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Eagle Pass, Texas.
Sam Houston Blalock belongs to the [vaqueros?] of the Southwest, in that he was a cowpuncher in the early days when our fathers were first settling this country. He followed herds before there were fences or many settlers. Indians had to be watched, wild animals and wild cattle were numerous and the cow outfits worked large territories often using the rivers as boundaries no matter how many miles it covered.
His days in the saddle gave him the endurance and the hardy constitution so common to the frontiersmen. His speech is deliberate and has changed very little from the cowboy vernacular of early days. The account which follows is in his own words but one misses the expression in his voice and amused chuckles throughout:
"I will be 80 years old the 10th day of July. I was born in Bastrop County, one-half mile east of Lockhart on my father's ranch. I worked on his ranch till I went to Frio County in 1875. That town down there was called Frio Town. I came there in November, 1875 and went to work for a man named Sam Hutchison, the next day after I got there.
"I don't recollect how old I was when I began working stock, or how old I was the first pair of boots I owned, but I think I was 6 or 7 years old and I believe my boots beat Bob Little's a little. Mine were brass-toed and had red tops. By George, they were the stuff. C12 - 2/11/41 - Texas
"The first saddle I ever had I was about 10 years old. It was just a common, half-rig saddle. You never seen no fancy saddles them days except ones the Mexicans brought over sometimes.
"I worked for Hutchison till '78 and worked with cattle the whole time. In fact, I never worked with anything else in my life, or knew anything else. I taken care of the pasture of cattle and horses. Down there is where I saw my first mustang.
"Now those mustangs ran in bunches and every stallion had his own band of mares and he herded 'em just/ like you would herd cattle. He made them go just where he wanted them to go and I've seen 'em drive their herd just like cowboys driving cattle. Just let one get contrary or lag behind, he soon put them where he wanted them. I have seen them put different ones out of the herd, generally their own colts about two years old. Those colts would go to the other bunches, of course, and sooner or later have herds of their own.
"I caught a few horses while I was working there, probably four or five later on, down there about where Moore's station is. Bob Little, Ed and Garret Wilson and me were running. Bob was about 21 years old then. Before this, J. E. Berry had roped a mustang in a pen with some of his horses and that mustang jumped the fence with Berry's raw-hide lariat on him. He had got with a bunch of gentle horses and we say him. I told the boys that if they they'd run that bunch of horses under that tree, I would catch him. Well, I got up there and they brought 'em under and I snared 'im. He nearly put me out of that tree. I thought he was going to shake the tree down. e throwed him down and put a hackimore on him and I told them to take 'im down to the horse camp and turn him over to John Swindler. He was taking care of the horses. Swindler kept him tied or staked out several days till I got back and then I rode 'im and gentled 'im. He wasn't very hard to break. He sure was a pretty horse and when I left there I took him with me.
"I sure wanted that lariat and had it on my saddle till one day Jim Berry saw it and asked me if I got it off a mustang, and I told him I did. He told me all about catching this horse and roping him so, of course, I gave him the lariat but I sure hated to.
"The prettiest mustang I ever saw was a dappled-gray stallion. He was the prettiest thing I ever saw before or since. Nobody never could catch him either. A fellow killed him after that, because he couldn't catch him. He was too smart. Several of us tried to get him but we never could catch him no kind of way. You could get his whole bunch that was with him and run them in a herd of other horses and get them in a pen. He would run in thirty feet of the herd and wouldn't go in. He would never run any closer than that. We could catch his whole bunch but he seemed to know that it was a trap to catch him and he just wouldn't go in. We couldn't snare him or pen him.
"There were lots of polomillos running with them mustangs. They were dun colored and had white manes and tails. There were a good many paints too and I always saw those red paints up to a few years ago. Now, nearly all the paints you see in the country, expecially at the rodeos, are black and white paints. The black paints are really the best horses.
"On the 7Ds, they had five wild, mean horses and nobody could catch them two-year-olds. I finally snared two of them. You see, they kept collecting one or two other gentle horses and I took a bunch of cow horses and turned 'em loose and had John Johnson, one of my hands, find those wild horses so we turned the gentle ones with them. Man! They did try to get out of there. I clumb up on a tree and told 'em to herd 'em under there and I snared the wildest one, a big gray stallion. You ought to have seen that tree shake! He sure was a pretty thing but after we caught him, a Mexican was leading him and one was driving him and he run over the rope and it throwed him. It broke his leg. We turned him loose in the pasture but his leg grew back [?] and we had to kill him later. There was a brown horse with this gray that we caught and he had already been broke. We saddled him up right there and rode him off. He had been a good saddle horse but was running wild now.
"I tell you how we roped those mean steers. We had a couple of necking steers or oxen. We would rope them old steers and tie them u up to a tree pretty short where they could go round and round the tree, and we would leave them about two days or three and then take the oxen and neck 'em together. He would take them right back to the pen and we would leave them there and feed and water them. They would make the best cattle in the world to handle. Them old steers was business. I have seen them old necking-steers that you could take out and neck to a wild steer and every time, he would bring that steer to that camp. He might be a day or two bringing him in but he would bring 'im.
"Talk about game in this country then! They were all over it. I tell you what I knowed two fellows just before Christmas to do. They would go out and kill deer to ship east and one day one of them killed sixteen and one killed seventeen. They were in bunches -- you could kil all them things you wanted. After that, they went out one night to kill turkey for Christmas and they killed 101 and shipped them. Why, a [?] we didn't think much of them as meat, for we preferred fat beef and had plenty of that. You could kill them deer with six-shooters; yes, that close!
"I was at the Hutchison ranch house one morning and I heard a bunch of turkeys coming. You could hear them coming a mile yelping. I looked out and the whole creek bottom was black with them. Why, when we were out cow hunting, we always had all the turkey eggs we could eat.
"In them days, it used to be worlds of wild hogs. They wasn't javalinas -- they was plain old American hogs. They would get fat them days. We could take some good dogs and a gun and kill enough to load the wagon down.
"There was lots of lobo wolves and panthers then too. Once I was riding along and heard a calf bawl and I rode out there and there was two of them had the calf caught and when they saw me, they turned the calf loose and run off. Man! They was sure bad to kill calves. And panthers! They are sure bad after colts. Down in Mexico you can't raise a colt hardly; they'll kill every one of them.
"You have no idea the changes since that day. There was no railroad west of San Antonio. Now, I am going to tell you how they fenced. This man had started fencing and he put up what was called the 'cross fence.' He paid Mexicans from Mexico to come with ox carts and build the fence at $160 a mile. He only had about six sections and I think t there was about six or seven miles of fence. He was building that fence when I went to work for him. He had a herd of cattle - about 300 head and I herded them cattle, me and another, all winter till he got this fence done. Then he turned them cattle loose in there.
"Ed Rutledge joined him and built another fence there and they was the only fences in there. One of them was on one side of the Seco and the other was on the other side.
"I think it was in '76 that the Indians come in there and killed a Negro for us. It was while I was working for Sam Hutchison. Up above his ranch six miles on the Seco Creek where he lived, he got three Negroes to build a pen. We were going to catch wild cattle and we needed the pen. They were building the pen down on a little creek called Elm and back in the other direction was a little hill. One of those Negroes, John Flores, had a pair of mules hitched to a wagon and he was loading mesquite poles to take back up there to build this pen with. He said he happened [??] up on the hill and saw a man ride up on it and he said to himself 'That might be Indians.' The Indians was watching the Negro that was building the pen and he said this Indian passed in 150 yards of him but he never did see him. He said the Indian had long hair like a woman and a long pole [?] a durk knife tied [?]. The third Negro was up farther west of the pen cutting timber. The one who saw the Indian couldn't notify the others without drawing the attention of the Indian to himself. He never saw the Indian [?] the old Negro who was digging the post holes, but when we got down there after he got to the ranch to tell what happened, we could see that the old fellow didn't seem to make any resistance. He must have been taken entirely by surprise for it looked like the Indian made a long jump and run right up to him and the old Negro just gave up. He left the post nearly [?] down and everything just like he laid it down to walk off. The first Negro's tracks looked about ten feet apart when he left there to give the alarm. The third Negro said he was up there working but I thought it was strange that the Indian didn't see him for he went right close by as he took the other old Negro off. This was Friday and he never found the old fellow till the next Friday evening. They killed him the day they got him. We went on and finished the pen and went to gathering cattle. When we found him, he was swelled up big as a horse and we couldn't move him or bury him either. We just had to throw some blankets over him and some dirt. He had two bullet holes in him and his left hand was pinned to his breast with an arrow.
"It was 15 years after that that we had gone up to Devil's River and this other Negro was with us that claimed he was working up west of where the old Negro was taken. I asked him about it then and he said he was going to tell me just how it was. He said he got to thinking about if an Indian would slip up and kill him and his knees got so weak he couldn't stand up, he had to lie down. I always thought he was asleep and I am sure now that he was.
"The Indians weren't afraid of a Negro at all. They were afraid of white men but they seemed to hate a Negro and would kill him every chance they got.
"These same Indians went on down to another creek where there was a little settlement of people. Shackleford had a cow camp on this creek close to the settlement and he had a calf tied out not far from the camp to kill the next morning. These Indians slipped up there that night and took the rope off of the calf and turned it loose but didn't get any of the horses. But they went down to Old Man Perry Wilson's. He had a horse pasture fenced entirely with brush -- every bit of it. These Indians went in that pasture that night and got every one of his horses. Among these horses was a big gray horse and they killed him ate him. They left a great big chunk of that horse meat sticking on a stick where they had broiled it.
"Two of the boys, John/ Wilson and Bob Roland, got on their pet horses next morning to ride out and get the horses and found them all gone. One of them Indians saw them and made a run at them and the boys knew it was Indians. They turned round and if they didn't lay it on them ponies going back to the house!
"The Indians had roped a half-wild horse, on that raid, that belonged to [?] Bailey. The horse got away from them and had a rawhide lariat on him forty feet long. The rawhide hadn't been dressed so well; there was hair still on it. We found the horse with the rope wound up around a log and if we hadn't found him when we did, he would have starved to death.
"They came in there again in '77 to a sheep camp and killed a man that was fixing to dip his sheep. The herder saw the Indians kill him but had to stay hid. The Indians went down on Squirrel Creek into Jeff Johnson's pasture and went in and out of a gate and got a bunch of his horses. There was an old Mexican named Jesus Sanches that said he spoke to them but they didn't answer when they came by his house. He lived close to the gate they went out of and he knew they were Indians then so he got his gun and shot at them. They ran off. They were traveling east then. Some of them turned south toward the Frio River and Jim Berry was down there gathering wild cattle with a bunch of Mexican hands. He had a bunch of slow-herd cattle and he found where some wild cattle had crossed the trail and he was trailing them when one of the Mexicans in the rear hollered, 'Indians!' He looked and saw an Indian sitting on a white horse. This Indian took after them and he beat the Indian to the river. The Mexican jump jumped off the bank of the river and got away. They went on down and crossed that river about three miles below town and they call it 'Indian Crossing' yet. They turned up the river west to a sheep camp where they were dipping or shearing sheep. There were four or five Mexicans there and they killed every one of them. When help got there, one of the Mexicans wasn't quite dead and he told them that there was a white man with those Indians and described him. Jim Berry knew who it was as soon as the Mexican told him and said the fellow had been staying right there in Frio Town. When those Indians left there with those horses, they made a clean get-away and never was heard of or seen and none of the horses ever seen.
"I think along about then was the first time I ever saw Uvalde. It didn't have any of them plazas then. It was just a wide place in the road. It was more than tough too, I want to tell you. I have heard of many a thing that happened there and saw quite a few little things myself a little later on, though I never did stay around town very long at a time. But Uvalde was just a little settlement in the brush.
"I have heard people say that they knew this country when you couldn't get a riding switch, but I have knowed it since '78 and it was always brushy. Where it was brushy, it was bad and where it was open, it was open. East of Uvalde was open mostly then.
"Down around Pearsall, that old sage grass was up to your saddle stirrup then. You could see it waving like the waves on the Gulf when the wind blew. It was easy for all kinds of wild animals to hide in there and snakes too. And of course, turkeys had a paradise as well as coyotes. You can imagine that country being all open and them mustangs running in there for miles and miles. They would go twenty-five or thirty miles to water for there wasn't no fences to hinder 'em. The wild cattle ranged the same way, though they didn't go so far to water, but them old steers and bulls was wild as deer. During them big roundups, all the outfits worked and I remember all them old ranchmen around there for we had some good neighbors on the Seco.
"Old Man Rol Miller lived up there on the Seco and him and Hutchison were good friends. I remember Old Man Miller had some bees at his house and they were so mean he hadn't been able to rob them or to get anybody else to. There were about eight stands, I think. We had gone there to buy some cattle and were gathering them then. He liked me and asked me if I could rob bees. I told him yes and he got me to stay there that day and help him. Well, we robbed them bees and got two big wash tubs full of comb honey. He couldn't have robbed them himself.
"I left Hutchison in about three years and I had three good saddle horses and fifty-five head of cattle. I only made twelve dollars a month, so you see I didn't make all them cattle working. No fooling, I was a pretty good rustler.
"Jim Shakelford, Talt Roland, Bob Roland and myself went over to Loma Vista on a creek called [Tortuga?] Creek and made a camp there. We roped wild cattle all winter. The cattle belonged to everybody. There were Nunn, Daughtery, Blackally, Lawhorn, Adams and others. That was in '78 and some of them old steers was branded right after the war. I know some of them old steers was 25 years old. I seen two steers that was thirty years old and another one that was twenty-eight years old. Baylor bought a bunch of old steers to ship and I had put 'em over there in a pen and a Mexican said that one was thirty years old and the other was twenty-eight because he raised 'em. I saw a little old red steer once from Arkansas that was thirty years old.
"I've seen horses live thirty years too. I gave Lew Blackally a horse named Redbird that he roped on all the time and he kept him till he was twenty-six years old.
"We roped those wild steers and we would find a man who was going to take a herd to Kansas and we would sell them for four dollars a steer and about two-fifty a cow. We kept the yearlings ourselves and sure had a pretty little bunch. We stole all the rest we could, of course. We caught about a hundred head that winter. We made a little money, not much. Nothing else to do them days. We had our own camp and our own grub which was black coffee, cornbread and beef. We had that all the time and I have lived on that most of my life. That was the healthiest living on earth. When we ate up one beef, we went and got another; didn't make any difference whose it was, just so it was fat.
"We went back to Frio County and I went to work for Old Man Perry Wilson in '79. I married one of his daughters, in '82. Her name was Alice. She was dark, and had dark eyes. She was a small woman, about 105 pounds, and a good ranch hand. We had four children: Etta (who died), Myrtle, Alvin and Ora.
"Perry Wilson moved his cattle to Devil's River in '86 and I also went up there and stayed three years, on the headwaters of Devil's River I taken my cattle along. My wife went along on that trip and after we got there we had to live in a tent for about three months, in fact, all winter. I brought her back down home for it sure gets cold up there.
"When we was moving those cattle to Devil's River, it was out here about Brackett that we had such an awful stampede. There was about 1,200 head that trip and we lost them all. We were two days gathering them. We got nearly all of them -- maybe twelve head short. I was on herd when the stampede come off and it was a plumb good one. I never did know what scared them. It was a moonshine night and bright as it could be. And we never could stop them cattle--just had to let 'em go. They run right through camp and this fellow, Swindler, was in bed. A little old yearling run right over him. That tickled me worse than anything that happened. Golly, he sure squalled.
"There were some of the biggest catfish in Devil's River in the world. One boy caught one that weighed 140 pounds. No, I never caught a big fish because I never liked to fish. Once, Tom Wilson caught a catfish out of there that weighed sixty-five pounds. He had a sheep camp up on the river there and caught this fish and he had it tied to the horn of his saddle and the tail drug the ground.
"We sold out our cattle, in about three years, to a fellow named Ryburn and when I left there, I went back down to the old Wilson ranch and Old Man Perry went to Lower California. Me and John Wilson built up our herd to about seven-hundred head.
"Right there is where I struck the meanest horse I ever got hold of. He didn't throw me but it was bad enough. I could ride any of them then and it didn't hurt me but I wouldn't like to do it again. It was there on this ranch and the horse was a range horse and belonged to Will Craig. He said nobody else could ride him and he got me to take him with me and ride him. It took me about a week to get him to where I could ride him without him pitching. He was the meanest horse I ever saw in my life. He was a brown horse -- brown all over -- and he was a small horse too. He just pitched and I kept him in a pen a week before I could ever get him broke. He didn't go off, he just pitched and balked. He would pitch himself down and me too.
"In '92, I left the Wilson ranch and went up to the 7Ds. There was a fellow named Bill Henson had this job before I did and he got sick on that Pearsall ranch of the 7Ds and had to go to San Antonio, so they got me to take his place till he got back. But he died, so I stayed on. Old Man John Oliver was running this ranch close to Le Pryor and Old N.T. Wilson wanted me to come out there and take Oliver's place. I told him I didn't want to do that. They were giving me $65 a month but they told me they would give me a hundred dollars if I would come out there. They said they were going to let Oliver go, anyway. Well, I took the job and stayed there nine years.
"Speaking of good cowhands, I had a Negro hand by the name of John Johnson and I know that no cowhand ever beat John. I knew Alf Tollett -- he was John's stepfather -- and he sure was a hand but I don't believe he was a bit better than John. John worked for me the whole time I was there. Cal Spier and Walter Winter worked for me too. I think there are about three of the Mexicans alive out of the six that worked with me at that time. I know Eusovio Martinez and Martin Padilla are still alive, and Cal said he saw old Gregorio last year and his head was white as cotton. Me and Cal have been thinking about getting all that old bunch together that we used to work with and pull off a regular chuck wagon barbecue and celebration. We want to have just a regular cow camp with a chuck-wagon there, and invite everybody. I know all our old bunch would be there that's living.
"I took that one outfit and worked that whole country and that same bunch stayed with me nine years. But we sure did work. We had the worst cattle in the world to handle. There were old bulls ten and twelve years old that never had been branded and old steers twelve or thirteen years old. There was lots of animals in there with no brand on 'em at all. Darndest mess I ever saw. We roped, necked and brought 'em into a trap and afterwards, we rounded up these steers and taken them to the Pearsall ranch which had about 37,000 acres in it. We caught 2,400 big steers at one time and shipped them to Dennison and they were wild ones too.
"We would take a bunch of our range cattle out and run these wild cattle into 'em and then go in there and take 'em on to the pasture. When Oliver was there, I asked him about how many steers he thought was in that ranch and he said about 1,400. I caught 2,800. We roped steers out of those pastures five years. We would rope till we thought we had them all and next winter we would find some more.
"That's where John Johnson come in. He could trail like a dog. He had the best eyes I ever saw in a human's head. He would trail a brute all day long till he got him. He was simply the best cowman I ever worked with in my life. He is about as good as ever now, I guess, though he is about my age. I am pretty sure he still has good eyes, but my eyes went back on me is why I had to quit the ranch. John is working down on the Flowers ranch now and I don't know what Flowers would have done without him. I haven't seen him in twenty years and I sure would love to see old John again.
"That 37,000 acre pasture was at Pearsall and there was another pasture on the Leona that had the same amount in it. The Nueces ranch or the Pryor Ranch had 92,000 acres in it and the Frio ranch had 15,000. Now, that is what I worked with one outfit. I was the only man that ever went in there and cleaned it up. When they sold out, we gathered 5,553 steers off of the Nueces ranch for Bill Mangum. Bill Jennings bought 1,500 off of the Leona ranch and we shipped the Pearsall ranch cattle, then delivered 1,800 cattle off of the Frio. But I sure had some real men in that outfit or we never could have done it.
"I wouldn't like to live those days again. We went through too much. Of course, we had lots of fun too. We had kangaroo court many a time and they have put the leggings on me too. There were certain things you done and you was always found guilty. You couldn't beat a case at all. I recollect one time that we all wanted to whip Martin Padilla so we tried him for something and put the leggings on him. We laid him down and we sure poured it on him. After we got through, he asked us if he had had his whipping and we were satisfied about it. We told him yes and the devil got up and pulled a big old coat out of his pants that he had stuffed down there, knowing we were going to whip him. Those whippings hurt, I tell you. There's no question about that -- but you couldn't do anything about it.
"When I went down to the Mariposa ranch in Mexico during the revolution, me and Bob Dow, Walter Scott, Tom Vivian and Ellis Perry rode in one of the first makes of cars that ever come to this country and it reminded me of the first cars I ever saw around Uvalde. The first one was an old Brush and then Dave Pryor brought in the next one and it was the kind we went down there in to get a herd of cattle. Them old horses that used to be around Uvalde -- when they saw an automobile, you could see them old hacks just a-flyin' and the dust a-foggin'. Man, them old horses would go wild and they had some real run-aways them days.
"When we brought then cattle back from Mexico that time, we crossed the Rio Grande up here about eight miles above Eagle Pass and we lost one of our Mexican hands that trip. The river wasn't up bad but it was swift. We got those cattle to the river about two hours by sun and we swum 'em across in little bunches at a time. We had a Mexican on the other side to turn 'em up the hill into a pasture. The cattle could hardly swim in that swift water.
"John Johnson was with us. The Mexican on the other side called to one that was with us, after we finished crossing the cattle, to come go to town. The one he called to told him no, but another one said he would go. John told him not to do that, that if he did, he might not make it. He also told him if he must go, to pull off his clothes. The Mexican had told me earlier in the day that he couldn't swim and we tried to keep him from going into it. But he rode right into that water and it carried him, horse and all right on down the river. The old horse wouldn't swim, either, he just sort of floated down and the Mexican sitting on top of him. But the water washed the Mexican off the horse, finally, and I heard him call to the Mexican that was riding down the river trying to get to him, to hurry for he was drowning. But the other Mexican couldn't get to him and he disappeared. He was found down close to the bridge two or three days afterward. The old horse sort of floated out back on the same bank he left from.
"That old river is sure mean. Old Man Ab Blocker has driven herds to Kansas and the Black Hills and he said this old Rio Grande was the worst stream he ever tackled to swim herds across and the most treacherous.
"In 1922, I went down into Mexico and went to work for the Kincaid Brothers on the La Gacho ranch. I worked down there till 1926 and then came back over here and went over to Carrizo and worked with my son, Alvin, about seven years. Worked over there till I got to where I couldn't see, so I came back here. I haven't been back to Uvalde since 1922 but it is the best little town in Texas. I have two daughters by my second marriage. Their names are Maxine and Mildred. My first wife died a long time ago when I had my family in Uvalde to send the children to school. I married Josie Beaupois then. I have a daughter here -- Mrs. Clarence Milam who was Ora, and a daughter in Uvalde, Mrs. Altheldra Milam (Myrtle). Alvin has a ranch over in the Carrizo country and he is a good ranchman.
TXGenWeb, Frio County - Sam Houston Blalock updated on 10/07/2009


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Today is the last day you can catch Steve Solomon in My Sister's an Only Child at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. His show My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish and I'm in Therapy! holds the record for the longest running solo show in off-Broadway history.
What is on your nightstand?
I love Michael Crichton, rest his soul. I've got his State of Fear.
If I want to be funnier, what should I read?
First of all, if you don't have the funny gene, you're not going to be funny.
But I think I have the gene.
When I first got started, there were some books by comedians that I read. There's The Myron Cohen joke book, by Myron Cohen, and I also think of Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints. She was very funny for that time. You know, I'm an author too. I'm working on a book on growing up to be a comic, how I got from being a 3-year-old on my funny uncle's lap to Broadway, and my published book is My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish and I'm in Therapy! Cookbook.
Do you recommend your cookbook?
Well, Martha Stewart liked it, and she doesn't like anything.
Piper Castillo, Times staff writer

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Phil Donahue interviews Orlando police chief Val Demings
Television host Phil Donahue and Orlando police chief Val Demings sat down at The MAKERS Conference to discuss Demings' story. As the first woman to serve as the Chief for the Orlando Police Department, Demings said "public service isn't something you do, it is who you are." Her hope is "that girls everywhere, not just in Orlando, can see themselves in positions that they've never seen themselves in before."
Donahue and Demings also talked about gender roles both in the workplace and at home. Demings stated, "There are no female roles or male roles, there are just roles. We are always better when we can work together to get them done."


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- Tavaborole – our lead topical antifungal product candidate for the treatment of onychomycosis, a fungal infection of the nail and nail bed that affects approximately 35 million people in the United States.
- On July 26, 2013, we submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for tavaborole, the first drug in our clinical pipeline to reach this milestone.
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- In July 2013, we initiated a MUSE (maximal use systemic exposure) study in children with atopic dermatitis to measure blood levels when AN2728 is applied under maximal use conditions.
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France's Dixville Notch
- By Uri Friedman
Uri Friedman is deputy managing editor at Foreign Policy. Before joining FP, he reported for the Christian Science Monitor, worked on corporate strategy for Atlantic Media, helped launch the Atlantic Wire, and covered international affairs for the site. A proud native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he studied European history at the University of Pennsylvania and has lived in Barcelona, Spain and Geneva, Switzerland.
The hamlet of Dixville Notch (population: 9) is famous for being the first town to vote in New Hampshire's primary and predicting the eventual Republican nominee in every presidential election since 1968 (its record in the Democratic primary and general election is spottier). France, it turns out, has something similar.
In recent days, there have been several reports on the Burgundy village of Donzy (with 1,700 residents, a pulsing metropolis compared with Dixville Notch), where electoral results have served as an uncanny bellwhether for the whipsawing national vote in every presidential race since 1981. And with the first round of voting in this year's election set to begin later this month, things are not looking good for President Nicolas Sarkozy, who won Donzy in 2007 but is currently trailing François Hollande in national polls as the French economy sputters.
Here's the Economist's report from the town:
The message I picked up from almost everybody I spoke to suggested that Mr Hollande is heading for victory. Jean-Paul Jacob, the current (independent) centre-right mayor, told me straight out: "My bet is that Donzy will vote Hollande." Not, he said, out of any great enthusiasm for the Socialist: "People find him cold; there's no fervour about him." (Indeed, there was little evidence of any political activism at all: the only poster pasted to the official campaign boards was for Philippe Poutou, an anti-capitalist candidate. Local talk is more often about "fishing and fêtes", said a local in the bar.) Rather, it was because people are disappointed with Mr Sarkozy. "His personality," said the mayor, a local notary, wryly, "doesn't leave people indifferent."
But at a local bar (almost every report makes the obligatory stop at a watering hole), Reuters' Vicky Buffery files a slightly more encouraging dispatch for Sarkozy's camp:
Questions about the election draw Gallic shrugs. One man says he'll vote but hasn't decided which way. When pushed, he struggles to remember the name of Segolene Royal, the Socialist Party candidate for whom he voted in 2007.
There's a sense among Donzy's voters that the election result could go any way, despite polls pointing to a win for Hollande.
It is hard to find people who will admit to supporting Sarkozy but several say he will have their vote.
As for Dixville Notch, its predictive power appears to be intact. Mitt Romney, who's now cruising to the GOP nomination, won the town's vote. Well, actually, his two votes put him in a tie for first place with Jon Huntsman, who has long since departed the Republican race. But why let messy details like that get in the way of the mystique.


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LA QUINTA, Calif. — Bill Haas followed his father's advice to be patient through six long days at the Bob Hope Classic until his final hole, when an impatient shot clinched his first PGA Tour victory Monday.
Haas made a short birdie putt after an aggressive approach shot on the 18th hole to win the Hope Classic, beating Matt Kuchar, Tim Clark and Bubba Watson by one stroke with 8-under 64.
"I'd been wanting to win from the first tournament I played, but it's a process, and there's a lot to it," said Haas, 27, a rookie in 2006. "I'm grateful."
The son of 1988 Hope Classic champion Jay Haas was the last of three co-leaders to play the par-5 18th. Kuchar and South Africa's Clark had missed birdie putts at the Arnold Palmer Private course.
Haas dropped his 3-iron behind the pin and two-putted for a 30-under 330 finish.
Fourth-round co-leader Watson birdied the 18th to share second.
After grinding through five rounds on four courses in the rain-delayed tournament, Haas made it through the last hole with his hands shaking and fingers going numb — and at that point, he didn't even know his father had made it back from the Champions Tour event in Hawaii to watch.
"It was the most nervous I've ever been," Haas said.
Haas credited his play to a tip he received while practicing with his father last weekend.
"It's definitely neat that down the road, 22 years from now, we can look at both our names on the list here," Bill Haas said. "I'm not trying to compare myself to him. He's almost unreachable."
They're the eighth father-son combination to win on the PGA Tour.
Kuchar had eight birdies in his first 11 holes, one in the last seven, for the best final round (63). He wished for a better second shot on 18. His hybrid approach landed on the fringe.
Rookie Alex Prugh, who shared the lead with Watson entering the final round, started slowly but closed with three straight birdies to finish fifth at 28 under in his third career PGA Tour event.


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The division of the Indians and the Four Papooses isn't exactly burgeoning with major changes in the standings, but there are things to look forward to.
Cleveland Indians (56-31, division leader)
John Hart's outfit can afford to tinker, because it isn't like anyone's going to sneak up on them. The offense is chugging along on a pace to score more than 950 runs, but shy of the '98 Yankees' total of 965. The major issue remains the same: are the Indians going to risk having another regular season victory parade marred by another playoff collapse?
Assume the Tribe finishes the year with the league's best record, and has a rematch against the Red Sox. Bartolo Colon hasn't turned into the rotation ace, so they're counting on Dave Burba or Charles Nagy against Pedro Martinez in Game One? That's a situation in which it doesn't matter that the Indians' offense is 150 runs better than Boston's. Even if they survive the Sox, having to face the Yankees in the second round wouldn't be any easier than it was last year.
So John Hart still has the same problem as in the previous four years: he needs a top-notch starter. The Indians' window of opportunity is beginning to close, and they won't be able to count on their continued dominance of the Central after this year. If they don't do go all the way now, Hart won't win any medals for careful guidance or a heroic retention of his prospects. He'll be remembered as the man who couldn't get the Indians over the top, a local hero who fell short, and the man who couldn't exorcise the ghosts of 1954 once and for all. The Indians need to identify who that top starter should be, then go out and get him. Chuck Finley, because of his career-long dominance over the Yankees? Kevin Appier? I go to the Dodgers and offer a package starting with Enrique Wilson, and whatever else it takes, to get Ismael Valdes.
Immortality aside, there are tactical problems that the Indians need to address. With Travis Fryman out, after some initial consideration they aren't going to get Jim Thome any action over at third base. This is a mistake. On the most optimistic level, letting Thome play a few games a week at third would at give the Tribe some flexibility by preparing him for a start at the hot corner in an NL park in the World Series. That's going to be much more to their advantage than any of the ugly rumored deals to paper over Fryman's absence, like reacquiring Carlos Baerga. Yes, Thome may be much heavier now than when he last played third, and he may have the lateral mobility of the Fridge. Even so, if you give me the choice during the World Series between a chance or two in the field at the hot corner, versus four at-bats for a better bat (probably Richie Sexson) than Wilson or some rented veteran mediocrity, I'll take the at-bats.
There have also been concerns that the weak rotation has led to overuse in the bullpen, particularly in the case of Steve Karsay. Considering that Karsay has essentially never had an injury-free season, that may be an overreaction to the rotation's problems. If anything, Mike Hargrove needs to let Ricky Rincon and Steve Reed work longer in the outings he uses them in (which also means fewer outings), and stop reserving them for situational roles where neither of them are pitching as well as they could. Ironing out both Mike Jackson and the infamously talented-yet-ineffective Paul Shuey should be an equally high priority.
Chicago White Sox (42-43, 2nd place, 13 games behind)
The White Sox remain in the same situation they entered the season with: upgrade with youth as it becomes ready and keep building for 2000. The Sox have already surprised several media types by not curling up and dying after losing Robin Ventura and Albert Belle. Still, the offense hasn't adjusted to their departures, leaving them 11th in the league in runs scored.
Several of the younger players need to make adjustments. Greg Norton has become too passive at the plate; he needs to remember how to plaster a fastball. Mike Caruso has regressed terribly in the last four weeks, and may get demoted. Carlos Lee needs to stop merely keeping his head above water, learn to wait on his pitch and drive it. The Sox also have to come to terms with Frank Thomas' preference to play first base over DHing. He's been more comfortable at the plate when he plays first, and if that means getting back the Frank Thomas of old, they'll have to re-learn to live with his shortcomings in the field.
Magglio Ordonez is turning into a new-and-improved George Bell who can field, Paul Konerko seems to be picking up steam and Chris Singleton has been a fun surprise in center field so far. The low-risk, low-cost, high-yield catching platoon of Brook Fordyce and Mark Johnson has been outstanding.
The big improvements have come on the mound. Having let Jim Parque and Mike Sirotka take their lumps last year, the Sox now have two of the best lefty starters in the league to show for it. The bullpen has been relatively solid, as Keith Foulke and Sean Lowe have been outstanding in middle relief, and Bill Simas is finally getting out of an early funk.
There have also been setbacks. James Baldwin's mesmerizing curve has been mesmerizing batters to the sound of "ball four" and bleacher creatures with souvenir showers. John Snyder couldn't adjust after the league caught up with him. Jaime Navarro is still terrible, but it doesn't get noticed as often now that some people have been doing even worse.
Basically, the Sox need to stay the course, evaluating and developing their players to see if they can mount that 2000 challenge to the Tribe. They're a work in progress. If Snyder bounces back and/or Pat Daneker or Kip Wells or Aaron Myette breaks through, they might mount a run at the wild card. They can peddle Navarro or Simas or Fordyce if the right deal comes along, but basically, the Sox should be happy in the knowledge that they're on the road to building a contender, and they'll be ahead of everyone else in the division when the Tribe comes back to the pack in the years to come.
Detroit Tigers (36-52, 3rd place, 20 1/2 games behind)
The Tigers have spent an awful lot of money to send Tiger Stadium out in grand fashion, and it has gotten them out of the basement. By a full game in the standings, no less!
For better or for worse, Randy Smith is going to have to finally take the heat for his misdeeds. The team has gone out of its way to scapegoat Bobby Higginson or Damion Easley, or even more implausibly, "team chemistry". At the end of the day, the problem is what it was last winter: Randy Smith likes certain things, and not all of them add up to putting a good ballclub on the field.
The problems begin with a lineup that, as expected, doesn't get on base. It isn't just Randy Smith's free agents that don't do it; the Tigers young players--Juan Encarnacion, Gabe Kapler and Frank Catalanotto--don't get on base. Tony Clark has already hit his ceiling, and it's low. Even though the team has poked 104 home runs, good for seventh in the league, it has only scored 404 runs (12th). The lineup is older than those of the White Sox or the Royals, but it's also much weaker (a paltry .249 Equivalent Average). Most of the guys the Tigers would like to trade (Gregg Jefferies, Higginson) won't bring much in return, and some players in their lineup (Deivi Cruz, in particular) will never be offensive threats.
Where the Tigers have options is working with their pitching staff. With Jeff Weaver, they have a starter to build around. The bullpen has been weak despite Doug Brocail's continued success as one of the league's better middle men. Some of the problems are self-inflicted: Bryce Florie is wasted as a reliever, and C.J. Nitkowski would be better off as a middle reliever, not a situational guy.
There's a question about whether the Tigers should keep both Justin Thompson and Scuffy Moehler, and several teams have already asked after Thompson. Given the lack of offensive talent the Tigers have to peddle or play, turning Thompson into the best package of talent they can get may be the best Randy Smith can do. A young power hitter would be a good start. Flipping as many of their veterans (Todd Jones, Air Blair, Dave Mlicki) makes sense, because there are several good young pitchers on the horizon, including reliever Francisco Cordero and starters Dave Borkowski, Alan Webb and potentially Adam Pettyjohn.
Trading Thompson for the best offensive prospect(s) they can get, putting Florie into the rotation and bringing up the kids for middle relief by the end of August is the most the Tigers should hope for. If they get caught up in a lame Herk-style campaign for second or third place, they'll fall short while aiming for a booby prize. The Tigers have to accept the risk that if they do nothing, they may be the worst team in the division by season's end. Because of that, they have to do what they can to build a real future for themselves, not one built on misguided free agent pickups and overconfidence in a weak lineup.
Kansas City Royals (35-52, 4th place, 21 games behind)
Like the Sox, the Royals are doing what they need to do, and simply need to stick with it. There's nothing to win this year, so they can focus on how to field a team that can flirt with .500 or better next year.
There isn't much to be done about their very public and very ugly bullpen situation, at least not with the clay Tony Muser has to work with now. They're already on the right path by calling up Dan Reichert and inserting him into the rotation; led by Jeff Suppan and Jose Rosado, the Royals have what could be the division's best rotation for the next few years.
Their offense has been a major reason for their success so far: surprisingly enough, they're fourth in the league in runs scored. Add los dos Carlitos to the breakthroughs of Jermaine Dye and Mike Sweeney--and the callup of Jeremy Giambi--and there's reason to believe they can sustain this.
As well as things have worked out so far, the Royals need to go shopping. Rey Sanchez is baseball's answer to the Little Dutch Boy as far as shortstops go, so Herk Robinson has to see if he can turn Kevin Appier into a good young shortstop prospect. The Royals can also see what they can get for Johnny Damon; they may want to avoid another arbitration battle with him, and he could return to center field playing for somebody else. Dee Brown is on the way up, so the Royals will have a decision to make about who'll be playing left field, anyway.
On a lesser scale, the Royals should dangle Chad Kreuter and Joe Randa, Most of the contenders could use a veteran catcher, and if Sal Bando could turn Kevin Seitzer into Jeromy Burnitz, in an ideal world, the Royals could get something for their future out of Randa. If everything breaks their way, the Royals have the opportunity to stalk the Indians next year, perhaps even a better one than the White Sox.
Minnesota Twins (34-52, 5th place, 21 1/2 games behind)
Will they trade Mike Trombley or won't they? The suspense is as almost as gripping as the inner turmoil Joe Sheehan feels when he wonders if Buffy's going to be wearing hot pants in tonight's episode.
It's been a long, ugly year, and about the nicest thing you can say is that Tom Kelly has been able to keep his temper long enough to make sure everyone gets to play a little. What is there to look forward to? More of Jacque Jones, less of Torii Hunter and Marty Cordova's waning days as a Twin. They're showcasing Cordova in the outfield, but other than the happiness to all concerned parties that a trade would create, the fish aren't hungry enough to nibble on this bait. Other than peddling Trombley, the only other player who might have some value in trade is Ron Coomer.
There are a few ideas to kick around. First, it's time to make a choice between pitching coach Dick Such and perpetual flop LaTroy Hawkins. Hell, fire both of them, and make room in the rotation for Mark Redman. Second, ditch the punitive attitude towards David Ortiz, or ditch Ortiz. Leaving him in the PCL to make him feel guilty or humble is a waste of time: you're the Twins. Sending Chad Allen away may be necessary: his brain cramps in the field and on the bases are already becoming the stuff of legend, and it isn't like he hits like Babe Herman. Or even Dan Gladden.
Offensively, several things are very wrong: both Matt Lawton and Todd Walker have taken really ugly step backwards at the plate, exemplifying the weakest offensive team in the league, with a MLB-low .231 team EqA.
The Twins could sneak into fourth place past the Tigers, which would be a nice public relations coup. Otherwise, they have to live with the fact that their pitching isn't up to snuff in the division, and won't be for another couple of years. The wait is on for the arrivals of third baseman Mike Cuddyer, catcher Matt LeCroy, and outfielder Mike Restovich. In the meantime, the organization's highest priority is working on the proposal to get a stadium in St. Paul.
Christina Kahrl is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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EB-5 questions factor in to gov, Senate races
Mike Rounds has been steadfast in his defense of the EB-5 economic development/immigration program he championed during his two terms as governor. If his U.S. Senate opponents get their way, he might get more chances to defend the controversial program.
Two of his opponents called for him to testify under oath or in writing about the program, which offers foreign investors a United States visa in exchange for at least $500,000 invested in an American business.
The issue took up much of the time of an hour-long debate held Wednesday at Dakotafest near Mitchell, and also was a major issue in the gubernatorial debate held right before the Senate debate.
Independent/tea party Senate candidate Gordon Howie attacked Rounds the most pointedly, calling his administration "corrupt."
"We need to know if Governor Rounds should be vindicated of any wrongdoing. Now is the time for vindication," Howie said. "I would ask the governor to be willing to go before that (legislative) panel and testify under oath. That would bring the truth. South Dakotans deserve the truth."
Independent Senate candidate Larry Pressler called for Rounds to write out a "memorandum of fact" that would include every detail Rounds could produce about his administration's work with EB-5 and his hiring of the late Richard Benda as head of the Governor's Office of Economic Development.
Under Rounds, the EB-5 program moved from a state-run enterprise under a salaried state employee named Joop Bollen to a private entity owned by Bollen who generated millions of dollars in fees for putting deals together.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Susan Wismer sits on the legislative committee that Howie mentioned, and when she made a motion at a recent meeting to subpoena Bollen to testify, she did not get a second and the matter died.
Democratic Senate candidate Rick Weiland said from the debate dias that Bollen should be made to answer questions.
"They just crossed over the line there," Weiland said of Republican lawmakers refusing to second Wismer's motion. "This just does not feel right to me. The people of South Dakota are entitled to a real explanation of what happened here.
"The EB-5 program allows the state to go out and solicit big-money foreigners to come in for half a million dollars and get green cards. This is a tragedy and big money gone wild."
Wismer, too, said she is dismayed that her motion died and she believes South Dakota should not be using the EB-5 program.
"South Dakota should not be involved in a program that allows foreigners to buy their way to the front of the green card line," she said.
Independent gubernatorial candidate Mike Myers said he wants subpoenas issued to Rounds and sitting Gov. Dennis Daugaard, a Republican.
Daugaard did not defend the EB-5 program and said, "It's a federal program I have not emphasized since becoming governor."
Rounds said he believes the program brought money to South Dakota ventures, most of which were successful.
"I believe the EB-5 program was good for South Dakota," Rounds said. "We worked hard to bring more economic development resources to bear on South Dakota projects."
Rounds responded to criticism that various state grants and loans to Aberdeen's Northern Beef Packers -- an EB-5 participant -- totaled more than $4 million and were lost. He said the state gained more than that in contractor's excise taxes and sales taxes.
Health care
In addition to EB-5, Obamacare proved a hot topic at Wednesday's debates.
Democrat Wismer called for the state to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, formally called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Daugaard said he worries that expanding Medicaid to able-bodied adults who should be able to provide for themselves could weaken the state's solid financial standing.
"This state is passing on $272 million a year of investment in our health care institutions because we are refusing to take that federal money to expand coverage to 48,000 people who could have preventive health care with the stroke of a pen," Wismer said. "We are writing off $88 million of bad debt in our two major hospital systems. That's not just going away. That's being financed by counties and you and I with health insurance premiums."
Daugaard said he does not want Medicaid to be facing insolvency as Medicare and Social Security are.
"In South Dakota we share the value of self-reliance. We should help people who can't help themselves, but those who can help themselves should do so," Daugaard said. "The first couple of years it would only the state a couple million dollars. After that $10 million, then $20 million, then $36 million. What kind of trade-offs are we making when we obligate ourselves to those kinds of expenses?"
Myers said he would examine the non-profit status of hospitals that pay top administrators and doctors in the high six- and seven-figures each year.
Howie and Rounds both called for the repeal of Obamacare, with Howie accusing Rounds of supporting it while he was governor.
Weiland said he would support adding Medicare as an option for people buying insurance at the Obamacare marketplaces, saying it would inject competition for the for-profit insurance companies and drive down costs.
Teacher pay
Weiland and Wismer -- the two Democrats -- both decried South Dakota's last-place ranking for teacher pay, blaming Rounds and Daugaard for the situation.
"Mike Rounds when he was governor, I'm sorry to say, cut education," Weiland said. "That's one of the reasons we're in this mess. We've not been investing in education."
Rounds did not directly respond to the charge.
Wismer said the free market has left schools with vacant teaching jobs because teachers can earn $10,000 more just by crossing the state line.
"We've got $1 billion in the bank and bragging rights to our last-place ranking, and we are chasing our future right out of this state," Wismer said. "The tone in Pierre desperately needs to change. You can't give lip service to this during a campaign and then cut funding."
Daugaard said that local school boards decide what to pay teachers, while the state's overall per-student funding ranks 39th nationally.
"It's decisions that are made at the local school district, made by people you elect and are right for your community, I have to assume," Daugaard said. "In South Dakota, we're proud the state spends almost half of its general fund budget on education -- more money than any other program."
When Daugaard pushed through across-the-board budget cuts to balance the budget during his first year in office, education took a lesser blow than other parts of state government, he said.
"Since then I have proposed fully funding the formula every year, plus more," Daugaard said.


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Update: Lanes on Lakeside Road Opened After Utility Pole Catches Fire
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Lynchburg, VA - Officials say all the eastbound lanes are now open and one lane is still closed westbound.
Update 3:45 p.m.:
Lynchburg, VA - A power pole went down just past the True Value on Lakeside Drive, so crews had to block traffic on the busy street Wednesday afternoon.
Fire crews say a transformer blew, but they don't know if it was weather related.
The top of the pole caught on fire.
One person who lives nearby called ABC 13 News to report she lost power for just a little bit and then it went back up.
AEP crews were on the scene around 3:30 p.m.
Lynchburg, VA - Officials have closed a part of Lakeside Drive after officials say the top of a utility pole caught fire Wednesday.
Lynchburg Police and Fire Departments are on the scene. They are waiting for AEP crews to get there.
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From what I can tell, it will not fly again, but the engines may end up running. It will also be left in its...
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DC Comics Announces July & August Collected Editions
DC Comics has announced its upcoming book-format comics coming in July and August, 2006. Highlights include:
– 2 new Teen Titans Go! collections: Ready for Action and On the Move (July)
– The Batman Chronicles Vol. 2, the second volume reprinting all of Batman's adventures in chronological order (July)
– Absolute Kingdom Come, reprinting the landmark mini-series by Mark Waid and Alex Ross in oversized format, with multiple extras (July)
– 2 new The Batman Strikes collections: Duty Calls and Behind the Shadows (August)
– Absolute Dark Knight, which reprints Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and The Dark Knight Strikes Again in oversized format (August)


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Regarding the process he is following in making his decision, Paul said, "We're getting awfully close and there are just a few other things I have to iron out personally to make my final decision."
The physician-turned-politician said whether or not he ultimately decides to enter the race has nothing to do with whether he will participate in the presidential debate that will be held in May in South Carolina.
Given Representative Paul's libertarian leanings, it isn't surprising that Jones would enquire as to Paul's determination to continue flying the Republican colors.
"Right now I am still a Republican Congressman," Paul told Jones, "and we did it last time as a Republican." Paul was the Libertarian Party standard bearer in the 1988 presidential election, but ran as a Republican in the 2008 presidential primaries.
The congressman elaborated on his notion of the party system, saying he "believes political parties are irrelevant and the establishment-dominated Republican Party now serves as a vehicle for delivering his Libertarian message." In the interview, Paul did say that he has not entirely ruled out a departure from the GOP.
In an article published by Politico, Congressman Paul's son, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) admitted that signs are pointing to his dad's eventual candidacy.
"I get every indication from looking at his schedule and hearing what he's doing that I think he probably will," Senator Paul told Politico. "But that's his decision to make."
Senator Paul might be facing a similar decision himself. Reports indicate that there is a substantial bloc of voters who are encouraging Senator Paul to seek the White House of his own accord.
Then there are others among the constitutionalist and Tea Party movements that would love to have their cake and eat it too by getting the chance to pull the lever for the dream ticket of Paul/Paul in 2012.
As for that possibility, the younger Paul's only comment was that:
I think the tea party needs to have a seat at the table. I think that people who came from the tea party movement need to influence who the next nominee will be. Whether that will mean I will be an active participant or just someone trying to shape the process, I think time will tell.
While questions remain as to his electoral future, there is no question about Ron Paul's overwhelming current popularity. As chronicled in The New American, in February, Ron Paul won the CPAC presidential straw poll for a second year.
It's not just straw, but dough that reveals the strength of Paul's popularity. Paul's faithful supporters unhesitatingly put their money where their mouth is and they have vaulted him in the early fundraising lead ahead of fellow GOP presidential hopefuls Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
That healthy bottom line was fattened on February 21, 2011, when a grassroots-initiated effort was organized online with the goal of convincing the Congressman to run for President in 2012. An astonishing $700,000 was raised in just 24 hours.
The secret to his widespread following is likely the unfortunate uniqueness among his colleagues of his truly constitutional political philosophy, a philosophy summarized by Paul in the Alex Jones interview: "My most important goal is to promote individual freedom by reducing the size and scope of government and its intrusion into the lives of citizens."


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Raleigh/Durham EE Meetup
I tweeted a few days ago about a Raleigh/Durham area EE meetup and got a good response, so I want to cast a wider net and see if EE Insider readers in the Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina area are interested.
We can make the meeting as loose or structured as you'd like; I have no ideas set in stone. For those people that are interested, I'm also looking for potential locations. If it's a small group, we could informally meet at a cafe or restaurant. Larger groups would obviously require a bit more planning.
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Ocean Drive is growling with horsepower, as it is the starting point for the Gumball 3000 Road Rally.
One hundred and twenty exotic cars will drive 3,000 miles in a week, from Miami to Atlanta, and then to New York City. Cars and drivers will then board private jets, and fly to Scotland. From there, they will drive to London, Paris, Barcelona and then finish in Ibiza, Spain.
The event is a modern-day version of the classic movie, "Cannonball Run," except this rally has even more horsepower and high priced hardware.
"Something in excess of $90 million in total is the value of all the cars on the grid," said John Marcar, a Gumball 3000 spokesperson.
The rally started in 1999 as an underground road trip with some friends, but today it is a global brand. This year, two Russian models will drive a limited edition Lamborghini for the dating website Anastasiadate.com
"With two drivers they will be able to switch off, and the car goes fast so it is not going to take as long as you think," said Lewis Goldberg, a spokesperson for Anastasiadate.com.
The rally also raises money for charity, raking in over a million dollars last year alone.
"We built skate parks with Tony Hawk and the Tony Hawk Foundation," said Marcar. "We are building a school in South Africa with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, all focusing on aspiring youth charities."
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Jersey Shore's Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola and Ronnie Magro are still together.
So says "Snooki" (aka Nicole Polizzi).
On last week's MTV reunion special, Sammi and Ronnie announced they were over after Ronnie became enraged after viewing never-before-seen footage of Sammi in bed with Mike "The Situaion" Sorrentino.
"They did split for the day," Snooki told Us Saturday at a 16th NYC birthday bash for Diddy's son Justin. "But then they got back together two hours later. You never know with them."
How is Snooki's love life these days?
Some blogs have linked her to a tan "guido" named Emilio.
Asked about the rumored romance, she told Us: "What the hell? How does that get out so fast? He's just a friend. We're just hanging out but nothing too serious."
Still, she told Us, "He's my guido. He's my type."


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25 years old this week: Bill Murray's Christmas classic 'Scrooged'
You can take A Christmas Story and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and wrap them together in a big box and send it to the North Pole. But don't you DARE mess with Scrooged, still my all-time favorite holiday classic. Added bonus this season: Scrooged turns 25 years old on Nov. 23.
Most people remember the movie well enough: Scrooged puts Bill Murray in the title character and spins the usual Charles Dickens classic with a few updated tweaks. Murray is now a TV network president, cracking under the pressure of producing the most expensive Christmas production of all time. All he needs is the love and forgiveness of Karen Allen to make things all better. And if you can throw in a few cameos by just about everyone you can possibly imagine, all the better.
For what it's worth, famed movie critic Roger Ebert HATED this movie, saying in review: "Scrooged is one of the most disquieting, unsettling films to come along in quite some time. It was obviously intended as a comedy, but there is little comic about it, and indeed the movie's overriding emotions seem to be pain and anger. This entire production seems to be in dire need of visits from the ghosts of Christmas."
Still, I bet there are a few things you've forgotten about this masterpiece.
1. All of Bill Murray's actor brothers - John Murray, Joel Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray - make appearances in the movie.
2. The character Calvin Cooley -- the speech-impaired kid who gets the big line at the end -- might seem like he has a random name. But it's not. It's a reference to President Calvin Coolidge, known as a man of few words.
3. When the Ghost Of Christmas Present (Carol Kane) grabbed Murray's lip she tore his lip so badly that filming was halted for several days. Carol Kane would get upset at having to "rough up" Murray in their scenes together.
4. This would be the final feature film of actor John Houseman, better known to fans as Professor Kingsfield on The Paper Chase.
5. Others receiving credit for small roles: Lee Majors, Mary Lou Retton, Jamie Farr, Robert Goulet, Buddy Hackett and Robert Mitchum.
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Situated in the mountains, this resort is 2.1 mi (3.3 km) from Cross Zee Ranch and within 6 mi (10 km) of Canmore Golf and Curling Club and Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre. Silvertip Golf Course and Grassi Lakes are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Resort Features
Along with a picnic area, this resort has free self parking and free WiFi in public areas.
Room Amenities
All 38 rooms provide kitchenettes with refrigerators, plus free WiFi and TVs with cable channels. Coffee makers and showers are among the other amenities available to guests. Limited housekeeping is available.
Guest Highlights
- Good, quiet location
- Overall value of stay
- Helpful staff
- Comfy beds
- Guestrooms could've been cleaner
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Rundle Cabins features a picnic area. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Number of buildings/towers - 38
- Total number of rooms - 38
- Number of floors - 1
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Free WiFi
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- Year Built 1960
Family Friendly Amenities
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The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
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(WNN/UN) Damascus, SYRIA: In the wake of a visit to Syria, a senior United Nations official has welcomed the commitment made by the Middle Eastern country's authorities to allow the world body to begin the independent verification of alleged violations against children in the conflict taking place there.
"This will allow for better monitoring and reporting of grave violations committed against children so we can take action directly with perpetrators to stop these violations," said the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui.
"The situation I witnessed in Syria is dire for children," she added. "The immediate end to the violence and an inclusive peace is the only viable option, if we are to preserve the future generation of Syria's children."
The UN official's comments followed a four-day visit to Syria, which ended on Monday, and during which she engaged State authorities and the armed opposition on the issue of better protection of children.
At least 20,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed there since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began some 21 months ago. In addition, more than 2.5 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, according to UN estimates.
During her discussions with the Government, according to a news release from her office, Ms. Zerrougui raised strong concerns regarding the on-going fighting and its impact on children, especially the use of heavy weapons and the bombardment of populated areas.
She also advocated for the proactive protection of schools and the prevention of their military use by Syrian Government forces and the opposition.
"The events in the Al-Yarmouk camp in Damascus on Sunday, which resulted in the killing and injuring of Palestinian children, is just one example of the horrors that children continue to face each and every day in Syria," the Special Representative said.
According to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) – which is the main provider of education, health, social and other basic services to five million registered Palestinian refugees across the region – Syrians and the over 150,000 Palestine refugees resident in Yarmouk, a suburb of Damascus where the camp is located, have experienced particularly intense armed engagements involving the use of heavy weapons and aircraft.
"Credible reports point to civilian deaths, injuries and destruction of property in Yarmouk," the UN agency said on Monday. "There are also waves of significant displacement as Yarmouk residents, including UNRWA staff and their families, scramble to seek safety as the armed conflict persists."
The Special Representative's office noted that earlier this year, the Syrian Government's forces were, for the first time, added to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's 'list of shame' of those who recruit and use children, kill and maim, commit sexual violence or attack schools and hospitals.
The so-called 'list of shame' is contained in the UN chief's yearly report to the Security Council on children and armed conflict, and gives an overview of the grave violations committed against girls and boys in conflict zones, and the main perpetrators of such acts, as well as measures taken for the protection of children.
The Special Representative's office noted that the United Nations has also received reports of the Syrian armed opposition using children as spies, porters and for other purposes in their operations.
Although the current security situation did not allow Ms. Zerrougui to personally meet the armed opposition, she contacted two armed opposition commanders to raise allegations of association of children with the opposition, and to deplore terror tactics by certain units which have taken the lives of innocent civilians, including children, over the past months.
"Our eyes will stay on the opposition to see whether they are serious in the commitment made to protect girls and boys," she added.
During her visit, the Special Representative also met in Damascus and Homs, as well as the Al-Yarmouk camp, with internally displaced and refugee children who were in need of protection as well as food, medicine and shelter in the winter months to come.


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Your local government school has no teachers, textbooks or even a blackboard? No problem. Send your children to a private school. No sarkari hospital or even basic health centre where you live? So go to a private hospital or clinic. No electricity or municipal water in your house? Buy a generator and send for a water tanker.
Step by step, the Indian state has been giving up its most basic duties and obligations to its citizens and leaving them no option but to fend for themselves: you either pay a private agency for a service which by rights the sarkar should provide, or you learn to live without it.
The latest service which is the fundamental duty of the state to provide and which it seems to be handing over to those who can afford to pay for it is law and order.
The Supreme Court has questioned the government's agreement to provide a Z-class category security cover of 33 Central Reserve Police Force personnel to Mukesh Ambani and his family for the payment of 15 lakh a month. "If you provide security (to the common man instead), five- and six-year-olds will not be raped," Justice G S Singhvi said, referring to the horrifying case of a child who has been sexually violated and mutilated in a public toilet in Delhi at about the same time as a CRPF contingent was preparing to move into Antilia, the Ambani's super high-rise home in Mumbai.
While the court's obvious distress about this state of affairs is laudable, it is also belated. Politically-connected individuals – including many who have officially retired or withdrawn from public life, and who face no obvious threat from terrorists or other criminals – have long and routinely been given state protection while the so-called 'common citizen' – for whose benefit and behalf the state is supposed to exist, to begin with – is left helpless.The anomaly – of the state protecting itself and its own representatives, such as politicians and officials, while leaving ordinary citizens dangerously vulnerable – was brought tragically to the forefront by the lethal gang rape of the young woman that the TOI named Nirbhaya. Had police surveillance and protection in Delhi been more equitably distributed between so-called VVIPs and the common folk – the aam admi, or the 'mango people' as one such VVIP disdainfully called them – Nirbhaya might well have been safe and alive today.
The first duty of a state, any state, to its citizens is that of protection. The state is Hobbes's 'Leviathan', to which individuals submit their freedom in return for security from the lawlessness and disorder of nature where life is 'nasty, brutish and short'. A state which, by implication, tells its citizens to protect themselves as best as they can because it can no longer ensure their safety – unless they are rich enough, or have enough political clout, to pay for it, one way or another – ceases to have the right to call itself a legitimate state.
It is often said that there are two Indias: the India of the haves and that of the have-nots. Similarly, we have those who are clearly above the law, which they treat as any other purchasable commodity. And there are those who remain below the law, a luxury which they cannot afford to buy.