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A civilization inspired by a consumerist, anti-birth mentality is not and cannot ever be a civilization of love.
Evil too, will always be part of the mystery of the Church. And when we see what men, what the clergy have done in the Church, then that is nothing short of proof that he [Christ] founded and upholds the Church. If she were dependent on men, she would long since have perished.
Celibacy is always, shall we say, an affront to what man normally thinks. It is something that can be done, and is only credible, if there is a God and if celibacy is my doorway into the kingdom of God.
The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life."
Those who with God's help have welcomed Christ's call and freely responded to it are urged on by love of Christ to proclaim the Good News everywhere in the world.
It was Easter week, and a good week it was indeed. Whatever else happens in the world cannot take away from the joy of the Resurrection.
Easter Sunday this year fell on April Fool's day, and Mundabor took the time to make an Easter confession regarding how he had met a new younger woman and in order to seek happiness he was obliged to follow his emotions and leave his family for her. I recognised it as an April Fools' day immediately, having followed his blog for long enough to realise that he would come up with one, and having learned enough of the man to realise that he would keep his adultery secret, as any half-decent man would, instead of parade it about.
Sadly, not everyone was in on this and we had some of our lost Catholic sheep advising him to have an annulment enough so as to put a NOChurch stamp on his adultery. This again re-inforces the point I have made many times that the annulment process today is little more than a Catholic divorce and furthermore, that is how most Catholics seem to view it as well.
One story which might well have made a good April Fools' day, but which alas, was just another day in NOChurch, was the one about the parish which used a drone to deliver the Blessed Sacrament in a monstance to the priest. Ringing a bell and walking solemnly to the altar just isn't entertaining enough for modern man, you know.
As the title pointed out, this was neck muscles training time and if there is one thing NOChurch is good at it is getting me to shake my head on account of the sheer volume of the sheer madness which I witness and read about. Shaking one's head is all one can do at times and I admit that I am forced to do it quite often. I can admit that I never thought I would see the words "drone" and "Blessed Sacrament" in the same sentence, and we have to thank NOChurch for making that happen, I suppose.
Having experienced the pre-1950s Holy Week celebration, Jeff Ostrowski came to realise that he was wrong to Dread the "Pre-1955" Holy Week. One of the most peculiar thing about it was that the vigil was held in the morning - which even I find a bit odd - but he wrote that it didn't seem out of place. That it was much longer did not seem to be as much of a drain as he had feared either.
The Skripal poisoning story still hasn't died, and neither have those who were allegedly poisoned. At this point I am only continuing to use the term 'Skripal poisoning' mainly for categorising reasons, as that is the tag that I gave it at the beginning. Last week we were told that Yulia Skripal had woken up from her coma. This week we were informed that someone had logged into her facebook page when she was supposed to be in a coma. The Russians insist that they won't accept probe into Skripal case if Russian specialists won't take part and who can blame them? There doesn't seem to have been a poisoning at all, one would have to conclude at this point. The Russians are not letting this story die down, and nor should they. The U.K. has to be named and shamed over this, and heads should roll, if not literally then at least figuratively, because we have agents who seem intent on starting a major confrontation and looking for a premise on which to do it.
In this week's entry for the culture of death, we had a German woman jailed for 9yrs for murdering her newborns & keeping bodies in freezer.
It is not all bad news though, so, for instance, in Syria, rebuilding efforts are underway, now that the only major pockets of Islamists remaining are those in areas under American protection. This is exemplified by drone footage from Ghouta showing the clearing of a highway which has been blocked for a long time on account of the fighting.
It would hardly be a week's review if we did not have stories regarding Bergoglio's ongoing efforts to destroy the Catholic Church and the Catholic Faith. This week's entries are varied but I shall only pass over them in brief.
First the world's favourite heretic was busy telling missionaries that they shouldn't be missionaries, and this didn't make news any more as we have tome to expect that sort of nonsense. Then we had a story which was issued on April Fools' day but which had not been retracted or revealed as one, regarding how one non-Italian cardinal confronted him regarding his denial of hell, one of his many heresies. I can't think that our cowardly cardinals will let it go beyond faint voice-raising inside the Vatical walls, but it's good that we have that at least.
Louie Verrechio had is take on Bergoglioism in a piece titled "Bergoglianism: An effort to rewrite the Divine Law" which details how Bergoglio's strategy in fighting the Faith is to reduce it to mere rules and ideals. In "Is Francis Catholic? The burden of proof" he lays out the case that it is simply not enough to presume that bergoglio is a Catholic until proven otherwise, on account of the fact that he was baptised as one and presumably is in charge of the Catholic Church. No, rather he argues that "there are well-established criteria that must be met in order for one to legitimately lay claim to such membership". This is in accordance with the Encyclical Mystici Corporis written by Pius XII.
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In perhaps defense of nearly 40 percent of Twitter tweets being 'Pointless Babble,' comes the tale of two Senators, one Democrat and one Republican, both duking it out over health care reform on the 140-character count social networking service.
After being shouted down at a health care town hall, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) went after Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Twitta-style.
See, Specter wasn't too happy that Grassely told an audience in Iowa that they had "every right to fear" and that the country "should not have a government-run plan to decide when to pull the plug on grandma," Mediaite reports.
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So Sen.Arlen Specter begins by writing: "Called Senator Grassley to tell him to stop spreading myths about health care reform and imaginary 'death panels.'"
The tweeting on Specter's side then continues with:
"Had to leave a message - for now. I will talk to him soon."
"Senator Grassley is not available on the phone today, but I will talk to him as soon as possible to clarify his position on living wills."
"I believe it is appropriate to counsel people on their choices, but no one should tell anyone else what to do about health care near the end of their lives."
ChuckGrassley finally fires back: "Specter got it all wrong that I ever used words 'death boards'. Even liberal press never accused me of that. So change ur last Tweet Arlen."
Specter merely writes:"I will try to persuade Senator Grassley that the availability of counseling is appropriate and should be included in health care reform."
Is this what those in Congress call a smackdown? And to think this story came across the "hot wires."
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Researchers in China and Louisiana have tested and compared raw and boiled proteins of a common type of shrimp. They were excited to find that boiling shrimp for 10 minutes reduces the allergenicity of the protein called tropomyosin, the main allergen in shellfish.
There would still be protein traces and no one is suggesting that the one in 50 Americans who are allergic to shellfish (the family that includes shrimp, lobster, clams and crab) begins tucking into a well-boiled chowder.
But the study, published in the Journal of Food Science in January, shows promising results on the possibility of lowering the allergenic properties of shrimp. Tropomyosin (TM) is the main allergen in seafood, including shrimp.
Food scientists have found that boiling shrimp for 10 minutes seems to reduce the allergenic potency. Researchers compared raw and boiled shrimp that had been ground and freeze-dried and found that the boiled shrimp had fewer allergenic properties than its raw counterpart.
While a far cry from a cure, lead researcher Guang Ming Liu believes the findings are a step in the right direction: "Understanding the allergenic properties of shrimp as affected by the cooking process is critical for shrimp allergic individuals."


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On April 24, LD 1082, the bill "Concerning the Ability of Off-premises Liquor Licensees to Dispense Liquor in Sealed Refillable Containers" went before the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs. The bill was subject to testimony in support and opposition prior to being voted on by the committee. The committee came to a divided status — memebers did not unanimously vote for or against the bill.
I called a member of the Veterans and Legal Affairs committee to find out how the majority voted on this bill and found that the majority vote was Ought Not To Pass except for one vote Ought To Pass.
This committee vote shows that LD 1082 is lacking support but is still alive and may need to have some amendments presented when it goes before the full Maine Senate in order to gain more support. Looking at the testimony in opposition to this bill, it's clear that there are certain details about refilling growlers in question, details that are present in the current laws that allow breweries and brewpubs to fill growlers. In testimony by both the Maine State Police and Cheryl Timberlake, executive vice president of the Maine Beer and Wine Distributors Association, the same questions regarding LD 1082 are brought up
- Definition of size of refillable container.
- Could a customer refill a small keg?
- Would customers provide their own container?
In Maine Statutes under manufacturer's licenses, these three questions are answered with one line:
"Malt liquor must be dispensed in bottles provided by and with labels unique to the brewery of 32 to 64 ounces in volume."
This should be an amendment to the proposed bill, as it answers the question of bottle size and does not allow for refills of small kegs but also doesn't allow customers to bring in any form of vessel for refill.
- Would retailers be able to pre-fill containers for sale?
Again, same statutes for manufacturer's license specify: "No more than 6 bottles may be pre-filled at any one time."
I would think this would be an easy amendment for retailers who are already cooling beer in a controlled, carbonated keg and would not want to lose the extra cooler space for filled growlers when there is the possibility of refilling growlers brought back by a customer, this seems like it would be more of hindrance for Brewpubs who would have to stop and fill growlers off of active taps as opposed to having "to go" bottles at the ready.
- Would the containers be sealed with tamper proof seals
The same statutes again state: "The bottle in which the malt liquor is dispensed must be sealed by the licensee with a seal that is tamper-evident."
This seems like an obvious amendment to stay in good standing with current Maine laws on open containers. There is also a line that requires the sales receipt with time stamp be present with the growler, which I have to assume is proof that the product in the bottle is what the person holding it says it is and not something else.
I could continue, but these were the biggest questions from both parties that stood out to me and they are all legitimate questions that should be addressed. I don't for a moment think that Retailers left out information on container size with the hopes of filling 5 gallon buckets or something crazy, and I realize that branded bottles may be extra cost for the retailers but it's also a form of advertising. I have purchased plain brown glass growlers from a Maine brewery that were marked with a hangtag, maybe this is an option to get around the extra cost and would allow them to also include information like the Name, Brand and ABV of the beer being dispensed.
Where do we go from here? The bill now needs to go before the House and Senate, the amendments to the bill will need to be made and this may breathe some new life into the bill and bolster some support. If the amended bill passes through the House and Senate it could be on its way to the governor's desk. If it doesn't pass it could conceivably be the end for LD 1082, but I would hope it doesn't go down without a fight.
This is where you come in! Please call or email your state senator and state representative to make sure they know about LD 1082. If you want to go the extra mile, call or email the sponsors and cosponsors of this bill to make sure they are fighting for it when the bill goes to the full senate and the full house. At this point, the best chance we have at passage of this bill is if we demand action by our elected officials. Member lookup: maine.gov/legis/house/townlist.htm.
Sponsor/cosponsor list of LD 1082: http://www.mainelegislature.org/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280047832
Because I was interested I actually took a look at info from Vermont's Liquor Control Board, and some of their regulations could easily apply as amendments for LD 1082, in their general regulations they specify that retailers who want to participate in the growler program must notify the Department of Liquor Control, products must be filled for immediate sale, no pre-filling, clean growlers must be provided by the retailer for each sale so customers would swap out glass each time and the retailer would make sure they are clean which I assume is to support quality control, labels on the product must have name of retailer, product, ABV, name of manufacturer and "Best consumed in 72 hours".
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Rays, Red Sox take different roads to Division Series
Tampa Bay steps up in must-win games to face refreshed AL East champions
Right around the time the Red Sox wrapped up the American League East championship two weeks ago, the Rays became a desperate team. To say these two teams took different paths to the AL Division Series would be a huge understatement.
"We thought it was slipping away," pitcher Alex Cobb said.
The Rays began playing every single game as if their season depended on it. Because it did. And they saved their season, winning 15 of 20 and 10 of 12.
And they roll into the Division Series against the Red Sox only after winning three straight must-win games, all of them on the road, against the Blue Jays, Rangers and Indians. If confidence, momentum and adrenaline count for anything, the Rays are in a very good place for Game 1 on Friday (3 p.m. ET on TBS).
Baseball people love to debate these things. Is it better to have a rested team or one that has had to sweat out every pitch of every inning for a couple of weeks?
The Red Sox clinched the AL East on Sept. 20 in their 155th game of the season. They wrapped up home-field advantage last Saturday. So Game 1 on Friday at Fenway Park will be their first meaningful game in six days.
The Rays are going to need every last bit of mojo they can muster to win the best-of-five series. By almost any measuring stick, the Red Sox deserve to be favorites. These sorts of things mean nothing to the Rays.
"We pay no attention to it," David Price said.
His point was that the Rays get tired of hearing about their shortcomings, how they're going to have to overcome a small payroll, poor home attendance and a roster built around a lot of young guys and bargain free agents.
The Rays simply don't want to hear it. Manager Joe Maddon says that when his team steps on the field for a game, he never thinks about who is spending what. When the game starts, it's just about the competition.
Still, the Red Sox are the AL's deepest and most balanced team. They were brilliantly remade during the offseason by general manager Ben Cherington. He hired a manager, John Farrell, universally respected by his players.
He then signed a bunch of consummate professionals -- Mike Napoli, Shane Victorino, Ryan Dempster, Jonny Gomes and Stephen Drew.
The Red Sox became Dustin Pedroia's team, and they've taken on some of his personality in the way they compete and fight and never give in. Even some of us who loved the work Cherington did never guessed his team would improve by 28 games from a year ago.
That improvement happened because of all those smart acquisitions and because the starting rotation went from being one of baseball's worst in 2012 (5.19 ERA) to one of its best in 2013 (3.84 ERA).
Both Game 1 starter Jon Lester and Game 2 starter John Lackey re-established themselves as tough, durable pitchers. Also, 25-year-old left-hander Felix Doubront took a huge step forward.
And now the Red Sox have Clay Buchholz back from the disabled list after a 12-1 regular season and Jake Peavy, who was acquired before the non-waiver Trade Deadline. No team in these playoffs -- not the Dodgers, not the Rays -- has a deeper or more gifted rotation than these Red Sox.
If Lester, Lackey and Co. are at the top of their game, it will be difficult for any team to get past them. The Red Sox won 12 of 19 against the Rays in the regular season, and even though they had trouble scoring runs, their pitching was so good it didn't matter.
On the other hand, the Rays are feeling virtually unbeatable after getting out of Toronto, Arlington and Cleveland with victories. Game 1 starter Matt Moore went 10-1 on the road this season.
No team plays better defense than the Rays, and with Evan Longoria having a great couple of weeks, the Rays have the potential to be scary good.
But the Red Sox have answered every challenge this season, and there's no reason to think they won't answer this one. Lester and Lackey began the season believing they had something to prove, and both of them have done that.
In Boston, though, the gold standard are those 2004 and 2007 World Series championship teams. There aren't many things in the world better than an October baseball game in Fenway Park, and the Red Sox simply couldn't be in a better place.


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Drake Stumbles Onstage + Recovers With a Backwards Somersault
Performing for thousands of fans can be hazardous, just ask Drake. While performing in Birmingham, England on his Club Paradise Tour, the Canadian rapper tripped onstage during his set. Luckily, the embarrassing moment was captured on video thanks to U.K.'s The Hip-Hop Show who posted the clip on its YouTube channel.
During his rendition of the Rihanna-assisted ballad 'Take Care,' Drake stepped near the edge of the stage to help the audience sing along to his infectious song. While stepping backwards onstage, the Young Money rapper's foot got caught between a space on the stage and he falls to the ground.
He quickly recovers, however, by doing a somersault and hopping to his feet as if it was part of the show. "You got me flipping like it's my motherf—in' birthday I swear," he tells the crowd after his tumble. He still finished the song without missing a beat and continued to bounce around onstage not worried by fact that he planked backwards just a few minutes ago. What a trooper!
Drake proves that even when he stumbles, he's still winning.
Watch Drake Fall Onstage in Birmingham During 'Take Care'


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Difficult Pleasure is the only full-length documentary ever made about Brett Whiteley. This revealing portrait of one of Australia's finest painters was filmed in his studio and on location in 1989. It explores Whiteley's art and life and is richly illustrated with some of his finest paintings. He talks of being "born with a gift" and the desire to test and abuse that gift, to enhance it with addiction but ultimately to share it.
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The portrait is a difficult facet of painting and for Whiteley his Van Gogh series is very close to his heart and provides a direct link to the moment that inspired him to become a painter.
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In this interview from 2009, Rush's guitarist — Alex Lifeson — and bassist — Geddy Lee — choose 60 minutes' worth of the music that is closest to their hearts, essentially putting together the ultimate Rush-approved "mixed tape."
"SINK THE BISMARCK" Johnny Horton, Greatest Hits (1990)
I fell in love with music because of this song. It was the first single I bought. I was around 11 years old, which was about a year before I started playing guitar.
It's a song about the Bismarck, a German battleship that sunk during World War II. It's a very thematic, rousing song. I think I mowed two lawns or something to make enough money to buy it.
"FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH" Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield (1966)
This was the first rock song that had a big influence on me. I remember hearing it on the radio in my dad's car when I was a kid. Buffalo Springfield were unlike the other bands of the 'San Francisco sound'; they were more country sounding. Stephen Stills and Neil Young trade leads on this one.
I like Young's very fast vibrato and edgy, truncated playing style, particularly on his soloing, whereas Stills' sound is sweeter and smoother. This is still one of my all-time favorite songs. In fact, Rush did a version of it on our covers tribute EP, Feedback.
"SHAPES OF THINGS" Jeff Beck, Truth (1968)
This is another song we covered on Feedback. Jeff Beck has a tone like no one else, maybe because he doesn't play with a pick very much. He also has a very strong left hand and can move the strings almost effortlessly.
He's still cranking it out today, but he doesn't put out albums as often as I'd like; he works only when he feels like it. Before Truth, Beck was an integral part of the Yardbirds, and their recording of this song is great. But this version, with Rod Stewart's voice on top, adds a whole new element to the song.
It sounds tougher, bigger and beefier.
"MY GENERATION" The Who, The Who Sings My Generation (1965)
Pete Townshend is one of my greatest influences. More than any other guitarist, he taught me how to play rhythm guitar and demonstrated its importance, particularly in a three-piece band.
His chording and strumming always took up the right amount of space. The first time I heard this song was in the basement of Rush's original drummer, John Rutsey. John had two older brothers, both of whom were music fiends, and they always had whatever new album had just come out.
"ARE YOU EXPERIENCED" Jimi Hendrix, Are You Experienced (1967)
This was another record I heard for the first time at Rutsey's place. What attracts me to this song is all the backward stuff. It sounds so alien but so right and perfect.
Hendrix was a natural genius who played many beautiful styles. Talent as great as his doesn't come through life very frequently. Hendrix was one in a billion.
"ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER" Jimi Hendrix, Electric Ladyland (1968)
This is one of the most beautiful songs and arrangements ever recorded. Hendrix took a Bob Dylan folk song and turned it into a symphony. The acoustic guitar on this song [played by Dave Mason] has such beautiful compression.
It doesn't slap you; it caresses you. This song grabs your heart and sails away with it; it sounds unlike anything anyone has ever done. That was the magic of Hendrix: even if you copied what he recorded and tried to play like him, it could never be the same.
"HOW MANY MORE TIMES" Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin (1969)
Of any guitarist, Jimmy Page was my biggest influence. I wanted to look, think and play like him. Zeppelin had a heavy influence on Rush during our early days. Page's loose style of playing showed an immense confidence, and there are no rules to his playing.
I met Page at a Page/Plant concert in Toronto in 1998. I was acting like a kid, all googly eyed. I was freaking out and my hands were shaking. I was so thrilled to meet him because his work meant so much to me.
"KASHMIR" Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti (1975)
This is an absolutely brilliant song, an all-time classic. 'Kashmir' has such a wonderful, exotic Middle Eastern feel to it — it's like no other song of its era — and Physical Graffiti is a mind-blowing album.
In a roundabout way, 'Kashmir' influenced 'A Passage to Bangkok' [2112], which has a similar sort of odd-tempo arrangement to the verses.
"(I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION" The Rolling Stones, Hot Rocks, 1964–1971 (1972)
This was the second single I bought. One summer when I was 12, I went to Yugoslavia to visit my relatives. I took one record with me — this one. I played it for my relatives because I wanted my cousins to hear it.
The Stones had that bluesy, dirty, bad-boy image, which I much preferred to cleaner-sounding bands like the Beatles or the Searchers. The Stones were more dangerous than other bands of the Sixties. It looked like they had more fun than the Beatles — like they stayed up later."
"COMFORTABLY NUMB" Pink Floyd, The Wall (1979)
David Gilmour is so well respected, and while he's often overlooked among guitarists, I think people who appreciate rock guitarists regard him as one of the best.
He's a brilliant player and has such passion and feel. You can sense he's a smart man: you can hear how he puts it all together and how it fits, which is a real testament to his songwriting. He's such a bluesy player, to boot. My eyes water whenever I hear this song.
Pink Floyd have such incredible arrangements; their songs are rich and complex but not particularly complicated. They can take as long as they want to tell you a story, but it's always interesting.
Allan Holdsworth has an amazing, out-of-this-world liquidity. What a genius! His fingers are constantly moving. Pulls make up the bulk of his playing; I don't think he does much picking.
I was listening to Holdsworth around the time of Moving Pictures [1981], and you can indirectly hear his influence on my playing on 'YYZ.'
"THIRD EYE" Tool, Ænima (1996)
Adam Jones is a fabulous guitarist and songwriter, and Tool are such a powerful band. You know it's Tool when you hear them, because they're intensely dynamic, yet heavy, even when they're playing is light. I listened to this album over and over; I don't do that very often.
Tool have an interesting, intelligent approach to song construction and lyrics. It's just too bad we don't hear from them more often.
"AH VIA MUSICOM" Eric Johnson, Ah Via Musicom (1990)
I've never heard anybody with a better tone than Eric Johnson! He played with us on a couple of tours and I'd watch his performance most every night.
There's a smoothness to his playing that is so elastic. Eric is very accurate and articulate but soulful at the same time. If anybody could come close to playing like Hendrix, he could.
"THICK AS A BRICK" Jethro Tull, Thick As a Brick (1972)
In my view, this is the first truly successful concept album by a British prog-rock band. They even brought a flute into heavy rock music. How dare they! [laughs]
Their music is so brilliantly written and well put together, what with its hard-to-play parts and odd time signatures, not to mention the great guitar sounds of the totally underrated Martin Barre.
And I love how, no matter what influences they brought into the music, from classical to folk, they always did it in a rock context.
"TIME AND A WORD" Yes, Time and a Word (1970)
I didn't know who Yes were until a friend loaned me this record. I was totally amazed. I'd never heard a band like this, and I'd never heard a bass player placed so upfront in the mix.
Chris Squire had such a driving, aggressive sound, and it made this such a pivotal, influential song for me. Squire's melodies were brilliant, and they were definitely out there.
But they were always essential to the skeletal forms of those songs; he never wandered off out of context. His lines help hold the songs together.
"HOW MANY MORE TIMES" Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin (1969)
I saw them in Toronto at a little place called the Rockpile. We were in the second row, and when they played this song it just blew me away. It reaffirmed for me all the creative potential in blending hard rock with progressive music. John Paul Jones was the unsung hero in that band.
What bass player of that period didn't know how to play that riff? I still jam to it sometimes at soundchecks.
"I AIN'T SUPERSTITIOUS" Jeff Beck, Truth (1968)
If I had to pick a favorite guitarist of all time, it would probably be Jeff Beck. I mean, was there a better guitar sound ever? I think this was the first great Jeff Beck 'moment,' the first time when you'd hear something and know that it couldn't be anybody but him. He was such an amazing pioneer, and just an incredible stylist.
The notes he squeezes out of that thing with a whammy bar, a volume control knob and his fingers are simply incredible.
The Yardbirds,
Roger the Engineer
Jeff Beck again, playing one of the most unique guitar lines ever. It's really hard to play that thing — it manages to grab something essential from the Eastern quarter-tone style without just being imitative of Indian music.
And it's the hook to a pop song — back when pop, particularly in England, could be a platform for experimentation and innovation. Beck, Page, Clapton and some other Brits really discovered a totally new sound.
They figured out how to get a pop angle on the blues by electrifying it, and it became a profound way for guitarists to speak through music.
"WATCHER OF THE SKIES" Genesis, Foxtrot (1972)
This is a very strange, ominous tune from very early Peter Gabriel-era Genesis. The time signature was completely odd — it was a little like Yes, but darker and much more theatrical.
The music wasn't about people stepping out and doing bluesy solos; they were taking a high level of musicianship and weaving it into the guts of the song, playing with layers of melody, odd time signatures and strange guitar riffs. What fascinated me was how these intricate parts all supported one another — and the song.
Jefferson Airplane,
Bless Its Pointed Little Head
A great live record, where the band takes some risks and really changes the arrangements, especially rhythmically. Jack Casady, one of the truly great, underrated bass players, is the star of this record.
His tone was very different from other American bassists; it was edgier, and his riffs were really challenging — they aggressively pushed the songs along. I like when a bass player gets a little pushy and won't keep his place. He steps out of line, but in a great way."
"SPOONFUL" Cream, Fresh Cream (1966)
'Crossroads' was the song you had to learn to play if you were in a band. Clapton just flies through that song. But for me, 'Spoonful' was more about Jack Bruce's great voice and adventurous playing. Bruce, like all the bass players I've mentioned, wasn't content to be a bottom-end, stayin'-the-background bassist.
He's playing a Gibson bass obviously too loud, to where it's distorting the speakers. But it gave him this aggressive sound and a kind of spidery tone, and I love everything about it.
"MY GENERATION" The Who, Live at Leeds (1970)
What an amazing guitar sound on this album! And [Pete] Townshend even plays a few solos, which he usually never does. Was there anybody better at expressing themselves through power chords?
I just loved that record, and I know Alex did, too. Every time we jammed as a young band we would wind up jamming parts of that record.
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YEKATERINBURG/CHELYABINSK, Russia (Reuters) - About 400 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky in central Russia on Friday sending fireballs crashing to Earth, smashing windows and setting off car alarms.
Residents on their way to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt a shockwave, according to a Reuters correspondent in the industrial city 1,500 km (950 miles) east of Moscow.
The meteorite raced across the horizon, leaving a long white trail in its wake which could be seen as far as 200 km (125 miles) away in Yekaterinburg. Car alarms went off, windows shattered and mobile phones worked only intermittently.
Chelyabinsk city authorities said about 400 people sought medical help, mainly for light injuries caused by flying glass.
"I was driving to work, it was quite dark, but it suddenly became as bright as if it was day," said Viktor Prokofiev, 36, a resident of Yekaterinburg in the Urals Mountains.
"I felt like I was blinded by headlights," he said.
No fatalities were reported but President Vladimir Putin, who was due to host Finance Ministry officials from the Group of 20 nations in Moscow, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev were informed.
A local ministry official said the meteor shower may have been connected with an asteroid the size of an Olympic swimming pool that was due to pass Earth at a distance of 27,520 km (17,100 miles) but this could not be confirmed.
Windows were shattered on Chelyabinsk's central Lenin Street and some of the frames of shop fronts buckled.
A loud noise, resembling an explosion, rang out at around 9.20 a.m. (0520 GMT). The shockwave could be felt in apartment buildings in the industrial city's centre.
"I was standing at a bus stop, seeing off my girlfriend," said Andrei, a local resident who did not give his second name. "Then there was a flash and I saw a trail of smoke across the sky and felt a shockwave that smashed windows."
A wall was damaged at the Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant but there was no environmental threat, a plant spokeswoman said.
Such incidents are rare. A meteorite is thought to have devastated an area of more than 2,000 sq km (1,250 miles) in Siberia in 1908, smashing windows as far as 200 km (125 miles) from the point of impact.
The Emergencies Ministry described Friday's events as a "meteor shower in the form of fireballs" and said background radiation levels were normal. It urged residents not to panic.
Chelyabinsk city authorities urged people to stay indoors unless they needed to pick up their children from schools and kindergartens. They said a blast had been heard at an altitude of 10,000 meters (32,800 feet), apparently signaling it occurred when the meteorite entered Earth's atmosphere.
The U.S. space agency NASA has said an asteroid known as 2012 DA14, about 46 meters in diameter, would have an encounter with Earth closer than any asteroid since scientists began routinely monitoring them about 15 years ago.
Television, weather and communications satellites fly about 500 miles higher. The moon is 14 times farther away.
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In 2011, 24,928 cars were stolen in Japan, an increase of 1,153 vehicles compared to 2010. This was the first time the number of thefts had gone up since 2001 when 63,275 cars were stolen. Obviously, things have gotten a lot better since then, owing mainly to the standardization of electronic ignition systems, which make it more difficult for thieves to start a car and drive it away.
The General Insurance Association of Japan reports that the model stolen the most — based on statistics from November — is Toyota's large van, Hiace, which isn't to say it was the model most targeted by thieves. Hiace does not have electronic ignition as a standard feature, thus making it relatively easier to hot wire. Its popularity among regular ignition cars, though, is well-known by insurers, who say that Hiaces have three things going for them in terms of resellability: They are very durable, they are easy to find parts for, and they are very popular overseas. They're the Kalashnikovs of the automotive world.
The GIA doesn't reveal how much its members shelled out in claims for stolen cars. Collision insurance for one's own car is optional in Japan, and the customer can decide the level of coverage. The same is true of optional auto theft insurance. Since mandatory liability insurance runs car owners around ¥50,000 a year regardless of how old the car is, many people just don't buy optional auto insurance. Read More
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在泰國的潛水及海洋環保義工項目: 每月更新
Conservation in Thailand - Monthly Update January/February 2011
January and February were busy months in Ao Nang with up to 18 volunteers on the marine conservation project. Even though we are supposed to be in the middle of the dry season, the weather has been very wet and windy which made it difficult for us to access the dive sites that we wanted to and some days it was impossible to dive at all!
- Salvage and Crown of Thorns removal:
Despite the bad weather, we were able to do 13 salvage dives and collect a total of 20kg mostly of fishing nets, cages and lines but also the usual plastic bottles, cans, food wrappers...
We also removed 16 Crown of Thorns (COTS) and spotted another 6 that we will go back for in March. Those starfish feed on corals and when in high number can cause high coral mortality leading to real ecological problems (such as on the Great Barrier Reef or Fiji). In Thailand, we have observed high densities of COTS for the last 3 years and the authorities have asked us to help control the population in order to make sure it does not become a problem. We have observed some serious damage at some sites where we had not been able to go for a long time and numbers of COTS exceeded 50 individuals per km2 (the natural density is 3-5 per km2).
- This month, six volunteers took part in Reef Check training and certified as Ecodivers. They were able to carry out one survey at Koh Haa. Congratulations to Darshan Patel who is the first volunteer to complete all 3 sections of the course: fish, substrate and invertebrates and coral damage! Well done, Darsh!
We had several days in the mangroves at three different sites:
- After not being able to visit our site at Baan Thung Prasan for several months due to floods and damage to the road, we were finally able to re-visit to find the site in a 'not so bad' condition. There hasn't been too much mortality in the saplings that we planted and a few hours of removing weeds and invasive species should make more space for them to grow. Unfortunately, the on-site nursery did not do so well. Nearly all the seedlings died probably due to the floods that lasted for nearly 3 months.
- Volunteers also spent 2 days at the new Pakasai site where they cleared invasive species and planted some mangrove saplings.
- We also spent a day in nearby Laem Pho area where volunteers collected 140 seeds from 4 different species. Those were later planted in the J. Nursery (behind the tool shed near J. Guesthouse).
Land based clean-ups
In February we did 2 clean-ups and collected a total of 228kg. The first clean up was at Laem Pho beach while the second clean up first involved climbing to the top of Hon Na (aka View Point) while litter was collected on the way down. On the first site, debris mostly comes with the tide, rain and wind whereas at the second site, litter is brought by visitors who come trekking… The litter left on the trails will eventually end up in the ocean or at Leam Pho…
At the Krabi Fishery Department in Laem Pho, volunteers helped the local staff with the maintenance of the ponds dykes. Some weeds were taking over the banks and had to be removed. This was very hard work and there was not enough time to clear the entire area… we may be back next month.
Gibbon Rehabilitation Project
This project based in a national park in the North of Phuket aims at rehabilitating gibbons that were seized by Thai authorities as they were illegally kept or traded as well as educating the public. The volunteers made a day-trip there to learn more about this species as well as illegal animal trade and wildlife rehabilitation.
Marie Goarin
Conservation Director
Ao Nang, Thailand
February 2011


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Real Name: Jason W. Gatliff
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:46 am
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Mistakes aren't/weren't the problem. It's how they were dealt with.
Like I said in my previous post, you are right. I did not handle things in the best possible matter. I would consider the way I dealt with those issues to be a mistake. I am asking for your forgiveness for those mistakes.
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As a business man in the 21st century, it is almost a requirement. Like it or not.
Saying you don't have the time to use the tools around you makes me even less inclined to have business dealings with you.
I believe we have a miscommunication/misunderstanding here. I didn't say I don't use the tools around me.
I said I do not check the board regularly nor do I follow any other board. What I mean is that taking a look at the various forums/social media/etc. Is not part of my daily routine.
I do stay on top of our business pages on Facebook because I am notified when something is posted. I also check to see if I have any Private Messages here on a regular basis.
I do not check the individual forums here to see if a question has been asked of me. Frankly it happens incredibly rarely... (Before the Muzzleloader purchase was brought up, the last question someone had for me was in February and before that I can't even remember the last time someone posted a question for me).
I am beginning to think that no matter how much improvement I make, no matter how much more communicative or open I am, that your opinion of me is so biased that you will never give me a fair shake.
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Real Name: Mario Doreste
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:56 pm
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Jason wrote:
I am beginning to think that no matter how much improvement I make, no matter how much more communicative or open I am, that your opinion of me is so biased that you will never give me a fair shake.
How many "fair shakes" is someone supposed to give?
As I said before: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
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Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:50 pm
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I have had no trouble with OTT for several years now. When there was trouble patience always solved it. Going back 2 or more years to get the baggage is not about the problems it is about wanting to carry baggage.
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." -- Mark Twain
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If you are gonna be dumb you better be tough"
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Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:21 am
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I am not sure jason is turnng a new leaf or has learned anything from his past mistakes in poor communication or customer service. Talk is cheap.
BUT life is too short, and we all miss "perfect" by a far piece. He is coming to us on his own forum with hat in hand.... gotta respect that.
I am willing to give the guy a new chance. His magazine has been less than great from a design standpoint (opinion), but the content is interesting and quite readable. Maybe with Bill's help and using the infrastructure already in place for Muzzleloader, he will be able to create a better product, ship it in a timely manner, and solve his customer service issues.
I hope so! I wish you the best jason, I really do. I'd be willing to help give some design suggestions pro-bono with no strings. email me if you are interested. I'd sure like to see this pub be successful.
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Back when Jason was having trouble with his magizine he said no one would loose any money and was true to his word as far as I know. The new muzzleloader is a very nice issue and if thats what the future holds, GREAT. For thouse who do not take it you are screwing yourself out of some good reading and education. To the Future!
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I'm behind you on this 100%. Never forget there is no statute of limitations on atomic wedgy's.
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Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 9:51 pm
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Well, Ive subscribed to Muzzleloader since 1979 off and on. Taken OTT for two yrs. Like them both. Think Jason has the sand to keep ML up to snuff. I also think some folks just like to bellyache. If you ain't having fun with this, you aint doing it right. Maybe ought to take up knitting or something.
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Managing and keeping a magazine that has a pretty small and fluctuating subscription has got to be very difficult. With dependence upon volunteer articles and images... The begining is sure to be rocky unless one has a huge amount of capital. I'd guess that Jason has gone thru the gaunlet and has the scars to prove it. He has survived so far. But it has been a bumpy ride it seems...
I'd like to see Muzzleloader Mag continue to grow and thrive after this transition...as well as the other pubs out there that entertain the hobby.
Willis, knitting has several great magazines that have been around for quite a while and have pretty good design/layouts. I bet they are delivered on time, and the advertisers and the readers are quite happy. But the magazine is not the generator of happiness in the hobby of knitting, and neither is a magazine the reason we enjoy our hobby. If it was, I would have saved a lot of money and time--- and just sat on the couch and flipped pages. instead of actually going out and doing it.
I guess I do not equate the demise of one magazine as the end of what I enjoy doing. Magazines come and go. I hope this one will grow and thrive.
But in saying that, I will add that it will not grow or thrive unless it keeps the readers and the advertisers engaged and happy.
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Got my latest copy of ML today, right on schedule. Looks Really good Jason! Best wishes!
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:45 pm
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Jason - Rec'd my first issue of the "New Muzzleloader" today and, in general, it is well enough done. The article mix was good, color repro gets a B+
(some badly washed out), the TVM advert was messed up somehow, but
this issue is clearly a fine continuation of the ML style and quality.
I wrote two articles for Bill and very much enjoyed working with him - excellent communication as we put them together, good edit (very little needed), and the final product was something to be pleased with.
You got big shoes to fill here, but I think you are up to it and can continue the fine work of past years. I also hope you do not lose some of the "backwoods flavor" of OTT - while imperfect in some ways, it had a quality that I think plays well in this field.
Bill passed on another article of mine, that he had accepted but not yet run, and I sure hope you give it a look. I very much enjoy the writing and
would like to continue, should you desire.
Meanwhile, best to you and the New Age of Muzzleloader..
With regards,
Col Boone
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 12:07 pm
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Jason. Good luck with all of this. You have always been straight forward with your replies to me and are a true gentelman. As for some of those who have beaten your name around like a dog's chew toy..... Well just look at some of their postings on FF and other sites and you will understand that no matter what you say it will NOT be to their liking. I like your idea of sitting down face to face and talking out problems with those people but you will find that most of those who fame others on internet sites like this one will not do it face to face. Remember what my Dad always said "Don't get in a pissing match with a skunk". He also stated to me that when you take money for services, some people feel they own you and your name too. Good luck in the future and you will always be a first rate stand up guy to me. Chuck
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I never subscribed to
On the Trail
, but I have been a subscriber to
for years. Jason has been at the helm for the past two or three issues, I believe, and the transition has been seamless. The same writers, same columns, same editorial content and quality have continued. I do see a few new names in the "Prime Possibles" product review section, and maybe a few more color photos, but these are the only changes I have noticed. The magazine has continued to arrive on time and in good shape. The plastic wrap, incidentally, is a good thing. I hope this continues, also.
The Scurlocks did an outstanding job with
for many years, and by all appearances, Jason has received and is carrying the baton. I will continue to subscribe, and will cheerfully recommend it to traditional blackpowder shooters and history buffs.
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Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:06 am
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Thank you very much! I a glad that you are enjoying MUZZLELOADER.
The new names you are seeing are the staff writers from On The Trail. OTT was similar to MUZZLELOADER except it had a much tighter focus. Any article that was printed in OTT would have worked in ML, but not vice-versa.
I agree with you, it was a great magazine while Bill & Linda were publishing it (I had been a subscriber since 1995). Aside from a few tweaks... Mainly making it full color. I don't plan on changing anything else. All of the same writers are staying on board and we're going to keep publishing the same kind of articles and same variety of articles.
Thank you,
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Real Name: Jim Eastman
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 6:15 pm
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There we have it,, now grab a "Snicker" and relax...Some have identified a/the problem, as they see it,,however they failed to post a solution !!!
One should never come down from the mountain and tell those who fought the battle how they should have fought it.
I don't subscribe to OTT but I did get 60 back issues in a blanket trade,,lots to read,,,
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Not having an athletic trainer is forgivable. Refusing to acknowledge the need for one? That's different.
I sat down with Dixon School District Superintendent Mike Juenger and Athletic Director Jon Empen, hoping for some answers about what life was like after Andi Sumerfelt lost her job, and Dixon lost her free services as athletic trainer.
KSB Hospital's Dr. David Deets is one the sidelines during the Dukes' home football games. That's encouraging.
But Juenger said the topic of hiring an athletic trainer never comes up at quarterly meetings. And Empen said no parents have brought up the need for one.
That's unsettling.
With the recent attention on concussions, I can't believe no one's asking questions about who's looking out for their children's well-being.
I'm sure Dr. Deets is a fine surgeon. And I'm sure the EMTs who volunteer on Friday nights are perfectly qualified to do their job. In fact, Newman athletic trainer Andy Accardi speaks glowingly of Fulton's EMTs, describing them as not only open to learning more but also thirsty for knowledge.
But EMTs are limited in what they can do. If an athlete feels fuzzy upstairs? Boom. Hospital.
Only a certified athletic trainer or licensed physician can clear an athlete to return to play if they're removed because a concussion is suspected.
An athletic trainer who knows the athlete and, better yet, is trusted, can evaluate right there on the sideline.
There's no substitute for the education and training Accardi and other athletic trainers receive.
They're finely tuned to assure athletes' safety. And their degrees don't come easy. They must pass a three-part exam, including written, oral and simulated portions. How hard is it? Rock Falls athletic trainer Shane Brown admits he needed two tries to pass it.
Empen assured me that, if an official suspects a player might have a concussion, the athlete is removed from the game. But that's not the official's job. That onus should not be placed on them, the coaches, the athletes, the parents … you get my point.
Instead, that responsibility should exclusively rest with someone trained to handle it.
Dixon's head football coach, Dave Smith, in his first year spearheaded a complete replacement of the team's helmets and pads. Empen says there were no concussions last year, while past seasons yielded more than a few.
Great news, but also a trap. It takes more than a new Riddell bucket to solve the concussion problem, as we'll address in the next installment of this series. It will focus on equipment and youth football.
But, back to the task at hand, low concussion numbers can't allow us to put the subject out of sight, out of mind. We must maintain a proactive mentality, not adopt a reactive one.
As I took a tele-tour of the Sauk Valley over the past 2 weeks, speaking with every athletic director in our coverage area, I had no idea what to expect, save for the few situations I was briefed about before undertaking this project.
Some athletic directors sounded ready to sacrifice a portion of their salary if it meant gaining an athletic trainer. Some almost audibly shrugged their shoulders. It sounded like they'd either given up on the prospect of hiring a trainer or, worse, didn't see the benefit of finding one.
I'm not unrealistic. I know it took certain stars aligning for Sterling to land Sumerfelt. She was able to slide into the attendance secretary position, and her athletic trainer pay – raised by the Sterling Booster Club, ahem – was tacked onto that position's salary. Similarly, Accardi teaches a handful of classes.
Not only are the full-time roles their livelihood, supplemented by the 10 grand or so they're paid for their athletic training responsibilities. Those roles also allow them to get to know the student-athletes on a level one can't reach if they're not at the school on a daily basis.
I know it's not easy to find these hybrid positions. But life isn't easy. And it's potentially short. In order to give members of the next generation the best shot at long, productive lives, folks need to think outside the box about addressing concussions.
Accardi and Sumerfelt attend every conference they can, always on the lookout for chances to be better educated, and to be better. They conduct seminars and after-school programs to help others do the same.
Similarly, we should never be content with the job we're doing to ensure the safety of young adults. There's no room for apathy in the arena of our kids' future.
The following educational content standards are required for athletic training degree programs:
• Risk management and injury prevention
• Pathology of injuries and illnesses
• Orthopedic clinical examination and diagnosis
• Medical conditions and disabilities
• Acute care of injuries and illnesses
• Therapeutic modalities
• Conditioning, rehabilitative exercise and referral
• Pharmacology
• Psychosocial intervention and referral
• Nutritional aspects of injuries and illnesses
• Health care administration
– 46 states, including Illinois, require athletic trainers to hold the Board of Certification credential of Athletic Trainer, Certified (ATC)
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To read more from our special series on sports concussion, please check out The Hidden Injury project page on saukvalley.com. Click here to visit.


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A great book. Nuanced, clever and rollicking, itÆs nonfiction as a work of art. (The New York Observer)
Altogether stirring and vivid and enjoyable. (The New Yorker)
Puckish good humor and elegant prose. (The Wall Street Journal)
Delightful and exhaustive (but never exhausting)à the dazzling, complex story of how New YorkÆs acropolis came to be. (The Smithsonian)
A Note to the Reader
Prologue: May 21, 1928 and September 30, 1939
The Heart of This Great City
A Commonplace Person
These Properties Will Be Greatly Increased in Value
I Chose the Latter Course
Architecture Never Lies
Tears of Joy to a Small Business Man
I Like Having a Lot of People Against Me
A Genius
A Hundred Lawsuits
Let Owen Young Do It
Who Designed Rockefeller Center?
Wondering Where I'm Going to Get the Money
Our Architects Deserve to Remain in Chains
Desperate for Business
Give 'Em Something Better
Ruthlessness Was Just Another Word for Good Business
All the Finns in Helsingfors
What Do You Paint, When You Paint on a Wall?
I Was Not Interested in Sitting and Listening
Visitors Give Him Dollars
The Snake Changing Its Skin
The Kingdom of the World
The Demand is Almost Unbelievable
Epilogue: 1948-2003
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By Linda Carroll, Kate Snow and Meghan Frank, NBC News
As a little girl, Bonnie Ihme had big plans. Bright and artistically talented, she dreamed of becoming an architect.
But the older she got, the more distant that dream seemed. By third grade, school had become a struggle. She felt easily distracted and found it impossible to focus in class. Eventually she abandoned her plan to be an architect. Ihme got married, had two kids and began cleaning houses and helping her husband with his business.
But even that simpler life felt impossibly difficult. The Michigan mom had trouble keeping track of all the threads of her life. She'd send her kids to school without sneakers on gym day. She'd forget to bring library books back. She felt more overwhelmed than ever before.
"I really would try hard to pull it all together," Ihme told NBC's Kate Snow in an interview airing on Rock Center Friday. "But when … you're late for a Christmas concert that your daughter was really looking forward to going to and we get there and her class is walking back to the classroom and the tears in her eyes… you try harder."
Ihme saw history repeating itself in her 10-year-old son, Jacob, who began struggling with school, just as she had. Jacob would spend hours doing his homework, only to forget to bring it to school the next morning. Ihme's heart ached for her son.
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She decided to do something for him that no one had thought to do for her. She brought Jacob to a specialist in search of answers. After a battery of tests, the specialist diagnosed her son with ADHD – attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. He then told Ihme that the disorder was often inherited. That was when she began to wonder if ADHD had been her problem, too.
"I knew I was bright," she told Snow. "And on some things that they were teaching I was higher than the rest of the class. But then I'd struggle with a lot of the other things and wonder what was wrong with me."
Ihme went through the same testing her son did, and at age 42, was diagnosed with ADHD.
While many people think of ADHD as a childhood disorder -- something that kids eventually grow out of – long term studies have shown that ADHD sometimes lasts a lifetime. In fact, a report published in the April edition of Pediatrics found that nearly 30 percent of kids diagnosed with ADHD still suffered severe symptoms well into adulthood.
In the prospective study, researchers from the Boston Children's Hospital and the Mayo Clinic tracked 5,718 children born between 1976 and 1982 for several decades. Among the children were 367 who'd been given a diagnosis of ADHD. Out of that number, 232 agreed to participate in the study.
As it turned out, life was a lot harder for ADHD sufferers than it was for their peers. They were at higher risk for death and suicide, with nearly 60 percent suffering from an additional psychiatric disorder.
In a similar longitudinal study, researchers from New York University started out following 207 boys who'd been diagnosed with ADHD between ages 6 and 12 and 178 boys without ADHD. By the time the boys had reached their 40s and 50s, there were big differences between the two groups, according to the report published in December in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
Clinical psychologist Rachel Klein, lead author of the New York University study and a pioneer in the field of ADHD, put it this way.
"Compared to the kids without ADHD, these children had more often died," said Klein, Director of the Anita Saltz Institute for Anxiety and Mood at the NYU Child Study Center. "Many more had been in jail. Many more had been hospitalized for psychiatric reasons, mostly drug abuse."
But the bad news didn't stop there.
Almost a third of the ADHD boys had dropped out of high school and, on average, they made less money and experienced a higher divorce rate than their peers who didn't have the disorder.
Much of that resonates with Frank South, who, at 49, discovered he had ADHD.
Professionally successful, South wrote for such hit TV shows as Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, and Melrose Place. But over the years he's struggled in his personal life. He's been married three times and can find the details of daily life challenging.
In fact, he says he's so easily distracted that a simple trip to pick up a 12-pack of paper towels for his daughter's basketball team can turn into Mission Impossible.
"You end up in the Costco going through things that you're not even going to buy and the time goes right by because you find it so interesting," he told Snow.
From freeze-dried granola to flat screen TVs, anything and everything becomes so alluring that hours later, the basketball team is still without paper towels.
"It's debilitating," he told Snow. "But the thing is, before your diagnosis, before you understand these things, you think, 'I'm a jerk.' And you feel like, 'I'm also not very bright if I can't just go and get a 12 pack of paper towels and bring them to the basketball coach without being two hours late."
After years of berating himself for such mishaps, and drinking hard to shut out the negative thoughts, South, like Ihme, finally spoke with a psychiatrist after his son Harry was diagnosed with ADHD and he started thinking he too might have the disorder.
Going undiagnosed as an adult is not that unusual.
"I think … that there are still many people walking around who have ADHD who are being impaired by it, and they don't even know it," said study co-author Dr. Xavier Castellanos, director of the Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the New York University Child Study Center.
Despite this, Castellanos acknowledges that some doctors may be over diagnosing ADHD. In fact, a New York Times story published last week concluded that over the last decade there's been a 53 percent jump in the number of kids diagnosed with the disorder. Experts quoted in the story said they feared that the powerful stimulants used to treat ADHD might harm kids who don't really need them.
But for those who do have ADHD, taking medication can be life changing.
South remembers when he first started taking medication for his ADHD.
"It was like a window, a big window, opening up on my brain," he said. "You know, sunlight coming in and being able to breathe and be calm enough to understand. And the fear and the anxiety level went down."
For those who still doubt that ADHD is a real brain disorder, Castellanos points to brain scans he's done in some of the study volunteers. The scans of those who had been diagnosed with ADHD as children are thinner in areas that are known to control attention and govern emotion.
"These are differences of less than a tenth of a millimeter," Castellanos explained. "And yet, a tenth of a millimeter is a lot of brain cells."
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"Hey, John/Ashley! How's the market?!" – The most common question consumers – future buyers and sellers alike – ask us about the local real estate market on a daily basis.
"It's great! We're busy! Inventory is low! Buyers are buying! Know anyone who wants to sell?" – Most common short answers we typically provide when we're out and about, usually in line at the grocery store or in passing. Of course, when time allows, more detailed explanations, thoughts and answers are given and usually end up in great conversation.
*light bulb moment* – If everyone wants to know how the current market is doing and how it stacks up against this time last year, why don't we put the facts together and share it?
Let us introduce… the "Market Minute"… last months hard number statistics compared to the same time last year. Facts directly from the MLS stating how our local Englewood, North Port, Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda markets are doing.
The Minute's "key" (see what I did there?!):
- "Avg. List Price" is the total amount of homes that were listed last month, their listing prices added together then divided by the amount of homes listed
- "Avg. Sale Price" is the total amount of homes that were sold last month, their sold prices added together then divided by the amount of homes sold
- "Days on Market" this is the average amount of days a home was on the market before it fully went under contract. It's the cumulative amount of days starting from day 1 when the home was listed to day "x" where the home's offer was fully executed
- "Homes Sold" you guessed it, the total amount of homes that had the opportunity to put the desirable "SOLD" status on their property!
Want more specific numbers to your home or what's going on in your neighborhood? Just ask, it'd be our pleasure to help you!
**All statistics are from the Mid-Florida Regional MLS and include ALL of Englewood, North Port, Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda, Florida**