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Alfred I. Tauber is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Zoltan Kohn Professor Emeritus of Medicine, and Director Emeritus of the Center for Philosophy and History of Science. Currently he holds a visiting professorship at Tel Aviv University, where he teaches philosophy of science at the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas.
Dr. Tauber is a hematologist and biochemist by training. He served an internship and residency at the University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals, followed by advanced training at Tufts-New England Medical Center, Brigham and Women¹s Hospital (Boston) and MIT. He spent four years on the faculty at Harvard Medical School before joining Boston University School of Medicine in 1982. Aside from over 125 research papers in immunology, biochemistry, and cell biology, Dr. Tauber has published extensively on 19th and 20th century biomedicine, contemporary science studies, and ethics. While working in the context of philosophy of science, this latter work more closely aligns with the history of ideas and moral philosophy, where the philosophical problems associated with personal identity, the value structure of science, and the attempts to find coherence in a world fragmented by competing notions of truth have required an inter-disciplinary approach.
He is the author of The Immune Self, Theory or Metaphor? (Cambridge, 1994), Confessions of a Medicine Man, An Essay in Popular Philosophy (MIT 1999), Henry David Thoreau and the Moral Agency of Knowing (California 2001), Patient Autonomy and the Ethics of Responsibility (MIT 2005), Science and its Quest for Meaning (Baylor University Press, 2009), Freud, the Reluctant Philosopher (Princeton, 2010), Requiem for the Ego: Freud and the Origins of Postmodernism (Stanford University Press 2013) and forthcoming in 2017, Immunity: The Evolution of an Idea (Oxford). In addition, he has co-authored Metchnikoff and the Origins of Immunology (Oxford, 1991) and The Generation of Diversity, Clonal Selection Theory and the Rise of Molecular Immunology (Harvard, 1997). He has also edited several volumes including The Elusive Synthesis: Science and Aesthetics (Kluwer, 1996), Science and the Quest for Reality (New York University, 1997), and The Evolutionary Biology Papers of Elie Metchnikoff (Kluwer, 2000).
In May 2008, Prof. Tauber received the Medal for Science, the highest honor awarded by the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Bologna, Italy (click here for story), and in 2011 he was awarded Doctor of Philosophy honors causa from University of Haifa, Israel. In 2013, Prof. Tauber was elected Chairman of the Board of Governors at the University of Haifa.
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I suppose if we wanted to sum up John Main's teaching in terms of the tradition. ..One couldn't do better than read this sentence from Word into Silence. "John Cassian recommended anyone who wanted to learn to pray and to pray continually, to 'take a single short verse, to repeat this verse over and over again.'
We want to learn to pray. We probably want to learn to do that more than anything else because we realize that everything else depends upon the fact that our spiritual potential is being realized. In other words, unless we are 'on the way' everything we do is hollow, two dimensional.
There is a natural longing for holiness in each of us, and we have to understand correctly what kind of longing and what kind of holiness is involved….it has often been so abused and trivialized in the course of the Christian centuries. Often the desire for holiness has become so egotistical that it has run absolutely counter to the Gospel teaching of love, tolerance and compassion.
We have to understand the sanctification takes place within the community of disciples. There is no individualized holiness. Every enlightenment of every individual soul touches every other soul because it is the expansion of the enlightenment of Christ who is present in each…So our longing for holiness originates from with our fellowship.
And that is why we must face and answer that longing with practical communal steps, because our fellowship as disciples makes no sense without prayer. Holiness demands that we pray together.
The church becomes jut a social, political or intellectual organization if we are not at prayer and deeply in prayer. And if we are not in prayer neither are we a witness, or at best we are a very unconvincing witness.
The call to holiness comes to us in the Body of Christ and it is in and through the Body that we are enabled to respond to that call. We would all like to settle for less because responding to that call is very demanding. It is an absolute call.
The call of Jesus is absolute and universal and that is what makes it impossible for us to settle for less…to be holy like him we have to enter in his self, into his holiness. He told us that we must be holy as our heavenly Father is holy.
So how do we respond to that call? We respond by attentiveness, by simply turning away from ourselves to the perfect holiness of God.
The mantra simply leads us to be deeply and permanently attentive to His prayer, to His Spirit flowing in our hearts, flowing between Him and the Father.
Any community rooted in prayer, turned towards Christ as its living center, aids each of us in mindfulness, attentiveness to that spirit of continual prayer in the heart of each. To be attentive to that is to see it. And to see it is to become it.
Laurence Freeman, OSB
We invite you to reflect on the readings from Light Within for faith sharing in meditation groups or for personal time of prayer. Many have found the teachings of Fr. Laurence and Fr. John resonate with the spiritual principles of the 12 steps of recovery.
Obedience - 12&12 p.174, Tradition Nine
So we of A.A. do obey spiritual principles, first because we must, and ultimately because we love the kind of life such obedience brings
'Persistent use of meditation and prayer'
"In Step 11 we saw that if a Higher Power had restored us to sanity and had enabled us to live with some peace of mind in a sorely troubled world, then such a Higher Power was worth knowing better by as direct contact as possible. The persistent use of meditation and prayer, we found, did open the channel so that where there had been a trickle, there now was a river which led to sure power and safe guidance from God as we were increasingly better able to understand him" 12x12 Step 12 p108
'Spiritual Thirst" Carl Jung's letter to Bill W. in 1961 –" His craving for alcohol was the equivalent, on a low level, of the spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness, expressed in medieval language: the union with God." …You see, "alcohol" in Latin is "spiritus" and you use the same word for the highest religious experience as well as for the most depraving poison. The helpful formula therefore is: spiritus contra spiritum.
Respond - 12&12 p.35, Step Three - Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open it some more. Though self-will may slam it shut again, as it frequently does, it will always respond the moment we again pick up the key of willingness.
Spirit - BB p.85, Into Action - If we have carefully followed directions, we have begun to sense the flow of His Spirit into us.
Quiet and Stillness "In all times of emotional disturbance or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet, and in the stillness simply say: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Thy will, not mine, be done." 12&12 p.41, Step Three


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A downtown Oceanside business group is ramping up its drive to promote the city, attract new businesses, and help existing shops and restaurants grow and prosper.
"With redevelopment gone, somebody has to step into the vacuum, and we hope to do a little bit of it, anyway," said Rick Wright, executive director of MainStreet Oceanside, an organization that works to showcase downtown, mostly through special events and marketing.
"We've been spending a lot of time and effort creating great activities that bring lots of people downtown. In doing so, we feel we haven't been paying as much attention to the downtown businesses," Wright said. "We'd just like to see new businesses downtown, some new restaurants maybe, so we can fill some of the vacancies."
As a start, MainStreet is teaming up with California State University San Marcos to conduct a survey to find out just how many people do business downtown, what they sell and what they might need to improve, said Gumaro Escarcega, the former executive director of the Vista Village Business Association who came to MainStreet Oceanside in January to become its program director.
"This gives us the opportunity to reach out to businesses we don't know about," Escarcega said.
The overview of existing businesses also will give community leaders an idea of what might be lacking downtown.
For instance, Escarcega said, before the survey is even finished, it has become clear that the city could use one or more new upscale restaurants.
"We want to offer the right restaurants, more retail shops so people can shop here," Escarcega said. "There's a huge opportunity in Oceanside where businesses can become profitable."
The last time a count was taken in 2010, Wright said, there were about 530 businesses in a downtown area bordered by Horne Street to the west, the Pacific Ocean to the east, Oceanside Harbor to the north and the city's boundary with Carlsbad to the south.
Since then, several new businesses have opened downtown, while others have been forced to close because of a sagging economy.
Besides cataloging what's already downtown, Escarcega said, MainStreet wants to help downtown businesses work together on common problems and to spruce up the area.
"We want to make sure that we build a line of communication with the businesses," Escarcega said.
For the past few years, MainStreet Oceanside's focus has been on developing the weekly Sunset Market that draws about 150 vendors downtown from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, as well as a farmers market that runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Thursday.
MainStreet also sponsors the city's annual Independence Day Parade on the Saturday preceding July 4.
The job of attracting more businesses downtown and helping those already here had previously fallen to the city, but with cutbacks at City Hall and the demise of Oceanside's redevelopment agency, private groups like MainStreet have to pick up the slack, Wright said.
"We're hearing from downtown businesses that things seem to be getting a little bit better," he said.
MainStreet's actions also were prompted by an apparent resurgence of interest in downtown among investors, including the ongoing construction of a new SpringHill Suites hotel and plans to revive a hotel project on Mission Avenue and Horne Street.
The city's plans to improve Mission Avenue downtown by narrowing the street and widening sidewalks to make it more inviting also have renewed a sense of optimism about the area, Escarcega said.
"With these changes and street improvements, it will definitely make a nice, pedestrian-friendly neighborhood," Escarcega said. "That's what businesses want to see; they want to see activity downtown."


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This morning, Baseball America announced their selection for the Top Ten Twins prospect for the 2011 season:
This shouldn't be viewed as an affront to Hicks, the previous season's anointed number one prospect for the Twins. After a rather gruff introduction at low-A Beloit, hitting .251/.350/.382 (732 OPS) in 297 plate appearances, he bounced back in his 20-year-old season at the same level. In 518 plate appearances, Hicks posted a .279/.401/.428 (829 OPS) batting line thanks in part to a bump in his walk rate (13.5% to 17.1%) combined with a significant spike in his BABIP (from .307 to .362) in spite of a slight decline in his line drive rate. Because of his growth in walk rate, it's not surprising to find that Hicks was deemed the player with the organization's Best Strike-Zone Discipline in addition to being labeled Best Defensive Outfielder and Best Defensive Arm.
With these kinds of skills, Hicks could be a top three prospect in most organizations across the league. However, with high-A Ft Myers as his next stop in this development process, he is still fairly far away from contributing at the major league-level. Barring any unforeseen acceleration, the earliest we will see him in a Twins uniform is probably 2012.
That may be why Gibson draws an slight advantage over Hicks. Baseball America submits this disclaimer as their basis for their selections:
"Baseball America's Top 10 Prospects lists are based on projections of a player's long-term worth after discussions with scouting and player-development personnel."
John Manuel, editor at Baseball America, frequently has had Major League-ready pitching talent topping his list. In 2008, Manuel surprised many by anointing the 26-year-old Nick Blackburn the team's top prospect. Blackburn, a contact-oriented righty who had finished the '07 season going 10-6 with an 83/21 K/BB ratio in 160.1 innings split between New Britain, Rochester and the Twins, was hardly universally accepted as a blue-chip talent. In an interview with www.NoMaas.org, Manuel said that he "stuck his neck out" with that selection. When Carlos Silva left via free agency, Blackburn indeed cracked the rotation in the spring, leading the team in starts, innings pitched and was even tapped to start the decisive Game 163 against the White Sox in Chicago. Manuel, rather pleased with his choice's career thus far, also sponsor's Blackburn's Baseball-Reference.com page.
All things considered, Blackburn was the only member of that class of prospect to contribute at the major league-level in '08 while Jeff Manship and Brian Duensing provided some innings in '09. Going back to Baseball America's citation of a player's "long-term worth", Blackburn clearly fulfilled that requisite by leading the Twins in innings pitched for two consecutive seasons and earning a four-year extension.
Like Blackburn in '08, Kyle Gibson figures to be a contributor in the near future, possibly by midseason in 2011.
After being drafted in '09, the 22-year-old Gibson stormed through the system in his first year of professional ball, rendering hitters at three different levels punchless and finished the season with an 11-6 record with a 2.96 ERA and a 126/39 K/BB ratio in 152 innings pitched. While his strikeout rate declined as he rose in the organization, his penchant for inciting groundballs remained relatively consistent – from 68% in high-A, 54% in AA and 57% in AAA. The right-hander has impressed people with his poise and his polished repertoire including what the folks at Baseball America consider the system's Best Slider and Best Changeup.
Dropped from the prior year's top ten rankings are Wilson Ramos (traded to Washington), Danny Valencia (promoted to Minnesota), Angel Morales, David Bromberg and Max Kepler. Meanwhile, added to the list are Liam Hendriks, Alex Wimmers (2010 draft pick), Adrian Salcedo and Oswaldo Arcia.


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Historic Town of Zabid
Historic Town of Zabid
Zabid's domestic and military architecture and its urban plan make it an outstanding archaeological and historical site. Besides being the capital of Yemen from the 13th to the 15th century, the city played an important role in the Arab and Muslim world for many centuries because of its Islamic university.
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Ville historique de Zabid
L'architecture domestique et militaire de cette ville et son tracé urbain en font un site d'une valeur archéologique et historique exceptionnelle. Outre le fait d'avoir été la capitale du Yémen du XIIIe au XVe siècle, Zabid a eu une grande importance dans le monde arabe et musulman pendant des siècles en raison de son université islamique.
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حاضرة زبيد التاريخية
تشكل هذه المدينة موقعاً ذا أهمية أثرية وتاريخية استثنائية بفضل هندستها المحلية والعسكرية وتخطيطها المدني. وبالإضافة الى انها كانت عاصمة اليمن من القرن الثالث عشر الى القرن الخامس عشر، اتسمت زبيد بأهمية جمة في العالم العربي والإسلامي طيلة قرون من الزمن بفضل جامعتها الإسلامية.
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Исторический город Забид
Жилая и военная архитектура Забида и его планировка делают этот город выдающимся археологическим и историческим объектом. Он был столицей Йемена в период XIII-XV вв.; кроме того, в течение многих столетий Забид играл огромную роль для всего арабско-мусульманского мира, так как здесь располагался Исламский университет.
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Ciudad histórica de Zabid
La arquitectura militar y doméstica de esta ciudad, así como su trazado urbano, le confieren un valor excepcional en el plano arqueológico e histórico. Zabid no sólo fue la capital del Yemen entre los siglos XIII y XV, sino que además tuvo una gran importancia en el mundo árabe y musulmán por espacio de varios siglos debido a su reputada universidad islámica.
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Historische stad Zabid
De inheemse en militaire architectuur van Zabid en haar stedenbouwkundig plan geven de stad een opvallend archeologisch en historisch karakter. Zabid was de hoofdstad van Jemen van de 13e tot de 15e eeuw. De stad heeft eeuwenlang een belangrijke rol gespeeld in de Arabische en moslimwereld vanwege z'n islamitische universiteit. Net als de rest van Jemen heeft de stad geleden onder de heersers Banu Nagah en Mahdid tijdens de roerige periode tussen 1021 en 1159. Het paleis en een deel van de vestingwerken werden vernietigd. Toen de opstanden voorbij waren werd Zabid de toonaangevende stad in het oosten.
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Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
Zabid is one of the coastal towns in Tehama area west of Yemen, sitting on a rise above the river junction and the fertile flood plain. It is a circular fortified town with four remaining gates, which was supplied with water by extensive canals. It was already flourishing when Islam was established in the region in the 7th century. Its development is due to Ibn Ziyad (the founder of the Zyadite dynasty), who was sent to the region by the Caliph al-Mamun in 820 AD to quell a rebellion.
The core of the town is its first mosque, Asa'ir. The Great Mosque lies to the west of the town to which spread the souq. Zabid has the highest concentration of mosques in Yemen, some 86 in all, mainly simple brick structures but some with elaborate carved brick and stucco decoration. Fourteen of these date to the Rasulid period - all of them madrasas - and are the largest group of buildings from this period in Yemen.
A network of narrow alleys spreads over the town and its vernacular buildings, typical of the southern Arabian Peninsula, give the town outstanding visual qualities. The houses, built of burnt brick, display similar plans with a reception room, murabba, opening onto an enclosed yard. The larger houses extend upwards to two or three storeys and have fine, elaborate interiors with skilfully carved brick walls, niches and ceilings.
The city with its narrow closed streets, traditional houses and minarets is an outstanding example of a homogeneous architectural ensemble that reflects the spatial characteristics of the early years of Islam. Around the town are cemeteries, notably the one to the north-west with a mosque, a well and shady trees.
Zabid played an important role in spreading Islam due to its Islamic university (the ancient mosques and madrasas which received students from all over the world to obtain Islamic knowledge and study different sciences (substantially developed by Muslim scientists contributing to the advancement of science).
Criterion (ii): Zabid is of outstanding archaeological and historical interest for its domestic and military architecture and for its urban plan (the only city in Yemen to be built harmonizing the typical Islamic town's layout with the central mosque and souq, together with houses providing privacy). Its architecture profoundly influenced that of the Yemeni coastal plain.
Criterion (iv): Zabid's domestic and military architecture, its urban and defensive fabric layout manifested in its wall remains, watchtowers and citadel, as well as indirect access make it an outstanding archaeological and historical site. The domestic architecture of Zabid is the most characteristic example of the Tihama style of courtyard house, which is to be found over a wide area of the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula.
Criterion (vi): The Historic Town of Zabid is strongly linked with the history of the spread of Islam in the early years of Hijra as demonstrated in the archaeological remains within the Alash'ar Mosque, associated with Al-Alash'ari, one of the Prophet Mohammad's companions, who built it to become the fifth mosque in Islam. Besides being the capital of Yemen from the 13th to the 15th centuries, the town played an important role in the Arab and Muslim world for many centuries in view of its being one of the significant centres spreading Islamic knowledge.
Integrity (2010)
The adequate size of the property represents all necessary elements and components of domestic and military architecture, its urban and defensive fabric layout, which make it an outstanding archaeological and historical site. However, the recent insertion of concrete buildings, the installation of an electricity system, with unsightly overhead cables, and the increasing use of modern materials such as concrete and corrugated steel sheeting, as well as open spaces invasion, are seriously eroding that integrity.
The visual and physical integrity of the property is so threatened by these new developments and encroachments that up to 40% of the structures are vulnerable. There is an urgent need to halt this decline and reverse the undesirable changes.
Authenticity (2010)
The attributes that convey the Outstanding Universal Value, such as the mosques, city layout and traditional buildings are highly vulnerable to decay, to change in the forms and materials of buildings, and to the spread of new, inconsistent developments to the northern and eastern sides of the city. Nevertheless, even though threatened, a certain degree of authenticity exists and could be augmented if the urban layout and traditional buildings are restored to enable the Outstanding Universal Value to be more adequately conveyed. There is an urgent need to reverse the downward trends.
Protection and management requirements (2010)
The Historic Town of Zabid is protected by the Antiquities Law of 1973. A Master Plan for the entire city has been approved in 2004 and an Urban Conservation Plan is currently under preparation. A Management Plan for the property will follow the preparation of the Urban Conservation Plan. The Law for the Preservation of Historic Cities will be agreed upon and enforced in the near future.
The authority in charge of the property is the GOPHCY (General Organisation for the Preservation of Historic Cities in Yemen), established in 1990 with the aim of managing and safeguarding all the historic cities of Yemen.
Since 2007, the local branch of GOPHCY in Zabid has been reinforced, with the support of a project, managed by the German Technical Assistance (GTZ), that aims at addressing the city's severe decline and improve its overall physical, social and economic conditions, through running a housing rehabilitation programme and an infrastructure improvement project.
In order to be able to meet fully the requirements of the long term preservation and sustainability of the property, and in the medium term to reverse the downward trends, that threaten its Outstanding Universal Value, GOPHCY will need considerable support, resources, capacity building, as well as technical and financial assistance.
Activities (2)
News (6)
- UNESCO condemns the intentional destruction of a historical mosque and mausoleum in the Hodeida Governorate of Yemen Tuesday, 30 October 2018
- Emergency Action Plan for the Safeguarding of Yemen's Cultural Heritage announced Thursday, 16 July 2015
- UNESCO Director-General condemns airstrikes on Yemen's cultural heritage Tuesday, 2 June 2015
- UNESCO launches emergency response plan to safeguard Yemen cultural heritage Wednesday, 13 May 2015
- UNESCO Director-General calls on all parties to protect Yemen's cultural heritage Tuesday, 12 May 2015


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The Bishop Observatory
The facility consists of three areas: the observatory building houses Georgia Highlands College's largest telescopes; the student viewing area allows students to work in groups using smaller telescopes; and the main building contains a classroom, computers hooked up to the Internet, storage area for equipment, and restrooms.
Observatory Building:
Houses a 16 inch Meade LX 200 Telescope
Houses a 12 inch Newtonian Telescope
Has a rolling roof, which protects telescopes when not in use.
Is equipped with red lighting, which preserves night vision.
Student Viewing Area:
Has six permanently mounted piers to simplify alignment of student telescopes.
Has a special mount, which has been designed to be more accessible to viewer with disabilities and children.
Is surrounded by a wooden fence to reduce light levels near the horizon.
Main Building:
Houses a classroom that allows indoor exercises to be performed in the event of rain or clouds.
Has computers containing astronomy software and hooked to the Internet.
Classroom is equipped with red lighting to allow students to become "dark adapted" before venturing into the night.
Has storage adjacent to student viewing area and observatory building.
Has a restroom facility.


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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and police Chief Charlie Beck say they hope someone can claim the $1 million reward offered for information leading to the capture of Christopher Dorner, the ex-cop and suspected quadruple killer who died after a mountain shootout this week.
But the mayor and chief said in a joint statement Thursday that more than 20 jurisdictions and entities are involved, and any decision on the reward will have to go through all of them.
It's not clear who if anyone would qualify for the award that police believed was the largest in local history.
Possible candidates include a couple who came upon Dorner at the cabin where he'd been hiding, and a man whose truck Dorner stole as he fled before the final firefight.


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Topic: Favorite Indiana Jones movie?
Hey, Its me, GLOPINO wanting to know, What your favorite Indiana Jones movie of alltime is?
My favorite is, The Temple of Doom.
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Hey, Its me, GLOPINO wanting to know, What your favorite Indiana Jones movie of alltime is?
My favorite is, The Temple of Doom.
The Tample of Doom
Probably the Last Crusade. Harrison Ford and Sean Connery play off each other really well.
OMG Draco you made a spelling mistake! The world as we know it shall explode
I'd say the Last Crusade. Mind you I really enjoyed Raiders "Asps, very dangerous. You go first..."
It be Witches!
Last Crusade is probably my second favorite.
In order...
Raiders, Last Crusade, Crystal Skull, Temple of Doom.
I really like Temple of Doom.... Last Crusade is great too....GAH i cant decide
(Well Draco we'll just have to get Rob Zombie to burn through those witches )
I can't really decide between those 2 either, I'd have to see them back-to-back.
Last Crusade is my favorite, but the scene from Raiders where he shoots the swordsman in the street is priceless.
In order...
Raiders, Last Crusade, Crystal Skull, Temple of Doom.
you stole my order!
I'm very surprised I didnt make this topic earlier...
Well, I must say, if i had to choose one, It would be Raiders. Its practically always been my number one, but every day Last Crusade draws closer to #1. Its just so awesome and epic. Finding the Holy Grail with your father and defeating Nazi's... now thats a bedtime story I'd like to wake up to*. But theres just something about Raiders that cant be beat.
The first Indy film I saw that immediatly sparked my obsession was Temple of Doom. It was completely random, my mother got it for me and my brother from a Mc Donalds when they used to sell random movies there. I remember being in the drive through and her handing back the VHS tape to me and I took it, looked at it, and thought "What the !@#% ?". Eventually I got bored one day and popped it into the VCR in my moms room. She was cooking dinner, my dad was at work, my brother was doing homework.... It was me, a tv, and the film that would change my life forever. I unsuspectantly pressed play and was blown away.
The film began differently from any other Indy film, since it was from McDonalds they placed an Ad for the young Indy Chronicles (playing on tv at the time) at the beginning. I remember sitting there when it blared into action. "My name is Indiana Jones." Said the voice of an old man "And i've been on the adventures of a lifetime." I was shocked. "I've fought in wars, visiting countless exotic places, met famous and infamous people all through out the world...all before the age of 21." I think this ad is what really caught my attention. It gave me a tiny idea of what i was getting into. The real film began, the gong was hit and Willie Scott sang 'Anything Goes' .(yes I was like "wtf?") The movie continued into the intense action and adventure that is Indiana Jones.
I had no idea what was going on, only that this...archaeologist... was kicking major @$$. Before the movie was even over I already had my first makeshift Indy costume, a wind breaker, a black cowboy hat, and my leather belt as the whip. I remember coordinating Indy's whips swings happening in the movie with my own swinging from the bed posts of my parent's bed.
The movie ended and I sat on the carpeted floor of my parents room, panting and sweating from all the intense whip swinging i had been doing. I watched through all the credits so I could hear all of John Willaims magnificent score.
Yeah so sorry about the history lesson....just felt like recounting the tale.
*Indy movie reference
I remember those days... The mcdonalds selling vhs that is, I actually have a few tapes with the commercials from when they had they Indiana Jones promotion. ( OK just dated myself there.) I got into Indiana Jones, back around the same time I did Star Wars because my dad loves the movies. It just happens that I like them too, just probably not as much as you Val.
oh yeah. i was introduced to star wars and indiana jones at the same time, and like immediately loved em both. but for the mainstream of my life, it was star wars, with indy behind. now after KCS coming out, it's sorta pushed star wars behind and taken the lead. besides, i haven't sat down to watch a whole star wars movie in almost a year.
I saw The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on Sunday with my step-dad.
It kicked A$$!
I think Harrison Ford has more age and wisdom to him in that particular movie. He doesn't carry a revolver that time.....
We have this traditition ( very new , only happened twice now ) that we go to Burger King afterwards. It's Class!
I think Harrison Ford has more age and wisdom to him in that particular movie. He doesn't carry a revolver that time.....
Actually....he does. He just only pulls it out once.
The Last Crusade and The Temple of The Crystal Skull.
Actually -F3TT-, Its The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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Outraged contractors have slammed Labour's policies on freelance work in the UK and claimed that the government's stance threatens their livelihoods.
A new survey from ContractorCalculator revealed the somewhat unsurprising findings that 88 per cent of freelancers, of which a large portion work in the lucrative IT sector, were dissatisfied with how Labour supports their contribution to the UK economy.
A staggering 93 per cent agreed that their working lives were seriously threatened by Labour's "unfair" handling of contractors.
The survey reckoned that only seven per cent of respondents would vote for Labour at the next general election.
Contractors also pushed for a range of measures Labour could introduce that would ease the tax burden on the sector. Many called for the abolishment of the IR35 tax legislation that some have argued saddles freelancers with excessive tax pay-backs up to six years after completing a job.
They also said that the government should reduce the paperwork burden on small businesses and that it should "accept that freelance contracting is a valid 'third way' of working."
The survey's findings follow months of complaints from IT contractors who have bemoaned the embattled Labour government's latest round of tax legislation, arguing that UK.gov plans would put a dent in their earnings and hamper Blighty's global competitiveness.
However, the survey failed to give the current credit crunchy economic climate even so much as a cursory mention, which some will agree has a much larger impact on the freelance sector.
Just last month Barclays Capital was forced to tell its IT contractors to choose between a 10 per cent pay cut and a quick exit from the company. That decision was seen as an alternative to cutting jobs as the bank negotiates the looming financial crisis. ®
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More than a year after his grandson died in the care of a Jacksonville babysitter, a Camp Lejeune Marine officer still seeks answers and resolution.
More than a year after his grandson died in the care of a Jacksonville babysitter, a Camp Lejeune Marine officer still seeks answers and resolution.
Maj. Donald Carter�s 2-year-old grandson suffered fatal head injuries while at a babysitter�s house April 12, 2011, and died a couple of weeks later, according to the child�s death certificate, which labels his death as a homicide.
Police and prosecutors said they�ve thoroughly investigated the case and didn�t find enough evidence to make an arrest.
Julius Kahlil Lewis Carter died April 29, 2011, after being �hit by other(s) with a blunt object, dropped and or thrown against hard surface� 17 days earlier, according to his death certificate, which lists the boy�s cause of death as �closed head injury due to non-accidental injury.
Onslow County District Attorney Ernie Lee said he was satisfied with the investigation by detectives with the Jacksonville Police Department.
�I, along with two assistant district attorneys, met with the family and detectives with the Jacksonville Police Department on March 28, 2012, and at that time, the Jacksonville Police Department agreed to follow-up on additional matters involving this case,� Lee said.
The follow-up was primarily speaking again with witnesses that the detectives had spoken to during their initial investigation, Lee said.
�The detectives re-interviewed those witnesses that would speak with them,� Lee said. �The case has remained open by the Jacksonville Police Department, and this office has continued to have contact with law enforcement.�
Carter said he feels as if his grandson has no voice and no one who is in a position to help cares. Cater said he wasn�t happy with the investigation and wanted to see police commit more to the case than what he sees as a cursory look.
�I see people go to jail all the time for child abuse and the child is still alive,� he said. �Julius is gone. He is dead and no one has answered for that.�
Carter said he didn�t understand why the babysitter wasn�t at the very least negligently responsible.
Lee said being simply negligent was not enough.
�Generally speaking, there is a common misconception that an act of ordinary negligence that results in the injury or death constitutes a crime,� Lee said. �The law requires more than ordinary negligence for criminal prosecutions.�
If a person commits criminal negligence that results in injury or death, charges may be appropriate if the case can be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, Lee said, adding that criminal negligence is defined by law as being more than mere carelessness.
State law requires that an individual�s �act was criminally negligent, if, judging by reasonable foresight, it was done with such gross recklessness or carelessness as amount to a heedless indifference to the safety and rights of others.�
Lee said that in all criminal cases, prosecutors shoulder the burden of proof of admissible evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.
�This office must evaluate every case based upon that legal concept,� he said.
JPD Deputy Police Chief Tim Malfitano said the department stands with the DA�s statements.
Carter did not tear up during an interview last week as he did last year when first speaking to The Daily News about his grandson�s death. Carter said his pain has been superseded by his resolve.
�I�m not going away,� he said. �I�m not going to stop. I will be talking to the mayor next and whoever it takes. I have lost faith in the police and the detectives in my grandson�s case.�
Carter, who has been in the Marine Corps for 30 years, said he brought his 23-year-old daughter and her son, Julius, to Jacksonville after being stationed at Camp Lejeune in 2010.
Carter said his daughter returned to Julius� babysitter�s home April 12, 2011, to find the babysitter downstairs and Julius upstairs, laying with a blanket on the floor of a bedroom.
�His head was swollen twice its size and he wasn�t responsive at all,� Carter said. �He had blood crusted in his nose and ears.�
The child was taken to Onslow Memorial Hospital and airlifted to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. The boy never regained consciousness and in a painstaking decision, the family removed him from life support two weeks later.
Carter said the entire family remains in a deep state of depression.
In a letter to the N.C. Attorney General, Carter asked whether it was normal for such a case to be handled in the manner he believes it was.
�I ask myself if this is the new normal in child protection. If Julius was a celebrity or a relative of a high profile person would he receive more attention? These type of things really hurt the public�s confidence in the justice system,� he said in his letter.
The AG�s Office responded that its investigators could not look into a case without the request of law enforcement or prosecutors.
�I have little faith that this case is going to have its day in court,� Carter said.
Carter said he recently received an anonymous call that the babysitter�s boyfriend was the one responsible for what happened to Julius but left before family or the authorities arrived.
Lee said that as far as he knew, law enforcement had worked to investigate every lead in the case.
Crime Stoppers of Jacksonville-Onslow County is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to an arrest in the case. JPD Investigative Services Division can be reached at 910-938-6405 and Crime Stoppers can be reached at 910-938-3273. Callers do not have to reveal their identities.
Contact Daily News Senior Reporter Lindell Kay at 910-219-8455 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter and friend him on Facebook @ 1lindell.


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If you or your students loved Monsters, Inc., then Pixar animation has a treat for you. On June 21, the studio is releasing a prequel to its animated hit, called Monsters University. Whether the film will live up to the original remains to be seen—but there's no doubt that the marketing campaign has been entertaining.
This video writing prompt helps students think about higher education and explore literary techniques used in writing and filmmaking.
In Monsters University, we find out that even monsters have to go to school. What kind of classes do you think monsters might take? Draw or write to show them.
A "prequel" is a book, movie, or other story that is supposed to go before a story that already exists. In Monsters University, we learn the story of how the two friends in the movie Monsters, Inc. met for the first time. Sometimes a prequel is made because people are interested in what happened to a character before a movie began.
Think of a film you like. Imagine a "prequel" for one of the characters in that film. Are you curious about what Mary Poppins was like before she met the Banks family? Do you want to know what games Woody the cowboy played before Buzz Lightyear showed up? Write a few sentences to tell what movie you choose and what you want the prequel to tell you.
This advertisement takes the form of a "message from the dean" of the university shown in the film. Think about what you would want if you were going to college next year. Does this video make "Monsters University" look like a good place to go to school? Write a paragraph to explain why or why not.
An "epistolary novel" is a novel that's written as a series of letters between characters in the story. Over time, the term has grown to encompass stories that take the form of journals, public records, transcripts, and other kinds of "real life" writing. We see similar techniques used in film and TV. This advertisement, for example, takes the form of a message from the dean of the fictional "Monsters University" to future students.
Think of a favorite film of yours. Then, write a one-page letter from the perspective of one of the characters in the film. Make sure to address it, sign it, and date it like a real letter. Think: Who is the character writing to? What events in the film do they want to talk about? What are their thoughts and feelings on what's happened? What do they know, and what don't they know?
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It may seem hard to believe, but 2013 will bring the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and many across North Texas are already coordinating plans for marking the occasion.
On the 49th anniversary of the assassination, city leaders in Dallas unveiled plans for a memorial service in Dealey Plaza on the 50th anniversary. Two weeks ago, across the street from the hotel where Kennedy spoke to thousands on the morning of Nov. 22, the city of Fort Worth opened a new memorial to the fallen leader.
In Dallas, Southern Methodist University has partnered with the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum and the Sixth Floor Museum to host a yearlong series of public programs that began on President's Day.
The latest news from around North Texas.
"The series will begin with 'The Politics of Memory' on President's Day 2013 (Feb. 18, 2013) and end on President's Day 2014 (Feb. 17, 2014) with 'Coping With Crises: How Presidents Manage National Crises,' a program sponsored with the Sixth Floor Museum and the Bush Library and Museum. Other programs examining the legacies of the Kennedy presidency and its impact on American domestic and foreign policy are planned for the months leading up to Nov. 22, 2013," SMU said in a news release Wednesday.
SMU said they will organize the programs with a special committee of distinguished SMU faculty members and guests known as the Tower Center Working Group on Remembrance and Commemoration: The Life and Legacy of JFK.
Here is more from SMU on the group:
The committee is led by Dennis Simon, SMU political science associate professor, a fellow in the Tower Center and director of the Tower Center program on American Politics. George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum Director Alan Lowe is a member of the committee, as is Jeffrey Engel, founding director of SMU's new Center for Presidential History and associate professor in the Williams P. Clements Department of History.
The working group includes William Bridge, SMU associate professor in the Dedman School of Law; Lee Cullum, journalist and Tower Center fellow; Kenneth Hamilton, SMU associate professor in the William P. Clements Department of History and director of ethnic studies in Dedman College; James Hollifield, SMU professor of political science and Arnold Fellow of International Political Economy, director of the Tower Center and chair of the Sixth Floor Museum Board; Rita Kirk, director of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility at SMU and a professor in the Division of Communication Studies; Thomas Knock, SMU associate professor of history and member of the board of trustees of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library; Ruth Morgan, former SMU provost and professor emerita of political science; Daniel Orlovsky, SMU professor of history and SMU's George A. Bouhe Research Fellow in Russian Studies; and Tom Stone, SMU senior English lecturer who teaches courses that view the assassination through the works of writers, artists and scholars.
"SMU is looking forward to bringing an academic and scholarly orientation to the observance of this somber anniversary," Simon said. "The Tower Center has a history of productive partnerships with the National Archives and Records Administration and presidential libraries, as well as with the Sixth Floor Museum. We are excited about the opportunity to reexamine the life and legacy of JFK and to help commemorate this tragic event."
The George W. Bush Presidential Center, which houses the Presidential Library and Museum, will be dedicated in late April 2013 on the SMU campus.
Further details of the JFK-related series will be released as they become available.
With the observance in mind, the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas remains open on Thanksgiving Day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.


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SNOW HILL � One man was arrested and one remains at large in connection with an armed robbery in December.
On Dec. 27, the Greene County Sheriff�s Office alleges Tarvis Clay Everette, Desmond Rayquan Jones and Sha�kim Rodriguez committed an armed robbery at the Gas House convenience store on U.S. 258 South.
Authorities located Everette in Goldsboro on Jan. 24 where he was detained and transported to Greene County for arrest.
Deputies arrested Jones shortly after the incident.
Everette was charged with felony robbery with a dangerous weapon, felony conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon and misdemeanor assault by pointing a gun. He received a $100,000 bond.
Rodriguez has yet to be located.
Everette is due in Greene County District Court on Friday, and Jones is expected back in court on March 7.
Anyone with information on Rodriguez�s whereabouts is encouraged to contact the GCSO at 252-747-4311.
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Amniotic Membrane: Does It Have Promise For Diabetic Foot Ulcers?
The prevalence of diabetes, estimated at 14 percent in 2010, is projected to increase to 21 percent of adults in the United States by 2050.1 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has projected that as many as one out of three U.S. adults could have diabetes by 2050 if current trends continue.1
The incidence of diabetic foot ulcers will likely parallel this trend and continue to rise. Those with diabetes have an annual incidence of 4 percent for the development of diabetic foot ulcers and up to 25 percent will develop a foot ulcer over their lifetime.2,3 The primary goal for these patients is to achieve quick wound closure to prevent complications such as infection and amputation.
Due to the complex nature of the diabetic foot ulcer, treatment approaches are multipronged. These include pressure reduction, ensuring adequate blood flow and tissue perfusion, eradication of infection, correcting the deformity, and good nutritional status. Proper wound debridement is also a principal component that prepares the wound bed and stimulates the healing process. With optimal wound care, a steady decrease in wound size should occur.
The percentage of reduction in foot ulcer area from baseline at four weeks is a strong predictor of healing at 12 weeks.4 Warriner and colleagues showed that a reduction in the size of foot ulcers by 90 percent at eight weeks resulted in a 2.7-fold higher incidence of healing at 12 weeks.5 If diabetic foot ulcers do not respond appropriately to standard care at four weeks, this requires re-evaluation of the current treatment plan. When wound healing stalls, one should consider adding advanced wound care therapies to the standard of care as chronic, non-healing diabetic foot ulcers are a common prequel to amputation.
There are several biologic dermal replacement grafts available for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. These products are either cellular or acellular. The cellular products are derived from human fibroblasts and keratinocytes. Many of the acellular products are xenografts from bovine, porcine or equine tissue.
A Closer Look At How Amniotic Membranes Work
Amniotic membrane grafts are acellular human tissues with a variety of growth factors. The role and use of amniotic membranes in treating tissue defects has received much study.
Since the early 20th century, human amniotic membrane allografts have been in widespread use in a variety of applications including burn care, dentistry, ophthalmic, ear, nose and throat, and spine surgery. This amniotic membrane allograft is most widely used in the field of ophthalmologic surgery, dating back to De Roth in 1940.6 More recently, research in early studies has shown human amniotic membrane allografts to be effective in healing diabetic foot ulcers.7 Amniotic membranes have biologically active cell products and growth factors, functioning as an extracellular collagen matrix that promotes cellular migration.
There are two layers of the placental membrane, the amnion (in contact with the amniotic fluid and fetus) and the chorion (in contact with the maternal side of the placenta). Both layers are non-immunogenic and a combination of the chorion with the amnion contains more growth factors than the amnion alone. The combination is supplied as dehydrated human amnion/chorion membrane allograft and it can treat a variety of soft tissue defects, including chronic diabetic foot ulcers.
Technological advances have occurred in preserving the amniotic tissue membrane along with its growth factors for use in wound healing. The amniotic tissue allograft is biologically active but does not have living cells. Its biologic activity comes from the effect of the growth factors in the graft on the host cells after implantation. The human amniotic membrane comprises the innermost layer of the placenta, which is composed of epithelial cells and connective tissue matrix of collagen and fibroblasts. Collagen types IV, V and VII make up the extracellular matrix and are substrates that are important for the integrity of the membrane and ingrowth of cells. The membrane also includes proteins such as fibronectin, proteoglycans, glycosaminoglycans and laminins.7 All of these are components of the extracelluar matrix scaffold, which aids in the organization of the body's wound healing process.
Epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor, fibroblast growth factor, and platelet-derived growth factors make up the biomolecules in the amniotic membrane. Applying these growth factors to wounds can accelerate healing by stimulating angiogenesis and granulation tissue formation, and enhancing epithelialization.8
Manufacturers supply human amniotic grafts dehydrated at room temperature or frozen.
What You Should Know About The Healing Properties Of Amniotic Membrane Allografts
The dehydrated amniotic/chorionic membrane allograft has both matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). The balance in activity of biomolecules and MMPs by TIMPs is a key component to the wound healing process.9 The amniotic membrane allograft has both MMPs and TIMPs, which potentially enable this regulation.
This natural human tissue scaffold acts as a medium that enables cell proliferation and differentiation. It not only promotes and enhances wound healing, but also reduces inflammation and scar tissue formation. The human derived amniotic allograft is non-immunogenic and has low antigenicity.
Only a few older reports highlight the use of amniotic membranes in foot and wound surgery.10,11 A recent but not yet published randomized controlled study compared standard therapy to the use of one of the human amniotic membranes (EpiFix, MiMedx) in chronic diabetic foot ulcers.12 Patients had weekly wound care and physicians applied dehydrated amniotic/chorionic membrane every two weeks until the wound healed. There was a healing rate of 92 percent while standard treatment only healed 8 percent over a short period of six weeks.
In Conclusion
Chronic diabetic foot ulcers display, among many things, a decreased production of growth factors within the wound. Oftentimes, biological cell therapy is what is needed to jump-start a stalled ulcer. The dehydrated amniotic membrane allograft by MiMedx provides these growth factors that a chronic diabetic foot ulcer lacks to activate the natural wound healing process. This product is entirely derived from human tissue and has few contraindications. We have mainly discussed the product's use in treating chronic diabetic foot ulcers but one can also use the amniotic membrane in a wide range of wounds that include surgical wounds, pressure ulcers, venous and arterial ulcers.
Dr. Shum is a third-year resident at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Dr. Rogers is the Co-Director of the Amputation Prevention Center at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Los Angeles.
1. Boyle JP, Thompson TJ, Gregg EW, Barker LE, Williamson DF. Projection of the year 2050 burden of diabetes in the U.S. adult population: dynamic modeling of incidence, mortality, and prediabetes prevalence. Population Health Metrics. 2010;8:29.
2. Mayfield JA, Reiber GE, Sanders LJ, Janisse D, Pogach LM. Preventive foot care in people with diabetes. Diabetes Care. 1998;21(12):2161-77.
3. Singh N, Armstrong DG, Lipsky BA. Preventing foot ulcers in patients with diabetes. JAMA. 2005;293(2):217-28.
4. Sheehan P, Jones P, Caselli A, Giurini JM, Veves A. Percent change in wound area of diabetic foot ulcers over a 4-week period is a robust predictor of complete healing in a 12-week prospective trial. Diabetes Care. 2003;26(6):1879-82.
5. Warriner RA, Snyder RJ, Cardinal MH. Differentiating diabetic foot ulcers that are unlikely to heal by 12 weeks following achieving 50% percent area reduction at 4 weeks. Int Wound J. 2011;8(6):632-7.
6. De Roth A. Plastic repair of conjunctival defects with fetal membranes. Arch Ophthalmol. 1940;23(3):522-525.
7. Fetterolf D, Snyder R. Scientific and clinical support for the use of dehydrated amniotic membrane in wound management. Wounds. 2012;24(10):299-307.
8. Steed DL, Donohoe D, Webster MW, et al. Effect of extensive debridement and treatment on the healing of diabetic foot ulcers: Diabetic Ulcer Study Group. J Am Coll Surg. 1996;183(1):61-4.
9. Armstrong DG, Jude EB. The role of matrix metalloproteinases in wound healing. JAPMA. 2002;92(1):12-18.
10. Kasi N, Durrani KM, Siddiqui MA. Human amniotic membrane as a versatile biologic dressing—a preliminary report. J Pak Med Assoc. 1987;37(11):290-2.
11. Boc SF, Chairman EL, Freed EL. Implications for the use of amnion and chorio in podiatric medicine and surgery. J Foot Surg. 1985;24(4):236-42.
12. Zelen CM, Serena T, Fetterolf D. Human amniotic membrane in the treatment of non-healing diabetic foot ulcers: a randomized controlled trial. Abstract presentation, Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin and Wound Care, Orlando, FL, 2012.


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1957 Ford Pickup - Blue Oval Bomber
Truck and Owner Live to Ride Another Day
Neil Bunis' love for classic cars and trucks started at the impressionable age of 14. By then he had already landed a part-time job at the mecca of motorsports in New Jersey, the famous Raceway Park in Englishtown. It was an eye-opening experience for a young lad like Neil and it was without a doubt a great place for a burgeoning car fanatic to spend his spare time.
During work breaks, Neil would cruise the raceway grounds, admiring the array of vintage cars and trucks that made their way to the track in preparation for high horsepower, quarter-mile showdowns. Though Neil loved big cubic-inch clout in all packages, he was especially drawn to the older trucks that made their way to the track. Interestingly enough, he felt that although they were the workhorses of America, they unfortunately never really received the attention they deserved from collectors.
During this time, Neil had a buddy whose stepfather lived down the street and who worked at the Ford plant in nearby Linden, New Jersey. Restorable cars and trucks rolled in and out of the neighbor's driveway frequently, as they would quickly strip them down to their frames and completely rebuild them right in front of young Neil's eyes. This lit a fire in him, and deep down inside, he just knew he could do the same if given the right opportunity.
So, at just 17, when other teens were buying cheap import sedans and using family hand-me-downs for their main drivers, Neil went out and found this sweet '57 Ford pickup. It was an interesting buy for a young guy, and Neil surprised quite a few people when the crusty pickup rolled onto the property. But he was ready to conquer the task at hand; to bring the aging pick up back to life. The plans were to rebuild it over the next year, a little at a time, when money and free time allowed.
However plans changed dramatically later that year. Coming home from school one day, he was involved in a major car accident. Basically, Neil died three times, his heart stopped completely, only to be brought back to life by paramedics. He would end up in the hospital for six months, healing from massive injuries, and then was assigned to rehab for another year and a half. It was a long, hard road to recovery, but Neil pulled through.
By the time Neil was healthy enough to resume his normal life, the car had already sat for a few years. Once he had healed enough to take on the physical rigors of an all-out restoration, work started on the truck. In all, it would take 13 years from start to finish, but it was well worth the time and money spent.
Neil enlisted the help of Tony Cirillo at Classic Muscle Car Restoration to help with the refurbishment of the Ford. First off, the truck was dismantled and the motor and trans were put aside in anticipation of a more potent Ford setup.
Many of the parts were in reasonable shape and were set aside for future use. The doors, fenders, and hood were very usable—a good sign that this build would not be hampered by too many unforeseen problems.
The cab and frame were then sent off to the Hyers Auto Body in Toms River, New Jersey, where they were blasted thoroughly, and cleaned up of any rust. It's at this point that Neil realized there would be some need for patches, both on the cab and the frame. The welders at MCR went to town, patching the necessary spots with appropriate fresh metal.
Next off, a Mustang II frontend was located, reassembled, and welded in up front. Out back, the original rear was taken apart, cleaned up, and reattached to make the frame a roller assembly, so that the mockup process would flow smoothly.
Neil then went on the hunt for a suitable motor. He came across a 351 Windsor at Performance Unlimited in Freehold, New Jersey, which he felt would do the trick in his '57. With an Edelbrock 695-cfm four-barrel on top and a set of Hooker headers, this little package pushed out 425 horsepower—plenty of juice to propel the truck down the Garden State's back roads.
For a trans, Neil selected an AOD, three-speed automatic with overdrive. The engine/transmission combo would be perfect for the build theme, as Neil wanted to drive the hell out of his ride. Next, these pieces were set in and mocked up with the chassis. Once this was done, the truck's cab, fenders, and hood were test fit to finish the mockup. After the OK was given, it was all torn down for its specific coatings.
The body was sprayed with an epoxy primer, bodywork was smoothed, and a healthy dose of Monaco Blue base/clear was applied. The dark blue almost looks black in lower light, but pops nicely out in the bright sunlight. The chassis also received a helping of flat black paint, for an old-school look.
Next, attention was given to the bed. A kit from Blue Oval Parts contained all the necessary goodies to return the back end of this truck to life. Panels, fenders, wood, and stainless steel hardware were all included in this particular kit. It was assembled and test fit, and once again broken down for paint. The wood was sanded and shellacked, rubbed with steel wool, and then varnished to finish it off. Metal pieces received epoxy primer and paint, in preparation for final assembly.
The cab was remounted along with the doors, and the gas tank was placed out back. With that, the bed was reassembled and laid out back. Flowmaster 2-inch exhaust was then added to the mix, continuing the flow of gasses from the Hooker headers up front.
The interior was the next hurdle. All glass was in good shape and reused. The floors received a layer of Dynamat to cut down on heat and noise, and a fresh carpet was added to the mix. Vintage Air supplied the cooling effect, Haneline gauges were mounted and a power window kit made getting fresh air a breeze. American Autowire supplied the fuse box and wiring harness.
Vick's Auto Upholstery dreamed up a nice, subtle remake of the skins and panels. A modern console was placed in between the driver and passenger and a Flaming River tilt steering column keeps this Ford pointed in the right direction.
Outside, shaved handles give the truck a sleek look. Emblems and bumpers were supplied by Mac's Auto. This Blue Oval rides on steel American Racing rims, with 15x8s up front and 16x10s out back. These wheels are wrapped in Cooper Cobra skins; 245/60R15 up front and big 295/50R16 meats in the rear.
With his past behind him, Neil is out cruising the streets in the first ride he ever purchased. His life has been a long, bumpy road and at times he felt like he was creeping backward, and not making progress. But now his life is firing on all cylinders and driving down the road in a ride he dreamed about as a kid is definitely a euphoric experience, and worth the effort put forth.
Neil would like to thank his wife Jen for putting up with his shenanigans, his parents for believing in their son and pushing him when life was putting the pressure on. He would also like to give a shout out to Bob Evans for the inspiration and Tony Cirillo at Muscle Car Restoration in Bayville for their collaboration on this project.


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This post is prompted by some discussions among members of a local atheist group about building an atheist community.
My ideas orignate from several months of thought on the subject of community. A recent discussion thread in the groups online forum included descriptions of an Oregon-based community youth church, comments about the Flatirons Community Church (currently the second largest church in Colorado, based on weekly attendance), and another member's advocacy for recreating…Continue
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I continue to run up against this in my conversations with local atheists: "yes, but I still think there is a lot of bad that religions cause and we need to make them stop". This, of course is a paraphrase. I find it is always in response to any suggestion of setting aside the ranting and complaining about religions and moving on to creating community and doing service to address social and human problems.
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Left virtually unchanged since the days of Camelot, Wexford Estate in the rolling hills of Virginia horse country served -- briefly -- as a weekend home to President John F. Kennedy and his family.
Half a century after his death, it's back on the market.
The Kennedys designed the place from the ground up, but visited just twice after its completion: on Oct. 25, 1963, and again on Nov. 10, less than two weeks before the president's death.
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Jacqueline Kennedy sold the property a year later. The current owners have used it as a weekend getaway since 1991 and have listed it at a cool $10,995,000.
About an hour from Washington, D.C., the estate includes 167 acres (expanded from 39 in the JFK era), the original stables, a three-car garage and the four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom house.
Details speak to the times: original parquet floors, space for Secret Service agents, and even a bomb shelter.
From the listing:
This one story 5050 square foot home home, rich with character, features original parquet floors, his and her dressing rooms, multiple fireplaces, a formal dining, built-in cabinets and bookcases, nine foot ceilings and alternate power generators.
The surroundings include natural stone landscaping, flagstone pool deck with an outdoor cooking area, vine covered trellises, stone patio and a tennis court. The basement space under the house conceals equipment and utilities.
This equestrian property has stables for horses that include water, electrical, storage for hay and two separate living areas. There is also a separate three car garage with bath and second floor studio/office exists as well. The property still contains an underground bunker and dependencies used by Secret Service personnel.
A video on the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library website shows 1963 footage of the home and property, and the family during their first visit. Jacqueline Kennedy pauses to pose outside the yellow stucco home; children frolic on the lawn. Inside, his-and-hers twin beds are made up carefully and pushed close together.
Like nearly everyone within memory's reach of Nov. 22, 1963, Patricia Burns knows exactly where she was when the news broke of Kennedy's death.
She was sitting in her 8th grade glass in Omaha when her teacher left the room. "She didn't come back for some time, and all of a sudden, she came back and looked very upset and asked us to look out of the window at the flag, which was at half-staff," Burns recalled.
Her teacher delivered a stunning message: "I want you to know that President Kennedy has been assassinated."
Now, half a century later, Burns is the real estate agent commissioned with selling Kennedy's historic property in Middleburg, Va.
"I'm of that age where I remember where I was that day, and it's so ironic to me that here I am, 50 years later... listing this property. I get the chills when I go up there," she said. "And it's so beautiful."
She and several agents from Middleburg Real Estate planned to mark the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's death Friday by visiting Wexford around 1:30 p.m., the time he was killed.
With a hefty price tag, the estate's only had one prospective buyer visit in the month it's been on the market. Burns says she emailed Caroline Kennedy to see if anyone from the family is interested in buying the estate, but hasn't heard back.
Either way, Burns hopes the next buyer will honor the history of the place.
"If somebody could put it on the national historic registry to save someone from developing it, that would be my preference, as the listing agent, and maybe donate it to the Kennedy library," she said. "It's such a special, historic iconic place. They were there just before they went to Dallas."
Photos courtesy of Middleburg Real Estate.


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Monday, 25 January 2010
The Wrong Foot? Media coverage of a new denialist talking point
A new attack on climate science is now echoing around the intertubes, thanks to CanWest writer Richard Foot. His Jan. 21 piece headlined 'Scientists using selective temperature data, skeptics say' simply regurgitates a scurrilous attack by Joseph D'Aleo (non-scientist, non-professor) and E. Michael Smith ('a computer programmer') posted on the website of the "Science and Public Policy Institute".
Foot openly admits "Both the authors, and the institute, are well-known in climate-change circles for their skepticism about the threat of global warming." Yet he makes virtually no effort to counter-balance their extreme ideological position. His whole article is just parroting their inflammatory attacks on science.
Two days later, Foot issued a much more sensible and balanced account of this flap, "Fewer temperature reports could mean warming underestimated: scientist" (Ottawa Citizen, Jan. 23) getting quotes from an Environment Canada spokesperson pointing out that fewer stations is just as likely to lead to an underestimate of warming, and finishing off with a forceful rejoinder from Gavin Schmidt calling D'Aleo's charges "appallingly defamatory and ignorant" (!) You go, Gavin! Being a wire service story, after it ran in the Citizen the story was picked up in many smaller papers across Canada and online news sites.
Here are links to the two original news stories at newspaper sites, followed by links to a Google query designed to find repetitions of each story anywhere online. As of 8:30 am Jan. 25th, hits are running A=325, B=36 (but A has a two-day head-start)
A) Scientists using selective temperature data, skeptics say
B) Fewer temperature reports could mean warming underestimated: scientist
A) google for 'just one thermometer' 'everything north of latitude 65 degrees'
B) google for 'appallingly defamatory and ignorant'
No points to Foot for starting off on the 'wrong foot' (Oooh, alternate title idea!) with a denial-only piece, then coming back two days later with the "balance."
Kudos to Gavin Schmidt for picking up on and strongly responding to this latest smear. Let's watch how the wire stories make their way around the web.
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- Unknown said...
Updated hit counts (A=the smear; B=Gavin's smackdown reply)
2010 19h30 EST: A=459, b=71
- Monday, 25 January 2010 at 19:26:00 GMT-5
- Ken said...
You attack someone who questions GW because they're a programmer, however, you are a system administrator. Hardley qualifies you more than the programmer. Not sharing models, preselecting data, preventing publication of studies counter to your preconceived ideas are not science. It at the very least calls to questions the conclusions. More open-literature study is needed before jumping to any conclusion not based on so-called facts not reproduced by other scientist.
- Tuesday, 26 January 2010 at 09:28:00 GMT-5
- Unknown said...
Oh come on, Ken. I don't attack him because he is a programmer. I'm attacking the journalist for giving undue weight to an attack on scientists for relying on a programmer instead of other scientists.
Anyway, another data point this a.m.:
2010 11h00 EST: A=524 B=117
- Tuesday, 26 January 2010 at 11:10:00 GMT-5
- Unknown said...
Update hit counts:
2010-02-01 07h30 EST: A=1440 B=224
In six days, hits for the smear are up 175%; for the response by an actual scientist, up 90%. The echo chamber has double the propagation rate of the reality response.
- Monday, 1 February 2010 at 07:44:00 GMT-5
- Unknown said...
On reviewing my comments I see the dates of the hit count updates were not filled in properly, though you can see them from the date of the posting. Here they are for the record:
2010-01-25 19h30 EST: A=459, b=71
2010-01-26 11h00 EST: A=524 B=117
2010-02-01 07h30 EST: A=1440 B=224
The percent gains in the last post are comparing 01-26 and 02-01. Here is one more new update:
2010-05-14 13h30 EDT: A=434 B=3340
Very interesting - the count for Foot's journalistic botch went down substantially since then. My best guess on why: many hits were copies of the story in online editions of smaller market newspapers, and many such papers keep current news online only for a limited time such as one month.
Gavin's response, not being a wire story, continued to gain coverage, including my own blog about it (ranked fourth at least on my own computer.) The three above mine are all from climate denial websites, one from climatechangefraud and two from climategate (dot coms), all three reporting/repeating the same story, "So sue me, Gavin, I triple dog dare you."
Oooo, triple dog dare! Now Gavin's really cornered, eh?
- Friday, 14 May 2010 at 13:27:00 GMT-4


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Cleveland County Fair memories � snapshots of people, animals, exhibits and rides � have been captured in thousands of negatives and prints since the fair opened in 1924.
U.L. �Rusty� Patterson and his wife, Marie Farrow Patterson, were given the daunting task of pouring over the boxes and books of photos and compiling a history book for the Cleveland County Fair.
�We had an interesting combination of photos,� Marie said. �This book was a challenge in the material you worked with. The photos were not labeled properly. Some were written on the back: �pig and horse� or �man and two women.��
Rusty, executive director of the Cleveland Community College Foundation, has co-authored five similar histories for the Images of America Series by Arcadia Publishing. He and his wife, a registered nurse with Gaston Memorial, dedicated the Cleveland County Fair book to the memory of his co-author on the other books, Dr. Barry E. Hambright , a Gardner-Webb political science professor for 40 years.
The Pattersons used Cleveland County Fair preminum books to help identify the photos. They talked to several people who attended the fair in the early years. One was Ambrose Cline, who has attended every fair in his lifetime since 1924, and his wife, Jean. The only other person living who has attended every fair is Charles Beam, Marie said. Rusty also remembered conversations he�d had with Joe Goforth , fair manager for 27 years.
�I got to know Joe when he served on the Cleveland Community College Foundation Board of Directors,� Rusty said. �Joe and I beaome good friends and I spent a lot of time visiting with Joe and learning about the history of the fair.�
A film made in the late 1970s or early 1980s by Mary Lopez also provided more information from Goforth . More details were gleaned from newspaper articles.
Through their research they discovered the fair�s positive impact on the county�s agricultural practices and economy for 50 years.
�While the excitement of the carnival rides and auto races proved crucial to the early success of the fair, it is important to recognize the impact Dr. J.S. Dorton (fair manager for 38 years) and the county fair has had on the economic development of Cleveland County,� wrote the Pattersons in the book�s introduction. �The fair attracted the best in cattle from top cattle-raising regions in the nation to be exhibited locally. Clevelanders saw firsthand what was possible in the industry and their efforts paid off.�
Farm families were encouraged to make improvements through contests held every year such as the Better Acres Program, sponsored by the Agricultural Workers Council of Cleveland County. Local businesses gave each family that participated prizes and the winning family was awarded a $1,000 grand prize. The participants received furniture, water heater, tires, electric blanket, coffee pot and 3,000 pounds of fertilizer, two $100 savings bonds, a Guernsey calf and $350 cash from anonymous donors.
Local businesses also showcased their new products at the fair.
�The fair was farm and city life coming together to celebrate the community,� Marie said. �Everybody was showing off their best.�
The beginning: In the fall of 1923, the newly formed Kiwanis Club was looking for an event to sponsor. Under the leadership of club president O. Max Gardner, the club brainstormed and came up with sponsoring a fair. Local veterinarian Dr. J.S. �Doc� Dorton was chosen as manager, and he oversaw the construction of the grandstand, racetrack and livestock barn with exhibit halls in six months time. The fair�s opening day was Oct. 14, 1924, with 70,000 in attendance.
The fire: The stone grandstand burned on Christmas Eve 1951. Arson was suspected but never proven. The exhibit halls and offices were completely destroyed. Not to be deterred, Dorton used soil from the racetrack infield to cover over the ruins and make a natural incline with which to build the new grandstand. The stone wall facing the track remains intact today.
Celebrities who visited the fair: Emmett Kelly Jr., The Lone Ranger and Tonto, Lassie, Gene Autry, Pat Boone, The Roxyettes, The Great Wallendas, The Geraldos, Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton, George Lindsay, Fred Kirby, Betty Feezor, Tommy Faile
Racing: Ned Jarrett and Richard Petty raced their stock cars at the fair. Jarrett won both of the stock car races held in 1965, taking $1,000 for each race. Jarrett went on to win the 1965 Grand National drivers championship. Petty finished second to Jarrett in one of the races held at the fair. Horses, motorcycles, camels and ostriches also raced on the track.
The book will be available for $21.99 at the Cleveland County Fair, Sept. 27-Oct. 7. Copies may also be ordered from the Facebook page: Cleveland County Fair Book. The Pattersons will be autographing copies of the book on the two Saturday evenings at the fair.


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We took Mini-Ti to get his vaccinations tonight, the vet mentioned to us the fact that Mini-Ti has a very strong heart murmur which may lead to future health problems or possibly even an early passing. He said that with such a loud heart mumur, there's a chance that he'll be a special needs cat, meaning that he may need a lot of extra attention. He may just have shortness of breath after running around and playing, or unfortunately, he may not live a very long life. Then again, the vet also mentioned that there's a possibility that Mini-Ti will live a great life with no medical problems. We will be taking him to another vet to have a second opinion. has anyone ever been through this with their pet, it will be up to the family who wish to adopt him if they want to go throw with it but if not will try to find him a new family by 6months and if now one wish to then we will place him in foster care.
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DALLAS — A suburban Dallas man must serve 15 days in jail after admitting to stuffing a lead weight into a bass he caught during a fishing tournament. A Texas Parks and Wildlife Department spokesman told The Dallas Morning News that Robby Rose must also surrender his fishing license. That's after the 45-year-old man pleaded guilty to felony attempted theft after admitting to rigging his fish..
The felony charge relates to the bass boat Rose hoped to win with the rigged fish at a bass-fishing tournament on Lake Ray Hubbard last October.
Rockwall County District Attorney Kenda Culpepper told the newspaper that her office considered the issue one of a $55,000 bass boat, not a 10-pound fish.
The newspaper reported fishing contest officials became suspicious after feeling a lump inside the fish and confronted Rose.
Information from: The Dallas Morning News, http://www.dallasnews.com
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Ive decided to hop aboard the John Scalzi train with the one...anyone have a copy theyd like to sell?
Ive decided to hop aboard the John Scalzi train with the one...anyone have a copy theyd like to sell?
Ron, I pieced together a set, but it took a number of years and a couple of them have minor imperfections. The prices on the first two or three are pretty insane. Good luck on your quest!
Thanks, Mike…that's a lovely set, congrats on completing it. I'm probably hopping on board the train a little too late to make this venture economically feasible, but I thought I'd at least give it a shot. We'll see what happens.
Best of luck Ron. I have checked them out and found these titles to be cost prohibitive for me. It is a great series though. Netflix owns the rights. If they get this one out it may drive prices higher, so now may be a good time to jump in.
I think my problem is that I'm often a little too quick to dismiss the science-fiction offerings from Subterranean Press and others. I'm not a big fan of the genre but there are some works and elements of it in general that I do enjoy. While thumbing through a copy of OLD MAN'S WAR yesterday, I found that it had heart, humor, action, issues of morality without taking itself too seriously...all the things that make a SF piece work for me.
I need to stop having such a knee-jerk reaction to modern sci-fi, I think.
I haven't yet read the new Space Opera or the Head On/Lock In set. I loved Redshirts and The Androids Dream. Not so much The God Engines or Miniatures. I enjoy dipping into his Whatever collections from time to time.
I know this doesn't help you Ron, because I am hanging on to mine.
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No, End of All Things? That is absolutely crazy talk, why not finish the series??
That's Bill's default answer for anything that hasn't been announced. Which in and of itself doesn't mean there will be an announcement, but it also doesn't mean there's not stuff going on behind the scenes.
I just picked up a 1st ed. HC, 2nd printing trade HC (no remainder mark as is common, apparently) of OLD MAN'S WAR in Fine/Fine condition and at a very nice price. Figured I should read the thing and make sure I like it before spending the big money on the Sub Press S/L edition.
First Edition: January 2005
Printed in the United States
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If you search eBay for item 362711581303 or 292777755794 , you'll see the copyright page for a true 1st/1st.
The second printing I just picked up is missing the 1 in the numberline. Subsequent printings would remove even more numbers, but the line would still be present in some fashion. The total absence of it indicates a bookclub...am assuming your copy also lacks a price on the front dj flap, another bookclub indicator.
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Thanks Ron.
Now that you mention it, it was sold to me as a BCE. I had in my mind that it was nothing special!
And a lot cheaper than those firsts on ebay.
...aaannd my Fine/Fine 1st ed. / 2nd printing HC just arrived. Looking forward to reading this one soon.
That said, I'm actually kind of hoping I don't enjoy it *too* much, as going down the expensive pathway of collecting all the Sub Press S/L HCs this late in the game isn't an attractive proposition. Reminds me a bit of the Sub Press S/L HC of Cline's READY, PLAYER ONE...I read long after it was published (both in trade and limited), and loved it (though ARMADA was godawful)...but now seeing the price of the Sub Press S/L HC (issued at $75...?) at $300'ish, it's unfortunately and regrettably clear that I'm probably too late in the game to ever make that one my own.
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Mas, non mas? New Belmont restaurant sold
The buzz from Belmont restaurant Mas' recent arrival hasn't even died down, and the brand new tapas bar is already changing hands.
"Mas is going to have a new owner," says architect Katie Swenson, who opened the restaurant with her husband, Kirby Vernon, in late January.
So what in the world made the couple sell?
"We realized our vision," Swenson says, "and we found someone who can take it to the next level."
That someone, reliable sources tell The Hook, is none other than Coran Capshaw, DMB manager and backer of such local eateries as Blue Light Grill and Starr Hill Restaurant and Brewery.
Well, can Swenson confirm or deny those reports? "I can't do that," she responds. Neither will she comment on whether she and her husband have sold the central Belmont building that houses both Mas and an upstairs yoga studio.
What Swenson will say is that the Mas concept will remain unchanged (with the patio opening in the next few weeks). She says she can't predict whether the staff will stay or go, though Mas chef Tomas Rehal says he will stay on. The Hook's calls to Capshaw went unreturned by press time.


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Two national tragedies separated by six years and a day - the April 15 bombing at the Boston Marathon and the April 16, 2007, mass shooting at Virginia Tech University - also are notable in marking how technology is reshaping our freedoms of speech and press.
Six years ago, 32 people were killed in the Virginia Tech rampage by a lone gunman. The incident was marked by an unprecedented call by news organizations for cell phone images and video from the public. Some major newsrooms created special "desks" to receive e-mails and images from students and others on the scene, even as regular staff scrambled to reach the campus in Blacksburg, Va.
As a result, we received in near-real time, and for the first time in such magnitude, photos and video of armed police running through the campus, of students huddled in locked rooms for safety, and echoes of the last gunshots fired.
Seven years later, citizen camera-phones again came into play along with official video surveillance and news photos and video of the Boston bombing. Joining in the news reporting process was a newer tool - tweeting. As a manhunt for the second bomber went into day two, the combination of networks, online news sites and social-networking offered continuous bursts of text updates, photos and live streams on police activity from hundreds if not thousands of sources.
Even as broadcast pundits provided perspective, tweets gave us street-by-street updates on the search and images from rooftops and backyards of black-clad SWAT teams stalking the remaining suspect.
Still, it was Virginia Tech-plus: More information, more images, in more ways. What is noteworthy from the Boston bombing is how some of that information was used.
Local police eventually sought help from the online community �- effectively, from the world - in identifying two suspects, later identified as the bombers: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, age 19, and his older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, age 26. Some credit that tactic with igniting the search effort that led police to the two men.
But even as police were in the early stages of scanning video and still photos for clues to what occurred, what now seems more like on-line and in-print vigilantism than anything else was gearing up.
The New York Post's front page of April 17 showed a photo of two men watching the race - a pair ultimately never connected to the investigation. The image was published under the screaming headline: "BAG MEN: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon." The Post later noted that it received the photo and others from the FBI, and pulled it off-line immediately when authorities began to point to others.
On some social-networking sites there was an interactive version of the same unwarranted "blame game:" On Reddit, users were shown faces in marathon crowd photos, with added markings that created at least the suspicion of being suspects, sometimes just because those pictured were wearing backpacks. The site focused attention on a missing student from Rhode Island as possibly being connected to the explosions, an erroneous "report" later carried internationally and promulgated on other networking sites like Buzzfeed.
By Friday, Reddit's general manager Erik Martin said he had apologized to the student's family, noting that "crowd-sourced investigation is something that's really new and extreme in this case," he said - and also promised an internal review aimed at preventing such mistakes.
Thankfully, there's been no call for government-imposed regulations or even the oft-used Congressional hearing to spank the offending news and social network outlets.
Thus far, criticism of the Post and online abuses has been from journalistic peers. For example, USA Today media columnist Rem Rieder slammed Reddit for its "shameful witch hunt that mindlessly smeared the reputations of people guilty of nothing more than attending the Boston Marathon." He also noted Reddit's apology.
A free press must be free to gather and report the news without official restraints, if only to give the public an independent account of how well the authorities respond to such incidents. Such freedom occasionally will invite excess, error, and experimentation that go wrong.
What's important in the aftermath is examining what worked and what did not, and remembering those lessons for what - sadly but inevitably - will be the next round of newsgathering and reporting about a tragic event.


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Landscape Services
The Director of Landscaping Services who ensures that the landscaping crew maintains the 269 acres in support of the University's academic mission.
Typical services include:
- Landscape design and construction.
- Mowing, fertilization, and weed abatement.
- Integrated pest, dead animals and water management.
- Live animal issues are directed to Environmental Health and Safety
- Installation and maintenance of campus annual flower beds.
- Sports turf management.
- Maintenance and repair of sidewalks, pathways, parking lots, and roads.
- Floral and greenery arrangement for special events.
The landscaping crew members are dedicated to providing a safe, aesthetically pleasing campus backdrop.