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|Control Unleashed by Leslie McDevitt has really helped me a lot and given me more confidence working with my 16 wk old puppy. She has books and DVDs.
Go to post 8 a lot of links:
I did " Who Pets my Puppy or Dog" move on and ignore I did not have 'strangers' giving my dog treats. He turned out just fine, I taught him how he is expected to behave.
In essence it is move on and ignore, nothing to see here! Works with dogs and people! Keep moving, no sitting or down no corrections just keep moving!
And for pete's sake no Dog Parks no "I thought my dog was friendly folks!!!!" See "Why Dog Parks are a Bad idea"
And here is another take on "people issues post 12 posted by a mod:
Your vet is correct! Until she is "completely" vaccinated she "is" at risk for Parvo! I did not know that with my pups and Parvo was around I got lucky with two (partially vaccinated puppies) and not so much with a third!
If you take here around where other dogs have been and one of them has Parvo... you are putting her at risk! Pretty much as simple as that!
My pup was the same way when I got him, and now he is very open with people (for a GSD anyways )
I did it by making strangers walking treat dispensers. I also did not baby him when he became scared; this made him learn he had nothing to be afraid of. We frequently just watched people as well, and I think this helped him big time. When I first got him, he ran from people or hid behind me. He now approaches people if they solicit it with his tail wagging....even gives some people a little play bark and bow
However, your pup is young...I wouldn't expect progress so fast. Be careful you don't over do it. I would suggest letting her watch people for now, and letting people give her treats (from YOUR pocket only of course). She is young, no need to quickly force her in to loving people. Give her time, she will be fine Do not worry about it. You have nothing to worry about.
This advice *is just my opinion* but if you are comfortable about walking your dog around your neighborhood and know it well, I would continue to do so. We took our dog out against our vets advice, but at the suggestion of our breeder to places we felt were safe. One place to socialize was at the breeder's because we know all the dogs were well cared for and vaccinated and she was born there. I have lived in my neighborhood for 15 yrs when we got Molly, I knew the dogs and people, and felt safe. Molly ended up meeting another puppy about her age and now she is 4 and they are still great friends. She was not really interested meeting people at this age.
Just as you already know, the more busy places like petstores, dog parks, beaches, downtown areas should wait until fully vaccinated.
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|Oops hit enter too fast - there is a ton of helpful info on the forum about socializing puppies if you use the search tab above, and check out the Leerburg site too. Sorry this got truncated, I had more to share but I gotta go to work!
Please check out the threads on this forum about socialization, especially:
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Just a warning -- she is not fully vaccinated and should not be WALKING in the neighborhood either. You are putting her at huge risk of parvo walking around the neighborhood not fully vaccinated.
A dog park and pet store are the worst places to take a timid dog. She will be bullied and over stimulated. It will not work out well.
My advice -- immediately STOP walking her. She's young, you are frightening her more and more, and you are on the quick trip to parvo land.
Find yourself a good private dog school. NOT petsmart or petco, like a real place that is indoors with good trainers. Once she is vaccinated fully, start with a puppy kindergarten. Training, socialization, and other dogs. Each week your trainer can suggest a couple appropriate outtings to build confidence. Keep going with obedience school - basic, intermediate, advanced. This builds socialization with people and dogs in a controlled environment and also confidence as she gains success. An agility 1 class also brings confidence as the dogs master the different obstacles.
Forcing a timid dog to "face her fears" does not work. Dogs don't understand "oh just get over it you are OK" like you can do with children.
Work with a trainer on confidence building appropriate activities and add more and more different experiences as she ages and can cope. For now, you can have people visit and maybe an adult fully vaccinated healthy well balanced dog visit. Have a different person come every day. Do things at home like different surfaces, climbing on things, different noises, riding around in the car, watching things from windows.
Please don't go walking her around the neighborhood not fully vaccinated and don't keep forcing her into really scary situations hoping exposure will be enough. It will only teach her the world is a very scary place.
When passing by people or things she is not used to like a tricycle, using calming, soothing voice and whatever you want to say to indicate its "OK", distract with a treat or toy, walk in a wide arc around the "thing", you can put yourself between the person or thing so she's not next to it, soother her and rub her chest. Sit someplace where there is a lot of activity but where you can keep a safe distance and have soothing voice, treats and petting.
My pup went through fear stages where she did not want to walk more than two houses away from ours, things like surfboards or backpacks would freak her out. We live in a densely populated area and with frequent exposure she did learn to ignore or accept these things, it did take a while, she needed to mature. Just don't push her if she is really uncomfortable somewhere.
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Bailey is very anxious/scared in public settings and around strangers. Advice?
Hey everyone! I'm looking for some advice/tips on getting my 12 week old puppy Bailey to be more comfortable in public settings. I take her for a walk on a daily basis as long as the weather permits but I have noticed when we pass by people or dogs she becomes anxious or fearful. She doesn't become aggressive by any means but she tries to get away, hide or she continuously looks back. Today during our walk we walked past a children's tricycle and she was terrified but she does just fine when we go past a bicyclist. How do I make her more comfortable or confident during our walks or when she is around strangers. Like when we are in public if people walk by she tries to hide. During our walks we have only had a few people want to pet her so I don't know how to get her use to strangers coming up to give her some positive attention.
After she is completely vaccinated I hope to take her to dog parks and into pet stores but I don't want her to be freaked out. What should I do or have you done in this situation? Will she grow out of it in time or is it something I should be really worried about since I know during the puppy stages is when she needs to be socialized. Please any advice would be great. Thank you for your time!
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Scott Sullivan, a doctoral candidate in the University of St. Thomas Center for Thomistic Studies program in Houston, publicly defended his dissertation on Jan. 17 before the University community and his dissertation board.
Sullivan's dissertation was accepted by the Center for Thomistic Studies, and in May he will be the 23rd recipient of a doctorate in philosophy from the University of St. Thomas.
His dissertation, titled "Nihil Est Sine Ratione: A Defense of the Principle of Sufficient Reason," focused on the idea that things happen for a reason. While that may seem overly simplistic, the philosophical question is what justifies that inference?
"Common sense tells us that things just can't happen without a cause at all, and most philosophers in the history of Western philosophy have agreed with this," Sullivan said. "The problem for some philosophers arises from the fact that once you accept this idea as a universal principle, the traditional arguments for the existence of God start looking very sound. That is why some philosophers have either denied or try to put limits on this principle." Sullivan credits his wife, who homeschools their eight children, for his success and ability to finish the program.
"When we arrived at St. Thomas we had two." Sullivan said. "That number has gone up quite a bit over the last eight years."
Outside of philosophy, Sullivan owns two martial arts-related businesses, a martial arts gym in Houston as well as a video production business that specializes in the production of martial arts instructional videos. He plans on combining his previous experience in video production with the knowledge acquired during his doctoral studies to produce writing and videos in the area of the philosophy of religion.
"I spent some time teaching at universities, and I enjoyed it very much," Sullivan said. "But, my primary reason for earning a Ph.D. was to further my work in a non-university environment."
Sullivan's dissertation committee included Dr. Randall Smith, professor and Scanlan Foundation Endowed Chair in theology; Dr. John F.X. Knasas, professor of philosophy; Dr. John Hittinger, professor of philosophy; Dr. R. Edward Houser, professor and Bishop Nold Chair in graduate philosophy; Dr. Thomas Osborne, associate professor and chair of philosophy; and external reader Rev. Ronald Tacelli, S.J., associate professor of philosophy, Boston College.
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Francestown program, tour focus on history found in NH barns
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Union Leader Correspondent | July 22. 2013 4:23PM
More than 100 years of barn history will be covered in Saturday's program and tour in Francestown. (COURTESY)
In Francestown, six historic barns that have been preserved offer a timeline of life in the Granite State, and this weekend they'll be open to the public as part of a special tour.
"John will show the progression of barn architecture through the centuries in New Hampshire," said Beverly Thomas, program associate at the Preservation Alliance and coordinator of the tour. "These timber-frame structures help tell the story of the region's diverse agricultural history from subsistence farming of the 18th century, through the sheep boom, to the late 19th century when dairy became the major New Hampshire industry."
The self-guided tour, which begins at noon, takes participants to different examples of barns, the oldest dating back to the late 1700s, and the newest from the 19th century. Some of the barns are still being used for agriculture including one where the sixth generation of family farmers is hard at work today.
"The barn owners are just so proud of these places," she said. "They don't see themselves as owners of the buildings, but rather the stewards who are charged with preserving these barns for the next generation."
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I know that technically a youth 3 is the same as a women's 5, but doesn't Dawgs make children's shoes bigger than size 2? My big-footed 9-year-old already wears a youth 4/5.
So are the sizes 8-10 really toddler sizes? I couldn't find a "Youth 8". And my daughter wears a toddler 8, so is this the same? Maybe post a size chart.
mustangsally50 wrote:So are the sizes 8-10 really toddler sizes? I couldn't find a "Youth 8". And my daughter wears a toddler 8, so is this the same? Maybe post a size chart.
this link may help. it's got sizing info.
PemberDucky wrote:this link may help. it's got sizing info.
Thanks! I checked that chart out, but the Woot ad says Youth sizes, so I was just being sure.
Why are there no sizes 3-7?
luckyclamato wrote:Why are there no sizes 3-7?
We probably didn't get any from the vendor.
That's the nature of these offers. Woot Plus deals sometimes have a narrower selection - this can include specialized items, limited size ranges, or smaller quantities.
How does the fit on these compare to Crocs? Looks about the same, but I want to be sure so I don't get the wrong size. My daughter loves her crocs, but I would love to have a pair of the sandals here so she can have her comfort of crocs but look nicer when out and about.


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Will G29 mags work in my G30? I just took in some G29 mags in trade. It looks like they would work. Anyone with experience?
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Will G29 mags work in my G30? I just took in some G29 mags in trade. It looks like they would work. Anyone with experience?
Yes, they will fit in the gun...Why would you want to do that? The feed lips probably won't allow the .45 cases to feed properly (I've never tried it, but you're .05" shy, buddy). They may hold the .45 too low to be picked up.
Definitely don't plan on it, just curious because the 29 mags actually seem to fit more flush with less bulk. I didn't mean to infer I was going to do it. In a side by side comparison they look identical. Of course that doesn't mean they are.
Naw, they're really not. Compare the width of the magazine feed lips. I think you'll find that the 10mm is 1/20th of an inch narrower. Otherwise, the tube and liner are probably identical, but that little bitty change will keep your .45 ammo sitting lower in the tube and keep it from exiting the mag just a bit longer.
Mags are interchangeable between the 29 and 30. You can also take the barrel off of a G36 or G30 and place them on the 29 frame. Sounds crazy but works flawlessly, functions perfectly and has no evidence of abnormal wear.


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So I'm about to go down the path of weathering my INCREDIBLE Arkady flight suit. I've seen some threads talking about the rattle can (krylon charcol spray) method and decided to do that. Now, what's the best technique when applying the paint to give it a natural, muddy look? I don't want it to look like it's spray paint but I don't have that much painting experience. I know there isn't just one way to do it but I'd like to have some tips when trying to give it that worn look that we all love about Fett.
It's an ESB, by the way, so the lower legs will be hit with A LOT of paint. Is there a good technique to smearing the paint to make it look unintentional?
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Recognized as the preeminent multi-cultural awards show, the 44th NAACP Image Awards nominees were announced on Tuesday (December 11).
The winners, chosen from an African-American point of view, exemplify the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts (television, recording, literature, motion picture and writing & directing), as well as those individuals or groups who promote social justice through their creative endeavors.
Looking like a vision in red, Paula Patton was dressed the nines as she attended the 43rd NAACP Image Awards at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Friday night (February 17).
Absolutely flawless as she posed for photogs, the "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" actress donned a strapless Monique Lhuillier gown with embellished detailing, accented by simple yet stunning Wildredo Rosado jewels.
Taking a respite from honoring the past year's top African-American entertainers, the 43rd NAACP Image Awards followed suit with previous awards shows in holding a tribute for recently departed icon Whitney Houston during Friday night's (February 17) ceremony.
With the annual event taking place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Gospel great Yolanda Adams took the stage alongside a gospel choir while celebrating the life of the "I Will Always Love You" singer.
Following her stirring Whitney Houston tribute at last weekend's Grammy Awards, Jennifer Hudson had herself another memorable awards show night at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Friday (February 17).
The 30-year-old singer was among the stars taking the Shrine Auditorium stage, as she joined forces with Ne-Yo for a duet during the Vanguard Award presentation to "Star Wars" guru George Lucas.
Paying tribute to the best in African-American entertainment over the past twelve months, the 43rd NAACP Image Awards took place in Los Angeles, CA on Friday night (February 17).
Held at the Shrine Auditorium, the annual ceremony was hosted by Sanaa Lathan and Anthony Mackie while the big winner over the course of the show ended up being "The Help".
The show aims to "celebrate the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film, and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors," and this year's NAACP Image Awards nominees have been announced.


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Happy Birthday, Amy! I hope you are enjoying your day!
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"We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays." -- Persius, first century Roman poet
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Happy Birthday, Amy! Have a wonderful day and get spoiled! I wish you many more to come!
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Death thought about it.
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And of course I can`t forget my beta fish, *Regulus, who is almost two years old!
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RIP Lady, Sally & Floppsy. You will always be remembered; Mommy misses you!
Happy Birthday Amy. Many more happy ones to come.
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You've been a member and regular here for a while. Has it always been like this or is this a recent phenomenon?
It only started for me last month. Although, I have been coming here much more recently so maybe I'm just noticing what's already there...?
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Any truth in that BJJ Scotland has become GB Scotland and Marcos is the new new main man for GB in Scotland?
Any truth in that BJJ Scotland has become GB Scotland and Marcos is the new new main man for GB in Scotland?
who will ricky gillon buy his belts from now??
I know that BJJ Scotland has become affiliated with Gracie Barra through the Estima brothers which would make Marcos the highest rank currently with an active affiliation with Gracie Barra (as I may be wrong but I don't think Rick Young has an active affiliation (as in pays the dues to use the name) but is of course Scotland's highest ranked person from a Gracie Barra lineage.
Marcos of course has a legit GB lineage through his instructor Amal Easton who is a Renzo Gracie black belt.
Scotlands No. 1 Timekeeper also available as a BJJ/No Gi referee
What's the difference if you're affiliated?
Fuck no-gi
If your affiliated it means you can advertise as a GB school, use the logo on your website as well as a number of other things (think there is a special website for all GB school instructors for advice, marketing info that sort of stuff). You obviously pay a set fee in order to access all of this. It's basically a franchise arrangement
Scotlands No. 1 Timekeeper also available as a BJJ/No Gi referee
Well there will be a load of gb guys at the comps then I guess. If Ricky gillon is the devil or whatever that people keep making out he is and if he's as big a phoney as people keep saying then why would anyone want to be associated with that? How come he's even allowed to represent gb at all? Is money the only criteria to buy into the franchise?
Fuck no-gi
I doubt we will see anyone from the Glasgow club at any comps organised by either Rob or myself, I have no idea what his problem is but at the end of the day I'm not going to lose sleep over it and neither will Rob. Both of us have numbers at events that put the Grab & Pull comps (which a certain person helps to organise) to shame, so if they don't want to take advantage of well run and well attended comps that's their concern. No skin of our nose.
As for why they would want to be associated with GB given the other person you mention is, one bad apple does not ruin an entire cartload. In the UK alone you have both Estima brothers, Roger Gracie and more high level instructors. Just because people have issues with one guy up here doesn't mean that a team shouldn't take advantage of all the benefits these other guys bring.
Scotlands No. 1 Timekeeper also available as a BJJ/No Gi referee
How is he able to be affiliated if he's so bad though? What's the criteria?
Fuck no-gi
The bad apple analogy was not me saying that person is bad, I know some people seem to rate him and there are others who don't. I have neither trained with him nor seen him compete so can't form an educated opinion. I'll leave that to those who do have experience of him.
As far as I know the only criteria is being able to pay the fees. A black belt friend of mine in the US described it as similar to the McDonalds franchise system but as he's from another team there may be a bit of bias creeping in there, I've never looked at how they do things in great detail.
Scotlands No. 1 Timekeeper also available as a BJJ/No Gi referee
Seems crazy that all you have to do is pay the fees without demonstrating any competence in BJJ or having sufficent experience. Maybe the disgrace and Ricardo can be buddies now since they're under the same franchise.


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Why did he say oh wow?
He better have been saying it when someone showed him the future iPhone 5.
Hey rkswat... Have you had a near death experience yourself?? I seriously doubt it. I have. There is a bright and warm light, I did see a couple family members that had past long before.. Until you know what your talking about don't act like you do.
Quit trying to desensitize the situation. My great grandmother was 105 when she passed and before she died she claimed to see her parents and siblings waiting for her. What I found most odd is that she never learned english, she only spoke spanish her entire life, yet her last words to me were in English as she told me she would miss me.
In case it seems odd why she would speak english, it's because I was just about the only member of the family that never learned Spanish. But I would visit her with my mother very often. And she would tell me all kinds of great tales and stories of how her husband used to ride with Pancho Villa and how life was back in the day... With my mother translating the entire time. So when she said goodbye to me in English, i knew it was special and it was meant for me.
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Every season a number of Arsenal players go out on loan to gain valuable first-team experience and the 2010/11 campaign was no different.
Arsenal.com have tracked the progress of the loanees throughout the season and our 'Loan Review' series will examine each player in turn. Today we focus on Francis Coquelin and Gilles Sunu.
Francis Coquelin
After joining Ligue 1 side Lorient on a season-long loan last summer, Francis cemented his place under Christian Gourcuff with a string of fine performances.
The French midfielder got some valuable experience under his belt, making 24 appearances and scoring once.
"I have really improved through the last six months," he told the Official Arsenal Magazine in February.
"The first thing is tactically. The Lorient coach, Gourcuff, is very rigorous. He is a very tactical manager and I knew I would improve a lot under him. I listen a lot and learn a lot with him.
"I [have] improved also in my overall game. The reason for that is that I am playing much more with the first-team than when I was at Arsenal where I was mostly with the Reserves.
"The more I have played here, the stronger I have become. I am very happy with my progress. I was aware of my abilities and I knew what I wanted to achieve here: play a lot, get some experience and improve."
Lorient manager Christian Gourcuff speaking in February:
"He has improved a lot already in his use of the ball and in how he controls the game. When he arrived, he was making the wrong choices with the ball at times - now, he is more accurate and pertinent.
"Francis' performances have been very good and he has been a pleasant surprise for us this season. He is clever and a good lad to have in the squad but most importantly he is talented and it is easy for a coach to have players like him in my team.
"I really believe that his loan here will be great for Francis, for us and for Arsenal. If Arsène Wenger loaned him here at Lorient, it's because he knew that Francis would be in the same set up as Arsenal."
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Gilles joined Francis at Lorient in January, moving to the north of France for the remainder of the season.
With in-form striker Kevin Gameiro one of the league's top goalscorers, the young striker was limited to nine substitute appearances.Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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As a second year graduate student, classes take up a non-insignificant part of my day. One of the classes that I had the opportunity to take last spring was NanoBio Laboratory. NanoBio lab is clearly a laboratory class, which is always very exciting for an engineer. I enjoy any opportunity to get my hands dirty and really learn some techniques. And that was exactly what we had the opportunity to do.
NanoBio Lab was our chance to go into many of the labs in The Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT) and get an idea of some of the techniques that they use and the general area of research of the lab. Some of the techniques that were demonstrated in this course included gold nanoparticles synthesis, transfecting cells with luciferase (the chemical that makes fireflies glow), and a novel method of analyzing images. While not all of the labs necessarily apply to the work that I am doing, many of them have some relevance and could come in handy in the future.
Through this lab, I have learned techniques that could be useful in my research in the future. Not only have I learned useful techniques, it was also an excellent chance to network within other labs. In this course, we had one or two representatives from many of the labs associated with the INBT instruct us and assist us in learning the techniques. This allowed us to form a relationship with at least one member in the represented labs, which will make it easier to reach out to other labs for help learning new procedures and protocols.
I just found out that I'm going to have to attempt to transfect a cell line, which I have never done outside of the NanoBio lab. Just as all laboratory work I know that it will be difficult, and that I'm likely to fail a number of times before I have any success. Through this class, however, I know someone who I can talk to for advice and assistance as I go through this process.
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Does anyone sell Small-Cell plastic foundation?
Yes, but unlike Finsky, I've actually TRIED small cell. :) .
20 wasted years of beekeeping....
Hello all,@Finsky: you are wrong and you know this, but please let other beginners like me keep bee without chemicals, it makes me sick to hear you! allways the same ideas since 20 years! ...
bees build natural sized cells
much healther all the way around.
Try a 19 day brood cycle and you'll see
Quote much healther all the way around. Who lives he sees! You have no research for that. Deaseased have born in nature.If human have selected those bees which are not tolerant against deseases, it is not natural cell question.
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Wasn't it Dr. Phil who said the best way to settle differences is to talk behind someone's back? After all, isn't that the way your grandfather went about life?
Making cowards everywhere proud, several current U.S. men's national soccer team players were granted anonymity to criticize German-born coach Jurgen Klinsmann.
Issues about Klinsmann raised by 11 current players and several others with ties to the national team in a Sporting News article published Tuesday three days before a pivotal World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica include his lack of tactical prowess, constant lineup changes and a preference for the team's German-born players, who are harming team chemistry.
It's telling that the best midfielder on the U.S. national team Michael Bradley, who plays for A.S. Roma in Italy spoke harshly about the report.
"It's shameful," Bradley told The Denver Post. "It's embarrassing. For every guy who's played on a team, you give everything you have. You put everything of yourself inside.
"Any team in the world, not every guy is going to be happy. On every team in the world, there's going to be guys who go back to their room and talk with their roommate about things they wish were different. That's normal.
"But you cross a line when you take those thoughts and you take your disappointments outside of the team, outside the inner circle. It doesn't help anybody. It doesn't help anything we're trying to do."
Klinsmann responded to the complaints the way most people with a backbone would.
"Obviously I prefer that if you have a problem with me, come to me and talk to me about it," Klinsmann told The New York Times.


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|Stacks of red and blue Domino's Pizza boxes. On the side of these boxes are the words "Take A Fresh Look". From Wikipedia.
Ordering a pizza should be a pretty uncomplicated and stress-free occasion. That's the point of delivery pizza: not having to cook, having it hot and ready for you when you want it. And most consumers can expect that their relatively low-maintenance meals will be free from the stress and degradation of harassment on the basis of race.
But for Carla Robinson, that was apparently too much too ask. On Friday, she ordered two large pizzas for delivery from her local Domino's in Apex, NC. After the driver left, her ten-year-old niece brought the receipt to her attention. The receipt read "N*GGERS DON'T TIP".
On its own, this would be reprehensible and disgusting, particularly considering that a young child was exposed to such vile and hateful language. But what happened to Robinson after the initial attack compounded the atrocity.
Robinson promptly reported this action to the manager, who was responsible enough to fire the culpable employee. Instead of accepting fault for their actions and moving on, the former employees continued their campaign of hatred by calling Robinson to further demean and intimidate her:
"They were saying basically the same stuff that was on the receipt. They were saying 'N-this, you got me fired, you did this, you did that,' just being real ugly to me, just being real mean," Robinson said. "I'm thinking it is 2010, it's never good to do that. You can't do stuff like that anymore."Domino's is not exactly the organization to blame here; this is the act of one racist individual and it seems that the organization responded promptly and appropriately, accepting fault and offering an apology for their employee's actions. But though this is the act of one lone individual projecting their racism rather than systematic racism affecting millions, it is still very indicative of the racism that white America thrives on.
When social justice writers talk about how our kyriarchal society is far from post-racial, we often point to less obvious manifestations of white people continuing to get the edge over people of color: through housing policies, through standardized tests, through drug law. Racism is often presented as below the surface for many well-meaning white people, something we just don't think about because of our privilege, something we have to look hard to see in our actions and in the actions of others.
But this is very far from reality, both in acts unconscious and conscious. Individual acts of terrorism through blatant racism, as Robinson experienced, are a clear indication of the devaluation of non-white people in the US. People of color do not only experience institutional and systematic racism: they experience targeted attacks and harassment based specifically on their race. Robinson's supposition that in 2010, people will have the good sense to not attack others based on their race is not unreasonable, but sadly, it is too optimistic.
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Well thanks to Moncal & Judz Dwed our Zam is underway.
What great work from both. We really appreciate all the work they have put in to help us get our Zam pieces up and running.
We have started on some greeblies, but not sure if we have got them the right size, any help in this area would be appreciated.
Well here is what we now have, and the real work starts tomorrow - trimming, cleaning and then painting. Stretching and sun bleaching the leather. Then cutting and attaching the leather to the leg armour.
The journey has begun........wow we started in August, and now the real process is beginning.
Again thanks to all of you for your tips and advice. We will post more photos as we progress, but to start.............here is what we have
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In the aftermath of 9/11, billions of dollars in grant funding were devoted to integrating crime data across jurisdictional boundaries based on the belief that the attacks could have been prevented if only the disparate clues that had been detected could have been stitched together and shared in a timely manner.
"There was more selling of hardware than solutions, because procurement cycles favor large capital outlays instead of enduring solutions to a problem," says former Zuckerman Fellow Brad Davis MPA 2009, vice president of business development for Forensic Logic, a San Francisco-based startup that has created an inexpensive way for law enforcement to participate in the sharing of information. "Now more than a dozen years later, there's still no effective way to share information throughout the local, state, and federal law enforcement and intelligence communities. The grant funding is going away, so with no money to maintain the programs, you've got a lot of white elephants that didn't work in the first place draining budgets even more."
As the citizens of Boston learned last month, when a high-profile violent act happens, the law enforcement and intelligence community can be very good at mobilizing massive numbers of law enforcement personnel to collect evidence and go through records in a short period of time to create a profile of the suspects. But most of the more than 1.1 million violent crimes that occur annually in the U.S. don't get that kind of attention.
"People think law enforcement is like CSI, with in-depth information immediately available to any cop at a computer," says Davis. "In reality, it's much closer to Andy Griffith, with phone calls and paper records ruling the day. There are 19,000 law enforcement agencies in the U.S., and precious few have the ability to understand what's happening in the city or county next to them. About 4,000 have no digital records management at all—it's still pen and paper."
That's where Forensic Logic comes in. "Our mentality," Davis explains, "is that by more effectively creating a repository of relevant crime data and a platform for sharing that information, we can bring that same ability to rapidly create a profile of those other 1.1 million violent crimes that occur every year—nearly half of which go unsolved."
Launched six years ago with like-minded angel investors, Forensic Logic is a public-private partnership that administers a government-run program known as the Law Enforcement Analysis Portal. Capitalizing on the advent of cloud computing and robust encryption technology, the company has become the largest platform for the sharing of local crime data in the country. "We can quickly integrate with about 80% of all records systems in the U.S., and get very rich, robust data from these systems that otherwise are locked away and underutilized," says Davis.
Taking a ground-up approach, Forensic Logic goes from agency to agency, pooling crime data and integrating it into a secure repository. The process of integration involves a library of custom data connectors that can extract information from the array of records systems used throughout U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The industry standard for this work of data collection and integration can be 90–120 days, says Davis. Forensic Logic does it in four.
The result is that law enforcement information systems that couldn't communicate with each other can now collaborate across jurisdictional boundaries. As a result, clues from an open case in Salinas, California can help a law enforcement agency in Midland, Texas, bust a drug-running operation. "And our analytics are usually better than what the agencies' own systems allow," Davis adds. "In most situations, we can instantly create meaningful analyses around actors and a crime. Our system can determine in seconds what used to take months working the old, paper-based way." Going forward, he hopes this ability to collate and analyze information at lightning speed will mean that fewer crimes will go unsolved, and also that crimes will be more difficult to commit.
Davis is no stranger to the way government agencies operate, having served as a naval intelligence officer for five years after college. After graduating from HKS and Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, he spent a year and a half at a spinoff of Kissinger Associates in New York City. He later worked for Monitor 360, a consulting firm to the intelligence industry that not only brought him back to his hometown of San Francisco, but also had him applying data to homeland security issues. "It was a revelation seeing how poorly the government handled information," says Davis. When he came across the team at Forensic Logic just over a year ago, he knew he'd hit on something unique. "It was clear that this group was doing something very different in the government space—instead of padding costs and selling a product, they were slashing costs to build a platform." He joined the firm a few months later to lead its business development efforts.
Most of Forensic Logic's clients are local law enforcement agencies. Whereas many of its competitors charge up to $60K for data integration, says Davis, Forensic Logic does this work for free to encourage participation. Law enforcement agencies pay $25 per user per month for access to the company's data and also its analytics suite; insurance companies, retail firms, and other commercial clients pay more for analytical services and anonymized data. "We provide our services below cost to local law enforcement agencies," Davis explains, "because we think every officer in America should have access to the information needed to stay safe and solve crimes. However," he adds with a smile, "we do ask our federal customers to pay a little bit more."
An example of how the company puts its data to work is a pilot project to reduce the trafficking of underaged girls in Oakland, California. "We were asked by the California Department of Justice to find ways to utilize our data to reduce human trafficking in the state, which has become an enormous problem," says Davis. "We've added a facial recognition component to our data to allow officers in the field the ability to immediately identify those who are trafficking these girls and bring them to justice." By working with organizations such as HKS professor Swanee Hunt's Hunt Alternatives Fund and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Forensic Logic also brings a new capability to identify children who have gone missing from one jurisdiction and surface in another. "Our intention," Davis states, "is to make the trafficking of children a very, very difficult crime to commit."
Of all the things that make Davis excited about his job, one in particular is a policy he was adamant about putting in place: nonprofits and academic organizations working to reduce crime will receive Forensic Logic's resources for free. "We've put together a dataset that's never existed before, and the truth is we don't know yet what can be done with it. We are a mission-driven organization, so what excites us is as many sharp, committed minds as possible finding ways to combat crime in ways we've not even thought of yet."
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Post was one of four college coaches to win sectional awards along with Jill Trujillo of New Mexico, Janet Bolle-Carl of Cincinnati, and Emily Marron of Central Florida. Those four are eligible for the National Coach of the Year award, which will be selected by the LPGA T&CP National Awards Selection Committee during the coming weeks.
Post, the only coach in Blue Hens women's golf history, enters her fourth season in Newark this fall. Last year she guided Delaware to an outstanding season in which the Blue Hens finished among the top five in all but one tournament. UD claimed team titles at the Tignanelli Towson Invitational, Rutgers Invitational and Delaware Invitational, and capped its year by tying for second place at the CAA Championships.
The Blue Hens' team average round of 78.74 was the lowest in the three-year history of the program, while rising senior Amanda Terzian was the first all-conference selection in program history as she was named second team All-CAA.
Post and the Blue Hens, who return every player from last year's squad, open their 2014 fall campaign on Sept. 8-9 when they attempt to defend their title at the Tignanelli Towson Invitational.
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The collective sigh that Blue Jays fans began the 2012/2013 offseason with has assuredly subsided as the Jays completed what may be the biggest trade in their history. In the transaction, the Blue Jays got Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Jose Reyes, Emilio Bonifacio, John Buck, and $4 million (maybe more?) from the Marlins in return for Yunel Escobar, Adeiny Hechavarria, Henderson Alvarez, Justin Nicolino, Jake Marisnick, Jeff Mathis, and Anthony DeSclafani. Jon Morosi first reported the rumblings of the deal and summed it up pretty nicely too.
The shorthand of this deal is something like this: If you are earning a big salary with the Marlins, you are now a Blue Jay.
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) November 13, 2012
Despite the intended sarcasm, Jon Morosi was right, the Blue Jays acquired $163.75 million of total salary from the Marlins and before arbitration the Marlins are left with $32 million committed to their 2013 payroll. That figure comes just one year after their $101 million payroll and the opening of their new publicly funded ballpark. The trade resulted in reactions ranging from "HAHAHA F U Loria" to "OMG OMG OMG", but on the whole it produced a state of excitement in Blue Jays fans unparalleled by anything in quite a long while.
Simply on a player for player basis, the Blue Jays gained roughly 10-12 wins in their acquisitions, but nothing comes without a catch. In the process of the deal the Blue Jays increased their 2012 payroll by roughly $30 million to a total of $108 million for 2013. That $108 million figure is by no means exact, it is a prediction, but it does include all payroll obligations plus MLBTR's projected arbitration numbers. Nonetheless that projected figure would mark the highest Blue Jays payroll in…well…ever. The previous high came in 2008 when the Blue Jays ran on a payroll of $97 million dollars.
Furthermore, while it is amazing that the Jays managed to keep Travis d'Arnaud in the deal, they still traded away their No. 3 and No. 5 prospects in Jake Marisnick and Justin Nicolino. Since the trade has happened there have been quotes from scouts who've shown hesitancy towards predicting Marisnick with as bright a future as Marlins fans might hope, but nonetheless both he and Nicolino are Top 100 prospects.
In return for their prospects, their players, and their money the Blue Jays got an improved starting SS in Reyes as well as two pitchers to plug into the top half of their starting rotation in Johnson and Buhrle. In Reyes the Jays are getting an additional 3 or 4 wins over what Yunel Escobar provided for them in 2012. In Buehrle the Blue Jays are getting a consistent pitcher who can and should give them 200 innings in 2013, a change of pace from what we saw with the rotation in 2012. Lastly in Johnson the Jays are getting a guy who has been among the Top 15 pitchers in baseball over the past four years, in terms of WAR, which if he's healthy should mean a 3-5 win upgrade on whatever back end of the rotation starter the Jays would have otherwise used.
Then along with the big three, the Jays acquired 32 year old J.P. Arencibia (aka John Buck) and a better Mike McCoy (aka Emilio Bonifacio), two players who are likely to be used in backup and utility roles. Bonifacio missed significant time last year due to injury, but he can and has played 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF while also being one of the best base runners in baseball.
The only curiosity I had with the trade was the fact that the Blue Jays acquired two players who were free agents during the previous offseason, Reyes and Buehrle. Whether this means that the Blue Jays didn't have enough funds until attendance increased, that they're more hard set on their "No Contracts Longer than 5 Years" rule than we thought, that they simply couldn't convince either of Reyes or Buehrle to come to Toronto, or for some other unknown reason it is speculation that peaks curiosity, but speculation nonetheless. Of course all of this is easy to say in hindsight, but it would still be interesting to see how things would have played out both this season and this offseason had the Jays signed the two players they traded for.
With that said, in the Land of Blue Jays fans, where apparently anything is possible (yes Kevin Garnett you were right) this megadeal has amounted to proclamations of the Jays being the best team in the AL East, in the American League, and from the mouths of a few Twitterers, the best team in baseball. While the trade represents a significant upgrade, the injury ridden Blue Jays acquired two more injury ridden players. While that isn't the end of the world, creating a team with plenty of injury prone players could very easily hamper the 2013 record.
Even then, whether or not this team is even a playoff contender is still a legitimate question, but one that can be answered another day. For today we can revel in the benefits of an increased payroll, hopes for contention, and the excitement of seemingly limitless possibilities as we await both the rest of the offseason and the beginning of Spring Training.
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Confessions of a Fanboy Blogger
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posted at 11:32 am on June 3, 2009 by The Other McCain
Why have I never been cool? Because cool people, by definition, are never enthusiastic. "Cool" is the antithesis of such words as cheerful, energetic, optimistic. All the Cool Kids wear black, quote Nietzsche, and stare blankly at the world muttering darkly cynical aphorisms that no one outside their clique can hope to fathom.
My career as a Cool Kid peaked one Friday afternoon in April 1977 when a sheriff's deputy knocked on my door and asked, "Are you Robert Stacy McCain? . . . We have a warrant for your arrest."
Nothing like being indicted for armed robbery two months before high-school graduation to forever cement your reputation as a Cool Kid. But I had the right to remain silent and to have an attorney present during questioning, so I was acquitted.
Yet my father had to post a huge bond and pay my attorney's fee. Not to mention that I spent four nights in the Douglas County, Ga., jail, three of those nights in a cell with a recently-convicted murderer, a classmate who'd killed another classmate in a fight over a girl (which made her queen of the Cool Kids club). Furthermore, this incident almost certainly cost me the role of either Harry MacAfee or Albert Peterson in our high school production of Bye-Bye, Birdie — "What's The Matter With Kids Today?" — since I was arrested the night of callback auditions after knocking it out of the park Thursday night. C'est la vie.
Cool Kids are never supposed to express openly any sort of praise or admiration for others. To be cool, you see, requires that you cannot acknowledge another's superiority, since this would be to admit that someone else could possibly be cooler than you. The triumph of the Culture of Cool therefore means that great men and women are deprived of ever hearing their merits sung in odes, as were the heroes of antiquity.
Well, screw that. I've seen where the Cool Kids end up, and I ain't gonna go. I think Michelle Malkin and Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin are da bomb, and if I like someone's blog-fu (to use a phrase I stole from Moe Lane), I'll express that admiration without shame.
This is true even when the admiration is a one-way street. When I saw Michelle at the Democratic National Convention last year, I asked her, "Why does Allah hate me?" In my personal pantheon of blog idols, Allahpundit and Ace of Spades are enshrined with special honors, because they're funny. Being funny covers a multitude of sins in my book, something that most people don't understand:
Two days after I met Attila at CPAC 2006, Ann Coulter gave the speech destined to be known to history as The Raghead Heard 'Round the World. And somebody on Bloggers Row decided to circulate a petition denouncing Ann. (Which even Ace signed, having succumbed to the fever of civic-virtue Joiny McJoinerism that was apparently pandemic on Bloggers Row that year.)
Well, I'm sort of Coulter Fanboy No. 1. Don't judge me.
Having done a stint as a humor columnist for The Rome (Ga.) News-Tribune — after Lewis Grizzard died, my Menshevik editor, Pierre Rene-Noth, decided I should try my hand at the Bubba McGrits schtick — I know how hard it is to be consistently funny.
If a columnist can give three good laughs in 700 words, that's success. Four good laughs per column, that's national syndication. Five laughs in a column and you are a newsprint Vishnu: I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds.
Coulter is funny, and if you've never tried to be funny in print, you've got no idea how hard that is. It's like stand-up comedy. Next time you're watching some brick-wall third-stringer doing a routine on cable TV and thinking to yourself, "Ah, he's not so funny. Anybody could do that," how's about you take a stroll down to the next open-mike night and try it yourself . . .
It's about empathy, as a certain "wise Latina" might say. Now, some folks will point out that there is kind of an unstated rivalry between The Boss and Ann Coulter. This is an unfortunate misperception.
Both are women. Both are conservative. Both are syndicated columnists. Both appear frequently on Fox News. But they have very different backgrounds, very different attitudes, very different approaches to the very different work they do. The only people who would ever think of them as rivals are puerile fools stuck in that Cool Kid mindset, where admiration and praise must be hoarded, lest one commit the unpardonable sin of being uncool.
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
— Proverbs 14:12 KJV
The self-evident fact that Allah hates me can never diminish my admiration for Allah, because I don't roll that way anymore. I'm not a Cool Kid. For it hath been written that Allah linketh whom he will, and I am not even fit to gaze upon his awesomeness. If my frank admission of my abject status as a third-tier acolyte of Allahism means that I am uncool . . .
Well, consider the alternative. I have been down that way, and have seen the end thereof. My teenage sons are now approaching the age I was on that Friday in April 1977. If I had any piece of advice to give them, it would be this: Don't be a Cool Kid. Don't even try.
UPDATE 5:27 p.m. EDT: And just in case I forgot to mention, Allah hates me.


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on the performance...
"It was a good lesson for our young players. They had a strong side out tonight and some of them saw the other side of the game. They've got to earn the right to get their game out. I was a bit disappointed with them in the first half, the second half wasn't bad. One or two need to pick it up a little bit but that's what this football is about. Some of them are 18 and they've had a year of it so they should deal with some of that better than they have done tonight."
on the positives he will take...
"They kept going and showed good spirits and they can learn from it and be better for it, so they won't make the same mistakes when they come up against it again."
on debutant Alexandre Song...
"I was very pleased with him, I think he looks a very good prospect. He is a good central midfield player, the manager's found another top-class young central midfielder. He came from Bastia through the manager's connections."
on Johan Djourou's injury...
"He's come off with a hip-flexor strain. He will be out for a week or two but we'll get him back in and go from there. It's nothing serious, just a bit of weariness in his legs. We'll assess him in a day and see how he is."
on Graham Barrett scoring against his old club...
"Graham's done ever so well, he plays with a great spirit. He is a great character and I'm pleased for him. He played well tonight and gave our young players a real test. Obviously he's going to raise his game against us but he's got a great attitude."
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"if you want to keep arguing about whether it's a business or not, that's fine, but there are plenty of other zine type things to disscuss. i got my answers now."
I'm sorry, but this just depresses the crap out of me. It does sound like a tantrum of sorts. I think there's a fine line between giving feedback to someone for how fast they send their zines, and being an outright arsehole who doesn't appear to care about the community aspect of zines. You waited one week before getting mad? Seriously? I've also been around for awhile, back when there was apparently a little more patience and cash was sent in the mail. Things happen, we are not corporate entities. This is a hobby for most of us, something we love and do in our spare time. Yes people should send things as quickly as possible, but we are all people here. The benefit of taking part in an independent publishing scene where work is created outside mass media is that you deal with actual people, and are part of a community of creators. The downside is that people aren't perfect. It does sound like you may be in the wrong place, or at least don't seem to have a very nice attitude.
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Even if you're zining isn't strictly a "business", you shouldn't publicize your zine, offer it for sale or trade, and then when you get trades & money, not follow through. That "Even", makes all the difference in meaning.
Whether you write & sell your zines as a business, OR NOT---it's not really any issue with me---it's a matter of making an agreement with another person, and I would think, basic ethics would obligate you to follow through with it. All the outrage about "running zines as a business" seems like a bit of red herring to the main issue, as I understand it.
Yes, I know people get sick and swamped with all kinds of life matters, and these're perfectly good excuses for being late. I think, I hope, I admitted that.
I wrote that my "impatience point" was in the 3 to 6 week range. By that standard, in my estimation, CocoaPuss may have been a little premature in making a complaint or demanding a refund. My "10 day" deadline was off the top of my head. I'm not saying it's written in stone. I have no idea how long I often wait for a zine before even noticing how long it's been. Weeks? Months? I guess I'd have to do some research.
I can't say how long is too long in filling an order or trade. What did they use to say on order froms in magazines back in the old days---6 weeks? That doesn't mean I'm going to pillory chiara for sometimes having taken 6 months, or some people a year, but, subjectively, unless you're beset with some serious life problems, that seems a BIT long, and I couldn't blame somebody for writing them a little reminder---Did you get my order? By the same token, I can't be as hard as lot of people here have been on CocoaPuss. She wanted that zine. I know the feeling.
I can very much understand that a prisoner would feel the lack of a late zine much more intensely that we in the "free" world would, so I'm not ready to call them impatient assholes when they vent their frustration---especially if they've spent their meager stamps on them.
Not getting zines you've ordered and how long is a reasonable waiting period are valid concerns for zine buyers and traders. It's a complicated, glass half full/glass half empty question, but nobody's being an asshole by expressing opposing views on it.
Just to continue a bit with the discussion and something that was brought up in the episode that i was not there for when it was brought up... was the idea of a "call out" forum like what was in Factsheet 5.
To a point I like this, but only if people utilize it responsibly. Ie. NOT the original poster of this thread. But for my examples:
Ordered some zines/handmade soap from a well-known zinester on Etsy a couple years ago. yeah it sucked that i lost my $7 but it sucked more that they had made Etsy sales to AT LEAST 3 other people that i knew personally (and more people i didn't know) and never sent any of it, and never responded to any communication.
Also i ordered zines for my distro spending upwards of $36 from a well-known zinester in August 2008 and have yet to receive them and have been told "oh i forgot" and ignored communication... and i see that this person is active on the internet (Facebook in particular)
THOSE types of things i would like to see called out. Not someone not getting ONE zine in a week. But legit problems with people who could be scamming or people that are just too irresponsible to handle orders.
dear hannah, you deleted your podcast thread? very adult. stay out of the big kids' pool if you can't handle people pointing out your dishonest, self-serving antics.
THOSE types of things i would like to see called out. Not someone not getting ONE zine in a week. But legit problems with people who could be scamming or people that are just too irresponsible to handle orders.


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Returning home after IBM's Impact user conference (Impact 2010). I've been to a lot of BPM conferences in my time, but never one this big. 6,000 miles (to Las Vegas) there and 6,000 miles home again to see 6,000 people going through a few of days of indoctrination and engage in a few meetings with important execs. From the point of view of a busy analyst, one has to wonder whether it was all worth it. But putting aside the sore back/neck and the lack of sleep, I think that, on reflection, it was worth the trip. I am sure other pundits will have already posted their own interpretations of the conference, so this is just one report to add to your perspective of Impact 2010.
6,000 people all gathered to hear the carefully scripted message. Well that is what it seemed like; a scripted story that was supposed to sound spontaneous. Even the Q&A was scripted on the teleprompter, which, quite apart from the wooden presentation style of one or two of the speakers, sort of took away from the central message.
There was a pretty important message there. A message that was being communicated to the faithful. And whether you like it or not, IBM has a lot, and I mean a lot, of faithful followers. I didn't do a scientific assessment of the number of IBM badges versus non IBM badges, but even if half of the attendees were internal, there were plenty of customers there too. And those internal folks were also being recruited as emissaries and evangelists for the new mantra.


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I literally thank God for this. My son, Jake, is a US Marine. He is returning from his first tour in Afghanistan tomorrow, and will be back home on April 8th. God and an M240B had a LOT to do with that.
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I literally thank God for this. My son, Jake, is a US Marine. He is returning from his first tour in Afghanistan tomorrow, and will be back home on April 8th. God and an M240B had a LOT to do with that.
I thank God every day for the men and women who serve......Please thank Jake for me....Semper Fi..........USMC 66-72.....JJ
I have nothing but the utmost respect for those who serve. Please thank Jake for me as well.
A big THANKS from my family, and myself
God bless ya folks. And, my brother Marines--it means a lot to hear from you.
This Sailor also Salutes your son.
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Thank him for me too.
Thank your son and give him a big "Semper Fi" from me, too! USMC 1969-1973. My boy is in the Air Force and is going to Afghanistan this Sept. Even though he is Air Force working with computers, he will be assigned to work with the Afghan Police for some reason....which I find odd but then, like in the Marines, they send you where they think they need you. I am beginning to understand how my parents felt when I was sent to Vietnam.
Well, the child had his leave. He bought a car while he was back here, and as we sat in the dealership he nudged me and said "You're driving back to Pendleton with me, right?" Well how do you turn THAT down??? So we drove back to Pendleton together and had a GREAT trip. I took the Amtrak train home, and THAT was a great trip. I ran into a hippie from Eugene Oregon with some of the best stories I'd ever heard. I'm sure some of them were true...One started off with "So I fell in with this group of polyamorous Jewish women..." It sounded like the opener to a joke, but he was serious!
Best of all, as I departed Oceanside my 6'6" son gave me a bear hug, thanked me, and wished me well. I rubbed the back of his head gently and wished him well too, told him that I loved him, and we parted ways for a while. What a kid!


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After being suspended earlier this year, the federal debt limit is scheduled to come back into force within the next few days, underscoring the need for bipartisan cooperation to avoid another round of market-rattling political brinksmanship later this year.
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Friday that the government could rely on its predicted cash flow and "extraordinary measures" to push the "effective deadline" for raising the limit back until at least Labor Day.
The additional time is also partly because of spending cuts, higher tax receipts and large anticipated payments from housing agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the Treasury in June.
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) recently projected that the government would still be able to pay its bills through sometime in October without congressional action. The BPC cautioned, however, that any projection this far in advance is "highly uncertain."
House Republicans passed legislation last week that would supposedly enable Washington to continue paying bondholders and sending out Social Security payments even if the Treasury could no longer finance the rest of the government. The legislation, expected to die in the Senate, reflects a chaotic approach to federal budgeting as well as unconventional notions about default that global investors are under no obligation to accept.


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GOOD AFTERNOON fellow Dent-heads. We're hours away from the release of the much anticipated Battlefield 4...Having said that, I'd like to put out a public recruitment for The Dented Helmet Battlefield 4 Platoon, started by TDH legend and all-around swell guy Scott Kaufmann. We've already got a Facebook page (search "The Dented Helmet Battlefield 4 Platoon" in Facebook) as well as a platoon-owned TeamSpeak 3 Server. Here's a grab from our platoon's page description:
"The platoon's founders Rick Ponte and Scott Kaufmann, both involved members of The Dented Helmet, have been tired of the lone-wolf mentality that's plagued Battlefield for the past few years and wanted to create a group of like-minded individuals who want to win games through teamwork and coordination. Ponte's experience as a former Army Infantry squad-leader and Kaufmann's handling of many of the games weapons in real life promise to create a tactical and efficient environment for anyone that wants to experience Battlefield 4 the way it was meant: Multiple, specialized squads working in tandem to get the job done.
While the platoon's success runs on the ability of players to communicate, follow squad-leaders' orders and keep alert, we are definitely NOT a league-competitive clan...nor... are we sticklers for mandatory practices and matches. As it is, we just try to get as many involved to have fun with running tactical ops and pull off joint-effort match wins. We fully understand that most of us work a 9-5 (or 7-5), have kids, school, etc. so we absolutely do NOT want to create a hectic environment. This platoon should be a hobby, not a life commitment that other clans tend to push for.
Long-Term Goal: In the next few months, I'd like to see this platoon formed into a buzzing, motivated community of gamers (both from the forums and not) organized into multiple squads, each having a designated, specialized purpose. These roles can change at any time and are highly flexible, but I want to get our platoon to a point where we can seamlessly integrate 1-2 ground force Infantry squads, a heavy weapons squad, an armored (tank) squad, and an air support squad (helo transport, gunship support, jet bombing, etc).
Using an external VOIP client (Teamspeak 3) we can have a platoon leader or commander delegating to squad leaders, who will then relay the info to their squads using the in-game VOIP to issue orders and cut down on chatter. After a few weekends of getting to know each other and fall into a rhythm, the tactics will become second nature, and I really feel like well be a force to be reckoned with.
Im excited to see us grow, and I cant wait for the full release of the game. I see big things for us in the future, but most importantly: we are going to have A LOT of fun. See you on the Battlefield "
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The Canisius College swimming and diving team will head to the University of Rochester Invitational this weekend to take on Rochester, New York University and Brandeis in a two-day meet.
The event will be the Griffs' second of the season following last week's meet with Marist. On the men's side, the Griffs trailed by just one point heading into the final relay before the Red Foxes won the 400-yard freestyle relay to take the meet's overall victory.
"It was nice to get the first meet done and get everyone into the race mode," said head coach Scott Vanderzell. "We're going to take what we learned from last week, the little that we need to improve on, and try and apply them to this week."
The Canisius women saw a number of strong performances against the Red Foxes, including freshman Hannah Graesser's school-record breaking performance in the 50-yard freestyle.
The Griffs' team of sophomore Clare Battaglia, freshman Marissa Watroba, sophomore Alicia Wheeler, and Graesser also broke the school-record in the 200-yard medley relay.
With 21 freshmen on the roster, a large portion of the roster saw its first collegiate action in the meet with Marist. Now, with experience under their belts, Vanderzell expects them to settle into racing.
"Now that I know how they want to race day in and day out, I look for them to be reliable in the events that they swim," Vanderzell said. "At this point they're part of a team and there's no difference now between a freshmen and a senior, everyone's part of a team and I expect them to be reliable in everything that they do."
The Griffs will kick things off Friday at 5 p.m. with diving at SUNY Brockport. The swimming events get underway at Rochester at 6 p.m. The teams will then swim the remaining events on Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m.


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NCSE is pleased to congratulate David Amidon for receiving a Presidential Award for Environmental Educators for 2016, presented by the Environmental Protection Agency.
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Michael E. Mann and Tom Toles's The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy (Columbia University Press, 2016).
At the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) held June 18-25, 2016, the assembly voted to adopt a proposed "Affirmation of Creation."
According to the affirmation, scientific inquiry provides "descriptions and ever more profound understandings" of God's creation.
NCSE's Josh Rosenau contributed a column, under the headline "School field trips to creationist Ark? Sink that idea right now," to New Scientist (August 5, 2016).
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Kiss the Bottle is a perzine containing a number of emotionally charged, alcohol fueled writings about a variety of things, from boys to the loss of a physical home to the discovery of a more spiritual, ethereal one in a family of friends. Writings were created over a five year span between 2006 and 2011. The cover is screen printed and the zine is hand bound with string.
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I have been watching this site ever since my son asked for a Boba Fett costume to go along with his jedi costume. After not being impressed with the cheap and flimsy costumes I found on the internet I found this site and have been lurking ever since.
Edit: Here is the end result.
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Without further ado, Here is my progress so far. I used a trash can for the armor and the WOF templates sized for my son who is just about 48" tall. This first picture shows the armor pieces after primer.
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However, in my haste to finish the armor I never thought to ask my son if he preferred one style or the other. Of course, the following picture he drew seemed to suggest to me that I needed to do some more weathering and go with the red gauntlets. I sewed the vest from a Home Depot canvas dropcloth using one his shirts as a guide.
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Picture drawn by son suggests ROTJ Fett and not ESB, so more damage is needed. Big Thanks to RafalFett for the reference material!
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And now, with a dyed Cherokee jacket on clearance from Target (pants were in process of being dyed), a painted-up blaster and some additional weathering...
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The transformation is progressing nicely.
The gauntlets are at home and are a scaled down pepakura build from SPC.
Thanks for all of the help you've given and that you will give in the future.
Observations and Comments are welcome.


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DeWalt just announced the launch of the DWE315K, the company's first oscillating multi-tool (OMT).
When Fein's patent on the OMT expired a few years back, most major tool companies quickly introduced OMTs of their own. DeWalt was a conspicuous hold-out so when the company announced this tool I wondered if they had used the extra design time to come up with something unique or unusual.
As it turns out, the DWE315K has a couple of unique features, the most noticeable being the shape of the housing. DeWalt made the tail end of it much thinner – like the end of a rat tail grinder – so it's more comfortable to grasp at that location. The forward end of the housing, while heavily rubberized, is not all that different than what can be found on other tools. What is different is the switch; it can be operated from either end so there are multiple ways to grip the tool and still be able to get at it.
The switch is variable-speed, which allows for greater control at the beginning and end of cuts. This feature is not unique (Ridgid's JobMax has had it for years) but it is unusual. The built-in LED, while not unique to this tool, is out of the ordinary for a corded model and should make for better visibility when using the tool in cabinets or other tight quarters.
The tool-less blade clamp is similar to the one used by Porter-Cable (which like DeWalt, is owned by SB&D) but will not accept blades designed for that machine. The accessories for these tools look more of less the same (both kinds are notched), but the hole patterns are different; Porter-Cable's are round and DeWalt's are square or rectangular. This new blade configuration is referred to the Universal Fitment system and is expected to contain more than 30 accessories, which will fit many competing models when used with DeWalt's universal accessory adaptor.
The kit version, DWE315K will retail for $159 and comes with a bag, three blades, a sanding pad, and multiple sheets of sandpaper.


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Monday, June 18
By Nick Ames in Lviv
Now that's what Per Mertesacker was talking about.
Lukas Podolski had made a couple of similar runs in previous games, darting from his left-sided perch into the centre of the penalty area in the hope of meeting a right-sided cross. This time it was first time lucky - his persistence rewarded as another Thomas Muller ball was deflected perfectly into his path for a crashing finish with his weaker right foot.
It sparked the future Gunner's Euro 2012 into life after a couple of quiet performances, and made good Mertesacker's prophecy that Arsenal fans would soon see what he was capable of. I reminded Per of that after the game - he had warm words both for Lukas and a number of his other Arsenal friends at the tournament, which you'll see on Arsenal.com soon.
Germany, Lukas and Per left Lviv as winners of Group B - they'll now face Greece in Gdansk, which is almost as near to Scandinavia as fellow host city Donetsk is to the Black Sea.
Nicklas Bendtner and Denmark go out with their heads held high - and certainly did enough to instil nerves in the Germans' play before Lars Bender's late winner. Nicklas set up Michael Krohn-Dehli's 25th-minute equaliser, and once again impressed at the spearhead of the Danes' attack.
He looks sharp, fit and strong, and few centre forwards at this tournament have impressed more through their all-round play. He joins another Arsenal forward, Robin van Persie, in returning home early – my monitor in the press box was tuned into the Netherlands' defeat against Portugal, and few could argue with their ultimate fate after a set of brittle performances.
For all that it is located inconveniently out of town, Arena Lviv is the most compact of the Ukrainian Euro 2012 venues. Last night it pulsated to the sound of 35,000 German and Danish fans, and felt like a stadium befitting of the Bundesliga or the Premier League.
Those supporters had created a wonderfully good-natured atmosphere in Lviv's charming town centre earlier in the day - although the German television presenter who received a soaking from a mischievous Dane's pint glass, accidentally captured on camera by this reporter, might not necessarily agree.
I didn't stick around to see any reprisal raid. Instead, I headed to the village of Vinnyky, 20 minutes outside Lviv. I'd heard a whisper that Europa League quarter-finalists Metalist Kharkiv were playing a pre-season friendly there late in the afternoon and, despite my taxi driver's despairing exhortations to the contrary, my conviction was proved correct.
In a tiny stadium tucked behind a pretty row of cottages, I saw Myron Markevych's upwardly-mobile team overcome the local part-timers 3-2 in their first warm-up of the summer. The football played by Metalist has been likened to Arsenal's at times, and Markevych fits the mould of a Ukrainian Arsène Wenger. He paid tribute to the Arsenal boss when I spoke to him afterwards.
Arsène will be in the press box in Kiev tomorrow as France play Sweden, looking for the point that would see them through to the quarter-finals. I'll be there too, my stay in Lviv having been far shorter than the city's attractions merited.
Not for the first time, this blog comes to you from a high-speed train between Ukrainian cities, a service that has been one of the tournament's true revelations from a practical perspective.
It'll spirit me into town in time for the pre-match press conferences, before I settle down for this evening's Group C deciders. Those games might hold little direct Arsenal interest, but there's no doubt that the Gunners have already made a major contribution to this tournament.
- Czechs keep their composure
- Electric Walcott makes his mark
- Kiev gets ready for England
- Dejected Dutch on the brink
- A decisive day for the Dutch
- Beaming Ox makes his mark
- Sun, streams and slagheaps
- Diligent Danes reap reward
- The Dutch and the Danes
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Good morning fellas,
Now that I'm out here and all settled, I'm about to get all serious on these Idaho geese. I've been out 3 times and had good results each time. Hunted Sunday morning and saw a ton of birds.
I need to meet more goose hunters. I've had no problems meeting up with waterfowl hunters around here, the problem being that most I've met only care about green. I have nothing against ducks, but my passion is honkers.
I've had luck getting on some pretty good fields. I have a trailer full of Avian X honkers. Just want to meet guys who love to scout and hunt geese as much as I do. I don't care if I have to travel 4 hours, I'm used to that back home. I can hunt weekends or weekdays. I have extra blinds as well.
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Students completing this curriculum will have an educational background that prepares them for such professional careers as law, medicine, and education. Required courses, together with careful selection of electives, give students broadly applicable knowledge in English, mathematics, science, humanities, and the social sciences, as well as course concentration appropriate to individual needs.
Students should select the Humanities and Social Sciences program if they contemplate careers in teaching or other professions requiring a strong foundation in English and literature, philosophy, foreign languages, art, and music (Humanities Option), or in history, psychology, sociology, political science, government, and economics (Social Sciences Option).
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LEXINGTON, NC -- Steve Henderson, founder and owner of Operators Distributing Inc. (Archdale, NC), died on July 6 at North Carolina's Hinkle Hospice Home here. He was 71.
Henderson founded Operators Distributing in 1985. The business, which was created to serve street operations, is among the country's few small surviving equipment dealerships. It represents major amusement and jukebox lines, and is an authorized TouchTunes service center.
Henderson was born on Nov. 22, 1941, in York County, SC, and in 1962 he married Mary Allen, who survives him. He also is survived by daughters Amy Leach, Shelly Penland and Patty Brasswell, along with six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by daughter Gina Douglas.