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For anybody keeping track, here are our current tool offerings to NextStage Members. We keep adding tools as they become available and will update this list periodically. Some tools require training, some tools require our tracking code be on a digital property, some tools are so new they don't have their own icons yet.
|NextStage AD Placement Tool (NSAD) was originally developed with the help of agencies and networks such as Razorfish, Critical Mass and casale media. NSAD helps digital and media buying agencies determine which platforms (mobile, online video, game placement, theatrical buy, TV, radio, internet radio, satellite radio, online property, print magazine or print newspaper) will generate maximum response for their creative. There are twenty (20) questions about your audience. Remember, the more accurate your answers the more accurate the results.
|NextStage Audience Finder Tool (NSAF) reads your creative content and determines where that content's best audience is located. NSAF saves companies research costs by quickly identifying where new marketing and/or products should be tested for positive response.
|NextStage Age Persuader (NSAP) analyzes material (blogs, Twitter streams, FaceBook pages, emails, DOC files, …) and determines which age groups will favor the material and by what percentages. NSAP is based on NextStage's patented technology, been in use as a desktop tool since 2003 and in 2009 was independently evaluated at 98%+ accuracy. Bet you wish your current tool could boast that, huh? NSAP requires Level 1 training to access.
|NextStage's BlueSky Meter (NSBM) determines how much BS is in content. Wondering why your audience isn't responding? Maybe they can tell it's BS and you can't. Wonder why something doesn't seem right to you? Maybe it's full of BS and you're picking it up without knowing it. NSBM is designed to analyze material (blogs, Twitter streams, FaceBook pages, emails, DOC files, …) and determines how much Blue Sky is hidden in the content. Please remember that some material is intended to be BlueSkyish. Everybody has a little blue sky in everything they do. This is required for cognitive continuity (few people can exactly remember everything correctly) and to maintain the"fabric of society". Purveyors of penultimate truth are usually ostracized. NSBM was suggested by FindMeFaster's Matt Van Wagner and originally documented in The NextStage Irregular #1. This tool requires Level 1 training to access..
|NextStage Compatibility Gauge is designed to analyze material (blogs, Twitter streams, FaceBook pages, emails, DOC files, …) and determines how compatible the two source authors are.
The results take the form of a gauge rated 0-100% compatible along with three sets of suggestions along three major compatibility axes:
The original concept of this tool came from two requests; a"personals" site company and political parties. Suggestions were then made by another company, this one in the on and offline branded community business, regarding ET's ability to understand management-employee, brand-consumer, etc., relationships and the NextStage Compatibility Gauge is the result. NSCG requires Level 1 access.
|NextStage Client Prospector determines what companies will respond best to your pitch. It doesn't determine if they're a market for your product, offering or service, only if they'll respond to you (are you someone they would do business with?)
|NextStage Entrepreneur Gauge (NSEG) is another NextStage Wonderment. The original request came from VC firms in Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles. All wanted something that would prescreen candidates prior to the VC investing time in them. NextStage Entrepreneur Gauge is the result (pretty good for a company that's repeatedly refused VC funding, huh?)
NSEG asks seven (7) questions and determines if the respondent would be a good venture funding candidate. Like all NextStage tools it's simple to use, fast to respond and wonderfully fun (okay, we think it's wonderfully fun). Remember, NSEG analyzes the individual navigating the site, not the person answering the questions, unless they're one in the same person. NextStage Entrepreneur Gauge determines if you have the qualities an investor, investor group, venture capitalist, angel investor, etc., thinks are worth funding. This doesn't evaluate your pitch or idea, it evaluates you from an investor perspective.
|NextStage Experience Optimizer evaluates the pscyhological, behavioral/effective and motivational drivers of digital property visitors in real time then sends suggestions for optimizing the visitor's experience with the goal of increaseing business outcomes to the client's CMS or the visitor's browser. These suggestions increasing engagement, stickyness, conversions, … there are many terms for it and they all come down to taking postive, desired and intended action. If visitors aren't doing that, your site isn't working.
You must have a site with our tracking technology to access this tool.
|NextStage's Gender Persuader Tool determines how strongly your content will appeal to each gender. Your content may be going out to a largely male audience but if its design works best with females it's time to redesign that content. NSGP requires Level 1 training to access.
|NextStage Immediate Sentiment Gauge determines how visitors are responding to your digital property in real time. Do they like it? Do they hate it? Are they neutral? This tool helps you determine visitors' responses to your marketing as they encounter it, not hours, days, weeks or months later, and all visitors to your property are in the study group, not just a few or those specially selected. You must have a site with our tracking technology to access this tool.
|NextStage Job Prospector determines what companies will respond best to you, where you'll fit in and where you'll be happy. It doesn't determine if they want what you do, only that once in, you'll thrive there (you and your work will be honored and respected).
|NextStage Love Finder is one of our more controversial tools – not from a user standpoint, but from a potential client standpoint. Clients tell us they'll see this tool and decide we're flakes, yet this tool has been used worldwide by several thousand people to determine where they'll find compatible life-partners and we're happy to say we continuously get comments from people who contact us with happily-ever-after stories. Let's see…make people happy-ever-after or deal with a prospect that's already proven they're a flake…yeah, no-brainer, that.
|NextStage Looking Glass is only available to law enforcement, security and select other clients.NextStage Looking Glass monitors online properties and determines in real time if stalkers, predators, or others with harmful intent are on a given property (such as a children's chat room or large public venue site). NextStage Looking Glass sends an alert to the client that some visitor is worth investigating. It is up to the client to respond and how. Note that NextStage Looking Glass does not recognize personally identifying data. It's ability is limited to knowing that the user of a given device at a given location is behaving in ways that have historically indicated threatening behavior. It does not know who that user is, only that they are behaving in a threatening manner. NextStage Looking Glass provides profiling information to the client upon which the client makes a response decision. NextStage Looking Glass is based on an early 2000's Toronto PD request for tools to monitor online chat rooms.
|NextStage Love Jones (NSLJ) is another of our more controversial tools and again, not from a user standpoint but from a potential client standpoint. Clients tell us they'll see this tool and decide we're flakes, yet this tool has been used worldwide by tens of thousands of people to determine what they need to change about themselves to be better life-partners. We've received gratitude emails from people using NextStage Love Jones to make their lives better and richer from across the globe. So, much like prospects who are irked by NextStage Love Finder, NextStage says"Phphttt!"
|NextStage NeuroPrint (NSNP) determines the relative strengths of all modalities in a given document. This information can be used in everything from marketing to policy determination to psychotherapeutics. This tool is only available to registered NextStageologists.
|NextStage OnSite monitors online property visitors in real time and reports what's working and what's not working for them. It determines age, gender, if you need to increase or decrease your price, increase or decrease your number of offerings, what's motivating visitors to leave, to stay, to convert and more. It's a powerful tool that helps companies, content providers and designers know what to provide visitors so they stay engaged and active. You must have a site with our tracking technology to access this tool and have Level 1 training to use this tool.
|NextStage has been correctly predicting political outcomes since 2004, usually months in advance, and largely because of the NextStage Political Analyzer (NSPA). NSPA determines how well a politician's rhetoric is going to be received and by whom, if people believe the politician is lying, believes the individual will do good (or harm), so on and so forth. NextStage Political Analyzer requires Level 1 training.
|NextStage Predictive Echo (NSPE) reads through digital property historical server log files and the actual property page designs that are described in those server log files to determine the psychological, behavioral/effective and motivational reasons visitors were not engaging with your digital properties. It's a powerful tool that helps companies, content providers and designers understand the exact yet often unrecognized reasons visitors did or didn't respond to digital properties as desired. The result is a deep knowledge of how to modify existing and future property designs to keep visitors engaged and active. NSPE requires access to server logs, historical digital properties and Level 1 training.
|NextStage Political Reader (NSPR) analyzes traffic across a large number of digital properties and determines the political leanings of visitors. It determines if someone will vote left or right at that moment, not in the booth, and regardless of what they're thinking about. Used daily, it determines political leanings and election outcomes with incredible accuracy. NSPR can be attached to a specific online property, a group of properties (such as part of a political network) on an entire inventory of sites (such as we do here at NextStage). NSPR requires NextStage's tracking technology to be active on a property before it can determine the political leanings of visitors to that property. NSPR requires Level 1 training to use. NSPR grew out of NextStage's Political Analyzer (NSPA) tool and publishing the results daily. Individuals and groups wanted to know if ET could determine if someone was a Republican or Democrat. The concepts of"Republican" or"Democrat" were a bit too parochial for us. Much more appealing (and more globally applicable) was determining if someone was politically"Right" or"Left". It took a few years to work out the math and, after about a year of testing, we published NSPR on NextStage's Politics blog. NSPR was first used in the 2012 US Presidential election cycle and predicted the outcomes of the popular vote to within a few tenths of a percentage point days in advance.
|NextStage PersonaScope (NSPS) analyzes digital material and determines what audience types will respond most positively to it. It's a powerful tool that helps companies, content providers and designers develop content for their intended audience rather than developing blindly. In addition, NSPS is being used by several individuals who are training themselves to think and respond differently in different situations (much like NSLJ). NSPS requires Level 1 training.
|Originally developed at the request of a major job site, NextStage Resume Rater (NSRR) reads an individual's resume as an HR person would and determines how the typical HR person would respond to it on a psycho-cognitive and -emotional level. Note that NextStage Resume Rater isn't responding to the individual as a person, only to what's in the individual's resume and specifically to the person who wrote the resume. This means that if you're called in for an interview and your resume was written by somebody else, the interviewer will be psychologically prepared to interview the resume writer, not the individual referenced by the resume. NSRR requires Level 1 training.
|NextStage Sentiment Analytics (NSSA) is the first of several NextStage Wonderments (an online tool) that analyzes any blogs, Twitter streams, FaceBook pages, … (online social media in general) and provides you with both quantitative and qualitative information about the conveyed message, its possible effect on a general audience as well as information about the author.
NextStage Sentiment Analysis contains ten (10) separate sections that can be considered separately or holisticly. These ten sections are:
NSSA requires Level 1 training.
|NextStage Social Interferometer was developed because NextStage was often asked to help companies develop social marketing teams. Based on an interview format, NextStage Social Interferometer requires the candidate to answer a series of questions over a few hours time. Once completed, NextStage Social Interferometer determines the candidate's best position on a social marketing team and this determination can range anywhere from"Don't let them near the team" to"This one's your Chief Social Officer".
|NextStage SampleMatch (NSSM) provides a detailed list of the cognitive, behavioral/effective and motivational drivers for any geographic location NextStage is monitoring. This information is used by content providers, designers and property owners to craft highly targeted, location-specific content. Location size can vary from continent down to postal or area code. NSSM requires Level 1 training.
|NextStage TargetTrack (NSTT) determines which age groups will a) respond to, b) understand and c) act upon your content. This tool is only available to registered NextStageologists.
|NextStage Veritas Gauge (NSVG) determines how truthful visitors to your properties are when they're filling out forms and such. You must have a site with our tracking technology to access this tool. NSVG requires Level 1 training.
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EDMONTON - Ryan Keller is used to being overlooked.
Having been passed over in the WHL Bantam Draft, then the NHL Entry Draft, the Edmonton Oilers prospect has made a living proving people wrong.
He went on to have four successful seasons in the WHL, scoring 40 goals for Saskatoon Blades in his final year. Keller then went on to star with the Binghamton Senators last season netting 25 points in the playoffs and scoring the Calder Cup clincher.
I guess I took the long road, I started from the bottom up and tried to work my way up, Keller said. I think it makes you appreciate being here and being this close even more.
On Tuesday, Keller, 27, suited up in his third exhibition game for the Oilers when they hosted the Phoenix Coyotes.
The Oilers are giving the Saskatoon native a long look, hoping he can provide depth to their organization and perhaps one day be a solid contributor to the club.
Hes still here because hes a good player, said Oilers head coach Tom Renney. I think Ryan in the right set of circumstances is an NHL player. I like so much of what he does, hes a very quick player, hes very solid on his feet, you dont see him on the ass of his pants too often, he sees the ice extremely well and knows what to do without the puck at both ends of the ice.
Kellers professional journey has taken him through the United Hockey League, to the AHL, over to Finland and back to the AHL having signed with the Ottawa Senators three years ago.
The five-foot-10, 196-pound winger played six games with the Senators during the 2009-2010 season registering a point.
Last year, Keller captained their AHL affiliate to the league title scoring 32 goals and adding 19 assists for 52 points in 71 regular-season games, then adding another 10 goals and 15 assists in 23 playoff games.
It was a good year. Any time you win a championship its a lot of fun and something youll remember forever, Keller said. It was a year where I think we surprised a lot of people and really came together as a group at the right time of year. We were playing our best hockey into June and we were rewarded with it.
It was a wonderful experience.
This summer, Keller signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Oilers. Its expected hell start the season with the teams AHL affiliate in Oklahoma City, but depending on how things play out in Edmonton, could see some time with the big club.
I was offered a contract by Ottawa, but it was a situation where I spent two years there and I thought I proved that I could play at the NHL level and really wasnt given an opportunity, Keller said. I thought it was a situation where it was best to move on and look for a different organization.
Edmonton came to us in early July and I felt it was an opportunity to play close to home if things worked out here and if I do go down to Oklahoma City I have a relationship with (head coach) Todd (Nelson) down there. So it was kind of a win-win situation.
Keller scored 66 goals in two seasons with Binghamton. The Oilers are hoping he can continue that production in Oklahoma City and if required, bring that scoring touch to Edmonton.
Keller has proven he can score at every level. Hes just looking for a chance to prove it at the NHL level.
Sometimes you get boxed out and theres a stigma that can build off of that, Renney said. Its a testament to him, hes out there every year trying to break that stigma and hes here doing the same thing.


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This morning, I noticed that we got some feedback from an unhappy Entourage user that says:
How DARE you prevent, by DEFAULT, the ability to see images in my email program!?!?!?! I just forked out good money for Office 2004 thinking that there would be improvements - and instead I find some LUDITE has made a decision that should be left up to the user - I do not NEED to have my email "secured" from images - I LIKE the images appearing automatically - LIKE THEY DID BEFORE in the previous version of Entourage - in fact I'm switching back.
THANKS FOR NOTHING!! Use your brains to improve a product - not diminish it.
It's feedback like this which makes me amused at the assertion that I got via email a couple of months ago that we only set up the anonymous product feedback so that we'd get fawning we <3 Microsoft feedback.
Usability doesn't exist in a vacuum. My life would certainly be easier, but a lot less interesting, if it did. When I study usability and try to make improvements, I have to deal with the real world, which means that we don't get to provide you with the perfect user experience. We have to make trade-offs. We don't have unlimited resources. We don't have a perfect technological solution to everything. And we have to deal with security concerns.
Entourage 2004 has a couple of security features that has a detrimental effect on the short-term user experience. By default, Entourage doesn't automatically download any image that is sent to you via email. You can change that through the Preferences menu (Entourage -> Preferences -> Security -> Automatically download ...), but that doesn't get you every image that is sent to you. That only gets you images that is sent to you by people who are listed in your Entourage address book. If you get email with pictures from someone who isn't in your Entourage address book, you have to manually click that 'Download images...' link in the email message.
This feature makes some of our users quite upset, as you can see from the above feedback. And I've already admitted that it has a detrimental effect on the short-term user experience. So why haven't I shouted at anyone who will listen until we change it? This is one of the more difficult trade-offs that we have to make: security versus usability. For Entourage users, the most usable thing to do would be to automatically download every image, so that you see the email that you expect to see and don't have to notice that there are missing images and then move your hand to the mouse (if it's not already there) and click the link.
The problem is one of security. Think about the spam that you get, or those spoofed messages from banks (real or not) that want you to enter lots of your personal details on some random faked website. If Entourage automatically downloaded images from those messages, their servers would get a lot of information about you. For example, their server will record your IP address, which gives them a fair amount of information about your physical location. There's a lot of other information that they'll get automatically, which gives them lots of information to use to spam or phish you in the future.
We made the decision to relinquish some of our short-term usability to enhance security. We tried to mitigate the usability effects of this decision. You can set the pref to automatically download images from people in your address book. This isn't a perfect solution, either: my address book has entries for Alaska Airlines, Hyatt Hotels, and my father. (Dad doesn't need to be in my address book. His is one of the few telephone numbers that I can actually recite at will, unlike (for example) my own home number.) I don't like having extra entries in my address book, but it's the best solution that we have to the problem of spam, phishing, and maintaining security.
Making software is a series of trade-offs. This is just one example of one type of trade-off. Creating solutions to these problems is what makes my job interesting.


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GENEVA: The Syrian regime was the only government in the world to lay new landmines this year, campaigners said on Thursday as they issued an annual report on the use and effect of the devastating weapons.
"Only one government – Syria – has used antipersonnel landmines in 2012", the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) said in a statement, down from four last year and the lowest number since the Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty was signed in 1997.
In its 2012 Landmine Monitor report, the ICBL also hailed record high levels of funding for mine clearance and a dramatic reduction in the number of people killed by the explosive devices over the past decade.
These developments are "a testament to the achievements of the Mine Ban Treaty over the past 15 years and that's the good news," report editor Mark Hiznay said in the statement.
Syria was also among the four countries singled out in last year's report, when the governments of Israel, Libya and Myanmar were also found to have used landmines.
Although only one government laid the lethal mines this year, the explosives were still used by non-state armed groups in six countries – Afghanistan, Colombia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand and Yemen – up from four countries last year, the report said.
And while the number of countries laying new landmines might be low, 59 countries and six disputed territories were confirmed to have been affected by old landmines this year, while the presence of the mines was suspected in another 13 countries, it said.
No casualty figures were given for this year, but the ICBL said that last year 4,286 people were killed by landmines worldwide – or nearly 12 deaths a day compared to 32 in 2001.
The organisation, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for its efforts to rid the world of landmines, also hailed that a growing number of governments were signing on to the treaty, with Finland, South Sudan and Somalia onboard since July 2011.
In all, 160 countries are now party to the treaty, the ICBL said, adding that with the addition of South Sudan and Somalia, "all sub-Saharan African countries have joined".
The ICBL report was issued ahead of a five-day assembly of the signatory countries to the Ottawa Treaty in Geneva next week.


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The Mendocino Coast cycling community is reeling from the death of Mendocino resident David Russell, an 82-year-old avid bicyclist who was struck by a pickup truck Sunday on Highway 1.
"Everyone's just shocked," said Stanley Miklose, a cycling enthusiast and owner of Down Home Foods in Fort Bragg.
Russell was riding his bicycle along Highway 1 near Caspar, a small community between Fort Bragg and Mendocino, when he was struck by a pickup truck driven by 18-year-old Sterling Bradbury, also of Mendocino, according to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP investigators have not yet determined why Bradbury's 1999 Ford F-150 drifted onto the shoulder of the road, where Russell was bicycling. Bradbury was driving south at about 55 mph just before noon when he struck Russell, the CHP said.
It does not appear that drugs or alcohol were a factor, CHP spokesman Randy England said. He did not believe the teen was using a cell phone at the time.
Distracted driving is a growing element in fatal crashes, and drivers under the age of 20 represent the greatest proportion of distracted drivers in vehicle accidents involving pedestrians and cyclists, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Bradbury was not arrested but, if warranted, the final investigation report could be forwarded to the district attorney for possible prosecution, England said.
Russell had been bicycling between Mendocino and Fort Bragg on nearly a daily basis for years, his fellow cyclists said.
"He was a constant sight out there. He was an inspiration to us all," Miklose said.
The stretch of road on which Russell was traveling was largely straight with a wide shoulder and is considered safe for experienced bicyclists, Miklose said.
Russell had been cycling since the 1970s, when he owned a bicycle shop, and was a careful rider, friends said.
"He wasn't an old doddering fool. He was quite skilled," said Brian Clark, a cyclist and lumber truck driver.
Russell's regular route was one of the safest sections of Highway 1 for bicyclists, Miklose said. Accidents involving bicycles are rare on that stretch, he said.
"All of us ride it routinely without a care or worry. It seems scary, but there is plenty of shoulder," Miklose said.
Sunday's fatal collision demonstrates that no amount of safety or skill can protect cyclists against vehicles that veer off the road.
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TORONTO - On the way to allowing a league-worst 26 goals, Toronto FC has conceded nine times off crosses or set pieces something head coach Paul Mariner attributes to the clubs youth.
If you look at the team and what we have, we have got some very young players, especially in our back four, Mariner said. Learning your trade on the job and being in the starting 11 in Major League Soccer is hard. I thought they did well and we came away with a very good point.
With TFC conceding five times through Mariners first two matches at the helm, Torontos new bench boss appears to be taking the glass-half-full approach, especially after disciplining three of his own players this week.
But its difficult to ignore such damning defensive numbers. On top of conceding three goals in six of its first 12 league fixtures, Toronto has conceded seven times inside the first and last 15 minutes of games most commonly referred to as the worst time to concede in the sport.
Following Dicoy Williams insertion in Houston, the club has used 11 different players across the back so far. While its possible Williams might be the ball-winning centre back that will help prevent unnecessary goals, hes far from being the leader the club needs to organize TFCs young defensive third.
With Adrian Cann potentially out for an extended period of time, Mariner might have no option but to drop Torsten Frings back into defence as a last resort if Milos Kocic is to avoid becoming the worst statistical keeper in league history.
Salt Lakes D.J. Countess currently holds the record for most losses (19 in 2005) by an MLS keeper in a season. With 10 before the mid-season break, its a shame a quality keeper like Kocic will have a big number next to his name come October ... It seems dropping points was a midweek theme for Canadian clubs. After the Reds allowed Houston to claw back, the Vancouver Whitecaps conceded a lead to the visiting New York Red Bulls in the 86th. Juan Pablo Angels winner in the 82nd prevented the Montreal Impact from stealing a point. Canadas clubs still have some growing up to do ... BBVA Compass Stadium might as well have been Rio Tinto Wednesday. Did anyone else have flashbacks to what transpired in Utah earlier this season? To refresh your memory, the Reds conceded a winner to Salt Lakes Jonny Steele in the 93rd.
All of a sudden Danny Koevermans looks like the player who scored eight times in 10 matches to close 2011.
Battling injury and struggling to find the golden touch he ended last year with, was Koevermans form ever really that bad?
Despite missing big chances in games against Columbus and Kansas City, in five league starts the Dutchman has five goals -- good enough for .74 goals-per-match.
Having missed a number of starts due to injury, Koevermans trails only Chris Wondolowski (.92), Kenny Cooper (.80) and Thierry Henry (1.09) in the above category.
When you lose it at the last minute you are disappointed, Koevermans said of Wednesdays loss. For me, personally, I would rather not have scored and have gotten the three points because I am still disappointed.
Typically stone-faced when dealing with the press, the clubs Designated Player has brushed off reports throughout the season questioning his lack of production.
True to form, the selfless Dutchman wasnt interested in talking about himself following Wednesdays draw.
We thought the Reds would be a deep squad. With two new backs Geovanny Caicedo and Miguel Aceval and some positive re-signings, depth wasnt supposed to be an issue in 2012.
But as Caicedo quit, Aceval was incarcerated, Cann re-injured his knee, Aaron Maund under-performed and Logan Emory fell out of favour, the clubs back four is once again in disarray.
Where else in the league are two academy prospects starting at the back?


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LYMAN G. BENNETT. Nothing is more true than that good management, fair dealing and application to business will result in profit to the parties interested, and failure rarely, if ever, comes unless as the consequence of negligenc, rash speculation or dishonesty. Lyman G.Bennett is one who has been successful in the accumulation of worldly goods and owes all his prosperity to his own good business management and honest dealing. He was born in Schuyler County, N. Y., August 1, 1832, to Charles M. and Louisa (Canfield) Bennett, the former of whom was of English descent. There is a tradition that the family came to this country at a very early day and settled in Massachusetts. An early ancestor of the subject of this sketch was banished with Roger Williams to Rhode Island. Prior to the Revolutionary War a company of people from Connecticut and Rhode Island started westward with the intention of locating in the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, but the war coming on and the Indiana proving troublesome they stopped temporarily in Orange County, N. Y., Ephraim Bennett, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, served with credit in the patriots' ranks during the war, after which the original intention of the colonists was carried out and they removed to Pennsylvania. After a short residence in that State the Bennetts removed to western New York and there the great grandfather and grandfather took up a tract of land near Elmira on the Newtown battle ground, where they remained some years. They eventually located in Schuyler County where the grandfather died at the age of eighty-one years. He reared. a family of twelve children and a number of his sons took part in the War of 1812. Charles M. Bennett was the youngest of this family and in the Empire State he grew to manhood and married. In 1849 he moved to Kendall County, Ill., where he made his home until 1872, when he came to Greene County and took up his residence on a 500 acre tract of land which he purchased and on which he lived until 1882. In that year while making a visit to his native State of NewYork death overtook him. He was a Democrat in politics until 1856, then became a Republican, which he continued to be the remainder of his life, and although not an active politician he was public spirited. He was successful in the accumulation of means and left an estate valued at $20,000, not withstanding the fact that while in the State of New York he was compelled to pay a security debt of $15,000. This act of honesty materially diminished his means and was the direct cause of his removal westward for he deemed the Mississippi valley offered good inducements to the tiller of the Boil, and subsequent events showed the wisdom of his views. He became well known throughout Greene County and war highly honored in business circles, as an upright Christian gentleman. His wife was a native of New Britain, Conn., and a daughter of Peter Canfield, of Irish descent, who moved from the Nutmeg State to New York in an early day, in which State Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were married. Mrs. Bennett was the youngest of five children and died in Greene County, Mo., in 1888, a member of the Baptist Church, and at the time of her death was seventy-six years of age. To herself and husband the following children were born: Lyman G.; Elizabeth, who. died at the age of five years; Guy, is now a successful stockman of Arizona, is married to the daughter of a former governor of Arkansas, and is a man of family; Martin V., is a farmer of Norwich, Kan.; Hannah died at the age of four years; Ephraim died in New York State at the same age; Caroline is the wife of Col. William Christy, of Phoenix, Ariz., who was colonel of an Iowa regiment; Louise, the wife of Marsh Christy, of Phoenix, Ariz.; Charles M. is living on the old home place of his father in Greene County, near Springfield; Frank who is living at West Plains, Mo., is engaged in operating a mill, and Catherine, who is the wife of Orlo H. Christy, of Phoenix, Ariz. Some members of the Bennett family were great Indian fighters; in the early history of this county and were in the bloody Wyoming Massacre. The early life of Lyman G. Bennett was spent in the State of his birth and in attending the district schools and the Havana Academy, and he began an independent business career in 1855, after which he became a teacher and followed that occupation five winters, He began clerking in a United States land office in Minnesota upon giving up the calling of a pedagogue, but two years later gave up that calling to learn that of a surveyor or civil engineer and was afterward made surveyor of Kendall County, Ill. He was there married in 1859 to Miss Melissa E. Lyon, a native of New York State and daughter of William Lyon, who was of Scotch descent and an early pioneer of Kendall County. He and his wife are deceased, he having died in Kansas in 1859. Mrs. Bennett is one of the four surviving members of their eight children. Upon the opening of the Civil War Mr. Bennett war the first to volunteer from Kendall County, Ill., in a company formed at Oswego for the 300 day service, but not being accepted many of them joined the Thirty-sixth Illinois Volunteers, went to Rolla, Mo., where Mr. Bennett was detailed as engineer to construct fortifications and inspect the country round about and make a map of the region. Later he was sent to St. Louis under Gen. Halleck, who ordered him to go to Cape Girardeau to build a fort, but he asked leave to rejoin his regiment, was permitted to do so and rejoined the evening before the battle of Pea Ridge in which he hook part. After that he was on detached duty with Gen. Curtis and helped to construct the fort at Helena, Ark. He, together with Col. William M. Fishback, who is now governor of Arkansas, raised a regiment of Arkansas troops called the Fourth Arkansas Cavalry, and took part in the battle of Little Rock, holding the rank of major, after which he was engineer of Gen. Curtis' staff until 1866, being in the service almost six years. He was in numerous engagements and skirmishes and followed Price to the Arkansas River. During the winter of 1864-5 he was sent to build forts westward from Fort Kearney to Denver, and succeeded in establishing a line of posts along the overland route including Forts McPherson and Sedgwick. He was then attached to the expedition of Col. Cole to the Black Hills, Powder River and Big Horn Mountains as engineer, where he remained some months. He was honorably discharged in March, 1866, and returned to his family in Illinois, soon after which he was appointed county surveyor and deputy circuit clerk, and three years later was appointed to fill that office by reason of the death of the former incumbent. In 1872 he was elected to the office of circuit court clerk and re-elected in 1876. In December, 1880, he came to Missouri and bought land in Greene County on which he erected a handsome residence, and. which he has since tilled with good success. He has always been a Republican with a tendency toward Prohibition. In 1890 and 1891 he surveyed No Man's Land strip in the Indian Territory, under the direction of Secretary Noble and has also surveyed railroads in the State and additions to Springfield. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., the I. O. O. F. and the Good Templars, is much interested in temperance work, and also belongs to the G. A. R. Mr. Bennett has had four children: Minnie, wife of C. E. Phillips, of Springfield, by whom she has one daughter, Edith; Edgar A., who is a farmer of Greene County, is married to Bessie Calkins and has three children, Helen, Ralph and Edgar A.; and Edith who died at the age of five years. Carrie died at the age of eighteen. She was a graduate of the public schools of Springfield and then a teacher in them. Mrs. Bennett is a member of the Calvary Presbyterian Church, and the family are highly respected by all who know them. respected by all who know them.
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Known for their soulful hits like "Groovin'," "A Beautiful Morning" and the peppy No.1 hit that started it all "Good Lovin'," The Rascals' feel-good melodies continue to endure over generations and spread that 60s sentiment of "peace, love and happiness" to fans of all ages.
Now celebrating their 50th anniversary, one of the founders, keyboardist/vocalist Felix Cavaliere is performing the group's hits live in concert tonight in Malibu. Felix joined The K-EARTH 101 Morning Show to talk about this 50th Anniversary show and share some musical memories.
In his impressive 50-year music career, Felix has collaborated and performed with dozens of artists from Billy Joel to Bruce Springsteen, but we asked him if there's one artist in particular he would like to share the stage with that he hasn't yet.
"Well sharing a stage today is a big endeavor because these guys have huge stages," he laughed. "I've worked with Billy Joel…I've sat in with Bruce Springsteen, kind of worked with Ringo [Starr], but I'd like to sit in with Stevie Wonder."
Now there's a collaboration we'd like to hear.
But for now, you can catch Felix Cavaliere's Rascals live in concert tonight (Thursday, January 22) at 8 p.m. at the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine University. Tickets cost $25 – $55 and can be purchased online at www.arts.pepperdine.edu, via phone at 310-506-4522 or in person at 24255 Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu.
Hear more musical memories from Felix and details on his Rascals' 50th Anniversary show tonight at Pepperdine University in the clip below.


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- Languages: EN, RU, DE
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Following the Apocalyptic end to the Postal Dude's week in Paradise, we follow him and his insane pitbull Champ as they emigrate to its appropriately named sister city, Catharsis. Unfortunately, due to the Global Economic Meltdown, psychotic left-wing "Green" extremism and hypocritical Government corruption, it turns out Catharsis isn't a much better place to live.
What path will you choose when faced with the antics of a hypocritical scheming Mayor? A berserk cartoon mascot with Al Qaeda ties? A former Vice-President's cadre of Eco-Zealots? How about Gay Segway "biker" gangs, and a sociopathic cult leader Uncle with nuclear ambitions? Will you give in to your base instincts and fight fire with gasoline? Or will you rise above it to become something more, to serve and protect your fellow citizens from the rampant insanity of our modern society?
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- Appearances by other popular Running With Scissors character franchises: Krotchy, Champ and the Postal Babes, who will fight along side you (or sometimes against you!)
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Jack Wilson
Jack or Jackie Wilson may refer to:
- Wovoka (1856–1932), Northern Paiute Indian prophet also known as Jack Wilson
- Jack Wilson (Yorkshire cricketer) (1889–1959), British cricketer, World War I pilot, and jockey
- Jack Wilson (1894–1970), vaudeville actor, part of Wilson, Keppel and Betty
- Jack Wilson (footballer) (1897–?), English footballer
- Jack Wilson (pianist) (1907–2006), British jazz pianist from Warwickshire, England
- Jack Wilson (pitcher) (1912–1995), pitcher in baseball
- Jack Wilson (rower) (1914–1997), British rower and Olympic champion in 1948
- Jack Wilson (American football) (1917–2001), first-round pick of the Cleveland Rams in 1942
- Jack Wilson (boxer) (1918–1956), American boxer and Olympic medalist in 1936
- Jack Wilson (Australian cricketer) (1921–1985), Australian cricketer
- Jack Wilson (writer) (1937–1997), Northern Irish novelist
- Jack L. Wilson (1936–1986), American college basketball player and high school basketball coach
- Jack Wilson (jazz pianist) (1936–2007), American jazz pianist from Chicago
- Jack Wilson (infielder) (born 1977), Former American baseball player
- Jack Wilson (rugby union) (born 1989), New Zealand rugby union player
- Jack M. Wilson (born 1945), President of the University of Massachusetts
- Jack Wilson (Home and Away), a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
- Jackie Wilson (boxer) (1909–1966), American boxer
- Jackie Wilson (1934–1984), American soul and R&B singer
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I've bought a few bits of software from ebay in the past but have always been careful to ensure that the license could be legally transferred (and Microsoft's own licensing department have been surprisingly helpful). This time I wasn't paying attention and bought a copy of Microsoft Office 2010 Professional that's almost certainly counterfeit (but they've done a pretty fine job of it).
Since I'd paid by PayPal getting the money back shouldn't have been a problem but I did email the seller. To my surprise I got an immediate refund no questions asked and then silence; I've been unable to get a return address out of him to send the stuff back.
The chap seems to be regularly shifting Office 2010 Professional packages in ones or twos using identical auctions; all his auctions are private but his feedback seems good.
Having had a refund it feels slightly dishonest not doing everything to send the software back but I can't decide whether he's been shafted by a dodgy supplier or is knowingly selling hookey software and just doesn't want the inconvenience of feedback pointing this out.
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Top 10 reduced to Top Nine.
Top 10 reduced to Top Nine.
There's a portrait in Bon Jovi's attic......
So far, Kree and Candice are in the Top 3. Surprise!
Charlie Askew sang "Sky Blue Diamond" for a spot on the tour. The other competitor for the tour spot was Aubrey.
Charlie made the sing-off! The song is original and sounds good! The old Charlie is back. The girl singing against him is Aubrey.
Late to the party... why are we doing a top 3? CHARLIEEEEEEEEEE!
Count your blessings!
If Curtis goes home, Nicki's going home! Can we hold her to that?!
Count your blessings!
This is new -- telling us how they ranked, except for the order of the top three.
Thank goodness it's Curtis going home, not Devin! I know they won't save the very first one to bite the dust...
Curtis will be on the tour, so he will still be out there singing to audiences.
And with any luck, Charlie will be right there with him.
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BioWare is teasing something nightmarish for Gamescom
We know BioWare is hard at work on Dragon Age: Inquisition, but the developer teased today an unannounced project, promising more will be revealed at Gamescom in August.
"The time is near. They are watching. Your power is rising. Cologne, Germany. You've Been Chosen," BioWare teased alongside the release of a teaser trailer that suggests the next game could be heavily horror themed.
The video is titled "You've Been Chose: Nightmare Teaser," but as IGN reports, the file name is called "Shadow Realms," leading to speculation that this is the game's actual title. The teaser ends with a guy waking up from a nightmare, asking the viewer "What really happens when we sleep?"
A teaser site for the unannounced project has also exists, linking to other viral marketing pieces including reports for a missing person named Hanna Caplin and a fake college called Woods-Watson Institute of Higher Learning.
It appears we'll find out more at Gamescom. Until then, let us know what you think of the trailer below.


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As a SEO lover, I always look out and try out various tools that will help to rank my sites on the front page of Google in order to get some more organic traffic. Recently I started using Linkvana, a premium blog network services, which I heard a lot of good thing about them. Linkvana is not like the typical blog network such as ArticleRanks, which allows for spun article to be syndicated to a number of blogs with Page Rank. Instead, Linkvana only allow for unique content to be submitted for each post / article (more to this later) and each post/ article will only be submitted to 1 blog, and hence give you one backlink.
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Let's come to the point, how does Linkvana stands out from the rest of the blog network? Before joining Linkvana, we should know a few more things about blog network. What's so special about Linkvana comparing to other blog networks? As I mentioned above, Linkvana require unique content (not spun) to be submitted and each post / article will be humanly reviewed before it goes live and get published. Due to the fact that the content is not spun, it is only feasible to be published to 1 blog instead of multiple blogs to avoid the issue of duplicate content.
The major difference between Linkvana and other blog network such as ArticleRanks is that all the blog networks belong to Linkvana and hence they spend a great deal of effort in maintaining those blogs so that they are clean, well maintained and not leaving footprint. We all know that Google loves unique content, especially after the Google Panda update. This is exactly what Linkvana is doing. They only allow unique content to be published on the blog network.
The other major concern of using blog network is getting the article indexed. If the article you submitted is not indexed, you are just wasting the effort of doing article syndication to blog network. Unfortunately, most of the blog networks do not build 2nd tier backlinks to help to index the published articles. Even if they do, the indexing rate will heavily depend on the uniqueness of the spun article because Google will ignore article with very similar content.
Linkvana do build links to the published articles using a mixture of tools such as social bookmark, social network and RSS. This is great to help to index the article and on top of that, the 2nd tier backlinks will pass down the link juice to the published articles and eventually to your money site.
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Linkvana Network Stat
There are around 1,500 domains reside on different C class IP addresses with average Page Rank of 2.8. The age of domain is at least one year while some are up to 7 years. Each domains containing thousands of backlinks because of the ongoing maintenance of the networks.
The interface of Linkvana is clean and easy to use without problems. You basically set up your own project for your reference purpose so that you can easily identify the progress of each of your project. As you can see below, I have set the posting frequency to 2-5 per day, which is the maximum rate Linkvana allow for. You can adjust the posting frequency to suit your backlinking plan. Currently, I have 21 articles published and around 10 articles on the other 2 projects. So, I still have some more articles queued to be reviewed and published.
I have recorded a video (6 Aug 2012) and there are a lot of new cool features added in Linkvana. Check out the video below:
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The setting the posting frequency will allow you to determine your link building velocity and avoid the "Google Slap" on your site. Also, it is sort of hands free once you have queue your articles for your projects. I usually queue 10 articles at a time for each project to make sure it will last for at least 2-3 days.
Reporting Summary Progress
This is another handy feature to show your progress and total live posts for each keyword. Check out the illustartions below:
Submitting Article / Post
There are 2 types of content allowed in Linkvana. You can either write a minimum of 100 words to insert a link or to write 250 words for 3 links. All content is to be unique and they will be reviewed before published. The submission process is very easy and straight forward as no spinning involved. All you need to do is write your article there (or copy and paste from Word if you prefer) and then just inserting your backlink.
You can create as many project as you like and build backlinks to any domains. So, there is no domain limitation like some other blog networks have.
Update 28 Feb 2012: According to Linkvana staff, video and picture embedding function will be implemented within a month. So, each post / article will be able to contain a video on top of the backlink.
There is an outsourcing feature included. If you are too busy or lazy to train your VA to do the submission, you can choose to outsource to Linkvana team. They will help you to write the posts / articles. So, the link building process can be fully automated. However, each post cost $2.
Other Functions
Aside being a blog network, Linkvana contain other services such as social bookmarking, social media, profile and blog commenting on PR3-5 pages for you to promote your money site.
You can purchase credits in order to use the services. However. every month you are given 100 free social media links and 150 blog commenting for you to use to promote your money pages. All this functions are extra topping in addition to the posts / articles submission to high page rank blogs.
Update 28 Feb 2012
Based on my discussion with Linkvana staff, the blog comment links are dofollow and they are posted to the posts / articles under the blog networks. This is excited and very useful as the links are dofollow on the actual pages with Page Rank ranges from 3-5! Due to the fact that each of your project is categorized, the posts / articles shown up for your projects for commenting will be related to your category. So, you will be commenting on high Page Rank pages in your niche.
Linkvana Drawbacks
Display of Indexed Posts
Although Linkvana claim that they build backlinks to all published articles / posts to help them to get indexed, you will have no idea if your articles/ posts have been indexed unless you do a search on Google yourself. It would great to actually see your articles / posts being indexed since Linkvana put in effort to build 2nd tier backlinks to the published posts / articles.
No doubt, Linkvana is one the most expensive blog networks I come across. So, it is important that Linkvana will actually produce great results in terms of building quality backlinks and help to rank my sites. If it does, $147/month for unlimited domains and unlimited posts will be easily paid off.
Linkvana Case Studies
I have actually prepared 3 of my money sites for testing. For you information, these 3 sites and the target keywords are very different.The ranking of each keyword is taken at 27 Feb 2012. All keywords are popular and competitive enough with lots of marketer in the pool.
- The first site is very new, about 1 month old. Target keyword contain exact search volume of 33,300. Currently rank at 69.
- The second site is about 5 months old with Page Rank of 1. The target keyword has exact search volume of 9,900.Currently rank at 16.
- The 3rd site is an established site with Page Rank of 3. The target keyword has exact search volume of 9,900. Currently rank at 24.
I have highlighted in red box the starting date of Linkvana link building for these 3 sites. It is still too early to conclude if Linkvana is effective to push my sites to higher ranking as I have been using slightly more than a week. To get a better idea, I have stopped other link building activities but Linkvana to these 3 pages.
Update 12 March 2012
It has been 2 weeks and it is time to update the ranking for these 3 keywords. So here we go.
As we can see above, the ranking of the first keyword up from 69 to 26, which is very encouraging. The second keyword dropped a bit to 19 (from 16). The 3rd keyword up from 24 to 5th on the first page, which is a big deal! A product name keyword with 9,900 exact search on the 5th position of page 1 can definitely bring me some income.
So far, I am very happy with the results that Linkvana bring me in 2 weeks, except keyword 2. This might be due to linking variety issue. I will update the ranking in 2 weeks time again.
So, do check back from time to time as I will be updating the case study results for these 3 keywords.
So far, I don't have a conclusion about Linkvana yet and it is too early to inform you if Linkvana is great for link building. So, do come back to check out my update of Linkvana case studies. In the mean time, you can also try out Linkvana free for 7 days if you want.
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Identity and access management governance helps determine who has authorized access to what resources, for what purpose and for how long. IAM governance from IBM provides value beyond risk control, with accountability and transparency for user entitlements throughout the user lifecycle.
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If we know that NBA off-seasons are almost always more fascinating than the actual seasons, what do you think of your 2009 Summer Warriors?
Same owner (so far). Same coach. New general manager. Basically the same roster.
Without the benefit or distraction of real games since April, here's what we've learned about the Warriors this summer:
Anthony Randolph and Anthony Morrow took turns last week roasting the Las Vegas Summer League, and Stephen Curry, the Warriors' first-round draft choice, was far from a debacle there.
This could be the franchise's best bubble of fresh talent since the early 1990s, when Latrell Sprewell and Chris Webber were added to Chris Mullin, Tim Hardaway and Billy Owens. (That era, however, did not turn out too well.)
Of course, the Warriors are the franchise of perpetual, marketable and inevitably wasted youth.
But in Vegas, Randolph, 20, showed NBA executives that he has everything it takes to be a centerpiece — toughness, athleticism and a new mid-range jump shot.
Several media outlets are reporting that Randolph will be a late add to this week's Team USA mini-camp in Vegas. That's a big deal.
Randolph was the 14th pick in last year's draft. If they redrafted now, Randolph would be a top-three guy, with only Derrick Rose guaranteed a slot above him.
Nelson and G.M. Larry Riley are committed to trying Monta Ellis at the point, with Curry a serious option only if Ellis flubs it.
And where does Morrow fit in the rotation? He's a premier shooter, so he'll play. But Nelson also has Curry, Stephen Jackson, Kelenna Azubuike, Corey Maggette and Marco Belinelli to split minutes at the wing spots.
Another problem: If Ellis, Morrow and Curry are the three-guard rotation, opponents will score 130 a game against this team.
The Warriors found this out with Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire, who personally and proudly zapped chances of being traded to the Warriors.
Chris Bosh, Carlos Boozer, Shawn Marion, Lamar Odom. Any good player with other options will end up anywhere except with the Warriors.
Even Nelson — all too willing to move Andris Biedrins — knows the Warriors have to keep Randolph; and Nelson doesn't want to move Curry.
Whenever Nelson leaves his perch, top assistant Smart will be the first name considered. A bond with Randolph, Curry & Co. certainly won't hurt his candidacy.
Houston has lost Yao Ming for the season, New Orleans is in financial disarray, the Lakers picked up Ron Artest but could lose Odom, Portland couldn't land either Hedu Turkoglu or Paul Millsap, and Phoenix is in transition.
That's the deadline for the Warriors to pick up their fourth-year options. No pick-up means the player becomes an unrestricted free agent next summer. It's your basic shout of no-confidence.
Even if one or both players' options are picked up, look for Nelson and Riley to try to move both.
He wants a high price for his 80 percent stake, and apparently won't be rushed into a sale to Larry Ellison or anybody else.
But if ticket revenues fall steeply, as the team discounts large batches of tickets, and if Cohan's outside money issues continue to worsen, Cohan might face a more immediate decision.
Either sell out under some pressure now, or risk having to sell in desperation if the house of cards collapses.
Read Tim Kawakami's Talking Points blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or 408-920-5442.


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|December 3, 2011, 05:19 PM
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There must be something wrong with me
I used to love to hunt. Everything that was in season was on the menu. Deer, quail, pheasant, squirrel, hogs. I would take days off work, travel great distance and spend lots of money to do it.
I've been sitting inside watching it rain all day and watching various deer come up to my feeder not 200yrds from my house. Yet I can't seem to find the desire to shoot one. It's an easy shot. 200 yrds with my Win mdl 70 .270 wsm from the upstairs spare bedroom. It's even leaning against the wall upstairs. But all I did was come back downstairs and microwave a burrito for lunch.
Maybe it's just the knowledge that i would have to process it. They're more fun to shoot than to process. That's when the work begins.
I was frustrated last year when I spent all season trying to find one and didn't. Now I can't get motivated to kill one in the back yard. Some thing's wrong.
|December 3, 2011, 05:36 PM
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A friend's Grandfather used to hunt like that. Sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee looking out over the corn stubble field out his back window; 30-06 propped in the corner. I think he was in his eighties? How old are you. Not being judgmental, I'd do it myself if I wanted venison bad enough, but lets not call it hunting.
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|December 3, 2011, 05:47 PM
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I'm only 37. Been hunting since I was old enough to follow dad. There's 2 out there right now. But I'm sitting downstairs watching Mickey Mouse club with my 2 yr old. How lame is that?
|December 3, 2011, 06:02 PM
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Sorry, there were 4. Now just 3. One shot at 238yrds. I feel better.
|December 3, 2011, 06:27 PM
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Take it to a butcher.
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|December 3, 2011, 07:01 PM
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next time try it with a hand gun. You will have to sneak up on them a little and use at least some hunting skills.
p.s. Find a butcher that will do game animals.
Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull.
all 26 of my guns are 45/70 govt, 357 mag, 22 or 12 ga... I believe in keeping it simple. Wish my wife did as well...
|December 3, 2011, 07:03 PM
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Very true. But it seems like I've lost that thrill. Not sure why. Seems like I enjoy it less and less every year. Maybe it's because I expect results of some kind. Not necessarily the kill, but being able to enjoy all the other things that hunting has to offer. Being cold, tired and wet are no longer my idea of fun.
I do bow hunt, but have not been successful. I started bow hunting so I could have a longer hunting season. Rifle season here is only 11 days.
Game processors charge about 85-90 dollars a head around here. Besides I've been doing my own for a long time. But it makes the kitchen look like a crime scene when I'm done.
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|December 3, 2011, 07:06 PM
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The problem is the microwave burrito. If you did not have anything to eat this "problem" would solve itself.
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|December 3, 2011, 07:11 PM
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I've been hunting public land mostly since moving to Kansas, but seems like every time I go out some jerk ruins the "experience" part of the hunt.
|December 3, 2011, 08:27 PM
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Well there must be something wrong with me too,used to walk all over the mouintains in search of the one deer.Now I sit on power lines & large cutovers with a yard chair & a tripod my favorite long range rifle.NO berritos for me. But a couple bambi & biscuits & a large coffee yes sir.Try to shoot the smaller to med. ones close to the trial so I can get the jeep to them, those bigguns ware me out I aint 37 anymore not even close.Not a bad way to hunt just different.The old back & knee's cant take it anymore.And I still manage to take 8 or 10 a year.We can take 12 here.
|December 3, 2011, 09:16 PM
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BUFF, I know how you feel because a few years ago I went through that same lack of excitement about deer hunting. I don't know why I felt like that then and I don't know why the hunting feeling came back, but I'm back in the groove now. It might be that I got the excitement back due to hunting coyotes and pigs. And since I've gotten older, I spend more time in nice hunting blinds (roof, windows, heater, coffee) with a good book. There's no need to be miserable to hunt, unless the hunter feels like if he didn't work hard and get cold and wet he didn't really 'hunt'. I'm way past feeling the need to suffer. Anyway, get a coyote call or two and get out in the woods and hunt the wily coyote. That'll get your blood pumping again. And, once you send the bullet toward the coyote, your job ends. No messy cleanups required.
|December 3, 2011, 09:38 PM
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For me, hunting isn't just about killing. Sure shooting a big trophy buck makes the day a whole lot better, but the great thing about hunting to me is the challenge. I won't even hunt my friends farm because it is too close to the city, and frankly it just feels to easy. Also, for me, hunting gives you time to get your mind right. No one is there to bother you. Just me 20 feet up in a pine, and a gun. My uncle has some large deer wander up on his property from time to time and I know that he doesn't even shoot them unless he is just really wanting some meat. Heck, I don't even like permanent stands. It takes the sport out of it. Now, if you were 80, or could not physically hunt, I'd say shoot em all day long. But if you're able that just seems more like shooting not hunting. That's probably why you have no desire to shoot one.
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|December 4, 2011, 06:46 AM
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Interesting thread...............
I've noted over the last few years that I too am not all that interested in being miserable while hunting.....or chasing gators......or fishing.
After thinking about it I realized that it was not so much the being uncomfortable as it was the fact that part of all three activities is learning what is most likely to lead to success. And I've found that the really miserable days seldom produce.
Kind of come to the conclusion it is part of the learning curve.
As for the excitement of the kill.......it is still a blood pressure raiser but the greatest satisfaction comes from sharing the meat with folks. Nothing like a venison fry at work or a hog on the grill surrounded by a bunch of friends on a cold evening.
I think that sharing thing strikes at something primal in us............
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I think that most hunters lose the "blood lust" as we get older. Maybe if you had someone to mentor in the ways of hunting? This adds a new element to your hunting and you pass the legacy on to someone who otherwise might not have ever started. And there is nothing wrong with not wanting to sit out in the elements after a time. Cold hurts!
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|December 4, 2011, 08:12 AM
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For some it's the microwave burrito, for me it's 300 lb of elk still left in the freezer ...
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|December 4, 2011, 11:10 AM
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Just my opinion
Maybe it's the fact that sitting in your home and shooting deer out the window is not hunting. Might as well just put out some paper targets to shoot, and buy your meat at the supermarket, or maybe start "hunting" cattle
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There is a common progression for one's attitude about hunting which has been written about many times. It's a regular thing for those who begin at an early age to be very eager. This continues for some twenty years or so, and then a more relaxed attitude enters the scene. For some, it's to be more picky about only shooting a trophy buck and not judging success by the kill itself, or for the meat.
With age, it's common to help other folks get their buck. On a walking hunt with two or three other people, take a less advantageous position, letting a younger hunter be in a better position for a shot.
Finally, for the older folks, hunting the campfire and swapping tales of yesteryear is as much fun as actually killing a buck. As noted above, when the shot is taken, the fun's over and the work begins.
For me, the social aspect around a campfire was always as important as the actual hunt. My "gang" members are mostly dead, now, and the younger folks I know don't seem to have the time or money to get to hunt camp...
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|December 4, 2011, 11:27 AM
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Gentlemen this very thing happened to me several years ago, ( I have been waiting a long time to tell this story) I myself have hunted everything a person could legally hunt, in the state of Missouri, since the age of 12. I have hunted deer since the age of fifteen. I have taken countless deer turkeys dove and squirrels, heck it's all I ever did. Hunt, Hunt, Hunt, and then Fish, Fish, Fish,.....Not long after my sons were old enough to start hunting and going with me, I had a regeneration of enthusiasm,, I was really a stone cold killer for years, I would just go and kill whatever it was I hunted, with no real excitement,,,,, And then it hit all of a sudden, my boy's(and later my daughter) really dig this stuff and from then on (and I pray everytime we go out it stays with me) I get this rush of adrenalin, that is more powerful than it ever was,. For years on top of years it was a one-shot one-kill season for me,,, hell now I get so excited I miss alot now.. hehehe
Taking my children hunting and fishing since their early ages, has made my life more rewarding than it ever could be without it.
I have a saying,, "take a kid hunting and fishing and you'll never have to hunt them down to take them fishing!!"
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|December 4, 2011, 10:54 PM
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Yeah, as the years have passed, I don't enjoy the cold as much, nor the hiking up the mountains or through the brush. Parts of me hurt a lot more than they used to. I can remember just throwing a sleeping bag, a couple of tarps, some wood cutting gear, rope, shovel, and a couple of buckets into the back of the vehicle and heading out to go hunting.
Now, its hook up the trailer which is loaded with chainsaw, axes, ropes, lanterns, folding banquet tables, outside 2 burner stove, folding chairs, well.........you get the idea. So now I take all the comforts of home with me. The 4x4 gets me out away from camp to where I can walk shorter distances to where the game is.
I used to chuckle to myself about how the older hunters were such sissies, but now I am one of them. Still, the allure of the hunt has not lost its flavor. It just dosn't have to be as uncomfortable!
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I guess I have never gone though that. I did have about 8 years where I did not hunt but it was not because I didn't want to. I was living in the city and was a salary worker working my butt off 7 days a week.
The past few years I have been getting more and more in to alternatives to rifle hunting. Been doing lots of handgun and a bit of archery.
I all so stopped using my big guns much of the time. My favorite deer rifle is now a 357 magnum. I still carry the old 45/70 when I am in unfamiliar grounds because, while they are rare there are still a few grizzlies here in Idaho.
I think the idea of teaching some body else to hunt would really help. I like to take my oldest boy (now 10 years old) hunting. He has not showed an interest in shooting animals (he does enjoy target shooting) but fortunately he does like to spend time with the old man.
p.s. I all so like hunting with my father. My grandfather passed a few years ago and I kick my self every time I think about not going on that last hunt with him because I was "too busy" I wont let that happen with my dad!
Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull.
all 26 of my guns are 45/70 govt, 357 mag, 22 or 12 ga... I believe in keeping it simple. Wish my wife did as well...
|December 4, 2011, 11:24 PM
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Good grief, what a timely thread...at least as it applies to me.
I have had the same experience as you for the last 5yrs. Hunting in my area has turned into such a hassle that I had decided that it was not worth it, especially combined with the other time consuming things in my life in the same time frame. Teenagers and sports activities that tend to take up every weekend or at least a part of it that interfered with going hunting. Also, at 50yrs old, that cold weather is not nearly as comfortable as it used to be. I have hunted many a cold, wet day and had pretty good success and never thought twice about it...not so much anymore.
But, alas, I have been rejuvenated . Last Saturday morning my 17yr old son killed his first deer and I was in a box blind with him because of circumstances beyond our control put us there and I am so fortunate that it worked out that way. I was truly blessed to have been present for this right-of-passage in his life and mine. This Saturday we were not able to go hunting because of another sports event, my son was blessed to be selected to play in a state allstar football game about 100 miles from our home, so that event precluded our hunting yesterday and he had about the best game he has played in his 4yrs of high school football...so it was worth it. However, I am eagerly awaiting next Saturday morning...WE WILL BE THERE.
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