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TODAY'S TRIVIA - - -
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What is the difference between a pig and a hog?
Why do pigs like to wallow in mud?
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ANSWERS TO YESTERDAY'S TRIVIA - - - -
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Why was Margaret Sanger jailed in 1917?
Margaret Sanger was jailed for a month in a workhouse for
founding a clinic that dispensed contraceptives.
Can animals get sunburns?
Pigs can. Most other animals don't, but that doesn't mean they
can't get skin cancer. Cats, for instance, are vulnerable to
skin cancer in light-colored areas of their skin.
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1. STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!
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2. TITLE ARTICLE - - -
Tips And Tidbits
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3. MEDICAL COLUMN by Karin Henderson
Head Aches Or Headaches...Why?
PART 2 of 7
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4. THE SAGA OF PINEHILL by Ken Darby
In China
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5. OBSERVATIONS OF OUR BUSINESS
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6. THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY!
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STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!
The ballpoint pen was first introduced to the United States
in October of 1945. It was introduced in New York's Gimbels
Department Store, and the whole stock of 10,000 pens was sold
out the first day for $12.50 each.
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TITLE ARTICLE - - -
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Tips And Tidbits
Looks like developers are wanting us to carry TV around
in our shirt pockets. Here is an article printed up in
OnlineMediaDaily ...
Industry Panelists Pray For iPod For Video Content
by David Kaplan, Friday, Feb 11, 2005 7:00 AM EST
THE NOTION OF BRINGING IPOD-LIKE portability--
along with the kind of sensational public embrace of
that particular downloaded music player--has created
an equal amount of hunger and frustration among
media executives.
In terms of why there hasn't been an iPod equivalent
to emerge on the television side, executives who
appeared on a panel entitled "Everything on Demand:
From the Server to the Set-Top Box--Movies, TV
Programs, Games and More" said the main issue
has been finding a popular standard to connect the
PC to the TV that you don't need a degree to understand.
Movie-based Video On Demand services have
grown significantly in the past year, the panelists
noted, and 50 million American homes now have
access to the content offered by such devices.
Concurrently, as the content has broadened, the
on-demand service types have diversified as well,
with new services such as subscription video
on-demand (SVOD), which provides access to
serial-type content on a flat-billing with unlimited
usage; free on-demand (FOD), which provides
access to long-form advertising and content such
as sports highlights aimed at stimulating sampling
of on-demand services; and Enhanced Program
Guides (EPG), an interactive service that works
with VOD.
Hybrid time-shifting services, such as DVRs, have
also taken hold of the market. Set-top boxes enhanced
with hard drives and slick user interfaces have freed
viewers from the traditional constraints of scheduled
broadcast programming--all for a monthly service fee
combined with a one-time device purchase or monthly
device rental fee.
Still, any company that develops a significant
on-demand vehicle may find itself competing with cable
and satellite operators and even Web-based operators,
since consumers haven't made any decisive move toward
one vehicle or another, in the way that the public has
taken to Apple Computer's iPod.
So far, noted Alan Citron, svp for marketing at Movielink--
a company that provides downloadable movies and is
co-owned by five major Hollywood studios--there has
to be a simple, easy connection from the PC to TV in
order to make such services more viable.
"Consumers don't want to watch a movie anywhere but
their 50-inch plasma screen, and not on a 15-inch PC
monitor," Citron said. "Whether it's a digital media device
or video game console, people are too used to advances
in TV screen clarity to accept anything less. What I think
has to happen is that when there's great content, viewers
will invest in the necessary technologies. At this point,
only sophisticated users--the early adopters--are the
ones who understand the hardware."
Curt Mavis, CEO of rival Web-based film company
CinemaNow, which has a deal with Lion's Gate
Entertainment, agreed, saying: "There is a tremendous
opportunity for portability--for someone to create a
portable device for downloading movies similar to the iPod."
Still, there was some disagreement among the panelists
on the issue. "More than a magic device coming in and
saving the day, the answer is--we have to do a better
job at educating and communicating with consumers,"
said James Henderson, vice president for corporate
development at Charter Communications.
When panel moderator Rick Doherty, co-founder and
director of consulting firm The Envisioneering Group,
asked about how TiVo seems to be faring, Mitch Oscar,
executive vice president of Aegis Group's Carat Digital,
practically threw his hands up.
"At Carat Digital, we see our role as trying to bring
advertisers into this space, but when I try to program my
TiVo to record a boxing match, and because it was
synched correctly with my cable, I wound up getting 2 hours
of a 2:10-minute fight--I don't know even know which
contender won!--I know we've got an uphill battle with
all of these technologies."
The panelists also praised Charter's adoption of
technologies like Moxie Digeo, an "integrated and
interactive media center platform" that works to combine
DVD players and DVRs.
"Charter has been out in the forefront--especially with
Moxie Digeo--and I do see opportunities there to do more
branding by using those technologies," said Kevin Cohen,
senior vice president and general manager for
interactive/enhanced television for Turner Network Sales.
As to the never-ending issues of privacy and piracy,
Carat's Oscar had the most innovative--if in the end,
imperfect--solution.
"We tried to have the screen explode when the consumer
was done viewing the content, but, especially with
computer screens, we found it might leave scars on
people's faces, thereby leading to lawsuits," Oscar said.
"We decided it wasn't worth it from a legal and financial
standpoint."
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MEDICAL COLUMN - - - -
by Karin Henderson
Head Aches Or Headaches...Why?
PART 2 of 7
Let’s begin with the obvious “normal” head. This is not
going to be a study of neurological proportions. I am
keeping it at a general discussion level. Your health
care professional can help you with drugs or other more
sophisticated treatments if they are required. I want
to help you understand the incredible and resourceful
machine you “live” in. The medical community talks in
terms of anatomy and physiology (A&P). Anatomy
describes the actual structures. The brain has blood
vessels, masses of “brain cells”, fluids, plus
“connectors” and other parts that join all components.
Incidentally my definition of normal is the absence of
disease or problems. It does not include any genetics
(birth) or inherited problems. It also doesn’t mean any
degenerative conditions. If you have been reading this
column for any length of time, you will know I feel
very strongly that degenerative conditions can be
helped in a number of ways. So here we speak only of a
healthy, normal brain.
It is a bit difficult to get an ordinary or normal
picture of the brain. Most sites offer pictures and
highlights of diseased ones pertaining to their
specific medical condition. Here are three sites that
are interesting and varied.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/1074.htm
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chmodel.html
http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/cases/caseNA/pb9.htm
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Karin Henderson is a registered nurse and is thePEBBLE's
columnist for our MEDICAL COLUMN.
We appreciate her input very much. Thanks Karin.
You can send Karin questions at
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THE SAGA OF PINEHILL
by Ken Darby
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Eloise Henry, age 18 when the story began
and David Wylie, age 20, were selected by a
stranger in town to take a dangerous trip,
together. The idea was that each was to take
only the clothes on their back and go
anywhere in the world where the stranger
took them. They were to be left there to find
their own way home. They had no money,
no identification, and no idea where they
were. If they arrived back home, there
would be a million dollars waiting in each
of their bank accounts
The story deals with their adventures along
and leads to the only way they could survive.
The story leads to many friends, many
adventures and many places.
As you read enjoy. It continues . . . . . . .
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The room became noisy as the wind whipped in
when the door opened. Then it became quiet again
and suddenly warmed up.
Mae and Susan had come into this building
because they knew it was the only place in this
village that served food. They could have
manifested their own but they wanted a place to
sit and rest a while, too.
The place was dirty from years of smoke from
fires, lamps and people smoking. Even now there
was a pall of smoke over the room from men smoking
on pipes.
The roof was held up by posts throughout the
building so there was nowhere one could walk a
straight line. What with tables put wherever the
patrons wanted and the posts in the way,
negotiating one's way around was tricky.
Straight ahead of them was a bar or tall
counter looking structure behind which was a man.
Behind him was all sorts of stuff in cubby holes
on the wall. There were articles of clothing,
ammunition, bottles of drink, tobacco, almost
anything you could want in this country.
There was a strange odour about as well. It
was a mixture of food odours, smoke and the local
beverage. After years and years of application
this odour hung on the walls.
The room had only three men sitting down at
the tables. The storm had kept the regulars home.
Until the women arrived the place had been a
touch cool. Mae and Sue had brought it up to a
much warmer temperature.
The men sitting at the table noticed it right
away and began to remove their outer clothing.
The lighting was poor. The owner did not want
to burn any more oil than was necessary.
Mae and Susan walked up to the bar and asked
for a menu. There was no such thing. The man at
the bar told them what was the meal of the day and
that they could have that or nothing. The girls
decided to have what was being served.
They moved back into the shadows and found a
table. They knew they were under constant scrutiny
by the men in the room. While being a little
discomforted the two ladies were used to that
kind of behavior from those around them. First,
they were obviously strangers in this land.
Second, never did two ladies travel alone in this
country, they always had men with them, and most
importantly the inhabitants here became
immediately aware of the love the two women
broadcast, as well as the temperature change.
Sitting at the table they began to chat away
the time until the food arrived. They could smell
fresh cooking from a back room someplace.
Cooking in these places was often done on top
of an old discarded oil drum that had been
fashioned into a stove. Cleanliness was not a
consideration in any part of life, let alone food
preparation. Yet these people survived and many
lived to a good old age.
Mae and Susan knew the conditions under which
their food was being prepared. They did not worry
about it for they well knew they would "sanitize"
it upon arrival. The smell was, however, making
their taste buds water.
Soon a little boy came out of the back room
with two heaping bowls of rice in which was a
liberal scattering of meat of some kind. The only
utensils were chopsticks and the only condiment
was a form of soy sauce. It was dark in color, of
course that was difficult to see in this light,
and it tasted a bit salty. The little boy left all
these things, had a good long look at the two
ladies, turned and left. He said not a word the
whole time.
Mae and Susan were hungry so they dug right
in. It was good, and it was filling. They did not
eat fast. They wanted to stay and rest as well as
eat, so they consumed their meal at a leisurely
pace.
Conversation in the room began to pick up
again. It had come to a complete standstill when
the two ladies came in. Now it was starting up
again. It had become apparent the ladies were
going to be here a while.
Neither Mae nor Susan carried money with them.
Money was not the real means of doing business
here anyway. Trade or barter was the usual method
of paying for goods or services. Mae and Susan
both knew this man could use some more oil both
for cooking and for lamps. They would manifest
some of that for the owners service.
Reception within this building was strained.
The men and the owner were not inhospitable, they
were not predatory, they were only surprised.
Nothing like this had ever happened to them
before. They had never seen white women. They had
never seen women traveling alone, and they
certainly had not expected anyone, much less two
white women, to come in from the storm. That the
room warmed up considerably was also a source of
concern for those present. They could see no
reason for it.
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TOMORROW - - - In China
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Concerned about fitness in my middle 40s, I enrolled in
an aerobics class. To my dismay I walked into a room
filled with much younger women and decided to combat
my nervousness with humor.
"I'm here to do my postnatal exercises," I told the instructor.
She gave me an appraising look. "How old is your baby?"
"Twenty-six," I replied.
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