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Tutorial: Getting Started with Facebook for Journalists
If Facebook were a country, it would be the eighth most populous country in the world. Only this country is like nothing you've ever experienced.
When visiting a foreign country it's always best to prepare and have a basic understanding of how to get along. Studying the social norms, laws and rules is prudent.
One of the most important issues for journalists to resolve is how much personal and professional information is public. In addition to normal concerns of privacy and the real danger of identity theft, journalists are pulled by the desire for transparency in what we do and the need to protect sources and to protect the privacy of our family and friends.
Jumping head first into Facebook without considering the implications of how you setup your account can result in unwanted exposure of your personal information. This tutorial takes you though the setup process and shows you how to setup your account for maximum sensible privacy.
After you've mastered the basics and feel comfortable with your understanding of the many Facebook settings you can gradually peel off levels of privacy to reveal the information that you choose.
This tutorial is designed to give journalists a basic understanding of Facebook setup and privacy issues.
Getting Your account
Facebooks accounts are free and registration is easy.
Go to facebook.com.
If you already have an account, sign in with your user name and password.
If you do not have an account fill in the required information and clik the Sign Up button.
Complete the Captcha challenge to prove you're not a robot.
After you complete the Captcha Security Check you will get a registration email. This email ensures that the email you used to register is valid.
Click the link to finalize your Facebook account.
Congratulations! Welcome to Facebook.
Your Initial Privacy Settings
This step will guide you through setting the recommended initial privacy settings for your account. You will likely change these restrictive settings as you better understand how Facebook works and as you better understand how you want to use Facebook as a reporter.
One of the essential elements of Facebook is adding friends. Friends can see a great deal of information about you. As a working reporter you will certainly have many Facebook friends. There are important ways to limit the information various types of friends can see. Until you understand your options, click Skip this step.
Your profile information reveals information to the general public. For now, click Skip.
Click Skip. You will ad a profile picture in a following section.
After you click Skip, you will go to your personal Facebook Homepage.
Until you add friends and information there isn't much going on. In Facebook all the content is generated by you and by your friends…and advertisers, of course.
The next step is to start adding information to your account.
Adding Profile Information
Your Facebook profile serves two main purposes. First it enables other Facebook users to find you. Your high school friends can find you if you enter your high school and graduating year. This may or may not be a good thing.
The second main purpose of your profile is to keep your friends informed about your activities. In addition to your basic information, your profile is where you publish information about yourself.
An easy first step in setting up your profile is to add a picture of yourself.
Click the Upload a Picture option to upload a picture from your computer or click the Take a Picture option to use a camera connected to your computer to take a picture.
After you add the profile picture, click Edit Information. This will bring up four categories of information: Basic Information; Personal Information; Contact Information; and Education and Work.
Edit each of these information categories. The following images show the information that I suggest you share to begin using Facebook. Of course you can add or remove information at any time.
Basic information.
Personal Information is the next category. There is little risk in letting your friends and readers know what about your favorite TV show or book. Add information that you are comfortable sharing. You are not obligated to enter any information.
Here's the Contact Information section. Seriously consider if you want to post detailed contact information about yourself online. If you have a different email you want to publish, or if you wish to remove your email from your Facebook profile, this is the place.
The Education and Work section offers some benefits as well as exposure. For example, by specifying that I work at the University of California I will be able to join the UC Facebook Network. This may make it easier to find and contact individuals about stories related to the UC system. The exposure of education information may make it easier to find sensitive identity information through other sources.
How do you decide what to post? You want some people to see a lot of information, but most people to see a small subset of information about you. It's time to talk about Facebook Friends and Friends Lists.
Facebook Friends
Are friends people who share a brew? a movie? a kiss? a class? a cubicle? an email? a city? a college? an interest? mom? dad? sis? In the world of Facebook, who is a friend is up to you. More friends mean more connections and more nuggets of information. More friends also means more time consumed and more interactions. Finding a balance that works for you is an ongoing task.
To get started invite a couple of real friends or colleagues to be friends on Facebook. I suggest inviting someone you know who is pretty savvy about Facebook…ask the intern in your newsroom.
Go to the Facebook homepage and click the Find people you know link. Search for a person you know is on Facebook.
When you find the person, click the Add as Friend link.
Add a personal message and click the Send Request button. An email is sent to your friend's email with a link to your profile picture and an option to accept your invitation.
Once you have profile information and a couple friends Facebook becomes more interesting.
Here's the "no friends" homepage.
With just two friends (and some identifying profile information) the home page is much more interesting.
In addition to seeing activity from Jeremy, Facebook also suggests new friends based on the profile information I entered and interests and networks I share with my friends. As you add more friends and activities, Facebook will continually expand the scope of people recommended as friends.
Friend Lists
Adding friends on Facebook is easy. Just find people and send a request. You can also upload a contact file so you can invite friends "in bulk." Facebook will also—with your permission and your email password—search your email account to see who you email and enable you to invite the people you email to become your Facebook friend. You can also send an email to friends who are not on Facebook inviting them to join Facebook so that they can be your Facebook friend. And just as it's easy for you to invite people, people will start to invite you.
However, you're not sure you want to share the same information about yourself with your co-workers as you do with your family members. And your co-workers probably aren't as interested in the personal parts of your life as your family members. Casual acquaintances could be Facebook friends but you don't want to share much with them…but you still want to keep tabs on them. And your readers will find you and invite you to be their Facebook friends. Chances are you don't want them to have your home address.
Facebook Friend Lists are a way for you to control what information you share with custom lists of friends. You can create as many Facebook Friends Lists as you like. Friends can be on multiple lists. Each Facebook Friends lists can have custom privacy settings. This section shows how to create Facebook Friends Lists.
From your personal Facebook homepage click Friends in the blue menu bar at the top of the screen.
Here's the Facebook Friends page. To create a custom list of your friends with custom privacy settings for each list, start by clicking + Create [under Lists in the left column].
Name the list and select the friends that will be in the list. Note that you need to click the picture or name to make a selection.
You can also create Friends list with no one on the list. Use this to prepare for a category of friends that you haven't yet started to gather…like Readers or Family.
This image shows multiple lists. The next section will show how to use these lists to set custom privacy and information access settings.
Setting Privacy with Friends Lists
When you consider your privacy settings you need to consider how you, as a professional reporter, are going to use Facebook. Here are some journalist-related uses:
- Promote your reporting and your news organization.
- Engaging in a conversation with your readers.
- Getting information and tips from your readers and the general public.
- Soliciting user-generated content.
These uses are all pretty public. The idea that you can accomplish this by setting all your privacy options to the most restrictive setting just doesn't make sense. So you need to think through your privacy settings and make informed choices.
Start by reviewing your Basic Information, Personal Information and Contact Information.
In the above example the Basic Information does not present any real compromising information. Removing the birthday would be slightly more secure, but birthdays are part of the Facebook culture. The other Basic Information is fine for public view.
The Personal Information above is bland and harmless for public consumption. If your life is more exciting or you enter more risque or controversial personal information you can control who sees that information.
Your Contact Information really should only contain information that you want public. Family and "real" friends have other ways to get you home address, cell phone, Instant Message screen name and land line phone. One option is to use your news organization's address and phone number. Note that you can also edit your email address to be your work email.
The best way to control your privacy on Facebook is to only put up information that you are comfortable having public.
In the above image, Everyone can find and see my Basic Information and Personal Information. If you wish to have only your family see your personal information, create a Friends List that contains everyone except the family friends that you want to be able to see your Personal Information. [See the preceding page for instructions.]
In the above screen shot, Friends can see my Personal Information—unless the friends are part of the "Everyone except Family" Friends List. This exception means that the only friends that can see my Personal Information are the family "friends" that I did not include as members of the "Everyone except Family" Friends List. You can also make lists for "Everyone except close friends," "Everyone except colleagues," and any other collection of friends that you want to grant or deny specific access.
Photos are a real privacy concern. Photos can show your family to the public. Photos can show your car and your house (and frequently your street address). People who pose with you may not realize that, as a journalist, you are a public figure and that by posing with you their relationship with you may become more publicized than they wish. Photos in which you are identified by name are "Tagged." In the previous image of Basic Privacy Settings I have set Tagged Photos to be only visible to members of my Family Friends List. I use the same setting for videos.
Friends are sources of information. As a reporter you often talk to a subject's friends for more information. Making your friends visible makes them access points for information about you that you may not want generally available. In the privacy setting example above, I've excluded everyone except family from seeing my Facebook friends.
Your needs may vary and you may choose other privacy combinations. Through the use of Facebook Friends Lists you can, with some work and creativity, restrict the information you share with different categories of friends.
Facebook Search
Search is s common way to find people on Facebook. You can set what someone sees when your profile is found via search.
In the above example, everyone on Facebook can find me via search and the search results will display my profile picture, a link to send a message, and a link to add me as a friend. In the above example the search results will not display my friend list.
In addition, Facebook will create a public search listing and submit that information to search engines. This will enable people searching on the web to find my Facebook profile.
As a journalist promoting your news organization and your own brand, the more ways that people can find you—and the more locations you promote yourself—the more effective your promotional campaign.
The Wall and News Feed
The Wall in Facebook is where you publish content. This content can be a standard text post or it can be a photo, video or a link to other content on the Internet.
The Wall is also the place where your Facebook friends can post messages and other content for you and your friends to read, view or watch.
In the above example, Scot posted a message about this tutorial and Jeremy posted a message and a link to the Berkeley Advanced Media Institute home page.
The Wall in Facebook is the primary place you will interact with your Facebook Friends.
The News Feed on the Facebook homepage publishes a stream of news about you and your friends.
The above example shows News Feed items posted by my Facebook friends. These are "news" items that these friends published on their own Facebook Wall pages. Facebook automatically publishes these news items to the News Feed of all their friends. These are news items about friends that are not directed at any specific person. These are items that friends publish on their Wall that go out to all of their friends.
You can also filter your news feeds by Facebook Friends Lists. Clicking one of the lists in the left column will just show you the news from from friends who are on that list.
Wall and News Feed Privacy Settings
You have control of what goes out to your Facebook friends as a news item originated by you.
The above Wall and News Feed privacy settings shows what will appear by your choice on your Wall and in your News Feed that goes out to your friends. These setting are for "news" originated by you and actions that you take.
Note on the right side in the Wall and News Feed privacy settings is a list of actions that are never part of your News Feed and will never appear on your Wall.
Face Ads Privacy Setting
Facebook would like your help to sell products and services to your friends. Recommendations that come from someone you know are more interesting and more effective than almost any other type of advertising.
You provide Facebook with information about yourself, your activities, your networks. Facebook can match these up with products and services that you use and transform this information into an ad campaign targeted specifically at your friends.
Here's a more readable image about Facebook ads.
Needless to say that as a journalist you want no part in Facebook's advertising program. Below is the recommended setting.
Facebook Applicatons
What are Facebook applications?
Probably the biggest privacy hole in Facebook is applications. On July 29, 2009 Sarah Perez published, "Does that Facebook App Have a Privacy Policy? Probably Not." on the ReadWriteWeb.com blog.
In this post Perez reports on research done by "theharmonyguy" on the blog Social Hacking. In that research of the top 25 Facebook applications, "36% of these top apps had no published privacy policy whatsoever or only offered a link to it."
Perez continues:
"Each of the top 25 applications on Facebook have at least 5.5 million monthly active users and 12 of these apps are labeled as "Facebook Verified," a designation which essentially means they have been given the Facebook seal of approval when it comes to their trustworthiness."
Applications, through the Facebook API, have access to all of the information that you enter on Facebook. Applications are suppose to respect your privacy setting. Even those that do not violate Facebook's privacy policy can access and distribute information that you thought was private.
Facebook explains application privacy.
This means that an application that is authorizes by you or your friends can access your public information. For most users, especially journalists trying to attract users to content, this is generally not a problem. The next point is a potential problem.
This means that if you have your privacy settings set to only allow family to see your photos but authorize an application for photo sharing that needs access to your photos to work, you implicitly grant that application access to your photos. Because applications have poor privacy policies and a great deal of access to your information, thoroughly research an application before you authorize the application.
The following settings are for information about you that can be accessed by applications that your friends authorize.
The best recommendation for using Facebook applications is to research the application thoroughly and use only applications that your really need for your publishing and promotion.
Facebook Connect
Facebook verifies your identity when you register by sending you a confirming email. You can supply a fictitious name with an email account (as I did by giving my cat Kali her own Facebook account). Once you establish your Facebook identity, all Facebook native services are available to you when you are on Facebook.
Facebook Connect enables you to "connect" your Facebook identity, friends and privacy to any website that supports Facebook Connect.
What does this really mean?
First, it means that developers outside of Facebook can use the Facebook Authentication to implement social networks on their sites without coding a new social networking authentication system. You can participate in this new not-at-Facebook social network without setting up a new account and providing more personal information about yourself at another web site. You use your Facebook identity. The developer uses the Facebook Connect code to authenticate that you are a real person—at least that you have a real Facebook identity.
It also means that you can easily share information on these third-party social networks with your Facebook friends. Your friends will see which third-party sites you join and you will see which friends are on the third-party site.
You have the option, recommended, to not allow friends to view your membership on other sites through Facebook Connect.
Above is the recommended setting for allowing your Facebook friends to see sites you join using your Facebook identify. Note this also blocks the sites you join from spamming your friends with invitations to join you on the third-party site.
Facebook Beacon
Facebook created a major controversy concerning Beacon. Beacon broadcasts what you buy, what you review and other actions that you take on participating third-party sites to all your friends.
Facebook has scaled back on the original program. The program, although now more controlled by the user, is still a form of affinity marketing. This is obviously not a role for a journalist.
Below is the recommended setting for Beacon.
About this Tutorial
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text: Ok here is my take on this game....miss the whole thing hangin out with the wife, but caught the last 3 minutes on the Clipper radio network as was not happy. The Clipper announcers however were happy as they pointed out that the Pistons had swept the Clippers for six straight years. 13 straight back to 2001 Got home and ran the DVR back on Clipper FS network back to the end of the third qtr to watch their version on the game and Pistons lead 74-73 when the game went black??? Then the programming switch to a Poker tournament.???...then after 10 mins, the poker tourney switched back to the game and instead of it being the clipper announcers, it was Blaha and Kelser with doing the screaming with the Pistons down 97-91. Looks like Fox Sports net decided to provide the LA market with the Detroit feed for few minutes and then finally the Clipper announcers came back on with about 50 seconds left in the game to cheer their team on. back to the game....well we ran out of gas I guess??? Stuckey 10-24 shooting, Bynum 4-17.....They did handout 16 assists between them, but still that is a lot of shooting and a whole lotta misses ..Kaman who was 3-19 vs the Pacers on Wednesday was an in your face 11-13 tonight and Thorton according to the announcers went off in the blacked out 4th. Well folks, with the injuries we are officially one of the worst five teams in the league with really only the Twolves, Nets, Knicks worst than us..and the Raptors and Grizzlies fighting to stink themselves... Nice to see a write up on Tay's condition, but what about Mr Hamilton?


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A buddy said he was going to send me an old Arisaka. It had been sporterized, needed some work, but "free is a quality overcoming many faults." In due course a box showed up.
I'd thought about the things I could do with an Arisaka action, but when I opened the box, what came out as a *nice* rifle. Someone had polished all the machining marks off and given it a beautiful almost-block blue job and had inletted it into a nice aftermarket sporter stock. The bore is perfect. The muzzle really needs to be recrowned, but other than that, there's nothing much to do.
My plans for rebarreling it to .50 Beowulf got trashed about two seconds after it came out of the box. I'd done it in view of my wife, who claimed half-interest in the rifle, and promptly forbade any such thing. I was to order some new 7.7 brass immediately. So I did, along with a die set, bullet mould, and some other odds and ends. Nothing wrong with 7.7x58...
This should go nicely with my sporterized P-17, once I figure out how to do a nice job of marking the barrel as ".30 Whelen." I'd originally planned to rebarrel it in .300 H&H, then rechamber it in .30 Gibbs (which is what you get if you "Ackley Improve" an Ackley Improved...), then decided to leave it in its original chambering.


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I'm in Amsterdam for the European Common Lisp Meeting, 2011 vintage. Still wearing my two hats, as academic and
"entrepreneur" – and, somewhat to my surprise, still enjoying it. Though I do have a fairly nasty cold, possibly a result of too many late nights (business), early mornings (children), and interaction with disease-ridden individuals (students).
I'm sitting in the cafe de jaren, a haunt which I think is popular with students – but today looks just plain popular. They seem very accomodating, with newspapers to wade through (admittedly, I brought my own), free Wifi, and tasty soup and sandwiches. I've been here before; in fact, getting on for a decade ago, my wife and I mislaid a copy of Asterix and the Somethings (dunno which) in Dutch. It's a pleasure to sit here, waiting for my colleagues to show up so that I can inspect Luke's presentation for
blatant falsehoods off-message content. Looking forward to this evening's brasserie outing and of course the talks tomorrow – it'll be particularly interesting to see how Jack Harper's presentation compares with our Teclo experience –
and of course it'll be good to catch up with old friends, some of them in the flesh for the first time...


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I have been practicing (Goenkan) Vipassana for about 5 months. I have found that when I am able to communicate with my subconscious the effects are most pronounced, as when the pain of sitting finally went away during my initial adhittana (stationary) sittings, and a lot of other little pains and stiffness also lifted. My subconscious was educated by the sensation of pain ameliorating, not by my conscious mind telling it "stop feeling pain".
I would like to do the same with anicca. (The concept of) anicca still originates in my conscious mind, whereas pain/pleasure originates in my subconscious mind. I would like to bridge the gap vis a vis anicca, and make it as subconscious a process as possible. The closest I have gotten is this: as I feel sensations, I feel a ball/ridge of energy (arising) at the line of my awareness during a body scan, followed by a sensation of (passing) as the energy fades, rather like a comet in the sky. I still have to consciously remind myself sometimes that this is arising/passing (anicca), but it is better than using "anicca" as a continual conscious-level mantra, since the former at least involves body sensations.
Just wondering how others handle this, as the literature has not really answered it to my satisfaction.
Thank you.


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text: It would help to have an image, but the high timers on here (I'm not one) may be able to help you. My Sigs have curved marks on the backs of their barrels that some of my friends call "smilies". I'm told that they typically show up on Sigs in just the first few rounds. Since both my pistols are about 20 years old, I never think much about it, but someone told me that the first 15 or 20 rounds might produce them.


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The 6-1 SU and 5-2 ATS Roughriders are the current 9/5 favorite in CFL football betting odds for the Grey Cup game in November.
The Calgary Stampeders handed Saskatchewan its only loss of the season so far, topping the Roughriders 42-27 at home in Week 6. Running back Jon Cornish leads the CFL with eight rushing touchdowns and is second in rushing yards with 749.
He, along with three capable quarterbacks that have combined for 1,823 passing yards and 14 touchdowns, lead an offense that averages 32.3 points per game. Calgary is 5-2 SU and ATS, and is currently going off at 13/4 to win the Grey Cup.
Also in the running out west are the BC Lions (7/2), who won the Grey Cup two years ago and are 5-2 SU and 4-3 ATS so far this season. While the Lions have struggled to find their footing on offense so far this season, they are a perfect 4-0 SU at home and are second in the league in defensive scoring allowing 23.4 points per game.
The defending Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts are also currently listed at 7/2, and are already running away with the top spot in the East with a 5-2 SU and 4-3 ATS record.
Quarterback Ricky Ray is enjoying a sensational year, ranking second in the CFL in passing yards (1,768) and touchdowns (14) with no interceptions as the Argos average 32.8 points per game.
Rounding out the current betting odds to win the Grey Cup are the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (10/1), Montreal Alouettes (18/1), Edmonton Eskimos (50/1), and Winnipeg Blue Bombers (50/1).
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text: S&W is banking on this one to improve their place in the L E market. I am not suprized that the lock is not there. I know that with my department they felt that the safety on the S&W was a deturant and thus opted for the Sig because it did not have a safety or a magazine disconnector. I think that that kind of thinking was very stupid but if you have the safety and something goes wrong some lawyer is going to try and sue because the safety was not engaged. If they had the lock I am sure that some lawsuit would want all oFficers to carry with the lock locked. "Excuse me bad guy, could you stop shooting until I find my key and unlock my gun."


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less dangerous than alcohol. Doesnt promote violence either which many other altering substances do.
I think pot should be kept away form anyone under 21. I like my beer, and think no one should push their morals on another adult
As I mentioned in another post, did everything at least once, nothing now!!! Carrot Juice anyone????
Hey.... I'm 54 going on 17 :-D


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|Topic Review (Newest First)
Something like this is what folks are referring to:
I just got a rescued dog – what do I do? | stickydogblog
The cat thing:
5 dogs 14 years and up to 16 cats all living in harmony. In all that time "never" a single cat dog incident! The "Dog Chases the Cat...Never!" Second incident a correction should have been made swift and certain! A service dog that chases fast furry animals is not of much use..but I'm "not" an expert.
Useful links in post eight here:
Got no input on the baby thing, I bow to others.
Problem is, people think dog licking the baby means dog loves the baby
When I first wanted a GSD I went to rescues.
None, I mean none, would let me have an adult dog. They directed me toward a puppy who would grow up with my 1-year-old nephew, who was at my house all day at that time.
Stop letting an adult GSD that you barely know get close to your BABY, let alone close enough to lick the baby! Glad you got a trainer, make sure they aren't going to just focus on redirecting and treating. You need some punishment along with the reinforcement. Need balanced training, I also agree with MDD, you need to shut everything down, stop flooding the dog, and stop setting it up for failure. Build a bond, teach boundaries, etc....
As Bailiff said...seems like prey drive that is misplaced due to never having manners/obedience. Could be "fixable"...would I keep this dog around my baby? Not in a million years, baby is worth way more to me than that nonsense, especially when you don't seem to know the proper boundaries of children (babies) and dogs. I'd rather have a dog grow up from puppyhood with kids so they are never novelty (dogs or kids).
Glad you got the trainer, until then keep the dog away from the baby. Everyone seems obsessed with babies and dogs being best friends, taking cute pictures, and having cute stories. Dogs should respect a bubble around babies (imo), as the kids get older they are taught respect, boundaries, etc...and can start to "play" more with the dogs. In that first year or two? LOTS of boundaries.
Yep, missed it.
All righty then.
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you may have missed the last post by the op that says
She wasn't trying to hurt my daughter, she didn't know what to do. After I put her on a down stay so I could deal with the baby she settled right down and calmed that fear for me.
i believe she is going to keep and try to work with the dog
so at the very least keep the dog leashed and put it on a shut down so it learns who is the leader in the house
i say this because the dog sounds completely overwhelmed and overstimulated
you have got to ease the transition and not fling everything at it at once
running cats crying babies walks where it is expected to handle the crying baby and traffic and pedestrians and all manner of things running around
the dog needs to defuse and settle in
you do not want it defusing by eating a cat or attacking your kid
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leash that dog and keep her leashed while she settles in
she should never have had free reign of the house so soon for starters
and quite honestly you are throwing far too many things at this dog all at once
have you heard of a two week shut down period
if not please look it up
where you have cats and kids it is critical you do this
I would not keep this dog.
And for heaven's sake, the dog has no business licking the baby.
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leash that dog and keep her leashed while she settles in
she should never have had free reign of the house so soon for starters
and quite honestly you are throwing far too many things at this dog all at once
have you heard of a two week shut down period
if not please look it up
where you have cats and kids it is critical you do this
Sissy update
Thank you all for taking the time to respond. I think after bringing her home, all of us were over tired, and Sissy was over stimulated.
I rescued Sissy because I understood WHY she acted out against old owner's dog; she was crated overnight, crated 8-12 hours daily while owner was at work, and then instead of activity, the owner wanted to sit and relax with the lap dogs. To a young high energy GSD, the other dog was taking attention and causing the issue, no matter how we see it. I've broken the prey drive in other dogs, I know it can be broken.
Today, after a good rest for Sissy (not me, turns out baby daughter is teething again) we went for a walk to burn energy and when the baby started fussing again Sissy whined and licked her with my careful supervision. I called a trainer, I already have experience with obedience training and my gut was right, her aggression was most likely because of her situation, and cat aggression is fairly easy to deal with because she has never been taught to leave them alone. She has never been around kids, so she simply needs to be taught how to deal with them. She wasn't trying to hurt my daughter, she didn't know what to do. After I put her on a down stay so I could deal with the baby she settled right down and calmed that fear for me.
As for cats, I now know how to start adjusting her to them, and I have a direction to start. She is an excellent girl on everything else, so I know it is a learned response from lack of training and reinforcement. If it was personality, she wouldn't be good everywhere else.
Sissy just needs a bit of my energy, constancy, attention and dominant leadership, to not get away with the bad behavior. Her previous owner somewhat catered to Sissy by separating the dogs and enforcing that she had a valid reason to attack the other dog by allowing her to attack when together. She never corrected the attacking behavior, and she didn't redirect it.
So, thank you all, I'm going to keep everyone updated at her progress, I think there is hope for her, she is a smart girl.
I feel you set yourself up for failure. You got a dog that you knew had a high prey drive, yet you are upset about the dog chasing cats.
Has the dog ever been around infants/toddlers? It not, it probably does not know what to do with you child, children are unpredictable and have movements the dog is not familiar with.
As for a service dog, if you need a service dog you should get one already trained to your needs, I know they may be expensive, but is the time, energy, money and training that would need to be put into this dog worth it? This dog may never have the temperament for a service dog, at least if you get one from a professional organization it should be well conditioned to all types of situations.
Before we bought our dog as a pup from a breeder, we looked into two well known GSD rescue organizations to adopt an adult. The descriptions of about 90% of the dogs available for adoption said they had high prey drive.
We have a few cats and I did not want to put them in danger or have a crazy house, so we got the pup that grew up with the cats and they get along fine.
Prey aggression is one of the easiest types of aggression to punish and see a quick turn around in behavior. While I would always manage a dog around young children regardless of how bomb proof their temperaments seem to be, what your dog is displaying is not necessarily something id consider a deal breaker. Youd need to find a good balanced trainer to help you, and id suspect an e colllar purchase would be in your future but it isnt a super big deal.
As for the service dog thing. Yeah probably not gonna happen.
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I just got my V.3 armor. I will be watching this thread with great interest. Nice job so far.
Greetings all,
Brand new to the site and I must say I am thoroughly impressed by the devotion nay the absolute obsession with Fett. It makes me feel at home! After some almost 20 years of wanting to build fetts suit I find myself in a position to. I have a ton of questions which will come in time. But the main one now is; is FB Armor defunct? Is there a new site? How much was the armor? Inquiring minds need to know!
Thanks in advance for any info.
welcome aboard, Vargas! i know this is not a welcome thread, but hey...and great work on the new armor, brother!! looking great!
Looks to be coming along quite nicely. Mine should be coming soon, so you are getting me excited. Cant wait to see you get some paint on it.
Welcome to TDH, Vargas1138
Your questions will be answered... seek and you shall definitely find here :)
I draped an old bedsheet over my couch (for the plastic dust), and filed while watching TV. :)
With that crack, don't use JB Weld. Get your hands on a small chunk of plastic, heat it with a heat gun, and form it to the underside of the crack. Once it's cooled, remove it and glue it down with some plastic weld.
Looking great so far Bro. I can't wait to start my Fett. There has already been some info in your thread that is new to me.
Well plastic weld is a chemical bond. The glue will seep through the crack and will bond the crack that way, the piece of plastic is simple reinforcement.
Oh I see what you are talking about.
Quick update of where I am at with the costume and the armor as a whole.
Here is a group shot of everything I have including my MoW gauntlets.
I just received my girth belt and am about to start work on the ammo belt.
I also got my knee darts and gauntlet darts in a few days ago. And my very nice Fettdad harness which is the coolest thing ever. The wookie braids are just doll hair braids which arent too great but Julie is backed up until 2010 and slavefives run is closed I believe...or not.. I guess I'll invest in better ones later.
Your doing great work there man :thumbsup:fettesb
Thanks ^^^^
Alright so I laid down the base coat of US Med green and went on to the weathering. I did very slight weathering, since while looking at screen grabs, I could see weathering done lightly. Not too light and not too dark. In pictures your really cannot see weathering, but in person you will see a slight amount of weathering. I think it looks good.
Earlier today hot off the press
Then I painted the yellow on the left chest. All that is left to do is minor scratches.
I applied Scotts decal on the right chest and toned it down with washes of black PS paint.
And the blaster scuff marks...hurry up and finish your blasters Mason, I need to make it look like the blaster did it... and not me... :D
Picture with flash of the cod to show the subtle weathering
I also installed the famous "thong" on the kidney piece. That picture is too x rated for TDH however. I do have a picture with flash of everything though haha.
Sometime this week I will paint the yellow scratches and zinc up the shoulders and knees. :D
Let me know what you think.
looking like all your other stuff... great! keep it up. I swear I'm gonna end up getting rid of my scratch made stuff for some of the FP armor. I feel inadequate now hahaha.
Dude your scratch made stuff looks awesome! Seriously!
Edit- 700th post :D
hey man, that harness is AWESOME!!! you may want to use that new added feature and move those shoulder strap anchors a little bit and get that thing out from under your armpits!! armor looks great brother!!!
Thanks for the advice buddy. Ill adjust the harness tonight. Its just so dang comfy!
REALLY nice progress man, great pics to boot!!!
Nice paint job man.
Wow ! :eek You don't waste any time do ya brother !
Great job man, and pretty record time too !
Sorry to hear about the cod mishap though :( You need/want a replacement?
Thanks guys!
Yea FP, Im hurrying to finish this cause I want to just get rid of it and buy some SFP armor. I heard its more accurate than yours. :D
Edit- About the cod. Its all good bro, its all patched up and ready to go.But Thanks alot for the generous offer man. You have really been extremely awesome. If I could give you a "Fettpride is Awesome!" award I would hahaha.


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There's a lot of whaling and gnashing of teeth over why the KCMO City Council just approved a $12 million no-bid contract to a Chicago company to improve customer service in the water department. The story comes at the same time there's controversy over how the city decided to award the construction contract to build the new Kansas City streetcar line, with aggrieved parties questioning whether the process was fair.
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For the first time in more than 25 years, downtown Kansas City is getting a brand new built-from-scratch hotel. And remarkably, all without tax breaks. A Tennessee based developer plans to break ground early next year on the 257-room hotel in the Crossroads Arts District.
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50 years since "March on Washington": As part of a new KCPT high school reporting partnership with Paseo Academy in the Kansas City, MO School District, we invited students to reflect on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech. This is a joint project of the PBS Student Reporting Labs.
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Can one Congressman kill the $1.2 billion plan for a new single terminal at KCI airport? A front page story in the Kansas City Star this week reports that Kansas City area Republican Congressman Sam Graves is a major obstacle. Graves holds a seat on the aviation subcommittee in the House and could use his influence to cause bureaucratic delays that could stretch out the approval process for years. But can this plan move forward with Congressman Graves support?
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Why is Missouri Governor Jay Nixon running radio ads blasting Rick Perry this week? Could it be because the Texas Governor is appearing in TV commercials all across the state trying to lure Missouri businesses to set up shop in Texas? Governor Perry also appeared before the Missouri Chamber of Commerce trying to convince Missouri lawmakers to override Nixon's income tax veto.
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One of the benefits of the University of St. Thomas being located in the large, international city of Houston is the diversity of cultures represented on campus. Karmen Rouhana, a recent graduate originally from Lebanon, discovered this diversity when she decided to return to school to earn a bachelor's degree in finance with a minor in economics from UST's Cameron School of Business.
Born and raised in Zahle, Lebanon, a small town 30 miles east of Beirut, Rouhana never thought she would end up in the United States. In her youth, Rouhana attended St. Joseph's School, a Catholic school run by a group of religious sisters, and although her native language is Arabic, from the moment she began school until her graduation, the language spoken in the classroom was French. It seemed like a natural progression to study French literature in college at L'ecole des Lettres at Lebanese University.
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While Rouhana enjoyed all of her classes and had good relationships with each of her professors, she counts Dr. Beena George, associate professor of management and marketing, as one of her most influential professors. She said the atmosphere Dr. George fosters in her class is an extremely rare quality to find in a business school.
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Well, I've searched the web high and low does not look to
promising. I went out in the garage tonight and took the rotors and calipers off the spindles tonight seeing I have a friend who wants him for his Goat. The whole reason I bought this setup was for the rotors and loaded calipers, here to find out there only 10.5" rotors and the calipers look like s10's. Should I ebay the rotors and loaded calipers or is there still hope to adapt these to MII spindles. Which brings up another question how do you know other than trial and error if you're going to need drop spindles??? Is there one aftermarket spindle better than the other??? thanks in advance Ryan
There are a lot of factors that must be considered in a spindle swap. Ball joint stud diameter and taper is one, and it is a MAJOR safety consideration. The ball joint stud MUST match the spindle. It is possible to assemble mismatched parts and end up with an unsafe situation, so the fact that they bolt together is not enough. Mismatched ball joints and spindle can lead to a broken front suspension at speed. See the related thread on this site. Note that Speedway Motors sells tapered reamers that will allow you to machine the spindle holes to match the ball joints.
Spindle height is a concern. Changing the height changes the roll center. Sometimes this is a good thing (like the B-body spindle swap onto A-body cars) but sometimes it is not. You need to understand the impact.
Finally, steering arm location is an issue. The good news is that the 64-72 A-body spindles have bolt-on steering arms, so you could make or adapt new ones to work with your steering system.
Hey 42CHEVCOUPE- Welcome to the forum
Perhaps you could find a catalog that lists the specs for different ball joints, and find the ones that match the fit for your chevelle spindles and mustang II control arms.
Maybe the upper control arm could be drilled to fit the larger stud... I don't know if that would cause any structural concerns for that arm though.
Good luck! Lot's of great people and info here- make sure to give the search feature a try. And throw a little punctuation in your posts to help out the guys reading it
NEWBIES 1st POST 72 chevelle spindles MII
Hello everyone this is my first post on the board I'm building a 42 chev coupe mII front suspension 10 bolt rear I've got a 5.3 out of a 02 silverado for a motor plan on running the edelbrock intake / carb with msd box to fire
the coils, 700r4 trans the body is rough and will need extensive sheetmetal replacement however right now
I'm focusing on the chassis I was able to pick up a new frame at a swap meet with the mustang ii crossmember tacked in I plan on leaving it tacked in and mocking up and making sure axle centerline is correct I'm on a low budget saying that I should'nt be building a hot rod right
anyways enough on the intro
My question is in my research I've been doing I see everyone has been using chevelle calipers and rotors for the 11 inch brake kits and a light bulb came on a guy at work was trying to get rid of a set of 2inch drop spindles
with new rotors calipers and pads off a 72 chevelle I picked up the whole
setup for $50 the spindles are front steer and a one piece
design caliper brkt is part of the spindle now will these spindles work with my mii setup I have a set of mII
stock control arms and the top ball joint stud is too big and the lower ball joint stud is too small can I use these spindles and use different ball joints thanks in advance
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'Buffalo still had many of the same problems Thursday that it has had all year. The Sabres nearly gave up a breakaway in the opening minute. Their defense was loose, and they spent much of the game chasing the puck. In one embarrassing sequence, James van Riemsdyk literally skated a circle around their entire defense.'
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I have made this recipe for my family for years and it's still everyone's favorite. I like to serve it with rice on the side. —Amy Chellino, Shorewood, Illinois
Recommended: 99 of Our Favorite Chicken Dinner Ideas
- 1/2 cup apricot spreadable fruit
- 3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1-1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 medium red onion, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 medium zucchini, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 medium yellow summer squash, cut into 1-inch pieces
- In a small bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Pour 1/2 cup marinade into a large resealable plastic bag. Add the chicken; seal bag and turn to coat. Refrigerate for at least 8 hours or overnight. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade.
- Drain and discard marinade in bag. On four metal or soaked wooden skewers, alternately thread the chicken, onion, zucchini and summer squash.
- On a lightly greased grill rack, grill kabobs, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat for 10-15 minutes or until juices run clear, turning and basting occasionally with reserved marinade. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Apricot-Glazed Chicken Kabobs in Healthy Cooking June/July 2012, p38
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"Can't tell if we just aren't fans of five spice. I made this both on the skewer and as a stir fry. Flavorful, but just not the flavors we love."
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"I did not make this a kabobs, I just browned the chicken in a skillet, removed it to keep it warm, and then cooked the veggies. I added the chicken back in and spooned on a few more tablespoons of apricot preserves. Pretty good, I'm sure it would be great on the grill, but I was too lazy to put everything on a skewer!"


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I have a 115 piece set of the TiN coated bits that have been decent, nothing to brag about but they have been worth the 40 bucks I gave for them. I rarely if ever use them except in my drill press or lathe and I would imagine they would break pretty easy if used in a hand held drill, also they were not exactly the sharpest bit I have ever used.
(Mine are Chinese)
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My little 1/4" right angle die grinder is HF. While it's a bit weak on power, it works just fine - now - but someday I expect to end up with a bunch of scrap parts in my hand (unless this is the one that got past the inspector and really is a good one) . Paid ~$20 for it about 5 years ago.
I have a box of fractional, letter and number HF drill bits that are about 20 years old - the bits are Korean rather then Chinese and for the most part have been good tho the fractionals have mostly been replaced by US made thru normal attrition - broke, lost, dull and too lazy to get my Drill Doctor out.
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I just got one had to snag it off the truck !
Spins fast !
25,000 RPM's
|The 44141 grinder oldred mentioned in the original post is on sale for $30 right now, until November 12.
|my HF air die grinder works fine. paid $10 for it. use it mostly for running the 3M rolllock discs
|Not to knock that air grinder, I have not used one I so I can't say anything good or bad about it but every cheap air die grinder I have seen runs rough (out of balance) and will cause the stone or burr to "bounce" which will cause poor cutting action and extremely short stone/burr life, again not saying that is the case with that one however. I like the electric grinders better because they seem to have more power and the air powered ones are usually quite air hungry for the work they do but often you can use an air grinder where the electric one simply will not fit plus it is easy to control the speed of the air grinder. For less than $20 I guess I will just find out for myself next time I get over there.
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I really hate those Double dead man levers I either rip them out or melt a piece of shrink wrap on them ,but other than that that looks sweet I will think about that one too.
I try to use electric more & to not run my little compressor so much
|Mine is the Chicago Electric long nose electric grinder, I have not tried that air powered one yet. How well is it balanced, does the stone run smoothly or vibrate?
I have the same tool. I haven't used it much, but it looks like it's made well. I like the rubber grip.
On sale now for $15.99!! It's like a sore..............
|That plug was not for Harbor Freight in general, they have some real junk too, it was about that one tool which is an exception. On a lot of the tools they have more than one grade and the very cheapest is far less likely to be any good, such as the 1/2" impact that is regular about $24 that is often on sale for $9.99. Only $9.99 for a 1/2" impact? The price alone should be a red flag but apparently they sell a bunch of them because they have had that model for a long time, I certainly would not even try one of those things and the one I do know of performed about like you would expect of a $10 impact wrench. However they have a much more expensive model called the "Earthquake" that seems to hold up well (mine has) and is a brute for power, at $79 sale price and $99 regular it is not cheap by HF standards but it is less than half the price of the IR "Thunder Gun" that is copied from. HF tools are a crap shoot for sure and looking back I would say about half the stuff I have bought is "ok" and of the remaining half most was bad or just outright junk with only a few items being really good, that die grinder, the 4 1/2" angle grinder and the horazontal band saw (sale $159) being very good quality for the price. Also we don't want to forget that the next one of any of those good items sold may not be so good because even though the design seems to be decent (usually stolen from somewhere else ) the quality control is not always the best.
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I used a HF Electric Box Hole Know knock out tool last night that did not compleat the job, nope not one hole & it was brand new
Their elecrtic & air tool are like a sore pee pee ......Can't beat it
|When I bought my compressor, I bought some HF air tools. I figured I'd replace them with good when the broke, but they haven't yet. I agree with Henry Highrise though, I've bought some of their stuff that got thrown away pretty quickly.
Really good HF tool
Don't throw them away! Take them back. HF has a replacement guarantee! I have taken items back 2-3 times if I figure it's not worth the trouble I tell them that I bought a new one from another place and they give me in store credit to try something new! 99% of the time there's no hassle. Just tell them what's wrong and they replace it!
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|Yeppers....sometimes some of those Harbor Freight tools are all right. I have a 4 inch angle grinder that I bought from them....I can't even remember how long ago.....by rights it should have been worn out years ago, but its still going strong. But the other side of the story is...I have thrown a bunch of Harbor Freight tools in the garbage can when they were still very new.
Really good HF tool
I had to weld up some cast iron exhaust manifolds this morning and as is often the case the weld intruded into the ports and bolt holes in order to accomplish a complete weld. I got out my Harbor Freight long nose grinder with a carbide burr and made short work of the excess weld and while doing this it occurred to me how much I have used this thing in the last year and a half since I bought it. I got mine on sale for $29.95 and figured (my usual excuse) that if it did only a couple of jobs it would pay for itself but like the 4 1/2" grinder it is based on it just keeps on kickin! It shares the same basic case as the grinder that has made a reputation for itself as being dependable but turns a burr or stone at 25000 RPM and does so very smoothly which is not usually the case for a cheap die grinder. Most cheap die grinders, air or electric, lack power and are almost always out of balance enough to ruin a stone or carbide($$$) burr in short order making them next to useless, not so with this thing! It runs as smoothly as any die grinder I have ever used and it has plenty of power. I have used mine a lot and I did not baby it I have had it in some very tight places and really abused it with excess side pressure on some jobs but so far it is holding up really well and has paid for itself many times over. If it seems like I am impressed with this tool it is because I am and I can definitely recommend it to anyone needing a die grinder, at least if you can get a sale price on it which is quite often. sorry for the long winded plug but after realizing how much I have used it and how good a job it has done I thought I would pass on what I have found.
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The international dispute over Iran's nuclear program seems to defy any attempts at finding a negotiated solution. This presentation traces the reasons for the failure of diplomacy to broader conflict dynamics which have contributed, not only to Iran's defiant stance, but also to the shortage of genuine attempts by the international community to pursue the diplomatic option. It argues that international nuclear diplomacy has fallen hostage to the US-Iranian and Israeli-Iranian conflicts, which have since the beginning created formidable obstacles to dialogue between Iran and the P5+1 group. On the other hand, the failure of diplomacy has to do with the logic of non-proliferation governance, which has served to limit international efforts to the pursuit of the short-term goal of norm-enforcement. The presentation calls for a more prudent approach which recognizes that nonproliferation depends, not only on effective governance, but also on conflict management and the nuclear weapon states' sensitivity to non-nuclear weapon states' security concerns.


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San Diego Chargers running back Ryan Mathews is a fast healer. Well, at least that's what he will tell you if you talk to him. The North County TImes did recently and -- no surprise -- Mathews said his fractured clavicle is healing quiicker than expected.
"I'm definitely ahead of schedule," Mathews said. "I've always been a fast healer, and that's proving true right now. My range of motion is improving, and I'm feeling really good. I've been staying upbeat about an unfortunate situation, and everything I do right now is about getting healthy. Honestly, I can't wait to get back on the field."
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We know, Ryan. We know. Mathews is about two and a half weeks into his recovery that was said to take a minimum of four weeks. Chargers beat writers have said they don't expect Mathews to play before Week 3, but the man himself is bent on playing in two weeks from today versus the Oakland Raiders. If he can play in that opener, his current third-round ADP presents quite a steal. But as always, I am skeptical. You can never fully trust what an athlete says about his own health.


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Sean Hannity: God is "no Democrat"; Dennis Miller: Jesus "prefers Bush to Kerry"
Having joined numerous right-wing pundits in purporting to diagnose [1] the psychiatric state of former Vice President Al Gore, FOX News Channel host Sean Hannity [2] and CNBC host Dennis Miller [3] apparently think they possess a far more rarified skill: divining the party affiliations of God and Jesus Christ. On June 23, responding to Hannity & Colmes guest Reverend Franklin Graham [4]'s comment "I don't think God is a Republican or a Democrat," Hannity quipped, "He's [God] no Democrat, Reverend." That same day, on CNBC's Dennis Miller, show host and executive producer Miller replied to remarks by guest John Fugelsang about common misconceptions of Jesus Christ. Miller said, "And yet, I have it on good word that He [Jesus Christ] far prefers Bush to Kerry." (Fugelsang will join [5] former tennis star John McEnroe on the panel of the forthcoming nightly CNBC talk show McEnroe [6].)
Hannity's and Miller's remarks recall a January 2 pronouncement [7] by Christian Coalition of America [8] founder Reverend Pat Robertson: "I think George Bush is going to win in a walk. I really believe I'm hearing from the Lord it's going to be like a blowout election in 2004. It's shaping up that way. The Lord has just blessed him."
On the May 25 edition of Hannity & Colmes, Hannity asked a guest, "Can we pray for the reelection of George Bush?" [9]
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Surprise, mothaluvas.
Surprise, mothaluvas.
what u wearing
yes or no ?
Did you know you are probably the sole survivor of your kind? (the green mods)
How do you plan to re-populate?
Why did you even come back here? You were free.
What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
Stay frosty.
who's yr favourite moderator
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Feminism | Posted by A. on 03/23/2011
What Exactly Are We Saying? An Analysis of Today's Derogatory Slang for Girls
There are lots of dirty words reserved for females, particularly those of high school age. But there are three words that, arguably, epitomize them all. Some are considered to be profane; others are not. As has been shouted down many a junior high hallway: "You are just a fat, slutty, lesbian." This is enough to make some girls cry, others defiant. Still, they have an immeasurably notable effect on girls of this generation as a whole.
"Being" one of these words is, essentially, one of the worst things a teen girl could be branded as. Many of these words are used also as terms of endearment amongst certain clans of females; others find them dreadfully offensive. The words' meanings fluctuate extremely based …


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If you're a Project Runway fan, you'll love Seamless in Seattle. We're combing the city for the best up-and-coming fashion designers hungry to change the face of local fashion. This year, we're offering the winners big prizes, such as the chance to launch their line at a premier fashion event. Find complete details on the event below:
We are no longer accepting submissions. Applications were due Friday, June 1, 2012
Click here to see last year's winners!
We are looking for the best up and coming clothing fashion designers in the state. Entries will be accepted in the following categories:
1) Best Emerging Designers
2) Best Student Designers
3) Best Bridal Designer (winner will be featured in Seattle Bride magazine)
• The top ten finalists will be featured in the first Seamless in Seattle Fashion Show in September 2012 (date TBD).
• You and your work photographed professionally and featured in the full color pages of Seattle magazine's September issue (or Seattle Bride magazine, for Best Bridal Designer)
• Prominent coverage on seattlemag.com or seattlebridemag.com
• Copy of judges' notes on your collection for feedback
Weighed as follows:
50% • Creativity and originality
20% • Wearability
20% • Workmanship
10% • Branding statements and execution—how well you know your market and whether you've filled their needs
Emerging Designers and Bridal Designers
• Designers who produce or sell up to, but no more than, 2,500 pieces per year.
• Designs must be original.
• Designers must reside in Washington state.
• Designers currently enrolled as a student in a fashion academy or institution must graduate before July 1, 2012 in order to be eligible for emerging division.
Student Designers
• Current students of fashion academies or other schools with fashion design programs (designers who will not graduate before July 1, 2012 must enter the student division).
• Designers who do not have clothing carried at any shops yet or who have sold less than $2,000 of merchandise (wholesale) in the last two years in two or less shops.
• Designs must be original.
• Designers must reside in Washington state.
1. No less than 10 but no more than 20 photos of your collection.
Present photos (in jpeg format) of your clothes, patterns, sketches, etc. on a Mac compatible CD. There is no minimum garment requirement, but we do recommend you present as many as needed within this requirement to give the judges a good snapshot of who you are as a designer. These don't need to be professional but must be in focus and in color. Photo resolution should be less than or 100KB in size for the web. (You must own the rights to any photos submitted or have photographer's permission to reuse them publicly; submitting photos grants Seattle magazine permission to reuse them either in Seattle magazine or on seattlemag.com.)
2. An electronic word document with photo captions info for each garment.
Include detailed information (including fabric used) for each garment. Please label appropriately so we can determine which caption goes with a particular photo (for example, your first photo should correspond to your first caption, and be labeled). If there are multiple garments in a photo, please group all descriptions into a single caption for that photo.
3. An electronic word document that includes the following information:
• Please specify the design category for your submission (emerging or student designer, you may not enter both; please see above eligibility requirements for questions)
• Your name, contact information, label name and a branding statement, briefly explaining your line in less than 350 words, including who your market is, what your differentiating factor is and how your designs meet the needs of your market
• Your label's price point and desired vendors
4. A headshot of yourself for use on the web.
** Incomplete submissions, or applications not submitted in the requested format will not be considered.
Your portfolio (including headshot, photos and branding statement submitted) will be posted online at seattlemag.com for our judging panel, which is comprised of local designers, fashion design instructors and select retailers. The portfolio will also be open for viewing for our online readers.
IF YOU ARE CALLED BACK FOR THE FINAL PRESENTATION (Late June)
Finalists will be notified no later than June 18, 2012 and will be called into our office to make a live presentation on Thursday, June 28. You will be asked to make a 10 minute presentation in person with your clothes shown in the way you feel best shows your work—on hangers, on a model, on a dress form, etc. You will have to provide all props and models to display your clothing.
PHOTO SHOOT (Early July):
Winners, along with their garments, will be featured in the September issue of the magazine, and as such, participate in a fashion photoshoot in early-mid July.
SEAMLESS IN SEATTLE FASHION SHOW (September 2012): All finalists will also be asked to participate in the Seamless in Seattle Fashion Show. Further details will be announced closer to the entry deadline.
Send to:
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I am also very interested in this.
I found out about this last night well surfing.
(I am v.new to myth)
I was wondering if there are any plans at all to kinda bring together
with what you guys are awesomely doing at mythbuntu ?
Once again I am real new too this.I don't even know if they could flow together. In fact I don't even know what a smart tv is.
Thanks for taking the time too look over my question and I look forward to testing the scope. Thanks again
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority
so I have MythTV Shows and MythTV Movies filters, but no shows or movies from Myth actually show up
it gives me a list of recorded programs, very small excerpt here:
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text: A guy at work who likes to brag says my Chevy HD is not really true four wheel drive and his toyota is. He says if one wheel gets stuck I will not be able to get out, while his Toyota will never get stuck?? Or if I lifted 1 wheel off the ground the others would not do anything. 2011 2500 HD towing package with locking differential 4:10 axle


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This is a Category B fixture.
This fixture is now sold out.
The Ticket Exchange has now closed.
Arsenal Football Club tickets are only available through the channels as advertised on the Club official website or via our Matchday partners, Thomas Cook.
A number of companies and individuals advertise on the Internet claiming to provide official Arsenal tickets.
We would like to warn all Supporters that the unauthorised sale or disposal of football tickets is a criminal offence under section 166 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, as amended by the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006.
If you are in doubt as to whether a company or individual is legitimate, please contact the Arsenal switchboard on 0207 619 5003 (open Mon to Fri, except Bank Holidays, 09.00 to 17.00).
Arsenal v QPR - SOLD OUT
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By Chris Harris
Aaron Ramsey is convinced that Arsenal can challenge for honours next season - especially if they make a strong start.
Arsène Wenger's side finished a creditable third last term despite collecting just seven points from their first seven Premier League fixtures, a run that left them 12 points adrift of both Manchester clubs by the first week of October.
An Arsenal squad already bolstered by the signings of Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud will kick off the new campaign against Sunderland at Emirates Stadium in a little over six weeks, and Ramsey's expectations are high.
"Absolutely, I'm convinced we can do well in the new season," he told Arsenal.com.
"The important thing is to get off to a better start than we did last year. If we do that and get ourselves into the mix, we can compete for trophies.
"We had a fantastic run from February onwards to get into that top three - even though a lot of people doubted us. We showed character to do that, we showed how determined we are to do well. This time we want to get off to a strong start and if we do we can have an exciting season."
Ramsey will spend much of his pre-season with the Great Britain Olympic squad after being called up for the London Games on Monday. He's disappointed to be missing Arsenal's forthcoming tour of Asia but he's confident he'll be ready for the big Premier League kick off.
"I will miss out on the pre-season tour because I'll be with the Olympic squad from Saturday," explained Ramsey.
"We had a great time in Asia last year and it's nice to give something back to the fans over there. We had no idea how big the club was over there until we visited so I'm a bit gutted I won't be going back. But I have a big challenge ahead of me with the Great Britain squad.
"They [the Olympics] will be competitive games right from the start so hopefully that will be beneficial for me at Arsenal because I will be up to speed ahead of the new season. I will be ready to go for Arsenal when the Olympics are over."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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"This card came out beautifully. I was able to use the portions of the photos that I wanted as well as enhance several smaller photos to make a bolder statement. The card's paper quality was excellent. One suggestion, I like to write a short note on the back of the cards. Because of the black base color of the card it would be extra nice if Tinyprints offered the purchase of a gold gel pen with the order."
"I know I rely on Tinyprints to deliver a quality product on time that is also beautiful. I love that I can edit so much of the card unlike other companies."
"This card is stylish without being over the top! I love the matte card stock with the pearl finish. It gives it that shimmery look that you wouldn't get with the plain matte finish. You should be aware that because this is a square card it is about $.20 more per card to send via snail mail...not a deal breaker for me because I only send out about 30, but for someone who sends out a lot of cards this might deter you. Otherwise, this is a great card and I would recommend it."
"Loved that I was able to place any of my photos in with great ease. The colors on the card are vivid and turned out great. Definitely a hit with all of the family!"
"I really like this card. It was easy to design, and it's very simple yet elegant. The paper quality is very good. I chose the matte finish and it came out great! The reason I gave print quality only 4 stars was because I received 2 envelopes that were printed on with addresses of people I don't even know. That's 2 less envelopes that I can use. Otherwise, I would absolutely order this card again!"
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Infrastructure Indicators
Ongoing work:
The World Bank's Development Data Group (DECDG) along with the Sustainable Development Vice-Presidency and the various sector and regional offices are developing a core set of infrastructure indicators and systematic database covering the energy, water & sanitation, transport, and ICT sectors which will be used to monitor project, country, and global policies & performance. Country tables on ICT, sourced mainly from the ITU, can be accessed from the World Bank's external Data site.
See also: http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html
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I have been hearing a lot of talk about the Cards changing radio stations after 53 some odd years. I guess the staiton they were on had one of the strongest reception in the country.
How will it effect you Card fans not living directly in the ST. Louise area?


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Im not sure if this is the right place for him, but i thought you guys here would appreciate me sharing this piece with you!
I recently started a stone carving/masonry apprenticeship and to show my tutor what i can do, i carved an Ewok from stone.
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What do you guys think? Let me know would love some feedback!
Hes also just been listed for sale, starting at 99p, so if you would be interested or know anyone who might be please bid or share!
Merry Christmas to all too btw! And have a bountiful new year!
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chipgreen wrote:Behold, the Holy Grail!
No, no, there's a beer for that The actual Grail
Remember, Florida strawberries will be available in Feb., so save some for them.
WD/woot/et al,
Please put the nutrition label info up in the stats section for any food item, or at least a photo that includes the label so we can read it.
But since you're probably not going to do that for this offer, please list all the data here.
Drizzle a bit on boring vegetables like green beans. Instantly you are an incredible cook.
A couple years back this piqued my curiosity, so I went to Zingermans for a variety of balsamic a including some very high end stuff. This is still my favorite.
So this isn't the real quality stuff...it IS better than the stuff you'd buy at a supermarket, but this is specifically made as a cheaper product. "Real" Balsamico is aged at least 12 years.
I'm not saying that this won't be better than just about any stuff you might normally buy, but don't be fooled into thinking this is a top shelf product.
$40 for a half pint? Like those milk cartons we used to get in school? How can it be that good?
This is truly delicious. Not even remotely similar to the 'Balsamic vinegar' you get at grocery stores.
My most successful dish with this is panna cotta topped with a strawberry/balsamic compote. Great hit at a dinner party!
For the compote: I cut the strayberries into 1/4th wedges after removing the ends, then drizzled some of this balsamic over them, very gently tossed to coat and let sit for ~10 minutes or so.
Just trying to decide if I want another bottle as a spare, as I rather sparingly have been working through my first... probably worth it.
Finally, something that ships to Virginia.
When will our legislators realize that they have left a Balsamic loophole in the law and craft something to protect the lucrative Virgina vinegar industry?
I can not believe I just spent $40 on a bottle of vinegar. :-o
I'm taking you all on your word that this stuff is wonderful.
WANT. Why did this have to come up just before payday? Woot is taunting me.
I was first introduced to good balsamic about 15 years ago as a drizzle on an amazing mushroom pasta dish. I have been known to reduce the cheeper stuff to a sauce, adding sugar, when I can't afford the good kind. Fabulous on sreawberries and/or ice cream! I haven't had this brand, but I so want to give it a try!
legotech wrote:So this isn't the real quality stuff...it IS better than the stuff you'd buy at a supermarket, but this is specifically made as a cheaper product. "Real" Balsamico is aged at least 12 years.
I'm not saying that this won't be better than just about any stuff you might normally buy, but don't be fooled into thinking this is a top shelf product.
Yup. This is not the really good stuff. I haven't tried this yet but I am very fond of the cheaper gold label stuff at Trader Joe's. I wonder what the difference is.
[quote postid="5258352" user="chipgreen"]Behold, the Holy Grail!
And so it is, finally, on this day, that I checked woot early enough to find the yellow button in tact.
I love balsamic and can't wait to see how this compares to the 25yr I keep around for, well, everything including ice cream. There will be no losers that day.
C-c-c-c-combo Breaker!
mschauber wrote:WD/woot/et al,
Please put the nutrition label info up in the stats section for any food item, or at least a photo that includes the label so we can read it.
Yes, this ^. Thank you!
Hopefully some from Casa di Case gets on. You are correct. He let a few bottles of real balasamic go at wholesale. 1 oz for $80, IIRC. It is better, but not enough for me. This stuff tasted almost as good to me, and much better price.
Better get in my order.
WD - thanks for getting this together before Christmas. We appreciate it. And you won't have the multiple posts during gift week begging for it.
So very very good. This will be my third bottle. I end up consuming most of it straight from the bottle.
Buy it, you won't regret it.
This may very well be a very nice vinegar, but don't think for a minute that this is the justly renowned Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale: it's to cheap; you don't find the real thing at this price. It's not the right name or bottle or age. The real stuff is ALWAYS labeled Aceto Balsamico TRADIZIONALE--by law!--and comes in a unique bottle shaped like the Florence flask used in chem labs. Every producer of the real thing uses the same bottle, no one else can--by law. The real stuff is never sold at less than 25 years of age.
After seeing all the above and beyond positive comments, I picked one up to see what all the fuss is about and I have a feeling I wont be sorry!
I've passed this one up far too many times now. In for two!
Love this - even if it's not "the real stuff". The box and pouring cork make it a great presentation for gifting. The receiver will definitely appreciate it!
This is a must buy for me everytime it comes up on woot, in for two.
Freakin Sweet. I was running perilously low... in for two! :D
It is good stuff - as you can see most are buying 2 bottles - the max for this purchase - and 90% over 1 year members. The people who know are grabbing more
This will be the first year we dont buy it. Hopefully it will sell out quickly so I wont be tempted
We had a lot of traveling to do this year and so didn't get to cook much at home, so we still have 2 bottles.
polarbear22 wrote:Hopefully some from Casa di Case gets on. You are correct. He let a few bottles of real balasamic go at wholesale. 1 oz for $80, IIRC. It is better, but not enough for me. This stuff tasted almost as good to me, and much better price.
I found the same thing. The traditionale was better, but I am not sure it was 30 dollars better. The gap between the traditionale and this one is much smaller than the gap between this and what you buy at trader joes.
The gap between this and grocery store balsamic is more like a vast gulf, almost like it is not even the same thing.
This is some great stuff! I still have my bottles from the last offering because I'm rationing them ;)
Whats with the price increase on a lot of previous item offerings? Last time it was for $34.99. Stupid inflation.
legotech wrote:...I'm not saying that this won't be better than just about any stuff you might normally buy, but don't be fooled into thinking this is a top shelf product.
2 comments for you:
1) Have you tried it and/or compared it against 12 year balsamic? If not, you should state this before providing your (somewhat flawed) observation.
2) You suggest that this is not a "top shelf product" which, in my opinion is a flawed comment. This is a "top shelf product" that has simply been aged for 7-years (vs 12 or 25). In wine terms, would you suggest a 1996 Screaming Eagle is not a "top shelf product" but a bottle of 1991 Screaming Eagle is "top shelf".
jeffandmonica wrote:$40 for a half pint? Like those milk cartons we used to get in school? How can it be that good?
I passed on earlier offers too, wondering the same thing. Finally caved last time around and got two. I'll not be making that mistake again any time soon; two again.
It really is that good.
Two days in a root, Woot has read my mind!!! This stuff is the freakin bomb!!! Still haven't been brave enough to pour a little on ice cream, but I've made some of the best balsamic galzes ever with this stuff. In for another 1!!!
I bought of some this last year (which was actually this year) for the first time. It is quite good and if you picture balsamic as something you find at a regular grocery store, this is absolutely nothing like it. I bought two last time and still have a full one and 2/3rd of the second one. We use it very sparingly and actually haven't even tried it for the two uses that people rave about, ice cream and strawberries. I like to add a little with oil and herbs for dipping bread and the wife likes to use it for a caprese salad.
The one thing that really surprised me when I first received this in the mail, was how small the bottle was. This bottle is tiny, but a little bit goes a very long ways.
Good stuff. For me it is hard to justify, even at this price, but thankfully I don't have to make that decision since I still have plenty left.
In for 2!!! can't pass this up, especially with the holidays around the corner! And yes, although it is weird, on vanilla ice cream it is surprisingly fabulous!!!
What do you mean I am all out of money? I still have all these checks left!!!!
That being said I am in for 2 even though I still have 2 1/2 left. These are great and will make wonderful gifts to some special friends.
Two heading my way--we'll see how many are gifted. I've served vanilla bean ice cream with a drizzle of this and a sprinkling of Brandini toppers to rave reviews!
Last Wooter to Woot:cynthylee
I purchased a couple of these last year for Christmas presents. On Christmas day when presents were opened I was surprised to see my Mother had a different gift...my wife had gone out and purchased it to replace this Balsamic so she could stash the bottle!
It's that good.
In for two based on the comments/reviews here.
mudderfudder77 wrote:In for two based on the comments/reviews here.
agreed, one for me, one for my mom.
It might be good, but I get 18 yr. old true italian balsamico from a local olive oil store for $25/500ml. I'm outta here.
Well it can be true that Cavedoni produces tradizionale balsamic vinegars, but the Botte Piccola is not 100% grape must, some vinegar is added and it is aged for only seven years instead of the minimum 12 required for consortium certification. The label shows cooked grape must as the first ingredient, wine vinegar is the second ingredient.
Now you have to understand that this stuff is awesome for the price you pay, of course there is better quality with more aging, but if you want to get the best of the best, well you have to pay for the luxury. At this price point this is a luxury product above the supermarket cheap balsamic, from here you can just go up.
Balsamic Vinegar of Modena (Aceto Balsamico di Modena), is a modern imitation of the traditional product.
Only two consortia produce true traditional balsamic vinegar, Modena and Reggio Emilia. True balsamic vinegar is made from a reduction of pressed Trebbiano and Lambrusco grapes. The resulting thick syrup, called mosto cotto in Italian, is subsequently aged for a minimum of 12 years in a battery of seven barrels of successively smaller sizes(Just in case that is the Solera process). The casks are made of different woods like chestnut, acacia, cherry, oak, mulberry, ash, and, in the past, juniper. True balsamic vinegar is rich, glossy, deep brown in color and has a complex flavour that balances the natural sweet and sour elements of the cooked grape juice with hints of wood from the casks.
Reggio Emilia designates the different ages of their balsamic vinegar (Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Reggio Emilia) by label colour. A red label means the vinegar has been aged for at least 12 years, a silver label that the vinegar has aged for at least 18 years and a gold label that designates the vinegar has aged for 25 years or more.
Modena uses a different system to indicate the age of its balsamic vinegars (Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena). A cream-coloured cap means the vinegar has aged for at least 12 years and a magenta cap bearing the designation extravecchio (extra old) shows the vinegar has aged for 25 years or more.