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Monday, April 26, 2010
Cheating as a Celiac
Here's the question: What happens if you have Celiac Disease but continue to eat gluten daily?
While I know this occurs, I can only think that a celiac who continues to eat gluten just hasn't been properly educated. Either that or they have a bit of a death wish…
Celiac disease destroys the small intestine creating malabsorption of nutrients critical for good health, often with concurrent digestive complaints. It also puts a tremendous strain on the body's immune system, the defender against infections and cancer. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease and when you have it you are 5 times more likely to suffer from another autoimmune disease than the average population. Autoimmune diseases include such things as type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, M.S., Sjogren's, Lupus, fibromyalgia, Alzheimer's, etc. Considering that all autoimmune diseases taken as a whole are the third leading cause of death, increasing one's risk by 5 times is a very poor idea.
In a nutshell, continuing to consume gluten even monthly, let alone every day, is putting one on a fast train towards their mortality.
I can only think that the individual asking this question is one of those rare patients who has been diagnosed with celiac but doesn't have too many symptoms…yet. But if the diagnosis is accurate, the symptoms will come, and how unfortunate to have known that they were preventable.
Ultimately we each have a wonderful, unique machine called the human body. We own it and it is all ours. While I recommend that you treat it well so that you can enjoy the experience of an optimally functioning machine, I can only recommend. In the final analysis the body is yours and you can do with it what you will.
However, if you continue to "cheat" because you don't understand the ramifications of doing so, I heartily recommend that you get educated. While I'm a bit partial to my own book "The Gluten Effect", readers continue to tell me that they feel it is extremely easy to read, understand and it has resulted in many, many individuals finally taking their gluten intolerance seriously. So I encourage you to read a book, blog and in some way get educated about the problems gluten can create.
I hope this has been helpful. If your health is not what you want it to be, consider calling us for a free health analysis - call 408-733-0400. Our destination clinic treats patients from across the country and internationally. You don't need to live local to us to receive care.
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I went to a Russian doctor who put me on supplements,they are/were very expensive but made a huge difference and now after about two months I nearly feel normal energywise,although nearly70 years old.The daily supplements are:Macca,Macha,Bee pollen,seaweed,HTP5,chromium,acidopholis,digestive enzyme, good yeast,calcium,coq10 ubiquinol,3000 mg vitamin c,these supplements are in addition to leafygreen vegetables,herbs,fruit and almonds,plain yoghurt,no tea,no coffee,no sugar, and the first three weeks all foods were in smoothie form.This may help anyone looking for a helpful diet.
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Here's a thread dedicated to pictures of the one-and-only master thief and his cohorts. Before Spike Spiegel, before Shin-Chan, before Dark Mousy, there was this guy. He's the king of the unexpected. Gleefully irreverent. When you watch Lupin, it's guaranteed that there never will be a dull moment. When he sets his eyes on something, whether it be a heap of lost treasure or someone he has yet to settle the score with, he won't let it go. He's hot-tempered, calculating, a goofball, tragic, heroic, diabolical, and everything in between. Re-introducing to the new generation the anime legend Arsène Lupin the 3rd! ::Cue the Lupin-shaped fireworks!!::
..Looking a little roughed up, but hey, he'll bounce back. Because he's Lupin. XD
Daisuke Jigen, Lupin's sharpshooter, information-gatherer, and fellow thief. He can whip out his Magnum .357 in .3 seconds. He's level-headed but at the same time is the first to go with Lupin on a madcap heist, and the last to leave it. He's not as flashy as Lupin, but with his snazzy trademark fedora and legendary beard, whatever he does, he does it with style.
Fujiko Mine--sometimes she's Lupin's lover, sometimes she's trying to gun him down. She loves the heist as much as Lupin does, and will go to any lengths to snatch Lupin's latest haul away from him. Though hated by many for her flirt-and-filch ways, falling weak at the knees is only a facade--while her foes comfort her, she calmly pulls her Browning M1910 on them. The direct inspiration for Faye Valentine of Cowboy Bebop fame.
Goemon Ishikawa, the thief-samurai. Reserved, calm, elegant. He rarely eats anything else besides Japanese food and as you can see, doesn't mind at all that he's wearing Edo-period clothes in modern times. When Gomeon enters the room, people will die. Or their clothes will fall off, and his enemies run away, naked and ashamed. He as well as all of Lupin's crew use disguises, farces, and other methods of deceit, but Goemon's trademark is his Zantetsuken, a mysterious sword that cuts through almost everything: buildings, water, lightning, you name it. Daily he proves himself worthy of owning the sword with his superb swordsmanship.
Koichi Zenigata is the Tokyo Metropolitan Police---> Interpol cop who's been hot on Lupin's trail from day one. His catchphrase is "Matte, Lupin/Lupin, you're under arrest", but he's no garden variety anime cop. He boasts as many faces as Lupin--he's downright stupid, a capable and determined detective, just a nice guy, and maniacally insane. Like Lupin, you don't know what he's going to do next. Forget--or at least put to the side what you've seen of those detectives that slowly and methodically crack the case. Zenigata is on the edge, leaping off of railings, mowing through ten burgers, surviving off of ramen and beer, running through sewers, biting through his own handcuffs---it takes a one-of-a-kind cop to go after Lupin the 3rd and Zenigata is the one.
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STARKVILLE – Their teams have both been struggling in their first SEC seasons, but acting Ole Miss coach Brett Frank took a moment to praise the man who defeated his Rebels, 72-57, on Sunday.
"I do admire the job coach (Vic) Schaefer is doing, which is the same thing we're trying to do, to change the culture," Frank said. "It was a good atmosphere for them today and I'm looking forward to their visit to Oxford on Feb. 14. Hopefully we'll have another great battle."
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MSU's leading scorer, Kendra Grant, was challenged to start shooting more – and she rose to the challenge on Sunday.
Just 2 of 5 at halftime, she finished 8 of 12 and scored 20 points.
"The coaches had been on me because I had not been taking as many shots," Grant said. "So today I wanted to take some more shots and fortunately they were falling."
At a crucial moment in the second half, Grant scored eight points – three baskets and two free throws – to extend MSU's lead from 44-40 to 52-42.
Player of the game
Martha Alwal matched her career high with 23 points, led the game with 12 rebounds and blocked five shots.
"Martha and Carnecia (Williams) were incredible today on both ends of the floor," Schaefer said. "Martha blocked shots but there's no telling how many more shots she altered. After a few blocks, that gets inside the heads of opposing shooters."
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2007-08 Season
The Threepenny Opera
Music by Kurt WeillBook by Bertolt Brecht
English adaptation by Marc Bliztstein
Oct. 11-21, 2007
Laurie Theater
Directed by Eric Hill
Musical director Steven Bergman
Choreography by Avital Asuleen, B.A. '06
Scenic design by Karl Eigsti, faculty member
Costume design by AmEla Baksic, M.F.A. '95
Lighting design by Michael Chybowski, faculty member
Made possible through generous support from the Robin, Barbara and Malcolm L. Sherman Endowment for the Performing Arts.
Click here for the Backstage Broadcast for The Threepenny Opera at the Brandeis Theater Company to hear a behind the scenes story about the show.
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As I have said a hundred times (101), the state of the Cow is not her fault! The Cowlitz is an incredible salmonid factory, too bad we thought we could do a better job than mother nature when we built the dams.
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Thought you might find this interesting. A long-time state fisheries biologist and avid flyfisher wrote this. posted 08-03-2000 12:01 PM
Hey guys,
The Cowlitz meeting in Chehalis tonight made me think of something I just heard the other day. Over 200 (!) wild steelhead returned to the Cowlitz River this season and were passed into the upper river. Also, about 200 surplus later winter run hatchery fish were also transferred to the upper river. So a little over 400 steelhead went to the upper Cowlitz and Cispus Rivers this year and deposited eggs in the gravel the old fashioned way! Obviously, there's a long way to go, but I think this is a pretty cool start.
Oh, and a really interesting thing is that wild steelhead smolts had a three times higher survival rate than their hatchery cousins. Surprised?
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The Freenode policy on staff behaviour
Or "Why do I regret making a donation to Freenode".
Because I didn't expect to support a team that include people that don't know how to "fairly" use his powers.
First of all: the Freenode services are great. They have an open and explicit policy on many things, you see people working on improvements every time. They encourage "Real World" communication with groups. As fas as I see, the services are stable. And they are free. PDPC is a group that provide good free services for the community. And as a regular user of these services for many years, I think they deserved a small donation on the last year's fundraiser.
But today I think it could be better if I had used my money on something else.
It is not because they don't provide an useful service. They still provide an useful service. But it is because I don't want to support behaviour that I don't think it is fair.
I agree that the IRC network need to have a good policy on what is "desired behaviour" on the network. It is their right, they run the network, they spend their time maintaining it. The problem is when I see an "unfair" behaviour, and something that represents the network simply say that "it is not open to discussion".
Today on a channel that I don't use to join (but I used to join some time ago), somebody simply offended a network staffer:
04/02/2006 12:58:42 nerdwell hey udk, pq vc não vai a merda? retardado 04/02/2006 12:59:56 UdontKnow -carneiro.freenode.net- Added K-Line [*@126.96.36.199] to var/lib/dancer-ircd/kline.conf
04/02/2006 12:58:42 nerdwell hey udk, why don't you go to hell? retard 04/02/2006 12:59:56 UdontKnow -carneiro.freenode.net- Added K-Line [*@126.96.36.199] to var/lib/dancer-ircd/kline.conf
Okay. It was a personal offense, and I think he really deserves some "punishment" for this "anti-social behaviour". My question is: this was a personal offense to a network staffer. If somebody called me a retard, he would get a complete ban from the network, too? Anybody who offends anybody in the network will be completely banned, as it happened in this case? I don't believe so. Then the given network staffer himself confirms what I've suspected:
04/02/2006 13:08:27 UdontKnow topeira: eu diria... se voce nao sabe no que esta se metendo, nao faca acusacoes impensadas
04/02/2006 13:08:27 UdontKnow topeira: I would say: if you don't know what you are dealing with, don't make improper accusations
Well, I think it is a way to say "you must know who you are dealing with". Or, in other words I understand this comment as "this is what happens to you when you offend a network staffer".
Also, I guess the problem would be easily solved with a simple kick/ban from the channel. It would be simpler and with less harm. But it looked like that a network staffer wouldn't use these "simple" soutions, if they can take stronger measures.
I don't think this behaviour is fair. It isn't unfair because the people that offended the staffer didn't deserved a punishment. But because you simply can't k-line everybody who offends someone in the network. It is pratically impossible. People won't go to network staffers everytime someone offends someone. So we necessarily will end having an "unfair" policy: when a problem happens between someone and a network staffer, the consequences will be stronger because they can.
Obviously many people started to question the right the network staffer had to set this k-line. What happened? He said that "this is not open to discussion". Simply this. So, people don't have the right to discuss the actions of the network staffers.
It is OK: they have the right to define whatever policy they what. They run the network. The network is not a "right everybody has", but simply a service provided by them. I understand this completely.
The problem is that I don't want to support such behaviour. If they are supported by donations, I expect them to listen better to what people think, instead of taking some actions and saying "it is not open to discussion". And, if the policy of the network is supposed to include "listen to our users", I think PDPC should take a closer look to the behaviour of their staff team regarding their reaction and "openness to discussion" with the users of the network.
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MADISON, Wis. - A Madison School Community Recreation program summer employee was arrested Thursday on charges of second-degree sexual assault, according to a release.
Martez M. Malone, 22, of Madison, was arrested after police investigated the sexual assault that allegedly happened Wednesday at Blackhawk Middle School at 1402 Wyoming Way, officials said.
Malone is accused of having physical contact with a 14-year-old student inside the school and involved inappropriate touching.
"We talked with the victim. We talked with the suspect. He has denied any culpability, but based on what she told us and some other evidence we've gathered, we did have probable cause to arrest him for second degree sexual assault," Madison Police Department Spokesman Officer Joel DeSpain said.
DeSpain said the tentative charge is second degree sexual assault because the alleged victim is younger than 16-years-old.
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"Unfortunately, there is this situation that has developed," DeSpain said. "But I really think that it's an isolated crime that's taken place and shouldn't be something that people should take a look at and say MSCR has got a problem. I think it's a very isolated situation."
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Action Speaks!, the panel discussion series at Providence art space AS220, kicks off its fall program next week. The theme for the coming months — "Conflict and Amusement in America: How Can It Hurt If It's So Much Fun?"
The series, moderated by Marc Levitt, focuses on underappreciated dates in history. First up: a look at President Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell speech warning about the rise of a "military-industrial complex."
The panel, free and open to the public, is on October 5 at 5:30 pm. Scheduled speakers include Francis J. "Bing" West, author and former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs in the Reagan Administration; Neta Crawford, professor of political science and African-American studies at Boston University; and Roger Stahl, an associate professor of communications at the University of Georgia and author of Militainment Inc.: War, Media, and Popular Culture.
The Phoenix, a sponsor of Action Speaks!, caught up with Stahl for a Q&A over email. The interview is edited and condensed.
EISENHOWER'S WARNING ABOUT THE RISE OF A "MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX" HAS ENDURED FOR MANY REASONS — HIS STATURE AS A MILITARY INSIDER AND THE PRESCIENCE OF HIS WARNING, AMONG THEM. BUT I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THE RHETORIC ITSELF. WHAT IS SO COMPELLING ABOUT HIS SPEECH? This was a relatively dramatic moment in presidential rhetoric. At the time, Eisenhower represented the last person who might utter these words, what one might call a "reluctant witness." A farewell address, moreover, is often viewed as an authentic moment of truth relatively free of institutional constraints. Finally, Eisenhower's description of the "unwarranted influence" that could potentially permeate every level of government provided a powerful and ominous vision of democracy under threat. The term "military-industrial complex" would not make its full presence felt, however, until the closing stages of the US intervention in Vietnam. If one simply looks at the library shelves, the greatest concentration of books featuring the term appear in the early 1970s and the mid 2000s, during periods of intense opposition to foreign policy. As such, the term has been used mainly by peace groups as a rallying cry and shorthand for a particular kind of political analysis. The analysis holds that war is not waged for defense, but rather because it is profitable for arms manufacturers.
WAR HAS BEEN A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR A LONG TIME. BUT YOUR BOOKMILITAINMENT SUGGESTS WE'VE ENTERED NEW TERRITORY WITH INTERACTIVE MEDIA — VIDEO GAMES, REALITY TELEVISION, AND THE LIKE. WHY IS THIS SIGNIFICANT? The 1991 Gulf War was a turning point in the presentation of war to the US public. Here, the entertainment industries and government PR consolidated a range of profitable partnerships. This resulted in programming that both attracted audiences and stayed "on message." In short, the war was produced as must-see TV, cheered like Top Gun, and merchandized like Star Wars. Following 9/11, interactivity became the model for the military-media relationship. During this period, the public was invited not simply to watch but to play soldier, whether it was through the explosion of war-themed video games or the image of the embedded reporter. The rise of this interactive urge is significant. Rather than turning off the urge to deliberate (as one might turn down the movie house lights), interactive militainment channeled the participatory urge into fantasies that harmonized with official policy: the fantasy of what it's like to carry out orders.
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© Estate of Paul Henry, IVARO, Dublin 2012Photo © National Gallery of Ireland
An unusually large work in Henry's oeuvre, this painting 'records with great accuracy the view eastwards from the quay on the Clifden road just over a kilometre west of Letterfrack, Co. Galway. The mountain in the background is Doughruagh' (S.B. Kennedy, 'Paul Henry', 2003). The cluster of diminutive, whitewashed cottages, picked out by sunlight against a backdrop of mountains and an impressive sky, is a motif that recurs in Henry's landscape painting from the early 1920s onwards. These cottages emphasise the grandeur of the local scenery while simultaneously alluding to the isolation of the rural communities and their reliance on the land. The turf stacks in the foreground serve as further evidence of the integral link between the people and their surroundings.
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Paul Henry (1876 - 1958)
Henry initially trained in Belfast before going to Paris in 1898.
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If you are wondering why Democrats in Washington can't get anything done, even though they control both houses of Congress, take a look at the glacial pace we often see closer to home on Beacon Hill. With nearly unanimous power, Massachusetts Democrats still find themselves at odds over progress, and frequently end up with failure or watered-down compromises.
The other extreme, however, can be equally unpleasant, as when the sheepish behavior of Democrats under Speaker Sal DiMasi led to a highly productive 2007–'08 session — and, allegedly, massive behind-the-scenes fraud.
Today, a year after Robert DeLeo took over as Speaker (following DiMasi's scandal-plagued resignation), dissention seems to be on the rise in the state House of Representatives. Most notably, a group of eight disaffected Democrats, calling themselves "Representatives for Reform," are asking for more transparency and accountability from the leadership. DeLeo's defenders shrug it off as just the usual cries of the unhappy political losers — in this case, mostly supporters of John Rogers, whom DeLeo bested in the battle to succeed DiMasi.
So who's right? Is DeLeo running the same kind of closed, top-down operation as DiMasi did? Or have Beacon Hill promises of reform actually resulted in a change in the way things are done?
By at least one measure, the answer is: a little of both.
The Phoenix, in a review of roll-call votes since DeLeo became Speaker, has found an easing of the lock-step voting habits seen by Democrats under DiMasi. Overall, House Democrats have been twice as likely to vote against DeLeo and his leadership team as they were under DiMasi.
The sheep-like voting under DiMasi was the subject of a Phoenix article two years ago — just before the scandals began to reveal what the Speaker had been getting away with behind that wall of acquiescence.
The Phoenix found, at that time, that a little more than halfway through the 2007-'08 legislative session, the 141 Democratic House members had cast a total of only 567 votes against their leadership — "voting off," as it's called. That was about one-third of the pace in the '05–'06 session, and one-fifth of the pace in the final session under former Speaker Thomas Finneran.
There are now 144 Democrats, who since DeLeo became Speaker have cast 1623 votes off — not quite Finneran-era numbers, but far, far ahead of the DiMasi days.
Under DiMasi, Democrats were voting off, on average, once every 40 votes on bills, amendments, and rules. Under DeLeo, the average has been roughly once every 19 votes.
That's probably a healthy sign that DeLeo is not forcing his will upon every representative, according to some State House insiders. They point to a relatively robust debate over the sales-tax increase, ethics and pension reform, changing the US Senate succession law, and the recent education bill.
Even one of the Representatives for Reform, William Brownsberger of Belmont, sees it that way. "I think Bob DeLeo has run a more open process than the last Speaker," says Brownsberger, "and that probably does reflect itself in voting patterns."
But the voting-off data shows that one thing hasn't changed: there is still tremendous loyalty — and a lack of voting off — from DeLeo's leadership team of more than four dozen members. That group's loyalty may come at a price: the extra salary that comes with those leadership positions.
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Family: Otariidae, Eared Seals view all from this family
Description Unique with doglike face and brown color. Males are larger, darker, and have a thick neck and an enlarged, pale forehead. Pups are born dark, but quickly molt into a lighter blond pelage like females. First toe on hind flipper is largest.
Dimensions 2.0-2.5m, 350-400kg; / 1.6-1.8m, 90-120kg
Breeding Returns to shore for pupping and mating, where annual aggregations on rocky or sandy beaches are full of noise and activity.
Habitat Beaches, shorelines & estuaries, Offshore waters
Range California, Northwest, Western Canada
Discussion This is the most familiar and commonly kept pinneped in zoos and aquaria, as well as circuses. Males wander north in the winter as far as Vancouver. Often unwary near cities. Feeds on small fish and squid at sea.


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05-May-2002 -- Sunday in the morning the group left Rio Gallegos with -2°C and cloudy weather, taking the route 3 and next the route 5 for 140 kmtrs, after esperanza and at 1600 mtrs from the road in a little valley (Pelque River) was the confluence.
it wasn't an easy task, we had to cross the cold water to take the photos!! but at last we did it.


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Red, White, Blue, AND GREEN Fireworks?
Why It Matters
Are our beautiful firework displays contaminating the local water?
Scientists have concerns over fireworks containing percholate, a known pollutant harmful to humans and wildlife.
Take a look at these two articles:
- http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/07/04/fourth-of-july-fireworks-water-contaminants/
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es0700698
What do you think? Should we change our methods for celebrating on New Year's Eve and Fourth of July?
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- What do we do? In the past few years the EPA has identified percholate as a contaminant and decided to regulate it. Check out the EPA Site. While one solution is to stop having firework displays, particularly ones over the water, another solution would be to design greener (more eco-friendly) fireworks! Here are two articles that discuss current exploration into this:
- Can you think of other ways that we might be polluting our water with our regular daily activities? Identify a source of contamination, research it, and develop an action plan to reduce or eliminate the contamination. Here is an example: Household detergents, shampoos may form harmful substance in wastewater
Resources Cited
César González. Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/destinos360/6621588573/
State of the Planet. Earth Institute. Columbia University. http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/07/04/fourth-of-july-fireworks-water-contaminants/
Richard T. Wilkin, Dennis D. Fine, and Nicole G. Burnett. Environmental Science and Technology. American Chemical Society. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es0700698
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. http://water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants/unregulated/perchlorate.cfm/
R. Douglas Fields. Scientific American. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/07/04/green-fireworksenvironmentally-safe-that-is/ Steinhauser G, Klapötke TM. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. NCBI. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18311738
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Hope this isn't taboo on here. Just wondering if anyone has trained to find shed antlers?
Hope this isn't taboo on here. Just wondering if anyone has trained to find shed antlers?
There is some on here that do that. Should be able to search and find some of the threads...
Paul Cantrell
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Too many dogs to list (By some Bitch)
"Helping Hunters Train Their Dogs"
In the middle of doing it right now with my older dog. I am using the Jeremy Moore training equipment. I don't have it in front of me I think its called Dogbonez. It seems to be ok. I don't really know yet. but its something different.
We have 2 that are trained for shed hunting. Our chocolate male Chipper is qualified for the World Championships in Minn. in April. We just purchased another pup that we plan to train for sheds also. Lots of fun
Everythingsheddog.com is a good source for shed dog info for those who are not familiar
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This subject came up on another forum, this video was posted up worth a watch!http://www.dokkensoakridgekennels.co...g_training.htm
Good times with your dog!
"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."
All my dogs hunt sheds. The biggest problem I have is getting time to go shed hunting. It is pretty simple if your dog already has training you can teach them in a day or two.
Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
the last2, Thanks for posting that link! It is very timely for me. Our local archery shop owner has a rescue dog that he was telling me just yesterday, he'd like to teach to find sheds. I talked to him about steps I thought he could take to get the dog to want to chase and retrieve the sheds.
Tom Dokken does a great job of explaining the stuff in the video. I wish I'd seen the video before I spoke with this local archer. I will be referring this over to him.
AmyK, that's great that your dogs are so into it. Can you share any tips or ideas on training? Where can one learn more about getting qualified for the World Shed?
Thanks! Chris
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The spin-offs could be awesome though:
Han Solo
Boba Fett
Darth Vader
It's got to be these.
Pre-TPM might not be as popular.
There remains the possibility that spin-off movies will be inspired by sequel trilogy characters:
Jaina and Jacen Solo
Corran Horn
Kyle Katarn
new charaters dealing with the Yuuzhan Vong invasion
Grand Admiral Thrawn
Mara Jade
Gavin Darklighter (if they don't choose Wedge and Tycho during or after OT)


text: According to the Minnesota House of Representatives, "Minnesotans do not appear willing to change the state's constitution to define marriage." A record high number of fairgoers participated in this year's poll on upcoming ballot measures with nearly 70% of the 12,594 participants voicing their opposition to the proposed anti-gay constitutional amendment on marriage. The question put to Minnesotans read, "Should the state constitution be amended to define marriage as "only a union of one man and one woman?" This question will be on the November 2012 ballot." As one blog reports, "the answer, by a wide margin, is "No." Actually it was more like "No!" Local news outlets like KTSP ABC Channel 5 ran a story on the poll saying "it is unscientific, but lawmakers do say they listen to it." Watch the full video here: Other news outlets covering the poll results include the Minnesota Independent, MinnPost, Politics in Minnesota, Richfield Patch, and ThinkProgress, among others. GLAAD urges the media to continue to shine a light on the overwhelmingly supportive attitudes about marriage equality like those that fair minded Minnesotans demonstrated at the State Fair. Moving forward, GLAAD constituents can assist in monitoring and reporting any inaccurate or problematic news coverage as we hold the media accountable for highlighting the Minnesotans for marriage equality.


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Tipoff time
College basketball fans, rejoice! It's tipoff time in the Inland Northwest.
It's been almost two weeks since the Gonzaga Bulldogs dismantled Northwest Nazarene in their lone exhibition game and the same is expected Friday night against Southern Utah in both teams' regular season opener.
But don't count the Thunderbirds out just yet. It was just last year that, in the first game of the season, another Big Sky conference team -- Eastern Washington -- gave the Bulldogs everything they could handle before eventually falling 77-69.Zags tipoff time
The Bulldogs certainly remember that game and won't take the Thunderbirds lightly Friday night.
The 21st ranked Bulldogs and the Thunderbirds, who are playing under first year head coach Nick Robinson, tip off Friday at 6.
Nothing keeps die-hard Zags fans away from their team. Not cold, not snow, not even the fact this is a non-conference game they're likely to win big. For many Gonzaga students, nights like this are what college is all about.
The doors opened at 4:30 p.m., much to the relief of more than a hundred students who were standing outside in the cold for hours, wrapped in blankets and sleeping bags, anxiously waiting for the first game of the season.
One group of freshmen were the first in line, setting up their chairs at 1 a.m. so they could get the best seats in the house. These students wanted to make their first game in the McCarthey Athletic Center a memorable one.
"I'm really pumped, I don't know, I don't even really know. It's just awesome," student Paul Morrisroe said.
"We did some vocal warm ups, we're going to do some more later, get the pipes ready, maybe stretch out a bit for our jumping so we don't pull anything, just like the athletes we need to be prepared as fans," student Will Badenhausen said.


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