every time I go to the nm V.A. and I love it there" BUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE WE SPOKE WITH TODAY SAY -- NO MATTER THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE-- THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL VETERANS RECEIVE THE HEALTH CARE THEY DESERVE. AS FAR AS DOCTOR CHANDLER... SHE SAYS SHE IS TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE ALBUQUERQUE V-A. COMING UP TONIGHT AT TEN.... FAMILY MEMBERS OF AN ALBUQUERQUE NATIVE TELLS THEIR STORY OF FRUSTRATION WITH THE V-A. THEY SAY KEVIN HARTBARGER REPEATEDLY WENT TO THE V-A FOR HELP... HOURS BEFORE HIS DEATH. NANCY WILL HAVE THAT REPORT.. NEW DETAILS NOW
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I haven't been able to think much about the Twins these past few days -- much less write about them -- and for that I apologize. But I had the opportunity to take three family members to a Diamondbacks game last night (thanks, wonderful employers!) and wanted to share a few thoughts, in convenient bullet-form for your reading pleasure.
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IOTA -- A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated Saturday, August 09, 2008 at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Iota for Larry Lee "Lakes" Miller, Sr, 59, who died on Thursday, August 07, 2008 at his residence. Rite of Committal will follow in the Reed Cemetery in Tepetate with Monsignor DeBlanc Celebrant.
He is survived by his wife Janell S. Miller of Iota; a son, Larry Lee "T-Lakes" Miller, Jr. of Iota; a sister, Lanell S. Regan and husband, Jeff of Iota; a brother, Patrick Miller of Mermentau; a sister, Henrietta "Pouchie" Miller of Iota; and 13 grandchildren.
His parents, Alfin and Elvena Pousson Miller; his brother, Preston Miller; and his sister, Catherin "CoCo" Courville, preceded him in death.
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> (by accident) that it was a very long waiting time instead.
> After a bit of investigation, it happened that this value, 180 seconds,
> is the default timeout for "udevadm settle", according to udevadm(8).
> Unfortunately, there is not a simple way to change this. First I tried
> changing "udevadm settle" invocation in /etc/init.d/udev but this only
> worked for linux images not using a ramdisk (I built several of those as
> I first suspected to be a kernel problem).
your hardware must be seriously broken,
never seen any box reaching that timeout.
> What worked finally was to change "udevadm settle" invocation at
> /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/udev
> and then rebuilding the initramfs via dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-etc-etc.
> While doing this I noticed that "udevadm settle" is called three times
> in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/*. Two of them are wrapped via wait_for_udev()
> from /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/functions and they have 10 seconds
> as the timeout value. The other one is the one I had to hardcode by hand.
> To summarize: No matter how faulty my hardware might be (the boot
> never took so long with etch), I don't think it is reasonable at all
> that a user has to do this in order for the boot process not to take
> more than three minutes.
> Maybe every "udevadm settle" invocation should be wrapped via wait_for_udev(),
> not just two of them. Or maybe this is a bug in udev for having such a long
> waiting time. Feel free to reassign.
> Note: I see this as a serious bug, but as I don't know the number of
> people having this problem, I prefer not to use a severity at all.
this looks more like a kernel bug,
please provide lspci and dmesg of that box.
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Day 35-38: THE SEARCH FOR OZ
I stumbled out from the interrogation, searching for the closest landmark, but New York looked strange without my friends. Many businesses had closed and the streets were half empty. Still, mailboxes overflowed with letters, and newsstands were overrun with porn. And not half-obscured brown paper bag-covered porn, but big stacking piles of porn beside the gossip mags. I hadn't bought a dirty magazine in over fifteen years, but I felt compelled to flip through a Hustler in front of a newsstand by Water and Wall Street. I remembered the feel of high gloss beneath my fingers and the smell of ugly maroon inserts reeking of colognes I'd never wear. But now the girls looked like. . . girls. No longer the dark and dangerous sex creatures I'd hope to meet as a man, but the kind of lost young women I wanted to save. And I felt bad because that didn't stop me from thinking of them exactly in the way I was supposed to. I put the magazine down, and headed for the hotel.
Tobey and Oz weren't there. That didn't worry me at first. After all, Tobey probably didn't want to return to his last known address with agents after him. I was more concerned about Oz. What if she were still detained? Deported? I wanted to go back to the interrogation office, to Park 51, to Central Park, to anywhere I'd ever seen her. But even with the population leaving in droves, this was still New York City. How do you find just one person? I sat on the bed drinking, and trying to think of a plan. Occasionally, I'd flip the pages of the Hustler I didn't remember buying.
That's when I realized Rowsdower drugged my Scotch. I couldn't think of a reason the government would do that, but I also couldn't believe I bought a porno mag without remembering it. Maybe they wanted to follow me. See if I led them to clues in my compromised state. Guide them to Tobey or the Internet. I didn't know. All I knew was that suddenly the room was too big, and even when I pulled the covers and grabbed the pillows, I was alone.
I've spent the last three days in my hotel room. Too anxious to write. Too anxious to do anything other than take comfort in the Hustler that speeds my heart and then slows it with release. There's a girl on page 42 with a dolphin tattoo beside her absurdly coifed pubic hair who particularly excels at that. But then the fear returns, and I remember I still don't know where Tobey and Oz are or what to do without them. All I know is that if the government were hoping to find dirt on me in my altered state, they lost. For three days, it's been just me, the Hustler, and order-in food. Except once, I did leave to hit the corner liquor store for more Scotch. And even though the dude behind the counter asked if I were all right, I think the effects of the government's drugs have worn off by now. I think it's safe to look for Oz without compromising our operation. And even if it's not, I can't be by myself any longer. I figured if she were free, she'd be looking for work, and that would narrow the search. I showered and shaved, but still couldn't rid myself of the Hustler Drakkar Noir samples that had entered my pores by osmosis. I wasn't worried though. There were worse smells in Times Square.
Day 38: PORN IN THE APOCALYPSE When you manage worker compensation claims for ten years you start to know people. What hurts. Which wounds can heal. And what breaks us. I said in the beginning that losing the Net wouldn't mean returning to a simpler time. Shatter both of a man's kneecaps in an industrial accident, he won't take comfort in the return to crawling. He'll undergo extensive surgeries, splints, physical therapy, and, ultimately, walk with crutches if that's the best he can manage. And it's the same with porn. We need it back. But not the peep shows and smut peddlers of the 70's and 80's. We want all the ease, variety, and anonymity of the Internet. So sure, within weeks all the DVD and sex toy stores that Giuliani had pushed to 9th Avenue in the 90s crept back to Times Square proper, but there was more. Capitalism has risen to the challenge of creating Internet porn in the real world. Because drunken frat boys and men in rain jackets will always buy movies and mags from smiling Pakistanis in brightly lit stores, but the real money to be made is in servicing the millions who indulged in the privacy of their homes. 38 days into the Apocalypse and New York porn has changed.
The first thing I noticed, in addition to the proliferation of standard porn stores, was a surprising number of costume shops. Seemingly legit Halloween stores, but since this was May, it didn't make sense. I walked inside one and was struck by its size. There were a few anemic shelves with cheap masks despite the handful of quality masks that had been in the window. An Orthodox Jewish man purchased a pirate disguise, and then a business-casual dude bought a plastic Spider-Man mask held on by a stapled rubber band. But instead of exiting with their purchases, both men headed out towards a back door. I followed.
"Sir, you need mask?" an employee asked.
"I'm not sure."
I caught the door before it closed and ventured inside only to find a much bigger pornography store filled with men of all shapes and sizes. All wearing masks, and free to peruse the aisles without any fear of being seen or recognized. And if they'd been caught in the store's antechamber before purchasing their disguise? Well, the shops were still good enough for plausible deniability.
Other than that though, the store was pretty standard. Movie aisles were separated by categories. Big circular anti-theft mirrors hung in the corners next to surveillance cameras. Aside from the masks, the only other difference I noticed was the proliferation of fetish porn and the disproportionately high clusters of men in those aisles. Adaptation was paying off, and anonymity was good for business. After a few hours and several visits to similar stores, I went home - without Oz, but with several cheap masks and a variety of DVDs I would never admit to purchasing in real life. I guess that doesn't makes sense to say anymore, considering this is the only life we know.
Day 42: THE RULE 34 CLUB
Even the forces of capitalism can't meet every pornographic need, and there's a new strain of Internet zombie in the Apocalypse. Unlike the others who moved in circles recreating their departed websites within, these men roam the streets in file like a string of suddenly naked Rockettes. Their flapping dicks as overt and nonsensical as their desire. Of course, I'm talking about the chat roulette zombies. I could call them flashers, and I guess that's all they are except I'm not sure they would have come to this if not for the Internet. The website was like a gateway drug to their perversity. But at this point, who am I to judge?
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Mini in the Mail8 7
When my dad agreed to buy me the Diana Mini for Christmas, it was one of the happiest days of my life, I kid you not. I rushed to the computer and placed my order the night of. The days after that felt like they dragged by, slower than a fat slug. But I was patient, for the most part.
It just so happened that today was the day of my High School Select Band auditions; and I scrubbed it. But when I opened that mail box, hoooly moly; I was stokin'. I actually squealed…..heh.
I took the box, and I booked it back to my house, plopped on the floor and ripped it open. Inside, I found a receipt from lomography.
After a layer of packing, I laid my eyes on the princess. I can definitely tell you that it was love at first sight.
I [carefully] dumped everything onto the floor and flung open the box. It felt like Christmas when I was little! I could hardly contain my excitement when I jabbed my nail into the plastic wrapping and unleashed the tiny beast.
I had been wanting a Diana Mini for soooo long, that everything in the box just made it so much better! The cute font of the books, the photos on the box, the patterns on all of the items. I could definitely tell you that it was; Sheer. Joy.
I read EVERYTHING that I was given, the Mini book was the first one I plowed through.
After reading it, I was getting so excited to start snapping away! So, I read the manual:
Every single detail on my Mini was, for lack of a better word, perfect. Just, perfect. She was made my day. My week, month, year….life. Not that I've had much of a chance to live with since I'm still in school. But you catch my drift.
I've heard from some that she's a dangerous partner in crime. But you know, I think I can handle it.
And after all of the shenanigans, we were off. On our first adventure together. You could say that I had a delightful day.
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- In a small bowl, whisk eggs, milk and salt. Add flour; beat until smooth. Melt 1 teaspoon butter in a 10-in. nonstick skillet. Pour 1/4 cup batter into center of skillet; lift and turn pan to cover bottom. Cook until lightly browned; turn and brown the other side. Remove and keep warm. Repeat with remaining batter, adding butter to skillet as needed. Spread crepes with butter and jelly; roll up. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Serve immediately. Yield: 3 crepes.
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HARTFORD - Ryan Blaney didn't get much of an opportunity to watch his grandfather, Lou, in the sprint-car and modified races during Lou's 56-year career racing dirt tracks in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and West Virginia - amongst other places.
Lou struggled with Alzheimer's late in his life and quit racing in 2004 when Ryan was 10 years old, but it doesn't mean the 20-year-old NASCAR Truck and Nationwide driver can deny the pressure of having the Blaney last name in the racing world, especially at the Lou Blaney Memorial at Sharon Speedway on Wednesday evening.
Ryan couldn't help but marvel at the more than 600 career victories his grandfather collected.
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Ryan Blaney, left, shakes the hand of Dominic Joseph, 16, of Youngstown, right, after Blaney gave Joseph an autograph as Blaney's friends Emily Clow, second from left, and her mother, Amy, from Columbiana, look on before the start of Wednesday's Lou Blaney Memorial.
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Dale Blaney drives sprint car No. 98 during Hot Laps action Wednesday at Sharon Speedway.
"I know I'm not going to win 600 races - that's ridiculous," Ryan said. "It just shows how many times he raced and how competitive he was every year. It definitely puts a lot of pressure on me to know he's so well known here. And I put pressure on myself to do well on the NASCAR side so I can come here and kind of feel a little bit important to bring Blaney heritage back here.
"So, it's definitely a little bit of pressure to be good and to live up to expectations like he did."
Well, so far this season, the youngest Blaney is doing just that, currently leading the 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series by four points over Matt Crafton through 10 races. Ryan holds this lead not because of the races won (he hasn't won one yet this year), but because of his consistency, as he has eight top-10 finishes and six top-five finishes.
With 11 races to go, Ryan said he believes he could take the series title.
"I hope that we can win that truck championship," Blaney said. "That would be great to do for Brad Keselowski and his team, and it would mean so much for us and the people at Ford to have a truck back in the championship. That's what we're gunning for, and I think we're close to being where we want to be at as far as an organization."
On top of his success in the truck series, Blaney also has had a solid year on the Nationwide series as a part-time driver, participating in seven events and collecting four top-five finishes.
While he isn't in the race for the Nationwide title, Blaney expects to play a role in the owner's title race. As a member of the Penske Racing Team that was crowned champion last season, Blaney and Co. sit in second place, trailing Joe Gibbs Racing by four points.
"On the Nationwide side with Penske, we have a great chance to win that ownership championship again," Ryan said. "That would definitely make it a special year."
All of Ryan's success in 2014 doesn't come as a surprise to his father, Dave, who taught Ryan about racing the way he learned from his father, Lou.
"He was into it at a young age, and he continues to want to learn and want to get better," Dave said of his son. "He's got a good head on his shoulders, and it's paying off. It's fun when they follow what you do, but he's into what he does. And that's what I like the most."
Going back to his grandfather, Ryan has found success on a different surface - asphalt. Whether or not Lou could have been as successful on asphalt would be difficult to know, as Ryan pointed out the difficulties many drivers have had making the switch to paved roads, but he said he has a feeling Lou could have hacked it.
"I'm sure he would have been able to adapt to it - just a matter of time," Ryan said. "It's just a shame we'll never know that."
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June 3, 2013, 11:32 AM
Living in Tucson can anyone tell me the nearest place to go shoot some dogs?
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June 3, 2013, 02:12 PM
Only place I've found dogs is at the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum, over by Old Tucson, (if you're new to the state, please visit it - you will learn more in 4 hours about the desert than you ever knew before), but I don't think there are any down in the Tucson area.
According to AZ Game and Fish, P-dog isn't listed as a viable small game animal, and seen only in the northern part of the state.
June 3, 2013, 02:16 PM
Whoops, I missed one - the Gunnisons' Prairie Dogs are classified as a furbearing mammal, and may be taken during an "open season". Those are found in the northern part of the state.
June 3, 2013, 02:19 PM
Yep they sure are fun to shoot up in northern AZ
June 3, 2013, 11:34 PM
Gunnison's are listed as a nongame animal, not a furbearer, but there is a season on them, as there is on Coati.
June 3, 2013, 11:59 PM
Hmmm, they are listed as furbearers, and as game animals with a season...
June 4, 2013, 01:40 AM
No, they're not. The link you posted from the AZ Game and Fish states that quite clearly:
Fur-bearing mammals are defined as muskrats, raccoons, otters, weasels, bobcats, beavers, badgers, and ringtails. Of these, only the bobcat is also considered a predatory animal. All mammals not classified as game mammals, predatory animals, or furbearers are considered "nongame mammals." These include opossums, coatis, black-footed ferrets, Gunnison's prairie dogs, black-tailed prairie dogs, wolves, jaguars, ocelots, and porcupines. Of these, only Gunnison's prairie dogs and coatis may be taken during an open season, with the bag limit on coatis being one per calendar year. No season for the taking of jaguars, ocelots, wolves, or porcupines exists.
They are discussed on the same page as the furbearers, but not considered furbearers.
I have never shot prairie dogs. I am not sure that I would be able to differentiate between black-tailed (not huntable) and Gunnison's through a rifle scope. Suppose I'll have to research that if I ever decide to give it a try.
June 4, 2013, 07:56 AM
I'll call AZ Fish and Game later on for a verbal decision. That page is written poorly - either they are non-game and off limits, or they are a game animal. Can't have it both ways.
June 4, 2013, 10:38 AM
They are a non-game animal described as quoted by sixgunner, which is a poor way to classify them since they are managed by a season that requires a hunting license:rolleyes:
You can find the season described on page 84, under "other birds and mamals." There is a defined season, no bag limit, and requires a hunting license.
June 4, 2013, 11:36 AM
Thanks for the input. Been here for a few year and been to the Desert Museum too many times to count. I grew up in Southern Idaho, "rock chuck central" lived in Northern Nevada and Northern California before heading down here. There were ground squirrels and chucks applenty.
All I have been shooting here is eggs and oranges. Now that some creeps have finally killed enough Saguros to make the BLM shut the Ironwood down for rereational shooting, I have not been able to find a good place to lay out eggs and and oranges.
I was thinking it might be time to make a trip to shoot some dogs. As mentioned though, I would have a hard time trying to figure out if one was a blackfoot or a gunnison.
Maybe I'll keep looking for a good range to lay out some eggs.
Maybe I'll take up sporting clays out at the Coyote Howls course.
Any suggestions from you Tucsonians?
June 4, 2013, 03:02 PM
Sorry, sixgunner and wankerjake. :) I'll keep my nose out of any discussions involving hunting from now on.
June 4, 2013, 06:27 PM
I'll call AZ Fish and Game later on for a verbal decision. That page is written poorly - either they are non-game and off limits, or they are a game animal. Can't have it both ways.
Non-game can also just mean "No bag limit", much like feral hogs are considered in Texas. So it's possible there's a season, but they're unrestricted during that season.
June 5, 2013, 12:22 AM
Armoredman, I certainly meant no disrespect to you. I totally agree that if G&F is going to require a hunting license and define a season, then "nongame" is probably not the best way to classify them. But, it appears they disagree.
June 5, 2013, 03:28 AM
I also meant no disrespect. I have learned that it is very important, if you intend to hunt, to understand clearly the language used by Game and Fish. When, where, and how you may hunt and kill something is usually laid out very clearly, but sometimes the definitions and intent behind them are not quite as obvious as we might wish, such as with what the term "non-game" actually means.
According to another portion of the AZ Game and Fish site:
nongame species: animals that are not traditionally hunted, fished or trapped
Usually, people think of hummingbirds, bats, and so forth, but there are actually hundreds of species that the term refers to, as used by AZG&F. For some reason, prairie dogs fall under that term for AZG&F for management purposes, but that does not mean that all animals termed "non-game" are not hunted somewhere, nor that they are all protected from hunting in AZ. It can be confusing, and often takes more than a surface read of the regulations.
June 6, 2013, 11:21 AM
I'm not sure there are any p- dogs down there except for the black tailed they reintroduced, but the area around Tucson offers excellent predator hunting opportunities. Or you can get on a high point and shoot jackrabbits. Lots of them too.
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