Sam preferred plush toy rabbits to real ones because of the nipping rabbit's teeth. The plush toy rabbits are safest.<|endoftext|> over the country. FBI Agent Melvin Purvis had been informed by Anna Sage, "The lady in red" as she became known, of Dillinger's whereabouts and the intended visit to the theatre.

Years later, after Dillinger was supposedly killed, an investigative writer said the man killed was James Lawrence, not Dillinger, as disclosed by an autopsy, which had become lost. The report said that the dead man had brown eyes, Dillinger's were blue. The dead man had a rheumatic heart, Dillinger did not. The dead man was shorter, and also lacked Dillinger's scars, wounds and birth marks.

Was the FBI duped into believing the dead man was Dillinger?

Who was James Lawrence?

The investigative writer said Lawrence was a small time hoodlum, and that he was involved in an underworld scheme to provide Dillinger with a permanent escape. Whether or not he was willingly duped to the shootout, outside the theatre us unknown. The writer reasoned that because of a heart condition, Lawrence may have volunteered for the role, but it is actually unknown.

If Dillinger was not killed on July 22, 1934, what happened to him? When he visited his father's farm in May 1934, sometime after his gang visited Fostoria, he was reported as saying that hw was going on a long trip and he (his father) wouldn't have to worry about him anymore.

What would have happened to John Herbert Dillinger if his mother hadn't died when he was young, and could have been around to help rear him...or if his father had shown more love, mixed with his reported stringent discipline... or if he hadn't gotteen in with bad friends...or if the judge had not meted out such a stringent prison sentence...or of he had not been schooled in crime by hardened criminals during his prison years...or if he could have had the benefit of counseling while in prison, and compassionate Christian Friends to call on and write to him?

Dillinger was intelligent...had had talents...he could have made a contribution to society.

I knew before I presented the Dillinger Story that it would be appreciated and draw reader repsonse, since there had been so may requests for it.

Shortly after the RT reached readers on January 15, responses started. Everyone reported they enjoyed the article, and many comments were "it brought back many memories".

Since last week, interviews with readers has definitely confirmed that John Dillinger took part in the robbery in Fostoria. That information is contained in today's "Feedback".

Here are some of the comments which were more lengthy:

Leroy Rhoad, 1715 Pelton Dr. - "My wife and I were approaching the business district that afternoon, near the White Front Market (then at Main and South) when we heard the noise of gun-fire. I told my wife what it was, not knowing from where it came, then we went into the White Front for protection.

Rhoad also recalled that prior to the bank robbery, for several weeks, there was a well dressed man spending time around the Firestone parking lot back of Fruth Hardware. He claimed he was a salesman..."fast talker". As soon as the robbery was over and the bandits had fled, the man was never seen again. Rhoad said it was common belief among those who had become acquainted with the "Salesman" that he was the "setup" man, who was connected with the Dillinger gang, gathering the necessary local information to assure a "smooth job and getaway".

Last week's story mentioned the attempt to follow the getaway car. Rhoads who was working for Willis Hakes at the time, says Willis provided a new Ford and his nephew Vernon Rinehard as the driver, to take poliemen Louis Stagger and Morton Craun on "the chase", which proved unsuccessful.

Clare Whitman, 219 E. High St. - Last week's story described how Daub and Harris got back to town in a cattle truck.

Clare Whitman telephoned to say it was his father, Sage, who picked them up, in his 1934 Ford V-8 truck, loaded with hogs. At that time, Whitman ran the grocery and meat market in West Millgrove, and was on his way to Fostoria with the load.

Mr. Whitman died in 1965, but Clare recalls his father describing the incident. He said his father saw the Dillinger escape car pass him, with the hostages standing on the running boards, and he wondered why in the world two people would be riding there with the car travelling to fast.

When Whitman picked up the hostages, they were still so much in shock that they couldn't describe what had happened and it wasn't until they had gotten back intown that they were able to get control of themselves and tell the story of the holdup. Whitman dropped them off at the bank.

Royal Shoemaker, 915 Leonard St. - He reminded me that I had overlooked a serious injury, sustained by William Feasel, a 67 year old farmer residing northeast of Fostoria. (YES, I overlooked it in my notes).

Feasel shot through the shoulder by a bandit's slug, thought he felt moisture inside his shirt and discovered it was blood, according to Shoemaker.

Feasel had left his car at the Buick garage on E. Tiffin St., where Shoemaker was a mechanic and was proceeding toward Main St., when he was hit. He returned to the garage to get his car and drive to the hospital, but he finally permitted a garage attendent to take him. It was a serious wound, but he recovered.

Ernie Duffield, N. Countyline - Our telephone conversation revealed that his part in the robbery as a bystander was not originally correctly reported, consequently my "replay" needs correcting. Here's the story told to me by Ernie since last week, including another interesting part he played.

Back then, the Mason Tea Room was in the basement of The First National Bank building. Duffield, Kenny Gamertsfelder, and Bill Mason, son of the Mason who had the Tea Room, were waiters in the eating place. The night before the holdup, the three members of the Dillinger gang ate in the restaurant and Duffield served them. He said the three were very polite, and he got a 25 cent tip.

Duffield said he is sure that Dillinger was one of the three because he had the opportunity to identify him by police photos, later.

The next day, Duffield, Gamertsfelder and Mason were sitting directly in front of the bank entrance in a car and saw two of the three bandits whom he had served the night before, enter the bank via the drug store. He thinks the third bandit stayed in the getaway car.

Duffield said when the word was given of the robbery by Miss Billyard, the bank employee who slipped out of the bank, Chief Culp was directly across the street. He immediately ran north on Main to the next corner, crossed over and came back to the bank, entering via the Harding Jewelry Store, so he would not be detected. Culp was shot as reported.

The Harrold ambulance, driven by Duane Harrold and an assistant (possibly John Omlor), answered the call and pulled up in front of the bank, removing Culp on a stretcher, while the robbery proceeded.

Duffield said that the robbers had lined up the bank customers on the inside of the bank while money was being scooped up in the bage they carried. Everything proceeded orderly, and without fact so slowly, that police from surrounding towns arrived on the scene before the getaway was made.

Now about their injuries to Duffield and Gamertsfelder, which were wrongly reported in the original story, 47 years ago.

Duffield said that he and his two companions sat in the car watching the holdup proceed. The bullets were whistling all around...even through the car in which they were seated, but they didn't know that they had been hit. Suddenly, Duffield said he detected blood on Gamertsfelder, who had been hit in the neck. Then they discovered that a bullet had penetrated Duffield's arm and on through his side.

Later, Duffield's father took him to a doctor, he thinks possibl Reycraft, where the slug was removed and the wound treated. The slug was given to Ernie as a souvenior, and the doctor didn't make a charge, saying he didn't think he should charge for "being shot".

Duffield, Mason and Gamertsfelder, along with Bill Daub, one of the hostages, all were part of a dance band at that time.

Harv England, 724 Oaklawn Ave. - At the post office, where I saw him said he would never forget that day, May 3, 1934. He and his sister were coming from school that afternoon and the Dillinger escape-car came roaring up Union St. with Bill Daub and Ruth harris, the two hostages, standing on the running board. That was the day that the grandfather of Harvey and his sister died.

W. Knipple, 425 W. Ridge Dr. - I often wondered, as

 over the country. FBI Agent Melvin Purvis had been informed by Anna Sage, "The lady in red" as she became known, of Dillinger's whereabouts and the intended visit to the theatre.

Years later, after Dillinger was supposedly killed, an investigative writer said the man killed was James Lawrence, not Dillinger, as disclosed by an autopsy, which had become lost. The report said that the dead man had brown eyes, Dillinger's were blue. The dead man had a rheumatic heart, Dillinger did not. The dead man was shorter, and also lacked Dillinger's scars, wounds and birth marks.

Was the FBI duped into believing the dead man was Dillinger?

Who was James Lawrence?

The investigative writer said Lawrence was a small time hoodlum, and that he was involved in an underworld scheme to provide Dillinger with a permanent escape. Whether or not he was willingly duped to the shootout, outside the theatre us unknown. The writer reasoned that because of a heart condition, Lawrence may have volunteered for the role, but it is actually unknown.

If Dillinger was not killed on July 22, 1934, what happened to him? When he visited his father's farm in May 1934, sometime after his gang visited Fostoria, he was reported as saying that hw was going on a long trip and he (his father) wouldn't have to worry about him anymore.

What would have happened to John Herbert Dillinger if his mother hadn't died when he was young, and could have been around to help rear him...or if his father had shown more love, mixed with his reported stringent discipline... or if he hadn't gotteen in with bad friends...or if the judge had not meted out such a stringent prison sentence...or of he had not been schooled in crime by hardened criminals during his prison years...or if he could have had the benefit of counseling while in prison, and compassionate Christian Friends to call on and write to him?

Dillinger was intelligent...had had talents...he could have made a contribution to society.

I knew before I presented the Dillinger Story that it would be appreciated and draw reader repsonse, since there had been so may requests for it.

Shortly after the RT reached readers on January 15, responses started. Everyone reported they enjoyed the article, and many comments were "it brought back many memories".

Since last week, interviews with readers has definitely confirmed that John Dillinger took part in the robbery in Fostoria. That information is contained in today's "Feedback".

Here are some of the comments which were more lengthy:

Leroy Rhoad, 1715 Pelton Dr. - "My wife and I were approaching the business district that afternoon, near the White Front Market (then at Main and South) when we heard the noise of gun-fire. I told my wife what it was, not knowing from where it came, then we went into the White Front for protection.

Rhoad also recalled that prior to the bank robbery, for several weeks, there was a well dressed man spending time around the Firestone parking lot back of Fruth Hardware. He claimed he was a salesman..."fast talker". As soon as the robbery was over and the bandits had fled, the man was never seen again. Rhoad said it was common belief among those who had become acquainted with the "Salesman" that he was the "setup" man, who was connected with the Dillinger gang, gathering the necessary local information to assure a "smooth job and getaway".

Last week's story mentioned the attempt to follow the getaway car. Rhoads who was working for Willis Hakes at the time, says Willis provided a new Ford and his nephew Vernon Rinehard as the driver, to take poliemen Louis Stagger and Morton Craun on "the chase", which proved unsuccessful.

Clare Whitman, 219 E. High St. - Last week's story described how Daub and Harris got back to town in a cattle truck.

Clare Whitman telephoned to say it was his father, Sage, who picked them up, in his 1934 Ford V-8 truck, loaded with hogs. At that time, Whitman ran the grocery and meat market in West Millgrove, and was on his way to Fostoria with the load.

Mr. Whitman died in 1965, but Clare recalls his father describing the incident. He said his father saw the Dillinger escape car pass him, with the hostages standing on the running boards, and he wondered why in the world two people would be riding there with the car travelling to fast.

When Whitman picked up the hostages, they were still so much in shock that they couldn't describe what had happened and it wasn't until they had gotten back intown that they were able to get control of themselves and tell the story of the holdup. Whitman dropped them off at the bank.

Royal Shoemaker, 915 Leonard St. - He reminded me that I had overlooked a serious injury, sustained by William Feasel, a 67 year old farmer residing northeast of Fostoria. (YES, I overlooked it in my notes).

Feasel shot through the shoulder by a bandit's slug, thought he felt moisture inside his shirt and discovered it was blood, according to Shoemaker.

Feasel had left his car at the Buick garage on E. Tiffin St., where Shoemaker was a mechanic and was proceeding toward Main St., when he was hit. He returned to the garage to get his car and drive to the hospital, but he finally permitted a garage attendent to take him. It was a serious wound, but he recovered.

Ernie Duffield, N. Countyline - Our telephone conversation revealed that his part in the robbery as a bystander was not originally correctly reported, consequently my "replay" needs correcting. Here's the story told to me by Ernie since last week, including another interesting part he played.

Back then, the Mason Tea Room was in the basement of The First National Bank building. Duffield, Kenny Gamertsfelder, and Bill Mason, son of the Mason who had the Tea Room, were waiters in the eating place. The night before the holdup, the three members of the Dillinger gang ate in the restaurant and Duffield served them. He said the three were very polite, and he got a 25 cent tip.

Duffield said he is sure that Dillinger was one of the three because he had the opportunity to identify him by police photos, later.

The next day, Duffield, Gamertsfelder and Mason were sitting directly in front of the bank entrance in a car and saw two of the three bandits whom he had served the night before, enter the bank via the drug store. He thinks the third bandit stayed in the getaway car.

Duffield said when the word was given of the robbery by Miss Billyard, the bank employee who slipped out of the bank, Chief Culp was directly across the street. He immediately ran north on Main to the next corner, crossed over and came back to the bank, entering via the Harding Jewelry Store, so he would not be detected. Culp was shot as reported.

The Harrold ambulance, driven by Duane Harrold and an assistant (possibly John Omlor), answered the call and pulled up in front of the bank, removing Culp on a stretcher, while the robbery proceeded.

Duffield said that the robbers had lined up the bank customers on the inside of the bank while money was being scooped up in the bage they carried. Everything proceeded orderly, and without fact so slowly, that police from surrounding towns arrived on the scene before the getaway was made.

Now about their injuries to Duffield and Gamertsfelder, which were wrongly reported in the original story, 47 years ago.

Duffield said that he and his two companions sat in the car watching the holdup proceed. The bullets were whistling all around...even through the car in which they were seated, but they didn't know that they had been hit. Suddenly, Duffield said he detected blood on Gamertsfelder, who had been hit in the neck. Then they discovered that a bullet had penetrated Duffield's arm and on through his side.

Later, Duffield's father took him to a doctor, he thinks possibl Reycraft, where the slug was removed and the wound treated. The slug was given to Ernie as a souvenior, and the doctor didn't make a charge, saying he didn't think he should charge for "being shot".

Duffield, Mason and Gamertsfelder, along with Bill Daub, one of the hostages, all were part of a dance band at that time.

Harv England, 724 Oaklawn Ave. - At the post office, where I saw him said he would never forget that day, May 3, 1934. He and his sister were coming from school that afternoon and the Dillinger escape-car came roaring up Union St. with Bill Daub and Ruth harris, the two hostages, standing on the running board. That was the day that the grandfather of Harvey and his sister died.

W. Knipple, 425 W. Ridge Dr. - I often wondered, as I put together the Dillinger sotry, where all the guns came from used by the citizens uptown who returned the robber's fire


Joel decided that Justin should choose which movie they watched because Joel had no ideas.<|endoftext|>re, and Carchemish, involved the lordship of Syria, which could not be permanently retained except by the occupation of those cities.

The countries by which the Babylonian Empire was bounded were Persia on the east, Media and her dependencies on the north, Arabia on the south, and Egypt at the extreme southwest. Directly to the west she had no neighbor, her territory being on that side washed by the Mediterranean.

Of Persia, which must be described at length in the next volume, since it was the seat of Empire during the Fifth Monarchy, no more need be said here than that it was for the most part a rugged and sterile country, apt to produce a brave and hardy race, but incapable of sustaining a large population. A strong barrier separated it from the great Mesopotamian lowland; and the Babylonians, by occupying a few easily defensible passes, could readily prevent a Persian army from debouching on their fertile plains. On the other hand, the natural strength of the region is so great that in the hands of brave and active men its defence is easy; and the Babylonians were not likely, if an aggressive spirit led to their pressing eastward, to make any serious impression in this quarter, or ever greatly to advance their frontier.

To Media, the power which bordered her upon the north, Babylonia, on the contrary, lay wholly open. The Medes, possessing Assyria and Armenia, with the Upper Tigris valley, and probably the Mons Masius, could at any time, with the greatest ease, have marched armies into the low country, and resumed the contest in which Assyria was engaged for so many hundred years with the great people of the south. On this side nature had set no obstacles; and, if danger threatened, resistance had to be made by means of those artificial works which are specially suited for flat countries. Long lines of wall, broad dykes, huge reservoirs, by means of which large tracts may be laid under water, form the natural resort in such a case; and to such defences as these alone, in addition to her armies, could Babylonia look in case of a quarrel with the Medes. On this side, however, she for many years felt no fear. Political arrangements and family ties connected her with the Median reigning house, and she looked to her northern neighbor as an ally upon whom she might depend for aid, rather than as a rival whose ambitious designs were to be watched and baffled.

Babylonia lay open also on the side of Arabia. Here, however, the nature of the country is such that population must be always sparse; and the habits of the people are opposed to that political union which can alone make a race really formidable to others. Once only in their history, under the excitement of a religious frenzy, have the Arabs issued forth from the great peninsula on an errand of conquest. In general they are content to vex and harass without seriously alarming their neighbors. The vast space and arid character of the peninsula are adverse to the collection and the movement of armies; the love of independence cherished by the several tribes indisposes them to union; the affection for the nomadic life, which is strongly felt, disinclines them to the occupation of conquests. Arabia, as a a conterminous power, is troublesome, but rarely dangerous: one section of the nation may almost always be played off against another: if "their hand is against every man," "every man's hand" is also "against them;" blood-feuds divide and decimate their tribes, which are ever turning their swords against each other; their neighbors generally wish them ill, and will fall upon them, if they can take them at a disadvantage; it is only under very peculiar circumstances, such as can very rarely exist, that they are likely even to attempt anything more serious than a plundering inroad. Babylonia consequently, though open to attack on the side of the south as well as on that of the north, had little to fear from either quarter. The friendliness of her northern neighbor, and the practical weakness of her southern one, were equal securities against aggression; and thus on her two largest and most exposed frontiers the Empire dreaded no attack.

But it was otherwise in the far south-west. Here the Empire bordered upon Egypt, a rich and populous country, which at all times covets Syria, and is often strong enough to seize and hold it in possession. The natural frontier is moreover weak, no other barrier separating between Africa and Asia than a narrow desert, which has never yet proved a serious obstacle to an army. From the side of Egypt, if from no other quarter, Babylonia might expect to have trouble. Here she inherited from her predecessor, Assyria, an old hereditary feud, which might at any time break out into active hostility. Here was an ancient, powerful, and well-organized kingdom upon her borders, with claims upon that portion of her territory which it was most difficult for her to defend effectively. By seas and by land equally the strip of Syrian coast lay open to the arms of Egypt, who was free to choose her time, and pour her hosts into the country when the attention of Babylon was directed to some other quarter. The physical and political circumstances alike pointed to hostile transactions between Babylon and her south-western neighbor. Whether destruction would come from this quarter, or from some other, it would have been impossible to predict. Perhaps, on the whole, it may be said that Babylon might have been expected to contend successfully with Egypt—that she had little to fear from Arabia—that against Persia Proper it might have been anticipated that she would be able to defend herself—but that she lay at the mercy of Media. The Babylonian Empire was in truth an empire upon sufferance. From the time of its establishment with the consent of the Medes, the Modes might at any time have destroyed it. The dynastic tie alone prevented this result. When that tie was snapped, and when moreover, by the victories of Cyrus, Persian enterprise succeeded to the direction of Median power, the fate of Babylon was sealed. It was impossible for the long straggling Empire of the south, lying chiefly in low, flat, open regions, to resist for any considerable time the great kingdom of the north, of the high plateau, and of the mountain-chains.

The Babylonian Empire, lying as it did between the thirtieth and thirty-seventh parallels of north latitude, and consisting mostly of comparatively low countries, enjoyed a climate which was, upon the whole, considerably warmer than that of Media, and less subject to extreme variations. In its more southern parts-Susiana, Chaldaea (or Babylonia Proper), Philistia, and Edom—-the intensity of the summer heat must have been great; but the winters were mild and of short duration. In the middle regions of Central Mesopotamia, the Euphrates valley, the Palmyrene, Coele-Syria, Judaea, and Phoenicia, while the winters were somewhat colder and longer, the summer warmth was more tolerable. Towards the north, along the flanks of Masius, Taurus, and Amanus, a climate more like that of eastern Media prevailed, the summers being little less hot than those of the middle region, while the winters were of considerable severity. A variety of climate thus existed, but a variety within somewhat narrow limits. The region was altogether hotter and drier than is usual in the same latitude. The close proximity of the great Arabian desert, the small size of the adjoining seas, the want of mountains within the region having any great elevation, and the general absence of timber, combined to produce an amount of heat and dryness scarcely known elsewhere outside the tropics.

Detailed accounts of the temperature, and of the climate generally, in the most important provinces of the Empire, Babylonia and Mesopotamia Proper, have been already given, and on these points the reader is referred to the first volume. With regard to the remaining provinces, it may be noticed, in the first place, that the climate of Susiana differs but very slightly from that of Babylonia, the region to which it is adjacent. The heat in summer is excessive, the thermometer, even in the hill country, at an elevation of 5000 feet, standing often at 107 deg. Fahr. in the shade. The natives construct for themselves serdaubs, or subterranean apartments, in which they live during the day, thus somewhat reducing the temperature, but probably never bringing it much below 100 degrees. They sleep at night in the open air on the flat roofs of their houses. So far as there is any difference of climate at this season between Susiana and Babylonia, it is in favor of the former. The heat, though scorching, is rarely oppressive; and not unfrequently a cool, invigorating breeze sets in from the mountains, which refreshes both mind and body. The winters are exceedingly mild, snow being unknown on the plains, and rare on the mountains, except at a considerable elevation. At this time, however—from December to the end of March—rain falls in tropical abundance; and occasionally there are violent hail-storms, which inflict serious injury on the crops. The spring-time in Susiana is delightful. Soft airs fan the cheek, laden with the scent of flowers; a carpet of verdure is spread over the plains; the sky is cloudless, or overspread with a thin gauzy veil; the heat of the sun is not too great; the rivers run with full banks and fill the numerous canals; the crops advance rapidly towards perfection; and on every side

re, and Carchemish, involved the lordship of Syria, which could not be permanently retained except by the occupation of those cities.

The countries by which the Babylonian Empire was bounded were Persia on the east, Media and her dependencies on the north, Arabia on the south, and Egypt at the extreme southwest. Directly to the west she had no neighbor, her territory being on that side washed by the Mediterranean.

Of Persia, which must be described at length in the next volume, since it was the seat of Empire during the Fifth Monarchy, no more need be said here than that it was for the most part a rugged and sterile country, apt to produce a brave and hardy race, but incapable of sustaining a large population. A strong barrier separated it from the great Mesopotamian lowland; and the Babylonians, by occupying a few easily defensible passes, could readily prevent a Persian army from debouching on their fertile plains. On the other hand, the natural strength of the region is so great that in the hands of brave and active men its defence is easy; and the Babylonians were not likely, if an aggressive spirit led to their pressing eastward, to make any serious impression in this quarter, or ever greatly to advance their frontier.

To Media, the power which bordered her upon the north, Babylonia, on the contrary, lay wholly open. The Medes, possessing Assyria and Armenia, with the Upper Tigris valley, and probably the Mons Masius, could at any time, with the greatest ease, have marched armies into the low country, and resumed the contest in which Assyria was engaged for so many hundred years with the great people of the south. On this side nature had set no obstacles; and, if danger threatened, resistance had to be made by means of those artificial works which are specially suited for flat countries. Long lines of wall, broad dykes, huge reservoirs, by means of which large tracts may be laid under water, form the natural resort in such a case; and to such defences as these alone, in addition to her armies, could Babylonia look in case of a quarrel with the Medes. On this side, however, she for many years felt no fear. Political arrangements and family ties connected her with the Median reigning house, and she looked to her northern neighbor as an ally upon whom she might depend for aid, rather than as a rival whose ambitious designs were to be watched and baffled.

Babylonia lay open also on the side of Arabia. Here, however, the nature of the country is such that population must be always sparse; and the habits of the people are opposed to that political union which can alone make a race really formidable to others. Once only in their history, under the excitement of a religious frenzy, have the Arabs issued forth from the great peninsula on an errand of conquest. In general they are content to vex and harass without seriously alarming their neighbors. The vast space and arid character of the peninsula are adverse to the collection and the movement of armies; the love of independence cherished by the several tribes indisposes them to union; the affection for the nomadic life, which is strongly felt, disinclines them to the occupation of conquests. Arabia, as a a conterminous power, is troublesome, but rarely dangerous: one section of the nation may almost always be played off against another: if "their hand is against every man," "every man's hand" is also "against them;" blood-feuds divide and decimate their tribes, which are ever turning their swords against each other; their neighbors generally wish them ill, and will fall upon them, if they can take them at a disadvantage; it is only under very peculiar circumstances, such as can very rarely exist, that they are likely even to attempt anything more serious than a plundering inroad. Babylonia consequently, though open to attack on the side of the south as well as on that of the north, had little to fear from either quarter. The friendliness of her northern neighbor, and the practical weakness of her southern one, were equal securities against aggression; and thus on her two largest and most exposed frontiers the Empire dreaded no attack.

But it was otherwise in the far south-west. Here the Empire bordered upon Egypt, a rich and populous country, which at all times covets Syria, and is often strong enough to seize and hold it in possession. The natural frontier is moreover weak, no other barrier separating between Africa and Asia than a narrow desert, which has never yet proved a serious obstacle to an army. From the side of Egypt, if from no other quarter, Babylonia might expect to have trouble. Here she inherited from her predecessor, Assyria, an old hereditary feud, which might at any time break out into active hostility. Here was an ancient, powerful, and well-organized kingdom upon her borders, with claims upon that portion of her territory which it was most difficult for her to defend effectively. By seas and by land equally the strip of Syrian coast lay open to the arms of Egypt, who was free to choose her time, and pour her hosts into the country when the attention of Babylon was directed to some other quarter. The physical and political circumstances alike pointed to hostile transactions between Babylon and her south-western neighbor. Whether destruction would come from this quarter, or from some other, it would have been impossible to predict. Perhaps, on the whole, it may be said that Babylon might have been expected to contend successfully with Egypt—that she had little to fear from Arabia—that against Persia Proper it might have been anticipated that she would be able to defend herself—but that she lay at the mercy of Media. The Babylonian Empire was in truth an empire upon sufferance. From the time of its establishment with the consent of the Medes, the Modes might at any time have destroyed it. The dynastic tie alone prevented this result. When that tie was snapped, and when moreover, by the victories of Cyrus, Persian enterprise succeeded to the direction of Median power, the fate of Babylon was sealed. It was impossible for the long straggling Empire of the south, lying chiefly in low, flat, open regions, to resist for any considerable time the great kingdom of the north, of the high plateau, and of the mountain-chains.

The Babylonian Empire, lying as it did between the thirtieth and thirty-seventh parallels of north latitude, and consisting mostly of comparatively low countries, enjoyed a climate which was, upon the whole, considerably warmer than that of Media, and less subject to extreme variations. In its more southern parts-Susiana, Chaldaea (or Babylonia Proper), Philistia, and Edom—-the intensity of the summer heat must have been great; but the winters were mild and of short duration. In the middle regions of Central Mesopotamia, the Euphrates valley, the Palmyrene, Coele-Syria, Judaea, and Phoenicia, while the winters were somewhat colder and longer, the summer warmth was more tolerable. Towards the north, along the flanks of Masius, Taurus, and Amanus, a climate more like that of eastern Media prevailed, the summers being little less hot than those of the middle region, while the winters were of considerable severity. A variety of climate thus existed, but a variety within somewhat narrow limits. The region was altogether hotter and drier than is usual in the same latitude. The close proximity of the great Arabian desert, the small size of the adjoining seas, the want of mountains within the region having any great elevation, and the general absence of timber, combined to produce an amount of heat and dryness scarcely known elsewhere outside the tropics.

Detailed accounts of the temperature, and of the climate generally, in the most important provinces of the Empire, Babylonia and Mesopotamia Proper, have been already given, and on these points the reader is referred to the first volume. With regard to the remaining provinces, it may be noticed, in the first place, that the climate of Susiana differs but very slightly from that of Babylonia, the region to which it is adjacent. The heat in summer is excessive, the thermometer, even in the hill country, at an elevation of 5000 feet, standing often at 107 deg. Fahr. in the shade. The natives construct for themselves serdaubs, or subterranean apartments, in which they live during the day, thus somewhat reducing the temperature, but probably never bringing it much below 100 degrees. They sleep at night in the open air on the flat roofs of their houses. So far as there is any difference of climate at this season between Susiana and Babylonia, it is in favor of the former. The heat, though scorching, is rarely oppressive; and not unfrequently a cool, invigorating breeze sets in from the mountains, which refreshes both mind and body. The winters are exceedingly mild, snow being unknown on the plains, and rare on the mountains, except at a considerable elevation. At this time, however—from December to the end of March—rain falls in tropical abundance; and occasionally there are violent hail-storms, which inflict serious injury on the crops. The spring-time in Susiana is delightful. Soft airs fan the cheek, laden with the scent of flowers; a carpet of verdure is spread over the plains; the sky is cloudless, or overspread with a thin gauzy veil; the heat of the sun is not too great; the rivers run with full banks and fill the numerous canals; the crops advance rapidly towards perfection; and on every side a rich luxuriant growth cheers the eye of the traveller.

On


 Dipyrone may treat headaches -- but use with caution

Latest findings from the Cochrane Library

The controversial drug dipyrone can treat acute headaches, but patients should be warned of the risk of potentially serious blood disorders (or "dyscrasias"), concluded a Cochrane Review team. Furthermore, most of the studies used in reaching this conclusion involved intravenous infusions of the drug, making it expensive and complex to deliver.

Dipyrone is a non-opioid painkiller that was launched in Germany in 1922 but was later banned from many countries including the USA and UK because of evidence that it might cause life-threatening blood disorders such as agranulocytosis. It is, however, a popular analgesic in many parts of the world including South America, India, South Africa, Russia and several European countries. Oral doses can be bought over the counter in Brazil and Spain.

A group of Cochrane Researchers set out to evaluate whether dipyrone was effective and safe for acute primary headaches in adults and children.

They identified four trials that involved 636 adults. None involved children. Three of the studies used intravenous dipyrone.

Taken together the evidence indicates that dipyrone is effective in treating episodic tension-type headaches and migraine in adults. The sample size, however, was too small to make any assessment of the medicine's safety.

"Given that many effective and more easily administered therapies are available, patients and clinicians will need to consider whether and in what circumstances the benefits of treatment are worth the time, trouble and expense of intravenous administration," says Dr Rebecca Gray, a Cochrane Editor who worked closely with the project.

If used, "patients should be well informed about the risk of blood dyscrasias," she adds.

<|endoftext|>Marcus moved his business from his old location to a high end space, because the high end space was trendy.<|endoftext|>Category Archives: Liberals

Whinny Crying Snowflakes

Vote Early Vote Often

I read today that Obama’s Justice department filed an objection to the Texas voter identification law. The Justice Department’s head of the civil rights division, Tom Perez, sent a a six-page letter to Texas’ director of elections saying that Texas has not “sustained its burden” under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to show that the new law will not have a discriminatory effect. WTF? How hard is it to get an ID card of some kind? How do these people (from now on meaning the identification challenged) cash checks? Either paycheck or welfare. How do they cash in food stamps, or collect any type of public or private benefits? How can anybody exist in a modern society without the ability to prove who they are?

Holder’s Justice Department is another one of his tools for playing the race card. And by proxy Obama also. Holder, Jesse Jackson and ACORN would like to tell you a fable of voter ID trampling down the rights of the black man. Obama’s reelection will surely hinge on ten or

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twelve key states such as Ohio, Michigan and Virginia, all which have large African American populations. Obama can’t tout financial prosperity to his African American base? I mean what if they ask themselves, ” Am I better off than I was four years “? No he is playing the race card through Holder, artificially creating a race discrimination that isn’t there just so he can ride in and conquer the mighty evil Republicans.

Study after study reveals that voter ID has virtually no effect on legal voters. The only thing it does is prevent people that are not authorized to vote to not do so. I would suspect that the Texas objection is stemming from the states large Hispanic population. As a native Texan, every Texan Hispanic citizen I knew had some form of identification. The only ones that didn’t have any were wetbacks. There I said it. It’s not a racial term, it’s a bias against illegal foreign invaders. The Hispanic U.S. citizen or legal foreign nationals, it doesn’t apply to them. Duh.

Last year my state of residence Mississippi and I voted in a mandatory voter identification law. All this means is you have to show a government issued picture ID to vote. This is anything from driver’s license, state ID, Retired Military card, government worker ID, state university, passport or any government issued ID. I’m sure Holder will eventually get around to us. In the meantime, tomorrow I’m off to cast my vote for presidential candidate. My only dilemma is whether to take my driver’s license, military ID, government computer access card, passport or concealed carry license as identification.

The Dollar Vote

It’s All About the Benjamins

Rough Week

It’s TGIF for President Obama. This has been a particularly nasty week for him. It’s been nothing but bad news served with a topping of more bad news. Some of the bad tidings are the following.

Unemployment remained steady at 9.1 percent. Obama keeps diverting attention with an array of distractions but this is the one thing that will derail his second term

Last Wednesday the Taliban launched a 20 hour attack against American and British special forces at the US Embassy and International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul. U.S. officials are looking for direct evidence between the insurgents and Pakistan’s intelligent agency.

Now emails have surfaced that show the Bush administration rejected a government loan to Solyndra. Bush officials stated that the loan application needed further study before it moved forward with tax payer assistance. In fact the Department of Energy’s committee unanimous rejected the loan. So how did flat out rejection morph into a presidential endorsement? Seems like the white house had it’s thumb on the decision scale.

GOP Victories

Two key Democratic districts were won by Republicans. The first was in New York. Anthony Weiner’s old seat was won by Republican Bob Turner. This is the first time a Republican has held this seat in over a century. Also in a landslide victory, a key U.S. House position was won by Republican Mark Amodei. This is a clear message to Obama and other democrats on the economy.

Race to the Bottom

And Justice from All
<|endoftext|>

Dell XPS 15z  (Source: Dell)
XPS 15z is thicker than 15-inch MacBook Pro

Comments     Threshold

By icanhascpu on 5/24/2011 2:43:31 PM , Rating: 1
Its the OS that makes the MacBooks. Lots of people want to pretend its just the looks, and for some depraved people it is (regardless of ps/mac/shiny gadget vendor). Some people are used to OSX and like X. If dell wants the depraved shiny people, they can have them, but they arnt going to get many that arnt already using a W7 machine like myself anyway.

RE: Right..
By Motoman on 5/24/2011 5:22:25 PM , Rating: 2
Nope. It kind of is the looks, but in reality it's just the fact that it's Apple.

It wouldn't matter what the hell anyone else did. Apple people will buy Apple stuff.

PS: Apparently someone at DT just bought Apple stock, because now I'm getting this: "This comment is apparently spam and we do not allow spam comments."

RE: Right..
By snakeInTheGrass on 5/24/2011 6:08:02 PM , Rating: 2
Nope, it's the fact that it's not Windows. That it's a nicer machine that doesn't look like crap is just a bonus.

(Everything from ugly apps, irritating copy/paste selection, and the just inherently annoying Windows interface is the Windows problem. That's after many years on the PC and having used everything up to and including Win 7 - which has at least managed to be less irritating, but the apps on it are still the usual annoying Windows experience.)

But whatever, I'm sure it's just because it's Apple.

RE: Right..
By Motoman on 5/24/2011 8:32:57 PM , Rating: 2
In a way, you're right in that it's "not Windows" - but not for any valid technical, practical, usability, or compatibility issue. Not for any valid reason at all - the only reason being that the Apple commercials told them that Windows was bad, and Mac was good.

...and an awful lot of people are stupid enough to believe that. And they can even be tricked into thinking that Windows laptops all look like "crap." When the reality is that many of them are essentially indistinguishable from Macs - if that's the kind of effeminate look you're going for.

<|endoftext|>Daddies, Wear Your Babies

(Partners, caregivers, and grandparents too!)

Sherman wrapping his 2 year oldThere are a lot of useless products out there marketed towards babies and new parents. Amidst the chaos of gadgets & gizmos promising you to watch your children for you, turn your child into a mini software engineer, train your children to sleep like adults, and to otherwise make

ism of our boro, with it's focus on "peace and understanding".<|endoftext|>Public Release:  Dipyrone may treat headaches -- but use with caution

Latest findings from the Cochrane Library

The controversial drug dipyrone can treat acute headaches, but patients should be warned of the risk of potentially serious blood disorders (or "dyscrasias"), concluded a Cochrane Review team. Furthermore, most of the studies used in reaching this conclusion involved intravenous infusions of the drug, making it expensive and complex to deliver.

Dipyrone is a non-opioid painkiller that was launched in Germany in 1922 but was later banned from many countries including the USA and UK because of evidence that it might cause life-threatening blood disorders such as agranulocytosis. It is, however, a popular analgesic in many parts of the world including South America, India, South Africa, Russia and several European countries. Oral doses can be bought over the counter in Brazil and Spain.

A group of Cochrane Researchers set out to evaluate whether dipyrone was effective and safe for acute primary headaches in adults and children.

They identified four trials that involved 636 adults. None involved children. Three of the studies used intravenous dipyrone.

Taken together the evidence indicates that dipyrone is effective in treating episodic tension-type headaches and migraine in adults. The sample size, however, was too small to make any assessment of the medicine's safety.

"Given that many effective and more easily administered therapies are available, patients and clinicians will need to consider whether and in what circumstances the benefits of treatment are worth the time, trouble and expense of intravenous administration," says Dr Rebecca Gray, a Cochrane Editor who worked closely with the project.

If used, "patients should be well informed about the risk of blood dyscrasias," she adds.

<|endoftext|>Category Archives: Liberals

Whinny Crying Snowflakes

Vote Early Vote Often

I read today that Obama’s Justice department filed an objection to the Texas voter identification law. The Justice Department’s head of the civil rights division, Tom Perez, sent a a six-page letter to Texas’ director of elections saying that Texas has not “sustained its burden” under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to show that the new law will not have a discriminatory effect. WTF? How hard is it to get an ID card of some kind? How do these people (from now on meaning the identification challenged) cash checks? Either paycheck or welfare. How do they cash in food stamps, or collect any type of public or private benefits? How can anybody exist in a modern society without the ability to prove who they are?

Holder’s Justice Department is another one of his tools for playing the race card. And by proxy Obama also. Holder, Jesse Jackson and ACORN would like to tell you a fable of voter ID trampling down the rights of the black man. Obama’s reelection will surely hinge on ten or

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twelve key states such as Ohio, Michigan and Virginia, all which have large African American populations. Obama can’t tout financial prosperity to his African American base? I mean what if they ask themselves, ” Am I better off than I was four years “? No he is playing the race card through Holder, artificially creating a race discrimination that isn’t there just so he can ride in and conquer the mighty evil Republicans.

Study after study reveals that voter ID has virtually no effect on legal voters. The only thing it does is prevent people that are not authorized to vote to not do so. I would suspect that the Texas objection is stemming from the states large Hispanic population. As a native Texan, every Texan Hispanic citizen I knew had some form of identification. The only ones that didn’t have any were wetbacks. There I said it. It’s not a racial term, it’s a bias against illegal foreign invaders. The Hispanic U.S. citizen or legal foreign nationals, it doesn’t apply to them. Duh.

Last year my state of residence Mississippi and I voted in a mandatory voter identification law. All this means is you have to show a government issued picture ID to vote. This is anything from driver’s license, state ID, Retired Military card, government worker ID, state university, passport or any government issued ID. I’m sure Holder will eventually get around to us. In the meantime, tomorrow I’m off to cast my vote for presidential candidate. My only dilemma is whether to take my driver’s license, military ID, government computer access card, passport or concealed carry license as identification.

The Dollar Vote

It’s All About the Benjamins

Rough Week

It’s TGIF for President Obama. This has been a particularly nasty week for him. It’s been nothing but bad news served with a topping of more bad news. Some of the bad tidings are the following.

Unemployment remained steady at 9.1 percent. Obama keeps diverting attention with an array of distractions but this is the one thing that will derail his second term

Last Wednesday the Taliban launched a 20 hour attack against American and British special forces at the US Embassy and International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul. U.S. officials are looking for direct evidence between the insurgents and Pakistan’s intelligent agency.

Now emails have surfaced that show the Bush administration rejected a government loan to Solyndra. Bush officials stated that the loan application needed further study before it moved forward with tax payer assistance. In fact the Department of Energy’s committee unanimous rejected the loan. So how did flat out rejection morph into a presidential endorsement? Seems like the white house had it’s thumb on the decision scale.

GOP Victories

Two key Democratic districts were won by Republicans. The first was in New York. Anthony Weiner’s old seat was won by Republican Bob Turner. This is the first time a Republican has held this seat in over a century. Also in a landslide victory, a key U.S. House position was won by Republican Mark Amodei. This is a clear message to Obama and other democrats on the economy.

Race to the Bottom

And Justice from All
<|endoftext|>

Dell XPS 15z  (Source: Dell)
XPS 15z is thicker than 15-inch MacBook Pro

Comments     Threshold

By icanhascpu on 5/24/2011 2:43:31 PM , Rating: 1
Its the OS that makes the MacBooks. Lots of people want to pretend its just the looks, and for some depraved people it is (regardless of ps/mac/shiny gadget vendor). Some people are used to OSX and like X. If dell wants the depraved shiny people, they can have them, but they arnt going to get many that arnt already using a W7 machine like myself anyway.

RE: Right..
By Motoman on 5/24/2011 5:22:25 PM , Rating: 2
Nope. It kind of is the looks, but in reality it's just the fact that it's Apple.

It wouldn't matter what the hell anyone else did. Apple people will buy Apple stuff.

PS: Apparently someone at DT just bought Apple stock, because now I'm getting this: "This comment is apparently spam and we do not allow spam comments."

RE: Right..
By snakeInTheGrass on 5/24/2011 6:08:02 PM , Rating: 2
Nope, it's the fact that it's not Windows. That it's a nicer machine that doesn't look like crap is just a bonus.

(Everything from ugly apps, irritating copy/paste selection, and the just inherently annoying Windows interface is the Windows problem. That's after many years on the PC and having used everything up to and including Win 7 - which has at least managed to be less irritating, but the apps on it are still the usual annoying Windows experience.)

But whatever, I'm sure it's just because it's Apple.

RE: Right..
By Motoman on 5/24/2011 8:32:57 PM , Rating: 2
In a way, you're right in that it's "not Windows" - but not for any valid technical, practical, usability, or compatibility issue. Not for any valid reason at all - the only reason being that the Apple commercials told them that Windows was bad, and Mac was good.

...and an awful lot of people are stupid enough to believe that. And they can even be tricked into thinking that Windows laptops all look like "crap." When the reality is that many of them are essentially indistinguishable from Macs - if that's the kind of effeminate look you're going for.

<|endoftext|>Daddies, Wear Your Babies

(Partners, caregivers, and grandparents too!)

Sherman wrapping his 2 year oldThere are a lot of useless products out there marketed towards babies and new parents. Amidst the chaos of gadgets & gizmos promising you to watch your children for you, turn your child into a mini software engineer, train your children to sleep like adults, and to otherwise make parenting a virtual Walk


 in the morning to be fed, watered, checked, and to be let in our out. One solution is to keep the animal in at night during the winter to keep it warm and give it extra feed. In the daytime, it should be left out to graze and exercise. In the summer, it can be better to stable the horse during the day and turn it out at night because horses seek shade and shelter from flies in hot weather. When the grass is lush it may be necessary to restrict access to grazing, especially if the horse suffers from chronic laminitis; daytime stabling may correct this condition. Stabling during late afternoon and evening can help prevent summer itch in those horses that are allergic to midge bites.

Horse Articles Index
Like this article? Share it!<|endoftext|>Food for Diabetic Cats

When a diabetic pet cat cannot regulate the blood glucose levels, proper care and treatment can give the cat a lengthy and comfortable life. One of the things you should be very careful about is the food for diabetic cats.

Food for diabetic cats should include high protein and grain free wet diet. As the cats are obligate carnivores, they get all the nutrition from meat products and they depend very less on plant based products.

Food for Diabetic CatsOne of the easiest symptoms to find that a diabetic cat exhibits is always feeling hungry. Usually diabetic cats will eat more but lose their weight. Because of this, most organs will try to correct the condition and try to get rid of the excess glucose in the blood. For this, cats drink more and more water and feel thirsty constantly, which results in the greater amount of urine with sugar in it. So, it is essential to consume large amounts of water. You can do this by feeding your cat with wet food. Even you can add some additional water in the food for diabetic cats.

American Animal Hospital Association suggests that the food for diabetic cats should contain 45% of the metabolizable energy from protein and less carbohydrate.

Here are the things to consider when giving the food for diabetic cats:

  • High protein and less carbohydrate diet is best suitable for cats.
  • Cats don’t have proper enzymes to digest plant-based protein as the cats are obligate carnivores. So, don’t feed your cat with any food that includes plant based products.
  • Consider including small amounts of raw or slightly cooked beef, chicken or organ meats. Supplementing the diet with meat can increase the protein content without adding the carbohydrates.
  • Some veterinarians may prescribe dry diabetic diet, but it is higher in carbohydrate levels than the recommended diet for diabetic cat. Carbohydrate rich foods can keep your pet at the risk of hypoglycemia or low blood sugar.
  • A low carbohydrate diet can be helpful for the cat to go into remission; hence, may need a low insulin dosage.
  • Feed your cat with small and frequent meals in order to stabilize the cat’s blood sugar levels. Also, meal-feeding helps to control the portion sizes and monitors the food intake. It particularly helps with the overweight or underweight cats.
  • Canned food for diabetic cats is highly beneficial as it is higher in protein levels and lower in carbohydrate levels. Canned foods contain higher amounts of meat, less starches and fruits and very less or no vegetables. Fruits and starches can increase the blood sugar level, so they should be avoided.

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here<|endoftext|>Virgil Goode

I applaud Rep. Smith for standing up against illegal immigration, but we need to go a step further to protect displaced American workers. The first priority of our government needs to be the interests of American citizens—both native born and naturalized,—not “legal immigrant workers.” And the 25 million American citizens out of work are not only pushed out by illegal aliens, but also by certain legal immigrants.

On Monday, the Census Bureau released an analysis on the immigrant make up of the American workforce. They found that nearly one out of every six workers is foreign born. This is the highest number since the early 1920s, at which point Congress significantly reduced immigration levels that continued until Ted Kennedy’s 1965 Immigration Act. Immigrants only accounted for five percent of the workforce when Kennedy’s bill passed..

Since the economic crisis began over a year ago, there’s been no discussion about reducing total immigration levels and we’ve allowed over 1.5 million new legal foreign workers in the country.

As Pat Buchanan recently wrote, “probably twice as many jobs have been taken by these folks as the 650,000 the Obamaites claim were saved or created by their $787 billion stimulus package.”

What should we do? Roy Beck of the non-partisan Numbers USA testified at a Congressional Forum where he recommended we

cut the 75,000 each month as close to zero as possible as long as the overall U-3 unemployment rate remains above, say, 5%?...The numbers demand the introduction of legislation to suspend the issuance of as many permanent work visas as possible during this Jobs Depression.

Virgil Goode

Virgil Goode represented Virginia’s 5th Congressional District from 1997 until 2009.<|endoftext|>Samuel had a high fever and Hunter was quite well, so Samuel needed more medicine.<|endoftext|>• 66°

Is the two-party system on life support?

By Sid Salter

When I went to my polling place on Tuesday, I approached the process with a feeling I’ve really never experienced since casting my first ballot almost 40 years ago.

I had to confront the reality that for perhaps the first time in my life, I really was excited about voting for any of the choices available to me for the highest office in the land. And it wasn’t that some were more or less likeable than others or of the familiar process of holding one’s political nose and choosing the lesser of underwhelming candidates.

No, it was more a matter of admitting that “none of the above” was where both my heart and my head were on this otherwise gorgeous Tuesday morning.

I voted. I chose. My father and other veterans fought too hard and sacrificed too much for me to take the right to vote as less than a sacred duty of citizenship.

But I certainly didn’t leave the polling place with the feeling that I had contributed much to the future awaiting the future generations of my family.

And driving to work, I confronted a more ominous question: Is the traditional two-party system in America on life support? Are we headed to some sort of European parliamentary system where coalition governments arise from electoral chaos and where power sharing leads to a peculiar kind of inertia in government?

But then I realized that I’d answered my own question. Our two-party system was one that worked because of the competition of dueling political, social and economic philosophies. Those battles forged a healthy race for the hearts and minds of the majority of our countrymen.

That competition, however, was uniquely tempered by the notion that when the electoral dust settled, the ruling party got about the business of governing in concert with the losing party — the so-called “loyal opposition.”

For my generation, that partisan relationship was exhibited most readily by Republican Ronald Reagan and Democratic House Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill. Despite a divided government, Reagan and O’Neill were able to govern by compromise, negotiation and a realization that the interests of the country weren’t served by the politics of personal and partisan destruction.

Yet over the last 20 years, we have reached a point that for many, the partisan path is a path of such ideological purity that merely winning an election isn’t good enough. For these voters, they want the political houses of their opponents burned down and if the country gets singed a little in the process, so be it.

The tone and tenor of the 2016 presidential campaigns in both parties has taken on the feel of television wrestling shows. What has passed for public discourse in this election cycle has run the gamut of misogyny, racism, personal insults that demean virtually everyone, and a mean-spirited lack of hope and promise for the future of our nation that is nothing short of depressing.

Temper the present dung heap of debates, town hall meetings and staged candidate rallies with the residue of distrust in the basic mechanics of voting — think hanging chads, Diebold voting machines, and the Florida recounts — and you have a recipe for the present embarrassment of an election.

When Congress struggles to even pass a budget, when public policy is debated, not over how it benefits or harms citizens but on how it injures or rewards politicians or their parties, the basic function of government — to protect and serve the citizens — simply gets lost in the shuffle.

Despite the confusion and seemingly rudderless feel of the presidential primaries, the Democratic and Republican parties will produce nominees and those nominees will meet in the general election. A third party candidate may yet rise and some believe that candidate may rise from among candidates already on the nation’s political stage.

What is less predictable is the impact of this election on political behavior by the voters. A little food for thought. In 1992 and 1996, Bill Clinton won huge electoral vote victories but never carried a majority of the popular vote in either election.

Elections, finally, are about numbers and political operatives who know how to manipulate those numbers. In both parties, the numbers remain largely up for grabs.
<|endoftext|>How to Stop Drinking Alcohol on Your Own

If you’re reading this, chances are that you or someone you love is having trouble reducing or stopping their alcohol intake.  If you or a loved one are considering stopping or reducing,

. The horse only needs to be visited at night and in the morning to be fed, watered, checked, and to be let in our out. One solution is to keep the animal in at night during the winter to keep it warm and give it extra feed. In the daytime, it should be left out to graze and exercise. In the summer, it can be better to stable the horse during the day and turn it out at night because horses seek shade and shelter from flies in hot weather. When the grass is lush it may be necessary to restrict access to grazing, especially if the horse suffers from chronic laminitis; daytime stabling may correct this condition. Stabling during late afternoon and evening can help prevent summer itch in those horses that are allergic to midge bites.

Horse Articles Index
Like this article? Share it!<|endoftext|>Food for Diabetic Cats

When a diabetic pet cat cannot regulate the blood glucose levels, proper care and treatment can give the cat a lengthy and comfortable life. One of the things you should be very careful about is the food for diabetic cats.

Food for diabetic cats should include high protein and grain free wet diet. As the cats are obligate carnivores, they get all the nutrition from meat products and they depend very less on plant based products.

Food for Diabetic CatsOne of the easiest symptoms to find that a diabetic cat exhibits is always feeling hungry. Usually diabetic cats will eat more but lose their weight. Because of this, most organs will try to correct the condition and try to get rid of the excess glucose in the blood. For this, cats drink more and more water and feel thirsty constantly, which results in the greater amount of urine with sugar in it. So, it is essential to consume large amounts of water. You can do this by feeding your cat with wet food. Even you can add some additional water in the food for diabetic cats.

American Animal Hospital Association suggests that the food for diabetic cats should contain 45% of the metabolizable energy from protein and less carbohydrate.

Here are the things to consider when giving the food for diabetic cats:

  • High protein and less carbohydrate diet is best suitable for cats.
  • Cats don’t have proper enzymes to digest plant-based protein as the cats are obligate carnivores. So, don’t feed your cat with any food that includes plant based products.
  • Consider including small amounts of raw or slightly cooked beef, chicken or organ meats. Supplementing the diet with meat can increase the protein content without adding the carbohydrates.
  • Some veterinarians may prescribe dry diabetic diet, but it is higher in carbohydrate levels than the recommended diet for diabetic cat. Carbohydrate rich foods can keep your pet at the risk of hypoglycemia or low blood sugar.
  • A low carbohydrate diet can be helpful for the cat to go into remission; hence, may need a low insulin dosage.
  • Feed your cat with small and frequent meals in order to stabilize the cat’s blood sugar levels. Also, meal-feeding helps to control the portion sizes and monitors the food intake. It particularly helps with the overweight or underweight cats.
  • Canned food for diabetic cats is highly beneficial as it is higher in protein levels and lower in carbohydrate levels. Canned foods contain higher amounts of meat, less starches and fruits and very less or no vegetables. Fruits and starches can increase the blood sugar level, so they should be avoided.

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here<|endoftext|>Virgil Goode

I applaud Rep. Smith for standing up against illegal immigration, but we need to go a step further to protect displaced American workers. The first priority of our government needs to be the interests of American citizens—both native born and naturalized,—not “legal immigrant workers.” And the 25 million American citizens out of work are not only pushed out by illegal aliens, but also by certain legal immigrants.

On Monday, the Census Bureau released an analysis on the immigrant make up of the American workforce. They found that nearly one out of every six workers is foreign born. This is the highest number since the early 1920s, at which point Congress significantly reduced immigration levels that continued until Ted Kennedy’s 1965 Immigration Act. Immigrants only accounted for five percent of the workforce when Kennedy’s bill passed..

Since the economic crisis began over a year ago, there’s been no discussion about reducing total immigration levels and we’ve allowed over 1.5 million new legal foreign workers in the country.

As Pat Buchanan recently wrote, “probably twice as many jobs have been taken by these folks as the 650,000 the Obamaites claim were saved or created by their $787 billion stimulus package.”

What should we do? Roy Beck of the non-partisan Numbers USA testified at a Congressional Forum where he recommended we

cut the 75,000 each month as close to zero as possible as long as the overall U-3 unemployment rate remains above, say, 5%?...The numbers demand the introduction of legislation to suspend the issuance of as many permanent work visas as possible during this Jobs Depression.

Virgil Goode

Virgil Goode represented Virginia’s 5th Congressional District from 1997 until 2009.<|endoftext|>• 66°

Is the two-party system on life support?

By Sid Salter

When I went to my polling place on Tuesday, I approached the process with a feeling I’ve really never experienced since casting my first ballot almost 40 years ago.

I had to confront the reality that for perhaps the first time in my life, I really was excited about voting for any of the choices available to me for the highest office in the land. And it wasn’t that some were more or less likeable than others or of the familiar process of holding one’s political nose and choosing the lesser of underwhelming candidates.

No, it was more a matter of admitting that “none of the above” was where both my heart and my head were on this otherwise gorgeous Tuesday morning.

I voted. I chose. My father and other veterans fought too hard and sacrificed too much for me to take the right to vote as less than a sacred duty of citizenship.

But I certainly didn’t leave the polling place with the feeling that I had contributed much to the future awaiting the future generations of my family.

And driving to work, I confronted a more ominous question: Is the traditional two-party system in America on life support? Are we headed to some sort of European parliamentary system where coalition governments arise from electoral chaos and where power sharing leads to a peculiar kind of inertia in government?

But then I realized that I’d answered my own question. Our two-party system was one that worked because of the competition of dueling political, social and economic philosophies. Those battles forged a healthy race for the hearts and minds of the majority of our countrymen.

That competition, however, was uniquely tempered by the notion that when the electoral dust settled, the ruling party got about the business of governing in concert with the losing party — the so-called “loyal opposition.”

For my generation, that partisan relationship was exhibited most readily by Republican Ronald Reagan and Democratic House Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill. Despite a divided government, Reagan and O’Neill were able to govern by compromise, negotiation and a realization that the interests of the country weren’t served by the politics of personal and partisan destruction.

Yet over the last 20 years, we have reached a point that for many, the partisan path is a path of such ideological purity that merely winning an election isn’t good enough. For these voters, they want the political houses of their opponents burned down and if the country gets singed a little in the process, so be it.

The tone and tenor of the 2016 presidential campaigns in both parties has taken on the feel of television wrestling shows. What has passed for public discourse in this election cycle has run the gamut of misogyny, racism, personal insults that demean virtually everyone, and a mean-spirited lack of hope and promise for the future of our nation that is nothing short of depressing.

Temper the present dung heap of debates, town hall meetings and staged candidate rallies with the residue of distrust in the basic mechanics of voting — think hanging chads, Diebold voting machines, and the Florida recounts — and you have a recipe for the present embarrassment of an election.

When Congress struggles to even pass a budget, when public policy is debated, not over how it benefits or harms citizens but on how it injures or rewards politicians or their parties, the basic function of government — to protect and serve the citizens — simply gets lost in the shuffle.

Despite the confusion and seemingly rudderless feel of the presidential primaries, the Democratic and Republican parties will produce nominees and those nominees will meet in the general election. A third party candidate may yet rise and some believe that candidate may rise from among candidates already on the nation’s political stage.

What is less predictable is the impact of this election on political behavior by the voters. A little food for thought. In 1992 and 1996, Bill Clinton won huge electoral vote victories but never carried a majority of the popular vote in either election.

Elections, finally, are about numbers and political operatives who know how to manipulate those numbers. In both parties, the numbers remain largely up for grabs.
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 their life in Montana, but you don’t know where in the 2 hour interview they said this.  You could spend the two hours looking for it, or use Phrase Find to find the word MONTANA within seconds.

Phrase Find isn’t part of the Avid Media Composer package…it is what they call an “addon” product. But, it is one that will be well worth the money, with the amount of time it saves.

They have also added native support for HDCAM Lite, expanded support for Euphonix hardware (no surprise since they bought the company, and enhances their Smart Tool functionality…allowing us to directly manipulate transitions on the timeline with the mouse.

Avid is advancing their Media Composer software faster than I would have imagined.  It is very difficult to keep up with them now.  Every time I turn around, BAM, new Media Composer with great new features. BAM! support for more hardware.  Adding new functionality, and making changes to old functionality to make it better.  Listening to editor’s needs and addressing them at the speed of light.  Avid Media Composer is emerging as the leader in keeping up with current technologies…and losing the image of the old stagnant system that while rock solid, was very antiquated.

In the past I would find my self cursing under my breath…or rather loudly for people around me to hear…that Avid couldn’t do this or couldn’t do that….cursing that I wasn’t working on my lovely Final Cut Pro system.  But now more and more often I find myself on Final Cut Pro cursing and swearing and wanting to be using Media Composer.  Honestly, I want both systems at my beck and call.  And Avid is making it easier for me to do that.<|endoftext|>"HEART OF DARKNESS" theatre performance, based on the novel by Joseph Conrad

theatre performance, based on the novel by Joseph Conrad

director Valeria Valcheva

24, 26, 27.01.2018 (26.01 - with English supertitles)

at  the Sofia Arsenal - Museum for Contemporary Art, No.2, Cherni Vrah Blvd.,duration 100 min.

Actors: Yavor Kostov, Denitsa Darinova, Miroslava Zahova, Lyubomir Zhelev,

Martin Hristov, Martian Tabakov, Branko Valchev

Percussionist: Branko Valchev

Scenographer: Martian Tabakov

Heart of Darkness is an emblematic  literary work of European modernism, a source of  inspiration for poets, composers, philosophers, film- and theater directors. The text is a first-person narrative of sea captain Charles Marlowe telling the story of his strange journey along a huge yellow river among  the ivory trade camps somewhere deep in the African continent. At the end of his journey, the hero finds the dying Kurtz, a European engulfed by the jungle,  who has become a God-like figure for the indigenous people, while  for us today's Europeans, his image is a premonition dating from 1899, for the oncoming emergence of the great dictators of the twentieth century.

The English writer Joseph Conrad, a Polish aristocrat by birth, had actually travelled as a ship captain on the Congo River nine years before Heart of Darkness was published. Most of the described characters have real prototypes and stories behind them. Kurtz alone is a collecting image. Conrad himself formulated his goals thus: "My task is using the power of the words to compel  readers to listen, to feel, and above all – to see."

Following the writer's credo, the theatre  director Valeria Valcheva created a small "Conrad's Society" of contemporary artists who represent the Heart of Darkness story-line through cabaret, farce, and ritual theater, in order to make the viewers "listen, feel and see" the story on stage.

The creative team are fascinated by the spirit of mysterious adventure that dominates everything in this book, apart from, or rather along with, its profound  deep meaning. Why actually dealing with the  Heart of Darkness here and now? Because of the colony crises then, or because of the refugee crises now?

Joseph Conrad asks some profound questions about the essence of humanity. We want to find an image for these issues. Conrad knows that man was created to ask questions, but it is dangerous for him to know the answers, and this is what happens to his enigmatic hero Kurtz: "I think he realized it right at the end, but only then. The jungle had discovered it early on and had taken its revenge on him for the invasion he was part of. It whispered things to him, things about himself that he didn’t know until he was out there alone. That whisper echoed loudly inside him because he was hollow.”

The theatre performance "Heart of Darkness" is part of the long-standing program of SAMCA "Theater in the Museum".

Please wait...<|endoftext|>Christine had to visit the barber weekly to get a hair cut but not Monica because Christine had a head with hair.<|endoftext|>Why Every Black and Latino in NYC Should Relocate ASAP

New Yorkers demonstrate against stop and frisk. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Writing at the Huffington Post, Leigh Owens argues that violence and harassment by the NYPD should make victims and potential victims consider removing themselves from the city altogether.

There is a large population of American citizens who call New York City their home, yet are living behind enemy lines. Despite being, in many cases contributing members of society, students and simply normal everyday people, these mostly black and brown men are stopped, searched, harassed, berated and in some cases beaten everyday by the NYPD, the most notorious police department in the United States…

In a city like New York, where millions and millions of dollars are pumped into the city daily, where celebrities often walk the streets freely and where optimistic immigrants from all over the world have historically flocked to, seeking a better life, how can New Yorkers remain silent and apathetic, when such tragic injustices are taking place in front of their eyes. Why haven't one of the dozens of successful New York rappers, who themselves are often victims of illegal or unwarranted searches, stepped up to initiated some sort of action to pressure the city into changing this law? If every victim of the Stop and Frisk law stopped spending their money in New York city for a week, the city itself would quickly feel a little thorn in it's side. If every victim and every supporter who believes this law is wrong joined in, the city of New York would almost undoubtedly reassess these discriminatory practices.

If you lived in a place where you were subject to unwarranted violence and harassment, a place where you were treated as less than human and had your life, as well as your freedom threatened on a regular basis, you might be living in some third world dictatorship. You might also be living in Harlem. In either case it would behoove you to consider removing yourself from that environment.

Read Leigh Owens' entire piece at the Huffington Post.

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Hatha yoga Pradipika 3

Chapter 3 Hatha Yoga Pradipika
1. As (Ananta) the Lord of the Snakes support of the earth with its mountains and forests, as Kundalini is the support of all yoga practitioners.

2. When the sleeping Kundalini is awakened by the grace of the Guru, then all lotuses (cakra-s or mystic centers) and buttons pierced (granthis).

3. Then Susumna is the royal road for Prana. The spirit remains without an object. Then misled death.

4. Susumna, SUNYAPADAVI (the emptiness), Brahmarandhra (the entrance to Brahman) MAHAPATHA (the main road), SMASANA (the burning ground), sambhavi (belonging to the promising Sambhu] and Madhya MARGA (the main road) this link to the same.

5. Therefore, every effort posing , the [several] must Mudra-s are practiced to the powerful Godin (Kundalini) who sleeps to generate in the mouth of the Susumna (the passage to the Absolute).

6 , 7 Maha Mudra, Bandha Maha, Maha vedha, KHECARI, Uddiyana, Mula Bandha, JALAMDHARA-BHANDHA, Viparita Karani, Vajroli and SAKTICALANA -. These are the ten Mudra-s They destroy old age and death..

8. These are set put the primeval Lord (Siva); they are divine and give the eight Siddhi-s, they are preferred by all Siddha-s and even difficult to obtain for the Deva-s..

9. This should be kept secret as a barrel full of precious jewels. There was no one to be talked about, as in the case of seksue

 said.  For the times where you know that the interviewee talked about their life in Montana, but you don’t know where in the 2 hour interview they said this.  You could spend the two hours looking for it, or use Phrase Find to find the word MONTANA within seconds.

Phrase Find isn’t part of the Avid Media Composer package…it is what they call an “addon” product. But, it is one that will be well worth the money, with the amount of time it saves.

They have also added native support for HDCAM Lite, expanded support for Euphonix hardware (no surprise since they bought the company, and enhances their Smart Tool functionality…allowing us to directly manipulate transitions on the timeline with the mouse.

Avid is advancing their Media Composer software faster than I would have imagined.  It is very difficult to keep up with them now.  Every time I turn around, BAM, new Media Composer with great new features. BAM! support for more hardware.  Adding new functionality, and making changes to old functionality to make it better.  Listening to editor’s needs and addressing them at the speed of light.  Avid Media Composer is emerging as the leader in keeping up with current technologies…and losing the image of the old stagnant system that while rock solid, was very antiquated.

In the past I would find my self cursing under my breath…or rather loudly for people around me to hear…that Avid couldn’t do this or couldn’t do that….cursing that I wasn’t working on my lovely Final Cut Pro system.  But now more and more often I find myself on Final Cut Pro cursing and swearing and wanting to be using Media Composer.  Honestly, I want both systems at my beck and call.  And Avid is making it easier for me to do that.<|endoftext|>"HEART OF DARKNESS" theatre performance, based on the novel by Joseph Conrad

theatre performance, based on the novel by Joseph Conrad

director Valeria Valcheva

24, 26, 27.01.2018 (26.01 - with English supertitles)

at  the Sofia Arsenal - Museum for Contemporary Art, No.2, Cherni Vrah Blvd.,duration 100 min.

Actors: Yavor Kostov, Denitsa Darinova, Miroslava Zahova, Lyubomir Zhelev,

Martin Hristov, Martian Tabakov, Branko Valchev

Percussionist: Branko Valchev

Scenographer: Martian Tabakov

Heart of Darkness is an emblematic  literary work of European modernism, a source of  inspiration for poets, composers, philosophers, film- and theater directors. The text is a first-person narrative of sea captain Charles Marlowe telling the story of his strange journey along a huge yellow river among  the ivory trade camps somewhere deep in the African continent. At the end of his journey, the hero finds the dying Kurtz, a European engulfed by the jungle,  who has become a God-like figure for the indigenous people, while  for us today's Europeans, his image is a premonition dating from 1899, for the oncoming emergence of the great dictators of the twentieth century.

The English writer Joseph Conrad, a Polish aristocrat by birth, had actually travelled as a ship captain on the Congo River nine years before Heart of Darkness was published. Most of the described characters have real prototypes and stories behind them. Kurtz alone is a collecting image. Conrad himself formulated his goals thus: "My task is using the power of the words to compel  readers to listen, to feel, and above all – to see."

Following the writer's credo, the theatre  director Valeria Valcheva created a small "Conrad's Society" of contemporary artists who represent the Heart of Darkness story-line through cabaret, farce, and ritual theater, in order to make the viewers "listen, feel and see" the story on stage.

The creative team are fascinated by the spirit of mysterious adventure that dominates everything in this book, apart from, or rather along with, its profound  deep meaning. Why actually dealing with the  Heart of Darkness here and now? Because of the colony crises then, or because of the refugee crises now?

Joseph Conrad asks some profound questions about the essence of humanity. We want to find an image for these issues. Conrad knows that man was created to ask questions, but it is dangerous for him to know the answers, and this is what happens to his enigmatic hero Kurtz: "I think he realized it right at the end, but only then. The jungle had discovered it early on and had taken its revenge on him for the invasion he was part of. It whispered things to him, things about himself that he didn’t know until he was out there alone. That whisper echoed loudly inside him because he was hollow.”

The theatre performance "Heart of Darkness" is part of the long-standing program of SAMCA "Theater in the Museum".

Please wait...<|endoftext|>Why Every Black and Latino in NYC Should Relocate ASAP

New Yorkers demonstrate against stop and frisk. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Writing at the Huffington Post, Leigh Owens argues that violence and harassment by the NYPD should make victims and potential victims consider removing themselves from the city altogether.

There is a large population of American citizens who call New York City their home, yet are living behind enemy lines. Despite being, in many cases contributing members of society, students and simply normal everyday people, these mostly black and brown men are stopped, searched, harassed, berated and in some cases beaten everyday by the NYPD, the most notorious police department in the United States…

In a city like New York, where millions and millions of dollars are pumped into the city daily, where celebrities often walk the streets freely and where optimistic immigrants from all over the world have historically flocked to, seeking a better life, how can New Yorkers remain silent and apathetic, when such tragic injustices are taking place in front of their eyes. Why haven't one of the dozens of successful New York rappers, who themselves are often victims of illegal or unwarranted searches, stepped up to initiated some sort of action to pressure the city into changing this law? If every victim of the Stop and Frisk law stopped spending their money in New York city for a week, the city itself would quickly feel a little thorn in it's side. If every victim and every supporter who believes this law is wrong joined in, the city of New York would almost undoubtedly reassess these discriminatory practices.

If you lived in a place where you were subject to unwarranted violence and harassment, a place where you were treated as less than human and had your life, as well as your freedom threatened on a regular basis, you might be living in some third world dictatorship. You might also be living in Harlem. In either case it would behoove you to consider removing yourself from that environment.

Read Leigh Owens' entire piece at the Huffington Post.

Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.

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Hatha yoga Pradipika 3

Chapter 3 Hatha Yoga Pradipika
1. As (Ananta) the Lord of the Snakes support of the earth with its mountains and forests, as Kundalini is the support of all yoga practitioners.

2. When the sleeping Kundalini is awakened by the grace of the Guru, then all lotuses (cakra-s or mystic centers) and buttons pierced (granthis).

3. Then Susumna is the royal road for Prana. The spirit remains without an object. Then misled death.

4. Susumna, SUNYAPADAVI (the emptiness), Brahmarandhra (the entrance to Brahman) MAHAPATHA (the main road), SMASANA (the burning ground), sambhavi (belonging to the promising Sambhu] and Madhya MARGA (the main road) this link to the same.

5. Therefore, every effort posing , the [several] must Mudra-s are practiced to the powerful Godin (Kundalini) who sleeps to generate in the mouth of the Susumna (the passage to the Absolute).

6 , 7 Maha Mudra, Bandha Maha, Maha vedha, KHECARI, Uddiyana, Mula Bandha, JALAMDHARA-BHANDHA, Viparita Karani, Vajroli and SAKTICALANA -. These are the ten Mudra-s They destroy old age and death..

8. These are set put the primeval Lord (Siva); they are divine and give the eight Siddhi-s, they are preferred by all Siddha-s and even difficult to obtain for the Deva-s..

9. This should be kept secret as a barrel full of precious jewels. There was no one to be talked about, as in the case of seksue el intercourse with a woman born into a