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I have a very well done custom Mauser action .338 Win Mag. I don't know very much about it other than it's an absolute tack driver and it's easy on the eyes. I inherited it, and it's been a safe queen for a long time now. If anyone has any information at all they can share I'd sure appreciate it. I don't even have the faintest clue what it might be worth for insurance purposes. Here are some pictures, hopefully someone here can help a guy out.
Looks like a late 1950s or 1960s sporterized Mdl.98 WWII Mauser. Most likely a Bishop pre-inletted stock. I would have narrowed the trigger guard.
The "Hollow Head" bolt handles Ala Brownells parts were popular on all bolt guns of that time. These make great hunting rifles and the .338 Win. Mag is a great hunting round. The .338 is for some what advanced rifleman.:)
might take it to a competent gunsmith and have it appraised. explain you want it appraised for insurance purposes, and have no intentions of selling, or he might lowball the value a bit.
These sporterized rifles in many cases were made before suitable rifles were available. We have so many less expensive production rifles thru the "Big" box stores. This has caused these early sporters to lose some value.
The value in your rifle is more in how you value it. The sale price here in the Rocky Mtns. would be around $300 dollars.:)
Very nice! Even with the big influx of mass produced inexpensive sporting bolt action rifles, there is still room for custom sporters based on military Mauser actions. I have several. There is just something special about owning a one of a kind sporter that has a military history that a mass produced rifle bought in a "mart" just can't compare to, especially in a classic caliber like yours. Your rifle is a real prize and the value is a minimum of $300 yet it should easily bring $500 in some markets. More sophisticated rifle forums will have a section on sporterized Mausers and there is a, maybe even though small, niche of rifle shooters who will have nothing else.
Come on now Cotton? The rifleman on this forum are not "Sophisticated" gun owners? Do you read the post by AXX55 and old Robo Cop and others?:)
The old Mausers are interesting I have owned many of them. That said the new less expensive production arms have their edge. The old Mausers have a very long slow lock time. All modern actions budget or expensive have fast lock times.
There are so many new improved Ctgs. to choose from. The ammo has improved over the past century. Modern actions are needed to match these improvements. Some thoughts from a very unsoph$#&!!:p
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Truth #1: Every single member of your clan does not have to have a rocking k/d to win clan wars.
K/d: the kill/death ratio. A k/d over 1.0 means you kill other people more often than you die. You're "going positive." Good job! A lot of clans require a certain k/d for membership: 1.0 or higher, 1.1 or higher, etc. They want people who will go positive in every clan war game, trying to guarantee wins. But going positive only guarantees a win in games like Team Deathmatch or Cranked. It does not guarantee the win in Domination, for example, or in Blitz. What matters more is having team members who are willing to do what is necessary for the team win, putting them team before themselves.
In several of our winning clan wars, our overall k/d dropped over the course of the win, and we had to bring it back up for bragging rights in between wars. Why? Because during clan wars, our clan stays in winning games even if the other team is just farming kills and our individual k/d's are tanking. A win is a win, and time is of the essence. You have to get the game mode wins, and you have to get them fast. You need team players, not prima donnas.
Truth #2: Having a "bunch of kids" in the clan does not make it impossible to win.
When we first started competing in clan wars, a lot of players tried to tell us that we were crazy to do it with a "bunch of kids" in the clan. Everyone said having players who weren't at least in high school would make winning impossible. They wouldn't be good enough. They wouldn't have the will power. They wouldn't have the dedication. They wouldn't stick together. But we have seen our clan grow stronger with each war, winning our divisions while other clans--older clans, with higher k/d ratios--crashed and burned only half-way through.
Moving into summer vacation certainly helps. The younger players have more time to play when school is out. But high school students (and some of the top CoD: Ghosts players in the world are high school students) have to go to school too. So the time factor isn't as big a hurdle as you might think. The bigger issue is making sure that your clan has the leadership to survive. Young or old, clan wars can be stressful, and any clan can come apart at the seams, watching the board go back and forth over and over, the press of competition relentless. No matter who is in your clan, you will need calm and dedicated leadership to keep your clan on target.
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The keys to winning all really come down to those two things: team players, and the right leadership. But what does team play really mean in clan wars? What should my clan look like? Who should be in it? How can I tell if they are team players? And what does good clan war leadership look like? What rules of conduct should I try to enforce? What kind of attitude should I encourage? When should I push my team, and when should I let them have a break? These are all the right questions to be asking, and they are not answered quickly.
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travis_5642May 11, 2015, 1:06 amwhat console do you all play on?
peshmeisterJuly 22, 2014, 8:33 amBeing from the greatest clan ive ever been a part of I must say this article here best describes us, we win so many matches during clan wars and the opposite team gets mad and start trashing on how our k/d sucks and we just laugh at the losers that swear they are great players cause of their high k/d, its about getting the job done, you cant be selfish in clan wars
Ask ErinJuly 23, 2014, 5:12 amFeatured CorrespondentLol, yeah. We have a few 2.0+ players these days, and they keep saying how amazed they are that they consistently win with us when they couldn't win with their old clan of all 2.0+ gamers. But I point out that in a clan where everyone is trying to up their own k/d, nobody will take the k/d-tanking jobs, like being first into a drop-zone to eat the noobtube. And nobody wants the low scoring job of actually sitting and guarding a domination node, let alone sitting and guarding the guy who's controlling a helicopter and racking up kills. They think I'm crazy for being willing to rush in and die to clear a node out for the team, but that team is sporting the 1,000-point achievement in Platinum Clan Wars after our most recent clan war win. So who's laughing now, right? Go team H1D3OUT!!! =D
Si_WJune 7, 2014, 7:25 amI don't play COD, being more of a BF man myself (or also Titanfall now, which I guess is COD), but my kdr has always been somewhere between 0.6 and 0.9.
It's currently 0.85 in BF4 and 0.61 in BF3, although I haven't played BF3 since the new game arrived.
Kdr is only important if you are worried about how you look to others. I take an interest but only as a personal thing to see if I can improve my tactical awareness and accuracy.
You know, regardless of how good you are, it only takes someone better in one map to seriously dent your kdr...
Ask ErinJune 7, 2014, 12:29 pmFeatured CorrespondentAgreed! The only thing a high kdr actually helps with is getting you invited to a clan full of strangers. If you're already in a clan that's winning and getting the gear, then it no longer serves any in-game purpose.


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What does Country Mice front-man Jason Rueger have in common with less than 300 people in the US? Growing up in Beattie, that's ruralest of rural Kansas. On a farm of course, that was passed down through three generations of his family and old enough to be on the Pony Express route. "Family, friends, and working the land gave us a good wholesome life".
The Shivers will return with their latest record More, set for release on Silence Breaks. Recorded in Manchester, UK early last year, the album finds songwriters Keith Zarriello and Jo Schornikow exploring everything from shambly garage rock to melancholic barroom ballads.
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May 31, 2011 brings the highly anticipated debut release from Chicago rock band, Panther Style. The "¡Emergencia!" LP will be available on 180 gram vinyl, digital and CD formats, all including a cover of "Blind Eyes Open" by The Posies.
Today Slightly Stoopid announce the second leg of their Seedless Summer 2011 Tour, including shows at Governors Island (New York), Masquerade Music Park (Atlanta), Charter One Pavilion (Chicago) and many points in between.
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Hiya, The wife and I are getting or flordia cc permit. Were looking into what we want to carry, and was wondering if anybody could help. Looking for anyone in the Bloomington/Normal area that has a Ruger SCR .38 sp and a Springfield XDS. Thats what we want at the moment but would like to try one out before we buy. If you happen to have one send me a message i'll pay for range time at darrnells and toss u some $ for ammo. Wife want's the 38 i want the XDS and info on either would be great too.
Thanks allot guys and gals :D
Try to find a range in your area that allows rental.
If you want to make the drive over to Peoria, the gun shop/range on North University rents guns to be used on their range.
cool thanks guys, darnells rents guns they just don't have the ones i want to try. I'll give shop in peoria a call to see what they rent. Thanks again
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I'm not talking about everybody wanting the damn things, but about how they can dry up your root systems very easily if your stainless steel planter is basking in the sunshine.
Not that it should present anyone with too much of a problem in the UK, but seeming today qualifies as a potential heatwave I just thought I'd mention that it's a relatively good idea to make sure your stainless steel planters are lined in order to absorb some of the heat or to place them in the shade if you've got one in a sun trap.
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…too bad I have to be an utter moron beforehand to accomplish it. The Architect and I have been drawing up plans to make a PVC chicken run for the girls. We've been moving their coop around when they've eaten … Continue reading
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Welcome to the Secret in the Dirt Blog, where members, staff, and guests contribute their wisdom. You can search by category using the menu item above
Sometimes you just have to keep your head down
First off apologies for being so tardy with the blog but I think once you read this you will forgive me for being otherwise occupied. I feel like I've said that far too often recently but it can't be helped….. Especially, when I get something into my head that has to be turned into something real. When we started Secret In The Dirt, it was with the idea that we would try to create as many ways for golfers to connect as we could.
Our original idea for our store for instance was that we would choose a platform that would not only allow us to sell Secret In The Dirt stuff but also allow our members to sell things to one another. Some of you may actually remember that first storefront. Elk thought that everyone in The Dirt could have their own "Garage". It was a vision that we had and although Elk probably thought that I was ignoring him it was an idea that consumed me for many, many months. I just couldn't figure out how to fully realize that vision.
I wanted to provide a place for exchange, but I also remembered all of the hoops that Jimmy Nissen and I jumped through to create and release the original ebook. Why couldn't we make a place where selling an ebook was simpler? Or how about a video? Heck, why not make a place where you could exchange video files so that someone could get a virtual lesson? While we're at it maybe we could plow in some functionality to make tangible goods sellable too.The vision for making this really happen finally came together in March.
Knowing that we were going to do this and how much of my time and attention it was going to take out of me I did what anyone else would do…I played a little golf ;-) ……..Then I put my head down and started to map this all out with the SITD Team and in particular our programmer Tom Otvos and of course Jimmy Nissen who helped me launch the original ebook. (Hard to believe we did that more than 2 and 1/2 years ago) What we came up with is call BuyNSellGolf.com and it is a sister site to Secret In The Dirt (click logo to open the site)
What we have built we have built for YOU.
The Secret In The Dirt team will use it to sell its'own stuff too so you will see Elk listing some of his clubs and the shirts he designs, but if you have a golf item or service it can be listed in the very same site that he lists his own stuff in. You can also buy autographed Jack Burke items. Other tour pros will also be putting items into the site for sale so you are likely to find items here that are very unique. Many people have asked Calder Chism to create avatars for them and although he has limited time to do this, this service will also be offered and he will do a few per week. If there are other artists out there capable of this type of work they are welcome to join the party as well. This is a place for all of us. Our vision is for Secret In The Dirt to be about all golfers on equal terms!!!!
If you have something to offer the golf world we want to give you the place and the tools to do it!! The market can then decide the merits of what you have put forward.If you are interested in selling something in the marketplace you can download the Sellers Guide here:
Seller's Guide for BuyNSellGolf.com (click to open)
In keeping with our idea that great golf instruction should be affordable we also developed a concept called MicroGolfLessons. To find out what our concept of a MicroGolfLesson is visit Microgolflessons.com (click cartoon to open)
Don't know if keeping your head down is the best advice for golfers, but when you are in business and you want to get things done sometimes it pays to develop a bit of tunnel vision about your project. So……that's what I've been up to. I hope you all enjoy what we've created.
Thank you again to Elk, Mr. Burke and the rest of the team for helping and supporting me to further Secret In The Dirt. Thanks also to my mom and dad for embracing the Secret In The Dirt vision as well!!!! Most importantly thank you to the members of Secret In The Dirt. I think you all know that Secret In The Dirt has been built sort of like a car company that is trying to make cars while it is still trying to build the factory to build the cars. That's been a difficult challenge but it has also been very rewarding. Your patience as we've moved forward has been most appreciated.
It is our hope to always keep the core of Secret In The Dirt free. If you care about The Dirt please use the BuyNSellGolf site and above all else tell you friends.
Hit 'em straight,
PS…We are still investigating to find the best chat for the core site and we have plenty of other enhancements in the pipeline. AskSevam1 will also be returning shortly and we have a few other content enhancements up our sleeves that I will tell you all about very soon!!!
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If The Shoe Fits: Channel NintendoFriday, March 10th, 2017
A Friday series exploring Startups and the people who make them go. Read all If the Shoe Fits posts here.
Last week we looked at what companies are doing about product security — which is little-to-nothing in most cases.
Nintendo's new Switch console — think Zelda — is making news, but its unique security effort should be in the limelight, too.
Unlike Tide, Nintendo realized the console's tiny, SD-sized game cartridges would be irresistible to kids — so its designers came up with the perfect solution.
They didn't wait for a curious kid (and the resulting lawsuit) to choke or even die from swallowing one, before addressing it.
They thought it through and spent the needed time and money to assure that kids wouldn't eat the cartridges in the first place.
And they succeeded.
The cartridges are coated with something that makes them taste terrible.
Terrible as in spitting them out.
"To avoid the possibility of accidental ingestion, keep the game card away from young children," a Nintendo spokesperson told Kotaku. "A bittering agent (denatonium benzoate) has also been applied to the game card." (The agent is non-toxic.)
Adults, too. Hilariously, it was an adult game reviewer who decided to lick the cartridge.
I put that Switch cart in my mouth and I'm not sure what those things are made of but I can still taste it. Do not try this at home.
— Jeff Gerstmann (@jeffgerstmann) February 25, 2017
No question, it's a brilliant solution — the only kind that really works, since it requires absolutely no effort from consumers.
Three cheers for Nintendo.
Wouldn't it be nice if founders and full-blown enterprises followed Nintendo's lead before something happened?
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If you're one of those people who have been waiting patiently for director Joe Lynch's 2011 flick "Knights of Badassdom", then here's good news for you crazy kids: the movie is finally getting a VOD release date next year, with the film currently doing the TUGG route, where if you get enough people to demand it, they'll show up at your local city to screen the movie on January 21, 2014. Well, are you dying to see this movie or not?
If you're not into demanding your movies, you can always wait until February 11, 2014 to get it on VOD. It guess it all depends on how hot you think Summer Glau is.
KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM follows three best friends (Peter Dinklage, Steve Zahn and Ryan Kwanten) and dedicated LARPers (Live Action Role Players) as they take to the woods to reenact a dungeons and dragons-like scenario fresh out of the mythical Middle Ages. Trouble arises after they unwittingly conjure up some serious evil in the form of a blood-lusting Succubus, from the pits of hell. Fantasy and reality collide on the Fields of Evermore in an all-out epic battle of make-believe wizards, demons and assorted mythical creatures. Their courage and friendship is put to the test as they attempt to vanquish the evil they have summoned. Will the group prove to simply be foam sword-wielding LARPers, or true "Knights of Badassdom?"
Starring Peter Dinklage, Ryan Kwanten, Steve Zahn, Jimmy Simpson and Summer Glau.
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We can still learn a lot from Dr. King
Lee Westrum, Superintendent, WDC Schools
On Monday, Jan. 20, Wadena-Deer Creek students will have the day off from school as our nation celebrates the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King's life is commemorated with a national holiday because his accomplishments as leader of the American Civil Rights movement changed the course of American history.
Before I became a superintendent, I was a history teacher and every year I spent many weeks teaching my sophomores about the Civil Rights movement and the monumental impact that Dr. King had on our nation and the world. Many of my students initially thought that Dr. King's legacy was only significant for African-Americans because most of his efforts were concentrated on securing basic civil rights for black Americans. And while that was true, Dr. King also campaigned against poverty and the war in Vietnam, issues that impacted Americans of all races. What I stressed to my students was that Dr. King fought against injustice; it didn't matter to him if the injustice was against someone who was black or white, what mattered to him was whether it was right or wrong.
Part of King's philosophy came from another great fighter of social injustice, India's Mahatma Gandhi. Dr. King studied Gandhi, particularly Gandhi's commitment to nonviolent resistance. In turn, Dr. King led the American Civil Rights movement using nonviolent resistance and ultimately, segregation was outlawed across the south by the historic passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Tragically, Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. King knew that there was a strong possibility that he would die at the hands of an assassin, as death threats were commonplace for him, and other civil rights leaders had been murdered in the south for their stance against segregation. Yet he continued to speak out against racism and for the causes that he believed in even though he was endangering his own life by doing so.
So, as we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., remember that what he stood for stands the test of time and still applies today. Of course his strong stance against racism and prejudice is never to be forgotten, and while huge strides have been made by our society, we must continue to be vigilant. Dr. King stood up for what he believed in and his belief that you could overcome hardship through commitment and perseverance is timeless. Also, in a world today where all too often people turn to violence to resolve their differences small or large, individual or international, we should take a lesson from King and genuinely commit to non-violence. That, without question, would make the world a better place.
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Chemistry—Essential 2 Rhode Island's Future
The Bond Referendum – Question #2
The Higher Education Facilities Bonds. Approval of this question will allow the State of Rhode Island to issue general obligation bonds, refunding bonds, and temporary notes in an amount not to exceed sixty-one million dollars ($61,000,000) for the construction of a new chemistry building at the University of Rhode Island, and seventeen million dollars ($17,000,000) for the renovation and construction of an addition to the Art Center at Rhode Island College.
"Chemistry is the foundation to practically every important area of endeavor, whether it's the health sciences, biotechnology, energy, the environment, pharmacy, nursing or high technology," says URI President David M. Dooley. "As Rhode Islanders who are interested in the education of their children and in the economic future of the state head to the polls on November 2, we want them to remember that chemistry is the building block, the bedrock foundation."
On Election Day, Rhode Islanders will be asked to vote on a $78 million higher education bond referendum (#2) that includes $61 million to finance a modern chemistry facility at URI.
"We cannot rebuild Rhode Island's economy without rebuilding Rhode Island's capacity in the 21st century, and that's what we're asking the voters to do in this election," Dooley says.
The president adds, "As we look to combat disease, improve the health of Rhode Islanders, Americans, and people around the world; as we look for solutions to the global need for energy and sustainable development; as we look to provide better efficiency and higher productivity in many of our core industries, what you will find is that research and education in the chemical sciences is absolutely essential."
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"We're not just asking to build a physical infrastructure with leading edge teaching and research space, we are asking to build the sustainable supply of human talent and human ingenuity that is necessary to drive innovation, to drive the frontiers forward in research and discovery."
URI President David M. Dooley
The new Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences will replace the outmoded and nearly 60-year-old Pastore Hall, which opened in 1951 when 800 students took chemistry courses each year. Today more than 6,000 students enroll in chemistry courses, and about 40 percent of all URI degree programs require at least one course in chemistry.
The Center will also be the keystone in the establishment of the University's leadership position in the health and life sciences as it joins the new College of Pharmacy, the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, and the College of Nursing in the new North Science Quad on the Kingston Campus.
"The development of the North Science Quad was conceived about five years ago as a way to build community among scholars," says Vice President for Administration Robert Weygand. "It will physically and socially connect the health and life sciences faculty and students to increase opportunities for collaboration, strengthen multi-disciplinary research, and expand relationships with corporate partners and other institutions."
Twice the size of Pastore, the new 120,000-square-foot, four-story Center will triple the space for teaching labs and nearly double the research lab space. The total student capacity in laboratories will increase by more than 50 percent, from 1,200 to 1,900 students per semester, addressing a critical bottleneck that has hampered growth in pharmacy, biotechnology, engineering, and many other fields.
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The following degree programs require at least one chemistry course:
Animal Science and Technology
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Biological Sciences
Biotechnology Manufacturing
Clinical Laboratory Science
Engineering (all disciplines)
Marine Biology
Nutrition and Dietetics
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmacy (PharmD)
Pre-dental and Pre-Medical
Textile, Fashion Merchandising, and Design
Wildlife Conservation Biology
"We're not just asking to build a physical infrastructure with leading edge teaching and research space, we are asking to build the sustainable supply of human talent and human ingenuity that is necessary to drive innovation, to drive the frontiers forward in research," says Dooley.
URI chemistry faculty are already leaders in research, developing advanced batteries for energy efficient automobiles, new ways to improve image resolution in MRI scans, and new clinical methods for earlier disease detection. They are also among the nation's key resources for research and training in the detection of explosions and the battle against terrorism. Chemistry faculty head the Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence in Explosives, partnered with Northeastern University and headquartered at URI.
"We are developing intellectual property that will help drive the economic engine for Rhode Island and improve our quality of life. This facility will allow faculty to compete more effectively for grants and move scientific discoveries into the marketplace more rapidly," says Winifred Brownell, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
"Modern facilities energize students and faculty alike," adds William Euler, professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry. "All of our talented young faculty were attracted to URI, in part, by the possibilities with such a facility—to be able to train our undergraduate and graduate students in a cutting-edge environment, while tackling significant scientific and technological problems. Students and potential students are enthused because they know it will provide them the best experience to compete and succeed in the job market."
"People do ask how this project is connected to creating jobs in Rhode Island," says Dooley. "My response is that in addition to building the 21st century workforce in the state, we need to build the capacity to generate new employers—that's how you create new jobs. The kind of activity that will take place in this facility will encourage innovation and the application of those discoveries—the pathway to new growth in economic development.
"The building is designed to last 100 years," adds Dooley, "and chemistry will continue to be the science behind many of the frontiers that will be so important into the next century."


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Planet of the Apes, the 1968 cult film, has four sequels, one remake, and now, with the (in critical parlance) "gone bananas" and "chimpocalyptic" prequel, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, there are seven versions, total.
Is no one but me terrified of apes?
I cannot see the Rise, because every time I see actor Andy Serkis alone, pretending to be an ape, I feel the nausea and fear I have long associated with both apes and, worse, humans dressed as apes.
As a child, I would visit west Montreal's Belmont Park, long enough ago that freak shows were still an attraction. One of these shows involved a girl named Natasha in a bikini being turned, by a barker-cum-Dr. Mesmer, into a huge gorilla.
Yes, it was all done with lights and veils, but that monster broke free of its cage and charged the tent!
A half hour later, I was still running and feel I could have made it to the south shore had my family not intervened.
To this day, even the moulting, dwarf gorilla mascot of a Queen Street surplus store sickens me, and I cannot be alone in this.
The terror in the movie's commercials is derived from the mere sight of the apes, filmed with the same camera technology that James Cameron pioneered in Avatar, running wild and punching grown men in the chest.
As in life, the mere sight of gorillas, safely presented behind Plexiglas or in their habitat, is blood-curdling because of the way they stare at you.
Not like apes in the mist; not mournfully, but with an acute and quite natural loathing: a look that they usually terminate by vomiting into their hands and eating it, salaciously.
In an interview promoting the film, lead actress Freida Pinto says our ongoing fascination with this franchise is "the curiosity that lies in the original story, in Darwin's theory."
This is a good explanation, especially now, as certain conservatives are putting Darwin on blast, and repudiating his theory, yet again.
Surely you have all had the argument, usually with a drunk man, that, "If we evolved from apes, how come there are still apes?"
That's a good question, along the lines of, "What if we are all ants, and huge humans are watching us?"
Because if you have ever looked into an ape's eyes, there is no mistaking the thrill of recognition. And the desire to murder. All of us.
And why not?
We have treated non-human primates very shabbily indeed. We slaughter them, we neuter them, we use them for cruel and trivial experiments, we diaper them and use them in movies. We anthropomorphize them and are surprised when they eat our best friend's face. (See the true and terrible tale of Sandra Herold's chimp Travis.)
And our collective conscience is heavy.
Think of King Kong. As John Belushi, impersonating Dino De Laurentiis, said, "The ape die. Everybody cry."
And in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, James Franco's character is an cheerleader for the apes, urging his friend Caesar to escape those fuzzy, military-industrialists who are always capturing aliens and mermaids for their nefarious experiments.
On one level, the latest version of the Planet of the Apes series is a simple reflection, as with this summer's masterpiece, which features ape-like villains, Cowboys & Aliens, of our desire to sit in a cool theatre and watch some epic ape ass-kicking.
On the other hand, why are the aliens and apes here now, together?
Movies are, axiomatically, escapist.
When we go to see The Change-Up (in terms of variations on the Freaky Friday plot, this movie is the Googolplex), we are mildly entertaining the idea of living in another, better body, like the futuristic characters of Kurt Vonnegut's story Unready to Wear.
But when we see films that obsess on the horrific idea of payback – alien and ape style – are we repenting, en masse?
As we sit there, screaming, are we collectively becoming the sign that Vonnegut proposed humanity leave on earth: "Sorry, we screwed up."
Or, finally, are we at long last, trying to right a long list of cinematic wrongs?
Thanks to animal advocates, and more critically, to computer technology and Cameron's lens, we will no longer need to make an ape act, which was plain cruelty, the worst of which being the demand that a chimp be so gifted he can pretend to have amiable feelings toward Matt LeBlanc in the 1996 baseball flick Ed.
Ironically, with the rise of this movie's unreal-real apes, we finally see nature red in tooth and claw.
Nature hates us: That is simian law, the very law that would have us, the true "damned, dirty" fiends, look for liberty only to find her, marooned, broken and no longer on offer.


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Back in October, Nick Kokonas put a call out on Facebook for ideas for the 2013 menu for Next and got nearly 800 suggestions. While many of them were good ones, and while they ultimately chose three (The Hunt, something vegan, and the Bocuse d'Or), some of the themes just couldn't work.
"The strangest ones are the ones that say something like: Spaceship 2300," Kokonas told Slate.com recently, probably rolling his eyes. "I mean, that's not really a culinary exploration."
Um, hello? Star Trek. Ever heard of boldly going where no man has gone before? Gene Roddenberry called. He wants his balls back.
Jokes aside, apart from a bevy of amazing suggestions (and a surprising demand for Indian food) there were some really strange, rejected ideas. We culled the page for some of the weirder ones, and it's surprising, frankly, how many people suggested The Last Supper. (It's bread and wine, people. It doesn't get much more conceptual than that, unless you're actually eating the body of a man named Jesus.)
Other odd suggestions included:
- The Solar System
- Blindfolded with really intense music.
- "Canabalism"
- KFC Famous Bowls 2011
- Snakes on a Plate
- ~~ Wilderness Survival Food ~~
- Grease bread
- Halibut cheeks
How many of these are serious? We hesitate to even ask.
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Genealogy Resources
Descendants of John LADD and Mary [-?-]
First Generation
1. John LADD was born about 1635 in England. He died about 1679 in Henrico County, Virginia and was buried about 1679 in Henrico. John married Mary [-?-] born about 1640 in England.
Will[1]: "In the name of God, Amen. I John Ladd of the County of Henrico, being sick & weak of body but of sound & perfect Memory...I give unto my sonne Amos Ladd, That parcell of land of mine joining upon Cleytons ...one hundred and twenty-five acres...the other twenty-five acres I give to my daughter Elizabeth...I give & Bequeath
unto Elizabeth Ladd...pott and dish her mother thinks fitt...I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, Mary Ladd the plantation I now live on during her natural life, & after her decease to the child she now goes with if a sonne...Unto sonne Amos... daughter Sarah Ladd...daughter Racell Ladd...wife, Mary, whom I make my whole & sole executrix of this my last will & testament...My minde & will is that my sonne Amos should tarry with my wife while seventeen yeares of age...my daughters she to have oversight & tuition of them while eighteen of marryed." will dated 10 5th month 1679 proved 2 Aug 1680 John Pleasant refused to swear (being a Quaker) but did afirme that it was ye last will & testament of John Ladd."
Elizabeth and William were probably the children of Mary, John Ladd's last wife since In the bequest to Elizabeth the will states she would have the pott and dish her mother thinks fitt and William was born just before or after his father's death.
Bathsheba Lovett Ladd was probably the mother of some of these children. She was the daughter of Lancaster and Ann Lovett and confirmed the sale of 400 acres of land on the west side of Lynnhaven River John Ladd sold in 1672. Bathsheba was probably died between March/April 1673, when her father died and 1674 because she did not sign a deed of sale made in 1674.
On 17 Oct 1673 William Hobbett receive a land patent for 95 acres for the importation of John Lead and Riichard Tonstall.[2]
John Ladd of Charles City County, Virginia arrived in Virginia 7 Oct 1653, his passage was paid by William Diltye of Charles City, County.
On 15 Oct 1666, John Ladd and another man were appointed by the court to settle a difference concerning the building of a church after a jury had failed to agree.
On 24 Sep 1667 he was granted a tract of land in Henrico County, Virginia on the north side of Four Mile Creek, which he willed to his son Amos.
On 15 May 1673 he was granted 700 acres in Lynnhaven Parish, Lower Norfolk County, now Princess Anne County, Virginia.[3]
"About the Ladd Family: According to Warren Ladd in his book, "The Ladd Family," published in 1890, there were four Ladds who came separately to America in the 1600s, from
whom most of the Ladds living in the United States are descended. None of these four were related except possibly the two Johns, in which event it is possible to trace their ancestry to the 15th century through Nicholas Ladd of Swingfield, Kent County, England, the father of John Ladd of New Jersey. Nicholas Ladd was buried in the Quaker Burial ground at Hythe, England in 1699." The four Ladds were: Daniel of Haverhill, Mass.; Joseph of Portsmouth, Rhode Island; John of Burlington, New Jersey; and John of Charles City County, Virginia. The first Ladds came from France to England with William the Conqueror and settled at Deal, Kent County, England, where for their services to William, were granted land after the decisive battle at Hastings in 1066.
As early as 1122 the name of "Boiwiche" appears in documents, also spelled "Bowick" and "Bowyck," meaning " boy" or "young man" combined with "wic" or dwelling place, and apparently refers to the surname of the owners, the Ladds. There is at the present time at Otting in Elham Parish, Hundred of Loningsborough, Kent England, an estate called "Boyke Manor." In the same parish there is another estate or manor, originally called "Ladwude" in 1240, named "Ladwood" or "Ladswood", apparently to signify the property of the Ladds of Boyke Manor.
There is no doubt but that the Ladd family originated in Kent, England. The name is found spelled variously: De Lade, La Lade, Lad, Lade, Ladde, Ladd and Lead."[4]
The Lovett Family: Lancaster Lovett was born about 1609, according to a deposition he made in 1661 in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, in which he stated that he was 52 years old. He is found in America before 1651. On 21 Oct 1651 John Martin and Lancaster Lovett were granted 600 acres of land in Linnhaven Parish, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia for transporting 12 persons to America. Later (no date) he was granted 300 acres of land at the same place. His Wife's name was Ann and after his death in 1673 she married James Kemp and later Jacob Johnson. She died in 1716. Lancaster's will: Lancaster Lovett of Linhaven in Lower Norfolk County, in Virginia dated 17 Oct 1672 proved 15 Apr 1673, son Lancaster, wife Ann, son Jno, son Thos, son Randolph, daughters Mary, Elizabeth and Bethsheba, now wife to John Ladd. Codicil dated 18 Mar 1673. Lancaster Lovett, Jr. married Mary Carraway daughter of John and Ann (Dameron) Carraway, he died after Oct 1700. Thomas son of Lancaster, Sr. married Mary Howell in 1708, she was the sister of Hopkins Howell.
They had the following children:
2 F i. Huldah LADD was born about 1660 probably in Prince George County, Virginia. That is where she married probably before her father's death in 1679. She is not mentioned in his will[5]. Huldah married Peter WYKE born about 1658. Peter may have been born in Prince George County, Virginia. He attended the wedding of Samuel Jordan of Nansemond County and Elizabeth Fleming of New Kent County, Virginia on 10 10th mo 1703 at Henrico Monthly MM in Virginia along with Nathan Newley (Newby)[6].
3 M ii. Amos LADD was born after 1662 in Virginia. Amos was about 17 when his father wrote his will 10 6th month 1679, which says that he wishes Amos to tarry with his wife while 17 years of age.
4 F iii. Sarah LADD was born about 1664 in Virginia. Her father in his will says that he wishes his wife to have oversight and tuition of her until she is 18 or married.
5 F iv. Racell LADD was born about 1666 in Virginia. Her father in his will says that he wishes his wife to have oversight and tuition of her until she is 18 or married.
6 F v. Elizabeth LADD was born about 1675 in Virginia. Her father in his will says that he wishes his wife to have oversight and tuition of her until she is 18 or married. She was probably the daughter of Mary, his last wife because he leaves her a pot and dish her mother thinks fit.
7 M vi. William LADD was born in Aug 1679 in Henrico County, Virginia. William was the child his wife goes with mentiond in his father's will. William married Huldah Binford 18 Jun 1701, he was a minister of the Quaker faith. He died 27 9th month 1751.
"William, son of John and Mary Ladd, both from Old-England was born near Curles in Virginia in the sixth month 1679, about the time of his marriage removed to Wainoak and joined their meeting where he resided the rest of his life. He was buried in the family bury-ing-ground near his house, aged 72 and a minister about 25 years" - from A testimonial from Friends in Virginia[7].
1. John Ladd m. 21 Nov 1724, Mary Crew, daughter of John and Sarah Crew. He lived in Charles City County, Virginia, they had 2 daughters and 4 sons
2. James Ladd m. 28 Dec 1726, Judith Ellyson, daughter of Gerard Robert Ellyson. He lived in Charles City County and had 9 children according to his will probated 7 May 1770.
William may have had another son, William, who married Ursula Ellyson, daughter of Jared Robt. Ellyson of New Kent County 10/12/1730. The Quaker record calls him son of William. He contributed to the meeting house repair fund in 1745[8].
There may have been more children.
[1] Transcript of will and deed in the genealogy, One Ladd's Family compiled by Ruth Kline Ladd in
[2] Virginia Colonial Abstracts Series 2, Vol. 6 by Lindsay O. Duvall, Prince George County Vol. 1 Land Patents 1666-1739, p. 6 [p. 481].
[4] Ruth Kline Ladd's sources: Virginia Land Patents & Grants (1623-1800) Cavaliers & Pioneers, Nell Nugent; Abstract of Lower Norfolk & Norfolk County. Wills (1637-1710), Charles Fleming McIntosh BL Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia (1914 Wm & Mary Quarterly, Vol. 25, p. 40 "Ages of Lower Norfold County. people from depositions.
3 Winslow, Mrs. Watson "The History of Perquimans County.", Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, reprint 1990, pg. 389
[6] Quaker Records of Henrico Monthly Meeting and Other Church Records of Henrico, New Kent and Charles City Counties, Virginia by F. Edward Wright, pg. 4 [published by Colonial Roots, Lewes, DE, 2002
[7] A Testimonial from Friends in Virginia, concerning William Ladd" Transcrip in One Ladd's Family compiled by Ruth Kline Ladd.
[8] Quaker Records of Henrico Monthly Meething and Other Church Records of Henrico, New Kent and Charles City Counties,
Virginia by F. Edward Wright, pg. 17 [published by Colonial Roots, Lewes, DE, 2002
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Bundling Up to Save Syrian War VictimsNews Abroad
William Lambers is an author who partnered with the United Nations World Food Programme on the book "Ending World Hunger."
Syrian refugees in southern Turkey, August 2012. Credit: Flickr/IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation/TURKEY.
What cannot be forgotten amid the conflict in Syria is the humanitarian crisis which grows daily. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been forced from their homes by the fighting between rebels and the government forces supporting President Assad.
Food aid is needed to save lives and prevent malnutrition and disease from growing. For hunger can easily become the greatest threat facing the Syrian people. Vivian Manneh of the charity Catholic Relief Services says Syrian refugees are exhausted.
But this crisis gets even scarier when you think of what is coming: winter. Yes, even in the Middle East, colder temperatures will come putting refugees at even more risk if they do not have supplies.
"Today the sun is shining, but very soon the harsh winter weather is going to set in," says Sybella Wilkes of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She adds, "The winters are really harsh. We are very concerned about the refugees living in tents, as well as the hundreds of thousands of displaced inside Syria who may face problems having access to heating fuel, blankets etc." UNHCR and other aid groups will need enough funds to care for displaced Syrians.
What can we do to help? Exactly what the World War I generation did: Have a Bundle Day to collect clothing for the needy. The First World War caused immense suffering in many countries and its aftermath had even more conflict, hunger and displacement. The Near East Relief Committee worked in Armenia, Syria, present day Iran, Georgia and elsewhere to help the hungry, cold and sick war victims. A poster for the committee read "Hunger knows no armistice."
In 1922 there became a great need for clothing, particularly for refugees from Armenia which had suffered through years of conflict. The Bundle Days were set up in the United States to collect clothing for the Near East Relief Committee. Fire and police stations served as drop off points for the clothing.
Today, a Bundle Day for Syrian refugees can be held in the form of clothing collections or monetary donations to charities. UNHCR, the World Food Programme, Catholic Relief Services, Save the Children, UNICEF are some of the agencies working to help Syrian war victims.
When a family is displaced they not only lose shelter but their livelihoods, and access to basic foods and other supplies. This is what is happening to hundreds of thousands of people displaced inside Syria and to those who have fled to neighboring countries. There are about 1,400 Syrians arriving every day in Jordan. Others are fleeing to Turkey, Iraq and Lebanon.
And what of food supplies? The UN World Food Programme, with its partner the Syrian Red Crescent, is leading the way to make sure malnutrition does not gain strength as it well can during times of war. The U.S. and other nations have made generous donations but so much more is needed.
Back after the First World War Herbert Hoover and General John J. Pershing recognized the great needs that still existed even after the guns fell silent. There is no overnight recovery from such brutal violence. The two leaders co-hosted an Invisible Guest fundraising dinner, one of numerous similar events across the country.
A chair was placed at the table representing one of the world's hungry children. The funds supported food aid distributed by the American Relief Administration and other agencies in war affected countries.
Today, as we see great turbulence in the Middle East and other regions we cannot forget the impoverished. Whether its war victims in Syria or the severely malnourished and stunted children in Afghanistan and Yemen, they all need help. With enough resolve the suffering of millions of people could be greatly alleviated this coming winter.
We cannot approach the problem of peace in the world without talking about the basics of food, clothing, medicine, shelter and education. For these are the foundations needed for any recovery and stability Syria and other countries desperately need.
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The earliest 64-bit processors were server-based affairs designed explicitly for 64-bit operating systems, but the current crop of 64-bit processors, first seen in the consumer space with AMD's Athlon 64 line of CPUs. Consumer-level 64-bit CPU like the Athlon 64 can handle both current 32-bit operating systems and software, as well as true 64-bit software designed specifically for a 64-bit CPU. So with a 64-bit CPU, you're still going to get solid performance from existing applications, as well as a touch of future-proofing when 64-bit applications become more solidly mainstream. For the moment, the best work you can get out of a 64-bit CPU is in the gaming arena, as the CPU-intensive nature of gaming -- combined with several gaming engines which have been or are being optimised for 64-bit computing -- give gamers a solid edge.


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Last we featured Kid the Traveler, back in February, the Orlando buzzmaker was struggling to stay sane as a relationship fell to pieces around him. Perhaps his efforts weren't quite as futile as they seemed at the time; two months later, we find him in a much better place, both romantically and psychologically. Say to You, a sunny 2013 jam by STRFKR, serves as the raw material for this unofficial remix. Over the Portland indie/electronic group's irresistibly catchy mix of rock guitar and 8-bit synths, Kid looks back with satisfaction on the storms he and his girl have weathered together, telling her, "It feels so right, when you put your arms around me." Like what you're hearing? Then keep it locked; this revamp is just a loosie, but we'll keep you posted on the artist's plans as further information becomes available.


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Seattle rockers close in on exceeding their influences across a fine second set.
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Seattle's Nazca Lines are the kind of band best sold on their associations and influences, rather than their original material – not because what the four-piece play is lacking in any respect, but simply because the company the quartet keeps is fine indeed.
Recorded by Matt Bayles, whose credits include collections by Isis and Mastodon, this second long-player has earned itself a UK release via the Stressed Sumo label, established by Therapy? drummer Neil Cooper. Artwork and additional guitar comes from former Blood Brothers/Jaguar Love member Cody Votolato (who appeared on the recent long-play set from Hyro Da Hero), and the group's sound owes much to the post-hardcore melodies of Hot Snakes and said act's forerunners Drive Like Jehu, as well as all-time classic outfits like At the Drive-In and Fugazi. With that sort of on-paper clout behind Hyperventilation, it seems destined for cult status amongst certain crowds. And the on-record material doesn't disappoint in the slightest.
Frontman Cory Alfano's gruff vocals are typical of the genre in question, but his committal is unquestionable – chemists around Seattle's Red Room studios must have had a run on lozenges while this album was being recorded. The interplay between Brett Wedeking's lead guitar lines and the solid foundations of bass and drums – from Ryan Minch and Andy King respectively – is accomplished enough to have Nazca Lines quite immediately standing out from their densely packed hardcore crowd. This is powerful fare, but not without accessible riffs and vocal lines that stick in the memory. Highlights include the venomously delivered but heavy of heart Bones in Boxes – key lyric: "Diamonds are forever / You're not" – and the percussively rambunctious The Ghost, which is sure to remind many a listener of a heavier Braid: it's just as infectious as one of Bob Nanna's finest cuts.
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Question/Comment: Is there a possibility that you would do a piece on the Brandeis decision to close the Rose Art Museum and sell the collection? I know you're a graduate, as I am. It strikes me a bad decision in every way, including economically. I wouldn't apply there now, nor would I donate. I would love to see your perspective presented!
Paul Solman: Not likely to do a piece anytime soon, given all the other things going down at the moment. As for Brandeis, the close-the-Rose/part-with-the-art decision is now, as you probably know, up in the air.
What I've found most intriguing about Brandeis and its fiscal crunch is the faculty initiative spearheaded by the head of the faculty senate, English professor William Flesch, to voluntarily take a pay cut to forestall faculty layoffs. Some 35 percent of Brandeis faculty had signed on, last I knew.
It is a brilliant example of something I've written about on this page before: the "Share Economy" idea formalized in the early '80s by economist Martin Weitzman, in which workers are paid as a percentage of income (or profits) instead of being vaulted ahead of one another in good times, pitted against one another in hard times.
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SaaS brings several advantages to SMEs, such as, low upfront investment, predictable maintenance costs, lower customization, leaner IS staff and scalable service level/ usage.
Mr. Subu D, Director & Senior Vice President, Satyam Manufacturing and Automotive Business, said, This model, called Software as a Service (SaaS), is an up coming development abroad, where companies pay for IT systems based on usage, just like they pay for utility services like electricity and telecom. Satyam views this model as a perfect fit for the needs of SMEs in India and has plans to encourage this model among SMEs, allowing an affordable and predictable monthly payment scheme, with low initial investment which makes it simple and hassle free to use.
Satyam is partnering with NASSCOM and FAPSIA in the initiative to promote IT Adoption among SMEs in Hyderabad. Satyam will provide its web based Enterprise Application Platform (EAP), for use by SMEs to run business operations like Sales, Purchase, Production, Shipment, Finance and Accounts.
Mr. Subu D, said Satyam would be responsible for end-to-end implementation of the entire program, whereby it would provide the Application Platform, host and maintain it, and also provide end-user helpdesk support.
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I feel I have a very long face and a long chin making my face look anorexic as my lower part of the face is quite narrow versus the top half. I am not sure what i need in terms of chin reduction or just liposuction. I also plan on getting rhinoplasty at the same time as I have a little hump and a very long sharp nose that points downward. My primary goal is to have the face be more rounded off and broader rather than skinny and long. Would love to get your opinion.
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Choin Osteotomy and Liposuction To Shorten Long Face
I think you would be a good candidate for a combined vertical bony chin reduction by osteotomy and submental liposuction, both done at the same time. That would really help shorten/round out your face. That potential combined procedure on our face and its benefits could be best illustrated by computer imaging for you to see if that change is a favorable one. When these are put together with a rhinoplasty that will change your downturned nose, your overall face will be more proportional and balanced.
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