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ADRIAN — A program of seasonal music — including some new twists on old favorites — performed with the Chicago-based Axiom Brass Quintet is on tap for the Adrian Symphony Orchestra's annual holiday concert.
The performance, titled "Festive Brass," is at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at Adrian College's Dawson Auditorium. Tickets are $25 and $22 for adults, $23 and $20 for senior citizens, and $13 and $10 for students, and are available by calling 264-3121, at www.adriansymphony.org or at the door beginning at 6 p.m.
The Axiom Brass Quintet is made up of trumpeter Dorival Puccini Jr., tuba player Kevin Harrison, trumpet player Colin Oldberg, trombonist Caleb Lambert and — subbing in for this concert — horn player Joel Benway.
Puccini, who is currently on the faculty of Lake Forest College, is a founding member of Axiom Brass. A native of Brazil, he has performed with orchestras and ensembles around Brazil and the U.S.
Harrison is the principal tuba player for the Northwest Indiana Symphony. He is also on the faculty at the Wheaton College Conservatory and has performed throughout the Midwest, including with the St. Louis and Kansas City symphonies, as well as with the Estonian National Symphony.
Oldberg has performed with groups including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, the National Repertory Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, with such conductors as Riccardo Muti, Bernard Haitink and Pierre Boulez. In 2009, he was selected to perform in the first ever YouTube Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.
Lambert, winner of the 2012 Chicago Brass Festival solo competition, has performed with the Chicago Symphony, the South Bend Symphony, the Symphony of Oak Park River Forrest and the Chicago Composer's Orchestra, among other ensembles.
Benway teaches horn at Elmhurst College and has performed with groups such as the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Chicago Philharmonic and the Elgin Symphony.
Puccini started his ensemble while he was a student at the Juilliard School of Music and performing as part of a program that gave students scholarships in return for playing at community venues including hospitals and retirement homes.
"It was a powerful experience for me, to see the power that music had for people," he said.
After school, the musicians with whom he'd been performing decided to stick together and play professionally. Over time, however, the original members dropped out, leaving Puccini as the only one who'd been there from the start. But the group was based in Chicago, an area "blessed with great brass players," and so as members have left, other top-notch players have been there to take over.
"We're so blessed to have a group that's extremely functional," he said, "and we have a blast traveling together."
Those things are as key to having a good chamber-music ensemble as is the skill level of the players, Puccini said. "If people don't get along, the music is affected as well. Chamber music is an intimate conversation between friends," people who may have very different personalities but who can talk together, musically, onstage.
Harrison agreed with Puccini's analogy.
"A successful chamber group has to have people that are flexible and open-minded and get along," he said. "It's always difficult to find that balance, to be a good musician but also a good traveling companion."
Most recently, Axiom Brass spent time in Germany and then in the Dominican Republic, where the quintet worked with the Adrian Symphony's music director, John Thomas Dodson, and with some of the country's budding young musicians — part and parcel of a music-education outreach mission that the ensemble takes very seriously.
"It was so wonderful to see those kids (in the Dominican Republic) light up," said Harrison.
Saturday's concert features the brass ensemble, the orchestra, or both groups together in a variety of holiday music, ranging from traditional Christmas tunes such as "Joy to the World" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" to a Hanukkah medley to Dodson's arrangements of a medley of carols and of Pachelbel's Canon in D. Also on the program are two works whose titles and arrangements are clever twists on the originals: "Wassail, Wassail All Over the Tuba" and "Deck the Horn."
Where those last two pieces are concerned, the former, as its name implies, features Harrison and his tuba. "It's a piece for tuba and orchestra, which is very, very rare," he said. "It sounds like something in a city-band concert, but with tuba instead of cornet."
For the work, arranger James Stephenson, who works extensively with the Axiom Brass, incorporated a number of different musical genres, said Harrison, "and it's a lot of fun."
As for "Deck the Horn," "it's 'Deck the Halls' as a Renaissance dance, with the horn as the solo," Puccini said. It utilizes both the orchestra and a tuba-less version of the brass ensemble, "to give Kevin a break," he added, laughing, after the earlier tuba-heavy work.
Puccini described the pieces the ensemble will perform Saturday evening as "recompositions," rather than "rearrangements."
"You'll hear the familiar tunes," he said, "but they are incredibly well-done by Jim Stephenson."
If you go
WHAT: "Festive Brass," with the Axiom Brass Quintet and the Adrian Symphony Orchestra
WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15
WHERE: Dawson Auditorium, Adrian College
TICKETS: $25 and $22 for adults, $23 and $20 for senior citizens, $13 and $10 for students
HOW TO ORDER: By calling 264-3121, at www.adriansymphony.org, or at the door beginning at 6 p.m.
Adrian Symphony Orchestra welcomes quintet for 'Festive Brass'
ADRIAN — A program of seasonal music — including some new twists on old favorites — performed with the Chicago-based Axiom Brass Quintet is on tap for the Adrian Symphony Orchestra's annual holiday concert.


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BlankTV is the end result of years of marginalized and/or exploitative treatment of Punk Rock culture, art, music, videos and independent music in general. BlankTV is an uncensored site, offering you the truth as we see it. We hope to give you a real alternative to the corporate propaganda that pervades our society. BlankTV is created by the culture it defends. So if you don't like it, feel free to help change it.
Most of the music videos and live clips in our vast library are nearly impossible to find elsewhere. If you do manage to find the videos online, the quality is usually so poor you can't enjoy them as they were meant to be seen. So, after fucking around for several years at some doomed dot-coms in Hollywood, we knew we had the opportunity to try something new.
For the past six and a half years, we've wasted most of our energy and money on the BlankTV project. So far it has proved to be an utter waste of time and resources. Friendships have been strained, noses bloodied and bowling scores have plummeted. Still, we keep on trying.
On BlankTV you will see the newest, the best, the weirdest, the classics and more. If your band has a video, send it in! If you have contacts to get us more content, let us know! If you're sitting on old footage, give it to us, ya bastard!
BlankTV will, hopefully, represent the best of what punk, ska, hardcore, oi and indie music was, is and can be. Our emphasis is on bands that need the exposure and have the talent. You will, however, find some videos here that you may see in rotation on the M-pire. What can we say? Corporate outlets found out that pre-packaged punk rebellion is a lot easier to sell than metal. I can't really fault the bands for this. It's just how things worked out.
Maybe someone will drop in to see some mallpunk, teenymosher noise or the latest shoegazer band and leave thinking Refused, Bad Reaction or Black Flag is something that has more to say to them. Maybe not. We'll try to weed out the real crap.
While we're on the subject of corporate influences, you should all understand that our policy is to take other people's money and do fun things with it. What these companies are willing to pay such huge sums to radio stations and corporate rock channels like the M-pire for, is you. You are the product, the new hard-to-reach demographic. Understanding that you're being sacrificed on the altar of consumerism should lessen the blow. We're not total whores, but we like to keep our options open. Plus, we've heard good things about 'laughing all the way to the bank' and want to give that a shot too.
Our sincere hope is that BlankTV will be successful enough to allow us to field another team for the punk DIY Bowling Weekend in Vegas next year. So tell your friends to keep watching videos on BlankTV.
And please check out our links for friends and solid folks we've run into. Our scene is kind of a micro-economy and you should consider that when you do your punk rock shopping.
That's all for now,
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You have breakfast in a sidewalk cafe on a shady, tree-lined street. In the morning, you go visit the huge pyramids an hour away, then come back to the city in the afternoon to enjoy a leisurely boat ride through an extensive series of canals.
No, you aren't in Paris, Cairo or Venice.
The next day you visit old churches and other historic buildings before walking along a wide, modern avenue lined with glistening office towers and dotted with statues and fountains. Then you go check out world-class art museums and finish the day with an incredible steak at an Argentine restaurant.
No, you aren't in London, New York or Buenos Aires.
Actually, you're in Mexico City, and you've barely scratched the surface of this complex and fascinating city.
Hold on, you say. Mexico City? Isn't that the dirty, crime-ridden capital that people avoid on their way to the nice places in Mexico?
If there's one thing I've learned in my travelling, it's that nowhere lives up (or down) to its bad reputation. Nowhere is this truer than Mexico City, a place I have come to know and love, and call my temporary home.
Mexico City is huge. It's the second-biggest city in the world (after Tokyo) and the biggest in the Americas, with more than 22 million people. That's about two-thirds the population of Canada. With so many people, of course there is going to be crime. But there's also going to be everything else -- things you're looking for, and a lot more that will surprise you. It's a world unto itself, like the New York City of Latin America.
If you love big cities, art, food, architecture or nightlife, it would be a shame to miss it. It would be an even bigger shame to say you "know" Mexico without taking a crack at this megalopolis, where one in five Mexicans live. Besides, so many Canadians fly through Mexico City to the country's resorts without thinking of stopping: Why not add a little urban culture to your Mexican vacation?
There are some bad parts of Mexico City, sure, just as there are in any big city. Most are far away from the places you'll visit, anyway. If you get a map, keep your wits about you (which you should always do travelling) and memorize a few key Spanish phrases ( "Donde esta el bano?"), you'll see the city and think: "Huh. What is all the fuss about?"
Mexico City residents (chilangos) are kind and polite, even if they like to honk their horns or push a little on the subway. Many speak English and would be happy to give you directions or recommend their favourite tacos. Like many European cities, the streets can be a little confusing as they aren't always in a grid pattern, but getting lost can be fun: You'll see street vendors and quiet little plazas, strange art installations and couples kissing on street benches.
If you're really lost, just jump on a bus (almost all lead to a subway station) and you'll be oriented again in no time.
And oh, the food. Ask anyone, and about half will tell you their family is from a different part of Mexico, which means the city is a smorgasbord of cuisine from around the country. There are tacos, of course, whether greasily delicious at a sidewalk stand or served at a proper sit-down restaurant. But there are also quesadillas, chilaquiles, enchiladas, mole poblano and a whole lot of other strange things you've never heard of before. Not all of it is spicy, though you'll always have a bowl or two of salsa if you want to turn up the heat. For dessert, there are fancy cakes, deep-fried pastries or just a cup of fresh mango and papaya. The food is so good you won't care that you gain five pounds on your holiday.
So what should you do during a visit to Mexico City? The most difficult question in such a big place is where to start?
Mexico's size might seem unmanageable, but it gets easier when you break it down into chunks. The city is made up of 16 delegaciones, or districts, and these are further broken into colonias, or neighbourhoods. As a tourist, you'll mostly be interested in the central delegacion of Cuauhtemoc, as well as bits of Miguel Hidalgo, Coyoacan and Xochimilco.
Most trips to Mexico City logically start in the historic centre. This area has been cleaned up in recent years, although some parts are still in disrepair. Even so, the centre contains many of the city's most important landmarks, including the vast Zocalo, the giant square that feels like -- and is -- the centre of the Mexican universe. Then there's the elegant Bellas Artes (the beautiful fine arts museum), the opulent post office building, dozens of museums and endless colonial architecture.
But for many people, the best (and more relaxing) parts of Mexico City are outside the centre. South of downtown in delegacion Cuauhtemoc, there are several interesting neighbourhoods. While these don't really have any tourist sites, they are some of the best places to wander around and soak up the atmosphere. Colonia Juarez contains the Zona Rosa, which has become the main gay neighbourhood over the last decade. It has a fun, exuberant feel, especially after Mexico City legalized gay marriage in 2009. Then there's Condesa, a chic colonial neighbourhood with trendy restaurants, lovely cafes and shady parks where fashionable Mexicans go to walk their designer dogs. Nearby is bohemian Roma, which is a little grungier and cheaper than Condesa but just as fashionable.
Southwest of downtown in delegacion Miguel Hidalgo is the Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City's relaxing answer to New York's Central Park. It's a good place to go for a picnic or visit the world-class history, modern art and anthropology museums. Walk north of the park and you'll find yourself in wealthy Polanco, home to international designer boutiques, Starbucks and expensive apartments.
Outside the centre are lots of possibilities for great day trips. For those interested in history, a trip to central Coyoacan is a must. Once a separate village but long since absorbed by the metropolis, Coyoacan is where notable figures such as Leon Trotsky, Frida Kahlo and Diego Riviera lived. You can visit their houses and just enjoy the tranquillity of this charming neighbourhood. Further south, the big delegacion of Xochimilco has an extensive system of meandering rural canals. Go and rent a colourful boat (propelled by a pole) and glide along the water while being served food and drink from taco and beer boats. Finally, outside the city are the famous pyramids of Teotihuacan, one of the largest cities in the world a millennium and a half ago. About an hour outside the city, it's easily reached by public bus or private tour.
Even if you see all these sites, you will only scratch the surface of this metropolis. Maybe you'll become like me, fascinated with a city that endlessly surprises and amazes, and come back for a second trip.
Caitlin Evans is a full-time English teacher and part-time writer living in Mexico City. She loves to travel, but she's always happy to come home to Edmonton for the holidays.
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- Getting there: You can fly Air Canada to Mexico City through Vancouver or Toronto, or take another airline and fly through the U.S. Delta, Continental, US Airways and American Airlines are all options. If you're planning to head to the beach or somewhere else in Mexico, local airlines Aeromexico, Volaris and Interjet connect all major Mexican destinations with the capital.
- When to go: Winter is a great time to go to Mexico City because the rainy season has stopped and the sun is shining. But any time is a good time to visit.
- What to pack: The key in Mexico City is layering. In the morning and evenings it can get cool, while around midday it's usually warm. With sweaters, T-shirts and jeans you should be OK.
- Where to stay: A lot of people stay in the historic centre, but I think colonia Condesa (or Roma, Cuauhtemoc and Juarez) would make a more tranquil (but still central) home base for your time in Mexico City. For recommendations, get a good guidebook (I use Lonely Planet).
- Where to avoid: Like any big city, there are some areas you'd want to avoid. In general, you'll want to avoid the central colonias of Doctores and Tepito unless you have a reliable Mexican guide. There are plenty of not-so-nice areas outside the centre, but you don't really have a reason to visit them anyway.
--Documents: Canadians don't need a visa to enter Mexico, but make sure to hold on to the tourist card you receive upon entry. If you don't keep it, you might face some hassle or fines upon exit.
- Recommended taxi numbers: RET (8590-6720), Radio Maxi Seguridad (5768-8557)
- Turibus: 5133-2424 or buy tickets at any Ticketbus outlet in Mexico.


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uniquely special guest combo — the "Dixiecats" — with Oak Ridge Schools band directors and one retired Knox County Schools band leader will be the featured performers at the Monday evening Labor Day concert.
A uniquely special guest combo — the "Dixiecats" — with Oak Ridge Schools band directors and one retired Knox County Schools band leader will be the featured performers at the Monday evening Labor Day concert. Oak Ridge High School band director Spence Milligan on trombone and assistant band director Mike Spirko on trumpet along with Robertsville Middle School band leader Sean Greene on tuba and Jefferson Middle School band conductor Josh Bibbs on bass clarinet will be joined by retired Knox County Schools band director and clarinetist Charlie Blake whose connection to Oak Ridge Schools is student teaching at Oak Ridge High School when Steve "Doc" Combs was band leader there. The "Dixiecat" jazz band will be performing Bob Lowden's arrangement of New Orleans tunes in "Dixieland on Stage." Don't miss this special performance by the school band directors on Monday evening.
Still another highlight on Monday evening will be the return appearance of vocalist and band member Deidre Ford who will be singing Jerry Brubaker's arrangement of "Battle Hymn of the Republic," "America the Beautiful," "You're A Grand Old Flag," and Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the U.S.A."
In addition to the featured guest performers, the Community Band will be playing a variety of familiar and much loved tunes such as Jay Dawson's arrangement of "Tennessee Salute" featuring such Tennessee greats as "Wabash Cannonball," "Chattanooga Choo Choo," "Tennessee Waltz," and "Rocky Top." The audience will also enjoy hearing Henry Mancini's "Pink Panther," Frederick Loewe's "My Fair Lady," and Ernesto Lecuona's "Malaguena." Other songs on the Labor Day program include Henry Fillmore's arrangement of "Light Cavalry," K. L. King's "Melody Shop," and "Washington Post March" and "The Thunderer" both written by John Philip Sousa.
If you have not yet had the opportunity this summer to attend an Oak Ridge Community Band outdoor concert, the performance on Monday evening will be your last chance to do so until next summer. The Monday evening concert will be held in A.K. Bissell Park behind the Civic Center at 7 p.m. There is no admission fee, and the public is encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating around the Performing Arts Pavilion. There is also a paved area for wheelchair seating, and Razzleberry's will once again be present to sell its delicious ice cream to the concert audience.
The Oak Ridge Community Band is directed by Dale Pendley and assistant conductor Lisa Michaels. Rehearsals for the band's next concert will begin on Thursday, Sept. 5, at the First Baptist Church. Interested area musicians are always welcome to attend rehearsals and can call (865) 483-3044 for more information. The Community Band also has a website at www.orcb.org with information on the upcoming subscription concert season which begins in October.


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Clem Brooks
Clem Brooks is the James H. Rudy Professor of Sociology at Indiana University. His interests are voting behavior, public opinion, and social policy. He co-authored Whose Rights? Counterterrorism and the Dark Side of American Public Opinion with Jeff Manza. He also wrote Why Welfare States Persist (University of Chicago Press, 2007), and Social Cleavages and Political Change (Oxford University Press, 1999).


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Dr. Jose R. Tuma-Aid will retire later this month, serving nearly four decades of service to the community.
Dr. Jose R. Tuma-Aid will retire later this month, serving nearly four decades of service to the community.
Dr. Tuma-Aid completed his internship at Saint Agnes Hospital, three years of residency in internal medicine, and a two-year cardiology fellowship at the William Likoff Cardiovascular Institute at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. He came to to Dover where he started his private practice in August 1977, specializing in internal medicine and cardiology.
During Tuma-Aid's tenure, he was instrumental in creating the department of cardiology at Bayhealth Medical Center, which was approved May 16, 2002. The department now includes 19 cardiologists and three thoracic surgeons.
Along with his colleagues, Tuma-Aid started the search for a physician to perform open heart surgery at Bayhealth. Dr. John Mannion was selected and they later built an affiliation with Penn Medicine, ranked among the top 10 cardiology and heart surgery programs in the nation.
"I've been extremely fortunate. I've had the most wonderful patients. They make me feel that this is a life worth living," said Dr. Tuma-Aid, reflecting on his career.


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The February issue of Research magazine takes an in-depth look at what value financial advisors provide to their clients. Drawing widely on academic analyses and real-world insights, Michael Finke, Texas Tech University professor and Research contributing editor, finds that advisor value is not measured adequately by investment returns. Instead, it has a great deal to do with planning and relationships.
Elsewhere in the issue, Ellen Uzelac's feature article "Here's Your Lead Generation Machine" probes how technology is providing new ways to find and engage prospective clients. Bill Good, in his Sales Seminar column, draws on a new book about communication to advise advisors on how to improve their listening skills.
"A Broker Who Broke Bad" offers the story, as told to Jane Wollman Rusoff, of Justin Paperny, who went from the brokerage industry to prison and now offers insights on business, ethics and life. Global Economy columnist Alexei Bayer considers the trend of middle-class investors shying away from the stock market. And amid the current polarized political scene, Senior Editor Kenneth Silber observes shifting alignments over monetary and financial policy issues.
Click through the following slides to preview the February issue of Research.
In the February cover story, Michael Finke delves into the question of how advisors benefit clients. Excerpt:
A recent survey conducted by Fidelity Investments found that only 57% of clients felt their advisor provided value during "recent market conditions." Clients who felt their advisor provided value, unsurprisingly, expressed much greater trust and loyalty. What did advisors do to create a perception of value and loyalty? They focused on long-term goals and provided comprehensive financial advice.
According to Michael Laine, a financial planner in California, "what most clients are looking for is financial peace of mind. Money is often a very stressful issue for people as it is still very much a taboo subject that is not well discussed. As such, having a trusted advisor who makes sure their financial house is in good order is invaluable."
Unfortunately, peace of mind isn't easy to quantify.
Here's Your Lead Generation Machine
Technology is opening new ways to get referrals and engage prospects, reports Ellen Uzelac. Excerpt:
Here's a storyboard you'll love: Investor checks out financial advisor online and likes what he sees. Investor contacts financial advisor. Investor hires financial advisor.
It's the ultimate referral engine, marking a reversal in the way investors and financial advisors historically connect. Instead of the advisor reaching out to the prospective client, it's the other way around. As Nicholas Stuller, president and CEO of AdviceIQ, puts it: "People find their roofer online, their spouse, their favorite Chinese restaurant. But their financial advisor?"
Sales Seminar columnist Bill Good provides a review and guide to a new book on communications. Excerpt:
Here's the bold promise that opens a book I want to call to your attention: "Your mastery of the critical elements of communication bestows upon you great power to exert on behalf of your clients. You use that power wisely and always in your clients' best interest—with care, skill and caution—to help them succeed financially."
The book is The Financial Professional's Guide to Communication: How to Strengthen Client Relationships and Build New Ones, by Robert L. Finder Jr. The author, a managing director for a national financial services firm, has the credentials to make the claim.
As told to Jane Wollman Rusoff, Justin Paperny relates his story of going from the brokerage industry to prison and then on to a new phase of life. Excerpt:
There will always be people who dismiss me as a felon, a cheat, a thief and a liar. You never get over that, and any guy out of jail who says he has is lying.
My descent was gradual. I couldn't resist temptation. It was just too easy.
I decided to become a stockbroker while cold-calling at Prudential one summer when I was at USC. I liked the excitement—the thrill of soliciting business.
I was an arrogant, entitled stockbroker in my 20s, one of the youngest brokers Bear Stearns hired. I had Bear, and I thought it was a big deal.
Alexei Bayer examines the causes and consequences of middle-class reluctance to own stocks. Excerpt:
In the 1990s, it was a point of pride for economists to talk about the U.S. as a shareholding society, where stock ownership had become a national pastime. Investing into shares of U.S. companies, either directly or through various pension schemes and mutual funds, represented direct ownership of the U.S. economy and a vote of confidence in America's future.
Plus, equity investing was an important complement to individual retirement savings; over the long run, stocks consistently outperformed all other financial instruments in terms of their returns, providing an additional layer of safety for retirees.
But the situation began to change after 2002, when stock ownership reached a peak of 67% of U.S. households.
Kenneth Silber discerns some political realignments on issues of monetary policy and financial regulation. Excerpt:
The recent fiscal cliff negotiations underscored the elusiveness of agreements between Democrats and Republicans, and the resulting deal set the stage for further showdowns over fiscal matters in the early months of this year.
The chasm between the parties tends to obscure some more subtle features of the political environment, such as underlying tensions within both parties and points of similarity among factions that might lead to some collaboration across party lines.


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There are three places in the north where, at the right time of year, you are nearly certain to see polar bears: Wrangel Island, north of Siberia, very hard to reach; the ice fields near Svalbard, the archipelago far north of Norway, by chartered yacht, okay if you have lots of dough; and our own Churchill, Man., which rightly calls itself "the polar bear capital of the world." It is the choice of an amazing number of people whose dream is to see a polar bear.
During the famous "bear season" - about six weeks in late fall and early winter - hundreds of these magnificent animals congregate in the Churchill area. It is the largest concentration of polar bears in the world. Last year more than 10,000 tourists came to Churchill for that marvellous adrenalin-surge nearly all experience when they see their first "wild" polar bear.
The thrill and fascination are understandable. These bears are special. They are huge, white, powerful. They are the iconic animals of the Arctic. A long-term study carried out by the zoologist Desmond Morris showed that the polar bear is one of the world's 10 "most popular" animals. The greatest love of our 2-year-old grandson is his plush polar bear pal called "Po". When he visits us, Po comes along and Owen falls asleep with the bear cuddled in his arms.
The sad thing is that when Owen and your children and grandchildren grow up, they probably will no longer be able to see polar bears in the wild. By then, if present climatic trends continue, there may be only a few small pockets of polar bears left in the remotest regions of the far north.
In many languages, polar bears are called "ice bears" - "Eisbär" in German, "isbjørn" in Danish. It's an apt name. They are the highly specialized seal hunters of the circumpolar ice. The equation, consequently, is simple and fatal: no ice, no ice bears. Global warming is causing the polar ice to recede rapidly. In 2007, for the first time in memory, the normally ice-choked Northwest Passage was ice free in summer. Very good for shipping. Very bad for ice bears.
"Some of our polar bear tourists are already motivated by a 'see-them-while-you-still-can' urge," Merv Gunter, owner of Churchill's famous Tundra Buggy Tours, told me last fall.
Churchill (population just under 1,000), on the west coast of Hudson Bay, has much to offer. In spring, summer and fall, it is a birder's paradise. Here three major biomes meet: the boreal forest, the treeless tundra and the coast. More than 250 species of birds breed in the area or migrate through it. With a bit of luck, you may see one of North America's rarest birds: the delicately pink-tinged, black-collared Ross's gull. Normally residents of Siberia, a few eccentrics with wanderlust have settled in the Churchill area.
In July, about 3,000 beluga whales swim into the great Churchill River near town, to feed, frolic, calve and talk. They are the most vocal of all whales. You can watch them from shore, large pods of glossy-white whales surging past, and you hear them grunt, chirp, scream and whistle. You can see them even closer from one of the many whale-watching boats.


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It is time to lead with courage and call out the bullies
Parents don't cause every problem in the world, but most rotten little apples don't fall far from their family trees.
When it comes to bullying or a misbehaving child, often right behind them are parents who are uninvolved or entirely in denial.
In Winter Haven, Fla. last week two young girls were arrested for aggravated stalking. The two were part of a group of as many as 15 "mean girls" who bullied a 12-year old girl both in person and online until she finally killed herself by jumping off of a tower at an abandoned concrete plant.
The girls who were arrested had sent messages via social media and texts telling the victim to "drink bleach and die" and asking questions such as "You haven't killed yourself yet? Go jump off a building."
The arrests were made after a statement of anything but remorse was posted on one of the girl's Facebook pages.
"Yes ik [I know] I bullied REBECCA nd she killed her self but IDGAF [I don't give a f---]," one sweet little snowflake posted.
I bet her parents were horrified. I'm sure the girls are in for major punishment.
Either that or their parents will continue to shield them like an umbrella. If you guessed umbrella, you understand the problem.
"My daughter's a good girl and I'm 100 percent sure that whatever they're saying about my daughter is not true," one father said.
Of course she is. Daddy's little girl wouldn't torment and harass a girl to her death just because the other girl started a prepubescent relationship with a boy in whom she had a shared interest. There is no mountain of evidence that will convince him that there is a problem he should address.
If you are making a mental note that during your prayer time tonight that you will thank God Almighty that you don't live in Florida, don't bother. The problem is close to home no matter where you are.
All you have to do is spend about a minute on Twitter, Ask.fm or Facebook or find access to Vines or Snapchats kids produce to see more than enough disturbing comments and images to make you question whether these children are really our future.
There are some great kids out there and they better look out because there are some boys who have refined bullying into a fine art and some mean girls who think the fictional namesakes are amateurs.
One local post included the lovely sentiment that, "Those girls from (rival school district) are legitimately dirty sluts."
That's really nice.
The problem is real and it is expanding with every social media app that increases contact and anonymity. It is so bad that Congress has established an anti-bullying caucus.
One member of that caucus is Democrat Michael Honda from California.
"Everyone in America likely has a bullying story, whether as the victim, bully or as a witness," Honda said.
But what can be done about this?
Not much when you get right down to it. The schools preach bullying prevention and have educational programs and talk a good game. They have all of the kids sign anti-bullying pledges where they promise to treat everyone with respect. But when a student or their parents approach an administrator with a perceived problem, what really gets done?
I'm sure if the suspected bully is from the wrong side of the tracks, with enough evidence they might get detention and develop more motivation to come after the victim who reported them.
But in most instances, the educators and administrators take no action and many times it is solely because they know that mommy and daddy were bullies in their day and they are going to raise a ruckus if you try to punish their "good girls" because charges against them are "100 percent not true."
Parental denial leads to administrative neglect and all we are left with is the hope that these victims don't succumb to the fear of escalation to the point where they harm themselves to escape the constant harassment.
This girl's death and dozens of incidents in every state in the nation should be a call to action.
It is time to lead with courage and call out the bullies – whether they are still teenagers or just grew older and never grew up.
Kent Bush is the publisher of the Augusta Gazette, the El Dorado Times, and the Andover American newspapers. He can be contacted at: email@example.com


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text: Andy Crouch examines the life of a scientist based on his experience of walking alongside his wife Catherine, an experimental physicist. That relationship has shown him that a life in science is a journey "into a set of virtues," of cultivating a specific character suited to the particular demands of research and investigation. Crouch's hope is to persuade pastors and others in the church to prayerfully support the scientific endeavor as a reflection of God's image in humankind as well as offers some suggestions for ministering to their needs.


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The climber who reached the summit of Mount Everest more times 14 than anyone else, with the exception of Sherpa indigenous to the Himalayas, will speak Sunday in Durango to mark the 25th anniversary of the San Juan Mountains Association.
In fact, the climbing accomplishments of Dave Hahn, a professional mountain guide, journalist and lecturer, would be impressive even without his conquests of Mount Everest, the worlds highest mountain at 29,029 feet.
Hahn, 51, scaled 20,320-foot Mount McKinley, the highest peak in North America, 20 times, and 31 times has reached the summit of Vinson Massif, the highest point in Antarctica at 16,050 feet.
As a guide, he took clients to the summit of Mount Rainier (14,410 feet) in Washington at least 270 times.
The nonprofit San Juan Mountains Association was formed in 1988 at the request of the San Juan National Forest supervisor by local residents to involve the public in land-management issues.
Among its goals were the care of cultural and natural resources through education and hands-on involvement, and communication and cooperation between agencies and the public.
The organization today is a recognized model for interpretive associations across the country, said volunteer program director Kathe Hayes, who has been on the job 15 years. In 25 years, we have developed field projects, educational programs and publications to instill an ethic and stewardship toward our public lands.
Hanh lived in Mountain View, Calif., until age 7, when his family moved to upstate New York. He received a degree in history from the State University of New York/Buffalo in 1984.
Hahns presentation Sunday, which will include a slide show, depicts a typical year in which he leads expeditions from Alaska to the Antarctic. He was an instructor at Taos Ski Valley from 1985 to 1991 when he joined the resorts ski patrol and continues to today.
Hahn took part in the 1999 expedition that located the remains of George Mallory, who disappeared June 8 or 9, 1924, along with Andrew Irvine, on the north ridge of Mount Everest.
Expedition members buried Mallory under rocks where he was found.
Its speculation whether the two, who were trying to be the first to conquer Everest, succeeded, Hahn said Monday by telephone from Taos Ski Valley.
About half think they did, half say they didnt, he said. I tend to think not, although they were seasoned climbers, strong and bold.
Hahn returned to Everest in 2001 and 2004 to search for the remains of Irvine, spending about two months on the mountain each time.
We tried hard, but found nothing, Hahn said. When I left in 2004, I felt Id risked my life enough to find out why someone had died.


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The previous owner of the East Memphis office complex at 1023 Cherry Road has reinvested in the asset for $4.1 million.
The buyer was RBM Cherry Road Partners, which originally leased the 113,556-square-foot campus to Harrah's Entertainment Inc. in 1999 and owns the adjoining property, Oaksedge. RBM Cherry Road Partners is an entity of Memphis-based RBM Venture Co., the private investment company of the R. Brad Martin family.
The sale closed Tuesday, Jan. 22.
CB Richard Ellis Memphis brokers Johnny Lamberson and Terry Radford represented the seller, New York-based MLMT 2004-MKB1 1023 Cherry Road LLC, in the sale of the campus located next to the Dixon Gallery and Gardens.
MLMT 2004-MKB1 1023 Cherry Road LLC bought the embattled office property for $6.4 million during a substitute trustee's sale in October 2009 at the Shelby County Courthouse.
Originally developed for Promus Hotels in 1985 and renovated for Harrah's in 1995, the property has been vacant since Harrah's moved its Memphis corporate office to 7216 Goodlett Farms in 2006. The Goodlett Farms campus was subsequently vacated in 2008 when Harrah's relocated its Memphis operations to Las Vegas.
The campus consists of two buildings – one that's 59,159 square feet and one that's 54,397 square feet. The property also contains a covered parking structure.
The buildings were 52.1 percent leased as of May, but are both empty. Harrah's currently is still under lease for the 59,159-square-foot building until April 2017. The lease for the 54,397-square-foot building expired in April.
The Class B office complex's 2012 appraisal from the Shelby County Assessor of Property, including land and building, was $2.4 million.
The commercial/multifamily division of Memphis-based community bank Financial Federal has arranged $6.5 million construction financing through U.S. Bank NA on the second phase of luxury The Orleans at Walnut Grove apartments.
The 18-acre site north of Walnut Grove Road between Gray's Creek and Houston Levee Road is now developed; the 180-unit first phase is 75 percent leased. The Phase II construction loan closed Jan. 8, allowing an additional 96 units to be delivered in May.
Wes Misenhelter, owner of Lakeland-based Wesscorp Communities, is the developer of Orleans at Walnut Grove apartments, filing under the entity Orleans Apartment Community LLC on the Shelby County Register of Deeds for the second phase financing. Wesscorp's $6.5 million mortgage matures Jan. 31, 2017.
Total project financing is $19.5 million for both phases of the $30 million project.
Amenities at the Orleans at Walnut Grove include a 3,500-square-foot clubhouse, a 2,200-square-foot fitness center, and a salt-water pool with palm trees and cooking area. A paved walking path will be added with Phase II incorporating the 20-acre lake to the north. Jim Bogan of MNB Architects is the lead architect and Fisher & Arnold Inc. is the engineer.
Dallas-based Hillwood Investment Properties, in a partnership with Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and the Hillwood-Brookfield Industrial Partners fund, acquired the 556,000-square-foot Airways Distribution Center Building D in the DeSoto County submarket.
The Class A facility, at 228 Access Drive in Southaven, is 100 percent leased by Kimberly-Clark Corp.
The purchase comes after Hillwood and Brookfield Asset Management bought five Class A buildings in Southpark Distribution Center for $37.3 million in July from TIAA Realty Inc.
That deal came on the heels of the Hillwood's acquisition of Pilot Distribution Center warehouse for $7.5 million, as well as its $13.5 million purchase of the former Mazda North America Inc. distribution center in Olive Branch earlier in 2012.
The December purchase of Airways Distribution Center Building D was one of eight industrial properties the Hillwood/Brookefield Partnership acquired during the month totaling 2.6 million square feet. The transactions increased the portfolio's size to 9.7 million square feet across markets in Atlanta; Baltimore; Chicago; Memphis; Indianapolis; Inland Empire, Calif; Orlando; and Philadelphia/South New Jersey.
The Medtronic Foundation has awarded $260,000 in grants to 11 nonprofit groups serving people in Memphis and the Mid-South.
A group of Memphis Medtronic Spinal employees review and award the funds. The 11 recipients are Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association, Emergency Services Program; Memphis Food Bank, Hunger's Hope Food Distribution; The Pink Palace Museum; Memphis Oral School for the Deaf, Sound Beginnings Family Training Program; Shelby Farms Park Conservancy, Summer Camp Program; Junior Achievement of Memphis & the Mid-South, BizTown; Porter-Leath Children's Center, Pre-School/Headstart Program; Craigmont High School, FIRST! Robotics High School Team; Hamilton High School, FIRST! Robotics High School Team; St. Mary's Episcopal School, FIRST! Robotics High School Team; and Horn Lake High School, FIRST! Robotics High School Team.
Since Medtronic was founded in 1949, the company has contributed $700 million in Medtronic Foundation grants, Medtronic cash contributions and medical device donations.
Nike Inc. will hold two construction symposiums Feb. 7 and Feb. 8 at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 1 N. Front St., to inform locally-owned, small, women-owned and minority businesses of the construction opportunities that will come from its $301 million distribution campus expansion in North Memphis. Businesses will hear from Nike officials on the scale and timing of the project and how local companies can take advantage of chances to submit bids.
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The Peer Power Foundation is conducting a national search for a development director for the nonprofit organization that seeks out high performing high school and college students to tutor other students.
The eight-year-old effort started by Memphis commodities trading firm founder Charles McVean at his alma mater, East High School, has a goal of raising $350,000 to $500,000 annually. The fundraising effort to be led by the development director will support the existing efforts by Peer Power and fund an expansion into other schools and even other school districts.
The foundation's board of directors has set a March 15 deadline for applications for the position.
Demolition contractors began work on the old dairy building at 1039 S. Bellevue Blvd., Thursday, Jan. 24, for the South Memphis Alliance Inc.
The alliance is raising $6 million to build a center for several nonprofit agencies on the site and last summer kicked off the effort by removing the enormous milk bottle structure on the roof of the plant. The structure will be refurbished and become part of the Children's Museum of Memphis.
The alliance, which focuses on social services to foster children, wants the center that replaces the dairy to become more of a gateway to the Soulsville neighborhood to the west of Bellevue.
Meanwhile, a laundromat on the other side of Bellevue from the dairy is nearing completion. It will be operated by the alliance, which plans to offer social services there and operate that part of the business with money it makes from the laundromat.
Mellow Mushroom has applied for a building permit for its second Memphis-area location at 5138 Park Ave.
A $750,000 building permit was filed with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for converting the existing 7,854-square-foot building into a restaurant with a patio for Mellow Ventures LLC.
Belz Enterprises is listed as the owner of the property in Eastgate Shopping Center, although Belz sold the 445,907-square-foot shopping center for $31.5 million in January 2011 to Dallas-based Arrow Retail.
The Shelby County Assessor of Property lists the owner as Eastgate Center LLC out of Dallas.
Mellow Mushroom's original Memphis location is at 3075 Village Shops Drive in Germantown. For its second local operation, the Georgia-based pizza franchise will join other pizzerias in the East Memphis area such as Memphis Pizza Café, Hog and Hominy and the soon-to-be second location of Broadway Pizza at Poplar Avenue and Mendenhall Road.
Memphis-based Meritan Inc., a not-for-profit organization that provides social and health care services to people with special needs, has been recognized by the state of Tennessee for providing outstanding service to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The "three-star" recognition from the state Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities identifies Meritan as a leader among service organizations that help citizens with intellectual and developmental disabilities to improve their quality of life.
In December, Meritan also was identified by the Council on Accreditation for its commitment to quality management and improvement.
Meritan is a nationally accredited social service agency serving a four-state area focusing on the needs of seniors, visually and developmentally disabled individuals and special-needs foster children.
Memphis City Schools administrators are recommending the countywide school board not renew the charter school Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering at the board's voting meeting next week.
The alternative to accepting the administration's recommendation would be to extend the charter of the school for another 10 years.
Memphis City Schools superintendent Kriner Cash said at a Tuesday, Jan. 22, board work session that he and his staff recommend non-renewal because the charter school is in the state's bottom 5 percent of schools in terms of student performance.
Board members had lots of questions about where students at the charter school would go and if the schools in their attendance zones are also among the bottom 5 percent.
More debate is likely on the issue at next week's meeting before the board votes.
The board also reviewed plans to demolish the old Lincoln Junior High School gymnasium in South Memphis, which has been vacant for five years.
Demolition contractor David Moore Inc. has agreed to demolish the building at no cost to the school system in return for the external bricks and any copper that may be left in the building. Moore is also demolishing Graceland Elementary School for the school system and agreed to do the Lincoln gymnasium as part of a package deal, according to school system administrators.
The school board votes on the demolition next week as well.
The Memphis City Council delayed to its first meeting in February a committee discussion about a proposal by council member Myron Lowery to rename Nathan Bedford Forrest Park to include the name of Ida B. Wells, the anti-lynching crusader of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Lowery was out of town for Tuesday, Jan. 22, committee sessions.
That didn't stop council members Bill Boyd and Janis Fullilove from exchanging words about the Confederate general, slave trader and first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Boyd contends Forrest's title did not make him a founder of the group.
In other action, the council approved a planned development for The Pyramid that includes its redevelopment as a Bass Pro Shops retail center.
The council approval, necessary to include a hotel in the plans, came with no debate.
Approved on third and final reading was an ordinance that creates a caterer's permit for the storing, selling, manufacturing and distribution of "light alcoholic beverages."
Also approved was a special use permit for an outdoor flea market at the old Imperial Bowling Lanes, 4700 Summer Ave.
The conversion of the longtime vacant James Lee House into a luxury bed-and-breakfast inn is moving along in Victorian Village.
The Center City Development Corp., an arm of the Downtown Memphis Commission, granted developers Jose Velazquez and J.W. Gibson a $130,000 development loan for The James Lee House Bed & Breakfast at 690 Adams Ave. at its Friday, Jan. 18, meeting.
The plans are to convert the 8,100-square-foot James Lee House into a five-suite, luxury bed-and-breakfast inn, an investment of about $2.3 million.
The mansion, built in the 1840s at Adams and Orleans Street, is designated by the Library of Congress and has been vacant since 1959.
The project was awarded a 10-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes term from the Center City Revenue Finance Corp. earlier this month. The design plans will be presented to the DMC's Design Review Board in February.
Construction is scheduled to begin in February and be completed by November. The architect for the project is Fleming Associates Architects PC and the contractor is Montgomery Martin Contractors LLC.
Terminix, a division of The ServiceMaster Co., in December closed six asset acquisitions with a collective annualized revenue topping $10 million, the Memphis-based company reported Tuesday.
The acquisitions include: McCauley Brothers Termite and Pest Services' operations in two California cities; Pestmaster Services' corporate operations in six California cities and franchise operations in Grover Beach, Calif.; BioGuard Pest Control's operations in four U.S. cities; Spring Professional Home Services' operations in Davenport, Iowa; and Foothills Pest Control's operations in Chandler, Ariz.
Terminix, which is the world's largest pest-control provider, has more than 3 million customers in 47 states and 14 countries.
Southeastern Asset Management has launched the Longleaf Partner Global Fund, a new fund that seeks long-term capital growth.
The fund works to achieve its objective by investing largely in U.S. and non-U.S. companies believed to be significantly undervalued. It's not a diversified fund; it's generally invested in 15 to 25 companies. The fund also has an unconstrained portfolio, investing in companies of all market capitalizations without limit to geography.
The state lawyers group is recommending changes in state law governing conservatorships.
Courts can appoint conservators to handle affairs of people a judge deems incapable of making their own decisions. Under a conservatorship, a person's right to make health care, financial and other personal decisions can be stripped away.
The Tennessean reported the Tennessee Bar Association met during the weekend and approved recommendations to the legislature. Among them is a provision for placing a person in a conservatorship on an emergency basis. The period of an emergency conservatorship would be no more than 60 days and a hearing would be held within five days.
The emergency plan is one of 16 recommendations approved by the bar.
The recommendations come after a series of hearings conducted by a panel of the bar association. At a Sept. 20 hearing in Nashville, several people testified all of their assets disappeared after conservatorships were established for them.
The bar group decided to make recommendations after the Legislature considered a series of changes to the law last session. Lawmakers passed two changes. One requires that a proposed conservator reveal whether he or she has a criminal record. The other requires disclosure of any relationship with the person being conserved.
Regions Financial Corp. swung to a gain in the fourth quarter after a year-ago period weighed down by the sale of an investment management subsidiary.
The big regional bank, based in Birmingham, Ala., said Tuesday that despite "challenging economic headwinds," Regions has increased loans to middle market companies and auto lending, launched new consumer products and invested aggressively in its mobile and online platforms.
However, the bank earned less from interest on loans as its total loan book shrank – a trend it blamed on consumers continuing to pay down old debt.
Regions' net income was $261 million, or 18 cents per share, in the period ended Dec. 31. That compares with a loss of $602 million, or 48 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier.
Adjusted to exclude goodwill impairment and costs related to the early termination of an investment, the bank said it earned 22 cents per share.
Net interest income fell to $818 million from $849 million in 2011's fourth quarter. Net interest income combines interest on loans that the bank collects and interest on deposits and debt that the bank pays out. It is a measure of the bank's ability to profit from its lending.
Fogelman Management Group has been awarded seven management contracts totaling more than 1,700 units in Tennessee, Georgia, Kansas and Oklahoma.
These newly managed communities are: 330-unit Miller Creek at Germantown, 202-unit Blair Towers and 344-unit Ten Mile Creek in Memphis; 216-unit Quail Landing in Oklahoma City; 192-unit Miller Station at Peachtree in Atlanta; 177-unit Park Place at Town Center in Leawood, Kan.; and 251-unit Bella Palazzo in Overland Park, Kan.
This marks Fogelman Management Group's entrance into the state of Oklahoma. Company president Mark Fogelman said in a statement that Oklahoma City is a "strong market with great economic fundamentals" and that the firm will continue to add units in the area.
Fogelman Management Group is now managing more than 19,000 apartment homes, valued at more than $1.5 billion and located within 14 states and 24 cities across the Southeast, Southwest and Midwest regions of the country.
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Local Writers to be published
The Columbia Chapter of the Missouri Writers' Guild (CCMWG) met Sunday, March 3, at Unity Center in Columbia. Those who made the cut and will be published in this year's CCMWG's anthology "Well Versed, Literary Works 2013" were announced. Three local writers from the Boonslick Creative Writers' Group were among those chosen.
"He'll Call" and"I Traveled with You" by Mary Ann Snapp.
"Meandering Creek," "Drama," and "Dust" by Eva Ridenour.
"The Loner" by Liz Davis.
The meeting's featured speaker was Steve Wiegenstein, President of the Missouri Writers' Guild (MWG) and author of "Slant of Light, A Novel of Utopian Dreams and Civil War." Mr. Wiegenstein's topic was Writing about History—in fiction and non-fiction. He also shared information about the upcoming MWG conference in April in St. Louis, Missouri.


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Cryptzoolgy - Bigfoot Encounters
Posted 20 June 2005 - 01:02 PM
Posted 20 June 2005 - 04:55 PM
However, I am compiling (slowly....) various encounters in an effort to put forth my theory....that Bigfoot doesn't exisit in this world the same way you and I do, hence why there has been no captures or bodies found.
(oh, and edited your topic title so that it doesn't get confused with the other one you posted.. )
Krafted with luv
by monsters
Posted 21 June 2005 - 12:19 AM
I didn't lose my mind - I have it backed up on a disk ... somewhere
Posted 22 July 2005 - 11:44 PM
I've not (Bigfoot and his ilk tend to avoid major urban centres, and I don't recall any reports of such creatures in Ontario, but probably only because I've not really looked into that as yet).
Here's a start for you...
October 2003 Searchmount Toronto Police Officer while hunting
July 2000 Blind River
June 1998 Sioux Lookout
May 2001 Kilarney
November 1999 Northern Ontario
September 1997 Nipigon
September 1997 St. Catherine
July 1997 Near Sioux Lookout
July 1996 Lindsay
July 1996 Near Sioux Lookout
1994 Temagami
June 1993 Burnstown
June 1987 Graham
September 1986 Kirkland Lake
August 1978 Grimsby
These are some of the Bigfoot sighting reports from Ontario Canada. Further details are available from the BFRO Website.
Ontario Sightings Page
This is only one of many Bigfoot sighting databases available online, but it's also one of the best.
Posted 25 July 2005 - 09:40 PM
A friend of the family was Sheriff of Whatcom County Wa. and told of many run ins with the Sasquatch. Doc. saw him at a distance as a child.
I believe that they exist as a living creature,but that they, like wolves etc. seem to be attracted to gateway areas.
The latest, (and most workable theory so far) relates their sighting frequency to the proximity to caves and volcanic vents. The sightings around MT. St. Helens, a real hot spot prior to the eruptions, dwindled to nothing afterwards.
And, in parting from you now,
This much let me avow---
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream:
Yet if hope has flown away In a night,
Or in a day, In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
Posted 25 July 2005 - 11:10 PM
Myself and two hunting buddies made camp in the woods near Alger, Michigan. We arrived early and set up our camp. We planned on sleeping under the camper shell in the back of my pickup so I backed the truck up to the campsite with the nose facing toward the two-track. We dug a firepit, set up a few chairs, had the cooler with water and sodas. I hung a couple of propane lanterns in the trees around the camp and we were ready for the opening day of the deer season on the next morning.
As the night came, we started a small fire and was sitting around BSing with the lanterns glowing lightly. I happened to hear a crackle from the underbrush about 30 yards (90 feet) off so I grabbed my portable spot light and aimed the beam in the general direction of the sound. Fram about the same distance as I estimated the sound I saw two large eyes reflecting the beam of the light. The eyes were verty large, maybe the size of silver dollars, if I had to estimate, and were about 7-8 feet from the ground. I couldn't see a body as the underbrush was blocking the lower part of the area.
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Posted 27 July 2005 - 12:31 AM
What color did the eyes reflect if any? Yellow, Green, Red, Etc...
You mentioned that the brush concealed the body and you couldn't see it. Were there any limbs that something could have been sitting on, that may have put the eyes at that height?
Any other sounds?
Did you hear it move off after seeing the eyes or was it quiet?
Posted 27 July 2005 - 10:53 AM
BTW, the next morning we walked to the spot where we saw the eyes and found the grass (browned from the late autumn) trampled down about 50 feet beyond the bushes and other underbrush I mentioned previously. The earth was a bit cold an hard to leave any footprint impressions. A deer's hooves may have left an impression but if it was a flat footed amimal or "humanoid" creature it wouldn't have left anything. Our boots wouldn't even leave anything.
Posted 27 July 2005 - 11:01 AM
Posted 27 July 2005 - 11:42 AM
I've not (Bigfoot and his ilk tend to avoid major urban centres, and I don't recall any reports of such creatures in Ontario, but probably only because I've not really looked into that as yet).
However, I am compiling (slowly....) various encounters in an effort to put forth my theory....that Bigfoot doesn't exisit in this world the same way you and I do, hence why there has been no captures or bodies found.
(oh, and edited your topic title so that it doesn't get confused with the other one you posted.. )
That's interesting Vamp. I understand that that is the native american belief of Sasquatch. Or well Something similar to that. They do beleive that it is a suernatural being, with great powers.
Also if anyone could post a recording of a bigfoot "howl" I'd love to hear it. I've heard them before but I think it would be a great addition to this thread. Plus they always give me chills.
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Posted 27 July 2005 - 12:32 PM
There's a link to a variety of ALLEGED Bigfoot sounds from the Oregon Bigfoot Site. For anyone on this board living in the State of Oregon, keep your eye on Amber's Board, it's an excellent site.
Posted 27 July 2005 - 12:38 PM
Oh, and the wind was blowing slightly so it masked any sounds or odors. I could have been a black bear but bears won't walk on hind legs for more than a minute or two. There are a few in that area but that exact location was void of anything.
The color of reflected light "Yellow/Gold" that you mentioned is one of the top two colors reported of being seen during bigfoot sightings, there is also a large number of people who report seeing RED reflection. Too bad, it didn't make any sounds, or you could have compared it to those in the link in my message above. Wind or no wind you would have heard it.
It sounds like this one will have to be chalked up to the UNKNOWN file, and sometimes those are the creepiest.
Posted 27 July 2005 - 04:06 PM
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How do you deal with bad news from a Medium?
Posted 02 June 2012 - 10:30 PM
Was that overreacting??? What would you do if you got that type of news from a medium that has a very good track record?
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Edited by MoonChild, 03 June 2012 - 10:21 AM.
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Posted 03 June 2012 - 06:59 PM
Okay... I have lost friend from warning them that a seriouse illness was around the corner.. One friend it was her mother,,, VIP.. Make a prevenitive measure.. Take your son for a full work up, check up.. all.. ect... My friend told her mother and as was she had cancer.. They don't have lots of money and her daughter was in school.. Well she took a few months off and was able to pause her payments and they used that income to do her surgury.. And this saved her mother.. Not all bad news has to saty bad,, It is up to us to put the motions of change to the action at hand.. Nothing is set in direct stone.. Please know spometimes its important to know the good with the bad.. For if not.. Who knows what could happen.. And if this is a boy that is like the family.. Same goes too.. Get involved.. thats all it takes.. Action to reaction.. Please don't fear.. And think positive.. Blood work CT scan and a ekg help work wonders..
I recently had a reading from a respected medium.I have had a very good reading from this lady a couple of years ago so I decided to try her again.The reading went well until the end when she told me she saw a young man in my life suffering from a serious health problem .She felt that it could be the son that still lives at home and that he would not die but the illness could be a series of strokes and be very serious for him. If it is not my son who is going to university in September it is one of his friends who is close to our family like a son. Usually I would not feel too worried about a reading knowing that it is entirely possible she is wrong but when it was about my child I can't stop thinking about it. I haven't told him about it but his dad thinks I should. He told me today he has had a pain behind his eye and he was wondering if it is allergies and I told him to go to the doctor for a physical !!!
Was that overreacting??? What would you do if you got that type of news from a medium that has a very good track record?
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Namaste, what I would suggest is to give him a warning of caution, just to be more careful about things. So I guess you did right about asking him to go for a medical checkup. Sending blessings.
Posted 04 June 2012 - 03:15 AM
Even the most accomplished medium is giving you impressions of what COULD happen, and does not always interpret information correctly. It doesn't mean 100% that it will happen. You can see it as a suggestion to advise your son and his friend to get a physical. If any problem is present, then hopefully the doctor will nip it in the bud and the problems seen by the medium would be avoided.
In the UK, mediums are prevented by law from giving any medical advice or information, because the client could take it as the gospel and freak out. If doctors can make mistakes in diagnosis, so can even the most enlightened medium and channeled spirits. I think the medium should have been a bit more tactful and reticent in the reading she gave you. Getting you upset serves no useful purpose.
I do hope all turns out well.
Posted 06 June 2012 - 08:00 PM
So my problem is even if I can get my son on board with a medical how do I talk his doctor into doing the tests he should have?
I'm not saying that I am stressing over the reading she could be wrong but if you get a heads up I think it is good to be cautionary to what you are being told!
Posted 23 January 2013 - 05:54 PM
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Posted 17 February 2013 - 06:38 PM
Of course, brings tons of cash to that medium to "fix the problem".
there is no other reason for the medium to tell such "news"
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Posted 08 March 2013 - 01:51 PM
As to medical advocacy, I have one word to say. Research.
I worked for a nonprofit health advocacy group a while back and my primary job was translating for people who had doctors who thought that the MD behind their name stood for Medical Deity. I found that the quickest way for a patient to get a doctor to cooperate was to send them in loaded for bear with all the information I could provide them.
I know that it is difficult to change doctors in the Canadian medical system and that physicians in that system tend to have large patient loads. Understand that this is likely the source of your doctor's impatience. You can not force this doctor to be more aware of preventative measures but, when you do go to see him for a problem, be sure that you go prepared. Don't just say "Well, I think we should run this test" instead, tell him why and have the stats to back up your assertion. I rarely have trouble with doctors since I speak their language and translate back to them. If you are really intimidated by the jargon that doctors use, try taking a continuing education class in medical terminology.
Just some thoughts and I hope they can be of some assistance,
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I had a haircut the day before. I'm wearing a Godzilla T-shirt under my robes. Anyone who knows how Buddhist robes are supposed to be worn could see I'm wearing them all wrong. Also I don't, in fact, work for the company behind the Godzilla films. I work for the company founded by the guy who did the special effects for the classic Godzilla movies of the 50s and 60s. But the company I work for doesn't actually do the Godzilla films. No biggie. Even in Japan people make the same mistake and I probably wasn't clear enough with the guy who did the pre-interview. I'm really impressed that's the only thing they got wrong. Kinda restores my faith in TV news.
Big thanks to the guy at CNN I talked to for about 12 seconds who read my books and got me on the show. Write me some time. I was too nervous to remember your name and that's a shame.
I was surprised and glad they asked about my supposed "obscene speech" or whatever all those people who have nothing better of their own to say always carp about me doing. Truly I would never have bothered with Buddhism had the first Buddhist teacher I met been reluctant to say "fuck" or to call certain Buddhist teachers dildoes.
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