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Re: Send packing the stuffing gland..
The nice thing about the PSS shaft seal is that it provides "wiggle" room if everything doesn't line up perfectly. The photo here shows my PSS shaft seal after replacing the bellows. The engine-cutless bearing alignment was fine, but the shaft log wasn't precisely aligned, as evident from the bend in the bellows. Nonetheless, the seal works perfectly.
This job was done when my 1990 boat was 17 years old. Only the bellows, o-rings, and hose clamps were changed. The (dark gray) graphite stator, which is captured by the bellows, is original, as is the SS rotor.
The electrical tape was placed when the rotor was just contacting the graphite stator. Per instructions, the rotor was then moved 3/4" to compress the bellows and then fixed in position with 2 set screws, one of which is showing. The "V" mark points to the more polished surface of the rotor.
We are now coming up to 23 years, with over 1000 hours on the engine and a lot longer to go before expecting to replace anything. Still dripless (except when I churn up silt on occasion at low tide--and even then it doesn't spit enough to require pumping.)
Re: Send packing the stuffing gland..
Hi Eherlihy and thanks for taking the time to consider my problem.
I had considered that the shaft could have been bent during the first incident but couldn't see any evidence of this when it was inspected albeit in situ.
The stuffing box shouldn't get close to the stern tube as its connected with a set of clips to the 5 inch rubber tube that slides on to the stern tube. However I will check that.
There may well be an issue with a bent shaft though so I think I will pull that and replace if required. I still don't know if I feel I could ever trust this set again though.
As for the bilge pump I replaced/fitted a huge one with a float switch before the last fiasco. but my emergency pumps stopped the water getting down that far this time.
I have to say though that last time this happened the big bilge pump did kick in but the pump out rate seemed wholly less than the claimed figure when I purchased it. possibly due to height from bilge to outlet on my high freeboard boat. That's why I have the standby pumps to hand.
Re: Send packing the stuffing gland..
Here are my 2¢;
I suspect that when Tubsmacker experienced the original problem that several things that may have happened;
I advise looking closely at the shaft while the boat is hauled, and be prepared to replace it. I would also look closely at the stern tube (shaft log), and be prepared with epoxy and cloth to effect a repair here.
While the boat is hauled, I would also take this opportunity to add a bilge pump, and the requisite plumbing, which is hard wired to the largest of your battery banks.
Good luck!
Re: Send packing the stuffing gland..
Oh and the shaft etc never ran hot but it can slide Fwd which is not possible on the PSS system particularly if you put a shaft collar on
Re: Send packing the stuffing gland..
Well after It has come off twice. Ideal isn't a word I'd use to describe it right now!
I checked the clamps which are doubled up 3 months ago. Engine mounts are new so that cant move a lot. Dunno yet I will try to investigate more now I am in the yard.
One point I would make is that when I researched using Teflon braid in the stuffing box. The instructions specifically say NOT to use grease as a lubricant.
So maybe you might want to check that out with your supplier as well.
Re: Send packing the stuffing gland..
Are the hose clamps properly tightened (and doubled up if there's room)? Has the motor shifted and pulled the hose off or misaligned it? I can't imagine the hose letting go unless the clamps were loose or something forced it. I think the system you have is pretty much ideal and, with regular checking of the hose clamps, should give you trouble-free service. I have the same setup: teflon stuffing and a greaser on the gland. I tighten my stuffing just enough so it doesn't drip. I give the grease gun a little turn every 25 hours or so to force a little more grease into the gland. The grease protects the shaft and keeps it running cool and dry (no drips). After a run, put your hand on the stuffing box to make sure it isn't running hot. Not sure a dripless PPS system will be any more reliable.
Re: Send packing the stuffing gland..
Yesterday I lifted out into the boatyard here in Portugal after a fraught 18 hours nursing a leak from the stern tube fitting. I think its Vetus and the it's the second potential sinking failure I have sustained in 3 years.
The original problem occurred during the short journey from my mooring to the boat yard. As I went below to turn off the engine, I noticed the cabin sole bubbling under rising water. When I opened the engine bay, it looked like the inside of a washing machine. So I umm .... shut it again quickly. It's kind of like when I used to fly small planes. The advice goes..If you have an engine failure at night, turn on your landing lights. If you don't like what you see......Turn them off again!
The Stern tube rubber is held on with 2 hose clips and the tube had come off.
Inspection suggested that the two rear engine mounts had sagged/failed and allowed the rear of the engine to drop down so that the shaft came into contact with the rubber hose and made it come off.
Solution was to fit new engine mounts and align. fit new rubber with bigger hose clips on both ends. I replaced the stuffing with that black Teflon stuff.
Re-launched boat 1 year ago. took some time to get the new packing to settle in as sometimes the drip would be too much and still leak when the prop wasn't turning and some times there was no drip at all when not moving or almost none when moving. I figured that in the end I would probably put another ring of stuffing in.
During the year I noticed that sometimes when I engaged gear forward the drip would stop and stay stopped so I made a habit of giving a little forward power just before shutting down. Two days ago I ran the engine to charge my batteries. when I stopped the engine I noticed that the previously dry engine bay now had water in it and was still coming in a bit too much so I employed the forward gear principle. Hmmm bad idea. When I shut the engine down I could hear the water coming in fast and saw it rising. I quickly deployed emergency pump no1 into the engine bay. It's a Rule submersible pump runs of the standard cigar lighter supply. I recommend one of these as its a fast way of making a start. Next In deployed he generator and emergency pump no 2 which is a Karcher garden pump. During this my partner was making access possible to the hatch that would allow me to get to the stern gland. but at least by this time we had the rising water under control.
On inspection it appeared that the rubber hose had rotated 180 deg and moved forward as there is no collar on the shaft forward of the stuffing box.
I did consider fitting one of these after the last fiasco but was advised that it might score the shaft. (Um would that matter there?)
anyhow so the upshot is that the rubber hose was on the cusp of coming off and water was coming in at the rear (aft) of the stern tube rubber and I was able to push it back on. However, when I tried to tighten the clips it got worse each time I tried. I took stock. It was 5 hours before high water (at night) and I had a long time to wait before I could get a haul out. I figured that if I continued to try and fit it back more securely it might come off completely.
I therefore elected to leave it trickling in at a 1/2 litre a minute which was better than 10 litres a minute I had not-so-long-ago. We took shifts and pumped with the rule pump alone for 2 mins or so every 35 mins. for the next 18 hours. I reckoned if I put the boat into gear then the tube would deffo come off so I arranged a tow to the yard about a mile away. Of course we had 30Kt winds to make things more fraught.
So now I am here in the yard, wondering If I can find a solution here to my problem. I have looked at the PSS seal video and think that it might be the way to go. Not least of which because the metal disc screws into the shaft a little and I could,would, WILL fit a shaft collar forward of that.
If those O rings ever failed it could be bad I agree but it would be possible to make a rubber washer that butted up to that thing between it and the shaft collar perhaps?
My original stuffing box greaser actually fitted to the stern tube and I was advised to lock it off so grease couldn't get into the rubber hose. That's why I fitted the Teflon braid. But I wonder if any residual grease got pushed by water pressure to loosen the grip of the hose clips holding the tube to the stern fitting. The stuffing box is bronze about 4 inches long and has a knurled hand tightening collar with a locking tab. (Poss Vetus?)
The rubber tube says Vetus 30 on it.
Sorry for the enourmous post but would be grateful for any suggestions as to why it came off as well as what would be the best solution now.
Re: Send packing the stuffing gland..
my stuffing bos, sans stuffing, only allows into boat enough water to empty every 2 hours to the count of exactly 45 seconds every 2 hours for a 800gph bilge pump. i can let 12 hours go by with only 120 seconds of pumping--dont ask me --i only count the seconds, i dont do the math.....with teflon stuffing, there was a huge improvement, but the alignment..yada yada quack quack.....
we will be designing a specific stuffing box for this boat as we go . i have a flanged unit that buck algonquin denies knowledge of and stares never saw ever in life one like this....ok. i own a formosa..we fabricate....we may even remember to post pix when we finish the design and install it.
we will add a third bilge pump and a manual one also. so far, i have travelled 2000 miles with my 'unknown to buck algonquin and man' flanged unit--with modifications, perhaps long enough to find a replacement. LOL or make one.
hecho en chine......rodlmao.
Re: Send packing the stuffing gland..
Originally Posted by Sabreman View Post
After replacing a shaft in 1988 and again in 1992, we replaced out Sabre 28's stuffing box with a PSS shaft seal. When we sold the boat in 2005, it was still going strong.
When we bought Victoria, I replaced the stuffing box in 2006 and have had no issues. It's maintenance free and easy to install. I check it each spring before launching and periodically throughout the season.
IMO, generally speaking, things just don't "give out", there are usually warning signs. Stuffing boxes have sunk their share of boats, so they are by no means "safer" than anything else. But to me, ANY drip is bad.... water belongs outside the boat.
Granted, you have to break the coupling and shift the prop shaft to install or maintain one of these. I installed a small water supply line teed off my raw water system to feed flushing water through the seal. This prevents "dry running" - which can burn out a mechanical seal in short order - and it constantly flushes clean water across the seal faces. This seal works well, and I can highly recommend it. Some items to watch for:
a) Make sure that the shaft is polished clean before installation, and there are no sharp edges on the shaft which might cut the O-rings.
b) Lightly lubricate the shaft before installation. (for the o-rings)
c) DO NOT touch or lubricate the seal faces before or during installation.
d) ALWAYS use new SS set screws when assembling or re-assembling the seal - they are only good for one use!
Re: Send packing the stuffing gland..
I installed a PSS before the beginning of last season. If you are interested, you can read about it here: http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-m...-overhaul.html
So far, I am happy with the installation. I have not had a drop of water infiltrate the hull since.
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|DM Azure_Zero
|Wood the Wizard
|Que Xuang
So the arriving mourners are:
Evangline Valeria Aurora
Que Xuan
Kurik Thurgan
Rhia Van der Geist
To all: the weather has been miserable; foggy and damp with the threat of a cold rain.
It's nearing sundown on Fireday 16 Pharast 4712 as the coach pulls into the Ravengro town square. Suddenly the area is lit by a flash of lightning as the rain starts. [edited to correct the date]
Those of you who came by coach will notice a figure standing near a post (or something) next to what seems to be a shop. The figure, startled by your arrival and the lightning, drops something and ducks quickly between two buildings, vanishing into the mist.
Those who came in from the north passed the Boneyard. You think you may have seen movement in there during the flash, but it's too foggy to be sure.
Those of you coming from the south see, through the mist and the sudden flash, a huge ruined building outlined agains the sky. You seem to see movement...something (or things) flying, maybe?
|Que Xuang
The Tian woman stamps through the rain, pulling her coat deep over her face to protect her from the rain, while she tries to keep herself warm as she holds the coat closed tightly.
As she passes by the graveyard, coming from the north, she thinks she has seen some movement and stops shortly, trying to make out where the movement came from.
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
|Que Xuang
|Rhia Van der Geist
The coach rumbles into the town square just as the sky erupts in a cold downpour as if the sky itself shed tears for the good Professor. As the coach comes to a halt the door opens, seemingly on its own as it is a few moments before a slender figure emerges, features concealed by the hood of a white overcloak of excellent quality.
The figure reaches into the coach, taking out a large travel bag as they begin to make their way across the square.
Perception1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10 12 if undead
@ Rhia: You don't think the figure was undead, but its action was odd. There is a lit lantern there, now that you look. The post might be the town's message board. Maybe he or she was reading it and was startled by the coach?
@Gkirkhan and Que:You each can notice the other traveler on the road.
|Evangline Valeria Aurora
@Soberdwarf: you can use the die roller on the boards. {dice}[# of dice]d[die size]+[bonuses/penalties]{/dice}, replace the bracketed words with the appropriate numbers and the curly braces with brackets.
Gkirkhan looks the traveler over, trying to find out whether he should get his attention with a greeting or by swinging for his head.
Perception: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (16) - 2 = 14
I know Que's a woman, but Gkirkhan doesn't ;).
@Soberdwarf: you can use the die roller on the boards. {dice}[# of dice]d[die size]+[bonuses/penalties]{/dice}, replace the bracketed words with the appropriate numbers and the curly braces with brackets.
Gkirkhan looks the traveler over, trying to find out whether he should get his attention with a greeting or by swinging for his head.
Perception: 1d20-2
I know Que's a woman, but Gkirkhan doesn't ;).
Oh, I was just using a die roller in another tab.
|Kurik Thurgen
|Que Xuang
Que notices the tall figure which seems to be headed the same way as her. She heads towards the lonely figure asking herself if this is another one coming to Ravengro for the Professor's funeral, if not she will at leasst have a little company for the last few meters.
"Greetings traveller. Are you here for the Porfessor's funeral too?"
"Yez. De schmott guy vas a goot drinkink buddy. Vell, Hy only vent drinkink vith him vunce, after ve meet, after a keeled a bounch ov bandits dot vas tryink to keel him."
Gkirkhan looks over at the traveler and gets a better look now. He realizes that he is talking to a woman, and predictably...
"So, sveetheart, mehbes after all de cryink iz over, Hy could give hyu a bit ov cheerink op, yah?"
bluff to hide how he plans to cheer her up:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
He is really digging what he's seeing of Que right now, and would like to see at least a little more.
I did warn everybody that this guys a womanizer. ;)
|Wood the Wizard
As coming from the south is consistent with the fog in the first post...
A young scholar appears out of the fog in the south. He seems strangely unperturbed by the strange weather and the ominous structure. His movements are that of a much older man well past his prime and his complexion is pale. The scholar is somewhat unattractive and his complexion is pale and his hands are uncalloused--it is clear he does not get outside much or do any physical labor.
His eyes are piercing and intelligent and he walks with purpose and conviction to the graveyard.
|Que Xuang
The Tian woman laughs about that coincidence but you can see that there is also a bit os sadness in her laughter.
"I've met him in a situation not much different, but in my case it was a couple of killers after him. Seems the professor had a habbit to get into trouble..." she pauses shortly. You heard what killed him?
Sense Motive 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17
" Oh yes, perhaps we should go and get a drink or so after everything is over." She laughs again, the sadness almost gone from her voice. I am Que Xuan, nice to meet you. And Who might you be?
|Wood the Wizard
@Wood: That must be Harrowstone, a ruined prison. It was partially destroyed in 4662 and never rebuilt. Like most ruins in Ustalav, it's supposedly haunted. It certainly looks like it could be.
"De name's Gkirkhan, Mizz Que, und de pleasure iz all mine. Hy em afraid hy don't know vot keeled de Professor, bot Hy vould lurve to have a drink vit hyu after de funeral."
Gkirkhan smiles at Que, showing his toothy grin. His eyes seem to light up under the shadow of the hat on his head, and he seems downright cheerful despite the somber occasion and the nasty weather.
@Whoever's in the town square: the wind whips a small white sheet of something across the intervening space and it wraps around your boot.
Examing it you see it's a message fallen (or ripped) from the message board. The paper is torn, the multiple rips even splitting Pharasma's sign on the top of the sheet. It also appears to have been stepped on by a booted foot.
The notice is of the professor's burial, scheduled for tomorrow, signed by Father Vauran Grimburrow. Nearly torn completely off, dangling by just a small thread, is an addendum reading as follows:
Once again, I request volunteers as pallbearers.
|Kurik Thurgen
To the others oming from the north.
"So I suppose ye're here fer tha' professors funeral eh? Me name is Kurik, I was a guard for 'im back wot when 'e was alive. Good man 'e was, 'e paid well an' was none too bad for drinkin' either. So what're ye two here fer wit' tha professor?"
|Wood the Wizard
|Evangline Valeria Aurora
Also arriving by foot is what appears to be an ulfen woman of about 6 foot 3.
She has a curvy human build with comely heavenly features and pale skin. Her face looks human, but is more heavenly.
She has Sapphire blue eyes and lose Golden Blonde Hair that ends near her waist.
she is wearing this add shorts (to mid thigh) and a bust bodice underneath the chain shirt, and the chain shirt goes between the clothing and the bust bodice.
"Looks like I made it on time, for the professor's funeral.
I'm willing to be a pallbearer for the later professor."
@group: Once in town you head to the only obvious place to stay, The Outward Inn. You are greeted by a human woman.
"Welcome. I am Sarianna Vai. How can I help you tonight? Rooms are 2 gold and meals are 5 silver."
She looks you over.
"We don't get many strangers here. Are you here for Professor Lorrimor's funeral?
When you confirm that's why you're here she says "Miss Lorrimor covered your stay and meals for two days. The boy will show you to your rooms and we'll get you up and fed in the morning. He'll show you the way to the Restlands tomorrow, as well."
Did anyone check the message board in the town square?
Nope, not me.
Gkirkhan looks at the innkeeper with a look of sadness.
*sniff*"Mizz Lorrimor iz too kind to such a soul as Hy,especially so soon after her poppa's death. Tellz her dot I vill not forget dis. If she needs enyting, enyting ot all, Hy am herz to command."
Gkirkhan finishes with a flourishing bow as he sweeps his hat off his head revealing silky black locks of hair that many a Chelish woman would envy. All in all, everyone in the room probably thinks that Gkirkhan is a big ham. They'd be right too, although it may not be wise to point that out to a man with such a toothy grin.
|Que Xuang
Que Xuna arrives in the company of the dwar and the flirty half-orc at the Outward Inn. After the short talk with Sarianna, she turns to her companions.
"I don't know about you, but I am dying for something to eat. Perhaps we can have some lunch and share our stories about he professor?"
|Wood the Wizard
A young scholar arrives at the inn and is socially awkward and physically frail. His penetrating eyes are his most noticeable trait. He looks at you and the other patrons and takes in the details as if he is storing them for recall later. "Something hot to eat or drink please."
As he studies the patrons he is drawn to the pleasant conversation about the professor. He feels an instinctive bond with those who knew the professor as he did. Maybe this is what a family feels. Being a loner feels....well, lonely. I could get used to this.
Wood awkwardly tucks his books into his pack and looks around the room. Maybe a warm meal, cold drink, and maybe this puzzle will have a few clues I can think on.
|Vertielle Siepar
An apparently young woman of slim build and middling height steps out of the rain with a shiver, pulling the straps of her well worn pack higher on her shoulders. Other than this, she carries no luggage, but is most definitely a fellow traveler. Though she wears a coat of fine quality, her red streaked hair was unprotected from the downpour, and she quickly shakes out the cold rain. Vibrant green eyes, with irises so broad they obscured what white her eyes might possess, scanned the room with a practiced efficiency. Happening upon a young man stuffing books into a pack, they may well have lit up. Seeming to immediately relax, she has a short exchange with Sarianna before passing her pack along with a silver piece to a porter boy. Despite the occasion, she nearly skips into the conversation.
"What appropriate weather for such a somber occasion, do you agree?" She holds out a hand to the table as a whole in greeting. "I'm Vertielle, a colleague of the late professor. It's an honor to meet you all, his friends."
Vertielle is an obviously Taldane bastardization of the elven "vert iel" meaning green eyed.
|Evangline Valeria Aurora
she replies to Sarianna Vai in a calm yet sorrow-filled voice.
"Yes, I'm with here for Professor Lorrimor's funeral as well."
she walks over and joins the others, as Sarianna Vai pointed to the table where the fellow mourners have gathered.
I'm probably the only one hear who arrived by foot.
"Good afternoon, I am Evangline Valeria Aurora."
You can feel something about her presense, but not sure what and it's not her size. (she's 6'3", average human woman is about 5'6")
|Que Xuang
"Velcome! Hy em sorry dot it iz such a sad event dot has allowed me to meet not vun, bot three lurvely ladiez. Hyu two are more den velcome to sit vit us. Mizz Sarianna, could Hy trouble hyu for a moment? Could hyu get my three new friends here votever dey vant to drink? Hy em buyink. Hy vould also like votever you have dot's got a goot hearty taste, sumtink dark please."
Gkirkhan smiles at the newcomers and motions to the three women at the table when he asks Sarianna to bring them drinks.
For a womanizer, he's turning into quite the chivalrous man. :)
|Que Xuang
"I'll have a dark beer then and perhaps some bread and cheese and if you have some ham."
She waits until Sarianna brought the drinks and the food and then starts.
"I met the professor in Lepistadt. Somehow he put his nose into things which someone wanted to be kept hidden. I don't really know what it was." Que Xuan shrugs "I know only, that this osmeone sent a pair of killers after the professor. just some cheap thugs, if they were true professionals, they would have paid attention to the girl which just passed the alleyway where they cornered the Profeesor.
She giggles slightly.
"Two knifes later and those thugs were those who lay bleeding on hte floor and me and Professor Lorrimor became kinda friends. So what about you guys?"
|Que Xuang
"I'll have a dark beer then and perhaps some bread and cheese and if you have some ham."
She waits until Sarianna brought the drinks and the food and then starts.
"I met the professor in Lepistadt. Somehow he put his nose into things which someone wanted to be kept hidden. I don't really know what it was." Que Xuan shrugs "I know only, that this osmeone sent a pair of killers after the professor. just some cheap thugs, if they were true professionals, they would have paid attention to the girl which just passed the alleyway where they cornered the Profeesor.
She giggles slightly.
"Two knifes later and those thugs were those who lay bleeding on hte floor and me and Professor Lorrimor became kinda friends. So what about you guys?"
|Kurik Thurgen
now with the others at the inn
"If it wouldn't be any trouble to ye I'll 'ave a bit o' bread, no drink fer me terday, too sombre fer drinkin' if ye ask me."
"As fer meetin' professor Lorrimor, I met 'im a few years back when he was recruit'n people to help protect an excavation. Any way, durin' tha dig we found an ol' tomb. It dinnae look like it wer' touched in ages an' when we got in a bit further, thhere were them right nasty bones puttin' 'emselves back together. Them skelet'ns coulda' made lots o' trouble but tha professor an' me took the supports down, leavin' 'em trapped agin. After tha little bit we stopped at some ol' town and got a few drinks. Never saw 'im again after tha though."
"Ye two 'ave got some pretty interstin' stories aboot tha professor as well, I dinnae know fer sure wha it was tha killed him but I be thinkin' somethin mighty strange musta' happen'd to 'im."
|Vertielle Siepar
Vertielle pulls her chair close to the table and takes a seat, then adjusts the angle of the chair several times before settling.
"Something local, please, Sarianna," she asks, shooting Gkirkhan a gracious smile.
"I met the professor while working in Absalom on my thesis, regarding Draconic and its ties to the pronunciation and declention of Jitska vocabulary. I'm sure the specifics of my studies would bore most of you." With this last, she looks to Wood.
"While I remained abreast of his work until his recent period of unpublished works, I never realized I had made enough of an impact socially to be called here, to his funeral, though I am greatly honored such a truly great and visionary man would do so."
"Hokay, guess Hy vill go next. So Hy vas valking from vun town to de next, und Hy happens to see de schmott guy hemself being attacked by a bonch uv bandits. So Hy vas standink der thinkink dot he might be miffed if Hy spoiled hiz fun, bot den Hy noticez dot he'z got no weapon und no hat. Vell, an unfair fight iz vun ting, an unfair fight dot deed not look all dot fun vas anodder. Hy ran down to de Professor und hada leddle fun vit de bad guyz before dey runz off. Ve had a few drinks und shot de breeze for a vhile in a tavern nearby. He vas a goot drinkink buddy."
Gkirkhan raises his ale in a toast.
"Goot bye, Professor Lorrimor. Meh Cadeyn alvays have a tankard uv ale und a goot fun fight for hyu in the next life."
And he downs the mostly full tankard faster than anyone thought possible.
"Vell, if it's too sad to be drinkink, den Hy say dot ve should celebrate vot de Professor deed in life."
|Kurik Thurgen
"Well I suppose tha thar's some good reason ter drink on behalf a tha professor's good life. Good livin's a good thing ter be drinkin to I guess, Gods of tha celestial realm be watchin' over 'im now an' I'll give a toast for 'is protection to tha world above. To Professor Lorrimor"
He tips the tankard of mead he carries back and downs it in a gulp.
"I be glad for tha chance to get to know ye fellas as well, ye be pretty good wit' them blades o' yours an' thats a skill a dwarf like meself can respect."
|Evangline Valeria Aurora
Eva seeing how fast Gkirkhan downs a tankard, recalls how fast her teacher could down a drink.
"I meet the professor when I was 13, I was shorter and smaller back then.
While traveling around and one day was attacked by a vampire spawn and the professor helped me in surviving that encounter.
Since then I have communicated with the professor through letters and we traded some of our finding on undead weaknesses."


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Artist's BiographyWhile in elementary school, Antonio Hart attended a concert with his mother where he heard the alto saxophone for the first time. Immediately, he expressed an interest in learning to play. When he reached junior high, Antonio joined the band and began learning the intricacies of the alto saxophone. Unfortunately, after two years, music programs were eliminated from the public schools. Antonio learned of a new school that offered fine arts as well as academics as an integral part of the curriculum, Baltimore School of the Arts (BSA). Unlike most of the students who were considering the school, he did not have the advantage of private lessons. However, Antonio auditioned and was accepted. At BSA, Antonio found the academics demanding and the music program intense. Nevertheless, he flourished.
Upon graduation from high school, Hart continued his studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Under the guidance of Bill Pierce, Andy McGhee and Joe Viola, Hart shaped his talents to pursue his dream of becoming a professional musician. It was also at Berklee that Hart made lasting friendships that would play an important role in his transition from student to working musician.
After earning a degree in Music Education from Berklee, Hart moved to New York City. Friend and classmate, Roy Hargrove, invited Hart ot join his group, the Roy Hargrove Quintet. Hart toured the world with Hargrove and received rave reviews. Incredibly, while touring with Hargrove, he earned his masters degree in performance and composition at Queens College under the tutelage of Jimmy Heath.
After touring with Hargrove, Hart began receiving requests to perform and record with such jazz greats as Slide Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie's Alumni All-Stars, Nancy Wilson, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Nat Adderley. He also founded his own group, the Antonio Hart Quintet. In 1991, he released his first CD, For The First Time (RCA Novous) and featured his good friend, Roy Hargrove. Hart received high praise for this release which led to subsequent CDs: Don't You Know I Care (RCA Novous), For Cannonball and Woody (RCA Novous), It's All Good (RCA), Here I Stand (Impulse), and his most recent release, Ama Tu Sonrisa (ENJA Records).


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The Canisius College athletic department announced today that Derrick Bishop '95 – hockey, Brian Dux '03, MS 13 – men's basketball, Mark Miyashita '03 – men's lacrosse, Jill Wright '03 – synchronized swimming, and the 1994 softball team have been chosen as the Class of 2013 for the Canisius College Sports Hall of Fame. Additionally, Dr. Keith Stube - team physician, will be presented with the first Rev. Paul J. Dugan, S.J. Award, a new honor that recognizes individuals for their significant contributions to Canisius athletics.
The ceremonies for the 51st induction class of the Canisius Sports Hall of Fame will be held on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, when the men's basketball team hosts Iona in the Koessler Athletic Center. Game time is set for 2 p.m. The annual Hall of Fame Day will begin with a special "Induction Lunch" from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the Montante Cultural Center. The cost is $30 per person and includes a light buffet, beverages and a ticket to the game. Those interested in taking part in the "Induction Lunch" are asked to RSVP to the Canisius Office of Alumni Engagement by calling 1-800-201-4952 no later than Jan. 27, 2014.
To be eligible for the Canisius College Sports Hall of Fame, a former student-athlete must have completed his/her eligibility 10 years prior to induction, be a graduate of the College, been acclaimed as an undergraduate as one of the outstanding athletes in the history of the school and, since graduation, the student-athletes' life must have continued to reflect favorably on the College. Non-athletes may be inducted if they have made outstanding contributions to Canisius College athletics.
The Canisius Sports Hall of Fame, which began in 1963, now boasts 180 individual members and four teams with the addition of the 2013 class.
Derrick Bishop – A four-year letterwinner for the Golden Griffins from 1991-95, Derrick Bishop is the ninth former member of the hockey program to be inducted into the College's Sports Hall of Fame. A two-time team captain, he ranks ninth in career points scored with 144 after he tallied 46 goals and 98 assists in 103 career games. His 98 career assists ranks fourth on the program's career helpers list, and his 33 assists in 1992-93 still ranks fifth on the school's single-season assists chart. He led the team in points in 1994-95 when he was credited with 44 on the power of 16 goals and 48 assists. He finished his career in Blue and Gold with a +80 rating and he tallied 13 power play goals, highlighted by his career-high six markers on the man-advantage in 1993-94. He was named the team's Most Valuable Player after the 1994-95 campaign and he was honored as the program's top forward in two different seasons. He earned his undergraduate degree from Canisius in marketing and he currently lives with his family in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Brian Dux '03 – One of two players in school history to score more than 1,000 career points while dishing out 500-plus career assists, Brian Dux is the 53rd former men's basketball player to be enshrined into the Canisius Sports Hall of Fame. He is one of nine Griffs to earn All-MAAC honors in two different seasons, and he was also recognized to the MAAC All-Tournament Team twice in his career. He played in 119 career games, making 110 starts, and he currently ranks 16th in school history with his 1,239 career points. He tallied 508 career assists in a Canisius uniform and he is the school's all-time leader in career free-throw percentage at 82.9 percent. He still ranks 10th in school history with 140 career steals and his 4.3 assists per game average is fourth-best in the school's record book. After he graduated from Canisius with his undergraduate degree physical education, he went overseas to play professionally for four seasons. His pro career was cut short after a serious car accident in England in 2007, but he recently earned his master's degree in sport administration from the College.
Mark Miyashita '03 – Mark Miyashita is the fifth former men's lacrosse player to be inducted into the school's Sports Hall of Fame after he played 42 games over four seasons in a Canisius uniform. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 National Lacrosse League Draft, Miyashita ranks seventh in career points (145), 15th in career goals scored (71) and seventh in career assists (74). He led the Griffs in points in both 2000 and 2003, two seasons where he also earned All-MAAC First Team honors. The school's all-time leader in career faceoff percentage (.593) and ground balls (329), he led the nation in ground balls per game in 2000 with 10.69, a number that still ranks second-best in NCAA history to this day. He ended his career with 7.83 ground balls per game, a number that currently ranks eighth all-time in NCAA men's lacrosse history. After graduating from Canisius with his undergraduate in social studies, Miyashita played in the NLL for five seasons and also played three years in the Western lacrosse League. He is currently an assistant men's lacrosse coach at Sacred Heart University.
Jill Wright '03 – The first three-time All-American in Canisius synchronized swimming program history, Jill Wright is the third former member of the synchronized swimming program to be inducted into the school's Sports Hall of Fame, joining Jill (Evans) Benham and her mother and former coach, Joanne Wright. As a student-athlete, she helped lead the Griffs to four-straight ECAC Championships and she was a four-time ECAC solo event champion as well. As a sophomore, she finished third in the solo event at the U.S. Collegiate Nationals and she placed fourth in her junior year. A member of the 1999 U.S. Junior National Synchronized Swimming team, she is currently the Griffs' head coach, a position she has held for the nine seasons.
1994 Softball Team – The 1994 softball team is the fourth team to be enshrined in the Canisius Sports Hall of Fame, joining the 1955-56 men's basketball team, the 1948 football team and the 1982-83 women's basketball team. The Griffs posted a 36-8 overall record and a 7-1 mark in MAAC play in 1994, capped with a trip to the NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. Canisius won both the 1994 MAAC regular season and tournament titles and then went on to beat UNC-Greensboro in a best-of-three play-in series to earn a date with No. 1 Arizona in the NCAA Tournament regional. Canisius lost to the top-seeded Wildcats, but bounced back to beat Rutgers before being eliminated by Texas A&M. The Griffs won the 1994 East Carolina Pirate Invitational and placed second at the 36-team Georgia Tech Invitational during the regular season and closed out the year with the MAAC Player of the Year (Jody Tassone), the MAAC Championship MVP (Michelle Corrigan) and the MAAC Coach of the Year (Mike Rappl). All three of those individuals are already members of the Sports Hall of Fame.
Dr. Keith Stube – The Griffs' team physician for 19 years, Dr. Keith Stube is the first winner of the Rev. Paul J. Dugan S.J. Award, presented to individuals who do not qualify for consideration into the Sports Hall of Fame, but whose acts or efforts have significantly benefitted Canisius athletics. An orthopedic surgeon, Stube is the co-owner of the Knee Center of Western New York and he also serves as the attending physician on the sidelines of Golden Griffin home games. He conducts weekly clinics at Canisius to evaluate injured student-athletes and works closely with the department's athletic training staff in efforts of rehabilitation and injury prevention. He is an adjunct professor in the College's athletic training education program. An avid sports fan, Stube can often be found at many Canisius home games, sitting right behind the Griffs' bench.


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Best (and worst) dance
And what we're looking forward to in 2010.
Fri Dec 18 2009
Ronald K. Brown. Photograph: Basil Childers
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Julian Barnett
At Danspace Project, Sound Memory was a happy surprise: a rigorous work for three dancers that started with the notion of a mixtape—as in, the now-ancient audiocassette. It created an evocative world of dance theater about memory and imagination.
Ronald K. Brown
For Dancing Spirit, his fourth work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Brown started off methodically and powerfully—gradually easing the audience into his world—and concluded with a resplendent dance that conjured the spirits of the past by bringing them into the present. Ronald K. Brown interview
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
The choreographer's final year was momentous in terms of creativity, from the breathtaking Nearly Ninety (at BAM in April) and Evening Stars at Rockefeller Park (in August) to a series of Events at Dia: Beacon (one of the greatest places on earth). In October, Cunningham's memorial, held at the Park Avenue Armory, let the work shine; it felt sad, as it should, but it also felt right. Merce Cunningham archive
Trajal Harrell
In the first version of his dance collection, Twenty Looks or Paris Is Burning at the Judson Church (S), the choreographer created a brilliant look-book for the ages (it will be shown again on Fri 8). Trajal Harrell interview
Raimund Hoghe
The German choreographer made an auspicious New York debut with a dazzling doubleheader: Bolro Variations (Dance Theater Workshop) and L'Aprs-Midi (Danspace Project). Raimund Hoghe interview
Jodi Melnick
One of New York's most beloved dancers, Jodi Melnick employed her articulation and fine delicacy as a choreographer in two works: Fanfare, a collaboration with visual artist Burt Barr, and the harrowing Suedehead.
Sarah Michelson
Marking her return to the Kitchen, Sarah Michelson delivered Dover Beach, the most enchanting dance of the year: With a cast of 12 and a sweeping score by Pete Drungle, the evening-length production was all about movement—giving it shading, nuance and rhythmic punctuation, and rendering it pure. Sarah Michelson interview
Dean Moss and Yoon Jin Kim
With carefully cultivated audience participation and a marvelous all-female Korean cast, two choreographers—one American, the other Korean—explored ideas of sincerity and isolation in the chilling Kisaeng becomes you.
Ohad Naharin
The Israeli choreographer made us go gaga with a pair of related dances: Max, for the Batsheva Dance Company at BAM, and From Max and Three, a masterful mash-up of two works for the students of the Juilliard School.
Alexei Ratmansky
As American Ballet Theatre's artist in residence, Ratmansky has already taken substantial steps in rejuvenating the company with two major works under his belt—On the Dnieper and Seven Sonatas; he's the best thing to happen to ballet (and ABT) since Twyla Tharp.
Paul Taylor
In honor of his company's City Center season, Taylor brought back his 1963 work Scudorama—it remained a searing demonstration of darkness and desolation.
Honorable mentions:
Pam Tanowitz's Be in the Gray with Me; Douglas Lee's Lifecasting for New York City Ballet; Mark Morris's Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare; Miami City Ballet's season at New York City Center; Rennie Harris's Philadelphia Experiment for Philadanco; Melissa Barak's A Simple Symphony for New York City Ballet; and Replica (Jonah Bokaer, Judith Snchez Ruz and Daniel Arsham).
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Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Beyond the dreadful choreography, here's a burning question: In a group called Complexions where are the black ballerinas?
Individual dances from hell
Lightfoot Len's Softly as I Leave You, for Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, and David Parsons's Remember Me.
Lincoln Center Festival
The dance category just gets more and more horrid. Thanks, Nigel Redden, for making dance irrelevant on a festival scale.
New York City Ballet
If a company is going to, say, lay off a bunch of dancers—not so unjustifiable given the economic times—it probably shouldn't also hold on to the director's son.
Report card
The plus is largely due to Sarah Michelson and Alexei Ratmansky. Bravery needs to make a comeback. Final grade: B+
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Yasuko Yokoshi (Mar 17--20)
The choreographer continues her fruitful collaboration with Masumi Seyama—the master teacher of Kabuki Su-odori—in Tyler Tyler, which features a cast of American and traditional Japanese dancers at Dance Theater Workshop.
Platforms 2010 (Apr 15--17)
As part of Danspace Project's enticing new series, Ralph Lemon curates a new production for Maria Hassabi and Robert Steijn at Danspace Project.
Alexei Ratmansky
His dance card is full! Along with a premiere for New York City Ballet (May 5, 8, 9 and 12), Ratmansky will choreograph a new Nutcracker for American Ballet Theatre, where he is artist in residence, to premiere at BAM (Dec 23).
American Ballet Theatre (June 8, 10, 12, 30)
For its Met season, ABT presents an all--Frederick Ashton program, featuring his 1956 Birthday Offering.
Recommendation for 2010
Bring back the Bessies, but change everything about it—no more touchy-feely community crap, no more so-and-so has been plugging away for so long and deserves it... Rename the award "The Phyllis." In honor of Phyllis Lamhut—in other words, give it some fire.
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By Nik Brumsack
Arsène Wenger insists it is sometimes necessary to prioritise competitions in order to be successful in the long run.
Arsenal are currently two games into a hectic period of fixtures that sees them play seven times in the space of just 21 days in a combination of Premier League, Champions League and Capital One Cup matches.
While noting that his team want to do well in every competition, Wenger concedes that sacrifices sometimes have to be made in order to achieve.
"I believe it is easy to understand - you ask any club in the world, do you want to win the League Cup or be in the Champions League next season? And they will all give you the same answer," Wenger said.
"Of course we want both, but sometimes we are in positions where you cannot do both, when you have a short squad, you have to make a choice.
"We play now Saturday, then Tuesday at Reading, then we play Man United on Saturday and go to Schalke. At some stage you have to make a choice and in that choice sometimes you have to put priorities in."
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Time: July 31, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm
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Mark your calendars: on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, the Brooklyn College Library will celebrate the opening of our zine collection from 7-9pm. We will debut the new browsing collection in the library and applaud Brooklyn zines.
This celebration will be open to all. We hope to welcome everyone who has been a part of building the collection into the library to see the zines on the shelves.
Which means we need you: in addition to unveiling our new browsing collection and debuting an exhibition about zines, we would like to have a short zine reading, focusing upon Brooklyn zinesters (starting at 8pm on the 31st). If you have a zine you would like to read during our celebration, please get in touch!
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International Trojans Representing on FINA Super Final Rosters
May 30, 2013
Next week in China, there will be a USC reunion of sorts. When 13 of the world's top women's water polo teams hit the pool for competition at the 2013 FINA World League Super Final, there will be a grand total of eight current and former Women of Troy in the mix. Four of those players -- Anni Espar (Spain), Jayde Appel (Australia), Hannah Buckling (Australia) and Monica Vavic (USA) -- were teammates on USC's recent 2013 NCAA Championship squad. Three others -- Joelle Bekhazi (Canada), Tumua Anae (USA) and Kami Craig (USA) also boast a national championship as teammates in 2010. In men's competition a week later, five Trojans -- Australia's James Clark and Joel Dennerley and Team USA's Shea Buckner, Tommy Corcoran and Michael Rosenthal -- will splash down to represent their countries in Russia.
Following the announcement of the U.S. national team roster for the Super Final, the rest of the tournament field and rosters have come to light. Australia has selected two Trojans, Jayde Appel and Hannah Buckling, who shined for USC during the run to the 2013 national championship. So, too, has Spain recalled its top scorer at the 2012 Olympic Games and USC's NCAA game-winner, Anni Espar. Continuing as a leader for Canada, 2011 USC grad Joelle Bekhazi is signed on for action in China as well. She'll be able to reunite with her 2010 championship teammates Tumua Anae and Kami Craig -- 2012 Olympians who are back in the water for Team USA. USC sophomore Monica Vavic has earned her first call-up to the U.S. senior squad to join her fellow Trojans Anae and Craig, while also having to square off against her current USC teammates Appel, Buckling and Espar. Playing for the Netherlands as their go-to goalie once again is Ilse van der Meijden, a former Trojan who won gold with the Dutch team at the 2008 Olympic Games. The 2013 FINA Women's World League Super Final will run June 1-6 in Beijing, China.
On the men's side, there's also a strong set of Trojans lined up for action at the FINA Men's World League Super Finals, held June 11-16 in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Soon after the U.S. men's roster was announced with three Trojans in the mix, Australia released its plan of attack for the Super Final and will be bringing back two USC goalies for action in Russia. Aussies James Clark and Joel Dennerley -- both 2012 Olympians -- will cap back up in red for Australia. Dennerley anchored USC through four straight national championships before handing the torch to his Aussie backup Clark. Clark stepped in and kept the momentum going for the Trojans, who won their fifth consecutive title in 2012 during Clark's first season at Troy. Clark and Dennerley will get to reunite -- albeit in different uniforms -- with three other Trojans while in Russia. Clark and Dennerley have both teamed up with Team USA newcomer Michael Rosenthal, who has been at USC through all five championship runs. Also on the U.S. roster is 2008 and 2009 NCAA championship team-member Shea Buckner, as well as 2008 USC grad Tommy Corcoran.
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The Canisius College Cross Country team will host the inaugural Canisius Alumni Classic on Saturday afternoon. The event will feature local rivals St. Bonaventure and Niagara.
Following a two-week layoff after the Paul Short Run, the Griffs return to the Delaware Park course that they competed on for the Little Three Championship. The women will compete on the same 5k course, while the men will extend the course to compete at the 8k distance.
"I think having a home meet each year is important for the program," said head coach Nate Huckle. "It helps give the program an identity on campus, and gives a better chance for students or other athletes to come over and support us. It makes our student-athletes feel more tied in with the campus and I think having an event here every year is important."
Earlier this season when the programs went head-to-head the Canisius men were able to take the top spot, while the women finished second to St. Bonaventure.
The men took the top five-spots in that event with sophomore Michael Anvelt taking the victory.
Senior Mikelle Cala was the Griffs top finisher, placing fourth overall, with freshman Haley Keene following closely behind in fifth place. The Bonnies finished with five of the top-nine spots last time around.
"St. Bonaventure's running very well this year," Huckle said. "Their women's team is firing on all cylinders this season. We know we can run with them, we beat them at the National Catholic Championship and they beat us again in the Paul Short Run, so there's a nice rivalry developing with them. I think we're hungry to go out and prove ourselves this weekend. They know they can run with them and they know that they can contend for the championship this weekend."
This will be the Griffs final race prior to competing in the MAAC Championships, so the Griffs are looking to solidify their lineup heading into their biggest event of the season.
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First is picture sectioned Explora case and slug, showing how
they kept weight down so that it could be stepped up in
speed in older doubles, with just short rifling section at muzzle,
that didn't have real heavy barrels. Second picture from Greener
book here, is of older 4 and 8 gauges.
Third picture shows steps of making 4bore case, one inch bore,
from 20mm. 2nd in picture is case with base turned and swaged
to size which leaves base smaller than rim, for rimmed case.
Then 3rd case has top expanded to take 1" diameter slug.
last shows the thickness and strength of finished case.
Testing factory 20ga Hastings sabot slug 3.5" hotrod loads, and
reloaded with 20ga SPW identical slugs, 390gr, goes about 2200
from 30" heavy barrel. Load was 75gr of 4759.
Factory is about 1900. For regular modern barrels you could
do with 65 gr and get about 2000.Ed


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Arsenal Ladies club captain Faye White has been appointed event ambassador for the 2013 UEFA Women's Champions League final, which will be played at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge on Thursday, May 23 next year.
Faye, who is currently enjoying some time away from the game after the birth of her first child Lukas last month, has experience of European finals herself, having led Arsenal to the UEFA Women's Cup in 2007.
While the one-time England skipper will not be involved as a player as the Gunners go for European success again this year, Faye's prominent off-field role will see her work to build awareness of the women's game in what will be a second big summer for the sport in London.
She said: "The 2013 UEFA Women's Champions League final will be the highlight of the European women's football club calendar, and it's a real honour to be involved with it.
"After the fantastic support enjoyed by Hope Powell's Team GB side at this summer's Olympics – with more than 70,000 going to Wembley to cheer their victory over Brazil - it's great to see London hosting another major women's football event next year."
In becoming UEFA's event ambassador, Faye follows in the footsteps of legendary German defender Steffi Jones, who held the post last year.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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I called Lowes who, even though it is discontinued with them, ordered me some directly from Rustoleum. The downside is I had to buy 6 cans. The upside is they were only 2.69 each. For those out there looking, may be worth it to give Lowes a call.
Anyone found anything close yet? I tried hunter green with a matte spray, but it just isn't the same. I've really enjoyed using the spray cans because I don't use an airbrush and I don't think I would enjoy brushing on a custom-mixed color.
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Per Whole Dog Journal: The four Rs of dog training, can be used to address almost any training issue:
Applying the four 4 Rs to address Coprophagia.
REDUCE ENERGY: While debate continues as to whether coprophagia is a behavioral problem, theres no doubt that dogs who are bored, receive little aerobic exercise or interesting play, and have unlimited access to their own or other
animals droppings will be difficult to discourage. Increasing the dogs active exercise, giving him a larger assortment of interesting toys to play with, keeping the dogs exercise area clean and free from
excrement, keeping cat litter boxes out of reach, and giving the dog several small meals per day rather than only one large meal can all help reduce his interest in coprophagia or at least reduce his opportunity to indulge.
REDIRECT THE NEGATIVE: You need to first get your dogs attention OFF the stool and to you. You may be able stop the behavior using a no reward marker (NO!) or duck noise (AAAAACCCKKKKK!) If this doesnt work, you may need to try something stronger perhaps an alarm, loud horn or whistle any obnoxious noise to temporarily get the dogs attention back to you. If this doesnt work, try tossing a shake can (a small metal can filled with pebbles or coins) near your dog to get his attention. Some trainers have used a remotely operated citronella spray collar when your dog turns around to eat the feces, immediately push the button on the remote to spray the dog in the face with the citronella spray to get his attention away from the feces. You may need to have your dog on a lead that you can step on, to prevent him from getting to the feces before you can redirect him. NEXT let your dog know what you WANT him to do by redirecting his behavior. For some dogs, yelling DO YOU WANT A COOKIE and waving a treat bag in the air will get your dog running towards you! You might have to bring out your dogs favorite toy (A squeak toy? A tennis ball?) and entice him with that. You might engage your dog in a game of chase by running in the opposite direction! Do whatever it takes to get
your dog to come to you! The name of the game is do your business, then come running to me for a reward.
REINFORCE THE POSITIVE: When your dog comes running to you, enthusiastically reward the behavior with a verbal marker (YES, GOOD BOY) and an incredibly tasty high value food treat dry biscuits arent going to cut it here!
REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT: When teaching any type of new behavior, you must repeat, repeat, repeat! Practice makes perfect. Consistency is critical. Behaviorists estimate that it will take at least a month and possibly as long as six months to break this habit, but with practice (and the use of very high value treats), your dog will learn that running back to you after doing his business results in good things happening to him high value treats! Yum!
Here are some other thoughts:
Per PetMD: "For some dogs, eating feces is a behavior learned from the litter-mates and/or mother. But, dogs that are fed a low-quality food (or an insufficient amount of food) may also resort to eating feces in an instinctual attempt to balance out a dietary deficiency. This may be further exacerbated if your dog has a digestive enzyme deficiency, because it prevents any of the foods nutrients to be properly absorbed by the body. Basically, your dog is attempting to eat feces in the hopes to forgo starving to death."
Dr. Karen Becker: "Dogs on entirely processed, dry food diets, who eat no living foods at all, will intentionally seek out other sources of digestive enzymes to make up for their own lifelong enzyme deficiency. Feeding your pet a diet containing human-grade protein, probiotics and supplemental digestive enzymes can sometimes curb the urge to find gross sources of free enzymes around the yard or in the cats litter box."
Coprophagia can also be caused by a Vitamin-B1 (Thiamine) deficiency. B-1 deficiency can be caused by feeding your dog a low-quality or a nutritionally incomplete diet (Dogspire).
Vitamin Code Raw B Complex: RAW ORGANIC FRUIT AND VEGETABLE BLEND(ORGANIC:STRAWBERRY,CHERRY,BLACKBERRY, RASPBERRY,BEET JUICE,BROCCOLI,CUCUMBER,TOMATO,KALE,SPINACH,CABBAG E,CAULIFLOWER,CELERY,PARSLEY,ASPARAGUS,GINGER) http://www.amazon.com/Garden-Life-Vitamin-B-Complex-Capsules/dp/B0098U0SQO/ref=sr_1_1?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1386558619&sr=1-1&keywords=vitamin+code+raw+b+compl
The dog may need some Vitamin K-1. You can supply this naturally to her diet by adding 1 Tablespoon of chopped parsley every other day (never use synthetic Vitamin K-3, also called Menadione Sodium Bisulfate, as prolonged use can possibly damage organs and have a carcinogenic effect). Additionally, the flavonoids in parsleyespecially luteolinhave been shown to function as antioxidants that combine with highly reactive oxygen-containing molecules (called oxygen radicals) and help prevent oxygen-based damage to cells. In addition, extracts from parsley have been used in animal studies to help increase the antioxidant capacity of the blood.
Adding animal based enzymes and fresh foods that contain Vitamin B-1 (Thiamine) could curb this habit.
BileX is an animal based digestive enzyme and very cost effective. It contains Pancreatin, Ox Bile Extract and Papin (Papaya). Crush 1 or 1 ½ tablets between 2 spoons and mix into the dogs food. Bilex 90 Tablets by Douglas Laboratories Pro-Biotics also aides the gut: For Pets Probiotic Pet Probiotics | Optimal Digestive Health for Pets - Mercola.com
Another Digestive Enzyme/ProBiotic choice is called Sunday Sundae: http://ineedthat.corecommerce.com/Sunday-Sundae.html
Here are some fresh foods that you can add to your dogs diet.
Pork is high in B-1. 1/3rd cup served raw several times per week may help. Pork must be frozen for at least one week before it is given to your dog. Choose very lean pork such as diced taco meat without any seasonings added or purchase pork chops on sale, take off most of the fat and cut in smaller pieces before freezing. Introduce slowly in small amounts at first.
Liver from Beef, Pork(frozen for one week), and Chicken contain Thiamine.
Asparagus (pureed), green peas (pureed), ground flax seed and tuna (cooked) also have high quantities of B-1 that can be added to the diet.
If you look for a commercially prepared stool deterrent make sure that it doesn't contain MSG (Mono-sodium Glutamate) which can be toxic. Please research MSG (Accent) before purchasing as it is VERY suspect of being a dangerous toxin:
Per Wiki: MSG is classified by the FDA as an excitotoxin, a dangerous neurotoxin that shrivels and kills brain cells and has been linked to causing seizures, migraines, heart palpitations and even cancer, amongst it's many symptoms.... in people! Never mind your dog, YOU should be avoiding MSG! It's definitely one of those things you should not feed a dog.
http://evidenceofmsgtoxicity.blogspot.com/: All processed free glutamic acid (MSG) no matter how produced -- is neurotoxic (kills brain cells) and is endocrine disrupting (damages the endocrine system) (7-8). In addition, all processed free glutamic acid (MSG) will cause adverse reactions ranging from feelings of mild discomfort or simple skin rash to such things as irritable bowel, asthma, migraine headache, mood swings, heart irregularities, asthma, seizures, and depression when the amount of MSG ingested exceeds a person's MSG-tolerance level(9).
http://thehydrantblog.com/2012/07/31/dog-food-and-the-hidden-msg/ MSG or glutamate is a suspected addictive neurotoxin that has been associated with chest pain, headaches, numbness, asthmatic reactions, brain damage (in rats, rabbits, chicks and monkeys), depression, irritability, and mood changes, reproductive dysfunction in males and females, nervous symptoms (decreased sensibility in neck, arms and back) and irregular heartbeat. Its also on the FDAs list for further study for possible mutagenic teratogenic, subacute and reproductive effects.
If considering changing foods, I would suggest high quality food such as The Honest Kitchen Dehydrated Food www.thehonestkitchen.com , or Acana Grain Free www.acana.com or Fromm's Four Star Grain Free http://frommfamily.com/products/four-star/dog
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on a potty break.
Eating poop
How long does a poo munching stage last? My dog is 12 months now, eats her own feces. Can there be something wrong with her food that she is trying to recover the nutrients? If it is normal, then any tips on how to deter her from eating poop? Thanks!
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Nine Lives of Christmas Audio Version Giveaway 11-30
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- SavingsInSeconds said...
Romance novels are not my favorite, but if it's a great story with a little romance thrown in, I"m good with that!
- November 21, 2011 at 7:50 PM
- mamabunny13 said...
I like romance stories because they always have a happy ending. Who doesn't like being in love? It's the best feeling in the world.
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- November 22, 2011 at 9:47 AM
- Maureen said...
I like them because they always have a happy ending.
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- November 22, 2011 at 5:02 PM
- kalea_kane said...
I like romance novels because they bring light in every circumstance. They are a wonderful escape.
- November 24, 2011 at 1:13 AM
- nicolesender said...
I like romance novels because they take you away to a better place.
- November 24, 2011 at 3:04 AM
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I love romance because in the end you feel all warm and fuzzy! And everyone lives happily ever after!
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I love a sweet romance because they make me smile and just feel happy and we all need a little smiling happiness now and then :)
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Who doesn't love, love? And the happy endings help too. I just like relationships all together. Thanks! Gloria
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As Pakistan planes zoomed in the sky preparing to deal with any aircraft from India that might be launching an attack, the prime minister of India spoke of peace and conciliation. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh insisted that "nobody wants war" and tried to reduce tension between the countries. Admiral Mike Mullen, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, again visited Pakistan to urge calm and avoidance of provocative actions that might inflame the situation. The head of Interpol visiting in New Dehli, said Pakistan had agreed to cooperate with his organization in tracking down those involved in the Mumbai attacks. India has yet to share its information with Pakistan which has complicated the situation. However, it claims the captured gunman Mohammed Ajmal Kasab said he came from Pakistan.
Step one is allowing Interpol to play an important role in the investigation and this means both sides have to open files. Step two is for Pakistan to finally clean house in its secret service, the ISI and make that organization a force for peace, not for arming groups to carry out terrorist attacks.


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you should be able to get a good one for well under 200 unless you need a 50 mile charger. http://www.jefferslivestock.com/ssc/products.asp?CID=2&mscssid=C7HHKWJPF2US8H3P6BSNDDLPWX0FAM5B&area=fencing&dept_id=1102http://www.horse.com/Search.aspx?query=solar+chargera couple to give you a price idea.
We have oodles of turkeys in the woods next to our hives, and they come out foraging around the hives often. I have NEVER seen turkeys eating bees. They seem to be more of a on-the-ground forager, but that's just my observation.
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Imprecision of the Phrase "Global Warming"
To the public and the press, I suggest three things. First, define your terms carefully when talking to a scientist and tolerate the scientist's insistence on doing so. Second, try to stick to one subject at a time. Finally, among the questions you should be asking scientists is "what are the most important questions?"
POSTSCRIPT: One of the RealClimate editors, Gavin Schmidt, pointed out in response to this submission that Richard Lindzen has also been exasperated by the question "do you believe in global warming?".
It's disconcerting to note that Lindzen, in thinking about this odd verbiage, quotes only misinformation of the alarmist type, though misinformation of the indifference type is at least as common and far more influential. That said, and without defending some other peculiar aspects of Lindzen's expressed position, some of the similarities between his points and my arguments here are interesting. Perhaps he would agree that the phrase "global warming" has become too loaded with confusion and political baggage to be used effectively by scientists in public communication.
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The first time I noticed was the graphic! The PS Vita has just 10x better graphics than the 3DS and yet it sells lower.
Can anyone tell me why? Just watching the guy play FFX makes me wonder why the 3DS isn't as good as the PS vita in terms of hardware.


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The Canisius College men's basketball team continues play in the 29th annual NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament next week with a pair of games against Georgia State and Metro State. The Griffs play Georgia State on Monday, Nov. 25 and Metro State on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Both games are scheduled for a 5 p.m. tipoff and will be played in Elon, N.C.
Georgia State in its first year in the Sun Belt and is 2-2 during the 2013-14 campaign. The Panthers split a pair of games in the NIT Season Tip-Off this week, defeating McNeese State on Monday before falling to Alabama on Tuesday. The Griffs and Panthers are set to meet for the first time.
Metro State, based in Denver, Colo., is the nation's top-ranked team in Division II. The Roadrunners, who are 2-0 in DII play this season, split a pair of games in the NIT Season Tip Off this past week in Arizona. Metro State fell to Rhode Island by three points on Monday before defeating Fairleigh Dickinson on Tuesday.
Canisius has split four games to open the 2013-14 season, including a 1-1 mark in the NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament. After losing to host Rutgers on Monday, the Blue and Gold rallied for an 86-85 win against Elon on Tuesday thanks to a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Billy Baron.


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Volkswagens iconic Beetle has been redefined for the 21st century. Now, it has been further reinvented as a concept car for the future: the pure electric E- Bugster...
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Volkswagens iconic Beetle has been redefined for the 21st century. Now, it has been further reinvented as a concept car for the future: the pure electric E- Bugster...
FULL STORY and GALLERY
any thoughts on Production? This is the second low roof concept beetle they have produced
Give it a 2.0T/MT and Id rock it! Looks very sporty for a Bug!
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Volkswagen, please put a solar panel on the roof..i.e.Mazda 929 - but the whole covering the entire panel. Also, offer smaller panels for the rear and front bumpers.
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This could be a good attempt to shift EVs away from utilitarian, frugal appliances, to something a little more emotional, a little more enjoyable.
I like these toggle switches!
wonder what kind of price tag we're looking at??
I love the wheels, though!!
This Bug(ster) has the right attitude (stance).
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this car reminds me of tron. Hopefully it's priced well. I like where VW is going with their different takes on fuel economy/efficiency
I dig the chopped top look along with the rest of the body work, but I could really care less about the electric/hybrid stuff.
Oh yeah... those Fuchs looking wheels are baller status.
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These low roof concepts have me wondering if VW is entertaining the notion of a sporty, two seat, low roof variant like the Mini Coupe/Roadster. I do like those concept car lights in the front bumper and the low roof makes it look a lot nicer, though I'd imagine those extra thick pillars gives the car huge blind spots (like the Camaro).
Theres more to it than that, though. I feel the fast Golf is a part of me. Weve grown up together. When it came along, all simple and full of fun, I was living in a flat in London. Now its soft and luxurious and Im slouched in a house in the Cotswolds. Its like 1970s rock music. New stuff comes along which Im sure is cleaner and better produced but it doesnt have the heart and soul of the original.
Finally an Electric Dub that looks dope!! I will trade in my 2004 1.8BT rag top tomorrow if they can make it afordable!
Yeah, finally an electric car that I wouldn't be embarrassed driving!
Regardless of it being electric I just love the overall styling. Definitely my favorite looking new beetle.
I like it do want, but with a 2.0t & 6 mt
"German car only knows force!"
I dislike watercooled beetles but this speedster inspired one is nice. I'm trying to imagine "changing lane" blindspot with that huge rear pillars.
Why do the concept pictures show the car with Michigan plates?
Looks like a nice car.
We'll never seen one in production though.
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2000 1.8T owner, and I need a new car. I wasn't even beginning to think of another Beetle, and had my eyes set on a used Tesla S in 2-3 years. If this makes it into production, I would change my mind in a heartbeat.
Great look, pushing the e-motion to a MINIMUM of 100 miles per charge, and the personality of a Beetle to boot! Come on VW, be bold and bring things like this to market. I think the VW community is tired of seeing killer concepts (2001 Microbus???, GX3???) that never see a dealer's lot
Great car the New Beetle
I saw the first one on the road yesterday (Belgium)
I don't think we'll see it... maybe we will see it. They send us the eos and it doesn't sell...
Asian premiere of the E-Bugster an electrified Beetle!
Beetle concept car is powered by an 85 kW E-motor
Zero emissions vehicle was conceptualised as two-seat speedster
Wolfsburg / Beijing, 21 April 2012 - The Beetle! it is the successor to an automotive icon. The new car is considered the sportiest Beetle ever. Now Volkswagen is showing, in an Asian premiere at Auto China in Beijing, how this sportiness can also be transferred to a Beetle with pure electric drive. The E-Bugster was specially designed for this mission: a two-seat Beetle speedster, 85 kW in power, 0 to 100 km/h in 10.8 seconds, with zero emissions yet the sharpest of proportions.
Blue-e-Motion for a clean future
The central electric module of the E-Bugster has an innovative design; it weighs just 80 kg. The energy for powering the electric motor is stored in a lithium-ion battery whose modules are housed in a space-saving location behind the front seats. The batterys energy capacity of 28.3 kWh enables a range of at least 180 km in the urban world. And even in an enormous country like China, for the majority of commuters this is sufficient to drive to their workplaces and return home. Since the Volkswagen has a quick charging function, the battery can be refuelled within 35 minutes at suitable charging stations. At home, the battery of the E-Bugster can also be charged from a conventional electric outlet. The interface for the charge cable is located behind the normal fuel door near the C-pillar.
Thanks to a new Combined Charging System, the E-Bugster can be filled up flexibly via one interface using any available charging modalities. Possible are:
Single-phase charging with AC current
Ultra-fast DC charging at charging stations (quick charge)
This will be based on a new, uniform industry standard for the connectors of future electric vehicles that will be available to all manufacturers. And this standardisation goes beyond the plug itself: in the Combined Charging System, the charge controller and the electrical architecture must be able to handle all charging types. This will reduce costs and simplify widespread global implementation of electric mobility.
Charging the battery while braking
Just how much energy the driver of the E-Bugster is requesting with the electric pedal at any moment is shown in a power display. Instruments also include a driving range indicator and a display showing the batterys charge state. Also new in the Beetle is an instrument that shows the driver the intensity of battery regeneration. Regeneration refers to the recovery of braking energy: as soon as the drivers foot leaves the accelerator pedal and/or brakes, kinetic energy is converted into electricity, which is stored in the battery. This increases the driving range of the E-Bugster. By the way, Volkswagen calls the complete electric drive unit Blue-e-Motion.
Visions become versions
Bugster? That sounds familiar. Of course: Ragster! That was in January 2005 in Detroit, where Volkswagen presented a New Beetle as a speedster with a swept-back ragtop (folding roof) the Ragster. A design vision for the Beetle of tomorrow wider, lower, sportier. In 2005, the slogan for the concepts feasibility was expressed as: Everything is conceivable! In 2012, it had advanced to: Everything is feasible! Because the idea of the Ragster wider, lower, sportier became a reality (with the exception of the ragtop) in October 2011 in the current production Beetle. So, what does the name E-Bugster actually signify? That is easy to explain: a combination of the E for electric models, the American nickname for the Beetle, Bug and the vehicle type speedster that describes a low, open-top two-seater.
Proportions of a sports car
The E-Bugster is a Beetle that could hardly be made to look more dynamic. Actually, it is a sports car. It has a height of less than 1,400 mm, which is about 90 mm less than that of the hard top Beetle. And the production model already looks really powerful with its sharply sculpted proportions. The E-Bugsters width (1,838 mm) grew by 30 mm, while its length (4,278) remained the same as that of the production car. The E-Bugster displays unique dynamic styling from every viewing angle. Design details of the production version were supplemented by new styling elements. In its stance on the road, the concept car looks as though it were cast as a single piece. There is a very simple reason for this: in developing the production model introduced in October 2011, the Beetle design team had already considered all potential derivatives for future models on its radar screen of possibilities. And that is in part how a speedster with an E-motor evolved, the E-Bugster.
Bugster front and rear
In front, it is the swept-back and wide windscreen that catches the eye; its glass extends laterally to a point above the A-pillars. The E-Bugster, which is equipped with LED headlights, is also distinguished by the highly customized bumpers of the production Beetle: designers integrated the daytime running lights to the left and right of the central air intake as bands of LED lights in a C-shape (naturally mirrored on the right side). Ever since the e-up! concept car was presented in Europe, this form of daytime running light has been a feature on Volkswagen electric vehicle studies. These styling elements also appear in modified form as reflectors in the rear bumper, which was also redesigned. The rear windscreen of the E-Bugster proves that the rear windows of a speedster do not need to restrict visibility like the arrow slits in castle walls: it is extremely wide.
Speedster side profile
A speedster needs swept-back windows and a low roof, and the E-Bugster has them. First, let us survey the cars profile. The wheels beneath the flared wheel housings are 20-inch versions of the 18-inch Beetle Twister wheels, equipped with 235/35 R 20 tyres. From the side sill, the viewers gaze moves upwards over the large, smooth continuous surface of the door and the contour line above the door handle that looks as though it were carved with a knife. Just a few centimetres above this point, the Beetle becomes a speedster: designers lengthened the chrome strip of the lower window border towards the rear; it now runs (as it did on the New Beetle Cabriolet) once around the car, from A-pillar to A-pillar. The hard top of the Bug extends in a low arc above this chrome line. Following the roof radius in classic speedster style is the upper border of the side windows. The height between the chrome lower window border and the uppermost roof line is a low 400 mm. And that is how it should be for a speedster!
Progressive interior
The combination of high-tech equipment and dynamic performance is also reflected in the interior. Sport seats and a continuous centre tunnel in body colour underscore the sportiness of the E-Bugster. The use of aluminium as the material for the door handles and belt guides, and the lightweight construction styling of the steering wheel also produce a direct connection between the exterior and interior. Starting the E-Bugster is a unique experience: the Start button not only activates the drive system; it also puts a light show into motion: first, the interior is immersed in a white light, then a blue light. It begins as a light pulse in the instrument cluster; from there the light emanates as a thin line of light, just one millimetre wide, coursing into the door window sills and around the air nozzles a kind of visual awakening of the E-Bugster.
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Council of Europe's Anti-Racism Commission publishes new report on Spain
Strasbourg, 08.02.2011 - The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) today published its fourth report on Spain. ECRI's Chair, Nils Muiznieks, said that, while there are positive developments, some issues of concern remain, such as the continued existence of "ghetto" schools of immigrant and Roma pupils and the absence of data on racist crime or incidents of discrimination on grounds of racial or ethnic origin.
A hate crimes and discrimination service has been established at the Barcelona Prosecution Office. Spain's specialised body to combat racism and discrimination - the Council for the Promotion of Equal Treatment of All Persons without Discrimination on Grounds of Racial or Ethnic Origin - was set up in 2009 to collect data and assist victims.
The latest plan for Roma development targets social inclusion, non-discrimination and equal treatment. The National Roma Council was set up to advise on policies that affect this community. The Foundation Institute for Roma Culture promotes Roma identity. Successful programmes to eradicate slums and re-locate the inhabitants to standard housing are on-going around the country.
However, there are a high number of neo-Nazi movements in Spain and racism on the Internet is increasing. The authorities should monitor this situation closely and initiate criminal proceedings where necessary. As a result of a Constitutional Court decision, Holocaust denial is no longer a criminal offence.
Despite some improvements in the asylum system, EU nationals are excluded from the right to seek asylum and asylum interviews are of poor quality. Internment centres do not provide adequate access to lawyers and NGOs, and there is a serious shortage of social workers. Unaccompanied minors facing repatriation are not always afforded independent legal representation and age determination methods are outdated and unreliable.
In its report, ECRI has made a number of recommendations, three of which require priority implementation and will be revisited by ECRI in two years' time:
The report, including Government observations, is available here [report on Spain]. It was prepared following ECRI's contact visit to Spain in March 2010 [Press Release – 30.03.2010] and takes account of developments up to June 2010.
ECRI is a human rights body of the Council of Europe, composed of independent experts, which monitors problems of racism, discrimination on grounds of ethnic origin, citizenship, religion and language, as well as xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance, prepares reports and issues recommendations to member States.
For more information on ECRI: www.coe.int/ecri
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