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Wyandot crash leaves one driver in critical condition

UPPER SANDUSKY — A Mount Victory driver remained in critical condition Monday following a two-car crash at the intersection of Ohio 53 and Wyandot County 44 at 5:10 p.m. Friday.
Rachel Eastman, 22, was hospitalized at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.
Her passenger, Cory Menard, 24, of Kenton, was treated and released, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The duo were transported to the Lima hospital by Life Flight helicopter.
According to the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office, Carl Scoles, 25, of rural Bluffton, was driving a Chrysler 300 on the county highway when he failed to stop for a stop sign, striking the driver’s door of Eastman’s Dodge Neon, which was traveling on Ohio 53.
Scoles was cited for failing to yield the right of way.
Upper Sandusky Emegency Medical Service also responded to the scene.
The accident report was released Monday.

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The Puke And The Whimper

Action in gold and the gold shares continues to be brutal.  But one thing that has really piqued my interest from a trading perspective was the high volume flushout in GDX back on January 25th.  That was the highest volume GDX has done to date and really looked like it was the type of volume that reeked of total fear and emotion taking over and bad decisions being made.  If you’ve followed charts for a while you’ll often see huge high volume days right at the bottom, when everyone wants to head for the exits at the same time.  It doesn’t necessarily mean the market is ready to rocket higher at that point, but often times it marks bottoms or very close to the bottom since sellers have finally capitulated.  It’s really kind of a cool thing to look at because the raw emotion is staring at you right in the face with the big red candle on high fear drenched volume.

I got further intrigued when I noticed a similar pattern in recent action in GDX to what happened back in July 2012, when GDX put in a bottom and started rocketing higher.  It’s possible I could come up with a better name for this pattern but for right now I’m going to call it The Puke and The Whimper pattern.  The Puke is simply the high volume fear based selling, when shares are literally being puked up by sellers who can’t take the sickness to their stomach anymore.  The Whimper is the interesting part as it comes after the sellers are puked out, but they still are moaning and want to make it appear like they are still in pain.  But since they have done most of their selling all they can do is utter a mere whimper.

Here’s the chart with The Puke and The Whimper pattern back in July 2012 and the possible second addition of the pattern after the action on February 11th.  Notice how each Whimper was a low volume gap down, if you look closely at the chart I don’t think you’ll find lower volume on a gap down than either of those 2 days.  In the first edition of the pattern the Whimper came about 6 trading days after the Puke, with the Whimper requiring one additional day after the gap down before it was off to the races.  Currently the Whimper is about 10 trading days after the Puke, and it’s possible this Whimper would need a little more time to play out based on the strength of the recent Puke.

What I find intriguing about all of this is the nature of trading and making winning trades.  Will the 35+ million shares that were sold on January 25th end up being part of a winning trade?  They were sold into a support area, and at the end of a multi-month downleg, within the confines of a long term secular bull market.  That sounds more like a fear induced stampede, with the short term as the focus, than well thought out selling with a long term time frame in mind.  And at the end of the day is being part of the herd how you win at trading?

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I was having a very, very difficult afternoon. After over a year of pondering, we finally had an excuse to wedge a date widget into our web-based intranet app. Unfortunately, the Javascript library that we chose doesn't exactly have a plethora of widget options unless you're also using the underlying platform the library likes. Yes, I'm talking to you, Prototype. Stop that, it's annoying.

The date widget we picked is hardly feature-packed, but it gets the job done well. Well, rather, it gets the job it was designed for done well. It wasn't designed to be a real date widget. It's just a calendar with decent support for doing whatever you want with it, and it even favors YYYY-MM-DD like we already use throughout our app.

Something it didn't do was automatically change its own date when the user manually edits the date field while the widget is active. It was an annoying problem with an easy and straightforward fix. But then I started testing. Whenever I picked a date in August or September, the widget wouldn't update. Every other month worked fine. Deeply confused, I dug in more. The 8th and 9th of the month also wouldn't update the widgets. Confused, I dove back into the code.

var date_bits = element.value.match(/^(\d{4})\-(\d{1,2})\-(\d{1,2})$/);
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'2008-09-01' was coming out of that regex as [ '2008-09-01', '2008', '09', '01' ], so no problem there.

parseInt('2008') == 2008, good.

parseInt('09') == ...

If you guessed 9, you fail. No, it's zero. See, Javascript supports octal numbers. Any number starting with a zero is octal, even if it can't be an actual octal number. In certain languages, like Perl, trying to use a non-octal number as an octal number results in an error. In other languages, like Javascript, it silently fails.

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X-47B "Salty Dog 502" Aborted 4th Carrier Landing Attempt

The experimental U.S. Navy drone that became the first unmanned jet to land aboard a moving aircraft carrier failed in its fourth and latest attempt to accomplish the feat.

The aircraft [Monday] experienced unspecified technical issues while in flight and officials decided to abort the mission before the X-47B made it to the ship, according to an article by Christopher Cavas, a reporter for Defense News who broke the story, citing unnamed sources within the service.

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“It’s been the craziest thing I’ve ever experienced,” Jake Miller tells The Florida native is excitedly referring to his Miller High Life tour. In January, the rapper started out on his performance trek and finished the first leg of the tour last month. Now he’s currently on another 25-day run, and, just last week, he released an EP, ‘The Road Less Traveled.’ This 20-year-old obviously isn’t lazy.

Miller, who signed a record deal with eOne Music earlier this year, is a storyteller. Songs like the guitar-laced ‘A Million Lives,’ featured on his EP, showcase his way with words.  “It’s basically a heartfelt track,” he shares. “It’s inspired by the fan mail that I’ve gotten. It’s about how fans have sent me letters and told me that my music has gotten them through certain situations.”

“I get fan mail everyday,” Miller continues. “Some of it’s not good, like ‘My four best friends just died in a car crash and your music has helped me get through it.’ Other people have said they’ve been really close to just giving up on life and just how my music has helped them through it. That’s kinda how ‘A Million Lives’ came about.”

Of course he has to show some love to the ladies too. That’s where his flirty track ‘Glow’ comes in. He plans to shoot a video for the song soon and, according to him, it has “the most radio potential.”

So where did this fresh-faced talent find the inspiration to pursue a career crafting catchy lyrics? Through a fellow rapper. “Mac Miller inspired me to rap, not necessarily what he was rapping about but that fact that he was so young and white and Jewish,” he explains. “I figured if he could break into the hip-hop industry in basically the same situation I’m in, there’s no reason I can’t.”

Though he’s busy onstage these days, the rhymer took some time out to Go Fishing with Check out which lady he’s crushing on, his memorable encounter with another rap star, the TV show he’s embarrassed to say he watches and more.

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Thursday, September 3, 2009

Van Jones a Microcosm of a Lot

I won't try and turn this Van Jones story into a referendum on everything Obama. If I did that, my Obama supporting readers, you know who you are, would go into a fit. Still, there is something of a microcosm of both the Obama administration and our media in general in this story.

Let's start with Glenn Beck. About this time ten years ago, Mr. Beck was likely in a drunken stupor. He was an alcoholic until about a decade ago. This time last year, he was a nearly unknown commentator on CNN. If he had done this then, no one would have noticed because no one would be watching. He moves over to Fox News and his ratings explode. Suddenly, he becomes a major player in the media world. It is, after all, the relentless reporting of Glenn Beck that has suddenly turned this into a front page story. It is the culture at Fox News that made an obscure commentator into a media giant.

As for Jones, there is so much here that should trouble everyone about Obama and his administration. Either no one in the administration did any of the basics of vetting, or they did and they approve of what Van Jones is about. I don't know which is worse, frankly. Van Jones is a boiler plate radical. He's a Marxist, Communist, former felon, who thinks that environmental policy is a tool of social justice. Now, he's the green jobs czar, whatever that is. So, how did this radical pass the Senate hearings...oh yeah, there was no confirmation hearings. That's because as a Czar he was one of nearly forty people near the president that fall outside the traditional cabinet appointment process. Obama simply created a White House job for him out of thin air. Obama's fascination with czars and advisors is all part of what I refer to as a shadow government. I actually referred to it as a shadow government way back in January, before it become popular. That's what it is when the President creates White House positions out of whole cloth and moves them outside of the bureaucratic system.

On top of this, Van Jones is one of several radicals in the White House. We have the science czar, John Holdren, Cass Sunstein, Dr. Zek Emanuel, Harold Koh, and Van Jones among a cast of thousands. On top of the radicals, there's all the folks from Chicago. Only those from Chicago can appreciate just how corrosive the political machine politics of Chicago can be. There's Rahm Emanuel. He owes his first political election to Donald Tomczak. Tomczak was a famous political fixer and knee deep in the Hired Truck Scandal. There's David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, Arne Duncan, and the Pritzkers. All of these folks have Mayor Daley's seal of approval. They have to. You get nowhere in Chicago without Daley's seal of approval. In Chicago, it isn't Republican or Democrat but corrupt, and that's what the Chicago folks bring to the White House.

On top of all of this, the whole fiasco exposes a White House that's totally out of touch and disorganized. If the White House were in touch, they wouldn't have appointed Jones to begin with. That said, word started to trickle out weeks ago about radical statements. The White House ignored it. Then, Glenn Beck started really zeroing in this week. The White House has simply ignored him. All the while, the story kept growing bigger. First, Jones had to apologize this morning about using a swear word to describe the Republicans. Now, he just denied that he signed onto the petition that he clearly signed onto. The guy is a disaster for the administration and yet he maintains his position. Obama is holding onto him like he's his most important advisor. He's the green jobs czar and he's causing the whole administration to lose credibility and yet he continues to keep his job. He should have never gotten the job. It would have been prudent to remove him as soon as any media came out. A prudent president would have removed him at the beginning of the week. That he's still in place means that we have a White House that is totally out of touch.

It's as though the White House doesn't see just bad all of it looks. To them, it appears, holding onto a guy that signed onto the idea that the American government committed genocide on its own nation is perfectly fine. They see nothing wrong with it. This guy is NOT critical to policy. Cut him loose for goodness sake. No, so far, the White House has not. The conventional wisdom is that he'll be gone by Monday. Let's hope so, but why is he still in place. He's a total disaster and he's bringing down the White House. Where are all his high paid advisors to state the obvious.

I wouldn't draw too much of it except that the White House is orchestrating this like they orchestrated the health care debate, like total amateurs. This White House isn't merely full of radicals. They're also full of incompetents. Let's face facts. We have a White House that's not only trying to pass a radical agenda, but on top of it, they have no idea what they're doing. All of our greatest fears are being realized. We have serious problems and we have a White House totally clueless how to solve them.

Anonymous said...

I'd take 50 Van Jones over 1 Elaine Chao any day. The Damage Chao did to the Department of Labor could take years to repair.

In any case, Beck's ratings exploded because now he's on Fox, a channel watched almost entirely by people who agree with him.

I mean, did you SEE the reaction to the idea that Obama wants to address kids heading back to school? He could have been espousing the benefit of the Reagan Tax Cuts and people would still act like they had to protect their kids from a friggin child molester.

I'm sorry, but I can't help but feel like the only thing "radical" about Barack Obama is his skin color. I find it hard to believe he's a Communist after he received so much Wall Street money during the election. Its one of the reasons I didn't support him in the primary.

mike volpe said...

Yeah, I'm not sure what that damage is, and comparing Chao to Jones is flat out looney.

Of course, it's all about race. I also hate to break it to you but Beck's ratings as well as that of Fox News are so enormous that their audience spans all ideologies.

It's also tired and counter productive to justify failings of the Obama admin by proclaiming that Bush is bad.

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What in the hell so whats next..


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April 22, 2000, 08:47 AM
I am interested in WWI and WWII subguns. However I cannot begin to afford one. (Newly married and have a baby on the way!!) As a second choice I am considering collecting blue prints. Where can I purchase good quality accurate prints? I am also concerned that if I have prints that I could be charged with conspiring to build machineguns. Is that a valid concern? What if I have prints for the sten gun and then purchase a deactivated sten? I also have access to machine tools, which means that if I have the prints I could build whatever I want. With all that said am I better off not even thinking about collecting any blue prints. I absolutly cannot afford to risk getting on the bad side of the JBTs.

April 24, 2000, 08:43 AM
Not really sure but I would imagine that this is a grey area and it would depend on the local agents.
Technically, owning the blueprints and parts kit is legal. Having a tube of the correct physical properties and the parts kit could possibly be an infraction of possession of an unregistered machinegun. With access to machine equipment and the parts kit an overzealous agent could make trouble for you and make it expensive to extricate yourself from legal proceedings.
This is rather more common problem than thought. Many people buy AR15 replacement parts and many of the replacement parts sold are actually M16 surplus parts. Thus if your hammer breaks and you go to a show and buy a replacement surplus hammer, you may have inadvertently "made" a machinegun, in the eyes of the BATF, if the hammer was actually an M16 hammer. The firearm will not operate in a full auto mode but simply having the FA hammer and a semi-auto AR puts one in technical violation of the law. The hammer doesn't even have to be installed in the firearm, it only has to be in the same domicile IIRC.

April 24, 2000, 11:15 AM
Thanks for the info.

I will avoid having a tube of correct dimensions about. That said where can good prints be found??

April 25, 2000, 08:30 AM
Not really sure where you could find blueprints per se but there are books and periodicals out that have machinist's drawings of many firearms. I saw some at Knob Creek the other weekend. I would imagine that Delta Press and/or Palladin Press may have what you're looking for in book form. You might also try Bower's board www.subguns.com (http://www.subguns.com) as occassionally I've seen blueprints over there. Big Jim's Machinegun Sanctuary www.bigjimsmgs.com (http://www.bigjimsmgs.com) is another source with great links.

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try http://www.biggerhammer.net/ar15/cad

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August 17, 2010, 08:27 PM
I have run into a problem and quite possibly purchased a TAURUS PT 1911 under the pretense of it being new when it may not have been.

My problem began when I took the gun to the range the first time and cycled 50 rounds thought it.( Although it may not be broken in but I cannot assume the reasons for its actions) The slide will not lock every time the last round its shot. Sometimes it locks and other times you when you reload you have to cock the gun and chamber a round manually. What could this be? Is my slide lock malfunctioning or could if have something to do with my factory mags? In addition to my slide problem the mags get overheaded and start to stick when trying to eject the mag to reload. You have to pull the mag in order remove it. Also when cleaning the pistol I would work the slide and almost every other time when I would release the slide the hammer would fall completely down what could cause this?

Any information is greatly appreciated thank you in advance.

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There seem to be a lot of problems with that pistol.

Failure to lock back can have several causes including a slide stop with an internal projection too short for the magazine follower to engage, or magazines with incorrect followers. You can check things out a bit by removing the slide and watching the magazines and slide stop work together.

I have never heard of magazines getting hot enough to expand even with a large number of rounds fired. I think the problem may relate to the above problem. The magazine follower may be jumping around the slide stop rather than engaging it and then hanging up on the slide stop when you try to remove it. Again, this can be checked out as described above.

If the hammer falls when the slide is released, or follows down, the sear or the hammer is defective, and the condition is very dangerous.

If this is a new gun, I would recommend you take it back where you bought it and either get another gun (you might be better to avoid Taurus) or have them return it to the factory. If you bought it privately or on the net, you can call Taurus' US service center (address and phone should be in the box) and ask about returning it for repairs. IIRC, Taurus does not pay for warranty returns (some US companies do), so you will have to pay $70 or so to send it back.

August 18, 2010, 09:20 AM
My PT 1911 locks back perfectly with Colt and shooting star mags, the Taurus mags pretty much suck. My hammer will on occasion follow after dropping the slide. I was thinking of getting a stiffer main spring, the taurus spring seems to have less power than my light weight commander, but maybe Jim is right and its time to have someone look at it.

August 18, 2010, 09:24 AM
Your problem could easily be the result of the factory magazines. I'd suggest buying a Wilson or Chip McCormick 1911 magazine and see if your problem is solved. I've found the Wilson and Chip McCormick magazines are excellent, and often much much better than many supplied mags. If that doesn't solve the problem, send the gun back to Taurus.


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I haven't shot it as of yet. I actually just received it today. I got it from the Sportsmans Guide 1-800-888-3006, Item #E99A-32145. Check them out, get a catalog. They have some stupid stuff in there, but also some good ammo prices.

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You should have a kit that fits your circumstances. I have a hurricane kit. It includes 3 cases of fresh MRE’s, Water, LED flashlights with spare batteries, chemical lights that get replaced yearly, A first rate sealed first aid kit with instructions for use, A knife, a four man inflatable raft and a hand pump capable of inflating it. Spare gas cans, two way radio’s with spare batteries, AM/FM radio with spare batteries, etc. I also have a safe that contains my guns and plenty of spare ammo and batteries for my optics. My kit is contained in a water proof chest that I can transport quickly. Grab it and go. It will fit in the back of my jeep. My kit does not prepare me to go live on a mountain somewhere but would sustain me if I had to stay there for a few days. My kit is designed to allow me to supplement my home food stores or provide for me if I need to leave in a hurry.

Your kit should fit your needs and cover a wide range of situations. What will you need? Food, Water, Shelter, medical aid, means of transport to a safe area under adverse conditions. Your kit should be practical and flexible. What will be the next emergency you will face? Do you know? I don’t but they do happen. An example is the threat of a storm. Everyone runs to the store and buys everything out creating a shortage. If there is a storm then re-supply to the stores will be slow. Plan on a kit that can sustain your family for a week. That in addition to the food you have on hand at home should be enough to sustain you until help arrives or until you can get to a safe area.

A good test is to imagine that all of a sudden the power is off and will not come back on for an undefined period of time. What will you need? The food in the fridge will go bad quickly. TV does not work any more. How will you get info? Are you in a cold climate? A hot one? Consider your circumstances, Make a list of needs and go shopping. There is a website called survival instinct that has a lot of good recourses of high quality supplies.

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holster cant?

Most have described the cant of a holster by the face of a clock(I'm guessing because after a number the phrase "o'clock" is inputed) does this method of description entail the muzzle as the clocks hand, the butt as the hand, or the....beaver tail as the clocks hand? Iv been assuming the muzzle but have ran across a few posts on various forums stating "3 o'clock" as the the cant set for their IWB holster. If my assumptions are correct then how do you comfortably conceal a firearm with the length of the slide pressed to your side/back/abs behind a belt? Please enlighten me. I'm looking for a first IWB holster and wish to know how to describe what I need to the holster maker when placing an order. Also if anyone has any suggestions on what cant and position to conceal on a 5'9" 145lbs frame please help. The ONLY way I've found(I know not of all the posibilities and options to conceal) decent to actualy conceal where its really hidden is at 7-8 o'clock(if my clock describing assumptions are correct....muzzle being the clocks hand) does 7-8 o'clock sounds inadequate?

*edit* oh yeah, and the 7-8 o'clock cant is positioned between the back and the strongside hip.

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Don't just claim to be my friend...I'm dead in the middle. I can see ocean, mountains, Alabama & swamps all from my front porch

Under castle doctrine, no. But under "stand your ground" ???

I'm just out to get the tires anyway...They can charge you with anything they like, but, considering the facts, I think it would be right tough for an attempted murder charge to make it to jury. As far as a ticket for discharge...IF they decided to give me one, I think it would be worth it.

But like you said. He's in Denver & I'm in Georgia...
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I have tried fc brass in 30-06, 243win, and 22-250rem and had problems with all three.

I consider it junk and not worthy of being reloaded. I dont even pick that stuff off the ground.
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Missing an assailent isnt always a total fail. I'd bet that more often even a miss will cause the desired effect from the assailent. I doubt if there is much information regarding the actions of a person once they have been shot at.
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Interesting! Kudos to the citizen for helping the officer. This is a very thought provoking incident. I can't help but notice that he didn't use an SP-101, LCR, LCP, LWS, or other mouse gun. He had a 5" BBL. Enough sight radius and power to make a non-typical shot like this, which very likely saved a life. Could he have done the same with a Kel-Tec or other mouse gun?

This incident makes a good case for a full size carry pistol. I realize that the statistics say you need 1.5 shots or whatever and it'll be within 10 or 15 ft. That is a case for justifying a mouse gun.

It seems to me, that I am hearing more and more about atypical scenarios that happen that do not support the statistics. Everyone wants to be comfortable, and not lug around an M-60 if they don't have to, myself included. Where to draw the line?

I've carry a full size 1911 for well over 20 years, prolly closer to 30. I've had 4 close calls in that time. None of my incidents went outside of the Statistical range. No more than one shot was ever needed (both warning shots into the ground, 1-man, 1-dog) and at spitting distance. I thank God that I have never had to actually shoot anyone, but I digress...

All of my incidents could have been accomplished with a mouse gun. Does that mean that I would be adequately armed to carry a mouse gun? Well, yes and no. History says yes, but the modern world says no. Life can throw you an atypical scenario suddenly. So, in keeping with (the cliche's!) of I'd rather have it and not need it, rather than need it and not have it...and don't take a knife to a gunfight...I suggest everyone carry as much gun as they possibly can, just in case.
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When a person has served their sentence...they should be done. Think about this: One of the guys I was in Vietnam with, that came back about the same time as I did, celebrated his return to the US by going to a bar...and in that bar, he picked up a sweet young thing...went to her home and was caught in bed with her by her parents...She was 13. He went to prison for statutory rape. This was in 1969.

Well, that young man was raped himself, by the system, of his civil rights...I'm sorry the CGA68 and everything tied to it needs to be repealed.

If there is a violent criminal that wants a firearm, and that cannot obtain a firearm legally, he will illegally..the only people that you are infringing on are the people that wish to abide by the law.

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The case that is the largest and fills the chamber the best would minimize tilt in the chamber and settle the closest to center. But wouldn't this make the case to not fl size and keep the body as large as possible, there by minimizing tilt and keeping pressure consistent? With loosely cut shoulders on factory barrels you'd likely never match the should cut in the chamber to the shoulder on the case, fl sized or not. So minimizing neck sizing, maximizing oval so that the bullet touches the rifling would help center the cartridge. This might explain why some rifles work best that way (sloppier cut chambers) and some don't (more concentric chambers)
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My guns no longer need to "do it all".

I realize that most of you probably had this realization many years ago, so please forgive the ramblings of a relative "newbie".

My first pistol (and still my favorite) was a S&W M&P .38 from 1930 or so. It literally had to "do it all" - I took it to the range, I carried it, and it stayed loaded in a lockbox in my bedroom.

I bought a Glock 19 with the idea of having a smaller, higher-capacity carry gun that would still "do it all". I ended up being so impressed with it that I gave it to my father because I wanted him to have something that was reliable and easy to shoot well.

Then came the Springfield EMP .40 S&W. It was another "do it all" gun, and it's my current EDC. The S&W .38 still stays loaded in the lockbox, because it's the gun that my wife feels most comfortable with if anything goes wrong while I'm gone.

Then a change happened - I started buying guns that weren't necessarily an "improvement" over what I already had.

First was a Beretta 84BB. It has a light frame, and 13+1 of .380 isn't bad at all for a carry gun, but I've never actually carried it. But it's a beauty, it's reliable and I shoot it well at the range.

My wife was interested in a "pink" gun, so a Walther P22 joined the stable. It got her interested in shooting, and it works well enough, but she's since taken over the Ruger (described later), so the Walther sits in the safe. I still bring it out as a non-threatening "first pistol" for friends who express an interest in learning to shoot, so it's not useless.

Of course, I had to get a Walther PPK eventually - it was an "early love", dating back to when I watched my first James Bond film. At 6+1 of .380, it's no high-capacity powerhouse, and frankly, it's a heavy chunk of steel for a pocket gun. But I still love it.

At this point, I started feeling bad that I didn't have a 1911, so I bought a Remington R1. Dimensionally, it's identical to my EMP except for the extra two inches on the front, It carries one less round than the EMP, but in a slightly larger caliber. So, it really didn't fill any kind of empty "niche", functionally-speaking, but I like the way it looks and feels, and it also gave me an excuse to start reloading a new caliber.

Somewhere along the line, I also got a Ruger MkIII "Hunter". With an 8" barrel and being chambered in .22lr, it was never going to be anything other than a range toy, but I'm okay with that now. That also means that if I want to hang a red dot optic off of it, that's fine - it's not as if I'm going to be concealing it.

Finally, I picked up a Browning Hi-Power. This was another "purchase of love", although I told myself that with several thousand pieces of 9mm brass lying around and the Glock long gone, I should really have *something* chambered in 9mm. But when I was looking at buying extra mags, it dawned on me that the 10-rounders would be just fine, since I'm probably ever only going to shoot it at the range.

So while I don't have a "collection", I'm well on my way to an "accumulation", and it's liberating to be able to buy something without having to convince myself that I somehow "need" it, or that the prospective new purchase is somehow "better" than the guns I already have.

Long guns are another story. I'm still at the "one shotgun, one .22, and one AR" stage. But I'm starting to think it would be nice to have another AR, this time with a flat top for an optic of some type...
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Old September 15, 2009, 08:09 PM   #1
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Mossberg 535 Turkey/Deer, want to use it for dove next week

Hey, fairly new to the shotgun community. Been hunting since i was 11, but never learned much about guns themselves, just used my dads old remington.
I bought a mossberg 535 turkey/deer combo, and want to take it dove hunting next week.
thats the gun I bought. Do i need to buy the 28" field barrel for dove, or can I take the choke off the 22" and that would be good. Any suggestions would help
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You can use your 22" barrel. It will not have the same swing as a longer barrel, but it will work. You'll want to replace the turkey choke with a more open choke. I'd go with Modified. Do not shoot the gun without a choke installed as you can damage the fine threads used to hold your choke in place.

One thing you'll most definitely want to do is install a magazine plug to limit your gun's capacity to 2+1 rounds. Don't want to violate that particular rule for migratory birds.
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Henry lever .22 grooved receiver what size is the dovetail?

As stated above.

I measured about 9/16" across the wide part of the dovetail. Is that close enough to mount rings that say "for the 3/8" groove found on most popular rimfire rifles".

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Old April 12, 2013, 07:44 PM   #1
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Bent Marlin 60 Recoil Spring

Has anyone "un-bent" one sucessfully?

Anyone know where to get one without paying $7 S/H?
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I could go into a post about metalurgy and how once a spring is kinked it can't be unkinked, but based on my experience with a Marlin 60 with a bent main spring.....

Pay the 7 dollars S&H. My father, machinist for longer than I have been alive, had the same bent spring problem. He paid the 7 dollars S&H and considered it a bargain.

A bent recoil spring in a Marlin 60 will cause failures to cycle like nobodies business.

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I bent one in my 60ss. I straightened it out because I wanted to shoot that day. I bought a new one but have not put it in yet. That was several thousand rounds ago.
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Re: Bent Marlin 60 Recoil Spring

Nope... I just waited until I needed a bunch of stuff from midway... Their shipping is only like $4... Might as well replace a bunch of springs and the buffer if it is older...
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Sounds like the recoil assembly...

was inserted into the breech bolt reversed and bent the spring.
Get a new spring, may need to call some shop but one will have it, and reassemble correctly.

You could try and re-straighted the spring but need to re-temper.
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Those springs can be cold straightened, but it requires a lot of patience and some experience. It is probably better to pay the tab, and buy a buffer or two at the same time.

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The kink will always cause trouble.
If you don't have a new spring, you can get by with cutting the kink out and just using the two halves of the spring as one.
It works pretty good and much easier to reinstall.
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I went ahead and ordered one from Midway. I might try the 2 piece spring deal when I get the replacement.
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In May of 1990 Gary Caradori met with victim-witness, Paul Bonacci for the first time. Paul had already spoken to multiple city officials regarding his history of sexual and physical abuse. Paul’s story helped Caradori put together the missing pieces of the Franklin puzzle. Through Paul’s abuse and trauma he had developed multiple personality disorder. One of Paul’s personalities used his mind as if it were a computer, storing information: names, dates, and places. Paul’s ability to remember exact places, dates, and names helped Caradori corroborate much of Alisha Troy, and Danny’s testimonies.

On May 10, 1990 Caradori met with Paul Bonacci for the first time at the Douglas County Jail. Paul was being held under charges of fondling one of his relatives. The following are excerpts from Caradori’s personal notes taken the day he met with Paul,

"Upon having Mr. Bonacci meet me in an interviewing room, Bonacci related to this writer that he knew Troy Boner, Danny King, and Alicia [sic] Owen. He further advised that he had been a victim of Alan Baer, Peter Citron, and Larry King, and had some knowledge of [sic], Harold Andersen, and a judge he later on referred to as Carlson.

The subject stated that he had been on at least one to two-hundred trips and had been involved in extensive homosexual activity as a child and as a young adult, with his homosexual activity starting when he was approximately 8-10 years old.

The Subject then stated that between the years of 1982 and 1986 he had probably been on at least 200-300 trips. The subject stated that he made at least 15-20 trips to various parts of California, a couple of trips to Washington D.C., and also trips to Des Moines, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Austin Houston, Dallas, St Louis, Miami, Pasadena, Tampa, Lincoln, and Grand Island.

Some of those trips he thought involved politicians from Washington D.C., however, he didn’t know anyone by name because of his young age.

When questioned about Alan Baer, he stated that he first met him in the "Milk Run," an area near and surrounding the Correctional Center. He stated that he was approximately 12 years old and that this occurred possibly in 1979. He stated that Alan Baer would pay him $20 for oral sex. He stated the last time he had sex with Alan Baer was, he believed, around November 15, 1989, In Alan Baer’s apartment at the Twin Towers.

Paul Bonacci went on to state that he had gone on many "scavenger hunts" for Alan Baer. He defined "scavenger hunts" as an activity in which he would go out and recruit young boys for Alan Baer." (23)

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First of all yes I am the real Paul Bonacci. I can tell you all Alisha is alive and well. I have had no contact with her well since before the Franklin case. But I have friends who are in regular contact with her.

I can also tell you I do not live in New England, never have never will. I also do not live in Omaha. I do live in Nebraska.

David did call my house, but he sounded a little unstable and I want nothing to do with that. I am doing well and I wish people will remember that my family has nothing to do with this and just leave them out.

I am not a mental case and am not Suffering from the past. I am an over comer, and do not look at myself as a victim. I am not living in fear and I don't dwell on the past. I would rather live in the present and look to the future.

So for all who pity me please don't I am not a child anymore I am a 41 year old Man. I am a husband and father who is enjoying my life that I have made for myself. As for some thinking I have been paid somehow. I was awarded a Million dollar Judgment against Larry King, yet I have not received a penny of it. If I ever do DeCamp will receive 40% and any amount I would receive will go toward starting a Foundation to help abused kids.

As for Johnny he is an adult and from every contact I have had wants to live his life FREE from any circus that his life would become if he was to come out of hiding.

I realize some of you may doubt that I am really Paul. I can tell you that Nick Bryant is a good friend and could verify what I say. Also his book is coming out the Beginning of April as his lawyers are going through the thousands of documents provided to him. It is not a conspiracy as to why it is taking so long to come out. After he was almost finished gathering information. More people decided to come out and talk for the first time. That of course pushed the book back. Also this book was not an easy thing to write. Nick said it is a very dark book and mentally challenging to him personally. My wife who is in frequent contact with him said on numerous occasions that Nick sounds very depressed with all this information.

I have laughed at many of these post as some people seem to think of us as still kids when we are all hitting middle age. If Johnny wants to come out some day he will. Nothing these post say will convince him to come out.

One other note the Jimmy Gibson that was busted for cocaine was a different guy. I never knew what to think of Jimmy as I did not know him very well. And was warned by some of my friends to keep my distance.

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The trial on February 5, 1999 resulted in a million dollar judgement. I believe that judgement, completely  independent of the Default Judgement in the case because the singular issue was damages, makes it clear that the evidence presented was credible and Judge Urbom acted on that basis and to send a message  to a number of individuals (both clean and dirty) who were a part of the Franklin saga. I believe the U.S. Attorney has no choice but to either CHARGE THE WITNESSES WITH PERJURY HAVING TESTIFIED UNDER OATH IN A FEDERAL COURT ON VERY MATERIAL MATTERS (From Murder to Bribery to Perjury to the most vile corruption involving young people) OR, THE U.S. ATTORNEY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO INIVESTIGATE. FURTHER INTO THE FRANKLIN SAGA AND REOPEN MATTERS This time there ARE PICTURES. This time RUSTY NELSON exists and testified completely contrary to Chief Wadman's testimony under oath to the legislature. This time Noreen Gosch validated the credibility and story of Paul Bonacci... and a lot, lot more. At minimum some Federal or State authority (Whether it is a Judge. Attorney General. Prosecutor. etc.) has an obligation to reopen particularly the Alisha Owen case. If my witnesses in Court on February 5, 1999 are telling the truth, then Alisha Owen is also. If Alishn Owen is LYING, as a jury said then my witnesses are lying, It appears to me to put the U.S. Attorney and Nebraska Attomey General and Judicial System on the horns of a dilemma - and failure to act would to me at least appear to be deliberate obstruction of justice at a minimum.

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GARY D MCFARLAND
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
PAUL A. BONACCI,                                                4:CV91-33037
vs.                                                                              MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
On February 27, 1998, I found that default judgment should be entered against the defendant Lawrence E. King in favor of the plaintiff, Paul A. Bonaccl. A trial on the issue of the damages due the plaintiff by that defendant was had on February 5, 1999.
Two counts are alleged against the defendant King in the complaint. Count V alleges a conspiracy with public officers to deprive the plaintiff of his civil rights, designed to continue to subject the plaintiff to emotional abuse and to prevent him from informing authorities of criminal conduct. Count VII charges battery, false imprisonment, infliction of emotional distress, negligence and conspiracy to deprive the plaintiff of civil rights. Between December 1980 and 1988, the complaint alleges, the defendant King continually subjected the plaintiff to repeated sexual assaults, false imprisonments, infliction of extreme emotional distress, organized and directed satanic rituals, forced the plaintiff to "scavenge" for children to be a part of the defendant King's sexual abuse and  pornography ring, forced the plaintiff to engage in numerous sexual contacts with the defendant  King and others and participate in deviate sexual games and masochistic orgies with other minor children. The defendant King's default has made those allegations true as to him. The issue now is the relief to be granted monetarily.
The now uncontradicted evidence is that the plaintiff has suffered much. He has suffered bums, broken fingers, beatings of the head and face and other indignities by the wrongful actions of the defendant King. In addition to the misery of going through the experiences just related over a period of eight years, the plaintiff has suffered the lingering results to the present time. He is a victim of multiple personality disorder, involving as many as fourteen distinct personalities aside from his primary personality. He has given up a desired military career and received threats on his life. He suffers from sleeplessness, has bad dreams, has difficulty in holding a job, is fearful that others are following him, fears getting killed, has depressing flashbacks, and is verbally violent on occasion, all in connection with the multiple personality disorder and caused by the wrongful activities of the defendant King.
Almost certainly the defendant King has little remaining financial resources, but a fair judgment to compensate the plaintiff is necessary. For the sixteen years since the abuse of the plaintiff began I conclude that a fair compensation for the damages he has suffered is $800,000.
A punitive award also is justified, but the amount needs to be limited because of the small effect that such a judgment would have on the defendant King, given his financial condition and his presence now in prison. I deem a punitive award of $200,000 to be adequate.
Dated February 19, 1999.
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PAUL A. BONACCI,                                                 4:CV91-3037
vs.                                                                              JUDGMENT
            IT IS ORDERED that the plaintiff shall have judgment against the defendant Lawrence E. King in the amount of $1,000,000 and taxable court costs in accordance with the Memorandum of Decision of today, together with interest at the rate of 4.584 percent per annum.
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PAUL A. BONACCI, (4:91CV3037)
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LAWRENCE E. KING, Defendants.
Hearing held before the Honorable Warren K. Urbom, Senior United States District Judge, on February 5, 1999 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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WITNESS Direct Cross Redirect Recross
Noreen Gosch 5
Russell Nelson 36
Paul Bonacci 101
Denise Bonacci 155
(At 9:01, the following proceedings were held.)
THE COURT: This is the case of Paul A. Bonacci versus Lawrence E. King, 4:91CV3037. I see the plaintiff, Mr. Paul Bonacci, here with his counsel Mr. DeCamp. I do not see anyone representing Lawrence E. King. Is there anyone here representing Mr. King? I take it not. A default judgment has been entered against him. And the purpose of this proceeding is to determine the amount of damages that are to be awarded. Mr. DeCamp, you may proceed. Want to make an opening statement or not is entirely up to you. You may do that or call your witnesses as you choose.
MR. DECAMP: May it please the Court, a very, very brief opening statement. What I want to establish here today, Your Honor, if at all possible, is the entire picture or scene in which Mr. Bonacci lived and prove to this Court's satisfaction the stories he tells in his petition are in fact true and the trauma that results from those stories is in fact very real. And even, Your Honor, we would hope that the Court, after hearing some of the evidence and information today for the first time ever, would maybe even on its own initiative take some appropriate action to correct some other wrongs or launch some other investigations that may be needed, Your Honor.
THE COURT: That's not within my authority. So I can't do that. But I can award damages. And that's why we're here today.
MR. DECAMP: Yes, Your Honor. So my first witness I would call would be Noreen Gosch.
THE COURT: Come forward, please.
THE CLERK: Maam, would you state your full name and spell it, please?
THE WITNESS: Noreen Natalie Gosch.
THE CLERK: Noreen is?
THE WITNESS: Beg your pardon?
THE CLERK: Would you spell Noreen?
THE WITNESS: N-o-r-e-e-n.
THE CLERK: Natalie?
THE WITNESS: N-a-t-a-l-i-e. And Gosch, G-o-s-c-h.
THE CLERK: Noreen Natalie Gosch. Noreen, N-o-r-e-e-n, Natalie Gosch, G-o-s-c-h.
Called as a witness, being duly sworn, testified as follows:
THE COURT: Sorry, tell me again, how do you spell your last name?
THE WITNESS: G-o-s-c-h.
THE COURT: G-o-s-c-h?
THE COURT: Thank you. Mr. DeCamp.
MR. DECAMP: Yes, Your Honor.
Q. Noreen, you arrived in Lincoln last night, is that correct?
A. That's correct.
Q. And where is your home?
A. West Des Moines, Iowa.
Q. And how long have you lived there?
A. 28 years.
Q. And do you have family there?
A. Not any more.
Q. Did you have family there?
A. Yes, I did.
Q. Who did you have as part of your family?
A. I had my children and my husband.
Q. How many children?
A. Three children. The two older children have moved away and married. My youngest son was kidnapped and as a result of a lot of ensuing problems we divorced, my ex-husband and I, and I don't know where he's at.

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Q. Your son was a paperboy in Des Moines, is that right?
A. That is correct.
Q. And his name was what?
A. John David Gosch.
Q. Johnny Gosch he's typically referred to in the newspapers, is that correct?
A. Johnny Gosch, yes. He had his paper route for 13 months running. And had been an employee of the Des Moines Register.
Q. And how old was he when he was kidnapped?
A. He was 12 years old.
Q. And what year was he kidnapped?
A. September 5th, 1982.
Q. And has he been located?
A. Yes and no.
Q. Well come back to that.
A. Okay.
Q. Was the crime investigated?
A. When my son was kidnapped that morning it was my utter total shock and amazement that the law enforcement did not respond the way I had envisioned that a kidnapping would be investigated. The investigating police officer to take the initial report did not come to our home till 45 minutes after I called in my son being missing. And in the length of time that it took him to arrive I had already telephoned the district manager for the newspaper, found out the names of all the witnesses that were there that morning. Johnny was kidnapped a short distance from our home and also within a block from the paper drop site. In that short amount of time I was able to contact all the witnesses, talk to them. I found out the description of the man who was talking to him on the comer. The description of the car. And when the police officer came in the only thing he brought in was the sheet of paper to fill out for the initial report. And I began telling him everything I had learned. And he looked at me and he said, well, has your son ever run away before? I said, he's never run away. He was taken. And I have these statements. I later found out that -- well, then the police officer left and we didn't I see anybody from the police department until 3:00 o'clock that same afternoon. My call went in at 7:30 a.m. I later found out that the police did in fact contact the witnesses that I had reported I talked to but they didn't I even so much as bring a clipboard into their homes to take notes. And all the witnesses thought it was very strange since there was a little boy missing as to why the police would not even take notes as to what the witnesses had seen.
Q. Since the kidnapping occurred have you become extremely active in the issue of missing children?
A. I have become extremely active in both the avenues of missing children and also trying to find my own son and solve his case. As to why he was taken, who was responsible.
Q. Your son's picture was one of the first ones to appear, for example, on milk cartons, wasn't it?
A. Yes, the milk carton effort was started in Des Moines, Iowa by Anderson Erickson Dairy. And my son and Eugene Martin were the first two missing children to be ever put on a milk carton.
Q. Who is Eugene Martin?
A. Eugene Martin is another paper carrier from West Des Moines or from Des Moines and he was kidnapped within a short time after Johnny, less than two years.
Q. And has he been located?
A. He has not been located to my knowledge. During the course of the investigation, the first year of it, the FBI paid a visit to our home and said they would not be entering the case. The police chief just would not order things to be done. They would not bring in aerial search, they wouldn't bring in a K-9 team, they didn't do the normal things that you would do to try and rule out a murder, for instance, if there was a missing person and a body somewhere. So I contacted the National Guard and they told me that, yes, they would use their helicopters but they would charge me $600 an hour in order to do it. And that became a news item, because we did have a lot of press coverage on this story. And a TV station from Omaha offered their helicopter for free. And that's when I began working very closely with the media to assist me.
Q. And you over the years have worked closely with the media, is that correct?
A. Yes, I have. They have been most helpful. I have a great many allies within the media. I treat them fairly and they know that when they speak to me I speak the truth. I have no reason to embellish anything and therefore I've become reliable and someone they know ifthey do a story on they're not going to have to do a retraction.
Q. Back to the issue of participation in groups and with politicians that have written laws on this, have you been active in that area?
A. Yes. Within the first year after Johnny was missing, I realized that partly the reason that no one looked for Johnny except his family was because there was no law on the books in Iowa or most any other state in the country specifying that the police would have to act sooner than 72 hours. Even though we had five witnesses that could describe the car, the man and various details of the kidnapping. So I wrote the first piece of legislation which became the Johnny Gosch bill. I got a senator and a representative to sponsor the bill in 24 both houses, same version, different numbers, in 25 hopes that one would pass. The first year it went down the funnel. I started the next year again and drummed the state capitol. I absolutely, they were sick of seeing me, I was up there. So, and then I went on the national speaking circuit. And I was all over the country speaking but whenever I was in Iowa I would pass a legislative sign up sheet and I would ask people that were of voting age to sign it. And then whenever we needed assistance or pressure to be brought to bear upon a representative or a senator we could activate a telephone tree and generate at least five hundred calls into the statehouse within an hour. And that became very successful because it was an election year.
Q. Did you get some laws passed?
A. Yes. The Johnny Gosch bill was passed in 1984, signed by the governor of Iowa, Governor Branstad, on July I st. While we were there at the signing there was a lot of press, and none of us knew that within a month and 10 days that that law would be put to the test. Because Eugene Martin was taken in August, a month following the signing of the Johnny Gosch bill into law. Then Missouri, Minnesota, Illinois, many other states contacted me. I testified before their legislatures and they have all adopted a version of the Johnny Gosch bill. And it stands in many other states as the Johnny Gosch law.
Q. And have you, you stated you worked with the media in trying to promote the laws and also in helping to find Johnny, can you describe some of that?
A. I did a lot of press conferences, a lot of TV shows, whenever there was information that could be safely released on Johnny I would release it so that we could keep the story alive. You can't keep saying Johnny Gosch is missing, Johnny Gosch is missing, or any other child, you have to provide the news media with something they can broadcast that's new news. So I learned to work very closely with them. I was also on all of the talk shows. There was a Home Box Office, HBO movie done about Johnny's case. I've been very active in all facets. But I think my greatest feeling of accomplishment of actually helping to protect other children, I founded the Johnny Gosch Foundation. And the IRS put us on a restrictive two year probationary situation in which we had to prove that we were helping other children. So that's when I developed my speaking tour, the program that I presented to help parents learn what a pedophile is, what they do and how they get children to come with them or to kidnap them or molest them. And that was probably the most rewarding and successful part of it because I was able to hands on actually help other families. And I know for a fact I've helped prevent other abductions.
Q. Have you then had contact and worked with a number of families that have ended up with missing children or kidnapped children?
A. Yes, kidnapped children, murdered children. And during that same timeframe between 1982 and 84 I worked very closely with the officials in Washington and I testified before the Justice Department as to the need for monies to be appropriated for a National Center For Missing Children. Myself and several other families who had suffered the same loss, we were all gathered together and we were told to tell our story and name names of who did what and who didn't do their jobs. And I did that. And so did the other families. And then a short time later the Justice Department appropriated the first 10 million dollars for the National Center For Missing Children. And I was invited to the openings and to the White House to meet with President Reagan.
Q. Noreen, I'm going to move to a slightly different area now. During the time that Johnny has been missing from when the original kidnapping occurred until the present, have you been contacted on many occasions with offers of assistance or people who claim they have knowledge of what happened?
A. I've had a lot of people contact me with information, sightings, things that they thought might be helpful. And in each case we would have our private investigators check it out to see if it was valid or not. And a lot of people were well meaning but some of the information wasn't good and some of it was. We were able to put together what was the start of a huge jigsaw puzzle by using the information we gathered. And after each national television appearance there would always be a generation of a great many leads that would come in for to us follow. Some good, some not so good.
Q. Did you ever have bogus contacts?
A. A few. A few that just were intent on trying to bilk us out of money or some reason or other attain some acclaim for themselves by attaching themself to a nationally known case. And with that I'm referring to psychics. There are only four that I know of that I've worked with, and I've talked to 700 psychics over the years, there's only been about four that are, truly have a gift in any area. The rest of them can only spell the word. But some of the ones that can only spell the words are the ones that wanted to tag on to our case and say they have been working on the Gosch case because it was a well known case.

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The Ghazals

"vo aaye ghar me.n hamaare Khudaa kii qudrat hai kabhi ham un ko kabhii apane ghar ko dekhate hai.n" The beginnings of this evolution can be traced to the early 20th century. Many of its early exponents were classically trained singers who specialized in Khayaal and Thumri style of singing. However, unlike classical music which to this day is perceived as elitist, ghazals have become popular with the common man. Some of these ghazals have been backlinked to

Monday, September 3, 2007

Definition of Ghazal

Classical Definition of Ghazal

Ghazal in short, is a collection of Sher's which follow the rules of 'Matla', 'Maqta', 'Beher', 'Kaafiyaa' and 'Radif'. So to know what Ghazal is, it's necessary to know what these terms mean.

To understand these terms easily , we will take an example.
1. koi ummid bar nahin aati
koi surat nazar nahin aati
2. aage aati thi haale dil par hasi
ab kisi baat par nahin aati
3. hum wahan hain, jahan se humko bhi
kucch hamaari khabar nahin aati
4. kaabaa kis muh se jaaoge 'Ghalib'
sharm tumko magar nahin aati

What is a Sher?
It's a poem of two lines. This definition is deceptively simple. Please note that, every Sher is a poem in itself! A Sher does not need, anything around it, to convey the message. All the 4 stanzas in our example are independent poems, Sher's.

So Ghazal is necessarily a collection of two-line-poems called Sher. [ So the Rafi solo "rang aur noor ki baaraat kise pesh karu" is NOT a Ghazal, as every stanza is of 3 lines, and not 2. ]

What are the other restrictions?
Many, and important ones. [Any collection of Sher's is not Ghazal. Some good examples are the famous Mukesh song from Yehoodi, "yeh mera deewaanaapan hai"; and the title song of "dil apana aur preet parayi". Each stanza in these songs can be considered as an independent Sher, but they are NOT a Ghazal. To understand, why, we have to wait till 'Kaafiyaa, 'Radif'.]

What is 'Beher'?
'Beher' is the 'meter' of the Sher's. It can be considered as the length of the Sher. Both the lines in the Sher *MUST* be of same 'Beher'. And all the Sher's in one Ghazal *MUST* be of the same 'Beher'. There are 19 kinds of 'Beher'. But in simple terms, 'Beher' is categorized in 3 classes. Short, Medium and Long. [The examples in [] are my additions, from Hindi Films.]

Small: ahale dairo-haram reh gaye tere deewane kam reh gaye [Also Talat song, "dil-e-nadan tuze hua kya hai"]

Medium: umr jalwo me basar ho, ye zaruri to nahin har shab-e-gam ki seher ho, ye zaruri to nahin [And by Gulzar, "ruke ruke se kadam, ruk ke baar baar chale"]

Long: ai mere humnashin, chal kahin aur chal, is chaman me ab apanaa guzaaraa nahin baat hoti gulon ki, to seh lete hum, ab to kaaton pe bhi haq hamaaraa nahin [The filmfare winner, "Manzile apani jagah hai" !! Yes ! It IS a Ghazal. And the Shayar is Prakash Mehra !! surprise , surprise !!]

So Ghazal is a collection of Sher's of SAME 'Beher'.

What is 'Radif'?
In a Ghazal, second line of all the Sher's *MUST* end with the *SAME* word/s. This repeating common words is the 'Radif' of the Ghazal.

In our example, the 'Radif' is "nahin aati". [ Sometimes, the Ghazal becomes known by its 'Radif'. eg. "jaraa aahista chal" sung by Pankaj Udhas. On RMIM we all know one Ghazal by the 'Radif' as "aahista aahista", don't we ? or is it 2 or 3 ? :-) ]

What is 'Kaafiyaa'?
'Kaafiyaa' is the rhyming pattern which all the words before 'Radif' *MUST* have. In our example the 'Kaafiyaa' is "bar", "nazar", "par", "magar" etc. This is a necessary requirement. Something which is followed even in the exceptions to all these rules.

So Ghazal is a collection of Sher's of same 'Beher', ending in same 'Radif' and having same 'Kaafiyaa'. [That's the reason, why "yeh mera diwanapan hai" etc. are NOT Ghazals. There is no common thing which can be called 'Kaafiyaa' and 'Radif'.]

What is 'Matla'?
The first Sher in the Ghazal *MUST* have 'Radif' in its both lines. This Sher is called 'Matla' of the Ghazal and the Ghazal is usually known after its 'Matla'. There can be more than one 'Matla' in a Ghazal. In such a case the second one is called 'Matla-e-saani' or 'Husn-e-matla'. In our example, the first Sher is the 'Matla'.

What is 'Maqta'?
A Shayar usually has an alias ie. 'takhallus' eg. Mirza Asadullakhan used 'Ghalib' as his 'takhallus' and is known by that. Other examples are 'Daag' Dehlvi, 'Mir' Taqi Mir, Said 'Rahi', Ahmed 'Faraz' etc. There is a Sher in a Ghazal, the last one, which has the Shayar's 'takhallus' in it.

[A Shayar, can use the 'Maqta' very intelligently. He can "talk to himself" like one in our example. I have lots of favourite Sher's which are 'Maqta' of some Ghazal. Some gems are -

koi nam-o-nishan puchhe to ai kaasid bataa denaa,
takhallus 'Daag' hai, aur aashiqon ke dil me rehte hai and

jab bhi milte hain, to kehte hain, "kaise ho 'Shakil'",
iske aage to koi baat nahin hoti hai

The first one uses the meaning of the 'takhallus' to create the magic, and the second one is just simple, simply beautiful.]

To summarize, Ghazal is a collection of Sher's (independent two-line poems), in which there is atleast one 'Matla', one 'Maqta' and all the Sher's are of same 'Beher' and have the same 'Kaafiyaa' and 'Radif'.

1. Ghazal is just a form. It is independent of any language. eg. in Marathi also, there can be (and there are) good Ghazals.
2. Some Ghazal's do NOT have any 'Radif'. Rarely. Such Ghazal's are called "gair-muraddaf" Ghazal.
3. Although, every Sher, should be an independent poem in itself, it is possible, that all the Sher's are on the same theme. What famous example can be other than "chupke chupke raat din aasun bahaanaa yaad hai".
4. In modern Urdu poetry, there are lots of Ghazal's which do NOT follow the restriction of same 'Beher' on both the linesof Sher. [ My example in 'Maqta', the Sher by Shakil, is one. ] But even in these Ghazal's, 'Kaafiyaa' and 'Radif' are present.
5. The restriction of 'Maqta' is really very loose. Many many Ghazal's do NOT have any 'Maqta'. [I think 'Maqta' was used inthe earlier times, as a way to keep the credit. But since this is traditional, many Ghazal's do have a 'Maqta' just for the sake of it. Sometimes the name of the Shayar comes unnaturally in the last Sher of the Ghazal.]

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

World of Wonder

I don't know what he will ultimately decide to do when
he grows up, but for now we encourage his curiosity
of all things insects and nature.

Also because he is interested in tackle football.
I don't trust the word tackle.

We just read this aloud again, and appreciate
it more every time we revisit Paul and his
father, world famous entomologist
(and considered the father of modern entomology)
 Henri Fabre.
To view this book as part of a
Beautifully Balanced Collection, click here.

Our son also L.O.V.E.s this book:
Read: The Frog Scientist.

Can't believe how cute some of these frogs are. Really.
And the book does an amazing job giving insight into the life
of a scientist, both inside the lab and out.
 But it is not for the young children - ages 11+.

I am enjoying this read.

We won't give up television,
but he has me thinking about why my children
know more about swimming in pools
 than rivers,
 creating Lego structures than tree-houses
and can perceive the unique design of a movie theater
more than a farm.
 We make time each week to hike trails
around our home and nearby lake,
but we can do more.

I have made peace with the frozen insects
in my freezer, reminding myself that his
love of nature might someday save it.

The book may inspire you to take your next family vacation
somewhere devoid of parking lots and endless crowds.

 A place like this:
Photo of Tereasa Surratt's Lake Wandawega as posted on The Lettered Cottage.

Please visit the entire story on lovely Layla's the Lettered Cottage.
It is one of the most beautiful home love stories
I have ever read. Please just go over there now.
I won't be mad if you leave me for a few minutes.
I am super patient like that. Comes from having kids.
And you can enter to win a copy of the book, A Very Modest Cottage.

We are blessed to live in an outdoor paradise. If you
are a Davidson (or nearby) resident, consider
supporting the Davidson Land Conservancy
Their WOW (World of Wonder) program for families,
a partnership with Woodlands Discovery,
is exceptional. By clicking on
the links above you can learn about upcoming
events and programs that are designed to get you
out of the house and into the great outdoors.
New River in NC: Second oldest river in the world after the Nile.

"To trace the history of a river or a raindrop
as John Muir would have done, is also to
trace the history of the soul, the history
of the mind descending and arising in the body.
In both, we constantly seek and stumble on divinity..."
                                                                               ~ Gretel Ehrlich

The books above were discovered at our local library.

The library: naturally, diversely, organically beautiful.

What is your favorite out-in-nature memory now
or as a child?

xoxo Michele

leahsthoughts.com said...

I love the post and the amazing photos! Thanks for visiting my blog today. Yours is great. Will be back soon.

Lula said...

yes!! I highly recommend the book "Think Big" By Ben Carson.

theelfqueen said...

I am a huge fan of Louv and his ideas! The World Wildlife Federation has some great outdoor programs and ideas for children on their website (also great magazines!

See also, Katrina Kenison's fantastic book about motherhood - "Mittenstrings for God"

theelfqueen said...

As far as favorite outdoor childhood memories -- there are so many!! My family camped a lot when I was a kid and I spent my summer's on my uncle's and grandfather's farms... but honestly - my favorite is probably the ring of trees is a nearby empty lot that my best friend and I made our playhome. I remember the shape of the trees, and the way the sunlight dappled through their leaves, I remember imagining myself far away (I dreamed mostly of Alaska in those days!) ... Great times.

Michele said...

Thank you for the recommendations!! You both make this blog stronger by contributing! I will be looking for the titles above today when I visit the library.

xoxo michele

sharyhover.com said...

We camped a lot when I was a kid and I was always amazed that my father could name every plant or animal was saw. It was so much fun to walk in the woods with him.

Have you read My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell? It was published in 1956 and it's a delightful memoir of a boy's exploration of the natural world.

Michele said...

Shary, don't you just love how books connect us? Broaden our world? Me too. I did a post on Gerald Durrell last month. It is one of our all time favorite read alouds. It inspired our summer map (which we have sadly neglected the past two weeks). You made me so happy just thinking of Gerald and Roger! You can find the link here:

xoxo michele

JoJoTheModern said...

It is indeed sad that humanity in the Western Civilization has been separated so thoroughly from the very nature we sprang from. It may even be directly related to the restlessness and depression so many of us feel.

My most wonderful nature memory involves the rocks and silent sands of the Mojave Desert, quite possibly the most spiritual place I have ever been blessed to stand within.

Michele said...

Hi JoJo! He mentions that in the book, that our "nature-deficit" has possibly caused multiple problems, including hyperactivity in children and depression in adults. I know that since we have moved to a nature-friendly community (everyone here bikes, walks, runs, etc.) that my moods have improved - and I spend more time outdoors because my neighbors are all outdoors.

The Mojave sounds wonderful! I grew up in Idaho and some of my favorite memories were camping near Garden Valley. So glad that we can carry on similar traditions with our children.

{darlene} said...

love this post!! Summer... you are flying by too quickly!
our favorite nature-time is in our creek. We spend hours there, searching for the next big find.

the cul-de-sac said...

Beautiful post. Your writing and pictures are certainly a good advertisement for visiting NC!

I definitely buy into the "nature deficit disorder" argument because I see the difference, on a micro level, in my own family when we spend the majority of our time outdoors vs. in.

My favorite nature memory as a child is almost identical to elfqueen's: playing and imagining for hours each day on a heavily forested empty lot in my Michigan neighborhood. As an adult: a night experiencing the "Sounds of Silence" in the Australian outback. Amazing.

Michele said...

The Australian outback sounds incredible. Sigh. Someday.


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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

The vara

Fun fact for the day.  I came across a very bizarre unit of measurement today while considering land surveys in Texas.  It seems that while surveyors in most parts of the country rely on feet or chains (go figure), in Texas, and indeed in some other southern states, you might run into the vara.

Example of what it would look like on a survey:  “thence N 23 ½ W 232 vrs.”

It turns out the vara is an old Spanish and Portuguese base of measurement imported over to the Americas.  When the Spanish system came in contact with the English system during the days of independent Texas, the modern vara was adjusted to make more sense to people who were more used to measuring things in feet.

Although, why they didn’t use the English chain, which was much more integrated with feet and miles, is beyond me.

Here’s a history of the Spanish vara:

      The vara, a Spanish unit of distance, was used in the Spanish and Mexican surveys and land grantsqv in Texas. One vara equals approximately thirty-three and one-third inches; 5,645.4 square varas equal one acre; 1,906.1 varas equal one mile; and 1,000,000 square varas, which is one labor,qv equal approximately 177.1 acres. The word vara entered the Spanish language from vulgate Latin and originally meant a long, thin, clean branch of any tree or plant. It later came to be used for any straight stick and then for a lance. Next it came to mean a badge of office carried by mayors and judges and such officials and probably achieved a more uniform dimension. As a judge's lance, the vara assumed a position of official importance in the eyes of the people, began to be used as a measuring stick, and eventually became a unit of measurement.

The vara is also thought to be the typical length of stride of a Spanish soldier.
In Texas, one vara is equal to 33 1/3 inches, or just less than a yard.  1 million square vara equal one square Labor.  The Spanish vara was set at 835.9mm in 1801 (that’s about 32.9 inches).  The Colorado and California vara are 33 inches and the Florida vara is 33.372.

In truth, it seems that everywhere in the Spanish world the vara could have been anywhere from 32 to 35 inches in length, causing all kinds of problems.

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Kerry wary of sympathy for alleged terrorists

Secretary of State John KerryJohn KerryClinton faces decision in Trump attack strategy Watchdogs warn of 'serious' conflicts of interest for Clinton Foundation Kerry: More 'work to do' in avoiding civilian casualties in Yemen MORE on Monday defended the U.S. capture of a top al Qaeda figure wanted in connection with two U.S. Embassy bombings in the 1990s.

Libya’s government has called the capture of Abu Anas al-Liby on Saturday a "kidnapping" and has demanded an explanation.

When asked about Libya's response, Kerry said it is important for people not to sympathize with alleged terrorists.

“I think it’s important for people in the world not to sympathize with alleged terrorists but to underscore the importance of rule of law,” Kerry said at a press conference. “And that is the perception that we believe is the important one for people to understand.”

Kerry noted that al-Liby had been indicted in New York for his alleged involvement in the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998.

Al-Liby had been on the FBI’s "Most Wanted" list for years with a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture.

“I hope the perception is in the world that people who commit acts of terror and who have been appropriately indicted by courts of law, by the legal process, will know that the United States of America is going to do everything in its power that is legal and appropriate in order to enforce the law and protect our security,” Kerry said.

Kerry said the United States has regular contact with the Libyan government but declined to say whether the country had been consulted before the raid.

Kerry said al-Liby would now have an opportunity to defend himself in U.S. courts.

“So an indictment is an accusation,” he said. “In our legal system, a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. But he will now have an opportunity to defend himself and to be appropriately brought to justice in a court of law.”


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