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Let's recap. Last month in Mangalore, India, a Hindu right-wing party — the Sri Ram Sena — descended upon a bar and chased out any women who were drinking. This incident, involving many male members of the Ram Sena kicking the escaping women, was video-taped and spread like wild-fire across the nation. Though the Mangalore situation caused much outcry, the leader of the group, on bail, still maintains that it "is not acceptable for Indian women to go into bars" (BBC South Asia).
In retaliation, women (and men!) across the country have formed the "The Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women." With over 5,000 members, the Consortium has revealed its Valentine's Day plan of protest. Not only are women encouraged to hit up the bars, but they are also encouraged to mail-in a pair of pink "chaddis" that will be sent en-masse to the Ram Sena. To clarify:
A spokeswoman for the group, Nisha Susan, told the BBC it was giving chaddis (Hindi colloquial for underwear) as they alluded to a prominent Hindu right-wing group whose khaki-shorts-wearing cadres were often derisively called "chaddi wallahs" (chaddi wearers).
The Hindu Nationalist BJP government of Karnataka (the state where Mangalore is located) has distanced itself from the Ram Sena, of course. Without a doubt, it is certainly a very interesting way to protest such massive idiocy (really, beating women for drinking?). The problem is though thirty people were arrested, I am sure a majority of them got away without a very harsh penalty. (Because that's how India tends to work.) Thankfully, many women's groups, as well as women in the government, have spoken out. They need to keep speaking out and keep women's rights in the forefront. There has been much progress in this arena, but still so much more ground to cover — a lot of India, especially rural areas, are stuck in the past. Truly, I hope the Ram Sena appreciates the gift as they are not going to get much other love on Valentine's Day.
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Congratulations to Leonard Pitts Jr. for recognizing in his Sept. 9 editorial, "Homophobe Christians don't speak for all Christians," that Christianity is not synonymous with homophobia.
However, I would like to point out that he has dealt with a limited sampling of Christian opinion in his article.
He seems to recognize only three types of Christians: those who hate gays, those who find nothing wrong with homosexuality and those in the middle who "are struggling to balance compassion with the dictates of faith."
I am a Christian, but I do not fit into any of those groups, and I am sure there is a large segment of the Christian community that doesn't either.
I do not hate gays, but I do consider homosexuality a sin. I guess that flies in the face of the law of homophobia, which states that if you consider homosexuality a sin you obviously hate gays. I just believe that God loves gays and He loves people who condemn gays and wants both groups to repent.
I also do not struggle to balance compassion with the dictates of faith, since I believe one of the dictates of faith is a call to compassion. However, I don't consider compassion to be unrestrained people-pleasing; I consider it loving people enough to help them get what God wants for them.
I sometimes find myself, like Pitts, hopping onto the polarizing express, wanting to divide the participants of the debate into good guys and bad guys, but that just pushes people apart and hinders mutual understanding. Although I sometimes fail, I just try to follow Jesus, who loves people, but wants them to give up their lives of sin.


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- Possibly related to the above? - Hitting the ESC key to wake from camping will also bring up the popup Game Menu a significant amount of the time (not seen previous to v1.05) (reported: A Couple of Minor Bugs, As Of v1.05 thread, and here)
- Strange "mob swarm" beyond edge of map in some instances (reported: Now this is a new bug... thread)
- Now can't take screenshots (via "P" key) of the final Game Score screen (could in v1.04) (reported: Can't find end of game score screen shot thread)
- Related to above: still can't take screenshots (via "P" key) when reading a book (reported: Couple of 1.05 bugs spotted. thread)
- Possible issue with slowdown of Disarm Trap/Pick Lock animations during nighttime storms (and when Gravedigger's Flame spell is cast?) (reported: Couple of 1.05 bugs spotted. thread)
- Still occasional 'glitch' in which dungeon corners have a square black "hole" in the corner (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread)
- Final score screen with "too many challenges met" display bug (see, for example, Completion score, place them here! thread)
- Problem with French(only?...) keyboards, Linux, and an inability to preset Quick-Set Spells because the game app won't recognize the number keys (reported: Not able to set quick spell under Linux thread)
NEEDED BUG FIXES FOR v1.06-GUI:
- None (at least, none that we're likely to see before Book III!!...)
NEEDED BUG FIXES FOR v1.06-SOUNDS:
- Related to below(?): Problems with sound levels being set to "0%" suddenly going to "100%" after switching to another app and then coming back. Quick-travelling may also mess up sound settings. (reported: the Crazy Un-Called-for Sound Encore BUG, MAN!!! thread)
- Related to above(?): If you turn all 4 volume options to 0%, then Level-Up, the sounds all return to default levels even though the options show 0%. (reported: here)
- Storm sounds still not ending under some circumstances (e.g. if storm ends at dawn?...) issue (reported: Couple of 1.05 bugs spotted. thread)
- Westwillow sound 'glitch' - I hear it soon after entering Westwillow, around X=79,Y=93 (and, rarely, at other times): I have come to believe the 'glitch' is in the waterfall sound file! (reported: here)
- Combat Sound FX 'glitch' (for one of your character's (and Mobs') 'Hit!' sounds) - sound file "corrupted"(?!) (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread - I'm still occasionally getting this in my latest v1.05 playthrough)
- (FIXED! with v1.05 - Good news? Hunter's combat grunts are now female, so this was fixed with v1.05!)
- Bad news?! Becka's combat grunts are still male instead of female! and Edwin's are female instead of male!! - it could be that Becka's and Edwin's combat sounds are simply 'switched' (reported: see here, and here - confirmed that Becka's and Edwin's grunts are gender-incorrect in latest v1.05 playthrough)
NEEDED BUG FIXES FOR v1.06-MAP ISSUES:
- Check the number of maps that are set to 'No Camping Spawns' to make sure they are correct - i.e. there seem to be a number of maps in Book II that are set to 'No Camping Spawns' that should instead be set to 'Camping Spawns: Yes' (e.g. Port Kuudad sewers, Farrock Caves Level 1, Raven's Gate East, etc.) (see: Complete List of Camp Encounters thread)
- Check the number of maps that are set to 'Magic Damping Field/No Portal Spell Use' (e.g. can't use Portal Spell in them) to make sure they are correct - i.e. there seem to be too many Book II maps set to 'Magic Damping/No Portal Spell Use' that should instead allow for the use of the Portal Spell (e.g. Southern Kessian Basin, The Convent's Well, etc.)) (see: Complete List of Portal Allowed Locations thread)
- There is a painting in Anwick's place (X=84,Y=102) that is un-highlightable
- (FIXED! with v1.05: 'blocked' grids in 'trap area' of Port Kuudad Sewers just outside of Thieves' Arcadia entrance, and X=41,Y=124 of Talushorn exterior, have been "unblocked" - Yay!! )
- "Blocked" grid-square (i.e. can't enter): Hammerlorne, Level 2 at X=23,Y=115(?)
- Hammerlorne, Level 3 - Devilmander chamber - you can still walk directly through the closed right gate, north-side lever of "Devilmander chamber" (Grid: X=41,Y=133) (see: Fixes for 1.05 thread, specifically this post - confirmed that bug still present in latest v1.05 playthrough)
- There are... Taurax graves(?) at coordinates X=79,Y=124 and X=80,Y=126 of the Talushorn map, grids that you can walk through (but shouldn't be able to?...), that I don't recall being there in v1.04, - are they supposed to be there?
- NO weather presets for the 'East Raven's Gate' map (i.e. map set to neither "regular" weather nor "winter" weather) - "winter" weather should probably be set to "On" in E Raven's Gate (reported here, below)
NEEDED BUG FIXES FOR v1.06-GAME PLAY-GENERAL:
- Waterskin bug: Can't refill original waterskin in home if certain game options are chosen at game's start (reported: here)
- Resistances are supposed to 'cap out' at a 99% maximum, but either casting an Element Armor spell or drinking a Potion of Greater Protection will still raise Elemental Resistance *over* 100% (reported: here and here)
NEEDED BUG FIXES FOR v1.06-GAME PLAY-SKILLS:
- Issue with Hide in Shadows being "broken" by discovery, and never regenerating! (at least, in Hammerlorne) (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread)
- (FIXED! with v1.05: Repair skill no longer "over-repairing" items to 1 GP over their normal item price)
NEEDED BUG FIXES FOR v1.06-GAME PLAY-COMBAT:
- Unsure if 'bug' still "present": Mobs' death by poison correctly grants XP to player, but Mobs' death by lava trap does not (reported here(?))
- There seems to be a problem with the 'Double Strike' Feat, at least as far as Critical Hit assessments go (though there may also be an issue with 'Double Feats' not "guaranteed-hitting" as other Feats do) (discussed Double Strike Broken? thread)
Exploits: - Exploit: The Plasma Wand is considered "Unarmed Combat" in terms of 'Feats', allowing the player to do 4x damage with the Plasma Wand! (I'd say this is an 'exploit'!) (reported: this post in the Best Weapons / Armor EVER thread - confirmed that bug still present in latest v1.05 playthrough: I killed Gen. Ghorr in just 3-4 hits this way!!)
- Exploit: Bow-using characters can still shoot with a bow even when a Lantern is equipped in the Shield spot!- but exploit only possible after combat is initiated (reported: here)
- Exploit: Can use torches(!) and shields(!!) while wielding "two-handed" weapons (reported: here - confirmed that bug still present in v1.05)
NEEDED BUG FIXES FOR v1.06-GAME PLAY-ITEMS:
- A few types of Rings (e.g. Mystic Rings, others(?)) are still wearably "stackable", and should not be (reported: here - I haven't been able to confirm this one yet...)
- MINOR: Empty Flasks display: "Right-click to DRINK." descriptor - should be "Right-click to USE." (or, possibly, "Right-click to MIX.")
- MINOR: Chronometer display: Still gives NO "Right-click to USE." descriptor (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread)
- MINOR: Item Maps display No "Right-click to READ." descriptor like other "readable" items do.
- MINOR: The "Strange Note" has a "Right-click to USE." descriptor - should be "Right-click to READ."
NEEDED BUG FIXES FOR v1.06-GAME PLAY-MISC:
- When you kill a Shadow Assassin the 'puff of smoke' appears over your character, not where the Assassin fell! (reported: here - confirmed that bug still present in latest v1.05 playthrough)
- Related to the above(?): When Mayor Theotus of Westwillow casts his Fleshboil spell against The Prospector, the Fleshboil "poof/smoke" sometimes appears in the grid-square in which The Prospector last appeared rather than in the grid-square in which The Prospector is presently in (seen in my latest v1.05 playthrough)
- Buying a Skill like Alchemy or a Magick from a vendor does NOT get added to that vendor's money supply like buying an item or a scroll does! (reported: here - confirmed that bug still present in latest v1.05 playthrough)
- You can "Quick Travel" weather into Raven's Gate East, even though the Raven's Gate East map actually has no weather 'preset' (see: Fixes for 1.05 thread, specifically starting here - confirmed that bug still present in latest v1.05 playthrough)
- NO key to Security Door on Level 3 of Hammerlorne (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread)
- WARNING! - SPOILERS!!... If you kill Korren in the Crius Vindica hideout, but then use the Spyglass at game's end, Korren will still appear anyway! (Also, Korren is much easier to kill in the hideout than he is at game's end...) (reported to me via PM - confirmed that bug still present in latest v1.05 playthrough: I have some thoughts about this (see below...))
- If you kill the Sentinel Stalk east of Everdale before talking to Travet the innkeeper in Everdale, you are no longer given the option to complete the "Bath House weed" quest (reported: Weed in the Bathhouse quest thread - confirmed that bug still present in latest v1.05 playthrough)
SUGGESTIONS for v1.06:
- MINOR: The dialogue routine with Gammen could be improved (e.g. dialogue should not default back to the first screen every time, but to the second screen (the one whose first option is "Keebo and Brelinda are at odds...")
older, pre-v1.05 suggestions: - Pricing re: recipes (mentioned in Fixes for 1.05 thread)
- Fellpine Forest map issues (discussed: Fixes for 1.05 thread)
- Make armor with Elemental resistance themselves resistant to fire/lava as well
- Cartography suggestions: Give (open) barrels their own unique Cartography color again, as in Book I. Ditto the walls (i.e. sides) of caves (e.g. Farrock caves). Make torch-stands and lamp-posts 'orange' dots just like wall-torches. Make up/down stairs a more uniquely distinguishable feature (what color tho?...).
- Add more purchasable Arrows (esp. "regular" Arrows?...) to the 'endgame' (e.g. the blacksmith at Picaroon Isle)
GRAMMAR/TYPO ISSUES (selected):
- Text report order issue with trapped empty chest in Thieves' Arcadia - you are told it is "Empty, yet trapped!..." before you even open it!! (and "...thieve's…" is spelled wrong (reported: in Fixes for 1.05 thread, specifically this post - confirmed that bug still present in latest v1.05 playthrough)
- Just a few more spelling/grammer issues - e.g. a few Fathamurk errors (reported: Grammatical Errors - Part Six)
- Also, half the populace of Port K. still have non-gender-neutral descriptors! - should say, "This person does not make eye contact when you attempt to greet them..." (or "This person does not make eye contact when you attempt a greeting...") (reported: Grammatical Errors - Part Six)
- The word "through" is misspelled "throught" in one of Brudo's dialogue screens - see dare49devil's post (and accompanying screenshot) on this in this thread, below
- Book II Player's Manual, p. 15: In "Weapons, Swords" - the words "Masterful Reposte" are *not* bolded as the other 'Feats' on that page are...
- Book II Player's Manual - most of the post-pg. 17 (i.e. starting on page 18) typos and grammar mistakes are still present (reported: starting here)
- Typos/grammatical errors in a few of the Spell descriptions (reported: Grammatical Errors - Part 5 thread)
Bugs - UNCERTAIN STATUS:
- "Return to Korren" quest (still?) not given after obtaining the Crux of Fire if you skip (or kill) the Sparrow part of the main Quest-line (reported: got Crux of fire but Korren still ask me to for it thread (v1.02), and Why doesn't Korren recognize the Crux of Fire?? thread (v1.03))
- Can't sell a stack of unidentified items - the 'Number Slider' won't even pop up (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread)
- Sometimes Combat Modes 'button' will "stick" (i.e. not work), and player will be unable to switch Combat Modes (reported, starting here)
Exploits: - Exploit: Clicking on a recipe that uses an unidentified reagent allows you to use that reagent anyway, despite not knowing what it is! (reported here)
- Exploit: Issue with hitting the Space Bar (or the mouse button) in very quick succession passing a player 'multiple turns within a regular game turn' - e.g. allowing exploitably fast regeneration of MP's, and exploitably fast overcoming of Boreheads' 'stun' spell(?) (but issue may only seen with magic-using characters?) (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread)
BUGS PREVIOUS TO v1.05 (that are likely "unfixable" with the current Book II engine...):
- Exploit: Character creation "buy/sell" Skills allows >5 levels (if Axiom/Title is switched during character creation process) (reported: Tiny bug on character creation? --> Skill raising thread)
- Can't highlight Sparrow's & Gammen's (among others'...) 'loot sacks' under certain 'drop' conditions - i.e. when 'loot sacks' drop behind wall-torches, wall-paintings or store-signs, etc. (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread)
- Issue with previously identified items becoming unidentified if you auto-stack them out of a container (e.g. a chest) with unidentified versions of the same into your inventory (reported here, below)
- Issue with item-types "once ID'ed" (e.g. by merchant) not staying ID'ed (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread, and here (below))
- Some dialogues can't be End-ed via keyboard (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread)
- Can't "Parry" (in 'Parry' Combat Mode) with Unarmed Combat (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread)
- Forced "Feat" (opening) attack on (friendly) NPCs (i.e. no other choice); no choice for "Feat" attack on objects (see, for example, this post in the What's missing?? thread)
- NO auto-stacking when items bought from vendors (also, items sold to vendor don't auto-stack on vendor side either!) (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread)
- Thrown Weapons ToHit calc. and Demon Oil? (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread)
- Imbuing multiple Thrown Items issue (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread)
- "Off-screen" mobs (and can't be hit!) (Linux-only?) (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread)
- 'Ghosting' issue when Grid brought up (via TAB-key) (reported: Fixes for 1.05 thread)
- Increase the duration of the Reveal Map spell to a *flat* 100 or 160 Turns, rather than making the spell's duration dependent on level-cast-at
- Magick Damage (from Bows) "failing" True Ranger challenge (reported: Possible bugs and suggestions thread - see #1 in first post)


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| Killing all microbes I was recently reading an article in the newspaper about a study by the National Institutes of Health that cataloged over 10,000 species of microbes living on healthy people. The average person carries several pounds worth of microbes, many of which perform essential functions for keeping the body functioning. This suggested a thought experiment: let's say some mad scientist turned germ warfare on its head and developed a chemical agent that instantly killed any microbes with which it came in contact with. Seeing that all higher organisms are dependent on some number of microbes in their system, how long would it take people to die after all the microbes in their body have been killed off? Taking it one step further, what would happen if an entire region of the globe (or even the entire planet) had all of its microbes killed off? Last edited by Omnis; 16th June 2012 at 05:47 AM. Reason: wrong wording |
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Christmas Dragon | Re: Killing all microbes You have to consider that cells are also considered microbes and if they instantly die, so does every living thing on the planet. If you actually mean amoeba, fungi, viruses, and bacteria, without affecting base cells, then it might take a little longer but certain species would eventually die out. Not sure about plant species, though. I think they'd mostly be affected by loss of reproductive abilities that species of animals make crucial, such as bees and blossoming plants. |
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| Re: Killing all microbes Apparently (at least according to New Scientist) 10% of your body mass is not your 'own' - it's loads of, mostly, gut bacteria that you take about with you. Surprisingly though 90% of the cells of you body are those 'alien' fauna (they're very much smaller than our actual cells!) As for killing off all microbes - no yeast, no more beer, no more alcohol (A reason all on it's own for considering that the end had truly come ). Fungi and other microbes are absolutely essential for breaking down dead matter - if it wasn't for that the seas and lands would be piled high with dead vegetable matter and the soils and habitats of the world would become poor with little nutrients. But probably most importantly - single celled plankton in the sea, especially the plants ones probably sustain the whole world. Off the top of my head, doesn't sea plankton generate half of all the oxygen in the globe? We'd all suffocate to death. |
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| Re: Killing all microbes I wonder if that's what happened with Mars. It took me some time to wrap my head on that. Mars has a still core which means that its magnetic sphere is nonexistent. All the things living on it died from exposure to radiation. It's strange how when things started dying Mars, things started kicking off at Earth. An idea I like entertaining is one that what if the microbes on Mars hitched a ride on blasted debris from that terrible asteroid impact that afflicted the planet some time before? Half of its surface was literary blasted away. Here on Earth, life literary popped up overnight. |
3rd July 2012, 07:22 PM | #6 (permalink) |
Mad Mountain Man | Re: Killing all microbes Well I wouldn't say that it "popped up". We have no accurate fossil evidence of exactly when life first appeared. But it is thought that from the first cells (microbes) to the first photosynthesising cells was around 4-500 million years, then another 1.5 billion years to get complex cells and around another 1 billion to the first multicellular life. So from the first life to the first multcellular life was nearly 3 billion years. (I think all those figures are roughly correct). All that compared to the simplest animals (very simple) appearing around 600 million years ago. So I wouldn't exactly say life popped up overnight. It took around six time as long for life to get from the first cells to the first animals as it did for those animals to reach the modern day (and us). Also, whatever some might like to say, there is still no hard evidence that there ever was ever any life at all on Mars. |
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| Re: Killing all microbes Perhaps I used a too harsh word to describe it. It's how I reason it in my head, despite the fact that many will take it to mean literary. The earliest fossil records of living things on Earth are soft tissue imprints. I just really can't stomach the fact that life came out of nothing. I mean the whole thing where the Big Bang (or the Big Expansion as it should really be called) came out of nothing was bad enough. I understand how something can turn into nothing but the other way around? Just no. It's either this or the fact that we are biologically flawed that strains my nerves sometimes. Did you know the human brain is wired in a way that it must make sense of everything? That is our perception. So far, I know that early Earth was a delicious primordial soup of microbe goodness. What came first? The atmosphere or the sea? All really good questions and no concrete answers. |
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Mad Mountain Man | Re: Killing all microbes One of the problems is that our brains are wired to understand our own senses; we have now taken physics well beyond what we can detect with our own senses and not unsurprisingly there's a lot of stuff turning up that our brains aren't wired to understand. Study Quantum physics for a while and you'll soon see what I mean. Something from nothing? Well actually this is something that is well proven. Scientists have created vacuums as near to perfect as possible and in these vacuums particles spontaneously come into existence, from nothing, exist for an infinitesimal time, then disappear again. This behaviour is consistent with the principles of quantum physics but it is just very difficult for us to accept and understand with minds that aren't wired to understand this sort of thing. With regard to life, if you believe it arrived on this planet rather than spontaneously appearing then you are only pushing back the question. Where did that life come from? It must have come from somewhere so if it didn't originally get created spontaneously then where? You can keep pushing that question back but eventually you must get back to the first life and that life must have come into spontaneous existence. Either that or you must believe in God. Your choice. |
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Mad Mountain Man | Re: Killing all microbes That does look like a very good book Stephen and quite reasonably priced as well. Could you tell me if there are any/many diagrams/pictures? I looked at the Amazon "look inside" and couldn't see any. It's just that if it does I would probably buy the paper book, if it doesn't I would probably buy the ebook. |
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Not one penny has been collected yet from the second extension of the voter-approved 1% sales tax, and already the county is estimating its collection projection is $253 million in the hole.
The shortage is due to two factors: current economic conditions and interest on bonds for fast-tracked projects.
The county attributes a shortfall of $168 million to reduced consumer spending. And, because it created bonds to begin projects, such as the Honore Avenue extension and Fruitville Road improvements, before the surtax was collected, the county created a further shortfall of $85 million.
Dave Bullock, deputy county administrator, said the voter-approved projects were designed to put people to work and that the shortfall will be corrected during the surtax's 15-year run.
To make up for the $253 million shortage, the county is moving back the funding of many projects that will be paid with sales-tax dollars (see chart). The hope is that the economy will improve and the resulting increase in sales-tax revenue will pay on the back end of the surtax.
"We're taking a pessimistic view on growth," Bullock said. "Growth is essentially flat for the next five years."
A new forecast expects revenue growth of just 1.5% over the next five years. After 2015, the county expects growth of 4% per year. During the 10 years that the first extension of the surtax was in place, revenue grew at an average of 7% per year.
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Less than 24 hours after directing Northern Illinois to the Mid-American Conference championship, Dave Doeren was negotiating Saturday to become N.C. State's new football coach, according to reports.
Jeff Gravely, sports anchor at WRAL TV in Raleigh, first reported that Doeren is set to replace Tom O'Brien about 4:15 p.m. Saturday via a Twitter message that read: "NCSU is in the process of hiring Northern Illinois coach Dave Doeren.'' The school later confirmed through a press release about 30 minutes later that Doeren had been hired.
"Coach Doeren is a highly motivated overachiever who shares our goals to pursue aggressively a high level of achievement in the classroom and on the field of competition,'' said N.C. State athletic director Debbie Yow, who traveled to Illinois to complete the deal with Doeren on Saturday.
Doeren met with his Northern Illinois team Saturday to inform them of his decision to take the job at N.C. State. He will be formally introduced during a press conference at N.C. State's football building, the Murphy Center, at 4 p.m. today.
"I am honored and excited to join the Wolfpack. NC State has world-class facilities and fans that are second to none," Doeren said in a staetment. "I want to thank Chancellor Woodson and Debbie Yow for this tremendous opportunity. My family and I can't wait to get to Raleigh and become Wolfpackers. While I look forward to our future at State, I want to acknowledge and thank the Northern Illinois players and fans for their support the last two years, especially President Peters and Jeff Compher [athletic director]."
Doeren's No. 21-ranked Huskies defeated No. 17 Kent State, 44-37, in double overtime Friday to earn a second straight MAC title. The triumph was the 12th straight for Northern Illinois (12-1), which opened the 2012 season with a one-point loss against Iowa.
A Kansas native, Doeren was a four-year football letterman at Drake University. He entered the college coaching ranks as assistant coach at his alma mater before landing a graduate assistant's job at Southern Cal. Other coaching stops included Kansas, where he was linebacker coach and recruiting coordinator for three years before being promoted to defensive coordinator.
Next came five seasons at Wisconsin where Doeren was first linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator before adding defensive coordinator duties in his third year in Madison.
Northern Illinois gave Doeren his first head coaching job on Dec. 13, 2010, and reaped immediate benefits when the Huskies won their first MAC championship since 1983. The Huskies went 11-3 during that title run with their only losses coming against Kansas, Wisconsin and Central Michigan.
Doeren, 40, finishes with a 23-4 record at Northern Illinois, including a 17-1 mark in MAC play.
Although he's coached defense most of his career, Doeren's offenses at Northern Illinois have been prolific. The Huskies have scored 40 points or more 16 times in 27 games and are averaging 40.8 points this season.
Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch is being touted as a Heisman Trophy candidate after passing for 2,962 yards, rushing for 1,771 and scoring 43 touchdowns this season.
Yow settled on Doeren after also interviewing Louisiana Tech head coach Sonny Dykes and Clemson offensive coordinator Chad Morris last week. But Morris has no head coaching experience and Dykes seemed to be more interested in pursuing a position at California, where he also interviewed last week.
Doeren replaces O'Brien, who was fired last Sunday after completing his sixth regular season. The Wolfpack went 40-35 during O'Brien's tenure, including 7-5 this season. N.C. State is bowl eligible, but won't learn its post-season destination until this week. Offensive coordinator Dana Bible is coaching the Wolfpack in the bowl game.
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'Landmark' sale spurs question of access to Monument RocksResident's agreement to buy popular natural site raises liability issue.With an asking price of $11 million, Norman Nelson wasn't at all interested in taking a closer look at the famed Pyramid Ranch in southwest Gove County.
The rest of the story, as they say, now is history, and Nelson has agreed to purchase the 12,900-acre ranch, which includes Monument Rocks - deemed a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service and one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas." Nelson, in a telephone interview from Florida, agreed that the Pyramids, as they're called by area residents, truly are a state wonder. He's not sure, however, what the access will be once the sale is completed. "At the moment, there is total access to Monument Rocks," he said. "I'm not sure what we're going to do." He said that out of concern over liability, raised when seller J.M. Theis, Topeka, told Nelson about an incident several years ago, when someone climbed to the top of the rocks and fell to his death. "At this moment, they're open to the public," he said. "We're not sure what to do. It would probably be smart to put up a good fence. Let the people look at them, but not go around them." A main county road splits the rocks, which has shared its "8 Wonders" designation with Castle Rock in the eastern part of the county. While Nelson has looked at the ranch before, this time around, all the papers have been signed and only the legal research needs to be completed. "I guess it's going to happen," he said. Nelson crossed paths with Pyramid Ranch a few years ago, when a friend suggested it might be for sale. "I couldn't get a straight answer from anyone," Nelson said of the situation at the time. "I just gave up the idea of buying it." So much so he didn't even get involved when there was a public auction of the ranch last fall, an auction that fetched a bid of $8.5 million. That bid, however, was deemed unacceptable by family members, who ended up putting the ranch - though the corporation owned all of the land - up for sale through private treaty. But that's when Warren Bullock, the Norton resident who first suggested that Nelson look at the ranch, suggested he might contact the owners again. Nelson then contacted Theis, whose family has owned the ranch for years. That's when the exchange about the price started. Much like the auction, Nelson will be buying the entire ranch - 12,900 acres - and most of the mineral rights with it. The land itself actually is owned by the Pyramid Ranch Corp. "It's all owned by the corporation, and I'm buying the corporation entirely," he said. He plans to use the ranch as part of his ranching organization. He owns the former Running W Grazing Association in Trego County, where he's built a 6,000-head feedlot he fills with his own cattle. He also owns a ranch near Paradise. He owns land in Norton County, much of it irrigated, but most of it is farmed by his son and grandson. The Pyramid Ranch, he said, is cross-fenced into six pastures and will be able to support anywhere from 1,300 to 1,600 cow-calf pairs. He's also planning to expand oil exploration operations beyond the three wells already located on the ranch. Nelson said he's already been told by an oil man he could recover the purchase price through the sale of mineral rights. blog comments powered by Disqus Inappropriate comments include those which: are libelous or defamatory are obscene, pornographic or sexually explicit; substituting characters for letters is not acceptable degrade others on basis of race, gender, class, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability or other classification are predatory, hateful or intended to attack, intimidate or harass writers or other commenters. contain advertising or solicitation misrepresent your identity or affiliation Also: Please don't hijack comment threads to controversial topics; keep comments relevant to the topic. Click here to read the entire policy |


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on March 8, 2013 @ 11:57 am (Updated: 12:28 pm - 3/8/13 )One of the casualties of the recent budget cuts is that the White House tours have been canceled. Spokesman Jay Carney knows that a lot of tourists will be disappointed.
"The Secret Service presented options. The White House made the decision that we would unfortunately have to temporarily suspend these tours."
Well, on the Fox News Channel - Eric Bolling, former commodities trader turned talk host - proposed a solution.
"Word is, it will cost around $74,000. If I can get the White House doors open, I will pick up the tab. Mr. Carney, you know this is an offer you can't refuse. Give me a call."
Bolling hosts a show called "The Five." His other four panelists seemed stunned.
"I think we just realized "The Five" isn't your primary source of income!" laughed one.
"If Kimberly and I volunteer to do the tours, can we get in on that scratch?" asked another.
But he's serious. "I will absolutely write the check."
And if that's what it takes - if well-off Americans would rather pay a la carte instead of the additional taxes the President wants, why not take the deal?
In fact, since Congress can't pass a budget, since the President is so desperate he's started treating the members to fancy meals, plying them with Lobster Thermidor - a pox on them all!
They had their chance. We have the Internet now. The White House can post a list of the cuts, and anyone with money who feels strongly about them can use one-click ordering to put it on their Pay Pal account.
It's no more arbitrary than what's going on already.
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Augustin Stables' Ever So Lucky, which spent part of the winter training at the Springdale Race Course for Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard, opened his 3-year-old campaign by finishing third in Saturday's $150,000 Swale Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park in Florida.
With less than three weeks left before the Carolina Cup Races, reserved parking spaces are, once again, moving at a brisk pace.
It was a good week for maidens who got their starts at Kip Elser's Kirkwood Stables in Camden.
Get Stormy shook off the doldrums from his 12th place finish in last November's TVG Breeders' Cup Mile by winning his first race of 2012 by wiring Saturday's $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (Gr. 1) in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
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There are two certainties as to the 2011 Eclipse Award winner for steeplechasing. First, it will be an Irish-bred gelding. Second, it will be owned by Irv Naylor.
National Racing Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day will be the guest speaker at the South Carolina Thoroughbred Owners' and Breeders' Association awards banquet.
Michael O'Brien, 68, whose career as a steeplechase jockey ended following a fall in the 1974 Carolina Cup steeplechase, passed away last Friday afternoon at Tallaght Hospital in his native Dublin, Ireland, following an illness.
The Carolina Cup Racing Association's "Salute to the Military" at last month's running of the Marion duPont Scott Colonial Cup Steeplechase proved to be a flag-waving event in more ways than one with the unveiling of a mural of "Old Glory" sponsored by McDonald's. It was sent to a unit from McEntire Air Force Base which is currently based in the Middle East.
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While it may not have been on the flat track, The Elkstone Group LLC's Bodie Island roared to a 2 ¾-length win a short trip from where he was developed when he jumped his way to victory in the $20,000 Hobkirk Hill Starter Allowance at the Nov. 23 Marion duPont Scott Colonial Cup in Camden.
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