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PAUL JAY: Welcome to The Real News Network I'm Paul Jay in Baltimore
And welcome to this week's edition of The Ratner Report with Michael Ratner Michael is president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York He's chair of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights in Berlin He's a board member of The Real News Network Thanks for joining us, Michael
MICHEAL RATNER: Good to be with you again, Paul JAY: What are you following this week? RATNER: Well, you know, we've been following at the Center for Constitution Rights for a long time the issue of drone killings by the US administration That's targeted killings that are done by drones
The Center brought the first cases a year or two ago on trying to stop the drone killings of American citizens in Yemen, particularly Anwar al-Aulaqi, who was a American-citizen cleric who was preaching a lot of very, very tough stuff We were unsuccessful, and the administration killed him with a drone They then went on and they killed his son a few weeks later His son is Abdulrahman al-Aulaqi His son is completely innocent of anything, not even a bad speech, 16 years old
And we now represent the grandfather, Nasser al-Aulaqi, on behalf of his son Anwar and on behalf of his grandson, who were killed by drones Why it's come to the fore all of a sudden is last week the Obama administration–you know, they leak these things when they want to leak them, but they leak the fact that they were debating writing the rules for how they should kill people with drones It all seems very bizarre The excuse was that they were getting rules in place just in case a new administration took over that wasn't theirs and they wanted to have a set of rules for how you kill people with drones And so that's what they're debating
The context of the debate is crazy The context is: should we just kill people who really want to have their finger on the button and are about to bomb the United States? Or do we want to help out in some of these local civil wars in various countries? Do we want to just kill militants? What should we do? The real problem is–lots of problems, but one is there's already a set of rules (and that's called international law) that tells you who you can't and can kill And the administration has gone way beyond those rules since the Bush era, but under Obama it's taken on a particularly nasty turn He's used, like, scores more drones than the Bush administration used The estimates are that 2,500 people have been killed by drones, of which perhaps 800 are civilians, more or less
But even of the group that are supposedly not civilians, the definition of who can be killed is very loose It's very loose in a couple of ways that make it illegal One is they're using drones outside of any war zone They're using them in Yemen They're using them in Somalia
They're using them in Pakistan The second reason is they're using what are called signature strikes A signature strike is one in which they don't actually know the name of the person they're going to assassinate or kill, but the person is in the vicinity of other, quote, "militants", and therefore they think that person has the characteristic of a militant or a terrorist, whatever word they use (and we don't know, 'cause the rules are secret), and they decide they're going to kill him So you're talking about a set of policies and practices that are already utterly violative of international law, and now they're going to try and come up with some kind of rules that are still going to be violative of international law We have rules, they're there for a reason in international law, and it's to stop exactly what the administration is doing [crosstalk] JAY: Now, if it's a violation of international law and in theory these are laws that the United States has ratified, then doesn't that make it a violation of American law? RATNER: It does, actually
That's correct These international treaties do make it a violation of American law And we actually have two lawsuits going We had the initial lawsuit going to try and stop the killing of Anwar al-Aulaqi We lost that case, not on the merits; we lost it for, I think, a very foolish reason
I mean, the judge took it seriously We argued it for two hours in court And the judge said in the end, well, this is a decision that has to be made by the politicians, the political branches, the president and Congress Of course, Congress has never said anything, but I'm not sure we want them to say anything, considering who they are And it's not for a court
But if it's not for a court to decide whether the US can murder, in these cases that we brought, American citizens, then who's it for? What our arguments were is that particularly as American citizens–but I think it applies to anybody who's going to be murdered by a drone–is that you have to have a level of due process You can't just have the president on his own deciding that anyone anywhere in the world can be murdered by a drone Yesterday it was Pakistan or Yemen or Somalia, Afghanistan
Tomorrow it could be London, it could be Buenos Aires, it could be somewhere else There's no limits to what the president can do But the answer, going back to your question, is yes, international law is part of American law, and international law prohibits the use of drones, except–well, not drones, really, but assassinations or killings, really, and only the–it prohibits it in every circumstance except the absolute narrowest And the only argument you could make is if a person has their finger on the button and is about to launch a missile to the United States to kill us, yes, then it's not feasible to arrest that person, it's imminent, it's concrete, it's specific, and then yes, you have to do something But that is not the cases in which we're using these drones
Twenty-five hundred people were not killed with their finger on the button It's doubtful whether any of those people had a finger on the button And what you see happening is what happens in every one of these cases: the practice gets broadened out and broadened out So it's not the finger on the button anymore; it's militants, it's signature strikes, people whose names they don't know, it's people who are involved in a civil war and we want to stop one–we want to kill the leadership of one side who we don't like if they're opposing a government we like It's that kind of thing, and that's how broad it is
JAY: Is there any restriction in American law about who a president can order killed, whether it's a drone or a CIA sniper's rifle? I mean, is–in theory, is there anything stopping a president from ordering anyone from being killed? RATNER: Well, we think there is We think our constitution applies and it requires some kind of court order before you can execute someone, even in these kind of situations they're raising Obviously, in a war, you're allowed to shoot the other side These aren't that The administration's justification–and this is where we get to that legal issue–is that we're in a war with al-Qaeda, and therefore we can just kill them anywhere they are in the world
If you buy into that, that still isn't exactly legal, because they still have to be participating in something They can't just be sitting in London and you can just go murder them But our constitution does require due process That's what it says before you can lose life or liberty Does that just apply to American citizens? I think not
I think you can't just murder human beings without a form of due process, which is to say, a judicial proceeding deciding on that person's guilt or innocence JAY: So is their any process available within the United States to charge President Obama with murder? RATNER: You know, there's no process like that This would have to be an international court What we've done–we can do civil cases like we've done in the United States to try and get the practice stopped, which we tried in the al-Aulaqi case Look, the al-Aulaqi case was the best case we could have
They had an American citizen How could it be that Obama could, sitting in that office, decide to kill an American citizen? And he has a kill list that–and they leaked out that they were going to kill this guy, and we tried to stop it, and we couldn't And that's the best case we could have, because there there's no issue The Constitution applies Due process should have applied
There was no claim that he had his finger on a button He was a militant, and there was some rough claim that he'd gotten involved in–some kind of operational claim, but they never put forth the evidence of it And they killed him And then they killed his son, and that they have no justification for at all I mean, there's not much for the father, but, you know, for the son [crosstalk] JAY: Okay
My understanding from that leak is that there's some kind of little committee President Obama has that decides who's on the kill list and who's going to get killed That's question one: is that correct? And two, if you take their logic to its full extension, is there anything stopping them in law from doing this in the United States? RATNER: I've read the leaks that you have, Paul, and that's exactly what we think We think there's a small committee that approves each kill Obama for some reason–and maybe this had to do with the election–they leaked out that Obama made the decision It's not just the CIA making the decision on these drone strikes, it's not just, you know, the JSOC, Joint Special Operations of the army, but Obama himself signs off on the kill list
And I think that had to do with his election being this tough Obama, he killed Osama bin Laden, at least indirectly, etc, etc So I do think there's a small committee that decides this What was your second question? Remind me now JAY: If their logic is because it's a war they can do–they can kill people based on just their own decision, is there anything that would then stop them from doing the same thing inside the United States? RATNER: The answer is they could kill people in the United States
I mean, what we claim is, of course, that you have to arrest people first before you can kill them They don't necessarily buy that So, obviously, in the United States it's going to be easier to arrest somebody than it is in Yemen But they could have arrested or gotten–taken into custody al-Aulaqi and others They didn't want to, for whatever reasons, because partly it's just easier to kill him
I mean, that's what's really going on here Some people have even said it's easier to kill him, because all the trials are in such a mess because they had these military commissions at Guantanamo, and where are they going to put him, why don't we just kill him And so what's really going on here: because it's easy to kill them Because here's what happens I'm at my computer now
There's a bunch of screens If you ever–I think they once revealed one of the rooms where they set up the kills And they have these guys sitting at computers, whether it's near Las Vegas, or one up–upstate New York, or one near you, I think, in Washington, and they sit at computers, and they have drones flying all around with their photography drones, you know, the video drones They see what they want to see, they study the people for a few weeks, they see the–they find the person, and then they press a button, send the drone up, and the drone drops–or kills the person So that's how–and so it's easy to do
You don't lose any American troops It's not the cheapest thing, but, you know, this is easy It's out of sight I sit at my computer and I kill people So, you know, that's a pretty easy way to decimate people, to kill people
And that's why I think people are finding it so attractive JAY: And you're saying that if you extend their legal logic, there's no reason why they couldn't do the same thing in the United States, as long as they can justify we are at war with whatever force it is we're killing RATNER: That's correct Their legal logic is that they could kill the people in Yemen, they can kill the people in Somalia, they can kill the people in London, in Buenos Aires, and they could kill somebody in Washington, if they felt it was necessary to do it, by a drone JAY: Thanks for joining us, Michael
RATNER: Thank you, Paul JAY: Thanks for joining us on The Real News Network Don't forget we're in our year-end fundraising campaign Every dollar you donate gets matched until we hit $150,000 So the Donate button's over here
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Police, neighbors identify Pittsburgh zoo mauling victim
The lasting image of Maddox Derkosh's death in a pit of African painted dogs evokes nightmares and brought emotional responses Monday from around the world.
On the quiet, winding road in Whitehall where Maddox lived, neighbors and friends tried to focus on the image of a cute little boy with red glasses, pulled in a red wagon by his doting parents, Jason and Elizabeth Derkosh.
"They went nowhere without Maddox," said next-door neighbor Rachel Majcher, 33, a high school classmate of Elizabeth Derkosh. "I cannot imagine the dark cloud that is following them."
Relatives gathered at the Derkoshes' Highgrove Road home declined comment. Many neighbors on the suburban street with manicured lawns said they were too distraught to speak at length.
"I can't imagine as a mom myself what a tragedy that would be," Majcher said. "Your heart stops when your kid skins a knee."
Police said Elizabeth Derkosh, 33, lifted up Maddox, 2, to the top of a 4-foot fence to see into the painted dogs exhibit at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium on Sunday, and the boy fell 14 feet into the enclosure. The 11 dogs, which are territorial by nature, went into a pack mentality and attacked the boy when he hit the ground, zoo CEO Barbara Baker said.
He survived the fall and the dogs killed him, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office.
"It was an uncontrollable situation for zookeepers," Baker said on Monday during her second news conference on the death. "It happened literally in seconds. Once the child was in the exhibit there wasn't anything anyone could do."
She described the first fatality involving a visitor in the Highland Park facility's 114-year history as the zoo's "worst nightmare."
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to that family," said an emotional Baker, who paused several times.
The zoo will reopen Tuesday "so visitors can pay their respects," Baker said. People placed teddy bears at the zoo entrance, Baker said, and the zoo received condolences from as far away as the Netherlands.
Several thousand people responded to the tragedy on the zoo's Facebook page with a mix of sorrow, criticism of the zoo and the boy's parents, and heated exchanges about who was to blame.
Spokeswoman Tracy Gray said the zoo's social media manager was monitoring the posts, but declined to comment.
The dogs will remain quarantined for 30 days, and the observation deck will close until at least spring while officials review its safety.
The rail top tilts in toward the observation deck and is designed to prevent a child from falling into the exhibit, Baker said. She said staff discourages visitors from placing children on the rail, but the exhibit features no warning signs.
Maddox fell onto netting designed to catch litter and then rolled onto the ground. Workers lured 10 dogs away from the boy, but an 11th ignored the workers and acted aggressively. Workers fired empty tranquilizer darts, but feared hitting the child, Baker said.
Police Officers Colby Neidig and Derek Williams entered the pit and fatally shot the dog with zoo approval, officials said. Police officials would not allow them to speak, police spokeswoman Diane Richard said.
Police estimated the entire incident lasted about 10 minutes.
Zoo keepers and staff trained to respond in emergencies were within 10 feet of the exhibit and arrived in seconds after receiving radio alerts. They could do nothing to help, Baker said.
"Life is full of risks," she said. "We recognize we work with wild animals, dangerous animals. There's no such thing as a fail-safe exhibit."
Police and the Department of Agriculture, which licenses zoos, are investigating, and Baker said zoo personnel would begin an internal investigation.
Mike Manko, spokesman for District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr., said the office has not determined whether it will file charges against Elizabeth Derkosh.
The Derkoshes married in October 2008. Jason Derkosh works for architectural and engineering firm L.R. Kimball. Employees there declined comment.
The family moved into the neighborhood less than a year ago, and Majcher said she was surprised to recognize her new neighbor.
Elizabeth Derkosh grew up in the South Hills and attended St. Bernard School in Mt. Lebanon and Keystone Oaks High School, Majcher said.
Majcher's children, ages 4 and 6, would yell Maddox's name whenever they saw the boy in the backyard. She said many of the houses on the family-friendly street don't have fences, so it's common to see children running through backyards playing together.
"The hardest part is going to be to explain to my kids that their playmate is no longer here," Majcher said. "His life will be celebrated."
Majcher said her father saw Maddox excitedly trick-or-treating in a Superman costume.
"You'd always see him on his little John Deere, zooming around," Majcher said. "He was just a happy 2-year-old."
William Slater II Funeral Service in Scott is handling the funeral arrangements.
Staff writers Stephanie Hacke, Laura Van Wert, Adam Smeltz and Michael Hasch contributed to this report. Margaret Harding and Bob Bauder are staff writers for Trib Total Media.


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I've been down here on the Gulf Coast now for about 8 years now. While I don't care for the oppressive humidity in summer or hurricanes, I do like the fact that when I get the Feb-March gardening jitters and break out the seed catalogs, I know spring really is right around the corner. The unfortunate thing is it makes it very hard to be in the studio because you just know that if you don't get out there asap, the weeds will take over and you never seem to catch up.
Our area is considered 'sub-tropical' which means we can grow certain varieties of citrus that will tolerate mild winter freezes including Meyers lemons and satsumas, as well as other plants too that could only be grown as houseplants or annuals further north. Here are just a few examples of what we have growing: a spineless yucca, a philodendron, and a loquat.


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I used Thunderbird off and on as my email client back in my Windows days (dark days indeed), and then again on Mac OS X for a while. I finally switched to Apple's official Mail client and haven't interacted with Thunderbird much until I started thinking about writing this review.
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You knew pregnancy was going to mean a lot of firsts — like feeling the incredible first flutter of baby moving in your belly. But back pain that just won't go away? That might not have been quite the experience you had in mind when you first envisioned yourself with that proverbial pregnancy glow.
While a majority of mothers-to-be experience some dull, throbbing aches in the middle of the back or the butt, a small percentage grapple with the searing pain of sciatica during pregnancy — a painful but fortunately temporary condition.
What is sciatica?
The sciatic nerve, the largest in the body, starts in the lower back, runs down the buttocks and branches down the back of the legs to the ankles and feet. In most cases sciatica — sharp, shooting pain, tingling or numbness that starts in the back or buttocks and radiates all the way down the backs of your legs — happens when this nerve gets compressed by bulging, slipped or ruptured discs, arthritis, or by a narrowing of the spinal cord (also called spinal stenosis). But rarely, women experience sciatica as a short-term side effect of pregnancy.
What causes sciatica during pregnancy?
Contrary to popular belief, sciatica is not usually caused by pregnancy. But if you're one of the few who do experience this pain while pregnant, you can blame it on the usual suspects:
- Weight gain and increased fluid retention can put pressure on the sciatic nerve where it passes through the pelvis, compressing it (ouch!).
- Your expanding uterus might also press down on the sciatic nerve in the lower part of your spine.
- Your growing belly and breasts shift your center of gravity forward and stretch your lordotic curve (the dip just above your butt). This can cause the muscles in your buttocks and pelvic area to tighten up and pinch the sciatic nerve.
- Another possibility? When the baby starts to shift into the proper birth position in the third trimester, his head can rest directly on the nerve, causing a major pain in the butt (and back and legs).
What you need to know about sciatica during pregnancy
Sciatica will most likely occur during the third trimester, when both you and your baby are bulking up (it can develop earlier, but it's not common). Most women typically experience pain just on one side, though you may feel it in both legs. Sciatica can be constant or intermittent, depending on the amount of pressure placed on the nerve — so pain may increase as you put on more weight and retain more fluid. And it can stick around for a few months or so after you've given birth, until you've shed the excess weight and fluid pressing on the nerve.
What you can do to relieve sciatica
- Use a warm compress on the spot where you feel the pain.
- When you can, take a break — getting off your feet and resting in a comfortable position can ease some leg and lower back pain.
- Sleep on the side of your body that's pain-free. For example, if you feel pain on your left side, lie down on your right side. And that's still okay even though the "best" sleeping position for pregnant women is typically said to be the left side.
- For extra comfort at night, use a firm mattress with plenty of back support, and place a pregnancy pillow or a regular pillow between your legs to help keep the pelvis in better alignment and take some pressure off the sciatic nerve.
- Do some pelvic tilts with your Kegels — they'll help strengthen your core muscles and can help reduce inflammation.
- Swimming can also take off some of the pressure, since the buoyancy of the water temporarily relieves the spine of the pregnancy weight.
- Acupuncture, chiropractic adjustments or therapeutic prenatal massage (always with a trained and licensed practitioner) can sometimes help. A customized physical therapy regimen could also offer some relief.
- Try to gain weight slowly — a major jump in pounds could put undue pressure on the sciatic nerve. Though it can vary widely from person to person, women who were a normal BMI before getting pregnant should generally aim to gain around three to four pounds in the first trimester, up to 14 more pounds in the second trimester and about 10 more pounds in the third trimester, for a total weight gain in pregnancy of 25 to 35 pounds.
- If the pain is severe, talk to your doctor, who may recommend acetaminophen in a dosage that will take the edge off the pain but keep you and baby safe.


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Word of Wisdom Promises
1. When mother goes to shop for food,
She chooses carefully.
The Word of Wisdom is her guide
To build good health in me.
2. There're lots of things that I should do
To take good care of me.
The Word of Wisdom promises
The best of health for me.
3. I thank my Heavenly Father for
The food He's given me,
And for the Word of Wisdom
And my mother teaching me.
When I eat fruits and vegetables and bread from wheat,
How strong and healthy I will be
If we have meat I'll eat it only sparingly,
Then strong and healthy I will be.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Authorities are trying to identify a woman whose body was found stuffed inside a duffel bag next to a vacant home in northeast Philadelphia.
Police say officers were called to the west Kensington area at 5:30 a.m. Monday and the woman was pronounced dead shortly afterward.
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5 takeaways from IRS report
The most hotly anticipated IRS probe since Watergate didn't exactly live up to the hype.
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report leaked on Tuesday evening doesn't nail anyone for lying to Congress. It didn't out rogue liberal IRS agents with an ax to grind against nonprofit tea party groups.
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But the watchdog report did break new ground, clearly declaring that the IRS crossed the line in asking about donors to conservative groups. It reveals the IRS to be a stubborn agency that isn't ready to fix all the problems in the report. And it warns that a crackdown on these 501(c)(4) groups isn't coming any time soon.
( PHOTOS: 10 slams on the IRS)
Here's the top five things takeaways from the Inspector General report:
IRS agents weren't partisan
Republicans looking for a smoking gun on partisan motive will have to keep looking — the report stops short of calling the IRS intentionally partisan, even if the questions might have been inappropriate.
Most of the report focuses on reprimanding the IRS for choosing ineffective criteria that could be construed as partisan rather than focusing on a partisan motive. Only about 15 percent of the potential cases had the terms "Tea Party," "patriots" and "9/12" in their organization name. The remaining cases were flagged for other reasons.
The report found that the narrow focus of the criteria "gives the appearance that the IRS is not impartial in conducting its mission."
"Using the names or policy positions of organizations is not an appropriate basis for identifying applications for review by the team of specialists," the inspector general said.
( Also on POLITICO: Watchdog: IRS used 'inappropriate criteria')
The report never directly accuses the IRS of bias, just the appearance of impropriety.
Despite the inappropriate search criteria, the majority of applications flagged by the Cincinnati office had indications of significant violations of tax policy. The report found that about 69 percent of the fully documented cases on the list were properly identified.
Unclear on whether the IRS misled Congress
The report remains silent on what is emerging as the biggest Republican grievance — how Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller and former Commissioner Doug Shulman failed to disclose to Congress what they learned about the targeting program after May 2012.
Miller wrote letters to the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Republicans months after he was briefed but never disclosed that the agency was giving an extra critical eye to conservative groups. Government oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) also accused division head Lois Lerner of misleading Congress after her June 2011 discovery.
"It appears that you provided false or misleading information on four separate occasions last year in response to the committee's oversight of the IRS's treatment of conservative groups applying for tax exempt status," Issa and committee member Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) wrote.
But you won't read about that in the IG report.
The controversial answers from Miller on why top agency employees did not tell Congress about the extra scrutiny will likely come forth during the Ways and Means hearing this Friday.
Asking about donors crossed the line
If tea party groups thought the questions were intrusive, even the Inspector General agrees that asking about donors and books read was a bridge too far.
The Inspector General said donor lists and details were an unnecessary, burdensome request in the vetting process. That may be the biggest victory for frustrated conservatives.
The report also makes clear that the IRS knew that it overstepped its bounds when it asked for donor records.
"Officials informed us that they decided to destroy all donor lists that were sent in for potential political cases that the IRS determined it should not have requested," the report said.


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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas' sputtering offense in the first half might have allowed Northeastern (Okla.) State to stay within reach a little bit longer than the Razorbacks expected.
Coty Clarke and Anthlon Bell then took matters into their hands Tuesday night. The two scored Arkansas' first 12 points of the second half and set the tone for an 81-54 exhibition victory over the NCAA Division II school in Bud Walton Arena.
Clarke scored six points in the first three minutes, and his basket with 17:21 remaining gave Arkansas a 41-30 lead. The Razorbacks' lead never dipped below double digits again. Clarke gave them their biggest lead when his jumper made the score 78-48 with 53 seconds left.
"It was a matter of concentration," Clarke said. "We were stagnant in the first half. We were worried about making plays."
That focus was evident in the second half. Arkansas connected on 19 of 32 (59.4 percent) shooting in the final 20 minutes, compared to only 12 of 39 (30.8 percent) in the first half.
The Razorbacks also did it with defense, forcing the RiverHawks into 22 turnovers and out rebounding them by a 48-35 margin.
"I thought our guys came out in the second half with focus and energy," Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said. "We changed the lineup a little bit, and the guys came out and responded to the challenge at halftime.
"The first half, I thought we were stagnant. We were playing the game at their pace. I thought, on offense, we were settling for jump shots."
Clarke, who finished with a game-high 16 points to lead three Razorbacks in double figures, gave Arkansas a quick 13-5 lead. The Razorbacks, however, managed only 20 points after that and took a 33-26 cushion into the locker room at intermission.
Northeastern State used Arkansas' shooting woes to its advantage. The RiverHawks pulled within 27-24 on Bryton Hobbs' free throw with 3:47 before halftime, the Razorbacks countered with the next six points and led 33-24 when Michael Qualls drove the baseline and dunked the ball.
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Bell finished with 15 points, while Alandise Harris had 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds for Arkansas. Keon Littleton had 14 points and Harmon chipped in 10 for Northeastern State.
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This design is to be for a toy/sport accessory company logo. The company manufacturers helmet accessories for kids and adults and the company name "SPROWTZ" should reflect this. It will do this, by having the "O" in the word SPROWTZ act as a head and having small designs, i.e. "sprouts" coming out of the top. These designs can be alien atennas, devil horns, ears etc...
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The .ahk worked great. I'll try compiling it and see if that works as well. So subfolders and syncing are the only things left out of what I would suggest.As I said, I've never used AHK before, but if there's anything I can do to help, let me know.-gsull (July 09, 2006, 08:06 PM)
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Here's a command line version. ShortcutSync -skrommel (July 11, 2006, 07:44 AM)
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|1967 Telecaster Thinline
When we talk about those who created and designed the electric guitar, one man stands out as being responsible for the creation of many guitars that became the best known and most desired. That man is Roger Rossmeisl.
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Wenzel put the name Roger as the logo on his instruments. Roger Guitars are somewhat similar to the Gibson L-5 and L-6, but with Rossmeisel Senior's own touches.
Roger Rossmeisl was sent to Luthery School to learn this craft, and get away from the hardest hit areas in WWII, before returning to work with his father. Roger wanted to go to the United States and subsequently found employment with Gibson, Mosrite, Rickenbacker, and Fender. That must have been an education in itself.
Rosmeizl was hired at Fender during the CBS years and these were the years that Fender was functioning more like a corporation. In 1968, orders were handed down to the design team to come up with a hollowbody thinline instrument.
|Except for the P. Bass Rossmeisl designed all of these guitars while a Fender
At the time, Roger Rossmeisl was working alongside long-time Fender associate Virgilio "Babe" Simoni. Babe began working for the Fender Guitar Company in 1953.
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Later he joined Leo Fender and George Fullerton when they founded MusicMan.
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Babe took a Telecaster body and cut a thin slice off of the back side. He then routed out the right rear side of the guitar. A distinctive "F" hole was cut into the bodies top side above the routed area.
The "F" hole design on the Thinline (and subsequent Fender guitars) was Rossmeisl family trademark design.
This same F-hole cut was used on Roger guitars and on earlier versions of Rickenbacker 325's and 330's.
The back panel was then glued over the guitars back and sanded. Then the usual routing for the pickups and electronics was performed on the guitars top.
The chrome bar that Leo designed to hold the volume and tone controls was replaced by a reshaped pickguard made of white pearl celuloid.
The pickup selector switch, volume, and tone controls were set in somewhat different positions, but the serated chrome knobs were still used.
The guitar's neck was originally offered with a maple cap, which was later replaced with a one piece maple neck bearing the typical Fender headstock. The words Fender Telecaster Thinline were spelled out in large letters to show up on television cameras. There was a skunk stripe down the necks rear side on the non-capped models.
The body was offered with a natural or sunburst finish.
The Thinline Telecaster was updated in 1972. Perhaps the motive was to make the Thinline more like a Gibson semi-hollow instrument. I do not believe the public ever equated the Thinline Tele with a Gibson ES semi-hollow body instrument.
Seth Lover had left Gibson and was now working with Fender. Lover had designed a humbucker pickup that was different than what he had produced for Gibson.
He called this the Wide-Range Humbucker.
A new version of the Telecaster Thinline was designed to use these pickups. This guitar's body remained the same, but the pickguard was again redesigned to accomodate two Fender Humbucking pickups.
The bridge unit on this model was replaced with the same tailpiece that Fender was using on hard-tail Stratocasters. By 1972 Fender was using the 3 bolt adjustable neck and bullet trussrod which became a part of the Thinline Humbucker Tele.
The Fender Thinline guitars never reached the popularity the company desired and they were discontinued in 1979.
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Back in the USA, John Page and Michael Stevens started the Fender Custom shop and produced a 1968-69 style thinline for the USA market. This was available from 1997 to 2000. A special run of the Thinline was also offered in 2005.


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Pelvic organ prolapse is a medical condition that occurs when the normal support of the vagina is lost, resulting in "sagging" or dropping of the bladder, urethra, cervix and rectum. As the prolapse of the vagina and uterus progresses, women can feel bulging tissue protruding through the opening of the vagina. Prolapse is not life threatening but it can be uncomfortable and sometimes makes it hard for women to empty their bladders normally or even exercise.
It is estimated that nearly 50% of all women between the ages of 50 and 79 have some form of prolapse.
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- Some women are born with weaker tissues and are therefore at risk to develop prolapse.
- Caucasian women are more likely than African American women to develop pelvic organ prolapse.
- Loss of pelvic support can occur when any part of the pelvic floor is injured during vaginal delivery, surgery, pelvic radiation or back and pelvic fractures during falls or motor vehicle accidents.
- Hysterectomy and other procedures done to treat pelvic organ prolapse also are associated with future development of prolapse.
- Some other conditions that promote prolapse include: constipation and chronic straining, smoking, chronic coughing and heavy lifting.
- Obesity, like smoking, is one of the few modifiable risk factors.
- Women who are obese have a 40 to 75% increased risk of pelvic organ prolapse. Aging, menopause, debilitating nerve and muscle diseases contribute to the deterioration of pelvic floor strength and the development of prolapse.
Upon physical examination, some loss of support is very common in women who don't have bothersome symptoms. Those women who are uncomfortable often describe the very first signs as subtle—such as an inability to keep a tampon inside the vagina, dampness in underwear or discomfort due to dryness during intercourse.
As the prolapse gets worse, some women complain of:
- A bulging, pressure or heavy sensation in the vagina that worsens by the end of the day or during bowel movements.
- The feeling that they are "sitting on a ball".
- Needing to push stool out of the rectum by placing their fingers into the vagina during bowel movement.
- Difficulty starting to urinate, a weak or spraying stream of urine.
- Urinary frequency or the sensation that they are not emptying their bladder well.
- The need to lift up the bulging vagina or uterus to start urination.
- Urine leakage with intercourse
There are many treatment options available. For most women, the treatment they choose depends on how much they are bothered by their symptoms. Many conservative treatment options are available including pelvic floor rehabilitation. One treatment for pelvic organ prolapse is a device inserted into the vagina called a pessary. A pessary is a plastic ring, similar to a vaginal contraceptive diaphragm, which is used to either lift the bladder or to apply some compression to the urethra during activities that are known to cause leakage. Finally, some women are bothered by their pelvic organ prolapse enough to consider surgery. Only you and your doctor can determine what treatment option is best for you.
Doctors on staff at Silver Cross who treat pelvic organ prolapse include:
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Francisco Garcini, M.D., New Lenox
Hysoo Ka-Widmann, M.D., New Lenox
Gamilah Pierre, M.D., New Lenox
Thomas Burns, Jr., M.D., Joliet
Gregory Lewis, M.D., Joliet, New Lenox
Ryan Manecke, M.D., Joliet, New Lenox
Constance Marks, M.D., Joliet, New Lenox
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I'm sure you've heard all the buzz about Selena Gomez's low-cut blazer at the Spring Breakers premiere this week. Despite the comments, I think this Mexicana looked smokin' hot.
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Among the offerings of Bountiful, Utah, is Quilter's Haven, where quilts, wearables, and bag samples greet visitors.
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Shop owner Joni Thomson and her mom opened Quilter's Haven in 1996. It is now in its third location, this one in Bountiful, Utah.
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Joni's husband, a contractor, had a vision for the current space. "It was a mess when we looked at it," Joni says, "but we saw the brick wall and said, 'We'll take it.'" Today the brick serves a background for quilts and vignettes.
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From left, front row: Rebecca Craven, Ruth Ann Hogan, Joni Thomson (owner), Britnie Thomson, Mary Anne Thomson, Catherine Timmons, and Linda Edminster; back row: Diane Erickson, Carla Gray, Carolyn Molyneux, Janice Jeppson, and Jan Child.
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Bright, happy fabrics are not in short supply at Quilter's Haven. Joni recognizes that in addition to quilts, customers come in looking for ideas for bags, aprons, kids' clothes, and other fabric items, including pincushions, such as The Abbey Bag pincushion by Abbey Lane Quilts.
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Quilter's Haven exhibits a great selection of fabrics and patterns. Along with many bright quilting fabrics, the shop stocks Civil War reproduction fabrics, hand-dyed wool, embroidery supplies, and appliqué patterns. A sample Double Wedding Ring quilt hangs above some of the neutral fabric bolts in the shop.
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Fabric and pattern samples fill a crib in the shop. Smooth Sailing shows off a duck sailor while Abundantly Blessed drapes over the side.
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A metal dress form in the shop gives shape to Retro Chic Apron by Bliss. Swing Bag by Amy Butler hangs from a fleur-de-lis-shape hook.
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Though they may look pieced, the curved blocks on Easy & Breezy are appliquéd. Appliqué is the perfect shortcut for creating this standout spring wall hanging. Barbara Jones of QuiltSoup Pattern Co. and shop owner, Joni Thomson designed Easy & Breezy for Quilt Sampler magazine.
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Quilt tester Laura Boehnke made the appliqué rectangles narrower, shortened the vines, and decreased the number of leaf appliqués to make this optional version of Easy & Breezy. Fabrics are from Nantucket collection from Studio e Fabrics.
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According to Cassian(c.400 AD)St. John an Apostle of Jesus was seen sporting with a tame partridge by an archer, who thought the holyman should not waste his time in frivolities. St. John replied that if the archer didn't at times relax his bow, it would lose its spring.
Marcion,the son of a bishop made his fortune at sea. While in Rome he became a Christian about 140 AD. He gave a gift of 1600 pounds to the Church which was returned to him when he turned to gnosticism. The canon of Marcion recognized only the gospels of St.Paul and St. Luke. This prompted the Church to lay down her canon of the New Testament( 180 AD) and it was confirmed in Antioch,Ephesus and Rome.
Marcion's teachings caused a sharp division in the Church which later caused him much distress and he sought a reconciliation.
When Polycarp(c.AD 69-156)the Bishop of Smyrna came to Rome Marcion sought him out and asked,'Do you recognize me?'
'Yes,' replied Polycarp,I recognize the firstborn of Satan.'
Athanasius,Bishop of Alexandria(AD.256)
was caught in the Arian controversy where his life was often only one step away from disaster since there were great many enemies who wanted to destroy him. None came more implacable as Bishop George, formerly a pork contractor from Cappadocia. He supported the Arian doctrine. He was merciless,hard and mercenary in hunting down who didn't subscribe to it. He was appointed a Bishop at a gathering of 30 bishops at Antioch.
He terrorized churches that smacked of Orthodoxy and Athanasius became the symbol of everything that he hated.
The contest between them became mixed up with the same Bishop who was martyred during the reign of Emperor Julian the Apostate. This confusion of two events have given us an iconic image of George contending for the Empress Alexandra against the magician Athanasius. The same George is the patron saint of England!
Athanasius was an ascetic and steadfast in his belief and he was targeted by both Meletians and Arians. Once charge was brought before Emperor Constantine that the Bishop had killed a Miletian bishop named Arsenius. In fact he was hidden away by his faction in a monastery. They produced a dismembered hand in a box stating that Athansius had cut it off for purposes of magic.
Luckily for Athanasius, he could spirit away Arsenius from his place of hiding. His enemies didn't know this.
Athanasius produced a muffled body in front of the emperor. He first showed his face asking,'Is this Arsenius, whom I murdered?'
Then he revealed one hand and then the other to say:' Let no man ask for a third; for two hands,and two only was everyman from the Creator of all things.'
In the manner in which he could wriggle out of all the traps set for him naturally his enemies believed that he was a magician.
Origen(c.AD185-254) considered as the father of textual criticism came from a devout Christian family. From young age it fell on his shoulders to support the big family which he did by taking on pupils,copying manuscripts in his elegant handwriting. He was the pupil of Clement who headed the first Christian university set up in Alexandria.
At 17, he became the he head of the Catechetical School, a perilous post at that time. As there was no stipend attached to his post he sold off his library for an annuity of money equivalent of six pence a day, and for the rest of his life lived on this small amount. He wore but one garment ,went barefoot,slept on the ground and ate and slept sparingly. His holiness and deep erudition brought flocks of pupils to his lectures.
Having female pupils he,in order to avoid any scandal that may arise made himself an eunuch literally following an injunction of Jesus. The father of textual criticism and allegorical method in explaining the Scriptures took it literally!(Ack:Lights and shades of Christendom-Bishop Pakenham-Walsh,The Christian Literature Society-1935)


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KNOXVILLE, Tennesse - A man who shot and killed two parishioners during a children's play at a Tennessee church yesterday attacked the congregation because of its outspoken socially liberal and gay-friendly beliefs, police said.
The 58-year-old unemployed engineer accused in the Sunday morning attack at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, was driven to bloodshed in part by his "stated hatred for the liberal movement" as well as his hatred for gays, said Knoxville, Tennessee, police chief Sterling Owen. "We're certainly investigating it as a hate crime."
According to police, at about 10am yesterday Jim Adkisson strode into the church sanctuary as 200 parishioners watched a children's production of the musical "Annie". He pulled a .12 gauge shotgun from a guitar case and fire three rounds, killing two adults, police said. One of the dead was shot as he attempted to shield others from gunfire, witnesses said. Parishioners then tackled Adkisson and held him until police arrived.
"I do not believe he expected to leave there alive," Owen said. He said Adkisson had been planning the attack for a week, but added
"I'm sure this is something that's been building a long time."
Investigators described Adkisson as a former member of an Army airborne unit who trained as a mechanical engineer and had held jobs across the country. He had apparently been out of work since 2006, and believed liberals were taking jobs he should have, Owen said. Investigators are not aware of any affiliation with a church or with any known hate groups. Adkisson had no next of kin or family, police said.
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According to a four-page manifesto police found in his SUV in the church parking lot, Adkisson believed the church to be a bastion of liberalism in an otherwise socially conservative area of eastern Tennessee.
"That church had received some publicity in the recent past regarding its liberal stance on things," Owen said, "and that is at least one of the issues we believe caused that church to be targeted".
The church's website speaks of its "long and rich history of taking stands for social justice," and said it has fought since the 1950s for racial desegregation, fair wages and equal treatment for women and homosexuals. It provides sanctuary for political refugees and founded a chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. The church hosts social events for gay and lesbian teens.
The FBI logged 7,722 hate crimes in 2006, the most recent year for which complete statistics are available. That is down slightly from 2000. Hate crime attacks at churches are rare, according to FBI statistics. Only 4% in 2006 occurred at places of worship.
An FBI official said federal law enforcement officials were investigating whether to prosecute Adkisson for forcibly preventing the free expression of worship, a federal civil rights violation.
Adkisson is charged with first-degree murder and is held on $1m bail.
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hello can i take a webcam from another acre and put it into my acre asp. 5517 laptop
Wireless was never a problem on my machine. I installed Ubuntu 10.04 on my Acer Aspire 5517. After installation, no wireless driver is seen. Need not to worry. Plug in wired network connection, search for "Additional drivers", and it will detect STA wireless driver. If at first attempt the hardware is not detected, then restart your machine keeping the network wire plugged in. It should detect the driver after restart. Install it and you should be good with the wireless.
Microphone is a real problem though. Till date I have not been able to get it fixed. I have reported this bug long time bug, but it is not fixed by the developers yet.
Installed Ubuntu 10.04 on Acer 5517-1127 issues:
1)wireless needs to configures, took hours of searching on the net to find a page in Spanish that I translated to have the answer (the other solution require a hard wired internet connection, which defeats the purpose of having ubuntu installed from a usb)
2) Ive spent 4 days trying to figure out how to get the internal mic to work but no luck, tried upgrading alsa, clean install, and a slew of others….gonna try to install madriva now wish me luck
There is no internal mike! Crazy as it seems, especially since there is a webcam.
This is the case on my 5517-1502 and confused me for a while when I first got it and ran it under windows. It's even rather misleading because the settings under Windows lists an (external) microphone by default.
I just put Suse11.3 on as a dual boot and have begun to investigate how to get my wifi working. Looks like this ain't gonna be easy :(
I just got my wireless working!!
This is the steps I took but I don't know if the first was necessary:
1. Added packman repository and installed the appropriate broadcom firmware as per the following site. BUT!! I ADDED THE 11.3 REPOSITORY (these instructions were for 11.2)
(after rebooting, it still didn't work)
2. I executed the command 'dmesg |grep -i firmware' as root and found a helpful instruction in the log file telling me to execute the command 'sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware' which downloaded the appropriate firmware. NOTE: I HAD A CABLE CONNECTION SO I COULD ACCESS THE INTERNET, BUT THERE WAS A REFERENCE IN THE LOG FILE FOR OFF-LINE INSTALLATION.
(after rebooting, my wireless card was working fine)
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More reservations after you have allowed pets?
Hi to all hosts here!
How much do you charge for cleaning when guests come with pets and do you need much more cleaning time? Do you have more reservations after you have allowed pets to stay?
We were pet friendy for 10 years. This year we decided not to accept pets anymore.
Our pet fee was: 10,00€/day per pet.
I think during the low seasons etc is a good advantage to be pet friendly..
About the cleaning.. it depends of the pet and the owner. Mostly no problems with cleaning etc.. but there are few cases per year, that some owners with pets are really dirty, and because of those few cases, I decided not to accept pets. Only if booked directly from our web page and under special conditions (must be trained or well behaved, must use his own pet bed, etc...).
Thanks for your feedback.
My property is pet friendly. My fee is also 10 Euro/day per pet now. I used to have it completely free but one night when my guests arrived they opened their van and inside there were 7 dogs all quite and beautiful in their cages.
You can imagine my surprise. The dogs were all champions and had come to attend a dog show competition.
To make a story short my guests were very responsible people and the dogs behaved to the maximum.
They cleaned the whole place and left me again surprised.
Although this experience was terrific and I love dogs, I decided to allow only one pet uppon request.
So it all depends on how responsible guests are.
I think the fees is depend on you. you can research about other hotel near you for your guideline.
We do not allow either Pets or Children and it works wonders.although we have 5 grandchildren and used to have 2 cats and a small dog ourselves ,BUT for the apartment No.
Wow !!!.."M" 7 dogs !!! ..Amazing !!!!
michael-beeston we are in a country village and is convenient for guests to bring their pets so for the time being my place is pet friendly.
Amazing things happen all the time at The Adams Studio in Oropos....
We also accept pets but under some conditions and it is why we do not define ourselves as pets friendly but open to host them.
1) we do not charge for the pet
2) dangerous dogs like pit bull, rottweiler, german shepperd, doberman ... are not allowed (too risky and make our job harder if we have to access the unit to clean or ...)
3) the pet can be in the living room, bathroom ... but obviously not on the top of the chaise long or bed and is not allowed inside the bedrooms (wood floor) and for respect to the next guest even if we clean you can allways still get some smell or whatever...
4) ask for security deposit and if he pie on the matress or ... will keep the deposit for extra cleaning ...
On a reservation point of view we notice a boost as in town many other accommodations (hotels, pensions, flats) do not accept them.
So far we have not decide to charge for them but 10 euros may help us as well ... still thinking to charge or not ...
Felipe I like your conditions. Although I also state that pets are not allowed on bed, sofas, furniture etc. how can we be sure that pets dont get on beds??? Most guests they will probably ignore our rules.
I have a dog and he is not permitted to get on furniture but most of our friends let their pets everywhere.
I am confused sometimes to be or not to be pet friendly???
Their is no way to know if the pet was in the room or not except if we add cameras in the rooms ... lol
What is sure is that if we go to clean the room and see the cat on the bed (long stay) or a pie of a pet on the bed next morning the pet was or is in the bedroom ... even if you have lemon to clean you will not like it and I do not talk if you have just change to brand new matress ...
The pets lose a lot of hairs ... so when you clean you will see it anyway. May be too late as the guest already checkout but if he comes back you know what to expect with that someone and let him know.
Then you can either decline his next booking or as you know what happen already ask him for an extra charge even if normaly you do not do it ... it is also why for pets we advertise as charges may apply ... so it give us the way to not charge anything, charge a unacceptable amount if it is a pitbull (way to say no and cancel) or a small amount if we saw already issues (if small behaviors) with that guest with previous bookings.
We are completely pet-friendly and I must say we have not had any real issues so far. I do not charge for pets, but do ask owners to clean up after their pets outside, that pets are not allowed on couches, beds etc, and that big dogs especially are not allowed inside the house. Most rules are probably ignored so it is a gamble, however I have managed to live with this, as I would rather have a booking, than turn someone away due to a no-pet policy. Like I said, we haven't had many (or any) problems as yet. We have a long stay in December (19 nights) for 3 couples with 6 dogs.....I'll update again in January about my no-pet policy!!
Hi! Beach-House-on-Fairway and welcome to the forum. I agree with you, Hosting is a gamble in many ways. 6 dogs a great experience you will have. At least they informed you. In my case my guests without informing me they brought 7 dogs. All of them with championships. Unbelievable experience at the end of the day they left my place spotless. Good luck...
so far we got enought booking with pets that went well in order to still accept them. Nevertheless over maybe 20 booking with pets 2 of them did not go that well. one was with a cat that we could not remove from the bed (as we were doing the room and changing the bedsheets) till we call the owner ... that cat also left his nail on the chaise longue. Just a bit but still.
And 1 dog once pie on the bed and we had to clean the whole bed (linen, duvet as well) and lucky us did not reach the matress.
All in all we still want to accept them as we look to the 90% that go smooth but have to remember that is a risk and 10% do not go that smooth.
I also want to tell that we are talking about pets but sometimes some kids or even adults can be worst.
Felipe I absolutely agree with you. Adults can be more worse.
We have a pet-friendly bed and breakfast. After the first year, we have decided to raise the pet fee as it requires much longer times to clean rooms. Hair, mud everywhere. Many people ignore the rules and allow their shedding pets on the beds. We've had to throw out sheets, pillow cases and duvets. Had one dog scratch at the door when guests left them unattended. (Against our policies). Most people are responsible and it does bring in extra money. But you do need to price your rooms accordingly because there will be damage from the few people that just don't care. (as with anything) I've thought about charging based on long or short hair.
Not really. Had one or two dogs in time of over 2 years.
Dear Innkeeper, may I ask you why you decide to charge everyone an amount when as we do (pet is free of charge) we ask a security deposit and release if we see no damage or bad behaviors. In that way obviously everyone is ask for a security deposit (but also do not pay an extra charge) but it is only release to the nice once and for the bad ones you just take few pictures and keep the deposit accordingly or give back half of it or ... accordingly to the issue and damage.
if many local hosting place near by you allowed pets you may get only few but if most of the local hosting places refuse to host pets you are quite in a short list and may have more bookings link to it.
Hi... In our Hotels, Pets are not allowed... :(
In most hotels in Greece pets are not allowed. Since my Studio is located in a country village pets can enjoy their stay and have fun. If guests are responsible so their dogs are, making everybody happy.
We are a Motel.. have only certain rooms that are Pet (Dog only) Friendly due to other guests having allergies. We charge $10 per stay per dog (2 small max or 1 medium/larger)
We have strict rules and restrictions Not allowed on beds at all. Although once guest has checked out we wash all bedding covers to be sure of no fleas or dog hair, dirt, ect.. Dogs are NOT allowed to be left alone while guests are out and about. We cannot take care of them for you. We put this in place when a guest said it was a small dog when she booked, well the guest left the dog in the room which by the way was not small by any means. Well, the dog barked and barked, when we attempted to enter the room we could not. When the guest came back after not being able to reach them for some time, we went into the room and noticed the damage done and he chewed part of the window sill to get out of the room. At that point we almost became not pet friendly. Instead we put the restriction in place. It is posted in the office as well.
Now I have a question as well pertaining to this... Although it specifically states on BDC guest must contact property if bringing pet. It also says if availability.. a lot of the guests do not tell us and hide the dogs in the car and park their car in the parking lot so we cannot see the dog. When the housekeeper goes in the next day we then find out there is a dog or was. Or I would see the guest walking the dog and ask them to please come to the office, they then say they did not see where this is posted on BDC. We then charge them. Now I had a guest cancel because she booked a room recently with a king. She had called me for another reason, but asked me if there was definitely a king bed n the room because she needed to make sure the dog would fit on the bed with her and her husband and who would be walking the dog ????? I told her to please read the pet rules and restrictions and then also explained them to her. She said "Well what am I supposed to do with him while we are gone. He always sleeps with us. I had said again, you must bring the dog with you while out and about and not allowed on the beds. I told her why we cannot allow this. I also suggested that she bring the dog to a Doggie B&B (we have one around the corner from us which is great). She said I was ridiculous and very cold hearted.. hum
K2U...............Pets..a difficult question sometimes, we have our apartment in a high rise so the issue of Pets does not come into the equation BUT we have had 4 or 5 requests for Pets and have said NO...... but thank goodness we fill the apartment anyway so it works for us ,BUT I think it depends on the individual and location (such as your property "M") and your own feelings towards pets and things..............We have a B@B for dogs and cats close by so if we get a request for a pet we give the B@B phone number..K2U..............it sounds if that lady was not that nice anyway.!!!!
Pets, pets they are so nice. We humans are spoiled. I agree being pet friendly is a hard question. It all has to do with guests being responsible. I also have a small dog inside my house but I take care of him as a member of family. Has two beds for sleeping one in the living room and one in our bedroom. I don't allow him to get on sofas, beds etc. and when I go out even in winter time I take him out in the garden. I have told you the story with the 7 dogs, being so obedient and clean thanks to their owners.
Being pet friendly can be a tough problem if guests are not responsible.
Yes Michael she was not nice at all, complained about everything.
M.. pets are wonderful, we have many great pets that come here.. love them !! However, responsible she definitely was not.
@k2u ...
what you mention about guest leaving the pet hidden in the car sounds to me like some guest does with us...
We offer flats (3 bedrooms) with full capacity for 6 or 7 ppl and the prices are build from 2 to 7 with base price for 2 and additional 25 euros / guest / night.
Link to it, some book for example for 3 ppl... 1 comes to collect the keys ... and few minutes or hours later you see 5ppl for example staying the whole night in the unit...
How creative are some to get more for less money ?
Have to agree k2u, you cant please all the people all of the time......we had a male guest last year who wanted to go to the Horse racing ( The Race Course is about a 20 minute walk or 6 minutes by taxi)..he gave us 7.5 for location, because it took him too long to get to the Races !!!!!! .GUESS WHAT..he has just booked again for next year !!!..UNBELIEVABLE !!!!, but the difference he was and is a nice guy.................Not like your lady (awful)
Like I said some guests just want to nag for something can't believe that everything is perfect.


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Tongue Depressor Business Cards
Open wide and say aahhh. Great. Now turn your head and letterpress some tongue depressor business cards. We just printed these for MCAD design undergrad Matt Van Ekeren. The cards are for his soon to launch website designthattalks.com The simplicity of the idea here is brilliant. The business card object plays off the url perfectly. For the production, we hand fed them on our Chandler and Price letterpress. We used a small block of deep relief Boxcar base in an unusual way. Instead of using photopolymer plates, we used a 16 gauge copper plate mounted with double stick tape adheisive. We used copper rather than polymer in this case so we could be a little more aggressive with the impression on the wood. To accomodate the thickness of the tongue depressor, we had to back the platen off a few flats. Then, since the artwork is so tight to the edge the big challenge was fitting the guides pins EXTREMELY tight to the print area and not crush them. But it worked! We printed a couple hundred on both sides. A real challenge to hand fed, press was on a pretty low speed setting. Not something we'd like to do everyday, but we are suckers for trying things that are unique. But we did have Matt open all the individually packaged depressors.
Also, take a look at our Chandler and Price hand guard. It is a window-shade-like device that opens up as the press closes and pushes your hand out of harms way. Kind of a nice safety feature.


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And now, a news report that out-Satans that Christmas light fiasco that ignited the Eastern Tennessee media market last December in a geyser of hellfire. Obviously, we're not thrilled that anybody's lawn ornaments were stolen, but seriously, this is the apotheosis of regional news.
A duo of Satanists in Mountain View, Colorado were aggrieved when an unknown culprit lopped off their "VOTE SATAN" yard placard. CBS Denver 4 was on the scene, faster than Geraldo Rivera warning teenagers that friends who use new words may be in cahoots with fallen angels. Reports the station:
The couple's home and yard are decorated with items like a Christmas tree that has been painted black, skulls and the number 666. They believe the cutting down of the poster was an attack on their religious beliefs.
The report sadly does not delve into the electoral ramifications of that sign. Is Satan running for school comptroller in Mountain View? Freeholder? Is he a write-in candidate? Sounds like those two-party plutocrats can't stand a little competition on the ballot. Win this election for Joe Average, Satan!
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.... the most popular Castle faction is:
Believe it or not, Dragon Masters are the most popular of the Castle factions for the CC Roleplayers. How do I come to this conclusion, you ask?
Well, in a fit of consummate boredom (short though it was), I visited the Roleplay Page (which I do think really ought to be moved to the main page, link-wise), and I decided to read up on all out characters. Pretty quickly, I was counting out how many characters each faction had (assigning them to the faction that they were listed under, regardless of what the posts might have made apparent/unapparent).
Now, the total number of characters listed was 73. Now, while I am aware that a character or two has been added to the Planning Thread, but has not been included on the members page, this has been taken into account, for I visited the current Planning Thread to complete my census; hopefully I got everyone. This includes every character, living, dead, stagnant, frozen, you name it.
Unsurprisingly, the greatest "faction" category was 'none', which I shall rename Rogue/None, since that kind of explains it better. Fully 35 out 73 characters were given no faction. (I included everyone who was not conclusively given a faction as a Rogue/None, as well as everyone listed as a 'Pirate'. Subtract the Pirates and you get 32 Rogues/None.) Is this abundance of faction-less characters indicative of a lack of patriotism in our generation?
I was somewhat surprised at the abundance of Dragon Masters. They had eight registered charaters, the only official faction to break five. True, fully half of them were Green Knight's characters, but even without those four, they would have been the second place faction.
As it was, second place fell to the Black Knights, with five characters. The BLACK KNIGHTS! If I had had to think about it, I would have assumed that NO ONE had written about them, since I couldn't recall a single post dealing with them.
Third Place would probably have been the domain of the Bull Knights, had I seen Lovana under anyone's name. (I didn't check last month's Planning Thread, so I suppose she could be there.....) As it was, with three registered characters, the Bulls had to share third place with the Dark Forest, Forestmen, KK1, Crusaders, and Black Falcons. Still, not bad for a faction not even registered on the map. And I woud say that all the credit rightfully goes to Brian and Barbod.
After these factions, the Wolfpack and Ninja come next, with two members registered each (although since one, Kendo, whom I just registered, is listed as Ninja/Pirates, that might be ONE for Ninja, and FOUR for Pirates.)
KK2, Fright Knights, and Classic Legoland each had one. While I am unsurprised at the lack of interest in KK2 and Fright Knights, I AM surprised about Classic Legoland, who's only member, Thenais, is the recent creation of Green Knight.
And I am also amazed that, alone of all the factions, the Royal Knights haven't a single registered character. I tell you, its disgraceful! I may well have to have Sir Dractor go there just to remedy that! (J/K! Although I AM surprised.)
Anyways, I just thought that some of you might be interested to know this stuff. I certainly found it interesting. And Nate, I didn't put this in Planning because it really doesn't bear on the future of the Roleplay at all. If I was mistaken, just crosspost and lock please.


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The truth about your BMI
The body mass index, or BMI, is an equation that uses your height and weight to create one solid number. Using this number, dieters and those looking to lose weight are supposedly able to see whether or not they are in good health. Some fitness experts are saying otherwise -- that the body mass index is too simple of a calculation that doesn't factor in any important health facts except for your weight and height.
One of the many issues that people see with calculating BMI, is that it doesn't differentiate between fat and muscle. As we all know, muscle weighs more than fat, so wouldn't it not make sense to measure the same two as equals. If one person works out everyday and has heavy muscle mass, they may have a higher BMI than someone who has never stepped foot in a gym.
Looking at your BMI for health conformation can lead to many issues such as body dysmorphia and eating disorders. Your body mass index doesn't factor in other health questions like cholesterol, blood pressure, and other lifestyle factors.
We should all embrace our different body types, continue to exercise, and eat right. It isn't necessarily critical to look at this one single number, it is more important to be healthy and happy. So no matter if you are an exercise guru or a couch potato, your body mass index is definitely not a foolproof calculation!
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