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Prosecutors in Belgium have only identified two of the suspected bombers in Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Brussels, saying Khalid El Bakraoui blew himself up on the Brussels metro while his brother, Ibrahim El Bakraoui, was one of three attackers at the Brussels airport. European security officials have named Najim Laachraoui, believed to have helped make the bombs for the Nov. 13 attacks on Paris, as one of the other suicide bombers at the airport, and Belgian authorities say that a third would-be suicide bomber fled when his suitcase bomb didn't explode.
Now, prosecutors say that a second suspect may be on the run, identifying in CCTV footage a man carrying a large bag next to Khalid El Bakraoui in the metro, French and Belgian media reports. Prosecutors reportedly are not sure if the fifth suspect died in the attack or escaped the blast. Peter Weber
On Monday, the Pew Research Center released a survey on how 37 countries view the United States under President Trump, and overall, the numbers are pretty eye-opening. In the six months since former President Barack Obama left office and Trump was sworn in, favorable views of the U.S. have dropped from 64 percent to 49 percent, while unfavorable views rose from 26 percent to 39 percent. It look former President George W. Bush eight years to get numbers that bad, especially in Western Europe, Pew said, but under Trump, the change has been almost immediate.
But the drop in American esteem wasn't universal. In two of the 37 countries, people have more confidence in Trump to do the right thing than they did Obama, Pew found, and the shift is way more dramatic in Russia than Israel.
The other bright spot for Trump in the poll is that a 55 percent majority of people in the 37 countries view him as a "strong leader" — below the number who view him as "arrogant" (75 percent), "intolerant" (65 percent), and "dangerous" (62 percent), and above the percentage who see him as "charismatic" (39 percent), "well-qualified to be president" (26 percent), and "caring about ordinary people" (23 percent). Broad majorities disagree with all his main policies except withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal (which Trump has not done yet), where 49 percent disapprove of that idea and 34 percent support it.
Foreign views of America matter because they determine how foreign leaders engage with U.S. interests, former diplomat Frank Wisner tells The Washington Post, and Trump's dismissal of traditional U.S. principles has already left a mark. "America's image has taken hits in recent years, from the decision to invade Iraq to the events of 2007 and 2008, when the American financial model took a huge hit," he said. "But the most consequential is the ascent of Mr. Trump to the Oval Office."
Pew conducted its surveys from February to May, and the margin of sampling error varies between countries from ±3.2 percentage points to ±5.7 points. You can read more about the world's views of Trump's America at Pew. Peter Weber
The Senate Republicans' health-care plan is "almost comically villainous," Seth Meyers said Monday night, with its tax cuts for the wealthy paid for by gutting Medicaid.
"The only way this bill could be more cartoonishly evil is if it mandated tying damsels in distress to railroad tracks," he said on Late Night. On Monday, the Congressional Budget Office release its report projecting that the GOP plan would leave 22 million more people uninsured over the next 10 years, and that's "savage," Meyers said, and precisely why Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) kept the bill under wraps until last Thursday, pushing for a vote sometime this week. "This bill is like a Slipknot tramp stamp," Meyers said. "You definitely want to hide it, and the people who've seen it are terrible people." Watch the video below for more on the CBO score, and how former President Barack Obama sneakily trolled President Trump. Catherine Garcia
Pentagon, State Department appear surprised by Trump's new red line on Syria and chemical weapons
The White House appeared to draw a new red line on Syria Monday night, with Press Secretary Sean Spicer warning that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had been caught making "potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack" that "would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children," and if he "conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price." The rest of the government, including the military, appears to have been caught off guard by the announcement.
Five U.S. defense officials "said they did not know where the potential chemical attack would come from, and were unaware the White House was planning to release its statement," BuzzFeed News reports. "Several State Department officials typically involved in coordinating such announcements said they were caught completely off guard by the warning, which didn't appear to be discussed in advance with other national security agencies," the Los Angeles Times reports. "Typically, the State Department, the Pentagon, and U.S. intelligence agencies would all be consulted before the White House issued a declaration sure to ricochet across foreign capitals."
Various agencies and departments referred reporters to the White House for comment. It's "unclear how closely held the intelligence regarding a potential chemical attack was," The New York Times notes, after similarly reporting that "several military officials were caught off guard by the statement" from Spicer. "While the White House's motivation in releasing the highly unusual statement is uncertain, it is possible that Mr. Trump or his advisers decided a public warning to Mr. Assad might deter another chemical strike," the Times suggests, adding that the president has "absolute power to declassify anything he chooses to release," including intelligence on chemical weapons.
At least one Trump administration official appeared unfazed by the statement:
Any further attacks done to the people of Syria will be blamed on Assad, but also on Russia & Iran who support him killing his own people.
— Nikki Haley (@nikkihaley) June 27, 2017
After U.S. intelligence pointed the finger at Assad for an April 4 chemical weapon attack on Syrian civilian, Trump ordered 59 missiles fired at an Assad air base; Russian blamed the anti-Assad opposition, claiming Syrian warplanes had hit rebel stockpiles. Last week, the U.S. shot down a Syrian government warplane after it targeted U.S. allies fighting the Islamic State. Peter Weber
On July 7, the state of California will add glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup weed killer, to its list of chemicals known to cause cancer, but the maker of the product, Monsanto, is vowing to fight it out in court.
When a chemical is listed as being a known carcinogen, companies selling the product in California must add warning labels to their packaging. Monsanto has filed an appeal, saying the chemical doesn't cause cancer and labels would harm business, The Associated Press reports. "This is not the final step in the process," Monsanto Vice President of Global Strategy Scott Partridge said. "We will continue to aggressively challenge this improper decision."
The chemical is sprayed on 250 types of crops in California, and has no color or smell. Catherine Garcia
David Jolly won a special House election in Florida in 2014 as a staunch critic of the Affordable Care Act, but then lost his seat to Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) in November. On Monday night, he told MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell that when he was unexpectedly unemployed in January, with a pre-existing condition, he realized that he was glad ObamaCare was the law of the land.
"While I ultimately chose a private-sector plan, I also knew in 2017, ObamaCare provided an exchange that was a safety net that wasn't there before," he said. "And that's why the politics of ObamaCare in 2017 are different than in 2013. I lost my doctor and I lost my plan in 2013, and I was angry about ObamaCare, and I ran for Congress. But in 2017, as an unemployed person with a pre-existing condition, I knew ObamaCare was there as a safety net if me and my wife needed it."
Fmr. Republican congressman @DavidJollyFL was once anti-Obamacare… until he found himself unemployed with a pre-existing condition. WATCH: pic.twitter.com/jTfgqJH3Vc
— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) June 27, 2017
Jolly apparently isn't alone in his newfound appreciation, if not love, for the 2010 law. In its latest ObamaCare tracking poll, released Friday, the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation found that 51 percent of U.S. adults had a favorable opinion of the law, "the first month that favorability has tipped over the 50 percent mark since Kaiser Family Foundation began tracking attitudes on the law in 2010," while the GOP replacement plan has become increasingly unpopular, with 55 percent disapproving versus 30 percent who approve. Senate GOP leaders hope to pass their replacement plan as early as this week, after the House GOP passed its version in May.
Also on MSNBC Monday night, GOP strategist Steve Schmidt and host Chris Hayes puzzled over why Republicans are not making a public case for their ObamaCare replacement bill, with the Senate version written behind closed doors before its rush toward a floor vote. Watch below. Peter Weber
The bride carried a bouquet made of hot sauce packets, while the groom smelled of chalupas, as is expected when a couple marries inside a Taco Bell.
Today's the day! #LoveAndTacosContest winners @DanRyckert & Bianca are getting married. Catch the wedding on our #Snapchat. pic.twitter.com/rOczqCM1kY
— Taco Bell (@tacobell) June 25, 2017
On Sunday, Dan Ryckert and Bianca Monda became the first people to get married inside Taco Bell's Las Vegas Cantina on the Strip. After they exchanged their "I dos," they dined on quesadillas, burritos, and some Cheesy Gordita Crunches, and toasted with their champagne flutes filled with alcohol-spiked Freezes. They then cut the cake together, a two-tiered masterpiece surrounded by Cinnabon Delights.
Starting August 7, the cantina's wedding chapel will be available to the nacho-loving public, and $600 covers an officiated ceremony, garter, bow tie, bouquet, "Just Married" T-shirts, and a 12-pack of tacos. These Taco Bell touches meant the world to Ryckert and Monda, who met online two years ago and found out early on that they shared a love of casual Mexican fast food. "It was actually one of the first conversations we ever had," Ryckert told People. "She told me that she'd pick Taco Bell over a fancy Mexican place any day of the week, and I knew then that we were going to be a great fit." Catherine Garcia
Following the retraction of an article on a Wall Street financier and ally of President Trump allegedly meeting with a Russian investment fund, three investigative journalists at CNN are leaving the network.
On June 22, CNN published a story its website about Senate investigators looking into a meeting between SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci and an executive for the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which invests in Russian companies, the Los Angeles Times reports. Late Friday, CNN removed the story from its website, saying the article did not meet its editorial standards, and the network also apologized to Scaramucci. Scaramucci said Friday the story was false, and on Saturday, accepted CNN's apology, tweeting: "Everyone makes mistakes. Moving on."
In the wake of the retraction, the article's writer, Thomas Frank, and editors Eric Lichtblau and Lex Harris have all resigned from CNN, the network announced Monday night. CNN did not say that the story was false, just that the facts were "not solid" enough for publication. Harris, who started at CNN in 2001 and oversaw the investigative unit, said in a statement CNN is a "news organization that prizes accuracy and fairness above all else. I am leaving, but will carry those principles wherever I go." Catherine Garcia


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Monday 12th December 2011
One of the more difficult aspects when travelling to European away games for me is often that I return with five days work to cram into two! Not a complaint of course as I am extremely appreciative of how lucky I am to be able to follow the team like I do but nonetheless it can cause one or two time issues!
Last week's trip to Greece proved to be one such occasion so writing my thoughts has been slightly delayed leading to a Monday with simply masses to comment on and a slightly longer blog than normal.
Athens, of course, is a city we have visited a few times following the mighty Gooners but it is a destination I always enjoy visiting for all of the culinary and cultural delights on offer.
This time around it proved greatly entertaining off the pitch as always, if a disappointing (but largely irrelevant) one on it.
Meeting local fans is always an enjoyable experience as is socialising with the many Gooners who travel from varied locations, all with equal passion for our great club.
On this occasion I must give a shout out to the Whitby Gooners and a Dad who brought his son George Graham to the city! Great to meet you boys and girls, look forward to the next time.
The match itself was simply massive for our hosts and already knowing how noisy and colourful their fans were it was no surprise when we entered the ground to a massive combination of both.
For me I take away three memories from the match. Firstly silly mistakes cost us the game, I don't think anyone would argue with that.
Yossi's fine strike kept things interesting for a while and at least gave us a goal to take home.
Lastly I will never forget the silence in the stadium, especially after the incredible noise for the previous couple of hours, when news came through that in the dying moments Marseilles had got themselves a victory in Dortmund.
Simply incredible and a memory to take home.
More and more I feel, there are no easy games in the Champions League these days and this season's competition has proved that emphatically. Only 50 percent of England's four have progressed and we can be deservedly proud that we have gone through as group winners in a potentially tricky group.
The weekend was remembered for our 125th anniversary celebrations, the statue unveilings and matchday celebrations going off with all the class we have come to expect from our club.
RVP's strike from Songy's magnificent pass was not just awesome on its own merit but incredibly fitting on this particular day.
It gave us the three points that were beginning to look like evading us when they should have been well and truly in the bag at half time.
Not taking your chances can prove costly as we all know but at least on this occasion it wasn't. The winning goal in fact was worth the entrance money alone.
Man City away is a tough game and, of course, now more than ever. We can go into the game with confidence however, with the travelling Gooners doing their bit as always to help us take away a positive result.
Before that we have Friday's Champions League draw to look forward to, Basel or St Petersburg being my favoured destinations having not been to either.
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Discussion in 'February 2014' started by roscoe36, Oct 21, 2013.
This is the team thats getting our pick too.
Last year was frustrating because we went most of the season without trying Monroe and Drummond together. It ultimately got the coach fired. Drummond was obviously our best player and his minutes were restricted as he came off the bench. This season is frustrating because we haven't tried separating Smith/Monroe/Drummond as every analyst has been suggesting that we do (even before the season started). It got the coach fired. Smith has had his worst year ever and nobody has even attempted to stop him from shooting sub 30% from the perimeter. Why won't the Pistons at least try the obvious solutions? I understand not experimenting for the sake of experimenting, but we're bucking conventional wisdom every single game.
@max is really twisting the knife! This was a bad loss. I was legitimately depressed last night.
Me too. You can get beated one night, but you can't not adjust your faults to face the same team the day after. I can't stand it.
Don't blame the coach, this team simply don't have the personnel to hang with teams of Charlottes caliber.
Common denominator? Joe?
Is it time to adopt the just lose baby attitude?? There are 28 games left...I checked the schedule we would be lucky if we won 1 of the next 4 As for April, the team is it's current mode would close out that month either losing all 8 or going 1-7. So a chance that the 8th spot is probably a lock, with the Cavs and the Knicks edging by us soon and chance at # 7 is probable if the Jazz can wake up...
No one else thought of that? They get to knock us out of the playoffs and take our lottery pick.
I had thought of that. I was talking more the general tone of your last several posts. You have been nailing some one liners lately.
Which players would you say lacked effort. Just how much effort did it take for Singler to go an entire half without scoring, without getting an assist, without getting a rebound, without affecting one play on either end of the floor? Me, I say Singler gave lots of effort. Of staying out of the way where the coach put him. The other players, they did pretty darn good trying to play 4 on 5 basketball all night with Singler spectating. Worst effort of the night though, on an individual play, was Stuckey not negotiating a pick, as per usual, and then making zero effort to recover out to the shooter.
I didn't see Stuckey check anyone last night. If his man was more than 4 feet from him he just stopped and followed the arc of the ball from the shooters hand to the bottom of the hoop. It was just a plain terrible lack of defensive overall effort on his part. With all the hustle and effort Singler puts forth, he always seems to be a half step slow in stopping his man, grabbing a board or making the key layup or getting a put back. However I trust his shot from the corner 100% more than Coke Zero Pope Zero.
Singler was way more productive than Monroe and Smith in this game.
Special K and Blaha were crediting Stuckey for double-teaming Jefferson last night in a replay when I'm pretty sure he was just standing there.
I was more than productive last night than both Mornoe and Smith were in both games vs the Bobcats. Our bigs got out Jeffersoned on back to back nights and add the game we lost to them earlier in the season, I would go out on a limb and say that we will probably lose to the Jeffersonians the next two years until Dre and whomever replaces Smith/Monroe can beat an older/slower Al....
Since you are entitled to be biased towards the coach and Singler, i think i am entitled to be biased towards the players. So i say: Horrid playing. No effort from the players at all
Let's get to losing!
Lee, when was the last time you made a gamethread post that didn't mention Singler?
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Rooted in the Catholic tradition, the Meza family makes it a priority to attend the University of St. Thomas Family Weekend every year. Angie Meza, a junior general studies major studying Spanish and theology, attended the event on Oct. 20 with her parents, two sisters and two nieces.
An annual family affair, the Mezas take the trip from Southeast Houston and look forward to applauding Angie's collegiate life at St. Thomas.
"My family is very proud of me for choosing to come to UST," Angie said. "UST has become my home away from home. It is important for my parents to come to UST and feel safe and comfortable about me being on campus all the time. I feel that Family Weekend is a great way to show them my gratitude for always supporting me in my college career."
The Mezas attended St. Augustine's Birthday Celebration with attractions such as face painting, carnival games, food, prizes and more. The Rev. Mike Buentello, CSB, chaplain and director of Campus Ministry, smoked a pig on the Campus Life Mall for all the hungry guests. The Mezas ate carnival foods, played games and enjoyed quality time, along with other UST families throughout the afternoon.
The family also cheered on the UST volleyball team on Saturday. At this game, the team had a 3-1 win against University of the Southwest. Stephanie Biediger, a UST senior outside hitter, achieved a career milestone of 1,000 kills.
Angie's father, Benito Meza, a deacon in the Church for 10 years, is confident in UST's mission and appreciates events like Family Weekend that work to keep families focused on the benefits of higher education.
"It was important for me to take part in the activities as a family and show support to the institution we have come to know and love," Benito said.
Over the course of the weekend, Oct. 19-21, about 50 families attended. In addition to St. Augustine's birthday party, hosted by Residence Life, and sports events, many families attended the Dean's Reception on Friday night in Link-Lee Mansion, hosted by the Office of Alumni Relations. Also, Dr. John Story, associate professor of management and marketing in the Cameron School of Business, gave a Faculty Presentation on how faculty research enhances student learning. The presentation included a welcome from University President Dr. Robert Ivany.
Matt Prasifka, assistant vice president of Campus Life, said he looks forward to more families attending in the future.
"I thought the weekend went very well," Prasifka said. "Families really seemed to enjoy visiting with the deans and faculty members that were in attendance at the Dean's Reception on Friday night. All events ran smoothly and everyone seemed to be having a good time."
For more information on visiting the UST campus, visit the Campus and Student Life website.
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Right-Wing Media's Latest Embarrassment: Obama Lied About Birthplace To Get Ahead
On the heels of what some in conservative media circles are heralding as a "breakthrough [1]" story and "journalism in its purest form [2]" -- the Breitbart.com piece highlighting a 1991 pamphlet that erroneously listed [3] President Obama's birthplace as Kenya -- Rush Limbaugh entertained the "thought-provoking theory [4]" on Friday that Obama is actually the one who started the birther conspiracies to take advantage of an "affirmative action opportunity that was available only to those born in Africa."
Limbaugh stated that he agreed with this premise and that the final takeaway from all of this was that "the guy" -- Obama -- "will exaggerate, make it up, lie, what have you. That's the lesson to be learned here."
It's unclear where this "theory" originated, but Limbaugh was referring to a piece posted [5] at Pajamas Media on Friday by Roger Simon, who purported to guide readers through the "mystery of the Kenyan birth" and offered several "explanations" for why the pamphlet, published by Obama's former literary agency in 1991, said Obama was "born in Kenya." He ultimately concluded that "the agent's source for Obama's birthplace was... Barack Obama." Simon went on to write:
Why would he lie about where he was born?
Well, he might have wanted to glamorize his past, but if that's so, it's pathetic. I suspected there was a more substantive reason, one that would cause him to leave his African birth place in place in the bio. But to take the risk of being found out, it would have to be strong.
What if, we thought, as others have suggested, the reason Obama's school records have not surfaced is that he enrolled, at one of those institutions at least, as a foreign student -- a Kenyan?
But why would he choose to do that? Well, maybe for a grant, a subvention, a scholarship that was available uniquely to students from Africa or similar locales.
Yes, I know that's not "fair," in the lexicon of the Lord of Fairness, to have adopted a phony identity and deprived others of an opportunity they may have more richly deserved. But it would certainly fit with Obama's early need to be recognized as a Kenyan by his agent and, presumably, his publisher. As we all know, it's not the crime, but the cover-up. (In this case, actually, it's both.)
As time went on, of course, college drifted away and politics reared its head. The Kenyan identity became less necessary, even a liability, so it was dropped.
I don't know about you -- but this makes sense to me. It also fits with the tomb-like silence around his college years.
But I could be wrong.
The conservative Powerline blog, which Limbaugh cited, jumped [4] on Simon's thread, calling the theory "intriguing" and "thought-provoking."
Sadly, there is nothing "intriguing" or "thought-provoking" about entertaining conspiracies that are being pulled, as far as I can tell, from the air -- especially when so many holes have been poked into this particular birther bubble:
- News outlets were reporting [3] in 1990, prior to the pamphlet's publication, that Obama was born in Hawaii.
- The literary agency, Acton & Dystel, has explained [6] that the "born in Kenya" line "was nothing more than a fact checking error."
- In April 2011, the White House released a copy [7] of Obama's original, long-form birth certificate -- the one birthers demanded [8] after being unsatisfied with Obama's certificate of live birth.
There's more here [8] if you care to look.
But Limbaugh wasn't the only one who thought this "theory" was worth discussing. On his radio show on Friday, Fox News' Mike Huckabee suggested [9] that Obama said he was born in Kenya to "present himself as an internationally themed author." Huckabee added: "I don't know, but he ought to tell us. I mean, he's the president, for heaven's sake. We ought to find out."
In his May 17 Wall Street Journal column, James Taranto noted that "[o]f course Obama wasn't born in Kenya," but he nevertheless speculated [10] that Obama was behind the error:
One innocent possibility is that the young Obama himself was for a time under the misapprehension that he was born in Kenya -- a parallel to [Elizabeth] Warren's assertion that she simply believed the "family lore" about her Indian heritage. Although one is physically present for one's own birth, one is not in any meaningful sense a witness to it. Obama, like the rest of us, knows he was born in Hawaii only because others have told him so and official documents say so.
In any case, Obama's putative foreign birth fit in with the image his agents were trying to sell: that of a young man whose exotic background gave him a pertinent perspective on "social and racial issues." Obama, like Warren, was a product of elite academia, which places a great premium on such "diversity." When tales of exotic origins become a kind of currency, it shouldn't surprise us to find that prominent people, when they were young and ambitious, turn out to have passed counterfeits.
Hot Air's Allahpundit concurred [11], writing that this is "another case of Obama, who once famously described himself as a 'blank slate' for voters, re-inventing his identity for professional gain. An author born in colonial Kenya sounds more worldly at first blush than one born in Honolulu."
There have been absurd theories thrown at Obama since he came on the national scene -- remember the postman [12]? The birth certificate stamp [13]? The watermarks [14] from Photoshop? This latest embarrassing failure fits right in.
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Don't you think the resentment alone wouldn't allow for a positive start at a second chance? I don't think a second chance in this case is feasible or describable either.
I really like Freestep's post...
I made this thread http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...y-snapped.html and was surprised in that the OP isn't really alone...although the thread did ask specifically for a dog that 'snapped'...I think most of the dogs were PTS.
As for the lady and her husband,I'm very very pleased that they are recovering physically and emotionally!!!!!!!
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This is a tragic story for both the owners and the dog.It seems to me like the dog had fallen for them as well and I'm also a believer of second chances in some circumstances.But in this case she was lucky her husband was there to chase the dog off.Maybe the dog snapped cause she got close to her husband,maybe not.What if next time there's another reason and he would not have been there to protect his wife?I would hate to hear the end of that story.
I really like Freestep's post...
I made this thread http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...y-snapped.html and was surprised in that the OP isn't really alone...although the thread did ask specifically for a dog that 'snapped'...I think most of the dogs were PTS.
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Since you got past not shooting him...I would have given him a second chance with you new found knowledge.
If you think a dog should get a "second chance" after such a violent attack, I shudder to think what a dog has to do to convince you that a second chance is not appropriate.
I feel a great deal of sympathy for the OP--this is an awful situation all the way around. Guilt, remorse, anger, sadness, pain, the irony of it all. Yeah, I've been there. I'm very glad that the dog was able to go back to the trainer, and you didn't have another dilemma of what to do with the dog after this happened.
Hope your wife heals well and that you will be able to move forward. This is certainly not normal GSD behavior.
If I may be so bold as to postulate a theory, this may be helpful if you get a older dog in the future. You mention you had this dog about a week and he was already going everywhere with you, sleeping with you, meeting new people and other dogs, etc.
It takes most dogs about 2-3 weeks to settle into a new home. During this time, they may be on their best behavior because they do not perceive this place as "theirs" yet. However, the behavior may change once they become settled and begin to claim the new home as their territory. What they have been allowed to do in that first acclimatization period may affect their perception of where their place is in the pack. If they are immediately allowed full run and to do as they please, with no rules or boundaries, they may believe that they are the new King. They may claim a certain person as "theirs", and attempt to keep everyone else away, as though that person is a delicious bone that they want to keep. We call this "resource guarding". Perhaps, when your wife suddenly scooted closer to you, the dog thought his resource (you) was being threatened, and he wanted to defend it. This is NOT the same thing as being "protective".
What many dog-savvy folks do when an adult dog comes into the home, is a "two week shutdown". The dog is kept crated or kenneled ALL the time, and only let out under the human's direct supervision and interaction for the first two weeks. Introductions are done gradually and the dog is not to leave the house (except for leashed walks) or go on outings. During this time, temperament can be assessed, boundaries can be established, and rules can be set. Household privileges are gradually earned.
Anyway, I am not a professional trainer, and I haven't seen the dog myself nor was I there to witness the attack. My theory could be totally wrong in this case, it's just something that occurred to me, something to think about.
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I am so sorry this happened. It's impossible for any of us to tell you why the dog suddenly attacked.
I hope you will return the dog to the breeder and I hope the breeder will do right by the dog.
Always looking for updates on this thread...
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I can tell you why your K-9 attacked suddenly, without warning...you are dealing with a animal.
Since you got past not shooting him...I would have given him a second chance with you new found knowledge.
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It's impossible for any of us to tell you why the dog suddenly attacked.
Since you got past not shooting him...I would have given him a second chance with you new found knowledge.
|This is too bad, sorry it turned out like this. I'm glad to hear your wife is doing better and that one day you'll welcome another GSD into your home.
|I may be corny but I cried during this story. Not just for the injuries to your wife (who I am very happy to hear is doing well) but everything. The circumstances under which you got the dog, and what really killed me was your compassion and care for the dog. The fact that you never went over the line as my husband would have done and you hugged him and told him he was a good dog just tore my heart up. I am so very sorry that your family went through not just the physical pain, but the deep emotional pain that this caused.
We have two other dogs (Labradors), both of which were in the room when the attack happened, though they were about asleep, as we all about were, it was 1100 PM when it happened. One of our dogs is dying from a liver problem, which is why we got the new dog in the first place. Well that, and he was a birthday present for my wife. Believe it or not.
We'll still get a new dog, but will hold off for a while until we all recover. We both grew up with German Shepherds, and have had several more since we've been married, so we're familiar with the breed, and this won't stop of from getting another.
Althouth this hasn't scared us off, we will definitely approach any new dog with great caution now, no matter what the breed, pedigree or references. I hate to say it, but a lesson learned is to not have complete faith in any dog until we grow to know it, no matter who the breeder or trainer is, and no matter what thier reputation may be. I also believe we will probably only raise a puppy now, just to improve the odds.
I've returned the dog to the trainer I acquired him from, which I did immediately after I got back from the hospital after the attack. It's such a shame too, as this was a nearly perfect dog. He was great with our other dogs and other people. We hiked together, we all rode in the truck together, all piled on top of one another. We all went in the pet stores, met the neighbors, played ball, went to dog parks, everyone loved him, petted him, he was always calm and everything was just perfect. No signs of aggression, no barking, growling, nothing at all to be concerned with. He was affectionate, happy, polite, smiley, just perfect until that night. And even then, during the attack, he was quiet; nothing but deliberate biting and tugging.
My wife is doing much better, we can definitely see some healing now. Thanks again for the thoughts and concern.
|I am just curious, but what are you going to do with the dog? Are you going to have him PTS or give him back to the trainer? I feel horrible for your wife and I hope that she recovers fully!
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Editor's note: The authors of the articles in this chapter were all from among those who were exiled with their families by the Germans from Sanok when it was conquered on the eighth day after the outbreak of the war. The exiles crossed over to the Russian side over the San River and were dispersed into nearby towns. The following lines will tell us about their wandering and suffering in their halting places in exile in Siberia and Asian Russia. What is told here is very little, only a small part of the bitter and cruel experiences that they endured from the time they left our city until they reached this destination and finally their liberation and aliyah to the Land [of Israel].
Our brethren endured long journeys full of immeasurable suffering and tribulations which left marks on their souls and emotions from which they will not quickly be freed. Snippets of memories of the events and life experiences from those days remain etched in the deep recesses of their souls where they will remain forever. These experiences are too numerous to be examined in their entirety. Life was too difficult and cruel for these memories to be preserved in the depth of their memories without some confusion and blurring. Their experiences there were so degrading and oppressive that they cannot be definitively collected and captured and given faithful expression, either orally or in writing.
If this was the case during their journey to Siberia, it was even more so in Siberia itself. Siberia here refers to the Siberian forests and the vast areas enveloped in snow and ice where they ended up after a journey of several weeks which was filled with tribulation. The orders of the echelons[1]: Here, in this place, you will remain and live. This place was a vast area, empty in all directions and completely covered with snow and dense forests that could be seen along the horizon. Parents and adult family members were sent to cut trees in those deep forests which were frightening in their height and density. Then they had to cut them into planks, count them and organize them in accordance with the orders of the foremen, the commands of the supervisors and the scrutiny of the inspectors. These fortunate ones who went to their daily work in these forests received their filthy ration of bread, which they brought home to serve as the primary source of food to sustain their family.
It is easy to understand the spiritual and physical state of our brethren, natives of our town and other places, when they arrived there without any defense against the cold, removed from any orderly lifestyle and without strength under unbearable conditions. One could not think that the days that followed the first, second, third and so on would be any better or that they would bring any hope of an easier and more pleasant life in their wake. The opposite was true. The decrees became more severe with each passing day. Every day brought new tribulations, and the later, newer tribulations caused one to forget the earlier ones. Aside from the evil decrees - the restrictions of movement, the persecution and the hatred and enmity, the people themselves felt hunger, want, poverty, cold, diseases and weakness that ate away at body and soul. The suffering and tribulations enveloped everybody. There was no food, neither for the old nor the young. There was no clothing, neither for the adults nor the children. There was no medicine to protect against disease, neither for the elderly nor the babies.
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The stories written about this period in the lives of the Jewish refugees in exile in Russia and Siberia are very few and sparse. The details and descriptions given to us by those who lived this life and suffered these tribulations with their own flesh are few and brief. Of those people, only a few succeeded in reaching us with their frail health still intact, with their breath still in their nostrils, with the strand of life still in their spirit, and the hope for renewal in their souls. They do not have the power and ability to review this entire period of life as it was. They do not have the ability to retrieve clearly from their memories the full details of the suffering and trials. We will therefore suffice ourselves with what is conveyed in this chapter, excerpts of dirges from the scroll of Lamentations about the great tragedy and deep crisis, tiny drops from the wide sea of pain and agony. These excerpts are dear and important to us for their own sake but also because they are the only stories that we could salvage from their mouths and writings
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A. The Miracle by the Volga
I do not recall in which month this took place. I only remember that this was in the year 1944, the year in which the cold reached a level that was rare even in Siberia. No potatoes could be found in our home or in any other home for some time. In our place of residence at that time, the Siberian village of Podlesnovski Soboroz near Saratov, we had almost forgotten what a potato looked like.
Once on a Friday morning, as I was going from my house to a well in the courtyard in order to fetch two pails of water, my eyes suddenly stumbled upon several large potatoes lying outside next to the well atop a cover of white snow. It was obvious that potatoes would be frozen as hard as rocks in the negative 45 degree temperature. I brought them, the cold diamonds, home as a present for my wife… When they melted a bit and were no longer frozen, they became soft and sweet. With this, a suspicion arose in my heart, and a thought went through my mind: how good would it be if at least one egg and one morsel of onion could be found in the house. Then we would be able to prepare a proper Sabbath meal with one of the most typical Sabbath foods! I immediately went to the home of an Uzbeki woman in the village, gave her a kerchief, and received four eggs in return. We now had one of the ingredients of the meal in our hands. But where could the onion come from? I suddenly remembered that there was a stash of several onions at the home of my sister, who lived in a different kolkhoz [collective farm] six kilometers from where I lived! Without thinking much, I set out to my sister and returned home. After walking about 12 kilometers by foot in deep snow, I returned with one large onion in my hands!
It was worthwhile. After several years, that day we again tasted - there in Siberia of all places! - we again tasted the finest of Sabbath delicacies: onions and eggs - tzibiles mit eyer!
B. With What Do we Light[1]
This too took place in the same cold winter of 1944. At home, there was not even one morsel of wood for fuel. Everyone was lying curled up in bed all day. Anyone who had a blanket to cover himself up was fortunate, and woe to those who did not have one. Anyone who did not have a blanket was forced to cover up in rags, for if they were not to cover up, they would freeze from the fierce cold in this unheated room. The room was not heated for a simple reason: There were no forests and no wood for fuel anywhere around the village in which we lived. All the trees of the area were small shrubs of various types, with thin, light branches, some of which were hollow like reeds. Any of these that had been set aside in the autumn for the winter had been used up during the first two months of winter, November and December, and the wood storehouse was empty of any inventory. What should be done throughout the rest of the winter months of January-June (in this area, the snow only melts in the month of May)? To freeze to death? - There is no great desire for that. It is worthwhile to push that off for a bit. Perhaps not all remnants had been used up. Perhaps we could still search for some means to combat the tribulation whose name is cold?
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Perhaps we had to try to find some solution to the problem of fuel. Perhaps it would be possible to find, or more accurately - to invent - some solution to the question: With what do we light? That is to say, with what, finally, can we heat the room in a winter such as this, with cold temperatures such as this, and in a situation where there was a complete lack of wood and any other fuel?
The answer came, and the solution was found. This was on such a night as this, of the cold night, when one asks How and what? Behold: we left the house late at night and spread out through the different edges of the village. What happened then?
We came across a wooden fence. We dismantled it, cut the boards and planks into small pieces, prepared them for lighting, and actually lit them…
We found a cattle barn, took down the door, dismantled it into sections, and cut each section into small pieces. We now had good firewood that was fit to light even the oven of the Czar…
We encountered a wooden staircase at the entrance of the office of the Natshalnik [village official]. We moved it slightly from their place, dismantled it, and within an hour, we had already produced the material for firewood.
In this manner, on one occasion, we solved one of the most oppressive problems in exile in Siberia. In this manner, we found an answer to one perpetual question of the masses of questions that were asked day by day hour by hour, by the wretched, oppressed Siberian exiles, refugees of the Second World War. If anyone would come to think about new, additional questions, that is, questions about the quality of the answer that was given then - the final, profound, response will be (this time, a characteristic, Jewish response - with a question!): Was there any other choice at that time? Was there any other way of lighting the oven in order to warm up the room in such cold, on such a night when a daughter was born to the writer of these lines in that room -- during those hours of the night, when the baby and the mother required and awaited a warm room, warm air, and a bit of warm water?!
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by David Shmarlobsky
Translated by Jerrold Landau
A. Hewers of Wood Observant of the Sabbath
Among the work groups that were made up of Jews who were sent to point 38 in the Siberian forest, there was one whose task was to prepare strips of wood and to cut them into very thin planks. Reb Mendel Shmarlobiski was among those at the center of this group. It seems that his diligence in his work caused the work director and the supervisor of security who was responsible for the entire camp to place their faith in him and turn to him for most issues that arose in the camp. Reb Mendel gathered into his group those people who had difficulty in other jobs - especially with work in the forest. Every day, the men of the group gathered in a bunk that was partially broken, and attempted to meet the quotas imposed on them. In the evening, the work director would appear, count and mark the quantity produced, bind them with ropes, and record and authorize the amount of bread that the group was to receive based on the quota produced. The
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paltry quantity of food and other living conditions began to oppress the spirit of the people. Expressions of bitterness increased. The worm of despair began to gnaw at some of them.
Reb Mendel encouraged the spirit of the people by organizing communal singing that included Sabbath and festival songs, reciting prayers by heart, and quoting verses and statements talking about the redemption that was to come. The Russian work director, who at first behaved in an oppressive matter, began to hold the group in esteem after some time, whether because of the quota that they produced or because of the morale that pervaded it.
Reb Mendel, who was dedicated to them at all times and every situation, succeeded in avoiding the desecration of the Sabbath when he had been a soldier in the First World War, as well as during the most recent tragic transport to Siberia. He found a way to keep it even in that place, by promoting the Talmudic adage, Whoever toils on the eve of the Sabbath will eat on the Sabbath. He influenced the group to act in accordance with this adage. On Friday, they prepared a larger quota of planks and left them scattered on the floor without putting them in order. At night, when the work director came to tally the quota, Reb Mendele would claim that they did not have time to bundle up the piles, and promised that the next day; they would bundle up what had been produced over the two days. On the Sabbath, the group in the bunk spent the day in communal worship and in reading the weekly Torah portion from a Chumash. They sang Sabbath hymns during the meal Then, You rested on the Sabbath Day, Blessed be the Name day by day, he will grant us salvation and redemption - and others. In the afternoon, close to the time when the work director would come, they began to bundle up the piles. When he came he found a large quantity bundled up, as promised.
The group earned praise from the camp leadership on more than one occasion. They especially praised the center of the group and its living spirit: Comrade Mendel Moisivitch Shmarlobiski. The Jewish members of the group were proud about their two achievements: fulfilling the quota and observing the Sabbath.
B. High Holyday prayers in the Siberian forest
A short time after their arrival to the settlement in the depths of the Siberian forest the men of faith and deeds began to organize Jewish life. Despite the careful supervision by the leaders of the N.K.V.D. (the Soviet security force), they began to organize the little that was possible in the area of religion and tradition. With constant physical and spiritual danger, they organized prayers, guarded kashrut through kosher slaughter, and even attempted to disseminate Torah to schoolchildren. Major efforts were directed toward organizing communal prayer on the approaching High Holydays. The police commander found out from several Polish Christians about the holiday preparations of the Jews. On the eve of the festival, the police increased its supervision on the residents of the bunks and even warned them about organizing prayers and gatherings, which were against the laws of the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, preparations were made. Prayer leaders were designated, a place for the prayers was chosen, and scouts were set up - lads who would look out on all sides and whose job was to inform the worshippers about the approach of police representatives. Reb Mendel Shmarlobiski of blessed memory and Reb Chaim Schwerd of blessed memory were among the prayer leaders, Torah readers, and shofar blowers. The services of the first night of the holiday passed more or less with no disturbance. In the morning, the worshippers gathered again, aside from those who were not permitted to refrain from going to work. Reb Mendel Shmarlobiski led the Pesukei Dezimra[1], and gave over his place to the leader of the Shacharit service. This was Reb Chaim Schwerd, the well-known shochet and prayer leader of the large Beis Midrash of Sanok, who had weakened somewhat from the tribulations of the long journey and the poor nutritional situation. Nevertheless, he summoned his remaining strength and began the Shacharit service, as is done on the High Holydays, with the call of Hamelech[2]. The call of Hamelech was uttered
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with a great cry that shook up the hearts of the worshippers. I recall that at that moment, images and feelings of the days when Reb Chaimel the Shochet served as the prayer leader in the large Beis Midrash of Sanok passed before my eyes. In my imagination, I once again saw myself standing beside my father, who was enwrapped with his tallis over his head, taking care that I not miss one word of the prayers, as I was surrounded by my brothers and good friends. However, the bitter reality quickly spread before me: The scouts appeared and informed us that the police commander and his assistants were running toward us to look into the shout that they had heard. All the worshippers quickly dispersed in different directions. When the danger passed, the worshippers gathered again to continue their prayers. This services remains etched on my heart, and I will never forget it!
C. Two Loaves[3]
When I was a small child, and I listened to the descriptions and memories of my father of blessed memory from the period of the First World War in which he participated as a soldier on the line for four years, I was always impressed with his ability to arrange things with respect to the demands of religion so that it would not be harmful to him. A common thread throughout all of his stories was the description of how he succeeded in preparing the double loaves in every place and every situation so that he could recite the Kiddush on the Sabbath[4]. And now, the tribulations of the Second World War transported him to a Siberian village. Here, the primary food for a person was the bread, albeit in small quantities that was distributed in set portions. In the harsh winter of 1942, Father was forced to make great efforts in order to ensure that he had the two loaves for the Sabbath, as was his custom. That winter, there were days when there was no distribution of bread, with the excuse that the path from the town to the village was closed due to snow. At times, the residents of the village were left without food for several days. This is how it was that week. The distribution of bread was unorganized, and it was already Friday. Father was full of indescribable sadness that he did not even have an appropriate loaf of bread for the Sabbath. He got ready to prepare dough and bake several matzos from the stash of flour that he had kept for a time of trouble. As he was preparing them the person in charge of bringing the bread burst into the bunk with loud screams. Dadushka, a disaster happened, and they say that you are able to save! The wagon driver explained that, as she was driving from the nearby town with the bread wagon, the horse began to rebel, and the wagon eventually collapsed. The horse also fell, and it seemed that it no longer had any signs of life. How can I help? responded Father, I am not expert at all in matters of wagons and horses?! With the concern that he might not be able to prepare the matzos for the Sabbath, he pushed off the pleas of the wagon driver to go out to the place of the incident. However, she searched for a way to convince Father that she was talking about a serious incident, and said, You are a religious man, and you should concern yourself that an entire community will be left without bread, and that I will be punished severely. Father responded to her pleas and cries, and speedily walked the several kilometers. He arrived at the place that the horse and wagon had fallen. After all of Father's attempts to stand the horse up were for naught, he utilized the final resort. He freed the horse from its harness. When the horse sensed that it was free, it stood up on its legs and showed signs of strengthening. Then they started to set the wagon upright. When they succeeded, they hitched the horse to the wagon again, and it galloped to the village. Many people were waiting, calling out, The bread arrived! Long live Dadushka!, and other cries of joy.
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My Geiszler and Brown family lines have been located in Ohio for at least 100 years. I came across this website Ohio Postcard Collection where you can see images from all across the state of Ohio. I love how the website has sorted the pictures by collection. The only thing missing is the approximate date the post cards were created or that the images depict. That would help me put everything into perspective a little better. Perhaps I'm missing the dates that are there. Nevertheless, I look forward to sharing this website with my mother, who was raised in Ohio, and seeing what memories she has of the various sites of her hometown.
So, I've been hoping to figure out what to do next after my survey of available research on Ancestry.com. I suppose this gem was at least one answer to my query.
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Thank you for posting this! I have family that lived in Ohio many moons ago and it will be nice to see some of the landmarks they may have known.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for sharing this link. Ohio's my state for at least half my ancestors. And now that I've looked at it I'm wondering how I missed it, since CML is my home library!ReplyDelete
You both are very welcome. Many of my ancestors are from Ohio. I would love to spend more time in the state trying to solve some mysteries, visiting cemeteries, and digging through relative's 'clutter' for hidden treasures. I'm looking forward to using the Post Card link to trigger my mother's memories of Ohio.ReplyDelete
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The Canadiens have made 16 deals on NHL's trade-deadline day since the process began in 1980, beginning in 1981 with goaltender Michel (Bunny) Larocque to Toronto for defenceman Robert Picard.
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When I bought my G17 all I did was field strip it to be sure it was clean and it was. No wipe down needed and loaded the mags and started shooting.
I have only had one gun that I have ever purchased that had the packing grease in it. All others were clean and lubed.
The manual will have directions on how to field strip the pistol or you can watch this video
This is a Glock 23 I think he said but the take down is exactly the same.
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"So although no hard evidence was found during our investigation, the amount of personal experiences the team had leads us to believe that there just may be something paranormal going on at your location," Dianne Nault, the founder and lead investigator, wrote to Epping town officials.
The investigation was done at no cost to the town, Town Administrator Gregory Dodge said.
During their overnight stay at the town hall, two investigators heard a "clear coughing sound" in the balcony above an auditorium on the second floor.
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Washington Consumer Reports offered a harsh initial review of the Chevrolet Volt, questioning whether General Motors Co.'s flagship vehicle makes economic "sense."The extended-range plug-in electric vehicle is on the cover of the April issue the influential magazine's annual survey of vehicles but the GM vehicle comes in for criticism.
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I am an English graduate now working in Marketing. I have been considering doing some kind of all TEFL course with a view to getting a job teaching somewhere possibly in South America.
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