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Winona Republican-Herald, The (Newspaper) - August 17, 1950, Winona, Minnesota Fair, Cooler Tonight and Friday Want to Vote? Register Now at City Recorder's Office VOLUME 50, NO. 154 FIVE CENTS PER COPY W1NONA, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1950 EIGHTEEN PAGES Reds in Power Drive Near Taegu Wiley Charges Russ Baited Trap in Asia Urged U. S. Try To Keep Chinese Reds From Korea Johnson Incompetent, r j c Nearly Ready Commander Says Quit Winona County Fair Program TODAY a. opened; judging started in all departments, continuing throughout the day. p. station barn dance at the grandstand. FRIDAY: 4-H DAY a. open. a. begin; continue until noon in 4-H building. a. contest in nurse's headquarters. a. dress p. High school band p. Leader recognition and parents ceremony. p. musical Vernon Beacons. p. show. .local horses and riders. p. square 4-H club. p. Dress Revue. p. parade. band concert. p. Civic Chorus. p. Square Dancing. p. Champion coronation. p. Musical number Silo Sod Builders and Stockton Pioneer Plungers. p. Martin dancers. p. economics champions award presentation. p Style of queen. p. Civic Chorus. SATURDAY a. Open. p St. Charles band. p, of Hits (horse show, rodeo acts, comedy numbers) grandstand. Farmers racing program combined. p. Charles band concert. p. political talk: Charles L, Halsted. of a. Open. p. municipal band concerto-grandstand. p. parade. p American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps. p, of Hits. political talks by Congressman August Andresen, Val Bjornson and Congressman Law- rence Smith. racing and cham- pionship heats. p. band concert. p. Drum and Bugle Corps. p. of Hits. M The John Francis Shows will be operating on the Midway each day Irojn opening until closing time. Reduced childrens rates rides nine cents. By Oliver W. Dewolf Washington Senator Wiley (R.-Wis.) today called for an all- out effort to keep the Chinese Com- munists out of the South Korean fighting. Saying that the Russians had "baited a trap" in Asia, the rank- ing active Republican member of the Senate foreign relations com- mittee declared in a statement: "The greatest challenge that we now face is to use very ounce of diplomatic strategy that we have in preventing the Chinese Red Ar- mies from becoming involved with us in a titanic struggle. "Such a struggle would bleed us completely dry bleed us of our manpower, bleed us of our arms, bleed us of our economic strength." The United States, he said, must use its friends in the Philippines, India, China and elsewhere to pre- vent the Communists "from at- tempting to stir up a race war against the United States." Wiley said he had asked the ad- ministration for a complete report on its plans to avoid tangling with the Chinese Reds in Korea and Southeast Asia. Wherry Blames Acheson Wiley made no mention of Pres- ident Truman's order to the Sev- enth fleet to defend the island of Formosa, where the Chinese Na- tionalist government is entrenched, against Communist invasion. Neither did he take note of peated Republican demands that the United States send mililaiy supplies to the Nationalists. Senate Republican Leader Wher- ry of Nebraska told the Senate yes- terday that the responsibility for the shedding of American blood in Korea rests with Secretary of State Acheson. He said it had been Acheson's policy to equip only a South Ko- rean police force instead of sup- plying the larger-scale military aid approved by Congress. Wiley hit a similar note in blam- ing the administration for lack of military preparedness and home- front economic and defense plan- ning. "In he said, "all we have is the bluff and bluster of the in- competent, unprepared Democrat- ic administration." The Wisconsin lawmaker defend- ed a statement issued by himself and three other Republican foreign relations cornmitteemen criticizing administration policies in the far east. The statement, issued last week- end and denounced by Democrats as "political ently has ended all bipartisanship in the 13-znember committee which has a major hand in implement- ing foreign policy. "We will not allow the cloak of national unity to be ju-dgtag. exhibits at the 41st annual exposition, around horrible blunders, Wiley Judges started viewing the hundreds of entries Losses in Korea Laid to Prewar Unpreparedness Detroit Commander Clyde E. Lewis of the Veterans of For- eign Wars charges "gross incom- petency" to Secretary of Defense Johnson. He says that Johnson should j leave office or be removed. Lewis denounced Johnson in a speech here last night in which he G.I.'s in Korea Will Be Exempt From Increases By Francis M. Le May Tru- man's "first install- ment" tax boosting bill, expanded} in Congress to put the nation's tax accused the defense secretary of having "gambled" with American j system on virtually a wartime foot- security "in t-fie name of vote-get- was set (or iormai approval by ting 'economy.' He said Johnson had "lost" and added that the secretary "should go" and so should his "little oli- garchy" in tie Defense ment. the Senate finance committee to- day, The V.F.W. chief said that Sec- retary Johnson had left the im- pression that the nation was in 'excellent shape" militarily but the committee expects to write in a that "we stand revealed as unbe- -miwiflr-. pxpmnt.inn. relieving G.I.'s lievably weak." Charges Ignorance or Bad Faith "I indict Lewis said, on a charge of ignorance in not either abysmal recognising the ominous threat of Communist a.g- gression in Asia or of bad faith with United States citizens in not informing them of the great jers we faced." Lewis spoke at the presentation of a citizenship award to Mrs. With Republicans joining Demo- depart- crats in support of the emergency measure, the committee may send it to the Senate with its unanimous blessing. Before acting finally on the bill, specific exemption, relieving G.I.'s fighting the Korean war from pay- ing income taxes, and reducing the tax burden of their officers. It already has approved this idea in principle. The measure increases individual income taxes by about a year, and adds a year to the payments corporations nake to the government. It will bring tax collections from Individ-' uals near to their wartime peak. Fred T. Murphy of Detroit, mother in a move to encourage produc- of Michigan Secretary of State tion to arm America against Corn- Fred M. Alger, Jr. "The war map, as of this rr.om- he said, "is sufficient uroof ,o the average man of the gross inr.ompetency of Louis Johnson." Lewis also charged that Johnson 'repeatedly uttered contradictory and misleading statements" ecu., ceming America's defense. No Defense Plans ment regarding Russia, that "if they hit us at 4 well be at them at and said: "It is now definitely known that there never were any plans made that involved offensive action in ment is to encourage Korea by United States troops, on- ly withdrawal plans." Lewis accused Johnson of a pol- icy of "politics, not preparedness" and said the secretary had Riven Congress 'misinformation and coverup statements." Winona County Fair Judges Busy Today By AI Olson St Charles- It's "J-Day" at the Winona county fair here The Pilot of this Navy Corsair fighter plane, damaged by enemy- antiaircraft fire over Korea, manages to make a one-wheel landing aboard a U. S. carrier operating off the Korean coast and comes to a stop, nose down. (A.P. Wirephoto to The Republican-Herald.) munist aggression, the committee yesterday expanded the scope of thej measure, to restore a system used in World. War II. Under this plan, facilities built or acquired for emergency profluc- tion would be given, special tax treatment. They could write off fn five per cent a entire cost of the facilities as de-i European Assembly Deadlocked on Plan Three Divisions Attack Along Central Front Marines Battle For Foothold on Slaughterhouse Hill Relman Morin Tokyo Three divisions of Red Koreans to a power attack to- day on the Korean central front. The drive was made down from a line between Wargwan and. Kun- wui. 15 miles north of Taegu, the !South Korean emergency capital. i The Bed invaders poured through 'mountain passes and were report- ed wiiliin 15 miles ol the provision- al capital. South Koreans control roads in ;that area. There is no river barrier along this new line between the Reds and Allied troops. It is on the east side of the Naktong. Taegu is shielded by a high ridge or steep mountains. The Reds faced winding moun- tain passes before the provisional. South Korean capital. Serious Attack The sudden thrust was described by U. S. 8th Army headquarters as the "most serious one to the United Nations in Korea." I It followed a massed bombing I attack by 98 B-29s Wednesday was aimed to slow the Red offensive. j A.P. Correspondent Leif Erick- json at 8th Army headquarters in Korea said the North Koreans were attacking with between JOOO and troops. In the path o{ the invaders two South Korean divisions. The sudden outburst to the north developed after U. S. Marines and ithe U. s. 24th infantry division He mentioned Johnson's state-jductions from gross income before) computing income taxes. Under present tax law, normal depreciation lor such facilities' might take 20 years or more. The idea of the special tax treat- Aide Defends Secretary bly By Philip Clarke Strasbourg, of the 15-nation European assem- to strove today to breafc their .deadlock over plans for a unified European army. jumped off with a counter-attack' in the Reds' Cbangnyong river- crossing bulge in a bloody effort drive the enemy tack across The assembly's general affairs committee, headed by former French up a steep hm Premier Georges Bidault, met for the second straight day behind closed 23 mjles doors It had before it a detailed plan by Duncan Sandys, Winston I industry to get quickly into the business of (Churchill's son-in-law, superseding producing whatever the armedlthe Brussels military pact and set- forces need. The committee also worked outjfense ministry. special corporation tax rates lor! British laborites, joined by 1950 income. It said that on from Sweden, Norway, Ire-' Iting up a European, army and de- of 1950 corporation income, the tax rates will be: land and Iceland, stoutly opposed the plan. They argued it had no On the first of place on agenda of the assem- 23 per cent; on all over blv sjnce it had not originated in per cent. Alexandria. Va. Paul H. Griffith, assistant secretary of de- fense said today that tne dollar costs of the Korean fighting would be greater than they are "if wei had not. in months past, learned] to get the greatest amount, of de- fense fcr every dollar_ spent." Griffith described Defense Johnson criticized by ous economies, as "the most fin- Man Drowns Near Hatfield the assembly's steering commit- tee of foreign ministers. British Conservatives, led by Sandys, demanded that the assem- bly meet the threat of Russian ag- gression by placing a concrete plan for an Army before all the Hatfield, Wis- Dragging andj .itical about Mrs, Mary These Britishers were joined by I Hoofs claims that the Blessed the Naktong. The Marine-Army attack roared near Changnyong, southwest of Taegu. Fierce Fighting i The Changnyong fighting was of the war. A.P. Correspondent Don White- hiead said the Marines advanced Sever a savagely contested slope. j He said it was the type of fight Marines made to the Pacific in line second world war. A. P. Correspondent Jack Mac- iBeth reported from the 24th in'an- ilry positions the doughboys were j digging in for a possible counter-al- Uack from river-crossing jReds in tile bridgehead during jThursday night. La. Crossc, Wis. The Tlle Marines were withdrawn 27 man Catholic church still is skep-! miles from their Korean south Anna Van-coastal gains and moved to the river line to meet the Church Remains Skeptical of Necedah Story cere, honest and capable executive river near Hatfleld, as a crew of roen and women carry on the Iong and dlfflcult that ran be found any place in the world." Griffith said in a speech prepat- foi' the annual convention asserted. Ask Permanent 17. N. Force Wherry's blast today was set off by a statement made by Chair- man "Tydings (D.-Md.) of the Sen- ale armed services committee. Tydings told the Senate that the United States has spent 000 on South Korea since World War n, and that approximately S56.000.000 of it was specifically for military use. He said he obtained the figures from the Defense department to reply to the charge that the Unit- ed States has shipped only worth of wire to South Korea. This charge has been made by, a number of Republican lawmak- ers since the outbreak of the Ko- rean fighting. In another foreign relations de-j velopment, a bipartisan group of senators got back of a move to spur the United Nations into estab- lishing a permanent military police Senator Sparkman (D.-Ala.) said he would join in sponsoring a re- solution asking President Truman to take steps to such Mundt (R.-S.D.) said he thought the resolution would be in- troduced within a few days. The force would be made up of volunteers from nations other than the United States, Great Britain. France, Russia and China. at 9 a. m. and theiri Guard Trains Strenuously At Ripley Camp Ripley, Minn. The in Korea is providing a spur to the current training program of Minnesota's National Guardsmen. Brigadier General Joseph WEATHER FEDERAL FORECASTS Winona and vicinity: Fair and cooler tonight. Fair and continued cool Friday. Low tonight 55; nigh Friday 16. LOCAL WEATHER work will not be done until late afternoon or early evening. Several trends were indicated as entry day came to a close last night, according to Jerry Mahaffey, fair secretary: (1) Heavy draft horse en- tries are down; race horses up a trend towards lighter a show stock breeding. (2) 4-H exhibits are the largest in years. (3) Cattle both 4-H and open up. (4} Vegetable entries are so large every bit of available space has been pressed into service. (5) Flower and handicraft ex- I hibits arc much bigger this year, j Gates for the 1950 fair opened) state adjutant general, said 8 a. m. today and from now un-i ..It department icar, Legion: to sav that day in Lake ATbutus on the Black Greece and the Saar. The DanishjWednesday. leans, if any, doubt the nscessitv ci miUtary expansion at an accel- erated rc'te, regardless or cost The youth, diving from a raft with three companions, about p. m. yesterday. The .tion lake is formed by the Mississippi of the valley Public Service Company dam on the river. It is about 40 feet deep the place of the accident. delegation was divided over issue. The thel and fast at spearhead an Amer- agaiiist the 12-day- iold Red bridgehead over the riv- The spokesman, who asked below changnyonfr. The town ihis name be withheld, ivas one 23 miles southwest of Taegu, full assembly voted 89 to 5, a party of six official diocesan ob-iSoutij Korea's emergency capital. 27 abstentions, last Friday in servers on hand at noon Tuesday) Marines fought iu their favor of Churchill's proposal the 41-year-old woman battle of the war. A. P. create a unified European armyjshe had seen her seventh vision oil Correspondent Stan Swinlon, with co-operation with the States and Canada. However, it should be a source of i unable to pull him to shore or onto pleasure to the taxpayer that the ithe raft. There is no lifeguard at rost in dollars will not be so Exeat as would be the case if we had 'The other young man. Dick The proposal then was consider- lace. also from Neillsville, reached ed by an assembly subcommittee Snyder in diving for him but was Um'tedjthe mother of Goci. A crowd 25th infantry division left to at persons had the south coastal area, re- ered about the farm, but, only Mrs.ip01.lccj a buildup of the Red forces not, in the months past, learned to amount of defense for every dollar spent." i Reds Slay 32 American Prisoners the lake. on security, where it was approv- Van Hoof reported seeing vision. ed by only a one-vote margin, and; The spokesman said three said an about the woman's story positions with one abstention. shattered by U. S. forces before Ithe Marines were withdrawn, attack on U. S. west of Masan, Informed assembly sources talk following the so- 27 airline miles east of Pusan. the Sheriffs Edward Rockney of Jack-a compromise solution may be called vision was a garbled i TJ. S. seaport on the south- on county and Ray Kutsche Sandys, however, one she gave in after an-jeastern up of the Korean penin- Clark county are in charge of the '--'her words were contradictory, andi Battle of Position what he termed unusual persons' The Korean wariront was in the inner sanctum sur-'rapjfjiy becoming a battle of po- recovery operations. The youth, employed at Eockford, 111., was vis- iting his mother, Mrs. Louise Sny- der, at Keillsville on his vacation, ijoiut high command. rounding Mrs. Van Hoof. of the 47th (Viking) taking their annual field lessons i division Sunday night when the big show ends thousands of persons more seriously this year than at any will be attracted to the grounds time since the end of World War II. "This spirit shows up in willingness of the troops to spend from dawn to dusk, daily if neces- sary, familiarizing themselves with new weapons on the numerous Camp Ripley target the general said, While no calls have been issued as yet putting any Minnesota Guard units into active service, "We don't 4-H Day Friday One of the biggest days will be tne for the first time in fair history at St. Charles the county 4-H clubs will take over the complete day's pro- gram. 4-H Day, as it is called, is be- tried as an experiment, and if successful will be advocated by the state 4-H club department for other county fairs in Minnesota. eral reported. In use yesterday were a half dozen ranges, including tank artil- ilery, mortar, bazooka and rifle. s in hours ending at a m. infantry regiment Maximum, 96; minimum, 70, tenk battaJIoni in addition to nu- noon. 12: precipitation, trace: sun ja, mits. sets tonight at sun rises to- morrow at know where the present world crisis proceeds from the afternoon and will lead he continued. j evening grandstand shows go to, As a result, instructors are stress-! 4_H a building! ing the importance of men learning j_ Local talent will over thoroughly the weapons they entertainine job at both pro- assigned "and the troops are taking that advice in good the gen- grams. Fair officials and leaders of the county extension service are eagerly awaiting results of the program- to learn whether home talent has mortar, oazoosa ana rnie. o rtrawine twwer as trav- Offlcial observations for the 24 in tralni lnclude the tSch ,urs ending at 12 m. today: in{ regiment and 194th eling troupes tmich Additional weather on Page 4- The 47th division artillery arrives over the weekend to add its din to the barrages already under way. customarily play at .the fair. Entertainment of the latter typei has been fay-passed this year here. (Continued on Page 3, Column 5) FAIB By Hal Boyle Wth U.S. First Cavalry, Ko- rea Thirty-two American prisoners with hands tied be- hind their tacks were shot dead today by Red Koreans on a hill nest of Waegwan just before a U. S. patrol reached the spot. The Reds tried to kill 37 pris- oners in all. But five lived
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Electrochemical Detection of Single-Nucleotide Mismatches: Application of M-DNA
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|DNA sensors, DNA mismatch, M-DNA, AC impedance
|The detection of a single-nucleotide mismatch in a 20 base pair duplex DNA, using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, is presented. Mismatched DNA monolayers on Au electrodes were studied as normal duplex DNA (B-DNA) and after conversion to zinc metalated duplex DNA (M-DNA). Modeling of the impedance data to an equivalent circuit provides parameters that are useful in discriminating each monolayer configuration. The conversion to M-DNA caused a decrease in the resistance to charge transfer (RCT). Contrary to expectations, RCT for B-DNA was also found to decrease for duplexes containing a mismatch. Further, a method to form loosely-packed single-stranded (ss)-DNA monolayers, by duplex dehybridization, that are able to rehybridize to target strands, was developed. Rehybridization efficiencies were in the range of 40-70%. Under incomplete hybridization conditions, the RCT was the same for matched and mismatched duplexes under B-DNA conditions. However, the difference in RCT between B- and M-DNA, under incomplete hybridization, still provided a distinction. The RCT for a perfect duplex was 76(12) Ohm•cm2, whereas a mismatch in the middle of the sequence yielded a RCT value of 30(15) Ohm•cm2. The detection limit was measured and the impedance methodology reliably detected single DNA base pair mismatches at concentrations as low as 100 pM.
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Shoppers in Washington were shocked to be joined by none other than President Barack Obama at a small independent Washington bookstore.
The father-of-two was accompanied by daughters Malia and Sasha on his annual outing to support independent traders on Small Business Saturday.
The event is held after Thanksgiving to encourage shoppers to support local businesses when the bigger stores have their annual sales on.
The First Family this year joined shoppers in Politics and Prose, a small locally-owned store in Northwest Washington.
They were seen buying more than 20 books including 'The Kite Runner' by Khaled Hosseini and 'Red Sparrow' by Jason Matthews.
Joking with staff, the President laughed: "It's a long list. I've got books for every age group, from five to 52."
He then went on to pay with his credit card.
The trio posed for pictures and wished onlookers a "great holiday" before leaving.
Earlier in the day, Obama had taken a break from watching a basketball game to Tweet: "When our small businesses do well, our communities do well.
"Join me and visit a small business near you today to celebrate #SmallBizSat,"
The campaign was launched by credit card company American Express and the day aims to encourage Americans to spend their holiday shopping money at small businesses.
The first ever Small Business Saturday will be held in the UK next Saturday on December 7.


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November 17, 2007
If You Get Your Paycheck A Few Weeks Early – Be Careful!
My wife is an educator and she normally gets her paycheck on the last day of each month. But, in November and December, she gets her paycheck a couple of weeks early, due to the fact that school will be out for Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. In the past, we would look forward to this "early money", because we were living "paycheck-to-paycheck". But, inevitably, when January rolled around, we would be struggling to make it to January 31st! November's and December's paychecks would have long-been-spent, and we'd be using our credit cards to help fill the "paycheck gap".
Sound familiar?
If you get your paycheck a few weeks early, be careful! Do not treat this money as a "bonus" and go crazy. I know folks who will spend every dollar of their December paycheck before January 1st – and then they have to go through all of January, using credit cards to 'make ends meet'. This 'strategy' (or lack thereof) will put them behind for an entire year!
Now, because we have an emergency fund and a budget, it really doesn't matter to us "when" we get paid. Our budget is based on our annual salaries, and bills are broken down into monthly categories. So, even though we might receive a paycheck on the 21st, money from that paycheck will not be allocated for expenses until the 31st.
Using a budget helps to keep things in perspective!
If you are looking for an easy-to-use budget solution, consider the YNAB Personal Budget system. YNAB is a spreadsheet-based system that I've been using (with great success) for more than 2 years. (YNAB has been a sponsor of No Credit Needed for more than 2 years – and I proudly promote it!)
If you want to read more about creating a budget, check out a few of these articles I've written:
How To Live On A Budget If You Have Irregular Income
How To Create A Simple, Easy To Use Budget
My wife is also an educator but she gets paid on the 5th and 20 of every month so we don't have to worry about this. I remember a few years back when I used to work for a community college and they did the same thing with their paychecks at the end of the year, it was very frustrating.
Great post!
I love YNAB and they have a wonderful community to pose questions and to hold you accountable for your goals.
Thanks, I'm going to pass this on to my mother. She gets paid on a monthly basis and this issomething that could happen with her.
Hi NCN,
A Christmas fund and a well-planned budget does make things more easier when it comes to paying for regular expenses and at the same time doing something extra to enjoy the festive season.
As for me, I usually prefer a Christmas club account wherein I can keep aside some cash every month when i get my paycheck. And, I attend the post-Christmas sales thereby buying a lot of stuff at a cheaper price compared what they're sold off just before the Christmas. I've just sorted out what I need to keep in mind and what are the things that can help me stay cool an frugal at the same time helping me control my expenses. Take a look at the 51 Tips on a stress-free Christmas at http://www.mortgagefit.com/budgeting/51tips-christmas.html
Merry Christmas!
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David Cox: The truth is that the genre can't handle the intrusion of the real world
David Cox: Jerry Bruckheimer has produced the ultimate satire on the kind of films that have made him rich
David Cox: It's time for cinema to lay off presenting women as freaks
David Cox: As the boy wizard grows up, it's time for us all to break free from his spell
David Cox: Sacha Baron Cohen's humour depends on exploiting the hypocrisy, cruelty and dim-wittedness of his audiences
David Cox: Michael Mann's celebration of amorality in the Great Depression chimes disquietingly with the spirit of our times
David Cox: Harold Ramis's plan to sacrifice adult laughs for youthful bums on seats hasn't really worked out
David Cox: The appeal of Transformers relies on its audiences' affection as much as its overblown action and effects
David Cox: In reaching for a wider audience, Ken Loach delivers an offensive message about the disadvantaged people he depicts
David Cox: The decline of the Terminator franchise suggests that a hunger for something in cinemagoers is going unmet – ideas. It's not computers we're scared of any more. What about financial collapse, climate change, bioterrorism?
David Cox: It's the frolicsome fun of the catfight with Beyoncé Knowles and Ali Larter that is drawing the crowds
David Cox: Unlike its Hollywood counterparts, this British teen comedy slasher has something useful to say
David Cox: The Da Vinci Code follow-up is set to fuel the belief that Catholicism is incompatible with modernity
Why it's France that's the passion-killer for Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend in Stephen Frears's new film
David Cox: This Matthew McConaughey rom-com, like most of its predecessors, poses a dangerous threat to the wellbeing of womankind
David Cox: Don't hold the front page. The future of journalism may be less gloomy than State of Play's vision of the future of newspapers
David Cox: Alastair Campbell was right – In the Loop's vision of how our world is ruled is infantile and destructive
David Cox: As our love for all things auto runs out of juice in the real world, the surprise success of Fast & Furious 4 suggests cinema's crush on the car has actually accelerated
David Cox: Richard Curtis's tale of radio pirates doesn't just depict the end of deference in the swinging 60s, it is a true product of it
David Cox: Brian Clough's family were right to object to The Damned United: it is a cliched fiction that dares to masquerade as truth
The passion displayed by The Age of Stupid is no substitute for the intelligence that effective propaganda requires
David Cox: Not Quite Hollywood, Mark Hartley's documentary about the Ozploitation movies of the 1970s, suggests that for Aussie film-makers, going with the much-derided antipodean psyche can be an artistic strength
David Cox: Documentaries can impose on those who appear in them a narrative all of their own
David Cox: The Class raises the question of whether traditional education is compatible with contemporary values
David Cox: Confessions of a Shopaholic isn't just an embarrassing anachronism – it could help save the world
David Cox: Danny Boyle's dazzling Oscar shoo-in is a masterpiece of manipulation and exploitation
David Cox: His new comedy is drawing relieved praise from critics and moviegoers, but he's the last person to be able to explain why it works
David Cox: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are re-educating cinemagoers about romance
David Cox: It's partly the fault of Frostie – Sir David may have vanquished Richard Nixon, but he too let down democracy
Chandni Chowk to China may herald a threat to Hollywood's stranglehold on the world's movie screens
David Cox: Edward Zwick's film turns Jews from victims into action heroes. How long before Hollywood does the same for Muslims?
David Cox: The effectiveness of The Reader depends on the cinematic flair of the Third Reich's founder
Film blog Good on yer, AustraliaDavid Cox
Baz Luhrmann's much-derided epic has something important to say, but not about his country
David Cox: Hunter S Thompson's dreary story carries no useful message for today
David Cox: Visitors from other worlds - Klaatu of The Day the Earth Stood Still included - should take their admonitions to more responsive planets


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In the Griffs' MAAC Tournament bid-clinching victory against the Red Foxes, Callahan recorded 11 saves on 16 Marist shots on goal. His .688 save percentage is his highest mark of the 2012 campaign, while his 11 saves matches a season high. The senior was at his best with the game on the line, allowing one goal in a 41-minute stretch after Marist tied the contest at three, including a 29:06 scoreless streak as Canisius built a 6-3 advantage.
Callahan earned the weekly accolade for the second time in his career. A three-year starter for the Griffs, the Orchard Park native has accumulated 281 career saves and a 10.31 career goals against average - the fourth-best mark in the program' history.
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Last thursday, I attended the museum premiere of We Want Miles, a multimedia retrospective of the musical career of the legendary Miles Davis, presented at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. As you'll see in the video above, I had the chance to meet Miles Davis' son and nephew, on top of chatting with the ever-charming director of the MMFA, Nathalie Bondil.
For my long-awaited rendez-vous with Miles, I had slipped on one of my prettiest dresses and toured the exhibition, surrounded by gripping sounds and stirring images of the famous jazz icon. Paintings by Basquiat and photographs by artists such as Anton Corbijn, Irving Penn and Annie Leibovitz hung on walls as a testimony of Miles' impact, not only on music, but on the entire art world.
I walked through the dimly-lit rooms (eight of them to be exact – all representing chronological periods of Mile's life), and for a few seconds, pretended to be Jeanne Moreau. Yet instead of looking for my Julien through tall glass windows, I was staring at a glass box that served as a niche for the stunning Martin Committee trumpet that Miles used in the 50s. (The sax to the left belonged to John Coltrane).
My mind was clearly directing its own black and white film as I got lost envisioning the life of that trumpet. Did it have a name? When Miles first put his hands on it, did he play it right away, or did he look at it the way one contemplates a lover at first sight? Where had it been and which stranger had been moved by its melodies? Did it quiver on lonely nights?
The last time Miles Davis was in Montreal was in 1991, just a few months before his death. I would have loved to see Miles perform, but I did not have this chance. In 1991, Miles Davis was a stranger to me. I was an elementary school girl enthralled by the music of Jodeci, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men. Little did I know, Miles Davis was an integral part of their music, and in that sense, I've been a Miles Davis fan for much longer than I can remember.
Perhaps Miles Davis and I have not shared the same lifetime – physically. Perhaps, I have never seen him perform. I never will. However tonight, through the wonderfully rich exhibition that is "We Want Miles", I feel as though I've finally met him: the Picasso of Jazz. The one who has absorbed styles, surpassed trends and reinvented the history of music five times over.
Miles Davis is in town. You would have to be crazy to be in Montreal and miss out on the opportunity to encounter the spirit of such a genius.
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What's it made of? Worth it? Do you use it a lot?
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
What's it made of? Worth it? Do you use it a lot?
I don't know how I ever managed without mine - I just wish it were bigger! It's around 5' x 6' and it covers an entire wall of my (tiny!) sewing room, down to the radiator. I have to stand on a step ladder to reach the top. We just made a frame out of some 2" x 1" timber and staple gunned some extra wide flannel over it. It hangs on the wall on two square hooks so can be lifted down easily if I want to put it somewhere to stand back and look from a distance - my room is so narrow that I can only get about 3' away, if I sit on my desk with my head in the bookshelves!
What I will do differently (when we've finished converting the attic and I move into my new, much larger room!Hooray!) is put something behind the flannel like some fibre board so it doesn't flap about when I'm juggling layouts.
Mine is made from a 4'x6' foam core board from Home depot covered in a thin batting or you can use white felt. I hang it on the wall with the 3M hooks that stick to the wall, but can be removed without damage. It is great. Probably cost under $10.00 total. The nice thing is it will just hold your squares or you can pin them on it because it is about 1/2" thick.
Use mine all the time.
Mine is made out of felt. I hung it up over a wide 3' closet with curtain rods. The doors are in the attic as after we had a fire, they used cheap stuff. Inside the closet is my stash, NOT ORGANIZED YET!
At first the blocks didn't stick properly so I used a hairbrush to loosen the nap. It works perfectly, and covers up the inside of the closet.
I think I will use K3n's advise and put a piece of wood at the bottom as my cat likes to walk back and forth and peak through the bottom of the felt. (Thanks for the advise).
I like the idea of just taking off the curtain rod and folding away when not in use, which hasn't been the case yet.
Jan, if you hemmed the bottom and stuck a batten or another curtain rod through it, I guess the weight would make it hang straight, discourage nosy kitty (LOL) and you could still roll it up. I think I might make a second one like this once I move upstairs that I can put up (maybe on DH's office side of the room tee hee!) when I need the extra space, so thank YOU right back!
I depend on mine alot! I get finished blocks up on the wall as soon as I can, not only is it pretty, but you can see how far you've actually gotten. Mine is about 5x6, just some white felt I picked up at the second hand store, framed out with these great old wooden yard sticks from a fabric store that used to be in town somewhere; the phone number on the yard sticks is: telegraph1-6987, or something like that; haven't heard a number like that since I was a child! what a hoot!
One day I'd love to have a design wall. In the meantime, since I make a lot of minis, I stretched, wrapped, and stapled white flannel on a large oil painting canvas. It can be hung, but I like the portability of it.
I use the back of two vinyl table cloths and hang it on the wall using thumb tacks. My only available space is in the dinning room so when I am finish it is very easy to take down and it is really cheap.
I cannot complete a quilt without it. It is much better than the floor or on the bed because it can stay on the design wall until I have the top done - away from the doggy furries.
I dont have any suitable wall space except for our landing, as we have lots of sloping ceilings - so hubby put some cup hooks along the length at the top. I stapled warm and natural over a length of dowelling, dropped it into the hooks and now have the whole length, and height, of that wall. Fabrics hold on it, I only put pins in if something is heavy. It's great because every time I walk past I can move something around.
I have 2 4x8 foot thin wood panels (used to be backing from a bookcase) that I use as my design/pinning wall. I drape a blanket on it when using it as a design wall. I use office binding clips to hold blanket on it. Then when I need to sandwich a quilt, I use binding clips and tape to hold layers up on it to pin. since I have no wall space available, I store them behind the hutch when not using.


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A Day of Reflection, A Legacy Commemorated
On October 16, 2011, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial - the first national monument constructed in honor of a person of color - was offically dedicated in a special ceremony. President Barack Obama, NAACP President & CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous, NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock and NAACP Chairman Emeritus Julian Bond were among the notables who joined the thousands of civil rights activists from across the country for the monumental occasion.
From Dr. King's sister Christine and children Bernice and Martin III, to friends and fellow Civil Rights Movement activists Chairman Bond, Congressman John Lewis and Former UN Ambassador & Mayor of Atlanta Andrew Young, speakers flooded those in attendance with their memories and anecdotes on King's life and the impact his lasting legacy continues to have on our nation. Reknowned poet Nikki Giovanni recited a piece reflecting on King's legacy, while legendary musicians Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin were just two of several musical artists who performed at the Dedication.
President Obama also gave remarks during the dedication. Said Obama:
"As tough as times may be, I know we will overcome. I know there are better days ahead. I know this because of the man towering over us. I know this because all he and his generation endured -- we are here today in a country that dedicated a monument to that legacy.
And so with our eyes on the horizon and our faith squarely placed in one another, let us keep striving; let us keep struggling; let us keep climbing toward that promised land of a nation and a world that is more fair, and more just, and more equal for every single child of God."
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Great job! After the fairies have cleaned your room send them here.HUGS
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Great job! After the fairies have cleaned your room send them here.HUGS
Can you come to my house now ?
Don't you just love having your own space.
It always feels good to get things how you want them to be. I hope you will enjoy being in your room now. Love the guitar quilt in progress.
You have lots of space to be creative. Love the Sunbonnet Sue. Do I see a doll bed witha quilt for it.
It looks like a very cozy space to create in. Enjoy and if those elves show up, let me know and I'll send my address to you to pass it on to them.
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Looks great.
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This life is the only one you get - enjoy it before you lose it.
Very nice sewing room! What an interesting place for me to visit! I also have an old treadle machine (minus the machine) and would like to strip the wood desk off and just use the iron stand. What did you top it with? It looks like marble in the photo. I bet it makes a really sturdy table. I would like to use it for my serger.
"I'm singing in the rain!......"
Glad you got your sewing room to create! Looks like you have a great space.


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TR (ANNC): coming up later on many of these radio stations, Rainbow Motor Oil and the Rainbow Family of automotive products brings you: Dave Underwood, Underwater Dermatologist.
SS: The sun's going down, Dr. Underwood. And our oxygen tanks are nearly empty. I'm afraid we're going to have to leave that dolphin for another time.
GK: We still have fifteen minutes of oxygen left, Maureen. And that dolphin is in need of professional skin care. The reason I gave up my lucrative practice doing lid lifts and Botox for aging TV stars and took up veterinary dermatology was that I care, Maureen. .
SS: Sometimes I think you care too much, Dr. Underwood.
GK: What is that supposed to mean, Maureen?
SS: We can't play God, Doctor.
GK: Today, Maureen, we treated three sea turtles for eczema. And a squid with cystic acne. A killer whale with hives. And now we're after a dolphin with psoriasis. We're going down, Maureen. C'mon, let's go. (DIVE, BUBBLES, SCUBA)
GK (THROUGH MASK): Remember, dolphins can be playful, Maureen. They're likely to remove your bikini if you're not careful.
SS (THROUGH MASK): I wish somebody would, Dr. Underwood.
GK (THROUGH MASK): What was that? I can't hear you.
SS (THROUGH MASK): I asked if that buoy is wood……
GK (THROUGH MASK): Come on Maureen. Let's find that dolphin and deal with his psoriasis. He's probably lurking around this pier.
SS (THROUGH MASK): What do you treat psoriasis with?
GK (THROUGH MASK): We give him a shot of thyrotrophin to stimulate endorphins and apply paraffin to the psoriasis and peel it off.
SS (THROUGH MASK): I didn't know dolphins have endorphins.
GK (THROUGH MASK): We all do, Maureen. It's one thing that makes us feel good.
SS (THROUGH MASK): I know of another, Dr. Underwood.
GK (THROUGH MASK): What was that?
SS (THROUGH MASK): Do puffins have endorphins? Or bluefins?
GK (THROUGH MASK): I don't believe so. Look Maureen—there he is. Grab his fin, would you. (DOLPHIN) Easy, boy. Easy. Got him?
SS (THROUGH MASK): I think so. I don't know what I'm holding onto, though. Is it some sort of fin?
SS (THROUGH MASK): Hey----- get your beak out of there----
GK (THROUGH MASK): Anesthetic ointment please. Just a little on my finger. (SPLORT) Perfect. And hand me the hypodermic-----
SS (THROUGH MASK): Uh oh. Dr. Underwood—I think my oxygen is out. I'm feeling dizzy, and lightheaded. (SEXY DOLPHIN) Stop poking me.
GK (THROUGH MASK): Come here, Maureen. You'll have to share my mask with me. Here. You can fit your head right in there. Next to my head.
SS (THROUGH MASK): But Doctor----
GK (THROUGH MASK): We'll make it work, Maureen. Quick. But don't let go of the dolphin. (DOLPHIN)
SS (THROGH MASK): Well….okay.
SS (CLOSE): Hello.
GK (CLOSE): Hello.
SS (CLOSE): Are you sure you can work like this?
GK (CLOSE): Sure.
SS (CLOSE): I'm not in your way, am I?
GK (CLOSE): No, I'm fine.
SS (CLOSE): You have beautiful eyes. ---- I am very lightheaded.
GK (CLOSE): The dolphin, Maureen. Try to focus.
SS (CLOSE): Kiss me.
GK (CLOSE): Maureen, you don't really mean this. It's not love, it's lack of oxygen.
GK (CLOSE): Now I'm afraid you've used up my oxygen. I'm feeling light-headed too. What are you doing? (DOLPHIN) You evil beast---- No. No.
SS (CLOSE): Oh Doctor. Oh---------
TR (ANNC): That's coming up later on Dave Underwood, Underwater Dermatologist. On many of these stations.
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Lovingly selected from the earliest archives of A Prairie Home Companion, this heirloom collection represents the music from earliest years of the now legendary show: 1974–1976. With songs and tunes from jazz pianist Butch Thompson, mandolin maestro Peter Ostroushko, Dakota Dave Hull and the first house band, The Powdermilk Biscuit Band (Adam Granger, Bob Douglas and Mary DuShane).


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Category:Bahá'í Arc
English: The Arc is a number of Bahá'í administrative buildings at the Bahá'í World Centre on Mount Carmel located at Haifa, Israel. They include the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, the Seat of the International Teaching Centre, the International Archives, and the Centre for the Study of the Sacred Texts. A fifth building, the International Bahá'í Library, has yet to be built.
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
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Congrats, Hope it serves you well.
This is a discussion on Decision made w/ pics within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Thanks for all the advice while I was pondering my new addition. Wife was really understanding about this. I need another gun. My first handgun ...
Thanks for all the advice while I was pondering my new addition. Wife was really understanding about this. I need another gun. My first handgun was in 1989 a GP100. P380 a few weeks ago. And today the Sig 238 in 9mm. I narrowed it down to either a G19 or the Sig. I really liked the Glock and will probably be my next gun. Just could not pass on the Sig. Enjoy the pics wish I was better with the camera.
Nice collection of weapons. Congrats!!!! You've got some fine hardware there. Enjoy, and give us a range report.
Know Guns, Know Safety, Know Peace.
No Guns, No Safety, No Peace.
Nice guns like the Ruger the best.
I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness,
nor the arrow for its swiftness,
nor the warrior for his glory.
I love only that which they defend.
-J.R.R. Tolkien
I love quality....buy right, buy once!
very nice collection!
Excellent collection. You have some great choices there.
Nice collection - ought to cover pretty much every handgun need nicely.
A man fires a rifle for many years, and he goes to war. And afterward he turns the rifle in at the armory, and he believes he's finished with the rifle. But no matter what else he might do with his hands - love a woman, build a house, change his son's diaper - his hands remember the rifle.
I love my Sigs, I'm glad someone else has joined the club. Skip the Glock and start investing in more Sigs :)
I suggest you go back and place an order.
Unlike Women, Booze and Drugs you can never have too many guns.
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Accuracy ALWAYS WINS! So carry what you can hit with.
If you find yourself in a fair fight your tactics stink.
Congrats on the Sig, and the Glock would make a great 'next purchase'.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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New / Changed OE SRT8 pads?
Just ordered the WK2 SRT8 Brembo setup for my Durango...
From my supplier:
CHRYSLER CHANGED THE 6814427AA TO 68144427AB and price went up to $460 list - $322 sale price!?
Anyone know why or whats different? Pad composition, TSB or issues fixed, or just plain
price increase?
I wanted the OE brembo front pads because noise and dust aside, there were no other front pads available that the consesus agreed on that provided equal or better performance of the OE "brembo" pads, and $160 was a decent price. Also I wanted to feel the OE performamce for myself at least once to use as a benchmark for possible future alternative pads like the so-called OE equivalent Bendix (Jurid) that cost only $30 lol
For rears I compromised and took a risk and ordered $50 stop-tech pads - but for fronts I wanted the Brembo to go with the brembo calipers and rotors at least to start
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Rajon Rondo scored 18 points and handed out seven assists while Kevin Garnett added 18 points and seven rebounds before his ejection as the Celtics snapped a four-game skid with a 94-75 win over the Pacers Friday night at TD Garden. Jared Sullinger provided valuable inside presence with a team high 10 rebounds in 30 minutes before fouling out, as the Celtics improved to 15-17 on the season. The Celtics held the Pacers to 27-of-85 shooting from the field (31.8 percent) and a season-low 75 points.
The Celtics started off the game shooting just 25 percent, making five of their first 20 shots from the floor. But their defense and the rebounding presence inside from Jared Sullinger kept Indiana equally as cold. The Celtics finished the first quarter shooting just 29.2 percent on 7-of-24 from the field but the Pacers made just 7-of-20 and the Celtics trailed by only one, 16-15, after 12 minutes.
With the Pacers leading 20-19 with just over 10 minutes left in the first half, the Celtics went on a 17-3 run to assume control. Sullinger had five rebounds and Rondo had 10 points in the second quarter as Celtics built their lead up to 15 several times, taking a 47-35 lead at the half. The Celtics defense was the star of the first half, holding the Pacers to 14-of-44 (31.8 percent) shooting from the field.
The Celtics continued their defensive dominance in the third quarter as Indiana shot just 7-of-23 in the period, helping Boston build its lead to 20 several times. The Celtics took a 69-51 lead into the fourth quarter.
With the lead down to 16, Jason Terry and Garnett responded with baskets to push the lead back to 20, 73-53. With 8:24 left in the game, Garnett was called for a flagrant '2' foul and was ejected for his foul on Tyler Hansbrough. While Doc Rivers and Paul Pierce expressed their disgust, Garnett made his way off the court to a standing ovation. Moments later, Hansbrough went baseline for a slam dunk that made it 79-59 and he was booed the rest of the game. Hansbrough led the Pacers with 19 points off the bench.
With the lead up to 22 points and the play growing increasingly chippy, Rivers pulled all of his starters for the final six minutes, with the exception of Brandon Bass, who was inserted into the starting lineup before the game for Jason Collins. Bass finished with just four points. The Celtics have little time to savor the win as they play in Atlanta Saturday night against the Hawks. They play in New York on Monday against the Knicks before taking on the Suns and Rockets next Wednesday and Friday at TD Garden.
For a full breakdown of the game, click here for the Fast Break [1]. For complete coverage from Mike Petraglia and Ben Rohrbach from the Garden, visit the Celtics team page at weei.com/celtics [2].
[1] http://greenstreet.weei.com/sports/boston/basketball/celtics/2013/01/04/kevin-garnett-celtics-lay-smackdown-on-pacers/
[2] http://www.weei.com/celtics


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IDF Lt. Col. Shaul Eisner, who was filmed over the weekend hitting a Danish protester with his rifle butt in the Jordan Valley, was dismissed from his position on Wednesday.
IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz decided to dismiss Eisner, after the recommendations of GOC Central Command Nitzan Alon and Sami Turgeman, commander of the Israel Defense Forces' ground forces, on the grounds that the attack was a "moral failure."
Gantz said that an investigation into the incident revealed operational failures in the preparation of IDF soldiers for the protest bike ride in which the activist took part as well as in the soldiers' handling of the confrontation that erupted.
Eisner, who was due to receive the rank of first lieutenant, will be transferred to a senior staff position and will be barred from carrying out any command position in the IDF in the next two years. Starting 2014, Einser will be able to return to a command position, should he fulfill the necessary requirements.
Video footage posted on YouTube showed Eisner, deputy commander of the IDF's Jordan Valley brigade, striking Danish activist Andreas Ias in the face with an M-16 rifle during a cycle rally near Jericho in the West Bank.
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The Life of Jose Rizal: Philippine Patriot HTML version
Rizal's Early Childhood
JOSE PROTASIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALONZO REALONDA, the seventh child of Francisco
Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandro and his wife, Teodora Morales Alonzo Realonda y
Quintos, was born in Kalamba, June 19, 1861.
He was a typical Filipino, for few persons in this land of mixed blood could boast a
greater mixture than his. Practically all the ethnic elements, perhaps even the Negrito in
the far past, combined in his blood. All his ancestors, except the doubtful strain of the
Negrito, had been immigrants to the Philippines, early Malays, and later Sumatrans,
Chinese of prehistoric times and the refugees from the Tartar dominion, and Spaniards of
old Castile and Valencia-representatives of all the various peoples who have blended to
make the strength of the Philippine race.
Shortly before Jose's birth his family had built a pretentious new home in the center of
Kalamba on a lot which Francisco Mercado had inherited from his brother. The house
was destroyed before its usefulness had ceased, by the vindictiveness of those who hated
the man-child that was born there. And later on the gratitude of a free people held the
same spot sacred because there began that life consecrated to the Philippines and finally
given for it, after preparing the way for the union of the various disunited Chinese
mestizos, Spanish mestizos, and half a hundred dialectically distinguished "Indians" into
the united people of the Philippines.
Jose was christened in the nearby church when three days old, and as two out-of-town
bands happened to be in Kalamba for a local festival, music was a feature of the event.
His godfather was Father Pedro Casanas, a Filipino priest of a Kalamba family, and the
priest who christened him was also a Filipino, Father Rufino Collantes. Following is a
translation of the record of Rizal's birth and baptism: "I, the undersigned parish priest of
the town of Calamba, certify that from the investigation made with proper authority, for
replacing the parish books which were burned September 28, 1862, to be found in Docket
No. 1 of Baptisms, page 49, it appears by the sworn testimony of competent witnesses
that JOSE RIZAL MERCADO is the legitimate son, and of lawful wedlock, of Don Francisco
Rizal Mercado and Dona Teodora Realonda, having been baptized in this parish on the
22d day of June in the year 1861, by the parish priest, Rev. Rufino Collantes, Rev. Pedro
(Signed) LEONCIO LOPEZ.
Jose Rizal's earliest training recalls the education of William and Alexander von
Humboldt, those two nineteenth century Germans whose achievements for the prosperity
of their fatherland and the advancement of humanity have caused them to be spoken of as
the most remarkable pair of brothers that ever lived. He was not physically a strong child,
but the direction of his first studies was by an unusually gifted mother, who succeeded,
almost without the aid of books, in laying a foundation upon which the man placed an
amount of well-mastered knowledge along many different lines that is truly marvelous,
and this was done in so short a time that its brevity constitutes another wonder.


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On the way south from Bogota our first stop was Salento. Salento is a hilltop town with a few bars and a few colonial buildings. The town isn't really the attraction though, it's the proximity to the valle de Cocora, one of the most beautiful landscapes in Colombia according to the Lonely Planet, and having seen it I don't think it's an exaggeration.
Before we got there though, we had to contend with a few of the vagaries of traveling: crazy Colombian bus drivers, and, more distressingly, other British travelers. In Armenia, the stop off point to Salento from Bogota, we boarded a colectivo, and discovered that their were a group of seven English 'blokes' already there. We felt a bit silly, as we were clearly going to be part of the Gringo brigade, but thought no more really, until they started blathering. There was some mumbled drug chat, and some singing, mostly theme songs from cartoons and biker grove, so far, so annoying. Then they started talking about mushrooms, and not the kind that Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall would be using at River Cottage. It turned out they were going to Cocora too, and not to see one of the more beautiful places that I've ever seen, but because they'd been told they could pick mush rooms in the national park which would, like, completely trip you the fuck out.
Of course, they didn't know which mushrooms. Someone (unspecified), had told them about these mushrooms, and as far as we could tell they were going to go up the mountain and just pick any mushrooms they could find, and hope they were hallucinogenic rather than emetic. By this stage I was beginning to hope they became a statistic, or at very least ended up shitting themselves so hard that they wished it would start coming out the other end just for variety.
Then the man chat began: 1st Twat 'Guys, we'd better leave a few hours before we get on the bus afterwards, because these are some seriously powerful 'shrooms' 2nd Twat 'Yeah, I've done loads of 'shrooms, and they can make you trip for ages' 3rd Twat 'These aren't just any 'shrooms, mate, these will leave you having aftershocks (I'm serious, he said aftershocks) for like, 24 hours' 1st Twat 'Mate, they won't last that long , plus it would be way better to be high on a, like, fifteen hour bus' 3rd Twat (In a slightly defensive tone) 'I wasn't, like saying, they'd still be full blown, but you'd still, you know, be affected' 1st Twat 'Yeah. I suppose.' 2nd Twat 'Mate, we're going to be seriously fucking high'.
This went on for about half an hour. Then we stopped, and another ten people climbed aboard the already rammed minibus. Included was a group of hammered, fifteen year old Colombian girls, who sat down behind us, giggled at the 'shroom wankers for about five minutes, and then did some relay vomiting. We couldn't move for the crush, and I couldn't even turn my head, so I desperately willed the vomit away, which I imagined was slithering across the floor towards my bag, and thought bad thoughts about idiot, whinnying, Colombian teenagers and English drug tourists. Tom was faring little better. It got worse when we got to Salento only to find that they were staying in the same hostel as us; one of the drawbacks of using a guidebook is that all the other tourists head to the same places. Luckily however, there was no room at the inn, so they had to take their juvenile drugupmanship elsewhere.
The next day Tom and I got up at six thirty and headed up to the main square to jump on antique jeeps to the hamlet of Cocora, from where you entered the valley. Literally hanging off the back were a couple of Colombians working up there, a dapper gent in moustaches, a poncho and a cowboy hat, and a ferret-faced man who was probably his son. They spent the whole journey laughing and telling jokes, at least 10% of which I think weren't about us and the guy sitting opposite sporting a beard like a badger, a cap which said Galapagos, and a t-shirt which announced that he'd survived the Bolivian death road. Saying he was a walking cliche would probably be the pot calling the kettle black, but he blended in to the Colombian highlands like a cock in a nunnery.
When we got to Cocora we walked past the usual assortment of tacky overpriced restaurants which announce anywhere that tourists visit, and walked up the path leading to the nature reserve in the cloud forest at the top of the valley. We realised why wellingtons had been offered too us almost immediately. The path started muddy, became a mud-bath, and before long was a quagmire in an eroded rut between green fields on either side. One of the spectacular things about the valley, apart from beautiful mountains rising up on either side of you covered in cloud forest, is the wax palm, an improbably slender tree which rises up to sixty metres above the valley. They created a stunning backdrop against the mountains.
As we squelched up the path (having gone ankle deep a couple of times by this point), jumping from verge to verge as each part of the path became impassable for mud, we were overtaken by a beagle, which we thought belonged to an American who was struggling up the path behind us. It seemed unconcerned that it didn't have its master, but kept trotting on anyway, and its backside became a slightly unsavoury point of reference for us as we clambered on (I now knew what Tom meant when he said he preferred dogs whihc didn't always have their tales up, as you didn't have to constantly look at their arseholes). Despite the difficulty of the path, it was easily one of the best things I'd done since coming away. The exercise and the mud were a welcome change, and it had been such a long time since I'd really exhausted myself like this; struggling in the heat in a wetsuit with a tank on your back isn't quite the same. It was like jumping in the puddles in the park where we used to live when I was young.
After about an hour we reached the cloud forest, which was unlike anywhere I've ever been. The closest thing to it I could think of was the butterfly gardens that seemed to be a fixture of every summer holiday to Cornwall when I was little; the humidity and the smell of wet mud instantly took me back to overly long car journeys and the necessity of finding some indoor activity because the weather was crap, again. It was either butterfly gardens, or a petting zoo, with an evil Shetland which bit children and stole the bag of feed which cost a tenner, leaving them in tears bawling for an ice cream and the parents bitterly arguing over who's idea it had been to go on holiday somewhere quite a shit as Cornwall, and why hadn't they just bloody used protection and sidestepped the whole problem. What happened to the bloody Bahamas?
We walked up the valley by the side of a stream torrenting down the mountainside, every now and then sighting the beagle. We crossed back and forth on bridges of a couple of tree trunks held together by barbed wire and optimism, often built by the remains of ill-fated concrete efforts. There was one particularly rickety number made of planks and iron cable that looked like something out of Indian Jones, although there were no borderline-racist native caricatures pursuing us, unless you count the 'shroom wankers who we were pacing ahead of to avoid more witty repartee about insecurity and hallucinogens.
True to form, I managed to lose my camera, and had to do a panicky retracing of footsteps to find it casually lying in the mud about two hundred yards behind us. Eventually we caught up with the beagle, who by this stage was looking every bit a knackered as us, and had lost a bit of his strut, and he let us take the lead before falling in behind. When we finally got to the top, muddy, sweaty, and regretting only bringing two bottles of water, we were fairly relieved. The beagle had disappeared by this point, and I've still got no idea where he got to. The American appeared at the top about half an hour after us, unconcerned to not see the dog, so who he belonged to is anybody's guess. The number of unclaimed dogs in Colombia was pretty staggering, so I suppose there's no reason why one of them shouldn't have been a pedigree beagle.
At the end of the path, about 6km along and about 800m up from the bottom, were a few houses, a cafe where we sat eating cheese and drinking aguapanela whilst watching humming birds, and a badly behaved horse that had sticks thrown at it by the proprietor when it tried to venture up into the garden. Nothing has ever tasted better than that Aguapanela, which is water with panela, a hardened cane syrup, dissolved in it, and it tastes like tea with honey. We were parched and beat. Neither Tom and I had done any exercise for a while, and in the mud and the heat, not to mention the altitude (some 3000m), plus the climb, 6k seemed quite a long way.
Almost as good as the climb and the drink were the humming birds, which whipped back and forth, so used to people that you could sit next to a feeder and they would come and perch next to you and buzz around your head. The noise as they sped about made them seem like little mechanical creations, and they would streak around so fast that you could barely follow them. I managed to get some photos, although unfortunately my point and shoot is hardly up to the task. There was one particularly beautiful one which was an iridescent bluey emerald, with the most fantastically long tail. Luckily it stayed still just long enough for me to get some amateurish snaps.
After this pleasant respite we set off again, foolishly thinking that we were on the way down, but no. The path hit its steepest gradient and took us up the remains of a trail knee deep in mud, which had been churned into a river bed by the rain. The guide book had said 'the path can get a bit muddy'. Yeah, you think? Clearly the author had a sense of humour which didn't turn up in the rest of the book. When we finally hit what was actually the top (of the path for us, but not the mountain), we found an ecological research station run partly as a hostel by a dapper old man and his French wife. I don't fancy the task of climbing that trail with a pack, but if I ever return I'm definitely going to stay there.
The way down was pretty uneventful, apart from a meeting with an intransigent bull in the middle of the path, which required a detour, running down a rather steep hillside, whooping and jumping. I would have rolled down it, but the cowshit and the wet were a pretty strong disincentive. Tom followed at a more sedate pace. I was taking a visceral pleasure in being tired, (wet by this stage) and muddy. Having started walking at eight, we were back in Salento by lunchtime. Tramping back to our hostel, we sat feeling slightly dazed outside our room with a beer, when we ran into a couple of other people staying there.
Simon was another British guy, and was traveling with his friend Kirsty. He seemed a bit older than us, had very short hair, quite delicate features, and was ever so slightly camp. He came up and started chatting, and we inevitably got to talking about jobs etc. He said that he worked with British Airways, to which Tom's response was 'Are you cabin crew, or a steward?'. 'I'm a pilot', Simon replied, and we moved swiftly on. Another lesson, if any were needed, in not judging a book by its cover. An Australian guy, Matt, was traveling up to Bogota with them, and having given us some useful tips for places to stay in Peru and Ecuador, he told us that one of the hostels nearby was run by an American, he was throwing a thanksgiving dinner, they were invited (sort of), and would we like to come to? We said yes, neither of us having ever been to a thanksgiving meal.
The doubts started on the rather long walk out to the hostel. 'You know when people turn up to something you're throwing, and you haven't really invited them, and you don't really feel that you can tell them to fuck off, but you don't really want them there?', I said. 'Pork scratching at a Jewish wedding?', came Tom's laconic reply. 'Yeah', I said, 'We're them'. We'd realised that nobody apart from Simon, who only been invited in passing himself, knew we were coming, and we might not be (probably weren't) welcome. I hate the idea, of being 'that guy', partly because it's incredibly rude and I can't stand it when other people do it, partly because I know when other people do do it I try (not always succesfully) to be unfailingly polite, so I wouldn't know if they wanted me to fuck off anyway. This makes me paranoid.
When we got there, there was only one way in. A main entrance hall, with people sitting casually. Lots of them. People who were meant to be there. We couldn't sneak in through a side entrance and just slide quietly into the proceedings. We had to run the gauntlet. We walked into the hall. It felt like everybody was looking at us, although I'm sure most of them paid no more attention to us than they normally would to a couple of awkward and unprepossessing looking Englishmen. I (Tom takes these things a bit more easily than me) looked around, expecting to hear 'Who are you? Some mug here to try and sneak into our thanksgiving meal uninvited because somebody that you met in your hostel five minutes ago thought they'd try to bring you along so they wouldn't feel as awkward?'.
I was ready to confess everything, but instead a girl just looked up from a hammock and said 'Are you staying here', clearly detecting our slight uneasiness. We explained that Simon had suggested we come. She looked at us, halfway between blankness and appraisal. 'I suppose that's okay. We should have enough food.' Just the slightest emphasis on the 'should'. I went for shit or bust. 'We can leave if it's going to be a problem'. She seemed to consider this briefly, before deciding that sending us away would be more awkward than it was worth. 'No, its fine'. Not 'You're welcome, please stay', but 'No, my desire not to cause a small but mutually embarrassing scene slightly overwhelms my distaste for you, it's fine'.
I suppose it could have been worse. In the end the meal was slightly cold and not very filling, and a seventy five year old in a Panama and a ponytail got up and gave a toast 'To world travelers, somebody's gotta do it'. Cue nervous and embarrassed laughter. What a nob. Nobody has to do it. You choose to, because it allows you to delude yourself that you're an open-minded and original free-spirit, when in fact you're closed-minded to anything that doesn't sustain your self-centered, corrupted version of left wing utopia, and as for original free-spirit? TAKE A LOOK AROUND. You're in a hall full of people who think that getting high in Cuzco constitutes a deep spiritual experience and entitles them to take the moral high ground. GROW UP. And take off the sodding Panama. You're not Gregory Peck and we're inside. Jesus.
And who, without a trace of irony, calls themselves a 'world traveler'. It makes sacking about in dives on your pension boring young people with you stories about the sixties and wiping up Janis Joplin's vomit sound almost respectable, as if you had some kind of important responsibility. It's like calling someone who works in a shop a 'sales assistant'. At least have the grace to admit that you're an elderly tourist who hasn't come to terms with the fact that they didn't play with Hendrix and their pubes have turned gray, and get on with getting cut by lunchtime. I think my recollection may have been slightly coloured by the sense of low-key shame and embarrassment I was feeling throughout, expecting that at any moment someone would leap up, upsetting the turkey and pumpkin pie, and shout 'IMPOSTOR!', and I would be dragged out, dumped outside the gates of the hostel, and spat on.
After Salento we went to Popayan, which served no real purpose except to break up the trip a bit. Aside from taking the opportunity to lose (and recover) another bit of kit, this time a guide book, not a great deal happened. We discovered that Colombian news is worryingly reminiscent of Anchorman, with a piece about a goat suckling a puppy taking almost as much screen-time as a story on a bank robbery. After a break of a day we hit the road again.
The journey was quite eventful. On the way south through the mountains we ran into what must have been a migration of cream butterflies. For half an hour the bus was surrounded by an undulating cloud of confetti moving under its own steam. This was considerably more beautiful than the church that we stopped to see, a ten minute taxi from the border town of Ipiales. In the book it is described as a spectacular church built over a gorge, with a suitably impressive photograph. In reality it was a concrete confection that looked like an ornament for a tacky wedding cake. It was like Lourdes, which must be something about Catholic pilgrimage sights, as this one was to celebrate the virgin's face miraculously appearing out of the rock of cliff face, which reminded me of a story of Jesus' image appearing on a chapati in India.
Not only that, it was about 400m below the car park down very steep flights of steps. We told the driver we'd take ten minutes. It took us ten minutes to get down. by the time Tom had taken a couple of snaps and we'd set off, we were already late. By the time we'd ascended like Edmund Hilary and Sherpa Tensing, accompanied by amused cries of '�Ya donde Gringos?' from cackling old women, we were sweaty and exhausted. '�It's good exercise, no?', said the chuckling taxi driver. He was a bit of a sport, and deciding that there was no point going to Ipiales just to get another taxi to the border, we got him to take us the whole way. Where we found out that the border was shut until five o'clock as it was census day in Ecuador. Even once we got through immigration, aided by a border policeman who's hairstyle indicated he thought that Iceman from Topgun was a suitable sartorial role model, we had to wait for the post-census Ecuadorian colectivos to come and pick us up. It was getting dark, we were five miles from Tulcan, from where the bus went to Quito, and it was beginning to rain, with no sign of any transport. I thought that our charmed existence (so far no robberies or significant hold ups) must be over. But just as Tom and I were working out how best to conserve both our dignity and our body heat if we had to sleep in a hedge, the colectivos turned up, and we made it to Tulcan and then Quito, but that will have to wait.
Our current hostel owner seems to have a fetish for Che Guevara, so for this entry: T Rex - Children Of The Revolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgcxd9wtXUE


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|"Jann Ben" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
|st: Another precision problem with Mata
|Mon, 22 Aug 2005 14:35:29 +0200
Hi, in a Mata program I am using the expression abs((x-y)/z) < 1 where x, y and z are real scalars. Note that in some cases y has been set to x + z earlier in the program. Although the expression should evaluate to "false" in these cases, it sometimes does evaluate to "true" due to roundoff error. My question now is: Would it be reasonable to code abs((x-y)/z) < 1-epsilon(1) Or how would one approach such a problem? Many thanks, ben * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
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