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In October, In-Q-Tel, along with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, invested in D-Wave Systems, the company behind the D-Wave One, described as "the first commercially available quantum computer" (pictured here). The company produces processors in its own fabrication facility and last year created an applications team to apply quantum computing to solving "industry-scale" challenges. The Intelligence Community sees the investment as an opportunity to address "complex problems that tax classical computing architecture," In-Q-Tel said.
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Mithu Sen's absurdist performance piece Mis(s)GUIDE is a improvised guided tour through the museum that is both disorienting and engaging. It was performed during PEM's South Asian Weekend in early February 2016.
"What the Birds Know" by Patrick Daugherty is located at the corner of Hawthorne Blvd. and Essex St. right in front of PEM's historic Crowninshield Bentley House. See for yourself!
Richard Vaux is the owner of the 1964 Studebaker Avanti parked in the Liberty Street Atrium at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. The Avanti, designed by Raymond Loewy, is the first of many artworks featured in the exhibition California Design 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way.
The Avanti and the show will be on view at PEM through July 6, 2014.
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot produces music in surprising and unexpected ways through large-scale acoustic environments. Boursier-Mougenot's immersive sonic installation, from here to ear, introduces a flock of 70 brightly plumed Zebra Finches to a PEM's own gallery-turned-aviary. The birds live among iconic Gibson Les Paul and Thunderbird bass guitars. At turns ambient and melodic, a constantly changing soundscape emerges as the finches explore their environment, eating, nesting and perching on the amplified instruments. This boundary-breaking exhibition asks us to consider the way we perceive, create and interact with music while challenging traditional notions of artistic collaboration.
One of Japan's preeminent landscape photographers, Toshio Shibata is known for exploring the delicate balance between human-made structures and nature. Photographing erosion control barriers, water catchments, roads, dams and bridges, he examines the unique appearance of such structures in his native land. Through his lens, riverbeds can look like origami, and waterfalls resemble kimono.
This exhibition of 28 large-format works will be the artist's first solo show in an American museum since 1995 and the first time his color pictures will be shown in America.
Shibata was recently featured in a two-person show at the National Arts Center, Tokyo, and in a solo retrospective at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum.
Made possible by the East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum.
A massive video wall glows with colorful creatures dancing in a white void. "Drive-By", a video by artist Nick Cave, is featured as part of PEM's FreePort [No. 006]. In a sit down interview at PEM, Cave discusses the transformation that occurs when performing in these costume creations, known as "Soundsuits."
FreePort [No. 006]: Nick Cave is on view at PEM through May 27, 2013. Check out Nick Cave's Soundsuits in action during a live performance on April 18, 2013 at PEM/PM, PEM's evening party series. For more info, visit http://www.pem.org/pempm
Generous support provided by Fay Chandler. Additional support provided by donors to the 2013 FreePort Fund including Terry and Dick Albright and Jeffrey P. Beale and by the East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum.
What compels Nick Cave to make art? How does he build his magnificent creations? In this video, PEM visits Cave's Chicago studio to talk with the artist and to watch Soundsuits being built for the museum's FreePort [No. 006]. These Soundsuits will be on view at PEM through May 27, 2013.
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Generous support provided by Fay Chandler. Additional support provided by donors to the 2013 FreePort Fund including Terry and Dick Albright and Jeffrey P. Beale and by the East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum.
In this video, Sidney Berger, The Ann C. Pingree Director of the Phillips Library, talks about three very different books that are on view in the exhibition Unbound: Highlights from the Phillips Library at PEM. These volumes, as well as many other rare books and objects, delight the eye and tell powerful stories. Unbound is on view at the Peabody Essex Museum from November 12, 2011 through July 15, 2012.


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I'm Daily Alice Clementine (obviously not the name on my birth certificate, but who cares?), and I'm a bookish packrat with an affinity for collage. I'm 22, I'm a girl, I like comic books and luridly technicolor tights and instant messaging my long-distance girlfriend, Sophie. I've recently finished making the first issue (of what will, I hope, be many issues) of my perzine, which is whimsically and for no particular reason named Lungless Salamander. It's a little bit about the internet, a little bit about my relationship, a little bit about being an introvert with mood/anxiety issues (I recently dropped out of school, am unemployed, currently live with my parents, and frankly don't get out of the house all that often), a little bit about my enduring love for the band Neutral Milk Hotel. It's $2.75 by mail, but I will probably trade for your zine if you ask.
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The second issue of Lungless Salamander is available! It's half-size, thirty-eight pages not counting the covers, same price as the last one, more text-dense, more image-heavy, and probably better designed. It is about mental problems, fashion and its intersections with concepts of gender and femininity, and includes a movie review and a few zine reviews. Very conversationally written and personal, maybe even more so than the last one.
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We invite you to take part in the First International Exhibition "ZINESHOW" in Ukraine. Participation is free. Any technique. Any theme and format. No return. Deadline: 15/04/2013. Exhibition on the blog http://zineshow.blogspot.com All works will be exhibited also in the gallery "tymutopiyapres" http://tymutopiyapres.blogspot.com is not a commercial gallery. Welcomed but not "necessarily" summary of your zine or about you or your creative work (this is necessary for further elucidation of the project and possible documentation).
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Hey there Daily Alice Clementine!, let's trade! i have 4 issues of "Damaged Mentality" available. let me know what yer interested in. messaging you my addy.
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Internship for Social Work Master's students:
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The Women's Mental Health Program in the Department of Psychiatry offers one field placement for an advanced social work masters student per academic year. The placement is primarily clinical as the student's main responsibility will be to develop and maintain a caseload for individual, couples, and family psychotherapy.
Patients served:
The Women's Mental Health Program is designed to serve the needs of women with psychiatric disorders, providing optimal treatment by taking into account reproductive and gender influences on mental illness and treatment response. Patients served include:
- Women whose symptoms vary over the course of the menstrual cycle
- Women who are pregnant or are planning a pregnancy
- Women with infertility problems
- Women who have had a pregnancy loss (e.g. miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion)
- Women who are postpartum
- Women who have psychiatric symptoms during perimenopause
- Women who have psychiatric symptoms in the context of gynecologic illness or procedures (e.g. breast cancer, hysterectomy, endometriosis)
- Women who have psychiatric sequelae of rape or sexual abuse
- Women who have psychiatric sequelae of domestic violence
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The Women's Mental Heath program provides opportunities to learn about:
- Effects of reproductive cycle events and gender on psychopathology
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- Discussing family planning in the context of mental illness
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These objectives are achieved through the intern's participation and involvement in multiple clinics in the Women's Mental Health Program, developing their own caseload of patients for psychotherapy, and attending weekly lectures in the department of Psychiatry. In addition, interns are provided with both weekly individual supervision, and group supervision to discuss and review their clinical work. Upon completion of the internship, students will gain both specialized knowledge in women's mental health and a comprehensive set of skills in psychotherapy including its provision, documentation, and billing.
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Dr. Benjamin Carson, who skyrocketed to conservative fame after criticizing President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast in February, has stated that he's open to exploring a career in television after he retires from medicine. Carson has received a helping hand from Fox News, which has hosted Carson at least 17 times since his February speech.
In a March 24 Washington Post profile, Carson explained that the likelihood of him running for president -- which has been trumpeted by conservative media outlets -- is "incredibly small," but that he is much more interested in hosting a TV show:
After a several-day onslaught from fans and the media, many wanting to know his potential political plans, Carson has eased away from suggestions he may have his eyes on the White House. The 61-year-old doctor now says the likelihood of a presidential run is "incredibly small." What he really wants is a second career in television when he retires from Johns Hopkins later this year.
"Maybe if you write about it in your article, somebody will say, 'Let's do it,' " he said in an interview.
Before he left, Carson finished his thought. He would like to do a show that focuses on "educating the American populace about things that are essential to our freedom," he said in his soft, steady voice. Or he would like to try a show that would bring together people who hold opposing views on critical issues that are dividing the nation. Carson would then help them seek a middle ground or resolution.
"If the proper venue was presented, I would probably accept such a thing," he said.
Since Carson's February 7 speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, in which he advocated for health-savings accounts and a flat tax, Carson has been a major topic of conversation in conservative media. He made eight appearances on various Fox News programming in the days following his speech, and he has made at least nine appearances since then, including a special edition of Hannity that devoted the entire hour to Carson.
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"Wake up refreshed and full of energy," says one advertisement for melatonin. Other ads promote use of the compound for a host of health problems from obesity to insomnia. Many advertisements target older people and encourage them to take commercial melatonin preparations to restore levels lost with aging. Older Americans who do, however, have responded to a false premise in the salesman's cry, according to results of a new study that contradicts the popular notion that melatonin levels in older people fall with age.
In the study, National Institutes of Health (NIH) grantee Charles A. Czeisler, M.D., Ph.D. and colleagues at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston studied 34 healthy older people, both men and women ranging in age from 65 to 81, and found that their nighttime melatonin levels did not differ significantly from those of 98 younger men whose age ranged from 18 to 30. The study, which spanned five years, appears in the November issue of the American Journal of Medicine .*
Study participants were medication free and did not have insomnia or other sleep complaints. They had to forego alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine and were also asked to keep a sleep journal. As part of their participation in the study, each person spent three days and three nights isolated under carefully controlled conditions in a sleep laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital. In order to minimize the effect of the experiment on their usual patterns of melatonin secretion, participants maintained their normal sleep schedules. At regular times, scientists took blood samples in order to assess melatonin production.
"In our analysis, we did not find any statistically significant difference in nighttime melatonin concentrations between the young and older subjects, although our study does not address whether melatonin levels change after the eighth decade," said Dr. Czeisler. "This means that in most healthy people, concentrations of melatonin in plasma probably do not decline with aging."
Melatonin is secreted by the pineal gland, which is located deep within the brain. The hormone may be a natural sleep inducer. It is produced at high levels during a person's normal sleeping hours and is low during the day. A number of factors, including light and many common medications, can affect melatonin secretion.
"The idea that a pineal aging clock winds down as you get older is simply not true," says Jamie M. Zeitzer, Ph.D., an author of the paper. "Being older does not cause a person to have low melatonin levels. While we know that some older individuals have low melatonin levels, it isn't because of their age per se."
"To say that aging affects the regulation of melatonin secretion is not borne out by the scientific literature, especially this newest study, the most comprehensive and carefully designed to date," says Andrew A. Monjan, Ph.D., M.P.H., Chief of the Neurobiology of Aging Branch of the NIA's Neuroscience and Neuropsychology of Aging Program. "It is important that people understand however that there is some preliminary evidence that melatonin may be useful for jet lag and some types of insomnia."
"Another thing not to overlook," explains Dr. Monjan, "is that commercially available melatonin remains un-standardized, unregulated, is largely untested, is expensive, and we still do not know how safe it is for long term use, especially for older people with a variety of health problems taking a number of drugs."
*Zeitzer, Jamie M., Daniels, Jessica E., Duffy, Jeanne F., Klerman, Elizabeth B., Shanahan, Theresa L., Dijk, Derk-Jan, Czeisler, Charles A. Do Plasma Melatonin Concentrations Decline with Age? American Journal of Medicine , Volume 107, No. 5, pp. 422-436.
This study was supported by the NIA, NIMH, and NCRR, three components of the NIH. The NIA supports basic, clinical, epidemiological, and social research on aging and on the special needs of older people. The NIMH supports research on mental disorders, the brain, and behavior. NCRR funding provides highly specialized research resources to biomedical researchers nationwide, including the sleep laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital. The NIH is the leading Federal biomedical and behavioral research agency.


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Cyber bullying
Isthis an issue in U.S. and should it be permitted in threads. What say powers that be on this forum?
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Re: Cyber bullying
and i think the forum rules cover it already
I say we are all adults here. There are jokes made at other people's expense and some negative comments but no one here has the power to take your lunch money.
What would you consider bullying on this forum? Perhaps i don't understand your concern.
Re: Cyber bullyingUnlike physical bullying, electronic bullies can remain virtually anonymous using temporary email accounts, pseudonyms in chat rooms, instant messaging programs, cell-phone text messaging, and other Internet venues to mask their identity; this perhaps frees them from normative and social constraints on their behavior.publishing of defamatory material about a person on the internet is extremely difficult to prevent and once it is posted, millions of people can potentially download it before it is removed. Some perpetrators may post victims' photos, or victims' edited photos like defaming captions or pasting victims' faces on nude bodies.
The other point is: most of us are anonymous here. Maybe not you so nothing anyone says can affect me personally. Cyber bullying at school or the workplace is different because the person being bullied is personally affected.
I have been on this forum for nearly a year and I have not seen one instance of bullying. Some meanness perhaps (which is very rare) but not bullying and those are two different things.
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Is this a tangient to something in particular, OP?
I personally agree that some people "bully" others as a consequence of arguments or difference of beliefs, in the same vein that a jock would pick on the kid with thick glasses or unfashionable clothes. However, on the internet the rules change, and group dynamics can be rather interesting. I've been on a few car forums over the years, and it's always the same: there is a popular opinion and a group of frequent posters that generally hold the same viewpoints. Any divergence from these opinons/perspectives almost universally results in ostracizing and attacking the poster, whom is almost always not a part of the group. If someone from the group were to post that same opinion, however, it would usually be met with measured consideration.
It's always grown adults who do this, and I think we all have contributed to similar situations at some point in our online experience. IMHO, the truly immature are the ones who have "thin skin" and take such experiences personally, or let it bleed into their "real" lives and effect their quality of life. It's like a snake wrangler complaining about getting bit - silly things are going to happen eventually, and no, you won't always like the feedback you get from posting on the internet.
As an example:
You can call me a bully because I share a negative experience with a vendor and rant about my customer service on car forums - with the specific intent of educating other potential customers on my experience as a breech of contract. I'm not calling anyone unpleasant names, but my negative tone, the context and my making comments on two different sites is perceived as aggressive.
But the reverse of that is in this same community, people who "like" that vendor will also go out of their way to berate me/disenfranchise my persona because my opinions are not (in their minds) fair or popular - and they might insinuate that I'm juvenile, immature or otherwise defective. After all, when my opinion is unpopular there is thus something wrong with me - and my perspective should be ignored. While we're at it, let's delete all those unpopular threads from the forum so no one else has to be mislead or suffer the unfortunate google search, right?
Who's the bully?
Can you bully through censorship, by only accepting that which you already agree with? Is it the guy posting a negative review on Amazon, or is it Amazon when they remove any comment that does not suggest they are impeccable with the lowest prices, the best service and everyone is always more than satisfied (and you will be too!)?
To some extent, I think we all have to keep in mind that the internet is a big, silly place where people can act in funny ways and we're not always going to get the responses we want. Maybe you shouldn't post that photo of your girlfriend, or otherwise comment on your life if you're afraid of unpopular responses? If you run a business online, you have to be prepared for the online feedback (think "Doug @ ECS").
To some degree, the "bully" is really groupthink, and people pretending that the internet should all be sugar kisses, rainbows and unicorns: for true freedom of opinion, and for real value in online discussions, you have to be willing to tolerate those posts that you might find offensive - to remove them cart blanc is, in my opinion, also a form of bullying and conformity through purposeful censorship.
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I'm against bullying in general but complaining of bullying on this website is silly. Stop logging in then.
I agree 100%. One of the many great things about this county is that we are entitled to our own opinion. If I disagree with someone I can do that and vice versa, as long as its not threatening. The problem that has creeped into our society is political correctness. Too many people are thin skinned and, as you say, if you don't like people disagreeing with you then don't post your opinion.
I don't give a rats ass about what people here think about me. That is not meant to be insulting but I don't know any of you personally.
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Re: Cyber bullying
Forums are fundamentally social clubs. Sure, there's a subject of record, but we're here to share ideas and experience and comraderie.
The double-edged sword of its non-physical and enterprise-hosted nature is that the group can't protect itself. It's good in that it gives new people and new ideas more lattitude to work their way into the group -- it's hard for the group to be closed (and die off). It's bad in that a malevolent or self-righteous force can assert itself and persist in loopholes well beyond any propriety and well past the point that a physical group would have told them off and escalated to physical ejection if necessary.
I don't think that, generally, cyber bullying is a term that can be applied to most forum interactions. It's a more specific thing, and I think expanding the term would render it useless. Cyber bullying is one or more people in social power inflicting harm on someone who can't reasonably escape the situation and isn't emotionally or socially able to escalate to an authority for mediation or protection. It's not just wanting someone to leave your clique alone, or wanting to be heard by a clique.
Re: Cyber bullying
This cyber bullying is all a bunch of horseshit. People, and young kids especially, need to toughen up.
If people are making fun of you, you have three options:
1) Conform to social 'norms' and don't get made fun of anymore
2) Toughen up and not care... try not to hang yourself if you are prone to emo things like that
3) Kick the ass of the person making fun of you
Man, we had REAL bullying. Like with fists and feet. You acted like prey, you got your ass kicked. People saw you would take some bullying and not fight back, and boom you got bullied MORE. That's the key: don't act like prey.
If you are worried about your kid getting bullied, or cyber bullied, give them this advice: If you feel someone has wronged you, or is bullying you, hit them in the face really hard. When they fall down, kick them until they stop moving. Bullying problem solved.
As for adults, the idea that an ADULT could get cyberbullied is crazy. If you can't stand the heat, don't come into the forum 'kitchen".
Re: Cyber bullying
Why is this thread in the 2G V forum, anyway?
Oh wait, I'm a bully now.
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Re: Cyber bullying
When I was young (8-ish) I got picked on occasionally. I was pretty non-confrontational and didn't really give a shit so I never did anything. After a few instances from this one kid I got sick of him and pounded him a few times. Never said boo to me from that point on. I was surprised how many other kids came up to me with a high five because he was picking on them too. Never really had to defend myself the rest of school through High School.
I do completely agree with the acting like prey comment. Unfortunately some kids are just like that and it definitely emboldens the bullies.
Re: Cyber bullying
I think maybe we're starting to read too much into what the OP was trying to say - I read it as "posters say mean things to other posters" on this forum, not that he literally meant the true definition of cyber bullying in that someone was obsessively targeting another individual.
You red meat eaters need to get back in touch with your emotions and approach this topic with empathy and compassion!!!


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Now maybe all this doesn't seem quite so amazing at first: after all, penguins waddle across the Antarctic ice floes and polar bears and walruses meander the Arctic tundra and even we humans can trek to the poles given enough layers of down, fleece and wool. But how in the world do microbes do it without the aid of blubber, fur or other obvious insulating protection? After all, cold kills or at least slows down lots of microbes—that's why we put our food in refrigerators to keep it fresh longer.
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Cold-loving microbes may not have fur or down-filled coats, but they do have special proteins or enzymes that help them shrug off the frigid chill. What are enzymes, you say? These are proteins that help make lots of chemical reactions take place inside cells and basically help cells do all the things they need to do to stay alive. So, psychrophilic <sigh-crow-fill-ick> enzymes are similar to the enzymes in microbes that live at normal temperatures, but the psychrophilic enzymes continue to function at temperatures below which normal enzymes get sluggish or stop working. How? It appears that enzymes in cold-adapted microbes have a little more flexibility in them because they've lost a few of the fastener molecules that keep these protein folded rigidly into a specific three-dimensional shape. (Proteins bunch up into 3-D shapes that are very important to how well they work.) Since these enzymes can flex a bit, they don't need as much energy to do their thing, which is good in an environment where you can't count on heat for energy.
Another way cold-loving microbes thrive in their chilly environments is keeping the membranes of their cells loose with molecules called fatty acids. Membranes are like plastic sacks with holes that surround the goopy fluid and all the parts inside of cells. A fatty acid is a long chain of carbon atoms strung together. Having a lot of these fatty acids keeps membranes fluid in low temperatures so they can continue to easily take in and release molecules—"food" and "wastes" basically—through their cells.
There's a lot still to learn about how microbes live comfortably in super-cold temperatures. These are just a couple of the microbial tricks for beating the cold. Scientists are studying ways that we humans could put these psychrophilic enzymes to work for us, say in preserving foods without freezer burn, improving microbial clean up of pollution, and making new medicines.


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Gore refused to sell it to Glen Beck, but has no problem selling it to Al Jazeera :?I believe Cablevision? or Time Warner? has already announced they are dropping it.
I have never even heard of "current TV" until I read this story. Nobody watches the thing, this is not "news". Gore is a lot like so many of the "conservative" right wingers. He lives in his own little fantasy land and makes up his own reality. I would not be surprised if he's a part time beek as well. :laugh: How is selling out to a US ally like Qatar worse than Romney selling off businesses to COMMUNIST China?


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READ: Could Corey Hart be out for the rest of the season?
CBS writer Jon Heyman thinks Corey Hart might be out for the rest of the season, according to sources. In January, Hart had surgery on his right knee, and sources [Milwaukee Journel Sentinel] say he is now suffering pain in his left knee. The Brewers report they are not certain about anything at this point, and will not say anything further until they know more information about the matter.
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December 18, 2014
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Washington Works with Unions Before the Bargaining Table
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Detroit, Chicago Stop Covering Retired Workers' Health Care
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What Can Public Employees Expect in 2014?
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Public Employee in Need of a Loan? Ask Virginia.
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Albuquerque Teaches and Promotes Public Service
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Testing Employees to Find the Best
Albuquerque, N.M., was chosen as a pilot city to see if assessing job candidates' career readiness could reduce turnover as well as hiring time and training costs.
June 13, 2012
Civil Service Reform: Lessons from Georgia and Indiana
Several states this year are changing how public employees are hired and fired. They may be able to learn a thing or two from states that already have.
May 8, 2012
Civil Service Reform Comes to Tennessee
Gov. Bill Haslam signed legislation to create a personnel environment more akin to the private sector.
April 11, 2012
St. Louis County, Missouri Tackles the Age Gap in Government
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Results-Only Work Environment Goes Public Sector
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Expanding CHIP to Low-Income State Employees
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Can Public-Sector Job Security Be Quantified?
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Moving Toward Integrated Paid Time Off Programs
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November 9, 2011
Keeping Morale Up When Collective Bargaining Is At Risk
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October 12, 2011
ROWE Rollout Successes and Challenges
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September 14, 2011
Expert Interviews Instead of Exit Interviews
A Colorado utilities department is conducting written and video exit interviews with current staffers now so their future replacements know who to work with and how to do the job.
August 10, 2011
Managing Your Future, Your Boss and Your Future Boss
This past July, young public employees and their experienced colleagues congregated to share tips on how to advance their government careers.
July 29, 2011
Fighting to Save the MPA
Some publicly funded universities may eliminate their Master of Public Administration programs, but schools are getting creative to avoid that.
July 13, 2011
Utah's Demise of the Four-Day Workweek
The governor's office and the legislature disagreed on how productive fewer days and longer hours were, ultimately bringing back the five-day workweek.
June 30, 2011
Changing the Way Citizens View Their City
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June 15, 2011
A Cross-Training Rundown
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May 11, 2011
Improving Public Employees' Financial Literacy
Concerns about public employee confusion over financial options led North Carolina Treasurer Janet Cowell to rethink how her department shapes and shares personal finance info.
April 29, 2011
Data-Driven Policing
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April 13, 2011
Being Proactive on Workers' Compensation Claims
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March 31, 2011
Making Performance a Priority in Georgia
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March 9, 2011
Developing Policies for Responsible Social Media Use
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March 1, 2011
Library Shutdown in Camden, N.J.
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February 9, 2011
Getting Public Employees More Active in Their Health
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February 1, 2011
Chicago's Police Misconduct Cases Go to Court
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January 12, 2011
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January 1, 2011
A Paradigm Shift on First-Time Drunk Drivers
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December 15, 2010
Kentucky Employees Learn Spanish for their Jobs
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December 1, 2010
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November 10, 2010
Balancing Work and Professional Development
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October 13, 2010
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October 1, 2010
Moving Vets Off Medicaid and Onto VA
A nearly two decades-old reporting system designed to prevent benefit fraud is helping cash-strapped states save millions -- but not in the way originally intended.
HR Professionals as Michigan's Allies
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July 30, 2010
The Minnesota-Wisconsin Partnership
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Tips for the Next Generation of Government
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June 30, 2010
Work-Share, Save Jobs
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Lonely at the Conference Table
A young leader in Montana tells about how he advanced so quickly in state government. His keys to success? Time, luck, hard work, risk taking, and being well-dressed.
May 12, 2010
Managing Young Leaders
West Virginia Cabinet Secretary Robert Ferguson tells us how he has sought out, cultivated and kept talented young leaders.
Managing Young Leaders
West Virginia Cabinet Secretary Robert Ferguson tells how he has sought out, cultivated and kept talented young leaders.
May 1, 2010
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March 10, 2010
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Hennepin County's ROWE Results
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January 13, 2010
ROWE Against the Tide
One Minnesota department is letting employees create their own work environment, as long as they achieve results.
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More on Gen Y in Government
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Up in Smoke
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November 1, 2006
Smog Hogs: Two Ports Plan to Clear their Bad Air
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May 1, 2006
"Turn in Your Cell Phone"
Westchester County puts the recycling burden on consumers
April 1, 2006
Building Bridges in China
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LY2157299 for Metastatic Cancer and Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
A Phase 1b/2 Study With Gemcitabine and LY2157299 for Patients With Metastatic Cancer (Phase 1b) and Advanced or Metastatic Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer (Phase 2)
Trial Status
Trial Phase
Phase I/II
Study Number
Phase 1b: To determine the safe and tolerable dose of LY2157299 in combination with gemcitabine in patients with solid malignancy Phase 2a: To compare the overall survival (OS) of patients with Stage II to IV unresectable pancreatic cancer when treated with a combination of LY2157299 and gemcitabine with that of gemcitabine plus placebo.
Trial Eligibility
For both Phase 1b and Phase 2 (unless specified in the following), patients are eligible to be included in the study only if they meet all of the following criteria:
For Phase 1b:
- Have histological or cytological evidence of a diagnosis of cancer that is advanced and/or metastatic disease; that is refractory to standard therapy and/or therapies known to provide clinical benefit or for which no standard therapy exists; and/or in which gemcitabine therapy at the proposed doses and schedule would be considered appropriate treatment for the metastatic disease (eg, pancreatic cancer)
- Patients may have received prior chemotherapy, radiotherapy, cancer-related hormone therapy, or other investigational therapy as treatment. There is no limit in the number of previous lines of therapy.
For Phase 1b and Phase 2:
- Have measurable disease or non-measurable disease, defined according to Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST)
- Have given written informed consent prior to any study-specific procedures
- Have adequate organ function including: Hematologic: absolute neutrophil count (ANC) greater than or equal to 1.5 x 10^9/L, platelets greater than or equal to 100 x 10^9/L, and hemoglobin greater than or equal to 9 g/dL. Hepatic: bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT)less than or equal to 2.5 times ULN. If the liver has tumor involvement, AST less than or equal to 5 times ULN and ALT less than or equal to 5 times ULN are acceptable. Patients may have endoscopic or radiologic stenting to treat biliary obstructions. If so, then bilirubin must return to less than or equal to 1.5 times ULN and ALP, AST, and ALT to less than or equal to 5 times ULN prior to enrollment. Renal: serum creatinine within normal limits, less than or equal to 1.5 times ULN.
- Have a performance status of less than or equal to 2 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale
- Patients must have recovered from any Grade 3/4 toxicities of previous therapies
- Are reliable and willing to make themselves available for the duration of the study and are willing to follow study procedures
- Prior radiation therapy for treatment of cancer is allowed to <25% of the bone marrow, and patients must have recovered from the acute toxic effects of their treatment prior to study enrollment. Prior radiation to the whole pelvis is not allowed. Prior radiotherapy must be completed at least 4 weeks before study entry.
- Male and female patients with reproductive potential must use an approved contraceptive method during and for 3 months after discontinuation of study treatment. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (B-HCG) pregnancy test documented within 14 days prior to treatment. If condoms are used as a barrier contraceptive, a spermicidal agent should be added to ensure that pregnancy does not occur. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
For Phase 2:
- Have histological or cytological diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas that is locally advanced (Stage II, III) or metastatic (Stage IV) and not amenable to resection with curative intent. Patients with previous radical surgery for pancreatic cancer are eligible after progression is documented. If they received adjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy with gemcitabine, they can be enrolled if the treatment was completed 3 months before or longer
- Tumor tissue or unstained slides are available from original biopsy or resection or other tumor biopsies
- Patients may have received previous adjuvant treatment with gemcitabine with or without radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer. Adjuvant treatment must have finished at least 6 months before enrolling.
Trial Exclusions
- Are currently enrolled in, or discontinued within the last 30 days from, a clinical trial involving an investigational product or unapproved use of a drug or device (other than the investigational product used in this study), or concurrently enrolled in any other type of medical research judged not to be scientifically or medically compatible with this study
- Have moderate or severe cardiac disease:
- Myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to study entry, unstable angina pectoris, New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III/IV congestive heart failure, or uncontrolled hypertension
- Major abnormalities documented by echocardiography with Doppler (for example, moderate or severe heart valve function defect and/or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <50%, evaluation based on the institutional lower limit of normal)
- Predisposing conditions that are consistent with development of aneurysms of the ascending aorta or aortic stress (for example, family history of aneurysms, Marfan-Syndrome, bicuspid aortic valve, evidence of damage to the large vessels of the heart documented by CT scan or MRI with contrast)
- Are unable to swallow tablets or capsules
- Are pregnant or breastfeeding
- Have any significant medical illnesses that, in the investigator's opinion, cannot be adequately controlled with appropriate therapy or would compromise the patient's ability to tolerate this therapy
- Have a history of any other cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in-situ), unless in complete remission and off of all therapy for that disease for a minimum of 3 years
- Have active infection that would interfere with the study objectives or influence study compliance
- Phase 2 only: Endocrine pancreatic tumors or ampullary cancer
- Patients with acute or chronic leukemia or with any other disease likely to have a significant bone marrow infiltration (screening not required)
- Have previously completed or withdrawn from this study or any other study investigating LY2157299 or any other TGF-ß inhibitor
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I visited my dealer a few days ago when I discovered the mirror anomaly, and they said I'd be a fool to trade my car in for a CC because it is so rare. They said that approximately only 8% of 12' passats are 3.6 SELs. On top of that an even smaller portion are black/black, and it is rare that I have an early build without the spoiler since it comes from the factory many times with it already.
My question is, exactly how many black/black 12' 3.6 SELs are there? I'm curious if it is that rare. Every time I go they try to get it back from me but I actually like it. Especially with the wood knob, hinge cover, aspherical mirrors, and other mods.


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Hospital/quarantine/just in case tank ?'s
Tonight I noticed one of my neons had this weird 'look' about it. Maybe a fungus or something around its middle. I have a little 5g that I bought as an extra tank, and I have a little sponge filter/powerhead combo, and an extra hob filter too. But then I realized that does me no real good as its not cycled anyways. I took the fish out and put it in the 5g as I don't want whatever the problem is spreading. I had the sponge filter going, but the powerhead is too strong and just blowing the poor thing around. So now its in an unfiltered, unheated, uncycled tank. Its taking its last breaths, so there's not much I can do, but it made me realize that I'm not prepared for if there is a problem where I need to remove a fish who will need care/new home.
Do others just have a tank running all the time just in case? How do you keep it cycled? Do you run an extra filter on your regular tank?
And if you notice a sick fish, do you put it in a tank of its own? What do you do with it? Is there some generic fish medicine?
I thought I put some thought into having a back up tank, but obviously I really didn't think it through all the way.
The fish has now died, I didn't even finish the post. :(
I have a 10 gal on standby I would just use cycled water from one of my other tanks and add a cheap sponge filter or something
It's not set up right now but I could get it up and running pretty quick I have found that between quICK Cure and Tetra Parasite Guard I have always been able to fix any issues in the Tank as long as I catch it early enough
Hope you feel better.
Thanks, I felt bad for the poor thing. Its sick and then I stick it in a violent tank. Knock on wood, everyone else looks okay so far.
I really don't want to run an extra 'just in case' tank all the time. Now that my tank is stocked, its pretty rare to be bringing in new fish, and knock on wood, that was the first time I had to remove a fish for illness. But I do want to be prepared if there is a next time.
I saw a little Toms Dive Clean Mini Internal Filter online. It looks small enough I could run it on my 10g all the time (in conjunction with the filter already in use of course), and then pop it into the 5g if I need (and will be cycled). I like the spray bar it has, and that it has a sponge media and I can remove the carbon as it doesn't sound like you can change it. The sponge filter I have now, the powerhead is just too strong. And I hate the noisy air pumps. Plus I don't want a sponge filter in my display tanks. So a little internal filter might be a good solution.
And I'll pick up a little heater. I thought I had an extra somewhere, but I can't find it.
I'll also pick up a bottle of medicine or two to keep on hand just in case.
Anything else to keep in this little emergency fish kit? I don't have a lid for the tank. Any good diy quick fixes for that?
I do not keep a tank running as a hospital tank.
When you are going to put a fish in a hospital tank it is usually nowhere near a full bio load, so it does not matter if the tank is cycled or not.
Fill it with water from the main tank. Not because that water is cycled (there is not such thing as cycled water) but because that is the water the fish is used to. You could use some proportion of old water and new, and it is like a water change.
Take a little media out of the filter that has been running on that tank, and use that in the filter of the hospital tank.
Look at it this way: What % of the fish load are you removing? 1 fish, 2 fish out of 10? That is 10% or 20% of the bioload. The filter can spare 25% of the media even if you were not removing any fish, so go ahead and take 25% of the media for the hospital tank.
Set up for a hospital tank:
Bare bottom: Allows easiest vacuuming, and to see any shed parasites. Put the tank on a dark surface, or put a black towel under it. Dark is less stress for the fish.
Take clippings from any of the tanks and let them drift in the water. Gives the fish a place to hide, and a bit more bio filter. When you are done you will probably throw away these clippings.
A rock or a chunk of driftwood. Something for the fish to hide behind, but can be sterilized or thrown away.
Filter, heater, light: If the filter is too strong, and you do not have another one you can put something in the path of the water flow to divert it. If that still does not work a small air pump can run a small trickle of bubbles. Something to create a little ripple at the surface. Put the media from the cycled tank where there is good water movement. If you do not have a spare heater you can wrap the tank in a towel, and keep it in a warm place, but a heater is so important that you should go get one and keep it with this tank. Many diseases are made worse by the stress of fluctuating temperatures.
Many fish will not like the light when they are sick, so it is OK to leave it off most of the time. But the plant clippings will die, and the light contributes some warmth to the tank. I would rather leave the light on and add more clippings or floating plants to shade the fish. If you use an incandescent bulb that adds more warmth to the water.
The basic medicine cabinet would contain long lasting things like hydrogen peroxide, salt, water changes, Melafix and Pimafix, a wormer (I usually have some Prazi-Pro hanging around).
But other meds, that age fast, I would rather diagnose the problem and buy fresh meds.
About your Neon: Do some research about Neon Tetra Disease.
Another small point on the tank cycle. It is not needed in my view as there is very little load as well as the fish may not eat anyway. Feeding sick fish is often a waste of time and only creates a problem. Second is that I feel one of the best meds is clean water. That means many times, I will be doing very large water changes which keep the ammonia down even without filtering. Some meds specify doing water changes between dosing. Third is the way some meds work on the bacteria. You might start out cycled and the med kills the bacteria so no need to start out cycled!
I keep a dry tank, bottom painted black, and keep a small filter handy. I fill it with water from the tank the fish is in to avoid a shock and then certainly keep it heated to whatever temp is recommended for the disease. I add decor for fish to hide depending on the type fish.
When breeding, I kept a small filter cycled to swing over but I left the tank empty. To prevent passing disease on from sick to fry, I always did a bleach soak of all the equipment if it had been used for QT.
Thank you, those are great points. I did read about how some medicines can kill off any of the good bacteria in a filter too, and water changes can help with such a small bio load, its good to know I don't have to panic! But I will pick up the mini filter (doesn't hurt to run on my little tank anyways!) and another heater and prep a little med kit so I'm ready for next time.
Good luck with everything. I wanted to mention a fairly cheap cover I often use is egg-crate light diffuser. Usually around $10 for a large sheet (much more than needed). I like that it allows for gas transfer and is easily modified to fit almost any application you need.
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In a pinch a 5gl bucket with a heater will work. Larger water changes will compensate for lack of a filter.
I have two HOBs on my 10gl so at anytime I have a filter with seasoned media should I need a to set up a Q-Tank. I have a few "recycled" trash day tanks in storage for Plant grow-out or to be used as a Q-Tank.
I have an extra 5.5 gal and a 20 gal tank in case i ever need them but they are in storage, no need to run them all the time (plus the bacteria would need to be fed or they'd starve, so you'd have to constantly dose the tank with ammonia to keep it cycled). I have a spare heater too. I have plenty of media from my cycled 40 gal (I run a canister, HOB and a spare corner sponge filter) so I can either pull the corner filter if I need it or grab some media from either of my filters. A small portion of media from your current filter would instantly cycle a smaller tank with one or two fish. It's also often a good idea to run a small spare filter on your main tank for just this situation.
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Coronado, Calif. • The United States and Mexico agreed Tuesday to rewrite rules on sharing water from the Colorado River, capping a five-year effort to create a united front against future droughts.
The far-reaching agreement signed near San Diego gives Mexico badly needed storage capacity by granting rights to put some of its river water in Lake Mead, which stretches across Nevada and Arizona.
Mexico will forfeit some of its share of the river during shortages, bringing itself in line with western U.S. states that already have agreed how much they will surrender in years when waters recede.
Water agencies in California, Arizona and Nevada also will buy water from Mexico, which will use some of the money to upgrade its infrastructure.
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called the agreement the most important international accord on the Colorado River since a 1944 treaty.
"We have chosen cooperation and consensus over discord," he said.
The agreement, coming in the final days of the administration of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, is a major amendment to the 1944 treaty considered sacred by many south of the border. The treaty grants Mexico 1.5 million acre-feet of river water each year enough to supply about 3 million homes making it the lifeblood of Tijuana and other cities in northwest Mexico.
Mexico will surrender some of its allotment when the water level in Lake Mead drops to 1,075 feet and reap some of the surplus when it rises to 1,145 feet, according to a summary of the agreement prepared by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which will buy some of Mexico's water.
The agreement expires in five years and is being billed as a trial run, potentially making it more palatable in Mexico.
"These are big political steps for Mexico to take," said Jeffrey Kightlinger, Metropolitan's general manager. "Chances are we won't have a surplus and we won't have a shortage but, if we do, we'll have the guidelines in place on how we're going to handle it."
In 2007, facing an eight-year drought, California, Arizona and Nevada agreed on how much each state should sacrifice during shortages on the 1,450-mile river that flows from the Rocky Mountains to Mexico. That same year, the U.S. and Mexico promised to work on ways to jointly address shortages.
The negotiations gained a sense of urgency for Mexico in 2010 after a magnitude-7.2 earthquake damaged canals and other infrastructure, forcing it to store water temporarily in Lake Mead.
"They have some storage but it's not enough for drought and emergencies," said Halla Razak, Colorado River program director at the San Diego County Water Authority.
Roberto Salmon, Mexico's representative to the International Boundary and Water Commission, said the pact was the latest sign of improved cooperation with the U.S.
The Colorado River is also a key source of water for Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
River pact may mean more waterin Lake Powell
For Utah, the most direct effect of a new Colorado River agreement between the United States and Mexico may be a rise in the water level at Lake Powell.
"The direct benefits will be more in the lower basin, but it will back water up to Lake Powell because of the coordinated reservoirs operating criteria," said Robert King, interstate streams section chief for the Utah Division of Water Resources.
He said releases out of Lake Powell are coordinated with Lake Mead. If Lake Mead stores water for Mexico, as provided by the agreement signed Tuesday by the two countries, that will leave more water in Lake Powell. Should Mexico, over time, store the maximum 1.5 million acre feet allowed under the new pact, that could roughly translate into a maximum 7- or 7½-foot rise in the water level at Powell, he said.
Taylor Hawes, Colorado River Program director for The Nature Conservancy, said environmentalists should be pleased with the new compact. For one thing, she said, it provides for more water to flow to the Colorado River Delta's ecosystem in Mexico, which has seen little if any water for many years. The last time the river reached the sea was in 1998, she said.
Under the agreement, the environmental community and the U.S. and Mexican governments are each contributing 5,000 acre feet of water per year to send to the delta. That will allow the Colorado River to reconnect with the Río Hardy, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico. Hawes said.
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Category: Paul Stanley baby Emily
Here, Appellation Mountain's Abby Sandel's take on the nine cool names in the news this week–intriguing as always.
I'm always hoping celebrities will surprise and delight us with the cool names they choose. (January Jones, I'm looking at you!) A kid who is going to grow up in Hollywood can rock a name like Ptolemy or Apple more easily than one who has to navigate a typical suburban playground. Plus, somehow I doubt being named Suri is the strangest thing about growing up with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes as your parents.
My preferences aside, it was refreshing to hear veteran rocker Paul Stanley – father of the normally-named Evan, Colin, Sarah, and new arrival Emily Grace – comment "I guess we're not cool enough for names like Peach or Astro Girl." Pretty down to earth for a guy who made his name in sequins and platform boots.
Nonetheless, Emily did not make my list the week she was born – and she still doesn't. There's a huge category of names that are more intriguing than Emily, but not as tough to wear as Astro Girl. (January, don't rule out Peach. She has potential, especially in the middle spot.)
There has been plenty of baby name news this past week, and here are nine of my favorite names from the headlines:
Clover – The fourth child of actor Neal McDonough and wife Ruvé Robertson wears this lucky nature name. Clover Elizabeth joins sisters London Jane and Catherine Maggie, and big brother Morgan Patrick. Clover combines the fashionable –er ending of Piper and Harper with the botanical appeal of Lily and Violet. She sounds something like the chart-topping Chloe, and makes for an Irish heritage choice more exciting than Erin.
Ezra – Children's classic A Snowy Day celebrates its 50th Anniversary in 2012, prompting a recent piece in the New York Times about the author – Ezra Jack Keats. Jack is epidemic, and Keats could catch on, but I have my eye on Ezra. Since Joshua and Noah have proved that boys' names can end in a, too, I can imagine tons of parents discovering Ezra.
Haven – It sounds like a conundrum for the Nameberry forums: my husband is named Cash and we called our first daughter Honor. What can we possibly name her little sister? Jessica Alba managed to solve the puzzle on her own, announcing the birth of second daughter Haven Garner last week. I'm a big fan of the letter H, and the girls' names share a modern virtue name vibe that fits with choices like Journey and Harmony.
Hopestill – Did you catch Leslie Owen's Nameberry guest post on family names last Friday? There's Consider and Mahala and Dwell, but I was most captivated by Hopestill and Truelove. Word names are huge, opening the door for daring parents to embrace phrase names. Truelove is a bit much, but Hopestill has a lovely quality that might appeal to parents seeking an optimistic choice for the middle spot.
Mabel – Someone sent me a YouTube clip of the world's first robot with knees, which means that the robot can run – probably faster than me. The technology is fascinating, but I had to go digging for an explanation of her name. A few articles suggested that it was just Mabel, not MBL-3P0 or anything equally geektastic. Could the biggest innovators in robot technology also be closet name nerds? Then I stumbled on a reference to the Michigan Anthropomorphic Biped with Electric Legs. Still, it is nice to know that when machines take over the world they might have names as appealing as Hal.


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Has anyone out there had problems with a Kahr CW45? Mine was awesome when I received in last June, but has become increasingly finicky to the point that I can no longer rely on it.
a. problems feeding with NUMEROUS brands and types of ammo
b. mag will sometimes just fall out of the well while I'm firing
c. gap exists between bottom of frame grip and mag bottom plate
I've sent it in to Kahr for repair (a month ago) and hope for a good outcome, as the pistol is perfect for daily concealment purposes and I've put some money into it with holster and three-dot sights.
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|That sounds great! Hard to find a club within driving distance of anywhere. Just a bit of patience, and I promise you you won't be falling behind because you waited a month.
|I was doing a google search and they're Facebook page popped up and some other sites had key words a out them. They do not show up on the official Schutzhund club site though. I did get to speak to a club down in nashville which will be a out 45 mins from me when I move and they sound very promising and im really looking forward to meeting them.
|Keep on trying(it may have gone to their spam folder), how did you find out about this club?
|I greatly appreciate the tips its really helping. Her dad is Schutzhund 3 and mom is Schutzhund 2. Her whole blood line has been titled are all directly from Germany. She has it in her I just wanst sure what to do. Like you said about the sits she does the same when I tell her sit sits facing the person. I thought the heel command gets then to sit next to you than from there you walk. Ill definitely hold off for now and just play and build her prey drive with the flirt. I really don't want to screw up and teach her wrong. There's a club not to far from me but I can't get a response from them and they have no contact number which is disappointing.
I second what Chris said - you are actually better off not doing anything at all then starting off with the wrong foundation work because you had no help or guidance.
In IPO, pup need to be at least 15 months before they can even do a BH, so there is no urgency to get everything down now. I didn't get Gryffon until he was 6 months old, and he had zero formal OB training until I got him. Had picked up some nice house manners, like sitting for a treat, but even that was something I had to work to undo - i.e. he had been sitting facing the person giving the treat - nothing wrong with that, right? Except it was very hard to teach him to do sits in the basic position at my side - no matter what position he was in, a "Sit" command would have him swing out and face me before sitting. In his mind "Sit" meant FACE the person and sit - it took a lot of work to re-teach a proper IPO sit in the heel position. Yet, even with NO formal obedience and not even a basic position imprinted, he passed his BH a week shy of his 16th month B-day with flying colors - those first six months of no training did not hurt him at all.
The most important thing you can work on right now is engagement and focus on you even with distractions. Start with a few seconds and work your way up, and be patient until you move.
Heck, if your pup has the genetics for IPO, she'll still have a month from now, and being a bit older will have a bit more of an attention span making it easier to work with her then.
|I definitely always make sure that I play with her everyday. I just get this feeling that if I dont do any obedience training im wasting valuable time. Just like kids they're sponges when they are small so the biggest impressions and learning is done at this age. Even if I never get to have her titled I would love to be able to have her very well trained in obedience.
You can play with the dog. Throw a ball. Play tug. Use a flirt pole. Chase it around.
Honestly at that age the most important thing is engagement. Make the dog think you're fun. Commands aren't a big deal yet.
|I understand, its one of those things where Its hard not to do anything.
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|If you plan to move in a month and there will be a club where you are moving, I would reach out to them. In the meantime, while it may seem like unusual advice, I would probably lay off working on obedience until you can get instruction from a club and focus on socialization and some basic manners. If you intend to do competitive training of any type, be it SchH or AKC, there are right and wrong ways to do things as simple as "sit". And it is much easier to teach it correctly from the start than to try to change it after the dog has habituated a particular way of doing it. So in other words, no training is better than bad training. If you just want to dabble in activities and have a well trained pet, than how it sits doesn't matter so long as it does sit when told to do so. In competitive sports, the how matters, so if that is your goal wait until you can get guidance from experienced people. Especially if it's only a month away.
|Thx I appreciate the help. Whats killing me is that im moving to a different state next month and so far the closest club is about 45 mins away. Ive emailed both and havent received any response. Im going to end up having to call them and hopefully get more info. She loves when we train I use the treat method and shes very focused. As far as the "fuss" im having a hard time figuring out how to go about to get her to come and sit by my side. I get how to train for the position when walking. Also she actually started to get the understanding of "oust" when we play tug or,ball she'll release the toy when I keep my hand still and at times ill have to repeat the command but she gets immediate praise and play when she releases. She also kind of retrieves ill throw a ball or toy and give the command to "brring" she'll come back with the toy but right when she gets close she turns away. For me to not grab it. I just dont want to stay stagnant and not do any training for a while till we get to a club.
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Hey all,
After talking with several painters about a paint-up for an ROTJ lid, I have decided to go ahead and paint it up myself (scary, but exciting at the same time!).
This is a beautiful Fettpride fiberglass that I purchased from a member here. Wife will be out of town on Thursday through Sunday so I hope to get some good work in between now and then on it.
I'll be using Stormtrooperguy's ROTJ spray can paint list and following Welshwarrior's tutorials. While I realize there's metal options for the rangefinder, borden and such, I'm going to stick with the resin materials that came with the kit.
I have posted two pictures and do have a few "noob" questions (forgive me!)
1. For the ears on the ROTJ lid: I'm assuming these are painted the metallic color and weathered in some way (graphite powder) am I correct?
2. What the easiest way to put the rangefinder together? Is there any good tutorials out there and my other question is what's the best way to put it together where I can take it apart and place the LEDs in later?
Thanks guys for any help!!! It's greatly appreciated.