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Evaluating Voluntary Programs with Spillovers: The Case of Coal Combustion Products Partnership
The framework for voluntary program evaluation assumes that voluntary programs provide partners with information that will not be transferred to non-partners. In this framework, a voluntary program is said to be worthwhile if there are significant differences between the behavior of partners and non-partners, correcting for the potential endogeneity of becoming a partner. However, voluntary programs take many different forms; some which are expected to have information transfers (program spillovers) to non-partners. The Coal Combustion Products Partnership (C2P2) is a program to increase the re-use of coal combustion products (CCP) using a structure that is likely to provide spillovers to non-partners. This paper evaluates C2P2 and tests whether program spillovers are affecting non-partners' behavior. Results suggest that the traditional interpretation would find this program unsuccessful, however when spillovers are considered, evidence points to a successful program.
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I haven't written much about this yet, but am so excited about its progress that it's time, baby :) I am now co-hosting a weekly radio show called The BusinessMaker's Overtime Show with delightful PR and business all star Esther Steinfeld of Blinds.com.
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Basically, the show is a weekly look at the business world and the brains, ideas and creativity that helps it run. Esther and I can get pretty cheeky and like to talk about the trends that capture our eyes and dish on the good, the bad and the awesome that we find in Entrepreneur-Land.
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Confirming that its four years of restructuring work will finish by the end of 2007, it said it would now axe between 28,000 and 30,000 positions.
The US firm had previously targeted cutting 25,000 to 27,000 global jobs.
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Following the end of its restructuring, Kodak will be left with a workforce of around 30,000, its lowest level since the 1930s.
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First Photo from "Fury" Starring Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeof Released!
Giving fans a sneak peek at a highly anticipated film, writer/director David Ayer tweeted the first photo from "Fury" on Wednesday (September 18).
The snapshot shows stars Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, and Jon Bernthal sitting on top of a tank dressed in military fatigues.
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Father Dwight Longenecker
Searching for St. Utopia's
The portly prophet G.K. Chesterton once observed that he knew the Catholic Church was for him because when he went into to an Anglican or a Methodist church his umbrella was still at the back where he left it, but when he went to a Catholic church it had been stolen.
Oscar Wilde made a similar point when he quipped, "The Catholic Church is for saints and sinners, but for respectable people, the Church of England will do."
The whole problem with the Protestant Revolution is that Christians pulled out of the Catholic Church looking for a perfect church, and they've been pulling out of their own churches ever since—still looking to either find or create a perfect church, and that church is St. Utopia's.
Here's what St. Utopia's looks like: it has a vibrant, good-looking pastor who, like Mary Poppins, is practically perfect in every way. They have a terrific youth ministry; worship is either a sublime liturgy or a terrifically relevant blend of hip-hop, youth culture, and Hollywood. They minister to the poor; they've got a wonderful outreach program. They have mission trips to the developing world. The "welcome team" makes everyone feel at home with gracious grins and soothing smiles.
It's a growing church. The fellowship and the friendship seem so real—so caring—so loving. They've gathered lots of people who have shopped around for the perfect church and settled at St. Utopia's. It's just what church should be right?
Maybe. Maybe not. I hate to pop balloons, but in my experience of over fifty years as a Christian, when it comes to churches and church leaders, things are almost always not what they seem. And the more perfect they seem, the greater the illusion.
Americans, in particular, are suckers for the snappy, snazzy world of "successful" churches. We're taken in by the slick shucksters of religion who create that wonderful feel-good church that is very seductive. It's part of our Protestant culture. One of the pastimes of Protestant America is to create new religions. We're always trying to improve the product and come up with one that is the latest, the best, and the most wonderful.
As a result our churches have become ever more artificial, shallow, and distant from the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Here's what gives me the creeps about some of these churches: they're covering up all the dirt. They're colluding together to create this dream church of wonderful people, but underneath it's not so nice. Just try scratching to see what's beneath the surface. They'll bite back. They'll rally around to protect the dream, and you'll be out on your ear in record time.
St. Utopia's, like all utopias, is a dystopia. It is dysfunctional, and here's how that shows: that "practically perfect in every way" pastor? He's getting a lot of love from everyone, and that feels very good.
Why do they give him so much love? Because he's making them feel good about themselves. Usually that means he's making them feel that they are better than everybody else. Maybe they are better because they have fine worship and a beautiful church. Maybe they are better because they have hip-hop worship and work with the poor. Maybe they are better because they do more mission work than others. Whatever it is, the pastor makes them feel good and they love him back for it.
What you get is a mutual admiration society. It's a win-win. The people keep the pastor on the pedestal and so they get the plaster saint they want. He gets the love and adoration he wants and needs. He loves them and they love him, and the spiral gets bigger and bigger. More and more folks are drawn into the net of "love" and the "fellowship" is enlarged and the money keeps rolling in.
Fr. Dwight Longenecker is the Parish Priest of Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Greenville, South Carolina. His latest book is Catholicism Pure and Simple. Visit his blog and sign up for Faith Works! his free, weekly newsletter on the practical practice of the Catholic faith here.


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Angie Howard, the current town manager, recently announced plans to retire in April 2012 after 21 years in Town Hall, including 11 leading the staff. The recommendation the council will consider on Wednesday would give search firms 11 business days, July 14 through 29, to respond the requests for proposals.
Also on the agenda:
• A recommendation to establish a formal policy requiring the town to maintain a reserve adequate to fund six months of normal operations. The town's current reserves of $2.1 million would fund nearly seven months of the projected $3.7 million in expenses for the budget year that ends June 30, 2012.
• Increase by 2.8 percent the monthly retainer for Spangle Associates, the Menlo Park firm that provides planning services to the town. Using the consumer price index, the town would boost the retainer to $7,091 per month.


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P.J. Tucker does so many things for the Suns that never show up in the box score. In many ways, he's the rock of this year's squad and constantly relied on to set the tone on the defensive end of the floor.
Still, aside from all the intangibles he brings, statistics show that his contributions to the team this year have translated into wins. Click through to see five reasons why 2013-14 is his best season yet.
Tucker is averaging career highs in minutes (30.5), points (9.2), rebounds (6.4), assists (1.9), steals (1.2) free throw percentage (78%) and 3-point percentage (40%).
Tucker has seven double-doubles on season, his last coming against the Boston Celtics on Feb. 19.
Over his last nine games, Tucker has tallied three double-doubles and is posting 9.2 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.
He had double-doubles in consecutive games for first time in career during that stretch.
P.J. Tucker had a then career-high 15 rebounds in addition to 16 points and four steals vs. Golden State on Feb. 8. Tucker became the first Suns player since Shawn Marion (21 points, 17 rebounds, five steals) vs. the L.A. Clippers on Nov. 23, 2007, to have at least 15 points, 15 rebounds and four steals.
Tucker joins Marion (10 times), Amar'e Stoudemire (once) and Charles Barkley (seven times) as the only Suns to accomplish this since the 1985-86 season.
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P.J. Tucker (6-6) set a new career-high with 16 rebounds vs. Minnesota on Feb. 25, becoming the first Suns player 6-6 or shorter to have at least 16 rebounds in a game since Jason Kidd (6-4) had 16 boards vs. Orlando on Feb. 28, 2001.
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Nevada has been among the four fastest-growing states in the country for 23 consecutive years, spending many of those years in the top spot. That streak has come to an end.
The U.S. Census Bureau today said the Silver State gained an estimated 45,823 people between July 1, 2007 and July 1 of this year. That's a 1.8 percent increase in population, which ranks Nevada as the eighth fastest-growing state, with 2,600,167 residents.
Utah saw the fastest rate of growth in the past year, with a gain of 67,499 residents, or a 2.5 percent increase. Rounding out the Top 5 were Arizona (2.3 percent), and Texas, North Carolina and Colorado (each at 2 percent), the Census Bureau said.
Texas gained more people than any other state (484,000), followed by California (379,000). The increase brought California's population to 36,756,666.
Nevada maintained its position as the 35th most populous state in the country.
Nevada had a 2.9 percent population increase during the 12 months from July 1, 2006 to July 1, 2007, which had been its lowest rate of growth this decade. Arizona was the fastest-growing state for one year before that, knocking Nevada out of the top spot after 20 years at No. 1.
For the 12 months ending July 1, six of the 10 fastest-growing states (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming) were in the West, while three were along the south Atlantic coast (Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina). Only two states (Michigan and Rhode Island) lost population.
The U.S. population from July 1, 2007 to July 1 this year increased by 0.9 percent, or an estimated 2,769,392 people. The West was the fastest-growing region of the country (1.4 percent), but the South added the most people (1.4 million).


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Cowboys tight end Martellus Bennett said he was "just having fun" when he and his brother filmed a YouTube video about "Black Olympics" and said he does not expect the episode to warrant discipline from the Cowboys.
Bennett drew scorn earlier this week from Kansas City Star columnist Jason Whitlock for his video, in which he and his brother Michael, a rookie for the Seattle Seahawks, competed eating fried chicken and watermelon and drinking Kool-Aid.
Bennett told the Michael Irvin radio show on Monday that he didn't intend to offend others, but doesn't think the video was racially insensitive.
"I don't really think it's offensive," Bennett told Irvin. "It depends on your sense of humor and how you look at things. We were just having fun and it was very funny for me and my brothers, when I look at it I just can't stop laughing. If someone takes offense, I apologize. That wasn't my intention. It was just us having fun."
Bennett told Irvin he would not have a problem with a white person acting out something like the "Black Olympics."
"There's white comedians that do stuff like that all the time," he said. "I think it's funny to attack stereotypes. It's funny how people just put people in a certain light and say that's what all the people do of a certain race or particular person, so it's fun to attack those stereotypes."
The Cowboys told USA TODAY on Monday they would not have a comment on Bennett's video. The second-year tight end, who drew a $22,000 fine earlier this year from the team after insulting blacks and gays in a YouTube video, said he doesn't expect his bosses to weigh in.
"Not really," he said. "The first time I got in trouble because I was cursing and I had the Cowboys helmet on. Now it's just me doing me. It's no different if I was being a stand-up comedian at a show."
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"Notting Hill Carnival as Europe 's premier outdoor arts and cultural event" aparently. Its set in the streets of West, Central London, near Ladbroke Groove tube station. Although the station was closed i was able to walk, 'Why dont you use ya feat mon'. People everywhere some went for elaborate lengths to show off their adept textile designs, none more so than snake man himself, whos wearing a ...eh...snake, but its alive, cant see it catching on!
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Space Invaders is 30 years old, which makes me feel awfully old. But to celebrate, Japan's LOTTE candy company recently partnered up with Taito to create a commemorative Space Invaders gum.
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What flavor is a Space Invader anyhow? I'm thinking maybe some sort of lime, since they're probably filled with green space goo.
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Global: "We enter 2014 with multiple, severe humanitarian crises threatening or affecting the lives of millions"
UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos has warned that tens of millions of people have started the new year in need of urgent humanitarian support and that the capacity and resources of the international humanitarian system are stretched "to the limit".
"We enter 2014 with multiple, severe humanitarian crises threatening or affecting the lives of millions of people," said Ms. Amos at a press briefing at UN headquarters in New York. [Watch the video on UN Web TV].
"Millions of people have begun this year internally displaced or as refugees – dependent on humanitarian organizations for a place to sleep, food to eat and for basic healthcare."
Violence against a backdrop of abject poverty and a collapsing state
2013 drew to a close with the UN and its humanitarian partners responding to a series of very serious and complex crises, including in the Central African Republic and South Sudan where already precarious situations had deteriorated in the face of new outbreaks of violence.
"More than one in six Central Africans are now internally displaced and nearly half a million face hunger," said Ms.Amos. "Aid agencies continue to scale up their response activities as fast as security conditions allow. But it has not been easy."
"People's lives depend on this"
In South Sudan, violence has forced almost 200,000 people from their homes in recent weeks. Aid agencies have provided assistance to about 107,000 people so far, and in the past few days have announced plans to support 600,000 people over the coming three months.
"I am deeply concerned about the ongoing reports of disturbing, gross violations of human rights and the lack of protection of civilians," said Ms. Amos. "Aid organizations need access to affected communities. People's lives depend on this."
Syria continues to deteriorate
Ms. Amos spoke also of the continuing crisis in Syria and neighbouring countries. Aid organizations now estimate that 9.3 million Syrians – about 40 per cent of the country's population – need aid. An estimated 6.5 million people are displaced inside the country, and a further 2.3 million have left Syria as refugees.
"In mid-December we launched the largest ever appeal for a single humanitarian emergency (for Syria and surrounding countries)," said Ms. Amos. "We requested US$6.5 billion.
"We are doing out utmost to support the children, women and men affected by this bloody conflict. The funding that we need is unprecedented."
In an effort to raise these funds, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will later this month chair the Second International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria, hosted by His Highness the Emir of Kuwait.
$12.9 billion to support 52 million people
Ms. Amos highlighted other crises around the world that affects tens of millions of people and require billions of dollars to effectively address. In all, the UN and its partners need $12.9 billion to support 52 million people in need in 2014 – a figure that does not include unpredictable challenges and new disasters.
"2013 was a real test for the global humanitarian system. There is no indication that this year will be any different," concluded Ms. Amos. "It is clear that the United Nations and our partners are needed more than ever."


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My first thought upon hearing a Canadian version of The Bachelor was in the works: We are just way too wholesome for that sort of thing.
My first thought upon tuning in to Wednesday's premiere of Citytv's The Bachelor Canada: Turns out we're not so wholesome, after all!
Thank you, Bachelor Canada, for proving me wrong.
Sure, our host (Tyler Harcott) is a little bit lankier, our bachelor (Brad Smith) is an unemployed CFLer, our bachelorettes come from places like Rocky Mountain House, and you can see everyone's breath outside of our souped-up mansion.
But hey, Tyler still has that comforting married-man vibe, Brad is still hot, the women are catty, and no one will care how cold it is since they'll be drunk most of the time anyway. Cheers!
But first, it's time to uncork the bubbly batch of babes lurking under the hay bales and inside the igloos that comprise our home and native land. Mindy from Rocky Mountain House, Alta., is a walking, deer-hunting, hiking boot-wearing stereotype, and she's one of the first bachelorettes we meet.
Oh great, maybe we really are too wholesome. But wait! She has a giant tattoo between her breasts! There is hope for us yet.
Said hope for the show to be as skanky as its U.S. counterpart skyrockets as the ladies continue to leak out of the limos. Some have implants. Others wear double-sided tape. One poses for Playboy. Then there's Rebecca (a.k.a. Bubba), a Toronto real estate agent who wants to make love to "B.Rad" three times a day. Oh, and Bianka, who dated Kim Kardashian's ex Kris Humphries. She's practically a celebrity!
While some scored sexpot points right off the hop, others became known for their unique fashion choices — no pom-pom, motorcycle helmet or Cinderella gown was left behind.
Being the gentleman he is, Brad compliments them all on their dresses and their overall cuteness, but he only has one real instant click with Calgary's Whitney. More on her shortly.
Once everyone is in from the cold (granted, this is shot in B.C., not Nunavut) and somewhat tipsy, the typical tug-of-war ensues as the women rush to get their two minutes of Brad time in to increase — or ruin — their chances of getting a rose.
Meanwhile, Brad can't take his eyes — and apparently, his lips — off Whitney, who gets the coveted First Impression Rose after they share the season's first smooch. Gabrielle from Oakville, Ont., is appalled. Kissing on the first date is "skanky" says the woman whose boobs are desperately trying to run away from her dress.
It's OK, Gabrielle, you will make it far on this show. Whether Brad's loves you or not, you bring the drama. And Bachelor fans love their drama, no matter how fake.
Shortly after, Tyler must console Brad as he dreads his first rose ceremony. He's met so many women in so little time, and he's way too nice to tell them to get lost. But them's the brakes, buddy.
The roses go out, slowly but surely. And while we were led to believe cute softballer Kara was the last lucky lady to get the rose and not the thorns, stilt-legged Ana sneaks through in a super surprise twist. I can only hope the other "shockers" in store this season are this exciting!!!
Unfortunately, nine women weren't so lucky: Amber, Bubba, Clarice, Fawn, Jessica, Mindy (yes, the deer hunter), Sandy, Tina and Tracy were sent back to their hometowns. Their Bachelor dreams dashed, just like that.
A trailer gives us a glimpse into the weeks ahead, and it looks like there's going to be a lot of tears (not just for us viewers at home), at least a few romantic connections, and a whole lot of backstabbing. Wholesome? I think not.


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The NFL released the 2012 schedule on Tuesday. Shortly after, the first lines appeared.
The biggest favorites are the Chicago Bears (-8 1/2) hosting the Indianapolis Colts and the Detroit Lions (-7 1/2) hosting the St. Louis Rams.
The Super Bowl champion New York Giants are a 3 1/2 point favorite against the Dallas Cowboys to open the season Sept. 5.
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Senior football players celebrate college football decisions
National Letter of Intent signing day, in addition to being an official declaration with signatures on the dotted line of important documents, also has served as an unofficial transition the past several years for senior football players at Gateway.
This year was no different, as seven players — Montae Nicholson, Anthony Davis, Brenon Thrift, Delvon Randall, Joe Robak, Jimmy Moore and Zaihe Regus — reaffirmed their college choices and celebrated with family and friends during a ceremony last week at Gateway High School.
"This group is special," said Moore, who will take his talents west to Ohio and play for Division II Lake Erie College.
"We've overcome a ton of obstacles, from losing Darrell Turner to losing coach (Terry) Smith and learning a new offense this year. It made us all stronger individuals. I was so happy to spend my four years with these guys and create a brotherhood that will never be broken. I am sure that 10 years from now, I will still be able to depend on these guys and remember the good times."
For Nicholson, one of the most coveted college prospects in the state and country for the Class of 2014, the decision to remain at Michigan State was affirmed.
He said he stayed with the Spartans after a month and a half of recruiters from other Division I programs seeing if he would sway from the verbal commitment he made on Dec. 19.
Nicholson, an all-state and national all-star honoree who has been selected for June's Big 33 all-star game in Hershey, is ready to take the next step.
"It's a wonderful feeling," said Nicholson, who also will compete on the Michigan State men's track and field team.
"But I look at it as only being half over. We all still have a lot to do to be ready for our freshman seasons and get on the field."
Thrift, Randall and Davis all remained committed to Temple. Thrift said he understood if people thought they might change course after Terry Smith left Temple last month to become an assistant at Penn State.
"(Head) coach (Matt) Rhule told us we are still in the scheme at Temple, and there are great opportunities there," Thrift said.
"They need playmakers and guys who can rush the quarterback. We fit those roles."
Regus will join a Mercyhurst squad which went 7-4 overall in 2013.
He hopes to be one of the team members to make the trip to Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor when the Lakers face Slippery Rock there on Oct. 18.
Joe Robak was an anchor on both the offensive and defensive lines at Gateway, and he hopes to make an impact in his first year at Edinboro.
With Robak's help, the Gateway offense was able to produce several individual and team passing records this past fall.
The Gators went 8-3 overall and 6-2 in Quad East play (third place).
They reached the WPIAL quarterfinals before falling to eventual WPIAL champ Pittsburgh Central Catholic, 27-21.
Fellow Gateway senior Ricky Rogers also made his college decision final with West Virginia, and he has gotten a jump on his freshman season.
Rogers already has enrolled at WVU and will be able to take part in spring practices with his Mountaineers teammates.
He was not able to attend last week's ceremony.
Former Gateway standout Armstead Williams is one of two mid-year signees by the Duquesne football program. The other is former Chartiers Valley star Wayne Capers.
Williams comes to the Dukes from Purdue University, while Capers was at Arizona last fall.
Williams played two seasons for the Boilermakers on defense at linebacker after taking a redshirt season in 2011.
He appeared in all 12 games for Purdue in 2013, and he made nine tackles (five solo) and recovered a fumble. The Boilermakers finished 1-11 overall and 0-8 in the Big Ten this past fall.
Michael Love is a staff writer with Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-388-5825, at firstname.lastname@example.com or via Twitter @Mlove_Trib.


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TRURO – The month of June is a special one for numerous daycares, including Near To Me on Willow Street.
The province of Nova Scotia celebrates Child Care Awareness Days, something that Near To Me's director says is extremely important for everyone to recognize.
"The goal is to let others knows about the quality of early child care and how important it is to the economy, to the child's future and to the community," said Sara Hazelton, who has been with Near To Me for more than 15 years.
"We've been celebrating it every year that I've been here. Most do something within their own group, like a graduation, picnic or family social, but we want to get the news out to the community so they understand the importance of what we're doing."
According to the TD Bank, every dollar spent on a child in their first five years of life brings a return of $1.50 to the economy.
"Perhaps there is another member of the family that is able to go to work thanks to early child care, or there is a single parent that is able to either go back to work or to school who isn't using social assistance, that can then help support their family," she said.
Having worked in early childcare, Hazelton admits some families find it difficult to afford it, and that, in turn, affects the children when parents are stressed about money.
"That trickles down to the children, and the children feel that," she said, adding she wants early childcare to become more affordable and accessible to families. "The Early Development Index Program has found that there are more children going to school with emotional and social behavioral problems, such as aggression, anxiety and high level of stress.
"We agree with that. We see children who have that lack of emotion or connectedness, that feel rushed or have anxiety. We want children here to feel safe and comfortable, and to be able to negotiate problems with their friends when they don't want to share a toy."
To celebrate Child Care Awareness Days, the centre is hosting a ceremony Wednesday night at the Rath Eastlink Community Centre.
Eight children will graduate, as they are attending Grade Primary in the fall. Along with the certificates, gifts and cake will be presented, along with another special surprise presentation.
The centre currently has 34 children enrolled, with the capacity to look after 29 each day. Ages range from 18 months to five years, with Hazelton noting many people need childcare earlier than 12 months, which is something else she'd like to see addressed.
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Part I: Switzer the Greats of All K-State Greats
In Kansas State Wildcat history, is it Olympic decathlete Steve Fritz or Austra Skujyte, a multiple-time Olympic medalist in the heptathlon? Or is it basketballer Bob Boozer or Kendra Wecker? Or is it a Darren Sproles or a Michael Bishop from football?
For certain, a good case could be made for all.
But this writing is to acknowledge Veryl "Joe" Switzer as the most splendid athlete in Kansas State history.
A former K-State assistant coach Don Stehley once said of Switzer, "He was quick as hell, tough as hell and his defensive hits were absolutely devastating."
From 1950 to 1953, Switzer became the second African-American scholarship athlete in K-State history when he ruled the grass of the Wildcats' Memorial Stadium, plus the cinders of the track facility within the stadium.
For the record, to this day he holds the distinction of being the highest draft selection - fourth overall in 1954 - in football, plus was a Big Seven champion in track and field.
On being suggested as the "Greatest Wildcat Ever," the now 81-year-old Switzer humbly replied, "That's quite a compliment, but I played only because I loved it."
THE EARLY YEARS: Switzer grew up in the 125-person community of Nicodemus in northwestern Kansas. With his parents and five older brothers and sisters, he was raised in a 10-room limestone house, which today stands as a Nicodemus historical landmark.
"I knew our outhouse was about 150 feet from the house, but I never looked at us being poor because we had food on the table every night," recalled Switzer. "I didn't know we were poor until I saw in the paper that we were in an economically disadvantage category as a family."
For Switzer, his life seemed to be the norm, and one that he cherished.
He patrolled cattle by foot, feathered chickens by hand, cleaned the Baptist Church for 35 cents, and stuffed as many kids as he could into his Model A Ford so they could bounce and jiggle their way to nearby Bogue High School, which had an enrollment of 24 - 12 white and 12 black.
"The area was billed as the 'Promised Land,'" reflected Switzer. "Families from five colonies in Kentucky were encouraged to come out for the so-called '40 acres and a mule' concept. If you lived on the property so long, then the land became yours."
THE ALL-STAR ATHLETE: To say that Bogue had a tremendous six-man football team in the late-1940s would be an understatement.
On the roster of nine players, Switzer said, "Four of us could run under 10.2 (for the 100-yard dash), so we were pretty good. This is true: we honestly tried to get our coach to schedule a game with Kansas State. (Laughing) We had a little cockiness to us."
Switzer and his gang may have had a point. In Switzer's four high school years K-State was 3-36. In his last two-plus high school seasons, Bogue went undefeated and out-scored its opponents 950-52.
Bring on the 'Cats!
Weight programs didn't exist in the 1940s, yet Switzer says he had his own strength and conditioning formula. Giving a reflective chuckle, he said, "I lifted bales of hay and bags of cement... and I got paid $1.50 to $2.00 per hour to do it."
In high school track, he posted a 10.0-second 100-yard-dash, broad jumped 22 feet, 7 inches and pole vaulted 11 feet, 6 inches. Later at K-State, those numbers improved to 9.8, 24-7 and vaulting 13-9 with an aluminum poll.
Oh yes, Switzer also showed his versatility when "... I also played the tuba in the marching band at halftime with my football uniform on."
While a focused kid, Switzer's one outing on the wild side came prior to coming to K-State in the late-summer of 1950 when he and a buddy hopped in his Model A and tore off at 45 miles per hour across the Nebraska state line to get a six-pack of beer.
While a non-drinker himself, Switzer said, "I did it to say that I'd been out-of-state prior to coming to Kansas State. (Pausing) I knew there was a California because I had relatives there, but to me the outside world was Hill City."
A TRAILBLAZER: While Harold Robinson holds the distinction of being the first African-American to receive an athletic scholarship from K-State, Switzer was the second when he arrived in 1950.
He admits, "Life wasn't all roses. I had to use the back doors to hotels, eat away from my teammates and if I did eat in a restaurant, I had to use a paper cup instead of glass."
Pausing, he added, "But do you know what? It only made me work harder and be even more determined to excel and demonstrate my worthiness."
On Thursday, Switzer the Wildcat and beyond


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Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:08 PM
JRLeft (7,010 posts)
Coyote Pack Chases Puppy into Home, Smashes Door
Last edited Sun Jan 27, 2013, 01:47 AM - Edit history (1)
A pack of coyotes chasing after a puppy broke several panes of glass in the door of a home in a suburb of Chicago Friday as they tried to chase the dog into the house.
"I've never seen anything quite like this," Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel said of the attack on South Herbert Road, Riverside, about a mile from the Des Plaines River.
Dog owner Roger Nelson said it was about 4 a.m. when he let his three dogs -- a beagle, a golden retriever and a German shepherd puppy -- out into the yard.
He said his pups barely made it out of the door when the pack of coyotes came charging. The coyotes -- Nelson said there were four of them --came from the bushes and easily cleared a fence.
"That's about a three-and-a-half foot fence. I mean, they jumped it, no issues at all," he said.
Nelson said he hurried the dogs back inside. They made it, but the coyotes didn't let up.
Cont'd at the link: http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/Coyote-Pack-Chases-Puppy-into-Home-Smashes-Door-188488401.html
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Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:12 PM
Buzz Clik (38,437 posts)
1. I blame the puppies
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:20 PM
Duckhunter935 (16,974 posts)
2. snack food
that is just wrong
Response to Duckhunter935 (Reply #2)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:35 PM
kestrel91316 (51,666 posts)
30. The term "wrong" cannot apply to wildlife engaging in
natural behavior.
Do you support the concept of placing livestock such as pigs on trial if they harm a human just like was done in the Dark Ages????
Nothing immoral or "wrong" whatsoever about a predator hunting prey.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:27 PM
elleng (78,342 posts)
3. 'Weitzel urged residents to be aware of wild animals in the area,'
a Chicago suburb!!!
Response to elleng (Reply #3)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:33 PM
surrealAmerican (10,775 posts)
5. Coyotes are not unusual in the suburbs of Chicago ...
... or even in the city, itself.
That must have been damn frightening for the owner, and the dogs too.
Response to surrealAmerican (Reply #5)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:41 PM
elleng (78,342 posts)
9. Damn frightening!
Glad I left Chicago (40 years ago!)
Response to surrealAmerican (Reply #5)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:43 PM
Ellipsis (7,243 posts)
11. I live out in the boonies. I hear them all the time. I've seen coyote twice...
both time in Milwaukee... just ambling by.
Response to Ellipsis (Reply #11)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 08:01 PM
ProgressiveProfessor (22,144 posts)
20. I am in the CA desert, cougars and coyotes
Response to Ellipsis (Reply #11)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 02:11 AM
Lugnut (9,384 posts)
44. We have them here.
The woods are just behind our rear property line. A neighbor told my husband that there's a coyote den not very far from our rear property boundary. If we sit out on the porch at night we can hear them howling.
Response to Ellipsis (Reply #11)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 09:44 AM
2pooped2pop (5,420 posts)
50. me too.
it's hard to convince my grandkids that the woods are safe when they hear those guys out there at night. You can hear them from far away. Traveling in a pack, howling, getting closer. I know they will kill pets so we have to be real careful on letting them out to do their business at night.
Then I think we have a fox den too. Sometimes I can hear the pups yelping like the mother is leaving to come get my chickens for dinner.
Response to 2pooped2pop (Reply #50)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 11:27 AM
womanofthehills (3,092 posts)
57. my grandkids get freaked out too
Coyote packs go thru here every night and sometimes in the day. My animals are pretty coyote savvy but I still worry. My chickens are fenced and I lock them in at night. One night a racoon came in my doggie door and was coming up the stairs to my bedroom when my dog went ballistic. Country living ...........
Response to womanofthehills (Reply #57)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 12:25 PM
2pooped2pop (5,420 posts)
60. lol on the raccoon in the doggie door.
We have considered putting in a doggie door and wondered if that would ever happen. We don't have much trouble in the daytime. Our chickens and ducks free range til they go in and roost. We lock them in then. Their pen has chicken wire all the way around including the roof and floor. It has held up so far with nothing getting in the pen.
Mostly raccoons and hawks are the main chicken predators we have to deal with, but sometimes in previous years we have had a fox in the daytime.
Fortunately so far, the coyote have announced when they are out running so we haven't had any problems. But when we hear them running, we pity whatever poor critter they run into.
Response to surrealAmerican (Reply #5)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 12:29 AM
WinkyDink (48,927 posts)
37. Coyotes not unusual in Chicago? WHAT?!
Response to elleng (Reply #3)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 07:43 PM
UnrepentantLiberal (11,700 posts)
17. They are the only animal that has expanded its territory.
Response to UnrepentantLiberal (Reply #17)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 01:15 AM
bluedigger (15,070 posts)
40. Armadillos.
Response to UnrepentantLiberal (Reply #17)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 11:18 AM
truebluegreen (9,033 posts)
56. Thank the (primarily) western ranchers
who obsessed over killing wolves. When they did, the coyote population exploded.
So then they turned their attention to killing coyotes instead. Not knowing that when coyote populations are under stress, they breed more often and have bigger litters.
So coyotes have massively extended their range, and, I believe, can now be found in all of the Lower 48 states. I'm not sure about Alaska.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:32 PM
2on2u (1,843 posts)
4. If only they were carrying... they coyotes might have had second thoughts. n/t
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:34 PM
RudynJack (1,044 posts)
6. we're the dogs
dressed provocatively?
Response to RudynJack (Reply #6)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 08:09 AM
JNelson6563 (27,291 posts)
49. Yep! They asked for it!1!
Good one.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:41 PM
RandiFan1290 (3,644 posts)
7. Nature being natural?
Whoda thunk?
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:41 PM
Ellipsis (7,243 posts)
8. ...must have been south side coyote.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:42 PM
Make7 (7,385 posts)
10. URL to make image embed:
If you want copy this and paste it into your OP...
[div style="margin-left:1em; color:#000066;"]http://media.ksee24.com/images/335%2A264/Coyote%2BPack%2BSmashes%2BDoor.JPG
Response to Make7 (Reply #10)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:48 PM
Cirque du So-What (11,432 posts)
13. Never liked that style of window
Aside from the issue of air leaks, they're butt-ugly as well.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:44 PM
Arugula Latte (50,566 posts)
12. Rumor has it the coyotes were using one of these:
Response to Arugula Latte (Reply #12)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 12:58 AM
backscatter712 (24,976 posts)
39. I wonder what else they can find in the Acme catalog... n/t
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 06:56 PM
Bigmack (8,020 posts)
14. According to my sources...
.. there are at least 2,000 coyotes in Chicago.
I've been doing naturalist presentations on coyotes for the last few years, and I'm seeing reports of coyotes getting bolder and bolder.
In the northeast, they have crossed with wolves, and sometimes run to 75 lbs!
Only two coyote-caused deaths since record-keeping began in the 1970's.
Much... MUCH.. greater chance of being attacked by dogs, but still... they are getting bolder. Breeding season coming up, so a lot of times you have a female in estrus and some males following her... hence the larger "packs".
Their range has spread to all of North America, and I personally think their numbers have increased to such an extent that competition for food is making them bolder in search of food.
They will take pets. If you let your cat out... it's only a matter of time. Small dogs better be on a leash... at least you have a chance in a tug-of-war. Big dogs are somewhat safer, but the coyotes will gang up on them.
If you think your dog is tough.... well, he is. He's the toughest kid on the chess team. Coyotes are the rugby team.
Ultimately, there is nothing we can do but adapt to them. Sounds terrible, but they are damned smart and damned adaptable. If you shoot, trap or poison them, they just learn to avoid the traps, hunters, and poison and kick their reproduction up to make up the losses.
When I walk, I carry a stick and an attitude.... mostly for dogs, but ready for coyotes, too.
Response to Bigmack (Reply #14)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 07:03 PM
Mosby (7,753 posts)
15. I wonder if the coyotes were close to starvation?
My experience is that coyotes are very cautious, though they don't mind being around humans; that is where these problems stem from.
Response to Mosby (Reply #15)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 08:41 PM
Bigmack (8,020 posts)
22. If you ask them... coyotes are always close to starvation! nt
Response to Bigmack (Reply #14)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 07:47 PM
UnrepentantLiberal (11,700 posts)
18. We created super coyotes.
Response to Bigmack (Reply #14)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:05 PM
Drahthaardogs (3,330 posts)
24. Nah my dogs have killed plenty of coyotes
They do it very quickly. Coyotes are like gang bangers. They sre tough in a pack of buddies but not so much when alone
Response to Drahthaardogs (Reply #24)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:22 PM
Bigmack (8,020 posts)
25. Big muthas? They must be fast...
... cuz coyotes can run 42 mph.
I gotta point out that those suckers learn. I've had neighbors that lost a German Shepherd who followed that one coyote ... to be met by 5 more.
Lotta meat on a big dog.
Response to Bigmack (Reply #25)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:31 PM
Drahthaardogs (3,330 posts)
27. The coyotes run
My dogs are german imports bred for boar and bear as well as blood trailing. They are large but not huge. Coyotes are a
Fast but have poor endurance. Jagtterriers are the most fearless coyote dogs I have seen but they aretoo small
Response to Bigmack (Reply #14)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 10:12 AM
Larkspur (12,804 posts)
52. What evidence is there that coyotes have cross bred with wolves?
Wolves are coyotes natural enemy. I live in CT and the last known wolf in the state was killed by Revolutionary warn hero Israel Putnam in the Pomfret area by in the 18th century years before that war. No wolf has been officially spotted in CT that I know of.
Prior to the white man's settlement of the West, wolves ate coyotes and kept the latter's territory in the Southwest USA. After ranchers and farmers decimated the wolf population, the natural check on coyote roaming and breeding was removed and the coyotes have been expanding their territory since.
If coyotes are cross breeding, it's most likely with feral dogs than wolves.
And the pack of coyotes in this news story was in the midst of prime hunting time. Plus I wouldn't be surprised if they were starving or at least one had rabies.
Response to Larkspur (Reply #52)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 01:41 PM
Bigmack (8,020 posts)
63. Lots of evidence....
.... of crossbreeding. Lots of evidence with wolves and dogs... both.
Scientists are now calling the whole wild canid gene pool as "canis soupus"... a soup of dog, coyote, and wolf genes.
How do wolves and coyotes interbreed..? Think Romeo and Juliet. Seldom, but if this reeeeealy horny boy wolf falls in love with this reeeeely horny girl coyote in heat......
Response to Bigmack (Reply #14)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 11:47 AM
Hassin Bin Sober (17,158 posts)
58. The suburb where this happened is fairly wooded ....
.... And has a large chain of forest preserves near by. Also the Desplaines River and Salt Creek provide even more wooded banks to travel by.
My buddy has a place in Michigan and he says the coyotes are getting bolder. He had a pack waiting for him and his dog at the end of the driveway. He thinks they want his dog. He has a big tough Tree Walking Coon Hound who is, in her own way, a killer. But he knows they would wear her down.
He thinks things have gotten worse since the neighbor farmer but out poison. My buddy now has to keep his dog on leash all day due to the poison as she is a hound and would find it.
My buddy recently adopted a sickly stray cat that he nursed back to health. He can't have the cat in the house because he is deathly allergic. The garage has a small cat door and a heated cat house that is supposedly predator proof - but I still worry about her.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 07:35 PM
geek tragedy (68,270 posts)
16. If only that puppy had a gun. nt
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 08:00 PM
tavernier (4,407 posts)
19. I grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan in the sixties.
I never heard anyone mention the word coyote outside of a western tv show. Now my friends tell me that the whole state is full of them, as well as the surrounding states.
What is going on?? I think I agree with the Super Coyote theory.
Response to tavernier (Reply #19)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:49 PM
virgogal (8,374 posts)
34. They are here in Eastern MA also,and have been for quite a few years. The
first one I saw was 10 years ago.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 08:15 PM
smirkymonkey (24,073 posts)
21. Poor little puppies!
My favorite breeds. I hope they are ok.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 08:51 PM
nc4bo (17,651 posts)
23. Local news warning people to be aware of bold coyotes in North Carolina too.
Careful eye on pets, livestock and people. Their populations and ranges are increasing and fear of humans decreasing.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:31 PM
DJ13 (23,671 posts)
26. Obviously the puppies need to be armed
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:33 PM
Cleita (75,480 posts)
28. I live in coyote country. Mostly, they sleep during the day and hunt at night.
Sunset and early morning are prime time for predators. Keep your pets inside until the sun is well up in the sky. I have seen them during the day but mostly they hunt in the dark.
Response to Cleita (Reply #28)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 01:45 PM
Bigmack (8,020 posts)
64. We live in a tiny desert town...
... surrounded by a HUGE state park.
The coyotes haven't been hunted in generations... and generations...
Bold as hell.
Hunt when they want. Howl when they want.
No attacks on humans... except that the dumbshits who feed them sometimes get bit on the hands.
Luckily, they are the small, non-wolf hybrid type.
Dogs are a bigger problem here.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:34 PM
dballance (5,756 posts)
29. So I Have to Wonder If This is a Harbinger of Things to Come
It has been reported in several places for some time that wild animals, including big ones like bear, are coming into the suburbs more to forage because we're ruining their historical habitats and food sources. I doubt this is or will be an isolated incident as climate change continues and as we build more XL pipelines and fracking operations.
Response to dballance (Reply #29)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:43 PM
Benton D Struckcheon (2,345 posts)
33. I think of it more as a sign of recovery.
Also, if coyote hunt deer, that population is exploding as well, especially in the suburbs. It would be no surprise if coyote then exploded right along with them.
Saw coyote only once where I live. At first thought they were strays, then whey they came close and passed it was clear they weren't dogs. Nose to the ground, and they seemed to glide over the ground, which in the woods where I saw them are filled with rocks, downed branches, holes, you name it, but they just went over all of it like it wasn't there. Resembled skinny German shepherds, but you knew they weren't dogs. Very distinct.
Response to Benton D Struckcheon (Reply #33)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:55 PM
dballance (5,756 posts)
35. I Really Hope You Are Right
Our ecosystem has evolved over millennia. The predators like the coyotes have their place in it just as much as those cute prancing white-tailed deer and us. We tend to find when we mess with it we muck it up if we're realistic about evaluating our impacts.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:39 PM
mile18blister (507 posts)
31. Holy crap. I grew up in Riverside.
And I never heard of a single coyote there, let alone a pack.
Response to mile18blister (Reply #31)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 01:53 AM
JRLeft (7,010 posts)
43. There are plenty in Riverside
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:39 PM
kimtjj195_tx (23 posts)
32. Whoa!
That must have been scary. Hope the puppies were all right.
Response to kimtjj195_tx (Reply #32)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 12:25 AM
bluestate10 (10,942 posts)
36. Coyotes eat any thing that is weaker than them or which they can pack kill.
Domesticated dogs and cats are easy prey for them. Coyotes are spreading into many suburban areas, areas that have woods mixed in with houses. BTW, welcome to DU.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 12:57 AM
backscatter712 (24,976 posts)
38. Those coyotes are busy ordering from the Acme catalog as we speak!
They're very determined!
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 01:16 AM
Liberal_in_LA (44,397 posts)
41. some doubt the homeowners story.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 01:34 AM
flvegan (63,954 posts)
42. So your fence is insufficient then. Good for you. n/t
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 02:35 AM
DreamGypsy (2,248 posts)
45. Who is the dumber son of a bitch...
the old coyote or me. A whiskey bottle costs 13 buck, the old prairie moon is free.
A song about one of my favorite old time heroes:
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 02:42 AM
OldDem2012 (3,526 posts)
46. We're overrun by coyotes here in northern Alabama....
Coyote sightings increasing in North Alabama as municipalities grapple with shooting vs. trapping
Chris Banks of Tennessee Valley Wildlife Control, which sells wildlife/pest removal services in North Alabama and Southern Tennessee, said he's probably killed "a couple hundred" coyotes in the last four or five years.
"They are eating a lot of cats," he said. "They are getting braver."
Near a horse ranch in Madison, he used foot traps and caught a male and a female the first night. "If you see their tracks, I can peg 'em."
He figures coyotes live 10 or 12 years with a good food source.
"They are going to keep multiplying and die of old age," he said.
"I caught one that looked like a wolf, and one that was as big as I was," he said. When he held the animal up by its legs, "its head was hanging past my feet." That was near Elk River.
Something else to think about: Banks figures he's killed 40 or 50 bobcats, too.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 03:34 AM
NBachers (8,569 posts)
47. Saw a big one in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park a couple of weeks ago
They're moving into the city.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 05:46 AM
Mugu (2,858 posts)
Coyotes are no different from rats, mice, raccoons, possums, or whatever--when humans move in they dont just move out, they adapt. Coyotes are predators--theyre not evil, cruel, or mean. Theyre just hungry and doing what nature programmed them to do. Once you understand their motivations, behavior, and techniques theyre not that difficult to deal with if youre willing to do whats necessary.
These days I actually like to listen to the coyotes at night, and not having pets anymore I dont have any reason to bother with them. But, back when I had barn cats that the coyotes thought might be easy meals I found that a 12ga. loaded with #4 buckshot works like magic. Within about 45 yards, if you center up the pattern on them, they drop like theyve been stuck by lightning. You see the fur fly off the far side as the pattern passes through and they collapse like you turned off a light switch. No crying, no suffering, normally not even a twitch of the tail.
Coyotes arent stupid and they have good memories, so the survivors are unlikely to bother you again. Generally, you wont need to repeat the process for 2 or 3 years until a younger generation decides that the rules dont apply to them.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 09:52 AM
leveymg (36,418 posts)
51. Coyote ate my mother's (very fat) cat in rural CT a few years back.
Last edited Sun Jan 27, 2013, 04:53 PM - Edit history (1)
They aren't just in Roadrunner Country, anymore.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 10:55 AM
Coyotl (15,262 posts)
53. Support you local coyotes
or be overrun with rodents.
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 10:56 AM
The Straight Story (48,120 posts)
54. Did the home owner have a gun or did they use harsh words to stop them
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 11:16 AM
ileus (15,131 posts)
55. Sounds like a good time for some 00
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 12:11 PM
LWolf (45,965 posts)
59. While I've never heard of attacking an actual house,
it doesn't surprise me.
Coyotes are survivors, thriving in a wide variety of environments. I HAVE experienced coyotes stalking dogs before. I've seen coyotes comfortable and confident in towns.
I've also experienced some coyotes that are bolder and more aggressive than the average. I think it's possible that living in close proximity to humans who don't chase them off with buckshot encourages them to get bolder. I know that, where I've lived, you could tell the difference by the difference in their behavior when they encounter humans.
Attacking the door, though; were they starving, or rabid?
Response to LWolf (Reply #59)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 01:26 PM
sikofit3 (145 posts)
61. were they starving or rabid?
This is my first thought also.... here in upstate NY they are everywhere. I hear them at night and have seen some passing through at dusk mostly. We do have a large deer population so they are eating pretty good around here. However, we have a lot of NYC transplants or some with summer homes and they are clearing all the wooded areas and then they are surprised and horrified when wild animals run through their property. This leads to killing them and erecting large deer fences around properties. It breaks my heart because we are invading their territory and fencing them out of their feeding grounds and people wonder why they expand their territory to include residential neighborhoods. In this case however since it was very extreme and peculiar behavior it seems to be, as LWolf pointed out, more related to starving or rabid. I am not familiar with that area and who knows what is going on out there but the animals will keep telling us something is wrong through their uncharacteristic actions. It is a hard thing to think about from both angles.
Response to LWolf (Reply #59)
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 01:39 PM
JRLeft (7,010 posts)
62. A starving coyote will take more risks.


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Originally appeared in Tuesday, September 3, 2002 Oak Ridger
URL: http://www.oakridger.com/stories/090302/new_0903020032.html
Gary Van Berkel, a researcher in Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Chemical Sciences Division, feeds a boarding pass through the explosives detection device.
-- Photo by Jim Richmond/ORNL
ORNL helps build homeland security
by Duncan Mansfield
Associated Press
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Can an airplane boarding pass really become the ticket to exposing a suicide bomber?
It could with technology developed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where scientists say everything from one-celled creatures to cellular phone towers could prove useful in the war on terrorism.
Military and civilian researchers have worked hand-in-hand at the 3,800-employee lab since its top-secret inception in the rolling hills of east Tennessee in World War II.
Helping to build the first atomic bomb has led to advances in commercial nuclear power, high-strength composite materials for the auto and aircraft industries and isotopes for medicine.
Since Sept. 11, Oak Ridge scientists and their Energy Department colleagues across the country have redirected their research to the war on terrorism.
"I have been surprised by the relevance of apparently irrelevant technologies to this problem," said Dr. Bill Madia, Oak Ridge lab director.
The lab still does plenty of work for the Department of Defense, but Madia says those assignments may not offer the best solutions to preventing, warning or managing attacks on civilians.
"We are finding everything from agricultural extension services to software engineers - hackers - having the technology we are looking for. They really come from the broadest imagined scientific community," he said.
Madia points to the work of biologist Elias Greenbaum and his molecular bioscience group.
For four years, the researchers studied the photosynthetic reaction of algae, microorganisms that occur naturally in lakes and rivers, to contaminates.
"If you put a large amount of anything, like spring runoff of pesticides in a lake, the algae begin to fluoresce in a way that signals something big has changed in their world. It's a natural signal," Madia said.
"Well, when you think about it, that signal also can tell you that somebody has tried to poison your water supply."
The researchers created instruments to instantly and continuously monitor these microorganisms for installation, say, on the intake pipe for a municipal water system.
Tennessee American Water Co., which supplies Chattanooga and is a subsidiary of the nation's largest water utility, American Water Co., is talking to the lab.
"They are interested in either being the demonstration site or actually being a partner in taking this to market," said Dr. Michael Kuliasha, a longtime lab official who was named its homeland security program director three weeks after the terrorist attacks.
Lab operators seek $5 million from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency this fall for another demonstration of its homeland security technologies - an emergency network linking chemical, biological and radiological sensors mounted on existing cell phone towers.
Called "SensorNet," this integrated emergency system would identify poisonous gases or radioactivity, then set off an alarm at first-responder dispatch stations, telling them what the poison is, where it is headed and how civilians should respond.
The system was developed with support from the weather-watching National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and American Tower Corp., which owns some 10,000 cell tower sites.
The system was successfully tested in March in a linkup between Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga. Funding this fall will pay for a larger test, probably involving Atlanta.
Another lab invention - the first portable mass spectrometer capable of quickly identifying chemical or biological agents in a battlefield setting - was used in the SensorNet test.
That device, underwritten by the Pentagon at a cost of $48 million over the past five years, is designed to replace sensors used in the Gulf War that were so unreliable the troops ignored them.
The battlefield spectrometer is now undergoing field tests in Utah. But the Marines already talk about its potential for protecting civilian populations around their bases.
The Oak Ridge lab is an international leader in mass spectrometry - a powerful analytical technique that can identify unknown compounds at their molecular level.
Using that technology, Oak Ridge researchers have devised an airline ticket scanner that can detect the smallest traces of explosives in less than 5 seconds - a 1,000-tickets-an-hour rate that shouldn't add much to growing airport security delays.
"The basic concept is that if you have touched an explosive or you have an explosive with you it is very hard not to get the residue on you somewhere and that eventually gets transmitted to your hands," said Gary Van Berkel, the lab's mass spectrometry group leader.
"This device is very, very sensitive," he said. "There is evidence that you can detect second- or third-hand contact."
What does that mean? "A guy makes a bomb. He puts it in a suitcase. A second guy picks up the suitcase, then shakes hands with another guy. You check that third guy," Van Berkel said.
Van Berkel said his team expects to have the instrument in an airport field test within three months through the government's Safe Skies Alliance, either at Knoxville or Orlando, Fla.
Two major mass spectrometry companies, MDS Sciex of Ontario, Canada, and Mass Spec Analytical Ltd. of Bristol, England, work closely with the lab on the project.
Though mass spectrometry is far more accurate then the explosives detectors currently common in airports, the machines can be three times as expensive - at about $250,000 apiece.
The Sept. 11 attacks, however, made cost less important, Van Berkel said.
Mass spectrometry "is more attractive because it is the technology that will work," he said.
Madia said nationally, scientists are discovering thousands of ideas in how to use existing technologies for homeland security.
"That is actually going to be one of the big challenges of homeland security," he said. "How do you screen tens of thousands of ideas that may be the Holy Grail of solving the terrorist threat?"
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Music can often times be very confined. When you experience music, you are constantly reminded that you are cut off from it, that there is a dividing line between you and what you are listening to. Headphones remind you that you are listening to a piece of history, something that is firmly set in the past. A barrier at a concert reminds you that you are a punter and are not welcome near either music or musician. Music makes a guest of you but stresses that you keep your distance. Even those musicians that bare all, be it in the recording studio or on the stage, keep themselves behind a protective glass. It can be like watching a peep show of raw emotions. Then, sometimes an artist comes along and tosses the barricade to one side, urging you to come inside and make yourself comfortable, and that unsettles you.
Hailing from Allentown, Pennsylvania, The Last Surrealist doesn't so much as create art to be stared at, but to be participated in. From start to finish, Post Life Music burdens you with the weight of a very heavy heart delivered in a decorative wrapping. Beautiful soundscapes and harsh sonic assaults are vehicles for incredibly passionate and introspective lyrics that are both personal to the artist and listener alike. This is, quite simply, a record that opens up and bleeds all over you, and it asks you to drink.
Album opener, "In The Morning Our Bodies Will Be Nothing," sounds like a mission statement for the rest of the hour long experience, its cooling waves of synth coalesce with morose whispers and tortured gasps. The element of surprise is also a theme with this record, as the hip-hop style beats of "The Gun Is Perched Between My Teeth" catch you off guard as they drive the darkwave and acoustic sounds forward. A black metal tirade blasts its way through to a calm drone on "Eyes Wide Open," and that gentleness continues on into "To Kiss My Beloved With Eyes Wide Shut."
The second half of the record is like something of a comedown after a powerful high, with many forlorn ambient pieces cooling the air that the fire had wrought havoc upon. As a vocalist, The Last Surrealist has a respectable cannon of vocal techniques to draw from, be it harsh screaming, clean harmonies, or sickly spoken-word passages. An air of schizophrenia is established as he skips between vocal deliveries throughout the recording, and you never know which one you'll get at any given time. Even in his silence, you can hear his voice in every sorrowful key and note.
Essentially, Post Life Music does everything it claims that it is going to do before you've heard the second track. Though it might come across on paper as the emblematic ambient or darkwave record, this release actually divorces itself from those labels simply by being what it is, hideously naked. This is a record that invites you to share in sorrow, and if you accept that invitation, you won't be long about feeling as though you are intruding.


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We have one more week of releases coming to Steam before we close out 2005. Next week there will be two new player models, one for each team, released for Counter-Strike: Source. Early next year we'll be releasing a completely rebuilt version of cs_militia. There is also a fairly high chance we'll be releasing an update to Day of Defeat: Source next week, which will include a number of small changes.
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Tesla have released a stream of "So Divine", the lead single from their forthcoming album, "Simplicity. "
The California band's seventh all-original studio album was produced by the band with some help from legendary producer Tom Zutaut and was recorded at bassist Brian Wheat's J Street Recorders. The last disc Tesla released was "Forever More" in 2008 and guitarist Frank Hannon points out a noticeable different between that project and the upcoming album. He says "We went in more prepared with the songs and ideas way more than 'Forever More, and the style is pure Tesla back to our roots."
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text: Alfredo Covaleda V wrote: > Months ago you had a discussion respect ABMs-OOP and you referred to > some suitable languages. I wonder how appropriate are python and PHP5 > to make simulations. ¿Are comparable C++, smalltalk, ruby, python and > PHP5 ? The odd one out there is C++, which is isn't dynamically typed like the others. Basically that constraint makes it easier for the compiler to optimize for speed but makes the process of modeling more rigid. Dynamic typing may be a benefit or a drawback depending on your perspective. If your goal is to test a specific hypothesis, using a very specific simulation, you probably won't care about dynamic typing. On the other hand, if you are trying to use the computer to poke around a space and understand relations intuitively, and incrementally tweak rules, you'll probably find it useful. Btw, today there was a new `Parrot' release, the new dynamic virtual machine underlying Perl 6. One interesting feature of this runtime is that the set of `opcodes' is mutable: http://www.parrotcode.org/faq/ http://www.sidhe.org/~dan/blog/archives/000409.html Seems like this could be an interesting way to set up an ABM system -- actual bytecodes for agent step instructions, etc. Marcus


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To The Eidtor:
Read where the Journalism Hall of Fame will be closed for a while.
Beware of what lurks outside the doors!
While the building looks vacant and not patroled, the grassy area outside has become a community drop zone for dog walkers!
When doors re-open please avoid the grass and use the steps! If you bring children, warn them that careless pet owners have left poopy traps in the grass!
To dog walkers, that property is not yours! Are trash bags and pooper scoopers not a trend with you? Well, please make it so!


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text: Oli - Unregistered March 23, 2011 12:25 PM Jerez and Brno are both institutions, part of the history and the core of GP racing. Like Mugello, Assen (sadly now ruined) or Donington (sadly no more). Maybe the recent races haven't been great, but who could forget Criville pipping Mighty Mick by 0.002 seconds, or Biaggi's monster wheelie, or Jamie Whitham setting the bales on fire. Besides, MotoGP has rarely produced a decent race since they went to 800s. There were plent of classics in the 990 era (Herez 2005, Estoril 2006 etc) so lets hope for more in 2012. It would be truly sad if Brno is not a part of it. What GP history does Magny Cours have? None. 16 agree 2 disagree


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Abridging the east and western parts of Turkey, Atlasjet will
officially start its flights to and from the city of Sivas by July 4th.
Flights are scheduled to take place everyday of the week except
Flight Hours:
Weekdays: Ist-Sivas 15:20 pm
Sivas-Ist 17:00 pm
Sundays: Ist-Sivas 10:30 am
Sivas-Ist 12:10 am
Fare for flights directly between Istanbul and Sivas Provinces is set at TL 99, while a TL 139 is charged by the company for transit flights destined to Bodrum, Izmir and Antalya settlements.
It will be easier to provide access from one side of the country to another through e-ticketing, widely spread ticket points of sale and ease of buying, friendly and caring service and strictly on-time flights.
Furthermore, the third of the 4 A320 series aircrafts has officially been entered into the Atlasjet portfolio of aircrafts, which will physically join the fleet till the end of 2005. Airbus A320 series equipped with the latest state-of-the-art technologies are designed to provide a safe and fast transportation. These birds attain high standards in performance with their genuine advanced flight management systems. Besides the passenger comfort is ensured by the unprecedented interior design of this aircraft. Airbus 320 is capable of moving at a maximum speed of 900 kmph on the air with 174 passengers set on board.
With the addition of the new Airbus A320 series aircrafts, the total number of aircrafts in the Atlasjet service fleet is expected to become 19 till the end of term 2005. Being the first IATA member private airliner of the country, Atlasjet keeps on its investments toward improving the current levels of quality in its services to better serve its clientele.
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