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Buckmark pistol
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Mr Bernoulli
December 5, 2008, 10:12 AM
What do you guys think of these buckmark pistols how are they how do they hold up let me know everything you do about em.
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December 5, 2008, 10:17 AM
I like mine. I don't know how it will hold up, but I never hear anything bad about them.
December 5, 2008, 10:21 AM
I've got the stainless UDX with black laminate grips and love it. It's the most fun gun I've got. Pretty accurate also. Only problem is the rear site base come loose within 20 shots. I need to get some blue locktite for those screws. Can't use red locktite because one of those screws has to come out for takedown. Anyway, I can deal with the screw problem because I really do love this gun. CCI mini-mags seem to work well with it.
December 5, 2008, 10:22 AM
I've got a plain jane Camper with a 4" barrel. Of the 4 .22 pistols I own, it is my favorite. I don't think you'll find too many people who will speak poorly of these little guys. My rear site base comes loose as well. That would be my only complaint.
December 5, 2008, 10:45 AM
I like them. I like rugers better, but that's what I grew up with. My experience is that buckmarks look and feel better, but rugers seem to be more reliable. On the nickel BM I had the nickel flaked away from around the chamber from the slide impact.
December 5, 2008, 12:05 PM
Buckmarks are great .22's. But I have three Ruger MK II's, so that should tell you my preference.
December 5, 2008, 12:14 PM
I got one on sale at Cabela's. Seems to work fine but I haven't shot it alot. I bought it to basically shoot steel matches on the cheap. Just for fun.
Thus, it's worked for me in this limited realm. The price was right as compared to others.
Steve C
December 5, 2008, 03:05 PM
I own 2 Buckmarks. The first one I bought is a standard that I shot Bullseye with for several years. I then bought a dedicated target version I currently use for Bullseye shooting. They're great pistols, accurate and reliable. Between the Ruger and the Buckmark the Buckmark comes with a much better trigger though if you put another $90 or so into a Volquartsen kit for the Ruger you can match it.
Had to smile at the remark posted that the "Ruger is more reliable". It is a standing joke at our Bullseye league shoots that when an alibi (misfire or jam) is called, its a Ruger shooter.
Hk Dan
December 5, 2008, 04:15 PM
I own 3 and like them better than Ruger. They're certainly easier to care for, but both are accurate and dependable guns. I've hunted with mine for 12 years, put thousands of rounds through them, and they just keep on chugging.
December 5, 2008, 04:30 PM
I had one. . .it was a tack driver. I purchased an aftermarket barrel from Tactical Solutions and put on a rail for a 2x red dot. I modified an Uncle Mike's holster to take the Buckmark with the scope. I was the terror of the eastern woods for a while. Squirrels feared me!
December 5, 2008, 04:51 PM
another happy Buckmark owner.;)
December 5, 2008, 04:53 PM
I love mine... well over 3k rounds through it, now. Very uncommon to have ANY failure. :)
Video link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPj-WjXusiw)
December 5, 2008, 05:31 PM
I love my Buckmark, and would take one over the Ruger any day (I have both, BTW). Good looking, extremely well made, highly accurate, and affordable. 'Nuff said?
December 5, 2008, 07:40 PM
I find the trigger let off to be a bit variable from one example to the next. I need to find some one who knows how to do a good trigger job on one. The sear and notch is a bit un-othodox, on the back side of the hammer and upside down. Aside from this point, I think highly of them. In this day and age a creepy trigger is pretty common on most makes.
Never messed with a Ruger 22 so can offer no opinion.
December 6, 2008, 05:07 AM
I have one and its been great! No failures that weren't ammo related. I think that anything with the Browning name on it is of superior quality. It comes with a superior price tag as well though.
Snubby 38
December 6, 2008, 07:27 AM
I've had a Micro Buckmark for years and have no complaints. Added Browning laminated grips that were on sale which really dressed it up. My shooting buddy liked mine so much that he went out and bought a Buckmark Plus, for some reason it doesn't like Federal ammo. Very accurate and hand to grip fit is perfect.
December 6, 2008, 08:23 AM
We have 2 buckmark pistols, I looked at the ruger but did not like the way it fit my hand. I shoot a lot of cheap bulk ammo thru mine.
By the way check out RimfireCental.com lot of info on the buckmark and all
things rimfire.
December 6, 2008, 09:09 AM
i had a buckmark target that i gave to a friend who i owed a favor. was very accurate/reliable. haven't fired but that one, but the trigger was good as delivered. would recomend them without reservation.
December 6, 2008, 12:49 PM
Picked one of these up a cabela's myself. Great handling gun, tack driver almost right out of the box. Easier to disassemble and clean than a Ruger Mark II by a country mile.
December 6, 2008, 10:37 PM
I like mine.....
December 6, 2008, 11:41 PM
Howdy, I was torn a few weeks ago between buying a Buckmark or a Ruger. At first I was going for the Buckmark as I just plain like the looks & feel of the gun. After talking with the salesman about the mountability of a scope or red-dot, he said the Ruger MK III was ready to go for that as they come with a rail you can put right on. As for the Buckmark, you would have to buy an after-market rail made for the Buckmark. I ended up buying the Ruger and just added a Volquartsen custom accurizing kit, and now it has a great trigger, that was well worth the extra $90. LM
PS. I still like the looks of a Buckmark better, FWIW.
December 6, 2008, 11:45 PM
A Buckmark was my first firearm, about a year ago. It's a fine gun. My only complaint is that you must separate the sight rail from the barrel when field stripping it, so to remain accurate, you need to sight it in again each time. At least I do, because I use a red dot sight.
BTW, very nice photography, nwilliams!
Irate Iguana
December 7, 2008, 07:34 AM
My only complaint is that you must separate the sight rail from the barrel when field stripping it, so to remain accurate, you need to sight it in again each time.
Isn't there an after market way to get around that?
December 7, 2008, 08:00 AM
I've got the Camper. Replaced the barrel with a 10in TacSol, and put a flat rail on top with a red dot. It's very accurate, and a lot of fun.
Dave is right, you do have remove the sighting apparatus to field strip.
December 8, 2008, 08:33 AM
I also have a Buckmark micro with the bull barrel. I thought it was better looking than the Ruger. It has been completely reliable and shoots whatever I put in it. I installed Williams Firesights front and rear. It is very accurate. I probably have 2500 rounds thru it with no problems.
December 8, 2008, 08:40 AM
I've had mine for over twelve years and put tons of rounds through it. I kept it stock and have had zero problems with it.
Craig M. Arnold
December 8, 2008, 04:30 PM
I have owned a couple of Rugers in the past. I do not own any now. I do own seven Buckmarks, so that should tell you how I feel about them.
Best regards.
December 8, 2008, 10:27 PM
I've got a plain jane Camper with a 4" barrel. Of the 4 .22 pistols I own, it is my favorite. I don't think you'll find too many people who will speak poorly of these little guys. My rear site base comes loose as well. That would be my only complaint.
I've got the 5.5" SS Camper, and it has the same problem. After cleaning it, I now use the red loctite to keep it together better. I also make sure that I never go to the range without the allen wrench.
I would probably try the Ruger for my next 22, but the BM is a straight shooter.
December 12, 2008, 09:42 AM
For those of you that don't like the trigger do a search on "heggis flip" I hope I didn't mispell that! Simple and works good.
December 12, 2008, 11:32 AM
My 07 Camper goes to the range with me on every trip. In 25K rounds, the only problems I've had are a cracked sight rail (plastic on the Camper model), a broken sight rail screw, and the tab on the slide release lever came loose needing a dab of JB Weld. The higher priced models come with metal sight rails from the factory, but may not have a rail for optics. That's one advantage of paying less for the Camper model if you are going to have to upgrade to a different rail for optics anyway. Mine now has a Tactical Solutions sight rail ($80, less without an integrated sight) and one of their 5.5-inch barrels ($105, and makes the pistol significantly lighter). I also flipped the sear spring (Heggis mod), giving it the crispest and lightest trigger I've ever experienced on any pistol.
I only remove the sight rail after every couple thousand rounds for a full cleaning. The rest of the time it cleans up quickly and easily in about five minutes. The barrel rarely needs to be cleaned, but the firing pin assembly, action and recoil assembly beneath the rail get pretty gunked up after a while. The screws that hold the sight rail need Blue Loctite to stay tight between takedowns. Normally, no re-adjustment of the sights is necessary after removing the sight rail. Shooting off hand with the stock sights, I can routinely put ten rounds on a 1-inch target dot from 7 yards.
December 12, 2008, 12:13 PM
I've got 2 Buckmarks- a 5.5 target and the silhouette model. no problems, great triggers, very accurate.
Kurt S.
December 12, 2008, 02:14 PM
Mine started jamming, mostly extraction failures with a few failures to feed, about every other magazine.
This was after between 2000 and 2500 rounds without cleaning. I cleaned it and the problems cleared up.
December 12, 2008, 02:19 PM
I would like to hear more about this necessity of removing the sight rail for a field strip. Someone said something about there being an aftermarket workaround?
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Even as progress comes to the hills and hollows of Appalachia, bringing such necessities as European body-wrap salons to the towns and Brie en croûte to the malls, one thing never seems to change: the fortunes of the Pikeville (Ky.) High School football team. Last season the Panthers won all 14 games and averaged just under 50 points a game. This season they were undefeated again going into the annual big game against their archrival, Paintsville. Such heroics have made head coach Hillard Howard, 41, about the most respected man in eastern Kentucky never to make a couple of million dollars in coal.
"We have to take care of Hillard. He takes care of our kids," says Ralph Roop, a Cadillac salesman and father of a 270-lb. lineman, handing over the keys to a 1983 Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance, once owned by an elderly widow and passed along to Howard at cost. The coach walks around it once, checks the gas tank (full), starts the car up and heads for home, spitting H.B. Scott's chewing-tobacco juice into a paper coffee cup as he drives, not a drop marring the plush blue interior. "I'm still not used to a car with good brakes," he apologizes as the Cadillac lurches to a halt at an intersection. "Before I started getting all these nice new cars, I had to hang one foot out the door to stop." The Cadillac looks real nice in the driveway, shaded by a willow tree and parked next to the 1987 Pontiac Bonneville that the grateful people of Pikeville bought Howard last year, right after his team won the Division A state championship.
Of all the love affairs in sports, none is quite so special as that of a small town with its football team. Maybe it's the weather that does it, the combination of autumn leaves and summer grass, the air as crisp as a tight spiral. Maybe it's the sacrifice, the glory of young men throwing their bodies into the struggle, asking nothing for it but a letter to sew on a funny jacket that some of them will wear the rest of their lives. Only in football are the memories so vivid. Marley Newsom, 62, a Pikeville barber who was quarterback of the 1941 team, remembers "crying like a baby down on the field" the day his team suffered its sole defeat of the season. Only in football are the bonds so enduring. Henry Stratton, 63, a tackle in the '40s, has eight lawyers in his local firm, and six of them played football for Pikeville.
As one autumn follows another, small-town people watch their children grow up. They see them as grade-schoolers, playing pickup football behind the bleachers. They see the same kids years later, competing under the Friday-night lights. Sometimes the kids end up playing a better game of football than even the most bright-eyed booster would dare to expect. "People were always telling us they couldn't wait until we were juniors and seniors," says Greg Hackney, Pikeville's star halfback. "When we were seventh and eighth graders, only three or four teams even scored on us, and we were playing middle schools with ninth graders." Most of the seniors on the Pikeville team have been starting for six years, on various teams, and in all that time they have lost only one game.
The Panthers are a Division A team; Pikeville has about 300 students in grades 10 through 12. A school like Henry Clay High in Lexington, rated Division 4A, has about 1,800 students in the same three grades. In 1987 the two teams played, and Pikeville won by 13 points. This year Pikeville won again, by 15. "For the last two years, Pikeville has probably been the best football team in the state, regardless of size," says Jake Bell, the coach at Henry Clay. "They have a run of really great athletes. It happens in small towns."
It seems that for the past few decades a lot of good things have happened in Pikeville. The hills of eastern Kentucky remain for the most part a bastion of fundamentalism and poverty, scattered with signs reading You Need Jesus and families living "on the draw." The dominant architecture of Appalachia is still double-wide trailers, although some of them are in yards with swimming pools. "We've got the haves and the have-nots, a mixture of $200,000 homes here and $20,000 shacks there," says Gene Davis, 57, a former Pikeville football coach, now the vice-president of a local bank. Pikeville is a pocket of relative prosperity in all this, a city of about 5,500 people that functions as a regional service center. If the local economy is not oblivious to the booms and busts of the coal industry, it is at least partly shielded from them.
It is shielded as well from some of the harshness of the times and the sense of old values quickly eroding. Coach Howard, who has a master's degree in education and doubles as the assistant principal at Pikeville, says the worst discipline problem he comes up against most days is tardiness. The secret of all this serenity might just be that every kid in town who is big enough or mean enough to get in trouble ends up playing football instead. There are more than 50 players on the squad, and each one who sticks out the season, no matter how little he plays, gets a letter. There isn't much else for a kid to do in Pikeville, except cruise the shopping plazas along the four-lane. "Football is everything here, for everyone, not just for us," says Hillard's wife, Marsha, 41. "You can't believe how football oriented the town is. We sort of coast through the summers, live for when the season starts."
To hear the people of Pikeville talk, last year's football team was the greatest thing to happen to eastern Kentucky since the coal boom of the early 70s, when prices went from $9 to $60 a ton in just 15 months. "The team last year was so good," says Howard, "that this year, after we won a game 37-0, I heard, 'Coach, what happened? What's wrong with them?' Every Friday, before the game, I hear, 'How many points are we going to score?' People have already decided we're going to win another championship."
People still talk about last year's game against Johns Creek, which was undefeated going into the game and touted a star defensive player nicknamed Doctor Death. Howard figured his team was in for a tough evening when he stopped at Jerry's restaurant, his favorite hangout in Pikeville, and heard from one of the waitresses that she had bet $10 on Johns Creek. "Hey, that's a day's pay," Howard says.
The stands in Badlands Field at Johns Creek were filled when the Pikeville team bus pulled up nearly two hours before game time, and there was such a throng of excited Johns Creek fans milling around on the field that the Pikeville players had to warm up in the end zone. As Johns Creek kicked off, the crowd was five deep along the sidelines. Pikeville's first play was an 85-yard touchdown run, and the Panthers went on to win 62-7. "I probably won't bet against Hillard this year," says Lisa Williamson, the waitress. When last year's team left for the state championship game, so many Pikeville fans followed them to Louisville that a sign was posted on a railroad trestle a few miles outside the city: Last One Out...Turn Off The Lights!
After the Panthers won the championship, the Pikeville Board of Education bought rings for every player. The Pikeville Football Boosters chipped in, too, buying jackets and plaques for the team. The Boosters help pay for meals and hotel rooms whenever the team travels, and they operate a Polish sausage stand at Pikeville's annual Hillbilly Days festival, donating the proceeds toward the cost of equipment and a summer training camp. "We're there when they need something," says Jerry McNamee, a coal broker. "We'll get to work."
Naturally, such intense local interest does not make Howard's job anxiety free. He keeps a blood-pressure cuff and a stethoscope in the bottom drawer of his desk and two kinds of antacid medication (liquid and tablet) within easy reach. This season, he's trying to find reasons for worrying about his offense, which was averaging 41.8 points per game going into the showdown with Paintsville, down from 49.6 last season. His "Big Dawg" defense, though, was still grinding opponents into puppy chow. Named for 275-lb. all-state tackle and linebacker Tim Honaker, who started barking in practice one day, the defensive team was giving up only about seven points a game, and most of those were coming in the second half, when the starters usually stay on the bench. "I actually don't mind coming out too much," says Jody Brown, the leading pass receiver on a team that seldom passes. "You can lay back, watch the jayvee play, wave to people in the stands, try to meet girls."
David Cox, the starting fullback, and Bobby Deramus, who starts at halfback on offense and noseguard on defense, say that to keep runaway games interesting, the offense sometimes devises play variations in the huddle, a form of spontaneity that does not have the blessing of the coach. "We've been at it so many years we know just about when we're going to get a touchdown," Deramus says. "Our offense will decide that we should take four plays to score, so that's what we do." Adds Cox: "Sometimes I get aggravated when we're playing littler teams. The first play, we score. We kick off, they fumble, and the kickoff team takes it in. Sometimes I loaf so I can play more. I know when we're way ahead at halftime I'll have to take my pads off." Cox, who is primarily used as a blocking back and usually grades out as the most efficient member of the offense, is so good-natured and easygoing that he has become the coach's nemesis, invulnerable to motivational goading.
"He's the worst fullback in America," sputters Howard loud enough for the passing Cox to hear. "All the guys have girls who wear their jerseys. Cox has to pay a girl to wear his." ("You know," says Cox of his coach, "he's like a good friend.")
Howard was raised in a coal camp near the Virginia border, one of 14 children of a man who worked 41 years in the mines. "It was tough," Howard says, "but we had enough to eat and we had nice clothes." The players call him Fred Flintstone—when he slouches, the resemblance is uncanny—and he rules with a management style that is a mixture of affection, devotion, sarcasm and left hooks. He was a two-time West Virginia Golden Gloves middleweight boxing champion, and when players misbehave, they are invited into the gym. "I had to go in about four times with him," says Sean Neeley, a 6'3", 235-lb. lineman nicknamed Captain Redneck for his propensity for getting into brawls. "He'll let you hit him, so you start thinking you're good, and you get careless, and then he pops you. That fourth time will be my last. I got one good shot on him, a lucky one, and then he beat me to death."
Howard's son Jason, a quarterback on the team, describes his father as arrogant, willful and too stubborn to ever admit he's wrong, but he adds, forgivingly, "You learn to like him the way he is, and he loves every player to death." On the evening before the state championship game, after his players were in bed, Howard switched on the television set and heard a sportscaster announcing the names of all the players on the annual Associated Press all-state football team. "Three of ours were named to the first team and one made second," Howard says, "but I was afraid the kids who didn't make it would be upset. So at 5 a.m. I went downstairs and bought all the papers in the lobby and for three blocks around the hotel, and I hid them in my room, mostly under the bed. At game time, no one knew who had made the team, not even our assistant coaches."
Only one coach in eastern Kentucky has a record to rival Hillard Howard's, and that is Walter Brugh, 62, of Paints-ville High, who has won more games over his 32-year career than all but one other coach in the state. "Hillard and I are friends," says Brugh, whose own team was undefeated going into the game against Pikeville this year. Friendships like this one bring back memories of the Hatfields and the McCoys. Says Jeamy Holbrook, the quarterback for Paintsville: "Coach Brugh would rather beat Coach Howard than eat."
Paintsville, which has about the same population as Pikeville, wasn't nearly as blessed with the federal funds that flowed from Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs. Or, as Brugh puts it, "We had to work for our money." Paintsville is picturesque, more like a small town is supposed to look, with tree-lined residential streets and a dairy bar across the road from the high school that is painted in team colors and calls itself the Home of the Tigers. Three years ago, when Paintsville was on the way to a second-place finish in the state football tournament, the Tigers defeated Pikeville 48-21. The prevailing view is that Paintsville, which scored its 48 points after being down 21-0, ran up the score.
"With a minute and 27 seconds left to play, they were still throwing the ball," fumes Howard.
"We were just trying to play football," smiles Brugh.
Last year Pikeville won 59-0. This time Pikeville was accused of running up the score.
"What do you think?" asks Brugh, not smiling now. Howard recalls that after Pikeville won the state championship, Brugh was one of his few coaching acquaintances who didn't call with congratulations. Going into this year's Pikeville-Paintsville game, neither coach was predicting victory. They sounded as if they weren't even sure their teams would show up.
"Maybe once we see them, we'll turn and run," said Brugh.
"They're undefeated," Howard reminded his players after practice one afternoon. "If that scares you and you need to be home the night we play, let me know, and I'll give you the day off."
On the morning of the game, Howard received a telephone call from his brother, Eddie, 55, who said he wasn't coming to the game because Paintsville wasn't tough enough. "He's trying to aggravate me, that's what he's trying to do," said Howard. Later, when the coach stopped in at Jerry's for his usual pregame iced tea, a former player came over and said the betting line on the game had Pikeville favored by 29 points. "I should put $20 on Paintsville myself," Howard said in disgust.
A couple of hours before kickoff, he went home to change clothes. He came out of the bedroom wearing a short-sleeved white polo shirt and shimmering maroon slacks, the Pikeville colors. He had on his game face, the short-tempered one.
"Marsha, do I need a coat?" he asked.
"Yes, it's freezing," she said. "You should be wearing a long-sleeved shirt, too."
"Marsha, don't tell me what to wear."
The confrontation that Howard was calling the Thrilla in Pikevilla was drawing near. When the coach arrived at the field, he found fullback Cox in the school parking lot, adjusting the air filter on his Trans Am instead of preparing for the game. "Will you stop dinking with that junk," he yelled, waving for Cox to get inside. Once dressed, the players filed into a world history classroom, jamming their bodies behind desks not designed for 200-pounders in pads. On the blackboard was an outline of the rise and fall of Rome, but Howard provided his own history lesson, reminding his team of Paintsville's humiliating 48-21 win. "I don't want that ever to leave your minds," he warned.
Four times that night, Paintsville drives deep into Pikeville territory. Four times, Paintsville has first down and goal to go. The Big Dawg goal-line defense, so tough a pickup truck couldn't go through it, holds every time. Pikeville wins 22-0. The next morning, Howard goes down to Jerry's for breakfast. As he steps into the restaurant, he hears it, just as he knew he would. "Hillard," someone asks, "what went wrong last night?"
The Boys of Autumn
updated 11/07/1988 AT 01:00 AM EST
•originally published 11/07/1988 AT 01:00 AM EST


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My Testimony:
Why I Do NOT Believe That Prophets Are Perfect, That Believing Prophets are Fallible Is A Valid Reason To Tell People To Leave The Church, Or That God Kills Prophets If They Make Mistakes
Facebook is an interesting place. A lot of self proclaimed, "defenders of the faith" and usually political conservatives, seem to have taken Romney's idea of "self deportation" from the campaign trail, and started applying it to everyone in the church with whom they disagree. In a period of 72 hours, I have been invited to leave the church almost 20 times. Most often the calls for my "resignation" from the church come because I believe that prophets can be divinely called, and the spokesman for God in earth, while still being human enough to make mistakes. Several times I have felt prompted to share my testimony that every person, except Christ, makes mistakes every day of their lives. Every single person needs the power of the Atonement, and no one should ever be asked to leave a church they believe in, simply because there are areas of the gospel that are still not clear, and call for personal inspiration and revelation, to decide how best to live our lives.
|Locking others out is not the way to create a Christ centered community!
In sharing those things, I have been able to better explain my testimony and its direct connections to gospel teachings. I have no desire to be seen as attacking those who disagree with me, or who have told me that they think I do not belong in the LDS church. I don't want to embarrass them, or make this post something that could be seen as a personal attack on anyone. The quotes I am using are from a thread of friends, discussing the frustrations of dealing with people who are so quick to invite others to leave. Curtis's comments were said as a tongue in cheek response, to the sentiments that others have repeated, ad nosium, mocking those who do not believe that every word of that comes out of a prophet's mouth is automatically what Christ would say if He were in the same situation. Natcat's comment adds clarity to part of what I say earlier in the post, and is a reflection of what I believe is the heart of the matter. Both have given their explicit consent to have their thoughts used in this blog post. (All of my quoted thoughts are in purple.)
I have a strong testimony that prophets are fallible men, who continue to make mistakes, repent, learn and grow for their entire lives, *including* the time they are prophets. Anything else would be saying that our Heavenly Parents take away the Plan of Salvation from people when they become prophets. Why would the rest of us have the blessings of the Atonement available to us, and prophets have their agency taken away when they are called? There is nothing in the gospel that would lead me to believe that Heavenly Father loves the Prophet less than He loves me.
Curtis Penfold:
"But Julia, the Lord would never let a prophet lead us astray!"
I do not believe God kills prophets for their mistakes, even in church administration matters. I believe that He is just as patient with the prophets and Apostles as He is with us, giving us as much time as possible to do as much good as possible. I believe that Apostles and Prophets are called of God, and have the authority to administer the affairs of the church, but they are men, and as such, it is unfair to expect that they will have their free agency taken away, so that they are forced to be perfect or killed if they have made, or are about to make, a mistake. (If that were the case, then Ezra Taft Benson would have been killed after the first political conference talk that the other Apostles had to censor, or when he directly went against direction given to him by the First Presidency at the time.)
Curtis Penfold:
"Julia, although your opinions are entirely based in scripture, Church teachings, and common sense, it sounds like a sure and subtle way to apostasy."
After sharing the first parts of my testimony, one woman singled me out, saying that if my testimony was so weak, that it would be better for me to leave the church and start my own, because the church and its organization is perfect. She asked me why I didn't just leave, and leave the church alone, if I didn't believe that the church was perfect. What follows is my response.
My testimony has come at a high price, and I value it more than anything in my life. I shared a portion of it earlier, because I have "wrestled with angels" over how and why there have been so many changes to church doctrine and practices, as well as understanding and accepting why some personal experiences of local leaders, not following the directions of church in how to deal with sexual abuse survivors.
Those experiences have led to a great deal of soul searching, personal revelation, and a deeper understanding of the Atonement than I would have had otherwise. I would strongly encourage you to take a step back and think before questioning the testimonies of those who are involved in respectful and doctrinally sound protests. They are likely to have deep, abiding testimonies, tempered and strengthen through the fires of trials, including members who do not try to understand us, inviting us to leave a church that we have given all that we have, to be part of.
The LDS church has an open cannon, we believe the heavens are open and that there will be continuing revelation until Christ comes and finally restores all. Whether I *desire* change or not, change has come in the past, came just this month with mormonsandgays.org and will continue to come.
I have no quarrel with the church's core doctrines, only with a culture that encourages people to equate culture with doctrine. There is nothing doctrinally wrong with wearing pants to church, seeking personal revelation, asking questions, (after all most of D&C is the answers to questions people asked at the time) or wanting more revelations that relate to issues where there has been historical confusion. For many people, the confusion about the Eve we learn about in the LDS scriptures and teachings, and the Eve we encounter in the temple, are an area that additional doctrinal clarification would be welcome.
The only response that I got to this was that obviously I did not understand the gospel, and that I couldn't possibly be sincere.
I assure you, my readers, as well as my Heavenly Parents, that I most definitely am sincere, and I believe that God wants each of us to seek out answers for ourselves, so that the Holy Ghost can confirm their truth. I testify that you cannot get answers to questions that you refuse to ask, and that only through personal revelation can you truly find peace and happiness!
I'll close with a thought from Natcat. Natcat Lance:
"I agree we have made prophets (and some leaders) to be gods (as in perfection and above err). All have free agency in mortality. We have to use our holy ghost to know the truth of what they say...that is our confirmation that will bring to our remembrance all that we once knew before mortality."
I invite no one to leave the church, but instead I invite all to Come Unto Christ, in whatever way He leads you to Him, and His gospel.
I invite you to come if you have not already.
I invite you to stay if you are here and desire to continue as a member of the church!
I invite you to leave, only if it is what your personal revelation leads you to believe is right, and even then, no especially then, I invite you to remain friends! I want to hear your story, your reasons for leaving. I don't want you to ever feel that no one cares why you felt/feel you must go.
There is no one that I would send away from my life, as long as they are living their lives with integrity to their personal beliefs!
|There is so much beauty and wonder in the universe.
Surely there is a place in it for all us us to love and serve each other, without pushing each other away!
Please consider making 2013 the year you begin opening your hearts, arms, and the doors of your home and congregations!
Instead of trying to send people away, instead invite, even the least of these among you, to come unto Christ!


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The first time these two teams met, the San Antonio Spurs (54-13) beat the Miami Heat (46-21) at the AT&T Center in San Antonio by 30 points.
This time, the Heat returned the favor, beating the league leading Spurs 110-80 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.
What are the numbers that stood out in this Spurs' loss? Let's find out!
95.8 – The Heat were nearly perfect from the line, making 23-of-24 (95.8%) free throw attempts. The Spurs on the other hand, struggled with their foul shots connecting on just 12-of-19 (63.2%) free throws.
80 – Miami Heat's "Big Three" combined for 80 points equaling the Spurs' point total as a team.
53.8 – Miami shot well from the floor, making 42-of-78 (53.8%) field goal attempts while holding the Spurs to just 31-of-81 (38.3%) field goal shooting.
47 – The Heat dominated the boards, outrebounding the Spurs 47-33.
46 – Miami pound it on the inside, outscoring San Antonio 46-34 on inside points.
30 – Chris Bosh had a game-high 30 points and 12 rebounds for the Heat. Eleven days after being beaten by the Spurs by 30 points, the Heat returned the favor by winning with a 30 point margin.
29 – Dwayne Wade added 29 points, nine rebounds and four assists for Miami.
25 – The Heat played better as a team, they had 25 assists for the game compared to 17 dimes for the Spurs.
21 – LeBron James chipped in 21 points, eight assists and six boards for the Heat.
18 – Tony Parker led the Spurs with 18 points and five dimes in 33 minutes of action.
14 – Tim Duncan added 14 points and six rebounds for San Antonio.
11 – Both team committed just 11 turnovers a piece.
9 – Miami had nine steals as a team, three coming from Mario Chalmers, while the Spurs had five steals for the game.
0 – Matt Bonner is the only Spur who did score, he went scoreless in eight minutes of playing time going 0-of-2 from the field.
Rookie Watch: Gary Neal had eight points, one rebound and one assist in 19 minutes shooting just 2-of-13 from the floor, James Anderson had two points and one rebound in five minutes of action, Tiago Splitter had two points and one rebounds in four minutes on the floor.
What's Next? The Spurs will visit the Dallas Mavericks on Friday at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Goran Dragic blazed upcourt with the ball with one man to beat and threw his left hip into him as he finished the drive at full speed.
That was the left hip that kept Dragic out of the game Friday night at Indianapolis but was not going to sit him out again Saturday night at Minnesota, where he followed the aforementioned play with a rare dunk moments later.
Dragic not only played three days after the hard breakaway foul at New York that injured his hip, wrist and tailbone, but he played well, too. He posted his third double-double of the season with 16 points and 12 assists. He made 4 of 10 from the field and 8 of 13 at the free-throw line, the second-most attempts for a game in his career.
The chances of Dragic playing were optimistic entering Saturday, but nothing was finalized until Dragic went through pregame exercises and shooting following a full day of electric stimulation on the affected area.
"I'm getting looser with less pain," Dragic said. "Nothing is going to get worse. It doesn't matter if it hurts a little bit. It was painful to watch (Friday night) in the locker room."
It was Dragic's second missed game of the season. Dragic missed another loss Dec. 9 to Orlando, but it was only after he tried to play through flu symptoms the previous night in Los Angeles. Suns coach Alvin Gentry was leery of Dragic clearing himself to play again.
"He's Grant Hill Jr.," Gentry said. "He wants to play. He'll play through any kind of situation. That's why I'm glad we have the medical staff we have because they wouldn't let him be out there if he shouldn't be."
O'Neal out
Suns center Jermaine O'Neal did not need to get to Saturday to know his status for the game. He said he knew he would not be able to play at Minnesota once Friday night's game at Indiana ended.
O'Neal said he has been battling back spasms for about five days.
"It's starting to affect the way I move and get up and down," O'Neal said. "(Saturday) has probably been the worst."
O'Neal has been a full-time reserve for the first time in his 17-year career. The adjustment has been difficult because of the down time before warming up pregame and his entry to start second quarters and then sitting again often until the fourth quarter. O'Neal sits on the bench with heat packs on his legs and back.
"I have to be smart about deciding whether playing is to the detriment of me and the team," O'Neal said.
Frye update
The Suns do have a shooter with a proven record of big shots, but power forward Channing Frye is out for the season due to an enlarged heart that was discovered in September.
Frye had a visit with his cardiologist this month with no change in plans. His activity is still limited to golf, yoga and occasional set shooting at the US Airways Center practice court. A clearance to return to basketball activity will not be considered until his heart is re-examined in March.
"I'm just going to continue doing what I've been doing and get healthy and be ready to come back to play next season," said Frye, who is on the bench and in the locker room for home games. "That means more golf and finishing my degree."


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First, goals and model of socialism of Viet Nam
The Platform on national construction in the period of transition to socialism (and revised and supplemented in 2011) described the model of socialism of Viet Nam with its eight typical characters. The first character is: prosperous people, strong country and equitable and civilized society. The second is: owned by the people. The fifth is: people live a free, plentiful and happy life and are able to develop comprehensively. The most crucial objective of Viet Nam's model of socialism is: for the people. Other characteristics are essential conditions to achieve that noble objective.
Second, contents of the period of transition to socialism in Viet Nam:
They are the role of political system with prominent leadership of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, typical characteristics of economic regime in the period of transition and social and cultural issues.
Third, possibility of bypassing capitalist regime
The Party Congress confirmed: "This is a profound and thorough revolutionary process and a complicated struggle between the old and the new for qualitative changes in all aspects of social life. It is essential to undergo a long period of transition with several steps of development and several mixed social and economic structures." It is necessary to bring into full play advantages and repulse threats and challenges for rapid and sustainable development./.
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When You Take a Toddler to TargetCasey Mullins
Whenever I've taken a toddler shopping with me, the toy aisle is always one of the first spots we hit. I find something with buttons, something that sings or lights up and let my little lady play with it as I get my other shopping done. At the end of our visit we travel back down the toy aisle, my kid says goodbye to whatever toy she was playing with and I say a silent "Bless you little toy for making my weekly shopping trip so much easier." Rarely, if ever, do the toys come home with us. They're only meant to be loved for however long it takes me to pick out the right kind of lettuce and find a good sale on cereal.
But sometimes plans change. Sometimes a toy is meant for more than just one shopping trip and today? We found that toy.
Cant' see the video? Click here.
Yes, we said goodbye to the puppy as we dropped him off with all his other puppy friends, but you'd better believe I'll be back sans children to purchase that little puppy for Santa to drop off to a certain puppy hugging little girl on Christmas Eve.
You can find the Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Love to Play Puppy for $19.99 on Target.com and in Target stores. You can also find me singing "Head Shoulders Knees and Toes" on aisle 4.
A special thanks to Target for sponsoring this campaign. Click here to see more of the discussion.
Do you know a deserving family, school, or charity this holiday season? We're giving away one grand set of 20 toys from Target, including those mentioned in this post! To nominate, simply comment and tell us why you've selected them!
Find more of Casey's writing on her blog moosh in indy or her Babble Voices site Shutterlovely. She's also available on twitter, facebook, flickr and Instagram. If you can't find her any of those places? Check the couch, she's probably taking a nap.


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Nike SportWatch GPS Fitness Monitor
Retailers' Descriptions
Here's what other sites are saying:
Get more out of every run with the Nike+ SportWatch GPS fitness monitor and iPod sensor. It's easy to use and will give you valuable speed and distance data to help you reach your fitness goals. iPod sensor tracks time, distance, pace and more while you run; easily upload data to Nikeplus.com, monitor your progress, join challenges, map runs and connect with friends. Place the sensor in the sockliner of your left Nike+ ready shoe and start running to sync it with your Nike+, iPhone 3GS or other Nike+ tracking device. GPS by TomTom provides accurate speed and distance data while running outdoors; monitor tracks time, distance, average pace, real-time pace and calories burned. Simply tap the screen with a finger to mark laps or activate the backlight during a run; screen is designed for quick, strong taps and is not a fully functional touch screen. While running, use the scroll button to check your time, distance, pace and calories burned; customize the data you see during a run using Nike+ Connect software (included). Monitor keeps track of your 50 most recent runs so you can review them; set automatic run reminders that alert you when a run hasn't been logged in the past 5 days. Run a personal best and the SportWatch will give you an "attaboy" as encouragement. Link to a heart rate monitor, such as the Polar WearLink+ Transmitter Nike+ heart rate strap (sold separately), to track your heart rate while exercising. Wrist strap features built-in USB contacts so you can simply plug the watch directly into a USB port on your computer to upload run data and recharge the battery. Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery provides up to 8 hrs. of use with the GPS or Nike+ sensor on; provides up to 50 hrs. of standby use. Takes approximately 2 hrs. to fully recharge the battery. Includes Nike+ SportWatch GPS fitness monitor, iPod sensor, USB cable, Quick Start guide, and Nike+ Connect software.
Nike SportWatch GPS Fitness Monitor
previously retailed for:
$129.93 - $149.00
$129.93 - $149.00
The Nike SportWatch GPS Fitness Monitor is not available from the stores we monitor. It was last seen February 27, 2014 at REI.
If you're looking for a new gps watch, check out the best reviewed current models.


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I NEVER KNEW how hard it was to park a scooter in Philly until my colleague Leah Kauffman told me about the four tickets she got for parking her cream-colored Honda Metropolitan on the sidewalk - one in Society Hill and three in Center City.
"I love my scooter," says Kauffman, a producer for Philly.com. She says that purring through the city on her Metropolitan has made her love Philly even more than when she traversed it on her bicycle (which was stolen).
"It's more comfortable than a bike, but you still get to be in the fresh air. It even has a cupholder for my morning coffee! It's the most pleasurable experience."


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No. 2 Gannon women rout Clarion
Gannon 68, Clarion 47: At Clarion, the Gannon women's basketball team dominated the first half before beating Clarion in a PSAC game Saturday.
The second-ranked Golden Knights jumped to a 39-21 halftime lead after an early 10-0 run provided some momentum.
Jen Papich and Brittany Batts led with way with 11 points apiece for Gannon, which improved to 16-0 overall and 5-0 in conference play. Nettie Blake added 10 points for the Golden Knights.
Gannon showcased its depth during the rest of the game, as Amanda Berchtold and Jennie Theiss combined to score 15 of Gannon's 25 bench points.
Emma Fickel had a game-high 14 points for Clarion (6-7, 1-3).
Gannon will return to the Hammermill Center to host Indiana on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.


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EINet Alert ~ Feb 16, 2008
*****A free service of the APEC Emerging Infections Network*****
APEC EINet News Briefs offers the latest news, journal articles, and notifications for emerging infections affecting the APEC member economies. It was created to foster transparency, communication, and collaboration in emerging infectious diseases among health professionals, international business and commerce leaders, and policy makers in the Asia-Pacific region.
In this edition:
1. Influenza News
- Global: Cumulative number of human cases of avian influenza A/(H5N1)
- Global: CDC says influenza B strain doesn't match vaccine
- Ukraine (Crimea): Economy sees second outbreak of 2008
- Hong Kong: H5N1 avian influenza found in market & amusement park
- India (New Delhi): Government accepts US help in combating H5N1 avian influenza outbreak
- Indonesia (Jakarta): 15-year-old girl hospitalized with H5N1 avian influenza infection
- Laos (Luang Namtha): H5N1 avian influenza resurfaces in poultry
- Viet Nam: Officials report two new H5N1 avian influenza cases, one fatal
- Canada (Alberta): Study recommends monitoring pig farm workers for swine influenza
- USA: Report urges USDA to tighten oversight of pandemic planning
- USA: USDA increases spending to protect food, cuts avian influenza budget
- Global: The BioChek Avian Influenza Antibody diagnostic kit gets OIE recommendation
2. Updates
3. Articles
- Experimental Infection and Natural Contact Exposure of Dogs with Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1)
- H5N1 avian influenza re-emergence of Lake Qinghai: phylogenetic and antigenic analyses of the newly isolated viruses and roles of migratory birds in virus circulation
- Novel Approach to the Development of Effective H5N1 Influenza A Virus Vaccines: Use of M2 Cytoplasmic Tail Mutants
- Vaccination of Macaques with Adjuvanted Formalin-Inactivated Influenza A Virus (H5N1) Vaccines: Protection against H5N1 Challenge without Disease Enhancement
4. Notifications
- APEC EINet Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Virtual Symposium: Partnerships and Continuity Planning for Critical Systems
- Promising Practices for Pandemic Planning: CIDRAP toolkit promotes preparedness for non-profit, faith-based groups
- iJet announces publication of its 2007 Year in Review: Avian Influenza and Pandemic Planning
1. Influenza News
Global: Cumulative number of human cases of avian influenza A/(H5N1)
Economy / Cases (Deaths)
Total no. of confirmed human cases of avian influenza A/(H5N1), Dec 2003 to present: 360 (226).
Avian influenza age distribution data from WHO/WPRO:
WHO's maps showing world's areas affected by H5N1 avian influenza (last updated 2.7.08): http://gamapserver.who.int/mapLibrary/
WHO's timeline of important H5N1-related events (last updated 1.30.07):
Global: CDC says influenza B strain doesn't match vaccine
Joe Bresee, MD, chief of epidemiology and prevention in the CDC's Influenza Division, told reporters that 93 percent of the circulating influenza B viruses analyzed so far belong to the Yamagata lineage, which doesn't match the influenza B component of this year's vaccine. The B component is a B/Malaysia/2506/2004-like virus, which belongs to the Victoria lineage. Because the Yamagata and Victoria lineages are distinct, the vaccine provides little cross-protection for influenza B, he said.
The news of the mismatch between the influenza B strains closely follows recent indications that a circulating influenza A/H3N2 subtype, A/Brisbane/10/2007-like, doesn't match the vaccine. However, the CDC said the Brisbane strain is a recent antigenic variant of the A/Wisconsin/67/2005-like virus, a component of this year's flu vaccine. Consequently, CDC director Julie Gerberding said this year's vaccine should provide some cross-protection against the Brisbane strain. "Even when there is less than an ideal match, there is still some cross-protection," Bresee said. "This is especially true for high-risk populations. Getting a flu vaccine may reduce the risk of death or hospitalization from the disease."
Bresee said it's difficult for global health officials to predict what strains will be prevalent in the next influenza season, because the selection must allow enough time for vaccine production. At the upcoming World Health Organization (WHO) meeting, officials will advise what three components should be included in the northern hemisphere's 2008-09 seasonal flu vaccine. Despite the difficulties, he said the seasonal flu vaccine has been well matched to the circulating strains in 16 of the last 19 seasons.
The news about the influenza B mismatch is the latest in a string of unusual findings about circulating flu viruses. In late January 2008, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control sounded a warning that some H1N1 influenza viruses in Europe were showing signs of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) resistance. On 7 Feb 2008 the WHO reported that resistance has been found in 14 countries, 10 of them in Europe. According to a WHO table updated on 7 Feb 2008, 8.4 percent (15 of 179) of the H1N1 viruses analyzed in the United States so far had the resistance mutation, and 6.3 percent (8 of 128) Canadian isolates showed signs of oseltamivir resistance. Bresee said the CDC is watching the oseltamivir-resistant viruses very closely and that investigators still don't know what caused the mutation.
Europe/Near East
Ukraine (Crimea): Economy sees second outbreak of 2008
The highly pathogenic virus of bird flu has been found again in Crimea. Two hens and a rooster were found dead in a private yard in the village Kirovskoe of the Chernmorskoe region. Specimens, taken from dead birds and from additional two hens and two ducks, have reacted positive for DNA of influenza A, serotype H5 on 6 Feb 2008. Additional samples have been sent to the State Research Institute for Laboratory Diagnostic and Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise, Kiev (national laboratory), for reconfirmation.
In the previous outbreak, the bird-flu virus was found on 18 Jan 2008 in a bird farm of the village Rovnoe, Krasnogvargeyskoe region, Crimea. The virus was eventually confirmed to be H5N1.
Hong Kong: H5N1 avian influenza found in market & amusement park
Authorities are stepping up health measures at Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Food Market after an oriental magpie robin found there tested positive for the H5 avian flu virus. A spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said on 12 Feb 2008 that the bird, a common species in Hong Kong, was found on 8 Feb 2008. "In view of the tentative finding, we will conduct a thorough cleansing and disinfection operation in both the Wholesale Food Market and the Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market in Cheung Sha Wan tomorrow," the spokesman said. "We will also step up inspections and surveillance of the wholesale poultry market." The AFCD will step up farm inspections and phone farmers to remind them to strengthen precautionary measures. Letters will be issued to owners of businesses involving live birds reminding them that proper precautions must be taken. A black-crowned night heron found at Ocean Park also tested positive for H5N1 on 28 Jan 2008.
(ProMED 2.13.08)
India (New Delhi): Government accepts US help in combating H5N1 avian influenza outbreak
Animal husbandry secretary Pradeep Kumar confirmed India's plans. He said, "We will write to MEA soon to ask US to provide us with superior tools to carry out culling, containment and disinfection operations. At present, birds are culled by breaking their neck. India wants US to supply fumigation chambers to cull birds." Also, disinfecting areas won't be easy, especially with backyard poultry. "We want improved technological tools to carry out meticulous disinfection of infected districts," Kumar added.
The US is the global leader in funding efforts to combat avian and pandemic influenza. In the recently concluded International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza in New Delhi, the US raised its pledge to $629 million for bird flu related operations. US special representative on avian and pandemic influenza John E Lange said, "US is engaged in efforts to prevent the spread of bird flu in poultry and avert the possibility of a human pandemic. We are facing a deadly virus and the world must confront it united — the alternative could be catastrophic."
Indonesia (Jakarta): 15-year-old girl hospitalized with H5N1 avian influenza infection
Laos (Luang Namtha): H5N1 avian influenza resurfaces in poultry
Viet Nam: Officials report two new H5N1 avian influenza cases, one fatal
Meanwhile, samples from a 27-year-old man from Ninh Binh province tested positive for the H5N1 virus. If the man's illness is confirmed by the WHO, he will be listed as Vietnam's 104th case. The man was admitted to a Hanoi hospital on 12 Feb 2008, where he remains in critical condition. The health ministry said he had slaughtered two sick chickens on 31 Jan 2008. The two cases are Vietnam's second and third reported to be infected with the H5N1 virus in 2008.
Canada (Alberta): Study recommends monitoring pig farm workers for swine influenza
A University of Alberta study recommends that workers on pig farms be monitored as part of influenza pandemic preparedness, after a child on a communal farm in Canada was diagnosed with swine flu in 2006.
Though the seven-month-old boy made a full recovery, health researchers were concerned because of evidence that the virus spread to other members of the multi-family community, who, fortunately, all demonstrated mild or no apparent illness. It has been known for a long time that avian and swine strains of flu can spread to humans, with avian strains appearing to be more dangerous than swine strains. Of the 90 people on the farm tested by the University of Alberta and a team of other researchers with provincial and federal health agencies, 54 were tested for positivity to the flu strain, thought to be of swine origin. Besides the baby boy, four of seven other household members and four of 46 other people living on the farm tested positive. The strain of flu was also detected in one of 10 young pigs on the farm. The child apparently had no direct contact with the swine.
"The concern is that swine viral strains could adapt into a form that results in efficient human-to-human transmission," said Dr. Joan L. Robinson, a professor at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, a pediatrician at the Stollery Children's Hospital, and lead author of the study, which was published recently in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. Swine flu in humans is "under-recognized in Canada, but it has the capacity to become a problem," she added. "Early recognition that swine strains are becoming more virulent might expedite both implementation of ideal infection control precautions for symptomatic cases and vaccine development." Rather than workers on livestock farms being responsible for recognizing their own flu symptoms, there should be a public health program in place that leads to specific measures if an unexpected number or level of severity of flu-like illnesses occur in swine workers. No health program targeting swine workers currently exists, Robinson notes.
USA: Report urges USDA to tighten oversight of pandemic planning
The agency has made significant progress on initiatives such as developing an interagency outbreak-response playbook, implementing a bird biosecurity program, and creating scripted risk messages, inspectors determined. But inadequate management controls in some areas — such as lack of testing for new or revised procedures — undermine confidence that the agency is ready to respond to an H5N1 threat to US birds and poultry, the report says. The report faults the agency for inaccurately reporting its progress on two initiatives to the president's Homeland Security Council (HSC), the White House group that authored the federal government's two pandemic planning strategy and implementation plan documents. One initiative involved the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services' (APHIS's) ability to identify high-risk bird importers and withdraw their federal live-bird import permits. In the other instance, the inspector general found that APHIS erroneously reported the status of its personal protective equipment stockpiles. The inspector general's office also found that the USDA had not followed through on two of the recommendations from its previous audit report, which was issued in June 2006. One was that the agency needed to include live-bird markets and other "off-farm" sites in its response plan, and the other was to establish a procedure for notifying animal owners about impending outbreak risks.
In a response letter from the USDA that accompanied the audit, Cindy Smith, administrator of APHIS, wrote that the agency recognizes that planning and preparedness "is an ongoing continual improvement process." She said the agency agreed with a number of the recommendations in the report. While Smith agreed that testing of procedures is important, she pointed out that recent events, such as a 2007 low-pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in West Virginia, provided useful tests of several of the USDA's response capabilities. She also wrote that several tasks that the auditors recommended for testing, such as communications messaging and distribution of avian flu information to states and local agencies, are tested daily through the USDA's normal operations.
USA: USDA increases spending to protect food, cuts avian influenza budget
The budget proposal says USDA is spending an estimated $51 million on highly pathogenic avian flu and $16 million on low-pathogenic avian flu this year, for a total of $67 million. The plan calls for combining the two efforts in 2009 and providing $60 million for them. Rachel Iadicicco, an APHIS spokeswoman in Riverdale, Md., said the reduced request reflects expected savings from combining the activities and also from the completion of several one-time expenditures this year. The latter included costs for disease modeling, staff recruiting, and purchase of supplies for the National Veterinary Stockpile, she said. "We're working to eliminate duplication of efforts," Iadicicco said. For example, "Instead of testing one bird for low-pathogenic and another for highly pathogenic, we'll test for both" in the same bird, she said. Iadicicco said there are no plans to reduce testing or surveillance for avian flu in poultry and wild birds or to cut back on staff.
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In May 2006, another outbreak struck Lake Qinghai and six novel strains were isolated. To elucidate these QH06 viruses, the six isolates were subjected to whole-genome sequencing. Phylogenetic analyses show that QH06 viruses are derived from the lineages of Lake Qinghai, 2005. Five of the six novel isolates are adjacent to the strain A/Cygnus olor/Croatia/1/05, and the last one is related to the strain A/duck/Novosibirsk/02/05, an isolate of the flyway. Antigenic analyses suggest that QH06 and QH05 viruses are similar to each other.
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APEC EINet is pleased to host a special videoconference on pandemic influenza preparedness. This videoconference is a follow-up to our first virtual symposium, which was conducted in January 2006 with great success (participating economies were Australia, Canada, China, Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, USA, and Viet Nam). You can view a five-minute video clip of our previous virtual symposium at: http://depts.washington.edu/einet/symposium.html. Our upcoming videoconference will be held in late May 2008. It will take place during the evening hours of 29 May in the Americas and in the morning hours of 30 May in Asia, for approximately 3.5 hours. Our objective is to describe how private and public sectors in the APEC region can cooperate and work effectively to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic.
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[CIDRAP's Promising Practices: Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Tools (www.pandemicpractices.org) online database showcases peer-reviewed practices, including useful tools to help others with their planning. This article is one of a biweekly series exploring the development of these practices.]
Strong relationships emerged between public health planners and community organizations during an innovative pandemic influenza education campaign in Ramsey County, Minn. Planners developed a toolkit to provide community and faith-based organizations with comprehensive pandemic awareness and training. Although the toolkit addresses basic information, local groups proactively solicited and used its guidance to meet their unique needs, said Emily Brennan, health educator for the Saint Paul–Ramsey County Department of Public Health. The sought-after training sessions held to educate community groups about the toolkit also allowed planners to cultivate a growing desire for organizational emergency preparedness.
"It's a way to get the community involved in the work we do — in the planning, in the disaster response. It's a tool. It's a way to create a relationship," Brennan said.
Evolution of the toolkit
"I wanted to put everything in one place," Brennan said of the toolkit. "It's a resource for them, to get their arms around something that feels overwhelming. It's a way to put parameters around it."
Planners selected information from numerous sources on pandemic influenza and hired a consulting firm to distill the data into user-friendly slideshows and activities. In 2006, a community review board reviewed the toolkit and approved it for a general audience.
Engaging community organizations
Protecting vulnerable populations A pandemic may threaten the core missions of community and faith-based organizations, many of which provide services to some of the most vulnerable community members. Basic education on pandemic preparedness has allowed community organizations to conduct continuity of operations planning, Brennan said. "It's more of a service issue for vulnerable populations. The fact that the women's shelter has started planning will allow them to serve their clients," even during a pandemic, she said.
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"It's an entree into a relationship. They see us as a credible source, and we see them as people we can go to. If we have a question about vulnerable children, we can go to them," she said. Relationships with community organizations are particularly important as the county seeks to include community representatives on a pandemic influenza planning committee this year.
"I now have established, through this toolkit, relationships with participating organizations, and now look to them as a planning resource," Brennan said.
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rygar was for first for the nes, and rygar made its way on ps2
I'll be definitely keeping an eye on it, for nostalgic reasons. I really enjoyed playing it on the NES... it was pretty easy to beat though.
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Rygar looks like it could be really good. Theres not been too much info on it but the PS2 game got pretty good ratings and the Wii version isnt just a simple port of it either, its had a graphical overhall and if the controls are good then it should be a third party title worth buying.
I'm excited for it ,but i'm becoming skeptical if its even gonna happen considering how much its been getting pushed back.
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I played Rygar in the arcade and still play it on MAME once a month or so
I'm really intrested in the game, but I definatly need some more footage. All I've seen so far is this single, however very awesome trailer: [MEDIA]http://youtube.com/watch?v=WZVAr3kr4Fw[/MEDIA]
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Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post suggests that Mark Sanford's AP interview today, in which he admitted to non-line-crossing encounters with additional women and ...
Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post suggests that Mark Sanford's AP interview today, in which he admitted to non-line-crossing encounters with additional women and took other trips to see Maria Belen Chapur, has damaged his prospects of staying in office.
For one thing, state Attorney General Henry McMaster, who'd been talking down the idea of an official investigation, now wants one.
"In light of the governor's disclosure of additional travel today, I have requested that SLED conduct a preliminary review of all Governor Sanford's travel records to determine if any laws have been broken or any state funds misused," McMaster said in a statement.
Earlier today, state Sen. Vincent Sheheen, a Democratic candidate for governor, called for Sanford to resign.
It's not clear to me how Sanford, by giving interviews calling Chapur his "soul mate," hopes to reconcile with his wife. Her forgiveness has seemed to emerge in the past couple of days as a key to his staying in office, in some eyes.
But the latest Insider Advantage poll, conducted last night, shows half of South Carolinians want Sanford to stay in office.
Among the 949 registered voters surveyed Monday night, 49.8 percent said Sanford should remain governor, compared with 41.4 percent who said he should resign. The remaining 8.8 percent had no opinion.
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Habitat Key to Feds' Salmon PlanBy Steven Johnson | ECT Staff Writer Published: January 23rd, 2014
Utility representatives are sounding a positive note about the latest version of a plan to enhance depleted salmon stocks in the Northwest through habitat improvements and continued hydro system, harvest and hatchery measures.
"This updated salmon plan continues on the path of progress seen over the past decade," said Scott Corwin, executive director of the Portland, Ore.-based Public Power Council, which represents electric cooperatives and other consumer-owned utilities.
The federal agencies charged with salmon recovery released the update on Jan. 17 in response to a court order. It follows along the lines of previous plans, known as biological opinion, that are designed to protect threatened salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin.
The issue of salmon protection is a costly one for Northwest ratepayers. About 30 percent of Bonneville Power Administration's wholesale power costs are wrapped up in fish and wildlife programs—about $700 million a year.
"The region's electric utility ratepayers are funding most of this massive effort, so it is good to see that it is working effectively to meet the fish survival goals," Corwin said.
With record numbers of salmon passing up and over Bonneville Dam this fall, federal representatives said there's no reason to consider extreme measures such as knocking down hydroelectric dams or spilling additional water over dams.
"This supplemental biological opinion confirms we are on the right track when it comes to ensuring the survival of salmon and steelhead species in the Columbia River system now and well into the future," said Will Stelle, West Coast regional administrator for NOAA Fisheries. "Lots of hard work and collaboration across the region made this progress possible."
Instead, the plan emphasizes continued habitat improvements as a key factor in boosting stocks of fish. About 10,000 acres of habitat in the Columbia basin have been restored.
"More than one million Fall Chinook salmon returned to spawn last year, the highest numbers since Bonneville Dam opened in 1938," said Terry Flores, executive director of Northwest RiverPartners, an alliance that include co-ops, utilities, farmers, port and businesses. "And the plan has worked to bring sockeye back from the brink of extinction."
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FLINTON - Damon Braniff wasn't feeling too good when he stepped onto Dr. Roy F. Baker Field on Friday night.
He left it as the greatest single-game rusher in Glendale High School football history.
Battling a stomach virus all day that had him out of the game from time to time, the Vikings senior tailback left Claysburg-Kimmel feeling ill on his school's homecoming, amassing a record 303 yards on the ground and scoring on runs of 73, 37, 63 and 5 yards as Glendale improved to 3-2 overall and 2-0 in the Silver Division of the Inter-County Conference with a 37-6 victory over the visiting Bulldogs.
An 1,100-yard rusher on Glendale's playoff team a season ago, Braniff almost doubled his season rushing total of 338 yards in one night, although he said he couldn't eat anything leading up to the game because of how nauseous he felt.
"I felt horrible," Braniff said. "I felt like I had to step up. I couldn't let the team down, even though I wasn't feeling well."
Braniff had 7 yards on his first four carries before breaking down the home sideline and going 73 yards for his first touchdown with less than 30 seconds left in the first quarter to stake Glendale to a 12-6 lead that it never relinquished. In addition to his scoring runs, Braniff had 49- and 39-yard carries.
Viking coach Matt Irvine was a freshman lineman when Alan Collins ran for what is believed to be the previous record of 262 yards against Bucktail in the last game of 2003.
"Having a kid like Damon is a huge help in what we want to do in our offense," Irvine said.
It probably didn't hurt Braniff's cause that 233-pound starting lineman Sam Troxell was back in the lineup for the first time in three games after injuring his ankle on opening night against Northern Bedford. The Vikings ran for 405 yards as a team.
"It feels pretty good," Troxell said. "We're getting stuff done the way we need to. Damon's numbers have been down. We haven't been doing a very good job of blocking. We did that tonight."
Claysburg led 6-0 after a nine-play, 78-yard drive to open the game culminated in Zach Helsel's 24-yard touchdown run on third-and-8.
Helsel had 114 yards by halftime and finished with 165, but the Bulldogs couldn't cash in on it. The tide-turner came when Brandon Johns celebrated his birthday by picking off a Trey Claar pass around midfield and returning it to the C-K 42. Braniff covered the remaining distance in two runs to give Glendale a two-score advantage.
Claysburg fell to 1-4 overall, 0-2 in the division.
"Until we start practicing hard, the results are going to be the same. We have to do something to turn it around," Claysburg coach Joe Kitt said. "We did a good job on Braniff for a couple of series. Then he broke those big runs, and those were killers."
The Viking players were unusually boisterous after the game, but Braniff's milestone didn't seem to be the reason.
"I'd rather have the win than the stats," Braniff said. "As long as we're winning, I don't care how many yards I have."
Game notes: Eliza Ginter was crowned homecoming queen before the game, while Luke Iraca was king. Cassidy Noel and Troxell were the runners-up. ... Viking players wear patches on the back of their helmets in memory of Troxell's mother, Barb, who was a victim of lymphoma in June. ... Claysburg travels to Moshannon Valley next Friday. Glendale also will be on the road, playing at Tussey Mountain.
Claysburg-Kimmel 6 0 0 0 - 6
Glendale12 8 7 10 - 37
First quarter
CK-Helsel 24 run (kick failed), 7:05.
G-Witherow 1 run (kick failed), 3:42.
G-Braniff 73 run (run failed), 0:22.9.
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G-Braniff 37 run (Jersey pass from Witherow), 8:38.
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G-Braniff 63 run (Matchock kick), 1:45.
Fourth quarter
G-Matchock 22 FG, 12:00.
G-Braniff 5 run (Matchock kick), 6:32.
RUSHING: Claysburg-Kimmel-Helsel 26-165, Weyandt 2-9, Claar 4-4, Pant 4-5, Cowher 2-5, Imgrund 1-(-3), Repko 1-(-11), TEAM 1-(-1). Glendale-Braniff 16-303, Twigg 10-45, Witherow 7-28, Kimberly 4-22, O'Donnell 1-5, Hewitt 1-2.
PASSING: Claysburg-Kimmel-3-9-1-32. Glendale-Witherow 7-9-0-87, Hommer 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING: Claysburg-Kimmel-Weyandt 2-17, Helsel 1-15. Glendale-Twigg 3-64, Bantley 2-13, Hommer 1-10, O'Donnell 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS: Claysburg-Kimmel-none. Glendale-Johns.
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Far away from the country music capital, Nashville, lies Knoxville. The city rests near the base of the Great Smokey Mountains and offers some wonderful activities for families. The Knoxville Zoological garden is a lifesaver for parents traveling with children. The garden has play areas with slides and climbing frames to keep kids occupied. The zoo allows children to take part in the fun and watch the zookeepers at feeding time. The Star of Knoxville riverboat is an exciting activity for both adults and children. It is an authentic 325-foot paddle boat offering day and dinner cruises along the Tennessee river. To experience a unique side to Knoxville, families should take the Knoxville Ghost tour. Guides take participants through the city and show some points of ghostly interest. Participants even get to try out some ghost hunting equipment.
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PHILADELPHIA -- The Eagles suffered through their biggest scare of the preseason on Thursday night when running back LeSean McCoy had to go back into the locker room during the first half for X-rays on his right thumb.
After about 20 minutes of concern, however, it appears that everything is fine -- at least for now.
"It definitely hurts," McCoy said after the game. "But there have been times I've been banged up and it turns out fine. We'll see what happens."
McCoy said he injured the thumb a few plays prior to his 22-yard touchdown reception against the Pittsburgh Steelers. In some ways that is an encouraging sign for Eagles fans, as McCoy seemed to show no signs of injury as he carried the ball in his right hand during the scoring play.
"I was talking to him on the sideline and he seemed to be in good spirits, so I don't think it's a big deal," said head coach Chip Kelly after the game.
This is not the first time McCoy has had to undergo an X-ray since training camp got underway. The running back was experiencing pain in his left big toe leading up to the game, and had to get both an X-ray and MRI on the bothersome foot.
Lucikily for the Eagles, McCoy is not two-for-two in coming out of an X-ray with a clean bill of health.
With McCoy making an early exit on Thursday night, backup running back Matthew Tucker got some extended playing time, and he made the most of it. The second-year player ran for two touchdowns, showing he can be an option if needed in goal line situations.
For now, however, it appears that the Eagles' star running back will be fine, and there will be no need for a backup to take over McCoy's role just yet.
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Hurry kids, it's just a little further to St. Stephen and we'll be free!
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A song by the Grateful Dead that is pretty obviously about James Joyce. Unfortunately most deadheads are semi-literate pot smoking idiots and don't realize this.
St. Stephen with a rose, inandout of the garden he goes. Country garden in the wind and the rain, wherever he goes the people all complain...
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'Putnam County' spells fun at Penn State Behrend
Tensions are high at "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," the musical directed by David Vegh, with musical direction by John Champagne and choreography by Rachel Rudd.
Students at Penn State Behrend transform into much younger students or, in a few cases, various adult authority figures caught up together in the excitement of a competition that's as demanding as any sporting event.
The spellers are a diverse collection of quirky kids in the process of self-discovery. Last year, Chip Tolentino was a focused champion; this year, he is very distracted by his burgeoning hormones, as Jason Liu amusingly demonstrates.
Rayna Ganabathi's clipped, businesslike manner as overachiever Marcy Park is a veneer that hides secret yearnings, and John Vallone's sweetly dopey Leaf Coneybear has more sense than even he initially realizes.
Kristina Peszel must master a 10-year-old's lisp as the determined Logainne SchwartzandGrubenierre, the youngest competitor, while Orion Anderson's challenge is to sound constantly congested as the brilliant, socially awkward William Barfee.
While all of the characters are uniquely compelling, Mary Beth Cartier gives an especially heart-wrenching performance as the melancholy Olive Ostrovsky, who simply wants her distant parents' assurances that they love her.
Lillie Gabreski and Chikodili Agwuna both have a maternal presence as moderator Rona Lisa Peretti and comfort counselor Madge Mahoney, but Gabreski's manner is bright and cheerful, while Agwuna is more grimly down-to-earth. The funniest of the adults is the emotionally unstable Vice Principal Douglas Panch; Adam Rossi skillfully demonstrates his increasing agitation.
The songs by William Finn capture the event's intensity and delve into the characters' inner lives. Marcy's "I Speak Six Languages" and Olive's "The I Love You Song" offer particularly powerful moments, while group numbers "Pandemonium" and "My Favorite Moment of the Bee" contrast the aggravations and thrills that the bee presents.
The intimacy of Behrend's venue and the bright stage lighting increase the sense of pressure. Selecting surprise spellers from the audience ups the spontaneity in this fun musical that explores the rewards and downfalls of a heated academic contest.