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Just got my second sale...yea baby!!!!!!
Summary of my first 3 mailings; 964 clicks, 15 opt-ins and 1 sale! Russell, you and your program rock!! Congratulations to everyone out there in DCSX Land! Keep going, keep sharing and keep celebrating!! This works!!
Today: just made a sell! And got 4 upsells! I have also reached my goal of 400 subs!! Just got subscriber number 400! Keep it guys!!! The more you push it the more you will get!
Day 4: 1 free solo, 1 paid solo.about 69 opt ins, mostly from paid solo, and 6 sales. Good results so far I'd day!
End of my first month and have 560 people added to my list...If I work it right that should be $560pm to me.....I plan on tripling that number in my second month...
So over 800 clicks now, 47 optins, 1 sale, and a 500 click paid solo going out today. The best success has been from The 1 other paid solo ad where I or my sale and all my optins from a 250 paid solo ad. 20% optin rate, of those -20% order page to buy ratio. Hopefully his next solo ad will generate 100 optins and 2 more sales which could cover my costs as well...1 upsell would not go amiss either! Here's to all our success!
Day 4. 17 opt-ins ( not all confirmed yet), 800 clicks and 1 $1 sale from free solo ads only. This stuff works. Even from Sweden! :-)
Yes, got my first click on my Squeeze page...
Wow made my first sale evr online yesterday after 2 years of trying stuff, only 14$ but enuff to see that something works :) one question, I'm getting traffick but not many optins, 139 clicks from paid solo ads and about 400 clicks from free ads so far and only 15 optins? is this normal or am i doing something wrong with my squeezepage maybe?
Good morning and I hope everyone had a great Easter Sunday, I checked my account this morning and did very well. I had 3 sale and 22 subscribers. The program does work but you have to put your best foot forward. Thanks Russell and the Dotcomsecrets X family!!!
So I'm entering day 4. My solo ad guy, and I played Skype tag a couple of times, but I finally was able to get him my swipe copy. He is going to run the ad tomorrow, but so far I already have 48 clicks 14 opt ins and 3 sales with 1 OTO sell. Thanks Russell. Can't wait til these 30 days are over to see what kind of list and income I'll have!
Hi guys, I am posting this reminder to let you know that this system works. I signed up for the coaching program on March the 19th. I made my first money online ever on March 30, 2012 in the amount of $72.49; and as of this morning my list has grown to 200 subscribers. All using solo ads. Remember, I am doing this part time...I hope my testimony will encourage someone. I have been trying ha....
My very first solo ad is running as we speak. I bought 250 clicks for $75. As of right now, I have received 48 clicks and got 10 opt-ins already. Hopefully they will keep on coming! I gotta say solo ads are worth the investment over the free stuff.
Day 4, Just had my first sale with 22 subscribers!!!
Day 16: 222 $1 sales so far with only 9 refunds, plus 9 upsells resulting in $1,334.36 instant commissions - I'm very happy, this program really works :)
On Day 4 now. Purchased my solo ad, and now waiting to provide the copy to the advertiser. Great news, I already have 2 sales and 1 OTO sell, and I haven't even submitted my copy for my solo ad yet.
Day 8 With DCSX. Just made my 8th Sale. Currently averaging about 1 DCSX Sale per Day.
OMG, I am so pumped!!! I ran my first Ad yesterday in ListJoe.com. Got 12 unique clicks and I just looked and got 1 subscriber already. This is encouraging :)
YES!! Guys, I just made my first sale ever.loool. I am living proof that this thing really work. I bought 100 solo ad yesterday after using the free ads for 2 days, I have as at now 44 clicks, 8 opt ins and 1 sale. I am so happy and thankful to Russell for this awesome opportunity. I now know how it feels to make money online...hahaha. HAPPY EASTER.....
4 XDOTCOM + 3 ILLUMINATI + $200 of extra sales. Thus is my first profits with DCSX and Illuminati. I speak very little English, but I am still some profit. Thank you Russell Brunson
yahoo! 50 subs on my list now, but no sales yet. Only did viralasstore 500 emails, viraltrafficoutbreak 150 emails and globalsafelist the $19 sent to 12,977 emails. Keep pushing on!!
Tried listjoe yesterday and got the first clicks ever from an IM ad! Yes, it was only 58 clicks for 10,000 ads and no sales. Still that is 58 more clicks than I ever got before. Can't wait to see what happens when I can afford a paid solo ad in a week or so. I slowed down a bit because I was falling asleep on the daily coaching and the webinars, not because of boredom but because I was sleep deprived.
Day 7: Celebrating a 43% opt in rate in just 24 hours! ~ bought 100 clicks at $47- my first paid solo! What Russell is teaching works!! Thank you Russell! No sales yet.out for happy jog yipeee!!
Hey Just made a sale on the test campaign for DCSX webinar. There are still clicks to be delivered. (The test was with 100 clicks). The offer for me had a 19% opt-in rate. Already got the break down, and 14 new scubscribers!!!
After 7 days, I got these results: 36374 people saw my ads, 233 clicks (221 unique), 18 registrations, 13 webinar views, and 1 sale! :) Please celebrate with me!
2 days in 2 Subscribed to my list!! Thank you DCSX
I got my 4th $1 trial today I am so excited. It would be great if we could see these in the dotcomsecrets back office somewhere?
Hi Winners! I apologize for not participating as much as I'd like to.I will be more consistent. Update from a solo ad I purchased 2 weeks ago. ( They were just sent out over the last couple of days. $180 for 500 clicks. I received 606 clicks. 30 of the clicks opted in. 2 sales)
CELEBRATION! I got my first OPT-IN TODAY! I'm on Day 15, Finally got some ACTIVITY in phase 2 of the funnel! I must admit.it was looking a bit bleak, but thank the Lord for perseverence! I was up to 3000 clicks with no sales and no optins, couldn't afford but one solo a week ago, and the one I purchased was scheduled out a week and a half before it ran...Oh well. A celebration is in order.
Made my first sale! Started yesterday Facebook Ads, now got 90 people on my list. Have split tested with different pictures, and now run 3 ads for $ 0.03+0.09 per click (on the facebook ad). These clicks have converted at 22% (i.e. people who have submitted the squeeze page and so got on my List) Cost per person on my list is so far $ 0.37. Will soon start paid solo ads.
I just got my first sale by asking a friend to join me on the 90 days challenge and to help me support kids with Make A Wish! Who can say no to this irresistible offer?!! Thanks for making this so easy Russell!
Day 1, got my first opt-in our of 34 clicks so far.
More great news, today 20 more opt ins and 3 more sales, this program rocks
My success so far..Bought one pay solo ad yet to run, 2 loathe campaigns run so far, and have 175 clicks, and 48 opt ins to my list on the Webinar product! Great result so far. Day 6 today. I just started the free solo ads as I wanted to have targeted traffic with the paid ads, but so far looks a good way of building a list as well!!! Not sure if anyone has taken up the offers as I have not checked cb yet, but a great start I think. Results are what you make them! Good day to all!
Okay Now I can toot my horn. Purchased two solo ads for a total of 225 clicks as of now have received 182 clicks 57 opt ins and two sales. I will re-invest that solo ad purchase for two more this time I will double the number of clicks purchased. The one thing that changed my opt in rate was following Russells advice on making my emails have a character on them. Now I am really motivated.
Got 11 scribers to my list on a 200 click solo ad. No sales yet, but HOORAYY :} Considering I had 0 scribers on sat.
A little motivation for you guys! Just made my first sale today!
Just got my first sale! And 2 upsells so far. Using free and paid solo ads. I've also purchased 52 pre-written emails that are very important to have - Unless you want to write your own follow ups -These newsletters work great! 52 newsletter plus an amazing Squeeze page for only $20! -> If any newbies need help getting started, I will be uploading a video on youtube showing exactly what I've done so far. I'm on day 10! I will be sharing these resources and many more! -> Everyone Have a Great Day!
51 Hours In The Program. 100% FREE Traffic As of Now. 314 Clicks, 7 Opt-ins, 1 SALE. It is a $1 Trial. But as Russell says, I am celebrating.
I had 3 sales in first week. Had wrong set up and did not get opt in names and addresses. I'm still working on set up of squeeze pages and autoresponder. I have one squeezeage setup with Aweber and have paid solo ad working. Still on first week stuff.
275 subscribers and finally made my first sale of $7
This is my 3rd day. Not as per the date of joining but I have just finished the 3rd day video. Yesterday I sent a free solo ad to 25000 members. There were 180 clicks and 1 opt-in. This is my first opt-in which is a ray of hope.
Made my first sale today. Matter of fact, I have 4 sales and over 130 subscribers with 2 paid solo ads of 200 clicks and 250 clicks. Now just hoping I can ramp that number up and that I can keep the sales as paid members. I guess that is now Russells job to keep them as paid members. Anyway < i am excited. More to come.....
Hi Guys.and Girls! I have checked my Clickbank account and I got my first sales!!!!!!! Finnaly! 2 sales and 1 upsell. It is magic!!!! I have ordered 1 Jumbo Solo Ad in Your List. It cost me 27$ and I've used only 1 solo ad.
If you have the money I would advise you to invest in the paid solo ads 100 clicks so far and they are still rolling in, 40 optins, and a 3 sales.
The 90 Sec Squeeze page is converting very well and I would recommend it using it to build a list fast. I just sent out 2.5k free mail and already 20 clicks and 4 opt-ins from free advertising this is a wonderful tool that I will continue to give away for FREE in exchange for name and email. THANKS for all your hard work DCSX TEAM.
So excited.I got 5 clicks.???
First 24 Hours In The DCSX Challenge! I Got 2 Optins For 202 Clicks - 100% FREE Solo Ads. I Am Getting About 1% Conversion. Will Be Buying Paid Ones Today. Will Report Results Later.
Sent out some safelist ads late late last night for the 90 second squeeze page.I got 62 leads & 3 sales so far. Not bad for sending our ads on a late Friday night.These were just regular mailings and not paid solo ads. Should get a bunch more today :)
First paid solo ad is LIVE. So far 44 clicks and 7 opt in!! Totally aweaome!!
proof of clicks in just 2 days of training!!!
After one month training, 1012 opt-in, 59 sales and 1 up sales, didn't count the 2 tier sales. Also got many GOV signed up. Thank you dotcomsecrets.
hey.I have a subscriber list!!!!! 3 people. I have been doing this for 10 days. I am only on day 4 or 5 and 3 people checked out what I am doing. Seriously I have tried all kinds of things for over 2 years and never had a subscriber list. So cool
Got a quick question. I sent a solo ad out yesterday and the results were great. I got 8 sales 3 upsells and 69 people on my list. The question is how many times should I use the same solo ads to the list I bought? It worked great so I want to ramp it up and buy more clicks.
Finish the month STRONG everybody! I got nearly 600 1st and 2nd tier sales in the first 30 days. This training works! The business works! I'm also jumping on the help desk this weekend to help speed up the turn around time! Finish March with a BANG!
first e-mail campaign 317 clicks no opt ins or sales but that is fine because now I have the process down and the more you do something the right way the better you get about to start shooting bulls eyes.
I woke up this morning and I have 1 opt-in. Its my 3rd day and I am really excited over the small things. It just pushes you a little bit furter toward staying with it. Yay for me. LOL
1st "tiny" paid solo ad. 56 clicks. 7 opt ins. 1st $1 sale!!!!
4 more sales as of this morning, while I slept! awesome. :-) Keep going guys, and you'll see success too! :-)
Woohoo.checked again this morning, 21 sales 2 upsells. I fell behind because of school, but I am still workin' it, and this is great stuff to wake up to!
Day 15, 5 sales, 153 optins. Thank you Russell Brunson
Began last Tuesday. Slow start so actually on Day 5 today. Worked hard on solo ads. Very little traffic. Yesterday 21 clicks. Checked my account just now 180 clicks today, 4 opt ins! Time to play Bob Marley's 'We're Jammin' I think!! :-)
Got total of 5 optin for Instant traffic System for 172 unique clicks from free solo ad, but no sale yet, but still excited!!! :)
I got 3 optins and 1 sale today.no upgrades yet ;)
95 options 3 sales and 4 more solos ads scheduled through next week. Keep on rocking everyone. Remember building a business is not a race but a marathon.
Hey I think I'm finnaly figuring his out, I emailed 14,000 emails between yesterday and today, already got over 1000 clicks I guess thatÕs a good thing right!
I just made my first sale on my blog. It is exciting and I wanted to share my little taste of success. But the product has nothing to do with DCSX. I am just trying to add value to my site. My focus has been on building my infrastructure as opposed to sales. In addition to the affiliate sales I will be promoting my own product - a membership site. There is so much more to what we are learning here. We don't all have to walk the same path. I can't wait till next month for the Organic module.
Wow Russell wasn't kidding about the effectiveness of paid solos.250 clicks and 61 opt ins.not too shabby
Hi everyone, I am sooo excited about this opportunity. Let me give everyone some stats on my progress and let me know your opinion. So far I have accumulated 3811 clicks on all of my squeeze pages combined. I have 4 personal sales, and 1 refund, but heres where it gets good. Someone on my 2nd tier has 18 sales. You figure 18 sales at $15 a sale for 2nd tier commission comes out to $270 a month along with 4 personal sales at $40 per sale for another $160 for a total of $430 a month and all I have is 4 personal sales so far. Amazing
I want to share with you guys my Click Tracking account snapshot graph for the past 15 days. The days I got the most clicks and opt-ins has been the days that I have made a combination of Free and Paid Traffic.
Day 4 67 clicks 1sign up happy days. Is that good for 5 days in
Hey everyone...steaming along at 234 opt-ins and 18 sales..;-) Here is a quick questions mabey someone could answer. Most all of the opt-ins on my list have come through DCSX ans DCSX webinar squeeze page. Obviousely many of them didn't take the one dollar trial. I am wanting to send my list the free website, what will happen when they opt in in AWG......????? If they have already opted into my list????
Ordered my second Solo paid Ad for 100 unique clicks payed $50 until now I got 35 opt-ins, I hope they convert into sales!!! Time to go and workout and CELEBRATE of Course!!!
having success.posted 2 videos with about 45 views between the two, gained 4 new leads on my list and getting clicks.Very excited with my results so far.no sales yet, but they will come
Yipee, no sold yesterday, no free yesterday, woke up and 1 optin and 1 sale!! Cling, cling. This is as passive as it can be. Keep at it guys, success is just around the corner. Don't give up. Never Say Die.
This is great! On the 19th I had 6 sales! Best training ever.Quick question about link strategy - Can I use to point to an adsense site?
Now we talking....I'm celebrating baby......Day 15 and I have 174 opt-ins, 10 sales (1$ trials) and 1 refund. YEEEEEEHAAAAAAAA I am so super excited..
Just wanted to share some "success" with the team and show that this really does work. I'm on day 15, have a little over 2000 clicks, 64 opt-ins and 14 sales! Thanks Russell! Thanks for the encouragement from all my DotComSecretsX.com teammates. I really do appreciate you all. AND...welcome to all of you newbies who have joined. You're in the right place at the right time!
Wow I just checked clickbank and I got 1 sale back on 3-17 that I didnÕt know.
I had my 1st sale yesterday, Got my skype buddy to join me in the challenge. Need to start promoting now and take action
wow, can't believe it - just had my first sale ($1) to the Republic of Ghana. That's very cool :)
Quick stats-update (and celebration time): Just passed the 100 sales mark (103 to be exact), and here is the amazing thing: only 4 CANCEL-REBILL so far (I started promoting on 2012-03-12); only 1 REFUND so far. This looks very, ver promising in terms of a high retention rate.
Hi Guys; I just wanted to share - 7 opt-ins, 2 sales with upsales - day 3, 100 clicks.
Hey guys, Finally got 1 optin for instant traffic squeeze page and dcsx squeeze page.:) Although is the same person, but I'm really excited about this! :)
1st solo ad results. 118 opt-ins, 2 sales! YIPPEE!!!!! Testing others as well this week.
Did one 100 click solo ad. 21 opt-ins, 0 sales..Wondering how to fund my next test. Should I just email my list? I have about 48 people now. Stuck on what to say - does our 'story' have to be related to internet marketing?
I got 48 optins and 1 sale yesterday from my first paid solo. Not quite as good as Kim ( well done Kim by the way ), but hey, I'm happy with that for my first attempt.
Ok so after my first paid solo ad, I received 110 clicks, about 35 opt-ins and 2 sales (1.00 trial ). Is this considered good, average or just plain sucks?lol Oh & I spent 40 bucks.
Verry happy with my first $40 solo ad! 116 clicks, 36 opt-ins and 1 sale. I'm well chuffed! Prior to that it took me 3 motnhs to get 20. Just LOVING this course!! :D
talk about over delivery, sent out a 250 click solo and am already on 372 clicks and counting...57 opt-ins..
Hi, I have paid 20$ for solo ad with one guy on a list source: solo Ads. And it was really nice. We have agreed for 50 clicks, but I got 96 from him!!! Iwrote to him, cause I thought it is a mistake, but he replied to me that this is ok. It was nice surprise. The result: 29 people on my list from this one solo. Very good! but now I have to follow up and sell something :) Mike
Solo Ads I am amazed 22 sign ups last night to my primary internet business that makes my list to just over 2000; that is in just 9 months. Thanks Russell for the Over my shoulder page. The solo ads are the way to go.
starting to get optins now 2567 clicks 4 optins
Good day yesterday. Solo ad for 100 clicks at $50, got 173 clicks and 34 optins. Test run was a success. Now will go for bigger. What do you think?
Dear Russell Brunson, Thanks so much! I'm thirteen years old and have been working so hard trying to make real money on the internet. I kept taking loans from my sisters buying courses because I new that one day I was going to wake up, check my click bank, and have tons of sales! but I didn't get ONE sale until I started your training course! Now my list is building and I'm getting sales and paying my sisters back! Thanks so much for building a system that works! Thanks, Roman Rondiak


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By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Mary Hogan Elementary School teachers returned to classes this week to find familiar surroundings, new students and a new labor contract.
Middlebury Elementary Teachers Association (META) representatives and ID-4 school district officials confirmed on Monday that both sides have ratified a new, three-year pact that will dictate teachers' compensation through the 2008-2009 academic years.
Addison Central Supervisory Union (ACSU) Superintendent Lee Sease said he may soon have some more good news to announce on the subject of teachers' contracts at other schools within his district. It appears as though teachers at the other ACSU elementary schools in Cornwall, Weybridge, Bridport, Ripton, Salisbury and Shoreham have "come to a tentative agreement on a new, multi-year deal," according to Sease.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
FERRISBURGH — Ferrisburgh selectmen have followed the recommendation of the town's planning commission and voted, 4-0, to end discussions with The Infill Group about a proposed extension of Vergennes sewer service into the town.
The decision, made at an Aug. 24 meeting, appears to close some options for the future development of a 32-acre parcel near the Ferrisburgh village.
Infill head Bill Niquette has a deal with Vergennes aldermen to pay $1 million for a two-mile sewer extension that could have served the Ferrisburgh village area near the intersection of Route 7 and Little Chicago Road, including the town's school and existing and proposed town office buildings. The proposed extension had a capacity of 100,000 gallons a day, enough to handle more than 400 homes and businesses.
MIDDLEBURY — As a recovering addict, there were few places Michael Emilio could go in the evening where he wasn't surrounded by temptation. Bars and concert venues produced strong whiffs of alcohol and drugs — the very substances he was seeking to avoid.
"One of the things they teach you in rehab is you have to change people, places and things," Emilio said.
Those changes soon will be easier for Emilio and other recovering substance abusers to make thanks to a new gathering place for recovering addicts called the Turningpoint Center of Addison County, which will be established in the Marble Works shopping complex this fall.
The center will rent space formerly occupied by Vermont Magazine in what the Marble Works Partnership refers to as the "stone building" that faces Printer's Alley.
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iPad Chef Sleeves
Flour and eggs go in your cupcakes, not in your tablet
- Ultra clear 100% touch-sensitive sealable plastic sleeves
- Protect your iPad, iPad 2, and similar sized tablets from kitchen spills
- 25 in a pack, though each is reusable multiple times
A modern chef can cook without a recipe, having an intimate knowledge of ingredients, flavors, and their relationships to each other. For the rest of us, we need cookbooks. Giant comprehensive lists of delicious foods, and their assembly instructions, but who wants words printed on dead trees anymore? Glossy photos, full motion video, reviews, and social voting makes digital recipe collections ideal for cooking. So, instead of big heavy books, you should keep your recipes on your tablet computer.
The drawback to this approach is one of mess. Tablets aren't cheap, and they're easy to break with all the goop that tends to fling, fly, splat, spill and spread during the cooking process. Finely ground flour can easily find its way into any seam, liquids can ooze their way behinds screens, and can short out the sensitive electronics inside, and protein chains can coagulate behind buttons making them sticky and unresponsive. Basically, cooking and tablets don't mix.
Until now. A simple application of a special sealable plastic bag keeps the capacitive property of touchscreens working, while completely protecting your tablet from all the mess and potential catastrophic damage. The Chef Sleeve fits any iPad, iPad 2, or other similarly sized tablet.
Gone are the days of washing cake batter from your fingers and meticulously drying them before scrolling the recipe while mixing cupcakes. Past is the time when you had to clean the dried and caked-on egg-whites from your tablet's screen and buttons when whipping up a merengue. No more will you have to worry about an accidental molten sugar spill on your Galaxy Tab 10.1 when trying to make homemade peanut brittle.
- Clear plastic sleeves protect your tablets from spills
- 25 sleeves in each pack, though each is reusable multiple times
- Touchscreen sensitivity of your tablet unaffected!
- Designed for iPad, and iPad 2
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Denver Museum of Nature & Science to Host All-New BODY WORLDS Exhibition
Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS & The Story of the Heart reveals the intricacies of the cardiovascular system.
(Denver – December 8, 2009) .
Four years after BODY WORLDS 2 brought record crowds to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, a new blockbuster exhibition, BODY WORLDS & The Story of the Heart, will open to the public in the first quarter of 2010. Additional details, including run dates and ticket prices, will be available on January 7, 2010.
BODY WORLDS & The Story of the Heart, an all-new exhibition, will reveal—through the lenses of anatomy, cardiology, psychology and culture—how the heart nourishes, regulates and sustains life. The exhibition will give Museum visitors profound insight into the human body, health and disease, and the intricate world of the cardiovascular system. The exhibition will awe visitors with more than 200 human specimens, including whole-body plastinates, organs and translucent body slices.
BODY WORLDS & The Story of the Heart puts human anatomy in clear context. The exhibition is organized according to the major systems of the body, including the locomotive, nervous, reproductive, digestive and cardiovascular systems.
The striking whole-body plastinates in BODY WORLDS allow visitors to see inside the staggeringly complex and interconnected network of muscles, tendons and blood vessels that make up our bodies. The specimens on display reach the public through the Institute for Plastination body donation program: all of the donors agreed before their deaths that their bodies could be displayed for public education purposes. More than 10,000 individuals have bequeathed their bodies to Dr. Gunther von Hagens' Institute for Plastination in Heidelberg, Germany.
More than 687,000 visitors came to see BODY WORLDS 2 at the Museum during its 19-week run from March 10 to July 23, 2006, and the Museum broke the daily attendance records of all previous North American venues that hosted BODY WORLDS 2. Due to its popularity, the exhibition remained open for 64 consecutive hours during the final weekend in Denver, when nearly 30,000 people flocked to see the exhibition before it closed.
"This is a remarkable new opportunity for our community," said Dr. Bridget Coughlin, the Museum's vice president of strategic partnerships and programs and curator of human health. "Visiting BODY WORLDS & The Story of the Heart is a compelling experience that makes us appreciate the complexity and beauty of the human body. Not only is the exhibition awe-inspiring, it transforms us, increasing our understanding of health issues and motivating us to make healthier life choices. We anticipate tremendous interest in this exhibition. The response when we exhibited BODY WORLDS 2 was overwhelmingly positive, and the exhibition appealed to a diverse audience."
About the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is the Rocky Mountain Region's leading resource for informal science education. A variety of engaging exhibits, discussions and activities help Museum visitors celebrate and understand the natural wonders of Colorado, Earth and the universe.
The Museum is located at 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205. To learn more about the Museum, check http://www.dmns.org/.
Many of the Museum's educational programs and exhibits are made possible in part by generous funding from the citizens of the seven-county metro area through the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District.
About Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS
Dr. Gunther von Hagens invented Plastination in 1977, in an effort to improve the education of medical students. He created the BODY WORLDS exhibitions to bring anatomy to the public. Since 1995, 29 million people in Asia, Europe and North America have visited the BODY WORLDS exhibitions. The organs and whole-body plastinates were derived from generous body donors, individuals who designated that upon their death their bodies could be used for educational purposes in the BODY WORLDS exhibitions. More than 10,000 donors have bequeathed their bodies to Dr. von Hagens' Institute for Plastination in Heidelberg, Germany. For more information on BODY WORLDS, please visit http://www.bodyworlds.com/


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Google executive Marissa Mayer says she first realized how big Google had become when she saw people using the site while traveling overseas.
Three of Fortune's 40 Under 40 picks talk about their first professional success and how they knew they had made it.
Grey New York President Tor Myhren talks about how he overcame the biggest failure of his career to run a major Madison Avenue ad firm.
Four of Fortune's 40 Under 40 picks sound off on the jargon they hate the most.
Facebook's Carolyn Everson explains how she learned from the failure of her startup Pets.com.
Instagram's CEO explains how his photo-sharing app has exploded in growth in less than a year.
CEO Daniel Ek says people sharing their tunes on the social network will make them engage even more with music.
VEVO, the second-largest video platform on the Web after YouTube, has started livestreaming major concert festivals.
CEO Tony Hsieh says that Zappos' success comes from being a customer-service driven company not just an online footwear and apparel retailer.


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Irish I wasn't taking aim at you in that post or this. You will have to tell me why you feel personally chastised. I clearly said then and now that I did not include everyone. In fact, due to my eyesight my screen has to be enlarged to a point where I don't see the names of who says what unless I scroll left to find out. In some cases I do scroll left and have found you be a voice of calm. In this case I didn't look to see where all the negativity was coming from because there were four pages of it. I will say that there were not many ways for Opa to respond in the midst of all that.
Thanks Irish, I am not obsessed about anyone's health. I like to be diplomatic. But when I see this and know that six hundred something people have read the thread at this point I think about more than one person and offer caution where it is needed. If someone can show my comments to be incorrect I would carefully read any information they have.
I just re-read my post and it seems I did write protein where I meant to say fats. I apologize for the confusion. Please read the article I linked though, I took the time to type all that out because I was concerned. I have had friends who ended up in kidney failure because of the Adkins diet. I don't want that to happen to you.
I'm not wanting to argue, but I wouldn't say it if I didn't know it: http://www.webmd.com/diet/high-protein-low-carbohydrate-diets
I read the initial post as a quote for discussion. I am not sure why Opa has been bashed en mass. Not that everyone is bashing but many of you are, for what reason? What if it wasn't meant the way you decided to take it? What if Opa only wanted to know what someone else thought? We want others to be generous with their responses to us, can't we clarify before jumping on top of someone with both feet? I just looked this thing up, it's called Nexvax2 developed in New Zealand. I don't know what the rules are there but in the US the word "vaccine" would be a misnomer. This is basically the same as old fashioned allergy de-sensitization. My first thought is, that would mean it could worsen or even cause DH but I don't know that, it's only a guess. In the US drug trials aren't done like this so I'm not sure how advertising online for research subjects will affect the research outcomes either. The FDA in the US has nothing even resembling de-sensitization of celiacs mentioned. Could this medication turn out to be useful? It might if it works, is properly used, and marketed. If someone who is super sensitive or has a traveling lifestyle that leads to being accidentally glutened and the medication works as intended, it might improve the health of those people. In that way it could be used and marketed but not as a cure for something that can't be cured or as an excuse to abuse the body.
Is This A Kidney Pain?
Ksee replied to nvsmom's topic in Related Disorders & Celiac ResearchIt does sound like a kidney pain. Smaller stones can block a ureter and then move depending on your position, relieving the pain. I had one big kidney stone that started with a severe, sharp stomach pain that quickly moved to my flank. When it did, I couldn't move, couldn't be still, couldn't talk, couldn't quit throwing up, I was all over the place. You may be able to flush it out with lots of water and cranberry juice if you can drink that. AZO over the counter will numb the ureters BUT is no substitute for medical treatment if you have an infection or a stone. AZO won't treat an infection, only some of the pain. A kidney infection that has gone that far needs treatment fast. If it is an infection you are one step from it being in your blood. Did that sound serious? Good, it was supposed to. Call your doctor and it will be okay, your not that sick yet. Good luck, hugs!
Thanks Gemini I thought I was having a bad time with seasonal allergies but then decided I needed to look more closely after reading several threads. I had been patting myself on the back for how easily I removed the gluten from my cabinets. I'm familiar with severe sensitivities to things like peanuts where parts per million can cause anaphylaxis but had not heard this in regard to celiac before. Even if I had, I'm not sure I would of connected woods that had gone through the dishwasher as retaining traces large enough to cause a problem. I understand physiology, research, treatment and the big words doctors throw around like weapons, but you all have the practical daily living experience in this disease I don't. Time is another thing I didn't understand. I improved so quickly at first by not adding extreme daily injury, I thought that would continue. It's probably part of why I thought I wasn't super-sensitive. I'm realizing now there hasn't been enough time to make those judgments yet.
I didn't realize some of you were talking about this. I can hear, feel and smell things others can't but it is more like outside the range of what most people can detect. When thunderstorms are fading there is a high-pitched, static sort of sound in the clouds no one else seems to be able to hear. I am more bothered by loud noises and bright lights than anyone else I know and those can set off a migraine if I'm not careful. As a nurse I could find pulses most people could only find with the Doppler after I had marked them. It caused lots of confusion with documentation because pulses are recorded as either felt, heard, or absent. What I could feel the previous nurse had recorded as absent and the next nurse recorded as heard only because I marked on the skin where to listen. The reason for documentation is to record changes with the patient, not the nurse, but each nurse has to document what they actually observed.... When someone has more sensory input than other people the world can be overwhelming. They are bombarded with things most people don't have to deal with. When this develops in children and they withdraw to protect themselves, we call it autism. Autism isn't always a disease in itself but many times a symptom. There isn't much research to connect hyper-acuity with celiac except the connection to autism but autism is a spectrum from non-communicative to high-functioning and it seems those of us lucky enough to be able to deal with the world. Keep this in mind and cut yourself some slack. It's not your imagination and your not being cranky. Loud noise and bright light is painful. I know. This goes both ways. There are people who can't see what most people in the world can. I've run across a few people who don't realize the light changes color with the seasons. Painters use stark whites and blues for winter light and orange for fall light. Mention that to some people and they look at you like you have grown an extra eye in your forehead. Changes in light with the tilt of the sun is measurable and obvious to most of the world, but still some people just can't tell the difference. Philosophy says that perception is reality, meaning we can change our reality, but I believe the opposite is also true. Our reality includes perception most people don't have and don't understand, but is still quite real.
Wooden spoons and cutting boards. I use a lot of wood because wood has natural antibacterial properties plastics don't. Wow, you all are bringing up such great issues I hadn't thought of. When I decided to remove the glutens, I didn't know if that was the problem so I gathered them all into a cabinet above the refrigerator to keep from reaching for them without thinking. I haven't thrown them out yet because I'm not sure if I will be asked to challenge (or whether I will agree to that). I am thinking I should gather these other things into that same cabinet and clean as best as possible for now. If I have a deep cleaning done only to go back to gluten for a challenge, I will have to have it done again. I can get a few cheap plastics that can go in the dishwasher to use in the meantime. I call myself someone who is serious about nutrition but honestly I have to be careful not to let that actually mean "kitchen snob" I have mostly avoided plastics, preferring wood, glass and metals. Oh darn it, I just realized how many great wood handled knives I have I don't know if any of you have done your own skin patch test for allergy? I am thinking of doing that with some of the spices I use often.
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Thanks all, so it's more complicated then. I assumed by the fact that it took this long in my life to find the gluten problem that was only found accidentally, that I wasn't super sensitive or it would of been more obvious. But I am super sensitive. At least I am to many other things, like household chemicals, fragrances, cosmetics, lotions and other toiletries. I have other food sensitivities, scallops in particular is a damned shame. Beef causes lots of problems, as does pork and in the last couple of years chicken too. I have been able to eat homemade yogurt, fresh or white cheeses and eggs without noticing any problems so far. I can get away with beans as long as it's not very often. Years ago someone got the bright idea to allergy test me. They got half way through an unpleasant process and realized I showed positive in a big way to every single site. That is when they realized I must be allergic to either the skin cleansers, the solutions used for the allergy preparations or the syringes. It was decided to stop and retest me using different processes. I declined to go through that over and over and then to take allergy shots that would never completely rid me of allergies. Maybe it was a mistake. Maybe I would of shown a pattern of allergy to gluten grains then, I don't know. I bookmarked the links, thank you. I have new glasses today and my fingers still type okay but my eyes are wishing they were closed. I will read those tomorrow.
Gemini A few weeks ago I replied to someone in stage two kidney failure. In her case it was because of protein in her urine from lymphedema she was born with. I hope she is doing well. Starvation to the point that the body begins to consume itself for the energy to live can also result in ketosis, and then kidney failure. The Adkins diet and severe restriction of carbohydrates which are the body's main source of energy, forces the body into ketosis which means burning protein for energy. This is always a problem because Ketones (acetone) are difficult for the body to dispose of. It spills over into other body systems like the respiratory system and is blown off, so there is a fruity smell like diabetes or alcohol. It is the same molecule as the acetone in nail polish and paint remover. A small amount can be tolerated but the more there is the more toxic it gets. I know of several people who have put themselves into kidney failure this way. It is not harmless and the fact that so much protein (a large particle that blocks renal tubules), and resulting by-products of metabolism, Ketone, needing to be excreted by the lungs proves dangerous levels are present proves that. I know there are many websites saying otherwise but those are written by people without credentials, with no education to back up their claims or without morals. It isn't your fault people are trying to make money at the expense of your life and health. Especially with Sjogren's Syndrome which can cause so much damage of it's own. Find someone reliable and credible to listen to. You may not want to hear this from me, but whether it makes me popular or not, I am going to say what I know. I am not going to tell you something that can damage your health or worse.
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Celiacs Diagnosed As Anxiety
Ksee replied to mousefan71's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsI'm sorry, I over-reacted. I was thinking about being in the third grade with anxiety issues. It is so hard to be in the third grade but this has to be intolerable for your poor baby. I'm sure you are suffering as much as she is having to watch her struggle. In one way you are lucky, many doctors don't recognize anxiety in children and don't treat it thinking they will grow out of it. I know you don't feel lucky with treatment not going well yet. I have a sister with major anxiety problems. She went undiagnosed most her life and paralyzed in fear. I'm sure I projected my anger from that with my response. I guess my feeling helpless to do anything for her just came out. It's no fault of yours though. Again, I'm sorry for reacting that way.
How Do You Know It Was Gluten?
Ksee posted a topic in Coping with Celiac DiseaseRather than ask related question in several other threads and hijacking everyone else I decided I should ask this: I have had a really bad couple of weeks. I thought it was allergy and weather extremes. I've always had this sort of thing, migraines, various autoimmune problems and that could of course be exactly why the last couple of weeks have been bad but how do I know the difference? Years ago I began having migraines, problems with my pituitary that went undiagnosed then underdiagnosed and then other autoimmune problems began. I was born with pretty bad allergies. In general I have to say there is improvement because I'm not eating obvious gluten. Before now I ate whole foods, fresh or frozen veggies and fruit, eggs, milk, cheese, homemade yogurt, brown rice, single spices (not blends) and healthy fats. I haven't had much trouble figuring out what was safe to eat and gluten free because eating the way I do is straightforward. I know what is in my food because it's recognizable and I put it there. So, What is the best approach to getting gluten out of my life? I'm single so I don't share dishes, pot, pans and utensils. Will I need to buy some things new because they have been contaminated beyond what the dishwasher can clean? Living in an apartment means having your stuff at the mercy of your neighbor's bugs (something I learned the hard way years ago) so I always keep things sealed in airtight containers or bags. Most people who cook and don't do this have all sorts of stuff in their cabinets, refrigerator and freezer that I don't, but every-time something is opened, I know there are unintentional traces left behind. Do I need to hire cleaning of the areas that could be contaminated like kitchen cabinets, drawers, pantry and surrounding surfaces and carpeting? How far can the contamination travel? How do the rest of you know the difference between migraine, brain fog and feeling sick because of mold in the spring or from accidental glutening? I don't doubt anymore that I have a problem with gluten. I just don't know how to tell it apart from whatever else is going on.
Celiacs Diagnosed As Anxiety
Ksee replied to mousefan71's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsAnxiety..... of course she has anxiety. Wouldn't you be anxious if your life caused you pain? If no one seemed to notice how hard you tried or listened to you? However treating a symptom (alone) isn't going to help and neither is the doctor's condescension. As a parent, straighten you back, raise you chin look straight in that doctor's eye. Tell him/her to either pay attention or you will be finding someone with the compassion due your daughter. Say it in an even tone without raising your voice. Don't let your gaze waver. Do let your daughter see you stand up for her in a positive way. Then be prepared to either discuss the situation or find another doctor but either way your daughter will know someone has her back. Keep letting her know that and the anxiety should start getting better. It might help to talk to a grief councilor too. It's not going to be easy to learn how to be different from the other kids since she has already been traumatized but you are on the right track now. Good luck, tell her we are all cheering for her
Hmm, I thought of a few issues that could account for your different smells: All of us smell things a bit differently so I wonder if those smelling "gas" can tell the difference between a gas stove and a bottle of ammonia cleaner? Celiac is a disease of malabsorption, you all know that the food eaten isn't absorbed. When we lack nutrition our bodies burn whatever is available, fats then proteins in muscles. Protein metabolism in large amounts can't be excreted by the kidneys so alternative methods are needed. It is possible ammonia is being blown off by your own respiratory system. However, I say possible because my experience is with ICU patients. I would expect anyone with ammonia levels this high to be profoundly ill, and may be confused. I only say this because anyone smelling ammonia where there seems to be none, I think, should notify their doctor. People with migraines know an aura means a migraine soon. Auras can include many symptoms. I sometimes get a tightness in my face or my digestion simply stops like someone flipped the power button off. Then, I will have a migraine between four and twenty-four hours later and when I do, my stomach can be upside down for days. This has been so bad that I became dehydrated and had to be hospitalized. For some people, symptoms like that are the migraine and they don't get typical pounding one-sided headaches but they do get very sick. Many of these people don't realize they are having migraines and many never get treated because they don't say anything about it. There also are types of seizure where a person does not lose consciousness but either doesn't remember or remembers like a dream. This type of seizure can be preceded by an aura, and again, is often overlooked. Other people will describe it in different ways but what is common, is the person doesn't understand or can't remember the behavior being referred to. These seizures, depending on the type, can be rare, but I have seen even the rare type several times over the years. Basically, new or unexplained phantom smells are valid symptoms that can mean something, and worth reporting to the doctor.


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The Andrew Jackson High School girls compiled 111 points, highlighted by three firsts, to win the Region IV-AA girls track title at Buford High School on Tuesday.
The Lady Vols were followed by host BHS with 95 points.
Paris Clyburn, who won the discus crown for the third straight season, aided the AJ cause along with Niyana Jones, who won the long jump and placed second in the high jump.
The Lancaster High golf team was a little off its game, but had what it needed to capture the Region III-AAAA golf title for the second straight season at the Lancaster Golf Club on Wednesday afternoon.
The match was originally set for Monday, but reset due to heavy rain in the area earlier in the week.
Fourth-ranked Blue Ridge foiled Lancaster in the opening round of the Class AAAA Upper State baseball playoffs, taking a 5-2 win over the Bruins on Tuesday night.
Elijah Henderson led the Tigers with three hits. Zach Waddell had two hits and two RBIs.
Waddell went 5.2 innings and posted six strikeouts for the win. Jackson Morris went 1.1 innings to cap the BRHS win.
The Lancaster High School boys tennis team earned a landmark triumph on the Bruins visit to South Pointe High School of Rock Hill on Thursday.
The Bruins captured the Region III-AAAA tennis title with a 4-3 win over the Stallions.
The match was tied at 3-all, but the Bruins No. 1 doubles team of Isaac Thomas and Connor Palmeri defeated Matt Mullis and Martin Jackson for the win.
The Buford Lady Jackets used a clutch pitching effort to notch a 2-0 win over county rival Andrew Jackson High School to win the Region IV-AA softball title for the second straight season.
BHS senior right-hander Sydney Sullivan, who has signed to play at Limestone College, struck out 18 AJ batters and allowed a walk and a hit to key the 17-4 Lady Jackets to the region title win at the Lady Vols' field on Friday night.
AJ had only three batters reach in the game.
The Andrew Jackson Volunteers edged county rival Buford, 2-1 to capture fourth-place and a Class AA Upper State baseball playoff bid on Friday night at the Vols' field.
The Vols' win came on AJ baseball senior night when Heath Gandy and John Cauthen were honored.
Gandy was the man of the hour in the game, hurling the complete-game win and going 2-3 with the game-winning RBI to score teammate Will Hudson who had doubled in the AJ fifth.
Host Lancaster High School captured both titles in the 11th annual Kleine Levin Syndrome Running for Ryan Lancaster County track meet at the LHS track Saturday afternoon.
The Bruins, with nine firsts in 16 events, compiled 120 points, while the Lady Bruins, who also won nine events in the meet, tallied 98.5 points.
A Sunday split proved to be diamond delight for the University of South Carolina Lancers' baseball team at the Lancaster High School baseball field on Sunday.
The Lancers, with a split with Region X rival Spartanburg Methodist, earned the school's first-ever regular-season region baseball championship.
USCL, with the crown, will be the Region X tournament top seed for the tournament which opens May 6 in Burlington, N.C.
The Lancaster High School golf team will put its unbeaten links mark on the line Monday when the Bruins host the Region III-AAAA golf tournament at the Lancaster Golf Club.
Lancaster, ranked seventh in the latest Class AAAA poll by the SC Golf Coaches, is 15-0.
Lancaster swept a tri-match with Westwood High School of Blythewood and Class AAAAA foe Fort Mill to close out regular-season play.
The Andrew Jackson High School boys soccer team, at 4-11-1 on the season, is hopeful for a solid finish to earn a Class AA Upper State playoff berth this spring.
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The Mississippi River couldn't have been more beautiful that night. We were catfishing on a stretch in eastern Arkansas, with a canopy of bright stars above and a carpet of murmuring water below.
The bite was slow. Bill Peace and I sat quietly in his boat.
I hadn't noticed it earlier, but now, in the silence, I could hear what sounded like the distant beat of a bass drum. I remembered hearing the same sound when I was child curled up in the bottom of the boat, almost asleep, while my uncles fished through the night.
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"Can you hear the drums singing, Bill?" I asked.
He said nothing for a long time, as if thinking. Then he told me a story.
"I heard them one night a long time ago when I was fishing here with an old river rat who lived in a shantyboat at the mouth of the White," Peace explained. "He said a long time ago one of those big paddlewheelers was steaming up the river not far from here. It was nighttime. The steamboat was all lit up, and the folks on board were having a good time. An orchestra was playing music. Then suddenly, the steamer hit a snag and sank. All the people on board were lost. The Mississippi just swallowed them up.
"The old man said that sound you hear is the sound of the orchestra that drowned. Every year, their ghosts come back and play the same eerie melody over and over again."
"You believe that?" I asked.
"Well, you and me both know it's just a bunch freshwater drums making that noise," he replied. "That's how they got the name drum. Every year when they're ready to spawn, the males start singing to their sweethearts and making that strange noise. Every time I hear it, though, I think about that old man's story, and I can almost see that paddlewheeler coming up the river and hear the orchestra playing inside."
I've often wondered if ghost stories like that are the reason folks don't fish much for freshwater drums.
It's always puzzled me. Here we have a fish with many endearing qualities. But the freshwater drum is ignored as a sportfish throughout its range. Why is that? I wonder.
Ghost stories could be the reason, I suppose. Or perhaps the drum is scorned because it has large, rough scales and a down-turned mouth like carps, suckers and other so-called "rough fish." Maybe it's because a hooked drum doesn't leap in spectacular fashion like a trout or bass.
There are plenty of good reasons you should fish for drums, though, despite the fact that many high-brow anglers consider them nothing but trash fish.
Reason No. 1:
Because few anglers fish for them, drums are super-plentiful in many lakes and rivers.
I first started fishing for drums years ago on a hot August day when bass, bream and even catfish had a bad case of lockjaw. I was fishing a river in eastern Arkansas and had watched a man fishing from shore land several good-sized fish. From a distance, however, I couldn't tell for sure what he was catching. I paddled over to ask.
"Drums," he said. "When it's hot like this, they keep right on biting while other fish sull up like they have a belly ache. Just throw a night crawler out on the bottom and you'll catch one every time."
I did, and the old man was right. Every time I cast a big worm and let it sink to the bottom, I'd get a strike. Every time, it was a drum. I was quickly caught up in the fun, and during the next two hours, I caught more than 50 "gaspergous," as my Cajun friends call drums, including eight that weighed more than 10 pounds each.
It wasn't just the drums that got hooked. So did I. I've been an ardent drum fisherman ever since and have enjoyed many 100-plus-fish days, not just in summer, but year-round. Many anglers frown when they land a drum, but when fish provide action like that, they won't be the object of any prejudice from me.
|A drum this size, hooked on light tackle, puts up one heck of a fight.
Reason No. 2:
Drums get big. Ten- to 30-pounders are common in waters throughout their range, and fish exceeding 40 pounds always are possible.
Another reason I came to love drum fishing is the size these brutes attain. My biggest weighed 32 pounds, but I know much bigger ones must lurk in many waters I fish. The world rod-and-reel record is a 54.6-pounder caught on Tennessee's Nickajack Lake in 1972. But considering the fact that few people harvest drums, chances are excellent that specimens exceeding that size swim in some waters. I hope I catch one someday.
During a lifetime of largemouth bass fishing, I've caught only one bass over 10 pounds, only 20 or so between 9 and 10 pounds, and a few dozen 8- to 9-pound fish. On several drum-fishing days, I've landed that many similar-size gaspergous in just a few hours, and on the best days, it's not unusual to catch a few 15- to 25-pounders. Granted, drums don't exhibit a largemouth bass' high-jumping acrobatics. But neither do catfish, and I love catching them, too. A jumbo drum is fun to catch, especially on light tackle.
Reason No. 3:
Drums bite year-round, from the hottest days of summer to the coldest days of winter.
When I first started drum fishing, I thought of these rough boys as strictly hot-weather fish. But during the ensuing years, I've learned that drums bite readily from January through December, if you can find them.
Like many other sportfish, they tend to stay shallower during spring and fall, and lurk in deeper haunts in summer and winter. When I can pinpoint proper structure – deep holes, edges of bottom channels, steep ledges and the like – I tend to catch more during the hottest or coldest days in summer and winter when drums gather in big, dense schools. Spring fishing can be great, too, particularly when drums sing their love songs and gather to spawn. Fall fish feed actively but tend to scatter, making them more difficult to find.
Reason No. 4:
Drums are easy to catch on a wide variety of baits and lures.
Adult drums eat many foods, including insects, mussels, crayfish and small fishes. Many baits entice them. I've caught drums on redworms, shad, crayfish, minnows and crickets, and on fishing lures that run the gamut from spinners, spoons and crankbaits to jigs, bladebaits and jerkbaits. I've hooked them while casting, trolling and bottom-fishing, in deep water and shallow, during day and night.
Among lures, I like small-hook jigs best (drums have small mouths and can't engulf a too-large hook), especially for deep summer and winter fish. A 1-ounce model sinks quickly to the strike zone, and a few upward flips are all the action needed to entice a drum.
Night crawlers may be the best bait of all. Fish these on or near the bottom, impaling as many as you can on a No. 1 or 2 bait-holder hook. The wiggly ends of the worms quickly attract hungry drums.
Drums readily strike a wide variety of fishing lures, including crankbaits, jigs, spoons and spinners.
Reason No. 5:
You probably won't have to travel far to catch one.
Drums have the greatest latitudinal range of any North American freshwater fish, ranging from Lake Winnipeg in northern Manitoba, Canada, south through the U.S. and Mexico to Guatemala. They are most common within the Mississippi River basin, but can be caught in at least 27 states, from Montana, Nebraska and Texas in the west to Vermont, Virginia and Georgia in the east.
Reason No. 6:
Drums are delicious.
For many years, I released all the drums I caught, believing they were too bony to eat – a fallacy based on information I often heard when I was a youngster. In fact, drums do not have the many small Y-bones found in carp and suckers. Filleting your catch and removing all dark red meat along the lateral line produces boneless fish that when cooked is firm, not flaky, and delicately flavored. I find it comparable to redfish, the drum's saltwater cousin, and consider it delicious grilled, broiled, baked, fried, smoked or made into chowder or bouillabaisse.
For the best taste, place your catch on ice immediately. If you put 'gous in a wire basket or on a stringer, they quickly die, and the flesh soon spoils.
My favorite drum recipe: Try this Mock Crab Meat dish. Bring to boil enough water to cover the amount of fish you are serving. Season the water with shrimp and crab boil, following the instructions on the bottle. Drop the fish, which has been cut into finger-sized strips, into the seasoned water. Cook 3 to 5 minutes, then remove the pot from the fire, and let the fish soak for 15 minutes to pick up the seasonings. Drain, chill and serve with seafood cocktail sauce or hot melted butter.
Because their flesh is similar to that of redfish, freshwater drums also substitute well in blackened redfish recipes. My family likes drum fillets simply brushed with butter, seasoned with lemon-pepper and grilled.
I've learned there are many anglers who target these fascinating fish. They're a secretive bunch, though. Perhaps it's the stigma that still goes with being a drum fisherman that keeps some quiet. I'd venture to guess, though, that most simply don't want drum fishing to catch on. It's tough nowadays to find an abundant, delicious, easy-to-catch, hard-fighting, heavyweight sportfish that doesn't draw a lot of attention. And drum fans would just as soon keep it that way.


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DescriptionIn the year 2012, a seemingly ordinary bartender named Desmond Miles is abducted by a mysterious organization. The captors attach Desmond to a strange device called "Animus", which allows him to access the memory of his ancestor, an assassin named Altaïr. For some reason, the reconstruction of Altaïr's memories is vital to the captors.
After accessing Altaïr's memory, Desmond is able to experience the events that took place in the Holy Land in the year 1191, the time of the Third Crusade. Al Mualim, the leader of the assassins, orders Altaïr to kill nine prominent historical figures, who supposedly let war and corruption take over the Holy Land.
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NovelsPocket Books were planning a trilogy of novels based on the game. UbiSoft was then approached by descendants of the original Assassins, an Ismaeli sect whose mystic secret society in the past killed members of the Abbasid and Seljuq élite for political and religious reasons, who urged them to show more respect for their ancestors. Trying to be politically correct, they agreed to remove all religious references, then hired an expert to vet the book, and also agreed to send the book to the current sect's leader Agha Khan in India for any suggestions. The publisher felt this was too much interference and had damaged the novels so much that they ended up cancelling them.
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- March 28, 2008 - Best Console Action-Adventure in 2007 (reader's voting)
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Reading 2: Perspectives of Participants in the Battle
Part A: A Soldier's View of Gettysburg
Near Manchester, Md., July 1st 1863--It has rained for a week and the roads are muddy. After marching for twenty miles it is not pleasant to lie down at night in the wet without any cover. I am tired--in fact I never was so tired in my life. But Hurrah! 'It is all for the Union.'
We are quite near the Pennsylvania line, and it looks now as if we were to cross over. I am still in good health and spirits and have faith that God will guide us on the final victory. The Rebellion must be put down, and we are doing our best.
Middletown, Md., July 2nd 1863--On the night of July 1st we were camped near Manchester, Md. Rumors of fighting in Pennsylvania have been heard all the days, but the distance was so great to the battle [Gettysburg] that we knew little about it. The men were tired and hungry and lay down to rest early in the evening. At nine o'clock orders came for us to move and we in great haste packed up and started on the road towards Pennsylvania....We struggle on through the night, the men almost dead for lack of sleep and falling over in their own shadows. But we go on in the warm summer night....On the morning of July 2nd we heard firing in front and then we understood the reason for such great haste....The firing in our front grew loud and more distinct and soon we met the poor wounded fellows being carried to the rear....At about 2 o'clock P.M. we reached the Battlefield of Gettysburg, Penn. having made a march of thirty-four (34) miles without a halt. The men threw themselves upon the ground exhausted, but were soon ordered forward. We followed the road blocked with troops and trains until 4 P.M. when the field of battle with the long lines of struggling weary soldiers burst upon us. With loud cheers the old Sixth Corps took up the double quick and were soon in line of battle near the left of the main line held by the 5th Corps....when we were relieved and returned a short distance. The men threw themselves upon the ground, and oblivious to the dead and dying around us we slept the sleep of the weary.
July 3rd 1863--This morning the troops were under arms before light and ready for the great battle that we knew must be fought. The firing began, and our Brigade was hurried to the right of the line to reinforce it. While not in the front line yet we were constantly exposed to the fire of the Rebel Artillery, while bullets fell around us. We moved from point to point, wherever danger to be imminent until noon when we were ordered to report to the line held by Gen. Birney. Our Brigade marched down the road until we reached the house used by general Meade as Headquarters.... To our left was a hill on which we had many Batteries posted. Just as we reached Gen. Meade's Headquarters, a shell burst over our heads, and it was immediately followed by a shower of iron. More than two hundred guns were belching forth their thunder, and most of the shells that came over the hill struck in the road on which our Brigade was moving. Solid shot would strike the large rocks and split them as if exploded by gun powder. The flying iron and pieces of stone struck men down in every direction. It is said that this fire continued for about two hours, but I have no idea of the time. We could not see the enemy, and we could only cover ourselves the best we could behind rocks and trees. About 30 men of our Brigade were killed or wounded by this fire. Soon the Rebel yell was heard, and we found since that the Rebel General Pickett made a charge with his Division and was repulsed after reaching some of our batteries. Our lines of infantry in front of us rose up and poured in a terrible fire. As we were only a few yards in rear of our lines we saw all the fight. The firing gradually died away, and but for an occasional shot all was still. But what a scene it was. Oh the dead and the dying on this bloody field. The 2nd R.I. lost only one man killed and five wounded....Again night came upon us and again we slept amid the dead and the dying.
July 4th 1863--Was ever the Nation's Birthday celebrated in such a way before? This morning the 2nd R.I. was sent out to the front and found that during the night General Lee and his Rebel Army had fallen back. It was impossible to march across the field without stepping upon dead or wounded men, while horses and broken Artillery lay on every side. We advanced to a sunken road [Emmitsburg Road] where we deployed as skirmishers and lay down behind a bank of earth. Berdan's Sharpshooters joined us, and we passed the day in firing upon any Rebels that showed themselves.
July 5th 1863--Glorious news! We have won the victory, thank God, and the Rebel Army is fleeing to Virginia. We have the news that Vicksburg has fallen. We have thousands of prisoners, and they seem to be stupefied by the news. This morning our Corps (the 6th) started in pursuit of Lee's Army. We have had rain and the roads are bad, so we move slow. Every house we see is a hospital, and the road is covered with arms and equipment thrown away by the Rebels.
July 9th 1863--Again I thank God that the Army of the Potomac has at last gained a victory. I wonder what the South thinks of us Yankees now. I think Gettysburg will cure the Rebels of any desire to invade the north again.
Excerpted from Robert Hunt Rhodes, ed., All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes (New York: Orion Books, 1991), 114-117. Copyright 1991 Robert Hunt Rhodes.
Part B: The Call to Duty
Of course as soon as the news of the secession of Georgia reached us at Fort Steilacoom, some three or four weeks after the event, I knew that I would finally have to resign from the U.S. Army. But I did not believe war inevitable & I felt sure I could get a place not inferior in a Southern army, & I really never realized the gravity of the situation. As soon as the right to secede was denied by the North I strongly approved of its assertion & maintenance by force if necessary. And being young & ambitious in my profession I was anxious to take my part in everything going on. As it soon became clear that our detachment would be ordered to return to the East...I waited for the orders to come & to get back to the East before resigning.
I did not feel any doubt about what I had to do under the circumstances. Georgia had seceded. All the seceded states had united & organized a Confederacy, & the Confederacy was raising an army. The only place for me was in that army. So in the course of a day or two I had a talk with [his Commanding Officer] McPherson, telling him that I felt bound to resign & go home, & asking that he would receive & forward my resignation & give me leave of absence that I might sail on same steamer taking it & not be required to wait in California to receive its acceptance, which would detain me about two months.
McPherson's reply was remarkable....He said: ' Aleck if you must go I will do all I can to facilitate your going. But don't go. These orders, sent by Pony Express to stop you here, are meant to say to you that if you wish to keep out of the war which is coming you can do so. You will not be required to go into the field against your own people, but will be kept out on this coast on fortification duty. Gen. Totten likes you & wants to keep you in the corps & that is what this order means'....His earnest talk impressed me deeply & made me realize that a crisis in my life was at hand....I could only answer this: ' Mac, My people are going to war, & war for their liberty. If I don't come & bear my part they will believe me a coward--and I will feel that I am occupying the position of one. I must go and stand my chances.' ...I told McPherson we were going to fight for our ' liberty.' That was the view the whole South took of it. It was not for slavery but the sovereignty of the states, which is practically the right to resume self government or to secede.Reprinted from Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander. Edited by Gary W. Gallagher. Copyright 1989 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher.
Part C: Changes in Loyalty
When we reached to within one hundred yards of the plank fence, which stood on the opposite side of the road passing the cemetery to that of the stone fence, the officers of the Eleventh Mississippi had been largely killed or wounded, and the officer who seemed to be in command was Capt. John V. Moore, of the University Grays. He was then in front of Company D, endeavoring to hold the regiment back in line with the troops on our right. I hallooed to him, saying: ' John, for heaven's sake give the command to charge.' He replied that he could not take the responsibility. I then, without authority, gave the command myself, which was promptly repeated and responded to, at which time a run was made for the fence and over it. Just after getting over the fence, and when about half way across the road, I was shot down. The balance of the command which had not been killed or wounded rushed on and jumped the stone fence, charging rapidly to the top of Cemetery Ridge, in line with the Twenty-sixth North Carolina on the right.
Just after I had fallen I looked to my right, where a little house stood, just against which the end of the stone fence rested on either side. Behind this house some ten or twelve of the Twenty-sixth North Carolina boys for a moment halted, with Capt. W. T. Magruder, who had been formerly a colonel of cavalry in the U.S. army, and who had resigned after the emancipation proclamation and had joined our army, said to them: ' Men, remember your mothers, wives, and sisters at home, and do not halt here.' All responded in a moment, and rushed on to rejoin the regiment, then going to the top of Cemetery Heights. Capt. Magruder himself leaped the stone fence on the western side of the house, and was shot down at once, either as he went over the fence or just after getting over it.
Excerpted from Andrew J. Baker, "Tribute to Capt. Magruder and Wife," Confederate Veteran Magazine (November 1898): 507.
Part A: A Soldier's View of Gettysburg
2. How was he able to justify the suffering endured by the Union troops?
3. How did he respond to the Union victory?
2. What option did the U.S. Army provide Alexander to avoid becoming involved in the conflict?
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The public has largely tuned out the Democrats' repeated warnings about mid-air plane crashes, troop deaths and mass illness from tainted meat if the sequester cuts stay in place.
But Democrats aren't dropping the threat of disaster, seizing now on the line they think can beat the Republicans: law and order.
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Prison riots, cocaine flooding the streets, terrorists on board airplanes — even hurricanes and tornadoes left undetected by budget-slashed agencies — have moved front and center as Democrats try to get the public behind blaming the Republicans.
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Spending cuts undermine the ability to "catch the bad guys, whether it's white-collar crime, like mortgage fraud, or street crime, or despicable things like trafficking women and children," Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski said in a recent floor speech.
The Maryland Democrat noted that the spending cuts hurt local law enforcement officials who rely on federal grants to help in staffing and equipment purchases. "It's not the biggest thing in the federal budget but it's the biggest thing to cops," she said. "Why? Because it buys bullet-proof vests."
The whole thing leaves Democrats looking a little like they're rooting for bad news— though they insist that they're only saying what is likely to happen if the money isn't replenished.
"A significant event would certainly alter the mindset," said Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), of the public attitude toward sequester.
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So to make their case, many of the warnings have taken on the air of emergency, particularly when it comes to public safety. Politically, it could be just as tough a sell as the tainted meat: There have been no reports of anyone purchasing bad products, so it's hard to convince voters that that's an immediate and dangerous threat.
Polls meanwhile show roughly half of Americans say they can't make up their minds about sequestration because they don't know enough yet about the effects of the cuts.
"I really think this is a fascinating case of wait and see," said Frank Newport, Gallup's editor-in-chief.
So Democrats are hoping that warning about increased crime and other dangers will hit home.
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Federal prison union officials pointed to past budget cuts and continued staffing shortages — and what's ahead from sequestration — after a federal prison inmate stabbed a guard to death last month in Canaan, Pa.
Dale Deshotel, president of the Council of Prison Locals, said he's growing more concerned as the Bureau of Prisons starts slicing $339 million this fiscal year and imposes 12 mandated furlough days for all its employees.
To deal with the cuts, prison wardens are subbing in guards who aren't as prepped as regular staff for dealing with emergencies.
"I'm hopeful we see the signs before so we don't have a full blown riot or get somebody killed or have one of these prisons burn to the ground," said Deshotel, who has worked for 27 years as a maintenance worker at the Federal Correctional Complex in Oakdale, La.
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Warnings are also growing that the spending cuts will open the floodgates for more illicit drugs reaching U.S. soil. At a hearing last week before the House Armed Services Committee, Southern Command chief Marine Gen. John Kelly said sequestration means he could end up without critical air and water surveillance to monitor for cocaine trafficking.
"If I lose those assets, if they go to zero — and there are some that are predicting they will go to zero — then all of that cocaine, all of it, will get ashore, and more, I would predict, would get ashore and be on the streets of New York and Boston and Portland, Maine," Kelly said.