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This is the first in an ongoing series on the recently recovered recording of Mike Bickle's seminal sermon "Blow The Trumpet in Zion." It was recorded in the early days of the Kansas City Fellowship, five weeks after the appearance of Prophet Bob Jones. The night before this address God gave Mike Bickle a call to gather a solemn assembly. Although a critical document concerning Bickle's IHOP movement, it had dropped off the radar, perhaps because it reveals failed prophecy and bad doctrine.
I am presently transcribing this message and will make that transcription available at a future date. Please join in to the discussion of this critical sermon. I don't have all the answers but I think it is worth the effort to discover the true significance of it.
There are (at least) two schools of thought about the man-child of Revelation. The more orthodox view is that the man-child is Jesus (who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter). Those subscribing to the Manifested Sons of God doctrine believe that the man-child is the victorious, over-coming church that has attained full maturity.
Mike Bickle in "Blow the Trumpet" states (in 1983) "I believe that this is the generation that God has ordained before the beginning of the world to usher in the presence of His Son." Note the similarities between this and the Jehovah Witnesses who said that Jesus would return in 1974, and after 1974 revised that prediction to state that Jesus's presence had returned in 1974.
This, of course, is a blatent contraction of God's Word, in which Jesus states: "Behold, I am with you always." His presence cannot return; it never left.
You say, well maybe Mike meant the actual physical return of Christ. Did he? He quotes a friend as saying: "Mike" he said, "We're going to keep our appointment with destiny." He says "It's unavoidable; it's before us."
So the question is "What is that appointment that WE are going to keep?" A related question is "has a generation passed since 1983?"
It is also possible, even likely that Bickle embraces the MSoG teachings and a literal, physical return of Christ. The two thoughts are not necessarily mutually-exclusive.
Mike helps us along by telling is that the setting in which the "precious baby Jesus came into the earth" is the "same setting in which he will give His Son the second time."
Keep in mind that Mike is keenly aware of the imagery of Revelation 12, which speaks of the woman, "being with child" and later of that child being born. He will speak of that later.
And so he proceeds to lay the foundation that "Luke 1 and 2, in my opinion, become the most prophetic chapters in the New Testament of the coming revival." And so Bickle's entire theology rests on the private interpetation that Luke 1 and 2 is eschatological in nature. But to Bickle, perhaps the "coming revival" is the same as the coming of the Lord. Or not.
He further states "The prophecy that was true at his first coming is surely true at his second coming." The nagging question is this - is the second coming of Christ simply a literal return, or does include some MSoG-esque great end-time revival when the church attains "full maturity?"
This is the premier statement of this generation: Nothing will be impossible to the person that believes." -Mike Bickle, 1983
A major premise of the MSoG teaching is that we will become god-like - we will attain immortality, and nothing will be impossible. We will take back dominion of the earth; we will rule and reign. All of this before the resurrection.
The teaching also posits that there will be a great confrontation in the church, as the true believers triumph over the nominal believers. Bickle again:
Many will fall because of this thing, because their hearts are not truly God's, they're in the church only in terms of sitting on a pew on Sunday morning."
Many of them sit on church on Sunday morning and they will rise, because they will receive. He said it will be a sign that will be opposed throughout the whole earth.
The move of God that's coming will have great opposition because in verse 35, it says the-the end of this is that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed when the move of God comes. Because you see when God's move comes, there is a confrontation.
Verse 35 speaks of a sword- we don't know if it is a literal sword that "pierces the souls," but one of Bickle's associates, Bob Jones, has often spoken of the coming "Civil War in the church," which is portrayed as a literal bloody slaughter.
But I digress. The question is this - does Mike Bickle teach MSoG? I'll let Mike answer this for himself - he will "stake his reputation" on it.
I am saying this with every ounce of my reputation on this. If I am wrong, as a young man I am ruining my future with what I am going to say. I'm risking everything that I have, I am going out to the nth degree on this statement. And this tape, I am sure, because you're going to be the ones doing it, we are going to take it to every part of this city. So my entire future is based upon this statement. God will move in a new way in this city at the end of that 21 days.
The full-grown child won't be but for three years, but the baby will be born. Dreams and vision will begin to come. The Spirit of prayer will begin to fall. Prayer groups will gather everywhere. Supernatural wisdom will come all over
this city. Signs and wonders will begin. It will be small, beginning, people will begin to be saved at a much higher rate, it will be small, but it will begin and increase, increase. And in a three year period, according, I don't know this, but according to which I believe, it will be a mature man, a mature young man, a strong man, the young child that will be born.
-Mike Bickle "Blow the Trumpet in Zion" 4-17-1983 (Part 2 at 41:50)
Elsewhere in the tape, Bickle explains "in other words, the (city-wide) revival would be in full scale in three years." Regardless, a very strange way of wording things. However, it is worth pointing out that Bickle (at 41:50) was essentially quoting Bob Jones, whom he refused to identify on the tape. (See "Some Said it Thundered" by Pytches for more on this). Jones, whose "new-breed" teachings are hardcore MSoG, very much shaped and influenced the early days of the Kansas City Fellowship.
A faithful reader has pointed out that in Mike Bickle's contemporary series on the book of Revelation Mike (now) states that the male Child is Jesus. see page 3. So the question is, in 1983, did Mike Bickle believe that Jesus was going to return in 1986? Or did he believe in some sort of JW-esque return of His presence? Or was he actually, despite his current denials, teaching MSoG in 1983?
We will continute to look at this document, which indeed is foundational in IHOP beliefs and practices. If Mike Bickle today states "Some uphold the false teaching (MSoG) that in this age believers can have faith that will enable them to attain to qualities of life that are reserved only for believers in the resurrection," then he is clearly denying a current connection with the MSoG heresy. On the otherhand, there can be no doubt that the IHOP orginization has an unhealthy emphasis on dominionsim.
Listen to "Blow the Trumpet in Zion" on the Internet Archive.


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CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A court psychologist says a Florida woman who gained fame because of her uncontrollable hiccupping and was later charged with murder is competent to stand trial.
Opening statements in the trail were delayed Wednesday pending the evaluation. Prosecutors started presenting their case against 22-year-old Jennifer Mee just before noon.
The judge ordered the evaluation after Mee's attorney said he recently discovered she was schizophrenic.
She's charged in the 2010 death of Shannon Griffin in St. Petersburg. Prosecutors say Mee lured Griffin to a home under the pretense of buying marijuana. Once there, two of Mee's friends robbed him at gunpoint. Griffin was shot several times.
As a teen, Mee suffered from prolonged hiccups of up to 50 a minute in 2007. Videos of her hiccupping gained her national attention.

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Bassem Abul Qumbus looked in despair at the wreck of his home. Shells had punched holes in an upper-floor bedroom. A wall had collapsed into the kitchen. The dozens of baby chicks he'd been raising on the roof were dead, except for three tiny survivors and a slightly injured white duck.
"I'm heart-broken," said Abul Qumbus. The 35-year-old father of eight had spent the earnings of a lifetime — about $55,000 — to build the three-story home. Now he's not certain if it can be repaired.
He was one of thousands who streamed into one of Gaza's most devastated areas during a brief lull Friday to retrieve whatever belongings they could. A pair of reading glasses, a toddler's tricycle, a pile of blankets.
But the residents of Shijaiyah, who've spent two weeks sleeping on floors in crowded U.N. shelters and relatives' homes, can't return home for good. Large parts of their neighborhood, which lies near the the border with Israel, have been rendered virtually uninhabitable by Israel-Hamas fighting, including heavy Israeli artillery fire.
And what was meant to be a three-day cease-fire, starting Friday, quickly unraveled over heavy clashes in southern Gaza during which an Israeli soldier was believed captured and at least 35 Palestinians were killed.
In Shijaiyah, an eastern neighborhood of Gaza City, many homes were damaged or destroyed in fighting over the past two weeks. Israeli troops have been combing the area for entry points to Hamas military tunnels, some with exits in Israel.
In this working class neighborhood, the despair over loss of homes was mixed with anger, largely at Israel, but also at Gaza's Hamas rulers. Many here said they simply want to have a decent life, away from conflict.
Abul Qumbus blamed Hamas for his losses, saying the Islamic militants — who seized Gaza in 2007 — are sacrificing the territory's civilians for their militant ideology.
"They just want to have power and money," he said. "They are stuck like a virus. It is very hard to remove them because they took power in the name of religion."
Such views are rarely expressed in public, in part because of fear of repercussions. But Abul Qumbus, who earns $10 a day in his father's supermarket, said he had nothing left to lose after seeing his house trashed.
He spoke as he inspected sacks of flour at his ground-floor storage unit. Bread is increasingly scarce in the tiny Mediterranean territory, and Abul Qumbus, whose family is staying at a U.N. shelter, said he'll use it for home-baking at a relative's house.
Others in the neighborhood said they support the continued Hamas rocket fire on Israel and the group's stated aim to keep fighting until Israel and Egypt have lifted a seven-year-old border blockade of Gaza. Hamas has said it will not halt fire until it gets international guarantees that Gaza's borders will open.
"Israel is responsible" for the devastation, said Suleiman Abul Qumbus, 40, a distant relative of Bassem, sitting with other men under a tree in an open area next to his family's damaged four-story home.
"There will only be peace between us and them on judgment day," he said.
As he spoke, one of his nephews handed him a slim container with reading glasses he had retrieved from the family home. They belonged to the family matriarch, 63-year-old Asmahan, who Suleiman said had asked her grandson to look for the glasses so she could read the Quran, Islam's holy book, for comfort during the fighting.
The men in the courtyard said this war has been far more devastating than Israel's last three-week military operation that ended in January 2009. They said that at that time, residents of Shijaiyah had largely been able to remain in their homes.
Several large craters from Israeli missile strikes punctured Mansoura Street, one of the east-west thoroughfares that lead from Gaza City to the Israeli border. Trees had been cut down, iron shutters and facades peppered by large bullet holes.
Shadi Abul Qumbus, 17, another member of the area's extended family, pulled a plastic tricycle by a rope through a side street. A tinny-sounding tune came from the battery-operated toy.
It's for his 1-year-old cousin, Shadi said. Something to cheer him up.


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Time synchronization on Windows Servers stinks. And has stunk for years.
In fact, for servers operating in a workgroup (instead of as part of a domain) I'd even argue that time synchronization is busted. Because even, for example, if you set up these servers to 'synchronize' with 'internet time,' you'll still regularly run into issues with synchronization failures—where you see something like the following regularly cropping up in the logs:
For a long time I figured that this was just a problem with a couple of machines that I watched for a client—until I started noticing that this problem seems to crop up with just about every server that's working as part of a workgroup.
Not Every SQL Server Operates in a Domain
In my experience, servers operating in a domain don't have the same problems as servers working in a workgroup—because servers in a domain at least stay synchronized with their local domain controllers. (Of course, whether that server is accurately 'synchronized' with 'reality' is a different story—but at least your domain-level servers all operate consistently at the same time.)
Related: Quick Data Synchronization Using Table Partitioning and SSIS
But the obvious problem here, however, is that not all SQL Servers operate in a domain. In fact, I find that many startups commonly tend to skip the use of a Domain Controller entirely—leaving their SQL Servers to operate in a workgroup. And it's safe to say that SQL Servers running a few minutes slow or fast probably isn't the 'end of the world' in all cases, it can present some weird and ugly problems. For example, if you're trying to track down application errors or problems with a SQL Server that's a few minutes fast or slow, that can be a bit of a pain. That, and I'm guessing that most organizations want or need their 'CreateDate' and 'ModifiedDate' columns in their tables/apps to more or less accurately measure when something was modified, created, or whatever. But where this really doesn't sit well with me is when I encounter mirroring operating in a workgroup environment where the primary, the secondary, AND the witness are all running a few minutes 'off' from reality and from each other—because, in some ways, that gives me the same feeling I get when I see a big, hairy spider: logically I know it's not something I truly have to worry about—but it still freaks me out.
Fixing Windows Time Synchronization for Servers in a Workgroup
For about a year or so now I've been addressing this problem for a couple of clients—and on a few of my own Cloud Servers (that I'm using for one of my own projects) thanks to an excellent approach, or technique, that I found online.
The specific tutorial I used can be found here:
Pretentious Name: Make Windows synchronize time more often
And what I love about this approach is that it not only outlines some of the ways you can go WRONG with trying to get servers to synchronize more frequently, but that it also provides a set of step-by-step instructions for how to set up a new Scheduled Task in Windows that will synchronize time more regularly.
And, while this tutorial mentions that it's for Windows 7, I've found that it works just fine on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 without any issues. Otherwise, if you're operating servers in a workgroup (for whatever reason), then I highly recommend this tutorial/approach as a great way to help keep your servers better synchronized with each other and more connected to 'real time' than they're going to be other otherwise.


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PHILADELPHIA - March 27, 2014 --Lawmakers in Philadelphia have unanimously voted to ban the use of electronic cigarettes in public places.
Philadelphia City Council on Thursday voted 15-0 to categorize e-cigarettes the same way that regular tobacco cigarettes are treated.
That means using the vapor-producing products would be prohibited in places like restaurants, bars and public parks. Similar restrictions are already in effect in cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
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This activity provides a visual example of convection in fluids. Students will record their predictions and observations on diagrams of the experimental set-up showing convection currents. Materials required include hot and cold colored water,... (View More) thermometers, stopwatch, and index cards. This activity is part of the MY NASA DATA Scientist Tracking Network unit, designed to provide practice in accessing and using authentic satellite data. (View Less)
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nesgirl wrote:I think we should always give our organs a break.
Don't make that break permanent, though, because they need exercise, too. They can permanently rest when we die.
nesgirl wrote:And procreation my rear. Did you know a female could get really hurt or even die from reproducing? Why should a woman risk her health or life doing that when we can clone?
Yeah, I know. And yet, millions of them are willing to give birth despite the risks and the pain. Many get broody and would do it all over again. My wife is one of them. Call them crazy? Mass delusion? Perhaps. But it won't stop them from unconsciously ensuring the continuation of our species that way. And why do such a controversial thing as cloning human beings (which we cannot do at the moment) when we can simply improve medicinal practice to the point of guaranteeing a flawless parturition where both mother and child survive and are healthy.
nesgirl wrote:The very worst thing that can happen from that is AIDs, and people die so often from that disease, should we not try to prevent illness in every way possible?
The way to solve the HIV problem is to eradicate it with effective antidotes or bury the virus like we did with small pox - which could be transmitted through kissing. Now, should a child at that time be told that his mother shouldn't kiss him because it's been banned as the only solution to prevent a pandemic?
I also made love to my wife today. We both enjoyed it and nobody got killed.
nesgirl wrote:most people would have to be disciplined to become asexual
This is like a straight person saying a gay needs to be cured or trained to be straight. If you have no sexual urges and you are happy, that's fine, but don't force others to be like you when they feel different.
nesgirl wrote:Oh really? I've been an asexual virgin all my life, and I haven't seen any adverse affects from it. So have many others. If your theory of such were true, I should be getting seriously ill from something by now. Asexuals are a lot healthier in nature than you think.
Like I said, sexual repression can have a negative impact on a person. Sexual repression requires a sexual person to carry it out. It means that a sexual is repressing his or her urges. I am saying that forbidding sexuals to act upon their urges can have a detrimental effect. I said nothing about asexuals.
If not having sex works for asexuals, that's fine. But everyone is their own individual. People are different physically, genetically and psychologically.


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Hi guys!
I just wanted to introduce myself. I've been a lurker for quite some time - though lately more so. I've been really trying to eat right (Lost 7 lbs so far, or around 3.1kg). I love the idea of bentos, but haven't really ventured into buying a real bento yet - mostly because I'd have to mail order it. Though, the way my lunch looks it could probably be called a bento!
A little bit about me:
I live in Pensacola (the panhandle of Florida) which is about 40 minutes from the Alabama state line. I am married, with no children but 5 cats who like to think they're my kids. Me and my husband both ride Motorcycles (that's me on my green one in the pic) - and we both play World of Warcraft.
My obsession with Japan began when I lived in Hawaii for 2 years (i was 11-12) - I was fascinated by chinese new year and the street vendors who sold various asian cuisine. My friend gave me a BSSM (Sailor moon) card...and that started my fascination with Anime. I became a HUGE BSSM fan for most of my jr. high/High school years - Which lead to Manga from a magazine published called Smile - which is similair to todays Shoujo Beat. Of course, manga then introduced me to the Bento - and Anime introduced me to J-pop...So yes.
I'm a huge Arashi Fangirl - I love sushi and different types of cuisine really - and I am also addicted to watching dramas online (Hello Hanadan!). My husband makes fun of me and calls them "Korean Porn" (no offense to any koreans here! >.<). Not to mention my ultimate obsession with actually learning to speak Japanese.
So that's it. And i've probably shared too much - but hey it's the internet and that's what it's for ne?
Hi, welcome to Just Bento.
My blog is Food and Shoes
Hi Mandachan! Welcome!
Ignorant question...what does BSSM stand for? (I'm Japanese but not that into anime ^_^;)
The Big Onigiri.
- Wherever you go, there you are. -
Lol it's sailor moon..but the japanese name is something like Bishoujo Senshi Seraa Moon? So a lot of the fans would call it BSSM rather then just SM.
Hi Mandachan ^^
I used to love BBSM too! I have to admit that I once got addicted to it.. I still admire their pretty drawings even now, although I now fancy something else..
BTW, cool motorbike!
Thank you MitarashiDango =)
Yes..that was one of the things that got me caught on it - was the art. I still love different types of manga now.
Mangas... Yes.. I've just caught up with my favourite manga about an hour ago ^^;
Do you prefer shonen or shoujo mangas?
Mangas... Yes.. I've just caught up with my favourite manga about an hour ago ^^;
Do you prefer shonen or shoujo mangas?
Mmm, it's really dependant on the storyline. I tend to go more towards shoujo - but I have read the occasional shounen as well. To me it's more about the elements of the story - it doesn't neccisarily have to have love in it..just hot guys generally - ROFL!
Vampire Knight right now is one of my favorite manga. I guess it's cause i've started going outside my norm Drama wise that manga wise i've started to look at a lot more then i used to.
I just love the Redneck Riviera! Veggie stands, boiled peanuts, peaches....
Mmmmm you said it!
But sadly - 1 of the few places I know of around here to get boiled peanuts closed down. We do have a farmers market i shop at sometimes...but still >.<
Fresh peaches from Georgia?! Yum!
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Loyola press release - February 15, 2012
Plans for the upcoming centennial year will be revealed to the Loyola University New Orleans campus community in a uniquely New Orleans way – with a Mardi Gras parade party and lots of lagniappe! All students, faculty and staff are invited to a Centennial Campus Carnival on Thursday, Feb. 16 from 12:30 – 2 p.m. in the Peace Quad.
The Centennial Campus Carnival will begin with a second line led by Mardi Gras Indians and a brass band and will include parade floats complete with riders and throws. Additionally, a special king cake will be offered to all attendees as well as centennial giveaways, which will include information about upcoming centennial events. The carnival will act as an internal centennial send-off, preceding the public launch of the centennial celebration in mid-April.
Throughout 2012 and 2013, Loyola will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding. The centennial will be observed from April 2012 to May 2013, featuring a number of signature events along with several academic-based events to celebrate and explore Loyola's history. Centennial events held throughout the year-long celebration will be themed based on one or more of the 12 ideals of a Jesuit education:
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- Development of personal potential
- Critical thinking and effective communication
- Appreciation of things both great and small
- Commitment to service
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- Special concern for the poor and oppressed
- International and global perspective
- Finding God in all things
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The design and themes of my tattoos: My tattoos are a lot of things from when I was younger that remind me of my childhood. One is for my son. One is for how far I've come in life. All of them have different meanings.
More specifics about my tattoo: I'm addicted and I want so many more tattoos. I love all my tattoos. A couple need to be fixed I got them when I was modeling for a tattoo company. Needless to day the artists were awful. So I had to quit and have been looking for more work.
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Did you know that May was Mental Health Awareness Month? We are helping create awareness with our The Mental Health Zone 5K. Also, at least 15% of every registration to Mental Health America, an amazing organization that is dedicated to helping Americans achieve wellness by living mentally healthier lives.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Trae Golden had 24 points and eight assists Saturday as Tennessee rolled to an 88-58 victory over No. 25 Kentucky, giving the Volunteers their most lopsided win in the 216-game history of this series.
Kentucky (17-8, 8-4 Southeastern Conference) was playing its first game without star center Nerlens Noel, who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee Tuesday during a loss to No. 7 Florida. The 6-foot-10 freshman was leading the nation in blocks (4.4), was tied for the SEC lead in rebounds (9.9) and ranked fourth in the conference in steals (2.1).
The Wildcats looked like a completely different team without him.
A Tennessee offense that has struggled for much of the season often scored at will against a Kentucky team that entered the day ranked second in the SEC in field-goal percentage defense (.382). Tennessee shot 58 percent from the field and grabbed a 50-26 halftime lead before breezing through the second half.
Tennessee entered the day ranked 13th out of 14 SEC teams in 3-point percentage (.286), but the Vols made all five of their 3s Saturday.
Jordan McRae scored 15 points and Kenny Hall had 12 points as Tennessee (14-10, 6-6) won its third straight game overall and snapped its six-game losing streak in this series. Jarnell Stokes had nine points and nine rebounds, ending his string of six consecutive double-doubles.
Kyle Wiltjer scored 18 points, Julius Mays had 12 and Jarrod Polson added a career-high 11 for Kentucky. Wiltjer and Polson replaced Alex Poythress and Ryan Harrow in Kentucky's starting lineup while 7-foot freshman Willie Cauley-Stein took Noel's place. Cauley-Stein, Poythress and Harrow all fouled out.
Kentucky's biggest problem Saturday without Noel was expected to be trying to slow down Stokes, who entered the day with six straight double-doubles. Stokes battled foul trouble for much of the day and didn't make as much of an impact as usual.
Instead, Stokes' teammates did most of the damage in front of a sellout crowd of 21,678 that included Milwaukee Bucks forward and former Vols star Tobias Harris as well as ex-Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer.
Golden, who had been slumping for much of the year, continued his late-season surge and was just one point off his career high in scoring. Hall, who hadn't even played Wednesday in a 58-46 victory at Vanderbilt, also reached double figures. Skylar McBee had been shooting just 31.5 percent from 3-point range this season, but he made all three of his 3s Saturday.
Golden scored four points during a 9-0 run that broke a 7-7 tie and put the Vols ahead for good. After Kentucky's Julius Mays ended that run with a 3-pointer, Golden scored seven points during a 19-2 spurt that gave the Vols a 35-12 advantage.
Neither team hid its emotions over the stunning results. Kentucky coach John Calipari didn't hesitate to show his frustration throughout the first half, particularly after assistant coach John Robic was ejected from the game with 11:17 left before halftime.
After Kentucky called a timeout while trailing 33-12 with 9:51 remaining in the half, McBee pumped his fist at midcourt and all his teammates openly celebrated on the floor as well. After receiving a hard foul from Tennessee's Armani Moore that appeared to include a push with 2:28 left in the game, Kentucky's Archie Goodwin quickly got up off the floor and shoved Moore in the back.
While Tennessee seemingly could do nothing wrong, Kentucky did little right. The Wildcats had more turnovers (10) than baskets (nine) in the first half.
Tennessee continued pouring it on after halftime. The Vols led by 39 points while Kentucky encountered foul trouble. Poythress fouled out with 9:43 left in the game. Cauley-Stein picked up his fifth foul 22 seconds later. Harrow fouled out with 4:51 remaining and left the game without any points, assists or rebounds.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Trae Golden had 24 points and eight assists Saturday as Tennessee rolled to an 88-58 victory over No. 25 Kentucky, giving the Volunteers their most lopsided win in the 216-game history of this series.


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(Reuters) - Specialty chemicals maker Freedom Industries Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday, eight days after a leak from one of its storage tanks contaminated drinking water for hundreds of thousands of West Virginia residents.
A chemical used to process coal spilled into the Elk River in Charleston, prompting the state's governor to declare a state of emergency in nine counties and ban the use of drinking water for more than 300,000 people in the region.
More than 200 people have visited hospital emergency rooms, complaining of nausea.
As a result of the January 9 leak, vendors have demanded that Freedom pay in cash, draining the company of finances and prompting it to seek bankruptcy protection, according to documents filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Charleston, West Virginia.
"Likewise, the defense of the numerous suits filed against the debtor will exhaust the debtor's liquidity," Freedom said in a filing.
The bankruptcy filing will put a stay on more than 20 lawsuits filed against the company over the spill.
The company filed an emergency motion seeking court authority to borrow an initial $4 million from WV Funding LLC.
The company estimated it had up to $10 million in both assets and liabilities, according to the filings.
The move for Chapter 11 protection came the same day a do-not-use water advisory was lifted for nearly all affected areas, clearing residents to shower and drink from the tap for the first time in more than a week.
Officials at West Virginia American Water, the state's largest water utility, told customers that "out of an abundance of caution, you may wish to consider an alternative drinking water source for pregnant women."
In the Chapter 11 filing, Freedom Industries acknowledges that a chemical known as 4-methylcyclohexane methanol, or crude MCHM, apparently leaked from one of its storage tanks upstream on the Elk River, compromising the water supply and closing a number of businesses.
"The debtor understands the water service is in the process of being restored," the filing reads.
The Chapter 11 filing will help protect the company's assets, shielding it from further lawsuits while allowing it to remain in business.
Lawyers started filing lawsuits against the company less than 24 hours after the first alarms were sounded about the release of an industrial chemical into the Elk River.
One of the lawsuits was brought by a dialysis patient whose kidney transplant was delayed because of a lack of clean water. Another was filed by the owner of a local Mexican cafe who told employees not to come to work, causing them to lose days of pay, according to attorney Roger Decanio.
Freedom Industries was founded in 1986 and describes itself as a leading producer of chemicals for the mining, steel and cement industries.
(Reporting by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware and Victoria Cavaliere in New York; Editing by David Gregorio, Jonathan Oatis and Gunna Dickson)


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Master of Zoology Graduation Celebration
It was with mixed emotions that we celebrated our graduation from the Master of Zoology program at Miami University. Even though my mom and I spent many many hours in the office reading, thinking and writing, what we were learning was so super interesting it seems the time just flew by.
Into the Field
We had the opportunity to travel to the Baja peninsula to live in the dessert at Rancho San Gregorio and swim in the Sea of Cortez. We visited elephants in Amboseli National Park in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya, dismantled snares with the African Conservation Center Game Scouts, learned to track lions, walked with baboons and lived with the Maasai in Olkiramatian.


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Muppeteer Kevin Clash and producer-cinematographer James Miller host a screening on Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 2pm. Kevin Clash also hosts a screening of Elmo in Grouchland at noon.
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Sundance and the Audience Award at the Nantucket Film Festival, this documentary chronicles the story of Kevin Clash—the award-winning persona behind the furry red monster Elmo of Sesame Street. Growing up in Baltimore in the 1970s, Clash had different aspirations than his classmates; he wanted to be a puppeteer for Jim Henson. With a supportive family behind him, he made his dreams come true.
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Sylvia C. Chaya, 80, of 617 E. Third St. in Berwick, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.
She was born in Hazleton, the daughter of the late Prado (Patty) and Minnie Marsit Torresani and graduated from Hazleton High School in 1950. While there, she was a clarinetist in the high school band and was chosen to play in the Pennsylvania State High School Band as a senior.
She married John J. Chaya Jr. in 1953 and moved with her family to Berwick in 1963 to assist her husband in the operation of the former Berwick Ready Mix Concrete and later the formation of Pocono Transcrete Inc., which is in its third generation of family ownership.
Sylvia was a devout member of St. Joseph Church in Berwick, where she was active as a past president of the Parish Council of Catholic Women, a Eucharistic minister, and volunteered for many parish committees and projects. She also served as a Cub Scout den mother for several years, and was a five-year benefactor and volunteer to the McBride Memorial Library's annual wine tasting event.
She was especially skilled at crafting, and with her friends was a regular exhibitor at many craft shows locally and throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John J., in 2006, after 52 years of marriage; a brother, Pat, in 2010; her daughter-in-law, Margie, in 2012; and a grandson, Jonathan E., also in 2012.
Sylvia is survived by her sons, Joseph P. and his wife, Carol Chaya, of Shickshinny, Robert J. of Blakeslee, and John R., of East Brunswick, N.J. Also surviving are grandchildren Hilary K. Chaya of Geneva, N.Y., Christopher R. Chaya of San Francisco, Layne M. Chaya and her fianc�, Christopher Feaster, of Drums, and Gregory P. of Blakeslee.
A visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at the Mayo Funeral Home, 110 Chestnut St., Berwick. and from 9 a.m. Monday, March 18, until the time of services at 10 a.m. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Berwick.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to either Holy Family School 728 Washington St., Berwick, PA 18603 or McBride Memorial Library 500 N. Market St., Berwick, PA 18603.
Sylvia C. Chaya
Sylvia C. Chaya, 80, of 617 E. Third St. in Berwick, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.


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Hello Everyone,
I'm trying to write an application which can track my daily time spent across applications. What I have done so far is:
1) Use WH_Journalrecord along with a few other API functions to read in the active process, window title, etc.,
2) Used VB for the whole code
3) Used a database to log information about the application I'm on, and what keys I'm pressing in it, along with the time stamp for this.
What I have noticed with my current VB code is:
a) It doesn't allow my macros in Excel to run
b) It doesn't allow fast Alt+Tab usage (slows it down drastically)
There are a couple of other performance issues which led me to conclude that its time to write the code in C++
But, before I started, I reviewed some code on the Internet and found some screen recorders (similar purpose as mine, except I want data, and not actual screens) don't use WH_JournalRecord or even WH_CBT.
My question to those with wisdom on this is:
What's the best tool for what I want to accomplish? Which hook will serve my purpose the best? Or would I be writing more efficient code if I decide which applications I want to track and read off their process memory, instead of using hooks?
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You must read Star Paws by Jenny Dale! Star Paws has great illustrations. On page 5 the words go with the pictures. It has interesting parts. Neil and Prince's owner tries to get Prince everything he wants, but they can't figure out what's wrong. Prince runs around Neil and does not know what he is doing and digs up something. It has awesome settings. One setting is the King Street Kennels where it has lots of space to keep dogs. Another setting is in Prince's studio, it has anything a dog wants. A third setting is a big parade that has balloons of all kinds of different colors. So you can see, Star Paws is an interesting book it has excellent illustrations, interesting parts, and awesome settings.
I recommend this book to people who like to solve dog problems .You won't be able to put it down until you find out what's making Prince misbehave! Star Paws is a great book that you must read. Don't forget to read Star Paws by Jenny Dale!


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Big names, big game
The names featured throughout the series have been in, out and sometimes staples in Big League lineups throughout the year. Travis Hafner will miss the game, for the third consecutive day but Josh Barfield and Victor Martinez will be on the card for the Herd. Phil Hughes stars for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on the mound and Melky Cabrera will be in center field for the "Baby Bombers" tonight.
The names are here but tonight's overall theme will be centering around the fans. Tonight, the Bisons will hold their annual Fan Appreciation Night. The team will announce their MVP and other End of the Season awards prior to the game. The team will also debut a "Jimmy Griffin Hometown Hero" award in honor of the late Mayor of Buffalo. That award will be presented to the player who performed the best at home this season. The Bisons will also hand out prizes to fans after every inning break, with the second largest Fireworks Show of the year post game.
TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Buffalo Bisons take on the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees at Dunn Tire Park in the fourth game of a five-game home-and-home series (7:05 p.m.). The Bisons are 0-3 so far in the five-game series, with a pair of defeats at PNC Field before last night's 9-1 loss at home. The Herd is now 5-3 in their last eight home games. On the mound tonight for Buffalo will be RHP Bryan Bullington. The righty didn't allow an earned run over six innings on Friday to collect his first victory as a Bison. The Yankees will counter with RHP Phil Hughes.
TONIGHT'S STARTER: Bryan Bullington
-Last Game: 8/22 @SYR: (W, 6.0IP, 5H, 3R, 0R, 3BB, K), Bisons' 6-3 Win.
-2008 w/Bisons: (1-2, 4.73, 1SV)(8G, 6GS, 40.0IP, 46H, 27R, 21ER, 11BB, 35K).
-2008 w/Indianapolis: (4-6, 5.52)(15GS, 75.0IP, 90H, 54R, 46ER, 25BB, 60K).
-2007 w/Indianapolis: (11-9, 4.00)(26GS, 150.2IP, 146H, 70R, 67ER, 59BB, 89K)
-2007 w/Indianapolis: 1st in starts (26), innings (150.2), wins (11).
-Originally a first overall pick in 2002 by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
-Claimed off waivers by Cleveland, July 10, 2008.
BULLY FOR BRYAN: RHP Bryan Bullington earned his first victory with the Bisons on Friday in Syracuse. The righty allowed just three unearned runs in six innings of a 6-3 Buffalo win. In his last four starts with the team, Bullington is 1-1 with a 3.38ERA. The pitcher has also made two relief appearances this year and earned a three-inning save on July 31 in Durham.
V-MART: C/INF Victor Martinez had two more hits last night and has now averaged .313 (5-6) with a double, two RBI and four runs scored in five rehab starts with the Bisons. The two-time American League All-Star is scheduled to DH tonight, his second try at playing in back-to-back games. Martinez has been out of Cleveland's lineup since having elbow surgery in June.
EVERYDAY ANDY: Since joining the Herd on August 4, INF Andy Cannizaro has hit in 16 of 20 games with the Herd and has failed to reach base in a game just twice. The infielder went 2-3 last night and drove in the Bisons lone run. Overall with Buffalo, Cannizaro has hit .323 (21-65) with four doubles, two home runs and 12RBI.


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Dr. Christopher Skelly, chief of vascular surgery, U. of C. Medical Center
Dr. Christopher Skelly has been named chief of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Skelly completed his general surgery residency at the University of Chicago with a two-year research fellowship in vascular surgery. He received a B.S. in biochemistry from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., and his M.D. from New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y. He also completed a vascular surgery fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. He currently has a grant to study vascular biology, physiology and gene therapy as applied to neointimal hyperplasia, a leading cause of bypass graft and vascular stent failure.
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Coming from left field but hitting it squarely in the "awesome" section, Hero recently unveiled a 150cc diesel engine powered motorcycle called the "RNT". The oil burner, with its square lines, flat surfaces and 1980's Sci-fi aesthetics looks fantastically practical and more like a scooter than a motorcycle.
The RNT concept weighs about 300 lbs, has a top speed of 44mph, and a tank capacity of 1.5 gallons. At that weight, the Hero RNT 150 is quite pudgy compared to your typical 150cc scooter but the potential benefits of the increased efficiency and range of the Diesel might make up for that.
To top it all off, the concept features two wheel drive. It'll be interesting to see if and how Hero goes forward with this concept.


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(GS) How to Hear What Bernanke Is Saying
The QE question will again be on many investors' minds today as Ben Bernanke testifies before the Senate Banking committee. Positive earnings reports from Goldman Sachs (GS) and Coca Cola (KO) and a slew economic reports provide the backdrop for today's trading action.
Monday's surprisingly weak Retail Sales report provided further confirmation of economic softness that the back-to-back weak monthly jobs reports have been showing lately. In prior episodes of economic weakness – the economy went through such phases in the Spring/Summer months in 2011 and 2010 – the Fed would save the day by implementing monetary easing.
And that's what the market is clamoring for this time around as well. The Fed did come through partly on that count by extending Operation Twist through the end of the year, but the market wants a fresh round of QE.
Bernanke is not going to announce QE in today's testimony and nobody expects him to do that. But the market will view Bernanke's emphasis on 'downside risks' to the economy in favorable light. The expectation is that Bernanke will come across as dovish in his comments and may be even discuss some of the policy tools at the Fed's disposal to stimulate the economy.
With inflation effectively a non-issue, as today's June CPI report shows, and all key economic indicators pointing down, many expect the Fed to come through with more easing in its meeting next month. How effective more easing will be in terms of desirable economic outcomes is an altogether different issue. And on that score, many doubt if more QE can do any good given the domestic fiscal issues and global growth concerns.
Bernanke and economic reports aside, we have entered the thick of the second quarter earnings season, with this morning's basket of reports generally in the positive category. We got a solid earnings and revenue beat from Goldman Sachs despite difficult market conditions.
Coca-Cola also came out of expectations on volume strength, though Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ) revenue and guidance were short of expectations, likely due to currency translation issues. We have Intel (INTC) and Yahoo (YHOO) report after the close today.
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Kim Kardashian didn't just step out at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's Oscar after-party in West Hollywood dressed to impress. She rocked her pregnancy bump like a glam accessory.
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|December 6, 2012, 11:05 AM
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Why hunt Wolves?
It was asked on my Wolf hunt progress thread why anyone would want to hunt wolves.
I will start out with my reason for applying.
Back before the federal protection was put on wolves they were regarded as vermin. Man had done everything he could to eradicate the wolf from this continent, if not this planet.
I as a young hunter was thrilled with the possibility of shooting a wolf and my hunting party did so every year or so and it was regarded as a great accomplishment to do so.
I felt cheated when the protection was put on wolves when there was no reason and I submit to anyone that the modern day hunter/trapper has nothing over the hunter/trapper from the past century's that pursued the Wolfe and was unable to eliminate them from the deep forest areas. Yes they were removed from the prairie and the high population areas of this country but I was raised in northern MN and they were not scares.
So to get a chance to once again hunt the most elusive animal in the forest is a wonderful thing IMO.
Who said a wolf cannot be eaten? What makes a bear more pallet able than a wolf. I have eaten bobcat, people eat snakes, why not a wolf?
The pelt is valuable, of course one wolf pelt isn't going to make anyone rich but I want a rug.
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|December 6, 2012, 01:06 PM
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ok now I'll bite. back before the federal protection of wolves we had here in idaho, washington, montana and wyoming, our own little gray wolf. it was a lone hunter and very rarely ever formed packs. it rarely got above 80 pounds and was usually leery of humans. but we brought sheep which were an easy source of food and farmers killed them without hesitation to protect their livestock. this caused the indigenous gray wolf to be hunted nearly to extinction. then big government decided that we needed more gray wolves when it was obvious that the remaining coyotes were ineffective at weeding out the diseased animals that were starting to pop up everywhere so they decided that any gray wolf would do, they brought a bunch of McKenzie valley gray wolves from Canada and strangely enough a 120 pound wolf with a non existent mortality rate(due to adaptation to a harsher environment) that hunts in packs is actually proving to be detrimental to the local deer, elk, moose, and live stock populations.
oh and by the way, the indigenous wolves that were making a comeback with federal protection were finally listed as extinct after the canadian wolves killed them off. this is why I will always have a wolf tag in my pocket and why my state is allowing up to 10 wolf tags per year, per individual.
ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar.
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|December 6, 2012, 01:46 PM
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Staying out of the anti-predator protection issue, my view is, "Why not?" As long as there is a huntable population, why not? The hides tan for really nice vests, jackets or coats. More importantly as a hunter, they are more of a challenge than other critters--which means that success gives a higher degree of satisfaction from having met a tougher challenge.
I'd rather have BossLady in a wolfskin coat from my own skill than have her wearing a diamond ring that only says, "I have money!" At least the coat is a useful thing, keeping her all warm and snuggly.
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|December 6, 2012, 09:06 PM
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Art speaks wisely! Plus, other than man, the wolf has few predators to keep the population in check.
|December 6, 2012, 10:52 PM
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And the various state DNRs can make some (in MI to be lots of em) bucks for the wildlife management programs.
|December 7, 2012, 12:15 AM
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Basically if it's legal to hunt and you want to do so, that's all the reason you need.
As I've said in other threads, I think the people claiming wolves are zombies in fur coats, are being over reactive.
But just like any other predator, if the population needs to be controlled then by all means license it.
|December 7, 2012, 06:49 AM
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Populations are being re-established and numbers are coming up. Hunting is being made legal again. People are seeing wolves enough to the point a bunch of the cries of fear and need for total eradication has been revived in some areas, even where they aren't being particularly troublesome.
So if the population is viable, sustaining, and legal to hunt, I can't see a reason not to do it for those who wish to do it, and usually in today's US if an animal is legal to hunt, then the population is viable and sustaining.
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|December 7, 2012, 09:06 AM
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Short answer...
...same reason we hunt any other predator. To keep the population 'in check'.
|December 7, 2012, 03:18 PM
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Sorry Spy but you don't know the Northern Gray Wolf. I have had several very close encounters and they are elusive.
Ok, I will grant that a Cat is also.
I will also state that I truly believe that we need to be proactive in keeping wolves fearful of Man.
What would cause this Apex Preditor to have the fear of man as we witness in interactions?
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Friends of mine hunt minn and up until they licensed them they would see them every season. Now that their hunted not as many sightings have been reported. They seem to be pretty flippin elusive.
But I didn't read that and haven't ever hunted them. Just going on his and others say so
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Trouble is, that signature lumps two different viewpoints into the same group. Homo sap doesn't work that way.
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In the United States, you could argue that the most prominent restoration activists are anti-hunting. But, much of the funding and manpower comes from hunters and the agencies that manage hunting.
In much of Africa (Namibia and some of its neighbors, especially), the most prominent conservationists are the very PHs or ranchers that nearly exterminated the species. In Namibia, one of the largest ranches in the country was turned into conservation land by the owner, when he realized his family's previous 40+ years of over-grazing and "culling" of wildlife was having a significant, negative effect on the ecosystem. After settling the "war" he got himself into with the local tribes that were losing all their wildlife, the government talked him into being a mediator for meetings with tribes and ranchers considering conservation status for their land. (Can't remember his name right now, and my google-fu is failing. I'll post it if I remember.) He still runs some cattle on his ranch; but the future of the wildlife and tribesmen are his first priority.
Their efforts have been successful enough that most tribes have come around to the idea of protecting even the predators. Not only does it help balance the ecosystem; but if one of them becomes a threat (to the tribes or their livestock), they avoid killing it themselves. Instead, they "sell" it to a PH for a 'white hunter' to kill - benefiting the tribe financially and allowing them to avoid using as many resources from the land - and avoiding an outright slaughter.
Wolves in the U.S. are a different story. Most hunters and ranchers hate them. Antis want to save them. So, yea... It fits, in that case.
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I understand the Africa deal quite well. Mucho literature on the subject. But we're talking about wolves in the US.
Anyhow, as Descartes said, "Cogito, ergo venere."
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Wolves need to be hunted to retain their fear of man and to keep their numbers in check in areas where too many will become a threat to domestic livestock and pets. They do not need to be eliminated as once thought, nor are they the reason folks go home empty handed after a half arsed attempt at hunting deer. When I was a kid, Wisconsin still had a bounty on them. I would dream about what I would buy with all the money I was gonna make. It took almost 45 years after they removed the bounty that I saw my first wolf in the wild here in Wisconsin. I now have no real desire to pay the $110 required to apply for a permit and to get a kill permit if drawn. But for the reasons stated above, I'm glad some are.
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There is something about sitting down to a fine meal of Canis lupus that just doesn't appeal to my appetite. Perhaps with a few extra whiskeys before dinning I could reduce my Will Power to nonexistence and then give it a try._~~~~~~~~~~~~~na!!_
Why hunt them? I don't.
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While I'm not exactly crazy about the thought of eating wolf, In know in a survival situation I'd eat it without worrying about it.
As far as hunting one, I can totally understand. A wolf is an apex predator and there is a certain aspect to it. I'll probably catch crap from people for this, but I understand the trophy hunting aspect. It's no different than going for a trophy fish, and as with anything, respect for the situation and the population means occasional hunting them will never get out of hand.
Wolves have recovered their territory well in MN over the last few years. There is a pack a few miles east of where I live in central MN which the DNR has opened up a couple permits for this year, as they are getting to significant numbers and have no fear of people.
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Just two nights ago I saw a very interesing short documentary on this subject. It is not just the elk, and other game, wolves kill to eat that is causing problems. It are the animals the wolves harrass while trying to kill just one. Elk, in particular, are spooked and chased to often they work off their fat stores which allow them to survive cold, harsh winter conditions. If that fat is worn off, which happens when wolves are around, the elk do not survive the winter. That is what is reducing elk and deer populations and harming the genetic quality and reproduction rate of the survivors.
I favor total wolf eradication.
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Why not? What reason would anyone not want to hunt them? Them cute wolfies cause a lot of damage, it is why they were almost wiped out.
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Why is it any worse to hunt a predator than a deer? We are predators our selves. In the wild when opposing predators meet typically one will kill the other.
Nature designed man to be a predator. Why do some people have such a problem when we play the role that nature intended for us?
Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull.
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I hunt them and trap them because I can and the $350-400 check per from the fur buyer doesn't hurt either.
Besides, they're close to wiping out the caribou herd out here on the AKPEN.
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Being top predator means everything else is on the menu. God Bless.
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Funny, I'll bet that's how bears feel.
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DSOGaming writes: "Now this is really interesting. We always considered all Crysis games as some of the best – visually – FPS titles. And although Crysis 3 promises to 'melt PCs', it seems that Crytek wants to expand the Crysis universe (or to put it more realistically, to milk this franchise as much as possible), meaning that we could see other games, from different genres, based on that universe."
Crysis Kinect......you know it's coming ha ha ha!
I don't see how they think Crysis still has life in it when Crysis 2 FAILED miserably and the original fan base only sees Crysis as a cash grab and no longer the innovative FPS that was Crysis 1!
Crytek needs to do something else besides FPS cause they have completely fallen from the greatness that was FarCry and Crysis!
Crysis Kart
New IP would be better. I don't think Crysis would really fit anything else aside perhaps third person shooter. Beyond that it'd probably just feel forced / lazy.
what happen to the days that every series tried to become a kart racer
Genres that could work in my opinion; RTS with base building or Survival horror / RPG with a non military protagonist.


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�Five-legged frog found in Jacksonville� was the headline hopping off the front page of our local newspaper. I like local papers covering local stuff, and that definitely qualifies as �local.�
Things like this happen everywhere on the planet, but folks tend to focus only on �their� freaks. Nature�s anomalies seldom pique national interest.
But every now and then particularly weird physical changes impact all of us. For example, some people in government have developed startling characteristics. Lately many politicians have grown extra faces, which is confusing and sometimes downright scary.
Thankfully there�s no linkage between physiological morphing in politics and our local frog thing although both can impact businesses. Shaving for two-faced politicians has to be a nightmare but is no doubt wonderful for Gillette.
Our frog thing likewise has possible economic benefits. Frog legs are good to eat so a strain of the amphibians with extra extremities bodes well for that industry.
It could even be good for the country. Obama throws money at �green� jobs in hopes some benefits will sprout. What could be greener than a frog factory?
But alas, our frog is just a freak, not a mutation; therefore, the extra digit won�t be carried by its future tadpole generations. Surely geneticists are working on this. I�d be surprised if Colonel Sanders didn�t dream about growing chickens with twice the drumsticks.
�Ripley�s Believe it or Not� cultivated interest in strange and weird stuff. Back in the day it was my favorite section of our Sunday paper.
It showcased things like a woman in Milwaukee being grown in the shape of a potato. Hey wait! Maybe I have that reversed and the potato looked like the woman. Whoever had whatever shape, I�m forever fascinated with oddities.
In high school we made up Ripley stuff to put in our school newspaper under the copyright-safe banner, �Believe it or Don�t.� I remember a mathematical �fact� we published in our first edition: �Two plus two equals five million.�
Of course it made no sense whatsoever, but we fell into gales of laughter when it came off the mimeograph machine and hit the halls. Abject stupidity was very much alive and well in my crowd.
Under cover of Ripley�s franchise we poked fun at English and pushed the envelope of high school censorship. To wit, �A male lamb is called a �ram� and a donkey is called an �ass,� yet a ram in the ass becomes a �goose.� Believe it or Don�t!�
Writing about such Mother Nature detours conjures up fond memories of my paternal grandmother. To this young boy she was Disneyland way before Walt built the first one.
Grandma Bo never drove past places advertising things like �Two-headed lizard ahead!� or �See the Gila Monster!� She also never passed a �Stuckey�s� because she had a raging pecan habit, which fit nicely with my raging fireworks habit.
Typing this five-legged frog column, I kept thinking about Grandma Bo and smiling. If alive today you can bet she�d hop in the car to go see that critter.
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The New Year promises more that we'll never understand
The New Year is off to an auspicious beginning. The system is burgeoning with things we can't understand. Where should we start? That is the question. I suppose we could begin with discussing the way business is conducted in this crazy system, or lack of system, depending on how you want to perceive it.
Christmas decorations are not quite down, but retail stores are fully stocked with Valentine's Day cards, gifts, candy, and other promotional items tailor made to fleece us of our hard-earned dollars.
Ad campaigns designed to make us feel guilty if we don't participate in a buying frenzy to support yet another gift-giving event are in full swing. Valentine's Day isn't even important enough to be declared an official holiday, yet we buy into it as if the survival of our love lives were dependent on its success. Is that what love is about? I hope not.
What's even crazier is that Easter items are lined up behind the Valentine's Day merchandise so the cash registers don't miss a beat ringing up even more sales of stuff that none of us need. What is wrong with us? Why do we allow ourselves to be ruled by guilt? Our stomachs are governed by the Cadbury Egg, while our wallets pay yearly homage to the Faberge Egg, or at least a cheap rip-off of the famed bauble.
I'm not one to deny a child an Easter basket filled with colored eggs, or two lovers the joy of expressing their feelings for each other with a small gift. But, the commercialization and importance given to the monetary value of seasonal merchandise has all but destroyed the purity of the intent. The emotional value is getting lost. What happened to romance?
Advertising campaigns implying that the path to a woman's heart is paved with diamonds found in Faberge Eggs are insulting to women of any substance. Can true love really be bought with diamonds and pearls? Maybe we don't want to know the answer to that one. I am going to blindly believe that is not the case.
Okay, let's shift to the election scene for a minute. The airwaves are overloaded with hype from the campaign managers and politicians competing for the top seat in the most powerful country on the planet. The fact that the job doesn't pay all that well, considering the responsibility involved, and comparable salaries being paid by smaller countries with much fewer problems doesn't seem to matter. These candidates want to be prez.
And to stir up the coals in this crazy election fire just a bit, why are the caucuses being hosted in a state with demographics so far from average America that you'd think it was in a different country?
Nonetheless, the issue of who best manages the war situation appears to be the deciding factor in who's going to get the most votes. One would think that the candidate with the best plan for peace would be the easy winner. Unfortunately, according to those supposedly in the know, the way to all the voters ballots is not that simple.
It seems that more than just a few million eligible voters out there are making big bucks working for the Department of Defense. And those lucrative DOD contracts have built many a mini-man- sion. The people benefiting from those cash cows are asking questions like: Will we be out of our cushy jobs if the wars end? What about our mortgages, gas guzzling SUVs, and our over-the-top credit card debt? And if we bring all of those boys home, where are they going to work?
As unconscionable as it may appear, candidates must follow the money and see who is holding the biggest piece of the American pie if they want to win. Whether or not we like it is of little consequence - greed has no conscience.
When we stop and think about it, the oil producing regions of the world are always at war. If not with each other, they're fighting with outsiders who want to control or at least have access to the resource. But take notice - while the wars rage on, the oil never stops flowing and the money never stops changing hands, mostly from our hands to those involved in oil production. It's a nasty business.
If the space guys are studying us from their little ships or from far-off planets, they must view us with trepidation. They have good reason to avoid this area of the galaxy for some time to come. I think they don't make their presence known because they are aware that we have issues - serious issues.
Despite our many problems - the year looks promising. There is plenty of fuel for this ongoing saga about living in a system we'll never understand.


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According to Alistair Overeem, Alistair Overeem Will Be Fighting in December
(As Dennis Reynolds once said, "I'm not gonna take no for an answer, because I just refuse to do that. Because I'm a winner, and winners… we don't listen to words like 'no,' or 'don't,' or 'STOP!")
Either our math is a little off, or Alistair Overeem has literally gotten so strong that he can both fly and alter the very fabric of time using the power of his centrifugal forces. Because, according to a recent tweet sent out by "The Reem," the former Dream and Strikeforce heavyweight champion will be back in action this December, despite the fact that he received a nine month suspension just under two months ago:
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As he was told in his April hearing, the earliest Alistair could reapply for his license would be December 27th, meaning that the earliest he could compete would be in the UFC's always loaded New Year's Eve card, exactly one year after he demolished Brock Lesnar at UFC 141.Read More DIGG THIS


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This is a good book because it has clear pages that cover the regular pages and make them kind of different. It reminds me of when I went to a river and saw interesting things. I liked learning about the duck and flipping over the clear page to learn about its eggs, nest and babies.
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