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The judges will tell you which one you will pick up first. Train for both.
I think a double blind this tight, go by the short one first, is still legal in AKC field trials. What do other trialers, especially judges think?
The judges will tell you which one you will pick up first. Train for both.
I think a double blind this tight, go by the short one first, is still legal in AKC field trials. What do other trialers, especially judges think?
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Still legal as far as I know.
I think the difficulty here is that after picking up the short blind, the dog is being "squeezed" by it's previous line to the short blind and the poison bird. Some dogs may push off the the short blind and and end up being hacked at at the beginning while others may push off the poison bird and need to be handled towards the poison bird which is not desirable. Once past the PB the longer blind is not too difficult but being precise with that kind of brushy terrain and a fast moving dog takes skill by the handler and focus by the dog.
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The other is in what are called "handling tests", which are multiple marks with a blind or two. There are many versions of them, but it involves the judges requiring a certain order of picking up both marks and blinds. It gets complicated describing all the variables. But here is an example.
This set up is a classic Indented Triple with a blind tight behind the short middle gun, and past the longer fall on the right. There are several ways of using this, but one would be to throw them right to left - the long left mark being the Go bird. A judge might require you to wait until all birds are down, then run the blind, and then retrieve the marks. Or, they may let you pick up the Go bird first, then the blind, and then the other two marks. You can see how many ways you could do this. And that's just one configuration!
Personally, I think they make better training than tests. But that's just me.
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In other posts, I have mentioned that: If you want to make an educated guess about what the judges want in a blind (when they don't give instructions or draw a diagram), then you start by guessing as to what items they will have in their judging book. F = Features in judges' diagram
These are the features that I would expect a judge to have in his/her judging book:
This is how I would view the blind as a judge - and lacking any other information - as a competitor.
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The Retriever Advisory Committee has taken the position - one with which I disagree, but will honor - that to run the long blind prior to the short blind is an attempt to circumvent the rule on diversionary birds and that to do so is therefore illegal. That rule reads as follows:Diversion Bird: A diversionary bird or birds, (but not more than two) may be used as a diversion in a blind retrieve, but only if the diversionary bird (or birds) is/are thrown or shot so that the running dog has a clear view of each such diversionary bird as it is thrown or shot. No bird which the running dog does not see may be placed and hidden on the general path to a blind. Nothing in this provision precludes the use of visible flyer crates, bagged birds, placed at the location of previous gun stations, or bird throwers as diversions from the blind.
The RAC interpretation is that the short blind is contrary to the provision which is highlighted above. So, in the US, at least, you would need to run the short blind before the long blind.
In my view, the short blind mostly serves to set up the long blind. I would probably stay left of the line to give myself more room to work on the long blind.
On the long blind, I believe you should keep your dog right of the short blind throughout your blind. I would score you down for being left of the short blind.
On the long blind, you are addressing the following factors:
- The tendency of the dogs to fade with wind (go left)
- The tendency of the dogs to push off short blind (go right)
- The tendency of the dogs to run to the poison bird (go right)
- The tendency of the dogs to duck behind obstacles where visibility is poor (stand of trees towards end of blind)
To some extent the short blind helps a handler with an experienced war horse get the line to the long blind. An experienced dog will know:
1. Don't get the poison bird (even as you wind it on your way by)
2. Don't go left of the short blind
Follow 1 and 2, and voila, experienced dog has picture of appropriate corridor.
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Paragraph 20 of the FT standard states in part:
No bird which the running dog does not see may be placed and hidden on the general path to a blind.
Additionally, at the meeting of the 2009 National Am. The Chairman of the RAC specifically stated that running a double blind where you run the long blind 1st (with the short blind already planted) was prohibited by this provision in their view.
This tight double blind with poison bird got me thinking about marks and the use of primary or secondary selection. I'm very new at this sport and fell into it with my first dog. I have been reading on this forum for a while and particularly enjoy following these types of discussions. We are just to cold blinds so are not yet training for anything this sophisticated. We train with secondary selection on marks.
The interpretation of the rules in previous posts states that in a FT secondary blind selection is required when running the double blinds in that you have to pick up the short one first, at least if they are tight like the one that Howard provided a picture and diagram of. At the same time you are telling your dog to ignore a mark (the poison bird and the last and only bird down) and go where you tell him which is similar to primary selection (go where I tell/show you and not necessarily at the last bird that fell). I've got some questions for those of you with much more experience than I do.
A) Does anyone train on double blinds with poison bird like this with the idea that there is carryover and that it somehow supplements their practice of either primary or secondary selection?
B) If you consistently trained your dog for primary selection on marks would it make it easier/more successful to run blinds with a poison bird?
C) To the secondary selectors: Do you feel that training for and running a blind with a poison bird undoes any of your mark training where you always pick up the last bird down first?
D) Or is there no real correlation from the dog's perspective between primary/secondary selection training and poison bird blind training?
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I know the club water totaled 450 or so for the year. This is some going considering it was only a few years ago the total was only 58
Due to high water levels the some private beats faired better than others, but I know numbers were all around or above average for the year.
Loch ness on the other hand has had its best year in over a decade.
Another club water I fish on the conon, totaled 160+for the season and this was with a one fish a day limit, leave the river, regardless of releaing the fish or not. In the 1990's their 5 yr average was only 38 fish, and this was at a time where no catch limitations applied.
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What have you had co-exist with Tiger Barbs?
I'm constantly thinking of hypotheticals. I have a 30g with a young Tiger Barb school and temporarily a young Red Fin/Tail Shark. He's moving out soon to a new home. That will leave five young Tiger Barbs the run of the tank. I plan on adding three green ones to compliment the look of the normal Tiger Barbs, but past that I am unsure. We all know the difficulty of keeping Tiger Barbs happy (read: not attacking) with the fish around them.
I want to add a bottom feeder. I believe a pleco species that grows to a maximum 4 or so inches will do well with them if provided hiding places. At that point, would you say the tank is full? I wouldn't have a big problem ending it there, but if you think I could hold more than I'd be all for it.
Regardless of whether or not it would be full though, what species have you had success with a school of eight or so Tiger Barbs? I am constantly scouring garage/tag/yard sales and craigslist for new tanks so who knows when a 55g could fall in my lap and open up new possibilities. I'd like, if possible, something creative too. I know danios will do okay, but what about something less common?
So, in summation, two things:
1) Eight Tiger Barbs, a small (NOT A COMMON!!!) pleco species. Would that be a full 29g? Or would it be overstocked?
2) Regardless of the first answer for future reference, what have you had success with from personal experience with Tiger Barbs?
Thanks a bunch for stocking opinions and any personal anecdotes.
Last edited by jcarr71; 09-06-2009 at 05:58 AM.
I think 8 tiger barbs plus a bn pleco or clown pleco would be a nice, not overloaded, stocking plan for a 29g.
My brother had tiger barbs and they killed off everything else. After that happened a single tiger barb killed off all the other tiger barbs. I'm not sure if they're normally that aggressive or if he had crazy ones but it has led me to avoid that species of fish. It was a 29g so it wasn't like a super cramped 10g.Originally Posted by i_am_511
I've housed tiger barbs with many other fish. I actually found them to be somewhat gutless in a "semi-aggressive" tank. If I had at least 5 or 6, none of them really bothered anyone but themselves. Also, if they did try to go for another fish, if the fish could swim relatively quick, then they were fine...in other words they would give up due to their short attention span. I've mixed tiger barbs with other barbs (odessa), catfish species, gouramis, bn plecos, etc. However, if they will be with community type fish- tetras, platys, guppies, etc. those fish will be toast or finless. I think your stocking plan sounds about average. You could even add another special fish (top dweller) or a few more barbs, maybe albino tiger barbs to spice it up? The pleco will be just fine with them! This is all relative to my personal experience and opinions btw.
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Eight Tiger Barbs and 1 Bristlenose Pleco would be wonderful stocking for a 29g tank.
Tiger Barbs can be aggressive at times. They are highly known for nipping at fins, especially long-flowing fins of slower species such as gouramis and bettas. A way to lessen this behaviour is to have a larger school of them. With a larger school of them, they will not nip as much and will develop a pecking order between themselves.
When I had my first tank, I use to have four of them (two green and two normal) along with two gold barbs and an CAE. I never noticed any nipping behaviour from any of the fish.
As far as other fishes that would do well with Tiger Barbs...I think that danios, loaches and some tetras (not tetras with longer fins such as Black Skirts) would do well. Kuhli Loaches, for example, would do well with Tiger Barbs. Avoid fishes with long fins and fishes that tend to be slower.
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8 barbs with a small pleco would be excellent for that tank. i would stop there.
Another vote for 8 tiger barbs (mix up the coloring) and a small pleco.
I've kept tiger barbs with pictus catfish & tail-light tetras before with no problems. You have to let the tetras grow up until they start to turn grumpy though or the barbs will rip into them if they aren't fast enough to get away. (they usually are).
Corys are always good as they are tough as nails with that armour.
For a different plec I would look at a zebra or clown.If you don't succeed, give up & go to the pub.
I have 12 tiger barbs and a crayfish in a 29. I think a tiger barb tank is a great opportunity to keep a crayfish - another that can be difficult to find tank mates for.
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The Danios are fast enought to be kept with your barbs.
olus, they will give your upper tank some life, since the tiger barbs occupied the middle tank.
There is much more then just tiger and green barbs...you have the gold , the ade the cherry , golden, checkered, 5 banded... you have a greta choice if you want to add color to your tank.
I have a barbs tank and they are just doing their own business.
They are swimming -playing with the flow of the cascade together, but i ve never seen them bother, nip or fight with each other, if they were from different kinds.
I found that they are hanging around those who look like them the most. Actually my cherry are staying more in the upper level of the tank, with the danios...they have the same shape and i guess they think ther horizontal stripes are the same...
Barbs are so fun to watch 1 they have their own little personality!
Were to I start
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red eye tetra
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In short,I have not found tigers to be that bad if kept in the correct surroundings ,as a matter of fact I keep them at the moment in a group of 2 with all the above fish except for the spotted raph and the common plec.The only fish I have had them attack was when they were fairly young and that was tadpole,bamboo shrimp,a black moor [I know,it was a long time ago]yes these 2 are old.


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Florida voters mostly didn't like the constitutional amendments the Legislature placed on the November general election ballot. But they joined The Florida Bar in really not liking Amendment 5, which would have required Senate confirmation of the governor's Supreme Court appointments, made it easier for the Legislature to revoke court procedural — as well as judicial nominating commission and Judicial Qualifications Commission — rules, and given the speaker of the House broader access to investigation files of the JQC.
Overall, the electorate rejected eight of the 11 amendments on the ballot, approving only amendments to give additional property tax exemptions to the elderly, wounded veterans, and the surviving spouses of veterans and first responders.
The biggest loser, though, was Amendment 5, which received a 63 percent "no" vote (more than 4.5 million "no" votes to more than 2.6 million "yes"). It was the only amendment on the ballot where the "no" vote surpassed 60 percent. (In Florida, an amendment must get 60 percent of the vote to be adopted. This year, none of the rejected amendments reached the 50 percent mark.)
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* It would expand legislative access to files of the Judicial Qualifications Commission. Currently, the speaker can request those records only as part of an impeachment proceeding.
The amendment reached the ballot as a compromise between the House and Senate in the 2011 legislative session. The House initially passed a number of far-reaching bills and amendments affecting the courts, including giving the Legislature direct control of court procedural rules and expanding the Supreme Court to 10 justices, splitting it into civil and criminal divisions. The Senate balked at the extensive changes, and the resulting compromise was placing Amendment 5 on the ballot.
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The Palm Beach Post, in an editorial celebrating the defeat of the amendment, called it "a reckless move against the separation of powers. The topic wasn't sexy, but the result is substantial."
There was an irony in the returns for one of the other amendments on the ballot, Amendment 1. That amendment would make it illegal to compel any person to buy health insurance or compel any business to buy health insurance for its employees, an attempt by the Legislature to provide a referendum on the new national healthcare law, also known as Obamacare.
The Legislature attempted to place a similar amendment on the 2010 general election ballot, but the Supreme Court struck it — and two other legislatively proposed amendments — off the ballot for misleading summary language. (The attorney defending that amendment acknowledged the language was misleading but argued the court could substitute the full wording of the amendment, something a majority of the justices said they did not have the power to do.)
That action was cited by lawmakers who were pushing for changes to the court in 2011 and as a reason for Amendment 5, and also was mentioned by opponents to the retention of the three Supreme Court justices on the ballot this year, Fred Lewis, Barbara Pariente, and Peggy Quince. (See story, here.)
Legislators returned the healthcare issue to the 2012 ballot as Amendment 1. And while the justices were easily winning retention and Amendment 5 was overwhelmingly rejected, Amendment 1 also was defeated, 48.5 percent "yes" to 51.5 percent "no."
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Rasmussen should expect a call from the IRS and an audit.
It takes more than a opinion poll that determines who gets elected. It takes a very good campaign organization to energize the base and turn out the vote. Right now the Repubs are a bit of a dead battery in that regard. "O" would still walk over "W" in the present situation.
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While he is still mostly bullish on the market, Mr. Gartman said he is always "mindful" when former market leaders "suddenly lose their stripes."
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RBC Capital's Mark Sue today reiterates an Outperform rating on shares of Qualcomm (QCOM), while warning that the shares could see their foward P/E multiple, currently at 13, compress as competitor Intel (INTC) makes gains in mobile computing.
Sue, whose colleague Doug Freedman has an Outperform rating on shares of Intel, and a $29 price target, sees the chip giant's newest, and forthcoming, Atom chips for mobile devices finally "ready for prime time" as the company makes gains in power efficiency after losing out for years to Qualcomm and other chip makers using rival designs from ARM Holdings (ARMH).
"The myth of ARM's power advantage may dissolve quickly, perhaps even before Intel pushes Atom to leading edge," writes Sue:
Expect Intel's Atom-based mobile processors to become increasingly adopted in the
marketplace, driven by improving performance/power dynamics, and ahead of upcoming Silvermont (22nm tri-gate, late 2013) and Airmont (14nm, 2014) launches with LTE enablement. Intel's win with Saltwell's Clover Trail+ (32nm) on Samsung [Electronics's (005930KS) 10″ Galaxy Tab 3 affirms the strides in mobile that the company has made [...] Intel believes that its dual-core Silvermont offers between 1.4x and 2.1x the performance at 1.6x to 3.1x lower power vs. select quad-core ARM solutions. We await third-party performance reviews in order to have more conviction on the metrics Intel has presented. Nevertheless, the significant improvements in power and performance should allow Intel to become increasingly competitive in the mobile ecosystem. Intel's Silvermont joins ARM's Cortex A15 in terms of delivering out-of-order execution.
The impact for Intel is some loss of notebook revenue, as that market cools, but ultimately growth in Intel's combined notebook and tablet/smartphone revenue:
The Semis team's analysis suggests that Intel's combined notebook (performance processors) and smartphone/tablet (Atom-based) processor revenues could grow from ~$17.9B in 2013 to ~$20.7B in 2016, or a CAGR of +5% from 2013 through 2016. The team sees the total Atom SoC mobile opportunity growing from $380M in 2013 to $3.7B in 2016, or a CAGR of +114% from 2013 through 2016. More near-term, the team believes that the ~$2B TAM loss resulting in a declining notebook market (modeling units -8% Y/Y in 2013) is offset by the $1B TAM gain in tablets (modeling +80% Y/Y in 2013).
Moreover, Sue thinks gross margin can be better on the lower-priced Atom parts than some believe:
We believe that Atom SoC gross margins may end up being better than expected. We see gross margins in the 55–70% range, which is derived by the summation of the range in wireless processor gross margins and a portion of TSMC's margin (mid-40% range). We highlight that impacting gross margins is Intel's leading-edge benefit, which is partially offset by operating in higher tax and labor costs locations.
The impact of Intel's strides may be multiple compression for Qualcomm:
Specifically for Qualcomm, we believe the competitive threat from Intel (x86), MediaTek, Samsung, and others may largely be inevitable, considering Qualcomm's high market share in the apps processor and LTE baseband. However, we expect the impact to be less from our revenue/earnings estimates standpoint and more on the P/E multiple [...] Over the past five years, Qualcomm's stock multiple has averaged 18x forward earnings and the stock is currently trading at 13x our CY14 EPS of $4.90. Adjusting for the variability of what may or may not happen with Intel, our price target is now $72 (previously $77), or 15x our unchanged CY14 EPS of $4.90. Healthy free cash flow of ~$6B per year supports our view that Qualcomm should hike its dividend yield of 2.3%, while also maintaining its share-count flat, which is currently growing.
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Anyone else out there not buy there bonus tag yet.?? Cause if you didnt, i thought you would like to know that the game commission changed the date of last sale from April 27th to April 20th. There are a lot of unhappy people out there that i know of because they cant have there bonus tag for this season. Also the out of state hunters that buy there license the night before the season opener, are also out of luck..


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This weekend we attended the Rendezvous of the Order for our Order of the Arrow Lodge.
The theme of the weekend was "SUPER HEROS". The Scouts dressed up like their favorite super hero's and played games that had the Scouts leaping tall buildings, dawning "Iron Man" uniforms, and testing their skills of Super heroism.
In short in was a fantastic weekend and a good time was had by all.
The Lodge Advisor gave an Advisor minute at the end of the annual banquet right before those that have been selected for the Vigil Honor were called out. He talked about Super heroes…
I am going to Paraphrase and add to his minute.
By definition the common traits of a Super Hero (according to Wikipedia) is:
Extraordinary powers and abilities, relevant skills, and/or advanced equipment.
A strong moral code, including a willingness to risk one's own safety in the service of good without expectation of reward.
A motivation, such as a sense of responsibility.
A distinctive costume.
A supporting cast of recurring characters.
A back story that explains the circumstances by which the character acquired his or her abilities as well as his or her motivation for becoming a superhero. Many origin stories involve tragic elements and/or freak accidents that result in the development of the hero's abilities.
So lets look at these traits or characteristics as it applies to real Superheroes.
Lets see… Scouts have extraordinary powers and abilities, they have positive attitudes and the ability to lead, learn, and the skills to perform anything. They are Prepared, it is their motto. These Scouts have skills and advanced equipment, NYLT, the Order of the Arrow, and Troop JLT teaches them well so they can perform their special skills of doing a Good turn daily.
They have a Strong Moral code. It is found in the Oath and Law and the obligations they take as Honored Scouts. Scouts start with a base set of Values. Those values drive our lives and the decisions we make.
A strong sense of responsibility. We understand that others needs should come before our own. We take responsibility for our actions and dedicate energy at making the team better, all the while understanding that there are things in our lives, goals and dreams, that we want to see through. We take responsibility for our goals and set a course to achieve that.
A distinctive costume.. well lets call it a uniform. Either way it shows the world who we are and when in that uniform it has the same effect as the red cap and "S" on the chest of Super Man. People have an expectation of us when we are in that uniform.
Our Supporting cast is our Scoutmasters, Committee members, Parents, and Professionals that work to make our program the world class program it is. We need our support to deliver the promise of Scouting.
Our back story is almost 100 years old. It tells a story of values, of adventure, of dedication to our communities and service, Our story is in the millions of young men currently in the program and all of those men that are currently making a contribution to our country.
The back story of Scouting is one that continues to grow and get better. It is the story of American young men that "DO THEIR BEST" to live the Scout Oath and Law to make our country, our world a better place.
Now that is a Super Hero.
The Boy Scouts of America makes Super Hero's Daily.
that I will always and faithfully observe and
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Wimachtendienk, Wingolauchsik, Witahemui.
I will always regard the ties of brotherhood in the Order of the Arrow as lasting,
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The 2010 season has special meaning for the Flying Dutch and alumnae of the softball program. Coach Karla Wolters will be retiring from the faculty of Hope College at the conclusion of the school year. Coach Wolters has guided Hope's softball fortunes for 23 seasons. Hope's fifth victory this season will be the 500th under coach Wolters.
The 2010 pre-season roster of 18 players includes 11 returning letterwinners. There are five freshmen, four sophomores, five juniors and four seniors. Players come from seven stats -- Michigan, Florida, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Indiana and Ohio.
The tri-captains of the team are senior Deidra Enochs of Summerfield, Fla. (Belleview HS), junior Abby Phillips of Wayland, Mich. (Wayland HS), and senior Beth Yahraus of Bryan, Ohio (Bryan HS). Yahraus was an all-region honoree in 2008.
The Flying Dutch are coming off a rare losing season (16-24). The team posted an 8-6 in the MIAA.
Other returning letterwinners include sophomore outfielder Stephanie Faber of Byron Center, Mich. (South Christian HS), sophomore utility player Anne Henrichs of Waterford, Wisc. (Burlington Catholic Central HS), senior catcher Krista Liverance of Williamston, Mich. (Williamston HS), junior pitcher Michelle Marra of Waldwick, N.J. (Waldwick HS), sophomore infielder Kelly Mulcahy of Long Valley, N.J. (West Morris Central HS), junior third baseman Kori Nieuwsma of Lakeville, Minn. (Bethany Christian Academy), junior pitcher/infielder Andrea Reinecke of Eaton Rapids (Eaton Rapids HS), and junior utility player Suzie Stevenson of Granger, Ind. (Penn HS).
A team strength will be in its senior pitching corps, Deidra Enochs and Michelle Marra. They were involved in all 40 pitching decisions in 2009, Marra compilng a 9-11 mark and Enochs 7-13.
The Flying Dutch will play their home games in the three-year-old Wolters Sftball Stadium, named in honor of Coach Wolters and her husband Tom.


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Ok so I just built a fairly large coop at my place to hold and breed my own pigeons for training only. I am just wondering how you guys use pigeons for training I.e. launchers, planting, Bird boys? And do you use anything to keep them alive longer? Also what you do with them after they have completely had it lol.
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Walmart hasn't even said it's definitely headed for Roxbury's Dudley Square. Yet the big-box behemoth has already divided the neighborhood, created conflicts of interest, and caused meltdowns on the Boston City Council.
On one side of the battle are residents who are anxious for both work and bargains. In the opposition, there's Mayor Tom Menino, along with a number of lawmakers and a small army of activists. They claim that Dudley is already en route to recovery, and that the area's fragile economic ecosystem would crumble in the shadow of the world's biggest retailer.
And then there's the beast itself. In response to declining revenues at its suburban Supercenters, Walmart has increasingly targeted the urban poor in places like Chicago. Accustomed to getting what it wants, in this case the company hired Nicholas Mitropoulos, an old pal of the mayor, as an advisor, and donated fat sums to local nonprofits — including one headed by a politically influential member of the Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee.
Though there's been no official announcement, Dudley Square seems like an attractive target for Walmart's new urban strategy. More than 30,000 commuters roll through Dudley every weekday. The fast-food joints there are regularly jammed, as are old standbys like the legendary Alpha & Omega sneaker spot and Tropical Foods, the neighborhood's go-to grocery store for 35 years. Sure, it's a far aesthetic cry from Newton Center, and even from gentrified strips in the South End. Still, the Dudley triangle shows several signs of strength. After countless broken promises, the long-decrepit Ferdinand Building — once a shopping mecca and landmark keystone to the square's former prosperity — is finally slated for a $100 million overhaul. Commercially, young businesses like the 6000-square-foot Dudley Department Store are thriving on foot traffic, while as of this month the city is considering four separate multi-million-dollar proposals to develop two parcels on Melnea Cass Boulevard.
So when the rumor mill began to spin earlier this year, fanning speculation that the Arkansas-based company had its eye on Dudley, concerned parties broke out the torches and pitchforks.
"Walmart does not belong in Dudley Station, it does not belong in the Dudley triangle, and it does not belong in Roxbury," says District 7 city councilor Tito Jackson, who campaigned on job creation, but believes that a Walmart would destroy more opportunities than it would create. "I believe it would have an adverse affect on businesses in that area — businesses like A Nubian Notion, which has been there through thick and thin. Walmart would put them out of business, and I'm not for that. It's nice that they want to move in now that the city is putting hundreds of millions of dollars into new projects, but where were they 20 years ago when Dudley was a food desert? Where were they even 10 years ago?"
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I HAVE lived now more than twenty years, and have seen much of the evil and much of the good (there is a good deal of the latter, after all) that there is in the world. I have often been led to ponder upon the comparative bearableness or unbearableness of the various burdens laid upon the shoulders of poor humanity. After much deliberation, after changing my opinion five or six times; after looking at the subject from every point of view; after considering all the pros and cons, counting one by one, as the Preacher says, I have come to the conclusion that the heaviest load under which man groans is poverty. By poverty I do not mean comfortable, decent poverty, which pays ready money, which keeps a parlour‐maid instead of butler and footman, which walks instead of drives, buys page: 77 cotton gowns instead of silk dresses for its wife, which sends its sons to Cheltenham and Cambridge, instead of Eton and Christ Church; but the bugbear I have before me is poverty such as ours was—the poverty of living in a wide house—not with a brawling woman—but worse, with a very narrow income; the poverty which dares not look on from month to month and from day to day, before whose inner eyes bum‐bailiffs are ever present; the poverty which steals away our cheerful spirits; which renders us envious, and spiteful, and sordid; which makes our days a long torture, and our nights a long vigil; which saps the springs of our life, and sometimes ends by making us cut our throats to escape it. The death of friends is a far sharper grief, of course, while it lasts: then the light goes out in the heavens, and we sit among the ashes and curse the day in which we were born; but the people whom we love intensely, whose existence or non‐existence is of any very vital importance to our daily happiness, are so extremely few, that such devouring sorrows come ordinarily but three or four times in a life of page: 78 sixty years. A sharp stab at rare intervals is better than a running sore festering perpetually.
On the morning after my unmaidenly behaviour, I was in the hall of our old house, and the morning sun was shining through the stained glass windows (through Abel's head and Cain's legs, queerly depicted thereon) on the faded Turkey carpet. As usual, I was sitting on the floor. I had a big darning‐needle between my fingers, and was slowly and unskilfully mending stockings. It was an occupation I particularly disliked; it was a real penance to me; but having no lady's maid, I had to undergo it weekly. And as I darned and pricked myself, and grumbled at fate, I heard a door which led to the offices creak on its hinges, and saw a head peer inquiringly round it—the head of our old cook and housekeeper. She had been with us twenty years; she was as good a soul as ever trussed a chicken or concocted entremets, and I loved her; but at the present moment she was to me a most unwelcome apparition. I had already ordered dinner, so I knew she could page: 79 have come with but one fell object, namely, to get money for some of the numerous tradesmen who were kind enough to throng our doors.
"If you please, 'm, I want to speak to you," said the head, cautiously.
"Do you?" said I, with a sickening heart. "Come in then, there's nobody here."
Thus reassured, the head, and the body that belonged to it, came forward into the room, and both together stood before me—sleek, middle‐aged, like a respectable tabby.
"Well?" said I, looking up from amid my hose, "what it is?"
"If you please, 'm, the butcher" (she pronounced the word as if the first syllable were the preposition but) "has come."
"Oh, indeed! How kind of him!" said I.
Yes, 'm, he has; and he has not brought the right piece of beef. If you remember, you ordered the ribs, and he has brought the sir‐line; he never brings us the prime pieces now either; he says he has to keep 'em for his larger customers."
"It cannot be helped," said I, resignedly. page: 80 At nineteen, sirloin or ribs are indifferent to one.
"That's not all, 'm, I'm sorry to say," pursued Mrs. Smith, rather aggravated by my stoicism; "he's brought his bill again."
"I wish he and his bill were at Jericho," responded I, tartly.
"He says that this is the ninth time he has brought it in, and he wants to have it paid."
"Want must be his master, said I, briefly.
"But he says he must have it paid; that he's got a very 'eavy engagement to meet next week, and he cannot do without the money."
"They always say that," replied I, surveying ruefully a yawning chasm in the heel of my stocking.
"Indeed, 'm, I think they do; but, if you please, what am I to tell him? he's waiting."
"Tell him that I shall be most happy to pay his bill if he'll only show me how; that I cannot coin money; and I haven't got a farthing in the world, except the crooked sixpence on my chain, which he page: 81 is most welcome to, if he likes to take it."
"I'm afraid I could not tell him that, 'm; but if you could manage to give him just a little something towards it—just to put him off a bit."
"I tell you it's out of the question," said I, eagerly. "I'm telling you the literal truth; I have not a halfpenny in the world. I gave you my last shilling last week, for that man that came with coals; and papa told me he could not give me any more till the end of next month."
"Eh, dear! it's a bad job—a bad job!" moaned our chef de cuisine, shaking her elderly head; "and I don't 'alf like going back empty‐handed to the man—he's none too civil, I can tell you."
"None too civil, isn't he?" exclaimed I, indignantly, regardless of grammar. "The wretch! why don't you kick him out of the house?"
But Mrs. Smith's sense of justice revolted against this ladylike proposition.
"Nay, my dear," said she, mildly remonstrative, "we could not quite do that, I'm thinking. After all, the man's only come to look after his own, and if we was page: 82 to turn him out o' doors, a pretty character he'd give of us, all over the place! Why, we should have the whole lot on 'em about our ears afore you could say Jack Robis'n!"
We remained silent a minute or two, Mrs. Smith rubbing her chin reflectively, as if to gain inspiration from that feature, or features—for she had two of them, while wild ideas of writing a book, for which emulous publishers should outbid each other, of marrying a certain snuffy old bachelor uncle of the Coxes, and making him settle three‐fourths of his income on papa, coursed through my brain. At last Mrs. Smith spoke:
"My dear, would you mind speaking to your papa about it?"
I interrupted her.
"I should mind very much; I don't know anything I should mind much more."
"Well, 'm, you know something must be done, and perhaps he has got some money you don't know of—just a trifle would do, to stop the man's mouth for the present, and there's no harm in asking. Do now, there's a dear young lady! there he goes page: 83 down the garden. Eh, dear! he stoops sadly of late."
"I won't," said I, vehemently, "and that's flat. He's in very bad spirits this morning as it is, and I won't do anything to add to his annoyances if I can help it. I'll see you and the butcher too, at the bottom of the Red Sea first."
Baffled in her little plan, Mrs. Smith stood the image of black despair in a lilac cotton gown, and bumbailiffs crowded thick and fast before my mind's eye. At last I said, gulping down my pride:
"Mrs. Smith, don't you think that if you were to go to him, and tell him that we are very sorry, but that we really don't happen to have any money by us at present, and if you were to speak very civilly to him, don't you think you might persuade him to wait till next week? By next week," said I, resolutely, "I'll get the money as sure as I sit here, by hook or by crook, by fair means or foul, if I have to steal it."
"I can but try," she answered, being the essence of good nature; "but I'm sadly afraid it won't be no good."page: 84
She disappeared despondent behind the swing‐door, and I went back to my darning. Duns were such every‐day visitors, that as long as I could keep them away from papa I bore their attentions with tolerable equanimity. After a considerable interval my messenger returned, with her visage somewhat shortened.
"Well?" said I, interrogatively.
"He's gone, 'm, drabbit 'im!" said she, with her one little pet imprecation—an imprecation which always rather puzzled me as to its precise signification, etymology, and derivation. What awful malediction was contained in the imperative mood of the verb "to drabbit?" "I've got him out of the house at last, though, indeed, I had hard work to manage it. He cuss'd and swore above a bit, that he did. I was ashamed out of my life that them girls should hear him; and he said, said he, 'Mrs. Smith,' said he, 'there's not another man in all —shire as u'd been as patient and forbearin' as I've been,' said he; and here's his bill, 'm; he desired me per‐tickler to give it into your own 'ands."
I took it; £34 5 s. shilling 4½ d. pencepage: 85
"The halfpenny be demmed," said I, with dreary jocularity, quoting Mr. Mantalini. "Well, will he wait till next week?"
"Not he, 'm; he would not hear tell of it nohow; he's coming again on Tuesday; he'd a come on Monday, only it's Nantford fair, and he says if he don't get his bill settled satisfactorily then, he'll go straight off to the master and 'ave it out with him."
"Pleasant!" said I, ironically. "I wish he and the baker and the candlestickmaker may all come to some horrible end soon, that I do! Spontaneous combustion, or something of the sort. They are the bane of my existence!"
However, I had got a reprieve, though a very short one; it's better to be going to be hanged to‐morrow than to be hanged to‐day. I was young and possessed of boundless spirits, which, when the immediate pressure of any anxiety was removed, rose elastic as an indiarubber ball, trusting implicitly in something turning up. I am bound to admit that nothing ever did turn up, but that did not lessen my faith in the potentialities, as Carlyle would call them, of the future.


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A memorial service for John Lewis, professor of economics and international affairs emeritus, is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, June 27, at Prospect House on the Princeton campus.
Lewis, a development economist and former dean of the University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, died of natural causes on May 19 at the Stonebridge retirement community in Montgomery, N.J. He was 89. A full obituary is available online.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Lewis' memory to Pratham, a nongovernmental organization that works to provide quality education to the underprivileged children of India. Donations may be sent to Pratham USA, 9703 Richmond Ave., Suite 102, Houston, TX 77042.


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One of the major providers of the free cell phones—3.8 million subscribers as of late 2011—is Miami-based TracFone Wireless, a company whose president and CEO, Frederick "F.J." Pollak, has donated at least $156,500 to Democratic candidates and committees this cycle, including at least $50,000 to the Obama campaign.
Pollak's wife, Abigail, is a campaign bundler for Obama who has raised more than $632,000 for the president this cycle, and more than $1.5 million since 2007. She has personally contributed more than $200,000 to Democratic candidates and committees since 2008.
The Pollaks hosted Obama at their Miami Beach home in June for a $40,000-per-plate fundraising dinner, and hosted a similar event with Michelle Obama in July 2008. The couple personally donated a combined $66,200 to Obama's reelection effort that year.
Visitor logs indicate that Frederick and Abigail Pollak have visited the White House seven times. In 2009, the president appointed Abigail to serve on the "Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino."
TracFone, a direct financial beneficiary of the Lifeline program, receives $10 a month for each subscriber in the form of federal subsidies. The company can make an additional profit selling extra minutes to Lifeline subscribers who exceed their monthly allowance of 250 prepaid minutes.
TracFone and other wireless providers claim that revenue from selling additional minutes to Lifeline customers is low, but decline to publicly release such figures.
Actually this program began with Reagan - 1984.
Just another cozy little Solyndra-type deal...nothing to see here......
Actually the cell phone provision began in 2009. The original program was to provide land line service in rural areas.
Yet when I was a mentor for big buddy my little buddy (10 years old), her older sister (12 years old), her younger sister (7 years old) and her grandmother (60-70 years old, no job and not looking for one) all had these phones in case they needed to call each other while grandma let the kids run around their neighborhood at will.
What program? How does it stop the abuse? Serious talk.
Changes to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, saving up to $2 billion over 3 years
Setting a savings target of $200 million for 2012, and putting the Commission in a position to adopt an appropriate budget for the program in early 2013 after review of a six-month report and one-year report on the effects of the Order.
Creation of a National Lifeline Accountability Database to prevent multiple carriers from receiving support for the same subscriber. The database will build on FCC efforts in 2011 that eliminated nearly 270,000 duplicate subscriptions in 12 states following review of over 3.6 million subscriber records, saving $33 million.
Creation of eligibility databases from governmental data sources, enabling fully automated verification of consumers' initial and ongoing Lifeline eligibility. This would reduce the potential for fraud while cutting red tape for consumers and providers. A database based on the three most common federal benefit programs through which consumers qualify for Lifeline will be created no later than the end of 2013.
Establishing a one-per-household rule applicable to all providers in the program, defining household as an "economic unit" so that separate low-income families living at the same address can get connected.
Establishing clear goals and metrics to measure program performance and effectiveness.
Phasing out support for services such as Toll Limitation – subsidies to carriers for blocking or restricting long-distance service—and ending Link Up – subsidies to carriers for initial connection charges. Link Up will continue in Tribal lands.
Reducing burdens on carriers by establishing a uniform, interim flat rate of reimbursement, allowing carriers to obtain a subscriber's signature electronically, and streamlining enrollment through uniform, nationwide eligibility criteria.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Norwegian scientists who explored the deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean said Thursday their findings including what appear to be new species of fish and squid could be used to protect marine ecosystems worldwide.
Researchers on the MAR-ECO expedition, which spent two months mapping the undersea ecosystem around the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the world's largest mountain range, said they found an unexpected diversity of marine life near the sea bottom.
"Overall, we've been struck by the diversity of life," said Odd Aksel Bergstad, the expedition's leader and a senior scientist at the Institute of Marine Research in Norway.
The sea bottom had never before been studied in such detail, and the findings of the expedition significantly have significantly advanced deep-sea biology, he said. "The mid-ocean ridges are found in all oceans, but they've been more or less neglected for lack of appropriate technology."
The Norwegian-led MAR-ECO using highly advanced echo-sounders, robotic deep-sea vehicles and trawl nets brought back more than 350 species of fish and squid.
At least five, including a deep-sea angler fish and two unusual squids, seem to be new species, Bergstad told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Bergen, Norway, where the research ship G.O. Sars docked after its voyage.
Many other species had never before been found near the ridge, which stretches more than 3,728 miles between Iceland and the Azores, off Africa's west coast.
The cruise also brought back an unknown number of planktonic species, many of which were probably new to science as well, said Olav Rune Godoe, an IMR researcher who participated in the expedition.
While finding new species is exciting, the researchers said, the main purpose of the expedition was to give scientists a better understanding of the most remote and unexplored environment on the planet.
"The deep waters are the last to be affected by humans," Godoe said. "Studying an environment that is entirely unspoiled by man has the potential of elevating our (understanding) of all ecosystems."
The MAR-ECO expedition is a pilot project of the 10-year, $1 billion Census of Marine Life project, an international research endeavor that aims to map out the deep sea ecosystems, and explain how they change over time.
More than 300 scientists from 53 countries are involved in the census project.
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