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Cruz had agreed to - but not officially signed - a minor league deal with the Phillies, but has now put himself back on the free agent market. Apparently, Cruz felt that when the Phillies signed Durbin, it meant he had no shot at winning a spot in the bullpen, so he just decided not to report to camp. It took having the reporting date for pitchers and catchers to come and go and a call to Cruz' agent to find out that Cruz wasn't going to report.
Published reports initially said Cruz didn't report because of a misunderstanding in the reporting date for pitchers and catchers. The story changed though and Cruz was apparently upset that Durbin had signed with the Phillies.
Cruz, who pitched for the Pirates last season, is again a free agent and will continue looking for work. It may be in his best interest to sit back for a while and see if a team develops injuries in their bullpen that he might be able to fill.
For their part, the Phillies figure to have enough potential relievers in camp to give them enough of a choice to fill out their bullpen, which was a weak part of their club last season.
Cruz, 34, has pitched in the majors for the Chicago Cubs, Atlanta, Arizona, Oakland, Kansas City, Tampa and Pittsburgh over 12 different seasons. His longest stint was with Arizona where he pitched in 141 major league games over three seasons.


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With Dwight Howard there are two questions to be answered, and only one of them will be answered in the near future. The other one will take longer, and it will provide comic relief as it unfolds. Well, comic relief for everyone but the answer to the first question.
1. Which team does Dwight Howard pick?
2. How will he screw it up?
It's inevitable, you know. Unless he grows up -- which could happen; he's only, ahem, 27 years old -- Dwight Howard will screw it up because that's what he is: a screw-up. He's not a lovably well-intentioned screw-up either, a guy like JaVale McGee or even Tony Romo, trying his best but just ... screwing it up.
Dwight Howard isn't that. He hasn't been that for years, since he flipped whatever switch was in his head and transformed from an enjoyable, fun-loving, Barkley-imitating dunker to a dislikable, finger-pointing, coach-killing loser.
Dwight Howard is a loser. This is the guy NBA teams have turned into the No. 1 object on the free agent market. This is the guy the Lakers -- the Lakers, for God's sake -- abandoned their Los Angeles cool to chase like a 13-year-old dork going after the prettiest airhead in school. They're doing photo-shops on Twitter with his jersey on the Beverly Hills Hotel. They're putting up billboards all over town with a huge picture of Dwight Howard's favorite player, accompanied by a single word: Stay.
Makes me think of four more letters:
I'd have said "loser," but that's five letters. Coach-killer is 11. Chemistry-sapping egomaniac? That doesn't fit nicely on a billboard, and anyway, none of the teams involved in the pursuit of Dwight Howard is interested in the truth. They're interested in the myth that a great center can anchor a great team and lead it to an NBA championship, and that Howard is that center. Other than Shaquille O'Neal (playing alongside all-time great Kobe Bryant in his prime), the NBA has seen just one such center in the last 20 years.
And Dwight Howard is no Tim Duncan.
He's actually the mirror image of Duncan, as in the exact opposite. Howard smiles and emotes charismatically but stabs teammates and coaches in the back. Duncan shows no emotion but is an amazing teammate, a delightfully coachable player.
Duncan is a winner.
Howard is a loser.
This is who NBA teams are pursuing, and pursuing in a way that will just make his delusional narcissism worse. Already Dwight Howard sees himself as noble and heroic, a guy who led a team of misfits, coached by an idiot he eventually got fired, all the way to the 2009 NBA Finals.
"My team in Orlando was a team of guys who nobody wanted," Howard said earlier this season, "and I was the leader and I led that team with a smile on my face."
And a knife in their back.
Several of Howard's teammates recoiled at those comments, but J.J. Redick put it best: "I'd be more surprised when Dwight starts taking responsibility," Redick said. "You can't take all the credit and not accept any of the blame."
Sure you can, when you're Dwight Howard. Because he doesn't see the world the way people see it. Look at the Stan Van Gundy thing during the 2012 season, when Van Gundy was telling reporters that Howard tried to get him fired. Moments later Howard walked up, having no idea what Van Gundy was saying, and smiled broadly and draped an arm around the coach as if he had his back.
Howard thought he was fooling Van Gundy. He wasn't. But apparently he's fooling the Rockets, and Mavericks, and Lakers. And Warriors and Hawks and anyone else willing to make Howard the centerpiece of an NBA title pursuit.
Ball don't lie, and neither does history. And history shows Howard is a loser. He did lead the Magic into the 2009 NBA Finals, where he did shoot 48.8 percent and average only 15.4 points (but 15.2 rebounds) and four turnovers a game. The Magic lost to the Lakers in five games.
In 2011 he led the Magic to a first-round flameout. They flamed out without him in 2012 when he was injured. By 2013 he was gone to the Lakers, forming a super team with Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Steve Nash. Injuries happened -- and Dwight Howard happened. The Lakers went 45-37 for all kinds of reasons, not all of them having to do with Dwight Howard, although my position is that it comes back to Howard anyway. Because he's a loser. His coaches get fired. His teammates get tired of him. He gets technical fouls because the referees aren't giving him what he deserves, which is a foul called on the other guy whenever something doesn't go well for Dwight Howard.
This is the guy the Rockets are begging to play alongside potential NBA scoring leader James Harden and rising star Chandler Parsons, neither older than 24, forming a Big Three to match any in the league. Of course Howard wants more. He wants the Rockets to pursue a fourth star. He wants it even easier.
The Rockets countered by offering him his very own TV show. So did the Lakers. And the Lakers had those billboards.
Because at the end of the day, teams really do know what Dwight Howard wants. He wants to see himself up in lights. Dwight Howard is all about Dwight Howard.
Why so many NBA teams don't understand what that really means, I have no idea.

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A few years ago, I went skiing and before I got to the chair lift, my trusty old (about 5 years old) Nordica ski boots self destructed - all the plastic shattered all at once.
While different types of plastic age and degrade at different rates, it makes you (or me at least) wonder what the shelf life of some of the poly guns will be. Especially after being exposed to a variety of cleaners, solvents and oils over their lifetime. Its a bit of consolation that the most stressed parts are either made of metal, or at least reinforced with metal.


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|She knows "leave it" well for everything but dogs, it seems. That command was actually what helped get us through the cat problem. But, the cats are more like a toy to her, I think, lol.
Ah, you're doing it correctly. I misunderstood and thought she was immediately putting tension on the leash when she saw another dog.
Keep doing what you're doing. Try a higher value reward like tripe. If she doesn't already know it, you can teach her a leave it and see about heading off those behaviors by getting her to refocus attention instead of having to walk away all the time.
If you ever get a chance for someone to video you working with her, I'd be interested in seeing.
Thanks for the replies. I will watch the video in a minute.
Sorry, I am bad at explaining stuff, it's not a leash with a traffic leash. Say I have a 6ft leash but I loop it while holding it so it's like a 4ft leash. When my dog gets focused and starts going forwards and can't get her attention, I turn around before she actually starts putting tension on the leash. As in, I know she is going to start pulling on the leash, but I don't give her the chance. While I turn, I drop the loop to give the leash a little slack to give her a chance to turn and follow before the leash goes tight from me moving away. When I drop the loop I am moving away, so she can't really go more forward than she already was. But, at the same time, there is little to no pressure on the leash while I turn and walk away and she comes, like I tried to teach her to follow me rather than me making her come away. Did I explain that right and is this a mistake? Does she have to know that I am the one taking her away when she doesn't act properly? In the times when she actually gets to a point of leash tension and whining (like if someone turns a corner too close), then I don't do the loop thing, I just turn.
We try to get away even before she starts actually pulling on the leash, that time just before where I can see that change in her and she starts pushing forward. To compare, with cats (also a problem at first) she will get that look and that stiff posture and gait but can keep it together enough to stop herself after advancing a few steps and look back wait for me to catch up and then we walk by. She looks at them, but doesn't get over-excitable. That's ok, I don't expect her to totally ignore everything. With dogs, she does the same thing except she just keeps going and ignores, so we turn around before she actually starts pulling. Should I be waiting until she actually starts pulling and then take her away? It was my understanding that I was supposed to get away before she actually starts pulling and whining, not when she does. Maybe that is a mistake, but that is what I understood of keeping the dog under threshold.
Sorry, it's hard to put details onto paper trying to think about every little thing I do. I am just discouraged sometimes. I know it is something that I am doing wrong, but she made so much progress in other areas that makes this seem to be even more of a mountain. Thanks for listening.
You are correct you don't want a tight leash! This should help:
Finger poke in the neck,finger snap or tap on the head with the loose end of the leash if she starts to focus! Key is keep moving!
For ground tripe, I find squeeze bottles, usually at outdoors stores in the food storage section so I can fill the bottle up and squeeze out tiny bits at a time to reward my dog with. It's a little more work to load up the tubes every time, but tripe is such a rewarding reinforcer that I've used it with all my reactive dogs. Of course, that may not necessarily be the case for her and every other dog. I've had some dogs turn their nose up at tripe but do flips for baby carrot. The important thing, IMO when working a behavior like this is find something she goes nuts for and make sure she only gets it in that context. My reactive dogs ONLY got licks from the tripe bottle when working around other dogs.
The second is the one I use, though the first can hold more for longer walks.
She doesn't have to be focused on you every second of the walk. My dog will stare off at other things while we are walking, but if I see another dog and know he is going to want to lunge or bark I get him engaged. If she can't get very close or you're not sure if you can hold her attention while moving, then move yourself off to the side where you can work her. I'm fine if my dog glances at the other dog, but I want her to want to look back at you and continue to engage. I have a 4-5 second rule, depending on the dog's threshold. But definitely if my dog focuses on another dog for more than five seconds, we are walking away.
You're correct in keeping the leash loose while you are working her. What I meant is that if you get to the point you have to remove her, you take a good grip on a part of her leash about a foot from her collar so you have clear consistent pressure when turning her around. You want to make sure the leash doesn't jerk or pop when turning her around because that can get her needlessly riled up.
When you say she pulls, you let go of the loop, and then turn, are you letting go of that traffic loop and turning using the full six feet of the leash? The purpose of making sure to use that last foot is so that there is no forward motion towards the other dog after you have decided to turn around. If my dog reacts, they don't go an inch farther forward, it's an immediate backwards move.
As far as getting her refocused on you, that is something that can be conditioned. You said you use clicker training? When you have to turn away from a stimulus, keep moving briskly. Brisk movement helps get a dog refocused in my experience. The second she gives you eye contact, click, halt and treat. If you condition her to find your eye contact as quickly as possible after turning away from a stimulus, it can help her refocus much more quickly. I wouldn't use a command like a watch me or anything for it. I would reward the choice and build on it that way. So she learns that the quicker she gets refocused on you after turning away, the quicker she can start being reinforced again.
In all honesty, I have seen the prong used for this sort of thing, but I have only seen it done successfully by professionals with much experience in exactly how to handle it. If it gets messed up, you can run into very dangerous problems very quickly. So without an experienced prong collar trainer in your area who can easily give you a vast amount of time and work, I would say it is not the appropriate tool for your circumstances.
Oh sorry, when I said "back" I didn't mean physically, but mentally. As in bring her "back" to me in the way that she doesn't come away from that dog just to start looking for something to refocus on. I want that thing to be me, lol. It probably doesn't even last 15 seconds, but seems longer in the heat of the moment.
I was unsure about grabbing the leash close because I didn't want her to be at heel with a tight feeling on the leash since she was taught that heel is where she should be and there should not be a tight leash. Does that even make sense? Usually I use a 6ft leash but keep a loop in it so it is shorter, so when she sees the other dog and pulls, I let go of the loop and we turn which releases the tension. I don't really have to drag her away once I turn. Don't know if I explained that right.
For food I use cooked meat (chicken, liver, duck, whatever I have) or cheese. I don't have any friends who have dogs that can help. How can you give tripe? I have some but it is ground up. She eats raw food, so I wonder if anything I give isn't special enough. Spoiled brat, lol. Do you think skipping a meal could help if that is the case?
I don't ask her to be focused on me for the whole walk. I will ask her to "look", or "sit" or "paw" or whatever. But I don't have her looking at me all the time. When we see another dog in the distance, I will ask her something, but more often and in different ways (back to the dog, side to the dog, etc) to try to get her focus off the dog. Usually I ask for a paw since it puts her into sit and she seems more excited to give a paw.
Thank you very much for your time and help. I am so glad I asked here before trying out the prong. It did seem work well according to the one who suggested it, but like you said, I am worried about making her wary of other dogs.
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After we turn, it takes her a bit to get a hold of herself again, like she's rush in front of me and start looking everywhere and not "look". Is there a way to work on bringing her "back" quicker too? Thanks for all your help.
When she gets distracted and starts reacting, even the little bit of whining or pulling, I would take a solid hold of the leash about a foot from the collar, turn and move cleanly away. Don't keep your attention on her, don't stare at her, wait for her to turn around, click at her, try to tell her this way. It is just removal. Keep your shoulders square ahead and walk away, with a good amount of energy if need be. There will be no choice for her but to follow immediately if you do it right.
When she is back to walking loosely beside you, and preferably when she looks up at you as if to say "What was that for?" is when you stop and work the training again.
I practice with different dogs every time with pretty much all my reactive dogs. It also helps generalize the behavior. You do have to modify the reaction before she takes any steps closer. Every step you take closer, the more likely she is to react to the other dog. Sort of like how in a stay you build the base behavior and make sure it is solid before you add challenges like walking away. Same concept.
What kind of reinforcement are you using? Maybe a higher reinforcement treat would help, like tripe.
I'm also trying to get a feel for what exactly you are doing. Your post makes it sound like you walk up to the dog, trying to hold her attention until she reacts? Are you constantly in motion while you practice this, or do you ever stop at a distance she can handle, do a bit of training so you have focus and move closer in baby steps?
It can also help to get the assistance of a friend who can remain stationary if strangers are getting mad for whatever reason.
|Thanks for the reply. That is what we've been trying to do. I understand the concept, just applying it in real life is hard sometimes. Once a person gave me crap for going back and forth like I was trying to agitate his dog. So, we turn around and have no more practice until next time there is a dog. Do you still think she is learning this way? Or does different dog/time = starting from scratch every time? Because, we don't see to be able to be getting any progress on distance, though we've made progress on intensity of reaction compared to when we got her. When she starts pulling, we turn around. I know by then, there's not getting through to her. After we turn, it takes her a bit to get a hold of herself again, like she's rush in front of me and start looking everywhere and not "look". Is there a way to work on bringing her "back" quicker too? Thanks for all your help.
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My partner and I would like to work in Korea due to the amount of money that we can make to save for our wedding. However neither of us has a degree. Does anyone know if the "backstreet" degrees are accepted as degrees in Korea and if they are is there a general, blanket acceptance of them or just certain places.
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I was curious as to what people's velcro scheme for attaching the chest/back armor looked like on their vests.
If you have pics of yours, could you please post it here for us to see so we know how to do ours up?
I was curious as to what people's velcro scheme for attaching the chest/back armor looked like on their vests.
If you have pics of yours, could you please post it here for us to see so we know how to do ours up?
After hearing about the velcro making chest armor look "puffy" (unless it's sewed on) I opted to use snaps for every component of my armor.I JUST finished it with the exception of the back armor,but my JP/backarmor will be here this week (YEAH !) .The snaps turned out AWESOME,and just like my Trooper armor it always stays in the same position,and I can take it on/off with the armor in tact.
I just thought I'd give you another option for fastening to think about
I had read that the real Jango chest armor was permenetly attached, and velcro wasnt working very good for me, so that's what I did. I used goop, that stuff is great.
Are snaps hard to install? Do you have pics that I can reference off of your vest? Where did you buy the snaps at? What do you use to adhere the snaps to the chest armor? Epoxy glue?
The "Heavy Duty" snaps I used were purchased at Home Depot.If you've never installed a snap before it's real easy.As far as reference from mine goes,you really don't need any with doing it this way.
I used 8 snaps on the R/L chest peices each,10 on the bottom,3 on the diamond,2 on each shoulder,2 on each side of the collar armor-back,2 on each knee,2 on each side of the cod/butt plate,4 on the inside of the cod to corresponding snaps (M/F) on the jumpsuit,one on the front of the cod for the "thong",and one on the butt plate to attach it front and back.
There is no one pattern to use just whatever you think will hold best,.....more is better of course,but too many makes it harder to put on.I made custom mounts out of thin gauge welding aluminum (also from Home Depot)for my snaps to put on my armor then JB Welded them on.I then used the setting tool to put the corresponding snaps on the jumpsuit.I put a dab of white paint on the armor snaps after they had all cured,and then pressed against the vest to mark EXACTLY where the snaps were to go.Then I punched through the vest with a scratch awl,and into the snap back,then hammered it on.
This sounds complicated I'm sure,but it's more methodical,and repetitive once you start it.I've done my Trooper armor this way,and now my Fett.Next I'll do my Sandtrooper.It becomes self explanatory once you start,and you'll find your own way to make it work for you.The hardest part is jumping in,and just doing it,.......oh,and punching holes in a vest that you know can't be replaced
Here is a link to some pictures of SEEKER's Jango vest and snap attachment placements. This is how my I am going to attach my new armor (once it arrives) to my new vest (once I finish it).


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The Wall Street Journal failed to disclose that a small business owner it quoted to criticize President Obama's proposal to raise marginal tax rates on high-income earners is affiliated with the National Federation of Independent Business -- which is opposed to the tax rate increase.
The Journal faced criticism during the election when it failed on many occasions to disclose the affiliations of political operatives like Karl Rove and the affiliation of many former Romney campaign advisers when they wrote about the presidential and congressional campaigns.
In a Friday article, the Journal suggested that the expiration of the Bush tax cuts for the top 2 percent of income earners would adversely affect small businesses. A Journal report on deficit negotiations stated: "Small businesses are more sensitive to personal tax rates--the rates at which many are taxed, via their owners' personal returns. That helps explain why small business is more closely aligned than big business with the GOP opposition to raising personal tax rates for anyone."
However, experts maintain that only a tiny fraction -- about 3 percent -- of small businesses will be affected by the expiration of tax cuts on income above $250,000. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities explained that the overly broad definition of small businesses in these tax discussions includes large corporate law practices, accounting firms, and wealthy investors in financial and real-estate partnerships -- not what many people may consider to be small businesses.
The small business owner quoted by the Journal to substantiate this false claim, Albert Marce, and his business, are both members of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) -- but the Journal failed to disclose this. According to the NFIB's website, the Triple Play Café became a member of NFIB in 2009 and its part-owner Macre is "also owner of an NFIB member accounting practice."
NFIB, closely aligned with the Republican Party, has in the past actively opposed both the health care reform law and increases in the minimum wage. NFIB also helped finance a misleading study that claimed that 700,000 jobs would be lost if the marginal tax rate on the wealthiest Americans increased. It is currently lobbying against allowing the expiration of tax cuts for those making over $250,000.
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Denilson believes the current Arsenal side is the best he has ever played in.
The Brazilian midfielder has emerged as an important member of Arsène Wenger's squad since he joined the Club from Sao Paulo in the summer of 2006 and he is in the frame for a starting place when Ipswich visit Emirates Stadium for the second leg of the Carling Cup Semi-Final on Tuesday.
That is one of four competitions Denilson and his team-mates are still challenging for this season and the 22-year-old is confident they can lift some silverware before the end of May.
"I've been here four years, but for me this is the best team we have had," Denilson told the Official Matchday Programme.
"The team is very strong in every position. I believe in the team and in the boss because everyone comes to training every day ready to do it and you see how much everyone wants to win. I have the possibility to help the team as well and I think this year we have the opportunity to win many trophies.
"We are confident, these [current run of home games] are very important and I'm very excited about it because we have to be ready for every match. If we can beat Ipswich on Tuesday and reach the Carling Cup Final that will give us so much confidence ahead of the next two matches."
An early-season injury and fierce competition for midfield places have restricted Denilson to 13 starts so far this term - and just four in the Premier League - but he believes he can make a major contribution in the weeks to come.
"It was disappointing because I was injured at the start of the season and have been improving little by little since then," he said. But overall I'm happy because the team has been so strong this season.
"I hope I can play more games in the rest of the season, but I just want to help the team. That's more important – how we do as a team. That's what matters. We have these home games coming up and we have to be together."
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As time passes, how should the nation mark Sept. 11?
For most Americans, today is just another busy Tuesday. There are school lunches to pack, business meetings to attend, sports teams to cheer, an evening out to enjoy.
Erin Jackman is sure she will see scores of New Yorkers hurry past her this morning on their way to the office, the subway or an appointment.
Her plans are much more somber: She will be at Ground Zero for the recitation of the names of the nearly 3,000 people who died in the 2001 terrorist attacks. Her 23-year-old sister, Brooke, was on the 104th floor of the north tower when it crumbled.
"It's a very hard thing to see the city go on like it's nothing," Erin says. "People are going to work and doing their thing."
The Sept. 11 attacks still elicit sadness, anxiety and anger for many. But as we enter the 11th year after that tragic day, it begs the question:
How will the nation mark the occasion as the horrors of that day — as well as the victims and heroes — fade from our collective memories?
9/11 commemorations
Sept. 11 commemorations will take place nationwide today. Here is what is happening:
World Trade Center, New York City: The names of victims from the twin tower and Pentagon attacks, those on Flight 93 and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing will be read aloud at the National September 11 Memorial plaza.
Pentagon, Washington, D.C.: President Obama is slated to attend a private ceremony honoring victims of the Pentagon attack.
Near Shanksville, Pa.: There will be a reading of the names of the Flight 93 passengers and crew, ringing of the Bells of Remembrance and a wreath laying.
In decades to come, will 9/11 anniversaries remain a moment frozen in the nation's consciousness? Or will they be more like time-softened remembrances of other iconic tragedies in U.S. history: Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941), President John F. Kennedy's assassination (Nov. 22, 1963) and the space shuttle Challenger explosion (Jan. 28, 1986)?
Nearly 70% of Americans say they somewhat or strongly agree with this statement: "I have moved on from (the events of) Sept. 11," according to a new American Pulse Survey.
Media attention to Sept. 11 has already waned, says Brian Monahan, a sociology professor at Marywood University in Scranton, Pa., who has researched coverage of the attacks.
"Last year, you couldn't avoid it," he says. "This year, you have to go out of your way to find it."
The 2011 press coverage was amplified by the 10-year anniversary and the opening of the National September 11 Memorial. In May of that year, the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden also dominated the news.
But even in the years leading up to the one-decade mark, news coverage had declined. That's what happens when you combine the passage of time with the constant retelling of a story, Monahan says. "As time goes by, you truncate some of the details. The narrative gets streamlined."
Anniversary marked in different ways
Almost every American adult remembers what he or she was doing when news of the Sept. 11 attacks spread, according to a Pew Research Center survey taken in August 2011. Three-quarters say they were affected a great deal emotionally.
Many witnessed the falling towers on TV that morning, and then relived those shocking moments again and again as news stations replayed the video. There was non-stop coverage of panicked workers fleeing the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and scenes of the crashed commercial airline carnage in a field near Shanksville, Pa.
Terror gripped those fearing that a loved one was on a hijacked plane. Tension rose as Americans wondered what terrorist attacks might follow.
Today, how people live out the anniversary varies greatly.
Half of Americans will observe today in an informal way and 12% will do it in a formal manner, according to the American Pulse Survey. About 30% said they will not do anything different today, and 8% said they didn't have an opinion.
Some attend local tributes, watch the reading of the victims' names on TV or do volunteer work, which has become linked to the anniversary.
Many Americans will mark the events of Sept. 11 by participating in a day of service. For instance, the non-profit MyGoodDeed asks people to make a commitment to one commemorative act, such as thanking a firefighter or volunteering at a community center, and to share it on 911day.org.
On a local level, groups such as Walk With Joe, a Manalapan, N.J., organization named after Patrick "Joe" Driscoll, who was aboard Flight 93. It has raised more than $250,000 for charities through events such as memorial 5K walks.
Others keep a schedule similar to any other day, planning breakfast meetings, dentist appointments and haircuts.
There are even those who reserve the date for large-scale affairs such as conferences, networking events and weddings. Last year, 1,712 people exchanged vows on Sunday, Sept. 11, according to wedding registration data compiled from TheKnot.com and WeddingChannel.com users. That's nearly double the number of those who did so the last time Sept. 11 fell on a Sunday, which was 2005.
Pamela Bittner, who lost her twin brother, Jeffrey, in the World Trade Center, is surprised at how many people plan outings on a day that changed her life. "It still boggles my mind that someone can have an event that starts on the 11th," she says. "It's just another day of business for some people. It will never be that for me."
She will spend today with close friends, as well as try something that makes her feel a bit uneasy: attending a reading of victims' names.
"Typically I don't like to spend the day out in public or with a lot of people," says Pamela, who lives in Boston. "For me it's a very private thing."
But with 11 years gone, she is open to new methods of commemorating her brother's death. "It is the start of a new decade" since his death, she says. "You start to look at things differently. You figure out what the next phase is going to look like."
Yet her feelings of loss remain. Jeff was her friend, a confidant, and — as a "big brother" born one minute before her — also her protector.
"You don't ever get over it (the loss) but you figure out a new way to be with it," Pamela says.
Mourning vs. moving on
Some aren't yet ready for change. For instance, there was a backlash from victims' families after New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, suggested last year that future Sept. 11 ceremonies may not include the recitation of victim names.
It's tough to navigate between mourning and moving on, says Sheila Erlich, a psychologist who counseled workers who saw the planes crash into the twin towers as well as those who lost loved ones that day.
Still, it's important to work at recovering from trauma, she says. "People sometimes feel guilty. They feel like they're betraying the lost person by moving on. But feeling the guilt is not healthy. They all have a right to a life," Erlich says.
Psychologist Robin Goodman says that as time goes by, new life experiences start to accumulate and add to one's history. "So it is only natural —and necessary — to be engaged in living, which is different than forgetting," she says.
At the same time, commemorating the deaths of loved ones, such as at the annual Sept. 11 recitation of the victims' names, is "very helpful and therapeutic," Erlich says.
For Brooke Jackman's family, that rite is incredibly meaningful.
"I hope they keep reading the names," Erin says. "It just feels like a good routine, a good way to be with other people who feel as we do."
Michael Timothy, a former stockbroker who was at the World Trade Center the morning of the attacks, says the anniversary is emotional for him. But some others in his Sandpoint, Idaho, community are indifferent, even callous, about the day.
"I know that as time goes on, people will forget more and more," he says. Yet he says it's important that all Americans reflect on that day and the lives that were lost, even if it's "just a quick five-second thought process."
Brooklyn resident Valerie Reiss will take more time to contemplate the day: "It's important to step into the spirit of quiet remembrance."
On the morning of Sept. 11, she was running late for her temp job on the 100th floor of the south tower. From the street, she saw flames. As she hurried away, she heard the second plane hit.
Reiss has clear memories of the rising gray dust and the open pit that remained after the buildings fell. But she focuses instead on how people rallied to help each other in the aftermath. "I want to remember our collective ability to take care of each other and love each other," Reiss says.
No forgetting the date: 9/11
Of course, it's nearly impossible to forget the harrowing and heroic events of Sept. 11. Four planes highjacked. Two crashed into the iconic twin towers. One slammed into the Pentagon. Another brought down in a field near Shanksville, Pa. Firefighters running into buildings as workers streamed out.
And there's a major memory aid that should stand the test of time: The assault is known simply by the date it occurred. It is "9/11" or "Sept. 11" — not "the day the twin towers collapsed" or "the al-Qaeda attack."
So while some may forget Pearl Harbor Day or the date of Kennedy's assassination, there is no overlooking this date. It comes up on cellphone screens, Outlook calendars and printed daybooks.
Even with the reminders, Erin wonders how long those who help keep her sister's legacy alive — such as Brooke's high school friends who give a scholarship in her name — will continue those efforts.
"Every year, it's in the pit of my stomach. Is this going to be the year when they say 'Enough already'?" she says. "As time goes on, (I think), 'Will I hear from my sister's friends? Will they remember?' But they still do."
Those fears are normal, psychologist Erlich says. Even as time brings about changes, it's unlikely that a person, or the tragic events, will be forgotten. The Holocaust was more than 60 years ago, she says, but people still crowd into museums to learn the history and honor those who died.
While the official Sept. 11 museum in Manhattan hasn't opened, there are other established areas for those who want a meaningful place to reflect on the attacks, such as the memorials at Ground Zero and the Pentagon, as well as the Flight 93 memorial near Shanksville.
"We commemorate and memorialize every day," says Michael Frazier, spokesman for the New York City memorial. "We are an institution dedicated to this."
Tragic and uplifting reminders
Beyond museums and monuments, there are countless other indelible reminders of Sept. 11.
There are the lingering mental and physical ailments of those who cleared Ground Zero.
There are Sept. 11 books and blogs as well as the "never forget" tattoos.
The Brooke Jackman Foundation, which fosters child literacy, has distributed nearly 100,000 books since its 2001 inception. On Saturday, it hosted a read-a-thon to commemorate Brooke and promote the importance of reading.
In a public atrium down by the World Trade Center, dozens of kids gathered to hear books read aloud by performers including actress Rosie Perez and cast members from the Broadway play Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark.
Also among the readers were those who experienced the devastation of Sept. 11 first hand. The Jackman family was there, as were members of the New York City Fire Department, which lost 343 members that day.
Most of those children in attendance weren't even born when those attacks occurred.
While time passes and the events of Sept. 11 may fade, what remains important is this: helping others — such as these kids — while honoring Brooke, Erin says.
"It doesn't matter if there's attention," she says. "It's about Brooke and it's about my family. It's the day we remember my sister."
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Negligent discharge. Rule 1 & 2 violation. Might want to review Jeff Cooper's Rules for Gun Safety.
Rule One -
All guns are always loaded.
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Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
Your avatar pic is a Rule 2 & 3 violation
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Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target.
The XD is a single-action design, meaning it is fully cocked by racking the slide. The XD operates like a Glock with a grip safety. As with the Glock, the trigger design does not fit any traditional classification, so Springfield coined its own terminology and dubbed it the USA (Ultra Safety Assurance) trigger safety.
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Well, I think I've decided to go for it. Sent an e-mail to the owner asking when he'd be willing to allow a test-drive, and in return I'll take him where he wants to eat and buy him lunch.
YOLO, right?
There are street tire classes that allow much more in terms of suspension modification that have lower PAX values than the Stock classes, but the tires keep them in check.
Jay's S2k is worthy.
Saw that beast at ITR Expo 11. Amazing.
Went for a cruise on the sea to sky last week
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And then back into the city
Going to be sad to put her away for the next couple of months.
If anyone's in the market, here's a 2002 (along with 2003, the best year) white/red (desirable combo) with 7600 miles.
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Drove my coworker's S today. I don't think I really need to talk about my driving impressions with this crowd you've heard it all before but the problem is that he decided to get on the Internet and check out Kelley Blue Book. Now he's convinced his car's worth almost 20 grand, and is backing away from his original "15 or 16 thousand" comment and looking to get $17k.
Now, I can see how he feels. The car has under 15,000 miles on it, he's the original owner, it's garaged year-round, it's driven 99% of the time in top-down weather and it's 100% stock. I may be able to talk him down into the 16,xxx range.
EDIT: Also, there's this. $14,900 for an '04. Top needs replacing and it has 77,500 miles on it.
This goddamn thread is making it much harder to resist buying a S2K. I am planning on getting one in April.
Jay's S2k makes me wanna self juice.
http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/cto/3233777706.html doesn't seem like too bad of a deal by comparison...though 01's have plastic rear windows and somehow an even worse stereo.
Any Richmond TCLers trolling this thread who might be able to check out this car? At the price he's asking it might not last.
Silver on red. Drool. I might have to snatch this one up.
Well, I did indeed snatch it up. Drove up on the 6th to check it out, everything looked excellent except for a bit of normal wear and tear. Took it home with the top down and the biggest smile on my face.
Once I have her cleaned up a bit I'll take some photos. Sebring Silver on full red interior.
I may check out an Ap1 next week. Any advice on what to look for? I have been reading up on the common issues they have but maybe you owners can help me out. Any maintenance that should be done past 100k miles? Also what tale tale signs I should look for in a bad example? Any help would be appreciated.
Honestly I cant think of things that a beat up S2k will exhibit, (outside of the AP1 valve issue). And one annoying thing that I run into is that the 2nd gear grinds,and the clutch is buzzy as hell. Those are rather common issues.
A guy I know recently picked up a blue CR with a Science of Speed S/C for $25k.
TWENTY ****ING FIVE GRAND. The CR itself is worth that much, and that's a $7000 kit. ****ING STEAL.
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This is why Apple has been having such a huge success, they think their products through and market them carefully, and for luxury items (who REALLY needs an iPad ?) the premium is rather small (think Vertu phones and other nonsense). HTC is the best candidate for a really good tablet given their phone track record. They probably won't release one before the OS is right. Anyone in the market should go to Apple or wait for HTC.
I wasn't interested in this as a tablet as, well, I'm just not interested in tablets.
I would certainly have bought one for myself as a big PMP if it hadn't been so horrendously priced. And if the OS worked properly. And if the screen was good. And if I felt it would annoy iZombies.
I'm so disappointed I'm almost depressed. The only thing that's keeping me from buying a My Chemical Romance album and wearing skinny black jeans while locked in my bedroom for a week straight is how far ahead of Gordon I am in the TR fantasy football league.
@berio - exactly right. I wish this tablet had been fantastic, the competition is badly needed.
@Tim - down to 7 points... you're lucky I left Kevin Nolan on the bench last week... ;)
@all - stay tuned for a full video review of the Tab, it will appear soon on the first page of the review.
In the meantime here are a couple of videos I shot of the Tab during testing to illustrate two of the main problems I found with the device: http://gordonkelly.com/news...
With so many failings to choose from I'll just stick to my pet hate even if it does cause me to sound like a broken record - the damn weight. Even at 380g it's still too heavy for a (largely) hand held device. Add the slippery casing to the equation and you have a serious problem.
Opportunistic and ill-thought out products like this ultimately result in long-term damage to the brand in the eyes of customers who have bought them. This is particularly unfortunate in the case of Samsung who can at times make some stunning kit.
This is extraordinary. Samsung being pricier than Apple, with a product that manages to combine the flaws of iPad with the flaws of recent Galaxy phones in my opinion.
As for the price by the way, the Galaxy Tab in Poland will cost 299 zlotych (about £70) on 89 zl (£20) plan with 4gb allowance and it's free on 129zl (£30) with 15gb, how does it compare with UK plans?
Can't say I'm too surprised after your tweets!
Bit surprised as other reviews I've read have been fairly positive.
Just wondering what you'd give the iPad to give some context to this score.
Well this really does fly in the face of other reviews... much like your review of the Galaxy S (which coincidently I bought).
However I trust your judgement in most cases (though I still fear a fair amount of Apple fanboy-isms are starting to emerge), are you sure the unit you received wasn't damaged or faulty? I just find it hard to believe how oppositionist your review is in contrast to other sites (won't mention them don't worry).
Is anyone else feeling like this? Price aside, it seems like a nice product.
@greg: actually this is exactly the sort of review I expected. The Tab has never struck me as a product that was going to deliver a great end user experience and a LOT of the reviews I've seen that are more positive are, frankly, treating it as a large smartphone rather than a tablet. Which is fine if that's what you want but I think that the general public are going to be very disapointed when they actually get their hands on this. I do wonder about the screen and performance issues as those haven't been a talking point from what I've seen but if this was a review unit shipped from Samsung that's faulty that speaks volumes about their quality control.
Honestly, if you don't want an iPad then I'd strongly recommend not buying a tablet right now. Android 3.0 is coming, who knows what HP might deliver through webOS, Microsoft is going to have to look at bringing a WP7 version to tablets as Windows 7 just isn't delivering and, of course, there's the looming form of the iPad 2. The Tab is looking like a serious dead end right now and doesn't offer anything like enough in return to justify the hefty investment.
I've attached some sample pictures from the camera and a feature table and will shortly add some photos of the device taken in our studio.
Here are a few of my thoughts on it:
Hardware design is lovely - no problems with the slippy back here.
Screen is okay - it's evenly lit with reasonable overall sharpness and the extra resolution added to the larger screen makes a big difference when browsing the web and for productivity tasks. Viewing angles are very good but overall colour reproduction is muted and uninspiring. This is exaggerated by it being a large tablet rather than a small phone. It is particularly poor at picking out dark detail making watching films distinctly disappointing - you need to boost the dark level to a point where blacks look grey to make out any detail. That said, it's still a damn site more comfortable to watch a film on than a 3-4in smartphone.
Touch sensitivity is excellent but responsiveness is let down by the slow system. Primarily this seems to be down to the graphics processor that simply can't handle the extra resolution. As such, graphics heavy web pages, or even just animations when moving between menus (especially if you're using a live wallpaper) can be a bit jerky. Once in a game, when typing, or just using generally more simple looking programs like Facebook, it's fine but overall it's again a bit disappointing.
Flash video works very well - almost to full desktop browser speeds - but does make the rest of the system grind to a halt, so you're best to only turn it on when needed.
Mostly Samsung has only taken away rather than added to the Galaxy Tab when it comes to its software tweaks - I still suspect this device could be faster if a completely standard version of Android were loaded onto it - however the tablet versions of the email reader, calendar and contacts are great.
All told, slightly disappointing screen, not good enough performance, and clearly too high a price.
Android is a big bag of fail on tablets right now.
Still have high hopes for WebOS - really looks like a tablet would give this platform the space to really breath, shine and strut it's stuff.
"This is exaggerated by it being a large tablet rather than a small phone."?
@all - having waiting the best part of a year for an iPad alternative I'd suggest a few more months until Android 3.0 would be the most sensible decision. I can't commend on other reviews - I noticed TechRadar was particularly negative - other than to say both Ed and I found the screen response time, especially in the browser to be unacceptable and it is remarkable this isn't commented upon (and even contradicted) in some rivals reviews. It's a key aspect. Again please note that until our official video is published I recorded a few brief videos of these problems in action (links in my comment above), view them and make up your own minds.
I've watched your videos and didn't have the problems you detailed in your videos. I think waiting for 3.0 is unnecessary. It'll be like asking people to hold of purchasing the iPad which currently does not have multitasking, folders, game center, etc... until apple releases iOS 4.2. From my own experience Android 2.2 runs fine on the Galaxy tab and will keep people happy till 3.0 is released.
All that initial scoffing at the iPad, and you know, it seems they created a better and cheaper product than we credited them for. I guess if tablets were so easy to produce, someone other than Apple would have cracked the market before 2010. Still not convinced by Android for either phone or tablet, and the one thing I don't need to worry about with the iPad is responsiveness - cameras and Flash are a distant second to that. Bring on iPad 2 and don't rest on your laurels!
Studio pictures now added. Apologies for the slightly iffy quality, they were done by me and not our normal photographer.
Doesn't excuse the Galaxy but it would be shocking if the iPad didn't perform better given that it can't multitask.
No. Just no.
The fact that Samsung have decided they too must charge ridiculous amounts of money for a smartphone in tablet form in order to protect the ridiculous amounts they charge for regular smartphones doesn't suddenly make Apple doing exactly the same thing good. It makes Samsung equally bad.
Actually, it makes Samsung worse, as their product isn't even as nice as Apples intentionally crippled one.
I think Apple's strength as a company lies in the fact that it makes sure everything works perfectly before its released. The iPad worked as it should from day 1 due to their designers taking a moment to stop and think about whether it would function properly as a package or not.
Maybe Steve's hate for Flash is not because he thinks it's a waste of time, but because iOS devices lack the power to support it? As we've seen here, flash isn't very well implemented due to a lack of processing power and inadequate software. If Apple was to release a version of iOS with Flash included, it'd be sure to fail on iOS devices because they're not built to deal with it. Not to mention that it would no doubt remove the "slick" factor from their OS, hence removing their USP.
I agree with @berio though; an offering from HTC would be of great interest!
@ Tim Sutton
{High pitched reluctant voice.} Mmm. I dunno. I'll concede the points that capacity at the base level is a bit stingy and the premium for the 3G is nuts. Otherwise, £429 for iPod Touch XL? That's worth a punt.
The pricing does make sense at least within the Apple structure - £329 for the top tier Touch, 100 quid more to get into the big versions - whereas there are other places we can attack Apple for even stretching its own logic like the ridiculous prices for prepaid iPhones and the previous Air. I just don't think this is one of those times, given that not so long ago we were all dreading them revealing a pricepoint upwards of £700.
In my ideal world the 64gig Touch would be sub-£300 again, allowing the iPad to be sub-400, but we're haggling over minor banknotes here. I think they essentially got it right. At the very least they've set themselves up for those pricepoints to make iPad 2 an attractive deal.
If we were having a conversation about iPhone prices I think my rage would equal yours - that tiny ugly 8GB 3GS should be about below £300 (where I'd put the 64GB Touch) allowing the iP4s to be maybe £399 and maxing out £499 - all still dear but justifiable. I guess what I'm saying is the upper-tier iPads grow to be 100 quid dearer than they should be, but given the extra screen estate that extra £100 is much less offensive when asked for the iPod-Touch-with-Crappy-Phone-Feature. The Touch is a great PMP and pocket computer. The iPad is an enjoyable secondary computer. The iPhone always seems to be a crap phone.
You'll notice, with all that squawking about Apple Tax I've yet to mention the Tab. Well that's because £500 plus for a sluggish interface means I don't have much to say - I rank it as a glitzier version of the Archos 5 experience and straight away, I feel I really have no patience for that.
Unfortunately, this was predictable. You can't rush a product to compete with Apple when Apple keeps making devices everyone will want as they work, with the exception of the iPhone 4 (in terms of working).
Hmmm, Dell Streak seems more appealing. Screen is still big enough for that "wow" factor, yet it fits in your pocket.
This may not be selling well. Tesco have plenty in stock and have cut £30 off the price instore to £499.
To anyone reading this review, I suggest you actually try a Tab first before making your decision.
True, the Tab is not a perfect device, but then again there is no such thing.
There seems to be a polarizing of opinion when it comes to reviews of the Tab, with most of the bad reviews focussing on the fact that is has all the hallmarks of a large smartphone. To say that the Tab is just a large smartphone is akin to saying that the iPad is just a large iPod Touch - and both statements are pretty much true, but how you use the device can make a massive difference to these perceptions.
The word we are looking for here is "convergence" people! The processor in a modern smartphone would have been considered desktop grade just a few short years ago and the devices that employ them are becoming more and more capable.
If the Tab really is just a giant smartphone this is by no means a bad thing because the one thing that really holds the smartphone back as a productivity tool is its size - it is just too small for any "real" work.
Anecdotally, most iPads never leave home and sit on coffee tables in living rooms waiting to be picked up and used either for web browsing, or media consumption. Prior to my Tab, I could use my HTC Desire for this, but given the size of the screen if I wanted to do anything moderately more involved than reading a few websites (e.g. buying from Ebay, Amazon etc), I'd reach for Macbook (which sits on a coffee table, like an iPad would). Having bought a Tab, I seldom pick up the Macbook for this, and use the Tab almost exclusively, so in this way it has displaced both my smartphone and my laptop. To me, this is a clear sign that this is a different device to both of them, in the same way that an iPad is.
As an aside, watching the videos, my tab exhibits none of the lag of the first video (and I do use a live wallpaper!), but the default browser is definitely laggy (shame on you Samsung!). The beauty of Android though is that you can change to another browser if you please.
As to why Tesco cut the price - probably because Dixons Group were selling it for £499, not due to poor sales.
As I said at the start of this comment - try one before making your decision. If you think the iPad is giant iPod Touch, this device is not for you. If however you see value in the iPad (beyond the Apple brand), you may just like the Galaxy Tab!
Had a play with it at a local Tesco store and it was responsive and slick in use, but it gave me the impression it was an over-sized mobile phone rather than a tablet.
Videos looked washed out and viewing angles were poor. couldn't sample many apps due to no network/wifi working but Angry Birds showed the sytem to be good enough for the task.
Interesting that Tesco brought it in for £499. Still too exdpensive, but you wonder how poor value the Tab will be when the Android 3.0 Tablets come out.
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Great garden! I guess you don't have any problems with 4-legged pests? (rabbits, raccoons, deer, etc.) Where are the hives?
woah!!! did she just ask what suntea was?????????? I guess I take living in the desert for granted....I make suntea all year round here in Arizona!!! LOVE the garden! I miss the pine trees of Flagstaff (where I grew up). I cant wait to start over again next spring with new things for my garden..and I think Im going to try a winter garden for the first time. Just dunno what to plant yet....Heather


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NAPLES — A Florida panther rescued as a kitten has been released in forest near Naples.
Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission released the female panther Thursday in the Picayune Strand State Forest.
Wildlife officials rescued the panther and its brother in Sept. 2011 in Collier County after their mother was found dead. They were raised at the White Oak Conservation Center in Yulee since they were 5 months old. The male panther remains at the center.
Darrell Land is the commission's panther team leader. He said Friday that the female panther was healthy and had "grown to a size that should prepare her for life in the wild."
The Florida panther is an endangered species. Officials estimate there are around 160 adult and sub-adult panthers in South Florida.
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There are plenty of people that will encourage you, help you, and ride with you if you need further guidance. Don't be afraid to ask either. Your next step should be learning the course. The rest comes a bit easier each time after that.
Like others have posted, make sure EVERYTHING is out of the car. Inflate your tires 10 PSI above stock for the event, but be sure to reset them for the ride home.
Finally, HYDRATE, HYDRATE, HYDRATE. You'll be shocked at how quickly the heat sneaks up on you. May not feel like a lot of exertion, but you will dehydrate twice as fast behind the wheel.
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There are 3 things you need to gain to get fast in autocross.
1) Seat time.
2) Seat time.
3) Seat time.
Everything is secondary to that. Everything. There are local drivers who could put a fridge on wheels around a track faster than a new guy in an F430 (slight exaggeration, but only slight). Once you get close to the machine's capabilities, then you need to start worrying about tires and chassis dynamics and left foot braking and everything else that separates a driver from a racer. But a fast car with a slow driver is still going to be a slow car.
I've read before that a particularly adept driver can come close to fully utilizing a stock-prepared car after 2 seasons. This sounds about right to me. The depth of my advice here is to add about 10psi to your tires, and try not to hit any cones. The rest will come to you. And yes, get ride alongs whenever you can, beyond being a good learning tool they are wicked cool.
EDIT: The Focus is certainly capable of being fast. A local racer in my club this year put a stock SVT on Kumho 711s (read: crap. He got them for $40 a piece) around the course faster than most of the STi's present, on Azenis or stickier. I asked him what pressures he was running and he shrugged and said "probably something like 30psi, I don't bother checking, its easier to just adjust to the car".
Bring sunscreen and an umbrella. Take out all your sound equipment- it adds weight and may bounce around in your trunk. Bring lots and lots of bottled water!
And yes, have fun, but keep in mind the things I said in my first post, give you an edge. If there are no foci there, ride along with anyone in a FWD car who's not in your class. Some people in your same class may not give the best advice (some people are petty about competition). Also make sure to put a large "N" on your car after your allotted number, so you can get first in the Novice class! You only get to be a "N" once! (E.g: 75 STS-N)
|I'd say for your first... don't worry about anything. Just go at it. Try to get ride alongs, have someone ride with you, make sure you do something to help, and be sure to bring food. Lots of it... oh... and maybe some energy drinks cause it gets pretty tiring out there.
|do what I did and find some other foci people and ask questions, get advice, oh and have fun. this weekend will only be my second race, so thats what i'll be doing
Have fun! You may not win, but you'll have fun!
But really, here's some tips:
Never coast. Always gas as hard as you can, brake as hard as you can or corner as hard as you can. It's ok to gas and corner and brake and corner, but no coasting!
Also, we are FWD, go into a turn braking, then at the apex, hit the gas as hard as possible. The rear will come around the corner and the front wheels with pull you into the straight.
And here is me last weekend:
Kick some Honda ass! wait. Just have fun!
This weekend is my first auto X
This weekend will be my first auto x ever anyone have any tips for me or anything?
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Ricky Martin Gives Bush the Finger (and I like it)
First, a little bidness outta the way:
CD Shelf Clean-Up:
AC/DC - High Voltage - Just from the opening licks of "It's a Long Way to the Top If You Wanna Rock 'n Roll," this album asserts itself with sheer confidence and it uses bagpipes for good measure! See, Jonathan Davis of Korn wasn't the first rocker to do it. This album is raw but polished, primal but focused. And one million AC/DC fans screaming "'Cause I'm TNT!" couldn't be wrong. Indispensable
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock - To me, this, Highway to Hell and Dirty Deeds are the definitive AC/DC albums. By far the loudest of the Bon Scott era albums and this one moves and shakes on all cylinders. The CD splits up the title track and "Whole Lotta Rosie," which were run back-to-back on my old cassette. Such thunder was almost too much to handle in one sitting. It never grows old and "Whole Lotta Rosie" has yet to be dethroned as my favorite all-time song ever. Indispensable
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - One of the meanest hard rock riffs of all-time, "Dirty Deeds" is a definite statement of rock at its grimiest, while the hilariously cheeky and lowbrow "Big Balls" was like a secret code between us young'uns over our confused parents. Indispensable
Okay, so almost nobody cares about Ricky Martin in the United States anymore, not until he puts out another pop album. I'm not a fan of his music, honestly, and I could care less if he's gay or not. After Rob Halford proudly came out and everyone got over the intial shock (please, what shock?) the metal community has protected Halford as the god he is....you don't fuck with that man, period.
And if he keeps at this pace, Ricky Martin may just get into that protected status. During a recent concert in San Juan, Martin reportedly hoisted his finger middle finger during a song entitled "Asignatura Pendiente," which included the line "a picture with Bush." The photo in question, of course, was a shameless photo op for Bush on his 2001 inaugration, which Martin performed at.
Obviously, Martin has regretted being associated with Bush and made no bones about his thoughts now. In defending his elevated bird, Martin has stated "My convictions of peace and life go beyond any government and political agenda and as long as I have a voice onstage and offstage, I will always condemn war and those who promulgate it."
Did you know the US-seized Puerto Ricans can be drafted by the United States Army? Granted, they don't have to pay any federal taxes and thus have no voting power in this country, but isn't that a little hypocritical to be able to pluck random Puerto Ricans like Risk or Stratego pawns and send them off to war and be able to claim it constitutional? God forbid there really be a draft, but you can't really blame Ricky Martin when you think about it.
Of course, this means the right wing won't be dancing la vida loca anytime soon, but there's always The Electric Slide, Strokin' and the unspeakably embarassing Macarena for them to make idiots of themselves at weddings, graduation parties and Republican fund raising events. Seriously, I am trying to cut down on my political banter, but still, this photo does make you want to puke, doesn't it?
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And don't worry, Ricky, everyone in America crucified the Dixie Chicks for doing the right thing and they were eventually rewarded with multiple Grammys this year. Stick to your convictions.


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Calling themselves Joan of Arc, the group went on tour with their friends the Promise Ring (who also featured ex-Cap'n Jazz members) in August 1996. Joan of Arc's live set met with a strong, positive audience, just in time for their first 7" single, Method & Sentiment. After spending the fall of that year writing and recording, the band re-emerged in 1997 with A Portable Model of Joan of Arc, their full-length debut. The album continued Joan of Arc's evolution into an equally hard-hitting and progressive outfit that appealed to emo and post-rock fans alike. The following year they returned with How Memory Works, a more clearly stated version of their ambitious style. Joan of Arc rang in 1999 with the release of Live in Chicago 1999. Gap was released a year later. In February 2003, the band returned with So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness, although plans for a much bigger release were skirted to the side. Three months later, that extra material found its way onto In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We Trust, capturing Tim and Mike Kinsella's darkest work yet. After moving to Polyvinyl, the band recorded the experimental Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain and released the album in 2004. Eventually, All at Once, which the band described as a "casual folk-drone record," arrived in 2006 on Record Label. In October 2007, the band scored the creepy and instrumental Orchard Vale Soundtrack, and Boo! Human arrived in 2008.
Joan of Arc's lineup remained in flux throughout the 2000s, with Tim Kinsella always remaining at the center of the group. In 2009, the frontman decided to reach out to his former bandmates and assemble Don't Mind Control, a unique record featuring 18 different bands. Each group included a onetime member of Joan of Arc, and the resulting album included songs by Vacations, Ghosts and Vodka, and Pillars & Tongues. Another collaborative record, Oh Brother, followed in 2011, although by that time the core band was a four-piece: Tim Kinsella, bassist Bobby Burg, and drummer Theo Katsaounis, joined by guitarist Victor Villareal. (Villareal and Kinsella were longtime friends who forged a new working relationship after Cap'n Jazz reunited in 2010.) The quartet returned from a month-long European tour and immediately entered Electrical Audio to record Life Like with Steve Albini. The release followed in May 2011. Testimonium Songs, an album that was high concept even for Joan of Arc, was released in 2013. The record was a document of songs written for a live collaboration with experimental theater group Every House Has a Door in the group's production based on poet Charles Reznikoff's Testimony, a translation of courtroom transcripts in cases of workplace negligence in early America. With Boyle back in the lineup to replace the departing Villareal, and artist/vocalist Melina Ausikaitis named as an official fifth member, He's Got the Whole This Land Is Your Land in His Hands arrived in early 2017. ~ Heather Phares
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I of course did not send money first and demand a time frame.
First I inquired about some parts.
He replies with the price.
I ask, upon receipt of payment what the ETA is.
He tells me 2-4 weeks.
Then I send payment and ask for notification that the funds had been received.
Now, maybe this is just how I am looking at it, and tell me if I am wrong....
But, by accepting the payment of ordered goods, you accept the terms of the agreement (unfortunately nothing is signed and it's not quite in writing). If you cannot meet the terms, then do not accept the money.
If sith hits the fan and you need more time, communicate the complications and extension of needed time. Do not wait to be asked. Do not take more orders until all current ones have been fulfilled.
It is better to say, "sorry I can't meet your deadline, and I won't be able to for at least 4 months." than repeated excuses every two weeks, "sorry for the delay; I will get it out next week." over and over for months and months.
If the parts are finished, why have they not been sent yet? That's the last and easiest step in the process. The work has been completed, all you have to do is ship it.
Now, if the stuff really is not done yet, and these are excuses to get more time, than I would demand and expect honesty.
I don't know. Just beginning to think I should have picked up second hand stuff in the CH... I ofcourse would do so now, if I didn't already invest money in the same thing to have no results yet. How late is too late to demand a refund through paypal?


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Next time you flush your toilet, give a silent thank-you to the men who work at the Cedar Key Sewage Treatment Plant and be glad it is them, and not you, who work there.
Then, thank them again when you see them around town.
A tour of the plant on Tuesday by the proud manager, Jack Hotalling, revealed more than any resident would ever want to know, see or smell about the facility.
Back in mid-winter, when the FFA Aquaculture team was beginning to practice for the state contest, the team asked me, "If we win the state, will you take us charter fishing?"
Memorial Day, which was originally called Decoration Day, a time when flowers were placed on the graves of soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery to remember those who had died serving their country. The first Decoration Day was proclaimer in May 1868.
Kit Riley and Ridley Reynolds, both 8th graders; and Ariel Alexander, along with Nathanial Brinkman, fellow 6th graders, proved to the judges that their knowledge of aqua- culture surpassed that of any other team - thanks to being raised near the water on Cedar Key and to the dedication of their coach and teacher, Denny Voyles.
Carol Frost's latest book, Honeycomb, was recently honored at the Florida Heritage Awards Ceremony in Tallahassee.
The poet, writer and avid kayak fisherman - when she is not a Professor of English at Rollins College - was part of a group of talented Floridians who received this year's accolades. They include writers Carl Hiaasen, Mark Mustian, Jose Alvarez, William Culver Hall, Jan Godown Annino, Christina Diaz Gonzalez and Margaret Ross Tolbert.
The weather could not have been more perfect for the Art Center's "Paint Out" last Saturday. You may have noticed some of the 13 artists who were working diligently to complete their work — from blank canvas to finished and framed composition — in three hours.
Chunky Pond, Levyville, Bronson–no matter what it was called, it was always the center-piece of Levy County. That was but one of the hundreds of historical snippets shared Saturday as Levy County celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Atlantic to the Gulf Railroad that connected Fernadina Beach to Cedar Key.
The brainchild of David Levy Yulee, Florida senator and the first Jewish member of Congress, the railroad began in 1856 and after several starts-stops, at last reached Cedar Key in 1861.
Soon, historic downtown Cedar Key will transform into a celebration of fine art. Old Florida Celebration of the Arts is celebrating its 47th anniversary, and for the second consecutive year, the Cedar Key Arts Center proudly presents one of the premier outdoor fine arts festivals in the state. Three city blocks on Historic 2nd Street will be showcasing 125 fine artists who specialize in a variety of mediums. Festival visitors will have the opportunity to meet these artists, sample wonderful local cuisine, and enjoy live entertainment in City Park.
The Cedar Key Women's Club held its Annual Luncheon and Fashion Show, Tuesday at the Community Center in Cedar Key and over 150 women came to enjoy it.
Several vendors were on hand selling a variety of wares from ceramics to vintage jewelry to household decor items. Most of the clothing and accessories were supplied by Deja Vu on Second Street.
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During the 1960s in America, conservatives their cvilizaion was headed for collapse because young men wore their hair long. Prince Fahd bin Badr, governor of an area in northern Saudi Arabia, has decided long hair on the part of men might be OK, but long hair on the part of men who hang around female high schools and flirt with young women on their way home violates the basic values of Muslim society. He has ordered authorities to seize such young men, and, on the spot, cut off their long hair because the men are violating Muslim restrictions against "emulating" female attire or physical appearance. For some reason, flirting has now been linked to male long hair on the ground since women have long hair, then males with long hair are emulating women.
If one pursues the logic of the governor's dictum, since women have two arms and males have two arms, at least one of the male arms should be amputated in order to eliminate any resemblance to female physical appearance. After all, amputating arms and legs is a well known procedure in Saudi Arabia, and in this case it would serve a purpose by ending flirting in public. There is no doubt, flirting is the major factor in destroying family life in Saudi Arabia. Of course, flirting does often result in males and females marrying, so…….


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Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins
American Museum of Natural History
Until Wed Dec 31 2014
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Photograph: Denis Finnin
Hall of Human Origins
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Time Out says
Wed Jun 6 2012
The former Human Biology and Evolution Hall has evolved into an interactive space that retraces mankind's progressively upright journey from ape to Homo sapiens. Two touch tables allow kids to feel the similarities and differences between various hominid bones.
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Now now. just to be fair..... with enough makeup you can make a pig look great. :-D
can't make out the names
this has made the rounds but i love it. just wasn't sure whether to put it here, or in the joke section :evil:
>>>>I've lost my smile/y faces now why is that?<<<<I thought it was illegal for a true British gentleman to smile.... :-* :-* :-D


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text: Although Butyrskaya was SERIOUSLY robbed at the 2000 NHK trophy, I don't believe she was really underappreciated. If anything, on this forum, I find her to be appreciated appropriately (over overappreciated by some). That said, I do think she wasn't given credit for the things she did well, like her brilliant camel spin and that Lutz and Loop. As a Kwan-fan, I learned to appreciate an excellent triple loop since I seldom got to see one from Kwan in her latter years.


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Nice work, excellent attention to detail.
nice bro
**** that's coming along well mate, your young bloke is going to be a very happy little man!
just an awesome job so far
wow man ur amazing
what did you use for the flightsuit one of the moms at my church wants to do a mini jango for her kid and she came to me to make the armor and such
I got mine from this ebay seller from across the pond. Price and shipping was reasonable. The seller has various sizes.
But there other members in the forum who custom sew for you, although I have not personally bought one so I cannot give my opinion on that.
G' luck,
what did you do for the bucket?
My son has outgrown his bucket from T-bone which is great for 5 to 8 year old noggins, there are a few awesome members who cast this size here. But for pre teens and teens I have read from the board that Don Post is best in between size. So thats what we went for, bondo'd the dent and re-painted it.
this kid is 6 his mom doesnt have a ton of money but if im going to build this thing is has to be legit so if you are looking to sell it cheap throw me a pm and ill run it by her
PM sent to tuskenfett.
Definitely will make it for Halloween.
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