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Glory 3 Rome Final 8 70kg Draws to Stream Live on Tuesday
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Glory has strategically planned for all of their news to happen in a burst right before K-1's Final 16 event, either that or they've gotten the ink dried on a few contracts at a time that ended up being rather convenient to them, either way, a lot is going on with Glory. On Tuesday Glory will hold a live streaming event on GloryWorldSeries.com to do the draws for the 70kg Final 8 tournament which will go down in November, GLORY 3 ROME.
The event will go down on Tuesday, Oct. 16 – 15:00 CEST/9:00 a.m. EST/6:00 a.m. PST, viewable at http://www.gloryworldseries.com and will originate from the Super Yacht Andreas L in Monaco.
The Final 8 participants, for those with short term memory loss is as follows;
Giorgio Petrosyan
Albert Kraus
Robin Van Roosmalen
Shemsi Beqiri
Ky Hollenbeck
Tim Thomas
Davit Kiria
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i don't know but there's a lot of news on his site...
especially about the fact that all his songs are available on iTunes:
Do you hate owning CDs? Are they just too round and three-dimensional for you? Well, good news! Al's complete catalog is now available for the first time ever as digital downloads exclusively at iTunes! That's right, every last stinking one of Al's albums can now be downloaded (LEGALLY, you hooligans!!) right to your computer. How about that.


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(On Miami sports teams being popular)
-Thats not competition, LeBron said. Thats like you rooting for your family members. Thats not competition at all. It would be great to have him, but well see.
Wallace is a lot more than just a deep threat. The fantastic thing about him is that he has legitimate feet and start and stop ability... and the ability to run by just about everyone. In other words, if he kept the rest of his physical talent and was only a 4.5 guy... he'd still be a legitimate NFL starter, imo. He's not a physical dynamo on contested balls but he's stronger than a Brian Hartline. Probably a notch below Greg Jennings in that area but certainly in his class.
Dwayne Bowe is lazy and a ****up. He's more the prototypical WCO (though not the kind of receiver Philbin had in Green Bay) but I just don't care for the guy. I've always got the sense he was just waiting to get paid. But, I don't think we have to worry about it because I don't consider him a very likely option, if for no other reason than he's a drop machine and Philbin hates drops more than Mark Sanchez hates life.
I've sung Jennings' praises for a while now. I definitely feel we have the inside track to sign him, for all the obvious reasons and also because Jennings wants to be an actor when he's done playing (he's already guest starred on Law and Order, I think), and Miami is a good media market to be in for that. The guy is a great mentor, runs the best fade stop in the business and is clutch. But with his recent injury history and age you can't look at him as the answer the way you can with Wallace. He's a stop gap. You're still basically committing yourself to needing to upgrade the position with a premium young talent. Like I said in the Barry Jackson thread, I'm much happier with a Jennings signing if it means we've maneuvered in the draft to get Steadman Bailey.
Jennings and Bowe would be ridiculous. We have enough picks to fill in some of the holes if Ireland can actually hit a few in this draft.
But I still don't think Jennings is elite tho. he is good and might fit in this offense but I hope u aren't looking for 1500 TD season or 200 TD receiving games. I think he will be solid at best.
To me Bowe is better but like I said it is if he believes in the team or we will have what the chiefs have head aches. Similar to Marshall dilemma even tho we shouldn't have in my opinion traded him
1500 YARDS AND 200 YARDS, STUPID PHONE!!! Lol Sorry guys
Don't see Wallace coming here, with 32 teams in the league the chances of him coming here are probably 1% or less. Why would Miami be his number 1 destination? Bowe I agree isn't a Philbin type guy, too many drops and not a team first player. Jennings could come and I think Philbin might be open to that, and we probably do have the inside track, the question is does Philbin want an older good receiver or does he want to build nearly all through the draft. If I'm honest I think there is a reasonable chance we sign him, maybe 50/50.
Cant wait for a stud wr
I think Bower and Jennings are the most realistic options. I think someone is going to drastically overpay for Wallace and I don't think it'll be us. Remember last year that this guy wanted as much money as Larry Firzgerald? That's outrageous.


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Mabel E Peters
Remembering Mabel Ethel Peters (nee Davis) 94 formerly of Mauston, passed peacefully late Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 at home. She was born July 17, 1918 in Lodi, Wisconsin. Mabel was preceded in death by her husband, Harold William Peters whom she married on Aug. 29, 1940. During the 56 years together, they did a lot of traveling, took their 4 children and moved to Ca. in 1951. Mabel worked in Penta Labs where they made picture tubes. They returned to Mauston in November of 1963. Mabel was very active in Bethany Lutheran Church in New Lisbon. She enjoyed her Lady's Circle Club; she delivered Meals on Wheels and was a member of the Lion's Club. She enjoyed working in her yard and the many family gatherings and visits from the grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mabel is survived by her children, Sharon Wells of Lockport, Ill, Daniel Peters of Mauston and Robert Peters of Mauston, 17 grandchildren, many great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren She was preceded in death by her daughter Kay Norita McDonnal (Peters) whom preceded her in death on May 19, 1981, brother, Larry Davis, sister, Helen Hofer.
We thank you for so many memorable vacations you and Dad took us on. We have been blessed to have so many wonderful memories through the years. You will remain in our hearts forever Mom and we will miss you and We Love You very much.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, February 18, 2013 at the Crandall Funeral Home, Mauston where friends may call on Monday from 11:00 a.m. until time of services.
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Ohio Catalyst to Affordable Housing
The Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing (OCCH) is a nonprofit financial intermediary that provides developers of affordable housing with access to capital markets. The corporation also serves as the region's largest provider of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit equity.
OCCH recently closed its 23rd equity fund, with a total of more than $2.1 billion in private investment for affordable housing projects. To date, OCCH has invested in more than 450 developments with more than 25,000 affordable housing units in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. Many OCCH projects have been qualified investments under the Community Reinvestment Act.
OCCH also funds supportive housing projects. For example, OCCH's Ohio Equity Fund XX invested in the YWCA Independence Place, a 22-unit permanent supportive housing project in Cleveland. The $5.3 million project serves young women who have aged out of foster care. The YWCA of Greater Cleveland provides services for these women. The property is managed by the Cleveland Housing Network. The two nonprofit organizations jointly developed the project.
OCCH's investors include JP Morgan Capital Corporation, U.S. Bancorp, Fifth Third Bank Community Development Corporation, Key Community Development Corporation, Huntington National Bank Community Development Corporation, Park National Bank, FirstMerit Bank, First Federal of Lakewood, and Citizens Bank.
In December 2011, OCCH issued its latest private placement equity fund, OEF XXII, and expects to close the fund during first quarter 2012.
For additional information, e-mail Hal Keller, President, at firstname.lastname@example.com, or Jon Welty, Vice President, at firstname.lastname@example.com; phone (614) 224-8446; or visit www.occh.org.
New Ohio CDFI Promotes Economic Revitalization
An investment commitment to the CIF has the potential to benefit the investor with a competitive return on investment, a Community Reinvestment Act credit-eligible investment, and Bank Enterprise Award eligibility. Such investments achieve significant community impact throughout Ohio's urban and rural communities. The terms of the fund are designed to provide a tailored program that fits all the investor's needs for community investing. Investment amounts can be as low as $250,000 for investment in a pooled loan fund or more than $1 million for a private loan fund. Terms range from five to seven years, and the investment offer is secured by business assets.
For more information, e-mail Valerie Heiby, Director of Development at the Finance Fund Capital Corporation, or call (614) 568-5055.
Ohio Launches a New Market Tax Credits Program
Ohio's NMTC is similar to the federal NMTC in that the credits are structured over a number of years. The total tax credit value is 39 percent over seven years.
Tax credits will be awarded to CDEs that have federal tax credit allocations. The CDEs will then be required to invest the federal and state credits into Ohio businesses and projects.
As private markets have struggled, this type of program has become increasingly important for businesses needing access to capital. Investors will receive state credits in exchange for delivering below-market-rate investment options to Ohio businesses. To date, five other states have initiated similar programs to leverage federal NMTCs.
Ohio's Department of Development administers the program and began accepting applications during summer 2010. For more information, e-mail Mark Lundine or call (614) 644-6552.
Lifeline for Stabilizing Ohio Neighborhoods
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Headquartered in Milwaukee, WtW makes its loans from 43 offices in 21 states: California, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
WtW offices are located in social service agencies affiliated with the Alliance of Children and Families (ACF). ACF agencies screen and provide financial education to borrowers and service the loans. WtW local offices provide financial education to more than three persons for every individual who receives a loan. Investors in WtW include several national foundations, the Community Development Financial Institution Fund of the U.S. Treasury Department, local United Way offices, and financial institutions. Banks can be involved by investing in the national WtW loan fund, by referring to local WtW offices prospective borrowers who do not meet conventional credit criteria, by participating in local WtW loan committees, and by providing grants and in-kind donations to WtW.
For more information, contact President Jeff Faulkner at (414) 359-1448 ext. 2, e-mail him, or visit his Web site.
[Community Developments Investments, Fall 2008]
Wealth+Education+Collaboration+Opportunity=WECO Fund in Ohio
WECO allows banks to provide community development loans by lending to the fund. Typical terms are at four years and interest-free loans. In addition, WECO administers a statewide individual development account (IDA) program. IDAs are matched savings accounts that enable low- and moderate-income families to save and build assets. WECO is seeking $250,000 in private funds to match its public funds.
For more information, e-mail Christine Henry, WECO Fund, or call (216) 458-0250.
Mark McDaniel, Great Lakes Capital Fund, or call him at (317) 423-8880.
Cornering the Market on Innovative Rental Opportunities
Through this program, residents benefit from gaining both ownership skills and financial equity. Participating property owners benefit from reduced operating costs and turnover, plus higher long-term property value. The community becomes more stable as residents take greater interest in their housing and neighborhood. Cornerstone is currently seeking additional financial institutions to invest in the fund by lending to it at below-market interest rates.
For further information, please visit the or e-mail Margery Spinney or call her at (513) 369-0114.
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Appalachian Region's Progress Fund Expands
Using a start-up grant of $200,000 from the State of Ohio, the Progress Fund is expanding its service area, currently encompassing 39 counties in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, into the 29 counties of Ohio's Appalachian region. The Progress Fund supports the niche industry of tourism businesses, including bed and breakfasts, brew-pubs, general stores, restaurants, museums, and similar small businesses that attract and serve visitors in rural areas. The Progress Fund is currently seeking investors to capitalize its Ohio expansion. Investors are asked to invest a minimum of $100,000 to help meet the organization's goal of a $5 million fund by 2007. Terms are flexible and negotiated individually with investors. Examples of previous investment terms have included a non-amortizing, 10-year loan at below market interest rates.
To invest in any of the Progress Funds, please contact David Kahley, CEO, at (724) 529-0384, or visit it's Web site, www.progressfund.org.
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Contact: Rick Krieger at (740) 592-3854, or visit www.acenetworks.org.
Cincinnati Development Fund
Contact: Robin McNulty at (513) 721-7211 or log on to www.cincinnatidevelopmentfund.org.
Community Development Lending Leads to Improved Infrastructure
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text: Irene Vonck's ceramics give the impression of having been formed with powerful brushstrokes, arrested for a moment but retaining the potential for further transformation. In Urubamba she limits her surface colour to a deep brown felt-like pigment, allowing its density to obscure a complex form that evades the eye's desire for delineation and definition. For the viewer and user this powerful object's ambiguous function, subtle convex and concave surfaces, and asymmetrical opening force the eye to reinvent its form from different viewing angles. Glancing from some angles, the work is suggestive of a clog-like form and, by implication, the imprinted memory of the movement and posture of the invisible wearer.


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Vegetables provide a simple addition to this delightful baked chicken – perfect for dinner.
Why it Works: Flavor Variations of Mushrooms
Mushrooms are one of the most misunderstood foods in the produce section. First, many people call them a vegetable when they are really a fungus. (A fungus gets energy from the plants they grow on rather than the sun.) It is also assumed that all mushrooms taste like the common button mushroom; in reality, their flavors vary widely. Shiitake mushrooms are slightly smoky, morels are nutty and chanterelles taste distinctly like apricots. Adding mushrooms will also enhance the flavor of your dish, as these fungi are the natural source of the flavor enhancer MSG.
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Alternate name: Western Bird's-foot Trefoil
Family: Fabaceae, Pea view all from this family
Description Many flexible green branches arising from a woody base have flimsy, widely spaced leaves and abundant yellow flower clusters.
Habit: native perennial subshrub; sometimes prostrate.
Height: to 3 ft (1 m).
Leaf: alternate, soft, pinnately compound; 3 leaflets (rarely 4-6), elliptic, 0.25-0.6 in (6-15 mm) long.
Flower: yellow, sometimes red-splotched, fading to red or orange, pea-like, 0.25-0.6 in (6-15 mm) long; in cluster of 1-7 flowerheads, from leaf axil.
Fruit: curved pod, long-beaked, sometimes mottled, to 0.6 in (1.5 cm).
Flower March to August.
Habitat Fire-damaged sites, dry brushy slopes, coastal sage scrub, desert
scrub, washes, coastal bluffs, coastal dunes, roadsides; also cultivated for erosion control, landscape restoration, and as an ornamental.
Range Most of California and Arizona, into northern Baja California.
Discussion Also called common deerweed, California broom. The latin name Syrmatium glabrum is also used. Two varieties are proposed.
This is one of the many species of flowering plants that thrive after fire has ravaged chaparral-covered slopes. It vigorously persists for several years, although it is choked out of most areas by the thick brush that eventually returns. By taking advantage of the open habitat and quickly covering exposed slopes, it helps reduce erosion, which would be far greater if the soil depended for cover on the slower-growing brush. Like most other members of the Pea Family, it has the capacity to enrich the soil with nitrogen.


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Jimmy Carter has got to be wondering what he did wrong.
Putin must be waiting for his phone to ring.
Biden has to be thinking "do you f-bomb believe this?"
Now who is the media going to blame for our problems? The House?
At least Obama is now a lame duck.
If you think Michele did some traveling during the first term, I bet you ain't seen nothing yet.
I hope "four more years" applies to the SCOTUS members. Hang in there!
Better start thinking of ways to move assets to your children/grand children.
At least our oil checks will probably double. Wonder if natural gas will go up too.
Wonder how many fewer doctors will be in practice at the end of "four more years?"
Wonder how many fine paying uninsureds we will have in "four more years?"
Wonder what the market will do today.
It's pretty bad when the world's dictators are rejoicing our election.
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The Way Things AreOr Are Ratz Nice?
a conversation with author Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite
Let's start with the title. Ratz are Nice. What the hell?
Rats survive and adapt; they run together in the lower parts where nobody wants to go, eat what nobody else wants to eat. Like the poor and lower classes, like Edison and the other characters in the book. Since that's the way things are, I say rats are nice.
Your first book, Wigger, was about co-opting someone else's culture, but the characters in Ratz seem more directed toward their own.
Ratz starts the way Wigger did. But this time Edison is deciding on stuff about his life with the "Dumbdumz." He realizes you can be a part of something without it stealing parts of yourself to be there. So it's about kids deciding to make this decision in life. They want to make that adult decision, right or wrong, and deal with the consequences.
Tell us about the world your characters inhabit.
We are in another failed "Reconstruction Period." There was the Civil War and the exploitation and lost hope of civility and equality. Then we had the overhyped civil rights movement followed by the big '80s Pomo divisive cultural revolution. The people in Ratz are the bastard children of all this. The have-nots are the only ones who've never gotten a voice, and everyone keeps saying they're speaking for them. What else could we get from the kids who grew up during this period, but them running a power move on things?
Some of them are pretty evil in a lot of ways.
I do think there is evil out there. They say that Victoria is the occult capital of North America, that it's the center of the pentagram and that there are places here which are right on the crossroads. You can call up evil or goodness in the middle of a crossroads. I think people have called up some wickedness. It's the underlying theme in the novel. The "Dumbdumz" reflect that. How distorted and twisted they have become. Edison knows that we don't have a "Buffy" to slay baddies nor do we have "Hellboy" or a John Constantine. Todd McFarlane is from around here. He created Spawn to fight that stuff but really it's up to an in
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Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite has been a bookstore clerk, a shipping clerk, a security guard, and a member of the Canadian armed forces. He is the author of Wigger, which won the Emerging Writers Competiton and was selected for Brian Bouldrey's Best American Gay Fiction, Volume 1, as well as much short fiction that has appeared in places like The Best Gay Erotica 1998, Redzone, MaleboxDC, Gerbil, and Angles. He lives in Victoria, B.C. and is a swot.
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Panoramic view of Maccabiah Chay's opening ceremony, from the 13th in July 2009. More then 9,000 athletes from 64 different countries are participating In the Maccabiah, which makes it the 3rd biggest sport event in the world. The competitions of the 18th Maccabiah will end at the 23th of July. Jason Lezak, the ...
Panoramic view of Nazareth and the mass that Pope Benedict XVI delivered on the Mount Precipice. More than 40,000 of pilgrims from all over the world came to hear, see & feel. Thursday, May 14, 2009.


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BAD Pts Need: R5-C7 lf leg (x2), , R4-P44 right leg BAD Pts Offered For Trade: PM me - I have lots of parts now including BG-J38!. New Kyle Katarn is also available.
I bought Thunderwing and Cybertron Cliffjumper at Target today. Didn't really feel like getting Skullgrin.
Truth is, if they hadn't slapped the Skullgrin name a new head, I would've probably passed, too. I always had a soft spot for the big berzerker for some reason.
That's my jacket!
Saw "Reveal the Shield" stuff today finally, at a K-Mart in Temecula, CA. They had the Mind-whatever dude and the movie Outback. Unfortunately, none of the ones I wanted, which sucked extra due to a pretty nice sale they have on now.
That's my jacket!
And I saw Jazz at another K-Mart. I passed; the sale isn't worth it if you only want one figure, and their prices suck.
That's my jacket!
Just picked up Blurr. Does anyone else think that this mold would have worked better as an Arcee?
Can someone help identify this transformer? I came across it and I have no idea who he is. I can't remember.....is it cyclonus? no...who could it be?
One way to out think people is to make them think you think they'll think what you are not really trying to get them to think what you think.
Its Megatron from the Cybertron series.
Although he might have been res-erected as Galvatron in that series.
Nowhere in your incoherent ramblings did you come anywhere close to the answer. Thanks to you, everyone in this room is now stupider having heard you. I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul. -Billy Madison-
Thanks a lot for the information!! I still can't find another picture that matches him on the web. I don't get it. Can someone post a link to a website that has a picture for this figure? I would greatly appreciate it. I would like year made and more detailed information.
One way to out think people is to make them think you think they'll think what you are not really trying to get them to think what you think.
Check down at "Energon", that looks like the one you posted to me.


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Reflecting back on the Scouting year that was 2007 I came to conclusion that we are a pretty busy Troop.
So let me take just a minute or two and share with you the 2007 year in review.
The boys from the Order of the Arrow kicked the year off by participating in an inter tribal Pow Wow up on Scouters Mountain. The following weekend the Troop learned the valuable skill of selective listening as we watched as Nick and Ely debuted their new smash hit "We are all gonna Die" Lucky for us they became one hit wonders that weekend and discovered that they in fact survived to enjoy egg Mcmuffins with the rest of us.
As is our annual custom we had a great turn out for Junior leader Training and a lock in to end January, a much need fun time to put the Cold Camp behind us.
February we celebrated Scout Sunday and held a Luau to celebrate the BSA's birthday. The Assistant Scoutmasters showed off their new Campaign hats that night… now we are Scouting!February took us to Camp Meriwether where we were introduced to a new part of clothing.. Sally's (the section of your pants from the cuff to just below the knee) were discovered and from then on we tried to keep them dry. It was a cold and wet weekend on the coast, but the humor at the campfire was dry and warm. Rob got his first taste on the Scouting Lampoon and took it well.. he's a keeper.
Finally in February we started on a Journey to Wallowa. The saying that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step was etched into us in February.
March found us paddling our Canoes on a windy Cullaby lake. We learned that you need the bigger guys up front in the wind…. We also learned that Joel and Cameron on a windy lake makes for cookies in a canoe. Another great weekend at Royce Finel.. That's why we keep going back. This was our Third trip to Royce Finel and the first time we need two trailers of Canoes.. We are starting to get big.
April lifted us up onto the backs of horses. We spent another wet weekend at Butte Creek for what was the best and worst day of riding. I'm not sure who led us up onto that windy ridge, but it was not me.. My horse was so cold it asked me for my rain gear. The following weekend, once we dried out all the young Scouts went to the Pioneering Merit Badge weekend. Our Scouts did exceptionally well.
May we tested our skills at the District Camporee at Martha Creek field. Eric and Kyle were tapped out by the Order of the Arrow. I don't remember much about Camporee this year.. Onion Smothered Pork chops keep passing through my mind though! Camporee went well. Kyle entertained the entire district with his galloping on a Patrol flag and as usual a good time was had by all.
May was perhaps the best Service project of the year also. Placing flags on the head stones up at the Willamette National Cemetery. Even though they ran out of flags in our section, I think the Scouts got a better appreciation for the sacrifice of the many men and women that are eternally at rest in the field of honor. We showed our colors again assisting the Gresham hero's memorial committee with a color guard. The boys really did a great job. I am extremely proud of them.
May took us out to a snowy Wallowa to check out the camp. We learned a lot out there. And I still have those wheat pancakes and little smokies in my stomach.
In June we strapped on our headlamps and took a hike in the Ape caves. June was the only "Perfect weather" month of the year. Camping at the Cougar Campsite right on the lake was a Rockwell moment for us. A perfect camp out. In June we also helped out the Gresham Hero's memorial again with their Ride for hero's rally. The community surly knows Troop 664.
In July we began our first real High adventure program. A hand full of Scouts from all the Patrols started the Backpacking Merit badge. A Trip to Eagle Creek and Bonneville dam took us under the Columbia River and a great look at the power it has. July we took some real big steps.. Not only on the trail for the merit badge, but in our Journey to Wallowa. The plan was coming together, resourcing and staffing and selecting merit badges. Summer Camp was right around the corner and the 11th hour jitters were starting to set in. Range masters were trained, CPR Training was conducted, shopping lists changed 25 times, merit badge lists were chopped and edited, and the great debate on how we were going to get 900 pounds of stuff across the state started.
August finally got here. On the 2nd of August the Advanced party arrived and a call from the ranch announced that it was "Show time". We moved the Troop to the other side of the state for 10 days of the best summer camp ever. We won't go into that again, but let's just say it was the high light of the year. I think we can all agree.
So how do you top that? In September you Back pack 25 miles on the historic Barlow Road trail.. I was surprised when the majority of the Troop signed up to spend the Labor Day weekend with me hiking through some of the most beautiful country in America. Kent amused us by eating spaghetti from a strainer with a big spoon. John and Kyle provided a gut splitting laugh when they produced coconuts from their backpacks and gave us a sampling of Monty Pythons Holy Grail. I am thankful no one fell off of the bridge we stopped at for lunch.. That was just plain funny.
October we broke out the rain gear for another cold and wet weekend at Butte Creek. The Scouts were to participate in a Pioneering Challenge which ended up being canceled, but at least we showed up with two teams. The OA tribe set their sights on teaching first aid to Webelos Scouts that weekend, and even managed to get one of them to pass out. I of course had to test my skill at Chubby bunny. I believe the bar has been set at 13. Guys you can explain that one to your parents later.
November has to be one of my all time favorite camp outs in the Troop. We ventured off to Camp Cooper for a no holds barred Cook off. Back packing style, camp stove preparation, and Dutch ovens. The Scouts did a fantastic job with preparation, planning, and throwing down some of the best camp food I have seen in awhile. The Food network would have been impressed. We woke to snow on Sunday, but the taste of Falcon Pork Roast still lingered.. mmmmm.
As you can see it has been another great year. We accomplished a lot this year and had a great time doing it. Let me share some numbers with you as we wrap up the year in review.
In total there were 22 camping opportunities this year. That includes Troop Camp outs, Order of the Arrow events, and Adult training camp outs. Given the 21 active Scouts and 14 active adults that is a total of 866 nights of camping..
We held 55 meetings of one type or another.
We did 8 service projects totaling 345.5 hours of service.
We earned 103 merit badges.
We awarded 29 badges of rank.
8 Scouts earned more than one rank over the year. 5 earned their First Class this year.
Troop 664 is active and progressing well. Wrapping up our 4th year we can say that we have set a course of success for the future.


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The execrable DHS report on "right-wing extremism"
posted at 10:57 am on April 14, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Michelle has it covered pretty well, but I looked at the DHS report on "right-wing extremism" myself, and it's every bit as bad as she says, and as Roger Hedgecock and the Liberty Papers first reported. The DHS fails to provide any specifics at all, preferring instead to smear half of the country or more as kooks for criticizing the government's handling of the economy. As Eli Lake reports, the DHS has all but declared war on federalism, which used to be the founding concept of our republic:
The Department of Homeland Security is warning law enforcement officials about a rise in "rightwing extremist activity," saying the economic recession, the election of America's first black president and the return of a few disgruntled war veterans could swell the ranks of white-power militias.
A footnote attached to the report by the Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis defines "rightwing extremism in the United States" as including not just racist or hate groups, but also groups that reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority.
"It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration," the warning says.
The first question we should ask is whether the DHS is reacting to any specific threats at all? Er … no (emphasis mine):
The DHS/Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) has no specific information that domestic rightwing* terrorists are currently planning acts of violence, but rightwing extremists may be gaining new recruits by playing on their fears about several emergent issues.
This gets repeated over and over again during the report. They have no threat information. In fact, the report can't even say definitively whether "extremists" are gaining "new recruits". In order to find that, they'd have to identify the actual groups, note the recruiting patterns, and determine whether in fact they're gaining recruits or losing members. Bottom line: DHS has no actual data. They're pulling threats out of their collective arse and publishing them without any supporting research whatsoever.
DHS acts as though white-supremacist groups and militias believing in Zionist world conspiracies stopped existing between 2000 and 2008. Of course they didn't; George Bush's strong support for Israel fed those nutcase groups for eight years. Are those groups growing in the last five months, after what DHS assumes is the trigger for all this hate — the election of Barack Obama? They provide absolutely no evidence at all for it, and in fact repeat over and over again that they don't have that data in a hail of May Bes.
So what's triggered their antennae?
The current economic and political climate has some similarities to the 1990s when rightwing extremism experienced a resurgence fueled largely by an economic recession, criticism about the outsourcing of jobs, and the perceived threat to U.S. power and sovereignty by other foreign powers.
In the first place, the "outsourcing of jobs" outrage didn't get stoked by the Right. That outrage got fed by the Democrats in the last two elections, and it's a feature of the same anti-globalization loons of the hard Left that continually disrupt G-20 summits as they violently did in London. Barack Obama himself stoked a fair share of it during the presidential campaign with his NAFTA Dance.
And should we not have some concern about the economic recession, debate about trade policy, and insist on maintaining American power and sovereignty? Since when did those topics indicate criminality and terrorism?
DHS also manages to make several hysterical references to returning veterans. I'll highlight the weasel words and provide the translation at the end:
The possible passage of new restrictions on firearms and the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks.
Gee, it could lead? What evidence does DHS have of this? Oh, yeah, Timothy McVeigh was a veteran … and that's it. I'm not joking:
After Operation Desert Shield/Storm in 1990-1991, some returning military veterans—including Timothy McVeigh—joined or associated with rightwing extremist groups.
So let's be terrified of veterans! Let's treat them all like potential suspects, even though we don't have one iota of evidence of any wrongdoing at all. Yeah, that's the American way.
Imagine, if you will, what the Left would say if we took this entire document and replaced all references to "military veterans" with "Muslims", and all references to "abortion" with "universal health care", and then predated this DHS report to 2008, during the Bush administration. They'd be screaming about being smeared as traitors for their political beliefs, and they'd be right to do so. That's exactly what the Obama administration and Janet Napolitano has done here.
This is a disgrace. Congress should demand Napolitano's resignation immediately, and the White House should apologize for this attack on normal political dissent.
Update: A few say that the DHS has to track threats and give these kinds of assessments. Read the report again. DHS can't find any threats, nor do they provide even a hint that they have any evidence that extremism on the Right has increased. They don't claim to see increases in fringe-group memberships from last year, or even last decade. This report is filled with nothing but completely unsupported conjecture about what might happen if people get upset about the economy or a retreat on American sovereignty. It's not an honest national-security threat assessment at all. It's a political hit piece aimed at this administration's critics in order to cast them as extremists.
Update II: My friend Jazz Shaw files this under "fauxrage", which makes a nice companion set with Obamteurisms. Read the whole thing, but I'll challenge my pal to identify one actual threat cited by DHS, or one set of actual data in the entire report. Oh, and the veteran thing? I'm not the one who took offense to that. Talk to the American Legion, which is extremely unhappy with DHS at the moment.
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6 dogs back to the last series in the Qual: 1, 3, 10, 11, 16, 18
6 dogs back to the last series in the Qual: 1, 3, 10, 11, 16, 18
Derby Results, as told to me:
11 Storm Flag Flying: Owner: Chip McEwen, Handler: Jason Baker
8 Johnny Dollar: Owner: Charles Bearden, Handler: Jason Baker
9 Two Five One McBunn: Owner/Handler: Jerry Burns
17 Oldsquaw's Handsome Harry: Owners: Frank & Sheila Purdy, Handler: Frank
Sorry, I don't know if there were any Jams.
Six dogs going to the Qualifying water marks.
Thanks, guys.
Qualifying Results:
1st #11 Suzie - Jason Baker/Janet Sowers
2nd #10 Tex - O/H Ed Shillig
3rd #1 Voodoo -O/H Scotty Seward
4th #18 Mardi - Jason Baker/Grayson Kelley
RJ #16 Ransom - O/H Dan Wegner
JAM #3 Fancy - Jason Baker/Benjy Griffith
Congrats to all!
Any Open and Am results?
Am results, not sure if it is 100% correct:
1st Jerry Younglove
2nd Mike Crow
3rd Sue Kennedy
4th Barb Radtke
Sorry that's all I've got
Congrats to all!
Brandon Edmondson
1st Pow/ Al Arthur
2nd Cree/ O/H Jerry Younglove Qualifies for the 2014 National Amateur
3rd Blue/ O/H Sharon Gierman
4th LB/ Al Arthur
Jams 10, 11, 35,
Greg Seddon
CFC HRCH Gunner, Flight Interceptor SH
Gates Smoky Mountain Treasure QAA
Never argue with an idiot. They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Nice job Jerry & Cree...almost a double header...wins the Am and 2nd in the Open!
And Barb on Reuben's Open JAM
And Dan with Ransom with their RJ in the Qual.
Nice showing for WRC in Ohio this weekend...
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Tom Rogers; Owned and Handled by AFC Al Capone's Magic Patriot Son - Riot
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Riot's Career on EE
thanks to all of the judges, workers, and buckeye club
you guys/gals busted your butts this weekend
enjoyed myself


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Interview: Democratic Republic of the Congo
21 September, 2012
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Decades of conflict, massive displacement, chronic poverty and food insecurity affect millions of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The number of people displaced by violence in the vast Central African country has risen by more than 25 per cent to 2.24 million people since the beginning of this year. In North Kivu, in the east, more than 700,000 people are currently displaced, many of them since early 2009.
The World Food Programme says some 5.4 million people in the east face chronic hunger and malnutrition. Humanitarian and development organizations are working to provide emergency aid and promote long-term solutions. But insecurity and limited funding are affecting their work; the DRC humanitarian appeal, which is requesting US$791 million this year, is only 47 per cent funded.
In this interview, Humanitarian Coordinator Fidèle Sarassoro, who is leaving the country after over two years of service, talks about the importance of addressing the root causes of poverty and conflict.
Q. As you prepare to leave DRC, what memories and images have stuck with you?
I am leaving the country with some very vivid memories of the places that I visited. I have met displaced families like the ones in Katanga who had walked more than 450 km in search of safety. I also remember meeting women who had survived sexual violence, malnourished children and the communities traumatized by years of conflict. The loss of some aid workers will also stay with me. All these visits were very touching. It's a time of mixed feelings. It was during these visits that I could see for myself the pain and suffering, and talk directly to the people. But at times, I also felt a bit powerless as we could not respond to all of the needs.
Q. The Congolese humanitarian crisis has been going on for more than a decade. Can you share some thoughts on where you see things heading?
The humanitarian crisis is complex and is a consequence of years of conflict and a weak state. Finding long-term solutions remains a challenge, but it is still the only viable way of breaking the vicious cycle of conflict and poverty.
I trust that the humanitarian community will find ways to address the emergency needs, but addressing the root causes requires more effort. For example, in eastern DRC, where there is ongoing conflict between armed groups, access to land and natural resources should be at the centre of the political and diplomatic discussions. Moreover, the country faces structural problems in a number of areas. Long-term solutions to these problems require bridging humanitarian and development needs so that the investments made today in emergency responses are tied to improving the delivery of basic social services. I believe we need to move away from a project approach to a more comprehensive view where we focus on the most pressing social services.
Q. Despite the pressing needs, the appeal for the crisis remains underfunded. Is there donor fatigue?
Our donors have been generous and I would like to thank them for their contributions. But, yes, there is a donor fatigue: the crisis has been ongoing, but there is also a global financial crisis and competition for humanitarian financing. Donors want the Congolese Government to find ways to address the root causes of the crisis, and they want us to convince them that their contributions do make a difference.
Without their support, the situation could be worse. Their importance goes beyond money: they've also contributed in pushing the debate on how to improve the delivery of services to those who need it.
Q. Can you share a few words on the collaboration between the Congolese Government and the humanitarian community?
The collaboration with the Government is positive, and I am particularly optimistic now that the new Government has shown its enthusiasm and openness to work together with international humanitarian partners. In some areas we have achieved tangible results and in many others we are working on improving the humanitarian situation. We are establishing a Cadre de Concertation Humanitaire, a high-level consultation platform, to better coordinate the partnership between the humanitarian community and the Government. The Congolese authorities have to deal with many issues, but they've always kept their doors open to address our concerns and suggestions.
Q. Do you have any advice for your successor, Moustapha Soumare, who is scheduled to start on 1 October?
My successor comes with a lot of experience so I wish him lots of success. The job is challenging in more ways than one, but it is worth it.
Reporting by OCHA DRC
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Joan Jett: Jett Set
Originally published in Guitar World, May 2010
With a new two-CD retrospective in stores and the star-studded flick The Runaways in theaters, Joan Jett is flying high again.
"I'm a barre-chord basher," Joan Jett says. "That's pretty much what I do." It's what she's been doing since 1975, when a teenaged Jett, an East Coast native transplanted to Los Angeles, formed the seminal female rock outfit, the Runaways. The band, which included co-guitarist Lita Ford, drummer Sandy West and corseted sexpot singer Cherie Currie, released four studio albums over the course of its brief career (with Jett assuming lead vocals for the last two), and racked up one enduring hit, the Jett-copenned "Cherry Bomb," from the group's self-titled 1976 debut.
While the Runaways' punky glam-pop sound failed to garner them substantial Stateside fame, they have since come to be regarded as rock and roll trailblazers of a sort, as well as been credited as a significant influence on new generations of female guitar-based acts. Now, the band's story has been brought to the silver screen with the release of the major motion picture, The Runaways. The movie, based in part on Currie's 1989 autobiography, Neon Angel, tracks the band's raucous rise and fall through the experiences of its three primary movers: Jett, who is portrayed by Twilight star Kristen Stewart, Currie (Dakota Fanning) and Runaways manager and impresario, Kim Fowley (Revolutionary Road's Michael Shannon).
Jett, who served as an executive producer on the movie, says that Stewart was a natural when it came to filling her sizeable shoes. "She and I move through space a lot alike; our energy is kind of similar. So I told her to just trust herself, and trust her instincts." Jett did, however, have a few words of advice for Stewart as far as portraying her onstage. "I would yell at her, 'Fuck your guitar!' "
Following the Runaways dissolution in a mess of drugs, ego clashes and mismanagement, Jett, in characteristic form, continued to bash her way through the largely male-dominated rock landscape. She launched a solo career, founded her own record label, Blackheart (a word she also appropriated for the name of her band, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts) and proceeded to rack up single successes like 1981's "Bad Reputation," 1988's "I Hate Myself for Loving You" and 1982's "I Love Rock 'n Roll," her smash hit cover of the 1975 Arrows original. These and other solo tracks (as well as a handful of re-recorded Runaways classics) are collected on a new two-CD compilation, Greatest Hits.
Today, Jett continues to tour with the current incarnation of the Blackhearts and is preparing to record a new studio album, her first since 2006's Sinner. At 51, the self-described barre-chord basher is as brash and defi ant as ever. "If you feel strong, if you feel sexy, then you act that way," Jett says. "If you don't, it's a hard thing to fake."
GUITAR WORLD Despite the growing appreciation for the Runaways over the years, in the larger music landscape they've remained very much a cult act.
JOAN JETT Hopefully the film will change that a little bit. This is a real Hollywood movie, with real movie stars. So maybe it will introduce the Runaways to people who have never heard of us and lead them to explore what we did and listen to the music. That said, I also think the movie has been mischaracterized as a biopic. It's not the definitive word on the Runaways. The focus is more on Cherie, myself and Kim. To me, the Runaways as a band is more the environment in which the movie is set.
GW There's a scene in the movie where your character is told that girls can't play rock and roll. I'm guessing that was something you heard on more than one occasion.
JETT Oh yeah. Many times. Many, many, many times. And even as a kid it didn't make sense to me. What does the statement "Girls can't play rock and roll" even mean? Are you saying that girls can't master an instrument? Because I remember as a kid being in band class with girls who played the cello, who played the violin, who could play Beethoven and Bach pieces. So, no, that's not it. What you're saying is, socially, girls aren't supposed to play rock and roll. Because socially, rock and roll means sexuality. It's that thing that made parents afraid to let their kids go see Chuck Berry, because Chuck Berry was gonna run off with their daughters. Or the thing that made TV stations film Elvis from the waist up. That's what rock is about. Think back to the Sticky Fingers album cover. Or Robert Plant standing onstage with his shirt open, and you can see the bulge in his pants, and he's holding his mic down by his crotch. Rock and roll is infused with sex. Go listen to "Whole Lotta Love"—that thing drips. It's so dirty.


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By Brandon Speck/NEMS Daily Journal
JACKSON – Jerrell Howell was told he'd never walk again. Bailey Wray is the strongest high schooler in Mississippi history.
Both captured gold medals Saturday at the MHSAA state powerlifting meet at Mississippi Coliseum.
Pontotoc junior Wray broke a 10-year state record for total weight at 1,900 pounds. He also set a squat record of 775, walked away with a gold medal in the 308-plus pound class and helped the Warriors to a Class 4A title.
"It's just phenomenal to see, especially when he does it so effortlessly." Pontotoc coach Mickey Mapp said. "Colt Bramlett also had an outstanding day."
Pontotoc had three first-place finishes, Monique Loftis in the 97-pound girls class, joining Wray and Bramlett, who broke three state records himself, including the total mark in the 198-pound class by more than 100 pounds.
Turns out, nothing has been able to stop New Albany's Howell from walking, not even 465 pounds of weights.
Howell not only broke the state squat record Saturday in the Class 4A 132-pound class with a 465-pound lift, he took a gold medal back to Union County.
The senior has had four knee surgeries, stemming from a lawnmower accident when he was 8. Doctors said he'd never walk and considered amputating. Months later he proved them wrong by hopping out of a wheel chair and never looking back.
"Ever since then, I've been wanting to play sports," Howell said. "I got to high school and introduced to powerlifting and really enjoyed it. God, I can't thank Him enough. He just allowed me to (walk.)"
He has since played baseball, ran track and played football and is in his third meet here. He said at times he can feel some pain in the knee.
With a brace on Saturday, he added 25 pounds to the total he and coach Ron Price agreed to before lifting. He had lifted 485 back home this week.
"I thought they had made a mistake," Price said. "He said, 'No, I'm gonna get it.' … He didn't let the obstacles defeat him."
East Union won the Class 2A championship, outscoring Calhoun City 50-30. The Calhoun City girls outscored Bruce 63-50 for the Class I title.
Oxford won Class 5A.
Results from the championships, which ended late Saturday, will appear in Monday's Daily Journal.


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Presidential candidate Barack Obama has been referred to as an eloquent speaker. This label has come from both fans and critics alike. When he is in front of the TelePrompTer on the podium, he is at his best. The John McCain camp, often shakes in its boots at the thought of going mano a mano in a forum that would favor this type of set up. However, when he has to speak off-the-cuff, the story is quite different.
Last weekend's presidential forum in California, showed much different speaking styles for both presidential candidates. Like a view of their issues, their speaking styles greatly contrasted. It seemed like Barack Obama could not say three words without at least one of them being an 'ah' or an 'um'. After over a year and a half on the campaign trail, I would expect to see some improvement. Whenever Obama tries to speak extemporaneously, his speech is riddled with a bunch of empty sounds like the 'aahh'. One would think that his advisers would have made them aware of this. He must think it is adding volume to the content of the speech, but yet it is not adding any weight to his message. The 'aahh sound for Barack Obama has become packing peanuts. It adds nothing to the message, but tends to be annoying.
Another thing that I cannot figure out is how someone who has been talking to church groups for 20 plus years of his public life, yet is still pro-choice. In past elections, it was the Democrats and the Liberals who cried out for church and state separation. They did not want freedom of religion, they wanted freedom from religion. Now his deep and abiding faith is going to steer the Constitution? God help us. What did he mean by that half thought up answer about abortion? He should have known that a church group would have been asking a question about abortion. He is going to defer that to someone with a higher pay grade? Was that supposed to be a reference to God? A higher pay grade? Anybody who has been to church in the past 20 years knows that God does not handle money. He's all-powerful, all-knowing, but just can't seem to handle money. That's why He keeps asking for more.John McCain, in contrast to Obama, did not have as many 'ahs' and 'ums'. Of course the Democrats can't be satisfied with this fact. They have to construe this in to believing that McCain was being briefed on the questions while Obama was in talking to Reverend Warren and stammering his way through the answers. No,ahs and ums will not determine the outcome of the presidential election. But however, we elect in November is going to be touted as the leader of the free world. It would be nice if he could communicate effectively with out needing a TelePrompTer in every situation.
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Some of the opponents' most alarmist predictions, in truth, don't stand up to scrutiny; the feds will not shut down Twitter if SOPA goes into effect. And concerns that Facebook and YouTube will have to spend inordinate sums policing their own sites — undermining the social web in the process — seem overblown.
Moreover, Senator Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who authored PIPA, has agreed to pull back — for now — on his most controversial proposal: using the domain name system (DNS) to block access to rogue sites.
Critics say the DNS provision, which aimed to make offending sites disappear from the web, amounted to a dangerous tinkering with the basic plumbing of the Internet.
But delaying that provision does not mean killing it, for good. And critics of SOPA and PIPA, if guilty of overheated rhetoric, have some legitimate concerns about the legislation.
Consider this: SOPA not only builds new obstacles to rogue sites, it cracks down on the tools used to get around such obstacles. Trouble is, those are the same tools used by dissidents abroad to circumvent their countries' censorship regimes.
During the Arab Spring, for instance, tens of thousands of protesters in Egypt used Tor, software developed by a pair of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students with a US Navy laboratory, to get access to banned web sites and remain anonymous in the process.
Whitehouse, for his part, points out that the proposed crackdown on circumvention tools appears only in the House version of the bill and not in the Senate version that he co-sponsored.
But if both bills somehow pass as presently written, and the "circumvention" provision makes it into the final legislation that goes before both chambers, he will face a difficult choice — one his office declined to speculate on for this article.
David Segal, a former Rhode Island state representative who now serves as executive director of Demand Progress, a civil liberties advocacy group, points to another concern: the legislation, he says, could kill the next Facebook or YouTube before it gets off the ground.
At the heart of the legislation are provisions allowing the US Attorney General and copyright holders to go to court in a bid to shut down search engine, payment processer, and ad network connections to copyright-infringing sites.
But one section of SOPA, Segal notes, would grant those search engines, payment processors, and ad networks legal immunity if they voluntarily shut off access to sites.
Segal imagines Hollywood using this provision to exercise "soft power" — Disney calling an advertising network, for instance, to suggest that a YouTube-like site is infringing, and warn of legal action.
The ad network, with legal immunity on its side, then cuts off access to what might have been the Next Big Thing rather than deal with a potential court fight.
Proponents call the concern misguided. Start-ups that aren't swiping content — that aren't breaking the law — have little to fear, they say. And search engines, payment processors, and ad networks are only granted immunity if they act "in good faith" and cut off a site based on "credible evidence" that it is stealing intellectual property.
It's a fair point.
But it's also fair to wonder who would have the advantage in these skirmishes: the Hollywood behemoth with the big legal staff or the 19-year-old entrepreneur operating out of his parents' basement.
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I have a 60 gallon tank that is 36L x 18H x 21.5D. We have white sand, Aqua Clear 110 and a Fluval 200W heater. Right now there is one real plant and couple fake ones. 3 pieces of rock decoration and I am going to get some read lava rock to create some hiding spaces. The stock include 6 Balloon Mollies, 4 male guppies (wife wanted these), two bristlenose plecos (small), and 3 clown loaches. The loaches are so fun to watch but 2 of the 3 hide a lot and only scoot around when it's dark and no one around. They are about 2.5" now and I am thinking of getting another one or two in hopes that they will become less shy. When I put in the lava rocks they will also have some places to hid plus I want to put in couple more real plants.
The other thing with these loaches is that I haven't seen them eat. May be when it's dark they come out and dig for food. Last few nights I would drop in a few of the sinking wafers before end of the night and turn the lights off. I hope they eat because in the afternoon when I feed them the mollies and the guppies would eat the floating food and then go on and peck on the wafers.
Anyways I like these guys. Just wish they are less shy.
I assume these loaches are recent acquisitions?
New fish tend to be shy, and only after a while do they lose their fear. Keeping only 3 may also be a factor, as these are social fish. However, I would strongly urge against getting more of them. As a matter of fact, I would recommend returning these loaches, if you can. These fish will reach roughly a foot in length, as well as being very heavy bodied. Proper keeping of adults requires a tank in the multiple hundred gallons range, due to their large size, high activity levels, need for clean water and a school of conspecifics.
Ditto that. Unless you plan on continuously cycling larger fish out and new smaller fish in, clown loaches aren't appropriate fish for this tank. Best case scenario is to return them and replace them with another bottom dweller like corys or other smaller loaches.
Clown loaches are usually very boisterous, not to mention having huge appetites (they grow pretty quickly once they hit their stride) so the fact they are hiding/not eating means they really aren't happy. You may also want to check that your lighting and temperature suits their needs. They do need a school to show their true personality.
So, if you intend on keeping them in your current tank, count on rehoming them every couple years, and up the school to around 6. Your plans of more hiding places will also let them feel more secure and not so shy.
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One thing I would like to add on is that the less you have, the more they can stress each other out. A group of 3 is rather risky, and 5 would be much more solid. You could probably keep these for a solid 3-5 years due to how slow they grow, but you would definitely need to move them after that.
A cool fish too add would be some kuhli loaches they burrow and look like eelsA true aquarist knows what it feels like to step on a sharp piece of gravel
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I think if someone thinks clownfish are called nemos they should banned from keeping sw tank.
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Clowns are going to require more filtration than what you're providing them. I recommend keeping at least 6 loaches so they show their true personality and become less nocturnal and hopefully start to take food. Clowns are very very hungry fish and seem to always want to eat till they explode. Mine love algae wafers. I feed at least one every other day. Your tank size will be fine if you provide them with a ~250-350GPH powerhead to replicate their natural stream conditions. Loaches scare very easily and its not unusual to see them all dash across the tank and go to their hiding spots. The longer you keep them you'll recognize how they operate and see what they like.
Buy a sponge filter and find a powerhead that will fit it. This way you'll provide more filtration and get that current they'll love and need to be happy.
Also, clowns have been grown out to 12inches and bigger but in your tank the loaches will likely grow to a quick 5" and then, as is typical of the clown, begin to very slowly grow. They can live well into their 50s and on with proper care. You can have a very good relationship with yours until the 60g is too little for them,
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In comments today, Toyota Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada explains why his company is placing all its chips on hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells and leaving electric vehicles o its competitors.. The Wall Street Journal reports:
"The reason why Toyota doesn't introduce any major [all-electric product] is because we do not believe there is a market to accept it," Mr. Uchiyamada said in an interview following a speech on Monday at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C.
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If this is the best arguement you guys can put up...Obama wins! Most people are numb to the crap that you guys are slinging around. Can't sell the deal that Romney is better for the economy, so lets try to smear Obama's foriegn policy record and see if we can get some traction. Only people listening to this are your right wing extremist. Smart people are not paying attention. Only reason I pay attention to what you write is to try and make you step back and listen to what you are saying and how stupid it is.
You should listen to the Howard Stern interview he just did with Obama supporters if you want to know whose voting for "your guy" You might not want to be grouped with the Obamabots.
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The attack was labeld a "terrorist attack" within 24 hours by the Obama Admisnistration so why did he, Susan Rice, Jay Carney, and Hilliary continue to lie about it and blame it on a video ? BTW TH FBI are still not on the ground
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Have to give some credit for the Libyan President telling the truth. Surely didn't work to his advantage in any particular way that I can see. Makes him look like he's not in control in his own country ... so maybe could get US sympathy that his govt was not "at fault". OTOH, since it is the govt's job to protect the embassies, that could have a reverse spin to US public opinion as well. To his own people that lack of control could also make him look weak to them?
In the end, I think the one who looks weakest is Obama and his foreign policy choices ... and Hillary and Rice followed their marching orders. Nobody was willing to tell the truth ... and now they cannot hide behind "not knowing". They also look weak to the rest of the world. No wonder the A-Q spokesperson said that it was time to strike the US "when it was weakest." Maybe they didn't tell Carney what was going on? Otherwise, how could he have held those press conferences and not choked on his own words?
How can the voters trust these people? Not to mention both allies and enemies in the rest of the world.
Nobody has even mentioned Obama noting that we should not tolerate those who would slander the prophet of Islam in his UN speech. Is that appeasement or what? He could have made that statement more general with, "slander anyone's religion". When he said the US would do all that is necessary to prevent a nuclear Iran, would anybody believe that? He has become the "rhetorical" President ... speak loudly and ... then speak again. Eventually people begin to realize the stories are just fantasy fairy tales and ignore the words.
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The shooting at fort hood was unfortunate and a man went nuts and killed people. Short of helping the surviving families, not much our president can do about that.
An ambassador is killed in a hostile part of the world. He knew the risk and assumed it. Short of him not being there, there is nothing the president could have done.
So I know anything involving muslims you want to call terror....war on terror but what you really mean is war on muslims. That is what the president wants to change. We can be at war with muslims until the end of time or learn to get along someway. Getting along is the best conculsion but you want to be at war and further the hate. Look at the countries in the middle east and how deep that hate is and how unrepairable it is. I would hope we were bigger than that. Step back and think about your approach to this problem and tell me what is the outcome and is a good outcome. His approach probably won't produce any immediate result but given time, hearts may mend and the world will be better. But I'm sure your way will never work.
this is my concern....
for tens of thousands of years, that region of the world has been at war. It is passed on from generation to generation. In America, we are free to espouse whatever crap we want to free flow from our mouths. We do not fear repurcussions. We are free.
In the ME, when a woman is unfaithful, she can be put to death. Period.
We find that inhumane and a violation of human rights.
When a man kills a cow, he will be killed.
We eat cows.
We do not bow down to any one religion, one God, or one ruler.
They think we should die for that.
Wanting the US to step back and try to make friends and mend hearts is a great warm fuzzy cocktail full of fun and imagination.
The fact is..... They have spent generations hating us, wanting to kill us, and plotting ways to make us miserable. They take our money and create weapons with it aimed to kill us. The hate runs deep because they are taught, trained, and ingrained in hatred. It won't matter how many FTD bouquets we send... they willl still hate us.
We need to get out, get out, get out.
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Your President didnt have to lie! What do you say about that fact he lied you cant deny that FACT, when you have his own words saying it. Even after his admin came clean, claiming it was a terror attack not the video, he continued to LIE. Maybe you dont expect better from your Pres but most of us do. Obama doesn't want the FBI to investigate because the Truth will come out he would rather wait till after the election because the word is the FBI will not lie for him. If his diary proves he was worried about the risk & lack of security and he expressed that concern to say , Hillary, we will see what happens. Under a normal admin heads would roll under this one you will hear one snippet on fox and that will be all. Obama is the master of cover up.
(CNN) -- More than two weeks after four Americans -- including the U.S. ambassador to Libya -- were killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, FBI agents have not yet been granted access to investigate in the eastern Libyan city, and the crime scene has not been secured, sources said.
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