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Action 4, KURV & Rio Grande Guardian host political forums
Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:13:18 GMT —
Action 4 News is teaming up with KURV and The Rio Grande Guardian in hosting four political forums.
It's part of Campaign 2012| Expect More!
The first will take place Tuesday, October, 23 at the Weslaco ISD Performing Arts Center on 6th Street.
From 6pm to 6:30pm will feature candidates from U.S. Representative District 15.
From 6:30 to 7pm will be candidates from U.S. Representative District 34.
Two days later - on Thursday, October, 25, from 5pm until 5:30pm will be candidates from State Representative District 41 and from 6pm to 6:30pm will be candidates from State Representative District 39.
The public is encouraged to attend the forums.
However, no signage, food or drinks will be permitted inside the venues.
Hecklers will also be asked to leave.
The broadcasts will also be simulcast on valleycentral.com and KURV Radio.
For candidate biographies and more information on the elections, click here.

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Go ahead and include those boy names that you think are hidden gems as well!
Here's some of mine:
Cassia ~ 45 girls
Indiana ~ 33 girls
Amity ~ 25 girls
Adair ~ 23 girls
Katniss ~ 12 girls <-- Looked up out of curiosity
Kirrily ~ < 5
Reeve ~ 29 boys
Hale ~ 17 boys
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a) Signal Arrows
b) MACD
c) Volatility Channel
d) Laguerre
e) Slope Direction line
f) Pivot Points
g) Guppy Multiple Moving Averages (GMMA)
Signal Arrows
The alert is produced by a cross of two Exponential Moving Averages. Faster EMA is 4 and slower EMA is 8.
MACD Histogram
The default settings are (our system uses 5,35,5) :
* Slow moving average – 26 days
* Fast moving average – 12 days
* Signal line – 9 day moving average of the difference between fast and slow.
* All moving averages are exponential.
The signals from the MACD indicator tend to lag price movements. The MACD Histogram attempts to address this problem by plotting the distance between MACD and its signal line. Because of this, the histogram signals trend changes well in advance of the normal MACD signal. It however should not be used alone, therefore we have other indicators to confirm our signal.
Volatility Channel
This is a technique that measures volatility. It consists of 34 EMA high and 34 EMA low. It is not really a part of the system, but I like to see it, especially if I look for confirmation on longer time frame.
This is an advanced form of RSI indicator. The Laguerre Transform provides a time warp such that the low-frequency components are delayed much more than the high-frequency components. Globally, latest bar data has more weight than previous bar data a bit like an exponential moving average.
Slope Direction Line
The name says is it all. Its a line that measures the slope of the trend and direction as well. The direction is shown as red for a downtrend and blue for an uptrend.
Pivot Points
Traders use pivot points to find intraday support/resistance levels. Pivot points are found by a simple calculation which involves the open, high, low and close for the previous day of any particular stock or index. It is said that when a price hovers below a pivot or pivot support/resistance and breaks up through it then its a buy signal (or vice versa for a sell signal). Or if the prices are above the pivot it is considered bullish and if they are below then bearish. The most common way to use pivot points are as reference points for entering trades if your other favorite indicators are also giving the same directional signal. Market Makers can use the pivot points to create a market by shifting the price around between levels to entice buyers or sellers of a stock into a trade. This can best be seen on low volume trading days as the prices fluctuate between the calculated points.
Many variations exist for calculating the pivot point and its related support and resistance levels. The Traditional Method:
* Pivot point = (H + L + C)/3
* First support = (2 * Pivot) – H
* First resistance = (2 * Pivot) – L
* Second support = Pivot – (H – L)
* Second resistance = Pivot + (H – L)
In our system we mainly use pivots for exits. You don't need to know these calculations as they are automatically calculated in the software, its more just for informational purposes.
Guppy Multiple Moving Averages GMMA
The Guppy MMA is a combination of moving averages and is optimized to allow for smoother and more accurate moving averages that are not easily spiked by sudden market movements.
The biggest fallacy of basic moving average crossover systems is that they can and will be very choppy when markets are not trending. At the same time when using basic crossovers systems the traders have little or no idea of underlying trend. Is the trend continuing or is it about to end. The Guppy MMA will answer all this questions and will give you the reason why you entered the trade so you can improve on your trading skills.
The importance of this indicator can not be emphasized enough! You must agree with what it is that it is telling you. The original guppy method was created by Darryl Guppy and is called the guppy. The original consists of 3,5,8,10,12 and 15 EMA for the short term moving averages (traders) and 30,35,40,45,50 and 60 EMA long term moving averages (investors).
The time frame is not important with this indicator, in the Trend Follower system we use it in 5 minute markets, but it can be used anywhere from 1m to monthly charts. It is just as accurate in any time frame. In our modified guppy we use 5 different colors for each different type of trader. When you are trading it is important that you know the underlying trend, hence you have to know what other traders are doing. Using the colors you are able to tell what other market participants are up to and as such make better trading decisions.
1. Yellow – short term traders (Mainly going for quick pips and not interested in holding positions)
2. Orange – short term traders (Those hold on the positions a little longer than the yellow)
3. Blue – mid term traders (Mainly swing traders, usually hold on the positions longer than previous 2)
4. Green – long term traders (Will hold on to their positions longer than mid and short term traders)
5. Red – long term traders or investors (They hold on to their position the longest)
The MMA reveals the relationship between short term traders and investors. Traders (yellow and orange) probe for weakness in the underlying trend and always lead the next trend or current trends. As they are going for quick profits, they are in and out of the market very quickly. Investors on the other hand are slow to move. However for a trend to succeed, the support of investors (red and green) is essential.
As a trend trader, you will be looking for situations where all the traders agree on the direction of the market (Yellow, Orange, Blue, Green & Red moving averages). If all the traders are in agreement, then that is the direction to trade. Any disagreement means you do not trade. By correct interpretation of the MMA, you will be able to identify the trend, possible trend exhaustion and also possible trend changes. Overall, you will be able to make better trading decisions.
Though we avoid trading breakouts, the guppy MMA shows us exactly when this is happening. Once a breakout has occurred whereby the yellow lines cross the red lines but the green lines are still below the red, we would expect the yellow lines to retrace back. This is the point where we would be waiting to place our new positions in the direction of the new trend. Please note that you DO NOT place trades during a breakout but after the prices have retraced which is denoted by the green and red lines changing positions.
Long Breakout:
The red lines had been above the green lines then the yellow crossed the red lines and soon the price retraced to the other lines. The green are now above the reds and they show a long trend.
Short Breakout:
The red lines had been below the green lines. This was indicating a long trend. Then the yellow lines crossed the green and red lines. Once the green lines have been below the red lines we can say that we are in a short trend now and we can wait for signals.
Remember the positions of GREEN lines and RED lines. For a trend to be considered long the green must be above the red lines, and for short the green lines must be below the red lines.
False Breakouts
False breakouts can be more easily identified with the Guppy MMA. This also is one of many benefits of this indicator. False breakouts can be financially and emotionally draining to a trader.
If the yellow or orange color lines cross the reds but the green lines still remain in their previous direction, then we are most likely facing a false breakout. For a trend change all lines especially the greens must change positions with the reds. You should especially be careful with volatile pairs such as GBP/USD.
The Rules
Trend Follower – The Rules
All the criteria must be met at the bar with signal or one after! If everything is not met at the signal bar or one after, leave it alone! It might eventually go the right way, but in the long term it will give more false trades. Only take trades where at the signal bar or one after all these rules apply! We enter the next bar after the signal.
ENTRY: First We wait for a long signal alert
GUPPY MMA: The green lines must be above the red lines! Green, Red and Yellow lines must agree and head north. All the lines must be going in the same direction!
LAGUERRE: Laguerre line must cross the 0.15 from below and head up
MACD: This is important! When you get the signal MACD must be above 0
STOP LOSS: 5 points (+spread!) below recent LOW
ALTERNATE STOP LOSS: 20 points on default pairs and 25 point on more volatile pairs such as the GBP pairs and crosses. Choose whatever SL method fits you best
EXIT (combined): When you open a position you can then choose to close half of the position on the first pivot point and let the other half run till the slope direction line goes red
ALTERNATE EXIT: You can choose your own method and close positions at pivot points or when slope direction line goes red after a move, or when price (a new candle) opens on the other side of the volatility channel
ENTRY: First We wait for a short signal alert
GUPPY MMA: The green lines must be below the red lines! Green, Red and Yellow lines must agree and head south.All the lines must be going in the same direction!
LAGUERRE: Laguerre line must cross the 0.75 from above and head down
MACD: This is important! When you get the signal MACD must be below 0
STOP LOSS: 5 points (+spread!) above recent HIGH
ALTERNATE STOP LOSS: 20 points on default pairs and 25 point on more volatile pairs such as the GBP pairs and crosses. Choose whatever SL method fits you best
EXIT (combined): When you open a position you can then choose to close half of the position on the first pivot point and let the other half run till the slope direction line goes blue.
ALTERNATE EXIT: You can choose your own method and close positions at pivot points or when slope direction line goes red after a move, or when price opens on the other side of the volatility channel.


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Using the sources.list(5) manual page
Dear all, I am thinking of upgrading to Debian 4 and on the Debian site I found the following:
(see the sources.list(5) manual page)
Can anyone help me with a command that allows me to access the page. I have tried similar help file access before without success, perhaps I need to install a package?
Is there a way to do it using the Gnome GUI?
The apt-get manual page (man apt-get) should have info that can help you upgrade one version od Debian to another. To do the upgrade, all you need to do is edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file, change the sources to point to the new release, do "apt-get update" and then "apt-get dist-upgrade".
man sources.list
9/10 times man pages confuse me. So I use google to find most of my answers.
But to make things easier for you, all you have to do is open a terminal and su to root (type su, press enter, type in the root password, press enter) then open the sources.list file in your favorite text editor (mine is nano):
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Once the file has been saved with the new sources, you have to update the package lists.
apt-get update
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text: Hello everybody, I'm trying to use GNU R on a debian stable but I didn't manage to make any GUI work. Then I saw that: $ apt-cache show r-gnome <snip> As of R 2.1.0, this interface is no longer provided with the upstream sources. As such, this package is now an empty stub that will be removed in a subsequent revision of the Debian package. ... Can you help me, please? I'm not keen on Gnome, any working GUI would be fine. (BTW, is this the right place? If not where can I ask?) -- Regards, Cristiano.


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Subject Information and Consent Form F1J-US-HMCB Duloxetine Once-Daily Dosing Versus Placebo in Patients With Major Depression and Pain
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The purposes of this study are to determine whether an investigational drug can help patients suffering from major depression with pain symptoms, and gather data on the safety of the investigational drug including any side effects that might be associated with it.
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- You must have pain symptoms with no known cause, such as unexplainable, head, chest, or back pain, overall aches and pains, or other unexplainable pains.
- You need to be available to visit a doctor's office about once a week for 10 weeks.
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Harada E, Kato M, Fujikoshi S, Wohlreich MM, Berggren L, Tokuoka H. Changes in energy during treatment of depression: an analysis of duloxetine in double-blind placebo-controlled trials. Int J Clin Pract. 2015 Oct;69(10):1139-48. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.12658. Epub 2015 May 16.
Dodd S, Berk M, Kelin K, Zhang Q, Eriksson E, Deberdt W, Craig Nelson J. Application of the Gradient Boosted method in randomised clinical trials: Participant variables that contribute to depression treatment efficacy of duloxetine, SSRIs or placebo. J Affect Disord. 2014 Oct;168:284-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.05.014. Epub 2014 Jun 4.
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Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
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Peripheral Nervous System Agents
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Psychotropic Drugs
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One evening over the 4th of July holiday weekend, I found myself with an unusual episode of insomnia. As I clicked through the channels on my remote control, I came across a familiar TV personality on PBS: it was Martha Stewart! I settled on her cooking show, that was just getting starting, and watched her detail the makings of a perfect dessert tart. At nearly 1:30 in the morning, this was not helping me to fall asleep. Instead, I grabbed pen and paper and took notes while drooling over her beautiful creations. Fast forward to a couple weeks later, I was in need of a dessert for an upcoming dinner party. I remembered my desire to make a tart after watching her show. That's when I decided this would be a great opportunity to make Martha proud with one of my creations. Continue reading "Thanks Martha"


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SESSION 1: Matching Unit Themes with ThinkCERCA Lesson Sets: Your themes are set, but then there's ThinkCERCA to incorporate into your instruction… During this session, you will use themes that you have established within your course scope and sequence and align them with ThinkCERCA content using our Scope and Sequence Standards Checklist tool. Join this session if you want to get a jump on planning, aligning, and integrating ThinkCERCA content into future thematic units. What you will need for this session is your current scope and sequence, and we will help you to build in lessons that support key skills and themes in your existing units.
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New Regional Policy and Regional Fiscal Imbalance. A comment
This paper offers some brief comments on the papers «Quali politiche per il Sud? Il ruolo delle politiche nazionali e regionali nell'ultimo decennio», by Cannari et al. (2009), and «Bilancio pubblico e flussi interregionali», by Staderini and Vadalà (2009). The main topics discussed are, on the one hand, the characteristics of the New regional policy and possible reasons for its shortcomings, and, on the other hand, definition of the determinants of fiscal residua and the guidance they can offer for inter-regional equalisation.
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James scores 19 as Heat top Magic in preseason
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MIAMI—LeBron James scored 19 points and the Miami Heat got their preseason off to an easy start, running away to beat the Orlando Magic 118-85 on Sunday night.
Terrel Harris scored 16, while Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh each had 14 for Miami. The Heat led 53-46 at halftime before turning it into a rout.
Ryan Anderson and J.J. Redick each scored 22 for Orlando, which lost for the first time in 22 preseason games dating to October 2008. The subject of trade talk throughout training camp, Dwight Howard finished with only five points on 2-for-9 shooting.
Magic point guard Jameer Nelson missed all 10 of his shots and forward Hedo Turkoglu left late in the first half with a bruised left hip.
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Volleyball: Wildcats travel to Ohio State for critical match against Buckeyes
November 6, 2012
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Even after election season, Ohio remains a swing state for Northwestern.
After dropping back-to-back matches without winning a set last weekend, NU's match at Ohio State on Wednesday is critical in deciding whether or not the team will make the NCAA Tournament.
"I think it's a big game for us," sophomore outside hitter Monica McGreal said. "We only have six games left, so every game moving forward is important for our aspirations for the end of the season."
The Wildcats (15-10, 4-10 Big Ten) will take on the No. 15 Buckeyes (18-8, 9-5) for the second time this season. In the first matchup, Ohio State dominated at Welsh-Ryan Arena, as the Cats lost the match 3-0.
"You have to get prepared for Ohio State, another great team," coach Keylor Chan said. "We're going to have to really come out and play some of our best volleyball, and it's time for us to start doing that now."
The Cats will not have to deal with playing at home tomorrow. This season, NU has played considerably better outside of Welsh-Ryan Arena, currently holding an 11-4 record on the road as opposed to a 4-6 record at home. The Cats have only won one Big Ten game in Evanston.
Sophomore middle blocker Savannah Paffen tried to put her finger on the reason for the team's road success.
"I know on the road at least, I love getting energy from opposing fans and I feel like our team just gets more pumped up," Paffen said. "But at home you should feel pumped up because we have our own fans."
Since 2008, NU's record against Ohio State is 1-8, with the only win coming last year, when the team upset the 22-ranked Buckeyes 3-2 at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
"We've got to play well," Chan said about the match. "We have to have the effort that we had against Purdue and the execution we had earlier in the year if we expect to compete and give ourselves a chance against Ohio State."
The outcome of this match will affect the future of the Cats' season. Currently ninth in the Big Ten with only six matches remaining, every win matters, especially given that three of the remaining teams NU faces are currently ranked in the top 25. This season, the Cats have only been able to pick up one win against a ranked opponent, upsetting the then-No. 25 Michigan State (19-7, 7-7) 3-1 in East Lansing, Mich.
For Chan, knowing that his team needs to win several matches to have a shot at making the postseason is actually a positive.
"It all comes down to this, which is a good thing," Chan said. "Some teams are done for the year (without) making the postseason. It's a good place to be, but we have our work cut out for us ahead."


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Michael Caine: How I made marriage work
Sir Michael Caine has never been on movie location without his wife.
The 82-year-old actor has been married to Shakira for 42 years, with their lengthy union something of a rarity in Hollywood. Michael has explained how they managed to make things work, with one of the reasons that no matter how beautiful his co-stars have been, he's always felt Shakira was his number one.
"We also pre-empted any of that kind of danger because I never went on location without her," he told British newspaper The Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye.
"Going on location, where there are beautiful leading ladies - or temptations elsewhere - is a killer. Among actors they say, 'Well, location doesn't count.' I never went with that saying, because I never went on location without her. Simple."
Michael is similarly realistic about other areas of his life. Despite having won two Oscars and countless other awards, he doesn't see himself as particularly special when it comes to acting. This was shown when he recalled a conversation he had with director Christopher Nolan, who cast him in his Batman trilogy - as well as several other flicks - and was so convinced Michael was the reason it did so well he dubbed the star his "lucky charm".
"I said, 'No, you're MY lucky charm! I've never made six blockbusters in a row. I don't think I've ever made two blockbusters in a row,'" Michael laughed.
Part of the star's charm is how low-key he is about his life. While other stars are determined not to show their age, Michael has no problem with his advancing years, although he is trying to exercise as much as he can.
"I keep in shape to stay alive, not in order to impress someone with a great body," he explained.
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I think everyone should read Tom Junod's piece on how pro football players relate to injury. I don't know that it's very surprising, but it is illuminating. I think this section says a lot:
"I'm going to tell you something," says PJ. "Anybody who tells you that they feel bad causing an injury is probably lying. How can you feel bad? You're going up against a guy who is just as big and strong as you are. Your coach tells you to go kick his fucking ass. Your teammates tell you to go kick his fucking ass. Your father and your brother tell you to go kick his fucking ass. The media tells you to go kick his fucking ass. Before the game, your wife tells you to go kick his fucking ass. So you go and you kick his fucking ass. And if he gets hurt, how can you go back and say, 'I didn't mean for you to get hurt like that.' You're taught to hurt people. How can you say you didn't mean to?"Ed Reed says he didn't mean to. "This year, I took out an offensive lineman against Philly. It was bad technique on my part, and I took out the center's knee. Our coach talks to [Philadelphia coach] Andy Reid all the time, so I told Coach to send my respects for the center and let him know I didn't mean to hurt him, man. It was just the second game of the year, so he lost his whole season. That one preyed on me, man. I didn't know him personally, but I wanted to let him know that I had the utmost respect for him."


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DMX On Dr. Phil (Full Interview)
By Staff | 09/25/2013
DMX's sit-down with Dr. Phil finally aired on Wednesday (September 25), where he discussed his life and career.
During the interview, the rap legend goes over recent headlines like streaking through a hotel hallway, and financial problems including being behind on child support to the tune of $1.23 million.
X also talks about his family, including 11 children with one on the way, saying that despite the large size of his family, he assures that he has a relationship with them all... and are all taken care of.
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From the beginning of history God has commanded the human race to "be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth" (Genesis 1:28) for we are told that, "Children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward" (Psalm 127:3). But even though procreation is commanded by the Lord and a natural part of how God ordered creation, some couples simply cannot conceive children. Approximately one in ten couples struggle with infertility.
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Grief and deep heartache are natural emotions to feel over the fact that you cannot bear a child. When a woman grieves over not being able to conceive, she is experiencing the loss of a dream, a hope deferred, and ultimately grieving over sin's devastating touch in the world.
The pain of infertility can feel devastating. While the modern Western culture doesn't place as high a value on reproduction as in ancient times, many women are still ostracized or abnormal because they cannot fulfill the desire to be a mother.
Finding out that you can't conceive presents new realities for which we may have to adjust. In the midst of infertility, fix you gaze firmly upon the hope that is in God alone. Cling to every promise that in his Word. Trust that the Lord is ultimately good. Even though you might not feel his goodness, press in and believe his Word.
Second, infertility may even tempt couples to use unethical measures as they chase their dreams. Even though the pain of infertility may run deep in your heart, I urge you to choose a better path, such as adoption.
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Adoption is often treated as a last resort or a last-ditch effort to build a family. Many couples will choose to adopt because they are experiencing infertility, and their hearts still deeply long for a child. But adoption is a great privilege as couples welcome another's child as their own. Earthly adoption is one of the clearest representations of the gospel. Adoption is redemption on display for the world to behold.
Apart from the gift of my salvation, earthly adoption is the greatest gift I've ever received. I was an orphan—both physically and spiritually. My story began in Romania with a 19-year-old unwed girl who wasn't able to take care of me. The Lord sovereignly chose adoption for me. I am blessed that a man and a woman from the United States made a decision that radically altered my life forever when they traveled across the world and chose me as their daughter.
I was rescued from a life void of love and care and freely given a new life beyond my wildest dreams. Adoption is immensely personal, because I was specifically chosen, sought out, bought, declared to have all the rights and privileges of being a member of a new family, and most importantly, loved beyond belief.
If you are God's chosen one, you were not an afterthought or part of a failed plan; you were intentionally chosen. In Ephesians 1:4-5 Paul writes, "He chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will." Your salvation and adoption by the Father was planned and purposed before time began.
Adoption should be celebrated and welcomed to boldly proclaim the gospel to those in need and to a watching world. The world won't always read a Bible, but they will read Christians. We have the unique opportunity of displaying the character and nature of our heavenly Father by how we respond to trials.
What a sweet privilege to honor the Lord through your pain and to place your ultimate hope in him. As you seek to glorify the Lord, consider the call of James 1:27 to display God's grace by taking care of the orphan. Though a hope has been deferred, your childlessness is not in vain. The story doesn't have to end there, for adoption can be a beautiful answer to this deferred hope.


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Gradius V
Review by Crythania
"Captain Tinfoil to the rescue!"
I'm not familiar with the Gradius franchise of arcade games. Either they were too hard for me and thus ended up being forgettable arcade-going experiences or, more likely, the arcades I frequented didn't have them. This was my first exposure to Gradius, and I stand at once amazed and overwhelmed. This is one tripped out roller coaster ride of a game; and much like a roller coaster, it starts out innocently enough and then whoosh!, we're thrust along a path of craziness and insanity.
The game begins with a breathtaking cinematic scene before the title screen that gives us a good idea of what the game will be like. The Vic Viper, a super-duper starfighter, is released from its moorings on some sort of base ship as some great music plays, and our lone fighter pilot is soon dogfighting with alien attack ships, blasting point defense guns, and facing down an utterly massive alien battleship in appropriately heroic fashion. Luke Skywalker would be proud.
As is usually the case with classic shoot-em-up games, some sort of alien race with a stick up its collective butt has decided that the universe would be a better place if our little planet wasn't there anymore. In typical style, they've amassed a dazzling fleet of battleships, a near never-ending supply of attack fighters, and humongous boss contraptions with the hope of eliminating the source of all their woes. Apparently "live and let live" isn't in their vocabulary. Due to the immense cost of building a starfighter like the Vic Viper, there's only one available for Earth to send out to defend our inalienable right to exist. So it's up to our lone pilot to save the world (unless you have a buddy available for two-player co-op, in which case it's up to two lone pilots).
There's an impressive array of options to choose from before we even ignite the afterburners and leave home base, including difficulty ranging from "very easy" to "ridiculously hard", how many lives we begin the game with, how many points to score for an extra life, control configurations, and a "Revival Start" option (when you get killed, you can restart from the last waypoint or get your next life into play where you left off with hardly a break in the action). In addition, we can select from four different weapons arrays that allow for a variety of missiles, lasers, and "multiple" configurations ("multiples" are little energy orbs that you can obtain and control in a variety of ways; they follow your ship around and mimic whatever weapon you've currently got equipped). Also, we can unlock additional continues (credits) and the weapon array edit menu, which opens up even more options. These unlockables are obtained for time spent playing the game, and it culminates with unlimited continues.
I'd like to take a moment here and say that I play the game on the "very easy" setting with a max of 5 extra lives, and I don't really care how wimpy that sounds. I am not ashamed--no, I'm proud--to say that I'm a gamer who plays his video games to relax and have fun, not to be extremely challenged. "Challenge" does not necessarily mean "fun" for me while "fun" almost always equates to "playing the game". In short, I have never been and never will be one of those masochistic types who seems to always be in need of some ridiculous challenge in order to find himself entertained. I'm easy enough to please.
The weapons advancement in this game is convoluted. At the bottom of the screen is a meter that shows the various power-ups you can get, including speed, missiles, double-shot, laser, multiple, and defensive shield, in that order from left to right. Each power-up we collect moves the marker one slot to the right. Pressing the O button activates the currently highlighted power-up. So if you want a laser, you'll have to grab four power-ups and activate it. The double-shot and laser are mutually exclusive (can't have both at the same time), but we can max out everything else with speed, missiles, up to four multiples, and the shield.
I don't understand why shoot-em-up games like this give us a speed power-up. The ship starts out slow and somewhat sluggish and becomes more responsive with each speed power-up activated, with the higher levels of speed being too responsive for fine maneuvers required to carefully weave in an out of the ever-present enemy fire. I usually end up crashing into some obstacle or an enemy craft because my controls have become too responsive for their own good. I don't get it. Just give me a happy medium to start out with. Decent maneuverability that's neither too slow nor too fast. Is that too much to ask for? Apparently it is. Thankfully I can just choose here to not activate any speed power-ups and leave it at that. The ship's default speed is responsive enough for me. Unfortunately, this doesn't help during a late-game level that scrolls by ludicrously fast and high maneuvering speed is required to survive. I just... don't get this whole speed thing. This kind of game requires such fine, precise movements to weave in and out of enemy fire and not ram into walls inside tight corridors. Over-responsive controls are detrimental to that game-play dynamic.
Like other arcade-style shooters in this genre, the game is played on a constantly scrolling side-view field of play. The ship is facing right, and we're scrolling to the right... Most of the time. Our mission is to shoot anything that moves (and some things that don't), survive an increasingly nasty gauntlet of hazards, and face off with massive bosses. The left analog stick moves the ship in any direction while a fire button provides a steady stream of fire when held down and a shoulder button operates those little "multiple" energy orbs. Simple enough.
The arsenal of weapons here isn't very impressive. A forward-firing stream of laser bolts or a long, thin laser beam. The double-shot gives us a back-shot or diagonal shot depending on which weapons array has been chosen. Missiles can be fired forward or aft (again, depends on the weapons array). They arc upward and/or downward to help us get rid of threats above and below. The only impressive thing going on here is the "multiples", each of which provides increased fire-power. Without them I'd be worried. I think the easiest weapons array to use is Number Four, where I can just hold down the shoulder button and my multiples will orbit around my ship, laying down a steady stream of suppression fire. Easy to use, but perhaps not the most ideal for nasty late-game situations where we're scrolling vertically, diagonally, backward, every which way, and the kitchen sink. Yes, there's a part where we scroll backward with the beleaguered Vic Viper still facing forward. Doesn't this dope have the presence of mind to just turn around? Where's Defender when we need him? Old, badly outdated arcade game there, but at least we can turn and face left when needed.
This roller coaster ride of doom begins innocently enough, with the Vic Viper departing from its base ship and boldly heading out to confront the alien menace. Various formations of enemy craft soon come on the scene, firing little white bullets in your direction if you're playing on any difficulty above "very easy". These little white monstrosities are soon everywhere in sight, tossed out by enemy craft, point defense guns on battleships... Some particularly mean aliens toss out mines that explode into fireworks displays of little white things flying in every direction. Man, I hate those little white things. My orbiting energy orbs can destroy most enemy craft and point defenses just by ramming into them, and they can even absorb some forms of enemy fire, but they can't absorb those evil little white buggers. After completing the game and seeing the end credits, it starts up again on a second iteration where most enemies blow up into little white things flying in every direction when you shoot them. This is why we need good, solid controls here; to carefully and with great precision weave in and out of prevalent hailstorms of those gawd-awful little white thingies.
Power-ups are left behind by formations of defeated enemy craft and some enemy craft that have a red hue. We have to grab 'em while keeping track of the power-up meter at the bottom of the screen and activate our desired power-ups when they become available. Multiples are much desired, followed by laser, missiles, and shield.
It's not long before we are facing down large enemy ships that can take a lot of sustained fire before going down. There are numerous hazards, enemy craft, and surface-mounted defenses that can take a beating before blowing up... And my ship gets blown up with one measly hit. What is my ship made of, tin foil? Why do I always get the ship made of paper mache while the aliens tend to have massive battleships with reinforced titanium hulls and enough point defenses to give Buck Rogers an ulcer? Where's the quality control in the engineering team who designs these puddle jumpers they're always sending out to save the world? The bad guys appear to have some good quality control. Where's mine?
Got a planet that needs saving? No problem. Captain Tinfoil is on the job!
In contrast to our frail starfigther, the multiples are indestructible. They pass right through walls, enemy craft, anything that gets in their way, and they do damage to vulnerable things they touch. An easy way to get rid of point defense guns on ceilings and floors is to get close to 'em and my orbiting multiples take 'em out. Let's start making our starfighters out of whatever material these glowing orbs are made of.
Yeah, I get it. It's a video game.
Level designs here are intricate and well thought out, presenting a variety of fantastical backdrops and obstacle courses to maneuver through We fly through space above the Earth, enter a large enemy base ship full of tight corridors, do a boss rush with four bosses back to back, then we're inside some sort of industrial ship-building facility (great backgrounds here as we descend humongous shafts reminiscent of the Death Star in "Star Wars"). Then we enter a large orifice of some sort of immensely large space-going creature and shoot our way through its innards like in the classic arcade game Life Force. We proceed into Asteroid City, a very dense asteroid field where aliens push asteroids around and harvest them. Then things take a nose-dive into absurdity with a vast chemical processing plant full of green ooze, moving walls, dispensers that drop waterfalls of ooze into pools below, and tight situations that offer hardly a place to hide. The designers decided this wasn't challenging enough, so someone came up with the bright idea of having the entire screen rotate left, right, and every which way, creating admittedly inventive situations for the ever-present green ooze to spill over walls and fill up areas that would've otherwise been safe to navigate through. What is this, "take your kid to work" day on the alien mothership? "Hey dad, what does this dial do? Cool, it rotates the entire ship! Whee!"
The roller coaster ride ends on a disappointing note with some more boss rushes, a level that scrolls by at ridiculous speed, yet more bosses, and a lackluster end-game boss. It feels like there are a gazillion bosses here, but at least our relentless space aliens try out something new each time. They have an impressive array of gadgets they use to try and do our hero in. Most of these guys have one or more power cores concealed behind destructible gates. Our goal is to shoot the small gates, then shoot through the narrow opening to damage the power core. Some boss contraptions have destructible point defenses that regenerate over time, but the entire hulls of these massive crafts are impervious to our hero's weapons. Why not encase your power source entirely behind this indestructible material so that some pesky human can't come along, blow up your little protective gates, and blow up your power core? Yeah, I get it. It's a video game. Many of these boss contraptions fire off large lasers while filling up the screen with energy balls and other flashy ordnance, such as the first level boss. This battle is an impressive visual display, perhaps the best in the game. What follows in the boss department never manages to reach this level of excitement. They become more dangerous and they try harder, but they never seem to catch up with the overall feel of that first screen-filling confrontation.
In the head-scratching department, bosses will leave after a while. They do their attack patterns a few times and then just up and leave if you haven't beaten 'em yet. What happened, do they get bored? Do they run out of ammo? Did their favorite TV show come on?
Alien: Man, we've been shooting at this guy for a while now, and--oh, look at the time! Gotta go!
Vic Viper: Hey! I'm trying to kill you here!
Alien: Sorry, dude, Baywatch is on. Laters.
But seriously, all joking aside, this is a fun game for the most part. The asteroid level boss is a bit over the top, as is the green ooze level and almost everything that follows, but the first five levels are at least reasonable with their challenges. That's more than half a game worth of gaming goodness.
Visually, Gradius V is spectacular. There always seems to be a scrolling or moving background behind the foreground where all the action takes place. The expansive shafts we descend in the third level have the background rotating around us during the descent into the alien stronghold. Many groups of enemy craft and larger craft come in from the background, making for a nice "2D yet 3D" effect. I think it might be even better to watch a competent player play the game. When I'm playing I'm concentrated on what's happening in the foreground most of the time. Defeated bosses explode into spectacular fireworks displays, filling the screen with fire as they break apart. From small enemies to larger mini-boss craft, everything is finely detailed and moves smoothly. Large craft are sometimes seen barrel rolling as they advance, creating an awesome 3D effect. There are parts where the screen is almost literally filled with asteroids or other objects moving around, and it gets no slowdown to speak of. This game is one of the most visually impressive works for the PS2.
On a different note, many of the walls have a 3D effect, seamlessly melding from foreground into background. I can't tell where the actual wall is (the one that kills you if you happen to ram into it). Don't think you've got clearance to move next to a wall just because it looks like it. The looks here are often deceiving.
The sound department here is also a treat, with some great pieces of background music throughout. It tends to be soft and unobtrusive for the most part. I particularly like the piece that plays during the fourth level. Effects are a wide assortment of explosions, laser shots, hits scored on large aliens... Everything in the game has its own effect for shooting, firing off large energy orbs, getting hit by the player's lasers, and whatever else it does. Exploding bosses are accompanied by appropriately spectacular explosions. Most of these effects are soft and easy on the ears. There's nothing too loud or annoyingly high pitched.
All said and done, this game is a spectacular thrill ride that derails on occasion when the difficulty goes over the top. On a good day I can get through the first five levels on one credit or sometimes without even getting killed. That asteroid boss is a piece of work, and the green ooze level is a bit too hard for its own good. That's where I need lots of continues to keep going. Get killed, come back with a shiny new ship, try to grab my floating multiples before they drift off the screen, and try to get a little farther before getting killed again. And so it goes for the remainder of this tough ride from there on out. But at least a good two thirds of Captain Tinfoil's space adventure are fun and satisfying.
Reviewer's Rating: 3.5 - Good
Originally Posted: 11/11/10, Updated 11/12/10
Game Release: Gradius V (US, 09/14/04)
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Students at Cloverleaf spend the last class period of each day working together on a project of their choice. They recently wrapped up their two-month long elevator inquiry, in which they rode a gigantic elevator, built a working elevator, watched elevator videos, read books about elevators, researched outstanding elevators around the world online, and wrote letters to an elevator technician. We explored the elevator topic in as many different ways as we could think of.
I was trained in the inquiry model during my time spent teaching in New Zealand. I was lucky enough to work in a school whose charter was based on student-directed and inquiry-based learning. This model centers on providing an open forum through which students may pursue their own educational interests. As a teacher, I ask many questions to help students come to their own conclusions during our inquiry time, rather than explicitly teaching or giving direction. Students are able to make connections, problem solve, and truly direct their own learning.
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Combining a reading group with a 'show and tell' session, Reading & Thinging explores themes in science, philosophy and media theory relevant to contemporary art practice through a curated reading list and discussion of objects.
Taking the closing of the Follow exhibition as inspiration, this session will explore themes of post-humanism, post-internet technologies and the Anthropocene.
The Reading and Thinging group is a collaboration between current FACT PhD researchers and FACTLab residents, as an opportunity to make different areas of research, like philosophy, media theory and robotics, open and accessible, while developing a community of readers, thinkers and thingers! that mixes theory and making.
Reading for this session will include texts by Dorion Sagan, Jakob von Uexküll and Bonnie Bassler.
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Staples offers the Canon PIXMA MG4120 Wireless Multifunction Inkjet Printer, model no. 5290B002, which also scans and copies, for $59.99 with free shipping. That's tied with our mention from two weeks ago as the lowest total price we've seen for a Canon multifunction printer with printing from iOS and Android devices. (It's also a current price low for this model by $16.) Sales tax is added where applicable. It features up to 5.7ppm color and 9.9ppm black printing speed, up to 4800×1200 dpi print resolution, 2.4″ LCD, 4×6″ photos in as little as 44 seconds, up to 1200×2400 dpi scanning, auto duplexing, 802.11n wireless, printing from iOS or Android devices, USB 2.0, and more. expand full story
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MLB.TV offers its MLB.TV Premium Subscription for $49.99. That's $50 off and the lowest price we could find. This subscription gives you access to the remaining 2012 regular season out-of-market games live or on-demand in high definition (where available) via your TV, iPhone/iPad, select Android devices, and Xbox 360 (via Xbox LIVE Gold). Multi-game viewing options let you watch up to four games at once, or pause and rewind live games with DVR functionality.
Though it's positioned as a "last minute gift for Father's Day 2013," there is nothing stopping you from purchasing it and sending it to your own email address. Even less guilt if you use POP mail?
June 1, 2012
Buy.com offers the Crucial 512GB M4 2.5″ Serial ATA 6Gb/s Internal SSD Solid State Drive, model no. CT512M4SSD2, for $399.49 with free shipping ($0.77/GB). That's $134 under our April mention and the lowest total price we've seen for this SSD. (It's also a current price low by $24.) It features read speeds of up to 415MB/s and write speeds of up to 260MB/s.
Daily Steals knocks $10 off the new iPad in Black or White with free shipping. Get it fast, these don't last long. Tax in New York State. Update: now $469
May 28, 2012
HP home and office offers the new 21.5-inch 2211x monitor for $129 with free shipping. Coupon Code: "ACCS73419" drops it under $100 and it's the lowest price we've ever seen for this monitor andamong the lowest we've seen for any 1080P displays.
Step up to 23″ 2311x for just $115 using the same code. expand full story
May 22, 2012
Easily the best price we've seen on a fast SDXC card comes from Beach Camera on Ebay. At $39 with free shipping, that's about $10 less than the lowest price we've seen. Will go quick. expand full story
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May 9, 2012
Best Buy offers the SanDisk Cruzer Switch 32GB Flash Drive, model no. SDCZ52-032G-A11, for $19.99 with free shipping. That's $0.62/GB, tied with our March mention, and the lowest total price we could find by $4. Sales tax is added where applicable.
April 30, 2012
Best Buy offers the Belkin N150 802.11n Wireless 4-Port Router, model no. F9K1001, for $16.99 with free shipping. That's $8 under our September mention and the lowest total price we could find by $12. Sales tax is added where applicable. It features up to 150 Mbps data transfer rates, built-in 4-port Ethernet switch, preset security code, and more. expand full story
April 27, 2012
Buy.com offers the SanDisk Extreme 240GB M4 2.5″ Serial ATA 6Gb/s Internal SSD, model no. SDSSDX-240G-G25, for $219.99 with free shipping ($0.92/GB). That's $30 under our mention from two weeks ago and the lowest total price we could find by $66. It features read speeds of up to 550MB/s and write speeds of up to 520MB/s.
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April 22, 2012
eBay via Skullcandy has the new Skullcandy Vandal Speaker Dock for iPhone, iPod, & MP3 Players for $99. That's the lowest price we've seen for this 21 watt speaker system with Aux input and separate treble and bass dials and remote. expand full story
April 15, 2012
Amazon offers the Kingston 16GB Wi-Drive WiFi Storage for Apple iPhone, iPod, and iPad, model no. WID/16GBZ, for $43.98 with free shipping ($2.75/GB). That's $16 under our January mention and the lowest total price we've seen. (It's a current low by $5.) The Wi-Drive provides an additional 16GB of media storage, via 802.11n connectivity, for an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or any device. It can be shared with up to two devices at once. expand full story
April 14, 2012
Walmart has a pretty solid deal on ADATA 8GB Class 4 MicroSD Cards with regular SD adapter for $4.98 with free shipping. That's the lowest price we could. expand full story
April 13, 2012
Go4Computers has iPod Touches for $169 with free shipping. That's the lowest price we can currently find. They charge tax to buyers in Florida.


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Carson-Newman defensive end Javaris Neal from Columbia doesn't take his preseason All-American recognition lightly.
Carson-Newman defensive end Javaris Neal from Columbia doesn't take his preseason All-American recognition lightly.
However, the former Zion Christian Academy standout thinks that the success of his team is much more important, and if he plays well and the team succeds, recognition will come.
"It's more important for me that our team wins championships," said Neal, who combines quickness, speed and strength. "The rest will take care of itself then."
Neal, a six-foot-2, 235-pounder, was recently selected to the USA College Football preseason first team All-American along with teammate Eien Jacob, a defensive back from New Iberia, La. The duo were also named to the Beyond Sports Network preseason All-South Atlantic Conference team.
There's no doubt that Zion athletic director Paul Brenner, who now is also Zion's head football coach, is smiling over Neal's recognition.
"We are proud of Javaris and what he has accomplished at Carson-Newman. He was instrumental in helping to establish our program and an integral part of that first playoff run that we had," said Brenner. "We are thrilled to see how successful he is."
Earlier this month a similar preseason All-American honor was bestowed on another former Zion player, Tami Aderoba of Centre College.
"It is very rewarding to know that Javaris and Tami are both pre-season All-Americans. We (Zion) have two All-Americans in college football right now. That's fun to say."
Brenner has been at Zion for 14 years, previously serving as the head football coach from 2002-04. Bob Yancey had the chance to coach both Aderoba and Neal before retiring after the 2011 season.
"It's kind of special, coming from a smaller school like Zion," said Neal, who for his first two years at Carson-Newman had a chance to play alongside his brother Jamar, who completed his career as a leader for the team last season.
"It was great to get to play with my brother, but I have to focus on being a leader now. I believe we can have a good team, but we are young," said Javaris.
As a freshman, Neal was the Southern Athletic Conference "Defensive Freshman of the Year," then capped off his sophomore season last fall by making all-conference and all-region homes.
One of his highlights last fall came against Newberry when he returned an intercepted pass for 41 yards. He also had a pick against Mars Hill.
Neal was fourth in the league in tackles among defensive linemen, and sixth overall in sacks.
Neal's career high in tackles for a single game is nine. Neal had 2.5 sacks in two regular season games and one playoff clash.
Carson-Newman's head coach Ken Sparks has 305 wins in 35 seasons, and his 2014 edition of the Eagles would like to add to his totals. Sparks has an overall 39-19-1 postseason record.
The goals for Neal are what one would expect.
"We want to win our conference, get in the playoffs and then win the national championship," Neal said.
Carson-Newman can receive an NCAA Division II playoff berth either by winning the SAC championship or by virtue of an at-large berth.
And as the 2014 college football season progresses, it will be interesting to see if Neal and Aderoba can add similar recognition in postseason.
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Technology helps companies of all sizes work out the complexities of who should work when
Say you own a thriving bakery that's open 12 hours a day, seven days a week, and you have nine full-time employees and 11 part-timers. The shop is busiest between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and then again from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. How many people do you need on the noon to 6 p.m. shift?
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It's a problem that could flummox even someone who aced advanced calculus.
Fortunately, scores of software programs are available to help businesses manage their scheduling conundrums.
Enterprises with thousands of hourly workers can purchase customized software with lots of bells and whistles, and now there are cloud-based solutions available even to companies with a handful of employees.
The biggest name in the "workforce management" software business, Kronos Inc., offers a product called Workforce Ready that allows small employers to start out with a single application, such as basic scheduling, and then add extra features, from calculating accrued time off to administering payroll. Kronos's more sophisticated product, Workforce Central, lets larger employers oversee a complex multistate or global employee base.
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Staying on top of federal, state and, when necessary, international labor laws is one of the biggest advantages of automating the scheduling process. Many software programs will incorporate those regulations and update automatically if any rules change. Many also allow for the program to be customized based on company-specific rules or union contracts.
That's especially valuable for businesses with some complexity to them. Sabre Holdings Corp., the parent of Travelocity, uses Workforce Central to manage hours for thousands of employees across the globe. Because the application is flexible and easy to use, says Jeanne Jackson, who directs payroll and oversees the Kronos program, Sabre has been able to "react to acquisitions and changes in legislation in the U.S. and outside the country that impact how we capture and report time."
Because they can monitor workers' hours better than traditional methods, the programs also allow employers to keep closer track of employees—reducing overtime, for instance, and syncing up with electronic time clocks to monitor tardiness and break times.
And scheduling programs offer the ability to integrate with payroll software to tally workers' paychecks, which helps reduce the simple mathematical errors that can plague manual scheduling and payroll processes.
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There are benefits for workers as well. Dayforce software from Ceridian Corp. allows employees to view their schedules online, swap shifts with co-workers and record their availability.
Guitar Center Inc., a music-instrument retailer with around 240 locations, began using Dayforce in 2010 after years of managing schedules with Excel spreadsheets. Now "we load [customer] traffic and transactions in 15-minute intervals into Dayforce, and it generates labor-demand curves that let each store know how many people they should staff for every 15 minutes," says Chris Salles, who oversaw the implementation and is now director of e-learning at the company, based in Westlake Village, Calif.
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I have plans to attend two funerals this week. Because of other things I had planned recently, I was not able to attend four others in the past two weeks.
Since January of this year, I have attended at least 15 funerals. On two occasions, I attended two in one morning. I wonder if I am getting to the point when, because of my age, I am prone to seeing more of my friends, their parents and my friends' children die.
I don't have to tell you my age. But you can guess from some of my past writings that I was born before Hula Hoops became popular and even before John F. Kennedy decided to run for president. So you have a good idea.
To give you another hint about my age, as a child, I saw a wake and funeral held in a neighbor's "front room." As the young folk say, "You feel me?"
This long string of funerals is tough. I have been to the services of former coworkers and parents of my friends. There are a lot of emotions to deal with. You peer into the coffins, and often the face that you see is not the one you remember.
One friend, in particular was Reynauld Walters. He was older and left-handed, just like me. He showed me how to pitch a baseball when I was trying out for a Little League team.
He gave me batting tips because as lefties, we often had righties trying to teach us, and that often didn't work out so well. I liked him, too, because he had an odd sense of humor. I hadn't seen him in many years, but I remember listening to his jokes like it was yesterday.
Recently, I went to the funeral of a person who, only a few months ago, I would send this column to on Friday mornings. I could count on Gary to say something sarcastic when it arrived.
I am not one of those folk who see all of these funerals as some grim sign of my mortality. I have long since believed that your time is up at any age.
I say this because I was struck head-on by a car when I was 6 years old. I walked right in front of it near a crowd of people leaving Bible school at New Jerusalem Baptist Church. For all practical purposes, I should have been dead then. Every day since then has been lagniappe.
But I don't know what sets 2014 apart from prior years. There seems to be a preponderance of death among my circle of friends and relatives. I guess everything has its season.
And, as I was composing this column, I received a text from my high school class message board that the grandson of one of my classmates had died and that a wake and funeral were planned for this weekend. That's another funeral added to my agenda.
I don't remember noticing that my grandmother or my parents attended as many funerals as I have. However, I don't know if they were as connected to their peers as I am.
There have been times I would tease my wife because she attended so many funerals for cousins of a friend of a friend. "It's out of respect for the friend of a friend," she would say bluntly. Nuff said, I guess.
Even with that rationale, I don't think she has gone to as many funerals as I have so far this year. At this pace, I will be attending more than 30 funerals this year. I hope not.
Of course, I am in strong support of my contention that I don't want be the guest of honor at a wake or funeral anytime soon.
In recent years, I have adjusted to whatever ailments I have and reduced my complaining about little aches and pains because things could be a lot worse.
My comment now when someone asks me, "How are you doing?":
I respond, "Since I'm north of dirt, I'm fine."
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Keeping pets identified
"Badges, we don't need no stinking badges."
Just how important is pet identification? Too many pet owners subscribe to that "Badges" quote from "Blazing Saddles."
In 2009, 622 stray, lost or abandoned pets came through our doors at the Detroit Lakes and surrounding communities city animal impound. The numbers would be much higher if we had the capacity to accept every animal that citizens report.
Only 109 or 17.5 percent of those animals were claimed. The simple acts of attaching an identification tag, or having a microchip implanted would dramatically change those numbers.
Here are some of the ways to provide identification for your pet:
ID Tag -- A collar tag that contains your name and phone number. It's nice to list your animal's name, but if your pet is lost or in the city impound, the pound needs your name and phone number. This offers the quickest way for you to be contacted.
Microchip -- This is a small electronic chip implanted under the skin between the shoulders. A scanner passed over the shoulders of the pet will read and display the chip number plus a telephone contact number for the microchip registry office. Most animal rescues programs and impounds have scanners.
All animals brought in through our city impound are scanned. If a number comes up, kennel personnel will call the contact number for the owner's (your) information. You can then be contacted, assuming you have kept your contact information currant.
Rabies Tag -- This collar tag gives the agency who finds your pet an identification number and the name and phone number of the vet clinic that vaccinated the animal. The clinic can be called during business hours for your contact information.
City License -- This collar tag works similar to the rabies tag. It is useful during hours that city hall is open and someone can look up your information for the agency or rescue that has your pet.
Tattoo -- One of the oldest forms of identification, tattoo numbers are of little value in locating you. Tattoos link individual animals to registration or other paperwork. However, there are no listings or call numbers to trace tattoos.
GPS -- Collars and microchips can contain a GPS chip for tracking purposes. These are still in the research and development stage. These units will be easily tracked by the owner or manufacturer/agent and will also contain contact information for use by impound and rescue personnel.
Please remember that anything attached to a collar can be separated from the collar, or the entire collar can be lost. The inserted microchip is the most reliable long-term identification. If you choose to use this form of identification, choose a company that offers a permanent registration for your initial registration fee. Some companies require an annual payment or they will refuse to release your contact information to animal shelters.
Also remember that collars and tags do not help us if they are not on the dog. Too many folks start out with good intentions in ordering ID tags, but fail to get them attached to the collar. We have had owners come to the kennel with a brand new collar and shiny tags that just "haven't had time to put it on the dog." Best laid plans....
So what should you do if your pet goes missing?
Be prepared and be proactive. In your file with your pet's medical records, keep several current color photos of your pet. If you have your pet's coat cut regularly, have photos showing both the fresh cut and the grown out coat.
Know your pet's current weight. Record any peculiarities about your pet that might aid in identification.
With this information make phone calls. Call your local animal city impounds, shelters and humane societies. Give them your pet's information. Visit these places and give them a copy of a photo or photos of your pet. Ask to look at any animals that sound close in description to your missing pet. heck back every three to four days as some shelters will euthanize pets that have not been claimed within five days.
Contact local law enforcement/public works agencies that are in charge of animal control as they often receive reports of animals at large, but aren't always able to capture them.
Contact radio/TV stations that offer Pet Patrol or similar broadcasts.
Get out and look. Check places that you and your pet have visited or places you know your pet has frequented in the past.
Check with service people (garbage haulers, paper deliveries, meter readers) who frequent the last known area your pet was seen in.
Print and distribute posters with a clear, current photo of your pet. Consider offering a reward for information leading to the return of your pet.
Prevention is always preferred to cure. A spayed or neutered pet has one less reason to wonder off in search of, well you know. A good fence keeps your dog in and others out of your yard. Where fences aren't possible, trolley style tie outs or exercise kennels are possible options.
Whatever you choose, please, please make sure your pet is not allowed out the door without proper identification.
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