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A business-themed parable titled "How Stella Saved the Farm" written by Tuck School of Business professors Chris Trimble and Vijay Govindarajan, will be released on March 12. The two have been working together for over a decade, conducting research and writing formal business books, such as the recent "Reverse Innovation: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere."
"How Stella Saved the Farm" is a "short and accessible" approach to teaching fundamental business lessons, particularly about innovation, the subject of Trimble and Govindarajan's research, Trimble said.
Trimble described "How Stella Saved the Farm" as "a fictional case study that is actually a composite of all of the other case studies that we have worked on together."
"What we wanted 'Stella' to do was pick up all the instructive mistakes we've found in our research over the years and weave them into one cohesive narrative so that readers won't make the same mistakes in their own ventures," Trimble said.
Trimble described the tool of anthropomorphic allegory as a way to "effectively remove the reader from their real world life and make them see lessons they can't gain if they are caught up in their own world or own company while reading the book."
The parable is "a way to see the abstract without the messy detail that complicates their real lives," Trimble said. He added that the use of farm animals as opposed to humans ensures that groups can discuss innovation and fundamental economic lessons without feeling defensive.
The professors came up with the idea for "Stella" in 2008. Trimble and Govindarajan decided to write the book after a suggestion brought up at the International Thought Leader Network, a corporate workshop firm that Trimble and Govindarajan have a close relationship with.
Trimble studied other business parables, and "diligently took notes about what worked and what didn't work in each story." He said he realized that "plot is everything and it is through plot you deliver lessons learned."
With the help of Joni Cole, a local fiction writer, Trimble and Govindarajan completed a manuscript by 2010. The book was "an absolute joy to write," Trimble said.
In order to experiment with the accompanying workshop, the professors self-published for about a year, before signing a contract with St. Martin's Press in 2011, Trimble said.
Trimble hopes "How Stella Saved the Farm" will be influential to readers.
"Our primary audience is managers in established organizations," Trimble said, describing his "ground zero audience."
"If this book is a success, it will be because people start to use it and talk about it on their own," he said, reflecting on the need for multiple people within a firm to read the book in order for the lessons to be truly effective.
The parable has already made an impact. Trimble estimates that around 10,000 copies of the book have been distributed , as it has already been used in presentations and workshops. Former College President Jim Yong Kim recommended the book to many of Dartmouth's senior executives, Trimble notes.
"The book that starts conversation about innovation," Trimble said, adding that the book creates "common language and common understanding" within businesses regarding innovation.
Govindajaran is currently out of the country and could not be reached for comment.


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THERE'S A turkey joke looming for the Thanksgiving DVD release of "The Expendables," but I'll leave it alone, because many people mysteriously liked this movie.
Sylvester Stallone's sloppily made "Magnificent Seven" earned $100 million thanks to its reputed screen union of action stars Stallone, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, and on and on.
Most of these turned out to be bait-and-switch cameos, and those stars who did contribute something were stranded in a nonsensical story about mercenaries overthrowing the oppressive regime of a Central American government. I'm betting that the behind-the-scenes features are more interesting than the scenes themselves.

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Wal-Mart enters the postpaid market with their Family Mobile service
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After evacuating the store, the Jersey City Police Department's bomb squad detonated a suspicious package that was left inside the Staples at 613 Washington Blvd. in the Newport section of Jersey City.
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We're running a Twitter Chat today on Today's Data Center. We're using the #netsec hashtag. Would love folks to join us at 1PM ET. All you do is hop on Twitter and search for #netsec.
The other hashtag we're using is #CiscoSecureDC as the folks at Cisco will be participating in the chat, too. And they have a wealth of experience in data center security issues. Good partners to have in the discussion.
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Today's data center. Greater demands are being placed upon the data center today than ever before: Enterprises must have continuous uptime as well as performance and energy efficiency. And businesses must accommodate workers' own personal devices along with vast quantities of data, while keeping everything secure.
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Situated in Caen, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Church of St. Pierre, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Caen, and Caen Castle. Abbaye-aux-Hommes and Caen Botanical Garden are also within 15 minutes.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. Event facilities measuring 1614 square feet (150 square meters) include a meeting room. This Caen hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance and complimentary newspapers in the lobby.
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IN an Ex Parte Application by way of Affidavit for Interim Injunction, Chartered Accountant Christopher Ram filed an Action against Guyana Times & Nigel Williams, claiming damages in excess of $100,000,000 for libel.
The Plaintiff is complaining that during the month of October, 2013, the defendants published or caused to be published at least nine articles including some with photographs of the plaintiff in Guyana Times including on Page 9 of the issue of Tuesday October 8, 2013 'describing me as "Guyana's leading bookkeeper" on page 9 of the issue of Thursday October10, 2013 associating me with non-compliance by Guyana Stores Limited with the Companies Act.1991 etc.
That by reason of the said publications I have been severely injured in my credit character and reputation and in the way of my profession as an Attorney-at- Law and Managing Partner of Ram and Mc Rae, Chartered Accountants.
That I have filed an action against the defendants herein in the High Court claiming the following relief:
1) Damages in excess of $100,000,000 for libel contained and published by the defendants of and concerning me in the said series of articles with photographs of me in the Guyana Times newspaper on page 9 etc.
2) An injunction restraining the defendants and each of them by themselves, their directors, their servants or agents or otherwise, howsever, whomsoever from further printing, circulating or distributing the said or any similar libel upon the plaintiff.
The matter was called up before Chief Justice (ag.) Mr. Ian Chang on Monday and was postponed to November 28 at 10:00 a.m.
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Located in the heart of the Telecom Corridor, UT Dallas is within a few miles of hundreds of high-tech companies, ranging from small start-up ventures to large multinational corporations such as Texas Instruments, Ericsson and Raytheon. Created in large part to support and capitalize on this high-tech community's needs, the Jonsson School is an increasingly integral part of North Texas's economic engine. The relationships between UT Dallas and industry benefit our students, our faculty and area companies alike.
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Many Jonsson School graduates taking advantage of challenging, lucrative career opportunities right here in North Texas. Hundreds of our graduates, for example, can be found at Texas Instruments and Raytheon alone, an impressive statistic for an engineering and computer science school that's only 25 years old. In addition to traditional high-tech career paths, more and more of our graduates have found their way in recent years into the business, financial and legal sectors as analysts, consultants and patent specialists.
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With around 500 students a year engaged as interns and cooperative education students – in both the Dallas area and beyond – the Jonsson School's Industrial Practice Programs office runs one of the largest operations its kind. Hundreds of employers a year take advantage of our undergraduate and graduate students as interns or co-op students. Graduate students often pursue master's and doctoral research projects as part of these assignments, and their industrial mentors frequently serve on the students' dissertation committees. Plus employers get a preview of upcoming graduates, often hiring former interns as full-time staff who are already familiar with the employer's operations and objectives.
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The UTDesign program enables you to effectively expand your technical staff by taking advantage of the skills, energy and enthusiasm of teams of talented engineering and computer science students. UTDesign gives companies an opportunity to enlist teams students on industry projects that are the capstone of students' undergraduate education. Whether it involves application development, product design or hardware integration, our students are prepared to address your business needs.
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a) How much energy is stored in this 4μF capacitor?
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Tuesday, 4 September 2007
In Houston there was serious work to be done. The candidates wanted to talk about oil to the oilmen, and the sons of oilmen, and those who were not oilmen but had made their money off of the oilmmen.. They wanted to talk about how oil had had a good run, in the U.S. of A., ever since Spindletop blew its top in old PA, and nowhere was that run better than in high, wide, and handsome Texas, with those long-stemmed American beauties -- so where was Cyd Charisse from, was it Amarillo, or was she from Wichita Falls? -- but now it was time to see things in a dfifferent way. So the candidates -- well, Elmo remained silent, but he was there, you could see he approved -- talked about oil, and about Marion King Hubbert, born in San Sabba, Texas, and about Peak Oil, and then we talked about OPEC, and the ten trillion dollars the Arabs had been getting and the ten trilliion they were likely to still get, and how we had to do something about that. And then we told them all about Marion King Hubbert, the boy from San Sabba, Texas, that great geologist and physicist, and about Peak Oil, and about how Hubbert had been right about the United States and its oil production, and he was right about the world's oil production. And then we talked to them about how we just couldn't "produce our way out of it" the way some were claiming, and it was time for Texas to reclaim its right to help get us all out of the fix we were in -- we and the whole world. And they listened. They didn't yell.
And they didn't yell when the Vice-Presidential candidate told them about how we didn't have people in Washington who were facing up to the problem of Islam, and the problem of global warming, and how this reminded us of that old phrase in Stephen Austin's "Fredonia Declaration of Independence," the one about that "imbecile, faithless, and despotic government" -- and they laughed at that, and looked at each other, wondering if these candidates could know as much about Texas as they did, and they couldn't start taking issue with Stephen Austin, not with him being the way he had been, and then the candidates -- well, as per usual old Elmo was silent, very silent, but he was there, people knew he was sitting there, listening to every word -- so it was really just the Vice-Presidential candidate, and he reminded his audience that Sam Houston himself had defined "a leader" -- not "someone taking a leadership role" he said, and the audience laughed,-- as "someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under." And he said real education was going to be the key to everything, and not the shabby semi-vocational training that Texans like other Americans had to put with today, and he promised to bring back and honor the great high school teachers who taught in small schools all over Texas, like the five Misses Morgan, of Wichita Falls, and all the other small-town dedicated teachers who took the children of cowboys and sharecroppers and small farmers and gave them no-nonsense reading, writing, arithmetic. And also penmanship. And also geography. And also manners.
And here came Sam Houston again, "[t]he benefits of education and of useful knowledge [they weren't exactly the same thing for Sam Houston, or for us, said the Vice-Presidential candidate, but both were necessary]. generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government."
He walked into the lion's den, of those oilmen and those corporation executives, with only the introduction provided by Maury Blaffer, the 93-year-old legendary wildcatter (and son of Asa Blaffer), who called him a "Daniel, yea, a Daniel come to judgment," but he had his facts, and his logic, and he made sense. And he told them what no other candidates had told them: that we had to make oil even more expensive, and discourage its use, because dependence on oil sustained the Jihad, and it was ruining the environment, and endangering Galveston, as well as Lower New York, and Shanghai, and half the coasts around the world. Oh, they listened. They listened, when he explained that all their money wouldn't be worth much if Islam took over all those countries in Europe that their wives and children liked to visit. And all their money wouldn't be worth much if they had to live with bodyguards, in gated communities, because everyone else in the county was getting poorer and poorer. And all their money wouldn't be worth much if they turned out to have more in common with some rich people in Moscow or in Beijing than in their own fellow Texans and fellow countrymen, and they had to think about what true patriotism was, and whether they thought that they should be more loyal to their fellow Americans, even if that meant giving up some of that globalization stuff. They listened, they listened very closely. They hadn't ever been talked to like that before. They hadn't heard the arguments about why staying in Iraq was stupid, and why "globalization" led to a race to the bottom and the people who would hurt the most were their fellow Americans. And they hadn't really wanted to think about oil, and about climate change, but they were thinking, and some of them were thinking about solar plants all over sunny Texas, and windmills all over sunny and windy Texas, and others were thinking about nuclear plants, and those start-ups in Austin, and it all began to make sense. And at the end, when the Vice-Presidential candidate finished his speech, and told them that he hoped they believed him when he said that he and Elmo aimed to do right, as Gabby Hayes used to say, for "the whole United States and Texas," they gave the candidates a round of applause that lasted for a long, long time, and no one present could remember a time when the applause for any political candidate had lasted so long.
And then it was time to to saddle up, and head west, to Dallas.
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Ugandan rapper Ruyonga has been a busy man over the last couple of months. So much so that his album has dropped and his title track single has been released & gotten two remixes since. Thankfully the African Hip Hop Blog is here to put all that into a nice digestible package for you.
First up, the original; boasting the vocal stylings of MoRoots.
With MoRoots still supplying the vocals, Ruyonga has outsourced some rap muscle for not one but two remixes. The Overboss remix features the talents of ProVerb & eLDee while the Upriser remix features Rukus & Enygma. So many quoatables to be had, give these a listen.
"A vicious cycle of victory; Lance Armstrong. Now they finally accepted I've been dope all along!" – Enygma
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Watermelon Sorbet in Lime Shells
Aren't these adorable?
I'm so excited that it's almost summer. I don't even know why since I just have work as usual. But my head is full of summer recipe ideas lately including these mini watermelon sorbet.
These are perfect for a party, bbq, or just a regular summer day.
The sorbet is easy to make and is a great way to use up too much watermelon. The lime shells take a little effort and time to get the flesh completely out. For the seeds, I used chopped chocolate. You can also use mini chocolate chips.
Watermelon Sorbet in Lime Shells
Yield: 10-12
2 cups watermelon juice
1/4 cup sugar (I may reduce this next time because I found it was too sweet)
1/8 cup corn syrup
about 5-6 limes
mini chocolate chips or chopped chocolate
1. Heat corn syrup and sugar in a small saucepan until sugar is dissolved. Blend into watermelon juice. Pour mixture into ice cream maker and make according to manufacturer instructions. Place in freezer to further solidify the sorbet.
2. After sorbet is ready, prepare limes. Slice limes in half, lengthwise. Using a sharp knife, cut into white portion of lime to carve out flesh. Use hands to pry out flesh from lime. If you are in the white area, you should be able to pry it out in one piece and leave shell completely clean. Wash and dry shells before using.
3. Scoop sorbet into limes and smooth surface with a spatula. Add chopped/mini chocolate chips to surface so it resembles watermelon seeds. Smooth out sorbet again. Cover limes with plastic wrap or place in container and refreeze until ready to serve.
14 Responses to "Watermelon Sorbet in Lime Shells"
So cute! What a clever idea! I wish I had an ice cream maker, then I'd be making sorbet or ice cream all the time!
Gorgeous presentation Kirbie! Maybe with a lychee shell you can even make them look like lady bugs
These sorbets look amazing! I love the ones you get from costco that are in fruit shells like this, coconut shell, orange, lemon, etc. This looks like the perfect way to make a homemade version. DELICIOUS!
Oh my gosh those are so cute! So refreshing for summer!
question: what do you use for watermellon juice? Do you buy some, or make it yourself? If so, how do you get it to keep that bright red colour? Thanks
what do you do with the lime?
Such a neat idea..completely unique.


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It recently came to my attention that my granddaughter might be a pagan. And I might be responsible. With the Catholic bishops hot on the trail of wayward nuns, is there hope for her?
Sydney is 9 and an avid reader, so I innocently purchased for her the popular Percy Jackson series, for which I took out a small second mortgage.
Percy turns out to be a Greek demigod with ADHD, which is apparently a good thing if you are a demigod. The bad thing is, Sydney seemed to believe the Greek gods were real, and playing havoc as we speak. I discovered this when I recently asked her to pray, thinking Hail Marys and Our Fathers, for her great-grandmother, who is 92 and quite ill.


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Ivory Johnson 32 revolver
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March 30, 2008, 10:57 AM
Just wondering if anyone can tell me about these firearms? I need to know what they are worth(if at all) and just the history of them period!
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March 30, 2008, 11:06 AM
You might do a google search for Iver Johnson 32 Revolver... I'm sure you'll come up w/ some good info
March 30, 2008, 11:07 AM
Is it a top break, or do you load on at a time from the right side? Either way, I'm no expert but they were what people call "Saturday night specials" or "suicide specials". They are pretty much worthless, I think the most valuable best preserved example I'v ever seen sell around here in western canada went for like thirty dollars. I think they were made early in 1900's until like about the sixties.
Sorry if that doesn't help but some more knowledgeable person is bound to set me straight in no time.
March 30, 2008, 11:41 AM
The Iver Johnson line was generally inexpensive revolvers in 22, 32 and 38 S&W (not 38 Special) calibers often using the top-break design. Quality varied from mediocre to poor depending on model and year of manufacture.
They seem to be collectible and folks are paying what I consider to be fairly ridiculous prices for them off the auction sites.
I doubt that anyone would consider one of these as a useful firearm for any sort of serious shooting. In fact, I would not try to shoot one if I owned it.
March 30, 2008, 02:49 PM
I hate to break it to some of you, but I learned how to shoot a handgun with a top break IJ 22, and it was as accurate as any 22 revolver I have ever shot. I killed a many a bunny, groundhog, snake, and squirrel with that puppy. It belonged to the man next door, and he let me use it all the time, and I kept it clean and polished.
To add insult to injury, the second most accurate was a Bison 22 I bought in a Western Auto in Blacksburg, Virginia in 1966, for $27. Fixed sights, but it was an unreal shooter until the trigger broke.
Both were better than the only Smith 17 I ever owned, and a Ruger Single Six managed to match the Bison for just a few more dollars many years later.
March 30, 2008, 03:29 PM
>>Ivory Johnson<<
Wasn't he a famous basketball player?? :D
March 30, 2008, 03:32 PM
>>I doubt that anyone would consider one of these as a useful firearm for any sort of serious shooting<<
You got that right. I have a top break Iver Johnson in .32 short, and I once shot at the lid from a metal trash can.... it made a dent and bounced off!! :p
March 30, 2008, 03:35 PM
Hey, watch it. Ivory was a good friend of mine. :)
Let us not deteriorate into the mess USSR and BULLET have going on the reloading forum. :cuss: I never thought SAMMI was that exciting.
Joe the Redneck
March 30, 2008, 04:06 PM
There were low cost handguns. Kind of like KelTec or Rossi today. Nothing really wrong with them, they go bang when you shoot them. Their actions tend to be sloppy and they are sometimes (but not always) a little in accurate. Also, they would wear out a lot faser than a more costly weapon. But as most guns are carried more than they are shot, that usually wans't an issue.
A COlt revolver gererally cost a months pay. Now if you worked outdoors and shot a lot, it was worth it. But if you were a merchant or a clerk, it didn't really make much sense to drop that much money on a Colt revolver. That's where the IJ and Hopkins and Allen come into play.
Also, during time of war, handguns were still needed for the civillian market. An IJ certainly wouldn't last too long on the battle field, but sitting in a holster on a nightguard hip, no problem.
Often chambered for the 22, 32 and 38 S&W, these were used as self defense arms by the general populus. Now, for some reason, sometime in the 1970s these rounds not longer worked on badguys. It seems the lead was replaced with chocolate and all the people who had been killed by them came back to life. It was discovered that nothing less than a 9mm with a twenty round mag could be used for self defense. so these guns fell out of favor.
With the advent of cowboy action shooting there has been a renewed interest in these little guns. They generally sell for around $150 for one in decent condition.
I have a Hopkins and Allen in 38 S&W that a carry. An Iver Johnson in 32 S&W that I sometimes carry. And a Smith &Wesson 32 topbreak. It is not safe to carry loaded. Yup, the two cheap guns are in way better shape than the Smith. All guns are about the same age.
Enjoy your revolvers.
March 30, 2008, 04:40 PM
From the Johnson Smith catalog, around 1930...
H&R top break revolver, (roughly the same quality as the Iver Johnson?) .32 or .38 caliber, $12.50
Colt Police Positive, .32 or .38 cal.(not 38 SPL), $35.00
So the Colt was nearly 3 times the cost of the H&R...
March 30, 2008, 04:53 PM
Iver Johnson first started making handguns in 1873, with the Favorite revolver in .22, .32, .38, and .44 calibers. In 1883, they offered the first DA swing-out cylinder revolver in the U.S. with the Model 1879. They did make a few higher end models, such as the Improved Model Target and the Target Sealed Eight. In the early 1970's, they were still making short barreled revolvers like the New Cadet Model 55SA in .22, .32, and .38 S&W.; the Sidewinder Model 50A, a western SA styled .22; the Target Model 57A, a DA .22, and the Viking Model 67, a .22 top-break design. At that time, most of these guns retailed from between $42.95 to $59.50. The vast majority of their revolvers were inexpensive .22s designed primarily for plinking; and .32 and .38 caliber guns for personal protection, with most of them residing in nightstands and bureau dresser drawers across the country.
Old Fuff
March 30, 2008, 06:08 PM
Now, now, Sax...
Didn't your Mommy tell you not to say anything unless it's nice... :rolleyes:
I'll admit that Iver Johnson revolver were not in the same calss as Colt's or Smith & Wesson, but it is a fact that the OSS bought some of the little .32 snubbies during World War Two... :eek:
Those were desperate times... :neener: :D
March 30, 2008, 07:05 PM
Hey, Iver Johnson is still around (http://www.iverjohnsonarms.com/) - and don't bad-mouth the products, past or present. They're the folks responsible for the handy little Henry carbines as well as the old Owl's Head pocket guns.
March 30, 2008, 08:15 PM
The Iver Johnson top breaks were made in 3 different models......1st and 2nd model are for black powder only. The 3rd model was made for smokeless. The 3rd model came out around 1907 or somewhere abouts........ There are a lot of 1st and 2nd models out there that were shot with smokeless until they were loose as a goose and pitted from black powder. For a shooter get a 3rd model. It has a S&W type of lock up and should be tighter........I love them little Iver Johnsons.........................Bob
March 30, 2008, 08:30 PM
Iver Johnson Info at www.armchairgunshow.com/pocketDA-info.html
March 30, 2008, 08:50 PM
I have one in 38S&W I shoot it with low pressure smokeless 38S&W loads. It's surprisingly accurate and is very mild to shoot. I've not had one problem from it.
Old Fuff
March 30, 2008, 08:59 PM
Also, anyone interested in Iver Johnson revolvers should buy the following book, which is available in paperback. It is the most inclusive source of information I know of, and includes serial numbers vs. year of manufacture.
Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works - Handguns 1871-1978; by W.E. Goforth; Blacksmith Corp. Publishers.
IverJohnson revolvers are generally not "hot" collectables, but they are interesting because the company held many patents and originated many features still used today. They include the transfer bar safety in revolvers and the lever safety in the face of the trigger - used by Glock, Springfield Armory and S&W in their auto pistols.
A substantial collection can be assembled for relatively little money - something that can't be said about Colt or S&W.
March 30, 2008, 09:06 PM
I have an IJ TP 22 and like it so much I got one for my father in law. I also had one of the old 38 top-break models that was in what looked like unfired condition with factory original pearl grips. Got it from my grandma. It was stolen.
I'm not knocking the older IJs, I'm just being honest when I say they are not for serious shooting. They aren't.
March 30, 2008, 10:15 PM
ive seen them listed as "pristine mechanics and finish, 230 max"
they were designed to be the gun youd put in your pocket and use on stray dogs and stray pickpockets and the like in the good old days when you had no need for a permit to carry or purchase.
sure the cartridges arent powerful enough to kill an elephant at 200 yards, but at 15 feet they will kill you dead just as well as a .454 casull or a .500 nitro express to the chest or forehead.
March 31, 2008, 03:44 AM
Saxon Pig and Rut:
They work just fine, folks. I have a few break tops that haven't been neglected and abused for 100 years and they're tight and accurate. Even the loaded down new MagTech .32 S&W ammo shoots through a 2X4 (I did it) so I have no idea what you had that bounced off of a garbage can lid. I even carry a hammerless .38 when the mood hits. It's a good gun.
King Alfonso of Italy, William McKinley and Robert J. Kennedy all would disagree with you when you say you can't do serious shooting with an Iver Johnson.
March 31, 2008, 07:39 AM
"Now, for some reason, sometime in the 1970s these rounds not longer worked on badguys."
The PCP epidemic more than likely, followed by the crack epidemic.
I have a cute little IJ .32 that belonged to my grandfather. It's not much bigger than a P-32.
March 31, 2008, 08:14 AM
There was a time when a detective might carry a 32 S&W revolver. The Iver Johnsons were fine revolvers. They were mid-tier shooters as a general rule, assuming Smith and Colt were top-tier.
They are better than Belgian or Spanish knock-offs of the day. They are better than Hood's or the "suicide specials" offered by Hopkins and Allen (though the double-action, ejecting H&A's were pretty good, especially the Safety Police).
And many of them are perfectly safe to shoot today.
Lone Star
March 31, 2008, 09:06 AM
The danged things get around. If you watched the now discontinued syndicated TV show, "The Lost World", that hammerless revolver that Marguerite used was often an Iver Johnson that the prop house sent over when she didn't have a Webley or S&W hammerless.
That show was filmed in Australia.
They also had rubber molds of the guns used for scenes when shots weren't fired. I've seen the one for the Iver Johnson on a fan board where it was sold off after filming ended, and asked an official of the show about it. He asked their armorer, who confirmed that was indeed an Iver Johnson. No idea which model, but it was a copy of the S&W New Departure Safety Hammerless.
Iver Johnson also made shotguns, and sold them under various brand names.
They weren't fancy, but were not junk. Ironically, the character on Lost World wouldn't have been caught dead with a cheap gun: she'd have had an S&W or Webley hammerless. I think she liked hamerless guns because she sometimes hid them in a ladies' muff, and shot one guy in London with her gun produced unexpectedly. No hammer to catch on a pocket or purse. That feature was of no practical value after she got to the Amazon jungle, but I guess she took a gun she already owned. Everyone else had more suitable arms.
Lone Star
March 31, 2008, 09:21 AM
>>Iver Johnson also made shotguns, and sold them under various brand names.<<
Yes, my first shotgun was an Iver Johnson single shot 16 ga. I bought for $15.00 in 1958. I wish I had kept it as a momento. :o
March 31, 2008, 05:17 PM
Thanks Old Fuff, just ordered the book you mentioned about Iver Johnson's. I have a Safety automatic hammerless Second Model (1897-1908), the one with the safety on the trigger that glock swiped. I want to know if the serial number makes this an antique or not.
April 1, 2008, 01:27 AM
My late father had an top break Iver Johnson Safety Hammerless in .32 S & W Long with a 2" barrel. I recall that it was fairly lightweight for it's size with black rubber-like grips. Nickel plated.
It was one of two handguns he had (the other a Colt Banker's Special in .38) and he would slip it into his pocket from time to time as he felt the need to. A superb shot, he could shoot quite well with it at short to mid range.
April 1, 2008, 09:51 AM
Was an Iver Johnson Trailsman 66 purchased new in 1960 for under $40. I wanted a Ruger Single Six, but my dad had owned an IJ when he was a kid and pushed me to the Trailsman. It was a top break 8-shot. I shot it as often as I could afford ammo. It went back to the factory twice because it wouldn't index correctly, left firing pin marks all over the face of the cylinder. When it still didn't work after the second time back, my dad relented and let me trade it for a used Single Six. I still have that one, and it's never failed to go bang.
April 12, 2008, 12:02 AM
I inherited one of those 2nd model Iver Johnson Safety Hammerless 5-shots in .38s&w from my grandmother. She got it from her uncle, who was a cop in 'Frisco about a century ago.
The gun is not pristine. In fact, Dad filed down the firing pin after Grandma shot a panther out of a tree in her front yard and her cat disappeared.
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I fiddled your mother's privates. She moaned like a wilderbeast.
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What rednecks call a violin.
Somewhere in Houston, TX
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Skip to comments.Texas Governor says US should use troops in Mexico drug war
Posted on 10/02/2011 4:45:25 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The US government should consider sending troops to Mexico to combat drug-related violence, Texas Governor Rick Perry, who is seeking the Republican nomination for US president, said Sunday.
"It may require our military in Mexico working in concert with them to kill these
At present Barack Obamas administration is providing serious financial support to Mexican security services, while the security services of two countries are closely cooperation, Radio Liberty reports.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.ruvr.ru ...
****** Aug 13, 2009: Texas gov. compares Gaza to Mexico
We went to the border with Gaza and received a briefing from the army there, and we went to Sderot and saw the police station with all the Kassam rockets piled up, we saw playgrounds that had to be covered from rocket fire. It's a powerful place." In that vein, the governor said he was also interested in learning more about security aspects while in the country, as Texas has a large, porous border with Mexico, and the recent violence in that country had unnerved many Texans."....
Makes more sense than posting advisors to Libya
unnerved texans? Is that how he refers to what illegals do when they destroy property, endanger lives, and of course get a reduced price college education.
Your purpose for posting on this thread is to disrupt effective dissemination of information.
"Your purpose for posting on this thread is to disrupt effective dissemination of information."
My purpose is to counter the propaganda.
......Perry went over an immigration record that extends far beyond the tuition issue.
He said he vetoed a Texas bill that would have given illegal immigrants drivers licenses, helped pass a bill requiring voter identification at the polls, spent $400 million on security measures to help seal the states border with Mexico, and strongly opposed granting amnesty to people who illegally entered the United States.
No one in the GOP field, he said, has been any stronger on securing our border.
He also said he may favor sending U.S. troops into Mexico to combat the drug trade.
It may require our military in Mexico working in concert with them to kill these drug cartels and keep them off of our borders, he said.....
Then provide links to credible sources to back up your remarks.
Back in early Aug, Perry met with group of NeoCons,
Then, in two of the debates, he was talking like a Realist.
Now, he is back to talking like a NeoCon again.
Meanwhile, a top dog NeoCon, Bill Kristol, is promoting Christie and a top dog Realist, Henry Kissinger, is promoting Christie.
It would be a lot more effective to just close the border anyway. Mexico is corrupt, and no amount of troops will change that.
Why don't you actually discuss the content of the post instead of making it clear that you think "Mexican" is the same as "illegal" - it's not.
These drug cartels are destabilizing our next-door neighbor and this is not a good thing for US security. However, Obama has no interest in Mexico. I think he really regards Mexicans with contempt, and thinks that Mexico is just a place where he can play with his political strategies, such as attacking gun ownership with Fast and Furious.
The US military was very helpful to Colombia in finally dealing with the problem of the drug cartels.
Provide links that illegals have killed people in Texas?
Provide links that illegals have stolen from people in Texas?
Provide links that illegals are getting reduced prices on college education in Texas?
Get a life, propaganda is what you are about. Perry is a RINO and would make a terrible President. He won't use the military to protect American citizens but he will to protect Mexican citizens.
How wrong is that!
Christie is a former federal prosecutor.
If you want someone who keeps your rapt attention with their closing argument style, I guess he's your guy.
Not mine.
His views on many conservative issues aren't.
Mexico has been corrupt for hundreds of years and the corruption is infecting America.
Provide LINKS that add something to the discussion, as opposed to noise used to disrupt the thread.
Time for another Black Jack Pershing and a young Douglas MacArthur to invade Mexico and do the lousy Mexican government's job for them.
(That is after we get a strong leader who will do this government's job!)
Really, thats all you have? Wow you're even worse than Perry's lack of substance.
Progressive social engineering and an unprotected border is where the problem lies.
Boy! Perry must have really hit a home run. You're sitting up now.
And Perry won't change either of those by his own public statements.
Notice how the Russian paper cuts Perry's quote off?
Full quote: "It may require our military in Mexico working in concert with them to kill these drug cartels and keep them off of our borders,
U.S. Military Doing 'Limited' Drug War Work In Mexico, Napolitano Says - NPR - March 24, 2010
"Yes. Let me be very, very clear (because) this is a very delicate subject. ... Our military in certain limited ways has been working with the Mexican military in their efforts against the drug cartels. But, it is at the request of the Mexican government, in consultation with the Mexican government. And it is only one part of our overall efforts with Mexico, which are primarily civilian in nature."
Hillary Clinton: Mexican drugs war is Colombia-style insurgency - The Guardian (UK) - 9 September 2010
A home run in a t-ball game
First there was the Security and Prosperity Partnership(2005) and the North American Perimeter Security legislation that fell thru.
Then there was the Merida Initiative, which, to my knowledge, has never been fully funded by Congress.
Then there was the Narco Terror money flowing into AZ that should have been going to Texas but both parties wanted the money going to AZ because AZ is in play. That's one of the reasons the AZ gov got the DHS Secretary job.
Gov. Perry: Federal Government Must Take Action To Prevent Spillover Violence from Mexico Requests Predator Drones and National Guard Troops along BorderMonday, March 15, 2010
"Feds say immigrants using torches and bungee cords on border fence"
Perry in helicopter with Greta VanSusteren
It is the Federal government's responsibility to secure the border. What is "non" border state politician Obama doing about it but turning his back on Rick Perry when he went to meet him on the tarmac in Austin with a letter -- after being denied a meeting?
Texas Gov. Rick Perry tries to deliver to Obama a letter expressing border security concerns. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman/ Aug 9, 2010 -- His letter was handed to Valerie Jarrett (in pink suit).
Mexico has already militarized its law enforcement (and as far as I know, welcomes donations of military equipment), and what Hillary! alluded to was an undertaking similar to US/Columbia joint military efforts.
At any rate, "border security" and "using US military to eradicate Mexican organized narco-crime, in Mexico" are different approaches to a common problem.
How many wars does Governor Perry want us to be in at any given time? Iraq. Afghanistan. Various and sundry Arab countries. Mexico. Any others?
Or troops on Iraq,Afghanistan,S.Korea,Japan,Germany and Libya's border.
I suggest anything is better than the executive policy of providing criminals along the border and in Mexico with automatic weapons, as was done by Obama-Holder -— first covered up, then lied about and now they remain silent on those actions.
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What wars has Gov. Perry suggested to you he wants?
Regarding Mexico, he is suggesting a cooperative bid between Mexico and the U.S. to rout the drug cartels that are murdering thousands on the border and in both countries; stopping the drug and human trafficking that has created a dangerous life for everyone living on the border and beyond is the objective. People have been murdered with Obama-Holder purchased weapons and given to the drug cartels.
In an ailing economy, shut down the border?
There is an equally corrupt faction (one being the FedGov) in this country aiding and abetting the drug/smuggling trade.
I agree with Perry. What is coming across our borders now is not your average happy go lucky migrant farmworker crossing to come work the harvests and then return home.
These are narco and mozlem terrorists, gangs, and criminals coming up through Mexico from Central America. It's an invasion, not a migration. And stop the krap about a fence. A fence is not going to stop them. Hell is a fence around Israel stopping the blasted mozlems? NO, it isn't. It has to be patrolled constantly with boots on the ground. And you are only talking about a 70-mile-at-most border in Israel. In Texas alone our border is 1200 miles long in a s-curve running all directions.
The BEST thing we can do is put several US military training bases along that border. What better way to train our soldiers than in those mountains in that wilderness, along that riverbed, and across that desert constantly patrolling it and hunting these bastards down. And stopping them from crossing.
This blithering about neo-cons, soft on immigration krap, and demonizing Perry just because some on here favor another candidate that doesn't have as successful a record as Perry and can't get elected on their own merit without tearing somebody his record down is pure Alynskite tactics just like the commiecrats use.
As far as I'm concerned, that is a separate subject from immigration policy and border security. I understand that there is some at least tangential relationship between arming the narco-criminals and border security (and between arming the narco-criminals, then sending in your own military to do battle with them), but for the most part, the issues are separable.
As a standard for supporting a candidate, "better than the ones who sell guns into Mexico so they can strip US citizens of the RKBA" is very low.
I think heads should roll, literally, for that. Death penalty - and I'd let Mexico impose it on our federal government officials and employees who set up and executed the program.
I'll be pleasantly surprised if there is a single criminal conviction; and I doubt Holder or Obama will be damaged by the scandal. Congress is worse than worthless, it is damaging to the country's well-being.
I see you live in Maine so it's understandable that you see things differently.
National security is threatened by the unprotected Mexican border — this involves illegal migration into the U.S. and crime.
A sealed border will combat both issues.
Perry wants a sealed border and he does not believe in amnesty.
He recognizes that the crime along the border hurts both countries and actions by the administration have exacerbated the situation — lit a fire.
And when Mexico says 'no' to U.S. troops being in their country, what would President Perry do? Considering that he made this proposal with absolutely no evidence whatsoever that Mexico might want U.S. intervention kind of indicates that their feelings aren't of prime importance to him.
"Your purpose for posting on this thread is to disrupt effective dissemination of information."
So that's it, CW. You guys have now been ordered to stop trying to counter Perry criticism and simply SILENCE people that respond negatively to Perry puff-pieces in any way.
That is not going to go over very well on this site and maybe the rumors that the pro-Perry posts were going to start being removed will come true...as they are certainly making it very difficult to use this site anymore.
How is shutting down the border going to address those already here?
And how do you know he hasn't consulted with the Mexican authorities?
"How is shutting down the border going to address those already here?"
That's the other part. You must make life miserable for the people that are here illegally...something that Perry OBVIOUSLY has no interest in doing.
No I posted that comment because I felt that way.
You can say whatever you want.
I have no power to stop you.
Why are you running to Jim Robinson?
You sound like a hall monitor.
Whose trying to silence whom?
This is Free Republic.
My husband and I went to D.C. (from Texas) for our anniversary to attend the first Freeper march.
US troops on the border against illegal foreign nationals or others involved in criminal border activity, I believe is unconstitutional. However, if they deputized them as border patrol agents, would that be legal? I don't know.
You don't want to address those already here. The fact is that your kind wants to play word games and keep the argument going so nothing will be done.
I have no use or time for the screw America crowd and that's the end of the argument and that includes little ricky's lying ass.
Comments like that are now acceptable on FR but my comment of: "You're posting to counter effective dissemination of information" is a *ping" Jim Robinson offense?
What goes?
"Why are you running to Jim Robinson?"
"You can say whatever you want."
I think your the second statement answers your question. I was told last night by some other clown to shut up, and now you're doing the same here.
I think JR needs to know what the Perry people are trying to do to his site.
Where have I EVER asked someone to "shut up" or anything of the kind.
-- Perry wants a sealed border and he does not believe in amnesty. --
Perry's credibility sucks.
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No one matched the winning Mega Millions numbers on Nov. 22, increasing the jackpot to $205 million.
In the meantime, tonight's Powerball jackpot is $50 million (Nov. 23).
The Mega Millions numbers for Nov. 22: 17-23-35-36-44
The Gold Mega Ball: 08
The Megaplier: 3
The Nov. 22 drawing uses the the new matrix for Mega Millions, according to Lottery officials.
The new matrix features more numbers for Match 5 and fewer Mega numbers; the changes give players a chance to win more prizes. The changes are supposed to increase the size of jackpots.
RELATED: Mega Millions lottery making mega changes; expecting bigger jackpots
According to the Mega Millions official website, 2 tickets in the multi-state lottery game matched 5 numbers, winning $1 million each. (The $1 million prize is an increase from $250,000.) The tickets were purchased in North Carlolina and New York.
In Michigan, there were no major Mega Millions winners on Nov. 22, according to Michigan Lottery officials:
• However, 4 ticket holders won $1,500 each, matching 4 of 5 numbers, with the Megaplier.
• More than 37,000 Michigan players won at least $2.
• More than 68,000 players won $1 each.
Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. Five balls are drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 75; the Mega ball is drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 15.
The next Mega Millions drawing is Nov. 26. The jackpot will be $205 million.
Tonight's Classic Lotto 47 jackpot is $1.2 million. The drawing is 7:29 p.m. Deadline 7:08 p.m.
Tonight's Fantasy 5 jackpot is $105,000. The drawing is also 7:29 p.m. Deadline 7:08 p.m.
Tonight's Powerball jackpot is $50 million (Nov. 23). The drawing is at 10:59 p.m. Deadline 9:45 p.m. (in Michigan).
Also, the Michigan Lottery has joined a new daily game, Poker Lotto. More than 32,000 players won at least $2 on Nov. 19.
The next drawing is at 7:29 tonight. Deadline 7:08 p.m. Poker Lotto gives players a chance to play two games, an instant game at each retail terminal where the players see their cards drawn; and those same cards are good for the nightly drawing.
For the latest on Michigan Lottery, check out MLive.com's lottery page for Daily 3, Daily 4, Poker Lotto, Keno, Mega Millions, Powerball winning numbers and more.
The official Michigan Lottery site offers more information on instant tickets, raffles and other lottery games.
John Gonzalez is a statewide entertainment writer for MLive.com. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.


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Andre Lambertson
on September 16, 2012 - 12:01 AM
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Naomi Wolf, who launched a million interesting conversations 20 years ago with her thought-provoking best-seller "The Beauty Myth," has ventured boldly into delicate ground with "Vagina: A New Biography."
In this exhaustively researched, if somewhat anecdotally written, readable and interesting book, Wolf paints a distressing picture of modern women, who suffer from not only depression and loss of desire, but sexual bullying and verbal and physical violence that damages their spirits and impairs their ability to live full, creative, impassioned lives.
While the issues Wolf outlines must be examined and discussed, this book, growing as it does from Wolf's somewhat privileged, intellectually sharp and yet frequently credulous point of view, must be regarded as just a start.
Although the title expresses a laser-like focus on a single structure, Wolf means all the female sex organs, paying much attention to what she learns are closely related anatomical parts - the spine, nervous system and brain.
With only occasional detours into denseness or jargon, Wolf's book is the equivalent of college-level seminars on women's private parts, including philosophy, anthropology, chemistry, biology, literature, sociology, theology and both ancient and modern history. Wolf also provides an explicit analysis of linguistics, cataloging and analyzing culturally popular terms from Shakespeare and Chaucer to online message boards.
Some might wonder if the female sex organs need a biography, especially in a time of pervasive oversharing about anatomy, desire and other once-private topics. The answer is in the shockingly ignorant comment of Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin, who recently opined that "legitimate rape" rarely causes pregnancy because "the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." Akin claimed he had heard about these magical powers of the vagina and uterus from doctors, at least one of whom does trumpet this nonsense.
So yes, the vagina needs a biography, one rooted in science rather than myth. But is this the book it deserves?
Wolf begins "Vagina" with an extremely personal story, about a mysterious sexual and emotional numbness she felt in 2009, when she was 46. She gradually realizes that she is missing "the usual postcoital rush of a sense of vitality infusing the world, of delight with myself and with all around me, of creative energy rushing through everything alive." Physical numbness is followed by emotional numbness; depression, then despair.
Doctors say she may be suffering from compression of pelvic nerves - ones Wolf never knew existed, much less affected female sexual response. Finally, she is diagnosed with a degenerative spine disease, worsened by a long-forgotten fall onto her back. During her exams, one doctor almost offhandedly remarks, "Every woman is wired differently. ... That accounts for some of the differences in female sexual response." Wolf writes, "I almost fell off the exam table in my astonishment. That's what explained vaginal versus clitoral orgasms? Neural wiring? Not culture, Not patriarchy, not feminism, not Freud?"
I suspect that the only person more surprised than Wolf at this point is every single reader, who will be awestruck that 1) Wolf is so concerned about which exact part of her body is leading the sexual charge and 2) it would never have occurred to her that not only is women's anatomy different from men's, but that there is variation among women. Has she noticed the variety in every other single part of the human body, from nose to toes, as well as taste and preferences?
As bright, analytical and verbal as Wolf is, she comes across as fairly naive here.
She writes of this discovery, "This was a much less mysterious and value-laden message about female sexuality: it presented the obvious suggestion that anyone could learn about her own, or his or her partner's, particular neural variant as such, and simply master the patterns of the special way it worked."
Well, yes!
Similarly, her main theme, which she arrives at slowly after surveying opinions, expectations and assumptions about the vagina, is the simple and widely understood fact that women need more than the quick sex that satisfies men. She calls the set of behaviors that activate the female nervous system for sexual pleasure "the Goddess Array," although she immediately demurs, "I don't mean to summon up in your mind crunchy-granola, 1970s images of pagan Goddess worship on all-female retreats in state parks, nor am I intending a simplistic, pop-culture shorthand for self-esteem."
This is not the only swipe Wolf takes at first-wave feminists, whose understanding of the cultural obstacles they faced, some so subtle as to be almost invisible to most of the population, was far more trenchant than hers. It's surprising that while Wolf devotes page after page to a depressing analysis of the verbal oppression of women, she busts out the "crunchy granola" shorthand to draw a line between her modern sex-positive self and the hairy, dirty, man-hating hippies who were our foremothers.
To determine what women want of the options being offered in 2012, Wolf immerses herself in the somewhat creepy world of Tantric sex workshops with strangers and "sacred sexual healing" offered for $150 an hour by a London "yoni guru." Being a "nice monogamous Jewish girl," she refuses the guru's offer of a "yoni massage" and keeps her clothes on. He gazes into her eyes for an extended period, then, he explains, projects his male energy into his fingers and traces the meridian lines of energy in her body. "Within thirty seconds I was in a state of - yes - oceanic bliss," she writes. "Within five minutes I was laughing, and within ten minutes I was in an altered state." She leaves his "seductive little bedroom" an hour later, "flushed and beaming."
At the end of her book, when Wolf lists specific suggestions evocative of a breathless magazine covers ("15 Ways to Satisfy Any Woman") it becomes clear that this book's target audience is male. Sadly, her astonishingly trite solution to the pervasive sexual problems of half of the world's population is reduced to the banal accoutrements of modern courtship, including soft music, candles and flowers. The "Goddess Array" has gone by many names through the centuries, from chivalry to basic human respect.
Still, Wolf's book - usually interesting, occasionally inspiring, sometimes infuriating - has opened a vital cultural conversation. Let's hope that in future dialogue, men are not seen as the sole solution to women's culturally inflicted woes.
Vagina: A New Biography
By Naomi Wolf
Ecco Press
381 pages, $27.99
Anne Neville is a News staff reporter.


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May 26, 2004 -- New research shows that the hippopotamus -- famous for its luxurious mud-pack skin treatments in the hot sun -- produces a sunscreen every time it sweats.
Wipe a hippo's face, and you get something akin to sweat, reports researcher Yoko Saikawa, a scientist with Keio University in Japan.
Sure, it's not produced by sweat glands like human sweat. Nevertheless, it serves the same purpose. Like sweat, it helps control a hippo's body temperature, explains Saikawa.
When the stuff is fresh, it is colorless like sweat. But in hippos, the mucus gradually turns red, then brown.
In their study, Saikawa and his fellow researchers wiped a hippo's face and back -- then tested the red mucus in their laboratory. As they filtered the mucus, red and orange pigmented solutions emerged. "We named the red pigment 'hipposudoric acid' and the orange 'norhipposudoric acid,'" Saikawa writes. The study appears in this week's issue of Nature.
The pigments are in the ultraviolet range, indicating that they "may act as sunscreens," he explains. The red pigment also acts as an antibiotic, protecting the hippo's skin from infections, he explains.
There's just one problem. Once they're off the hippo, these pigments become unstable and turn into solid, brown gunk within a few hours. What factor in the hippo's mucus keeps the stuff from changing form? That's yet to be discovered, says Saikawa.
Hippo sweat poses no immediate threat to the sunscreen industry -- at least not until the secret hippo ingredient is found.
SOURCE: Saikawa, K. Nature, May 27, 2004; vol 429: p. 363.


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First live interview with Paul Ryan since election on 'Meet the Press'
Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), former Republican vice presidential nominee from Janesville, will sit down for his first live interview since the November election Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."
According to NBC, Ryan will "weigh in on the upcoming spending battles, where he'll be an influential voice as chairman of the House Budget Committee." »Read Full Blog Post(3)
Present Music ends season with delicious fun
No one closes out a concert season quite like Present Music.
Milwaukee's new-music ensemble mixed art installations, solo and ensemble performances of music by the likes of Elliott Carter and Ted Hearne in Turner Hall Ballroom Friday evening. An after party, with food, drinks and live music from rock-ska band Something to Do, followed. »Read Full Article


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"Who says you can't go home?"Posted Thursday, May 13, 2010, at 1:52 PM
After being gone for four years to pursue my degree in Sports Broadcasting/Journalism, I've returned to my roots to take over as your sports editor.
Although I've been away at school at Arkansas State, I've done my best to keep up with everything going on with local sports. I count it an honor and a privilage to return back home and cover local sports for this great newspaper.
Whoever says that the newspaper business is dying, doesn't know how important the Daily Dunklin Democrat is to this community. This paper, along with the website, is the only way people really hear about the local news. Also, it's the way that people keep up with high school sports, their beloved St. Louis Cardinals and all the other happenings going on in our local sports world.
Let's not forget that all you mothers and grandmothers love it when your son's or daughter's pictures show up in our pages so you can cut it out and embarrass them with it 10 years down the road. It's covering local sports and getting to know all the wonderful people of this community that make being the sports editor a great job to have.
I just wanted to take some time to let everyone know some of the ideas that I'm bringing to my position. First off, I'm a firm believer of using technology to keep people updated on the latest scores, stats, and news on all the local teams. I'm an avid user of Facebook, Twitter and cell phones to stay up-to-date on the lastest news and scores.
My goal is to use all these and other types of technology to keep you, the reader, updated on everything going on in local sports. I'm also pitching an idea that will allow parents and coaches the opportunity (via the internet) to post scores, stats, and pictures of their children's ballgames for others to see and for me to use in future issues of the paper.
The motto of my career is "Not only am I a sports journalist/broadcaster, I'm a sports FAN!" This motto will shown through my blog called "Dustin's Take." I'll just be sharing my thoughts and opinions on local and national sports and people will have the chance to comment on my thoughts on the blog's web page. I look forward to the interaction with the reader, but please always remember to be respcetful of everyone and keep those comments clean.
I'm very excited about my future here at the DDD and I look forward to working for the community that has supported me throughout the years. Until next time, enjoy life and enjoy sports!
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Picture book coming from Carey, Cannon
NEW YORK - Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are working on a children's book.
Scholastic announced Thursday that it has acquired the couple's "Roc and Roe's Twelve Days of Christmas," a picture story scheduled for release this fall. Illustrated by A.G. Ford, the book is a holiday tale featuring twins Moroccan and Monroe, to whom Carey gave birth in 2011.
Cochran to get marker on country music trail
ISOLA, Miss. - The late Hank Cochran, a consummate songwriter who composed a string of country hits including "Make the World Go Away" for Eddy Arnold, is being honored Tuesday with a marker on the Mississippi Country Music Trail.
The marker will be placed on U.S. Highway 45 in his home town of Isola, Miss. Cochran died in 2010 at his home north of Nashville. He was 74.
Hancock co-wrote several No. 1 hits: Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces"; George Strait's "Ocean Front Property"; and "Set 'em Up Joe" by Vern Gosdin.
Dance show to hold New Orleans' auditions
NEW ORLEANS - Fox's Emmy-winning reality TV competition show, "So You Think You Can Dance," is looking for dancers in the Gulf Coast area.
The show is holding open-call auditions with producers in New Orleans on Friday. Call-backs will perform for the show's judges Saturday. The judges scheduled to be in New Orleans are executive producer Nigel Lythgoe, ballroom expert Mary Murphy and actor and comedian Wayne Brady, who will be serving as a guest judge.
The show is auditioning for its 11th season and will begin airing in May.
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Trilogy capper exceeds tech length limits
Though director Peter Jackson wants his 3 hour-20 minute "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" presented without an intermission, a few overseas exhibitors will be inserting an interval.
But don't expect any other theater owners to follow suit.
U.K.-based Vue Cinemas, new owner of the Warner Village loop, was trying to make a virtue out of a necessity when it proudly announced last week that it will insert a 15-minute intermission into "Rings."
Vue chief operating officer Steve Knibbs claims, "Whenever we have shown epic-length features in the past, customer feedback strongly suggests an interval period would be well received."
The truth, however, is more prosaic.
Some theaters around the world, including the Vue chain, use a projection system that cannot run uninterrupted for nearly four hours (the pic, plus the heavy load of trailers and ads).
Distribs in some countries (Italy, the Netherlands) routinely insert intermissions in films and will follow that practice with "Rings."
Any exhib that wants to insert an intermission has to submit a written request to New Line. The company is only sanctioning intermissions for such exceptional reasons, and not allowing exhibs to break up the movie for their own marketing purposes.
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Milwaukee's police chief answers questions Monday after two separate incidents over the weekend in which officers fired their guns.
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Bethany Ann Palmer and Dustin James Beadnell of Minerva are announcing their engagement and forthcoming marriage this month.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Allen and Becky Vignon of Washingtonville and Mike Palmer of Lisbon. She graduated in 2001 from Columbiana High School and received a bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology from Kent State University in 2004. She also plans to graduate in December 2010 from Walsh University with a master's degree in school counseling and mental health counseling and is currently completing her internship at Belmont Pines Hospital.
The prospective bridegroom's parents are Ray and Lynn Beadnell of Salineville. He graduated in 2001 from Beaver Local High School and is studying for a nursing degree at KSU. He is currently employed as a commercial sales specialist at Lowe's in Alliance.
The couple's wedding ceremony begins at 3 p.m. Aug. 21 at Zion Hill Church of the Brethren in Columbiana.
Invitations will be issued for the reception to follow at the Salem Golf Club.