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Every kind of store is found within walking distance, including supermarkets, laundry shop, money change, bank, and ice-cream parlor :)
I am a student, which means I do not use the apartment during most of the daytime and weekends. I am always happy to assist if you need anything, from advises and coordination of tourism activities, to singing to you with the guitar after dinner :)
The room is clean and cosy, the apartment is very pretty and warm, and so is the hosting.
Cell Phone rentals are available at great rates, ask me about it!
Big love and friendship from my guests, people just keep coming back!
P.S - towels are not provided.
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Rehavia (also Rechavia) (Hebrew: רחביה) is an upscale Jerusalem neighborhood located between the city center and Talbiya.
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Thank you very much for the use of your apartment.
Everything was very comfortable and clean.
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A charming little apartment in a quiet neighborhood. When I arrived the shutters didn't work, but after a phone call this was immediately fixed. The apartment was clean when I arrived, but there was no cleaning service during my stay. I would have appreciated some more towels. But apart from these minor inconveniences I loved the place and I will certainly come back.
We had a wonderful time in Jerusalem in the appartement of Amir. The appartement is nice and also the neighbourhood. We had a car and put it a few blocks away, where there was free parking. We were eating at night at from Gaza to Berlin. Very nice. We also enjoyed music from the neighbours on the opposite side. They stopped at ten, so don't worry. And we had icecreams down the street in rocking chairs. The trees were smelling and blossomming. Everything beuatiful! Bernie en Joram de Bie.
Nice and complete flat. Very good location. 30 minutes walk to Old city and 4 minutes walk to some nice little bars. I recommend the place!
Fantastic apartment with kosher kitchen (a new and positive experience for us). Friendly and interested host. We felt free and at home. Close to the old town (30 minutes walk and several buslines). Free parking for car is possible a few streets away.
We (47; 38; 3,5; 0,5; 86 years – Germany and Brazil) travelled 11 days in Israel in May 2012. The apartment is located in the 3rd floor (no elevator) of very quiet and refreshing green street. It is larger than it appears on the picture. Amir is a nice host, in the first of our 2 nights he stayed in his own room in the apartment. There is free day and night parking only 10 mins by foot in a little park south from the apartment, which was great, to the Old Town we travelled by car and left it in the Mamila parking next to Yaffa Gate.
Wij (echtpaar) zijn van 11 okt. tot 21 okt. in een ontzettend leuk, schoon en goed gelegen appartement geweest van Amir. Alles werkte prima en de airco was heerlijk. Toen het licht in de badkamer kapot ging, was 1 e-mail genoeg en werd het gelijk gemaakt. We hebben een super vakantie in een super appartement gehad!
prima appartement op een mooie locatie, iets verder weg van de Oude Stad dan we dachten, maar toch goed te doen.
Das Appartment zur Alleinbenutzung liegt verkehrstechnisch sehr gut: Mit Auto oder Bus ist man sofort im Zentrum. Parkplatz im Prinzip vor dem Haus, allerdings gebührenpflichtig und besser für kleine als für große Autos geeignet. Die saubere und ruhige Wohnung im 2. Stock (ohne Aufzug) ist nicht neu, aber voll eingerichtet, incl. Kühlschrank, Fernseher, kostenlosem WLAN usw. Amir, der Vermieter, ist jederzeit per Telefon oder Email erreichbar, anwortet immer sofort und ist dabei sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit. Insgesamt, v.a. auch angesichts des Preises, eine klare Empfehlung!
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|Art of Casting Analysis, refinement of the cast
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Thanks! I wasn't sure exactly what is a decent cast with my setup. I wasn't too upset with my casting because there was a pretty good wind in my face the whole time.
I was thinking that I probably should have started out with an intermediate line first instead of the fast sinker that I bought but since I was going to be fishing the ocean I wanted something that would get down.
Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.
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I think that given your situation of experience, gear, and weather conditions, a sixty foot cast is excellent. Keep doing what you're doing and you'll catch some fish. After you catch a few fish and upgrade your equipment as you've described in your plan, the better gear plus your growing confidence and abilities will equal greater casting distance.
Be proud! Sure, longer casts will put your fly in front of more fish, but sixty feet to start with is pretty darned good.
|I normally use an intermediate line and can toss it about 70'-80' in a light wind. Casting 60' with a sinking line on that setup is pretty good. With a floating line you should be able to do another 20'. Of course a lot depends on the size of the fly and how much wind there is.
Newbie casting distance question
So, I've done the flyfishing thing for a couple years now for trout in the northeast but never had to make any huge casts. I decided that I need a new challenge for the striper fishing and so I picked up a cheap 8/9 weight scientific anglers rod , some sinking 444 cortland and a quality reel. Figured after I felt comfortable with everything and after I've landed a couple fish I would eventually upgrade the rod to something a bit better. I didn't want to shell out a car payment on a rod until I was comfortable with everything and had broken the ice with the cheap rod.
My question has to deal with how far most people can send a fly. I was in Tiverton, RI this past weekend and had the chance to get out on the sakonnet river a bit. The wind was pretty brutal a couple times but it calmed down some too. I was able to make about 60' casts but that was my limit and if the wind kicked up that distance was reduced.
About how far should I be able to cast with this setup? I'm trying to do this all on my own as I don't have any buddies who fly fish to give me any pointers so I would appreciate any info or pointers that anyone could provide.
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Well, went fishing again today, armed with my new technique of keeping the rod vertical on the forecast. Worked ok-ish, landed perfectly straight and gentle a few times, though not always.
After an hour or two though, the lake owner came over and had a quick chat, asking how I was doing and what fly I was using etc. After admitting Im still new to the whole fly fishing sport, this being my 5th time fishing, he offered me some casting tips. Apparently I was doing it all with my wrist, and that I should keep my wrist locked. He gave me a quick demo of how I was doing it, and how it should be done - keeping my wrist locked throughout, keeping my elbow down against my side, and using quick short movements from 10 o'clock to 2.
He then left me to have a go at putting what he showed me into practice, and I will say, I was shooting the line much more successfully. My only concern is the fly can come quite close to my face on the backcast, if I leave the line a little while too long! But thats what the sunglasses are there for I guess =) - and the baseball cap ;D
Even though it was only a small 1.5 acre catch-and-release lake, there was a little hut with tea making facilities and such, and it turns out the guy is a casting tutor, so Im gonna put some thought into asking him for an hour of tuition - only costs £5 afterall!
He also gave me some intruction on how to fish the lake... and loaned me a full sinking line since I only have a sink tip and floater! Nice guy. His technique and the fly he gave me proved deadly. On my third cast I hooked a frikin monster... at first it felt like about a 1.5lb trout, then WHOOSH he took off and took my leader with him - 6lb fluorocarbon snapped just like that. It was terrifying, lol, he pulled easily twice as hard as the 2.5lb rainbow I landed, which is my record at the mo. He yanked the line out of my grip as I was pulling him in. As I said, absolutely terrifying! Well, atleast Ill be more prepared for such a big fish next time =D
Overall, a good day fishing, and hopefully a further improvement to my casting =)
Again, thanks for all the tips and such, has been helpful! I know it wasnt easy to offer advice when you cant see what Im doing, so thank yee all =)
Jay -
Very nicely described; Lefty has a way of putting things in simple understandable terms.
However TjP describes more than just curvature in the line in fact some of the description implies recoil and agressive stroke power, and he began without a leader which further promotes recoil especially when the power is high.
The "line follows the tip" analogy has a lot of merit but I have to wonder if it's the root cause here.
Line follows rod tip of course, but only if the line has momentum in that direction. Otherwise it just opens the loop.
For instance:
Let's say I cast a 70 foot false cast with a longbelly line. I am tracking the line in a fairly small imaginary cylinder in the air, parallel to the ground and about 10 feet off the ground.
Suddenly, I drop the rod tip to the ground on the forward cast. If we over-simplify the description "line follows the rod tip" then we should expect that the line goes to the ground.
However you will note that the momentum of the line at the 10ft altitude and forward vector wants to continue in that track despite what the rod tip does.
To your point if the rod tip had been pulling the line in a different track through the stroke from start to finish, then the line will go in that direction accordingly.
I like very much to use simple tips as well but instead of focusing only on the rod tip (which is important) I also put some emphasis on the line itself and have gotten much better reactions from students in terms of application of power and tracking.
This is a very simple thing to diagnose and to correct.
" The fly line is going to travel in the direction the rod tip travels at the end of the stroke."
Your rod tip is traveling from right to left at the end of the stroke, and so the fly line must follow it. You are making what is commonly referred to as a, " Curve cast."
The fix is to ensure that the rod tip travels straight at the end of the stroke.
The same is also true of the line splashing in the water at the end of the cast. Simply aim the cast higher.
You can prove this to yourself quite easily, in the abscence of wind:
With about 25' of line out of the rod tip, make an overhead cast and at the very end of the stroke, flick the rod tip from left to right. See what happens when the fly line lands on the water?
Best of luck with it!
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I was thinking of getting some tuition, but I aint sure where its available in my area. Ill have to look into it... its possible they give tuition at a reservoir nearby where I live.
For now though, ive found a temporary solution so making the line shoot straight. Ive changed my casting so that on the forward cast, i hold the rod as vertical as possible, and kind of bring the handle of the rod down towards my chest area, rather than just moving my hand horizontally... hard to explain. Basically though, instead of keeping the rod t an angle during the whole false casting and final cast, I now backcast with the rod at whatever angle I want, but then forward cast vetically. The result is that the loop on the forward cast in nicely vertical - instead of the loop being at an angle -, and lands straight. Now I just need to try it out on some water this weekend, to see if I still get the splash with this method. If so I guess Im putting too much power into the final cast.
I will have to try and observe other anglers too, to see if this method is normal, but Im pretty sure its not, could be wrong though.
But hey, even if its not normal, if it works for me until I can get some tuition then its all good!
Hi, TjP
If you are really frustrated by your progress so far and really want to become a proficient caster (as it would appear you do), get tuition.
This is not to undervalue the excellent tips given above. It's just easier to have someone hold your hand, quite literally, to show you how it's done rather than read, digest, and attempt to execute written instructions.
Find a recommended and endorsed fly-casting instructor. Don't go to an instructor than hasn't been recommended by persons whose advice you trust. Just because a teacher is qualified as an instructor doesn't mean he or she can teach. I took Spey casting lessons from a well-known instructor and the only help he gave me was to tell me I was doing it all wrong.
I taught myself to fly-cast.
It was a huge mistake.
I have spent fifty years trying to correct the wrong muscle memories I've built up through my trial years. I'm still far from a good caster, but I feel if I'd started out right, I would be OK now and not just a mediocre duffer.
Remember: Practice makes perfect for some, but practice makes permanent, also.
Get good, qualified professional help. It will pay off in the long run (and fly-fishing is for life).
My .02,
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Cheers folks, giving me lots to think about.
I'll try and get a video clip of my casting, though Ive only got my digital camera to do this with, which is not a camcorder, and the quality probably wont be very good. Hopefully the line will be visible though. Ill try my best to get someone to do the recording ASAP =)
Let's slow down a minute. There are so many excellent points above but this can go two ways - (1) we provide many suggestions and you choose the ones which fit or (2) we address specific concerns and problems as determined.
(1) we are already well on our way and (2) requires specific details about the problems you want to resolve, one at a time. This is difficult at best in a bulletin board without a video clip. But we've done it several times with focused description of what's going wrong.
I think we resolved the most obvious issue, which as Eric pointed out best was a lack of a leader on the flyline. However as some point out above it's certainly not everything, just step #1.
Now let's see if we can move ahead...
You mentioned 'curvy line and splash' also a lessened hook in the cast. Are these the key issues you have remaining after adding an appropriate leader?
Sounds to me like you are losing the line tension somewhere thru the cast. This can be caused by a number of things but the most common are:
- stroke timing, getting ahead or behind the cadence of the line's load/unload sequence
- using arm power to compensate for tracking problems especially with men casters, in other words the rod tip is not traveling in a plane so energy is lost, and the arm uses extra power to compensate to power it thru the inefficiencies of a curved path
- hinging from too much running line beyond the tip (thin line can't cast thick)
Ooops! I've reverted to multiple choice again.
Well I will stop there and let you describe specific nuances you'd like to debug -or- post a video clip which is by far the more definitive way to get what you seek.
Or perhaps hire a FFF certified casting instructor or recruit a friend who's casting you admire to help you in person.
[QUOTE=. The only sure way ive found of getting rid of the problem, is keeping my rod dead vertical when I false cast, and finally shoot. [/QUOTE]
My advise to you is forget the complexities of leader for right now. The problem is with your casting stroke as manifested by the hook even when you have leader on.
What the rod was doing at the "STOP" portion of the cast when the energy is transferred, is what the line is going to mimic. So if we see the line doing something other than what we want it to do, we should be able to identify the cause and correct it. Follow that back a little further to what was done by the arm/body to cause the rod to do what it did. Now we can change the arm/body motion to make the rod do what it should have and see the results in the way the line acts.
For example: if the line takes a hook to the left just about the time it is all the way out then the rod must have taken a movement to the left. Video tape yourself or have someone watch you casting stroke. Watching the cast a couple of times will allow you to
locate the twist of the wrist that caused the hook. Then all that has to be done is to stop the twisting of the wrist. Keep practicing and remember, it's more fun to practice on water with the possiblity of catching fish than on a lawn.
Sounds simplier than it is but there you have it. When you rod is verticle, you must not be making the final twist.
Thanks for all the tips folks, will keep at it!
Ill maybe try and get a recording of myself next time I go, so I can compare myself to other people I watch. Might help to see if Im doing one part particularly badly.
Another thought for you to consider:
1. purchase a premade tapered leader to rule in or out the leader itself as the issue;
2. If you still have a problem with curving, then it is possible that at the end of your fore-cast, you are twisting your hand either left or right. If this is the case...concentrate on keeping your thumb directly behind the rod (cork)....if casting at an angle also try and keep the thumb in that behind position. Make sure that your thumb is not left or right of center.
Sometimes this is easier if prior to casting (if you are a right hander), cocking the bottom of the reel towards your body a bit.....this makes it easier to keep the thumb in the right position.
Try not to shoot the lie at the water....if on shore, find a treeline across the lake or stream and shoot at the tops of the trees (or as if you wanted the line to land 8 ft above the water)...you want the line to go out not down...it will do that by itself :-)
By the way.....don't be embarrased....casting is like golf.....only 10 percent ever shoot par, the rest of us have problems...just enjoy yourself.
Argh, well i went fishing today as planned, as Im really frustrated cause my casting is rubbish! Half the time the line landed with a splash, 85% of the time it was all curvy, and most of the time even with a 9ft leader, the line still curved a bit to the left (though not as much), and the leader landing in a random postion - usually not straight. I had the odd good cast, but I was unable to tell what I was doing differently.
Its plain embaressing casting with other people in view!
EDIT: Oh aye, I didnt catch anything either, but the lake owner said the fishing was a bit slow at the mo so I shouldnt feel so bad about that. My first outing with no catch so far though!
Hi, TjP,
If I may jump in here:
For most of us, tapered leaders are an essential element in single-handed fly-casting. The idea is that gradually reducing the diameter from the front taper of the flyline to the tippet transfers energy properly for correct fly turn-over and for delicacy of presentation.
The butt section of the leader (Juro's 60%) should closely approximate the diameter of front taper of the fly line. From there, the middle portion of the leader stops down quickly until a small enough diameter of leader is reached to bend on the tippet section. The tippet then takes up the final 20%.
I'm impressed that you can cast a level leader at all, nevermind the hook to the left. You'll find casting a tapered leader much easier.
Some confusion may have arisen over the practice of many Spey casters of using level leaders (leaders of the same diameter throughout). While it may not matter (to some) in Spey casting, a tapered leader really does matter in single-handed, over-hand casting.
Try to use a "practice" fly. This can be a bit of yarn, as Juro suggests, or a fly with the hook broken off (these are easy enough to get if you fish anywhere near rocky banks). Having the fly on the end of the tippet helps you practice correctly and prepares you for the real thing on the water.
Getting back to leaders: look up the various formulae on the web. Note the creators remarks on brand names and relative stiffness of the leader material. This all makes a difference. Fluorcarbon tends to be of smaller diameter than conventional monofilament; so, if the leader formula you want is given in pounds or kilograms test, you must take that into account.
I prefer a stiff butt and taper portion; the tippet's limpness will vary with the species and conditions under which I'm fishing. Others will have different preferences.
On last thing: remember how you achieve that left hook! Sometime you might find yourself on the Gaspe dry-fly fishing for salmon, and being able to throw a upstream curve can be a real advantage in presentation.
Tis reassuring to hear you say that ^^
But as for the leader being broken down into the 3 section you talk of... thats beyond me. I think maybe we do it differently here in the UK, either that or just my uncle, who has taught me the basics, uses a different method for the leader.
Basically I use a single length of leader connecting the line and fly. At the mo, Im using 6lb fluorocarbon for my leader, and just taking a 8-9ft length of that and tying it on to my line, then putting a single fly at the other end. This is the only way ive been taught.
From that, I can put extra flies on droppers, though until I get better at casting Im using a single fly to avoid tangles in my leader.
The flurocarbon leader material comes on a 50M spool, so I dont think its tapered at all.
Well unless you can post a video we have to take it a step at a time with the most likely culprit being the first to debug.
Looking forward to hearing from you tomorrow.
BTW - a good recipe for a temporary leader is to use the 60/20/20% rule.
A leader has at least three parts, the butt, the taper and tippet
These are often broken down into smaller segments again but for the purpose of the test just divide the leader (say 8ft) into 60% length (58 inches) depending on the fly line in this case a 7wt well just use 20-25# test, then a taper segment of 20% length (20") of say 12# then 20" of say 8#
You can see this would not make a good fishing leader, but for the purposes at hand go for it. Later on just split the three into pieces to step down more so a 30# butt could taper to a 4# tippet by stepping more as you go etc.
Keep in mind the more it tapers the more reduction in energy is achieved and the less kick you should experience unless the taper is too radical. The trick is to make it smooth turning over.
Then you might have other influences from the rod path, etc but even the best casters will get a whip-over without a leader.
Thanks for the quick reply =)
Ill have to try what you say tomorrow, as its dark now here in the UK and Id probably whip myself in the face if I tried casting now =P
Hopefully what you say works though, as its quite frustrating to have such a flaw in my cast.
So Ill try practicing with the leader attatched as you say, and add a piece of yarn in place of a fly? Not seen that done before, so just hoping I understand you correctly
I seem to be able to handle the line fine in the air, I can keep the loops tight (only learnt what was meant by "tight loops" today, watching a DVD =P), its just the final cast that I cant get right.
Well, tomorrow, as I say. Should actually be going to a local trout fishery also, so I can try it out for real there =)
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In order to meet the challenge to "reduce the impact of earthquakes and tsunamis on society through research, engineering, science, and education," NEES will develop an active collaboratory, a laboratory without walls for a large user-base composed of researchers, practitioners, students, and the public at large. At the center of this collaboratory will be the NEEShub, the central access point to the following:
- robust, high-quality software tools and databases for performing research,
- collaborative capabilities for researchers and for practitioners to perform research and transform that research into practice, and
- the NEESacademy, which provides education for all NEES members. With enhanced capabilities at the NEES experimental facilities, researchers will be performing the research required to drive innovative engineering solutions. Through active communications and collaborative partnerships, NEES will influence research, engineering, and policy. Through broad and effective education and outreach, NEES will help create the research and engineering leaders of tomorrow.
Our vision will be realized through the following critical achievements:
- Through NEES and its partnerships, researchers will have access to the world's best integrated state-of-the art physical simulation facilities.
- NEES will be a cyber-enabled community that shares ideas, data, computational tools and models.
- NEES will play a significant role in the education and training for the next generation of earthquake-engineering researchers and practitioners.
- NEES will have partnerships with organizations to support the dissemination of research results and the reduction of risks of seismic disasters by transferring these results into practice.
- NEES will be a global community achieving excellence in research and education efforts to mitigate earthquake and tsunami risk to life and will serve as a model to other engineering and science communities facing similar challenges.
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How Does a 9/80 Work Schedule Work Out? 1055
cellocgw writes "My company is in the process of implementing a version of '9/80,' a work schedule that squeezes 80 hours' labor time into 9 business days and provides every other Friday off. I was wondering how this has been implemented in other companies, and how it's worked out for other Slashdot readers. Is your system flexible? Do you find time to get personal stuff done during the week? Is Friday good for anything other than catching up on lost sleep? And perhaps most important, do your managers respect the off-Fridays, or do they pull people in on a regular basis to handle 'crises?'"


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• Five men have been arrested in the gang rape and robbery of a 15-year-old teen outside her school's homecoming. Police say they now think 10 people took part in the assault as 20 watched and, possibly, took pictures. •
• The suspects range in age from 15 to 21 and included a 17-year-old boy who turned himself in and a former Richmond High School student. Richmond, California Police Lt. Mark Gagan said, "These suspects are monsters. And, I don't understand how this many people capable of such atrocious behavior could be in one place at one time." • A lawyer for Susan Finkelstein, the Phillies fan accused of offering sex for World Series tickets, said her post on Craigslist saying she'd get "creative" with payment, "was a variation of 'will work for food.' It doesn't mean she was a prostitute.'" Attorney William Brennan denied an undercover police officer's claim that she offered him sex for tickets and added, "You're talking about a 43-year-old woman who was overcome by Phillies fever. All she was looking to do was take her husband to a World Series game. You know that Madonna movie Desperately Seeking Susan? This was Susan Desperately Seeking.'" • Edward Ates of Florida testified in court today that he couldn't have killed his son-in-law because he is too fat to commit the crime. Paul Duncsak, who was in a child custody dispute with Ates daughter, was shot in his home in 2006. Ates says he weighed 285 lbs at the time and wouldn't have had the energy needed to climb and descend the staircase where prosecutors say the killer was perched when he shot Duncsak. • A Utah judge has sentenced 21-year-old Leo Harrison to prison for accepting $150 from a pregnant girl to help her kill her fetus. Harrison was facing 21 years in prison for pleading guilty to second-degree felony attempted murder, but the judge sentenced him on a charge of third-degree "attempted killing of an unborn child" under Utah's anti-abortion statute, which means he could serve up to 20 years in prison.The woman, who gave birth to a healthy baby, pleaded no contest to second-degree felony criminal solicitation to commit murder for paying Harrison to assault her. • Using forceps if a woman is having difficulty during the "pushing" stage of labor has fallen out of favor, but a new study found that trying forceps instead of immediately performing a C-section does not raise the risks to the baby in most cases. A study of 3,200 women who had an unplanned C-section found that when cases in which there was already a problem with the fetal heart rate were excluded, the rate of complications were the same whether forceps were tried before a C-section or not. • While many Indian women are acting as surrogate mothers, more than half a million Indian women die every year due to pregnancy complications, despite government programs guaranteeing free obstetric care. According to Human Rights Watch, India is doing a poor job of monitoring how maternal health programs are implemented. UNICEF estimates that for every maternal death, there are 20 to 30 cases of other complications including obstetric fistulae, uterine prolapse, infertility, vaginal scarring, and sepsis. • A Spanish study of contraceptive use by 11,000 women from 14 European countries found that after condoms, the pill is the most popular contraceptive method. IUDs are the most popular long-acting contraceptive, but only 10% of women surveyed use them and most are over 30 years old. • Scientists at the Institute of Neuroscience in Alicante, Spain say they've figured out the secret behind Mona Lisa's smile. They say the smile depends on what cells in the retina pick up the image. Sometimes the image is transmitted to the brain on one channel and you see the smile and sometimes another channel takes over and you won't see it. • In a session on grieving during The Women's Conference in California, Maria Shriver said she's been telling people she's OK since her mother's death two months ago but, "the real truth is that I'm not fine... The real truth is that my mother's death has brought me to my knees. I had feared this my entire life... She was my hero, my role model, my very best friend. I spoke to her every single day of my life. I tried really hard when I grew up to make her proud of me." • According to a UC Irvine study, 30 percent of Americans have a gene variant that is linked to performing 20 percent worse on a driving test than people without it. Previous studies have found that in people with a BDNF gene variant, which supports communication among brain cells, a smaller portion of the brain is stimulated when doing a task than in people with a normal BDNF gene. • Check out Live Science's guide to everything you always wanted to know about constipation but were afraid to ask here. (Paging Tracie Egan.) • Accused murderer Drew Peterson is suing JP Morgan Chase because he says the company violated truth-in-lending laws by cutting off his home-equity credit line in May. He says he is now unable to post bond and pay his lawyers, and said if his accounts remain frozen he'll ask the court to approve taxpayer money to fund his defense. • Germany's Lutheran Church Margot Kaessman is one of only two women to serve as bishop in Germany's Protestant church. • Indiana University researchers studied workplace politics at an urban elementary school and found that people who are targets of gossip are negatively evaluated during formal work meetings, but gossip can be derailed by changing the subject, targeting someone else for criticism, or by pre-emptive comments that are positive. "When you're sitting in that business meeting, be attentive to when the talk drifts away from the official task at hand to people who aren't present," said sociologist Tim Hallett. "Be aware that what is going on is a form of politics... that can be a weapon to undermine people who aren't present. But it also can be a gift. If people are talking positively it can be a way to enhance someone's reputation." • Sasha and Malia Obama were given the H1N1 vaccine last week after it was made available for D.C. schoolchildren. The President and First Lady still haven't been vaccinated. • Sarah Palin has responded to Levi Johnston's claim on CBS' Early Show that she repeatedly referred to her son Trig as "retarded" saying, "Trig is our 'blessed little angel' who knows it and is lovingly called that every day of his life. Even the thought that anyone would refer to Trig by any disparaging name is sickening and sad... Consider the source of the most recent attention-getting lies — those who would sell their body for money reflect a desperate need for attention and are likely to say and do anything for even more attention." • Rep. Alan Grayson, a Florida Democrat, says it was inappropriate for him to call Federal Reserve advisor Linda Robertson a "K Street whore." "I offer my sincere apology," Grayson said in a statement. "I did not intend to use a term that is often, and correctly, seen as disrespectful of women." • The Australian Sex Party has nominated Marianna Leishman (a.k.a. Zahra Stardust), for a December election to fill a vacant seat in the Australian House of Representatives. Leishman is a feminist writer/pole dance instructor who has worked at the United Nations and has a law degree. She said in a statement, "In an area that claims 50 years of conservative representation from white, heterosexual, able-bodied, suited, male protagonists, the Australian Sex Party is excited to provide a modern, outward looking female candidate." On her agenda is legalizing gay marriage and abortion, examining child sex abuse in religious institutions, and pushing for more sex education in schools. •


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Actor Daniel Radcliffe has reportedly been roped in to play the role of Olympic runner Sebastian Coe in a biopic titled, Gold.
The movie revolves around Coe's world-famous rivalry with fellow athlete Steve Ovett in the years leading up to the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, reports eonline.com.
The movie will be helmed by James Watkins who hopes to begin shooting, Gold, in Britain and Russia around April 2014.


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HonestReporting's critique of Reuters' 2007 calendar (a selection of images below) generated a deluge of e-mails to the organization's PR staff. Reuters was courteous enough to issue a speedy response. Many of you received personal replies from staff in the Reuters Press Office. Reuters' standard reply produces more questions than answers.
Click this selection of images to view the entire calendar
According to Eileen Wise, Reuters' Head of Global PR for Editorial and Media, the calendar images:
were chosen for their photographic and visual effect and not for any political purpose. In putting this calendar together we sought to portray the theme 'Eyes on the World,' which is meant to look back at events and issues that marked 2006, concentrating on pictures with eyes.
We invite Reuters and our subscribers to take a second look at the calendar. Using our own artistic license, we were only able to find four photos that could be themed as "pictures with eyes" and perhaps two more with a tenuous link. How can pictures of farming or even the back of a bodybuilder have anything to do with eyes? How do cranberry fields and sunflower crops represent "events and issues that marked 2006"? Is Eileen Wise looking at the same calendar?
The majority of the calendar's 15 images have no connection to this theme whatsoever – they contain no eyes and no connection to events that marked 2006. Were the marketing staff of Reuters incapable of finding a dozen relevant images from the organization's huge archive? Is Reuters trying to pull the wool over our own eyes?
Furthermore, Reuters claims that some of the images are:
more political in nature than others, including the front cover of a woman voting in Iraq and one of the G8 summit meeting. We understand that some people viewing the calendar find that the photograph of the Palestinian militant appears to be the most political…
The photos of the Iraqi woman and the G8 meeting, in fact, contain no political commentary at all. The only image that does is that of the Palestinian. Reuters dodges the key question – how did this image come to be used and why did it include the only caption containing a negative and politicized message?
Could not Reuters have found something more 'positive' in keeping with the tone of the rest of the calendar, even, for example, depicting Palestinians voting in their own election?
Click here to write to Reuters directly, refocusing on the following questions:
Does the organization accept that the July photo and caption stand alone as a negatively politicized statement in contrast to the rest of the calendar?
This being the case, will Reuters acknowledge failings on the part of those responsible for producing the calendar?
As in the case of the "Fauxtography" scandal, which led to the firing of photographer Adnan Hajj, will Reuters take similar action against those responsible to ensure that further incidents such as this will not reoccur?
Institutionalized bias at Reuters is not new. In addition to countless incidents of quality problems in Reuters' reporting, HonestReporting has previously demonstrated a clear bias in the organization's headlines, while new editor-in-chief David Schlesinger, in his former position as global managing editor, openly acknowledged that Arab intimidation influences Reuters' news coverage.
Can Reuters offer a more substantial and credible response to these very serious issues? We invite David Schlesinger to contact us directly so that we can share his response directly with our readers.


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It's a global phenomenon that has spent years as one of the hottest brands in reality television. And, although it's taken nearly a decade, the first The X Factor New Zealand will be beamed across the nation tonight.
The brainchild of talent-spotting guru Simon Cowell, The X Factor has been broadcast in 35 countries since it was launched in the UK in 2004.
Cowell's still involved in the franchise, sitting on the judges' panels in the United States.
Here, he's handed over the responsibility to judges Stan Walker, Daniel Bedingfield, Mel Blatt and Ruby Frost, with Dominic Bowden at the helm as host.
We asked a few probing questions of the organisers to find out about the nuts, bolts and idiosyncracies of the show, contestants and judges, and bring you this A-Z collection of a television highlight of 2013.
A - Auditions: 48 hours of footage was shot at the auditions to make four 90-minute episodes.
There were 18 cameras capturing the action every day.
B - Blatt and Bedingfield: It's been some time since former All Saints star Melanie Blatt and New Zealand-born Daniel Bedingfield graced the pop charts but they both have number one hits under their belts. For Blatt, it's the tune Never Ever that she is most remembered for. Meanwhile, Bedingfield's Gotta Get Thru This was a game-changer in the British garage scene. He followed it up with the blistering chart-topping ballad If You're Not The One.
C - Cowell: The big question on everyone's lips is whether the man behind The X Factor will make a guest appearance in New Zealand. It's too early to say, but Simon Cowell does take a keen interest and watches tapes of all the shows around the world to make sure they stay true to the brand.
D - Drama!: From the early UK water-throwing bust up between judges Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh and Cowell's temper tantrums to backstage breakdowns and controversial evictions, the popular show has never been without its dramas. More recently it has been the mentors and the hosts who have dominated the headlines - the firing of American judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul and the scathing criticism of Khloe Kardashian Odom in her million-dollar role as the co-host of last year's The X Factor USA.
E - Entries: Overall 6000 contestants entered The X Factor New Zealand - 3000 at pre-auditions across 27 locations. Only 300 acts have made it to the televised auditions. The oldest contestant to audition was 67, the youngest 14.
F - Frost: Ruby Frost is the Kiwi representative on the judges' panel and is no stranger to fighting it out for first place, having won MTV's nationwide 42Unheard competition in 2009. She admits to being nervous at how she'll be perceived when the show goes to air, but watch this space - the quietly spoken singer-songwriter from Auckland isn't the meek mentor you might expect her to be.
G - Groups: The competition is open to anyone over the age of 14, either solo performers or groups. Contestants who make it through are split into one of four categories - boys under 25, girls under 25, over 25s and groups. Each of the four judges is allocated a group to mentor.
H - Hometowns: The judges have winged in from far and wide - Blatt from Ibiza, Walker from Sydney and Bedingfield from Los Angeles. Frost is the only judged based in New Zealand. She calls Mt Eden in Auckland home. You can also expect to see contestants from a range of Kiwi towns, as small as Patea in Taranaki and Staveley in Canterbury.
I - International: The programme is an international phenomenon that has been broadcast in 35 countries, from Armenia, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Kosovo, to Israel, India, Kazakhstan and Russia.
J - Judges: The details of those who auditioned to be judges on the show is confidential. It's rumoured that a number of high-profile New Zealanders tried out for the show, including singers and radio hosts.
K - Keating: Expect a surprise visit from Australian judge and Irish heart-throb Ronan Keating on the first show tonight. And producers are promising plenty more highlights, including guest appearances from some major international acts.
L - Legend: John Legend's Ordinary People was the most popular song chosen by the boys under 25 category in the auditions. For the girls, it was Amy Winehouse's Valerie followed by David Guetta's Titanium. Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen was another favourite across all ages and genders.
M - Moro: All of the judges have a sweet tooth and during auditions they ploughed their way through bags of pineapple lumps and countless Moro bars.
N - Number One: Since the creation of the series, artists from The X Factor have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Included in that is 250 number one chart-topping hits.
O - One Direction: The X Factor UK is responsible for introducing the world to boyband One Direction. The band didn't win the show, but instead came third behind winner Matt Cardle and runner-up Rebecca Ferguson. The show has also launched the careers of Olly Murs, Cher Lloyd, Leona Lewis, Jedward and Reece Mastin.
P - Production: It's one of the biggest television entertainment productions undertaken in New Zealand. A crew of 90 worked on the television auditions, which were filmed at SkyCity in Auckland.
R - Retreats: The finalists will be whisked away to locations across New Zealand for judges' retreats where they will learn who their mentors are. This is all top secret until everyone arrives at the location. To keep it this way, the crew and the mentor travel separately. They are booked into hotels and on call sheets as fake names from 80s movies so that no one knows who they are.
S - Sonenclar: Country crooner Tate Stevens pipped teen singing sensation Carly Rose Sonenclar to win The X Factor USA late last year. He has a new album out on Tuesday. 13-year-old Sonenclar returned to the seventh grade at her school in New York. But in a recent interview, she said she's been writing lots of songs and working on her debut album.
T - Talent: At the end of the day, it all comes down to talent and the judges say they were blown away by what they saw and heard during the auditions. "It's so much better than I thought it would be. I am genuinely excited about the talent and the diversity of the talent," says Ruby Frost.
U - United Kingdom: It's where it all began in 2004 but not without its controversy. Cowell infamously launched The X Factor show as a rival to Pop Idol, on which he'd been a judge. The creator of Pop Idol - music mogul and one-time Spice Girls manager, Simon Fuller - didn't take too kindly to the competition and sued Cowell. They finally reached an out-of-court settlement, which reportedly gave Fuller a 10 percent share in the The X Factor format.
V - Viewers: Because it has been shown in so many countries around the world, it's hard to put an accurate figure on viewership. But it is without doubt one of the most successful TV franchises. In the US alone, 7.5 million people tuned in for last year's third season premiere. Around 8 million watched the finale.
W - Walker: Stan the Man first came to our attention as the cheeky Maori contestant on Australian Idol in 2009, where funnily enough he wowed the judges at the audition with John Legend's Ordinary People. Stan Walker has continued to be an inspiration to a generation of budding Kiwi singers and has three critically acclaimed albums to his name.
X - The X factor: Ruby Frost says it's all about X factor - either you've got it or you haven't. "I was worried that it would be just another singing competition, but was obvious from the start that we were looking for people with that real spark. That's what excites me the most, I want to find an artist out of this that stands out compared to what we've already got in the industry."
Z - Zany moments: Who could forget Altiyan Childs, the forklift-driving Charles Manson look-a-like, winning the second season of The X Factor Australia? Or the cross-dressing Qua Trel strutting his stuff to Lady Gaga's Born This Way on last year's The X Factor USA? But Britney Spears wins hands down in delivering some of brand's most memorable zany moments, thanks to her hilarious facials and long, vacant stares.
The X Factor New Zealand premieres tonight on TV3 at 7pm. Catch the second episode tomorrow night at 7.30pm.


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By Patsy R. Brumfield/NEMS Daily Journal
ABERDEEN – Imprisoned Columbus businessman Hamzah Ali Ahmed may get a chance to convince a federal court he was wrongly convicted.
Ahmed was one of 11 indicted in a 2006 convenience store sting in North Mississippi. The defendants were accused in an alleged conspiracy to illegally sell black market cigarettes and over-the-counter drugs as ingredients to make methamphetamines.
He pleaded guilty to one count and the other 38 were dismissed. Senior U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson sentenced him to 138 months in prison, which he entered in August 2008.
Since 2011, various attorneys for Ahmed have been asking the court to vacate his sentence and conviction.
Davidson denied his appeal amendment motion on Jan. 10, saying it was not filed in time. But Thursday, the judge granted his motion, noting the deadline problem was caused by his Texas counsel Jeremy Gordon's difficulties in getting court permission to work in this case.
The judge also accepted the motion to amend the appeal.
Gordon asks the court for a hearing on his client's claims.
Ahmed, a naturalized U.S. citizen, says he has limited understanding of English and insists his original counsel, Rodney Ray of Columbus, lied to him about avoiding prison time.
Gordon's amended appeal claims Ray asked Ahmed to lie to the court that Ray made promises to him to enter a guilty plea. He also criticized Ray for not talking to his client about an appeal.
Ahmed's second set of attorneys also are blamed for poor work.
Friday, Ray told the Daily Journal he never lied to Ahmed or made him any promises about his sentence. He termed "bogus" Ahmed's claims he did not understand what was happening in court.
The judge set a 60-day deadline for government prosecutors to respond to Ahmed's amended appeal.


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Panel, viewing planned for Obama inauguration
Posted January 7, 2009; 05:49 p.m.
A faculty panel discussion and a viewing of Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th U.S. president are planned for Tuesday, Jan. 20, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Beginning at 11 a.m., former U.S. Rep. James Leach, the John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs and Co. Visiting Professor of Public and International Affairs, and Brandice Canes-Wrone, professor of politics and public affairs, will discuss the new Obama administration. Leach, a 1964 Princeton graduate, served for 30 years as a Republican congressman from Iowa. Canes-Wrone, who graduated from Princeton in 1993, specializes in presidential, legislative and bureaucratic politics as well as the study of elections.
The discussion will be moderated by Nolan McCarty, associate dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs.
The panel will be followed at noon by a viewing of the inauguration of Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden. A reception in Robertson Hall's Bernstein Gallery will begin at 1 p.m.
The event is sponsored by the Wilson School, the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics and the Office of Community and Regional Affairs.


text: So there seems to be two price points for dog boxes (for a two whole box with some storage). The Diamond Deluxe and similar types which is 700-1200 based on size and features. the next is the Mountain Top/Ainley which seem to be 4000.00 plus (I haven't gotten a quote just guessing based on used boxes I have seen for sale). Is there anything between those that has a bit better quality the the standard diamond plate box. Say around 2000-2500.


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|swipe from the bottom up, beginning ON the Otterbox case covering the bezel
User: Ray A, Jan 16, 2014
There are many complaints about the Otterbox for the Z10 covering too much of the bottom bezel and interferring with swiping on the phone. I agree the case should have been more carefully designed. BUT after contacting OtterBox about the problem, they provided a great solution that works very well:
Perform a swipe from the bottom up, beginning directly on the Otterbox plastic case (the part sloping down towards the screen). Swipe in a continuous motion right onto the screen. The swiping motion will function properly.
This has worked perfectly for me. Thus, the Otterbox for Z10 gets 5 stars.
The only drawback: Built-in screen protector should be sealed (somehow) so dust and dirt cannot get under it.
Im glad it doesnt have the cut-out window displaying the Otterbox logo that weakens the case like on the Z30
|much better without the plastic protector!
User: Steven R, Nov 24, 2013
|I removed the plastic screen protector and it is more responsive and works great now :)
|Great protection..but...
User: Richard Z, Sep 23, 2013
|Get protection I would have probably replaced my BB a few times already the only downfall is the swiping I hope they redesign it with more room..
|not too bad
User: Robb K, Aug 12, 2013
|pretty good jus need a little harder tapping on keyboard for typing and gestures are a little hard to perform
User: Tina L, Mar 1, 2013
|if you want to protect your bb Z10 then you willhave to compermise the look and be pacoent woth the swipe feature. agtet awhile it will get easier.
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Here's a fun way to end your day at the beach! Kids can help arrange teddy bear-shaped graham snacks on top of frosted cupcakes.
If you have Betty Crocker® decorating icing (in 4.25-oz tubes), use the writing tip to pipe swimsuits on the bears.
If you have only one pan and a recipe calls for more cupcakes than your pan will make, cover and refrigerate the rest of the batter while baking the first batch. Cool the pan about 15 minutes, then bake the rest of the batter, adding 1 to 2 minutes to the bake time.
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Philippines: One in 14 million
Typhoon Haiyan affected an estimated 14 million people, leaving many of them without family members, homes and jobs. Over the coming months, OCHA will be following some of the people affected by the disaster: the challenges they face; their frustrations; and their triumphs as they begin to rebuild their lives.
Maribel is a shy but smiley 16-year-old girl. For the past three weeks she has been living in Tacloban's conference centre - a building known locally as the Astrodome.
Before the storm, Maribel lived with her aunt and cousins in barangay (neighbourhood) 61 on Tacloban's waterfront. Their home was destroyed when Haiyan's storm surge literally washed their barangay away.
Her family survived the storm because they evacuated themselves following a warning from the local authorities. Her father works as a policeman in Manila. She is relieved that he is safe, she says, but she misses him a lot.
Uncertain Future
Maribel, her aunt, her cousins and her neighbor and friend Carrie now live in a washed-out shop, built into the Astrodome's exterior.
The family is eager to get out of the evacuation centre. Life in the camp is difficult; living quarters are cramped and there is not much privacy. But they don't know how long they will be allowed to stay here and what alternative accommodation may be available to them, and when.
They have been told that relief supplies will end in December. One thing they do know is that they won't be able to return to Barangay 61: it's no longer safe for habitation.
Coping Amid Chaos
Despite this, the family has made every effort to make their temporary dwelling as comfortable as possible with possessions they managed to salvage from their home; even decorating their humble space with Christmas decorations. Her aunt has re-opened her store selling food including barbecued sausages.
In the first days after the storm, the family members were in shock. They grieved for their lost home, and they mourned their dogs – Putot and Lang-Lang. But one day last week, out of nowhere, the dogs turned up at the Astrodome. It was a small mercy for a young girl and a family that has been through so much.
An estimated 4.1 million people were displaced by Typhoon Haiyan. Of these, approximately 204,000 are still are living in over 1,000 evacuation centres. Many of these people, like Maribel and her family, were living on land that is no longer safe for habitation.
Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda information hub>>


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Flyfisha1 -
I have a beautiful full skin and I will send you some feathers if you just PM me your address. I will have to find the skin first, but it's only a matter of searching through my storage bins.
They are beautiful feathers but I am not sure they are the same species as this is a legal skin from some other country obtained through a shop with the CITIES permit.
Tell me what feather type you are looking for in the PM.
One catch - you have to post the image once completed. It sound fantastic!
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Looking for a source of some tiny iridescent blue feathers of fine quality from the center of the bird's back. I want to inlay these on a rod I'm working on. Anyone have a few spares hanging around that they'd be willing to part with for a few dollars? I really don't want a full skin, so this is why I haven't gone that route. TIA...
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My dog has a JH title. I am wanting to run seasoned in HRC when I feel she and I am ready. How far off the line is acceptable on a blind? In terms of feet/yards.
My dog has a JH title. I am wanting to run seasoned in HRC when I feel she and I am ready. How far off the line is acceptable on a blind? In terms of feet/yards.
Try to teach yourself and your dog to challenge the blind. Save you alot of trouble later. So stay as close to the line as you can and show the judge you are able to. IMHO
HRCH Scaupgetters Tarnation QAA
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"Dont cry because its over. Smile because it happened."
Dr. Seuss
Good answers for when your dog is running blinds well.
In the beginning stages let the dog "roll." Get your dog running with confidence, not running and expecting to be stopped. Let it get pretty far offline then stop and cast. Then let the dog carry that cast even when it crosses the "line."
John Lash
"If you run Field Trials, you learn to swallow your disappointment quickly."
"Field trials are not a game for good dogs. They're for great dogs with great training." E. Graham
If you are asking this question you are no where near being ready to run blinds in a test.
'I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.' - Bear Bryant / Alabama
I take it you have viewed a couple Seasoned tests?
I guess the question need to be asked are you running cold blinds? I assume you are or just started
Here is what I did when I started to run blinds with my pup. All his "blinds" were with white bumpers. The T work helped with this also. When I went to lining drills I would not let him get more than 5-6 foot off line. He quickly started to take the line. When I transitioned to cold blinds his lines from the get go are pretty good. I still do or try not to let him get get to far off line.
But to answer your question, that is up to the judges on what they will allow. Work with your pup and get better lines.
I am still pretty new at this game and have allot more to learn.
Again if your blinds are that ugly (I assume they are by your question) Then church them up before you enter. Having your young pup run a nice blind in a test will get you a compliment from the judges.
Good luck
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4XGMPR HRCH Lankas Labs Brandys Maximillion MH "Max"
4XGMPR HRCH Rick's Rooster Smasher of DRL SH "Eli"
4XGMPR HRCH Bearpoint's They Call Me The Breeze SH "Breeze"
2XGMPR HRCH Breeze's Little Yellow Gracie of RVK SH "Gracie"
I ask the same question several times as I am new to the hunt test game. I do not believe an answer can be given in feet or yards. Many times you will be able to see a coridor that the judges are expecting the dogs to stay in. Stand back and take a look after the instructions many times it is easy to see others not so much.
Some trainers us there index and little fingers with a bent elbow to give them a coridor. Have fun!
Everybody has some great points so far. I really like what John Lash wrote.
DO NOT fall into the trap of trying to run your dog to suit what is "acceptable" or "passing" to a set of judges. You will need to maintain balance as you train a handling dog. Like John wrote, your initial goal is to get the dog to confidently run blinds, stopping and taking some generalized casts when commanded. But the goal is lots of go, lots of success, and lots of repetition of those things. Too much stopping and casting can erode confidence.
If you choose to run your dog in an intermediate level hunt test, you should KNOW if he/she is ready or not. If you don't KNOW....then he/she is probably not ready. If you choose to run your dog in a hunt test before you KNOW the dog is ready, that's OK. There's no "right" or "wrong".
Have fun....enjoy your dog.
If you get a chance, and you intend to run a good bit of hunt tests, I'd strongly advise you attend a judges' clinic or seminar. They are of value for any and all folks that run hunt tests, whether you do or don't ever intend to judge.
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The second part is the focus of your question. Ted Shih has a good thread going on challenging the blind. It's a good read, and will provide some insight that will help with this. Each blind has a theoretical corridor; an allowable amount of space in which to handle. Each judge will see that differently, and judge it differently. But it will usually be determined by the factors in the route, and how earnestly a dog/handler team is trying to negotiate them, rather than cleverly avoid them! Banana lines usually are rewarded by not being called back. How big can you count on that corridor being? There is no set measurement.
Learn to read blinds for the content of their route; the factors that make them challenging. Sometimes it may be no more than a crossing wind. Sometimes there will be more teeth in a blind than the judges realized before turning the field of dogs loose to run it, especially in a stake like seasoned. Carefully prepare your dog to handle accurately, and to do so at increasing distances. Why distance when you know seasoned blinds will be very short? Because it's an advantage you can give your dog. Distance universally erodes control, and exponentially increases the effects of factors. If your dog handles competently on challenging routes at 250 yards, for exmple, how much more competently will he handle on blinds under 100 yards?
Sorry my reply doesn't have a set formula. But as you run more and more, and train more and more, you'll see fewer solutions to training quandaries have set answers. Good luck.
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There's not much to add except to say make as many extra shallots as you think you can eat and then double that. They will disappear faster than you can imagine.
I have been making this recipe for Thanksgiving since it was published. I'm not usually someone who uses the same recipes repeatedly, and I rarely follow a recipe to the letter. This one is the exception. The bird is tender and juicy every time. I do pull the turkey out of the oven at 150 and let it rest under foil and towels while I finish the sides. It comes up to temp and doesn't overcook. If you are looking for a great turkey recipe, stop here. There's a reason so many reviewers state that this is their go to recipe too.
I've made several T-Day turkeys from Epicurious, and this one is my new favorite. The bird was juicy and the shallot gravy was really fantastic.
I have used this turkey recipe for the last five years as the turkey always turns out with a beautiful golden color and tastes great. However, I have not had much luck with the gravy as the shallots burn to a crisp and there is very little broth in the pan by the time the bird is cooked. I baste every 30 minutes with 3/4 cup broth. Any hints on how to keep the shallots from burning to a crisp?
I am never tempted to try a new recipe for turkey at Thanksgiving. This one makes the best gravy I've ever had.
Outstanding! I used a bunch more shallots in the bottom of the roasting pan and ground them all up to add to the gravy. My family went nuts, the turkey was so moist! The leftovers were also fabulous; not at all dry. This will be my go-to turkey in the future.
Made this pretty much as written and it was very good. Brined the turkey beforehand which guaranteed moist breast meat. The gravy was excellent and everyone loved it. The only change I might make is to add less stock during the basting so more brown bits develop in the pan. Will definitely make it again.
I don't usually post reviews. I was meandering through recipes for my favorite time of year, Thanksgiving and saw this recipe posted. Let me tell you, I have made this receipe for years and it is simply the best ever!!! The shallot gravy is phenomenol. Not one ounce of turkey or gravy has ever been wasted. Make this turkey this year...and every year as it will become a treasure for years to come!
Loved it, turkey turned out great. I used the "butterfly" technique from another recipe to shorten cooking time but loved the herb-salt-pepper-butter-shallot flavorings and the gravy made from this recipe. Very easy and delicious gravy.
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Jordan Peacock wrote:popebabylon wrote:+1: Maintenance or Repair... something I don't think enough people put into cyber systems. Could simply be a cost per month, perhaps exacerbated by flaws (although could be tricky to make it FFF).
I've toyed with a few ways to handle maintenance/repair for a post-apocalyptic campaign, but it's still on the to-do list. The main advantage of this approach is that it can be F!F!F! because it's not something happening in the middle of combat. At least, not usually.
I've thought that one way to handle it might be to have a maintenance cost associated with everything. For a short-run campaign or one-shot, this might not even be much of an issue. If the characters have regular employment, it might not be much of an issue, either: Cyber-gear might be so routine that a common perk for a regular job is to have cyber-maintenance up to X taken care of "as long as the cyberware in some way enhances your way to perform the job." And, a lot of the "incidental" cyberware might have negligible maintenance costs; as long as you're still in the realm of civilization and not absolutely destitute, it's assumed that it can be maintained as part of your living expenses.
It's only after you get up past a certain threshold that it starts to become an issue. Then, you have monthly costs (or annual, if the GM wants to deal with this less frequently).
If, however, you skip maintenance -- either because you can't afford it, or you've been "off the grid" for an extended period -- then perhaps there's a maintenance table or even a card deck to consult. You get one draw/roll per month without maintenance, and per time you get beat up in combat (Wound or worse) without ready access to maintenance/repair.
Such a table or deck might list general categories: cyber-arm, optics, etc. It's possible that each card (or each table entry) might list more than one category (so there's a chance of multiple breakdowns of related systems). Higher-maintenance stuff is going to populate the list more; things with fewer moving parts, etc. (such as optics) should be rarer. If something comes up and you DO NOT HAVE IT, you lucked out. If something comes up and you DO have it, then a problem arises.
Rather than the element just blowing up immediately, it gains a "malfunction chance." Once that's established, every time the feature is used, roll a d6 (let's say), and on a "1," it breaks down. For persistent-use items, it might be per hour of use; for limbs, gizmos, etc., it's only when it's actually used -- so you have a chance of just NOT USING IT until you can get some maintenance done on it. Woe to the poor fellow whose neural implants are in need of maintenance; you can't very well get by without using your brain, so you'd have to find help and FAST.
So, most of the time, the bill-paying and either card-drawing or table-consulting only happens between adventures, when "time passes" and the heroes are still on the run or out of money. However, once something is identified as a problem, then there's the CHANCE it might work a little while longer, or break down at a crucial moment in the middle of the next action scene.
The numbers, dice, etc., are just arbitrarily chosen here. Part of the trouble would be to figure out where to "weight" the chances so that it's enough that a character might need to worry about, but not enough that the character is guaranteed to instantly break down once he misses a single checkup.
Of course, there might be someone in the team who CAN maintain gear for the group. Perhaps that means that the maintenance costs are reduced (as long as this team member is gracious enough not to expect to be paid by his fellows).
Or, perhaps it means that when the table-rolling or card-drawing is pulled, she gets a chance at a replacement card-pull/table-roll, or she can make a "field repair" that can stave off disaster for a while longer.
I see that this has a lot of potential for being messy, but the GM has a lot of opportunity to just hand-wave it if he doesn't want to go there. First off, the heroes could just pay a per-month fee, or the GM could even go ahead and deduct it for them out of their pay (or just declare that whatever pay goes in their accounts represents money they get AFTER monthly living and maintenance expenses).
Other than that, a GM could either let the heroes get a package deal with their employment contracts for free maintenance, or see to it that there's a friendly neighborhood cyber-doc that they have as a contact even if they are on the run.
Such a convenience could serve as a hook: If the friendly neighborhood cyber-doc is in some sort of TROUBLE, heavily-cybered heroes have a strong incentive to help him out, so they don't have to worry about all those pesky maintenance rules! ;D
P.S.: What's a "TAP"?
Great Ideas! I love the idea of a card draw if repairs are neglected.
As Coyote mentioned, a TAP (Tendril Access processor) is basically a wireless modem for your brain. It acts as your character's virtual eyes, allowing him or her to percieve Hyper real objects and interact with them on a basic level, i.e. "touching" a button on a digital kiosk to bring up a catalog of prices, closing or expanding digital windows hovering in front of you, etc...
The TAP also functions as a web browser, a PDA, a comm link (Though many peoiple still use cell phones, especially people who don't want others to overhear or otherwise record their private conversations.
To see Hyper Reality (and hack it, which also requires a hyper glove), your character needs to have a TAP.


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