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8-1-13 Proctor, MN
Skeeter Estey drove to an early lead from the pole in the 20 lap Midwest Modified feature
ahead of point leader Danny Vang, Dan Kingsley while Jake Gondik battled with Mack Estey for
fourth and fifth. Skeeter Estey, Kingsley and Vang distanced themselves from the rest until Kyle
Inman's car erupted in a cloud of steam going down the front stretch. Inman was able to limp off
the track but stalled on the pit road bringing out the caution flag with five laps recorded. On the
restart Skeeter Estey moved out to a ten car length lead while Kingsley was busy holding off
Vang. Ninth starting Deven VanHouse moved in on Gondik for fourth and took the position. The
top seven cars pulled away from Chris Bretting who led a gaggle of cars in a battle for eighth.
Skeeter Estey was in complete control of the race and went on to win his first feature of the
season at the speedway. Kingsley, VanHouse, Vang and Gondik finished in the top five.
It was 25 laps for the WISSOTA Late Models and Harry Hanson raced off turn two into the
lead from the outside of the front row over Zach Wohlers, Kyle Peterlin and Darrell Nelson.
Hanson drove off to a huge lead while Petrelin, Nelson and Wohlers skirmished for second.
Nelson burst free into second and began to slowly close on Hanson who had pushed the set
button on his cruise control. Just at the half way point with Hanson way off in the distance, the
first and only caution flag of the race flew when Dave Esse backed off the third and fourth turns
in a big lazy loop. Now Hanson was in reach of the rest as the green flag flew with 14 laps
remaining. Hanson tried his best but Nelson was not to be denied and took over the point.
Hanson maintained second over Peterlin, Wohlers and Aaron Lillo driving Matt Sorenson's
number 94. As Nelson took his turn in the lead, Hanson was feeling pressure from Peterlin who
got by into second. Nelson won his second feature of the season over Peterlin, Hnson, Wohlers,
Lillo and Esse while Robbie Cooper dropped out.
Al Rapp fresh off a big win at the Pure Excitement 25 Pure Stock special the previous night
used his pole position starting spot to lead every lap of the Pure Stock main event. The field was
never far behind him, however as four caution flags as well as several tries at a
green/white/checkered finish kept the masses close. Matt Hammitt raced in the lead pack the
entire race and wound up second ahead of Lucas Carlson, Glenn Dammer and newcomer Cody
Herrick in the top five. Justin Madsen finished sixth after spinning and falling a lap down at the
beginning of the race.
A surprised Shawn McFadden, Jr suddenly found himself leading the 20 lap WISSOTA Super
Stock main event Sunday night at the Proctor Speedway. McFadden was cruising along alone in
second place behind leader Andy Davey who, in turn, was way out in front when suddenly Davey
fell off the pace giving up the point to McFadden. Davey fell back to fifth place at the checkered
flag behind point leader Scott Lawrence, Joe Oliver and Kevin Burdick second through fourth.
Davey began the feature from the pole and quickly raced off to a commanding lead over
McFadden who started on the outside pole. Burdick, Donnie Lofdahl and Lawrence ran in the top
five and were soon joined by Joe Oliver. Lofdahl fell back and Oliver and Lawrence caught
Burdick as the three put on the best race of the event for the third spot. At this point it appeared
Davey had things well in had but then dropped like a rock back to fifth. With no caution flags to
close up the pack, McFadden was left with a big lead and an easy win as there were not enough
laps left for him to be caught by Lawrence who had inherited second after making a strong inside
move off the second turn to get past Oliver and Burdick. Oliver got by Burdick for third in the
closing laps.
The final feature of the evening was for the WISSOTA Modifieds with Kelly Estey jumping
out to the lead from the pole at the initial green flag. E. J. Hietala, Deven VanHouse, Jeff
Broking and Brian Mikkonen ran in the top five. Broking moved into second as justin jones spun
in turn one bringing out the first of two caution flags. Estey was in control of the event over
Broking as VanHouse made the pass into third. Darrell Nelson had worked his way up to sixth
after starting at the rear as he did not finish the heat. The second caution flag appeared when nick
Musel slowed off turn two and stopped. He was sent to the pits due to a missing front bumper.
Nelson got a good run off turn two and made the push into fourth as VanHouse battled his way
past Broking into second and closed to within three car lengths of Estey but ran out of laps and
had to settle for second. Further back Cory Jorgenson got by Mikkonen to round out the top five.
Results Proctor Speedway 8-11-13 (67 cars)
WISSOTA Late Models (8 cars)
Feature (25 laps) Darrell Nelson Hermantown, MN; Kyle Peterlin Hibbing, MN; Harry Hanson
Eveleth, MN; Zach Wohlers Hibbing; Aaron Lillo Proctor; Scott Herrick Proctor; Dave Esse
Cloquet, MN DNF: Robbie Cooper South Range, WI
Heat (8 laps) Nelson; Peterlin; Hanson; Wohlers; Lillo; Esse; Herrick; Cooper
WISSOTA Modified (11 cars)
Feature (20 laps) Kelly Estey Kelly Lake, MN; Deven VanHouse Silver Bay, MN; Jeff Broking
Grand Rapids, MN; Darrell Nelson Hermantown; Cory Jorgenson Hermantown; Brian Mikkonen
Iron River, WI; E. J. Hietala Cloquet; Neil Balduc Bessemer, MI; Scott Heikkinen Eveleth;
Justin Jones Bemidji, MN; Nick Musel Duluth
Heat 1 (8 laps) Balduc; Estey; Broking; Hietala; Musel DNF: Nelson
Heat 2 (8 laps) VanHouse; Mikkonen; Jorgenson; Heikkinen; Jones
WISSOTA Super Stock (13 cars)
Feature (20 laps) Shawn McFadden Ashland, WI; Scott Lawrence Superior, WI; Joe Olive
Superior; Kevin Burdick Proctor; Andy Davey Hibbing; Andrew LaBarge Keewatin, MN; Andy
Grymala Superior; Donnie lofdahl Duluth; Kevin Salin Iron, MN; Pat Heikkinen Eveleth; Dan
Yrjanson Carlton, MN; Brian Carl Duluth; Ronnie Malecki Superior
Heat 1 (8 laps) Davey; lofdahl; Salin; Heikkinen; LaBarge; Malecki; Yrjanson
Heat 2 (8 laps) Oliver; Lawrence; McFadden; Burdick; Grymala; Carl
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds ( 18 cars)
Feature (20 laps) Skeeter Estey Kelly Lake; Dan Kingsley Superior; Deven VanHouse Silver
Bay; Danny Vang Brainerd, MN; Jake Gondik Foxboro, WI; Mack Estey Kelly Lake; Jesse
Ogston Duluth; Chris Bretting Washburn, WI; Josh Heavirland Cloquet; John Kallas Hurley, WI;
Jori Hughes Tower, MN; Cory Ziebol Cloquet; Norm Anderson, Jr. Duluth; Dustin Skorich
Brainerd DNF: Andrew Inman Hermantown; Justin Bassa Hermantown; Cody Carlson Superior;
Kyle Inman Duluth
Heat 1 (8 laps) Kingsley; S. Estey; Gondik; M. Estey; VanHouse; Ogston; Hughes; Anderson
DNF: Ziebol
Heat 2 (8 laps) Vang; Heavirland; Bretting; A. Inman DNF: Carlson; Skorich; Kalas; Bassa; K.
Pure Stock ( 17 cars)
Feature (15 laps) Al Rapp Saginaw, MN; Matt Hammitt Cloquet; Lucas Carlson Cloquet; Glenn
Dammer Duluth; Cody Herrick Hibbing; Justin Madsen Foxboro; Craig Horak Grand Marais,
MN; Annika Hammitt Cloquet; Rita Anderson South Range; Shawn Ziells Proctor DNF: Duane
Livingood Saginaw; Mike Sirois Hermantown; Devin Reynolds Cloquet; Jon Jammitt cloquet;
Jeff Engelmeier Saginaw DNS: Josh Loucks carlton; Dustin Follett cloquet
Heat 1 (8 laps) Madsen; M. Hammitt; J. Hammitt; Loucks; Sirois; Horak; Follett;Reynolds;
Heat 2 ( 8 laps) Carlson; Dammer; Engelmeier; Rapp; A. Hammitt; Anderson; Herrick DNS:


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The facilities department recently has undergone a reorganization in order to respond to new demands for managing an increasingly growing and complex set of capital projects.
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I think Jimmie Ward to the Ravens is a great pick. I had the Ravens in a mock and made the same call. His cover skills are the best of any FS prospect since Earl Thomas (imo). I feel like he's going higher than people think.
I think Jimmie Ward to the Ravens is a great pick. I had the Ravens in a mock and made the same call. His cover skills are the best of any FS prospect since Earl Thomas (imo). I feel like he's going higher than people think.
A medical report saying a player is A-OK being released just before a draft? Never seen one of those before. Agents and schools will do whatever they can to pump up the value of their players. There's a real life edumacation for you, free of charge.
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"Andrews, the team doctor for the Washington Redskins NFL franchise, has consulted with or worked on a Who's Who of professional athletes in the United States, including Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Michael Jordan, Jack Nicklaus, Adrian Peterson, Albert Pujols, Bo Jackson, Roger Clemens and many more."
Not that long ago Koundjio was considered a solid top 20 pick. What changed more than anything are the whims of perception, and that doesn't concern me. Dude is a solid, solid football player that imo is tailor made for NFL RT. Better player than teammate DJ Fluker who was the #11 overall pick in 2012.
As to your education, now maybe now you've learned that Dr. Andrews isn't some backwoods doctor who's going to sign off on an injury to make a coach, player or agent happy. Look at the pressure that he put on Shanahan as per the RGIII situation- Shanahan took his own counsel instead of listening to Andrews and it cost him his job and RGIII another reconstruction.
As to Lewan, it wasn't long ago that Kouanjio was considered his equal or better. Lewan has excellent straight line speed but a choppy kickslide, and Koundjio is the better power player. I don't know at all that I would take Lewan over Koundjio, especially for RT. All the new opinions of Kouandjio are of a flavor of the month/ go with the crowd mentality that don't examine what's really going on beneath the surface. False knee rumors and he ran a slow 40, bfd. All the new opinions are good for a chuckle, and that's about it.
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So, there are a few strikes against him IMO, with the biggest one being that I have no interest in drafting straight up RT at 19. Martin is a minor exception due to his versatility, but even then I'm not a huge fan, more indifferent.
As for Lewan, I also have no interest in Incognito Jr, not that he would fall to us anyways.
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Does he fit our scheme? I really don't think he does. He seems a natural fit for a power scheme. If we want to say people use to be consider top 20 than we should be taking Lee at 19 as he was ranked top 5-10 player before.
Let's go Miami!!!!
It's not a fad....2013 tape is 3rd round tape.
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All that I can say is that I've looked over the 2012 and 2013 tape- 2012 is better, but in 2013 Kouandjio gave up 1.5 sacks before the lousy bowl game in somewhere around 300 pass plays. He's a road grader. I don't see a 3rd round player in the 2013 tape, not even close. And I see a top flight prospect in the 2012 tape. Who was it from OSU who got two sacks on Jake Long? Jake still went #1 overall.
Part of the fun of the draft is differing opinions, judging them against your own because it's fun and also to learn something. I altered my opinion of Tiny Richardson after reading some other opinions, going back to the tape and realizing that those opinion had more validity than mine. No shame there, and it's fun. I like the power and quick feet of Joel Bitonio, but Awsi Dooger gave me something to think about and I'll go back and watch more film. I do it because I enjoy it, and par tof that process is seeing what other people think. That being said, my opinion is that Cyrus Kouandjio is one hell of an OT that could be a GREAT fit for us at RT if his knee checks out, and so far I'm convinced that it does. Dude is a freaking steam roller with pretty darned good lateral movement, and I've been watching him and an amazing Alabama OL for the last few years. He had a few blips last season, but that dude is a very, very good football player and every time I watch him of film I'm reminded of it even more.
The latest craze is Ju'Wuan James, but personally while I like him I see a solid yet unspectacular 2nd to 3rd rd pick. If he and Koundjio are available at #19 and it's one or the other, I'm taking Kouandjio. Just opinions, same as the strong ones I have for Kyle Van Noy, James Gayle, Brandin Cooks, Matt Patchan and Trai Turner. That being said, please identify which games last season besides the Sugar Bowl Koundjio played like a 3rd rounder and i'll go back and look at the tape.
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I have to disagree regarding lasting knee issues, especially with linemen supporting far more weight and needing to be far more mobile in a ZBS. While repairing ACL injuries is far superior to what it once was (sometimes career ending), it still takes a long time for recovery and the risk of re-injury is high (15 times higher if I remember correctly). The latter is what concerns me. Too much of a risk for my blood, especially after last year's draft in which Ireland apparently spent most of his time scouting hospitals.
If for some reason we can't manage to land a RT somewhere in the draft, first, I'd have to question our GM's ability, and second, I'd be okay going with a FA and a developmental guy in the mid-to-late rounds over passing a more talented player out desperation.
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On Sunday, March 3rd, the Kansas City Service Jam presented two services that were designed in just forty-eight hours at the Google Fiber Space in Westport. The local event launched on Friday evening at Red Nova Labs before moving over to Google Fiber for Saturday and Sunday sessions.
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Well, it's been quite a while since the last update once again. I am certain millions of advogato readers have been anxiously waiting for a new one... oh well... who am I fooling... if not even I bother to proof-read it, why should someone else care about what I write?
Anyway, many things have changed, so this might get a little lengthy. Here it comes...
New computer
Yes, I actually bothered to buy a new system recently (named it Asuka), to do stuff my "old" box didn't really handle well. It has built-in graphics accelleration, hardware DSP mixing etc., but it came shipped with a proprietary OS which I still have to replace (or, at least, partially replace, for dual-booting) with Debian. It's probably one of the fastest of its kind available, an Amiga 1200 with a Blizzard IV turbo card. sic. Now I have an Amiga and an Alpha. I guess I'd start buying Betamax hardware if I had a TV.
Anyway, it'd probably be a nice little system if I'd take a day or two to get it into shape, and I'm quite looking forward to doing this once the semester is over. It's a bit hard to use without manuals, though; I haven't even found an easy way to enter the shell yet (short of starting to boot, then removing the disk I'm booting from).
FreeSCI 0.3.3 is actually going to be released shortly. This is one free software project with a highly erratic development cycle... Exult
hasn't seen much of me lately, which, despite probably being better for it, is rather unfortunate, IMHO- I'm still hoping on "fixing" it for building on DEC cxx this weekend, but it's just a vague hope. New currency
Here it comes, the Euro. Shiny new coins, looking a bit like the newer 10 Franc pieces. The notes are a bit too colorful for my personal taste, but I thought the same of the new DM notes when we introduced them a few years ago; I'll get used to this just as I'll get used to having an EUR 0.2 coin.
Of course the Euro isn't just a new currency, it's a political event as well. It's up to TPTB now to use the momentum they've generated to push any pro-Europe agendas they might have in store; let's just hope those agendas will be something better than certain "Anti-terrorism" laws introduced by opportunistic politicians recently.
Bright and shiny they are, these Euro coins, not as scratched and dirty as the other coins I'm still carrying around. I wonder how they'll look in a few years.
So I've actually seen it now. I've always wondered whether it's possible to take a book of the narratory depth of one of the LOTR's parts and turn it into a movie- a long one, of course- whithout missing a lot and still having to rush everything.
Now that I've seen one of the best directors around try it with a very large amount of money at his disposal, I'm pretty certain it's not.


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It completely sucks when you're trying to prevent a flamewar and someone who has no stake in anything comes in with the intention of essentially stirring shit. The person in question was (I thought) just trying to express his issues with the attitudes expressed by some of the QuakeLives people. Not so, he even admitted he was actively trying to start WWIX in the irc channel. *sigh*
Being a foolish optimist, I'm still holding out on the hope that the current problems with them will be resolved. Not because the team wants them resolved - it's clear they don't care. But in the end they need users to be willing to play using their client. And the users have been saying in droves that they don't have to have a bunch of different clients just to play on their favorite QW servers. Enough people remember John Carmack threatening to sue them over GPL violations (they still haven't put up source, but they currently don't have anything downloadable at all) that I should think they're not likely to ignore the overwhelming demand. They don't exactly have the best reputation here at the moment.
On a more technical matter, I am debating what the hell I'm going to do about ARB multitexture in the GL targets. Most cards and drivers support it just fine these days. The one major exception is ATI which is not exactly improving my outlook on that company's products. It seems that ATI's cards support only one extra texture - a lightmap. That's completely useless when the goal is to add a second texture layer to emulate "fullbright colors" in the software renderer or other features that involve multitexture. I'd be curious to know how Q3A deals with this issue given that it relies on heavy doses of (multi-)multitexturing.
I'm considering working on some GPL'd quake tools.. They'd make my life a little easier and some of them would be good projects, especially since I want to pick up some X programming. There are issues of course such as language and toolkits for the GUI versions. I can probably make "better" code in C++, but interfacing C++ to gtk is a nightmare because gtk tries to invent objects in a language that doesn't support them. =p The code will be GPL'd so Qt is out of the question. I guess that leaves wxWindows which I've been meaning to look at anyway. Most people would prefer I just use C I suppose but a procedural design is just clumsy for dealing with object-oriented data and interfaces IMO. It's a style point I guess.


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Taylor Swift: Her 9 Most Notorious Disses To Men In Song
Less than a week after she broke up with Harry Styles, Taylor is back in the studio, no doubt writing about their relationship! It's not a new trend — check out her most vengeful songs below!
John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal, Harry Styles — no matter how sweet a guy may seem, no one is safe from Taylor Swift's pen! Her song lyrics are relatable, heartfelt, personal and intriguing — mostly because we can guess which celebrity each song is about!
On Jan. 10, just days after her breakup with Harry Styles, Taylor tweeted "Back in the studio. Uh oh…" Wonder what she's writing about him now?
Her song "I Knew You Were Trouble" is about Harry, so it seems like she may have had a premonition back in March 2012 when they met at the Kids' Choice Awards!
On Jan. 11, Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger told Celebuzz she thinks Joe Jonas "ruined" Taylor and her subsequent relationships!
What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Check out Taylor's 9 biggest disses below, click through the gallery to see the men who've inspired her, and vote on your fave T-Swift revenge song below:
1) Brandon Borello — inspired the song "Fifteen"
2) Sam Armstrong — inspired the song "Should've Said No"
3) Joe Jonas — inspired the song "Forever & Always"
4) Joe Jonas — inspired the song "Last Kiss"
5) Taylor Lautner — inspired the song "Back To December" (This song is more of a diss to her about how she treated Taylor badly)
6) Jake Gyllenhaal — inspired the song "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
7) Jake Gyllenhaal — inspired the song "All Too Well"
8) John Mayer — inspired the song "Dear John"
9) Harry Styles — inspired the song "I Knew You Were Trouble"
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Teaching is provided through a mixture of lectures, practicals, projects and supervisions, and in Year 1 you can typically expect around 22 hours of teaching each week.Year 1 (Part IA)
The broad foundation of the first two years (Part I) gives you an understanding of the basic principles of a wide range of subjects, together with an appreciation of the external pressures under which these ideas are likely to be applied.
In Year 1, you take four papers and sit a three-hour written exam in each:
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You also undertake several coursework activities and projects, on topics including structural design, product design, presentation skills, drawing, laboratory experiments and computer programming.Year 2 (Part IB)
You study eight papers on core subjects at a more advanced level:
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In the third term, you select two topics from seven engineering disciplines plus a language option. These topics emphasise engineering design and introduce the more specialised work of the third year.
Coursework includes laboratory experiments and computing exercises. Several experiments are linked around the common theme of earthquake-resistant structures. A highlight of the year is the compulsory integrated design project where you work in teams to design and build robot vehicles which are then tested against each other.Year 3 (Part IIA)
Professional specialisation begins in earnest and you study 10 papers from an extensive portfolio, from which a core is associated with one of the following disciplines:
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Progression to Part IIB is dependent on achievement in Parts IB and IIA, and successful completion of Part IIB leads to the BA and MEng degrees.
In Part IIB, further specialisation is possible and you select eight papers from nearly 100 options which vary each year. These papers benefit from the Department's research and are taught by experts in the particular field. As a result you graduate with a Masters-level appreciation of theory and practice in your chosen area.
A major project occupies about half of your time throughout the final year. Many projects are associated with current Department research and have direct industrial input and application. Recent projects include:
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I spent Christmas in Bethlehem, Christ's birthplace, first in the international tourist hotspot of Manger Square, then in the hills surrounding it where there's fewer Nativity scenes and more posters honoring Palestinian martyrs and Fatah graffiti.
I spent Christmas morning sleeping next to the roof of Bethlehem's prison.
Bethlehem, the Palestinian city of 25,000 where Jesus Christ was born two millennia ago, has an ancient history of lacking hotel vacancies, but I managed to find a spot for my sleeping bag at a youth hostel—which not only doubles as a French preschool but also shares a building with the aforementioned high-walled, barb-wired, watchtower-guarded lockup. But to its credit the hostel was only a five-minute walk from the historical birthplace of Christianity's messiah, which is of course the reason thousands of people show up at this tourist hub every year.
Manger Square, Bethlehem's nexus, was decked out with wreaths, reindeer, and Santas in true international capitalist Christmas fashion to welcome what the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism estimates is 150,000 eager pilgrims this holiday season. Around the square were a profusion of shops selling olive wood rosaries and Nativity sets and at the center of the chaos sat the Church of the Nativity, the fourth-century Byzantine structure built on the site of the manger where Jesus was supposedly born. Outside of the church stood a giant Christmas tree, a life-size Nativity scene, and a stage for musical performances. The whole seasonal tableau faced the Mosque of Omar, just a stone's throw away; Manger Square is a solidly Christian area but Bethlehem as a whole, like the rest of Palestine, is dominated by Muslims. Regardless, on Christmas Eve the square was packed to the brim and live music echoed throughout the neighborhood. At least one shop was playing that repetitive Alvin and the Chipmunks cover of "Frosty the Snowman." On stage bands and singers from all over the world sang global Christmas standards like "O Holy Night" but also dove into the songbooks of their homelands. Right before midnight mass, a Polish group took the stage and belted out tunes only their countrymen could sing along to while most of the crowd just mumbled. Meanwhile, because of security concerns armed guards controlled foot and vehicle traffic, a reminder that we didn't have peace on earth and good will towards men just yet.
Though it seems most foreign Christmas attendees in Bethlehem are Christians, I spoke to some American Jews visiting from Israel and many Palestinian Muslims also attend the festivities, especially young men, who are drawn in by the concerts and the availability of relatively cheap alcohol—a rarity in Muslim areas of Palestine. On Christmas Eve, it looked like most revelers were Palestinian. According to the Palestinian Authority, in 2012 tourism in Bethlehem could inject as much as $300 million into the economy.
The main event is the midnight mass on Christmas Eve, but tickets are required and those are difficult to get. A pair of Kiwis staying at my hostel had them, but they'd applied months in advance. Touring the Church of the Nativity on the 24th, I saw a sign that said all available spots had been filled and I resigned myself to not attending, but I networked a little and managed to weasel in.
What happened was I found myself in a group with the Kiwis and a Romanian named Andrei chatting with Jack, the Palestinian hostel manager, about the ramifications of Israeli policies and settlements in the West Bank and the difficulties they create for businesses and nonprofits (his hostel's profits go to benefit a children's charity). His main complaint was that because the Israelis control transportation in the West Bank it is difficult to move supplies and personnel from point A to point B. He also said that the Israelis keep profiles on nonprofit workers and at times make arbitrary decisions about who is allowed in and out of Palestine. He was hopeful that the UN's November recognition of Palestine might change things by placing pressure on the Israelis to ease travel restrictions, but he didn't think anything would happen overnight or that the Israelis would end their West Bank settlement expansions anytime soon. When the conversation ended, it came up that the Kiwis were getting into the midnight mass and that Andrei and I would like to. Jack said he knew a guy who knew a guy and could probably smuggle us in—he told us to meet him back at reception, where he greeted us with tickets in hand.
Jack led us through the crowds in Manger Square and into the side door of the hotel abutting the church, where we hustled through the lobby into an elevator and stepped out to find ourselves in the church courtyard. I got swept along with a crowd of pilgrims into the 19th-century Church of St. Catherine, the Roman Catholic wing of the complex where the Franciscan midnight mass is held. St. Catherine's is a little dull compared to the ancient Byzantine trappings of the Greek Orthodox-managed Basilica of the Nativity next door, and it's also relatively small. When I got there, about 2,000 worshippers were squeezed in shoulder-to-shoulder around a central space of pews and seats reserved for VIPs. Starting just after 10 PM, the service took nearly four hours because in addition to Latin and Arabic, readings and hymns are recited and sung in at least seven other languages (I lost count). Most of the attendees weren't locals and it showed—an attempt to get the audience to participate in an Arabic call-and-answer portion failed.
About a third of the way through, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his entourage arrived, as did political delegations from Qatar and Jordan. Fouad Twal, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, who led the ceremony, formally recognized them and thanked them for attending but most, including Abbas, left shortly before communion. As the wafers and wine were distributed, worshippers rushed the center aisle to receive them—things actually got a little unruly. I found myself getting pushed and shoved against a sea of nuns and trigger-happy Instagram tourists who not only needed their dose of transubstantiation but also wanted to record it for social media. The mass wrapped up around 2AM, and Twal led a procession into the grotto that marked the exact spot where Christ was born. I separated from the crowd and stumbled into the nearly deserted Manger Square.
I made my way back to the hostel and passed out, but I was woken at 8 AM by the prison's PA system, so I laced my boots and headed out to see what the rest of Bethlehem had to offer. Most of the city is radically different from the squeaky-clean Santas and gift shops of Manger Square. There's a main street with banks and business that you might find in any modern town, but stray too far from that and you'll find yourself among rubble, garbage, and rebar jutting out of incomplete buildings. I came to a traffic circle with a sign celebrating a martyred fighter named Aatif Aabiat and decided to venture up the road behind it.
As I walked up the hill I came across more depictions of martyrs—mostly posters this time. Not surprisingly, there was also a lot of militant graffiti and Fatah flags. It was still early in the morning and the streets were largely empty except for a few children kicking soccer balls. Then I came upon a group of 20-somethings who were initially suspicious about what I was doing there—a Westerner wandering their town too early on Christmas morning—but soon lightened up and asked if I'd have tea with them.
Mohamed Khatemesh, 24, Mahmoud Jundia, 28, and Said Owad, 23, are cousins and live in an area they call Jabal Hundaza. It's a hill surrounded with terraced olive groves, tiny family farms, the aforementioned graffiti and posters, and a couple mosques. Their family is Muslim, but they said that in Bethlehem, Christians and Muslims have always lived together and the differences between the faiths have never been a source of conflict. Mahmoud admitted he was in a recent argument with his Christian neighbors, but they resolved it and the tension wasn't because of any religious issue. Mohamed said some of his best friends are Christian and the two groups marry and have mixed families. As far as he's concerned, Christian pilgrims aren't just welcome, but beneficial to Bethlehem.
The cousins believed—probably not incorrectly—that most foreigners are unaware that Bethlehem isn't an Israeli town. In their eyes, the sleepy little settlement has the Biblical name recognition to not only bring in tourism money but also show the world a different side of Palestine, one not dominated by images of terrorism and war. "We feel good about the (tourists), we think it's good for Palestinians, and it's good for the economy. It lets the people know about the situation here. They see the occupation, they see how it affects the Palestinians," Mohamed said over tea and biscuits. "They come from all over the world and they see the Church of the Nativity and they see Muslims and Christians side by side—we're the same."
But before the interfaith appreciation fest continued, they all made it clear they absolutely hate the Israelis and they consider all of what's now Israel rightfully Palestinian. They do not believe an Israeli state can coexist with a Palestinian one and they said the Jews must one day be expelled. They were also critical of America's support of Israel, but made a distinction between Americans and the American government. As an American, they said I was welcome in Palestine.
I hung around the cousins for a few hours as they showed off their livestock and threw rocks at targets in an olive field. Mahmoud insisted he's the best rock thrower and hunts birds with a sling. For me, the image brought to mind scenes of King David—another Bethlehemite—killing Goliath with the same weapon. While taking aim they related stories of Israeli arrests and roadblocks and said Israeli authorities imprisoned Said's brother for 14 years. The cousins didn't say why.
I said my goodbyes and made my way out of Jabal Hundaza. On the return to Manger Square something smacked me in the head. After I saw a tuft of dust from another impact bloom in front of me it became apparent someone was pelting me with glass marbles. I looked up to see four tiny heads peeking from a rooftop. It was just a bunch of kids, a prank—they waved and laughed at me. I waved back and wished them a Merry Christmas.
Mat Wolf is an Amman, Jordan-based freelance journalist who focuses on themes of culture, conflict, religion, and politics. He hails from the American Pacific Northwest.


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Wasn't the bail bailout Bushy's baby? I thought all the Republican rank and file lined up to give billions to bankers so they could split up bonuses to themselves.
Wasn't the bail bailout Bushy's baby? I thought all the Republican rank and file lined up to give billions to bankers so they could split up bonuses to themselves.
And, the crooks are walking free, living in the lap of luxury and donating money to their favorite PAC.
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"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
Saturday Paul Ryan will be in the "Villages" a popular senior community his mom who lives in Fl and is on Medicare will be there. He will be answering audience questions This could be to much for Obama
Ok I will give you the benefit of the doubt since you are in the banking industry..point Sambo
BUT IMO opinion the truth is somewhere between your stance and Franco's....both of you are on complete polar opposites of the bank bailout issue
Franco is right about letting some businesses fail, in a free market that should have happened, but I don't think the entire banking system would have folded...but some people got VERY rich off the bank bailout...point Franco
I do agree with your statement that it was not politics, it was a MAJOR ____up
Why is it when you guys disagree with something said by the right you instantly jump to saying, "Well you guys did it to" and then add that us on the right supported that? It's incorrect, but again I think you guys know that...
I was on the board of directors of a regional bank that at the time of the banking crisis. At that time we had 600 plus million dollars in assets. We were never at risk of failure. In '06 I believe it was, our CEO told us a double dip recession was coming. He spent some time on the board of one of the Federal Reserve banks. I have to believe plenty of people knew what was coming. Has anyone watched the news report I referenced?


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Eleven years have now passed since United States armed forces invaded Iraq and pushed Saddam Hussein from power. But the political reverberations of the 2003 military intervention continue to be felt. And they have only grown stronger with the distance of time. The 2003 invasion now looms over every decision to act – or not act – America takes.
More than 4,000 American servicemen and women died in Iraq. And from 2003-2012, America spent $60 billion for "relief and reconstruction" of the country, according to the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Yet today Iraq is in chaos, with deadly violence, a dysfunctional government and a thriving al-Qaeda-aligned insurgency gaining hold in cities that Americans gave their lives to secure. This February, at least 700 Iraqis died in violence consuming the country. Hundreds more deaths in Anbar province – home to the rising al-Qaeda forces — remain reported but unconfirmed because security concerns keep United Nations officials from the area.
Americans now see the war in Iraq as having failed to achieve its goals. In a 2004 survey, more than 60 percent of those polled said they thought the U.S. had made the "right decision" in using military force in Iraq. By the start of this year that number had fallen to 38 percent, according to the Pew Research Center. What the numbers don't show is the emotional toll the conflict has taken on a now-wary America that is far less inclined to believe its leaders when they argue for military intervention of any sort. A decade of war in Iraq, plus America's longest-ever war in Afghanistan, has left Americans eager for what President Barack Obama has called "nation-building here at home."
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Yes, the shield is removable via the N-strike rail system.
I know, 4 mags is a decent deal, but look at the drum mag, that thing holds twice as many rounds as 1 clip, is more complex in design, and that set was $30. I do agree that you guys are right, but these mags are dead simple to manufacture even if they sport a pressure-retarding spring to keep from squashing or ejecting the rounds, I think including 3 new clips was more about justifying the higher price of the full-auto machine gun design on this one.
Man, the clear Deploy does not have the charm of the clear Maverick, it only confirms what I thought about the Deploy before, it's a big empty thing that doesn't do enough.


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After re reading my last post, in response to a Jambo Interview question, I thought it interesting that as an Adult leader in Scouting…
Uniform. One thing that has been stressed a lot in the preparation for the Jambo is the uniform.
Now, I always wear the uniform complete and properly, but it strikes me as odd that many Scout leaders both do not understand the method and do not wear the uniform complete and properly.
So..yeah.. if you do not, check it out and follow the method.
Know the Scout Oath and Law.. and live it. The Scout oath charges us to "DO OUR BEST". We are not perfect, that's a fact, but we should at least try… Right?
And I'll wrap this post up with the scenarios listed. [See the other post]
We should constantly be thinking about the risk and how we manage that risk as we go about the business of our Troop's program.
Making notes, and keeping a journal aids me in remembering lessons learned.
Go over your notes and come up with the best courses of action for your unit. Share that with the Scouts, it will become invaluable in their leadership development.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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This is the West Chop Light which, with the East Chop Light, guards the entrance to Vineyard Haven on Martha's Vineyard. This light sits on a bluff in Tilsbury, a few miles outside of Vineyard Haven.
There were 2 earlier towers at West Chop. The first, a 25-foot stone and rubble tower with a stone keeper's quarters, was built in 1817. A new brick tower built in 1838 had to be moved further away from eroding cliffs in 1847. New homes in the neighborhood in the late 1880's mandated a taller tower, and so in 1891 this 45-foot high cylindrical brick tower was built where it stands today. Originally brick red, it was painted white in 1896. The fourth order Fresnel lens that was installed in second tower in 1857 is still in use in this tower in 2011.
The lighthouse was fully automated in 1976. It shines a white light occulting every 4 seconds. The red sector that you see in the lantern signals danger to ships that approach 2 dangerous shoals. Essentially if you are sailing to Vineyard Haven, and you see the red light flashing from West Chop, you are on your way to running aground.
This lighthouse has a fog horn in the sound signal building which was built in 1882. When needed, the horn blasts once every 30 seconds. The fog horn required a second keeper at West Chop, and a new keeper's cottage was also built in 1882. In 1888 a wood frame building replaced the old stone keeper's quarters.
The West Chop Light is owned by the US Coast Guard and managed by the Vineyard Environmental Research Institute. Unlike the other lighthouses on Martha's Vineyard, neither the lighthouse nor the grounds are open to the public. You can see the lighthouse from the street, as we did, and you can see it from the deck of the ferry as you enter Vineyard Haven.
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A little about my life
I was born in Davenport, Iowa, and grew up in Rockaway Beach, New York. I read straight through my childhood, with breaks for food, sleep, and the bathroom. I went to college in Bennington, Vermont, moved to New York City, and took a job in publishing so I could get paid for reading. I read so much bad fiction that I needed a break, so I moved to London, and from there I traveled to Morocco, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan India, Nepal, and Ceylon. I came back to America, wandered around some more–to Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize–and on returning to New York decided to study Tibetan Buddhist painting (called thangka painting) in Boulder, Colorado.
I painted thangkas for many years. Each one took anywhere from several weeks to a few months to complete, and at long last I understood that this was not the ideal way for me to make a living. Only a few hundred Americans collected thangkas, and they wanted old ones, painted by Tibetan monks. It was time to make a change.
So I took another publishing job, this time in children's books. I found that I liked children's books a lot, and before long, I became an editor.
Years passed. I was encouraged to write. I scoffed at the idea that I had anything to write about. I edited some wonderfully talented authors–Virginia Hamilton, Philip Isaacson, Clyde Robert Bulla, Gloria Whelan, Robin McKinley, Joan Vinge, Garth Nix, and Chris Lynch, among others–with great enjoyment. Writing seemed like torture by comparison.
Then, to my amazement, I found myself writing a book and having a good time–simultaneously! The book was ALIENS FOR BREAKFAST, and I enjoyed writing it because my co-author was Jonathan Etra. Jon (who died of heart disease in 1990), was a close friend with a wild sense of humor, and collaborating with him changed my opinion of writing forever. After ALIENS FOR BREAKFAST, and ALIENS FOR LUNCH, which we also co-wrote, I began to think that writing could be interesting fun.
And now that I've been doing it full-time for seven years, I can tell you why I like it better than a job. First, I can work in my bathrobe. (To the FedEx man and the UPS man, I am "the woman in the plaid flannel robe.") Second, I can eat when I'm hungry, choose when to take phone calls, and walk my dog at 12 and 6. Third, the only meetings I have–and they're short–are with the dry cleaner and Mike the postal worker. Fourth, I can read whatever I please. I may tell people I'm doing research when I read about horse-trekking, or hunting in ancient Greece, or 16 ways to better compost, but the truth is, I'm not doing research, I' m having a good time. Which I think is still allowed.
Career Advice: If the life of a born-again bookworm sounds appealing to you, consider becoming a writer.
Frequently asked questions
1.How do you get the ideas for your books?
The start of something can pop into my head at any time. I've often had good ideas on waking, yet another reason to get a good night's sleep.
2. How do you work when you collaborate with someone?
Depends who it is. When I worked with my friend Jon Etra, I had a full-time job and he didn't, so he agreed to supply a first draft, chapter by chapter. I rewrote his material, and did all the revisions. We outlined our books together in great detail. And we followed the outlines at least half the time.
When I worked with my friend Terry Bisson, we were both writing full-time, so we took turns generating chapters, and then revising them. We also outlined our books together carefully, and then forgot the outlines once in a while.
Career advice: If you plan to collaborate with another writer, pick one with a really good sense of humor.
3. How did being an editor affect your writing?
I had high standards. I was conscious of the marketplace because I was in the business. I was careful about deadlines. And, knowing their importance, I was horribly demanding about copyediting, artwork, cover copy, and marketing copy. In short, I was the writer from hell, and I still am.
4. When did you know you wanted to be a writer?
There was no single moment of blinding light. It came on gradually, like a disease.
5. Describe your work habits.
I write in the morning for a few hours, break for the afternoon, and get back to work after tea/dog feeding. When I'm working very hard, I'll write in the evenings, too. At such times I use the morning to revise what I've written the night before.
6. Who are your favorite writers?
The list is long, and changes all the time. Charles Dickens, Isaac Babel, Jorge Luis Borges, Robert Stone, Isaac Singer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Angela Carter, Beryl Bainbridge, Clyde Robert Bulla, William Gibson, John Cheever, Paula Fox, Homer, Ovid, Mary Renault, Philip Larkin, Bill Bryson, Cecilia Holland, Don DeLillo, Sir Thomas Malory, and on and on.
7. Do you have any advice for aspiring writers?
Bernard Malamud once said, "Writers kiss with one eye open." In other words, there's an watcher in the writer that almost never takes time off. I'd say, foster your curiosity, be observant, take notes, read a lot, and pay attention to the way good writers write–you can learn from them.


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Thread: fine mono
Tentacles: white bucktail, white saddle/ streamer, rubber pearl bass bug skirt,
pink Krystal Flash
Collars: white marabou
Body: any white chenille type product, I found a fuzzy version
Markers: permanent; black & pink
Glue: LocTite CA, brush on
Dressing the fly
1. Lay down a wrap of thread the length of the hook, glue to shank
2. Tie in a bunch of bucktail equal to the length of the hook just before the curve. Make sure to tie about a ¼ inch of bucktail down, this will help spread the hackle for the tentacles. Glue down your wraps.
3. Select 6 hackles, I think different lengths look better than all uniform, dot the hackles with the black & pink markers.
4. Tie in the hackle to the base of bucktail, Keys style, in pairs, each 1/3 of the way around the shank. Glue your wraps.
5. Take 10 - 12 strands of full length Krystal flash, stagger the ends & find the middle of the bunch. Tie the flash down on one side of the hackle/ bucktail bunch at the middle of the flash. Rotate your hook half way, pull the remaining flash around the hackle/ bucktail bunch & tie in on the other side. Take a minute to gently separate the flash so it spreads out across the hackle. Glue your wraps.
6. Using the same method as you did for the flash, tie in 2 - 4 strands of the pearl bass bug skirt. Glue your wraps.
7. Tie in a collar of white marabou. I prefer to tie in small bunches since I just can't get the hang of palmering the stuff. Glue your wraps.
8. Tie the beginning of your chenille forward of the hackle/ bucktail bunch on top of the hook shank, backward to the end of the hackle/ bucktail bunch. Glue your wraps and bring your thread forward to the hook eye.
9. Wrap the chenille onto the shank, building your body, make the rear of the body fat enough to attach large eyes. Make sure you don't reduce the hook gap! Stop about a 1/8 of an inch from the eye. Tie off & glue your wraps.
10. Tie in a collar of white marabou. Tie off & glue your wraps.
11. Glue on large eyes.
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Late yesterday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took to the Senate floor to announce the loss of Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, one of the ocean's true legislative champions. Inouye passed away last night as the second longest serving senator in history – leaving a long legacy of good works for the ocean.
As a senator and former representative from the country's only island state, Inouye championed the causes of the ocean that surrounded and helped sustain the culture and economy of Hawaii. As one of Capitol Hill's true bipartisan senators, he wielded his influence to work across the aisle and help pass landmark legislation for ocean health.
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Wasting time on city payroll
Original post made by Vic, Ventura, on Sep 25, 2006
11am: Arrived Mitchell Park and observed orange shirt Utility worker socializing with two park maintenance workers.
12Noon: The group finally breaks up after 1 plus hour of chatting. Park workers go about in their little cart together scooping up trash. The utility scoots to a shady spot in the parking lot with his truck and begins to munch on a sandwich.
12:04pm: We go home shaking our heads in disgust.
Anyone else observe roving city workers on their cells, reading the paper, or snoozing in their trucks?
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a resident of Downtown North
on Sep 26, 2006 at 7:49 pm
Maybe the workers were talking about ways to save the city money, or having an impromtu planning meeting. How do you know what they were discussing.
Perhaps you have too much time on your hands. Perhaps you might consider that city workers are not chattel for you to spy on and criticize at a whim.
Quizas! Quizas! Quizas!
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on Sep 27, 2006 at 9:39 am
I can understand how it can be frustrating to see a city worker sleeping in their truck, etc. But remember they have an hour for lunch and I believe they get to 15 minute breaks a day as well. From time to time I have seen our public works staff take a snooze during their lunch break. Their vechicle is their office so they use it for breaks, naps, etc. If you truly concerned then take some action, write down the license plate number of the truck and contact the corrent department in the City to discuss your concerns.
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What is, or do you think is the average amount of test pass fail ratio it takes to achieve a MH?
What is, or do you think is the average amount of test pass fail ratio it takes to achieve a MH?
Depends on you, your dog and your training. I wouldn't depend on the average as a way to set goals or judge performance.
Darrin Greene
i understand the variables and agree that is why I ask. There was a previois thread that had statements along the lines of "if it took 12 attempts to get a MH that was probably not a good/great dog, a pig". The opposite of that could be a very talented dog high drive with an inexperienced handler.
So maybe it's better to break it down into 2 questions.
How many tests would it take to get a MH with an experienced trainer with good dog?
How many tests would it take to get a MH with an average/ weekend warrior trainer with a good dog?
still doesn't matter...
an average guy with a below average dog and 6 years of training might make MH with a 0 fail rate
a great trainer pushing the envelope with a great 1 1/2 year old might fail a few times getting it done
with tests it's all about the objectives of the trainer really
if MH is just something you want to do for fun and you're willing to take your time, no reason to ever fail with a capable dog
if you have a talented bitch you want to breed once her health clearances are done, then you may push to get the title early in life
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I needed six passes to obtain my MASTERS title with my first dog as I didn't run JR or SR. I was also a new ameteur trainer and handler. This is my first dog running at the hunt test level. I also run HRC. I failed three MASTERS test while trying to obtain the title, so I passed 6 of 9 tests. Of course it didn't help running these tests as my dog is almost completely blind. After watching many dogs run, I believe most failures are due to handling errors and inexperienced trainers. With a solid training program, you should fail very few tests no matter what you are running.
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Darrin is correct as too many variables to consider, and all of that plays into it when considering the averages, etc.
I think I read here somewhere from retrieverresults.com (or .net) that it took an average of 9-10 tests to complete the 5 required passes, and that the average age was 4 years old when a dog would become MH.
So, back when I ran only junior level, I used to look at pass/fail on dogs at the upper levels regularly. My thinking was that if it took a dog too many tries to get an advanced title, there must be something wrong with the dog. Piggy, not birdy, dud, etc. Since I started run Senior and master a couple years ago, I no longer look at that. I can say, with confidence, that 50% of the time OR BETTER, it has been my fault the dog hasn't passed. Not the test, not the dog. When looking for a dog to breed to now, I want to know who trained them and who's running them. I want to see them.
God, thinking about it actually makes me groan. The amount of money I've put out and then blown the wrong damn whistle or given the wrong cast! Ouch! My dogs don't care though! They still usually get a bird or two!
Sue Puffy
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GCH Boyne's Avian Investigator MH WCX CGC 'Ziva' (number 73!)
Boyne's Criminal by Dezign at Rygwood JH 'Wykked' (criminal #2)
Boyne's It Is What It Is JH 'Murphy' (hellion in training)
ShadowGlen Ballyhoo O'Boyne SH CGC 'Bree' (really?)
ShadowGlen Roundabout Campfyr SH CD CGC 'Coal' (the best)
AKC puts out stats on pass rate for obedience classes, I would love to see them do the same for pass rate at master for untitled vs. titled dogs.
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& "Slater" HRCH Morninglo Wing-T Your Bird Can Sing CDX MH NA WCX CCA VCX
& "Bally" BISS GCH Richwood Wing-T Workin' Like A Dog MH WCX** DDHF
When I was very new to running HT, after a couple years of dedicated training with a very accomplished mentor, I jumped in with both feet running MH without having ever run JH or SH.
After my 2nd consecutive bonehead handling performace my mentor asked me "Why don't you let that dog pass one of these things?"
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I think it all depends on how darkly colored a person's rose colored glasses are! Whether they use those glass to see their dog's performance, their handling skills, their training skills, the test setup, the judges, the grounds, the logistics of the club, the weather, etc, etc...
But I would gander once a person matures in the sport and has a decent dog, with a decent training program/plan, and is a decent handler barring just general/legitimate bad luck (it happens) - I would say 6 to 8 passes to get an MH? At least that is what i'd strive for. But then again what do I know? I've only ran a handful of Masters and am really focused on FTs, so take my unscientific guess for what it is.
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