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Potter County will miss Sheriff's Capt. Dennis Horn and his leadership, integrity and education in law enforcement.
He attended FBI training and several other schools pertaining to law enforcement. He ran the Potter County correctional facility, plus many other departments within the sheriff's office.
His way and knowledge of the people and his easy-going manner will be greatly missed.
It's going to be difficult to replace such an icon in the department.
He also was an exceptional Amarillo police officer.
I wish we had more people in our city who cared about the public as much as Capt. Horn.
I thank him for his service and dedication.
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Chase really made a splash a couple months ago with their Blueprint payment program [3] and their headline card with that program was their Slate from Chase card [3], which replaced their Chase Platinum Card. I thought the Blueprint program was certainly an interesting take on the recent "responsible credit card use phenomenon [4]" that's taken hold lately, so I wanted to take a closer look at their flagship card.
The Chase Slate card's main selling point is that it is a no annual fee credit card that gives you access to the Blueprint suite of payment planning tools. Beyond the tools, the card also offers Balance transfers at 0% intro APR for 12 or 6 months* and purchases is 0% for See Terms*.
For those with debt, the Blueprint program and it's full pay component, makes one good reason to join. With full pay, you can select certain categories to pay off each month and those category don't accrue interest. If you carry a balance, those categories normally would, along with everything else, accrue interest.
For credit card holders that pay their balance each month, there's no compelling reason for this card. All the features are intended for those with a balance and with no cash back offer, any cash back credit card [5] is better.
I'd ask for your thoughts on the card but it seems very straightforward as the card doesn't have many bells and whistles beyond the Blueprint program. Am I missing anything?

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These tiny roses are quick and easy to make! They are worked flat on 2 double-pointed needles and are perfect for using up those little scraps of leftover yarn from other projects.
The tutorial has many pictures and easy to follow, step-by-step instructions on how to make sweet knitted miniature roses. It's suitable for beginners and all you need to know are the basics of knitting.
The pattern for Paulo the Charming Tiger includes instructions for how to make these roses, so if you have Paulo's pattern, you shouldn't need this one. This separate tutorial gives more detailed instructions for the roses, including more pictures, so it's better suited for beginners.
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Congress Finds, in Passing Bills, That Names Can Never Hurt You
Thus the Acronymic PATRIOT Act; Still, a Sad End for HAPPY
WASHINGTON—We may never know how Thomas Jefferson coined the phrase "pursuit of happiness." The HAPPY Act's origin is more clear.
"The staff was hounding me for a name," says Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, who had a bill to make pet-care expenses tax-deductible. Then a 1972 Rolling Stones hit, "Happy," popped up on his iPod, he says, and soon the Humanity and Pets Partnering through the Years Act was born.
Research suggests that pet owners are "happier and healthier" than those without companion animals, Mr. McCotter explains.
Mr. McCotter, a Michigan Republican, isn't the only acronym addict on Capitol Hill. In recent years, Congress has been flooded with a Scrabble board of legislative titles including the DISCLOSE Act, the HIRE Act and the ASPIRE Act, all of which take too much space to spell out here. In December, President Barack Obama signed the Help HAITI (Haitian Adoptees Immediately to Integrate) Act, but he was helpless as his Democrats saw their DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act go down the drain.
Donald Ritchie, the Senate historian, says lawmakers rely on rhetorical tricks to give their legislation an edge.
"It's a matter of scrambling for attention, given the fact that there are thousands of bills proposed and only 3% will pass," he says.
Yet some veteran lawmakers say they're tired of the name games.
"It's an abuse of the English language," says Rep. Barney Frank (D., Mass.). "The meaning of the words is distorted, and the grammar is often twisted out of shape" to make the title fit.
As chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Mr. Frank banned members from introducing acronyms. Titles "ought to be neutral," rather than "an argument for the bill," he says.
Nine years ago, Mr. Frank made the same point on the House floor, complaining that "high-flying acronyms" had distorted debate over a measure lessening judicial oversight of domestic wiretaps.
"It is the PATRIOT bill, it is the USA bill, it is the Stand Up and Sing 'The Star-Spangled Banner' bill," he said.
Mr. Frank got some unexpected support in November, when former President George W. Bush disclosed that his "one regret about the PATRIOT Act is its name." In his memoir, "Decision Points," Mr. Bush writes that the title implied that opponents of the Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act were unpatriotic.
"I should have pushed Congress to change the name of the bill before I signed it," Mr. Bush writes. It "was initially called the Antiterrorism Act," but "Congress got clever and renamed it."
"I never dreamed it would be so controversial," says Chris Cylke, creator of the acronym.
Mr. Cylke, now a lobbyist with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, was a 23-year-old aide when House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R., Wis.) challenged his staff to improve the name.
"I had all these words in my brain, and it just clicked," Mr. Cylke says. He says he intended the name to reflect the national mood, not "stifle criticism."
Besides, he adds, his high school's sports teams were named the Patriots, so the law's title also was "an inside joke."
For its first two centuries, Congress preferred uninflected titles for its work product, whether passing the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, or the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Since then, however, lawmakers came to see legislative names as a form of creative expression. The turning point may have come in 1970, with the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The acronym spells the name of Edward G. Robinson's character in the 1931 gangster picture, "Little Caesar."
"I can't confirm or deny" any intentional reference to Johnny Rico, says Notre Dame law professor G. Robert Blakey, who drafted the legislation as an aide to Sen. John McClellan (D., Ark.). He adds: "The only thing I can tell you is that I'm a film buff."
But where lawmakers once inserted an occasional in-joke, nowadays they obsess over "the most catchy, popular, emotional title they can come up with," says Rep. John Duncan Jr. (R., Tenn.). Even when they can't coin an acronym, legislators use loaded language that raises the stakes for voting no, he says.
"Take the Farm Bill. They changed the name to the Farm Security Act," he says. "Since 9/11, nobody wants to vote against anything with the word 'security' in it."
Mr. Duncan also complains about the proliferation of laws named after crime, accident and disease victims.
"It's just not a good way to do legislation, to exploit some terrible thing that has been done to some child," he says of statutes like the AMBER Alert Act, which refers both to an abducted child and America's Missing-Broadcast Emergency Response (and is itself part of the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation of Children Today, or PROTECT, Act).
Among legislatures, Congress is pretty much alone in its embrace of "outlandish" bill titles, says Brian Christopher Jones, a doctoral student at Scotland's University of Stirling who is writing a dissertation on statutory naming.
At the British Parliament, most legislation is titled by nonpartisan civil servants rather than politicians. Thus, Mr. Jones observes, Parliament's 2008 finance industry bailout came via the Banking (Special Provisions) Act, while Congress called its version the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.
Within the U.S., several state legislatures have strict rules for titling legislation. Colorado limits names to 40 characters.
But even the best acronym can't guarantee success, as Rep. McCotter discovered. A bipartisan majority frowned on his HAPPY Act, refusing to insert a pet-care deduction into the $858 billion Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 it sent to President Obama in December.
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This session covered how to handle the stickier issues of running a group. David Girard moderated a panel made up of Jack Aiello, Jerry Walton, Susie Novis, and Robin Tuohy. The whole idea was to spur an open discussion of the tough questions: talking about medical info with your group, talking about loss, support group dynamics, and how to find speakers.
How to handle medical information?
Jerry Walton first addressed this challenge, but soon questions from the group opened it up. It was understood that support group meetings were places that people were going to share medical information. You almost cannot talk about myeloma without talking about treatment and side effects. So how do you communicate medical info to and within your group, understanding that you are not doctors?
What Jerry called the "Newbie Experience" was a big part of the discussion, because newly diagnosed patients need to know how to get information. Many suggestions were shared, including how to find information on the web, the publications from the IMF, and second opinions.
Finding Speakers
Jack Aiello opened this discussion. He suggested that you begin by asking the group how often they want speakers. Most groups want them about half the time or less, because they want time for themselves, to talk and share. When looking for speakers, look for local myeloma experts. community hem-oncs. An interesting session would be to explore how they work with the experts--the Duries and the Kyles.
Look for nutritionists and physical therapists who have experience with myeloma. Ask the folks in the group, ask other support group leaders, ask your oncologist.
Jerry pointed out that he goes to conferences trolling for speakers. He figures that they have shown by being there that they are willing to speak. And if he finds their sessions of interest, he approaches them. He also said that Drs. Durie and Anderson didn't know it, but they were speakers at his meetings. He used the DVD from the Boca Raton Patient and Family seminar when he didn't have a live speaker.
Dealing with Grief
Susie Novis addressed this topic. If there is loss in the group, talk about it, she said. Don't avoid the subject. Celebrate the person's life. Tell stories. "Hey," she said, "I would want people to talk about me after I'm dead." Ask the group what they want to do? If people don't want to participate, they don't have to. Schedule the celebration. Maybe make it at the end of the meeting, so if people feel uncomfortable, they can leave. Invite surviving caregivers to come to the meetings. Make a scrap book with pictures. Just don't ignore the loss.
Group Dynamics
Robin Tuohy closed the session with her topic: Group Dynamics. She started by saying she wanted to put a positive spin on the emotional roller coaster that is the myeloma experience: diagnosis, treatment, remission, relapse. How do you stay positive yourself and help your group members stay positive? She said, that at this summit she could feel the love, and suggested that we take advantage of relationships created at the summit. She asked Susie to talk about the "ten minute rule." There will be times that we need to cry. Okay, cry. Have a really good cry, but set a limit on it. Give yourself permission to cry for ten minutes. And then blow your nose and get back out there.
Robin encouraged us to be proactive. Acknowledge the myeloma experience. Know that at some point, relapse is there. What will you do? Plan. Be a better patient. Use education and research to help keep you on top of the subject. So you know what to do when the day comes. And when it happens, although you are never ready, you will be ready. You will circle the wagons and think about what matters in life most, focus on what's important.
Robin reminded us that it will not always be the myeloma. We are all getting older.
She talked about how to keep members coming back to the group. They come to meetings when they are in treatment, but when they are in remission, they often stop because they think they don't need it right now. Well, when patients are doing well, it is the time for them to give back. They were newbies once, and they learned from those with more experience. Now it is time for them to share with someone who is a newbie. It is their opportunity to help someone else.
Finally she said, "Don't be afraid to ask for help. And don't be afraid to accept help." Have fun. Be prepared.
Someone closed with the frog analogy. When your lily pad starts sinking, you jump to another one.
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Start in a pushup position, with your legs extended straight behind you and your hands shoulder-width apart. Position the band across your shoulder blades with tight resistance, each end tucked under a hand (a). Lower your body until your chest nearly touches the floor (b), then push back to start. That's one rep. Do 10 to 12.
Lie faceup, bend your hips and knees 90 degrees, and loop the band around your feet, crossing the band to create an X. Hold an end in each hand just above your shoulders or hips (a). From this position, brace your core and slowly extend your legs into the air straight in front of you (b). Pause, then return to start. That's one rep. Do 10 to 12.
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January 24, 2004, 05:33 PM
I'm looking at a semi M740 in 308, but don't know much about these. Does anyone have any experience with them????????
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January 24, 2004, 05:39 PM
I have exp with the 742 woodsmaster and the 7400. Both in 30-06 though good guns Watch using none remington mags though have had jams. What else do you want to know /?
January 24, 2004, 05:48 PM
The early model 740 & 742 rifles had a different bolt setup than the current 7400's.
The 7400 is a better setup in that it doesn't have the jamming problems the early models exhibited.
Once the early ones gall up the metal inside, they're wall hangers.
I have a 5-digit serial # 740 Woodsmaster that hasn't worked right yet.
My 7400 has never failed once...
They're both in.30-06.
I'll need to take them both out for cleaning and testing again.
I'd recommend that you get a 7400 instead.
Also recommended by someone on another board is to use whatever 150-gr. ammo works best as it won't pound the action as much as heavier bullets.
I've used Remington 180 & 220-gr. ammo exclusively with complete satisfaction in my 7400, including groups at 100-yds. in the 1-1.5" range.
That's pretty damn accurate for these rifles.
Good Luck!
January 25, 2004, 11:17 PM
I really don't know anything about these rifles at all. This one is pretty clean from what I've seen so far & I have a good scope that should work well. There are stories about these things jamming, & it looks like cleaning/lubing prevents most of that.
January 26, 2004, 01:20 AM
Once properly cleaned of packing grease, my 7400 (a much-improved 742) has been 100% reliable.
It was shooting 1.5" groups at 100yds, now back out to 3-4" groups. Gotta find out what's wrong.
Lots of fun, and one very sweet shooter with the ASI brake/comp/stabalizer.
January 26, 2004, 07:23 PM
My cousin has a 740 in .30-06 inheriated from a great uncle. It has killed a lot of deer but is very nearly a single shot unless kept very clean. No 10-round mags that we have tried yet work in it. It is minute of deer accurate for east Tennessee.
July 4, 2008, 07:25 PM
The magazine in my 7400 was loose. The protrusion in the front of the magazine that holds it in place was worn, so I used a 1/16" rod and welded a little material on it and filed it to the proper size. Works like a charm now.
July 5, 2008, 02:18 PM
Had jams a couple months back with my 742 in 30-06, which it had never done before. The fired cases were getting stuck in the chamber and the ejector claw was stripping the case rim off.
After a little disassembly help from fellow THR members I thoroughly cleaned it...put 12 180gr Core-Lokts through it Tuesday with nary a jam or ejection issue. I'm a wuss when it comes to recoil though, so I'll be sighting it in and hunting with 150gr bullets this fall.
GREAT rifle for Central Kentucky deer woods...
July 5, 2008, 03:56 PM
Usually not real accurate but are "minute of deer." They are very prone for cycling,feeding problems but they are usually alleviated by a religious cleaning regimen.
July 5, 2008, 06:28 PM
All you ever wanted to know about the 740/742/7400 et al: http://www.wisnersinc.com/additional_info/Remington_7407427400.htm
I have one that I bought at a charity auction a year ago and haven't picked it up yet. I think mine is a 742. In the mid 1950's my father used to bring these home for people from the Navy Exchanges in Japan. They were engraved and inlaid with silver. Labor was cheap there and PX prices were low. Seemes like every trip he was bringing someone else an engraved rifle.
July 6, 2008, 09:13 AM
Great, thanks.
July 6, 2008, 10:49 AM
My rifle sometimes misfeeds if I fire a couple of boxs of ammo through it fairly quick without cleaning it. Just don't let it get too hot, it's a hunting rifle so treat it like one.
February 15, 2009, 01:32 PM
Thanks. Again. This rifle is in pretty good shape, especially considering its'age. Mounted an old Leupold 3X7 from another rifle and it's not bad at all,
February 15, 2009, 08:39 PM
I have a 760 gamemaster which is the pump action version. VERY accurate with handloads. check the bore and get a few new clips and you can't go wrong.
February 16, 2009, 12:24 AM
I have a 740 in '06 that I got used as a kid. I'm now a Grandpa and it has yet to not function properly every time I've pulled the trigger. It hasn't been deer hunting in a few years (me neither for that matter) but I'm in no hurry to part with it.
February 16, 2009, 07:07 AM
My wife inherited one from her DAD. She used it for a few years until it got chamber cancer. Chamber gets pitted, will pull the rim off cases. no cure except a new barrel. My gunsmith tells me it only happened on 30-06's.
Inspect chamber if you can, but shooting it 20 or 30 times would be better.
I tried to fix hers, polished it inside as best I could. No joy.
Bought her a new 7400 in 243.
You would need to coat the chamber with oil or grease between seasons.
February 16, 2009, 08:03 AM
It's the gun my dad uses to hunt. I know a 740 that took 27 deer in 1961. (My dad was 4 at the time, wasn't him.) It's a .308 caliber as well. It's a nice gun to shoot. Recoil is pretty manageable.
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This race is for rats, it can turn you upside down.
Ain't no one you can count on in this sleazy little town.
—"Don't Mean Nothin' "
Wisdom from the mouths of babes, or, in this case, from the mouth of rock's newest wunder kid, Richard Marx. "I wrote it based upon my experiences in the music business," Marx says about "Nothin'," the debut single that gave his career a jump start. "But I think everybody, no matter what business they're in, can relate to those lyrics because everybody has had doors slammed in their faces."
Cynical beyond his years about the L.A. music-go-round, Marx seems gifted beyond his peers when it comes to making commercial, hook-happy hit records. Already a music-biz veteran at 24, he was singing commercial jingles in grade school and peddling songs to Lionel Richie at 18. Now his confident, self-titled debut album has sold nearly a million copies, produced a string of hit singles—"Nothin'," "Should Have Known Better" and the current "Endless Summer Nights"—and earned him a Best Male Rock Vocal Performance nomination at this week's Grammies.
Success and his boyish looks have also brought Marx a herd of young female fans—and temptations he says he resists. "I see beautiful women all the time, and I'm only human," he says. "But I can't imagine a situation where I would act on it, because I've got what I want. I'm happy with my situation." Actress Cynthia Rhodes, who played Patrick Swayze's first partner in Dirty Dancing, figures prominently in that situation; the pair have been a major-league item for three years.
They first met five years ago when Marx, then 19, was hired to write a song for the movie Staying Alive, in which Rhodes co-starred opposite John Travolta. Rhodes, who is seven years Marx's senior, recalls thinking that he was a "really nice, sweet little boy, but he was so young." When they met again at a party two years later, he began lobbying to change her perception. Her initial response was to fix him up on dates with her girlfriends, a strategy that failed. "I would go out with them and talk about Cynthia all night," says Richard. "After a couple of months, I convinced Cynthia that she and I should move to Phase Two." Now, he says, marriage is "definitely" in the cards when his career settles down a little. For her part, Rhodes admits she's a bit unsettled by the potential pitfalls of Marx's life on the road. "I get jealous when I go to his concerts and see beautiful women throwing underwear, bras and flowers," she says, but she understands the female fans' motivation: "The only thing I can say is, those women have good taste."
Born in Chicago, Marx grew up with music. His father, Dick, composed jingles; his mother, Ruth, sang them. "I used to go with my mom and dad to the studio all the time," he says. "I loved being around musicians and being in the rooms with the big speakers." Ruth says Richard "was a great, funny kid who liked baseball and music. He was always very mature, very together. Our friends all called him a 42-year-old midget."
He began singing jingles at age 5 and by 15 was composing his own songs "about girls that wouldn't go out with me in high school." One of dozens of demo tapes Marx made with help from his parents' musician friends found its way to Lionel Richie, who, in 1982, encouraged Marx to move to L.A., where he made a so-so living as a songwriter and backup singer. His dream of making his own LP remained elusive. "I was turned down by every record company at least three times," says Marx. His lowest point came when his friend, producer David Foster, "looked at me one day and said, 'You're never going to get a record. You're not an artist.' When you hear that from somebody you really care about, it's devastating," says Marx. "I felt like collapsing."
Marx finally got a chance to prove Foster wrong when Manhattan Records signed him in 1986 after he auditioned for the company's president. Says Marx: "I kept waiting in terror for the president to call me up and say, 'Just kidding!' " It didn't hurt that, when the time came to record the album, Marx was able to enlist the aid of ex-Eagles Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner and Timothy B. Schmit. Says Walsh of the recording sessions: "Richard was telling me 'Change that part! Play this!' I was saying 'Who is this kid ordering me around?' This guy is very, very talented."
Despite his sudden success, Marx is trying to be very, very realistic. "It could be the next single or 20 singles from now, but eventually I'm going to put out a song that is going to stall and go double plywood. But I won't freak out, because I can always work as a producer. As long as I'm in the music business," he says, "I'm a happy man."
—Written by Steve Dougherty, reported by Vicki Sheff
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Author, actor, director, artist and surrealistic Renaissance woman Miranda July visited Seattle last night for a performance she called "My Autobiography." Part of the Seattle Arts & Lectures series (lectures.org), the sold-out show was equal parts confessional, performance art, stand-up routine, and improv. It was a blast. She's funny, thoughtful, and charmingly odd. She wore zebra tights.
July discussed the evolution of her creative process, from her first book (around age four) to her first film (in her teens), to her shaggy 20s plays and performances at punk clubs in Portland, all of which guided her toward a diverse work life as a filmmaker (Me and You and Everyone We Know won awards at Sundance and Cannes), author (It Chooses You featured characters she found in Pennysaver ads), and artist (her work has been presented at MoMA and the Guggenheim).
July is currently working on a novel, while raising her son, now eight months old. I didn't get a chance to interview her (though I did get to play dueling iPhone photos in her mirror-filled green room--see below). But the Seattle Arts & Lectures folks conducted this Proust Questionnaire, similar to the "Amazon Asks" Q&A questions I would've asked her anyway.
~~What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Having accomplished some great feat of writing on the previous day, a day laid out in front of me that is mostly full of reading and eating and sleeping in the sun.What is your greatest extravagance?
Clothes and almond flour.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Saying that one extra thing that ruins everything.
Which talent would you most like to have?
A great, throaty, singing voice.
What is your current state of mind?
Always worried in a kind of upbeat way.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
When I saved someone's life.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Waiting for someone to come save you.
What is your motto?
Whatever you put energy into grows. So notice what you're feeding.
That's just a sample; the rest can be found here [PDF].
And Miranda's books can be found here.
And all about Miranda is here.
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Ripon Christian's girls soccer team is trying to hold off Gustine for the third and final playoff spot in the Southern League.
Conquering a Valley Oak League win over the Sonora Wildcats at Mountain Springs Golf Course is no easy task, but a task that proved conquerable Tuesday in the Lancers' 206-210 VOL win Tuesday in Sonora.
One of the four oldest high school all-star football games will be played at Modesto Junior College after long being held at the University of the Pacific's Amos Alonzo Stagg Stadium.
Manteca High's streak without a Valley Oak League boys track and field title was officially snapped Monday.
Ripon Christian High has a rich tradition of producing community-minded student-athletes, and senior Jared Goslinga is carrying the torch.
Manteca High pitcher Peyton Rose gave up a bunt single with one out in the first inning of a Valley Oak League game at Sonora.
East Union's girls soccer team gave up its second goal in Valley Oak League play during Monday's 5-1 victory at Oakdale.
While it's a solid effort for most, East Union High's Will Brink had a rare off day in the Tracy Tournament Monday.
Lathrop High's baseball team scored all of its runs in the fifth inning and got a big complete-game pitching performance from Preston Rizo in a much-needed 4-2 win at Sonora Monday.
Breanne Hatfield turned down UC Santa Barbara and UC Davis.
East Union senior Julia De Groot has definitely made her mark on the East Union High swimming program and now the Lancer will look to make some splashes for the Concordia University Eagles swimming program in Irvine.
RIPON - Over the past three seasons both Mikaela and Morgan Alger have teamed up on the volleyball and basketball courts at Ripon Christian High to help provide a lot of winning. The tandem will look to continue their hard work and success at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa this fall.
Manteca High's baseball team achieved what has been a rarity in the Valley Oak League these days.
In the inaugural Softball for Cancer softball game at Northgate Softball Complex Friday, Ripon High was able to put together a huge third inning rallyen route to an 8-2 win over host East Union Friday night.
East Union suffered its fourth one-run loss in Valley Oak League play Friday, falling 3-2 at Sonora.
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STOCKTON - Weston Ranch got Manteca's attention by taking the second set, but the Buffaloes got back on track with a dominant third en route ...
There was no quit in the East Union and Lathrop volleyball teams Monday at Dalben Center, where the two clubs were engaged in a nip-and-tuck ...
MODESTO – The Sierra boys finished second and the Timberwolves girls were fifth Saturday in the 10th Annual Sierra Cross Country Invitational at Legion-Tuolumne Regional Park ...
RIPON - Natalie Cowan was low medalist for a second straight day, carding a 2-over 33 in East Union's 218-326 win over host Lathrop at ...
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This demo includes THREE turn limited (1 game year each) playable campaigns:
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I don't know how much more the Lakers can take. Why can't we make this a good clean basketball game?
Did you see how the Rockets played dirty? One minute, Ron Artest is throwing his throat at Kobe Bryant's elbow. I mean, what if Kobe's elbow had been injured. Wouldn't that be awful?
Luis Scola did the same thing to Derek Fisher. Oh sure, it may have looked like Fisher was throwing the elbow. To see the play this way speaks volumes about your lack of understanding of the NBA.
"It would be very telling, very telling, if something happened," Shane Battier said.
Forget about it. Bryant got away with two cheap shots in Game 1, and he'll get away with the one he threw in Game 2 as well. Besides, this series won't be decided by the NBA proving it has a separate set of rules for Kobe Bryant. We already know that.
"I know one thing," Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. "We're going to play basketball but we're not backing down from anybody."
That's still no excuse for Artest losing control. On the other hand, Artest got through 89 games without really losing his mind, so this blowup was overdue.
He was reacting to a night when one team attempted to impose its will and the other refused to back down. Amid the tension and hard words were five technical fouls and two ejections.
"You have to look at the situations after all the dust clears and find out what happened," Adelman said. "Your team has to go out on the floor and play basketball and not worry about all this other stuff. I think it did get out of hand."
Say this for the Rockets: they took punch after punch and kept coming back. The Lakers sprinted to a 14-point first-quarter lead by shooting 73 percent and almost blowing the Rockets off the floor.
Somehow, the Rockets gathered themselves behind their second unit and actually led by four points late in the first half. The Lakers opened the second half with another rush, and the Rockets fell apart.
First, Adelman sent Von Wafer to the locker room after the two exchanged words on the bench in the quarter. Then Scola got into it with Lamar Odom and Bryant. Then Fisher and Scola mixed it up. Then Artest went over Bryant.
"It was a good physical game," Bryant said.
Artest scored 25 points in 34 minutes and was the most consistent thing the Rockets had going on offense. He departed midway through the fourth with the Rockets trailing by 10.
"They wanted to come out and show they were big and tough," Battier said.
Yao Ming wasn't a factor. Lakers coach Phil Jackson benched Andrew Bynum in favor of Lamar Odom, creating a tough match-up for the Rockets.
Yao was forced to guard Pau Gasol, who is quicker and more of a perimeter player. Sure enough, Yao picked up two quick fouls in the first quarter, got a third before halftime and didn't become a factor until the game was out of hand.
His 12 points were irrelevant. If he can't stay on the floor, the Rockets can't win. Coaches had talked to him about moving his feet and not being caught flat-footed by Gasol's quickness. He was still caught doing exactly that.
I'm doing Countdown With Keith tonight on MSNBC to discuss Manny's positive drug test.


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Even though recent research shows that by overpaying a mortgage you get greater financial benefit in the long run than by trying to save money into a saving account, mortgage holders continue to save money rather than pay down their mortgage debt.
Research by first direct shows that 42% of UK mortgage holder save regularly and yet only 21% overpay on their mortgage.
Many mortgage holders don't know the cost of their mortgage including interest or in fact know the interest rate on their mortgage.
Some don't know if they can overpay on their mortgage or indeed if they can by how much before they incur early repayment charges.
Maybe all these factors contribute to the minimal number of people who pay off their mortgage rather than save money into a savings account?
Perhaps it's because they prefer the flexibility of a savings account and are reluctant to pay down mortgage debt in uncertain times as they may need access to their money in unforeseen circumstances?
Research by the direct bank has found that by offsetting their savings against their mortgage debt, the average mortgage holder could reduce their mortgage payments by £28.25 per month while retaining access to their savings.1
Richard Tolchard, Senior Mortgage Manager at first direct, commented: "People continue to try to put some money to one side and mortgage holders are no different in also wanting to pay down their loan. However, as this study shows, more often than not they choose to feed extra money into a savings account.
"This is where an offset mortgage can offer the best of both worlds, acting as a savings account and a way to reduce their net borrowing, as the customer keeps the flexibility to access their savings if they need them."
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"Offset mortgage rates are now much more in line with standard mortgage rates and are therefore more worthwhile for more people."
1 Based on the average mortgage loan of £119,700(CML all loans for house purchase, lending and affordability) and the average savings balance of £8,401 (Research carried out by Opinion Matters between 26/11/11 and 9/12/11 among 2002 UK adults). Offsetting estimate calculated using online Offset Calculator.


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Interesting, as I have had some (possibly) stressed out adrenals and was doing everything in my power to 'support' them without getting a proper diagnosis done, while following the CW methods. BUT, I was ALWAYS tired and hungry.
What this person (the author &/ or 'Schwarzbein') doesn't say, is that your body will still obtain the necessary glycogen from your dietary protein, through the liver, if your body is indeed needing them, so why the 'adrenaline'?
All I know is, that this person's experience seems to be in complete opposite with mine, for what I thought was also my 'condition'.
Also, limit saturated fat? I personally can attest to my heightened sense of 'well-being' to more saturated fat!


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Grijsen, Marlous La; Vrouenraets, Saskia MEa,b; Steingrover, Radjina,b; Lips, Paulc; Reiss, Petera,b; Wit, Ferdinand WNMa,b; Prins, Jan Ma
aAcademic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and AIDS, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, The Netherlands
bAcademic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Center for Poverty-related Communicable Diseases, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, The Netherlands
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Objective: To assess the bone mineral density (BMD) in a cohort of men with primary HIV-1 infection (PHI).
Methods: Thirty-three men with PHI had a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) of the lumbar spine, femoral neck and total hip. Osteopenia and osteoporosis were defined according to WHO criteria as T-scores between −1 and −2.5 and −2.5 or less, respectively. The association between clinical and laboratory parameters and BMD was investigated using multivariable linear regression analysis.
Results: Mean age was 38 (SD 9) years and mean body mass index (BMI) 22.7 (SD 3.3) kg/m2. Twenty-four men (73%) had a negative or indeterminate Western blot, 32 men (97%) were combination antiretroviral therapy-naive. Mean plasma HIV-1 RNA was 5.0 (SD 1.2) log10 copies/ml. Mean lumbar spine T (−0.8, SD 1.3, P = 0.001) and Z-scores (−0.7, SD 1.3, P = 0.004) and femoral neck T-score (−0.5, SD 0.9, P = 0.003) were significantly lower compared to the reference population. 15/33 men (45%) had osteopenia and 2/33 (6%) osteoporosis. Markers of bone turnover did not differ between patients with or without osteopenia/osteoporosis. Age was negatively associated with femoral neck (β-coefficient = −0.05, P < 0.001) and total hip T-scores (β = −0.03, P = 0.04). BMI was associated with lumbar spine (β = 0.3), femoral neck (β = 0.2) and total hip (β = 0.2) T-scores (P < 0.001) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) with lumbar spine (β = 0.5, P = 0.045) and femoral neck T-scores (β = 0.4, P = 0.005). Increased plasma viral load was associated with lower total hip T-scores (β = −0.2, P = 0.02).
Conclusions: Reduced BMD was prevalent in PHI men and was associated with increased age, lower BMI and TSH levels, and higher levels of HIV-1 viremia.
Multiple cross-sectional studies have shown an increased prevalence of reduced bone mineral density (BMD) among HIV-infected individuals [1,2]. A systematic review revealed a 6.4-fold increased odds of reduced BMD in HIV-infected patients and a 3.7-fold increased odds of osteoporosis compared to HIV-uninfected controls [2]. A recent population-based study confirmed a higher prevalence of bone fractures in HIV-infected men and women compared to HIV-uninfected controls [3].
Although the cause and pathogenesis underlying this bone loss are not completely understood, the reduced BMD in HIV-infected individuals is most likely of multifactorial origin [4]. Apart from conventional risk factors, which might be more prevalent among HIV-infected persons, HIV infection itself and combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) might each contribute [5–8]. In order to gain further insight into the contribution of HIV infection per se, we assessed BMD in a cohort of men with primary HIV-1 infection (PHI).
We evaluated the BMD of 33 men with PHI who presented at the Academic Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam between 1 February 2008 and 31 October 2009. All participants were enrolled in the Primo-SHM cohort, a multicentre prospective cohort study in the Netherlands, with an embedded randomized trial, that investigates the natural course of HIV-1 infection, and the effects of early cART in patients with PHI [9]. Main inclusion criteria are age at least 18 years and laboratory evidence of PHI, defined as having a negative or indeterminate Western blot in combination with detectable plasma HIV-1 RNA, or, in case of a positive Western blot, a proven negative HIV-screening test result within the previous 180 days. Exclusion criteria for the present study were medical conditions known to affect bone metabolism (e.g. hypercalcemic), and corticosteroid therapy for at least 3 months. The study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the AMC. All participants provided written informed consent.
A questionnaire was administered evaluating sociodemographic characteristics, risk factors for reduced BMD and occurrence of symptoms compatible with an acute retroviral syndrome (ARS). Blood was collected for HIV-related parameters, hepatitis B/C and syphilis serology and biochemical markers of bone metabolism, including bone formation markers (total alkaline phosphatase, osteocalcin, and procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide) and bone resorption markers (C-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen and C-telopeptide crosslink of type 1 collagen).
Bone mineral density of the lumbar spine, femoral neck and total hip were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) using a Hologic QDR 4500W densitometer, software version 12.4. BMD was expressed in T and Z-scores. T-scores refer to the difference in standard deviations (SDs) between a patient's BMD and that of young healthy adults matched for sex and ethnic group. Z-scores represent the difference in SD compared with an age-matched reference population. Osteopenia and osteoporosis were defined according to the WHO criteria as T-scores measured at lumbar spine, femoral neck and/or total hip between −1 and −2.5 SD and −2.5 SD or less, respectively. The overall fracture risk was assessed by FRAX, a tool that calculates the 10-year probability of a major osteoporotic (spine, humerus, wrist) or hip fracture, based on validated clinical risk factors and the femoral neck T-score [10]. FRAX algorithms have not specifically been validated for relatively young HIV-infected persons. Since FRAX was not available for the Netherlands, we used the German algorithm (www.shef.ac.uk/FRAX).
Mean T and Z-scores of lumbar spine, femoral neck and total hip were calculated and compared to the reference population by one sample T-tests. Data of osteopenic and osteoporotic patients were combined in further analyses. Sociodemographic characteristics and laboratory values were compared between patients with normal and reduced BMD using independent sample T-tests and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests for continuous data and chi-squared tests for categorical data. The association of the various parameters with lumbar spine, femoral neck and total hip T-scores was examined using multivariable linear regression analysis. All variables were evaluated separately and those associated (P < 0.1) with reduced BMD were stepwise entered into a linear regression model for all three measured bone sites. All models were adjusted for patient age and BMI. Median FRAX scores were calculated for the total group of PHI men and for patients with a normal or reduced BMD. Data were analysed using SPSS statistical software version 16.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA). P values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Most patients (91%) were men who have sex with men (MSM). Seventy-three percent were diagnosed with PHI based on a negative or indeterminate Western blot combined with detectable plasma HIV-1 RNA. One patient had been on cART since 9 days, the remaining 32 patients were cART-naive. Five patients (15%) were hospitalized for several days during the ARS, none had been exposed to i.v. drug use or was coinfected with syphilis or hepatitis B/C. Patient characteristics and biochemical markers relevant for bone metabolism are summarized in Table 1. None of the patients had reduced levels of testosterone or vitamin D metabolites. Ten patients, equally distributed among patients with normal and reduced BMD, had low levels of osteocalcin, possibly indicating a decrease in bone formation. Levels of bone formation and resorption markers were not significantly different between patients with or without reduced BMD.
The median number of days between the first HIV-1-positive test and the DXA scan was 32 [interquartile range (IQR) 20–45] days. Mean lumbar spine T (−0.8, SD 1.3, P = 0.001) and Z-scores (−0.7, SD 1.3, P = 0.004) and mean femoral neck T-score (-0.5, SD 0.9, P = 0.003) were significantly lower compared to the reference population. The mean total hip T-score (−0.3, SD 0.8), femoral neck (−0.1, SD 0.8) and total hip (−0.1, SD 0.8) Z-scores were also lower than the reference values, but the differences did not reach statistical significance. Of the 33 men, 17 had reduced BMD of whom 15 (45%) had osteopenia and 2 (6%) had osteoporosis. For those patients with low BMD, bone loss predominated at the lumbar spine (mean T-score −1.8, SD 0.8).
Age was negatively associated with femoral neck [β-coefficient = −0.05, (95% CI −0.07 to −0.02), P < 0.001] and total hip T-scores [β = −0.03 (−0.05 to −0.001), P = 0.04]. BMI was positively associated with lumbar spine [β = 0.3 (0.2–0.4), P < 0.001], femoral neck [β = 0.2 (0.1–0.2), P < 0.001] and total hip [β = 0.2 (0.1–0.2), P < 0.001] T-scores, and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels with lumbar spine [β = 0.5 (0.01–0.9), P = 0.045] and femoral neck T-scores [β=0.4 (0.1–0.6), P = 0.005]. Increased levels of plasma HIV-1 RNA were associated with a lower total hip T-score [β = −0.2 (−0.4 to −0.04), P = 0.02]. In our study population of PHI men, differences in BMI accounted for a substantial part of the observed differences in BMD: 43, 45 and 56% for the lumbar spine, femoral neck and total hip T-scores, respectively, as patients with reduced BMD were on average 2.7 kg/m2 lighter than patients with normal BMD. The three remaining covariates, although significantly associated with BMD, did not explain much of the observed differences in BMD.
Ten-year probabilities of major osteoporotic fractures and hip fractures as predicted by the German FRAX algorithm are shown in Table 2. Three men (9%) had a 10-year risk of a major osteoporotic fracture above 7.5%, the threshold at which in the UK antiresorptive treatment is considered to be cost effective at the age of 50 years [11,12].
Reduced BMD is increasingly being recognized among HIV-infected populations. It remains unknown whether this is caused by HIV infection itself, cART, traditional risk factors or a combination of all three [13]. The present study provides the first data on the frequency of osteopenia and osteoporosis in a cohort of untreated PHI men. Half of them had reduced BMD, of whom 45% had osteopenia and 6% osteoporosis. These numbers are much higher than would be expected in a relatively young male population like ours, but are in agreement with frequency rates of 40–83% reported in patients with chronic HIV-1 infection [2].
In our cohort, reduced BMD was especially seen in the lumbar spine, which mostly consists of trabecular bone. Osteoporosis in men usually involves the cortical bone (e.g. femoral neck), which is less sensitive to acute changes in health and medication [14]. Studies describing the site of bone loss in HIV-infected patients are limited and have been inconclusive [15,16]. No differences were seen in biochemical markers of bone metabolism between patients with or without osteopenia/osteoporosis. None of our patients had low vitamin D metabolites, a finding that is frequently reported among chronic HIV-1-infected patients [17].
Not surprisingly, reduced BMD was independently associated with age and BMI at the measured bone sites, confirming findings obtained from the general population and studies evaluating bone disorders in HIV-1-infected populations [18,19]. MSM have a lower body weight than heterosexual men [20] and might therefore be more at risk to develop a reduced BMD. Among our study population, the linear regression models showed that differences in BMI between patients with or without osteopenia/osteoporosis accounted for only 50% of the reduced BMD. TSH was positively associated with lumbar spine and femoral neck T-scores, as confirmed by the literature [21]. The total hip T-score was associated with the degree of HIV-1 replication. Previous studies have shown an association between bone loss and high plasma viral load levels [22]. As PHI is associated with high levels of HIV-1 viremia [23], this may suggest a direct role of HIV infection on osteoblast and osteoclast activity [24]. Reduced serum osteocalcin levels have been described in patients with acute viral hepatitis [25], suggesting that acute viral infections as such may affect bone turnover.
The study has several limitations. It is a cross-sectional analysis, which can not establish causal relationships between HIV infection and reduced BMD. Second, the majority of our patients have been identified as having PHI based on symptoms. Since ARS is known to be an independent prognostic factor of AIDS progression [26], the results may not be generalizable to those who are asymptomatic during PHI. Finally, it is remarkable that low BMD develops so quickly during PHI. Rapid bone loss can be seen during immobilization [27,28]. On the contrary, a study from San Francisco among 209 healthy HIV-seronegative MSM reported a high proportion of bone thinning, which was associated with popper and amphetamine use [29]. This raises the question whether it is actually the recent HIV-1 infection causing rapid bone loss shortly after transmission, or whether these bone disorders predate HIV infection and are caused by other risk factors. Of note, the reduced BMD present in our PHI men was not associated with biochemical evidence of increased bone turnover or systemic inflammation as measured by CRP, which might have been expected in the context of the generalized inflammation associated with PHI. In patients with inflammatory bowel disease for example, bone turnover was found to be elevated in relation to the underlying disease activity and inversely related with BMD, suggesting that bone metabolism was affected by the underlying disease [30,31].
In conclusion, this study shows a high rate of osteopenia and osteoporosis early in the course of HIV infection, before the possible influence of cART. Reduced BMD was associated with older age, lower BMI and TSH levels, and a higher degree of HIV-1 replication. Longitudinal studies are needed to evaluate changes over time. Studies involving HIV-seronegative controls will be a key in understanding whether these findings relate to the presence of HIV or other risk factors affecting bone health among MSM.
The authors wish to thank the HIV research nurses and the nuclear medicine department of the Academic Medical Center (AMC), the laboratory staff of the endocrinology department of the VU Medical Center, the HIV Monitoring Foundation and in particular the study participants for helping to establish this cohort. We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Professor Dr B.L.F. van Eck-Smit (AMC) for the interpretation of the DXA-scans. Special thanks to S. Jurriaans and N. Back (AMC) for interpreting the HIV-test results and Christoph Fux (Inselpital and University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland) for his useful input in developing the study questionnaire.
Authors' contributions: M.L.G. and J.M.P. drafted the manuscript. M.L.G., F.W.N.M.W and J.M.P. conducted the statistical analysis. M.L.G., R.S. and J.M.P. established the cohort. S.M.E.V., R.S., P.L. and P.R. provided valuable input into protocol development, interpretation of data and critically revised the manuscript. All authors reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Financial support: This study was investigator-driven and not supported by any sponsor or specific source of funding.
acute HIV-1 infection; bone mineral density; osteopenia; osteoporosis; primary HIV-1 infection
© 2010 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
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One of the outcomes of colonialism is the spread and the subsequent renovation or transformation of European languages (see Kachru 1985, etc.) that bore the "linguistic cultural baggage" (Samarin 1984:436) brought along by the colonialists. Language was a major tool in this expedition, which consisted not only in the acquisition of raw materials, the expansion of markets, the spread of empires and kingdoms but also in the quest for new citizens overseas. The quest for new citizens meant the spread of new or as it was believed 'authentic' cultures to the colonised regions. These colonial impetuses have had several results on postcolonial societies and on their choices and application of languages - both foreign and indigenous. For example, the English has evolved severally into what are generally called today the New Englishes, Non-native Englishes, Indigenised Varieties of English, etc. On the other hand, there has been the re-definition or transformation of the roles of the other languages within these societies - a process that has shaped not only linguistic trajectories but also social and cultural interpretations of life and communication.
This section does not concentrate on what has changed in (ex)colonial languages but uses these changes to situate at what point they induce changes in the general society. It pays attention the relationship between indigenous languages (mostly oral) and the foreign languages (mostly written) introduced during colonialism. Focus is on, but not limited to, the following issues:
- the expanding role of English
- the diminishing or increasing role of native languages
- nation state and the promotion of neutral languages
- linguistic identity opportunism and fluctuation (Anchimbe, forthcoming)
- language choices and functions in national life
- cultural and societal imprints on (ex)colonial languages
- bilingualism/multilingualism in the oral-written language relationship
Papers that handle one or more of the above issues or others linked to them are welcome. Interdisciplinary perspectives are especially appreciated since the topic itself stretches across several disciplines: history, linguistics, ethnology, anthropology, sociology …..
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Substitution for Pumpkin Pie Spice
Total Time
Prep 5 mins
Cook 0 mins
Out of pumpkin pie spice and only need a little to get you through until you buy more? From Hamilton Beach web site a few years back.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger (scant)
- Stir or shake ingredients together.
- Store in a closed small container.
- Use in place of"pumpkin pie spice" in your recipe.
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Patriot Spring: Showdown in Big Sky Country
By David Neiwert
Copyright 1996, Pacific Rim News Service
JORDAN, Mont. -- Winter returned to this little ranching town, just a few days after spring's official arrival, in two forms. First came a real winter storm, an icy blast out of Canada that dumped several feet of snow on the ground and iced over the long, straight roads. The vast plains and scrublands, populated with a few ranchers and a few more cattle, became a strange white wasteland, and the famed big sky a massive gray blanket.
Then came a figurative one, gathering over the Ralph Clark ranch up near Brusett, where a cluster of 11 right-wing ``patriots'' locked in a standoff with federal agents have drawn a blizzard of media and law-enforcement types to what normally is one of the most isolated corners of America.
The only folks who are happy about it own the two motels, the two bars, the one gas station and the three cafes in the little town of about 500. Everyone else is disgusted by what they see as a plague of locusts, and they blame the so-called ``Freemen'' for it.
``We're not a bunch of anti-government hillbillies up here,'' said an unhappy Frank Phipps at an impromptu town-hall meeting last week of local ranchers. There were about 25 ranchers at the meeting. They want the issue resolved soon. They've been pushing to get it resolved for months. They don't like having lawbreakers for neighbors. ``We've lived here all our lives and we love it here,'' said Phipps. ``I obey the laws of the land. I pay my taxes.''
However, not all of his neighbors have. Especially not Ralph Clark, who has refused to pay his taxes since he began falling behind on his farm-loan payments in the mid-1980s. His subsequent radicalization in the belief system of the Posse Comitatus and ``patriot'' movement culminated in 1994, when he and a gang of fellow travelers took over the Garfield County courthouse to establish one of their so-called ``common law'' courts, unleashing a stream of federal indictments. Clark went into hiding on the ranch.
Since last September, he's had plenty of company. Another group of federal fugitives similarly holed up on a ranch near Roundup, about 120 miles to the southwest, caravaned up in the middle of the night as federal agents stood by and watched. Among the Roundup gang were the Freemen's real ideological leaders, LeRoy Schweitzer and Rodney Skurdal. They were wanted on a variety of charges involving guns, taxes and money scams, and had been arrested previously in an incident in which they purportedly threatened the lives of a local judge and prosecutor.
Their forces combined, they set about creating their own government: ``Justus Township,'' a state separate from the United States, and not under its laws. And they began using the ranch as a center for spreading their beliefs.
Every weekend for the past four months, a caravan of vehicles has traversed the gravel roads across the desolate Big Sky plains leading out to the Clark ranch, full of would-be students from all over the country; license plates come from California, Oklahoma, Ohio and Florida. Each person has paid $300 a pop to come hear how they, too, can form their own government.
The lessons are adamant that America is not a democracy: ``This is a Republic,'' says Schweitzer. More specifically, the government they wish to establish is a ``theocratic republic,'' designed specifically to be run only by white male property owners, under what the freemen call the ``organic Constitution.''
These beliefs are made explicit in some of the pseudo-legal liens, edicts and ``true bills'' filed with various local and state elected officials by the freemen. ``We do not submit to foreigners nor aliens to rule over us nor are We the People subject to the laws of man nor the constitutions, for these only apply to their own corporations and their officer, agents, servants and employees,'' says an ``Edict'' issued in 1994 by Skurdal. ``We the People must follow our one and only Almighty God; or, you can go on worshipping your new false Baal's and de facto master, i.e., congress and legislators, etc., under their `color of law,' for you are now their `slave'; which is contrary to the Word of our Almighty God.''
The only Constitution the Freemen recognize is the ``organic'' one: the main text of the document, and the Bill of Rights, or the first 10 amendments. They believe that the following amendments perverted the intent of the Founding Fathers and took the nation away from its Christian roots.
Topping their list is the 14th Amendment, which they believe creates a separate class of citizenship: federal citizens (minorities and women) and ``state'' citizens (white males). The Freemen also say the separation of church and state is a myth.
Religion is the key to the Freemen's beliefs, and they spell them out in their legal documents:
This system of beliefs is called Christian Identity, and its presence is probably the single greatest common denominator among all the various fragmented factions of the radical right wing in America. It is practiced by the neo-Nazis of the Aryan Nations, by the leaders of the Militia of Montana, by remnants of the Ku Klux Klan in the South. Its foremost preacher is the Rev. Pete Peters, a Colorado-based minister whose 1992 gathering in Estes Park -- drawing such luminaries as Col. James ``Bo'' Gritz, John Trochmann, Ku Klux Klan leader Louis Beam, and onetime Pat Buchanan adviser Larry Pratt -- is often credited with being the chief formative event behind the militia movement.
The core beliefs of Christian Identity are so far astray from those of mainstream Christianity -- and so repellent to so many average Americans -- that they induce in the religion's followers a cult-like closed mindset: a sense of persecution coupled with self-righteousness that is supported by the group's social peers. True believers -- often drawn from the ranks of the disenfranchised -- will not be dissuaded by any amount of logic and reason.
They live in a kind of alternative universe, complex and wholly unlike anything in mainstream life. It is populated by soulless non-humans, satanic conspirators and a handful of true Christians who abide by ``God's law.'' By closing off the other world, they reinforce each other's beliefs in the confines of their tight social circle. At the stark, isolated setting of the Clark ranch, this cycle has reached intense proportions, especially as the Freemen's leaders have scoured a library full of law books for documents, rulings and obscure citations that will reinforce their beliefs. Coupled with a siege mentality, the beliefs have spun a web that fully ensnares those inclined to join it, putting them outside the reach of longtime neighbors and friends, even family members. Forget about law enforcement officials.
In the Freemen's world, the Federal Reserve is a Jewish hoax, money is merely counterfeit currency printed by the conspirators, taxes are an illegal form of blackmail by a renegade corporation that calls itself the United States, and the courts have placed themselves above God's law, thereby issuing a series of satanic and perverted rulings that are destroying the nation.
Their solutions:
Such procedures are blatantly illegal, and the ``common law'' courts have no legal standing whatsoever, according to mainstream legal scholars and law-enforcement officials. Nonetheless, not only do the Freemen promote them as legitimate, they pass their systems along to their students, who return to their homes scattered around the rest of the nation and proceed to employ them there. A Los Angeles woman's recent attempts to promote the money-order scam at a gathering in her hometown, after attending a session in Jordan, were broken up by the FBI. Phony Freemen money orders have cropped up in Ohio and Utah.
You don't have to drive all the way to Montana to receive the word, either. Since setting up Justice Township, the Freemen have marketed video tapes of the sessions to other ``patriots,'' giving them lessons in the intricacies of the beliefs and the system in the comfort of their own homes.
LeRoy Schweitzer is most often the star of these videos. Standing at the head of a table, Schweitzer leafs through documents, explaining significant points, describing how the new legal system they envision ultimately will replace the corrupt federal government.
``We're going to make the common law here the law of the land,'' says Schweitzer in one lesson. ``Under the organic states, not the compact party state or the contract state or the shadow state. We're going to do this real. We'll set the tenor of the agreement, and then, let's see what happens.''
Schweitzer soon enough had a chance to test his legal theories.
An undercover agent posing as a radio-antenna installer began attending the Freemen's weekend sessions earlier this year, and soon gained the confidence of the group's leaders, including Schweitzer and his star pupil, a onetime Winnett garage mechanic named Dan Petersen. When the Freemen expressed an interest in obtaining a more powerful ham radio antenna, the agent offered to set one up on their property. On March 25, an installation crew arrived and spread out the materials on a ridge near the ranch.
The agent asked Schweitzer and Petersen to give a final check of the antenna site, and they readily agreed. They found a phalanx of federal agents waiting for them with guns drawn. The two men surrendered and were whisked off to Yellowstone County Jail in Billings, 180 miles away to the south. A contingent of law-enforcement officials from around the state, both federal and local, immediately surrounded the ranch.
The standoff had begun.
The next day, the two worlds collided in the federal courtroom in Billings.
LeRoy Schweitzer had the look of a caged tiger: ferocious but not fearful, even defiant. Everything he believed, everything he had been teaching others to believe for the past two years, was about to face its first real test.
Schweitzer, a square-jawed man with piercing blue eyes, is graying and burly, but he clearly keeps himself fit. On his first day before U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard Anderson, he only wore a V-necked white undershirt with his jeans, and his hair was rumpled. His eyes were watery and there was a red mark just below his right eye, possibly the remnant of a struggle at the ranch.
Both he and Dan Petersen, seated to Schweitzer's right, were bound with waist chains and shackles. Petersen is almost the physical opposite of Schweitzer: smallish, thin and dark, with hawkish black eyes. Both, though, share an intense laser beam of a baleful stare that they turned, respectively, on the judge, the federal prosecutors, the public defenders summoned to assist them, and the press gathered in the gallery.
Their eyes lit up, though, when they got a look at the front row nearest them.
Seated along the long bench was a collection of about six friends and fellow ``patriots,'' all gathered to check on the condition of their friends, and to offer them moral support. Among them was Petersen's stepson. His mother, Cherlyn Petersen, still is holed up at the Clark ranch.
Before the prisoners had arrived, I asked the man seated in front of me -- Steve McNeil, a tall, thin middle-aged man with a nearly shaven (but mostly bald) head, covering it with a ``Bo'' Gritz ``SPIKE'' cap -- what he thought the freemen's strategy would be. `
`They'll be their own counsel,'' he said. ``There isn't anybody knows the law better than LeRoy.''
He looked darkly around. ``Unless...'' he said. ``Unless they've got 'em drugged.''
Sure enough, the condition of Schweitzer and Petersen was the chief object of the patriots' interest when the two prisoners were led to their courtroom seats. ``How's he look?'' McNeil murmured to the man seated next to him. They notice the red mark beneath Schweitzer's eye. They note the red eyes of both men. Drugged? Maybe. Abused? Maybe.
Schweitzer waved with his shackled hands and smiles at his friends. There was a measured sigh of relief.
Assistant U.S. Attorney James Seykora stepped to the dais to open up the arraignment proceedings. Anderson, a steel-haired and steel-eyed man with a sturdy but quiet baritone voice, began to read from the case document. Schweitzer and Petersen immediately jumped in.
``I object and take exception,'' Schweitzer proclaimed loudly. ``I haven't had the chance to read the charge.''
The judge responded: ``Is Mr. Schweitzer -- ''
``I object,'' Schweitzer exclaimed. ``I will not respond to your title of nobility. My Christian name is LeRoy Michael and if you wish to address me you must use that name.''
Anderson looked at Seykora and asked him if Schweitzer had a chance to read the charges. Seykora assured him both defendants were presented the documents.
``That's a kangaroo court,'' shouted Schweitzer. ``I have no glasses. I can't read without them. I'm not even sure the court can read.''
``We will read it to you,'' replied Anderson. ``You will not need your glasses.''
So it went throughout the arraignment. Court officials tried to proceed as they might normally, but could scarcely finish a sentence without being interrupted by either Schweitzer or Petersen.
``I want a jury of my peers,'' proclaimed Schweitzer. ``I am Justus Township.''
From that premise, Schweitzer looked to his friends in the front row and began a long tirade, citing verse and chapter of obscure codes in an attempt to take control of the courtroom, somehow transform it to a venue for his own common-law court. For a moment, he tried to bring the district court into his world. ``Is there anyone who would deny me my 11th Amendment due process?'' he cried. A couple of the men in the front row murmured a response: ``None.''
Judge Anderson, growing tired of Schweitzer's charade, jumped in. ``If you do not restrain yourself we will restrain you,'' he told Schweitzer. And he glared at the gallery. ``Furthermore, if I detect any comment from the seats in the back of the courtroom those persons will be ejected.''
The freemen's disruptive tactics ensured that none of the usual procedures in the courtroom could be observed. When Anderson tried to appoint public defenders to the pair, they shouted out objections (``This is an invasion of my privacy,'' said Petersen); the judge responded by placing the hapless lawyers on ``standby'' status. Petersen announced a ``writ of prohibition'' against the lawyers and the judge. ``This man will not represent me,'' said Schweitzer.
When the judge asked Petersen whether or not he considered himself mentally competent to stand trial, Petersen objected: ``You are slandering my character,'' he said. ``I will not permit this contract court to proceed.'' He called for protection of his rights in the common-law court, and ask if there were objections. ``None'' came the murmurs in the front row again.
The judge signaled to the rows of marshals lining the courtroom, and they descended on the front row. Three of the patriots were told they had to leave. Dave Sullivan, seated next to Steve McNeil, objected. ``There ain't no ifs,'' said the marshal. ``You're gone.''
Sullivan staggered into the aisle, claiming he had an injury, and tried to don his cowboy hat. The marshal forced him to remove it until he had left the courtroom. ``Yes, your highness,'' he responded. The trio were marched out, and the marshals returned. Only Steve McNeil, his son, and Petersen's stepson remained in the front row.
``This is a sham proceeding,'' protested Schweitzer. ``My justice have left.'' He and Petersen began exclaiming loudly, declaring a ``writ of mandamus'' against the court, citing more verses and chapters of more obscure laws. Anderson stopped the proceedings, calling for a recess. Schweitzer and Petersen were led from the courtroom. After a few minutes, Schweitzer was returned alone, and picked up where he left off: ``This court cannot proceed,'' he proclaimed. ``My 11th Amendment rights have been denied.''
Anderson tried to warn Schweitzer he'd be found in contempt of court. But the freeman continued his banter, citing more codes and the Magna Carta.
Finally, Anderson gave up. He ordered Schweitzer's arraignment postponed to a later date, and the freeman leader was led out of the courtroom. Petersen was brought back and, when he too continued his protests, the judge likewise postponed his arraignment.
As Petersen was led from the courtroom, he shouted: ``You are in violation of the Constitution. It has been totally suspended. That's justice, folks.''
The audience filed out of the courtroom. I walked into the office where a marshal had stored my tape recorder before the hearing. As I was signing the form for its release, Steve McNeil came into the small room with three of the law-enforcement men who had been in the courtroom.
``What do you want?'' he asked as they backed him into a corner of the room.
``We're placing you under arrest,'' one of them said. Suddenly, the door to the office was closed, and I found myself three feet away from a physical confrontation.
``What for?'' McNeil shouted, starting to struggle. The three lawmen began wrestling with him. ``For breaking the conditions of your release,'' said one, struggling to bring one of McNeil's arms behind him.
McNeil began flailing, and the three officers wrestled him face down onto a desk, pulling his arms back and clacking handcuffs onto his wrist. ``Ow! Ow!'' he shouted, kicking and twisting his torso.
I had backed into corner to avoid the wrestling match. Another officer finally opened the door and shoved me out. A cluster of reporters stood outside. I joined them and told them what had happened. Then the door to the office opened and McNeil, now cuffed and surrounded by lawmen, was carted to the elevator and away. His teenage son bolted down the stairs in pursuit.
The next day, we learned that McNeil had been arrested the month before for failing to carry a driver's license and other traffic violations, and for paying those fines with one of Schweitzer's bogus money orders. A resident of nearby Gallatin County, he'd been ordered by a judge not to leave town. Gallatin County deputies had read that he planned to attend the arraignment, and showed up to arrest McNeil if he came. He did, and they acted. In case there was any question, law-enforcement officials were taking a hard line on the patriots' antics.
Two days later, Anderson reconvened the court, but this time, there was a difference: a two-way video-audio hookup connected to a holding cell in the event of further disruptions. If the two freemen acted up, he told them, they would be removed to the cell and their arraignment would continue with them there.
The judge managed to read most of the 51-count indictment against the pair, and then turned to the prisoners and asked them how they wanted to plead.
Petersen objected again, claiming the court had no jurisdiction over him: ``My only plea is coram bar non judiciae,'' he proclaimed. He pointed to the gold-fringed American flag in the courtroom, a sign, he claimed that the court was operating under ``admiralty law.''
Anderson noted the objection, and then entered a not-guilty plea for Petersen. ``I object and take exception,'' Petersen shouted. ``I object to your sham. I'm issuing a non-statutory abatement here.''
``Mr. Petersen,'' Anderson replied, ``we've been doing fine so far. Can we proceed without having to remove you now?''
``Sure,'' said Petersen. ``I am here. I just want you to be an honest person, and I want the rest of these perverts to be honest,'' sweeping his arm in the direction of the prosecutors and the press in the gallery.
The judge signaled to the marshals, and Petersen was led away to the holding cell. A few minutes later, the court returned to its proceedings, and the judge tested his ability to communicate with Petersen.
``Do you have any questions, Mr. Petersen?'' There was only silence from the television monitor. The judge turned to the marshals who had installed the system and asked if they were sure the audio was working. They were.
Anderson turned to Schweitzer, who immediately launched into another string of protests. ``Your position is noted and overruled,'' Anderson responded.
Suddenly, over the tinny speaker on the TV monitor came the sound of Dan Petersen shouting out his own objections. The noise filled the courtroom until the judge asked a marshal to turn down the sound. The judge looked wearily amused. ``Let the record show that the audio portion of the system in Mr. Petersen's cell is fully operational,'' he said.
Schweitzer offered more objections. The judge listened and proceeded to enter a not-guilty plea for him, too. Finally, the first step in what promised to be a long, difficult trial had been completed.
The next day Anderson held a detention hearing for the pair, under similar circumstances. Dan Petersen was again led away to a holding cell for most of the proceedings. Schweitzer, though, persuaded the judge to return Petersen to the courtroom toward the end of the session, promising to vouch for his behavior. Petersen came shuffling back, and the judge wound up the day by ordering the pair held without bail.
As they were led from the courtroom, Petersen once again shouted out his protests. ``Give me liberty or give me death,'' he said. ``They'll murder us, and it will be worse than Waco. We won't eat your food or drink your water from your corporations. It's a joke.''
Schweitzer, too: ``We will not touch food or water,'' he proclaimed to the gallery. Then the door closed behind the two patriots.
The next day, Schweitzer was transferred to a federal prison in Missouri. Petersen remained in Montana. Shortly thereafter, both men ended their hunger strikes.
Now they await trial. No date has been set.
Despite Petersen's dire claims, the federal agents manning the standoff at Jordan have, so far, been the model of restraint. Rather than surrounding the ranch with heavy armaments and a military-style presence, as they did at Ruby Ridge and Waco, they have tried to keep a low profile. A series of moving roadblocks has kept the curious -- and a few arriving supporters carrying food and gun supplies -- in check and the freemen contained, though some news crews have stumbled into the compound and regretted it.
One NBC crew drove past the Justus Township's ``No Trespassing'' sign (replete with a drawing of a noose) and found themselves confronted by three armed men in a Suburban who told them to leave immediately. The crew moved on down the road and, when they thought they were clear and free, popped back out of their car to get a shot of the ranch. Suddenly, the Suburban reappeared, and the three men emerged again with their guns drawn. Then they proceeded to confiscate the crew's cameras -- $50,000 worth of equipment -- just as they had done to an intruding ABC camera crew last October, and then sent them on their way.
Most other media people have chosen to keep their distance. Each day since the standoff began, they have congregated at Brusett, which really is just a singular mobile home that serves as a post office, perched at a four-way intersection of gravel roads.
Most of the journalists, though, are staying nearby in Jordan, trying to occupy themselves by interviewing townspeople, interviewing visitors, sometimes even interviewing each other. The ability to find a new angle for the next day's story is wearing thin. ``I don't believe we've got enough people in Jordan for everyone to interview,'' says Nick Murnion, the county's prosecutor.
A little tavern called the Hell Creek Bar has become Media Central. It has a grill, wide-screen TV and pool table, more accommodations than most places in the little town. Moreover, the owner is getting a kick out of the boost to his business, and the craziness of the whole scene. ``This is an opportunity if you look at it the right way, a chance to show off our little community,'' says Joe Herbold. ``If this were different circumstances, this would be more fun than you could shake a stick at.'' Herbold is a slender, mustachioed live-wire of a bar owner, chatting up his guests and reveling in the excitement.
His bartender, another bundle of energy named Charlotte, is in the same mold. Charlotte asks every newcomer if they're a member of the media. If they are, she asks them to sign a register, a yellow legal pad. Then, up on the beautiful old cherry-wood bar store, she keeps a jarful of pink tickets. Buy a ticket for a buck, write your name on it, and guess the number of media people signed up on the register on the day the standoff ends. The winner gets the pot. Everyone gets a laugh out of the contest.
For what it's worth, neither Charlotte nor Joe are fans of the Freemen. Joe says he's been threatened by a few of them. He's glad something's being done.
It's an opinion widely shared at the Hell Creek. Bill, a native Montanan who works as a trapper for the county, says he tried attending a few of Schweitzer's classes. He sympathizes with their concerns, but he couldn't swallow their beliefs: ``It's just crazy, if you ask me. And when they start threatening people, well, you have to do something.''
Just about everyone in town knows about everyone else. Or they're related. Everyone knows someone at the ranch.
One man says his cousin, just a year younger than him, and his best friend all his life, is holed up at Brusett. He says he went out hunting near there last year and was chased off, somewhat politely, by his cousin. He tried hunting in the same area a couple of weeks later and was outright threatened by his old friend. ``I looked in his eyes,'' he says, ``and I just didn't recognize him.'' He shakes his head sadly.
It is this close connectedness to the people inside the ranch -- believed to number as many as 30, though only 11 are actually wanted on any kind of charges -- that holds out the greatest hope of ending the standoff. Negotiations continue on a quiet level, and the federal agents doing the talking are making an overt effort to act in good faith, avoiding any kind of potential provocation.
Still, it appears the standoff could continue for several weeks. Some of the freemen's many followers may trickle out over the coming days, but the depth of religious belief exhibited by the hard core of the freemen's leadership -- particularly Skurdal, Ralph Clark and Dale Jacobi -- suggests they may hunker down for a long time. Randy Weaver, the white supremacist whose standoff with authorities at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in 1992 inspired many of the patriots' fear and hatred of government, has offered to act as a mediator. But though federal officials say they're considering the offer, injecting a high-profile actor like Weaver into the situation raises the stakes to a higher level, something authorities want to avoid in their negotiations. Weaver seems like an unlikely option. Nonetheless, militia members and patriots have been trickling in to the area, and more are threatening to make their way to Jordan. An increasing presence by sympathizers threatens to erupt in violence away from the ranch itself, since contact between law-enforcement officials and many of these true believers is as explosive a combination as fertilizer and fuel oil.
All this will increase pressure on the federal agents to act, especially with April 19 looming. The anniversary of the Waco disaster has already inspired one act of insanity -- last year's Oklahoma City bombing -- and lawmen probably will try to short-circuit any chance something similarly horrendous might occur in Jordan. Their chief card in the negotiations is the tightness of the little community. Out of Wednesday's impromptu meeting of locals emerged a petition urging the freemen to give themselves up. ``After you come out we will do everything in our power to ensure you are treated fairly and that your concerns are aired in a public forum,'' said the text. Rancher Kenneth Coulter circulated it among his neighbors. So did Cecil Weeding, a former legislator who threw the initial meeting together. His wife, Ada, will deliver the petition to the fugitives.
Everyone watching the standoff hopes this elderly, smiling woman can do what all the guns in the world can't do: talk some sense into the freemen. Bring them back from their world, at least far enough that they can return to everyone else's.
Ada Weeding has good cause to act as the messenger. Ralph Clark is her brother. So is another fugitive, Emmett Clark. ``Remember, I love the people who are inside,'' she says. ``They are my family. I want them all to come out alive.''
David Neiwert is a veteran Northwest journalist who has covered the radical right since 1978. He is at work on a book, In God's Country: The Patriot Movement and the Pacific Northwest, scheduled for fall publication.


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