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By Freedom Newspapers
The recent finding that stem cells drawn from amniotic fluid rather than from human embryos might have induced a "timeout" from the ongoing politicization of the emerging field of stem-cell research. After all, the potential of stem cells to provide cures or treatments for a variety of diseases is still very much in the potential stage, and it will take a while to digest the new findings.
Instead, of course, the House passed a bill to loosen restrictions on federal funding for stem-cell research. The president is expected to veto it again. Both sides acknowledged the new information glancingly but preferred to stay with the political battle they thought they knew.
Unfortunately, whenever the government finances research with tax money, politics can be expected to play a huge role and often to trump science altogether. With stem cells, one side equates harvesting them from embryos with murder, while the other side acts as if stem-cell therapy, still more theoretical than real, is the guaranteed cure for scores of ailments.
One might think that when a substantial number of Americans believe a certain kind of activity is immoral that a decision not to spend money taken by force from all taxpayers on such activity would be a no-brainer. After all, most effective medical research is done in the private or independent sectors. Many wealthy people have already donated to support stem-cell research, and a concerted campaign could surely raise more funding.
In fact, however, raising moral objections when the subject is taking embryonic human life almost seems to energize those who support it to redouble efforts to appropriate tax money and rub the fact in the faces of pro-life Americans. Neither side seeks to accommodate the desires of the other, because politics is conducted largely by energizing opposition and drawing for-me-or-against-me lines, leading to polarization, exaggeration and mutual resentment.
Scientific progress is seldom advanced and is often deterred when government pays for research, whether controversial or not. Thus we wouldn't mind eliminating federal funding for all kinds of research. Fewer marginal studies might be done, but more progress would almost certainly be made.
We don't expect that new dawn anytime soon. But it would be nice if the politicos on all sides of the stem-cell controversy would step back and let the scientists have at it for a while.


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"This show is a huge part of my conversion. I've learned more from it in six months than I had in my twelve years of Judaism and 30-plus years of atheism. Your answers always have a solid foundation and the show is inspirational."
"I am come here to die, being a Catholic, a priest, and a religious man, belonging to the Order of St. Benedict; it was by this same order that England was converted."


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Steven RaichlenSteven Raichlen is a journalist, TV host, and multi-award-winning author—but he may be best known as the man who reinvented barbecue. Raichlen wrote the best-selling Barbecue Bible cookbook series (more than 4 million copies in print). His Primal Grill and Barbecue University TV shows—among the top rated on public television—have helped people all over the world ascend the ladder of grilling enlightenment. Last year, he put his degree in French literature to use, taping a French language TV show called Le Maitre du Grill, which airs in Quebec.
Raichlen's obsession with live fire cooking began with The Barbecue Bible (Workman, 1998), an IACP/Julia Child Award-winning encyclopedic study of global grilling chronicling his 4-year, 200,000-mile odyssey on the world's barbecue trail. In 2001, Workman published the IACP Award-winning How to Grill, the world's first step-by-step guide to live fire cooking, with more than 1000 color photographs, hailed by the New York Times as "astute, approachable, and eminently appealing."
BBQ USA (2003)—Raichlen's 780-page, 650-photograph, 425-recipe love song to regional American barbecue—won a 2004 James Beard Award. He is currently working on a book and TV show on global grilling called Planet Barbecue.
In all Raichlen has won 5 James Beard Awards and 3 IACP awards, and his books have been translated into 15 languages, including French, Russian, and Japanese. He recently completed his first novel.
Raichlen has appeared on virtually every major national TV show, from the Today show, Good Morning America, and CNN to Oprah, The View, and LIVE with Regis and Kelly. In 2000, he created Barbecue University -- a unique cooking school held at the luxurious Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs, and hailed by the Food Network as the "#1 Barbecue Experience in the U.S." Raichlen also battled—and defeated—Iron Chef Roksbura Michiba in a "Battle of the Barbecue Gods" on Japanese television. And three years ago, he joined forces with The Companion Group of Emeryville, California, to launch a line of grilling accessories, rubs, and sauces sold around the world.
In 1975, Raichlen received a Watson Foundation Fellowship to study medieval cooking in Europe, as well as a Fulbright to study comparative literature. He holds a degree in French literature from Reed College and trained at the Cordon Bleu and La Varenne cooking schools in Paris. Raichlen lives with his wife, Barbara, in Miami, Florida.


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Firm's Recall Hotline: (888) 360-6292
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Wooden Toys
Units: About 1,000
Importer: Earth Friendly LLC, of Beaverton, Ore.
Hazard: Small parts can detach and break from the toy, posing a choking hazard to young children. In addition, the size of the rattle handle violates voluntary rattle standards.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: This recall involves three models of wooden toys. Moee the car, Cubby the stackable bear and the Bell rattle. The toys are painted in glossy red, orange, green, red, black and yellow.
Sold at: Toy specialty stores in Alaska, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington from April 2008 through September 2008 for between $12 and $22.
Manufactured in: India
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled toys away from children and contact Earth Friendly to exchange or refund the product.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Earth Friendly toll-free at (888) 360-6292 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday. Consumers can also visit the firm's Web site at www.earthfriendlyllc.com/recall
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of
thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the
nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or
mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household
chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the
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This is an artist's impression of a small Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) occulting a star. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recorded this brief event and allowed astronomers to determine that the KBO was only one-half of a mile across, setting a new record for the smallest object ever seen in the Kuiper Belt.
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Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday he's pitched one final idea to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission in hopes of saving Cannon Air Force Base, but he would not say what that plan involves.
Commissioners could decide Cannon's fate as early as this afternoon.
Richardson, in a telephone interview with the Clovis News Journal, said he talked with commissioners on Wednesday morning and planned to "strategize" with base supporters late on Wednesday night in Washington, where the hearings are taking place.
"We're going to give it one final shot," the governor said.
Randy Harris, a Clovis banker and one of the leaders in eastern New Mexico's efforts to save the base, said he did not know of any surprising new developments.
"Bill Richardson is doing what he's done best and that is checking with commissioners and seeing if there's anything we've missed," Harris said in one of two brief telephone interviews on Wednesday evening.
"There is nothing new (to tell commissioners)," Harris said. "Just that the economic impact will be devastating (if Cannon closes) and the same message that the process used to determine military value is flawed. There is no change.
"Now he (Richardson) may have some new thoughts on how we can work with the Army at Fort Bliss (in Texas) or (other ideas)."
Cannon supporters have suggested several missions for which the base would be well suited, even if its current fleet of F-16 fighter jets are moved as the Pentagon has recommended.
One scenario involves Cannon as home to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which is still in its development stages. Base supporters say Cannon's unencroached air space and bombing range and its potential for growth make it ideal for future Air Force missions, despite Air Force leaders ranking other bases as having higher military value.
Harris said he remains confident, but cautious, about Cannon's chances of survival.
Five of the nine BRAC commissioners must vote to remove a base from the closure list.
"I see the Commission is still showing independence and thinking through what's best for our country and I'm encouraged by that," said Harris, who arrived in Washington too late on Wednesday to attend any of the hearings.
Richardson said he was particularly encouraged by the Commission's decision Wednesday to remove the submarine base in Groton, Conn., and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine from the proposed closure list.
"It showed the Commission is independent and is willing to look at the facts and not just the cost savings," Richardson said.
"I'm encouraged by their independence. … The fact that they did buck the Department of Defense is a good sign for us."
Ted Hartley, another leader in eastern New Mexico's efforts to save Cannon, said he was also encouraged by commissioners' actions on Wednesday and he's hopeful today will bring good news for those hoping the base will stay.
"I feel guardedly good. I'm going 60-40 in our favor tonight," he said.
Hartley said he spoke with Harris and with Chad Lydick, another Cannon backer who is in Washington today, and they told him Richardson had made plans to be in Clovis tonight if BRAC commissioners make any decision on Cannon.
Either way, Hartley had high praise for Richardson's efforts to save the base.
"I do know he has been pitching ideas from day one on this thing and he has put lots of his energy and his ability into making things happen — at a level I did not anticipate," Hartley said. "It would not surprise me if he's still coming up with new ideas."


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Recalled children's play theater
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4-in-1 Dramatic Play Theater Toys
The recalled children's toys can unexpectedly tip over during play, posing an entrapment hazard to young children.
For additional information, contact Guidecraft toll-free at (888) 824-1308 between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's website at www.guidecraft.com
About 1,800 in the United States and 350 in Canada
This recall involves all 4-in-1 dramatic play theaters with model number G51062. The model number is printed on a sticker affixed to the bottom of the center crossbar and on the assembly instructions. The toy has two interchangeable panels with different themes on each side: a puppet theater and diner, or a doctor's office and post office. An assembled play theater measures 4-feet high by 3-feet wide and weighs about 46 pounds.
Guidecraft has received two reports of tip-over incidents, including one report of a child who suffered minor contusions and abrasions.
Consumers should immediately take the recalled product from children and contact Guidecraft to receive a refund or a replacement product.
Various catalogs, Guidecraft.com and other Internet retailers nationwide from July 2010 through April 2011 for about $180.
Mega Profit Trading Ltd., of China
Guidecraft Inc., of Winthrop, Minn.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of
thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the
nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or
mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household
chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov or call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 or teletypewriter at
301-595-7054 for the hearing impaired. Consumers can obtain news release and recall information at www.cpsc.gov, on Twitter @USCPSC or by subscribing
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Words & Photos By Ted Ligety
When I got the call from Warren Miller to film with them again this spring for next year's film, I was pumped. They gave me the option between Alaska and Greenland. Tough choice, but despite Alaska being the pinnacle of big-mountain skiing, I decided one doesn't get the opportunity to go to Greenland very often. So, I went with Greenland. The trip was organized with The Climate Reality Project and I Am Pro Snow to help highlight how climate change has affected Greenland and the rest of the world.
Here's more on Ted's many adventures, and on the latest from Warren Miller Entertainment.


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For La Crosse businesses, Oktoberfest is more than a busy weekend or two – it's several busy weeks of preparation leading up to the event itself.
Sloopy's Bar on Copeland Avenue is notoriously busy during Oktoberfest celebrations, and its employees order enough food and beer to fill the bar in preparation.
"We order a lot of stuff - beer, brats, burgers, all sorts of foods," said owner Adam Weissenberger.
All 14 of the bar's employees are expected to work during Oktoberfest, and they're stocked to grill around 1,200 burgers during the event. More than 25 cases of beer, brats and burgers are poised for selling, but even with all hands on deck, serving an average of 7,000 customers in a weekend might empty out this bar's reserves pretty fast.
"Last year the first thing we ran out of is cheese curds," Weissenberger said. "On Friday morning [customers] they up, they're outside the door in line at 5:30 a.m. It really starts to get busy, like where you can't walk in here, close to 9:30 a.m."
Sloopy's isn't the only business preparing to open its doors to record numbers for Oktoberfest. The downtown Radisson Hotel will house more than 250 over the upcoming weekend, according to manager Pete Boese. That's a trend he expects to continue for years to come.
"We will be sold out for next year's Oktoberfest on Sunday," Boese said, "because 90 percent of the people will re-book for next year's event,"
He's preparing with 15 extra housekeeping staff, as well as more bartenders and waiters to keep the popular breakfast buffets stocked all weekend.
While getting ready for the Oktoberfest crowds can be daunting for these employers, they say it's all part of the fun that comes along with the festival.
"It's a great time in La Crosse during Oktoberfest, people are here to have a good time," said Radisson restaurant manager Catherine Davis. "You just have to remember that and not get overly stressed out."


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The data process code is broken down into separate files which helps ( me, anyway ) manage and maintain the code better.
The files are all run from a central script like this :
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include "/usr/www/users/xxx/function" . $q . ".php";
This is working very well for most the time, but every once in a while, I get an error :
PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted
So from my understanding, I have something that is chewing up the memory. I know that ultimately I would need to go through the code and find the cause, but in the mean-time, would the following be a solution :
To convert each of the separate 'include' files into a function, and then call the function. This way I think that all the memory used in each function would be unset at the end of each function, and the chances of an accumulated memory overload would be severely reduced.
There are only 2 variables that I need to carry over into each of the 'include' files.
So would the following work :
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$var1 = "Variable 1";
$var2 = "Variable 2";
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function MyFunction1(){
global $var1;
global $var2;
include "/usr/www/users/xxx/function" . $q . ".php";
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Making Municipal Wi-Fi WorkWhat does MetroFi know that EarthLink doesn't?From Broadband Reports, September 09, 2007
EarthLink CEO Bullish on the Right Kind of Municipal Wi-FiEarthLink CEO Rolla Huff said in an interview earlier this week that EarthLink is still open to building Wi-Fi networks across cities.From Wi-Fi Networking News, September 07, 2007
Wireless Network Making Money, Toronto Hydro SaysThe business model is very different from ones that have failed in the U.S., president David Dobbin says.From Globe & Mail, September 07, 2007
San Francisco's Second ChanceCraig Settles writes that a lot of itt was the fallout of a dubious business model spawned from too much hype and too little common sense.From San Francisco Chronicle, September 06, 2007
Muni WiFi Collapse a Boon for WiMAXThe apparent collapse of municipally-supported plans to build WiFi networks in several U.S. cities has backers of rival technologies breathing sighs of relief.From Red Herring, September 06, 2007
Mesh Networks on the MoveChip Yager: "Wireless mesh networks, I think, are still growing in terms of their applications and the use of the technology. ... But I think you're going to find, over time, that meshing technology will become part of a wide range of protocols, devices and networks that will make them all work a little bit better."From TechNewsWorld, September 06, 2007
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corp Adopts OracleFor the current Internet era, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) needed solutions that would provide scalability, stability, and availability to its applications.From CXOtoday, September 05, 2007
Michael Dillon to Serve as VP Business Development for FiretideW2i faculty member Michael Dillon will be responsible for leading the company's business development efforts specifically focused on the municipal and public safety markets.From TMC Net, September 05, 2007
802.11n Wireless Market Opens With New Access PointCisco's Aironet 1250 is first AP to be certified for 802.11n by Wi-Fi Alliance.From Computerworld, September 05, 2007
What's Behind the Epidemic of Municipal Wi-Fi Failures?As the number of failed or stalled municipal wireless projects continues to rise, the focus has shifted from closing the so-called digital divide to why plans for such networks, in only a year's time, seem to be dissolving almost daily.From Wired, September 04, 2007


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Dr Flora MacAulay was brought up and educated in Wales to a Welsh mother and Hebridean father whose family were from the Islands of Benbecula and Lewis. Named after her paternal grandmother, Flora MacEachen, she came from a family of doctors and was one of the first female orthopaedic surgeons ever to qualify in the 1940's. After some time practicing in Truro, she spent most of her life practicing as a GP in Carradale, Kintyre and on locum in the Western Isles. Her hobbies included tennis and photography but her passion was the Great Highland Bagpipe. She was a well known and loved figure around the Highland Games circuit and took many photographs of the great players of the day and the beautiful settings in which they competed. She attended the Northern Meetings and Argyllshire Gathering every year since the Second World War missing them only once in her later years when she was too ill to attend. She died in Campbeltown, Argyll in 1994 and was immortalized in the Jig written by Allan MacDonald, Dr Flora MacAulay of Carradale.
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Thanks are also due to John and Freena Carmichael, Janet MacFadyen and Iain and Eleanor MacFadyen, for information about the photographs in which they appear. The National Piping Centre is also grateful to John Wilson, Colin MacLellan, Iain MacFadyen and Joe Noble in identifying many of the individuals in the photographs. If you are able to identify any of the unnamed individuals in the photographs, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com


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charter to the Thomas Jefferson Charter School of Des
Plaines rather than the five-year extension that the school
had sought. The Board granted the one-year extension by
a 7 to 2 vote after several board members expressed strong
concerns about the schools lack of compliance with
all special education requirements under the federal Individuals
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The one-year charter is granted on the condition that
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charter, the State Board allows Thomas Jefferson to continue
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First opening its doors for the 19992000 school
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local district. An on-site visit by State Board staff
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Abit, a division of Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), on Wednesday denied report about its possible intention to quit mainboard business. The company indicated that it remains committed to making motherboards, but will also introduce numerous new products to capitalize on the brand-name.
"Abit is a well-established and strong brand within the enthusiast and high-end motherboard and components industry. In fact, particularly over the past 12 months we have been able to considerably increase market share not only in traditional markets, such as Western Europe, but even stronger so in emerging markets, such as East Asia as well as in the Middle East. […] Abit stays committed to motherboards and has a broad lineup of motherboards ready, as you will see during Computex," said Thore Welling, global marketing director at Universal Abit, reports Ocworkbench web-site.
Back on Tuesday a Taiwan-based web-site reported that expectations of USI for Abit's business were not met and the holding was mulling to pull out Abit brand from the motherboard business and refocus the company on other devices. It was claimed that Abit sold from two to three million mainboards last year and this year the company's sales dropped, which is why at Computes the company plans to demonstrate its FunFab digital photo frame with integrated printer as well as a mobile Internet device (MID).
"Broadening of our product lines into the consumer electronics - digital photo frames with integrated printer and MIDs – segment represents a stronger commitment to the overall brand and the continuation of our motherboard concept into other products," added Mr. Welling.
It is extremely tough for second-tier makers of mainboards and graphics cards to compete against larger suppliers since the latter enjoy lower prices due to high volumes, whereas smaller manufacturers have to keep pricing of final products on the low level. In the recent years many second-tier mainboard producers, including such legendary as Chaintech and Epox, had to leave this highly-competitive business.


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First United Methodist Church, first built at its present site in 1877, was awarded an Official Texas Historical Marker on Sunday. Approximately 100 people gathered at the church Sunday afternoon for the unveiling of the marker.
Jimmy Schulze and Patsy Light of the Goliad County Historical Commission spearheaded the efforts to have FUMC officially recognized by the Texas Historical Commission.
Pastor John Alsbrooks welcomed the guests before Goliad County Historical Commission Chairman Bil Montague, Goliad County Judge David Bowman and Schulze and Light addressed the audience.
"My research for this marker was time-consuming, reading through 100-plus years of history," Light said.
Danish architect Jules Leffland designed a Carpenter Gothic-style frame church at the site. Almost 25 years later, it was completely destroyed by the F4 tornado that claimed 115 lives in Goliad on May 18, 1902.
Schulze said during Sunday's ceremony that he unearthed glass and square nails from the original church while digging the hole for the marker.
The congregation rebuilt the church and an annex was added on the north side of the facility in 1936.
"After the church was destroyed in 1902 by the cyclone, it rose from the ground like a phoenix," Light said.
Light provided details of the 12 stained glass windows inside the church during her presentation.
"It is vital that as we move forward, we do not forget our past," said Schulze, who is chairman of the FUMC board of trustees. "Not only will this Texas Historical Marker provide awareness in this community of our fascinating history, but, it will become a building block for the promotion of local tourism."


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A student's progress within a program will be evaluated on the basis of the grade point average (GPA). For purposes of calculation, the grade point (GP) earned in a half-credit (0.5) course will be given one-half weight of that earned in a full-credit (1.0) course. Likewise, the GP earned in a quarter-credit (0.25) course will be given one-quarter weight of that earned in a full-credit course.
Letter grades, grade point equivalents, and corresponding percentages are
* Final exam not written - failed course. Where an X appears beside a final passing grade, the final examination was not written and the grade is based upon term work.
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text: Jane's entry about the chef doll/Roman lares in the kitchen reminds me of the kind of paganism (or more appropriately, animism) that used to characterize many cultures of the world. This is admittedly a half-formed thought, but maybe some aspect of freedom and independence was lost not only with the spread of certain monotheistic traditions, but also in their progeny; the secular scientific culture that evolved in the wake of religion, but that still held on to a sense that things must either be wrong or right. What about those times long ago, when every household, village, occupation, etc. had its own set of deities? It speaks to a sanctioning of not just religious freedom, but more importantly, belief freedom. Who was to say that your neighbor Bob was wrong in worshipping Cardea, the goddess of door handles? In fact, nobody probably cared to ask which gods anyone worshipped; it was a matter where variety was the rule, idiosyncrasy was allowed, and heated argument probably absent. Anyway, this is just me idealizing about pagan times, and wondering why people can't chill out a bit when it comes to controversy and idiosyncratic beliefs. The ubiquitous spirit houses of Thailand that one finds outside of every home, office building, and roadside rest-stop gave me an idea for an art display where people made "belief totems" for display outside their homes, giving a fun material depiction of something they believe in, like "Love," or "Steak."


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I'm back from a great weekend in the park! The fishing was a little strange for me. Saturday, Trevor (ttas67) drove over to Cataloochee for the day since I had never been before. We fished some and the fish didn't seem all that cooperative. We both managed several fish but had to work fairly hard for them. There were tons of bugs on the water but not really any rising fish.
Yesterday was another story. I woke up and broke down camp before hiking up above Elkmont. The trailhead was fairly busy but only a couple other anglers were either gearing up or already up the trail. I started hiking and an hour later was deep in the backcountry. The changes in scenery just hiking a little ways was incredible. At Elkmont, the dogwoods were in full bloom and spring was moving right along. As I hiked, seemingly went back in time to early spring. By the time I started fishing, the dogwoods weren't blooming at that particular elevation. The wildflowers were incredible however. The trailside was carpeted with several varieties. Here are some pictures (anyone know the specific names of these?)...
Anyway, I started fishing and stuck with nymphs (GRHE, Tellicos, and soft hackles) for several hours. It was really chilly up that high with the clouds. The water was around 48 degrees when I started fishing. The rocks were covered with yellow stoneflies that had crawled out and hatched but just couldn't get warm enough to take flight. Every time the sun peaked through, bugs would take to the air all over the stream.
Finally, late in the day, I made the switch to dries (yellow Neversink Caddis) and it was incredible. The fish were just slamming it even though I rarely saw any surface activity. Finally, I had to call it a day since I still had to hike out and drive back to Chattanooga AND do some homework when I got back...
On the way back down, pools that had looked barren on the walk up in the morning were full of actively feeding fish and I started spotting plenty of risers. The temptation to fish more was strong but I stuck to the trail and made it out with some daylight left to drive back... Overall it was a great weekend...the fish were cooperative and any day fishing in the park is a whole lot better than school...
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Your weekend sounds eerily similar to ours....I'll post a report later, but basically we started out at Lynn Camp and got skunked (no rises, "used" water), then went over to Straight Fork, where we managed a few fish, but it was basically dead, too. I saw a lot of flies late that evening, but nothing rising to take them. Sunday was another matter - we hit Cosby and went fairly high up - saw the same flowers blooming there, and one of my daughters wondered what they were. Between my oldest and myself, we got about 40, with a few fairly decent sized fish...it was sort of a strange weekend, made even more so by the fact that now I'm back here, below sea level, and the highs will be well into the 80s today.
Sorry I missed ya. Climbing was fun, but we all know it doesn't compare.... My regrets. My wife promised to come out to the Smokies next weekend, hopefully we can all meet up. I'm sure finals are on your plate now too, though. Have a good week.
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Thanks for the report and pics David, glad to see you were able to get to the mountains this weekend. It sure is hard to walk right past those good looking pools as you are leaving.
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David, I guess me and Hans missed you yesterday at Elkmont. We were at the trailhead at 7:30 am. We hiked up to about a 1/4 mile below where Huskey Branch joins the Little River. The fishing was sluggish early in the morning, I only managed a 5" brown and a smaller bow before we took a break at noon. I wasn't fishing or feeling particularly well due to a lack of sleep brought on by a bad frozen pizza I ate the night before. I'll spare you the gory details, LOL.
After taking a little break me and Hans decided to hike down to Jakes Creek since Hans was feeling a little chilly without his waders. Turns out someone was fishing on Jakes when we got to the area where we wanted to start fishing. We then decided to fish the Little by the trailhead, by this time the surface activity was beginning to pick up along with the hatches (yellow sallies and black caddis). A little problem though, there was someone fishing right above us, bummer. We decided to use proper etiquette and hop in our vehicles and headed downstream of the campground where there is a pullout along a stone wall on the river. We fished up to the little bridge that is closed to vehicles. Strangely, we didn't have any success in this area, maybe we were fishing just used water since there were people above and below this stretch. By this time Hans had enuff of wet wading in the cold water and I had enuff of running into other fishermen. Hans decided to head home and I decided to head to my old friend the WPLP.
I arrived at the WPLP above Sugarlands visitor center around 4:00pm. I hiked non-trail down to an area just above where I had success last weekend. I caught a small bow on about my second cast with a parachute stone. There were several types of bugs hatching, looked like some Quill Gordons, Sallies, and caddis. The fish were at lot more active than earlier in the day on the Little River. I ended up catching around 10 bows in a little over 2 hours, while missing that many more, all on dries. The rainbow pics below were caught on the W. Prong. The waterfall pic is where Huskey Branch joins the Little River. The other pic is one I took of Porters Creek last weekend. BTW, I think the one bow looks like a stocker that wandered up from G-Burg. What do you all think?
This is my first attempt at loading pics, so here it goes. All in all, it turned out to be a good day in the Smokies, especially after I started feeling better and moved to the WPLP.
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the purple in the front look like violets, those in the rear like purple phacelia
I started with nothing, and I have most of it left.
pineman19, I knew it! I was hustling right along and was 99% sure I saw Hans just above Huskey Branch. He was standing in the middle of the stream on a rock (and the only other person I saw wet wading all weekend) but I didn't stop since I was starting later than I had meant to. Glad ya'll had a good time and caught a few in the process. Did you stick with dries the whole time? I caught a ton of fish on nymphs before I switched to dries late in the day. They seemed really hunkered down until at least mid afternoon when I started spotting fish feeding higher in the water column.
EarlofSoDak, I didn't see any snakes this trip but it was pretty chilly with all the cloud cover. I've been seeing them around here in Chattanooga so I'm sure they're out and about now...
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DD has been breastfed and only breastfed since day one. Around 4 months she lost a lot of weight and hasn't recovered it yet. I have been fighting doctors to keep breastfeeding her and her weight keeps going slightly up, not up at all, then down. She weighed 12lbs at 2 months and now at 10 moths weighs 13 pounds.
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Charlie Hill is one of the originals and one of the great talent's in Native American entertainment. I so enjoyed watching this video, and it reminded me of his later appearances on another variety talk show; Arsenio Hall's show in the late 80's/early 90's. Keep going Charlie, we all love you!


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A growing population of student-veterans is bringing a unique set of experiences to North Central classrooms. They've endured military basic training, the heat of Iraq, parachute jumps, rigorous duties and reentry to civilian life. The enrollment of military veterans has reached 25 and dozens more are expected in years to come.
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Ruminations on Pennsylvania and Ohio
With the upcoming Pennsylvania primary poised to settle things for the Democratic nomination, it got me to thinking about that wonderful state. But now I have a question. How did the Phillies and the Pirates both end up in the NL? The Eagles and the Steelers are in different leagues. Every city that has two teams in the same sport places them in different leagues. Even the Cardinals and Royals are in different leagues and god bless 'em but there ain't much else that Missouri can get right. So, how did this happen? (That's a rhetorical question because I have no idea.) Anyway, it kind of worries me because if Pennsylvania goes and gets it wrong like Ohio just did, we could be in for a tough electoral (and baseball) season. And their history doesn't really inspire any hope in me.
Speaking of history, I'd like to thank Mr. Lung for bringing up a very important point in his recent post, Denounce and Reject. How is it possible that in today's age of steroid fueled sporting achievements, a true legend is left out of the Hall of Fame because of an unfortunate addiction? Was Micky Mantle left out because he was a drunk? The ongoing Rose snub is probably one of baseball's greatest injustices and deserves to be remedied.
Maybe later on when my mind is less scrambled I'll write something that actually means something.
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dude, that totally means something, it means that you don't know your geography. pittsburgh and philly are two separate (not the same) cities. california has several teams in the same state in the same league (dodgers, giants, padres; a's, angels) in case you didn't notice.
you're totally right about pete rose though. the man was robbed…and shoeless joe too. it's funny how society evolves over time but baseball is always last to change. i mean, it wasn't until the 1988 that wrigley field finally hosted night games…and the 90s before someone realized that Cincinatti was further east than St. Louis yet Cincinatti was in the Western Division while St. Louis was in the Eastern.
Wait til Selig is gone, wait another 50 years when we're gone (if we're lucky) then Pete will get in.
okay, five minutes have gone by and now i feel bad for calling you out on the geography thing. what i meant to say was:
It's good to have you back, Al.
"How is it possible that…a true legend is left out of the Hall of Fame because of an unfortunate addiction?"
Because his particular addiction potentially threatened the FOUNDATION of the game in ways that Mantle's alcoholism (or even widespread PED use, IMO) did not.
It is precisely the addictive nature of Rose's behavior (contrasted with the realively rational decision of many PED users) that made Pete so worrisome in an industry predicated on public interest and confidence. Cheating to win is one thing, but even the appearance or hint of cheating to lose is quite another. Rose laughed about his behavior, flaunted it, never sought help of any kind.
I'm no fan of PEDS, but in my view, they exploited a largely complicit system, whereas Rose totally breached it – the way one might breach a contract – by cavalierly and repeatedly breaking baseball's most serious, time-honored rule.
He is still universally recognized as a great player, and all his records are in tact, as they should be. He's prominently featured in several Cooperstown exhibits.
As you know, people lose livelihoods all the time because of addictions. They lose loved ones. This ballplayer turned author lost a plaque and special day in his honor. He should consider himself lucky.
I hear what you're saying, Matt, and I respect your opinion. I just don't see what Rose did as "cheating". He bet on his team to win. How is that cheating? I could see that point if he was telling his guys to throw the game, but it wasn't like that. The steroid use, the greenies, all that, is cheating. It's also self-destructive behavior that puts one's body at serious risk. I see that as a bigger scar on the game overall–inadvertently telling kids that it's okay to juice, to cheat. Pete Rose had a gambling addiction. Yes, that is definitely a serious matter. I won't deny that. But within the game of baseball, his addiction never led to the destruction of his body or any other person's for that matter. He was a competitor–a competitor who took it too far and yes, broke the rules, but not one who deserves to be ostracized from the game all together.
I feel the earth shaking Is there an earthquake Jeffy and Baba agree again. I hate Pete Rose!!! But He deserves to be in the Hall. He cared about the sport of baseball and was not quite the jerk that some of the high priced stars of today are. Just my opinion
Thx for your reponse, Jeff. I respect your opinion as well.
"He was a competitor–a competitor who took it too far and yes, broke the rules, but not one who deserves to be ostracized from the game all together."
First, Pete hasn't been 'ostracized from the game altogether'. Quite the contrary. MLB recognized him at Fenway on the All-Century Team, and as noted, his records and place in the game's history are copiously noted on the second floor of the Cooperstown museum. There's enormous respect within baseball for Rose's on field accomplishments, even among the folks denying him induction.
Instead of ostracizing Rose completely, MLB has denied him the specific honor of induction and official MLB employment for breaking it's clearest commandment – you bet on baseball, your team, you get banned for life. As you know, it's an old rule, enforced and reinforced by the leagues in myriad ways since 1920. Giamatti didnt invent the law for Pete and there's no dispute (not now anyway) that Rose bet on his team regularly.
I sense you have more of an issue with baseball's prohibition on gambling (ie the rule itself) than you do with it's rather straightforward application in Pete's case. I recognize our perception of gambling has undergone enormous change over the past couple generations, but in terms of justice and punishment, I dont think it matters all that much what I think about gambling, or what you think about it as much as what baseball explicitly had set down about gambling when Rose was managing the Reds.
We should also recognize and respect the practical rationale, quite apart from histrionic moralism, behind MLB's unforgiving anti gambling stance. The old fogies understood from painful experience how uniquely dangerous "easy money" was to the fan's confidence and the sport's health. Contrast their draconian attempt to stamp out gambling (overall, quite successful, no?) with our namby-pamby, collectively bargained, drug policies and where that's led the modern game. You're right that no evidence has been made public proving Pete bet against his team, but the addiction of gambling was recognized, even then, as such a slippery slope that baseball didnt much care about that distinction, nor in my view, should it have.
Baseball didnt ban Rose on moral grounds or because his contributions werent immensely respected. He was banned because a visionary with integrity (Giamatti) reluctantly felt that the game he loved couldnt practically afford not to. That, painful as it was, it was better – for the game – to expose the corruption of an icon than to turn a blind eye and let it fester openly into default behavior around the league. That it was better – for the game – for the commish to police his own sport than for the media and the FBI to do it in his stead. ( I hope Bud Selig is listening.)
Pete Rose has successfully convinced alot of folks this is about certain baseball "people" against Pete Rose, but what it's always really been about is the game. Pete Rose vs "the game".
The case you present is compelling, Matt. I cannot dispute the foundation of your argument nor the circumstances in which this all came to be (Giamatti and his mission, Rose's arrogance, my misspeak of 'ostrazied from the game all together').
For me, I don't see his actions as challenging the integrity of the game because he didn't do anything to change the outcomes of the actual games. And I understand that Giamatti had no choice but to punish Rose in some way–I just feel that the punishment was too much, especially now, when I feel that the integrity of the game certainly has been compromised with the likes of Bonds, Giambi, et al. These folks have definitely changed the outcomes of the game. What would the 2002 season be like if Barry wasn't doing what he was doing? The NL West was tight that year, with the Dbacks, Giants and Dodgers all over 90 wins. What if Barry hit only 40 homers? Would it have made a difference? Who knows…when one really starts to think about how big a difference that mysterious 'cream' could have made, the what-ifs begin to multiply.
Tangentially, I must admit, when the Rose allegations came out, I was devastated–not because of the gambling (I didn't quite understand that at the time) but because I didn't like seeing a hero of mine trashed. Next to Ozzie Smith, Rose was my idol. Though I was a youngster at the time I knew enough that he had broken the rules and it hurt to see him out of the game. It is with that clear and present memory that I say what I say now. I'm not just defending Rose to defend Rose. When I see how the game has grown and evolved since those days, I notice how little people are fazed (or care really) that the game has been compromised with the insurgence of a steroid era. Instead of being upset that their hero Mark McGwire used PEDs, my little cousins want to be like him: big and strong. They want to hit homeruns like he did. These are the types of heroes kids have had to choose from in the last 15 or so years.
And that scares me.
So, in my opinion, the present day antics and methods of one-up-manship in baseball are far more serious than what Rose did. It remains to be seen, but most analysts agree that it will be nearly impossible to keep the likes of McGwire, Bonds, Clemens (still innocent until proven guilty but that will come soon I'm sure) out of the HOF.
Having said all of this, my point is if those guys get in, I can't reason keeping Rose out.
I have to admit, Rose was never one of my favorites, so maybe that colors my opinion in ways I dont quite understand.
You mentioned game outcomes. While I consider Rose a wholly unreliable source on this matter, I agree there's no clear evidence he affected outcomes, and I understand why people cut him slack for that. He's also being punished not so much for what he did, but for hypothetical, downstream implications of his actions, which doesnt sit well with folks.
To them, I'd only say that actions needn't result in tangible harm to be dangerous and unacceptable. Life's full of examples like that.
In contrast to Rose's misbehavior, which baseball saw as totally unacceptable but maybe not tangibly egregious, the steroid crowd has been denounced by baseball (ie egregious!) but PED use has been widely accepted for decades (by mlb, owners and MLBPA).
That's the beautiful thing about the way Giamatti handled Rose. By applying previously established consequences to baseball's least discrete transgressor, Giamatti isolated the problem reasonably effectively, and stemmed a larger potential threat to the sport.
Rose deserves acceptance and recognition for his play, but I dont feel he deserves to be honored by a game whose HOF is lined with famous and assorted a**holes, but which asks only one lousy thing of any of 'em. You can drink, you can whor*, you can despise blacks or women or whites or gays, but for the past century it's been cordially requested that members not bet on baseball.
Maybe it's time to revisit that standard, but until we do, I say the sport is better off with Pete recognized but dishonored, on the outside looking in.


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1. Is the CARD Act hurting small businesses trying to get credit? It's no secret that small business lending has clammed up since the recession started for a number of reasons, including weaker demand, a weak real estate market making it tough to get home equity lines of credit and tougher overall lending standards. But another factor may be the CARD Act, which went into effect in 2010, offering new protections for consumer credit cards (but not business cards), making many business owners shift their credit to personal cards.
While it's still unclear how much the CARD Act affected small business borrowing, it could be substantive, says Bloomberg BusinessWeek contributor Scott Shane.
Business cards are an important source of credit for small business owners. A National Federation of Independent Business report cited in the article found that small business owners who use personal credit cards for business increased from 42% in 2009 to 49% in 2011, while those who used business credit cards declined from 64% to 59%.
"Swapping cards might not seem significant, but it does illustrate how crucial access to credit is and how important it is to identify and address the factors constraining it," Shane writes.
2. Could you use an incubator? New business owners often try to go it alone when just starting out, without mentors and without outside help, but for some businesses an incubator could be a good way to kick start operations, says Access to Capital , a small business financing resource by Dun & Bradstreet Credibility.
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Different incubators focus on different industries and most will require the business owner to send in an application and be interviewed. Do your homework and determine which incubator might best suit your needs.
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By Paige Brettingen
It's not every year—or even every 10,000 years—that we get a Thanksgivingukkah in November. Add to that another once-in-a-lifetime occurrence (Isabel Marant's H&M collection, naturally) and this might just be the best month ever. Read on for the details on these and 15 more events you don't want to miss.
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