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Montpelier's great historianVermont Historical Society
A depiction of Montpelier historian Daniel Thompson. He is probably best known for his History of the Town of Montpelier, an arresting narrative enhanced by Thompsons firsthand accounts of the earliest days of the capital city. Thompson was an interesting character, walking the streets in his bedroom slippers with a fishing pole in hand.
When he is remembered at all, Daniel Pierce Thompson is usually known as the author of The Green Mountain Boys, a romantic account of the era of the Revolutionary War when Yorkers battled New Hampshire partisans for title to Vermont, and Ethan Allen engineered a military triumph at Fort Ticonderoga. The book has been in print almost continuously since its first appearance in 1839.
In Montpelier, however, he is also known as the author of the essential history The Capital City: History of the Town of Montpelier; from the Time it was first Chartered in 1781 to the Year 1860. This great history of Montpelier was published in 1860 and has never been supplanted. Thompson had an advantage over all subsequent historians: He knew the founders personally and collected their stories as earnestly and frequently as he rambled the banks of the Winooski River with his fishing pole.
Thompson was born in Charlestown, Mass., in 1795 from forebears who were among the early settlers of the Bay Colony and fought for independence in the Revolutionary War. His grandfather was killed at the battle of Lexington.
When he was just 5 years old his family moved to a farm in Berlin that abutted the town line of Montpelier. A granite marker honors the Thompson family farm, indicating at the roadside where the homestead was originally located (near the present site of Cody Chevrolet). Their property was bisected by the Stevens Branch of the Winooski River, and, in his History of the Town of Montpelier, Thompson records the naming of the branch with a historical account in which the author plays a small part.
A reputable young man by the name of Stevens, residing in Corinth, when that was a frontier town, was engaged to a girl of the same town, who, from fickleness or some unwarranted freak of jealousy, broke her plighted faith, and suddenly married another.
This so wrought on the mind and feelings of Stevens that he soon resolved to banish himself from society into the lone forests, never to return. He provided himself with guns, traps, and other things composing the hunters outfit, and having made his way to the bank of the stream that subsequently took his name, about a quarter of a mile from its mouth, on the farm occupied, for the first forty years of the present century, by Daniel Thompson, the father of the writer of these pages. This was in early autumn and nothing more was heard from him until the following spring, when two hunters, passing that way, found his dead body near his camp. He had evidently been seized with sickness, induced by despondency, had breathed his last alone in the dark wilderness. The exact spot where the hunters had buried him was not known till about the year 1806, when Mr. Thompson, in plowing up a spot from which he had removed an old hedge fence, turned out his bones. I, then a small boy, was present on that occasion, and the sight of these remains as they were thrown out by the deep furrow that was made lengthwise through them, with the rust-eaten jack-knife lying in the midst, caused it to become one of the most vivid of my early recollections, and subsequently led me to make minute inquiries of the oldest settlers in all that related to the unfortunate hunter.
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Thompsons early years were consumed with the practical activities associated with claiming a homestead from the wilderness. He learned to fish and hunt, paddle a boat, and plant and hoe as he acquired the skills of a Vermont farm boy. We know from his autobiographical novel Locke Amsden that he hated farming and used all of his resources to find an alternative way to make a living.
Amazingly, he never entered the town of Montpelier until he was 12 years old. The occasion was a Fourth of July celebration in 1807 on the new Statehouse grounds. When Thompson and his brother, Joseph, reached the foundation of the soon-to-be-constructed Statehouse, they saw stakes marking out the street that would lead to the capitol building. The boys joined the throng assembled to listen to the Independence Day proclamation, and Thompson heard the first oration of his life. His biographer, John Flitcroft, noted that in exactly 20 years Thompson would himself mount the stage to deliver the annual Fourth of July address.
At about the same time Thompson noted the construction of the Pavilion House, the first iteration of a hotel that was to stand in the same location near the Statehouse until it was razed in 1970. The original Pavilion was designed by Sylvanus Baldwin, the self-taught architect who planned the first Statehouse. The present Pavilion opened in 1971 as a state building with an office for the governor and facilities for the Vermont Historical Society. The mansard-roofed replica pays homage to the well-known version of the hotel that opened in 1876 and incorporates some of its original components in its reconstruction.
Thompson regularly attended ceremonial functions in Montpelier, which became more frequent with the completion of the Statehouse in 1808.
Schooling for him amounted to irregular attendance at the district school and what lessons his parents were able to impart. The chance acquisition of a volume of English poetry awakened his thirst for learning. With money earned from a small flock of sheep and skins from a trap line, he was able to purchase a Latin grammar, a volume of Virgil and a text on arithmetic. He spent a winter boarding with a clergyman with the intent of fitting for college. Eventually he was admitted to Middlebury College, which in 1817 had been in existence for less than 20 years.
He completed his course of study in 1820 and briefly served as a tutor for a wealthy family in Virginia. The position is remarkable for the opportunity it allowed the young man to interview Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Thompsons notes on the occasion indicate that they discussed Patrick Henry, slavery and Jeffersons plans for the University of Virginia. Thompson spent more than three years in Virginia and studied law when not engaged in tutoring his pupil.
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By the time he returned to Montpelier in 1824 he was ready to open a law office, but instead found related employment in official capacities such as judge of the Probate Court and as a legislative assistant. He was remembered as a man with varied interests including folklore, botany and local history. His biographer noted, His favorite recreation was fishing. Local tradition represents him as wandering through the country with his fishing rod, and stopping to chat with some old settler by the roadside or at a farmhouse door, where he would spend hours listening to reminiscences of the early settlement of Vermont.
Shortly after his return to Vermont, he was asked by Zadock Thompson (no relation) to prepare a narrative sketch of Montpelier for the new Gazetteer he was preparing. Daniel Thompson began his research by interviewing the early settlers who still lived in town. He noted in his preface to his full-length History of the Town of Montpelier, We visited, for the purpose of collecting materials for that task, the most intelligent survivors of the first settlers of Montpelier and the neighboring towns, and made minutes of the facts and incidents which we condensed into the brief sketch of the town that appears in the Gazetteer.
His work on the Gazetteer proved instrumental in preparing Thompson for undertaking a more thorough treatment of the history of the capital city. The fact that he was often present at important events added a sense of immediacy to the work as well as a charming perspective on the citys history. As a teenager he was in the front row of the audience when the countrys participation in the War of 1812 was hotly debated between the Democrats and the Federalists on a cold February afternoon.
When the day arrived, we mustered out a few boys of the neighborhood, and with them proceeded on foot, to the scene of the action. As we neared the village we found every road almost literally black with the throngs of men and boys on foot, on horseback, in cutters and thickly packed double sleighs, all pouring into town and hurrying forward to the place of the appointed meeting. On reaching the State House we found the doors just being thrown open; and, standing amidst the waiting and impatient crowd, we were borne on, in the mighty rush through the principal entrance, till we were forced up close to the broad plank platform, that had been erected over the clerks desk for the accommodation of the opposing speakers; for it was understood, that even here, the Federalists would appear in force, to prevent the passage of any resolves going to encourage the threatened war by Congress.
It has always been a privilege to live close to government, especially for a teenager, and find oneself at hand when important ideas are debated. Thompson had found his calling to be a witness to portentous events. Thompson recalls how Chester Wright, a beloved Montpelier clergyman, was asked to offer a benediction before the debate, and how his refusal on account of conscientious scruples about the war was received with a low burst of indignation. The intrusion of his personal observations allows Thompson to make much more of his town history than it otherwise would have been. His history is almost as much memoir as dispassionate narrative and is more pleasurable reading as a result.
Almost one half of his history is given to biographies of influential citizens such as first settlers Col. Jacob and Rebecca Davis, printer and publisher Gen. Ezekiel Walton, Gen. Pearly Davis, the Rev. Chester Wright, Col. J.P. Miller and Timothy Hubbard. Many of the biographical subjects would play an important role in the history of Vermont as well as Montpelier, and many of their names will always be associated with the town. The citizens of Montpelier heartily endorsed Thompsons research and writing. In fact, at Montpeliers 1859 town meeting he was appointed the municipalitys official historian, and the following year saw the publication of his magnum opus. Despite the accolade, he was often seen dressed shabbily. Historian Charles Morrissey described his demeanor:
He always looked as though he needed a haircut, walking through the village, a wooden fishing pole over his shoulder, a single suspender holding up his overalls, a broad brimmed straw hat on his head to shield out the summer sun. He often seemed to be lost in abstractions, plodding with a preoccupied expression down the middle of the road.
In 1938 he joined Henry Stevens and two other antiquarians in forming the Vermont Historical Society. Its collections were housed at Stevens home in Barnet until accommodation could be made in the Statehouse. Thompson is remembered with a brass plaque that still hangs near the Senate Chamber.
Both Thompson and Stevens were recalled in Weston Cates book about the Vermont Historical Society:
Henry Stevens and D.P. Thompson were the states two leading antiquarians during the middle nineteenth century. Both were named in the Societys original charter and both became Society officers.
Both men were in love with the past, but their approaches to history were quite different. Stevens was basically a collector of manuscripts, documents, books, and historical ephemera. Thompson was an early exponent of oral history. He loved to roam the hills and valleys of the state with a fishpole over one shoulder and a pocket notebook in which he would carefully record his conversations with rural folks, especially those who could recall Revolutionary and early settlement days. Thompson, though a lawyer by profession and a writer by avocation, edited the Laws of Vermont down to 1834, wrote the first history of Montpelier at the request of the townspeople, wrote ten novels including the famous Green Mountain Boys, and prepared a number of articles for the periodical press.
He cared little how he dressed, and was less careful in the way he chewed his tobacco. He would leave his Barre Street home and stroll downtown in his bedroom slippers, always walking exactly in the middle of the road. Despite his unusual habits, he was a highly respected member of the community and the village children loved him, for he always took time to stop and tell them a story of earlier days.
The Green Mountain Freeman, an abolitionist newspaper edited by Thompson from 1849-1856, summed up the local attitude toward his history of Montpelier succinctly.
In his prime of life he was identified with almost every incident of our town history. Several years since, at the request of the town he prepared and published its history, which work is in many respects the most perfect of his writings. Interwoven with minute statement of fact, records and dates, are incidents of the earliest settlers, trivial in themselves, perhaps, but interesting to our citizens and calculated to endear our home to us all, and to perpetuate the memory of those most stalwart men of our earlier history. In a series of biographical sketches accompanying the history he has with great truthfulness and a keen appreciation, portrayed with anecdote and illustration, the characters of our leading departed citizens. The work is an excellent record of our town history.
Suffering the consequences of a stroke, Thompson died at his Barre Street home in 1868. The house was consumed by fire within a few years after his demise, and with the flames his carefully written notes on the early history of Vermont were lost forever. Montpelierites may be thankful that his great history of their town was already in print.MORE IN Central VermontMIDDLEBURY According to WebMD, Dystonia is a movement disorder that causes a persons muscles ... Full StoryTiffany Briggs and Kayla Jackson eyed each other across the table, clasped hands, and then it was... Full StoryMARLBORO Police are investigating a burglary on Higley Hill Road. Full Story
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Written by deadone on 08.01.2014 at 06:37
I think the title of this album describes it perfectly - it is nothing. Just one big long boring riff that goes nowhere and drones on and on and on and on and on...and you get the picture.
Proof that just cause you're a good musician doesn't mean you can make good music.


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Michael Ray Scott, 42, a resident of 211 Railroad Ave. in Junior, departed this life Tuesday, July 9, 2013, in Davis Memorial Hospital at Elkins. Death was unexpected.
He was born Sept. 28, 1970, at Hagerstown, Md., a son of Donald Ray Scott, who survives at Junior, and the late Frances Yvonne Corley Scott.
Mr. Scott is survived by one son, Tyler Ray Scott of Junior; two brothers, David Scott and wife, Janna, of Verona, Va., and Larry Scott and wife, Nancy, of Beverly; and one sister, Willa Gainer and husband, Louis, of Hedgesville. Also surviving are a loving companion, Donna Talbott; a host of young men that he thought of as his own; and many many friends. Additional survivors include several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by one infant daughter, April Scott.
Mr. Scott graduated from Philip Barbour High School with the class of 1988. He was a 4-H volunteer for 25 years and was an archery and air pistol instructor during 4-H camp. He was a member of the first Barbour County National Championship Land Judging Team, was a referee for Barbour County Youth Soccer, an avid Pittsburgh Steelers and West Virginia University Mountaineer fan. Mr. Scott was the manager of the Elkins Shop 'n Save. He was a father, son, brother, uncle and best friend. He will be sadly missed by all.
Friends will be received at Talbott Funeral Home in Belington today from 5 to 9 p.m. and again Friday from 8 a.m. until noon, the funeral hour, when final rites will be conducted from the funeral home chapel with Pastor Jimmie E. Tallman officiating. Interment will follow in the Knights of Pythias Cemetery at Junior.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made at any Freedom Bank to the Tyler Scott College Fund. Talbott Funeral Home of Belington is in charge of the arrangements for Mr. Michael Ray Scott. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.talbottfuneralhome.com.


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Written by ghosthead on 17.04.2012 at 20:28
I wonder what's the source on that release date...
Written by Unhealer on 02.04.2013 at 18:29
the rest fuck up your head just as in Blackjazz.
Written by PazuzuSKOM on 06.04.2013 at 21:12
Well, after my first spin, my thoughts are :
- Yes, its way more accessible than Blackjazz , with almost no-schizophrenic moments
- being co-produced by Sean Beaven, is giving the album a more industrial metal/rock sound, at many moments it felt like a NIN song out off their heavier stuff, with the addition of some Shining crazy twists!
- Its FUCKEN SHORT , just around the half hour mark, with the longest song is 4:30 long!!
Written by Unhealer on 08.04.2013 at 06:26
Mine felt exactly like that. Not bad at all, some increidible stuff in here, but I think I must retract my previous comment in this being this year's best album.
Written by Guest on 08.04.2013 at 11:56
One thing is for certain. This has nothing on Blackjazz.
Written by Diverge on 23.05.2013 at 06:34
I completely agree with your assessment. I ended up with about the same rating, but fortunately I was able to find a few things I enjoyed on it.
But it made me want to listen to Blackjazz instead.


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State Suspends and Revokes Numerous Fishing Licenses
NRP continues to crack down on illegal fishing
Since April, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources has suspended 63 recreational fishing licenses, three commercial fishing authorizations, and one commercial fishing license. The Department has also revoked five commercial fishing authorizations and one commercial fishing license.
"These laws and regulations are vital to protecting and conserving our natural resources for today and for the future," said DNR Fisheries Director Tom O'Connell.
The violations include, fishing in closed trout streams, possessing undersized striped bass and crabs, possessing female crabs, crabbing out of season and harvesting oysters from closed or polluted waters. The penalties range from 30-day to two-year license suspensions, to permanent license revocations, depending on the number and severity of infractions.
DNR has worked collaboratively with industry leaders over the past several years to develop an appropriate penalty system to ensure that those who choose to continue to violate the fisheries laws and regulations of the State will progressively lose their privilege to make a living or pursue a recreational activity harvesting the fisheries resources in Maryland. These agency actions are the result of this collaborative effort and work of the Fisheries Service, Natural Resources Police and the Office of the Attorney General.
Under Governor Martin O'Malley's leadership, there has been an increased effort to deter poaching and toughen penalties for those who violate fishing laws in Maryland. A noteworthy part of this effort is the launch of new enforcement initiatives and enhancements including the installation of a network of radar and camera units to assist the NRP in monitoring sensitive areas that are prone to poaching. DNR, the Office of the Attorney General and the District Court of Maryland have also expanded a successful program that sets aside specific days to try only cases dealing with natural resources violations.
Citizens are urged to call 800-628-9944 to the Maryland Natural Resources Police Communication Center to report conservation violations, maritime emergencies and law enforcement issues on the Chesapeake Bay and DNR controlled lands.
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The event organizers for BizWest Media, parent company to this paper and its sister publications in Boulder and Wyoming, ran out of tape during the setup for a recent event. None of the contacted office supply stores carried the particular kind of tape, so it was a turn of luck that the tape manufacturer was based in Denver.
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The Refugio City Council approved an option from Republic Services to upgrade trash pickup at no additional cost to residents, subject to regional approval from Republic Services, according to Mike Reeves, municipal marketing manager for the company.
The action came on Tuesday evening, July 8.
The twice a week pickup would not change, but rear loading trucks would cease and new trucks that pickup trash on their sides would be introduced.
Also, each customer would receive a blue cart with wheels to roll out to the curb. Each cart has a 96-gallon capacity.
No bags outside the cart would be allowed or picked up.
If a resident needs an additional cart, it can be supplied at a reduced charge.
Reeves also said brush and bulky pickup would be part of the deal on a quarterly basis.
Reeves made the deal if the city would extend its contract for five years.
Council person Karen Watts made the motion to approve the option, and Council person Wanda Dukes seconded. The vote was unanimous.
In other business, the council approved $30,000 in hotel occupancy tax money for the Refugio County Fair Association to be paid in four quarterly increments of $7,500.
Will Ramirez, speaking for the association, said a lot is planned for the upcoming year.
He said this is the 68th year of the rodeo, and the association wants to extend the event to nine days covering two weekends.
The event includes the livestock shows, auction, carnival, barbecue cook off, and, starting this year, the Refugio County Wine Festival.
The association wants help to fund technology, to contract for parking assistants and scholarships.
It was noted that the Refugio County Fair had 13,000 visitors come through the gates last year.
The council also granted a five-year tax abatement for Rafter D Investments for Phase I of its Affordable Mini-Storage units being constructed at 602 E. Empresario St.
The company has invested $116,00 in the new business and qualified for the abatement as a new business.
Existing businesses that invest at least $50,000 in their businesses qualify for the abatement.
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The preliminary autopsy of Neala Frye, 23, has been completed.
The La Crosse County Medical Examiner John Steer says Frye's death appears to be due to hypothermia, secondary to intoxication.
Steers says a preliminary alcohol screen indicated .211 Blood Alcohol Content (BAC).
An additional toxicology is pending. Those results will be available in a few weeks.
Onalaska police have released more details in the death investigation of a 23-year-old La Crosse woman found dead on Sunday night.
Police found the Neala Frye's body in the area of 1st Avenue South near the railroad tracks in Onalaska.
A bloodhound tracking dog led Onalaska police officers and officers from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources through heavy vegetation, which led to the railroad tracks where the scent was lost. Police say Frye did not return home on Sunday evening and she did not show up for her shift at Menards in La Crosse.
Frye's friends found some of her belongings near the railroad tracks. Onalaska police then searched the area near where her items were found and discovered Frye's body.
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Firefighters said when they arrived, the house was fully-engulfed in flames.
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A mobilization ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, at Haywood Community CollegeŌĆÖs auditorium to give the soldiers a proper send off.
The 210th Military Police Company hailing from Macon and Jackson counties shipped out in the spring, also Afghanistan bound. Both unit were placed ŌĆ£on alertŌĆØ at the end of last year, signaling an impending mission.
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Leahy may regret past court votesBy JASPER CRAVEN
SPECIAL TO THE RUTLAND HERALD | July 27,2014In 2005, during the Supreme Court confirmation process for John Roberts to become chief justice, Sen. Patrick Leahy faced immense pressure on the left to deride Roberts, a George W. Bush nominee.
Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, eventually expressed support for Roberts, saying it would hurt the nation for a Supreme Court chief justice to be confirmed on a strict party-line vote.
President Barack Obama, then an untested Illinois senator in his first term, was one of the few to defend Leahys decision.
I am deeply admiring of the work and the thought that Senator Leahy has put into making his decision, Obama said. The knee-jerk unbending and what I consider to be unfair attacks on Senator Leahys motives were unjustified.
Though Obama did not vote for Roberts, he praised his excellent record and called him qualified to sit on the highest court.
Now, neither Leahy nor Obama have many nice words for Roberts and his court.
Though Leahy has not expressed outright regret for his past confirmation votes, he has been vigorously condemning the courts recent major rulings that have split down party lines.
Of course there will always be 5-4 decisions, but for rulings with great change they have to find unanimity or Im afraid the respect for the court could disappear, said Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, in an interview. If that happens, I really worry this country could become chaotic.
Since the 2005 Supreme Court term, 66 percent of all 5-4 decisions have been split by political ideology, according to figures from ScotusBlog.
Leahy has participated in the confirmation process for each of the current Supreme Court justices and has voted to confirm each one, save conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
In recent blunt floor speeches, aggressive legislation, and special hearings, Leahy is hoping to undo some of the recent rulings on campaign finance, voting rights, and sexual health, among others.
Both Leahy and Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., have cosponsored legislation that would overturn the courts recent ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores that some employers can refuse to provide contraceptive coverage because of their religious beliefs.
Leahy is also trying to restore federal oversight of voting rights laws in states with histories of racism, a provision gutted by the court in Shelby County V. Holder.
The Vermont senator, who has been on the Senate Judiciary Committee for more than 30 years, is also pushing to get cameras in the courtroom to increase public oversight of the justices.
They say the courtroom is open, but thats only for the 50 or 60 people who can fit inside, Leahy said. We have cameras in the Senate, (and) people know what Im saying.
Perhaps Leahys biggest frustration with the court comes from their rulings that have loosened restrictions on election spending, including Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission.
Citizens United is a really wrong decision. It overturned all kinds of precedent, said Leahy, who is pushing for a constitutional amendment to overturn the decision. For five Republican appointees on the Supreme Court to totally twist the way this country assumed campaigns to be financed is horrendous.
Russell Wheeler, a visiting fellow studying U.S. courts at the Brookings Institution, said there is a long tradition of Congress legislating against Supreme Court decisions.
Its within their authority and responsibility to do that, but if the decision is based on a constitutional provision, legislation has a harder time changing that, Wheeler said.
I dont think you see as much of that anymore, though, because Congress cant come up with a bill agreeing on what time it is, Wheeler said.
The Supreme Court saw historically low approval ratings in the summer of 2013, according to the Pew Research Center. Favorability with the court has rebounded some this year, to around 56 percent.
Wheeler said Roberts has become aware of the courts battered image, and is trying to coalesce the justices into agreeing more often.
The chief justice appreciates the damage to the courts prestige with all the 5-4 decisions, he said. I think he has worked hard to try to pull in as many as possible when hes writing the majority opinion.
In the last Supreme Court term, 48 cases out of 73 were decided unanimously, as opposed to 38 in the term before. But political preferences still seem to emerge on the loftiest cases.
This if the first time I can remember in which the typical 5-4 decision is five Republican appointees and four Democratic appointees, Wheeler said.
The next major worry for Leahy and other liberals regards which party will have the opportunity to nominate the next member of the court.
Many have called for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a left-leaning justice, to retire before the 2016 elections so Obama can appoint another liberal to the court. But Ginsburg has shown no signs of slowing down, and has not indicated she will retire before 2016.
I think people are going to have to awaken to the fact that presidential elections are about changing the court as anything else, Leahy said.
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Applicants can qualify with a bachelor's degree in agriculture economics or agribusiness; or a degree that combines agriculture and management; or a business or economics degree combined with a year of hands-on experience in farming or agribusiness; or no college degree and at least three years of experience in farm management and agribusiness.
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The comparison to the '60s continued, as the "high" gave way to the inevitable "crash" and I looked around the room, taking it all in (the good, the bad and the ugly) as the years gone by washed over the Elks Club Lodge before Lynne and I made our way back to the Catskills, dissecting every aspect of the evening, laughing, crying and sighing. Acknowledging those who are no longer with us was a natural part of the gabfest and the passage of time hung in the air as we hit Sullivan County and home. Glad to know that my guest would stay on for a day, I enthused about our upcoming excursion to the Harvest Festival (www.bethelwoodscenter.org) and the chance to give Lynne a taste of my life here in the Upper Delaware Valley.
While regaling her with enthusiastic commentary, I ran into friends and neighbors from all corners of the region, breathing the fresh country air, and we had a ball exploring the craft tents, workshops and farmers' market, while live entertainment propelled us toward the amazing aromas emanating from the food booths. In a valiant attempt to give Lynne the full-on harvest experience, I waxed rhapsodic about life in the Catskills and the incredible sense of community that encompasses every outing. A deep sigh of satisfaction slipped out as we stopped and chatted with the lively social network of residents and visitors, before hitting the Woodstock Festival monument and running into Bethel Woods site interpreter Duke Devlin, who (as always) welcomed my guest with open arms and amazing tidbits of information about the world famous music festival held in Bethel, NY when Lynne and I were attending high school.
Gal-pal Ellany Gable stopped by this morning to bid Lynne adieu, and asked me if I had been active on Facebook since my return. Being told "no," she regretfully informed me that one of our own, PR guru Lori Rubinstein, had passed away while I was out of town and my sigh became one of sorrow. Rubinstein was a driving force in the community and her smiling face seemed to greet me wherever I went, since we were often photographing and covering events together throughout the years. Lori's unstoppable commitment to celebrating life in the Catskills was admirable and uplifting, and when I checked her social networking page, I saw that we had 64 (real, honest-to-god) friends in common.


text: A terrific article from The Chronicle from K.L. Noll, (via a not-surprisingly miffed An und für sich) that addresses the issues that I covered here. Noll brings considerably more depth and distinctions than I did and on some points may disagree with me, but has the same basic perspective at many essential points. Check it [Read More…]


text: My MIL and her friends keep telling me to drink a beer a day. It is driving me crazy. they sware it helps to keep their supply up although none of them have actually tried it because they all formula fed thier babies (and i'm not having any supply problems). I hear it almost every time i am over at her house and i've tried to nicely make statements that i don't think it is best practice to do that and just an old wives tale type of thing. I really would love someone to tell me i'm wrong and to drink a beer each day because its been a year since i've had a beer, but i really don't think it is true. I've looked at info on low supply issues and never read to drink beer. i've read eat oatmeal, and some herbal supplements, but never beer. If anyone can think of something that i can tell her to prove her wrong, i'd love to know so i can get her to stop telling me this. of course like most people this is only one of the many things my MIL says and believes that annoy me, but this is one that i just think is crazy. Thank you for any information.


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January 19, 2012 —
As currently regulated in Pennsylvania, trapping presents certain hazards of which outdoor recreationists should be aware.
I discovered this the hard way when our 15-pound Miniature Pinscher, Beetle, stepped on a foot-hold trap set along a public multi-purpose trail in the Delaware State Forest in Pike County, PA.
What started out as a healthy hike on Commonwealth land turned into a harrowing experience that resulted in a $230 veterinary bill, a set of questions and some unsettling answers.
The trap was set at the edge of the trail, where a dog on a leash—or a curious child—could easily encounter it. We were less than a quarter-mile from the main road when Beetle went down, yelping frantically and tearing at the trap with her teeth. We were bitten in our attempts to free her before we figured out how to open the device, then rushed to the nearest veterinarian.
Certain that the trap's placement was illegal, I called the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC), only to learn that the "highly regulated" activity of trapping is not as highly regulated as one might think. In terms of trap placement, the restrictions that do exist address proximity to occupied dwellings. In a conversation with PGC Press Secretary Jerry Feaser and Wildlife Conservation Education Specialist Joe Kosack, I was told, "Safety zones apply to buildings, not trails."
In explanation for my dog's yelping, I was told, "Your dog was upset because it was restrained, not because it was in pain." They added that trappers sometimes find animals asleep in traps when they arrive.
The PGC requires trappers to complete a training course before obtaining a license. And while the PGC officials described most trappers as "highly ethical conscientious conservationists," they conceded that the placement of this trap might be a case of "poor trapping practice."
Joel Whitehead, Vice President East of the Pennsylvania Trappers Association, agrees. "I would say that the trapper probably used poor judgment in setting that closely to a multiuse trail," he wrote in an email. "In our trapper training courses we stress the importance of discretion."
While one hopes trappers would choose not to place a trap next to a trail, the absence of regulation makes it possible for them to do so and leaves other trail users at risk. Updating current regulations begins with contacting executive director Carl G. Roe, at PGC, 2001 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-9797. See our editorial on page 6 for more on this issue.
Trapping facts and figures
• The PGC received $699,238 in trapper license fees in 2010-11 from the purchase of 32,279 furtaker licenses. The PGC estimates between 10,000 to 15,000 active trappers in the state.
• Trapping season ranges from mid-October to March 31 in PA.
• Traps with teeth are illegal. Trappers must check traps every 36 hours.


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Eating healthy doesn't necessarily mean avoiding the drive-through window. Take a look at some of the healthier options available at different fast food restaurants, according to information from WebMD.
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Hachaba Added to Defender Men's Soccer Program
May 14, 2013
VJ Hachaba, a senior at Coon Rapids High School, has announced his intention to attend Dordt College and join the Defender men's soccer program.
Hachaba, a 5'5", 125 pound central midfielder/forward has been a three year varsity starter for the Coon Rapids Cardinals. Over his three year varsity career Hachaba netted 23 goals and 16 assists with 16 goals and 11 assists coming during his senior campaign.
Hachaba helped the Knights to a second place finish in their section in 2012 and was named to the Minnesota All-State Team, All-Metro and NWSC All-Conference First Team while also serving as team captain. Coon Rapids named Hachaba their team MVP and the Best Offensive Player. Hachaba also received an Outstanding Player award at the Minnesota State High School Soccer League Senior Classic. Hachaba also competes in track and field for the Cardinals and is the team captain. He was part of a 4X400M group that was all-conference and a 4X800M teams that received an all-conference honorable mention.
Hachaba has played two years of club soccer for the Coon Rapids Soccer Club and helped his team to the Eau Claire United Tournament Championship in 2011 and the MYSA State quarterfinals in 2011. Hachaba has netted 19 goals and assisted on 13 others in this two years with the program.
VJ is the son of Bright and Naomi Hachaba of Coon Rapids, Minnesota and he plans to major in Pre-Pharmacy/Pre-Medical and also study Spanish.
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Don't know whether this is all quite true or not, but there was a program about an albino chimpanzee named Pinky on last weekend that was terrifically fascinating. If you can catch her story, do watch it. I don't want to tell the ending and won't.
The information that could be incorrect was Pinky was reported to be the only albino chimpanzee ever recorded. She had one brown and one blue eye, a somewhat spoiled disposition in that she was used to being pampered once she'd been rescued, and she was precious. The other chimpanzees generally accepted her once she'd established residency in her Sierra Leone shelter.
Although the other young apes were fairly eager to climb and swing, Pinky preferred traveling on the ground with occasional forays up a tree or two. Impressive, if disturbing, was the bold play of those chimpanzees who enjoyed shaking slender trees to try to knock off some youngster holding on for dear life. I can remember well my brother having done the same thing to me when I used to climb trees--neither of us is a chimpanzee, honestly.
Anyway, the show is very good, sometimes disturbing, but interesting.
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I think I remember some of the story, weren't the keepers surprised at how easily she was accepted by the other chimps?
#118145 - 12/23/03 07:26 PM Re: Albino People
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Perhaps one of our medical correspondents could clear this up for me.
I was always told at home that albino humans rarely made it to adulthood because they were so prone to skin cancer on exposure to sunlight. However, there seem to be quite a few albinos wandering around here in Indonesia who don't seem to be coming to much harm. And, with a nod in the direction of matters linguaphile, bule, slang for Caucasian, literally means albino.
#118146 - 12/23/03 07:53 PM Re: Albino People
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Dear Bingley: I never saw an albino in any clinic. I knew a teen age female albino when I was a boy. I'll see if I can find out anything interesting about them on the Internet.
P.S. Here is a good site with a lot of information:
Albinos have several troublesome eye problems, some of which are related to their being unable to form melanin.
Melanin being protective again solar radiation, they sunburn
very easily, and protracted exposure would make them have increased susceptibility to skin cancer. But they wouldn't get a malignant melanoma, as I did.
The article said that rejection because of their different appearance leads to social isolation that may be their biggest problem.
#118147 - 12/25/03 04:39 AM Re: Albino Rejection
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Yes, the keeper wondered whether the chimp might be rejected, but generally quite the opposite occurred with a few notable exceptions. The keeper theorized (and this is very interesting) that perhaps Pinky had been accepted because of the white overall appearance. You see, very young chimps have white tails--and this identifying feature for youth causes the adult chimps to handle the young chimps to some degree with more care. Once the chimps are full grown several years down the road, the white tail disappears and then all bets are off. The keeper hoped in theory that because pinky was white all over the adult chimps would respond to the white color itself as a flag for youth. The alpha male, put out with pinky for having rejected him, eventually did throw her about a bit.
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Canton got a $125,000 grant from the Rural CenterŌĆÖs Small Towns Economic Prosperity program to develop and implement ideas to increase tourism and commerce downtown.
About $25,000 has not yet been allocated, and now Canton leaders have until Jan. 1 to come up with quick but productive ways to spend the remaining money.
Jason Burrell, the townŌĆÖs assistant town manager, said it shouldnŌĆÖt be a problem to spend it, however.
ŌĆ£It is my expectation that all the money will be spent,ŌĆØ Burrell said.
Some of the grant money was used to encourage business owners to spruce up downtown buildings in hopes of drawing tourists and more commerce. The town would match fa├¦ade improvements dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000 using the Rural Center funds.
About $17,000 have already gone to fa├¦ade grants. That offer is still ongoing.
ŌĆ£We hopefully have a few more applications that will be submitted and approved by that,ŌĆØ said Canton Alderman Patrick Willis, who helped spearhead the revitalization initiative called STEPUP Canton.
But there werenŌĆÖt as many takers as initially hoped, and so the town will extend the offer of matching funds for interior improvements, similar to the fa├¦ade grants. But the improvements canŌĆÖt be temporary, like slapping a new coat of paint up.
It must be ŌĆ£something that adds permanent value to the building,ŌĆØ Burrell said, giving examples such as bringing a building up to code or adding sheet rock. ŌĆ£Those type of things are eligible projects.ŌĆØ
Canton is also purchasing artistic quilt squares that will hang on four businesses downtown as well as one or two for town-owned buildings. The large wood squares painted with color quilt-block patterns have been placed on buildings, barns and stores as part of Haywood CountyŌĆÖs Quilt Trail, which tourists can follow to see all the installations.
ŌĆ£That has been a pretty nice thing for tourism,ŌĆØ Willis said.
The squares have become so popular that the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority created a map showing visitors where they can find each square in the county. However, Burrell noticed one day that Canton was not included in the map at all.
ŌĆ£I thought, ŌĆśGod, Canton doesnŌĆÖt even have a presence on this thing,ŌĆÖŌĆØ he said.
The Rural Center money is also paying for four new welcome signs that will be placed at several different entranceways to Canton.


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Hypocrites and the entertainment industry have always gone hand in hand, but the relationship has become noticeably more intense in recent years. At least it seems like it has, because the Internet exists now, and we don't let people forget about anything. If a celebrity made an off-the-cuff comment in an Entertainment Tonight interview six years ago, it damn well better fall in line with whatever shit they're talking these days, because people will pounce if it doesn't.
People like me, for example! I talk about hypocritical entertainers on this week's Unpopular Opinion podcast.
I'm joined by comic Billy Bonnell and Rotten Tomatoes editor (and my former Cracked co-worker) Sarah Ricard. We kick things off by talking about ...
4Jimmy Kimmel
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Back when all the tensions surrounding Conan O'Brien and his ill-fated stint on The Tonight Show erupted, most of the country split into two separate camps, unofficially identified as "Team Coco" and "Team I Work for Jay Leno So I Can't Really Say Anything but I'd Totally Find Another Job if I Could if That Tells You Anything."
What I'm saying is, Leno didn't have a lot of supporters. He had a ton of critics, though! One of the most outspoken was Jimmy Kimmel, whom you might know as the host of the other late night talk show you don't give a shit about. In the big scheme of things, there was really no cause for Jimmy Kimmel to get involved in that situation at all. He did, though, and since Conan O'Brien was mostly quiet about it at the time, a person with limited knowledge of the situation could be forgiven if they mistakenly believed that Jimmy Kimmel was the one who'd lost his job at The Tonight Show.
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Reminder: It was actually this guy.
Kimmel talked about his hatred for Leno during an interview on Larry King Live. He did a scathing impersonation, complete with prosthetic chin, on his show.
Leno attempted to make peace after that last incident by inviting Kimmel to appear as a guest on The Tonight Show, which he did, but he also used it as an opportunity to shit on Leno a little more.
He saved the worst for a 2013 Playboy interview, where he said this:
"I have a filter mechanism in my head every night when I put together the monologue for our show: If I can imagine Jay Leno telling a joke, then I won't do it, even if it's a good joke."
Harsh! I don't fucking buy it for one second, but harsh nonetheless! Here's the thing: Aside from tracking down funny ads and headlines (something the Internet still loves to do in all sorts of variations), Jay Leno's most "renowned" skit on The Tonight Show was called "Jaywalking." Have a look:
Because it's Jay Leno and your grandparents' Internet abilities haven't expanded to YouTube yet, the video has just over 20,000 views. To give you an idea what kind of company that puts it in, I have a video of a growling dog on my YouTube page that has almost twice as many views (as I'm writing this, anyway). If you've never watched a "Jaywalking" skit and aren't inclined to start today, basically it's a man-on-the-street kind of thing where Leno asks clueless people really simple questions and then basks in the laughs as they fail terribly. It's a really simple premise, and it's been a staple of the Jay Leno comedy show for a long time. Now have a look at this video:
That's a video from a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, and it's beating that Leno video by a margin of more than 1.2 million page views. It's also the exact same thing as the Leno video. In Kimmel's skit, a reporter asks dipshit hipsters at the SXSW music festival if they're excited to see bands that don't actually exist. Said hipsters, not wanting to appear as if they don't know everything about every band in town, just lie and pretend they know exactly who the prankster in front of them is talking about. In both cases, though, it's just a matter of numbers. If you ask 50 people on the street to tell you the name of the current vice president of the United States, participants who give answers as entertaining as those on display in the Leno video are going to be few and far between.
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I don't know his name, but I recognize the character from House of Cards.
That's all you need, though. It's a four-minute video; an all-star batting average isn't required to make it work. The same applies to the Jimmy Kimmel skit. If you were to check the raw footage, you'd probably see way more people who either know they're being fucked with or at the very least don't pretend to be familiar with a band called "Contact Dermatitis."
Whatever the case, Kimmel has a lot of nerve shooting down anything Leno would consider funny as off-limits for a comedy talent of his caliber and then turning a variation of one of Leno's few well-known bits into a staple of his own show. Speaking of borrowing things from other people, let's talk a bit more about Kimmel's famous appearance on The Tonight Show.
Jimmy Kimmel Skewers Jay Leno from Bahstarde on Vimeo.
He's referred to this as one of the highlights of his career so far, which makes about as much sense as George Bush saying the lowest point of his presidency was when Kanye West said he didn't care about black people (which he totally did). When I watched the interview again while researching this article, I couldn't help but notice one spot that might not be cause for as much celebration. At one point, Leno asks Kimmel to describe the best prank he's ever pulled. Kimmel thinks for a second and then says something about painting his aunt's house green and orange while she was away on a trip. I'm not saying that didn't happen, but I am saying I'd like to see some sort of time-stamped video or photo evidence that he didn't steal the idea from Tom Green.
Not that I give a shit, of course. Keep that in mind. Not about Jimmy Kimmel, not about Jay Leno, and not about late night television in general. This is an article about hypocrites, and damn if Jimmy Kimmel isn't one. Oh, and one last thing: Celebrating the fact that you fooled the Internet with a fake viral video made using a major television network budget ...
... is like an able-bodied person celebrating after they pump up on steroids and dominate the Special Olympics.
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What did Miley Cyrus do to get on a list of the biggest hypocrites in entertainment? Everything, that's what. She did everything to get on this list. Her crimes are so numerous in that respect that listing all of them here would take an article all unto itself. I can prove that, actually, because when looking for potential entries for this column, a mere search for "hypocritical celebrities" turned up this exhaustive rundown of Miley Cyrus' extensive catalog of flip-flopping and going back on her word. I encourage you to read it all, you know, at some point, and only if you're interested. Until then, here are a few of the most heinous examples from their investigation:
This video of Miley Cyrus declaring that not only will she never do drugs, but that she doesn't live in fear of looking like a hypocritical idiot should her stance on the matter ever change, because, guys, it's just not going to. Miley Cyrus is not that person.
Well, you know, not in real life. This song that's totally about doing all of the drugs begs to differ on the career side of things, probably. Good luck explaining away the next video as the product of a studio session, though.
That's Miley Cyrus smoking "salvia" with a bunch of friends, all while having the good judgment to ask that someone video the proceedings, because, you know, what could possibly go wrong?
Well, we know what went wrong. That video was leaked to the Internet, and Miley Cyrus, at that exact moment, began her transformation from Disney princess to "Blurred Lines" sexual assault victim. I'll let you make the call as to whether breaking with the strict anti-drug policy was a good one, but the fact remains that the policy was broken, and everyone suddenly had solid proof that Miley Cyrus was the worst kind of hypocrite ...
... the kind who gets drunk or high with you and then lectures you about being fucked up until they finally sober up and realize they've been an asshole for the last eight hours. I don't care how rad her songs make them seem, a Miley Cyrus party sounds awful now.
Even worse, one of the most memorable lines from one of Miley Cyrus' most beloved hits is a simple thing right before the chorus that says "And a Jay-Z song was on," which gets repeated a few times.
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"And this party was happening where?"
Really catchy stuff. So much so, in fact, that Miley was asked about that specific line during one famous interview, when she was asked to name her favorite Jay-Z song and gave what has to be the douchiest of all possible responses to such a simple question:
"I've never heard a Jay-Z song," the singer, 16, said in an interview before her Halloween concert -- in which she was dressed as Pocahontas -- in Louisville, Kentucky, this past Saturday. "I don't listen to pop music."
Honestly, I don't even need proof that she's lying about never having heard a Jay-Z song before. This is America, Miley Cyrus. You've heard a goddamn Jay-Z song, nobody is that cool. Also, saying you don't listen to pop music when the only thing you make is pop music ... it does not make you look like a rebel; it makes you look like a soulless corporate robot who just records whatever bullshit your label puts in front of you.
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Not that I'm questioning her integrity or anything.
In the way of an update, we have received confirmation that this particular sticking point in the relationship between Miley Cyrus and the most powerful man in America has been resolved. Jay-Z mentioned Miley Cyrus in a song called "Somewhereinamerica" and then tweeted about her shortly thereafter. It wasn't particularly flattering in either case, but who is Miley Cyrus to mind a detail like that? She's such a badass, you guys. She embraced the controversy in the way only a person adept at embracing controversy to further their career truly can.
Is she right, bitches?
I'm assuming, after all of this, that Miley Cyrus has heard at least one Jay-Z song.


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On February 8, 2013, the New York State Police at Liberty arrested Travis Thomas, age 25, of Poughkeepsie, NY and Travis Morton, age 27, of Livingston Manor, NY for two felony counts of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the fourth degree and one count of Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle in the third degree, a misdemeanor. Thomas was additionally charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the fourth degree,a felony.
On February 8, 2013 at approximately 1:00 a.m., the State Police received a report of an altercation at a residence on Back Shandelee Rd in the Town of Rockland. The occupant of the residence reported that two males had left the scene in a pickup to Route 17 in Livingston Manor where both occupants fled on foot.
Thomas was located inside a diner and taken into custody. Morton was tracked to a nearby apartment complex by State Police K9 "Avery" and taken into custody. Further investigation revealed that the pickup truck used by the defendants contained proceeds from a burglary reported to State Police on February 6th. The proceeds included a rifle, two flatscreen televisions and assorted power tools.
Thomas and Morton were arraigned in the Town of Rockland Court and remanded to the Sullivan County Jail with no bail set for Thomas and $5,000 bail set for Morton.


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NYT Asks: "Why Can't Cerberus Foot the Bill?"
Welcome to the club. I've been asking that question for some time now. Better late than never, I suppose:
Chrysler said the only reason it was back asking for more money so soon was that the car market was worse than it had expected two months ago.
This cavalier approach to the public purse raises a very big question. If Chrysler is really on track for a turnaround and all it needs is some financing to get over a bad patch in sales and debt markets, why doesn't Cerberus Capital Management, which owns 80 percent of the company, put up the money itself? Why should taxpayers have to take the risk? That's what private equity funds like Cerberus are supposed to do.
Cerberus and Daimler, which retained a stake in Chrysler, have promised to convert $2 billion in loans to Chrysler into equity, which should help reduce its debt. But Cerberus said giving fresh money would violate its fiduciary duty to investors, breaking company rules limiting how much it can commit to any given investment.
We suspect these rules would be more pliant if Cerberus deemed Chrysler to be a good deal.
It seems the secretive private-equity fund is willing to gamble on Chrysler's survival with the taxpayer's dime, but not its own.
The real question is, if it is violative of Cerberus management's fiduciary duty to bail out its own company, why is it fiscally responsible for the federal government to do so?
And what does it say when the leader of liberal opinion has more qualms about a bailout than the federal government? Nothing good I would think.
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Possibly the "progressives" at the NYT are starting to wonder why, with all the "evil corporate fat cats" talk coming out of DC, those same corporate fat cats are getting a helluva lot of public money.
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Truly worthwhile DLC is hard to come by. Mind you, worthwhile doesn't always mean entertaining. In most cases, the content is fairly one-note, an amusing addition good for a few hours of tangential fun before being tossed away completely. In the event of the Mass Effect franchise, pretty much everything up until Lair of the Shadow Broker felt like an insubstantial add-on. With regard to Fallout 3, Broken Steel, Mothership Zeta and Operation: Anchorage offered little more than mindless running-and-gunning in visually distinct environments whereas Point Lookout offered the real deal, chock-a-block with new puzzles, characters and storylines. Generally, with DLC, the odds aren't in your favor if you're looking for the same level of attentiveness and creativity given to the core game. So how does the first content pack for Fallout: New Vegas, entitled Dead Money, hold up?
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BBC Panorama investigates Stanislaw Burzynski
Last week, I reviewed a long-expected (and, to some extent, long-dreaded) documentary by Eric Merola, a filmmaker whose talent is inversely proportional to his yen for conspiracy, pseudoscience, and quackery. Through a quirk of fate that couldn't have worked out better if I had planned it myself, a long-expected investigation of the Burzynski Clinic by the BBC aired on its venerable news program Panorama last Monday. It was entitled, appropriately enough, Cancer: Hope for Sale? Ever since learning that the BBC was working on this back in January or February, skeptics have been looking forward to it with a mixture of anticipation and dread, anticipation because we expected that the Panorama crew would "get it" (in the interests of full disclosure, I will mention that I was interviewed over the phone by a Panorama producer and exchanged e-mails to answer questions and suggestions), but a bit of dread because we feared the bane of all news reporting on issues of science and medicine: false balance.
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Disappointment For Phillies; Exuberance For Yankees
Disappointment: The feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations to manifest. It is a source of psychological stress. Synonyms: failure, defeat, frustration (courtesy of Wikipedia).
And disappointment is what Philadelphia is left with after their failure to repeat as World Champions. Instead, with a 3-7 Phillies loss tonight, the Yankees brought home their 27th World Series title. The Phillies are left with the consolation prize as National League Champs.
After winning Game 1, the Phillies looked poised for a repeat. Game 2 went to the Yankees in a relatively fair battle. Game 3 was the real turning point as Cole Hamels did not perform well and the offense could not bail him out. But things got much worse in Game 4 where Brad Lidge gave up 3 runs in the 9th after the Phillies had battled to tie up the game prior to that. The Hamels and Lidge killer combo made for two gut-wrenching losses and a serious turn in the tide.
Cliff Lee won his second game of the series in Game 5 and kept the Phillies alive for one more day, along with the bat of Chase Utley which appeared unstoppable. But back in New York for Game 6, Utley and the Phillies were stopped.
Pitching wins ball games and the Yankees had better pitching. Andy Pettitte was spectacular on only 3 days rest. Pedro Martinez, on the other hand, had a full 5 days rest and still gave up 4 runs in 4 innings. All 4 of those runs, plus 2 more later in the game, came off the bat of Hideki Matsui. After hitting a homer off Martinez in Game 2 and then again tonight in the 2nd inning, why Martinez was left in the game to pitch to Matsui again in the 3rd is a mystery. JA Happ was up and ready in the bullpen, but Charlie Manuel left Martinez in to pitch to a guy who clearly had his number. That mistake was the back-breaker as Matsui hit a 2-run single.
The bullpen gave up 3 more runs and the 7-1 deficit looked to be near impossible to erase for the Phillies. The offense attempted to battle back; Ryan Howard knocked a 2-run homer in the 6th but then Pedro Feliz left his 5th base runner of the night stranded as he grounded out to third base. In the 7th, the previously clutch Chase Utley struck out with 2 outs and 2 men on base. That put the nail in the coffin.
So the Phillies came up short, which just plain sucks. But they put up a good fight and overall, the season was a great success. To have made it back to the World Series two years in a row is quite an accomplishment. And while that does not make us feel any better right now, remember you will not be suffering alone. It's me, you, a bottle of Vodka and a tiny dancing bear wearing a pink tutu…oh sorry, I digress… Just find your happy place, go there and do not come out until Spring Training. At least that is what the voices in my head keep telling me…
Congratulations to the Yankees and their fans, especially my Yankee friends here in the MLBlogs community. Enjoy the moment.
By the way, as luck would have it, there was an article printed about me in the local newspaper today about my Phillies-fandom. So, not only do the Phillies lose today, but the reporter totally spelt my name wrong. What does this mean? Tomorrow, total strangers who recognize me from the paper will either console or harass me over this loss. If you see me wandering about with that target on my back, please be kind ;O) Thank you in advance…
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Jenn – You know that RSN was rooting for the Phillies and Pedro last night. It was a tough loss. And sorry about the newspaper getting your name wrong. 🙂
It's all over kid.. Hope you have a nice off season. Get 'em next year! : )
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Nice post. Sorry the Phillies lost, I was rooting for 'em! Nice blog, and congrats on the newspaper article, even if their spellchecker sucks.
Jenn, I love that the newspaper did a feature on you and your fandom, even if they did spell your name wrong! Your guys fought the good fight. It would have been amazing if they'd repeated, knowing how tough that is to do. But they almost made it. Quite an accomplishment.
Great season. Your Phillies are fighters. Believe it or not, I learned to look at Chase Utley in awe. He is a true fighter. Your team really knows how to play in the postseason. My Dodgers are going to have to learn how to do that. Congratulations on a super season.


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*Note that's the suicune that unlocks the Zoroak event on Pokemon Black and White. I'm not offering a Shiny Zoroak.
Looking for Shaymin. Offering Shiny "Zoroak event" suicune. or any breeable pokemon. PM me for offers.
*Note that's the suicune that unlocks the Zoroak event on Pokemon Black and White. I'm not offering a Shiny Zoroak.
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Looking for a timid nature shaymin that's not cloned or hacked and it's legit. I have legendaries for it ( in my signature and I have more then 1 nature of them),volt tackle pichu,bullet punch riolu and more!
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Looking for 2 shaymin, one Land and one that can transform to sky form. See signature for what I can offer.
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I can get UT,UT, I can Egg move bread, I can iv and ev train, can get almost any Pokemon. Don't like hamcked, cloned, or RNGed Pokemon. My Pokemon are all legit. Can almost get any item. Would trade for , Genesect and any shiny Pokemon that is legit.
Can only trade in 5th and 6th gen.
Can now give pokerus in 6th gen only
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Looking for a shaymin for trade!! I have a shiny Groudon,event Darkrai,Genesect,Giratina and mostly every breedable pokemon up for offers B-)
Edited : Already found one,,thanks Hkao!!
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I'm looking for a shaymin that I can get the Gracidea flower for. I've got all kinds of legendaries and event pokemon:
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After all my over 10 years of pokemon got stolen I have a new team xD
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Vivillions: elegant, modern
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