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Poet Richard Fox gains insight – and material – through cancer treatment
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Jeff's targeted therapy has kept his advanced lung cancer at bay.
Coagulation disorders refer to blood diseases in which the blood does not clot properly, which can lead to an increased risk of bleeding (hemorrhage) or obstructive clotting (thrombosis). Learn about coagulation disorders and find information on how we support and care for people with these disorders before, during, and after treatment.
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Our physicians, radiologists, nurse practitioners, and
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Said, "Never say never"
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Examples of me
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John Travolta's 16-year-old son dies
John Travolta's son Jett passed away today after suffering a seizure at a vacation home in the Bahamas. Authorities say Jett struck his head on the bathtub and died on the scene after attempts to revive him failed. TMZ reports:
We're told 16-year-old Jett was vacationing with Travolta and wife Kelly Preston.
There have been reports that Jett was autistic, though Travolta has denied it, saying he suffers from Kawasaki Syndrome, a condition which often leads to heart disease.
Travolta's attorney Michael Ossi says Jett suffered a seizure at his family's vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he died on scene.
Wow, that's horrifically sad and especially right after the holidays. My sincerest condolences to the Travolta family and Jett's loved ones.


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LOUIS Theroux's expression ranges from mild disapproval to awkward embarrassment when he returns to the US's porn capital and revisits the people and themes of a show he made 15 years earlier. Given the ubiquity of porn on the internet, you would assume that someone, somewhere, is making a motser from it, but Theroux's interest is less in that part of the equation than in the psychological effects that making skin flicks has on the often already-damaged people who gravitate towards the business. The insights he flushes out aren't exactly revealing or surprising but it's when he leaves the set, where a cheesy and singularly unerotic scene is being filmed, and tracks down the people he interviewed in the earlier program that modesty turns into desolation. One of them has committed suicide, another has reformed himself after a prison sentence and another appears as messed up as when he was the king of ''extreme sex'' DVDs (don't ask). All up, it's not one of the better instalments of Theroux's show.
The Grammar of Happiness, ABC1, 9.30pm
WHO doesn't enjoy a good conspiracy, even if it improbably involves a missionary-turned-linguist we'd never heard of before, an Amazonian tribe that has resisted the incursions of the modern world, plus the theory of universal grammar - the widely accepted theory among linguists that human language is determined genetically rather than culturally? The makers of this documentary, Australia's Essential Media and Entertainment, have cleverly used the conspiracy hook to draw us into a scholarly debate that in every likelihood would not otherwise have reached beyond academic journals. American Daniel Everett was a devout missionary when he first decamped to the Amazon more than 30 years ago to save the Piraha tribe. Realising they didn't need the lessons of God, he began studying their language, identifying some peculiar traits (no words for colour, numbers, nor tenses) and controversially claiming their language lacks recursion, the ability to build an infinite number of sentences within sentences. The latter claim set him on a collision course with revered intellectual Noam Chomsky. If Everett's claim that culture rather than genetics had shaped the Piraha language, the theory of universal language would be undermined. The issues come to a head when a team of cognitive scientists from MIT are prevented by Brazilian authorities from visiting the Piraha to gather fresh evidence. The film presents an interesting case study of anthropology and theories of language, while strongly suggesting the debate Everett is losing has less to do with science than political correctness.
The New Normal, Channel Ten, 9pm
SADLY, the new normal plays much like the old normal did, according to this disappointing sitcom about affluent gay couple and expectant dads David and Bryan and their extended clan. Despite its promise of forging new territory, it's let down by stereotyped characters, predictable storylines and sitcom-101 dialogue. Tonight's Thanksgiving episode is a reckoning of family bonds, the family we were born with and the one we choose, which plays out in a very conventional way.


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Western Kentucky Veterans Center Poker Run
Additional Information
Rolling Thunder Kentucky Chapter 1 (www.rollingthunderky1.org) will host its 11th annual poker run to benefit the Western Kentucky Veterans Center on Saturday, June 15, 2013 at the Veterans Center in Hanson, Kentucky.
The requested donation is $10.00 and registration begins at 9:00am. There will be food, music and prizes for participants. All bikes depart from and return to the Veterans Center on 926 Veterans Drive in Hanson.


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Cory Monteith Cremated as Rumors of Marriage Plans With Lea Michele Surface
After a private hospital viewing attended by his family members and girlfriend / co-star, Lea Michele, 'Glee' actor Cory Monteith's body was cremated in Vancouver, Canada, where he died of a drug and alcohol overdose last weekend.
The body was released to his mother, Ann McGregor, on July 16. She held a private hospital viewing with Michele and his older brother, Shaun, before proceeding with the cremation.
Monteith's father, Joe, was not invited to the viewing. He is divorced from Monteith's mother and said he is "totally devastated" over the fact that he didn't get the chance to give his son a proper goodbye.
"I always loved both my sons and am going to miss Cory very, very much. I'm saddened at the fact that I couldn't have been there to see my son before he was cremated," Joe Monteith told TMZ. He was also shocked about his son's heroin problems.
Father and son were estranged at one point, with Cory saying in 2011, "We'd spoken maybe three or four times [during that period] and he reached out to me on Facebook. I couldn't shut the door, so I got on a plane."
Amidst the cremation news, rumors have surfaced that Monteith and Michele were talking marriage. A formal engagement never materialized, but they discussed it and were planning to make a permanent commitment, which only serves to make Monteith's death that much more tragic.
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ICONIC views of the Malvern Hills will be lost forever after a planning inspector overturned a council's decision to refuse 45 new homes in Powick.
Inspector Clive Hughes agreed the loss of the views from Malvern Road and the Crown pub would cause harm but felt the benefits of more housing outweighed it.
Planning policy dictates that if a council does not have an up-to-date five-year-plan for housing supply, as is the case in South Worcestershire, more weight must be given to any proposal that supplies housing.
The news comes as a blow to local people who raised £10,000 to fight the appeal, submitted by Bovis Homes after Malvern Hills District Council rejected the plan in August.
Councillor Tom Wells said: "I think we are seeing the tip of the iceberg.
"Until the South Worcestershire councils have got a housing plan, I think we will see more speculative applications.
He added: "The inspector recognised these are the first views of the Malvern Hills as you are travelling from Worcester.
"He called it an iconic view and he's dead right.
"I find it extraordinary on one hand he accepts the significant loss but he considers the need for more housing trumps that."
Coun Wells said it sent a clear message to other developers that inspectors would rule in their favour.
The permission for the homes, opposite the Crown pub, comes shortly after councillors agreed a plan for 39 extra homes in Colletts Green and
Coun Wells said the village was expanding without any necessary facilities.
He said: "We've lost our village stores, post office and butcher shop.
"The school is full and the village hall is over-subscribed."
Russell Close resident Sarah Beard said villagers were disappointed but added: "At least by taking it to the inspector heavier conditions were placed on Bovis which might not have otherwise happened at Malvern Hills District Council."
Mrs Beard described the current planning system as "vicious."
The decision came after a four-day inquiry at Callow End Village Hall.
Mr Hughes said the plan, which includes 18 affordable homes, could generate almost £800,000 per year for the local economy and would provide a public open space with a viewing platform offering a spectacular and uninterrupted view of the hills.
He also pointed out Bovis would contribute towards the construction of a sports pavilion with community room at the nearby Hamilton Close playing fields and would pay £6,000 towards bus stops, £82,653 towards education, £18,225 towards footway works and £67,042 towards Worcester Transport Strategy.


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Dekalb, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - The 18th-ranked Northern Illinois Huskies continue their quest for perfection, as they close out the regular season on Tuesday night with a home bout against the Western Michigan Broncos.
Thanks to another Heisman run by its star quarterback, Northern Illinois continued its streak of 11-win seasons, now at three straight after last week's 35-17 road win at Toledo. The team, which has already secured a spot in the Mid-American Conference Championship Game for the fourth straight season, is 11-0 on the year, including 7-0 in MAC play. With the win over the Rockets, NIU has now won 24 straight conference games, the longest streak in the country. The Huskies also boast of the nation's longest win streak at home (25 games).
P.J. Fleck's first season at the helm of the Broncos couldn't have gone much worse. Western Michigan is a miserable 1-10 overall, with the lone win coming at the end of October against Massachusetts (31-30). The team has played better of late, but narrow losses to Eastern Michigan (35-32 OT) and Central Michigan (27-22) ring a bit hollow.
This marks the 39th all-time meeting between these two teams. The Broncos hold a 23-15 series advantage.
The Broncos have struggled greatly on the offensive side of the ball this season, ranking 115th nationally in scoring (17.5 ppg) and 110th in total offense (333.6 ypg).
Instability under center has certainly been a big reason for the lack of numbers, as redshirt freshman Zach Terrell and senior Tyler Van Tubbergen have split time, with neither distinguishing themselves. The pair have combined for just under 2,400 passing yards, with 12 touchdowns against 18 interceptions. Tubbergen has been dealing with a shoulder injury for a few weeks and isn't expected to play in the season finale.
One bright spot has been the play of freshman wideout Corey Davis. The 6- foot-2 youngster not only leads the team, but all freshmen nationally with 64 receptions, for 913 yards and six TDs.
Another area where the Broncos have struggled is on the ground. WMU is averaging a modest 118.3 yards per game rushing, but neither Dareyon Chance (59.8 ypg), nor Brian Fields (55.2 ypg) are game-changers.
Still, being competitive late in the season, especially offensively, is something Fleck hopes to build on.
"They've had every right to quit this entire year, and normal teams would have quit," said Fleck following the loss to Central Michigan. "That tells me that the foundation is being built. I am proud of that group."
Compounding the problem for WMU this season is a defense that is allowing an alarming 35.6 ppg. The Broncos have been particularly susceptible to the run, allowing 234.1 ypg (115th nationally). A lack of a pass rush is also reason for concern, as WMU has just seven sacks all year.
Junior free safety Justin Currie has done his part, making plays all over the field. Currie leads the Broncos in tackles (103), is tied in interceptions (3) and forced fumbles (2) and ranks second on the team in TFL (7.0).
Quarterback Jordan Lynch has to be salivating over the possibilities against a porous defense like Western Michigan this week. The nation's premier dual threat, Lynch leads an NIU offensive attack that is generating 43.7 ppg and 549.5 total yards. The Huskies are churning out 309.3 yards rushing per game (seventh nationally), adding 240.2 yards through the air.
Forget the "level of competition" argument, as Lynch has put together his second straight Heisman worthy campaign. The 6-0 senior has completed 66.3 percent of his passes, for 2,418 yards and 21 touchdowns, while rushing for 1,434 yards and 17 more scores.
He makes everyone around him better on offense, and has aided in big seasons for tailback Cameron Stingily (958 yards, nine TDs) and wideouts Tommylee Lewis (74 receptions, 623 yards, three TDs) and Da'Ron Brown (41 receptions, 689 yards, nine TDs).
The NIU defense is a few steps behind the offense in terms of production, but the Huskies haven't had to be stout with the way Lynch is running rampant. On the season, the Huskies are allowing 24.5 ppg, as foes are putting up 425.5 yards of total offense on average. Still, this unit makes plays, as evidenced by its +13 turnover margin (eighth nationally), having recorded 17 interceptions.
Leading the way in that regard is ball hawk Jimmie Ward. The senior safety is second on the team in total tackles (74), but first in the MAC with six interceptions. Junior linebacker Jamaal Bass leads the team in tackles (75), with two forced fumbles. Senior end George Rainey (34 tackles) is the top playmaker up front, leading in TFL (8.0) and sacks (4.0).
Despite the obvious advantages NIU has coming into this game, head coach Rod Carey has tried to keep his team focused on the task at hand,
"It's going to be a challenge," said Carey. "It's a team that you can't take lightly at this time of the year because no matter what a team's struggles are through the course of a year, you get to this time of the year and you see improvement. Those freshmen, those young guys they've been playing aren't freshmen anymore. They're seasoned. We certainly have to dot our I's and cross our T's on this one. It's a big game for us."


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Dwarves are known for their skill in warfare, their ability to withstand physical and magical punishment, their knowledge of the earth's secrets, their hard work, and their capacity for drinking ale. Their mysterious kingdoms, carved out from the insides of mountains, are renowned for the marvelous treasures that they produce as gifts for trade.
Physical DescriptionEdit
Dwarves stand only 4 to 4-1/2 feet tall, but they are so broad and compact that they are, on average, almost as heavy as humans. Dwarf men are slightly taller and noticeably heavier than dwarf women. Dwarves' skin is typically deep tan or light brown, and their eyes are dark. Their hair is usually black, gray, or brown, and worn long. Dwarf men value their beards highly and groom them very carefully. Dwarves favor simple styles for their hair, beards, and clothes. Dwarves are considered adults at about age 40, and they can live to be more than 400 years old.
Dwarves get along fine with gnomes, and passably with humans, half-elves, and halflings. Dwarves say, "The difference between an acquaintance and a friend is about 100 years." Humans, with their short life spans, have a hard time forging truly strong bonds with dwarves. The best dwarf-human friendship is often between a human and a dwarf who liked that human's parents and grandparents. Dwarves fail to appreciate elves' subtlety and art, regarding elves as unpredictable, fickle, and flighty. Still, elves and dwarves have, through the ages, found common cause in battles against orcs, goblins, and gnolls.
Dwarves are usually lawful, and they tend toward good. Adventuring dwarves are less likely to fit the common mould, however, since they're more likely to be those who did not fit perfectly into dwarven society.
Dwarven LandsEdit
Dwarven kingdoms usually lie deep beneath the stony faces of mountains, where the dwarves mine gems and precious metals and forge items of wonder. Trustworthy members of other races are welcome in such settlements, though some parts of these lands are off limits even to them. Whatever wealth the dwarves can't find in their mountains they gain through trade. Dwarves dislike water travel, so enterprising humans frequently handle trade in dwarven goods when trade is along a water route. Dwarves in human lands are typically mercenaries, weaponsmiths, armorsmiths, jewelers, and artisans. Dwarf bodyguards are renowned for their courage and loyalty, and they are rewarded for their virtues. Some weapons in dungeons and dragons are considered exotic to other races that are not dwarves.
The chief deity of the dwarves is Moradin, the Soul Forger. He is the creator of the dwarves, and expects his followers to work for the betterment of the dwarven race.
Dwarves speak Dwarven, which has its own runic script. Dwarven literature is marked by comprehensive histories of kingdoms and wars through the millennia. The Dwarven alphabet is also used (with minor variations) for the Gnome, Giant, Goblin, Orc, and Terran languages. Dwarves often speak the languages of their friends (humans and gnomes) and enemies. Some also learn Terran, the strange language of earth-based creatures such as xorns.
A dwarf's name is granted to him by his clan elder, in accordance with tradition. Every proper dwarven name has been used and reused down through the generations. A dwarf's name is not his own. It belongs to his clan. If he misuses it or brings shame to it, his clan will strip him of it. A dwarf stripped of his name is forbidden by dwarven law to use any dwarven name in his place.
Male NamesEdit
- Barendd
- Brottor
- Eberk
- Einkil
- Oskar
- Rurik
- Taklinn
- Tordek
- Traubon
- Ulfgar
- Veit
Female NamesEdit
- Artin
- Audhild
- Dagnal
- Diesa
- Gunnloda
- Hlin
- Ilde
- Liftrasa
- Sannl
- Torgga
Clan NamesEdit
- Balderk
- Dankil
- Gorunn
- Holderhek
- Loderr
- Lutgehr
- Rumnaheim
- Strakeln
- Torunn
- Ungart
A dwarf adventurer may be motivated by crusading zeal, a love of excitement, or simple greed. As long as his accomplishments bring honor to his clan, his deeds earn him respect and status. Defeating giants and claiming powerful magic weapons are sure ways for a dwarf to earn the respect of other dwarves. Template:SRD-dwarves


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Is it unreasonable to expect greatness from the great?
That's a key question when considering a TV movie that stars Oscar winners Al Pacino and Helen Mirren, and was written and directed by acclaimed playwright and screenwriter David Mamet.
When talents of such a soaring level converge, an end product that's pretty good isn't nearly good enough.
And so it is with Phil Spector, the HBO-produced TV-movie drama that premieres Sunday at 10 p.m. on HBO Canada. It's a tidily paced story that has something to do with the murder trial of a famous music producer, and its structure allows formidable actors numerous opportunities to show how good they are at making scripted drama seem very impressively dramatic. But in the end, one is left wondering just exactly has been accomplished, and why.
Consider the disclaimer -- probably the most unique and confounding you'll ever read -- that appears onscreen before Phil Spector begins:
"This is a work of fiction. It's not 'based on a true story.' It's a drama inspired by actual persons in a trial, but it is neither an attempt to depict the actual persons, nor to comment upon the trial or its outcome."
So here's another question, then: When a movie carries the name of a real person as its title, and includes a storyline that reflects actual historical events in that person's life, is a briefly displayed disclaimer enough to separate the film's makers from the audience's inevitable assumption that a movie named after a person is actually about that person?
It's a sticky business, and this uncomfortable fictional-fact tap dance ultimately distracts from some fine work onscreen.
Phil Spector is focused on the first of two trials the idiosyncratic record-industry pioneer (played by Pacino) faced after being charged with the 2003 murder of actress and alleged fame-seeker Lana Clarkson. The woman died of a single gunshot wound to the head, from a pistol that was fired while the barrel was in her mouth.
Police and the prosecution determined that Spector, a known accumulator of guns who had been accused in the past of keeping women in his home against their will, at gunpoint, shot Clarkson. Spector's claim was that Clarkson, depressed and deeply intoxicated, committed suicide while he was in the room.
With his defence lawyers scrambling to come up with a strategy that might somehow convince a jury to acquit their highly unlikable client, lead attorney Bruce Cutler (Jeffrey Tambor) seeks out Linda Kenney Baden (Mirren) in the hope she can find an angle they can exploit.
At first, she dismisses the case as a no-hope loser; after meeting with Spector in his cavernous and creepy mansion, however, she becomes intrigued with the man and begins to immerse herself in the case.
By the time she's forced to decide whether to put Spector on the stand to testify in his own defence, events have unfolded in a manner that leaves her as pretty much the only person who still has a reasonable doubt about his guilt.
Phil Spector is, for its trio of lead actors, a vehicle that allows them to do some really entertaining acting. Mirren is restrained but resolute as the lawyer who literally makes herself sick with the amount of effort she commits to her task, and Tambor, the ever-reliable sideman, is rock solid in every scene he inhabits.
Pacino is, well, Pacino, for all the good and bad that can entail. He can be a chewer of scenery at times, but when he holds himself in check, he's magnificent. He's mostly great here, as he so deeply immerses himself in the character that it's actually possible to ignore the rotating schedule of absurd wigs Spector parades around on a daily basis.
The story doesn't really go anywhere (neither, in the real world, did Spector's first trial, which ended with a deadlocked jury), but perhaps the point is that it doesn't have to. The guy who wrote it says the whole thing is made up anyway, and shouldn't be believed.
Is it worth watching Phil Spector? The view here is that yes, it is. If nothing else, it's a chance to watch great actors doing good work. Just keep in mind that anything you might think you learn about Phil Spector by tuning in is something its writer/director has emphatically claimed he had no intention of teaching you.
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WEPL Premier One
Ashcott & Shapwick 149 lost to Taunton Deane 150-1 by nine wickets
ASHCOTT & Shapwick plunged deeper towards relegation from Premier One with a nine-wicket thrashing at the hands of title-chasing Taunton Deane.
Missing captain Steve Tinnion through suspension, Ashcott were rolled for just 147 in 43 overs as Deane took control.
They needed just 32 overs to secure the win and condemn Ashcott to a seventh consecutive league defeat and an eighth of the season overall.
The Ashcott case wasn't helped by a series of heated disagreements between their own players and the absence of their captain.
Tinnion is the second Ashcott player to serve a suspension this season, after seam bowler James Hayman was banned earlier in the campaign.
Ashcott are now 49 points from safety and 33 adrift of Taunton St Andrews, leaving them staring down the barrel of a return to Premier Two.
They travel to league leaders Bath this Saturday.


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Did you know?
Boplaas celebrated 350 years of winemaking in 2009 with a Rosé made from grapes crushed by an elephant.
The Klein Karoo Wine Route lies in a flat semi-arid basin. Around it, the great walls of the Langeberge-Outeniqua and Groot Swartberg Mountains rise up; a rugged stone coronet that wraps around fruitful Montagu in the west, all the way along Barrydale, Calitzdorp and Oudtshoorn, to De Rust near Meiringspoort in the east.
Roughly speaking, vines in the southern part of this area, namely Montagu, Barrydale, and Tradouw up to Ladismith, are planted in the foothills and kloofs of the Langeberge, with its chalky, shallow soil, weathered from the surrounding sandstone mountains. This terroir, combined with a climate of hot days and cool nights, contribute towards the award-winning ruby cabernets, merlots and chardonnays that come out of this region. Don't miss Barrydale Cellars' highly awarded pot still brandies.
But it's the area between Ladismith and Oudtshoorn that lends a particular character to the wine route in the Klein Karoo, with Calitzdorp at its heart. Here, a semi-desert environment with intense sunshine brings out the deep berry flavours needed for excellent fortified wines like Cape port (although this name may no longer be used due to a European Union ruling).
Likened to the Douro in Portugal, plantings here consist mainly of the grape varieties of Tinta Barocca and Touriga Nacional. Besides creating champion port (called Cape tawny, vintage and ruby in South Africa) and muscadels, winemakers here are experimenting with typical port cultivars to create interesting red wines.
Visit Boplaas, De Krans, Peter Bayly cellars and make a point of trying Axe Hill's pink and white versions.
Muscat varieties flourish around Oudtshoorn in fertile silt where hot days and warm nights bring out the sweet potency needed for semi-sweet and dessert wines. This wine route in the Klein Karoo is also renowned for the quality of its excellent pot still brandies.
Full of wondrous landscapes and warm hospitality, this 17-cellar Klein Karoo winelands ramble is a wine tour with a difference.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Klein Karoo Wine Route
Tel: +27 (0)28 572 1284
Cell: +27 (0)86 528 4055
Email: email@example.com
How to get here
The Klein Karoo Wine Route can be reached via the following routes: From Graaff Reinet (R341) and Meiringspoort near De Rust in the East From Uniondale via the Langkloof (R62) in the East From George (N2) via the Outeniqua Pass in the South East From Mossel Bay (N2) via the Robinson Pass in the South From Montagu (R62) in the West
Best time to visit
May is festival time in many small towns in the Klein Karoo. From August – October the route is at its most beautiful – a spectacle of fruit orchards, blossoms, wildflower carpets, and lush vineyards.
Around the area
Cango Caves, ostrich farms, crocodile cage-diving and meerkat safaris in Oudsthoorn. South Africa's greatest mountain passes the Swartberg, Outeniqua, Montagu, Robinson, Seweweekspoort and Meiringspoort traverse the Little Karoo.
Tours to do
Oudtshoorn's Art, Cheese and Wine Route; the Little Karoo Mermaid Trail; Langkloof Fruit Route; R62 Brandy Route
Get around
Self-drive is the way to go, so you can explore this 220km route, and all the good bits in-between, at leisure.
What will it cost
The cost of a tasting varies from estate to estate – phone ahead or enquire at the cellar door.
Length of stay
Take a few days.
What to pack
Karoo temperatures can vary greatly because the area is semi-desert. Wear seasonal appropriate clothing, and sun protection is essential. You may wish to bring a telescope to admire the Karoo's clear skies.
Where to stay
Lentelus Farm, Barrydale; Rosenhof Country House, Calitzdorp Country House, 'Ostrich Palace', Oudtshoorn; Mimosa Lodge, Montagu
What to eat
Stone-fruit, deciduous fruit and table grapes from Langkloof and Montagu. Oudtshoorn ostrich and cheese, Ladismith's lamb, venison and brandy.
Best buys
Fresh and dried fruits, and wines.


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Respiratory tract disorders or Respiratory Disease is the term for diseases of the respiratory system in interferes with the process of respiration. These include disorders of the larynx lung, pleural cavity, bronchial tubes, trachea, upper respiratory tract and of the nerves and muscles of breathing. Of particular interest to psychologists are:
Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting such as the common cold to life-threatening such as bacterial pneumonia or pulmonary embolism. They are a common and important cause of illness and death. In the US, people suffer 1 billion colds per year.[1] One in seven people in the UK is affected by some form of chronic lung disease, most commonly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.[2] Respiratory disease is responsible for over 10% of hospitalizations and over 16% of deaths in Canada.[3] The study of respiratory disease is known as pulmonology. A doctor who specializes in respiratory disease is known as a pulmonologist, a chest medicine specialist, a respiratory medicine specialist, a respirologist or a thoracic medicine specialist.
The symptoms of respiratory disease differ depending on the disease. Common symptoms are:
- Shortness of breath or dyspnea which usually occurs with exercise and can interfere with daily activities. In severe cases, shortness of breath can occur while resting.
- Cough with or without the production of sputum.
- Coughing blood (haemoptysis).
- Chest pain. This may or may not be pleuritic chest pain (that is pain that worsens with the movements of breathing).
- Noisy breathing, either wheeze or stridor.
- Somnolence.
- Loss of appetite.
- Weight loss.
- Cyanosis, a bluish discoloration of the lips, tongue or fingers.
In some cases respiratory disease is diagnosed without symptoms in the investigation of another disease or through a routine check.
Diagnostic testsEdit
Respiratory diseases may be investigated by performing one or more of the following tests
- Chest x-ray
- Pulmonary function test
- Computed tomography scan
- Culture of microorganisms from secretions such as sputum
- Bronchoscopy
- Biopsy of the lung or pleura
- Ventilation - perfusion scan
- Ultrasound scanning can be useful to detect fluid such as pleural effusion
Treatment of respiratory disease depends on the particular disease being treated, the severity of disease and the patient. Lifestyle factors such as regular exercise and healthy nutrition are important in preventing and treating respiratory disease. Vaccination can prevent some respiratory diseases. In addition, the following treatments are often used for respiratory diseases:
- Medication, often given in an inhaled form
- Corticosteroids
- Bronchodilators
- Antibiotics
- Anticoagulants
- Cancer chemotherapy
- Immune suppressants
- Physiotherapy
- Oxygen
- Liquid ventilation (or Liquid breathing)
- Surfactant Replacement Therapy
- Radiotherapy
- Surgery
- Removal of a cancer e.g. lobectomy, pneumonectomy
- Pleurodesis
- Lung volume reduction surgery
- Lung transplantation
- Artificial respiration- eg Mechanical ventilation, Artificial lung
Respiratory diseasesEdit
Respiratory diseases can be classified in many different ways; by the organ involved, by the pattern of symptoms or by the cause of the disease.
Obstructive lung diseasesEdit
Obstructive lung diseases are diseases of the lung where the bronchial tubes become narrowed making it hard to move air in and especially out of the lung.
Restrictive lung diseasesEdit
Restrictive lung diseases (also known as interstitial lung diseases) are a category of respiratory disease characterised by a loss of lung compliance,[4] causing incomplete lung expansion and increased lung stiffness. E.g. in infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS)
Respiratory tract infectionsEdit
Infections can affect any part of the respiratory system. They are traditionally divided into upper respiratory tract infections and lower respiratory tract infections.
Upper respiratory tract infectionEdit
The most common upper respiratory tract infection is the common cold however infections of specific organs of the upper respiratory tract such as sinusitis, tonsillitis, otitis media, pharyngitis and laryngitis are also considered upper respiratory tract infections.
Lower respiratory tract infectionEdit
The most common lower respiratory tract infection in is pneumonia, a lung infection. Pneumonia is usually caused by bacteria, particularly Streptococcus pneumoniae in Western countries. Worldwide, tuberculosis is an important cause of pneumonia. Other pathogens such as viruses and fungi can cause pneumonia for example severe acute respiratory syndrome and pneumocystis pneumonia. A pneumonia may develop complications such as a lung abscess, a round cavity in the lung caused by the infection or an empyema, the spread of the infection to the pleural cavity.
Respiratory tumoursEdit
Tumours of the respiratory system are either malignant or benign.
Malignant tumoursEdit
Malignant tumours, or cancers of the respiratory system, particularly lung cancers, are a major health problem responsible for 15% of all cancer diagnoses and 29% of all cancer deaths[5]. The majority of respiratory system cancers are attributable to smoking tobacco.
The major types of respiratory system cancer are:
- Small cell lung cancer
- Non-small cell lung cancer
- Adenocarcinoma
- Large cell undifferentiated carcinoma
- Other lung cancers (carcinoid, Kaposi's sarcoma, melanoma)
- Lymphoma
- Head and neck cancer
- Mesothelioma, usually caused by exposure to asbestos dust.
In addition, since many cancers spread via the bloodstream and the entire cardiac output passes through the lungs, it common for cancer metastases to occur the lung. Breast cancer may invade directly through local spread, and through lymph node metastases. After metastasis to the liver, colon cancer frequently metastasizes to the lung. Prostate cancer, germ cell cancer and renal cell carcinoma may also metastasize to the lung.
Treatment of respiratory system cancer depends on the type of cancer. Surgery (usually removal of part of the lung, a lobectomy or an entire lung, a pneumonectomy), chemotherapy and radiotherapy are all used. The chance of surviving lung cancer depends on the cancer stage at the time the cancer is diagnosed and is only about 14-17% overall[6]. In the case of metastases to the lung, treatment can occasionally be curative but only in certain, rare circumstances.
Benign tumoursEdit
Benign tumours are relatively rare causes of respiratory disease. Examples of benign tumours are:
- Pulmonary hamartoma
- Congenital malformations such as pulmonary sequestration and congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM).
Pleural cavity diseasesEdit
Pleural cavity diseases include empyema and mesothelioma which are mentioned above.
A collection of fluid in the pleural cavity is known as a pleural effusion. This may be due to fluid shifting from the bloodstream into the pleural cavity due to conditions such as congestive heart failure and cirrhosis. It may also be due to inflammation of the pleura itself as can occur with infection, pulmonary embolus, tuberculosis, mesothelioma and other conditions.
A pneumothorax is a hole in the pleura covering the lung allowing air in the lung to escape into the pleural cavity. The affected lung "collapses" like a deflated balloon. A tension pneumothorax is a particularly severe form of this condition where the air in the pleural cavity cannot escape, so the pneumothorax keeps getting bigger until it compresses the heart and blood vessels, leading to a life threatening situation.
Pulmonary vascular diseasesEdit
Pulmonary vascular diseases are conditions that affect the pulmonary circulation. Examples of these conditions are[How to reference and link to summary or text]
- Pulmonary embolism, a blood clot that forms in a vein, breaks free, travels through the heart and lodges in the lungs (thromboembolism). Large pulmonary emboli are fatal, causing sudden death. A number of other substances can also embolise to the lungs but they are much more rare: fat embolism (particularly after bony injury), amniotic fluid embolism (with complications of labour and delivery), air embolism (iatrogenic).
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension, elevated pressure in the pulmonary arteries. It can be idiopathic or due to the effects of another disease, particularly COPD. This can lead to strain on the right side of the heart, a condition known as cor pulmonale.
- Pulmonary edema, leakage of fluid from capillaries of the lung into the alveoli (or air spaces). It is usually due to congestive heart failure.
- Pulmonary hemorrhage, inflammation and damage to capillaries in the lung resulting in blood leaking into the alveoli. This may cause blood to be coughed up. Pulmonary hemorrhage can be due to auto-immune disorders such as Wegener's Granulomatosis and Goodpasture's syndrome.
Disorders of breathing mechanicsEdit
The brain co-ordinates breathing and sends messages via nerves to the muscles of respiration. The muscles produce the movements of breathing. Disorders of the brain's control of breathing, the nerves or the muscles of respiration can affect the respiratory system. Common disorders of breathing mechanics are:
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Central sleep apnea
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Guillan-Barre syndrome
- Myasthenia gravis
Obesity is often associated with sleep apnea and can cause either an obstructive or a restrictive pattern on spirometry. Obesity reduces the movement of the chest wall which can, in extreme cases, result in the obesity-hypoventilation syndrome, a cause of respiratory failure.
See alsoEdit
- ↑ National Institutes of Health – common cold. URL accessed on 2008-05-07.
- ↑ British Lung Foundation - Facts about respiratory disease. URL accessed on 2008-04-19.
- ↑ Public Health Agency of Canada - Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Chronic Respiratory Diseases. URL accessed on 2008-05-06.
- ↑ Sharma, Sat. Restrictive Lung Disease. URL accessed on 2008-04-19.
- ↑ LungCancer.org. URL accessed on 2008-05-07.
- ↑ Canadian Lung Association – Lung Cancer. URL accessed on 2008-05-07.
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I am a mac user and thus have python 2.7 by default.
I've used python3.3 installer for mac and now have python3.
To install python, I know the easiest way is to use the command line:
pip install Django
I've ran this after installing python 3.
I'm getting the following message:
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): Django in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages
Cleaning up..
Python 2.7 is my default andit is where pip install Django is installing Django...
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Gators' sweep bid foiled by Vols in regular-season finale
Published: Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 5:15 p.m.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee clinched a berth in the SEC baseball tournament with a 7-5 win over Florida on Saturday afternoon at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
The No. 8 Gators (37-19, 21-9 SEC) had claimed the first two games of the series to secure the outright SEC championship and were bidding for their first sweep in Knoxville since 1992 against the Vols (31-22, 12-18).
Florida begins play at the SEC tournament in Hoover, Ala., on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. as the top seed against the winner of a Tuesday elimination game between No. 8 Alabama and No. 9 Kentucky.
Tennessee rallied from three different deficits and used a three-run fifth to punch its ticket to Hoover for the first time since 2007. Sophomore Andy Cox (5-1) yielded seven hits and five runs over seven innings to earn the win, with sophomore Andrew Lee working out of a jam in the ninth to collect his fourth save.
Junior Taylor Gushue (3-for-4, three RBIs) broke the ice with a homer to start the second inning to left field. It was his team-best sixth big fly of the year.
UT evened the contest in the bottom of the frame on an RBI single by sophomore A.J. Simcox. The Vols later had the bases loaded with two down and sophomore starter Danny Young used a fielder's choice to escape the jam.
After junior Josh Tobias moved UF back in front with a round-tripper to left leading off the third inning, Tennessee answered with three runs on three hits to grab a 4-2 advantage.
Florida plated three runs with two down in the fifth on an RBI double by sophomore Richie Martin and a two-run double by Gushue to reclaim the lead at 5-4. Martin drove in Tobias, who had walked and stolen second and third. After sophomore Harrison Bader legged out an infield single for runners on the corners, Gushue roped his team-leading 16th double down the left-field line to clear the bags.
The Vols answered with three runs in the home part of the inning to take the 7-5 lead.
Notes: Florida was foiled in its bid to equal the 2010 and 2011 SEC championship squads with a 22-8 league record. … UF's eight-game road winning streak was snapped, tied for the second-longest in school history.
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|Global Warming Information Center Fact Sheet
On July 16-27, 2001, representatives from more than 180 countries gathered in Bonn, Germany for a U.N. conference on global warming. The meeting was a followup to 1998 and 1997 meetings in Buenos Aires and Kyoto, Japan, respectively, at which the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty requiring signatories to reduce their levels of carbon dioxide and of certain pollutants to seven percent below 1990 levels, was developed and promoted. President Bill Clinton instructed Vice President Al Gore to signed the treaty, which ocurred in November of 1998, but the Clinton Administration never submitted it to the U.S. Senate for ratification. Without ratification, the treaty is not binding over the United States.
After assuming office in January
2001, President George W. Bush announced that the United States
would withdraw from the Kyoto Treaty, although it would continue
to participate fully in the international meetings that developed
the treaty. In doing so, Bush recognized numerous realities, among
which are the fact that the Treaty would never be ratified by
the U.S. Senate and the fact that the costs of meeting the treaty
obligations would be very difficult for the American people.
Following his announcement, President Bush received a firestorm of criticism from political opponents at home and from Europe. Much of this criticism, however, was hypocritical in the extreme. Proponents of the treaty had already admitted that the treaty's provisions would not have the beneficial environmental impacts advertised, and that the costs of implementation would be much higher than the public had been told. The Europeans were especially hypocritical, as no European nation save Romania had ratified the treaty, nor were any expected to do so, even though complying with the treaty, for a variety of reasons, would be easier for most European nations than it would be for the United States.
Given the climate of criticism
surrounding the Bush Administration on the issue of global warming,
The National Center for Public Policy Research has published this
list of the top charges being made on the Kyoto Protocol and the
theory of man-made global warming, and responses to each charge.
1. Charge: George W. Bush killed the Kyoto Protocol.
Response: President Bush did not kill the Kyoto Protocol. It was dead when he took office. Senate Res. 98, passed by a vote of 95-0 on July 25, 1997, states that the Senate will not ratify any climate treaty that would harm the U.S. economy or fails to require developing nations to reduce emissions.1 Kyoto fails both tests. The President simply recognized these facts.
Response: President Clinton, himself, signed appropriations bills in 1999, 2000 and 2001 prohibiting the Environmental Protection Agency from using any funds to "issue rules, regulations, decrees of orders for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol" until the Protocol is ratified by the Senate.2
2. Charge: European countries and Japan are strongly in favor of the Kyoto Protocol and criticize the U.S. for not supporting it.
Response: Neither Japan nor any European Community nation has ratified the Kyoto Protocol. In fact, of the 84 countries that signed the Protocol, it has been ratified by only 33 undeveloped countries - all of which would be unaffected by the treaty - and Romania.3
3. Charge: Emissions reductions demanded by the Kyoto Protocol would have had few economic effects.
Response: The Kyoto Protocol would have a devastating affect on the U.S. economy, according to very conservative projections by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. They estimate gasoline prices would have risen 14 to 66 cents per gallon by the year 2010, electricity would have gone up 20 to 86 percent and gross domestic product would fall.4
Other experts have predicted the output of energy intensive products, such as steel, chemicals, paper and cars would have fallen by as much as 15 percent.5 Such sweeping changes world cost the jobs of millions of Americans. That is why responsible leaders, such as Cecil E. Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers of American and James Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, have expressed grave concerns about the Protocol.
4. Charge: The burdens of meeting the demands of the Kyoto Protocol are distributed fairly.
Response: No, the burdens of meeting the demands of Kyoto would fall most heavily on minorities. A study commissioned by six African-American and Hispanic organizations found that the increased costs forced by the Protocol would cut minority income by 10 percent (white incomes would go down only 4.5 percent) and 864,000 black Americans and 511,000 Hispanics would lose their jobs.6
Response: Undeveloped countries such as China, India and Brazil are exempted from the Kyoto Protocol. However, these three countries alone are projected to produce 16 percent more carbon dioxide by the year 2020 than the U.S., even if the protocol is not in place.7
5. Charge: We have already seen man-caused global warming in this century.
Response: Actually, we have seen no sign of man-induced global warming at all. The computer models used in U.N. studies say the first area to heat under the "greenhouse gas effect" should be the lower atmosphere, known as the troposphere.8 Highly accurate, carefully checked satellite data has shown absolutely no warming. There has been surface warming of about half a degree Celsius, but this is far below the customary natural swings in surface temperatures.9
6. Charge: Carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are the primary cause of global warming.
Response: There are many indications that carbon dioxide does not play a significant role in global warming. Richard Lindzen, professor of meteorology at MIT and a member of the National Academy of Sciences panel on climate change estimates that a doubling of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would produce a temperature increase of only one degree Celsius.10
In fact, clouds and water vapor appear to be far greater factors related to global temperature. According to Lindzen of MIT and scientists at NASA, clouds and water vapor may play a significant role in regulating the earth's temperature to keep it more constant.11
7. Charge: The science on global warming is conclusive. CNN reported that a prestigious 2001 National Academy of Sciences report represented "a unanimous decision that global warming is real, is getting worse and is due to man. There is no wiggle room."
Response: Nothing could be further from the truth. Richard Lindzen of MIT, one of 11 scientists who prepared the report, has said so, repeatedly. As he has said, there were a wide variety of scientific views to be presented in that report and, "That the full report did, making clear that there is no consensus, unanimous or otherwise, about long-term climate trends and what causes them."12 It should be added that the same is true of the all of the U.N.'s International Panel on Climate Change studies on which the notion of global warming is based. Journalists who claim that studies reporting a diversity of opinion are unanimous or nearly so are guilty of false reporting.
8. Charge: Even if the science on global warming isn't certain, we should abide by the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol anyway, as a precaution that it might be right.
Response: No. We must never base environmental actions on anything but sound science. We have ample experience of doing more harm than good with environmental regulations based on unsure science. For example, the Clean Air Act mandated oxygenates in gasoline and we ended up with no improvement in air quality but now have the oxygenate MTBE polluting wells in 31 states.13,14,15
Response: We should not take actions that may not be necessary but will certainly increase the level of poverty in this country (see Charge 3, above). As economist Walter Williams of George Mason University has observed, "As you look around the world, it is poverty, as opposed to dirty air, that has implications for health."16
9. Charge: We should at least set up programs for voluntarily cutting carbon dioxide emissions.
Response: The federal government has no statutory authority for regulating carbon dioxide since it is not classified as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act.17
10. Charge: Many large companies support the Kyoto Protocol and restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions.
Response: You have to ask yourself why. As the economist Walter Williams of George Mason University has said, "Companies can use the law and regulation to accomplish what they cannot accomplish in the market. If I'm a CEO, without principle, of a company that produces gasoline products and I see another company that wants to drill for oil off Santa Monica, I would surely contribute to an environmental group that would tie my competitor up in court, thereby gaining for me a greater market advantage."18 The same reason, or other reasons completely unrelated to global warming, might motivate calls for carbon dioxide emissions.
11. Charge: Still, the warming we have seen so far is unprecedented.
Response: Actually, it is not. A thousand years ago the earth was in a very warm period, but around 1300 the Northern Hemisphere entered an ice age. Over the last 200 years, the earth has been steadily warming. It is also interesting to note that just 30 years ago, there was great concern about global cooling.19
12. Charge: But what about all those computer models that show global warming? They can't all be wrong.
Response: But they have been wrong - continually. In 1988 the IPCC computer models predicted temperatures would rise 0.8 degrees Celsius per decade. By 1990, the estimates were down to 0.3 degrees and by 1995 it was 0.2 degrees.20 So, the recent changes of estimates are nothing new nor are they any more likely to be right. As shown in item 5, in fact, none of the predicted warming has occurred.
In addition, the computer models leave out a wide variety of major climate mechanisms, including clouds. Most notably they leave out a natural heat vent phenomenon over the South Pacific that appears to have a self-regulating effect of the earth's temperature.21
by Tom Randall, director
of environmental and regulatory affairs,
and Gretchen Randall, Director of Energy and Regulatory Affairs,
The National Center for Public Policy Research
Issue Date: July 6, 2001
Revised: January 15, 2002
Contact the authors at
The National Center for Public Policy Research, Chicago office
3712 North Broadway - PMB 279
Chicago, IL 60613
(773) 857-5086 or t[email protected] or [email protected]
Or through The National Center
for Public Policy Research's main office:
20 F Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20001
(202) 507-6398 * fax (301) 498-1301
[email protected] * http://www.nationalcenter.org
1 S. Res. 98, introduced by
Senators Robert Byrd (D-WV) and Chuck Hagel (R-NE), passed 95-0,
July 25, 1997.
2 P.L. 105-276 (Conference Report 105-769), P.L. 106-744 (Conference Report 106-379), and P.L. 106-377 (Conference Report 106-988).
3 Kyoto Protocol Status of ratification as of May 9, 2001, available at http://www.unfccc.int/resource/kpstats.pdf
4 Jay E. Hakes, Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Testimony before the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, October 9, 1998.
5 Margo Thornburg, senior vice president and chief economist, American Council for Capital Formation, Testimony before the Committee on Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, October 6, 1998.
6 "Study Says Global Warming Treaty Will Hurt U.S. Minorities," Associated Press, July 6, 2000, cited by John Carlisle, "Treaty to Combat Unproven Global Warming Threat Would Hurt Americans' Standard of Living," National Policy Analysis #309, September 2000, National Center for Public Policy Research, available on the Internet at http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA309.html.
7 Heritage Foundation calculations, based on data from U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Agency Administration, International Energy Outlook 2001, Table A10
8 James K. Glassman and Sallie Baliunas, The Weekly Standard, June 25, 2001.
9 Ibid.
10 Richard Lindzen, professor of meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and member of the National Academy of Sciences, "Scientists' Report Doesn't Support The Kyoto Treaty," The Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2001
11 James K. Glassman and Sallie Baliunas, The Weekly Standard, June 25, 2001.
12 Richard Lindzen, professor of meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and member of the National Academy of Sciences, "Scientists' Report Doesn't Support The Kyoto Treaty," The Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2001
13 1990 Clean Air Act, as amended
14 Ozone-Forming Potential of Reformulated Gasoline, The National Research Council, May 11, 1999.
15 MTBE "The Biggest Environmental Crisis of the Next Decade, Chicago Life Magazine, Summer 2000.
16 Interview with Walter Williams, Ph.D., Environment & Climate News, The Heartland Institute, February 2000
17 1990 Clean Air Act, as amended
18 Interview with Walter Williams, Ph.D., Environment & Climate News, The Heartland Institute, February 2000
19 Richard Lindzen, professor of meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and member of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientists' Report Doesn't Support The Kyoto Treaty, The Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2001
20 The National Center for Public Policy Research Global Warming Kyoto Earth Summit Fact Sheet, downloaded July 3, 2001 from http://www.nationalcenter.org/KyotoFactSheet.html
21 NASA News Release No: 01-18


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Tracy Wright from the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Althea Hart from the Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault discuss the ways that hip hop songs relate to issues of sexual and intimate partner violence. They describe the work they do to educate others on critical media literacy using popular songs as examples. (41 minutes)
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From "Goodspeed's History of Tennessee . . . Thirty East TN Counties," p. 1082.
The Eaton family is of Scotch-Irish origin, and came to this State from Pennsylvania. The paternal grandfather, Robert D., was a captain, under Jackson, in the war of 1812. He and his wife died in Anderson County.


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Recent works such as What you'll see in the rebellion and Something funny happened on the way to the tyranny have brought many fresh new eyes to this outpost on the Internet. We are a nation on the cusp of repeating history.
Anyone familiar with an accurate telling of the political truths leading up to the events of mid-April, 1775 in small towns and villages west of Boston knows that while the Colonials and their British masters were at loggerheads for the better part of a decade over a number of issues including taxation and liberty, the immediate and proximate trigger of the first American Revolutionary war was an attempt by General Thomas Gage to disarm the Colonists.
Yes, the American Revolution was triggered by a gun control raid that was met with force by the American people.
The Colonials—they would have been uncomfortable thinking of themselves as anything but British prior to early 1775—were a spirited, raucous bunch. They worked hard, and were civically-minded, deeply concerned about the welfare of their fellow citizens, and jealously guarded their liberties. David Hackett Fischer's Paul Revere's Ride is a historical touchstone for those of us involved in the Appleseed Project, because Fischer goes well beyond just the few hours of Revere's historic ride, to explain in depth the culture behind it.
Anyone could have ridden through the countryside yelling, "the Regulars are about!" and been dismissed as a crank or a drunk.
What made "Revere's ride" special was that he wasn't just a man. He was many men and women in a deeply interconnected network linked by the a common cause of Liberty.
Fiercely dependent and interdependent upon one another, the Colonials had been through three wars within the the preceding decades, and had devised a system of church bells, dispatch riders, signal fires and musket volleys to warn the countryside of danger. This was perfected after earlier raids during the Powder Alarm.
Paul Revere and the other dispatch riders that April morning were cogs in a communications machine that had 14,000 militiamen marching towards the Concord Road before the sun rose on April 19, 1775.
Six hours. 14,000 men.
I want you to think about that for a moment.
Let's be honest with ourselves. How many people could we turn out, if we found out tonight at midnight, about a threat to liberty so dire that it must be met. How many people could you get to show up with you?
We all know the 'get out the word' advantages we have – iPhones, landline phones, payphones, laptops, netbooks, desktops, tablets, pagers, email, Facebook, Twitter, blogs, the World Wide Web, radio and Youtube channels.
How many of you could get 10,000 to show up?
How many of you could get 1,000?
OK, let's make it real easy. How many of you could get 100 to show up? How many of you could get 10?
How do you measure the value of liberty to a society?
Do you measure it by the number of people who are willing to show up to defend it?
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The "National Guard and the Naval Militia" are one part of our Republic's militia, formally identified in 10 USC § 311 (b) (1) as the "organized militia."
You and I and others not formally part of the National Guard or Naval Militia or on active duty military are codified in 10 USC § 311 (b) (2) as the"unorganized militia."
We are the militia.
Those of us between the ages of 17-45 are bound by law. Those of us below or older than that range are bound by duty, honor, heritage, loyalty and love. There is no middle ground, and few legitimate (mental and physical health, criminal history) excuses.
If the National Guard are today's Minutemen, we are the larger backbone of that militia, drawn to serve our nation much as Jason Russell, Samuel Whittemore, David Lamson, Mother Batherick, and "death on a pale horse" himself, Hezekiah Wyman, were that first day patriotism called them to war to defend their families, communities, and way of life from those who would enslave them to a disconnected, arrogant tyrant.
The very AR-15 that despots in Illinois, New York, and Washington, D.C. would force you to surrender is the preferred militia weapon of our time, above all others. Charged by the standard 30-round magazine commonly used by all branches of our armed forces and reserves, it is the firearm of contemporary military utility due to the similarity is has with the selective-fire M-4 Carbine and M-16 rifles of our nation's standing military, sharing many common parts, ammunition, and magazines.
That the AR-15 is the single most protected firearm under the clear intention of the Founding Fathers for citizens to be armed with weapons of military utility is not up for debate or discussion. By function and role, it is the firearm of the American Patriot and militiaman.
Any attempt to strip the American citizen of the AR-15 or similar firearms is an attack on the very fabric of our Republic, an affront to the clear intent of the Founders, an assault on the plain meaning of the Constitution, and an attempted rape of Liberty.
At a moment of historical urgency very similar to what we currently face, a delegation of Patriots met in St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, on March 23, 1775, less than a month before Gage sent out his troops that fateful April morning.
One of the speakers that day was a man whose rousing oration is regarded as one of the greatest speeches in American history, said near the beginning of his talk:
This is no time for ceremony. The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfil the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offence, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the majesty of heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.
Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
We have trod this path before. We know where it leads, having watched it both overseas and at home.
Today, federal agents and agencies arm themselves with weapons of war and hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition not to combat an outside threat, but to oppress this nation's citizens, as the would-be elites, long lost to the common man and imagining themselves superior, set about removing "Liberty's teeth;" the last and greatest obstacle to imposing their well-intentioned tyranny where everyone is entitled to a "fair share" of what they are willing to let us have. It is a path for destruction and genocide, led by a man mentored by a zealot that fantasized about eradicating tens of millions of Americans.
If you love your country, if you love your freedom, if you love your children, you have no choice but to act.
Pray for peace, protest with passion, and prepare yourself for war.
The fine gentleman from Virginia cited above had made the same grim determination before arriving in Richmond.
Mr. Henry concluded his speech:
They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
When shall we be stronger indeed, if we give up the implements of freedom without contest? There can be no peace when tyrants order Americans to bow down and surrender.
They, and they alone must withdraw… or else the choice is made.
Tread carefully.


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Surrey went down to their first friendly defeat of the season when they were pipped 125-119 by Essex at Gidea Park Bowls Club.
Surrey won on three rinks and drew another, but this did not quite make up for defeats of the other two rinks.
Peter Duncan (Croydon), Ted Exall (Old Coulsdon), Roger Tarran (Purley Bury) and Mike Haigh (Cheam) were top rink with a 24-20 success.
Ron Hackney (Southward Sports BC) and Richard Barnett (Windlesham) were both presented with their county badges by president Terry Foote for their success in last year's county unbadged competition.
Essex 125 Surrey 119 Rink 1: Essex 20 Surrey: Peter Duncan, Ted Exall, Roger Tarran, Mike Haigh 24. 2: Essex 19 Dave Edwards, Richard Barnett, Dave Candeland, Ian Ross 20. 3 Essex 26 John Tucker, Ron Hackney, Terry Foote, Julian Astill 17. 4: Essex 21 Deric Homes, Robert Palser, Trevor Pocock, Frank Dodd 23. 5: Essex 17 Robin Taylor, Brian Wilkinson, Edward Dear, Bill Ayling 17. 6: Essex 22 Bernie Pederson, Peter Pearce, Steve Cooke, Alan Bennett 18.
Surrey took two teams to Warwickshire last week and both beat their hosts.
The Surrey men's past president's BA beat the Warwickshire Vice President's BA 122-90 at Statford-upon Avon.
Meanwhile, the main county team were convincing 142-112 winners over Warwickshire at Welford-on-Avon BC, winning five of the six rinks.
Mick Blake (Chessington), John McDonnell (Norbury), David Sowdon (Epsom) and Graham Craig (Chessington) returned the best card with a 30-11 victory.
Pat Buckley (Epsom) and Gerry Vincent (Chessington) received their county badges for success in last season's unbadged singles competition.
Warwickshire 112 Surrey 142 Rink 1: Warwicks 19 Surrey: Tony Bourne, Pat Buckley, Peter Miller, Bill Ayling 28. 2: Warwicks 20 Ken Chesson, Alan Thornton, John Tucker, Graham Dawber 25. 3: Warwicks 19 Bob Thornton, Gerry Vincent, Terry Foote, Brian Cave 20. 4 Warwicks 17 Mick Gray, Roy Strudwick, Les Owen, Peter Hunt 23. 5: Warwicks 11 Mick Blake, John McDonnell, David Sowdon, Graham Craig 30. 6: Warwicks 26 Martin Harbottle, John Scarfe, George Sperring, Jim Mason 16.


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New York City -- Showing that luxury is experiencing measurable bounce in the recovering economy, the higher-end department stores led the same-store sales pack in March.
Saks outperformed the rest of the category, recording an 11.1% same-store sales increase during the month. Total sales rose 9.2% to $260.2 million, compared with $238.2 million in the year-ago period.
For March, the strongest categories at Saks Fifth Avenue stores included women's designer collections and contemporary apparel, men's apparel, women's and men's shoes, handbags, fashion jewelry and fragrances.
Nordstrom recorded a 5.1% same-store increase in March, surpassing Wall Street expectations for a much smaller 0.7% rise. While analysts had anticipated that the late Easter would shift some shopping from March to April, Nordstrom said that customers bought bigger-ticket items in March than a year earlier.
Macy's reported a same-store sales rise of 0.9%. Online sales rose 34.8% in March.
"March sales exceeded our expectations and demonstrated that our spring fashion assortments are hitting the mark with customers," said Terry J. Lundgren, chairman, president and CEO of Macy's. "We generated same-store sales increases at both Macy's and Bloomingdale's, despite a calendar shift in which the pre-Easter period and a planned cosmetics promotion at Macy's fall into April this year versus March last year," he said.
J.C. Penney same-store sales dipped 0.3% in March, impacted as expected by the shift of Easter out of the March reporting period.
In other department store same-store sales news:
- Kohl's dropped 6.5%;
- Bon-Ton Stores dropped 6.1%;
- Dillard's dropped 1%.