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Jim the Wonder Dog
A short “tail” of my life
by Evelyn Counts (who always believed in me)
Jim was a Llewellyn setter born of pureblood champion field stock in Louisiana. Though his litter mates were selling for $25 each, a goodly sum in 1925, he was considered the most unlikely of the litter and came into Sam VanArsdale’s hands for less than half that amount. Attempts to train Jim for the field seemed futile as he lay in the shade watching while the trainer worked with the three other dogs. However, when taken to the field that fall for the first time, he immediately went to a covey of quail, came up on perfect point, held steady until the quail was shot, and immediately brought the bird to Mr. VanArsdale on the order to “fetch”. He proved to be a marvelous hunting dog, knowing where there were quail, and refusing to hunt where there were none. His master, an avid hunter who traveled from state to state hunting, kept track of birds shot over his beloved dog. He stopped counting at 5,000, a total no other dog ever reached. Outdoor Life Magazine termed him “The Hunting Dog of the Country”.
Full StoryPixies Call Off Israel Concert Following Raid on Food Flotilla| Boycott underway | via Spinner
The Pixies will not be performing a scheduled date in Tel Aviv this summer, AP reported Sunday. The band released an announcement through a publicist this weekend informing fans that “with great regret” it has decided not to make the trip to Israel. The concert was part of the band’s sizable summer tour, which will soon take them to Italy, New Zealand, and back to the U.S. for more than a dozen dates.
News of the cancellation follows last week’s raid by the Israeli military against an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, which killed nine pro-Palestine activists. However, the Pixies’ publicist in Israel, Shuki Weiss, did not name the raid — or anything else — as the reason for the cancellation.
Despite the political unrest in the region, performers including Elton John and Rod Stewart still plan to play Israel this summer, according to AP.
Full StoryEast Jerusalem eviction orders threaten new embarrassment for Netanyahu – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
Settlers evict Palestinians from their home in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, December 1, 2009. As PM heads to Washington to expunge memories of row with U.S. over Jewish building in the capital, settlers’ push to oust Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah risks reigniting tensions. East Jerusalem eviction orders threaten new embarrassment for Netanyahu – Haaretz [...]
Full StoryLEBANON: Iranian film festival kicks off in Beirut, highlights ties between the two countries | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times
Scores of veiled women, men and families poured into a cultural center in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Tuesday night for the opening of the third annual Iranian film festival in Beirut.
The festival is sponsored by the Iranian cultural center in Beirut and Hezbollah’s TV channel Al-Manar, among other organizations, and highlights the intertwined relationship between the two countries.
For the next four days, festival-goers can watch two Iranian films per night at the festival center, located two floors underground.
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Farmers Find Hayseed Really Solution to Oil Spill via Mitchell Langbert’s Blog
The Department of Energy employs more than 16,000 full time bureaucrats and 100,000 contractors. CW Roberts and his colleague show how to solve the oil spill problem. We can replace the entire Department of Energy with these two guys. They’ve produced more value in this video than 16,000 bureaucrats and 100,000 contractors.
British Petroleum | How Stupid is Stupid? or (let’s drill into the planet and see what happens!) | grooveTEK.net
Editors Note: This event is my confirmation that the Nation-State is dead, If people’s respective governments were actually, “doing the People’s work” as they’ve been charged to do, this wouldn’t have happened, Drilling 35000 feet into the earth’s core without appropriate safety measures versus exploring alternative energy possibilities only benefits one entity and it’s supporters, in this case, a multinational named British Petroleum and the members of the US government that sanctioned this. There is an historical name for this type of partnership. Do some research and see if you can discover it, always asking cui bono!
