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Jim's spaceMoney is not a good way to evaluate success, but it is more reliable than any other method.... June 22 PCT - April/May/June 2009PCT - April/May/June 2009
The new hiking season 2009 is here - Ken and I already took off for about a month of hiking adventures in the southern deserts...San Gregorio mountains, Mojavi desert, Anza-Borrego desert - with a couple days at Warner Springs Resort and at the Lake Moreno campgrounds...we hiked into Kennedy Meadows from Walker Pass and Tehachapi, to the store there, arriving on May 9. We stayed another day and hiked locally, then drove to Lake Isabel and the natural hot springs there (near Remington Park). We encountered the usual "near-death" experiences of wilderness hiking: freezing temperatures including hoar frost, rain in the desert, extra hiking points for getting lost then getting found, a visit to McGyver house, endless endless wind, lost toenails, 15 miles of desolate and depressing forest fire remains, spring snow, a huge rock shaped like Texas, nice people, strange and entertaining people, free rides, political and philosophical exchanges...just the usual things.
I am in Walnut Creek for one more ; departing tomorrow for Tuloumne Meadows and about 9 days PCT hiking north to Soinora then Ebbits Pass. December 16 Travel-mongersHi Kids,
Chau and I have done a lot of traveling this summer and fall.
In August I went hiking with Ken for eight days - Florence Lake to Tuloumne Meadows...on the PCT again - about 100 miles of high altitude hiking. Chau picked me up in Tuloumne and we stayed on for a few days in the Sierras.
In September we took Lynn and Ann with us and went back to Tuloumne Meadows and Camp Curry for some family fun in Yosemite...which lead to us all spending Thanksgiving week together in NYC - in Lynn's studio apartment specifically. In Yosemite we climbed Mt Dana (13,000ft+) and walked the Half Dome trail. We also painted "en plain-aire" for an entire afternoon and have some "naive" acrylics for evidence. We ate at the Mobil Station in Lee Vining twice. All fun, but back to the travel chronology.
October 20 we left SFO and arrived in Saigon Oct 22. On Oct 23 we were at Cho Ray hospital to support the fitting clinc there, where 55 people received a prosthetic hand - the LN-4 that day. We left for Hanoi the next day, but the hospital staff installed another 30 LN-4s the next day. We carried a total 150 LN-4s to Vietnam (actually, Bill Spalding carried 20 of these to Hanoi for us) this trip, and left all but 5 (defective ones) in VN. Most of these were fit directly on recipients while we were there, and about 30 were left in inventory to be fit by the peoeple were strained to do this work. Part of what I do is follow up with these people to confirm the work and develop sites where future LN-4 work can be done. We also left several demo hands with key individuals, who we hope will turn into future LN-4 project organizers and work with us to deliver more Ln-4s to more people. www.ln-4.org for all things LN-4.
We took a small "team" of travel friends with us to Vietnam this year - A Mindful Vist to Vietnam, with Jim and Chau Yoder - the 7 arrived in Hanoi, and we all had lunch at Hoa Sua restaurant, together for the first time, on October 26, Sunday. We traveled all over Vietnam for the next 14 days - www.high-spirits.com, for more specific details.
Our friends left SAigon for SFO on November 9; Chau and I then prepared for our next LN-4 fitting clinic, this time in the Mekong delta with Sue McKinney and others, in partnership with the Long Xuyen Red Cross. We expected about 25 people, but with storms, flooding and some misunderstandings, only 6 people were actually fit with an LN-4. We left 18 LN-4s so the Red Cross staff can fit the remaining hands for us and we all can then start planning our next step in Long Xuyen. The Dream Boxes were a big success and we plan to bring more in the future.
Next Chau went to spend a few days in Di Linh; I went to Kontum - what a great adventure that turned out to be for me. I visited Den Chua Bac Ai in Kontum, and the great wooden church. which was celebrating its 100 year anniversary. The church and fathers there support two orphanages - Vinh Son 1 & 2. I was lucky enough to meet one of the older english teachers while I was there - he reported that he was once an orphan in Vinh Son, many years ago and he was pleased to be able to return and teach there (he is retired except for this teaching). We also visited several Bahnar villages and learned about these people; these are the largest ethnic group in this area of Vietnam. There is still Hansen's disease among the village peopel, due primarily to their semi-nomadic living style, and I was able to learn more about the issues involved in assisting these people.
Chau and I left VN, this time, on November 9, flew to SFO, where we took the BART back to Walnut Creek - with all our luggage. I walked home with the suitcases and Chau took a taxi. I needed the exercise of a 1 mile walk after nearly 24 hours of travel and sitting.
The following Monday, only four days later, we flew out of SFO again with a destination of NYC/JFK. We rode the subway from the airport directly to the station nearest Lynn's apartment - about half a block! We stayed with Lynn; Ann joined us a couple days later, so we could enjoy Thanksgiving together. We also hung-out in all the places that Lynn frequents, had coffee and croissants, and went to see "The Little Mermaid" while there - it was not a show to recommend to others, but it was fun to spend some family time together. We shared some fancy chocolate desserts after the show. It was also fun that cousin(now grandpa) Truong and family drove to NYC for fun and we all had a chance to met and have lunch. Dylan (11 months) was the star of that party.
June 18 Get out of town again - Campo to Warner SpringsHello Reader, 1. stop reading this, pack up your gear and starting exploring the wilderness that is everywhere. Go outside for the rest of the day. 2. if you are still here, read item 1 again. 3. Ok, so I have been hiking again - Campo, CA to Warner Springs - May 8 to May 14 - more or less. It was a complicated adventure because Victor and I actually departed the SF BAy Area on May 5, drove to LA and SD where we visited a couple interesting Rotary Clubs. In LA we attended the meeting of the RC Colombiano-Americano - a new club whose members are all Colombian expats/first generation. We presented our projects and everyone is interested because we are "pushing" projects in Colombia and asking for help and support - which is exactly what the club is looking for. They have already sent a first box of LN-4 hands to Pereira for me - the president elect is actually from Pereira and knows many of the Rotarians in that city - "how cool is that!" So next we attended the new generations RC in SD - they will need a new club name in just a few years when members are no longer all in their 20s - I had a great time - the meeting was fun, and we met the visiting GSE team from Chennai - conveniently near where we are sending 100 LN-4 hands this July. That was the evening of May 7, so Victor dropped me in El Cajon (at brother Joe's house) and then headed back home. Joe was kind enough to drive another 50+ miles to drop me at the Campo PCT trailhead(it's in the photo album) the next day. Then my hiking fun started. May 8 at 1PM Campo PCT - started walking with 4 lites H2O - no poles - only umbrella - good speed - walked past Howser Creek (dry) about 5PM and walked half way up Morena hill, til about 7:30-8PM - stopped to rest along the trail and fell asleep - it was a flat spot anyway so I just set up camp a couple hours later and stayed the night - beautiful stars - no wind - the Manzanita bloomed everywhere and bigtime after 7PM since it was cooler and getting dark, Moon 3. May 9 on the PCT - started about 6AM and arrived in Lake Moreno by 8:30-9AM or so - campground nearly empty - great time for a shower - I cooked breakfast and dried out my sleeping gear - the warm sun. Started hiking again at 10-ish. That day I covered lots of trail and camped at the dead of Long Creek, I think it is called, just a couple miles short of Mt Laguna. May 10 on the PCT - started early again. No wind, nice weather all day. I am using one pole and the umbrella; I alternate hands - so no sun and I still get hand exercise to keep my hand-puffiness down. Long day - no stop at Mt Laguna, cooked a meal at Desert View camp/picnic grounds - used a small water cache at Pioneer Mail(behind the horse trough) and hiked on thinking may to get to Charriot Canyon - didn't make it - stopped about 2 miles short of CC - just in the desert. Beautiful night sky, 5 moon, lots of wind after midnight - Mothers Day weekend so I took photos of a family and chatted with them about my PCT hike. May 11 on the PCT - met first actual hiker this AM - we hiked together past CC - CC a lot smaller than I remember - arrived at Rodriguez water tank about 11am - cooked and slept til 1pm - met Frank from Oregon and Ali from USC. We hiked together the rest of the day - great hikers. At 6PM Frank hiked on - Ali and I stopped to rest before the big hike from Scissors to Barrel Springs - a very windy night, but we were behind big rocks thankfully so were spared the worst of it. May 12 on the PCT - Ali got us going by 5AM - we were at 3rd gate by noon (a great hike - astonishing) - I cooked some soup - I learned that Ali was living (if you can call it that) on Odwalla bars - he said it seemed like a good idea before the hike started - he loved my ramen-veggie-tofu soup - we got to BS about 5-6PM and met Jim from England about then- I spotted a Puma on the trail too - big high light of the trip - better than the rattle snakes and the night skies .... May 13 on the PCT - we got going at 6ish - Ali has a bad knee - I hike with him and Jim went ahead - he is strong and fast (he is retired - Ali is a new USC grad - go figure) - Ali followed - I make good time - we take photos at Eagle Rock and I arrive 11ish at Warner Ranch - Jim just finished his "bath" in the mini-mart bathroom - hilarious. I took a cabin at the ranch - I took a real shower - Ali showed up 30 mintues later - we plan to have lunch at the golf restaurant at 11:30. Ali's Verison phone is working - my T-mobile has no signal - Ali's mom's is coming to pick him up for his graduation in a couple days - he promises he will hike again after that. I have decided to stop hiking because my arch on right foot is swelling - hard to describe but I don't want to become incapacitated in the wilderness in a couple more days...I find out how to email Ken, Victor and Joe - Joe seesm tbe the best option for a pick, so he agrees to come to get me on May 14 and then on MAy 15 take me to SD train station. Cool. May 13 at WR - hang out, eat, email, soak in 103 degree, sulfer pool, sleep. That is enough. May 14 at WR - getting anxious - Joe arrives about noon - lunch and more swiming - depart at 4PM . All in well - we had apple pie when we drove through Julian on the way to El Cajon. Nice to visit with Joe and son Dennis. May 15 at El CAjon - get a ride from Joe to Amtrak/SD - have nice breakfast at marina while waiting - meet Lan and Ken in Amtrack/LA at 1:30 or so - we head out to Yosemite and Camp Curry tonight. Ken's Honda Accord Hybrid was getting 34 MPG - nice ride. May 16 at Camp Curry - rise at 5:30 to hike Half Dome with friends - slow going with first timer hikers - with my own foot concerns I don't want to push hard anyway so no problem. We hiked to the bottom of the "rock pile" by about 3PM - take photos - congratualte each other and begin return - we arrived at the Camp Curry Cafeteria at 8PM - really late - we are tired and hungry. I snuck in as the last customer and got food before the closed for the day. Best meal ever. We moved to HouseKeeping Camp - I was asleep by 9:30 or so - other were still chatting and whatever. May 17 at Housekeeping - up at 5AM or so - walked to Curry and found the coffee cafe open at 6am - showers open at 7am - so I got a shower - no worries - lots of hot H2O at that hours and plenty of fresh towels... Lots happened. I borrowed Ken's car and drove it to WC left Yosemite at 10PM - arrived in WC by 2AM - went to sleep - done with a big adventure. Thank you Victor, Joe and Ken - and others for their help and patience. I had a great time.
November 27 Visit to Amman, JordanGreetings fellow travelers,
Chau and I just returned from Amman Jordan. I organized a trip for us and Victor Georgeiou to go there to the Al-Hussein Society Rehabilitation Center. We conducted a 3 day training clinic that involved training their prosthetics staff in how to install the LN-4 hand prosthetic and also conducted a clinic for BE arm amputees. We fitted LN-4 hands for 13 people, adults and children, and left 37 hands in their care for future use.
Go to www.high-spirits.com for more detail and some nice photos.
Hiker Ken and I are talking abut starting the great PCT hike again on April 18 (after Lynn's Birthday) and going for 60 days. That is all I can mentally commit to right now. Of course that only takes us to June 18, and I can go on til at least July 1.... Walking this long will get us to between Touloume Meadows and Lake Tahoe, more or less, and if all goes well. Maybe to Touloume if I am lucky.
Maybe I should be planning a bike ride instead. As hard as biking is, it is way easier than hiking long distance.
More later. I need a nap. I need a lot of things, but a nap will do for now.
Chau and I spent from Oct 8 til November 7 in Vietnam. We had a chance to visit friends and also to tour throu VN with 10 friends from the Orinda hiking club. It was a great trip, tons of fun. We have a reunion planned for January - if I am not in India...that's another story. We traveled norht to south - we have done this in October for the past 5 years - we always have fun and learn lot. I keep thinking we should tour California for two weeks also - but so far that didn't happen. September 09 Get goingWe are back...again. From the wilderness, from the road and from the mountians. Since my last post lots is going on.
Ken and I pedaled to LA on the first August Sunday morning from WC/SF leaving from the 16th street BART station, we followed Mission to Daly City, Pacifica and evenually going to Half Moon Bay and Highway 1. Who knew? It takes about a day to pedal from SF area to Santa Cruz. Next day we pedaled on toward Montery and got into the Big Sur area that night - camped out under the stars (off the highway but no camp ground). In the early AM we pedaled 7 miles to breakfast at the Big Sur Lodge - nice - but the orange juice was a disappointment - they had the only wifi for miles - we are not carrying any electronics (except my speedometer and cell phones). We worked hard and by 7PM reached San Simeon Creek State Park - showers and a crowded place to camp - 4$. Met many friendly people. Had a good night (no bugs, not hot, cold, or noisey) and breakfast the next day was in Cambria - a local RE agent out taking early morning fog covered photos of his listings gave us a great breakfast tip. And then we pedaled on - past San Luis Obispo - actually we bypassed SLO and went on to Madonna Inn and Pismo/Sand Beach for a salad and some more fruit at lunch time.
We pedaled to Guadalupe that afternoon - headwinds and long day - no motel in town so we went to the train station and decided to catch the train to LA. Train arrived at 5PM we arrive in LA about 9.
What a great bike adventure. About 300 miles, 3 night, 4 days, 3 flats,some new tubes 1 new tire and lots of fresh strawberries by the roadside.
In LA Robert picked us up and let us stay with him. He took us out for late noodles - we were eating about 10:30 in Westminster. We pedaled around Huntington Beach and Seal Beach the next day - Thursday - and just explored the area. Friday we all piled intoRpbert's van and he drove us to San Jose where Chau met us. We put Ken on BART with his bike and soemhow he got homefrom there.
Did I mention it was great adventure.
The following Thursday Chau ad I drove to Yosemite Valley and Friday we hiked up Half Dome - Chau's first and my trip 5. Great experience. Stayed at Curry Village. Enjoyed the cabin, showers and the cafeteria. After the hike we ate in Curry Village and then drove home - arrive in WC about 1:30AM Sat.
We picked up Lynn at SFO Sat morning - great she is here for a week visit.
Sunday AM Lynn and I pedaled off from WC to Milpitas - great outsoor adventure. The trip took about 5 hours, including our lunch break for India Chaat! Started about 9AM arrived before 2pm. We didn't think to go to Lyon's! Cau Yen heard us making noise in his front yard and finally let us in!
I ride pretty hard on a regular basis - several times up Ygnacio hill and to DVC 3 times a week for exercise class.
On Friday moning last week I instead rode up Mt Diablo for the first time. It went great - to my relief and surprise. started 5:30AM-ish at North gate at 6:15. I was at the top about 9 and home by 10 having breakfast of granola. I think the totalmileage dodr to door is about 50 miles; 17+ for the mountain and another 7ish across WC to my house, each direction. Maybe only 45 total. Whatever.
My other MT Diablo ride is around Mt Diablo; about 53 miles - start about 7am and finish about 1-2 with fiddle time at the food plaza in Blackhawk. I have to figure out what is miles and what is just rest time. The around ride used to take me all day, but I am more fit now.
The hike from my house to the top of Mt Diablo(bike 2 miles to the trail head) really does take all day. Ken and did this hike together somewhat recently - it takes alllll day and get pretty hot. Don't forget hat and water and a picnic for the top. 7AM to 5PM. With Ken we met some really nice people at the end of our hike and they gave us Samosas and more - it was really great. They were having a family reunion and included us. It was just due to Ken's charm!
I call Peter Kohn a couple days ago - we agreed to go out biking early some morning. Yesterady Michael Mendnca and I pedaled WC to %*) in Dublin and back. With about an hours goofing off at Peet's in Danville. I had never been there before- it seems like a completer trail mecca.
I'm tired of writting about all this exercise. I need to get out there - it does keep me fit and it is fun. Yahoo! I'm out of the house!
July 26 We're back now! Ken and I hiked the John Muir Trail from June 7 until JUne 15. We walked about 85 miles - from Whitney Portal to Florence Lake. We crossed 5 passes over 12K ft. and spenp the rest of our hiking time at over 10Kft. The altitude was tough and a surprise to me. We also had poor food supplies - my fault - so we left the trail much earlier than we planned.
We had a great hike. I collected several hundred pics, lost 5 pounds and had a great time. What else can I say.
We probably won't hike any more for awhile. Certainly not walking to Ashland in 2007 as I had planned and hoped.
I am thinking about hiking the entire PCT in 2008. I know a bunch about hiking now, I have the ability/desire and I want to finish this half completed project! I haven't mentioned this to Ken yet.
And another thing...
I drove to Redding for a project meeting and dropped off some snacks along the PCT near Chester on the trip back. Trail there looks great - high-ish elevation so not so hot, but I couldn't tell what the water situation is. Interestingly, the trail crosses the trail along an isolated area of the highway, but ther eare houses and even restaurants near there that hikers would like to know about. Easy water too - but not visible from the trail. Hmmm. June 04 Get out of town - the SierrasSo it is June now and it is time to make progress on our hike to Ashland, Oregon. I want to hike - I feel like I really do but there are somany really great distractions. Trips to Colombia, Cambodia, Camp Royal, build a fence and a trellis(I like this stuff), remodel the kitchen, install a new toilet. We are leading a group to Vietnam In nOvember and I hjave to collect everyone's $$$ - $1400 per and we have 10 people. Easy math. There are some info details to handle also - and we actually have to make some reservations and finish the actual day by day and hour by hour plan. I think we have some before and after activities also, which involve some added LN-4 hands for the disability center in Quy Nhon. Almost too much fun.
Ken and I have set a start date of Friday. I am supposed to be packing hiking food in buckets, so we can drive on Friday to several key places, where road intercepts trail, and cache it for later. I guess I can say I am getting a slow start. The only good news is I actually already know but to do and all.
We plan to hike for 3 weeks, maybe 4, if we can handle it. We start at Kennedy Meadows(south) and hike north to Toulomne, Sonora, and Carson Passes. Easy to say, but this is a bunch of miles on the trail and not much chance to resupply in the mountains. Loose weight, hike far, push the body and the feet. Feet still hurt every step,but so far all is well. They still work great.
The rewards are great and bragging rights go on and on. I still plan to meet friends in Ashland this summer. So we had better get going. Happy Trails.
February 12 Universal Health CareBefore launching into my rant about Universal Health Care, I want to note that I live in California.
This is the land of fruits and Nuts - my midwest cousins say that about us sometimes - it may be partially true. Sometimes things seem different here. (Sheesh, even I sometimes feel like I live in "greater Berkeley, northern California", and that sometimes we are on a different planet from everyone else).
This morning a friend mentioned her concern about the lack of health care for all. What follows here is maybe a different take on this topic.
We have UHC already, all over the US, and some people aren't able to acknowledge it. If you think it is not true, go to any hospital in the US, and someone will take care of you. That is universal I think. I know some people are not happy with this sort of universal care; it certainly isn't optimal. But it is something.
In Vietnam (the Democratic Socialist place - by the way!), if you can't pay, the hospital staff shows you the door and you do not receive care. Mexico too. In Canada, many people get their universal health care in Wisconsin, I hear. At least here you can get emergency care anywhere, and we figure out what to do with the bills later.
I can equate this thinking with similar thnking about buying a house. Despite complaints, nearly everyone who wants a house can buy one today. But I know that they will not be happy with the house. Some say they can't buy a house, when the reality is actually that we may not be able to buy the house we want. Two very different things.
Same with UHC; we may not want the care we can get. But at least we get some care.
Occasionally and as another thought, someone may be concerned that some others (generally others are some unidentified, indigent, uneducated others) will not get or have access to good care beside emergency care, but first of all that is a differnt issue than not being able to get any care at all.
The way to provide for good health care is often through health care insurance. UHC is sometimes code for health insurance for everyone. The reality with health insurance is that anyone can buy health insurance today - call an insurance agent and try it. The reality is that many without health insurance choose to buy no health insurance - for a variety of their own reasons - too expensive for me, too confusing, I forgot, I am healthy or whatever. There are studies that collect his information, but talk to any insurance agent that sells health insurance for an ear-full also. How is this a problem I need to be concerned with? How is this a government problem? Of course I am sorry for the resulting suffering, but the first thing in any situation is to see reality. Then perhaps we can work together and create a solution to whatever the actual problem or issue may be.
UHC is also code for "the government should provide something for us" - enough said - this makes no sense. We all know that government projects cost twice the money and time and deliver half the product. In some situations this is what we have to do, but please lets be smart enough to know that another government project is not what we want all the time. And particularly not in the case of our health care.
We each have a responsibility to take care of ourselves if we can. If we can't, then we fall into a safety net that the government holds. We hope.
US Health Care can be very expensive - anythng indulgent is expensive. Nearly all of us demand the best, the most and "do whatever it takes". How can this not be expensive? US Health Care is generally the best in the world. How can providing this level of care to 300 million people not be expensive? The only surprise is that anyone is surprised.
One way to be cheaper (healthcare or anything) is to do less. That is an individual choice and responsibility. In my personal experience that some people choose that route privately all the time. It does not show up in the news when someone declines privately to follow the high-tech route.
Another way to be cheaper is to charge less - that is what happens when we force hospitals and doctors to accept set fees and lower fees. This is not a creative and long term solution; it is authorized theft and smart young people become engineers and anything but a doctor in such an invironment, which creates a generation of different problems.
A related and spiritual issue is that many of us, in the US and elsewhere, want the medical profession, or someone!, to "make me healthy". Life is fatal, and to think otherwise or to walk softly around the topic is not useful when discussing our health. Stated this way, the nuttiness is clear. Each of us is finally and ultimately responsible for our own health and well being. We have to do the exercise, get the information - medical and otherwise, take care of our mental and physical health, eat right and so on. And gently and always remain aware that life is a fatal activity.
Live long and prosper.
Properity, happiness, and long-life.
Take care of yourself - you may live a long time.
Everyday is a good day.
January 28 I just returned to Walnut Creek after 3 weeks in BangaloreTwo weeks as Quartermaster on a Rotaplast Mission - actually an intensive medical project - surgery for patiients with clefts - lips and palates - this time located at the M.S. Ramaiah hospital in the burbs of Bangalore. As QM I get things for the mission - replace missing certificates, provide cakes for celebrations, get medications as requested and generally help with all logistics and supplies. We had 30 large boxes to drag from SFO to the hospital in Bangalore and then we had to drag the reminants back to SFO. We met and worked with the Rotarians for RC Bangalore North, the staff at MS Ramaiah Hospital and the team of 26 medical and Rotary on this team. Such a collection of people and lots of great work accomplished for our patients; it was an honor for me to be included. I had one week more to tour and see the greater area of Karnataka, the state in which Bangalore lies. Temple tours, temple elephants, historical sites, coffee -tea estates, hospital tours and lots of seeing the food, people and country side in the area. We got to visit the sea shore also. More details and more photos may follow after I get some sleep and sort through things. I may even make a video someday. Keep smiling. Rotaplast Photos: http://www.high-spirits.com/Bangalore%202007/index... December 12 Of Interest to (Some) Others…1. We made a funny video as part of an application to the Amazing Race. On the internet go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxN0SHD8368 to see our video today. Next we want to make a Rotary video, but first we have to do something entertaining. 2. “Beijing Duck” (Andrew Kessler, WSJ, 12-12-2006) about how to see the “China-thing” much more clearly… On the internet go to http://online.wsj.com/services/article/SB116588485181347019-search.html?KEYWORDS=beijing+duck&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month. If you want it emailed to you send me a note. 3. CoDe MonKey + a song and video about working for a living, by Jonathan Coulton. On the internet go to http://youtube.com/watch?v=v4Wy7gRGgeA. Really hilarious and charming, only if you are under 40 and/or an actual Code Monkey too. 4. Zoomi aka Rick Hansen and his new hot-rod were our program today, 12-12-2006. Outstanding. Here is a fancy photo on the internet - http://www.hotrodshows.com/gallery_2006_srs_hanson.html 5. Sea scouts in Richmond, CA since 1933! Our excellent program on December 4, 2006. On the internet at http://hometown.aol.com/sssnorthland/ 6. Rotary and our PDG Bill Spalding travel the world and get into the current issue of “Good News” – the Rotary magazine in the Czech Republic. On the internet go to http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/regionalmags/index.html to see covers of many of the Rotary magazines published around the world. WALNUT CREEK, Calif. Nov 22, 2006 (AP)— Now comes another reason to stay put in the La-Z-Boy: A man sitting in his easy chair was shot in the head by his wife, but the sturdy recliner absorbed most of the bullet's force and left him virtually unscathed. And so this spinning world continues to turn…
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