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Agric. Téc. v.67 n.4 Chillán dic. 2007
Agricultura Técnica (Chile) 67(4):431-436 (Octubre-Diciembre)
Efficacy of Different Rates of Sexual Pheromoneof Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gellechiidae) in Maleso of PotatoTuber Moth Captures
Table 1. Average daily captures of Phthorimaea operculella males with different doses of pheromone per trap. El Romero, 2004.
At the Pan de Azúcar locality the captures with the different doses evaluated (0.05 to 0.5 mg) were similar during the two first dates evaluated. However, during the last date of evaluation the lower dose of pheromones (0.05 mg) captured a significantly lower number of males (P < 0.05) than the doses of 0.2 and 0.5 mg and a similar number of captures to the 0.1 mg dose (Table 2). This reduction of captures could be attributed to the lowering of the attraction effect of the pheromone, due to high radiation and temperature conditions which can volatilize the compound. At lower doses (0.05 mg) less product might remain stable than in traps containing higher doses.
Table 2. Average daily captures of Phthorimaea operculella males with different doses of pheromone per trap. Pan de Azúcar, 2004.
The sum of the daily averages of captured males of all counts at El Romero resulted significantly higher for the 0.2 and 0.5 mg doses of sexual pheromones than at doses of 1; 2 and 5 mg (Figure 1). The captures decreased with lower doses (0.05 mg) at the Pan de Azúcar locality (Figure 2).
Figure 1. Average of the total number of Phthorimaea operculella males, captured per trap per day between February 17 and March 09, with different doses of pheromones. El Romero, 2004.
Figure 2. Average of the total number of Phthorimaea operculella males, captured per trap per day between December 06 and 20 of december with different doses of pheromones. Pan de Azúcar, 2004.
The results in both localities indicate that the higher captures of potato tuber moth males are obtained at doses of 0.2 and 0.5 mg of pheromone per trap. The doses evaluated above this range would not be so attractive to P. operculella, males, possibly because those concentrations may confuse the males.


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The last thing we heard from Bear In Heaven was before Christmas and it was that they were streaming their new album at an absurdly slow pace. Funnily enough, that's still going on. Thankfully, though, you can now hear a track from the album at the correct speed - 100%, rather than something closer to 400,000 per cent. The track is 'The Reflection of You' and can be streamed below.
The new Bear In Heaven album, I Love You, It's Cool, is released through Dead Oceans on April 3. Go here if you fancy listening to that silly stream.

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Bank of Russia hikes rates as inflation soars
Russia's central bank on Friday raised its benchmark interest rate half a percentage point to 7.5% to cope with rising inflation in another sign of widening economic fallout from the Ukraine crisis.
The increase follows a March 3 hike from 5.5% to 7% that the bank had described as temporary.
Escalating political tensions over the Ukraine situation, combined with some weak U.S. corporate earnings, sent stocks sliding in both Europe and the U.S. on Friday.
The Bank of Russia's latest move came hours after Standard & Poor's cut Russia's credit rating to one notch above junk levels, citing uncertainty about Ukraine and investors pulling their money out of Russia.
"In our view, the tense geopolitical situation between Russia and Ukraine could see additional significant outflows of both foreign and domestic capital from the Russian economy and hence further undermine already weakening growth prospects," S&P said.
The Bank of Russia said that raising its key rate would slow inflation to no more than 6% by the end of the year. Consumer prices were up 7.2% in April from a year ago, the bank said, and it projected inflation would remain at that level until mid-year.
For comparison, annual inflation in the U.S. and in the 18 nations that use the euro is running well below 2%.
"The probability of inflation exceeding the 5.0% target at the end of 2014 has increased substantially," the Bank of Russia said.
The actions by S&P and the Bank of Russia follow a slowing of economic growth in Russia to 0.8% in the first quarter and capital flight of $70 billion by anxious investors. Russian officials have said more capital was taken out of the country in the first quarter of the year than in all of 2013.
Russia was facing deepening economic woes even before its actions in Ukraine. Its economy grew 1.3% in 2013, the lowest rate since 1999, excluding 2009 when the economy contracted amid the global financial crisis. S&P said its base forecast was for average annual growth of 2.3% a year in 2014 through 2017, but indicated that could prove too optimistic.
"In our view, if geopolitical tensions do not subside in 2014, there is significant downside risk that growth will fall well below 1%," S&P said.
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- These articles were first published many year's ago and whilst some are as relevant today as they were when new, many are now mostly of historical interest as modern research and coaching methods have superseded them.
Stepping Stones to Summer Fitness
By Frank Horwill
Cathy and John are two young runners who train together for cross-country races. They have the following 14 day run training cycle:
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The good thing about Cathy and John's programme is that they are training regularly and have adequate time to recover from their sessions. They start each workout fresh. If they keep rigidly to this schedule for twelve weeks they will get reasonably fit. To be precise, they will increase the aerobic enzyme, cyctochrome c, by about 16% and their mitochondrial numbers by around 5%. Also, their VO2 max (a measure of fitness) will take a 10% boost. But they will not get race fit. Why not? Well, first of all, their programme has no plans for progression. Also, it's not race specific.
How can they progress?
They can do one of two things:
a) Increase the volume by adding 5 minutes per week to the 15 minute runs, and 10 minutes to the 30 minute runs until the duration is double, i.e. the 15 minute runs become 30 minutes and the 30 minute runs become 60 minutes. Roughly speaking, they will move from 22 miles per cycle to 44 miles. This will boost up their cytochrome c levels by about a further 15%, and their mitochondrial density by around another 8%. Their VO2 max will also take another 5% leap. They could, if they wished, continue to increase the duration of running progressively until the 15 minute runs become 45 minutes, and the 30 minute runs become 90 minutes, and, of course, if they had the time, they could aim for 60 minutes and 2 hours respectively.
But there comes a time when running at 50 – 60% of the VO2 max (that's about 60 –75% maximal heart rate) ceases to improve fitness significantly. Physiologists estimate that 80 miles per week at 50 – 60% of the VO2 max running speed is the cut-off point.
b) Cathy and John have not introduced any relative speed training into their programme. They will be hard put to cope with an opening first mile of a race at 6 minutes or 5 minutes a mile. They have a few options for faster running:
- They can do an acceleration run on Tuesday and Wednesday in their schedule. The first 5 minutes is run slowly, the next 5 minutes faster and the final 5 minutes flat out.
- They could jog 5 minutes and then run hard for 4 minutes duration and jog 1 minute recovery several times.
- They could go to a rack and either do timed or untimed repetitions relative to race needs. Timed sessions require a basis of logic, the yardstick being the average time per 400m in a 1,500m race. If this is not known, a time trial should be done with others. If, for instance, Cathy and John both recorded 5 minutes for the distance, this is 80 seconds per 400m. Therefore, to be analogous to the pace of cross-country racing, the repetitions will be 4 seconds slower per 400m, 8 seconds slower and even 12 seconds. As the time per 400m declines, the recovery times after repetitions get less.
Here are some specimen timed rep sessions to fit the time example given:
84sec/400m 2 – 4 x 1,500m in 5min 15 with 3min recovery (3k speed)
88sec/400m 4 – 8 x 800m in 2min 56 with 45sec rest (5k speed)
92sec/400m 1 x 3,200m (8 laps), 90sec rest, 2 x 1,600m, 45sec rest (10k speed)
Of course, an athlete with a time of 4min/1,500m has an average 400m time of 64sec, and would do the above reps at 68sec/400m, 72sec/400m and 76sec/400m respectively.
Untimed sessions follow the same pattern as for timed workouts, but because actual times will be vague, they should be assessed by perception of effort on a 1 to 5 scale:
- Poor effort, where the athlete is not even sweating
- Effort is moderate because the athlete is able to talk during running and immediately after.
- Not only is the athlete sweating a lot, their mouth is wide open at the end of a rep, trying to inhale as much oxygen as possible.
- Not only is the athlete sweating profusely and unable to talk afterwards, they are bending down or kneeling on the track.
- The athlete is totally exhausted.
Somewhere between (3) and (4) is generally required; and occasionally (5).
Here are some untimed speed sessions which can be done on a track. Generally speaking, the time of the recovery jog dictates the speed of the running:
- Run three laps hard, i.e. 1,200m with 300m jog recovery x 3 (3k speed)
- Run two laps hard, i.e. 800m with 100m jog recovery x 6 (5k speed)
- Run six laps hard, i.e. 2,400m with 60sec rest x 3 (10k speed)
Generally speaking, recovery jogs should not exceed these times: 100m jog/45sec, 200m jog/90sec, 300m jog/135sec, 400m jog/3min.
Speed or volume?
We come to an important issue with Cathy and John's progression. Should the volume remain static as it is and the speed sessions introduced become more extensive, e.g. 2 x 1,500m at 3k speed progressing to 4 x 1,500? Or, should the volume increase and the speed sessions remain static? Or, should the volume increase to a point while the speed sessions also increase?
One opinion is worthy of note, George Gandy, the incumbent coach to Loughborough University and coach to numerous GB international runners, stated, "I have found it impossible to increase the volume of weekly running and also increase the amount of speed training. Athletes break down under such a regime." I must say that I agree. Increase the volume to a target and stop. Then increase the volume of speed running to a goal and stop.
Cross-country races invariably involve running up endurance-sapping long, gradual hills, or short steep hills. While hill training involving running up and down a hill for thirty minutes may seem to be apt training, the ascent is followed by a jog or walk down. There is no jog or walk recovery after tackling a hill in a race. It's better to choose a hilly course over cross-country and to accelerate up all hills and run on afterwards at a good pace. I used a system with Tim Hutchings – double silver medallist in the World Cross-Country Championships – where he ran up a hill fast and then ran 400m flat out immediately after without stopping. He became known as an awesome hill-runner. He started this routine at seventeen years of age!
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Find out the distance to be run beforehand. Cathy and John will have no trouble with the distance because their longest runs may well be three times the duration of the race. However, longer races call for pace judgment, and if a 10k race sees you covering the first mile faster than any mile run in training, the oxygen debt incurred will not be overcome and the last quarter of the race will see many athletes passing you. Better to run comfortably for ten minutes and then all-out to the finish. As you begin to pass others, your confidence will grow.
Short cross-country races call for a sprightly pace from the outset. These are usually run at approximately 3k and 5k equivalent speeds in track races. Cathy and John should cope well, as they've included prolonged speed reps in their training.
If it's a very cold day, gloves and a long sleeved vest should be worn under your club or country vest. Freezing runners do not run well! If the course is very muddy and wet, longer spikes may have to be screwed into the shoes.
If you observe all the above suggestions, you will maximise your potential. But this article isn't only for cross-country runners. It became clear in some individual and team events in the Olympic Games involving aerobic fitness, that the participants were just not fit enough. For example, in the triathlon, all the early leaders in the 10k run were passed by the time they reached 5k. One hockey team totally fell apart physically in the second half and lost by a huge margin.
You may possess enormous sporting skills but if you run out of steam half way through the event, a lesser skilled but fitter opponent will win the day.


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Whatcha gonna do when CP's cops come for you?Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
Enforcement actions took place in Bensenville, Ill.; Wauwatosa, Wis.; Davenport, Iowa; and Minot, N.D. Additionally, CP hosted an Officer on a Train event (pictured) in Winona, Minn., in conjunction with the Winona Police Department and the Winona County sheriff's office. A deputy aboard the train radioed the description of violators to officers in nearby squad cars, who then stopped offending motorists and pedestrians.
"We're out to remind motorists how dangerous it is to try and beat a train at a grade crossing," said Ray Holman, Deputy Chief–U.S. operations, Canadian Pacific Police Service. "Tragically, consequences for drivers who engage in this type of behavior are often serious and sometimes fatal."
The Canadian Pacific Police Service is a police agency created by Federal Statute with full federal and provincial powers. CPPS officers are peace officers as defined by the Criminal Code. The CPPS plays an important role in public safety and enforcement in the communities where Canadian Pacific operates. CPPS officers typically promote public safety through trespasser abatement patrols, enforcement of traffic legislation at railway crossings, and participation in education activities to raise awareness of community safety issues. The CPPS also help to protect the critical infrastructure of Canada and the U.S. by ensuring supply chain security and ensuring the operational efficiency of the transportation network.
In 2012, the Federal Railroad Administration recorded 1,960 grade-crossing incidents in the U.S., resulting in 233 deaths and 921 serious injuries. Additionally, the agency reported 438 deaths caused by trespassing on railroad property. Both actions are offenses under state ordinances.
Photo: Participants in the International Level Crossing Awareness Day Officer on a Train event at Winona, Minn., from left: Winona County deputy sheriff William Spitzer; Brenda Rivera, community relations adviser for CP; Winona Mayor Mark Peterson; Tracy Graves, special agent, Canadian Pacific Police Service; Kevin Kearney, community liaison for Winona Police Department; Jim Schjolberg, Winona police officer.


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As a Community Archaeology Trainee for National Museums Liverpool every day at work is different for me; some days I will be excavating an industrial site with a group of volunteers, other days I will be surveying a graveyard with a local society, assisting with museum education workshops, and at other times accessioning objects for museum collections. I love the range of activities I get to do as part of my training.
I have also been involved in several events for the Festival of British Archaeology. Last Thursday I helped run a workshop in the Merseyside Maritime Museum on the Mapping Interactive resource that will form part of the History Detectives gallery in the new Museum of Liverpool, which incidently also opened its doors during the festival fortnight. The interactive map of Merseyside will allow the public to explore local buildings and places, peeling back layers of historic mapping to reveal how the landscape of Merseyide has changed since the last ice age up to the present day.
Thursdays's workshop was a chance for the public to get a sneak preview of the early stages of this new learning resource before it enters the museum later in the year. Archaeologists who have been working on the project for the last few years were on-hand to guide visitors through the features of the map, allowing them to search for historic sites, buildings, famous people and periods of Merseyside. We also prepared a 'lost places' activity that highlighted several buildings that the centre of Liverpool has lost over the last millennia including Liverpool Castle and the overhead railway . Visitors were challenged in trying to place these lost building in the correct place on the map where they once stood in the city.
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Mixing diet drinks with alcohol makes you drunker
Vodka and seltzer. Rum and diet. Whiskey and water. These common cocktails served up with low- or no-calorie mixers get you drunker, faster than full-cal versions of the drinks, according to a new study -- and expose diet-cocktail drinkers to possible safety risks.
Dennis L. Thombs, PhD, of the University of North Texas Health Science Center, previously found that bar patrons who drink alcohol with diet drinks leave the bar more intoxicated than those consuming full-calorie drinks. A new study published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & and Experimental Research is the first to confirm Thombs' finding in a lab setting.
The study quantified lo-cal drinking's impact -- 18 percent higher blood alcohol levels. And in an interview this morning, one of the study's authors suggested why sugary drinks keep you more sober.
When you mix alcohol with regular soda, juice, or another mixer with sugar and calories, your body treats your drink more like food, according to researcher Cecile A. Marczinski, PhD, an assistant professor of psychology at Northern Kentucky University. The drink stays in your stomach longer, as a result, and the alcohol is absorbed into your bloodstream more slowly. When you drink alcohol with a diet mixer, the drink flows through your digestive system faster, allowing your small intestine to release more alcohol into your bloodstream.
"Just as we've known for a long time that eating food with alcohol slows your body's absorption of alcohol, sugary drinks also appear to keep alcohol in the stomach longer, which is a good thing," Marczinski explains.
In the study, Marczinski and her team dosed participants with either vodka mixed with Squirt or diet Squirt. Researchers recorded the participants' blood alcohol content and asked them to rate their level of intoxication, fatigue, impairment, and willingness to drive. Although the subjects had higher blood alcohol levels after drinking the diet drinks, they did not think they were more intoxicated.
"What we found was, when people consumed the same amount of alcohol with a diet drink instead of regular, their [blood alcohol levels] were 18 percent higher," Marczinski said. "But I think probably nobody realizes that this is a concern, so awareness of this effect is the key thing."
Women should be especially aware of this effect, Marczinski says. They're more likely than men to order alcohol with diet drinks, and women are already more sensitive to the effects of alcohol. Marczinski's safe drinking tip? Alternate between alcoholic drinks and something non-alcoholic to both limit calorie consumption and keep intoxication levels in check.


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It's dark. There's a box. It beckons. You stick your finger in and curl "your index finger towards you in a summoning motion". Congratulations, you've just started your car.
Two students, Zhao Wencai and Li Zhoumu, invented this gesture-based car interaction as a presentation for the third China-International Road Safety Expo. Not only can you pleasure your car to start it, you can shove your middle finger in there onto a fingerprint scanner to read how high your blood alcohol level is. Another possible use is as a security system, so the car wouldn't start unless your finger belonged to one of the registered drivers.
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Also honored this year was the Derry Presbyterian Church which has recently completed the restoration of the glass enclosure built by Milton Hershey to preserve the 18th Century Session House.
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"Derry Session House and Enclosure is a historic site located on the grounds of Derry Presbyterian Church at Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It consists of the log Session House, built about 1732, and a glass enclosure, erected in 1929. The hewn log Session House measures 18 feet by 13 feet and is one story high and was built for a Presbyterian session. The glass and steel enclosure measures approximately 24 feet by 19 feet, 6 inches, and sits on a reinforced concrete foundation. The Enclosure, whose construction was originally funded by Milton S. Hershey, was refurbished in 1999."


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SAN DIEGO -- In a closed clubhouse meeting, shortstop Everth Cabrera addressed the Padres prior to Tuesday's game against the Orioles with words that the players described as emotional.
Cabrera was suspended 50 games Monday without pay for violating MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program that will force him to miss the remainder of the 2013 regular season.
Manager Bud Black said Cabrera met with him this past weekend to discuss the details, and it was Cabrera's idea to address the team. He apologized to the Padres, both in English and in Spanish, and expressed remorse much like he did while addressing the media on Monday.
"In one sense you're angry, you're frustrated, you're tired of talking about it," Padres third baseman Chase Headley said. "But on the other hand, you've got a teammate going through a difficult situation, so it's mixed emotions.
"This hurts our team, obviously, so in that respect there may be some of those feelings. But, there's also a feeling of I've been around this guy for four or five years and you can see the emotion that's coming out of him."
Cabrera said on Monday he took a banned substance before or during Spring Training 2012, after the advice of his former representation, Juan Nunez, to help heal a shoulder injury he suffered while playing in Triple-A during the 2011 season.
This isn't the first time the Padres have had to deal with one of their players facing a suspension for using a banned substance. Catcher Yasmani Grandal missed the first 50 games this year for testing positive for elevated levels of testosterone in 2012.
"I think our guys are ready to move on," Black said. "They're conditioned to move past this distraction."
It leaves the Padres without one of their best and most productive players this season. Cabrera, the Padres leadoff man and All-Star, had a career-high 108 hits and led the National League with 37 steals this season.
Black, Headley and outfielder Will Venable all said they are all in favor of stiffer penalties for performance enhancing drugs. Currently, a player receives 50 games for his first violation, 100 for his second and a lifetime ban on the third.
"For whatever reason, 50 games and the shame and embarrassment is still not enough to deter people," Venable said. "I think just as a deterrent, it might be a good idea to increase the penalties. Make people think three or four times about it instead of twice."


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"The two Crazy Cascade Pups I bought from you were outstanding. They both were striking and trailing big game at 6 months of age. I will be sending money for another when one is available. Great pups and keep up the great work."
Ash Tully, Rio Grande Outfitters-Colorado
My Crazy Cascade Bluetick, Bullet, started earlier, and is trailing and treeing better than any of my older Cameron-bred dogs I purchased from another reputable breeder. He is a track-driving, treeing machine that has no quit.
This is my Bluetick female that I got from you. Her name is Storm, and she is doing great! She is the fastest hound I've ever seen. I sent you a picture of her baying a lion on a cliff that she caught by herself.
Bryan -Oregon
The dog I got from Steve is the best-mannered dog. Not only did I get a pup that is easy to train, I also got a good friend. Steve won't sell a cull pup. I have never seen a line with as much natural instinct as Steve's line of dogs. His line is for all types of hunters, from the new guy just starting out to the veteran houndsman. I have only good things to say about Steve and his breed of dogs. I will always have a CCB running in my pack. My pup was making kills for himself at seven-months old. Steve, thank you so much!
La-Pine, Oregon Youth Football Team
Named the "Blueticks" for Steve Phipps bluetick hounds. The football team took 1st place 3 years in a row. When the team made a good play the fans would baul out like a Bluetick Hound.
Zoran-Montenegro (Southeastern Europe)
Blue is doing very well in her wild boar hunting. She helped catch—and pull hide—on her first boar at 6-months old. She is a great dog, plenty of grit and is getting better all the time.
"My Crazy Cascade Bluetick caught his first coon at 9 months old by himself. He caught a bear last October by himself. Three months ago, my Crazy Cascade Hounds warned my family of an intruder breaking into our house while we were sleeping, which gave me time to get my gun. I shot the man as he entered my front door. These hounds literally saved me and my family's lives."
"My son and I are excited to find someone with well-bred pups."
"Crazy Cascade Blueticks are the most persistent, cold-nosed hounds around. If you want to catch game, you need a Crazy Cascade Hound."
Kirby's been doing well. She's been under 4 lion trees so far. Another pup and she caught a lion in a culvert pipe last weekend, and she took a swat, but is fine. She's gamey and got to chew on a lion last Saturday. We enjoy her antics; she's the most entertaining dog we've ever owned.
I wasn't looking to run a bear today, but the hounds put one in a den after about a two mile chase. Gunner lead the whole way and here are a couple of pictures of him baying in full cry. He caught his first bobcat at 9-months old. Gunner is a great dog and is my favorite out of four.
Thanks for the pup—he's a real hair puller. He'll bay anything I put in front of him. He's a good-looking hound and has a voice—to boot. I can't wait to get another one. They're naturally prone to be good hunters. Thanks again and keep up the good breeding! This is Copper's first big game at 9-months old. He bayed the sh*t out of it! I've got some real good, older bay-up dogs, and he out-bayed all of them. I'm really happy with him.
"I have been hunting coons and cats in Northern California for 22 years. I have hunted redbones, plotts and walkers. None have performed like my Crazy Cascade Bluetick. Trust me, get the best! Get a CCB!"
This pup has all of the makings of a top-notch dog: smarts, drive and the willingness to please.
Tinker has all the tools and will soon be my lead pack dog. Tinker has such a great nose that she has her head up wind-scenting on the run, when mastr. I've hunted hounds for 27 years and can tell she'll be a great dog. Thank you again, Steve–this pup is goin' to be a good one.
"I've been coon hunting for over 20 years and always thought I had top hounds, but since I got a Crazy Cascade Bluetick pup from you, I am catching them whenever the dog is dropped on a track."
Dwanyne and Jordan-Washington
"I can't tell you how excited we are. You are breeding the exact type of dog we are looking for. Thank you for your honesty about your dogs, and not just 'BSing' me like a lot of breeders do."
I can't wait to get my Crazy Cascade Bluetick, Sweetie, for hunting boar and elk. She is a great-looking hound and has an intelligent look. You should be very proud and excited; your line of Blueticks will be the very first in Sweden.
Blue is a wonderful dog…very gentle and loving, but don't underestimate him. In hunting mode, he can be absolutely vicious VERY intimidating. He is the most beautiful dog I've ever had or seen, for that matter. We love him to death, and we do want a female puppy in the future.
"I've hunted with a lot of different hounds over the years and the pup I got from you was the easiest to train to track and tree I've ever owned."
Steve-Baller is the best lion hound I own, and she was well worth the money spent.
Thank you for Elfie, Steve! She is making a great boar hound in the Jura Mountains of France.
In Memory of Quentin Briffouilliere—In November 2010, a fine, young French houndsman, Quentin, unexpectedly passed away. We know how much it meant to him to import a Crazy Cascade Bluetick into France and how much he loved running the Jura Mountain Range with hounds. Quentin loved his hounds, the mountains and his family very much. He spoke very fondly of his older brother, Youri, who continues to chase wild boar with Elfie throughout France.
"I have never seen a line with as much natural instinct as Steve's line of dogs. His line is for all types of hunters, from the new guy just starting out to the veteran houndsman. I will always have a CCB running in my pack. My pup was making kills for himself at seven-months old. Steve, thank you so much!"
"It's a real honor to own my very own Crazy Cascade Bluetick. I have hunted with them before and have been very impressed with their tracking and treeing abilities. I want to thank Steve Phipps for allowing me to represent this line of blueticks."
"My Crazy Cascade Bluetick Pup is the most confident, easy-handling and earliest-starting hound of any I have ever owned. He was successfully scent-trailing and treeing at 5-months old. His natural treeing instinct is the best I have seen from a young hound. I will definitely be adding another to my pack in the near future."
Travis- Washington
Diesel absolutely has a "mean on" for cats and trails a bear scent good, too. The story goes like this: we had the dogs out coon hunting, and they were treed on a coon when Diesel winded something, came off the tree, and after awhile, started treeing again on a different tree. When they got to the tree, they found that Diesel had this cat treed by himself. I can tell you one thing for sure, he is gonna be one bang-up hound. If you're serious about hound hunting and are considering a Phipps-bred Bluetick, I highly recommend that you give Steve a call. I am completely, 100% satisfied with my male pup I got. I will be purchasing another hound from Steve in the future.
Charm is gritty, fast, strikes coons and bobcats, and she is making a name for herself in my area. Charm will be hunted on bear in the upcoming year. She is a coon-catching machine, and I can't wait until the other one I purchased from you, arrives.
Nitro is looking great. He has been striking on bear, cats, lions and, today, a coyote. The first time he was on the box with the other dogs, at 3.5 months, he struck 3 bears by himself. He roads great, rides the box great, listens to me very well and uses his nose well. He has lots of drive, treeing instinct and natural striking ability.
I want to thank you for such a great hound. It has been a pleasure to train such an intelligent, fast, true-grit, easy to handing, hair puller, loud mouth, tracking machine. At six months, she was running and treeing a bear drag. At nine months, she could run and tree her own game. Now, at 11 months, she is out-performing the rest of my pack.
"My female is good-looking, athletic and fast. Thank you for the opportunity to own one of these fine hounds."
I am sending you some pictures of my 10-month old Bluetick, Tinker 2, which I got from you. She is doing really well and is showing some real promise for a young dog. From day one, she has shown lots of grit, is very fast and is a natural tree dog. She is also a natural with a lot of drive for game. Tinker has all the tools and will soon be my lead pack dog. She is high energy and always ready to hunt. Tinker has such a great nose that she has her head up wind-scenting on the run, when most dogs have their nose to the ground picking at a track. I've already had offers from others wanting to buy her. I've hunted hounds for 27 years and can tell she'll be a great dog. Thank you again, Steve—this pup is goin' to be a good one.
As of today, Luke is a little over 6-months old—and he is so smart and good natured. He continues to draw the attention of people with his looks and temperament. He has been the easiest dog to train. I truly believe now, it is best that a puppy does STAY with its mom until 10 weeks of age. He is really a great well-rounded dog.


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As the spot's voice-over puts so simply, "We are a nation divided." Archival footage rolls, moving from glimpses of civil-rights demonstrations to moments of human togetherness. Imagery of Cadillacs appearing in the fabric of American history blend into moments of optimism and the American spirit at its best. The work is a powerful reminder that we, as Americans, are always greater if we only dare to carry each other forward.
The spots generated a flurry of national and advertising trade press coverage including a New York Times piece on the campaign and coverage in Adweek ("Cadillac's Lovely Oscars Ad Offers Message of Unity for a 'Nation Divided'") and Forbes ("Watch Three Oscars Commercials that Will Make You Think Outside the Box").
"Carry" is one of four ads in the brand's latest "Only Those Who Dare Drive the World Forward" campaign for the Dare Greatly platform. The campaign employed the Publicis Groupe Power of One approach, tapping Publicis New York and Rokkan. The multiplatform campaign was also supported by digital, experiential and the microsite DareGreatly.com/forward.


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Jamar Shipman, better known by his ring name Jay Lethal, is an American Professional Wrestler currently signed to Ring of Honor as their Ring of Honor World TV Champion. Jay Lethal is best known for his time in Total Non Stop Action Wrestling where he was a 6-time X-Division Champion and 1-time World Tag Champion with Consequences Creed.
Jay began wrestling in 2001 at Jersey All Pro Wrestling where he became a a dominant member of the JAPW roster by 2005 after winning the JAPW Lightweight Championship and the JAPW Television Championship within the space of two years. In 2005, Jay began challenging repeatedly for the JAPW Heavyweight Championship, which he won in late May. He later went on to form a team with Azrieal for a year, winning the JAPW tag titles before dropping them to The Latin American Xchange in 2007.
By 2009, Jay was determined to win back his JAPW Heavyweight Championship. On February 28th, Jay won a 21-man battle royal to earn the right for a title shot later that night that he won in the end. Jay then entered a feud with Dan Maff before disappearing from JAPW events completely.
On January 11th, 2003, Jay made his debut in Ring of Honor as Hydro, a member of Special K. In May, Jay got offered the chance to join Alex Shelley's Generation Next stable, but opted to stick with Special K. In 2004, Jay, under the advice of Samoa Joe, left Special K and went back to calling himself Jay Lethal. On March 5th, though unable to see from one eye, Jay defeated John Walters to win the ROH Pure Championship, his only title in ROH at the time. Jay later left the company in 2006.
During his time in JAPW, Jay caught the attention of TNA producer, Jeremy Borash who offered him a spot on the roster. On December 15th, 2005, Jay debuted for the company losing at the time to Samoa Joe. Jay re-appeared on February 18th, 2006 winning a spot on Team USA, the defending champions of the 2006 World X cup. The tournament went through much of the beginning of the year, before Chris Sabin defeated Team Canada's Petey Williams to win the World X Cup for Team USA. For most of the year, Jay feuded with a plethora of X-Division talent before being recruited in December by Kevin Nash for the Paparazzi Championship Series.
He later debuted the character "Black Machismo" which was a remixed version of Macho Man Randy Savage. He competed multiple times for the X-Division Championship before winning it at Slammiversary, defeating then champion Chris Sabin. Jay would feud with more X-Division talent, winning the title for another time before moving on top the tag team division where he formed Lethal Consequences with Consequences Creed. The team would become a 1-time tag team champion before Creed was released from his contract in early 2010.
In 2010, Jay started the biggest feud of his career with Ric Flair, where Jay also picked up a great impression of Ric Flair. After the feud with Flair, Jay would go on to win the X-Division title again, before losing to Robbie E then re-gaining it again for the last time. Shortly after he disappeared from TV, only making a few spare appearances, losing his title to Kazarian. In April 2011, Jay parted ways with the company, a decision that was used later to fuel a feud with the X-Division and Eric Bischoff, his name brought up twice by Robert Roode and Brian Kendrick.
On May 2, 2011, ROH announced that Lethal would be making his return to the promotion on June 26, where he defeated Mike Bennett. On August 8th, ROH announced that Jay had signed with the promotion, and later at the August 13th TV tapings, Jay won the ROH Television Championship from El Generico. Jay has also wrestled for other independent promotions, such as Lucha Libre USA.
Jay's reign as Television Champion ended on March 31st when Roderick Strong defeated him at Showdown in the Sun. Jay also started making appearances for Famly Wrestling Entertainment, winning their Heavyweight title on February 25th 2012 by defeating Damien Darling. After losing the title back to Damien, Jay would go on that same day to win it back from Eric Young. On July 28th, Jay Lethal lost the title to Tommy Dreamer.


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NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Diabetes Glucose Meter Is Your iPhone…
Glooko has raised $3.5 million in a new round of funding that will enable it to release new versions of its solution to help people with diabetes monitor their glucose intake more easily.
The round was led by The Social+Capital Partnership along with existing investors. The company's product is one more example of the "quantified self" trend, where people can gain self-knowledge through quantification of the things they do in life.
About 25 million people live with diabetes in the U.S. People with diabetes can't properly process sugar their blood because their bodies can't make enough insulin, which bonds with the sugar and turns it into fat. Patients need to inject themselves with synthetic insulin several times a day to keep their blood sugar under control. If they have too little or too much sugar in their blood, the results can be incapacitating or life threatening.
Many people use glucose meters to monitor their sugar intake. The Glooko MeterSync Cable plugs into most standard self-monitoring blood glucose meters and then syncs the data to a Glooko Logobook app on iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) devices.
This is an interesting approach, make a somewhat universal cable to attach medical devices to iPhones.


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|Winnebago County Sheriff's PoliceNews Media Release
|News Release Number2008 - 035
|Information: Restrictions On The Kishwaukee River—Closure In Winnebago County
|Date: 07/13/08
|Time: 4:00 PM
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NARRATIVE: Sheriff Richard A. Meyers is announcing that the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has approved the closing of the entire Kishwaukee River within Winnebago County. DNR has taken this action due to the high water and hazardous river conditions this will create, and in agreement with the Sheriff's recommendation. These conditions increase the likelihood of problems for boaters, or other recreational users of the river, which results in exposing first responders to dangerous conditions should a rescue situation develop. This closure shall include all of the Kishwaukee River to include the north and south forks that flow through all of Winnebago County. Residents of the area are reminded that as the water rises, flooding may continue to occur in areas previously affected. Any additional rainfall will greatly impact the water levels, as the ground is saturated, and any significant amounts of rain over the next several days will add runoff to the water levels. All public boat launches along the Kishwaukee River in Winnebago County have been closed. Due to the flooding and recovery effort that is ongoing, the Sheriff=s Department Emergency Operation Center (E.O.C.) is open, as it has been since the threat for flooding began to develop. Citizens are urged to call the E.O.C. at 815-319-6215 with any issues concerning the flooding or other river related problems. For current river conditions, and any further updates, contact the Sheriff's Office at (815) 319-6300, or the Rock River information telephone line at (815) 316-8888.


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The recently renovated Ocean House hotel in Watch Hill, Rhode Island has been named the top resort hotel in the country and the No. 5 hotel worldwide, according to Travel and Leisure Magazine's 2014 World's Best Awards.
The Ocean House, which reopened in spring 2010 after years of reconstruction, is the newest hotel ever to receive the top honor in the continental U.S. The hotel ranked No. 10 in 2013.
"We are overjoyed to learn that the Ocean House is receiving the tremendous honor," said Daniel Hostettler, president and group managing director of Ocean House Management, LLC, in a statement. "This accolade is especially rewarding as it is voted on by travelers themselves, and this means that those who have visited our hotel truly see Ocean Hotel as a special place and consider us to be the best in the nation, and even the world."
The Ocean House was awarded its fourth consecutive AAA Five Diamond rating earlier this year, Rhode Island's only establishment to receive such recognition.
"Being selected as the best hotel in the continental United States is both gratifying and humbling, as we know the expectations of our guests will rise even higher," said Hostettler, in the statement. "I am sure our committed team will rise to the occasion and achieve even greater levels of success."


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Because why not? Dear reader, this is Raymond. He's a 2/3-month old rescue koala, and he is the most adorable thing you'll lay eyes on today.
Raymond's hobbies include hanging out at the desk of his caretaker, Julie (who began looking after the him after he was found abandoned, dehydrated and emaciated in Brisbane, Australia); nom-ing on formula, which is fed to him via a comically tiny bottle; and treating your hand like a chaise lounge:


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BT will shutter its free 2GB online storage service and press users to take a £4.99 per month 50GB package, it said today.
Customers will lose online access to their files on 30 October unless they upgrade to a paid-for Digital Vault account. Digital Vault is pitched as a backup service rather than an alternative to local storage.
The free version of the service launched in October 2006.
Now BT has emailed users to say it's time to cough up. "Make sure you upgrade now to get continuous protection for all your precious photos, files and more," it wrote.
BT Total broadband customers get 5GB of Digital Vault storage as part of their broadband package. The customer retention ploy has been heavily promoted recently in BT's TV campaign centering on a very modern domestic situation and starring that gangly man-child from My Family. ®
BT sent us this statement:
Customers who are using BT Digital Vault Basic 2GB may recently have received an email notifying them of the closure of the service. We would like to assure customers that despite the closure of the product their data will continue to be stored safely. However customers who currently have more than 1GB of data stored will not be able to add any further data to their vault unless they upgrade.
The Digital Vault portfolio is currently made up of a 1GB, 5GB and 50GB product. BT Digital Vault Basic 2GB has not been available to new customers since June 2007 and the majority of users are BT Total Broadband customers who qualify for the larger 5GB product for free, this is why we are now withdrawing the product.
We recognise that the initial email sent to customers was not as clear as it should have been and we will be writing to all customers clarifying the closure of the service and reassuring them that their data will be safe.


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Hiatus Survival Tips
Well, here we are. Deep into the summer, but really just starting. The premiere of season five is sooooo far away!
So how do you cope? Some of the typical fan coping mechanisms are:
1. Re-watch the first three seasons--four if you DVRed and kept the last one.
2. Keep up with goings on with the Supernatural official magazine by Titan.
3. Read the Season Companions for the first three seasons, and all the companion books. Depending on how fast a reader you are and how much time you have, this can get you through the whole summer!
4. Read or re-read the comic books and novelizations.
Let's face it, though, we've a lot of that already, having suffered through three summer hiatuses and way too many mid-season breaks, not to mention the writer's strike. So how else can we make it through?
Immerse Yourself in the Beauty
The season 4 DVD cover art is out, so you can download that, print it 150 times, and wallpaper your room with it.
Or you could bid on Supernatural posters on eBay. 39 came up in my search, and some were at well below-market prices.
Venture Beyond
It's a joke that Jared and Jensen do a lot of horror movies between seasons, and some of us can't handle that without a lot of support (i.e. taking a gaggle of friends to the theater). But Devour, House of Wax, Friday the 13th, and My Bloody Valentine aren't the only other options out there. Give Gilmore Girls a try, and marvel at how Jared's boyish mannerisms haven't changed, regardless of how much he has. Check out Dark Angel for a much more happy-go-lucky Jensen, or Smallville season 4 (though I have to warn you, most of his scenes are with Lana *gag*).
And in the dark, lonely days of early September, when you're desperate and don't think you'll make it, go ahead. Give in. Rent New York Minute and Blonde. It'll be okay--no one else has to know.
Let the Fandom Get You Through
There is fanfic galore out there, everything from canon-focused, general fiction to hard-core slash. But that's not all. There are cartoons, stop-action doll theater, and many other creative outlets (themed picture sets, videos). Even laundry lists! A great place to start is Supernatural Wiki, which links to fan offerings.
Anyone have any other hiatus coping mechanisms to offer?


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The Design Hub went to the latest Interiors UK event this week to scope out what's hot in the world of interiors. Held at the behemoth that is Birmingham's NEC, Interiors UK has been a valuable trade resource for over 25 years and an essential event for British Interior Designers; a useful place to research trends, make new connections and gain some inspiration.
For discovering cutting edge contemporary design we found The Design Village to be a welcome and friendly place to hang out, here's what caught our eye there:
Modern Windsor Chairs by Sitting Firm
Classic Windsor style chairs receive a fantastic contemporary twist thanks to small family run business Sitting Firm. The workmanship and use of wood is fantastic. For chairs that feel modern and yet are steeped in tradition you need look no further.
Mensa Coffee table by Lazerian
The special edition carbon fibre edition of Lazerian's dazzling Mensa Coffee table grabbed my attention straight away, as did the price tag: £9,000, which isn't surprising once you consider that gram for gram carbon fibre costs the same as gold. The more affordable birch plywood version is available for £2,000.
'Outside in' reclaimed wood lamps and furniture by Nic Parnell
Tucked into one corner of The Design Village were these vibrantly coloured lamps and furniture created by designer Nic Parnell. Using reclaimed materials (apart from the Nylon Flock covering them of course) these lamps and coffee tables offer an original visual feast. Whilst not commercially yet available, Nic is finding himself busy creating items for commission. He plans to develop the range further by using other materials to cover the wood such as rubber and metal.
Illuskate tables by Stuart Melrose
Taking inspiration from skateboard art and materials, Stuart Melrose has produced a colourful range of tables/benches that I'm sure will prove to be very popular in homes and retail spaces.
The Design Village also hosted the The New Design Britain award which recognises up and coming design graduates and provides the winners with industry work placements. The two notable stars of this years awards were James Uren who won the first prize for furniture design for his elegant, modular Chaise Longue design called the Luso Lounger (pictured below).
Lucy Alice Porter won the Highly Commended award for her multi purpose storage/seat/table design that uses woven material to create her highly unique style, which we would love to see commercially available! You can read a full report on these awards at The National Design Academy's website as their Directors of Studies was on the judging panel.
Moving away from The Design Village and into the trade stands, there was still some commercial contemporary tid bids to catch our eyes. Whitebox Lighting are the UK retailers for italian design collective Emporium who make these wonderfully psychedelic lamps and lampshades.
Finally my last tip for contemporary interiors comes down to comfort as much as style. With the rising popularity of family media rooms and lounging about in 'wearable blankets', I found myself adding these modern bean bags by Beanbagcrazy to my 'must have' list for 2012. You can even use them outdoors thanks to the special outdoor fabric as these rather nice photo sets show.
Part two of this report from Interiors UK will focus on more traditional interiors, so if you are into heritage interiors stay tuned!


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or is it similar to claims that "Washington slept here"?
I went for a walk in the neighborhood the other night, specifically to get a picture of a historical marker about 1/4 mile from my apartment. In 12 years here, oddly enough, I never got around to visiting this marker until this week—odd, because I am a little bit obsessive about seeing every marker I pass by, or am in proximity to. In fact, I thought it was on another block of La Selva, probably hidden from easy view, and never took the time to investigate further.
California Registered Historical Landmark marker number 969 reads:
Sarah Armstrong Wallis (1825–1905) was a pioneer in the campaign for women's voting rights. In 1870 she was elected president of California's first statewide suffrage organization which in 1873 incorporated as the California State Woman Suffrage Education Association. The home she built on this site, Mayfield Farm, was a center of suffrage activities attracting state and national leaders such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Ulysses S. Grant
Some articles, like this one in "California Historian," state that Wallis "entertained President U.S. Grant there in 1877." Grant would have left office in March of 1877 (inauguration in those days did not occur until around March 20), so I assumed a visit would have occurred in the early months of the year. It did not dawn on me right away that, of course, even after he left office people would still refer to him as "President" Grant. There is also the fact that Grant left for a European tour soon after leaving office, which narrows the window for a West Coast visit still more.
I spent a good deal of time last night searching digital archives of early California papers, in particular the Daily Alta California, and the Daily Call, which, it seems, almost certainly would have recorded a visit by Grant to the Bay Area in 1877 (given the amount of reporting on Grant in general). I also searched my limited personal library of Grant-related material for any mention of a Mayfield visit. My cursory searches yielded nothing.
By chance, yesterday I commented on Kevin Levin's blog entry about his reading of a new work on Grant, Joan Waugh's, U.S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth. Specifically, I asked Kevin if Waugh's work spends "any time on women's support for Grant in 1872 (Susan B. Anthony was arrested after voting for him him that year)? I'm looking for references to President Grant's visit to the West Coast at the tail end of his 2nd term, when he apparently met with California suffragette Sarah Wallis."
Intriguingly, this prompted a response from one Bob Pollock, a ranger at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site: "David, Your question has sparked interest among the park rangers here at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. We are not aware of a trip by Grant to California in 1877 and it seems unlikely. He left office in March, and boarded a steamship at Philadelphia in May to go on his around the world trip. It seems more likely that if he met Sarah Wallis it would have been in 1879 when he and Julia conclude their travels by arriving in San Francisco. We are going to look into this some more."
I'll address that here in the hopes that Bob will weigh in and help shed more light on the matter. My neighborhood historical marker just got a lot more interesting on this steamy June Saturday.
Bob, my source for it is simply the marker itself (and one article), though I will now email the long-time historian for the neighborhood association in the hopes of uncovering something substantive. One encounters passing reference to Grant's visit in any number of articles, but I suspect they're all relying on the same source—probably the marker, or a database of marker text. One contributor from the Palo Alto Historical Association avoided reference to Grant in his essay on Sarah Wallis. The aforementioned "California Historian" article specified the 1877 visit. Maybe that was just a typo.
I hope we can establish Grant's visit to Sarah Wallis, a spectacular historic figure in her own right (more on her in a subsequent blog entry). The mansion Wallis built burned to the ground in 1936, and the area is now the quiet residential area of Barron Park. Few old growth redwoods remain, but a few of those magnificent trees in the neighborhood appear to be old enough to have witnessed a visit by the old general.
(image at top is entitled "Res of Mrs. Sarah Wallis, Mayfield, Santa Clara, Co., Cal., from the David Rumsey Map Collection. Mayfield is part of what makes up Palo Alto).
Just for fun, visit this 2006 blog entry on a California tree named for General Grant (along with the Lincoln and Sherman trees).


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Third House Republican signs on to sweeping immigration bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - David Valadao of California on Wednesday became the third Republican in the House of Representatives to join Democrats in backing a sweeping immigration bill that includes a path to citizenship for immigrants who are in the country illegally. Valadao, who represents a district where more than 70 percent of residents are Hispanic, joins fellow Republicans Jeff Denham of California and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida in supporting the plan introduced by House Democrats. The immigration bill still has little hope of success in the Republican-controlled House, where most Republicans strongly oppose any plan that would give millions of undocumented immigrants a potential path to U.S. citizenship. But Valadao said he hoped to show House Republican leaders, who have rejected taking up a comprehensive Senate immigration bill, that there is support in the party for taking up the issue this year. "Addressing immigration reform in the House cannot wait. I am serious about making real progress and will remain committed to doing whatever it takes to repair our broken immigration system," Valadao said in a statement. Valadao and Denham represent more moderate, heavily Hispanic districts in California and both could face difficult re-election challenges from Democrats in 2014. The House immigration bill is similar to the plan passed by the Democratic-controlled Senate earlier this year. But House Republican leaders have said that if they take up immigration at all it will be through a series of smaller bills on proposals like stronger border security and employment verification measures. Time is running out to act, however, and fiscal issues could knock immigration reform off the agenda again early next year, leaving the issue in doubt. President Barack Obama held a White House event last week to rejuvenate the drive for an overhaul of immigration laws. House Speaker John Boehner said he was "hopeful" that immigration would be addressed this year but gave no specifics. (Reporting by John Whitesides; Editing by Ken Wills)


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Pathological Family - Postwar America and the rise of family therapy
While iconic popular images celebrated family life during the 1950s and 1960s, American families were simultaneously regarded as potentially menacing sources of social disruption. The history of family therapy makes the complicated power of the family at midcentury vividly apparent. Clinicians developed a new approach to psychotherapy that claimed to locate the cause and treatment of mental illness in observable patterns of family interaction and communication rather than in individual psyches. Drawing on cybernetics, systems theory, and the social and behavioral sciences, they ambitiously aimed to cure schizophrenia and stop juvenile delinquency. With particular sensitivity to the importance of scientific observation and visual technologies such as one-way mirrors and training films in shaping the young field, The Pathological Family examines how family therapy developed against the intellectual and cultural landscape of postwar America.As Deborah Weinstein shows, the midcentury expansion of America's therapeutic culture and the postwar fixation on family life profoundly affected one another. Family therapists and other postwar commentators alike framed the promotion of democracy in the language of personality formation and psychological health forged in the crucible of the family. As therapists in this era shifted their clinical gaze to whole families, they nevertheless grappled in particular with the role played by mothers in the onset of their children's aberrant behavior. Although attitudes toward family therapy have shifted during intervening generations, the relations between family and therapeutic culture remain salient today.
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Daft Punk
Daft Punk are half-French, half-robot, half-human, and the official Left Hand(s) of God. (Along with Freddie Mercury.) Daft Punk is a duo that makes electronic house music - that means, they make music in a house with electricity. They come from France, just like cheese, wine and Air - yes, Air comes from France, and it is in deep competition with this band. Daft Punk are known around the world for their science fiction-themed, futuristic robotic music. Being robots makes them harder, better, faster, stronger - but they are human after all.
Daft Punk consists of two human-like robots who are in denial, and constantly try to convince the world that they are actually humans. They are known for teaching humans what music is, and have been present on Earth since the early middle ages. Recently, they have become more famous for their 2013 song about rubbing Mexican monkeys. Despite being robots, they need to eat, and it is a widely known fact that they eat only bread (baguettes being their bread of choice) and pancakes. Beginning in the mid-late 1990s, Daft Punk began to play music at clubs wearing human costumes in a last-ditch attempt to prove they are humans, but in 1999 they gave up all together, and have openly appeared as their true robot selves ever since. Aside from making the most best music of all, the robots like to make videos. In true pyromaniac fashion, everything in their videos is burned, even themselves. Most recently they burned down the Smithsonian Museum of American History for their music video Instant Crush.
The origins of Daft Punk are shrouded in mystery, they were conceived as robots, but their dream to be real really hip suburban white boys from France came true. The two eventually decided to put their foremost skill to good use, namely, their extensive knowledge of obscure Motown-funk songs that are quite good, but have some good stuff that could be re-worked a bit to become the best song ever. Their style became even more commercialized in order to pay for batteries since their accident when they became cyborgs again (see Identities).
Their first attempt at a band was the Led Zeppelin cover band Oh Darlin, Darlin' Darlin' Darlin' Walk a While With Me, which was reviewed by one critic as "symbolizing every conceivable reason to arrange a fix-up between your tape player and a 12-gauge."This band however, did release one hit single; "Cindy So Loud" which quickly rose to the top of the charts and was loved by millions. While Tommy Tommy Bang Bang quit the band to compose the album Irrevocable with the sound chip from his old NES system, The Count of Monte Christo was cast in a number of low-budget swashbuckler movies to earn money. One of the scripts required a villain address The Count as a "daft punk". The Count immediately called his friend to tell him he'd finally discovered the band name that would allow fans to tell each other very long stories of how the band's name was created.
Start of their career[edit]
Armed with only three turntables, four analog synthesizers, and frequent refills of coffee supplied by Tommy's mother machine, the two composed the album Homework while in a shared bedroom, testing each other on their knowledge of obscure funk bands. The band recorded police sirens from responses to domestic abuse calls from the apartment downstairs, and the waves on the track Fresh by flooding the bathroom on eight occasions and overdubbing them. The screams on Rolling & Scratching were created by Tommy taking a vibrating neck massager and jabbing it between The Count's legs.
The final product got the two an A- on their group project, and catapulted them into cult superstars of the French Techno Underground. Subsequent albums, including Disco? Actually, Kind Of, Hadn't Thought About That and Human After All, Then Again, Not So Much, Really earned the group further fame and fortune.
Daft Punk are known for their cutesy dress ups and hats. According to Tommy Tommy Bang Bang, their synthesizers exploded at 9:09 am on September 9, 1999. Then their doctor fucked up and made them robots. Tommy Tommy Bang Bang's helmet is silver and The Count's helmet is gold. Tommy is about 5 feet taller than his miniature bandmate, who is only two feet tall with shoes. Today, Daft Punk loves to cause the collisions of passerby's by blinding them with their increasingly shiny heads which are known to become 9.09x10^99 times shinier each year.
Both members of Daft Punk have high-level education. Tommy Tommy Bang Bang has a masters degree in lyric writing. The Count of Monte Christo has a bachelor of science in disappearing while in the presence of a camera. It is said that he trained for two years with ninjas to be able to completely disappear at the sight of a camera. The Count was on track for a second degree in hair styling with a minor in fashion, but never went to the required physical education class, instead choosing to scour the campus for every last baguette. In spite of not actually receiving the degree, he always has salon-quality hair and the freshest clothes on the block.
Daft Punk's repetitive lyrics have earned them universal acclaim. Director Pedro Almodovar has said, "Around the ninety-fifth time they said "Robot Rock", it clicked with me that this was a song about robots that rocked. Such a simplicity of message is something all artists should strive for."
Draft Punk's "Around The World", has some pretty interesting content as well, the words "Around the world" are repeated around 74 times. That is the whole song. But it might indeed have a deeper meaning. This has raised questions like "Are they going clockwise or anticlockwise around the world"? These questions are yet to be answered by the legendary French DJ's. (They probably don't care).
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The duo returned to prominence with their 2007 live album Alive 2007, which immediately drew interest for its ground-breakingly original and thought-provoking title. The album was a recording of a concert in the Parisian catacombs, the city's undead turnout was reportedly 40,000, breaking records previously set by Queen + Paul Rodgers. Like the rest of the tour, Daft Punk's concert started with them finding two random homeless people and putting them into the group's trademark costumes and inside the giant pyramid. There, they pressed the play button on a CD player, setting off 97 backing tracks and a light show as the two homeless people pretended to be working the computers and samplers. In the meantime, the real Daft Punk would go off to a club and party and smoke pot as they made six-figure checks from concert tickets. The group repeated this tactic successfully for the entirety of the tour, with exactly zero Daft Punk fans becoming suspicious.
The tour allowed the group an opportunity to pay tribute to another beacon of childhood wonder, the movie Tron, with Daft Punk composing the score for an upcoming sequel. Tommy Tommy Bang Bang was reported to have suffered a light-cycle accident during filming. He was saved only by the song Aerodynamic playing on set, because he would not allow himself to die until the guitar solo was finished, allowing paramedics to get there in time, rush him to the E.R., and make a full recovery. The Count of Monte-Cristo has stated that the synth riffs for the soundtrack will be worsened for the movie because they were too cool, and star Jeff Bridges kept breaking into an awkward robot dance whenever he heard one.
Troll: Legacy[edit]
Troll: Legacy was in its early stages and the director didn't know what to do for music, and suddenly, BAM! Daft Punk drops from the heavens into a local L.A. Cafe where the team was meeting, The Director realized no one could understand a word they were saying so he hired them. Daft Punk worked with former Troll composer Wendy Carlos to spit out a bunch of "Biodigital Jazz, Man!" with songs as "Derezzed," which was extremely popular in the U.S. Daft Punk was actually featured in the movie as the Bitch Boy's DJ's at the End of Line club.
Following the release of Digital Love, everyone accused them of ruining the lives of everyone, as it contained the lyrics Why don't you play The Game?
Tommy Tommy Bang Bang was criticized for his involvement in the movie Irreversible, for which he used earlier music. The movie, edited by someone who had just seen Memento, consists mostly of people being bludgeoned and assaulted with heavy objects while Bang plays different remixes of Crescendolls.
Spike Jonze, a frequent collaborator, has expressed misgivings over the music video for Technologic, claiming to know a bit more about the true nature of the little infant-robot thing than he would like to. His only remark on the matter was "Planned Parenthood and hardware stores... all that trash has to go somewhere..."
Daft Punk was accused for ruining the brains of the entire Jersey Shore cast because they tried to fist pump to "Around the World". The side effects turned them orange.


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NOTE: I began to write an informational book on planning for retirement based on how climate change will affect your choice of where to locate your retirement home and other factors necessary for a safe (safer) retirement.
But a recent article (6/16/2013) indicates that the talk globally is moving to a policy of attacking the source of greenhouse gases, together with adaptation. The thinking is that the rising levels of pollutants can't be controlled with a growing global economy. So governments are now planning to adapt to the damage whenever possible. It means accepting a rise in temperatures worldwide.
In an article by Seth Borenstein, "the conversation is no longer solely about how to save the planet by cutting carbon emissions. It's becoming more about how to save ourselves from the planet's wild weather. (Photo: Tropical Storm Debbie dropped 30 inches of rain over North Florida, flooding in places for the first time.)
A recent example is "Mayor Michael Bloomberg's announcement…of an ambitious plan to stave off New York City's rising seas with flood gates, levees and more that brought this transition into full focus."
The point is that those in charge of reducing the greenhouse gases say they can't do it without damaging the economy. So they have chosen to grow the global economy and make their plans to cut gases where they can and in other places repair the damage.
Meanwhile the plan is to attack the sources of the pollution that will bring us the best chance of success. This is called mitigation. They also plan to use adaptation where they can. It appears that the world has decided to do what they can, admitting failure. Now we find out how much damage occurs and how many people will perish.
Mitigation: Mitigation tackles the causes of climate change. The goal is to stop the activity that causes the problem.
Adaptation: Adaptation tackles the effects of the phenomenon. If a low beach side community is about to become a state of permanent flooding, the government may build barriers to keep the community safe from disaster. It's changing to adapt to the reality. My guess is that in Florida they will have to write off a large portion of the state since it will be permanently underwater. I don't know what will happen to the 18 million more new citizens of the state in 20 years (a total of 36 million, including illegals).
Illustration: This is Florida after the oceans rise 5 meters, or 17 feet.
President Obama has said that he has decided to mitigate a specific target for the United States, a move to cut back on greenhouse gases. The target is our power plants that run on coal. He "is preparing regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, senior officials said Wednesday. The move would be the most consequential climate policy step he could take and one likely to provoke legal challenges from Republicans and some industries." More.
Obama has a long list he is planning to unveil toward reducing greenhouse gases in the U.S. soon, without the need to consult the approval of Congress.
"Denis McDonough, the White House chief of staff, and his deputy, Rob Nabors, have regularly met with cabinet secretaries and their deputies to adapt to a changing climate and to propose new measures that do not require Congressional action."
On the other hand, a number of U.S. power plants have recently switched from burning coal to gas. Now American coal companies are selling that surplus coal to power plants in Europe and Asia. The market for cheap coal is always there. All that coal will be used.
Now the prediction for the next 20 to 30 years is for one billion more vehicles to be added to the world. Do you think that one billion more vehicles won't make the demand for oil go up? Remember, we need to double our oil capacity. Do you think that the world will be cleaner with that many more vehicles? They will be using dirty oil and the temperature is going to climb as the economy grows.
Also, governments all over the world are trying to prepare for 2 dates, the years 2030 and 2050. when a massive shortage of food, water and still, probably a shortfall of fuel. And climate change will also be there to meet 9.4 billion people. Some experts have said that we need a couple of Earth size planets to meet the demands. But we only have one and that one is rapidly being destroyed. Do you see the problem?
CLIMATE CHANGE IS HERE: scientists have predicted a number of signs:
It means that the world will become hotter and the strange weather we've been having here over the last decade, especially the last two years, will become more erratic and dangerous. There are some signs which we have all noticed and were predicted. Some phenomena that were noted accurately by scientists have come true:
According to some studies, climate change is already "contributing to the deaths of nearly 400,000 people a year and costing the world more than $1.2 trillion…"a year.
Climate change scientists have consistently predicted the melting of the Arctic ice, which means that the temperature will continue to increase, melting more ice. The jet stream will become erratic and drop down deep over the United States and remain for awhile. That's why we had those two blizzards deep in the Southwest over a one week period late in this season. There were deep snow records in those storms, also. The heavy snow fall was because of the warming atmosphere. Now the clouds have become supersaturated with moisture, collecting water and dropping heavy snow. (PHOTO: melting ice in Greenland.)
And in the summer, these saturated clouds make even an afternoon thunderstorm a possibility to become a deluge, flooding homes and businesses. And that is why Tropical Storm Debbie dropped up to 30 inches of rain in North Florida, with deep flooding in places that have never had a flood in history.
Hurricane Sandy was blocked by high pressure off the Northeast U.S., which stopped it from moving off to Europe. Instead, it turned left and wreaked havoc on New York and other nearby states. This led to the mayor of New York deciding to adapt to the problem by building flood gates and levees to save the city from eventual destruction. (In the long run, though, stopping the rise in greenhouse gases is a full time mission. Part time efforts will end in failure.)
It's the same reason high pressure can drop over the Southwest from Canada and stay there for a long time, wreaking havoc on crops and death to the young and old caught in cities without air-conditioning , where the cities' concrete Urban Heat Islands can produce a death trap that millions suffer in.
Now corporations and governments may choose to change some of their targets and take the easier path and fix the problem after it's happened. It appears that globally those in charge may adapt rather than attack CO2 levels. Then the chances of the CO2 gases passing the danger level of 400 ppm (knocking on the door now) is a certainty. If there is no longer to be a full effort to stop the temperature from rising to the danger level beyond 400 ppm a policy, there will no longer be a possibility of defending the Earth from disaster.
This "growing economy", with another 2.4 billion more people added to planet Earth over the next 30 to 40 years, is predicted to purchase another one billion more vehicles and use a lot of dirty Canadian oil to add to the climate. And the parts per million will fly past the danger level long before we reach 2030, or 2050. These two critical dates are times in which predictions are for massive global shortages of food, water and oil. Oil was on the list because of the restriction on drilling for dirty oil but now it is obvious business and governments are no longer concentrating on stopping the horrors of "runaway" climate change. The goal seems to be let the corporate world make their trillions and grow the economy. (PHOTO: Trucks bring water to third world cities out of water. And now they also bring water to Texas towns that are out of water. Yes. The future will be that desperate. In some places, it already is.)
James Hansen, former head of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies: Perceptions of Climate Change: The New Climate (pdf)
"Although species migrate to stay within climate zones in which they can survive, continued climate change at the rate of the past three decades is expected to take an enormous toll on planetary life.
"If global warming approaches 3C (degrees) by the end of the century, it is estimated that 21-52% of the species on Earth will be committed to extinction (3). Fortunately, scenarios are also possible in which such large warming is avoided by placing a rising price on carbon emissions that moves the world to a clean energy future fast enough to limit global warming to several tenths of a degree Celsius (29). Such a scenario is needed if we are to preserve life as we know it."
My money is on the corporations. Oh, that next extinction, the sixth one in history, includes the human species.
Read Global Warming: We are halfway to a mass extinction event.
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Active euthanasia - potential abuse in South Africa
To the Editor: The recent case in the media to motivate active euthanasia is tragic. A doctor dying of cancer in New Zealand, tried to starve herself to death, which suggests that she was deeply depressed, because suicidal ideation 'appears exclusively linked to mental disorder'.1 Her son, from outside the country, was her lone caregiver and refrained from looking for help in terms of the wording of her 'living will'. He became drawn into her desperation, was not medically trained, and did not consider her to be depressed. At her request, he eventually gave her an overdose of crushed morphine pills that she had hoarded for the purpose. He was arraigned on a charge of murder.
This is a sad story of terminal care gone wrong, and a rebuke to her medical caregivers. Depression identified and properly treated leads to the withdrawal of a request for suicide in over 95% of cases. This case should surely not gain sympathy for an idea that medical practitioners have rejected since Hippocrates.
But surely such abuse can only happen with a government such as Germany had under the Nazis? Eugenics started as a 'good idea' before the Nazis took control. The regulations were initially tighter than those in our own Law Commission's draft regulations on voluntary euthanasia of 2000.
Consider the experience of Holland. In 1973, a physician gave her mother a lethal injection, which became the focus of a national campaign to legalise assisted suicide. In 1981, criteria for voluntary euthanasia for people with terminal illnesses were promulgated, with detailed regulations to prevent abuse. In 1982, voluntary euthanasia was made available for people with chronic illnesses. By 1985, non-voluntary euthanasia was taking place;2-4 physicians were killing people without their consent on their own initiative or on the request of relatives. In 1989, infanticide for serious birth abnormalities became permitted. Since 1994, euthanasia for mental suffering has been allowed, and by 1997 doctors faced no penalties for not obeying the rules.2-4 In 2001, euthanasia was bound into law, permitting 16-year-olds to decide on assisted suicide without parental consent. Holland has since lagged seriously behind other European nations in delivering terminal care, and has made infanticide legal.
South Africa is in many ways similar to the unstable Germany of the 1920s. We also have a massive unemployment rate, and have emerged from a warlike state and the severe political violence so spawned. Political assassinations are common in some provinces. We are also experiencing severe cultural stress: 80% of our population is in the process of transition to Western modernism. Our police and justice systems are overwhelmed by high levels of corruption and violence, and cannot even properly pursue the laws governing TOP. Our potential slide down the slippery slope of the abuse of euthanasia legislation would almost certainly be faster than Holland's. And we cannot be assured that our legalising of euthanasia would not be used as a tool for political oppression, which could too easily drift into forms of genocide.]]> As a profession, we must oppose every attempt to introduce active euthanasia in any form in our nation.
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1. Brown JH, Hentleff P, Barakat S, Rowe CJ. Is it normal for terminally ill patients to desire death? Am J Psychiatry 1986; 143(2):208-211. [ Links ]]]>
2. Van der Maas PJ, van Delden JJM, Pijenborg L. Euthanasia and Other Medical Decisions Concerning the End of Life: An Investigation Performed upon Request of the Commission of Inquiry into the Medical Practice Concerning Euthanasia. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers, 1992:178-182. [ Links ]
3. Van der Maas PJ, van der Wal G, Haverkate I, et al. Euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and other medical practices involving the end of life in the Netherlands, 1990-1995. N Engl J Med 1996;335:1699-1705. [ Links ]
4. Van der Wal G, van der Maas PJ, Bosma JM, et al. Evaluation of the notification procedure for physician-assisted death in the Netherlands. N Engl J Med 1996;335:1706-1711. [ Links ]]]>


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Jewels From The Archive - Duane Steck - July 1956
March 2014
57 Years Ago
The Jan. 1957 Car Craft feature on the "Moonglow" states that owner Duane Steck was able to use his friend Ben Cook's shop to transform his 1954 Chevy Bel Air sport coupe into a full custom. Though the chop and taillight treatment classify it as a full custom, it's an amazing blend of complete re-styling combined with a restrained and not over the top look. The 3 1/2-inch chop, 7-inch lowering job, 10 additional grille teeth, frenched 1952 Ford headlight rims, and "shark fin" taillights are just part of what sets this custom apart. The simple white paint accented with blue pinstriping and a touch of red on the wheels help, too.
We were surprised to find abstract naked ladies in the center of most of the pinstriping by Watson. We also had to remind ourselves that these kind of cars were driven and built by high school kids!


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Good news for everybody waiting for untethered 5.1 jailbreak. Pod2g has successfully achieved the 5.1 untethered jailbreak on iPhone 4. Earlier on 1st May 2012, pod2g announced that he has achieved the important exploits which will lead to untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1. The poll he launched was also demanding that he should release 5.1 untethered as soon as possible.
Now after the latest tweet from pod2g everybody (at least me) must be anxious to get the public version of ios 5.1 untethered jailbreak software as soon as possible. Although the previous claims of untethered 5.1 jailbreak were not released for public use but this time I believe that pod2g will fulfill his promise as always and the latest 5.1 jailbreak which is untethered will be released for public. I believe pod2g will be making the public version so that the same can be released.
The latest tweet from pod2g is very clear and shows the confidence level of him since the iPhone 4 is running with 5.1 untethered jailbreak. I believe and hope that new 5.1 jailbreak will also compatible with iPhone 4S 5.1 untethered jailbreak and iPad 3 5.1 untethered jailbreak . Lets wait and see the actual stuff.