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GSD Attacked by Dalmatian
Got my 6 month old approaching 2 weeks now. I do realize that I've lost a lot of "time" in terms of socializing Rocky. I've been doing a lot of introductions to people, places, different surfaces, meeting dogs etc.
This is her baby photo from the breeder:
Yesterday, I saw a friendly look male adult Dalmatian, he was unleashed and seems to have just be let out of his house. I know Dalmatians to be a bit cooky, so we walked in their general direction.
I proceeded to encourage a friendly meet up, my leash was loose and I was very encouraging to both of them. The Dalmatian though did not have good intentions and proceeded to growl, I then tried to separate them, the Dalmatian then started to become dominant and started to attack, Rocky tried to fight back and show some teeth but just for a second or two, but afterwards he was on the ground surrendering.
I stepped in and Rocky started to hide behind me, I did my best CM impression and started to Pssst the dalmatian away. He lunged again and I kicked him off. He lunged again, so I had no choice but to take out my telescopic baton:
I was getting worked up now and told myself, if this guy lunges again, I swear a family is going to be in mourning for a dead pet dalmatian.
The Dalmatian then saw that I was going to go shaolin on it and started to back away. Rocky and I took 3-5 steps forward to show him who's boss and we walked away in "victory"
I wanted to consult the board and ask if I did the correct thing. Also I wanted to ask, my impression of GSDs were fearless, is mine just being a pup and I'm asking too much of it at this point. Is he going to be a "boss" eventually and let that Dalmatian know who's boss?
I guess my question is, is courage in the genes or can I develop it out of my Rocky.
So you want Rocky to exhibit the same behavior as the Dalmatian..correct?
I'm struggling to determine if you're serious and very unfamiliar with how to interact with and train dogs, or if this post was an enormous effort made on the part of a troll.
In the case of the former....
If you see an off leash dog that is acting in an unfriendly manner do not take your pup towards it. At 6 months he still needs you protect him. And no matter what his age is in the future, for your dog's and your own safety do not force an approach with an unknown and unfriendly dog, especially off leash.
Otherwise, if your dog is of a more submissive nature then there's no guaranteed way to make him dominant. You can do confidence building exercises, but chances are if he's a beta dog he'll always prefer to allow another dog to take charge. And there's nothing wrong with that. Putting your dog in situations as a pup where he is getting beat up by other dogs will do nothing but cause him to fear other dogs more.
If you are genuine in your inquiry, please take a significant amount of time to do A LOT of research on this forum and read up much more on GSDs and their behavior, genetics, training, and care.
Okay. Wow. Give me a minute.
So you saw a dog that A) you didn't know, B) your dog was not familiar with, C) you were not familiar with, and D) WAS OFF ITS LEASH and you decide to APPROACH it? That was your first mistake there. There is no defensible reason for you to ever put yourself or your dog in potential harm by approaching a dog that you DO NOT KNOW, no matter how "friendly" looking it is.
This entire situation of yours could have been solved by recognizing that the dog was both unfamiliar, off-leash, and from the sounds of your story, not under direct control by any other person. And even if it was under the control of another person, you should always ASK first before using their dog as a socialization exercise.
Furthermore, your puppy did exactly what I would expect any young puppy in a relatively new environment to do. It finds itself in an encounter faced with what seems to be an aggressive display from an older dog. To avoid severe bodily harm, he showed appeasement behavior (rolling over, putting himself lower than the other dog) to try to defuse the other dog's aggression and avoid injury or attack.
Finally, while the baton is a decent measure of defense if the dog decides to attack you, walking forward into a dog that is starting to back down is only putting further tension on that dog and encouraging it to pop back and bite the bejeezus out of you. Honestly, I feel like you had a huge stroke of dumb luck that the dalmation didn't take your steps forward to "show it who's boss" as a further challenge or aggressive movement. Or at least not enough of one to bite you like he was probably going to do otherwise.
As far as protection instinct in Shepherds, there are others who are more experienced in this than I am. My last shepherd had epilepsy, and my current is my first schutzhund bloodline shepherd and he has not matured yet. If they are in any way similar to rottweilers in terms of protection it is something that MAY develop in maturity, but not by putting the dog in situations where it feels like it has no control.
PLEASE manage your dog's situation more carefully. Especially if it is new to you, you are still building a relationship with your dog and you don't want to teach it that you can't keep it safe. Interactions with other dogs should be CONTROLLED at BOTH ends of the interaction, especially with dogs that you do not know.
I want Rocky to be gentleman. Well socialized, confident, loyal, courageous and all that jazz. All the good things that I've read so much about the GSD that led me to bring this dog into my family's life.
However, when a gentleman is a disrespected, he should also know when to smack jerks in the face and give them what they deserve.
My question to all the more experienced owner is if these GSDs will develop courage and confidence through time. I'm sure it will but will be a dramatic evolution, or will genes be the more dramatic effect?
http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum...alization.html ---- read this thread regarding socialization
Your pup is 6 months old - a puppy - *if* he has protective instincts, it will begin to appear in another 6 months or so. At this time, it is his job to be a puppy, your job is to protect him from strange off leash dogs.
For safer exposure to other dogs, join a training class or a local club. You want controlled meetings with stable dogs for your pup.
I think that to expect a 6 month old pup to stand up to an adult dog is expecting too much. Your dog looks to you to protect him, he is too young to have the confidence to be fearless.
I also have some experience with Dalmatians and I think the film 101 Dalmatians has a lot to answer for! They are powerful dogs that can be aggressive without socialization, and a lot of owners get their sweet puppies without realizing this about the breed. I have had a male Dalmatian, he was friendly with people he knew, but he was a much more fearsome guard dog than the Doberman and the GSD I have now, and God help ANY dog that tried to take him on. My dal wore a muzzle when he was off the lead, partly because children who had seen the Disney films would run up to him and be all over him, he never bit one, but it made me nervous and I was not prepared to take any chances with him...Some parents out there need educating, but that's a whole different subject!
As for whether you did the right thing, I am thankful to have never been in your position, and it sounds as though you are lucky that neither you or either dog was hurt...
A misstep of mine that won't be repeated, thank you for your positive and encouraging post.
Am willing to learn, I have researched a lot, apparently not enough. :o
For now, protect your pup and get started on obedience training.
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LOS ANGELES--USC men's basketball coach Kevin O'Neill has been relieved of his duties, Trojan athletic director Pat Haden announced today (Jan. 14).
Longtime USC assistant coach Bob Cantu will serve as interim head coach while a search for O'Neill's successor is conducted.
"I would like to thank Kevin O'Neill for his four years of service to USC," said Haden. "He took over a program under difficult circumstances because of our NCAA issues and, despite that, he was able to do some good things.
"It was hard for me to evaluate him as a head coach until this year when he had enough players and veterans to compete. As the season progressed, it became evident to me that we needed new leadership in our men's basketball program. Despite a nice road win in our last game, I felt it was best to make a change now, with most of the Pac-12 season still ahead of us, in order to re-energize our team.
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Cantu is in his 12th season with the USC men's basketball program and 17th on the collegiate level.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by roscoe36, Jun 24, 2010.
that says all.
The Pistons mistake to me was spending the $$ on Gordon and Garbage when they were rebuilding, not winning some meaningless games at the end of the year. I'm glad to see that Dumards wants to revamp the playbook, but I'm not sure that will stop the Pistons guards from dribbling. I am looking forward to Rip leaving 1000 layups short off of passes from Monroe though.
I guess that dumars hands are tied. in short: owners can't afford tanking team and therefore orders to dumars are - to playoffs even at the price of the future. playoff hopes sell and playoffs sell. And to sell the team - this team has to sell. last season we saw ho quickly team was abandoned once it was clear that POs are not reality. maybe 50% of tickets were practically giveaways, maybe less, maybe more but it shows the level of desperation.
Anyone read this article on Monroe? The TrueHoop Dossier: Greg Monroe - TrueHoop Blog - ESPN Makes me feel a little more excited about him. I just wish I could find more highlight reels of him from this season, not his freshman season
Nice post. I was going to write something like that when I read about him. Passing was a definite issue last season. As it stands right now I would say Monroe is our best PF on the depth chart - whatever that is saying. I am disappointing that there was not some kind of svengali type miracle trade using pick #7 to revamp the front court but how realistic was that line of thinking anyway. Looking like we got a pretty good guy at pick #7. Still urkes me a bit how the other teams were rewarded for tanking in the end but what can you do. This still could be - quit possibly, the best player Dumars has selected in the draft to date.
I'm optimistic by nature, but I'm starting to get geeked by Monroe. IF (big "if" but getting smaller by the day as I learn more about him - I'm pretty hopeful now, but we'll see) he is tough enough, having a guy with his point centerness will totally make it easier to have Stuckey and Bynum as our PG's. Also, we've got three other players on the roster with point forward capabiliities. Tay, of course - but he'll be gone by the trade deadline. Daye is going to be quite a bit better than Tay at running the offense - he's a natural to fill that slot on occassion. And JJ showed me a lot last season in terms of his potential to run the offense. Monroe's addition will, in time, lead the Pistons to have a much more versatile and fluid offense. As this team is building, I think Joe's job is to fine tune it over the next couple seasons. Monroe won't likely help us be a better defensive team this season. Rookie centers have to learn some lessons the hard way. So I expect that this will be a season of the team trying to come together. Making the playoffs isn't predictable. Trading some of our assets this year (Tay, maybe Maxiell or Summers), and next season (Rip, maybe CV as there contracts start looking shorter to other teams - those things are predictable. Adding a FA this year or next at the mid level, a guy who can patrol the lane, would be nice. If we play our cards right, we could score a huge piece in the 2011 draft, and by 2012, we could really see the team gelling and the team being balanced out with more of a defensive presence. I truly think we'll have the assets over the next couple of seasons to become a really fine up and coming team.
I am not holding my breath that Stuckey has the inclination to give up the ball to the passer, instead choosing to drive into 4 men in the paint and miss the layup, then plead for a foul call which is never coming.
I saw more than one really good post by himat today. I think the boy dun growed up right before our very eyes.
If Greg Monroe truly plays inside, he's gonna have a pretty sore back from being smashed into by his PG game after game. I predict a period of adjustment for the rookie big man while he gets used to Rodney Stuckey running the "mosh-pit" offense.
There are a lot of good posts in this thread from everyone.
Even though I was hoping for Cousins I'm really glad this is a Monroe thread and not a Aminu thread. I think this might work out well, atleast we got a young big with potential.
your right we have a stupid roster and joe D wasted he's salary CAP by getting CV and Ben GO..now were down to think thats monroe is the messiah..guess what ill wait up until some guys think of trading him..hhhaha JOe D get a @#N and K83628 urself..
how much did it cost the salary cap space by signing BenGO and CharlieTweet? now we are down to what? trading rips bad contract? any updates everyone?well then sit tight and see how we are bound for a bad season
Hilarious!! It's a good pick guys. I may be the most jaded and aggressive cyber-world traders in this forum. I concoct dozens of stupid trade scenarios everyday this time of the year (what can I say, business in Mich is slow during the summer), the reality is this, NOBODY danced last night. The 3 blockbuster deals last night were:Heinrich and the 17th pick to the Wiz for Capp SpayceCole Aldrich and Mo Pete to OKCRyan Gomes and Luke Babbitt for Martell WebsterGuys GM's weren't in a dealing mode last night, if I of all people can accept that, why can't some of the rest of you. In the end, we got a really promising 6'11" player who can be put into the rotation right away, it's possible that he may end up better than Lemarcus Aldridge, and he's pretty good.
^^ I agree. Everyone's being too negative. Look, we made out like bandits last night by selecting someone we probably would have chosen even if we had tanked last season to gain a higher pick. I know Cousins is a beast, but come on, Monroe is by far the safer bet. He's NBA ready intellectually and physically and he is maximizing his talent, where Cousins, although possibly more gifted, (to me) doesn't seem that hungry which may translate into laziness. And don't forget Detroit IS a playoff team. We were playoff bound before the injuries. Heck, for a bit when the team was playing together and looking good, I thought we could go deep in the playoffs. BenGo is a flat out nightmare for defenses, CV has the talent if he wants to use it (Hmm, sounds like Cousins), Rip and Tay still got some in the tank, Stuck's solid and Ben Wallace is "Big" (to some extent) Ben again. Add in the three rookies that are all capable of performing and this team is not bad. All I'm saying is don't right the team off. EVERYONE in the league can play. It's just a matter of combining the right players together and leading them with a coach that can get them to buy into a good system. That's all. I mean, the 2004 Championship team was made up of "scrubs," so don't think we can't/wont do that again. Monroe will only help a team loaded with guys that can score. Cousins probably wouldn't have helped as much. In fact, I can see him as the type of guy that calls for the ball, gets doubled and forces things. Plus he seems like he's stubborn. I could just see that scenario going south quickly. Then you guys would really have a reason to gripe. Be thankful we avoided that possibility. We got a kid with a great mentality, nice skills and good size. He meets this lotteries objectives to me. Now bring on the 2010/2011 season!
I really like his passing ability, he had 12 assists in a game last year. Although he isn't a great athlete he has a nose for the ball, and keeps it protected when he does have it. I would like to see him play above the rim a little more though.
This really concerns me. It essentially confirms two major worries: that Joe D. is dictating plays, and that someone has to point out the obvious to Q.
^^^ EASY. Don't read too much into things. It could also show that the GM and coach are on the same page.
an oveereaction for sure. Remember - GM selects from draft ( coach probably is buzy with summer league stuff right now) so Dumars probably explained why he took monroe and what he expects from both - Q and monroe. a normal course, I assume.
Give me a break! How on earth do you know that? Just because it didn't happen, doesn't mean that he didn't try.
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I can't sew more than a horrible hem and attach buttons. Making a custom costume for my son meant improvising within my limitations. Still, I've managed to come up with a couple pretty good costumes for my son without freaking out.
Here's the two fav:
My son's first big movie addiction was Snow White. He's watch that video (yes, VHS) over and over and over. It was also the first movie he saw in a movie theater when Disney re-released it to the box office for a short time. It was obvious that he had to be Dopey.
I used a large adult green tshirt and cut the front out on the bottom of the shirt to shape it like the coat Dopey wore. I attached a couple huge buttons and added a wide belt. Finishing touches were the purple sweatpants, turtleneck shirt, and stocking cap.
The next big fad for my son was the Pokemon era. There's no doubt he had to be Ash. I got a small men's light blue shirt and cut off the sleeves & collar. Then I took a white shirt and cut it so there was just the collar, sleeves, and yolk across the back. I used some fabric glue to attach these to each other.
I used fabric paint for the yellow accents. The gloves are simple white costume gloves and wrist bands dyed green. The hat was purchased.
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Wow - nice to see I'm not the only one who painted ping pong balls to look like a Pokeball. I made them for party favors one year.
But seriously - that Dopey was pure genius!
My boys were pretty easy - Men in Black one year (dark suit, sunglasses) and the next year the youngest wanted to be the scariest thing he could think of - an attorney (dark suit, briefcase and business cards). He's always been a bit warped in the horror/humor line...any wonder he's now a 20 year old Whovian?
The eldest was Clark Kent/Superman last year - dark suit (sense a theme here?), black horn-rimmed glasses, tie pulled aside, shirt oen to the waist with a blue Superman T underneath.
My sister and I were gypsies one year. No clue what all we have there, but it was all stuff Mom or other family had.
Not halloween, but this is me as Princess Leia. One of Dad's white dress shirts and a belt. It should be noted that my sister did my hair and insisted on the picture. I was barefoot, standing on a towel. In the snow.
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Just wanted to say that I dig your avatar's jester costume.
If I can dig out some of the costumes my sister has made for my niece, I'll show 'em off.
It's that day...and this would be easy enough without needing a run to the store.
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The statistics speak for themselves. Eleven of Stoke's last 13 games finished 1-0 - the other two were goalless draws. The Potters have not scored in 365 minutes of Championship football and haven't scored more than once in a game since September 25.
If that sounds like relegation form, think again. Stoke may have scored fewer goals than any other Championship side but no team has conceded fewer goals either.
Stoke's Scrooge-like defending has kept them safe and sound among the mid-table fodder, but it goes without saying that they could use some flair and firepower.
"They've been very solid at the back but really need to strengthen up front," agrees Martin Spinks of the Stoke Sentinel. "At the moment they are trying to keep it tight and nick a goal, not unlike Arsenal used to do. Nowadays it's 'One-nil to the Stoke' instead.
"At the moment Ade Akinbiyi leads the line and he will probably be up front on his own on Sunday too. Stoke have been linked with Bobby Zamora but so far the only player they've signed is Jason Jarrett, a midfielder on loan from Wigan.
"Peter Hoekstra and Kris Commons gave them a bit of flair last season but both left during the summer and Stoke have missed their creativity.
"Stoke went top after a good start to the season but they were always in a false position. They have a mid-table squad and have always needed to strengthen."
Akinbiyi endured deflating spells at Leicester and Crystal Palace but has been far happier at the Britannia Stadium. Nonetheless, his strike rate of two goals in the last 17 games will not give many defenders sleepless nights.
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"A 30 2" is a date code: Jan 30 of a year ending in 2. If this is a 250, that would be 1972.
The suffix (also called the "application" code) will be in a string of letters and numbers. The string is usually a letter followed by a date code, followed by 1, 2 or 3 letter code. This is found in the area where you were looking near the distributor, above the fuel pump (prolly near where you found "S19754"). The suffix string of letters/numbers are always stamped in, not cast into the block like the date code or foundry ID code.
Some suffix codes for '72:
CAL - 250cid w/3-speed manual (Taxi)
CBA - 250cid w/3-speed manual and NB2
CBG - 250cid w/3-speed manual
CBJ - 250cid w/Powerglide
CBK - 250cid w/Powerglide (Taxi)
CDL - 250cid w/Powerglide and A.I.R.
CDM - 250cid w/3-speed manual and A.I.R.
CSD - 250cid w/Powerglide and NB2
Note- "NB2" refers to exhaust emissions
There may also be a partial VIN number stamped in a separate string of numbers near the suffix string. If your block is missing the suffix and partial VIN, there's no way to know what the engine might have come in originally, unless there were other bolt-on clues like a carb w/a governor on it (would be on a heavy truck or bus), or if it had a large bellhousing and a HD "granny low" trans (also HD truck/bus application). If the crankshaft has a pilot bushing in it, that would mean it had been used w/an auto trans- although this could have been added later.
I don't know what the "S19754" stands for. Maybe someone else can tell you more about this.
I'm not sure what you mean by suffix. If you could explain, I would like to know all I can about this engine before I tear into it and put it in my truck.
The numbers I have are;
Block casting: 3788378
Head casting: 3824435
Pad behind distributor: S19754
Rear passenger side: CON3 A 30 2
That's all the numbers I can see without stripping all the paint off the block for a closer look. If those numbers have the suffix you're talking about please do fill me in. Thanks.
Might want to cc the head, if it's 61cc like I see listed that'll put the cr up there pretty good on a 250.
|So far what I have found out is the head on this motor is from a 194, the block is either a 230 or 250, and the casting number is wrong. The motor in every way matches the low deck. As for the 292 low deck, it was a thing done for circle track racing in the 80's according to some folks on another forum. They would machine the crank from a 292 to fit into a 250 block and do custom rods and pistons to build a stroker. Rumor has it there's a book somewhere by a guy named John thawley with all the details. as for the motor, I guess I'm building a 250. Thanks for the input.
Don't know where you got the c/n info from but here's some more info on casting numbers, etc. Here are some more.
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Hey guys I'm new to this old straight 6 but am fairly well educated. Sorry in advance for the long post.
I have a 1964 C10 I am restoring and bought a donor motor to build and replace my old 292. I have checked all the casting numbers and come up with the block being 3788378, which is a 292 according to several forums and websites. The head is 3824435 which according to the list at inliners.org is from a 194. The biggest confusion is that the block reads 292 but it has the shorter (~4") pushrod covers on the side, not 6" like my current engine. I have read a few posts on other forums mentioning a low deck 292 but can't find any solid answers. If anyone could help me identify this engine I would greatly appreciate it. And, because I'm sure someone will ask, yes I've triple checked the casting number on the block, it's very clean and easy to read. I can't post pictures from where I am but as soon as I am at my computer I'd be happy to. The motor mounts are across from each other like a 230/250 block as well. So why the wrong casting number?
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SOCCER • Alex Morgan scored 44 seconds into the match and the U.S. women's team went on to beat Ireland 2-0 in Glendale, Ariz. Morgan also had an assist on Megan Rapinoe's goal late in the first half.
Morgan, who scored three times in the Americans' 5-0 victory over Ireland in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday night, has 28 goals this calendar year. Morgan and Rapinoe left the game in the 59th minute as U.S. coach Jill Ellis emptied her bench.
The match, in front of a crowd of 11,570 in 63,000-seat University of Phoenix Stadium, was the USA's seventh in a 10-game "Fan Tribute Tour" for the Olympic champions. The final three matches are against China, with the first on Dec. 8 at Ford Field in Detroit.
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SWIMMING • Olympian Missy Franklin won the 200-yard backstroke for her third title and Kevin Cordes set an American record in winning the 200 breaststroke at the Winter Nationals in Austin, Texas.
Franklin, who finished second and third in her other races at the three-day meet, was timed in 1 minute, 49.18 seconds, just off the American record of 1:49.16 set by Elizabeth Pelton last year. Bonnie Brandon finished second in 1:51.49 and Kylie Stewart took third.
Cordes flirted with the American record in the morning preliminaries, and then blew it away by going 1:50.73 in the final. Olympian Clark Burckle took second in 1:51.20 and Mike Alexandrov, the former record holder, was third in 1:52.24.
Cordes set an American record in winning the 100 breast on Friday night, when he also beat the same two swimmers in the last major U.S. swim meet of the year at the University of Texas.
Olympian Katie Ledecky won the 1,650 freestyle in 15:28.36, the second-fastest time ever. Haley Anderson was second in 15:55.91 and Lindsay Vroom finished third.
In the 100 free, Margo Geer won her first national title in 47.16 seconds. Franklin, who was swimming about 12 minutes after winning the 200 back, was second in 47.60. Olivia Smoliga was third.
Olympian Matt Grevers won his second title in two days, taking the 100 free in 41.71. Joao De Lucca touched second in 42.05 and Olympian Ricky Berens was third.
Franklin won the meet's high point award for women, while Grevers and Ryan Murphy tied for the men's award. Grevers won the performance award for his American-record time in the 100 backstroke Friday.
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Spending all that money might be the hard part. In an off-year for big-ticket free agents, the Red Sox will probably not be able to rebuild last year's 93-loss fiasco into a contender just from the players on this year's market. Right-hander Zack Greinke and outfielder Josh Hamilton are expected to be the biggest prizes when baseball's annual winter bazaar opens in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday.
"It's not difficult to find things to spend it on. It's difficult to find the right things to spend it on," Cherington said at the Red Sox holiday festival at Fenway Park on Saturday. "Maybe there are fewer of those [high-profile free agents] than in other years. Maybe it doesn't feel like last offseason. But there will still be headlines; there will still be deals."
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Certified Glock Armorers are told that it is permissible to remove the copper lubricant on new Glocks. However, if you do decide to remove the copper lubricant, it is advisable to clean your handgun thoroughly then lubricate it before shooting it (3 drops where indicated) with a quality product intended for firearms.


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Over 70 quality dealers inside the pavilion with 60 artisans on the lawn. Donation $6.50 for one day or $7 for both. Artisan Show entry is free.
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The Canisius baseball team was ranked No. 29 in the latest Collegiate Baseball Top 30 poll released on Monday. The Golden Griffins are ranked for the first time in program history.
Canisius starts the week on a 16-game winning streak, the longest active winning streak in the country as well as the longest winning streak in program history. The 16-game winning streak is tied with South Carolina and Kennesaw State for the longest streak in the country at any point this season.
Canisius received votes in the Collegiate Baseball preseason poll prior to the start of the 2013 and 2011 seasons.
The Golden Griffins are 38-14 on the season and posted a 20-4 record in MAAC play, winning the regular-season title for the fourth time (1994, 2008 and 2010) and setting a program record with the 20 conference victories.
Canisius starts the week ranked No. 59 in the official NCAA RPI rankings. The Golden Griffins were ranked No. 163 on April 15, and have improved their ranking by 104 spots during the last five weeks.
Canisius has won at least 38 games for the fourth time (2008, 2010, 2013) in the last seven seasons. Only two other MAAC schools (Marist in 2002 and LeMoyne in 2006) have ever won 38 games in a season.
The No. 1 seed Golden Griffins open play in the 2014 MAAC Championship on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. against an opponent to be determined. The six-team, double-elimination tournament is taking place at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, N.J.


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New London police investigate early morning robbery
New London – Police are investigating a robbery reported early Monday morning in which the victim was assaulted.
Police said the male victim was robbed of an undisclosed amount of money in a common hallway at 848 Bank St. and sustained a minor head injury during the incident.
Deputy Chief Peter Reichard said detectives are actively working the case and have located a vehicle that may have been used by perpetrators.
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The politics of boycotting invariably emerges as a selective approach to dealing with supposed tyrannical regimes. At the recent Toronto International Film Festival, a group of "stars" send a strong message against showing Israel films and denounced Israel as a country which violates human rights. One film, "Ajami" was jointly made by a Palestinians and an Israel Jew in order to depict the brutality and horror of the current conflict between Palestinians and Jews. A film, "Lebanon" was hardly a pro-Israel film and openly engaged in issues dealing with the brutal and misguided Israel invasion of that country. Leonard Cohen recently was giving concerts in Israel and wanted to donate money for the reconciliation movement but activists, many from the UK forced cancellation of at least one concert.
Activists who want boycott of Israel apparently see no need for a boycott of Sudan whose policies have resulted in the death of 300,000 in Darfur as well as thousands of rapes. They see no need to boycott Cuba which imprisons thousands of gays and lesbians and denies the basic rights of freedom of speech and press. They do not see any need to boycott dictatorial regimes like China(its abuse of human rights pales besides anything done in Israel), Burma, Russia, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, etc.. the list can go on and on.
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President stays on as Research Dataware sold to N.J. company
Jeremy Katz of Lebanon, president and founder of Research Dataware, will stay on as president after the sale. "My role in the company is substantially unchanged," he said.
Research Dataware, which operates primarily out of the Cambridge Innovation Center in Cambridge, Mass., hosts IRBNet, a Web-based solution for researchers who need help complying with regulations surrounding the use of human subjects in research.
WIRB-Copernicus is the world's largest provider of regulatory and ethical review services for human research.
"Research Dataware and WIRB are working in partnership to ensure the ethical treatment of human subjects and improve the efficiency of research worldwide," Katz wrote in an email. "The combined WIRB and Research Dataware entities intend to maintain and likely expand their presence in Cambridge."
IRBNet, which stands for Institutional Review Boards, has more than 90,000 users in more than 1,700 hospitals, defense department labs, universities and schools of medicine.
WIRB also acquired Research Dataware's Web-based solutions for compliance in other areas, including animal research, biosafety and conflicts of interest.
Katz is best-known in New Hampshire as president of segTEL, based in Lebanon, a provider of fiber optic services to carrier, wholesale, and large enterprise customers throughout the Northeast.
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William S. Burroughs
Taking Shots: The Photography of William S. Burroughs
17 Jan - 30 Mar 2014
Unknown Photographer, Burroughs in the Villa Mouniria Garden, Tangier, © Estate of William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs, Untitled, 1975 © Estate of William S. Burroughs
Untitled, Silver gelatin print, probably London, 19.2 x 12.9cm, c 1972, © Estate of William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs l Midtown Manhattan, 1965 © Estate of William S. Burroughs
I drifted along taking shots when I could score.
I ended up hooked. (William S. Burroughs, Junky)
William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) was one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century. Despite his prolific achievements as a novelist, essayist, spoken word performer and painter, Burroughs' work as a photographer is rarely acknowledged. Coinciding with the centenary of Burroughs' birth, Taking Shots will be the first exhibition worldwide to focus on Burroughs' vast photographic oeuvre and offers new and important insights into his artistic and creative processes. Burroughs' photographs, striking in their self-containment, lack any reference to other practitioners or genres. While they can be gathered into categories of street scenes, still lifes, collage, radio towers, people – his dynamic approach to image making sits outside of any canonical structure.
Taking Shots is curated by Patricia Allmer, Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, and author John Sears.
A fully illustrated catalogue, Taking Shots: The Photography of William S. Burroughs, co-published by The Photographers' Gallery and Prestel, is available from the Gallery Bookshop.
£4 (£2.50 concs)
Free admission on Monday from 10.00-18.00 and
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High-volume concrete plants need to be operating to make producers money. Managers of profitable plants know how to limit any unnecessary downtime. For operators of drum-batched central mix plants, one of these keys to success is long-lived liner wear.
There are many causes of liner wear. Producers know that abrasive, multi-faced coarse aggregate can take a toll on any liner. But just as demanding can be the tough ambient conditions in which these plants must work.
To meet the customer demands of just-in-time process planning, producers have to operate in wide weather extremes. Filling cold drums with almost steam-like water, or hot drums with ice cold batch water, can also push liners to the limit.
Liner manufacturers have taken on this challenge using the best of what modern chemistry can offer. Typically, the liner manufacturer pours a central batch plant mixer liner in a two-step process. The bottom layer is often designed to be stiffer to maintain closer contact with the drum's inner surface following welding. The upper layer, often a different material and color, is designed to be less brittle and more resilient to withstand impact.
Despite the greatest care in the process, the two-pour method may allow moisture and/or other contaminants to deposit on the interface zone. When this happens, the bond between the two layers can be weakened.
This condition is similar to what happens when a piece of plywood is continually positioned in wet and humid weather. Layers first slightly separate and eventually, further exposure causes the problem to progressively worsen. In the case of a dual-poured mixer liner system, the separation is called delamination. When this happens, the condition will eventually require the liner's premature replacement.
Randy Kloos has witnessed liner delamination at a few of his customer's plants. Kloos is president of Kloos & Associates, a Craig, Colo., distributor of material handling equipment and supplies for concrete and aggregate plants. Though rare, when delamination starts, it becomes a problem quickly.
Kloos believes that concerns of peeling layers of urethane and the unnecessary expense of repairing the mess may be a thing of the past. He's been experimenting with a new liner product, Kryptane Evolution. This is a new, single-pour urethane liner specifically developed for concrete plant mixing. The material is a single, multi-plate enforced liner. The product is a dramatic change in application, moving from a dual-durometer style of liner.
Expensive problem
When delamination reduces the life-expectancy of the liner, a producer suffers a dramatic budget problem. "The repair process requires a tremendous amount of additional labor to replace the damaged lining area," Kloos says. "If the entire drum's interior surface has the problem, the repair process often requires six people working around the clock. The process can take three days."


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User:Michiexile/MATH198/Lecture 7
From HaskellWiki
Last week we saw what an adjunction was. Here's one thing we can do with adjunctions.
Now, let U be a left adjoint to F. We set T = UF. Then we have natural transformations
- μ:UFUF − > UF
- μX = UεFX
- ι:1 − > UF
- ιX = ηX
such that μ is associative and ι is the unit of μ.
These requirements remind us of the definition of a monoid - and this is not that much of a surprise. To see the exact connection, and to garner a wider spread of definitions.
1 Algebraic objects in categories
We recall the definition of a monoid:
Definition A monoid is a set M equipped with an operation that we call composition and an operation that we call the identity, such that
- (associativity)
- (unity)
If we have a monoidal category - a category C with a bifunctor called the tensor product which is associative (up to natural isomorphisms) and has an object I acting as a unit (up to natural isomorphisms) for the tensor product.
The product in a category certainly works as a tensor product, with a terminal object acting as a unit. However, there is often reason to have a non-commutative tensor product for the monoidal structure of a category. This makes the category a cartesian monoidal category.
For, say, abelian groups, or for vector spaces, we have the tensor product forming a non-cartesian monoidal category structure. And it is important that we do.
And for the category of endofunctors on a category, we have a monoidal structure induced by composition of endofunctors: . The unit is the identity functor.
Now, we can move the definition of a monoid out of the category of sets, and define a generic monoid object in a monoidal category:
Definition A monoid object in a monoidal category C is an object M equipped with morphisms and such that
- (associativity)
- (unity)
As an example, a monoid object in the cartesian monoidal category Set is just a monoid. A monoid object in the category of abelian groups is a ring.
A monoid object in the category of abelian groups, with the tensor product for the monoidal structure is a ring.
And the composition UF for an adjoint pair is a monoid object in the category of endofunctors on the category.
The same kind of construction can be made translating familiar algebraic definitions into categorical constructions with many different groups of definitions. For groups, the corresponding definition introduces a diagonal map , and an inversion map to codify the entire definition.
One framework that formalizes the whole thing, in such a way that the definitions themselves form a category is the theory of Sketches by Charles Wells. In one formulation we get the following definition:
Definition A sketch S = (G,D,L,K) consists of a graph G, a set of diagrams D, a set L of cones in G and a set K of cocones in G.
A model of a sketch S in a category C is a graph homomorphism such that the image of each diagram in D is commutative, each of the cones is a limit cone and each of the cocones is a colimit cocone.
A homomorphism of models is just a natural transformation between the models.
We thus define a monad in a category C to be a monoid object in the category of endofunctors on that category.
We can take this definition and write it out in Haskell code, as:
class Functor m => MathematicalMonad m where return :: a -> m a join :: m (m a) -> m a -- such that join . fmap return = id :: m a -> m a join . return = id :: m a -> m a join . join = join . fmap join :: m (m (m a)) -> m a
The secret of the connection between the two lies in the Kleisli category, and a way to build adjunctions out of monads as well as monads out of adjunctions.
2 Kleisli category
We know that an adjoint pair will give us a monad. But what about getting an adjoint pair out of a monad? Can we reverse the process that got us the monad in the first place?
There are several different ways to do this. Awodey uses the Eilenberg-Moore category which has as objects the algebras of the monad T: morphisms . A morphism is just some morphism in the category C such that .
We require of T-algebras two additional conditions:
- (unity)
- (associativity)
There is a forgetful functor that takes some h to t(h), picking up the object of the T-algebra. Thus , and U(f) = f.
We shall construct a left adjoint F to this from the data of the monad T by setting , making TC the corresponding object. And plugging the corresponding data into the equations, we get:
which we recognize as the axioms of unity and associativity for the monad.
(diagrams both here and above?)
By working through the details of proving this to be an adjunction, and examining the resulting composition, it becomes clear that this is in fact the original monad T. However - while the Eilenberg-Moore construction is highly enlightening for constructing formal systems for algebraic theories, and even for the fixpoint definitions of data types, it is less enlightening to understand Haskell's monad definition.
To get to terms with the Haskell approach, we instead look to a different construction aiming to fulfill the same aim: the Kleisli category:
Given a monad T over a category C, equipped with unit η and concatenation μ, we shall construct a new category K(T), and an adjoint pair of functors U,F factorizing the monad into T = UF.
We first define K(T)0 = C0, keeping the objects from the original category.
Then, we set K(T)1 to be the collection of arrows, in C, on the form .
The composition of with is given by the sequence
The identity is the arrow . The identity property follows directly from the unity axiom for the monad, since ηA composing with μA is the identity.
Given this category, we next define the functors:
This definition makes U,F an adjoint pair. Furthermore, we get
- , and by naturality of μ, we can rewrite this as
- by unitality of η.
Hence, the composite UF really is just the original monad functor T.But what's the big deal with this? you may ask. The big deal is that we now have a monad specification with a different signature. Indeed, the Kleisli arrow for an arrow
And the composition of Kleisli arrows is easy to write in Haskell:
f :: a -> m b g :: b -> m c (>>=) :: m a -> (a -> m b) -> m b -- Monadic bind, the Haskell definition kleisliCompose f g :: a -> m c kleisliCompose f g = (>>= g) . f
3 Examples
Some monads in Haskell are:
3.1 The List monad
Lists form a monad, with the following definition:
instance Monad [] where return x = [x] [] >>= _ = [] (x:xs) >>= f = f x : xs >>= f join [] = [] join (l:ls) = l ++ join ls
List: return x = [x] join (l:lsts) = l ++ join lsts Maybe: return x = Just x join (Just (Just x)) = Just x join _ = Nothing
Note: not quite what Haskell claims a monad to be. Other related concepts:
- Monads and sequencing.
4 Homework
- Prove that the Kleisli category adjunction is an adjunction.
- Prove that the Eilenberg-Moore category adjunction is an adjunction.
- The writer monad is defined byW
- data Monoid m => W m x = W (x, m)
- fmap f (W (x, m)) = W (f x, m)
#* <hask>return x = W (x, mempty)
- join (W (W (x, m), n)) = W (x, m `mappend` n)
- (2pt) Prove that this yields a monad.
- (2pt) Give the Kleisli factorization of the writer monad.
- (2pt) Give the Eilenberg-Moore factorization of the writer monad.
5 Some adjunctions we already know
- initial/terminal are adjunctions.
- (co)-products are adjunctions.
- Actually, all (co)limits are adjunctions.
6 Some adjunctions we don't know yet
- Existential and universal qualifiers as adjunctions.
- Powersets and im(f) -| f^\inv
7 Properties of adjoints
7.1 RAPL: Right Adjoints Preserve Limits
7.2 Recognizing adjoints
Theorem (Freyd: The Adjoint Functor Theorem)


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By Chris Harris
Arsène Wenger believes Manchester City will find it tough to cope with UEFA's new financial rules - but he expects them to adapt.
Last May, European football's governing body approved plans to force clubs in European competition to spend only what they earn.
Specifically, the financial fair play rules will require clubs to break even over a rolling three-year period if they want to compete in the Champions League or Europa League.
That will suit Arsenal's self-sustainable business model but perhaps not City, who have relied on cash injections from their wealthy owners to finance purchases and wages.
Nonetheless, Wenger expects the Premier League's richest club to change its approach.
"At the moment they have special resources which could be questioned about the financial fair play," said the manager.
"However, Man City and Chelsea are two clubs who encourage fair play and support it. In fact, that should eliminate all of the questions because they are behind the project.
"I support it [the UEFA regulations] and you will certainly not be surprised by that. However, before we go to limit the wages we have first to make sure every company is ruled well."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 still have a ways to go, but it's a step," he said. "It was a great play by Paetscher, kind of a shot pass. I feel like I got a great tip on the first one and it hit [Montreal goaltender Carey Price] in the shoulder and I just stuck with it and put it in."'
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Total Members Voted: 16
Now if you won't give them to me then I would give them another source of water before I did anything else. Go to home depot and get a couple of those imitation half barrels. Fill them up and stick a couple pond plants in them in the spring. They like plants like water lettuce and lillys that they can land on easy.
I am not encouraging anyone to defy the police. I just think it is reasonable to request some sort of written notice, outlining the exact nature of the violation and the deadline. The police obviously believe she is breaking a law or ordinance. However, the law may actually be on her side. She needs to educate herself.And I still believe that if they aren't willing to put it in writing, then perhaps it isn't exactly "by the book." A lawyer is a good idea, I would certainly be calling one to learn what my rights are.Nelly


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If you have an ancestor who worked in the telecommunication industry then this new online digital archive will be of interest. It is a joint venture by BT, Coventry University and The National Archives to bring together more then half a million images, letters and other documents dating back to 1846.
I put the surname Roberts into their quick search and it came up with 271 references, I chose an entry that looks interesting and this information came up……………
Claim for wayleave payment by W T H Roberts of Birling, Kent
Finding Number POST 30/1042C
Level File
Extent 1 folder
Date 1903
Creator Name Post Office registry
Admin History W T H Roberts made a complaint that a line of telegraph poles passed through his private property. He claimed for wayleave payment. The case was also known as the Pilgrim's Way case.
Description Papers relating to a claim for wayleave payment by W T H Roberts of Birling, Kent including correspondence with Roberts; plan showing the route of line; sketches showing the poles; and consents by the Malling Rural District Council and the District Council for the Rural District of Strood, Kent for the construction and maintenance by the Post Office of a line of telegraphs at the side of the road between Birling post office and the Black Boy Public House, Upper Halling via Standgate Road and Old Pilgrim Road. Former file reference E 18469/1903.
Format Manuscript
Language English
Condition Good
Fascinating document if you have the Roberts family of Birling on your family tree.
The image collection looks to be a real asset if your family worked in the early days of telegraph whether it was laying cables to working at the Post Office.


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I did some hunting around and got some feedback through another forum. It was suggested that the window manager had crash. Since I'm running GNOME 2.30.2, I was told to run the following:
metacity --replace &
This worked temporarily. As soon as I closed the terminal, the symptons returned in full. Next, I was asked to run the following:
nohup metacity --replace &
This worked better. I could now open and close windows, and everything worked as advertised. However, once I log off, the symptoms return again.


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Shimon Schocken:
The self-organizing computer course
Shimon Schocken and Noam Nisan developed a curriculum for their students to build a computer, piece by piece. When they put the course online — giving away the tools, simulators, chip specifications and other building blocks — they were surprised that thousands jumped at the opportunity to learn, working independently as well as organizing their own classes in the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). A call to forget about grades and tap into the self-motivation to learn.
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:) I've gotta get my coop built. Posts like this just get me off on another tangent! ;) Is your's free-ranged or penned? I'll have to have a yard for them due to "inherited" dogs. :( Ah well, congrats on some Christmas chicks! Which incubator are you using?Ed
Wow! In Deciember? In Minnesota? The earliest I ever got chicks was February and I decided that was too early...
My poultry resale market crashed as of late with all the immigration laws the southern states are changing. I used to order at least 2000 chicks and hatch a few hundred more my self to sale in the spring as either chicks, fryers, or the soup pot. Now Im down to about 6 with a lot cheaper feed bill :)
Goat market is gone also.
What breeds do you have?


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Harun Yahya and the Atlas of Creation Affair
In January 2007, an 800-page, lavishly illustrated book called the Atlas of Creation was sent out to hundreds of French high school principals, libraries and university academics. (This is the first volume in an intended series of 7, the second and third volumes of which will be ready for distribution in February.)
An Offensive Launched from Turkey
... An offensive involving the whole planet... One of the best known authors of the Islamic world. Yahya founded the Science Research Foundation... One of his main aims is to entirely remove the theory of evolution from the Turkish education system... Yahya's works are distributed by 4 bookstores in Paris and one in Lyon. But the Internet is the most effective means of spreading his works and ideas.
Indisputably the Most Effective International Communication
Harun Yahya International – The main structure of all his web sites is esthetically highly successful, very well designed and technically very high quality, and some of his sites have even been translated into tens of languages. They provide books, articles, audio slide shows and photographs that delight the eye and are easily downloaded over the Internet (for example, the entire text of the Atlas of Creation is available), and these are also for sale. This is set out on the web site: "Harun Yahya is the name of an invitation to the truth. This is an idealist and non-commercial initiative. Similarly, the author expects no material reward for the books he writes. In addition, nobody in the preparation, publishing and distribution of his books, documentary films, audio cassettes or the images in the books makes any material gain out of them, either. This site provides free access to all material based on the works of Harun Yahya."
Harun Yahya, An Invitation to the Truth; Following large numbers of people enjoying access to the first volume of the Atlas of Creation on the web site Home Page, three-dimensional images of newspaper reports appearing in France, Belgium, Holland and the United States of America is being published...
This giant work has evoked a huge global response and, as the Foreign Press has put it, has "created an ideological earthquake in every country to which it has been sent..." Yahya"s "Global Impact" web site contains articles from the press, letters of thanks, letters of support and information about activities across the world."
... One Catholic forum site sent the following message to one of Harun Yahya's web sites (www.evolutiondeceit.com): "Today there are terrorist groups spread out across the world. The militants who make a great part of these are people who have been exposed to Darwinist, materialist education. These people, far removed from religious moral values and who have turned into bloodthirsty monsters, imagine they will never have to account for themselves or be punished. That is why Darwinism poses such a danger to the world..."
There can be no argument that with the internet, the ideas and amazing activities of those whose ideas oppose the theory of evolution have accelerated enormously. The web sites are highly developed and are of such a kind that can attract everyone (especially young people) to them...French people who realize that everyone who reads the Atlas of Creation or even looks at a few pages of the book on the internet, will be greatly impressed by it, are opposed to it. The shock and amazement being experienced by the French, as well as by other European countries, are confirmations of the effect and power of persuasion of the Atlas of Creation and of its unalloyed success in demolishing Darwinism. The Atlas of Creation is one of the greatest scientific developments of the 21st century, has told the people of Europe it is now time to bid farewell to Darwinism and has, in their own words, literally "conquered the continent."
In conclusion, Harun Yahya's operation is capable of making education institutions in France aware that they are not prepared to face the Creationist offensive, and possesses the valuable ability to produce electric shocks.


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By Joe Brewin
Arsène Wenger believes it is more beneficial to Arsenal if all the English clubs progress to the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Arsenal are currently the only Premier League side to have confirmed their place in the next round with Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea's futures in the competition dependent on results this week.
But Wenger admits he would like to see all three join his team in the last 16.
"I want everybody to go through," he said.
"It is more difficult for the other teams and some of them do not have their destiny completely in their own hands, but hopefully they will all go through."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