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posted at 1:56 pm on October 21, 2012 by Howard Portnoy
In September, Beast TV, the broadcast journalistic arm of The Daily Beast, interviewed Democratic rising star Sandra Fluke. The segment, which may be viewed here, was filed under the heading "Sandra Fluke's Post-Limbaugh Rise."
The latest installment of the Sandra Fluke Show took place Saturday in Reno, where the former Georgetown University law student and Guinness World Record holder for most contraception use in a single year is stumping for President Obama. She didn't draw quite as large a crowd as she did for her speech at this year's Democratic National Convention. In fact, the turnout couldn't be described as "large" at all, unless the term is so loosely defined as to cover a group that would fit comfortably inside a single Chevy Suburban.
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Sandra Fluke, the woman at the center of a media firestorm earlier this year after Rush Limbaugh called her a 'slut,' spoke Saturday in front ofabout 10 people at the Sak 'N Save in north Reno. [Emphasis added]
Breitbart.com has video of the event, in which Fluke can be seen standing in front of the familiar Obama-Biden banner, dispelling efforts by scoffers to claim this was an impromptu gathering in a parking lot before the actual rally. But this was no—there's no other word for it—fluke.
Polls are showing increasingly that the Obama campaign's onetime stranglehold on the female vote has eased up considerably. A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll released on Oct. 15 shows that the race for the women's vote is a virtual tie in the swing states and has narrowed to a 9-point Obama advantage nationwide.
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In 1968, six choral scholars got together to sing, naming their group after the King's College in Cambridge, England. Forty-five years later, The King's Singers are still singing and touring internationally.
The group has a dedicated fan base in Utah, where King's Singers will perform this week at Dixie State College. The singers will perform many of their favorites, as well as selections from their latest album, the ambitious "Pater Noster: A Choral Reflection on The Lord's Prayer." Each divinely inspired song focuses on the individual clauses of The Lord's Prayer, and the result is nothing short of gorgeous.
Baritone Chris Gabbitas answered questions about the ensemble's longevity, most recent projects, and why Utah brings back special memories.
Do you have memorable experiences of performing in Utah?
It's always special when we're invited to Utah. We know we're going to an area [that] is a real choral hotbed, and we've been privileged to perform several times in Salt Lake City, both in Abravanel Hall and in the Tabernacle. Outside Salt Lake City we've been to St. George several times before, as well as Provo and Ogden during my time in the group. I suppose if I had to pick one standout occasion, it would be the Christmas when we were guests of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for their annual Christmas broadcast. For four nights we sang to 23,000 people, and the feeling of being surrounded by that amazing choir and orchestra, singing some of Mack Wilberg's wonderful arrangements, is something that will never leave me.
Where did the idea for "Pater Noster" come from, and how was it executed?
We realized that for the previous few seasons we'd been gradually adding several settings of the Lord's Prayer, in many different languages and styles, composed throughout the ages. Someone hit upon the idea of presenting a number of different settings, and then presenting other works in between that represented each phrase of the prayer, in turn. It sprang from a single meeting, but has become one of the programs of which I'm most proud.
When you do a two-night performance in one location, how much do you change the set list?
We will keep 75 percent of a program identical when we're doing multiple concerts. We do change programs frequently we have [more than] 3,000 pieces of music in our library but obviously it's helpful to have continuity of performance in order to create subtleties that only evolve over time. We do, however, always change the close-harmony group at the end of each concert. This is the group of pop, folk and spiritual songs that we sing from memory and which each member chooses in turn. So, you get six different choices and styles of group, depending on whose turn it is on that particular night.
Do you believe that audiences should be educated as well as entertained?
Absolutely. I think it's easy in this world to take the path of least resistance, whether it's with fast food, television or other entertainment. As with raising a child, you have to use a stick-and-carrot approach; give them something they know they like, but also attempt to broaden their horizons, allow them to experience (and, hopefully, enjoy) new things. I don't mean to sound patronizing at all, but it would be easy for all of us in the digital age to pick and choose exactly what we listen to, what we watch, and never ever branch out. If we can show our audience that it's all valid, and make amazing sounds onstage no matter what the genre, we truly believe people will expand their horizons and see all our repertoire for what it is: Simply, music. It's good for all of us we're enriching our lives each day by discovering new repertoire and putting it into our programs.
Is there a misconception about the ensemble that needs to be corrected?
None of us has true perfect pitch. Many people think that to be a good choral singer you need to have pitch. You really don't and in our job it would be a bit of a handicap. We don't sing "piano chords," where each note has an exact pitch and frequency. We fine-tune to each other by listening intently to the chord around us and making microscopic adjustments. If we stuck stubbornly to where we thought we knew the note was, our chords wouldn't ring and you'd never get a good balance, blend and harmonic language.
The King's Singers have a diverse repertoire. What are some of the group's favorites, and do they align with the favorites from the crowd?
We try hard not to let our personal favorites get in the way of what would make the best performance. Speaking personally, there are some songs I'd love never to have to sing again, but I know that one of them in particular is a crowd-pleaser and our audiences love it. So, it's worth doing. You have to remember that for some audience members this may be the only time they ever get to hear the group live.
Where do you see the ensemble moving/becoming over the next 40 years?
The essence of the ensemble has remained true to itself since the foundation of the group, and that's why we're still going strong after 45 years. There are other groups who have made a choice to change something about themselves and to move away from their roots. We've never wanted to do that because as the current members we understand and appreciate that the founding members hit upon something very special and worked incredibly hard to make it successful. The essential principles of The King's Singers will, I think, always stay the same, because it's still the benchmark by which all other a cappella groups are judged. We're incredibly fortunate to be the custodians of that tradition today and hope to hand the group down to the next generation of singers in as good a shape as we found it.
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|Hmmmm....I guess going with a used 5+ hp compressor is the way to go. Then I can stil split it in half. I'd build a cabinet on the outside of the garage, but I don't want to detract from the curb appeal of our house. (Corner lot) Thanks guys...
Typical air brake compressor will be in the 5 to 10 cfm range. The bigger ones are in newer trucks and ones used to pull doubles and triples.
If you have some time, watch eBay and the local want ads for a used unit (or 2, if they are cheap). There is still the occasional good deal out there. I've got under $500 in by 7.5 HP 2-stage but it took a while to find.
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I don't know how much a compressor off a big rig pushes for air... but assuming it's enough for what you need....try this for an idea.
Try connecting 2 or 3 tanks with a common supply line from the pump. Since your pump is below your tank, make sure you have a drip leg to hold any condensation from that line that will get it below the pump, it wouldn't like moisture draining back into it.
Plumb fairly large connections to equalize air between the tanks so that you only need one take-off from one tank to your regulator. Pipe is cheaper than hardware.
Plumb your shop air connection from the top of your tank down to your regulator, where you can get to it, and again make sure you have a drip leg below it in that part of the system. Your air take-offs should come up from your supply.
Put a drain line from the bottom of each tank to one common drain valve down where you can reach it. If you keep the plumbing compact enough in geography you may be able to get the drip legs and the tank drain plumbed together to one common drain valve.
Becuase your regulator and compressor pump are below the tank you would have to be religious about draining, and even then I am a little nervous about that layout.
I recall a good shop air thread a little while ago, that may give you some more ideas.
Check this out, very comprehensive
It's referenced in earlier threads.
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Green Bay shot 60 percent (15-25) and held a 26-16 edge in points in the paint in the opening half, but the Phoenix was doomed by 10 turnovers that afforded Detroit seven more shot attempts.
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It does have a few minor tweaks: Bullseye Spring kit; Polished trigger, sear & barrel ramp; beveled magazine well; trigger overtravel stop; Wayland checkered Bocote grips with Hogue hex grip screws. Some Bonanza gold filling was applied to dress things up a tad. The Accu-Systems bushing-compensator was recommended to me by some LEOs. Bought it way back when too. It features a ramped wedge that forces the barrel to lock up in the same position after each shot. That solves the Taurus/Beretta barrel "slop" accuracy issue very effectively. I did a recent search and found the also long discontinued Beretta factory version of that same bushing-compensator going for 3 figures on the Beretta forums! I think mine was around $20 twenty some odd years ago
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I think another project just crawled into the queue. Right now all my funds and spare time are taken up on the current project, so this one will have to wait...
I was rummaging in the shop the other day and found a 1944 Enfield action. The barrel has a hole drilled across the front of the breech, the bolt has gigantic rust pits, and it's missing most of the rest. I'd unscrewed the barrel, then written it off as junk. The barreled action has leaned against the wall since 1993, best as I can figure.
Looking it it, it appears the whole thing was glass beaded at one time. Despite the horrendous damage to the bolt, the action appears to be just fine. And the barrel is bright and clean, despite the hole drilled in it...
Searching online:
$35 "complete" bolt assembly
$25 bolt head "not part of this complete assembly"
$15 trigger guard
$40 good used Enfield barrel
$25 magazine
-- stock set (prices vary widely)
Add it all up, and I could probably find a shooter for about the same price... but I could set the barrel back a few threads, rent a 54R chambering reamer, and have an SMLE in 7.62x54R. 54R ammo is way cheaper than .303, and it would shoot the same ammo as my Nagant.
A friend was trying to persuade me to build it in 7.62x25 with a PPsh drum magazine. He was kidding... I think.


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i recently got my first fairy but what does it do and how do i kno when is feeling bad so i can give it food?
and also i got another partner rhaid what i can i do with him like can i put armour on him and he has his own inventory but i cant put nothing in it do i have to buy someting for him like some kind of back pack or something?
and las question can he learn new skills or can i buy him new skills?
well i found out what the fairy is for but can someone plz answer my 2 other questions plz im jus trying to learn and u cant learn without asking.


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Tower Training February 2008 Interchange
Date: 02/04/2008
WYDOT employees get refresher course in safety.
Look up in the sky.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
No, it's a WYDOT worker.
WYDOT's telecommunications employees recently completed tower and other safety training recently as part of an annual conference. Telecommunications employees from all over the state gathered in Cheyenne in November to get training in tower safety, radio frequency, electrical and CPR. The employees also learned the latest administrative and technical issues related to their jobs at WYDOT.
"We have this annual workshop so we can get everyone from the shops across the state together," said Robert Wilson, telecommunications program manager for WYDOT. "These annual meetings focus on training. Safety training is the biggest part of the workshop."
The tower safety training had 16 participants, all of which received their certifications. Each participant spent a half day in the classroom and then a half day out in the field climbing a tower, Wilson said. Each participant had to first ascend the tower and then descend. After that, a person climbed the tower and pretended to be unconscious.
Each of the participants then had to climb up after that person and rescue them using the proper safety measures they learned in the classroom. WYDOT had Safety One Inc., of Sedalia-Co., to do the certifications.
"If you go out and climb, you have to get certified," Wilson said. "If you're a tech in the field you're going to climb at least once a year to do inspections."
WYDOT does annual preventative maintenance on the towers, which means a crew of two goes to each one. While on location, one person climbs while the other stays on the ground.
The other training sessions gave WYDOT employees the chance to stay current on the other issues as well. For the Radio frequency training, Radiofrequency Safety International Corp., of Alva, Okla., was on hand to conduct the training. When dealing with radio frequencies, workers have to make sure they're not exposed to high radiation. Workers carry a device called the RadMan, which tells someone if they're in danger from strong electromagnetic fields.


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Phonies? Fox Guest Has To Correct Fox Anchor On Clinton's Catcher In The Rye Comment
Fox News anchor Jon Scott promoted the debunked claim that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused certain women of "whining." In fact, Clinton was actually talking about the character Holden Caulfield from the novel The Catcher in the Rye.
Scott's false claim originated from an interview between Clinton and Marie Claire writer Ayelet Waldman. After Marie Claire released excerpts of the interview, some outlets reported that Clinton was attacking a large percentage of women [1], or former State Department employee Anne-Marie Slaughter [2]. In response, the State Department released [3] a portion of the interview transcript that clarified what she had said.
Fox News contributor Julie Roginsky corrected Scott on Happening Now, saying, "It turns out, what the Clinton folks are saying is that she wasn't talking about women, she was actually responding to a question about The Catcher in the Rye, and about the protagonist, Holden Caulfield."
This didn't stop Scott from doubling down. Later in the segment, Scott said, "Julie, let me read you some more of this quote from Secretary Clinton, because it sure doesn't sound like she's talking about Catcher in the Rye."
Here is the interview transcript that Foreign Policy's Josh Rogin published [3]:
AYELET WALDMAN: My daughter was reading Catcher in the Rye, and I said, "Oh, don't you love that book?" And she said, "What is his problem? He's unhappy? He should go volunteer."
SECRETARY CLINTON: Good for her. I like your daughter without even meeting her. I mean, I think there's so much to that, because I mean, God, I can't stand whining. I can't stand the kind of paralysis that some people fall into because they are not happy with choices they made. You live in a time when there are endless choices, and you don't have to have money for them. Money certainly helps. I mean, having that kind of financial privilege goes a long way, but you don't even have to have money for it. But you have to - even, like, work on yourself, learn to play a sport, do something.
AYELET WALDMAN: I'm going to tell Sophie that you agree with her.
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If you dont want to spend the 400 or more dollars for the replica blasters, is there a cheaper alternative that will look just as good?
If you dont want to spend the 400 or more dollars for the replica blasters, is there a cheaper alternative that will look just as good?
Rubies Jango Fett Pistols. You can find them on eBay every now and then.
Wow . . I am glad I hit this at the right time.
I think screen accuracy is important but when you are not around costumers - - -
They know who you are. Which brings me to my point. I chose not to buy replica
Blasters for comforts sake. Let's face it folks! Our suits are no picnic and very
heavey. Which is why I chose the toy Blaster as seen in the picture above.
Instead - - - - I had them airbrushed! I always get compliments on these
babies. In my personal opinion - - - this is the best route!
Gone with the Rubies blasters myself too.
If you put some time into them (removing all the wrong details, like the holdingpin and -screw, the cap, the LFL signs, reshaping the nosecone, painting them screen-accuratly etc.), you can get some really nice looking blasters, which look except for the shorter barrel and the slightly thicker nose section not so much apart from the screenaccurate Versions.
PS: the pic beneath shows mine in an unfinished state as I had to rework the golden parts still.
BTW: cool painint in the background of pic #2 lilburndiablo.
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Awesome Job Wasp.
Again this is better than carrying Replica's which might way a ton!
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I AGREE....i got mine at US$8(+US$9 shipping....) makes it a steal! I BOUGHT LIKE 3 TO CUSTOM!!!
Heres mine..not finished!
Awesome job Bleahhh....
Looks promising!
But please remove the red cap. It looks much better without it (you get a more screen-accurate nose and have a real "shoot-out" hole which looks pretty nice as it has that batterypole plate in the deep within, which could be imagined as Laseremitter or something...).
haha..thnks. I have painted the golden parts of the blasters..no pics yet thou..lilburndiablo said:
Anyway, one of my blasters conked out! it just wont 'shoot'!! NO SOUND COMING out of the unit! I have switched the caps, batteries, but to no avail!! its infuriating!!! I have another unopened rubies...but the tot of having one unable to make any sound makes me soooooooooooooooooooo pissed...
Hey, I think it's ok gua...it will stay more realistic when there's no sound at all right (I believe whatever electronic sound it can make, it'll give the realisticism away)....some more you bought at a bargain so I'd look at it as going for the looks rather than the SOUND....heheBleahhh said:
clonetrooper said:
well....actually i love the sound/..its sounds very ok to pass of as a real blast frm the westar.....
Repainting a plastic toy is fun, but it isnt durable. I repainted my Hasbro Dooku saber and it had a nice shine like real metal, but with that boiling heat we had the last few days, all the shine is gone with just touching it two or three times.
If you put the batteries the wrong way in (upside down) the sound chip will be shortcircuited immediatly while pressing the trigger.
That's what happened with one of mine, so maybe that's it.
Wasp said:
huh? that easily?? Shiats...
anyway, more pics..
Thanks for the info on the Rubies Blasters. Got my jet pack in the mail saturday, finished the helmet last night. Waiting on the armor to arrive this week. Other than the girth belt and the gun belt I am finished! Also to help the paint from coming off of your repainted blasters, let the paint dry for at least 24 - 48 hours then use an automotive clear coat on them. Make sure it is acyrlic it will harden like a rock.
Post some pics Armorblues! Rubies blasters rock btw!
Patience young one, when I build it they will come. Jet Pack needs to have nozzles replaced, armor needs to be painted. The wait will not be long however.
I got a set of rubies blasters and holsters today, The blasters seem pretty good but the holsters and belt are not great. I managed to brake the leg strap of one just trying it on for size.
Oh well at least they will give me something to work from if I decide to make some new ones.
Why dont you try to make a new ones using the old ones? Thats what im going to do lining them with leather
just filled up the gold..
That's a good idea, I'd be interested to see any pics you have when you're done.JangoUri said:


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Lanesborough Club & Spa has 5 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, Thai massages, and massages. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including reflexology. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, a steam room, and Turkish bath/hammam.
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O'Reilly falsely claimed a Texas school district banned red and green clothing, called move "fascism"
On both The Radio Factor and The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly falsely claimed a Texas school district "told students they couldn't wear red and green because they were Christmas colors." The school district has since released an official statement refuting O'Reilly's false contention.
On December 9, Bill O'Reilly [1] falsely claimed on both Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor and the nationally syndicated The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly that the Plano Independent School District [2] (Texas) "told students they couldn't wear red and green because they were Christmas colors." He labeled the alleged ban "fascism." On December 12, the school district released an official statement [3] by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Doug Otto refuting O'Reilly's contention:
"The school district does not restrict students or staff from wearing certain color clothes during holiday times or any other school days," noted Dr. Otto, who said that the school district's attorney has requested that Mr. O'Reilly retract the statement.
Last year, four families filed [4] suit against the Plano Independent School District for allegedly prohibiting the distribution of religious materials at holiday parties and on school grounds. Among the allegations was the claim that the district excluded the use of red-and-green colored napkins at the annual school holiday party. The complaint [5] made no mention of restrictions on red and green clothing, though the plaintiffs did allege that the school district banned red pompoms. According to the Associated Press, a day after the suit was filed, a federal judge ordered [6] the school district "to let students distribute 'religious viewpoint gifts' at a party the following day." By then, though, the AP reported [7], "the district said the order was unnecessary because officials already had decided to allow students to distribute all materials -- religious or otherwise -- at the party."
According to an April 21 Dallas Morning News report, the plaintiffs rejected a settlement offer from the school district in April. The Liberty Legal Institute [8], which represents the families, said that the lawsuit is ongoing [9].
From the December 9 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:
O'REILLY: In Plano, Texas, just north of Dallas, the school told students they couldn't wear red and green because they were Christmas colors. That's flat-out fascism. If I were a student in Plano, I'd be a walking Christmas tree after that order. Have a little thing on my head.
From the December 9 broadcast of Westwood One's nationally syndicated The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:
O'REILLY: Plano, Texas, north of Dallas. Students were told they could not wear red and green because they were Christmas colors. Let me repeat that. Plano, Texas. Students can't wear clothing that have red or green colors because they were too close to Christmas colors. Can you believe this? This is fascism. In addition, it'd be grossly disrespectful.
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Below are ways that you can engage our student community. We always welcome employer presence on campus and remain open to new idea and suggestions.
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Conducting interviews on campus can streamline the whole hiring process for both your organization and our students. It is a cost effective and time-saving method to meet new, potential talent for your company. It takes only a few short steps to set up a date to meet with several students during the course of one day at Felician University. You simply reserve a date then email the job description to our office and also upload it onto College Central Network. Once the students begin to apply, a customized schedule will be created for you.
Paid vs. Unpaid Internships: The U.S. Department of Labor's Fair Labor Standards Act
The Career Development Center at Felician University highly recommends that employers pay interns for the hours they work. However, if your organization chooses to provide unpaid internships, it is recommended that the Fair Labor Standards Act be reviewed.
- Unpaid internships must be bona fide educational experiences that enhance classroom learning.
- The Career Development Center strongly suggests that if hourly payment is impossible, your organization pay for travel expenses or cover any other costs the intern may incur while involved in this experience.
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Atheists in Foxholes: Post Hoc Miracles
Even before I got into the fire service, I had long purged myself of the self-righteous evangelistic rhetoric that had dripped on me from the pulpits throughout my youth. I was a free man, a freethinker in fact, although at that time I had never even heard of this term. So when I became a firefighter nearly a dozen years ago, I had no grand ideas about helping others in need as a means to proving "God's love for His people;" or being a "vehicle" in which Jesus could "work his miracles through me." This is certainly how many of my Christian counterparts view themselves, and that's fine, for them. But it's not fine for me. I take exception when I'm told (all too frequently) that "even though [I'm] an atheist [I'm] still being directed by God's loving hand," and whenever I do "good," I'm not really the one at work, but Jesus! But I'm still going to Hell! Christians today are fond of proclaiming that--even in a world filled with "worthless," "sinful" people, who "fully deserve to suffer in hell for all eternity"--Jesus, because he loves us all so much, still performs miracles for us. The reason nonbelievers don't recognize these miracles is because we are "just too arrogant and too blind to see them." Isn't it interesting, though, that these so-called "miracles" always seem to come in the form of naturally occurring phenomena, or riding on the coattails of human exertion and teamwork? For example, if a skyscraper collapses from an earthquake (or terrorist attack), killing thousands under millions of tons of concrete and steel, but a few people are rescued from isolated pockets within the rubble (through the efforts of human rescue workers, mind you), it's labeled "a miracle from Jesus," even though it's a statistical probability that a few people will be alive. While the odds of any particular person surviving such a catastrophe are exceedingly small, the odds that some will be alive is virtually 100 percent; as such there is nothing "miraculous" about it. And what of the hundreds that lie dead for every person rescued, many of whom may have remained alive for hours or days, buried alive, alone, terrified, but ultimately dying because human rescuers, hindered by the natural laws of physics, couldn't reach them in time? It's repugnant to think that an all-knowing, all-powerful, all-loving God, if it exists, should get credit for the "saves" and in the same breath be absolved of blame for the needless suffering and death! From a post hoc perspective, anything can be made to seem "miraculous." Because these miracle claims are devised after the fact, and based on a need to believe that Jesus is real and that he performs miracles, Christians will latch onto any improbable event they can to fulfil that expectation in their minds, ignoring the thousands of other "improbable events" they see every day but never notice because they carry no religious weight for them. This past summer during a major league baseball game the famed Arizona Diamondbacks' pitcher, Randy Johnson, threw a blazing fastball toward home plate, and at that moment a bird happened to fly in the path of the pitch and was struck by the ball, and killed it in mid-air. Now, the probability of such an event happening is remote in the extreme, and yet we don't see Christians running around proclaiming what a "miracle" it was! They don't call it a miracle because they have no religious motivation to do so. Moreover, there is no need to call such a thing "miraculous" since there is nothing outside the realm of the natural world required for such an event to occur, no matter how improbable it may have been. So why is it, then, with so many billions of prayers being said year-in and year-out by millions of Christians all over the world, we have never seen a "miracle" come in the form of even one resurrection from the dead? I have seen many children die tragically in my profession and do you know what? They are all still dead. Evidently, Jesus' best "miracle work" comes through death and destruction (e.g., 9/11, Oklahoma City, Columbine, etc.), because it's always viewed as "God's hand at work" when people work together and help each other in times of crisis (or even the Superbowl)! But why can't He provide just one single resurrection today as objective evidence to "His" reality? Why not just one Lazarus (John 11); just one Jairus' daughter (Luke 8); just one "Only son of a widowed mother" (Luke 7)? Are there no grieving Christian mothers who "lost their only son" on 9/11 who might read this story and ask, why not my son? The hard truth is that Christians secretly do feel a bit cheated when reading these dramatic miracle stories of lost loved ones being resurrected, with Jesus himself putting the skeptics in their place by performing the feat. They wish that their Jesus really would "answer their prayers" by coming down and putting on a biblical show of power rather than constantly having to pacify their doubts through hackneyed spiritual plagiarism where Jesus gets the credit for works done by real people in the real world. Who would not be impressed if, say, a man identifying himself as "Jesus of Nazareth" (Caucasian, of course) were to float gently down from the sky like Mary Poppins, touch down at ground zero, and proceed to resurrect all 343 of the dead New York City firefighters (those He had "worked His wonders through" throughout their careers, but somehow saw fit to kill on September 11, when they were needed most). Or how about the eight children who were on board the doomed hijacked planes; or the fire chaplain that died from falling debris while giving "last rights" to a fallen firefighter? Would you not be impressed? I certainly would, as would Drew Harding, a retired FDNY fire captain who told me recently: "Any doubts that I still had about a supreme being and merciful God were given closure on 9/11. I'm retired now but I lost 14 close friends and 343 brothers on that fatal day." I hear you, brother! And rest assured that if Drew Harding, myself, or most anyone, for that matter, had the power to not only know in advance what was going to happen on September 11, but also had the power to prevent it, we would have done so without a second thought! That's a no-brainer. In fact, as public servants we are mandated by law to report malicious intent if we are privy to such information, and failure to do so is a prosecutable offense. Fortunately, for the public's sake, we are held to a much higher moral and ethical standard than Jesus, and other "heroes" of the bible. Colorado Foundation member Bruce Monson is a professional firefighter-paramedic and former Baptist turned freethinker. He promotes religious tolerance, rational thinking, and the separation of church and state. See his website at: www.freethoughtfirefighters.org.
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I know I am returning.
I know I am returning.
Currently playing Unturned on Steam. I am also looking for gaming buddies for Archage and Everquest Next.
It's the one reason I stopped playing. now there is some pros and cons to this also.
1.Will bring back fans
2.Will make the game seem....less controlled by the developers (I basicly felt like we were being held hostage and forced to pay prices for items etc.)
3.Player ran economy (Nothing more better then this. The game experience can basicly double here because you can find yourself doing buisness mining etc for a company and they can actually sell it for the price they want.)
1.Alot of people say a horde of scammers are ready at the doors of runescape for the day free trade and the wilderness comes back.
2.Alot of the companies now have full control of the economy ingame and if they are very big and have alot of the products they can basicly set the price to what ever they want to. (But I find this as a pro because I want this sort of thing to happen makes the game more harder and it gives me a cause to fight ingame :O)
EDIT: I just noticed that if free trade is back then companies can buy each other out....one person just pays the leader and boom everyone is tranfered over to that new one. I wonder if anyone would take the idea and actually use it :O
Currently Beta Testing
If you have any questions you want to ask about these games I would be more than happy to help you answer the question.
There are answers to many of our questions with a FAQ on the RuneScape Forums Quick Find Code:254-255-55-62204744
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Goal: RuneScape Hall of Fame 10 Skill Capes
Magic 99 - Attack 99
Defense 99 - Strength 99
Constitution 99 - Fishing 99
Hunter 96 - Cooking 95
Summoning 94 - Range 90
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Warrior Ethos
I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.
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I may. I was addicted to the game during its 2004 - 2006 heyday.
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Including a testing/QA component early in a software project necessarily prolongs the schedule, right? Not so, according to Ross Collard. In this, the third of a three-part series, Collard explains how to anticipate risks and to aggressively manage the process to prevent disaster.
In the first articles in this series, I argued that speed doesn't necessarily sacrifice quality. Software can be developed faster and better, with the help of efficient testing and quality assurance activities. I listed the following ways of reducing the test cycle time and speeding the overall delivery process:
- managing testing like a "real" project
- strengthening the test resources
- improving system testability
- getting off to a quick start
- streamlining the testing process
- anticipating and managing the risks
- actively and aggressively managing the process
The first two articles of this series discussed points 1-5. This article will finish the list with points 6 and 7.
6. Anticipate and Manage the Risks
Organize the risk management process. In my observation, the risk management skills of many software engineers, test and QA professionals, and even project leaders are seriously underdeveloped.
When you say to people: "Manage the risks," their answer is "We are already doing that," "That's obvious," or "The risks can't be managed any better." Sometimes you feel like you're explaining the risks of climbing Mt. Everest to a Sunday jogger.
The following checklist can be useful, as a series of reminders of the risks to watch out for. If some of these points are likely to apply to your project, it is a good idea to identify them early and see what can be done to minimize them. (For completeness, some of the points on this list repeat points which I have made elsewhere.) Also as a friendly warning, reading the following list may be depressing when you realize how many points apply to your situation.
The common causes of test project slippage, or inadequate testing within the time allocated, are
People Causes
Under-staffing the test team. (There are many reasons for this, and they may be difficult to overcome.)
Contention for scarce people resources.
Adding additional people to the test team, but too late to help-usually after the first third of the project (Brook's law).
Lack of sufficient experience in the test team, either in the functionality being tested, test methodology and tools, etc.
Lack of expertise in specialized aspects of testing, such as security controls testing, reliability testing, usability testing, etc.
Lack of sufficient user involvement and cooperation in the testing.
Lack of sufficient developer involvement and cooperation in the testing.
Test team learning curves that are longer than anticipated.
Tester turnover.
Fragmentation-assignment of people to too many projects in parallel, leading to time juggling.
Lack of access to important information, or miscommunication.
Failure to coordinate, or conflict with other groups, specifically the system developers, system maintainers, users, or marketers.
Lack of sufficient allowance for the overhead of organizing the work, monitoring and reporting the status of the test project.
Unreasonable deadline pressures, which lead to demoralized testers and burn-out.
System or Product Causes
The system version delivered to testing is too raw, buggy, and unstable to
test effectively.
Scope creep in the product.
Volatility-frequent changes to the system functionality.
Test Process Causes
Unfamiliarity of the testers with the test process to be used for the system they are testing.
Revising the testing objectives during the test project.
Scope creep in the testing project, e.g., expansion of the types of testing to be undertaken.
False test results.
Test cases that provide untrustworthy information.
Lack of reusable test plans, cases, and procedures.
Slow, cumbersome, and inefficient test procedures (e.g., spending a lot of time looking for prior test cases for reuse).
Ineffective or poor-quality bug fixes, which may introduce new bugs or fail to fully resolve a problem, leading to extra debugging followed by extra testing.
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Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall has played in the past two preseason games, and there is every expectation that he will be his usual, dominant self when the regular season begins on Sept. 8 despite undergoing the third hip surgery on his career seven months ago. Marshall said in July that he was healthy, but on Tuesday, he said he was frustrated with some aspects of his rehab.
"I'm not where I want to be right now," Marshall said via Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times. "It's a little frustrating. But we'll see. ... It's one of those things where I'm just trying to get healthy for Week 1."
Fantasy Analysis:
It's a little cryptic, but Marshall is not at risk of missing any game action as far as we know. Maybe this something to remember if you have yet to draft and are thinking about taking Marshall in the second round. I still wouldn't have any problem with that; Marshall should be fine in short order.


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a place for zinesters - writers and readers
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I've never understood why people send zines in padded mailers.
These are the things. http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/prod...
Emma Jane Falconer said:I've got envelopes with pretty designs that come flat in a pad, and you tear them out, fold them along the lines and lick the glue to seal them. They're called something like Fold n Mail and they come in loads of different pictures. I've got Yellow Submarine, Nancy Drew and the Pink Panther. They're the perfect size for quarter size zines, are made of stiffish paper that protects the zines, and everyone seems to like receiving them.
I'm thinking of trying to exploit postcards more often to save money (and to "protest" the rate hikes.)
I know the maximum and minimum sizes and thickness (4.25 x 6, 3.5 x 5, .007, inches). But it gives only one width, not a range, as it does with height and length.
I'd like to use as thick a paper or board as possible, to insure it doesn't get mutilated. What would that be, and what POUND of cardstock would it be? I've seen cereal boxes and similar cardboard used. Is there cardstock that thick? Of course, I'd have to do some calculation to see that the cost of my homemade card doesn't offset my savings too much.
Do you think it would be allowable to paste paper on a postcard. Sometimes I might like to type a message, and doing that can be difficult on cardstock or board.
I suspect that the more people who start exploiting postcards the more likely the PO will be to retaliate by eliminating or severely restricting them. But at least I can get a little mileage out of them for now.
Amber / Culture Slut said:I've never understood why people send zines in padded mailers.


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Hi all,
well i have just received my new chest lights from OrtharRrith (they rock :D)
I just wanted to ask what people use as tint between the lights and the chest plate? It looks kinda wrong without a tinted screen but i don't want to dull the lights out too much. Have tried car window tint and it is just a little too dark
any ideas?


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By Nik Brumsack
Arsène Wenger believes newly-promoted clubs have benefited from employing a positive approach in recent years.
Last season was only the second of the Premier League era where none of the three clubs promoted in the previous campaign were relegated.
Arsenal welcome Southampton to Emirates Stadium on Saturday and Wenger believes that playing with no fear is helping the Premier League's new boys.
"It pays off," he said. "Overall, I think the in the last three, four years, that the teams that come up have a much more positive approach. We had Blackpool, Norwich, for example.
"Many teams who come up then show they are not scared to play in the Premier League and they don't just defend. Most of the time it, I must say, it paid off."
Southampton are back in the Premier League for the first time in seven years. Despite impressing against both Manchester clubs, they remain the only Premier League team without a point.
All the same, Wenger considers Nigel Adkins' side to be a serious threat.
"They were impressive in the two games I've seen. The one against Man City and the one against Man United.
"In the end you wondered how they lost both games, so we are on alert because we know it is a team who plays with a positive attitude and can score goals."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Richard Hall, 60, of 29 Souhegan St., has been accused of aggravated felonious sexual assault for raping a young girl at some point over the course of the last year, according to court documents. The alleged assault occurred at his home, but other details of the incident have been sealed due to the child's age and the nature of the crime.
Hall was at the 9th Circuit Court, Milford District Division, Thursday for a probable cause hearing, but he waived his right to that hearing without comment. Four other misdemeanor charges, including three counts of simple assault and one count of witness tampering, were dropped by Milford prosecutor Michael McCall but could be raised again before the grand jury.
Hall has been released on $15,000 cash or corporate surety bail pending indictment.


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Let's be honest, the news about Windows 8 isn't all sunshine and roses. Many people question the value of Windows 8 over Windows 7, especially if you're using a traditional computer and not a touch screen tablet. Windows Task Manager got a big overhaul in Windows 8, and now gives a lot more useful information in a layout that's far easier to understand.
To open Task Manager in Windows 8, you right-click the task bar and click Task Manager, or press Ctrl + Shift + Esc, and you'll be presented with the new process tab by default. This tab now includes the proper name of the program, along with information on the CPU usage, memory usage, disk access usage and network usage. You can right-click on any of these applications or background processes and select go to details to view the selection in the details tab, with the traditional process view of Windows 7 task manager. This new process view gives you a much better picture of what the programs are, as well as what may be slowing down/hogging system resources.
The performance tab gives a much more streamlined interface to monitor your system's current performance. CPU utilization is listed as a graph showing all of your computer's processor cores. On the left of the screen, you see information pertaining to memory usage, disk access, network access and Wi-Fi access. You can also view detailed information on your processor's current speed, its number of physical and logical cores (some processors support hyper threading, so each core can process two things at the same time), and other system information.
The app history tab is specific to Windows 8 store apps and will show you the processor time, network usage, metered network (if your tablet has a 3G or 4G data plan), and tile update usage. This is very useful for Windows 8 tablet users to see which apps may be negatively affecting their performance, or which have so many updates and network resources that they may want to consider uninstalling them. This is not a huge benefit to traditional desktop users, but if you've ever had to deal with mystery apps on Android slowing down your system, this kind of utility would be a god send.
Last but not least is the new Startup tab, which may be one of the best improvements Microsoft has made to Task Manager. This tab allows you to view all of the applications and files that launch when your computer starts. These programs traditionally include helper toolbars, program updaters, tray applications, and other utilities useful to operating devices on your computer. They can also be a massive drag on computer start-up time, causing your computer to run slower than it should.
In this tab, you'll see the application name, publisher, whether it's enabled or disabled, and what the impact on the start up speed has been. You can right-click any of these applications and choose to disable or enable the program at start up, open the file, get properties, or best of all, search online, which will locate the process name so you can get more information on what it might be for. This single utility will help people remove useless tray applications and see what's causing windows to start and run slower, without the need for a third party program or advanced knowledge registry editing.
While the improvements to Task Manager do not make up for the various missteps of Windows 8 in its entirety, this is a significant improvement that makes me miss the new Task Manager whenever I use Windows 7.
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Professor's book earning praise worldwide
Wayne State University Professor of Law Brad Roth is winning praise at home and around the world. He recently was awarded a prestigious WSU Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award for 2013. And in Taiwan recently, Roth drew on his work on recognition of states and governments to wade into one of the most sensitive legal disputes in Asia.
The professor, a Detroit resident who teaches at the university's Law School and for the Department of Political Science, was cited by the board for his "superlative record of research since joining WSU in 1997." The book that earned him the award, one of just five conferred this year, is Sovereign Equality and Moral Disagreement: Premises of a Pluralist International Legal Order (Oxford University Press, 2011).
The book has been critically acclaimed since its publication. Professor of Law Gregory Fox, director of the Program for International Legal Studies at Wayne Law, called the book "a major event in the field." The book argues that in a politically diverse international community, notions of sovereignty still should have a place. International law and foreign countries should respect the rights and immunities of states with differing governmental systems, and outsiders shouldn't be broadly licensed to impose solutions to internal conflicts, Roth argues.
Reviews of the book have included:
- "A brilliant piece of work that will be required reading for international lawyers" – David Caron, president, American Society of International Law.
- "Pioneering work in international legal theory" – Mark Osiel, Aliber Family Chair of Law, The University of Iowa College of Law.
- "A convincing reminder that we must work towards an international legal order that will serve the world we have, rather than the world as we wish it was" – Hannah Woolaver, University of Cape Town.
The book's impact has further boosted Roth's standing in his field. He serves as one of three American Branch representatives on the International Law Association's Committee on Recognition/Non-Recognition of States and Governments. He has lectured on the book and related topics around the world, including at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Carleton University and McGill University in Canada, and Goethe University of Frankfurt in Germany.
Most recently, Roth led discussions and gave presentations at three events last month in Taipei, Taiwan. He presented "Parsing 'Mutual Non-Recognition and Mutual Non-Denial': An International Law Perspective on Taipei's Current Framework for Cross-Strait Relations" at the 2013 International Law Association-American Society of International Asia-Pacific Research Forum; led a discussion on Taiwan's status in international law at a Taiwan ThinkTank forum; and gave a talk on the 2011 book at National Taiwan University with Professor Timothy Webster from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
"Brad is equally at home discussing theories of international society and real-world problems facing international law," Fox said. "Very few scholars have that breadth of knowledge and interests."
Roth specializes in international law, comparative public law, and political and legal theory. He earned a bachelor of arts from Swarthmore College, a law degree from Harvard Law School, a master of laws from Columbia University School of Law and a doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley. His first book, Governmental Illegitimacy in International Law, also published by Oxford, was awarded a certificate of merit in 1999 by the American Society of International Law.
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The Texting Shrink
I like texting. It's a fast and efficient way to exchange information, and I'm a bit prone to yakking, so this allows for a no-nonsense exchange without all the gabbing about how the kids are doing or the latest on someone's ingrown toenails, or the usual assortment of small talk items. Running late, order my salad. Yes, Bobby can get a ride home with us. Or, if you're Roy: "do you have triple sec for the mango margaritas?" Roy makes surprisingly good mango margaritas without using any triple sec. Just so you know-- and I don't mean to brag-- I'm fast with the thumbs.
I text with patients as well. Do other psychiatrists do this? It works well for "Need to cancel my session this week, see you next week." Or "Running 10 minutes late, traffic." Once in a while I'll even text a reminder to someone who misses appointments frequently. I was happy to hear that there is a dentist in town who also sends text message reminders.
Here's the problem with texting patients:
People have taken to texting me with problems. "I feel horrible and like I might want to end it all right now." (This did not really happen). I've done a few back and forths and realized that I'm not good at psychotherapy via text. Usually problem texts get met with "Come in at....." and if .... is not Very Soon, or if the patient says that's not good, I call, or text "call me." I've been texted insurance information, drug reactions, appointment changes, negative biopsy results, "will you call refills in to my pharmacy?" and most notably, "Your office door is locked" after I haven't responded to the knocking, only to find my patient sitting on the hallway floor.
What's good about it? Somehow it feels less intrusive than a phone call, and the time taken up is more predictable. I'm prone to ramble and so are many of my patients-- texts messages take seconds and phone calls can take minutes and involve many phone-tag back-and-forth exchanges. When someone texts their pharmacy number, I can click on it and get through--if it's on voicemail, I often have to re-listen when I have a pen available, and often the number is at the end of a long message. It seems to me that texting is no less documentable than a phone conversation, so I can't come up with any legal reasons it's not kosher.
What's bad? I have taken to telling patients that while I'm happy to try to negotiate appointment times via text, or "running late" messages, that it's not a good way to negotiate problems-- for drug reactions and symptom changes, we should start with the phone. My biggest concern is that if I'm on vacation, there's no way to set a coverage text message, and my voicemail has the names and numbers of covering doctors. I've been pretty clear with people that I'm not blowing them off, and that if they don't get quick reply to a text message, they need to CALL the office.
What do you think? It's a different take on the shrink when there's nearly instant access a good deal of the time.


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Joe Smith's Recorded Interviews with Music Icons Featured on Library of Congress Website
In 1988, John Lennon's wife Yoko Ono gave a candid interview to record-label president Joe Smith about the Beatles' split: "For John, it was a divorce. I think he was feeling very good about it, as if a big weight was off him." Ono was among more than 200 celebrated performers, producers and industry leaders whose words Smith captured on audiotape more than 25 years ago in an effort to document the oral history of popular music.
In June 2012, Smith donated the collection of recordings to the Library of Congress-a tremendous assembly of primary-source oral histories covering perhaps the most important 50 years of popular music, nationally and internationally. On Wednesday, Nov. 28, the Library will make a series of these revealing, unedited recordings available for listening free to the public on its website atwww.loc.gov/rr/record/joesmith/. The first group of recordings posted on the site will consist of 25 interviews. These include interviews with Tony Bennett, Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, Ray Charles, B. B. King, Bo Diddley and Linda Rondstadt. More recordings in the Smith collection will be added to the site over time.
Also coming soon is Smith's own reflective interview, in which he shares rare and intimate details about his decades-long career. He candidly talks about the famous people in his life, including a titillating accusation against him and his business partner, Frank Sinatra.
All types of popular music are represented in the collection-from rock 'n' roll, jazz, rhythm & blues and pop to big-band, heavy metal, folk and country-western. The list of noted artists and executives is a veritable who's who in the music industry. Among them are Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand, Little Richard, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Elton John, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Billy Joel, Sting, Tony Bennett, Joan Baez, James Taylor, Dick Clark, Tina Turner, Tom Jones, B. B. King, Quincy Jones, David Geffen, Mickey Hart, Harry Belafonte and many others.
Smith's 40-year career in the industry gave him unique entrée and for about a two-year period, he interviewed the biggest names in music. In 1988, he published excerpts from his interviews in the groundbreaking book "Off the Record" (Warner Books).
"One of the great things about the interviews is how relaxed many of them are," said Matt Barton, the Library's recorded sound curator. "They're not on camera and they're talking to someone who's very much a colleague and a peer, if not a musical artist. The tone is very different and the camera isn't on them."
Visitors to the Library's website will get a rare glimpse of music's biggest stars in unguarded moments. Smith records them joking, eating, drinking and candidly discussing their lives, careers and contemporaries. While chain-smoking, Ono talks about the breakup of The Beatles; Mick Jagger consumes toast and tea while discussing the Stones' outlaw reputation; Paul McCartney also speaks frankly about The Beatles' walk on the wild side; and Tony Bennett talks about the legacy of two music greats over dinner.
B. B. King on the blues:
"I feel it's dying as we've known it. But there will continuously be blues as long as there are people on the planet, because people gonna continuously have problems."


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Taking Corners In CQB and CQC
TTPs METT-TC and CQB
Recently we put up a post on 10 Mistakes in CQB and the response we received was great but, a common response was; well if
those are mistakes then what should we do?" This is a complex question to which there is no universally accepted answer. CQB is multifaceted and dynamic but what will remain true are that TTP (Tactics, Techniques and Procedures) utilized should always be METT-TC (Mission, Enemy, Terrain, Troops/Support, Time available, Civilians) dependent. Unfortunately, as is typical in life, each situation is distinct and will require it's own best solution. This article is made to help give you the tools needed to develop your best solution for a future CQB. The Tactical Athletic Performance advisory board does not claim to have the ultimate, best solution for every situation; the information presented are helpful tips to help point in the right direction. We are not Jedi Masters and never claimed to be. That being said, we believe there are some "best practices" we find useful. If it brings one soldier home to their wife and children that otherwise wouldn't, then it would make this entire site and perhaps our entire existence worth it. If you have another opinion, that is great! Disagreement forces us to expand our perspective. Furthermore, it helps us to understand the logic behind techniques and not just techniques in it of itself. In fact, I have received great insight from questions posed from trainees. Therefore, any disagreement you may have will gladly be entered into the comment section and respected as valid. Sorry for the long disclaimer but we want help our brethren, not step on any toes.
The Two Ways To Take Corners
When negotiating corners there are generally two basic categories all techniques fall under and those categories are dynamic and deliberate. Taking a corner dynamically "the way they generally do it in the movies" has advantages and disadvantages but, generally places speed over security. That being said when in a smaller more maneuverable force your speed can help increase your security but that doesn't mean you can blow off common sense because you are running. A deliberate technique relies more heavily on angles, cover and "slowly" taking on only as much as you can deal with at a single time. Deliberate techniques can be very useful if you are getting ready to enter a danger area that you know can easily require more assets than you have available to provide.
When Would I Use One Over The Other?
Generally speaking the way your team approaches and chooses to take a corner is going to be driven by SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) and METT-TC, though on my team there is a spectrum of priority that tends to drive the MDMP (Military Decision Making Process). If a smaller element is required to take a corner where time is not a factor and survivability can be increased by a deliberate technique then generally that would be the choice utilized. If a larger element (full stick or complete team) is required to take a corner and any of the following situations are factors then a dynamic technique will most likely be used, those factors are: time sensitive mission requirements may be materially affected by a "slower" approach, if the mission completion is more important than the survivability of the force or if a tactical advantage can be garnered with a dynamic technique.
Techniques, Not Tactics
Unfortunately, because this is an open source I specifically do not include tactics that can provide value to the enemy but I do provide individual techniques that can increase the capacity of the end using operator, which in conjunction with proper training and tactics can be of value. I know that there are plenty of open source tactics out there and the argument can be made that so long as it isn't classified I can talk about it, but in the interest of prudence we have decided to just not open that can of worms.
Torso Articulation and Slicing The Pie
Torso Articulation is an individual movement technique that allows an assaulter to twist the upper body and place the only the weapon system and the aiming system (operators head and eyes) into a danger zone. Torso articulation can be done both deliberately and dynamically but generally has its greatest value when used in conjunction with a dynamic tactic. A quick torso articulation can be done in a smooth fluid movement that provides the opposition force with very little time to react and the assaulter with the most possible cover and concealment while continuing to move to clear the threat. Slicing the pie or "pieing" is a more deliberate technique that combines many smaller movements and can be somewhat slower but provide with greater control over threat areas when in a smaller unit with limited security assets. Below we have included a short video that should illustrate the two movement techniques.
The Video
This Video was made under a tremendous time crunch because I had to get back before my wife got out of bed so you may be required to suspend your apprehension and give us the benefit of the doubt. The engagement sequence you see may be questionable but, the chosen sequences utilized were done so for good reason and if you have a question please don't hesitate to ask, often though the sequence may seem counter intuitive it was done so for the sake of the drill or due to how the individual technique fits into the over arching tactics which are beyond the scope of this discussion.
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