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QUITAQUE, Texas The last free-roaming buffalo of the Great Southern Herd have been penned.
A little more than three dozen head of a historic herd gathered from buffalo that roamed the plains have been penned behind heavy timbers and oilfield cable at Caprock Canyons State Park here.
The hope, according to Texas biologists, is that the herd can be used to reproduce a larger herd that will once again roam freely in the area.
"Bison were one of the most common large mammals found in the United States prior to settlement," says Danny Swepston, wildlife district leader of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the Panhandle district. "They occurred from southern Canada to Northern Mexico, from the base of the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Coast. In Texas, they occupied roughly two-thirds of the state from around the Pecos River eastward almost to the Louisiana line."
They were not found in some densely wooded areas or right along the coast. However, the first Spanish explorers reported buffalo within a few miles of the Texas coast when they first arrived here.
By 1850, most of the buffalo had been removed from the central part of Texas. The big hunts that started in the late 1870s resulted in the removal from the remaining part of the state from San Angelo northward.
About 1878, Charles Goodnight's wife encouraged him to preserve some of the remaining buffalo in the Panhandle.
Goodnight had helped establish the JA Ranch with John Adair in Palo Duro Canyon.
In 1878, Goodnight roped two calves from one of the remnant herds and in subsequent years obtained other animals, many of them single animals from other ranchers who had captured them over the years, Swepston says.
"He started with seven head; five survived," Swepston continues. "From that herd he built a group of about 250 head. When he left the JA, he established his buffalo breeding facility at the little town of Goodnight."
Goodnight was not only interested in preserving the species, but he was also looking at them as an economic resource.
He sold breeding stock, Swepston notes, and worked with hybridization. He crossed them with cattle, trying to produce a better grazing animal. He crossed them with Hereford cattle and Angus cattle.
"However, he found that this was really not a profitable operation," Swepston says. "The losses of cows and calves were extremely high. The F-1 bulls were sterile."
Goodnight discontinued the crossbreeding program after several years.
In addition to selling breeding stock, Goodnight also donated breeding stock to help re-establish herds in other parts of the United States, primarily Yellowstone National Park and the New York Zoological Society.
Eventually, the buffalo that went to the New York Zoological Society went to the Ouachita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge.
"He also sold animals as far away as Germany," Swepston says. "He shipped some in there just prior to World War I."
Goodnight was also in the buffalo meat business. He usually slaughtered the animals around Christmas and shipped them as far as Arizona, Oklahoma and Kansas. He sold hides, skulls and trophies.
"He was into it strictly as a business, and it was a big business, particularly in the Northwestern United States," Swepston says.
Goodnight's was one of five foundation herds in the United States that preserved the species from extinction, Swepston.
Following Goodnight's death in 1929, the herd went through several owners and was reduced to about 60 head.
"The last owner was an insurance company," Swepston says. "They proposed in the mid-1930s to have the last great buffalo hunt in Texas. There was such a public outcry that the idea was dropped."
Cowboys were in the process of loading the animals into boxcars when the herd broke out and drifted back into Palo Duro Canyon and onto the JA Ranch.
"There they remained until 1996," Swepston says.
That's when the owners of the JA Ranch donated the herd to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
"At that time, in order to determine just how significant this herd was, we sampled five animals by darting them," Swepston says. "We drew blood and took hair samples."
These were submitted to a researcher at the Texas A&M veterinary school who had worked with buffalo genetics. He found through mydacondrial DNA work that two of the animals still contained traces of cattle left over from Goodnight's experiments. Three of the animals were considered pure buffalo, and they were found to be unique.
"We now know that this herd is like no other in the world," Swepston continues. "It's the last truly pure wild buffalo herd of the great southern herd."
In 1997, they began to prepare for capture of the entire herd.
"The first effort was in the summer of 1997," Swepson says. "We had to build a temporary holding facility on the JA. At the same time, we began the construction of the breeding facility and working facility at Caprock Canyons State Park."
In September 1997, a seasonal worker was hired to get the animals accustomed to a feed truck so they could be brought in close for darting, preferably about 30 to 50 yards.
Catching operations began in November 1997, and continued to February 1998.
"These animals roamed over about a 70,000 acre range normally," Swepston says. "Sometimes just locating them was the biggest job. Every day was different. Some days they would come right up to the truck. Some days they would run when they saw it."
They used a highly restricted drug designed for sedating large animals.
"The average time from the time an animal was darted was three to five minutes," Swepston says. "The biggest bull we had was about 1800 pounds. He went down in three minutes."
Once the animal was down, Swepston says, they had to work quickly. Just the weight of the animals could have caused suffocation.
The animals were dragged onto specially built sleds that in turn were dragged into cages or crates. Once the animals were in the crates, they were righted and a reversal drug injected. The reversal drug usually took about 10 to 15 minutes to work.
"Once they were up, the crates were moved onto special trailers with a winch," Swepston says.
The animals were taken back to holding facilities and tested for bangs and TB before they could be removed from the ranch.
It took three days to get the results back on the tests. During this time, more tests were performed, blood and hair samples taken and they were vaccinated for a variety of livestock diseases.
"Every animal proved to be negative for bangs and TB," Swepston says.
The buffalo were then transferred to the breeding facility at Caprock Canyons.
The fences around the 153-acre pastures where the buffalo are held are 10 feet high and made with oilfield cable.
"It's been nicknamed Little Jurassic Park," Swepston quips.
They have 33 head 11 bulls and 22 cows.
"We've had four calves born since we moved them to the facilities," Swepston says. "We had one fatality in the calf crop."
The fatality was an exceptionally large calf, weighing 74 pounds. The normal size for a buffalo at birth is between 35 and 50 pounds.
"We believe he was in the birth canal too long and was stillborn," Swepston offers.
A Texas A&M researcher and graduate student are doing genetic mapping of every animal in the herd to determine how closely related they are.
"What makes this herd unique is that while Goodnight shipped a lot of animals out, it appears that he never brought an animal in," Swepston explains. "Their DNA is not found in any other buffalo herd in the world. We hope, using this genetic map, to bring them through the genetic bottleneck. The early results are encouraging. The genetics were not as narrow as we'd first thought, but they could be better. Through selective breeding, we hope to expand this genetic base."
They are also going to compare the genetics with bone samples from archeological sites to see how closely today's herd is related to prehistoric buffalo.
"We would like to use offspring from this herd to develop a free-roaming herd on a large piece of land," Swepston says. "That's down the road. Right now, our breeding program is our main concern.
Out of 40 animals that were captured, six showed traces of cattle mydacondrial DNA from Goodnight's cattle-buffalo breeding program.
"The bulls we can use in the breeding program," Swepston says. "The cattle gene is transferred through the female side. You can use a bull that shows cattle in him, breed to a pure cow, and it won't be passed on. That helps with the genetics."
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using federal hst jht for range practice would get real expensive.all you need to do is use a cheaper bullet of same caliber and weight for practice.
This is a discussion on What brand is best for clean shooting target ammo? within the Defensive Ammunition & Ballistics forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by Dieselnut I don't think it's retarded, it's just not very cost efficient for the average Joe. For instance, a lot of people ...
Normally for my current carry Baby Eagle .45 cal I always practice what I shoot Remington UMC 230 jacketed hollow point 100 value pack I also buy a Wal-mart for around $36 USD.
The purpose with the winchester was merely to break-in the gun, going forward now that I am confident with the break-in, I would prefer to only shoot what I carry. For the $5 difference ok $15 since I usually shoot at least 300 rounds at the range, that just one 12 pack of good beer.
But also note, I did not find a 100 value bundle of 230 jhp of the winchester at Wal-mart. I wish I knew the price difference.
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using federal hst jht for range practice would get real expensive.all you need to do is use a cheaper bullet of same caliber and weight for practice.
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I started out using WWB from Wal-mart but have begun using Blazer from them. I notice that there is a LOT more muzzle flash from the Blazer stuff than from WWB. Has anyone else noticed this?
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When you rotate out your carry ammo, shoot it for practice and functionality and replace it with fresh.
I shoot 90% Wal-Mart Winchester 100rnd Value Pack ammo (19.98/100rnds). Yeah, not the cleanest but still cheap. Dicks Sportig Goods sells Remington UMC for 8.98/50rnds but they have been sold out for a month and I am begining to wonder. (all 9mm prices)
The recoil difference between cheapo target ammo and a hotter/heavier load will make virtually no difference in real life scenario. Muscle memory takes over and this is when trigger control, stance and grip take more of an importance. Practice, practice and more practice!
My range visits usually consist of 30% 22LR in my Mark III, 50% 9mm in my M&P 9L (range/comp gun) and the remaining 20% is shot through my M&P 9c (carry gun), J-Frame (backup carry) and my M&P 45c (primary carry). I try to get to go shooting 1-2 times a week (minimum 300 rounds per trip).
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My practice ammo is almost exclusively WWB from Walmart. It's usually the cheapest ammo I can buy (online or off), is extremely reliable, and works fine for practice.
I do LOTS of dry fire practice, a moderate amount of live fire practice with WWB, and then periodically do live fire with my more expensive defensive loads.
I figure the difference in "feel" between shooting WWB and my defensive load is similar enough that I can get 95% of the benefit of live fire practice using the cheaper ammo, and just occasionally shot the more expensive defensive load for fine tuning my shooting.
Even with WWB, I figure that with each shot I'm throwing a quarter ($0.25) downrange with each shot; and I can't afford to do too much of that. I could only do a small fraction of the live fire practice I do if I was throwing, say, a dollar downrange with each shot!
I shoot Blazer Brass FMJ 230 gr and WWB 230 FMJ 230 gr at the range and carry Federal HST 230gr +P.
Plinking with the HSTs is prohibitive so I just shoot the ones I have chambered before to stay current with my carry ammo.
WWB and BB are weaker loads though, sometimes I feel my G30's slide has a tiny delay in getting back to battery. I have not had any FTFs or FTEs though. My G21 will eat absolutely anything with no problems...
The Fiocchi 230 gr rounds are excellent for the range but are about $5 more expensive (per box of 50) than BB and WWB.
Shooting effectively is primarily a function of muscle memory. Performing the same task repeatedly until you do it the same way, every time. Unless you are independently wealthy, limiting yourself to only shooting your defensive ammo is going to prevent you from practicing enough to become the best that you can be. Practicing at defensive ranges, bullet impact changes won't be terribly significant. At 10-15 yards, a COM hit is going to be a COM hit regardless of the type or brand of ammunition. May not be in the 10 ring, but still in COM.
What I suggest is that you get your sights adjusted and your sight picture adjusted with your carry ammo. After that, using the same sight picture, blast away with the cheap stuff. If your point of impact is a bit different than with your carry ammo, no big deal. You are still going to be close and you are going to gain much needed practice that you may otherwise not be able to afford. And, when you go back to your carry ammo, you're still going to be on target with it. The only concession that I make is that I do try and practice with the same bullet weight as my carry ammo. If you're going to carry 115 grain bullets, don't practice with 147 gr. bullets. While impact point may not vary much, recoil and handling will be different.
And to the OP -- unless you don't plan on cleaning after a range session, I wouldn't worry about it. Just shoot what lets you shoot the most (though I do draw the line at using steel cased ammo in my handguns). One thing I try and do with my carry gun that's a bit different than range guns is that with my carry gun, I like to clean at the range after shooting practice ammo. I will then put one mag of carry ammo through it to verify function and that I got everything back where it is supposed to be. Assuming everything works correctly, I then just pull a bore snake through the barrel and wipe down the breech face. I'm then reasonably sure that it will work when I need it.
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Just to be clear, are you using the IR receiver that plugs into the back of the DVR, or an extender that has an emitter that you stick over the front IR receiver on the DVR?
Not sure I understand. If two programs are recording simultaneously, does manually changing channels (using the Channel +/- key) just take you the other channel being recorded? If so, that is ok, I think.
Unlike the Comcast DVR (which I had before I went to FIOS), the FIOS DVR doesn't let you switch between the two tuners at will, unless you are recording two shows at once.
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You are recording two programs. One on channel 4, and the other on channel 120.
The DVR is currently on channel 4.
If you manually change to channel 120 (by going through the guide, or by typing it in manually on your remote, or by using the "Last" button - if you were on channel 120 before it went to 4), that will switch you over to the other tuner, and you'll be watching the live recording of channel 120.
Once you do this, you can keep switching back and forth between the two tuners using the "Last" button.
If you try to change to a channel other than 4 or 120, you will get a popup asking what you want to do. As I recall, it will ask you if you really want to change channels, and stop recording whatever it is you are recording on the current channel, or if you want to cancel (and go back to the live feed of the currently recording channel).
If the two channels are consecutive (4 & 5, or 120 & 121), the CH+ / CH- would work. Otherwise, you can use the guide or press the number buttons to switch between the two.
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Sapphire as a bikini buster. XL Girls started the plumper in a bikini trend. The mental image alone could reduce the strongest dude to a guy about to lose his sanity, like Tony. He's Sapphire's temporary boyfriend in this sex fling. The thought of going to the beach with this bikini-clad fox is almost too much for him. Tony fucks the redheaded vixen like he's going to the electric chair tomorrow. He fondles her creamy, ivory skin, her enormous tits and her chunky ass. When they start to screw, he gets crazier with each plunge into her honey-hole. Sapphire didn't jump into hardcore when she started with us in 2003. One of the earliest XL Girls to hit it big with both XL Girls and Voluptuous readers (like Samantha 38G and Maria Moore), Sapphire took her time and shot a lot of solo scenes during her first two years of modeling here.
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Jorge Lorenzo won the French Grand Prix this year and left Le Mans as the leader of the MotoGP World Championship. He might well have been the only person in the world who remembers the weekend for those reasons. He is not the first and neither will he be the last rider to have his performance completely overshadowed by Valentino Rossi —and maybe the series is all the better for it.
It has been almost a year and a half since 'The Doctor' won his last premier class race — the 2010 Malaysian GP — and he has taken to the podium on just two occasions since his move to Ducati. Despite that, the Italian is still undoubtedly the biggest draw in motorsport. Go to any race, whatever the location, take a look around the grandstands and see how many fans are decked out in Rossi merchandise. Log on to any MotoGP forum and look at the avatars of the posters. There is still plenty of passion for Rossi and it isn't going away any time soon.
So, with his announcement of his intention to continue riding for at least another two years combining with Casey Stoner's retirement and negotiation time for manager Davide Brivio with the various factories, perhaps the best thing for MotoGP as a whole would be to ensure that Rossi gets whatever he wants, at whatever price necessary.
The Ducati-Rossi combination isn't going to get any closer to being a racewinner in the dry before the opening enquiries are made about rides for 2013, but the real doubt is to where the nine-times world champion can go in the likely event that he leaves the all-Italian project behind. Eager to have a legend on their bike they may be, but the big two factories appear to have little room to open their doors for No.46.
Out of Honda and Yamaha, it was the partnership with the latter that ended in the most amicable fashion. It is also they who have the most problems economically in terms of sponsorship. A race-winning team in the lead of the World Championship, the official Yamaha team have not had a main sponsor since Rossi moved on and Fiat lost interest as a result. Current rider Ben Spies came so much cheaper that, even with a post-title raise for Lorenzo, the difference in salary demands between he and Rossi was enough to make running the team with no title sponsor a viable option for two seasons.
They also have satellite team riders Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow waiting in the wings if either Lorenzo or Spies move on, through their own volition or otherwise. Dovi even buys his own brakes.
Honda have to decide on what to do with Dani Pedrosa, lay the foundations for a move up to MotoGP for Marc Marquez and keep sponsor Repsol sweet, plus there were a few things said by both parties to iron out before there could be a full reconciliation. Where money and rules are concerned, however, is where Dorna should step in.
Money is handed out to CRT outfits and, previously, to satellite teams all the time in order to keep them on the grid. If Rossi doesn't want to lower his salary demands and Honda/Yamaha can't find the funds to accommodate him, then don't think that the rights holders don't know the value of having the blue chip rider on a winning machine. This isn't just about the racing line — it's also about the bottom line.
Ditto the rules. Need a Spanish rider in Repsol Honda, but also want to keep Marquez waiting in the wings? Carmelo Ezpeleta says that the rookie rule will not be relaxed when journalists ask — and maybe it wouldn't for Marquez. It likely would for Valentino Rossi's benefit.
More and more, the conclusion can be drawn that mountains can be moved for a man who has made many people very rich. A helping hand has shone through in the past - you can take your pick from a multitude of examples. Switch to Bridgestone at your behest in the 'tyre wars' days? You've got it. Need a little more testing? We can work around it. Watch the 2006 title decider at Valencia: in whose garage was Mr. Ezpeleta waiting when Nicky Hayden was coming in from his victory lap?
And you know what? I don't think anyone bar the staunchest fans of pure motorsport would care if the odds were stacked more in Rossi's favour. The majority just want to see him winning again. Time to open the chequebook, head over to Honda HQ, make some adjustments, package it as a homecoming for the factory who brought him to the premier class and watch the popular victories in new territories roll in. Make a feel-good story out of it and smooth over the transition to CRT-only in a two-year short-term solution.


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Artist shares passion with Fox Chapel Area elementary students
Illustrator Stacy Innerst told students at O'Hara Elementary last week that you don't have to be a great artist to tell a story.
Instead, he told them to be fearless.
"My main thing is for them to be creative," said Innerst, an award-winning illustrator whose most recent sketches bring to life a book about England's Fab Four, The Beatles.
"The Beatles, They Were Fab (and They Were Funny)," by Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer was released in March.
Innerst visited each of the four Fox Chapel Area elementary schools last week to give students a glimpse at the process of creating a book.
He showed them a series of his drawings, some done on torn denim jeans and skirts — the result which illustrated "Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea," by Tony Johnston in 2011.
"I like to tell the students to pay attention to things, find life interesting and when it comes time they can retell it through a picture," said Innerst, a resident of Mt. Lebanon.
Innerst has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators, Print Regional Design Annual and the Society for News Design, among others.
Born in Los Angeles, Innerst studied art and history at the University of New Mexico. With a librarian mother who had a passion for art, his life was immersed in books and drawing from the get-go.
"It was therapeutic," he said. "If I was feeling good or bad, I'd draw it. If I wanted something, I'd draw it."
O'Hara librarian Karen Fornari saw the visit as a window into a potential career that children may not be exposed to every day.
"The art is coming alive for them," she said. "They get to see the process and it might spark an interest in one of them."
First-grader Ben Demotte was curious about how to generate work. He asked Innerst "How do you get great ideas?"
"You just keep putting them out there," he said. "When you draw someone's face and change the littlest thing, you change their personality. So keep drawing."
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Memorial Local funeral home provides events for those grieving during the holiday season
The holidays are quickly approaching and for many suffering the loss of a loved one the season means a difficult and isolating time of year.
In response, Attrells Funeral Chapels, located in Newberg and Sherwood, are offering the Tree of Remembrance, an opportunity for those who have experienced the death of a loved one to do something special for themselves: a time to share and receive support from those who sense how hard the holidays can be, a press release said.
The event has been held for the past 25 years by Attrells, allowing hundreds of people to do something tangible to remember their loved one, regardless of where or when the death occurred. The three-part program is designed and open to anyone who wants to attend.
The first event is ongoing from Thanksgiving until New Years Day. A Christmas tree will be placed in each Attrells chapel during the week of Thanksgiving. Starting at 10 a.m. Nov. 29, family and friends are invited to bring ornaments to commemorate loved ones. Traditional glass ornaments are available at the chapels if needed. Ornaments that were stored at the chapels from previous years will be placed on the tree only after a family member makes the request. The event continues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Monday through Saturday through Dec. 31. Families are welcome to come by whenever they desire, with the exception of Christmas Day.
The second event will be held at 2 p.m. Dec. 8 in Newberg, and at 4 p.m. in Sherwood. This is a time to honor the names listed on ornaments hung on the trees. The Time of Remembrance Program celebrates memories represented by the ornaments. Anne Kister, grief educator with Community Care through Providence Hospice, will share how to get through the holidays following the death of a loved one. Music, refreshments and a time of fellowship are included.
The last event, Mothers Heart, will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 at Attrells in Newberg. In 1996, Mothers Heart Support Group of Newberg began meeting around the Tree of Remembrance to hang ornaments in memory of their children. The event is designed to help mothers who have lost a child realize that they are not alone. Living in Newberg or being a member of Mothers Heart is not required.
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Honorable mentions go to Angel Food Catering and 1-800-GOT-JUNK.
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Honorable mentions go to Martinrea Manufacturing and Thorton's Auto Salvage.
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Great Dani!!
Yes do what you possibility could - within your current physical limit & bike performance! Agree that painkillers are needed at this stage & to last that 32 demanding laps. Stress level is there too.. So, keep it easy & manage the pace accordingly. Like the good spirit of trying! Certainly a more positive one! Yes, do what you could, relax & go for it! Keep the points coming in. Like the wonderful smile too after the qualifying session. Cheering for you from S.E.A. from Monday 5am onwards!! Trust me, keep the smile going and it can very often do you wonders! All the best!
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Madison Southern's Damien Harris has been a star since his freshman season. Through the last three years, he has accumulated scholarship offers from around the country. Once committed to Michigan, he recently named a top five of Ohio State, Kentucky, Alabama, Texas A&M and Florida, with many believing the Buckeyes and Wildcats are ahead of the pack.
We had a chance to speak to his mother, Lynn Harris, who has been at his side through the entire process, about what he was like as a youngster and she was nice enough to share some photos with us.
What was Damien like as a child?
Damien has been always been a wonderful child. When he was younger he always found a way to entertain himself. He didn't start watching TV until he was around five or six years old, so in the mean time he would pull out all of my pots and pans with a potato masher and just bang away for hours and hours.
Or sometimes he would just crawl in under the cabinets and play quietly. He never really grasped the concept of 'terrible twos,' 'troublesome threes' or 'fearsome fours,' which was fine by me! He was always real quiet because he used his two middle fingers on his left hand as a pacifier (after I lost his).
I raised him in church and at two years old, he would walk up to the pulpit with the ministers and shake hands with them, no matter what. People would ask, 'do you make him do that?,' and I would be just as shocked as they were. When he got older and more talkative, he didn't really relate to other kids his age and found it more interesting to talk to adults and that's how he learned to speak so well. I told him if you're going to talk adults, then you need to learn how to speak to/with them respectfully. He always helped out in church functions whether it be with filling up water pitchers for the ministers, helping clean/prep for meals, passing the collection tray, reading scriptures, etc. He also served as corresponding secretary for New Liberty Baptist Sunday School Convention for a short period.
So, I feel like all of these things helped in molding him as far as learning how to speak well. He has always been competitive, no matter what it was he was determined to be the better at it than anyone (who was around). He wasn't demanding as a child and he's always been so patient and understanding to a fault, but that's a work in progress!
When did Damien start playing football and did you know right away he was going to be good?
I was determined that Damien would never play football. I know, never say never! My friends convinced me to let him just try it one year to see if he liked it. He started football at 7 years old. He played on the 49's coached by Mike Goggins and boy was it a struggle.
Everyday Damien was complaining about something....it's too hot, my helmet is too tight, so on and so forth. Mike got so aggravated at times with him that he would just run him the whole practice which made me mad cause I felt like he was being treated unfairly, so needless to say Coach Mike and I butted heads quite often!
The first half of the season Damien barely played, sat on the bench drinking up all the water. I remember we were playing in Estill Co. It was fall, snow flurries, freezing cold, wind cutting like a doctor's scalpel. We were playing the Browns and the game had been deadlocked at zero and we were in our 6th overtime. I looked over and saw him sitting on the bench and wondered why are we here, I could be at home warm, watching TV? I walked over to Damien and I said, 'You will not quit and you will not waste my time, sitting here while everyone else plays and not you! Do you like football? Do you want to play?' Yes! 'Well then get up off your ___ and prove it!'
And it was like a light switched on. Mike put him in and he goes in scores and we win the game 6-0. They went undefeated and made it to the championship game, which was to be played at Eastern Kentucky University. Damien woke up sick as a dog, nausea/vomiting, couldn't eat, I couldn't keep him awake and had a fever of 104. It was a rematch with the Browns and here he was unable to play. He woke up about an hour before the game, said, 'Ok mommy, I'm ready,' got dressed, nibbled on some saltine crackers and went to EKU and played his heart out. His most memorable play was he had a 104 yard touchdown run. They won the championship that year, and he won the next two of three Super Bowls after that.
I always thought Damien was 'okay' as a football player, but not in my wildest dreams did I think it would turn in to this. All through Pop Warner and middle school, people would tell me, 'he is SPECIAL!' And I just thought well, I don't know about all that, we'll just take it one day at a time.
Looking at these pictures and thinking about the young man he has become and how highly recruited he is, what goes through your mind?
Absolute disbelief! First off, I can't believe how fast time has gone by. Even though, I physically see a 17 year old young man in front of me, at the same time I still see my 4 year old with a raspy deep voice, chewing on those two fingers. As he grew up and he got better, my prayer for him got stronger. Let's face it, Central Kentucky is not a place that colleges go to recruit kids. May 18th, 2012, I was pulling into a parking space in Louisville, Kentucky at U-of-L, and I was getting ready to watch him participate in his first high school state track meet when Coach Clark called me and said, 'Hey Lynn, How's it going?' I said, 'great, how are you?' He said, 'Are you sitting down right now cause I have something to tell you?' I immediately thought, 'what in the world has Damien done?'
I told him, just give me enough time to put my car in park so I don't hit anything depending on what you're getting ready to tell me. He says, 'Wake Forest University has just offered your son a full scholarship to play football.' I couldn't believe it. I fell silent. I screamed, I cried, I Praised the Lord! I'm just so thankful that all of these colleges have watched his film, taken the time to talk to/get to know him, walk through the halls of his school, spend time with his teachers/administrators/coaches and think enough of him, that they want him to represent their school. To say it's a BLESSING is an understatement! To GOD BE THE GLORY!
What are your hopes for him as he goes through this recruiting process and his senior year?
My prayer is that Damien has a healthy season, continues to stay humble/grounded and not take any of this amazing experience for granted above anything else. With it being his final high school season, I hope that he enjoys every minute, soaks it all up and has the best time of his life. He has better days coming, but right now these are the best days of his life.
Damien's great grandmother (Esther) loved going to everyone of his footballs games. She bragged on him like no other and was his biggest cheerleader. After she passed in 2005, my mother has told him on every game day, whether it be basketball, football or track, 'Damien, you have an angel on your shoulder, make sure today that you take her for a good ride. As long as you take off, she'll spread her wings and do the rest.'


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A particularly memorable occasion when I encountered the use of fake degrees and titles among foreign teachers in China was back in September 2004, shortly after I had arrived in the city of Haikou.
I had the opportunity to meet another foreigner for the first time when I entered a local restaurant to pick up some lunch. He and his girlfriend had already ordered and had just been served. He invited me over to join them and during the course of introductions described himself as a professor.
Of course, I was curious and asked him what discipline he was a professor of. He seemed surprised by the question and, in so many words, eventually explained that he had assigned himself the rank of professor on the basis of having taught oral English at a public Chinese university for four months before being terminated. I would later learn that his field of expertise was in "mechanical engineering," i.e., he had worked for 30 years in the military as a plane mechanic. Apparently, his current private school employer was sufficiently satisfied with his qualifications to have "conferred" upon him a fake bachelor's degree in engineering.
I wish, for all our sakes, I could say this was the first and last time I had encountered the use of fake degrees and titles in China but, unfortunately, that is not the case.
My first year in China, while living and working in the city of Shenyang, I was aware of one private school that routinely issued fake degrees to all its non-degreed foreign employees as a matter of practice because the local PSB was a bit fussy about only issuing Z-visas and residency permits to foreigners with college degrees.
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Quite recently, I had a series of discussions with another foreign teacher in China who actually uses the title "professor" in his e-mail signature even though he had never taught one day in his life at a university before arriving in China (nor would he be qualified for an academic appointment at any level in either the States or China). His justification for doing so is that he possesses an advanced degree in a non-related field and his current university employer "doesn't mind." Given his older age and genuine dedication to his students, it's an honorary title he truly believes he deserves and has every right to use. The fact that "Professor of Oral English" has no meaning in China or anywhere else in the world is apparently lost on him.
When I made a point of mentioning my dismay over this particular case of academic mockery, if not fraud, to yet another foreign teacher, his response was no less disheartening: "Well, the Chinese don't care very much about these things and aren't very formal about academic ranks." Aside from feeling disturbed by his failure to appreciate the damaging effect of this to all of us, I knew—of course—that this statement couldn't be any further from the truth.
My personal observation has been that the Chinese probably care more about university reputations and academic ranks than our own Western countries do. (Ask any Chinese college student—who can't otherwise speak one word of English—if he can name the Ivy League schools and he will rattle off all eight of them in rapid succession.) What they don't care about is the teaching of English as a foreign language and, consequently, Chinese academic administrators simply don't take their foreign English teachers very seriously. Unfortunately, it appears that there are more than a couple of us who have decided to exploit that disregard and capitalize on our relegated status as outsiders for the sake of their own self-aggrandizement.
What is the problem with using academic titles here that we haven't earned and could never use without serious consequences either as a real academician in China or back home?
The answer as I see it is that it perpetuates and reinforces the very disregard and disrespect that Chinese university and private school administrators already hold for their foreign teachers. It capitalizes on the fact that the Chinese don't regard us as real educators but as a necessary evil to either meet their national exposure to a native-speaker requirement or as a marketing tool (in the case of private language schools). In addition, doing so both insults and undermines the integrity of the real Western academicians in China who were genuine assistant, associate, and tenured professors back home.
What is the problem with using fake degrees? In addition to the apparently not-so-obvious ethical problem, the answer is related to the one above: It perpetuates the ubiquitous perception among Chinese school owners, university administrators, not to mention our own students, that foreign teachers are not real teachers but, at best, friendly visitors and, at worst, performing monkeys. Obviously, any private school or recruiter that proffers fake degrees to its foreign teachers is expressing nothing but contempt for all of us. Any foreign teacher who uses a fake degree to obtain employment or naively accepts one in China is actively lending justification to this professional disregard and disrespect.
If you don't have a real degree, not only is it unethical to use a fake one, but it's entirely unnecessary for obtaining employment at most private language schools. In the end, the use of fake degrees hurts all of us. In addition, if you are caught, it is sufficient grounds for termination and deportation. And if your university is turning a blind eye to your use of an "honorary academic title," don't for one moment delude yourself into believing that this is an indication of positive regard or special status. Just the opposite, it means that your university administrators secretly regard you as an outsider and object of amusement.
Are there any foreign oral English teachers in China, currently referring to themselves as "professor," who believe for one moment that this same practice would go unnoticed and unchallenged if, for example, a Chinese teaching assistant decided to award himself the unearned rank of professor? Such a gross and blatant mirepresentation would be regarded and promptly responded to as a very serious matter. Such a misrepresentation would very likely result in termination, both in China and in each of our respective Western countries.
Many people, even well educated ones, believe that the title "professor" is a generic term that describes anyone who teaches at the university level, as evidenced by our aforementioned airplane mechanic who genuinely believed that his four-month stint as an oral English teacher earned him the right to use the highest academic rank there is.
In reality, it takes many years of dedicated and challenging full time university experience to earn the rank of (full) professor. For those who aren't familiar with the process, please read on to learn what is involved.
In the United States, there are four academic ranks: instructor; assistant professor; associate professor, and professor. In China, the comparable academic ranks are assistant teacher, lecturer, associate professor, and professor. In America, the rank of instructor is generally assigned to a full-time academic employee who has been accepted into a tenure-track position pending completion of his doctoral degree. Upon completion of the degree, the rank is automatically upgraded to assistant professor.
An assistant professor, as a rule, is a relatively new academician who, typically, has just recently completed his doctoral degree. Most universities allow an assistant professor five to seven years to build an academic record strong enough with which to apply for tenure (essentially an unlimited employment contract) and promotion to associate professor. Promotion to the rank of associate professor is determined by a review committtee's assessment of the candidate's performance across three broad areas: 1) Research and publication; 2) Teaching evaluations, and; 3) Community service.
Not all publications are academically worthwhile or applicable to promotion. Generally speaking—and this varies by university and academic discipline—an assistant professor must publish at the rate of one article per year of employment in professional refereed journals. A refereed journal is one in which three colleagues are provided with your submission anonymously and then essentially vote on whether your work is worthy of publication. For this reason, refereed journal articles carry considerably more academic weight than do book chapters and even entire books. At my current university, for example, only one book or book chapter can be used as a publication when applying for promotion.
In addition to research and publication, the candidate must demonstrate above-average teaching ability and a history of professional service to the university and community.
Seeking promotion from the rank of associate professor to professor is typically more difficult than from assistant to associate professor: At the very least, it requires seven to ten more years of distinugished teaching and community service with an equal number of additional publications in which at least one must be regarded as a notable contribution to the field.
In essence, those who assign themselves the "honorary" rank of "professor" are misrepresenting themselves as having 14 to 17 years of full time academic experience, a minimum of 12 publications in refereed journals, and a 14- to 17-year history of above-average teaching evaluations and community service.
Technically speaking, foreigners are not bona fide full time employees at Chinese universities no matter how many hours they are contractually obligated to work. One must be a Chinese citizen to be a full time employee with full benefits and a pension.
All foreign teachers are essentially adjunct teaching faculty. The term adjunct refers to an academic employee who is teaching part-time, is not eligible for full time employee benefits, and is not responsible for conducting research or community service.
If you have a bachelor's degree and are teaching oral English at a university, your actual rank is adjunct teaching assistant. Those with a master's or doctoral degree can safely refer to themselves as adjunct lecturers.
Doctoral level foreign faculty in China who previously held full time academic positions back home will typically be afforded, as a courtesy only, the same rank they officially held in their countries of origin. Please keep in mind that teaching in China with a doctorate does not automatically entitle you to award yourself the rank of professor, whether you are teaching in your own field or classes in oral English.
Full time doctoral faculty on sabbatical can refer to themselves as "visiting" faculty at the same rank they currently hold, i.e., visiting associate professor or visiting professor. (You must be tenured to receive sabbatical. Up until 30 to 40 years ago, it was possible to be tenured at the rank of assistant professor but this is unheard of today. As a rule, in order to be considered for tenure, you must be eligible for promotion. In some unusual cases, in order to "lower the stakes," a candidate may decide to apply for promotion without tenure. If an assistant professor does not apply for (is unqualified for) tenure and promotion by the seventh year of employment or if he or she does apply but is denied T&P, then that individual is not only terminated but more or less finished in academia.)
However, please be advised that if you are teaching at a primary or secondary school in China, you cannot appropriately assign yourself any academic rank at all as these are inapplicable outside of tertiary academic institutions. (Of course, this can vary by country. In Italy, for example, secondary school teachers are addressed as "professore" for men or "professoressa" for women.)
When in doubt, simply use the title in your employment contract as part of your signature, e.g., Foreign English Teacher, Director of Studies, Head Teacher, etc. While virtually all of your Chinese colleagues will look the other way, Western people—especially career educators—will regard your use of an unearned title (that is, one that you could not legitimately use back home) as a deliberate act of misrepresentation.
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Hi everyone, We just upgraded to 0.9.0a719015-incubating from the 0.8.x release, via mac ports. We found two things that weren't clear from the wiki: 1) View design documents must be PUT with the slash between _design and the document escaped. This isn't what the wiki says: http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/HTTP_view_API > You can have / as part of the DocID but if you refer to a document in a URL you must always encode it as %2F. One special case is _design/ documents, those accept either / or %2F for the / after _design, although / is preferred and %2F is still needed for the rest of the DocID. Shall I update this, or this is a bug in the version that we're running? 2) The GET urls for views has *not* changed. This wasn't quite what we expected. The wiki says that you query views using an URL like /_design/designname/_view/viewname, but on the version we're running at least, this isn't true. This is how you *PUT* view documents; GET is still like this: /_view/designname/viewname/ Hope this helps someone. Please let us know if we've misunderstood something. A
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What comes first Leveling or backerboard
I'm in the middle of a bathroom makeover. I removed all of the old 3/4" pine board subflooring (mostly rotted from years of leaks). I reinstalled the 3/4" Home advantage moisture resistant plywood from HD! The floor is out of level by about 1/2 to 1" in spots. We bought marble tiles for the finished floor. The question is should I level the floor completely with thinset first. Then after that is cured, add more thinset then backerboard? OR Should I lay the thiset and backerboard to the plywood, then proceed to level the floor with more thinset or SLC. THANKS!!!!! Also, the bathroom is only 6' x 8', so a few extra dollars for the RIGHT material shouldn't be an issue!!!!!! Thanks Again!
backerboard first, then SLC.
Hi Mike,
First of all, although it's nice to have a level floor to install tile on, it is not mandatory. What you need is sturdi and flat.
Secondly, to install marble tiles on your floor, you will need to install another sheet of plywood. This underlayment can be as thin as 3/8", but I recommend going as thick as possible.
You can then install a 1/4" tile backer and then level the floor with SLC. (You can NOT level a floor like yours with thinset mortar.) Or you can use the SLC and then install Ditra or NobleSeal CIS.
Thanks Guys! Hey Jaz, can I use the particleboard underlayment or should I get regular plywood? Also, should I use an adhesive to bond the layers together or would just screwing it be ok? Any preferences on SLC? I know there are a lot out there to choose from. THANKS!
There is no such think as particleboard "underlayment". Particleboard is junk and can not be used on a floor for ANY application. Maybe you meant to say OSB? Use good quality plywood made with exterior glue.
Do NOT glue the underlayment to the subfloor, unless you can use a liquid type wood glue spread 100% and are able to fasten it super fast. Usually take 2 exp. people. Never use any type of adhesive that comes in a tube. Doing so actually creates voids and makes thing worse.
I don't use SLC enough to have a preference. I'm sure they all works as described. Just follow directions to a T, and don't expect miracles. You may need a primer. You will have to be prepare and work fast. Have enough material on the job, running out creates problems.
Evidently this home owner never got that memo:
(Small portion of one of our Remodeling projects from this week)
HOLY CRAP! Plywood it is!!! THANKS!
Yes I know......:furious:
Throughout history, people quest to save money and so discover new cheaper products to replace older, proven, but more expensive ones. I too have seen particle board used as subfloors and underlayment, many, many times.
Often these cheaper products are touted by jerks.....ah ahahahahhh, clerks at lumber yards. I'm sure the same clerks who referred to greenboard as at first "water-resistant" and later insisted it was "water-proof drywall" :censored: They had, and some still have no clue.
One More thing. Can marble tiles stand up to the weight of a cast iron radiator, or should I reinstall and then tile around it??? The thing must weigh 3-400 lbs. Thanks!
Be extremely careful with marble flooring. Pet urine will eat holes in it, plus completely ruin the surface shine. Bowl cleaners and many other cleaning products contain acids that will also remove the shine from marble. I made the mistake of installing marble flooring in our bathroom. It's just not practical flooring material. Nice for museums and masoleums though.
Just one point for future reference. It would have been best to do the leveling before the subfloor was applied rather than afterwards.
Do you think I should level it before I put down the second layer of plywood? What would be the best way to do this? What would hold up to the weight?
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If you have a higher mileage car and money is a concern to you, I will say don't waste your time.
The clutch has about 10k miles on it. I"ll upgrade my AP eventually....but for now it works just fine.
Im gonna order injectors possibly next week w/ brakes. And I'll start searchn for a used intercooler possibly next week as well. Other than that im pretty much set. Some suspension mods will be next in line after I save some more $$.
The car has 170k on it. I got the car for $2700 w/ a blown motor a few years ago. I think the car had a 130k on it then. We put a used jdm motor in it that had about 70k miles on it. I know this motor is gettn a little old but thats fine. Once its dead I can pull all my parts and get another one. This time when we install the motor I will do a new clutch at the same time. WE didnt do that last time and had to put in a new clutch way too soon.
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Problem with FourierTransform in V4
I'm running Mathematica 4 on Windows and found the following odd situation,
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Hello and thank you for your question. Parkinson's disease can sometimes present without a tremor. As long as he is tolerating the meds it makes sense to stay on them since they help with his symptoms which is also a good indication that this is PD. Ultimately, the best doctor to turn to is a movement disorder's specialist. This is a specially trained neurologist who specializes in Parkinson's disease and similar disorders.
I never see anything discussed anywhere about these particular symptoms, or research or trials being done regarding these symptoms. Do you know of any? Thank you.
is his voice soft or he has a hard time making words?
both and is better and worse at different times
hypophonia (or soft voice) is a very well documented symptoms of PD
Swallowing problems (dysphagia) can also occur
So this is not unique
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10 When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, 12 be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. Deuteronomy 6:10-12 (NIV)
Israel was blessed according to God's promise. They were to become richly favored, and had to do nothing to earn it, not unlike many of us. We have roads to drive on and cities that we live in which we did not build ourselves. We live in houses not build by our own hands. Even when the economy is poor, we are still some of the most blessed people on earth. In many regards, we have it all! Moses, says, when you have it all, it becomes easy to forget about God. Repeatedly in scripture, people who have everything they need physically forget their spiritual neediness. Often cultures of great affluence are rife with spiritual poverty, and not only spiritual poverty, but spiritual perversion.
In our own culture—so fast paced, technology driven, consumer centered, and celebrity obsessed—the remembrance of God seems like a faint and distant memory of times gone by. People who have it all seemingly do not need God, but nothing could be further from the truth. The Israelites were a people who God delivered from captivity and blessed with the promise of land. The covenant God makes with us is freedom from the bondage of sin. Often times our allegiance to an earthly kingdom—a corporation, a sports team, a dream to retire comfortably, or even a nation state—far outweighs our allegiance to the kingdom of God. Affluence and privilege may make it difficult to relate to the heart of God, who cares for the poor, the afflicted, and the brokenhearted. There is nothing wrong with being blessed, or even living a comfortable lifestyle, but Moses's words still ring true: "be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery." Remember today that God has delivered you from slavery to sin, and give thanks to the Lord for the comforts and blessings you enjoy in life.
Lord God, I quiet my heart before you now. Thank You for all the many ways you bless me. Help me, in the midst of blessing, not to forget Your providence in my life. Thank you for the freedom from sin that comes in Christ Jesus. Give me the strength to walk in Your freedom, the courage to stand for what's right, and the humility to give You the glory that is already Yours. Help my allegiance to Your kingdom grow, and to my kingdoms fade. Amen.