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Sometimes the simplest answer is the best. Many Enterprise Java developers, accustomed to dealing with Java's spiraling complexity, have fallen into the habit of choosing overly complicated solutions to problems when simpler options are available. Building server applications with "heavyweight" Java-based architectures, such as WebLogic, JBoss, and WebSphere, can be costly and cumbersome. When you've reached the point where you spend more time writing code to support your chosen framework than to solve your actual problems, it's time to think in terms of simplicity.In Better, Faster, Lighter Java, authors Bruce Tate and Justin Gehtland argue that the old heavyweight architectures are unwieldy, complicated, and contribute to slow and buggy application code. As an alternative means for building better applications, the authors present two "lightweight" open source architectures: Hibernate--a persistence framework that does its job with a minimal API and gets out of the way, and Spring--a container that's not invasive, heavy or complicated.Hibernate and Spring are designed to be fairly simple to learn and use, and place reasonable demands on system resources. Better, Faster, Lighter Java shows you how they can help you create enterprise applications that are easier to maintain, write, and debug, and are ultimately much faster.Written for intermediate to advanced Java developers, Better, Faster, Lighter Java, offers fresh ideas--often unorthodox--to help you rethink the way you work, and techniques and principles you'll use to build simpler applications. You'll learn to spend more time on what's important. When you're finished with this book, you'll find that your Java is better, faster, and lighter than ever before.
Bruce Tate is a kayaker, mountain biker, and father of two. In his spare time, he is an independent consultant in Austin,Texas. In 2001, he founded J2Life, LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in Java persistence frameworks and lightweight development methods. His customers have included FedEx, Great West Life, TheServerSide, and BEA. He speaks at conferences and Java user's groups around the nation. Before striking out on his own, Bruce spent thirteen years at IBM working on database technologies, object-oriented infrastructure and Java. He was recruited away from IBM to help start the client services practice in an Austin start up called Pervado Systems. He later served a brief stent as CTO of IronGrid, which built nimble Java performance tools. Bruce is the author of four books, including best-selling Bitter Java.First rule of kayak: When in doubt, paddle like Hell
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Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animal on the cover of Better, Faster, Lighter Java is a hummingbird. There are over 300 hummingbird species, all found only in the New World. All these species are easily identifiable by their long, tubular bills and iridescent feathers. The iridescence is a refraction effect that can be seen only when light is shining on the feathers at certain angles. Hummingbirds range in size from the bee hummingbird, which, measuring 2 inches long and weighing less than an ounce, is the smallest of all birds, to the great hummingbird, which measures about 8.5 inches long.Hummingbirds are so named because of the humming noise made by their rapidly moving wings. On average, hummingbirds flap their wings 50 times a second; some species can flap as many as 200 times per second. The wings are flexible at the shoulder and, unlike most birds, they are propelled on the upstroke as well as the downstroke. Because of this flexibility, hummingbirds can hover, fly right or left, backward, and upside down. Most hummingbirds have tiny feet that are used only for perching, never for walking. Hummingbirds will fly to travel even a few inches.Hummingbirds expend a great deal of energy, and they need to feed every 10 minutes or so. They feed on nectar, for sugar, and small insects, for protein. Their long, tapered bills enable them to retrieve nectar from even the deepest flower. Pollen accumulates on the head and neck of hummingbirds while they gather nectar. They then transfer this pollen to other flowers and thus play an important role in plant reproduction.Hummingbirds appear frequently in Native American legends and mythology, often as representatives of the sun. According to some folk beliefs, they can bring love. Since Europeans first spotted these beautiful, colorful little birds, they have often appeared in the art and literature of the Old World, as well. Colleen Gorman was the production editor and the copyeditor for Better, Faster, Lighter Java. Jane Ellin was the proofreader. Matt Hutchinson and Mary Anne Weeks Mayo provided quality control. Johnna VanHoose Dinse wrote the index.Ellie Volckhausen designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. Emma Colby produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.Melanie Wang designed the interior layout, based on a series design by David Futato. This book was converted by Julie Hawks to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia FreeHand 9 and Adobe Photoshop 6. The tip and warning icons were drawn by Christopher Bing. This colophon was written by Clairemarie Fisher O'Leary.
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Next year, Java will finally get a second digit in its age. Over the past 10 years, Java has become one of the most popular language on earth. Popularity is usually a positive sign but it often hides a double-edged sword as an ever increasing indigestible amalgam of (*cough* reusable *cough*) Java libraries/frameworks flood developers everyday. No one will argue that it becomes more and more difficult to make the right decisions when it comes to choosing existing libraries/frameworks for developing new products and/or refactoring older ones. Don't worry, you are not alone. Bruce Tate and Justin Gehtland have made a tremendous effort of vulgarizing some fundamental principles that, when applied consistently, can considerably ease your life. They introduce the following basic principles: "Keep it simple", "Do one thing and do it well", "Strive for transparency", "You are what you eat" and "Allow for extension". They also show how two famous open-source frameworks, Spring and Hibernate, elegantly apply these five principles. Finally, they take their own "better-faster-lighter-java" medication by applying it on the Simple Spider project and show how the latter can easily be integrated into the infamous jPetStore application. I definitely enjoyed reading this book even though it is not necessarily about pure coding. However, I would like to warn entry-level programmers as they might not enjoy the occasional philosophical tone. As well, they might not have had the chance to be frustrated yet which is THE assumption the authors make. More reviews on Val's blog (http://radio.javaranch.com/val)
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One may love 'Better, Faster, Lighter Java' or may hate it -- but it's a book that is difficult to ignore. Because, the authors had the courage to state their viewpoint against the growing trend of spiraling complexity of J2EE development. Because their book steps back from being a conventional tome on cranks-shafts-gears of a big J2EE engine and asks the important question of how to maintain the core design principle of KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) in the face of ever-growing complexity of frameworks. They rightly identify that bloat -- the growth of complexity of any successful infrastructure -- is inevitable. Any intermediate to advanced Java developer who had been confronted by emergence of mega-frameworks that promise to solve the problem but become a problem by their own volition will find this book useful to fight the bloat. The authors presented their strategy to fight the bloat with suggestions, practical advises and associated tools such as JUnit, Ant, Hibernate, Kodo or Spring. This book is not a reference to these agile technologies but provides enough information on their design principles to justify how they can become the foundations to build reliable, extensible enterprise systems. The suggestions such as 'Do one thing, and Do it Well', 'Strive for Transparency', 'Allow for Extension' are direct, full of experienced insight and supported by definite examples and best practices. The beginning sentence of the book simply states: Java development is in crisis. Now that is a strong assertion. The J2EE evangelists and architects and big application server vendors will surely disagree. But the book is full of such opinions. One may agree or disagree with these assertions but their directness will make one think. That, in my opinion, is an important purpose of any book. In that sense, it is an important book for those who like to think what they are doing.
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Coding simple is a joke. Lack of standards brings lots of ways of doing the same thing. For example, database persistence. We have JDBC, JDO, Sql Maps, Hibernate, J2EE CMP and what not. Every solution is depend on the manpower, cost and time it requires to do it. We do not have to be acrid about one way or another. A good architect will select what is cost affective and right at that time. Data centric application may not use JDO or hibernate but simple RAD applications will benefit from JDO/hibernate.It is sad that after RDBMS there has been no advances in persistence. OODBMS came up but was not well-received by users for obvious reasons. For now a symbiotic relationship between database and application code is a must.
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"Do you want to be the COBOL developer of the 21st century?" page 9.well you are, and it happened rather a while ago. the book goes about, oh, 2/3 of the way toward showing a fix for the problem. but msrs. Tate & Gehtland are not true database wonks (you can see it in how they talk about databases), and that remains the problem with java; especially the Enterprise variety. enterprise development without a deep understanding of data modeling is a travesty. java started as a client (applet) approach to language; we're still paying dearly for this 'small' view. as the authors point out, EJB isn't the answer. some of the answer is in the text; much of it lies in the world of relational database modeling. put simply, java folk view data the way COBOL did before Dr. Codd and his 12 kids showed them the way to Application Independent Data Storage (tm). java folk think that their application is the only way into the data. the relational database is designed to support arbitrary access; treating it like a bunch of VSAM files (which is what 99.44% of java developers do; 'we don't need no stinkin foreign keys') is tres retrograde. this is why java will lose. it's data model is 35 years old. even, perish the thought, should the java twinks get their way, users lose; their data is no longer open, but tied up in 0 NF databases and (God punish them severely) XML. tagged text files aren't 35 years old; their 40 years old. the relational database is really what OO claims: data and its control in one place. java folk go around writing pages of stuff, when the proper solution is a 3 NF database with check constraints (and possibly other stuff, but still in the database WITH THE DATA).remember the mantra: the DATA is the application, not the code. the best we can hope is that the coders don't screw up the data beyond repair.
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"It's a class that we're proud of. It's obviously a class that we really had to fight hard for. I don't think anyone outsides this room understands what we were up against the entire year fighting for this class, and I'm really proud of our coaches for not making any excuses, for hanging in there and really bringing in a class that we think is not only excellent, but is going to be a great complement to the class that played so well and so often for us a year ago.
"By numbers, we started out targeting 16 guys - which is a really low number, as you can imagine. Obviously some of that is in part because of the self-imposed penalties, so it was a tight number to begin with.
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"We sought out to get one or two running backs. Obviously we're still uncertain of Eduardo Clements' future in terms of his injury, and I don't want to be premature with that. But that number is set at one and now it might be one or two based on that. We brought in Gus Edwards, we needed a big back this year. We think Gus fulfills that at 6-1 and 230 pounds, and a guy who can run between the tackles.
"We sought out to get two tight ends in this class and I think we got two of the best. We have the number one junior college tight end in the country coming in, Beau Sandland. He's here right now at 6-4 and 255 pounds. Standish Dobard [is] also in this class from Louisiana. Two big time tight end prospects. I'm real proud of Coach Carroll and then Mario [Cristobal] for bringing in those tight ends.
"We sought out to get three offensive linemen. We got Alex Gall from Moeller, Hunter Knighton from the Hun School who is going to play center or guard for us, and then one we're really pleased with in Sunny Odogwu, who comes to us from Hargrave Military.
"On the defensive side, we sought to try and get two defensive ends and we accomplished that. Number one, a pass-rusher on the open side - Al-Quadin Muhammad from Don Bosco Prep. We think he is one of the premier pass-rushers in the country. [He is] 6-3, 230 pounds, long, rangy, animated, plays with passion, and a young man that we're excited to bring here. Another young man I'm equally as excited about, especially when I met him - Ufomba Kamalu, a 6-5, 275-pounder who is also a defensive end prospect. We needed someone with a little more maturity, so we went to Butler Community College to get Ufomba and I'm grateful we did.
"We wanted to get three or four linebackers in this class. Obviously we missed out on a highly sought-after young man locally, but we did get Jermaine Grace, who was one of the two premier linebackers in the state of Florida and the one of the best ones down here. We also got Devante Bond, SAM linebacker and someone I'm really excited about from Sierra Community College, and Alex Figueroa enrolled with us in mid-year.
"We sought out to get three defensive backs, and we feel we got two guys who are proven defensive backs in Artie Burns, who can play corner or safety, and Jamal Carter. We think they are phenomenal. We also got a guy in Ray-Ray Lewis who can play corner, slot receiver or running back. We're excited about that.
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Due to changes in my work schedule I have, unfortunately, come to the realization that I am probably never going to find the time to build a lot of the gun kits I have acquired over the years. As such I have decided to let go of one of the neater/cooler kits I have, but one which would require more time building & tweaking than I will have time for in the near future.
I have for sale a Prexis P7 basic kit, but I have also put together all of the components necessary to build it as a folding stock, railed forearm gun. Please see below & the pictures for a complete listing of everything I am selling. I will NOT separate the items listed. Consider it a complete kit with everything except the time, effort, and tooling to complete the gun. Other than the flat (and the PPSh magazine) I have not done any fitting or modifying to the parts, the kit is as it came from Mike at Prexis/Weaponsguild . As you can see, the flat/shell has already been folded and is ready for assembly. I have included 2 PPS 43 magazines which the gun was originally designed for, however I have also include 5 PPSh 41 magazines which user SDK1968 modified to use in the gun (actually 6, but I boogered one up removing the support shroud ). I am also including a stock & forearm from a GSG5 which I picked up for an alternative furniture setup.
There is probably about $800 to $850 worth of parts and components in this group. As a cash price, I would like $750 plus $20 shipping ($770) for all of the parts listed below & shown in the picture. I am willing to do a FTF transaction in the NE Florida area. Id be willing to travel farther for an interesting trade!
I am VERY open to trades! Please look over my list at the bottom & feel free to make a partial or full trade offer. If you feel that your trade would be worth more than $750, I could also sweeten the deal with cash or several hundred rounds of 7.62x25 ammo. Please follow up all offers in this thread with a message to me at this forum. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to email or message me prior to committing to buy.
This offer is posted to multiple sites I will go by time stamp on the first unconditional Ill take it cash offer - I will also update with any pending trade statuses.
If you are not familiar with this Gun/Kit I would recommend going to weaponsguild.com and thoroughly educating yourself on this before you consider purchasing it. In its most basic form this is a blowback operated MP5 lookalike chambered in 7.62x25 Tokarev. It is however a completely new firearm design by Mike Jestis , owner of Weaponsguild/Prexis. The kit will require a great deal of fitting and adjusting to build a complete, functional firearm. As I said, go to Mikes website ad fully educate yourself before you jump into this project. If you have never built a gun from a kit (And I mean built not assembled like a 10/22 or AR), this may well be more than you would want to start with.
Prexis P7 Basic Kit
2 PPS43 Magazines
5 PPSh41 Magazines (And 1 boogered one )
G3 Navy Lower (Complete, unmodified)
UTG MP5 Rail forearm (Will require modification to forearm or re-profiling of barrel to work)
Choate MP5 Folding stock
GSG forearm & buttstock
G3 front site assembly(Includes sling loop pin)
G3 rear site assembly (Site base will need to be removed from stub)
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1 G3 Sm front/forearm pin
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Some of this stuff is pretty specific Ultimately its just my wish list. If youve got something similar please feel free to make an offer Worse Ill do is say no thanks. I have an 03 C&R and would be very interested in any unusual C&R items. I will say Im on a blued steel and wood jag right now .
A bolt gun in .270, .308, .30 06, or .300 win mag (I prefer it to have iron sites like a CZ 550 or Zastava M85)
A 7.62x39 bolt gun (Zastava M70 or CZ 527)
A CZ 452 military trainer
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I've been in Zermatt (for hiking, not snowboarding), a couple of years ago. And we walked over the Zermatt gletsjer which is also a piste. I must say I was not very impressed. The steepness is very lousy, overall it doesn`t have small bumps orso to jump over. I didn't saw the other pistes, but if I looked to the plan the total area doesn't look big at all.
Zermatt is also expensive, it is a bit a rich-family-city. Mostly hotels, cars are not allowed in the city, so you have these golfcars (as mentioned above).
If you really want to go to switserland check out 'Portes du Soleil' it is on the border with France.
I strongly suggest 3 vallees in France, simply because it is a very big and snowsure area, and not that expensive (if you dont go to Val Thorens).
Check also the other post about snowboarding in Europe/France.
|Well Zermatt in Switzerland does look like a pretty amazing hill that has it all. But I can't find any information on places to live for a season. Would any of you have any idea about that?
bulgaria is up and coming, in that it has cheap labour and has entered the european holiday market; its primary resorts are Borovets and Bansko and they are in no way 'snow sure'. and when it does snow (if it snows) it might not last very long. but it is cheap.
switzerland meanwhile is high altitude and has demanding terrain. zermatt has a glacier; has an excellent lift system; is a car free village (you use electirc golf carts to get about; toy town stylee) and is fucking expensive!
for demanding terrain (and i have been to places like whistler, big white and fernie) europe pisses on north america. it really does. you will not be bored especially if you can happily hike.
france has the mass of resorts, many of them dwarfing the twin hills of whist and black comb. look at les arcs - flaine or as mentioned les trois vallees; but also there is espace killy with val d'isere and tignes being on a single lift ticket.
austria consistently has the most snow fall and thus powder days but suffers zee germans and dutch ALOT.
italia has the best wine and the shittiest ski school snakes.
but if it snows, anywhere can rock! most places have terrain parks these days, but personally i think rails are for skateboarders and if there is no park, then take a shovel (which you should for avy extraction ayways) and build your own booter!
scandinavian resorts in finland, norway and sweden have tiny hills but therefore huge fun parks! watch out for icy landings tho!
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|Three valleys in France rocks. This is a place you have to visit. My wife found a red run that would take her several hours to get to the bottom. I had a blast in Val Thorens last May on the glaciers. In April the room rates really drop but you lose alot of snow at the lower altitudes. You just need to find someone to help you split the costs.
cant remember the name of the mountain but ill have a look when im home.
apparently some of the best free-riding in the world, amazing powder etc. and they're trying to turn it into a resort so brand new lifts and village etc, but as not too many people know about it yet its still dirt cheap, dunno what itd be like to live there but its definatly on my list of places to visit if i go riding in europe.
some countries ...eg Russia, there's problems with corrupt police etc. (bribes are the only language they understand), not sure about other places.
I got a mate who lives up on one of the ski fields in Switzerland, and another mate who went and stayed there for a season. apparently its pretty amazing. ...not sure about park though as that isnt something they'd focus on with all that pow around.
Doing a season in Europe...
I am from Canada and have rode some pretty dam good ski resorts around the rocky mountains (I spent last winter in Whistler, which was amazing). Anyways I haven't left North America yet so I figured why not head overseas to see what the Alps have to offer for this coming winter. I am just starting my research but so far have the idea of Switzerland in my head, but am open to anywhere really.
So right now I pretty much know nothing about the area or its mountain offerings. I would like to live preferably in a smallish location at the base of the ski resort if possible so I can ride almost everyday. I'll definately need advanced/expert terrain and as well some sort of terrain park is a really big plus. If anyone in the know could offer me a few suggestions of ski resorts to check out and also things to consider when looking at different countries that would be a big help. I understand that Switzerland is not part of the EU, but I'm not sure what that would mean for me. I read the other topic where someone reviewed Switrzerland. So it sounds like Switzerland is expensive, but I lived in Whistler for a season, it can't get much worse than that. Anyways like I said it doesn't hafta be Switzerland, awesome terrain and atleast a decent park at priorities though. Any help is much appreciated.
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Vogl is currently tied for seventh at the conference's championship event with his 73, which is one over par at the par-72, 7,011-yard course. Fellow senior Michael Carrig shot a three-over par score of 75 and is tied for 11th, while freshman Hunter Sagar is tied for 21st following his first-round score of 78.
Vogl went out in 38 after he bogeyed holes No. 8 and 9, but he rebounded to posted birdie on holes No. 10-12 en route to a score of 35 on the back for his 73. The senior from Buffalo, N.Y., also shot a 73 in the first round of the Bucknell Invitational Sept. 14, during the Griffs' fall season. Carrig was one over through nine holes and then closed out the day with a 38 on the back nine.
Iona College leads the tournament after day one, as the Gaels posted a team score of 287, which is one under par for the round. Fairfield is in second after the Stags shot 293 as a team, followed by Loyola (Md.), which shot a combined 297. Manhattan is three strokes back of the Griffs in fifth place after the Jaspers carded a team score of 309 on Friday.
Iona's Dylan Newman is the first-round leader after he shot a 68, which is four-under par. Six golfers, including Newman were under par in the first round, with Fairfield's Steve Burak sitting in second after he carded a three-under par score 69 through the tournament's first 18 holes.
Day two of the 2013 MAAC Golf Championship will start at 7:30 a.m., on Saturday and the final round will tee off on Sunday, April 28. Vogl will be the first Canisius golfer on the course on Saturday, as he is set to tee off at 8:20 a.m.


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Bump. We're playing these clowns 6 times this year including preseason. We're 1-2 against them so far and I fear it'll be 1-3 after today.
I'm picking Detroit. The Pistons have been playing well lately, and the Cavs lost Varejao to a broken wrist. That should make it much easier for Monroe and the gang to control the paint.
I'm picking Detroit not just to win but to throttle the living daylights out of this Cleveland team with suffocating defense.
Good Half all things considered. Cavs interior D is leaving holes for Monroe + co to get offensive rebounds. Monroe is leaving his guy open a lot to harass the ball handler. Is that part of the game plan? We're running and attacking. Gordon is playing with Wilkins, Wallace, Bynum and JJ. SHOOT THE BALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1one11
Stupid ball. Jamison's been killing us all night, and you leave him open AGAIN?!
Well 4th quarter choke is well on the cards.
Yup, getting eaten from the 3pt line.
Wow, great game guys. Really. Way to fall apart there. Stuckey playing stupid again. Tay's being a selfish turd. Brandon was wide open at the arc twice and both Tay and Stuck ignore him to jack up some lame shot in the lane. Real smart.
Ben Gordon needs to go bye bye. He cant play defense and he is worthless unless he is feeding water to the REAL players on the bench when they are thirsty. Coach kept the bench in too long starting out the 4th and the cavs ran off 6-7 straight and cut the lead in half and worse...gave the cavs the opening they needed to gain energy. Then he brings in BG and slides Tay to the 4? wtf was he not paying attention to the cavs eating us up on the glass? Right now my xmas present would b BG on the plane outta D
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2-15. $28 million. Detroit loses and moves ahead of Sacramento for sixth slot in the lottery. Prince was worth every penny.
No doubt that Prince has been reading our taynking threads lately. Perhaps that is what Joe D had in mind when referring to Tay as an "asset."
The consumate anchor
Once again, Joe is a total genius and like three steps ahead of the rest of the league. By tying up massive contracts in Prince, Gordon, and Villanueva, he's virtually assured that even with a collection of good, young talent, the vets are going to hog the ball and keep win totals low. Then, when Villanueva's and Gordon's contracts expire, they'll have the money to resign Monroe and Knight and pick up a solid free agent. I will point out that he probably didn't predict that Frank would get the production out of Maxiell that he has, but I'll give him credit for recognizing that Jerebko was not really a four.
Awesome post Laimbrane. Just awesome.
Ridiculously frustrating game. Had a great start, leading by double digits at halftime and at the start of the fourth, then Lawrence Frank puts in the one lineup I've always hated and just KNEW would kill us. You got no scorers in the frontcourt in Big Ben, Max and Wilkins, then you have a ball hog and a dummy who doesn't know what a good shot is in BG and what do you get? A Cavs comeback. And even after it became obvious they needed a PG to calm them the eff down, Bynum (you calling him a PG?!) stays in with BG and Stuck. Blech. Brandon had a good game. His assist numbers aren't as pretty to look at as Kyrie's (hit TO numbers are prettier though as Irving had 6), but he played well, especially late. He was shooting it well from deep, 4/5 for the night, and 8 of 12 overall, one of those 3s was a big shot to pull even with the Cavs at 95 all as well. Part of the reason his assist numbers aren't high is because Stuck and Tay dominated the ball, playing way too much isotayshaun basketball, especially in that third quarter. Once he gave it up he never saw it again. After Stuck's awful turnover late, he had the ball in his hands again and they got good shots, but it was too late by then as the "Vets" previously all wanted to be the heroes and played like tools for the preceding 5 minutes. Says a lot that I trust a 20 year old rookie PG to keep his cool late than "veterans" who should really know better. Greg had a good game offensively and on the boards, but his defense wasn't good, and his tech ended up being really costly seeing as the Cavs only won by one. If he's going to be a legit player in this league, he must improve his defense; he left his man wide open several times and failed to box out quite a bit as well. I know he got fouled on the play where he got the tech, but reign yourself in man. That was his third tech of the season. Look, I know Stuck has played well of late, but man, he is not a closer. His turnover late was part of the reason why they lost as it led to a wide open layup on the other end. His assist numbers look nice, yes, but note that every single one of those assists came in the first half, and at least three came because he got in the lane and was forced to make a pass. I was getting progressively irritated by his play in the third quarter as he and Tay took turns playing isotayshaun basketball. Granted, he played decently well in the first half, but man, his end of the game play was just... Isotayshaun! I did mention he ignored Brandon (who shot 90% from 3) wide open beyond the arc earlier, only to miss an ugly, flat, well contested shot in the lane, but his bad play extended far beyond that. He was hoisting shots left and right and took only one less shot than Greg, shooting a wonderful 2 for 15. He was also the dude who was supposed to be guarding Jamison, no? How many times did he leave him wide open again? Jamison shot 50% and got whatever he wanted all night. He was also ignoring his guards to "lead" the fast break all throughout the game, and constantly pulled it back even when they had numbers. If he didn't pull it back, he dribbled around then shot a flat-lookinh hook shot. Good job, Tay. Not. BG! He played decently well offensively, but like Stuck, his play at the end was so...blah, forcing shots with a hand in his face, never looking to pass, trying to be the hero. Make the right play, who cares if you're the hero or not? Seriously. He did hit a big three at least, it was the one good shot he took in crunch time. He was dribbling around aimlessly far too much for a large chunk of the game, and it was him and Bynum in the backcourt when the Cavs made their comeback, leaving Kyrie wide open at the three point line and getting beat off the dribble. Our crappy interior D didn't help either, was porous all night. He also had a bad play on the break, as off the pass from Brandon he opted to pass when he was already airborne. Turnover. Take the shot, dummy. Will Bynum. Why were you playing PG? Played decent defense...but he's still a ball hog. Sorry, not a fan. Max was in foul trouble all night, was pretty ineffective as a result. Big Ben was okay, the defense was noticeably better with him in there, but the lineup with him on the floor was terrible. JJ played decently well, but he was forced into more playing time by Max's foul trouble and him actually being a SF and all, he struggled against the Cavs' big men. I was actually kind of looking forward to this game to see how Brandon would do against Kyrie, and he acquitted himself quite well, though he probably deferred too much for stretches and his coach kept him on the bench too long leaving the team on the floor without a PG. This game was lost in the early fourth quarter with that godawful lineup I mentioned up top playing way too much. They had the momentum for most of the game, but then the offense stagnated, no one could score, the Cavs got back in it, their crowd pumped up, and that's all she wrote.
It's funny that we think that Maxiel is productive when he starts putting up 5 points and 4 rebounds per game.
Yeah. In every sense of the word. All aboard the Taynk train!
Despite all that happened, it really boils down to a coaching loss. From shear stubbornness, coach played the 2nd half all wrong. You see, with JMAX and Monroe in there, we owned the offensive glass. Totally owned it, and Cleveland's offense stalled out as they had to keep everyone back to gain the defensive board. And you know, if you put in Ben Wallace when JMAX gets into foul trouble, more of the same can be expected. But instead, really early in the 3rd quarter, JMAX gets foul number 4, and coach goes playing losing basketball, putting JJ in to pair with Monroe, even though he proved long ago that it will never work. Not only is JJ and Monroe a terrible pairing, one that never ever results in us getting an offensive rebound, it pretty much forces coach to then go with the even more ridiculous pairing of Big Ben and JMAX later in the half. All we needed to do to secure this win - put Ben Wallace in when JMAX got into foul trouble. Keep the pressure on the offensive boards. Sure, we did ok for much of that 3rd quarter as we came up with several steals - but some of that was a bit of luck in Cleveland getting sloppy. And sure, we had every chance to win it late - but it should never have gotten to a tie game late. We should have kept the pressure up the whole way. Overusing bad combos. Not the way to go. You can get away with it for a while, but if you continually put units that can't function out there, you eventually lose the game, cause the other coach will exploit your bad coaching soon enough. Kudos to Knight for having an outstanding offensive game, and to Monroe for another rather impressive double doulble. I believe this coach does know how to coach by the way, but I believe he chooses not to coach but rather feeds his stubbornness instead. I will repeat it once again. Avoid pairing JJ and Monroe as our bigs because between the two you get zero toughness inside, and avoid pairing JMAX and Big Ben because our offense will stall out. A little here and there is ok, but never, when you have a clearly better choice, choose the wrong path.
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Does anyone else feel this way about literary names?
I quite like a lot of literary names- Keats, Harper, Tennyson, Auden, and Ray (Bradbury) are among my favorites- but a part of me finds them a bit pretentious. As great as names like Atticus and Salinger are, and I do truly like them, when I hear them used a part of my brain rolls its eyes and thinks, "yes, I read those books in 8th grade too. You're not especially cultured for knowing them."
Does anyone else feel this way, or am I crazy?
May 7th, 2013 03:50 PM #3
I don't really care. If I was crazy about Atticus, I'd use Atticus because 1.) I like it, 2.) Atticus Finch is one of the most badass characters in the history of books, and 3.) Because why the heck should I care about what other people thinks - if someone told me they thought a name I like sounds pretentious, I'd tell them that it's good for them that they have an opinion that they're choosing to share with me, but that I'm gonna use it anyway because it's special to me.Zelia • 20s • Exporting names from Greenland & Inuit mythologyAlexander Adelin Lórien "Sasha" • Henry Ásgeirr Lórien • Asa Bjørnstjerne Ivik • Nor Valdemar Brontë • Dante Endymion Sejr
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May 7th, 2013 07:41 PM #5
lol. I have heard that idea, and I know for a fact you're not the only one who feels that way, but at the same time--I'm not one of those people. Literature is a huge part of who I am, all the books I've read have formed me as a person, and, imo, for the better, and I love the idea of honoring that (and, of course, the idea that my children will fall in love with these characters just as much as I have!). I never really had imaginary friends as a child, but I had friends from books, and as a shy kid books meant just about everything to me. So it doesn't come across as pretentious to me at all--it's like honoring friends or family that have been there for me through everything, that have taught me wonderful lessons and opened the world to me. Besides, some literary names don't sound pretentious at all--like Elizabeth for Lizzy Bennet, or Jack for Jack Worthing, or Emilia in A Comedy of Errors. Just amazing names.Ashley | namenerd | Christian | storyteller
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May 7th, 2013 07:42 PM #7
Yes, I feel exactly as you do. Especially with names inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird and Catcher in the Rye. It feels a bit like the parents are trying to be impressive and just chose the first literary name they could think of, from a book that everyone has read because it is required. I am a bit of a hypocrite though, because part of the reason Raymond is my top boys name is after Ray Bradbury because he was me and my dad's shared favorite author. I guess the pretentiousness comes from the intent. If a parent just loves the name and the book and feels super excited and connected to the name, that's fantastic! It does seem, though that many people are just using random literary names to project a certain image on themselves as creative, scholarly, and of course, cool.
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I've never really thought about it, but I can see where you're coming from. I love literary names, but I've been a huge reader all my life and am now an English major. But unless that book or author held special significance, I wouldn't name my child after it just because it's a literary name. I'm a huge fan of The Great Gatsby, and I think Gatsby would make an adorable name. It's a bit out-there, though, and I'm actually considering using it for a dog.


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Sipsey Street Irregulars: What they did, and didn't, talk about at the NFATCA public meeting at the SHOT Show. Whispers of ATF snitches and U.S. vs. Clark.
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GAVIOTA COAST, Calif. - It was an extremely windy day in many parts of the tri-counties and some travelers were having a tough time driving.
The Zwicker family took a break from their more than 400-mile road trip to stretch their legs at El Capitan Beach and to give dad a rest from the wind.
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Four Phoenix Volleyball Players Earn Postseason Horizon League Honors
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Four Green Bay volleyball players received Horizon League postseason honors on Monday, as sophomore Jillian Bauer (Verona, Wis.), sophomore Emily Riese (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and senior Leah Van Zeeland (Kaukauna, Wis.) were named to the 14-member all-league team, and freshman Shannon Hurley (Connellsville, Pa.) was selected as the conference's Freshman of the Year.
It marks just the second time in school history and first time since 2003 that the Phoenix has landed three players on an all-league team. In addition, Hurley becomes the school's first-ever freshman/newcomer of the year winner. It also marks the first time Green Bay has had four total postseason honorees in a single season.
"We are excited for Shannon, Emily, Jillian and Leah," Phoenix head coach Michaela Franklin said. "All four have had wonderful seasons and are very deserving of these honors."
Bauer ended the regular season as the Horizon League's leader in total digs (539) and digs per set (5.08). Her 539 digs are the fifth-most in a single season in Phoenix history. She has posted double-digit digs in all but one match this season, and has reached 20 or more 15 times. She recently posted a career-high 36 digs in a win at Cleveland State on Nov. 15 – the fifth-highest total in school history and most by any league player this season. Her 5.08 digs-per-set average currently ranks 29th nationally, and she was named Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 4.
"Jillian is a very talented volleyball player and has learned how to take over and be the boss of our back row this year," Franklin said. "She has high expectations for herself and we look forward to continuing to help her reach those expectations."
Riese is tops in the Horizon League in assists with 1,131 and is a close second in assists per set at 10.77. She has already cracked Green Bay's top-10 list for assists in a single season, currently owning the eighth-highest total. Riese has accumulated double-digit assists in every match this season, and has recorded 50 or more in eight matches. She is also Green Bay's leader in double-doubles with 12 (assists-digs).
"Emily has done a fabulous job running our complex offense," Franklin said. "She has the volleyball IQ to do some non-traditional things and the competitiveness to embrace the challenging and risky set. We look forward to having her for a couple more years."
Van Zeeland is tied for second in the Horizon League in total kills (329) in 2013 and ranks third in kills per set (3.13). She has posted double-figure kill totals in 17 matches this season, including four with at least 20 kills. Van Zeeland registered a career-high 22 kills on Nov. 15 at Cleveland State, and had 21 kills on two occasions. She was named Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 9 following an MVP performance at the Auburn Active Ankle Challenge. The senior also has 171 digs and 78 blocks on the year, and is second on the Phoenix in double-doubles (kills-digs) with nine.
"Leah has had a tremendous senior year and has been a wonderful person to work with both on and off the court," Franklin said. "At moments she has carried our team offensively and has done the same from a leadership standpoint. She worked very hard this offseason and her hard work has shown through her play this fall."
Hurley is first in the Horizon League in kills (331) and kills per set (3.34) entering the 2013 conference tournament. She has posted double-digit kill totals in each of her last 11 matches, and has reached double-figures 19 times on the year. One of her most impressive outings was a career-high 23-kill effort in a five-set win at Auburn on Sept. 5. Hurley also has five double-doubles on the year (kills-digs), four of which have occurred over the final month of the regular season.
"Shannon is a fierce competitor and her competitive spirit has driven her to a lot of success this season," Franklin said. "She is on the court to win, which is evident in the way she attacks the ball. She swings to score and wants to score to win. She has a cannon for an arm and we look forward to continuing to help her develop as a volleyball player."
Green Bay (14-13, 9-5 HL) wrapped up the regular season in a tie for third place in the conference standings and will be the No. 4 seed in this weekend's 2013 Horizon League Championship. The Phoenix, winners of six of the last eight matches, will face No. 5 Youngstown State on Friday at 4:30 p.m. CT in Milwaukee.
2013 Horizon League Postseason Awards
Player of the Year: Rachel Neuberger, Milwaukee
Defensive Player of the Year: Jenna Cavanaugh, Youngstown State
Freshman of the Year: Shannon Hurley, Green Bay
Coach of the Year: Susie Johnson, Milwaukee
All-Horizon League
Rachel Neuberger, Milwaukee (Sr., MB)
Ellen Vanden Berg, Valparaiso (Sr., MH)
Kayla Price, Milwaukee (So., S)
Morgan Beil, Valparaiso (Jr., RS)
Cassie Pelloni, Oakland (So., OH)
Jenna Cavanaugh, Youngstown State (Sr., MB)
Julie Kolinske, Milwaukee (Jr., OH)
Emily Riese, Green Bay (So., S)
Jillian Bauer, Green Bay (So., L)
Maggie Hannon, Cleveland State (Jr., MH)
Sarah Dooms, Valparaiso (Sr., OH)
Alexis Egler, Youngstown State (Jr., OH)
Sara Sternard, UIC (Jr., MB)
Leah Van Zeeland, Green Bay (Sr., RS)
All-Freshman Team
Shannon Hurley, Green Bay (Fr., OH)
Jessica Dood, Oakland (Fr., RS)
Morganne Longoria, Valparaiso (Fr., L)
Myanna Ruiz, Milwaukee (Fr., OH)
Emily Campbell, Valparaiso (Fr., OH)
Grace Kauth, Cleveland State (Fr., OH)
Melissa Deatsch, Oakland (Fr., OH)
###For the latest and most up-to-date information on Green Bay Athletics and Green Bay Volleyball, please visit GreenBayPhoenix.com.


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I use hardwood pellets with an insert can. Once lit, it will go 12+ hours on a full can without going out. At ~$5 for bag of pellets, that last me a whole year or more, it is not worth the time to collect other types of fuel.
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Over this past summer, I participated in the Research Experience for Undergraduates Program at Johns Hopkins University Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT). I was placed in Douglas Robinson's laboratory under the mentorship of Vasudha Srivastava in the School of Medicine. I worked on the preliminary studies necessary to determine the molecular mechanisms of regulation within the cell's mechanosensory system.
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Escape the cold weather with a visit to the permanent collection at NYBG's Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, where the temperature hovers around 70 degrees. The greenhouse showcases a colorful array of flowers and foliage, from tropical trees to fuschia bromeliads and rosy-red hibiscus as well as photos from the Garden Photographer of the Year competition. Tots can participate in a scavenger hunt through the Conservatory and the Everett Children's Adventure Garden.
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I don't think it will be fear biting.
I think fear biting is more when you have your dog out and some kid runs up behind, and the dog is so startled that it nips or bites. Fear biters are generally fearful dogs.
But a dog that is tethered does know that it can't run, so if the dog has the options of fight or flight, many dogs (not fear biters), just dogs that would probably not be schutzhund material, would maintain a healthy distance, ie. avoid, and the tether prevents that option.
Some dogs when tethered act like they are guarding the object they are tethered to. Probably just again a response to an uncertain situation, where the option of avoiding the uncertainty is eliminated.
But how the kid was acting, going forward, and then backing up out of her reach, was just because the child was scared. The dog can smell that and understands that from the body language, or understands a strong negative emotion. The dog does not check the person's credentials to ensure they are 18 before they bite. And the dog may not be able to distinguish, scaredy kid from someone up to no good.
So, this is where protecting your dog comes in. It isn't so much fear biting, but these dogs can be territorial, they may have protection/guarding engrained in them, they do have teeth, and many do not have a very high threshold before they will use their teeth.
What the child did, is very like to teasing from the perspective of the dog, and when something is teased, it will get frustrated, and when something is frustrated, I think thresholds come down. And so we protect our dogs.
If a dog bit in the situation you described, I don't think I would label the dog a fear-biter. And if I ran the court system, the owner would get a pass and child's guardian would be seriously fined for doing something like that. Unfortunately, the court systems are not run by dog lovers or even dog savvy people, so if your dog bit in such a situation, you could be perfectly ok, or you could face serious sanctions and in some crazy places, your dog would be put down. And just about anywhere you could be sued -- whether they would win or not is a question, but a lot of homeowner's insurance companies, will just settle -- and they don't care why the dog bit. They will settle the claim, and then drop you. And your dog would have a bite history, and getting insurance while maintaining ownership of the dog will be very difficult, and maybe impossible. So, we protect our dogs.
If a dog is teased by children chronically, a dog may become less tolerant of children in general, but again, they do not necessarily turn into fear biters, they may turn into child biters. And so we protect our dogs.
|I did talk to my husband and he does finally agree that I did do the right thing and it is wrong on the neighbors part. If the subject ever comes up when we are talking with the neighbors my husband will tell them not to go up to the dog if we are not out there with her. Finding and reading this forum has really opened my eyes on how I deal with my dog. I never really thought about protecting the dog from people. From now on I will have to have eagle eyes and be watch full like a hawk around here. When I am outside with her she not on her lead or in her dog run, she is by me. She is after all my companion and protector. How ever if I can not keep an eye on her and still want her to be outside I will use the lead or dog run. I will be more careful in the future , cause if she is on lead or in her dog run I don`t want my dog to feel trapped if she can`t get away from a situation like that in the future and decides that her only option is to nip/bite in fear. Though she does not show any signs of being a fear biter. I do not want her to become one. So, I think I have a handle on this now. My dog comes first. The neighbor will just have to except that he cannot do this period. It will not be tolerated. Thanks everyone, you guys and gals are a awesome bunch.
When you live in a nice place where people respect boundaries, you might be able to tether your dog outside for some minutes so he can do what he needs to do while you are washing the breakfast dishes or getting ready for work.
Unfortunately, your neighbor is a jerk. Which means you do not live in a nice place where you can tether your dog outside for a few minutes while you take care of the breakfast dishes or get ready for work.
I am sorry that this is the case. Whether or not to start neighbor trouble is something that you and your husband need to decide on. Frankly, if it were me, the man would get a good piece of my mind, and if my husband didn't like it, I would have some sign language for him too.
Probably a good thing I am not married.
When we have shepherds, it is sometimes best to keep the neighbors happy or neutral. But it is not always possible. I think it is better to tell the man that you do not want him coming around your dog when you are not present. But, I don't think he will listen to you. And you can't count on it in any event.
Your choices are to put up a privacy fence, or to be out there whenever your dog is out there. It sucks, but it is what it is.
It sounds like you're going in the right direction with this. You're right that you don't have to be belligerent with the guy but you don't want him mistaking your kindness for weakness either. Just be firm so he understands you mean business and are not kidding around. If he is any kind of good neighbor, he should understand without much trouble.
Making waves with neighbors is always touchy but some just don't get it either. It's what I'm going through with my neighbor and their two little dogs and teenage kids who let them out front off leash and crap in our side yard. I picked the stuff up and she came out one morning in her nightgown to tell me she was going to pick it up. I informed her it would be best if she kept her dogs in her own yard to potty. Then I get this long story about her new in-ground pool and how muddy her backyard was so she let them go out front. It was ok for me to track and smell her dogs poo in my house but not good for them to track mud into her house. Makes sense doesn't it? LOL! Needless to say, this neighbor didn't listen. It has subsided but not ended. So don't feel bad, your not alone in neighbor issues. It could be worse.
|We do have a dog run. I think my DH would go ape if he came home and there was a six foot privacy fence up on both sides of the property. I would love to put up a fence like this. I will be happy if I can talk him into fencing a small area for our dog.
|I do have those signs up. He even remarked on them. So I think he really knows why I put the signs up. He thinks they just do not apply to him. By me catching him in the act and saying something, hopefully he got the hint. I grew up in the country but moved to the city later on in life, never had a problem like this though, now I live back in the country. I like the country much better. I will keep an extra eye out for him in the future when outside or inside. He is just kinda weird. Even to this day I still walk my dog around the boundary of our yard. Did this when we first brought her home. If the dog knows pretty much where the boundaries are , then the neighbor should. He just don`t respect them. I always try to keep her out of neighbors yards. Cause I know I do not like it when there is a dog in my yard and garden and flower beds. I always try to respect other people.
|firestorm...thanks for that explanation of DH. a dog run would be good, but i still think a 6 foot privacy fence is needed. if dear wife and i disagreed on this, i have no doubt i would come home to a newly installed fence.
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You left a K9 that could potentially bite someone unattended...your bad !
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...It is my yard, on two acres, she is my dog. We have a very long drive way. It is not like he can walk five feet and the dog is right there. Our house is a little less than half way into our property,(remember two acres) no reason why I would think some one would be outside.
You are correct !
In your OP you said the guy lives 'right next door.' I am from the City of Philadelphia and my DEF of right next door and yours are different.
For about a buck a piece you can get Keep Out / No Trespassing signs. I suggest you buy a BUNCH of them and put them up all over. It probably won't help but if anything ever happens you'll have them in your defense.
All's well that ends well, right? You're very welcome!
I will say that weed whacking around chain link is a huge frustration, because it breaks the cord every time it hits it. If you can put something under the fence line, even if it's just some gardening weed barrier cloth and topped with mulch, or flat rocks, anything lol - you'll be happier. Your rose hedge sounds wonderful! I put in cedars on the side where the jerk lives, and lilacs on the side where the nice-but-nosy children live. They're nice, but I don't appreciate the kids yelling "woof woof" all the time to get my dogs going, lol. Kids, what can you do?
|I like fences to, much easier when you have a dog. I think I might try to put up a living hedge. Roses I think, they are beautiful and they have thorns. People don`t like thorns. I think my DH would agree to that. Plus it would be pretty, the ever blooming ones. I could also put one on the very front of our property. Just to bad you have to go to extremes in this day in age. But I still will try to put up a fenced area by her dog run. Probably around 25x25 area, give or take a few feet. I think I can talk him into doing that if I can find some used chain link fence and agree to weed whack around the fence. It is not that big of an area and that is where she goes to the bathroom any ways. That is her potty spot. I think it might work because our grand kids still play in that area even though we told them a dozen times not to play there. I am beginning to believe there is hope now. I am glad I found this forum. You made me to think of different ways to handle this. That don`t seem would cause a problem. On top of that who would not want to beautify their property. I feel better now. Thank you for making me think.
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In 1991, surveys of Egyptian women showed that 80% of them stated beatings by their husbands were justified by their behavior while 50% of Turkish women accepted this point of view. Switch to 2007 and the female world has dramatically changed in Turkey. Now, nine out of ten have the opposite viewpoint. "Women don't think that violence is legitimate anymore," says Professor Altnay who conducted a recent poll. A dramatic piece of evidence uncovered by the poll is that almost the same percentage of urban women will not accept physical abuse as is the case in rural areas where male chauvinism may be more apparent. Poll results indicated 40% of rural women were physically abused as against 35% of urban women. The poll revealed that if a woman earned more than her spouse, the likelihood of him using physical violence doubled and if a woman met a man on her won without having her family involved in determining marriage, the percent who were physically abused also rose.
Many American conservatives attempt to argue that the entire Muslim world is filled with abusive men and women who accept this state of life. There is more and more evidence that view is a Western myth that is propogated to justify hatred toward the Muslim religion. It is rather interesting that changes in the role and power of women in Turkey has taken place while a conservative Islamic government is in power. In fact, in the recent parliamentary election the Islamic Justice and Development Party had the names of over 40 women entered to run for seats. The anti-Muslim fear mongers will never present this information, it doesn't jibe with preaching that all Muslims are terrorists and women are always abused.